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Well, God bless you. 0:01:58.400 --> 0:02:00.600 It's always a joy to come into your homes, and 0:02:00.960 --> 0:02:03.520 if you're ever in our area, please stop by and 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:05.720 be a part of one of our services. These are 0:02:05.760 --> 0:02:08.840 the finest people in all of Houston, Texas, right here 0:02:08.880 --> 0:02:12.240 at Lakewood. But thanks for tuning in and thank you 0:02:12.280 --> 0:02:14.880 again for coming out. I like to start with something 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:18.799 funny and I heard about these three sisters, ages ninety six, 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:23.240 ninety four, and ninety two. They lived together. One day, 0:02:23.240 --> 0:02:25.800 the ninety six year old draws a bath and puts 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:29.600 one foot in and stops. She hollers, downstairs, I can't 0:02:29.680 --> 0:02:33.200 remember if I was getting in or getting out. The 0:02:33.280 --> 0:02:35.920 ninety four year old said, just a second, I'll come 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:38.640 up and help you. She gets halfway up the stairs 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:40.959 and stops. She says, I can't remember if I was 0:02:41.000 --> 0:02:44.000 going up or coming down. The ninety two year old 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:45.799 shook her head and said, boy, I hope I never 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:48.640 get that. Forgetful. She knocked on wood for good luck. 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:51.680 Then she said, hang on, I'll come help you both 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:55.440 as soon as I see who's at the door. Hold 0:02:55.520 --> 0:02:58.120 up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. This 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:00.280 is my Bible. I am what it says. 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:00.639 I am. 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:03.360 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:05.880 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:09.519 taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 0:03:09.600 --> 0:03:12.640 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:12.720 --> 0:03:17.760 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:21.160 to talk to you today about releasing the full you 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:26.560 on the inside of each one of us is a blessed, prosperous, 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:31.880 victorious person. This person is free from addictions in bad habits. 0:03:32.360 --> 0:03:38.400 They're confident and secure, talented and creative, disciplined and focused. 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:42.840 But just because they're in you doesn't mean they're automatically 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:46.680 going to come out. They have to be released. The 0:03:46.720 --> 0:03:50.520 apostle Paul gives us the secret in Romans twelve, verse two. 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:55.320 He said, be transformed by the renewing of your mind. 0:03:56.320 --> 0:04:01.000 That word transform in the original language is metamorpha. It's 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:05.000 where we get our word metamorphous. We know how a 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:11.000 caterpillar metamorphoses into a butterfly. This is saying, if you'll 0:04:11.040 --> 0:04:14.400 get your thoughts going in the right direction and not 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:19.440 dwell on negative condemning, not able to thoughts, but program 0:04:19.520 --> 0:04:22.279 your mind with what God says about you, then a 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:27.000 transformation will take place. Think about the little caterpillar, the 0:04:27.040 --> 0:04:30.160 little worm. It starts off as one of the most 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:35.120 unattractive insects. It's very plain, nothing really special about it. 0:04:35.880 --> 0:04:40.520 But God predestined it to go through a transformation. At 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:45.160 a certain point it forms a cocoon. This metamorphos starts 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:48.760 to take place. It's a process. Little by little, it changes. 0:04:49.480 --> 0:04:51.680 One day, it begins to push out of the cocoon. 