WEBVTT - Reprogram Your Mind | Joel Osteen 0:00:00.560 --> 0:00:03.480 Hi, this is Jolan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 0:00:03.480 --> 0:00:05.400 to the podcast and thanks. 0:00:05.240 --> 0:00:07.880 For supporting the ministry. We believe you're going to. 0:00:07.880 --> 0:00:12.400 Have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive and favor filed. 0:00:12.680 --> 0:00:15.560 God bless you today and enjoy the message. Well, God 0:00:15.600 --> 0:00:16.160 bless you. 0:00:16.400 --> 0:00:18.599 It's always a joy to come into your homes, and 0:00:18.880 --> 0:00:21.479 if you're ever in our area, please stop by and 0:00:21.520 --> 0:00:23.880 be a part of one of our services. I promise 0:00:23.920 --> 0:00:26.040 you we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks 0:00:26.079 --> 0:00:28.200 so much for tuning in, and thank you again for 0:00:28.240 --> 0:00:31.160 coming out. I like to start with something funny, and 0:00:31.240 --> 0:00:34.360 I heard about this elderly couple. They were sitting in 0:00:34.440 --> 0:00:39.360 a swing celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Feeling romantic, the 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:42.479 husband said to his wife, Oh dear, our love is 0:00:42.560 --> 0:00:45.879 tried and true. His wife had difficulty hearing it and 0:00:45.920 --> 0:00:48.559 ask him to repeat it. He said it louder, I 0:00:48.600 --> 0:00:52.040 said our love is tried and true. She still couldn't 0:00:52.080 --> 0:00:55.560 hear him, said what would you? Please speak up? Frustrated, 0:00:55.600 --> 0:00:58.840 he shouted, I said, our love is tried and true. 0:00:59.280 --> 0:01:03.680 She said, well, I'm sick of you too. Hold up 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:06.280 your Bible? Why is that funny to me. Hold up 0:01:06.319 --> 0:01:08.560 your Bible, say it like you mean it. 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:11.560 This is my Bible. I am what it says. I am. 0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:14.240 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:01:14.360 --> 0:01:16.840 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:01:16.920 --> 0:01:20.560 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:01:20.640 --> 0:01:23.720 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:28.400 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:01:28.400 --> 0:01:32.680 to talk to you today about reprogramming your mind. Our 0:01:32.760 --> 0:01:36.520 mind is like a computer. How we program it is 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:39.160 the way it's going to function. You can have the 0:01:39.200 --> 0:01:44.320 most powerful computer made, the latest, fastest, holds the most memory, 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:47.360 but if you put the wrong software in it, it's 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:50.680 not going to function like it was designed. And we've 0:01:50.680 --> 0:01:54.000 all had to deal with these computer viruses. They can 0:01:54.040 --> 0:01:57.800 get into a perfectly good computer and start to contaminate 0:01:57.840 --> 0:02:02.040 the software. Before long, the computer is slowed, you can't 0:02:02.080 --> 0:02:03.240 access your files. 0:02:03.680 --> 0:02:05.400 All these problems occur. 0:02:05.720 --> 0:02:08.600 Not because it's defective, it's poorly made. 0:02:09.000 --> 0:02:11.040 No, the hardware is fine. 0:02:11.200 --> 0:02:16.920 It's because somebody reprogrammed the software. Somehow, the insides got 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:21.560 messed up. Now the software is contaminated in the same way. 0:02:22.000 --> 0:02:26.919 When God created you, he stepped back and said, another masterpiece. 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:29.119 Your hardware is perfect. 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:32.919 You're the right size, the right nationality, you have the 0:02:33.040 --> 0:02:37.520 right gifts. Not only that, God put the right software 0:02:37.560 --> 0:02:41.800 in you from the very beginning. He programmed you to 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:48.840 be victorious, healthy, strong, creative. Your original software says you 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:49.600 can do all. 0:02:49.480 --> 0:02:50.360 Things through Christ. 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:55.200 He programmed whatever you touch will prosper and succeed. He 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:59.200 programmed the head and not the tail, lend and not borrow, 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:05.120 victor and not victim. You were programmed to live in abundant, victorious, 0:03:05.320 --> 0:03:06.480 faith filled life. 0:03:06.639 --> 0:03:09.040 That's how your creator designs you. 0:03:09.919 --> 0:03:13.600 But the reason we don't always experience this abundant life 0:03:14.320 --> 0:03:19.040 is we've allowed viruses to contaminate our software. We think 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:22.960 I'll never be successful. I'm not that talented. I'll never 0:03:23.000 --> 0:03:28.400 break this addiction. I've had it too long. I'm slow, clumsy, unattractive. 