Daily Renewal

0:00:00.480 --> 0:00:03.240 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 0:00:03.279 --> 0:00:06.400 our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 0:00:06.480 --> 0:00:09.080 enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 0:00:09.160 --> 0:00:11.799 share it with the friends We appreciate you and pray 0:00:11.840 --> 0:00:15.400 for God's very best in your life. Oh God, bless you. 0:00:15.640 --> 0:00:18.160 It's great to be with you today, and I hope 0:00:18.200 --> 0:00:20.640 you'll stay connected with us during the week through our 0:00:20.720 --> 0:00:24.840 daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and you can 0:00:24.880 --> 0:00:27.159 come visit us in person. We'd love to have you 0:00:27.200 --> 0:00:29.639 be a part of one of our services. So I 0:00:29.720 --> 0:00:31.800 like to start it with something funny, and I heard 0:00:31.840 --> 0:00:35.360 about this old country farmer. He was taking his nephew 0:00:35.440 --> 0:00:39.440 camping for the first time, and his nephew had five degrees. 0:00:39.760 --> 0:00:42.400 What is one of the smartest men alive. They set 0:00:42.479 --> 0:00:45.640 up their tent and quickly fell asleep. Middle of the night, 0:00:45.840 --> 0:00:48.559 the farmer woke up. His nephew said, look up. What 0:00:48.600 --> 0:00:51.959 do you see? The nephew said, I see millions of stars. 0:00:52.520 --> 0:00:54.520 Country farmer said, I know ed, But what does it 0:00:54.600 --> 0:00:58.240 tell you? He said, Astronomically tells me there are billions 0:00:58.280 --> 0:01:01.560 of galaxies. Logically, it tells me it's going to be 0:01:01.560 --> 0:01:05.600 a beautiful day. Theologically tells me that God's a great creator. 0:01:05.920 --> 0:01:08.560 What does it tell you? The old farmer shook his 0:01:08.640 --> 0:01:13.920 head and said, tells me somebody stole our tent. All right, 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:16.800 y'all say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:01:17.160 --> 0:01:19.440 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:01:19.520 --> 0:01:21.920 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:24.800 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:29.039 of God. I'll boldly confess my mind is alert, my 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:33.720 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:37.120 God bless you. I want to talk to you today 0:01:37.200 --> 0:01:41.400 about daily renewal. We all have to deal with stress 0:01:41.440 --> 0:01:45.880 from everyday life and pressures at work raising our children. 0:01:46.440 --> 0:01:50.360 People do us wrong, We make mistakes. There are plenty 0:01:50.360 --> 0:01:55.880 of opportunities to get discouraged, live offended, be jealous. These 0:01:55.920 --> 0:02:00.760 things are like toxins that contamidate our mind, our vision, 0:02:01.280 --> 0:02:05.120 take our joy. We can't stop them from coming, but 0:02:05.200 --> 0:02:08.400 we don't have to allow them to stay. And every 0:02:08.480 --> 0:02:12.200 morning you need to do a cleansing where you release 0:02:12.280 --> 0:02:16.040 any worry, You forgive the people that did you wrong. 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:19.240 You come back to a place of peace knowing that 0:02:19.280 --> 0:02:22.520 God is in control. You start the day in faith, 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:26.320 believing that he has good things in store, grateful that 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:30.480 you're alive. That's getting rid of all the toxins, the 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:33.640 things that will contamidate your life. And it needs to 0:02:33.680 --> 0:02:37.880 be a daily renewal. If you allow the discouragement to stay, 0:02:38.080 --> 0:02:42.360 or the offense they did me wrong, or the insecurity 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:46.040 I'm not good enough, you're dwelling on that day after day. 