Living In Total Victory

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I like to get started each week 0:02:15.720 --> 0:02:18.680 with something funny. And I heard about this pastor. He 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:21.800 was raising money for a new sanctuary. He told his 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:25.560 congregation one Sunday morning, if anybody will give a thousand dollars, 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:29.200 you can pick out the next three hymns. Little old 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:31.760 lady in the back raised up her hands, said, Pastor, 0:02:31.800 --> 0:02:34.119 I'll do it. He was so excited. He said, thank 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:36.280 you so much, go ahead and pick out the next 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:39.360 three hymns. She looked over the congregation and said, I'll 0:02:39.360 --> 0:02:44.320 take him and him and him. Hold up your bible. 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:47.320 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:02:47.680 --> 0:02:50.280 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:02:50.360 --> 0:02:52.880 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:02:52.919 --> 0:02:55.760 I can do. Today I will be taught the Word 0:02:55.800 --> 0:03:00.280 of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 0:03:00.440 --> 0:03:04.040 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. I 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:09.920 am about to receive the incorruptible, indestructible, ever living seed 0:03:10.240 --> 0:03:14.680 of the Word of God. I'll never be the same, never, never, never, 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:19.600 I'll never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:22.960 I want to talk to you today about living in 0:03:23.040 --> 0:03:27.079 total victory. A little over two thousand years ago, they 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:30.519 crucified Jesus on the cross. They put him in the grave, 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:32.560 and they thought that was the end of it. But 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:36.440 thank God, on the third day he arose. He said, 0:03:36.880 --> 0:03:41.200 because I live, you shall live. Also. He wasn't talking 0:03:41.240 --> 0:03:45.840 about just breathing. He was talking about living an abundant life, 0:03:46.440 --> 0:03:49.520 not to barely get by life, not a life filled 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:54.120 with bad habits and addictions and lack and mediocrity. No, 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:57.320 because of the price he paid, we have a right 0:03:57.520 --> 0:03:59.800 to live in total victory. Now, I want you to 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:04.080 get that down on the inside, not partial victory, to 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:06.440 where we have a good family, we have good health, 0:04:06.840 --> 0:04:10.840 but we constantly struggle in our finances. That's not total victory. 0:04:11.160 --> 0:04:13.440 And if God did it for you in one area, 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:16.120 he can do it for you in another area. Get 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:19.680 a vision for it. Don't get stagnant. I know people 0:04:19.839 --> 0:04:22.839 that have plenty of money, they have good health, but 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:26.800 they can't get along in relationships. There's always strife in 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:30.680 their home. That's not total victory. Maybe God's blessed you 0:04:30.720 --> 0:04:33.120 and you have a good family, a good job, But 0:04:33.240 --> 0:04:36.159 you've had pain in your body for years and years. 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:39.440 You used to stand against it. You used to believe 0:04:39.520 --> 0:04:42.080 you could be free. But now it's been so long 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:45.760 you've just decided this is my lot in life. Joel, 0:04:45.800 --> 0:04:48.600 I guess this is my cost to carry. See, too 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:54.640 often we accept things, defeat, mediocrity, addictions. People tell me, Joel, 0:04:54.800 --> 0:04:57.760 that's just who I am. But with all due respect, 0:04:58.120 --> 0:05:00.800 that's not who you really are. You are a child 0:05:01.040 --> 0:05:03.680 of the most High God. He has paid the price 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:08.120 so that we may be totally free. That means free 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:12.520 from bad habits and addictions, free from fear and worry, 0:05:13.160 --> 0:05:17.120 free from discouragement and depression, free from poverty and lack, 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:20.520 free from low self esteem. God wants us to be 0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:24.680 totally free, and the scripture tells us to take hold 0:05:24.920 --> 0:05:29.360 of all