1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,200 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 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 2: the ministry. 4 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 3: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 5 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:09,800 Speaker 3: blessing and share it with a. 6 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 2: Friend, reappreciate you and pray for God's very best in 7 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 2: your life. 8 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: Well, God bless you. 9 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 2: It's great to be with you today, and I hope 10 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 2: you'll stay connected with us during the week through our 11 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 2: daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and you can 12 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 2: come visit us in person. We'd love to have you 13 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 2: be a part of one of our services. I'd like 14 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 2: to start with something funny and one Sunday morning, this 15 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 2: pastor was in the pulpit preaching away when he noticed 16 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 2: a man on the front row sound asleep. Made him 17 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 2: so aggravated he started preaching louder and harder, but it 18 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:47,159 Speaker 2: seemed like the louder he got, the sounder the man slept. Finally, 19 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:49,239 Speaker 2: he stopped in the middle of his message said to 20 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 2: the man sitting next to him, would you please wake 21 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 2: that man up? 22 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: The man said, wake him up yourself. You put him 23 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: to sleep. Say it like you mean it. This is 24 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 1: my vibe. 25 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 2: I am what it says, I am, I have what 26 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 2: it says I have, I can do what it says 27 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,320 Speaker 2: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 28 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 2: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 29 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:17,400 Speaker 2: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name. 30 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: God bless you. 31 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about keeping the 32 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 2: right identity. We all face situations that contradict who God 33 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 2: made us to be. 34 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: He's put dreams in our heart. 35 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 2: We're standing on his promises, knowing that we're blessed, strong, healthy, favored. 36 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:40,759 Speaker 2: But sometimes the circumstances say just the opposite, and it's 37 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 2: easy to let our environment change our identity. We know 38 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 2: God calls us a masterpiece, valuable. 39 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: Fearfully and wonderfully made. 40 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 2: But when we go through unfair situations, we're not treated right. 41 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 1: People walk away, we can lose who we are. 42 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 2: We let those circumstances how we see ourselves Now. We 43 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 2: feel inferior, not attractive, nothing special. 44 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 1: We're adapting to the environment. 45 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,079 Speaker 2: Or God puts a dream in our heart to take 46 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 2: our family to a new level, to set a new standard. 47 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 2: We know we're a difference maker, we are well able, 48 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 2: but the. 49 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 1: Doors haven't opened. The dream didn't work out nobody supported us. Now, 50 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 1: instead of seeing ourselves. 51 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 2: As victorious, successful, we let the environment determine our identity. 52 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 2: We see ourselves as limited at a disadvantage. 53 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:35,959 Speaker 1: Too many disappointments. Here's the key. 54 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,920 Speaker 2: Your environment doesn't change who God created you to be. 55 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 2: God says you're blessed, You're favored, You're healthy, you're free. 56 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 2: Everything around you may say just the opposite. This is 57 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,119 Speaker 2: what faith is all about. You have to dig down 58 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 2: deep and say, I am not going to let my 59 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 2: environment define who I am. I am who God says 60 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:57,799 Speaker 2: I am. 61 00:02:58,919 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: See. 62 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 2: Maybe you're struggling your finances Kemp seemed to get ahead, 63 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 2: stuck at that same level. If you take on that 64 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 2: defeated not enough mindset, you let lack and struggle become 65 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 2: your identity. It'll keep you from rising higher. Lack may 66 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,119 Speaker 2: be all around you, but don't let it get in you. 67 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 2: Don't start talking defeat. I'll never get ahead. Nobody in 68 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 2: my family is successful. My business is not going to 69 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 2: make it. No, in the midst of that struggle, your 70 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 2: attitude should be I am blessed, I am the head 71 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 2: enough to tell my cup runs over what I touch 72 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 2: will prosper and succeed. 