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God bless you always 42 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 4: a joy to come into your homes and we love you. 43 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 4: We know God has great things in store for you. 44 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 4: I've been telling these guys, this is going to be 45 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 4: the best year of your life so far, so get 46 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:11,079 Speaker 4: that down on the inside. But thanks for tuning in. 47 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 4: Come out and see us whenever you can. We'd love 48 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:15,679 Speaker 4: to have you. I like to get started each week 49 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 4: with something funny. And I heard about this pastor. He 50 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 4: was raising money for a new sanctuary. He told his 51 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 4: congregation one Sunday morning, if anybody will give a thousand dollars, 52 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 4: you can pick out the next three hymns. Little old 53 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 4: lady in the back raised up her hands, said, Pastor, 54 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,119 Speaker 4: I'll do it. He was so excited. He said, thank 55 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 4: you so much, go ahead and pick out the next 56 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,360 Speaker 4: three hymns. She looked over the congregation and said, I'll 57 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 4: take him and him and him. Hold up your bible. 58 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 4: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 59 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 4: I am what it says I am. I have what 60 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 4: it says I have. I can do what it says 61 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 4: I can do. Today I will be taught the Word 62 00:02:55,800 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 4: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 63 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 4: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. I 64 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 4: am about to receive the incorruptible, indestructible, ever living seed 65 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 4: of the Word of God. I'll never be the same, never, never, never, 66 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 4: I'll never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 67 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about living in 68 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:27,079 Speaker 4: total victory. A little over two thousand years ago, they 69 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:30,519 Speaker 4: crucified Jesus on the cross. They put him in the grave, 70 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 4: and they thought that was the end of it. But 71 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 4: thank God, on the third day he arose. He said, 72 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 4: because I live, you shall live. Also. He wasn't talking 73 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 4: about just breathing. He was talking about living an abundant life, 74 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 4: not to barely get by life, not a life filled 75 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 4: with bad habits and addictions and lack and mediocrity. No, 76 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 4: because of the price he paid, we have a right 77 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 4: to live in total victory. Now, I want you to 78 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 4: get that down on the inside, not partial victory, to 79 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 4: where we have a good family, we have good health, 80 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 4: but we constantly struggle in our finances. That's not total victory. 81 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 4: And if God did it for you in one area, 82 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 4: he can do it for you in another area. Get 83 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 4: a vision for it. Don't get stagnant. I know people 84 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 4: that have plenty of money, they have good health, but 85 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 4: they can't get along in relationships. There's always strife in 86 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 4: their home. That's not total victory. Maybe God's blessed you 87 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 4: and you have a good family, a good job, But 88 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,159 Speaker 4: you've had pain in your body for years and years. 89 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 4: You used to stand against it. You used to believe 90 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 4: you could be free. But now it's been so long 91 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 4: you've just decided this is my lot in life. Joel, 92 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 4: I guess this is my cost to carry. See, too 93 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 4: often we accept things, defeat, mediocrity, addictions. People tell me, Joel, 94 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 4: that's just who I am. But with all due respect, 95 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 4: that's not who you really are. You are a child 96 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 4: of the most High God. He has paid the price 97 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 4: so that we may be totally free. That means free 98 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 4: from bad habits and addictions, free from fear and worry, 99 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 4: free from discouragement and depression, free from poverty and lack, 100 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 4: free from low self esteem. God wants us to be 101 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 4: totally free, and the scripture tells us to take hold 102 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 4: of all Christ died and rose again. For sometimes we're 103 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 4: taking hold in three or four areas. We're real strong 104 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 4: with certain things, but in another area we're passive. For instance, 105 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 4: you may be a hard worker, you get there on 106 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 4: time every day, you give it your best, but you 107 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 4: tend to be negative and critical. Well, don't go the 108 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,480 Speaker 4: next twenty years like that. If you're going to live 109 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 4: in total victory, you have to stir yourself up and 110 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 4: say that's it. I'm not going to sit back and 111 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 4: learn to live with this negative mindset, or with these addictions, 112 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 4: or with low self esteem. I'm going to take hold 113 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 4: of everything Christ died and rose again for. I'm gonna 114 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 4: believe for total victory. You can imagine how God must 115 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 4: feel when he sees us allowing things to control us, 116 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 4: keep us in mediocrity. Here, he's already paid the ultimate price. 