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Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 28 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 4: Welcome to the Joe Lostine Podcast. Help let's continue to 29 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 4: share the message of hope with those all over the world. 30 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 4: Visit joeloostin dot com slash give hope to give a 31 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 4: gift today. 32 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,320 Speaker 5: Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into 33 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 5: your homes and if you're ever in our area, please 34 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 5: stop buy be a part of one of our services. 35 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 5: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 36 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 5: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 37 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 5: about this senior citizen. He was driving down the freeway 38 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 5: in his brand new Corvette with the top down, going 39 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 5: eighty miles an hour when he saw flashing red lights 40 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 5: from a state trooper in his rearview mirror. Without thinking 41 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 5: about it, he floored it took off to one hundred 42 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 5: miles an hour. He heard the sirens behind him. He 43 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 5: finally pulled over. It said officer, I'm so sorry. I 44 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 5: don't know what I was thinking. The state trooper said, listen, 45 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 5: it's Friday, four o'clock. My shift is over in thirty minutes. 46 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 5: If you tell me a reason why you're speeding that 47 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,640 Speaker 5: I've never heard before, then I'll let you go. The 48 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 5: man thought about it, said officer. Years ago, my wife 49 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 5: ran off with a state trooper, and I thought you 50 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 5: were bringing her back. The officer said, have a great weekend. 51 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 5: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 52 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 5: I am what it says I am. I have what 53 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 5: it says I have. I can do what it says 54 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 5: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 55 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 5: of God. I'll boldly confess my mind is alert, my 56 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 5: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In 57 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 5: Jesus God bless you. I want to talk to you 58 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 5: today about peace with yourself. Too many people go around 59 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:12,359 Speaker 5: feeling wrong on the inside. They don't really like who 60 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 5: they are. They focus on their faults, weaknesses. They're constantly 61 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 5: critical toward themselves. That recording of everything they've done wrong 62 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 5: is always playing in their mind. You're impatient, you blew 63 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 5: your diet, yesterday, you lost your temper. You're still struggling 64 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 5: with that addiction. You should be ashamed of yourself. They 65 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 5: wonder why they're not happy. It's because they have this 66 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 5: war going on on the inside. You're not supposed to 67 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 5: go through life feeling wrong about yourself. Quit focusing on 68 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 5: your faults. Quit over analyzing your weaknesses. Quit beating yourself 69 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 5: up because you're not where you thought you would be. 70 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 5: Here's the key. You're not a finished product. God is 71 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 5: still working on you. The scripture says God changes us 72 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 5: from glory to glory. You have to learn to enjoy 73 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 5: the glory that you're in right now. You may have 74 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 5: some weaknesses. We all do. There may be some areas 75 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 5: where you know you need to improve, but being down 76 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 5: on yourself is not going to help you do better. 77 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 5: Having that nagging feeling telling you you don't measure up. 78 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 5: God's not pleased with you. You'll never get it right. It's 79 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 5: not going to help you move forward. You have to 80 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 5: accept yourself. Write where you are, faults and all. God 81 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 5: is the potter, We are the clay. He's the one 82 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 5: making you and molding you. It may not be happening 83 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 5: as fast as you like but you don't control the timetable. 84 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:49,720 Speaker 5: Will you trust him in the process? Will you accept 85 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:53,159 Speaker 5: yourself in the glory that you're in right now? The 86 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 5: problem with not liking yourself is you're the only person 87 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 5: that you can never get away from. You can get 88 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,159 Speaker 5: away from your boss, you can get away from your neighbor, 89 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 5: you can get away from that crazy uncle, but you 90 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 5: can never get away from you. You wake up with you, 91 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 5: you take a shower with you, you go to work 92 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:15,920 Speaker 5: with you, you even go on vacations with you. If 93 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 5: you don't like you, life is going to be very miserable. 