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Well, God bless you. 28 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 3: It's always a joy to come into your homes. We 29 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 3: love you. If you're ever in our area, I hope 30 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 3: you'll stop by and be a part of one of 31 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 3: our services. I promise you these are the finest people 32 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 3: in all of Houston, Texas, right here at Lakewood. We'll 33 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 3: make you feel at home. Come on out and see 34 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 3: us sometime. Thanks for tuning in, Thanks again for coming 35 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 3: out today. And I like to get started each week 36 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 3: with something funny and I heard about this mother. She 37 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 3: was making breakfast for her young boys. Ryan was five 38 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 3: and Kevin was three. They begin to argue over who 39 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 3: should get the first pancake. Saw this as an opportunity 40 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 3: to teach them a lesson. She said, boys, boys, if 41 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 3: Jesus were here, he would say, let my brother have 42 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 3: the first pancake. Ryan turned to his younger brother and said, Okay, Kevin, 43 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 3: you be Jesus. Hold up your Bible and say it 44 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:19,959 Speaker 3: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 45 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 3: what it says I am. I have what it says 46 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 3: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 47 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 3: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 48 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 3: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 49 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 3: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 50 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,639 Speaker 3: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 51 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 3: speaking faith into your future. 52 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 4: Our words have creative power. 53 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 3: Whenever we speak something out, either good or bad, we 54 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 3: are giving life to what we're saying. And too many 55 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 3: people go around saying negative things about themselves, about their family, 56 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 3: about their future, things like I'll never be successful. This 57 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 3: sickness is going to get the best of me. Business 58 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 3: is so slow. I don't think I'm going to make it. 59 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 3: Flu season is coming. 60 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 4: I'll probably get it. 61 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 3: They don't realize they are prophesying their future. The scripture 62 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 3: says we will eat the fruit of our words. That 63 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 3: means we're going to get exactly what we've been saying. 64 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 4: Here's the key. 65 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 3: You've got to send your words out in the direction 66 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:32,679 Speaker 3: you want your life to go. You cannot talk defeat 67 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 3: and expect to have victory. You can't talk lack and 68 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 3: expect to have abundance. You will produce what you've been saying. 69 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 3: If you want to know what you're going to be 70 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 3: like five years from now. 71 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 4: Just listen to what you're saying about yourself. 72 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 3: With our words, we can either bless our future or 73 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:54,119 Speaker 3: we can curse our future. That's why we should never 74 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 3: say I'm not a good parent, I'm unattractive, I'm clumsy, 75 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 3: i can't do anything right. 76 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 4: I'll probably get laid off. 77 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 3: Now, those thoughts may come to your mind, but don't 78 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 3: make the mistake of verbalizing them. The moment you speak 79 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 3: it out, you allow them to take root. There have 80 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 3: been plenty of times where I've thought something negative and 81 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 3: I'm just about to say it, but I'll catch myself 82 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,359 Speaker 3: and think, no, I'm gonna zip it up. I'm not 83 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 3: going to speak defeat into my future. I'm not going 84 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 3: to speak failure over my life. I'm gonna turn it 85 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 3: around and speak favor into my future. I'm gonna declare 86 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 3: I'm blessed, I'm strong. 87 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 4: I'm healthy. 88 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 3: This is going to be a great year when you 89 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:42,360 Speaker 3: do that, you are blessing your future. I remember when 90 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 3: our architects told us that it was going to cost 91 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 3: one hundred million dollars to renovate this place, the former 92 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:53,239 Speaker 3: Compact Center. After I got up off the ground, I thought, 93 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 3: that's impossible. I could never raise that much money. There's 94 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:01,039 Speaker 3: no way that's going to happen. The thoughts were, but 95 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:05,279 Speaker 3: I knew better than to verbalize them. My attitude was, 96 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 3: if I'm going to prophesy my future, I'm going to 97 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 3: prophesize something good. 98 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 4: I'm not going to. 99 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 3: Say what I feel. I'm not going to say what 100 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:15,600 Speaker 3: it looks like in the natural. No, I'm going to 101 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 3: say what God says about me. My declaration was God 102 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 3: is supplying all of our needs. He is Jehovah Jirah, 103 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 3: the Lord, our provider. This may seem impossible, but I 104 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 3: know God can do the impossible. Where God gives vision, 105 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 3: he always provides provision. 