Call Out The King In You

0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:03.160 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 0:00:03.200 --> 0:00:06.360 our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 0:00:06.440 --> 0:00:09.040 enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 0:00:09.080 --> 0:00:11.880 share it with a friend, reappreciate you and pray for 0:00:11.920 --> 0:00:15.280 God's very best in your life. God bless you. It's 0:00:15.320 --> 0:00:17.680 great to be with you today, and I hope you'll 0:00:17.720 --> 0:00:21.040 stay connected with us during the week to our daily podcast, 0:00:21.280 --> 0:00:24.560 YouTube channel, social media, and you can come visit us 0:00:24.560 --> 0:00:26.720 in person. We'd love to have you be a part 0:00:26.760 --> 0:00:29.280 of one of our services. I'd like to start with 0:00:29.320 --> 0:00:32.760 something funny and I heard about this Baptist man named Bill. 0:00:33.440 --> 0:00:35.880 He liked to sneak off to the horse races and bet. 0:00:36.680 --> 0:00:39.640 One day, he saw a Catholic priest step onto the 0:00:39.720 --> 0:00:42.440 track and bless a horse. Sure enough, the horse won 0:00:42.520 --> 0:00:47.040 first place. He blessed another horse and the horse won again. Well, 0:00:47.040 --> 0:00:49.839 Bill went to the atm took out all of his money. 0:00:50.000 --> 0:00:52.320 This time he saw the priest not only touch the 0:00:52.360 --> 0:00:55.520 horse's forehead, but touch his eyes, his ears, and all 0:00:55.560 --> 0:00:58.640 of his legs. Feeling confident, he bet all of his 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:01.040 money in the In the middle of the race, the 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:04.360 horse fell over dead. Bo who went to the priest said, 0:01:04.400 --> 0:01:07.160 what in the world happened? The priest said, that's the 0:01:07.240 --> 0:01:10.520 problem with you Protestants. You don't know the difference between 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:14.880 the blessing and the last rites. All right, guys, say 0:01:14.920 --> 0:01:17.560 it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:20.000 am what it says I am. I have what it 0:01:20.040 --> 0:01:22.480 says I have. I can do what it says I 0:01:22.480 --> 0:01:25.600 can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 0:01:26.040 --> 0:01:30.319 I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:01:30.640 --> 0:01:34.440 I will never be the same. In Jesus's name, God 0:01:34.480 --> 0:01:38.080 bless you. I want to talk to you today about 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:41.760 call out the King in you. On the inside of 0:01:41.800 --> 0:01:45.760 each one of us is a strong, confident, victorious person. 0:01:46.440 --> 0:01:49.560 You were created to reign in life. You've been crowned 0:01:49.560 --> 0:01:56.080 with favor, royal priesthood, destined to overcome obstacles accomplish your dreams. 0:01:56.360 --> 0:01:59.880 There's a king in you. But that's not the only thing. 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:06.040 There are negative forces, fear, insecurity, doubt. You go through 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:10.240 a disappointment and discouragement comes. You make a mistake and 0:02:10.440 --> 0:02:13.000 guilt shows up, and you face a big obice. Took 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:15.280 it on thing. I can't do it. I'm not able. 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:18.520 The King is in you the whole time. But here's 0:02:18.560 --> 0:02:22.440 the key. He doesn't come out automatically. You have to 0:02:22.600 --> 0:02:25.720 rise up in the face of fear. You attempted to 0:02:25.760 --> 0:02:29.960 worry medical report doesn't look good, and say I will 0:02:30.000 --> 0:02:34.519 not fear. No weapon formed against me will prosper when 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:38.079 thoughts of inferiority come. You're not good enough, you don't 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:42.080 measure up. Nobody likes you call out the King. I 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:46.160 am fearfully and wonderfully made. I've been handpicked by the 0:02:46.200 --> 0:02:50.280 creator of the universe. Or are you attempted to compromise, 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:54.280 give into temptation? Everything in your census it Just do it. 0:02:54.280 --> 0:02:56.840 It's not gonna hurt anything. Don't call out the King. 0:02:57.400 --> 0:03:01.800 I am disciplined. I am focused decisions that honor God. 