A Son Mentality

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And if you're ever in our area, please 0:01:45.080 --> 0:01:47.560 stop by be a part of one of our services. 0:01:47.680 --> 0:01:50.280 I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:53.520 I'd like to start with something funny, and I heard 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:56.640 about this minister that died and he was standing in 0:01:56.640 --> 0:01:59.360 line at the Pearly gates. The man in front of 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:04.040 him was dressed in a loud T shirt, sunglasses, blue jeans. 0:02:04.400 --> 0:02:07.600 Saint Peter asked him his name. He said, I'm Joe Cohen, 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:12.880 taxicab driver, New York City. Peter checked his list, handed 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:16.959 him a gold staff silk robe and said, welcome to Heaven. 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:21.560 The minister stepped up said I'm Reverend Joseph Snow, pastor 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:25.440 of Saint Mary's Cathedral. 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I want 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:09.800 to talk to you today about a son, not a slave. 0:03:10.520 --> 0:03:15.600 We've all been through disappointments, had unfair situations because of 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:20.280 negative things in the past, or even mistakes that we've made. 0:03:20.360 --> 0:03:23.839 It's easy to forget who we really are, and too 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:28.840 often we've developed a slave mentality. We think we're at 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:32.880 a disadvantage, so we don't pursue dreams. We don't believe 0:03:32.919 --> 0:03:37.000 for good breaks, we don't pray bold prayers. We live 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:40.840 like we're a slave to the addiction, slave to depression, 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:44.560 slave to mediocrity. But as long as we have a 0:03:44.680 --> 0:03:49.880 slave mentality, it will limit our life. The scripture says, beloved, 0:03:50.280 --> 0:03:54.080 now are you the sons of God. You may have 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:57.240 a lot coming against you, but you are not a slave. 0:03:57.640 --> 0:04:02.960 You are a son, differently than slaves. You may struggle 0:04:03.000 --> 0:04:06.000 with an addiction, but a son says, I have a 0:04:06.080 --> 0:04:09.880 right to be free. There may be obstacles in your path, 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:13.000 but a son knows the forces that are for me 0:04:13.480 --> 0:04:16.760 are greater than the forces that are against me. The 0:04:16.800 --> 0:04:20.280 Israelites had been in slavery four hundred years. They were 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:25.360 mistreated and taken advantage of God saw the injustice and 0:04:25.440 --> 0:04:29.919 sent plagues on the Pharaoh and his people. Pharaoh finally 0:04:29.960 --> 0:04:34.080 decided to let them go. The Israelites headed out toward 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:38.440 the Promised Land. I'm sure they were excited. This was 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:43.320 a dream come true until Farah changed his mind and 0:04:43.400 --> 0:04:46.760 came chasing after them. He got six hundred of his 0:04:46.920 --> 0:04:51.480 fastest chariots, his strongest warriors, and he was quickly approaching. 0:04:52.240 --> 0:04:55.480 The Israelites came to a dead end at the Red Sea. 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:59.839 They had nowhere to go. Pharah was saying, in effect, 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:04.320 you're my slaves. I own you. I'm taking you back. 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:09.279 God was saying you're my sons. I've redeemed you, I'm 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:13.000 taking you forward. I can imagine this debate was going 0:05:13.120 --> 0:05:16.960 back and forth. The Israelites were trying to choose who 0:05:17.000 --> 0:05:19.960 they were going to believe, you're a son or you're 0:05:20.000 --> 0:05:24.240 a slave. That same debate is taking place about you. 