Christ died and rose again. For sometimes we're 0:05:29.400 --> 0:05:32.360 taking hold in three or four areas. We're real strong 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:36.960 with certain things, but in another area we're passive. For instance, 0:05:37.080 --> 0:05:39.320 you may be a hard worker, you get there on 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:41.880 time every day, you give it your best, but you 0:05:41.960 --> 0:05:45.000 tend to be negative and critical. Well, don't go the 0:05:45.040 --> 0:05:47.480 next twenty years like that. If you're going to live 0:05:47.520 --> 0:05:50.640 in total victory, you have to stir yourself up and 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:53.400 say that's it. I'm not going to sit back and 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:57.480 learn to live with this negative mindset, or with these addictions, 0:05:57.520 --> 0:05:59.960 or with low self esteem. I'm going to take hold 0:06:00.400 --> 0:06:03.599 of everything Christ died and rose again for. I'm gonna 0:06:03.600 --> 0:06:07.760 believe for total victory. You can imagine how God must 0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:11.320 feel when he sees us allowing things to control us, 0:06:11.680 --> 0:06:15.480 keep us in mediocrity. Here, he's already paid the ultimate price. 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:19.800 Let's not let his payment be in vain. I talked 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:22.520 to a man last week and he told how he 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:25.440 has struggled with smoking since he was nine years old. 0:06:26.040 --> 0:06:28.440 He looked to be in his forties. He said, Joel, 0:06:28.520 --> 0:06:30.839 this is just who I am. It's all I've ever known. 0:06:30.839 --> 0:06:33.200 I don't think I'll ever be able to quit. I 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:36.000 told him what I'm telling you. That's not who you 0:06:36.120 --> 0:06:39.760 really are. God made you to be totally free. The 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:42.440 price has been paid, but you have to do your 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:45.600 part and walk it out. It all starts right here. 0:06:46.000 --> 0:06:48.039 You've got to know that you not only have a 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:52.120 right to be free, but God's already empowered you with 0:06:52.279 --> 0:06:55.279 everything you need. To overcome, and you need to start 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:58.520 seeing yourself the right way. You are not a sick 0:06:58.560 --> 0:07:01.679 person trying to get well. You are a well person 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:05.960 fighting off sickness. God made you healthy and whole. Our 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:10.880 original state is total freedom. Change the way you look 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:13.160 at it. Hell, I don't think I could ever control 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:16.360 my temper, Juel. I've always been hot headed. My father 0:07:16.520 --> 0:07:19.239 was the same way. Now. The problem is you're seeing 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:23.040 yourself defeated. You're seeing yourself not able to You need 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:27.240 to start seeing yourself totally free. In other words, I 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:30.280 may struggle with alcohol, but I am not an alcoholic. 0:07:30.480 --> 0:07:32.800 That's not who God made me to be. And I'm 0:07:32.840 --> 0:07:35.120 not gonna just sit back and say to myself, too bad. 0:07:35.160 --> 0:07:38.520 This is who I am. No, I know God created 0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:40.840 me to be totally free, and I'm going to rise 0:07:40.920 --> 0:07:44.320 up and start walking in that freedom. What I'm saying 0:07:44.440 --> 0:07:47.960 is you want change on the outside until you first 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:51.200 change on the inside. If you're going around telling yourself, 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:53.480 I can't do this, this is just who I am. 0:07:53.600 --> 0:07:57.120 I've been this way so long. You're already defeated. You've 0:07:57.120 --> 0:07:59.560 got to be convinced deep down in here that you 0:07:59.640 --> 0:08:03.400 do have the power to overcome. You may have made 0:08:03.480 --> 0:08:06.560 poor choices, we all have. You may have opened up 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:09.480 the door to the enemy, but that does not change 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:11.640 the fact that you still have a right to be 0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:15.600 totally free. The scripture says in Ephesians one, verse four, 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:20.640 long before God laid down Earth's foundation, he had us 0:08:20.720 --> 0:08:25.040 on his mind. Because of the sacrifice Christ made, we 0:08:25.080 --> 0:08:28.520 are a free people, and not just barely free, but 0:08:28.600 --> 0:08:35.120 abundantly free. One translation says, unquestionably free. I like that phrase. 