Living With Confidence

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See terms and conditions at 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:30.080 UNEs dot co. 0:01:31.200 --> 0:01:31.400 Hi. 0:01:31.480 --> 0:01:32.960 This is Joel and Victoria. 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:36.080 Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:39.000 the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 0:01:39.080 --> 0:01:42.080 be a blessing and share it with a friends, reappreciate you, 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:51.800 and pray for God's very best in your life. 0:01:55.920 --> 0:01:56.920 Well, God bless you. 0:01:57.400 --> 0:01:59.960 It's a joy to come into your homes. We love 0:02:00.240 --> 0:02:02.680 you and we know God has great things in store 0:02:02.720 --> 0:02:04.800 for you. And if you're ever in the Houston area, 0:02:05.040 --> 0:02:06.680 I hope you'll stop by and be a part of 0:02:06.680 --> 0:02:08.919 one of our services. I promise you will make you 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:11.360 feel right at home. But thanks so much for tuning in, 0:02:11.400 --> 0:02:13.040 and thanks again for coming out today. 0:02:13.040 --> 0:02:15.440 And I like to start with something funny. And I 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:18.399 heard about this elderly couple. They'd been married for over 0:02:18.480 --> 0:02:19.320 sixty years. 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:22.760 They were at a church fellowship and someone asked them 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:26.160 the secret of their success. The man told how he 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:29.280 always treated his wife with respect, and he took her 0:02:29.360 --> 0:02:32.200 on trips all over the world. He said, in fact, 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:36.280 for our twenty fifth wedding anniversary, I took her to Beijing, China. 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:39.519 Everyone kind of clapped. Someone spoke up and said, what'd 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:42.560 you do for your fiftieth wedding anniversary? He said, I 0:02:42.600 --> 0:02:46.720 went back and picked her up. All right, hold of 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:49.600 your bible. Say it like you mean it. This is 0:02:49.680 --> 0:02:51.680 my Bible. I am what it says. 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:52.040 I am. 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:55.120 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:55.200 --> 0:02:57.880 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:02.520 taught the word of godly confess. My mind is alert, 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:05.919 my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:10.440 In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 0:03:10.480 --> 0:03:14.680 to you today about living with confidence. Too many people 0:03:14.800 --> 0:03:19.760 go through life intimidated, insecure. They think everyone is smarter 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:24.120 and brighter and more talented, more beautiful. They put others 0:03:24.160 --> 0:03:28.080 on a pedestal and look down on themselves. And yes, 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:31.280 it's good to celebrate people, it's good to be happy 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:35.200 for their accomplishments. But can I tell you are someone 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:38.800 to be celebrated. You are talented, you are smart, you 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:43.480 are attractive, there's something great about you. You're not supposed 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:46.480 to always be celebrating others. You need to learn to 0:03:46.560 --> 0:03:50.480 celebrate yourself. I hear people say you should see how 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:55.040 beautiful my sister is, my coworker is so talented, my 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:59.000 classmate is an awesome football player. And that's fine, But 0:03:59.080 --> 0:04:01.640 you can't get so caught up in how great they 0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:04.200 are that you lose sight of how great you are. 0:04:05.080 --> 0:04:08.280 You're good at something that they're not. Don't make the 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:11.720 mistake of idolizing people to where you put them on 0:04:11.840 --> 0:04:14.680 such a pedestal and think they're so much smarter and 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:19.080 more talented and more beautiful that you feel intimidated, like 0:04:19.120 --> 0:04:22.000 you don't quite measure up. And of course they may 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:25.760 have more natural strength, their talent or ability, but The 0:04:25.800 --> 0:04:28.080 truth is they have faults. 