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:28.880 One voice is saying you're a slave. You'll never get well, 0:05:29.440 --> 0:05:32.760 you'll always struggle in your finances, you'll always be addicted. 0:05:33.240 --> 0:05:37.839 God says you're a son. I've equipped you, empowered you, 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:41.920 and anointed you. Now you get to choose which way 0:05:41.960 --> 0:05:45.520 you go. If you believe the lie that you're a slave, 0:05:46.120 --> 0:05:48.880 that you've reached your limits, then it will keep you 0:05:48.960 --> 0:05:52.720 from your purpose. But when you rise up and say, 0:05:52.800 --> 0:05:57.000 I'm no longer a slave, I'm a son. I'm not 0:05:57.080 --> 0:06:00.280 a slave to my past. I'm not a slave who 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:03.880 hurt me. I'm not a slave to addictions, to poverty, 0:06:04.000 --> 0:06:07.359 to lack, to depression. I'm a child of the most 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:11.279 High God. When you know you're a son, you not 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:16.000 only think differently, but you talk differently. Instead of all 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:20.160 never break this addiction, I am free, I am whole, 0:06:20.800 --> 0:06:24.000 instead of I never get good breaks, blessings or chasing 0:06:24.080 --> 0:06:28.359 me down. Fever surrounds me. Goodness and mercy are following me. 0:06:29.320 --> 0:06:33.159 Stop thinking like a slave and start thinking like a son. 0:06:34.000 --> 0:06:37.520 Not thinking about what you were, what you've been through, 0:06:37.839 --> 0:06:42.040 the mistakes you've made, but start thinking about who you are. 0:06:42.680 --> 0:06:46.520 You are free, you are blessed, You are a masterpiece. 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:52.120 You are victorious. Fro came chasing after the Israelites. In 0:06:52.160 --> 0:06:56.480 other words, the past came chasing them. What they'd been through, 0:06:57.000 --> 0:07:00.960 what didn't work out. The past will always come chasing you. 0:07:01.600 --> 0:07:07.479 Mistakes you've made, disappointments, failures, hurts saying you're not a son. 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:10.720 Look what you've been through. Wasn't fair. You prayed and 0:07:10.800 --> 0:07:14.400 it didn't work out. The enemy would love for you 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:19.960 to become a slave to your past. Live guilty, discouraged, 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:23.600 with the chip on your shoulder. Don't fall into that trap. 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:27.640 The past doesn't have to hold you back. We've all 0:07:27.680 --> 0:07:32.160 had negative things happen, things we don't understand. But God 0:07:32.280 --> 0:07:36.360 has beauty for those ashes, He has mercy for mistakes, 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:40.600 He has new beginnings. Nothing that's happened in your past, 0:07:41.160 --> 0:07:44.560 nothing that you've done, has to keep you from the 0:07:44.600 --> 0:07:48.160 good things God has in store. Don't become a slave 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:52.280 to your past. Quit thinking about it, Quit reliving the hurts, 0:07:52.760 --> 0:07:55.840 quit dwelling on the failures. This is a new day. 0:07:56.560 --> 0:07:58.920 If you will let go of the old, then you'll 0:07:58.960 --> 0:08:03.280 see the new things God has in store. Farah came 0:08:03.400 --> 0:08:07.960 chasing the Israelites because he thought he owned them. He 0:08:08.040 --> 0:08:11.920 saw them as his property. You need to tell Pharaoh, 0:08:12.680 --> 0:08:16.000 tell the enemy, tell the past, tell the addiction. You 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:19.520 don't own me. I was bought with a precious price. 0:08:20.000 --> 0:08:23.840 I belong to the God who spoke worlds into existence. 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:28.440 I'm not your slave, I'm his son. You have to 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:33.000 know who you are and who you belong to. Fear 0:08:33.080 --> 0:08:35.880 doesn't have any right to you. It doesn't own you. 