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:32.960 Nothing good is in my future because our software is infected. 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:38.040 We go around low self esteem, negative, not believing for 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:41.840 dreams to come to pass, not expecting problems to turn around. 0:03:42.600 --> 0:03:45.640 Here's the good news. There is nothing wrong with you 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:50.160 like that computer. You're not a mistake, you're not faulty. 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:54.440 The problem is your software You've got to get rid. 0:03:54.440 --> 0:03:55.400 Of the viruses. 0:03:56.200 --> 0:03:59.600 All through the day, dwell on what your creator says 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:05.200 about you. I'm blessed, I'm strong, I'm healthy, I'm confident, 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:10.160 I'm attractive, I'm valuable, i am victorious. You've got to 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:14.360 get back to your original software. If your thinking is limited, 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:17.719 your life will be limited. One of the best things 0:04:17.760 --> 0:04:19.679 we can learn to do is hit. 0:04:19.640 --> 0:04:20.640 The delete button. 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:25.880 When negative, discouraging thoughts come trying to contaminate your software, 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:30.080 Just hit delete. That thought says you've seen your best days. 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:35.000 It's all downhill from here. Recognize that's a virus trying 0:04:35.000 --> 0:04:36.479 to keep you from your destiny. 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:39.680 It's real simple. Delete. Not dwelling on that. 0:04:40.080 --> 0:04:43.440 My software says, the path of the righteous gets brighter 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:44.039 and brighter. 0:04:44.880 --> 0:04:48.239 Well, you'll never get well. You saw the medical report. Delete. 0:04:48.720 --> 0:04:51.919 God is restoring health back into me. The number of 0:04:52.040 --> 0:04:55.239 my days he will fulfill. I will live and not die. 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:59.440 You may hear you'll never accomplish your dreams. You're not 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:04.240 that talent. You don't have what it takes. Delete, Delete, Delete. 0:05:04.279 --> 0:05:07.839 I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I have the favor 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:13.000 of God. Whatever I touch prospers and succeeds. Perhaps you'll 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:17.400 hear you'll never break that addiction. Your father was an alcoholic, and. 0:05:17.320 --> 0:05:18.960 You'll be one too. Delete. 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:22.520 No weapon formed against me will prosper. Whom the sun 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:26.360 sets free is free, indeed, and I am free. 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:27.560 If you're going to reach. 0:05:27.360 --> 0:05:30.480 Your highest potential, you've got to get good at hitting 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:34.359 the delete button. When I stepped up to pasture the church, 0:05:35.000 --> 0:05:37.960 every thought told me, you can't do this, Joel. You 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:41.159 don't know how to minister. You're too young, you don't 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:44.880 have the experience. Nobody's going to come. Would have been 0:05:44.960 --> 0:05:48.360 easy to let that virus take root and keep me 0:05:48.400 --> 0:05:51.600 from my destiny. I did what I'm asking you to do. 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:55.240 I kept hitting the delete button. You can't do it. Delete, 0:05:55.640 --> 0:05:58.919 you're too young. Delete, nobody's going to come. Delete you 0:05:58.920 --> 0:06:01.440 don't have the experience. Elite, it's not going to work 0:06:01.440 --> 0:06:04.520 out the leite. I wouldn't be standing here if I 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:06.200 wasn't an expert. 0:06:05.839 --> 0:06:07.120 At hitting the delete button. 0:06:09.279 --> 0:06:14.320 One Sunday, right after I first got started, I overheard 0:06:14.400 --> 0:06:18.280 two ladies talking in the lobby after the service about me. 0:06:19.240 --> 0:06:21.719 One said he's not as good as his father. 