Feed Your Destiny

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I promise 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:50.120 you we'll make you feel right at home. I'd like 0:01:50.120 --> 0:01:52.480 to start with something funny and I heard about this 0:01:52.560 --> 0:01:56.400 group of school children. They were in the cafeteria line 0:01:56.760 --> 0:02:00.440 at their Catholic elementary school. The start of the line, 0:02:00.440 --> 0:02:03.240 there was a big bowl of apples. A nun had 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:06.840 written a note that said, take only one. God is watching. 0:02:07.720 --> 0:02:09.600 At the end of the line there was a big 0:02:09.639 --> 0:02:12.640 bowl of chocolate chip cookies. One of the children had 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:15.480 written a note that said take all you want. God 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:19.520 is watching the apples. Say it like you mean it. 0:02:19.960 --> 0:02:22.720 This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:25.520 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:25.600 --> 0:02:28.040 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:31.840 talked the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:02:31.919 --> 0:02:35.120 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:02:35.200 --> 0:02:40.200 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:44.000 to talk to you today about feeding your destiny. We 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:48.040 may not realize it, but we're always feeding ourselves what 0:02:48.080 --> 0:02:52.079 we watch. Listen to the people we're around, the thoughts 0:02:52.120 --> 0:02:56.200 we're dwelling on. That's feeding our inner man. If you 0:02:56.280 --> 0:02:59.280 go to lunch with people that talk bad about the boss, 0:02:59.680 --> 0:03:02.960 make fun of a coworker, put down a friend, they're 0:03:03.000 --> 0:03:07.960 feeding you gossip, feeding you jealousy, feeding you disrespect. Here's 0:03:08.000 --> 0:03:12.160 the key. Whatever you feed is going to grow. You 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:15.360 may not like what they're feeding you. You're a nice person, 0:03:15.919 --> 0:03:19.000 but if you continue to hang around them, before long, 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:23.079 you'll be gossiping. You'll be critical, you'll be disrespectful. Why 0:03:23.600 --> 0:03:28.000 because you kept feeding the wrong things. If you're always 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:32.000 feeding negative thoughts, thinking, I'll never get well, I'll never 0:03:32.040 --> 0:03:37.160 meet the right person. You're feeding doubt, feeding mediocrity, feeding fear. 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:40.400 A man told me how he spent years of his 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:43.720 life on drugs and alcohol, and it had ruined his 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:47.240 marriage and he wasn't there for his children. Now, he 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:50.480 was so down on himself, so discouraged. What was he 0:03:50.560 --> 0:03:54.480 doing feeding the guilt, feeding the regret, feeding the blame. 0:03:55.280 --> 0:03:58.880 If you feed guilt, it's going to get bigger. If 0:03:58.880 --> 0:04:02.720 you feed fear, it's going to become larger. What if 0:04:02.760 --> 0:04:07.640 you spent that same energy feeding your faith, feeding your hopes, 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:11.840 feeding your dreams. Yes, I've made mistakes, but Father, thank 0:04:11.880 --> 0:04:15.480 you that your mercy is bigger than any mistake. Thank 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:19.160 you that I am forgiven. Quit feeding the negative and 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:23.200 start feeding your faith. What are you allowing in your spirit? 0:04:23.800 --> 0:04:26.840 The people you're spending time with, the thoughts you're dwelling 0:04:26.880 --> 0:04:30.880 on all day? Is that inspiring you, building your faith, 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:34.880 pushing you towards your dreams? Or is it junk food 0:04:35.279 --> 0:04:40.800 feeding you guilt, mediocrity, negativity causing you to compromise. A 0:04:40.800 --> 0:04:44.120 friend of mine was diagnosed with a serious illness. The 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:47.360 doctor put him on a very strict diet. He couldn't 0:04:47.360 --> 0:04:51.320 need any sugar, any flour, any meat. It was only 0:04:51.440 --> 0:04:56.080 raw vegetables, nuts, grains, very limited. Now I ask him 0:04:56.160 --> 0:04:58.279 if he was going to do it. He said, what 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:00.120 do you mean, Am I going to do it? I 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:03.960 don't have a choice. My life depends on it. Today, 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:07.760 I'm putting you on a new diet, not physically, but 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:11.680 for your inner man. No more junk food, No more 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:15.159 dwelling on thoughts of worry, fear. I don't have what 0:05:15.279 --> 0:05:19.600 it takes. No more hanging around people that are feeding 0:05:19.640 --> 0:05:24.960 you negativity, causing you to compromise. No more guilt, condemnation. 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:29.159 I'm all washed up. Your prescription is for faith. Food 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:34.239 feed your hopes, feed your dreams, feed your confidence, feed 0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:38.159 your destiny. Well, Joel, I'm not that talented, and I 0:05:38.160 --> 0:05:41.360 don't have a good personality. I'm not as attractive as 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:46.080 my friend. Quit feeding the insecurity. That's not on your diet. 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:49.560 Your diet is what God says about you. I am 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:52.920 fearfully and wonderfully made. I am one of a kind, 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:56.880 a masterpiece made in the image of God. When you 0:05:56.960 --> 0:06:01.160 feed your value, your value will get strong. If you're 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:03.880 dealing with an illness, I don't think I'll get well 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:07.560 I've had it so long. The medical report doesn't look good. 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:12.320 You're feeding the wrong things. That's allowing the sickness to grow. 0:06:12.800 --> 0:06:16.240 Turn it around, father, Thank you that you're restoring health 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:18.520 back into me. Thank you that the number of my 0:06:18.640 --> 0:06:22.440 days you will fulfill. You feed your faith like that. 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:26.880 What's happening is the doubt is getting weaker and weaker. 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:31.080 Before long, you'll starve the doubt. I have some flowers 0:06:31.080 --> 0:06:34.279 in my backyard, and one summer it was very dry 0:06:34.800 --> 0:06:37.200 and of course very hot here in Houston, and the 0:06:37.240 --> 0:06:40.640 sprinkler system couldn't keep up. So every afternoon I'd go 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:44.599 out and water those flowers with my hose. About forty 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:47.119 feet away, over in the corner there were a bunch 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:50.719 of weeds a couple feet tall. Now I noticed a 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:54.680 few weeks later, all those weeds had died off. They 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:57.560 didn't have any water. My flowers were just as beautiful 0:06:57.600 --> 0:07:02.840 as can be. What you don't feed will eventually die. 0:07:02.920 --> 0:07:05.479 You may have some weeds in your life today. We 0:07:05.560 --> 0:07:09.560 all do. Weeds of guilt, weeds of negativity. Don't be 0:07:09.680 --> 0:07:13.000 alarmed by the weeds. Just don't make the mistake of 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:16.720 watering the weeds. Don't give them any energy. Don't let 0:07:16.720 --> 0:07:19.360 them take up any space in your mind. What you 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:23.640 quit watering will eventually go away. If you came over 0:07:23.680 --> 0:07:27.160 to my backyard and saw me out there watering the weeds, 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:29.720 you would think, what is wrong with that man? That 0:07:29.760 --> 0:07:33.560 doesn't make sense. He's watering something he doesn't want. Are 0:07:33.600 --> 0:07:37.960 you watering what you don't want? The enemy's main tool 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:41.320 is deception. He would love for you to go through 0:07:41.360 --> 0:07:48.440 life watering the weeds, spending your energy, dwelling on fear, doubt, insecurity, 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:52.600 mistakes of the past. Don't fall into that trap when 