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:05.600 That's how you call out the King in you. Too 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:08.639 many times we're calling out the wrong things, Joel, I'm 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:11.720 a victim. I've had a lot of bad breaks. Life 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:15.720 hasn't treated me fair. God never said life would be fair, 0:03:16.280 --> 0:03:20.640 that we wouldn't have hardships, injustice, betrayal, But he did 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:23.440 say he would take what was meant for your harm 0:03:23.880 --> 0:03:26.360 and turn it for your good, that he'd pay you 0:03:26.440 --> 0:03:29.400 back double for the trouble that he has beauty for 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:33.079 those ashes. You have to do your part. The victim 0:03:33.200 --> 0:03:36.800 will naturally come out. The bitterness, the chip on your 0:03:36.840 --> 0:03:41.160 shoulder that happens without you asking, that's the flesh, the 0:03:41.240 --> 0:03:45.200 carnal nature. You have to call out the king. He's 0:03:45.280 --> 0:03:48.480 waiting for you to summons him. Once he hears you 0:03:48.640 --> 0:03:53.080 rise up in faith, declaring God's promises, staying in peace 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:56.360 when you could be upset, the King in you shows up. 0:03:56.760 --> 0:04:01.120 That's the strong, confident trusting you. But God said you 0:04:01.160 --> 0:04:04.880 were created to rain. The word rain means to rule 0:04:05.000 --> 0:04:08.680 and to have authority. But it's not necessarily to rule 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:12.800 over people or rule over circumstances and pay my neighbor 0:04:12.880 --> 0:04:16.520 back and make this problem go away. Know, it's to 0:04:16.640 --> 0:04:21.520 rule over your thoughts, rule over your attitude, rule over 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:26.640 the temptation, over the anger, the worry, the doubt. Don't 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:29.800 use your energy trying to rule things that you have 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:34.320 no control over. You can't control other people, the boss 0:04:34.360 --> 0:04:37.400 that's unfair, and the relative that gets on your nerve, 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:41.200 the traffic. All that worry and stress is going to 0:04:41.240 --> 0:04:44.839 steal your peace. You can't sleep at night, you don't 0:04:44.960 --> 0:04:49.520 enjoy your family, too frustrated to pursue dreams. The problem 0:04:49.680 --> 0:04:52.359 is you're trying to rule things that you have no 0:04:52.440 --> 0:04:57.560 authority over. Try a better approach and rule over your emotions, 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:02.000 rule over the bad attitude, rule over feeling sorry for yourself. 0:05:02.640 --> 0:05:05.880 That's calling out the king. That's how you rise above 0:05:05.960 --> 0:05:10.159 those challenges. Life throws your curve. People do you wrong, 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:15.000 the negative chatter. Don't call out the complainer, the victim, 0:05:15.160 --> 0:05:21.640 the compromiser. There's a king in you, a victorious, strong, confident, peaceful, 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:27.040 joyful person, but you have to call him out. Somebody said, Joel, 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:31.280 don't tell me that I'm good, I'm valuable, I'm disciplined. 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:34.320 I need to hear that I'm a sinner, I'm unworthy, 0:05:34.360 --> 0:05:37.320 I'm broken, I've got these issues. The problem with that 0:05:37.440 --> 0:05:41.039 approach is you're moving toward who you think you are. 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:45.960 Your thoughts are going to become a reality. Even subconsciously, 0:05:46.279 --> 0:05:51.039 you're gravitating toward what you're telling yourself. The scripture says 0:05:51.279 --> 0:05:55.240 you will become what you believe. The enemy would love 0:05:55.320 --> 0:05:59.040 for you to believe that you're mediocre. You'll always struggle, 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:02.640 You're an ad it, You'll never be free. Or you're 0:06:02.680 --> 0:06:06.479 not attractive, you're not valuable, nobody wants you. If you 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:10.279 let those thoughts play, you're giving them a right to 0:06:10.360 --> 0:06:14.080 become a reality. Quit calling out the wrong you, the 0:06:14.160 --> 0:06:17.880 lonely you, the addicted you that broke you. There's a 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:22.039 king in you waiting for your call. Instead of I'm 0:06:22.040 --> 0:06:25.599 a sinner, so unworthy. No, how about I used to 0:06:25.640 --> 0:06:28.840 be a sinner, but I've been saved by grace. Now 0:06:28.880 --> 0:06:33.000 I'm a son. I used to be unworthy, but God 0:06:33.040 --> 0:06:37.600 has made me worthy. I'm covered by the blood of Jesus, redeemed, 0:06:37.720 --> 0:06:41.800 forgiven a new creation. When you have that kind of attitude, 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:46.279 it's going to help you resist the temptation, make better decisions. 