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You have to approve yourself. 41 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 4: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 42 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 5: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 43 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 5: the ministry. 44 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 6: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 45 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 6: blessed and share it with a friend. 46 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 47 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 5: your life. 48 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 4: Well, God bless you. It's great to be with you. 49 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 5: Today, and I hope you'll stay connected with us throughout 50 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 5: the week. We have a daily podcast that you can download. 51 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 5: You can go to our YouTube channel watch the messages anytime, 52 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 5: or of course, you can follow us on social medium. 53 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 5: I promise you this, We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. 54 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 5: Thanks for tuning in, Thanks again for coming out in person. 55 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,079 Speaker 5: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 56 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:37,800 Speaker 5: about this reporter. He was visiting churches across the nation. 57 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:41,360 Speaker 5: While in the Northeast, he saw a gold phone on 58 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 5: the wall with a sign that said calls ten thousand 59 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 5: dollars per minute. 60 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 4: He asked the pastor what it meant. 61 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 5: The pastor explained that it was a direct line to Heaven. 62 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 5: If you were willing to pay the price, you could 63 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 5: talk directly to God. He continued visiting different churches, seeing 64 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 5: the same gold phone, same sign. When he finally made 65 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 5: it to Texas, he saw the phone, but the sign 66 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 5: said calls twenty five cents per minute. Intrigued, he asked 67 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 5: the pastor why it was so much cheaper. The pastor said, 68 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 5: you're in Texas now, it's a local call. And all 69 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 5: the Texans said, amen, here we go, y'all. 70 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 71 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 72 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 73 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:29,799 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. 74 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 5: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 75 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 5: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 76 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 5: bless you. 77 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 4: I want to talk to. 78 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 5: You today about staying positive toward yourself. The most important 79 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 5: relationship you have is the relationship with yourself. Too many 80 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 5: people don't like who they are. They focus on their 81 00:03:55,000 --> 00:04:00,080 Speaker 5: faults and weaknesses. They relive their mistakes and failures. I 82 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 5: wish they were different, if they were taller, had a 83 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 5: better personality, look like their cousin. Instead of accepting themselves 84 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 5: as a masterpiece made in the image of God. They're 85 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 5: critical toward themselves and they wonder why they're not happy, 86 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 5: why they don't have good relationships. 87 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 4: It's because they don't like themselves. 88 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 5: If you don't get along with you, you're not going 89 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 5: to get along with other people. Jesus said, love your 90 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 5: neighbor as you love yourself. 91 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 4: You can't love. 92 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 5: Others if you don't first love yourself. The best thing 93 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:38,479 Speaker 5: you can do for your family, for your friends, is 94 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 5: be good to you, Be kind to you, be merciful 95 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 5: to you, be forgiving to you, be loving to you. 96 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 5: You're good to others. Why aren't you good to you? 97 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 5: You don't criticize your friend. Why are you criticizing you? 98 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 5: You compliment your coworker. When's the last time you complimented 99 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 5: yourself their talent? Why don't you admire your talent? Start 100 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 5: being good to you. That's not being selfish, that's not arrogant, 101 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 5: that's loving yourself. Too many people go through life against themselves, 102 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 5: feeling wrong on the inside. 103 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:19,919 Speaker 4: I heard someone say I discovered the enemy. It was me. 104 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 4: Are you your enemy? Are you defeating yourself? 105 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 5: Limiting your dreams, sabotaging your relationships all because you don't 106 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 5: like you. You have enough people and circumstances against you. 107 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 5: Don't be against yourself when you wake up in the morning. 108 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 5: Don't lie in bed and think of everything wrong with you, 109 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:44,840 Speaker 5: what you don't like about your looks. Relive your mistakes. 110 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 5: Why didn't I finish college? I should be more disciplined. 111 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 5: I lost my temper yesterday. Instead of focusing on what's 112 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 5: wrong with you, start focusing on what's right with you. 113 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 4: You may have weaknesses. You've made mistakes. 