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:40.640 Poverty doesn't own you. You may have an addiction, but 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:44.120 it doesn't own you. Don't see it as your master, 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:48.880 as bigger, more powerful. You'll never be free. It's temporary, 0:08:49.600 --> 0:08:53.360 it cannot stay. Your body is a temple of the 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:57.800 Most High God. You are not a sick person trying 0:08:57.880 --> 0:09:02.640 to get well. You're a well fighting off sickness. You 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:06.080 are not an addict trying to get free. You're a 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:10.240 free person fighting an addiction. You're not a poor person 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:14.520 trying to get ahead. You're a prosperous person fighting off poverty. 0:09:14.920 --> 0:09:18.960 You are not a slave to any negative thing. God 0:09:19.120 --> 0:09:24.720 created you to be free, healthy, whole, victorious. Sure we 0:09:24.760 --> 0:09:27.920 all have things come against us, but they're not permanent. 0:09:28.360 --> 0:09:31.160 It's just a matter of time before it changes in 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:35.640 your favor. The Israelites, even if they escaped and got 0:09:35.679 --> 0:09:39.560 away from the Pharaoh, in one sense, they would always 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:44.280 be runaway slaves as long as Pharaoh was chasing them, 0:09:44.559 --> 0:09:47.760 even though they were free. Thoughts would tell them, you're 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:50.800 still a slave. You're just a slave that got away. 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:54.320 Sooner or later, you'll be caught. They would have to 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:57.520 live with that threat that Pharaoh might catch back up 0:09:57.559 --> 0:10:00.880 with them. But at the dead end at the Red Sea, 0:10:01.400 --> 0:10:04.320 when they had nowhere to go, Moses held up his 0:10:04.480 --> 0:10:09.719 rod and the waters parted. These two million Israelites former slaves, 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:13.280 went through on dry ground. When Pharaoh and the chariots 0:10:13.320 --> 0:10:16.720 came chasing, the waters closed up. They were all drowned. 0:10:17.640 --> 0:10:22.160 God not only freed them from slavery, but he eliminated 0:10:22.200 --> 0:10:25.520 their oppressor, so they wouldn't have to live with the 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:30.040 threat that they might be recaptured and taken back to slavery. 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:35.160 God didn't want them to see themselves as just runaway slaves, 0:10:35.640 --> 0:10:39.000 slaves that had been freed by taking care of the Pharaoh. 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:43.960 He removed that label. They were no longer runaway slaves. 0:10:44.200 --> 0:10:48.679 Now they were simply sons daughters of the Most High God. 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:52.760 In the same way, God not only freed us from sin, 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:57.800 from guilt, from depression, from sicknesses, but he took care 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:01.480 of our enemy. You have to live with the threat 0:11:01.559 --> 0:11:06.599 that you might be recaptured. Your oppressor has been defeated. 0:11:06.960 --> 0:11:09.960 The enemy has no power over you. You're not a 0:11:10.040 --> 0:11:13.920 runaway slave, You're a son. But here's the whole key. 