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And if you're ever in 44 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 5: our area, please stop buy and be a part of 45 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 5: one of our services. 46 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 47 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 5: But thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you 48 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 5: again for coming out today. I like to start with 49 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 5: something funny, and I heard about this elderly lady. She 50 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 5: was at the store and she accidentally locked her keys 51 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 5: in her car and she was using a coat hanger 52 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 5: to try to get it open with no success. 53 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 4: She prayed and asked God to help her. 54 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 5: About this time, this real rough looking guy drove up 55 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 5: on a motorcycle. 56 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 4: We're in leather, tattoos, a skull cap. In fifteen seconds 57 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 4: he had her car door opened. 58 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 5: She hugged him and said, Lord, thank you for sending 59 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 5: me this nice man. He said, Lady, I'm not a 60 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 5: nice man. I just got out of prison for auto theft. 61 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 5: She gave him a bigger hug and say, Lord, thank 62 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 5: you you even sent me a professional. Hold up your Bible. 63 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 5: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 64 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 5: I am what it says I am. I have what 65 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 5: it says I have. I can do what it says 66 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 5: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 67 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 5: of God. I'll boldly confess my mind is alert, my 68 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 5: heart is receptive. I will never be the same in Jesus' name, 69 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 5: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 70 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 5: about it's the heart that matters. All of us have 71 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 5: areas that we struggle in. We make mistakes and do 72 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 5: things that we know we shouldn't. We told ourselves we 73 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 5: weren't going to give into that temptation anymore, but we 74 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 5: did it again. 75 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 4: We lost our temper, didn't. 76 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 5: Keep our word, maybe compromised with some friends. It's easy 77 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 5: to go around feeling guilty and condemned wrong on the inside, 78 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 5: thinking I can't believe I'm still struggling in this same area. 79 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 5: Voices will whisper God's. 80 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 4: Never going to bless you. 81 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 5: You can't get it right, you don't deserve it, just 82 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 5: sit on the sidelines. We think we have to have 83 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 5: a perfect performance for God to bless us. Once we 84 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 5: get rid of all these weaknesses, once I overcome in 85 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 5: these areas that I'm struggling in, then. 86 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 4: I'll have God's favor. Then I'll feel good about myself. 87 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 5: But the scripture says God searches the earth to show 88 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 5: himself strong in people whose hearts are turned perfect toward him. 89 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 5: God is not looking for people who have a perfect performance, 90 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 5: perfect behavior, people who never make a mistake. He's looking 91 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 5: for people who have a perfect heart turned toward him. 92 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 5: That means you may make mistakes, but you have a 93 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 5: desire to please him deep down. You want to honor 94 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:45,919 Speaker 5: him with your life. It's your heart that matters. God 95 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 5: looks on the inside. He is more pleased with someone 96 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 5: with a right heart that makes mistakes every once in 97 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 5: a while than someone with a wrong heart and performs 98 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 5: perfectly all the time. 99 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 4: We see this in the scripture. 100 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 5: The Pharisees kept all the religious rules. They prayed at 101 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 5: the right time, gave the exact amount required, went to 102 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:13,160 Speaker 5: great links to perform the religious ceremonies exactly like they 103 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 5: were supposed to. They had the performance part down. The 104 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 5: problem was their heart wasn't right. They were self righteous, proud, critical, 105 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 5: and even though they performed perfectly, Jesus said to them, 106 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 5: you're like a bunch of whitewashed tunes. You look good 107 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 5: on the outside, but on the inside. 108 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 4: There's a major problem. 109 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:38,720 Speaker 5: When Jesus chose his twelve disciples, it was just the opposite. 110 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 5: He didn't choose people who had it altogether. He chose 111 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 5: a tax collector. They were known for being dishonest. He 112 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 5: chose fishermen. They used bad language, lived a rough lifestyle. 113 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:54,600 Speaker 5: He chose Thomas, a doubter. It looked like he'd made 114 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 5: a mistake. These weren't the most qualified, disciplined, upstanding people. 