0:04:52.240 --> 0:04:55.400 A leg comes out, then a wing comes out, a 0:04:55.440 --> 0:04:59.200 little later, his head comes out. Before long, it's totally 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:02.719 free from the It goes from being one of the 0:05:02.760 --> 0:05:07.360 most plain insects to being one of the most beautiful, colorful, 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:11.680 graceful insects. Instead of having to crawl on the ground 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:15.440 squirm around, now it can fly wherever it wants to go. 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:20.000 In the same way, we all start off as worms. 0:05:20.000 --> 0:05:25.360 So to speak, our thoughts, without being retrained, naturally gravitate 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:29.160 toward the negative. We think I can't take that promotion. 0:05:29.600 --> 0:05:33.280 I'm not qualified, I'll never rise much higher, joy I 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:37.280 come from the wrong family, or I've made too many mistakes. 0:05:37.600 --> 0:05:40.800 God could never bless me. You know what. Those are, 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:45.560 wormy thoughts. But just because we start that way doesn't 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:49.120 mean that we're supposed to finish that way. God has 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:53.360 predestined us to go through a transformation from a worm 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:57.120 that crawls and barely gets by to a beautiful butterfly 0:05:57.400 --> 0:06:01.279 that soars. But here's the key. It's not up to God, 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:05.400 it's up to us. The only way to release your 0:06:05.400 --> 0:06:09.760 butterfly is to get your thinking in line with God's word? 0:06:10.600 --> 0:06:13.600 What will keep you in your cocoon? I'll never lose 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:16.880 this weight. My business isn't going to get off the ground. 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:20.680 I'm not a good parent. Those thoughts will keep the 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:24.760 fool you from coming out. You have to realize there 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:28.919 is a great parent already in you, just waiting to 0:06:28.960 --> 0:06:33.080 be released. If you're going to see your metamorphis take place, 0:06:33.520 --> 0:06:36.520 you got to be convinced in me right now is 0:06:36.560 --> 0:06:39.960 a great father, a great mother. I will renew my 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:43.599 mind to get them out. You may be struggling with 0:06:43.640 --> 0:06:46.760 an addiction, but in you right now is a person 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:51.280 that's totally free. You may be down in your finances, 0:06:51.360 --> 0:06:54.440 business is slow, but in you right now is a 0:06:54.440 --> 0:06:57.800 person that lends and not borrows the head and not 0:06:57.920 --> 0:06:59.920 the tail. And if you'll just keep you a new 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:03.120 you in your mind, agreeing with what God says about you, 0:07:03.760 --> 0:07:07.040 it's just a matter of time before that person comes out. 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:10.360 When the thoughts tell you you're never going to change, 0:07:10.360 --> 0:07:13.320 it's never going to get any better, or just remind yourself, 0:07:13.520 --> 0:07:17.840 I'm being transformed. My metamorphos has already begun. That's how 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:21.160 you release the full you. I know people they have 0:07:21.280 --> 0:07:25.720 incredible talent. They have so much to offer. The problem 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:30.280 is they've never gone through their transformation. They're allowing the 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:33.760 same negative recording to play in their mind all day long. 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:38.200 Your life is going to follow your thoughts. If you 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:41.640 think you've reached your limits, then you have. If you 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:44.120 don't think you can break that addiction, then you want. 0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:47.800 You have to change your thinking. Some of you have 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:51.560 been in your cocoon way too long. God is ready 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:54.200 to take you to a new level. He's ready to 0:07:54.240 --> 0:07:57.320 release a new wave of his favor, and you've got 0:07:57.320 --> 0:08:00.440 to rise up and say that's it. I'm done thinking 0:08:00.480 --> 0:08:05.000 these wormy thoughts. It's my time to be transformed. I 0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:10.280 know I am forgiven. I am redeemed and talented, creative, disciplined, 0:08:10.400 --> 0:08:14.800 I am well able. Listen, that's not just being positive, 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:19.440 that's renewing your mind. When you do that, I can 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:22.520 see part of your wing coming out. I can see 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:26.080 that leg breaking through the cocoon. You keep that up, 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:31.120 and before long you'll release the full you. You'll be transformed 0:08:31.160 --> 0:08:35.079 into a beautiful butterfly, soaring too places that you've never 0:08:35.200 --> 0:08:38.439 dreamed of. This is what my father had to do. 