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:24.920 The other answered, yeah, I don't think he's going to 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:28.440 make it. The enemy will use people to try to 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:29.760 contaminate your software. 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:31.799 I was already. 0:06:31.360 --> 0:06:34.800 Insecure, intimidated, didn't think I could do it. When I 0:06:34.839 --> 0:06:38.240 heard that. My first thought was to panic. My worst 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:41.919 fears had come true. But then something rolls up on 0:06:42.000 --> 0:06:46.360 the inside. God gives you grace for every season. He 0:06:46.520 --> 0:06:50.039 arms you with strength for every battle. I thought to myself, 0:06:50.480 --> 0:06:53.839 those two ladies, they don't determine my destiny. They didn't 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:56.520 call me, they didn't equip me, they didn't anoint me. 0:06:56.760 --> 0:07:00.119 And more than anything else, they can't stop me. They 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:02.840 don't have the final say. God has the final say. 0:07:04.960 --> 0:07:08.400 He said, I'm well able, I can do all things 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:09.040 through Christ. 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:10.840 I am strong in the Lord. 0:07:11.640 --> 0:07:15.000 Every time I heard their voice delete no, thanks, not 0:07:15.160 --> 0:07:19.040 dwelling on that, it came back again and again and again. 0:07:19.160 --> 0:07:22.400 I just kept hitting the delete button. The scripture tells 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:26.680 us to guard our mind. You control the doorway to 0:07:26.760 --> 0:07:30.320 what you allow in. You can dwell on every negative thought, 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:34.640 every derogatory comment, or you can choose to delete it 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:37.760 and dwell on what God says about you. If I 0:07:37.800 --> 0:07:41.040 would have let what those two ladies said play over 0:07:41.160 --> 0:07:45.760 and over, they would have contaminated my confidence, contamidated my 0:07:45.800 --> 0:07:50.360 self esteem, contaminated my future. Some of you would go 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:53.080 to a new level if you would just start hitting 0:07:53.160 --> 0:07:57.160 the delete button. Quit dwelling on every negative thought that 0:07:57.200 --> 0:08:01.080 comes to your mind. That's the enemy trying to contaminate 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:05.120 your software. If he can control your thinking, he can 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:09.440 control your whole life. If that thought is negative, discouraging, 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:11.920 pushing you down, don't dwell on it. 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:12.880 Deleted. 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:17.120 Pay attention to what you're thinking. If you go around 0:08:17.280 --> 0:08:20.800 thinking that you're not talented, then you'll never have the 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:25.880 confidence to step into your destiny. If you think you're unattractive, 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:28.520 you'll never meet the people you were supposed to meet. 0:08:29.400 --> 0:08:32.400 If you think you can't break the addiction, then you can't. 0:08:32.880 --> 0:08:34.960 If you think you've reached your limits, than you have. 0:08:35.800 --> 0:08:38.800 It's not because you can't go further. You've just convinced 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:42.439 yourself that you can. The good news is it's not 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:46.600 too late. You can still become everything God created you 0:08:46.640 --> 0:08:46.840 to be. 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:49.400 Here's the key. You've got to clear. 0:08:49.160 --> 0:08:53.280 Out all the negative things people have said about you. 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:55.920 You are not who people say you are. You are 0:08:55.960 --> 0:08:59.520 who God says you are. Clear out what the coach 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:03.040 the teacher said about you. You're too small, you don't 0:09:03.040 --> 0:09:03.840 have what it takes. 0:09:04.240 --> 0:09:07.960 Deleted. Quit dwelling on that. You're the right size. 0:09:08.280 --> 0:09:11.240 You have exactly what you need for the race that's 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:14.880 been designed for you. Clear out what the counselor said. 0:09:15.520 --> 0:09:19.360 You're just a C student, You're not college material. Deleted. 0:09:19.760 --> 0:09:24.320 You're an a student. You have seeds of greatness. Clear 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:27.920 out what the ex boyfriend, the ex spouse said. You're 0:09:27.920 --> 0:09:29.680 not attractive, You're not good enough for me. 