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Visit Joeloustin dot com slash give Hope to 29 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 4: give a gift today. 30 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 5: Well, God bless you. 31 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 6: It's a joy to come into your homes and if 32 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 6: you're ever in our area, please stop by be a 33 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 6: part of one of our services. 34 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 5: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 35 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 6: I'd like to start with something funny, and I heard 36 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 6: about this pastor. 37 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 5: He bought a new horse. 38 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 6: He trained it to respond to praise the Lord meaning 39 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 6: giddy up in Hallelujah meaning woe. Every time he said 40 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 6: praise the Lord, the horse would take off running. When 41 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 6: he said Hallelujah, it would quickly stop. One day, he 42 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 6: was out riding and the horse got spooked and took 43 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:16,800 Speaker 6: off straight toward a cliff, going full blast. In the panic, 44 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 6: he couldn't remember what he had taught his horse. He said, 45 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 6: Bless God, Glory, Amen. 46 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 5: Nothing to work. 47 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:26,399 Speaker 6: At the last second, he shouted, Hallelujah. The horse came 48 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 6: to a screeching hawk inches before the edge of the cliff. 49 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 6: He breathed a sigh of relief and said, Praise the Lord. 50 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 6: Tell it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 51 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 6: I am what it says I am. I have what 52 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 6: it says I have. I can do what it says 53 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 6: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 54 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 6: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 55 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 6: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name. 56 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 5: God bless you. 57 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 6: I want to talk to you today about the two yous. 58 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 6: There are two people living on the inside of each 59 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 6: one of us. The strong, disciplined, confident you and the weak, insecure, 60 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 6: compromising you. The positive, faith filled, big dreams you, and 61 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 6: the negative, discouraged not going to happen you. We all 62 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 6: have these contradictions, inconsistencies. 63 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 5: You're a good person, you love the Lord most of 64 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:27,959 Speaker 5: the time. 65 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 6: You're friendly, easygoing, good morning, great to see you today. 66 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 6: But if someone pushes the wrong buttons, if they're rude, 67 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 6: heart the other. 68 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 5: You can come out. 69 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 6: He may have been hidden for two months, you thought 70 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 6: he was finally gone, but he was still in there. 71 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 6: There's a battle constantly taking place between the two yous. 72 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 6: The scripture calls it between the flesh and the spirit, 73 00:03:55,440 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 6: between our old carnal nature giving into our feelings, compromising, 74 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 6: telling somebody off. 75 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 5: And the new redeemed nature. 76 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 6: When you gave your life to Christ, Paul sett in Corinthians, 77 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 6: you became. 78 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 5: A new creation. Old things are passed away. We celebrate that. 79 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:18,599 Speaker 5: That's good news. But here's what I've learned. The old 80 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:23,480 Speaker 5: man may be dead, but sometimes he gets resurrected. He 81 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 5: may have died, but don't kid yourself. He can get 82 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:30,359 Speaker 5: back up again. We see this in the scripture. With Peter. 83 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 6: Peter was a faithful disciple, a close friend of Jesus, 84 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 6: strong committed. His name even means rock. Jesus said to him, 85 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 6: you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build 86 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 6: my church. Nobody God had more confidence in than Peter. 87 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:53,160 Speaker 5: When the soldiers came to arrest Jesus, Peter was so loyal, 88 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:55,599 Speaker 5: so determined to stand up for him. 89 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 6: He pulled his sword out and cut off one of 90 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:02,479 Speaker 6: the soldier's ear. He was ready to die defending Christ. 91 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 6: That was the strong Peter, the faithful Peter, the rock. 92 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 6: That would be great if that was the only Peter. 