1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:02,240 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:05,320 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 4 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:10,480 Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend. We 5 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 2: appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. 6 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:17,280 Speaker 1: God bless you. It's great to be with you today. 7 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 2: And I hope you'll stay connected with us during the 8 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:23,599 Speaker 2: week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, 9 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 2: and you can come visit us in person. 10 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: We'd love to have you be a part of one 11 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 1: of our services. THO. I'd like to start with something 12 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 1: funny and I heard about this couple. They were planning 13 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 1: their wedding. 14 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 2: They asked the bakery to inscribe the scripture reference first 15 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 2: John four eighteen on the cake. It says there is 16 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:45,880 Speaker 2: no fear in love, but perfect love cast out fear. 17 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:46,639 Speaker 1: Well. 18 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 2: The baker accidentally left off the one and instead inscribed 19 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:56,280 Speaker 2: John for eighteen. It reads for you have had five husbands, and. 20 00:00:56,200 --> 00:01:00,120 Speaker 1: The men you're with now is not your husband. I'm 21 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: a mistake. Okay, y'all say it like you mean it. 22 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. 23 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 2: I am what it says, I am, I have what 24 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 2: it says I have, I can do what it says 25 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:12,199 Speaker 2: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 26 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 2: of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 27 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 2: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 28 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:24,959 Speaker 2: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 29 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 2: about reframe it. How you see things will determine how 30 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 2: you're going to live. 31 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: We don't always see them as they are. We see 32 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,680 Speaker 1: them as we are. We all have filters from which 33 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 1: we view the world. 34 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 2: How we were raised, past experiences, our personality, the culture. 35 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: All these things affect our perspective. You can take two. 36 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 2: People and put them in the same situation a lot 37 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 2: of good things happening and a few negative. 38 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: One will be happy, content, enjoy and life. 39 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 2: The other will be discouraged, worried, complaining about where they are. 40 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: The difference is their filter. 41 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 2: If your filter is contamidated, it's going to distort everything 42 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 2: you see in make your negative and critical. And I 43 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 2: can't overcome this challenge. The problem is our perception becomes 44 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 2: our reality. How we view it becomes real to us. 45 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 2: The Scripture says to the purer, all. 46 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 1: Things are pure. You have to reframe it. 47 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 2: You could have a great life, great family, to love, health, opportunity. 48 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 2: But if you have the wrong frame and you're seeing 49 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,079 Speaker 2: it through a distorted lens. 50 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 1: You want to enjoy what God has given you. 51 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 2: See it from a new perspective, positive, grateful, thanking God 52 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 2: for what you have focused on the good. See, every 53 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 2: blessing brings a burden. You can't be blessed without having 54 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 2: more challenge. 55 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: You prayed for that bigger house, but you have to 56 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 1: clean it. 57 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 2: You believe for that spouse, but he can get on 58 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 2: your nerves. You dream to those children, they take a 59 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 2: lot of work. If you focus on the burden, you'll 60 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 2: miss the blessing. Yet the burden is only a fraction 61 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 2: of what the blessing is. I hear people say, hey, 62 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 2: I gotta go to work today. The truth is you 63 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:25,919 Speaker 2: don't have to go to work. 64 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 1: You get to go to work. God gave your breath 65 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: to breathe. 66 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 2: He woke you up this morning, gave you that job, 67 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 2: open that door, put talent in you. 68 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: You need to reframe it. Lord, Thank you that I 69 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: get to go to work today. Thank you for blessing 70 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: me with this position. Now, Joel, they don't treat me right. 