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:39.360 Before God created the world, he was thinking about us. 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:42.200 If you're going to be free, you need to know 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:45.920 who you are. You're not just anybody. You're a child 0:08:46.080 --> 0:08:49.600 of the most High God. He has breathed his very 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:53.280 life into you. You have his royal blood flowing through 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:57.760 your veins. It's the blood of a champion. You're not ordinary. 0:08:58.160 --> 0:09:02.000 You come from great stock. Your heavenly Father spoke the 0:09:02.040 --> 0:09:06.360 worlds into existence. Long before you ever got here. He 0:09:06.480 --> 0:09:09.680 was thinking about you. And let me assure you, he 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:13.440 didn't create you to be average. He didn't create you 0:09:13.520 --> 0:09:16.360 to barely get by, to have all kinds of things 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:19.360 holding you back. You've got to get the right vision. 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:23.760 God created you to be totally free, to have peace 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:27.640 in your mind, to walk in divine health, to have 0:09:27.720 --> 0:09:31.959 good relationships, to have plenty to pay your bills. God 0:09:32.040 --> 0:09:36.920 created us as victors and not victims. You may have 0:09:37.000 --> 0:09:39.280 things that are trying to hold you back. Maybe you've 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:42.480 struggled in certain areas for a long time, but don't 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:46.800 make the mistake of becoming complacent. We never change what 0:09:46.920 --> 0:09:49.640 we tolerate. You've got to just draw the line in 0:09:49.679 --> 0:09:52.240 the sand and say that's it. I may have struggled 0:09:52.240 --> 0:09:54.640 with my finances for as long as I can remember, 0:09:55.120 --> 0:09:57.680 but I'm not going to settle for mediocrity. I know 0:09:57.800 --> 0:10:00.920 I am blessed and I cannot be cursed. Or I 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:03.920 may have had this addiction for thirty years, but I'm 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:05.959 not gonna give in and learn to live with it. 0:10:06.440 --> 0:10:09.800 I'm gonna start taking steps to overcome. I'm gonna pray, 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:12.840 I'm gonna believe, I'm gonna ask for help. I'm gonna 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:15.760 get some friends to stand with me. If you'll do 0:10:15.840 --> 0:10:18.679 what you can do, God will help you do what 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:21.760 you can't do. But it all starts right here. You've 0:10:21.760 --> 0:10:24.520 got to know who you are. You're not average, you're 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:28.880 not ordinary, but a child of Almighty God. The Apostle 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:33.640 Paul said, stand fast in the liberty where with Christ 0:10:33.960 --> 0:10:37.840 has set you free. He's saying, all through life, things 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:40.400 are gonna come against us to try to take away 0:10:40.480 --> 0:10:44.959 our freedom. We have to stand fast. That means don't 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:48.320 give in to wrong thinking, don't get lais in say 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:51.280 oh Joel, it's just me. This is the way I've 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:55.679 always been. My family struggled with these same problems. Now 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:58.520 you've got to be aggressive if you're gonna hold on 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:02.280 to the freedom that belongs to you. And I know 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:04.520 some of you can look back in your family line. 0:11:05.120 --> 0:11:10.000 You see a long history of defeat, mediocrity, addictions. Maybe 0:11:10.040 --> 0:11:13.280 your parents or relatives they were good people, but they 0:11:13.360 --> 0:11:15.560 struggled with some of the same things that are trying 0:11:15.600 --> 0:11:18.920 to hold you back. But the good news is when 0:11:18.960 --> 0:11:22.439 you came to Christ, you entered into a new bloodline. 0:11:23.240 --> 0:11:27.160 Your spiritual blood line is more powerful than your natural 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:31.080 blood line. Back in the Old Testament, under the Old Covenant, 0:11:31.320 --> 0:11:34.960 they really understood the power of the bloodline. That's why 0:11:34.960 --> 0:11:37.800 they would pray to the God of Abraham, the God 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:41.440 of Isaac, the God of Jacob. They were reminding God, 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:45.839 my father served you, my grandfather, my great grandfather. They 0:11:45.840 --> 0:11:49.040 were saying, in effect, God, we have a history with you. 