0:04:27.760 --> 0:04:29.480 And weaknesses, just like we all do. 0:04:30.120 --> 0:04:33.360 It's fine to celebrate them, say why aren't they great, 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:36.080 as long as you can follow it up by saying, 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:38.880 you know what, I'm great too, I'm smart too, I'm 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:42.880 talented too. Don't be intimidated by other people's gifts. Be 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:45.919 confident in who you are. It's like this man I 0:04:45.960 --> 0:04:48.800 heard about. He was the mayor of his city. He 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:51.479 was in a parade, riding down main street in a 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:54.479 float with his wife sitting next to him while he 0:04:54.560 --> 0:04:57.680 waved at the different people in the crowd. At one point, 0:04:57.720 --> 0:05:00.000 he spotted his wife's former boyfriend. 0:05:00.640 --> 0:05:02.240 He owned the local gas station. 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:05.960 He kind of snickered and whispered to his wife, aren't 0:05:05.960 --> 0:05:08.240 you glad you didn't marry him? You'd be working at 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:10.920 a gas station. His wife said, no, if I'd have 0:05:10.960 --> 0:05:16.000 married him, he would be the mayor. You've got to 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:19.440 know who you are, a child of the most High God. 0:05:20.240 --> 0:05:20.600 Listen. 0:05:20.839 --> 0:05:25.039 God breathes his life into you. You have royal blood 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:28.360 flowing through your veins. He crowned you with his honor 0:05:28.440 --> 0:05:31.040 and favor. Now you got to put your shoulders back, 0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:36.960 hold your head up high, walk confidently, talk confidently, think confidently, 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:38.200 act confidently. 0:05:39.000 --> 0:05:42.120 People are going to treat you the way you present yourself. 0:05:42.680 --> 0:05:45.760 If you have a less then mentality, you go around 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:48.720 intimidated and you don't look people in the eyes when 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:49.520 you speak to them. 0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:51.760 You bitterly speak up when you talk. 0:05:52.279 --> 0:05:55.520 You may not realize it, but you are communicating I'm 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:59.080 not important, I'm less than I don't deserve your attention. 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:03.520 The way you carry yourself is constantly sending out these 0:06:03.560 --> 0:06:07.240 subconscious messages. You can be as talented as can be, 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:10.200 but if you don't look people in the eyes, by 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:13.120 your actions, you're saying you don't need to pay attention 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:16.760 to me. If you speak in a mealy mouthed voice 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:20.599 and people can barely understand you, you act like you're 0:06:20.640 --> 0:06:25.400 bothering them. That lack of confidence is communicating more than 0:06:25.440 --> 0:06:26.039 your words. 0:06:26.320 --> 0:06:27.960 You're sending out the wrong messages. 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:31.360 Get in a habit of looking people in the eyes 0:06:31.400 --> 0:06:34.360 when you speak to them. Doesn't matter if they're smarter, 0:06:34.800 --> 0:06:39.000 more educated, more successful, more beautiful. Listen, they are no 0:06:39.160 --> 0:06:42.640 more of a child of God than you are. Speak clearly, 0:06:42.839 --> 0:06:46.720 speak strongly, don't mumble, and act like you're bothering them. 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:51.839 Speak with confidence. Make sure your posture is good. Stand 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:52.480 up tall. 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:57.000 When we slump over, we're communicating weakness. We're saying I'm 0:06:57.040 --> 0:06:59.960 not really proud of who I am. I read where 0:07:00.000 --> 0:07:01.240 there eighty percent. 0:07:01.000 --> 0:07:03.360 Of communication is nonverbal. 0:07:03.839 --> 0:07:08.200 It's voice tones, body language, facial expressions, it's our posture. 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:11.680 When you meet someone, make sure you stand up tall, 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:14.080 look them in the eyes, and shape their. 0:07:13.920 --> 0:07:16.520 Hand with a good, firm handshake. 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:22.160 A firm handshake communicates I'm determined, I'm confident, I'm secure, 0:07:22.440 --> 0:07:25.640 I'm proud of who I am. I've had people shake 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:28.800 my hand and it feels like a dead fish. No life, 0:07:29.000 --> 0:07:32.720 no grip, no enthusiasm. They've got their head down. You 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:36.520 can barely understand them. And I'm not finding fault. I'm 0:07:36.560 --> 0:07:40.440 simply saying much of this is because we are intimidated. 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:44.120 We have low self esteem. We don't understand who we 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:44.720 really are. 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:48.760 The scripture says here that God has made us to 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:52.720 be kings and priests under him. Men, you need to 0:07:52.720 --> 0:07:56.080 start seeing yourself as a king. Women you need to 0:07:56.120 --> 0:08:01.080 start seeing yourself as a queen. Start carrying yourself like royalty. 