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:30.440 Deleted. 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:35.360 You're a masterpiece, one of a kind, beautiful, attractive, a 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:39.160 prize possession. You may have to clear out what a 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:43.520 parent said, that person that raised you. You're so undisciplined, 0:09:43.800 --> 0:09:45.240 you're never going dime out to much. 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:47.319 You can't do anything right. Delete it. 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:50.880 You are destined to do great things. You're destined to 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:55.359 leave your mark on this generation. I read a report 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:59.079 about children that had been bullied in school. It talked 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:02.920 about how years later those negative words were still having 0:10:02.960 --> 0:10:04.480 an effect on many of them. 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:06.520 They interviewed this one man. 0:10:07.160 --> 0:10:09.080 He was in his forties, and he looked to be 0:10:09.160 --> 0:10:12.280 a bright, intelligent man, but he had not been able 0:10:12.320 --> 0:10:15.880 to hold down a good job, struggled in his relationships 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:19.640 couldn't seem to get on course. He told how as 0:10:19.679 --> 0:10:23.120 a child he was overweight, he was chubby. Some of 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:26.840 the other children made fun of him and called him names, 0:10:27.200 --> 0:10:31.960 things like loser, failure. He made the mistake of letting 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:35.960 those words take root. Now they were keeping him in mediocrity. 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:41.560 When somebody calls you something either good or bad. That 0:10:41.720 --> 0:10:45.640 seed is planted in your soil. Now you get to 0:10:45.679 --> 0:10:48.280 determine whether or not that seed. 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:52.120 Takes root and grows. When you dwell on what was said. 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:55.480 You were watering the seed, you're giving it a right 0:10:55.640 --> 0:10:56.959 to become a reality. 0:10:57.640 --> 0:11:00.640 That's why it's so important that we're disc in our 0:11:00.679 --> 0:11:01.240 thought life. 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:05.280 It's great when people tell you you're blessed, you're talented, you're 0:11:05.280 --> 0:11:09.080 going to do great things. Water those seeds, meditate on 0:11:09.120 --> 0:11:11.720 those throughout the day. That's what you want to become 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:16.160 a reality. But too often the mistake we make is 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:20.040 we water the wrong seeds. Those two ladies that said 0:11:20.080 --> 0:11:22.680 I wasn't as good as my father, if I would 0:11:22.720 --> 0:11:25.600 have watered that seed, I would have never gotten off 0:11:25.640 --> 0:11:28.240 the ground. And the truth is it wouldn't have been 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:31.840 their fault. They can't make a seed take root in me. 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:35.000 All they can do is sow the seed. You have 0:11:35.160 --> 0:11:39.000 complete control over what seeds are going to take root 0:11:39.200 --> 0:11:40.600 and grow in your own soil. 0:11:41.440 --> 0:11:43.840 Now, a lot of times we blame others. 0:11:44.040 --> 0:11:46.240 Well, they were talking about me, They tried to make 0:11:46.240 --> 0:11:48.960 me look bad, they were criticizing me. No, let them 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:52.280 talk all they want. You control your own soil. Don't 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:55.959 dwell on the negative. Don't replay what they said over 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:56.480 and over. 0:11:57.000 --> 0:11:58.240 Guard your mind. 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:02.240 Those are virus is trying to infiltrate your software. 0:12:03.200 --> 0:12:05.160 Joshua will put it this way, If. 0:12:05.040 --> 0:12:09.199 You will meditate on what God says about you day 0:12:09.400 --> 0:12:14.000 and night, then you will have good success and prosper. 0:12:13.679 --> 0:12:17.520 In everything you do. When your mind is filled with 0:12:17.640 --> 0:12:18.200 thoughts of. 0:12:18.120 --> 0:12:22.640 Faith, thoughts of victory, that's what's going to become a reality. 