1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:11,800 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 5 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: for God's very best in your life. God bless you 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 1: always a joy to come into your homes, and we 7 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: love you. We know God has great things in store 8 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:24,119 Speaker 1: for you. I've been telling these guys, this is going 9 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 1: to be the best year of your life so far, 10 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:28,639 Speaker 1: So get that down on the inside. But thanks for 11 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: tuning in. Come out and see us whenever you can. 12 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: We'd love to have you. I like to get started 13 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: each week with something funny, and I heard about this pastor. 14 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 1: He was raising money for a new sanctuary. He told 15 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: his congregation one Sunday morning, if anybody will give a 16 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: thousand dollars, you can pick out the next three hymns. 17 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 1: Little old lady in the back raised up her hands, said, Pastor, 18 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: I'll do it. He was so excited. He said, thank 19 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 1: you so much, go ahead and pick out the next 20 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: three hymns. She looked over the congregation and said, I'll 21 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: take him, and him and him caught up your bible. 22 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 1: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 23 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: I am what it says. I am. I have what 24 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 25 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:13,919 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 26 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 27 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. I 28 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: am about to receive the incorruptible, indestructible, ever living seed 29 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 1: of the Word of God. I'll never be the same, never, never, never, 30 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: I'll never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 31 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about living in 32 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: total victory. A little over two thousand years ago, they 33 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: crucified Jesus on the cross. They put him in the grave, 34 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: and they thought that was the end of it. But 35 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 1: thank God, on the third day he arose. He said, 36 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: because I live, you shall live also. He wasn't talking 37 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 1: about just breathing. He was talking about living an abundant life, 38 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: not a barely get by life, not a life filled 39 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: with bad habits and addictions and lack and mediocrity. No, 40 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 1: because of the price he paid, we have a right 41 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 1: to live in total victory. Now, I want you to 42 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 1: get that down on the inside. Not partial victory to 43 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 1: where we have a good family, we have good health, 44 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: but we constantly struggle in our finances. That's not total victory. 45 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: And if God did it for you in one area, 46 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 1: he can do it for you in another area. Get 47 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: a vision for it. Don't get stagnant. I know people 48 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: that have plenty of money, they have good health, but 49 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 1: they can't get along in relationships. There's always strife in 50 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: their home. That's not total victory. Maybe God's blessed you 51 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: and you have a good family, a good job, but 52 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 1: you've had pain in your body for years and years. 53 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: You used to stand against it. You used to believe 54 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 1: you could be free, but now it's been so long 55 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 1: you've just decided this is my lot in life. Joel. 56 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,799 Speaker 1: I guess this is my cross to carry. See too 57 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 1: often we accept things, defeat, mediocrity, addictions. People tell me, Joel, 58 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 1: that's just who I am. But with all due respect, 59 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 1: that's not who you really are. You are a child 60 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: of the Most High God. He has paid the price 61 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: so that we may be totally free. That means free 62 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: from bad habits and addictions, free from fear and worry, 63 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: free from discouragement and depression, free from poverty and lack, 64 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 1: free from low self esteem. God wants us to be 65 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: totally free, and the scripture tells us to take hold 66 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 1: of all Christ died and rose again. For sometimes we're 67 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: taking hold in three or four areas. We're real strong 68 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:55,119 Speaker 1: with certain things, but in another area we're passive. For instance, 69 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 1: you may be a hard worker, you get there on time, 70 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: every day, you give it your best. You tend to 71 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: be negative and critical. Well, don't go the next twenty 72 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 1: years like that. If you're going to live in total victory, 73 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 1: you have to stir yourself up and say that's it. 74 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: I'm not going to sit back and learn to live 75 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: with this negative mindset, or with these addictions, or with 76 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: low self esteem. I'm gonna take hold of everything Christ 77 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 1: died and rose again, for I'm gonna believe for total victory. 