71 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 2: This coworker always leads me out, says derogatory things that 72 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 2: doesn't have to steal your joy. Reframe it, Father, thank 73 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 2: you that you are fighting my battles. In the meantime, 74 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 2: I'm gonna shine right where you have me. I'm going 75 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 2: to prosper where I'm planning. Don't go the next twenty 76 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 2: years missing the blessing because you're. 77 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 1: Focused on the burden. 78 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 2: Well, I got to drive in traffic. It's always backed up. 79 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 2: It takes me forever. The fact that you're in traffic 80 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 2: tells me. God's blessed you with a car. He's blessed 81 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 2: you with eyesight and a sound of mind. Reframe it, Lord, 82 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 2: I thank you that I get to drive in traffic today. 83 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 2: Thank you for giving me the resources, the strength. The 84 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 2: hell changes your whole attitude. Really, it dishonors God for 85 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 2: us to go through the day complaining and focused on problems. 86 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 2: This day is a gift from God. Once we live it, 87 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 2: we can't get it back. The enemy would love for 88 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 2: you to waste years living a blessed life. 89 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:53,479 Speaker 1: But not recognizing it. 90 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 2: Walking in God's favor and protection goodness, but always seeing 91 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 2: the burden, what's wrong, what you don't have while you 92 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 2: miss all the great things God has blessed you with. Well, 93 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,039 Speaker 2: I got to clean the house again today seems like 94 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 2: that's all I do. 95 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 1: The fact is, you get to clean the house. 96 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 2: God blessed you with the place to live. It's given 97 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 2: you strength, health to be productive. A lot of people 98 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 2: in the hospital that would love to be able to 99 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 2: get out and go to. 100 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: Work, go to the grocery store and mow the lawn. 101 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 1: Reframe it. 102 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 2: Set of complaining as you vacuum, Lord, thank you that 103 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 2: my arms work, thank you that my lungs function, Thank 104 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 2: you that I have energy and mobility. 105 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 1: Hell, Joel, I do that, but my house is too small. 106 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: I don't like being here. Here's the key. 107 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 2: If you don't get happy where you are, you probably 108 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 2: won't get to where you want to be. If you'll 109 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 2: learn to thank God for what you have, then God 110 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 2: can multiply it. You remember when the disciples brought the 111 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 2: five loaves and fish to Jesus. 112 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: It wasn't enough. There were five. 113 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 2: Thousand people they needed to feed. Jesus could have been discrunald, 114 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 2: What good is this? I need a whole lot more. 115 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,720 Speaker 2: But the scripture says he lifted up the loaves and 116 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 2: the fish and thank God for it. 117 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 1: When he gave thanks for what was. 118 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 2: Not enough, God multiplied it and it fed all five 119 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 2: thousand people. Sometimes we're waiting for God to multiply are 120 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 2: not enough, but we're missing this step. We're discouraged complaining God, 121 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:37,359 Speaker 2: When are you gonna change this? Try a different approach, Father, 122 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:40,279 Speaker 2: I thank you for this small apartment. Lord, I thank 123 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 2: you for this older car. God, I'm grateful for this job, 124 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:47,919 Speaker 2: even though they're not treating me right. When you thank 125 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 2: God for what's not enough, that's when God can multiply 126 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 2: things and bring you into more than enough. Joel, I'm 127 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,839 Speaker 2: so tired of taking care of my children, cooking meals 128 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 2: and picking up their toys, having to. 129 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: Get up in the middle of the night. You need 130 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: to reframe it. You're focused on the burden, missing the blessing. 131 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 2: Do you know how many people would love to have 132 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 2: your children. I pray for couples after every service that 133 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 2: are believing to conceive. 134 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 1: Their dream is to have a child. 135 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 2: Some spend thousands of dollars on fertility treatments. 136 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 1: They'd give anything to have your child. 137 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 2: But when you're only focused on the burden, it'll drain 138 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 2: your energy and take your joy, make you critical. You 139 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 2: don't enjoy who they are. You're just trying to get 140 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 2: through the day. Got to get them through preschool, get 141 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 2: them through junior high. 142 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: Have a new perspective. 