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:50.440 It's going to become a stronghold. It'll sour your attitudes, 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:54.880 make you critical. You don't have the creativity. It's because 0:02:54.960 --> 0:02:58.880 these toxins are poisoning your life. You need to develop 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:04.560 this process of release. I have it where you daily forgive, daily, 0:03:04.680 --> 0:03:09.200 let go of hurts, daily renew your mind, remind yourself 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:13.360 who God says you are, daily grateful, thanking God for 0:03:13.480 --> 0:03:17.440 what he's done. When you have this daily cleansing, things 0:03:17.480 --> 0:03:20.799 can't build up. Sure they're gonna come, but you don't 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:25.399 let them stay. The scripture says God's mercies are new 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:30.080 every morning, not once a month, not every year. Every 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:33.800 morning there's fresh mercy waiting for you, but you have 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:37.800 to receive it. David said, each day I take my 0:03:37.920 --> 0:03:42.360 request to God and wait expectantly. He was saying, I 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:45.920 get up every morning, I go to God with my concerns, 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:49.600 and then I wait in Fai, believing that He's working 0:03:49.640 --> 0:03:53.560 in my life. He didn't let the doubt build up. God, 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:56.360 why am I stuck in these shepherd's fields? I have 0:03:56.480 --> 0:04:00.480 no future here. Discouragement came to him. God, why it 0:04:00.600 --> 0:04:04.160 saw chasing me? I haven't done anything wrong. Offense came, 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:08.560 But David understood this principle. Every morning he had to 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:13.160 go through a cleansing. Release the offense, release the discouragement. 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:17.880 That's what kept him from being contaminated, getting bitter and 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:22.479 giving up on dreams. It was a daily renewal. The 0:04:22.480 --> 0:04:26.320 psawmist said, joy comes in the morning. During the day, 0:04:26.720 --> 0:04:31.000 doubt may come, worry may come, tough day at the office, 0:04:31.400 --> 0:04:37.479 the medical report hasn't improved. Those toxic thoughts bring fear, worry. 0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:42.800 Our spirit can become heavy, our mind contamidated. Now you 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:46.160 have the grace to handle what comes each day, but 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:49.160 you don't have the grace to carry that burden into 0:04:49.200 --> 0:04:52.839 the next day. And the next joy is there in 0:04:52.880 --> 0:04:55.800 the morning, but it won't do you any good. If 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:59.000 you're holding onto the negative. You have to go through 0:04:59.040 --> 0:05:03.640 this cleansing where you release all this bothering. You release 0:05:03.720 --> 0:05:06.560 the lies that are telling you it's never going to change, 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:11.520 release the worry, the offense, the guilt. Joy is there. 0:05:11.839 --> 0:05:14.960 God hand delivered it, but you have to receive it 0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:18.480 when you wake up. Father, thank you for this day. 0:05:19.080 --> 0:05:21.880 Thank you for giving me breath to breathe. Thank you 0:05:21.960 --> 0:05:24.680 that your plans for me are for good. I know 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:27.680 this is the day you have made. I'm gonna choose 0:05:27.720 --> 0:05:31.119 to rejoice. I'm going to live this day happy, see 0:05:31.120 --> 0:05:35.159 Paul said in Second Corinthians. Even though the outward man 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:39.760 is perishing, the inner man is being renewed day by day, 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:44.320 notice not month by month. Daily, there needs to be 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:47.960 a renewal. Now. I wonder how many of us are 0:05:48.080 --> 0:05:55.200 carrying things that are contaminating us, souring our attitude, straining relationships, guilt, 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:59.560 shame that we don't have to carry. How much freer 0:05:59.560 --> 0:06:03.800 would you live, how much happier would you be, more creative, 0:06:04.040 --> 0:06:08.800 more productive if you would start this daily cleansing, releasing 0:06:08.880 --> 0:06:14.680 all the toxins, starting the day positive, hopeful, grateful, in peace. 