1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: Hey, thanks again for being with us today. Always my 2 00:00:03,180 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: honor to be able to share God's Word with you 3 00:00:05,380 --> 00:00:08,140 Speaker 1: and hopefully inspire you and encourage you. If you're enjoying 4 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:10,260 Speaker 1: the podcast, I hope you'll share it with a friend, 5 00:00:10,460 --> 00:00:13,220 Speaker 1: pass it along. Let's inspire some other people as well. 6 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: But know that we love you. It's going to be 7 00:00:15,020 --> 00:00:18,340 Speaker 1: a blessed day for you. Well, God bless you. It's 8 00:00:18,870 --> 00:00:21,350 Speaker 1: a joy to come into your homes. And if you're 9 00:00:21,390 --> 00:00:23,869 Speaker 1: ever in our area, please stop by and be a 10 00:00:23,910 --> 00:00:26,690 Speaker 1: part of one of our services. I promise you, we'll 11 00:00:26,730 --> 00:00:29,150 Speaker 1: make you feel right at home. I like to start 12 00:00:29,190 --> 00:00:32,090 Speaker 1: with something funny. And I heard about this six-year-old boy. 13 00:00:32,630 --> 00:00:35,490 Speaker 1: He was standing in the church lobby, staring at the 14 00:00:35,530 --> 00:00:38,870 Speaker 1: large plaque on the wall. It was filled with names 15 00:00:39,210 --> 00:00:42,630 Speaker 1: with small American flags by their side. He asked the 16 00:00:42,670 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: pastor what all the names were for. The pastor explained 17 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 1: how that was a memorial to all the young men 18 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: and women that died in the service. The little boy 19 00:00:53,700 --> 00:00:57,730 Speaker 1: stood there silently, so concerned. He finally looked up and asked, 20 00:00:58,050 --> 00:01:02,140 Speaker 1: was it the 8.30 or 11 o'clock service? Say it 21 00:01:02,180 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 22 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 1: what it says I am. I have what it says 23 00:01:07,580 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 1: I have. I can do what it says I can do. Today, 24 00:01:11,300 --> 00:01:14,140 Speaker 1: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly 25 00:01:14,190 --> 00:01:18,530 Speaker 1: confess my mind is alert. My heart is receptive. I 26 00:01:18,590 --> 00:01:22,890 Speaker 1: will never be the same in Jesus' name. God bless you. 27 00:01:22,910 --> 00:01:27,770 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about recognizing your value. 28 00:01:28,819 --> 00:01:32,140 Speaker 1: Too often we base our value on how someone is 29 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:36,500 Speaker 1: treating us, how successful we are, how perfect of a 30 00:01:36,580 --> 00:01:40,330 Speaker 1: life we've lived. The problem is all of those things 31 00:01:40,390 --> 00:01:43,910 Speaker 1: can change. If you're getting your value out of how 32 00:01:43,990 --> 00:01:48,250 Speaker 1: people treat you, then if they hurt you, they disappoint you, 33 00:01:48,630 --> 00:01:52,590 Speaker 1: you're going to feel devalued. If you're basing your value 34 00:01:52,930 --> 00:01:56,550 Speaker 1: off of your achievements, how much you make, what you drive, 35 00:01:56,890 --> 00:02:00,350 Speaker 1: the title behind your name, then if something happens and 36 00:02:00,370 --> 00:02:03,930 Speaker 1: you don't have that position, your business goes down, then 37 00:02:03,970 --> 00:02:07,770 Speaker 1: your value will go down. And some people don't feel 38 00:02:07,810 --> 00:02:11,410 Speaker 1: good about themselves because they've made mistakes in life. They're 39 00:02:11,450 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 1: not where they thought they would be. Now they're living insecure, 40 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 1: feeling inferior. They're basing their value on their performance. Here's 41 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,860 Speaker 1: the key. Your value should be based solely on the 42 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:28,139 Speaker 1: fact that you are a child of the most high God. 43 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,980 Speaker 1: The creator of the universe breathed his life into you. 44 00:02:32,820 --> 00:02:37,090 Speaker 1: How someone treats you doesn't change your value. What they 45 00:02:37,190 --> 00:02:41,590 Speaker 1: say or do doesn't lessen who you are. Mistakes you've 46 00:02:41,630 --> 00:02:46,190 Speaker 1: made doesn't decrease your value. That's what you did. That's 47 00:02:46,230 --> 00:02:49,390 Speaker 1: not who you are. You can buy a bigger house, 48 00:02:49,770 --> 00:02:52,790 Speaker 1: drive a better car, but that doesn't make you any 49 00:02:52,850 --> 00:02:57,829 Speaker 1: more valuable. That increases your net worth, not your self worth. 