Developing The Right Anchor Thoughts

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Miraculously, the bear 0:02:45.720 --> 0:02:48.960 froze in its tracks, put up both paws toward the heavens, 0:02:49.040 --> 0:02:51.280 and said, thank you Lord for this food I'm about 0:02:51.280 --> 0:02:55.760 to eat. All right, hold up your bibles. Let's say 0:02:55.760 --> 0:02:58.800 it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 0:02:58.840 --> 0:03:01.520 am what it says I am. I have what it 0:03:01.560 --> 0:03:04.160 says I have. I can do what it says I 0:03:04.200 --> 0:03:07.480 can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:12.880 I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:03:13.280 --> 0:03:17.040 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:03:17.080 --> 0:03:20.200 bless you. I want to talk to you today about 0:03:20.240 --> 0:03:25.079 the importance of getting rid of negative mindsets. Every one 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:28.919 of us has what I call our anchor thoughts. These 0:03:28.960 --> 0:03:32.600 are the core thoughts that we believe about ourselves. Has 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:35.480 to do with our self image and how we approach life. 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:39.080 These thoughts come with us out even really having to 0:03:39.120 --> 0:03:42.320 think about them. We believe them so long it's just 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:46.040 like we're on autopilot. But the problem with some people 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:51.120 is their anchor thoughts are negative. When they're on cruise control, 0:03:51.240 --> 0:03:56.280 so to speak. They go around thinking, I'm unattractive, I'm undisciplined, 0:03:56.720 --> 0:04:00.320 I'll never get out of these problems. You can't trust anybody. 0:04:00.480 --> 0:04:04.200 They don't realize it's their own thinking that's keeping them 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:09.600 in mediocrity. You cannot have negative anchor thoughts and expect 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:12.800 to live a positive life all through the day. The 0:04:12.880 --> 0:04:15.440 thoughts that should be coming up in us or I 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:20.520 am blessed, I am victorious, I am valuable, I am talented. 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:24.480 People like me I have the favor of God. If 0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:27.480 we're going to live in victory, our anchor thoughts have 0:04:27.600 --> 0:04:29.920 to be positive. Now, I want you to pay more 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:34.039 attention to what comes up in you naturally. What do 0:04:34.120 --> 0:04:37.560 you expect each day? Do you go out with enthusiasm, 0:04:38.040 --> 0:04:41.800 excited about the day, or do you just drag around thinking, Ah, 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:44.800 another day, I've got to go to work. How do 0:04:44.880 --> 0:04:48.880 you feel about yourself? Down deep? Are you pleased with 0:04:48.960 --> 0:04:52.720 who you are? Do you know that you're valuable? Are 0:04:52.760 --> 0:04:56.600 you proud of your accomplishments? Or is that thought constantly 0:04:56.680 --> 0:04:59.680 playing You've blown it too many times. You're not where 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:02.720 you sh you'd be, you haven't used your potential. No, 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:06.160 those are the wrong anchor thoughts, and if we don't 0:05:06.200 --> 0:05:08.520 get rid of them, they will set the limits for 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:12.960 our life. The good news is we can develop new 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:16.000 anchor thoughts. The way we do it is when the 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:19.800 negative thought comes back telling us that we've blown it 0:05:19.839 --> 0:05:22.080 too many times. It's going to be a lousy day. 0:05:22.240 --> 0:05:25.080 You don't have anything to look forward to. Instead of 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:28.440 dwelling on that and letting it take root, you've got 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:32.400 to turn it around, get on the offensive and start declaring, 0:05:32.760 --> 0:05:34.880 this is going to be a great day. I have 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:39.119 a bright future, I am forgiven, I am valuable. God 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:44.279 is pleased with me. Speak words of faith over your life. 0:05:44.440 --> 0:05:47.039 That's one of the best ways to get rid of 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:50.680 a negative anchor thought and form a new one, even 0:05:50.720 --> 0:05:53.160 if you do it under your breath. When that negative 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:56.760 thought comes, you can interrupt it by speaking out just 0:05:56.800 --> 0:06:00.039 the opposite. But so many people today are stuck in 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:03.800 a rut. They don't realize it's not normal to go 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:08.599 around feeling wrong about themselves, not expecting anything good. But 0:06:08.680 --> 0:06:11.760 they've done it so long, that's what comes up naturally. 