143 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 2: Those children are a gift that God's entrusted you with. 144 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 1: He could have given them to anyone, but he chose you. 145 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 1: Take time to celebrate who they are. 146 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 2: Laugh at the funny things they do, enjoy their personalities. 147 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 2: Life is flying by. You look up and they're grown. 148 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 2: Don't miss the beauty of this day. 149 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: What Joel. I understand about the house, the car, the kids. 150 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 2: But this spouse of mind, he gets on my nerves. 151 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 2: This woman I'm married too, she stresses me out. This 152 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 2: may surprise you, but some people would love to have 153 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 2: your spouse, that husband that irritates you, some ladies would 154 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 2: be thrilled. 155 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:26,119 Speaker 1: To be his wife. I know some of you are thinking, 156 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: can I give you a phone number? 157 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 2: But the truth is everyone has flaws, everyone has weaknesses, 158 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 2: but most of the time they have many more good 159 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:41,560 Speaker 2: things than they do negative. What are you focusing on 160 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 2: the blessing or the burden. I've seen people break up 161 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:50,080 Speaker 2: over little things that they let turn into big things. 162 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 2: You need to see the good in the people God 163 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 2: has given you the love. The scripture says, to make 164 00:08:56,440 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 2: allowances for their weaknesses, not make a list of their weaknesses. 165 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 2: Not rehearse all the things you don't like, remind them 166 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:06,199 Speaker 2: where they fall short. 167 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:10,319 Speaker 1: People respond to praise more than they do criticism. 168 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 2: Instead of complaining that your husband never mowst a lawn, 169 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 2: never takes the trash out next time they do, try 170 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 2: praising him for it, complimenting him, man, you look so 171 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,559 Speaker 2: good mowing that line, while your muscles are so big 172 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 2: taking out that trash. You praise him like that, he'll 173 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:35,079 Speaker 2: take the trash out every hour. Instead of complaining about 174 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 2: the things your wife does that you don't like, nitpicky, petty, 175 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 2: stirring things up, try telling her how beautiful she looks 176 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 2: all through the day and how glad you are that 177 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 2: she's your wife, and thank her for being such a 178 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:54,599 Speaker 2: great mother, making the home so loving, fond, and peaceful. 179 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: This is not complicated. 180 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 2: It's just reframing, shifting our restive from seeing what's wrong 181 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 2: to seeing what's right, from focusing on the burden to 182 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 2: focusing on the blessing. I read where in relationships your 183 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 2: spouse is only going to have eighty percent of what 184 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 2: you need. They can be the best person, loving, carrying kind, 185 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 2: but no person has one hundred percent. They're going to 186 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:26,319 Speaker 2: be areas that they can't give you. If you don't 187 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 2: recognize they can't be everything. They're not superman or superwoman, 188 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 2: you'll get frustrated. 189 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 1: Now often we. 190 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 2: Focus on the twenty percent that they don't have, rather 191 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 2: than enjoying the eighty percent that they do have. Your 192 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 2: husband may be a hard worker, credibly responsible, he's great 193 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 2: with the kids, but he's not a big talker. He's 194 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 2: more quiet. That's okay, he's got eighty percent. Instead of 195 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 2: being sour trying to get something from him that he 196 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 2: can't give, Recognize that's who he is. Celebrate all his 197 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:06,319 Speaker 2: good qualities. Go call a girlfriend and talk with them. 198 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 2: That person I'm describing as me. I talk a lot 199 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 2: up here. I love to laugh and have fun, but 200 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,119 Speaker 2: I'm not one to sit around talk about my deepest feelings, 201 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 2: find out all the latest information. 202 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 1: My mind is more simple. 203 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 2: I have a friend that wrote his wife a poem 204 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 2: for Valentine's Day. 205 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: It was so romantic, it. 206 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 2: Rhymed, it was moving, inspirational. I told him, you didn't 207 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 2: do this, Ai wrote this thing. 208 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:36,080 Speaker 1: He said, no, it was me. 209 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 2: I have to remind Victory all the time. You didn't 210 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:45,559 Speaker 2: marry Romeo, you married Jolio. But some people, seriously, they 211 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 2: will leave the eighty percent that their spouse doesn't have. 212 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 2: They'll find that twenty percent that they were looking for 213 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 2: in another person. 