1
00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,880
Speaker 1: You're ready for a comeback, and with Purdue Global, you

2
00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:07,080
Speaker 1: can do more than take classes. You can take charge

3
00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:11,440
Speaker 1: of your story, of your career, of your life, Earn

4
00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:13,480
Speaker 1: a degree you can be proud of, and get an

5
00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:18,439
Speaker 1: education employer's respect. It's time, your time, not just to

6
00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:20,880
Speaker 1: go back to school, but to come back and move

7
00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:25,760
Speaker 1: forward with Purdue Global, Purdue's online university for working adults.

8
00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,840
Speaker 1: Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu.

9
00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,159
Speaker 2: He'll forget about the video game you gave him on

10
00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:32,720
Speaker 2: his birthday.

11
00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:34,959
Speaker 3: Wow, Thanks Grandpa, but.

12
00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:37,159
Speaker 2: He'll never forget how you invest it in his future

13
00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:41,760
Speaker 2: with the units stap. Wow, thanks Grandpa. The unit stap

14
00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,280
Speaker 2: makes it easy for grandparents and family friends to give

15
00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:47,040
Speaker 2: funds to a child's investment account for a limited time.

16
00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:49,279
Speaker 2: Download the uns stap and use the code I heeart

17
00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:51,640
Speaker 2: fifty at sign up to receive a fifty dollars bonus

18
00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:54,200
Speaker 2: when you fund your account. That's code iHeart fifty when

19
00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,200
Speaker 2: you sign up at unest dot co for a fifty

20
00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:59,960
Speaker 2: dollars bonus. See terms and conditions at uns dots.

21
00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:03,600
Speaker 4: No one likes to talk about money. Am I saving enough?

22
00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:05,760
Speaker 4: Can I buy a house? Am I paying too much?

23
00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:08,480
Speaker 4: In taxes, Will I be able to retire? What if

24
00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:11,080
Speaker 4: you could unlock insights about your finances in less than

25
00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:13,600
Speaker 4: five minutes, with a clear picture of where you stand

26
00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:16,399
Speaker 4: today and where your money can work harder. Now you

27
00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:19,480
Speaker 4: can visit facet dot com to take the free quiz

28
00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:24,120
Speaker 4: and get your financial wellness score today. That's Facet dot com.

29
00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:26,080
Speaker 4: This ad a sponsored by Facet. Facet Wealth in Corporated

30
00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:28,040
Speaker 4: is an SEC registered investment advisor. This is not an

31
00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:30,080
Speaker 4: offer to buy yourself security snoor. Is it investment, legal

32
00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:30,800
Speaker 4: or tax advice.

33
00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:34,760
Speaker 3: God is watching you. He sees you shaking off the

34
00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,520
Speaker 3: self pity, doing the right thing when it's hard, being

35
00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,160
Speaker 3: good to people that weren't good to you, giving it

36
00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:45,040
Speaker 3: your best, when you're not seeing progress. Your time is coming.

37
00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:49,040
Speaker 3: Suddenly doors are going to open, Suddenly, the right people

38
00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:53,920
Speaker 3: will show up. Suddenly you'll see promotion, vindication, dreams coming

39
00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:57,440
Speaker 3: to pass bigger than you've imagined. Hi, this is Joel

40
00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,840
Speaker 3: and Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks

41
00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:02,160
Speaker 3: for supporting the ministry.

42
00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,640
Speaker 1: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a

43
00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:06,200
Speaker 1: blessing and share it with a friend.

44
00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,240
Speaker 3: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in

45
00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:15,960
Speaker 3: your life. God bless you. It's great to have you

46
00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:18,960
Speaker 3: with us today, and if you're ever in our area,

47
00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,760
Speaker 3: please stop by be a part of one of our services.

48
00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:24,160
Speaker 3: We would love to have you. I hope you'll stay

49
00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,600
Speaker 3: connected with us throughout the week through our daily podcast,

50
00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,160
Speaker 3: our YouTube channel, follow us on social media. We'll keep

51
00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,240
Speaker 3: you encouraged and inspired. But thanks for tuning in and

52
00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:36,919
Speaker 3: thanks again for coming out in person. I like to

53
00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:39,680
Speaker 3: start with something funny, and I heard about this couple

54
00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:42,280
Speaker 3: that lived out in the country. They had been married

55
00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:46,680
Speaker 3: fifty years and never had an argument, not one. Somebody

56
00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:50,359
Speaker 3: asked the secret of their success. The men explained, as

57
00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,280
Speaker 3: they were leaving the church going on their honeymoon, the

58
00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:56,880
Speaker 3: wife's horse refused to go. She got off, looked the

59
00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:00,720
Speaker 3: horse in the eyes and said that's one. A little further,

60
00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:03,519
Speaker 3: stopped again. She got off, looked the horse in the

61
00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:06,400
Speaker 3: eyes and said that's two. He went a little more,

62
00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,800
Speaker 3: stopped a third time. This time, she got off, pulled

63
00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:14,079
Speaker 3: her revolver out, and shot the horse dead. The husband said,

64
00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:16,320
Speaker 3: what in the world are you doing. You can't just

65
00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:19,040
Speaker 3: shoot a horse. She looked at him and said, honey,

66
00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:24,040
Speaker 3: that's one say it like you mean it. This is

67
00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,960
Speaker 3: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I

68
00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,280
Speaker 3: have what it says I have. I can do what

69
00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:32,040
Speaker 3: it says I can do. Today I will be taught

70
00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:36,160
Speaker 3: the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert,

71
00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,360
Speaker 3: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same.

