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Improving Your Self-Image With Your Words

Joel Osteen
July 8, 2021 31m 7s

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One of the best ways we can improve our self-image is with our words. Use your words to make positive declarations over your life.  Your best days are still ahead, and together we can make a difference in this world with the message of God's hope and love. To give visit JoelOsteen.com/GiveHope See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Thanks for listening to 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:36.840 our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 0:01:36.959 --> 0:01:39.319 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:01:39.319 --> 0:01:40.880 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:01:41.200 --> 0:01:43.880 We appreciate you and pray put God's very best in 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:48.080 your life. 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:56.520 Oh God bless you. 0:01:56.920 --> 0:01:59.080 It is always a joy that comes into your home 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:00.960 with good news. 0:02:01.080 --> 0:02:04.720 We know that God is on your side and God rewards. 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:06.520 The people that seek after Him, and I believe that's you. 0:02:06.680 --> 0:02:08.880 Or you wouldn't be watching this today, or you guys 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:11.720 wouldn't be here. So that's why I come with just 0:02:11.960 --> 0:02:14.639 a message of hope, a message of faith, knowing that 0:02:14.800 --> 0:02:16.520 you know when we draw a night of God, God 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:19.520 draws die unto us. And so we're believing that two 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:21.760 thousand and six is going to be a great year 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:25.800 of victory in your life. But thanks for tuning in today. Listen, 0:02:25.880 --> 0:02:28.440 come out and see us ever in this area. Please 0:02:28.480 --> 0:02:30.800 don't come to Houston without stopping by and seeing us. 0:02:30.800 --> 0:02:32.760 We'd love to meet you one on one. But I 0:02:32.880 --> 0:02:34.880 like to get started each week with something kind of funny. 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:37.760 And I heard about this mechanic He was working on 0:02:37.800 --> 0:02:39.960 the engine of this car, and he had it all 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:43.040 torn apart there in this mechanic shop, and in walk 0:02:43.120 --> 0:02:46.520 this famous heart surgeon. And he said, doctor, tell me this, 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:50.440 I too, open up hearts and I replace valves and 0:02:50.480 --> 0:02:52.800 I put in new parts, and when I get finished, 0:02:52.800 --> 0:02:55.200 this car will be as good as new. And I 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:58.320 just don't understand why you make so much more money 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:01.040 when we basically do the same kind work. And that 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:03.880 heart surgeon smiled, and he said, try doing it with 0:03:03.960 --> 0:03:05.119 the engine running. 0:03:06.680 --> 0:03:09.440 All right. Hold of your bibles. Say it like you 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:12.520 mean it. Are you ready? This is my Bible. I 0:03:12.560 --> 0:03:13.799 am what it says, I am. 0:03:14.320 --> 0:03:16.840 I have what it says I have I can do 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:19.520 what it says I can do today, I will be 0:03:19.600 --> 0:03:23.760 talked the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:27.400 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:32.120 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. We've been 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:35.280 talking about how we are the seed of almighty God 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:38.680 and we have been created to live a life of victory. 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:41.760 God didn't make any of us to be average. He 0:03:41.800 --> 0:03:44.960 didn't make us to barely get by. We were created 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:49.160 to excel. It says before the foundation of the world. 0:03:49.560 --> 0:03:53.040 God has not only chosen us, but he has equipped 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:55.000 us with everything. 0:03:54.520 --> 0:03:56.720 We need to live his abundant life. 0:03:57.160 --> 0:04:00.040 You have seeds of greatness on the inside of you 0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:03.160 right now, but it's up to us to believe this 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:06.040 and act on it. And I see too many people 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:11.280 today going around with low self esteem, feeling inferior, like 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:14.120 they don't have what it takes. But as long as 0:04:14.200 --> 0:04:17.360 we have that poor self image, we're not going to 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:21.559 experience God's best. Now I've found you will never rise 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:24.840 above the image that you have of yourself. And that's 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:28.400 why it's so important that we see ourselves as God 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:31.200 sees us. And I want you to have this image 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:34.200 of a champion on the inside. You may not be 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:37.600 there yet, you may have some areas to overcome, but 0:04:37.680 --> 0:04:40.200 you need to know deep down in here, beyond the 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:43.320 shadow of a doubt, that you are a victor and 0:04:43.440 --> 0:04:46.560 not a victim. And one of the best ways that 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:50.039 we can improve our self image is with our words. 