Power Thinking

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One Sunday morning, the 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:36.880 pastor was in the pulpit preaching away when he noticed 0:02:36.919 --> 0:02:40.079 a man sound asleep on the front row. That made 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:44.280 him so aggravated he started preaching louder and harder. But 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:47.360 the louder he got, the more the man slept. He 0:02:47.440 --> 0:02:50.239 finally stopped and said that the man sitting next to him, 0:02:50.560 --> 0:02:54.080 would you please wake that man up? The man said, 0:02:54.280 --> 0:02:55.440 wake him up yourself. 0:02:55.639 --> 0:02:56.680 You put him to sleep. 0:02:57.440 --> 0:02:59.360 Well, I'm going to do my best to not put 0:02:59.400 --> 0:03:00.480 you to sleep today. 0:03:00.720 --> 0:03:02.120 Come on, say it like you mean it. 0:03:02.600 --> 0:03:05.640 This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:08.680 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:03:08.760 --> 0:03:11.480 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:15.480 taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 0:03:15.560 --> 0:03:18.680 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:23.880 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:26.280 to talk to you today about power thinking. 0:03:26.919 --> 0:03:27.680 It's easy to. 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:30.919 Go around thinking that the obstacle is too big, will 0:03:30.960 --> 0:03:33.600 never get well. This virus is going to get the 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:37.160 best of us. We wonder why we don't have any strength, 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:41.160 why we can't get ahead. It's because our thoughts are 0:03:41.240 --> 0:03:45.440 limiting us. We draw in what we constantly think about. 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:49.760 You can't think defeat and have victory. You can't think 0:03:49.840 --> 0:03:53.440 weakness and have strength. Your life is going to fall 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:57.160 at your thoughts. And instead of thinking these weak, defeated, 0:03:57.440 --> 0:03:59.480 not able two thoughts, you need to. 0:03:59.440 --> 0:04:00.800 Think our thoughts. 0:04:01.280 --> 0:04:04.720 This sickness is no match for me. This virus can't 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:07.840 stop my destiny. This trouble at work is not how 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:11.200 my story ends. The forces that are for me are 0:04:11.240 --> 0:04:15.360 greater than the forces that are against me. Victory starts 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:20.719 in our mind. Success breakthroughs new levels depends on our thinking. 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:23.560 When Joel, this virus has me afraid. 0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:27.760 I'm worried about my finances, I'm stressed over my children. 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:32.360 That's drawing in more negativity. That's making you weaker, draining 0:04:32.400 --> 0:04:36.480 your strength, your energy, your passion. You'll be amazed at 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:39.760 what will happen if you'll start thinking power thoughts. 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:42.880 No weapon formed against me will prosper. 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:46.120 God has me in the palm of his hand. He's 0:04:46.160 --> 0:04:50.520 made me untouchable to the enemy. When you dwell on that, 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:54.480 you'll feel strength rising up, courage, determination. 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:57.880 And this is not just being positive, this is your 0:04:57.960 --> 0:04:59.280 faith being released. 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:04.360 Proverbs Force says, be careful what you think, because your 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:05.839 thoughts run your life. 0:05:06.600 --> 0:05:09.039 Are your thoughts helping you are hurting you. 0:05:09.640 --> 0:05:13.560 Are you thinking power thoughts, victory thoughts, well able thoughts, 0:05:14.000 --> 0:05:17.800 or you thinking defeated thoughts? I'll never get well, never 0:05:17.839 --> 0:05:22.599 accomplish my dreams. Never break this addiction. You're choosing which 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:26.479 direction your life is going to go. Pay attention to 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:30.080 what you're dwelling on. Don't just think any thought that 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:35.280 comes to mind. If it's negative, discouraging, fearful, don't give 