117 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 4: Let's not let his payment be in vain. I talked 118 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 4: to a man last week and he told how he 119 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 4: has struggled with smoking since he was nine years old. 120 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 4: He looked to be in his forties. He said, Joel, 121 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 4: this is just who I am. It's all I've ever known. 122 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 4: I don't think I'll ever be able to quit. I 123 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 4: told him what I'm telling you. That's not who you 124 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 4: really are. God made you to be totally free. The 125 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 4: price has been paid, but you have to do your 126 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 4: part and walk it out. It all starts right here. 127 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,039 Speaker 4: You've got to know that you not only have a 128 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 4: right to be free, but God's already empowered you with 129 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 4: everything you need. To overcome, and you need to start 130 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 4: seeing yourself the right way. You are not a sick 131 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,679 Speaker 4: person trying to get well. You are a well person 132 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 4: fighting off sickness. God made you healthy and whole. Our 133 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 4: original state is total freedom. Change the way you look 134 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 4: at it. Hell, I don't think I could ever control 135 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 4: my temper, Juel. I've always been hot headed. My father 136 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:19,239 Speaker 4: was the same way. Now. The problem is you're seeing 137 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 4: yourself defeated. You're seeing yourself not able to You need 138 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 4: to start seeing yourself totally free. In other words, I 139 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 4: may struggle with alcohol, but I am not an alcoholic. 140 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 4: That's not who God made me to be. And I'm 141 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 4: not gonna just sit back and say to myself, too bad. 142 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 4: This is who I am. No, I know God created 143 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 4: me to be totally free, and I'm going to rise 144 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 4: up and start walking in that freedom. What I'm saying 145 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 4: is you want change on the outside until you first 146 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 4: change on the inside. If you're going around telling yourself, 147 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 4: I can't do this, this is just who I am. 148 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 4: I've been this way so long. You're already defeated. You've 149 00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 4: got to be convinced deep down in here that you 150 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 4: do have the power to overcome. You may have made 151 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 4: poor choices, we all have. You may have opened up 152 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 4: the door to the enemy, but that does not change 153 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 4: the fact that you still have a right to be 154 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 4: totally free. The scripture says in Ephesians one, verse four, 155 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 4: long before God laid down Earth's foundation, he had us 156 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 4: on his mind. Because of the sacrifice Christ made, we 157 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 4: are a free people, and not just barely free, but 158 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 4: abundantly free. One translation says, unquestionably free. I like that phrase. 159 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 4: Before God created the world, he was thinking about us. 160 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 4: If you're going to be free, you need to know 161 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 4: who you are. You're not just anybody. You're a child 162 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 4: of the most High God. He has breathed his very 163 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 4: life into you. You have his royal blood flowing through 164 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 4: your veins. It's the blood of a champion. You're not ordinary. 165 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 4: You come from great stock. Your heavenly Father spoke the 166 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 4: worlds into existence. Long before you ever got here. He 167 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:09,680 Speaker 4: was thinking about you. And let me assure you, he 168 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 4: didn't create you to be average. He didn't create you 169 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 4: to barely get by, to have all kinds of things 170 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 4: holding you back. You've got to get the right vision. 