72
00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:44,040
Speaker 3: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk

73
00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:47,760
Speaker 3: to you today about you are not a victim. We

74
00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,600
Speaker 3: all go through things that are unfair, people that do

75
00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:53,800
Speaker 3: us wrong, the company let us go. We came down

76
00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:56,720
Speaker 3: with an illness. It's easy to live with a victim

77
00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:00,880
Speaker 3: mentality thinking we're at a disadvantage. We were short changed.

78
00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:04,080
Speaker 3: We can't do anything great. Look at how we were raised.

79
00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:07,760
Speaker 3: We can't love again. The last person hurt us. We

80
00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:11,360
Speaker 3: can't live happy. We've been through too much. As long

81
00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:14,240
Speaker 3: as you accept that you're a victim, you're going to

82
00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:18,240
Speaker 3: get stuck. You may have been through unfair situations, but

83
00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,640
Speaker 3: don't use it as an excuse to feel sorry for yourself,

84
00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:24,800
Speaker 3: to give up on life, to not pursue your dreams.

85
00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:28,680
Speaker 3: My mother had polio as a child, and one of

86
00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:31,760
Speaker 3: her legs is much smaller than the other. As a

87
00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,320
Speaker 3: little girl. She had to wear a brace. She couldn't

88
00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,280
Speaker 3: run and play like the other children. She could have

89
00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,120
Speaker 3: lived as a victim. I don't look up to par

90
00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:44,039
Speaker 3: I'm not as attractive. I'll never get married. I never

91
00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:47,640
Speaker 3: heard her complain. She never saw herself as being at

92
00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:51,480
Speaker 3: a disadvantage. She's gone on to live a full, blessed,

93
00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:56,600
Speaker 3: favor filled life, married for almost forty years, had five children,

94
00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:00,760
Speaker 3: one son, very good looking. None of that would have happened,

95
00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:04,200
Speaker 3: and it wasn't Paul. It would not happen if she

96
00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:08,080
Speaker 3: had seen herself as a victim. You have to take

97
00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,920
Speaker 3: the hands you've been dealt and make the most of it.

98
00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:15,400
Speaker 3: Nothing that's happened to you has stopped your destiny. That

99
00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:18,400
Speaker 3: person that did you wrong, they walked away. It may

100
00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:21,760
Speaker 3: have been painful, but they didn't ruin your life. They

101
00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:25,360
Speaker 3: don't have that much power. If they could stop God's plan,

102
00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:29,160
Speaker 3: they would be bigger than God. Don't let one bad break,

103
00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:33,080
Speaker 3: one injustice, one difficult season cause you to be sour,

104
00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:36,560
Speaker 3: have a chip on your shoulder. When my father went

105
00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,080
Speaker 3: to be with the Lord, I lost my best friend.

106
00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:41,800
Speaker 3: I had worked with him day in and day out

107
00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:45,919
Speaker 3: for seventeen years. We'd traveled the world together. Suddenly he

108
00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:49,200
Speaker 3: was gone. I was tempted to thank God, where are you?

109
00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:53,080
Speaker 3: This isn't fair? Why did this happen? When we go

110
00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:58,120
Speaker 3: through lass things, we don't understand that victim mentality will

111
00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,120
Speaker 3: always come knocking at the door. We have to make

112
00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:05,440
Speaker 3: the choice. Are we going to live bitter, discouraged thinking

113
00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:08,640
Speaker 3: we're a victim of our circumstances, We're a victim of

114
00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:12,240
Speaker 3: the loss, a victim of this unfair boss, a victim

115
00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:15,400
Speaker 3: of this pandemic. Or are we going to believe that

116
00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,719
Speaker 3: God is in control, that he's ordering our steps, that

117
00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,880
Speaker 3: his plans for us are for good. Instead of having

118
00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:26,880
Speaker 3: a victim mentality switch over to a victor mentality, That

119
00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:30,800
Speaker 3: bad break is not how your story ends. The loss,

120
00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:34,200
Speaker 3: the sickness, the injustice is not going to limit the

121
00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:37,960
Speaker 3: rest of your life. God said in Isaiah, he will

122
00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,440
Speaker 3: pay you back double for the unfair things that have happened.

123
00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,560
Speaker 3: If you're going to see the double, you have to

124
00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:47,039
Speaker 3: know that God is going to make it up to you.

125
00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:51,040
Speaker 3: It may be unfair, but God is a just God.

126
00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:55,000
Speaker 3: He saw what happened. He knows who hurt you, what

127
00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:58,640
Speaker 3: you're lost, what you're struggling with. He's not going to

128
00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:02,000
Speaker 3: just bring you out to bring you out better. Get

129
00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:05,719
Speaker 3: rid of that victim mentality. Quit dwelling on who hurt you,

130
00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:09,720
Speaker 3: what you lost. You're not a victim. God always causes

131
00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:13,600
Speaker 3: you to triumph. That bad break wasn't fair, you didn't

132
00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,440
Speaker 3: like it. But what you can't see is it set

133
00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:20,600
Speaker 3: you up for double that boss that overlooked you. You

134
00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:23,239
Speaker 3: didn't get the credit. You could feel like a victim,

135
00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:25,840
Speaker 3: nor get ready. God's going to make it up to you.