214 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 1: The problem is this new person is not going to 215 00:11:58,440 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: have the twenty percent. 216 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 2: They're lacking something their spouse has. If you don't understand 217 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 2: that nobody has one hundred percent, you'll get frustrated comparing 218 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 2: your friend's situation to yours, and her spouse does this 219 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 2: and that and the other. They're telling you all of 220 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 2: his strengths. They're not telling you that he leaves his 221 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,680 Speaker 2: socks on the floor every night and when he snores 222 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:23,720 Speaker 2: you can hear it in Beaumont. They don't say anything 223 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 2: about the twenty percent that he's missing. You need to 224 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 2: remember the reason you fell in love, the joy, the laughter, 225 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:33,479 Speaker 2: the great personality. 226 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 1: God has blessed you with that person as a gift. 227 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 2: It's easy to let petty things start to erode the 228 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 2: love and lessen respect, diminish the good qualities. You need 229 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 2: to reframe it, start seeing the blessing that your spouse is. 230 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 2: Start complimenting them, expressing your love, treating them like they're. 231 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: A gift from God. 232 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 2: When someone is good to your children and kind and 233 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 2: makes them feel valuable as a parent, you would do 234 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 2: anything for that person. They're taking care of your child, 235 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:10,200 Speaker 2: your most precious possession. 236 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 1: That's the way it is with God. 237 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:16,959 Speaker 2: When you treat people with love and compassion, you make 238 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 2: them feel valuable, attractive, worthy. You are taking care of 239 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 2: God's greatest treasure. You can be assured that God will 240 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 2: take care of you. The scripture says, husbands, if we 241 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 2: don't treat our wives right, then it will hinder our prayers. 242 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:36,560 Speaker 1: Makes a difference how we treat people. 243 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 2: We shouldn't be contentious, always wanting to argue, having to 244 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 2: be right or pity, making a big deal out of 245 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:49,439 Speaker 2: little things, holding grudges, saying things we know we shouldn't. 246 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:55,319 Speaker 2: When we mistreat people, we're mistreating God's creation. Many times, 247 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 2: the root cause is we're focusing on the twenty percent 248 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 2: that we don't like. Were magnifying their negative qualities. Reframe it, 249 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 2: focus on the good. I know a couple that lives 250 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 2: in another state and they were always complaining about their 251 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:13,839 Speaker 2: house and how it was too small and they didn't 252 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 2: care for the neighbors. Plus, this house was far from 253 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 2: the city, took a long time to drive to work. 254 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 2: They wanted something closer in It was a constant source 255 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 2: of frustration. 256 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 1: Year after year, they weren't happy. 257 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 2: Unfortunately, business went down and the husband was laid off. 258 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 1: The wife had to get a part time job. 259 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 2: And the husband kept looking for work, but they didn't 260 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 2: have the funds to make their house payment. 261 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 1: Things got tighter and tighter and looked like they were 262 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 1: going to lose their house, and they were very distraught. 263 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 2: Right when it was about to be foreclosed on, a 264 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 2: bank stepped in and allowed them to refinance and they 265 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 2: were able to. 266 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: Save their house. They were so happy. They called me 267 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 1: like they had won the lottery. Joel, God stepped in. 268 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 1: Everything fell into place. We don't have to move out. 269 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 2: This was the house they didn't like, the same place 270 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 2: they complained about for years. But when it was almost 271 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 2: taken away, they had a new perspective. 272 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 1: They loved that house. 273 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 2: They didn't see the burden of it being too far, 274 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 2: too small, unfriendly neighbors. They were going over to their 275 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 2: neighbors for dinner the same neighbors they said were unfriendly. 276 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 1: Here's my point. 277 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 2: They had what they needed to be happy the whole time, 278 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 2: they just didn't see it. Now, I wonder if there 279 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 2: are things that we're complaining about, things you don't like 280 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 2: that are frustrating you, your job, your spouse, your child, 281 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 2: But if it was taken away, you would have a 282 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 2: different perspective. 