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:55.240 Words are like seeds. They have created power. It says 0:04:55.279 --> 0:04:58.880 in Isaiah that we will eat the fruit of our words. 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:03.360 In other words, our words are going to produce exactly 0:05:03.440 --> 0:05:07.000 what we're saying. And so every day we should make 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:11.240 positive declarations over our lives. We should say things like 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:15.960 I am blessed, I am prosperous, I am healthy, I 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:20.360 am talented, I am creative, I am wise. When we 0:05:20.440 --> 0:05:23.799 do that, we are building up our self image. Those 0:05:23.880 --> 0:05:26.960 words are going to get down on the inside and 0:05:27.000 --> 0:05:29.440 eventually they'll begin to change. 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:30.400 The way we see ourselves. 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:33.280 And the scripture says they're in James three, verse ten. 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:37.719 With our tongue, we can either bless our life or 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:40.680 we can curse our life. And I know people going 0:05:40.720 --> 0:05:45.400 around cursing their future. They say things like I don't 0:05:45.440 --> 0:05:48.440 have what it takes, I'm so clumsy, I can't get 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:52.880 anything right, I'm so undisciplined, I'll probably never lose this weight. 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:57.200 They don't realize it, but they just curse their future. Now, 0:05:57.200 --> 0:06:00.280 we've got to be extremely careful what we all lie 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:04.240 out of our mouth. Our words are setting the direction 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:08.200 for our lives. Let me ask you which direction are 0:06:08.240 --> 0:06:12.080 you going? Are you declaring good things? Are you blessing 0:06:12.160 --> 0:06:16.400 your life, speaking words of faith over your future? Or 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:19.520 are you going around saying negative things? Nothing good ever 0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:22.120 happens to me. I'll probably never get out of debt. 0:06:22.200 --> 0:06:25.560 I'll never break this addiction. Now, when you talk like that, 0:06:25.880 --> 0:06:29.039 you are setting the limits for your life. Too many 0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:32.920 people today have a poor self image, all because of 0:06:32.960 --> 0:06:37.320 their own words. They've gone around for years putting themselves down, 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:41.200 and now they've developed these wrong mindsets and it's keeping 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:44.160 them from rising higher. Well, you say, Joel, I've made 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:46.880 so many mistakes. I don't see how God could bless me, 0:06:47.040 --> 0:06:49.880 and I just don't feel like I deserve it. Now, 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:52.480 the best thing you could do is, all through the day, 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:55.440 start saying to yourself, I am a new creature, I 0:06:55.480 --> 0:06:58.239 am forgiven, I am valuable to God. 0:06:58.400 --> 0:06:59.760 He has made me worthy. 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:03.160 You keep saying that long enough, you're gonna put your 0:07:03.160 --> 0:07:03.960 shoulders back. 0:07:04.360 --> 0:07:06.120 You'll start expecting good things. 0:07:06.680 --> 0:07:09.280 You may be lonely today, but you shouldn't go around 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:12.880 talking about it all the time. I'm so lonely, I'm discouraged. 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:15.600 Nobody ever likes to be around me. I'll probably never 0:07:15.640 --> 0:07:17.920 get married. Now you've got to get up every day 0:07:18.200 --> 0:07:21.440 and say I am fun to be around, I am attractive, 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:24.320 I am friendly, I have a good personality. 0:07:24.480 --> 0:07:28.600 People are drawn to me. You say that day after day. 0:07:28.600 --> 0:07:31.640 And it'll begin to change your self image. You'll go 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:34.320 out and not only have more confidence, but you'll be 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:38.200 more friendly, and you'll in turn attract new people. And 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:40.960 I know some of you today you've had other people 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:45.320 speak negative, destructive words over you, and unfortunately you've heard 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:48.040 it so long it's kind of affecting. 