Speak Faith Into Your Future

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Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 0:01:00.680 --> 0:01:03.440 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 0:01:03.480 --> 0:01:06.600 our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 0:01:06.720 --> 0:01:09.280 enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 0:01:09.360 --> 0:01:12.000 share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 0:01:12.040 --> 0:01:26.160 for God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 0:01:26.600 --> 0:01:29.320 It's always a joy to come into your homes. We 0:01:29.480 --> 0:01:32.200 love you. If you're ever in our area, I hope 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:33.880 you'll stop by and be a part of one of 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:37.080 our services. I promise you these are the finest people 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:39.520 in all of Houston, Texas, right here at Lakewood. We'll 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:42.039 make you feel at home. Come on out and see 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:45.280 us sometime. Thanks for tuning in, Thanks again for coming 0:01:45.319 --> 0:01:47.560 out today. And I like to get started each week 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:50.400 with something funny and I heard about this mother. She 0:01:50.600 --> 0:01:54.200 was making breakfast for her young boys. Ryan was five 0:01:54.360 --> 0:01:57.680 and Kevin was three. They begin to argue over who 0:01:57.680 --> 0:02:01.680 should get the first pancake. Saw this as an opportunity 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:04.840 to teach them a lesson. She said, boys, boys, if 0:02:04.920 --> 0:02:08.080 Jesus were here, he would say, let my brother have 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:12.240 the first pancake. Ryan turned to his younger brother and said, Okay, Kevin, 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:16.760 you be Jesus. Hold up your Bible and say it 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:19.959 like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:22.520 what it says I am. I have what it says 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:25.200 I have. I can do what it says I can do. 0:02:25.760 --> 0:02:28.600 Today I will be taught the word of God. I 0:02:28.760 --> 0:02:33.200 boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:37.360 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:02:37.400 --> 0:02:40.639 bless you. I want to talk to you today about 0:02:40.680 --> 0:02:42.680 speaking faith into your future. 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:45.760 Our words have creative power. 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:50.280 Whenever we speak something out, either good or bad, we 0:02:50.360 --> 0:02:53.520 are giving life to what we're saying. And too many 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:58.720 people go around saying negative things about themselves, about their family, 0:02:59.000 --> 0:03:03.520 about their future, things like I'll never be successful. This 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:06.640 sickness is going to get the best of me. Business 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:08.920 is so slow. I don't think I'm going to make it. 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:10.520 Flu season is coming. 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:11.440 I'll probably get it. 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:16.880 They don't realize they are prophesying their future. The scripture 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:20.800 says we will eat the fruit of our words. That 0:03:20.919 --> 0:03:23.880 means we're going to get exactly what we've been saying. 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:25.320 Here's the key. 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:28.880 You've got to send your words out in the direction 0:03:29.120 --> 0:03:32.679 you want your life to go. You cannot talk defeat 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:36.400 and expect to have victory. You can't talk lack and 0:03:36.480 --> 0:03:40.280 expect to have abundance. You will produce what you've been saying. 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:42.560 If you want to know what you're going to be 0:03:42.680 --> 0:03:45.160 like five years from now. 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:46.800 Just listen to what you're saying about yourself. 