1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:01,960 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,279 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend. We 5 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 2: appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. 6 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: Will God bless you? It's a joy that come into 7 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: your homes. 8 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 2: We love you, we know God has great things in store. 9 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 2: And if you're ever in our area, please stop buying. 10 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 2: Be a part of one of our services. I promise 11 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 2: you we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks 12 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 2: so much for tuning in and thank you again for 13 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 2: coming out today. I'd like to start with something funny, 14 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 2: and I heard about these three sisters ages ninety six, 15 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:39,879 Speaker 2: ninety four, ninety two. They live together and one day, 16 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,239 Speaker 2: the ninety six year old draws a bath and she 17 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 2: puts one foot in and stops. She hollers downstairs and says, 18 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 2: I can't remember if I was getting in or getting out. 19 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 2: The ninety four year old says, hang on, I'll come 20 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 2: up and help you. She gets halfway up the stairs 21 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 2: and stops. She says, I can't remember if I was 22 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 2: going up or coming down. The ninety two year old 23 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 2: shook her head and said, I hope I never get 24 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:04,399 Speaker 2: that forgetful, and she knocked on wood for good luck. 25 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 2: Then she said, hang on, I'll come help both of 26 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 2: you as soon as I see who's at the door. 27 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 1: That's not us. 28 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 2: Amen, hold your bibles up, say it like you mean it. 29 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:18,680 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 30 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 31 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:22,680 Speaker 2: what it says. 32 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 33 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: of God. 34 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 2: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 35 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:35,119 Speaker 2: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 36 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:38,279 Speaker 2: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 37 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 2: having the right image on the inside. How we see 38 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 2: ourselves will determine what kind of life we're going to live. 39 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 2: Too many people go around with low self esteem and 40 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 2: a poor self image. It's because they don't understand who 41 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 2: they really are. You were born to win, but society 42 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 2: has a way of conditioning us to lose through failures, rejection, 43 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 2: mistakes we've made. 44 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: If we're not. 45 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 2: Careful, it will start to distort the true image of 46 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 2: who we really are. You were never created to be average. 47 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 2: You weren't created to just drag through life and barely 48 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 2: get by. You have the blood of a champion on 49 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 2: the inside. 50 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: God created you in his own image. 51 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 2: You didn't come from ordinary stock. You came from the 52 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:30,920 Speaker 2: best of the best. God breed his life into you. 53 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 2: You have his royal blood flowing through your veins. He 54 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 2: has equipped you with everything you need to succeed. You 55 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 2: can overcome any obstacle. You can accomplish every goal. 56 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: You have the DNA of Almighty God. 57 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 2: The first step to live in this life of victory 58 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 2: is you have to understand who you really are, a 59 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 2: child of the most High God. Think about these championship 60 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 2: race horses. They breed them with other champions many times. 61 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 2: These thorough breads will have generation after generation of winners 62 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,360 Speaker 2: in their blood. And when the little colt is born, it. 63 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 1: May not look like much. 64 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:12,799 Speaker 2: Its legs may be wobbly, it may not be super attractive. 65 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 2: But those owners don't get discouraged. They don't say this 66 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 2: isn't a thoroughbred. 67 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 1: Look at it. 68 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 2: His legs are not strong, he's not muscular, his stride 69 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 2: is not the right length. 70 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: They're not concerned about that. 71 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 2: They're totally confident, knowing that that little colt has winner 72 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 2: after winner in its blood. That's the way you need 73 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 2: to see yourself. You may have some flaws and weaknesses. 74 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 2: You may not be the best looking like I am. 75 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: I'm just kidding. 76 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 2: You may not be the most talented, the most intelligent. 77 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 2: But that's okay because in your bloodline you. 78 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 1: Come from a long line of winners. 