Having A Strong Will

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That's code 0:01:23.360 --> 0:01:26.320 iHeart fifty when you sign up at unest dot co 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:29.280 for a fifty dollars bonus. See terms and conditions at 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:30.080 UNEs dot co. 0:01:31.240 --> 0:01:33.000 Hi. This is Joel and Victoria. 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:36.080 Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:36.759 the ministry. 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:39.240 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:01:39.280 --> 0:01:40.800 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:43.840 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:58.640 your life. Oh God, bless you always a joy to 0:01:58.680 --> 0:02:01.680 come into your homes. We love you and we're believing 0:02:01.680 --> 0:02:03.400 for God's very best in your life. 0:02:03.480 --> 0:02:04.960 And if you're ever in our. 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:07.320 Area, I hope that you'll stop by and see this 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:09.040 be a part of one of our services. 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:10.600 We give you a personal. 0:02:10.240 --> 0:02:12.840 Invitation, and I promise you we will make you feel 0:02:12.880 --> 0:02:13.440 right at home. 0:02:13.440 --> 0:02:14.240 But thank you so. 0:02:14.240 --> 0:02:16.720 Much for tuning in today. I like to get started 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:19.160 with something funny each week. And of course these are 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:20.400 not doctrinally correct. 0:02:20.400 --> 0:02:22.720 It's just to make you laugh. But listen to this one. 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:25.280 A cat and a mouse died on the same day 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:27.640 and went to heaven after a couple of weeks. 0:02:27.720 --> 0:02:30.079 Peter asked the mouse, how do you like it so far? 0:02:30.520 --> 0:02:33.160 The mouse replied, great, but it's so big. Do you 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:35.960 think I could get a pair of roller skates? Peter said, 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:38.560 no problem and gave him the skates. A few weeks later, 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:41.400 Peter saw the cat and asked him how he liked it. 0:02:41.600 --> 0:02:43.919 The cat replied, it's great. And just when I thought 0:02:43.919 --> 0:02:47.040 it couldn't get any better, I discovered the meals on wheels. 0:02:48.760 --> 0:02:51.160 All right, hold up your Bible, say it like you 0:02:51.240 --> 0:02:51.480 in it? 0:02:51.560 --> 0:02:54.960 Ready, this is my Bible. I am what it says. 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:55.320 I am. 0:02:55.919 --> 0:02:58.520 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:58.600 --> 0:03:01.240 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:03:01.320 --> 0:03:05.360 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:03:05.440 --> 0:03:09.000 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:12.519 the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you. 0:03:12.520 --> 0:03:13.960 You sound great as usual. 0:03:14.680 --> 0:03:16.960 I want to talk to you today about having a 0:03:17.040 --> 0:03:20.600 strong will and being determined that you're going to live 0:03:20.639 --> 0:03:23.880 a life of victory. It's so easy to get complacent 0:03:24.200 --> 0:03:27.480 to where we're not really believing for anything better. We're 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:31.120 not pressing forward and we're not expecting. 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:31.520 Anything to change. 0:03:31.919 --> 0:03:35.080 Well, Joel, I've always had this sickness, or my marriage 0:03:35.120 --> 0:03:37.200 has been doomed from the start, or. 0:03:37.080 --> 0:03:38.520 This business this is so slow. 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:40.920 I don't think it'll ever get any better. But no, 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:45.080 you've got to get rid of that passive, complacent mentality. 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:48.120 If you're going to experience God's best, you've got to 0:03:48.160 --> 0:03:51.360 stay aggressive and you've got to be determined that, no 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:53.920 matter what comes against you, you are not going to 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:57.440 give up and just settle for mediocrity. The strength of 0:03:57.560 --> 0:04:00.680 your will is going to determine whether not you reach 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:04.640 your full potential in life. Really, there's nothing any stronger 0:04:04.680 --> 0:04:05.880 than your own will. 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:07.119 If you want. 0:04:06.920 --> 0:04:10.800 Something bad enough, if you're persistent and you refuse. 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:13.120 To give up, then you can see that come to pass. 0:04:13.520 --> 0:04:17.440 And I realize willpower alone is not enough. But when 0:04:17.480 --> 0:04:20.599 God sees you doing all that you can do, when 0:04:20.640 --> 0:04:23.760 he sees your resolve, that's when he's going to show 0:04:23.839 --> 0:04:26.240 up and help you do what you could not do. 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:29.880 But the problem today is many people are weak willed. 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:33.520 They don't have determination, they don't know how to dig 0:04:33.560 --> 0:04:36.400 their heels in and just fight the good fight of faith. 