0:05:35.320 --> 0:05:38.359 it the time of day. Turn it around and dwell 0:05:38.400 --> 0:05:42.400 on what God says about you. Thoughts, whisper. Nothing good 0:05:42.480 --> 0:05:45.840 is in your future. You've seen your best days. If 0:05:45.880 --> 0:05:49.520 you dwell on that, you'll miss your destiny. Tune out 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:53.800 that defeated thought and start thinking power thoughts. Something good 0:05:54.000 --> 0:05:56.839 is going to happen to me. Favor is surrounding me 0:05:57.000 --> 0:06:01.080 like a shield. Goodness and mercy are following me. When 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:04.159 you're in tough times, the enemy will work over time 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:07.200 trying to convince you that the problem is too big. 0:06:07.560 --> 0:06:10.000 You'll never get out of death. That child will never 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:13.560 turn around. He knows if he can keep you defeated 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:16.560 in your thoughts, then he can keep you defeated in 0:06:16.640 --> 0:06:20.040 your life. The battle is taking place in your mind 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:23.520 when thoughts tell you it's never going to change, you 0:06:23.600 --> 0:06:27.200 can't take it anymore. Instead of thinking those weak thoughts, 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:31.360 drawing in more weakness, turn it around. Yes, this problem 0:06:31.400 --> 0:06:34.920 is big, but I've been armed with strength for every battle. 0:06:35.240 --> 0:06:38.320 I am full of can do power. What God started 0:06:38.360 --> 0:06:41.919 in my life, he's going to finish. God said he 0:06:41.920 --> 0:06:45.400 would never let you face anything that you can't handle. 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:48.719 He will always give you the strength, the grace, the 0:06:48.800 --> 0:06:52.040 faith for what comes your way. But if you're believing 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:55.400 these lies that it's too much, you're dwelling on the weak, 0:06:55.720 --> 0:06:59.400 limiting can't do it thoughts, then you're going to feel overwhelmed, 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:02.760 and you'll get stuck where you are. Pay attention to 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:06.320 what's going on in your mind. This is what happened 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:09.320 to the Israelites. Moses sent twelve. 0:07:08.960 --> 0:07:11.040 Men to spy out the promised land. 0:07:11.520 --> 0:07:15.320 After forty days, ten came back and said, Moses will 0:07:15.360 --> 0:07:16.280 never defeat them. 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:19.880 The people are huge. They look like giants. We don't 0:07:19.960 --> 0:07:20.680 have a chance. 0:07:21.440 --> 0:07:24.880 God had already promised them the victory. He had already 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:27.640 said that was their land. But notice what. 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:32.120 They were thinking, weak, defeated, limiting fearful thoughts. 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:36.040 The other two spies, Joshua and Caleb, came back with 0:07:36.120 --> 0:07:37.000 a different report. 0:07:37.400 --> 0:07:39.560 They said, Moses, we are well able. 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:42.720 Yes, the people are big, but we know our God 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:43.400 is bigger. 0:07:43.640 --> 0:07:46.080 Let us go in at once and take that land. 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:51.040 What's interesting is Joshua and Caleb saw the same giants 0:07:51.160 --> 0:07:54.240 as the other ten spies. They saw the same problem, 0:07:54.520 --> 0:07:58.840 the same opposition, but instead of thinking defeated thoughts, they 0:07:58.920 --> 0:08:03.160 chose to think our thoughts. Josha Went and Caleb weren't 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:04.880 any bigger than the other spies. 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:05.960 They didn't have. 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:10.560 More training, more experience, more weapons. The only difference was 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:14.920 their thinking. The negative report from the ten spies began 0:08:15.040 --> 0:08:18.920 to spread throughout the Israelites camp. Before long, all two 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:23.080 million people were afraid and worried. They said, Moses, let's 0:08:23.120 --> 0:08:26.120 go back to Egypt. Let's go back to being slaves. 