78 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: You can imagine how God must feel when he sees 79 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:31,599 Speaker 1: us allowing things to control us, keep us in mediocrity. Here, 80 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:35,159 Speaker 1: he's already paid the ultimate price. Let's not let his 81 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,719 Speaker 1: payment be in vain. I talked to a man last 82 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: week and he told how he has struggled with smoking 83 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 1: since he was nine years old. He looked to be 84 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 1: in his forties. He said, Joel, this is just who 85 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: I am. It's all I've ever known. I don't think 86 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:52,159 Speaker 1: I'll ever be able to quit. I told him what 87 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,479 Speaker 1: I'm telling you. That's not who you really are. God 88 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: made you to be totally free. The price has been paid, 89 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: but you to do your part and walk it out. 90 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: It all starts right here. You've got to know that 91 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: you not only have a right to be free, but 92 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 1: God's already empowered you with everything you need to overcome. 93 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 1: You need to start seeing yourself the right way. You 94 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: are not a sick person trying to get well. You 95 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: are a well person fighting off sickness. God made you 96 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: healthy and whole. Our original state is total freedom. Change 97 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 1: the way you look at it. Hell, I don't think 98 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: I could ever control my temper, Jeel. I've always been 99 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 1: hot headed. My father was the same way. Now, the 100 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,839 Speaker 1: problem is you're seeing yourself defeated. You're seeing yourself not 101 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: able to You need to start seeing yourself totally free. 102 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:47,359 Speaker 1: In other words, I may struggle with alcohol, but I 103 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: am not an alcoholic. That's not who God made me 104 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: to be. And I'm not going to just sit back 105 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: and say to myself too bad. This is who I am. No, 106 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 1: I know. God created me to be totally free, and 107 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,359 Speaker 1: I'm going to rise up and start walk and in 108 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 1: that freedom. What I'm saying is you want change on 109 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: the outside until you first change on the inside. If 110 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:10,720 Speaker 1: you're going around telling yourself, I can't do this, this 111 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 1: is just who I am. I've been this way so long. 112 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: You're already defeated. You've got to be convinced deep down 113 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 1: in here that you do have the power to overcome. 114 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: You may have made poor choices, we all have. You 115 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 1: may have opened up the door to the enemy, but 116 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: that does not change the fact that you still have 117 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: a right to be totally free. The scripture says in 118 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 1: Ephesians one, verse four, long before God laid down Earth's foundation, 119 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: he had us on his mind. Because of the sacrifice 120 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 1: Christ made, we are a free people, and not just 121 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 1: barely free, but abundantly free. One translation says, unquestionably free. Now, 122 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 1: I like that phrase. Before God created the world, he 123 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 1: was thinking about us. If you're going to be free, 124 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 1: you need to know who you are. You're not just anybody. 125 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: You're a child of the most High God. He has 126 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: breathed his very life into you. You have his royal 127 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: blood flowing through your veins. It's the blood of a champion. 128 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 1: You're not ordinary. You come from great stock. Your heavenly 129 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 1: father spoke the worlds into existence long before you ever 130 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 1: got here. He was thinking about you. And let me 131 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 1: assure you, he didn't create you to be average. He 132 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: didn't create you to barely get by, to have all 133 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: kinds of things holding you back. You've got to get 134 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: the right vision. God created you to be totally free, 135 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 1: to have peace in your mind, to walk in divine health, 136 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: to have good relationships, to have plenty to pay your bills. 