1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: Victoria and I believe in you're going to have a 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: blessed summer. Praying for you guys every day, and thanks 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: for being with us today. Hey, I'm excited. Victoria's got 4 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: a new book out. It's called Grace to Go, and 5 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: I know it's going to bless you. I'm excited because 6 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: in this book you will see how you are strengthened, 7 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: that you are prepared and you are ready for anything 8 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 1: that's in front of you. You are Grace to Go. 9 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: Enjoy today's message. Well, God bless you. It's always a 10 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: joy to come into your homes. And if you're ever 11 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:33,200 Speaker 1: in our area, please stop buy and be a part 12 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: of one of our services. I promise you we'll make 13 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: you feel right at home. But thanks so much for 14 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,200 Speaker 1: tuning in, and thank you again for coming out today. 15 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: I like to start with something funny. And one Sunday morning, 16 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 1: this man walked into church wearing blue jeans, T shirt 17 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 1: and an old cowboy hat. Some of the members were appalled. 18 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: They sent notes to the pastor expressing their concerns. Afterwards, 19 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: the pastor told the man he needed to and ask 20 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 1: God what he should wear when he came back to 21 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 1: his church next week. The man came back wearing the 22 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:09,680 Speaker 1: exact same thing. Pastor said, I told you to ask 23 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 1: God what you should wear before you come back to 24 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: my church. The man said, I did ask God, and 25 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,119 Speaker 1: he told me he didn't know what to wear because 26 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: he's never been here before. Hold up your bible, saying, 27 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: like you mean it, this is my Bible. I am 28 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 1: what it says I am. I have what it says 29 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 30 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 31 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 1: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 32 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 33 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 34 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 1: who's the boss. There's a battle taking place in all 35 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: of us. It's a battle between the flesh and the spirit. 36 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: The flesh is our natural carnal desires. That's what we 37 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: were born with. Have you ever noticed how you don't 38 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 1: have to teach a child to be impatient, to be selfish, 39 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: to get upset? Or was it a grocery store and 40 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: this little boy, probably two years old, was there shopping 41 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: with his mother. She looked like a businesswoman, very professional, 42 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 1: well dressed. Her little boy was as cute as can be, 43 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: and he went over and got something off the bottom shelf. 44 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: His mother said, very lovingly, no, son, we have to 45 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: put that back. Up. To that point, he'd been happy, 46 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: in a good mood. But when she took that away, 47 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: it was like he turned into a different person. He 48 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: started screaming. He fell down on the floor, flailing his 49 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 1: hands and legs, stilling this big fit. You thought he 50 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: was dying. Of course, his mom was kind of embarrassed, 51 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 1: and she tried to discreetly, quietly pick him up. He 52 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: screamed even louder. Here's my point. Nobody had to teach 53 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:54,399 Speaker 1: him how to throw a fit. That's what we're born with. 54 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: The Scripture calls it the flesh, or our carnal nature. 55 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:05,080 Speaker 1: It's things like pride, selfishness, impatience, getting upset. Here's the key. 56 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: The flesh wants to be in control. The flesh is 57 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 1: not going to be happy unless it gets its way. 58 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 1: The easy way is to do like that little boy 59 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: and give in. And that's okay. When we're two years old, 60 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: we're growing, we're learning. People understand why we're childish. The 61 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: problem is not when we're two, but when we're forty two, 62 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: and we're still throwing a fit. We're still being ruled 63 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 1: by our feelings. We think. I feel like being rude, 64 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell them off. I feel like being lazy. 65 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna skip work. I feel like being impatient, I 66 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: feel like compromising. As long as you're allowing your feelings 67 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: to be the boss, it will limit how high you 68 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: can go. The scripture talks about dying to the flesh. 