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:53.240 Because of the covenant you made with our forefathers, we 0:11:53.360 --> 0:11:58.000 have rights and privileges. A family lineage was extremely important, 0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:02.800 and this first covenant, the old Covenant, was established with Abraham. 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:06.560 He was Jewish, of course, and back in those days, 0:12:06.840 --> 0:12:09.520 if you weren't Jewish, you didn't have a right to 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:13.520 God's blessings in favor like the other Jewish people. In 0:12:13.600 --> 0:12:16.520 Luke chapter thirteen, a lady had been bent over with 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:19.839 some kind of sickness for eighteen years. Jesus saw it 0:12:19.920 --> 0:12:24.280 and said something interesting. Should not this woman be loosed 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:28.480 from this sickness? Seeing that she is a daughter of Abraham. 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:32.880 Notice it was significant that she came from the right 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:36.120 family line. She was a part of the covenant, so 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:40.560 she had rights and privileges. Another place, just the opposite happened. 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:43.679 Jesus was walking through a village. This lady came up 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:46.760 and asked him to pray for her daughter. Jesus said, 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:49.760 in effect, I'm sorry, ma'am, I can't do that. You 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:53.079 come from the wrong family. She begged him and begged him. 0:12:53.160 --> 0:12:57.439 Eventually Jesus changed his mind, but back then people were rejected. 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:02.800 They didn't have God's favor because of their natural bloodline. 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:05.000 You know, in a sense, that doesn't seem fair. You're 0:13:05.000 --> 0:13:07.240 not blessed if you're not from the right family. But 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:11.559 here's the beauty. When Jesus died and rose again, he 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:14.120 made a way for all people to come to him, 0:13:14.440 --> 0:13:20.319 both Jews and gentiles. It says in Galatians, if you 0:13:20.480 --> 0:13:23.840 belong to Christ, then you are the seed of Abraham 0:13:24.360 --> 0:13:27.680 and errs according to the promise. What that means is 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:31.720 because of what God has done, now we have a 0:13:31.800 --> 0:13:35.000 right to have total victory. We have a right to 0:13:35.080 --> 0:13:38.600 the blessings of Abraham. That's why you can't listen to 0:13:38.640 --> 0:13:41.120 those lies that are telling you you come from the 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:44.560 wrong family. You're never going to be successful. You're depressed 0:13:44.559 --> 0:13:47.200 because your mother was depressed, or you got a problem 0:13:47.280 --> 0:13:50.080 with alcohol because your father your grandfather, you'll never change, 0:13:50.480 --> 0:13:53.400 or maybe there's divorce all through your family line. Now 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:56.400 you're headed down that same direction. Now those are lies. 0:13:56.640 --> 0:13:59.480 You've entered into a new bloodline. You have a right 0:13:59.600 --> 0:14:02.960 to be And if God were looking at you, he'd 0:14:03.000 --> 0:14:05.080 say the same thing he said to that first woman, 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:09.480 Should not this man be free from this addiction, seeing 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:12.080 that he is a son of Abraham. Should not this 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:15.920 lady live in total victory seeing that she's a daughter 0:14:16.000 --> 0:14:20.080 of Abraham. Friends, we're under a new covenant. In your 0:14:20.160 --> 0:14:23.440 natural blood line, you may look back and see depression 0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:26.760 and defeat and mediocrity and addictions. But in your new 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:31.680 bloodline you have the strength of Samson, the wisdom of Solomon, 0:14:32.120 --> 0:14:36.680 the courage of Esther, the determination of Nehemiah, the compassion 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:43.040 of Ruth. There is strength, power, victory, success, healing, favor, 0:14:43.720 --> 0:14:47.240 blessings in your new bloodline. You need to quit dwelling 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:50.520 so much on the natural. Quit looking back thinking, man, 0:14:50.560 --> 0:14:53.360 I got so much coming against me. No, your new 0:14:53.400 --> 0:14:56.320 bloodline says you are well able. You have the blood 0:14:56.360 --> 0:14:59.120 of a champion on the inside. There is nothing that 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:04.320 you can overcome. You can accomplish your dreams, you can 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:08.600 defeat a bad habit, you can withstand that sickness. Why 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:12.560 because the same power that raised Jesus from the dead 0:15:12.840 --> 0:15:15.280 is on the inside of you get a vision for it. 