0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:51.160 That's what you're moving toward. Valuable, worthy, forgiving. But if 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:53.880 you go around focused on your flaws and how you 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:57.320 don't measure up and you don't deserve God's goodness, that's 0:06:57.320 --> 0:06:59.920 going to pull you down, cause you to compromise more. 0:07:00.640 --> 0:07:04.120 The king in you will help you overcome the bad habits. 0:07:04.480 --> 0:07:07.719 When the king rises up, you can rule over the temptation, 0:07:08.360 --> 0:07:10.400 rule over the things that are hold in your back. 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:13.800 But the enemy would love for us to live thinking 0:07:13.920 --> 0:07:19.280 we're not good enough. We're so unworthy, so undeserving. That's 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:21.920 the way you used to be. But when you gave 0:07:21.960 --> 0:07:24.640 your life to Christ, he put on you a robe 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:29.320 of righteousness. One translation calls it the robe of God's approval. 0:07:30.120 --> 0:07:32.560 And that doesn't mean that you do everything right. We 0:07:32.600 --> 0:07:37.480 all make mistakes, but you should live from a worthy, forgiven, 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:43.240 valuable God is pleased with me mentality. If not, and 0:07:43.320 --> 0:07:45.920 you let the king stay dormant, you won't be able 0:07:45.920 --> 0:07:49.600 to rule over the guilt, the shame thoughts telling you 0:07:49.640 --> 0:07:52.440 I'm not good enough, I don't deserve to be blessed. 0:07:52.440 --> 0:07:56.080 Look what I've done. There's not a mistake you've made 0:07:56.480 --> 0:08:00.840 that's too much for the mercy of God. The the accuser, 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:05.080 he loved to deceive you into going through life against yourself, 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:09.960 focused on mistakes, thinking you're washed up. Don't believe those lies. 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:15.640 Let the king in you rise up, the forgiving, redeemed, righteous, 0:08:16.040 --> 0:08:19.760 valuable child of the most High God. This is what 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:23.320 happened with Peter. In the scripture. Jesus was teaching on 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:26.280 the shores of Galilee, and he has to borrow Peter's vote. 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:29.160 When he finished, he wanted to thank Peter and He 0:08:29.200 --> 0:08:31.440 told him to go back and throw out the nets, 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:34.040 and he caught so many fish that the nets begin 0:08:34.160 --> 0:08:37.559 to break. He came to the shore, fell at Jesus' 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:41.560 feet and said, Sir, please go away from me. I'm 0:08:41.600 --> 0:08:47.160 a sinner. I'm unworthy. See. Peter was a rough fisherman. 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:51.640 He had flaws. He was hot tempered, used bad language. 0:08:52.160 --> 0:08:55.880 He knew nothing about God or faith. But Jesus saw 0:08:55.960 --> 0:08:59.520 something in Peter that he couldn't see in himself. He 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:03.480 chose as his first disciple. A little later, Jesus looked 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:06.440 at him and said, Peter, you are a rock, and 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:09.320 upon you I am going to build my church. He 0:09:09.480 --> 0:09:12.880 was calling out the king, telling Peter who he really was. 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:18.160 Underneath the weaknesses, the shortcomings, the compromise, was a mighty leader, 0:09:18.520 --> 0:09:23.080 a strong, favored, powerful disciple that would impact the world. 0:09:24.040 --> 0:09:27.000 We look at our flaws and how we don't measure up, 0:09:27.080 --> 0:09:30.440 and we discount ourselves. And I'm just a fisherman, so 0:09:30.559 --> 0:09:34.360 to speak, Joel, I'm just a business person, just an accountant. 