It Is Finished

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Thanks for letting us come into 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:44.119 your homes, and if you're ever in our area, please 0:01:44.160 --> 0:01:46.840 stop by and be a part of one of our services. 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:49.559 I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 0:01:50.480 --> 0:01:52.800 I like to start with something funny, and I heard 0:01:52.800 --> 0:01:56.040 about this cat and mouse that died on the same 0:01:56.160 --> 0:01:59.360 day and went to heaven. After a few weeks, Peter 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:01.840 saw the mat and ask him how he liked it. 0:02:02.120 --> 0:02:04.760 He said, Oh, it's great, but it's so big. I 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:07.640 wish I could get a pair of roller skates. Peter said, 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:10.680 no problem, got him some roller skates. A few weeks later, 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:13.560 Peter saw the cat and ask him how he liked it. 0:02:13.840 --> 0:02:16.760 He said, Oh, it's fantastic. And just when I thought 0:02:16.760 --> 0:02:19.720 it couldn't get any better, I discovered the meals on 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:24.560 wheels say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:27.360 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:02:27.440 --> 0:02:29.880 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:32.720 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:02:32.760 --> 0:02:36.920 of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:41.520 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:45.200 God bless you. I want to talk to you today 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:49.120 about it is finished. We all have things that are 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:54.000 trying to hold us back. Guilt from past mistakes, temptations. 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:58.120 We can't seem to overcome dysfunction that's been passed down. 0:02:58.840 --> 0:03:02.120 It's easy to learn to accept it and think that 0:03:02.120 --> 0:03:05.640 that's who we are. But God didn't create you to 0:03:05.760 --> 0:03:12.080 go through life weighed down by addictions, dysfunction, guilt, the past. 0:03:12.600 --> 0:03:16.399 He created you to be free. And when Jesus hung 0:03:16.440 --> 0:03:19.720 on the cross before he took his final breath, he 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:23.840 said it is finished. He wasn't just talking about his 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:27.400 life and how he had finished his purpose. He was 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:31.320 putting an end to all the negative things that could 0:03:31.440 --> 0:03:35.200 keep us from our destiny. He was saying, in effect, 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:40.040 the guilt is finished, the depression is finished, the low 0:03:40.120 --> 0:03:44.640 self esteem, the mediocrity, it is finished. And instead of 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:48.160 accepting the addiction thinking it's the way it's always going 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:51.400 to be. Everybody in my family has it, you need 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:55.440 to announce to that addiction. It is finished. You don't 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:59.320 control me, you can't keep me from my destiny. The 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:02.960 price has been paid. I am free, I am clean, 0:04:03.200 --> 0:04:07.040 i am whole. But as long as you accept it, 0:04:07.240 --> 0:04:10.720 you're allowing it to stay. But when you tell the addiction, 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:15.640 tell the past, tell the poverty, it is finished. This 0:04:15.840 --> 0:04:19.720 is not who I am. I am blessed, I am prosperous. 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:24.360 I am victorious in the unseen realm. Strongholds are broken, 0:04:24.920 --> 0:04:29.320 change are loosed, favor is released. Are there things you're 0:04:29.360 --> 0:04:32.560 living with that you need to say it is finished? 