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:25.720 That man in his forties that was still shruggling, You 0:12:25.760 --> 0:12:30.120 know why, he let those derogatory comments play over and 0:12:30.280 --> 0:12:33.640 over every time he thought about it. He was watering 0:12:33.679 --> 0:12:37.200 that seed year after year, and sad to say, but 0:12:37.280 --> 0:12:40.880 it became a reality. How different would his life be 0:12:41.400 --> 0:12:44.160 if he had just learned to hit the delete button? 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:47.400 Said a constantly play in the negative. What if he'd 0:12:47.400 --> 0:12:50.600 have gone around thinking I'm a masterpiece, I'm one of 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:53.679 a kind, I'm talented, I've got seeds of greatness. 0:12:53.760 --> 0:12:55.240 It would be a whole different story. 0:12:56.120 --> 0:13:00.560 Somebody may have spoken negative words over you. Deleted People 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:04.760 don't determine your destiny. God determines your destiny. That's why 0:13:04.800 --> 0:13:08.000 we start off every message by saying, I am who 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:11.360 God says I am. We're saying, in effect, I am 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:14.720 not who my history teacher says I am. I am 0:13:14.800 --> 0:13:17.600 not who my expouse says I am. I am not 0:13:17.720 --> 0:13:20.280 who the critics say I am. I am who God 0:13:20.320 --> 0:13:23.120 says I am. I like to take it a step further. 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:26.000 Not only I am who God says I am, but 0:13:26.080 --> 0:13:28.319 I can do what God says I can do. 0:13:29.360 --> 0:13:33.880 That means we know we've been programmed for victory. 0:13:33.960 --> 0:13:37.640 We've been programmed to reign in life. We've been programmed 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:41.800 to overcome obstacles. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, 0:13:41.960 --> 0:13:44.720 but the Lord delivers us out of them all. We 0:13:44.760 --> 0:13:48.240 will accomplish our dreams, we will meet the right people, 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:52.120 we will step into the fullness of our destinies. When 0:13:52.160 --> 0:13:55.240 you think like that, all the forces of darkness cannot 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:58.840 stop you. Friends, the real battle is taking place in 0:13:58.880 --> 0:14:03.160 your mind. If you're defeated in your thoughts, you've already lost. 0:14:03.559 --> 0:14:06.240 You've got to get rid of the viruses. If you 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:09.360 will get back to your original software put in you 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:12.480 by your creator, you'll go places that you've never dreamed. 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:18.000 It's interesting how little children start off so excited about life. 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:19.400 They've got big dreams. 0:14:19.840 --> 0:14:23.800 They're going to become a scientist, an astronaut, a singer, 0:14:23.920 --> 0:14:28.160 a teacher, a ballplayer, even the president. They're not intimidated, 0:14:28.440 --> 0:14:32.600 they're not insecure. They believe they can do anything. It's 0:14:32.640 --> 0:14:37.160 because they just came from their creator. Their thinking has 0:14:37.200 --> 0:14:41.120 not been contaminated. They can still feel the seeds of greatness. 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:45.160 But too often, over time they start to get reprogrammed. 0:14:45.600 --> 0:14:48.840 Somebody tells them what they can't become, what they can't do. 0:14:49.480 --> 0:14:53.240 Little by little, their environment starts to squeeze them down. 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:55.760 A coach, a teacher says, hey, you're not good enough, 0:14:55.760 --> 0:14:56.520 you're too small. 0:14:56.880 --> 0:14:59.000 Their self esteem goes down. 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:03.080 They see somebody more attractive, and they start to feel inferior. 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:05.120 All these things. 0:15:04.880 --> 0:15:08.640 Begin to distort who they really are. Before long, instead 0:15:08.640 --> 0:15:13.640 of dreaming big and believing possibility thoughts, they think I'll 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:14.640 never do anything great. 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:17.240 I'm not that talented. I'm just average. 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:21.720 When we find ourselves stuck in these ruts, not believing 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:24.920 we can rise any higher, we need to ask why 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:28.280 do I think this way? Who programmed me to think 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:31.280 that I'm average? Who programmed me to give up on 0:15:31.320 --> 0:15:34.560 my dreams? Who programmed me to think I can't lose 0:15:34.600 --> 0:15:37.560 this weight, I can't break this addiction. I've gone as 0:15:37.560 --> 0:15:40.320 far as I can. Where did those thoughts come from? 0:15:41.160 --> 0:15:45.200 Could it be that you have accepted a wrong mindset 0:15:45.800 --> 0:15:47.600 because of the environment. 