1 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:07,580 Speaker 1: I hope you and your family are having a great summer. 2 00:00:07,820 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 1: Victoria and I are praying for you, believing for God's 3 00:00:10,260 --> 00:00:13,100 Speaker 1: very best in your life, and it's always my pleasure 4 00:00:13,140 --> 00:00:14,980 Speaker 1: to be able to share a message with you. I 5 00:00:15,030 --> 00:00:19,170 Speaker 1: hope you're encouraged and inspired today. God bless you. It's 6 00:00:19,210 --> 00:00:21,730 Speaker 1: great to be with you today, and I hope you'll 7 00:00:21,750 --> 00:00:25,189 Speaker 1: stay connected with us during the week through our daily podcast, 8 00:00:25,230 --> 00:00:28,570 Speaker 1: our YouTube channel, social media, and you can come visit 9 00:00:28,630 --> 00:00:30,740 Speaker 1: us in person. We'd love to have you be a 10 00:00:30,770 --> 00:00:33,190 Speaker 1: part of one of our services. But I like to 11 00:00:33,210 --> 00:00:36,580 Speaker 1: start with something funny. And I heard about this archaeologist 12 00:00:36,700 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: in New York. He dug down 10 feet and found 13 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:44,269 Speaker 1: copper wiring dating back 100 years. He concluded that New 14 00:00:44,300 --> 00:00:48,889 Speaker 1: Yorkers had a telephone network over 100 years ago. Not 15 00:00:48,909 --> 00:00:53,190 Speaker 1: to be outdone, an archaeologist from California dug down 20 16 00:00:53,190 --> 00:00:57,450 Speaker 1: feet and found copper wiring dating back 200 years. He 17 00:00:57,510 --> 00:01:02,380 Speaker 1: concluded that Californians had a communication network 100 years earlier 18 00:01:02,420 --> 00:01:07,140 Speaker 1: than New Yorkers. Upon hearing this, Bubba from Texas dug 19 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: down 30 feet on his farm and found absolutely nothing. 20 00:01:11,300 --> 00:01:15,590 Speaker 1: He concluded 300 years ago, Texans had already gone wireless. 21 00:01:18,020 --> 00:01:20,460 Speaker 1: All right, y'all, say it like you mean it. This 22 00:01:20,540 --> 00:01:23,140 Speaker 1: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 23 00:01:23,670 --> 00:01:26,030 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 24 00:01:26,090 --> 00:01:28,730 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today, I will be 25 00:01:28,790 --> 00:01:32,670 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 26 00:01:32,770 --> 00:01:36,009 Speaker 1: is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be 27 00:01:36,050 --> 00:01:41,149 Speaker 1: the same in Jesus' name. God bless you. I want 28 00:01:41,250 --> 00:01:46,250 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about rewiring your brains. For years, 29 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:50,180 Speaker 1: scientists believed that once we reached adulthood, the brain was 30 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,660 Speaker 1: fully formed and couldn't be changed. There was no new 31 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:58,020 Speaker 1: growth or reshaping. But in the last few decades, they've 32 00:01:58,060 --> 00:02:02,210 Speaker 1: discovered that the brain is constantly changing, that it's not 33 00:02:02,270 --> 00:02:05,790 Speaker 1: set in stone, but it's more like plastic that can 34 00:02:05,830 --> 00:02:09,870 Speaker 1: be molded and reshaped. Every time you think a thought, 35 00:02:10,330 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: it's creating a neural pathway, like a roadway in your mind. 36 00:02:15,530 --> 00:02:18,070 Speaker 1: The more you think a thought, the easier it is 37 00:02:18,130 --> 00:02:23,380 Speaker 1: to think again because the road is already established. Repetitive 38 00:02:23,460 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: thoughts are making that path wider and deeper. It's not 39 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:31,910 Speaker 1: just mental where you're developing a habit, but in your brain, 40 00:02:32,050 --> 00:02:37,490 Speaker 1: something is happening. These neurons are creating pathways that accommodate 41 00:02:37,570 --> 00:02:41,090 Speaker 1: what you're telling it. When that path gets so established, 42 00:02:41,660 --> 00:02:44,519 Speaker 1: then it's like you're on autopilot. You just follow that path. 43 00:02:45,530 --> 00:02:48,500 Speaker 1: Have you ever been driving home from work and you 44 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:52,220 Speaker 1: start thinking about something else, daydreaming, and five minutes later 45 00:02:52,260 --> 00:02:55,540 Speaker 1: you come back? Man, I wasn't even paying attention to 46 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:59,410 Speaker 1: the road. Well, you've driven that path for years. Those 47 00:02:59,490 --> 00:03:02,910 Speaker 1: neurons have built a highway in your mind. Now they 48 00:03:02,930 --> 00:03:06,750 Speaker 1: can take over without all the mental energy. Just naturally 49 00:03:06,830 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: kicks in because of what the repetitive thoughts have established. 50 00:03:12,030 --> 00:03:15,830 Speaker 1: This is what Proverbs says, as a person thinks, so 51 00:03:15,910 --> 00:03:19,540 Speaker 1: he will become. The good news is you get to 52 00:03:19,620 --> 00:03:24,860 Speaker 1: choose which pathways your brain is going to establish. Well, Joel, 53 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,460 Speaker 1: nothing good ever happens to me. I always have bad breaks. 54 00:03:29,139 --> 00:03:30,959 Speaker 1: I don't think I'll ever get out of this problem. 