137 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: God created us as victors and not victims. You may 138 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:57,239 Speaker 1: have things that are trying to hold you back. Maybe 139 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: you've struggled in certain areas for a long time, but 140 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: don't make the mistake of becoming complacent. We never change 141 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 1: what we tolerate. You've got to just draw the line 142 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: in the sand and say that's it. I may have 143 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 1: struggled with my finances for as long as I can remember, 144 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: but I'm not going to settle for mediocrity. I know 145 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: I am blessed and I cannot be cursed. Or I 146 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 1: may have had this addiction for thirty years. But I'm 147 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 1: not going to give in and learn to live with it. 148 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 1: I'm gonna start taking steps to overcome. I'm gonna pray, 149 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: I'm gonna believe, I'm gonna ask for help. I'm gonna 150 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 1: get some friends to stand with me. If you'll do 151 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 1: what you can do, God will help you do what 152 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 1: you can't do. But it all starts right here. You've 153 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:42,679 Speaker 1: got to know who you are. You're not average, You're 154 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: not ordinary, but a child of Almighty God. The Apostle 155 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 1: Paul said, stand fast in the liberty where with Christ 156 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: has set you free. He's saying, all through life, things 157 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,199 Speaker 1: are going to come against us to try to take 158 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 1: away our freedom. You have to stand fast. That means 159 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 1: don't give in to wrong thinking, don't get lais in say, 160 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 1: oh Joel, it's just me. This is the way I've 161 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:13,839 Speaker 1: always been. My family struggled with these same problems. Now 162 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:16,559 Speaker 1: you've got to be aggressive if you're going to hold 163 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 1: on to the freedom that belongs to you. And I 164 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:22,680 Speaker 1: know some of you can look back in your family line. 165 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 1: You see a long history of defeat, mediocrity, addictions. Maybe 166 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: your parents or relatives they were good people, but they 167 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 1: struggled with some of the same things that are trying 168 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:37,080 Speaker 1: to hold you back. But the good news is when 169 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 1: you came to Christ, you entered into a new bloodline. 170 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 1: Your spiritual bloodline is more powerful than your natural blood line. 171 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: Back in the Old Testament, under the Old Covenant, they 172 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 1: really understood the power of the bloodline. That's why they 173 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 1: would pray to the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, 174 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: the God of Jacob. They were reminding, God, Father served you, 175 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:05,560 Speaker 1: my grandfather, my great grandfather. They were saying, in effect, God, 176 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 1: we have a history with you. Because of the covenant 177 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 1: you made with our forefathers, we have rights and privileges. 178 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 1: A family lineage was extremely important, and this first covenant, 179 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:22,199 Speaker 1: the Old Covenant, was established with Abraham. He was Jewish, 180 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:26,080 Speaker 1: of course, and back in those days, if you weren't Jewish, 181 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 1: you didn't have a right to God's blessings in favor 182 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 1: like the other Jewish people. In Luke chapter thirteen, a 183 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:35,680 Speaker 1: lady had been bent over with some kind of sickness 184 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 1: for eighteen years, and Jesus saw and said something interesting. 185 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:44,680 Speaker 1: Should not this woman be loosed from this sickness? Seeing 186 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 1: that she is a daughter of Abraham, notice, it was 187 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 1: significant that she came from the right family line. She 188 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 1: was a part of the Covenant, so she had rights 189 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: and privileges. Another place, just the opposite happened. Jesus was 190 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: walking through a village. This lady came up and asked 191 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: him to pray for her daughter. Jesus said, in effect, 192 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, ma'am, I can't do that. You come from 193 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 1: the wrong family. She begged him and begged him. Eventually 194 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:15,599 Speaker 1: Jesus changed his mind. But back then people were rejected. 195 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:20,959 Speaker 1: They didn't have God's favor simply because of their natural bloodline. 