50 00:02:58,630 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: You were already valuable when you had the small apartment 51 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:06,220 Speaker 1: and no title behind your name. That position may give 52 00:03:06,260 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 1: you more influence, but not more value. You can be 53 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,889 Speaker 1: a stay at home mom raising your children. You may 54 00:03:13,950 --> 00:03:17,489 Speaker 1: not have the influence of the CEO, but you have 55 00:03:17,550 --> 00:03:21,470 Speaker 1: the same value. Value is not based on what you do, 56 00:03:21,590 --> 00:03:25,109 Speaker 1: what you make, who you know. That's superficial. Those things 57 00:03:25,169 --> 00:03:30,920 Speaker 1: can change. Your value comes from your creator. God breathed 58 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,780 Speaker 1: his life into you. You have the DNA of Almighty God. 59 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:39,390 Speaker 1: You have royalty in your blood. But the enemy works 60 00:03:39,590 --> 00:03:43,710 Speaker 1: overtime trying to devalue us. He'd love for you to 61 00:03:43,770 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: go through life letting what people say make you feel inferior, 62 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:53,020 Speaker 1: comparing your life to somebody else's, thinking you'll feel good 63 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:56,340 Speaker 1: about yourself when you catch up to them, when you 64 00:03:56,380 --> 00:04:01,020 Speaker 1: live in that neighborhood, or when you perform perfectly, when 65 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:04,860 Speaker 1: you break the addiction, then you'll feel valuable. But nothing 66 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:09,430 Speaker 1: you do will make you any more valuable Nothing you achieve, 67 00:04:09,910 --> 00:04:14,830 Speaker 1: nothing you overcome, you are valuable right now. God calls 68 00:04:14,870 --> 00:04:18,950 Speaker 1: you a masterpiece. You are one of a kind. You 69 00:04:18,990 --> 00:04:22,660 Speaker 1: didn't come off an assembly line. You weren't mass produced. 70 00:04:22,980 --> 00:04:26,380 Speaker 1: God made you unique. There will never be another you. 71 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:30,940 Speaker 1: Put your shoulders back. Start carrying yourself with confidence. You 72 00:04:30,990 --> 00:04:35,700 Speaker 1: have been fearfully and wonderfully made. In Luke chapter four, 73 00:04:35,900 --> 00:04:39,420 Speaker 1: Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert where 74 00:04:39,460 --> 00:04:42,849 Speaker 1: he was tempted three times. He'd been out there for 75 00:04:42,850 --> 00:04:46,730 Speaker 1: 40 days and hadn't eaten anything. The enemy said to him, 76 00:04:47,270 --> 00:04:50,969 Speaker 1: if you're the son of God, turn these stones into bread. 77 00:04:51,890 --> 00:04:54,789 Speaker 1: He was trying to make his value be based on 78 00:04:54,850 --> 00:04:58,870 Speaker 1: his performance. If you turn these stones into bread, you 79 00:04:58,890 --> 00:05:01,750 Speaker 1: can prove you're the son of God. Then you can 80 00:05:01,790 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 1: feel good about yourself. You performed a miracle. Jesus wouldn't 81 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: do it. He said, man doesn't live by bread alone. 82 00:05:09,540 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: He was saying in effect, I don't have to do 83 00:05:12,420 --> 00:05:15,900 Speaker 1: anything to prove who I am. I don't have to 84 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,450 Speaker 1: perform to feel good about myself. I know who I am. 85 00:05:20,470 --> 00:05:23,789 Speaker 1: The enemy couldn't deceive him into getting his value out 86 00:05:23,810 --> 00:05:29,490 Speaker 1: of being performance based. So he tried possession based. He 87 00:05:29,529 --> 00:05:32,490 Speaker 1: took Jesus to a high place, showed him all the 88 00:05:32,550 --> 00:05:34,990 Speaker 1: kingdoms of the world. He said, you can have it 89 00:05:35,210 --> 00:05:39,659 Speaker 1: all if you'll just bow down and worship me. Jesus said, no, thanks. 90 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: I don't need possessions to prove my worth and value. 91 00:05:44,420 --> 00:05:46,859 Speaker 1: I don't have to have what you think is important 92 00:05:47,180 --> 00:05:50,789 Speaker 1: to feel good about who I am. Possession-based didn't work. 93 00:05:51,190 --> 00:05:56,210 Speaker 1: Performance-based didn't work. So the enemy tried one final thing, popularity. 94 00:05:57,010 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: He took Jesus to the highest place in the temple, 95 00:06:00,690 --> 00:06:04,100 Speaker 1: was very crowded below, all kinds of people. He said, 96 00:06:04,140 --> 00:06:06,780 Speaker 1: if you're the son of God, jump off this building. 97 00:06:07,420 --> 00:06:10,780 Speaker 1: You said your angels would protect you. He was trying 98 00:06:10,820 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: to get Jesus to show off Everybody would see and 99 00:06:14,380 --> 00:06:18,840 Speaker 1: be amazed. He'd gain instant popularity. Jesus said it again. 100 00:06:18,860 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: I don't need possessions. I don't need popularity. I don't 101 00:06:22,700 --> 00:06:26,580 Speaker 1: need performance to feel valuable. I know who I am. 102 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:31,010 Speaker 1: I'm the son of the living God. The enemy tried 103 00:06:31,050 --> 00:06:35,030 Speaker 1: to deceive Jesus into proving who he was. And a 104 00:06:35,070 --> 00:06:38,420 Speaker 1: lot of people live in a proving mode. They can't 105 00:06:38,460 --> 00:06:42,700 Speaker 1: feel good about themselves unless they prove to people they're important. 