55 00:03:31,660 --> 00:03:35,030 Speaker 1: Just imagine a big bulldozer starts to clear out that path. 56 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,580 Speaker 1: The foreman says to his crew, we just got an 57 00:03:38,700 --> 00:03:42,710 Speaker 1: order from the command center. Start building an I can't 58 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:45,790 Speaker 1: do it highway. I'm not going to make it pathway. 59 00:03:46,290 --> 00:03:49,810 Speaker 1: Never going to work out roadway. Every time you think it, 60 00:03:50,010 --> 00:03:53,510 Speaker 1: those neurons go to work. It's not just your thoughts, 61 00:03:53,730 --> 00:03:57,270 Speaker 1: but in your brain, cells are creating what you're telling 62 00:03:57,310 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: them to make it easier to think the next time. 63 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,890 Speaker 1: Over time, it's just who we are. Here's the key, 64 00:04:04,350 --> 00:04:07,910 Speaker 1: you can rewire your brain. Some of us have all 65 00:04:07,950 --> 00:04:14,030 Speaker 1: these negative highways, not good enough, guilt, I can't forgive, 66 00:04:14,650 --> 00:04:18,980 Speaker 1: I'm not disciplined. We've been thinking this way for years. No, 67 00:04:19,010 --> 00:04:21,460 Speaker 1: it's not a road, we got a four lane highway. 68 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: Got the best lights, pavement, 80 miles an hour. Next 69 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 1: time you're tempted to think those thoughts, recognize what's happening. 70 00:04:30,620 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 1: You're building something you don't want. Yes, it's going to 71 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:38,220 Speaker 1: be easy to think them because the highway you built 72 00:04:38,300 --> 00:04:41,380 Speaker 1: is so big. Now it's going to facilitate what you've 73 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,839 Speaker 1: been thinking. You have to put your foot down and say, no, thanks. 74 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: I am not going to use my mental energy to 75 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 1: build roads that are going to work against me. Best 76 00:04:52,300 --> 00:04:55,219 Speaker 1: thing you can do is put up some road closure signs. 77 00:04:56,140 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: That thought comes, nothing good is in my future. Sorry, 78 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:02,020 Speaker 1: that road is closed. I don't need that path anymore. 79 00:05:02,910 --> 00:05:05,930 Speaker 1: Build a new highway. Father, thank you that my path 80 00:05:06,190 --> 00:05:09,130 Speaker 1: is getting brighter and brighter, that you're taking me from 81 00:05:09,230 --> 00:05:12,770 Speaker 1: victory to victory. I can see that foreman thinking, what 82 00:05:12,810 --> 00:05:16,310 Speaker 1: in the world is happening? He tells his workers, come 83 00:05:16,450 --> 00:05:19,909 Speaker 1: off the can't do it highway. No more construction on 84 00:05:19,930 --> 00:05:23,670 Speaker 1: the always be addicted roadway. Start building to something good 85 00:05:23,730 --> 00:05:27,570 Speaker 1: is going to happen freeway. It's not just being positive. 86 00:05:28,260 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: It's not just quoting God's word, which is all good, 87 00:05:31,740 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 1: but in your brain, neurons are firing. Cells are working 88 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:41,270 Speaker 1: to create pathways for what you're repeatedly thinking. My father 89 00:05:41,350 --> 00:05:44,130 Speaker 1: taught me when I was a little boy that when 90 00:05:44,150 --> 00:05:47,270 Speaker 1: I got up every morning to say something good is 91 00:05:47,290 --> 00:05:50,349 Speaker 1: gonna happen to me today. I've been saying that all 92 00:05:50,350 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: 39 years that I've been alive. Every morning, Victoria will 93 00:05:54,660 --> 00:05:57,420 Speaker 1: tell you, this is gonna be a great day. Lord, 94 00:05:57,500 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 1: thank you for waking me up this morning. Something good 95 00:06:00,420 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: is going to happen to me. I don't have to 96 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:06,500 Speaker 1: even think about it anymore. It's just autopilot. It's going 97 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 1: to be a great day. I'm expecting God's goodness. God, 98 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,660 Speaker 1: let me be a blessing to somebody else. I know 99 00:06:13,700 --> 00:06:18,159 Speaker 1: we all have different personalities. I'm naturally positive, upbeat. I've 100 00:06:18,180 --> 00:06:20,900 Speaker 1: been this way my whole life. A pastor friend of 101 00:06:20,940 --> 00:06:23,600 Speaker 1: mine told me that he's so negative, he can take 102 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:26,420 Speaker 1: a positive sermon and preach it in a negative way. 103 00:06:27,610 --> 00:06:31,610 Speaker 1: Some of it may be natural temperament, but that can 104 00:06:31,650 --> 00:06:35,670 Speaker 1: be overridden by how you choose to think. A man 105 00:06:35,730 --> 00:06:40,630 Speaker 1: I know was always so down on himself, sour, expecting 106 00:06:40,650 --> 00:06:44,230 Speaker 1: the worst. He said, that's just who I am. He 107 00:06:44,270 --> 00:06:47,790 Speaker 1: started listening to our messages on Sirius XM. And a 108 00:06:47,830 --> 00:06:51,040 Speaker 1: couple of years later, he said, Joel, people don't recognize 109 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,270 Speaker 1: me anymore. They said, what happened to you? He's the 110 00:06:54,310 --> 00:06:59,230 Speaker 1: most positive, grateful, joyful person you could meet. There wasn't 111 00:06:59,350 --> 00:07:03,390 Speaker 1: anything wrong with him. He had just spent years building 112 00:07:03,410 --> 00:07:09,280 Speaker 1: the wrong highways, creating all these negative paths and discouraging words. 