171 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 4: God created you to be totally free, to have peace 172 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 4: in your mind, to walk in divine health, to have 173 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:31,959 Speaker 4: good relationships, to have plenty to pay your bills. God 174 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 4: created us as victors and not victims. You may have 175 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 4: things that are trying to hold you back. Maybe you've 176 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 4: struggled in certain areas for a long time, but don't 177 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 4: make the mistake of becoming complacent. We never change what 178 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 4: we tolerate. You've got to just draw the line in 179 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 4: the sand and say that's it. I may have struggled 180 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 4: with my finances for as long as I can remember, 181 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:57,680 Speaker 4: but I'm not going to settle for mediocrity. I know 182 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 4: I am blessed and I cannot be cursed. Or I 183 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 4: may have had this addiction for thirty years, but I'm 184 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:05,959 Speaker 4: not gonna give in and learn to live with it. 185 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 4: I'm gonna start taking steps to overcome. I'm gonna pray, 186 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 4: I'm gonna believe, I'm gonna ask for help. I'm gonna 187 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 4: get some friends to stand with me. If you'll do 188 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:18,679 Speaker 4: what you can do, God will help you do what 189 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 4: you can't do. But it all starts right here. You've 190 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 4: got to know who you are. You're not average, you're 191 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:28,880 Speaker 4: not ordinary, but a child of Almighty God. The Apostle 192 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 4: Paul said, stand fast in the liberty where with Christ 193 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 4: has set you free. He's saying, all through life, things 194 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 4: are gonna come against us to try to take away 195 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:44,959 Speaker 4: our freedom. We have to stand fast. That means don't 196 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 4: give in to wrong thinking, don't get lais in say 197 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 4: oh Joel, it's just me. This is the way I've 198 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:55,679 Speaker 4: always been. My family struggled with these same problems. Now 199 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 4: you've got to be aggressive if you're gonna hold on 200 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 4: to the freedom that belongs to you. And I know 201 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 4: some of you can look back in your family line. 202 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 4: You see a long history of defeat, mediocrity, addictions. Maybe 203 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 4: your parents or relatives they were good people, but they 204 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 4: struggled with some of the same things that are trying 205 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 4: to hold you back. But the good news is when 206 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:22,439 Speaker 4: you came to Christ, you entered into a new bloodline. 207 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 4: Your spiritual blood line is more powerful than your natural 208 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 4: blood line. Back in the Old Testament, under the Old Covenant, 209 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 4: they really understood the power of the bloodline. That's why 210 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 4: they would pray to the God of Abraham, the God 211 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:41,440 Speaker 4: of Isaac, the God of Jacob. They were reminding God, 212 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:45,839 Speaker 4: my father served you, my grandfather, my great grandfather. They 213 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 4: were saying, in effect, God, we have a history with you. 214 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 4: Because of the covenant you made with our forefathers, we 215 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 4: have rights and privileges. A family lineage was extremely important, 216 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 4: and this first covenant, the old Covenant, was established with Abraham. 217 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 4: He was Jewish, of course, and back in those days, 218 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 4: if you weren't Jewish, you didn't have a right to 219 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 4: God's blessings in favor like the other Jewish people. In 220 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 4: Luke chapter thirteen, a lady had been bent over with 221 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,839 Speaker 4: some kind of sickness for eighteen years. Jesus saw it 222 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:24,280 Speaker 4: and said something interesting. Should not this woman be loosed 223 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 4: from this sickness? Seeing that she is a daughter of Abraham. 224 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 4: Notice it was significant that she came from the right 225 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 4: family line. She was a part of the covenant, so 226 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:40,560 Speaker 4: she had rights and privileges. Another place, just the opposite happened. 227 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:43,679 Speaker 4: Jesus was walking through a village. This lady came up 228 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 4: and asked him to pray for her daughter. Jesus said, 229 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 4: in effect, I'm sorry, ma'am, I can't do that. You 230 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:53,079 Speaker 4: come from the wrong family. She begged him and begged him. 231 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:57,439 Speaker 4: Eventually Jesus changed his mind, but back then people were rejected. 232 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 4: They didn't have God's favor because of their natural bloodline. 233 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 4: You know, in a sense, that doesn't seem fair. You're 234 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 4: not blessed if you're not from the right family. But 235 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:11,559 Speaker 4: here's the beauty. When Jesus died and rose again, he 236 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 4: made a way for all people to come to him, 237 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:20,319 Speaker 4: both Jews and gentiles. It says in Galatians, if you 238 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 4: belong to Christ, then you are the seed of Abraham 239 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:27,680 Speaker 4: and errs according to the promise. What that means is 240 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 4: because of what God has done, now we have a 241 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 4: right to have total victory. We have a right to 242 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 4: the blessings of Abraham. That's why you can't listen to 243 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 4: those lies that are telling you you come from the 244 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:44,560 Speaker 4: wrong family. You're never going to be successful. You're depressed 245 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 4: because your mother was depressed, or