Having The Right Image on the Inside

0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:01.960 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 0:00:02.240 --> 0:00:05.279 Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 0:00:05.280 --> 0:00:08.200 the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 0:00:08.280 --> 0:00:10.360 be a blessing and share it with a friend. We 0:00:10.520 --> 0:00:13.760 appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. 0:00:13.920 --> 0:00:16.320 Will God bless you? It's a joy that come into 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:17.040 your homes. 0:00:17.200 --> 0:00:19.960 We love you, we know God has great things in store. 0:00:20.000 --> 0:00:22.720 And if you're ever in our area, please stop buying. 0:00:22.800 --> 0:00:25.079 Be a part of one of our services. I promise 0:00:25.120 --> 0:00:27.360 you we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks 0:00:27.360 --> 0:00:29.400 so much for tuning in and thank you again for 0:00:29.440 --> 0:00:32.159 coming out today. I'd like to start with something funny, 0:00:32.200 --> 0:00:35.800 and I heard about these three sisters ages ninety six, 0:00:36.080 --> 0:00:39.879 ninety four, ninety two. They live together and one day, 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:42.239 the ninety six year old draws a bath and she 0:00:42.320 --> 0:00:46.080 puts one foot in and stops. She hollers downstairs and says, 0:00:46.240 --> 0:00:49.440 I can't remember if I was getting in or getting out. 0:00:49.880 --> 0:00:52.000 The ninety four year old says, hang on, I'll come 0:00:52.080 --> 0:00:54.520 up and help you. She gets halfway up the stairs 0:00:54.560 --> 0:00:56.960 and stops. She says, I can't remember if I was 0:00:57.000 --> 0:01:00.000 going up or coming down. The ninety two year old 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:01.840 shook her head and said, I hope I never get 0:01:01.840 --> 0:01:04.399 that forgetful, and she knocked on wood for good luck. 0:01:05.240 --> 0:01:07.280 Then she said, hang on, I'll come help both of 0:01:07.319 --> 0:01:09.080 you as soon as I see who's at the door. 0:01:10.600 --> 0:01:11.319 That's not us. 0:01:11.360 --> 0:01:15.240 Amen, hold your bibles up, say it like you mean it. 0:01:15.720 --> 0:01:18.680 This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:01:19.200 --> 0:01:21.640 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:01:21.720 --> 0:01:22.680 what it says. 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:25.080 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:01:25.120 --> 0:01:25.600 of God. 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:30.880 I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:01:31.360 --> 0:01:35.119 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:01:35.160 --> 0:01:38.279 bless you. I want to talk to you today about 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:42.080 having the right image on the inside. How we see 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:45.319 ourselves will determine what kind of life we're going to live. 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:49.720 Too many people go around with low self esteem and 0:01:49.800 --> 0:01:53.880 a poor self image. It's because they don't understand who 0:01:53.920 --> 0:01:58.320 they really are. You were born to win, but society 0:01:58.560 --> 0:02:03.240 has a way of conditioning us to lose through failures, rejection, 0:02:03.720 --> 0:02:05.120 mistakes we've made. 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:05.800 If we're not. 0:02:05.920 --> 0:02:09.240 Careful, it will start to distort the true image of 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:13.080 who we really are. You were never created to be average. 0:02:13.480 --> 0:02:16.720 You weren't created to just drag through life and barely 0:02:16.760 --> 0:02:19.680 get by. You have the blood of a champion on 0:02:19.720 --> 0:02:20.480 the inside. 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:23.560 God created you in his own image. 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:26.880 You didn't come from ordinary stock. You came from the 0:02:26.919 --> 0:02:30.920 best of the best. God breed his life into you. 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:34.160 You have his royal blood flowing through your veins. He 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:37.840 has equipped you with everything you need to succeed. You 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:41.880 can overcome any obstacle. You can accomplish every goal. 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:44.720 You have the DNA of Almighty God. 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:48.040 The first step to live in this life of victory 0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:51.040 is you have to understand who you really are, a 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:54.920 child of the most High God. Think about these championship 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:59.480 race horses. They breed them with other champions many times. 0:02:59.480 --> 0:03:03.919 These thorough breads will have generation after generation of winners 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:07.360 in their blood. And when the little colt is born, it. 0:03:07.280 --> 0:03:08.520 May not look like much. 0:03:09.040 --> 0:03:12.799 Its legs may be wobbly, it may not be super attractive. 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:16.560 But those owners don't get discouraged. They don't say this 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:17.760 isn't a thoroughbred. 0:03:18.200 --> 0:03:18.640 Look at it. 0:03:18.680 --> 0:03:22.280 His legs are not strong, he's not muscular, his stride 0:03:22.360 --> 0:03:23.360 is not the right length. 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:25.320 They're not concerned about that. 0:03:25.720 --> 0:03:29.680 They're totally confident, knowing that that little colt has winner 0:03:30.000 --> 0:03:33.400 after winner in its blood. That's the way you need 0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:36.960 to see yourself. You may have some flaws and weaknesses. 