69 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: That means not giving in to what we feel. If 70 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: you live on that shallow level of always having to 71 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: please your flesh, you'll never discover what's really in you. 72 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 1: The best of you, your gifts, your talents, your potential 73 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: won't come out. You have to go beyond the surface. 74 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 1: If you'll get past the temporary pain of not having 75 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: your way and choose to follow the spirit instead of 76 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: the flesh, God will at least more of his favor. 77 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 1: You'll continue to rise higher and higher. But too many 78 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: people live on this surface level of letting their feelings 79 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 1: their emotions run their life. The problem is our feelings 80 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: will lead us down the wrong path. Your feelings will 81 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,039 Speaker 1: tell you you're tired, you don't need to go to 82 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: work today, Just sleep in your flesh will tell you 83 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 1: they were rude to you. Don't let them have the 84 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 1: last word. Be rude back to them. Your feelings will 85 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: tell you I want another piece of pie. Don't make 86 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 1: me wait, I'm hungry. If you listen, you'll hear the 87 00:04:56,839 --> 00:05:03,159 Speaker 1: spirit say no more pie. Seven pieces will enough. The 88 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: flesh likes to be comfortable, but if you're always comfortable, 89 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: you'll never grow. When you discipline yourself to do the 90 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: right thing, the harder it is, the more you're growing 91 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:19,039 Speaker 1: in that area. Instead of seeing it as all man, 92 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 1: this is so painful. Turn it around. This may be uncomfortable, 93 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:26,160 Speaker 1: but I know I'm growing a whole lot. I'm making progress. 94 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: The scripture says no discipline at the time seems pleasant, 95 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: but later on it will produce a great harvest. We 96 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: need to think more about later on. Our feelings only 97 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: tell us about right now. But a mature person doesn't 98 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: get caught up in the emotion of the moment. They 99 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: always take a step back and think about later on. 100 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 1: Your flesh will tell you I want junk food. Colas, 101 00:05:55,440 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: desserts make me comfortable. At the time. It may taste good, 102 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: but later on you won't be as healthy as you 103 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 1: could be we get upset and think, I'm gonna go 104 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:07,840 Speaker 1: tell my boss off. I'm gonna give them a piece 105 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 1: of my mind. You can do that, but later on 106 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: you won't have a job at home. We know we 107 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: should bite our tongue, not say something to our spouse, 108 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: but it feels good to please the flesh. We say 109 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: it anyway. Later on we're sleeping on the couch. Later 110 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 1: on we've entered into World War three. Even though it's difficult, 111 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: it's much better to say, flesh, you're not gonna rule 112 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: my life. When you do that, later on you'll not 113 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: only still have a job, have a marriage, have good health, 114 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 1: but your character is coming up higher. God can entrust 115 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 1: you with more. Maybe you're at the sporting good store 116 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:53,679 Speaker 1: and you see those shiny new golf clubs, the ones 117 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: you know you can't afford right now. You know those 118 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: funds are set aside for the monthly house snow, but 119 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: they're the latest, greatest clubs, and wouldn't you know it, 120 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,720 Speaker 1: they're on sell this week. Only your flesh will tell 121 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: you it's a sign from God. You heard Joell talking 122 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 1: your due season year. You can't pass that up. Then 123 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: you'll hear a still small voice, the spirit whispering, don't 124 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: do it, be disciplined, wait for the right time. The 125 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 1: flesh is always much louder, much stronger of God to 126 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 1: have it. They're on sale. Plus there's a special rebate 127 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 1: and look today only. If you buy, you get a 128 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 1: free umbrella, two packs of bubblegum. If you give in 129 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: and let the flesh be the boss, well, later on, 130 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 1: when you have to pay the bills, you'll be depressed. 131 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 1: It's much better if you'll pay the price for discipline today. 