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Thanks for listening to 24 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 3: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 25 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:08,680 Speaker 4: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 26 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:10,279 Speaker 4: blessing and share it with a friend. 27 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 3: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 28 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 3: your life. Oh God, bless you. We love you and 29 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 3: we know God has great things in store. We pray 30 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 3: for you every single day. We're believing that this year 31 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 3: will be your best year so far. And if you're 32 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 3: ever in our area, come out and see us. We'd 33 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 3: love to have you be a part of one of 34 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 3: our services. But thanks for tuning in, thanks for coming 35 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 3: out today. And I'd like to start with something funny. 36 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 3: And I heard about this housework challenged husband. He decided 37 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 3: he was going to wash his new sweatshirt. He went 38 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 3: to the laundry room and wasn't there five seconds before 39 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 3: he hollered out to his wife, what setting do I 40 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 3: put the washing machine on? Said, it depends what does 41 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 3: it say on your shirt? After a long pause, he 42 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 3: hollered back, Dallas cowboys, all right, hold up your bibles. 43 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 3: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 44 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 3: I am what it says I am. I have what 45 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 3: it says I have. I can do what it says 46 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 3: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 47 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 3: of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 48 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 3: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 49 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 3: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 50 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,919 Speaker 3: about not letting negative voices talk you out of your dreams. 51 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 3: Too often we settle for less than what God's put 52 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 3: in our hearts. We hear so many voices telling us 53 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 3: what we can't do and how impossible it is, and 54 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 3: we end up just settling where we are. But deep 55 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 3: down on the inside, if we really be honest with ourselves, 56 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 3: we know we are watering down our dreams. What happened 57 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 3: that people discourage us and talk us out of pressing forward? 58 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 3: But one of the most important things that I've ever 59 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 3: learned is other people don't set the limits for my life. 60 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 3: Other people don't have to believe in me for my 61 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 3: dreams to come to pass. There will always be critics 62 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 3: in naysayers. There will always be people telling us what 63 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 3: we can't do. You're too short, you're not talented, enough, 64 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 3: you've made too many mistakes, You come from the wrong family. 65 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 3: The negative voices come to us all, but understand other 66 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 3: people don't determine your destiny. You do. And you have 67 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 3: to accept the fact that not everyone is going to 68 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 3: believe in you. Not everyone is going to cheer you on. 69 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 3: It would be great if all your friends and family 70 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 3: members stood in faith and encouraged you, but a lot 71 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 3: of times that's not the case. There will always be 72 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 3: people that say things like, you really think you're gonna 73 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 3: get well, My grandmother died from that same disease. You 74 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 3: really think you're going to get married, You really think 75 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 3: your family is going to be restored. Sometimes you have 76 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 3: to have a faith that stands alone, a faith that says, God, 77 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 3: I know you put this promise in me, And even 78 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:16,919 Speaker 3: though no one is encouraging me, even though all the 79 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 3: voices are negative, I'm not going to allow them to 80 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 3: steal this seed out of my heart. I love what 81 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 3: the apostle Paul said there in Romans three to three, 82 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 3: What if they don't believe, will their lack of faith 83 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 3: make the faith of God of no effect? What he 84 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:37,239 Speaker 3: was saying was, it doesn't matter if other people don't believe. 85 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 3: Their unbelief is not going to keep me from believing 86 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 3: in my dreams. And when God puts a promise in you, 87 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 3: it is not dependent on other people. You don't need 88 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 3: everyone to validate you. You don't need to try to 89 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 3: get confirmation from all your friends. The truth is some 90 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 3: people are never going to give you their approval. They 91 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 3: may clap a few times and smile on the outside, 92 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 3: but unfortunately human nature tends to be jealous. When you 93 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 3: have a big dream and you're determined to do something 94 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 3: great with your life, very often others are envious. This 95 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:19,479 Speaker 3: is what happened to Joseph. His brothers didn't celebrate his dream. 