A Receiving Mindset

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That's code iHeart fifty when you 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:27.920 sign up at unest dot co for a fifty dollars bonus. 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:30.080 See terms and conditions at UNEs dot co. 0:01:31.600 --> 0:01:33.360 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:36.480 Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 0:01:36.480 --> 0:01:37.160 the ministry. 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:39.640 If you enjoyed today's MESSI, why don't you be a 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:41.199 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:01:41.520 --> 0:01:44.240 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:45.360 your line. 0:01:49.160 --> 0:01:49.920 God bless you. 0:01:50.160 --> 0:01:52.560 It's great to be with you today and I hope 0:01:52.600 --> 0:01:54.880 you'll stay connected with us during the week through our 0:01:54.920 --> 0:01:58.960 daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and you can 0:01:59.000 --> 0:02:01.520 come visit us in. We'd love to have you be 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:03.880 a part of one of our services. But ill let 0:02:03.920 --> 0:02:05.840 us to start with something funny. And I heard about 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:08.720 this minister. He was driving down the road when he 0:02:08.760 --> 0:02:11.920 got pulled over by a policeman. The officer came to 0:02:11.960 --> 0:02:15.560 the window and smelled alcohol. He saw a thermist and said, sir, 0:02:15.680 --> 0:02:18.800 what are you drinking. The minister said, just water. Officer, 0:02:19.280 --> 0:02:22.040 he asked to see the thermiston. He took one snip 0:02:22.120 --> 0:02:25.480 and said, this smells like wine to me. The minister said, 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:26.000 what do you know? 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:30.280 Jesus did it again? Say it like you mean it. 0:02:30.560 --> 0:02:33.040 This is my Bible. I am what it says. 0:02:33.080 --> 0:02:33.480 I am. 0:02:33.880 --> 0:02:36.320 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:39.040 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:39.120 --> 0:02:40.359 talked the word of God. 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:45.320 I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:02:45.639 --> 0:02:49.400 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:49.920 bless you. 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:54.679 I want to talk to you today about a receiving mindset. 0:02:55.639 --> 0:02:58.240 God has great things in store for all of us, 0:02:58.280 --> 0:03:01.839 but too often we don't think we deserve it. We've 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:05.160 made too many mistakes. We don't see how it could happen. 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:09.959 Instead of receiving the mercy and receiving the approval, receiving 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:10.799 the abundance. 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:12.600 We come up with excuses. 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:16.680 I can't get well, you saw the reporter. I can't 0:03:16.680 --> 0:03:19.880 be blessed. I've had a rough past. I don't never 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:23.760 have abundance. I don't have the training. We don't realize 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:27.920 we're self sabotaging our future. We want to be blessed, 0:03:28.200 --> 0:03:31.519 we're praying for favor, but because of how we feel 0:03:31.560 --> 0:03:35.480 about ourselves, we're pushing away the very things that we want. 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:40.480 Paul said in Romans, the gift of righteousness is for 0:03:40.560 --> 0:03:44.280 all who will receive it. God has gifts for you. 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:49.400 He has mercy, wisdom, favor. You don't earn it, you 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:52.400 don't work for it. It's not based on your education, 0:03:52.680 --> 0:03:53.480 your background. 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:54.320 It's a gift. 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:57.480 But these gifts won't do you any good if you 0:03:57.520 --> 0:04:01.440 don't receive them. The enemy will work over time to 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:05.840 try to keep you condemned, feeling unworthy, not good enough, 0:04:05.960 --> 0:04:10.360 smart enough, attractive enough. Instead of believing those lies, try 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:11.320 a different approach. 0:04:11.680 --> 0:04:13.200 Have a receiving mindset. 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:16.479 God, I've made a lot of mistakes, but I receive 0:04:16.600 --> 0:04:21.560 your forgiveness. My dream looks impossible, but I receive your favor. 