How To Have An Extreme Makeover

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She said, boys, boys, if Jesus were here, 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:28.760 he would say, let my brother have the first pancake. 0:02:29.520 --> 0:02:32.120 Ryan turned to his younger brother and said, okay, Kevin, 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:33.519 you be Jesus. 0:02:35.120 --> 0:02:37.440 All right, hold up your Bible and say it like 0:02:37.480 --> 0:02:38.000 you mean it. 0:02:38.480 --> 0:02:41.560 This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:02:42.160 --> 0:02:44.760 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:44.840 --> 0:02:47.600 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:51.799 taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 0:02:51.880 --> 0:02:54.200 is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:02:54.600 --> 0:02:55.960 I will never be the same. 0:02:56.480 --> 0:03:00.000 In Jesus' name, God bless you. 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:02.360 I want to talk to you today about how you 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:04.760 can have an extreme makeover. 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:08.600 Seems like we're always hearing about how we can look 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:12.239 better and feel better. I saw the other morning, all 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:15.920 these techniques to look younger. There were seven things we 0:03:15.960 --> 0:03:18.000 could do to supposedly take. 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:19.960 Ten years off of our age. 0:03:20.200 --> 0:03:23.720 Billions and billions of dollars are being spent by people 0:03:23.800 --> 0:03:27.960 having what's commonly called a makeover. And of course, there's 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:30.960 nothing wrong with wanting to improve, nothing wrong with wanting 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:35.120 to look better. But I found true change starts on 0:03:35.160 --> 0:03:35.960 the inside. 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:37.680 It starts in our thinking. 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:41.480 You can change the outside, but if you don't change 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:45.000 the inside, it's not going to last. It may give 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:48.600 you some temporary happiness, you may feel better for a while, 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:53.400 but long term, you will always default back to what 0:03:53.440 --> 0:03:55.080 you believe about yourself. 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:58.400 Your self esteem, your sense. 0:03:58.160 --> 0:04:02.600 Of value, your level of confidence that will always override 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:05.960 the physical. Few years ago, a young lady came up 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:08.880 for prayer. She was one of the most beautiful young 0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:11.680 ladies that I've ever seen. On a scale of one 0:04:11.720 --> 0:04:14.680 to ten, she was a ten plus. She was working 0:04:14.760 --> 0:04:18.960 in the entertainment industry, traveling with a certain show, very successful. 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:21.800 I asked what she wanted to pray about. I thought 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:24.719 it'd be her family, her career, something like that, but 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:27.520 she said Joel, I wish you'd pray for me. I 0:04:27.560 --> 0:04:31.920 feel so unattractive. I thought to myself, you cannot get 0:04:32.000 --> 0:04:33.000 any more beautiful. 0:04:33.400 --> 0:04:35.359 But that's the way the enemy works. 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:39.840 He tries to manipulate our thinking and deceive us into 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:44.640 believe in these lives. What you believe about yourself, your 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:47.680 self esteem, your sense of value, your sense of worth, 0:04:48.040 --> 0:04:48.920 that will set the. 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:51.480 Limits for your life. If you don't. 0:04:51.279 --> 0:04:54.400 Think you're talented, you can have all the talent in 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:57.520 the world, but you'll never tap into it. If you 0:04:57.520 --> 0:05:00.440 don't think you have a good personality, you don't have 0:05:00.520 --> 0:05:04.000 much to offer. Your own thoughts will keep you from 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:08.039 rising higher. If you think you're unattractive and you don't 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:11.120 quite measure up, and you're always wishing you were something different, 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:16.040 then those negative feelings toward yourself will keep you from 0:05:16.080 --> 0:05:20.320 blossoming into who God created you to be. True change 0:05:20.440 --> 0:05:24.320 starts on the inside. The problem many people have today 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:28.640 is they don't really like themselves. They go around with 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:32.120 a nagging feeling down in here, like something's. 0:05:31.760 --> 0:05:36.839 Wrong with them. They focus on their faults. They relive every. 