106 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 1: Prove to their coworker they're talented. Prove to their critics 107 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:51,250 Speaker 1: that they really are okay. There's a constant struggle. They're 108 00:06:51,350 --> 00:06:57,350 Speaker 1: always having to outdo, outperform, outdrive, outdress. It's very freeing 109 00:06:57,450 --> 00:07:00,950 Speaker 1: when you realize you don't have to prove anything. You 110 00:07:00,990 --> 00:07:06,150 Speaker 1: don't have to impress people. Take the pressure off. It 111 00:07:06,210 --> 00:07:10,580 Speaker 1: takes a lot of energy to compete, to prove, to impress. 112 00:07:11,460 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: If you live in a proving mode, it's like you're 113 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 1: on a treadmill. As soon as you prove to one 114 00:07:17,820 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: person you're okay, you'll see somebody else you need to impress. 115 00:07:21,580 --> 00:07:26,390 Speaker 1: It's a never-ending cycle. Get off that treadmill. You're working 116 00:07:26,430 --> 00:07:30,050 Speaker 1: hard but not going anywhere. You don't have to prove anything. 117 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: And these days, there's so much emphasis on name brands. 118 00:07:35,340 --> 00:07:40,820 Speaker 1: We're wearing so-and-so designer shoes and so-and-so sunglasses and carrying 119 00:07:40,860 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 1: a so-and-so purse, driving a so-and-so car, talking on a 120 00:07:44,900 --> 00:07:47,900 Speaker 1: so-and-so cell phone. If you're really cool, you got on 121 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 1: so-and-so underwear. You can feel good about yourself. Sometimes we 122 00:07:54,370 --> 00:07:57,170 Speaker 1: have so many other names on us, we don't know 123 00:07:57,250 --> 00:08:03,270 Speaker 1: our own names. We're counting on all the name brands, 124 00:08:03,630 --> 00:08:07,340 Speaker 1: all the outside labels to make us feel important. Can 125 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:10,950 Speaker 1: I tell you, your name is more important than all 126 00:08:11,010 --> 00:08:16,250 Speaker 1: those names combined. No disrespect to them, but the difference 127 00:08:16,310 --> 00:08:19,910 Speaker 1: between you and a name brand is God breathed his 128 00:08:20,030 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: life into you. You're a son, you're a daughter of 129 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:27,650 Speaker 1: the most high God. And there's nothing wrong with owning it, 130 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 1: driving it, wearing it, but don't let it be the 131 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:35,820 Speaker 1: reason you feel good about who you are. Because what's 132 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:39,770 Speaker 1: hot today, what's the latest, greatest in a few years, 133 00:08:39,870 --> 00:08:43,219 Speaker 1: it'll be outdated. It'll be outdated. If you live possession based, 134 00:08:43,500 --> 00:08:46,700 Speaker 1: you have to run from name to name, position to position, 135 00:08:46,780 --> 00:08:49,420 Speaker 1: friend to friend. That's going to wear you out. Why 136 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 1: don't you relax? You can't get any more valuable. You 137 00:08:53,500 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 1: can buy more clothes, get more friends. That doesn't change 138 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:59,980 Speaker 1: your value. Whether you're wearing Gucci or. 139 00:08:59,960 --> 00:09:05,850 Speaker 2: Goodwill, whether it's Calvin Klein or Fruit of the Loom, 140 00:09:06,210 --> 00:09:07,630 Speaker 2: your value never changes. 141 00:09:08,990 --> 00:09:10,870 Speaker 1: You're clapping because you wear Fruit of the Loom like me. 142 00:09:12,830 --> 00:09:14,829 Speaker 1: I went to the sporting goods store the other day 143 00:09:14,890 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 1: to buy some new t-shirts to work out in. And 144 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: there were probably 10 racks of shirts. Practically every one 145 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 1: had the manufacturer's name on the front in big, bold letters. 146 00:09:27,500 --> 00:09:29,380 Speaker 1: I thought to myself, you want me to buy your 147 00:09:29,470 --> 00:09:32,410 Speaker 1: shirt and then go around as a billboard for you? 148 00:09:33,429 --> 00:09:35,590 Speaker 1: No offense, but I don't want to wear your name. 149 00:09:35,630 --> 00:09:39,890 Speaker 1: I like my own name. Do you need somebody else's 150 00:09:39,970 --> 00:09:43,290 Speaker 1: name to make you feel good about yourself? Are you 151 00:09:43,330 --> 00:09:46,490 Speaker 1: trying to prove your worth, your value by who you know, 152 00:09:46,590 --> 00:09:49,819 Speaker 1: what you wear, what you drive? Or can you say 153 00:09:49,860 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: like Jesus, I don't have to have popularity, possessions, or 154 00:09:54,020 --> 00:09:57,589 Speaker 1: performance to feel good about myself. I am secure in 155 00:09:57,650 --> 00:10:00,140 Speaker 1: who I am. I know who God made me to be. 156 00:10:08,970 --> 00:10:12,530 Speaker 1: When Jesus was riding into town on Palm Sunday, the 157 00:10:12,570 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 1: people laid down branches as he passed by. They celebrated 158 00:10:16,530 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 1: shouting Hosanna from the young to the old, waving, cheering. 