0:06:15.360 --> 0:06:18.560 That's how you're going to reach your highest potential. Not 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:22.200 trying to pray away all the difficult people. God, don't 0:06:22.279 --> 0:06:25.240 let them offend me again. God, I have to have 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:29.359 this contract at work. Those things may not happen the 0:06:29.400 --> 0:06:33.600 way we would like. There may be some frustration, worry, 0:06:33.760 --> 0:06:37.400 offense that comes, but that's okay. In the morning, God, 0:06:37.400 --> 0:06:40.240 I'll release it all out of my spirit. I come 0:06:40.279 --> 0:06:42.919 back to a place of peace. I know you're ordering 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:47.560 my steps. God, I trust you. That's a cleansing. You 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:51.680 just washed out those toxins, put on a fresh new attitude. 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:55.159 You came back to the right perspective. Now. I read 0:06:55.160 --> 0:07:00.200 an article about how the body naturally renews itself. Meeting 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:04.440 experts said, one reason we sleep is to cleanse the brain. 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:09.080 When we're asleep, there are fluids flowing over our brain 0:07:09.520 --> 0:07:14.000 that flushes out the waste that was accumulated during the day. 0:07:14.120 --> 0:07:17.840 And it's critical that these toxins are washed out. If not, 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:21.840 they can build up and contribute to Alzheimer's and all 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:25.800 kinds of diseases. And it's significant that the body does 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:29.640 this while we sleep. Automatically happens. We don't have to 0:07:29.680 --> 0:07:33.680 do anything. God created the brain to be renewed and 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:40.320 refreshed every night. That happens physically, but mentally, God expects 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:44.680 us to do it. Your mind, your thoughts, your attitudes. 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:48.320 It's not going to renew on its own. God said, 0:07:48.400 --> 0:07:51.680 day by day, you need to renew it. If not, 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:55.040 just like the physical, these toxins are going to build 0:07:55.120 --> 0:07:58.800 up and cause us harm. And sometimes we wonder why 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:00.720 we don't have the joy where you to have her, 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:05.480 Why we're so tired, critical, jealous, insecure. It's not that 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:09.240 we're a bad person. Something's wrong with us. We're just 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:13.280 not doing this cleansing. All these things that were supposed 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:16.720 to be there twenty four hours or less, we've let 0:08:16.800 --> 0:08:20.120 them stay the next day, and the next, then a week, 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:23.480 then a month. Now it's clouded our vision. We go 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:28.000 around worried, upset, trying to pay people back, thinking that 0:08:28.040 --> 0:08:31.960 our dream is impossible. That would all change if we'd 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:36.480 get in this habit of a daily renewal, daily releasing 0:08:36.520 --> 0:08:42.160 the worries, daily forgiving wrongs, daily, being grateful, thanking God 0:08:42.200 --> 0:08:45.920 for who he is. See David said, early in the morning, 0:08:46.360 --> 0:08:50.280 my song of praise rises to you. David had all 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:53.600 these things coming against him. You remember, as a teenager, 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:57.160 his father didn't believe in him enough to call him 0:08:57.160 --> 0:09:00.360 in from the shepherd's fields. When Samuel came to hughes 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:04.120 one of the sons, as the next king, he thought, David, 0:09:04.280 --> 0:09:08.160 he's too small, He's not king material. He'll never do 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:12.920 anything great. David felt the sting of rejection being looked 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:16.679 down on when he took lunch to his brothers they 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:20.319 were in another city in the army. Instead of being grateful, 0:09:20.720 --> 0:09:23.679 his older brother made fun of him, said, in front 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:26.400 of all the soldiers, what are you doing here, David? 