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We'd love to have you. 0:02:03.440 --> 0:02:06.120 But thanks for tuning in today and thank you again 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:06.800 for coming out. 0:02:07.360 --> 0:02:09.760 I like to start with something funny, and I heard 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:11.639 about this new police recruit. 0:02:12.120 --> 0:02:14.920 He was taking his final exam and he was in 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:18.760 front of this large classroom. The sergeant asked him what 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:21.880 would you do if you had to arrest your own 0:02:22.080 --> 0:02:25.600 mother in law without missing a beat? He said, call 0:02:25.680 --> 0:02:29.600 for back up. Say it like you mean it. This 0:02:29.680 --> 0:02:32.119 is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:35.040 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:35.120 --> 0:02:37.640 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:37.720 --> 0:02:41.560 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:44.920 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:02:45.040 --> 0:02:50.240 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:02:50.280 --> 0:02:54.880 to talk to you today about say so. Words have 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:59.200 creative power. When you speak something out, you give life 0:02:59.280 --> 0:03:02.880 to what you're saying. It's one thing to believe that 0:03:02.919 --> 0:03:07.519 you're blessed. That's important, but when you say I am blessed, 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:11.000 it takes on a whole new meaning. That's when blessings 0:03:11.040 --> 0:03:15.079 come looking for you. The scripture says, let the redeemed 0:03:15.280 --> 0:03:19.760 of the Lord say so, doesn't say let the redeemed 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:24.239 think so, or believe so, or hope so. That's all good, 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:27.639 but you have to take it one step further and 0:03:27.760 --> 0:03:30.880 say so. If you're going to go to the next level, 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:34.279 you've got to say so. If you're going to accomplish 0:03:34.280 --> 0:03:38.600 a dream, overcome an obstacle, break an addiction. You've got 0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:41.440 to start declaring it. It has to come out of 0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:44.720 your mouth. That's how you give life to your faith. 0:03:45.640 --> 0:03:49.320 When God created the worlds, he didn't just think them 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:52.839 into being. He didn't just believe there would be light 0:03:53.160 --> 0:03:56.480 and land and oceans and animals. He had it in 0:03:56.560 --> 0:04:02.080 his heart, but nothing happened until he spoke. He said, 0:04:02.680 --> 0:04:06.960 let there be light, and light came. His thoughts didn't 0:04:07.000 --> 0:04:10.480 set it into motion, his words set it into motion. 0:04:11.240 --> 0:04:13.320 It's the same principle today. 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:17.200 You can believe all day long and not see anything happen. 0:04:17.839 --> 0:04:21.000 You can have faith in your heart, big dreams, be 0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:24.719 standing on God's promises and never see anything change. 0:04:25.360 --> 0:04:29.320 What's the problem. Nothing happens until you speak. 0:04:30.279 --> 0:04:32.920 Instead of just believing you're going to get out of debt, 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:34.200 you've got. 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:37.200 To say so, declare every day. 0:04:37.320 --> 0:04:39.919 I'm coming out of debt. I'm the head and not 0:04:40.040 --> 0:04:43.960 the tail. God's favor surrounds me like a shield. When 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:48.520 you speak, just like when God spoke, things begin to happen. 0:04:49.120 --> 0:04:54.120 Opportunities will find you, good breaks, promotion, ideas will track 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:58.080 you down. Instead of just thinking, I hope I get 0:04:58.120 --> 0:05:02.000 over this illness, Joel praying I'll get better. That's good, 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:05.000 but you've got to take it one more step and 0:05:05.080 --> 0:05:09.960 start declaring it. I'm strong, I'm healthy, I will live 0:05:10.040 --> 0:05:12.120 and not die with long life. 0:05:12.200 --> 0:05:13.719 God is going to satisfy me. 