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:25.080 Been fighting this sickness a long time, but I receive 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:29.440 your healing. Quit rejecting the good things God has for 0:04:29.520 --> 0:04:32.760 you and learn to receive the gift. You don't have 0:04:32.839 --> 0:04:35.920 to force it, you don't have to talk God into it. 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:41.000 Perform good enough, just be a receiver. God, you promised 0:04:41.080 --> 0:04:44.560 whom the sun sets free is free. Indeed, So Lord, 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:45.799 I receive your freedom. 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:46.400 Right now. 0:04:47.040 --> 0:04:49.600 Lord, you said my latter days would be better than 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:53.720 my former days, So I receive a bright future. Now, 0:04:53.800 --> 0:04:56.880 thoughts will whisper not for you. You've had too many 0:04:56.920 --> 0:05:00.560 bad breaks. You always struggle. No one is your family 0:05:00.640 --> 0:05:01.640 is successful. 0:05:01.920 --> 0:05:02.880 You have a choice. 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:05.160 You can let the gift sit there and say, yeah, 0:05:05.240 --> 0:05:08.000 you're probably right. I want to be blessed, but it's 0:05:08.040 --> 0:05:12.359 never going to happen. That's self sabotaging. Do yourself a 0:05:12.400 --> 0:05:16.479 favor and take the gift. Lord, I receive your abundance. 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:20.480 I receive your favor. I receive your blessing on my life. 0:05:21.320 --> 0:05:24.640 When our children were small, six years old and three, 0:05:24.760 --> 0:05:27.039 I would take them up to the toy store, no 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:30.400 special occasion, just during the week. I love being good 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:32.440 to them, I say Hey, guys, you want to go 0:05:32.480 --> 0:05:36.520 to the toy store. Do you know They never once said, no, Dad, 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:40.479 we don't deserve it. We're not worthy. We didn't clean 0:05:40.520 --> 0:05:43.200 our room last week. I bet my brother I threw 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:46.760 food at my sister. Children they know how to receive. 0:05:47.520 --> 0:05:50.200 They didn't start debating whether or not they deserved it. 0:05:50.800 --> 0:05:53.680 They didn't question me as their father, was I telling 0:05:53.720 --> 0:05:54.400 them the truth? 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:57.440 Did I really mean it? They just received the gift. 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:00.839 The scripture says you have to have faith. As a 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:05.560 little child, children have no problem receiving. They haven't been 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:09.760 contamidated with all the inferiority lies about how they don't 0:06:09.800 --> 0:06:14.200 measure up what they can't become. But as adults we 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:17.760 can start reasoning things out. I didn't perform up to par. 0:06:18.120 --> 0:06:21.640 God's not gonna bless me all my family struggles. I'm 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:25.960 sure I'll struggle too. I'm not attractive, I don't feel valuable. 0:06:26.080 --> 0:06:29.760 There's nothing special about me. Why don't you start receiving 0:06:29.800 --> 0:06:33.960 the gift? God said you are fearfully and wonderfully made. 0:06:34.560 --> 0:06:36.200 He calls you a masterpiece. 0:06:36.640 --> 0:06:37.440 He knew you. 0:06:37.400 --> 0:06:40.760 Before you were formed in your mother's wound and approved you. 0:06:41.560 --> 0:06:45.479 He approved you before you could do anything good. He 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:49.320 didn't approve you based on your performance. He approved you 0:06:49.800 --> 0:06:53.200 based on the fact that you're his child, created in 0:06:53.279 --> 0:06:55.440 his image, crowned with his favor. 0:06:56.200 --> 0:06:59.360 Now you have to receive that approval, receive. 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:02.960 That validation, and not ordinary, but a child of the 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:05.560 most high God, handpicked by the. 0:07:05.480 --> 0:07:06.760 Creator of the universe. 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:10.560 You may not get this from people, but your heavenly 0:07:10.640 --> 0:07:14.360 father says you're one of a kind, a prize possession. 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:18.640 Don't go through life inferior, not up to par. Have 0:07:18.720 --> 0:07:23.600 a receiving mindset. God, I receive your approval, I receive 0:07:23.720 --> 0:07:27.000 your love. I think that you have accepted me, that 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:30.800 I am worthy, I am valuable, I am a masterpiece. 