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:40.560 You may not be the best looking like I am. 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:42.000 I'm just kidding. 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:45.240 You may not be the most talented, the most intelligent. 0:03:45.400 --> 0:03:48.560 But that's okay because in your bloodline you. 0:03:48.600 --> 0:03:50.600 Come from a long line of winners. 0:03:51.000 --> 0:03:53.160 You may not see it right now, but in your 0:03:53.280 --> 0:03:58.760 DNA is strength, ability, wisdom, fortitude. You are full of 0:03:58.920 --> 0:04:02.400 can do power. You are not ordinary. You come from 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:06.160 a bloodline of champions, and it doesn't matter what your 0:04:06.200 --> 0:04:07.680 present condition looks like. 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:10.400 You may have some addictions, you. 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:14.760 May feel a little insecure, but that doesn't change your DNA. 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:18.520 That doesn't change what's in your blood. It was put 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:21.760 in you by the creator of the universe. But some 0:04:21.839 --> 0:04:24.480 people have believed that lie that they've gone as far 0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:26.839 as they can go and they're just not that talented. 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:29.719 They come from the wrong family. But you need to 0:04:29.760 --> 0:04:32.920 go back and check your bloodline. You are the seed 0:04:33.200 --> 0:04:37.240 of Almighty God. You've got to quit focusing on your weaknesses, 0:04:37.720 --> 0:04:39.599 quit dwelling on the mistakes. 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:42.159 You've made, and start seeing yourself. 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:45.000 As God sees you as far as God is concerned, 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:48.440 he's already crowned you a champion. He's already seen them 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:51.440 putting the roses on you in the winter circle. You've 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:55.720 been predestined to win, predestined to overcome. But it's so 0:04:55.800 --> 0:04:58.880 important that you have the right image of yourself on 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:02.720 the inside. If you don't understand who you are and 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:05.799 what God's already put in you, then it will. 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:09.159 Start to distort that perception that holds many people back. 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:12.279 Remember when I was growing up, my father bought a 0:05:12.320 --> 0:05:14.880 new car for the family and he drove it home, 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:17.120 and as kids, we ran out there to see it. 0:05:17.440 --> 0:05:19.960 We were so excited and we got in and had 0:05:20.040 --> 0:05:22.800 him drive us around the neighborhood. It was a big deal. 0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:26.680 My father stood there so proud, beaming with joy, just 0:05:26.760 --> 0:05:30.520 loving that new car. Well, later that evening, Daddy was 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:34.680 watching television and a commercial came on for a certain car, 0:05:35.080 --> 0:05:37.280 and of course it had his attention since he had 0:05:37.320 --> 0:05:40.680 just bought one. And the commercial showed these very tight 0:05:40.720 --> 0:05:44.279 shots of all the car's features, showed a tight shot 0:05:44.279 --> 0:05:47.000 of the engine, and talked about how powerful it was 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:49.680 and how good the gas mileage was, and then it 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:52.440 showed a tight shot of the dash and the wood 0:05:52.480 --> 0:05:55.200 between the seats, and a little bit of the chrome bumper, 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:55.960 on and on. 0:05:56.040 --> 0:05:58.839 It just made the car very beautiful, very enticing. 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:04.239 Told how the longer he watched that commercial, the sicker 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:07.440 he got. He thought to himself, I just bought the 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:11.159 wrong stinking car. This car is so much more impressive. 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:14.200 It has so many more features, It's so much more beautiful. 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:17.440 Oh, he was feeling low, like he'd made a big mistake. 0:06:17.960 --> 0:06:20.400 But at the end of the commercial, the camera pulled 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:23.760 back and he realized it was the exact car that 0:06:23.839 --> 0:06:24.560 he had just bought. 0:06:25.839 --> 0:06:26.600 Was my point. 0:06:27.080 --> 0:06:30.440 His car had all these features. He just didn't understand 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:34.400 what he had. He wasn't excited about it until somebody 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:37.880 explained to him what was sitting in his garage. Now, 0:06:37.880 --> 0:06:41.080 I'm trying to explain to you today, in your garage, 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:45.000 you have something extremely valuable, something extremely special. 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:48.960 Ephesians two ten says. 0:06:49.160 --> 0:06:52.480 You are God's masterpiece. You are one of a kind. 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:55.960 There's not another person in this world like you. But 0:06:56.040 --> 0:06:58.400 some of you are feeling kind of low. You're kind 0:06:58.400 --> 0:07:01.160 of down on yourself because you're not where you'd hope 0:07:01.160 --> 0:07:04.159 to be in life. Maybe you've made some mistakes, but 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:08.520 let me encourage you. Those mistakes did not change your DNA. 