93 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 6: But there was another Peter in there that came out 94 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 6: from time to time. When they arrested Jesus and took 95 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 6: him to the High Priest, Peter followed along, and he 96 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 6: was standing outside the house in the courtyard, warming himself 97 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 6: by the fire. 98 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 5: There were guards all around. A young lady said to him, 99 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 5: aren't you one of Jesus' disciples? He said, no, what 100 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 5: are you talking about. I don't know him. 101 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:38,599 Speaker 6: Another person came up and said, are you sure you're 102 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:41,600 Speaker 6: not one of his disciples? He said it again, I'm 103 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 6: telling you I don't know him. Then someone came out 104 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 6: of the house. They said, I know you're his disciple. 105 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 6: I saw you there when we arrested him. This time 106 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:56,919 Speaker 6: Peter got angry. He started cursing, swearing, I don't know 107 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:01,479 Speaker 6: the man. Just a little earlier, he was defending Jesus. 108 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 5: What happened the other Peter came out. 109 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:09,160 Speaker 6: There were two Peters in there, the kind Peter and 110 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 6: the curse you out, Peter. The defend you Peter, and 111 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:16,599 Speaker 6: the deny you Peter. The great to see you today, Peter, 112 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 6: and the I can't stand to see you today Peter. 113 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 6: I would love to tell you that there's only one 114 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:24,719 Speaker 6: you in you. 115 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 5: You're not like Peter. 116 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:29,280 Speaker 6: You didn't get the rude you, the compromising you, the 117 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:32,480 Speaker 6: curse you out you. But that's not the truth. The 118 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 6: other you is in all of us. We are a 119 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:40,159 Speaker 6: new creation. But the flesh, even though it's passed away, 120 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 6: it can get back up. 121 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 5: In Romans eight says if you live by the flesh, 122 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 5: you will die. It's not talking about physically. 123 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 6: It means your dreams will die, your potential will die, 124 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:57,039 Speaker 6: your relationships won't be what they should if you're always 125 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 6: saying what you feel, holding grudges, compromising. It feels good 126 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 6: to feed the flesh, but you won't like the results. 127 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 6: You won't get to where you're supposed to be. It 128 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,680 Speaker 6: goes on to say, if through the spirit, you will 129 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 6: mortify the flesh, then you will live. Mortify means you 130 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 6: have to keep it dead when it tries to get 131 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 6: back up. When you're tempted to do whatever you feel, 132 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 6: you have to say no, I am not going to 133 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 6: let the flesh rule me. When you do the right 134 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 6: thing when it's uncomfortable, you're keeping the old man down. 135 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 6: And the scripture says no discipline At the time feels good, 136 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 6: but later on it produces a harvest of righteousness. It 137 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 6: doesn't feel good at the time to walk away when 138 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 6: somebody insults you, It feels good to insult them back. 139 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 6: Doesn't feel good to stay home and study for the 140 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 6: test when your friends are. 141 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 5: Out having fun. 142 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 6: The flesh likes to be comfortable, but if you're comfortable 143 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 6: all the time, you won't grow. The reason some people 144 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 6: are stuck is not because they're not talented, not because 145 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 6: they don't have favor. It's because they keep letting the 146 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 6: old man get back up. They're not disciplined to do 147 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 6: the right thing when it's hard. 148 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 5: You have to be consistent. The flesh is not going 149 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 5: to go away. 150 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 6: You'll never get so spiritual that you don't have to deal. 151 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 5: With carnal desires. 152 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 6: Paul said, I die daily, he wrote over the half 153 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 6: of the New Testament, Yet he admitted he had to 154 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 6: deal with his flesh. 155 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 5: On a daily basis. Every day. 156 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 6: We have to say no to things. No, I'm not 157 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 6: going to make that comment. No I'm not going to 158 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 6: watch that. No I'm not going to hang out with 159 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 6: that friend that causes me to compromise. You have to 160 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 6: tell the flesh you are not going to rule me. 161 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 6: I'm not going to eat everything you tell me to eat. 162 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 5: Now I'm getting real. 163 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 6: At the mall, you can smell those fresh baked cinnamon rolls. 164 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 5: Three blocks away. 165 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 6: You pull into the parking lot and the aroma is 166 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:14,079 Speaker 6: in the air. 167 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 5: Your new man tells you walk on by. You don't 168 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:18,080 Speaker 5: need that. 169 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:21,439 Speaker 6: Your old man, he may be dead, but he can 170 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 6: smell too. He'll get up and say you need three 171 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 6: of those. You deserve it. You can work out extra 172 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 6: hard tomorrow. You can pray and ask God to take 173 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 6: away those calories. 