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:35.440 The scripture says it is the Father's good pleasure to 0:07:35.560 --> 0:07:39.360 give you the kingdom. That means it makes God happy, 0:07:39.840 --> 0:07:43.120 It gives him great joy to bless you, to forgive you, 0:07:43.440 --> 0:07:44.480 to show you favor. 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:48.119 But there's a condition. Will you receive the gift. 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:53.880 Will you believe you're worthy, you're approved, you're valuable, you're blessed, 0:07:53.920 --> 0:07:58.240 your favored, Or are you pushing away all the gifts, 0:07:58.680 --> 0:08:02.720 the love, the mercy thinking you don't deserve it. You 0:08:02.720 --> 0:08:06.400 could never get well, never have abundance, never feel attractive. 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:09.240 If you want to bring God joy, if you want 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:13.880 to make him smile, have a receiving mindset. Start accepting 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:16.440 the gifts, start believing the promises. 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:20.640 He said. You haven't seen, heard, or imagined. 0:08:20.200 --> 0:08:23.160 What He has in store for you. Your mind will 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:26.240 tell you just the opposite. You've seen your best days. 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:29.640 Nothing good is in your future. Tune that out, Father, 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:33.240 I'll receive a future greater than I can imagine. I'll 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:37.120 receive your far and beyond favor. Thoughts will tell you 0:08:37.440 --> 0:08:41.080 that your children will never get back on course, they'll never. 0:08:41.000 --> 0:08:45.000 Fulfill their purpose. But God says your children will be 0:08:45.120 --> 0:08:47.520 mighty in the land. He said, the seed of the 0:08:47.600 --> 0:08:48.680 righteous is blessed. 0:08:49.360 --> 0:08:53.000 Instead of receiving the doubt, how about receiving the faith, 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:57.520 receiving the promises. Father, I think that my children will 0:08:57.559 --> 0:09:00.400 become all that you've created them to be. I see 0:09:00.440 --> 0:09:04.000 them serving you, doing great things, leaving their mark. 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:07.880 What you're receiving is what's going to come to pass. 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:12.680 If you're receiving the doubt, the negativity, I can't get well, 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:17.000 can't break this addiction. I'll always be lonely. You're receiving 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:21.679 the wrong things. Start receiving the gifts. Receive the promises, 0:09:22.080 --> 0:09:28.400 Receive the abundance, receive great relationships, Receive a long, healthy life. 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:34.080 Receive a bountiful, productive, abundant year. One time Jesus was 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:37.480 in Galilee teaching the people. There were so many gathered 0:09:37.520 --> 0:09:40.199 that he asked Peter if he could borrow his both 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:43.720 he never met Peter. Peter agreed and let him use it. 0:09:44.400 --> 0:09:46.880 Jesus pushed out from the shore and talked the people. 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:50.440 When he finished, he wanted to thank Peter. He told 0:09:50.520 --> 0:09:52.760 him to launch out into the deep and he would 0:09:52.800 --> 0:09:56.240 catch a great haul of fish. Well, Peter had fished 0:09:56.240 --> 0:09:57.520 all night and caught nothing. 0:09:58.000 --> 0:09:58.800 He was tired. 0:09:59.240 --> 0:10:03.040 He didn't feel like like it, but he said to Jesus, nevertheless, 0:10:03.200 --> 0:10:06.360 at your word, I will do it. He went out 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:09.559 and caught so many fish that his nets begin to break. 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:11.720 He had to call another boat over. 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:15.280 When they loaded up all the fish, both boats began 0:10:15.400 --> 0:10:18.920 to sink. It was a net breaking boat sinking blessing, 0:10:19.160 --> 0:10:22.640 something Peter had never experienced. But when he got to 0:10:22.679 --> 0:10:26.480 the shore, the scripture says, he fell down at Jesus' 0:10:26.520 --> 0:10:30.560 feet and said, Lord, please depart from me. I'm too 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:33.960 big of a sinner to be around you. He was saying, 0:10:34.280 --> 0:10:37.880 I don't deserve this blessing. I'm not worthy of this favor. 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:41.640 I've lived a rough life, have a problem with my temper. 0:10:41.800 --> 0:10:44.960 I used bad language. He came up with all these 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:48.959 reasons why this shouldn't have happened. But God was showing 0:10:49.040 --> 0:10:52.559 us that his blessing is not based on our performance. 