0:03:47.880 --> 0:03:50.920 With our words, we can either bless our future or 0:03:50.960 --> 0:03:54.119 we can curse our future. That's why we should never 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:58.840 say I'm not a good parent, I'm unattractive, I'm clumsy, 0:03:58.880 --> 0:04:00.160 i can't do anything right. 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:01.680 I'll probably get laid off. 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:05.440 Now, those thoughts may come to your mind, but don't 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:09.520 make the mistake of verbalizing them. The moment you speak 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:12.840 it out, you allow them to take root. There have 0:04:12.880 --> 0:04:15.480 been plenty of times where I've thought something negative and 0:04:15.560 --> 0:04:18.520 I'm just about to say it, but I'll catch myself 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:21.359 and think, no, I'm gonna zip it up. I'm not 0:04:21.440 --> 0:04:24.680 going to speak defeat into my future. I'm not going 0:04:24.760 --> 0:04:27.680 to speak failure over my life. I'm gonna turn it 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:31.760 around and speak favor into my future. I'm gonna declare 0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:34.200 I'm blessed, I'm strong. 0:04:34.240 --> 0:04:34.960 I'm healthy. 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:37.800 This is going to be a great year when you 0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:42.360 do that, you are blessing your future. I remember when 0:04:42.360 --> 0:04:45.159 our architects told us that it was going to cost 0:04:45.160 --> 0:04:48.400 one hundred million dollars to renovate this place, the former 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:53.239 Compact Center. After I got up off the ground, I thought, 0:04:53.640 --> 0:04:57.000 that's impossible. I could never raise that much money. There's 0:04:57.000 --> 0:05:01.039 no way that's going to happen. The thoughts were, but 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:05.279 I knew better than to verbalize them. My attitude was, 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:08.320 if I'm going to prophesy my future, I'm going to 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:09.520 prophesize something good. 0:05:10.279 --> 0:05:10.880 I'm not going to. 0:05:10.920 --> 0:05:13.240 Say what I feel. I'm not going to say what 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:15.600 it looks like in the natural. No, I'm going to 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:19.560 say what God says about me. My declaration was God 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:22.960 is supplying all of our needs. He is Jehovah Jirah, 0:05:23.000 --> 0:05:26.440 the Lord, our provider. This may seem impossible, but I 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:29.760 know God can do the impossible. Where God gives vision, 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:31.640 he always provides provision. 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:35.120 I made sure to have a report of victory. 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:40.320 Proverbs eighteen twenty one says life and death are in 0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:44.279 the power of our tongue. What are you saying about 0:05:44.279 --> 0:05:47.720 your future? What are you saying about your family? What 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:51.680 are you saying about your finances? Make sure the words 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:54.440 you are sending out are in the direction you want 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:57.200 your life to go. If you're a baseball fan, you 0:05:57.279 --> 0:06:01.279 probably know who Jose Lima is. During the nineteen nineties, 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:05.640 he was a star pitcher for the Houston Astros. One season, 0:06:05.760 --> 0:06:08.680 he won twenty games was considered one of the best 0:06:08.720 --> 0:06:12.680 pitchers in the league. But something interesting happened when the 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:17.560 Astros moved from the Astrodome to their new ballpark downtown. 0:06:17.960 --> 0:06:21.040 The fence in left field was much closer than the 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:24.400 fence in the Astrodome, and of course this favors the 0:06:24.480 --> 0:06:28.320 hitters makes it more difficult on the pitchers. The first 0:06:28.320 --> 0:06:31.240 time Jose Lima went to the new ballpark, he. 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:32.200 Stood on the mound. 