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:18.240 That's what activates your faith instead of just hoping you 0:05:18.320 --> 0:05:20.919 have a good year, instead of just hoping that you 0:05:20.960 --> 0:05:26.000 accomplish your dreams. Hope is good, but nothing happens until 0:05:26.000 --> 0:05:30.240 you speak. Before you leave the house every day, declare it. 0:05:30.520 --> 0:05:34.480 Twenty thirteen is my year. Things have shifted in my favor. 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:37.599 God is about to show me something that I've never seen. 0:05:38.360 --> 0:05:41.400 When you talk like that, the angels go to work, 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:44.640 opening up new doors, lining up the right. 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:46.880 People, arranging things in your favor. 0:05:47.560 --> 0:05:51.200 Now all of us are hoping, believing, praying about something. 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:54.359 My question today is are. 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:57.360 You giving life to your faith by speaking it out. 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:02.280 Psalm ninety one says I will say of the Lord, 0:06:02.800 --> 0:06:06.720 he is my refuge, my fortress, my shield. The next 0:06:06.800 --> 0:06:11.560 verse says he will deliver me, protect me, cover me. 0:06:12.320 --> 0:06:16.880 Notice the connection I will say and he will do 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:20.560 doesn't say I believe he's my refuge. I believe he'll 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:24.600 be my strength. No, the psalmness went around declaring it, 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:27.920 speaking it out. The Lord is my refuge, The Lord 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:32.920 is my strength. Notice what happened. God became his refuge, 0:06:33.200 --> 0:06:37.159 his strength. God would say, and in effect, if you're 0:06:37.279 --> 0:06:40.279 bold enough to speak it, then I'm bold enough to 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:44.520 do it. Have you ever declared that your dreams are 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:48.200 coming to pass? Have you ever said I will pay 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:51.840 off my house, I will start my own business, I 0:06:51.920 --> 0:06:55.120 will get my degree, I will lose this weight, I 0:06:55.240 --> 0:06:59.040 will see my family restored. Whatever God's put in your 0:06:59.080 --> 0:07:03.520 heart needs to get in your conversation. Talk like it's 0:07:03.560 --> 0:07:06.400 going to happen. Talk like it's already on the way. 0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:10.840 When I get married, when I graduate from college. When 0:07:10.880 --> 0:07:14.480 I see my family restored, not if it's going to happen, 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:18.160 but when it's going to happen, that's your faith being released. 0:07:18.840 --> 0:07:21.800 One of our staff members had been trying for a long, 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:25.840 long time to have a baby, over ten years no success. 0:07:26.520 --> 0:07:29.240 One day we were in a staff meeting planning out 0:07:29.240 --> 0:07:32.520 the next year. She made the statement, when I have 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:35.320 my baby, I'm going to be out for a couple 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:38.920 of months. We'll have to find somebody to fill in. Well, 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:41.960 I thought she was pregnant, and nobody had told me, 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:46.280 so I didn't act surprised or say anything. After the meeting, 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:49.200 my sister Lisa was in there as well. I said, Lisa, 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:52.480 why didn't you tell me she was pregnant. She said, Joel, 0:07:52.800 --> 0:07:56.280 She's not pregnant. She just talks like it's going to happen. 0:07:57.120 --> 0:07:58.640 This went on for years. 