0:09:34.600 --> 0:09:36.880 I'm a code to nurse, a stay at home mom. 0:09:37.240 --> 0:09:40.320 Nothing special about me. Can I tell you there's a 0:09:40.400 --> 0:09:47.120 king in you. There's a powerful talented, discipline, history maker, giant, killer, 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:52.840 world changer. Quick calling out the ordinary, the weak, the insecure, 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:57.440 the addicted, the hot tempered, Call out the king, call 0:09:57.480 --> 0:10:01.160 out the favored you, the strong you, the patient you, 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:05.840 the successful you, the barrier breaker you. When Jesus told 0:10:05.880 --> 0:10:08.600 Peter you're a rock and I'm gonna build my church 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:12.000 on you, I believe something came alive on the inside 0:10:12.040 --> 0:10:16.480 of Peter. The king woke up, this passion, this fire 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:20.280 that said, Hey, I'm not weak, I'm not limited ordinary, 0:10:20.600 --> 0:10:25.720 I'm anointed, I'm powerful, I'm favored. I'm destined to leave 0:10:25.760 --> 0:10:29.599 my mark. That king began to show up. On the 0:10:29.679 --> 0:10:32.920 day of Pentecost, when the church was just first starting. 0:10:33.080 --> 0:10:36.440 They needed someone to give the inaugural address. Out of 0:10:36.440 --> 0:10:42.199 all the religious leaders, disciples, influential rabbis, they chose Peter. 0:10:43.040 --> 0:10:46.960 He got up and spoke, and three thousand people became believers. 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:50.960 He thought he was ordinary, unworthy, but there was a 0:10:51.040 --> 0:10:54.240 king in him. There was greatness waiting to come out 0:10:54.800 --> 0:10:57.360 another time. Acts three, he was going to the temple 0:10:57.400 --> 0:11:01.040 one afternoon. Crippled man was lying there begging for money. 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:03.440 Peter said, I don't have any silver or gold, but 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:06.680 I have something better in the name of Jesus, Rise 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:09.360 and walk. He grabbed the man by the hand, pulled 0:11:09.400 --> 0:11:13.200 him up. Instantly he was healed. He went walking, running 0:11:13.280 --> 0:11:18.600 so grateful. Look at Peter from an unworthy fisherman down 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:23.120 on himself. Now he's impacting the culture, making a great difference. 0:11:23.520 --> 0:11:27.200 What happened he called out the king. He changed his 0:11:27.320 --> 0:11:32.080 thinking from doubt, unworthy, I'm not good enough to I've 0:11:32.120 --> 0:11:37.440 been handpicked by Almighty God. I'm a rock, forgiven, talented, anointed. 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:42.120 See the scripture says we are transformed by the renewing 0:11:42.240 --> 0:11:45.480 of our mind. You want to see transformation, you want 0:11:45.480 --> 0:11:47.640 to see the king come out. You have to get 0:11:47.679 --> 0:11:51.319 your thoughts going in the right direction. As long as 0:11:51.360 --> 0:11:56.119 you're thinking ordinary, not good enough, and always be addicted, 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:59.160 then it's going to be true. You're going to become 0:11:59.400 --> 0:12:03.000 what you believe. Peter would have been stuck if Jesus 0:12:03.040 --> 0:12:05.320 had not shown up and told him who he really was. 0:12:05.960 --> 0:12:08.959 We wouldn't even know Peter, if Jesus had not spoken 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:12.840 faith into his destiny. I believe God sent me today 0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:16.560 to help call out your king, to remind you who 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:21.320 you really are. Not ordinary, not average, You're a masterpiece. 0:12:21.720 --> 0:12:24.640 You've been made in the image of God. He's equipped 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:32.640 to you with everything you need. You are gifted, talented, disciplined, focused, strong. 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:36.760 The right attitude is this giant is no match for 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:40.599 the King and me. This cancer cannot stand against the 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:43.680 King and me. This dream's not too big for the 0:12:43.760 --> 0:12:47.080 king in me. When you call out the king, it's 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:50.079 not just your power, but the power of the most 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:53.920 hot steps in. Like Peter, you couldn't heal the man, 0:12:54.520 --> 0:12:57.160 but when you take steps of faith, God shows up. 0:12:57.920 --> 0:13:01.280 He does what you can't do, free you from the addiction. 