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:35.640 When he looked out into left field and saw how 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:38.880 close the fence was, the first words out of his 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:41.320 mouth were, I'll never be able. 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:43.720 To pitch in here. The fence is way too close. 0:06:44.279 --> 0:06:44.720 Do you know. 0:06:45.080 --> 0:06:47.599 He went from being a twenty game winner to being 0:06:47.640 --> 0:06:50.520 a sixteen game loser. It was one of the biggest 0:06:50.720 --> 0:06:53.120 negative turnarounds in Astro's history. 0:06:53.760 --> 0:06:56.400 What happened he prophesied his future. 0:06:57.080 --> 0:07:01.440 Those negative thoughts came, and instead of ignoring them, he 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:04.920 made the mistake of speaking them out. When you speak 0:07:04.960 --> 0:07:08.039 it out, you're giving life to your faith to what 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:11.360 it says in Proverbs, we are snared by the words 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:14.280 of our mouth. I remember growing up there was a 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:17.080 gentleman that used to work for our church. He owned 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:19.480 his own company, and he and his men would come 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:23.000 over and take care of the grounds, make repairs. He 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:26.800 was a very nice man, kind and friendly, but he 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:31.280 always had a negative report. Every time I talked to him, 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:35.480 he told me how hard life was, and how business 0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:38.600 was slow, and how some of his equipment wasn't working, 0:07:38.640 --> 0:07:41.240 and he was having problems at home, and one of 0:07:41.240 --> 0:07:44.800 his children was acting up on and on. I saw 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:48.160 him twice a week for probably ten years. I cannot 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:52.360 remember one time that he did not have a negative report. 0:07:52.800 --> 0:07:55.679 And I'm not making light of his situation. The point 0:07:55.840 --> 0:08:00.440 is he was prophesying defeat. He was cursing his future. 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:04.120 He didn't realize he was being snared by the words 0:08:04.120 --> 0:08:07.559 of his mouth. And what's interesting, when he was about 0:08:07.600 --> 0:08:10.800 fifty five years old, he got very sick. 0:08:11.440 --> 0:08:13.520 He spent the next two or three years. 0:08:13.200 --> 0:08:16.200 In and out of hospitals. He ended up dying a 0:08:16.320 --> 0:08:20.240 very sad lonely death. I couldn't help but think about 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:24.200 that's exactly what he had talked about his whole life, 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:27.040 how he wasn't going to make it, and how. 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:30.280 Hard life was. He got what he was calling in. 0:08:31.280 --> 0:08:33.480 You may be in a difficult time right now, but 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:37.720 let me challenge you. Don't use your words to describe 0:08:37.760 --> 0:08:43.480 the situation. Use your words to change the situation. Declare victory, 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:50.120 Declare health, Declare favor, Declare abundance. You are giving life 0:08:50.200 --> 0:08:53.880 to your faith by what you're saying all through the day. 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:56.960 We should go around saying I have the favor of God, 0:08:57.400 --> 0:09:01.680 I can do all things through Christs, I'm strong, I'm healthy. 0:09:02.120 --> 0:09:05.040 When you do that, you just blessed your life. You 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:08.640 just spoke favor into your future. If you get up 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:12.160 in the morning feeling the blaws, don't ever say this 0:09:12.280 --> 0:09:13.600 is gonna be a lousy day. 