0:06:12.360 --> 0:06:15.680 The only way we will change is by changing our thinking. 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:21.480 We have to reprogram ourselves with the right information. See, 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:24.320 our mind is just like a computer. You can go 0:06:24.440 --> 0:06:28.080 out and buy the most expensive, powerful computer you can find. 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:32.080 It can have the most memory, it can be the fastest, 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:35.320 have all the latest gadgets. But if you program that 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:39.120 computer with the wrong software, it's not going to function properly. 0:06:39.920 --> 0:06:43.719 We've all heard about these computer viruses. They can get 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:48.120 into a perfectly good computer and start to contaminate the software. 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:52.720 Before long, your computer's slow, you can't access your files. 0:06:53.160 --> 0:06:56.920 All these problems occur not because it's not a good computer, 0:06:57.600 --> 0:07:01.080 not because it's defective or it was made in properly. No, 0:07:01.200 --> 0:07:06.240 it all happens because somebody reprogrammed the software. Somebody messed 0:07:06.240 --> 0:07:10.200 with the insides and filled it with a bunch of junk. Well, 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:13.240 in the same way you and I were made in 0:07:13.280 --> 0:07:17.360 the image of Almighty God. He's our manufacturer. When God 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:21.520 created us, he made us to be victorious. From the 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:26.040 very beginning. You have been programmed for success, for joy, 0:07:26.200 --> 0:07:30.640 for peace, for victory. But the problem sometimes is we've 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:34.200 allowed the enemy to get in and reprogram our software. 0:07:34.960 --> 0:07:38.160 We've made the mistake of believing his lies. Like I'll 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:41.520 never be successful, Joel, I don't have the education, I'll 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:44.160 never be happy. I got so many problems, or I 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:47.000 don't feel good about myself because I've had so many 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:51.840 unfair things happen. All this junk is contaminating our software. 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:55.840 Now we're not expecting good things. We have low self esteem, 0:07:55.960 --> 0:08:00.960 we feel inferior. But understand, there is nothing wrong with you. 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:05.320 Just like that computer, you are not defective. You are 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:08.120 not a mistake. When God made you, he said you 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:12.280 were good. The problem is not the hardware, it's the software. 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:15.760 You have to change your thinking. You have to know 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:19.600 deep down in here you have worth, you have value, 0:08:19.960 --> 0:08:22.360 and no matter what's come against you, you are a 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:25.880 victor and not a victim. Now I know people that 0:08:25.960 --> 0:08:29.480 have I know people that have been through rejection and 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:33.040 unfair things, and they allow that negative recording to play 0:08:33.120 --> 0:08:36.559 over and over. You're not good enough, you don't have 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:39.320 what it takes. It's your fault. They go around with 0:08:39.440 --> 0:08:43.120 low self worth, low self esteem. Now, you may have 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:47.280 been through unfair things, people may have rejected you, but 0:08:47.400 --> 0:08:51.480 don't allow anyone or anything to keep you from knowing 0:08:51.640 --> 0:08:54.240 who you really are. You are a child of the 0:08:54.320 --> 0:08:58.559 most high God. God has breathed his very life into you. 0:08:58.559 --> 0:09:02.720 You have his royal blood flowing through your veins. People 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:05.240 may have tried to push you down. You may have 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:09.280 been in an abusive relationship where somebody was always telling 0:09:09.280 --> 0:09:11.280 you what you couldn't do and what you weren't going 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:15.560 to become. But understand that didn't change who you are. 