Set Your Mind

0:00:00.440 --> 0:00:02.200 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 0:00:02.240 --> 0:00:05.279 Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 0:00:05.280 --> 0:00:08.240 the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 0:00:08.280 --> 0:00:11.039 be a blessing and share it with a friend, reappreciate 0:00:11.119 --> 0:00:13.760 you and pray for God's very best in your life. 0:00:14.120 --> 0:00:16.239 God bless you. It's great to be with. 0:00:16.120 --> 0:00:18.720 You today, and I hope you'll stay connected with us 0:00:18.800 --> 0:00:22.120 during the week to our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, 0:00:22.280 --> 0:00:25.279 social media, and you can come visit us in person. 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:27.200 We'd love to have you be a part of one 0:00:27.200 --> 0:00:28.120 of our services. 0:00:28.480 --> 0:00:29.320 I'd like to start with. 0:00:29.320 --> 0:00:32.239 Something funny, and I heard about this pastor. He'd been 0:00:32.280 --> 0:00:35.839 out in the woods bear hunting all day long, searched 0:00:35.880 --> 0:00:39.120 and searched, but no sign of a bear, and finally, 0:00:39.159 --> 0:00:42.159 in frustration, he threw his gun down and he went 0:00:42.200 --> 0:00:44.720 to the stream to cool off, and about that time 0:00:44.760 --> 0:00:48.280 he saw this huge grizzly bear about one hundred yards away, 0:00:48.640 --> 0:00:52.080 coming toward him full speed ahead. He fell down on 0:00:52.120 --> 0:00:55.480 his knees and said, God, please convert this bear into 0:00:55.560 --> 0:00:59.680 a Christian. Miraculously, the bear froze in his tracks and 0:00:59.800 --> 0:01:02.400 put both pause up in the air and said, Lord, 0:01:02.560 --> 0:01:03.680 thank you for this food. 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:04.640 That I'm about to eat. 0:01:05.720 --> 0:01:07.840 All right, y'all say it like you mean it. This 0:01:07.920 --> 0:01:10.479 is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:01:10.920 --> 0:01:13.280 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:01:13.360 --> 0:01:15.959 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:01:16.040 --> 0:01:19.880 talked the word of God. I'll boldly confess my mind 0:01:19.959 --> 0:01:23.240 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:01:23.319 --> 0:01:28.119 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:01:28.160 --> 0:01:31.679 to talk to you today about set your mind. When 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:34.200 you wake up in the morning, all kinds of thoughts 0:01:34.280 --> 0:01:37.160 can come to your mind, and depending on what's happening 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:39.520 in your life, what day of the week it is, 0:01:39.920 --> 0:01:43.920 what's going right, what's going wrong, the mind will naturally 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:48.120 gravitate toward the negative. Tell you here's something to worry about, 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:51.920 here's something to be frustrated over. Here's the reason to 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:56.120 be sad, a reason to be offended. We can't stop 0:01:56.160 --> 0:01:57.400 these thoughts from coming. 0:01:57.680 --> 0:02:00.720 But here's the key. Nobody can force you to think. 0:02:00.800 --> 0:02:03.720 Then you don't have to dwell on those thoughts. 0:02:04.080 --> 0:02:07.480 You can choose to dismiss them and not pay any attention. 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:12.040 You have complete control over your thought life, and it's 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:15.880 so important that you be selective because your life is 0:02:15.919 --> 0:02:16.200 going to. 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:17.359 Follow your thoughts. 0:02:18.080 --> 0:02:22.360 What you think about is setting your direction, impacting your mood, 0:02:22.600 --> 0:02:28.120 determining your attitude. Thoughts create feelings. You think sad thoughts, 0:02:28.280 --> 0:02:31.799 you're gonna feel sad. You think can't do it. I'm 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:34.440 not talented, I'm at a disadvantage. 0:02:34.680 --> 0:02:37.080 You're gonna feel inferior, not good enough. 0:02:37.760 --> 0:02:41.400 But if you think positive, faith filled thoughts, you're gonna 0:02:41.400 --> 0:02:45.640 feel positive and hopeful. If you're grateful, you think this 0:02:45.720 --> 0:02:48.400 is gonna be a good day. Lord, thank you that 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:51.400 I'm alive, and that I have family to love, a 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:52.400 job to go to. 0:02:52.520 --> 0:02:54.000 That I'm healthy and strong. 0:02:54.720 --> 0:02:58.160 Then you're gonna have energy in good attitude, and you're 0:02:58.160 --> 0:02:59.800 gonna attract good breaks. 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:02.440 Your mind is like a magnet. 