94 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 5: Don't go around being against yourselves. You may have some 95 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:27,599 Speaker 5: things wrong with you, but can I tell you you 96 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 5: have a lot more right with you. You may have 97 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 5: a long way to go, but if you look back, 98 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:37,159 Speaker 5: you'll see how far you've already come. Keep your flaws 99 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 5: in perspective. Every person has something they're dealing with. You 100 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:45,039 Speaker 5: may see someone that look further along. They look like 101 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:48,359 Speaker 5: they've got it all together. They're happy, enjoying their life, 102 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 5: but they're on the potter's whel The reason they're not upset, 103 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 5: the reason they're not down on themselves, is they've learned 104 00:05:56,279 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 5: this principle to enjoy where you are while God is 105 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 5: in the process of changing you. We think I'm going 106 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:07,799 Speaker 5: to feel good about myself as soon as I lose 107 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:11,159 Speaker 5: this ten pounds, as soon as I break this addiction, 108 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 5: as soon as I control my mouth, then I'll get 109 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:19,039 Speaker 5: rid of the guilt, the heaviness. I'm asking you to 110 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 5: feel good about yourself right where you are. If you 111 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 5: don't understand this, you will go through life not liking yourself. 112 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 5: Because as soon as you overcome this weakness, you cross 113 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 5: this off your list, God will show us something else 114 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 5: that we need to improve it. It will be a 115 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:41,359 Speaker 5: never ending cycle. I talked to a man recently. He said, Joel, 116 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,799 Speaker 5: you're so calm and good natured. Do you ever get upset? 117 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 5: Do you ever lose your temper? This is an area 118 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 5: that I've never struggled in, always been easy going. My 119 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 5: mother tells people she's never seen me angry a day 120 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 5: in my life. Well, God gives us grace in different areas. 121 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 5: When I told him that, he shook his head and said, man, 122 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 5: I don't know what's wrong with me. I get upset 123 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 5: so easily. I've done this my whole life. I told 124 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 5: him what I'm telling you, as long as you're down 125 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 5: on yourself, feeling like you don't measure up, you can't 126 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 5: get it right. That's not only going to keep you 127 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 5: from enjoying your life, but it's going to keep you 128 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 5: from improving. You have to give yourself a break. You're 129 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 5: on the Potter's will. You can't change yourself. God has 130 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 5: to give you the grace to change. It takes a 131 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 5: mature person to accept who you are to be at 132 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 5: peace on the inside, even though you have some areas 133 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 5: you need to improve in. It's easy to stay negative 134 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 5: toward yourself down you can't get it right. But when 135 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 5: you make this decision to accept yourself false in awe 136 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 5: instead of beating yourself up, you have the attitude. No, 137 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 5: I'm not perfect, I have some areas I need to improve. 138 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 5: But God, I want to thank you for the glory 139 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 5: that I'm in right now. I know you're the potter. 140 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 5: I'm going to stay on this whill and keep being 141 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 5: my best, knowing on your timetable that you will change me. 142 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 5: This is what allows God to work, not always beating 143 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 5: yourself up. The scripture says in Hebrews, looking away from 144 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 5: all that will distract to Jesus, the author and finisher 145 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 5: of our faith. You have to look away from your faults, 146 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 5: look away from your shortcomings. Focusing on your weaknesses will 147 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 5: distract you from your purpose. Always thinking about how you 148 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 5: don't measure up will distract you from the good things 149 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 5: God has in store. This doesn't mean we don't try 150 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 5: to improve. It means you don't let that heaviness weigh 151 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:53,199 Speaker 5: you down to where you think that there's something wrong 152 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 5: with you. One of the worst mistakes you could make 153 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 5: is to go through life being against yourself. Some people 154 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 5: live with this nagging feeling that's always telling them you're 155 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 5: not attractive enough, you're not disciplined enough. You still have 156 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 5: that addiction you'll never get it right. They've heard that 157 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 5: playing in their minds so long that it's become normal. 