Break Through The Barriers Of The Past | Victoria Osteen

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I believe God has amazing things in your future. 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:41.840 I hope you enjoy this message. 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:50.480 Thank you for man in the House of amarg this morning. 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:51.600 You may be seated. 0:01:51.960 --> 0:01:55.720 You guys not only sound good, but you look amazing. 0:01:56.280 --> 0:01:57.760 You look like champions. 0:01:58.920 --> 0:02:02.480 My friend had surgery and the doctor told her that 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:05.280 she would have to stay off of her foot for 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:09.919 about a month. So after a month of recovery, I 0:02:09.960 --> 0:02:13.519 saw her and immediately I wanted to know, how is 0:02:13.560 --> 0:02:14.079 your foot. 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:16.840 She said to me, I'm now going. 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:19.840 To physical therapy, and then she began to tell me 0:02:19.919 --> 0:02:23.440 a little bit about her physical therapy sessions, and she 0:02:23.560 --> 0:02:27.720 said to me, when I first got to physical therapy, 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:32.600 my therapist said this, does your foot hurt right now? 0:02:33.800 --> 0:02:37.000 And she stopped and said, no, I'm not in any 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:38.000 pain right now. 0:02:39.160 --> 0:02:39.760 And she said. 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:42.040 She looked right at me and said, if you're not 0:02:42.200 --> 0:02:48.519 in pain, why are you limpy. It kind of took 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:52.680 her aback for a minute, and she said, well, I'm 0:02:52.760 --> 0:02:54.480 trying to protect my foot. 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:56.880 I don't want to hurt it again. 0:02:57.360 --> 0:03:01.040 I don't want to do anything that'll cause me any 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:06.920 more pain. Can you understand that line of thinking today? 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:11.000 I certainly can. You know when you're in pain, the 0:03:11.120 --> 0:03:13.640 last thing you want to do is start acting like 0:03:13.680 --> 0:03:16.280 you normally did. The last thing you want to do 0:03:16.360 --> 0:03:19.320 is step out in boldness. The last thing you want 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:22.000 to do is go out on a limb, because you 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:27.960 certainly don't want to hurt yourself again. That physical therapist 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:32.320 looked at her and she said, I need you to 0:03:32.480 --> 0:03:37.080 quit limping. She said, if you don't begin to do 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:42.200 and walk like you normally do, your foot will not strengthen, 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:45.320 those ligaments will not go back in place, and you 0:03:45.400 --> 0:03:46.400 won't be able to. 0:03:46.360 --> 0:03:49.560 Do what you want to do. You won't be able 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:55.160 to walk like you did before. You'll always walk with 0:03:55.280 --> 0:03:55.800 a limp. 0:03:56.960 --> 0:04:00.800 I just want to encourage every one of us to 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:08.040 not allow pain, hurts, discouragement to cause us to walk 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:09.600 with an emotional limp. 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:14.840 Pain comes to all of us. Discouragement is a part 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:18.400 of life. But we have to understand. 0:04:17.839 --> 0:04:22.400 That God is bigger than all of those things combined. 0:04:27.320 --> 0:04:31.599 You see, my friend didn't even recognize that she was 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:35.280 walking with a limp. She had to have her therapist 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:36.320 tell her. 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:40.080 You see, what she had done is she had formed 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:45.160 what the Bible calls a stronghold in her mind, a wrong. 0:04:45.080 --> 0:04:46.360 Way of thinking. 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:50.559 She was on the thinking pattern that she could never 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:54.640 walk on her foot the way she used to, that 0:04:54.720 --> 0:04:58.960 it would always be less than that this foot would 0:04:59.040 --> 0:05:03.440 always be weak than the other foot. She had to 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:08.039 understand that she could be strong again. Then she had 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:13.680 to work through the process. She had to begin to believe, 0:05:14.400 --> 0:05:17.120 She had to begin to do the work. She had 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:21.599 to begin to step out and watch things change. You 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:24.640 see now she is well on her way to recovery 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:29.760 because she made the choice to walk through that process 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:32.520 and recognize she could be strong. 