196 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: You know, in a sense, that doesn't seem fair. You're 197 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 1: not blessed if you're not from the right family. But 198 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:29,719 Speaker 1: here's the beauty. When Jesus died and rose again, he 199 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 1: made a way for all people to come to him, 200 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 1: both Jews and Gentiles. It says in Galatians, if you 201 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:41,960 Speaker 1: belong to Christ, then you are the seed of Abraham 202 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 1: and errs according to the promise. What that means is 203 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 1: because of what God has done, now we have a 204 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 1: right to have total victory. We have a right to 205 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 1: the blessings of Abraham. That's why you can't listen to 206 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 1: those lies that are telling you you come from the 207 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 1: wrong family, You're never going to be successful. You're depressed 208 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 1: because your mother was depressed. Are you got a problem 209 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 1: with alcohol because your father your grandfather, you'll never change, 210 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:11,560 Speaker 1: Or maybe there's divorce all through your family line. Now 211 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:14,560 Speaker 1: you're headed down that same direction. Now those are lies. 212 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: You've entered into a new bloodline. You have a right 213 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:20,600 Speaker 1: to be free. And if God were looking at you, 214 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: he'd say the same thing he said to that first woman. 215 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 1: Should not this man be free from this addiction, seeing 216 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 1: that he is a son of Abraham? Should not this 217 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:34,079 Speaker 1: lady live in total victory, seeing that she's a daughter 218 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 1: of Abraham. Friends, we're under a new covenant. In your 219 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:41,599 Speaker 1: natural blood line, you may look back and see depression 220 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 1: and defeat and mediocrity and addictions. But in your new 221 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:49,080 Speaker 1: blood line you have the strength of Samson, the wisdom 222 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 1: of Solomon, the courage of Esther, the determination of Nehemiah, 223 00:12:54,080 --> 00:13:01,200 Speaker 1: the compassion of Ruth. There is strength, power, victory, success, healing, favor, 224 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: blessings in your new blood line. You need to quit 225 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,680 Speaker 1: dwelling so much on the natural. Quit looking back thinking, man, 226 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 1: I got so much coming against me. No, your new 227 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: bloodline says you are well able. You have the blood 228 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:17,320 Speaker 1: of a champion on the inside. There is nothing that 229 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 1: you can overcome. You can accomplish your dreams, you can 230 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 1: defeat a bad habit, you can withstand that sickness. Why 231 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 1: because the same power that raised Jesus from the dead 232 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: is on the inside of you. Get a vision for it. 233 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 1: And I'm not saying that we don't have to overcome 234 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:39,959 Speaker 1: issues from the past, but I am saying God has 235 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 1: given us the power to overcome it. Says that Christ 236 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:47,199 Speaker 1: has redeemed us from the curse. The curse is any 237 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 1: kind of defeat, mediocrity, lack. We have been set free 238 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 1: from that. In other words, we don't have to settle there, 239 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 1: even if you have to stand against it your whole lifetime. 240 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 1: Don't give in the good fight of faith. Know who 241 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: you are, the seed of Abraham. You have rights and privileges. 242 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 1: One of those privileges is total victory. We're supposed to 243 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:16,480 Speaker 1: be unquestionably free. That means free in our mind, free 244 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: from worry. We're not all upset. We know God is 245 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 1: in control. He has us in the palm of his hand, 246 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: free from poverty and lack. No matter what the bank 247 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 1: account looks like. Our attitude is I know I am 248 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 1: blessed and I cannot be cursed. Whatever I touch is 249 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 1: going to prosper and succeed freedom from sickness and disease. 250 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 1: Instead of going around dwelling on it. Joe Man, I 251 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: think this thing going to be the end of me. No, 252 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 1: I know God is restored in health. Unto me. Every 253 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 1: sell in my body is getting better and better. God 254 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:51,000 Speaker 1: is renewing my youth like the eagles, a vision for 255 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 1: total victory. I love what God said to Abraham. Every 256 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 1: place the soul of your foot shall tread, I will 257 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 1: give it to you. He was saying, Abraham, everywhere you 258 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 1: dare go, I will cause that land to be yours. 