283 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 1: Are you focused on the burden missing the blessing? Now? 284 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 2: I'm not saying to not dream and want to rise higher, 285 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 2: but while you're waiting for things to change, don't get 286 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 2: sour and. 287 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 1: Miss the beauty of this day. 288 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 2: Enjoy where you are while you're on the way to 289 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 2: where God is taking you. Too often, like this couple, 290 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 2: we're not gonna be happy until we get the new 291 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 2: job or that new car, get rid of this piece 292 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 2: of junker, that new relationship. 293 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 1: I can't be happy with my spouse. But if you're 294 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 1: putting off your happiness. 295 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 2: To a later time till things fall into line, you 296 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 2: get what you're believing for, you're gonna miss years of 297 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 2: your life not being happy. The truth is, you have 298 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:39,480 Speaker 2: what you need to be happy right now. If you'll 299 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 2: just reframe it, you don't need a new job, a 300 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 2: new spouse, a new car. 301 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: All you need is. 302 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 2: A new mindset, a new perspective, to learn to focus 303 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 2: on the eighty percent that's good and not the twenty 304 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 2: percent that's not. About a month ago, there was a 305 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 2: Tuesday where I scheduled a lot of things that I 306 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:01,960 Speaker 2: didn't want to do. I had to go to a 307 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 2: clinic seven o'clock and give blood for a health checkup. 308 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:07,120 Speaker 1: Ten o'clock. 309 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 2: I had an eye doctor's appointment that afternoon. I had 310 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:13,199 Speaker 2: to meet a contractor at the house and run errands, 311 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:16,240 Speaker 2: all these things I'd been putting off, none of which 312 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:19,399 Speaker 2: I was looking forward to a couple of weeks before. 313 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:22,440 Speaker 2: I started dreading that day, thought I don't want to 314 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:24,159 Speaker 2: be at the clinic at seven. I want to get 315 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 2: up and go through my normal routine. When we dread things, 316 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:31,199 Speaker 2: we're making plans to have a hard day. It's like 317 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 2: we're using our faith but in the wrong direction. 318 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:35,359 Speaker 1: Every time I. 319 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:39,640 Speaker 2: Thought about that Tuesday, I'd feel more heaviness and more discouragement. 320 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:44,160 Speaker 2: About a week out, I realized I was making myself miserable. 321 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:46,120 Speaker 1: I'm focused on the burden. 322 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:48,400 Speaker 2: I got to do a few things I don't want 323 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 2: to do. The blessing is I'm alive, I'm healthy, God, opportunity, 324 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 2: beautiful family. 325 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 1: A sound mind had to reframe it. I'd let the 326 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 1: negative take over. I shifted my perspective to I'm going 327 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:05,879 Speaker 1: to have a great day that Tuesday. I'm going to 328 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 1: enjoy that day. 329 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 2: I made up my mind that I was going to 330 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 2: be a blessing to people wherever I went. I was 331 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:18,440 Speaker 2: going to lift someone's spirit, brighten their day, encourage them. 332 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:20,879 Speaker 2: Every time I was tempted to dread it, I thought, no, 333 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:24,200 Speaker 2: I'm on a mission. I'm gonna be good to somebody 334 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 2: that day. Sometimes the reason where sour is we're only 335 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:33,959 Speaker 2: thinking of ourselves, my plans, my goals, my problems. 336 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:36,639 Speaker 1: What I don't want to do. We weren't created to 337 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:41,160 Speaker 1: be ingrown. I realized it's not all about me. God 338 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 1: is ordering my steps. 339 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:45,359 Speaker 2: If He has me there, then I need to be 340 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 2: there with a good attitude. 341 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 1: I need to leave that place better than it was before. 342 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:52,200 Speaker 1: You think about how. 343 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 2: There may be eight billion people on the earth, but 344 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 2: on an average day, you may come across a dozen 345 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:00,199 Speaker 2: people that you interact with. 346 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:02,919 Speaker 1: People at work, the clerk at. 347 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 2: The grocery store, the receptionist at the Gem. 348 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 1: It's not thousands, it's just a handful. 