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:31.440 That's how powerful our thoughts are. Ten men infected the 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:34.440 rest of the people. They ended up wandering in the 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:39.319 desert for forty years. Be careful how you think. Don't 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:43.080 get infected and miss your destiny. Are you one of 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:46.680 the ten spies. I can't beat this illness, I can't 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:50.640 accomplish my dream. This being isolated not going to work. 0:08:50.679 --> 0:08:53.400 It's going to ruin my business. None of this is 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:56.800 a surprise to God. You wouldn't be facing it if 0:08:56.800 --> 0:09:00.600 you couldn't handle it. Like the Israelites, God is already 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:05.040 promised you the victory. The scripture says, Thanks be to God, 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:07.640 who always causes us to triumph. 0:09:08.120 --> 0:09:10.640 Not some of the times, not most of the time, 0:09:11.080 --> 0:09:13.480 but all of the time. It may be. 0:09:13.520 --> 0:09:17.320 Tough now, but keep the right perspective. Victory is in 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:22.680 your future, Healing is in your future, Abundance, breakthroughs, freedom 0:09:22.920 --> 0:09:25.719 is come in your way. And yes, the giants may 0:09:25.760 --> 0:09:29.319 be big, but our God is bigger. The virus may 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:33.760 be powerful, but our God is all powerful. I'm asking 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:38.160 you to be a Joshua, be a Caleb. Think power thoughts, 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:41.360 think can do thoughts, Think victory thoughts. 0:09:41.880 --> 0:09:44.440 Don't look at how big the problem is. Look at 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:45.720 how big your God is. 0:09:46.200 --> 0:09:49.920 He parted red seas, he closed the mouths of lions. 0:09:50.120 --> 0:09:53.840 He brought the dead back to life. That obstacle is 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:56.920 no match for him. He didn't bring you this. 0:09:56.880 --> 0:10:00.839 Far to leave you. When you believe all all things. 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:03.959 Are possible, get your thoughts going in the right direction. 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:08.240 The scripture says, when the enemy comes in like a flood, 0:10:08.600 --> 0:10:11.200 the spirit of God will raise up a barrier. 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:15.319 You're not fighting this battle on your own. You have the. 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:19.560 Most powerful force in the universe fighting for you. He's 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:23.640 pushing back forces of darkness, keeping that sickness from taking 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:26.520 you out, moving the wrong people out of the way. 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:30.679 All through the day. I am well able. I will 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:34.760 overcome this obstacle. I will defeat this sickness. I will 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:38.000 rise out of lack and struggle. When you think like that, 0:10:38.400 --> 0:10:42.360 the creator of the universe goes to work. Miracles are 0:10:42.400 --> 0:10:46.559 set into motion. It's significant that the ten spis were 0:10:46.600 --> 0:10:48.920 negative and two were positive. 0:10:49.360 --> 0:10:50.680 It's about the same today. 0:10:51.160 --> 0:10:55.040 Eighty percent of people will be negative, twenty percent will 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:58.520 be positive, eighty percent will focus on how big the 0:10:58.600 --> 0:11:02.520 problem is. Live afraid, tell you how you won't get well. 0:11:03.320 --> 0:11:06.080 If you're going to fulfill your destiny, you have to 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:09.480 go against the grain. You can't just fit in and 0:11:09.679 --> 0:11:13.640 be afraid like everyone else, complain like the other coworkers, 0:11:13.920 --> 0:11:17.480 be negative like that neighbor. God is looking for some 0:11:17.720 --> 0:11:22.600 joshuas he's looking for calebs, people that stand out, people 0:11:22.640 --> 0:11:26.720 that believe when it seems impossible, people that aren't discouraged 0:11:26.840 --> 0:11:30.160 by how big the opposition is. If this is going 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:34.480 to happen, you have to guard your mind because negative 0:11:34.559 --> 0:11:39.240 news spreads faster than good news. Joshua and Caleb said, 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:43.120 we are well able that news didn't go anywhere. When 0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:46.439 people heard the giants were too big, that they didn't 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:50.080 have a chance, that spread like wildfire throughout the camp. 0:11:51.040 --> 0:11:56.120 Negative thinking is contagious all around us. There's negative news, 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:59.800 how bad the sickness is, how bad the economy is, 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:03.360 Analysts telling us what could happen, how it may get 0:12:03.520 --> 0:12:07.200 much worse. I'm not faulting them. They're doing their job. 