96 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:23,160 Speaker 3: They did just the opposite. They sold him into slavery. 97 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 3: And when somebody doesn't believe in you, when somebody says 98 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 3: you really think you're qualified for that new position, I 99 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,280 Speaker 3: don't think so you really think you're going to get 100 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 3: out of debt? I don't see how. When those negative 101 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:39,479 Speaker 3: voices come, you have to remind yourself the promise is 102 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 3: in me, not in them, and they don't have to 103 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 3: believe in me for my dream to come to pass. 104 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 3: And at times you may feel like nobody believes in you. 105 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 3: Your own family's not behind you. Your friends are trying 106 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 3: to discourage you. But the good news is you and 107 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:59,280 Speaker 3: God are a majority, and He's put in you everything 108 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:03,480 Speaker 3: you need to fulfill your destiny. This is what David 109 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 3: had to do. When the prophet Samuel came to his house. 110 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 3: He asked David's father, Jesse, to bring in his sons 111 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 3: so he could choose the next king. And Jesse rounded 112 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:18,480 Speaker 3: up all of his sons except David. David was the youngest. 113 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 3: He was out in the fields taking care of the sheep. 114 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 3: Jesse thought, I don't need to get David. He's so young, 115 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 3: he'll never amount to much. I haven't seen the same 116 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 3: talent in him that I've seen in my other sons. 117 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:36,359 Speaker 3: I'm sure Jesse thought about how David was small in stature. 118 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 3: David had red hair, no doubt. His other sons were tall, 119 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 3: dark and handsome, kind of like me. But seriously, you 120 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 3: can imagine how David must have felt knowing that his 121 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 3: own father didn't believe in him enough to have the 122 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 3: courtesy to bring him in so the prophet Samuel could 123 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 3: see him. He could have easily let that rejection create 124 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 3: stronghold to where he thought man I'm not talented, I'm 125 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 3: not creative. I'll never do anything great. No, David had 126 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 3: the attitude, it doesn't matter who doesn't believe in me. 127 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 3: I know, if God be for me, who dare even 128 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 3: be against me? Even after Samuel chose David to be 129 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,679 Speaker 3: the next king, his brother still didn't believe in him. 130 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 3: When he went out to face Goliath. They said, David, 131 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 3: what are you doing out here? Why don't you go 132 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 3: back to those few sheep that you're supposed to be 133 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 3: taken care of. They tried to make him feel small 134 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 3: once again. David could have gotten discouraged, gone around with 135 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 3: low self esteem, feeling inferior. But David understood this principle. 136 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 3: He knew other people, even his own father, even in 137 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 3: his brothers, they didn't have to believe in him for 138 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 3: him to become everything God created him to be. And 139 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 3: sometimes we think we have to manipulate things to try 140 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 3: to win people's favor, try to talk them in to 141 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 3: believe in us. We think, I'll just play up to 142 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 3: this person, maybe they'll put in a good word for me. 143 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 3: I'll try to get on their good side, maybe they'll 144 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 3: give me a break. No, you do not have to 145 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 3: manipulate people in order to get your way. Stay true 146 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 3: to your heart. If you will be good to people 147 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 3: for the right reasons and not play politics and try 148 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 3: to win people over, God will cause you to have 149 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 3: favor with who you need to have favor with. But 150 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 3: too often I found we put too much emphasis on 151 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 3: one person. We think they're the whole key to my success. 152 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:36,319 Speaker 3: Without them, it's not going to happen. But some people, 153 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:38,599 Speaker 3: no matter how hard you try, they're not going to 154 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 3: believe in you, and you have to recognize you don't 155 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 3: have to have them to fulfill your destiny. I remember 156 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 3: when we were trying to acquire this place, the former 157 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 3: Compact Center, there was this one man that I really 158 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:54,559 Speaker 3: wanted to win over. He was very influential, he knew 159 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:56,719 Speaker 3: a lot of other people. I thought, boy, if we 160 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 3: could just get his support, that would put us a 161 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 3: long way down the road. So I did everything I could. 162 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 3: I called and called, but I couldn't get an appointment. 163 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:07,680 Speaker 3: I had a friend that knew him well and he 164 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,679 Speaker 3: put in a good word for us, but still nothing happened. 