349 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 2: Those are people God has ordained to come across your path. 350 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 1: It's not random. God is divinely. 351 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 2: Orchestrating where you are, and that's an opportunity to be 352 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:24,639 Speaker 2: a blessing, to brighten their day, to lift their spirits. 353 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:29,760 Speaker 2: Maybe just a smile, a kind word, a simple compliment, 354 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 2: holding the door open for him, something that leaves them better, 355 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 2: makes them feel valuable, lets them know that you care. See, 356 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 2: we all have things that we can dread, things we're 357 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 2: not looking forward to. And sometimes it's not simple things 358 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 2: like me on that Tuesday. It's taking treatment for the cancer. 359 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,399 Speaker 2: It's going through the legal battle, it's dealing with a 360 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:56,879 Speaker 2: child that's off course. Yes, it's difficult, but you have 361 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 2: to reframe it. You've been armed with strength that battle. 362 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 2: God wouldn't have allowed it if it was going to 363 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:04,920 Speaker 2: stop your destiny. 364 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 1: Don't go in with the defeated mentality. 365 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 2: This is not fair. I'll never get through it. No, 366 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 2: be strong, be of good courage. 367 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:15,320 Speaker 1: The Lord your God is with you. 368 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 2: Dreading takes your strength, weakens your faith, sours your attitude. 369 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:24,120 Speaker 2: You have to see that challenge through the right lens, 370 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:27,679 Speaker 2: the lens of faith, the lens of no weapon formed 371 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:31,360 Speaker 2: against you will prosper, the lens of what God started. 372 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 1: In your life. He's going to finish. 373 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:38,399 Speaker 2: It's interesting that David never called Goliath a giant. The 374 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:42,200 Speaker 2: other men in the army described as stature. They ran 375 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 2: in fear when he came out and taunted them each morning. 376 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 2: David could have been intimidated God, I don't have a chance, but. 377 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 1: He reframed it. 378 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 2: He said, who is this uncircumcised philistine that he should 379 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 2: defy the armies of the living God. He was saying, 380 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 2: I'm not focused on how how big he is. I'm 381 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 2: focused on how big my God is. The scripture says, 382 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 2: do not be intimidated by your enemies. 383 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:09,639 Speaker 1: When you face giants. 384 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 2: You shouldn't go around talking about how big they are, 385 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 2: how you'll never get wound, never get out of debt, 386 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:20,920 Speaker 2: never meet the right person. Quit calling your problems giants. 387 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:24,359 Speaker 2: If you're making them bigger in your mind, it's making 388 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 2: you smaller. Do like David, reframe it in the natural. 389 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 2: It may look big, but God is supernatural. He's not 390 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 2: limited by what limits us. And this is where the 391 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 2: Israelites missed it. They came to the Promised Land. God 392 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 2: had already told them it was theirs, but they had 393 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 2: to go in and take it. 394 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 1: So Moses sent twelve men to spy out the land. 395 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 2: After forty days, ten came back, saying, we don't have 396 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 2: a chance. There are giants in the land. We were 397 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 2: in our own sites like grasshoppers. Notice their lens can't 398 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:02,359 Speaker 2: do it too big, We're like grasshoppers. 399 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:06,160 Speaker 1: There were two other spies, Joshua and Caleb. 400 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:10,480 Speaker 2: They came back and says Moses, we are well able. Yes, 401 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:13,680 Speaker 2: the people are big, but we know our God is bigger. 402 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 2: Let us go in at once and take this land. 403 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:20,080 Speaker 2: They saw the same people as the first ten spies, 404 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 2: same giants, same land. 405 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 1: But their perspective was just the opposite. 406 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 2: They were seeing through a different lens, a lens of faith. 407 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:34,639 Speaker 2: Those first ten spies never did go into the Promised Land. 408 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:38,680 Speaker 2: The only two from that whole group were Joshua and Caleb. 409 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 2: Makes the difference what lens you're seeing things from. 410 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 1: Well. 411 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:48,640 Speaker 2: Years later, the Israelites made it to Jericho. The Promised 412 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:51,760 Speaker 2: Land was on the other side. Joshua was sent men 413 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:55,720 Speaker 2: to spy off that land. A lady named Rayhab took 414 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:59,200 Speaker 2: the spies in and hid them in her home, kept. 415 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 1: Them from being caught. 