132 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 1: If you'll not get on board with those feelings, make 133 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 1: decisions based off of wisdom, then later on there will 134 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 1: be a great harvest. And when you see people that 135 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 1: are blessed, successful have good relationships, they didn't get there 136 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: because they were lucky. They were disciplined, They did the 137 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:14,239 Speaker 1: right thing when it was hard. The people that reached 138 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: their highest potential are the people that are good at 139 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: saying no to their flesh. Those friends that want you 140 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: to party all the time, your feelings will tell you 141 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 1: just do it. It's fun. You'll have a great time. 142 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: But later on there can be addictions, later on, trouble 143 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: in relationships. If you want to see the great harvest, 144 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:39,119 Speaker 1: God's favor blessing increase. You have to make the decision 145 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: to choose discipline today. When I was in high school, 146 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,839 Speaker 1: I used to run track. One day, we got out 147 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 1: at noon for a special program and track practice didn't 148 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 1: start until one point fifteen. It was a hot summer 149 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 1: day in Houston. I was very hungry for Mexican food. 150 00:08:57,440 --> 00:08:59,559 Speaker 1: I rounded up some of my friends and we went 151 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:02,679 Speaker 1: down to the local Mexican restaurant. As I was getting 152 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: out of the car, very excited out of school early 153 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 1: that day, at my favorite restaurant, I heard something down 154 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 1: in here saying, you better not eat this food. It's 155 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: one hundred degrees outside, and in a few minutes you're 156 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: gonna be out on that hot track running. I no 157 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 1: more paid attention to that. I didn't want to hear that. 158 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 1: I had my mind already made up. Now. I ordered 159 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:30,599 Speaker 1: this big Mexican dinner Cheloopah's enchiladas, Tamali's Faheedahs, chilik, and 160 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 1: qesol rice. BE had all this food. When it came out, 161 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 1: it smelled so good I could almost taste it. But 162 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: once again I heard something whispering, Joel, you better not 163 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 1: eat this. This is not a good idea, I thought, 164 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: get behind me, Satan, this is a good idea. I ate, 165 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 1: and ate, and ate. A few minutes later I was 166 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 1: out on the track. The coach said today we're gonna 167 00:09:56,600 --> 00:10:01,439 Speaker 1: run eighteen four hundred and forty yard sprint, not jogging, 168 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:07,839 Speaker 1: but sprinting. On my fourth sprint, I started feeling dizzy, nauseated, 169 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: sick to my stomach. I went over coach, I can't 170 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 1: run anymore. He looked at me and said, you don't 171 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 1: have a choice. You have to run. I wanted to 172 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:20,959 Speaker 1: cast the devil out of him too. I was so miserable. 173 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 1: I'd run a little wild, throw up, run a little wild. 174 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 1: Same thing. The funny thing when I was eating that 175 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 1: Mexican food I never thought about later on. My flesh 176 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 1: never once said later on, this is gonna be a problem. Bro. 177 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: It tastes good going down, but it's not gonna taste 178 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 1: so good coming back up. All my flesh told me 179 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 1: was give me Mexican food. Give it to me now, 180 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,960 Speaker 1: don't make me wait. The spirit was trying to warn me. 181 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 1: God was saying, in effect, you better stay away from 182 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 1: Mama Nimphus. Today. Go down there the subway, get something easy, 183 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:02,680 Speaker 1: something light. Here's my point. Your feelings will tell you 184 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: what you want, but that doesn't mean that's what's best 185 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:08,680 Speaker 1: for you. Your feelings will tell you they hurt you, 186 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 1: hold a grudge, live bitter. The same time, you'll hear 187 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:17,679 Speaker 1: a still small voice whispering, let it go, forgive, Let 188 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 1: God be your vindicator. The flesh and the spirit are 189 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 1: constantly at odds. You get to choose who's the boss. 190 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: Nobody can make this decision for you. We can encourage you, 191 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 1: cheer your on, tell you that you have what it takes, 192 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 1: but only you can make the decision. I am not 193 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 1: going to live at this surface level. I'm not going 194 