165 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:13,680 Speaker 3: Month after month went by and I was still doing 166 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:15,960 Speaker 3: my best to try to make contact so I could 167 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,440 Speaker 3: win him over and it just so happened. One day 168 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 3: we ended up at an event together and I had 169 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 3: a few minutes to share my vision for the Compact Center. 170 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:28,320 Speaker 3: But after a couple of sentences, I could tell he 171 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 3: was not for us. He was very cold and unfriendly, 172 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 3: almost like I was bothering him. He made the comment, 173 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 3: I just don't think your organization is the best use 174 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 3: for that facility, and I'm not going to support it. 175 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 3: I left there so discouraged. I thought, Man, I spent 176 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 3: all this time trying to get in contact, and now 177 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 3: I find out not only is he not for us, 178 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 3: but he's against us. Later that night, when I was 179 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 3: thinking about it, I began to realize what I'm telling you. 180 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 3: I was putting too much faith in him. I thought 181 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:04,559 Speaker 3: he was gonna solve all our problems, he was gonna 182 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:07,560 Speaker 3: win over all of our critics. It finally dawned on me, 183 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 3: he doesn't have to believe in me for my dream 184 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 3: to come to pass. After all, God didn't put the 185 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 3: promise in him. He put the promise in me. So 186 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 3: I shook that. All we stayed in faith, and we 187 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 3: saw God bring it to fulfillment. It's funny a couple 188 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 3: of years later, right after we had moved into this 189 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:29,679 Speaker 3: new facility, I saw him at another event and it 190 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 3: was a night and day difference. You would have thought 191 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 3: it was his idea. He was bragging to his friend 192 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:38,679 Speaker 3: about how great it was. He said, Joel, one day, 193 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 3: I'm gonna come visit you during one of your services. 194 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 3: I thought to myself, great, I'll save your seat on 195 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 3: the very top road. What am I saying? You don't 196 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 3: have to try to talk people in to believe it 197 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 3: in you. You just stay in faith and God will 198 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 3: cause the right people to come into your life. When 199 00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:01,560 Speaker 3: you come across one of those naysay people that discourage 200 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 3: you and try to tell you how it's not going 201 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,680 Speaker 3: to happen, you've got to do what the apostle Paul 202 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 3: did and just shake it off. Have the attitude. So 203 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 3: what if they don't believe. I know my destiny is 204 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 3: not tied to them. Do not allow the negative voices 205 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 3: to take root. Words are like seeds. When something's spoken 206 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 3: over us, they get planted in the soil of our heart, 207 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 3: and whether they take root and grow depends totally up 208 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 3: to us. The way those words become a reality is 209 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 3: what we constantly dwell on. In other words, what you 210 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 3: go around meditating on is what you are watering. It's 211 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 3: very important to pay attention to what's playing in your mind. 212 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 3: Some people have had negative things spoken over them from childhood. 213 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 3: They didn't know any better, they believed it, they played 214 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 3: it over and over, and now it's setting the limits 215 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 3: for their life. But if you're going to live in victory, 216 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:58,559 Speaker 3: you have to be disciplined in your thought life. When 217 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 3: those voices come in David's case, saying you're not talented, 218 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 3: you're not creative, you'll never do anything great, you have 219 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 3: to immediately get rid of those lies. The longer you 220 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 3: dwell on them, the more it will affect your personality, 221 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 3: your confidence, your self esteem, and the more difficult it 222 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 3: is to get rid of later on. I watched to 223 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 3: report on the news the other day about children that 224 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 3: had been bullied at school. It talked about how years 225 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 3: later those negative words were still impacting many of them. 226 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 3: They interviewed this one man. He was in his forties. 227 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:37,840 Speaker 3: He seemed to be a very bright, talented man, but 228 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 3: he had not been able to hold down a job. 229 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 3: He had struggled in his relationships. He told how as 230 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 3: a child he was overweight, and the other children they 231 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 3: made fun of him and called him names slow, poge, dumbo, 232 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 3: fat soul. He made the mistake of letting those words 233 00:12:55,840 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 3: take root, and now they were keeping him in mediocrity. 234 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:04,439 Speaker 3: Very important what you're meditating on young people at school. 235 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 3: Other people may try to make you feel unattractive and inferior. 