416 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:04,119 Speaker 2: She said to the spies and Joshua too, we are 417 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:07,960 Speaker 2: all afraid of you, living in terror, for we have 418 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 2: heard how the Lord your God has parted the red seas. 419 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:15,879 Speaker 2: Our hearts have melted with fear. No one has the 420 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 2: courage to fight after hearing those things. 421 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 1: Here's what's amazing. 422 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:25,960 Speaker 2: Those original ten spies felt like grasshoppers. But the truth 423 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 2: is the opposition was afraid of them. They thought the 424 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 2: Israelites were the giants. But look at what the wrong 425 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:39,400 Speaker 2: perspective can do. If you're seeing yourself small, limited, your 426 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:43,400 Speaker 2: problems too big, that's going to keep you from your destiny. 427 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:47,440 Speaker 1: If you knew the truth the enemy is afraid of you, 428 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 1: you are powerful. 429 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,359 Speaker 2: You have the spirit of the Most High God on 430 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:55,399 Speaker 2: the inside, the same spirit that raised Christ from the dead, 431 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 2: the same spirit that opened blind eyes, shut the mouths 432 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 2: of life, wiped out one hundred and eighty five. 433 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 1: Thousand enemies in one moment. That's who you are. 434 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 2: Now. Get rid of that grasshopper lens, that defeated mentality. 435 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:15,439 Speaker 2: You may have some giants, reframe it greater is he 436 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 2: that's in you than what's trying to stop you. You're 437 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,159 Speaker 2: not a grasshopper, You're a giant killer. 438 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:23,119 Speaker 1: You're a history maker. 439 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 2: You are here to take new ground, to go where 440 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,959 Speaker 2: no one in your family has gone. This is what 441 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 2: I had to do when my father passed. I saw 442 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 2: myself as limited and reserved and too quiet, and I thought, 443 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 2: I can't pass to the church, speak in front of people. 444 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 1: I don't have that ability. 445 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,879 Speaker 2: I had to see myself through a different lens to 446 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,199 Speaker 2: be open to think, maybe there's talent in me that 447 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 2: I haven't seen. Maybe I'm stronger, more courageous, more successful 448 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 2: than I think I am. I was seeing myself through 449 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,359 Speaker 2: a lens of limitation, a lens of not enough, and 450 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:03,240 Speaker 2: I can't measure up to my father. 451 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 1: But none of that was true. 452 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:09,479 Speaker 2: Like Rahab said about the ten Spies, we were afraid 453 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:10,360 Speaker 2: of you. 454 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:14,639 Speaker 1: We knew who you were. The tragedy is the spies 455 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 1: didn't know who they were. Can I tell you the 456 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 1: enemy knows who you are. 457 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:25,679 Speaker 2: He knows you're a masterpiece, talented, strong, smart, valuable, a 458 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:30,639 Speaker 2: history maker with seeds of greatness, destined to leave your mark. 459 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:34,919 Speaker 2: My challenge is, don't go through life and not know 460 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:38,360 Speaker 2: who you are. I would not be up here if 461 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 2: I had not reframed it. I had to be open 462 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 2: to the fact that maybe I haven't seen all of 463 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:45,400 Speaker 2: who I am. 464 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 1: Maybe I've been looking through a distorted. 465 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 2: Lens that's lessened who God made me to be. When 466 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 2: I changed the frame, I stepped into favor and purpose 467 00:25:56,520 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 2: that I never dreamed. Are there things that you need 468 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 2: to reframe today? You're looking at how big the problem 469 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 2: is instead of. 470 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:06,879 Speaker 1: Looking at how big our God is. 471 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:12,320 Speaker 2: You focused on the burden, missing the blessing, sour over 472 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:15,280 Speaker 2: the twenty percent, missing the eighty percent. 473 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 1: Reframe it no more. I gotta go to work. Turn 474 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:20,680 Speaker 1: it around. Lord. 475 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:23,040 Speaker 2: Thank you that I get to go to work today. 476 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 2: I'm grateful to have breath to breathe. Don't miss another 477 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:28,199 Speaker 2: day being sour. 478 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:31,960 Speaker 1: Learn to be happy where you are, find the good 479 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:33,119 Speaker 1: in each situation. 