113 00:07:10,020 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: As you think, you will become. You're telling your brain 114 00:07:14,140 --> 00:07:18,820 Speaker 1: how to function. These repetitive thoughts are giving the assignment. 115 00:07:19,420 --> 00:07:23,790 Speaker 1: Your thinking is the command centers. Like this man, you 116 00:07:23,830 --> 00:07:27,350 Speaker 1: may have created something you don't want. You don't have 117 00:07:27,390 --> 00:07:31,130 Speaker 1: to stay that way. You can rewire your brain. You 118 00:07:31,180 --> 00:07:35,300 Speaker 1: can create new neural pathways that will work for you 119 00:07:35,620 --> 00:07:42,700 Speaker 1: rather than against you. Some people have built highways for guilt, shame, unworthiness. 120 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:47,260 Speaker 1: The battle is taking place in our minds. One reason 121 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 1: the enemy works so hard in this area is he 122 00:07:50,540 --> 00:07:54,460 Speaker 1: knows your life is going to follow your thoughts. He'd 123 00:07:54,500 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: love for you to wire your brain for guilt and 124 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:00,820 Speaker 1: can't do it and not good enough. You've got to 125 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:03,770 Speaker 1: close those roads off. You've got to put up some 126 00:08:03,870 --> 00:08:08,530 Speaker 1: detours and no longer in use signs. Quit spending your 127 00:08:08,670 --> 00:08:13,110 Speaker 1: energy building roads that are working against you. The more 128 00:08:13,150 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 1: you think it, the deeper the road. The easier it 129 00:08:16,500 --> 00:08:20,140 Speaker 1: is to go down the next time. It's a self-destructive cycle. 130 00:08:21,060 --> 00:08:22,380 Speaker 1: You wake up in the morning and think, man, I 131 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:26,340 Speaker 1: don't want to go to work. Traffic's so bad. These 132 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:30,310 Speaker 1: people get on my nerves. Just imagine all those neurons 133 00:08:30,690 --> 00:08:35,089 Speaker 1: building highways to just what you said. You gave the command. 134 00:08:36,070 --> 00:08:38,890 Speaker 1: When you've been doing that for five years, 10 years, 135 00:08:38,890 --> 00:08:43,100 Speaker 1: 30 years, your highway goes from here to Botswana. You 136 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:46,100 Speaker 1: could drive a house down that thing No wonder when 137 00:08:46,140 --> 00:08:49,590 Speaker 1: we get up, those thoughts come the easiest. You paved 138 00:08:49,660 --> 00:08:54,429 Speaker 1: a beautiful road. Change what you're building. That's not who 139 00:08:54,470 --> 00:08:58,690 Speaker 1: you are. The enemy has hijacked your crew. He's deceived 140 00:08:58,710 --> 00:09:02,650 Speaker 1: you into believing his lies. Now your own selves are 141 00:09:02,710 --> 00:09:06,839 Speaker 1: working against you. It's time to do some rewiring, some 142 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 1: road closures. No more giving life to the negatives. It's 143 00:09:11,420 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 1: gonna take discipline because when we've been thinking one way 144 00:09:14,900 --> 00:09:17,970 Speaker 1: a long time, you're gonna wanna go back to the 145 00:09:18,140 --> 00:09:22,510 Speaker 1: old habits, like driving on autopilot. You don't have to 146 00:09:22,550 --> 00:09:27,730 Speaker 1: think about it. You're used to feeling guilty, inferior, can't 147 00:09:27,770 --> 00:09:31,350 Speaker 1: break the addiction, never get out of debt. Those are 148 00:09:31,429 --> 00:09:35,410 Speaker 1: learned behaviors. You're gonna have to dig down deep and 149 00:09:35,450 --> 00:09:39,220 Speaker 1: take control of what you think. You get to choose 150 00:09:39,340 --> 00:09:43,110 Speaker 1: what you dwell on. When the same negative thoughts come, 151 00:09:43,690 --> 00:09:46,839 Speaker 1: you'll be tempted to get on that highway. It's already built. 152 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:51,080 Speaker 1: It's what I'm used to. Don't give those thoughts permission 153 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:54,180 Speaker 1: to stay. They may come, but you don't have to 154 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,809 Speaker 1: dwell on it. If you dismiss it, the thought dies. 155 00:09:58,510 --> 00:10:02,700 Speaker 1: It doesn't have any power. It's repetitive thoughts that build 156 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 1: the highways. When we're constantly thinking, it's going to be 157 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:11,319 Speaker 1: a great day. I'm blessed. I'm strong. I'm healthy. I 158 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:14,330 Speaker 1: have the favor of God. Think of the roads that's 159 00:10:14,380 --> 00:10:17,850 Speaker 1: building in our brains. Think about how that's impacting our 160 00:10:17,929 --> 00:10:24,170 Speaker 1: future and our self-image, our confidence. Verse, I'm unworthy. I've 161 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:27,020 Speaker 1: made too many mistakes. I can't get a good break. 