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:05.520 He'll turn your child around, open doors you couldn't open, 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:09.400 bring talent out that you didn't know you had. Are 0:13:09.440 --> 0:13:12.040 you calling out the king or are you calling out 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:16.920 the complainer, the compromiser, the doubter. Too many people go 0:13:17.000 --> 0:13:22.160 around putting themselves down, speaking against their destiny. I'm unworthy, 0:13:22.800 --> 0:13:27.359 I'm average, I'm short, I'm slow, I'm the wrong nationality, 0:13:27.559 --> 0:13:31.600 I can't be successful. They don't realize they're calling out 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:35.440 what they don't want. They're giving those destructive things the 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:38.800 right to come to pass. Let me challenge you. Don't 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:43.720 ever say another negative thing about yourself. You have enough 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:49.040 people circumstances against you. Don't be against yourself when you're 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:54.400 tempted to put yourself down. I'm slow, I'm unattractive, I'm dumb. 0:13:54.480 --> 0:13:58.040 Give yourself a favor. Zip it up. Do not curse 0:13:58.120 --> 0:14:01.559 your future. Do not all out things you don't want. 0:14:02.120 --> 0:14:05.160 That person's gonna show up. There's a king in you. 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:11.160 There's a talented, strong, focused, victorious person waiting to come out. 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:15.400 In the scripture, the king of Babylon came against King 0:14:15.520 --> 0:14:19.120 Zedekiah and the people of Israel. They destroyed the walls 0:14:19.120 --> 0:14:24.000 of Jerusalem and captured Zedekiah and his strongest men. Now 0:14:24.040 --> 0:14:26.960 the people in Jerusalem were left there without a king 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:30.280 for the first time in history. Started way back with 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:34.880 King Saul, who was tall, strong, impressive. Then, of course 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:38.160 David came along on and on. For four hundred years, 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:41.800 they'd always had a king. But now Zedekiah was gone. 0:14:42.120 --> 0:14:45.280 The people were so distraught and afraid. As they sat 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:49.000 there feeling hopeless, thinking that they were done, the prophet 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:52.560 Micah showed up. He said in verse nine, why are 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:56.640 you crying? Why are you discouraged? Is there not a 0:14:56.760 --> 0:15:00.840 king in you they were counting on? Is that Akaiah? 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:05.440 Someone else to deliver them, protect them, provide for them. 0:15:05.920 --> 0:15:09.320 They thought, as long as he's captured, we're stuck. We 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:12.400 have no way out. But Mica said, no, no, you 0:15:12.480 --> 0:15:16.480 have it wrong. There's a king in you. He was saying, 0:15:16.720 --> 0:15:20.680 you have what it takes. You are powerful, you are anointed, 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:24.400 you are a giant killer. When you go through disappointments, 0:15:25.080 --> 0:15:28.920 the medical report's not good, set back in your finances, 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:32.320 it's easy to get discouraged. Think I'll never get out 0:15:32.360 --> 0:15:36.920 of this problem, never see my family restored. These people 0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:40.640 were crying and so down. I know there is a 0:15:40.720 --> 0:15:44.160 time to weep sometimes life hurts, but there's also a 0:15:44.240 --> 0:15:47.360 time to dry those tears and rise up in faith. 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:51.120 You may have things coming against you now that could 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:55.840 overwhelm you, cause you to quit pursuing dreams, quit believing 0:15:55.880 --> 0:15:59.240 for your child, quit trying to get well. God is 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:02.120 saying to you what he said to them. Is there 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:05.040 not a king in you? You have to call out 0:16:05.040 --> 0:16:09.160 that mighty warrior in you. Call out the overcomer, call 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:12.200 out the more than conquer, call out the giant killer, 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:15.600 call out that barrier breaker. I want to sit back 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:18.560 and let life keep you down. The king in you 0:16:18.720 --> 0:16:21.920 has to rise up. Father, Thank you that greater is 0:16:22.000 --> 0:16:24.600 he that's in me than what's trying to stop me. 