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:40.800 And I've discovered the more passive you are, the more 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:44.279 passive you will become. The more complacent you are in 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:47.159 a certain area. Unless you do something about it, it 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:50.080 will not get better, it'll get worse. And that's why 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:53.240 I want to challenge you today to start being more aggressive. 0:04:53.839 --> 0:04:57.520 Get your fire back, get your enthusiasm back, and don't 0:04:57.560 --> 0:05:00.760 just sit back and take what life brings your way. 0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:06.599 Be persistent and have that bulldog mentality. Winston Churchill said, 0:05:06.960 --> 0:05:10.400 the reason the nose of the bulldog is slanted backwards 0:05:10.800 --> 0:05:13.400 is so it can continue to breathe while it's holding 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:16.280 on to something. In other words, he is not gonna 0:05:16.360 --> 0:05:19.040 let go until his goal has been accomplished. 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:22.120 That's a strong will, that's persistence, and. 0:05:22.080 --> 0:05:25.440 Our attitude should be I am determined to live in victory. 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:28.680 I am determined to have a good marriage. I am 0:05:28.720 --> 0:05:31.120 determined to get out of debt. I'm determined to see 0:05:31.120 --> 0:05:34.720 my family serve God. See, we got to have some backbone. 0:05:34.760 --> 0:05:37.520 We have to have a made up mind, and you've 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:40.839 got to learn to press through the disappointments in life. 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:43.880 You got to press through the tough times when you 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:45.520 don't feel like doing it. 0:05:46.160 --> 0:05:47.919 This is where so many people miss it. 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:51.680 They give up when it gets difficult and they don't 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:56.280 have any feelings cheering them on. But understand, your will 0:05:56.520 --> 0:06:00.119 doesn't have anything to do with how you feel. May 0:06:00.200 --> 0:06:02.719 not feel like having a good attitude. You may not 0:06:02.839 --> 0:06:05.600 feel like treating that person right. You may not feel like. 0:06:05.640 --> 0:06:07.320 Being disciplined in your spending. 0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:10.359 But listen, you gotta go deeper than that and do 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:12.760 what you know is right and not just what you 0:06:12.839 --> 0:06:15.440 feel like doing it. For instance, you may get up 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:18.800 tomorrow and you feel like being depressed. Well, you're gonna 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:21.360 have to make a choice. I'm either gonna go through 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:25.039 this day down and defeated, just being ruled by my feelings, 0:06:25.520 --> 0:06:28.600 or I'm going to exercise my free will and I'm 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:31.000 gonna choose to put a smile on my face. I'm 0:06:31.000 --> 0:06:33.560 gonna choose to be happy and enjoy this day. 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:35.239 It is an act of your will. 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:38.839 When King David got up in the morning, he didn't always. 0:06:38.560 --> 0:06:40.600 Feel real good. He had all. 0:06:40.600 --> 0:06:43.920 Kinds of problems. Saul was trying to kill him, all 0:06:43.960 --> 0:06:46.760 these things coming against him. Yet he got up and said, 0:06:47.000 --> 0:06:50.320 this is the day the Lord has made. I will 0:06:50.480 --> 0:06:53.719 rejoice and be glad in in. I think he was 0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:56.200 kind of talking to himself. He was saying, I may 0:06:56.240 --> 0:06:58.880 not feel like it, but I am choosing to get 0:06:58.880 --> 0:07:01.200 into an attitude of faith and victory. 0:07:01.520 --> 0:07:02.920 I like what Joshua said. 0:07:03.400 --> 0:07:05.920 I don't know exactly what was going on in his family, 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:08.279 but he got up and said, as for me and 0:07:08.360 --> 0:07:12.200 my house, we will serve the Lord. He exercised his will. 0:07:12.840 --> 0:07:14.840 And when we get up in the morning, one of 0:07:14.840 --> 0:07:17.640 the first things we should do is set the tone 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:20.840 for that day. Before you ask yourself how you feel, 0:07:21.440 --> 0:07:24.000 before you start thinking about any of your problems, before 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:27.000 you read the newspaper. Right at the very beginning, you 0:07:27.040 --> 0:07:30.240 need to make a decision. I will enjoy this day. 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:33.960 I will be good to other people. I will keep a. 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:34.920 Smile on my face. 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:39.360 I will honor God in whatever I do friends, start 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:43.840 exercising your will, don't be passive, don't be complacent, and 0:07:43.920 --> 0:07:46.720 don't learn to just live with things. When Joel, I've 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:50.160 had this problem a long time. Know today is a 0:07:50.160 --> 0:07:53.600 new day. God is still on the throne, and if 0:07:53.640 --> 0:07:55.040 you believe, then all. 