162 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 1: Everyone in my family struggles. Your thinking is the command center. 163 00:10:32,580 --> 00:10:35,839 Speaker 1: You are giving orders to your neurons to form how 164 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:40,319 Speaker 1: your brain functions, to create the roadways to become what 165 00:10:40,380 --> 00:10:52,030 Speaker 1: you think. Paul said in Philippians, I have learned how 166 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 1: to be content. He didn't say I was born this way. 167 00:10:56,160 --> 00:11:00,120 Speaker 1: This is my natural personality. That's why I'm content. He said, 168 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,979 Speaker 1: I had to learn this. I had to be disciplined 169 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,709 Speaker 1: in what I think. I had to guard my mind. 170 00:11:06,730 --> 00:11:10,270 Speaker 1: Some of us have learned to be discouraged, learned to 171 00:11:10,309 --> 00:11:15,110 Speaker 1: be insecure, learned to expect the worst, recognize what's happening. 172 00:11:15,860 --> 00:11:19,060 Speaker 1: If you can learn to be offended, learn to be discouraged, 173 00:11:19,420 --> 00:11:21,900 Speaker 1: then you can learn to be happy. You can learn 174 00:11:21,940 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: to stay in peace. You can learn to have faith. 175 00:11:25,140 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 1: It all starts right here. Paul said it this way. 176 00:11:28,500 --> 00:11:32,100 Speaker 1: You can be transformed by the renewing of your mind. 177 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:36,140 Speaker 1: When you start thinking the right thoughts, it's not only 178 00:11:36,260 --> 00:11:40,470 Speaker 1: affecting you mentally, but your brain is creating new pathways. 179 00:11:40,990 --> 00:11:45,050 Speaker 1: Pathways that work for you, not against you. I was 180 00:11:45,090 --> 00:11:48,470 Speaker 1: on my phone the other day, flipping through Instagram, and 181 00:11:49,130 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 1: I usually click on the sports highlights and watch clips 182 00:11:52,740 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 1: from ball games. But this video popped up of these 183 00:11:56,380 --> 00:12:00,100 Speaker 1: two men in a grocery store fighting. It was real 184 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 1: small on the phone, so I had to click it 185 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:05,020 Speaker 1: to make it bigger. It was so bizarre. In the 186 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:08,390 Speaker 1: middle of the store, they were throwing each other up 187 00:12:08,429 --> 00:12:12,010 Speaker 1: against the shelves and cans of food was falling and 188 00:12:12,790 --> 00:12:17,620 Speaker 1: cereal boxes going everywhere, rolling, punching, going crazy. I was 189 00:12:17,670 --> 00:12:21,900 Speaker 1: just going to watch five seconds, then 20 seconds went by, 190 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 1: then a minute, and it went from bizarre to entertaining. 191 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 1: I thought this is better than sports, but finally I 192 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:32,010 Speaker 1: moved on to something else. A few seconds later, there 193 00:12:32,030 --> 00:12:37,929 Speaker 1: was another clip of fighting. then another, then another. Before long, 90% 194 00:12:37,929 --> 00:12:41,110 Speaker 1: of my feed was fights. I've never seen so many 195 00:12:41,250 --> 00:12:46,079 Speaker 1: crazy people. You know what happened? The algorithm kicked in. 196 00:12:47,130 --> 00:12:51,740 Speaker 1: All this data and calculations identified me as a person 197 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:56,780 Speaker 1: that likes fights. So they fed me more of what 198 00:12:56,820 --> 00:13:00,809 Speaker 1: I'd been watching. It's the same principle in our thoughts. 199 00:13:01,210 --> 00:13:03,810 Speaker 1: You're going to get more of what you've been thinking 200 00:13:04,830 --> 00:13:10,089 Speaker 1: because that pathway has been developed. You've told those neurons 201 00:13:10,429 --> 00:13:13,460 Speaker 1: to build this highway. So it's going to be easier 202 00:13:13,500 --> 00:13:17,300 Speaker 1: to think that way. It's going to create habits. If 203 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:19,800 Speaker 1: you get up in the morning and think something good 204 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:22,179 Speaker 1: is going to happen to me, Lord, I thank you 205 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,340 Speaker 1: that it's going to be a great day. You're going 206 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:27,890 Speaker 1: to see more good things. That algorithm, so to speak, 207 00:13:27,950 --> 00:13:30,570 Speaker 1: is going to kick in. You're going to enjoy your children. 