0:04:33.400 --> 0:04:37.240 Are you going around guilty, down on yourself because of 0:04:37.320 --> 0:04:42.200 past mistakes, not expecting anything good. You need to announce 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:46.760 to that guilt. It is finished. I'm done beating myself up, 0:04:47.360 --> 0:04:51.919 living condemned. God's mercy is bigger than my mistakes. I 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:55.280 am redeemed, I am restored, I am forgiven, and I 0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:58.960 am excited about my future. Are you living with a 0:04:59.040 --> 0:05:03.840 sense of shame, feeling inferior because of how somebody treated you? 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:09.040 They did you wrong. They walked away. Now the accuser whispers, 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:13.200 it's because you're not good enough, You're not attractive enough, 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:17.240 you don't deserve to be loved. Announced to that shame. 0:05:17.720 --> 0:05:22.200 It is finished. I'm not living inferior, unworthy. I know 0:05:22.240 --> 0:05:24.880 who I am. I am a child of the most 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:28.400 High God. I'm wearing a crown of favor. I have 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:32.839 royal blood flowing through my veins. No matter what someone 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:35.960 did or didn't do to you, it does not change 0:05:35.960 --> 0:05:39.919 who you are. You may have had bad breaks, gone 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:44.760 through unfair situations. Don't have a victim mentality, have a 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:50.000 victor mentality. God said he would pay you back double 0:05:50.360 --> 0:05:53.640 for the unfair things that have happened. That person that 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:57.240 did you wrong, they thought they were hurting you. The 0:05:57.320 --> 0:06:01.000 truth is they were helping you. They qualify you for double. 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:04.720 They thought they were setting you back. In reality, they 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:08.479 were setting you up. Now do your part, say to 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:12.640 the self pity. It is finished. I'm not living discouraged, 0:06:13.160 --> 0:06:17.479 dwelling on my disappointments, reliving my hurts. I'm letting go 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:20.000 of the old and I'm getting ready for the new 0:06:20.040 --> 0:06:23.039 things God has in store. Father, Thank you, Double is 0:06:23.080 --> 0:06:26.280 coming my way. But we can all find a reason 0:06:26.320 --> 0:06:29.839 to live negative, thinking that we're at a disadvantage. My 0:06:29.960 --> 0:06:34.159 boss overlooked me. Somebody walked out of a relationship. I'm 0:06:34.200 --> 0:06:38.320 asking us to get rid of the excuses. It's time 0:06:38.360 --> 0:06:41.680 to say it is finished. I'm done thinking about what 0:06:41.720 --> 0:06:45.400 I didn't get, what didn't work out. You have to 0:06:45.520 --> 0:06:49.640 tell the past, tell the self pity, tell the discouragement. 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:54.279 It is finished. As long as you justify your condition, 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:59.679 you're giving it permission to stay. John chapter five, Jesus 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:02.400 met a crippled man that had been lying by the 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:06.640 pool of Bethesda for thirty eight years. There were five 0:07:06.800 --> 0:07:11.200 porches surrounding this pool filled with sick people, and once 0:07:11.240 --> 0:07:15.080 a year, when the angel moved the waters, the first 0:07:15.080 --> 0:07:18.360 person to get in would be healed. Jesus said to 0:07:18.400 --> 0:07:21.760 the crippled man, do you want to get well? It 0:07:21.840 --> 0:07:25.880 seemed like there was an obvious answer. Everyone was at 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:29.320 the pool to get well, But the scripture says when 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:33.840 Jesus saw the man lying there, he asked, do you 0:07:33.960 --> 0:07:37.360 want to get well? In other words, there was nothing 0:07:37.520 --> 0:07:41.280 in this man's actions that said he wanted to get well, 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:46.840 nothing in his behavior that said I'm expecting things to change. 