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:55.520 thoughts tell you nothing good is in your future. It's 0:07:55.560 --> 0:08:00.120 all downhill from here. Instead of watering that weed, feeding 0:08:00.160 --> 0:08:04.200 the discouragement, turn the hose the other way. Water what 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:07.239 God says about you. Father, Thank you that the path 0:08:07.280 --> 0:08:10.200 of the righteous, my path gets brighter and brighter. Thank 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:13.600 you that you've surrounded me with your favor when you're 0:08:13.640 --> 0:08:17.440 in a tough time. Instead of feeding the doubt, I'm 0:08:17.480 --> 0:08:20.840 stuck here, nothing's ever going to change. Feed your faith. 0:08:21.320 --> 0:08:24.400 I'm coming out. God always causes me to tryumph, This 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:29.640 too shall pass. Whatever you're feeding is getting stronger. Don't 0:08:29.640 --> 0:08:33.360 feed what you don't want. Maybe you've had bad breaks 0:08:33.400 --> 0:08:35.839 in life and things haven't turned out the way you 0:08:35.920 --> 0:08:40.040 had hoped. You could easily be discouraged. Don't feed the 0:08:40.160 --> 0:08:45.079 self pity, don't water what didn't work out. Quit reliving 0:08:45.120 --> 0:08:49.320 the hurts. You can't feed your history and feed your 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:52.920 destiny at the same time. If you're using all your 0:08:53.080 --> 0:08:56.040 energy to feed your past, you're not going to have 0:08:56.120 --> 0:09:00.400 the energy you need to feed your future. What's happened 0:09:00.440 --> 0:09:03.920 to you is over and done. How you were raised, 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:07.760 what you didn't get, who hurt you, who you lost. 0:09:08.320 --> 0:09:13.240 I say it respectfully. That's history that's behind you. You 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:17.120 cannot go into a new season. If you're always looking 0:09:17.160 --> 0:09:21.560 back at the old. Those doors are closed. It may 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:24.800 not have been fair, but God is fair. He knows 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:26.720 how to make it up to you. But you have 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:30.800 to let go of what didn't work out. Quit putting 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:35.360 energy into negative things of the past. If you're feeding 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:39.920 the hurts, feeding the offense, feeding the betrayal, it's just 0:09:40.040 --> 0:09:46.600 like your watering resentment, watering bitterness, watering discouragement. The way 0:09:46.679 --> 0:09:49.480 to get past it is you have to starve it. 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:53.720 Quit dwelling on it. Quit thinking about what you didn't get, 0:09:54.320 --> 0:09:57.040 who hurt you. How you can prove to them that 0:09:57.080 --> 0:09:59.720 they shouldn't have left you. If you will put that 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:06.000 same energy into your destiny, believing for new beginnings, expecting 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:10.240 God's favor, then God will give you beauty for those ashes. 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:13.000 God will make up for the wrongs. You don't have 0:10:13.080 --> 0:10:16.960 to pay anybody back. God will be your vindicator. But 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:19.959 we all go through things in life that are not fair. 0:10:20.600 --> 0:10:26.840 The scripture says offenses will come, betrayals will come, bad breaks, loss, 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:31.200 things we don't understand. It's painful enough when they happen. 0:10:31.800 --> 0:10:34.920 But if you make the mistake of feeding the fear, 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:38.880 feeding the offense, feeding the hurt, then it's going to 0:10:38.920 --> 0:10:43.840 continue to be painful. You cannot get well if you're 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:49.240 always reopening the wounds, reliving the negative. That's making it worse. 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:52.880 And yes, it can feel good to our flesh to 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:56.520 hold on to hurt, hold on to self pity. You 0:10:56.559 --> 0:10:59.600 may have a valid reason to feel that way. Somebody 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:02.920 did you wrong, he came down with an illness, the 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:06.840 company laid you off. But when you're feeding the past, 0:11:07.200 --> 0:11:11.400 you are putting energy into something that's taken you backwards. 