1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: Victorian, and I'm believe in you're going to have a 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: blessed summer. Praying for you guys every day, and thanks 3 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: for being with us today. Hey, I'm excited. Victoria's got 4 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: a new book out. It's called Grace to Go, and 5 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: I know it's going to bless you. I'm excited because 6 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: in this book you will see how you are strengthened, 7 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: that you are prepared and you are ready for anything 8 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: that's in front of you. You are Grace to Go. 9 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 2: Enjoy today's message. 10 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: Well, God bless you always a joy to come into 11 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: your homes. We love you, and if you're ever in 12 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: our area, please stop by and be a part of 13 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:35,480 Speaker 1: one of our services. 14 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 2: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 15 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for tuning in today, and thank you 16 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 1: again for coming out. I like to start with something funny, 17 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:46,239 Speaker 1: and I heard about this man. He was driving through 18 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 1: an intersection that was monitored by cameras. If you ran 19 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: the light or broke the law in any way, it 20 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: would take your picture and you'd receive a ticket in 21 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 1: the mail. So he drove very slowly through the intersection, 22 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: made sure he didn't run the law, but he noticed 23 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: that the camera flashed. He thought, that's not right. He 24 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: turned around went back through the intersection even more slowly. 25 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: Once again, it. 26 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 2: Took his picture. 27 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 1: He said, this thing is messed up. They can't give 28 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: me a ticket. Out of spite, he went back through 29 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 1: the intersection three more times, each time waving. 30 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 2: At the camera with a big smile. 31 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: A week later, he received five tickets in the mail 32 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: for not wearing his seat belt. Hold up your Bible 33 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: and say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 34 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what 35 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 36 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 37 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 38 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 39 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 40 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:56,919 Speaker 1: about meditating on what God says. The word meditate means 41 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: to think about over and over. Studies tell us that 42 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: we talk to ourselves up to thirty thousand times a day. 43 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 1: There's always something playing in our minds. We need to 44 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: pay attention to what we're meditating on. Really, meditating is 45 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: the same principle as worrying. When you worry, you're just 46 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:22,119 Speaker 1: meditating on the wrong thing. You're using your faith in reverse. 47 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: If you go through the day worried about your finances, 48 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: worried about your family, worried about your future. Because you're 49 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: allowing the wrong thoughts to play, it's going to cause 50 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 1: you to be anxious, fearful, negative, discouraged. The whole problem 51 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: is what you're choosing to meditate on. Friends, you control 52 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:46,640 Speaker 1: the doorway to your mind. When those negative thoughts come knocking. 53 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 1: You don't have to answer the door. You can say 54 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 1: no thanks, I'm going to choose to meditate on what 55 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: God says about me today more than ever, there's a 56 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: lot of doom and gloom. If you watch the news 57 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: very long, you can get depressed. The stock market, the economy, 58 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: the debt crisis. One phrase I saw in several newspapers 59 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: last week was total fear in the marketplace. 60 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 2: People are panicked. 61 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: If you go through the day thinking about how bad 62 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: it is, I wonder if I'm going to make it, 63 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: and what if I lose my job, what if my 64 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 1: retirement goes down. If you dwell on that, you're going 65 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: to be stressed out. And I like to watch the news, 66 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 1: I'm not saying to hide your head in the sand. 67 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 1: But I've learned not to meditate on the negative reports. 68 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: Philippians four to eight says, think on things that are wholesome, 69 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 1: things that are pure, things that are of a good report. 70 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 1: If it's not a good report, don't dwell on it. 71 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: That's going to poison your spirit. Instead of replaying the 72 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 1: doom and gloom over and over, replay what God says. Yes, 73 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 1: the financial situation may be a little shaky, but godd 74 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: says he will supply all of your needs. He said, 75 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 1: he will prosper you even in a famine. He said, 76 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: he will open the windows of heaven and pour out 77 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: blessings that you cannot contain. Now, go through the day 78 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: meditating on that. Get your mind going in the right direction. 