1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: No one likes to talk about money. Am I saving enough? 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: Can I buy a house? Am I paying too much 3 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: in taxes? Will I be able to retire? What if 4 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: you could unlock insights about your finances in less than 5 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: five minutes, with a clear picture of where you stand 6 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: today and where your money can work harder. Now you 7 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 1: can visit facet dot com to take the free quiz 8 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: and get your financial wellness score today. That's Facet dot com. 9 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: This ad is sponsored by Facet. Fast Wealth in Corporated 10 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: is an sec registered investment advisor. This is not an 11 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: offer to buy your self securities or is it investment, 12 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: legal or tax advice. 13 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 2: You're ready for a comeback, and with Purdue Global you 14 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,200 Speaker 2: can do more than take classes. You can take charge 15 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:41,520 Speaker 2: of your story, of your career, of your life, Earn 16 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:43,559 Speaker 2: a degree you can be proud of, and get an 17 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 2: education employer's respect. It's time, your time, not just to 18 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 2: go back to school, but to come back and move 19 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 2: forward with Purdue Global, Purdue's online university for working adults. 20 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 2: Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 21 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 3: He'll forget about the video game you gave him on 22 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 3: his birthday. 23 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:05,119 Speaker 4: Wow, thanks Grandpa. 24 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 3: But He'll never forget how you invest it in his 25 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 3: future with the uns stapp. Wow, Thanks Grandpa. The units 26 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 3: stap makes it easy for grandparents and family friends to 27 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 3: give funds to a child's investment account for a limited time. 28 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 3: Download the uns stap and use the code I heeart 29 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 3: fifty at sign up to receive a fifty dollars bonus 30 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 3: when you find your account. That's code iHeart fifty when 31 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 3: you sign up at unest dot co for a fifty 32 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 3: dollars bonus. See terms and conditions at UNEs dot co. 33 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 4: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 34 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 5: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 35 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 5: the ministry. If you enjoyed today's MESSI, why don't you 36 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 5: be a blessing and share it with a friend. We 37 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:45,320 Speaker 5: appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your line. 38 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 4: Will God bless you. It's always a joy to come 39 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 4: into your homes. 40 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 5: We love you, we pray for you every single day, 41 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 5: and even though we may not know you by name, 42 00:01:58,040 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 5: we feel like. 43 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 4: You're a part of our extended family. 44 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 5: If you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop 45 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 5: by and be a part of one of our services. 46 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 4: But we would love to have you. 47 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,920 Speaker 5: Thanks so much for tuning in, Thanks again for coming 48 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 5: out today. And I like to start with something funny. 49 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 5: And I heard about this group of elderly ladies. They 50 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 5: were way up in their eighties and they were driving 51 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 5: down the freeway when they were pulled over by a 52 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 5: police officer. He said to the driver, ma'am, do you 53 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:27,920 Speaker 5: realize you're only going thirty five miles an hour? She said, yes, Officer, 54 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 5: I realized that. And he said, well, why are you 55 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 5: going so slow? She said, well, the sign says thirty five. 56 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 4: He kind of laughed. 57 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,800 Speaker 5: He said, no, ma'am, that's the number of the freeway. 58 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 5: This is Highway thirty five. And by the way, why 59 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,359 Speaker 5: do these other ladies look so terrified? The little old 60 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 5: lady grinned and said, because we just got off Highway 61 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 5: ninety five. 62 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 4: All right, hold up your Bible say it with me today. 63 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. 64 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 5: I am what it says, I am, I have what 65 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 5: it says I have, can do what it says I 66 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 5: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 67 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 5: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 68 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 5: I will never be the same. In Jesus's name God 69 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 5: bless you. 70 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you. 71 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 5: Today about tuning in to the voice of victory. There 72 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:23,640 Speaker 5: are all kinds of voices and all kinds of thoughts 73 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 5: we can tune into. It's just like with a radio station. 