236 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 3: They may call you names, but you need to let 237 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 3: that bounce off of you like water off of a 238 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker 3: duck's back. Understand, you are not what they call you. 239 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:22,680 Speaker 3: You are what you answer to. They can call you failure, loser, 240 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 3: slow poke. Don't answer to that. Just ignore it and 241 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:29,679 Speaker 3: keep pressing forward and recognize you don't have a problem. 242 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 3: They have the problem. They are so insecure they have 243 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 3: to try to push you down in order to feel 244 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:38,320 Speaker 3: good about themselves. And people can call you all kinds 245 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 3: of derogatory things, but you've got to rise up and 246 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 3: say I am not who they say I am. I 247 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:47,320 Speaker 3: am who God says I am. I am smart, I 248 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 3: am talented, I am creative, I am well able to 249 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 3: fulfill my destiny. I heard somebody say faith begins with 250 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:59,840 Speaker 3: stuff in your ears full of cotton. In other words, 251 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 3: I don't listen to the negative comments. People will try 252 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 3: to talk you out of your dreams. When I first 253 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:11,080 Speaker 3: started ministering, I overheard people saying he can't preach, he's 254 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 3: too young, he's not as good as his father. I 255 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 3: just found some cotton balls and put him in my ears. 256 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 3: I've learned these days. I got to keep a fresh 257 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 3: supply on hand. When my father started Lakewood in nineteen 258 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 3: fifty nine, in a little Rundown feed store, people told 259 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 3: him nobody will come to church out here. You're on 260 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 3: the wrong side of town. It's too far. You're just 261 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 3: wasting your time. What did my dad do? Get down, discourage, 262 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 3: give up. No, he just simply put the cotton balls 263 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 3: in his ears. He kept praying, kept believing, kept being 264 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 3: his best. For forty years, he saw thousands of people 265 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 3: come out every weekend. I love the scene in the 266 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:54,840 Speaker 3: movie The Pursuit of Happiness was based on a true story. 267 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 3: The father was homeless and he was raising his small 268 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 3: son on the streets. One day, they were shooting baskets. 269 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 3: The dad had just bought his son a new ball. 270 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 3: As they were playing, he said to his son, I 271 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 3: don't want you to stay out here and play all 272 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 3: day long, because you'll probably just be an average player, 273 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 3: after all, That's all I was. You're usually just as 274 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 3: good as your dad. We have the same gene. So 275 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 3: I don't want you to waste a lot of time 276 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 3: every day thinking that you'll ever really be good. You 277 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 3: could see that just took the wind out of his cells. 278 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 3: The little boy put his ball up and he walked away, 279 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 3: feeling so dejected. Then this father felt convicted about it. 280 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 3: He went back over to him, got down, looked him 281 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 3: in the eyes, said listen to here, son. Don't you 282 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 3: ever let anyone tell you you can't be something great, 283 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:48,560 Speaker 3: not even me. And it's interesting when other people can't 284 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 3: do something very often they try to put their limitations 285 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 3: on us. In other words, that's as high as I went, 286 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 3: That's probably as high as you'll go. No God wants 287 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 3: you to go further. Don't let anyone convince you you 288 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 3: cannot accomplish your God given dreams, not a family member, 289 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 3: not a coach, not a friend. Certainly, be respectful, Certainly, 290 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 3: listen to wise counsel. But remember, when it's all said 291 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 3: and done, the promise is in you, it's not in them. 292 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 3: This is what David had to do. He had to 293 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 3: rise above that rejection and say, even though my father 294 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 3: doesn't believe in me, even though my family just thinks 295 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 3: I'm average, I love them, but what they think about 296 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 3: me doesn't determine my destiny. They may think I'm mediocre, 297 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 3: but I know I have seeds of greatness. I know 298 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 3: I'm equipped, I'm annoying. I'm going to become everything God's 299 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 3: created me to be. But many people have these strongholds 300 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 3: in their mind. Something was spoken over them. They believed it, 301 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 3: they watered it, and now it's holding them back. But 302 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 3: you need to get to the root and find out 303 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 3: what it is. Was it a family member that told 304 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 3: you you'd never be successful. Was it a chemistry teacher 305 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 3: that I told you all you could make was c's 306 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:04,640 Speaker 3: and not a's. Was it a friend that said you'll 307 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:08,439 Speaker 3: never break your addiction. No, just because they couldn't do 308 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 3: it doesn't mean you can't do it. You need to 309 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:14,120 Speaker 3: reprogram your thinking. You need to get rid of those strongholds. 