0:03:02.919 --> 0:03:06.560 It draws in what you're thinking about when you wake 0:03:06.639 --> 0:03:08.760 up in the morning. If you start thinking, man, I 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:10.800 don't want to go to work today, and I don't 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:13.680 feel like dealing with these kids, and I'm never gonna get. 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:15.880 Past this sickness, it's gonna be a lousy day. 0:03:16.760 --> 0:03:21.240 Just imagine you're sending an invitation to everything you're dwelling 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:22.960 on lousy day. 0:03:23.040 --> 0:03:24.480 I'd like to personally. 0:03:24.080 --> 0:03:28.400 Invite you discouragement, sickness, hard times. Please come see me today. 0:03:28.919 --> 0:03:31.000 No quit inviting the wrong things. 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:35.720 When those thoughts come, do yourself a favor. Dismiss them, don't. 0:03:35.560 --> 0:03:38.600 Give them the time of day. You get to choose 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:40.600 what takes up space in your mind. 0:03:41.320 --> 0:03:42.760 Instead of inviting. 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:47.240 Negative, discouraging, can't do it thoughts, how about inviting faith, 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:50.320 Inviting whope, inviting the goodness of God. 0:03:51.160 --> 0:03:52.280 This is what David did. 0:03:52.600 --> 0:03:54.840 He woke up in the morning and said, this is 0:03:54.880 --> 0:03:57.840 the day the Lord has made. I'm gonna rejoice and 0:03:57.920 --> 0:04:02.320 be glad in it. He said, surely goodness and mercy 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:06.360 will follow me. When he faced Goliath, a giant twice 0:04:06.400 --> 0:04:09.520 his size, he said, I will defeat you and feed 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:11.080 your head to the birds of the air. 0:04:12.040 --> 0:04:12.600 No wonder. 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:17.159 He had faith and confidence God's favor. His mind was 0:04:17.200 --> 0:04:20.599 going in the right direction. He was careful about what 0:04:20.760 --> 0:04:25.440 he invited, and sure he had thoughts of doubt and worry. David, 0:04:25.440 --> 0:04:28.680 that giant's too big, You've got too many problems. 0:04:29.200 --> 0:04:31.080 He had to do what we all have to do. 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:32.280 He dismissed it. 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:35.520 I'm not dwelling on that. I know my God is bigger. 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:39.760 I know I am well able pay attention to what 0:04:39.800 --> 0:04:44.599 you're inviting. You can't think defeat and have victory. You 0:04:44.640 --> 0:04:47.440 can't go through the day worried and stay in peace. 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:50.760 You can't dwell on who hurt you and who did 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:54.400 you wrong and see the beauty for ashes, and God 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:56.239 pay you back for what was unfair? 0:04:57.480 --> 0:05:00.960 Are you inviting the right things? Mind going in the. 0:05:00.960 --> 0:05:05.600 Right direction, Paul said in Colossians three, Set your mind 0:05:05.800 --> 0:05:10.240 on higher things and keep it set. Every morning you 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:13.320 have to set your mind. It's a choice we have 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:17.880 to make. Positive, this is going to be a great day. Hopeful, God, 0:05:17.920 --> 0:05:21.479 I know you have good things in store. Grateful, I'm 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:24.360 blessed to be alive. I'm going to enjoy this day. 0:05:25.520 --> 0:05:29.320 This doesn't happen automatically. If you don't set your mind, 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:32.960 other things will set it for you. Your feelings will 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:36.920 set it, circumstances can set it. Other people will set it, 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:41.400 or the enemy will set it. An unset mind is 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:42.840 like an unlocked house. 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:44.599 Anyone can come in. 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:48.400 Imagine waking up in the morning, you see a stranger 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:50.520 in your kitchen pouring a cup of coffee. 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:52.360 You look over and. 0:05:52.080 --> 0:05:54.560 Somebody's sitting on your couch watching your television. 0:05:55.040 --> 0:05:56.760 Then someone walks by wearing. 0:05:56.440 --> 0:05:59.680 Your clothes, carrying your purse, you and think, oh, that's 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:04.040 too bad. They're taking my stuff, invading my prophecy. No. 