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:18.920 And I'm not saying that we don't have to overcome 0:15:19.000 --> 0:15:21.800 issues from the past, but I am saying God has 0:15:21.840 --> 0:15:25.760 given us the power to overcome it says that Christ 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:29.040 has redeemed us from the curse. The curse is any 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:33.360 kind of defeat, mediocrity, lack. We have been set free 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:36.520 from that. In other words, we don't have to settle there, 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:40.120 even if you have to stand against it your whole lifetime. 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:43.960 Don't give in fight the good fight of faith. Know 0:15:44.040 --> 0:15:48.000 who you are, the seed of Abraham. You have rights 0:15:48.120 --> 0:15:52.640 and privileges. One of those privileges is total victory. We're 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:57.840 supposed to be unquestionably free. That means free in our mind, 0:15:58.080 --> 0:16:01.080 free from worry. We're not all upset. We know God 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:03.360 is in control. He has us in the palm of 0:16:03.360 --> 0:16:07.640 his hand, free from poverty and lack. No matter what 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:10.920 the bank account looks like. Our attitude is I know 0:16:11.000 --> 0:16:14.000 I am blessed and I cannot be cursed. Whatever I 0:16:14.080 --> 0:16:18.160 touch is going to prosper and succeed freedom from sickness 0:16:18.200 --> 0:16:21.440 and disease, instead of going around dwelling on it. Joe man, 0:16:21.480 --> 0:16:23.600 I think this thing gonna be the end to me. No, 0:16:23.800 --> 0:16:26.840 I know God is restored and health unto me, every 0:16:26.920 --> 0:16:29.720 sell in my body is getting better and better. God 0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:32.840 is renewing my youth like the eagles. A vision for 0:16:32.920 --> 0:16:37.000 total victory. I love what God said to Abraham. Every 0:16:37.120 --> 0:16:40.360 place the soul of your foot shall tread, I will 0:16:40.400 --> 0:16:43.560 give it to you. He was saying, Abraham, everywhere you 0:16:43.680 --> 0:16:47.000 dare go, I will cause that land to be yours. 0:16:47.040 --> 0:16:50.040 I will cause you to be victorious. God saying the 0:16:50.120 --> 0:16:52.320 same thing to every one of us. If you will 0:16:52.400 --> 0:16:55.720 dare take that step of faith and believe you can 0:16:55.760 --> 0:16:59.000 be free, Believe you can overcome, Believe you can come 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:02.000 up higher. Everywhere you put your faith, God is saying, 0:17:02.040 --> 0:17:05.560 I'll back you up. I'll bring it to pass. Sometimes 0:17:05.760 --> 0:17:09.119 we're waiting on God, but God's waiting on us. We 0:17:09.280 --> 0:17:11.760 have to make the first move. Then God will make 0:17:11.760 --> 0:17:15.280 a move. In the Old Testament, David and Jonathan were 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:19.480 best friends. They were in covenant relationship together. One day, 0:17:19.880 --> 0:17:23.160 Jonathan and his father, King Saul were killed in a battle. 0:17:23.800 --> 0:17:27.359 Years later, David asked his servants if Jonathan had any 0:17:27.400 --> 0:17:30.480 relatives that were still alive. He wanted to do something 0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:33.679 good for them because of his friendship with Jonathan, and 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:35.960 they told him that he had a small son that 0:17:36.040 --> 0:17:39.120 was still living, but he was crippled. He had been 0:17:39.160 --> 0:17:42.399 injured in an accident and now he was living in 0:17:42.520 --> 0:17:46.320 extreme poverty in one of the dirtiest, most run down 0:17:46.560 --> 0:17:50.600 cities in that area. Here, he's the grandson of the king. 0:17:51.280 --> 0:17:54.760 He has rights and privileges because of the covenant David 0:17:54.800 --> 0:17:58.000 had with his father. But the problem is he doesn't 0:17:58.080 --> 0:18:00.919 understand what it means. He doesn't think he deserves it. 0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:05.440 After all, his grandfather, King Saul, had chased David through 0:18:05.480 --> 0:18:08.760 the wilderness for years, made David's life miserable. And on 0:18:08.800 --> 0:18:11.560 top of that, this young man was a crippled He 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:15.160 had so much coming against him. He had just settled 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:19.000 for mediocrity. He had convinced himself that's all he deserved. 