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:10.200 It's good to be informed, but you can't let that 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:14.600 poison stay in your spirit. If you keep dwelling on that, 0:12:15.000 --> 0:12:19.120 then you're going to end up afraid, worried, panicked, thinking 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:21.839 you're not going to make it. When you think like that, 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:27.040 it's a negative cycle that keeps drawing in more fear, more, worried. 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:29.120 More defeat. Isaiah H. 0:12:29.240 --> 0:12:33.560 Says, do not think like everyone else. Don't be afraid 0:12:33.640 --> 0:12:37.520 that some plan conceived behind closed doors will be the 0:12:37.640 --> 0:12:41.280 end of you. Do not fear anything except the Lord 0:12:41.400 --> 0:12:45.880 God Almighty. If you fear him, you need fear nothing else. 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:49.360 He will keep you safe. You don't have to fear 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:52.360 the virus, fear what the economy is going to do, 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:56.600 fear the future. Just keep honoring God and he will 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:59.920 keep you safe. He'll defeat your enemies. He'll do what 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:04.520 medicine can't do. He'll turn that child around. This says, 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:09.200 don't think like everyone else. Don't think like the ten spies. 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:13.880 When the majority is afraid, worried, negative, you have to 0:13:13.920 --> 0:13:17.160 be on the offensive and say no, I'm not falling 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:20.840 into that trap. I'm not going to think weak, defeated thoughts. 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:24.040 I'm going to think power thoughts. I know my God 0:13:24.200 --> 0:13:26.720 is still on the throne. I know him being for 0:13:26.960 --> 0:13:28.119 me is more. 0:13:28.000 --> 0:13:29.520 Than the world being against me. 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:33.520 Out of these two million people, the only ones that 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:37.520 ever made it into the Promised Land were Joshua and Caleb. 0:13:38.320 --> 0:13:41.640 It's not a coincidence that they were the only ones 0:13:41.840 --> 0:13:46.800 that thought power thoughts. You can't reach your destiny thinking negative, 0:13:47.000 --> 0:13:50.600 limiting thoughts. I was out riding my bike the other 0:13:50.679 --> 0:13:53.560 day and I have the same path that I traveled down. 0:13:53.720 --> 0:13:57.439 It takes about an hour. Most of the route is flat, but. 0:13:57.440 --> 0:13:59.360 There's this one very big hill. 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:02.400 Have to dig down deep and really push to make 0:14:02.440 --> 0:14:05.520 it up that hill. I like to exercise, and I 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:08.800 always get prepared for this hill and enjoy the challenge. 0:14:09.200 --> 0:14:12.680 But this particular day, I was tired. I'd worked out. 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:15.320 Hard earlier, and I had been traveling a lot, not 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:18.559 had much sleep. Now, about ten minutes into my ride, 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:21.400 I started thinking, I don't want to go up that hill. 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:24.440 I don't feel like it. I don't have the strength. 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:27.040 I don't want to have to push on and on. 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:29.960 I kept dreading it, telling myself how hard it was 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:32.520 going to be, wondering if I could make it up it. 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:35.240 At one point I received a phone calling. 