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:56.160 His favor, his healing, his freedom, his mercy. 0:10:56.320 --> 0:10:59.400 It's the gift of God, something we don't deserve. 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:03.000 We don't earn it, we couldn't work for it. We 0:11:03.040 --> 0:11:04.840 can't make it happen in our own strength. 0:11:04.960 --> 0:11:05.960 It's His goodness. 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:09.400 But like Peter, it's easy to find all the reasons 0:11:09.480 --> 0:11:12.360 not to accept it. But I love what Jesus did. 0:11:12.920 --> 0:11:15.959 He didn't say, Peter, you're right. I made a mistake. 0:11:16.040 --> 0:11:19.400 I chose the wrong person. I didn't realize how unworthy 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:23.160 you were, how you have all these weaknesses and shortcomings. No, 0:11:23.280 --> 0:11:27.120 he said, Peter, don't be afraid. From now on you're 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:29.880 going to be fishing for people. I'm gonna make you 0:11:29.920 --> 0:11:32.920 one of my disciples. You're going to impact the world 0:11:33.320 --> 0:11:37.200 upon this rock upon you. Peter, I will build my church, 0:11:37.600 --> 0:11:40.040 and the gates of Hell will not prevail against him. 0:11:41.080 --> 0:11:46.200 I can imagine Peter's standing there in amazement, looking around, thinking, 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:49.160 does he know who I am? I'm not a history maker, 0:11:49.400 --> 0:11:52.959 I'm a fisherman. He can't build anything on me. I'm 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:56.560 not a leader. I don't have any influence. All these 0:11:56.640 --> 0:12:00.200 excuses flooded his mind, telling him what he was not, 0:12:00.880 --> 0:12:04.480 how he didn't deserve it. But something rose up in Peter. 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:08.760 Despite all the doubt, all the fear, all the insecurity, 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:14.640 the scripture says, Peter left everything and followed Jesus. His 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:17.520 attitude was, I may be a little crazy, but I'm 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:20.280 gonna accept this gift seems far. 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:23.680 Out, more than I can imagine. I don't have the training. 0:12:24.000 --> 0:12:27.760 I've made mistakes, but I believe that I'm forgiven. I 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:31.000 believe that I'm worthy. I believe I'm a history maker, 0:12:31.480 --> 0:12:36.280 a world changer, a barrier breaker. Peter had every reason 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:40.800 to reject the gift, to push away the blessing, the abundance, 0:12:40.880 --> 0:12:41.480 the purpose. 0:12:42.200 --> 0:12:44.200 By the grace of God, he had. 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:48.440 That childlike faith that went beyond natural reasoning, and he 0:12:48.520 --> 0:12:52.840 accepted the gift. The scripture says Peter was awe struck 0:12:53.080 --> 0:12:55.960 at the size of his catch. He could have gone 0:12:55.960 --> 0:12:58.800 out caught a few fish, he would have been grateful. 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:01.400 He could have caught a net full of fish. That 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:05.240 would have been amazing. He'd have been so impressed. But God, 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:08.960 on purpose did something out of the ordinary, something that 0:13:09.120 --> 0:13:10.200 boggled his mind. 0:13:10.440 --> 0:13:13.480 He was awe struck. He didn't know what to think, 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:16.600 no wonder. He fell down thought, I'm not worthy. 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:20.800 This gift is something that I can't comprehend. This blessing 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:25.559 is bigger, greater, more than I've ever imagined. Like Peter, 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:28.839 God is going to bring some gifts across your path 0:13:28.880 --> 0:13:31.600 that you've never seen, things that are going to leave 0:13:31.640 --> 0:13:36.120 you awe struck, net breaking, boat sinking blessings. You'll be 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:40.400 tempted to dismiss it. I'm not worthy, I don't deserve it. 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:44.240 How could this be possible? Dare to receive the gift. 0:13:45.000 --> 0:13:48.400 Let that seed take root, Let that promise get down 0:13:48.440 --> 0:13:53.880 in your spirit. Abundance, overflow, healing, freedom, Joe, I don't 0:13:53.880 --> 0:13:56.079 deserve it, None of us deserve it. 