208 00:13:31,050 --> 00:13:33,370 Speaker 1: You're going to thank God for your job. You're going 209 00:13:33,390 --> 00:13:36,780 Speaker 1: to stay in peace under pressure. You're getting more of 210 00:13:36,820 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 1: what you clicked on and just the opposite. If you 211 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:44,900 Speaker 1: live worried, stressed over your job, upset at your neighbor, 212 00:13:45,420 --> 00:13:49,500 Speaker 1: afraid your child will get off course, you've created pathways 213 00:13:49,870 --> 00:13:53,980 Speaker 1: to make all the negative easier. Like that algorithm, you're 214 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: going to have plenty of reasons to worry. You need 215 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:00,940 Speaker 1: to put up some road closures. No more clicking on 216 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:04,059 Speaker 1: the worry, the fear, the what is. Here's how you 217 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:09,010 Speaker 1: create some better highways. Get on that algorithm of favor. Father, 218 00:14:09,090 --> 00:14:11,709 Speaker 1: thank you that I'm in the palm of your hand. 219 00:14:12,170 --> 00:14:14,570 Speaker 1: Thank you that your plans for me are for good, 220 00:14:14,890 --> 00:14:17,970 Speaker 1: that you're fighting my battles. Lord, I don't see a way, 221 00:14:18,210 --> 00:14:21,350 Speaker 1: but I know that you have a way. That's creating 222 00:14:21,430 --> 00:14:26,130 Speaker 1: pathways of peace, pathways of trust where you can enjoy 223 00:14:26,230 --> 00:14:30,270 Speaker 1: each day. You have to take control of your thought life. 224 00:14:30,710 --> 00:14:34,430 Speaker 1: If not, the enemy's gonna have a heyday using that 225 00:14:34,620 --> 00:14:38,500 Speaker 1: negative algorithm to bring more of what you don't want. 226 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 1: And the scripture says to meditate on God's word day 227 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 1: and night. Meditate means to think about the same thing 228 00:14:47,660 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: over and over. It's not passive like traditional meditation, like 229 00:14:51,980 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna sit here and think about nothing, silent. Scriptural 230 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 1: meditation means to continually think about what God says about you. 231 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 1: God says you're a masterpiece, fearfully and wonderfully made. When 232 00:15:05,500 --> 00:15:08,860 Speaker 1: you meditate on that all through the day, in your thinking, 233 00:15:09,300 --> 00:15:14,489 Speaker 1: I'm valuable, I'm a masterpiece, I'm crowned with favor, I 234 00:15:14,510 --> 00:15:18,770 Speaker 1: have seeds of greatness, the DNA of Almighty God, Think 235 00:15:18,830 --> 00:15:22,100 Speaker 1: about what your neurons are doing. Think about how your 236 00:15:22,130 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: brain is being wired, how it's programmed to function. Imagine 237 00:15:26,740 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 1: the highways being built to make it easier for you 238 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 1: to think that way again. Here's the masterpiece highway, already 239 00:15:35,220 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 1: been built, easy to travel down that one. Here's the 240 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:42,470 Speaker 1: valuable highway. You have four lanes on that one. Here's 241 00:15:42,510 --> 00:15:47,020 Speaker 1: the crown with favor, the talented and gifted highway. In 242 00:15:47,070 --> 00:15:52,290 Speaker 1: your brain, these pathways are getting deeper, longer, more established 243 00:15:52,990 --> 00:15:56,890 Speaker 1: as you think you will become. Now, here's the question. 244 00:15:57,630 --> 00:16:01,130 Speaker 1: What are you meditating on? The truth is we're all 245 00:16:01,220 --> 00:16:04,940 Speaker 1: meditating on something. There are certain thoughts playing in our 246 00:16:04,980 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: mind over and over. I'll never get well. I can't 247 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:14,330 Speaker 1: break the addiction. I'll always be lonely. Those repetitive thoughts 248 00:16:14,550 --> 00:16:17,470 Speaker 1: are building the highways that you're going to travel down. 249 00:16:18,270 --> 00:16:22,370 Speaker 1: You need some road closures. Pay attention to what's playing 250 00:16:22,490 --> 00:16:25,750 Speaker 1: in your mind. That's why we say every service, I 251 00:16:25,810 --> 00:16:29,830 Speaker 1: am blessed. I am healthy. I am strong. I'm disciplined. 252 00:16:29,870 --> 00:16:34,180 Speaker 1: I'm equipped. I'm empowered. We are meditating on what God says. 253 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:38,220 Speaker 1: And I read where the average person has over 40,000 254 00:16:38,220 --> 00:16:44,660 Speaker 1: thoughts a day. 95% of those thoughts are repetitive. It's 255 00:16:44,700 --> 00:16:47,900 Speaker 1: the recording that's been playing in our mind since we 256 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: were a child. It's defining who we are and how 257 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:56,989 Speaker 1: we view the world. Here's the startling statistic. 80% of 258 00:16:57,030 --> 00:17:03,010 Speaker 1: the average person's repetitive thoughts are negative. That means 80% 259 00:17:03,010 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 1: of the time our neurons are building highways that are 260 00:17:06,980 --> 00:17:11,050 Speaker 1: working against us. Wiring our brains for things that are 261 00:17:11,109 --> 00:17:15,420 Speaker 1: limiting us. We wonder why we don't feel good about ourselves, 262 00:17:15,460 --> 00:17:18,780 Speaker 1: why we live stressed, why we can't believe our dreams. 