114 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 5: We all have, but there's a lot more right with 115 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 5: you than there is wrong with you. Dwelling on the 116 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 5: negative doesn't help you to do better. Beating yourself up 117 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 5: from past mistakes doesn't move you forward. 118 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 4: The better you. 119 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 5: Feel about yourself, the better you'll do. The more you 120 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:21,600 Speaker 5: like yourself, the further you'll go. You can't give away 121 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 5: what you don't have. If you're in turmoil on the inside, 122 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:30,600 Speaker 5: mad at yourself, critical, condemned, that's what you have to give. 123 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 5: If you're hard on yourself, you'll be hard on others. 124 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 5: If you don't forgive yourself, you won't forgive others. If 125 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:40,920 Speaker 5: you don't get along with you, how. 126 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 4: Can you get along with your family. 127 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 5: The best thing you can do is start being for you. 128 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 5: When you love yourself, then you can love others. When 129 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,279 Speaker 5: you're kind to yourself, then you can be kind to others. 130 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 4: It starts with you, well. 131 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 5: Joel, I have all these faults, these weaknesses. Once I overcome, 132 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 5: once I learned to control my temper, be more disciplined, 133 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 5: quit saying things that I shouldn't, then I won't be 134 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 5: down on myself. If you're waiting to perform perfectly. Before 135 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 5: you feel good about who you are, you'll be waiting 136 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 5: your whole life. You have to accept yourself while you're 137 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 5: in the process of changing. 138 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 4: God knew you would have weaknesses. He made you. You're 139 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 4: not a surprise to him. 140 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 5: He's not in heaven scratching his head thinking I didn't 141 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 5: see that coming. 142 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 4: They're a mess. What am I going to do? He 143 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 4: knew there would be things you struggle with. 144 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 5: You're not supposed to beat yourself up because you haven't 145 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 5: arrived yet. I don't know one person that has arrived. 146 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 5: There will always be some area we need to improve in. 147 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 5: In fact, I believe God will leave weaknesses. 148 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 4: On purpose, so will have to depend on him. 149 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 5: He's changing you from glory to glory. Learn to enjoy 150 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 5: the glory that you're in right now. You may not 151 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 5: be where you want to be, but you're not where 152 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 5: you used to be. Instead of looking at how far 153 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 5: you have to go, you need to look back and 154 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 5: thank God for how far He's already brought you. It 155 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 5: takes a mature person to say I'm okay with where 156 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 5: I am while I'm on the way to where God 157 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 5: is taking me. One time someone asked me, what was 158 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 5: the one thing that I would change about myself if 159 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 5: I could. And I don't mean this to sound arrogant, 160 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:32,320 Speaker 5: but I couldn't think of anything. And sure, there are 161 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:35,680 Speaker 5: plenty of areas I need to improve, I need to change, 162 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 5: I need to grow. My point is my weaknesses are 163 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 5: not on the forefront of my mind. I'm not focused 164 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 5: on my shortcomings, relive in my failures, down on myself 165 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 5: for past mistakes. I know I'm forgiven, I'm redeemed, I'm 166 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 5: a masterpiece. I'm made in the image of Almighty God. 167 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 5: Life is too short to go through it against yourself. 168 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 4: I say this with humility. I like myself. 169 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 5: I like my looks. I like my personality. I like 170 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 5: my sense of humor. I like my taste, I like 171 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 5: my physique. I like who God made me to be. 172 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:17,359 Speaker 5: It's very powerful when you can say you like yourself, 173 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:22,680 Speaker 5: not I like myself after I lose twenty pounds, after 174 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 5: I learned to keep my mouth closed, after. 175 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:25,840 Speaker 4: I've become more patient. 176 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:30,440 Speaker 5: God accepts and approves you right where you are, faults 177 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 5: and all mistakes, shortcomings, not when you overcome, but right now. 178 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:39,840 Speaker 5: He knows you're on a journey. He's changing you little 179 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 5: by little, he accepts you. Now you have to accept yourself. 180 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:48,079 Speaker 5: He approves you, you have to approve yourself. When our 181 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 5: son Jonathan was fourteen years old, we were out playing 182 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 5: basketball one day. We had played one on one him 183 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:59,080 Speaker 5: against me for many years. I could always beat him, 184 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 5: but he kept getting better and getting bigger. 