you got a problem 246 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 4: with alcohol because your father your grandfather, you'll never change, 247 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 4: or maybe there's divorce all through your family line. Now 248 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 4: you're headed down that same direction. Now those are lies. 249 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 4: You've entered into a new bloodline. You have a right 250 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:02,960 Speaker 4: to be And if God were looking at you, he'd 251 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,080 Speaker 4: say the same thing he said to that first woman, 252 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 4: Should not this man be free from this addiction, seeing 253 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:12,080 Speaker 4: that he is a son of Abraham. Should not this 254 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 4: lady live in total victory seeing that she's a daughter 255 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 4: of Abraham. Friends, we're under a new covenant. In your 256 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 4: natural blood line, you may look back and see depression 257 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 4: and defeat and mediocrity and addictions. But in your new 258 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 4: bloodline you have the strength of Samson, the wisdom of Solomon, 259 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 4: the courage of Esther, the determination of Nehemiah, the compassion 260 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 4: of Ruth. There is strength, power, victory, success, healing, favor, 261 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 4: blessings in your new bloodline. You need to quit dwelling 262 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 4: so much on the natural. Quit looking back thinking, man, 263 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 4: I got so much coming against me. No, your new 264 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 4: bloodline says you are well able. You have the blood 265 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 4: of a champion on the inside. There is nothing that 266 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 4: you can overcome. You can accomplish your dreams, you can 267 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 4: defeat a bad habit, you can withstand that sickness. Why 268 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 4: because the same power that raised Jesus from the dead 269 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 4: is on the inside of you get a vision for it. 270 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 4: And I'm not saying that we don't have to overcome 271 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 4: issues from the past, but I am saying God has 272 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 4: given us the power to overcome it says that Christ 273 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 4: has redeemed us from the curse. The curse is any 274 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 4: kind of defeat, mediocrity, lack. We have been set free 275 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 4: from that. In other words, we don't have to settle there, 276 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 4: even if you have to stand against it your whole lifetime. 277 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 4: Don't give in fight the good fight of faith. Know 278 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 4: who you are, the seed of Abraham. You have rights 279 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 4: and privileges. One of those privileges is total victory. We're 280 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 4: supposed to be unquestionably free. That means free in our mind, 281 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 4: free from worry. We're not all upset. We know God 282 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 4: is in control. He has us in the palm of 283 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 4: his hand, free from poverty and lack. No matter what 284 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 4: the bank account looks like. Our attitude is I know 285 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 4: I am blessed and I cannot be cursed. Whatever I 286 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 4: touch is going to prosper and succeed freedom from sickness 287 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 4: and disease, instead of going around dwelling on it. Joe man, 288 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 4: I think this thing gonna be the end to me. No, 289 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 4: I know God is restored and health unto me, every 290 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 4: sell in my body is getting better and better. God 291 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 4: is renewing my youth like the eagles. A vision for 292 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 4: total victory. I love what God said to Abraham. Every 293 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 4: place the soul of your foot shall tread, I will 294 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 4: give it to you. He was saying, Abraham, everywhere you 295 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 4: dare go, I will cause that land to be yours. 296 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 4: I will cause you to be victorious. God saying the 297 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 4: same thing to every one of us. If you will 298 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 4: dare take that step of faith and believe you can 299 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 4: be free, Believe you can overcome, Believe you can come 300 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 4: up higher. Everywhere you put your faith, God is saying, 301 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 4: I'll back you up. I'll bring it to pass. Sometimes 302 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 4: we're waiting on God, but God's waiting on us. We 303 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 4: have to make the first move. Then God will make 304 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 4: a move. In the Old Testament, David and Jonathan were 305 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 4: best friends. They were in covenant relationship together. One day, 306 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:23,160 Speaker 4: Jonathan and his father, King Saul were killed in a battle. 