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:55.800 Things are possible. 0:07:56.280 --> 0:07:58.840 That means if you get over into that attitude of 0:07:58.920 --> 0:08:02.960 faith and expectancy, if you start doing what you can do, 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:05.240 then God will show up and do what you can't do. 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:08.320 If you'll do the natural, then God will do the supernatural. 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:10.960 But let me tell you, God is not going to 0:08:11.040 --> 0:08:14.520 do for you what you can do for yourself. God 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:17.680 helps the people that help themselves. You may be here 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:20.360 today and you're kind of down and discouraged. You had 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:23.480 a disappointment last week, and you're thinking, Yeah, God, I'm 0:08:23.520 --> 0:08:26.760 gonna get my joy back as soon as everything turns around, 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:30.120 soon as my back quits hurting, soon as my marriage 0:08:30.160 --> 0:08:32.680 gets better, as soon as I get that promotion at work. 0:08:32.880 --> 0:08:34.040 Now you've got it backwards. 0:08:34.160 --> 0:08:37.040 You got to get happy first, then God will begin 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:40.120 to change things in your life. The scripture tells us 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:43.240 to put on the garment of praise for the spirit 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:47.040 of heaviness. If you're living under that heaviness today. You're 0:08:47.080 --> 0:08:49.880 carrying around all your burdens. List men, you've got to 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:52.760 get rid of all that junk. Quit worrying about everything, 0:08:53.400 --> 0:08:56.520 Quit dwelling on your problems night and day, and instead 0:08:56.640 --> 0:08:59.560 just learn to give God praise. Say Father, I thank 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:02.360 you that you're in control of my life. I thank 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:04.920 you that you have good things in store. I know 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:08.200 that I am a victor and not a victim. When 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:11.600 you get into that grateful attitude, not only will you 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:14.760 get your joy back, but that's what allows God to 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:18.679 work supernaturally in your life. And it's so important that 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:22.800 we stay filled with hope. Faith is the substance of 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:25.760 things hoped for. You've got to know that there are 0:09:25.840 --> 0:09:28.800 good days up ahead. You may not have seen it 0:09:28.880 --> 0:09:31.679 happen in the past. You may have been praying about 0:09:31.679 --> 0:09:34.640 something for a long time, but the good news is 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:38.360 it could happen today. Today could be the day you 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:41.120 get the break you need. Today could be the day 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:44.520 you see your child come back home. You single people, 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:47.120 today could be the day that you meet the man 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:48.560 or woman of your dreams. 0:09:49.160 --> 0:09:50.120 Quit looking around. 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:55.960 Today could be the day you see that business take 0:09:56.000 --> 0:09:58.959 off all it takes is one touch of God's favor 0:09:59.600 --> 0:10:02.320 and it could happen today. And you know what, if 0:10:02.360 --> 0:10:04.680 it doesn't happen today, it may happen tomorrow. 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:08.160 Don't you dare go to bed all disappointed. Well, I 0:10:08.200 --> 0:10:09.320 knew it wouldn't work for me. 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:11.600 Now you should go to bed with a smile on 0:10:11.640 --> 0:10:13.680 your face, saying, Father, I thank you. 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:16.400 Now I know I'm one day closer to seeing it 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:20.520 all come to pass. You gotta stay filled with hope. 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:24.360 You've got to learn to expect good things. 0:10:25.040 --> 0:10:29.120 God meets us at the level of our expectations. If 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:31.760 you go out each day not expecting to get any 0:10:31.760 --> 0:10:36.160 good breaks, not expecting things to turn around, then unfortunately 0:10:36.200 --> 0:10:38.760 that's exactly what's going to happen. But if you'll get 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:44.040 out of that passive negative mentality and start expecting good things, 0:10:44.240 --> 0:10:47.240 you'll be amazed at what will happen. You should expect 0:10:47.320 --> 0:10:49.760 doors to open for you that may not open for 0:10:49.800 --> 0:10:50.600 somebody else. 0:10:50.760 --> 0:10:52.400 You're a child of the most High God. 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:55.719 You should expect to be at the right place at 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:56.560 the right time. 0:10:57.000 --> 0:10:59.439 You should expect people to want to be good to you. 