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:02.240 When I have my baby, when I get pregnant, when 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:06.560 my child shows up, what was she doing saying so? 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:10.320 She didn't just believe it, she was declaring it in 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:13.760 the natural. She was getting too old to have a baby. 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:18.240 Her doctors told her it wasn't going to happen. Looked impossible. 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:22.160 Most people would have given up and accepted it, but 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:26.040 not this lady. She kept saying, so, kept declaring it 0:08:26.200 --> 0:08:27.640 when my baby shows up. 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:28.480 Do you know? 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:32.880 Twenty years later she gave birth, not to one baby, 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:33.640 but to two. 0:08:33.960 --> 0:08:34.880 She had twins. 0:08:35.760 --> 0:08:39.840 She declared of the Lord, and God did what he promised. 0:08:41.400 --> 0:08:44.640 But think about the opposite of Psalm ninety one. I 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:48.120 will not say of the Lord and he will not 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:53.600 do That's the principle. Nothing happens until you speak. When 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:56.600 we were trying to acquire this facility, Victoria and I 0:08:56.600 --> 0:09:00.600 would drive around it night after night and say that's 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:04.600 our building. Father, thank you for fighting our battles. Lord, 0:09:04.720 --> 0:09:07.000 thank you that you're making a way where we don't 0:09:07.000 --> 0:09:10.840 see away. We didn't just think about it, pray about it, 0:09:11.200 --> 0:09:14.200 believe that it would happen, and that's all important. But 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:18.360 we took one more step and declared that it was ours. 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:22.720 It became a part of our everyday conversation. 0:09:22.720 --> 0:09:23.720 At the dinner table. 0:09:24.080 --> 0:09:26.400 When we get the compact center, we could do this 0:09:27.000 --> 0:09:30.240 when we renovated, when we move in, when we have 0:09:30.400 --> 0:09:35.079 the grand opening. Not I don't know, Victoria, it's going 0:09:35.160 --> 0:09:36.240 to be very expensive. 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:38.480 Where are we going to get the funds? I don't know. 0:09:38.679 --> 0:09:40.640 The opponents they're really really strong. 0:09:41.000 --> 0:09:44.920 No, we said of the Lord, like the Psalmist, God, 0:09:45.000 --> 0:09:48.480 we know you're bigger than any obstacle. We know you're 0:09:48.520 --> 0:09:51.600 supplying all of our needs. Lord, we know if you 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:55.520 be for us, who dare be against us? We declared it, 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:59.640 and God did it. What are you saying of the 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:03.280 Lord when Joel, my problems are really big today, my 0:10:03.440 --> 0:10:06.720 dreams look impossible. My marriage is so messed up we'll 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:10.160 never be restored. No, don't talk about how big your 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:14.240 problem is. Talk about how big your God is. When 0:10:14.280 --> 0:10:15.199 you say. 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:18.280 Of the Lord, You're my healer, my. 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:25.080 Waymaker, my dream giver, my restorer, my vindicator. 0:10:24.080 --> 0:10:25.719 My health, my peace, my. 0:10:25.840 --> 0:10:29.040 Victory, that's when God will show up and do more 0:10:29.080 --> 0:10:32.280 than you can ask or think. I have some friends 0:10:32.280 --> 0:10:35.880 that were believing to have another child. They have a daughter, 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:38.880 but they really wanted to have a son. And every 0:10:38.960 --> 0:10:42.040 time the wife got pregnant, she had a miscarriage. 