136
00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:30,440
Speaker 3: That sets you up for promotion, increase favor that you

137
00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:34,160
Speaker 3: wouldn't have seen if that had not happened. Here's the key.

138
00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:38,160
Speaker 3: Nobody can make you be a victim. They can do

139
00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,880
Speaker 3: things that are not fair. You can go through things

140
00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:44,200
Speaker 3: you don't like, you don't understand, but none of that

141
00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:47,960
Speaker 3: can force you to have a victim mentality. You have

142
00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:51,440
Speaker 3: to give permission to become a victim. You have to

143
00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:55,080
Speaker 3: make that choice. I'm at a disadvantage. This bad break

144
00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:59,360
Speaker 3: has stopped my future. I'm asking you to not give permission.

145
00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:04,240
Speaker 3: Don't allow that victim mentality to enter your thinking. When

146
00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:08,280
Speaker 3: unfair things happen, thoughts will whisper just your luck, another

147
00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:12,680
Speaker 3: bad break. You're scarred now. Life will always be difficult.

148
00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:15,360
Speaker 3: That's when you have to dig down deep and say

149
00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:18,760
Speaker 3: no thanks. I refuse to be a victim. I refuse

150
00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:22,480
Speaker 3: to live bitter, angry thinking that I've been short changed.

151
00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,200
Speaker 3: I know God is still on the throne. I know

152
00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:27,240
Speaker 3: he didn't bring me this far to leave me what

153
00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:30,400
Speaker 3: was meant for my harm. He's turning to my advantage.

154
00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:35,520
Speaker 3: Think about Joseph in the Scripture. As a teenager, his

155
00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,640
Speaker 3: brothers were jealous of him and threw him into a pit.

156
00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:42,680
Speaker 3: They ended up selling him as a slave. Joseph was

157
00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:46,480
Speaker 3: working in Egypt, a foreign country, for a man named Potterphar.

158
00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:51,360
Speaker 3: His dreams were shattered. He lost his freedom. In one sense,

159
00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:54,679
Speaker 3: he was a victim of his brother's jealousy, a victim

160
00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:58,160
Speaker 3: of bad breaks. He had plenty of reasons to have

161
00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:02,720
Speaker 3: this victim mentality. But Joseph didn't go there. He didn't

162
00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:05,800
Speaker 3: sit around in self pity. He didn't give up on life.

163
00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:09,880
Speaker 3: He kept being his best, treating people right, believing that

164
00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:15,720
Speaker 3: God was in control. Potiphar's wife falsely accused Joseph. She

165
00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,760
Speaker 3: lied about him, and he was put in prison for

166
00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:22,000
Speaker 3: something that he didn't do. Another reason to have a

167
00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:25,200
Speaker 3: chip on his shoulder. Now he was the victim of

168
00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:30,080
Speaker 3: this lady that was dishonest. But in prison, Joseph kept shining.

169
00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:33,480
Speaker 3: Before long he was put in charge of the whole prison.

170
00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:38,480
Speaker 3: One of his cell mates was Pharaoh's former butler. He

171
00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:42,160
Speaker 3: had a dream one night that he didn't understand. Joseph

172
00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:45,520
Speaker 3: interpreted the dream told him that in three days the

173
00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:48,760
Speaker 3: butler was going to be released and reinstated as the

174
00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:52,920
Speaker 3: pharaoh's butler. All Joseph asked for in return was for

175
00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,400
Speaker 3: the butler to put in a good word for him,

176
00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:59,240
Speaker 3: just like Joseph said. The butler got out, went back

177
00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:03,400
Speaker 3: to his position, but he forgot all about Joseph. Another

178
00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:08,040
Speaker 3: reason Joseph could feel like a victim. Thirteen years after

179
00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,280
Speaker 3: he was thrown into the pit, Joseph interpreted a dream

180
00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:14,920
Speaker 3: for the Pharaoh. He was made the prime Minister of Egypt,

181
00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:20,439
Speaker 3: second in command only to the Pharaoh. During those thirteen years,

182
00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:25,640
Speaker 3: practically every day Joseph had to fight having a victim mentality.

183
00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:29,800
Speaker 3: Thoughts would whisper, look at where you are. You've done

184
00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:32,560
Speaker 3: the right thing, and all these bad breaks have happened.

185
00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:36,320
Speaker 3: Your own family turned on you. This lady lied about you.

186
00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:41,400
Speaker 3: It's never going to change. Just accept it. Joseph's attitude was,

187
00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:44,560
Speaker 3: I refuse to be a victim. I am not a

188
00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:47,800
Speaker 3: victim of my brother's jealousy, not a victim of this

189
00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,720
Speaker 3: lady that lied about me, not a victim of this

190
00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:54,560
Speaker 3: butler that's forgotten about me. They did me wrong, but

191
00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:57,439
Speaker 3: God said he would make it up to me. They

192
00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:01,040
Speaker 3: forgot about me, but God remembers me. They tried to

193
00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:03,960
Speaker 3: push me down, but I know God will lift me up.

194
00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:08,880
Speaker 3: What's interesting is all the bad breaks, all the betrayals,

195
00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:13,000
Speaker 3: the rejection was a part of God's plan. That's what

196
00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:16,280
Speaker 3: led him to see his dream come to pass. If

197
00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:19,439
Speaker 3: Joseph had seen himself as a victim, he would have

198
00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:23,200
Speaker 3: missed his destiny. If he had been bitter about his brothers,

199
00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:27,880
Speaker 3: angry over Potterpher's wife, in self pity because the butler

200
00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:31,840
Speaker 3: forgot about him, we wouldn't be talking about Joseph. And

201
00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:35,480
Speaker 3: this didn't happen automatically. He refused to be a victim.