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:03.400 If you will raise your level of expectancy, I can 0:11:03.400 --> 0:11:05.920 promise you this, you will see more of God's favor 0:11:06.000 --> 0:11:06.600 in your life. 0:11:07.320 --> 0:11:08.160 But friends, a. 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:11.200 Passive attitude is one of the worst things we can have. 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:13.960 You say, Joe, you don't know what I've been through. 0:11:14.040 --> 0:11:16.840 I've had so many disappointments and this happened to me, 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:17.560 and that happened to me. 0:11:17.559 --> 0:11:20.240 I don't think it's ever gonna change. No, You've got 0:11:20.240 --> 0:11:21.440 to just keep on believing. 0:11:22.040 --> 0:11:25.080 God has promised if you will keep the right attitude, 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:28.080 he will take all the negative, unfair things that have 0:11:28.160 --> 0:11:30.640 happened and he'll turn them around and use them to 0:11:30.679 --> 0:11:33.400 your advantage. But it's not gonna happen if you're in 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:36.839 self pity. It's not gonna happen. If you're always complaining 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:39.000 and always focused on your problems. 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:41.079 You got to have some resolve. 0:11:41.160 --> 0:11:44.120 You got to have a made up mind, David said 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:48.280 in Psalm fifty one, God renew a right spirit within me. 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:54.400 The amplified says, God renew a persevering and steadfast spirit. 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:58.360 Notice when God considers our spirit to be right, it's 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:02.600 when it's steadfast, when we're persevering, when we're pressing forward. 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:06.320 In other words, a person with the right spirit has 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:10.679 a warrior mentality, and a warrior is a fighter. A 0:12:10.760 --> 0:12:14.920 warrior knows how to endure hardships. When times get tough, 0:12:15.120 --> 0:12:17.319 a warrior doesn't give up and run and hide. No, 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:20.040 a warrior digs his heels in and stands his ground. 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:23.240 And a warrior may get knocked down, but he doesn't 0:12:23.240 --> 0:12:26.080 stay down. He gets back up again. And the truth 0:12:26.200 --> 0:12:30.080 is all of us in life face disappointments. We all 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:33.520 face setbacks. You may be here today and you've had 0:12:33.640 --> 0:12:36.880 more than your share of unfair things that have happened. 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:39.720 Maybe you lost a loved one that was so deare, 0:12:40.200 --> 0:12:42.920 maybe your marriage didn't work out for some kind of 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:45.000 dream has died, and you just feel like life has 0:12:45.080 --> 0:12:46.160 kind of pushed you down. 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:48.079 But let me challenge you. 0:12:48.080 --> 0:12:50.959 You may be knocked down on the outside, but you've 0:12:50.960 --> 0:12:53.240 got to learn how to get up on the inside. 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:54.760 It's as long as you. 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:58.040 Can get up on the inside, the enemy cannot keep 0:12:58.080 --> 0:13:00.400 you down and defeated. As long as as you will 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:02.480 have this war your mentality and. 0:13:02.480 --> 0:13:06.000 Just keep on keeping on, you can overcome any obstacle 0:13:06.040 --> 0:13:06.840 you face in life. 0:13:07.559 --> 0:13:09.679 And I know some people watch this from the hospitals, 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:12.240 or maybe you're at home. Line flat on your back, 0:13:12.320 --> 0:13:14.400 and you think, Joe, I can't even stand up. 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:15.080 I know. 0:13:15.160 --> 0:13:17.920 The good news is nothing can keep you from standing 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:21.880 up on the inside. That sickness may have you down physically, 0:13:22.080 --> 0:13:24.839 but you just keep getting up. Down in here, God 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:29.160 sees your determination. He'll reward that attitude of faith. I 0:13:29.200 --> 0:13:31.959 think about the lady in Mark chapter five. She had 0:13:31.960 --> 0:13:35.120 been sick for twelve years, suffering from some kind of 0:13:35.240 --> 0:13:38.600 bleeding disorder, and she went to all these different doctors. 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:40.559 She spent all the money she had, but. 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:43.679 It didn't do any good. She could have easily given up. 0:13:44.120 --> 0:13:46.480 She could have easily had that pity party and said, God, 0:13:46.520 --> 0:13:47.240 it's not fair. 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:49.520 But no, she was determined. 0:13:49.920 --> 0:13:52.400 She made a decision that she was going to press 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:55.200 through the crowd and get to Jesus as he came 0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:58.439 walking by. And I'm sure she didn't feel like doing it. 