73 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: Don't let the environment define who you are. 74 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 2: The fact is you are blessed, whether you're in a 75 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 2: great environment or whether you're in a limited environment. Well, Joel, 76 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 2: I thought i'd be further along. I thought i'd be 77 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 2: in management by now, but I'm still in the background. 78 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 1: I thought I would have met someone. I'm still single. 79 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 2: I thought i'd be free from this illness, but I'm 80 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:01,119 Speaker 2: still dealing with it. I guess I'll always struggle. 81 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: No, don't take that as your identity. 82 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 2: Where you are is not who you are. The environment 83 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 2: can change. One touch of God's favor can turn things around. 84 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 2: The real question is are you letting the environment change you? 85 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 2: Are you taking on the identity of what's around you. 86 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 2: The enemy would love for you to lose who you 87 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 2: really are, to where you see yourself as limited, not attractive, 88 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 2: a victim. That wrong identity will keep you from becoming. 89 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 1: Who you were created to be. 90 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 2: You may be in an environment right now that contradicts 91 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 2: what God promised you. The circumstances look just the opposite 92 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 2: of the dream he put in your heart. 93 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: That's a test. 94 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:48,159 Speaker 2: You can let it change you adapt to the environment, 95 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 2: water down your dream, or you can. 96 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 1: Say no thanks. My environment doesn't dictate my identity. I 97 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 1: know who I am. 98 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 2: I am blessed, i am valuable, i am strong, i 99 00:04:58,800 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 2: am victorious. 100 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,159 Speaker 1: I'm a child of the most High God. 101 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 2: This is what Joseph had to do. He was seventeen 102 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:09,039 Speaker 2: years old when God gave him a dream that he'd 103 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 2: be in leadership, and he knew he was going to 104 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 2: do great things. 105 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: He shared that dream with his brothers. They didn't like 106 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 1: it too much. They were already jealousy. 107 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 2: Joseph was the youngest child and their father's favorite, and 108 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,160 Speaker 2: these brothers had traveled to a different city with their 109 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 2: flocks to find food and pasture. 110 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: After a few weeks, Joseph's. 111 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:32,720 Speaker 2: Father was concerned and sent Joseph to go check on them. 112 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 2: When they saw Joseph coming, they thought this was their 113 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 2: big chance to get rid of him, and they threw 114 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 2: him into a deep pit a well without any water, 115 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 2: and they were going to leave him there to die 116 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 2: when they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming, and instead 117 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,239 Speaker 2: they sold him as a slave. In Egypt, he worked 118 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 2: for a high ranking military officer running his household, cleaning 119 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 2: the rooms, mowing the lawn. 120 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 1: Doing repairs. 121 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 2: Here he had this prophey, he's spoken over his life, 122 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:04,919 Speaker 2: this dream that he would lead a nation. But the 123 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 2: environment contradicted what God promised him. The circumstances were the 124 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 2: opposite of what he saw. 125 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 1: In his dream. He's not leading a nation. He's a slave. 126 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 2: He's not telling people what to do. He's in captivity, 127 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 2: no freedom, in a foreign land. He could have gotten bitter, 128 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 2: seen himself as a victim God, I don't understand. 129 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 1: But you never read where he complained. You never read 130 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 1: where he slacked off. 131 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 2: He didn't let the environment change his identity. All the 132 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 2: circumstances said he was limited at a disadvantage. Never see 133 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:46,039 Speaker 2: his dream, But he kept seeing himself as who God said. 134 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:49,040 Speaker 1: He would be, as a leader, as a difference maker. 135 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 2: When you face difficulties, things that are not fair, the 136 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 2: enemy is not just trying to hinder your destiny. 137 00:06:57,279 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 1: He's trying to steal your identity. 138 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 2: If he can deceive you into letting your environment dictate 139 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:04,280 Speaker 2: who you. 140 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: Are, how people treat you. 141 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 2: Disappointments, delays, if they cause you to see yourself the 142 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 2: wrong way, limited, not valuable, unworthy, that will keep you 143 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 2: from your purpose. He's not after your possessions he's after 144 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 2: your identity. If he can control how you see yourself, then. 145 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 1: He'll limit your future. When you're in a negative environment, 146 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: do like Joseph. Don't let the. 147 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 2: Environment get in you. You're not defined by your environment. 