174 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 5: You've heard of the walking dead. 175 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 6: Your old man may be dead, but he'll get up 176 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 6: and walk around. He'll try to run your life. Now, 177 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:46,559 Speaker 6: quit telling yourself. I can't control my temper. I can't 178 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 6: break this addiction, Joel. I can't keep my eyes on 179 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:53,199 Speaker 6: the right things. Your old man is not that strong. 180 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 5: The reason he's controlling you is you keep feeding him. 181 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 5: Whatever you feed is and to grow. 182 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:04,679 Speaker 6: Every time you give into the temptation, you're feeding it. 183 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 5: It's getting stronger. 184 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 6: Every time you're impatient, offended, you lose your temper. You're 185 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 6: feeding the negative. Do yourself a favor, quit feeding the 186 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 6: old man. Start starving the temptation, starving the offense, starve 187 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 6: the negative, and it will become weaker. When Joel I tried, 188 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,200 Speaker 6: I just don't have the discipline of quit. 189 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 5: Telling yourself that. Philippians too, says God is working in you, 190 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 5: giving you the desire to obey him and the power 191 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 5: to do what's right. The most High God right now 192 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 5: is working in you. 193 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 6: He's bigger than any temptation, bigger than any stronghold. 194 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 5: He created you to be free. Instead of going through. 195 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 6: The day thing I can't do this, always give in 196 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 6: turn it around. 197 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 5: Father. 198 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 6: Thank you that I have the power to do what's right. 199 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 6: Thank you that you've given me the desire to obey. 200 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,959 Speaker 6: That the forces that are for me are greater than 201 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 6: the forces that are against me. Get your mind going 202 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 6: in the right direction. That's the first step to victory. 203 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 5: In the scripture, David and his men had been protecting 204 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 5: the house of a man named Nabel. 205 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 6: Nabel was a wealthy man that owned a lot of sheep. 206 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 6: It was the time of year where they were cutting 207 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:25,199 Speaker 6: the wool and having a big feast. David sent a 208 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 6: few men to ask Nabel for some food and supplies. 209 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 6: Since David was doing this good deed, being kind, you 210 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 6: would think Nabel would be happy to give him something. 211 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:38,559 Speaker 5: But Nabel was rude and ungrateful. 212 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 6: Commentary say he was a harsh man, hot tempered, and 213 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:44,200 Speaker 6: hard to get along. 214 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 5: With that he spent most of his life dropped. He 215 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:48,319 Speaker 5: said to. 216 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 6: David's men, I don't owe you anything. I didn't ask 217 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 6: you to protect me. What are you doing on my property? 218 00:11:55,559 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 6: He sent them away empty handed. When David heard how 219 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 6: he had altered them, David was furious. He told his 220 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 6: men to get their swords. They were going to go 221 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 6: take care of Nabel. Nabel had a wife named Abigail. 222 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,720 Speaker 6: She was not only extremely beautiful, she was very wise. 223 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:19,200 Speaker 6: When she heard what her husband did, she loaded up 224 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 6: animals with food and supplies and headed out toward David. 225 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 6: They met on the road. She bowed down before him 226 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:31,439 Speaker 6: and said, David, my husband is a fool. I'm sorry 227 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 6: for the way he treated you, but I brought you 228 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 6: and your men these supplies. 229 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 5: Please forgive us for what he did. 230 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:42,560 Speaker 6: She calmed David down and kept him from wiping out 231 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 6: her whole town. David thanked her and turned away went 232 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 6: back home. 233 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 5: He knew that. 234 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 6: God had used her to protect him from making a mistake. 235 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 6: Ten days later, Nabel had a stroke and suddenly died. 236 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 6: David sent word to Abigail asking her to become his wife. 237 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 6: Now that the old man died, she was able to 238 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 6: meet the new man. Nabel is symbolic of our old nature, 239 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 6: hot tempered, rude addictions. The name Nabel means fool. 240 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:24,560 Speaker 5: As long as the old man is alive, you'll never 241 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 5: meet the new man. I'm speaking figuratively here. 242 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 6: I saw three ladies given high fives that old man 243 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 6: is your husband. 