79 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: After all, the economy is not our source. God is 80 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 1: our source. We may not know what all the future holds, 81 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 1: but we do know who holds the future. Our trust 82 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 1: is not in the stock market, not in the economy, 83 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: I say it respectfully, not even in the government. Our 84 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:41,160 Speaker 1: trust is in the Lord, David said. Some trust in chariots, 85 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 1: some trust in horses, but our trust is in the 86 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 1: name of the Lord, our God. In modern times, it'd 87 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: say some trust in their money, some trust in their job, 88 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 1: some trust in what the economists say. But our trust 89 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,239 Speaker 1: is in the God who created it. All our trust 90 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: is in Jehovah, Jirah, the Lord our provided. When you 91 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:06,919 Speaker 1: meditate on that, you won't have total fear. 92 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 2: You'll have total peace. You'll be at total rest. 93 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: You know God's in control and he can give you 94 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 1: total victory. But it all depends on what's going on 95 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: in our thought life. You can meditate on the problem, 96 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 1: or you can meditate on the promises. You can meditate 97 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: on the news reports, or you can meditate on God's report. 98 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: What you allow to play in your mind will determine 99 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 1: what kind of life you live. And God said in 100 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:38,840 Speaker 1: Isaiah twenty six y three, if you will keep your 101 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:42,919 Speaker 1: mind fixed on me, then I will keep you in 102 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: perfect peace. Notice there's a way not only to have peace, 103 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 1: but to have perfect peace. 104 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 2: How keep your thoughts. 105 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: Fixed on him? Some of you would go to a 106 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 1: new level if you'd pay more attention to what's playing 107 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:01,840 Speaker 1: in your mind. Can go through the day thinking, I 108 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 1: hope my child straightens up, and what's going to happen 109 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: if I get laid off or I might not overcome 110 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 1: this illness. When you dwell on that, you're not going 111 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:14,480 Speaker 1: to have peace. Meditating on the problem doesn't make it better, 112 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 1: it makes it worse. 113 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 2: You've got to change what you're dwelling on. 114 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:22,359 Speaker 1: All through the day, go around thinking God has me 115 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 1: in the palm of his hand. 116 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 2: All things are going to work together for my good. 117 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:30,160 Speaker 1: This problem didn't come to stay, it came to pass. 118 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 2: Many are the afflictions of. 119 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:34,479 Speaker 1: The righteous, but the Lord delivers me out of them off. 120 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: When you meditate on that, you'll have greater peace, greater joy, 121 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 1: greater strength. The apostle Paul understood this principle. He said, 122 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: I think myself happy. Happiness starts in our thinking. Paul 123 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 1: had been through a lot of disappointments. He'd been shipwrecked, 124 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 1: put in jail, mistreated. 125 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 2: Yet he wasn't focused on his problems. 126 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: He wasn't meditating on how how bad it was, replaying 127 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:05,599 Speaker 1: all of his disappointments. No, he's the one that said, 128 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 1: thanks be to God who always causes me to try out. 129 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 2: I am more than a conquer His mind. 130 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: Was filled with thoughts of hope, thoughts of faith, thoughts 131 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: of victory. He was saying it may look bad, but 132 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: I've learned this secret of how to think myself happy. 133 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 1: Some people have thought themselves depressed. They focused on their 134 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 1: problems so long, they've thought themselves discouraged. They've watched so 135 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: many news reports, they've thought themselves afraid. 136 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 2: The good news is, just as. 137 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: You can think yourself depressed and fearful and negative, you 138 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 1: can think yourself happy. You can think yourself peaceful. You 139 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: can even think yourself into a better mood. The scripture 140 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: tells us a rise from the depression that has kept 141 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 1: you down, rise to a new life. The first place 142 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 1: we have to arise is in our thinking. To put 143 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: on a new attitude. Don't go through the day thinking 144 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: about your problems, dwelling on who hurts you. That's going 145 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 1: to keep your discouraged. You've got to start thinking yourself happy. 146 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: In other words, all through the day, we should be 147 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: going around thinking, my best days are in front of me, 148 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 1: something big is coming my way. What's meant for my harm? 149 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: God's going to use to my advantage. My greatest victories 150 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: are still in my future. On purpose, think power thoughts. 