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:12.680 God did not make any failures. The psalmist said, you 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:15.480 are fearfully and wonderfully made. 0:07:15.920 --> 0:07:17.200 You need to start seeing. 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:24.760 Yourself as forgiven, redeemed, strong, anointed, equipped, empowered, full of possibility, 0:07:25.160 --> 0:07:27.600 well able to do what God's called you to do. 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:31.080 People may have tried to push you down, tell you 0:07:31.120 --> 0:07:33.360 what you can't do and what you don't have, but 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:36.560 that doesn't change what God's put in you. Other people 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:38.040 don't determine your destiny. 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:38.880 God does. 0:07:39.600 --> 0:07:42.560 Somebody may have rejected you, somebody may have done you wrong, 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:45.480 but that's okay, that's their problem. The good news is 0:07:45.800 --> 0:07:49.080 God accepts you. God approves you. You need to shake 0:07:49.160 --> 0:07:52.360 that off and don't allow it to distort the image 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:53.080 in your mind. 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:55.080 One thing I've learned is. 0:07:55.360 --> 0:07:59.280 No one can make you feel inferior without your permission. 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:02.840 They may try to push you down, they may say hurtful, 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:06.160 critical things, but it's totally up to you as to 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:08.880 whether you let those words take root and begin to 0:08:08.920 --> 0:08:12.400 distort your self image. You can either believe what they 0:08:12.440 --> 0:08:14.920 say about you, or you can believe what God says 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:16.120 about you. 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:18.600 Just put your shoulders back and declare, I am fearfully 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:19.880 and wonderfully made. 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:22.640 They may say I don't have what it takes, but 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:25.600 I say I'm well equipped. They may say I'll never 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:27.840 amount to much. I say I have the blood of 0:08:27.880 --> 0:08:30.840 a winner. They may say I'm ordinary. I say I'm 0:08:30.840 --> 0:08:34.040 a thoroughbred. They may say I'm average. I say I'm 0:08:34.040 --> 0:08:37.640 a masterpiece. Friends, you were born to win. But if 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:40.840 you don't stay on the offensive and keep the right image, 0:08:41.240 --> 0:08:43.520 then life will try to condition you to lose. 0:08:44.160 --> 0:08:46.720 I was reading about a fifteen year old boy. This 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:48.000 was many years ago. 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:51.440 He wasn't doing very well in school, and the teacher 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:54.600 told him that he would probably never graduate, so he 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:56.760 should just go ahead and drop out and begin to 0:08:56.840 --> 0:08:57.680 learn a trade. 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:00.600 She meant well, but she didn't know what God put 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:03.400 on the inside. God doesn't make us to give up 0:09:03.440 --> 0:09:06.720 and quit. But this young man he didn't know any better. 0:09:07.000 --> 0:09:10.040 He didn't have anybody speaking faith into his life, and 0:09:10.080 --> 0:09:13.079 he took her advice, and for the next seventeen years 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:17.080 he just fumbled through life, doing odd jobs here and there, 0:09:17.400 --> 0:09:21.160 never really accomplishing much. Every time he tried to go 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:23.920 further and really tried to make something out of his life. 0:09:24.040 --> 0:09:27.440 Those words would ring out, You're not talented, you don't 0:09:27.480 --> 0:09:30.360 have what it takes. He allowed them to take root. 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:34.240 The picture that was painted in his mind was very distorted. 0:09:34.760 --> 0:09:37.720 He didn't see himself for who he really was, a 0:09:37.760 --> 0:09:40.840 thoroughbred with the blood of a winner. He didn't go 0:09:40.880 --> 0:09:43.320 out each day knowing that he had the DNA. 0:09:43.000 --> 0:09:44.320 Of Almighty God. 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:48.560 He saw himself as unintelligent, not talented, not able to 0:09:49.200 --> 0:09:52.840 But one day something interesting happened. He applied at this 0:09:52.920 --> 0:09:56.280 company for just a low level job, but the company 0:09:56.320 --> 0:10:00.199 had a policy that every potential employee had to take 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:03.560 an IQ test. Well, he took the test, and he 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:08.240 scored higher than anyone in that company's history. In fact, 0:10:08.280 --> 0:10:12.560 his IQ qualified him at the genius level. He was 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:18.160 extremely bright, extremely intelligent. But for seventeen years he had 0:10:18.160 --> 0:10:21.520 allowed those words to convince him he was just average, 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:23.120 just ordinary. 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:24.800 This day a light turned on. 