244 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 5: You are stuck. 245 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 6: I'm talking about the old man that lives in you. 246 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 6: The bitterness, the bad attitude, the compromise. Don't let the 247 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 6: same issues keep you from seeing the new man. The 248 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:52,959 Speaker 6: same unforgiveness, the same hot temper, the same addictions hold. 249 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 5: You back for the next twenty years. You have the 250 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 5: grace to overcome. 251 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 6: The temptation may be strong, but this, the culture says, 252 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 6: where sin abounds, grace does much more abound. 253 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 5: That means God's grace, his enabling power is greater than 254 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 5: anything that's trying to stop you. 255 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 6: It's interesting that Nabel died ten days after Abigail did 256 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 6: the right thing. When you dig your heels in and 257 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 6: do the right thing when it's hard, there will be 258 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 6: times like with her, you will come in to your 259 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 6: tenth day where something suddenly breaks. 260 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 5: That addiction doesn't have the power over you like it did. 261 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 5: That bad attitude, that temper. 262 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 6: It may not totally go away, but it doesn't control 263 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 6: you anymore. Now, I wonder how much higher we would go, 264 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 6: how much more of God's favor we would see, if 265 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 6: we would get rid of the old man, if we 266 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 6: would start saying no to things that we know are 267 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 6: holding us back. Sometimes a little thing can keep you 268 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 6: from a big blessing. A little bit bitterness, a little compromise, 269 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 6: just this one friend I hang out with Joel, I've 270 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 6: always been hot tempered. No, it's time to get rid 271 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:12,640 Speaker 6: of Nebel. Can I tell you nobody likes him, nobody 272 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 6: wants to be around him. You might as well put 273 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 6: the old man back in the grain. We don't want 274 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 6: the walking dead you. We want the new you, the 275 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 6: free you, the redeemed you, the blessed you, the confident you, 276 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 6: the victorious you. David had to defeat his personal enemies 277 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 6: before God could trust him with Goliath Goliath in one sense, 278 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:37,120 Speaker 6: wasn't David's enemy. 279 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 5: That was God's enemy. Goliath was sent to establish the Israelites, 280 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 5: to show the Philistines that God was on the Israelites side. 281 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 5: When David was out in. 282 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 6: The shepherd's fields alone, when nobody was watching, he killed 283 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 6: the lion and the bear. Those were his personal enemies. 284 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 6: He could have slacked off. Nobody can see me out here. 285 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 6: If I lose a sheep or two, it's no big deal. 286 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 6: But David was a person of excellence. He did the 287 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 6: right thing when nobody was watching. And because he was 288 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 6: faithful to defeat his personal enemies, God was able to promote. 289 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 5: Him and trust him with more. 290 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 6: If you'll do like David and start defeating the things 291 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 6: that nobody knows about, it may not be a sin. 292 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 6: It's just a wait, a small thing that's keeping you 293 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 6: from being your best, sour attitude, being jealous of a friend, 294 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 6: showing up late to work. Are there personal enemies you're 295 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 6: not dealing with? They can all come on, Joel. Everybody 296 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 6: deals with something now. If you'll start defeating those small 297 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 6: things that are holding you back, God will releast the 298 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 6: big things that belong to you. But sometimes we're waiting 299 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 6: for the temptation to go away, thinking that we're not 300 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 6: going to have the desire anymore. And there are times 301 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 6: that happens, but most of the time the temptation will 302 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 6: still be there. Your old man will want to get 303 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 6: back again and again. But God has given you the 304 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 6: grace to overcome. I'm a very goal oriented person, very focused. 305 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:18,439 Speaker 6: It's my personality type. When I go to the grocery store, 306 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 6: I'm on a mission. 