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:41.479 Disappointment in their mind. There's a recording constantly playing You're 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:45.480 so slow you can't do anything right, You'll never be happy. 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:49.120 You've been through too much. They wonder why they don't 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:51.560 enjoy life, why they don't have any enthusiasm. 0:05:52.160 --> 0:05:53.520 Here's the key. 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:57.840 You cannot be negative towards yourself and expect to live 0:05:58.040 --> 0:05:59.960 a positive, faith filled life. 0:06:00.760 --> 0:06:03.000 You need to have an extreme. 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:06.920 Makeover, but not on the outside, on the inside. 0:06:07.000 --> 0:06:07.880 If you'll get. 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:12.760 Your thinking corrected and start thinking like a champion, like 0:06:12.800 --> 0:06:15.960 a child of the most High God, like you've been 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:18.480 crowned with favor, then you'll be. 0:06:18.440 --> 0:06:19.920 Amazed at what will happen. 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:23.920 Instead of going around thinking I don't have a good personality, 0:06:24.279 --> 0:06:27.200 I don't have much to offer. No, just turn it around. 0:06:27.600 --> 0:06:31.080 I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I am one of 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:34.560 a kind. I know I am a masterpiece. Instead of 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:38.159 thinking I'm so slow, I can't do anything right. No, 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:42.320 I'm talented, I'm creative, I have great ideas. 0:06:43.080 --> 0:06:44.200 Instead of dwelling on. 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:48.719 I never get any breaks, nothing good ever happens to me. No, 0:06:49.160 --> 0:06:52.960 God's favor is surrounding me. Goodness and mercy fall of me. 0:06:53.480 --> 0:06:57.720 Whatever I touch prospers and succeeds. When you think like that, 0:06:58.360 --> 0:07:03.159 a transformation is taking place. An extreme makeover starts on 0:07:03.200 --> 0:07:07.800 the inside. Think about a hog. A hog's nature is 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:09.000 to get dirty. 0:07:09.120 --> 0:07:09.920 He likes to. 0:07:09.840 --> 0:07:12.960 Play in the mud. That's the way he's been programmed. 0:07:13.200 --> 0:07:17.440 That's what's wired into his thinking. Let's just imagine you 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:20.520 decide to give that hog an extreme makeover. 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:22.160 You can take him. 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:24.800 To the best spa in the world, put him in 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:28.400 a bubble bath, polish his nails, give him a pedicure, 0:07:28.880 --> 0:07:33.120 exfoliate his skin. You can put botox in his wrinkles, 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:36.360 tie a bowl around his neck. You get finished, and 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:40.920 you think, man, that is one hot looking hog. But 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:43.320 you know as well as I do. When you get 0:07:43.360 --> 0:07:46.200 back home and let him out of the truck, he's 0:07:46.200 --> 0:07:48.440 not gonna go to the swimming pool and put his 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:51.720 sunglasses on and drink iced tea. He's gonna go as 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:54.280 fast as he can right back to that mud hole. 0:07:54.880 --> 0:07:57.480 He's not gonna show off to his friends. He's not 0:07:57.560 --> 0:08:00.600 gonna prance by and say I'm looking good today. He's 0:08:00.640 --> 0:08:03.160 going to go that mud and roll over and over 0:08:03.480 --> 0:08:06.160 get just as dirty and filthy as he was before. 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:09.040 Now one time will he say, oh, man, I messed 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:14.200 up my nails. Why is that you changed the outside, 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:18.760 but lasting change comes from the inside. It comes from 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:22.720 what we believe about ourselves and who we really feel 0:08:22.760 --> 0:08:26.000 that we are. I remember seeing this lady on television. 