0:11:12.160 --> 0:11:15.079 It's tempting to hold on sometimes you wake up. It's 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:18.080 on the forefront of your mind. You have to ask yourself, 0:11:18.520 --> 0:11:21.720 am I going to keep watering these weeds? Am I 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:24.960 going to keep putting energy into something that's taken me 0:11:25.280 --> 0:11:29.640 the wrong direction? In the scripture, the prophet Samuel went 0:11:29.640 --> 0:11:33.280 through a great disappointment. He had chosen a young man 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:37.000 named Saul to be the next king of Israel. He 0:11:37.040 --> 0:11:40.439 took Saul under his wing like he was his own son, 0:11:40.520 --> 0:11:44.360 and trained him and mentored him, and Saul did well 0:11:44.400 --> 0:11:46.880 as a king for a few years. Then he got 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:52.200 off course, made mistakes he wouldn't obey. Finally, God rejected 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:56.480 Saul as the king. He lost the throne, and Samuel 0:11:56.640 --> 0:12:00.440 was so discouraged. He had invested years of his life 0:12:00.520 --> 0:12:03.400 trying to help Saul. Now it looked like it was 0:12:03.440 --> 0:12:07.439 a waste of time. As Samuel was sitting around heartbroken, 0:12:07.920 --> 0:12:12.800 feeding the self pity, feeding the discouragement, God said to him, Samuel, 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:17.240 how long are you going to mourn over Saul? He 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:21.440 was saying, how long are you going to feed your history? 0:12:21.559 --> 0:12:24.560 How long are you going to put energy into something 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:28.440 that's taking you the wrong direction? And yes, there's a 0:12:28.480 --> 0:12:32.719 season of mourning when you go through a loss, a disappointment. 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:36.400 You don't have to be superhuman where you never feel anything, 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:39.640 you never have a down moment. But you can't let 0:12:39.760 --> 0:12:43.920 a season of mourning turn into a lifetime of mourning. 0:12:44.360 --> 0:12:47.800 At some point you have to say, yes, I'm disappointed. 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:50.920 Yes I'm hurt. A prayer didn't get answered the way 0:12:50.920 --> 0:12:54.240 i'd hope. But this is a new day. I'm not 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:58.080 feeding my history anymore. I'm letting go of what didn't 0:12:58.080 --> 0:13:01.360 work out. I'm not dwelling on much disappointments. I'm not 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:06.000 reliving my hurts. I'm putting my energy into my destiny. 0:13:06.720 --> 0:13:09.560 I'm getting ready for the new things God has in store. 0:13:10.400 --> 0:13:13.440 God went on to tell Samuel, fill your horn with 0:13:13.520 --> 0:13:17.080 oil and be on your way. I'm sending you to 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:20.560 the house of Jesse. I have chosen one of his 0:13:20.679 --> 0:13:24.840 sons to be the king. If you'll quit looking backwards, 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:28.600 quit mourning over what didn't work out, God is going 0:13:28.640 --> 0:13:31.679 to send you to the house of Jesse. He has 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:36.080 a new beginning, a new relationship, a new dream. Just 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:39.800 because Saul didn't work out doesn't mean that it's over. 0:13:40.440 --> 0:13:45.240 God has a David. He has another plan, not something secondary. 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:48.439 This is all that I have too bad. Just take this. 0:13:49.000 --> 0:13:52.520 David was the greatest king that ever lived. You may 0:13:52.520 --> 0:13:56.400 have gone through an unfair situation, something that took the 0:13:56.440 --> 0:13:59.960 wind out of you. It wasn't a surprise to God. 