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 1: to let the flesh control my life taking the easy 195 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:46,200 Speaker 1: way out. I'm gonna dig my heels in. Instead of 196 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 1: letting my feelings rule me, I'm gonna start ruling over 197 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:53,560 Speaker 1: my feelings. You've heard little kids use the phrase, you're 198 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 1: not the boss of me. Next time your flesh tell 199 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 1: you compromise, get upset, give into temptation, just answer back, 200 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:05,680 Speaker 1: You're not the boss of me. I am not living 201 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 1: on that surface level. I'm going deeper. I'm gonna become 202 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 1: all God created me to be. Paul said, Galatians. If 203 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:18,079 Speaker 1: you sow to the flesh, you will reap decay, ruin, 204 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:21,840 Speaker 1: and destruction. But if you sow to the spirit, you 205 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: will reap life and life eternal. Notice when you do 206 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 1: the right thing when it's hard, when you sow to 207 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 1: the spirit, you're going to reap blessings, favor increase not 208 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 1: only eternal life, but abundant life here on this earth. 209 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:40,960 Speaker 1: But when we give into our natural carnal desires, keep 210 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,960 Speaker 1: doing what we feel. I feel like being lazy. I'm 211 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 1: going to be lazy, I feel like compromising. I'm gonna 212 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 1: give into this temptation, i feel like staying up all 213 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 1: night watching television. When we sow to the flesh, we 214 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 1: won't reap anything good. But when you discipline yourself to 215 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 1: take the high road, to say no to your feelings, 216 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 1: you are sewing to the spirit. It may not happen overnight, 217 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: but if you'll keep making those choices, you will come 218 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:14,200 Speaker 1: in to a great harvest. Romans talks about those who 219 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 1: follow the dictates of the flesh. That's saying the flesh 220 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:22,199 Speaker 1: wants to be a dictator. The flesh wants to control 221 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 1: your life. What does a dictator do? Tells you what 222 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:27,840 Speaker 1: to do, when to do it, how to do it. 223 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 1: They make all the decisions. You just sit back and 224 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 1: follow the orders. In other words, you get stuck in traffic. 225 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 1: Your flesh tells you get upset, be stressed out. So 226 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 1: many people follow the dictates of the flesh, just like 227 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 1: a good soldier. When they hear those orders, yes, sir, 228 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 1: right away, sir, they get upset, go through the day 229 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 1: stressed out, or you wake up in the morning. Your 230 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: feelings may tell you you're depressed, nothing good is in your future, 231 00:13:57,120 --> 00:14:01,559 Speaker 1: feel lousy. Some people get on board. They go around depressed, 232 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 1: no passion. When you say, Joel, I can't help what 233 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:08,320 Speaker 1: I feel. I'm not asking you to not feel anything. 234 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 1: That's not reality. God made us as emotional beings all 235 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 1: through the day. You will feel things. But just because 236 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 1: you feel it doesn't mean you should act on it. 237 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: David said, be angry and sin not. You may feel 238 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 1: the emotion of anger. That's okay, just don't act on it. 239 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 1: Don't fly off the handle. You may feel offended, just 240 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: don't give in. I'm not getting on board with those feelings. 241 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 1: Or you may feel tempted to compromise so strong you 242 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: don't see how you can control it. But God wouldn't 243 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 1: ask us to feel something and not give in if 244 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 1: we couldn't do it. Yes, the feelings are real, but 245 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 1: you have to ask yourself. Is what I'm feeling going 246 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 1: to move me toward my destiny? Is it going to 247 00:14:56,480 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: help me improve? Or is it just my natural fleshly 248 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 1: desires that are going to keep me from rising higher? 249 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 1: Who's the boss you or your feelings? Are you going 250 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:11,479 Speaker 1: to let the flesh stay on the throne be the dictator? 