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:04.559 And I don't mean with arrogance. Thinking that we're better 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:09.040 than other people. No, I'm talking about inhumility. Stand up tall, 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:13.640 speak strongly, be confident, be secure in who you are. No, 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:16.200 you're not better than anyone else. But can I tell 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:19.559 you you're not less than anyone else. It doesn't matter 0:08:19.600 --> 0:08:22.960 how many degrees they have behind their name, it doesn't 0:08:22.960 --> 0:08:24.800 matter how many important. 0:08:24.280 --> 0:08:25.680 People they associate with. 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:29.280 Well, hell, Joel, I'm kind of intimidated because they come 0:08:29.320 --> 0:08:33.079 from such an influential family. No, you need to understand 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:36.960 you come from the ultimate family. Your heavenly father is 0:08:36.960 --> 0:08:41.640 the creator of the universe. The God of Abraham, Isaac 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:44.640 and Jacob knew you before you were formed in your 0:08:44.640 --> 0:08:47.840 mother's womb. When you showed up on planet Earth, you 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:51.600 didn't come as ordinary as average. No, God crowned you 0:08:51.720 --> 0:08:55.000 with favor. He crowned you with honor. Now you need 0:08:55.040 --> 0:08:58.480 to start thinking like your royalty, and talking like your royalty, 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:01.959 and walking like your royalty. Carry yourself like the king 0:09:02.360 --> 0:09:05.720 the queen God created you to be. Remember one time 0:09:05.800 --> 0:09:09.040 years ago, we had a king from an African nation 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:12.599 visit our services. When he walked in, you would have 0:09:12.600 --> 0:09:15.880 thought he owned the place. He was as nice as 0:09:15.920 --> 0:09:20.240 can be, very personable, very humble, but he carried himself 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:27.599 with such strength and dignity. He radiated confidence, royalty, influence, importance. 0:09:28.280 --> 0:09:31.120 We talked afterwards and I'll never forget what he told me. 0:09:31.520 --> 0:09:34.520 He said, Joel, I'm very honored to represent my country 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:38.840 and I try to do it with strength and dignity. Friends, 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:42.160 do you realize you and I represent the Kingdom of God? 0:09:42.679 --> 0:09:46.560 The scripture says we are christ ambassadors. When we go 0:09:46.640 --> 0:09:50.559 around intimidated, feeling less than, like we don't measure up. 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:55.120 Everybody's better than us, we're not representing our kingdom very well. 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:58.520 I was in England the other day and I saw 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:01.720 a ceremony on television where they were honoring the Queen. 0:10:02.400 --> 0:10:05.120 When the Queen walked in the room, you could feel 0:10:05.160 --> 0:10:09.040 the strength, the confidence that emanated from her. She had 0:10:09.080 --> 0:10:13.000 her head held high, this pleasant smile, and she waved 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:16.199 at everyone like they were all her best friends. And 0:10:16.280 --> 0:10:20.160 what's interesting is there were very many important people in 0:10:20.200 --> 0:10:24.520 the room. There were presidents of other nations, world renowned 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:30.680 movie stars, top entertainers, famous athletes, CEOs, scientists, some of 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:35.240 the smartest, most talented people around. I say this respectfully, 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:38.440 but the queen was not the most beautiful woman in 0:10:38.480 --> 0:10:42.120 the room. There were other ladies there, much younger, much 0:10:42.160 --> 0:10:45.840 more beautiful. But by the way the Queen carried herself, 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:48.600 you would have thought she was the cat's meal. She 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:53.840 had it going on, strong confidence, secure. The Queen was 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:57.160 not the most talented person in the room, nor the 0:10:57.200 --> 0:11:01.000 most educated, nor the fittest, the wealthiest. 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:03.359 A lot of people would have been intimidated. 0:11:03.679 --> 0:11:04.079 Not her. 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:07.840 You know why she knows who she is. She's the Queen. 