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:17.720 After all God has done for us, freed us from slavery, 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:22.000 defeated our enemy. If you don't see yourself the right way, 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:25.400 it will keep you from your destiny. And this is 0:11:25.400 --> 0:11:29.679 what happened to the Israelites. After seeing God free them 0:11:29.720 --> 0:11:33.280 from slavery, deliver them from the Pharaoh, bring water out 0:11:33.320 --> 0:11:36.480 of a rock. When they came to the Promised Land, 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:39.800 you think they would be full of faith, ready to 0:11:39.840 --> 0:11:42.760 take the land. But when they saw how big the 0:11:42.800 --> 0:11:47.240 people were, they told Moses, we'll never defeat them. They're 0:11:47.240 --> 0:11:50.240 too big for us. Let's just go back to Egypt. 0:11:50.840 --> 0:11:54.160 Let's go back to being slaves. They had been in 0:11:54.240 --> 0:11:58.600 slavery so long, they had seen so much injustice. Their 0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:04.400 problem was they never quit seeing themselves as slaves. They 0:12:04.400 --> 0:12:07.640 didn't think they could live at a higher level. Their 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:11.400 attitude was, we're just poor, old slaves. We never get 0:12:11.440 --> 0:12:15.800 any good breaks. God brought them out of slavery, but 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:20.200 slavery never got out of them. You may have struggled 0:12:20.200 --> 0:12:22.640 in an area for a long time, but don't have 0:12:22.920 --> 0:12:27.200 a limited mindset. You have to give God permission to 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:31.680 increase you. It starts in your thinking. You can't see 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:36.040 yourself as a slave and enjoy the blessings of a son. 0:12:37.000 --> 0:12:40.320 If you grew up in lack, not having enough mediocrity, 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:44.080 don't let that poverty spirit get in you. That is 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:47.439 not who you are. You're the one to break the curse. 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:51.680 You're the one to set a new standard. God is 0:12:51.720 --> 0:13:00.320 about to lose resources, promotion, ideas, opportunities. Have a vision 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:06.200 for increase. See yourself as a sun rising higher. You 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:10.559 have seeds of greatness. You are not limited by how 0:13:10.600 --> 0:13:14.040 you were raised, by your family, by what you didn't get. 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:17.480 You're not a slave to lack You're not a slave 0:13:17.559 --> 0:13:21.559 to depression. You're not a slave to fear. The oppressor 0:13:22.040 --> 0:13:26.120 has been taken care of. Your days of struggle, your 0:13:26.200 --> 0:13:29.840 days of sickness, your days of loneliness are coming to 0:13:29.880 --> 0:13:32.800 an end. God is about to do a new thing. 0:13:34.720 --> 0:13:38.960 He's going to break bondages that have held you back. 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:42.840 Things that have been in your family line for generations 0:13:43.240 --> 0:13:46.880 are about to turn in your favor. Like the Israelites, 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:53.520 after four hundred years of slavery, oppression, injustice, that was 0:13:53.640 --> 0:13:58.160 ten generations, nothing changed. They were born into it year 0:13:58.200 --> 0:14:02.480 after year, didn't expect anything different. But one day God 0:14:02.520 --> 0:14:07.840 said enough is enough. He supernaturally brought them out. But 0:14:07.960 --> 0:14:12.680 that first group that God freed from slavery, that was good, 0:14:13.200 --> 0:14:16.680 but that wasn't God's best. They never made it into 0:14:16.720 --> 0:14:21.680 the Promised Land because they saw themselves as slaves. But 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:24.640 God didn't give up on them. He didn't say I'm 0:14:24.680 --> 0:14:28.840 done with this family. God took their children in. It 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:33.040 was because they had a different mindset. I believe in 0:14:33.120 --> 0:14:36.640 your family, you're going to be the generation that goes 0:14:36.720 --> 0:14:42.840 into the Promised Land. What your relatives did or didn't 0:14:42.880 --> 0:14:46.360 do does not have to stop you. You're going to 0:14:46.400 --> 0:14:50.680 see houses that you didn't build, vineyards that you didn't plant, 0:14:51.320 --> 0:14:56.840 opportunities chasing you down, promotion that you didn't deserve blessings. 