0:09:27.080 --> 0:09:29.360 And what did you do with those few sheep you're 0:09:29.400 --> 0:09:33.319 supposed to be taking care of? He belittled in, tried 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:36.880 to make him feel small. Even when David wanted to 0:09:36.920 --> 0:09:41.120 fight Goliath, King Saul said, David, you're just a boy. 0:09:41.800 --> 0:09:45.319 You don't have a chance. During the day, all these 0:09:45.360 --> 0:09:49.800 toxins came against David, things the enemy designed to try 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:54.600 to contamidate his life. Every morning David went through a cleansing. 0:09:55.559 --> 0:09:58.080 He didn't wait a week and stew over what his 0:09:58.160 --> 0:10:01.520 brother said, or being for a month with his father 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:04.839 offended at King Saul for a year, God, why did 0:10:04.880 --> 0:10:08.480 this happen? No, he had this habit of daily renewal 0:10:09.240 --> 0:10:12.920 when he woke up, releasing the hurt, releasing the doubt, 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:17.480 the discouragement. He got his mind in an attitude of faith. 0:10:18.160 --> 0:10:20.559 And yes he had a good reason to be polluted. 0:10:21.080 --> 0:10:24.480 But instead of letting those talks and stay, he was 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:27.920 writing some of the great psalms that we quote today. 0:10:28.040 --> 0:10:30.560 This is the day the Lord has made. Dave is 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:33.520 the one that wrote that song. He could have doubted, 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:37.000 given up on his dream. Instead he got up each 0:10:37.080 --> 0:10:41.000 morning wrote another psalm, though I am surrounded by trouble. God, 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:44.800 you will bring this safely through. When he made mistakes, 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:49.000 he had an affair, got off course. He could have 0:10:49.080 --> 0:10:54.040 lived guilty in shame, faded off into the sunset. I 0:10:54.080 --> 0:10:58.600 can imagine every morning the accuser came, David, you're finished. 0:10:59.200 --> 0:11:02.280 You blew it. Look what you've done. You can't expect 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:07.559 God to bless you all these toxins, so strong, so powerful. 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:12.000 Trying to stop his destiny, David said in Psalm fifty one, 0:11:12.559 --> 0:11:16.439 creating me a clean heart, O, God, renew a right 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:20.520 spirit within me. Cleanse me from my shame, wash me 0:11:20.600 --> 0:11:25.040 from my iniquity. Notice his words, renew me, cleanse me, 0:11:25.559 --> 0:11:29.440 wash me. Yes, it was guilty. He didn't deserve it. 0:11:29.960 --> 0:11:33.120 But he knew that God's mercy is new every morning. 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:37.559 He received the renewal. And sure, we've all made mistakes, 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:41.680 We've all done things that could limit our destiny. Instead 0:11:41.720 --> 0:11:45.680 of doing like David, often we act like God's mercy 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:50.360 is new every decade. Maybe in ten years, I'll forgive myself, Joel, 0:11:50.679 --> 0:11:53.080 if you knew what I'd done, maybe then I'll feel 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:55.880 better about who I am. Some people act like his 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:59.480 mercy is new every century, Joel, I missed my chance. 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:01.760 It's too late for me. Can I give you some 0:12:01.800 --> 0:12:05.880 good news? His mercy is new every morning. You can 0:12:05.960 --> 0:12:10.319 have a new beginning. Each day. You can start afresh 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:14.240 and a new right now. The scripture says, to put 0:12:14.280 --> 0:12:16.880 on the new man. You have to put on a 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:20.600 new attitude, put on a fresh perspective, put on a 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:24.040 better way of thinking. It's not gonna come to you necessarily. 