251 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 1: My flesh said, get upset, So I got upset. My 252 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 1: flesh said, don't clean the house. So I didn't clean 253 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 1: the house this week, this month, this year. My flesh said, 254 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 1: hook up with this other person. So I kind of 255 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 1: messed up in my relationship. Living by what we feel 256 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:33,920 Speaker 1: is a very shallow way to live. I'm asking you 257 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 1: to dethrone the flesh. It's time to have a change 258 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: in authority. You've seen how in foreign countries when they 259 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 1: have a dictator that's very oppressive, pushing the people down. 260 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 1: They can't vote him out of the office. They don't 261 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 1: have a democracy. They have to take drastic measures. They 262 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 1: rise up and overthrow the dictator. They forcefully throw him 263 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 1: out of office. In the same way. Your flesh wants 264 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 1: to rule your life, wants to stay in control, tell 265 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 1: you how to feel, leads you down the wrong path. 266 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 1: Let me warn you, it's not gonna go down easily. 267 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 1: When you don't give it what it wants. It's gonna 268 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 1: throw a fit, get upset. You have to dig your 269 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 1: heels in, be determined, and say enough is enough. Flesh, 270 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 1: You're not the boss of me anymore. Feelings. You are 271 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 1: not going to rule my life. I am taking you 272 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 1: off the throne. From now on, I'm gonna start being 273 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 1: ruled by the spirit. See the apostle, Paul said, I 274 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 1: die daily. He was saying, every day I have to 275 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: say no to my flesh. Every day. I have to 276 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 1: take my feelings off the throne. This is not something 277 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 1: that we do one time and then we're done. It's 278 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 1: an ongoing process. Paul wrote over half of the New Testament. 279 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 1: It's one of the great heroes of faith, Yet he 280 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:58,600 Speaker 1: still had to deal with his flesh. You never get 281 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 1: to the point where you're so mature, you're so spiritual, 282 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 1: you don't have any of these fleshly carnal desires. Like Paul, 283 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: every day we have to learn to say no to 284 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 1: certain feelings. One time, my father had a disagreement with 285 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:15,440 Speaker 1: my mother, and it was really no big deal, but 286 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:18,359 Speaker 1: my father was put out over it. He knew the 287 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 1: right thing to do was just to let it go 288 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 1: and move forward, but he felt like being offended. He 289 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 1: felt like feeling sorry for himself. Instead of ruling his feelings, 290 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,880 Speaker 1: he let his feelings will him. He put them back 291 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 1: up on the throne, and he decided to give my 292 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 1: mother the silent treatment. She would walk by him in 293 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:41,159 Speaker 1: the house and he would ignore her, act like he 294 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 1: didn't see her. She would ask them something, he would 295 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 1: answer back in the shortest, most unfriendly way he possibly could. 296 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:52,520 Speaker 1: He liked how it made him feel. When you give 297 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: into the flesh, there is pleasure. Feels good to have 298 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 1: a pity party, feels good to eat the twelfth bowl 299 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:01,640 Speaker 1: of ice cream. He's good to skip school, go down 300 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: to the beach. The flesh loves to have its way, 301 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:08,160 Speaker 1: loves to stay on the throne. A couple of hours later, 302 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 1: my mom got tired of having the cold shoulder treatment 303 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:15,639 Speaker 1: and decided to do something about it. She went and 304 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:19,200 Speaker 1: hid behind the door and stayed there as quietly as 305 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:23,879 Speaker 1: she could. My father looked and looked and looked everywhere 306 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 1: throughout the house. It's hard to ignore somebody when you 307 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: can't find them. The longer he looked, the more worded 308 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:36,680 Speaker 1: he became. He thought, dear Lord, maybe the rapture took 309 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:40,880 Speaker 1: place and I got left behind. A few minutes later 310 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 1: he passed that door where my mother was hiding. She 311 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: jumped out on his back, put both legs around him, said, John, 312 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:52,639 Speaker 1: I'm not getting off until you cheer up. They laughed 313 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 1: so much my father forgot what he was mad about. 314 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,359 Speaker 1: No matter how mature you are, every day you have 315 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 1: to take those feel off the throne. Paul said in 316 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 1: First Corinthians. Everything is permissible for me, but everything is 317 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 1: not profitable. I will not become a slave to anything. See, 318 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 1: there are a lot of things we can do and 319 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:18,879 Speaker 1: get away with. We can go through life bad attitude, 320 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:24,919 Speaker 1: hot temper, compromising, impatience. That's permissible, but it's not very profitable. 