202
00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:39,720
Speaker 3: He refused to let his mind rehearse all the negative things.

203
00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:42,760
Speaker 3: He refused to live with a chip on his shoulder.

204
00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:47,840
Speaker 3: He didn't give permission to a victim mentality. I wonder

205
00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,840
Speaker 3: where you will be in five years if you will

206
00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:54,560
Speaker 3: just keep refusing to be a victim. I wonder how

207
00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,480
Speaker 3: far God will take you if you'll just not live

208
00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:01,079
Speaker 3: bitter over who hurt you, Not try to get revenge

209
00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:03,600
Speaker 3: on the friend that did you wrong. Not lose your

210
00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:06,880
Speaker 3: passion because you're dealing with an illness. Not give up

211
00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:10,320
Speaker 3: on a dream because a door closed didn't happen the

212
00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:14,079
Speaker 3: way you thought. Every voice will say you're a victim.

213
00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:18,640
Speaker 3: Come on, accepted. It's not fair. God's forgotten about you.

214
00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:22,760
Speaker 3: Don't give it the time of day. God is watching you.

215
00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:26,840
Speaker 3: He sees you shaking off the self pity, doing the

216
00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:29,760
Speaker 3: right thing when it's hard, being good to people that

217
00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:32,719
Speaker 3: weren't good to you, giving it your best when you're

218
00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:37,079
Speaker 3: not seeing progress. Your time is coming. Suddenly, doors are

219
00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:40,240
Speaker 3: going to open, Suddenly, the right people will show up.

220
00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:45,560
Speaker 3: Suddenly you'll see promotion, vindication, dreams coming to pass bigger

221
00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:49,280
Speaker 3: than you've imagined. But when we say we're a victim,

222
00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:53,640
Speaker 3: we're saying what someone did to me has limited my future.

223
00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:58,440
Speaker 3: People don't have that kind of power over you. Circumstances

224
00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:01,960
Speaker 3: cannot stop what God has ordained for your life. The

225
00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:06,760
Speaker 3: scripture says what God has purposed. Who can annaw The

226
00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:09,560
Speaker 3: only way it will stop you is if you start

227
00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:14,720
Speaker 3: living like a victim, discouraged in self pity. Shake that off.

228
00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:19,680
Speaker 3: Those disappointments are setting you up for double that betrayal,

229
00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:22,600
Speaker 3: the closed door, the person that tried to make you

230
00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:26,160
Speaker 3: look bad. It looks like they succeeded. You didn't get

231
00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:29,400
Speaker 3: the promotion. God saw it. It was a part of

232
00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:32,679
Speaker 3: his plan. It's setting you up for something bigger than

233
00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:37,400
Speaker 3: you've imagined. Joseph could have been bitter after his brothers

234
00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:40,640
Speaker 3: threw him into the pit. That wasn't fair, but it

235
00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:44,160
Speaker 3: was a step on the way to his destiny. What

236
00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,640
Speaker 3: you can't see is that bad break is leading you

237
00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:52,520
Speaker 3: to a new level. Potipher's wife falsely accused Joseph caused

238
00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:55,720
Speaker 3: him to be put in prison. Joseph didn't understand it

239
00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:59,080
Speaker 3: at the time, but that was a necessary step to

240
00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:02,679
Speaker 3: get him to the throat. We're not going to understand

241
00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:06,280
Speaker 3: everything that happens along the way. There will be plenty

242
00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:10,640
Speaker 3: of opportunities to be a victim. These are tests. Will

243
00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:13,680
Speaker 3: you keep the right attitude when it's not fair? You

244
00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:18,000
Speaker 3: feel like being discouraged. Why did this happen? No, refuse

245
00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:21,560
Speaker 3: to be a victim. Don't play that role. It may

246
00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:24,280
Speaker 3: have been meant for your harm, but at some point,

247
00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:26,920
Speaker 3: like with Joseph, God is going to turn it to

248
00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:30,240
Speaker 3: your advantage. It's going to catapult you where you can't

249
00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:33,560
Speaker 3: go on your own. I met a young couple from

250
00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:37,080
Speaker 3: New Orleans. They just bought their first house there. They

251
00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:40,840
Speaker 3: were excited. The man had a good job, moving up

252
00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,760
Speaker 3: in his company. They had a little baby on the way,

253
00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:48,040
Speaker 3: their first child. Life was good. Then the storm between

254
00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:51,880
Speaker 3: a hit wiped out their whole neighborhood. They lost not

255
00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:55,880
Speaker 3: only their home, but all their possessions, their car, their clothes,

256
00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:59,960
Speaker 3: his company closed down, didn't have a job. They move

257
00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,840
Speaker 3: moved to Houston with just the clothes on their back.

258
00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:06,720
Speaker 3: When I saw them, they were numb. Their whole world

259
00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:11,400
Speaker 3: had fallen apart. Everything in their thinking said you're a victim.