0:11:08.440 --> 0:11:11.839 She comes from a long line of royalty. It's been 0:11:12.080 --> 0:11:15.800 ingrained in her thinking, those thoughts. You're not average, you're 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:19.640 not ordinary, you're exceptional, you're want of a kind. And 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:22.520 it's not so much what she does that gives her 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:26.400 this confidence. It's not what she has is based solely 0:11:26.520 --> 0:11:29.360 on the fact of who she is. And when you 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:33.800 understand who you are and who you are, it'll drive 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:37.960 out all intimidation, all inferiority. You'll put your shoulders back 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:42.480 and go around confident and secure. I can imagine some 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:45.600 mornings when the Queen wakes up, the same thoughts come 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:48.240 to her that come to all of us, thoughts like 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:51.679 you're not as beautiful as your sister, you're not as smart, 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:54.439 as your neighbor. You're not as talented as your coworker. 0:11:54.840 --> 0:11:57.760 Be intimidated, be insecure, keep your head down. 0:11:58.000 --> 0:11:58.560 What does she do? 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:01.880 She just shakes it off. Her attitude is what are 0:12:01.920 --> 0:12:03.640 you talking about? I'm the queen. 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:07.720 I've got royalty in my bloodline, doesn't matter how compare 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:08.520 to other people. 0:12:08.920 --> 0:12:10.520 In my DNA, I. 0:12:10.520 --> 0:12:14.760 Have generations of prestige, influence, royalty, victory. 0:12:14.840 --> 0:12:15.880 It's ingrained in me. 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:19.120 And if we could just see ourselves as the kings 0:12:19.400 --> 0:12:22.120 the queens God made us to be, we'd never. 0:12:21.920 --> 0:12:23.000 Be intimidated again. 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:26.320 You don't have to be the most talented to feel 0:12:26.320 --> 0:12:29.319 good about yourself. You don't have to have the most 0:12:29.360 --> 0:12:33.079 money to be the most successful to be the most beautiful. 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:36.400 When you understand who you are, it'll affect the way 0:12:36.400 --> 0:12:40.120 you carry yourself. When you realize the creator of the 0:12:40.240 --> 0:12:44.280 universe breeds his life into you, and you too come 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:45.319 from a long. 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:46.319 Line of royalty. 0:12:47.000 --> 0:12:49.959 Maybe not in the natural, but when you gave your 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:53.360 life to Christ, you entered into a new bloodline. And 0:12:53.400 --> 0:12:56.480 in this spiritual blood line, it says we are terign 0:12:56.880 --> 0:13:01.520 in life as kings. That means in instead of being intimidated, 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:06.160 instead of feeling inferior because somebody's quote more important. 0:13:05.679 --> 0:13:06.640 More influential. 0:13:07.160 --> 0:13:08.840 When you know who you are, you can be like 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:12.160 the Queen and just walk in the room totally at ease, smile, 0:13:12.600 --> 0:13:14.080 wave at everybody like they're. 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:14.720 Your best friends. 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:18.280 Listen, ladies, you may not be the most beautiful, but 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:21.960 be confident. You're the queen, not crowned by people, but 0:13:22.040 --> 0:13:26.000 crowned by Almighty God. What would we think if the 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:29.080 President walked into an important meeting and he had his 0:13:29.200 --> 0:13:32.360 head down. Other world leaders were there and he wouldn't 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:36.319 looked him in the eyes, he mumbled when he spoke weak, intimidated. 0:13:36.760 --> 0:13:40.120 We would say, come on, now, you represent our country. 0:13:40.480 --> 0:13:43.960 Stand up tall, be strong, act like you're proud. 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:44.360 Of who you are. 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:48.920 That's exactly the way God thinks when we go around intimidated, 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:52.880 thinking we don't measure up. Everybody's smarter than us. God says, 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:55.880 come on, now, I breathe my life into you. I 0:13:55.960 --> 0:13:59.040 put seeds of greatness on the inside. I've crowned you 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:01.320 with my favor. Now do you a part and be 0:14:01.400 --> 0:14:05.000 proud of who you are. Stand up tall, be confident, 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:08.960 start acting like the royalty. God's created you to be now. 0:14:09.000 --> 0:14:12.800 You may not feel confident, but if you will act confident, 0:14:13.080 --> 0:14:16.600 the feelings will eventually come. When my father went to 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:18.720 be with the Lord and I stepped up to pastor 0:14:18.800 --> 0:14:23.000 the church, I didn't feel confident. I felt intimidated, I 0:14:23.040 --> 0:14:26.240 felt afraid. But every Sunday morning when I would step 0:14:26.360 --> 0:14:29.560 up to minister, I would stand up tall and act 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:31.160 as confidently as can be. 