148 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 2: Sometimes it's God. 149 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: Leading you into difficulties. 150 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 2: Sometimes God allows situations where people do you wrong. 151 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: You have a great dream for your life. 152 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 2: You know God has spoken to you, But you find 153 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 2: yourself in a pit. How you see yourself in the 154 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 2: pit will determine whether you stay in that pit or whether. 155 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 1: You come out better. 156 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 2: God wouldn't have allowed it if it wasn't going to 157 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 2: use it to move you into greater levels of your 158 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 2: destiny in that pit, don't take on a victim mentality. 159 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 2: Don't let that bad break change your identity. You are 160 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 2: a victor. You are an overcomer. You are more than 161 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 2: a conquer You can do all things through Christ. 162 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 1: Here's the key. The pit didn't change who you are. 163 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: The environment didn't stop God's purpose for your life. Joseph 164 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: was called to. 165 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 2: Be the Prince of Egypt. The fact is he was 166 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 2: a prince in a pit. That pit didn't change his calling. 167 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 2: He was later put in prison for something he didn't do. 168 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 1: He could have. 169 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 2: Lost his identity. Man, I'll never leave now. I'm not 170 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 2: only a slave, I'm a prisoner. No, the environment didn't 171 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:47,079 Speaker 2: dictate his identity. He was a prince in the prison. 172 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 2: He knew he was who God said he was, whether 173 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 2: he was in the pit, in the prison, or in 174 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 2: the palace. You may have circumstances that you don't understand. 175 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 2: You could feel like a victim the medical it's not 176 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 2: good people. 177 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:02,559 Speaker 1: Did you wrong? 178 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 2: A door closed on your dream? Can I tell you 179 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:08,440 Speaker 2: you're a prince in the prison. You're a prince in 180 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 2: the pen, and the good news is you're going to 181 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 2: be a prince. 182 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: In the palace. Your time is coming. What God promised 183 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: you is on the way. 184 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 2: When the Pharaoh, the leader of the nation, had a dream, 185 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:23,080 Speaker 2: he didn't understand. 186 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: He was told that Joseph, this prisoner, could interpret dreams. 187 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 2: The scripture says Joseph was brought quickly to the palace. 188 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 2: God knows how to suddenly turn things around. He interpreted 189 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 2: the Pharaoh's dream, and he made Joseph second in command 190 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 2: of the whole nation. He became the prince of Egypt. 191 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 2: But look at all the opportunities Joseph had to lose 192 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 2: his identity, lied about, betrayed, mistreated. When the butler got 193 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 2: out of prison, he forgot all about Joseph. If he 194 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 2: would have let his environment determine who he was, we 195 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 2: wouldn't be talking about like Joseph. We all have opportunities 196 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 2: to lose who we really are. 197 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: Go through a breakup, a divorce, thoughts. 198 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 2: Will start telling you you're not valuable, You're not attractive, 199 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 2: nobody wants to be around you. 200 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: Don't take on that defeated identity. That's not who you are. 201 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 2: You're a masterpiece, you made in the image of God. 202 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 2: You have royal blood flowing through your veins. God has 203 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 2: crowned you with his favor. People don't determine who you are. 204 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 2: They don't decide your worth and value. When your circumstances 205 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 2: are saying just the opposite, you have to do like 206 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 2: Joseph and say no, this pit didn't change. 207 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 1: Who I am. I'm a prince in the pit. 208 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 2: This prison didn't lessen my value. 209 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 1: I'm a prince in the prison. 210 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 2: My circumstances don't determine my identity. My God determines my identity. 211 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 1: I am who God says I am. 212 00:10:56,160 --> 00:11:00,040 Speaker 2: But sometimes we can take on the wrong identity. We 213 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:04,560 Speaker 2: let what's happened to us, what someone said, mistakes we've made, 214 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 2: how we were raised caused us. 215 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 1: To feel like a victim, not valuable. 