0:10:42.400 --> 0:10:43.679 This happened five. 0:10:43.520 --> 0:10:47.680 Times in nine years. They were very discouraged, tempted to 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:51.960 give up. The man's name is Joe. He'd gone by 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:55.680 Joe his whole life, but one day he read where 0:10:55.720 --> 0:11:01.520 his full name Joseph, means God will add. When he 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:06.000 saw that something came alive on the inside, he knew 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:08.800 God was saying, I'm going to add to you a son. 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:13.720 He remembered the story in the Scripture where God changed 0:11:13.840 --> 0:11:19.040 Abram's name to Abraham, which means father of many nations. 0:11:19.559 --> 0:11:22.840 God gave Abraham a child, a son, at a very 0:11:22.880 --> 0:11:26.880 old age. When it looked impossible, Joe decided to go 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:30.760 back to using his original name. He told his family, 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:35.520 his friends, coworkers, don't call me Joe anymore. Call me Joseph. 0:11:36.160 --> 0:11:39.800 They thought he was having a midlife crisis. But every 0:11:39.840 --> 0:11:44.280 time someone said hello, Joseph, they were saying God, what 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:46.280 had They were speaking? 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:47.920 Victory over his life? 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:53.040 He kept saying so, declaring it. About six months later, 0:11:53.559 --> 0:11:56.920 his wife became pregnant with the baby boy for the. 0:11:56.800 --> 0:12:00.360 First time in ten years. She cared him for term. 0:12:00.880 --> 0:12:03.839 The baby was born healthy and whole, and as a 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:08.000 testimony to God's goodness, they name that little boy Joseph. 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:10.480 God will add, well. 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:16.040 Let me ask you, are you declaring victory over your life, 0:12:16.679 --> 0:12:21.760 over your family, over your career. Nothing happens until you speak. 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:24.360 When you get up in the morning. You need to 0:12:24.400 --> 0:12:28.920 make some declarations of faith. Whatever God's put in your. 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:31.679 Heart, declare that it will come to pass. 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:36.000 I say every day I am increasing in the anointing, 0:12:36.520 --> 0:12:41.240 in wisdom, in favor, and in influence. Every message is 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:45.319 getting better. God is taking our ministry where no ministry's 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:49.360 ever gone. You've got to speak favor into your future. 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:54.480 I declare every day my children will fulfill their destinies. 0:12:54.840 --> 0:12:57.600 Their gifts and talents will come out to the full. 0:12:57.880 --> 0:13:02.160 They will supersede anything that we've done. Ever since I 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:05.560 took over from my father. I've said when people turned 0:13:05.559 --> 0:13:08.960 me on on television, they cannot turn me off. 0:13:09.960 --> 0:13:11.040 Do you know how many. 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:14.480 Letters I get from people that said, Joel, I was 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:16.040 flipping through the channels. 0:13:16.520 --> 0:13:18.400 I don't like TV preachers. 0:13:18.480 --> 0:13:21.880 I never watched TV preachers, but when I turned you on, 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:23.679 I couldn't turn you off. 