263 00:17:19,380 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 1: Maybe you've built the wrong highways. Maybe you've trained your 264 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:26,919 Speaker 1: brain to work against you and not for you. The 265 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:30,420 Speaker 1: good news is it's not too late. You can rewire 266 00:17:30,460 --> 00:17:34,379 Speaker 1: your brain. You can build new pathways that'll make it 267 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 1: easier on you. Pay attention to what you're thinking. especially 268 00:17:39,820 --> 00:17:44,240 Speaker 1: the repetitive thoughts, what you're telling yourself all through the day. 269 00:17:45,180 --> 00:17:49,920 Speaker 1: If that recording is negative, you're defeating yourself. The scripture 270 00:17:49,940 --> 00:17:54,270 Speaker 1: says to guard your mind. That's the command center. But 271 00:17:54,310 --> 00:17:57,810 Speaker 1: what you're thinking, you're building highways that are either going 272 00:17:57,830 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 1: to help you or hinder you. When I was eight 273 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:04,830 Speaker 1: years old, my younger sister April and I were out 274 00:18:04,900 --> 00:18:07,669 Speaker 1: riding our bikes down the street and we lived in 275 00:18:07,690 --> 00:18:10,929 Speaker 1: the country, a lot of open land and next to 276 00:18:10,970 --> 00:18:13,429 Speaker 1: the street, there was a ditch for the water to 277 00:18:13,470 --> 00:18:16,590 Speaker 1: drain in and it was empty and we were kind 278 00:18:16,630 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 1: of bored and I said, April, let's get down in 279 00:18:19,380 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 1: the ditch and ride there. That'll be more fun. It's 280 00:18:22,500 --> 00:18:25,740 Speaker 1: about five feet deep and we walked our bikes down 281 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 1: and started riding through the ditch and Went about 50 yards, 282 00:18:30,020 --> 00:18:32,720 Speaker 1: then we came to this culvert where the ditch stopped 283 00:18:32,790 --> 00:18:36,230 Speaker 1: and we couldn't go anymore. Thought no big deal, let's 284 00:18:36,270 --> 00:18:38,970 Speaker 1: get out. But we tried to get out, but it 285 00:18:39,010 --> 00:18:41,949 Speaker 1: was deeper than we thought. April crawled up the side 286 00:18:41,990 --> 00:18:44,169 Speaker 1: and I tried to push my bike to her, but 287 00:18:44,430 --> 00:18:47,830 Speaker 1: she wasn't strong enough. We switched positions, I got out, 288 00:18:48,390 --> 00:18:51,210 Speaker 1: still couldn't get the bike out, it's too heavy. It 289 00:18:51,250 --> 00:18:53,820 Speaker 1: was easy to get in the ditch, but it was 290 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:57,790 Speaker 1: hard to get out. Sometimes in our minds, we're in 291 00:18:57,830 --> 00:19:02,270 Speaker 1: a ditch. We've developed these mental ruts from years of 292 00:19:02,330 --> 00:19:06,750 Speaker 1: wrong thinking. I'm a victim. I've been through too much. 293 00:19:07,450 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 1: I'll never get well. We're living in a mental rut 294 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 1: that we've created. We didn't realize through negative thinking, we 295 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:19,580 Speaker 1: were building something that would limit us, paving a road 296 00:19:19,859 --> 00:19:22,979 Speaker 1: that would keep us stuck. April and I couldn't get 297 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:25,460 Speaker 1: out of the ditch by ourselves. And this young man 298 00:19:25,500 --> 00:19:28,859 Speaker 1: came driving by and he nicely stopped, got down in 299 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:31,820 Speaker 1: the ditch and lifted both of our bikes out. The 300 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 1: difference in our story is you can get out of 301 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:38,870 Speaker 1: your ditch. You can break any stronghold that's held you back. 302 00:19:39,290 --> 00:19:42,690 Speaker 1: The forces that are for you are greater than forces 303 00:19:42,730 --> 00:19:45,990 Speaker 1: that are against you. When you get in agreement with 304 00:19:46,070 --> 00:19:51,060 Speaker 1: God and start meditating on what he says, now your 305 00:19:51,100 --> 00:19:55,580 Speaker 1: repetitive thoughts are full of faith, hope, and victory. You 306 00:19:55,619 --> 00:19:58,919 Speaker 1: will come out of those mental ruts. That's what it 307 00:19:58,980 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: means to be transformed by the renewing of your mind. 308 00:20:03,300 --> 00:20:06,300 Speaker 1: No more, I'm a victim. I've been through too much. 309 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:08,890 Speaker 1: That's going to keep you in the ditch. How about 310 00:20:09,030 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: I am a victor? God always causes me to triumph. Well, 311 00:20:13,340 --> 00:20:16,359 Speaker 1: I'll never get well, Joel. You should see the medical report. 312 00:20:16,380 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 1: This sickness is going to be the end. That's going 313 00:20:18,820 --> 00:20:22,240 Speaker 1: to keep you stuck. How about God is restoring health 314 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:25,390 Speaker 1: back into me? The number of my days he will fulfill. 315 00:20:26,010 --> 00:20:29,830 Speaker 1: That's not just being positive. It's not just having faith. 