74 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,959 Speaker 5: There are hundreds of different frequencies in the air right 75 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 5: now all around us. If we had a receiver, we 76 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 5: could tune in to station after station. You've been in 77 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 5: your car before and something comes on that you don't 78 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 5: really like. It's no big deal. You don't make yourself 79 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 5: sit there and listen to it. You don't just endure it. 80 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 5: You simply hit a button and switch over to a 81 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 5: different channel. It's the same principle in our thinking. All 82 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 5: through the day, hundreds of thoughts are coming into our mind. 83 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 5: Many of these thoughts are negative and discouraging, things like 84 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 5: you'll never accomplish your dreams, you'll never get well, you'll 85 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 5: never get married, you'll never get out of those problems. 86 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 5: Many people don't realize you don't have to stay on 87 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 5: that channel. Just because a thought comes into your mind 88 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 5: doesn't mean that you have to dwell on it. If 89 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 5: that thought is negative, discouraging, condemning, you simply need to 90 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 5: tune off that frequency and find a different channel. There's 91 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 5: a channel that I call the voice of victory. It's 92 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 5: found in God's word. It says you are blessed, you 93 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 5: are prosperous, you are forgiven, you are healthy, you have favor, 94 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 5: you can overcome your obstacles, you can accomplish your God 95 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 5: given dreams. If you're going to live in victory, you 96 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:54,040 Speaker 5: have to stay tuned to the right channel. This is 97 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 5: why many people have no joy, no energy, no enthusiasm. 98 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:04,239 Speaker 4: King is wrong. When we think sad discouraging thoughts. 99 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:08,720 Speaker 5: Studies tell us that our serotonin level goes down and 100 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,839 Speaker 5: it causes us to feel sad. It's not just in 101 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 5: our head. It affects our moods. It affects the way 102 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 5: we feel. But when we go out each day positive, hopeful, 103 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 5: excited about our future, knowing that God is in control. 104 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 5: As we think those thoughts, endorphins are released throughout our 105 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 5: system that cause us to feel happier, to have more energy. 106 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:34,280 Speaker 4: It puts that spring in our steps. 107 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 5: And some of you wonder why you're feeling blood and 108 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 5: why you don't have the energy and the enthusiasm for 109 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 5: life that you used to. It's because you're tuned in 110 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 5: to the wrong frequency. You can't go around all day 111 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 5: thinking I can't stand my job, and I'm so overweighted, 112 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 5: and I'll never get out of debt, and nothing good 113 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:55,039 Speaker 5: ever happens to me. 114 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 4: When you think those thoughts. 115 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 5: Your faith, your energyhusiasm is being drained out, just like 116 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 5: a big vacuum. It's pulling out all the good things 117 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,039 Speaker 5: God put in you. You'd be amazed at how much 118 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 5: better you would feel, how you'd get your joy back 119 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 5: if you just get up each day and instead of 120 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:20,039 Speaker 5: being passive and just thinking the first thought that comes 121 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 5: to your mind, Oh man, it's going to be another 122 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 5: lousy day. No, stay on the offensive. Learn to think 123 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:30,919 Speaker 5: thoughts on purpose. Don't let yourself talk to you. Start 124 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:33,920 Speaker 5: talking to yourself. Get up in the morning and make 125 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 5: a declaration of faith. This is going to be a 126 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 5: great day. I know God has directed my steps. I 127 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 5: have his favor, Goodness and mercy are following me. I'm 128 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 5: excited about this day. When you do that, you'll be happier, stronger, 129 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 5: and you'll see God's favor in a greater way. Pay 130 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 5: attention to what you're thinking. Some of you have been 131 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 5: tuned in to the worry channel for so long you 132 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 5: could be a lifetime you could own stock in that company. 133 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,280 Speaker 4: Well, Joel, i can't help it. 134 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:07,360 Speaker 5: I'm worried about my children, worried about my finances, worried 135 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 5: about my health. 136 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 4: No, there's a much better way to live. 137 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 5: When those thoughts of worry come, you've got to make 138 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 5: a decision that you're not going to dwell on them. Instead, 139 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 5: use that as a reminder to thank God that he's 140 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 5: a work in your life. Just switch the channel and 141 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 5: begin to thank God that he's arranging things in your favor. Friends, 142 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 5: you control the doorway to your mind. When we go 143 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 5: around worried, thinking negative thoughts, Really we're just making matters worse. 144 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 5: We're not only going to feel bad, but we're drawing 145 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 5: in more defeat, more mediocrity. You need to draw that 146 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 5: line in the sand and say that's it. I've worn 147 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 5: out the dial on the worry channel. I'm done listening 148 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 5: to the not going to happen network. I'm switching over 149 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 5: to the voice of victory. So all in what we 150 00:07:56,920 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 5: choose to dwell on, but he does us wrong. One 151 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 5: voice says, get even pay him back, hold a grudge, 152 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 5: don't ever speak to them. If we dwell on those thoughts, 153 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 5: it'll end up poisoning our own life. But there's another frequency. 