79 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 2: You may not see it right now, but in your 80 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 2: DNA is strength, ability, wisdom, fortitude. You are full of 81 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 2: can do power. You are not ordinary. You come from 82 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 2: a bloodline of champions, and it doesn't matter what your 83 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 2: present condition looks like. 84 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 1: You may have some addictions, you. 85 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 2: May feel a little insecure, but that doesn't change your DNA. 86 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 2: That doesn't change what's in your blood. It was put 87 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 2: in you by the creator of the universe. But some 88 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 2: people have believed that lie that they've gone as far 89 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,839 Speaker 2: as they can go and they're just not that talented. 90 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 2: They come from the wrong family. But you need to 91 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 2: go back and check your bloodline. You are the seed 92 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 2: of Almighty God. You've got to quit focusing on your weaknesses, 93 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:39,599 Speaker 2: quit dwelling on the mistakes. 94 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:42,159 Speaker 1: You've made, and start seeing yourself. 95 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 2: As God sees you as far as God is concerned, 96 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 2: he's already crowned you a champion. He's already seen them 97 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 2: putting the roses on you in the winter circle. You've 98 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 2: been predestined to win, predestined to overcome. But it's so 99 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 2: important that you have the right image of yourself on 100 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,720 Speaker 2: the inside. If you don't understand who you are and 101 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,799 Speaker 2: what God's already put in you, then it will. 102 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:09,159 Speaker 1: Start to distort that perception that holds many people back. 103 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,279 Speaker 2: Remember when I was growing up, my father bought a 104 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 2: new car for the family and he drove it home, 105 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 2: and as kids, we ran out there to see it. 106 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 2: We were so excited and we got in and had 107 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 2: him drive us around the neighborhood. It was a big deal. 108 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 2: My father stood there so proud, beaming with joy, just 109 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 2: loving that new car. Well, later that evening, Daddy was 110 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 2: watching television and a commercial came on for a certain car, 111 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 2: and of course it had his attention since he had 112 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 2: just bought one. And the commercial showed these very tight 113 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 2: shots of all the car's features, showed a tight shot 114 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 2: of the engine, and talked about how powerful it was 115 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 2: and how good the gas mileage was, and then it 116 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 2: showed a tight shot of the dash and the wood 117 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 2: between the seats, and a little bit of the chrome bumper, 118 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 2: on and on. 119 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:58,839 Speaker 1: It just made the car very beautiful, very enticing. 120 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:04,239 Speaker 2: Told how the longer he watched that commercial, the sicker 121 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 2: he got. He thought to himself, I just bought the 122 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:11,159 Speaker 2: wrong stinking car. This car is so much more impressive. 123 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 2: It has so many more features, It's so much more beautiful. 124 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: Oh, he was feeling low, like he'd made a big mistake. 125 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 2: But at the end of the commercial, the camera pulled 126 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 2: back and he realized it was the exact car that 127 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 2: he had just bought. 128 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:26,600 Speaker 1: Was my point. 129 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 2: His car had all these features. He just didn't understand 130 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 2: what he had. He wasn't excited about it until somebody 131 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 2: explained to him what was sitting in his garage. Now, 132 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 2: I'm trying to explain to you today, in your garage, 133 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 2: you have something extremely valuable, something extremely special. 134 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: Ephesians two ten says. 135 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 2: You are God's masterpiece. You are one of a kind. 136 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 2: There's not another person in this world like you. But 137 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 2: some of you are feeling kind of low. You're kind 138 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,160 Speaker 2: of down on yourself because you're not where you'd hope 139 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 2: to be in life. Maybe you've made some mistakes, but 140 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 2: let me encourage you. Those mistakes did not change your DNA. 141 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 2: God did not make any failures. The psalmist said, you 142 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 2: are fearfully and wonderfully made. 143 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 1: You need to start seeing. 144 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 2: Yourself as forgiven, redeemed, strong, anointed, equipped, empowered, full of possibility, 145 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 2: well able to do what God's called you to do. 146 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 2: People may have tried to push you down, tell you 147 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 2: what you can't do and what you don't have, but 148 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 2: that doesn't change what God's put in you. Other people 149 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 2: don't determine your destiny. 150 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: God does. 151 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 2: Somebody may have rejected you, somebody may have done you wrong, 152 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 2: but that's okay, that's their problem. The good news is 153 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 2: God accepts you. God approves you. You need to shake 154 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 2: that off and don't allow it to distort the image 155 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 2: in your mind. 156 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: One thing I've learned is. 157 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 2: No one can make you feel inferior without your permission. 