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:28.599 This day he realized he was not ordinary, He was 0:10:28.640 --> 0:10:32.920 a thoroughbred. He didn't take that position. He started acting 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:36.360 like a genius. He began to write books. He invented 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:39.640 several products which are now patented. He went on to 0:10:39.640 --> 0:10:44.600 start his own company, it became very successful. Everything changed 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:47.920 when he realized what he had. You may not have 0:10:48.000 --> 0:10:50.679 the IQ of a genius. I don't either, but I 0:10:50.760 --> 0:10:54.439 know this. I have everything I need to fulfill my destiny. 0:10:54.760 --> 0:10:58.040 You have exactly what you need to accomplish what God's 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:02.520 put in your heart. The talent, the creativity, the right looks, 0:11:02.559 --> 0:11:03.680 the right personality. 0:11:04.240 --> 0:11:06.880 That's what it says in Ephesians one, verse three. 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:12.319 God has equipped us with every spiritual blessing. Notice how 0:11:12.320 --> 0:11:15.480 it's in the past tense. It doesn't say God's gonna 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:18.600 do it one day. One day You're gonna have more talent. 0:11:18.920 --> 0:11:20.920 One day, God's gonna give you more wisdom, one day 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:23.440 You're gonna have more ability. Now you've got to start 0:11:23.440 --> 0:11:26.959 seeing it differently. It's in you right now, and somebody 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:29.880 may have tried to push you down, but God's word 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:34.680 overrides every negative word. You still have a bloodline of 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:37.880 a winner on the inside. Quit dwelling on what other 0:11:37.920 --> 0:11:40.560 people say about you, and start listening to what God 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:44.439 says about you. God says you are equipped, you are empowered, 0:11:44.640 --> 0:11:48.240 you are annoyted. The truth is you may not always 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:51.360 feel that way, but that's okay. If you'll get in 0:11:51.440 --> 0:11:56.080 agreement with God. Over time, your feelings will change. You 0:11:56.160 --> 0:11:58.640 may not feel very victorious today. You may have a 0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:01.840 lot of challenges. So you need to start telling yourself 0:12:02.120 --> 0:12:04.760 I am more than a conquer I am a victor 0:12:05.040 --> 0:12:07.720 and not a victim. You do that long enough, and 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:10.119 one day it's going to drop deep down on the inside. 0:12:10.720 --> 0:12:12.679 You won't drag around discourage. 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:15.480 You'll know that you know that you're a thoroughbred, that 0:12:15.520 --> 0:12:17.360 you have the seed of almighty God. 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:20.200 And if God be for you, who dare even be 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:20.839 against you? 0:12:21.720 --> 0:12:24.520 But many people like this young man, they've allowed the 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:28.560 negative words from other people to create a stronghold in 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:31.720 their mind. It's holding them back. They don't think they 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:35.440 can rise any higher. They don't think they'll ever overcome 0:12:35.480 --> 0:12:38.360 that sickness, or they'll ever get married to You got 0:12:38.400 --> 0:12:39.880 to get in agreement with God. 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:41.199 Understand this. 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:46.480 Whatever God has called you, you already are. For instance, 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:49.040 if I say this suit is white, then I'm not 0:12:49.080 --> 0:12:52.080 telling the truth because it's dark blue. But if God 0:12:52.160 --> 0:12:54.640 says this suit is white, then it's going to change 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:58.120 to white because God cannot lie. And whether you realize 0:12:58.120 --> 0:13:01.560 it or not, whatever God is old you already are. 0:13:01.920 --> 0:13:03.800 You may not feel like it, but you are more 0:13:03.840 --> 0:13:07.120 than a conquer You are strong in the Lord. You 0:13:07.160 --> 0:13:11.239 are blessed and highly favored. You are talented and creative. 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:15.280 You walk in divine health. You have wisdom and insight 0:13:15.320 --> 0:13:19.040 from above. That's all a part of your DNA. It's 0:13:19.080 --> 0:13:22.079 already in you. But to activate it, you've got to 0:13:22.120 --> 0:13:25.079 start believing it. You can't go around believing what other 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:28.280 people say about you. You can't go around believe in 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:30.240 what it's been like the last ten years. 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:32.560 This is a new day. I want you to have 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:33.520 a bigger vision. 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:36.800 Let's some of these new seeds of hope take root. 0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:40.160 When those discouraging thoughts come telling you that you'll never 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:43.680 overcome You've been this way too long, you'll never lose weight, 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:45.760 you'll never beat that addiction. 0:13:45.760 --> 0:13:46.200 Just say no. 0:13:46.559 --> 0:13:49.240 I'm gonna go back and check my spiritual birth certificate. 0:13:49.520 --> 0:13:52.079 I'm gonna see who my father is so I can 0:13:52.120 --> 0:13:52.679 know who. 0:13:52.520 --> 0:13:57.000 I really am. In other words, let me verify. 0:13:57.440 --> 0:13:59.760 Do I really have the DNA that I think I have? 0:14:00.520 --> 0:14:04.000 Am I really supposed to drag through life defeated and discouraged? 