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:28.120 Though I am surrounded by trouble, I will not be 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:31.760 afraid for you or my light and my salvation. A 0:16:31.880 --> 0:16:34.560 thousand may fall at my side, ten thousand at my 0:16:34.680 --> 0:16:38.600 right hand, but it will not stop me. Let me 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:43.320 tell you you are not weak, defeated, unable. You have 0:16:43.400 --> 0:16:46.080 the power of the most High God on the inside 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:49.680 of you, the same power that raised Christ from the dead. 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:55.960 Now call out the strong, courageous, determined, anointed warrior that 0:16:56.120 --> 0:16:58.840 God put in you. You don't have to go looking 0:16:58.880 --> 0:17:02.040 for a king, thinking you're dependent on someone else to 0:17:02.400 --> 0:17:05.439 help you. Free you provide for you. Look no further. 0:17:05.760 --> 0:17:08.960 The King is in you. What you need for every 0:17:09.080 --> 0:17:13.400 season of your life is already on the inside. Now 0:17:13.440 --> 0:17:16.280 you have to be on the offensive and call it out. 0:17:17.080 --> 0:17:20.920 If not the weak, you will dominate the Why did 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:23.800 this happen? It's not fair? The victim you will show 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:28.040 up telling you to be depressed. To get even, you 0:17:28.119 --> 0:17:31.720 have to rule over those thoughts, rule over your emotions. 0:17:32.240 --> 0:17:35.280 Don't try to pay people back. Be still and know 0:17:35.359 --> 0:17:38.320 that he is God. When you let the king come out. 0:17:38.480 --> 0:17:43.080 You stay in peace. Instead of worrying, you're worshiping, thanking 0:17:43.160 --> 0:17:46.560 God that he's fighting your battles instead of complaining, your 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:51.200 speaking victory. This too shall pass. Healing is coming, Freedom 0:17:51.280 --> 0:17:54.840 is coming, Abundance is coming. When my father went to 0:17:54.880 --> 0:17:56.840 be with the Lord, I knew I was supposed to 0:17:56.840 --> 0:17:58.960 step up and pass to the church. But I didn't 0:17:59.000 --> 0:18:03.120 feel qualified. I had never ministered except one time, never 0:18:03.160 --> 0:18:07.000 been to seminary, didn't have the training. My father had 0:18:07.040 --> 0:18:11.760 this big personality, strong and powerful, and I'm more quiet 0:18:11.800 --> 0:18:15.200 and reserved, and I like being behind the scenes. All 0:18:15.240 --> 0:18:18.800 these thoughts told me that I wasn't able, not talented enough. 0:18:19.280 --> 0:18:22.439 I wouldn't know what to say. Nobody will listen to you, Joel. 0:18:22.920 --> 0:18:27.360 The enemy's main battlefield is your mind. He doesn't want 0:18:27.400 --> 0:18:30.560 the king in you to come out. He knows you're powerful, 0:18:31.040 --> 0:18:34.200 he knows your destined to take new ground, so he'll 0:18:34.200 --> 0:18:38.800 do everything he can to try to intimidate, discourage, make 0:18:38.880 --> 0:18:42.240 you feel unworthy. Lookt all the mistakes you've made are 0:18:42.280 --> 0:18:45.920 not able. The giant's too big, the sickness too strong. 0:18:46.240 --> 0:18:49.560 Just accept where you are. Don't believe those lies. There's 0:18:49.600 --> 0:18:54.160 a king in you. New levels, greater talent, greater influence, 0:18:54.200 --> 0:18:57.760 greater favor. All these thoughts were telling me that I 0:18:57.800 --> 0:19:01.240 couldn't do it, that I would fail. I had to 0:19:01.359 --> 0:19:04.000 choose to rule over those thoughts. I had to be 0:19:04.119 --> 0:19:07.159 disciplined in what I allowed to play in my mind. 0:19:07.680 --> 0:19:10.560 Instead of letting the enemy talk to you, you need 0:19:10.600 --> 0:19:13.560 to talk to the enemy. I can do all things 0:19:13.640 --> 0:19:16.240 through Christ. Father. I think I'm strong in the Lord 0:19:16.440 --> 0:19:20.800 that you've anointed, equipped and empowered me. I took that 0:19:20.840 --> 0:19:24.760 step of faith, never dreaming the church would grow. We 0:19:24.760 --> 0:19:27.720 were hoping we could just maintain what my parents had built. 