106 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 4: I made sure to have a report of victory. 107 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 3: Proverbs eighteen twenty one says life and death are in 108 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 3: the power of our tongue. What are you saying about 109 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:47,720 Speaker 3: your future? What are you saying about your family? What 110 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 3: are you saying about your finances? Make sure the words 111 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 3: you are sending out are in the direction you want 112 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 3: your life to go. If you're a baseball fan, you 113 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:01,279 Speaker 3: probably know who Jose Lima is. During the nineteen nineties, 114 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 3: he was a star pitcher for the Houston Astros. One season, 115 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 3: he won twenty games was considered one of the best 116 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 3: pitchers in the league. But something interesting happened when the 117 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 3: Astros moved from the Astrodome to their new ballpark downtown. 118 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 3: The fence in left field was much closer than the 119 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 3: fence in the Astrodome, and of course this favors the 120 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 3: hitters makes it more difficult on the pitchers. The first 121 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 3: time Jose Lima went to the new ballpark, he. 122 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 4: Stood on the mound. 123 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 3: When he looked out into left field and saw how 124 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 3: close the fence was, the first words out of his 125 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 3: mouth were, I'll never be able. 126 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:43,720 Speaker 4: To pitch in here. The fence is way too close. 127 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 5: Do you know. 128 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:47,599 Speaker 3: He went from being a twenty game winner to being 129 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 3: a sixteen game loser. It was one of the biggest 130 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 3: negative turnarounds in Astro's history. 131 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 4: What happened he prophesied his future. 132 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 3: Those negative thoughts came, and instead of ignoring them, he 133 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 3: made the mistake of speaking them out. When you speak 134 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:08,039 Speaker 3: it out, you're giving life to your faith to what 135 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 3: it says in Proverbs, we are snared by the words 136 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 3: of our mouth. I remember growing up there was a 137 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 3: gentleman that used to work for our church. He owned 138 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 3: his own company, and he and his men would come 139 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 3: over and take care of the grounds, make repairs. He 140 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 3: was a very nice man, kind and friendly, but he 141 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 3: always had a negative report. Every time I talked to him, 142 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 3: he told me how hard life was, and how business 143 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 3: was slow, and how some of his equipment wasn't working, 144 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 3: and he was having problems at home, and one of 145 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 3: his children was acting up on and on. I saw 146 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 3: him twice a week for probably ten years. I cannot 147 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 3: remember one time that he did not have a negative report. 148 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,679 Speaker 3: And I'm not making light of his situation. The point 149 00:07:55,840 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 3: is he was prophesying defeat. He was cursing his future. 150 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 3: He didn't realize he was being snared by the words 151 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:07,559 Speaker 3: of his mouth. And what's interesting, when he was about 152 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 3: fifty five years old, he got very sick. 153 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 4: He spent the next two or three years. 154 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 3: In and out of hospitals. He ended up dying a 155 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 3: very sad lonely death. I couldn't help but think about 156 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 3: that's exactly what he had talked about his whole life, 157 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 3: how he wasn't going to make it, and how. 158 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 4: Hard life was. He got what he was calling in. 159 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 3: You may be in a difficult time right now, but 160 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 3: let me challenge you. Don't use your words to describe 161 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 3: the situation. Use your words to change the situation. Declare victory, 162 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 3: Declare health, Declare favor, Declare abundance. You are giving life 163 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 3: to your faith by what you're saying all through the day. 164 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 3: We should go around saying I have the favor of God, 165 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:01,680 Speaker 3: I can do all things through Christs, I'm strong, I'm healthy. 