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:07.000 Am I really supposed to go around lonely and unfulfilled, 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:09.960 and really is always supposed to be in lack. 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:12.200 And never have enough. Let me check my DNA. 0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:15.280 No, it says right here, because I'm a child of 0:14:15.400 --> 0:14:18.720 the Most High, God has crowned me with glory and honor. 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:21.880 It says, his favor surrounds me like a shield. It 0:14:21.960 --> 0:14:25.000 says no weapon formed against me will ever prosper. It 0:14:25.040 --> 0:14:28.440 says goodness and mercies always gonna follow me. It says, 0:14:28.440 --> 0:14:31.240 because I walk in obedience, his blessings are going to 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:32.760 chase me down and overtake me. 0:14:33.800 --> 0:14:35.440 If you struggle with. 0:14:35.600 --> 0:14:40.360 Low self esteem, doubts, insecurities on a regular basis, you 0:14:40.400 --> 0:14:43.200 need to check your spiritual birth certificate. You need to 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:47.480 remind yourself who your heavenly father is. When you gave 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:51.280 your life to Christ, you became a new creation, and 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:56.840 Almighty God infused you with his DNA in your bloodline. 0:14:56.880 --> 0:14:59.120 There is winter after winter after winter. 0:14:59.480 --> 0:15:01.920 But if you I get that champion out of you, 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:04.400 you got to get in agreement with God, and you 0:15:04.520 --> 0:15:07.600 got to understand what he's given you, what He's already 0:15:07.680 --> 0:15:10.120 put on the inside. A lot of times I hear 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:12.680 people say, well, I wish I had more talent. I 0:15:12.720 --> 0:15:14.720 wish I could do what he does, or I wish 0:15:14.800 --> 0:15:17.640 I look differently. But no. God has equipped you with 0:15:17.720 --> 0:15:21.000 exactly what you need. Take what you have and make 0:15:21.040 --> 0:15:24.000 the very most of it. I was reading about back 0:15:24.040 --> 0:15:26.680 in World War Two, there was a famous actress by 0:15:26.680 --> 0:15:28.200 the name of Betty Grableman. 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:30.680 She was known for her beautiful legs. 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:34.160 In fact, her legs were so special she had them 0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:36.120 insured for a million dollars. 0:15:36.640 --> 0:15:38.960 That was unheard of back then. A pair of million 0:15:39.000 --> 0:15:39.800 dollar legs. 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:43.080 Well, can I show you another pair of million dollar legs? 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:44.160 Look down at your own. 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:47.720 If somebody offered to buy those from you for a 0:15:47.760 --> 0:15:49.800 million dollars, not one of you would sell it, not 0:15:49.880 --> 0:15:52.840 if you're in your right mind. A few years ago, 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:56.680 a man lost his arm in an accident at work. 0:15:57.120 --> 0:15:59.400 The court ordered the company to pay him. 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:01.800 Twelve million dollars. Look at your arm. 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:04.600 You got a twelve million dollar arm. Take care of 0:16:04.600 --> 0:16:08.320 that thing. A lady in another city was on a bus. 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:11.120 They were in an accident and she injured her back 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:14.240 to where she could not work anymore. The court ordered 0:16:14.240 --> 0:16:17.680 the city to pay her twenty million dollars just for 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:20.920 her back. Think about it, just the three things that 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:24.240 I've mentioned, and you're already worth thirty three million dollars. 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:29.480 You're starting to feel better about yourself, aren't you? Imagine 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:31.640 what your mind is worth. 0:16:32.360 --> 0:16:35.560 Scientists for years have tried to make a computer that 0:16:35.640 --> 0:16:38.200 can match what God's given us, but they can't come close. 0:16:38.720 --> 0:16:41.840 Sure they can make computers that talk and calculate, but 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:44.640 they can't make one that can reason, one that can love, 0:16:44.880 --> 0:16:48.000 one that can touch what you have. Just think about 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:51.000 if you had to purchase your mind, just say you 0:16:51.040 --> 0:16:53.880 had to pay a million dollars for it, You would 0:16:53.920 --> 0:16:55.960 take extremely good care of it. 0:16:56.200 --> 0:16:58.360 You would program it with the right information. 0:16:59.000 --> 0:17:02.760 When those negative thoughts, those lies, would try to infiltrate 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:05.600 your system, you'd say, no way, I'm not putting that 0:17:05.680 --> 0:17:07.440 junk in. This thing costs me a lot of money. 0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:10.520 I'm gonna take care of it. I'm convinced if we 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:14.119 had to purchase our mind, our self esteem and our 0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:17.720 outlook on life in general would be a whole lot better. 0:17:17.960 --> 0:17:21.359 What am I saying? Recognize what God has given you. 0:17:21.359 --> 0:17:25.720 You are fearfully and wonderfully made. Don't ever say negative 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:30.720 things toward yourself. I'm slow, I'm unattractive, I'm not talented. 