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:29.080 She had been extremely overweight, and they put her on 0:08:29.120 --> 0:08:32.280 a diet and exercise program, and after a year or two, 0:08:32.600 --> 0:08:35.120 she had lost over two hundred and fifty pounds. 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:38.560 She looked great, she went down to a size ten. 0:08:39.200 --> 0:08:42.480 Her before and after pictures you could hardly even recognize her. 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:46.160 But in this interview she did not have one ounce 0:08:46.280 --> 0:08:49.560 of joy. She seemed to be as depressed as could be. 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:53.440 She never even smiled. The reporter finally picked up on 0:08:53.520 --> 0:08:56.480 it and asked her what was wrong with her? Wasn't 0:08:56.480 --> 0:08:59.480 she proud of what she had accomplished? I'll never forget 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:00.000 what she amed? 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:02.640 Answered. She said, I don't know what's wrong with me. 0:09:03.280 --> 0:09:07.440 I guess in my mind, I'll always be fat. What 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:11.560 was her problem? She had transformed the outside, but she 0:09:11.600 --> 0:09:13.640 had never transformed the inside. 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:15.600 Many people go around. 0:09:15.400 --> 0:09:18.959 Just like her with low self esteem, feeling less than 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:22.520 they look good on the outside. They smile, they're friendly, 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:28.040 but inwardly they're negative toward themselves. They live in regrets. 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:31.440 That recording's constantly playing you blew it. 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:32.600 You weren't a good parent. 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:36.320 You're the reason the marriage failed, that business went under 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:36.920 because you're. 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:37.640 Not smart enough. 0:09:38.200 --> 0:09:41.920 They allow all these thoughts to play internally, and it's 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:44.960 stealing their sense of value. We need to put on 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:47.840 a new recording. If we're going to live in victory, 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:52.440 we have to have this transformation. The apostle Paul tells 0:09:52.520 --> 0:09:56.400 us how to have an extreme makeover. God's way. It's 0:09:56.440 --> 0:10:00.360 found in Romans, chapter twelve, verse two. He said, be 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:05.760 transformed by the renewing of your mind. That word transform 0:10:06.120 --> 0:10:10.120 in the original language is metamorpho. It's where we get 0:10:10.160 --> 0:10:15.160 our word metamorphos. We all know how a worm metamorphous 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:19.000 is into a butterfly. And this is saying that if 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:21.560 we will get our thoughts going in the right direction, 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:25.280 if we will renew our mind and not dwell on 0:10:25.320 --> 0:10:30.720 these condemning less than inferior thoughts, then a transformation is 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:35.240 going to take place, an extreme makeover. You think about 0:10:35.440 --> 0:10:39.400 little worm, a little caterpillar. It starts off as one 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:44.480 of the most unattractive, unsightly insects, very bland, nothing special 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:47.959 about it. But just because it starts there, does it 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:52.400 mean it's going to stay there. God has predestined it 0:10:52.640 --> 0:10:56.400 to go through a transformation. At one point, it'll form 0:10:56.480 --> 0:10:59.920 that cocoon and a metamorphos will start to happen. 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:01.720 It's a process. 0:11:01.960 --> 0:11:05.559 He begins to change little by little, and one day 0:11:05.840 --> 0:11:07.600 he'll start to push out of that cocoon. 0:11:08.240 --> 0:11:10.240 All of a sudden, a leg will come. 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:13.160 Out, then a wing will break out, and finally his 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:17.240 head will come out. Before long, he's totally free from 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:20.560 that cocoon. He can fly wherever he wants to go. 