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:34.120 I've learned you got to fake it till you can 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:34.560 make it. 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:39.920 In other words, you cannot wait for the feelings to come. 0:14:40.360 --> 0:14:43.360 You can create the feelings by acting the way you 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:46.840 want to be. When your supervisor ask you to do 0:14:46.880 --> 0:14:51.240 something that you've never done before, you feel unqualified, don't 0:14:51.320 --> 0:14:54.560 immediately respond or I can't do that. I'm not talented 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:57.080 in that area. I don't have what it takes. How 0:14:57.120 --> 0:15:00.440 do you know unless you try, dare to take that 0:15:00.480 --> 0:15:04.560 step of faith. You have gifts and talents on the inside, 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:07.560 just like I did, that you have not yet tapped into. 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:11.600 There is potential in you that has not yet been released, 0:15:12.200 --> 0:15:15.320 and if we act in fear instead of acting in faith, 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:19.640 we'll never discover the treasures that God's put on the inside. 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:22.520 I believe in the coming days, God is going to 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:26.880 present you with opportunities to do something you've never done before. 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:31.440 You will have the desire, but you may feel unqualified. 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:35.440 It's easy to focus on everything you're not well. I'm 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:38.720 not trained in that area. I'm not talented over there. 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:41.440 I don't have what it takes. I tried and failed 0:15:41.480 --> 0:15:44.720 once before. Now quit focusing on what you're not and 0:15:44.800 --> 0:15:46.920 start focusing on what you can become. 0:15:47.480 --> 0:15:48.080 You have the. 0:15:48.080 --> 0:15:51.200 Greatest power in the universe on the inside of you. 0:15:51.320 --> 0:15:51.840 Right now. 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:55.160 When you are weak, he is strong. When you don't 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:58.160 see a way, God will make a way. When enemies 0:15:58.160 --> 0:16:00.800 come against you, God will fight you, battles for you. 0:16:02.040 --> 0:16:05.720 For some of you, You're always celebrating someone else. But 0:16:05.800 --> 0:16:09.320 God is saying, this is your time, this is your moment. 0:16:09.760 --> 0:16:13.160 He's about to release an opportunity that can thrust you 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:17.080 to a whole new level. It may look impossible. You've 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:20.160 never done it before. Your mind will tell you, no, way, 0:16:20.400 --> 0:16:23.640 that's too big, I'm not qualified. But if you'll dare 0:16:23.800 --> 0:16:26.520 take that step of faith, you will discover. 0:16:26.240 --> 0:16:28.040 Potential that you didn't know you had. 0:16:28.720 --> 0:16:31.520 It shouldn't have happened in the natural, but the power 0:16:31.600 --> 0:16:34.400 of the Most High God is breathing in your direction, 0:16:35.040 --> 0:16:37.880 and God can open doors that no man can shut. 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:41.640 You're going to accomplish dreams that you never thought possible. 0:16:42.240 --> 0:16:44.640 Some of you are going to write a best selling book. 0:16:45.000 --> 0:16:47.200 Some of you, instead of working at that company, you're 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:50.440 gonna be running the company. Instead of teaching at that school, 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:53.480 you're going to be in charge of that school. Instead 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:56.920 of always celebrating others upfront, you're going to be the 0:16:56.960 --> 0:17:00.520 ones upfront being celebrated. Now you need to get ready 0:17:00.720 --> 0:17:04.000 when those opportunities come. Don't you dare shrink back. You 0:17:04.119 --> 0:17:06.679 rise up with confidence and say, I am well able. 0:17:06.680 --> 0:17:10.520 I'm a child of the most highed, God, equipped, empowered, anointed. 0:17:10.760 --> 0:17:12.840 I can do what God is calling me to do. 0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:17.960 I've heard it said that confidence to the believer is 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:21.320 what fuel is to a jumbo jet. You can have 0:17:21.400 --> 0:17:25.200 a huge jet with all this power, all this capability, 0:17:25.520 --> 0:17:27.160 but if you don't put any fuel in. 0:17:27.160 --> 0:17:28.880 It, it's not going to go anywhere. 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:32.600 In the same way, you have all kinds of potential 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:36.879 God has placed in you, seeds of greatness. That means 0:17:36.880 --> 0:17:40.040 you have the ability to rise higher, to go further, 0:17:40.359 --> 0:17:44.000 to accomplish more. But if you never put any confidence 0:17:44.040 --> 0:17:47.000 in your jet, it's gonna get stuck in the runway. 0:17:47.119 --> 0:17:48.160 In other words, if you. 