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:58.880 It's the gift of God. He wants to show out 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:00.839 in your life. He wants to. 0:14:00.800 --> 0:14:05.920 Trust you with more resources more influence, more favor. When 0:14:05.960 --> 0:14:09.400 these moments come across your path, don't push away the gift. 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:13.400 Don't talk yourself out of it. I'm not qualified. It's 0:14:13.520 --> 0:14:15.880 never happened in my family. That's way over my head. 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:19.920 God will on purpose put you in situations, so you 0:14:20.040 --> 0:14:21.000 have to trust him. 0:14:21.400 --> 0:14:23.760 It may be over your head, but it's not over 0:14:23.840 --> 0:14:24.280 his head. 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:27.840 When we were trying to find property to build a 0:14:27.960 --> 0:14:31.800 new auditorium, twice the door's closed and I was kind 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:33.360 of discouraged. 0:14:33.080 --> 0:14:34.280 Thinking that we were stuck. 0:14:34.680 --> 0:14:37.320 There's no way we could keep growing at the other location. 0:14:37.520 --> 0:14:40.040 We didn't have the room. A friend called that I 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:42.560 hadn't spoken to in a long time. He said, Joel, 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:45.240 I want to take you to lunch. It's important. We 0:14:45.280 --> 0:14:47.920 went the next week. He said, I know you're looking 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:51.440 for land to build an auditorium, but there's something better. 0:14:52.080 --> 0:14:55.640 The Rockets basketball team is moving out of the Compact Center. 0:14:55.960 --> 0:14:58.000 You should get that building for your church. 0:14:58.880 --> 0:15:02.440 When he said that, something came alive on the inside. 0:15:02.560 --> 0:15:05.040 It was like an explosion went off in my spirit. 0:15:05.680 --> 0:15:08.520 I was awe struck at the thought of it. Couldn't 0:15:08.520 --> 0:15:13.160 even imagine something that amazing. But like Peter, my mind 0:15:13.240 --> 0:15:14.080 started coming. 0:15:13.920 --> 0:15:14.840 Up with excuses. 0:15:15.320 --> 0:15:18.520 That's impossible. They're never going to let a church have it. 0:15:18.960 --> 0:15:21.239 Even if they do, jee it's gonna be too expensive. 0:15:21.520 --> 0:15:24.200 You're not gonna have the funds to buy it. I 0:15:24.240 --> 0:15:26.960 had to make a decision. Was I going to receive 0:15:27.080 --> 0:15:30.760 the gift, let the promise take root, believe that God 0:15:30.800 --> 0:15:34.480 could do exceedingly abundantly above what I could imagine. 0:15:35.080 --> 0:15:37.360 Or was it going to push it away? This is 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:39.840 too good to be true. I don't deserve it. 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:43.720 I've only been ministering three years, having been the seminary. 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:47.880 How could I handle that favor, that influence. On one hand, 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:50.920 I was praying for God to do something awesome, Let 0:15:50.920 --> 0:15:53.600 me help people all over the world. Then when the 0:15:53.680 --> 0:15:57.800 opportunity comes, we're tempted to push it away. Now, don't 0:15:57.880 --> 0:16:00.720 self sabotage the greatness. 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:01.320 God has for your life. 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:06.800 Don't let fear, unworthyness, doubt keep you from stepping. 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:08.080 Into levels you've never dreamed. 0:16:09.040 --> 0:16:13.160 Peter didn't feel qualified, he felt unworthy, he had weaknesses, 0:16:13.560 --> 0:16:14.720 he was inconsistent. 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:18.160 Yet God said you're going to become a rock. I'm 0:16:18.160 --> 0:16:21.480 going to build my church on you. God wouldn't have 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:24.640 given you the gift. If you couldn't handle it. You 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:28.320 may not feel qualified, but he's going to train you. 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:29.680 You're not a finished product. 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:33.640 He's making you, molding you, bringing out talent that you 0:16:33.640 --> 0:16:36.440 didn't know you had. Now you have to do your 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:41.680 part and receive the approval, receive the confidence, receive the favor. 0:16:42.800 --> 0:16:45.840 We had some big obstacles, but God fought our battles, 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:49.000 brought down the giants, and gave us the compact center. 0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:50.480 Here's my point. 0:16:50.760 --> 0:16:53.400 None of this would have happened had I not had 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:57.600 a receiving mindset. You have to receive it in your 0:16:57.640 --> 0:16:59.760 spirit before it will come to pass. 