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:18.640 You are still the apple of God's eye. You are 0:09:18.679 --> 0:09:23.280 still his most prized possession. It doesn't matter how unfair 0:09:23.360 --> 0:09:27.360 it was. God still has a great plan for your life. 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:30.400 He still has you in the palm of his hand, 0:09:31.080 --> 0:09:34.440 and He's promised if we will stay in faith, if 0:09:34.520 --> 0:09:37.720 we'll get rid of the negative anchor thoughts, he will 0:09:37.760 --> 0:09:40.520 take what was meant for our harm and he will 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:43.520 use it to our advantage. I talked to a young 0:09:43.559 --> 0:09:48.280 man a while back. He was so insecure, felt so inferior, 0:09:48.840 --> 0:09:51.760 and it stemmed from the fact when he was born 0:09:52.040 --> 0:09:55.320 his parents really wanted a little girl. He was the 0:09:55.400 --> 0:09:58.880 youngest of five brothers, and of course his parents loved him, 0:09:59.120 --> 0:10:01.840 but deep down he felt like he was a mistake. 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:05.400 His parents weren't planning on having any more children. All 0:10:05.400 --> 0:10:07.520 of a sudden he showed up. He said, Joel, I 0:10:07.559 --> 0:10:09.960 don't even know if I'm supposed to be here. I 0:10:10.040 --> 0:10:12.280 was an accident to begin with, or my parents wanted 0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:15.160 a little girl. On and on, all these thoughts were 0:10:15.160 --> 0:10:18.679 planning in his mind. You're a mistake, You're not valuable, 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:22.640 you don't have anything to offer. No, please don't believe 0:10:22.679 --> 0:10:26.560 those lies. The scripture says in Jeremiah, God saw you 0:10:26.920 --> 0:10:30.000 before you were ever formed in your mother's womb. He 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:33.040 knew you and planned out your life before you ever 0:10:33.080 --> 0:10:35.920 showed up on planet Earth. You are not a mistake. 0:10:36.240 --> 0:10:41.120 You're not an accident. You are a person of divine destiny. 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:45.040 You have an assignment. There is something you can accomplish 0:10:45.240 --> 0:10:49.160 that nobody else can. That's why your fingerprints are not 0:10:49.360 --> 0:10:52.959 like anyone else's. You are an original and people may 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:57.319 have rejected you, but know this, God has already accepted 0:10:57.679 --> 0:11:01.640 and approved you. And just because so unfair happen, that 0:11:01.720 --> 0:11:05.880 didn't change God's plan. You're still wearing your crown of favor. 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:09.200 You still got on your robe of righteousness. Now. I 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:12.960 love what David said. Even if my mother and my 0:11:13.160 --> 0:11:16.840 father forsake me, God will adopt me as his very 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:21.240 own child. What am I saying today? Don't let what's 0:11:21.280 --> 0:11:25.760 happened in your past contaminate your software. When those lies 0:11:25.840 --> 0:11:29.600 come telling you you're not valuable. God doesn't care about you. 0:11:29.640 --> 0:11:32.120 Why would he allow that to happen. No, just turn 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:35.360 it around. God, I know you are good. You promised 0:11:35.400 --> 0:11:38.199 in Isaiah you would pay me back double for every 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:40.800 unfair thing that's happened. So God, I want to thank 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:43.120 you that I'm coming out with twice the joy, twice 0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:46.520 the peace, twice the victory. God, I believe my future 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:49.199 is so bright I need sunglasses to look at it. 0:11:50.400 --> 0:11:54.960 Let's reprogram our computers. Let's get rid of all the viruses. 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:59.280 I heard a story about a lady that constantly struggled 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:02.880 with herself. She didn't feel like she was good enough, 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:05.840 like she ever fit in, and she went around with 0:12:05.880 --> 0:12:08.960 no sense of purpose, wondering why she was here. Come 0:12:08.960 --> 0:12:13.080 to find out, these insecurities came from the fact of 0:12:13.120 --> 0:12:16.400 being born out of wedlock. Her mother and father were 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:19.160 not married, and one day she saw on her birth 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:24.200 certificate that little box that was checked not legitimate. Those 0:12:24.240 --> 0:12:29.080 words became ingrained in her thinking as a child and 