158 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 5: Why don't you turn off that negative recording. Why don't 159 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 5: you quit thinking about everything wrong with you and start 160 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 5: thinking about what's right with you. You may have some 161 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 5: areas you still struggle in join the crowd. We all do. 162 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 5: There's not one perfect person in here. What I'm saying 163 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 5: is it's okay to feel good about who you are 164 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 5: while you're in the process of changing somebody asked me 165 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 5: the other day, what is the one thing I would 166 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 5: change about myself if I could? And I don't mean 167 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 5: this to sound arrogant, but I couldn't think of anything. 168 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 5: And yes, there are plenty areas I need to improve in. 169 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 5: Here's my point. I don't sit around thinking about everything 170 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 5: wrong with me. I don't have on the forefront of 171 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 5: my mind my flaws. My weakness is my shortcomings. I 172 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:11,200 Speaker 5: don't go through the day reliving my failures, beating myself 173 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 5: up for past mistakes, letting that negative recording remind me 174 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:19,319 Speaker 5: of everything that I'm not. I say this with humility. 175 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 5: I like myself. I'm happy with who I am. I'm 176 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:27,080 Speaker 5: proud of who God made me to be. Again, I'm 177 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 5: not bragging on me. I'm bragging on the goodness of God. 178 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 5: I know I'm the apple of his eye. I know 179 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 5: I'm a masterpiece. I know I'm a prize possession, fearfully 180 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 5: and wonderfully made. And yes, I have shortcomings, but I'm 181 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:46,959 Speaker 5: on the Potter's will. I'm a work in progress. God 182 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 5: has his own timetable while he's changing me. I'm going 183 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 5: to feel good about who I am. I'm gonna keep 184 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 5: my head held high and enjoy my life, knowing that 185 00:10:56,400 --> 00:11:00,200 Speaker 5: God will get me to where I'm supposed to be. 186 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 5: Powerful when you can say I like who I am, 187 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 5: I feel good about myself. I'm proud of who God 188 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 5: made me to be. Most people can't do this. They say, 189 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 5: I would feel good about myself if I didn't have 190 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:18,680 Speaker 5: these weaknesses. I would be happy with who I am. 191 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 5: If I was a better parent, if I was more patient, 192 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 5: if I wasn't so jealous or joel. I would hold 193 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:28,079 Speaker 5: my head up high, if I hadn't made these mistakes, 194 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:32,320 Speaker 5: if I hadn't blown that relationship. There will always be 195 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 5: some reason why you shouldn't feel good about who you are. 196 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 5: The accuser will make sure to remind you of something 197 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 5: that you're not doing right, some area you're not up 198 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 5: to parr some way that you failed. If you're going 199 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 5: to live in victory, you have to put your foot 200 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 5: down and say that's it. I'm done being against myself. 201 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 5: I'm done feeling wrong on the inside. I'm done focusing 202 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:02,079 Speaker 5: on my weaknesses. I know I'm a child of the 203 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 5: most tied God, redeemed, restored, forgiven. God is taking me 204 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 5: from glory to glory. So I'm going to look away 205 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:14,679 Speaker 5: from all that distracts, and I'm going to enjoy the 206 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:18,320 Speaker 5: glory that I'm in right now now. When you do this, 207 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 5: don't be surprised if every voice tells you you're a hypocrite. 208 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 5: You can't feel good about yourself. Man, you still struggle, 209 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:29,840 Speaker 5: you still have that weakness. This is when you have 210 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 5: to have the boldness to say, yes, that's true, but 211 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 5: I'm on the Potter's well, I'm growing, I'm changing. In 212 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 5: the meantime, I feel good about me. Your destiny is 213 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 5: too important to let that heaviness weigh you down. Your 214 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 5: time is too valuable to sit around thinking about everything 215 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:54,560 Speaker 5: that's wrong with you. That's taking your joy, your energy, 216 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 5: your creativity, your anointing. Start looking away from all of that. 217 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:04,239 Speaker 5: You're on the Potter's will. You're not going to change overnight. 