307 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 4: Years later, David asked his servants if Jonathan had any 308 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:30,480 Speaker 4: relatives that were still alive. He wanted to do something 309 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:33,679 Speaker 4: good for them because of his friendship with Jonathan, and 310 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 4: they told him that he had a small son that 311 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:39,120 Speaker 4: was still living, but he was crippled. He had been 312 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:42,399 Speaker 4: injured in an accident and now he was living in 313 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 4: extreme poverty in one of the dirtiest, most run down 314 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 4: cities in that area. Here, he's the grandson of the king. 315 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 4: He has rights and privileges because of the covenant David 316 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 4: had with his father. But the problem is he doesn't 317 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:00,919 Speaker 4: understand what it means. He doesn't think he deserves it. 318 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:05,440 Speaker 4: After all, his grandfather, King Saul, had chased David through 319 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 4: the wilderness for years, made David's life miserable. And on 320 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 4: top of that, this young man was a crippled He 321 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:15,160 Speaker 4: had so much coming against him. He had just settled 322 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 4: for mediocrity. He had convinced himself that's all he deserved. 323 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 4: But David said to his servants, I want you to 324 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 4: go get this young man. I'm going to be good 325 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 4: to him because of his father, and I want him 326 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 4: to live here in the palace with us. I want 327 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 4: him to eat dinner with us each night. And not 328 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 4: only that, I'm going to give him back all the 329 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 4: land that belonged to his family. They went and got him. 330 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:41,399 Speaker 4: His name was Mamphibishev. When he came in and first 331 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 4: greeted David, it's very significant. What he said shows us 332 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:48,440 Speaker 4: his attitude. It shows us why he had settled for defeat. 333 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:51,360 Speaker 4: He bowed his head low and said, oh, David, why 334 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 4: would you take in a dead dog like me? There 335 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 4: was his problem. He saw himself defeated. He saw himself 336 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:03,440 Speaker 4: as a failure. He already made plans to stay in mediocrity. Here. 337 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 4: He had a right to be living in the palace. 338 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 4: He was royalty, the grandson of the king. He came 339 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:12,520 Speaker 4: from the right bloodline. But because he didn't understand what 340 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 4: the Covenant meant, he was living in defeat. I wonder 341 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:19,360 Speaker 4: how many of us do the same thing, Joel. I'll 342 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 4: never be successful, man. I come from the wrong family, 343 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:25,360 Speaker 4: or I've got disabilities like that young man. I've got 344 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:27,400 Speaker 4: some bad habits and addictions. I've had them so long 345 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,159 Speaker 4: I don't think I'll ever overcome. No, you've got to 346 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 4: get a new image on the inside. You are the 347 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:36,880 Speaker 4: seed of Abraham two thousand years ago. God put in 348 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 4: you the blood of a champion. You have victory flowing 349 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 4: all through your veins. You're a part of the Covenant. 350 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:47,359 Speaker 4: You have rights and privileges. Don't go around thinking about 351 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 4: what you don't deserve and all the mistakes you've made. 352 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 4: The fact is none of us really deserve it. It's 353 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:55,919 Speaker 4: not because of what we've done. It's because of what 354 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:59,959 Speaker 4: Jesus did. And it doesn't please God for us to 355 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:02,159 Speaker 4: go around with that kind of weak, worm of the 356 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:06,400 Speaker 4: dust mentality. You know, Joel, I made mistakes. I'm not worthy. 357 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 4: I don't deserve it. No, God has made us worthy. 358 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:12,440 Speaker 4: The price has already been paid for us to live 359 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:15,919 Speaker 4: in victory. Let's rise up and start believing for the 360 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 4: great things God has in store. I mean, how would 361 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:22,240 Speaker 4: we feel as parents if one day our children came 362 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 4: in said, all, Dad, I'm not worthy to be called 363 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 4: your son. Just let me live out in the garage. 364 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:30,160 Speaker 4: Let me eat off the crumbs of the table. We'd 365 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:32,199 Speaker 4: pick them up, straighten their shoulders and say, what in 366 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 4: the world are you talking about. You're my son, you're 367 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 4: my daughter. Get in here and eat with us, live 368 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 4: with us, and start acting like you're a part of 369 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,479 Speaker 4: the family. That's what honors God when we put our 370 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 4: shoulders back, when we hold our head up high and 371 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 4: say God, I know i'm your child. I know i'm 372 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 4: the apple of your eye. I believe You've made me 373 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:56,120 Speaker 4: worthy and you have great things in store. I don't 374 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 4: know about you, but I like when my children are 375 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:02,120 Speaker 4: bold and confident. I like when they feel like there's 376 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,400 Speaker 4: something special. I see him come home from school, they 377 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:09,640 Speaker 4: go straight to the refrigerator. They don't ask, they don't say, Dad, 378 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:11,920 Speaker 4: would be okay if I get something to drink. They 379 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:15,399 