321 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 1: If you live at that shallow level, letting your feelings 322 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:33,200 Speaker 1: rule you, you can only go so high. Yes you'll survive, 323 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:36,399 Speaker 1: but it will be much less than you were created for. 324 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:41,400 Speaker 1: I'm talking today about reaching the fullness of your destiny. 325 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:45,440 Speaker 1: Paul said, I won't become a slave to anything. When 326 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:49,360 Speaker 1: we let our feelings rule us, we become a slave 327 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 1: to anger, a slave to lust, a slave to self pity. 328 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 1: Because we're letting our flesh stay on the throne. It's 329 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:00,639 Speaker 1: like we're serving those things held by their power. But 330 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 1: I believe this is a new day. The flesh is 331 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 1: being dethroned. No more living as slaves. We're rising up 332 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: and saying, flesh, you're not going to control us. We're 333 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:13,719 Speaker 1: going to take the throne. We're gonna make decisions that 334 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:18,160 Speaker 1: honor God and move us toward our destiny. The scripture 335 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 1: says we are unspiritual when we are under the control 336 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:28,240 Speaker 1: of ordinary impulses. It doesn't say that these ordinary impulses 337 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:32,159 Speaker 1: will go away. The feelings will always be there. The 338 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 1: problem is when we give in, we come under their control. 339 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 1: When you said, Joel, I've always had a problem with 340 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:42,399 Speaker 1: my temper, I've always been impatient. I'll never change. Well, 341 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:45,160 Speaker 1: here's how you do it. You have to quit feeding 342 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 1: those feelings. Anything you feed is going to grow when 343 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,640 Speaker 1: that emotion of anger comes. If you keep giving in, 344 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: getting upset, flying off the handle, all you're doing is 345 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 1: making it stronger. You're giving it more power. If you 346 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 1: keep feeding that self pity, going around feeling sorry for yourself. 347 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,439 Speaker 1: It's just like a person that's addicted to a drug. 348 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 1: The more he takes it, the more he has to 349 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:15,680 Speaker 1: have it. He craves it, the desire becomes stronger. Whatever 350 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 1: area you're letting your feelings rule, it's going to grow. 351 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,480 Speaker 1: If you get stressed out every time you get stuck 352 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:27,200 Speaker 1: in traffic, you're feeding the impatience. Just imagine you're serving 353 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:30,399 Speaker 1: it a meal. You get real upset, here's a steak dinner. 354 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:34,120 Speaker 1: Here's some vitamins. If you want to get out from 355 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 1: under the control of the ordinary impulses, you can't pray 356 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 1: them away. They're a part of life. The way you 357 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:45,959 Speaker 1: break free is you quit feeding them. Next time you're 358 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 1: tempted to get upset, you feel that ordinary impulse, don't respond. 359 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,959 Speaker 1: Put on some good praise music. Think about all you 360 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 1: have to be grateful for what's happening. You're feeding your 361 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:03,360 Speaker 1: spirit person instead of feeding your flesh. As your spirit 362 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:08,399 Speaker 1: grows stronger, your flesh is getting weaker. You have to 363 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 1: starve the self pity, starve the anger, starve the bad attitude. 364 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 1: If you keep sowing to the flesh, you'll reap defeat. 365 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 1: But if you'll start sewing to the spirit, you'll reap victory. 366 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:26,400 Speaker 1: And even though those fleshly normal impulses still come, they 367 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 1: won't control you anymore. This is how you know that 368 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 1: you're mature. Not that you don't have any temptations, not 369 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 1: that you prayed away everything that bothers you. A sign 370 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:41,119 Speaker 1: of maturity is you still feel the negative emotions, but 371 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,680 Speaker 1: you don't act on them. You don't put them back 372 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 1: up on the throne. You're the boss of your life, 373 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:52,119 Speaker 1: not your feelings. Proverb says, a person that doesn't rule 374 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:56,120 Speaker 1: his own spirit is like a city with broken down walls. 