259 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 1: I will cause you to be victorious. God saying the 260 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 1: same thing to every one of us. If you will 261 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 1: dare take that step of faith and believe you can 262 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 1: be free, Believe you can overcome, Believe you can come 263 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 1: up higher. Everywhere you put your faith, God is saying, 264 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 1: I'll back you up. I'll bring it to pass. Sometimes 265 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 1: we're waiting on God, but God's waiting on us. We 266 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 1: have to make the first move. Then God will make 267 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 1: a move In the Old Testament. David and Jonathan were 268 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 1: best friends. They were in covenant relationship together. One day, 269 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 1: Jonathan and his father, King Saul, were killed in a battle. 270 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: Years later, David asked his servants if Jonathan had any 271 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 1: relatives that were still alive. He wanted to do something 272 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: good for them because of his friendship with Jonathan, and 273 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 1: they told him that he had a small son that 274 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 1: was still living, but he was crippled. He had been 275 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 1: injured in an accident and now he was living in 276 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 1: extreme poverty in one of the dirtiest, most run down 277 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: cities in that area. Here he's the grandson of the king. 278 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 1: He has rights and privileges because of the covenant David 279 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 1: had with his father. But the problem is he doesn't 280 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: understand what it means. He doesn't think he deserves it. 281 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 1: After all, his grandfather, King Saul, had chased David through 282 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 1: the wilderness for years, made David's life miserable. And on 283 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 1: top of that, this young man was a crippled He 284 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 1: had so much coming against him. He had just settled 285 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: for mediocrity. He had convinced himself that's all he deserved. 286 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 1: But David said to his servants, I want you to 287 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 1: go get this young man. I'm going to be good 288 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 1: to him because of his father, and I want him 289 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: to live here in the palace with us. I want 290 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 1: him to eat dinner with us each night. And not 291 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 1: only that, I'm going to give him back all the 292 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: land that belonged to his family. They went and got him. 293 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 1: His name was Mamphibishev. When he came in and first 294 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 1: greeted David, it's very significant. What he said shows us 295 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 1: his attitude. It shows us why he'd settled for defeat. 296 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 1: He bowed his head low and said, oh, David, why 297 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 1: would you take in a dead dog like me? There 298 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:16,959 Speaker 1: was his problem. He saw himself defeated. He saw himself 299 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 1: as a failure. He had already made plans to stay 300 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 1: in mediocrity here. He had a right to be living 301 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 1: in the palace. He was royalty, the grandson of the king. 302 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 1: He came from the right bloodline. But because he didn't 303 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:33,640 Speaker 1: understand what the covenant meant, he was living in defeat. 304 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: I wonder how many of us do the same thing, Joel. 305 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 1: I'll never be successful man. I come from the wrong family, 306 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:43,479 Speaker 1: or I've got disabilities like that young man. I've got 307 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 1: some bad habits and addictions. I've had them so long 308 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 1: I don't think I'll ever overcome. No, you got to 309 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 1: get a new image on the inside. You are the 310 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 1: seed of Abraham two thousand years ago. God put in 311 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:58,439 Speaker 1: you the blood of a champion. You have victory flowing 312 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 1: all through your veins. You're a part of the covenant. 313 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 1: You have rights and privileges. Don't go around thinking about 314 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 1: what you don't deserve and all the mistakes you've made. 315 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 1: The fact is none of us really deserve it. It's 316 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 1: not because of what we've done. It's because of what 317 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:18,159 Speaker 1: Jesus did. And it doesn't please God for us to 318 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: go around with that kind of weak, worm of the 319 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 1: dust mentality. You know, Joy, I made mistakes. I'm not worthy. 320 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:28,159 Speaker 1: I don't deserve it. No, God has made us worthy. 