166 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 3: When you do that, you just blessed your life. You 167 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 3: just spoke favor into your future. If you get up 168 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 3: in the morning feeling the blaws, don't ever say this 169 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 3: is gonna be a lousy day. 170 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 4: I don't want to go to work. 171 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 3: I'm tired of dealing with these children. Now get up 172 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 3: and say this is gonna be a great day. I'm 173 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 3: excited about my future. Something good is going to happen 174 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:28,440 Speaker 3: to me. You've got to send your words out in 175 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 3: the direction you want your life to go. Maybe you've 176 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 3: been through a disappointment, a relationship didn't work out, you 177 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 3: didn't get the promotion you were hoping for. But instead 178 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 3: of complaining saying, well, I should have known it. I 179 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 3: never get any good breaks, just my luck. No, your 180 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 3: declaration should be I know when one door closes, God's 181 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:52,320 Speaker 3: gonna open up another door. What was meant for my harm, 182 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:56,439 Speaker 3: God's gonna use to my advantage. I'm not only gonna 183 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:58,440 Speaker 3: come out, I'm gonna come out better off than I 184 00:09:58,600 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 3: was before. 185 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 4: I have a report of victory. Here's what I've learned. 186 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 3: You believe what you say about yourself more than what 187 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 3: anybody else says. That's why, on a regular basis, we 188 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 3: should say I'm blessed, I'm healthy, I'm strong, I'm valuable, 189 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:18,199 Speaker 3: I'm talented. 190 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 4: I have a bright future. 191 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 3: Those words go out of your mouth and come right 192 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 3: back into your own ears. Over time, they will create 193 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,720 Speaker 3: the same image on the inside. Was reading about this 194 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 3: doctor in Europe. He had these patients that were very sick, 195 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 3: and they had been treated by traditional means, but they 196 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 3: had not gotten any better, and so he gave them. 197 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 4: A very unusual prescription. 198 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:45,200 Speaker 3: He had them say three or four times an hour, 199 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 3: I'm getting better and better every day in every way. 200 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 3: Over the next few months, he had remarkable results. Many 201 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 3: of those patients that had not improved with traditional medications, 202 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 3: all of a sudden, they begin to get better and better. 203 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 3: What happened as they heard themselves saying over and over, 204 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:12,079 Speaker 3: I'm getting better, I'm improving, my health is coming back, 205 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 3: those words begin to create a new image on the inside. 206 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 3: Before long, they started seeing themselves strong, healthy and whole. 207 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 3: Once you get a picture of it on the inside, 208 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 3: then God can bring it to pass on the outside. 209 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 3: Some of you would see your life go to a 210 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 3: whole new level if you just zip up the negative 211 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 3: words and start speaking faith and victory into your future. 212 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 3: I know people that are always tired and run down. 213 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 3: You know what, They're constantly saying, I'm so tired. I 214 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 3: just don't have any energy. They've talked about it so 215 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 3: long it's become a reality. 216 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:53,559 Speaker 4: Do you know. The more we talk about. 217 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 3: Something, the more we draw it in, just like you're 218 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 3: feeding it. If you get up in the morning and 219 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 3: just talk about how you feel, how you're tired, and 220 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 3: how you're not going to make it, you're defeating yourself. 221 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 4: You're digging your own hope. No, don't talk about the problem, 222 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:11,199 Speaker 4: talk about the solution. 223 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 3: In fact, the scripture says, let the weak say I 224 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 3: am strong. Notice it doesn't say, let the weak talk 225 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 3: about their weakness. Let the week call five friends and 226 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 3: discuss their weakness. Let the weak complain about their weakness. No, 227 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 3: it says, in effect, let the weak say exactly opposite 228 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 3: of how they feel. In other words, don't talk about 229 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 3: the way you are, talk about the way you want 230 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 3: to be. 231 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 4: If you get up in the morning. 232 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 3: Feeling tired and lethargic, instead of complaining more than ever, 233 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 3: you need to declare, I am strong in the Lord, 234 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 3: I am full of energy. 