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:07.240 Number one, you throw them out, and number two you 0:06:07.279 --> 0:06:10.640 would start locking your door. You would make sure that 0:06:10.720 --> 0:06:13.680 it was dead bolted so no strangers could get in. 0:06:14.680 --> 0:06:18.040 The mind is the same way. If you're not setting 0:06:18.080 --> 0:06:22.320 your mind, you're leaving the door unlocked. You're saying, by. 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:24.960 Inaction fear, you're welcome here. 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:30.039 Now come on in worry, insecurity, make yourself at home. No, 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:34.400 start locking your door, Start setting your mind. This is 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:38.159 not an option, it's a necessity. Your mind is your 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:43.559 control center. Your thinking runs your life, your attitude, your mood, 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:47.960 your vision. If the enemy can control your thoughts, he 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:52.120 can control your life. If you let circumstances set your 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:55.760 mind or other people how you feel, it's going to 0:06:55.839 --> 0:07:00.080 limit your destiny. When David said this is the day 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:03.400 the Lord has made, he was in a difficult place. 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:07.360 He had enemies chasing him, people were slandering his name, 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:09.400 family had turned on him. 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:11.000 His mood would have. 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:15.160 Been sour, discouraged, why is this happening? But he didn't 0:07:15.240 --> 0:07:21.480 let that determine his thinking. He overrode all the lower things, fear, discouragement, offense, 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:25.880 and he set his mind on higher things, faith, his purpose, 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:29.640 the promises of God. This is something we need to 0:07:29.680 --> 0:07:32.720 do on a daily basis. Just like we brush our teeth, 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:37.240 we comb our hair, we also set our mind. We 0:07:37.360 --> 0:07:40.320 get an agreement with who God says we are the 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:44.320 higher things. That's why every service we make that declaration. 0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:50.480 I am blessed, I am strong, healthy, talented, victorious, a masterpiece. 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:55.480 That's not just being positive. That's setting your mind. That's 0:07:55.520 --> 0:07:59.440 locking out the fear, the worry, the doubt. Nothing good 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:02.280 is in my future. No, sorry, you're too late. My 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:06.080 mind is already set. My path is getting brighter and brighter. 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:09.640 I haven't seen, heard, or imagine what God has in store. 0:08:10.200 --> 0:08:13.000 If you're dealing with an illness, those thoughts will come. 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:15.880 What if you don't get well, What if you're not 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:17.880 able to go to work? How you're going to pay 0:08:17.880 --> 0:08:21.360 your bills? Those thoughts will come to see if your 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:22.280 door is unlocked? 0:08:22.880 --> 0:08:25.200 Did they set it? Did they put the dead boat in? 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:26.760 Or is it unset? 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:30.880 You could be worried, go through the day discouraged. No, 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:33.880 your attitude. Lord, I thank you that you're restoring health 0:08:33.960 --> 0:08:38.680 back into me. That healing, wholeness, vitality is on the way. 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:42.320 That's how you keep your mind set. You're dwelling on 0:08:42.360 --> 0:08:46.560 the higher things, what God promised you. Or maybe you 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:49.280 have a child that's off course, or you went through 0:08:49.280 --> 0:08:53.400 a breakup, a business is struggling. Thoughts will tell you 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:57.920 all the worst case scenarios. You'll always be lonelier, that 0:08:58.040 --> 0:09:00.880 child will never do what's right. There are no good 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:05.320 options for you. There's a battle taking place in our thinking. 0:09:06.400 --> 0:09:10.400 One Peter says, to gird up the loins of your mind. 0:09:10.760 --> 0:09:15.440 It's interesting that it uses loins concerning guarding your mind. 