0:18:19.600 --> 0:18:21.760 But David said to his servants, I want you to 0:18:21.800 --> 0:18:23.840 go get this young man. I'm going to be good 0:18:23.840 --> 0:18:26.760 to him because of his father, and I want him 0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:29.600 to live here in the palace with us. I want 0:18:29.680 --> 0:18:31.800 him to eat dinner with us each night. And not 0:18:31.840 --> 0:18:34.000 only that, I'm going to give him back all the 0:18:34.119 --> 0:18:37.520 land that belonged to his family. They went and got him. 0:18:37.840 --> 0:18:41.399 His name was Mamphibishev. When he came in and first 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:45.639 greeted David, it's very significant. What he said shows us 0:18:45.640 --> 0:18:48.440 his attitude. It shows us why he had settled for defeat. 0:18:48.920 --> 0:18:51.360 He bowed his head low and said, oh, David, why 0:18:51.400 --> 0:18:55.000 would you take in a dead dog like me? There 0:18:55.080 --> 0:18:58.760 was his problem. He saw himself defeated. He saw himself 0:18:58.800 --> 0:19:03.440 as a failure. He already made plans to stay in mediocrity. Here. 0:19:03.480 --> 0:19:05.560 He had a right to be living in the palace. 0:19:06.040 --> 0:19:09.320 He was royalty, the grandson of the king. He came 0:19:09.320 --> 0:19:12.520 from the right bloodline. But because he didn't understand what 0:19:12.520 --> 0:19:16.480 the Covenant meant, he was living in defeat. I wonder 0:19:16.680 --> 0:19:19.360 how many of us do the same thing, Joel. I'll 0:19:19.400 --> 0:19:21.840 never be successful, man. I come from the wrong family, 0:19:22.440 --> 0:19:25.360 or I've got disabilities like that young man. I've got 0:19:25.359 --> 0:19:27.400 some bad habits and addictions. I've had them so long 0:19:27.400 --> 0:19:30.159 I don't think I'll ever overcome. No, you've got to 0:19:30.200 --> 0:19:32.760 get a new image on the inside. You are the 0:19:32.800 --> 0:19:36.880 seed of Abraham two thousand years ago. God put in 0:19:36.920 --> 0:19:40.280 you the blood of a champion. You have victory flowing 0:19:40.400 --> 0:19:43.040 all through your veins. You're a part of the Covenant. 0:19:43.480 --> 0:19:47.359 You have rights and privileges. Don't go around thinking about 0:19:47.359 --> 0:19:49.720 what you don't deserve and all the mistakes you've made. 0:19:50.359 --> 0:19:53.560 The fact is none of us really deserve it. It's 0:19:53.600 --> 0:19:55.919 not because of what we've done. It's because of what 0:19:56.040 --> 0:19:59.959 Jesus did. And it doesn't please God for us to 0:20:00.119 --> 0:20:02.159 go around with that kind of weak, worm of the 0:20:02.240 --> 0:20:06.400 dust mentality. You know, Joel, I made mistakes. I'm not worthy. 0:20:06.520 --> 0:20:10.000 I don't deserve it. No, God has made us worthy. 0:20:10.320 --> 0:20:12.440 The price has already been paid for us to live 0:20:12.480 --> 0:20:15.919 in victory. Let's rise up and start believing for the 0:20:15.960 --> 0:20:19.240 great things God has in store. I mean, how would 0:20:19.240 --> 0:20:22.240 we feel as parents if one day our children came 0:20:22.280 --> 0:20:25.320 in said, all, Dad, I'm not worthy to be called 0:20:25.359 --> 0:20:27.760 your son. Just let me live out in the garage. 0:20:28.119 --> 0:20:30.160 Let me eat off the crumbs of the table. We'd 0:20:30.160 --> 0:20:32.199 pick them up, straighten their shoulders and say, what in 0:20:32.200 --> 0:20:34.800 the world are you talking about. You're my son, you're 0:20:34.840 --> 0:20:37.320 my daughter. Get in here and eat with us, live 0:20:37.400 --> 0:20:39.359 with us, and start acting like you're a part of 0:20:39.400 --> 0:20:42.479 the family. That's what honors God when we put our 0:20:42.480 --> 0:20:46.520 shoulders back, when we hold our head up high and 0:20:46.600 --> 0:20:49.760 say God, I know i'm your child. I know i'm 0:20:49.760 --> 0:20:52.520 the apple of your eye. I believe You've made me 0:20:52.640 --> 0:20:56.120 worthy and you have great things in store. I don't 0:20:56.160 --> 0:20:58.840 know about you, but I like when my children are 0:20:58.920 --> 0:21:02.120 bold and confident. I like when they feel like there's 0:21:02.160 --> 0:21:05.400 something special. I see him come home from school, they 0:21:05.440 --> 0:21:09.640 go straight to the refrigerator. They don't ask, they don't say, Dad, 0:21:09.680 --> 0:21:11.920 would be okay if I get something to drink. They 0:21:11.960 --> 0:21:15.399 go in there like they own the place. Why because 0:21:15.440 --> 0:21:18.040 they know they're a part of the family. They know 0:21:18.320 --> 0:21:21.160 they have rights and privileges, so they go in there 0:21:21.160 --> 0:21:24.600 with baldness. If you're ever going to become everything God's 0:21:24.640 --> 0:21:27.280 created you to be, you have to have this same 0:21:27.640 --> 0:21:31.080 sense of baldness, not an arrogance, not being cocky, but 0:21:31.160 --> 0:21:34.360 a quiet confidence knowing I have a right to live 0:21:34.400 --> 0:21:37.560 in victory. I have a right to be successful. I 0:21:37.600 --> 0:21:40.159 have a right to overcome these addictions. I have a 0:21:40.240 --> 0:21:42.600 right to have peace in my mind. I have a 0:21:42.680 --> 0:21:45.240 right to be free from pain. I have a right 0:21:45.320 --> 0:21:48.400 to accomplish my dreams. Why I'm a part of the family. 