0:14:56.880 --> 0:15:00.560 You can't explain favor that thrust you further then you 0:15:00.560 --> 0:15:04.320 can imagine. Now, don't talk to yourself. Out of it, Joel, 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:08.320 not me, man, I've reached my limits. My family always struggles. 0:15:08.600 --> 0:15:11.920 Get rid of that slave mentality and start having an 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:17.760 abundant mentality. See, even though the oppressor has been taken 0:15:17.800 --> 0:15:20.960 care of, even though the enemy is defeated, he'll still 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:25.320 whisper lies. You're not supposed to be blessed, you'll always 0:15:25.360 --> 0:15:28.640 be addicted. What he's really saying is you're a slave. 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:31.800 Come on, just accept it. Tell him no things. You 0:15:31.920 --> 0:15:35.000 have the wrong person. I'm not a slave, I'm a son. 0:15:35.080 --> 0:15:40.120 I'm blessed. I'm prosperous. I'm a difference maker. I'm going 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:43.440 to set a new standard for my family. We're going 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:48.200 in to our promised land. The other day, a repairman 0:15:48.280 --> 0:15:51.000 came over to our house to fix the air condistrin. 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:53.840 He had to come inside and go up in the attic. 0:15:54.400 --> 0:15:57.880 When he came in, he didn't stop by the refrigerator 0:15:58.160 --> 0:16:01.160 get something to drink, didn't sit on my couch and 0:16:01.200 --> 0:16:04.000 watch some television. He didn't go out my back door 0:16:04.040 --> 0:16:07.600 and enjoy my backyard. He went straight to the attic 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:11.440 and took care of the problem. He knew he couldn't 0:16:11.480 --> 0:16:14.480 come in and make himself at home. He was there 0:16:14.720 --> 0:16:18.720 as a servant, not as a son. But when our 0:16:18.800 --> 0:16:22.480 son Jonathan comes in, he doesn't say, Dad, can I 0:16:22.560 --> 0:16:25.880 go to the refrigerator and get something to drink? Dad? 0:16:25.920 --> 0:16:28.720 Can I sit here and watch some television. He doesn't 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:31.920 ask for permission. He acts like he owns the place, 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:38.280 and the truth is he does. He's my son. Everything 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:43.320 I have is his. I like the fact that he 0:16:43.440 --> 0:16:48.280 knows who he is. He's confident in what belongs to him. 0:16:48.680 --> 0:16:53.440 So he goes boldly to the refrigerator. The scripture tells 0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:57.520 us to come boldly to the throne of grace, not 0:16:57.640 --> 0:17:00.640 as a servant, not saying God, God, I know I 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:04.639 don't deserve it, God, I know I'm unworthy. If you 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:07.080 want to make God happy, if you want to put 0:17:07.080 --> 0:17:10.560 a smile on God's face, go to him with boldness. 0:17:11.000 --> 0:17:13.560 Go to him like he's proud of you, like you 0:17:13.680 --> 0:17:16.800 deserve to be there, like he wants to be good 0:17:16.840 --> 0:17:21.440 to you. Ask him for your dreams. Pray bold prayers. 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:26.720 You're not inconveniencing him. You don't have to earn God's law. 0:17:27.440 --> 0:17:30.400 You don't have to work for his approval. You don't 0:17:30.400 --> 0:17:34.200 have to pay God back for your mistakes. Never once 0:17:34.280 --> 0:17:37.879 has Jonathan come in and said, Dad, I did wrong today. 