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:24.520 Instead of crawling around on the ground struggling trying to 0:11:24.559 --> 0:11:29.119 find food, now he simply flies over to the beautiful flowers. 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:33.280 That butterfly spends most of his time eating the sweet 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:37.080 nectar from those flowers. That's the kind of change the 0:11:37.120 --> 0:11:40.959 scripture's talking about. It'll happen when we renew our mind. 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:44.520 It's an extreme makeover, and we may not like to 0:11:44.559 --> 0:11:47.800 admit it, but in a way, we all start off 0:11:47.920 --> 0:11:48.640 as worms. 0:11:49.400 --> 0:11:51.199 Our thinking is not where it should be. 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:56.560 Without the proper training, our mind will gravitate toward the negative. 0:11:57.120 --> 0:12:00.280 We'll think things like I can't take that promotion, I'm 0:12:00.320 --> 0:12:03.760 not qualified, I'll never be successful. I come from the 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:07.040 wrong family or Joel, God could never bless me. 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:10.920 I've made so many mistakes. I don't deserve it. How 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:13.560 many times have I heard people tell me, Joel, I'm. 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:16.560 Just a weak worm of the dust. You know what 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:19.240 I call those kind of thoughts. Those are wormy thoughts. 0:12:20.320 --> 0:12:23.960 The good news is, just because we start there doesn't 0:12:24.000 --> 0:12:27.880 mean we're going to finish there. God has predestined us 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:32.080 to go through this transformation. He has preordained us, so 0:12:32.160 --> 0:12:34.600 to speak, to go from a worm to a butterfly. 0:12:35.240 --> 0:12:38.280 But here's the key. It's not up to God, It's 0:12:38.400 --> 0:12:42.000 up to us. The only way this transformation is going 0:12:42.080 --> 0:12:45.000 to take place is if we will get our thinking 0:12:45.679 --> 0:12:50.640 consistently in line with God's word. Some people go around thinking, 0:12:50.920 --> 0:12:53.880 I'll never be a good parent, I'll never get my 0:12:53.960 --> 0:12:56.520 business off the ground, I'll never lose this weight, Joel. 0:12:56.960 --> 0:12:59.840 No, those thoughts are going to keep you in your cocoon. 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:04.680 You have to realize there is a great parent in 0:13:04.720 --> 0:13:09.000 you right now, just waiting to be released. There is 0:13:09.080 --> 0:13:14.360 a successful, prosperous person already in you, just waiting to 0:13:14.400 --> 0:13:18.800 come out. There is a healthy, whole man or woman 0:13:19.160 --> 0:13:22.920 on the inside, just waiting to go through that transformation. 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:27.080 If you're going to see your metamorphis take place, you 0:13:27.200 --> 0:13:30.680 have to be convinced that in me right now is 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:34.320 a great dad. In me right now is a great mom. 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:35.400 You may be. 0:13:35.400 --> 0:13:38.520 Struggling with an addiction, but you've got to know in 0:13:38.559 --> 0:13:42.240 me right now is a person that's totally free. It's 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:44.960 just a matter of time before they come out. 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:46.640 You're in the cocoon. 0:13:47.280 --> 0:13:51.040 But because you're in faith, because your thoughts are going 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:56.480 in the right direction, your transformation is in process. When 0:13:56.520 --> 0:13:59.440 those negative thoughts come telling you that you're never going 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:01.720 to get better, you're never going to change now, you 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:05.679 just need to remind yourself I'm being transformed right now. 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:10.760 My metamorphois is already underway. God is in the process 0:14:10.920 --> 0:14:14.720 of changing me. That's how you get the butterfly out. 0:14:15.400 --> 0:14:19.880 Not by dwelling on your weaknesses, your mistakes, your disappointments. 0:14:20.400 --> 0:14:22.040 No, dwell on the fact that. 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:26.120 You are forgiven, you are redeemed, you are valuable. When 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:28.960 you dwell on that, you are one step closer to 0:14:29.040 --> 0:14:31.840 coming out of that cocoon. And some of you have 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:35.640 been in your cocoon year after year. God is so 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:38.480 ready to take you to a new level he is 0:14:38.560 --> 0:14:40.000 so ready to release a. 0:14:39.920 --> 0:14:41.440 New wave of his favor. 