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:03.320 And too often we're good at receiving the negative. 0:17:04.040 --> 0:17:07.280 You'll never get well, never pay your house off, your 0:17:07.359 --> 0:17:09.840 child will never get back on course, you've seen your 0:17:09.880 --> 0:17:13.880 best days. We think, yeah, you're probably right. Looks impossible. 0:17:14.560 --> 0:17:18.320 I've made so many mistakes. Inflation is so bad. You're 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:22.760 receiving the wrong things. Start receiving what God says about you. 0:17:22.760 --> 0:17:26.159 You will lend and not borrow. I receive the abundance. 0:17:26.880 --> 0:17:30.360 You can do all things through Christ. I receive that strength. 0:17:30.960 --> 0:17:33.840 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at 0:17:33.840 --> 0:17:36.320 your right hand, but it shall not come near you. 0:17:36.600 --> 0:17:41.080 I receive that protection. You have the mind of Christ. 0:17:41.480 --> 0:17:45.560 You know the right decision every time I receive that wisdom. 0:17:46.000 --> 0:17:48.919 God will make you the happy mother of children. He 0:17:49.000 --> 0:17:50.960 will give you the desires of your heart. 0:17:51.400 --> 0:17:53.760 I receive that. Baby, we've been believing for. 0:17:54.640 --> 0:17:58.000 God will do exceedingly above and beyond what you could 0:17:58.040 --> 0:18:03.160 ever ask or imagine the favor. I'll receive my compact centers. 0:18:03.359 --> 0:18:07.160 I received the business, I'll received the influence. I'll receive 0:18:07.280 --> 0:18:11.280 the victory. It's interesting how people can put things on 0:18:11.320 --> 0:18:14.680 the internet that are not true. A staff member sent 0:18:14.760 --> 0:18:18.120 me this screenshot that talked about my net worth. It 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:22.160 was like a zillion dollars many many times exaggerated. They're 0:18:22.200 --> 0:18:24.560 just trying to stir things up. And my friend says, 0:18:24.600 --> 0:18:25.640 does that bother you? 0:18:26.000 --> 0:18:28.399 Should we try to have them take it down. I said, no, 0:18:28.600 --> 0:18:33.439 leave it up. I receive it. They are they are 0:18:33.560 --> 0:18:39.680 prophesying my future. I have a receiving mindset. They meant 0:18:39.760 --> 0:18:42.080 it for harm. They don't realize God's gonna use it 0:18:42.119 --> 0:18:42.520 for good. 0:18:43.680 --> 0:18:47.960 My attitude is God, let it happen show out in 0:18:48.080 --> 0:18:49.080 my life. 0:18:49.600 --> 0:18:50.160 See I have. 0:18:50.200 --> 0:18:52.720 Everything I need, but I'll use it to build the kingdom, 0:18:53.040 --> 0:18:55.520 to get the message of hope out, to build orphanages, 0:18:55.800 --> 0:19:00.480 to build hospital. Why don't you have a receiving mindset? 0:19:01.240 --> 0:19:03.840 Don't push away all the good things that you're believing 0:19:03.920 --> 0:19:07.280 for dare to receive it. You may not see how 0:19:07.880 --> 0:19:10.320 looks unlikely. You don't have to figure it out. 0:19:10.520 --> 0:19:13.480 All you have to do is believe. When you believe, 0:19:13.760 --> 0:19:14.920 all things are possible. 0:19:15.200 --> 0:19:18.600 When you believe, angels go to work, chains are broken, 0:19:18.720 --> 0:19:22.960 favor is released, good breaks are set in motion. The 0:19:23.000 --> 0:19:26.800 scripture says God has blessings stored up for the righteous. 0:19:27.480 --> 0:19:29.880 There are blessings that have your name on them. 0:19:30.320 --> 0:19:36.680 Businesses, houses, ministries, inventions, healing, freedom, children, spouses. 0:19:36.920 --> 0:19:38.240 They already belong to you. 0:19:39.000 --> 0:19:41.880 At the right time, God's going to release them. 0:19:42.320 --> 0:19:44.080 The question is will you. 0:19:44.080 --> 0:19:48.520 Receive those blessings you can't have and I'm unworthy mindset, 0:19:49.119 --> 0:19:52.240 I don't deserve it. It's too big, I couldn't handle it. 0:19:52.880 --> 0:19:57.480 That's pushing away what's stored up. Live with a receiving mentality. 0:19:57.920 --> 0:20:01.640 Every morning, Lord, I receive your today. I'm on love 0:20:01.680 --> 0:20:05.520 myself and I'm on love others. Lord, I receive your peace. 0:20:05.960 --> 0:20:09.479 I'm not gonna live stressed and worry. God, I receive 0:20:09.560 --> 0:20:12.840 your mercy, fresh and new every morning. Thank you that 0:20:12.880 --> 0:20:14.239 you've approved. 0:20:13.760 --> 0:20:18.600 Me, accepted me, and anointed me. God, I receive your healing. 0:20:19.040 --> 0:20:22.360 Thank you that I'm healthy, whole, full of vitality. That 0:20:22.400 --> 0:20:25.800 my youth is being renewed like the eagles or God, 0:20:26.000 --> 0:20:29.439 I receive your favor. Think you that blessings are chasing 0:20:29.480 --> 0:20:32.639 me down, that goodness and mercy are following me, that 0:20:32.760 --> 0:20:35.520 my latter days will be better than my former days. 0:20:36.840 --> 0:20:39.760 A friend of mine is very good at encouraging people. 