154 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 5: It says God is my vindicator. He'll make my wrongs right. 155 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 5: What was meant for my harm, God will use to 156 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 5: my advantage. That's the voice of victory. When we make mistakes, 157 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 5: one voice says. 158 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 4: You blew it. You're done. 159 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 5: You're never gonna be blessed. You can't expect anything good. 160 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:35,439 Speaker 5: Another voice says, i'mforgiven. God's mercy is bigger than any mistake. 161 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 5: My best days are still out in front of me. 162 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 5: It all depends on what voice we're choosing to tune into. 163 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,559 Speaker 5: Some people have been tuned into the wrong channel for years. 164 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 5: Some families have been on the same negative station. 165 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 4: For five or six generations. 166 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 5: It's time for somebody to rise up and retune that dial. 167 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 5: Somebody needs to break that negative cycle and say this 168 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 5: is a new day. As for me and my family, 169 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 5: we're going to live in victory. We are not going 170 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 5: to endure life. We're going to enjoy life. But it 171 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 5: all starts right here. What channel are you tuned into? Well, Joel, 172 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 5: I'm just an average person. I'm just ordinary. I don't 173 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 5: never do anything great. No, you're on the wrong channel. 174 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 5: If you tune over to the voice of victory, you 175 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:26,559 Speaker 5: would hear I'm one of a kind, I am a masterpiece. 176 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 5: I have seeds of greatness. I'm gonna leave my mark 177 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 5: on this generation. Pay attention to what you're thinking. Maybe 178 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,080 Speaker 5: you're driving through a nice neighborhood and you see a 179 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 5: beautiful home and that thought comes to your mind. You'll 180 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 5: never have a house like that. You'll never get ahead. 181 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 5: Nobody in your family is successful. You got to change 182 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 5: the channel. Guard your mind. If you dwell on thoughts 183 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 5: like that long enough, your own thinking will keep you 184 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:55,079 Speaker 5: from God's best. 185 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 4: Learn to switch over to the voice of victory. 186 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 5: God, you said, if if i'd keep you first, you 187 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 5: would give me the desires of my heart. You said, 188 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 5: no good thing will you withhold because I walk up rightly. 189 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 4: You said, in due season, I will reap if I 190 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 4: just don't give up. 191 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 5: So, Father, I want to thank you that my due 192 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 5: season is on its way. 193 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:17,720 Speaker 4: I know my time is coming. 194 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 5: That's what it means to be tuned in to the 195 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 5: voice of victory. And it's amazing how we can train 196 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 5: our ear to hear what we want to hear. And 197 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 5: some people are so trained to hear the negative they 198 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 5: just latch onto it. Whenever a thought comes telling them 199 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 5: something discouraging about themselves or their family, they just swallow it. 200 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 5: Hook line and sinker gets them defeated. They go around 201 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:46,560 Speaker 5: all depressed. But then there are other people that have 202 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:51,199 Speaker 5: trained themselves to latch on to these positive, hopeful thoughts. 203 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 5: They can have a thousand negative thoughts bombarding their mind. 204 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 5: It's never going to get better, business is slow, nothing 205 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:01,080 Speaker 5: is changing, all these negative thoughts. 206 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 4: But then one thought comes, one. 207 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 5: Simple phrase that says, your future is going to be 208 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 5: brighter than your past. They weed through all those other 209 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 5: thoughts and they latch hold of that one faithful thought. 210 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 5: That's the way we need to be so disciplined in 211 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 5: our thought life. We can weed through one hundred discouraging 212 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 5: thoughts and grab hold of one encouraging thought. We have 213 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:29,079 Speaker 5: to have our ear trained in the right way. We 214 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:31,439 Speaker 5: have at home two little dogs. 215 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 4: That live with us. They're Shazzoos. One is named Daisy 216 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 4: and one is named Spirit. That's Spirit there. She's a 217 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 4: beautiful little dog. They say. 218 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 5: Dogs over time begin to take on the looks of 219 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:50,199 Speaker 5: their owners. And it's funny My brother Paul owns a bulldog. 220 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 5: But I'm amazed at how sensitive. 221 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:56,439 Speaker 4: Spirit's hearing is. 222 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:00,200 Speaker 5: She is so tuned in to her surroundings and to 223 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 5: hear people coming to the front door long before they 224 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 5: get there. She'll start barking ten or fifteen seconds before 225 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 5: they ever ring the doorbell. She has trained herself to 226 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 5: hear what she wants to hear. And little Spirit loves cheese. 