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:42.440 Daddy grew up in a very poor family. His parents 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:46.160 were cotton farmers, and they lost everything during the Great Depression. 0:08:46.800 --> 0:08:49.640 They were good people that they had very little vision. 0:08:50.559 --> 0:08:53.240 When my father gave his life to Christ as seventeen 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:58.080 years of age, he felt something stirring on the inside. 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:01.840 A still small voice started telling him, John, you were 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:05.560 made for more. Break out of the mould, rise out 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:08.760 of this, set a new standard for your family. What 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:13.360 was that the butterfly trying to come out? His parents? 0:09:13.640 --> 0:09:16.880 Every boy said John, you better not leave the farm. 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:20.000 You better play it safe and stay here and pick 0:09:20.040 --> 0:09:23.520 cotton with us the rest of your life. No offense 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:27.160 to them, but those will wormy thoughts. People will try 0:09:27.160 --> 0:09:29.920 to keep you in your cocoon. People will tell you 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:33.720 what you can't do, what you can't become. My father 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:37.719 had to reprogram his thinking from a barely get by 0:09:37.880 --> 0:09:42.400 mentality poverty mindset too. I am the head and not 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:45.080 the tail. I will lend and not borrow. The favor 0:09:45.120 --> 0:09:47.960 of God surrounds me. Where I am is not where 0:09:47.960 --> 0:09:51.559 I'm staying. He broke out of that cocoon, and he 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:55.400 released the butterfly on the inside. Some people like that worm. 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:59.200 They're still kind of squirming around, but God has destined 0:09:59.240 --> 0:10:02.800 you to sore. There is a butterfly in you. There 0:10:02.880 --> 0:10:07.960 is victory, freedom, excellence. It's all on the inside. But 0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:10.960 you've got to do your part and go through the transformation. 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:14.320 And a lot of us, like my father, we were 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:17.640 programmed by the people that raised us, or by what 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:22.160 somebody has spoken over us. Maybe they were good people, 0:10:22.520 --> 0:10:26.839 but now that programming is limiting us. As long as 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:29.040 you think that you've gone as far as you can, 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:33.280 then you'll stay in your cocoon. If you think I 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:36.240 can't break this addiction, I've had it too long. I'll 0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:38.760 never get well, and I'm not that good of a 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:42.560 parent that's going to keep your butterfly from being released. 0:10:43.160 --> 0:10:48.280 The transformation takes place when you renew your mind, program 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:52.040 your thinking with what God says about you. God says 0:10:52.120 --> 0:10:55.760 the path of the righteous gets brighter and brighter. All 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:58.640 through the day. I'm rising higher. I haven't seen my 0:10:58.720 --> 0:11:01.320 best days. Something good is going to happen to me. 0:11:02.200 --> 0:11:04.840 As you meditate on that day in and day out, 0:11:05.160 --> 0:11:08.120 you're breaking out of that cocoon. A wing is starting 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:11.800 to come out. And people may have spoken negative things 0:11:11.840 --> 0:11:15.280 over you. But the good news is people don't determine 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:18.520 