307 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 5: I'm gonna get in, get out, be efficient. I don't 308 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 5: like waiting go around. I used to be impatient. I 309 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 5: wouldn't let anybody see it. 310 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:30,439 Speaker 6: But if there was a long line, or if the 311 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 6: waiter didn't come to the table right away, I'd get 312 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 6: stressed out. 313 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:35,119 Speaker 5: But living with. 314 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:39,719 Speaker 6: Victoria all these years, I've learned to slow down, enjoyed 315 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 6: the journey. 316 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 5: I'm much more relaxed, learned to go with the flow. 317 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 6: But even now, if something is not happening as fast 318 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:49,679 Speaker 6: as I would like, if the car in front of 319 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:53,080 Speaker 6: me on the freeway in the fast lane is driving 320 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 6: forty miles an hour, my old man still. 321 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 5: Wants to get back up. 322 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 6: I've had him down for years. We buried him, had 323 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 6: a nice funeral. 324 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,880 Speaker 5: But every week he's trying to get back up. What 325 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 5: am I saying? 326 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:11,880 Speaker 6: God doesn't take away every temptation, remove every negative desire, 327 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,120 Speaker 6: where you're never tempted to be impatient, to be. 328 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 5: Rude, to compromise. 329 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 6: That's why Paul said, I die daily, you're still tempted 330 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 6: to get off course, join the crowd. 331 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:26,919 Speaker 5: This is where discipline steps in. This is where the 332 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:28,400 Speaker 5: grace of God shows up. 333 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:31,960 Speaker 6: Yes, I know people that God delivered from an addiction, 334 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 6: they don't have the desire anymore. 335 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:36,080 Speaker 5: That's the mercy of God. 336 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 6: But if it doesn't happen that way for you, don't use. 337 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:43,120 Speaker 5: It as an excuse to let the old man get 338 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:43,680 Speaker 5: back up. 339 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:48,000 Speaker 6: Keep Nabel in the grave. Nabel doesn't look good on you. 340 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:52,080 Speaker 6: Nabel is not your style. Keep the old man. 341 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:55,880 Speaker 5: Down so the new man can shine. Here's the key. 342 00:18:56,520 --> 00:19:01,199 Speaker 6: What you defeat quickly is not your real enemy. What 343 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 6: you conquer in a short time is not what you 344 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:05,879 Speaker 6: have to be concerned about. 345 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:10,119 Speaker 5: Be grateful for that, But your real enemy doesn't go 346 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 5: away easily. 347 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:16,400 Speaker 6: I'm not tempted to curse, to do drugs, to be dishonest. 348 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 6: By the grace of God, I don't struggle in those areas, 349 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:24,199 Speaker 6: but being impatient. That old man has been trying to 350 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 6: get up for over thirty years. 351 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 5: He's stubborn. He won't go away for me. He's a 352 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 5: real enemy. 353 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:35,639 Speaker 6: David defeated Goliath in a few minutes, a victory that 354 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 6: changed the course of his life. But Goliath wasn't David's 355 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:43,440 Speaker 6: real enemy. He was gone in a moment. His real 356 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:49,400 Speaker 6: enemy was Saul. Saul pestered David for years through spears 357 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 6: at him when David was being nice. He chased David 358 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:55,879 Speaker 6: through the desert. David had to live on the run. 359 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:01,640 Speaker 6: God could have delivered David from Saul life he did Goliath. 360 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 5: He could have taken care of him in one afternoon. 361 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:08,119 Speaker 5: No big deal. But there are some enemies. 362 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 6: God doesn't deliver us from some temptations. 363 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 5: He doesn't totally remove. 364 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 6: If God is not taking it away, that means he's 365 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:21,919 Speaker 6: given you the grace to stand strong. You have the 366 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 6: power to keep the old man down. Now you may 367 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 6: be tempted to hold on to bitterness. Somebody did you wrong, 368 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 6: they hurt you. It's been years and that temptation is 369 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 6: still there. That's your real enemy. Keep the old man down. 370 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,920 Speaker 6: Do the right thing when it's hard. Bitterness doesn't look 371 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 6: good on you. Maybe you have an ongoing temptation with alcohol, 372 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:52,159 Speaker 6: or to compromise in a relationship, to be negative or critical. 373 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 5: Every person has a song. 374 00:20:55,280 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 6: There's a temptation, an attitude, some area of compromise that 375 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 6: doesn't go away. 376 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:05,359 Speaker 5: You need to know what your real enemy is. 377 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 6: Don't let the saws wear you down to where you 378 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:11,680 Speaker 6: think this is just who I am. 379 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,879 Speaker 5: No announced to that Saul. You will not keep me 380 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 5: from my destiny if you never go away. I'm not 381 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:21,720 Speaker 5: giving in. I'm not letting the old man get back up. 382 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:26,120 Speaker 6: I'm gonna keep resisting, standing strong, doing the right thing. 