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:27.960 I think to myself. I called you in, I said so. 0:13:29.840 --> 0:13:33.599 One man wrote and told how his wife tried to 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:35.800 get him to watch the program for many, many years, 0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:38.400 but he wouldn't do it. One day, he was flipping 0:13:38.440 --> 0:13:42.160 through the channels, he came across our program, and normally 0:13:42.200 --> 0:13:45.800 he would flip by it very quickly, but for some reason, 0:13:45.840 --> 0:13:50.240 this day his remote control stopped working and he got 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:54.720 stuck on our program. He was so frustrated he finagled 0:13:54.760 --> 0:13:58.320 with it, ended up changing the batteries. It still wouldn't work, 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:01.600 he said, Joel. Even though I tried to act like 0:14:01.720 --> 0:14:05.760 I wasn't listening, you were speaking directly to me. The 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:08.800 funny thing is when our program was over, the remote 0:14:08.800 --> 0:14:11.840 control went back to work, and just find it, he said. 0:14:11.920 --> 0:14:15.760 Now I never missed one of your programs. When you 0:14:15.880 --> 0:14:20.080 declare favor over your life, over your future, God will 0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:23.440 make things happen that should have never happened. Our attitude 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:26.560 should be I'm coming out of debt, and I'm saying so, 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:30.560 twenty thirteen is my year, and I'm saying so, I 0:14:30.600 --> 0:14:34.880 will overcome every obstacle, and I'm saying so. When I 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:39.720 first started ministering, I was very nervous and very intimidated. 0:14:40.120 --> 0:14:42.480 I knew I was supposed to step up and pastor 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:46.920 the church, but I'm naturally more quiet and reserved. I 0:14:46.960 --> 0:14:49.040 didn't know if I could get up here really and 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:52.440 speak and minister in front of people. During the week, 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:55.400 negative thoughts would bombard my mind. 0:14:56.040 --> 0:14:57.160 I would go and. 0:14:57.080 --> 0:15:00.000 Stand in front of a mirror and talk to myself. 0:15:01.080 --> 0:15:04.960 I would say, Joel, you are strong, you are well able, 0:15:05.480 --> 0:15:08.960 you have what it takes. You are anointed, you are talented, 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:13.160 you can do this. At that time, nothing that I 0:15:13.320 --> 0:15:15.280 was saying was true. 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:17.880 I was not strong or confident. 0:15:18.160 --> 0:15:22.440 I did not feel talented, anointed, well able. But as 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:26.600 I kept saying it, day after day, month after month, 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:31.440 things started to change. I begin to become what I 0:15:31.600 --> 0:15:36.360 was saying. Over time, it became a reality. 0:15:36.440 --> 0:15:37.160 Here's the key. 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:42.200 What you keep saying, you are moving toward you may 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:46.160 be struggling in your finances, but when you keep declaring, 0:15:46.400 --> 0:15:49.640 I'm blessed, I'm prosperous. 0:15:49.080 --> 0:15:50.560 I have the favor of God. 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:54.920 Every time you say it, you're moving toward increase. You're 0:15:54.960 --> 0:15:58.120 getting closer to seeing that come to pass. You may 0:15:58.160 --> 0:16:02.160 be facing a sickness it look good, But every time 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:07.040 you declare I'm healthy, I'm strong, I'm getting better. You're 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:11.960 moving toward health, wholeness, victory. Or perhaps you're struggling with 0:16:12.000 --> 0:16:16.320 an addiction. Every time you declare, I am free, this 0:16:16.400 --> 0:16:20.480 addiction does not control me. You're moving toward freedom. You're 0:16:20.520 --> 0:16:25.240 moving toward breakthroughs now Here's the catch. This works in 0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:30.080 the positive end in the negative. If you're always saying 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:33.880 I am so unlucky, I never get any good breaks, 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:39.360 you're moving toward bad breaks, more disappointment. Joel, my back's 0:16:39.400 --> 0:16:41.880 been hurting for three years. I don't think I'll ever 0:16:41.920 --> 0:16:46.200 get well. You're moving toward more sickness, more pain. Or 0:16:46.240 --> 0:16:48.960 I've been through so much, I don't think I'll ever 0:16:49.040 --> 0:16:54.640 be happy again, moving toward more discouragement, more sadness. If 0:16:54.680 --> 0:16:58.640 you will change what you're saying, you will change what 0:16:58.680 --> 0:17:03.000 you're seeing. The scripture says, call the things that are 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:05.359 not as if they already were. 