151 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: I'm strong, I'm healthy, I'm blessed. When you wake up 152 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 1: in the morning, and those thoughts come telling y'all, you 153 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: don't want to go to work today. You've got so 154 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: many problems, You've got so much coming against you. More 155 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 1: than ever, you need to kick it into gear. This 156 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,319 Speaker 1: is going to be a great day. This is the 157 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: day the Lord has made. I'm excited about my future. 158 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 1: Something good's gonna happen to me today. See here's the key. 159 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 1: Don't ever start the day in neutral. You cannot wait 160 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 1: to see what kind of day it's going to be. 161 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 1: You have to decide what kind of day is going 162 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 1: to be when you first get out of bed in 163 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: the morning, before you check the news, before you check 164 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 1: the weather, before you check to see how you feel. 165 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 1: You need to set your mind in the right direction. 166 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: This is going to be a great day. If you 167 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 1: don't set your mind, the enemy will set it for you. 168 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 1: He'll reminds you of how bad you have it, and 169 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 1: how many mistakes you've made, and all the people that 170 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:30,200 Speaker 1: have come against you, on and on. Very often, the 171 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:33,680 Speaker 1: way we start the day will determine what kind of 172 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 1: day we're going to have. If you start it negative, discouraged, complaining, 173 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 1: you are setting the tone for a lousy day. You've 174 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:44,679 Speaker 1: got to get your mind going in the right direction. 175 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 1: Your life is going to follow your thoughts. If you 176 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 1: get up thinking nothing good ever happens to me. I 177 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 1: never get any breaks. I'll probably never get out of death. 178 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 1: I don't think I'll ever meet the right person and 179 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:03,319 Speaker 1: get married. That's what you're releasing your faith for. Jesus said, 180 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 1: become what you believe. If you believe you'll never meet 181 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 1: the right person and get married, unfortunately you probably won't. 182 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:13,079 Speaker 2: Your faith is working. 183 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 1: If you believe you're going to get laid off, don't 184 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 1: be surprised if you do. 185 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,079 Speaker 2: You're going to become what you believe. 186 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: I'm asking you to believe what God says about you. 187 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 2: Believe that you're blessed. 188 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:28,680 Speaker 1: Believe that your best. 189 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 2: Days are in front of you. 190 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 1: Believe that your strong, healthy, talented, creative, well able. Get 191 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: rid of those wrong thoughts that are contamidating your thinking, 192 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: and start meditating on what God says about you. David 193 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 1: said in Psalm one, if you will meditate on God's 194 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,320 Speaker 1: word day and night, then you will be like a 195 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: tree planted by the water. Your lief will not wither, 196 00:10:55,040 --> 00:11:01,200 Speaker 1: but you will bear fruit in every season without fail notice, 197 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 1: not in some seasons, but in every season. That means 198 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: even if the economy goes down. 199 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 2: You'll still be bearing fruit. 200 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 1: It means when others are going under, you'll be going over. 201 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 1: When others have total fear, you'll have total peace. When 202 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:20,440 Speaker 1: others are complaining, you'll have a song of praise. When 203 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 1: others are surviving, you'll be thriving. The message translation says, 204 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 1: when you meditate on God's word, you will always be 205 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: in blossom. That's God's dream for your life, that you 206 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 1: always have a smile, that you're always in peace, that 207 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:39,959 Speaker 1: you're always excited about your future. And no, it doesn't 208 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 1: mean that we'll never have adversities. But in those difficult times, 209 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: because you have your thoughts fixed on Him deep down, 210 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: there'll be a confidence, a knowing that everything is going 211 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: to be all right. 212 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 2: You know, God is still on the throne. 213 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 1: He's fighting your battles, and you're not only gonna come out, 214 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:01,960 Speaker 1: you're gonna come out better than you were before. I 215 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:05,560 Speaker 1: have these friends that live in another state. The man 216 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:09,679 Speaker 1: works in sells for a large corporation. Recently, he got 217 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 1: a huge promotion that he'd been hoping to get for 218 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 1: a long time. They were so excited, but it meant 219 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 1: they had to move to a different city. The problem 220 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 1: was the housing market in their area was very down. 221 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 2: Hardly anything was selling. 