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:50.000 He had his bed there by the porch, his whole 0:07:50.040 --> 0:07:54.960 area set up. I can imagine a table, a lamp, books, pictures. 0:07:55.360 --> 0:07:59.600 In thirty eight years, he had gotten comfortable in dysfunction. 0:08:00.480 --> 0:08:03.240 He thought, this is my lot in life. It's never 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:06.880 going to get better. He was surrounded by other people 0:08:07.120 --> 0:08:11.000 that were sick, that were blind, that were afflicted. He 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:15.600 gravitated to people that were just like him. Everybody was needy, 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:20.120 everybody was complaining, everybody was discouraged. You need to be 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:26.280 careful who you surround yourself with, especially in difficult times. 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:29.600 You may have an illness, but don't go find a 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:34.240 bunch of other sick people to hang around. Misery loves company. 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:38.000 If you struggle with an addiction, don't hang out with 0:08:38.200 --> 0:08:40.880 people that are addicted. That's going to cause you to 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:44.920 get stuck. If you're depressed, don't go find five depressed 0:08:44.960 --> 0:08:49.120 friends so y'all can all be depressed together. Find people 0:08:49.160 --> 0:08:52.920 that have what you want. If you're struggling in your finances, 0:08:53.080 --> 0:08:56.520 get around blessed people, generous people, people that are well off. 0:08:57.360 --> 0:09:00.960 If you tend to be negative and critical, don't stay 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:06.120 around people like that. Find people that are happy, positive, grateful, 0:09:06.440 --> 0:09:09.880 there should be something about you that says I want 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:12.880 to get well, I want to be blessed, I want 0:09:12.920 --> 0:09:15.880 to go to the next level. When Jesus asked this 0:09:16.040 --> 0:09:19.439 man if he wanted to get well, instead of saying yes, 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:23.720 that's what I'm believing for that's my dream, he said, Sir, 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:26.560 I don't have anybody to help me get in the 0:09:26.600 --> 0:09:30.600 water when the angel comes. Somebody always beats me in. 0:09:31.160 --> 0:09:35.880 He was justifying his condition. I'm this way because I'm 0:09:35.920 --> 0:09:40.640 at a disadvantage. Nobody will help me. As long as 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:43.840 you're making excuses for where you are, you're going to 0:09:43.880 --> 0:09:47.080 get stuck. I'm this way, Joel, because I had a 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:51.400 bad childhood. I'm bitter because a business partner cheated me. 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:55.559 I'm negative because I have this illness. I'm asking us 0:09:55.840 --> 0:10:00.200 to get rid of the excuses. Nothing that's happened to 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:04.080 you has to keep you from your destiny. If it 0:10:04.160 --> 0:10:07.719 was going to stop your purpose, God wouldn't have allowed it. 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:11.640 You may not understand it, it may not be fair. 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:14.640 But if you will take the hand you've been dealt 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:17.600 and make the most of it, God will get you 0:10:17.720 --> 0:10:20.960 to where you're supposed to be. No person can stop him. 0:10:21.320 --> 0:10:24.960 No bad great, no addiction, no sickness. God has the 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:29.400 final say tell the self pity, it is finished. Tell 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:32.560 the excuses it is finished. This is a new day. 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:36.160 God's about to do a new thing. Jesus said to 0:10:36.200 --> 0:10:40.040 the crippled man, get up, pick up your bed, and walk. 