159 00:10:21,860 --> 00:10:24,599 Speaker 1: They were so excited to see him. He received a 160 00:10:24,660 --> 00:10:29,210 Speaker 1: hero's welcome. But a few days later, those same people, 161 00:10:29,670 --> 00:10:34,390 Speaker 1: instead of shouting Hosanna, they were shouting crucify him. We 162 00:10:34,410 --> 00:10:38,190 Speaker 1: don't want him here. When Jesus went to trial and 163 00:10:38,250 --> 00:10:42,429 Speaker 1: needed his closest friends to support him, his disciples, the 164 00:10:42,510 --> 00:10:46,069 Speaker 1: ones he had poured his life into, they weren't anywhere around. 165 00:10:46,750 --> 00:10:48,770 Speaker 1: He asked them to stay up and pray, but they 166 00:10:48,809 --> 00:10:52,329 Speaker 1: were too tired. They fell asleep. If you base your 167 00:10:52,410 --> 00:10:58,380 Speaker 1: value on people's support, how much they approve you, encourage you, 168 00:10:59,130 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: then if for some reason they stop doing that, you'll 169 00:11:02,260 --> 00:11:05,840 Speaker 1: feel devalued. As long as they're telling you you're great, 170 00:11:06,059 --> 00:11:09,820 Speaker 1: you'll feel great. The problem is if they change their mind, 171 00:11:10,340 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 1: they're not telling you that, you're not going to feel great. 172 00:11:13,940 --> 00:11:17,780 Speaker 1: You can't base your value on what people give you. 173 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 1: People are funny. They'll say you're beautiful one day and 174 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:25,349 Speaker 1: I don't care for you the next. Hosanna on Sunday, 175 00:11:25,670 --> 00:11:29,569 Speaker 1: crucify them on Friday. If you don't know who you 176 00:11:29,809 --> 00:11:34,150 Speaker 1: are without them, then if they leave, you'll be lost. 177 00:11:34,809 --> 00:11:38,330 Speaker 1: They'll take you with them. Your identity was caught up 178 00:11:38,450 --> 00:11:40,829 Speaker 1: in who they made you to be. You'll try to 179 00:11:40,890 --> 00:11:44,530 Speaker 1: find somebody else to tell you who you are. You 180 00:11:44,550 --> 00:11:47,870 Speaker 1: don't need people to tell you who you are. People 181 00:11:47,970 --> 00:11:51,980 Speaker 1: will let you down. People will get jealous. People have 182 00:11:52,010 --> 00:11:56,179 Speaker 1: their own issues. Let your heavenly father tell you who 183 00:11:56,220 --> 00:12:02,590 Speaker 1: you are. Get your value, your self-worth, your approval from him. 184 00:12:03,090 --> 00:12:06,750 Speaker 1: He says you're a masterpiece. He says you're one of 185 00:12:06,809 --> 00:12:10,910 Speaker 1: a kind, a prized possession. Somebody may have told you 186 00:12:10,929 --> 00:12:14,750 Speaker 1: the opposite. You're not talented. You're not attractive. You don't 187 00:12:14,790 --> 00:12:18,130 Speaker 1: have a good personality. Let that go in one ear 188 00:12:18,290 --> 00:12:23,140 Speaker 1: and out the other. They don't determine your values. What 189 00:12:23,210 --> 00:12:27,510 Speaker 1: they say or do doesn't make you any less a masterpiece. 190 00:12:28,390 --> 00:12:32,190 Speaker 1: Quit letting how people treat you make you feel inferior. 191 00:12:32,770 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 1: They don't control your destiny. They didn't breathe life into you. 192 00:12:37,420 --> 00:12:39,620 Speaker 1: They didn't call you. They didn't anoint you. They didn't 193 00:12:39,660 --> 00:12:43,820 Speaker 1: approve you. Your value came from your creator, from the 194 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:48,190 Speaker 1: God who spoke worlds into existence. The good news is 195 00:12:48,710 --> 00:12:51,809 Speaker 1: they can't change your value and you can't change it. 196 00:12:52,410 --> 00:12:55,750 Speaker 1: God put it in you before you showed up. You 197 00:12:55,790 --> 00:12:59,550 Speaker 1: don't need their approval. You don't need their encouragement. They 198 00:12:59,590 --> 00:13:03,439 Speaker 1: don't have to validate you. It's good when it happens, 199 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:07,020 Speaker 1: but if you're depending on it to feel secure, then 200 00:13:07,059 --> 00:13:09,700 Speaker 1: if they don't do it, you're going to feel inferior. 201 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:14,570 Speaker 1: Don't give away your power. Don't put your identity, your 202 00:13:14,660 --> 00:13:19,630 Speaker 1: value into somebody else's hands. Even good people can't give 203 00:13:19,690 --> 00:13:23,189 Speaker 1: you everything you need. Somebody that loves you very much, 204 00:13:23,450 --> 00:13:28,199 Speaker 1: they cannot keep you approved, validated, feeling secure. You have 205 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:32,220 Speaker 1: to go to your heavenly father. And sometimes we're putting 206 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:35,559 Speaker 1: pressure on people to keep us fixed, keep us validated, 207 00:13:36,380 --> 00:13:39,780 Speaker 1: let them off the hook. They're not your savior. You 208 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 1: already have a savior. He's on the throne. Go to 209 00:13:42,900 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 1: him and not the people. The problem with trying to 210 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:50,780 Speaker 1: get this from people is people have issues. People are 211 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 1: dealing with insecurities, fears, hurts, wounds, prejudice, dysfunction. They don't 212 00:13:56,960 --> 00:14:01,059 Speaker 1: know any better. That's normal to them. Messed up people 213 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 1: can mess you up. If you, that's not profound, but 214 00:14:04,860 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 1: it's good, isn't it? If you base your value on 215 00:14:08,350 --> 00:14:12,240 Speaker 1: what they're giving you, you can end up dysfunctional. I 216 00:14:12,300 --> 00:14:16,949 Speaker 1: talked to a lady recently that had a very bad childhood, neglect, abuse. 