310 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 3: A study came out the other day and these researchers 311 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:22,359 Speaker 3: supposedly found that one race was less intelligent than another race. 312 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:24,919 Speaker 3: They measured these brain waves and came up with this 313 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 3: conclusion and A reporter asked me what I thought about it, 314 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 3: and I said, I think that's ridiculous, because I know 315 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 3: God didn't make one group less than another. We're all equipped, 316 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 3: we're all talented, we're all creative. Every one of us 317 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:44,640 Speaker 3: has exactly what we need. God would not have put 318 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 3: the dream in you if he had not already given 319 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:51,359 Speaker 3: you the talent, the creativity, the determination to see it 320 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 3: come to pass. But some of you are stuck in 321 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:56,919 Speaker 3: a rut, and it's because of the negative words that 322 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:59,879 Speaker 3: have been spoken over you. You need to ask yourself 323 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 3: who told me I'm not tall enough? Who told me 324 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:06,760 Speaker 3: I'm just an average student? Who told me that I'm 325 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:10,639 Speaker 3: not that talented. If you'll get rid of the wrong voices, 326 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 3: it'll take the limits off of your life. That's why 327 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:17,400 Speaker 3: we start off every service by saying, I am who 328 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 3: God says I am. What we're saying, in effect, is 329 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 3: I am not who my chemistry teacher says I am. 330 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 3: I am not who my ex husband or ex wife 331 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 3: says I am. I am not who my critics say 332 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:33,640 Speaker 3: I am. Nowadays, I am not who the bloggers say 333 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 3: I am. I am who God says I am. That 334 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 3: means we are anointed. We are equipped, we are talented, 335 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 3: we are redeemed, we are blessed. We have the favor 336 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 3: of God. I like to take it one step further. 337 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:51,399 Speaker 3: Not only I am who God says I am, but 338 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,360 Speaker 3: I can do what God says I can do. We 339 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 3: can accomplish our dreams. We can overcome every obstacle. We 340 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 3: can have joy in the midst of tough times. We 341 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 3: can live God's abundant life. So you have to make 342 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:08,439 Speaker 3: sure you have the right recording playing in your mind. 343 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:12,520 Speaker 3: You have to guard your thoughts because throughout life these 344 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:16,159 Speaker 3: voices come that are constantly trying to tell us you 345 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,919 Speaker 3: don't have what it takes. You heard the study, you 346 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 3: come from the wrong family, You're not talented enough, you're 347 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:25,919 Speaker 3: not attractive enough. No, God put in you everything you 348 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 3: need to accomplish your goals. God is the great architect 349 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:33,719 Speaker 3: of the universe. Before you were born, he laid out 350 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:37,359 Speaker 3: a plan for your life. He carefully studied what you 351 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:40,440 Speaker 3: would need. He didn't just randomly put something in you. 352 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 3: He put in you exactly what you needed to live 353 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 3: a victorious life. Don't ever let anyone convince you that 354 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:51,920 Speaker 3: you're not tall enough, You're not talented enough. You don't 355 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 3: have the right personality. No, that is an insult to 356 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:58,960 Speaker 3: our God. God has equipped you with exactly what you need. 357 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 3: There was a young lady by the name of Helen Hayes. 358 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:05,959 Speaker 3: She had a dream to become an actress, but everyone 359 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:09,439 Speaker 3: told her that she would never really be successful because 360 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:13,399 Speaker 3: she was too small. She stood just under five feet tall, 361 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:17,119 Speaker 3: and so she went through all these stretching exercises, had 362 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:19,959 Speaker 3: coaches put her on different programs to try to increase 363 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,360 Speaker 3: her height, but none of that word. She didn't get 364 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 3: any taller. But instead of getting discouraged and listening to 365 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:29,679 Speaker 3: the naysayers, she focused on being the best that she 366 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 3: could be. She took what God had given her and 367 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 3: made the most of it. And even though the so 368 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 3: called experts told her she was too small, down deep, 369 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 3: she started thinking about how she was equipped. She was 370 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 3: anointed and other people did not determine her destiny. In 371 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 3: other words, she quit dwelling on what the critics were saying, 372 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 3: and she started dwelling on what God said about her, 373 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 3: and she ended up becoming one of the greatest actresses 374 00:20:56,520 --> 00:21:00,159 Speaker 3: of her day. In fact, later in her career, she 375 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 3: was chosen to play a very acclaimed role as Mary, 376 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,720 Speaker 3: Queen of Scotland, who was one of the