0:17:38.320 --> 0:17:42.080 I don't deserve to eat here. Let me work for you, 0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:45.240 Let me earn the right to have this meal. He 0:17:45.280 --> 0:17:49.280 did that. Number one, I check his temperature. Number two. 0:17:50.160 --> 0:17:53.600 As a father, I would be disappointed. I would think, 0:17:53.960 --> 0:17:56.800 doesn't he know he's my son and I want to 0:17:56.840 --> 0:18:00.000 be good to him? Are you trying to earn god 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:04.200 God's goodness? Be good enough, work hard enough, then maybe 0:18:04.200 --> 0:18:09.120 you'll deserve God's blessings. That's a slave mentality. Why don't 0:18:09.160 --> 0:18:12.879 you start believing that you're a son. You're already in 0:18:13.000 --> 0:18:17.280 the family. Jesus said, it is the Father's good pleasure 0:18:17.560 --> 0:18:21.560 to give you the kingdom. God is longing to be 0:18:21.640 --> 0:18:25.320 good to you. Are you living like a son knowing 0:18:25.400 --> 0:18:27.879 that you have rights, knowing that God's pleased with you, 0:18:28.800 --> 0:18:32.080 or are you living like a slave, feeling unworthy like 0:18:32.160 --> 0:18:35.679 you don't deserve God's goodness. In the story of the 0:18:35.720 --> 0:18:39.159 Prodigal Son, the young man asked his father for his 0:18:39.240 --> 0:18:43.879 inheritance and left home. He wasted all the money partying, 0:18:44.240 --> 0:18:48.399 living wild, making poor choices. He was so desperate he 0:18:48.520 --> 0:18:51.800 ended up working in a hog pen feeding the hogs. 0:18:52.160 --> 0:18:55.040 He became so hungry he had to eat the hog 0:18:55.119 --> 0:18:59.359 food to survive. Sitting in the hogpen, he thought the 0:18:59.520 --> 0:19:03.520 servant at home live better than I do. I'm going 0:19:03.560 --> 0:19:06.880 to go back to my father's house after all I've done, 0:19:06.920 --> 0:19:09.679 after this big mess. I know I can't live at home, 0:19:10.119 --> 0:19:14.040 but maybe my father will hire me back as one 0:19:14.040 --> 0:19:19.080 of his servants. Because of his mistakes, he stopped seeing 0:19:19.160 --> 0:19:23.720 himself as a son and started seeing himself as a servant. 0:19:24.520 --> 0:19:28.160 He thought he didn't deserve his father's goodness. He didn't 0:19:28.200 --> 0:19:30.840 think he had a right to be in the family anymore. 0:19:31.720 --> 0:19:36.640 How many of us have disqualified ourselves from God's goodness. 0:19:37.240 --> 0:19:40.240 We knew at one time we were a son. At 0:19:40.240 --> 0:19:42.520 one time God was going to help us, favor us, 0:19:42.560 --> 0:19:46.919 bless us, but we made poor choices. We got off course. 0:19:47.600 --> 0:19:51.880 Now we believe that lie, that somehow we've gone from 0:19:51.880 --> 0:19:55.920 a son to a slave, That God wouldn't have anything 0:19:56.000 --> 0:19:59.120 to do with us. This young man got his nerve 0:19:59.240 --> 0:20:02.639 up and had back home. He was prepared for his 0:20:02.760 --> 0:20:05.640 father to let him have it, to say, don't even 0:20:05.680 --> 0:20:09.200 think about coming on this property. But as he got closer, 0:20:09.600 --> 0:20:12.720 he noticed his father was standing at the end of 0:20:12.760 --> 0:20:16.000 the driveway. It looked like he was looking for him. 0:20:16.560 --> 0:20:19.520 All of a sudden, the father took off running toward 0:20:19.600 --> 0:20:22.840 his son. That son thought, oh great, he's going to 0:20:22.880 --> 0:20:25.600 stop me before I get on the property. He's gonna 0:20:25.600 --> 0:20:27.920 come out here and yell at me. But the father 0:20:28.080 --> 0:20:32.480 grabbed him started hugging him, kissing him. The son went 0:20:32.480 --> 0:20:35.480 into his speech, Dad, I don't deserve it, but maybe 0:20:35.520 --> 0:20:37.879 you can hire me back as one of your servants. 0:20:38.600 --> 0:20:42.080 Father stopped him, said, what are you talking about. Don't 0:20:42.119 --> 0:20:45.560 you know you're my son and you'll always be my son. 0:20:46.640 --> 0:20:50.159 There's nothing you can do to change the fact that 0:20:50.200 --> 0:20:53.600 you're a son. When you gave your life to Christ, 0:20:53.840 --> 0:20:57.359 you were born into the family of God. You can't 0:20:57.359 --> 0:21:01.639 get unborn, you can't make a mistake to be, you 0:21:01.720 --> 0:21:06.280 can't get too far off course. You may disqualify yourself, 0:21:06.800 --> 0:21:11.360 but God never disqualifies you. Are you living like a slave, 0:21:11.920 --> 0:21:15.760 when in fact you're a son. You're trying to convince 0:21:15.840 --> 0:21:18.680 God to hire you back as a servant when God 0:21:18.760 --> 0:21:22.679 is saying, go kill the fatted calf. My son is home. 0:21:23.040 --> 0:21:27.280 God has already received you back into his family. But 0:21:27.359 --> 0:21:29.920 what if this son would have turned said Dad, no, 0:21:30.400 --> 0:21:33.840 I can't accept your goodness. I don't deserve it. Let 0:21:33.880 --> 0:21:35.840 me just work out here with the servants to try 0:21:35.840 --> 0:21:38.600 to pay you back. That would have ruined the story. 