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:08.240 A lot of times we do just the opposite. 0:17:08.760 --> 0:17:11.480 We call the things that are as if they will 0:17:11.520 --> 0:17:15.560 always be that way. In other words, we just describe 0:17:15.600 --> 0:17:19.240 the situation. Man, gas is so high. I don't see 0:17:19.280 --> 0:17:22.560 how I'm going to make it. You're calling in more struggle, 0:17:22.920 --> 0:17:27.240 more lack. I can't stand my job. My boss gets 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:30.760 on my nerves. You're calling in more frustration, more defeat. 0:17:31.600 --> 0:17:34.600 Don't use your words to describe the situation. 0:17:35.240 --> 0:17:37.639 Use your words to change the situation. 0:17:38.800 --> 0:17:42.080 If I would have just complained about how nervous and 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:46.240 intimidated I was, if I would have gone around saying, 0:17:46.240 --> 0:17:49.240 you know, I can't do this. I'm afraid I don't 0:17:49.240 --> 0:17:53.000 have what it takes. If I would have described the situation, 0:17:53.880 --> 0:17:57.359 I wouldn't be standing here today. If you want to 0:17:57.400 --> 0:18:00.560 know what you're going to be like five years now, 0:18:01.240 --> 0:18:04.000 listen to what you're saying about yourself. 0:18:04.720 --> 0:18:08.960 You are prophesying your future. Five years from. 0:18:08.800 --> 0:18:12.120 Now, My messages are going to be better than they 0:18:12.160 --> 0:18:13.640 are right now. 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:14.920 Don't you say, thank God? 0:18:16.920 --> 0:18:22.040 Five years from now, I'm going to be stronger, healthier, wiser, 0:18:22.440 --> 0:18:28.000 better looking. Our daughter Alexandra had a copy of my 0:18:28.119 --> 0:18:30.800 first book from ten years ago the other day and 0:18:30.840 --> 0:18:31.600 a copy. 0:18:31.320 --> 0:18:32.240 Of my newest book. 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:35.960 She was comparing the pictures on the cover. She said, wow, Daddy, 0:18:36.280 --> 0:18:38.120 you look better today. 0:18:38.119 --> 0:18:41.200 Than you did ten years ago. I said, what would 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:42.320 you like me to buy you? 0:18:43.960 --> 0:18:46.600 But do you know how many times I have said 0:18:47.160 --> 0:18:52.359 I'm getting stronger, healthier, wiser. My youth is being renewed 0:18:52.520 --> 0:18:53.280 like the eagles. 0:18:53.520 --> 0:18:55.840 Every time you say it, you're moving toward it. 0:18:57.160 --> 0:19:00.160 But if you're always saying, man, I'm so out of shape, 0:19:00.280 --> 0:19:03.360 I'll never lose this weight, you're moving toward the wrong thing. 0:19:04.320 --> 0:19:06.960 A gentleman told me last week. He looked to be 0:19:06.960 --> 0:19:07.760 about seventy. 0:19:08.359 --> 0:19:12.800 Joe, when you get old, it's all downhill, that was 0:19:12.840 --> 0:19:16.199 his say. So he was declaring, I'm going down he 0:19:16.359 --> 0:19:20.439 was calling in poor health, lack of vision, hard of hearing. 0:19:20.880 --> 0:19:23.720 He keeps that up, he'll keep moving toward it. By 0:19:23.760 --> 0:19:25.760 the way he looked, he'd already been saying it for 0:19:25.760 --> 0:19:30.199 a long time. And I realized, we're all going to 0:19:30.240 --> 0:19:34.119 get old, we're all eventually going to die. But don't 0:19:34.240 --> 0:19:39.359 make plans to go downhill. Don't start speaking defeat over 0:19:39.400 --> 0:19:44.439 your life. Moses was one hundred and twenty years old, 0:19:44.960 --> 0:19:46.200 and the scripture. 0:19:45.800 --> 0:19:48.880 Says his eye was not them his. 0:19:49.040 --> 0:19:54.639 Natural strength not abated, one hundred and twenty healthy, strong, 0:19:55.080 --> 0:20:00.240 twenty twenty vision, didn't have glasses, wasn't awaring help I 0:20:00.400 --> 0:20:01.760 fallen and I can't get up. 0:20:01.800 --> 0:20:02.960 Button around his chest. 