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:15.440 I don't want to go to work. 0:09:15.520 --> 0:09:18.240 I'm tired of dealing with these children. Now get up 0:09:18.280 --> 0:09:21.160 and say this is gonna be a great day. I'm 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:24.600 excited about my future. Something good is going to happen 0:09:24.640 --> 0:09:28.440 to me. You've got to send your words out in 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:32.120 the direction you want your life to go. Maybe you've 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:36.200 been through a disappointment, a relationship didn't work out, you 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:39.320 didn't get the promotion you were hoping for. But instead 0:09:39.360 --> 0:09:42.360 of complaining saying, well, I should have known it. I 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:45.440 never get any good breaks, just my luck. No, your 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:49.120 declaration should be I know when one door closes, God's 0:09:49.160 --> 0:09:52.320 gonna open up another door. What was meant for my harm, 0:09:52.600 --> 0:09:56.439 God's gonna use to my advantage. I'm not only gonna 0:09:56.480 --> 0:09:58.440 come out, I'm gonna come out better off than I 0:09:58.600 --> 0:09:59.120 was before. 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:03.000 I have a report of victory. Here's what I've learned. 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:07.240 You believe what you say about yourself more than what 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:11.320 anybody else says. That's why, on a regular basis, we 0:10:11.320 --> 0:10:16.760 should say I'm blessed, I'm healthy, I'm strong, I'm valuable, 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:18.199 I'm talented. 0:10:17.880 --> 0:10:19.040 I have a bright future. 0:10:19.920 --> 0:10:22.480 Those words go out of your mouth and come right 0:10:22.520 --> 0:10:26.320 back into your own ears. Over time, they will create 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:29.720 the same image on the inside. Was reading about this 0:10:29.840 --> 0:10:33.240 doctor in Europe. He had these patients that were very sick, 0:10:33.840 --> 0:10:36.480 and they had been treated by traditional means, but they 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:39.720 had not gotten any better, and so he gave them. 0:10:39.520 --> 0:10:41.240 A very unusual prescription. 0:10:42.080 --> 0:10:45.200 He had them say three or four times an hour, 0:10:45.720 --> 0:10:49.880 I'm getting better and better every day in every way. 0:10:50.840 --> 0:10:54.920 Over the next few months, he had remarkable results. Many 0:10:54.960 --> 0:10:59.600 of those patients that had not improved with traditional medications, 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:02.840 all of a sudden, they begin to get better and better. 0:11:03.559 --> 0:11:08.000 What happened as they heard themselves saying over and over, 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:12.079 I'm getting better, I'm improving, my health is coming back, 0:11:12.679 --> 0:11:16.840 those words begin to create a new image on the inside. 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:21.120 Before long, they started seeing themselves strong, healthy and whole. 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:24.240 Once you get a picture of it on the inside, 0:11:24.559 --> 0:11:27.760 then God can bring it to pass on the outside. 0:11:27.960 --> 0:11:30.000 Some of you would see your life go to a 0:11:30.040 --> 0:11:33.240 whole new level if you just zip up the negative 0:11:33.280 --> 0:11:37.880 words and start speaking faith and victory into your future. 0:11:39.200 --> 0:11:41.720 I know people that are always tired and run down. 0:11:42.000 --> 0:11:45.360 You know what, They're constantly saying, I'm so tired. I 0:11:45.440 --> 0:11:48.520 just don't have any energy. They've talked about it so 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:50.480 long it's become a reality. 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:53.559 Do you know. The more we talk about. 0:11:53.280 --> 0:11:56.480 Something, the more we draw it in, just like you're 0:11:56.520 --> 0:11:59.160 feeding it. If you get up in the morning and 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:02.840 just talk about how you feel, how you're tired, and 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:05.920 how you're not going to make it, you're defeating yourself. 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:09.840 You're digging your own hope. No, don't talk about the problem, 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:11.199 talk about the solution. 0:12:11.720 --> 0:12:15.520 In fact, the scripture says, let the weak say I 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:19.160 am strong. Notice it doesn't say, let the weak talk 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:22.920 about their weakness. Let the week call five friends and 0:12:22.960 --> 0:12:28.080 discuss their weakness. Let the weak complain about their weakness. No, 0:12:28.240 --> 0:12:33.120 it says, in effect, let the weak say exactly opposite 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:37.000 of how they feel. In other words, don't talk about 0:12:37.040 --> 0:12:39.560 the way you are, talk about the way you want 0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:39.760 to be. 