0:12:24.240 --> 0:12:27.120 There's something you have to do. I had to put 0:12:27.120 --> 0:12:30.839 this coat on today. It was in my closet. You 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:34.240 didn't come find me. Hey, Joe, wear me. I'll look good. 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:37.240 It would have hung on that shelf for years unless 0:12:37.280 --> 0:12:41.599 I went to it and deliberately put it on. Sometimes 0:12:41.640 --> 0:12:45.640 we're waiting for mercy to come to us, waiting for confidence, 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:49.240 waiting for a good mood. I know people who are 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:52.800 waiting to feel forgiveness. Then they'll forgive the person that 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:57.000 hurt them. Do yourself a favor. Don't wait any longer. 0:12:57.280 --> 0:13:00.800 Put on the new man, the mercy. He is available. 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:04.440 Get it off the shelf. The joy is there comes 0:13:04.440 --> 0:13:07.240 every morning. It's waiting for you when you wake up. 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:11.520 Or the forgiveness to release the hurt is there. Now 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:15.080 do your part and start putting it on a daily renewal. 0:13:15.880 --> 0:13:19.160 Paul said in Ephesians, to put on the armor of God, 0:13:19.720 --> 0:13:22.560 you have to get dressed each morning. Put on the 0:13:22.559 --> 0:13:26.880 breastplate of God's approval, knowing that God is pleased with you, 0:13:27.480 --> 0:13:30.200 that he's proud of you, that you're the apple of 0:13:30.240 --> 0:13:34.360 his eyes. Put on the helmet of salvation, knowing that 0:13:34.400 --> 0:13:38.000 you're forgiven. Your name is written in the Lamb's Book 0:13:38.000 --> 0:13:41.800 of Life, that heaven is your home, that Jesus has 0:13:41.840 --> 0:13:45.280 gone ahead of you and already prepared a place for you. 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:49.560 It's awaiting your arrival. Put on that shield of faith 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:53.719 every morning. Father, thank you that you are fighting my battles. 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:57.000 That no weapon formed against me, will prosper that I'm 0:13:57.040 --> 0:13:59.200 well able to do what you've called me to do. 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:02.880 How about putting on the shoes of peace. I'm gonna 0:14:02.880 --> 0:14:06.480 stay calm, cool and collected no matter what comes my 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:10.600 way today. It makes a difference how you start the day. 0:14:11.520 --> 0:14:14.559 Don't start it negative, defeed it. I don't want to 0:14:14.600 --> 0:14:17.960 go to work. I can't stand my boss. These kids 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:21.240 get on my nerves. My back's still hurting. That's gonna 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:26.720 draw in negativity, defeat. It's gonna drain your energy, lessen 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:30.720 your creativity. Try a different approach. Lord, I think you 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:33.560 that this is gonna be a great day. You said 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:37.120 goodness and mercy are following me, that your blessings will 0:14:37.200 --> 0:14:41.280 chase me down. Lord, I think it's gonna be a blessed, productive, 0:14:41.520 --> 0:14:44.800 favor field day. You know what that's gonna draw in 0:14:44.920 --> 0:14:50.880 good breaks, favor, divine connections, Paul said in Philippians, think 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:54.440 on things that are wholesome, things that are pure, things 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:57.360 that are of a good report. You get to choose 0:14:57.480 --> 0:15:00.560 what you're gonna think on. You can think of things 0:15:00.560 --> 0:15:04.960 that discourage you, how big your problems are, things that 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:08.960 make you feel unworthy. Times you blew it things that 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:12.840 upset you, make you bitter. What that family member says, 0:15:13.480 --> 0:15:17.480 that coworker that took your credit. Those are all toxins 0:15:17.800 --> 0:15:22.440 that are gonna contamidate your life. Maybe you've been through hurts, 0:15:22.600 --> 0:15:25.920 