115 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 5: These were people who had flaws and weaknesses, people who 116 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 5: came out of dysfunction, people who were not raised in 117 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 5: a religious background. But what God can see that others cannot. 118 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 4: See is the heart. 119 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 5: People look on the outside at the performance, the behavior, 120 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 5: the background. God looks beyond all that. 121 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 4: He knows. It's the heart that matters. 122 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 5: He said to these disciples, I chose you not because 123 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 5: you have it all together, not because you perform perfectly. 124 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:35,480 Speaker 4: No, I hand picked. 125 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 5: You because I can see. 126 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:39,479 Speaker 4: Your heart is turned toward me. 127 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 5: God is saying the same thing to you. You wouldn't 128 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 5: be here, you wouldn't be listening if you didn't have 129 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 5: a heart turned toward God. Your performance may not be perfect. 130 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:55,040 Speaker 5: Your behavior, your attitude, your character may need some improvement. 131 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 4: We all do. But just like with the disciples, God. 132 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:03,480 Speaker 5: Is saying, I handpicked you because your heart is sincere. 133 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 4: Your heart is to do the right thing. 134 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 5: Your heart is pliable and moldable, So I'm gonna show 135 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 5: myself strong in your life now. 136 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 4: The key is you. 137 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 5: Have to learn to accept yourself while you're in the 138 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 5: process of changing. Doesn't do any good to go around 139 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 5: beating yourself up because of flaws and weaknesses, living guilty 140 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 5: and condemned because you're not where you think you should 141 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 5: be in life. The scripture says God changes us from 142 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 5: glory to glory. You may not realize it, but you're 143 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 5: in a phase of glory right now. Learn to enjoy 144 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 5: the glory that you're in while God is changing you 145 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 5: and taking you to the next level of glory. Too often, 146 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 5: we're not gonna feel good about who we are until 147 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 5: our behavior gets better, until we break the bad habit, 148 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 5: till we control our temper. Then we'll start accepting ourselves. 149 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 5: The problem with this approach is there will always be 150 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 5: something that's not right. There will always be some reason 151 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 5: to feel wrong about who we are. 152 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 4: You have to accept yourself right where. 153 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 5: You are faults in awe. You are not a finished product. 154 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 5: God is the potter, you are the clay. He's still 155 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 5: working on you. He goes at his own pace. Nothing 156 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 5: you can do to make it happen any faster. He 157 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 5: knows what's best the sooner you say, God, my life 158 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 5: is in your hands, not just my goals and dreams, 159 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:33,439 Speaker 5: but my. 160 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 4: Flaws, my weaknesses. 161 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 5: These areas that I struggle in God, I know only 162 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 5: you can give me the grace to overcome. I'm gonna 163 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 5: do my best. I'm gonna work with you, but in 164 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 5: the meantime, I'm going to accept myself and enjoy the 165 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 5: glory that I'm in. Now I've learned, if you'll keep 166 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 5: your heart turned toward God, your performance will catch up. 167 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 5: The Disciples started off rough, they had a lot to overcome, 168 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:04,199 Speaker 5: but they ended up men of great character who touched 169 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 5: the world. Peter had a problem with cursing, using bad language. 170 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 5: He didn't change overnight. I'm sure there were plenty of 171 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 5: times he got upset fell back into that bad habit. 172 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 5: Remember it happened the night before Jesus was crucified. A 173 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 5: young lady saw him and said, that's a disciple. I 174 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 5: saw him with Jesus. Peter started cursing her out Let 175 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 5: her have it. Went right back into his old ways. 176 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 5: He had been a disciple for a long time. 177 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:33,559 Speaker 4: But he still wasn't perfect. 178 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,679 Speaker 5: You would think God would say, Peter, you're a headache. Man, 179 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 5: you make me work over time, I'm gonna find somebody else. 180 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:44,319 Speaker 4: Know, as long as your heart is turned toward God, 181 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 4: He's going to keep working with you. 182 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 5: God does not expect us to be perfect, but he 183 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 5: does expect us to keep trying to keep growing. You 184 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 5: have to stay pliable, be willing to change when you 185 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 5: make mistake, don't stay down on yourself, get back up 186 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 5: and go again. Peter blew a big time, but he repented, 187 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 5: asked for forgiveness, and kept moving forward. He had to 188 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 5: fight off the guilt, the condemnation, the voices telling him 189 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 5: he was a failure, that he was never going to change. 