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:38.280 I put it on speaker and I started talking as 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:42.000 I was riding. We talked and talked about twenty minutes later. 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:42.720 I hung up. 0:14:43.240 --> 0:14:46.320 I got my mind back on my bike riding. I thought, okay, 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:48.680 I don't want to go up that hill. When I 0:14:48.720 --> 0:14:52.320 looked around, I realized I had already gone up the hill. 0:14:52.920 --> 0:14:56.040 I rode up it while I was talking. But because 0:14:56.080 --> 0:14:59.360 I was distracted, not thinking about how hard it was 0:14:59.400 --> 0:15:02.560 going to be, not convincing myself that I couldn't do it, 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:05.880 I made it up the hill with no problem. My 0:15:06.000 --> 0:15:09.800 legs weren't burning, I wasn't winded, I didn't feel any 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:13.240 more tired. I don't even remember going up it. I 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:18.080 wonder how many times we're telling ourselves what we can't do. 0:15:18.800 --> 0:15:21.000 I can't stay at home for a month and teach 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:24.560 these children. I can't deal with these unfair people at work. 0:15:24.880 --> 0:15:27.360 I can't handle this challenge in my health. It's going 0:15:27.440 --> 0:15:31.480 to be too hard. We're dreading things, thinking these weak, 0:15:31.680 --> 0:15:36.600 defeating thoughts, when the truth is you have already been equipped. 0:15:35.960 --> 0:15:39.040 To handle it. You have strength for all things. 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:42.800 When God created you, he put in you everything you 0:15:42.960 --> 0:15:47.080 need to fulfill your destiny Now quit telling yourself what 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:49.920 you can't do and how it's not going to work out. 0:15:50.400 --> 0:15:54.000 All that's doing is draining your strength. When you get 0:15:54.040 --> 0:15:56.800 to that hill, you're going to discover, like I did, 0:15:57.240 --> 0:16:00.360 it's going to be easier than you thought to have 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:03.520 strength that you didn't know you had. Just like when 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:06.360 your car is going up a hill and the extra 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:10.000 cylinders kick in to give you more power when you 0:16:10.160 --> 0:16:13.160 need it, God's grace is going to kick in and 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:16.440 help you do what you didn't think you could do. Now, 0:16:16.480 --> 0:16:19.760 the key is don't cancel it out with weak thinking. 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:23.680 Every morning when you wake up, you need to power up, 0:16:24.160 --> 0:16:27.040 get your mind going in the right direction. This is 0:16:27.080 --> 0:16:29.880 going to be a good day. I can handle anything 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:33.560 that comes my way. I am strong, I am confident. 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:36.520 I have the favor of God. Angels will watch it 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:40.800 after me. I'm excited about my future. At the start 0:16:40.920 --> 0:16:44.120 of the day, you need to set your mind for victory. 0:16:44.800 --> 0:16:47.640 Don't let just any thoughts play. You have to think 0:16:47.720 --> 0:16:51.320 thoughts on purpose. If you wake up and just think 0:16:51.360 --> 0:16:54.640 whatever comes to mind, thoughts, what's hey, you you have 0:16:54.680 --> 0:16:59.520 too many problems, You're too tired. You'll never overcome this obstacle. 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:03.560 Good is going to happen today. If you don't set 0:17:03.600 --> 0:17:06.760 the tone for the day, negative thoughts will set them 0:17:06.800 --> 0:17:10.400 for you, before you check the phone, before you read 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:13.000 your email, before you see what the weather is like. 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:15.240 You need to think on purpose. 0:17:15.680 --> 0:17:21.160 Power thoughts, victory thoughts, abundance thoughts can do thoughts. Psalm 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:24.440 one twenty five says God will be good to those 0:17:24.840 --> 0:17:28.840 who are in tune with him. Notice, you can be 0:17:28.960 --> 0:17:32.240 in tune with God or you can be out of tunes. 0:17:32.560 --> 0:17:34.400 The way you get in tune is. 0:17:34.359 --> 0:17:39.239 By thinking victorious, overcoming faith filled thoughts. If you go 0:17:39.280 --> 0:17:43.960 around thinking I'll never get well. This depression, this anxiety, 0:17:44.200 --> 0:17:48.280 this addiction is going to hinder me all of my life. Unfortunately, 0:17:48.920 --> 0:17:53.000 you're not in tune with God. You can't find anywhere 0:17:53.000 --> 0:17:56.960 in the scripture where God says I'm weak, I'm discouraged. 