158 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 2: They may try to push you down, they may say hurtful, 159 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 2: critical things, but it's totally up to you as to 160 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 2: whether you let those words take root and begin to 161 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 2: distort your self image. You can either believe what they 162 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 2: say about you, or you can believe what God says 163 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 2: about you. 164 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: Just put your shoulders back and declare, I am fearfully 165 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 1: and wonderfully made. 166 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 2: They may say I don't have what it takes, but 167 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 2: I say I'm well equipped. They may say I'll never 168 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 2: amount to much. I say I have the blood of 169 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 2: a winner. They may say I'm ordinary. I say I'm 170 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 2: a thoroughbred. They may say I'm average. I say I'm 171 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 2: a masterpiece. Friends, you were born to win. But if 172 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 2: you don't stay on the offensive and keep the right image, 173 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 2: then life will try to condition you to lose. 174 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 1: I was reading about a fifteen year old boy. This 175 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: was many years ago. 176 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:51,440 Speaker 2: He wasn't doing very well in school, and the teacher 177 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 2: told him that he would probably never graduate, so he 178 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 2: should just go ahead and drop out and begin to 179 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 2: learn a trade. 180 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 1: She meant well, but she didn't know what God put 181 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: on the inside. God doesn't make us to give up 182 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 1: and quit. But this young man he didn't know any better. 183 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 2: He didn't have anybody speaking faith into his life, and 184 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:13,079 Speaker 2: he took her advice, and for the next seventeen years 185 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:17,080 Speaker 2: he just fumbled through life, doing odd jobs here and there, 186 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 2: never really accomplishing much. Every time he tried to go 187 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 2: further and really tried to make something out of his life. 188 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:27,440 Speaker 2: Those words would ring out, You're not talented, you don't 189 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 2: have what it takes. He allowed them to take root. 190 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 2: The picture that was painted in his mind was very distorted. 191 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 2: He didn't see himself for who he really was, a 192 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 2: thoroughbred with the blood of a winner. He didn't go 193 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 2: out each day knowing that he had the DNA. 194 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 1: Of Almighty God. 195 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 2: He saw himself as unintelligent, not talented, not able to 196 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 2: But one day something interesting happened. He applied at this 197 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 2: company for just a low level job, but the company 198 00:09:56,320 --> 00:10:00,199 Speaker 2: had a policy that every potential employee had to take 199 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 2: an IQ test. Well, he took the test, and he 200 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 2: scored higher than anyone in that company's history. In fact, 201 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 2: his IQ qualified him at the genius level. He was 202 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 2: extremely bright, extremely intelligent. But for seventeen years he had 203 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 2: allowed those words to convince him he was just average, 204 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 2: just ordinary. 205 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 1: This day a light turned on. 206 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:28,599 Speaker 2: This day he realized he was not ordinary, He was 207 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 2: a thoroughbred. He didn't take that position. He started acting 208 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 2: like a genius. He began to write books. He invented 209 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 2: several products which are now patented. He went on to 210 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 2: start his own company, it became very successful. Everything changed 211 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 2: when he realized what he had. You may not have 212 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,679 Speaker 2: the IQ of a genius. I don't either, but I 213 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:54,439 Speaker 2: know this. I have everything I need to fulfill my destiny. 214 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 2: You have exactly what you need to accomplish what God's 215 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 2: put in your heart. The talent, the creativity, the right looks, 216 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:03,680 Speaker 2: the right personality. 217 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 1: That's what it says in Ephesians one, verse three. 218 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:12,319 Speaker 2: God has equipped us with every spiritual blessing. Notice how 219 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 2: it's in the past tense. It doesn't say God's gonna 220 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 2: do it one day. One day You're gonna have more talent. 221 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 2: One day, God's gonna give you more wisdom, one day 222 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,440 Speaker 2: You're gonna have more ability. Now you've got to start 223 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:26,959 Speaker 2: seeing it differently. It's in you right now, and somebody 224 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 2: may have tried to push you down, but God's word 225 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 2: overrides every negative word. You still have a bloodline of 226 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 2: a winner on the inside. Quit dwelling on what other 227 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 2: people say about you, and start listening to what God 228 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:44,439 Speaker 2: says about you. God says you are equipped, you are empowered, 229 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 2: you are annoyted. The truth is you may not always 230 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 2: feel that way, but that's okay. If you'll get in 231 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 2: agreement with God. Over time, your feelings will change. You 232 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 2: may not feel very victorious today. You may have a 233 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 2: lot of challenges. So you need to start telling yourself 234 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 2: I am more than a conquer I am a victor 235 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 2: and not a victim. You do that long enough, and 236 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,119 Speaker 2: one day it's going to drop deep down on the inside. 