185 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 4: This game, for the first time, he beat me. 186 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 5: I played hard, I did my best, but he won. 187 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 5: I gave him a high five and told him he 188 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 5: was grounded. But during that game. During that game, he 189 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:17,959 Speaker 5: got around me and went up for a shot. I 190 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:21,719 Speaker 5: timed it perfectly. I came from behind, jumped with all 191 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:24,960 Speaker 5: my might and blocked his shot. I mean I swatted 192 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 5: it over into the bushes. I felt like Lebron James. 193 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 5: It would have been a top ten on Sports Center. 194 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 5: A few days later, we were in the gym playing 195 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 5: with some other guys. Jonathan said, Dad, tell everyone what 196 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:39,559 Speaker 5: happened last week. 197 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 4: I said, oh yeah. Jonathan went up for the shot, 198 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 4: timed it perfectly. I blocked it. 199 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 5: He said, no, Dad, tell them about how I beat you. 200 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 5: The funny thing is that defeat wasn't on the front 201 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 5: of my mind. That failure wasn't taking up the most 202 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 5: spaced my victory, my accomplishment, my. 203 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 4: Success is what stood out. It's all in how we 204 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:06,840 Speaker 4: train ourselves. Some people are focused on their. 205 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 5: Losses, their flaws, their mistakes, the times they didn't measure up. 206 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 5: That's why they're negative toward themselves. The wrong images are 207 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:19,959 Speaker 5: always playing. You need to focus on your victories. Focus 208 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 5: on the times you succeeded. You resisted the temptation, you 209 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 5: were disciplined, You felt like telling them all, but you. 210 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 4: Bit your tongue. 211 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 5: You with the extra mile at work, You excelled in 212 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 5: that presentation. Don't let the negative take up the most space. 213 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 5: You can't become who you're created to be if you're 214 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:43,680 Speaker 5: negative towards yourself. And yes, there are forces trying to 215 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 5: stop us, but I wonder if you are your enemies. 216 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:52,560 Speaker 5: Circumstances may be against you, people will come against you. 217 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:54,079 Speaker 4: You can overcome those things. 218 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 5: The problem is if you are against you, if you're 219 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,200 Speaker 5: negative towards yourself. 220 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 4: That can keep you from your destiny. 221 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 5: God has given us different gifts, different personalities, different temperaments. 222 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:12,080 Speaker 5: Sometimes we're fighting who we are, trying to be like 223 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 5: someone else. You have to accept who God has made 224 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 5: you to be and sure There are areas we can improve, 225 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 5: in areas where we can grow, but there are certain 226 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 5: things that are who we are. I'm naturally more quiet 227 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 5: and reserved. My personality is laid back and easy going. 228 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:33,800 Speaker 5: I don't lose my temper. I don't get upset often. 229 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 5: That's all natural to me. Well, when my father went 230 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:39,200 Speaker 5: to be with the Lord, I knew I was supposed 231 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 5: to step up and pastor the church. But I didn't 232 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 5: feel qualified. I'd never ministered. I didn't have the training. 233 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 5: I could get past those things. What I struggled with 234 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 5: was my father had a strong personality. He was dynamic, forceful. 235 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 5: I would see other ministers that were loud and excite 236 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 5: the audience. I thought, I don't have those strengths. I 237 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 5: can't minister like my father. When we compare, think we 238 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 5: have to be like someone else. We can feel shortchanged, 239 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:12,319 Speaker 5: like we're at a disadvantage. 240 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 4: I'm not as talented as they are. Here's the key. 241 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 5: God has given you what you need to fulfill your destiny. 242 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 5: If you needed a different personality, he would have given 243 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 5: you one. If you needed different gifts, different strengths, different looks, 244 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 5: different parents. 245 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 4: It would have happened. 246 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 5: Quit comparing and run your race. I was tempted to 247 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 5: feel inferior, not strong enough. 248 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 4: I had to tune. 249 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 5: All that out and use what God had given me. 250 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 5: I discovered my gifts fit me. My personality, my talent, 251 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:53,320 Speaker 5: my strengths, my temperament is right for my assignment. I 252 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:57,199 Speaker 5: didn't have to be loud, dynamic, forceful. That worked for 253 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:02,199 Speaker 5: my father. That's who he was. But God makes us individuals. 