bad breaks. Every morning, thoughts will come saying, look what 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:29.200 they did to you. It's not fair. They ruined your life. 0:15:29.840 --> 0:15:33.120 You have the choice. You can dwell on it, think 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:37.720 about how wrong it was. That's gonna bring bitterness, self pity. 0:15:37.880 --> 0:15:41.520 It's gonna make you critical and unfriendly. You have to 0:15:41.560 --> 0:15:46.479 get those toxins out. The Ephesians five says God cleanses 0:15:46.600 --> 0:15:51.640 us by the washing of water with his word. Just 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:55.800 like that water washes the brain each night, removes the 0:15:55.920 --> 0:16:00.760 waste and keeps the brain healthy. God's word will wash 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:04.600 your mind and cleanse it from the toxins, the doubt, 0:16:04.920 --> 0:16:07.960 the worry. One of the best ways to have this 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:11.840 daily renewal is by declaring what God says about you. 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:17.040 When you speak his promises over your life, over your family, 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:22.680 your health, your finances. That's washing away those contaminants instead 0:16:22.680 --> 0:16:26.240 of dwelling on all the hurts, negative things that have happened. 0:16:26.520 --> 0:16:30.120 The way to keep that bitterness from staying. Father thank 0:16:30.200 --> 0:16:33.360 you that you have beauty for these ashes. Lord, you 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:36.760 said you'd pay me back double for the unfair things. Father, 0:16:36.840 --> 0:16:39.480 you said what was meant for harm? You're turning to 0:16:39.560 --> 0:16:43.640 my advantage. When you speak God's word, a cleansing is 0:16:43.680 --> 0:16:49.040 taking place. It's washing away what's trying to pollute you. See, 0:16:49.080 --> 0:16:52.760 water has cleansing power, just like in the natural. When 0:16:52.760 --> 0:16:58.000 you've been out all day, going to work, running errands, exercising, sweating, 0:16:58.520 --> 0:17:02.000 you get dirty. What if you said, I'm not going 0:17:02.080 --> 0:17:05.400 to shower for a few weeks, I'll probably be all right. 0:17:05.480 --> 0:17:08.280 You wouldn't have any friends, your family wouldn't want to 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:12.160 be around you. You smell bad, you look bad. That's 0:17:12.160 --> 0:17:14.920 why most people take a shower a bath every day 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:18.639 or so. You have to wash all what the day 0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:22.440 put on you. It's the same principle with our thinking. 0:17:23.240 --> 0:17:29.120 During the day, you're gonna get dirty, stress, cranky co workers, traffic, 0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:33.280 contract didn't go through. You have to wash off the doubt, 0:17:33.800 --> 0:17:37.359 the worry, the offense. The way you wash it is 0:17:37.400 --> 0:17:41.240 not with physical water, but with the water of God's word. 0:17:41.440 --> 0:17:45.280 You declare what he says about you. That's what cleanses 0:17:45.320 --> 0:17:49.600 you from the toxins. Takes away the dirt, the shame, 0:17:49.880 --> 0:17:53.639 the discouragement, Joel, I did that back in two thousand 0:17:53.680 --> 0:17:56.639 and eight. That's why nobody wants to be around you. 0:17:57.040 --> 0:18:01.639 That's why people sink, get bitter, sark, castic. They haven't 0:18:01.720 --> 0:18:05.080 washed away these toxins. Well, Joe, once a month, I 0:18:05.160 --> 0:18:07.600 try to have a quiet time, try to have a 0:18:07.640 --> 0:18:11.000 better attitude. If you took a shower once a month, 0:18:11.240 --> 0:18:14.760 you wouldn't like yourself. If you never washed the dirt 0:18:14.800 --> 0:18:18.680 off your mind, you're not gonna like yourself. This needs 0:18:18.720 --> 0:18:21.960 to be a daily renewal when you get out of bed. 0:18:22.320 --> 0:18:25.440 In your thoughts, God, I'm grateful to be alive today. 0:18:25.960 --> 0:18:28.760 I recognize you chose me before I could choose you. 0:18:29.119 --> 0:18:34.080 Thank you that I'm strong, healthy, favored, anointed. That's washing 0:18:34.160 --> 0:18:38.560 away toxins. When those thoughts tell you you're never gonna get well. 0:18:38.720 --> 0:18:41.680 You saw the medical report. Now you have the cleanser. 