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:50.800 Just shrink back and think, well, I can't take that 0:17:50.840 --> 0:17:53.840 management position. I'm not qualified. I'm not trained in that area. 0:17:54.400 --> 0:17:56.040 I'd love to write a book, Joe, but I. 0:17:55.960 --> 0:17:56.600 Don't know how. 0:17:56.920 --> 0:17:58.600 I wish I could speak in front of people, but 0:17:58.640 --> 0:18:01.520 I'm too afraid. You got to put some fuel in 0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:03.679 your gem. You got to take some steps of faith. 0:18:04.480 --> 0:18:07.760 I have a good friend that immigrated here from another country. 0:18:08.119 --> 0:18:09.040 They were very. 0:18:08.840 --> 0:18:12.440 Poor people in the Naturally, all the odds were against him. 0:18:12.920 --> 0:18:15.760 He didn't come from an influential family. He had a 0:18:15.840 --> 0:18:19.840 very limited education, no real training, no real connections. 0:18:20.320 --> 0:18:22.880 But one day he overheard about a job. 0:18:22.680 --> 0:18:25.720 Opportunity in the medical center here in Houston, and it 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:27.920 was to run one of these big pieces of X 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:31.000 ray equipment. He had no training in that field, but 0:18:31.119 --> 0:18:34.000 he went and applied for the job. They asked him 0:18:34.000 --> 0:18:37.080 if he had any experience. He told them no, But 0:18:37.119 --> 0:18:40.080 he followed it up by saying, I'm a very fast 0:18:40.160 --> 0:18:44.120 learner and I'm extremely smart. I can read the manual 0:18:44.119 --> 0:18:46.119 and figure out how to run it. I'll come in 0:18:46.200 --> 0:18:49.160 early and learn from the other technicians, but I promise 0:18:49.240 --> 0:18:53.119 you I'll have no problem running this equipment. He was 0:18:53.200 --> 0:18:57.280 so sure of himself, so confident he convinced them they 0:18:57.400 --> 0:19:01.080 gave him the position over other people that had more 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:06.719 experience but less confidence. When you think confidently and talk confidently, 0:19:06.760 --> 0:19:09.160 and believe that you're a child of God and you've 0:19:09.160 --> 0:19:12.679 got what it takes, it'll not only give you more confidence, 0:19:13.040 --> 0:19:15.439 but it'll cause other people to put more confidence in you. 0:19:16.040 --> 0:19:18.840 Some of you today, you need to sell yourself better. 0:19:19.480 --> 0:19:20.400 You're too timid. 0:19:20.800 --> 0:19:25.960 You're always downplaying your abilities and discounting what you can do. Well. Hell, Joel, 0:19:26.000 --> 0:19:28.560 if they want to see my resume, they can read it. No, 0:19:28.760 --> 0:19:32.119 sometimes you have to be your resume. Sometimes you have 0:19:32.160 --> 0:19:34.320 to say, hey, I can do this, I'm well able, 0:19:34.359 --> 0:19:36.159 I've got what it takes. I'm a child of the 0:19:36.200 --> 0:19:40.520 most High God. When other people see that you believe 0:19:40.600 --> 0:19:43.879 in yourself, they'll be much more likely to open the 0:19:43.960 --> 0:19:47.199 door so you can go further and give you more opportunities. 0:19:47.600 --> 0:19:52.239 Quit under selling yourself. It's not humility to discount your 0:19:52.280 --> 0:19:55.800 abilities and downplay what you can do. I know I'm 0:19:55.800 --> 0:19:57.919 not saying to go around bragging all the time, but 0:19:57.960 --> 0:20:00.800 I am saying, sometimes you've got to rise up like 0:20:00.880 --> 0:20:03.720 my friend and say, listen, I can do this. I've 0:20:03.720 --> 0:20:05.840 got what it takes. Give me a shot. 0:20:06.040 --> 0:20:07.040 I'll make you proud. 0:20:08.040 --> 0:20:10.960 Several years later, the head technician left that hospital and 0:20:10.960 --> 0:20:14.120 took another position. They called my friend in and said, 0:20:14.320 --> 0:20:17.640 we're thinking about offering you the position of manager over 0:20:17.680 --> 0:20:21.399 this whole department. What do you think He immediately said, 0:20:21.640 --> 0:20:24.800 I'll be a great manager. He went on and on 0:20:24.920 --> 0:20:28.639 to list all of his strengths, tell them all the reasons. 0:20:28.280 --> 0:20:29.159 Why he could do it. 0:20:29.560 --> 0:20:32.919 The truth is he didn't have any management experience, but 0:20:33.040 --> 0:20:35.679 deep down he believed it was a part of his 0:20:35.760 --> 0:20:40.440 God given destiny. Instead of shrinking back, being intimidated, thinking 0:20:40.480 --> 0:20:42.960 of all the reasons why he couldn't, he told them 0:20:42.960 --> 0:20:44.240 all the reasons why he could. 0:20:44.800 --> 0:20:46.480 And again, this strong sense. 0:20:46.280 --> 0:20:49.920 Of confidence, coupled with his proven track record, got them 0:20:49.920 --> 0:20:52.520 to give him that job opportunity. And if you will 0:20:52.560 --> 0:20:56.440 display confidence, if you will believe in yourself, it'll cause 0:20:56.480 --> 0:20:59.720 other people to put more confidence in you. I wat 0:21:00.000 --> 0:21:02.600 football game on television several years ago, and it was 0:21:02.640 --> 0:21:06.480 a very exciting game. The score kept going back and forth. 0:21:06.880 --> 0:21:09.840 It ended up going into overtime. At one point, the 0:21:09.840 --> 0:21:12.399 home team had the ball. They were marching down the 0:21:12.400 --> 0:21:14.560 field trying to score a touchdown. 0:21:14.240 --> 0:21:15.280 But they got stopped. 0:21:15.640 --> 0:21:17.840 They had to decide whether they were going to punk 0:21:17.880 --> 0:21:20.000 the ball or whether they were going to attempt this 0:21:20.119 --> 0:21:22.320 long field goal to win the game. 0:21:22.880 --> 0:21:24.000 It was very windy. 