216 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 2: You used to have passion and believe for big things, 217 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 2: but doors closed, you went through setbacks. Now you've lost 218 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 2: who you are. The good news is you can. 219 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 1: Get your identity back. 220 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 2: You need to shake off all those lies, break all 221 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:28,959 Speaker 2: those strongholds, and start seeing yourself how. 222 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 1: God sees you. 223 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 2: You're a prince, You're a history maker, you're a burrier breaker. 224 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 2: You are successful, you are talented. You are valuable. 225 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:42,080 Speaker 1: The dream God put in your heart is still on 226 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 1: the way. 227 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 2: Nothing that's happened to you has changed what God promised. 228 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 2: The disappointments, the betrayals, the mistakes. 229 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 1: You're still a prince. 230 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 2: You're still victorious, You're still favored, and you're still going 231 00:11:55,559 --> 00:11:57,680 Speaker 2: to become who God created you to be. 232 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 1: I know. A young woman was raised in a very 233 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:05,079 Speaker 1: limited environment. She came from a dysfunctional family. 234 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 2: Her father was never around, and her mother had addictions. 235 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 2: All she had known growing up was poverty, defeed compromise. 236 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 2: That became her identity. She didn't know any better. She 237 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 2: saw herself as limited, not talented, not valuable. Often we 238 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:26,480 Speaker 2: adapt to the environment and we don't even realize it. 239 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 2: It's what we've seen model growing up. It's how our 240 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 2: friends and neighbors live that becomes how we see ourselves. 241 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:38,320 Speaker 2: At sixteen years old, this young woman became pregnant. She 242 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 2: had to drop out of school. Looked like that negative 243 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 2: cycle would continue. 244 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:44,079 Speaker 1: She was living on. 245 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 2: Welfare in government housing, raising her son, no future to 246 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,720 Speaker 2: speak of, But one day someone invited. 247 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:52,119 Speaker 1: Her to Lakehood. 248 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:55,560 Speaker 2: She started attending week after week, and she would hear 249 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 2: us talking about how you have seeds of greatness, how 250 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 2: you would create to live a victorious life. When you 251 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 2: see yourself as God sees you, you can break barriers 252 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:09,080 Speaker 2: of the past. You could rise to new levels. As 253 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 2: she reprogrammed her thinking, she began to take on a 254 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 2: new identity. Instead of letting her environment dictate who she was, 255 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 2: she started believing she was who God said she was, blessed, talented, valuable, 256 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 2: with the bright future. 257 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:27,000 Speaker 1: She got a job at the school. 258 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 2: Cafeteria, cleaning dishes, making minimum wage. 259 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 1: While she was grateful, something on the inside said she 260 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 1: was made for more. She could hear her destiny calling her. 261 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 2: She didn't settle for the status quo. She went back 262 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 2: to school and got her ged. She wasn't dissatisfied. She 263 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 2: decided to go to college. She would work during the 264 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 2: day and go to school at night. In four years, 265 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 2: she graduated with honors. She still wasn't satisfied. She went 266 00:13:56,840 --> 00:14:00,360 Speaker 2: back to school and got her master's degree. Today, she's 267 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 2: the principal at the same school where she used to 268 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 2: work in the cafeteria. What am I saying, don't let 269 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 2: your environment dictate your identity. The truth is she was 270 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 2: a principal when she was washing dishes. She was a 271 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 2: leader when she was in that dysfunctional home. She just 272 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:23,479 Speaker 2: didn't know it yet. On the way to your destiny, 273 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 2: there will be environments that contradict what God has for you, 274 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 2: circumstances that are just the opposite of what you know 275 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 2: are in your heart. You know God is restoring health 276 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 2: back to you, but the report says you're not going 277 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 2: to get well. You know you're going to start that business, 278 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 2: but no doors are opening. You know you're going to 279 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 2: meet the right person, but there's no sign of it. 280 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 2: It's tempting to let what's not happening define who you are. 281 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 2: I guess I'll always be lonely, I'll never get healthy again, 282 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 2: I'll never be successful. Don't let that environment determine your identity. 283 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 2: Those circumstances don't define you. 284 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 1: Like this young woman. 285 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:07,360 Speaker 2: There are things in you that you haven't discovered yet. 286 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 1: Your time is coming. 