0:12:29.400 --> 0:12:32.079 a teenager. Even when she got married. She told how 0:12:32.080 --> 0:12:35.880 she felt so insecure. Every time she tried to move forward, 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:39.200 those words would ring out in her mind. You're a mistake, 0:12:39.760 --> 0:12:44.120 you weren't wanted, you're not legitimate, You're not valuable. She 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:47.480 didn't know any better. She believed it year after year. 0:12:47.559 --> 0:12:51.320 It was keeping her in bondage, affecting her personality, affecting 0:12:51.360 --> 0:12:54.680 her marriage. One day she heard me talking about what 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:57.280 I'm telling you today, that you don't have to believe 0:12:57.320 --> 0:13:00.880 those lies. You're worth and value does come from people. 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:04.480 It comes from Almighty God. And she said on the inside, 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:08.760 it was like something exploded. The scripture says, when you 0:13:08.880 --> 0:13:12.480 know the truth, it will make you free. That day 0:13:12.559 --> 0:13:16.320 she recognized that one thought was holding her captive. She 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:19.800 decided to do something about it. When that lie came back, 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:23.400 telling her that she had no value, she was a mistake, 0:13:23.559 --> 0:13:27.360 had no future. Instead, of dwelling on it and letting 0:13:27.360 --> 0:13:31.000 it depress her. She started talking back to the enemy. 0:13:31.440 --> 0:13:33.800 She said, no, I am not a mistake. I am 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:37.360 not an accident. God chose me before the foundation of 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:41.119 the world. I am valuable, I am accepted, I am approved. 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:45.239 I know I have a bright future. She started speaking 0:13:45.440 --> 0:13:49.160 these words of faith over her life. She told how 0:13:49.400 --> 0:13:52.280 she never left the house in the morning without saying, 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:56.040 no weapon formed against me will prosper. I have royal 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:59.040 blood flowing through my veins, and no matter what my 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:02.959 birth certificate says, I know I am legitimate. I am 0:14:03.000 --> 0:14:06.440 a child of the Most High God. You know what happened, 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:09.920 A new self image begin to form. She began to 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:15.559 see herself as God saw her, accepted, approved, valuable, more 0:14:15.600 --> 0:14:18.760 than a conquer And it didn't happen overnight, but little 0:14:18.760 --> 0:14:21.760 by little she got more and more confident. Today she's 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:25.360 totally free. But the fact is she could still be 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:29.520 back where she was, low self esteem, low self worth 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:33.080 if she had not made this decision to rise up 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:37.400 and shake off the negative, destructive thoughts. You can do 0:14:37.440 --> 0:14:40.280 the same thing. Some of you have been through unfair 0:14:40.320 --> 0:14:44.160 situations and now you're just sitting back in mediocrity. You 0:14:44.200 --> 0:14:48.000 don't really feel good about yourself. But listen, today is 0:14:48.040 --> 0:14:50.560 a new day. Why don't you do what she did, 0:14:51.000 --> 0:14:54.680 draw that line in the sand, shake off the destructive thoughts, 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:58.080 and start declaring every day I am the apple of 0:14:58.120 --> 0:15:01.600 God's eye. I have a future and a destiny. I 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:05.040 know good things are in store. You got to get 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:08.000 your anchor thoughts up if you want to come up higher. 0:15:08.640 --> 0:15:12.800 I read where these researchers tested children ages two to four. 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:16.760 They found that ninety five percent of them were highly 0:15:16.840 --> 0:15:22.640 creative and capable of abstract thought and imagination. And they 0:15:22.640 --> 0:15:28.240 were amazed at the high percentage of bright, intelligent, innovative children. 0:15:28.600 --> 0:15:32.000 But what's interesting is they tested those same children at 0:15:32.000 --> 0:15:35.040 seven years of age, and they found that only five 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:39.960 percent were still highly creative. Their conclusion was simple. The 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:43.680 children had been beaten down by life. They had been 0:15:43.680 --> 0:15:46.400 told what they couldn't do and what they weren't going 0:15:46.440 --> 0:15:50.520 to become, and now they had developed these negative anchor thoughts. 