190 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:21,720 Speaker 5: He didn't believe those lies. He knew he was on 191 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 5: the Potter's will. God was making him and molding him. 192 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 5: He was in a process of changing. Here's the key. 193 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 5: Peter accepted himself even though he had some issues. His 194 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 5: performance wasn't perfect, but he kept his heart perfect turned 195 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 5: toward God. Why don't you stop beating yourself up because 196 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 5: you don't perform perfectly all the time and start accepting 197 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 5: yourself because your heart is right. When you live guilty 198 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:56,680 Speaker 5: and condemned, feeling wrong on the inside, it only makes 199 00:10:56,720 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 5: you do worse. It takes a mature attitude to say 200 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 5: I am happy with who I am. 201 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:05,679 Speaker 4: Even though I'm not where I want to be. I 202 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 4: still got these issues. 203 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 5: I still struggle in some areas, but I know I'm growing, 204 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 5: I know I'm improving. 205 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 4: My heart is turned toward God. So I'm not gonna 206 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:16,319 Speaker 4: beat myself up. 207 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 5: I'm going to enjoy where I am while I'm in 208 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 5: the process of being changed. 209 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 4: But too many. 210 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 5: People, they go around feeling wrong on the inside. They're 211 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 5: so focused on their flaws, their weaknesses, what they're not. 212 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 5: They don't like who they are. If you don't like yourself, 213 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 5: nobody else. 214 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 4: Is gonna like you. 215 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:40,079 Speaker 5: You project on others the way you feel about yourself. 216 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 5: If you feel guilty, lousy, condemned, mad at yourself because 217 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 5: you're not far enough along, that's not only gonna hold 218 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 5: you back, You're not gonna have good relationships. Quit taking 219 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:55,439 Speaker 5: inventory of everything. 220 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 4: That's wrong with you. You may have a lot wrong, 221 00:11:58,120 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 4: but you have a lot more right. 222 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 2: You. 223 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 5: When God made you, he wasn't having a bad day. 224 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 5: You are not a mistake. You have been fearfully and 225 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:12,319 Speaker 5: wonderfully made. In fact, when God created you, he stepped 226 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 5: back and said. 227 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:16,920 Speaker 4: That was good. He calls you a masterpiece. 228 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 5: Quit living like your ordinary, mediocre average, when in fact 229 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 5: you're want of a kind. You're a prized possession. You're 230 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 5: wearing a crown of favor. Paul said in Ephesians, put 231 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 5: on the breastplate. 232 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 4: Of God's approval. Every day. 233 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 5: You need to say, Father, thank you that you approve me, 234 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:40,680 Speaker 5: thank you that you are proud of me. When you 235 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 5: put on this approval, chains of inferiority, of low self esteem, guilt, 236 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:51,200 Speaker 5: and condemnation, those chains are broken. There's a freedom when 237 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 5: you know you've been approved by God. You're his prized possession. 238 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:59,320 Speaker 5: He created you in his own image. Don't go through 239 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 5: life being against yourselves. 240 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 4: Well, Joel, God doesn't approve me. 241 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,200 Speaker 5: I don't make a lot of mistakes, and I don't 242 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 5: do everything right. I'm still struggling with my temper. You're 243 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 5: not a finished product. God is still working on you. 244 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 5: He doesn't say I'll approve you when you perform perfectly. 245 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:19,439 Speaker 5: I'll approve you when you get it all together. No, 246 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 5: he approves you right where you are. He may not 247 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:27,840 Speaker 5: approve all of your behavior, but he approves you. God 248 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:30,680 Speaker 5: said you were good before you did one good thing. 249 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:33,560 Speaker 4: You don't have to keep working. 