287 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 2: The Pharaoh is going to call, the doors are going 288 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 2: to open. What God promised you is still on the schedule. Now, 289 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 2: don't get talked out of who you know you are. 290 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 2: Don't let how long it's taking what you didn't get, 291 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 2: who left you convince you to lower your standard, give 292 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 2: up on your dream, and see yourself as limited, ordinary, 293 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 2: not good enough. God's favor is on your life. He's 294 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 2: called you for such a time as this. Sure you 295 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 2: have opposition. That's because the enemy can sense the greatness 296 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 2: in you. He knows you're a person of destiny. He 297 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 2: knows you're call to break barriers to set new standards. 298 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 2: He'll use adversity, bad breaks, dysfunction to try to steal 299 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 2: your identity. You may get thrown into a pit, but 300 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 2: you have to remind yourself this pit didn't change who 301 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 2: I am. I'm a prince in the pit, I'm a 302 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 2: prince in the prison, and I'm a prince in the palace. 303 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 1: The question is, will you keep. 304 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 2: Your identity through the pit and through the prison. Will 305 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 2: you not let the environment convince you that you must 306 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 2: have heard God wrong and this opposition is too big. 307 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 2: I'm not that talented. I can't reach my dreams. It 308 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 2: would have happened by now. Tune all that out and 309 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 2: keep your mind stayed on what God says about you. 310 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 2: I'm blessed, I'm talented. My future is bright. God is 311 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 2: breathing in my direction. I will become all I was 312 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 2: created to be. 313 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: Think about David. 314 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 2: The prophet Samuel came to his father's house to choose 315 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 2: the next king of Israel. He saw David's seven older brothers, 316 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 2: but he passed over all of them and he chose David. 317 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 1: Was an amazing moment. David the least likely one. 318 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 2: His brothers were bigger, stronger, more ex experience, but Samuel 319 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 2: poured the. 320 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 1: Oil on David. He was anointed the next king. 321 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 2: What's interesting is David didn't go to the palace. He 322 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:11,880 Speaker 2: went back to the shepherd's fields. He was out there 323 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 2: week after week, month after month. 324 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 1: He knew he was a king. He felt the oil 325 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 1: running down his head. 326 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 2: He heard the prophet declare it, but his circumstances said 327 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 2: just the opposite. He was still out taking care of sheep, 328 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:29,959 Speaker 2: shoveling their waist, finding their food. I can imagine him 329 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 2: at night, alone, no one to talk to, thinking maybe 330 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:37,600 Speaker 2: I'm not a king. Maybe Samuel was wrong. If I 331 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 2: was going to do great things, why am I still 332 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 2: stuck out here? The enemy knows if he can steal 333 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:47,200 Speaker 2: your identity, convince you that you're not who God says 334 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 2: you are, then he can keep you from your destiny. 335 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:54,880 Speaker 2: David's environment didn't line up with the prophecy spoken over him. 336 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 2: He had no one to leave, no one that looked 337 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 2: up to him, no influence. But David understood this principle. 338 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 2: My environment doesn't define who I am. My God defines 339 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 2: who I am. God says I'm a king, so i'ma 340 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:10,560 Speaker 2: I have a king mentality. 341 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 1: David led those sheep with excellence. 342 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:18,119 Speaker 2: He used his slingshot to protect those animals like he 343 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 2: was protecting God's people. Others passing by didn't pay any attention. 344 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 2: It's just that shepherd boy, no big deal. 345 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:28,399 Speaker 1: What they didn't know was he was a king in 346 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 1: the shepherd's fields. His time was coming. 347 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 2: One day, he defeated Goliath, and he was thrust into 348 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 2: favor and influence that he had never seen. 349 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: He became who God said he was. Don't let your 350 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,440 Speaker 1: environment talk you out of what God promised you. 351 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:48,159 Speaker 2: Keep seeing yourself as a king, even though you're in 352 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:49,240 Speaker 2: the shepherd's. 353 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 1: Fields right now, that's just a season. 354 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 2: Keep seeing yourself as a principle, even though you may 355 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 2: be washing dishes. See yourself as a prince, even though 356 00:18:58,560 --> 00:18:59,880 Speaker 2: you find yourself in a pit. 357 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 1: Where you are is not who you are. 358 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 2: Don't get bitter over a temporary season. Don't lose your 359 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 2: identity over something that's. 360 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:11,359 Speaker 1: Going to change. 