0:21:49.359 --> 0:21:52.199 I remember one time when our son Jonathan was about 0:21:52.280 --> 0:21:55.320 three years old. He came up to me and started 0:21:55.359 --> 0:21:58.320 pointing out things in the house and asking me if 0:21:58.320 --> 0:22:01.520 they were his. Looked at the breakfast table and said, Daddy, 0:22:01.640 --> 0:22:04.960 is that table mine? I said, yes, Jonathan, that table's yours. 0:22:05.320 --> 0:22:08.560 He looked at the chairs. Are those chairs mine? I said, yes, 0:22:08.600 --> 0:22:11.280 those chairs are yours. He took my hand and led 0:22:11.320 --> 0:22:14.040 me into the next room. He looked at the desk, Daddy, 0:22:14.119 --> 0:22:17.200 is that desk mine? Yes, it's yours. Is that lamp? 0:22:17.320 --> 0:22:19.119 Is that floor? I could tell this was going to 0:22:19.160 --> 0:22:22.040 go on for hours, so I picked him up and 0:22:22.080 --> 0:22:25.280 I carried him all around the house. Everything I saw 0:22:25.400 --> 0:22:27.359 I pointed out and I told him it was his. 0:22:27.440 --> 0:22:30.199 I said, Jonathan, you see those doors, Those are your doors, 0:22:30.720 --> 0:22:34.640 Those are your windows, Those lights are yours, Those carpets 0:22:34.640 --> 0:22:39.280 are yours, those dirty clothes are yours. On and on. 0:22:39.400 --> 0:22:41.840 Then I took him outside. I was gonna do it right, 0:22:41.880 --> 0:22:44.040 get it done once and for all. I said, Jonathan, 0:22:44.080 --> 0:22:47.840 you see those trees, they're yours. That garage's yours, that 0:22:47.920 --> 0:22:51.440 picnic table's yours. That swing set yours. Then I showed 0:22:51.520 --> 0:22:55.639 him the fence. I said, Jonathan, everything inside this fence 0:22:55.760 --> 0:22:58.639 belongs to you. When I got finished, it seemed like 0:22:58.920 --> 0:23:01.760 he was pretty satisfied he knew it all belonged to him. 0:23:02.000 --> 0:23:03.720 We went back in sat down. I was going to 0:23:03.760 --> 0:23:06.520 watch the ballgame on the couch. Wouldn't Two seconds later, 0:23:06.560 --> 0:23:08.639 he came up and tapped me. He said, Daddy, is 0:23:08.680 --> 0:23:11.280 this couch mine? I thought, oh, no, here we go again. 0:23:11.320 --> 0:23:14.119 I said, yes, Jonathan, the couch is yours. He said, Daddy, 0:23:14.320 --> 0:23:19.720 get off my couch. I had to change it from 0:23:19.800 --> 0:23:25.320 yours to ours. But I believe if our heavenly father 0:23:25.520 --> 0:23:28.320 was here, he would do the same thing. He would 0:23:28.359 --> 0:23:31.440 lead us around and say, you see that freedom, it's yours. 0:23:31.760 --> 0:23:35.040 You see that success, it's yours. See that healing, it's yours. 0:23:36.080 --> 0:23:40.640 Good relationships are yours, wisdom is yours, Peace is yours. 0:23:41.520 --> 0:23:45.440 God is saying today everything I have belongs to you. 0:23:45.960 --> 0:23:49.359 Just don't tell God to get off your couch. I 0:23:49.400 --> 0:23:54.280 heard somebody say if we really understood our position, then 0:23:54.320 --> 0:23:58.040 we could change our condition. In other words, our position 0:23:58.240 --> 0:24:00.240 is we are children of the most High God God. 0:24:00.840 --> 0:24:03.600 He has crowned us with his glory and honor. He 0:24:03.720 --> 0:24:07.240 surrounded us with favor like a shield. We are blessed, 0:24:07.520 --> 0:24:10.719 we are equipped, we are anointed, we are empowered, we 0:24:10.800 --> 0:24:15.400 are called, we are chosen. That's our position way up here. Now. 0:24:15.440 --> 0:24:19.439 Our condition may vary. You take the prodigal son. He 0:24:19.560 --> 0:24:22.600 was his father's son. When he was living in the palace, 0:24:23.000 --> 0:24:25.359 and he was his father's son. When he was living 0:24:25.400 --> 0:24:28.960 in the hogpen, his position never changed. His condition did. 0:24:29.560 --> 0:24:32.720 He went from being blessed and happy and prosperous to 0:24:32.840 --> 0:24:36.760 being miserable and depressed and having all kinds of hardships. 0:24:37.280 --> 0:24:39.959 He could have stayed out there like Maphibis Chef and 0:24:40.040 --> 0:24:44.080 just settled for mediocrity, had defeat lack addictions. But one 0:24:44.160 --> 0:24:47.760 day this young man said, I will arise and go 0:24:47.840 --> 0:24:52.119 back to my father's house. Because he understood his position, 0:24:52.680 --> 0:24:55.919 he was able to change his condition. Some of you, 0:24:56.080 --> 0:24:59.119 the only thing that's keeping you from total victory is 0:24:59.160 --> 0:25:02.600 you don't really underst stand your position. You don't have 0:25:02.720 --> 0:25:06.160 it firmly established in your heart. Who you are, the 0:25:06.200 --> 0:25:10.439 apple of God's eye, his most prized possession. You're so 0:25:10.640 --> 0:25:13.560 focused on your condition and what you're not and the 0:25:13.600 --> 0:25:16.520 mistakes you've made and what you don't deserve. Now you've 0:25:16.560 --> 0:25:21.000 developed a wrong image. You're seeing yourself defeated, unworthy. You 0:25:21.119 --> 0:25:24.560 have to understand