0:20:40.119 --> 0:20:43.679 You can't be around him five minutes without him complimenting you. 0:20:44.000 --> 0:20:46.640 Telling you how great you are always makes you feel 0:20:46.680 --> 0:20:50.840 so blessed, so uplifted. But what's interesting is for years 0:20:51.119 --> 0:20:54.399 he could never receive a compliment. He always had some 0:20:54.560 --> 0:20:57.680 reason to downplay it. It's like he had trained himself 0:20:57.680 --> 0:21:00.520 to not feel good about who he was, to push 0:21:00.600 --> 0:21:02.720 away any kind of thoughts that would build him up. 0:21:03.520 --> 0:21:05.640 He would speak in front of people and I would 0:21:05.720 --> 0:21:07.760 call and say, man, that was great today, that was 0:21:07.800 --> 0:21:11.560 so strong. Yeah, But I got distracted and I should 0:21:11.560 --> 0:21:13.760 have said this, and I left this part out. 0:21:14.480 --> 0:21:18.520 He didn't realize he was self sabotaging. He was letting 0:21:18.560 --> 0:21:19.280 this inner. 0:21:19.080 --> 0:21:22.800 Recording keep playing You're not worthy, You're not good enough, 0:21:23.160 --> 0:21:24.600 you don't deserve to be happy. 0:21:25.400 --> 0:21:28.480 You have to turn that recording off and start. 0:21:28.200 --> 0:21:33.520 Receiving the approval, receiving the honor, receiving the blessing. You 0:21:33.560 --> 0:21:37.440 can't love others the way you should without loving yourself. 0:21:38.280 --> 0:21:41.719 You're supposed to feel good about who you are. You 0:21:41.800 --> 0:21:46.280 compliment others, Why don't you receive the compliments. It's not 0:21:46.480 --> 0:21:51.320 honoring to God to go around down on yourselves, feeling unworthy, 0:21:51.560 --> 0:21:55.080 like you don't measure up. The scripture says God has 0:21:55.160 --> 0:21:58.160 crowned you with his favor. You want to honor God. 0:21:58.320 --> 0:22:02.280 Put your crown on shoulders back, hold your head up high, 0:22:02.320 --> 0:22:03.560 and receive the honor. 0:22:04.760 --> 0:22:06.040 His friend went with me to. 0:22:06.040 --> 0:22:08.800 An interview I was doing on television. It was a 0:22:08.840 --> 0:22:12.240 big deal and national thing, live, and I was kind 0:22:12.240 --> 0:22:15.680 of nervous about it. When we got finished, we got 0:22:15.680 --> 0:22:17.919 in the car and the first thing I said was 0:22:18.320 --> 0:22:21.320 I did really good. I felt relieved and I thought 0:22:21.320 --> 0:22:24.520 I did great. I didn't think anything about saying it, 0:22:24.880 --> 0:22:28.840 but he said that moment changed his life. He realized 0:22:29.160 --> 0:22:31.080 he had never complimented himself. 0:22:31.680 --> 0:22:35.080 He'd never once said I did good. That's not how 0:22:35.119 --> 0:22:38.240 he was raised. He was taught to show your humility. 0:22:38.400 --> 0:22:41.000 You need to be down on yourself, feel like you're 0:22:41.080 --> 0:22:41.520 less than. 0:22:41.800 --> 0:22:43.480 Don't think too good about who you are. 0:22:44.440 --> 0:22:49.159 You can't reach your destiny feeling inferior, inadequate. You have 0:22:49.359 --> 0:22:51.200 enough people in life against you. 0:22:51.640 --> 0:22:53.080 Don't be against yourselves. 0:22:53.720 --> 0:22:57.080 You're supposed to feel good about who you are. You're 0:22:57.119 --> 0:23:02.560 supposed to not only receive compliment, but learn to compliment yourself. 0:23:03.320 --> 0:23:05.480 You build others up, build yourself up. 0:23:05.880 --> 0:23:09.119 You tell your friends how great they are, tell yourself how. 0:23:09.000 --> 0:23:13.240 Great you are. It's not being selfish, that's receiving the approval, 0:23:13.600 --> 0:23:14.719 receiving the honor. 0:23:15.880 --> 0:23:18.919 When God was creating the universe, at the end of 0:23:19.000 --> 0:23:22.320 each day, he stopped and said that was good. 0:23:23.040 --> 0:23:24.600 He complimented himself. 0:23:25.160 --> 0:23:27.440 Nobody else was around, but he said, you know what 0:23:27.640 --> 0:23:29.160 I did good today. 0:23:29.520 --> 0:23:31.080 He was showing us a principle. 0:23:31.680 --> 0:23:34.560 Have you ever said to yourself, I did good today, 0:23:35.240 --> 0:23:38.320 I worked hard today, I looked good today. I was 0:23:38.359 --> 0:23:41.600 good to others today. Some people all they do is 0:23:41.640 --> 0:23:45.120 find the negative. I didn't get enough done, I didn't 0:23:45.160 --> 0:23:47.680 sell my diet, and I should have spent more time 0:23:47.720 --> 0:23:50.520 with my children. Shouldn't have said that to my coworker. 0:23:51.400 --> 0:23:55.359 They focus on their faults, their weaknesses. It's not doing 0:23:55.440 --> 0:24:00.119 anything productive to beat yourself up. Being critical towards your 0:24:00.160 --> 0:24:03.080 self is not going to help you do better. You're 0:24:03.119 --> 0:24:07.520 receiving the wrong things, the guilt condemnation. Do yourself a 0:24:07.520 --> 0:24:10.480 favor and start being for yourself and. 0:24:10.400 --> 0:24:11.520 Not against yourself. 0:24:12.440 --> 0:24:16.080 The scripture says, our faith is made effective when we 0:24:16.160 --> 0:24:17.800 acknowledge everything good. 0:24:18.800 --> 0:24:21.320 Your faith is not effective pointing out. 0:24:21.160 --> 0:24:24.840 Your flaws, focused on your shortcomings, down on yourself. 