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:05.560 He knew every setback, every disappointment. He has a David 0:14:05.960 --> 0:14:11.360 already lined up for you. Your greatest joy, your greatest victories, 0:14:11.400 --> 0:14:16.080 your greatest accomplishments are still in your future. But suppose 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:20.600 Samuel would have continued morning, putting energy into his past, 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:26.200 feeding that disappointment. Maybe he wouldn't have anointed David. Maybe 0:14:26.240 --> 0:14:28.680 God would have chosen someone else to go to the 0:14:28.720 --> 0:14:32.640 House of Jesse. Maybe Samuel would have faded off into 0:14:32.680 --> 0:14:38.160 the sunset, defeated, discouraged. Are you putting energy into your past? 0:14:38.640 --> 0:14:42.680 Are you feeding your history? God is saying, fill your 0:14:42.720 --> 0:14:46.080 horn with oil and be on your way. That means 0:14:46.120 --> 0:14:49.080 get your passion back, put a smile on your face, 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:53.240 start moving forward. You're about to come to the House 0:14:53.280 --> 0:14:56.440 of Jesse. You thought it was over and done. God 0:14:56.520 --> 0:15:00.520 still has a David. God still has something more warning 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:04.040 than you've ever imagined. I talked to a lady that 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:08.040 had been married for over twenty years. Her husband met 0:15:08.040 --> 0:15:10.760 another woman and suddenly decided he didn't want to be 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:14.440 married to Hurt anymore. Without any warning, he moved out 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:18.840 and ended the marriage. This lady was so heartbroken she 0:15:18.920 --> 0:15:22.640 couldn't understand why that happened. Two years later, she was 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:26.400 still so upset. I told her what I'm telling you. 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:30.479 You can't keep feeding your history. Don't feed the betrayal, 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:34.160 don't feed the hurt. It's taken you in the wrong direction. 0:15:35.440 --> 0:15:39.760 If somebody left you, you have to recognize their part 0:15:40.040 --> 0:15:44.120 in your story is over. If they walked away, you 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:48.560 don't need them to fulfill your purpose. If you needed them, 0:15:48.760 --> 0:15:52.120 God wouldn't have let them leave. But if you live 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:56.280 thinking that you can't be happy now because they're remarried 0:15:56.320 --> 0:15:59.440 they moved on, then you're going to miss the new 0:15:59.480 --> 0:16:03.280 things God has in store. Why don't you accept it 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:09.640 as God closing the door God rejected King's saul. Sometimes 0:16:10.080 --> 0:16:13.440 God puts an end to things that we don't understand. 0:16:14.360 --> 0:16:17.720 Don't put a question mark where God has put a period. 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:23.160 Don't keep mourning over something that you cannot change, always 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:26.520 thinking about it, wondering why it didn't work out, Why 0:16:26.520 --> 0:16:29.720 did this door close? Why did I lose my loved one. 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:32.760 I can't tell you why, but I can tell you 0:16:33.240 --> 0:16:36.160 if you will fill your horn with oil and be 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:39.640 on your way, there's a house of Jesse that God 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:42.240 has ordained for you. You're going to come into a new 0:16:42.360 --> 0:16:47.400 season of joy and fulfillment like you've never seen. I 0:16:47.440 --> 0:16:51.000 saw this lady several years after we had talked. In fact, 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:53.680 she came right here to the altar for prayer. She 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:57.840 had this handsome man by her side. She looked so beautiful, 0:16:58.080 --> 0:17:01.880 so radiant, like a different person. She told how they 0:17:01.960 --> 0:17:04.919 had recently gotten married and she was happier than she 0:17:04.920 --> 0:17:07.560 had ever been. She went on and on, telling me 0:17:07.720 --> 0:17:11.560 what an amazing man this was. What happened, she quit 0:17:11.680 --> 0:17:14.680 mourning and God sent her to the House of Jesse. 