260
00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:14,480
Speaker 3: Just to accept it. Life will never be what it

261
00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:17,640
Speaker 3: could have been. I told them what I'm telling you,

262
00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,800
Speaker 3: that God knows what you've been through. He's seen the

263
00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:24,400
Speaker 3: tears you've shed, the heartache you've felt. He's not going

264
00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:26,800
Speaker 3: to just bring you out He's going to make the

265
00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:30,080
Speaker 3: enemy pay. But you have to do your part and

266
00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:33,880
Speaker 3: refuse to be a victim. Refuse to live bitter in

267
00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:37,480
Speaker 3: self pity, thinking you've seen your best days. I could

268
00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:41,080
Speaker 3: see faith begin to rise in their hearts. Week after

269
00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:44,600
Speaker 3: week they kept coming to Lakewood hearing about how God

270
00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:48,320
Speaker 3: is fighting our battles. Several years later I met them

271
00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,920
Speaker 3: after service. They had just moved into their new house

272
00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:55,160
Speaker 3: that they had built here. The man has a better job,

273
00:15:55,560 --> 00:16:00,000
Speaker 3: with better income, less travel. They don't just have one child,

274
00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,520
Speaker 3: two children, they said, Joel, we never dreamed we could

275
00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:07,160
Speaker 3: be where we are today. That's what happens when you

276
00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:10,440
Speaker 3: refuse to be a victim, when you say no thanks

277
00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,960
Speaker 3: to bitterness, no thanks to self pity, no thanks to

278
00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:17,480
Speaker 3: living defeated. God will take what was meant for harm

279
00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:21,000
Speaker 3: and turn it to your advantage. But as long as

280
00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,240
Speaker 3: you're playing the role of victim, you're giving the enemy

281
00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:28,320
Speaker 3: permission to keep you defeated. Some of you have come

282
00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:32,960
Speaker 3: from generations of abuse, mistreatment, things that were not fair.

283
00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:38,120
Speaker 3: That victim mentality can be passed from generation to generation.

284
00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:43,320
Speaker 3: We've always been poor, defeated short chains. Look what we've

285
00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:45,800
Speaker 3: been through. We have a good reason to feel like

286
00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:50,160
Speaker 3: a victim. This forever, the victim mentality will try to

287
00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:53,960
Speaker 3: take root. It will continue to be passed down until

288
00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:58,000
Speaker 3: someone rises up and puts into it. And yes, there

289
00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:01,120
Speaker 3: was injustice in the past. There were things that were

290
00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,560
Speaker 3: not fair, but this is a new day. The reason

291
00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:08,040
Speaker 3: you're hearing this is because you're the one to break

292
00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:10,679
Speaker 3: the cycle. You're the one to say, i am not

293
00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:14,639
Speaker 3: a victim, i am a victor. I'm gonna set a

294
00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:18,600
Speaker 3: new standard. I'm gonna believe for better things. I'm gonna

295
00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:23,200
Speaker 3: live whole free expecting favor. When you have that kind

296
00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:26,560
Speaker 3: of attitude, all the things that should have been yours,

297
00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:30,280
Speaker 3: all the things that your relatives didn't get what they

298
00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:34,320
Speaker 3: were owed in the scripture, the first generation that had

299
00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:37,840
Speaker 3: this new mindset, they were the ones that God paid

300
00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:41,280
Speaker 3: back for all that belonged to their family. If you

301
00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:44,720
Speaker 3: will be the first one to have this victor mentality,

302
00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:48,880
Speaker 3: you will see God show out in amazing ways. Don't

303
00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:51,920
Speaker 3: look to people to pay you. People can't make up

304
00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:55,160
Speaker 3: for what you didn't get. Only God can. He knows

305
00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,879
Speaker 3: what you're owed. He knows what should have been yours.

306
00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:03,040
Speaker 3: The Israelites had in slavery for ten generations. All they

307
00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:08,080
Speaker 3: knew was hardship, being mistreated, working long hours with no pay.

308
00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:12,160
Speaker 3: It wasn't fair, but God was keeping the records. After

309
00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:15,399
Speaker 3: four hundred and thirty years, God delivered them from the

310
00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:19,720
Speaker 3: Pharaoh and brought them out of Egypt. You can imagine

311
00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:23,640
Speaker 3: how they had become comfortable being a victim. It's all

312
00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:27,440
Speaker 3: they had known. Their parents, their grandparents. They were all slaves,

313
00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:31,640
Speaker 3: all mistreated on the way to the Promised Land. When

314
00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:36,320
Speaker 3: they faced adversity, opposition that was bigger, they said to Moses,

315
00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:40,000
Speaker 3: let's go back to Egypt. Let's go back to being slaves.

316
00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:43,880
Speaker 3: They were saying, We're okay with being a victim. That's

317
00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:47,280
Speaker 3: normal to us, that's what we're used to. They came

318
00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:50,520
Speaker 3: out of Egypt, but Egypt never came out of them.

319
00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:54,320
Speaker 3: What's interesting is when they were leaving, God caused the

320
00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:58,520
Speaker 3: Israelites to have favor with their oppressors, and they gave

321
00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:03,560
Speaker 3: them their gold and find clothing. They didn't leave empty handed.