361 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:14,200 Speaker 2: This is where some people miss God's best. They get 362 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:16,880 Speaker 2: discouraged and they allow it to change who they are. 363 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 1: I'll never step into leadership. 364 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:23,920 Speaker 2: I'll never expand my business, never see my family restored. 365 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 1: I'm in a pit. 366 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 2: You're right where Joseph was. I'm stuck at this same position. 367 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:32,960 Speaker 2: You're right where David was. I was raised in dysfunction. 368 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:36,439 Speaker 2: I've had bad breaks. You're right where that young woman was. 369 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:42,160 Speaker 2: You're letting a temporary season something that contradicts what God put. 370 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 1: In you to change who you are. 371 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:46,880 Speaker 2: You need to dig down deep and say no, I'm 372 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 2: not moved by the circumstances. I'm not bitter over the delay. 373 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 2: I'm not upset with these brothers that threw me into 374 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,640 Speaker 2: the pit. None of these things are going to change 375 00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:57,399 Speaker 2: who I know. 376 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 1: God made me to be of mine. 377 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,720 Speaker 2: Told how when he was six years old, the teacher 378 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:06,880 Speaker 2: gave the class an assignment. They had to write down 379 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:09,879 Speaker 2: what they wanted to be when they grew up. He 380 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 2: had seen a man on television that was very funny. 381 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 2: That was his dream as a little boy. He knew 382 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 2: he wanted to be on television making people laugh, so 383 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:19,880 Speaker 2: he wrote it down. 384 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:20,880 Speaker 1: Well. 385 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:24,120 Speaker 2: He came from a low income family. They didn't have much, 386 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 2: plus he had a problem with stuttering. The teacher started 387 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,959 Speaker 2: calling the kids' names out and reading what they had written. 388 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:34,360 Speaker 2: When she came to his name, she stopped and said, 389 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 2: little Stevie, please come up to the front. He started 390 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 2: walking to the front of the class so proud, thinking 391 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 2: she was going to congratulate him. 392 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 1: Was just the opposite. She said, Stevie, what did you write? 393 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 1: He said, I wrote that I want to be on 394 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 1: television making people laugh. 395 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,920 Speaker 2: She said, now, Stevie, do you know anyone on television? 396 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:56,640 Speaker 1: He said no, ma'am. 397 00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 2: She said, has anyone in your family ever been on 398 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 2: tele He said no, man. She said, then you need 399 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:06,399 Speaker 2: to take this back and write down something more realistic. 400 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 2: As a little boy, he was confused. Nobody had ever 401 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:15,040 Speaker 2: told him what he couldn't become. That night, he told 402 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 2: his father what happened. He showed him the piece of 403 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:20,399 Speaker 2: paper where he had written down that he wanted to 404 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:23,879 Speaker 2: be on television. His father said, listen here, Stevie. You 405 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 2: put this in your top drawer. Every morning before you 406 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 2: go to school, and every night before you go to bed, 407 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 2: you look at that paper and thank God that one 408 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 2: day you're going to be on television. He was telling him, 409 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:42,679 Speaker 2: don't let this environment determine your identity. He had no money, 410 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:45,400 Speaker 2: no connections, no way in the natural. 411 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:47,399 Speaker 1: But God is supernatural. 412 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 2: He won't put a dream in your heart that he 413 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 2: can't bring to past. But there will be these times 414 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 2: of testing where circumstances seem just the opposite. People telling 415 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 2: you it's not going to happen. Don't get your hopes up. 416 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,720 Speaker 2: You saw the medical report. You don't come from the 417 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 2: right family, You're not king material. You're just a shepherd boy. 418 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 2: Let that go in one ear and out the other. 419 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:16,639 Speaker 2: People don't determine your destiny. They can't see what God 420 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 2: put in you. They didn't hear what God whispered. 421 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,880 Speaker 1: To you in the night. Don't expect everyone to cheer 422 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 1: you on. David's own father. 