0:18:42.520 --> 0:18:45.359 You know how to wash the doubt away. Father, Thank 0:18:45.440 --> 0:18:48.520 you that you're restoring health back into me. That the 0:18:48.600 --> 0:18:52.120 number of my days you will fulfill. You just washed 0:18:52.160 --> 0:18:56.000 away that dirt. What thoughts will whisper, you'll never accomplish 0:18:56.040 --> 0:18:59.840 your dreams. You don't have the finances. Everyone in your 0:18:59.880 --> 0:19:04.760 family struggles. If you left that negative stain, the toxins 0:19:04.760 --> 0:19:08.240 are going to build up and create a stronghold that 0:19:08.359 --> 0:19:12.399 keeps you from rising higher. You take a shower every day, 0:19:12.720 --> 0:19:16.119 how about shower in your mind every day? Use the 0:19:16.160 --> 0:19:19.280 water of God's word. Father, you said I would lend 0:19:19.320 --> 0:19:22.840 and not borrow, that what I touch will prosper and succeed. 0:19:23.200 --> 0:19:26.400 That I live under the open windows of heaven, blessings 0:19:26.440 --> 0:19:31.080 that I cannot contain. That changes your whole perspective from 0:19:31.080 --> 0:19:34.399 a not going to make it mentality to an abundant mentality. 0:19:35.160 --> 0:19:37.800 I talked to a man that was so down on himself. 0:19:38.280 --> 0:19:41.320 He had been very successful, that he'd gone through a 0:19:41.359 --> 0:19:45.560 breakup and had some setbacks in his business. He lost 0:19:45.600 --> 0:19:49.439 his passion and didn't feel valuable like he deserved to 0:19:49.480 --> 0:19:53.680 be blessed. The enemy loves to try to steal our value, 0:19:54.280 --> 0:19:58.400 our sense of worth. Nothing that's happened to you has 0:19:58.520 --> 0:20:02.360 changed who you are. No mistake you've made, or how 0:20:02.480 --> 0:20:06.600 someone else has treated you. You are still a child 0:20:06.840 --> 0:20:09.840 of the most High God. He created you in his 0:20:09.920 --> 0:20:15.080 own image. What people did, what they say, how they 0:20:15.160 --> 0:20:19.359 tried to make you feel does not lessen your value. 0:20:19.520 --> 0:20:23.640 They didn't create you. They don't control your worth. God does. 0:20:24.720 --> 0:20:27.639 This is why it's so important to develop this habit 0:20:27.720 --> 0:20:32.160 of a daily renewal, daily reminding yourself who you are. 0:20:33.119 --> 0:20:36.280 If you don't tell yourself who you are, the enemy 0:20:36.280 --> 0:20:41.679 will tell you not worthy, not good enough, You're not attractive, 0:20:41.760 --> 0:20:44.520 you don't have a good personality. You have to get 0:20:44.560 --> 0:20:48.639 those toxins out every morning. Father, I want to thank 0:20:48.680 --> 0:20:52.399 you that I am fearfully and wonderfully made, that I 0:20:52.440 --> 0:20:55.920 am a masterpiece, that I have royal blood flowing through 0:20:55.920 --> 0:20:58.840 my veins, that you have crowned me with your favor. 0:21:00.000 --> 0:21:03.639 Every time you say that is washing away the insecurity, 0:21:04.280 --> 0:21:07.640 the lies that are keeping you from becoming a masterpiece. 0:21:08.520 --> 0:21:11.920 Now nobody can do this for you. Only you can 0:21:11.960 --> 0:21:15.200 renew your mind. You have to put on that new man, 0:21:15.760 --> 0:21:22.200 the valuable, attractive, talented, smart, victorious you. That's who God 0:21:22.520 --> 0:21:25.440 needs you to be. But David had to fight these 0:21:25.480 --> 0:21:30.800 feelings of not feeling valuable, too small, not important. That 0:21:30.880 --> 0:21:34.280 could have stopped his destiny. But listen to what David 0:21:34.320 --> 0:21:38.400 wrote in Psalm one, p. Thirty nine. It almost sounds arrogant, 0:21:38.960 --> 0:21:41.520 But when you realize what he was dealing with, it 0:21:41.640 --> 0:21:45.480 makes sense. He was washing away the low self esteem 0:21:45.560 --> 0:21:49.600 and washing off negative words people had spoken over him. 0:21:50.200 --> 0:21:53.760 He said, God, you have made me in an amazing way. 0:21:54.480 --> 0:21:58.120 What you have done is wonderful. I know this very 0:21:58.160 --> 0:22:02.719 well in the mists of all the negative chatter thoughts 0:22:02.720 --> 0:22:05.000 telling him what he was. And he said, God, I 0:22:05.160 --> 0:22:09.160 praise you because you've made me amazing. What you've done 0:22:09.280 --> 0:22:14.120 is wonderful. He wasn't bragging on himself. He was bragging 0:22:14.160 --> 0:22:17.639 on what God had done. When those lies come trying 0:22:17.640 --> 0:22:21.280 to devalue you, make you feel like you're not attractive, 0:22:22.000 --> 0:22:25.520 not up to par. Instead of letting that dirt cloud 0:22:25.600 --> 0:22:28.879 your life, you need to do like David, get the 0:22:28.920 --> 0:22:32.360 water of God's word and wash it off. Father, thank 0:22:32.400 --> 0:22:35.240 you that you've made me too, amazing, that I am 0:22:35.280 --> 0:22:42.280 a masterpiece, worthy, valuable, talented, a prize possession. That's cleansing 0:22:42.359 --> 0:22:48.080 the inferiority, washing away the not valuable lives. See, when 0:22:48.119 --> 0:22:50.000 we get up in the morning, we all take time 0:22:50.040 --> 0:22:52.879 to get dressed and ready for the day. Got to 0:22:52.880 --> 0:22:56.800 brush our teeth and pick out some clothes, eat some breakfast. 