321 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 1: The price has already been paid for us to live 322 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 1: in victory. Let's rise up and start believing for the 323 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:37,400 Speaker 1: great things God has in store. I mean, how would 324 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,400 Speaker 1: we feel as parents if one day our children came 325 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 1: in said, all, Dad, I'm not worthy to be called 326 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:45,920 Speaker 1: your son. Just let me live out in the garage, 327 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 1: let me eat off the crumbs of the table. We'd 328 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:50,359 Speaker 1: pick them up straighten their shoulders and say, what in 329 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 1: the world are you talking about. You're my son, you're 330 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 1: my daughter. Get in here and eat with us, live 331 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: with us, and start acting like you're a part of 332 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 1: the family. That's what honors God, when we put our 333 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 1: shoulders back, when we hold our head up high and say, God, 334 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:08,399 Speaker 1: I know I'm your child. I know I'm the apple 335 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 1: of your eye. I believe You've made me worthy and 336 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 1: you have great things in store. I don't know about you, 337 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: but I like when my children are bold and confident. 338 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 1: I like when they feel like there's something special. I 339 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 1: see them come home from school. They go straight to 340 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 1: the refrigerator. They don't ask, they don't say Dad would 341 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:30,199 Speaker 1: be okay if I get something to drink. They go 342 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:33,760 Speaker 1: in there like they own the place. Why Because they 343 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:36,680 Speaker 1: know they're a part of the family. They know they 344 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:40,160 Speaker 1: have rights and privileges, so they go in there with baldness. 345 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: If you're ever going to become everything God's created you 346 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:46,880 Speaker 1: to be, you have to have this same sense of boldness, 347 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:50,640 Speaker 1: not an arrogance, not being cocky, but a quiet confidence 348 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:53,639 Speaker 1: knowing I have a right to live in victory, I 349 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:56,280 Speaker 1: have a right to be successful. I have a right 350 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:58,879 Speaker 1: to overcome these addictions. I have a right to have 351 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 1: peace in my mind. I have a right to be 352 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:04,760 Speaker 1: free from pain. I have a right to accomplish my dreams. 353 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:08,200 Speaker 1: Why I'm a part of the family. I remember one 354 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:11,399 Speaker 1: time when our son, Jonathan was about three years old. 355 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 1: He came up to me and started pointing out things 356 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 1: in the house and asking me if they were his. 357 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:19,879 Speaker 1: He looked at the breakfast table and said, Daddy, is 358 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:23,159 Speaker 1: that table mine? I said, yes, Jonathan, that table's yours. 359 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 1: He looked at the chairs. Are those chairs mine? I said, yes, 360 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:29,440 Speaker 1: those chairs are yours. He took my hand and led 361 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:32,200 Speaker 1: me into the next room. He looked at the desk, Daddy, 362 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:35,359 Speaker 1: is that desk mine? Yes, it's yours. Is that lamp? 363 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 1: Is that floor? I could tell this was going to 364 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:40,199 Speaker 1: go on for hours, So I picked him up and 365 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:43,440 Speaker 1: I carried him all around the house. Everything I saw 366 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 1: I pointed out and I told him it was his. 367 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:48,359 Speaker 1: I said, Jonathan, you see those doors, Those are your doors, 368 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 1: Those are your windows, Those lights are yours, those carpets 369 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 1: are yours, Those dirty clothes are yours. On and on. 370 00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:59,639 Speaker 1: Then I took him outside. I was going to do 371 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:02,200 Speaker 1: it right, get it done once and for all. I said, Jonathan, 372 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 1: you see those trees, they're yours. That garage is yours, 373 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:09,320 Speaker 1: That picnic tables yours. That swing sets yours. Then I 374 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:13,359 Speaker 1: showed them the fence. I said, Jonathan, everything inside this 375 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:16,680 Speaker 1: fence belongs to you. When I got finished, it seemed 376 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 1: like he was pretty satisfied he knew it all belonged 377 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:21,680 Speaker 1: to him. We went back in sat down. I was 378 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 1: going to watch the ballgame on the couch. Wouldn't. Two 379 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:26,200 Speaker 1: seconds later he came up and tapped me. He said, Daddy, 380 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 1: is this couch mine? I thought, oh no, here we 381 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:31,399 Speaker 1: go again. I said, yes, Jonathan, the couch is yours. 382 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 1: He said, Daddy, get off my couch. I had to 383 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:42,400 Speaker 1: change it from yours to ours. But I believe if 384 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 1: our heavenly Father was here, he would do the same thing. 385 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 1: He would lead us around and say, you see that freedom, 386 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:52,119 Speaker 1: it's yours. You see that success, it's yours. See that 387 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 1: healing that's yours. Good relationships are yours, wisdom is yours, 388 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: Peace is yours. He's saying today, everything I have belongs 389 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 1: to you. Just don't tell God to get off your couch. 