237 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:12,679 Speaker 1: You won't drag around discourage. 238 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 2: You'll know that you know that you're a thoroughbred, that 239 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:17,360 Speaker 2: you have the seed of almighty God. 240 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:20,200 Speaker 1: And if God be for you, who dare even be 241 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:20,839 Speaker 1: against you? 242 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 2: But many people like this young man, they've allowed the 243 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 2: negative words from other people to create a stronghold in 244 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 2: their mind. It's holding them back. They don't think they 245 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:35,440 Speaker 2: can rise any higher. They don't think they'll ever overcome 246 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 2: that sickness, or they'll ever get married to You got 247 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 2: to get in agreement with God. 248 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:41,199 Speaker 1: Understand this. 249 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 2: Whatever God has called you, you already are. For instance, 250 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 2: if I say this suit is white, then I'm not 251 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:52,080 Speaker 2: telling the truth because it's dark blue. But if God 252 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 2: says this suit is white, then it's going to change 253 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 2: to white because God cannot lie. And whether you realize 254 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:01,560 Speaker 2: it or not, whatever God is old you already are. 255 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 2: You may not feel like it, but you are more 256 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 2: than a conquer You are strong in the Lord. You 257 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:11,239 Speaker 2: are blessed and highly favored. You are talented and creative. 258 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 2: You walk in divine health. You have wisdom and insight 259 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 2: from above. That's all a part of your DNA. It's 260 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:22,079 Speaker 2: already in you. But to activate it, you've got to 261 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:25,079 Speaker 2: start believing it. You can't go around believing what other 262 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 2: people say about you. You can't go around believe in 263 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 2: what it's been like the last ten years. 264 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 1: This is a new day. I want you to have 265 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 1: a bigger vision. 266 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 2: Let's some of these new seeds of hope take root. 267 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 2: When those discouraging thoughts come telling you that you'll never 268 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:43,680 Speaker 2: overcome You've been this way too long, you'll never lose weight, 269 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 2: you'll never beat that addiction. 270 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 1: Just say no. 271 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 2: I'm gonna go back and check my spiritual birth certificate. 272 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:52,079 Speaker 2: I'm gonna see who my father is so I can 273 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:52,679 Speaker 2: know who. 274 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: I really am. In other words, let me verify. 275 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 2: Do I really have the DNA that I think I have? 276 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 2: Am I really supposed to drag through life defeated and discouraged? 277 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 2: Am I really supposed to go around lonely and unfulfilled, 278 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 2: and really is always supposed to be in lack. 279 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:12,200 Speaker 1: And never have enough. Let me check my DNA. 280 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:15,280 Speaker 2: No, it says right here, because I'm a child of 281 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 2: the Most High, God has crowned me with glory and honor. 282 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 2: It says, his favor surrounds me like a shield. It 283 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 2: says no weapon formed against me will ever prosper. It 284 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 2: says goodness and mercies always gonna follow me. It says, 285 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 2: because I walk in obedience, his blessings are going to 286 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 2: chase me down and overtake me. 287 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 1: If you struggle with. 288 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 2: Low self esteem, doubts, insecurities on a regular basis, you 289 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 2: need to check your spiritual birth certificate. You need to 290 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 2: remind yourself who your heavenly father is. When you gave 291 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 2: your life to Christ, you became a new creation, and 292 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 2: Almighty God infused you with his DNA in your bloodline. 293 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 1: There is winter after winter after winter. 294 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 2: But if you I get that champion out of you, 295 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 2: you got to get in agreement with God, and you 296 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:07,600 Speaker 2: got to understand what he's given you, what He's already 297 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 2: put on the inside. A lot of times I hear 298 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 2: people say, well, I wish I had more talent. I 299 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 2: wish I could do what he does, or I wish 300 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 2: I look differently. But no. God has equipped you with 301 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 2: exactly what you need. Take what you have and make 302 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 2: the very most of it. I was reading about back 303 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 2: in World War Two, there was a famous actress by 304 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 2: the name of Betty Grableman. 305 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 1: She was known for her beautiful legs. 306 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 2: In fact, her legs were so special she had them 307 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 2: insured for a million dollars. 