tallest queens 377 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 3: that had ever lived. What am I saying? God has 378 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:15,479 Speaker 3: put in you everything you need. Quit allowing other people 379 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:17,520 Speaker 3: to tell you what you don't have and what you 380 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 3: can't do. You need to keep a fresh supply of 381 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 3: cotton balls on hand when those negative voices come telling 382 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 3: you you're not gonna accomplish your dreams, you're not gonna 383 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:30,200 Speaker 3: be successful. You don't have to get discouraged, don't get upset, 384 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:32,920 Speaker 3: Just smile and say you may not think so, but 385 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 3: the good news is you don't have to believe in 386 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 3: me for my dreams to come to pass. And I'm 387 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,280 Speaker 3: not gonna let your lack of faith cause me to 388 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 3: give up. I know God's promises are on their way. 389 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 3: Sometimes in the natural we don't see how we can 390 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:51,400 Speaker 3: accomplish our dreams. Seems like there's so many obstacles to overcome. 391 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:55,359 Speaker 3: But the scripture talks about how God's word is like 392 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 3: a seed. When it's playing it in our heart and 393 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:01,159 Speaker 3: we water it by things in the right thoughts and 394 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 3: expecting good things, the little seed begins to grow. Jesus 395 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:08,919 Speaker 3: told a parable in March chapter four. He said, God's 396 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 3: word is like a tiny mustard seed. When it is sown, 397 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 3: it is less than all the other seeds, one of 398 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:21,280 Speaker 3: the smallest, But when it grows up, it becomes greater 399 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:24,920 Speaker 3: than all. Notice it goes from being less than all 400 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:28,159 Speaker 3: to being greater than all. Some of you are in 401 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 3: situations right now, in your health, in your finances, in 402 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:36,640 Speaker 3: your relationships, where God's promises seem so small in comparison 403 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:39,879 Speaker 3: to what you're facing. You could easily let that overwhelm 404 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 3: you and think, Man, it's never going to get any better. 405 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 3: It's never going to change. But if you will stay 406 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 3: in faith and keep believing, something amazing is going to happen. 407 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:53,200 Speaker 3: That little seed has supernatural power in it, and it's 408 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,360 Speaker 3: going to take root and begin to grow. Think about 409 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:59,400 Speaker 3: an ordinary seed when you plant it in the ground. 410 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,959 Speaker 3: The dirt that's on top of its hundreds of times 411 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:07,479 Speaker 3: heavier and more powerful than that little seed. In the natural, 412 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:09,920 Speaker 3: it doesn't have a chance, no way it can push 413 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,359 Speaker 3: the dirt out of the way. I can imagine the 414 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 3: dirt saying, little seed, I'm never gonna let you go. 415 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,119 Speaker 3: You're just a tiny, little nothing compared to me, and 416 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 3: you are never gonna get out. I can see the 417 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 3: seed smile and say, listen here, mister dirt. It doesn't 418 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 3: matter what you say. I've got the life of Almighty 419 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:29,960 Speaker 3: God in me, and one day I am coming out. 420 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 3: That infuriates the dirt. He says, what are you talking about. 421 00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:36,680 Speaker 3: You don't have a chance. I'm hundreds of times more 422 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:40,159 Speaker 3: powerful than you. The seed just ignores him, goes around 423 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:42,840 Speaker 3: saying I'm coming up. I'm coming up. I'm coming up. 424 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:46,639 Speaker 3: Sure enough. One day the seed burst open and the 425 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:51,159 Speaker 3: life of Almighty God empowers that little seed to push 426 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:54,879 Speaker 3: the dirt that's hundreds of times heavier and more powerful, 427 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 3: right out of the way. Eventually the seed breaks the 428 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,399 Speaker 3: surface of the earth. It looks back and says, I 429 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:03,159 Speaker 3: told you I was coming out. God breathed his life 430 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 3: into mend. But here's the whole key. It depends on 431 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:11,880 Speaker 3: what voices we are feeding. You cannot go around watering 432 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 3: what the naysayers have spoken over. You don't go around 433 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:18,160 Speaker 3: thinking about how your parents didn't believe in You don't 434 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:21,880 Speaker 3: dwell on what the medical report says. Feed your inner man, 435 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 3: what God says about you. I am strong, I am blessed, 436 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:28,919 Speaker 3: I walk in divine Hell. I am more than a 437 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 3: conquer My best days are still out in front of me. 438 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 3: As you dwell on these positive, faithfulled promises, they will 439 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 3: take root and over time become a reality. That's what 440 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:44,159 Speaker 3: the scripture says. So mightily grew the Word of God 441 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:48,679 Speaker 3: and prevailed. When I first started ministering, the voices of 442 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:52,120 Speaker 3: the critics rang out so loudly. I could hear them 443 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:56,679 Speaker 3: booming in my ear. You're not qualified, you don't have 444 00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 3: what it takes. It's never going to work out. Voices 445 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,920 Speaker 3: sounded like thunder. But at the same time I could 446 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 3: hear this little voice whispering back, I can do all 447 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 3: things through Christ. I am strong in the Lord. Those 448 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:15,480 Speaker 3: other voices would boom back, No, no, no, you're not qualified. 