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:44.720 You need to rise up and say it is my 0:14:44.920 --> 0:14:49.080 time to be transformed. I've been in this cocoon too long. 0:14:49.560 --> 0:14:52.880 I Am done dwelling on the mistakes I've made and 0:14:52.960 --> 0:14:56.440 the negative things people have said, and all my disappointments. 0:14:56.760 --> 0:14:59.280 I'm going to put on a new recording. I am 0:14:59.480 --> 0:15:03.520 who God says I am. I am redeemed, I am forgiven, 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:08.000 I am accepted, I am approved, I am talented, I 0:15:08.040 --> 0:15:12.160 am creative, I am equipped, I am empowered. When you 0:15:12.280 --> 0:15:14.600 do that, you better watch out. I can see a 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:18.320 wing starting to break out. I can see one of 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:22.720 their legs pushing that cocoon back. You keep that up, 0:15:22.760 --> 0:15:27.360 and before long you'll be transformed into that beautiful butterfly. 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:30.520 Let me tell you, I don't believe I'm looking at 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:34.640 any worms. I can see your value, I can see 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:38.560 your potential. I know you've been created in the image 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:42.000 of Almighty God. I know you have seeds of greatness 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:45.120 on the inside. Every one of you is in the 0:15:45.160 --> 0:15:49.560 process of changing. My prayer today is I'm on push 0:15:49.600 --> 0:15:54.320 you further along. I'm gonna convince you to shake off inferiority, 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:59.680 shake off rejection, shake off disappointments, shake off every negative things. 0:15:59.720 --> 0:16:01.960 Folks over you. This is a new day. 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:06.120 You're extreme makeover, I believe has begun. 0:16:07.480 --> 0:16:09.720 I heard a story about this older gentleman. 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:13.040 He lived in a little hut on an island in 0:16:13.080 --> 0:16:14.080 the South Pacific. 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:15.520 He was a sculptor. 0:16:16.040 --> 0:16:19.000 He spent his whole life working with wood and carving 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:22.440 different items, and he was very talented at what he did. 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:26.200 And one day he was walking by this beautiful plantation. 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:30.720 There was this picturesque white home, acre after acre of 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:35.240 green grass and beautiful palm trees. The wealthiest man on 0:16:35.280 --> 0:16:38.640 the island lived there. And as he passed by, he 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:41.680 noticed these tree trunks that had been cut down that 0:16:41.720 --> 0:16:43.200 were piled up over. 0:16:43.080 --> 0:16:43.920 On the side. 0:16:44.360 --> 0:16:47.120 He asked the plantation owner what he was going to 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:50.480 do with those discarded tree trunks, and the man said, oh, 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:51.920 that's just trash, that's junk. 0:16:52.040 --> 0:16:54.560 We're going to have them hauled away. He said, well, 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:56.640 would you mind if I had one of them? 0:16:56.640 --> 0:16:58.960 Would you give me one? The man looked at him 0:16:59.000 --> 0:17:01.800 kind of strangely. He said, well, if you want an 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:04.119 old piece of dead beat up wood, you're welcome to 0:17:04.160 --> 0:17:06.679 take it. That sculptor put it on his back and 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:09.120 took it to his little village hut, and he stood 0:17:09.160 --> 0:17:11.680 it up on the inside, and he began to walk 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:16.679 around and around it, very carefully, studying it, analyzing it. 0:17:17.119 --> 0:17:19.600 He looked at that piece of wood as if he 0:17:19.720 --> 0:17:22.399 was trying to free something that had been trapped on 0:17:22.440 --> 0:17:26.040 the inside. After a couple of hours of contemplating it, 0:17:26.320 --> 0:17:29.560 he finally got it and began to work. He started 0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:34.399 car and carving day after day, whittling away with exact precision. 0:17:35.080 --> 0:17:38.879 After several weeks, he had carved the most beautiful. 