your position deep down in here. You've 0:25:24.560 --> 0:25:27.320 got to know no matter what's happened in your past, 0:25:27.840 --> 0:25:31.120 no matter who's in your natural bloodline, none of that 0:25:31.320 --> 0:25:34.639 changes your position. You are still a child of the 0:25:34.640 --> 0:25:38.080 Most High God. You may have failed a thousand times, 0:25:38.240 --> 0:25:40.960 but you are not a failure. You may have gotten 0:25:41.000 --> 0:25:44.560 way off track, but that didn't change the covenant. Just 0:25:44.720 --> 0:25:47.520 like that prodigal son. Whether you're in the palace or 0:25:47.520 --> 0:25:49.679 you're in the pits, you are still a child of 0:25:49.720 --> 0:25:52.120 the King. And we need to do like that young 0:25:52.160 --> 0:25:55.199 man and say, I'm going to arise and bring my 0:25:55.320 --> 0:25:58.960 condition in line with my position. I may be living 0:25:59.000 --> 0:26:03.200 way down here in feet mediocrity, wrong mindsets, but I'm 0:26:03.200 --> 0:26:05.520 not going to let that change my position. I'm not 0:26:05.560 --> 0:26:08.280 gonna forget who I really am deep down in here. 0:26:08.480 --> 0:26:10.399 I may not feel like it, but I know that 0:26:10.480 --> 0:26:13.680 I know. I'm the Seed of Abraham. I am royalty, 0:26:13.760 --> 0:26:16.959 I'm annointed, I've been redeemed. What you're really saying is 0:26:17.320 --> 0:26:20.440 I'm better than this. I was made to be totally free, 0:26:20.760 --> 0:26:25.359 to be healthy, to behold, to be victorious. Understand, God 0:26:25.400 --> 0:26:28.840 has given us the power to bring our condition in 0:26:28.960 --> 0:26:32.240 line with our position. It all starts right here. We 0:26:32.359 --> 0:26:34.959 have to think the right thoughts. We have to have 0:26:35.040 --> 0:26:39.560 the right image on the inside. Colossians three to one says, 0:26:39.880 --> 0:26:43.440 since you have been raised with Christ, set your mind 0:26:43.520 --> 0:26:47.359 on higher things. In other words, quit telling yourself you can't, 0:26:48.040 --> 0:26:50.679 quit going around thinking about what you're not, what you 0:26:50.720 --> 0:26:54.280 don't deserve, and instead set your mind on the fact 0:26:54.520 --> 0:26:57.960 that you were created to live in total victory. There's 0:26:58.000 --> 0:27:02.240 nothing you cannot overcome. The power in you is greater 0:27:02.320 --> 0:27:05.040 than the power that's trying to hold you back. I'm 0:27:05.080 --> 0:27:09.679 asking you today to never settle for partial victory. Some 0:27:09.760 --> 0:27:11.840 of you have just about giving up on your dreams. 0:27:12.040 --> 0:27:14.920 It's been so long, You've had so much come against you. 0:27:14.920 --> 0:27:17.080 You need to get a new fire on the inside. 0:27:17.200 --> 0:27:20.080 God can still bring those dreams to pass. He still 0:27:20.119 --> 0:27:22.640 has a way. Some of you are learning to live 0:27:22.680 --> 0:27:25.280 with things that are far less than God's best. You 0:27:25.400 --> 0:27:27.680 have to draw the line in the sand and say 0:27:27.720 --> 0:27:30.440 that's it. This is a new day. I'm gonna take 0:27:30.480 --> 0:27:34.560 hold of everything Christ died and rose again for. Don't 0:27:34.640 --> 0:27:38.720 settle for mediocrity. Know who you are. Bring your condition 0:27:38.880 --> 0:27:42.600 in line with your position. Remember you've entered into a 0:27:42.640 --> 0:27:46.920 new bloodline. You come from the right family. Blessings, favor, 0:27:47.000 --> 0:27:50.119 and victory are in your family line. If you will 0:27:50.240 --> 0:27:54.240 rise up in faith, believing for the best, pressing forward, 0:27:54.680 --> 0:27:57.760 God will help you to overcome. You will break bondages 0:27:57.800 --> 0:28:00.280 from the past, and I know you'll live the life 0:28:00.320 --> 0:28:03.280 of total victory. God has in story. Amen, do you 0:28:03.320 --> 0:28:07.520 receive it today. We never like to close our broadcast 0:28:07.680 --> 0:28:10.520 without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 0:28:10.560 --> 0:28:14.680 of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 0:28:15.680 --> 0:28:20.359 I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 0:28:20.520 --> 0:28:24.240 make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 0:28:24.240 --> 0:28:27.400 that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 0:28:27.400 --> 0:28:30.240 in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 0:28:30.480 --> 0:28:32.760 He's going to take your places you've never dreamed of. 0:28:33.440 --> 0:28:36.320 Thank you for listening to the Joel lous Deine podcast. 0:28:36.640 --> 0:28:39.280 Help us continue to share the message of hope with 0:28:39.400 --> 0:28:40.760 those all over the world. 0:28:41.040 --> 0:28:44.600 Visit joelous dein dot com slash give Hope to give 0:28:44.640 --> 0:28:45.479 a gift today. 0:28:46.760 --> 0:28:49.680 Thanks so much for listening to today's message. I hope 0:28:49.680 --> 0:28:53.040 you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest podcast to 0:28:53.120 --> 0:28:56.320 keep you inspired all through the week. We're praying for you. 0:28:56.520 --> 0:28:58.960 I know God's best is still ahead. We'll see you 0:28:59.040 --> 0:28:59.600 next time.