254 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 5: You have to be comfortable in your own skin, comfortable 255 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:07,840 Speaker 5: in who God made you to be. 256 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:10,960 Speaker 4: Don't covet what someone else has. 257 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:14,599 Speaker 5: If you had their gifts, their personality, their looks, it 258 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 5: wouldn't help you. 259 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 4: It would hinder you. You are equipped for your race. 260 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 5: You have the right personality, the right gifts, the right looks. 261 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 5: You're the right height, you come from the right family. 262 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 5: You weren't shortchanged. You're not at a disadvantage. You've been 263 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 5: fearfully and wonderfully made. Walk in your anointing. Be confident 264 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 5: with your gifts. Let your personality shine. It's not another 265 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 5: person in this world like you. The enemy would love 266 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 5: for you to go through life trying to be an imitation, 267 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 5: copying someone else that you think is more attractive, more gifted, 268 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 5: more successful. 269 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 4: No, be you. 270 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 5: Nobody can do you like you can do you. You're 271 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 5: not annoying to be someone one else. The anointing on 272 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 5: your life, the favor, the blessing is to be you. 273 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 5: You want activate the favor. You won't see the abundance 274 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 5: if you're trying to be something that, you're not feeling 275 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 5: wrong on the inside because you're not like someone else. 276 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 4: I stepped up to minister. I wasn't like my father. 277 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 4: I'm more calm, more laid back. 278 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 5: What I thought was a weakness was actually a strength. 279 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 5: People started watching and attending in record numbers. 280 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 4: Half the people watch. 281 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:34,000 Speaker 5: They say they've never been to church, never listen to 282 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 5: a minister on television. I wonder if you're fighting what 283 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 5: makes you unique? Are you frustrated over what you think 284 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 5: is a weakness when in fact it's a strength. Quit 285 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 5: wishing you were something different and step in to who 286 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 5: God made you to be. He didn't accidentally give you 287 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 5: the wrong personality, make you too quiet, too outgoing, the 288 00:15:57,320 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 5: wrong gifts. 289 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 4: He matched you with your word. 290 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 5: You have exactly what you need to fulfill your destiny. 291 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 5: I have a friend that has a very strong personality. 292 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 5: He's very kind, very talented, but he's type A, straight 293 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 5: to the point, aggressive get it done. One day, he 294 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:20,600 Speaker 5: and his wife were having a disagreement. They were debating something. 295 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 5: She finally said, why can't you be more like Joel? 296 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 5: He said, excuse me, I think I'm supposed to be 297 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 5: like Jesus. 298 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 4: She said, that's fine, but why don't you start with Joel. 299 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 5: We can always grow and improve, but you can't fight 300 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 5: who God made you to be. Don't go your whole. 301 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 4: Life wishing you were something different, wishing. 302 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 5: You had a better personality, wish and you were more talented, 303 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 5: wishing you were like your neighbor, when in fact, you're 304 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 5: exactly who you're supposed to be. What you don't realize 305 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 5: is half the time your neighbor is wishing they could 306 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 5: be you. They see all the good things about about you. 307 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:05,159 Speaker 5: Do you What would happen if you would start loving yourself, 308 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 5: accepting your gifts, not beating yourself up for mistakes, not 309 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 5: down on yourself because of weaknesses, stay positive towards yourself. 310 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 5: Most of us wouldn't criticize other people. You wouldn't go 311 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 5: up to that person sitting next to you say you sure. 312 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 4: Don't look good today. 313 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 5: Those clothes don't do anything for you. You may think it, 314 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 5: but you wouldn't say it. Why are you criticizing yourself. 315 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 5: When you criticize you, you are criticizing God's creation. You 316 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:38,680 Speaker 5: might as well look up and say, God, you didn't 317 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 5: do a very good job on me. 318 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 4: He doesn't make mistakes. 319 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 5: Don't say another negative thing about yourself. 320 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:47,920 Speaker 4: I'm so undisciplined. 321 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 5: I can't do anything right. I don't have a good personality. 322 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 5: I'll never lose this way. Never break the addiction. 323 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:55,400 Speaker 4: Zip that up. 324 00:17:56,160 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 5: Quit being against yourself. You don't need another enemy. Be 325 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 5: as good to yourself as you are to others. Be 326 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 5: kind to yourself, Be merciful to yourself, Be loving to yourself. 