383 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 6: But too often we want a quick fix. God, deliver 384 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:34,399 Speaker 6: me instantly. Take away this hot temper. Lord, make me 385 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 6: patient and kind, and do it overnight. You will defeat 386 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 6: some giants overnight. You will conquer some golias quickly. But 387 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:47,520 Speaker 6: most of the time, God will deliver you little by 388 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 6: little when he sees you doing your part, being patient 389 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 6: when you could be stressed, forgiving the person that did 390 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 6: you wrong, resisting the temptation. 391 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 5: As you keep passing these tests, one step at a time, 392 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:05,159 Speaker 5: God will begin to change things. This is what happened 393 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 5: to Jacob In the scripture, he was dishonest. 394 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:11,880 Speaker 6: He went around tricking people. He deceived his brother out 395 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 6: of his birthright. Being dishonest was his soul. He struggled 396 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 6: with it for years. 397 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:22,159 Speaker 5: He wasn't disciplined, he didn't try to overcome. He accepted 398 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 5: it for who he was. 399 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 6: But in Genesis thirty two, when he wrestled with the angel, 400 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:33,439 Speaker 6: God changed his name from Jacob to Israel. This was 401 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:38,200 Speaker 6: to symbolize his new beginning. God was saying, Jacob, I'm 402 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:42,880 Speaker 6: giving you the grace to conquer this dishonesty. And Jacob 403 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 6: did his best to change and live with integrity. He 404 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 6: started making better decisions. But just because God touched him 405 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 6: didn't mean he suddenly turned into a different person, and 406 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:59,880 Speaker 6: he didn't have these temptations anymore. In Genesis forty eight, 407 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 6: he came to the end of life. Verse two says 408 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 6: when Jacob was told, your son Joseph is here to 409 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:12,160 Speaker 6: see you, Israel gathered up his strength and sat up 410 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 6: in bed. He was near death, and look. 411 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 5: Who was there, Israel and Jacob. 412 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:21,880 Speaker 6: You would think the scripture would just refer to him 413 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:22,680 Speaker 6: as Israel. 414 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 5: Jacob was over and done, but. 415 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:29,160 Speaker 6: This was put there to show us that he never 416 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 6: totally got rid of Jacob. 417 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 5: He lived as Israel his new name. But Jacob didn't 418 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 5: go away easily. 419 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 6: Jacob kept trying to get back up and come again 420 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:41,159 Speaker 6: and again. 421 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 5: It's the same way with us. God made us a 422 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:45,880 Speaker 5: new creation. 423 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 6: He says, you are no longer Jacob, the deceiver, the compromiser. 424 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 5: Now you're Israel. 425 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 6: But even though you're Israel, Jacob is going to get 426 00:23:57,359 --> 00:23:59,639 Speaker 6: up out of the grave and try to work his 427 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:03,680 Speaker 6: way back back. There will be a conflict between these 428 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 6: two men, who you're called to be and who. 429 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:10,200 Speaker 5: You used to be. Somebody cuts you off in traffic. 430 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:13,680 Speaker 6: Israel says, no big deal, it's not going to ruin 431 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:14,160 Speaker 6: my day. 432 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 5: Bless them, Lord. 433 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 6: It would be easy if Jacob were totally gone. The 434 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 6: problem is the old man Jacob. He's still in there. 435 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,640 Speaker 6: When Israel says I'm going to bless them, Jacob gets 436 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 6: up and says, no, I'm going to curse them. 437 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:34,720 Speaker 5: Israel wants to overlook the offense. Jacob wants to tell 438 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 5: them off. 439 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 6: Israel wants to resist the temptation, set a new standard. 440 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 6: Jacob wants to take the easy way out, not be 441 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:49,560 Speaker 6: uncomfortable when you find yourself wanting to compromise. Be impatient 442 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 6: giving to the temptation. Just say to yourself, no, Jacob, you're. 443 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,200 Speaker 5: Not getting up. You're the old man. 444 00:24:56,600 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 6: Stay in that grave. Israel is in charge, redeemed me, 445 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:01,919 Speaker 6: the free me. 446 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:03,119 Speaker 5: The bless me. 447 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:07,440 Speaker 6: Well, Joel, it's hard to take the high road. It's 448 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 6: hard to walk away when somebody insults me. Yes, it's difficult, 449 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 6: but you won't come up higher if you're not willing 450 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 6: to be uncomfortable. These are tests that God allows so 451 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 6: we can grow. The scripture talks about how God uses 452 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:29,240 Speaker 6: difficulties to separate the chaff. 