235 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 4: My strength is being renewed. This is going to be 236 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 4: a great day. 237 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 3: When you do that, it'll not only change how you feel, 238 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 3: it'll change your attitude. You won't go out with a weak, 239 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 3: defeated victim mentality. You'll go out with a victor mentality, 240 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,439 Speaker 3: with a spring in your step, a smile on your face, 241 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 3: with your shoulders back. Those words can literally help lift 242 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,439 Speaker 3: your spirit and cause you to see yourself and your 243 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 3: circumstances in a whole new light. But the reason many 244 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:26,239 Speaker 3: people have low self esteem and a poor self image 245 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:32,359 Speaker 3: is because they're constantly saying negative things about themselves. I'm unattractive, 246 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:38,119 Speaker 3: I'm overweghed, I'm slow, I'm not talented, I'll never get promoted. 247 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 3: They've heard that so much now it's ingrained on the inside, 248 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:46,559 Speaker 3: and it's setting the limits for their life. I had 249 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 3: a gentleman tell me after service last week, Joel, I'm 250 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 3: a terrible father. I made a lot of mistakes. I 251 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 3: always knew I wouldn't be a good parent. I told 252 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 3: him what I'm telling you. Quit saying you're not a 253 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 3: good father. Quit speaking defeat over your life. As long 254 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 3: as you're saying it, you're allowing it to happen. I said, 255 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 3: you may not be a good father right now, but 256 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 3: you need to start declaring and calling yourself a good father. 257 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 3: As you make these positive declarations, it'll, over time begin 258 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 3: to change the image on the inside, and you'll become 259 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 3: exactly what you're declaring. But as long as you've convinced 260 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 3: yourself that you're not a good parent, you made too 261 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 3: many mistakes, and you're too old, or you're too young, 262 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 3: or you're too washed up, that's going to keep you 263 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 3: from rising any higher. One of the best things I 264 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 3: could ever teach you is don't be against yourself in life. 265 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 3: We already have enough things against us, people, circumstances, negative thoughts, criticism. 266 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 3: The last thing you need is for you to be 267 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:57,520 Speaker 3: against yourself. Now, I know people, they're always putting themselves down, 268 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 3: beating themselves up, finding fault with everything that they do. 269 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 3: They wonder why they don't have any joy, why they 270 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 3: don't have any victory. 271 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 4: It's because they're against themselves. Let me challenge you. 272 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 3: Don't ever say another negative word about yourself. You may 273 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 3: feel like you're the worst parent in the world, doesn't matter. 274 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 3: Don't say I'm not a good parent. Put a watch 275 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 3: over your mouth. Don't ever say I'll never lose this weight, 276 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 3: I'll never get out of debt, I'll never be successful, joel, 277 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 3: I'll never I don't have what it takes. No zip 278 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 3: that up and instead of talking about the way you are, 279 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 3: start talking about the way you want to be. 280 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 4: That's what faith is all about. And understand. 281 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 3: It is just as wrong to criticize yourself as it 282 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 3: is to criticize someone else. When you criticize yourself, you 283 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 3: are criticizing God's very own creation. You might as well 284 00:15:57,440 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 3: look up and say, God, you didn't do a very 285 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 3: good job with me. No, you may have areas to 286 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 3: improve in We all do, of course, but the way 287 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 3: we do it is not by being hard on ourselves 288 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 3: and saying I'm a terrible parent, i can't do anything right, 289 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 3: I'm just a loser. Now, if you talk like that, 290 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 3: it's going to make you do worse. You need to 291 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 3: change what you're saying about yourself now. I wonder what 292 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 3: would happen if we would take five minutes a day 293 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 3: and make positive declarations over our life. Before you leave 294 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 3: the house, look at yourself in the mirror and say, 295 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 3: I'm talented, I'm creative, I'm healthy, I've got a good personality. 296 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 4: People like to be around me. 297 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 3: Some of you women have never once said I'm beautiful. 298 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 3: You men have never said I'm handsome, I'm attractive. You're 299 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 3: too busy focused on your faults, comparing yourself to a coworker, 300 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 3: feeling inferior because you don't look like the girl on 301 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 3: the cover of the magazine that's been airbrushed and touched 302 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:08,639 Speaker 3: up and skinnied up and trimmed up. She's got twenty 303 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:12,480 Speaker 3: seven people working on her, styling her hair, doing her makeup, 304 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:16,639 Speaker 3: bringing her different clothes, the perfect lighting, the perfect angles, 305 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 3: wind blowing through her hair. I mean, even my brother 306 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 3: Paul might look good if he had that much help. 307 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 4: Here's what I'm saying. Just as you are, you are beautiful. 