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:43.800 Instantly the man was healed. He stood up and was 0:10:43.840 --> 0:10:47.080 able to walk out of there. And what you think 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:51.040 is permanent looks like it's never going to change. That 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:55.440 addiction you've had for years, the illness, the situation in 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:58.960 your finances, you don't see away. But God has a 0:10:58.960 --> 0:11:04.240 way right now. He's fighting your battles. I believe things 0:11:04.280 --> 0:11:08.520 are changing in your favor. Breakthroughs are headed you away, 0:11:09.040 --> 0:11:13.680 new beginnings, healing, freedom. It may look permanent, God is 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:17.280 saying it's only temporary. I'm about to turn it around. 0:11:18.360 --> 0:11:21.600 What's interesting is this cripple man didn't have a lot 0:11:21.640 --> 0:11:24.439 of faith. He didn't say yes, I believe I can 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:29.200 get well. He made excuses, Yet God, in his mercy, 0:11:29.360 --> 0:11:34.000 healed him. Imagine how God feels when he sees you 0:11:34.520 --> 0:11:39.199 shaking off the self pity, shaking off the excuses, saying Lord, 0:11:39.600 --> 0:11:43.000 I believe you can turn my child around. I believe 0:11:43.120 --> 0:11:46.040 you'll take me to the next level. I believe you'll 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:50.040 free me from this addiction. When you believe God will 0:11:50.040 --> 0:11:54.559 make things happen that you couldn't make happen. Tell the excuses, 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:58.240 tell the doubt, tell the negative thoughts. It is finished. 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:02.680 It's time to put a stop to some things. This 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:05.760 is what my father did. He grew up very poor. 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:09.800 His parents were cotton farmers, and they lost everything during 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:13.320 the Great Depression. My father went to school with holes 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:17.120 in his pants, holes in his shoes. In high school 0:12:17.480 --> 0:12:20.320 he was given the Christmas basket that went to the 0:12:20.360 --> 0:12:25.480 poorest family. He was at a disadvantage, no money, very 0:12:25.480 --> 0:12:29.760 little education. The odds were all against him. He had 0:12:29.800 --> 0:12:33.280 a good excuse to settle where he was and accept 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:37.160 a life of mediocrity. But at the age of seventeen, 0:12:37.679 --> 0:12:41.559 my father gave his life to Christ, the first one 0:12:41.600 --> 0:12:45.880 in his family. On the inside, he could feel seeds 0:12:45.920 --> 0:12:50.520 of greatness rising up, seeds of increase, seeds of abundance. 0:12:51.160 --> 0:12:55.920 On the outside, everything said, you're poor, you're at a disadvantage, 0:12:55.960 --> 0:12:59.440 you're limited, you don't have a future. But down in 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:02.960 his space hear it. He could hear God whispering this 0:13:03.040 --> 0:13:06.240 is not who you are. You're better than this. You 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:08.960 can set a new standard. You were made for more. 0:13:10.040 --> 0:13:13.560 At seventeen, he told his parents he was going to 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:17.240 leave the farm and become a minister. They thought he 0:13:17.280 --> 0:13:20.400 had lost his mind. They said, John, you better stay 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:23.000 here on the farm with us. All you know how 0:13:23.040 --> 0:13:27.920 to do is pick cotton. They meant well, but sometimes 0:13:28.240 --> 0:13:31.440 well meaning people will try to talk you out of 0:13:31.480 --> 0:13:35.160 your destiny. If my father would have stayed in that 0:13:35.360 --> 0:13:39.440 limited environment, he would have never seen the fullness of 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:42.960 what God had in store. You have to get away 0:13:43.000 --> 0:13:46.800 from people that only see you for who you used 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:52.400 to be and not for who you're about to be, 0:13:52.400 --> 0:13:57.040 because some people that knew you back then will try 0:13:57.080 --> 0:13:59.640 to keep you in the same box that you grew 0:13:59.720 --> 0:14:03.320 up in. They'll try to put limitations on you. You 0:14:03.360 --> 0:14:06.160 can't accomplish that dream. You're not that talented. You