423 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 2: Didn't even call him in when Samuel first came to 424 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 2: the house. Don't be surprised if the environment people around 425 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:35,160 Speaker 2: you contradict what God has spoken to you. 426 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 1: That doesn't mean it's not going to happen. That's a 427 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:40,360 Speaker 1: sign that is on the way now. 428 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 2: You have to do your part and not let it 429 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 2: change how you see yourself. If you take on that 430 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 2: limited identity not able, This giine is too big, I'm 431 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:54,360 Speaker 2: not qualified. You're defeating yourself. You have to come into 432 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:58,360 Speaker 2: agreement with what God has spoken over your life. Get 433 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 2: your identity from Him, not from people, not from circumstances, 434 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:06,679 Speaker 2: not from your feelings. If you're relying on those things, 435 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:10,440 Speaker 2: you'll take on the wrong identity. Well, this little boy 436 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:12,879 Speaker 2: grew up with that dream God put in his heart. 437 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,879 Speaker 2: All the circumstances said it would never happen. In his 438 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 2: late twenties, for three years. He was homeless and had 439 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 2: to live out of his car. His environment said you'll 440 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:27,400 Speaker 2: never get out of this pit. But deep down, like Joseph, 441 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 2: he knew he was a prince in a pit, that 442 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 2: the favor of God was on his life. He kept 443 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:37,880 Speaker 2: seeing himself as successful, lifting people up, making a difference 444 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 2: with his life. God began to open doors, bring the 445 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:42,360 Speaker 2: right people. 446 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:42,959 Speaker 1: Today. 447 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 2: That young boy Stevie is Steve Harvey. He's on television 448 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 2: all the time making people laugh. He gives God all 449 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 2: the credit. Are you letting your environment define who you are? 450 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 2: Are your circumstances dictating your identity. 451 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 1: You need to go back to who God says you are. 452 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 2: Don't let the negative circumstances talk you out of what 453 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 2: you know. God has spoken over your life. This is 454 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:12,880 Speaker 2: what the ten Spies did in the scripture. Moses sent 455 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:17,120 Speaker 2: them in Despi, the Promised Land. After forty days they 456 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 2: came back and said, Moses. 457 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: We don't have a chance. The people are huge. 458 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:25,119 Speaker 2: We felt like grasshoppers compared to them. 459 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:30,119 Speaker 1: Notice how they saw themselves. We're just grasshoppers. We're weak, 460 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:31,159 Speaker 1: we're defeated. 461 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 2: Of all the analogies they could have comeing up with, 462 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 2: they used a little insect, a little bug that hops around. 463 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 2: They could have at least said, we're like a gerbil, 464 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:44,240 Speaker 2: We're like a rabbit, We're like a goat. What's amazing 465 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 2: is these ten spies were the cream of the crop. 466 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:51,880 Speaker 2: They were warriors, They were skilled and strong. On top 467 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:54,640 Speaker 2: of that, they had seen God part the Red Sea, 468 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:58,119 Speaker 2: bring water out of a rock, send manny each morning. 469 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:01,920 Speaker 2: But they made the mistake of let their environment determine 470 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:03,199 Speaker 2: their identity. 471 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:05,359 Speaker 1: Because they saw themselves as a. 472 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:10,159 Speaker 2: Grasshopper, weak, defeated, not able to they never did go 473 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 2: into the promised land. Don't let that be you. What 474 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:18,280 Speaker 2: you're up against may look impossible. The sickness, the dream, 475 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:22,959 Speaker 2: the family trouble. It's easy to take on that grasshopper mentality, 476 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 2: water down your dreams. 477 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: It's not meant to be. 478 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:29,719 Speaker 2: God wouldn't have allowed it if you weren't well able. 479 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 1: There is a king in you, there is a primce 480 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,160 Speaker 1: in you. There's a principle in you. 481 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,679 Speaker 2: On your own, you may not be able to defeat it, 482 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 2: but you're not on your own. The most time, God 483 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:45,879 Speaker 2: is breathing on your life. At the appointed time, Favoral 484 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 2: will call at the appointed time the giant will fall, 485 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:52,920 Speaker 2: the door will open, healing will come, that child will 486 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 2: turn around. 487 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: Well, Joe, my circumstances look just the opposite. You're right 488 00:25:57,920 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 1: where you're supposed to be. 489 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 2: Environment is trying to convince you to change who you are. 490 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:07,200 Speaker 2: Don't fall into that trap. You are blessed, you are favored, 491 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 2: You are healthy, you are valuable, you are strong, you 492 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:12,119 Speaker 2: are victorious. 493 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 1: I believe and declare. 