0:19:28.080 --> 0:19:30.960 But look what the Lord has done. He has exceeded 0:19:31.359 --> 0:19:35.720 our expectations. I didn't know this was in me. I 0:19:35.880 --> 0:19:39.040 was like the Israelites at first, God, my father's gone, 0:19:39.640 --> 0:19:43.159 you need to send us some great leader, a powerful minister, 0:19:43.560 --> 0:19:47.960 someone that's experienced, that has a great resume. God said, no, Joel, 0:19:48.400 --> 0:19:51.840 the King is in you. Maybe you're like I was 0:19:52.440 --> 0:19:57.400 looking for someone else, thinking that you're lacking, not talented enough, 0:19:57.440 --> 0:20:01.400 not smart enough, not experienced enough. God is saying, quit 0:20:01.520 --> 0:20:05.120 looking to others. The favor is in you, The blessing 0:20:05.200 --> 0:20:08.480 is in you, the strength, the abundance, the power. It's 0:20:08.520 --> 0:20:11.679 in you now. Call out the King, Call out the 0:20:11.720 --> 0:20:15.359 anointed one, Call out the talent, Call out the courage 0:20:15.600 --> 0:20:19.480 starts in your thinking. Quit telling yourself everything. You're not 0:20:20.280 --> 0:20:22.239 how you can't do it, You're not up to par 0:20:22.520 --> 0:20:26.000 Turn it around. Father. Thank you that your gracious hand 0:20:26.160 --> 0:20:29.560 is upon my life, that I am surrounded by your favor, 0:20:29.840 --> 0:20:33.360 that you are shining brightly through me, helping me do 0:20:33.840 --> 0:20:36.280 what I can't do on my own. This is what 0:20:36.400 --> 0:20:39.560 happened with Sarah. She had been bearing her whole life, 0:20:39.600 --> 0:20:42.800 and God gave her and her husband Abraham a promise 0:20:43.080 --> 0:20:45.520 that she's going to have a baby. Well, they were 0:20:45.560 --> 0:20:48.200 both way too old. She had passed the child bearing 0:20:48.280 --> 0:20:52.800 years in the natural. It wasn't possible. When she first 0:20:52.840 --> 0:20:55.920 heard the promise. It was so far out that she laughed. 0:20:56.560 --> 0:20:58.960 It was comical to think that she could have a 0:20:59.080 --> 0:21:03.160 child at that age. Sometimes God will wait on purpose 0:21:03.359 --> 0:21:06.040 to put a dream in your heart to where there's 0:21:06.080 --> 0:21:10.000 no way logically speaking. It's a test. Are you gonna 0:21:10.040 --> 0:21:13.520 believe and get in agreement, or are you're gonna talk 0:21:13.560 --> 0:21:16.679 yourself out of it think that it could never happen. Well, 0:21:16.760 --> 0:21:19.520 year after you went byen no sign of a baby. 0:21:19.960 --> 0:21:23.800 I'm sure Sarah was discouraged. But God said to Abraham, 0:21:24.200 --> 0:21:27.360 I will give Sarah a son. She will be the 0:21:27.400 --> 0:21:31.600 mother of nations. Kings will come out of her. God 0:21:31.720 --> 0:21:35.399 was saying, Sarah, you can't see it. You're laughing, talking 0:21:35.440 --> 0:21:38.160 yourself out of it. But there's a king in you. 0:21:39.240 --> 0:21:42.480 All the circumstances say you're bearing, but there's a mother 0:21:42.720 --> 0:21:46.639 in you. Sarah had to rule over her thoughts and 0:21:47.119 --> 0:21:50.520 start defeating the doubt. God, I believe what you said. 0:21:50.920 --> 0:21:54.840 It looks impossible, but I know you can do the impossible. Lord, 0:21:54.920 --> 0:21:58.159 Let me be the mother of nations. She had to 0:21:58.280 --> 0:22:01.800 call out the king before she could give birth to kings. 0:22:02.640 --> 0:22:05.400 Ninety years old, against all odds, she had a son 0:22:05.600 --> 0:22:09.840 they named Isaac, the promised Child. You may have situations 0:22:09.840 --> 0:22:14.280 that look too late, too long, no chance. Now God 0:22:14.359 --> 0:22:16.680 is saying to you what he said to her. There's 0:22:16.720 --> 0:22:19.399 a king in you. You're going to give birth to 0:22:19.480 --> 0:22:23.680 what God promised. Now let that king come out. Start 0:22:23.720 --> 0:22:26.840 believing that it's on the way and thanking God that 0:22:26.880 --> 0:22:30.200 he's working. Not moved by what you see, but move 0:22:30.240 --> 0:22:33.400 by what you know. That what God promised will come 0:22:33.440 --> 0:22:37.679 to pass. My friend, Terry Crews is a great actor, 0:22:37.960 --> 0:22:41.840 television host, and a great man of faith. Terry grew 0:22:41.960 --> 0:22:44.919 up in a very violent home. His father was an 0:22:44.920 --> 0:22:48.440 alcoholic and when he drank too much, he would physically 0:22:48.480 --> 0:22:51.800 abuse his mother. And Terry was a little boy, and 0:22:51.920 --> 0:22:54.720 this made him so angry and so distraught that he 0:22:54.840 --> 0:22:58.480 hated his father. He told himself, when he got old enough, 0:22:58.960 --> 0:23:01.119 he's going to put a stop to it. He became 0:23:01.160 --> 0:23:04.120 a star football player and played in college and went 0:23:04.119 --> 0:23:08.040 on to play professional football. Things back at home hadn't improved, 0:23:08.080 --> 0:23:11.240 and he got word that his father was abusing his 0:23:11.280 --> 0:23:14.639 mother again. Now he wasn't a little boy, he was 0:23:14.680 --> 0:23:19.240 this big, strong, powerful man. He had such hatred in 0:23:19.320 --> 0:23:22.960 his heart and such anger toward his father. He drove 0:23:23.040 --> 0:23:26.120 to the house and beat his father within an inch 0:23:26.160 --> 0:23:30.320 of his life. He exploded with all this rage. He 0:23:30.359 --> 0:23:33.920 thought he would feel relieved. Finally stood up for his mother, 0:23:34.480 --> 0:23:37.639 took care of the abuser, got the revenge, but he 0:23:37.680 --> 0:23:40.760 said it made him feel worse than ever. He cried 0:23:40.880 --> 0:23:44.720 like a baby, in so much pain and regret. We 0:23:44.720 --> 0:23:47.679 weren't created to harm the people that gave us life. 0:23:48.480 --> 0:23:52.719 He realized the answer was to forgive his father. That 0:23:52.840 --> 0:23:56.960 getting revenge couldn't heal what was broken on the inside. 