0:17:15.680 --> 0:17:19.119 When you quit putting energy into your history and you 0:17:19.240 --> 0:17:22.600 start putting it into your destiny, God will give you 0:17:22.720 --> 0:17:25.879 beauty for those ashes. God will pay you back for 0:17:25.960 --> 0:17:30.600 the unfair situation and that person that left you. No 0:17:30.680 --> 0:17:34.119 offense to them, but they're a weed. Quit water in 0:17:34.200 --> 0:17:37.119 the weed. Quit thinking about the weed. This is a 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:41.159 new season. God has divine connections lined up for you. 0:17:42.520 --> 0:17:46.680 Instead of feeding the hurt, feed your faith. Father. Thank 0:17:46.760 --> 0:17:49.600 you that my latter days will be better than my 0:17:49.680 --> 0:17:52.560 former days. Thank you that what was meant for my harm, 0:17:52.800 --> 0:17:56.600 you're using to my advantage. If you'll feed your destiny, 0:17:57.200 --> 0:18:01.160 God will make up for the wrongs, Isaiah said. Because 0:18:01.240 --> 0:18:04.720 you've got a double dose of trouble, your inheritance in 0:18:04.800 --> 0:18:07.760 the land will be double and your joy will go 0:18:07.800 --> 0:18:11.239 on forever. That's my prayer for you, that you'll not 0:18:11.320 --> 0:18:14.480 only see double restored back to you, but you'll be 0:18:14.640 --> 0:18:18.840 happier and more fulfilled than you've ever been. In Acts 0:18:18.880 --> 0:18:22.960 Chapter one, the apostles came together to choose a replacement 0:18:23.040 --> 0:18:26.760 for Judas, who had betrayed Jesus. It came down to 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:32.320 two men, Matthias and Barsabas. The apostles prayed, asked for wisdom. 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:38.000 They finally chose Matthias. But imagine how Barsabas must have felt. 0:18:38.600 --> 0:18:42.919 This was an incredible opportunity. The twelve Apostles would have 0:18:43.000 --> 0:18:46.520 their names written on the foundation of the new Jerusalem. 0:18:47.040 --> 0:18:51.960 They would forever be esteemed and respected. Barsabas got so 0:18:52.200 --> 0:18:57.080 close he almost became one of the honored Apostles. He 0:18:57.119 --> 0:19:01.920 could have gotten discouraged bitter drop doubt, but instead of 0:19:01.920 --> 0:19:05.760 feeding his history, instead of dwelling on what didn't work out, 0:19:05.960 --> 0:19:10.080 he let it go and kept feeding his destiny. In Acts, 0:19:10.160 --> 0:19:14.040 chapter two, it says they were all together in one accord, 0:19:14.400 --> 0:19:17.320 in one place. That means he wasn't there with a 0:19:17.359 --> 0:19:20.360 bad attitude. He didn't have a chip on his shoulder. 0:19:20.760 --> 0:19:24.640 He kept moving forward. When you go through a disappointment 0:19:25.119 --> 0:19:29.400 something doesn't work out, do like him. Don't feed the negative. 0:19:30.080 --> 0:19:33.320 Don't sit around thinking, oh, man, I miss my big opportunity. 0:19:33.840 --> 0:19:38.120 God knows what he's doing. Sometimes he will close doors 0:19:38.320 --> 0:19:41.720 that we think should be open. Maybe you didn't get 0:19:41.760 --> 0:19:44.760 the promotion that you worked so hard for. You didn't 0:19:44.840 --> 0:19:48.440 qualify for that loan for the new house, the relationship 0:19:48.480 --> 0:19:52.520 didn't work out. That's in the past. God put a period. 0:19:52.880 --> 0:19:56.919 That's history. Now keep moving forward, keep feeding your faith, 0:19:57.119 --> 0:20:00.800 feeding your dreams. At the right time, God will open 0:20:01.000 --> 0:20:03.960 a better door for you. If you're going to feed 0:20:04.000 --> 0:20:07.639 your destiny, you have to be careful who you spend 0:20:07.680 --> 0:20:11.640 time with. If you associate with the wrong people, they 0:20:11.640 --> 0:20:15.200 can feed you doubt, feed your negativity, feed your gossip. 0:20:15.880 --> 0:20:18.960 You're going to become like the people you hang around. 0:20:19.680 --> 0:20:24.560 Make sure that they have what you want. If they're negative, critical, 0:20:24.800 --> 0:20:28.359 they compromise, they don't have integrity. They're feeding you the 0:20:28.400 --> 0:20:32.760 wrong things that's not on your diet. Life is too 0:20:32.840 --> 0:20:36.360 short to hang around people that are causing you to compromise, 0:20:36.680 --> 0:20:40.800 pulling you down. Your time is too valuable to waste 0:20:40.840 --> 0:20:44.040 it with people that don't have a dream, people that 0:20:44.080 --> 0:20:47.080 aren't going anywhere, and you don't have to make some 0:20:47.119 --> 0:20:50.800 big announcement, but little by little you should spend less 0:20:50.920 --> 0:20:54.159 and less time with them. Well, Joel, what if I 0:20:54.200 --> 0:20:57.440 hurt their feelings? What if they get upset? What if 0:20:57.440 --> 0:21:00.760 you miss your destiny? What if they're keeping you from 0:21:00.760 --> 0:21:03.800 going to the next level. When you come to the 0:21:04.000 --> 0:21:07.480 end of life, you won't stand before people. You will 0:21:07.480 --> 0:21:11.479 stand before God. He has entrusted you with a gift. 0:21:12.160 --> 0:21:15.840 You have an assignment. There's something for you to accomplish. 