308 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 1: That was unheard of back then. A pair of million 309 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 1: dollar legs. 310 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 2: Well, can I show you another pair of million dollar legs? 311 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: Look down at your own. 312 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 2: If somebody offered to buy those from you for a 313 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 2: million dollars, not one of you would sell it, not 314 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 2: if you're in your right mind. A few years ago, 315 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 2: a man lost his arm in an accident at work. 316 00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 2: The court ordered the company to pay him. 317 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 1: Twelve million dollars. Look at your arm. 318 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 2: You got a twelve million dollar arm. Take care of 319 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 2: that thing. A lady in another city was on a bus. 320 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 2: They were in an accident and she injured her back 321 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 2: to where she could not work anymore. The court ordered 322 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:17,680 Speaker 2: the city to pay her twenty million dollars just for 323 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 2: her back. Think about it, just the three things that 324 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 2: I've mentioned, and you're already worth thirty three million dollars. 325 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: You're starting to feel better about yourself, aren't you? Imagine 326 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: what your mind is worth. 327 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 2: Scientists for years have tried to make a computer that 328 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 2: can match what God's given us, but they can't come close. 329 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 2: Sure they can make computers that talk and calculate, but 330 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 2: they can't make one that can reason, one that can love, 331 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 2: one that can touch what you have. Just think about 332 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 2: if you had to purchase your mind, just say you 333 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 2: had to pay a million dollars for it, You would 334 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 2: take extremely good care of it. 335 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:58,360 Speaker 1: You would program it with the right information. 336 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 2: When those negative thoughts, those lies, would try to infiltrate 337 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 2: your system, you'd say, no way, I'm not putting that 338 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:07,440 Speaker 2: junk in. This thing costs me a lot of money. 339 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 2: I'm gonna take care of it. I'm convinced if we 340 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:14,119 Speaker 2: had to purchase our mind, our self esteem and our 341 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 2: outlook on life in general would be a whole lot better. 342 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:21,359 Speaker 2: What am I saying? Recognize what God has given you. 343 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 2: You are fearfully and wonderfully made. Don't ever say negative 344 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:30,720 Speaker 2: things toward yourself. I'm slow, I'm unattractive, I'm not talented. 345 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 1: I can't do anything right now. 346 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 2: Quit criticizing God's creation. If you dwell on that long enough, 347 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 2: it will become a reality, not because that's who you 348 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 2: really are, but because you open the door to it. 349 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 2: Our faith works in the positive or the negative. If 350 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 2: you go around all day dwelling on negative, critical thoughts 351 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 2: toward yourself, how you don't have what it takes and 352 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 2: you never get any good breaks. You'll see that come 353 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 2: to pass. That's your faith at work. The problem is 354 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 2: you're using it in the wrong direction. One time, Jesus 355 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 2: said to a blind man, become what you believe. 356 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 1: That's a powerful statement. We will become what we believe 357 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 1: about ourselves. Hey, you said, Joel, I'm not that talented. 358 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 2: Nobody in my family has ever amounted to too much. 359 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 2: And I guess I just come from the wrong side 360 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:22,920 Speaker 2: of the tracks. No, that kind of thinking will set 361 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 2: the limits for your life. Understand, With God, there's no 362 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 2: such thing as the wrong side of the tracts. The 363 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 2: scripture says, if you'll put your trust in him, God 364 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 2: will make your life significant. God wants to do something 365 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:39,160 Speaker 2: great with your life. He wants you to not only 366 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 2: fulfill your dreams. But he wants you to leave your 367 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:45,240 Speaker 2: mark on our generation. Why don't you get in agreement 368 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 2: with God. You're going to become what you believe. I 369 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:52,159 Speaker 2: read about this man that was walking down the street 370 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:55,800 Speaker 2: in a busy city in another country, and he came 371 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 2: across this tattoo shop. On the window there were all 372 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:02,200 Speaker 2: these tattoos that you could choose from, and he noticed 373 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,200 Speaker 2: this one particular one that said born to lose. 374 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:06,719 Speaker 1: He couldn't believe it. 375 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:09,440 Speaker 2: He thought, surely nobody will put a born to lose 376 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 2: tattoo on their body. A few minutes, the owner of 377 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 2: the little shop came out and they got to talking, 378 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:18,520 Speaker 2: and out of curiosity, he asked him if anyone ever 379 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 2: chose that born to lose tattoo. And the owner shook 380 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 2: his head yes, and then he said something interesting in 381 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:29,439 Speaker 2: broken English. He said, before tattooed on body, tattooed on mind. 382 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:30,920 Speaker 1: Now true. 383 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:34,199 Speaker 2: That is, if you think you're just an average, ordinary person, 384 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 2: then you're gonna live an average, mediocre life. If you 385 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 2: don't think anybody wants to be around you, and you're 386 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 2: not attractive, then you're gonna go through life lonely and unfulfilled. 