227 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 5: When we're in the kitchen and we get the cheese out, 228 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 5: it's in that little ziplock bag that it comes in. 229 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 5: Spirit immediately comes running, sits at our. 230 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:25,199 Speaker 4: Feet and waits for her piece of cheese. 231 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 5: There have been times when the whole family is in 232 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:31,440 Speaker 5: the kitchen. There's all kinds of noise, all kinds of sounds. 233 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 5: Somebody's getting the cereal, somebody's getting chips, the blenders go, 234 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:38,559 Speaker 5: and somebody's wrapping up food. Spirit sits there as calm 235 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 5: as can be, never even flinches. But the moment we 236 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 5: touch the cheese, she comes to attention. Her attitude is 237 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 5: it's my time. Now, I am ready for my snack. 238 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 5: There have been times where I have tried to sneak 239 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 5: a piece of cheese out of the refrigerator without her hearing. 240 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:59,200 Speaker 5: And I've told my children watch this. I'll open up 241 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 5: the refrigerator. I don't even get the cheese out. I 242 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 5: leave it there so. 243 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:04,679 Speaker 4: It won't make any noise. 244 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 5: And very quietly and delicately, I try to open up 245 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 5: that ziplock bag. Spirit is in another room thirty feet away, sleeping. 246 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:18,199 Speaker 5: But you cannot fool that dog. She either has supernatural 247 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 5: revelation or she has great ears, but it is impossible 248 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:25,840 Speaker 5: to keep her away. Why is that she has trained 249 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:28,679 Speaker 5: herself to hear what's important to her. 250 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 4: She doesn't care if. 251 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 5: I get the bread out it makes noise. She doesn't 252 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 5: care if I get the chips out or the lettuce. 253 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 5: It's wrapped in the same type of package. None of 254 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 5: that matters, goes in one ear and out the other. 255 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 5: All she's concerned about is the cheese. 256 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 4: And she is. 257 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 5: Keenly aware of that sound. My question to you today 258 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 5: is what sound are you tuned into. Some people have 259 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 5: developed a habit of hearing the negative. They're drawn to it, 260 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:00,439 Speaker 5: almost like they feed off of it. A thought it's 261 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,319 Speaker 5: gonna be a lousy day. They just swallow the bait. Oh, yes, 262 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 5: it's gonna be a lousy day. They wake up in 263 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 5: the morning, the thought comes, you're depressed today. Oh yeah, 264 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 5: I'm depressed today. Now you gotta retrain your ears. You 265 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:17,559 Speaker 5: are hearing the wrong things. Start tuning out the negative, 266 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 5: and start listening for those faith filled thoughts when you 267 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 5: get up in the morning. If you'll ignore the negative 268 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 5: long enough, eventually you're gonna hear this is the day 269 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 5: that the Lord has made. 270 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 4: This is gonna be a great day. 271 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 5: Just as we've trained ourselves to hear the bad, we 272 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 5: can retrain ourselves to hear the good. When those negative 273 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 5: thoughts come. Just say, no thanks, that's. 274 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:42,160 Speaker 4: Not for me. 275 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 5: Well, you've reached your limits. You're never gonna go any further. 276 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 5: No thanks, I'm not dwelling on that. Well, you'll never 277 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 5: be blessed. You know the mistakes you've made. 278 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 4: No thanks. 279 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 5: I can hear a different sound. It says I'm forgiven. 280 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 5: Well you don't look well. I heard you got a 281 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 5: bad report from the medical office. Yes, that's true, but 282 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 5: I'm not dwelling on that. I can hear another sound. 283 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 5: It says God's restoring health. Unto me, Well, you'll never 284 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 5: pay off your house, you'll never get ahead. 285 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 4: You see the price of gas. No thanks. 286 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 5: I can hear a different sound. It says God is 287 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 5: my supplier. God is providing all of my needs. I 288 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 5: will lend and not borrow. You may have to weed 289 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 5: through one hundred negative thoughts before you come to the 290 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 5: right sound, the voice of victory. That's saying you are blessed, 291 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 5: you are prosperous, you can. 292 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 4: Do all things. 293 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 5: Your best days are still ahead. Latch on to those thoughts. 294 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 5: When you hear those faithful thoughts, do like little Spirit 295 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 5: and just come running. 296 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 4: Say hey, that's for me. I believe it, I receive it. 297 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 4: I am well able. 298 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 5: Learn to play those thoughts over and over in your mind. 299 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 5: Some people they've been playing the wrong thoughts their whole lifetime. 300 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 5: I'm unattractive, I'm undisciplined, I never get any good breaks. 301 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 4: Life's not fair. I'm just a victim. 302 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 5: No, you need to let those thoughts bounce off of 303 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 5: you like water off of a duck's back, just like 304 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 5: Spirit sat there unfazed by the sound of the bread 305 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 5: and the chips and the cereal. You need to just 306 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 5: keep dismissing those thoughts. Eventually you will hear the right sound. Eventually, 307 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 5: somebody's gonna open up the cheese. You're gonna hear the sound. 