250 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 5: Trying to gain God's approval, you already have it. You 251 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 5: may make mistakes, we all do. You may fail from 252 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 5: time to time. But here's the key. That's what you do, 253 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 5: that's not who you are. We get our performance mixed 254 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 5: up with our identity. You ask someone who are you, 255 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 5: often they'll say, I'm a business person, I'm a firefighter, 256 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 5: I'm a pastor, I'm a coach, I'm an architect. The 257 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 5: truth is, that's what you do. That's not who you are. 258 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 5: Who you are is a child of the most High God. 259 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 5: That's where your value, your worth comes from from your who, 260 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 5: not your doo. Because you may do things that are 261 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 5: not who you are. Well, Joel, I'm an alcoholic. I 262 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 5: got this problem with drinking. That's what you do. That's 263 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 5: not who you are. What I failed in business, I 264 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 5: guess I'm a failure. Failure is an event, it is 265 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 5: not a person. Nothing you can do changes your value. 266 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 4: Your who has been set by the Creator. 267 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 5: But the enemy would love for us to go around 268 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 5: like we don't deserve God's blessings. He's called the accuser 269 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 5: constantly whisper in your ear. You're still struggling with that 270 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 5: bad habit. God's never gonna bless you. You can't get 271 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 5: anything right. Don't believe those lies. Your who never changes 272 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 5: every morning when you get up, no matter how many 273 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 5: mistakes you've made, no matter how many weaknesses you you have, 274 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 5: you have to put on the breastplate of God's approval. God, 275 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 5: I want to thank you that you approve me. You 276 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 5: accept me, You are proud of me. See the breastplate 277 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:15,400 Speaker 5: covers your heart. It has to do with how you 278 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 5: think about yourself. If you think you've made too many mistakes, 279 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 5: you don't deserve God's goodness. I'm so disappointed in where 280 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 5: I am now that's going to keep you. 281 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 4: From your destiny. 282 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 5: You have to shake off the disapproval and remind yourself 283 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 5: I've been approved by the one who matters most. Not 284 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 5: approved when you perform perfectly, Not approved when you overcome 285 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 5: the bad habit. No, you are approved right where you are. 286 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 5: Our son Jonathan, when he was a toddler, he would 287 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 5: fall down while he was learning to walk. Sometimes he 288 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 5: would throw food from his high chair and bite his 289 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 5: baby sister color on the walls. It's interesting none of 290 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 5: that changed his name. No matter how how many mistakes 291 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 5: he made, how many times he. 292 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 4: Failed he was still in o steem. 293 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 5: Nothing he could do back then, nothing he can do 294 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 5: now can change his who. His who has been set. 295 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 5: He's been born into our family. When you gave your 296 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 5: life to Christ, you were born into a new family. 297 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 5: You were given a new name, child of the Most 298 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 5: High God. Now you may make some mistakes, you may 299 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 5: fall down, have weaknesses. The good news is none of 300 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 5: that changes your name. Nothing you do can change your who. 301 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 5: It is been set by the creator of the universe. 302 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 5: God said in Jeremiah, before you were born, I knew you, 303 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 5: and I approved you. Something powerful happens when you have 304 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 5: the boldness to say God, I know you approve me, 305 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 5: so I'm gonna approve myself. I am happy with who 306 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 5: I am. Voices will scream out on the inside. 307 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 4: You're a hypocrite. 308 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 5: You've got issues. You made a mistake last Tuesday. You 309 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:08,159 Speaker 5: didn't keep your word. Just answer back. I'm not approved 310 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:11,480 Speaker 5: because I'm perfect. I'm approved because of the family I 311 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:17,399 Speaker 5: belong to. My heavenly Father created the whole universe. And 312 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 5: you know what he's crazy about me. I'm the apple 313 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:24,080 Speaker 5: of his eye. I'm his most prized possession. And yes, 314 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 5: I may still have some issues, but I'm on the potters. Well, 315 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 5: I'm growing, I'm improving. God is still working on me. Friends, 316 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 5: you can enjoy the glory that you're in while God 317 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:39,440 Speaker 5: is preparing you for the next level of glory. 318 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:42,680 Speaker 4: I want you to feel good about who you are. 319 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:46,640 Speaker 5: When you are positive toward yourself, you are in agreement 320 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 5: with God. Well, Joel, what about the mistake I made 321 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,040 Speaker 5: last week? What about that failure I made last year? 322 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 5: The moment you repented and asked God to forgive you, 323 00:17:57,400 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 5: He not only. 324 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,360 Speaker 4: Forgave you, but he does remember it anymore. 325 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 5: Quit remembering what God has forgotten. Quit letting the accuser 326 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:11,159 Speaker 5: tell you everything that you're not. Your performance may not 327 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:14,200 Speaker 5: have been perfect, but your heart is perfect. 