390 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:11,440 Speaker 1: I heard somebody say, if we really understood our position, 391 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 1: then we could change our condition. In other words, our 392 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:18,399 Speaker 1: position is we are children of the most High God. 393 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 1: He has crowned us with his glory and honor. He 394 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:25,400 Speaker 1: surrounded us with favor like a shield. We are blessed, 395 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:28,919 Speaker 1: we are equipped, we are anointed, we are empowered, we 396 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:33,560 Speaker 1: are called, we are chosen. That's our position way up here. Now. 397 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 1: Our condition may vary. You take the prodigal son. He 398 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 1: was his father's son when he was living in the palace, 399 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 1: and he was his father's son when he was living 400 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:47,120 Speaker 1: in the hogpen. His position never changed. His condition did. 401 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:50,919 Speaker 1: He went from being blessed and happy and prosperous to 402 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:54,920 Speaker 1: being miserable and depressed and having all kinds of hardships. 403 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:58,119 Speaker 1: He could have stayed out there like Maphibis Chef and 404 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:02,560 Speaker 1: just settled for mediocrity, defeat, lack addictions. But one day 405 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:06,200 Speaker 1: this young man said, I will arise and go back 406 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: to my father's house. Because he understood his position, he 407 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 1: was able to change his condition. Some of you, the 408 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:17,399 Speaker 1: only thing that's keeping you from total victory is you 409 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 1: don't really understand your position. You don't have it firmly 410 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,959 Speaker 1: established in your heart. Who you are, the apple of 411 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:29,359 Speaker 1: God's eye, his most prized possession. You're so focused on 412 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:32,400 Speaker 1: your condition and what you're not and the mistakes you've 413 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,199 Speaker 1: made and what you don't deserve. Now you've developed a 414 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 1: wrong image. You're seeing yourself defeated, unworthy. You have to 415 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 1: understand your position deep down in here. You've got to 416 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:46,400 Speaker 1: know no matter what's happened in your past, no matter 417 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:50,920 Speaker 1: who's in your natural bloodline, none of that changes your position. 418 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 1: You are still a child of the most high God. 419 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 1: You may have failed a thousand times, but you are 420 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 1: not a failure. You may have gotten way off track, 421 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 1: but that didn't change the coveny. Just like that prodigal son. 422 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:06,439 Speaker 1: Whether you're in the palace or you're in the pits, 423 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,159 Speaker 1: you are still a child of the king. And we 424 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,400 Speaker 1: need to do like that young man and say I'm 425 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:15,119 Speaker 1: going to arise and bring my condition in line with 426 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 1: my position. I may be living way down here and 427 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:21,879 Speaker 1: defeat mediocrity, wrong mindsets, but I'm not going to let 428 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 1: that change my position. I'm not gonna forget who I 429 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,440 Speaker 1: really am deep down in here. I may not feel 430 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 1: like it, but I know that I know I'm the 431 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 1: seat of Abraham. I am royalty, I'm anointed, I've been redeemed. 432 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 1: What you're really saying is, I'm better than this. I 433 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 1: was made to be totally free, to be healthy, to behold, 434 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 1: to be victorious. Understand, God has given us the power 435 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:48,679 Speaker 1: to bring our condition in line with our position. It 436 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 1: all starts right here. We have to think the right thoughts. 437 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:55,120 Speaker 1: We have to have the right image on the inside. 438 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,400 Speaker 1: Colossians three to one says, since you have been raised 439 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:03,919 Speaker 1: with Christ, set your mind on higher things. In other words, 440 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:07,639 Speaker 1: quit telling yourself you can't. Quit going around thinking about 441 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:11,280 Speaker 1: what you're not, what you don't deserve, and instead set 442 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:14,159 Speaker 1: your mind on the fact that you were created to 443 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:18,280 Speaker 1: live in total victory. There's nothing you cannot overcome. The 444 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 1: power in you is greater than the power that's trying 445 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 1: to hold you back. I'm asking you today to never 446 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:28,680 Speaker 1: settle for partial victory. Some of you have just about 447 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,480 Speaker 1: giving up on your dreams. It's been so long, you've 448 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:33,640 Speaker 1: had so much come against you. You need to get 449 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:36,680 Speaker 1: a new fire on the inside. God can still bring 450 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:39,719 Speaker 1: those dreams to pass. He still has a way. Some 451 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 1: of you are learning to live with things that are 452 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 1: far less than God's best. You have to draw the 453 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 1: line in the sand and say that's it. This is 454 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,760 Speaker 1: a new day. I'm going to take hold of everything 455 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 1: Christ died and rose again for. Don't settle for mediocrity. 