218 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 5: It's going to happen little by little. But if you're 219 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 5: always down on yourself because you're not far enough along, 220 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 5: you're not growing as fast as you would like, you'll 221 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:19,680 Speaker 5: live frustrated. It's very free when you can be happy 222 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 5: with who you are, even though you have some areas 223 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 5: that you still need to improve in think about the 224 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 5: apostle Paul. He said, the things I want to do 225 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 5: I don't do. The things I don't want to do 226 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 5: I end up doing. He wasn't perfect. He still struggled 227 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 5: in some areas. If he would have been down on himself, 228 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 5: thinking why can't I get it right, he wouldn't have 229 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 5: written almost half of the New Testaments. He wouldn't have 230 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 5: become one of the heroes of faith. You don't have 231 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 5: to have it all together in order to do something great. 232 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 5: If you're waiting till you overcome all your weaknesses till 233 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 5: you perform perfectly and then you're going to feel good 234 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 5: about yourself, you'll be waiting your whole life. There are 235 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:09,800 Speaker 5: some weaknesses that God leaves on purpose, so we have 236 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 5: to depend on him. Otherwise we would think we could 237 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 5: do it all in our own strength. What I'm saying, 238 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 5: why don't you start feeling good about yourself right where 239 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 5: you are? If Paul can write almost half of the 240 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 5: New Testament with flaws and weaknesses, then you can accomplish 241 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 5: your dreams with what you're dealing with. And when you're 242 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 5: on the Potter's will, you are the most pliable, the 243 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:38,479 Speaker 5: easiest to work with. When you're at peace with yourself, 244 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 5: not upset angry on the inside, disappointed because you're not 245 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 5: where you think you should be. All that's doing is 246 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 5: slowing down the process the right attitude. I may have 247 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 5: some things wrong with me, but I'm at peace. I 248 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 5: know I'm on the way. I'm in the process, and 249 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 5: what God started in my life going to finish. Jeremiah said, 250 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 5: before you were formed in your mother's womb, God knew 251 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 5: you and approved you. Doesn't say he approves you as 252 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 5: long as you don't make any mistakes. He approves you 253 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 5: as long as you performed perfectly, as long as you 254 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 5: don't have any weaknesses. He approved you before you got 255 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 5: here in your mother's womb. This means he approves you 256 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 5: with those weaknesses. He approves you in spite of those shortcomings. 257 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:36,720 Speaker 5: You're not a surprise to God. He knows the end 258 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 5: from the beginning. He knew every area you would ever 259 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 5: struggle with. That's why he has you on the Potter's will. 260 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 5: That's why he's changing you from glory to glory. You're 261 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 5: not defective. You're not a mistake. When God created you, 262 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 5: he called you a masterpiece. He stepped back and said 263 00:15:56,560 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 5: that was good, but you may have some flaws in weakness, 264 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 5: those voices will try to convince you to live down 265 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 5: on yourself, thinking God's not gonna bless me. Joel, you 266 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 5: don't know what I struggle with. I'll never get it right. 267 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 5: Don't believe those lies. Before you showed up on planet Earth, 268 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 5: God already approved you. My challenge is, since God approves you, 269 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 5: why don't you start approving yourself? Why don't you start 270 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 5: feeling good about who you are? A lot of times 271 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 5: we think we can't feel good about ourselves until we 272 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 5: do everything right. If we resist the temptation, if we 273 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 5: bite our time, if we're more patient, then we believe 274 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 5: God will approve us, then he'll be pleased. But the 275 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 5: truth is there's nothing you can do to make God 276 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 5: love you anymore. His approval is not based on your performance. 