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:19.360 Loins have to do with reproduction, with what you give 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:23.360 birth to. Your mind is like a womb. It will 0:09:23.400 --> 0:09:26.480 produce what you're thinking about. That's why you have to 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:28.480 gird up the loins of your mind. 0:09:29.200 --> 0:09:30.640 Well. The scripture says that. 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:34.360 Satan is a liar and the father of all lies. 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:38.840 If he's the father, he has no power unless he 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:42.200 can find a womb. He needs somewhere to plant his 0:09:42.360 --> 0:09:46.000 lies so there will grow and eventually be given birth 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:50.040 to your mind. Your womb is no place for the 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:53.080 enemy's lives, to think that we would give our most 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:58.400 valuable space to become a breeding ground for doubt, fear, worry, 0:09:58.440 --> 0:10:01.679 to incubate, to grow, to get you give birth, no thanks. 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:05.240 Your womb was created for the promises of God. Your 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:09.680 mind is a breeding ground for faith, for victory, for abundance. 0:10:10.679 --> 0:10:14.120 You need to keep this perspective when the negative thoughts come, 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:18.480 the worries, the what is that you've seen your best days? 0:10:19.160 --> 0:10:23.400 Those are not just harmless thoughts. Those are seeds looking 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:27.400 for a wound that's open, that's ready, so it can reproduce. 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:29.280 We all have. 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:33.640 Something in our wound, something we're dwelling on. Is what 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:37.719 you're incubating, What you want to give birth to. If 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:40.480 you gave birth to what you're thinking about, is it 0:10:40.600 --> 0:10:43.920 something you're going to be happy with? If not, you 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:45.440 need to reset your mind. 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:48.640 You need to uproot all those negative seeds. 0:10:49.280 --> 0:10:52.600 Your womb was never meant to incubate the enemy's lies. 0:10:53.000 --> 0:10:56.439 You're too old, you made too many mistakes. You can't 0:10:56.440 --> 0:11:00.959 break the addiction. You'll never meet the right Personize what's happening. 0:11:01.640 --> 0:11:04.880 That's the enemy trying to plant his seeds in your womb. 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:07.920 You need to tell him you have the wrong person. 0:11:08.080 --> 0:11:11.200 I am God's property. I belong to the most high. 0:11:11.760 --> 0:11:15.800 My womb only accepts the higher things, the promises of God, 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:19.400 what he's declared over my life. If you have a 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:23.800 bad break and a door closes, those thoughts will come. Man, 0:11:23.840 --> 0:11:27.880 it's all downhill from here. Get discouraged, be better, give 0:11:27.960 --> 0:11:31.680 up on those dreams. That's the lower things. That's the 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:35.199 enemy trying to use your womb to bring about his lives. 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:39.440 Try a different approach the higher things. Father, you said 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:42.520 that all things are working together for my good. I 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:45.280 may not understand this, but God, I trust you. 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:47.280 I know something better is coming. 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:50.839 Perhaps you had a set back in your finances, you 0:11:50.960 --> 0:11:51.720 lost a client. 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:53.000 It's easy to worry. 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:56.520 Let all the negative thoughts play. No, don't leave your 0:11:56.600 --> 0:12:01.720 mind unset. Don't leave the door unlocked when worry knox. No, thanks, 0:12:01.920 --> 0:12:04.920 you're not welcome here. Father, you said I will lend 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:07.920 and not borrow. Lord, I thank you that you're supplying 0:12:07.960 --> 0:12:10.560 all of my needs. That I live under the open 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:13.320 windows of heaven. This is what I had to do 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:15.400 when my dad went to be with the Lord back 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:16.880 in nineteen ninety nine. 