217 00:14:17,350 --> 00:14:20,890 Speaker 1: She had just gone through her second divorce. Her ex-husband 218 00:14:20,950 --> 00:14:24,550 Speaker 1: told her that she didn't deserve to be loved. And 219 00:14:24,590 --> 00:14:26,810 Speaker 1: I could tell that she believed it because she was 220 00:14:26,850 --> 00:14:30,810 Speaker 1: down on herself, no expression on her face. I told 221 00:14:30,850 --> 00:14:34,210 Speaker 1: her what I'm telling you. Don't let messed up people 222 00:14:34,570 --> 00:14:38,110 Speaker 1: ruin the rest of your life. If somebody hurts you, 223 00:14:38,690 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 1: there's a tendency to internalize it. and think there's something 224 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 1: wrong with me. If I was more attractive, he wouldn't 225 00:14:45,820 --> 00:14:49,020 Speaker 1: have left. If I was smarter, I wouldn't have had 226 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 1: a bad childhood. No, it has nothing to do with you. 227 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:57,150 Speaker 1: They're treating you out of their hurts, their wounds. Hurting 228 00:14:57,210 --> 00:15:01,190 Speaker 1: people end up hurting other people. Don't let what they 229 00:15:01,270 --> 00:15:04,950 Speaker 1: say define who you are. Don't let what you didn't 230 00:15:04,990 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 1: get make you feel like you're to blame. They said 231 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:11,510 Speaker 1: you don't deserve to be loved. That's a lie. They 232 00:15:11,590 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 1: said you're not attractive, another lie. But if you base 233 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:18,300 Speaker 1: your value on these lies, you won't have any kind 234 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 1: of self-worth. Studies even show that children that went through neglect, abuse, 235 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:28,810 Speaker 1: a bad childhood, very often they take the blame on themselves. 236 00:15:29,190 --> 00:15:32,090 Speaker 1: They think there's something wrong with them. This lady did 237 00:15:32,130 --> 00:15:35,510 Speaker 1: the same thing. She didn't think she deserved to be loved. 238 00:15:36,310 --> 00:15:39,550 Speaker 1: That's the enemy trying to steal your sense of value. 239 00:15:40,450 --> 00:15:44,890 Speaker 1: If somebody did you wrong, instead of internalizing it, have 240 00:15:44,930 --> 00:15:48,390 Speaker 1: you ever thought about maybe they were messed up? Maybe 241 00:15:48,430 --> 00:15:51,670 Speaker 1: they felt so bad about themselves, so unlovable that they 242 00:15:51,710 --> 00:15:54,660 Speaker 1: tried to project it on you. I know a young 243 00:15:54,700 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 1: man that never felt like he fit in. Growing up, 244 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 1: there's very little love in his home. He never felt 245 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,740 Speaker 1: approved or celebrated. It was like he was a burden. 246 00:16:04,460 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 1: He found out in his early teens that his parents 247 00:16:07,860 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 1: always wanted a girl. They were disappointed when he was born. 248 00:16:12,780 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 1: Now he's in his twenties, had his head down, insecure, 249 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: feeling unworthy. I told him your parents may have wanted 250 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,320 Speaker 1: a girl, but the creator of the universe wanted a boy. 251 00:16:24,940 --> 00:16:29,750 Speaker 1: God doesn't make mistakes. You're not an accident. He hand 252 00:16:29,910 --> 00:16:33,550 Speaker 1: picked you. He chose you before you could choose him. 253 00:16:34,670 --> 00:16:37,530 Speaker 1: Your parents may not have known any better, but don't 254 00:16:37,610 --> 00:16:41,410 Speaker 1: let their lack of approval keep you from your destiny. 255 00:16:42,270 --> 00:16:45,940 Speaker 1: You didn't come from your mother. You came through your mother. 