277 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 5: It's based on your relationship. He hand picked you, He 278 00:16:55,800 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 5: chose you before you could choose him. When you understand 279 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 5: that the creator of the universe approves you, you won't 280 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 5: go around down on yourself because you're not where you 281 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:11,360 Speaker 5: thought you should be, trying to gain God's approval by 282 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 5: performing perfectly, never making a mistake. You know you already 283 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 5: have his approval. This takes the pressure off. You can 284 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:23,640 Speaker 5: relax knowing that you're on the Potter's will, that he's 285 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 5: making you and molding you. When those thoughts come try 286 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 5: to push you down, tell you you're not far enough along, 287 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:34,199 Speaker 5: you should feel bad about yourself, you can say no, thanks. 288 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 5: I know God approves me, so I'm going to approve myself. 289 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:41,640 Speaker 5: I'm going to feel good about who I am. Paul 290 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:45,640 Speaker 5: said in Ephesians to put on the breastplate of God's approval. 291 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 5: Every morning when you get up, you should say Father, 292 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:52,919 Speaker 5: thank you that you approve me, thank you that you 293 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 5: are pleased with me. You have to put it on. 294 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 5: It's not going to automatically happen. Thoughts will try to 295 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 5: convince you that you don't deserve God's blessing. And you 296 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:06,719 Speaker 5: made that mistake last week. You still struggle with your temper, 297 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 5: you fail yesterday. If you're not putting this on, you'll 298 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 5: start living guilty, feeling unworthy, like you don't deserve God's blessing. 299 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:20,120 Speaker 5: This is the reason many people live with the heaviness 300 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 5: that feeling that there's something wrong with them. They're not 301 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:28,199 Speaker 5: putting on the breastplate of God's approval. It's the breastplate, 302 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:32,240 Speaker 5: meaning that it covers your heart, your most important area 303 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:35,679 Speaker 5: where you live out of You may have plenty of 304 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:39,920 Speaker 5: areas that you still struggle in, but being against yourself 305 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 5: is not going to help you do better. Living condemned, 306 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 5: feeling like you're unworthy, you don't deserve God's blessing. That's 307 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 5: going to cause you to get stuck. You have to 308 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 5: put on disapproval, talking about in your thoughts all through 309 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:58,200 Speaker 5: the day. God is pleased with me. He's at work 310 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 5: in my life. I'm not, but I'm forgiven. I have 311 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 5: these weaknesses, but I'm on the Potter's will. He's making me, 312 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 5: he's molding me. I'm coming up higher. Thoughts will say 313 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 5: you can't feel good about yourself, you still struggle in 314 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 5: that area. Just to answer back, yes, that's true. But 315 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 5: disapproval is not based on how good I am. It's 316 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 5: based on how good God is. He approved me before 317 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 5: I showed up. He accepted me in spite of my shortcomings. 318 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:34,479 Speaker 5: So I'm going to start putting on disapproval. Remember when 319 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:38,639 Speaker 5: Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by John the Baptist, 320 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:42,439 Speaker 5: a voice boomed out of the heaven saying, this is 321 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 5: my beloved son in whom I am well pleased. What's 322 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 5: interesting up to that point, Jesus hadn't performed one miracle, 323 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:55,679 Speaker 5: hadn't opened any blind eyes, hadn't turned water into wine, 324 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 5: hadn't raised Lazarus from the dead. Yet his father said 325 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 5: I am well pleased with him. It's this same principle. 326 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:07,959 Speaker 5: God was pleased with him because of who he was, 327 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 5: and not because of anything he had done. We think, 328 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:15,159 Speaker 5: if I can get rid of this bad habit, if 329 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 5: I can bite my tongue and not argue so much, 330 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 5: if I can be more disciplined in what I watch, 331 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:23,719 Speaker 5: then God will be pleased with me. The fact is 332 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 5: God is well pleased with you right now. He may 333 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 5: not be pleased with all your behavior, but he is 334 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 5: pleased with you. He's already approved you. He's already called 335 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:39,680 Speaker 5: you a masterpiece. But if you listen to these condemning 336 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:43,440 Speaker 5: voices you don't think you measure up, you'll never get 337 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 5: it right. Then you'll start living guilty, condemned, feeling wrong 338 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:52,680 Speaker 5: on the inside. Why don't you start putting on this 339 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:57,119 Speaker 5: approval knowing that God is well pleased with you. A 340 00:20:57,119 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 5: lot of people think just the opposite, God is out 341 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 5: to get them. He's waiting for you to make the 342 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:06,119 Speaker 5: next mistake so he can push you down even further. 