0:17:38.920 --> 0:17:42.639 Eagle that you could ever imagine. It was majestic looking. 0:17:43.040 --> 0:17:47.080 He had its wings outstretched, his head up, his claws back, 0:17:47.440 --> 0:17:51.200 soaring through the air. The detail on it was incredible. 0:17:51.720 --> 0:17:53.840 He put it out on his front porch of that 0:17:53.880 --> 0:17:57.679 little village hut. A few months later, the plantation owner 0:17:57.760 --> 0:18:00.760 came walking by. He saw the eagle, and he was 0:18:00.800 --> 0:18:03.840 so impressed. He came up to it and began to 0:18:03.880 --> 0:18:07.000 study it and just was amazed at the detail and 0:18:07.119 --> 0:18:08.880 marveled at how beautiful it was. 0:18:09.320 --> 0:18:10.840 After a few minutes, he. 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:14.080 Said to the sculptor, where did you get this is beautiful? 0:18:14.359 --> 0:18:17.480 I would like to buy it from you. The sculptor 0:18:17.560 --> 0:18:19.280 just kind of smiled and said, no, sir, it's not 0:18:19.320 --> 0:18:19.800 for sale. 0:18:20.320 --> 0:18:22.159 He was insistent. He went on and on. 0:18:22.240 --> 0:18:24.280 He said, name your price, I really want to buy it. 0:18:24.840 --> 0:18:27.080 He finally agreed to sell it to him for five 0:18:27.160 --> 0:18:30.159 hundred dollars. The man paid him and he picked it up. 0:18:30.560 --> 0:18:33.199 He was walking out so proudly. As he got a 0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:36.720 little ways down the road, the sculptor said to him, sir, 0:18:37.119 --> 0:18:39.840 I don't know if you realize it, but you just 0:18:39.920 --> 0:18:43.399 paid me five hundred dollars for that piece of junk 0:18:43.440 --> 0:18:47.000 wood that you gave me a few months ago. That 0:18:47.040 --> 0:18:49.840 man kind of shook his head. The next day, the 0:18:49.880 --> 0:18:53.280 sculptor was walking by the plantation. He saw a sign 0:18:53.680 --> 0:18:57.120 on the woodpile. It said tree trunks for sale, five 0:18:57.200 --> 0:19:02.320 hundred dollars each. At least he learned his lesson. But 0:19:02.400 --> 0:19:07.200 what's my point? That old sculptor was able to see 0:19:07.240 --> 0:19:10.600 something in the discarded piece of wood that other people 0:19:10.600 --> 0:19:16.440 couldn't see. The plantation owner saw it as trash, as junk, as. 0:19:16.280 --> 0:19:17.320 Of no value. 0:19:17.840 --> 0:19:21.000 But the sculptor was able to look beyond the surface, 0:19:21.400 --> 0:19:25.399 beyond the flaws, and he saw its potential. He saw 0:19:25.440 --> 0:19:30.159 what it could become. That's the way God is, your creator. 0:19:30.640 --> 0:19:34.720 Can see things in you that other people cannot see. 0:19:34.800 --> 0:19:37.840 Sometimes people try to push us down, try to make 0:19:37.920 --> 0:19:41.560 us feel inferior. Sometimes our own thoughts will try to 0:19:41.600 --> 0:19:42.439 convince us. 0:19:42.359 --> 0:19:43.800 That we just don't measure up. 0:19:44.440 --> 0:19:48.880 But God has the incredible ability to look past the outside, 0:19:49.359 --> 0:19:53.520 beyond our mistakes, beyond what people have said, and God 0:19:53.600 --> 0:19:58.840 sees your value, He sees your potential. You may think, man, Joel, 0:19:59.119 --> 0:20:02.240 I've blown it. I've made so many mistakes. I'm sure 0:20:02.280 --> 0:20:05.760 I'm washed up. No, God can still see the egle. 0:20:05.640 --> 0:20:08.240 In the wood. He doesn't just see what you are. 0:20:08.680 --> 0:20:10.560 God sees what you can become. 0:20:11.320 --> 0:20:13.439 You may kind of feel like that old worm, but 0:20:13.520 --> 0:20:17.040 God still sees the butterfly. You don't know what you 0:20:17.160 --> 0:20:20.159 have in you. You don't know what you're capable of. 0:20:20.960 --> 0:20:23.920 You may feel like that you've already reached your limits, 0:20:24.320 --> 0:20:27.320 but when God looks at you, he sees new levels. 0:20:28.080 --> 0:20:31.119 You may feel like you've blown your chances, but God 0:20:31.200 --> 0:20:32.760 sees new opportunities. 0:20:33.359 --> 0:20:34.520 People may have tried. 0:20:34.320 --> 0:20:37.680 To push you down, but God sees you lifted up. 0:20:38.160 --> 0:20:39.280 He sees you soaring. 0:20:39.600 --> 0:20:41.680 He sees that eagle being released. 0:20:42.480 --> 0:20:46.760 I'm asking you today to get rid of any inferiority, 0:20:47.400 --> 0:20:51.800 any condemnation, any negative words that have been spoken over you, 0:20:52.160 --> 0:20:56.000 and begin to renew your mind. Start believing that you 0:20:56.040 --> 0:20:59.960 are forgiven, that you are valuable, that you are redeemed, 0:21:00.000 --> 0:21:02.399 and believe that your egle is going. 0:21:02.280 --> 0:21:03.000 To be released. 0:21:03.760 --> 0:21:06.639 I think about Jacob in the scripture. He didn't have 0:21:06.720 --> 0:21:10.840 a lot of character. He was a cheater, he was dishonest. 0:21:11.280 --> 0:21:14.080 He even tricked his own brother out of his birthright. 