better 0:14:06.160 --> 0:14:09.320 play it safe. This is what happened in the scripture 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:12.800 with David. His family didn't see him as a giant 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:18.280 killer as a king. They discounted him. David's father didn't 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:21.280 bring him in from the shepherd's fields. When the prophet 0:14:21.320 --> 0:14:24.680 Samuel was choosing one of his brothers as the next king. 0:14:25.280 --> 0:14:28.240 He thought, Oh, it's just David. He's so small, he's 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:32.240 so young, he doesn't have the experience. But people don't 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:36.560 determine your destiny. What they say about you, how they 0:14:36.600 --> 0:14:40.200 try to make you feel, cannot stop what God has 0:14:40.320 --> 0:14:44.120 ordained for your life. You need to distance yourself from 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:47.920 people that are always trying to put limitations on you 0:14:48.440 --> 0:14:51.120 and talk you out of what God put in your heart. 0:14:51.840 --> 0:14:55.320 Sometimes it's the people that have known you the longest, 0:14:55.680 --> 0:14:59.360 because they can only see you one way. Jesus' brothers 0:14:59.520 --> 0:15:04.040 never accepted him. He was performing all these miracles, but 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:07.320 they didn't see him as the Messiah. They only saw 0:15:07.400 --> 0:15:11.360 him one way as their brother, thinking all, it's just Jesus, 0:15:11.400 --> 0:15:15.160 nothing special about him. We grew up with him. Even 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:19.400 when Jesus began to gain notoriety, the scripture says his 0:15:19.520 --> 0:15:23.440 brother scoffed at him. They made fun Yeah, right, you're 0:15:23.440 --> 0:15:27.040 the Messiah. They tried to discount him and talk him 0:15:27.120 --> 0:15:29.760 out of his destiny. Jesus let it go in one 0:15:29.840 --> 0:15:33.360 ear and out the other. My father could have stayed 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:37.640 in that limited environment and accepted a life of poverty 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:41.400 and lack. He could have lived with a scarcity mindset. 0:15:42.160 --> 0:15:44.840 But he did what I'm asking us to do. He 0:15:44.960 --> 0:15:48.440 rose up and said, it is finished. This may be 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:51.040 where I am, but this is not who I am. 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:55.200 As seventeen, he took a step of faith. He had 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:58.840 to hitchhike, but he left the farm. He started ministering 0:15:59.040 --> 0:16:03.119 in the prisons, in the senior citizens' homes, in the schools. 0:16:03.760 --> 0:16:07.120 God begin to promote him and open doors, and he 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:09.560 and my mom found at Lakewood. He pastored here for 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:13.280 forty years. He went on to live a blessed, abundant life. 0:16:13.640 --> 0:16:18.320 Here's my point. My father broke the curse of poverty 0:16:18.440 --> 0:16:23.240 in our family. Now, myself, my siblings, all of our 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:27.800 children are living at a higher level because one man 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:31.920 didn't settle for the status quo. One man didn't say 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:36.880 I'm at a disadvantage, I've had bad breaks. Instead, he 0:16:37.040 --> 0:16:41.120 said it is finished. I'm a difference maker. I can 0:16:41.160 --> 0:16:44.720 set a new standard. You can be that man. You 0:16:44.800 --> 0:16:48.000 can be that woman for your family. You can put 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:51.480 an end to negative things that have been passed down. 0:16:52.240 --> 0:16:55.160 What you're dealing with may not have started with you, 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:58.960 but it can stop with you. You need to say 0:16:58.960 --> 0:17:02.480 to the poverty, to the lack. It is finished. I 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:07.159 will lend and not borrow. Say to the addiction, the depression, 0:17:07.680 --> 0:17:12.200 the dysfunction, it is finished. God wants you to set 0:17:12.240 --> 0:17:16.480 