343 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 5: That's not how our God is. When you go through 344 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:13,160 Speaker 5: the day saying Father, thank you that you are pleased 345 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 5: with me, thank you that you have approved me, thank 346 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 5: you you've already accepted me. Thoughts will tell you who 347 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:23,160 Speaker 5: do you think you are? Just answer back, a child 348 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 5: of the most High God, redeemed, restored, accepted and approved. 349 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 5: Are you putting on your breastplate of approval or are 350 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 5: you wearing rags of condemnation, unworthiness, guilt. Do you believe 351 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,639 Speaker 5: that God is well pleased with you or you're trying 352 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:45,919 Speaker 5: to gain his approval by performing perfectly as a parent. 353 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:50,119 Speaker 5: Our children make mistakes, they have weaknesses, but we know 354 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 5: they're growing, they're learning, they're making progress. If you were 355 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:56,680 Speaker 5: to ask me if I was pleased with my children, 356 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 5: first thing I would do is not make a list 357 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:03,120 Speaker 5: of all their mistakes. I wouldn't tell you everything they've 358 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:06,199 Speaker 5: done wrong the last three months. I wouldn't have to 359 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:09,399 Speaker 5: think twice. I would say, yes, I am very pleased, 360 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:12,800 Speaker 5: they're great children. I would make a list of everything 361 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 5: I like about them. They're loving, kind, talented, fun, attractive. 362 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 5: That's the way God thinks of you. He's not focusing 363 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 5: on your faults, looking at everything that you've done wrong, 364 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:29,160 Speaker 5: making a list of your shortcomings. He's focusing on what 365 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:33,080 Speaker 5: you're doing right. He's looking at how you're growing, how 366 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:37,680 Speaker 5: you're making progress, how you're not where you used to be. Well, Joel, 367 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 5: what about this weakness. I've had it for many years. 368 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 5: You're not a surprise to God. He's not thinking, oh boy, 369 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:47,679 Speaker 5: they're wearing me out. I'm done with them. He's saying, 370 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:52,879 Speaker 5: that's my beloved son, that's my beloved daughter in whom 371 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 5: I am well pleased. Why don't you shake off the guilt? 372 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 5: Why don't you quit feeling wrong on the inside. The 373 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:05,359 Speaker 5: right attitude is, I'm going to accept myself while God 374 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:08,359 Speaker 5: is in the process of changing me. I'm going to 375 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:11,160 Speaker 5: be happy with who I am, even though I still 376 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:14,919 Speaker 5: have some areas I need to improve in. The enemy 377 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:17,920 Speaker 5: does not want you to feel good about who you are. 378 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:22,119 Speaker 5: Nothing he would love anymore than you to go through 379 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:26,679 Speaker 5: life feeling wrong on the inside. Don't fall into that trap. 380 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 5: Take off the rags of unworthiness and start putting on 381 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 5: your breastplate of God's approval. The most important relationship you 382 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 5: have is your relationship with yourself. If you don't get 383 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,639 Speaker 5: along with you, you won't be able to get along 384 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:48,120 Speaker 5: with anybody else. It will affect every relationship, including your 385 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 5: relationship with God. If you're living guilty, condemned, feeling unworthy, 386 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 5: you won't go to God with boldness. You won't ask 387 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 5: him for your dreams. You won't ask him for the 388 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:02,159 Speaker 5: supersized life that belongs to you. And this is the 389 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:06,360 Speaker 5: reason that many people can't get along. They don't like themselves. 390 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:11,440 Speaker 5: They're insecure, they're bitter, they're defensive. It spills over into 391 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:16,200 Speaker 5: every other relationship. Jesus said it this way. Love your 392 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:20,679 Speaker 5: neighbor as you love yourself. You can't love your neighbor 393 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:24,639 Speaker 5: if you don't first love yourself, you can't give away 394 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 5: something that you don't have. And if you don't have 395 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:31,399 Speaker 5: a healthy respect for yourself, if you're not putting on 396 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:36,439 Speaker 5: disapproval each day knowing that you're a masterpiece, knowing that 397 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:39,480 Speaker 5: you're made in the image of God, then you'll start 398 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 5: focusing on your faults, your shortcomings. You'll end up insecure, inferior. 