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:19.160 I knew I was supposed to step up and pastor 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:19.720 the church. 0:12:19.800 --> 0:12:23.800 But all these negative thoughts filled my mind. Joy, you're 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:27.280 not a minister, you don't have the training, you don't 0:12:27.320 --> 0:12:29.320 have a big personality like your father. 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:30.880 Nobody's going to listen to you. 0:12:31.840 --> 0:12:35.440 Those were seeds trying to incubate in my wound. It 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:38.880 was the father of lies trying to deceive me into 0:12:38.920 --> 0:12:41.560 giving birth to what would stop my purpose. 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:43.319 And I felt fear. 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:47.200 I felt insecure, I felt unqualified. But by the grace 0:12:47.240 --> 0:12:50.200 of God, I didn't let my feelings set my mind. 0:12:51.080 --> 0:12:53.520 Other people said that I couldn't do it, that I 0:12:53.600 --> 0:12:56.120 wasn't good enough. I didn't let them sept my mind. 0:12:56.600 --> 0:13:00.280 The enemy kept whispering that can't do it thoughts. I 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:02.880 didn't let him set my mind. I went back to 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:05.880 what God says about me, who he says I am. 0:13:06.200 --> 0:13:08.160 I set my mind on the higher things. 0:13:08.800 --> 0:13:09.920 I can do all. 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:15.360 Things through Christ Father, thinking that I'm strong in the Lord, equipped, empowered, anointed. 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:18.840 Those are the seeds I let incubate in my womb. 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:22.760 Had I let the enemy's lies grow and get stronger, 0:13:23.120 --> 0:13:26.200 I wouldn't be up here today. You're going to give 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:27.760 birth to what you're dwelling on? 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:29.480 Is it what you want? 0:13:30.080 --> 0:13:33.160 Are you setting your mind each day girding up the 0:13:33.200 --> 0:13:37.520 loins of your mind? That means being selective what you're 0:13:37.559 --> 0:13:38.120 dwelling on? 0:13:38.800 --> 0:13:40.319 Or have you let the door unlocked? 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:44.720 Worry, doubt, can't do it is now breeding in your womb. 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:48.280 The good news is it's not too late. You can 0:13:48.360 --> 0:13:52.000 reset your mind today. You can empty out all the 0:13:52.120 --> 0:13:55.920 negative and start dwelling on the higher things. Why don't 0:13:55.960 --> 0:13:58.760 you let some new seeds get planted in your womb. 0:13:59.400 --> 0:14:01.400 See God is your heavenly father. 0:14:02.080 --> 0:14:02.920 His flans for. 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:06.040 You are for good, to prosper you, to heal you, 0:14:06.600 --> 0:14:09.160 to figure with joy, bring great relationships. 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:11.800 Then there's the Father of lies. 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:15.800 The scripture says he's here to steal, kill and destroy. 0:14:16.559 --> 0:14:19.120 You get to choose which father you listen to. 0:14:20.200 --> 0:14:22.720 March chapter five, There was a woman that had a 0:14:22.760 --> 0:14:26.080 bleeding disorder. She had been sick for twelve years, and 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:28.640 she'd gone to the best doctors and spent all of 0:14:28.640 --> 0:14:29.400 her funds. 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:32.480 But continue to get worse. When we've been doing. 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:35.840 The right thing a long time and not seeing improvement, 0:14:36.360 --> 0:14:37.880 it's easy to get discouraged. 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:39.640 The never lies come. 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:43.720 You're never gonna get well, never see your business take off, 0:14:43.920 --> 0:14:47.800 never be free from that addiction. This lady was physically 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:51.040 weak from all the bleeding, and emotionally. 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:53.840 She was drained. She was considered unclean. 0:14:54.280 --> 0:14:57.120 She was not supposed to be around people. But one 0:14:57.200 --> 0:14:59.600 day she heard that Jesus was passing through her city. 0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:03.280 She'd heard about the miracles he had performed, and how 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:06.280 he healed the crippled man and cleansed the leopard and 0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:07.640 calmed the storm. 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:11.120 Something said to her, you can be healed too. This 0:15:11.320 --> 0:15:14.720 is your moment. Faith began to rise in her heart. 