480 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:37,560 Speaker 2: If you'll do this, I believe and declare, like David, 481 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:45,120 Speaker 2: giants are about to come down, supernatural breakthrough, supernatural favor, healing, provision, 482 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:50,120 Speaker 2: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name, and if 483 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 2: you receive it, can you say amen? 484 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 1: Today? I'd like to give you. 485 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:57,880 Speaker 2: An opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 486 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:01,639 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me, just say, Lord, Jesus, I 487 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:05,800 Speaker 2: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 488 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:09,440 Speaker 2: you my Lord and savior. If you've prayed that simple prayer, 489 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:12,159 Speaker 2: we believe you got born again and we'd love to 490 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:14,600 Speaker 2: send you some free information on your new walk with 491 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,159 Speaker 2: the Lord. You can text the number on the screen 492 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 2: or go to the website. But I hope you'll get 493 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:24,040 Speaker 2: into a good Bible based church and keep God first place. 494 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,879 Speaker 3: We all carry a mental picture of what our life 495 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:35,119 Speaker 3: can be. Is yours limited? Do you picture yourself stuck? 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You 507 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:11,719 Speaker 2: have to see it on the inside before it'll come 508 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:13,160 Speaker 2: to pass on the outside. 509 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 1: We'll send you the Mindset Journal too. 510 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 2: These tools will help you get your inner vision in 511 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:21,400 Speaker 2: the right place so you can move into the favor 512 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:23,399 Speaker 2: and blessing that God has for you. 513 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:26,680 Speaker 3: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 514 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 3: of any amount this month, we would like to send 515 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:33,000 Speaker 3: you a copy of Joel's book The Abundance Mindset and 516 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:37,960 Speaker 3: this inspiring Mindset Journal. Joel shares powerful scriptures and encouraging 517 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:41,360 Speaker 3: thoughts about how to move from fairly enough to more 518 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:45,240 Speaker 3: than enough, how to be someone else's miracle and experience 519 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:48,280 Speaker 3: miracles in your own life. As you make the book 520 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 3: and journal a part of your daily walk, you'll be 521 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:54,479 Speaker 3: built up every day regarding how to tap into God's 522 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:57,920 Speaker 3: favor and blessing, how not to talk yourself out of 523 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:01,239 Speaker 3: the dreams and opportunities He has already prepared for you, 524 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:05,480 Speaker 3: how to experience life to the fullest. Request your copies 525 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 3: today and begin to see a new mental picture of 526 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 3: yourself that will lead to new measures of blessing, favor, promotion, 527 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:14,200 Speaker 3: and abundance. 528 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:18,040 Speaker 2: Let's go into twenty twenty five with an abundant mindset. 529 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 2: I believe you're going to see the goodness of God 530 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 2: in new ways. Victory and I want you to know 531 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:26,160 Speaker 2: we pray for you and your family every day for 532 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 2: God's very best. We want to thank you for your 533 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 2: prayer and support. You are impacting people all over the world. 534 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:36,320 Speaker 2: A special thank you to our Championship Hope partners for 535 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 2: your monthly support. If you're not a partner, I hope 536 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:43,240 Speaker 2: you'll consider becoming one. Remember you can watch the services 537 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:47,880 Speaker 2: online every Sunday morning, download our daily podcast, listen on 538 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:49,240 Speaker 2: Serious Exam. 539 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:50,560 Speaker 1: Watch on YouTube. 540 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:54,920 Speaker 2: Also the new joelost Network streaming on television twenty four 541 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:55,680 Speaker 2: hours a day. 542 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,880 Speaker 1: Until we see you again. May the Lord bless you 543 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 1: and keep you. 544 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:03,760 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of the Abundance Mindset 545 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 3: Book and Mindset Journal today. Visit Joelostein dot com or 546 00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 3: call eight eight eight five six seven Joel for an 547 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:15,800 Speaker 3: additional donation. This month, we are also offering His Goodness 548 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:20,240 Speaker 3: Abundance Bowl. You can request this inspiring resource by calling 549 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 3: eight eight eight five six seven Joel. We're logging on 550 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:26,040 Speaker 3: to Joelostein dot com today. 551 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:30,200 Speaker 2: If you've never been to Lakewood, we have a great opportunity. 552 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:34,000 Speaker 1: We called it Homecoming Weekend. We love to meet you 553 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:34,960 Speaker 1: and your family. 554 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:38,520 Speaker 2: You can see the building and attend one of the services. 555 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:40,760 Speaker 2: It's a great time to be a part of the 556 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:41,680 Speaker 2: Lakewood family. 557 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:44,320 Speaker 1: Looking forward to seeing you Homecoming Weekend.