your destiny. You are not who people say you are. 0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:22.320 You are who God says you are. I know this 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:25.760 gentleman named Robert. He grew up with a stepfather that 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:29.440 was always putting him down. He was told again and 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:32.880 again how he was slow, couldn't do anything right. Why 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:35.760 can't you be more like your brother. He was young, 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:39.160 he didn't know any better. He let those negative thoughts 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:44.840 program his thinking. He was very insecure, intimidated, no dream 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:48.560 for his life. When he graduated from high school, he 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:52.600 got a job as a janitor at a small office complex. 0:11:53.480 --> 0:11:57.880 One day, his mother remarried. This new stepfather was just 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:02.720 the opposite. He was constantly telling Robert what he could become, 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:06.440 how talented he was, how there was a bright future 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:10.840 in front of him, speaking faith into him, reprogramming his thinking. 0:12:11.640 --> 0:12:14.120 He asked Robert what he wanted to do with his life, 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:17.160 what his dream was. Robert said, I just want to 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:19.360 work as a janitor. I just want to stay at 0:12:19.360 --> 0:12:23.840 this small office complex. He'd had years of wormy thoughts 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:29.640 put into him. They don't go away overnight. His stepfather said, listen, Robert, 0:12:29.840 --> 0:12:32.480 you have so much more in you. I'll make a 0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:35.680 deal with you. If you'll go to college, I'll pay 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:41.199 for every book, every course, every meal, every degree. When 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:46.400 Robert heard that, something came alive on the inside. Nobody 0:12:46.440 --> 0:12:50.120 had ever invested in him, nobody had ever called out 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:53.840 his seeds of greatness. He went to college and in 0:12:53.960 --> 0:12:57.960 four years he got his bachelor's degree with honors. He 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:01.040 decided to go on and get his mass. He went 0:13:01.080 --> 0:13:04.080 after that and got a doctorate. He wasn't finished. He 0:13:04.160 --> 0:13:08.040 went to seminary and got another degree. After four degrees, 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:12.920 his stepfather said, I'm done, Robert. You're on your own today. 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:16.240 Robert is doing great things, living a life of victory, 0:13:16.320 --> 0:13:20.520 helping others. But it would have never happened if he 0:13:20.600 --> 0:13:24.240 had not renewed his mind. He had to get rid 0:13:24.480 --> 0:13:27.760 of the wrong programming that had been put into him. 0:13:28.480 --> 0:13:33.120 When he started dwelling on the right thoughts, thoughts of faith, victory, 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:37.480 favor can do thoughts, that's when the transformation took place. 0:13:37.920 --> 0:13:42.040 He released his butterfly, so to speak. Now, maybe some 0:13:42.120 --> 0:13:45.640 of you have had negative things spoken over you, like Robert. 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:48.640 People have told you what you can't do, what you're 0:13:48.679 --> 0:13:51.880 not going to become. Now, let me tell you who 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:56.880 you really are. God says you are blessed, You are talented, 0:13:57.480 --> 0:14:01.400 you are valuable, You are confident you have been hand 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:05.280 picked by the creator of the universe. Now quit dwelling 0:14:05.400 --> 0:14:08.960 on what people say you are and program your mind 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:12.840 with who God says you are. On the inside of 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:20.560 you right now is a victorious, successful, not average, not mediocre, 0:14:21.120 --> 0:14:25.960 world changer, history maker, just waiting to break out. I'm 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:30.440 asking you to release the fool you. You are destined 0:14:30.640 --> 0:14:33.480 to leave your mark on our generation. There is no 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:37.000 limit to what God can do in you and through you. 0:14:37.520 --> 0:14:43.080 When you reprogram your thinking and start believing that you're blessed, valuable, 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:46.120 want of a kind, more than a conquer When you 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:51.720 renew your mind, transformations take place. When I first started 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:55.680 ministering back in nineteen ninety nine, I was so nervous. 