222 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:28,200 Speaker 1: They couldn't afford two house payments, so they had to 223 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 1: sell their house before. 224 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 2: He could really take the promotion. 225 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:34,559 Speaker 1: But instead of getting discouraged and thinking, well, just our 226 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 1: luck got the promotion at the wrong time, our house 227 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:40,319 Speaker 1: is never going to sell, they kept their mind. 228 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 2: Filled with faith all through the day. 229 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 1: They go around saying, Father, you said your favor surrounds 230 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 1: us like a shield. You said we would always be 231 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: in blossom. You said you would prosper us even in 232 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:57,200 Speaker 1: a famine. There were over sixty homes for sale in 233 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 1: their neighborhood in the last seven months, only three houses 234 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:04,440 Speaker 1: have sold in the natural It didn't look good, but 235 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 1: they put their house on the market and two weeks 236 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 1: later they had a contract to purchase their home. They 237 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 1: talked to the new owners and out of curiosity, they 238 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: ask him, why'd you choose our house? They said, well, 239 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:20,200 Speaker 1: we looked at over thirty houses in the neighborhood, but 240 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: when we drove by your home, it just seemed to 241 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 1: jump out at us. And when we went inside, we 242 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 1: felt such a peace. We knew this was supposed to 243 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 1: be our house. That's what happens. When you meditate on 244 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: God's promises. You will always be in blossom. In other words, 245 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:43,079 Speaker 1: your property will sell when others are not selling. You'll 246 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:46,559 Speaker 1: get well when the medical report says you want. You'll 247 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 1: be promoted even though you're not the most qualified. Why 248 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:53,719 Speaker 1: is that You've got your mind filled with God's word. 249 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: When you're in agreement with God, the creator of the 250 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 1: universe goes to work, God will cause his favor to 251 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 1: shine down on you. He will cause your house to 252 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 1: stand out in the neighborhood. He will cause you to 253 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 1: be at the right place at the right time, making 254 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:13,320 Speaker 1: sure that you succeed. Bottom line is, you're going to 255 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: become what you believe. Take inventory of what's playing in 256 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 1: your mind. If you go around thinking, well, Joel, my 257 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:25,040 Speaker 1: house is never going to sell. You should see my neighborhood. Joel, 258 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 1: I'm afraid I'm never going to get well. I'm afraid 259 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 1: my child's gonna go off on the wrong path. Your 260 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 1: faith is going to draw in the negative. Job said, 261 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: the thing I feared came upon me. Just as our 262 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 1: faith can work in the right direction. It can work 263 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 1: in the wrong direction. I heard about this lady. She 264 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: bought a new plant for her bedroom. It was a 265 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 1: six foot ficus tree. She loved plants, she had them 266 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 1: all over her house and she was very experienced at 267 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: taking care of them. But she said the first morning 268 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 1: she woke up and so the new plant in her bedroom, 269 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 1: she thought to herself, this plant is not. 270 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 2: Going to make it. 271 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 1: It's not going to live. That negative thought came out 272 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 1: of the blue, and she made the mistake of dwelling 273 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 1: on it, thinking about it over and over. She even 274 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 1: told her husband, I think I've wasted my money on 275 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 1: this plant. I'm just afraid that it's not going to live. 276 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 1: He said, what are you talking about. All your plants 277 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 1: have lived. Why would you say that? She said, Ah, 278 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 1: something just tells me it's not going to make it. 279 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 1: Three weeks later, she went over to the plant and 280 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 1: for no reason, the leaves were starting to turn yellow. 281 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 1: A few days later, the leaves had all fallen off. 282 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: A few weeks later, the plant had totally withered up, 283 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 1: completely died. 284 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 2: One day, she was thinking about it and. 285 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 1: She said, God spoke something to her, not out loud, 286 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 1: but an impression down in here, God said, I just 287 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: want you to know you kill that plant with your thoughts. 288 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 1: And she heard that went up and down her spine. See, 289 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 1: when we dwell on the negative, we're releasing our faith 290 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:07,560 Speaker 1: in the wrong direction. 291 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 2: She told her husband. 292 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 1: I know you're gonna think I'm crazy, but I think 293 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:15,000 Speaker 1: I killed this plant. 294 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 2: With my thoughts. 