308 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:32,399 Speaker 4: You are one of a kind. 309 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:37,920 Speaker 3: You are a masterpiece. You are a prized possession. When 310 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 3: you wake up in the morning and look at yourself 311 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:44,160 Speaker 3: in the mirror, instead of getting depressed, instead of saying, oh, man, 312 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:45,400 Speaker 3: look how old I look. 313 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:47,200 Speaker 4: Look at this gray hair, look at these wrinkles. 314 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:49,639 Speaker 3: Now you need to smile and say, good morning, you, 315 00:17:49,760 --> 00:18:03,679 Speaker 3: beautiful thing, Good morning, you, handsome thing, Good morning you. Blessed, prosperous, successful, strong, talented, creative, confidence, secure, disciplined, focused, 316 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 3: highly favored, child of the most high God. Get it 317 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 3: on the inside. Speak faith over your future. I talked 318 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,360 Speaker 3: to a gentleman a couple of years ago after the service. 319 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 3: He had lost one hundred and fifty pounds. He looked fantastic, 320 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 3: like a different person. He was beaming with joy. And 321 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:26,359 Speaker 3: I asked him how he did it, and he explained 322 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:30,240 Speaker 3: how growing up he had a very defeated mindset. For 323 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 3: years he had gone around saying I'll never lose this weight. 324 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:38,480 Speaker 3: Everybody in my family is overweight. I'm not disciplined, I'm 325 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:39,160 Speaker 3: not focused. 326 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 4: I just don't have what it takes. 327 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 3: Those negative words had created the wrong image. On the inside, 328 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 3: he saw himself as a failure. 329 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:51,240 Speaker 4: One day he heard me talking about speaking. 330 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,919 Speaker 3: Victory over your life, and he took it to heart. 331 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:57,719 Speaker 3: Every morning and all through the day, he started declaring. 332 00:18:57,480 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 4: I weigh what I should weigh. 333 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:02,440 Speaker 3: I'm thin, I'm healthy, I'm disciplined, I'm focused. 334 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:03,679 Speaker 4: I have what it takes. 335 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 3: At the time he was saying it, not one thing 336 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 3: he was saying was true, but he understood this principle. 337 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:15,880 Speaker 3: He was prophesying his future. He was sending his words 338 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 3: out in the direction he wanted his life to go. No, 339 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 3: it didn't happen overnight, but little by little he became 340 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 3: exactly what he had been saying. My question for us 341 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:30,640 Speaker 3: today is are you sending your words in the direction 342 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:33,920 Speaker 3: you want your life to go? Are you speaking defeat 343 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 3: or victory into your future? Your life is moving toward 344 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 3: what you're constantly saying. 345 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:43,919 Speaker 4: There's this story in the scripture about this lady. 346 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 3: She had been sick for many years, and she spent 347 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,119 Speaker 3: all of her money going to different doctors. Trying to 348 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 3: get better didn't help. She continued to get worse. One day, 349 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 3: the scripture says, she heard that Jesus was coming through 350 00:19:56,800 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 3: her town. The scripture says she kept saying to herself, 351 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:03,199 Speaker 3: what was she saying? 352 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 4: I'll never get well. I can't believe this is happening 353 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 4: to me. 354 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:11,240 Speaker 3: No, she kept saying, when I get to Jesus, I 355 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 3: know I will be made home. 356 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:16,880 Speaker 4: Notice she wasn't talking defeat. She was talking victory. 357 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 3: Right in the middle of the difficulty. She was prophesying 358 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:23,920 Speaker 3: something good over and over. 359 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:24,920 Speaker 4: Day after day. 360 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 3: She just kept saying, healing is coming my way. Brighter 361 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 3: days are up ahead. When Jesus got to town, she 362 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 3: started making her way toward him, and she kept speaking 363 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:37,399 Speaker 3: these words of faith. 364 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:39,200 Speaker 4: She got closer and closer. 365 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:42,680 Speaker 3: Finally she could see Jesus, but it was very crowded. 366 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 3: The people were packed all around him. Looked like it 367 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:49,360 Speaker 3: would be impossible. But instead of complaining. 368 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,119 Speaker 4: She just kept speaking these words of faith. 369 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:54,119 Speaker 3: This is my time, this is my moment. Things are 370 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 3: changing in my favor. You know the story. She pressed 371 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 3: through the crowd. When she touched the edge of jesus robe, 372 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,400 Speaker 3: Instantly the scripture says she was made home. 373 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 4: But notice the principle. 