308 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 4: I'm talented. 309 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 5: Like an alarm, something will go off down in your spirit. 310 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 5: You rise up and grab hold of it. Hey, that 311 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 5: thoughts for me. I am talented. That thought will come. 312 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 5: I'm more than a conquer I can overcome this challenge. 313 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 5: Grab hold of those thoughts. What am I saying? Weed 314 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,040 Speaker 5: out the negative thoughts and learn to latch hold of 315 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 5: those positive thoughts. I was watching a report on television 316 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 5: the other day about bats, and there's this certain type 317 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 5: of bat that lives in the jungle and one of 318 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 5: its favorite foods is a small frog. And it showed how, 319 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 5: in slow motion, the bat would swoop in, pick up 320 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 5: that frog, take it back to the cave to eat. 321 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 5: But what was interesting is all these frogs looked exactly alike. 322 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:06,920 Speaker 5: You could not tell any difference with the natural eye. 323 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:10,359 Speaker 5: But some of these frogs were poisonous, and if the 324 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 5: bats ate the poisonous frogs, it would eventually kill them. 325 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 5: The only way they could tell the difference was by 326 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:19,400 Speaker 5: the sound that the frog made at night. 327 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:21,720 Speaker 4: All the frogs had this high. 328 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 5: Pitched chirping sound, but the poisonous frogs were just slightly 329 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:30,399 Speaker 5: higher pitched than the non poisonous. These bats were so 330 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 5: keen they would sit over to the side and study 331 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:38,399 Speaker 5: the frogs for five or ten minutes, very carefully, listening intently. 332 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:42,679 Speaker 5: They had to determine what sound was coming from each frog. 333 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 5: At one point, there must have been twenty frogs in 334 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 5: a little bitty area like this, and this one bat 335 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 5: was so perceptive and so tuned into the right sound. 336 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 5: He swooped in there and picked out the one non 337 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:00,640 Speaker 5: poisonous frog in the midst of a dozen or two 338 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:02,159 Speaker 5: dozen poisonous frosts. 339 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,119 Speaker 4: How could he do that? He had trained his ear 340 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:07,719 Speaker 4: to tune in to the right frequency. 341 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 5: That's the way we need to be so disciplined in 342 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 5: our thought life. 343 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 4: We don't take the enemy's bait. We only tune in. 344 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:19,200 Speaker 5: To thoughts of hope, thoughts of faith, thoughts of victory. 345 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 5: When those jealous thoughts come and say, well, why do 346 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 5: they have everything? 347 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:25,200 Speaker 4: That's not fair? 348 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 5: They're so talented, they're so blessed, you've got to realize 349 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:32,120 Speaker 5: that thought is not making the right sound. It may 350 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:34,919 Speaker 5: look good, you may be tempted to bite into it, 351 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:38,439 Speaker 5: but you've got to be so keen, so aware that 352 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:42,480 Speaker 5: you realize that's a poisonous thought. When those thoughts come 353 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:47,359 Speaker 5: saying you're undisciplined, you're slow, you're unattractive, you're never going 354 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:50,680 Speaker 5: to get ahead. You may be tempted to sit around, 355 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 5: have a pity party, think about everything that's wrong with you, 356 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:59,440 Speaker 5: But don't bite into that bait. Recognize those are poisonous thoughts, 357 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 5: and they may give you some temporary satisfaction. But when 358 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 5: we dwell on thoughts like this, it'll eventually keep us 359 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:10,199 Speaker 5: from our god given destiny. Now I'm asking us today 360 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:14,880 Speaker 5: to be extremely aware of what we're thinking about. What 361 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 5: kind of thoughts are you allowing to take root, poisonous 362 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:23,440 Speaker 5: or non poisonous, helpful or harmful? Have you trained your 363 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:27,159 Speaker 5: ear like little spirit to hear the cheese and ignore 364 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 5: all the other thoughts? Are you being perceptive like those 365 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 5: bats to leave the poisonous thoughts alone. 366 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 4: You have to guard your mind. 367 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 5: You control what you're going to think about, it, says 368 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 5: in Philippians four, verse eight. Think on things that are pure, 369 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,199 Speaker 5: things that are wholesome, things that. 370 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 4: Are of a good report. 371 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:51,919 Speaker 5: Now I've learned you cannot think negative, discouraging thoughts and 372 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:55,680 Speaker 5: expect to live a positive life. Your mind is one 373 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:58,879 Speaker 5: of the most powerful and valuable things that God has 374 00:19:58,920 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 5: given you. 375 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 4: You have to program it with the right software. Here's 376 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:03,160 Speaker 4: the key. 377 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 5: If you will keep your mind filled with the right thoughts, 378 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:09,160 Speaker 5: there won't be any room for the wrong thoughts. 