295 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 1: He looked at her very strangely and said, all I 296 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 1: can say is I hope you're thinking good thoughts about me. 297 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 1: Pay attention to what's playing in your mind. Here's what 298 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 1: I've learned. If you'll fill your mind with the right thoughts, 299 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 1: there won't be any room for the wrong thoughts. When 300 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: you go around constantly thinking I'm strong, I'm healthy, I'm blessed, 301 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 1: I've got the favor of God. Then when the negative 302 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 1: thoughts come knocking, there will be a no vacancy sign. Sorry, 303 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 1: no room for you. They won't be able to get in. 304 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 1: I was traveling overseas with my father to Indian Our 305 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 1: plane was delayed because of weathering. We missed our connecting flight. 306 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 1: Were in Europe. It was late at night and there 307 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:05,000 Speaker 1: was a hotel at the airport and we went up 308 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:07,400 Speaker 1: to the counter and my father asked the young man 309 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:10,880 Speaker 1: for a room, and he checked the computer, but he said, sorry, sir, 310 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:15,119 Speaker 1: we're totally full tonight. Well, my dad wasn't about to 311 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:16,919 Speaker 1: take no for an answer, and he said, can you 312 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 1: please look again, We're really tired, we really need a room. 313 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 1: He checked and checked again, he said, sorry, no vacancy, 314 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 1: totally full. 315 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 2: My dad asked to speak to. 316 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:27,960 Speaker 1: The manager, and he came out and went through the 317 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 1: same exercise and even went back in the back. But 318 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 1: he came back and he said, sir, I'm sorry, we 319 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:35,439 Speaker 1: don't have any rooms. My dad said, we're just going 320 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:37,679 Speaker 1: to be here a few hours. Can't we have some 321 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:41,399 Speaker 1: place to stay. The manager looked at my father and said, sir, 322 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:44,120 Speaker 1: I can't make anyone leave the hotel. 323 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:45,679 Speaker 2: We are totally full. 324 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 1: That's how it is. When you keep your mind filled 325 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,120 Speaker 1: with God's word, that thought of fear comes knocking. 326 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 2: You're not gonna make it. The problem is too big. 327 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 1: Let me in. Give me a room to stay now, 328 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:03,879 Speaker 1: just like that hotel manager. Sorry, fear, no vacancy, no room. 329 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 1: You're going to have to go somewhere else to stay. 330 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 1: That thought. You'll never sell your house. Have you seen 331 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:13,679 Speaker 1: the market? No vacancy. God's favor surrounds me like a shield. 332 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 1: You'll never get well. Have you seen the medical report? 333 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:21,200 Speaker 1: No vacancy. God is restoring health unto me, Well, you've 334 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 1: seen your best days. No vacancy, this hotel. This mind 335 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 1: is filled with thoughts of faith, hope, victory, increase, abundance, restoration. 336 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 1: There's no room for doubt, unbelief, anxiety, fear, depression. You 337 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 1: need to take inventory of who's staying in your house, 338 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 1: who's occupying your rooms. If you give fear a room, 339 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 1: then faith. 340 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:50,280 Speaker 2: Gets left outside. There's not room for both. 341 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:54,320 Speaker 1: If you give I can't a room, then I can 342 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 1: is left outside. If you give lack barely get by, 343 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:00,240 Speaker 1: I'll never make it a room. 344 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:04,040 Speaker 2: Then increase promotion. Abundance is left at the door. 345 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 1: Get rid of the wrong thoughts and let what God 346 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: says about you have a permanent home. Think of it 347 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 1: like this. When you go to bed at night, you 348 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 1: lock the doors to your house. You don't want any 349 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 1: strangers coming in. That's where you live, that's your home. 350 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 1: You need to have that same thinking when it comes 351 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 1: to your mind. This is where I live, this is 352 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:29,880 Speaker 1: who I am, this is my future. I'm not going 353 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 1: to let just any thought come in and have a 354 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:35,919 Speaker 1: permanent home. I'm going to guard the doorway to my 355 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 1: mind and only give a room to thoughts of hope, 356 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 1: thoughts of faith, thoughts of victory. 357 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:43,400 Speaker 2: Heard it put like this. 358 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 1: If you owned an apartment complex and you rented out 359 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 1: eighty percent of the apartments to drug dealers, thieves, cheaters, 360 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 1: and the other twenty percent to normal, law abiding citizens, 361 00:19:58,119 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 1: after a few months, the drug dealers and cheaters would 362 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 1: run off all the normal people. 363 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 2: Same way in our thoughts. 