0:22:57.240 --> 0:23:00.959 We may spend a half hour getting our physical person ready, 0:23:01.720 --> 0:23:04.760 but do we spend any time getting our inner person ready. 0:23:05.640 --> 0:23:08.920 It has to be renewed day by day, not month 0:23:08.960 --> 0:23:12.680 by month. There should be a time every morning where 0:23:12.680 --> 0:23:16.239 we cleanse ourselves from toxins, where we put on this 0:23:16.440 --> 0:23:20.000 fresh new attitude. Instead of just rushing out of the house, man, 0:23:20.040 --> 0:23:22.399 I got to get to work, or going to the TV, 0:23:22.520 --> 0:23:26.399 the phone, the computer. Take a few minutes to thank 0:23:26.440 --> 0:23:28.600 God for what He's done in your life and to 0:23:28.720 --> 0:23:32.879 remind yourself who you are. To clear out any negativity, 0:23:33.240 --> 0:23:37.160 to release any worry. Don't carry it into another day, 0:23:37.760 --> 0:23:40.840 turn it over to God. Cleanse your mind from the 0:23:40.960 --> 0:23:44.199 doubt thoughts telling you you'll never meet the right person, 0:23:44.840 --> 0:23:48.280 never get well, never break that addiction. Don't let those 0:23:48.320 --> 0:23:51.880 toxins stay. They will build up and keep you from 0:23:51.920 --> 0:23:55.720 your destiny. Do you know this secret? Wash it away 0:23:56.040 --> 0:23:59.119 with the water of God's word. Bather, thank you that 0:23:59.200 --> 0:24:02.640 a divine connection is coming. You said no good thing? 0:24:02.680 --> 0:24:07.040 Would you withhold? Because I walk up rightly. Whatever is 0:24:07.080 --> 0:24:11.560 trying to cloud your vision, bring doubt, find a scripture 0:24:11.720 --> 0:24:16.120 that you can stand on and stand firm, not ever 0:24:16.200 --> 0:24:18.960 once in a while, but all through the day, thanking 0:24:19.040 --> 0:24:21.679 God that he's working, thanking him that he'll do what 0:24:21.760 --> 0:24:25.159 he promised. See, your mind is going to be busy 0:24:25.200 --> 0:24:29.280 with something. Don't let the negative take control. You take 0:24:29.359 --> 0:24:33.520 control and fill it with faith, with hope, with victory. 0:24:34.600 --> 0:24:38.280 When Moses sent twelve men despout the Promised Land, ten 0:24:38.400 --> 0:24:41.240 came back and said, Moses, we don't have a chance. 0:24:41.720 --> 0:24:45.640 The people are huge. We felt like grasshoppers compared to them. 0:24:46.800 --> 0:24:49.919 These people had seen God delivered them out of slavery, 0:24:50.680 --> 0:24:53.800 sent plagues on their oppressors. They were right next door, 0:24:53.960 --> 0:24:57.600 but it didn't harm them. Was supernatural. They had seen 0:24:57.640 --> 0:25:01.080 the red sea part, they saw man in the desert, 0:25:01.280 --> 0:25:04.040 food out of nowhere, water coming out of a rock. 0:25:04.840 --> 0:25:08.320 You would think they'd be full of faint, bold, knowing 0:25:08.359 --> 0:25:10.960 that God was on their side. But this is what 0:25:11.160 --> 0:25:14.560 happens when we don't wash out the toxins. We allow 0:25:14.640 --> 0:25:18.480 the negative thoughts to stay. They build up and distort 0:25:18.520 --> 0:25:21.520 who we are and convince us to shrink back and 0:25:22.000 --> 0:25:25.680 think my problem's too big. These people never did make 0:25:25.720 --> 0:25:28.720 it into the Promised Land. This would have all been 0:25:28.800 --> 0:25:32.080 different if they had learned to do a daily cleansing 0:25:32.800 --> 0:25:36.240 reminded themselves who they were put on that new man. 0:25:37.480 --> 0:25:39.360 There may be things that have built up in your 0:25:39.400 --> 0:25:43.200 mind telling you the giants are too big, you can't 0:25:43.200 --> 0:25:47.159 accomplish your dream, you can't get well. Those strongholds have 0:25:47.240 --> 0:25:50.600 been there long enough. This is your time to be free. 0:25:51.240 --> 0:25:54.600 The good news is you have the solution. You can 0:25:54.880 --> 0:25:58.560 wash that off with the water of God's word. 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