0:07:47.600 --> 0:07:48.680 Your self image. 0:07:49.200 --> 0:07:51.920 The only way that's going to change is for you 0:07:51.960 --> 0:07:56.400 to get on the offensive and start speaking these faith filled. 0:07:56.120 --> 0:07:58.200 Words over your own life. 0:07:58.360 --> 0:08:00.880 Maybe it was a parent or a coach or a 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:03.480 teacher growing up, somebody that said things like you don't 0:08:03.480 --> 0:08:06.360 have what it takes, you're never going to be successful, 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:08.800 you can't go to that college, you're not smart enough. 0:08:09.360 --> 0:08:12.280 And now those words have taken root, and it's setting 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:14.800 the limits for your life. But let me tell you, 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:17.840 the best eraser you can ever find is God's word. 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:21.080 You need to quit dwelling on that junk and start 0:08:21.160 --> 0:08:23.400 saying out of your own mouth what God. 0:08:23.240 --> 0:08:24.520 Says about you. 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:27.920 You should go around all day long saying I am anointed, 0:08:28.400 --> 0:08:32.560 I am approved, I am equipped, I've been chosen, I've 0:08:32.600 --> 0:08:35.640 been set apart, i am destined to live in victory. 0:08:36.160 --> 0:08:39.440 When you do that, you just bless your life. Not 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:43.240 only that, your self image will begin to improve. There 0:08:43.320 --> 0:08:47.200 is creative power in your words, and I found you 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:50.160 believe your words more than you believe anybody else's. 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:51.080 Think about it. 0:08:51.120 --> 0:08:53.280 Your words go out of your mouth and they come 0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:56.079 right back into your own ears, and if you hear 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:59.200 it long enough, it'll drop down into your spirit and 0:08:59.240 --> 0:09:03.000 those words will produce exactly what you're saying. And that's 0:09:03.040 --> 0:09:05.720 why it's so important that we get in a habit 0:09:05.920 --> 0:09:10.120 every day of declaring good things over our lives. When 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:12.600 you get up in the morning, instead of looking at 0:09:12.640 --> 0:09:15.320 that mirror and saying, ah, man, I can't believe I 0:09:15.360 --> 0:09:18.719 look like this. I'm getting so old, I'm so wrinkled. No, 0:09:18.880 --> 0:09:20.959 you need to just smile and say good morning, you 0:09:21.080 --> 0:09:21.880 good looking thing. 0:09:23.679 --> 0:09:25.559 It's like that guy I heard about. He told his. 0:09:25.520 --> 0:09:27.520 Wife, I can't wait to get up in the morning. 0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:30.160 She said, why, he said, because I get better looking 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:32.319 every day, and I can't wait to see what I'm gonna. 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:33.600 Look like tomorrow. 0:09:34.600 --> 0:09:36.680 But no matter how you feel, when you get up 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:38.920 in the morning, you look at that mirror, you need 0:09:38.960 --> 0:09:42.560 to say, I am strong, I am healthy. God is 0:09:42.600 --> 0:09:45.600 renewing my youth like the eagles, and I am excited 0:09:45.640 --> 0:09:49.320 about this day. And in the natural it may not 0:09:49.520 --> 0:09:52.080 be true. You may not feel up to part that day. 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:55.120 You may have a lot of obstacles. But the scripture 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:58.400 tells us in Romans four seventeen that we are to 0:09:58.480 --> 0:10:02.160 call the things that are not as if they already were. 0:10:02.760 --> 0:10:04.880 In other words, don't talk about. 0:10:04.679 --> 0:10:07.120 The way you are, talk about the way you want 0:10:07.160 --> 0:10:10.440 to be. That's what faith is all about. See in 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:12.800 the world, you have to see it to believe it. 0:10:13.320 --> 0:10:15.600 But God says you have to believe it and then 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:18.880 you'll see it. And for instance, you may be very 0:10:19.000 --> 0:10:22.440 undisciplined in a certain area, but instead of going around 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:26.120 complaining about it and talking bad about yourself, you need 0:10:26.160 --> 0:10:29.600 to start calling in what you need. When you say, Joel, 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:33.920 I just can't seem to resist this temptation. I'm so undisciplined. 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:37.200 I don't think I'm ever going to change now. Unfortunately, 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:40.320 you're not going to change. Talking like that, you're just 0:10:40.360 --> 0:10:43.199 feeding yourself a bunch of defeat and your image is 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:46.120 getting lower and lower. You've got to change what you're saying. 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:49.320 You need to start saying every day I am disciplined, 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:52.640 I have self control, I make good decisions. 0:10:52.800 --> 0:10:55.679 I'm an overcomer. This thing didn't come to stay. 