0:23:57.600 --> 0:24:01.280 Terry made that decision and forgave his father. That's when 0:24:01.359 --> 0:24:05.080 healing came to him. Terry says, on the inside of 0:24:05.119 --> 0:24:09.000 every person is a king, a victim, and a fool. 0:24:09.960 --> 0:24:13.200 You get to choose which one comes out. Often we 0:24:13.320 --> 0:24:16.400 choose the victim, man, Joel, they did me wrong. It's 0:24:16.440 --> 0:24:20.240 not fair. Why wasn't I raised better? Choosing the victim 0:24:20.560 --> 0:24:23.360 doesn't help you to heal. It doesn't let you get 0:24:23.400 --> 0:24:28.320 better as long as you have an excuse to be bitter, angry, 0:24:29.119 --> 0:24:31.199 not give it your best. Joe, I got a good reason. 0:24:31.320 --> 0:24:34.560 I'm at a disadvantage that's going to keep you stuck. 0:24:35.200 --> 0:24:38.160 God knew everything that would happen to you, every hurt, 0:24:38.760 --> 0:24:43.480 every wrong, every injustice that didn't stop your purpose. If 0:24:43.480 --> 0:24:46.960 you will have the right attitude, let it go. Stay 0:24:47.000 --> 0:24:50.440 in faith. God will pay you back for what was unfair. 0:24:51.040 --> 0:24:53.879 He'll give your beauty for the ashes. He'll make the 0:24:53.880 --> 0:24:57.640 rest of your life better than you can imagine. Sometimes 0:24:57.880 --> 0:25:01.320 we choose the fool. Try to get revenge, pay people 0:25:01.400 --> 0:25:05.399 back given to temptation, run with the wrong crowd. We 0:25:05.480 --> 0:25:08.080 know it's limiting us. We don't want to be disciplined. 0:25:08.240 --> 0:25:11.080 We just want to do what we feel. But there's 0:25:11.119 --> 0:25:13.959 not just a victim in you, not just a fool. 0:25:14.280 --> 0:25:17.680 There's a king in you. There's a person that rises 0:25:17.720 --> 0:25:22.119 above the hate, the anger, a person of honor that 0:25:22.280 --> 0:25:25.600 overcomes evil with good, that does the right thing when 0:25:25.600 --> 0:25:29.240 it's hard, that believes what God promised even though it 0:25:29.320 --> 0:25:33.160 seems impossible. I'm asking you to call out the King 0:25:33.280 --> 0:25:38.119 in you, not the compromiser, not the complainer, not the 0:25:38.119 --> 0:25:40.600 one that wants to be lazy, give up on dreams. 0:25:41.040 --> 0:25:47.240 Call out the kind, strong, powerful, favored masterpiece. Call out 0:25:47.240 --> 0:25:53.919 the worthy, valuable, forgiven, redeemed, more than conquered. God is 0:25:54.000 --> 0:25:57.720 counting on you to carry out his purpose, to leave 0:25:57.760 --> 0:26:01.040 your mark. This is not for victim, This is not 0:26:01.160 --> 0:26:05.200 for fools. This is going to take the king in you. Now. 0:26:05.280 --> 0:26:09.400 Rule your thoughts, could believe in those lies, Rule your actions. 0:26:09.880 --> 0:26:12.680 Don't give any things that are pulling you down. Rule 0:26:12.720 --> 0:26:16.600 your emotions, not letting them dictate your life. If you'll 0:26:16.640 --> 0:26:20.560 call out the King, I believe and declare forces that 0:26:20.600 --> 0:26:24.320 have held you back are being broken. Right now, God 0:26:24.400 --> 0:26:27.840 is about to release you into greater favor, greater joy, 0:26:27.920 --> 0:26:32.720 greater influence. You will rise higher, accomplish dreams, and become 0:26:32.880 --> 0:26:36.840 all you were created to be in Jesus' name. And 0:26:36.920 --> 0:26:40.840 if you receive it, can you say amen? I'd like 0:26:40.880 --> 0:26:43.720 to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord 0:26:43.720 --> 0:26:47.680 of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 0:26:48.440 --> 0:26:52.440 I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 0:26:52.640 --> 0:26:55.879 make you my Lord and savior. If you've prayed that 0:26:55.960 --> 0:26:59.040 simple prayer, we believe you got born again, and we'd 0:26:59.080 --> 0:27:01.440 love to send you some friend information on your new 0:27:01.480 --> 0:27:03.840 walk with the Lord. You can text the number on 0:27:03.880 --> 0:27:06.680 the screen or go to the website. But I hope 0:27:06.680 --> 0:27:09.760 you'll get into a good Bible based church and keep 0:27:09.840 --> 0:27:11.240 God first place. 0:27:12.280 --> 0:27:15.399 Fear can be a powerful force, and we'll try to 0:27:15.480 --> 0:27:20.280 make you feel alone stuck without hope. But fear doesn't 0:27:20.320 --> 0:27:23.800 have to get the final say there is a way out. 0:27:24.160 --> 0:27:27.159 Fear is a powerful force, but so is faith. 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