0:14:56.040 --> 0:14:59.920 I didn't think I could do this. Every voice told me, Joe, 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:01.920 you better not get up there in front of people. 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:04.680 You're gonna make a fool of yourself. You're not gonna 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:07.280 know what to say. Nobody's going to listen to you. 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:11.920 I've learned the enemy doesn't fight you for where you are. 0:15:12.360 --> 0:15:15.760 He fights you for where you're going. He would love 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:20.440 He would love to keep you in your cocoon thinking 0:15:20.480 --> 0:15:23.520 these wormy thoughts. He doesn't want you to break out 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:27.440 and soar and live an overcoming life. He wants you 0:15:27.520 --> 0:15:32.920 to struggle, being secured, be burdened by addictions and bad habits. 0:15:33.520 --> 0:15:37.120 It all starts in our mind. If he can control 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:40.680 your thoughts, he can control your whole life. Now I 0:15:40.760 --> 0:15:42.920 had to do what I'm asking you to do all 0:15:42.960 --> 0:15:45.520 through the day. I can do all things through Christ. 0:15:45.800 --> 0:15:48.560 I am strong in the Lord. If God be for me, 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:52.200 who dare be against me? I did that. Month after month, 0:15:53.000 --> 0:15:55.760 little by little, I started breaking out of my cocoon. 0:15:56.440 --> 0:15:59.960 A wing started to come out. First couple of years, 0:16:00.360 --> 0:16:04.280 I was so insecure. If I heard one negative comment, 0:16:04.360 --> 0:16:07.240 I would get discouraged. I would try to change and 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:10.640 make sure everybody liked me. But as I continued to 0:16:10.680 --> 0:16:15.280 renew my mind, I realized I didn't need people's approval. 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:22.120 I have Almighty God's approval. What was happening, more of 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:24.960 my wing was coming out, little bit of my leg 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:29.200 pushed through that cocoon. The truth is today I'm not 0:16:29.560 --> 0:16:33.320 totally transformed yet, but at least I'm not still in 0:16:33.320 --> 0:16:36.480 that cocoon. At least I'm not still crawling around thinking 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:41.240 those wormy thoughts. When I compare myself now to when 0:16:41.320 --> 0:16:44.920 I started fourteen years ago, in one sense, I'm not 0:16:44.960 --> 0:16:49.120 the same person. I'm not nervous, I'm not insecure. I'm 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:51.960 confident in who God made me to be. Somebody doesn't 0:16:52.040 --> 0:16:54.200 like me, doesn't bother me the least bit. I'm happy. 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:55.200 I'm blessed. 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:58.960 That's what it means to be transformed by the renewing 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:04.399 of your mind. Now, maybe you're not totally out yet either, 0:17:04.880 --> 0:17:06.240 but don't get discouraged. 0:17:06.480 --> 0:17:09.920 God is still working on you. Every day you think 0:17:09.960 --> 0:17:13.119 the right thoughts, you are breaking out of that cocoon 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:16.040 a little bit more, and at the right time, you're 0:17:16.080 --> 0:17:18.960 gonna take off, and God is gonna take you places 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:22.080 that you could never go on your own. Man in 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:25.120 the scripture by the name of Gideon, God wanted him 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:28.840 to lead the people of Israel against an opposing army. 0:17:29.280 --> 0:17:32.800 But Gideon had all these wormy thoughts. He was stuck 0:17:32.920 --> 0:17:36.359 in his cocoon. One day, the Angel of the Lord 0:17:36.400 --> 0:17:40.639 appeared unto him, said hello, Gideon, you mighty man of 0:17:40.880 --> 0:17:45.960 fearless courage. I can imagine Gideon looking around thinking, who 0:17:46.000 --> 0:17:48.640 is he talking about? I am not a mighty man 0:17:48.720 --> 0:17:55.399 of fearless courage. Gideon was afraid, intimidated, insecure, just the opposite. 