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:42.080 If you get up in the morning. 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:46.720 Feeling tired and lethargic, instead of complaining more than ever, 0:12:47.040 --> 0:12:49.840 you need to declare, I am strong in the Lord, 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:51.520 I am full of energy. 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:54.280 My strength is being renewed. This is going to be 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:55.040 a great day. 0:12:55.960 --> 0:12:58.720 When you do that, it'll not only change how you feel, 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:02.240 it'll change your attitude. You won't go out with a weak, 0:13:02.679 --> 0:13:07.280 defeated victim mentality. You'll go out with a victor mentality, 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:10.439 with a spring in your step, a smile on your face, 0:13:10.480 --> 0:13:14.800 with your shoulders back. Those words can literally help lift 0:13:14.920 --> 0:13:18.439 your spirit and cause you to see yourself and your 0:13:18.440 --> 0:13:22.320 circumstances in a whole new light. But the reason many 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:26.239 people have low self esteem and a poor self image 0:13:26.640 --> 0:13:32.359 is because they're constantly saying negative things about themselves. I'm unattractive, 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:38.119 I'm overweghed, I'm slow, I'm not talented, I'll never get promoted. 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:43.040 They've heard that so much now it's ingrained on the inside, 0:13:43.400 --> 0:13:46.559 and it's setting the limits for their life. I had 0:13:46.559 --> 0:13:50.000 a gentleman tell me after service last week, Joel, I'm 0:13:50.040 --> 0:13:53.600 a terrible father. I made a lot of mistakes. I 0:13:53.640 --> 0:13:56.520 always knew I wouldn't be a good parent. I told 0:13:56.600 --> 0:13:59.200 him what I'm telling you. Quit saying you're not a 0:13:59.240 --> 0:14:03.520 good father. Quit speaking defeat over your life. As long 0:14:03.559 --> 0:14:07.280 as you're saying it, you're allowing it to happen. I said, 0:14:07.320 --> 0:14:10.000 you may not be a good father right now, but 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:13.800 you need to start declaring and calling yourself a good father. 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:19.320 As you make these positive declarations, it'll, over time begin 0:14:19.440 --> 0:14:22.400 to change the image on the inside, and you'll become 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:25.920 exactly what you're declaring. But as long as you've convinced 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:28.400 yourself that you're not a good parent, you made too 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:30.840 many mistakes, and you're too old, or you're too young, 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:33.240 or you're too washed up, that's going to keep you 0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:36.400 from rising any higher. One of the best things I 0:14:36.400 --> 0:14:41.840 could ever teach you is don't be against yourself in life. 0:14:41.880 --> 0:14:49.160 We already have enough things against us, people, circumstances, negative thoughts, criticism. 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:52.680 The last thing you need is for you to be 0:14:52.760 --> 0:14:57.520 against yourself. Now, I know people, they're always putting themselves down, 0:14:58.160 --> 0:15:02.080 beating themselves up, finding fault with everything that they do. 0:15:02.760 --> 0:15:05.600 They wonder why they don't have any joy, why they 0:15:05.640 --> 0:15:06.760 don't have any victory. 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:11.080 It's because they're against themselves. Let me challenge you. 0:15:11.800 --> 0:15:17.000 Don't ever say another negative word about yourself. You may 0:15:17.040 --> 0:15:19.720 feel like you're the worst parent in the world, doesn't matter. 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:22.480 Don't say I'm not a good parent. Put a watch 0:15:22.560 --> 0:15:26.760 over your mouth. Don't ever say I'll never lose this weight, 0:15:27.360 --> 0:15:31.040 I'll never get out of debt, I'll never be successful, joel, 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:34.440 I'll never I don't have what it takes. No zip 0:15:34.520 --> 0:15:37.600 that up and instead of talking about the way you are, 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:39.840 start talking about the way you want to be. 