0:21:38.800 --> 0:21:41.280 How many of us are doing the same thing. We're 0:21:41.280 --> 0:21:45.560 not receiving God's goodness. We're beating ourselves up for our failures. 0:21:45.920 --> 0:21:49.800 We're letting the accuse or convince us that we've somehow 0:21:49.840 --> 0:21:53.639 gone from a son to a slave. I love the 0:21:53.680 --> 0:21:58.080 fact when this son returned home, the father never brought 0:21:58.160 --> 0:22:01.320 up his past, say okay, I'll let you come back, 0:22:01.359 --> 0:22:04.960 but you shouldn't have done that. God is not interested 0:22:05.040 --> 0:22:09.280 in your past. The enemy will work over time trying 0:22:09.280 --> 0:22:14.000 to remind you of all your mistakes, make you feel guilty, unworthy. 0:22:14.640 --> 0:22:18.280 Don't believe those lies. You're not going to be a 0:22:18.359 --> 0:22:22.399 son when you perform good enough. You're a son right now, 0:22:22.800 --> 0:22:25.280 You're a daughter right now. Why don't you come on 0:22:25.400 --> 0:22:29.680 back into the family, start believing again, start dreaming again. 0:22:30.560 --> 0:22:34.000 You can start a party up in heaven. You can 0:22:34.080 --> 0:22:37.520 cause God to turn on the music and begin a celebration. 0:22:38.080 --> 0:22:41.800 When he sees you shake off a slave mentality and 0:22:41.840 --> 0:22:45.920 start having a son mentality, he says about you go 0:22:46.000 --> 0:22:48.800 kill the fatted calf. We're going to have a party. 0:22:49.160 --> 0:22:53.760 My son, my daughter has come back home. Years ago, 0:22:54.480 --> 0:22:57.320 there was a man in Europe. He saved up all 0:22:57.359 --> 0:23:01.080 of his money to come to America. Months and months, 0:23:01.520 --> 0:23:04.600 he finally had just enough to purchase the ticket on 0:23:04.680 --> 0:23:07.199 the ship. It was going to take two months to 0:23:07.280 --> 0:23:11.199 cross the ocean, so he took a suitcase filled with food. 0:23:11.760 --> 0:23:15.240 All he could afford were cheese and crackers. When the 0:23:15.280 --> 0:23:18.200 other people on the ship went to the big, nice 0:23:18.280 --> 0:23:21.680 dining room to have their fancy dinners, he would go 0:23:21.720 --> 0:23:24.760 over into the corner and eat his cheese and crackers. 0:23:25.119 --> 0:23:28.399 This went on day after day. He could smell the 0:23:28.480 --> 0:23:31.720 other food. He wanted to join them so badly, but 0:23:32.200 --> 0:23:35.800 he just didn't have the resources. The last day of 0:23:35.880 --> 0:23:39.160 the trip, a man came over said, I can't help, 0:23:39.200 --> 0:23:42.760 but notice you're always over here eating cheese and crackers. 0:23:43.080 --> 0:23:45.120 Why don't you come in and have dinner with us. 0:23:45.960 --> 0:23:48.760 Men was kind of embarrassed. He said, I saved up 0:23:48.800 --> 0:23:51.960 all my money, but I only had enough to buy 0:23:52.000 --> 0:23:55.000 the ticket. I didn't have enough to buy the meals. 0:23:55.480 --> 0:23:58.800 The men shook his head, said, didn't you realize the 0:23:58.840 --> 0:24:02.200 meals were in it with the ticket? You had a 0:24:02.280 --> 0:24:04.280 right to be in here with us the whole time. 0:24:05.359 --> 0:24:08.800 I wonder how many of us are missing out on 0:24:08.960 --> 0:24:12.680 God's best because we don't realize the meals have been 0:24:12.720 --> 0:24:16.760 paid for. We're over in the corner, so to speak, 0:24:17.240 --> 0:24:21.359 like a servant eating the cheese and crackers when God 0:24:21.440 --> 0:24:25.520 is saying you're a son. Step up to the table. 