256 00:16:46,260 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 1: You came from Almighty God. I begin to tell him 257 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:54,460 Speaker 1: how he was a masterpiece, called, chosen, equipped, one of 258 00:16:54,500 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 1: a kind with seeds of greatness. Nobody had ever spoken 259 00:16:58,420 --> 00:17:01,260 Speaker 1: faith over his life. He lifted his head. He put 260 00:17:01,300 --> 00:17:04,210 Speaker 1: his shoulders back. I could see a smile starting to form. 261 00:17:05,210 --> 00:17:08,750 Speaker 1: When you base your value on what people say or do, 262 00:17:08,950 --> 00:17:11,629 Speaker 1: that's going to push you down. But when you base 263 00:17:11,670 --> 00:17:14,310 Speaker 1: it on what God says about you, it's going to 264 00:17:14,350 --> 00:17:16,669 Speaker 1: lift you up. You're going to have a smile on 265 00:17:16,690 --> 00:17:19,970 Speaker 1: your face, a spring in your step. You're not going 266 00:17:19,990 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 1: to be put off by what you didn't get, by 267 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:28,020 Speaker 1: who's not supporting you. Like him, maybe nobody ever told 268 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:32,199 Speaker 1: you what God says about you. God says you're amazing. 269 00:17:32,940 --> 00:17:36,290 Speaker 1: He says he's proud of you. He says you're the 270 00:17:36,470 --> 00:17:40,270 Speaker 1: apple of his eye. People may not be celebrating you, 271 00:17:40,570 --> 00:17:43,810 Speaker 1: but you need to know God celebrates you. I've heard 272 00:17:43,869 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 1: it said, if God had a refrigerator, your picture would 273 00:17:47,980 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: be on it. If he had a computer, you'd be 274 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 1: on the homepage. The scripture says God has your name 275 00:17:55,300 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 1: carved on the palm of his hand. He's always thinking 276 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:01,900 Speaker 1: about you. You may feel like you never really got 277 00:18:01,940 --> 00:18:06,090 Speaker 1: the approval from your parents, from your family. Even now, 278 00:18:06,130 --> 00:18:09,530 Speaker 1: they don't celebrate you. They don't affirm you. But the 279 00:18:09,590 --> 00:18:13,170 Speaker 1: truth is, it's not about you. It's about their issues, 280 00:18:13,590 --> 00:18:18,270 Speaker 1: their insecurities. Don't spend your life trying to get something 281 00:18:18,490 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 1: that they cannot give. I know people working 80 hours 282 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:25,260 Speaker 1: a week trying to prove to their parents they're successful. 283 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:28,879 Speaker 1: Prove to their family they're good enough. You have to 284 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:32,900 Speaker 1: let it go or you'll be frustrated. Turn to your 285 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 1: heavenly father. Get your approval from him. He's smiling down 286 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,939 Speaker 1: on you. He sees you excelling. You don't have to 287 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:45,140 Speaker 1: have their approval to be happy. God approves you. He's 288 00:18:45,180 --> 00:18:49,290 Speaker 1: the one that matters. In the scripture, David didn't have 289 00:18:49,350 --> 00:18:53,189 Speaker 1: his father's approval. When the prophet Samuel came in to 290 00:18:53,250 --> 00:18:57,510 Speaker 1: anoint one of Jesse's sons, Jesse didn't even bring David 291 00:18:57,670 --> 00:19:01,950 Speaker 1: in from the shepherd's fields. He saw David as being inferior, 292 00:19:02,710 --> 00:19:08,109 Speaker 1: not talented, too young, too small. Sometimes the people closest 293 00:19:08,170 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 1: to you can't see the greatness in you. Jesse didn't 294 00:19:12,410 --> 00:19:15,660 Speaker 1: see a king in David. He didn't see a giant killer. 295 00:19:16,230 --> 00:19:19,590 Speaker 1: a strategic leader. He saw a young boy with not 296 00:19:19,630 --> 00:19:22,820 Speaker 1: much to offer. He dismissed him, didn't pay much attention. 297 00:19:23,700 --> 00:19:27,479 Speaker 1: Your family may discount you. They may leave you out. 298 00:19:27,859 --> 00:19:31,560 Speaker 1: Don't take it personally. Just keep being your best, getting 299 00:19:31,580 --> 00:19:35,780 Speaker 1: your approval from your heavenly father. This happened with Jesus. 300 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:40,130 Speaker 1: His brothers didn't believe in him. They saw him as average. 301 00:19:40,630 --> 00:19:43,510 Speaker 1: What's the big deal? What's all the commotion? It's just Jesus. 302 00:19:44,070 --> 00:19:47,150 Speaker 1: The people that should have supported him the most tried 303 00:19:47,190 --> 00:19:50,860 Speaker 1: to make him feel inferior. The people closest to you 304 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:54,900 Speaker 1: may not acknowledge your gifts. They may not see your value, 305 00:19:55,340 --> 00:19:59,450 Speaker 1: but god does David was left out. It wasn't fair 306 00:20:00,109 --> 00:20:02,830 Speaker 1: But when samuel looked at the other seven sons, he 307 00:20:02,869 --> 00:20:05,890 Speaker 1: said jesse, it's none of these. Do you have any 308 00:20:05,930 --> 00:20:10,119 Speaker 1: more sons? People may leave you out, but God doesn't 309 00:20:10,140 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 1: leave you out. If David had to have his family's approval, 310 00:20:14,859 --> 00:20:17,879 Speaker 1: he would have never taken the throne. Quit trying to 311 00:20:17,940 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 1: make people be for you that are never going to 312 00:20:20,660 --> 00:20:24,649 Speaker 1: be for you. Quit feeling inferior because somebody close to 313 00:20:24,710 --> 00:20:29,090 Speaker 1: you is not celebrating you. If you needed their approval, 314 00:20:29,390 --> 00:20:32,170 Speaker 1: you would get it. If you're not getting it, that 315 00:20:32,250 --> 00:20:35,190 Speaker 1: means you don't need it to become who you were 316 00:20:35,230 --> 00:20:42,290 Speaker 1: created to be. And yes, it may be hurtful, but 317 00:20:42,330 --> 00:20:45,050 Speaker 1: it is not going to keep you from your destiny. 