387 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 1: You've got to change your thinking. 388 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 2: Understand you've got the DNA of a winner on the inside. 389 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:53,440 Speaker 2: Instead of sitting around thinking I'm not talented, I'm not attractive, 390 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 2: I don't have anything to offer, or just turn it around. 391 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 1: I'm fun, I'm creative. People like to be around me. 392 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 2: Well, Joel, all I ever make is c's in school, 393 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 2: I'm just not that smart. 394 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:06,159 Speaker 1: No reprogram you're thinking. 395 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 2: Start telling yourself. I am an a student. I am smart, 396 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 2: I'm intelligent. I've got the wisdom from above. I may 397 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:15,680 Speaker 2: not be there today, but I will get there. 398 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 1: And know this. 399 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:19,640 Speaker 2: Even if you go your whole school year and all 400 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 2: you ever make is one A, you are an a student. 401 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:24,240 Speaker 2: You latch onto it. 402 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter. 403 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:29,479 Speaker 2: If you make an A in pe, you make an 404 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:32,400 Speaker 2: A in homeroom, you make an A in lunch. 405 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:34,360 Speaker 1: You stick it up on your mirror. 406 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:36,160 Speaker 2: And say, I told you I am an a student. 407 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 1: Like this guy heard about. 408 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:42,080 Speaker 2: He brought his report card home and he had four 409 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 2: f's and one D. His father looked at him and said, son, 410 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:49,960 Speaker 2: it's obvious you're spending too much time on one subject. No, 411 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 2: have a bigger vision than that. You may have to 412 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 2: have a tutor. You may have to work after school, 413 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:58,159 Speaker 2: you may have to go during the summer, but you 414 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:01,880 Speaker 2: have got what it takes. Don't settle where you are. Well, 415 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:03,640 Speaker 2: I'm kind of shy, I'm kind of fearful. 416 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 1: No, turn it around. I'm bold and courageous. 417 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 2: Well, I'm unlucky, Joe, I never get any good breaks. No, 418 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 2: I have the favor of God. His blessings are chasing 419 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:15,639 Speaker 2: me down. You got to reprogram your thinking. Start filling 420 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 2: your mind with I am blessed, I am prosperous, I 421 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:22,400 Speaker 2: am valuable, I am anointed. 422 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:24,399 Speaker 1: I am equipped, I am creative. 423 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:29,360 Speaker 2: My past is forgiven, my present is secure, my future 424 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:32,199 Speaker 2: is bright. You know what happens when you meditate on 425 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:36,880 Speaker 2: thoughts like that. God's word will repair a damaged self image. 426 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 2: His word is bringing healing to you. People may have 427 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 2: told you what you can't do, but when you go 428 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:45,879 Speaker 2: around dwelling and I can do all things through Christ, 429 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 2: healing is taking place. 430 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:49,920 Speaker 1: You getting back to who you really are. 431 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 2: You may have been hurt in a relationship and you 432 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:56,199 Speaker 2: don't feel very special today, you don't feel very attractive. 433 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 2: But if you'll start meditating on I am a masterpiece, 434 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:02,719 Speaker 2: I am one of a kind. I have something to offer. 435 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:05,400 Speaker 2: My best days are ahead of me. Great things are 436 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:05,959 Speaker 2: in store. 437 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 1: You know what's happening. 438 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:12,159 Speaker 2: Healing is coming, your self image is being restored. I 439 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,639 Speaker 2: read where years ago the government of Thailand wanted to 440 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 2: build a new freeway, but right in the middle of 441 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:22,239 Speaker 2: their path there was a huge religious statue that had 442 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 2: been there for years and years, was very important to 443 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 2: the people, greatly revered, and they knew when they went 444 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:31,159 Speaker 2: to move it they had to be extremely cautious. 445 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 1: It was a huge clay statue, and. 446 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,120 Speaker 2: So they got all the cranes in place, and very 447 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 2: carefully and delicately they tried to lift it, but some 448 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 2: of the clay began to crack. They stopped and reorganized 449 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 2: and tried to do it even more delicately, but still 450 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 2: more clay fell off. They were very distraught by it. 451 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 2: They finally got the statue to its new location, and 452 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 2: when they were taking it off the truck, a huge 453 00:22:57,320 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 2: piece of clay fell off. One of the men were 454 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 2: noticed something kind of shining through. He called the others 455 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 2: over and they begin to examine it very carefully, and 456 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:12,159 Speaker 2: much to their amazement, they discovered underneath the clay the 457 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:14,639 Speaker 2: statue was made out of solid gold. 458 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,119 Speaker 1: The clay was just a facade. 