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:43.760 That's what faith is all about. And understand. 0:15:45.120 --> 0:15:48.920 It is just as wrong to criticize yourself as it 0:15:49.000 --> 0:15:53.520 is to criticize someone else. When you criticize yourself, you 0:15:53.560 --> 0:15:57.400 are criticizing God's very own creation. You might as well 0:15:57.440 --> 0:15:59.520 look up and say, God, you didn't do a very 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:03.400 good job with me. No, you may have areas to 0:16:03.480 --> 0:16:06.920 improve in We all do, of course, but the way 0:16:06.960 --> 0:16:10.080 we do it is not by being hard on ourselves 0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:13.800 and saying I'm a terrible parent, i can't do anything right, 0:16:13.840 --> 0:16:16.600 I'm just a loser. Now, if you talk like that, 0:16:16.720 --> 0:16:18.920 it's going to make you do worse. You need to 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:23.280 change what you're saying about yourself now. I wonder what 0:16:23.320 --> 0:16:26.840 would happen if we would take five minutes a day 0:16:27.440 --> 0:16:32.280 and make positive declarations over our life. Before you leave 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:35.080 the house, look at yourself in the mirror and say, 0:16:35.280 --> 0:16:40.640 I'm talented, I'm creative, I'm healthy, I've got a good personality. 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:42.360 People like to be around me. 0:16:43.640 --> 0:16:46.920 Some of you women have never once said I'm beautiful. 0:16:47.680 --> 0:16:51.880 You men have never said I'm handsome, I'm attractive. You're 0:16:51.920 --> 0:16:56.200 too busy focused on your faults, comparing yourself to a coworker, 0:16:56.840 --> 0:16:59.760 feeling inferior because you don't look like the girl on 0:16:59.800 --> 0:17:03.560 the cover of the magazine that's been airbrushed and touched 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:08.639 up and skinnied up and trimmed up. She's got twenty 0:17:08.680 --> 0:17:12.480 seven people working on her, styling her hair, doing her makeup, 0:17:12.760 --> 0:17:16.639 bringing her different clothes, the perfect lighting, the perfect angles, 0:17:17.000 --> 0:17:21.280 wind blowing through her hair. I mean, even my brother 0:17:21.400 --> 0:17:23.960 Paul might look good if he had that much help. 0:17:25.920 --> 0:17:30.800 Here's what I'm saying. Just as you are, you are beautiful. 0:17:31.200 --> 0:17:32.399 You are one of a kind. 0:17:32.480 --> 0:17:37.920 You are a masterpiece. You are a prized possession. When 0:17:37.960 --> 0:17:40.200 you wake up in the morning and look at yourself 0:17:40.240 --> 0:17:44.160 in the mirror, instead of getting depressed, instead of saying, oh, man, 0:17:44.240 --> 0:17:45.400 look how old I look. 0:17:45.440 --> 0:17:47.200 Look at this gray hair, look at these wrinkles. 0:17:47.320 --> 0:17:49.639 Now you need to smile and say, good morning, you, 0:17:49.760 --> 0:18:03.679 beautiful thing, Good morning, you, handsome thing, Good morning you. Blessed, prosperous, successful, strong, talented, creative, confidence, secure, disciplined, focused, 0:18:04.440 --> 0:18:09.080 highly favored, child of the most high God. Get it 0:18:09.119 --> 0:18:13.960 on the inside. Speak faith over your future. I talked 0:18:14.000 --> 0:18:16.360 to a gentleman a couple of years ago after the service. 0:18:16.640 --> 0:18:20.600 He had lost one hundred and fifty pounds. He looked fantastic, 0:18:20.760 --> 0:18:23.560 like a different person. He was beaming with joy. And 0:18:23.920 --> 0:18:26.359 I asked him how he did it, and he explained 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:30.240 how growing up he had a very defeated mindset. For 0:18:30.440 --> 0:18:33.800 years he had gone around saying I'll never lose this weight. 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:38.480 Everybody in my family is overweight. I'm not disciplined, I'm 0:18:38.520 --> 0:18:39.160 not focused. 0:18:39.160 --> 0:18:40.760 I just don't have what it takes. 0:18:41.560 --> 0:18:45.440 Those negative words had created the wrong image. On the inside, 0:18:45.640 --> 0:18:47.560 he saw himself as a failure. 0:18:48.359 --> 0:18:51.240 One day he heard me talking about speaking. 0:18:51.000 --> 0:18:53.919 Victory over your life, and he took it to heart. 0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:57.719 Every morning and all through the day, he started declaring. 0:18:57.480 --> 0:18:58.840 I weigh what I should weigh. 