a new standard. You have seeds of greatness. You are 0:17:16.480 --> 0:17:21.000 full of talent, ideas, potential. You're not limited by where 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:24.959 you came from. Just because negative things have been passed 0:17:25.000 --> 0:17:29.480 down doesn't mean they're supposed to continue. You're the one 0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:32.639 to break the curse, to break the poverty, to break 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:36.680 the depression, to break the dysfunction. You can take your 0:17:36.760 --> 0:17:40.120 family to a new level. Now, don't talk yourself out 0:17:40.119 --> 0:17:45.040 of it. Don't let circumstances discourage you. The odds may 0:17:45.080 --> 0:17:48.600 be against you, but the most high God is for you. 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:53.160 He is breathing in your direction right now. He's going 0:17:53.240 --> 0:17:57.359 to open doors that no man can shut. Bring talent 0:17:57.440 --> 0:18:00.320 out of you that you didn't know you had, cause 0:18:00.400 --> 0:18:03.960 the right people to be good to you. Opportunity is 0:18:04.000 --> 0:18:08.880 going to track you down. Good breaks, freedom increase. You're 0:18:08.920 --> 0:18:12.560 stepping into a new level. Bondages that have held you 0:18:12.800 --> 0:18:16.680 and your family back are being broken. Now do your part. 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:22.000 Have a new mindset, an abundant mentality, a free mentality, 0:18:22.040 --> 0:18:26.920 a healthy mentality, a victorious mentality. I wouldn't be standing 0:18:26.960 --> 0:18:30.639 here if my father would have kept that poverty mindset, 0:18:31.240 --> 0:18:35.480 that scarcity mentality, thinking I'm at a disadvantage, I've had 0:18:35.560 --> 0:18:39.159 bad breaks. We can all come up with an excuse 0:18:39.359 --> 0:18:43.040 to settle where we are. I'm asking us to get 0:18:43.160 --> 0:18:47.760 rid of the excuses, anything that's holding you back. It's 0:18:47.840 --> 0:18:51.320 time to announce to it. It is finished. This is 0:18:51.359 --> 0:18:54.560 a new day. I'm drawing the line in the sand. 0:18:55.000 --> 0:18:58.119 As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 0:18:58.560 --> 0:19:01.480 We will live free from a dick. We will lend 0:19:01.520 --> 0:19:04.680 and not borrow. We will be generous in help others. 0:19:05.000 --> 0:19:09.080 We will accomplish our dreams and become everything we were 0:19:09.119 --> 0:19:12.960 created to be. I have a friend that's very successful. 0:19:13.200 --> 0:19:16.080 His father was a police officer. He was raised in 0:19:16.119 --> 0:19:19.160 a middle class home. When he was eleven years old, 0:19:19.720 --> 0:19:21.879 his father asked him to get in the car and 0:19:21.920 --> 0:19:24.879 they were going to take a drive together. They drove 0:19:24.960 --> 0:19:28.920 for several hours to another state. The father never told 0:19:28.960 --> 0:19:31.720 his son where he was taking him. They came to 0:19:31.760 --> 0:19:36.800 this very run down neighborhood, trash everywhere, nothing kept up. 0:19:37.400 --> 0:19:39.879 The young boy's eyes were so wide. He'd never seen 0:19:39.920 --> 0:19:44.240 anything like this. They finally pulled in to this dirt 0:19:44.600 --> 0:19:49.560 makeshift driveway of this house that was very dilapidated, no 0:19:49.680 --> 0:19:53.320 front door, the windows were broken out. It looked like 0:19:53.400 --> 0:19:56.879 it was vacant. They walked in. There was an old 0:19:57.000 --> 0:20:01.360 man sitting on a stool, no shirt on, hadn't shaved, 0:20:01.680 --> 0:20:04.720 looked like he was homeless. The father looked at him 0:20:05.080 --> 0:20:08.080 and said, dad, I brought my son to see you. 0:20:09.000 --> 0:20:12.480 The young boy couldn't believe that was his grandfather. He'd 0:20:12.520 --> 0:20:15.800 never seen him, never heard his father talk about him. 0:20:16.200 --> 0:20:18.879 The grandfather wouldn't look up. He didn't want to have 0:20:18.920 --> 0:20:22.600 anything to do with his son nor his grandson. The 0:20:22.640 --> 0:20:25.200 father put some money on the counter and said, Dad, 0:20:25.400 --> 0:20:28.000 I love you. I just wanted to say hi. They 0:20:28.040 --> 0:20:31.199 both walked out. The young boy said, Dad, that was 0:20:31.280 --> 0:20:34.239 the most scared I've been in my whole life. I 0:20:34.400 --> 0:20:38.200 never want to come back to this place. The father said, son, 0:20:38.720 --> 0:20:42.359 that's why I brought you here, to show you. This 0:20:42.400 --> 0:20:45.400 is where we come from, but this is not who 0:20:45.440 --> 0:20:49.159 we are now. You may have been raised in a 0:20:49.200 --> 0:20:52.320 limited environment. They were good people, but they didn't have 0:20:52.359 --> 0:20:57.560 any vision. They settled for mediocrity. Like my friend, you 0:20:57.640 --> 0:21:01.879 can set a new standard. Where you start is not important. 