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:18.960 She felt this hope, this expectancy that said, if you 0:15:19.000 --> 0:15:22.320 can get to Jesus, you will be made home. There 0:15:22.400 --> 0:15:25.800 was a shift that day. Something happened in her mind. 0:15:26.560 --> 0:15:30.720 For years, she had been discouraged, worried. Thoughts told her 0:15:30.840 --> 0:15:34.720 it'll never change. All her circumstances said it's too late. 0:15:34.960 --> 0:15:36.239 You've run out of options. 0:15:36.680 --> 0:15:39.680 Her feelings told her you're too tired, just stay home. 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:41.760 But this day a new. 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:43.680 Fire was lit on the inside. 0:15:44.320 --> 0:15:47.080 She didn't let her history set her mind. 0:15:47.600 --> 0:15:51.560 She didn't let her feelings set her mind other people's opinions. 0:15:51.960 --> 0:15:54.840 She made the decision, I'm gonta set my mind on 0:15:54.960 --> 0:15:55.840 higher things. 0:15:56.320 --> 0:15:58.680 If I can touch the edge of his road, I 0:15:58.720 --> 0:16:01.680 know I will be healed. There were so many. 0:16:01.480 --> 0:16:04.520 People trying to see Jesus. She had to push her 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:05.560 way through the crowd. 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:09.040 Excuse me, I need to get through. Pardon me, scoot 0:16:09.120 --> 0:16:12.600 over a little. I gotta see him, the scripture says. 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:16.160 She kept saying to herself, when I touch him, I 0:16:16.240 --> 0:16:17.080 will be healed. 0:16:17.920 --> 0:16:19.280 Look at her new mindset. 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:23.320 After years of believing it's not gonna happen, I've run 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:27.360 out of options. Now her mindset is I will be healed, 0:16:28.200 --> 0:16:31.960 not I hope, So maybe something will happen. What's it 0:16:32.040 --> 0:16:35.400 gonna hurt for trying? No. She had her mindset Heliu 0:16:35.480 --> 0:16:40.360 is coming, breakthrough is coming, victory is coming. Something new 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:44.360 was incubating in her wound. What God had promised her 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:45.800 that seed was growing. 0:16:46.400 --> 0:16:47.640 As Jesus passed by. 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:50.360 At the last moment, she reached out, touched the edge 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:51.280 of his robe. 0:16:51.040 --> 0:16:54.680 And instantly she was healed. Jesus said to her daughter, 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:56.560 your faith has made you whole. 0:16:57.520 --> 0:17:02.320 Maybe like her, you've had delays, disappointments. Now you've let 0:17:02.400 --> 0:17:05.439 doubt convince you that you can't accompass your dream or 0:17:05.640 --> 0:17:09.440 you can't overcome this problem. God has you hearing this 0:17:09.880 --> 0:17:13.399 so you can reset your mind. That's where the battle 0:17:13.520 --> 0:17:18.600 is taking place. This lady's circumstances didn't change until she 0:17:18.720 --> 0:17:22.040 changed her mind. If you will set your mind on 0:17:22.080 --> 0:17:25.480 the higher things, then God will do what you can't do. 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:27.600 He'll open the doors, he'll. 0:17:27.359 --> 0:17:29.840 Bring the healing, He'll turn situations around. 0:17:30.720 --> 0:17:33.679 But here's the whole key. He needs a wound to 0:17:33.800 --> 0:17:34.359 work through. 0:17:35.080 --> 0:17:38.119 He needs a mind that will receive the seed and 0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:39.920 that will believe the promises. 0:17:40.800 --> 0:17:43.440 When nothing is improving, you don't see how it can 0:17:43.480 --> 0:17:43.880 work out. 0:17:44.040 --> 0:17:46.439 Do like she did, Lord, I want to thank you 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:47.639 that healing is coming. 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:48.840 Thank you that my. 0:17:48.920 --> 0:17:52.560 Business will flourish, that my children will excel. I may 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:55.240 not see away, but I walk by faith and not 0:17:55.359 --> 0:17:55.880 by sight. 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:58.800 I know that you have a way. See. 0:17:58.840 --> 0:18:02.560 Your mind is like a thermostat. You have to set it. 0:18:02.920 --> 0:18:06.480 What temperature do you want it to be? Sometimes we 0:18:06.520 --> 0:18:11.600 operate more like a thermometer. A thermometer measures the temperature 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:16.840 adapts to the environment. A thermostat sets the temperature and 0:18:16.920 --> 0:18:20.240 changes the environment. But we wake up in the morning 0:18:20.320 --> 0:18:24.320 and feeling sour. If we have a thermometer mentality. 