375 00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:00,639 Speaker 1: When we keep giving into these ordinary impulses, our walls 376 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 1: are down. We have no protection. We're defenseless. The enemy 377 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 1: can come in and have a heyday with our life. 378 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:11,160 Speaker 1: Here's the solution God has given each one of us 379 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 1: self control. Self control is like a muscle. If you 380 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 1: never use it, if you never discipline yourself, your self 381 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 1: controlled muscle is going to be very weak. You have 382 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 1: to start exercising it, start saying no to your flesh. 383 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 1: You have a destiny to fulfill God has amazing things 384 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:36,360 Speaker 1: in your future. But the scripture says, as long as 385 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 1: the error is a child, he will never receive the inheritance. 386 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 1: If you're throwing a fit at two years old, that's okay. 387 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 1: But if you're twenty years old, forty years old, sixty 388 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:53,400 Speaker 1: years old, still giving in to the ordinary impulses, God 389 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 1: is saying it's time to grow up. If you'll take 390 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:02,159 Speaker 1: your flesh off the throne, God will start releasing some 391 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:06,400 Speaker 1: of these amazing things that he has in your future. See, 392 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:10,800 Speaker 1: spiritual maturity has nothing to do with how long you've 393 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:13,959 Speaker 1: been in church, how long you've known the Lord. It 394 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 1: has everything to do with what kind of fruit are 395 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 1: you displaying in your life? Are you not living by 396 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 1: your feelings? Are you saying no to these emotional impulses. 397 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: I read something interesting about mountain climbers. When they're out climbing, 398 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:31,640 Speaker 1: one of the main things they have to watch out 399 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:35,639 Speaker 1: for are poisonous snakes. The snakes can be hidden behind 400 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 1: a rock, they move it and get bitten, Or the 401 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 1: snakes can be on the ground disguised they look just 402 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 1: like the terrain. They accidentally step on them. A snake 403 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:48,479 Speaker 1: bite way up in a mountain can easily be fatal, 404 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:53,119 Speaker 1: can take hours even days to be rescued. So constantly 405 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 1: watching out for poisonous snakes, it's always on the forefront 406 00:24:56,600 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 1: of their mind. But there's something called the snakeliine. When 407 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: the climbers get to a certain altitude, when they get 408 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: up high enough because the air is so thin, they 409 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:13,880 Speaker 1: know that snakes cannot live at that level. They don't 410 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 1: have to worry about getting bitten by these poisonous snakes 411 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:21,160 Speaker 1: at that height. In the same way, if you'll keep 412 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:25,400 Speaker 1: ruling over your emotions, not letting the flesh have control, 413 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:31,160 Speaker 1: as you continue growing, maturing, coming up higher, you will 414 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:34,359 Speaker 1: get to the place where the snakes, where the enemy 415 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:39,920 Speaker 1: cannot bother you anymore. It doesn't mean that you want 416 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 1: still fill the emotional ordinary impulses. They'll still be there, 417 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 1: but they won't affect you. Your flesh has been dethroned. 418 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:50,960 Speaker 1: Those feelings may try to get back up there from 419 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 1: time to time, but you've developed so much self discipline, 420 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:58,640 Speaker 1: you've sewed to the spirit so long, it's like you've 421 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 1: crossed that snakelne The enemy cannot go where you're going. Now. 422 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 1: We may not all be there just yet, but don't worry. 423 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 1: You're getting closer. We're coming up higher. The flesh is 424 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:14,120 Speaker 1: getting weaker, the spirit is getting stronger. Who's the boss. 425 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:17,679 Speaker 1: You're the boss. Now do your part. Keep saying no 426 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:22,000 Speaker 1: to the flesh like Paul, keep dying daily. If you'll 427 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 1: do this, as you continue to grow, I believe and 428 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 1: declare God is going to release the inheritance, the amazing 429 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 1: things he has in store. You're gonna step in to 430 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 1: the fullness of your destiny and become everything He's created 431 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 1: you to be. In Jesus's name. If you receive it, 432 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 1: can just say amen today or we never like to 433 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:49,120 Speaker 1: close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make 434 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,119 Speaker 1: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 435 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 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