318 00:20:45,450 --> 00:20:49,109 Speaker 1: Sometimes it's God teaching us to go to him and 319 00:20:49,170 --> 00:20:53,700 Speaker 1: not to people. We rely too much on what people think, 320 00:20:54,340 --> 00:20:56,980 Speaker 1: who believes in us and how come they're not supporting me. 321 00:20:57,980 --> 00:21:02,010 Speaker 1: David's brothers made fun of him. His father discounted him. 322 00:21:02,490 --> 00:21:05,310 Speaker 1: He was stuck out in the shepherd's fields, but instead 323 00:21:05,350 --> 00:21:09,750 Speaker 1: of complaining, feeling inferior, he turned to God. He's the 324 00:21:09,830 --> 00:21:12,790 Speaker 1: one that wrote in Psalm 27, if my mother and 325 00:21:12,890 --> 00:21:16,770 Speaker 1: father forsake me, God will adopt me as his own child. 326 00:21:16,790 --> 00:21:21,120 Speaker 1: And I know many of us had great parents that 327 00:21:21,170 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 1: did their best, but we all have people that are 328 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:28,439 Speaker 1: not giving us their approval. They don't acknowledge our gifts. 329 00:21:28,980 --> 00:21:31,740 Speaker 1: They don't see what we have to offer. Don't live 330 00:21:31,830 --> 00:21:35,570 Speaker 1: frustrated thinking that there's something wrong with you, trying to 331 00:21:35,630 --> 00:21:38,490 Speaker 1: prove to them who you are, trying to convince them 332 00:21:38,510 --> 00:21:43,260 Speaker 1: to affirm you. Let it go. There's nothing wrong with you. 333 00:21:44,030 --> 00:21:45,770 Speaker 1: If you had to have it, they would give it. 334 00:21:46,350 --> 00:21:50,169 Speaker 1: Since you don't, shake it off, keep your head held high, 335 00:21:50,510 --> 00:21:54,230 Speaker 1: knowing that your heavenly father has approved you, accepted you, 336 00:21:54,369 --> 00:21:58,300 Speaker 1: and anointed you. Your value doesn't come from people, it 337 00:21:58,380 --> 00:22:03,060 Speaker 1: comes from your creator. A while back, somebody gave a 338 00:22:03,140 --> 00:22:05,859 Speaker 1: watch to the ministry. I was out of town at 339 00:22:05,900 --> 00:22:07,899 Speaker 1: one of our events and a man came up and 340 00:22:07,940 --> 00:22:11,199 Speaker 1: handed me this nice box. I opened it, it was 341 00:22:11,220 --> 00:22:15,300 Speaker 1: a beautiful watch. Wasn't super fancy, but it was attractive 342 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:18,920 Speaker 1: and sporty. And of course I thanked him, I'm very grateful. 343 00:22:19,510 --> 00:22:22,109 Speaker 1: I brought it back and put it in my desk drawer. 344 00:22:22,130 --> 00:22:24,730 Speaker 1: A couple of months later, I opened the drawer to 345 00:22:24,750 --> 00:22:27,550 Speaker 1: get something out and there was the watch. I had 346 00:22:27,609 --> 00:22:30,669 Speaker 1: forgotten about it. I looked at it again and I 347 00:22:30,710 --> 00:22:33,869 Speaker 1: thought it cost a couple hundred dollars. I didn't notice 348 00:22:33,970 --> 00:22:37,419 Speaker 1: the name brand, but for some reason I Googled it. 349 00:22:38,030 --> 00:22:41,410 Speaker 1: When I did, I nearly passed out. The exact watch 350 00:22:41,470 --> 00:22:45,790 Speaker 1: came up. It was worth over $ 10, 000. It's from a 351 00:22:45,850 --> 00:22:51,250 Speaker 1: very famous, prestigious watchmaker. It looked like to me, a 352 00:22:51,310 --> 00:22:54,240 Speaker 1: lot of other watches that I'd seen that cost several 353 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:59,359 Speaker 1: hundred dollars, but because of the manufacturer, this watch was 354 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:03,139 Speaker 1: extremely valuable. You could put it side by side and 355 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:07,729 Speaker 1: you wouldn't see much difference. Looked average, ordinary. People had 356 00:23:07,810 --> 00:23:11,650 Speaker 1: copied it. There were knockoffs. On the surface, it seemed 357 00:23:11,670 --> 00:23:15,450 Speaker 1: the same, but what gave it its value was who 358 00:23:15,470 --> 00:23:20,369 Speaker 1: made it. Sometimes we don't realize who we are. You 359 00:23:20,390 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 1: may feel average, ordinary, like nothing stands out, but because 360 00:23:25,210 --> 00:23:28,680 Speaker 1: of your maker, there's something about you that makes you 361 00:23:28,740 --> 00:23:34,179 Speaker 1: extremely valuable. You're not a copy. You're not a knockoff. 362 00:23:34,900 --> 00:23:39,820 Speaker 1: You're an original. The creator of the universe is your manufacturer. 363 00:23:40,500 --> 00:23:43,699 Speaker 1: You can't get any more prestigious than that. But if 364 00:23:43,740 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 1: you don't know who you are, like I did with 365 00:23:46,500 --> 00:23:50,440 Speaker 1: the watch, you'll discount yourself. Thinking, oh man, I'm ordinary. 366 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:54,120 Speaker 1: Nothing much to offer. Nothing special about me. You need 367 00:23:54,140 --> 00:23:55,860 Speaker 1: to Google your manufacturer. 