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:01.079 I'm sure she was kind of week from losing all 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:05.760 that blood. But the scripture says she kept saying to herself, 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:09.480 when I get to Jesus, I know will be made whole. 0:14:10.120 --> 0:14:13.240 And I like that she kept saying to herself. She 0:14:13.240 --> 0:14:15.400 didn't say it one time and quit, she said it 0:14:15.440 --> 0:14:18.040 again and again. I know there are good days up ahead. 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:20.640 This may be tough, but I know things are about 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:23.680 to change. I'm about to be made whole. When you're 0:14:23.680 --> 0:14:26.400 in a difficult situation, one of the best things you 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:27.480 can do is just. 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:28.120 What she did. 0:14:28.320 --> 0:14:31.960 Speak words of faith and victory over your life. Some 0:14:32.040 --> 0:14:35.280 of you have always allowed yourself to talk to you. 0:14:35.280 --> 0:14:39.080 You're always dwelling on those negative, discouraging thoughts. That you 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:41.800 need to do like she did and start talking to yourself. 0:14:41.920 --> 0:14:44.200 In other words, I know I am more than a 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:47.520 conquer No weapon formed against me is going to prosper. 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:50.400 I am well able to fulfill my destiny. You need 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:53.640 to start talking to yourself instead of letting yourself talk 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:57.200 to you. This lady had to press through the crowd. 0:14:57.800 --> 0:15:02.040 That's somebody with a strong will. That's somebody with determination, 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:06.440 with resolve. If she would have had that weak, defeateive 0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:10.160 passive mentality, we wouldn't be talking about her today. But 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:13.040 she fought her way through the crowd. And you know 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:15.760 the rest of the story. The last moment she reached 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:18.800 out and touched the hem of his garment, and immediately 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:22.760 she was made whole. And Jesus stopped right there and said, hey, 0:15:22.920 --> 0:15:26.200 who touched me. The point is, when you have that 0:15:26.320 --> 0:15:29.560 never say die attitude, you can stop Almighty God in 0:15:29.640 --> 0:15:34.600 his tracks. God rewards a determined, persistent spirit, And if 0:15:34.640 --> 0:15:36.560 you're going to live in victory, you got to dig 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:41.040 your heels in and press through the crowd. The crowd 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:46.040 can represent self pity, negative thinking. The crowd can represent 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:50.320 your disappointments, your broken dreams. The crowd can represent the 0:15:50.400 --> 0:15:54.040 people that are trying to discourage you. But whatever it is, 0:15:54.400 --> 0:15:56.960 you've got to press past all that junk like this 0:15:57.040 --> 0:15:59.400 lady did. If you're ever going to see your dreams 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:02.600 come to pass, don't you know She could have easily 0:16:02.680 --> 0:16:06.760 gotten complacent. She could have easily said, I've tried everything, 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:09.640 there's no hope. I might as well just learn. 0:16:09.640 --> 0:16:12.240 To live with this thing. But no, she had that 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:15.240 warrior mentality. She refused to give up. 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:18.040 She wasn't going by her feelings, or she'd be at 0:16:18.040 --> 0:16:21.200 home in bed. She didn't listen to all the naysayers, 0:16:21.360 --> 0:16:23.120 or they certainly would have talked her out of it. 0:16:23.840 --> 0:16:26.440 She was knocked down on the outside. 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:28.920 In the natural, she had a pretty good reason to 0:16:28.960 --> 0:16:32.240 be down and discouraged. But thank god, she knew. 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:33.640 How to get up on the inside. 0:16:34.400 --> 0:16:36.560 Some of you here today, you have been learning to 0:16:36.600 --> 0:16:39.040 live with things that are far less than God's best. 0:16:39.480 --> 0:16:42.040 You've gotten complacent and thank God you all my marriage 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:44.800 and never gonna get better. You should see my finances. No, 0:16:44.920 --> 0:16:47.000 you've got to get back up on the inside, get 0:16:47.040 --> 0:16:48.000 your fire back, have. 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:51.080 That warrior mentality. Your attitude should be. 0:16:51.320 --> 0:16:53.840 I'm gonna stick with this thing until I see it 0:16:53.880 --> 0:16:56.640 come to pass. I'm gonna keep pressing forward. I'm not 0:16:56.720 --> 0:16:59.960 gonna settle halfway. I'm gonna be all that God's created 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:02.280 me to be. You're gonna have to get a vision 0:17:02.360 --> 0:17:05.440 of it on the inside. You've got to see yourself 0:17:05.480 --> 0:17:08.280 living in victory before it's ever gonna come to pass. 