459 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,719 Speaker 2: It was never supposed to stay there, yet it had 460 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:22,720 Speaker 2: been there hundreds and hundreds of years. They thought the 461 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,960 Speaker 2: statue was worth thirty or forty thousand dollars, but come 462 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 2: to find out it's worth millions and millions. It's made 463 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 2: out of solid gold. This is what happens to us. 464 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,720 Speaker 2: Many times. We don't realize what we have. We think 465 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:39,679 Speaker 2: I'm just an average, ordinary person. Nothing special about me. 466 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 2: I'm just an old vessel made out of clay. Yes, 467 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,120 Speaker 2: you may be a clay vessel, but let me let 468 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,679 Speaker 2: you in on a secret. On the inside, you were 469 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 2: solid gold. That's the way you need to start seeing yourself. 470 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:55,040 Speaker 2: In other words, I may look like a bunch of 471 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 2: old hard clay to you, but deep down in here 472 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 2: I know I made in the image of Almighty God. 473 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 2: I've got royal blood flowing through my veins. I'm not average, 474 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 2: I'm not ordinary. I'm solid gold. 475 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 1: It's in you. 476 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,280 Speaker 2: Well, you say I've made a lot of mistakes. I've 477 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:12,359 Speaker 2: got a lot of flaws. I've got a lot of weaknesses. 478 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 1: We all do. 479 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 2: But the scripture says he that began a good work 480 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:21,119 Speaker 2: in you will continue to perform it until it's perfectly complete. 481 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 2: That simply means that God's gonna keep chipping away at 482 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:27,360 Speaker 2: that clay until he gets down to the gold. If 483 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 2: you'll get in agreement with God and think the right 484 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 2: thoughts and have that right image of yourself, you'll see more. 485 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 1: And more of that gold begin to shine through. 486 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 2: Instead of thinking things like I'll never rise higher, I'll 487 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 2: never overcome this addiction, I'll never get out of this problem. No, 488 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:45,479 Speaker 2: just turn it around. I can do all things through Christ. 489 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 2: This addiction does not control me. It didn't come to stay. 490 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 2: It came to pass. You know what happened. A little 491 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 2: clay fell off and a little more gold is shining through. Well, 492 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:57,320 Speaker 2: you said, Joel, I don't think there's any gold in me. 493 00:24:57,720 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 2: You don't know the life that I've lived. You don't 494 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 2: know them miss mistakes I've made. No, the good news 495 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 2: is the gold is still in you. You take Jacob 496 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:09,400 Speaker 2: in the Old Testament. He was a deceiver, He had 497 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 2: no integrity, He cheated his own brother out of his birthright. 498 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 1: But God didn't give. 499 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 2: Up on Jacob because he was making poor choices. God 500 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:22,360 Speaker 2: knew the gold was still in him. Jacob made some adjustments, 501 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:25,400 Speaker 2: he got back on the right track, and God changed 502 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:27,880 Speaker 2: his name from Jacob to Israel. 503 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:30,120 Speaker 1: You may have some hang ups. 504 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:32,880 Speaker 2: Today, maybe even some issues like Jacob, but know this, 505 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:36,120 Speaker 2: where you are is not where you're going to end up. 506 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 2: In every Jacob, there's an Israel. Saul of Tarsus hated 507 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 2: God's people, but God turned his life around and changed 508 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 2: his name to the apostle Paul. He went on to 509 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 2: write over half of the New Testament that tells me, 510 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 2: in every Paul, there's a Paw. A young man Jesus 511 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:59,200 Speaker 2: dealt with was named Simon. He was hot tempered, used 512 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 2: bad language. Yet Jesus looked right at him and said, 513 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:06,399 Speaker 2: you are Simon, but you shall be Peter. Jesus was saying, 514 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:08,879 Speaker 2: it's not what you are that really matters. 515 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 1: It's what you can become. You're just a diamond in 516 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 1: the rough. 517 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 2: Peter went on to become one of the Great Disciples. 518 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 2: No matter where you are, no matter what you've done, 519 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:19,880 Speaker 2: it has not changed your DNA. 520 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:22,360 Speaker 1: When I look out at each of you, I don't 521 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 1: see a. 522 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 2: Bunch of clay. I see solid gold. I know what's 523 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:29,480 Speaker 2: on the inside. I'm looking at champions. I'm looking at thoroughbreds. 524 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,680 Speaker 2: I can already see you standing in the Winter's circle. 525 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 2: You may not see it just yet, but get a 526 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:39,240 Speaker 2: vision for it. You've got the DNA of Almighty God. 527 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 2: This is your time to come up higher. This is 528 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,520 Speaker 2: your time to let a little more of that gold 529 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:48,679 Speaker 2: shine through. Put your shoulders back, have the attitude. I 530 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:51,920 Speaker 2: know who I am. I may be Saul right now, 531 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 2: but that's okay. I know Paul's in me. I may 532 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 2: be more like Jacob, but I know Israel is coming. 