494 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:18,680 Speaker 2: Like Joseph, You're coming out of any pit, any defeat, 495 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:24,959 Speaker 2: any sickness, any addiction, into the palace into freedom, abundance, wholeness, 496 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:31,359 Speaker 2: like David, out of any shepherd's feels, into leadership, influence, resources. 497 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:35,120 Speaker 2: Chains are breaking right now, Strongholds are coming down. 498 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 1: New doors are opening. 499 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 2: The fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name, and if 500 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 2: you receive it, can you say amen? I'd like to 501 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:48,600 Speaker 2: give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of 502 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:49,159 Speaker 2: your life. 503 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:53,159 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 504 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:57,120 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll make 505 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:58,680 Speaker 1: you my lord and savior. 506 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 2: If you pray that simple prayer, we believe you got 507 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 2: born again. We'd love to send you some information on 508 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 2: your new walk with the Lord if you can text 509 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,560 Speaker 2: the number on the screen or go to the website. 510 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 1: But I hope you'll get into a good Bible based 511 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:14,679 Speaker 1: church and keep God first place. 512 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 2: It's easy to get stuck in life because of fear 513 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:20,520 Speaker 2: and lack of confidence, or. 514 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:22,160 Speaker 1: We've been through disappointments. 515 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 2: But I'm excited about Victoria's new book, Grace to Go. 516 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 2: It'll help you move past what's holding you back and 517 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:31,200 Speaker 2: step into new levels of your destiny. 518 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 3: My heart for this book is that you will discover 519 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:37,200 Speaker 3: the courage, the gifts, and the faith that God has 520 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:39,360 Speaker 3: put in you so that you can see your dreams 521 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:42,719 Speaker 3: come to pass. It's not too late, the obstacles are 522 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 3: not too big. The grace of God equips you to 523 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 3: go beyond your comfort zone and overcome what looks impossible. 524 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 3: You are stronger than you think. 525 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: You are not alone. 526 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:54,160 Speaker 3: You are Grace to Go. 527 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:57,359 Speaker 4: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 528 00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:00,119 Speaker 4: of any amount, this month, we'll send you victims or 529 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:04,800 Speaker 4: Ostein's brand new book, Grace to Go. Step onto the bigger, 530 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:09,400 Speaker 4: bolder life that belongs to you. This inspiring resource will 531 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 4: help you break through fear, insecurity, or regret. And activate 532 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:17,760 Speaker 4: the faith to move forward. Each chapter will stir your spirit, 533 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:22,399 Speaker 4: renew your perspective, and empower you to live boldly. You 534 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 4: don't have to wait for perfect conditions. God's grace meets 535 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:28,920 Speaker 4: you where you are and propels you into a future 536 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 4: full of purpose and peace. With an additional gift, will 537 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:36,600 Speaker 4: send you the Grace to Go Bold Bundle featuring Grace 538 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 4: to Go by Victoria Ostein and Pray Bold by Doolo Stein. 539 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:45,360 Speaker 4: These two powerful books will stir your faith, break hesitation, 540 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:47,680 Speaker 4: and help you believe big again. 541 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:52,160 Speaker 3: Grace is power. When you receive it by faith, it 542 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 3: enables you to take the next step so you can 543 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 3: become all you are created to be. 544 00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:00,000 Speaker 2: Uturinar are so grateful to spend this time with you. 545 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:02,360 Speaker 2: We pray for you and your family every day and 546 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:04,160 Speaker 2: thank you so much for your. 547 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 1: Prayer and support. Your generosity is helping people around the world. 548 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 2: Special thank you to our Champion of Hope partners for 549 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 2: your monthly gifts. If you're not a partner, I hope 550 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 2: you'll consider becoming one. Remember you can watch the services 551 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 2: online every Sunday morning, download our daily podcast, watch on YouTube. 552 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:25,960 Speaker 1: The new joel Osting Network Social media. Of course, listen 553 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:28,760 Speaker 1: on Serious XM twenty four to seven. We'll help you 554 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:30,680 Speaker 1: stay encouraged and inspired. 555 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:33,440 Speaker 2: If you're a pastor, we'd like to invite you to 556 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:34,840 Speaker 2: our pastors Gathering. 557 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:37,200 Speaker 1: We'd be honored to spend the day with you here 558 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:37,960 Speaker 1: at Lakewood. 559 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:41,240 Speaker 2: We'll share some of the things we've learned, insights and 560 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:42,240 Speaker 2: behind the scenes. 561 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 1: Be a time of inspiration and encouragement. 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