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:09.760 And through your eyes of. 0:17:09.600 --> 0:17:12.800 Faith, you've got to be able to see yourself the 0:17:12.840 --> 0:17:15.000 way you want to be. That's what's gonna help you 0:17:15.040 --> 0:17:18.760 to stand strong. God told Abraham look up to the 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:22.440 sky for as many stars as you can see. That's 0:17:22.440 --> 0:17:23.879 how many descendants you're gonna have. 0:17:24.560 --> 0:17:25.960 Why did God tell him to do that? 0:17:26.240 --> 0:17:29.360 He wanted him to have a visual image of it 0:17:29.520 --> 0:17:33.520 in his heart. When you're attempted to get discouraged, you think, Joe, 0:17:33.560 --> 0:17:35.880 my dreams are never gonna come to pass. I don't 0:17:35.880 --> 0:17:38.080 think I'm ever gonna get married, or my business is 0:17:38.119 --> 0:17:40.600 never gonna prosper. You need to be able to close 0:17:40.640 --> 0:17:43.399 your eyes right then and see that dream fulfilled. 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:45.560 You've got to keep it in front of you. 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:48.840 That's what's gonna give you the hope and the encouragement 0:17:49.000 --> 0:17:52.280 to just keep pressing forward. I heard an interesting report 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:54.360 about one of the tsunami victims. 0:17:54.800 --> 0:17:56.760 He was a young man in his early. 0:17:56.560 --> 0:17:59.280 Twenties, and he told how he had been swept out 0:17:59.280 --> 0:18:02.040 to sea and he was just barely making it. He 0:18:02.080 --> 0:18:04.199 found this piece of wood that he was using to 0:18:04.240 --> 0:18:06.840 help float on, but it wasn't enough to hold him 0:18:06.880 --> 0:18:09.760 up completely, and so he had been treading the waters 0:18:09.800 --> 0:18:11.360 for hours and hours. 0:18:11.760 --> 0:18:13.840 He just come to the end of his own strength. 0:18:14.240 --> 0:18:16.680 He didn't think he could go on anymore, and he 0:18:16.760 --> 0:18:19.240 was just basically getting ready to accept the fact that 0:18:19.240 --> 0:18:20.919 he's going to take a few more breaths and that 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:23.879 was going to be it. But about that time, he 0:18:24.000 --> 0:18:27.560 remembered that he still had his wallet in his pocket, 0:18:27.760 --> 0:18:30.320 and somehow he was able to pull it out, and 0:18:30.359 --> 0:18:32.919 in it there was a picture of his wife and 0:18:33.040 --> 0:18:37.080 newborn child. When he saw that picture, it gave him 0:18:37.119 --> 0:18:40.400 a new hope, a new determination, a new resolve. 0:18:40.840 --> 0:18:42.080 And every time he would. 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:44.160 Attempted to give up and just go under, he would 0:18:44.200 --> 0:18:46.960 close his eyes and see that picture of his family. 0:18:47.480 --> 0:18:50.120 In other words, he kept the prize in front of him. 0:18:50.280 --> 0:18:53.879 He kept the reward in his imagination. And he told 0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:58.280 how that gave him what he called a supernatural strength 0:18:58.440 --> 0:19:01.040 to just keep on keeping on. To make a long 0:19:01.119 --> 0:19:04.360 story short, even though he felt like giving up, even 0:19:04.400 --> 0:19:06.159 though he felt like he was at the end of 0:19:06.200 --> 0:19:09.639 his strength, he dug his heels in and continued on 0:19:09.960 --> 0:19:15.040 for another two and a half days. Miraculously, someone spotted him. 0:19:15.320 --> 0:19:19.080 He was rescued and later reunited with his family, and 0:19:19.119 --> 0:19:21.320 in this interview he was holding the picture and he said, 0:19:21.560 --> 0:19:24.119 this is what has saved my life. Well, let me 0:19:24.160 --> 0:19:26.840 ask you today, do you have the picture in front 0:19:26.840 --> 0:19:30.000 of you. Do you see your dreams coming to pass? 0:19:30.240 --> 0:19:33.760 Do you see yourself rising higher? Do you see yourself 0:19:33.840 --> 0:19:37.200 free from that addiction? Do you see your family serving God? 0:19:37.640 --> 0:19:40.000 If you will keep the prize in front of you, 0:19:40.560 --> 0:19:43.359 that will help you to just keep pressing on day 0:19:43.440 --> 0:19:47.639 after day. The Bible says Jesus endured the pain of 0:19:47.680 --> 0:19:51.080 the cross because he was looking forward to the joy 0:19:51.160 --> 0:19:54.439 that was set before him. Even Jesus was able to 0:19:54.440 --> 0:19:57.040 go through all. He went through the pain, the agony, 0:19:57.119 --> 0:20:00.720 sweating great drops of blood because he was focused on 0:20:00.760 --> 0:20:03.200 where he was, He was focused on what was coming. 0:20:03.720 --> 0:20:06.919 He knew he was bringing hope and salvation to mankind 0:20:07.520 --> 0:20:09.040 and some of you today. You need to get a 0:20:09.040 --> 0:20:12.159 bigger vision for your life. All you can see is 0:20:12.240 --> 0:20:14.440 more of the same, but that's not gonna. 0:20:14.160 --> 0:20:15.040 Give you any hope. 0:20:15.240 --> 0:20:19.640 You've got to see yourself stronger, happier, healthier, see yourself 0:20:19.760 --> 0:20:22.520 rising higher and accomplishing your dreams. 0:20:23.000 --> 0:20:25.560 Don't ever get complacent. You've got the. 0:20:25.440 --> 0:20:28.480 Seed of Almighty God on the inside of you. 0:20:28.480 --> 0:20:31.920 You were created to live in victory. You were destined 0:20:31.920 --> 0:20:32.280 to do. 0:20:32.280 --> 0:20:35.960 Great things, to be happy, to excel, to be a 0:20:36.000 --> 0:20:37.040 blessing to others. 0:20:37.600 --> 0:20:40.960 That's why you will never be fulfilled in mediocrity. 0:20:41.320 --> 0:20:45.280 You will never be fulfilled with a passive, complacent attitude. 