328 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 4: That's what matters to God. 329 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 5: Now, I'm not saying to use this as an excuse 330 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:21,359 Speaker 5: to live sloppy, mediocre, do whatever you want. 331 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:23,360 Speaker 4: I'm talking about not letting. 332 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 5: Guilt and condemnation keep you from your destiny. Bottom line, 333 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 5: God is not keeping a record of all of our mistakes. 334 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:33,920 Speaker 5: Sometimes we think God must be up in the heavens, 335 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:38,639 Speaker 5: sitting at his computer, closely watching, waiting for us to fail. 336 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 4: Oh, I saw that mistake. Let me write it down. 337 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 4: I heard that comment. Gabriel put a star by it. 338 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:44,920 Speaker 4: That was a bad one. 339 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 5: They missed church last Sunday. Let me withhold my blessings 340 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 5: this week. 341 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 4: God is not. 342 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:54,920 Speaker 5: Waiting for you to perform perfectly before he can show 343 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 5: you his goodness. He is looking for hearts that are 344 00:18:58,320 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 5: turned perfect toward him. 345 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 4: When you say, God, I love you, I need you. 346 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 5: I can't do this on my own, help me to 347 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 5: make good decisions. When you show your dependency on him 348 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 5: like that, you go through the day talking to Him 349 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 5: under your breath, thanking him for life and health and 350 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 5: family and opportunity. You go to bed with a grateful attitude, 351 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 5: saying Lord, thank you for another beautiful day. 352 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:26,359 Speaker 4: When your heart it's turned. 353 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:29,560 Speaker 5: Toward God, he'll not only give you the grace to 354 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 5: overcome things that are holding you back, he'll give you 355 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:37,199 Speaker 5: the favor to reach your highest potential. Years ago, my 356 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 5: father went to a high school football game with a 357 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:43,920 Speaker 5: good friend of ours. His son played on the defensive side, 358 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 5: so normally he never got to touch the ball. But 359 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:49,159 Speaker 5: during this game, there was a short punt and his 360 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:52,640 Speaker 5: son caught the ball. This father right up there next 361 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 5: to my dad. His eyes got so big, he was 362 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:58,639 Speaker 5: so proud. His son took a half a step this way, 363 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:02,160 Speaker 5: a half a step ba way, and then got clobbered 364 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:05,160 Speaker 5: by about ten guys. I mean, he did not move 365 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 5: one inch forward. He was annihilated. My dad was kind 366 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 5: of feeling sorry for this father because his son had 367 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 5: just got wiped out. About that time, he turned to 368 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 5: my father and said, hey, pastor, did you see those 369 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 5: two good moves. Only a father can see the two 370 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:29,239 Speaker 5: good moves and not the fact that his son just 371 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:33,440 Speaker 5: got tackled by most of North America. 372 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 4: That's the way our heavenly father is. 373 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 5: He's not looking at the times you got knocked down, 374 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:40,880 Speaker 5: the times you failed, the times you didn't measure up. 375 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 5: He's looking at your two good moves. He's focused on 376 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 5: the fact that you're stilling the game, you got. 377 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 4: Back up again, you're here today. 378 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 5: You haven't desired to please him. That's what God is 379 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:57,119 Speaker 5: looking at. It's your heart that matters. When you have 380 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:00,479 Speaker 5: the right image of God, you realize that he is 381 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:04,679 Speaker 5: for you, that he is not basing his goodness on 382 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:09,199 Speaker 5: your perfect performance. Then all the guilt, the condemnation, the 383 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,919 Speaker 5: feelings that something is wrong on the inside. 384 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:13,159 Speaker 4: They don't stand a chance. 385 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 5: You'll put your shoulders back, hold your head up high, 386 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:20,439 Speaker 5: knowing that just like the disciples, God hand picked you 387 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,160 Speaker 5: not because you were perfect, but because. 388 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 4: He could see your heart. 389 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:29,640 Speaker 5: Friends, God is pleased with you. He is not disappointed 390 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,640 Speaker 5: in where you are. He is not shaking his head 391 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 5: thinking when are they ever going to grow up? You 392 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 5: are right on schedule. He has you on his potter's will. 393 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 5: He's making you and molding you. Now do your part. 394 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:47,920 Speaker 5: Stay positive toward yourself. Keep your heart turned toward God. 395 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 5: He's going to show himself strong in your life. When 396 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 5: Jonathan was a little boy, I had this black sports 397 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:58,000 Speaker 5: car that I took very good care of. I would 398 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:01,399 Speaker 5: wash it by hand once or twice week and polish it, 399 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:04,159 Speaker 5: made sure that it was perfect, and I kept all 400 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 5: my towels and sponges and polished in a bucket at 401 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:10,240 Speaker 5: the front of the garage. One day, I just spent 402 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:13,880 Speaker 5: two hours cleaning the car, and I had buffed the paint. 