0:18:24.680 --> 0:18:26.040 We accept the conditions. 0:18:26.520 --> 0:18:30.160 We're in a bad mood, go around, discourage someone's rude 0:18:30.160 --> 0:18:32.800 at the office, We're rude back to them. We get 0:18:32.840 --> 0:18:36.360 caught in traffic, we're stressed. Child doesn't do what's right, 0:18:36.400 --> 0:18:41.360 We're upset. Living as a thermometer. Letting conditions set your 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:44.840 mind is going to make life a roller coaster. You 0:18:44.880 --> 0:18:48.399 can't control all those things. Why don't you start setting 0:18:48.440 --> 0:18:52.119 your mind? Make that decision every morning that you're going 0:18:52.200 --> 0:18:56.959 to be positive, hopeful, and grateful. When you decide ahead 0:18:56.960 --> 0:19:00.320 of time, you can enjoy the day despite what doesn't 0:19:00.359 --> 0:19:00.800 work out. 0:19:01.560 --> 0:19:02.520 When your mind is. 0:19:02.480 --> 0:19:06.040 Set, you don't let people steal your joy. Delays caused 0:19:06.080 --> 0:19:08.879 you to be sour. You know God is on the throne. 0:19:09.160 --> 0:19:11.480 This day is a gift, and you've made up your 0:19:11.520 --> 0:19:15.879 mind to enjoy it. A few weeks ago, Victoria asked 0:19:15.880 --> 0:19:17.879 me to run her up to the grocery store. 0:19:18.320 --> 0:19:20.840 She just had to get one thing. He's just gonna 0:19:20.880 --> 0:19:21.600 take a second. 0:19:22.080 --> 0:19:22.199 Well. 0:19:22.240 --> 0:19:23.920 I drove into the parking lot over here. 0:19:24.119 --> 0:19:28.000 It was packed cars everywhere, so crowded, and I finally 0:19:28.000 --> 0:19:29.760 made it up to the front and I was gonna 0:19:29.800 --> 0:19:31.560 drop her off at the main door. 0:19:31.640 --> 0:19:32.200 And go park. 0:19:32.800 --> 0:19:34.720 She jumped out of the car real fast so I 0:19:34.720 --> 0:19:36.000 wouldn't block everyone. 0:19:36.680 --> 0:19:37.800 She needed something from the. 0:19:37.760 --> 0:19:40.680 Back seat, so I put the car in part because 0:19:40.680 --> 0:19:43.080 I had to reach way back and take my foot 0:19:43.080 --> 0:19:44.800 off the brake, and I handed it to her and 0:19:44.840 --> 0:19:48.080 she ran in. I went to put the car in drive, 0:19:48.359 --> 0:19:51.680 but it wouldn't engage because she had the car keys. 0:19:51.400 --> 0:19:55.240 In her purse. Now she was in the store and 0:19:55.280 --> 0:19:56.200 her phone's. 0:19:55.920 --> 0:19:59.320 Right next to me, and I'm out front blocking everybody. 0:20:00.000 --> 0:20:04.680 We start honking and hollering, driving by waving with one finger, 0:20:04.800 --> 0:20:08.400 and the security guard came over and I told him 0:20:08.400 --> 0:20:09.000 what happened. 0:20:09.080 --> 0:20:10.560 She's just gonna be a minute. 0:20:10.560 --> 0:20:14.680 And ten minutes later here comes Victoria with three bags, 0:20:14.720 --> 0:20:20.199 and somehow God always multiplies that one thing. I was 0:20:20.240 --> 0:20:23.520 sorry I blocked the traffic, but the fact is life 0:20:23.560 --> 0:20:25.960 is too short to let these things still are joy. 0:20:26.000 --> 0:20:29.600 And I thought, I'm not gonna let that ruin the 0:20:29.680 --> 0:20:32.680 rest of my night, already ruined everybody else's. 0:20:33.920 --> 0:20:35.160 I set my mind on the. 0:20:35.160 --> 0:20:38.840 Higher things, to enjoy this day, to love my family, 0:20:39.000 --> 0:20:39.960 to honor God. 0:20:40.840 --> 0:20:44.080 See the scripture says to set your mind and keep 0:20:44.160 --> 0:20:47.000 it sat. God knew during the day. 0:20:47.119 --> 0:20:51.280 We'd have opportunities to unset it, to be frustrated, to 0:20:51.320 --> 0:20:54.080 get offended, given to doubt, Joe, I didn't get the 0:20:54.080 --> 0:20:56.400 contractor things didn't work out. 0:20:56.800 --> 0:20:57.840 Don't keep it sat. 0:20:58.280 --> 0:21:01.640 God is still in control. He's still ordering your steps. 0:21:01.880 --> 0:21:04.520 This day is a gift from God. Don't miss the 0:21:04.560 --> 0:21:09.640 opportunity to enjoy it. I read about something called neural clustering. 0:21:10.119 --> 0:21:12.720 When you dwell on a thought long enough, just ten 0:21:12.800 --> 0:21:16.040 or fifteen seconds, the way the brain works is it 0:21:16.080 --> 0:21:17.280 starts finding. 0:21:16.960 --> 0:21:18.480 Other similar thoughts. 0:21:19.080 --> 0:21:23.159 Your thoughts begin to grow, and it creates momentum. If 0:21:23.200 --> 0:21:26.120 you're thinking a fearful thought, the mind says, okay, we're 0:21:26.119 --> 0:21:28.720 thinking about fear. Here are five more things to be 0:21:28.800 --> 0:21:32.720 fearful about. When we're worried, thinking what if this doesn't 0:21:32.760 --> 0:21:35.480 work out, the mind will give you more reasons to 0:21:35.520 --> 0:21:38.639 be worried. The more you think about it, the bigger 0:21:38.640 --> 0:21:42.399 that cluster gets. The good news is this doesn't just 0:21:42.480 --> 0:21:45.760 work in the negative. It works in the positive. When 0:21:45.800 --> 0:21:48.879 you think grateful thoughts, you get up in the morning, 0:21:48.960 --> 0:21:51.760 say Lord, thank you that I'm alive. As you dwell 0:21:51.800 --> 0:21:54.520 on that, the mind goes to work, finds other. 