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:59.000 It came to pass, and all through the day, when 0:10:59.040 --> 0:11:01.800 you're driving to work, when you're taking a shower, when 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:04.559 you're cooking dinner, under your breath, you should be saying, 0:11:04.679 --> 0:11:07.000 I am more than a conquer I can do what 0:11:07.040 --> 0:11:08.920 I need to do. I'm a child of the most 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:12.120 High God. And as you do that, you're getting stronger 0:11:12.160 --> 0:11:15.400 and stronger, and that image on the inside is changing. 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:18.200 I know some of you are students here today and 0:11:18.520 --> 0:11:21.600 you don't really think that you could ever make good grades. 0:11:21.960 --> 0:11:24.320 Well, Joel, I'm just a sea student. That's the best 0:11:24.320 --> 0:11:25.160 I've ever done. 0:11:25.280 --> 0:11:28.080 I don't understand math, and this teacher he's the hardest 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:32.560 one around. Now, quit limiting yourself with those words. You 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:35.720 need to say every day, I excel in school, I 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:39.040 am a quick learner, I have good study habits. 0:11:39.040 --> 0:11:41.880 I am full of God's wisdom. You've got to call 0:11:41.920 --> 0:11:42.800 in what you need. 0:11:43.600 --> 0:11:46.880 Or maybe you're here and you're naturally kind of critical 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:50.040 and judgmental toward people. But don't just sit back and 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:52.280 think that's the way I am. Now you need to 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:55.360 look in that mirror and say, every day, I am compassionate, 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:59.360 I am kind, I am understanding, I believe the best 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:04.280 in people. And as you consistently made these positive declarations, 0:12:04.600 --> 0:12:06.400 they're going to get down on the inside of you 0:12:06.760 --> 0:12:09.640 and things are going to begin to change. You remember 0:12:09.679 --> 0:12:12.679 the story of Abraham and Sarah. When God told them 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:15.280 they were going to have a child. They were both 0:12:15.400 --> 0:12:18.120 well beyond the child bearing years, close to one hundred 0:12:18.240 --> 0:12:22.400 years old. In fact, when Abraham told Sarah, first thing 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:26.040 she did was to laugh. She said, Abraham, me have 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:28.440 a child. I'm an old woman. I don't think so. 0:12:29.160 --> 0:12:32.480 And God knew he had to change the image they 0:12:32.480 --> 0:12:35.240 had of themselves before they could ever have that child. 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:39.120 Well how did God do it? He changed their names. 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:43.040 In other words, he changed the words they were hearing. 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:49.719 Says in Genesis. He changed Sarah to Sarah, which means princes. 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:56.079 He changed Abram to Abraham, which means father of many nations. 0:12:56.800 --> 0:13:00.160 Think about it, Before Abraham had a single child word, 0:13:00.480 --> 0:13:03.880 God called him by faith the father of many nations. 0:13:04.520 --> 0:13:07.600 Every time somebody said, hey, Abraham, how you doing, they 0:13:07.640 --> 0:13:08.439 were saying. 0:13:08.280 --> 0:13:10.440 Hello, Father of many nations. 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:14.000 He heard that, no doubt, thousands and thousands of times. 0:13:14.240 --> 0:13:17.880 It began to get down on the inside. Think about Sarah. 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:21.240 She was an older woman who had never had any children. 0:13:21.760 --> 0:13:24.120 She probably didn't have too good of a self image. 0:13:24.280 --> 0:13:27.600 She probably didn't feel much like a princess. But every 0:13:27.640 --> 0:13:31.960 time somebody said hello, Sarah, they were saying hello princes. 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:35.760 She heard that day in and day out. Good morning, princess, 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:39.240 Good afternoon, princes. Over time, that. 0:13:39.360 --> 0:13:40.880 Changed her self image. 0:13:41.160 --> 0:13:45.240 Now she no longer saw herself as an older, barren woman. 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:48.880 She began to see herself as a princess. You know 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:52.640 the story. Eventually she gave birth to that child. That's 0:13:52.679 --> 0:13:55.760 what words can do. That's what can happen when you 0:13:55.800 --> 0:13:56.120 have the. 0:13:56.120 --> 0:13:58.160 Right image on the inside. 