327 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:11,719 Speaker 5: When you wake up in the morning and look in 328 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 5: that mirror, instead of saying, oh man, I'm getting so old, 329 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 5: look at all these wrinkles. It's all downhill from here. 330 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 5: Try a different approach. Good morning, you, good looking thing. 331 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:25,080 Speaker 5: I'm made in the image of God. I'm a masterpiece. 332 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 5: I have royal blood flowing through my veins. Friend of 333 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 5: mine pastors at church in another state. For years, every 334 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 5: Sunday after service, he would call me and tell me how. 335 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,679 Speaker 4: Good my message was. He's very encouraging. 336 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 5: He would go on and on, it was so effective here, 337 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,399 Speaker 5: and this part is going to help so many people, 338 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 5: one compliment after another. Several years later, he came with 339 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,800 Speaker 5: me to this interview I was doing. It was a 340 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:58,719 Speaker 5: national program, live for an hour, really big deal. I 341 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 5: was young and nervous and hadn't done much of that before. 342 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:05,119 Speaker 5: When I finished, we got in the car and the 343 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:08,359 Speaker 5: first thing I said was I did really good. I 344 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:11,080 Speaker 5: knew exactly what to say. I don't think I could 345 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 5: have done it any better. He told me later that 346 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:19,239 Speaker 5: conversation changed his life. When he saw how positive I 347 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 5: was toward myself, he realized what his problem was. 348 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:24,680 Speaker 4: He had never. 349 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:28,880 Speaker 5: Once told himself that he had done good. After his service. 350 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 5: He'd always drive home discouraged, thinking about how he could 351 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 5: have done it better. 352 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 4: How he wasn't focused enough, how he could have explained 353 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:37,680 Speaker 4: it more clearly. 354 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:42,399 Speaker 5: In years of pastoring, he never left the church feeling good. 355 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:46,120 Speaker 4: He always thought about what he didn't do right. When 356 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:47,400 Speaker 4: he heard ME come out. 357 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:50,879 Speaker 5: And say I did good, a stronghold was broken in 358 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:54,879 Speaker 5: his thinking. He was great at complimenting others, but he 359 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:59,160 Speaker 5: never complimented himself. He trained himself to see the flaws, 360 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 5: the stumble, what he didn't do his best. 361 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 4: The scripture says. 362 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:08,200 Speaker 5: Our faith is made effective when we acknowledge everything good. 363 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 5: You can't go around acknowledging the negative, your weaknesses, the 364 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,160 Speaker 5: times you didn't measure up, how you should have been 365 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 5: more disciplined. Your faith is not going to be effective. 366 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 5: You need to retrain your mind to see the good. 367 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 5: Focus on what you did right. You didn't get everything 368 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:29,479 Speaker 5: done at the office, but you got something done. You 369 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:32,359 Speaker 5: haven't totally broke the addiction, but you're better than you 370 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:35,359 Speaker 5: were last year. You didn't spend all the time you 371 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 5: wanted to with your children, but you got them ready 372 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:40,879 Speaker 5: for school, You got them dressed, you cook their dinner. 373 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,440 Speaker 5: If you're acknowledging the negative, you're not going to feel 374 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 5: good about yourself. Start acknowledging all the good things that 375 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:48,879 Speaker 5: you're doing. 376 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 4: That's what's going to help you do better. 377 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:55,639 Speaker 5: Being down on yourself not only keeps you from enjoying life, 378 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 5: but it keeps you from rising higher. When I walk 379 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 5: off this platform, every time, under my breath, I say Lord, 380 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 5: thank you for. 381 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:05,879 Speaker 4: Helping me to do great today. 382 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,239 Speaker 5: I know I don't do great every time but in 383 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 5: my mind, I do great. I walked off the other 384 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:15,520 Speaker 5: day and my children were back there. First thing I 385 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:19,280 Speaker 5: said was I nailed it. They started laughing. I don't 386 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 5: mean this arrogant, but I celebrate myself. I compliment myself. 387 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 5: I acknowledge what God has enabled me to do. I 388 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 5: recognize it's his favor, his anointing, his blessing on my life. 389 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,199 Speaker 5: I have plenty of areas to improve in I know 390 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 5: people that can do it much better. 391 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 4: That's okay. I'm not running their race. 392 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:44,680 Speaker 5: I feel good about me. You have enough enemies in life. 393 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 5: Don't be against yourself. You should be your biggest fan. 394 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:54,120 Speaker 5: Nobody should think better of you than you. Sometimes we're 395 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 5: talking no, no, no, don't think good of yourself. 