453 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 5: From the wheat. 454 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 6: The chaff is the unusable part of the plant. If 455 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:37,919 Speaker 6: you don't get rid of that part, then the valuable 456 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 6: part will go to waste. In Bible days, they didn't 457 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 6: have machinery, so they would take the wheat to the 458 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:47,879 Speaker 6: threshing floor. They would put it on the ground and 459 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:51,680 Speaker 6: have the oxen walk over it again and again, grinding 460 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 6: up the husk and the straw, the valuable part of 461 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:58,719 Speaker 6: the plant. The grain would come loose from the chaff. 462 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 6: If you're in a situation you don't like, you're uncomfortable. 463 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:08,880 Speaker 6: Instead of being sour, recognize you're on the threshing floor. 464 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:12,640 Speaker 6: That's God working on you to try to get rid 465 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:17,760 Speaker 6: of the unusable parts, maybe the pride, the jealousy, the impatience, 466 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:18,919 Speaker 6: whatever it is. 467 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:23,399 Speaker 5: Do your part and be willing to change. Stay pliable, 468 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:24,840 Speaker 5: stay mouldible. 469 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:27,639 Speaker 6: You may not like it, but if you'll keep the 470 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 6: right attitude, it's refining you. 471 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 5: You're going to come out better. 472 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:35,880 Speaker 6: This is what happened with Peter, even though he had 473 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:40,680 Speaker 6: all these inconsistencies. Even though one moment he was defending Christ, 474 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:45,359 Speaker 6: another moment he was denying him. Because he was pliable, 475 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 6: because he kept growing, his old man didn't keep him. 476 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:51,160 Speaker 5: From his destiny. 477 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:55,359 Speaker 6: On the day of Pentecost, a very important day in 478 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:59,480 Speaker 6: the church, out of all the disciples, Peter was chosen 479 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:01,800 Speaker 6: to give the inaugural address. 480 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:04,439 Speaker 5: He had the honor of leading the church. 481 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 6: You may have let your old man get up way 482 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:11,199 Speaker 6: more than you should have. Be encouraged. It is not 483 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,720 Speaker 6: going to keep you from your destiny. Now draw that 484 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 6: line in the sand and say this is a new day. 485 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 6: I'm not letting my flesh rule me anymore. I'm done 486 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:25,160 Speaker 6: taking the easy way out. I'm gonna be disciplined and keep. 487 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:26,200 Speaker 5: My old man down. 488 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:31,359 Speaker 6: If you'll do this, I believe and declare bondages that 489 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,960 Speaker 6: have held you back are being broken right now. You're 490 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:38,040 Speaker 6: gonna step into a new level of freedom, new level 491 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:40,280 Speaker 6: of favor, a new level of growth. 492 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:45,240 Speaker 5: Like Peter. You're gonna rise higher, overcome obstacles and become 493 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 5: everything you were created to be in Jesus' name, And 494 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 5: if you receive it, can you say amen? Today? 495 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 6: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 496 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 6: the lord of your life. 497 00:27:58,560 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me? 498 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:06,200 Speaker 6: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins, Come 499 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 6: into my heart. 500 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:10,080 Speaker 5: I make you my Lord and savior. 501 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 6: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 502 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,679 Speaker 6: born again, get in a good Bible based church, and 503 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:21,399 Speaker 6: keep God first place. Victorian, I'll be right back to 504 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:22,800 Speaker 6: speak a blessing over you. 505 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 4: As a thank you for your support of our ministry 506 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,600 Speaker 4: this month, Joel and Victoria, I w'd like to send 507 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,439 Speaker 4: you a copy of Jewel's inspirational new series Living Above 508 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 4: and Beyond. This resource will inspire you to believe that 509 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 4: God has a new level of blessing in store for you. 510 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:43,400 Speaker 6: You are made in the image of God to do 511 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 6: great things, to accomplish gold, to overcome obstacles. 512 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:48,280 Speaker 5: And to leave your mark. 513 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 1: Keep reaching, keep believing the above and beyond life belongs 514 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:52,840 Speaker 1: to you. 515 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 6: Don't let negative circumstances hold you back. 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