0:21:02.320 --> 0:21:06.080 Where you finish is what matters. God is going to 0:21:06.160 --> 0:21:10.399 use you to not just break a generational curse, but 0:21:10.560 --> 0:21:15.040 to start a generational blessing. Where you come from is 0:21:15.080 --> 0:21:18.439 not who you are. You are blessed, You are free, 0:21:18.920 --> 0:21:21.840 You are talented. You are a child of the Most 0:21:21.880 --> 0:21:26.520 High God. Abraham was in a limited environment. God told 0:21:26.600 --> 0:21:30.639 him to leave his country, leave his family, and go 0:21:30.720 --> 0:21:34.600 to the land that I am showing you. God was saying, Abraham, 0:21:35.119 --> 0:21:38.960 you have to leave what's familiar, leave what you grew 0:21:39.040 --> 0:21:43.480 up with. I'm not suggesting to abandon your family, but 0:21:43.600 --> 0:21:47.840 I am saying to leave negative mindsets you were raised with. 0:21:48.640 --> 0:21:53.520 Leave a scarcity mentality, leave limitations that people have put 0:21:53.560 --> 0:21:57.119 on you. You have to make room for God to increase you. 0:21:58.000 --> 0:22:02.200 Sometimes our environment is to small. If you take an 0:22:02.240 --> 0:22:06.000 oak tree, seed and planet in a five gallon pot, 0:22:06.440 --> 0:22:09.640 that oak tree will never become what it was created 0:22:09.680 --> 0:22:13.240 to be, not because there's something wrong with the tree, 0:22:13.680 --> 0:22:17.199 but because of the environment that it's in. In the 0:22:17.240 --> 0:22:21.960 same way, there's nothing wrong with you. You have seeds of greatness. 0:22:22.160 --> 0:22:25.560 The Most High God breeds his life into you. Now 0:22:25.640 --> 0:22:29.960 make sure your pot is not too small. Make sure 0:22:30.040 --> 0:22:33.879 your environment is not holding you back. You need to 0:22:33.880 --> 0:22:38.200 be around people that inspire you, people that have gone further, 0:22:38.640 --> 0:22:41.919 people that are making a difference, not just people that 0:22:42.000 --> 0:22:46.760 are settling for the status quo. Isaiah said, enlarge the 0:22:46.800 --> 0:22:51.200 place of your tent. Stretch forth your curtains, lengthen your cords, 0:22:51.400 --> 0:22:54.639 strengthen your stakes. Make room for God to do a 0:22:54.680 --> 0:22:59.640 new thing. Tell that limited mindset it is finished. I'm 0:22:59.720 --> 0:23:04.040 dreaming in big dreams. I'm praying bold prayers. I'm expecting 0:23:04.080 --> 0:23:07.760 to go further than how I was raised. When my 0:23:07.840 --> 0:23:10.200 father went to be with the Lord, people would ask 0:23:10.280 --> 0:23:13.800 me if I thought we could keep the church going now. 0:23:13.800 --> 0:23:16.560 I never said it arrogantly, but I would tell them 0:23:16.920 --> 0:23:19.840 I don't think we can just keep it going. I 0:23:19.960 --> 0:23:24.520 believe we can go further. It's because God is a 0:23:24.640 --> 0:23:29.960 progressive god. He wants every generation to increase. Have a 0:23:30.000 --> 0:23:33.840 big vision. Don't settle for what your parents had, what 0:23:33.920 --> 0:23:37.880 your relatives accomplished. You were made for more. You can 0:23:37.960 --> 0:23:40.560 go further. You can be the one to set the 0:23:40.600 --> 0:23:44.199 new standard. But it's easy to talk ourselves out of 0:23:44.240 --> 0:23:49.880 our dreams. Live discouraged because of disappointments, things we don't understand. 0:23:50.560 --> 0:23:54.240 We worked hard but didn't get the promotion. We prayed, 0:23:54.280 --> 0:23:57.240 but our loved one didn't make it. We did our best, 0:23:57.320 --> 0:24:02.119 but the relationship didn't work out. Life is not always fair. 0:24:02.840 --> 0:24:06.600 I can't explain everything, but I can tell you. God 0:24:06.720 --> 0:24:09.800 said he would take what was meant for your harm 0:24:10.280 --> 0:24:13.520 and use it to your advantage. He said he would 0:24:13.560 --> 0:24:17.720 give you beauty for the ashes. But I've learned you 0:24:17.840 --> 0:24:20.840 have to let go of the ashes before you receive 0:24:20.880 --> 0:24:24.199 the beauty. You can't hold on to the old and 0:24:24.359 --> 0:24:28.920 expect to receive the new. The past is over and done. 0:24:29.040 --> 0:24:32.160 That's why it's called the past. Quit dwelling on it. 0:24:32.480 --> 0:24:36.640 Quit reliving it. You're not going to understand everything that happens. 