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:49.920 You were raised in, the people that you were around. 0:15:50.920 --> 0:15:54.040 Just because it seems normal to you doesn't mean that 0:15:54.120 --> 0:15:59.800 it's necessarily normal. Sometimes we learn to function in our dysfunction. 0:16:00.960 --> 0:16:04.000 Maybe everybody you grew up with was negative. Well you're 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:07.400 not supposed to be negative. That's not normal. Maybe your 0:16:07.440 --> 0:16:10.120 friends didn't have big dreams, they didn't do anything great 0:16:10.160 --> 0:16:10.600 in life. 0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:13.040 Well that's not okay for you. That's not normal. 0:16:13.960 --> 0:16:18.200 Just because family members had addictions bad habits, don't make 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:21.200 the mistake of thinking that's okay for you to live 0:16:21.240 --> 0:16:25.040 that way. Those are viruses that have been passed down 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:27.440 that keep infiltrating our thinking. 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:28.400 Listen. 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:33.040 God created you to go further, to be confident, to 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:38.440 be free, to be healthy, positive, happy. You have greatness 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:42.880 on the inside. Now it starts by reprogramming your thinking. 0:16:43.560 --> 0:16:46.840 I saw a story about this dog, a German shepherd. 0:16:47.120 --> 0:16:50.360 She was pregnant with puppies. One day, she was walking 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:53.600 across the street and got hit by a car. Both 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:56.480 of her back legs were broken. She was able to 0:16:56.560 --> 0:16:58.320 drag herself off the street and. 0:16:58.320 --> 0:16:59.240 Back to her house. 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:03.560 The weeks went by, she began to slowly recover. Her 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:08.760 legs finally healed, but because they weren't properly reset, when 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:12.480 she walked, all she could do was drag her back legs. 0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:16.080 She couldn't walk properly, her joints had been messed up. 0:17:16.880 --> 0:17:20.240 Eventually she had her puppies. They seemed to be healthy 0:17:20.320 --> 0:17:23.880 and whole, but a few weeks later, when they started 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:27.920 walking just like their mother, they dragged their back legs. 0:17:28.920 --> 0:17:31.960 The owner was amazed. He thought maybe they had been 0:17:32.040 --> 0:17:32.720 injured in the. 0:17:32.720 --> 0:17:33.720 Accident as well. 0:17:34.160 --> 0:17:37.040 Took them to the veterinarian to have them checked out. 0:17:37.560 --> 0:17:41.800 The doctor discovered there was nothing wrong with their back legs. 0:17:41.920 --> 0:17:43.200 They were perfectly healthy. 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:48.440 Those puppies were simply copying their mother. That's all they 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:51.560 had seen modeled in their mind. That's the way they 0:17:51.560 --> 0:17:54.840 were supposed to walk. That's what's happened to many of 0:17:54.920 --> 0:17:57.400 us what we saw modeled growing up. 0:17:57.920 --> 0:17:59.120 The people that raised us. 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:02.639 They were good people, they were doing their best, but 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:05.520 in some way, they were dragging their back legs. 0:18:06.080 --> 0:18:10.440 They were negative discouraged. Now we live negative discouraged. They 0:18:10.480 --> 0:18:13.880 had addictions, low self esteem. Now we struggle in those 0:18:13.880 --> 0:18:14.920 same areas. 0:18:15.320 --> 0:18:18.240 Or maybe they made poor choices in relationships. 0:18:18.560 --> 0:18:20.159 God involved with the wrong people. 0:18:20.400 --> 0:18:23.560 Now we're dealing with the same issues we saw them, 0:18:23.800 --> 0:18:28.879 except mediocrity. Now mediocrity has become normal to us. 0:18:29.440 --> 0:18:30.240 The good news. 0:18:30.920 --> 0:18:34.360 Just like those puppies, there is nothing wrong with your 0:18:34.400 --> 0:18:39.320 back legs. Those are simply wrong mindsets that you've developed. 0:18:40.040 --> 0:18:43.280 As you get your thinking straightened out, your legs will 0:18:43.280 --> 0:18:47.600 straighten out. God didn't make you faulty. He didn't create 0:18:47.640 --> 0:18:52.160 you subpar. He created you in his image. You are 0:18:52.200 --> 0:18:57.840 his masterpiece, crowned with favor, equipped with palate gifts. 