0:17:56.040 --> 0:18:00.200 But notice God didn't call him what he was. God 0:18:00.240 --> 0:18:04.520 called him what he could become. God sees your potential. 0:18:05.320 --> 0:18:09.200 God knows what you're capable of. You may feel weak, 0:18:09.520 --> 0:18:13.359 but God calls you strong. You may be intimidated today, 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:17.120 but God calls you confident. You may feel less than 0:18:17.440 --> 0:18:21.040 God calls you well able. If the Angel of the 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:24.600 Lord were to appear to you today, he would say 0:18:24.640 --> 0:18:28.720 the same thing he said to Gideon. Hello Mary, you 0:18:28.920 --> 0:18:33.560 mighty woman of fearless courage. Hello Frank, you, mighty man 0:18:33.600 --> 0:18:37.199 of fearless courage. Hell, old people of Lakewood, you mighty 0:18:37.240 --> 0:18:42.760 people of fearless courage. Why don't you get in agreement 0:18:42.800 --> 0:18:47.600 with God? Start believing what he says about you? Gideon 0:18:47.800 --> 0:18:51.520 answered the angel back in verse fifteen. He said, how 0:18:51.520 --> 0:18:54.600 am I supposed to save Israel? I come from the 0:18:54.680 --> 0:18:58.320 poorest family in all of Mnassa, and I am the 0:18:58.400 --> 0:19:03.080 least one in my father house. Noticed those wormy thoughts. 0:19:03.800 --> 0:19:06.680 A lot of times, like Gideon, we do the same thing. 0:19:07.440 --> 0:19:11.000 I can't do anything great I'm not that talented. And 0:19:11.080 --> 0:19:13.240 if I was a different nationality, if I had a 0:19:13.240 --> 0:19:16.560 better personality, Joel, if I hadn't made so many mistakes, 0:19:17.280 --> 0:19:21.960 get rid of the excuses. You are equipped, you are empowered. 0:19:22.440 --> 0:19:26.560 You already have everything you need to fulfill your destiny. 0:19:26.840 --> 0:19:29.240 It's in you right now. Now. You've got to do 0:19:29.320 --> 0:19:32.840 your part to bring it out. I read about an 0:19:32.920 --> 0:19:36.640 older gentleman. He lived in a small hut on an 0:19:36.680 --> 0:19:39.880 island out in the South Pacific. He was a well 0:19:39.920 --> 0:19:44.520 known sculptor. He'd spent his whole life working with wood 0:19:44.560 --> 0:19:48.520 and carving different items, very talented. One day he was 0:19:48.560 --> 0:19:53.359 walking by this beautiful plantation. The wealthiest man on the 0:19:53.440 --> 0:19:57.240 island lived there. He saw these big tree trunks that 0:19:57.280 --> 0:19:59.440 had been cut down and were piled up in a 0:19:59.480 --> 0:20:02.560 big staf. He asked the owner what they were going 0:20:02.600 --> 0:20:05.480 to do with them. The owner said, oh, they're trash, 0:20:05.600 --> 0:20:09.040 they're useless. We're just going to haul them away. He said, 0:20:09.080 --> 0:20:11.040 do you mind if I could have one of those? 0:20:11.520 --> 0:20:13.639 The owner looked at him kind of strange and said, 0:20:14.119 --> 0:20:16.760 you want an old, dead piece of useless wood, go 0:20:16.800 --> 0:20:19.880 ahead and take it. He hauled it away on his wagon, 0:20:20.320 --> 0:20:21.960 got it to his hut and stood it up on 0:20:22.000 --> 0:20:25.600 the inside, and he began to walk around it, very slowly, 0:20:25.840 --> 0:20:30.040 carefully analyzing it, thinking about it. It's as if he 0:20:30.200 --> 0:20:33.560 was trying to release something that was trapped on the inside. 0:20:34.040 --> 0:20:38.200 A couple of hours later he started carving away, whittling 0:20:38.280 --> 0:20:43.119 with precision. Day after day. Two weeks after that, he 0:20:43.160 --> 0:20:47.200 had carved the most beautiful eagle you could ever imagine. 0:20:47.280 --> 0:20:51.359 It was majestic looking, had its wings out, head back, 0:20:51.640 --> 0:20:54.359 soaring through the air. He put it on the front 0:20:54.359 --> 0:20:57.320 porch of his little hut. One day, it just so 0:20:57.440 --> 0:21:01.520 happened that plantation owner was walking by saw the eagle. 0:21:01.880 --> 0:21:05.040 Was so impressed he walked up to it and began 0:21:05.160 --> 0:21:08.919 to marvel at the detail and how magnificent it was. 0:21:09.640 --> 0:21:12.040 He said to the man, where in the world did 0:21:12.080 --> 0:21:14.639 you get this? I'd like to buy this from you. 0:21:15.440 --> 0:21:17.720 The sculptor kind of laughed and said, no, sir, it's 0:21:17.720 --> 0:21:21.160 not for sale. He was insistent. He said, name your price. 