0:24:36.920 --> 0:24:40.000 But God has a purpose. He knows how to bring 0:24:40.040 --> 0:24:43.159 good out of it. Keep moving forward. This is what 0:24:43.280 --> 0:24:47.639 David did. He had a newborn baby that became very sick. 0:24:48.359 --> 0:24:52.840 David night and day prayed and fasted for this baby. 0:24:52.960 --> 0:24:56.359 He wouldn't eat, he wouldn't talk with anyone else. He 0:24:56.480 --> 0:24:59.760 spent all of his time on his knees asking God 0:24:59.800 --> 0:25:03.560 to healed his child. On the seventh day, the little 0:25:03.560 --> 0:25:07.320 baby died. They didn't know how David would handle the news, 0:25:07.760 --> 0:25:11.040 but when they told him, David got up off the ground, 0:25:11.440 --> 0:25:14.919 took a shower, put on new clothes, and went to 0:25:15.000 --> 0:25:18.880 the temple and begin to worship God. When he finished, 0:25:19.080 --> 0:25:22.520 he went had dinner with his men. They were so amazed, 0:25:22.720 --> 0:25:26.240 they said, David, when the child was living, you wept, 0:25:26.480 --> 0:25:29.439 you refused to eat. But now that he has died, 0:25:29.800 --> 0:25:33.440 you've stopped your morning and you're acting like everything's okay. 0:25:34.359 --> 0:25:38.000 David said, when the child was alive, I asked God 0:25:38.080 --> 0:25:41.200 to let him live. But now that he has died, 0:25:41.720 --> 0:25:45.440 I cannot bring him back. But one day I will 0:25:45.480 --> 0:25:49.760 go to be with him. David did everything he could. 0:25:49.800 --> 0:25:53.680 He prayed, he fasted, he believed, but it didn't work 0:25:53.680 --> 0:25:57.320 out his way. He could have lived bitter with a 0:25:57.440 --> 0:26:01.480 chip on his shoulder, But David un understood this principle. 0:26:01.840 --> 0:26:05.920 He said, to the past, it is finished. I don't 0:26:06.000 --> 0:26:10.159 understand it, but I'm moving forward. We all have things 0:26:10.200 --> 0:26:13.320 in life that we don't understand. It's easy to live 0:26:13.440 --> 0:26:16.720 negative with a chip on our shoulder. But if we're 0:26:16.720 --> 0:26:19.240 going to see the double, if we're going to see 0:26:19.240 --> 0:26:22.520 the beauty for ashes, we have to do like David 0:26:22.960 --> 0:26:25.760 and say to the past, say to the things you 0:26:25.840 --> 0:26:29.800 don't understand. It is finished. I'm not going to dwell 0:26:29.800 --> 0:26:32.359 on what didn't work out. I'm not going to try 0:26:32.359 --> 0:26:35.280 to figure out why. I'm going to let it go 0:26:35.680 --> 0:26:39.879 and keep moving forward. The past doesn't have to stop you. 0:26:40.600 --> 0:26:44.719 A bad break, a loss, a disappointment. God is in 0:26:44.840 --> 0:26:49.000 control of your life. You wouldn't be alive unless He 0:26:49.080 --> 0:26:52.680 had something amazing up in front of you. You haven't 0:26:52.720 --> 0:26:56.440 had too many bad breaks, you haven't made too many mistakes. 0:26:56.960 --> 0:27:01.000 You're on the verge of seeing double, the verge of 0:27:01.080 --> 0:27:04.760 beauty for ashes. Now do your part. Put on a 0:27:04.800 --> 0:27:08.000 new attitude, wash your face, and get ready for the 0:27:08.080 --> 0:27:11.480 new things God is about to do. Let me declare 0:27:11.520 --> 0:27:15.359 this over you today. Receive this into your spirit. The past, 0:27:16.000 --> 0:27:21.760 the hurts, the regrets, it is finished. The poverty, the lack, 0:27:22.200 --> 0:27:27.480 the limited mindsets, it is finished. The addictions, the depression, 0:27:27.720 --> 0:27:31.320 the dysfunction, the guilt, the shame, the self pity, it 0:27:31.400 --> 0:27:35.280 is finished. This is a new day. Things that have 0:27:35.400 --> 0:27:38.800 held you back are being broken right now. You're going 0:27:38.880 --> 0:27:41.920 to step into a new level of freedom. You're going 0:27:41.960 --> 0:27:46.879 to break generational curses and start generational blessings. You're about 0:27:46.920 --> 0:27:51.120 to see the beauty for ashes, healing, promotion, breakthroughs. They 0:27:51.119 --> 0:27:54.800 are headed your way in Jesus' name. If you receive it, 0:27:55.080 --> 0:27:55.720 Can you say it? 0:27:55.800 --> 0:27:55.919 Men? 0:27:56.000 --> 0:28:00.840 Today, I'd like to give you an opportunity to make 0:28:01.000 --> 0:28:04.240 Jesus the lord of your life. 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