316 00:20:30,410 --> 00:20:35,190 Speaker 1: That's rewiring your brain. That's building new highways. That's what's 317 00:20:35,210 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: going to bring you out of that middle rut and 318 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:41,820 Speaker 1: allow God to do what only he can do. You 319 00:20:41,859 --> 00:20:45,220 Speaker 1: need to examine your life. Are you in any ruts? 320 00:20:46,220 --> 00:20:49,109 Speaker 1: Have you built roads in your thinking that are easy 321 00:20:49,150 --> 00:20:51,850 Speaker 1: to go down, but it's not where you want to go? 322 00:20:52,830 --> 00:20:57,030 Speaker 1: You've got these highways leading to discouragement, can't do it, 323 00:20:57,150 --> 00:21:01,859 Speaker 1: not valuable. That comes natural to you, but it's limiting you. 324 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:06,860 Speaker 1: That's a learned behavior. You've learned to be unhappy, learned 325 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:11,520 Speaker 1: to be offended, learned to not believe in yourself. That's okay. 326 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:17,140 Speaker 1: You can relearn. You can rewire your brain. Pay attention 327 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:22,070 Speaker 1: to the repetitive thoughts. Are they positive, building you up, 328 00:21:23,010 --> 00:21:27,629 Speaker 1: or are they guilt-ridden, can't do it? You're the command center. 329 00:21:27,930 --> 00:21:31,990 Speaker 1: You're giving the orders, telling your neurons which pathways to build. 330 00:21:33,020 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 1: Make sure it's a pathway leading you somewhere you want 331 00:21:36,180 --> 00:21:39,119 Speaker 1: to go. I talked to a lady who had been 332 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:43,740 Speaker 1: through a very difficult and hurtful divorce. It was 10 333 00:21:43,740 --> 00:21:46,620 Speaker 1: years ago at that time, but she was still so 334 00:21:46,700 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 1: bitter and so angry. Her husband had left for someone 335 00:21:50,460 --> 00:21:54,060 Speaker 1: else and caused all this heartache and pain. I know 336 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:56,940 Speaker 1: it's not easy, but at some point you have to 337 00:21:57,010 --> 00:22:00,169 Speaker 1: move forward. You have to give it to God and 338 00:22:00,250 --> 00:22:04,250 Speaker 1: trust Him to be your vindicator. People can't pay you back. 339 00:22:04,670 --> 00:22:08,030 Speaker 1: Only God can. She was trying to get from her 340 00:22:08,170 --> 00:22:12,149 Speaker 1: ex-husband what only God could give. She wasn't going to 341 00:22:12,190 --> 00:22:15,929 Speaker 1: be happy until he was unhappy, but he was out 342 00:22:15,990 --> 00:22:20,260 Speaker 1: enjoying his life. He had remarried and moved on. It 343 00:22:20,390 --> 00:22:23,300 Speaker 1: may not have been right, but if someone has hurt 344 00:22:23,340 --> 00:22:26,359 Speaker 1: you once, don't let them continue to hurt you by 345 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:29,690 Speaker 1: holding on to it. She was here at the altar 346 00:22:29,730 --> 00:22:32,419 Speaker 1: for prayer and she said, Joel, I can't forgive him. 347 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:36,500 Speaker 1: He hurt me too badly. I understood what she meant 348 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: because she had held on to that unforgiveness for 10 years. 349 00:22:40,900 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 1: That's all she thought about. Do you know how deep 350 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:48,440 Speaker 1: that rut was? How long, how wide that highway? That 351 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 1: wasn't four lanes, that was like 16 lanes. It was 352 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:55,899 Speaker 1: easy for her to be angry, offended. She'd built an 353 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,229 Speaker 1: incredible pathway. And I told her, of course, what I'm 354 00:22:59,270 --> 00:23:03,570 Speaker 1: telling you, you have to change what's happening here all 355 00:23:03,609 --> 00:23:07,100 Speaker 1: through the day when it comes up. Instead of thinking bitter, 356 00:23:07,740 --> 00:23:11,340 Speaker 1: angry thoughts, how about father, thank you that you have 357 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 1: beauty for these ashes. Lord, you said what was meant 358 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,379 Speaker 1: for harm, you would turn to my advantage. Father, thank 359 00:23:17,420 --> 00:23:20,940 Speaker 1: you that I have the grace to forgive. She began 360 00:23:20,980 --> 00:23:24,180 Speaker 1: to rewire her brain. I saw her a couple years 361 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 1: later out there at the visitors. She was like a 362 00:23:26,260 --> 00:23:32,980 Speaker 1: different person, happy, beautiful, grateful. What happened? She started building 363 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:37,700 Speaker 1: new highways. She started meditating on the right things, not 364 00:23:37,740 --> 00:23:41,959 Speaker 1: the hurts, not the injustice. The enemy would love for 365 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: you to keep building those roads. He knows it'll keep 366 00:23:45,500 --> 00:23:49,330 Speaker 1: you in a rut, stuck in bitterness, stuck in defeat. 367 00:23:50,380 --> 00:23:54,160 Speaker 1: Do like she did, put up some road closures. No 368 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,970 Speaker 1: more going down those paths. That algorithm is going to 369 00:23:58,010 --> 00:24:03,750 Speaker 1: keep feeding hurts, feeding discouragement. How about rewiring your brain? 370 00:24:04,090 --> 00:24:08,310 Speaker 1: Send some new commands of hope, faith, and victory. That's 371 00:24:08,369 --> 00:24:11,770 Speaker 1: how you get out of mental ruts. This is what 372 00:24:11,930 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 1: Gideon had to do in the scripture. He was hiding 373 00:24:15,300 --> 00:24:18,780 Speaker 1: in the wine press, afraid of the Midianites that were 374 00:24:18,820 --> 00:24:22,170 Speaker 1: surrounding the city. An angel came to him and said, 375 00:24:22,690 --> 00:24:26,220 Speaker 1: mighty hero, the Lord is with you. You are to 376 00:24:26,300 --> 00:24:30,139 Speaker 1: lead the people of Israel to defeat the Midianites. Well, 377 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:34,119 Speaker 1: Gideon was taken aback. He said, in effect, that's not possible. 