396 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 4: Be humble, lowly No. You have to. 397 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:03,200 Speaker 5: Recognize the creator of the universe breathed life into you. 398 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:08,639 Speaker 5: He's entrusted you with gifts, talents, abilities, He's crowned you 399 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 5: with favor. Don't go through life thinking little of yourself, 400 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 5: focused on your weaknesses, dwelling on your failures. 401 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 4: Start acknowledging the good. 402 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:22,240 Speaker 5: Step into your potential. Show off that talent. Don't be 403 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 5: your enemy, be your asset. When you acknowledge the good. 404 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:29,879 Speaker 5: When you say, Lord, thank you for helping me to shine, 405 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:32,639 Speaker 5: thank you for your gifts, thank you for taking me 406 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:35,919 Speaker 5: where I've never dreamed, Then your faith is made effective. 407 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:39,360 Speaker 5: You go to see new doors open and new opportunities. 408 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,640 Speaker 5: You may be good at complimenting others, but you need 409 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 5: to get good. 410 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 4: At complimenting yourself. 411 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:47,439 Speaker 5: You don't have to do it out loud, but in 412 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:50,440 Speaker 5: your mind you need to say, that was good, got 413 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 5: to work on time, That was good, I did excellent 414 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 5: on that presentation. 415 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:57,879 Speaker 4: That was good. Help my neighbor last night, that was good. 416 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,439 Speaker 5: Why don't you start giving yourself the credit that you 417 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 5: give others. You told that friend they look good. Have 418 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 5: you told yourself that you look good? You complimented your coworker. 419 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:12,920 Speaker 5: Have you complimented yourself? Well, Joel, I would feel good 420 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:16,399 Speaker 5: about myself, but I've made these mistakes. If I had 421 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:21,440 Speaker 5: been more disciplined, the mistake didn't change your purpose. Don't 422 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:24,960 Speaker 5: let failures and times you got off course cause you 423 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:28,840 Speaker 5: to be against yourself. Be as merciful to you as 424 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 5: you are to others. You have to learn to forgive yourself. 425 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:37,880 Speaker 5: The accuser will bring condemnation guilt you don't deserve it. 426 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,639 Speaker 5: He would love for you to feel not worthy, down 427 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:46,160 Speaker 5: on yourself. Don't fall into that trap, Paul sitting Colossians. 428 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:50,400 Speaker 4: God sees you as holy, blameless, as. 429 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:54,440 Speaker 5: Without fault, not me, Joel. I have a lot of faults. 430 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:55,880 Speaker 5: I've made a lot of mistakes. 431 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 4: We all have. 432 00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:59,920 Speaker 5: But when you ask God to forgive you, he clear 433 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:04,720 Speaker 5: your record. He sees you without fault. And that's all good. 434 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,640 Speaker 5: But the real question is, can you see. 435 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 4: Yourself without fault? 436 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 5: As long as you're beating yourself up, living condemned. 437 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 4: The problem is you are your enemy. 438 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:19,879 Speaker 5: God has already said you're blameless, You're without fault. 439 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:24,439 Speaker 4: Get in agreement with him. Nothing you've done has stopped 440 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:25,160 Speaker 4: your destiny. 441 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,639 Speaker 5: Jesus knew that Peter would deny him, yet he still 442 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 5: chose him as his disciple. 443 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 4: Why didn't he just pick someone else. 444 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:36,239 Speaker 5: He knew he was going to fail, He knew he 445 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:39,440 Speaker 5: was hot tempered, he knew he used bad language. But 446 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:43,120 Speaker 5: God doesn't disqualify you because you have weaknesses. 447 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,119 Speaker 4: If he did, none of us would have a chance. 448 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:50,160 Speaker 5: When Jesus rose from the dead, he told Mary at 449 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:54,159 Speaker 5: the tomb, go tell the disciples that he was alive. 450 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 4: And he specifically said, tell Peter. Peter could have lived, defeated, condemned, 451 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 4: what was wrong with me? 452 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 5: But he made this choice that we all have to make. 453 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:09,160 Speaker 5: He forgave himself. He had mercy on himself. He didn't live, 454 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 5: looking in the rear view mirror thinking about how he 455 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 5: had blown it. Peter went on to give the inaugural address. 456 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:17,640 Speaker 4: When the church was. 457 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:21,680 Speaker 5: Birthed, three thousand people came to know the Lord. All 458 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 5: through the scripture, God used people that made mistakes. Abraham 459 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:29,679 Speaker 5: had a baby out of wedlock. David took a man's 460 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:33,280 Speaker 5: wife and had the man killed. Jonah ran from God, 461 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 5: wouldn't go to the city of Nineveh. 462 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:36,439 Speaker 4: What did God do. 463 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:39,400 Speaker 5: Rescue him and send him to the city of Nineveh. 