533 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 2: Or I may be like a shepherd boy named David, 534 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:03,119 Speaker 2: but I know a king is on the inside. 535 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 1: Friends, I'm asking you to go for the gold. You've 536 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:09,399 Speaker 1: got what it takes. Almighty God has already put it 537 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 1: in you. Shake off any kind of low self esteem. 538 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:16,680 Speaker 2: Don't ever let anyone make you feel less than Remember, 539 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 2: no one can make you feel inferior. 540 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 1: Without your permission. 541 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:24,159 Speaker 2: If you'll develop the right image on the inside and 542 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:27,959 Speaker 2: see yourself as a thoroughbred, a champion more than a 543 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:31,440 Speaker 2: conquer God says, you will become what you believe. 544 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 1: You will rise higher and higher. 545 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 2: You'll see more clay fall off and more gold shine 546 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,680 Speaker 2: through and you'll become everything God's created you to be. 547 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:41,439 Speaker 1: Amen. Do you receive it today? 548 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 2: Or we never like to close our broadcast without giving 549 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,919 Speaker 2: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 550 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 551 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 2: repent of my sins. 552 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 1: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 553 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:01,440 Speaker 2: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 554 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,440 Speaker 2: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church, 555 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 2: Keep God first place. 556 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 1: He's going to take you places that you've never dreamed of. 557 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 3: Fear can be a powerful force, and we'll try to 558 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:17,639 Speaker 3: make you feel alone, stuck without hope. But fear doesn't 559 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:21,160 Speaker 3: have to get the final say. There is a way out. 560 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:24,520 Speaker 2: Fear is a powerful force, but so is faith. What 561 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 2: we focus on shapes our reality. 562 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 1: In my new book, No. 563 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,280 Speaker 2: More Fear, you have the mind of Christ, I'll show 564 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:34,359 Speaker 2: you how to silence fear and live boldly in faith 565 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:38,040 Speaker 2: and confidence. Just like David said, though I walk through 566 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:41,360 Speaker 2: the valley, I will not fear. You too can walk 567 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 2: through life's challenges without being paralyzed by fear. 568 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 1: I can't promise. 569 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:48,680 Speaker 2: You you'll never feel fear, but I can teach you 570 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 2: how to rise above it by dwelling on what God says, 571 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:56,080 Speaker 2: learning to replace the anxious thoughts with faith filled ones, 572 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 2: you can live. 573 00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,760 Speaker 1: From a place of peace, power, and purpose. 574 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:03,040 Speaker 3: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 575 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:05,600 Speaker 3: of any amount this month, we would like to send 576 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:09,000 Speaker 3: you a copy of Joel's book, No More Fear. You 577 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 3: have the mind of Christ. The Bible proclaims the Lord 578 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 3: is my Light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? 579 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:20,400 Speaker 3: This powerful and practical book will help you silenced out, 580 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:25,960 Speaker 3: overcome anxiety and step boldly into God's overcoming power when 581 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:30,080 Speaker 3: fear whispers you can't. This devotional will stir your faith 582 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:34,160 Speaker 3: to declare God will. Each page reminds you that you 583 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:37,920 Speaker 3: weren't created to live in fear or despair. You were 584 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 3: created to live with passion, purpose, and confidence in God's 585 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 3: plans for your life. Let God's word equip you to 586 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,920 Speaker 3: rise above fear and walk in victory. 587 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:53,600 Speaker 2: Fear doesn't have the final say God does. Be bold, 588 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:56,360 Speaker 2: be strong, and step up to who He made you 589 00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:59,240 Speaker 2: to be. Btorne, I want you to know we're praying 590 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:01,880 Speaker 2: for you and and your family. Believe it for God's 591 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,480 Speaker 2: very best. Thank you so much for your prayer and support. 592 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:09,600 Speaker 2: Your generosity is helping people around the world. As we 593 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:12,680 Speaker 2: finish this year, I hope you'll consider making a special 594 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:16,480 Speaker 2: year in gift helps to keep the ministry strong. I 595 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:19,040 Speaker 2: always want to thank our Champion of Hope partners for 596 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:21,960 Speaker 2: your monthly gifts. If you're not a partner, I hope 597 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:25,160 Speaker 2: you'll consider becoming one. And until we see you next time, 598 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:27,400 Speaker 2: may the Lord bless you and keep you. 599 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:31,240 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of Joel's new book, 600 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:34,920 Speaker 3: No More Fear You Have the Mind of Christ. Visit 601 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:38,560 Speaker 3: Joelostein dot com or call eight eight eight five six 602 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:42,520 Speaker 3: seven Joel, and for an additional gift. This month, we're 603 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:47,120 Speaker 3: also offering the God's Word Work Study Collection. 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