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:54.800 The fact is the same thing can happen to every 0:15:54.840 --> 0:15:57.400 one of us if we don't stay on the offensive. 0:15:58.280 --> 0:16:04.480 Life has a way of trying to put down through rejection, disappointments, setbacks, 0:16:04.880 --> 0:16:06.880 and if we're not careful, we look up and we're 0:16:06.880 --> 0:16:09.840 not expecting good things. We don't feel good about who 0:16:09.920 --> 0:16:13.120 we are. We've given up on our dreams. Now we've 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:16.280 got to learn to get back to our original setting. 0:16:17.280 --> 0:16:20.000 I know one time with my computer, I got it 0:16:20.040 --> 0:16:22.840 so far out of whack. I tweaked it here and 0:16:22.880 --> 0:16:25.160 tweaked it there, and I got into areas that I 0:16:25.200 --> 0:16:28.800 knew nothing about, made some adjustments, and after about six 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:32.400 months I had to have somebody come over and put 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:37.280 my computer back to the original factory settings. After all, 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:41.440 nobody knows more than the manufacturer about how that computer 0:16:41.680 --> 0:16:44.440 is supposed to function. Well, that's what I want to 0:16:44.480 --> 0:16:47.680 help you do today. Get you back to your original 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:53.880 factory settings. They're found right here in God's word, our creator, 0:16:54.720 --> 0:16:59.280 our manufacture says this about you. You are blessed. You 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:04.280 are annoying. You are equipped, you are valuable, you are talented, 0:17:04.560 --> 0:17:08.360 you are creative. You have the favor of God. Whatever 0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:11.919 you touch will prosper and succeed. You are strong in 0:17:12.000 --> 0:17:14.840 the Lord. You are well able to do what God 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:17.560 has called you to do. That's getting you back to 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:21.600 your original factory settings. Well, you say, Joe, I don't 0:17:21.640 --> 0:17:24.360 feel like that. I've got a lot of problems. I've 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:27.080 had a lot of unfair things happen to me. No, 0:17:27.480 --> 0:17:30.080 this is what faith is all about. You may not 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:33.320 feel it, but you need to start believing it, start 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:36.840 talking like it, start walking like it, start thinking like it. 0:17:37.200 --> 0:17:40.520 Then God can bring that to pass. Too often, like 0:17:40.600 --> 0:17:43.560 these children, we've allowed the pressures of life to push 0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:47.160 us down. We go through a disappointment. We think it's 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:49.360 never going to get any better. I've reached my limits. 0:17:49.880 --> 0:17:53.159 Or maybe somebody mistreats us, somebody lies about us. We 0:17:53.200 --> 0:17:57.080 go around down thinking life's just not fair. All these things, 0:17:57.160 --> 0:18:01.199 little by little are trying to contaminate our software. We 0:18:01.240 --> 0:18:03.920 look up and we're not expecting good things. We lose 0:18:03.920 --> 0:18:07.280 our sense of worth and value. The good news today 0:18:07.520 --> 0:18:10.280 is you getting a tuna. We're getting you back to 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:13.480 your original settings. But you've got to do your part 0:18:14.119 --> 0:18:17.920 and quit dwelling on the negative lies and start dwelling 0:18:18.040 --> 0:18:21.439 on what God says about you. It says in Psalms 0:18:21.600 --> 0:18:25.720 all day long we should meditate on God's word. That 0:18:25.800 --> 0:18:29.119 means we should go around thinking I am blessed, I 0:18:29.200 --> 0:18:32.840 am valuable, I am victorious. God always causes me to 0:18:32.880 --> 0:18:37.560 try ouph, what are we doing reprogramming our computer? When 0:18:37.560 --> 0:18:40.320 that lie comes telling you you're not gonna be blessed, 0:18:40.680 --> 0:18:42.960 don't listen to him. You don't deserve it. You've made 0:18:42.960 --> 0:18:46.320 so many mistakes. No talk back to the enemy. I 0:18:46.359 --> 0:18:50.119 am forgiven, i am redeemed, I'm the righteousness of God. 0:18:50.320 --> 0:18:53.760 He has made me worthy. You've got to replace the 0:18:53.880 --> 0:18:57.560 negative thoughts with thoughts of hope, thoughts of faith, thoughts 0:18:57.560 --> 0:19:00.119 of victory. When we get up in the morning, and 0:19:00.440 --> 0:19:03.400 the first thing we should do is set our minds 0:19:03.440 --> 0:19:06.960 in the right direction. Just like you reboot your computer 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:08.720 every once in a while to get rid of all 0:19:08.800 --> 0:19:11.520 the jump. We should get up and declare, this is 0:19:11.520 --> 0:19:14.320 going to be a great day. I am strong, i 0:19:14.359 --> 0:19:17.600 am annointed. I'm ready for anything that comes my way. 0:19:18.400 --> 0:19:21.200 That's what the scripture says in Colossians three, verse two. 0:19:21.800 --> 0:19:25.760 Set your mind and keep it set on the higher things. 