0:21:21.200 --> 0:21:24.200 I'll pay you whatever you want. The sculptor finally said, 0:21:24.200 --> 0:21:27.080 all right, how about five hundred dollars. The men paid him, 0:21:27.119 --> 0:21:30.760 and as they were walking away with it, the sculptor said, sir, 0:21:31.240 --> 0:21:33.600 I don't know if you realize this, but you just 0:21:33.800 --> 0:21:37.560 bought back the piece of useless wood that you gave 0:21:37.640 --> 0:21:41.320 me several weeks ago. The next day, the sculptor walked 0:21:41.320 --> 0:21:44.560 by the plantation. There was a sign out front. It 0:21:44.640 --> 0:21:49.119 said tree trunks for sale, five hundred dollars each. He 0:21:49.200 --> 0:21:54.240 learned his lesson. But here's my point. The sculptor saw 0:21:54.320 --> 0:21:58.000 something in that discarded piece of wood that other people 0:21:58.040 --> 0:22:02.640 could not see. Titation owner saw it as trash, useless, 0:22:02.760 --> 0:22:06.320 as of no value. But the sculpture was able to 0:22:06.359 --> 0:22:10.480 look beyond the outside, beyond the flaws, and he saw 0:22:10.480 --> 0:22:14.159 its potential. He knew what it could become. It's the 0:22:14.200 --> 0:22:18.000 same way with our God. Your creator can see things 0:22:18.040 --> 0:22:22.480 in you that other people cannot see. Sometimes people will 0:22:22.480 --> 0:22:26.600 try to push you down, make you feel insignificant. Sometimes 0:22:26.640 --> 0:22:29.199 our own thoughts will kind of convince us that we 0:22:29.240 --> 0:22:34.240 don't measure up. But God looks beyond the surface, beyond 0:22:34.280 --> 0:22:37.840 the mistakes we've made, beyond what somebody said about you, 0:22:38.280 --> 0:22:43.000 and God sees your incredible value. You may think, Joey, 0:22:43.040 --> 0:22:45.680 I missed up, I have blown it, I failed, I'm 0:22:45.720 --> 0:22:49.119 all washed up. No, God still sees the ego in you. 0:22:49.840 --> 0:22:52.920 God doesn't just see what you are, He sees what 0:22:53.000 --> 0:22:55.640 you can become. Now you've got to do your part. 0:22:56.119 --> 0:22:59.960 Get rid of those condemning thoughts, get rid of them 0:23:00.119 --> 0:23:03.560 what somebody has spoken over you, and start renewing your 0:23:03.640 --> 0:23:11.000 mind down deep. Start believing that you are redeemed, restored, talented, valuable. 0:23:11.480 --> 0:23:14.640 Even if you have made mistakes, believe that you can 0:23:14.720 --> 0:23:17.919 still release the full you. Let me tell you, God 0:23:18.000 --> 0:23:20.439 can still get you to where he wants you to be. 0:23:21.280 --> 0:23:24.000 I think about Jacob. He didn't have a lot of character. 0:23:24.520 --> 0:23:28.639 He was dishonest, He cheated people. He even tricked his 0:23:28.680 --> 0:23:31.800 own brother out of his birthright. He had a lot 0:23:31.840 --> 0:23:35.359 of flaws. He would be somebody we would compare to 0:23:35.440 --> 0:23:39.520 that discarded piece of wood. Surely God wouldn't have anything 0:23:39.560 --> 0:23:44.320 to do with him. Surely God would find somebody more perfect. No, 0:23:44.480 --> 0:23:47.840 God doesn't judge the way we judge. God doesn't look 0:23:47.880 --> 0:23:51.960 on the outside. God looks at the heart. Even when 0:23:52.000 --> 0:23:55.679 we make mistakes, God doesn't write us off. He doesn't 0:23:55.680 --> 0:23:58.760 say you had your shot, You're done. No, God always 0:23:58.880 --> 0:24:02.800 gives us another chance. Why Because God can see the 0:24:02.840 --> 0:24:05.800 eagle in the wood, He can see the butterfly in 0:24:05.840 --> 0:24:09.680 the word. He can even see a champion in a failure. 0:24:10.480 --> 0:24:13.879 But it's up to us. The only way the transformation 0:24:14.040 --> 0:24:17.160 will take place is you have to believe that you're forgiven. 0:24:17.600 --> 0:24:21.080 Believe that there's mercy for every mistake. Believe that you 0:24:21.160 --> 0:24:24.119 are who God says you are. One time in the 0:24:24.160 --> 0:24:29.240 Old Testament, an army invaded Jerusalem, kidnapped some of the people, 0:24:29.600 --> 0:24:33.119 and killed their king. For the first time. The people 0:24:33.160 --> 0:24:37.359 of Israel were without a leader. They were discouraged, didn't 0:24:37.400 --> 0:24:40.199 know what to do. As they sat there, thinking that 0:24:40.240 --> 0:24:44.400 it was over, the prophet Michael rose up and said, Hey, 0:24:44.880 --> 0:24:48.720 why are you crying? Why are you discouraged? Is there 0:24:49.000 --> 0:24:52.680 not a king in you? I believe God is saying 0:24:52.720 --> 0:24:55.000 the same thing to each one of us. There's a 0:24:55.080 --> 0:24:58.760 king in you. You may have made mistakes, but the 0:24:58.840 --> 0:25:02.600 King is still in you. You may have gone through disappointments. 0:25:03.000 --> 0:25:06.520 People may have treated you unfairly, you miss good opportunities. 0:25:06.760 --> 0:25:09.800 But let these words sink deep down into your spirit. 0:25:10.240 --> 0:25:13.760 The King is still in you. The Queen is still 0:25:13.800 --> 0:25:17.359 in you. You need to put your shoulders back, hold 0:25:17.440 --> 0:25:21.639 your head up high, carry yourself with confidence. You have 0:25:21.760 --> 0:25:24.959 royal blood flowing through your veins. You are wearing a 0:25:25.000 --> 0:25:28.760 crown of favor. I'm not looking at ordinary people. I'm 0:25:28.800 --> 0:25:33.160 looking at royalty. I can see kings, i can see queens. 