456 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: Know who you are. Bring your condition in line with 457 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:01,680 Speaker 1: your position. Remember you you've entered into a new bloodline. 458 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 1: You come from the right family. Blessings, favor, and victory 459 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:08,960 Speaker 1: are in your family life. If you will rise up 460 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 1: in faith, believe in for the best, pressing forward, God 461 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:16,160 Speaker 1: will help you to overcome. You will break bondages from 462 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 1: the past, and I know you'll live the life of 463 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: total victory. God has in story. Amen, do you receive 464 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:26,159 Speaker 1: it today. We never like to close our broadcast without 465 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 1: giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of 466 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 1: your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 467 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 1: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 468 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:42,399 Speaker 1: make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 469 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 1: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 470 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:48,399 Speaker 1: in a good Bible based church. Keep God in first place. 471 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 1: He's going to take your places you've never dreamed of. 472 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 2: We all carry a mental picture of what our life 473 00:26:56,440 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 2: can be. Is yours limited. Do you picture yourself stuck, inadequate, defeated? 474 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:05,719 Speaker 2: Are you willing to change your mindset in order to 475 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 2: experience a life of blessing and abundance. 476 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,480 Speaker 1: We all have a picture in our mind of ourself, 477 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 1: our family, our future, and if that picture is negative, 478 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 1: you see yourself at a disadvantage. Your problem's too big, 479 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 1: it's gonna limit your life. A new book, The Abundance Mindset, 480 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 1: will help you see yourself the right way. If you'll 481 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 1: change those negative pictures, start seeing yourself blessed, healthy, rising high, 482 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 1: or accomplishing dreams, then things will begin to shift in 483 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 1: your favor. You have to see it on the inside 484 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 1: before it'll come to pass on the outside. We'll send 485 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 1: you the Mindset Journal too. These tools will help you 486 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:47,320 Speaker 1: get your inner vision in the right place so you 487 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 1: can move into the favor and blessing that God has 488 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 1: for you. 489 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:54,200 Speaker 2: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 490 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 2: of any amount this month, we would like to send 491 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 2: you a copy of Joel's book, The Abundance Mindset and 492 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:05,480 Speaker 2: this inspiring Mindset Journal. Joel shares powerful scriptures and encouraging 493 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:08,840 Speaker 2: thoughts about how to move from fairly enough to more 494 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 2: than enough, how to be someone else's miracle and experience 495 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 2: miracles in your own life. As you make the book 496 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 2: and journal a part of your daily walk, you'll be 497 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 2: built up every day regarding how to tap into God's 498 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:25,399 Speaker 2: favor and blessing, how not to talk yourself out of 499 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:28,720 Speaker 2: the dreams and opportunities He has already prepared for you, 500 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:33,000 Speaker 2: how to experience life to the fullest. 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You are impacting people all over the world. 510 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 1: A special thank you to our Champion of Hope partners 511 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 1: for your monthly support. If you're not a partner, I 512 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:10,080 Speaker 1: hope you'll consider becoming one. Remember you can watch the 513 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:15,240 Speaker 1: services online every Sunday morning, download our daily podcast, listen 514 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:20,440 Speaker 1: on Serious Exam, watch on YouTube, also the new Joelostein network, 515 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:24,200 Speaker 1: streaming on television twenty four hours a day until we 516 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:27,160 Speaker 1: see you again. May the Lord bless you and keep you. 517 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:31,240 Speaker 2: Be sure to request your copy of the Abundance Mindset 518 00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 2: Book and Mindset Journal today. 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