368 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:59,020 Speaker 2: You have the fingerprints of God all over you. 369 00:24:00,510 --> 00:24:04,730 Speaker 1: Psalm 139 says, God, I praise you because you have 370 00:24:04,810 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 1: made me in an amazing way. What you have done 371 00:24:08,580 --> 00:24:12,700 Speaker 1: is wonderful. If you're going to recognize your value, you 372 00:24:12,740 --> 00:24:17,100 Speaker 1: have to see yourself as amazing, as wonderful, not because 373 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:21,330 Speaker 1: of who you are, but because of who made you. Now, 374 00:24:21,410 --> 00:24:23,930 Speaker 1: life will try to make you feel like you're anything 375 00:24:24,109 --> 00:24:30,020 Speaker 1: but amazing. Disappointments, betrayals, rejections, will try to steal your 376 00:24:30,060 --> 00:24:34,260 Speaker 1: sense of value. But all through the day, despite what 377 00:24:34,340 --> 00:24:38,159 Speaker 1: thoughts are telling you, despite who left you out, you 378 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:42,770 Speaker 1: need to remind yourself, I am amazing. I am a masterpiece. 379 00:24:43,150 --> 00:24:47,910 Speaker 1: I have been wonderfully made. Don't discount what God has created. 380 00:24:48,609 --> 00:24:52,260 Speaker 1: Don't go around feeling ordinary when in fact you're extraordinary. 381 00:24:53,310 --> 00:24:56,990 Speaker 1: People may try to make you feel average, like David's father. 382 00:24:57,390 --> 00:24:59,929 Speaker 1: You don't have much to offer. Are you going to 383 00:24:59,990 --> 00:25:04,129 Speaker 1: believe what people say about you or believe what God 384 00:25:04,190 --> 00:25:09,190 Speaker 1: says about you? God says you're amazing. Have you ever 385 00:25:09,300 --> 00:25:13,179 Speaker 1: said that to yourself? It has to start on the inside. 386 00:25:14,180 --> 00:25:17,700 Speaker 1: I read where Tom Brady's jersey that he wore during 387 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl is worth $ 500, 000. Wow. I can go 388 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:28,230 Speaker 1: online and buy that same jersey for $ 49. What's the difference? 389 00:25:28,670 --> 00:25:32,909 Speaker 1: Who it belongs to. Same jersey, same size, same color, 390 00:25:33,310 --> 00:25:37,669 Speaker 1: but one belongs to Tom Brady. That makes it extremely valuable. 391 00:25:38,550 --> 00:25:43,230 Speaker 1: The scripture says you belong to God. You may feel average, 392 00:25:43,730 --> 00:25:48,209 Speaker 1: think you look ordinary, nothing special about you, but because 393 00:25:48,390 --> 00:25:52,580 Speaker 1: of who you belong to, that makes you extremely valuable. 394 00:25:53,020 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 1: Now my challenge, don't let people discount you. Don't let 395 00:25:57,060 --> 00:26:00,690 Speaker 1: your own thoughts push you down. Put your shoulders back. 396 00:26:01,150 --> 00:26:04,410 Speaker 1: You belong to God. You don't have to prove anything. 397 00:26:04,930 --> 00:26:07,770 Speaker 1: You don't have to try to impress people. Just be 398 00:26:07,990 --> 00:26:11,919 Speaker 1: who you are. Be amazing. If you'll do this, I 399 00:26:11,940 --> 00:26:15,719 Speaker 1: believe and declare every chain that's held you back is 400 00:26:15,780 --> 00:26:16,500 Speaker 1: being broken. 401 00:26:16,859 --> 00:26:21,300 Speaker 2: You're going to live free, confident, secure, valuable, and become 402 00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:26,060 Speaker 2: the masterpiece that God created you to be in Jesus' name. 403 00:26:26,530 --> 00:26:31,170 Speaker 1: If you receive it, can you say amen today? I'd 404 00:26:31,210 --> 00:26:33,949 Speaker 1: like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 405 00:26:34,010 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 1: Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, 406 00:26:37,900 --> 00:26:43,399 Speaker 1: Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 407 00:26:44,460 --> 00:26:48,010 Speaker 1: I make you my Lord and Savior. Friends, if you 408 00:26:48,050 --> 00:26:50,969 Speaker 1: prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 409 00:26:51,470 --> 00:26:55,050 Speaker 1: Get in a good Bible-based church. Keep God first place. 410 00:27:03,970 --> 00:27:06,149 Speaker 1: A few years ago, I stood in a forest of 411 00:27:06,210 --> 00:27:10,060 Speaker 1: giant redwoods, trees hundreds of feet tall and thousands of 412 00:27:10,100 --> 00:27:13,830 Speaker 1: years old. I remember thinking every one of them started 413 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:17,050 Speaker 1: as a single seed, something you could hold in your hand. 414 00:27:17,670 --> 00:27:20,550 Speaker 1: But I was amazed at what they had become. That's 415 00:27:20,590 --> 00:27:23,570 Speaker 1: not just true of trees. It's true of you. There 416 00:27:23,590 --> 00:27:26,230 Speaker 1: are seeds God has already placed in you that are 417 00:27:26,290 --> 00:27:29,300 Speaker 1: waiting to come to life. You haven't seen all that 418 00:27:29,340 --> 00:27:31,880 Speaker 1: you can become. I'd love to send you my new 419 00:27:31,900 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 1: 90-day devotional called Super Bloom. It's designed to help you 420 00:27:36,100 --> 00:27:39,680 Speaker 1: water what God has already planted in your life. 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