322
00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:06,880
Speaker 3: God paid them back for four hundred and thirty years

323
00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:11,160
Speaker 3: of working for free. In Exodus three, God told them

324
00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:14,240
Speaker 3: what to do with the gifts they received. He said,

325
00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:17,639
Speaker 3: you are to dress your sons and daughters in this

326
00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:22,159
Speaker 3: jewelry and fine clothing. Why would God want them to

327
00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,919
Speaker 3: get their children dressed up they were about to go

328
00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:29,720
Speaker 3: into the desert. It's because God wanted these children to

329
00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:35,240
Speaker 3: see themselves differently. They saw themselves like their parents, as slaves,

330
00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:40,320
Speaker 3: as victims, poor, defeated limited. God knew if they were

331
00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:43,159
Speaker 3: going to go into the Promised Land, they had to

332
00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:46,600
Speaker 3: get rid of that victim mentality. He didn't have the

333
00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:49,520
Speaker 3: parents put on the nice clothes, didn't have the grown

334
00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,600
Speaker 3: ups where the fine jewelry. He wanted to change the

335
00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:56,600
Speaker 3: image of these small children. I can imagine a mother

336
00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:00,359
Speaker 3: putting a gold necklace on her little daughter. Her face

337
00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:04,159
Speaker 3: brightens up like never before. Father putting a ring on

338
00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:08,000
Speaker 3: his son. He puts his shoulders back, feeling so special.

339
00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:13,280
Speaker 3: These children had worn old hand me down clothes, dirty, raggedy.

340
00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:17,480
Speaker 3: Now the parents are dressing them in beautiful dresses, nice,

341
00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:21,760
Speaker 3: clean outfits. For the first time, these children begin to

342
00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:26,679
Speaker 3: see themselves as victors. It's significant that the parents and

343
00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:30,760
Speaker 3: grandparents they never made it into the Promised Land. It's

344
00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:34,960
Speaker 3: because they never got rid of a victim mentality. They

345
00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:39,840
Speaker 3: never quit seeing themselves as anything but poor at a disadvantage.

346
00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:44,719
Speaker 3: These children had a different mindset. It started when they

347
00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:48,680
Speaker 3: put on the new clothing, the nice jewelry. Something shifted

348
00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:53,119
Speaker 3: in their thinking. They thought, maybe we're not victims. Maybe

349
00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:56,160
Speaker 3: we're not always going to struggle. Maybe we can live

350
00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:01,399
Speaker 3: an abundant life. Victory starts in your think. As long

351
00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:03,919
Speaker 3: as you feel like a victim, it's going to limit

352
00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:08,159
Speaker 3: your destiny. You won't pray bold prayers, you won't believe

353
00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:12,160
Speaker 3: for big dreams. You won't expect God's favor, no matter

354
00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:15,680
Speaker 3: what's happened in your past, no matter how many generations

355
00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:21,600
Speaker 3: there's been dysfunction, abuse, lack, struggle. You're the generation that's

356
00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:24,600
Speaker 3: going to set a new standard. You're the one that's

357
00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:28,480
Speaker 3: going to see this shift in your thinking. We're not slaves,

358
00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:33,240
Speaker 3: we're not victims limited at a disadvantage. We are children

359
00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:37,640
Speaker 3: of the most high God. No more, forever the victim.

360
00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:41,560
Speaker 3: No more. I always get bad breaks. It's just my luck.

361
00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,200
Speaker 3: No more. My family has always struggled. It's just who

362
00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,480
Speaker 3: we are. God is doing a new thing. Now do

363
00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:51,840
Speaker 3: your part and put on those new clothes, so to speak,

364
00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:56,280
Speaker 3: See yourself differently, have a new perspective, You're not a

365
00:21:56,400 --> 00:22:00,000
Speaker 3: victim of your past, a victim of who went before you,

366
00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,080
Speaker 3: a victim of what didn't work out. You are a victor.

367
00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:08,520
Speaker 3: God is about to release freedom, wholeness, abundance, favor like

368
00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:11,760
Speaker 3: you've never seen. You've been raised up for such a

369
00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:14,960
Speaker 3: time as this to make a difference, to take your

370
00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,600
Speaker 3: family to a new level. I heard about this father.

371
00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:23,000
Speaker 3: He was an alcoholic. He had small twin boys growing up.

372
00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:26,400
Speaker 3: He would get drunk and mistreat them. He was angry

373
00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:29,639
Speaker 3: and mean. He would say things that were hurtful, curse

374
00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,919
Speaker 3: them out. These boys grew up into young men and

375
00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,679
Speaker 3: left home as soon as they could. One son became

376
00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:42,159
Speaker 3: an alcoholic. He drank, parted, never did anything productive. Someone

377
00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:45,680
Speaker 3: asked him why he drank so much. He said, because

378
00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:49,080
Speaker 3: my father was an alcoholic. That's all I've seen. I

379
00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:52,880
Speaker 3: had a terrible childhood. What do you expect. The other

380
00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:59,880
Speaker 3: son became very successful. He was running a large company, talented, disciplined, respectful.

381
00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:04,200
Speaker 3: After work, his colleagues noticed that he never touched alcohol.

382
00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:08,040
Speaker 3: They asked him why he didn't drink. He said, because

383
00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:11,760
Speaker 3: my father was an alcoholic. They both went through the

384
00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:15,960
Speaker 3: same experience, but one son got stuck being a victim.

385
00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,639
Speaker 3: The other son used what he saw growing up to

386
00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:23,199
Speaker 3: inspire him to be better. He refused to be a

387
00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:28,399
Speaker 3: victim any longer. Which son are you. We're all going

388
00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:31,040
Speaker 3: to go through things that are not fair. The question

389
00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:34,399
Speaker 3: is are you going to continue being a victim or

390
00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:37,119
Speaker 3: are you going to refuse to be a victim. You

391
00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:40,000
Speaker 3: can't be a victim and go into your promised land.