Speaker 4: go in there like they own the place. Why because 380 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 4: they know they're a part of the family. They know 381 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:21,160 Speaker 4: they have rights and privileges, so they go in there 382 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 4: with baldness. If you're ever going to become everything God's 383 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 4: created you to be, you have to have this same 384 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 4: sense of baldness, not an arrogance, not being cocky, but 385 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:34,360 Speaker 4: a quiet confidence knowing I have a right to live 386 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 4: in victory. I have a right to be successful. I 387 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,159 Speaker 4: have a right to overcome these addictions. I have a 388 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 4: right to have peace in my mind. I have a 389 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 4: right to be free from pain. I have a right 390 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:48,400 Speaker 4: to accomplish my dreams. Why I'm a part of the family. 391 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:52,199 Speaker 4: I remember one time when our son Jonathan was about 392 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 4: three years old. He came up to me and started 393 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 4: pointing out things in the house and asking me if 394 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 4: they were his. Looked at the breakfast table and said, Daddy, 395 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:04,960 Speaker 4: is that table mine? I said, yes, Jonathan, that table's yours. 396 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 4: He looked at the chairs. Are those chairs mine? I said, yes, 397 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 4: those chairs are yours. He took my hand and led 398 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 4: me into the next room. He looked at the desk, Daddy, 399 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 4: is that desk mine? Yes, it's yours. Is that lamp? 400 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:19,119 Speaker 4: Is that floor? I could tell this was going to 401 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:22,040 Speaker 4: go on for hours, so I picked him up and 402 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 4: I carried him all around the house. Everything I saw 403 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:27,359 Speaker 4: I pointed out and I told him it was his. 404 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,199 Speaker 4: I said, Jonathan, you see those doors, Those are your doors, 405 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:34,640 Speaker 4: Those are your windows, Those lights are yours, Those carpets 406 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 4: are yours, those dirty clothes are yours. On and on. 407 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 4: Then I took him outside. I was gonna do it right, 408 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 4: get it done once and for all. I said, Jonathan, 409 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 4: you see those trees, they're yours. That garage's yours, that 410 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:51,440 Speaker 4: picnic table's yours. That swing set yours. Then I showed 411 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:55,639 Speaker 4: him the fence. I said, Jonathan, everything inside this fence 412 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,639 Speaker 4: belongs to you. When I got finished, it seemed like 413 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 4: he was pretty satisfied he knew it all belonged to him. 414 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 4: We went back in sat down. I was going to 415 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:06,520 Speaker 4: watch the ballgame on the couch. Wouldn't Two seconds later, 416 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:08,639 Speaker 4: he came up and tapped me. He said, Daddy, is 417 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 4: this couch mine? I thought, oh, no, here we go again. 418 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:14,119 Speaker 4: I said, yes, Jonathan, the couch is yours. He said, Daddy, 419 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 4: get off my couch. I had to change it from 420 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 4: yours to ours. But I believe if our heavenly father 421 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 4: was here, he would do the same thing. He would 422 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:31,440 Speaker 4: lead us around and say, you see that freedom, it's yours. 423 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 4: You see that success, it's yours. See that healing, it's yours. 424 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:40,640 Speaker 4: Good relationships are yours, wisdom is yours, Peace is yours. 425 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:45,440 Speaker 4: God is saying today everything I have belongs to you. 426 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:49,359 Speaker 4: Just don't tell God to get off your couch. I 427 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:54,280 Speaker 4: heard somebody say if we really understood our position, then 428 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 4: we could change our condition. In other words, our position 429 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:00,240 Speaker 4: is we are children of the most High God God. 430 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 4: He has crowned us with his glory and honor. He 431 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 4: surrounded us with favor like a shield. We are blessed, 432 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:10,719 Speaker 4: we are equipped, we are anointed, we are empowered, we 433 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:15,400 Speaker 4: are called, we are chosen. That's our position way up here. Now. 434 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:19,439 Speaker 4: Our condition may vary. You take the prodigal son. He 435 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 4: was his father's son. When he was living in the palace, 436 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,359 Speaker 4: and he was his father's son. When he was living 437 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:28,960 Speaker 4: in the hogpen, his position never changed. His condition did. 438 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 4: He went from being blessed and happy and prosperous to 439 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 4: being miserable and depressed and having all kinds of hardships. 