0:05:32.800 --> 0:05:34.440 And you know what we all. 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:37.359 Have to break those barriers of the past. We have 0:05:37.480 --> 0:05:41.480 to break those mindsets that says it'll never be good again, 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:46.800 you'll never find another husband the one you had left you. 0:05:48.600 --> 0:05:55.839 Those wounds, they hurt, they're real, but they're a lie. 0:05:56.000 --> 0:05:59.880 They're a lie. You gotta believe that you can bet 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:00.760 wrong again. 0:06:01.960 --> 0:06:06.599 If you feel yourself shrinking back in fear, shrinking back 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:11.360 because you've been heard afraid to try again, you can 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:13.400 pretty much realize that. 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:15.200 Is the enemy lying to you. 0:06:15.600 --> 0:06:19.480 Because God never decreases, He always increases. 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:23.040 God is the God of increase. 0:06:23.880 --> 0:06:28.800 But it takes courage, it takes determination, and sometimes we 0:06:28.880 --> 0:06:32.479 need to check ourself to make sure we're not walking 0:06:32.880 --> 0:06:35.440 with a limb. We need to make sure that that 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:41.200 response wasn't out of pain, that response wasn't out of defense, 0:06:41.800 --> 0:06:46.839 that that response was out of strength, confidence, and love, 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:47.840 so that we. 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:50.560 Can keep walking this walk of faith. 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:56.560 Listen, don't allow your past to define your future. It 0:06:56.640 --> 0:07:01.400 doesn't have to set the pace for your future. A 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:03.880 friend of mine was telling me about her young daughter 0:07:03.960 --> 0:07:07.400 in law and how she had just found out that 0:07:07.480 --> 0:07:11.560 she was pregnant. The whole family was so excited. Her 0:07:11.600 --> 0:07:15.280 son was just thrilled. The young girl had wanted a child, 0:07:15.320 --> 0:07:17.440 so it was just the best news she could ever 0:07:17.600 --> 0:07:21.640 think of. As everyone was celebrating and all happy. It 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:25.680 was only a short amount of time before she realized 0:07:26.080 --> 0:07:31.480 she miscarried the baby. You see, she was devastated. Her 0:07:31.560 --> 0:07:36.960 celebration turned into hurt and pain. She began to question God. 0:07:37.560 --> 0:07:40.680 She began to doubt herself. She began to think, am 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:43.320 I ever going to have a baby. Maybe I'm not 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:46.880 capable of having a baby. She told her husband. She said, 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:48.560 I don't want to try again. 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:50.280 She said, I don't want to go there. 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:53.840 I'm afraid that I can't make it through another painful 0:07:53.880 --> 0:07:59.880 situation like that. You see, she began limpy. She began limpy, 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:03.160 She shrunk back. She didn't act like herself. She wasn't 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:07.160 the lively, vibrant woman that she once was. It began 0:08:07.280 --> 0:08:08.840 to affect the entire family. 0:08:09.880 --> 0:08:14.040 You see, she was limping because of a pain that 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:16.240 she had felt. 0:08:17.640 --> 0:08:23.040 Wasn't long after that she found serious XEM one eight 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:28.600 and she began to listen to the messages of hope 0:08:29.640 --> 0:08:33.880 of a faithful God, of a loving God, a God 0:08:33.960 --> 0:08:38.160 of strength, a God of purpose. Day after day she 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:42.480 listened to these messages and it began to break down 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:46.960 that wrong pattern of thinking. It began to build courage 0:08:47.000 --> 0:08:51.200 in her and determination. She began to think, can I 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:55.760 do this again? In fact, the defeat and the doubt 0:08:56.160 --> 0:09:01.360 turned into hope, faith and victory. She told her husband, 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:04.640 I want to try again to have a child. I 0:09:04.760 --> 0:09:07.400 believe that God loves me. I believe that I can 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:11.400 do it again. And do you know, recently Christie and 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:15.480 her husband Josh just gave birth to a beautiful baby 0:09:15.600 --> 0:09:16.160 named Miah. 0:09:18.160 --> 0:09:22.079 She fought through that barrier. 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:24.760 That would try to stop her, that would try to 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:27.760 defeat her, that would try to change the course of 0:09:27.800 --> 0:09:31.400 her destiny, her relationship. 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:34.440 With her husband and her family line. Listen. 