399 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:48,440 Speaker 5: That will cause you to struggle in relationships. The scripture 400 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 5: says our faith is made effective when we acknowledge everything good. 401 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 5: If you're acknowledging everything you don't like about you, your flaws, 402 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 5: your shortcut, I means your failures, your faith is not 403 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:04,919 Speaker 5: going to be effective. That's going to cause you to 404 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 5: get stuck. You have enough to overcome in life as 405 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 5: it is. Don't go around against yourself. Quit taking inventory 406 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 5: of everything you don't like. Sometimes we spend more time 407 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 5: looking at what's wrong with us than we do what's 408 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 5: right with us. Should be just the opposite. Start acknowledging 409 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:30,159 Speaker 5: the good. Let me help you. You came to church today, 410 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:33,399 Speaker 5: that was good. You turned on the program. That was good. 411 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 5: You were patient in traffic last week. That was good. 412 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:39,640 Speaker 5: You were kind to that stranger, you overlooked an insult. 413 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:43,359 Speaker 5: That was good. There's a lot right about you. Even physically, 414 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 5: we tend to focus on what we don't like. And 415 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 5: I'm so old, I'm so wrinkled. I wish I was taller. 416 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:53,000 Speaker 5: Where did my hair go? Listen? Turn it around. Instead 417 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:56,639 Speaker 5: of being critical, I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I 418 00:25:56,680 --> 00:26:01,159 Speaker 5: am one of a kind. I am a masterpiece, something powerful. 419 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 5: Happens when you say I like who I am. Not perfect, 420 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:10,920 Speaker 5: have some shortcomings, but I'm growing. I'm changing, and God, 421 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 5: since you approve me, I'm going to approve myself. When 422 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:18,520 Speaker 5: you do this in the unseen realm, chains are broken, 423 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 5: chains of guilt, chains of low self esteem, chains of inferiority. 424 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,919 Speaker 5: When you are for yourself, you are in agreement with God. 425 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 5: Some people have never once said I like myself. I 426 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:36,360 Speaker 5: like my gifts, I like my personality, I like my looks. 427 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 5: I'm happy with who God made me to be. Well, George, 428 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,359 Speaker 5: I'm not gonna say I like myself. That's weird. But 429 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 5: if you don't like yourself in a healthy way, other 430 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 5: people are not going to like you. You project what 431 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:54,159 Speaker 5: you believe on the inside. If you feel wrong about yourself, 432 00:26:54,600 --> 00:27:01,480 Speaker 5: you project inferiority, unfriendliness, discontentment. I'm asking you to feel 433 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:04,880 Speaker 5: good about who you are. You may not be where 434 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 5: you want to be, but you're on the way. God 435 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:12,239 Speaker 5: is changing you from glory to glory. Start enjoying the 436 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:16,120 Speaker 5: glory that you're in right now. You may have some weaknesses, 437 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:20,359 Speaker 5: we all do, Don't you dare go through life against yourself? 438 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 5: God is saying today you are my beloved son, my 439 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:28,480 Speaker 5: beloved daughter, and who I am well pleased. Now do 440 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:32,680 Speaker 5: your part. Start putting on the breastplate of God's approval 441 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:36,440 Speaker 5: each morning. If you'll do this, I believe and declare 442 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 5: every chain that's holding you back is being broken. God 443 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:43,200 Speaker 5: is going to keep making you and molding you. You're 444 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 5: going to come up higher, overcome those obstacles and become 445 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 5: everything He's created you to be. In Jesus' name, if 446 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:55,200 Speaker 5: you receive it, can you stay him in today? I'd 447 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 5: like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 448 00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:02,920 Speaker 5: lord of your life with me. Just say, Lord, Jesus, 449 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 5: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 450 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:13,200 Speaker 5: make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 451 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:16,360 Speaker 5: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 452 00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 5: in a good Bible based church, keep God first place. 453 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 5: Victoria and I will be right back to speak a 454 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 5: blessing over you. 455 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 4: Now. 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