379 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 4: You need to on. 380 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 5: Purpose think good things about yourself, your family, and your future. 381 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 4: It is not enough to just not think negative thoughts. 382 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:22,240 Speaker 5: If you don't keep your mind filled with these faith 383 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:25,399 Speaker 5: filled thoughts, then those negative thoughts will constantly try to 384 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:25,880 Speaker 5: take over. 385 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 4: You need to stay on the offensive. In fact, it 386 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:29,800 Speaker 4: says in. 387 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 5: Isaiah, if you will keep your mind stayed on me 388 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 5: God's talking, I will keep you in perfect peace all. 389 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 4: Through the day. 390 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:42,159 Speaker 5: We should go around meditating on what God says about us. 391 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:46,639 Speaker 5: I am forgiven, I am blessed, I am prosperous, I 392 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:48,640 Speaker 5: am annoyinged, I have favor. 393 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:50,200 Speaker 4: Good things are in store. 394 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 5: When your mind is filled with the right thoughts, then 395 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:57,399 Speaker 5: when the wrong thoughts come, there'll be a no vacancy sign. 396 00:20:57,800 --> 00:20:59,119 Speaker 4: They won't be able to get in. 397 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:03,160 Speaker 5: You go through the day meditating on God's goodness. You're 398 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:07,920 Speaker 5: expecting his favor, You're excited about your future. Then when 399 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 5: the can't do it thoughts come the not able two 400 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 5: thoughts you're not good enough thoughts. They may not, but 401 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:17,880 Speaker 5: the answer is sorry, no room, no vacancy here. 402 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:20,160 Speaker 4: This is a powerful way to live. 403 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 5: You're saying, I'm deciding which direction my life's gonna go. 404 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:27,400 Speaker 5: I'm deciding what kind of mood I'm gonna be in today. 405 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 5: I'm deciding what kind of attitude I'm gonna have some 406 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:33,919 Speaker 5: of you need to have a major house cleaning in 407 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:37,920 Speaker 5: your mind. You need to get rid of the negative, discouraging, 408 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:41,440 Speaker 5: condemning thoughts so you can have room for the can 409 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:44,480 Speaker 5: do well able all things. 410 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 4: Are possible thoughts. There's not room for both. 411 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 5: The scripture says choose this day blessings or curses. When 412 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:56,199 Speaker 5: we keep our mind filled with the right thoughts, we 413 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 5: are in effect choosing blessings. 414 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 4: We're choosing joy, choose victory. 415 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 5: But when we go around passive and we just think 416 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 5: the first thought that comes into our mind, that's when 417 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 5: the no vacancy sign comes down and we end up 418 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 5: missing out on God's best. Now, I want you to 419 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:16,639 Speaker 5: form a habit of filling your mind with praise, filling 420 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:20,639 Speaker 5: your mind with thanksgiving. Go out each day expecting good things. 421 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:24,919 Speaker 5: And even when you have disappointments, when you go through setbacks, 422 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 5: and we all do, don't get all down. They go, ah, 423 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 5: I can't believe this. No, just turn it around. God, 424 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 5: I know you're still in control. 425 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,399 Speaker 4: You've got me in the palm of your hand. 426 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:37,879 Speaker 5: You said all things are gonna work together for my good. 427 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:41,200 Speaker 5: And even though this is difficult, I know this too 428 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:41,959 Speaker 5: shall pass. 429 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 4: It's only temporary. 430 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 5: Keep that no vacancy sign up. Every one of us. 431 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 5: At night, when we go to bed, we lock the 432 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 5: door to our house. We don't want any strangers in there. 433 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 5: That's important to us, that's private. Well, I have the 434 00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 5: same attitude concerning your mind. This is where I live, 435 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 5: this is who I am, this is my future. I'm 436 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 5: not gonna allow just anything to take root. 437 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:08,400 Speaker 4: I'm gonna make sure it's the right sound. 438 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 5: I'm staying tuned to that voice of victory. 439 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 4: I heard somebody put it like this. 440 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:17,880 Speaker 5: If you owned an apartment complex and you rented out 441 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:22,399 Speaker 5: eighty percent of those apartments to drug dealers and thieves 442 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 5: and cheaters, and you rented the other twenty percent to normal, 443 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:30,920 Speaker 5: good law abiding citizens. After a few months, the drug 444 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:34,640 Speaker 5: dealers and cheaters will run off all the normal law 445 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:38,879 Speaker 5: abiding citizens. It's the same principle in our mind. If 446 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 5: you go around thinking about your problems all day, how 447 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:46,360 Speaker 5: tough your future is, and what you don't have, all 448 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:49,959 Speaker 5: those negative thoughts are gonna run off any positive thoughts. 449 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 5: You've got to quit renting out any space to your problems. 450 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:58,920 Speaker 5: Don't rent out your valuable space to self pity or 451 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,959 Speaker 5: to can't do it, not gonna happen thoughts. 452 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:04,120 Speaker 4: You only have so much space. 