0:20:45.560 --> 0:20:49.160 Because God wants us to always be growing. He has 0:20:49.240 --> 0:20:52.000 new mountains for you to climb. He wants to take 0:20:52.040 --> 0:20:55.440 your places that you've never even dreamed of. Well, you say, Joel, 0:20:55.440 --> 0:20:58.360 I've been through so many disappointments and so hard. It's 0:20:58.359 --> 0:21:01.159 taken so long. No, you need to get a new attitude. 0:21:01.359 --> 0:21:03.639 You have the power of the most High God on 0:21:03.680 --> 0:21:07.119 the inside of you. You are not a weak, defeated, 0:21:07.320 --> 0:21:10.879 not able to person. The same power that raised Jesus 0:21:10.960 --> 0:21:13.000 from the dead is on the inside of every one 0:21:13.000 --> 0:21:13.199 of you. 0:21:14.080 --> 0:21:16.159 That means you are well able to do what you 0:21:16.240 --> 0:21:16.679 need to do. 0:21:17.560 --> 0:21:20.880 You are well able to stand strong, you are well 0:21:21.000 --> 0:21:24.359 able to outlast the enemy, you are well able to 0:21:24.440 --> 0:21:27.639 resist that temptation. You just got to tap into the 0:21:27.680 --> 0:21:31.080 power on the inside. And like that, young man, when 0:21:31.119 --> 0:21:33.480 you come to the end of your own natural ability, 0:21:33.680 --> 0:21:36.600 you can rest assured Almighty God will show up and 0:21:36.640 --> 0:21:39.520 give you his supernatural ability. But it is not going 0:21:39.600 --> 0:21:43.240 to happen if we lose the desire. It's not gonna happen. 0:21:42.960 --> 0:21:45.640 If we get passive and just sort of give up. 0:21:46.240 --> 0:21:49.360 In John chapter five, there's this story about a crippled 0:21:49.400 --> 0:21:52.760 man that was just like that. He had gotten very complacent. 0:21:53.359 --> 0:21:56.680 He was lying beside the pool of Bethesda. Every time 0:21:56.680 --> 0:21:59.480 an angel would come along and trouble the waters, the 0:21:59.520 --> 0:22:01.960 first one in the pool would be healed. And this 0:22:02.080 --> 0:22:05.800 man had been lying there for thirty eight years. One 0:22:05.880 --> 0:22:09.240 day Jesus came along and asked him a very interesting question. 0:22:09.520 --> 0:22:12.679 He said, sir, do you want to get well? The 0:22:12.720 --> 0:22:17.760 amplified version says, are you really serious about getting well? Now? 0:22:17.800 --> 0:22:22.000 I believe Jesus asked him that question to challenge his thinking. 0:22:22.680 --> 0:22:25.200 After all, it was obvious that he wanted to get well. 0:22:25.280 --> 0:22:28.280 He had been lying there for thirty eight years. But see, 0:22:28.359 --> 0:22:31.320 Jesus knew he wasn't in an attitude of faith. He 0:22:31.400 --> 0:22:34.399 knew he wasn't standing up on the inside. He was 0:22:34.440 --> 0:22:37.320 just lying there kind of feeling sorry for himself. And 0:22:37.320 --> 0:22:39.920 by the way he answered back, we can see his attitude. 0:22:40.280 --> 0:22:43.080 He said, oh, Jesus, I don't have anybody to help me. 0:22:43.680 --> 0:22:46.440 Every time the angel comes, somebody beats me. I'm always 0:22:46.440 --> 0:22:50.520 getting left out. He had that poor, pitiful meat attitude. 0:22:50.880 --> 0:22:53.640 And that's the way many people are today. They've had 0:22:53.640 --> 0:22:57.160 some disappointments, some unfair things have happened. Now they've got 0:22:57.160 --> 0:22:59.880 that chip on their shoulder. They're going around feeling sorry 0:22:59.920 --> 0:23:03.960 for themselves, kind of living negative and depressed. I really 0:23:04.000 --> 0:23:07.200 love the way Jesus answered him back. He didn't say, ah, brother, 0:23:07.320 --> 0:23:09.240 I know you've had a tough life, and I feel 0:23:09.320 --> 0:23:12.560 sorry for you. It's really bad. No, Jesus gave him 0:23:12.560 --> 0:23:16.480 a command. He was friendly, but he spoke fertilely. He said, sir, 0:23:16.880 --> 0:23:20.479 get up, pick up your bed, and walk. And I 0:23:20.560 --> 0:23:23.960 believe when he heard those words, he first had to 0:23:24.000 --> 0:23:26.199 get up on the inside. All of a sudden, he 0:23:26.280 --> 0:23:29.840 was filled with hope, with faith, with expectancy, and once 0:23:29.880 --> 0:23:32.240 he got up on the inside, he was able to 0:23:32.240 --> 0:23:34.560 get up on the outside. The Bible says he was 0:23:34.600 --> 0:23:37.720 instantly healed. For some of you today, And I don't 0:23:37.720 --> 0:23:42.000 mean this disrespectfully, but you've been lying around, maybe not physically, 0:23:42.320 --> 0:23:44.160 but mentally and emotionally. 0:23:44.280 --> 0:23:45.000 You're defeated. 0:23:45.640 --> 0:23:48.520 You don't think you'll ever rise higher and be more successful. 0:23:48.920 --> 0:23:51.240 You don't see how your family could ever serve God. 0:23:51.359 --> 0:23:54.520 Or you don't think you'll ever break that addiction. Hell, Joel, 0:23:54.520 --> 0:23:57.560 I've been this way so long. I don't have anybody 0:23:57.600 --> 0:23:59.639 to help me. I come from the wrong side of 0:23:59.680 --> 0:24:02.600 the track. Now you've got to get up on the inside. 0:24:02.680 --> 0:24:05.440 You will never change your life unless you first change 0:24:05.440 --> 0:24:07.920 your thinking. You got to get out of that defeated 0:24:08.000 --> 0:24:10.679 mentality and start having that warrior of mentality. 0:24:11.359 --> 0:24:12.439 Your attitude should be. 0:24:12.960 --> 0:24:15.199 I may have been sick for a long time, but 0:24:15.280 --> 0:24:17.959 it's a new day and I know God is restoring 0:24:18.040 --> 0:24:22.320 health under me. Or maybe I've had this addiction for 0:24:22.400 --> 0:24:25.399 many years, but I know my day of deliverance has come. 0:24:26.040 --> 0:24:28.239 Or my child, no, he's not doing right today. But 0:24:28.280 --> 0:24:30.240 you know what, as for me and my house, we 0:24:30.280 --> 0:24:33.240 will serve the Lord. See, you got to be a warrior. 0:24:33.560 --> 0:24:36.160 You got to get up on the inside. It doesn't 0:24:36.160 --> 0:24:37.960 matter how many times you get knocked down. 0:24:38.160 --> 0:24:40.879 You just keep getting back up again and again and again. 