374 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 3: Whatever you're constantly saying, you are moving toward. If you're 375 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 3: always saying I'll never get out of debt, this economy's 376 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:15,880 Speaker 3: too bad. 377 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:19,160 Speaker 4: You're moving toward debt, lack, and struggle. 378 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 3: If you're saying my marriage isn't going to last, we 379 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:26,720 Speaker 3: just don't get along, you're moving toward a breakup separation. 380 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:29,879 Speaker 4: If you're saying this sickness is going to be the 381 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 4: end of me, I don't think I'm going to make it. 382 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 4: You're moving toward mediocrity and defeat. 383 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 3: But if you'll just send your words out in a 384 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:42,199 Speaker 3: different direction, your life will start going in a different direction. 385 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:47,360 Speaker 3: When you say I'm blessed, you're moving toward blessing. When 386 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 3: you say I have the favor of God, you're moving 387 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:54,360 Speaker 3: toward increase in promotion. When you say this is going 388 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 3: to be a great day, I'm excited about my future, 389 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 3: you're moving towards supernatural opportun unities, divine connections, explosive blessings. 390 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:07,200 Speaker 3: How about this, When you say I'm going to break 391 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 3: this addiction, I am not going to live bound by 392 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 3: this alcohol, by these drugs, by this anger, by these 393 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 3: bad habits. When you talk like that, you're moving toward freedom, 394 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 3: You're moving toward breakthroughs, you're moving toward total victory. Pay 395 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 3: attention to what you're saying about yourself. Your life is 396 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:31,159 Speaker 3: moving in that direction. That's why I encourage us to 397 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:33,879 Speaker 3: get up every day and say, this is going to 398 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 3: be an Ephesians three, twenty decade. God is doing exceedingly 399 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:42,120 Speaker 3: abundantly above and beyond. You talk like that, and you're 400 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 3: moving toward unprecedented favor. You are paving the way for 401 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 3: God to take your places that you've never even dreamed of. Friends, 402 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 3: there's incredible power in what we're saying. 403 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 4: With our words. 404 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 3: We are sealing our destiny. I talk to a well 405 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 3: known actor the day. He's an older gentleman. He was 406 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 3: very down on himself, down on his future. He said, Joel, 407 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 3: I'm just a has been nobody's interested in me anymore. 408 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:15,199 Speaker 3: I never get offered any good roles. I've peeked, and 409 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 3: it's all downhill from here. I says, sir, don't speak 410 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 3: that defeat over your life. 411 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 4: God has greater victories in your future. 412 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:28,440 Speaker 3: The scripture says the favor of God is for a lifetime. 413 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 3: That means if you're still breathing, you have God's favor. 414 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:36,160 Speaker 3: It says in Proverbs, the path of the righteous gets 415 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:37,360 Speaker 3: brighter and brighter. 416 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 4: Your future is supposed to get better and better. 417 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 3: This man was in his late eighties, but I reminded him, 418 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:46,120 Speaker 3: look at Betty White. 419 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 4: She's doing pretty good. I knew art link letter. 420 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 3: At ninety eight years old. He's still traveled the globe 421 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 3: and spoke hundreds of times each year. Quit saying I'm 422 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:01,879 Speaker 3: washed up. I'm just a has been. I've seen my 423 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 3: best days. No, your declaration should be My greatest victories 424 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 3: are still in my future. My greatest accomplishments are still 425 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 3: out in front of me. I am the righteous, so 426 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 3: I know my path is getting brighter and brighter. I 427 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:19,639 Speaker 3: know God's favor is not just for a season he 428 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:23,639 Speaker 3: promised it's for a lifetime. So I'm expecting something good. 429 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:27,479 Speaker 3: You got to get in agreement with God. He has 430 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:31,320 Speaker 3: an awesome plan for your life. The victories God has 431 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 3: in your future are going to make the ones you've 432 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:36,720 Speaker 3: seen in the past hell in comparison. 433 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:41,120 Speaker 4: But here's the key. With our words, we can stop 434 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:43,480 Speaker 4: God's best plan from coming to pass. 435 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:47,640 Speaker 3: If we go around talking lack defeat, how we don't 436 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:50,119 Speaker 3: have what it takes, we're too old, we're too young. 437 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 3: Those negative words will keep us from rising higher and 438 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 3: really experiencing. 