453 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 5: You need to take inventory of what's occupying your mind. 454 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 5: Some of you today you need to serve an eviction notice. 455 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:16,440 Speaker 5: Tell those negative thoughts. I'm sorry, but your time here 456 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 5: is up. Your stay is officially over. I've rented to 457 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 5: you long enough. But I've got a new renter coming in. 458 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:28,160 Speaker 5: He's called the Voice of Victory, and he needs all 459 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:33,160 Speaker 5: the space that's available. One time in the scripture, Jesus 460 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 5: was on his way to pray for a sick person, 461 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:38,640 Speaker 5: but along the way he kept getting delayed one thing 462 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 5: after another. Finally these people came up and said, tell 463 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 5: Jesus he doesn't need to come anymore. 464 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:48,920 Speaker 4: It's too late. The person has already died. I love 465 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:49,199 Speaker 4: what it. 466 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 5: Said Jesus, overhearing, but ignoring. In other words, he heard 467 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:57,680 Speaker 5: the bad report, but he didn't let it take root. 468 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:01,160 Speaker 5: He didn't meditate on it. He didn't get down, turn around, 469 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 5: go back home. Why he knew it was the wrong sound. 470 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 5: He was tuned into a different frequency. He understood his 471 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 5: destiny didn't depend on what other people said. Sometimes, in 472 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:17,679 Speaker 5: order to stay in faith, you have to ignore a 473 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:20,919 Speaker 5: negative report. You may hear it, but you don't have 474 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:24,440 Speaker 5: to dwell on it. When I first started ministering, after 475 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:27,359 Speaker 5: I took over from my father, every voice in my 476 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 5: mind was. 477 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 4: Negative, said Joel, you can't do this. 478 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,200 Speaker 5: You're not a minister. You're going to get up there 479 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:36,199 Speaker 5: and look like a fool. I heard it, but I 480 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:39,400 Speaker 5: chose to ignore it. When we were trying to acquire 481 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:42,920 Speaker 5: this facility, the former Compact Center, we heard all kinds 482 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:46,439 Speaker 5: of negative reports. People told us we were wasting our time. 483 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 5: I'll never forget it. At this one meeting, this one man, 484 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 5: he was an expert on it all. He was telling 485 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 5: all the reasons why it wouldn't work out and how 486 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 5: impossible it was. And I sat there and I was 487 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:01,840 Speaker 5: staring straight at him. But the truth is I wasn't listening. 488 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 5: It was going in one ear and out the other. 489 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 4: I knew that was the wrong sound. 490 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 5: That did not line up with what God put on 491 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:10,760 Speaker 5: the inside. 492 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 4: It's okay to hear it. 493 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 5: We can't stop the negative reports and the negative thoughts 494 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 5: from coming, but we can do like Jesus and choose 495 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:20,160 Speaker 5: to ignore it. 496 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 4: Don't let it phase you. 497 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 5: My children used to say when somebody was talking a lot, 498 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:27,720 Speaker 5: they didn't really want to hear it, and of course 499 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 5: they were just kidding, but they'd hold up their hand 500 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 5: and say, talk to the hand. That meant you're talking, 501 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:34,680 Speaker 5: but I'm not listening. 502 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:37,679 Speaker 4: That's the attitude we need to have in our. 503 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:40,960 Speaker 5: Mind, in our imagination when those negative thoughts, negative reports come, 504 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:43,440 Speaker 5: just put your arm out and say, talk to the hand. 505 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 5: You're talking, but it's not taking root. I remember this 506 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:49,679 Speaker 5: one man, a friend of mine. He was giving us 507 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 5: all the legal perspective on acquiring the Compact Center. The 508 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:57,439 Speaker 5: more he talked, the more depressing it God. He finally said, 509 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 5: my conclusion is there's a very small chance. 510 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 4: That you will ever get that building. 511 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 5: I smiled and said to the friends sitting next to him, 512 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 5: excuse me. Did somebody just say something I thought I 513 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:13,400 Speaker 5: heard somebody talking. We all laughed, but deep down, I'm 514 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,400 Speaker 5: in it. I heard it, but I chose to ignore it. 515 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 5: I knew I only have so much space up in here, 516 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:24,040 Speaker 5: and I'm not gonna rent out any space to doubt, 517 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 5: to unbelieve, to discouragement. If you're going to become everything 518 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:33,160 Speaker 5: God's created you to be and really accomplish your goals, 519 00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:35,720 Speaker 5: you're going to need all the space God's given you 520 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:38,359 Speaker 5: up here for can do well able. 521 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 4: All things are possible, thoughts. 