0:24:41.160 --> 0:24:45.080 God sees your resolve, He sees your determination. And my 0:24:45.200 --> 0:24:47.760 prayer is that Lakewood is going to be filled with warriors, 0:24:48.200 --> 0:24:52.320 not people that are always under their circumstances, not people 0:24:52.320 --> 0:24:55.639 that are always down about something. Now, our attitude should 0:24:55.640 --> 0:24:58.560 be even if the enemy does his best, his best 0:24:58.600 --> 0:25:00.960 will never be enough. He may knock me down, but 0:25:01.040 --> 0:25:03.560 he can't keep me down. Nothing he can do can 0:25:03.640 --> 0:25:06.399 keep me from getting up on the inside. Amen, you 0:25:06.480 --> 0:25:11.520 gotta stay to turningm friends. You can do whatever you 0:25:11.720 --> 0:25:15.320 really want to do. How strong is your will? Every 0:25:15.359 --> 0:25:18.080 time I talk about being determined and having a strong will, 0:25:18.320 --> 0:25:21.960 I think about my grandmother My dad's mother was a 0:25:22.119 --> 0:25:23.600 very feisty person. 0:25:23.960 --> 0:25:26.440 Really, she was one of a kind. They were very 0:25:26.480 --> 0:25:27.119 poor people. 0:25:27.480 --> 0:25:29.840 They came out of the Great Depression and lost everything 0:25:29.880 --> 0:25:34.240 that they had. And later in life, something very interesting happened. 0:25:34.400 --> 0:25:37.720 My grandmother there on the farm took up dipping snuff. 0:25:38.920 --> 0:25:41.600 You didn't realize I come from such a sophisticated background, 0:25:41.640 --> 0:25:44.760 did you. One time somebody asked my father, can you 0:25:44.800 --> 0:25:46.119 cheot he back and go to heaven? 0:25:46.320 --> 0:25:48.000 He said, sure you can, but you'll have to go 0:25:48.000 --> 0:25:48.720 to hell to spit. 0:25:50.920 --> 0:25:54.200 But grandmother Oastin took up dipping snuff, and my poor 0:25:54.240 --> 0:25:57.199 grandfather he just couldn't stand it, and he begged her 0:25:57.240 --> 0:25:59.399 and begged her and begged her to quit doing it. 0:25:59.560 --> 0:26:01.840 She said, Jack, I've tried and tried. I just can't. 0:26:01.920 --> 0:26:04.920 I'm hooked on this stuff. This went on month after months, 0:26:05.040 --> 0:26:07.720 year after year. Finally Grandaddy got desperate. 0:26:07.960 --> 0:26:10.360 He said, Elie May, I will make a deal with you. 0:26:11.200 --> 0:26:16.239 And yes that was her name, and no we are 0:26:16.280 --> 0:26:17.520 not the Beverty Hill Billies. 0:26:20.160 --> 0:26:22.280 He said, Ellie May, I'll make a deal with you. 0:26:22.520 --> 0:26:24.600 If you quit dipping that snuff, I'll give you a 0:26:24.640 --> 0:26:28.200 thousand dollars cash you got to understand back there, especially 0:26:28.200 --> 0:26:28.639 to them. 0:26:28.520 --> 0:26:31.280 That's just like saying I'll give you fifty thousand dollars. Men. 0:26:31.359 --> 0:26:33.760 She wanted that money so bad she could taste it, 0:26:34.000 --> 0:26:36.560 and she tried and tried and tried and tried, but 0:26:36.600 --> 0:26:37.520 once again she. 0:26:37.520 --> 0:26:40.080 Was just not able to stop doing it. Well. Eventually, 0:26:40.119 --> 0:26:41.320 my grandfather. 0:26:40.920 --> 0:26:43.280 Died and went to be with the Lord, and grandmother 0:26:43.320 --> 0:26:47.400 didn't like living single. She wanted to find herself another man, 0:26:47.760 --> 0:26:48.080 and so. 0:26:48.160 --> 0:26:51.200 One day she met this man twelve years younger than 0:26:51.240 --> 0:26:51.679 she was. 0:26:52.240 --> 0:26:54.760 She was so excited. He was good looking, he had 0:26:54.760 --> 0:26:55.840 a great personality. 0:26:56.040 --> 0:26:57.480 She was on cloud nine. 0:26:57.760 --> 0:27:00.840 But she got to thinking, if this man finds out 0:27:00.840 --> 0:27:03.760 that I dipped snuff, not only will he never marry me, 0:27:03.840 --> 0:27:06.560 he'll never even ask me out on a day. Once 0:27:06.600 --> 0:27:09.040 she realized that, do you know how long it took 0:27:09.040 --> 0:27:11.200 her to quit dipping snuff that long? 0:27:11.359 --> 0:27:12.359 She did it immediately. 0:27:13.440 --> 0:27:17.720 She didn't have any withdrawals, she didn't have to go 0:27:17.760 --> 0:27:19.240 to snuff dippers anonymous. 0:27:20.680 --> 0:27:22.320 She did it in a split second. 0:27:23.119 --> 0:27:27.840 What she couldn't do in years and years, she did instantaneously. 0:27:27.920 --> 0:27:28.520 You know why? 0:27:28.800 --> 0:27:32.399 All because her want to got dig enough. And in 0:27:32.440 --> 0:27:35.080 the same way, you and I can do anything we 0:27:35.119 --> 0:27:37.960 want to do. The real question today is how bad 0:27:38.119 --> 0:27:40.720 do you want to do it? Do you really want 0:27:40.800 --> 0:27:43.560 to get well? You can break that addiction if you 0:27:43.560 --> 0:27:46.639 want too bad enough. You can forgive that person that 0:27:46.800 --> 0:27:47.240 hurts you. 0:27:47.440 --> 0:27:48.400 If you really want to. 0:27:48.800 --> 0:27:51.119 You can make that marriage work if you have a 0:27:51.119 --> 0:27:54.240 strong enough desire. So my message to you today is 0:27:54.320 --> 0:27:57.480 to dig your heels in and shake off that old passive, 0:27:57.520 --> 0:28:01.200 complacent mentality and start doing everything you can to bring 0:28:01.240 --> 0:28:02.240 your dreams to pass. 0:28:02.440 --> 0:28:04.640 You got to show the enemy that you're more determined 0:28:04.640 --> 0:28:05.119 than he is. 0:28:05.680 --> 0:28:07.400 Remember when we get up in the morning, we got 0:28:07.400 --> 0:28:08.640 to set the tone for the day. 0:28:08.840 --> 0:28:11.960 I will be victorious. I will enjoy this day. 0:28:12.359 --> 0:28:15.200 Friends, don't sit around in self pity, don't sit around 0:28:15.200 --> 0:28:18.280 focused on your problems. 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