403 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:17,119 Speaker 5: It looked like glass. I could see my reflection in it, 404 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:19,399 Speaker 5: and I was so proud of it. A couple of 405 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:23,919 Speaker 5: hours later, Jonathan came running in my room, very excited. 406 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:25,680 Speaker 4: He was four years old. 407 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:29,160 Speaker 5: He'd been in the backyard with Victoria while she worked 408 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 5: on another project. He said, Daddy, Daddy, I just washed 409 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:33,679 Speaker 5: your car for you. 410 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 4: My heart sunk. 411 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:39,439 Speaker 5: I thought, surely he did not touch that car that 412 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:42,479 Speaker 5: I have spotless. He said, I found your towels and 413 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 5: your sponges. Do you want to come see it? I 414 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:47,120 Speaker 5: thought not really, I'm already depressed. 415 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:49,960 Speaker 4: But I went and looked at it. 416 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 5: He had taken my old, dirty towels and gone all 417 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:58,360 Speaker 5: over that car. It looked terrible, but I didn't say 418 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,119 Speaker 5: anything to him about it. I didn't chew him out 419 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:03,719 Speaker 5: and say, Jonathan Kench, you see the car was cleaned, 420 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:06,880 Speaker 5: You made it look worse. I knew his heart was right, 421 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,359 Speaker 5: so I just got the hose out, cleaned up the mess, 422 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:13,880 Speaker 5: didn't say a word to him about it. I wonder 423 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 5: how many times God does that with us. We make 424 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:20,919 Speaker 5: the mess, but because our heart is right, God causes 425 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 5: it to all work out, never says. 426 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 4: Anything about it. 427 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:29,119 Speaker 5: We made a wrong turn, we got involved in something 428 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 5: we had no business. 429 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 4: Being involved in. 430 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,880 Speaker 5: But God looked at our heart didn't hold it against us. 431 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:38,640 Speaker 5: He cleaned up the mess the scripture says in James, 432 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 5: God will give you wisdom without finding fault. God is 433 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:46,320 Speaker 5: not a fault finder. He doesn't go around accusing, saying 434 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:48,639 Speaker 5: I told you so. You should have known that was 435 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:51,879 Speaker 5: gonna happen. You're on your own now. No, God is 436 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:56,399 Speaker 5: full of mercy. We deserve judgment, we deserve having to 437 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 5: deal with our own problems. 438 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:00,879 Speaker 4: But because your heart is right, God will show you 439 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 4: favor that you didn't deserve. 440 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:05,880 Speaker 5: He'll help you clean up a mess that you made, 441 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:08,639 Speaker 5: and on top of that, not even condemn you for it. 442 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:11,440 Speaker 4: We see this principle in the scripture. 443 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 5: Jesus was at a Pharisees house about to have dinner. 444 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,679 Speaker 5: A lady came in by the name of Mary. The 445 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 5: scripture says she was a notorious sinner. She spent all 446 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:25,400 Speaker 5: of her time in the red light district. That's how 447 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 5: she made her money. And she poured this expensive jar 448 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 5: of perfume on Jesus' feet and washed them. 449 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:34,400 Speaker 4: She dried them with her own hair. 450 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 5: The Pharisees, the religious leaders, they begin to complain. They said, 451 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 5: if this man is really a prophet, he'll know what 452 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 5: kind of profession that she's really in. He'll know she 453 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 5: doesn't have a good reputation around here at all. They 454 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 5: looked on the outside, they judged her performance, her performance said, 455 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 5: she's not valuable, she'll never amount to anything. 456 00:24:57,040 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 4: Her performance was poor. But deep down, this lady had 457 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 4: a heart turned toward God. 458 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 5: She'd made lots of mistakes, but she took this unusual 459 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:12,960 Speaker 5: step to pour this oil on Jesus' feet. The religious 460 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,360 Speaker 5: leaders were watching closely. What's he going to do? 461 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:19,160 Speaker 4: Condemn her? Throw her out? Is he your real prophet? 462 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 5: Jesus began to tell a parable about how when you've 463 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:24,639 Speaker 5: been forgiven. 