0:24:25.560 --> 0:24:28.080 Peter would have never left his mark if he. 0:24:28.119 --> 0:24:32.280 Had kept that unworthy, don't deserve it mentality. He had 0:24:32.280 --> 0:24:36.000 to learn to receive the approval, receive the honor that 0:24:36.160 --> 0:24:39.680 came from his heavenly father. When the church was first 0:24:39.720 --> 0:24:42.119 starting back there in the Book of Acts, they needed 0:24:42.160 --> 0:24:46.399 someone to speak at the inaugural service, very prestigious position. 0:24:47.200 --> 0:24:50.960 They could have chosen one of the apostles, a religious leader, 0:24:51.240 --> 0:24:54.800 an esteemed scholar, but out of all the people, they 0:24:54.880 --> 0:24:59.560 chose Peter. Look at how his mentality had shifted from 0:24:59.600 --> 0:25:03.760 I'm worthy, go away from me Jesus to let me step. 0:25:03.520 --> 0:25:04.639 Up and start the church. 0:25:05.040 --> 0:25:08.119 I'm well able, I'm strong in the Lord, I'm anointed. 0:25:09.080 --> 0:25:14.159 All depends on what you're receiving. Start receiving God's approval. Lord, 0:25:14.200 --> 0:25:18.399 Thank you that I'm a masterpiece. Receive his mercy. Father, 0:25:18.520 --> 0:25:21.399 Thank you that your mercy is bigger than my mistakes. 0:25:21.720 --> 0:25:24.360 Thank you that I'm redeemed, restored. 0:25:23.880 --> 0:25:26.720 And forgiven. Receive his favor. 0:25:27.200 --> 0:25:29.840 Lord, thank you that you're shining down on my life, 0:25:30.000 --> 0:25:33.320 taking me where I've never dreamed. Or how about receiving 0:25:33.359 --> 0:25:37.400 those net breaking blessings, blessings that leave your austra your 0:25:37.440 --> 0:25:40.879 compact sinners. Lord, This seems too good to be true, 0:25:41.160 --> 0:25:44.080 But I'm a believer and not a doubter. Show out 0:25:44.160 --> 0:25:47.480 in my life. This is what a teenage girl in 0:25:47.520 --> 0:25:50.760 the scripture did named Mary. Angel appeared to her and 0:25:51.160 --> 0:25:53.240 said she was going to have a baby without knowing 0:25:53.240 --> 0:25:55.720 a man, that he would be the Messiah. 0:25:56.000 --> 0:25:57.840 You can imagine what went through her mind. 0:25:58.000 --> 0:26:02.160 That's impossible, that defies the laws of nature. She could 0:26:02.160 --> 0:26:05.639 have dismissed it walked away, but she asked the angel, 0:26:05.680 --> 0:26:08.760 how can this be? The angel said, the spirit of 0:26:08.800 --> 0:26:11.520 God will come on you and cause you to conceive, 0:26:12.440 --> 0:26:16.080 and despite all the doubt, all the uncertainty, she looked 0:26:16.080 --> 0:26:19.320 at the angel and said, be it under me. Even 0:26:19.400 --> 0:26:23.000 as you have said, she was saying, this doesn't make sense, 0:26:23.440 --> 0:26:24.600 it's never been done. 0:26:24.800 --> 0:26:28.040 But God, I receive what you promise. Let it happen. 0:26:28.680 --> 0:26:32.240 She gave birth to the Messiah. You're gonna have these times, 0:26:32.320 --> 0:26:32.840 like Mary. 0:26:33.160 --> 0:26:34.359 It's not gonna make sense. 0:26:34.960 --> 0:26:37.760 The odds are against you. Your mind is telling you 0:26:37.880 --> 0:26:41.720 no way. Don't get your hopes up. You can't get well, 0:26:41.840 --> 0:26:45.119 start your business. Never have that baby. Dared to do 0:26:45.320 --> 0:26:48.560 like Mary and say, God, let it happen. I'll receive 0:26:48.640 --> 0:26:52.040 the abundance I received, the healing, I received, the freedom. 0:26:52.359 --> 0:26:55.480 I believe this baby that we've been dreaming about is 0:26:55.520 --> 0:26:56.040 on the way. 0:26:57.200 --> 0:26:59.800 Let that take root in your spirit. That's what a 0:27:00.320 --> 0:27:01.919 god to do. Amazing things. 0:27:02.680 --> 0:27:06.119 But I wonder how many blessings are we pushing away? 0:27:06.800 --> 0:27:08.600 How many of the good things God. 0:27:08.400 --> 0:27:11.919 Has for us that we're not receiving we feel unworthy. 0:27:12.800 --> 0:27:17.000 Don't go through life self sabotaging, receiving the wrong things, 0:27:17.440 --> 0:27:20.080 the guilt, the doubt, defeating yourself. 0:27:20.920 --> 0:27:23.480 Every day. Receive what God says about you. 0:27:23.800 --> 0:27:29.640 I'm loved I'm valuable, I'm approved, I'm worthy, I'm a masterpiece. 0:27:29.840 --> 0:27:35.720 I'm blessed, I'm favored, I'm victorious. Friends, is the Father's pleasure. 0:27:35.600 --> 0:27:37.000 To give you the kingdom. 0:27:37.359 --> 0:27:40.600 He has all these gifts for you, all these promises 0:27:40.640 --> 0:27:43.480 that he's spoken, dreams, he's whispered to you in the 0:27:43.480 --> 0:27:44.240 middle of the night. 0:27:44.800 --> 0:27:46.080 Instead of dismissing it. 0:27:46.440 --> 0:27:50.800 Have a receiving mindset with that childlike faith God, I'm 0:27:50.800 --> 0:27:51.480 in agreement. 0:27:51.640 --> 0:27:54.640 I know you can do it. Let it happen if 0:27:54.680 --> 0:27:56.760 you'll do this, I believe. 0:27:56.400 --> 0:27:59.159 In declare like with Peter, God is going to do 0:27:59.280 --> 0:28:02.600 things that leave you austra New doors are about to 0:28:02.680 --> 0:28:06.920 open the right people tracking you down. 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