0:17:30.760 --> 0:17:32.560 I can't do anything right now. 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:37.320 Quit criticizing God's creation. If you dwell on that long enough, 0:17:37.520 --> 0:17:40.639 it will become a reality, not because that's who you 0:17:40.720 --> 0:17:43.480 really are, but because you open the door to it. 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:48.000 Our faith works in the positive or the negative. If 0:17:48.040 --> 0:17:52.080 you go around all day dwelling on negative, critical thoughts 0:17:52.080 --> 0:17:54.960 toward yourself, how you don't have what it takes and 0:17:55.000 --> 0:17:57.480 you never get any good breaks. You'll see that come 0:17:57.520 --> 0:18:00.840 to pass. That's your faith at work. The problem is 0:18:01.000 --> 0:18:04.240 you're using it in the wrong direction. One time, Jesus 0:18:04.280 --> 0:18:07.560 said to a blind man, become what you believe. 0:18:08.200 --> 0:18:11.520 That's a powerful statement. We will become what we believe 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:14.840 about ourselves. Hey, you said, Joel, I'm not that talented. 0:18:15.359 --> 0:18:17.760 Nobody in my family has ever amounted to too much. 0:18:17.800 --> 0:18:19.800 And I guess I just come from the wrong side 0:18:19.800 --> 0:18:22.920 of the tracks. No, that kind of thinking will set 0:18:22.960 --> 0:18:26.240 the limits for your life. Understand, With God, there's no 0:18:26.320 --> 0:18:29.119 such thing as the wrong side of the tracts. The 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:32.600 scripture says, if you'll put your trust in him, God 0:18:32.640 --> 0:18:36.600 will make your life significant. God wants to do something 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:39.160 great with your life. He wants you to not only 0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:41.960 fulfill your dreams. But he wants you to leave your 0:18:42.080 --> 0:18:45.240 mark on our generation. Why don't you get in agreement 0:18:45.280 --> 0:18:49.480 with God. You're going to become what you believe. I 0:18:49.560 --> 0:18:52.159 read about this man that was walking down the street 0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:55.800 in a busy city in another country, and he came 0:18:55.840 --> 0:18:59.320 across this tattoo shop. On the window there were all 0:18:59.359 --> 0:19:02.200 these tattoos that you could choose from, and he noticed 0:19:02.200 --> 0:19:05.200 this one particular one that said born to lose. 0:19:05.840 --> 0:19:06.719 He couldn't believe it. 0:19:06.720 --> 0:19:09.440 He thought, surely nobody will put a born to lose 0:19:09.480 --> 0:19:12.240 tattoo on their body. A few minutes, the owner of 0:19:12.280 --> 0:19:14.600 the little shop came out and they got to talking, 0:19:14.680 --> 0:19:18.520 and out of curiosity, he asked him if anyone ever 0:19:18.600 --> 0:19:21.200 chose that born to lose tattoo. And the owner shook 0:19:21.240 --> 0:19:24.320 his head yes, and then he said something interesting in 0:19:24.359 --> 0:19:29.439 broken English. He said, before tattooed on body, tattooed on mind. 0:19:30.359 --> 0:19:30.920 Now true. 0:19:30.920 --> 0:19:34.199 That is, if you think you're just an average, ordinary person, 0:19:34.440 --> 0:19:37.480 then you're gonna live an average, mediocre life. If you 0:19:37.480 --> 0:19:39.960 don't think anybody wants to be around you, and you're 0:19:40.000 --> 0:19:43.600 not attractive, then you're gonna go through life lonely and unfulfilled. 0:19:43.880 --> 0:19:45.280 You've got to change your thinking. 0:19:45.400 --> 0:19:49.080 Understand you've got the DNA of a winner on the inside. 0:19:49.640 --> 0:19:53.440 Instead of sitting around thinking I'm not talented, I'm not attractive, 0:19:53.480 --> 0:19:56.000 I don't have anything to offer, or just turn it around. 0:19:56.359 --> 0:19:59.240 I'm fun, I'm creative. People like to be around me. 0:20:00.160 --> 0:20:02.800 Well, Joel, all I ever make is c's in school, 0:20:02.880 --> 0:20:04.040 I'm just not that smart. 0:20:04.600 --> 0:20:06.159 No reprogram you're thinking. 0:20:06.560 --> 0:20:10.480 Start telling yourself. I am an a student. I am smart, 0:20:10.480 --> 0:20:13.760 I'm intelligent. I've got the wisdom from above. I may 0:20:13.800 --> 0:20:15.680 not be there today, but I will get there. 0:20:16.240 --> 0:20:16.840 And know this. 0:20:17.400 --> 0:20:19.640 Even if you go your whole school year and all 0:20:19.680 --> 0:20:22.840 you ever make is one A, you are an a student. 0:20:22.880 --> 0:20:24.240 You latch onto it. 0:20:24.240 --> 0:20:25.280 It doesn't matter. 0:20:26.440 --> 0:20:29.479 If you make an A in pe, you make an 0:20:29.480 --> 0:20:32.400 A in homeroom, you make an A in lunch. 0:20:32.640 --> 0:20:34.360 You stick it up on your mirror. 0:20:34.040 --> 0:20:36.160 And say, I told you I am an a student. 0:20:38.440 --> 0:20:39.600 Like this guy heard about. 0:20:39.760 --> 0:20:42.080 He brought his report card home and he had four 0:20:42.359 --> 0:20:45.560 f's and one D. His father looked at him and said, son, 0:20:45.600 --> 0:20:49.960 it's obvious you're spending too much time on one subject. No, 0:20:50.119 --> 0:20:53.520 have a bigger vision than that. You may have to 0:20:53.560 --> 0:20:56.240 have a tutor. You may have to work after school, 0:20:56.280 --> 0:20:58.159 you may have to go during the summer, but you 0:20:58.240 --> 0:21:01.880 have got what it takes. Don't settle where you are. Well, 0:21:01.920 --> 0:21:03.640 I'm kind of shy, I'm kind of fearful. 0:21:03.640 --> 0:21:05.840 No, turn it around. I'm bold and courageous. 0:21:06.400 --> 0:21:09.080 Well, I'm unlucky, Joe, I never get any good breaks. No, 0:21:09.240 --> 0:21:11.800 I have the favor of God. His blessings are chasing 0:21:11.840 --> 0:21:15.639 me down. You got to reprogram your thinking. Start filling 0:21:15.640 --> 0:21:19.600 your mind with I am blessed, I am prosperous, I 0:21:19.640 --> 0:21:22.400 am valuable, I am anointed. 0:21:22.160 --> 0:21:24.399 I am equipped, I am creative. 0:21:24.800 --> 0:21:29.360 My past is forgiven, my present is secure, my future 0:21:29.480 --> 0:21:32.199 is bright. You know what happens when you meditate on 0:21:32.240 --> 0:21:36.880 thoughts like that. God's word will repair a damaged self image. 