464 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:44,119 Speaker 5: God doesn't disqualify us. The mistake we make is we 465 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:49,439 Speaker 5: disqualify ourselves. When Moses was on Mount Sinai receiving the 466 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,919 Speaker 5: Ten Commandments, he left his brother Erin in charge of 467 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 5: the Israelites. He was gone so long the people said 468 00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 5: we need a god to worship. 469 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:01,440 Speaker 4: Well Erin knew that they worshiped Jehovah. 470 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 5: He spoke for Moses when he told Pharaoh to let 471 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:07,200 Speaker 5: the people go. He had seen God delivered them from 472 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 5: slavery part the Red Sea. But he told the people 473 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 5: to bring their gold. He melted it down and they 474 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:18,160 Speaker 5: made a golden calf. The people started partying all kinds 475 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 5: of revelry. When Moses came down the mountain, he saw 476 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 5: Erin and all the people dancing. 477 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:27,200 Speaker 4: Naked, worshiping that idol. 478 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:30,479 Speaker 5: Here he's up there, having this holy moment, and in 479 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:33,200 Speaker 5: a few days the people have already fallen away. 480 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:36,640 Speaker 4: You would think God would be done with Erin. 481 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 5: If you can't lead my people for a couple of weeks, 482 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:42,800 Speaker 5: if you're going to compromise that easily given to temptation, 483 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:47,200 Speaker 5: then good riddance. But God doesn't write us off. He 484 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 5: chose Erin to be the first high priest. I can 485 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:53,840 Speaker 5: hear God saying to an angel, you see that guy 486 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 5: down there that's dancing naked, the one that made the 487 00:26:57,119 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 5: golden calf, He's going to be the one I choose 488 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 5: to go into the Holy of Holies, the most sacred 489 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:07,600 Speaker 5: place of the Temple. Don't judge your life based off 490 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:10,680 Speaker 5: of one mistake, off of one season where you gave 491 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 5: into temptation, one season where you compromise that didn't stop 492 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:18,439 Speaker 5: your destiny. The only way it will hold you back 493 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:23,080 Speaker 5: is if you live guilty, condemned, feeling washed up. God 494 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 5: has forgiven you, but you have to forgive yourself. He's 495 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:30,160 Speaker 5: given you his mercy, but you have to have mercy 496 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:30,960 Speaker 5: on yourself. 497 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:33,840 Speaker 4: Well, Joel, you don't know what I did. 498 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:38,399 Speaker 5: You probably weren't dancing naked in public last week. You 499 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,600 Speaker 5: probably weren't worship in a golden calf. Why are you 500 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:45,240 Speaker 5: writing yourself off? You don't know where God is taking you. 501 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:48,800 Speaker 5: Who would have thought Aaron would become the high Priest 502 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:50,160 Speaker 5: in a position. 503 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:51,320 Speaker 4: Of honor and influence. 504 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:54,440 Speaker 5: God has something still awesome in your future. 505 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 4: Here's the question? Are you for you? 506 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 5: Are you kind to yourself? Are you merciful to yourself? 507 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:05,119 Speaker 5: I know you love God, but do you love yourself? 508 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 5: I know you'll forgive others, will you forgive yourself? I 509 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 5: know you'll compliment your friends, but will you compliment yourself? 510 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:15,920 Speaker 4: How much further will you go? 511 00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:20,880 Speaker 5: If you'll stay positive towards yourself. Quit beating yourself up 512 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:25,280 Speaker 5: for past mistakes, Quit dwelling on your falls, over analyzing 513 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:26,160 Speaker 5: your weaknesses. 514 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 4: You are not a finished product. God is still working 515 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 4: on you. I believe and declare. Today is a breakthrough day. 516 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 5: Strongholds are coming down, Guilt is leaving poor self. Images 517 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:42,840 Speaker 5: are going You are holy, you are blameless, You are 518 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 5: without fault. Now get ready, You're about to rise higher, 519 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 5: overcome obstacles, accomplish dreams, and become everything God created you 520 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 5: to be. In Jesus' name, If you receive it, can 521 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 5: you say amen? 522 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:57,680 Speaker 4: Today? 523 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:00,960 Speaker 5: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 524 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:01,640 Speaker 5: the Lord. 525 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:03,440 Speaker 4: Of your life. Would you pray with me? 526 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:07,760 Speaker 5: Just say it, Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. 527 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 528 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 5: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 529 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 5: born again. We love to send you some information on 530 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:21,880 Speaker 5: your new walk with the Lord. Just text the number 531 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 5: on the screen or go to the website. 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