0:21:24.520 --> 0:21:27.400 The wind was blowing against the kicker, meaning that he'd 0:21:27.400 --> 0:21:29.000 have to kick into the wind. 0:21:28.800 --> 0:21:30.440 Of course, make it much more difficult. 0:21:31.040 --> 0:21:34.480 Not only that this kicker had already missed two field 0:21:34.520 --> 0:21:38.040 goals earlier in the game, this attempt would be further 0:21:38.119 --> 0:21:40.879 than the two that he had already missed. The coach 0:21:40.920 --> 0:21:43.480 called time out. There was this big commotion on the 0:21:43.520 --> 0:21:47.080 sidelines as the coach tried to decide should he play 0:21:47.080 --> 0:21:49.879 it safe and punk the ball away or should he 0:21:49.920 --> 0:21:53.000 attempt this game winning field goal. And he couldn't make 0:21:53.080 --> 0:21:55.720 up his mind, So the coach decided to ask the 0:21:55.800 --> 0:21:58.520 kicker how he felt about it. He looked up and 0:21:58.560 --> 0:22:01.640 down the sidelines. He couldn't find the kicker anywhere. That's 0:22:01.720 --> 0:22:05.520 because the kicker was already on the field getting lined up, 0:22:05.680 --> 0:22:09.160 preparing to attempt that feel gone. When the coach saw 0:22:09.240 --> 0:22:13.200 the kicker already out there in spite of the two misses, 0:22:13.400 --> 0:22:16.119 in spite of the wind blowing in his face, that 0:22:16.280 --> 0:22:18.560 sealed the deal. The coach let him attempt it, and 0:22:18.600 --> 0:22:20.320 sure enough, that kicker stepped up. 0:22:20.400 --> 0:22:21.680 He kicked the ball right. 0:22:21.520 --> 0:22:24.480 Through the uprights, the game winning field gone. The crowd 0:22:24.520 --> 0:22:27.560 went wild. They carried him off the field. Some of 0:22:27.560 --> 0:22:31.959 you today like him. You've tried and failed, You've made mistakes. 0:22:32.400 --> 0:22:35.200 My question is are you getting back on the field. 0:22:35.560 --> 0:22:38.680 Are you in the game? Are you looking for new opportunities. 0:22:40.560 --> 0:22:43.960 If that kicker would have stayed on the sidelines to 0:22:44.000 --> 0:22:46.920 wait to see what the coach thought, he probably would 0:22:47.000 --> 0:22:48.280 not have had that opportunity. 0:22:48.840 --> 0:22:49.600 If you will. 0:22:49.440 --> 0:22:53.560 Sell yourself, if you'll have the attitude this is my time, 0:22:54.040 --> 0:22:56.280 this is my moment. I may have tried and felled, 0:22:56.320 --> 0:22:58.439 but this is a new day. The power of the 0:22:58.480 --> 0:23:01.360 most High God is in me. When you rise up 0:23:01.359 --> 0:23:04.520 with confidence like that, you're putting fuel in your jet. 0:23:05.119 --> 0:23:08.320 You never know where it's going to take you. Living 0:23:08.359 --> 0:23:12.159 with confidence means that we never lose our poise. In 0:23:12.200 --> 0:23:15.960 other words, you may feel fear on the inside, you 0:23:16.040 --> 0:23:20.000 may be intimidated, but don't ever show fear. Don't ever 0:23:20.080 --> 0:23:23.399 let people see you intimidated. When you go on that 0:23:23.520 --> 0:23:27.200 job interview, you may be very nervous, but don't show it. 0:23:27.760 --> 0:23:29.920 Don't go in there and make excuses, Well, I'm. 0:23:29.720 --> 0:23:31.920 Just a little uptied. I'm just a little bit nervous. No, 0:23:32.040 --> 0:23:33.800 be strong, be confident. 0:23:34.200 --> 0:23:37.000 Fake it if you have to. Better way to put 0:23:37.000 --> 0:23:38.959 it is faith it if you have to. 0:23:39.640 --> 0:23:43.720 This is what faith is all about, not acting on 0:23:43.840 --> 0:23:47.640 what we feel, but acting on what we know. When 0:23:47.640 --> 0:23:52.600 your company offers you that management position, you may feel unqualified, 0:23:52.920 --> 0:23:55.439 but know this. God would not have given you the 0:23:55.520 --> 0:23:59.359 opportunity if he had not already equipped you. God is 0:23:59.359 --> 0:24:01.840 saying to us today what he said to get in 0:24:01.920 --> 0:24:06.639 many years ago. Be strong, you, mighty man of fearless courage, you, 0:24:06.760 --> 0:24:10.359 mighty woman of fearless courage. Even if you're shaken on 0:24:10.400 --> 0:24:13.400 the inside, you've got to dig your heels in and say, 0:24:13.400 --> 0:24:16.679 I'm not gonna let one person see me intimidated. I 0:24:16.760 --> 0:24:19.560 may feel fear, but I'm gonna act strong. I may 0:24:19.600 --> 0:24:23.760 be intimidated, but I'm gonna act confident. I may feel unqualified, 0:24:23.840 --> 0:24:26.760 but I'm gonna act like I'm well able. I learned 0:24:26.760 --> 0:24:29.800 this from one of my basketball coaches growing up. He 0:24:29.960 --> 0:24:33.800 always instilled in us. No matter how big the opponents are, 0:24:34.160 --> 0:24:37.760 no matter how far behind you fall, don't ever show 0:24:37.880 --> 0:24:41.480 any sign of weakness. When I was in the seventh grade, 0:24:41.720 --> 0:24:45.160 our basketball team was playing the number one basketball team 0:24:45.200 --> 0:24:48.000 in our district. And in seventh grade I was only 0:24:48.040 --> 0:24:49.800 four feet eleven inches tall. 0:24:50.080 --> 0:24:51.120 I was very small. 0:24:51.560 --> 0:24:53.639 The young man I was going to be guarding was 0:24:53.680 --> 0:24:57.320 six feet one. The coach called me aside and said, Joel, 0:24:57.440 --> 0:24:59.399 he's gonna be a lot bigger, He's gonna be a 0:24:59.480 --> 0:25:02.359 lot strong. But don't you dare get out there and 0:25:02.400 --> 0:25:06.399 look intimidated. You play like you're the greatest basketball player 0:25:06.440 --> 0:25:09.000 in the world. Some things you can fake and some 0:25:09.080 --> 0:25:14.000 things you can't. I should mention our team was all white. 