0:17:57.240 --> 0:18:01.040 I'm afraid the enemy's getting the best of me. God says, 0:18:01.320 --> 0:18:05.440 I am all powerful. I spoke worlds into existence, I 0:18:05.560 --> 0:18:10.280 flung stars into space. Moses asked God what his name was. 0:18:10.920 --> 0:18:14.399 God said, my name is I am. He was saying, 0:18:14.640 --> 0:18:18.720 I am everything. I am strength, I am healing, I 0:18:18.760 --> 0:18:20.840 am provision, I am protection. 0:18:21.280 --> 0:18:23.360 I am abundance. I am favor. 0:18:24.240 --> 0:18:27.280 When God said let there be light, it came at 0:18:27.280 --> 0:18:28.680 one hundred and eighty. 0:18:28.400 --> 0:18:30.159 Six thousand miles per second. 0:18:30.720 --> 0:18:34.439 One angel in the Old Testament destroyed one hundred and 0:18:34.560 --> 0:18:38.400 eighty five thousand of the enemies of Israel. If you're 0:18:38.400 --> 0:18:43.760 going to get in tune with God, you can't think little, weak, defeated, 0:18:44.080 --> 0:18:46.439 get by hope this works out thoughts. 0:18:46.760 --> 0:18:49.720 You have to think bold thoughts, fever. 0:18:49.640 --> 0:18:55.240 Thoughts, abundance thoughts, healing thoughts, victory thoughts. Yes, the opposition 0:18:55.400 --> 0:18:57.560 may be much bigger, much stronger. 0:18:57.920 --> 0:18:59.600 Just to agree with what God says. 0:19:00.080 --> 0:19:03.439 Lord, you said, when the enemy comes against me one way, 0:19:03.760 --> 0:19:06.520 you will defeat them and cause them to flee. 0:19:06.480 --> 0:19:07.560 Seven different ways. 0:19:08.400 --> 0:19:11.439 When thoughts tell you you'll never get well, get in 0:19:11.520 --> 0:19:15.080 tune with God. Lord, Thank you that you're restoring health 0:19:15.119 --> 0:19:17.399 back into me. Thank you that the number of my 0:19:17.560 --> 0:19:21.880 days you will fulfill. The thought comes. This shut down 0:19:22.000 --> 0:19:24.719 over the virus has ruined your year financially. 0:19:25.320 --> 0:19:27.240 Just accept it and wait for next year. 0:19:27.600 --> 0:19:30.959 Lord, thank you that the economy is not my source, 0:19:31.200 --> 0:19:34.280 that you are my source. You said you would make 0:19:34.440 --> 0:19:37.480 rivers in the desert, that you would supply all of 0:19:37.480 --> 0:19:41.399 my needs. According to your riches, you have that thought 0:19:41.640 --> 0:19:42.880 you'll never have a baby. 0:19:43.320 --> 0:19:46.119 You heard the experts. It's not possible. Father. 0:19:46.240 --> 0:19:50.640 You said what's impossible with people is possible with you. 0:19:50.640 --> 0:19:51.680 You said you'd make. 0:19:51.600 --> 0:19:55.200 The baron woman a happy mother of children. So, Father, 0:19:55.320 --> 0:19:58.800 thank you that my baby is on the way. The 0:19:58.840 --> 0:20:01.359 way to get in tune with God is to think 0:20:01.400 --> 0:20:05.280 what he says about you, not what you feel, not 0:20:05.400 --> 0:20:08.800 what the experts say, not what the economy says, but 0:20:08.840 --> 0:20:11.760 what the Most High God has spoken over you. 0:20:12.800 --> 0:20:15.680 The scripture says, whose report? Will you believe? 0:20:16.200 --> 0:20:19.840 What the ten spies are saying? The negative report telling 0:20:19.880 --> 0:20:22.960 you what you can't do, how it's too tough, or 0:20:23.119 --> 0:20:26.800 what Joshua and Caliber are saying, how you are well able. 0:20:27.680 --> 0:20:29.679 When my father went to be with the Lord and 0:20:29.880 --> 0:20:32.920 I stepped up to pastor the church, every thought told 0:20:32.960 --> 0:20:36.119 me that I couldn't do it, that I wasn't qualified, 0:20:36.520 --> 0:20:40.000 didn't have the training, I was too quiet. If I 0:20:40.040 --> 0:20:43.200 would have believed that report, I would have missed my destiny. 0:20:43.680 --> 0:20:47.159 That's why the scripture says, be careful what you think. 0:20:47.560 --> 0:20:48.760 It gives us a warning. 0:20:49.320 --> 0:20:53.120 Your thoughts are setting the limits for your life. All 0:20:53.160 --> 0:20:58.200 that came to my mind were fearful, intimidating, negative thoughts. 0:20:58.880 --> 0:21:01.639 I did what I'm asking you to do. I didn't 0:21:01.720 --> 0:21:04.760 just think those thoughts because they showed up. I didn't 0:21:04.840 --> 0:21:07.400 dwell on them and think they were the truth. I 0:21:07.480 --> 0:21:11.880 tuned them out and got in tune with God on purpose. 