0:19:26.640 --> 0:19:29.440 I found if you don't set your mind the first 0:19:29.440 --> 0:19:32.280 part of the day, the enemy will set it for you. 0:19:32.840 --> 0:19:35.360 That's why we have so many viruses and so many 0:19:35.480 --> 0:19:38.439 negative anchor thoughts. I mean, how many times have we 0:19:38.480 --> 0:19:40.600 waken up and the thought comes to us, it's going 0:19:40.640 --> 0:19:43.640 to be a lousy day. You got so many problems. 0:19:43.800 --> 0:19:46.520 You lost your temper last week. Your boss doesn't even 0:19:46.640 --> 0:19:49.879 like you. If you don't stay on the offensive and 0:19:50.000 --> 0:19:52.960 set your mind in the right direction, you'll go out 0:19:53.000 --> 0:19:56.760 and have a lousy day. Many people don't realize you 0:19:56.800 --> 0:19:59.159 don't have to dwell on every thought that comes to 0:19:59.240 --> 0:20:02.720 your mind. You can choose what you're going to think about. 0:20:03.480 --> 0:20:07.200 If the thought is negative and discouraging, you should immediately 0:20:07.280 --> 0:20:10.879 get rid of it and then replace it with a positive, 0:20:11.119 --> 0:20:15.679 faith filled thought. If you're not disciplined in your thought life, 0:20:15.760 --> 0:20:18.560 you will never live a life of victory. And that's 0:20:18.600 --> 0:20:22.040 why the scripture says we have to guard our minds. 0:20:22.359 --> 0:20:25.560 We have to know how to cast down these strongholds, 0:20:26.160 --> 0:20:29.080 because what happens is when we dwell on a negative 0:20:29.119 --> 0:20:31.840 thought long enough, it gets a hold of us and 0:20:31.920 --> 0:20:35.600 it'll keep us from God's best. I know people that 0:20:35.640 --> 0:20:39.200 have had a parent or another authority figure in their 0:20:39.240 --> 0:20:44.200 life speak negative things over them. They didn't know any better, 0:20:44.359 --> 0:20:47.520 they believed it, they went around dwelling on it, and 0:20:47.560 --> 0:20:50.800 today it's setting the limits for their life. Just the 0:20:50.880 --> 0:20:52.919 other day, a man came up to me and he 0:20:53.080 --> 0:20:57.199 told how his father was very negative toward him. The 0:20:57.240 --> 0:21:01.040 father never encouraged him, never said anything good about him, 0:21:01.200 --> 0:21:04.399 but he's always putting him down, telling him what he 0:21:04.480 --> 0:21:08.560 wasn't going to become. And those words are like seeds. 0:21:09.320 --> 0:21:12.480 When we speak them out, they take root, and whether 0:21:12.560 --> 0:21:15.199 or not they come to pass depends on if we 0:21:15.400 --> 0:21:19.720 water them by continually thinking about them and constantly dwelling 0:21:19.720 --> 0:21:24.000 on it. But just because somebody has spoken something negative 0:21:24.040 --> 0:21:27.240 over you doesn't mean it's going to come to fulfillment. 0:21:27.560 --> 0:21:30.000 It depends on what you do with it. You have 0:21:30.080 --> 0:21:33.920 the final say. Nobody can keep you from your destiny 0:21:34.040 --> 0:21:38.720 except you. And if someone has spoken negative words over 0:21:38.760 --> 0:21:42.600 your life, a parent, a coach, a spouse, a teacher, 0:21:43.040 --> 0:21:46.439 don't allow it to take root by constantly dwelling on it. 0:21:47.160 --> 0:21:51.280 This gentleman let his father's words keep him in mediocrity 0:21:51.560 --> 0:21:55.919 for years. They became a stronghold in his mind. He 0:21:56.040 --> 0:21:59.520 told how even on his father's deathbed, the father looked 0:21:59.560 --> 0:22:02.240 at him and said, you're never gonna amount to anything. 0:22:02.600 --> 0:22:05.200 Look at your brother. He didn't, and you want either. 0:22:06.040 --> 0:22:09.080 Those words cut like a knife. For years, he was 0:22:09.160 --> 0:22:13.960 angry bitter, insecure, afraid to step out and take a 0:22:14.000 --> 0:22:17.560 new position. He had all these bondages because of those 0:22:17.600 --> 0:22:22.320 negative words. And we know how a father's words or parents' 0:22:22.359 --> 0:22:26.159 words carry incredible weight in a child's life. But the 0:22:26.200 --> 0:22:30.640 good news is God's word supersedes man's word. 0:22:31.400 --> 0:22:31.480 Now. 0:22:31.520 --> 0:22:34.199 A couple of years ago, he heard me speaking the 0:22:34.240 --> 0:22:37.359 blessing over people's lives, kind of like i'm doing today, 0:22:37.440 --> 0:22:40.240 telling you that you're equipped, you're annoyed, you're well able, 0:22:40.720 --> 0:22:44.680 and he said, something broke loose on the inside. All 0:22:44.680 --> 0:22:47.280 of a sudden, he realized he didn't have to be 0:22:47.359 --> 0:22:50.439 bound by those words. He did what we're talking about. 