449 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:18,920 Speaker 3: It's not gonna work out. Little by little, I kept 450 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 3: watering the right seeds, thanking God that he was in control, 451 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 3: believing that I could do it, Expecting good things. That 452 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 3: little seed begin to grow. The promises got louder and louder. 453 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 3: One day it got to where it was exactly the opposite. 454 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 3: The negative voices were barely a whisper. You're not qualified, 455 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:42,160 Speaker 3: you don't have what it takes the new voice boomed out, 456 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:45,359 Speaker 3: I can do all things through Christ. I am a 457 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 3: victor and not a victimer. If you will meditate on 458 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 3: the right thoughts, go around dwelling on what God says 459 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:57,240 Speaker 3: about you, over time, it's gonna drown out all the 460 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:01,120 Speaker 3: negative voices, and those faith filled promises will take root 461 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 3: and become a reality. I am who I am today 462 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:07,680 Speaker 3: because of the seeds I've allowed to take root down 463 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:11,200 Speaker 3: through the years. The fact is we all have voices 464 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,679 Speaker 3: come in our way. The key is to learn to 465 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 3: water the right voices. Get up every morning and remind 466 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:20,920 Speaker 3: yourself I am who God says I am. You are 467 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:23,199 Speaker 3: not what other people call you. You are what you 468 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 3: answer to. When those negative comments come, just make a decision. 469 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 3: I'm not dwelling on that. I know who I am. 470 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:32,719 Speaker 3: I am a child of the most High God. I 471 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 3: believe today God's going to begin to bring out of 472 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 3: you hidden treasures that you've had buried on the inside 473 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:42,399 Speaker 3: for years. Things you once knew you could do. You 474 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:45,639 Speaker 3: once had a dream, but you let other people or 475 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 3: even your own thoughts, talk you out of it. But 476 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:52,240 Speaker 3: those dreams, those promises are still alive on the inside. 477 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 3: They may have laid dormant for years, but they are 478 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 3: still full of the life of Almighty God. And as 479 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:00,600 Speaker 3: you stir your faith up and water though those seeds, 480 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,720 Speaker 3: they're gonna take root. You're gonna accomplish things that you've 481 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 3: never even thought possible. And I know some of you 482 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 3: have had a lot of negative things spoken over you 483 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:12,440 Speaker 3: down through the years. People told you how you didn't 484 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 3: have what it takes, and how you're not gonna be successful. 485 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 3: It's almost like they cursed your future. But the good 486 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 3: news is the blessing is greater than the curse. They 487 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 3: may have spoken negative things over you, but I'm gonna 488 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 3: speak some new words of faith and victory. And if 489 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 3: you'll get rid of those other strongholds and let these 490 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,680 Speaker 3: new words take root, it can become a turning point 491 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,880 Speaker 3: in your life. I declare over every one of you. 492 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 3: You are strong and courageous. You are full of talent, creativity, 493 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:46,760 Speaker 3: and wisdom. You can accomplish every one of your God 494 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 3: given dreams. You walk in divine health, You have favor 495 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 3: with every person you meet. Everything you touch is gonna 496 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 3: prosper and succeed. Those seeds of greatness on the inside 497 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 3: of you are growth and stronger and stronger. That hidden 498 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:05,440 Speaker 3: treasure is about to burst forth, and you're going to 499 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:09,200 Speaker 3: come into new seasons of increase, new seasons of favor, 500 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 3: new seasons of God's blessings. You are who God says 501 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 3: you are. You have what God says you have, and 502 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 3: I declare you can do everything God says you can 503 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 3: do if you receive it. Can you say amen? Amen? 504 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,639 Speaker 3: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 505 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 3: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 506 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:35,520 Speaker 3: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, come 507 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:39,880 Speaker 3: into my heart. I repent of my sins. I make 508 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 3: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that 509 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 3: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 510 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 3: a good Bible based church, Keep God first place. He's 511 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:52,840 Speaker 3: going to take you places you'd never dreamed of. 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