392
00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:44,080
Speaker 3: The enemy would love to convince you to be forever

393
00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:48,159
Speaker 3: the victim always some reason to not move forward. I

394
00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:51,920
Speaker 3: wasn't raised right. My cousin hurt me, I came down

395
00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:55,280
Speaker 3: with this illness. I lost a loved one. I'm not

396
00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,400
Speaker 3: making light of any of that. I know it's not easy,

397
00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:02,160
Speaker 3: but you can't move forward if you're playing the victim role.

398
00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:06,320
Speaker 3: God saw it wasn't fair, He knows it was painful,

399
00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:10,040
Speaker 3: but staying a victim will keep you in pain. It

400
00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:13,120
Speaker 3: will bring more heartache. You have to turn it over

401
00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,800
Speaker 3: to God and live out of a place of wholeness.

402
00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:20,760
Speaker 3: Freedom Victory starts in your thinking. People may have done

403
00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:22,879
Speaker 3: me wrong, but God will make it up to me.

404
00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,800
Speaker 3: I'm leaving it up to him. I wasn't raised in

405
00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:28,720
Speaker 3: a healthy environment, but that's in the past. It didn't

406
00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:33,399
Speaker 3: stop my destiny dealing with this illness, lost a family member,

407
00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:37,080
Speaker 3: my company let me go. It was difficult, but I'm

408
00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:39,560
Speaker 3: not better. I don't have a chip on my shoulder.

409
00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:42,439
Speaker 3: I know God is going to cause all things to

410
00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:46,119
Speaker 3: work out for my good. There was a young woman

411
00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:50,000
Speaker 3: in California riding her mountain bike up the trails of

412
00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:52,959
Speaker 3: the state park like she had done many times before.

413
00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:56,359
Speaker 3: As she was speeding down the mountain side, she noticed

414
00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:59,040
Speaker 3: a blur out of the corner of her eye. She

415
00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:01,680
Speaker 3: thought it was a d but it was a mountain

416
00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:06,280
Speaker 3: lion leaping toward her. Knocked her to the ground, bitter face,

417
00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:10,800
Speaker 3: and wouldn't let go. All she could do was whisper Jesus.

418
00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:14,040
Speaker 3: Her friend threw her bike at it, but the lion

419
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:17,159
Speaker 3: kept dragging her all the way to the ravine. She

420
00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:20,520
Speaker 3: passed out, thought she was done. She woke up in

421
00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:25,000
Speaker 3: the hospital miraculously. Her life was spared. Half of her

422
00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:28,959
Speaker 3: face was disfigured. She had forty bite marks across her body,

423
00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:32,879
Speaker 3: two hundred staples holding her skin together. She had to

424
00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:36,840
Speaker 3: have six surgeries to repair the damage. Everyone referred to

425
00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:40,520
Speaker 3: her as the victim of the Mountain Lion. And that's

426
00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,840
Speaker 3: true in one sense. But I don't believe it's healthy

427
00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:48,400
Speaker 3: to live thinking you're a victim. Negative things may have happened,

428
00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:52,679
Speaker 3: but don't let what you've been through become your identity.

429
00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:56,000
Speaker 3: Don't become known as the person that went through the tragedy,

430
00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:58,800
Speaker 3: the person that lost their loved one, the man that

431
00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,919
Speaker 3: lost his job. That's what happened to you. That's not

432
00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:04,919
Speaker 3: who you are. When this young lady got out of

433
00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:08,000
Speaker 3: the hospital, she told her friends that she wanted to

434
00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:11,560
Speaker 3: go back to the trail where she was attacked. They

435
00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:15,240
Speaker 3: were surprised and asked why. She said, I'm not going

436
00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,200
Speaker 3: to be a prisoner of this drama. I'm not going

437
00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:21,040
Speaker 3: to let what's happened to me defind who I am

438
00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:25,280
Speaker 3: and caused me to live angry, bitter and afraid. She

439
00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:28,639
Speaker 3: was saying, I'm not going to be forever the victim.

440
00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:31,439
Speaker 3: This incident is not going to ruin the rest of

441
00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:37,000
Speaker 3: my life. Today she's healthy, free, moving forward, raising her children.

442
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:42,040
Speaker 3: We all have these opportunities to become a forever victim.

443
00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:46,280
Speaker 3: We can't get past it. It was too traumatic. They

444
00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:50,399
Speaker 3: hurt me too badly, this disappointment too painful, This lost

445
00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:53,240
Speaker 3: too much. That's when you have to do like her

446
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,880
Speaker 3: and say, I refuse to be the victim. I refuse

447
00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,720
Speaker 3: to let this limit my passion caused me to give

448
00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:03,560
Speaker 3: up my dreams. That's what allows God to pay you

449
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:06,960
Speaker 3: back for the wrongs, to bring beauty out of the ashes,

450
00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:11,000
Speaker 3: to give you double for the unfair things. This is

451
00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:13,800
Speaker 3: a choice that we have to make all through life.