0:13:58.280 --> 0:14:01.559 And I know some of you today, Sarah, God has 0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:05.960 put something in your heart that seems totally impossible. It 0:14:06.000 --> 0:14:08.720 may seem impossible for you to ever be well again, 0:14:09.320 --> 0:14:11.680 or impossible for you to get out of death, to 0:14:11.720 --> 0:14:15.360 get married, to lose weight, to start that new business 0:14:15.600 --> 0:14:18.160 in the natural. All the odds are against you. You 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:20.440 don't see how it could happen. If you're going to 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:23.320 see those dreams come to pass, you have to get 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:26.080 your mouth going in the right direction, and you need 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:29.480 to develop a new image on the inside. No matter 0:14:29.520 --> 0:14:33.120 how impossible something looks, no matter how you feel, you 0:14:33.160 --> 0:14:35.720 need to just start boldly declaring day in and day out, 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:38.560 I'm strong in the Lord. I can do all things 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:41.760 through Christ. I am well able to fulfill my destiny. 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:45.400 You've got to call in what God has promised you. 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:49.160 That's what the scripture says. Let the weak say I 0:14:49.240 --> 0:14:52.640 am strong. You may not feel well today, but don't 0:14:52.680 --> 0:14:54.880 you dare go around saying I don't think I'm ever 0:14:54.920 --> 0:14:56.040 going to get over this sickness. 0:14:56.120 --> 0:14:56.400 Joel. 0:14:56.760 --> 0:14:59.680 No, you need to start boldly declaring God is restoring 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:00.400 health me. 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:01.760 I am getting. 0:15:01.480 --> 0:15:06.000 Better and better every day in every way, or maybe 0:15:06.040 --> 0:15:08.000 even in your financial situation. 0:15:08.160 --> 0:15:09.320 It doesn't look very good. 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:13.480 Well, you need to start saying I'm blessed, I'm prosperous, I'm. 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:16.440 The head, not the tail. I will lend and not borrow. 0:15:17.120 --> 0:15:20.080 What I'm saying today is, don't use your words to 0:15:20.160 --> 0:15:23.920 describe your situation. Use your words to change your situation. 0:15:24.640 --> 0:15:26.880 We have these friends that live in Dallas, and for 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:30.200 years they were trying to have another child. They had 0:15:30.240 --> 0:15:32.640 a daughter, but they really wanted to have a son. 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:36.240 But this wife, every time she got pregnant, she had 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:40.440 a miscarriage. This happened five times over a nine year period. 0:15:40.840 --> 0:15:42.880 They were getting up there in age, and they were 0:15:43.000 --> 0:15:47.800 very discouraged and very frustrating. And this husband's name was Joe. 0:15:48.360 --> 0:15:51.440 He'd gone by Joe his whole lifetime. But one day 0:15:51.640 --> 0:15:55.240 it came to his attention what his full name meant. 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:58.760 Of course, his full name was Joseph, and that means 0:15:59.000 --> 0:16:02.880 God will add. And when he heard that, something just 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:06.000 clicked on the inside. He knew that God was speaking 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:09.200 to him. And so he decided, kind of like this story, 0:16:09.480 --> 0:16:12.960 to go back and start using his full name. And 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:16.200 so he told his friends, his family, his coworkers, don't 0:16:16.200 --> 0:16:20.120 call me Joe anymore. Start calling me Joseph. They didn't 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:22.000 know what he was doing. They thought he was having 0:16:22.000 --> 0:16:25.720 some kind of midlife crisis. But he didn't care. He 0:16:25.800 --> 0:16:29.440 knew every time somebody said hello, Joseph, they were saying 0:16:29.560 --> 0:16:33.360 God will add They were speaking faith into his life, 0:16:33.480 --> 0:16:35.920 and he took that as them saying, God is going 0:16:35.920 --> 0:16:38.360 to add to us a son. And do you know, 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:41.560 it wasn't more than several months after he started doing 0:16:41.600 --> 0:16:44.960 that that his wife became pregnant with a baby boy, 0:16:45.360 --> 0:16:48.040 and for the first time in ten years, she was 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:51.480 able to carry the child full term. Not too long ago, 0:16:51.760 --> 0:16:54.920 that little boy was born, healthy and whole, and as 0:16:54.960 --> 0:16:56.440 a testimony. 0:16:55.800 --> 0:16:57.920 To what God had done, they named him. 0:16:58.040 --> 0:17:02.080 Joseph as well God Will had I was reading not 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:05.040 too long ago this magazine article on it talked about 0:17:05.080 --> 0:17:08.919 these doctors that found a new way to treat patients 0:17:09.000 --> 0:17:12.840 with depression. Instead of using a traditional approach and just 0:17:12.880 --> 0:17:18.840 giving them medication, they started having their patients make positive declarations, 0:17:18.920 --> 0:17:21.520 just like I'm talking about. They had them say things 0:17:21.600 --> 0:17:25.680 like I have a bright future, people like me, good 0:17:25.760 --> 0:17:26.720 things are in store. 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:28.760 It told how they. 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:33.840 Had remarkable results, much better than with traditional medication. In fact, 0:17:34.000 --> 0:17:37.280 some of these patients were facing life threatening diseases and 0:17:37.320 --> 0:17:38.840 they didn't feel like there was any hope. 0:17:39.320 --> 0:17:40.880 And the first thing the doctor would. 