0:24:25.920 --> 0:24:29.120 I've paid the price. There's a place with your name 0:24:29.160 --> 0:24:33.600 on it. You may have made mistakes. Forgiveness has been 0:24:33.640 --> 0:24:37.440 paid for, Mercy has been paid for it. You had 0:24:37.520 --> 0:24:41.400 bad breaks, People did you wrong. New beginnings have been 0:24:41.400 --> 0:24:45.480 paid for. Beauty for ashes belong to you. Why don't 0:24:45.520 --> 0:24:49.280 you come on up to the table. You're struggling in finances. 0:24:49.640 --> 0:24:52.919 Nobody in your family has gotten a head. Don't get 0:24:52.960 --> 0:24:57.520 satisfied with cheese and crackers. Abundance has been paid for. 0:24:58.119 --> 0:25:03.479 New levels are in your future. Sometimes, what's holding us 0:25:03.560 --> 0:25:07.640 back is we don't really know who we are. We 0:25:07.680 --> 0:25:12.720 think we're average, ordinary, when in fact we are royalty. 0:25:12.880 --> 0:25:17.240 We are sons daughters of the Most High God. When 0:25:17.280 --> 0:25:20.919 God breathed his life into you, he crowned you with 0:25:21.000 --> 0:25:24.400 his favor. He put a robe of righteousness on you. 0:25:24.760 --> 0:25:28.840 He said, You've been fearfully and wonderfully made. Don't go 0:25:28.960 --> 0:25:32.439 through life with a cheese and crackers mentality. Have a 0:25:32.520 --> 0:25:38.000 son mentality, an abundant mentality. In the scripture, an angel 0:25:38.040 --> 0:25:41.119 told Gideon he was to go out and save the 0:25:41.320 --> 0:25:45.840 Israelites from the enemy army that was approaching. Gideon said, 0:25:45.960 --> 0:25:49.400 I can't do that. I come from the poorest family, 0:25:49.880 --> 0:25:52.680 and I am the least one in my father's house. 0:25:53.240 --> 0:25:56.760 He was saying, you have the wrong person. I'm not 0:25:56.880 --> 0:26:00.119 at the dinner table. I'm eating cheese and crackers. He 0:26:00.119 --> 0:26:03.560 had a slave mentality, I'm at a disadvantage. He didn't 0:26:03.600 --> 0:26:08.399 realize he was royalty. A few chapters later, Gideon was 0:26:08.440 --> 0:26:12.600 talking with his enemies. He asked them what the men 0:26:13.080 --> 0:26:17.280 he was trying to find look like. They said, they 0:26:17.320 --> 0:26:22.800 look like you, Gideon, like a king's son. Gideon felt inadequate, 0:26:23.400 --> 0:26:26.840 like he didn't measure up, but even his enemies could 0:26:26.920 --> 0:26:30.840 see he was a king's son. You may feel like 0:26:30.880 --> 0:26:34.080 you're at a disadvantage. He's causing you to shrink back, 0:26:34.480 --> 0:26:38.520 not pursue dreams like Gideon. You may not be able 0:26:38.560 --> 0:26:42.280 to see it. But even the enemy knows your royalty. 0:26:42.840 --> 0:26:46.280 Even the enemy knows you are destined to do great things. 0:26:46.680 --> 0:26:49.879 Why don't you put down the cheese and crackers and 0:26:50.000 --> 0:26:53.400 step up to who you were created to be. You're 0:26:53.440 --> 0:26:57.879 no longer a slave, You're a son. You used to be, 0:26:58.040 --> 0:27:01.280 maybe a slave to fear, to a addictions, to poverty, 0:27:01.320 --> 0:27:05.000 to depression, but you've been born into a new family. 0:27:05.840 --> 0:27:07.479 When I look at you, you know what I see. 0:27:07.640 --> 0:27:12.439 I see masterpieces. I see royalty. I don't see average people. 0:27:13.040 --> 0:27:16.440 I don't see anyone addicted. I don't see anyone sick 0:27:16.480 --> 0:27:19.520 and weak. I don't see anyone in poverty and lack. 0:27:19.920 --> 0:27:25.080 I see blessed people, victorious people, favored people. I see 0:27:25.400 --> 0:27:31.600 king's sons, king's daughters. Now do your part. Shake off 0:27:31.640 --> 0:27:35.840 the slave mentality, start having a son mentality. If you'll 0:27:35.840 --> 0:27:40.080 do this, I believe and declare every chain that's holding 0:27:40.119 --> 0:27:44.920 you back is being broken. God is going to release, healing, favor, 0:27:44.960 --> 0:27:49.840 breakthroughs abundance. You're going to rise higher and become everything 0:27:50.200 --> 0:27:53.840 He's created you to be in Jesus' name. If you 0:27:53.880 --> 0:27:58.000 receive it, can you say it? Men? Today, I'd like 0:27:58.040 --> 0:28:01.160 to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord 0:28:01.200 --> 0:28:04.520 of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say 0:28:05.040 --> 0:28:11.280 Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 0:28:12.080 --> 0:28:16.200 I make you my Lord and savior. 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