364 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 1: If you go around thinking about how bad it is, 365 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:12,400 Speaker 1: dwelling on your problems, all that you don't have, how 366 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:15,720 Speaker 1: tough your future is going to be, all those negative 367 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 1: thoughts are going to run off any positive thoughts. You've 368 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:22,960 Speaker 1: got to quit renting out space in your mind to 369 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:27,600 Speaker 1: your problems. Quit renting out valuable space to self pity. 370 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 1: Don't rent it out to can't do it, not going 371 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:34,119 Speaker 1: to happen thoughts. You only have so much space in 372 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 1: your mind. Some of you today you need to serve 373 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:42,439 Speaker 1: an eviction notice. Tell those negative thoughts you've occupied my 374 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:46,120 Speaker 1: rooms long enough. I've got a new renter coming in. 375 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:51,360 Speaker 1: My new renter is fake joy. Pease healing. My new 376 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:55,880 Speaker 1: tenant is victory. I'm not saying to deny the negative 377 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:59,639 Speaker 1: reports and act like they don't exist. I'm simply saying, 378 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:03,920 Speaker 1: don't dwell on them, don't let it consume you where 379 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 1: that's all you think about, all you talk about, learn 380 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 1: to downplay it. You remember in the scripture when Jesus 381 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:13,119 Speaker 1: was headed off to pray for a person that was 382 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 1: very sick, but he kept getting delayed. Finally, these people 383 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 1: came back and said to the disciples, who were very 384 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 1: close to Jesus standing there, they said, tell Jesus he 385 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:27,240 Speaker 1: doesn't need to come any longer. It's too late. The 386 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 1: person has already died. The scripture says Jesus. 387 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,200 Speaker 2: Overhearing but ignoring. 388 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:38,439 Speaker 1: In other words, Jesus heard the negative reports, but he 389 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 1: didn't let it take root. He didn't meditate on it, 390 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 1: he didn't get discouraged. He didn't turn around and go 391 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 1: back home. No, he knew people don't have the final say. 392 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 1: God has the final say. Sometimes, in order to stay 393 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:57,119 Speaker 1: in faith, you have to ignore a negative report. You 394 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 1: have to ignore what somebody said about you. You have 395 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:03,239 Speaker 1: to ignore what your own thoughts are telling you. You 396 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:05,919 Speaker 1: may hear it, but you can do like Jesus and 397 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 1: choose not to dwell on it. When I stepped up 398 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:13,440 Speaker 1: to pasture the church, every thought in my mind told me, Joy. 399 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 2: You can't do this. 400 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:16,800 Speaker 1: You're not a minister. You're going to get up there 401 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:20,199 Speaker 1: and look like a fool. I heard the thoughts, but 402 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 1: I chose not to dwell on it. I meditated on 403 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:26,439 Speaker 1: I can do all things through Christ. I am strong 404 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 1: in the Lord. If God before me, who dare be 405 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:33,080 Speaker 1: against me? When you get in agreement with God, you 406 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 1: will fulfill your God given destiny. When we were trying 407 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 1: to acquire this beautiful new facility, many people told us 408 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:44,400 Speaker 1: it's never going to happen. You're wasting your time. Joy, 409 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 1: you're not going to get that building. I heard the reports, 410 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 1: but I let them go in one ear and out 411 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: the other. I didn't pay any attention to it. When 412 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 1: our children were younger and one of their friends was 413 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 1: talking too much and they didn't want to hear it, 414 00:22:58,560 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 1: they'd put out their. 415 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:01,399 Speaker 2: Arm and say, talk to the hand. 416 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:05,640 Speaker 1: That meant you're talking, but I'm not listening. That's what 417 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:08,439 Speaker 1: we need to do. When the negative thoughts come in 418 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,400 Speaker 1: your imagination, just put out your arm and say talk 419 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 1: to the hand. You're talking, but I'm not hearing you. 420 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 1: You're trying to rent a room, but I'm telling you 421 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 1: no vacancy. Here was watching a football game several years ago. 422 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:25,239 Speaker 1: It was the playoffs, a very important game, and there 423 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:26,879 Speaker 1: were only a few seconds left. 424 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 2: The visiting team. 425 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 1: Was down by two points. They were about to attempt 426 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:34,879 Speaker 1: a field goal to win the game. The kicker was 427 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 1: on the field lining up, getting ready for the biggest 428 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:44,400 Speaker 1: kick of his life. The opposing fans were hollering at him, screaming, jeering, 429 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 1: trying to distract him. Just as he was about to kick, 430 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:52,160 Speaker 1: the other team called time out to give the fans more. 431 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:53,640 Speaker 2: Time to try to intimidate him. 432 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:57,360 Speaker 1: They started playing in the stadium on the big screen 433 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:02,640 Speaker 1: all the times this kicker had missed before, even years back. 434 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:06,199 Speaker 1: They replayed all of his failures, and every time he missed, 435 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 1: the whole crowd would go crazy. With eighty thousand people 436 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:14,240 Speaker 1: screaming against him. He stepped up and kicked the ball 437 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 1: right through the uprights and won the game. Afterwards, a 438 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:21,879 Speaker 1: reporter asked him how he could handle the pressure with 439 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 1: so many thousands of people screaming against him. He said, 440 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,920 Speaker 1: you know, it's kind of funny. I didn't hear anybody screaming. 