0:18:58.600 --> 0:19:00.840 You are destined to a great. 0:19:00.600 --> 0:19:05.480 Life, healthy, abundant, happy, faith filled. Now, don't go around 0:19:05.920 --> 0:19:09.439 dragging your back legs. You are not supposed to go 0:19:09.520 --> 0:19:14.600 through life inferior, low self esteem, addicted, little goals, little dreams. 0:19:14.960 --> 0:19:16.440 That's not who you are. 0:19:17.200 --> 0:19:22.000 Start reprogramming your mind as the head and not the tail. 0:19:22.600 --> 0:19:27.160 Program it with excellence, not mediocrity. Program it with abundance, 0:19:27.240 --> 0:19:32.000 not lack and poverty. Program it with freedom, not addictions. 0:19:32.640 --> 0:19:35.119 This is what my father did. He grew up in 0:19:35.160 --> 0:19:39.320 a very poor environment. His parents lost everything during the 0:19:39.359 --> 0:19:43.600 Great Depression. He had no money, no education, no future 0:19:43.640 --> 0:19:48.680 to speak of. He had been programmed with poverty, defeat, mediocrity. 0:19:48.960 --> 0:19:52.360 He could have settled there, that's all he had seen. Thought, Hey, 0:19:52.400 --> 0:19:52.800 this is. 0:19:52.800 --> 0:19:53.919 Just my lot and life. 0:19:54.040 --> 0:19:58.119 We're just poor, defeated people. But it's seventeen years old. 0:19:58.359 --> 0:20:01.920 When he gave his life to Christ, he started reprogramming 0:20:01.960 --> 0:20:05.600 his thinking. Deep down, something said, you were made for 0:20:05.680 --> 0:20:09.320 more than this. You're not supposed to constantly struggle to 0:20:09.359 --> 0:20:12.720 barely make it through life. He could feel those seeds 0:20:12.760 --> 0:20:15.000 of greatness stirring on the inside. 0:20:15.680 --> 0:20:17.879 His attitude was this may. 0:20:17.760 --> 0:20:20.680 Be where I am, but this is not who I am. 0:20:21.480 --> 0:20:24.280 I may be in defeat, but I am not defeated. 0:20:24.480 --> 0:20:25.520 I'm a child of. 0:20:25.480 --> 0:20:29.240 The most High God. Day after day he kept hitting 0:20:29.280 --> 0:20:32.400 the delete button. Thought told him you have no future. 0:20:32.640 --> 0:20:36.280 Delete. God's plans for me are for good, to give 0:20:36.359 --> 0:20:38.280 me a future and a hope. 0:20:38.359 --> 0:20:42.679 You have no money. Delete, I'm blessed. Whatever I touch prospers. 0:20:43.200 --> 0:20:46.000 You have no education. You'll never get out of here. 0:20:46.200 --> 0:20:50.520 It's impossible. Delete, delete, delete. God is making a way 0:20:50.760 --> 0:20:53.600 where I don't see away. He's opening doors that no 0:20:53.720 --> 0:20:56.960 men can shut. He's bringing the right people across my path. 0:20:57.280 --> 0:21:00.760 I will step into the fullness of my destiny. He 0:21:00.880 --> 0:21:05.280 reprogrammed his thinking with thoughts of faith, thought hope, thoughts 0:21:05.280 --> 0:21:08.560 of victory. That's how he rows up out of that poverty. 0:21:08.960 --> 0:21:11.960 Set a new standard for our family. You may have 0:21:12.000 --> 0:21:14.119 been raised in a limited environment. 0:21:14.800 --> 0:21:16.480 All you saw modeled. 0:21:16.160 --> 0:21:22.600 Was strife, addictions, conflict, low self esteem, mediocrity. Don't let 0:21:22.640 --> 0:21:26.040 that set the limits for your life. Don't go around 0:21:26.119 --> 0:21:29.760 dragging your back legs. God wants you to go further now. 0:21:29.800 --> 0:21:33.359 It starts by getting rid of the viruses. Hit the 0:21:33.400 --> 0:21:36.200 delete button. The thought tells you you've gone as far 0:21:36.240 --> 0:21:36.760 as you can. 0:21:36.880 --> 0:21:37.360 Delete. 0:21:37.880 --> 0:21:41.560 You'll never get well. Delete, You'll always be addicted. Delete 0:21:41.720 --> 0:21:42.920 This is as good as it gets. 0:21:43.000 --> 0:21:43.400 Delete. 0:21:43.920 --> 0:21:46.960 If you'll get good at hitting the delete button. You 0:21:47.000 --> 0:21:50.320 will break out of bondages and you will step into freedom. 0:21:50.560 --> 0:21:53.639 You will break out of lack and poverty and step 0:21:53.640 --> 0:21:57.600 into abundance. You will break out of mediocrity and. 0:21:57.560 --> 0:22:00.640 Step up to excellence. This is an new day. 0:22:01.359 --> 0:22:07.320 Strongholds are coming down, wrong, mindsets are being broken. Viruses 0:22:07.840 --> 0:22:11.080 are being cleared out. Get ready for God to do 0:22:11.160 --> 0:22:16.680 something new. Get ready to see his goodness in amazing ways. Well, Joel, 0:22:16.720 --> 0:22:20.520 this sounds encouraging, but I don't know. All the experts 0:22:20.600 --> 0:22:24.000 say I'll never get well. The experts say I'll never 0:22:24.040 --> 0:22:26.880 get out of death. The experts tell me I've gone 0:22:26.920 --> 0:22:29.960 as far as my education allows. This is as good 0:22:30.000 --> 0:22:33.960 as it gets. I say this respectfully, But the experts 0:22:34.080 --> 0:22:37.640 can be wrong. The experts told us we would never 0:22:37.680 --> 0:22:41.320