440 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:39,959 Speaker 4: He could have stayed out there like Maphibis Chef and 441 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 4: just settled for mediocrity, had defeat lack addictions. But one 442 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 4: day this young man said, I will arise and go 443 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:52,119 Speaker 4: back to my father's house. Because he understood his position, 444 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:55,919 Speaker 4: he was able to change his condition. Some of you, 445 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:59,119 Speaker 4: the only thing that's keeping you from total victory is 446 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 4: you don't really underst stand your position. You don't have 447 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:06,160 Speaker 4: it firmly established in your heart. Who you are, the 448 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:10,439 Speaker 4: apple of God's eye, his most prized possession. You're so 449 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 4: focused on your condition and what you're not and the 450 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 4: mistakes you've made and what you don't deserve. Now you've 451 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 4: developed a wrong image. You're seeing yourself defeated, unworthy. You 452 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 4: have to understand your position deep down in here. You've 453 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 4: got to know no matter what's happened in your past, 454 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:31,120 Speaker 4: no matter who's in your natural bloodline, none of that 455 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:34,639 Speaker 4: changes your position. You are still a child of the 456 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 4: Most High God. You may have failed a thousand times, 457 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:40,960 Speaker 4: but you are not a failure. You may have gotten 458 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 4: way off track, but that didn't change the covenant. Just 459 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 4: like that prodigal son. Whether you're in the palace or 460 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:49,679 Speaker 4: you're in the pits, you are still a child of 461 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:52,120 Speaker 4: the King. And we need to do like that young 462 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:55,199 Speaker 4: man and say, I'm going to arise and bring my 463 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:58,960 Speaker 4: condition in line with my position. I may be living 464 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:03,200 Speaker 4: way down here in feet mediocrity, wrong mindsets, but I'm 465 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 4: not going to let that change my position. I'm not 466 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 4: gonna forget who I really am deep down in here. 467 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:10,399 Speaker 4: I may not feel like it, but I know that 468 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,680 Speaker 4: I know. I'm the Seed of Abraham. I am royalty, 469 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:16,959 Speaker 4: I'm annointed, I've been redeemed. What you're really saying is 470 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,440 Speaker 4: I'm better than this. I was made to be totally free, 471 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:25,359 Speaker 4: to be healthy, to behold, to be victorious. Understand, God 472 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 4: has given us the power to bring our condition in 473 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 4: line with our position. It all starts right here. We 474 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:34,959 Speaker 4: have to think the right thoughts. We have to have 475 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:39,560 Speaker 4: the right image on the inside. Colossians three to one says, 476 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:43,440 Speaker 4: since you have been raised with Christ, set your mind 477 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:47,359 Speaker 4: on higher things. In other words, quit telling yourself you can't, 478 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,679 Speaker 4: quit going around thinking about what you're not, what you 479 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 4: don't deserve, and instead set your mind on the fact 480 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 4: that you were created to live in total victory. There's 481 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 4: nothing you cannot overcome. The power in you is greater 482 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 4: than the power that's trying to hold you back. I'm 483 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:09,679 Speaker 4: asking you today to never settle for partial victory. Some 484 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 4: of you have just about giving up on your dreams. 485 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:14,920 Speaker 4: It's been so long, You've had so much come against you. 486 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 4: You need to get a new fire on the inside. 487 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 4: God can still bring those dreams to pass. He still 488 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:22,640 Speaker 4: has a way. Some of you are learning to live 489 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:25,280 Speaker 4: with things that are far less than God's best. You 490 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:27,680 Speaker 4: have to draw the line in the sand and say 491 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:30,440 Speaker 4: that's it. This is a new day. I'm gonna take 492 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:34,560 Speaker 4: hold of everything Christ died and rose again for. Don't 493 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:38,720 Speaker 4: settle for mediocrity. Know who you are. Bring your condition 494 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:42,600 Speaker 4: in line with your position. Remember you've entered into a 495 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:46,920 Speaker 4: new bloodline. You come from the right family. Blessings, favor, 496 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:50,119 Speaker 4: and victory are in your family line. If you will 497 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:54,240 Speaker 4: rise up in faith, believing for the best, pressing forward, 498 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,760 Speaker 4: God will help you to overcome. You will break bondages 499 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:00,280 Speaker 4: from the past, and I know you'll live the life 500 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:03,280 Speaker 4: of total victory. God has in story. Amen, do you 501 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 4: receive it today. We never like to close our broadcast 502 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 4: without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 503 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:14,680 Speaker 4: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 504 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:20,359 Speaker 4: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 505 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 4: make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 506 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:27,400 Speaker 4: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 507 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 4: in a good Bible based church. 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