0:21:14.760 --> 0:21:17.640 He would be someone we would compare to, that discarded 0:21:17.760 --> 0:21:21.920 piece of wood. Surely God wouldn't use him. Surely God 0:21:21.960 --> 0:21:25.680 would find somebody more perfect, somebody with less flaws. No, 0:21:25.840 --> 0:21:28.679 God doesn't judge people the way we judge them. 0:21:29.080 --> 0:21:32.600 God is full of mercy. He sees things in people 0:21:32.840 --> 0:21:33.800 that we can't see. 0:21:34.320 --> 0:21:37.840 And somehow I believe Jacob had the attitude. This is 0:21:37.880 --> 0:21:41.600 not who I really am. I'm not a cheater, I'm 0:21:41.640 --> 0:21:45.240 not a deceiver. Yes I've got some flaws. Yes I've 0:21:45.240 --> 0:21:48.440 made some mistakes. But I know I'm better than this. 0:21:49.119 --> 0:21:52.639 I know there's an eagle on the inside, just waiting 0:21:52.680 --> 0:21:57.199 to be released. I believe, deep down Jacob knew the 0:21:57.240 --> 0:22:01.440 butterfly was coming. No doubt, he felt like that discarded 0:22:01.480 --> 0:22:05.280 piece of wood, but he knew God wasn't finished with him. 0:22:05.760 --> 0:22:08.440 You may feel like, how could God bless me, Joe? 0:22:08.560 --> 0:22:12.240 How could God forgive me? You have to realize God 0:22:12.320 --> 0:22:15.399 can see the eagle in the wood. He sees the 0:22:15.400 --> 0:22:20.080 butterfly in the worm. God sees a champion in every failure. 0:22:20.480 --> 0:22:21.840 That's just the way God is. 0:22:22.720 --> 0:22:26.280 But the way this transformation takes place is for you 0:22:26.400 --> 0:22:27.840 to believe that you're forgiven. 0:22:28.600 --> 0:22:30.840 Believe that there's mercy for every mistake. 0:22:31.440 --> 0:22:36.600 Believe that you are who God says you are, valuable, forgiven, 0:22:37.000 --> 0:22:41.480 redeemed a person of divine destiny. In the Old Testament, 0:22:41.680 --> 0:22:44.439 there was a time when an army came in and 0:22:44.520 --> 0:22:48.040 attacked the city of Jerusalem, kidnapped many of the people, 0:22:48.359 --> 0:22:49.720 and killed their king. 0:22:50.480 --> 0:22:52.040 Now, for the first time. 0:22:52.160 --> 0:22:55.800 The people of Israel were without a leader. They were 0:22:55.880 --> 0:22:59.040 down and discouraged, didn't know what to do. And as 0:22:59.080 --> 0:23:03.360 they sat there feeling helpless in self pity, the prophet 0:23:03.480 --> 0:23:07.320 Michael rose up and began to speak faith into the people. 0:23:07.920 --> 0:23:11.920 He said, why are you crying? Why are you discouraged? 0:23:12.720 --> 0:23:15.120 Is there not a king in you. 0:23:15.920 --> 0:23:18.600 I believe God is saying that to each one of us, 0:23:18.920 --> 0:23:22.679 there is a king on the inside of you. You 0:23:22.760 --> 0:23:26.280 may have failed a thousand times, but the king. 0:23:26.440 --> 0:23:28.080 Is still in you. 0:23:28.080 --> 0:23:31.080 You may have been through disappointments, maybe you missed some 0:23:31.160 --> 0:23:35.640 good opportunities, but let these words sink deep down into 0:23:35.680 --> 0:23:40.200 your spirit. The king is still on the inside. People 0:23:40.280 --> 0:23:42.640 may have tried to push you down, tried to make 0:23:42.680 --> 0:23:47.240 you feel inferior, but realize what they said about you 0:23:47.800 --> 0:23:49.240 doesn't change what. 0:23:49.119 --> 0:23:50.600 God put in you. 0:23:50.760 --> 0:23:54.639 God always has the final say, and he said, he 0:23:54.680 --> 0:23:55.840 put a king in you. 0:23:56.359 --> 0:23:58.360 He put a queen in you. 0:23:58.359 --> 0:24:01.880 You need to put your shoulders back, hold your head 0:24:01.920 --> 0:24:06.080 up high. You have royal blood flowing through your veins. 0:24:06.720 --> 0:24:08.680 You are wearing a crown of favor. 0:24:09.320 --> 0:24:10.040 You have on a. 0:24:10.080 --> 0:24:14.560 Robe of righteousness. You've been armed with strength for every battle. 0:24:15.040 --> 0:24:18.640 You are surrounded by God's favor. You have a treasure 0:24:18.760 --> 0:24:23.360 on the inside. You are set apart as God's special children. 0:24:23.920 --> 0:24:27.520 And I believe today I'm not looking at average people. 0:24:28.040 --> 0:24:29.000 I'm not looking at. 0:24:28.920 --> 0:24:33.120 Anyone ordinary, anyone mediocre. When I look out at you, 0:24:33.240 --> 0:24:36.719 I know I'm looking at royalty. I see kings, I 0:24:36.760 --> 0:24:40.280 see queens, I can see your crown of favor. I 0:24:40.320 --> 0:24:44.320 see children of the Most High God. You got to 0:24:44.359 --> 0:24:48.000 start calling out the king, start calling out the queen. 0:24:48.800 --> 0:24:50.760 Don't you dare sit there and say, well, this isn't 0:24:50.760 --> 0:24:54.000 for me today, Man, Joel, I fail so many times. 0:24:54.320 --> 0:24:56.000 I'm sure I'm all washed up. 0:24:56.560 --> 0:25:00.280 No, that didn't change what God put on the inside. 