464 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:25,920 Speaker 4: Much, you will love much. 465 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:29,440 Speaker 5: He looked at the lady and said, ma'am, your sins 466 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 5: are many, but they are forgiven. Notice the lady made 467 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:38,760 Speaker 5: the mess, she spent years making wrong decisions. But when 468 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 5: she took one step toward God, he didn't condemn her. 469 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:44,160 Speaker 5: He didn't cheer her out. 470 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 4: He showed her mercy. 471 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:49,920 Speaker 5: He cleaned up the mess and never said anything about it, 472 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:51,959 Speaker 5: never talked about her past. 473 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:53,880 Speaker 4: That's the God we serve. 474 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 5: It's not your performance, it's your heart that matters. Maybe 475 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:01,119 Speaker 5: you too have made a mess of things. You're not 476 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:03,879 Speaker 5: where you thought you'd be in life. You brought the 477 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 5: trouble on yourself. You're thinking, oh, Joel, God's never going 478 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 5: to help me. 479 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:10,439 Speaker 4: It's my own fault. But God is not. 480 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 5: Judging you based on what you've done. 481 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:16,919 Speaker 4: He is not looking at past mistakes, past failures. 482 00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:22,080 Speaker 5: He's looking at your heart. The real question today is your. 483 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:23,720 Speaker 4: Heart turn toward God? 484 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 5: If you'll do like this lady, instead of running away 485 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:32,120 Speaker 5: from God, run to God and say God, I need 486 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:35,399 Speaker 5: you in my life. I want to do what's right. God, 487 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 5: help me to become. 488 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:38,240 Speaker 4: Who You've created me to be. 489 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:41,919 Speaker 5: When you take one step toward God, he'll come running 490 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 5: towards you. The scripture says, draw close to God, and 491 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:46,640 Speaker 5: he'll draw close to you. 492 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:51,440 Speaker 4: He won't disappoint you. He'll turn situations around. He'll help you. 493 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 5: Get back on the right path. He'll even clean up 494 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:59,120 Speaker 5: a mess that you made. Jesus admonished the religious leaders. 495 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:03,439 Speaker 5: They did everything right, but their heart was wrong. This lady, 496 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 5: he forgave, showed her mercy even though. 497 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:10,200 Speaker 4: Her actions were wrong. Friends, it's your heart that matters. 498 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,920 Speaker 5: If God's goodness was only based on our perfect behavior, 499 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 5: none of us would have a chance because. 500 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:17,919 Speaker 4: We all fall short. 501 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:22,359 Speaker 5: We all have flaws and weaknesses. But when your heart 502 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:25,879 Speaker 5: is turned perfect toward God, you may make mistakes, you 503 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 5: may get off course, But when you make one move 504 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 5: to come back, God won't say I don't think so. 505 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 5: Seen how you've been living, you don't deserve my goodness. No, 506 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 5: because your heart is right, God will show himself strong. 507 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:40,639 Speaker 4: In your life. 508 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,879 Speaker 5: That means he'll forgive you when you don't deserve it. 509 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 5: He'll show your favor even though you didn't earn it. 510 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:48,240 Speaker 4: He'll clean up a. 511 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:52,720 Speaker 5: Mess that you made. Don't go through life feeling wrong 512 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 5: on the inside. You may have made mistakes. Good news, 513 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,320 Speaker 5: none of that changed your name. You are still a 514 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:02,960 Speaker 5: child of the Most High God. He has already approved you. 515 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:06,280 Speaker 5: Now get up every morning, start approving yourself. 516 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 4: Put on that approval. 517 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 5: Shake off the guilt, the condemnation, keep your heart turned 518 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 5: toward God. If you'll do this, I believe and declare, 519 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:18,439 Speaker 5: God is going to show out strong in your life. 520 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:22,679 Speaker 5: You are going to see favor, healing, restoration, mercy Like 521 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 5: this lady. He's going to turn the mess around, set 522 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 5: you on a new path toward the fullness of your destiny. 523 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 4: In Jesus' name. If you receive it today, can you 524 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:33,359 Speaker 4: say amen. 525 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,760 Speaker 5: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 526 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:39,360 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make. 527 00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 4: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 528 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:48,240 Speaker 4: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 529 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:51,960 Speaker 4: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 530 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:55,600 Speaker 5: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 531 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,640 Speaker 5: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church. 532 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:01,720 Speaker 5: Keep God first place. 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