0:17:40.720 --> 0:17:44.600 Do was asked the patient, has anyone ever survived from 0:17:44.600 --> 0:17:47.760 this disease? Has one person ever made it? And of 0:17:47.800 --> 0:17:50.440 course the answer was always yes. And he said, well, 0:17:50.720 --> 0:17:53.440 I want you to start saying I will be one 0:17:53.480 --> 0:17:55.480 of the ones to make it. I will be one 0:17:55.480 --> 0:17:58.000 of the ones to beat the odds. They begin to 0:17:58.040 --> 0:18:01.920 do this day in and day out, getting better. I'm recovering, 0:18:02.119 --> 0:18:05.280 I'm going to make it. It's amazing how many of 0:18:05.320 --> 0:18:08.400 them not only came out of that depression, but many 0:18:08.440 --> 0:18:12.920 of them did make full physical recoveries. See, there's power 0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:17.000 in what we're saying. With our words, we are prophesying 0:18:17.080 --> 0:18:23.000 our future. Too many people go around prophesying defeat, failure, lack, mediocrity. 0:18:23.680 --> 0:18:27.400 Now use your words to declare good things. Declare victory 0:18:27.440 --> 0:18:30.520 over your life, declare health, declear joy. 0:18:30.880 --> 0:18:31.640 All through the day. 0:18:31.680 --> 0:18:34.480 We should go around saying I have the favor of God. 0:18:34.760 --> 0:18:37.199 I can do what I need to do. When we 0:18:37.240 --> 0:18:40.280 do that, we are blessing our life and we are 0:18:40.320 --> 0:18:44.600 strengthening our self image. And if you struggle with depression, today, 0:18:45.160 --> 0:18:48.399 you too can use your words to change things. You 0:18:48.440 --> 0:18:50.760 may have been through a lot of disappointments, you may 0:18:50.760 --> 0:18:53.600 have gone through some setbacks in the past, but you, 0:18:53.640 --> 0:18:56.320 more than anybody, need to get up every day and 0:18:56.440 --> 0:18:58.920 just boldly declare this is going to be a great day. 0:18:59.480 --> 0:19:01.960 I may have been defeated in the past, but this 0:19:02.040 --> 0:19:04.760 is a new day. God is on my side. Things 0:19:04.800 --> 0:19:09.000 are changing in my favor. And when those old, negative, 0:19:09.040 --> 0:19:12.560 discouraging thoughts come back, and I'm sure they will, instead 0:19:12.560 --> 0:19:15.280 of complaining and expecting the worst, you need to just 0:19:15.359 --> 0:19:18.119 say it again and again. Something good is going to 0:19:18.160 --> 0:19:21.320 happen to me. I am a victory and not a victim. 0:19:21.560 --> 0:19:23.800 You've got to talk to yourself. Not enough to just 0:19:23.840 --> 0:19:26.760 think it, you need to hear it over and over again. 0:19:27.160 --> 0:19:30.320 Good things are in store. God is fighting my battles 0:19:30.320 --> 0:19:33.520 for me. New doors of opportunity are opening. As you 0:19:33.640 --> 0:19:37.199 do that, you are developing a new image on the inside, 0:19:37.240 --> 0:19:40.679 and things will begin to change in your favor. Now, 0:19:40.720 --> 0:19:43.399 I wonder what would happen if we'd all take at 0:19:43.520 --> 0:19:46.639 least five minutes a day and just declare good things 0:19:46.680 --> 0:19:47.480 over our lives. 0:19:47.880 --> 0:19:49.400 There's no telling how high. 0:19:49.200 --> 0:19:52.160 We would all rise. Why don't you start. I'm talking 0:19:52.160 --> 0:19:55.880 about getting alone before you leave the house or even 0:19:55.960 --> 0:20:00.160 driving to work, and just speaking the blessing over your life. 0:20:00.280 --> 0:20:02.880 You may even want to write it down, it says 0:20:02.880 --> 0:20:05.960 in Habacca to write down your vision. Why don't you 0:20:06.000 --> 0:20:09.760 make a list of your dreams, your goals, the areas 0:20:09.760 --> 0:20:12.400 you want to improve, the things you want to see changed, 0:20:12.840 --> 0:20:14.639 and always make sure you can back it up with 0:20:14.680 --> 0:20:17.640 God's word, and then just take a few minutes alone 0:20:17.720 --> 0:20:21.040 every day and just declare that over your life. It's 0:20:21.040 --> 0:20:22.800 not enough to read it, it's not enough to think 0:20:22.800 --> 0:20:26.359 about it. Something supernatural happens when we speak it out. 0:20:26.720 --> 0:20:29.439 That's how we give life to our faith. Maybe you 0:20:29.480 --> 0:20:33.680 struggle with condemnation. You feel guilty because of your past mistakes, 0:20:33.720 --> 0:20:37.439 and that black cloud tries to follow you around all day. No, 0:20:37.520 --> 0:20:40.080 you need to just start boldly declaring all through the day, 0:20:40.359 --> 0:20:43.439 I'm the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. God is 0:20:43.520 --> 0:20:46.560 pleased with me, He's smiling down on me. I am 0:20:46.680 --> 0:20:50.639 a friend of God. You do that consistently and guilt 0:20:50.680 --> 0:20:52.440 and condemnation can't stay around you. 0:20:53.400 --> 0:20:55.080 Or maybe you struggle with worrying. 0:20:55.600 --> 0:20:58.760 You're always upset your mind's going ninety to nothing. Well, 0:20:58.760 --> 0:21:01.040 you need to just start declaring I have the peace 0:21:01.040 --> 0:21:04.439 of God, my mind is at rest, I have a 0:21:04.520 --> 0:21:08.600 relaxed and easy going attitude to clear it. By faith, 0:21:08.880 --> 0:21:11.440 you can use your words to change that situation. 0:21:12.080 --> 0:21:12.920 I know this lady. 0:21:13.160 --> 0:21:15.600 She had tried to quit smoking for years and years, 0:21:15.640 --> 0:21:18.080 and she had good intentions. She did her best, but 0:21:18.160 --> 0:21:20.520 she just couldn't seem to do it, and she was 0:21:20.600 --> 0:21:23.159 always saying, I just don't have what it takes. 