0:25:14.320 --> 0:25:16.399 Their team was all black, so you know it was 0:25:16.440 --> 0:25:21.000 going to take a miracle. We were playing in their gym, 0:25:21.320 --> 0:25:23.880 and the game was at a special time, two o'clock 0:25:23.920 --> 0:25:27.240 in the afternoon, so all the seventh grade class was 0:25:27.320 --> 0:25:29.800 dismissed so they could come to the gym to watch 0:25:29.840 --> 0:25:32.520 us playing. Well, normally there'd just be a couple dozen 0:25:32.600 --> 0:25:35.879 parents out there, but this day the gym was packed 0:25:35.960 --> 0:25:40.520 full of hundreds and hundreds of screaming seventh grade students. 0:25:40.920 --> 0:25:43.080 When we walked in the gym, we were single file, 0:25:43.200 --> 0:25:45.800 and I was toward the back of the line. Those 0:25:45.800 --> 0:25:50.320 students started booing and hissing, trying to intimidate us. But 0:25:50.440 --> 0:25:53.280 when they saw me and how small I was, they 0:25:53.320 --> 0:25:57.639 started laughing and cheering, and in a few seconds they 0:25:57.680 --> 0:26:02.080 were all chanting my number, twenty one, twenty one. I 0:26:02.160 --> 0:26:05.240 was so embarrassed when I saw the young man I 0:26:05.359 --> 0:26:07.159 was going to guard. I wanted to go back and 0:26:07.200 --> 0:26:10.919 get on the bus, but I kept hearing the coach 0:26:11.040 --> 0:26:14.280 telling me, don't show any weakness, don't show any fear, 0:26:14.520 --> 0:26:18.560 don't let them see you intimidated. Now I felt intimidated. 0:26:19.000 --> 0:26:21.720 I felt fear, but I just kept acting like I 0:26:21.800 --> 0:26:26.440 was Michael Jordan. It helped my self esteem, not necessarily 0:26:26.440 --> 0:26:30.479 my game. But when the guy was guarding went up 0:26:30.520 --> 0:26:33.240 to take a shot and I was crouched over playing defense, 0:26:33.560 --> 0:26:36.560 I'll never forget I could see his knees at eye level. 0:26:38.080 --> 0:26:40.439 I thought, I have never seen any white knees at 0:26:40.480 --> 0:26:41.000 I level. 0:26:42.320 --> 0:26:43.240 Funny thing is, we. 0:26:43.200 --> 0:26:45.560 Got beat that day, but when I went to get 0:26:45.600 --> 0:26:48.280 on the bus and we were leaving, all these students 0:26:48.359 --> 0:26:51.400 from their school were lined up, giving me high fives, 0:26:51.440 --> 0:26:52.359 congratulating me. 0:26:53.240 --> 0:26:54.040 What am I saying? 0:26:54.640 --> 0:26:58.240 In life? You're going to find yourself in situations where 0:26:58.240 --> 0:27:02.040 you're over your head, feel unqualified, You're up against a 0:27:02.160 --> 0:27:06.320 huge opponent. May be a legal situation that looks impossible, 0:27:06.760 --> 0:27:10.960 a medical report where you could easily be afraid and intimidated. 0:27:11.480 --> 0:27:13.560 You've got to dig your heels in and say, I 0:27:13.640 --> 0:27:16.200 may feel fear, but I'm not gonna show any fear. 0:27:16.440 --> 0:27:19.240 I'm gonna keep my poise, knowing that the creator of 0:27:19.280 --> 0:27:21.920 the universe is in complete control of my life. 0:27:22.000 --> 0:27:26.119 And if God be for me, who dare be against me? Friends? 0:27:26.119 --> 0:27:28.680 I'm trying to put some more fuel in your jet. 0:27:29.960 --> 0:27:34.240 You have incredible potential. I'm asking you to put your 0:27:34.280 --> 0:27:37.119 shoulders back, hold your head up high. 0:27:37.320 --> 0:27:39.520 You are representing the most high God. 0:27:40.080 --> 0:27:43.399 Carry yourself like the King, like the Queen, like the 0:27:43.520 --> 0:27:46.359 royalty He's created you to be. Let's get in a 0:27:46.400 --> 0:27:49.720 habit of looking people in the eyes. Speak with a strong, 0:27:50.080 --> 0:27:55.879 clear voice. Don't downplay your abilities, don't discount yourself, sell yourself. 0:27:56.400 --> 0:27:59.600 If you don't believe in you, others want either. It's 0:27:59.600 --> 0:28:02.040 good to celebrate people, but you need to start by 0:28:02.040 --> 0:28:06.919 celebrating yourself. If you will shake off the intimidation, the insecurity, 0:28:06.960 --> 0:28:10.600 and rise up with confidence knowing who you are. Let 0:28:10.600 --> 0:28:13.320 me tell you the creator of the universe will breed 0:28:13.480 --> 0:28:16.520 in your direction, and when he does, you will overcome 0:28:16.640 --> 0:28:21.600 every obstacle, defeat every enemy, accomplish every dream I believe in, 0:28:21.680 --> 0:28:24.800 declare over each one of you. You will become everything 0:28:24.840 --> 0:28:27.680 God's created you to be, and you will have everything 0:28:27.720 --> 0:28:28.879 God intended for you to have. 0:28:29.240 --> 0:28:30.639 Hey, man, do you receive it today? 0:28:32.600 --> 0:28:35.280 We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 0:28:35.320 --> 0:28:38.200 an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 0:28:38.400 --> 0:28:42.400 Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 0:28:42.560 --> 0:28:43.600 repent of my sins. 0:28:44.760 --> 0:28:48.480 Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 0:28:49.760 --> 0:28:52.000 Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 0:28:52.040 --> 0:28:54.920 got born again. Get in a good Bible based church, 0:28:55.080 --> 0:28:56.320 keep God first place. 0:28:56.560 --> 0:28:58.880 He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 0:28:59.160 --> 0:29:02.800 Thank you for listen to the Jolostine podcast. 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