0:21:12.000 --> 0:21:15.040 I thought, I can do all things through Christ. I 0:21:15.080 --> 0:21:16.560 am strong in the Lord. 0:21:16.840 --> 0:21:19.960 I've been raised up for such a time as this. Father, 0:21:20.119 --> 0:21:24.920 Thank you that I'm equipped, empowered, and annointed. Thoughts told 0:21:24.960 --> 0:21:28.080 me nobody's going to listen to you, Joel, you don't 0:21:28.080 --> 0:21:32.520 have anything to say. Instead of believing those lies, I said, Father, 0:21:32.640 --> 0:21:35.920 thank you that your favor is causing me to stand out. 0:21:36.240 --> 0:21:38.760 That people are going to like me. They're going to 0:21:38.800 --> 0:21:41.440 be drawn to me. When they turned me on, they 0:21:41.480 --> 0:21:44.840 can't turn me off. If I had not got in 0:21:44.920 --> 0:21:48.840 tune with God and thought these power thoughts, I wouldn't 0:21:48.840 --> 0:21:52.000 be here. When Adam and Eve were in the garden 0:21:52.040 --> 0:21:55.240 of Eden, they ate the forbidden fruit that God told 0:21:55.280 --> 0:21:58.359 them not to eat. Then they ran in hid. God 0:21:58.400 --> 0:22:02.200 came looking for them, said Adam, where are you? Adam said, 0:22:02.200 --> 0:22:06.960 we're hiding because we're naked. God said Adam, who told 0:22:07.000 --> 0:22:10.680 you you were naked. God knew the enemy had been 0:22:10.720 --> 0:22:14.399 talking to them. God is saying to you, who told 0:22:14.440 --> 0:22:18.120 you you're not qualified, Who told you you've made too 0:22:18.119 --> 0:22:20.919 many mistakes, Who told you that you come from the 0:22:20.960 --> 0:22:23.640 wrong family, that you'll never be successful. 0:22:24.000 --> 0:22:27.280 Those are the wrong voices. You need to tune that 0:22:27.440 --> 0:22:29.639 out and get in tune with God. 0:22:30.320 --> 0:22:33.800 When thoughts tell you you're just average, there's nothing special 0:22:33.840 --> 0:22:37.280 about you, get rid of that defeated thought and think 0:22:37.440 --> 0:22:41.919 power thoughts. I am fearfully and wonderfully made, I am 0:22:41.960 --> 0:22:45.760 a masterpiece. I have royal blood flowing through my veins. 0:22:46.000 --> 0:22:49.280 I am crowned with favor. I will leave my mark. 0:22:49.960 --> 0:22:52.960 If you'll get in tune with God, he'll open doors 0:22:53.000 --> 0:22:55.840 that no person can shut. He'll take you where you 0:22:55.920 --> 0:22:59.600 can't go on your own. When thoughts tell you you've 0:22:59.640 --> 0:23:02.840 been through too much. You lost that loved one, the 0:23:02.880 --> 0:23:05.560 business didn't make it, that friend walked out on you. 0:23:05.800 --> 0:23:10.040 Nothing good is in your future. Don't believe those lies. Father, 0:23:10.200 --> 0:23:13.640 Thank you that you have beauty for these ashes. Thank 0:23:13.680 --> 0:23:16.640 you that what was meant for my harm you are turning. 0:23:16.359 --> 0:23:17.600 To my advantage. 0:23:18.119 --> 0:23:20.960 When you're in tune with God, he'll pay you back 0:23:21.040 --> 0:23:24.760 for the wrongs, Isaiah said, God will give you double 0:23:24.880 --> 0:23:28.160 for the unfair things that have happened. Instead of thinking 0:23:28.200 --> 0:23:30.959 you've seen your best days, Lord, thank you that double 0:23:31.119 --> 0:23:31.600 is coming. 0:23:31.840 --> 0:23:32.560 Think you that my. 0:23:32.600 --> 0:23:36.520 Latter days will be better than my former days. In 0:23:36.560 --> 0:23:39.399 the scripture, there was a young man named maphibis Chef. 0:23:39.880 --> 0:23:43.040 He was the grandson of King Saul and the son 0:23:43.160 --> 0:23:48.200 of Jonathan David's best friend. Maphibis Chef was born into royalty, 0:23:48.560 --> 0:23:51.840 destined to one day take the throne, but at five 0:23:51.920 --> 0:23:56.480 years old, his grandfather and father were killed in a battle. 0:23:57.200 --> 0:23:59.800 When word reached his house, the maid that took care 0:23:59.800 --> 0:24:03.400 of him picked him up and took off running, afraid 0:24:03.480 --> 0:24:06.160 that the enemy army was going to come after them. 0:24:06.800 --> 0:24:11.879 In her haste, she accidentally tripped and dropped Maphibischef. Both 0:24:12.000 --> 0:24:16.640 of his legs were broken. He became crippled for life. 0:24:16.720 --> 0:24:21.160 Sometimes well meaning people can drop you. This nurse had 0:24:21.200 --> 0:24:24.399 good intentions. She was trying to help him, but she 0:24:24.560 --> 0:24:29.639 dropped him. Years passed, Maphibaschef ended up living in exile 0:24:30.040 --> 0:24:33.320 in a city called Lodobar. It was one of the poorest, 0:24:33.520 --> 0:24:37.000 most run down cities of that day. The name Lodobar 0:24:37.119 --> 0:24:41.240 means without pasture. It had no greenery, no place to 0:24:41.320 --> 0:24:45.679 grow crops. It was like a wasteland here. Maphibischef was 0:24:45.720 --> 0:24:49.520 the grandson of the king. He had royalty in his blood, 0:24:49.880 --> 0:24:54.240 but he was living in the slums, barely surviving. One day, 0:24:54.320 --> 0:24:58.119 King David was thinking about his friend Jonathan. He asked 0:24:58.119 --> 0:25:00.720 his men if there were any of his his relatives 0:25:00.720 --> 0:25:04.440 still alive, so he could be good to them. David's 0:25:04.440 --> 0:25:07.240 men went out and searched through the slums of Lodibar 0:25:07.760 --> 0:25:11.880 and finally found