0:20:03.840 --> 0:20:09.280 He had a clear memory, a strong, sharp mind. I 0:20:09.280 --> 0:20:10.760 know I'm gonna get a letter on that one, but 0:20:12.040 --> 0:20:15.120 here's what I'm saying. In spite of how you feel, 0:20:15.880 --> 0:20:19.520 in spite of what's been passed down in your family line, 0:20:19.720 --> 0:20:23.639 every day you need to declare everything about me is 0:20:23.680 --> 0:20:28.480 getting better and better. My bones, my joints, my ligaments, 0:20:28.680 --> 0:20:33.480 my blood, my organs, my memory, my vision, my hearing, 0:20:33.640 --> 0:20:37.639 my talent, my skill, my looks, my skin, my youth 0:20:37.880 --> 0:20:38.920 is being renewed. 0:20:39.880 --> 0:20:42.960 Like Moses, I will finish my. 0:20:43.080 --> 0:20:48.360 Course with my eye not dim my natural strength not abated. 0:20:48.760 --> 0:20:55.080 You talk like that, you're moving toward renewed youth, health, energy, vitality. 0:20:55.720 --> 0:20:58.120 That's a lot better than getting up in the morning, 0:20:58.640 --> 0:21:01.359 looking in the mirror and say, oh man, I'm getting 0:21:01.400 --> 0:21:04.639 so old. Look at these wrinkles. Look how bad I 0:21:04.720 --> 0:21:07.560 look this gray hair. I'm so out of shape. You 0:21:07.720 --> 0:21:11.640 keep moving toward that in five years, it's gonna be scary. 0:21:12.160 --> 0:21:13.520 You need to have a better say. 0:21:13.560 --> 0:21:13.639 So. 0:21:14.800 --> 0:21:16.119 Don't talk about. 0:21:15.880 --> 0:21:18.680 The way you are, talk about the way you want 0:21:18.720 --> 0:21:23.439 to be. You are prophesying your future. Maybe you're in 0:21:23.640 --> 0:21:27.879 a difficult time today, instead of complaining, that's just gonna 0:21:27.920 --> 0:21:31.879 draw in more defeat. Your declaration should be I have 0:21:32.040 --> 0:21:35.639 grace for this season. I am strong in the Lord. 0:21:36.000 --> 0:21:38.639 Those that are for me are greater than those that 0:21:38.680 --> 0:21:39.359 are against me. 0:21:40.000 --> 0:21:42.240 When you say that, strength. 0:21:41.920 --> 0:21:47.120 Comes, courage comes, confidence comes, endurance comes. You go through 0:21:47.160 --> 0:21:51.280 a disappointment, a bad break, a loss. I don't know 0:21:51.280 --> 0:21:54.800 how this has happened to me, Joel, It's so unfair. No, 0:21:54.960 --> 0:21:58.320 that's just gonna draw in more self pity. Your declaration 0:21:58.480 --> 0:22:03.320 should be God mus me, beauty for ashes, joy for morning. 0:22:03.600 --> 0:22:07.800 I'm not staying here. I'm moving forward. New beginnings are 0:22:07.840 --> 0:22:10.800 in my future. The rest of my life will be 0:22:10.880 --> 0:22:13.800 the best of my life. You talk like that, and 0:22:13.840 --> 0:22:17.639 you're moving toward double for your trouble. You're moving away 0:22:17.640 --> 0:22:20.480 from self pity and toward God's goodness in. 0:22:20.440 --> 0:22:21.520 A new way. 0:22:21.840 --> 0:22:24.680 One of the best things we can do is take 0:22:24.720 --> 0:22:30.040 a few minutes every morning and make these positive declarations 0:22:30.119 --> 0:22:35.080 over our lives. Write down not only your dreams, your goals, 0:22:35.320 --> 0:22:39.399 your vision, but make a list of any area you 0:22:39.480 --> 0:22:42.680 want to improve in, anything you want to see change. 0:22:43.280 --> 0:22:45.560 Put that list on your bathroom mirror. 0:22:45.200 --> 0:22:49.240 Somewhere private before you leave the house, take a couple 0:22:49.240 --> 0:22:53.280 of minutes and declare that over your life. In other words, 0:22:53.359 --> 0:22:56.560 if you struggle with your self esteem, feeling less than, 0:22:57.200 --> 0:23:01.320 you need to declare every day, I am confident, I 0:23:01.359 --> 0:23:05.000 am valuable, i am one of a kind. I have 0:23:05.160 --> 0:23:08.480 royal blood flowing through my veins. I am wearing a 0:23:08.480 --> 0:23:11.760 crown of favor. I am a child of the most 0:23:11.800 --> 0:23:15.359 tied God. You declare that, and you'll go out with 0:23:15.480 --> 0:23:19.400 your shoulders back, with your head held high. You struggle 0:23:19.440 --> 0:23:23.920 with your way, Declare I am in shape, I'm healthy, 0:23:24.320 --> 0:23:25.520 I'm full of energy. 0:23:25.840 --> 0:23:27.520 I weigh what I should weigh. 0:23:28.320 --> 0:23:30.840 May not be true right now, but you keep saying it, 0:23:30.880 --> 0:23:31.760 and you're gonna. 0:23:31.480 --> 0:23:32.280