0:21:23.600 --> 0:21:24.560 This is just too. 0:21:24.400 --> 0:21:27.320 Hard for me, and I'll never break this addiction. She 0:21:27.440 --> 0:21:30.719 even told her friends, even if I ever do quit smoking, 0:21:30.840 --> 0:21:33.520 I know I'm gonna gain so much weight. She was 0:21:33.600 --> 0:21:37.120 constantly speaking negative words over her life, and this went 0:21:37.160 --> 0:21:37.879 on for years. 0:21:38.160 --> 0:21:39.840 She was so frustrated about it. 0:21:40.160 --> 0:21:42.720 But one day somebody told her, what I'm telling you, 0:21:43.160 --> 0:21:46.080 to change what she was saying, to call the things 0:21:46.080 --> 0:21:49.160 that are not as if they already were. She didn't 0:21:49.160 --> 0:21:52.000 know any better. She just started saying, I don't like 0:21:52.080 --> 0:21:55.200 to smoke. I can't stand the taste of this nicotine. 0:21:55.400 --> 0:21:57.840 And when I do quit smoking, I'm not gonna gain one. 0:21:57.680 --> 0:21:58.160 Bit of weight. 0:21:58.960 --> 0:22:02.919 She said that after day, month after month. It's funny 0:22:02.960 --> 0:22:05.320 she told me, Joel, I'd be sitting there smoking a 0:22:05.320 --> 0:22:08.000 cigarette and just enjoying it. Yet I'd say out of 0:22:08.000 --> 0:22:11.080 my mouth, I can't stand to smoke. I can't stand 0:22:11.119 --> 0:22:15.080 this nicotine. See, she wasn't talking about the way she was. 0:22:15.400 --> 0:22:17.760 She was talking about the way she wanted to be. 0:22:18.600 --> 0:22:20.880 She did that month after month, and she said, one 0:22:20.920 --> 0:22:23.400 day she woke up and lit up that cigarette, and 0:22:23.440 --> 0:22:26.840 it tasted kind of different, tasted a little bit strange, 0:22:26.840 --> 0:22:27.680 a little bit bitter. 0:22:28.160 --> 0:22:31.800 Well, month after month it got worse and worse and worse, and. 0:22:31.720 --> 0:22:34.720 One day that tasted so bad she couldn't stand it anymore. 0:22:34.840 --> 0:22:36.840 She was able to lay it down. And do you know, 0:22:37.200 --> 0:22:39.840 she never did game one bit of weight. Today she's 0:22:39.920 --> 0:22:43.520 totally free from that. She broke that addiction in part 0:22:43.720 --> 0:22:45.480 by the power of her words. 0:22:45.720 --> 0:22:48.119 She prophesied her future for. 0:22:48.240 --> 0:22:50.680 Some of you today, Like this lady, you have spent 0:22:50.840 --> 0:22:52.960 years saying negative things about yourself. 0:22:53.320 --> 0:22:54.680 Man, I can't break this addiction. 0:22:55.200 --> 0:22:57.880 I can't lose weight, I'll never get out of debt, 0:22:57.920 --> 0:23:02.160 I'll never get married. Now those words have created a stronghold. 0:23:02.440 --> 0:23:05.320 You have the wrong image on the inside. And unless 0:23:05.359 --> 0:23:09.120 you change that image and start seeing yourself with the victory, 0:23:09.359 --> 0:23:11.600 You're going to stay right where you are. And I'm 0:23:11.640 --> 0:23:16.760 asking you today to not say another negative thing about yourself. 0:23:17.359 --> 0:23:20.479 You may be the most undisciplined person in here, you 0:23:20.520 --> 0:23:23.560 may have a thousand bad habits, but I'm asking you 0:23:23.800 --> 0:23:26.800 to not let another critical word come out of. 0:23:26.720 --> 0:23:28.240 Your mouth toward yourself. 0:23:28.760 --> 0:23:32.080 Use your words to bless your life, use your words 0:23:32.119 --> 0:23:35.400 to declare the victory. Look in that mirror and call 0:23:35.520 --> 0:23:37.919 in what you need. It's got a change on the 0:23:37.960 --> 0:23:41.359 inside before it's going to happen on the outside. And 0:23:41.440 --> 0:23:44.199 some of you don't see yourself rising high enough. You 0:23:44.240 --> 0:23:47.560 don't see yourself leading the company in sales. You don't 0:23:47.560 --> 0:23:51.480 see yourself being promoted increasing. You need to start saying 0:23:51.480 --> 0:23:55.160 every day I'm excelling in my career, i have the 0:23:55.200 --> 0:23:59.560 favor of God, I make good decisions, I'm a hard worker, 0:23:59.720 --> 0:24:01.880 and I'm I'm going to rise to new heights. 0:24:02.400 --> 0:24:03.760 Do you hear that long enough? 0:24:03.920 --> 0:24:06.800 It'll create a new image on the inside, an image 0:24:06.840 --> 0:24:09.720 of victory, an image of success. That's why I say 0:24:09.800 --> 0:24:12.280 every single day, whether I feel like it or not, 0:24:12.560 --> 0:24:15.840 I am anoyted. My gifts and talents are coming out 0:24:15.840 --> 0:24:19.120 to the full. Every message gets better and better. People 0:24:19.200 --> 0:24:21.280 are drawn to me, people want to listen to me. 0:24:21.880 --> 0:24:23.800 And do you know, I get letters all the time 0:24:23.840 --> 0:24:27.880 from people that say, Joel, I never watch TV preachers. 0:24:27.880 --> 0:24:30.280 I don't even like them, but for some reason, when 0:24:30.320 --> 0:24:32.280 I turn you on, I just can't turn you off. 0:24:32.680 --> 0:24:35.920 See I've called that in that's the favor of God. 0:24:38.160 --> 0:24:40.639 I had somebody write a while back, this man, and 0:24:40.680 --> 0:24:42.760 he said that his wife had been trying to get 0:24:42.840 --> 0:24:45.000 him to watch for years, but he wouldn't do it. 0:24:45.320 --> 0:24:49.359 He's very cynical and sarcastic towards the things of God. 0:24:49.400 --> 0:24:51.520 But he said, one day he's flipping through the channels 0:24:51.520 --> 0:24:54.600 and he came across our program and he normally just 0:24:54.720 --> 0:24:57.240 turns it off real quickly, but for some reason, his 0:24:57.320 --> 0:25:02.320 remote control quit working and he got stuck on our channel, 0:25:02.320 --> 0:25:05.800 and he was so