522 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:42,879 Speaker 5: And we should be so tuned to that voice of 523 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:46,199 Speaker 5: victory that when these negative thoughts come, it's just like 524 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:49,639 Speaker 5: somebody speaking a foreign language. Somebody came up to me 525 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:53,159 Speaker 5: speaking German. I wouldn't think twice. I wouldn't give it 526 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 5: the time of day. I don't understand that language, so 527 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:59,480 Speaker 5: I would immediately tune it out. I may hear it, 528 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,560 Speaker 5: but it's not gonna register. That's the way we need 529 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,560 Speaker 5: to be when those thoughts come saying you're never gonna 530 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:08,680 Speaker 5: break that addiction, you're never gonna get well, you're never 531 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:09,360 Speaker 5: gonna see. 532 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:10,439 Speaker 4: Your dreams come to pass. 533 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 5: We should be so tuned to the voice of victory, 534 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,440 Speaker 5: even though we hear it, it doesn't register. 535 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:18,920 Speaker 4: It goes in one ear and out the other. 536 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,200 Speaker 5: Somebody says to you, like that man said to us, 537 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,399 Speaker 5: it's never gonna happen. Just say, excuse me, did you 538 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 5: say something? I don't understand that language. I don't speak 539 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:36,080 Speaker 5: doubt and unbelief. The language I speak is faith, victory, increase, promotion, favor, 540 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 5: divine connections, supernatural opportunities. Let me ask you, what sound 541 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 5: are you tuned into? What's playing in your mind all day? 542 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 5: Your life is gonna follow your thoughts. Don't make the 543 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 5: mistake of just thinking the first thing that comes to 544 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 5: your mind. Be disciplined and weed out the negative, and 545 00:28:56,680 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 5: like little spirit, listen for that sound of victory. Some 546 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 5: of you would see your life drastically improve if you 547 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 5: would just quit renting out so much space to the 548 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 5: wrong thoughts. When those negative, discouraging, condemning thoughts come, make 549 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 5: sure you have the no vacancy sign up. You may 550 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 5: hear it, but you can choose to ignore it. And 551 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 5: if you'll stay tuned to this voice of victory, there's 552 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 5: no limit to what God will do in your life. 553 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:26,240 Speaker 5: You will overcome every obstacle, You will defeat every enemy. 554 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:28,720 Speaker 4: And I believe and declare. 555 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 5: You will see every dream, every desire, every promise God 556 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 5: put in you if you receive it, can you say amen? 557 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:39,280 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. 558 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:42,160 Speaker 5: I hope you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest 559 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:45,680 Speaker 5: podcast to keep you encouraged and inspired all through the week. 560 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,080 Speaker 3: Help us to continue to share the message of hope 561 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:49,560 Speaker 3: with those all around the world. 562 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 6: Visit Joelosting dot com or click the link in the 563 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:54,840 Speaker 6: description to partner with us today. 564 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:57,560 Speaker 5: We hope you'll share this message with a friend and 565 00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:00,440 Speaker 5: be sure to follow us on social media. I'm praying 566 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:00,880 Speaker 5: for you. 567 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:03,920 Speaker 4: I know God's best is still ahead. We'll see you 568 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:04,480 Speaker 4: next time. 569 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:10,560 Speaker 6: Watermelon is not just summer's fun fruit, but it is 570 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,160 Speaker 6: your family's budget friendly fruit because you can use the 571 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:16,520 Speaker 6: whole watermelon, use the rine, eat the fruit, drink the juice, 572 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:20,600 Speaker 6: and watermelon is versatile, get creative and incorporate into savory salad, 573 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 6: sweet sorbets, breakfast movies, and nighttime cocktails. Watermelon is juicy. 574 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 6: Watermelon is tasty. Just look at the rind. It leaves 575 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:30,640 Speaker 6: a smile on your mind. Visit watermelons dot org for 576 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 6: summer recipes and how you can use the whole watermelon. 577 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:39,560 Speaker 7: With millions of books on Amazon, there's a reading feeling 578 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:44,000 Speaker 7: for everyone. For example, wands Ugh as he drifts away 579 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:47,400 Speaker 7: to Nirvana after only the first chapter is different to 580 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:51,520 Speaker 7: Maya's when she discovered the narrator was in fact the 581 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:55,960 Speaker 7: Evil Twin, which is also different to Noah's aw anytime 582 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,160 Speaker 7: the cute cyberpunk is mentioned, even though in reality he'd 583 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:04,760 Speaker 7: be totally out of league. From two two Amazon books, 584 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:06,480 Speaker 7: that reading feeling awaits. 585 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 6: All inclusive vacations make life easy with endless aids, bottomless drinks, 586 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,160 Speaker 6: and never ending fun, so booking an all inclusive vacation 587 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:15,080 Speaker 6: should be easy too. 588 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:15,680 Speaker 4: Write. 589 00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:18,520 Speaker 6: That's where Apple Vacations comes in. Book your all inclusive 590 00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:21,080 Speaker 6: get away with Apple Vacations and receive exclusive perks a 591 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:23,960 Speaker 6: select resorts. You'll find the best deals to secrets resorts 592 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:26,280 Speaker 6: in spas, in Mexico and the Caribbean, and enjoy a 593 00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:29,840 Speaker 6: selection of exclusive NonStop vacation flights. Turn on Easymode at 594 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 6: Apple vacations dot com or call your local travel advisor 595 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:33,400 Speaker 6: to get started.