439 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 4: The fullness of what God has in store. This is 440 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:00,000 Speaker 4: what happened to us. 441 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 3: Young man in the scripture, his name was Jeremiah. God 442 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:07,919 Speaker 3: said to him, Jeremiah, I have chosen you to be 443 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 3: a prophet to the nations. I've called you to do 444 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:15,200 Speaker 3: something great. When Jeremiah heard this, he was very young, 445 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:19,879 Speaker 3: very afraid. He said, God, I can't do that. I 446 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:21,400 Speaker 3: can't speak to the nations. 447 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 4: I'm too young. I wouldn't even know what to say. 448 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:28,440 Speaker 3: God answered him back and said, Jeremiah, say not that 449 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:33,719 Speaker 3: you are too young. Notice God immediately stopped his negative words. 450 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 4: Why was that. 451 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:39,480 Speaker 3: God knew if Jeremiah went around saying I'm too young, 452 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 3: I don't have what it takes, I'll never be able 453 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 3: to do this, he would get exactly what he was saying. 454 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 3: God knew those words have created power and it would 455 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 3: stop him from his best plan. So he simply said, Jeremiah, 456 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:57,680 Speaker 3: stop saying that. The scripture goes on to tell how 457 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:01,119 Speaker 3: Jeremiah changed what he was saying. He went on to 458 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 3: become a great prophet to the nations. In the same way, 459 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 3: God has called every one of us to do something great. 460 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:13,439 Speaker 3: He's given you gifts, dreams, goals. He's put desires on 461 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 3: the inside. But it's easy to do like Jeremiah and 462 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:17,440 Speaker 3: say God. 463 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:18,199 Speaker 4: I can't do that. 464 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 3: Too old, too young, made too many mistakes, come from 465 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 3: the wrong family. 466 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 4: I don't have what it takes. 467 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 3: God is saying to us what he said to Jeremiah. 468 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:29,360 Speaker 3: Stop saying that. 469 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:31,440 Speaker 4: Don't curse your future. 470 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:36,719 Speaker 3: Those negative words can stop God's best plan. Our declaration 471 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:40,919 Speaker 3: should be I will become everything God's created me to be. 472 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:45,439 Speaker 3: I am well able to fulfill my destiny. Friends, you 473 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:50,119 Speaker 3: are prophesying your future. Pay attention to what you're saying 474 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:54,879 Speaker 3: about yourself. Learn to bless your future and not curse it. 475 00:26:55,600 --> 00:27:00,200 Speaker 3: Remember we are moving toward what we're constantly saying. Get 476 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 3: up every morning and say, this is going. 477 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 4: To be a great day. 478 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 3: Blessings are chasing me down. The favor of God is 479 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 3: surrounding me. Goodness and mercy are following me. Opportunities are 480 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:16,119 Speaker 3: coming my way. I'm excited about this day. When you 481 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:19,679 Speaker 3: do that, you're calling in favor, calling in increase, calling 482 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 3: in promotion. Some of you have spent years calling in defeat, 483 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 3: calling in lack, calling in bad breaks. 484 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 4: Thank God, today is a new day. 485 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,840 Speaker 3: If you will change your words, you can change your world. 486 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:37,639 Speaker 3: Let me challenge you, put a watch over your mouth. 487 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 3: When the negative thoughts come, and they do come to 488 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 3: all of us, and you're tempted to speak them out, 489 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:46,679 Speaker 3: just catch yourself and say no, I'm not going to 490 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 3: give life to this defeat by speaking it out. If 491 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:54,639 Speaker 3: you will train yourself to only speak victory, to only 492 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 3: bless your future, then you will see God show up 493 00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 3: and do amazing things. 494 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:00,040 Speaker 4: He will open. 495 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:04,200 Speaker 3: Doors that no man can shut. He'll turn negative situations around. 496 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 3: You'll accomplish your goals and dreams. 497 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:08,200 Speaker 4: And I believe and. 498 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 3: Declare you will become everything God's created you to be, 499 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 3: and you will have everything God's intended for you to have. 500 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:16,960 Speaker 4: Amen. Do you receive it today? 501 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,679 Speaker 3: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 502 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 3: an opportunity to make. 503 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 4: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 504 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:30,640 Speaker 4: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 505 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 3: Come into my heart. I make you my lord and savior. Friends, 506 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 3: if you prayed that simple prayer. We believe you got 507 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 3: born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 508 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 3: God first place. 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