452
00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,800
Speaker 3: It's not if the hurts come. If you have bad breaks,

453
00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:21,400
Speaker 3: these things are going to happen. The question is are

454
00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,639
Speaker 3: you going to live bitter in self pity or are

455
00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,600
Speaker 3: you going to say this wasn't fair. But God, I

456
00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,439
Speaker 3: know you're still on the throne. It was a bad break,

457
00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:32,920
Speaker 3: but you said you would pay me back. They did

458
00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:36,080
Speaker 3: me wrong, but you're my vindicator. I'm going to trust

459
00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:40,040
Speaker 3: you and move forward with my life. Don't get stuck

460
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:43,399
Speaker 3: in the desert like the Israelites because you have a

461
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:47,960
Speaker 3: victim mentality. Be like their children. Put on a new attitude,

462
00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:51,320
Speaker 3: see yourself a different way so you can go into

463
00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:54,880
Speaker 3: your promised land. This is a new day, no more

464
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:59,240
Speaker 3: forever the victim. Try a different approach, forever the VICTI

465
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:03,479
Speaker 3: rate that cycle. Where will you be in five years.

466
00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:07,040
Speaker 3: If you'll start refusing to be the victim, this is

467
00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,600
Speaker 3: not going to happen easily. Your feelings will want to

468
00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,280
Speaker 3: feel sorry for yourself. This is when you have to

469
00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:15,840
Speaker 3: be bold and refuse to be the victim. Refuse to

470
00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 3: play that role that's not your part. Every unfair thing

471
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,400
Speaker 3: that's happened to you has set you up for double

472
00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:26,240
Speaker 3: God saw it. He's promised to pay you back. Now

473
00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:29,479
Speaker 3: do your part, play the right role, be the victor.

474
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:34,080
Speaker 3: If you'll do this, I believe and declare, Like with Joseph,

475
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,760
Speaker 3: what was meant for your harm, God is turning to

476
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:40,360
Speaker 3: your advantage. Like the Israelite children, You're going to go

477
00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:48,240
Speaker 3: into your promised land. Promotion is coming, restoration, vindication, healing, freedom, abundance,

478
00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:52,440
Speaker 3: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name, and if

479
00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:56,440
Speaker 3: you receive it. Can you say amen? Today? I'd like

480
00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:59,320
Speaker 3: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord

481
00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:03,560
Speaker 3: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus,

482
00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:09,200
Speaker 3: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I

483
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:12,680
Speaker 3: make you my lord and savior. If you prayed that

484
00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:16,160
Speaker 3: simple prayer, we believe you got born again we'd love

485
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:18,640
Speaker 3: to send you some free information your new walk with

486
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:20,960
Speaker 3: the Lord. Just text the number on the screen, or

487
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,400
Speaker 3: you can go to the website. I hope you'll get

488
00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:27,320
Speaker 3: into a good Bible based church and keep God first place.

489
00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,840
Speaker 3: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. I hope

490
00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:34,240
Speaker 3: you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest podcast to

491
00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:36,800
Speaker 3: keep you encouraged and inspired all through the week.

492
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:39,200
Speaker 2: Help us to continue to share the message of hope

493
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:40,680
Speaker 2: with those all around the world.

494
00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:43,840
Speaker 5: Visit Joelosting dot com or click the link in the

495
00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 5: description to partner with us today.

496
00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:48,720
Speaker 3: We hope you'll share this message with a friend and

497
00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:51,600
Speaker 3: be sure to follow us on social media. We're praying

498
00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:54,800
Speaker 3: for you. I know God's best is still ahead. We'll

499
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:55,640
Speaker 3: see you next time.

500
00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:00,400
Speaker 6: With millions of books on Amazon, there's a reading feeling

501
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:04,760
Speaker 6: for everyone. For example, Olivia's after learning she has quite

502
00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:07,200
Speaker 6: a lot in common with a ninth century Viking, is

503
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:11,520
Speaker 6: different to Luna's who after the old man narrowly escaped

504
00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:15,080
Speaker 6: being bitten by zombies, which is also different to Jerome's

505
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:18,520
Speaker 6: ha ha, his eureka moment on finding the perfect new

506
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:24,320
Speaker 6: quote for his dating profile from hahoo to ha a

507
00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:27,360
Speaker 6: Amazon Books that reading feeling awaits.

508
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:32,520
Speaker 5: All inclusive vacations make life easy with endless eats, bottomless drinks,

509
00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:35,400
Speaker 5: and never ending fun, So fucking an all inclusive vacations

510
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,920
Speaker 5: should be easy too write. That's where Apple Vacations comes in.

511
00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:41,880
Speaker 5: Book your all inclusive getaway with Apple Vacations and receive

512
00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:45,440
Speaker 5: exclusive perks at select resorts. You'll find the best deals

513
00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,720
Speaker 5: to sun and sand destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean

514
00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:52,400
Speaker 5: and enjoy a selection of exclusive, NonStop vacation flights. Turn

515
00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:55,480
Speaker 5: on Easymode at Apple vacations dot com or call your

516
00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:57,200
Speaker 5: local travel advisor to get started.

517
00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:03,240
Speaker 7: Nice Funds, Soft Fluff and ultralow neetcarbs. Discover hero Bread,

518
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:07,160
Speaker 7: the delicious ultralow netcarb bread with incredible taste and texture.

519
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:09,840
Speaker 7: Hero Bread has zero grams of sugar and is under

520
00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:13,120
Speaker 7: one hundred calories per serving, plus high end fiber and

521
00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:16,200
Speaker 7: up to ten grams of protein per serving. Available on

522
00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:19,360
Speaker 7: Amazon dot com, Walmart dot com, and Hero dot co.

523
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:23,640
Speaker 7: That's Hero dot Co. Order from Hero dot Co now

524
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:26,200
Speaker 7: and get ten percent off your purchase with promo code

525
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:27,280
Speaker 7: ih M ten