0:21:37.160 --> 0:21:40.480 His word is bringing healing to you. People may have 0:21:40.560 --> 0:21:42.800 told you what you can't do, but when you go 0:21:42.840 --> 0:21:45.879 around dwelling and I can do all things through Christ, 0:21:46.359 --> 0:21:47.760 healing is taking place. 0:21:48.080 --> 0:21:49.920 You getting back to who you really are. 0:21:50.880 --> 0:21:53.359 You may have been hurt in a relationship and you 0:21:53.400 --> 0:21:56.199 don't feel very special today, you don't feel very attractive. 0:21:56.600 --> 0:21:59.840 But if you'll start meditating on I am a masterpiece, 0:22:00.160 --> 0:22:02.719 I am one of a kind. I have something to offer. 0:22:03.080 --> 0:22:05.400 My best days are ahead of me. Great things are 0:22:05.440 --> 0:22:05.959 in store. 0:22:06.160 --> 0:22:07.040 You know what's happening. 0:22:07.440 --> 0:22:12.159 Healing is coming, your self image is being restored. I 0:22:12.200 --> 0:22:15.639 read where years ago the government of Thailand wanted to 0:22:15.640 --> 0:22:18.280 build a new freeway, but right in the middle of 0:22:18.320 --> 0:22:22.239 their path there was a huge religious statue that had 0:22:22.280 --> 0:22:25.480 been there for years and years, was very important to 0:22:25.520 --> 0:22:28.840 the people, greatly revered, and they knew when they went 0:22:28.880 --> 0:22:31.159 to move it they had to be extremely cautious. 0:22:31.359 --> 0:22:34.320 It was a huge clay statue, and. 0:22:34.240 --> 0:22:37.120 So they got all the cranes in place, and very 0:22:37.160 --> 0:22:40.560 carefully and delicately they tried to lift it, but some 0:22:40.640 --> 0:22:44.800 of the clay began to crack. They stopped and reorganized 0:22:44.800 --> 0:22:47.600 and tried to do it even more delicately, but still 0:22:47.800 --> 0:22:51.000 more clay fell off. They were very distraught by it. 0:22:51.040 --> 0:22:54.720 They finally got the statue to its new location, and 0:22:54.760 --> 0:22:57.200 when they were taking it off the truck, a huge 0:22:57.320 --> 0:22:59.960 piece of clay fell off. One of the men were 0:23:00.440 --> 0:23:04.040 noticed something kind of shining through. He called the others 0:23:04.119 --> 0:23:07.480 over and they begin to examine it very carefully, and 0:23:07.640 --> 0:23:12.159 much to their amazement, they discovered underneath the clay the 0:23:12.280 --> 0:23:14.639 statue was made out of solid gold. 0:23:15.280 --> 0:23:17.119 The clay was just a facade. 0:23:17.200 --> 0:23:19.719 It was never supposed to stay there, yet it had 0:23:19.760 --> 0:23:22.720 been there hundreds and hundreds of years. They thought the 0:23:22.800 --> 0:23:25.960 statue was worth thirty or forty thousand dollars, but come 0:23:26.000 --> 0:23:29.520 to find out it's worth millions and millions. It's made 0:23:29.520 --> 0:23:32.720 out of solid gold. This is what happens to us. 0:23:32.760 --> 0:23:35.720 Many times. We don't realize what we have. We think 0:23:35.760 --> 0:23:39.679 I'm just an average, ordinary person. Nothing special about me. 0:23:39.760 --> 0:23:42.760 I'm just an old vessel made out of clay. Yes, 0:23:42.800 --> 0:23:45.120 you may be a clay vessel, but let me let 0:23:45.160 --> 0:23:47.679 you in on a secret. On the inside, you were 0:23:47.760 --> 0:23:51.080 solid gold. That's the way you need to start seeing yourself. 0:23:52.720 --> 0:23:55.040 In other words, I may look like a bunch of 0:23:55.119 --> 0:23:58.000 old hard clay to you, but deep down in here 0:23:58.320 --> 0:24:00.840 I know I made in the image of Almighty God. 0:24:01.160 --> 0:24:04.520 I've got royal blood flowing through my veins. I'm not average, 0:24:04.520 --> 0:24:06.560 I'm not ordinary. I'm solid gold. 0:24:06.880 --> 0:24:07.520 It's in you. 0:24:08.160 --> 0:24:10.280 Well, you say I've made a lot of mistakes. I've 0:24:10.280 --> 0:24:12.359 got a lot of flaws. I've got a lot of weaknesses. 0:24:12.560 --> 0:24:13.240 We all do. 0:24:13.840 --> 0:24:16.840 But the scripture says he that began a good work 0:24:16.880 --> 0:24:21.119 in you will continue to perform it until it's perfectly complete. 0:24:21.440 --> 0:24:24.280 That simply means that God's gonna keep chipping away at 0:24:24.280 --> 0:24:27.360 that clay until he gets down to the gold. If 0:24:27.359 --> 0:24:30.000 you'll get in agreement with God and think the right 0:24:30.119 --> 0:24:34.000 thoughts and have that right image of yourself, you'll see more. 0:24:33.880 --> 0:24:36.040 And more of that gold begin to shine through. 0:24:36.520 --> 0:24:39.800 Instead of thinking things like I'll never rise higher, I'll 0:24:39.840 --> 0:24:42.480 never overcome this addiction, I'll never get out of this problem. No, 0:24:42.640 --> 0:24:45.479 just turn it around. I can do all things through Christ. 0:24:45.840 --> 0:24:48.960 This addiction does not control me. It didn't come to stay. 0:24:49.080 --> 0:24:51.520 It came to pass. You know what happened. A little 0:24:51.520 --> 0:24:55.320 clay fell off and a little more gold is shining through. Well, 0:24:55.400 --> 0:24:57.320 you said, Joel, I don't think there's any gold in me. 0:24:57.720 --> 0:24:59.600 You don't know the life that I've lived. You don't 0:24:59.600 --> 0:25:02.240 know them miss mistakes I've made. No, the good news 0:25:02.680 --> 0:25:06.000 is the gold is still in you. You take Jacob 0:25:06.080 --> 0:25:09.400 in the Old Testament. He was a deceiver, He had 0:25:09.440 --> 0:25:13.359 no integrity, He cheated his own brother out of his birthright. 0:25:13.920 --> 0:25:15.040 But God didn't give. 0:25:14.960 --> 0:25:18.240 Up on Jacob because he was making poor choices. God 0:25:18.320 --> 0:25:22.360 knew the gold was still in him. Jacob made some adjustments, 0:25:22.480 --> 0:25:25.400 he got back on the right track, and God changed 0:25:25.400 --> 0:25:27.880 his name from Jacob to Israel. 