0:25:00.359 --> 0:25:03.399 You couldn't be any worse than Jacob. He felled again 0:25:03.680 --> 0:25:07.080 and again. One thing I love about God is he 0:25:07.119 --> 0:25:10.440 never gives up on us. God kept working with Jacob, 0:25:10.920 --> 0:25:15.040 making him molding him. One day, God said, Jacob, I'm 0:25:15.040 --> 0:25:20.360 gonna change your name. His name literally meant deceiver. God said, 0:25:20.359 --> 0:25:22.720 I don't want you to be called that anymore. You've 0:25:22.760 --> 0:25:26.840 gone from a worm to a butterfly, from a discarded 0:25:26.880 --> 0:25:30.600 piece of wood to an eagle. Your new name is 0:25:30.680 --> 0:25:35.760 going to be Israel. Israel means prince with God. He 0:25:35.840 --> 0:25:39.080 went from being called a cheater to being called a king. 0:25:40.000 --> 0:25:42.720 Now when people came up to him, instead of saying 0:25:42.760 --> 0:25:46.840 hey Jacob, hey cheater, they would say, hey Israel, hey king, 0:25:47.160 --> 0:25:50.800 Hey prince with God. You can imagine what that did 0:25:50.840 --> 0:25:55.240 to his self esteem. No doubt, he started thinking, I'm 0:25:55.280 --> 0:25:58.800 not a deceiver. I'm not a manipulator. That's not who 0:25:58.840 --> 0:26:04.119 I am. I'm a prince. I've been chosen by Almighty God. 0:26:04.480 --> 0:26:08.040 I've got a destiny to fulfill people, to help goals, 0:26:08.080 --> 0:26:12.439 to reach, dreams, to realize. He began to renew his mind, 0:26:13.040 --> 0:26:17.080 and just like God promised, a transformation took place. And 0:26:17.200 --> 0:26:20.119 some of you today, the only thing that's holding you 0:26:20.240 --> 0:26:24.840 back is your own thoughts toward yourself. You're focused on 0:26:24.960 --> 0:26:27.720 the times you've blown it, on your mistakes, on how 0:26:27.720 --> 0:26:31.439 you didn't measure up. You need to reprogram your thinking, 0:26:32.160 --> 0:26:35.840 get rid of those wormy thoughts and start thinking. 0:26:35.680 --> 0:26:36.400 Like a champion. 0:26:36.960 --> 0:26:40.480 Have the attitude I am who God says I am. 0:26:41.000 --> 0:26:43.040 I am forgiven, i am valuable. 0:26:43.320 --> 0:26:44.560 I am royalty. 0:26:45.200 --> 0:26:48.560 You've got to call out the king, call out the queen. 0:26:49.560 --> 0:26:52.919 Think about Jacob in the natural, it didn't look like 0:26:53.040 --> 0:26:55.480 there was a king in him. He seemed to be 0:26:55.520 --> 0:26:59.400 as ordinary as could be. You may feel that same 0:26:59.400 --> 0:27:03.320 way as rich ordinary. But every morning when you get up, 0:27:03.800 --> 0:27:06.359 you need to remind yourself just speak it by faith. 0:27:06.640 --> 0:27:10.000 I am royalty. I have the seed of Almighty God. 0:27:10.040 --> 0:27:13.600 There is something special about me. And when those thoughts 0:27:13.640 --> 0:27:16.640 come saying you're never gonna be a good parent, You're 0:27:16.680 --> 0:27:20.000 never gonna break that addiction. Instead of dwelling on it, 0:27:20.440 --> 0:27:23.120 just turn it around and say, no, this is where 0:27:23.160 --> 0:27:26.399 I am, but this is not where I'm staying. I 0:27:26.480 --> 0:27:29.000 know there's a King in me. I'm coming up higher, 0:27:29.040 --> 0:27:32.560 I'm growing, I'm changing. If you will call out the King, 0:27:33.160 --> 0:27:36.840 call out the Queen, that's your faith at work, and 0:27:36.880 --> 0:27:38.720 you'll see God bring things out of. 0:27:38.680 --> 0:27:41.560 You that you didn't even know were in you. Now. 0:27:41.560 --> 0:27:44.639 I believe today is going to be the start of 0:27:44.720 --> 0:27:53.200 some transformations, some metamorphosis. Strongholds of insecurity and inferiority are 0:27:53.240 --> 0:27:56.560 being broken right now. You're gonna feel a new sense 0:27:56.720 --> 0:28:00.200 of your value. You're gonna have a new boldness. There's 0:28:00.200 --> 0:28:03.600 a new courage to step out and do what God 0:28:03.640 --> 0:28:07.280 has put in your heart. You're gonna see supernatural doors 0:28:07.359 --> 0:28:10.520 begin to open. God is gonna bring talent out of 0:28:10.560 --> 0:28:11.920 you that you didn't even. 0:28:11.760 --> 0:28:14.520 Know was on the inside. Some of you. Right now, 0:28:14.760 --> 0:28:17.000 you've got one wing out of that cocoon. 0:28:17.359 --> 0:28:20.200 But it's time to stretch and get the other wing out. 0:28:20.720 --> 0:28:24.159 It's time to let go of every mistake, let go 0:28:24.480 --> 0:28:28.399 of disappointments, let go of rejection. When you do that, 0:28:28.840 --> 0:28:32.640 you will feel a new enthusiasm, a new victory. That 0:28:32.720 --> 0:28:35.720 heavy load will be lifted off of you. Instead of 0:28:35.800 --> 0:28:38.960 dragging through the day, kind of like that worm, You'll 0:28:38.960 --> 0:28:43.040 be transformed into that beautiful butterfly. You might as well 0:28:43.040 --> 0:28:46.440 get your wings out. Get ready to soar, Get ready 0:28:46.440 --> 0:28:49.720 for more favor. Get ready for God to restore what's 0:28:49.760 --> 0:28:53.520 been stolen. Get ready to accomplish every dream. When you 0:28:53.640 --> 0:28:54.360 renew your. 0:28:54.280 --> 0:28:57.840 Mind, God promises a transformation is gonna take place. 0:28:58.080 --> 0:29:01.160 That simply means the king's gonna go, the Queen's gonna 0:29:01.160 --> 0:29:04.000 come out. You're gonna live that life of victory. 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