441 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:31,840 Speaker 1: I just kept telling myself, you can do this, You've 442 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:36,120 Speaker 1: got what it takes. The reporter said, well, what about 443 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 1: on the big screen when they were replaying all your failures. 444 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:40,880 Speaker 1: He said, oh, yeah, I saw that. 445 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:43,399 Speaker 2: But I didn't pay any attention. I just ignored it. 446 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:47,399 Speaker 1: In life, there will be times where it feels like 447 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:49,640 Speaker 1: every voice is telling. 448 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:51,320 Speaker 2: You you can't do it. 449 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:55,400 Speaker 1: It's not going to work out, you'll never overcome this problem. 450 00:24:55,840 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 1: It may be physical voices people around you, critics, sayers, 451 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:04,880 Speaker 1: or it may just be voices in your mind, thoughts 452 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 1: trying to discourage you. Don't be surprised even if the 453 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 1: enemy starts replaying your failures, replaying the times that you've 454 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 1: missed it, replay in. 455 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:15,359 Speaker 2: All your disappointments. 456 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 1: Listen, you got to do like this young man, dig 457 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,679 Speaker 1: your heels in. You may hear the negative reports, but 458 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:23,160 Speaker 1: choose to ignore it. 459 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:26,400 Speaker 2: People don't determine your destiny. God does. 460 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,919 Speaker 1: And if you'll get in agreement with God and not 461 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:33,400 Speaker 1: let those distractions pull you off course, let me tell 462 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 1: you God will get you to where he wants you 463 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 1: to be. Friends the first place we lose the victory 464 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 1: is in our own thinking. You may feel like eighty 465 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:46,880 Speaker 1: thousand voices are screaming against you, saying it's never going 466 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,920 Speaker 1: to work out. This problem is too big. You might 467 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:52,359 Speaker 1: as well just settle where you are now. Put your 468 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:55,440 Speaker 1: hand out. Tell those negative thoughts talk to the hand. 469 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: They want to rent a room, Show them the no 470 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:02,439 Speaker 1: vacancy sign. Keep your thoughts fixed on what God says. 471 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 1: You will overcome those obstacles and accomplish your dreams. That's 472 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 1: what it says in Joshua Will one eight. If you 473 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:13,680 Speaker 1: will meditate on God's word day and night, you will 474 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 1: prosper and have good success. The whole key is what's 475 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:22,040 Speaker 1: going on in your thought life. What are you meditating on. 476 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 1: Make a decision with me that you're going to keep 477 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:29,880 Speaker 1: your thoughts fixed on what God says. On purpose, think 478 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 1: power thoughts. 479 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 2: I'm strong, I'm. 480 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 1: Talented, I'm creative, I've got the favor of God. 481 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:38,919 Speaker 2: Remember you're going to become what you believe. 482 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,920 Speaker 1: Get up every morning, set your mind in the right direction. 483 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:47,680 Speaker 1: Don't meditate on the problem. Meditate on the promises. Learn 484 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:52,640 Speaker 1: to think yourself happy, think yourself peaceful, think yourself victorious. 485 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 1: Victory starts in our thinking. If you'll develop this habit 486 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 1: of meditating on what God says, here's what's. 487 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:00,399 Speaker 2: Going to happen. 488 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,840 Speaker 1: You're going to have perfect peace, you will always be 489 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 1: in blossom, you will prosper, you will have good success. 490 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 2: And I believe in declare. 491 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 1: You will overcome every obstacle, defeat every enemy. You're going 492 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 1: to become everything God's created you to be. Amen. Do 493 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 1: you receive it today? We never like to close our 494 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 1: broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the 495 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:26,800 Speaker 1: lord of your life. What you pray with me, just say, 496 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 1: Lord Jesus, I'll repeat of my sins. Come into my heart. 497 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:37,320 Speaker 1: I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you 498 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,000 Speaker 1: prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 499 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:43,639 Speaker 1: Get in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 500 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,359 Speaker 2: He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 501 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:51,440 Speaker 1: Sometimes in life, people don't choose us. We've all felt overlooked, 502 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 1: like we're not good enough. 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