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:39.880 She had to make the choice to walk through the process. 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:44.319 Pain is real and it hurts. 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:48.040 But let me tell you, God is the mender of 0:09:48.160 --> 0:09:52.320 broken hearts. He can heal what hurts. He can make 0:09:52.400 --> 0:09:56.880 you stronger than you've ever been before. You can't allow 0:09:56.960 --> 0:10:00.920 a bad experience to trick you into thinking you're gonna 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:04.320 have a bad life. You gotta rise up in the 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:09.360 strength of Almighty God and recognize, Hey, this is a limp. 0:10:10.040 --> 0:10:14.000 I wasn't designed to limp. I was designed to run. 0:10:14.440 --> 0:10:15.920 I was designed to move. 0:10:16.320 --> 0:10:20.600 I was designed to move forward in the things of God. 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:25.600 My little nephew, Christopher, he's a big old kid. I'm 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:28.520 telling you that boy is so big. He plays high 0:10:28.559 --> 0:10:32.760 school football. And when he started, he played the defense 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:36.120 and that's a really rough, tough spot to play. 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:38.319 And when he would come home the first. 0:10:38.200 --> 0:10:40.920 Couple of times, he realized the next day he'd have 0:10:41.000 --> 0:10:44.800 bruises on him, and he'd think, a man, these bruises, 0:10:45.800 --> 0:10:49.080 but he'd go back out there again. He come home, 0:10:49.480 --> 0:10:53.400 he said, I got these bruises, but I did my best. 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:57.319 I did good. The next day he go back out there. 0:10:57.320 --> 0:10:59.760 He come home, he said, I don't care about these bruises. 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:00.520 We won. 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:02.000 We wan. 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:08.880 You see, he realized from experience that those bruises didn't 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:12.000 have to stop him. Those bruises may be part of 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:15.240 the game, but you know what, he's on the winning team. 0:11:15.720 --> 0:11:18.080 And I want you to know today, there. 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:20.760 May be bumps, there may be bruises. They come to 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:25.319 all of us, but listen, you've got one more powerful 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:29.480 on your side. You are on the right side of God, 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:33.960 the winning side of God. You gotta say, these bruises 0:11:34.000 --> 0:11:38.080 don't matter. They're not stopping me because I am gonna win. 0:11:38.600 --> 0:11:41.720 I'm gonna come through. I am going to break through 0:11:42.240 --> 0:11:45.760 the barriers that are trying to hold me down. Do 0:11:45.840 --> 0:11:49.000 you know, God said, I haven't given you a spirit 0:11:49.080 --> 0:11:56.160 of fear. Every setback releases fear. Every past hurt promotes fear. 0:11:56.600 --> 0:12:00.960 Fear is not of God. Everything that you won't do 0:12:01.600 --> 0:12:06.120 comes from fear. Every excuse you make comes from fear. 0:12:06.720 --> 0:12:09.720 Fear of being taken advantage of fear of being laughed at, 0:12:09.760 --> 0:12:10.920 Fear and being hurt again. 0:12:11.600 --> 0:12:12.760 It's a root of fear. 0:12:13.240 --> 0:12:16.920 And God said, I haven't given you fear. So when 0:12:16.960 --> 0:12:20.760 you feel fear, you got to understand that's the enemy 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:24.000 trying to make you limp. He's trying to make you 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:27.479 not reach the fullness of your destiny. 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:30.440 God said, I've given you power. 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:33.920 You got the power of the most High God on 0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:37.680 the inside of you. Go through the process. He said, 0:12:37.720 --> 0:12:40.680 I've given you love. Can I tell you that his 0:12:40.880 --> 0:12:45.480 love broke the curse of sin and death, that his 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:49.280 love is the one that breaks the change. There's nothing 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:52.480 greater that you can have than the love of Almighty God. 0:12:53.280 --> 0:12:54.400 He said, I've given you. 0:12:54.320 --> 0:13:00.120 A sound mind, a balanced mind, a mind that is 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:02.000 able to discern. 0:13:02.040 --> 0:13:07.360 Truth from a lie, truth from a lie, fear from faith. 0:13:08.000 --> 0:13:12.880 Today you have the power to discern fear and faith, 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:17.840 and I believe that you're gonna walk in faith. Sometimes 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:23.680 we just need a reminder that we can be strong again. Listen, 0:13:23.760 --> 0:13:26.440 don't limp through this life, not when you can run 0:13:26.480 --> 0:13:28.760 through this life, not when you got the. 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:32.600 Force of the most high behind you. 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