0:21:54.560 --> 0:21:57.000 Things to be grateful for it. That thought comes. 0:21:57.119 --> 0:21:59.600 Lord, thank you for my children, and thank you for 0:21:59.680 --> 0:22:01.120 turning that problem around. 0:22:01.320 --> 0:22:03.440 Lord, thank you for that door that you open. 0:22:04.240 --> 0:22:06.840 You just thought the first thought, but then the mind 0:22:06.920 --> 0:22:11.080 starts recruiting these other thoughts just like it. Your thoughts 0:22:11.119 --> 0:22:16.480 are not stagnant. They're creating momentum. My question, is it 0:22:16.560 --> 0:22:21.120 the momentum that you want. I'm healthy, I'm strong, I'm favored. 0:22:21.480 --> 0:22:23.720 You dwell on that and more good thoughts. You're going 0:22:23.800 --> 0:22:26.840 to come. God's fighting my battles. It's gonna be a 0:22:26.880 --> 0:22:31.280 blessed you. I'm excited about my future. That neural cluster 0:22:31.480 --> 0:22:35.160 is getting bigger, stronger, and finding more of the same 0:22:35.240 --> 0:22:39.919 type thoughts. But sometimes we're letting our mind work against us, 0:22:39.960 --> 0:22:42.359 and we wake up in the morning dwelling on the 0:22:42.400 --> 0:22:46.080 negative and what's not going to work out, And before long, 0:22:46.280 --> 0:22:49.639 here's another thing to be depressed about. Another bad break 0:22:49.640 --> 0:22:53.040 you went through, another person that hurts you. That's not 0:22:53.160 --> 0:22:56.520 the enemy. That's your mind doing what it was designed 0:22:56.560 --> 0:22:59.959 to do. If you think nothing good ever happens to me, 0:23:00.840 --> 0:23:04.400 your brain fires off that circuit. Start looking for evidence. 0:23:04.920 --> 0:23:08.840 Let's give him some examples. Here comes bad memory. Number one. 0:23:09.200 --> 0:23:12.119 Number two, here's that time you failed. Number three. Remember 0:23:12.160 --> 0:23:16.199 those people that let you out. That negative will continue 0:23:16.400 --> 0:23:19.480 until you put a stop to it. You can spiral 0:23:19.600 --> 0:23:22.119 into doubt, or you can spiral into faith. 0:23:22.800 --> 0:23:24.159 You can spiral into. 0:23:23.880 --> 0:23:28.200 Worry, or you can spiral into peace. Your thoughts are growing, 0:23:28.840 --> 0:23:33.040 they're multiplying, producing more of the same. This is why 0:23:33.080 --> 0:23:36.040 Paul said set your mind on higher things. 0:23:36.680 --> 0:23:38.360 He was saying, don't. 0:23:38.160 --> 0:23:42.040 Let the momentum work against you. Don't let the negative spiral. 0:23:42.440 --> 0:23:46.640 Switch over to faith, to hope, to gratitude. Get your 0:23:46.720 --> 0:23:50.439 mind to work for you. It's attracting more of what. 0:23:50.280 --> 0:23:51.200 You're thinking about. 0:23:52.200 --> 0:23:54.560 A friend of mine was on a train years ago 0:23:54.760 --> 0:23:58.400 and he met this couple that was very successful, and 0:23:58.480 --> 0:24:01.880 the lady who was wearing expense of clothing, nice jewelry, 0:24:01.920 --> 0:24:04.800 and they were in the first class cabin together. Everything 0:24:04.880 --> 0:24:08.760 was great, but from the very start this woman did 0:24:08.800 --> 0:24:13.240 nothing but complain. She complained the temperature too cold, food 0:24:13.359 --> 0:24:16.320 wasn't good, the service too slow, the cabin wasn't clean, 0:24:16.760 --> 0:24:18.160 the train was too noisy. 0:24:18.520 --> 0:24:20.800 She was miserable. Nothing was right. 0:24:21.800 --> 0:24:24.960 Later, my friend struck up a conversation with her husband 0:24:25.000 --> 0:24:29.000 and he was just the opposite, friendly and easy going 0:24:29.119 --> 0:24:31.800 and enjoying life. And he told how he was in 0:24:31.880 --> 0:24:35.160 the car business and God had blessed them so greatly 0:24:35.240 --> 0:24:38.440 and he was just so thankful. Well, my friend asked 0:24:38.480 --> 0:24:42.440 about his wife, and he said she's in the manufacturing business, 0:24:42.480 --> 0:24:44.879 and he was kind of surprised. It didn't seem to 0:24:45.000 --> 0:24:48.880 fit her. He asked, what does she manufacture? The husband said, 0:24:49.000 --> 0:24:50.880 she manufactures unhappiness. 0:24:51.840 --> 0:24:54.000 She's unhappy everywhere she goes. 0:24:55.119 --> 0:24:58.919 Whether you realize it or not, you're manufacturing something. 0:25:00.000 --> 0:25:03.160 Thoughts are producing more light minded thoughts. 0:25:03.760 --> 0:25:06.520 If you dwell on a positive thought, your mind will 0:25:06.520 --> 0:25:09.840 bring you ten more. If you find a reason to complain, 0:25:10.400 --> 0:25:12.679 your mind will give you a dozen more things to 0:25:12.760 --> 0:25:18.359 complain about. You're creating mental momentum. Make sure yours is 0:25:18.400 --> 0:25:25.760 going in the right direction. Let's manufacture faith. Let's manufacture hope, joy, generosity. 0:25:26.320 --> 0:25:30.560 Set your mind on the higher things. Friends, life is short. 0:25:31.240 --> 0:25:35.240 We don't have time to live negative, bitter, worried. Today 0:25:35.280 --> 0:25:38.479 can be a turning point. 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