0:22:50.840 --> 0:22:53.960 He said, today, Joel, I am free, I'm not angry, 0:22:54.040 --> 0:22:57.160 I'm not bitter, I'm blessed, I'm happy, and I'm rising 0:22:57.200 --> 0:23:01.160 to new heights. What did he do? He reprobed his computer, 0:23:01.680 --> 0:23:06.080 He got rid of the viruses. Friends, don't let other 0:23:06.200 --> 0:23:09.719 people keep you from fulfilling your destiny. It's not up 0:23:09.760 --> 0:23:12.479 to them, it's up to you. It's great when we 0:23:12.520 --> 0:23:15.760 have other people encourage us and cheer us on. I 0:23:15.920 --> 0:23:18.200 was blessed to be raised by parents that loved me 0:23:18.359 --> 0:23:21.520 and spoke good things over my life. But if you 0:23:21.640 --> 0:23:25.080 didn't get that, it doesn't have to keep you from 0:23:25.119 --> 0:23:29.080 becoming all God's created you to be. Your earthly father 0:23:29.520 --> 0:23:32.560 may not have spoken positive things over you. You may 0:23:32.560 --> 0:23:36.000 not have received the love, the affection, the affirmation you needed. 0:23:36.520 --> 0:23:39.320 But let me tell you what your heavenly father says. 0:23:39.720 --> 0:23:43.160 He says he's proud of you. He says you can 0:23:43.200 --> 0:23:46.639 do all things through Christ. He says your best days 0:23:46.640 --> 0:23:48.960 are not behind you, but they're still out in front 0:23:48.960 --> 0:23:51.720 of you. Why don't you get in agreement with God 0:23:52.160 --> 0:23:56.320 and start declaring every day I am blessed, I am valuable, 0:23:56.720 --> 0:24:00.400 I do have a bright future. We've got to get 0:24:00.440 --> 0:24:05.159 back to our original factory settings. I'm asking you to 0:24:05.280 --> 0:24:10.320 not let other people, don't let time, don't let unfair 0:24:10.440 --> 0:24:15.000 circumstances cause you to forget who you really are. Now. 0:24:15.000 --> 0:24:18.119 I know this gentleman was in his fifties and he 0:24:18.200 --> 0:24:21.480 felt like he had wasted all these years. Now he 0:24:21.640 --> 0:24:24.160 was on the right track, but he had these other 0:24:24.240 --> 0:24:26.920 dreams that he thought he was too old to pursue. 0:24:27.520 --> 0:24:29.879 And I told him about an article I had read. 0:24:30.480 --> 0:24:34.080 These researchers dug up a bag of seeds that they 0:24:34.119 --> 0:24:38.520 found enclosed in an air tight capsule. These seeds were 0:24:38.520 --> 0:24:42.120 over twenty five hundred years old. They were amazed at 0:24:42.160 --> 0:24:45.840 how well preserved the seeds were, and in their curiosity, 0:24:46.400 --> 0:24:48.520 they decided to plant one to see if it could 0:24:48.560 --> 0:24:52.920 still be alive. Much to their amazement, that little seed, 0:24:53.359 --> 0:24:56.800 over twenty five hundred years old, in a few days, 0:24:56.840 --> 0:25:01.720 took root and over time blossomed into a full, beautiful plant. 0:25:02.080 --> 0:25:05.440 That tells me the dreams God has put in your heart, 0:25:06.000 --> 0:25:09.360 the seeds of hope, the seeds of victory. They may 0:25:09.400 --> 0:25:12.159 have laid dormant here after year, but you've got to 0:25:12.240 --> 0:25:15.960 know the seed is still alive. It's just waiting for 0:25:16.040 --> 0:25:19.880 someone to believe, for someone to put the right actions 0:25:19.920 --> 0:25:22.919 behind it. Some of you think you've blown it too 0:25:22.960 --> 0:25:26.119 many times. Life hasn't treated you fair. You think you 0:25:26.160 --> 0:25:29.280 got to sit back and settle for mediocrity. God is 0:25:29.320 --> 0:25:32.800 saying it's never too late. The seed may have been 0:25:32.840 --> 0:25:36.479 pushed down by people that didn't believe in you. It 0:25:36.520 --> 0:25:40.760 may have been delayed by unfair circumstances. Maybe it didn't 0:25:40.800 --> 0:25:43.760 take root because of your own poor choices. But the 0:25:43.760 --> 0:25:47.159 good news is, just like that little seed came to 0:25:47.240 --> 0:25:51.879 fruition after twenty five hundred years. God still has a 0:25:51.920 --> 0:25:54.959 way to bring your dreams to pass. Now, I'm asking 0:25:54.960 --> 0:25:57.800 you to get your hopes up. Quit listening to the 0:25:57.880 --> 0:26:01.159 negative voices you'll get. That's your thoughts going in the 0:26:01.240 --> 0:26:05.480 right direction. You can still become everything God's created you 0:26:05.520 --> 0:26:08.640 to be. I heard the story about a young African 0:26:08.680 --> 0:26:13.160 American boy. He grew up extremely poor in the projects 0:26:13.640 --> 0:26:17.639 in the natural. He had no chance, no education, no money, 0:26:17.720 --> 0:26:20.800 no future. He was being raised by a single parent 0:26:20.920 --> 0:26:24.680 mom as a young child. His father was never there 0:26:24.720 --> 0:26:26.719 and the mom had to work two or three jobs 0:26:26.760 --> 0:26:29.960 to try to make ends meet, So nobody was in 0:26:30.040 --> 0:26:33.000 the home to give him guidance and direction. He got 0:26:33.040 --> 0:26:36.960 off into some wrong areas, breaking into cars, stealing, running 0:26:36.960 --> 0:26:40.040 with the wrong crowd. One time, as a young man, 0:26:40.240 --> 0:26:42.320 early in the morning, he was sneaking out of his 0:26:42.440 --> 0:26:45.480 room so he wouldn't have to go to school, and 0:26:45.520 --> 0:26:48.400 one of his cousins that lived there with him said, oh, 0:26:48.440 --> 0:26:52.159 go ahead, skip school. I won't tell anybody. After all, 0:26:52.560 --> 0:26:54.719 you're never going to make anything out of your life. 0:26:54.920 --> 0:26:58.760 Nobody in this family has he told how that hit 0:26:58.840 --> 0:27:01.480 him the wrong way. That made him mad. He thought 0:27:01.520 --> 0:27:05.840 to himself, I'm gonna prove him wrong. That day, something 0:27:05.960 --> 0:27:09.560 new was birthed on the inside. Instead of getting bitter 0:27:10.080 --> 0:27:13.080 and letting those negative words take root, he saw it 0:27:13.160 --> 0:27:16.080 as a challenge. As a young man, he joined the 0:27:16.200 --> 0:27:20.080 job Corps. One thing they offered was boxing. He went 0:27:20.119 --> 0:27:21.719 to the gym and told the head coach that he 0:27:21.760 --> 0:27:24.600 wanted to box. The coach asked him if he had 0:27:24.600 --> 0:27:27.840 any experience. He said no, I've never boxed before, and 0:27:27.880 --> 0:27:30.000 the coach was very rude to him. He said, well, 0:27:30.000 --> 0:27:33.520 don't waste my time, kid, I've got all these experienced 0:27:33.600 --> 0:27:37.680 boxers to train. Leaving the gym that day, feeling dejected 0:27:37.720 --> 0:27:40.919 and discouraged, an assistant coach pulled him over to the 0:27:41.000 --> 0:27:44.280 side and he said, hey, you come back tomorrow and 0:27:44.400 --> 0:27:46.960 I'll be your trainer. He gave him a brand new 0:27:47.000 --> 0:27:50.400 pair of boxing shoes, the first gift he had ever received. 0:27:51.000 --> 0:27:55.119 Long story short. One year later, George Foreman won the 0:27:55.119 --> 0:28:01.640 Olympic gold medal. He went on, I'm the heavyweight champion 0:28:01.800 --> 0:28:05.959 of the world and today, among other things, George Foreman 0:28:06.240 --> 0:28:08.879 is the pastor of a church. He gives all the 0:28:08.960 --> 0:28:12.760 credit to the Lord. You know what's funny when that 0:28:12.960 --> 0:28:16.399 cousin that told him he would never amount to anything, 0:28:16.800 --> 0:28:18.720 saw him when the gold medal. He came up to 0:28:18.800 --> 0:28:20.800 him and said, I always knew you could do it. 0:28:23.000 --> 0:28:26.080 What am I saying today? Don't let people talk you 0:28:26.160 --> 0:28:30.560 out of your dreams. Don't let rejection and disappointments steal 0:28:30.640 --> 0:28:35.199 your sense of value cause you to go around feeling inferior. No, 0:28:35.480 --> 0:28:38.400 put your shoulders back. You are children of the most 0:28:38.480 --> 0:28:41.680 High God. The seeds that have been planted in your heart, 0:28:41.920 --> 0:28:45.520 the dreams on the inside, they are indeed alive and well. 0:28:46.080 --> 0:28:48.400 If you'll do your part and water these seeds by 0:28:48.720 --> 0:28:52.160 speaking good things over your life and develop these positive 0:28:52.160 --> 0:28:55.360 anchor thoughts, then God can bring him to pass. I 0:28:55.440 --> 0:28:58.400 want you to take inventory of your thought life. Some 0:28:58.440 --> 0:29:01.080 of you have had negative thought patterns for years. It's 0:29:01.200 --> 0:29:04.440 keeping you from God's best. Make a decision that you're 0:29:04.440 --> 0:29:07.840 going to do something about it today. Think bigger, think better, 0:29:08.040 --> 0:29:11.760 get back to your original setting. Remember you've been programmed 0:29:11.760 --> 0:29:14.720 for victory. If you'll get rid of the viruses and 0:29:15.080 --> 0:29:18.040 all day long meditate on what God says about you, 0:29:18.440 --> 0:29:20.720 and you'll come up higher and hire and God will 0:29:20.720 --> 0:29:23.440 pour out his blessings in favor, you'll live the life 0:29:23.440 --> 0:29:25.920 of victory he has in story. Amen, do you receive 0:29:25.960 --> 0:29:30.400 it today? And we never like to close our broadcast 0:29:30.680 --> 0:29:33.600 without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 0:29:33.640 --> 0:29:37.720 of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 0:29:38.760 --> 0:29:43.520 I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 0:29:43.680 --> 0:29:47.360 make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 0:29:47.360 --> 0:29:50.360 that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 0:29:50.400 --> 0:29:53.240 in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 0:29:53.480 --> 0:29:55.880 He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 0:29:56.400 --> 0:29:57.000 Thank you for. 0:29:57.080 --> 0:30:01.080 Listening to the Julus Dean podcast. Help us continue. 0:30:00.640 --> 0:30:03.200 To share the message of hope with those all over 0:30:03.240 --> 0:30:07.320 the world. Visit joelostein dot com slash give Hope to 0:30:07.360 --> 0:30:08.400 give a gift today. 0:30:09.680 --> 0:30:12.600 Thanks so much for listening to today's message. I hope 0:30:12.640 --> 0:30:16.000 you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest podcast to 0:30:16.080 --> 0:30:19.280 keep you inspired all through the week. We're praying for you. 0:30:19.480 --> 0:30:21.920 I know God's best is still ahead. We'll see you 0:30:21.960 --> 0:30:22.480 next time.