0:25:28.760 --> 0:25:30.120 You may have some hang ups. 0:25:29.920 --> 0:25:32.880 Today, maybe even some issues like Jacob, but know this, 0:25:33.440 --> 0:25:36.120 where you are is not where you're going to end up. 0:25:36.680 --> 0:25:41.520 In every Jacob, there's an Israel. Saul of Tarsus hated 0:25:41.560 --> 0:25:45.240 God's people, but God turned his life around and changed 0:25:45.280 --> 0:25:48.320 his name to the apostle Paul. He went on to 0:25:48.359 --> 0:25:51.280 write over half of the New Testament that tells me, 0:25:51.640 --> 0:25:55.480 in every Paul, there's a Paw. A young man Jesus 0:25:55.520 --> 0:25:59.200 dealt with was named Simon. He was hot tempered, used 0:25:59.200 --> 0:26:02.280 bad language. Yet Jesus looked right at him and said, 0:26:02.320 --> 0:26:06.399 you are Simon, but you shall be Peter. Jesus was saying, 0:26:06.560 --> 0:26:08.879 it's not what you are that really matters. 0:26:08.560 --> 0:26:11.080 It's what you can become. You're just a diamond in 0:26:11.119 --> 0:26:11.520 the rough. 0:26:12.000 --> 0:26:14.560 Peter went on to become one of the Great Disciples. 0:26:15.160 --> 0:26:17.840 No matter where you are, no matter what you've done, 0:26:18.000 --> 0:26:19.880 it has not changed your DNA. 0:26:20.680 --> 0:26:22.360 When I look out at each of you, I don't 0:26:22.359 --> 0:26:22.720 see a. 0:26:22.640 --> 0:26:25.600 Bunch of clay. I see solid gold. I know what's 0:26:25.640 --> 0:26:29.480 on the inside. I'm looking at champions. I'm looking at thoroughbreds. 0:26:29.680 --> 0:26:32.680 I can already see you standing in the Winter's circle. 0:26:33.200 --> 0:26:35.240 You may not see it just yet, but get a 0:26:35.359 --> 0:26:39.240 vision for it. You've got the DNA of Almighty God. 0:26:39.800 --> 0:26:42.280 This is your time to come up higher. This is 0:26:42.400 --> 0:26:44.520 your time to let a little more of that gold 0:26:44.720 --> 0:26:48.679 shine through. Put your shoulders back, have the attitude. I 0:26:48.760 --> 0:26:51.920 know who I am. I may be Saul right now, 0:26:51.960 --> 0:26:55.000 but that's okay. I know Paul's in me. I may 0:26:55.080 --> 0:26:57.800 be more like Jacob, but I know Israel is coming. 0:26:58.400 --> 0:27:00.760 Or I may be like a shepherd boy named David, 0:27:00.960 --> 0:27:03.119 but I know a king is on the inside. 0:27:03.640 --> 0:27:06.520 Friends, I'm asking you to go for the gold. You've 0:27:06.560 --> 0:27:09.399 got what it takes. Almighty God has already put it 0:27:09.440 --> 0:27:13.000 in you. Shake off any kind of low self esteem. 0:27:13.359 --> 0:27:16.680 Don't ever let anyone make you feel less than Remember, 0:27:17.040 --> 0:27:19.840 no one can make you feel inferior. 0:27:19.359 --> 0:27:20.480 Without your permission. 0:27:21.160 --> 0:27:24.159 If you'll develop the right image on the inside and 0:27:24.280 --> 0:27:27.959 see yourself as a thoroughbred, a champion more than a 0:27:28.000 --> 0:27:31.440 conquer God says, you will become what you believe. 0:27:31.760 --> 0:27:33.280 You will rise higher and higher. 0:27:33.600 --> 0:27:36.800 You'll see more clay fall off and more gold shine 0:27:36.800 --> 0:27:39.680 through and you'll become everything God's created you to be. 0:27:39.840 --> 0:27:41.439 Amen. Do you receive it today? 0:27:42.440 --> 0:27:45.040 Or we never like to close our broadcast without giving 0:27:45.080 --> 0:27:47.919 you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 0:27:48.200 --> 0:27:52.320 Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 0:27:52.480 --> 0:27:53.600 repent of my sins. 0:27:54.720 --> 0:27:58.280 Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 0:27:59.119 --> 0:28:01.440 Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 0:28:01.520 --> 0:28:04.440 got born again. Get in a good Bible based church, 0:28:04.680 --> 0:28:05.840 Keep God first place. 0:28:06.119 --> 0:28:08.520 He's going to take you places that you've never dreamed of. 0:28:09.640 --> 0:28:12.800 Fear can be a powerful force, and we'll try to 0:28:12.840 --> 0:28:17.639 make you feel alone, stuck without hope. But fear doesn't 0:28:17.680 --> 0:28:21.160 have to get the final say. There is a way out. 0:28:21.520 --> 0:28:24.520 Fear is a powerful force, but so is faith. What 0:28:24.640 --> 0:28:26.600 we focus on shapes our reality. 0:28:27.080 --> 0:28:28.280 In my new book, No. 0:28:28.320 --> 0:28:31.280 More Fear, you have the mind of Christ, I'll show 0:28:31.320 --> 0:28:34.359 you how to silence fear and live boldly in faith 0:28:34.520 --> 0:28:38.040 and confidence. Just like David said, though I walk through 0:28:38.080 --> 0:28:41.360 the valley, I will not fear. You too can walk 0:28:41.400 --> 0:28:44.560 through life's challenges without being paralyzed by fear. 0:28:45.120 --> 0:28:46.240 I can't promise. 0:28:45.920 --> 0:28:48.680 You you'll never feel fear, but I can teach you 0:28:48.720 --> 0:28:51.880 how to rise above it by dwelling on what God says, 0:28:52.360 --> 0:28:56.080 learning to replace the anxious thoughts with faith filled ones, 0:28:56.440 --> 0:28:57.360 you can live. 0:28:57.160 --> 0:28:59.760 From a place of peace, power, and purpose. 0:29:00.600 --> 0:29:03.040 As our way of saying thank you for your gift 0:29:03.080 --> 0:29:05.600 of any amount this month, we would like to send 0:29:05.680 --> 0:29:09.000 you a copy of Joel's book, No More Fear. You 0:29:09.280 --> 0:29:12.840 have the mind of Christ. The Bible proclaims the Lord 0:29:12.960 --> 0:29:16.400 is my Light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? 0:29:16.880 --> 0:29:20.400 This powerful and practical book will help you silenced out, 0:29:20.800 --> 0:29:25.960 overcome anxiety and step boldly into God's overcoming power when 0:29:26.000 --> 0:29:30.080 fear whispers you can't. This devotional will stir your faith 0:29:30.160 --> 0:29:34.160 to declare God will. Each page reminds you that you 0:29:34.280 --> 0:29:37.920 weren't created to live in fear or despair. You were 0:29:37.960 --> 0:29:42.320 created to live with passion, purpose, and confidence in God's 0:29:42.360 --> 0:29:46.000 plans for your life. Let God's word equip you to 0:29:46.160 --> 0:29:48.920 rise above fear and walk in victory. 0:29:50.120 --> 0:29:53.600 Fear doesn't have the final say God does. Be bold, 0:29:53.680 --> 0:29:56.360 be strong, and step up to who He made you 0:29:56.440 --> 0:29:59.240 to be. Btorne, I want you to know we're praying 0:29:59.320 --> 0:30:01.880 for you and and your family. 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