378 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:37,619 Speaker 1: I come from the poorest family. I am the least 379 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:41,700 Speaker 1: one in my father's house. He didn't get that way overnight. 380 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,160 Speaker 1: That was a mental rut that took years to develop. 381 00:24:46,170 --> 00:24:48,889 Speaker 1: He was no doubt told that he wasn't up to par, 382 00:24:48,930 --> 00:24:53,119 Speaker 1: that He wasn't talented. He couldn't do anything great. He 383 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:57,150 Speaker 1: let circumstances convince him that he was at a disadvantage. 384 00:24:57,990 --> 00:25:02,290 Speaker 1: Those thoughts played over and over. His neurons went to work, 385 00:25:02,869 --> 00:25:06,310 Speaker 1: did what they were created to do, built pathways of 386 00:25:06,390 --> 00:25:11,550 Speaker 1: inferiority and not enough. That's who he became. This angel 387 00:25:11,609 --> 00:25:14,670 Speaker 1: showed up and told him who he really was, a 388 00:25:14,710 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 1: mighty hero. Well able. He spoke victory, blessings, favor over 389 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 1: his life. Here's the whole key. It was up to 390 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:27,460 Speaker 1: Gideon as to what he would do with it. Would 391 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: he continue to meditate on the old, limited, too small? 392 00:25:32,540 --> 00:25:35,379 Speaker 1: Or would he change what he was thinking? Would he 393 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:39,230 Speaker 1: send out some new commands? I'm a mighty hero. I 394 00:25:39,310 --> 00:25:42,990 Speaker 1: am well able. I'm strong in the Lord. He began 395 00:25:43,030 --> 00:25:46,580 Speaker 1: to change his recordings. He came out of that rut 396 00:25:46,900 --> 00:25:49,900 Speaker 1: and he went on to become the mighty hero God 397 00:25:49,940 --> 00:25:53,379 Speaker 1: called him to be. He's listed in Hebrews 11 as 398 00:25:53,460 --> 00:25:56,050 Speaker 1: one of the heroes of faith. This would have never 399 00:25:56,130 --> 00:26:00,470 Speaker 1: happened if he had not rewired his brain. He'd kept 400 00:26:00,510 --> 00:26:04,070 Speaker 1: thinking all the negative, defeated thoughts. He'd stayed in the rut. 401 00:26:04,650 --> 00:26:08,290 Speaker 1: We wouldn't be talking about it. Pay attention to what 402 00:26:08,310 --> 00:26:12,540 Speaker 1: you're thinking. especially the repetitive thoughts. Do they line up 403 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:18,160 Speaker 1: with who God says you are? Mighty hero, talented, valuable, forgiven. 404 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:22,719 Speaker 1: Is that what you're meditating on? Building pathways that you 405 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:26,380 Speaker 1: want to go down or are those neurons working against you? 406 00:26:27,020 --> 00:26:30,620 Speaker 1: Building roads that you don't want to travel. Perhaps you 407 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:34,840 Speaker 1: need to rewire your brain, change those negative patterns that 408 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,850 Speaker 1: are pulling you down. Don't go the next 30 years 409 00:26:38,330 --> 00:26:41,430 Speaker 1: stuck in a mental rut. You're in charge of your 410 00:26:41,450 --> 00:26:44,670 Speaker 1: command centers. You get to choose what you think about. 411 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:48,359 Speaker 1: Get up in the morning and set your mind for victory. 412 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:52,439 Speaker 1: All through the day, meditate on what God says about you. 413 00:26:52,660 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 1: Get on the right algorithm. If you'll do this, I 414 00:26:56,340 --> 00:27:00,689 Speaker 1: believe and declare any strongholds that are keeping you back 415 00:27:00,990 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 1: are being broken right now. God is going to help 416 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 1: you rewire your brain. You are coming out of mental 417 00:27:07,140 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 1: ruts into freedom, peace, confidence, and victory in Jesus' name. 418 00:27:14,180 --> 00:27:18,090 Speaker 1: And if you receive it, can you say amen? I'd 419 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,879 Speaker 1: like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 420 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:24,390 Speaker 1: Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, 421 00:27:24,430 --> 00:27:29,149 Speaker 1: Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 422 00:27:29,830 --> 00:27:32,860 Speaker 1: I make you my Lord and Savior. If you prayed 423 00:27:32,900 --> 00:27:36,160 Speaker 1: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. We'd 424 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:38,459 Speaker 1: love to send you some free information on your new 425 00:27:38,500 --> 00:27:40,919 Speaker 1: walk with the Lord. You can text the number on 426 00:27:40,940 --> 00:27:43,880 Speaker 1: the screen or go to the website. 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