0:25:33.400 --> 0:25:35.880 I can see your crown of favor. I can see 0:25:35.880 --> 0:25:39.320 your robe of honor. I'm looking at children of the 0:25:39.359 --> 0:25:42.440 Most High God. Now you got to start calling out 0:25:42.480 --> 0:25:46.160 that king, calling out that queen. You got to release 0:25:46.520 --> 0:25:49.400 what God put on the inside. Well, you say, Joel, 0:25:49.480 --> 0:25:52.080 this is not for me today. I've made lots of mistakes. 0:25:52.119 --> 0:25:55.240 I've lived a rough life. No, that didn't change what 0:25:55.359 --> 0:25:58.760 God put in you. You couldn't be any worse than Jacob. 0:25:59.200 --> 0:26:03.720 He failed again and again. But God's mercy is from 0:26:03.760 --> 0:26:08.040 everlasting to everlasting. It never runs out. God will never 0:26:08.160 --> 0:26:12.240 give up on you. God kept working on Jacob, making 0:26:12.320 --> 0:26:15.840 him and molding him. One day, God said, Jacob, I'm 0:26:15.880 --> 0:26:20.560 gonna change your name. His name literally meant deceiver. God said, 0:26:20.560 --> 0:26:23.000 I don't want you to be called that anymore. You've 0:26:23.040 --> 0:26:26.440 gone from a worm to a butterfly, from a discarded 0:26:26.480 --> 0:26:29.800 piece of wood to a beautiful eagle. Your new name 0:26:30.440 --> 0:26:35.359 is going to be Israel. Israel means prince. With God. 0:26:35.600 --> 0:26:38.679 He went from being called a cheater to being called 0:26:38.800 --> 0:26:42.439 a king. Now, when somebody said hello Israel, they were 0:26:42.440 --> 0:26:46.879 saying hello King, they were calling out his seeds of greatness. 0:26:47.080 --> 0:26:51.879 They were prophesying, reminded him who he really was, no doubt. 0:26:51.880 --> 0:26:55.160 He started thinking, I'm not a cheater, I'm not a deceiver. 0:26:55.320 --> 0:26:58.960 I'm not a trickster. I'm a prince, I'm a king. 0:26:59.560 --> 0:27:03.240 I've been chosen by God. I've got a destiny to fulfill. 0:27:03.440 --> 0:27:07.439 I've got an assignment to accomplish. He renewed his mind, 0:27:07.560 --> 0:27:10.959 and that's when the transformation took place. Some of you, 0:27:11.040 --> 0:27:14.240 the only thing that's holding you back is your thoughts 0:27:14.320 --> 0:27:18.439 toward yourself. You're focused on your mistakes, how you blew it, 0:27:18.560 --> 0:27:21.760 how you didn't measure up. You've got to reprogram your thinking, 0:27:22.119 --> 0:27:25.120 get rid of those wormy thoughts. All through the day, 0:27:25.320 --> 0:27:30.359 I'm redeemed, restored, i am royalty, I am more than 0:27:30.400 --> 0:27:33.879 a conquer. I believe today is going to be the 0:27:33.920 --> 0:27:38.480 start of some transformations. Some metamorphosis are about to take place. 0:27:38.720 --> 0:27:41.040 You need to get ready. Talent is going to come 0:27:41.080 --> 0:27:44.320 out of you that you didn't know you had. Strongholds 0:27:44.359 --> 0:27:47.720 of inferiority are being broken. You're going to feel a 0:27:47.760 --> 0:27:51.080 new boldness, a new confidence to step into the fullness 0:27:51.080 --> 0:27:54.040 of your destiny. Some of you have one wing out, 0:27:54.359 --> 0:27:57.639 and that's good. But God doesn't want you to stay 0:27:57.760 --> 0:28:01.440 in your cocoon. He didn't create you to squirm. He 0:28:01.520 --> 0:28:04.560 created you to soar. It's time to get the other 0:28:04.600 --> 0:28:08.359 wing out. If you will start renewing your mind, programming 0:28:08.400 --> 0:28:11.120 it with what God says about you, then you're going 0:28:11.160 --> 0:28:15.240 to release the full you. I'm calling out the confident you. 0:28:16.040 --> 0:28:19.959 I'm calling out the successful you, the blessed you, the 0:28:20.080 --> 0:28:24.879 talented you, the disciplined you, the excellent you. I believe 0:28:24.920 --> 0:28:28.720 in declare the king in you is coming out. The 0:28:28.840 --> 0:28:32.080 ego in you is coming out. The butterfly in you 0:28:32.240 --> 0:28:34.680 is coming out. You're not going to stay where you are. 0:28:34.880 --> 0:28:39.000 You're being transformed. You're going to soar and go places 0:28:39.040 --> 0:28:41.160 that you could have never gotten to on your own. 0:28:41.480 --> 0:28:44.200 In Jesus' name, I declare it. If you receive it, 0:28:44.360 --> 0:28:48.680 can you say amen? We never like to close our 0:28:48.720 --> 0:28:52.240 broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the 0:28:52.280 --> 0:28:55.200 lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just 0:28:55.240 --> 0:29:00.440 say Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins, come into 0:29:00.520 --> 0:29:05.600 my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 0:29:05.600 --> 0:29:07.880 if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 0:29:07.920 --> 0:29:11.000 born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 0:29:11.040 --> 0:29:13.680 God first place. 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