Mafibi Chef. Now he was a grown man. 0:25:12.359 --> 0:25:15.520 They had to carry him back to the palace. I'm 0:25:15.560 --> 0:25:19.000 sure Mafibis Chef was afraid, thinking David was going to 0:25:19.040 --> 0:25:22.399 pay him back for his grandfather King Saul trying to 0:25:22.480 --> 0:25:25.919 kill him, but it was just the opposite. David was 0:25:25.960 --> 0:25:29.600 incredibly kind to him. He said, from now on, you're 0:25:29.640 --> 0:25:32.600 going to live in the palace with me. Every night, 0:25:32.800 --> 0:25:35.520 you're going to have dinner at my table. I'm going 0:25:35.560 --> 0:25:38.240 to give you all the land that belonged to your 0:25:38.280 --> 0:25:43.240 grandfather King Saul. Maphibaschef was overwhelmed. He couldn't believe what 0:25:43.400 --> 0:25:47.399 was happening, but The way he answered shows us why 0:25:47.520 --> 0:25:50.920 he was living in Lodibar all those years. He said 0:25:50.920 --> 0:25:54.320 to David, why would you be so kind to a 0:25:54.440 --> 0:26:00.439 dead dog like me? Notice his thoughts weak, defeated. I 0:26:00.440 --> 0:26:03.720 don't deserve to be blessed. I've had too many bad breaks. 0:26:03.840 --> 0:26:08.080 People dropped me. I wonder how many of us are 0:26:08.119 --> 0:26:11.760 doing like Maphibicus chef. We are sons and daughters of 0:26:11.800 --> 0:26:14.919 the Most High God. We have royalty in our blood. 0:26:15.200 --> 0:26:20.160 We're destined to reign in life. But because somebody dropped us, 0:26:20.680 --> 0:26:25.240 we went through wrongs, disappointments, things that weren't fair, or 0:26:25.480 --> 0:26:29.040 we made mistakes. We got off course, brought the trouble 0:26:29.080 --> 0:26:33.200 on ourselves, and now we're living in Lodobar thinking we 0:26:33.240 --> 0:26:36.000 don't deserve to be blessed. We just have to sit 0:26:36.040 --> 0:26:39.000 on the sidelines, except that our dreams will never come 0:26:39.040 --> 0:26:42.959 to pass. Can I encourage you get rid of that 0:26:43.160 --> 0:26:47.600 dead dog? Thinking nothing that's happened to you has to 0:26:47.720 --> 0:26:51.480 keep you from your destiny. No mistake you've made is 0:26:51.560 --> 0:26:54.560 too much for the mercy of God. You may have 0:26:54.640 --> 0:26:58.159 had some bad breaks, gone through some failures, but that 0:26:58.320 --> 0:27:01.800 didn't stop God's plan for your life. Now you have 0:27:01.880 --> 0:27:06.680 to do your part and quit thinking limited, defeated, unworthy 0:27:06.800 --> 0:27:12.160 thoughts and start thinking victory thoughts, abundance thoughts, fever thoughts. 0:27:12.480 --> 0:27:16.800 Put your shoulders back, hold your head up high, and remember. 0:27:16.440 --> 0:27:20.040 Who you are and who you are a child of 0:27:20.080 --> 0:27:23.160 the Most High. Get in tune with him. 0:27:23.680 --> 0:27:27.600 Like David's men went searching through Lodobar, God is looking 0:27:27.640 --> 0:27:30.840 for you today. He's saying, I'm about to do a 0:27:30.920 --> 0:27:34.160 new thing. I'm about to pay you back for the wrongs. 0:27:34.400 --> 0:27:38.440 I'm about to open new doors, turn negative situations around. 0:27:38.680 --> 0:27:39.360 You're going to be. 0:27:39.320 --> 0:27:43.639 Amazed at the goodness of God. I'm asking you to 0:27:43.760 --> 0:27:47.480 pay attention to what you're thinking. You are drawing in 0:27:47.960 --> 0:27:52.480 what you're constantly dwelling on. Your thoughts are running your life. 0:27:53.240 --> 0:27:56.520 Is what you're thinking about what you want? Are you 0:27:56.640 --> 0:27:59.960 thinking weak, defeated, I can't do it thoughts? Or you 0:28:00.000 --> 0:28:03.679 you thinking power thoughts. I am well able. God is 0:28:03.720 --> 0:28:07.560 fighting my battles. Something good is in my future. Don't 0:28:07.560 --> 0:28:10.920 be like the ten spies, the eighty percent that are negative. 0:28:11.359 --> 0:28:15.520 Stand out in the crowd. Be a Joshua, be a Caleb, 0:28:15.800 --> 0:28:17.360 and think victory thoughts. 0:28:17.920 --> 0:28:18.520 If you'll do. 0:28:18.560 --> 0:28:22.160 This, I believe and declare, like God didn't for them, 0:28:22.520 --> 0:28:25.440 You're going to make it into your promised land. You're 0:28:25.480 --> 0:28:28.320 going to see God show out in your life like 0:28:28.400 --> 0:28:31.800 the phiblous chef. Everything you've lost, God is about to 0:28:31.840 --> 0:28:35.720 restore the health, the finances, the dreams. They're going to 0:28:35.760 --> 0:28:39.600 come looking for you in Jesus' name, And if you 0:28:39.680 --> 0:28:42.880 receive it, can you say amen? Well, I'd like to 0:28:42.920 --> 0:28:45.840 give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of 0:28:45.880 --> 0:28:46.400 your life. 0:28:46.600 --> 0:28:50.880 Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 0:28:51.040 --> 0:28:52.240 repent of my sins. 0:28:53.040 --> 0:28:56.760 Come into my heart. 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