0:21:16.040 --> 0:21:20.000 You have a responsibility to become who God's created you 0:21:20.040 --> 0:21:23.720 to be. You have to take bold steps to protect 0:21:23.840 --> 0:21:27.800 what you're feeding those coworkers that are negative and critical 0:21:28.240 --> 0:21:30.760 instead of going to lunch with them every day. The 0:21:30.840 --> 0:21:34.280 right attitude is I love you, but I'm not going 0:21:34.359 --> 0:21:37.520 to hang around you because you're feeding me down, feeding 0:21:37.520 --> 0:21:41.360 me negativity, feeding me gossip and that's not on my diet. 0:21:42.160 --> 0:21:45.720 Sometimes we don't want to rock the boat. We think 0:21:45.760 --> 0:21:48.879 if we make changes, we won't have any friends. The 0:21:48.960 --> 0:21:52.600 truth is you may be lonely for a season, but 0:21:52.720 --> 0:21:56.199 God will give you new friends, better friends, people that 0:21:56.280 --> 0:21:59.879 will push you up and not pull you down. But 0:22:00.160 --> 0:22:03.119 if you don't get rid of the wrong people, you 0:22:03.160 --> 0:22:07.359 will never meet the right people. You should surround yourself 0:22:07.520 --> 0:22:11.280 with people that inspire you, people that challenge you, people 0:22:11.280 --> 0:22:15.320 that make you better. The Book of Deuteronomy, before the 0:22:15.400 --> 0:22:19.119 Israelites went to battle, God said to the leaders, ask 0:22:19.600 --> 0:22:23.439 if anyone is afraid. If so, let them go home 0:22:23.800 --> 0:22:28.000 so they don't frighten everyone else. God knew the fear 0:22:28.040 --> 0:22:32.280 would spread and keep them from the victory. The people 0:22:32.400 --> 0:22:37.000 around you are contagious. What they have over time, you're 0:22:37.040 --> 0:22:40.760 going to catch. That's why the scripture says, don't hang 0:22:40.800 --> 0:22:45.160 around with angry, hot tempered people, or you will become 0:22:45.480 --> 0:22:51.000 angry and hot tempered. Spirits are transferable. Proverb says when 0:22:51.000 --> 0:22:55.200 you walk with wise men, you will become wise. Notice 0:22:55.280 --> 0:22:58.600 it works in the positive and in the negative. You 0:22:58.680 --> 0:23:02.000 have to be selected with who you choose to spend 0:23:02.000 --> 0:23:05.480 time with. You're going to catch what they have. When 0:23:05.520 --> 0:23:08.760 the ten men came back from spying out the Promised Land, 0:23:09.280 --> 0:23:12.680 they said, Moses, we don't have a chance. The people 0:23:12.760 --> 0:23:15.840 are huge. There are giants in the land. We'll never 0:23:15.920 --> 0:23:20.760 defeat them. God had already promised them the victory. But 0:23:20.920 --> 0:23:25.200 this negative report from ten people began to spread throughout 0:23:25.200 --> 0:23:29.360 the camp. Before long, all two million people were afraid. 0:23:30.000 --> 0:23:33.040 They said, Moses, let's go back to Egypt. Let's go 0:23:33.160 --> 0:23:36.280 back to where we were when we were slaves. They 0:23:36.320 --> 0:23:40.120 were next door to the Promised Land. They turned around 0:23:40.440 --> 0:23:43.920 and wandered in the desert for forty years and never 0:23:44.000 --> 0:23:47.960 did make it. In the wrong people can talk you 0:23:48.080 --> 0:23:53.280 out of your dreams. Don't surround yourself with naysayers, people 0:23:53.320 --> 0:23:56.240 that tell you what you can't become. You'll never start 0:23:56.280 --> 0:23:59.119 your business, you'll never break that addiction. You'll never get 0:23:59.200 --> 0:24:02.359 your degree'll never meet the right person. They don't know 0:24:02.400 --> 0:24:06.560 what's in you. They don't control your destiny. Some of 0:24:06.600 --> 0:24:10.240 you have dreams that are lieing dormant because the people 0:24:10.359 --> 0:24:15.439 around you are negative. They've accepted mediocrity. Now that's rubbed 0:24:15.480 --> 0:24:19.480 off on you. The good news is those dreams are 0:24:19.520 --> 0:24:23.760 still alive. If you will change who you're spending time with. 0:24:24.400 --> 0:24:28.000 Get around people full of faith, people that see your potential, 0:24:28.320 --> 0:24:31.200 people that call out your seeds of greatness. Then you're 0:24:31.200 --> 0:24:33.600 going to step up to a new level and see 0:24:33.600 --> 0:24:37.359 those dreams come to pass. When we received word that 0:24:37.440 --> 0:24:40.879 the Compact Center was coming available, we met with a 0:24:41.000 --> 0:24:46.359 leading real estate attorney. This man came highly recommended. For 0:24:46.520 --> 0:24:50.200 thirty minutes, he told us all the reasons why we 0:24:50.200 --> 0:24:52.719 weren't going to get the building, why it was going 0:24:52.800 --> 0:24:55.200 to be way too expensive, and how we were probably 0:24:55.280 --> 0:24:58.960 violating the deed restrictions, on and on. When we finished 0:24:59.000 --> 0:25:02.760 the meeting, I told our administrator, I don't want this 0:25:02.880 --> 0:25:06.480 man on our team. I have enough doubt on my own. 0:25:06.640 --> 0:25:10.360 I don't need his doubt. I can talk me out 0:25:10.400 --> 0:25:14.040 of it by myself. I need somebody to help talk 0:25:14.080 --> 0:25:17.760 me into it. If I would have allowed him to stay, 0:25:18.040 --> 0:25:21.199 he would have contaminated the whole group and we probably 0:25:21.240 --> 0:25:24.680 wouldn't be here. You have to be firm about who 0:25:24.720 --> 0:25:28.800 you're letting to feed you. I'm nice, I smile all 0:25:28.840 --> 0:25:31.840 the time, but if you're negative, I'm gonna smile while 0:25:31.840 --> 0:25:38.200 waving goodbye. If somebody compromises, if they don't have integrity. 0:25:38.560 --> 0:25:41.240 If they run around on their spouse. I'll be friendly, 0:25:41.760 --> 0:25:44.159 but I'm not going to hang around with them. I 0:25:44.240 --> 0:25:49.760 want somebody feeding me excellence, integrity, faith, hope, somebody inspiring me. 0:25:50.920 --> 0:25:54.120 Mark Chapter eight, a blind man was brought to Jesus. 0:25:54.560 --> 0:25:58.200 The scripture says, Jesus led the blind man out of town, 0:25:58.760 --> 0:26:01.680 and then he healed him. Why did he take him 0:26:01.760 --> 0:26:04.760 out of town? He's God, he could have healed him anywhere. 0:26:05.560 --> 0:26:08.800 Maybe it was because this blind man was in a 0:26:08.880 --> 0:26:15.000 negative environment, surrounded by people that had accepted mediocrity. They 0:26:15.040 --> 0:26:17.240 would have said, you really think you're going to get well. 0:26:17.359 --> 0:26:20.560 You've been blind your whole life. Jesus had to take 0:26:20.640 --> 0:26:23.920 him out of town so he wouldn't be talked out 0:26:23.960 --> 0:26:28.080 of his miracle. Sometimes you have to get out of 0:26:28.119 --> 0:26:32.720 a negative environment to see God's favor in a new way, 0:26:32.840 --> 0:26:36.400 because the people that knew you back then will try 0:26:36.400 --> 0:26:39.199 to keep you in the same box they've had you 0:26:39.320 --> 0:26:42.600 in since you were growing up. The problem is you're 0:26:42.640 --> 0:26:46.120 not the same person. They're trying to feed your history. 0:26:46.520 --> 0:26:50.359 God is ready to feed your destiny. It's time to 0:26:50.400 --> 0:26:54.399 break out of that box. Don't let the limitations of 0:26:54.440 --> 0:26:58.399 those around you hold you down. You were made for 0:26:58.560 --> 0:27:03.720 more new levels in you. There are seeds of greatness 0:27:03.760 --> 0:27:07.679 waiting to spring forth. You may have had some disappointments 0:27:07.680 --> 0:27:10.760 in the past, but this is a new day. God 0:27:10.880 --> 0:27:13.400 is about to release his favor in a new way. 0:27:14.040 --> 0:27:17.359 Chains that have held you back are being broken. Doors 0:27:17.400 --> 0:27:19.960 are going to open that you never dreamed would open. 0:27:20.240 --> 0:27:23.600 Now do your part. Keep feeding your faith, feeding your hopes, 0:27:23.680 --> 0:27:31.000 feeding your dreams. Stay on your diet. No more feeding doubt, negativity, compromise, 0:27:31.560 --> 0:27:35.240 No more mourning over what didn't work out. Don't use 0:27:35.280 --> 0:27:38.560 your energy to feed your history. Use your energy to 0:27:38.600 --> 0:27:42.200 feed your destiny. If you'll do this, I believe and declare, 0:27:42.880 --> 0:27:46.159 you're about to come into Jesse's house. You're about to 0:27:46.240 --> 0:27:51.159 see new levels, new opportunities, new relationships, the fullness of 0:27:51.200 --> 0:27:54.960 your destiny. In Jesus's name, if you receive it, can 0:27:55.000 --> 0:27:58.720 you say him in today? I'd like to give you 0:27:58.760 --> 0:28:01.840 an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 0:28:02.440 --> 0:28:06.960 Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll 0:28:06.960 --> 0:28:11.480 repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll make 0:28:11.560 --> 0:28:15.840 you my lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer. 0:28:15.880 --> 0:28:18.440 We believe you got born again. Get in a good 0:28:18.480 --> 0:28:22.040 Bible based church. Keep God first place. He's going to 0:28:22.080 --> 0:28:24.000 take your places that you've never dreamed. 0:28:25.920 --> 0:28:28.400 As a thank you for your support of our ministry 0:28:28.440 --> 0:28:30.960 this month, Joel and Victoria I, we'd like to send 0:28:30.960 --> 0:28:34.800 you a copy of Jewel's inspirational new series, Living Above 0:28:34.960 --> 0:28:38.880 and Beyond. 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