frustrated, so aggravated. He finagled that 0:25:05.840 --> 0:25:08.760 remote control changed the battery, still couldn't get it to work, 0:25:09.160 --> 0:25:12.080 and he said, Joel, even though I acted like I 0:25:12.160 --> 0:25:14.960 wasn't listening, what you were saying was talking directly to me. 0:25:15.440 --> 0:25:17.560 And he said, the funny thing was the minute the 0:25:17.560 --> 0:25:20.040 program was over, it my remote control started working again, 0:25:21.520 --> 0:25:24.840 and now he never misses a Sunday. And God works 0:25:24.840 --> 0:25:27.520 in mysterious ways, doesn't he. But you need to declare 0:25:27.680 --> 0:25:30.760 good things over your own life. Do you know if 0:25:30.800 --> 0:25:34.960 you are negative and critical toward yourself, your own words 0:25:35.080 --> 0:25:38.080 can stop God's best plan from coming to pass in 0:25:38.119 --> 0:25:41.840 your life. This is what almost happened to the prophet Jeremiah. 0:25:42.200 --> 0:25:45.280 God said, Jeremiah, I saw you before you were ever 0:25:45.400 --> 0:25:48.640 formed in your mother's roomb, and I have chosen you 0:25:48.880 --> 0:25:50.840 to be a prophet to the nations. 0:25:51.400 --> 0:25:53.040 Well, Jeremiah was very young. 0:25:53.440 --> 0:25:55.920 He didn't have much confidence, and when he heard this, 0:25:56.000 --> 0:25:56.800 he was afraid. 0:25:57.280 --> 0:26:00.480 He said, God, I can't do that. I can't speak 0:26:00.520 --> 0:26:03.199 to the nations. I'm too young. I wouldn't even know 0:26:03.240 --> 0:26:03.800 what to say. 0:26:04.600 --> 0:26:08.520 God answered him back and said, Jeremiah, say not that 0:26:08.560 --> 0:26:13.479 you are too young. Notice God immediately stopped his negative words. 0:26:13.680 --> 0:26:14.400 Why was that? 0:26:15.000 --> 0:26:18.199 It's because God knew if he went around saying I 0:26:18.200 --> 0:26:20.520 can't do this, I don't have what it takes, I'm 0:26:20.560 --> 0:26:23.439 too young. God knew he would get exactly what he 0:26:23.560 --> 0:26:26.720 was saying. He knew those negative words would stop his 0:26:26.840 --> 0:26:29.679 best plan from coming to pass. And so God simply 0:26:29.720 --> 0:26:33.520 said Jeremiah, do not say that anymore. Don't use those 0:26:33.600 --> 0:26:36.320 words to curse your future. And it goes on to 0:26:36.359 --> 0:26:39.960 tell how Jeremiah changed what he was saying. And God 0:26:40.000 --> 0:26:42.280 has called every one of us to do great things. 0:26:42.520 --> 0:26:45.880 He's put dreams and desires in your heart. There are 0:26:45.880 --> 0:26:48.200 areas where you want to improve, things that you want 0:26:48.240 --> 0:26:51.200 to accomplish. But it's so easy to do like Jeremiah 0:26:51.240 --> 0:26:53.800 and just make these excuses. God, I can't do it. 0:26:53.920 --> 0:26:58.280 I've made too many mistakes. I'm too young, I'm too old. God, 0:26:58.280 --> 0:27:00.840 I come from the wrong side of the track. Now 0:27:00.920 --> 0:27:03.240 God is saying to us the same thing he said 0:27:03.240 --> 0:27:07.480 to Jeremiah. Stop saying that those negative words can keep 0:27:07.520 --> 0:27:10.000 you out of God's best plan. I believe for some 0:27:10.040 --> 0:27:12.240 of you today, this can be a turning point in 0:27:12.280 --> 0:27:16.200 your life. You never say anything good about yourself, and 0:27:16.320 --> 0:27:19.240 really it's not enough to just not say anything negative. 0:27:19.560 --> 0:27:22.080 You need to get on the offensive and start making 0:27:22.119 --> 0:27:25.119 these positive declarations over your own life. 0:27:25.320 --> 0:27:25.800 Every day. 0:27:25.840 --> 0:27:28.560 You need to say things like I am blessed, i 0:27:28.600 --> 0:27:33.400 am prosperous, I'm healthy, i am called, I'm annointed, I'm creative, 0:27:33.440 --> 0:27:37.080 I'm talented, I'm well able to fulfill my destiny. 0:27:37.320 --> 0:27:38.160 Speak that out. 0:27:38.600 --> 0:27:42.360 Your words have created power. You want to know where 0:27:42.400 --> 0:27:44.560 you're going to be five years from now, Just listen 0:27:44.600 --> 0:27:47.919 to your words. You are prophesying your future. If you 0:27:47.960 --> 0:27:51.560 want to be stronger, healthier, happier, if you want to 0:27:51.600 --> 0:27:55.720 break addictions, you got to start declaring it right now. 0:27:57.119 --> 0:27:58.680 Remember you're going to. 0:27:58.600 --> 0:28:01.320 Eat the fruit of your own words, and so I 0:28:01.400 --> 0:28:05.400 challenge you again. Don't ever say another negative thing about yourself. 0:28:05.920 --> 0:28:09.119 Don't curse your future. Bless your future. You are a 0:28:09.200 --> 0:28:12.040 child of the most high God. You've been called, you've 0:28:12.080 --> 0:28:15.040 been chosen, You've got everything you need to live in victory. 0:28:15.440 --> 0:28:18.119 Why don't you get in agreement with God? Learn to 0:28:18.160 --> 0:28:21.680 speak words of faith and victory over your own life. 0:28:21.840 --> 0:28:24.080 If you'll get your mouth going in the right direction, 0:28:24.480 --> 0:28:27.120 then those words are going to take root on the inside. 0:28:27.320 --> 0:28:30.119 You'll have a better self image, you'll rise higher, and 0:28:30.359 --> 0:28:31.080 I believe. 0:28:30.840 --> 0:28:33.560 You'll become all that God has created you to biddy. Amen, 0:28:33.880 --> 0:28:35.040 do you receive that today? 0:28:36.960 --> 0:28:39.680 We never like to close our goadcast without giving you 0:28:39.720 --> 0:28:42.480 an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 0:28:42.720 --> 0:28:46.440 Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus I 0:28:46.560 --> 0:28:49.680 repent of my sins. 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