0:18:59.280 --> 0:19:02.440 I'm thin, I'm healthy, I'm disciplined, I'm focused. 0:19:02.560 --> 0:19:03.679 I have what it takes. 0:19:04.680 --> 0:19:07.600 At the time he was saying it, not one thing 0:19:07.800 --> 0:19:11.600 he was saying was true, but he understood this principle. 0:19:11.840 --> 0:19:15.880 He was prophesying his future. He was sending his words 0:19:15.920 --> 0:19:19.359 out in the direction he wanted his life to go. No, 0:19:19.480 --> 0:19:23.080 it didn't happen overnight, but little by little he became 0:19:23.359 --> 0:19:26.840 exactly what he had been saying. My question for us 0:19:26.880 --> 0:19:30.640 today is are you sending your words in the direction 0:19:30.760 --> 0:19:33.920 you want your life to go? Are you speaking defeat 0:19:34.440 --> 0:19:39.000 or victory into your future? Your life is moving toward 0:19:39.359 --> 0:19:40.840 what you're constantly saying. 0:19:41.800 --> 0:19:43.919 There's this story in the scripture about this lady. 0:19:44.160 --> 0:19:46.720 She had been sick for many years, and she spent 0:19:46.800 --> 0:19:49.119 all of her money going to different doctors. Trying to 0:19:49.160 --> 0:19:53.480 get better didn't help. She continued to get worse. One day, 0:19:53.800 --> 0:19:56.800 the scripture says, she heard that Jesus was coming through 0:19:56.800 --> 0:20:01.600 her town. The scripture says she kept saying to herself, 0:20:02.280 --> 0:20:03.199 what was she saying? 0:20:03.720 --> 0:20:06.480 I'll never get well. I can't believe this is happening 0:20:06.560 --> 0:20:06.760 to me. 0:20:07.560 --> 0:20:11.240 No, she kept saying, when I get to Jesus, I 0:20:11.359 --> 0:20:12.960 know I will be made home. 0:20:13.760 --> 0:20:16.880 Notice she wasn't talking defeat. She was talking victory. 0:20:17.760 --> 0:20:21.520 Right in the middle of the difficulty. She was prophesying 0:20:21.560 --> 0:20:23.920 something good over and over. 0:20:24.080 --> 0:20:24.920 Day after day. 0:20:25.119 --> 0:20:28.960 She just kept saying, healing is coming my way. Brighter 0:20:29.040 --> 0:20:32.760 days are up ahead. When Jesus got to town, she 0:20:32.880 --> 0:20:36.280 started making her way toward him, and she kept speaking 0:20:36.320 --> 0:20:37.399 these words of faith. 0:20:37.600 --> 0:20:39.200 She got closer and closer. 0:20:39.840 --> 0:20:42.680 Finally she could see Jesus, but it was very crowded. 0:20:43.080 --> 0:20:45.960 The people were packed all around him. Looked like it 0:20:45.960 --> 0:20:49.360 would be impossible. But instead of complaining. 0:20:49.000 --> 0:20:51.119 She just kept speaking these words of faith. 0:20:51.320 --> 0:20:54.119 This is my time, this is my moment. Things are 0:20:54.200 --> 0:20:57.760 changing in my favor. You know the story. She pressed 0:20:57.760 --> 0:21:01.840 through the crowd. When she touched the edge of jesus robe, 0:21:01.880 --> 0:21:04.400 Instantly the scripture says she was made home. 0:21:04.960 --> 0:21:06.040 But notice the principle. 0:21:06.520 --> 0:21:11.560 Whatever you're constantly saying, you are moving toward. If you're 0:21:11.600 --> 0:21:15.000 always saying I'll never get out of debt, this economy's 0:21:15.040 --> 0:21:15.880 too bad. 0:21:16.040 --> 0:21:19.160 You're moving toward debt, lack, and struggle. 0:21:20.040 --> 0:21:22.560 If you're saying my marriage isn't going to last, we 0:21:22.680 --> 0:21:26.720 just don't get along, you're moving toward a breakup separation. 0:21:27.560 --> 0:21:29.879 If you're saying this sickness is going to be the 0:21:29.960 --> 0:21:31.840 end of me, I don't think I'm going to make it. 0:21:32.280 --> 0:21:35.040 You're moving toward mediocrity and defeat. 0:21:35.520 --> 0:21:37.840 But if you'll just send your words out in a 0:21:37.840 --> 0:21:42.199 different direction, your life will start going in a different direction. 0:21:43.040 --> 0:21:47.360 When you say I'm blessed, you're moving toward blessing. When 0:21:47.359 --> 0:21:50.320 you say I have the favor of God, you're moving 0:21:50.320 --> 0:21:54.360 toward increase in promotion. When you say this is going 0:21:54.400 --> 0:21:57.560 to be a great day, I'm excited about my future, 0:21:57.920 --> 0:22:03.520 you're moving towards supernatural opportun unities, divine connections, explosive blessings. 0:22:04.240 --> 0:22:07.200 How about this, When you say I'm going to break 0:22:07.240 --> 0:22:10.200 this addiction, I am not going to live bound by 0:22:10.240 --> 0:22:14.080 this alcohol, by these drugs, by this anger, by these 0:22:14.119 --> 0:22:18.000 bad habits. When you talk like that, you're moving toward freedom, 0:22:18.320 --> 0:22:23.359 You're moving toward breakthroughs, you're moving toward total victory. Pay 0:22:23.400 --> 0:22:27.480 attention to what you're saying about yourself. Your life is 0:22:27.640 --> 0:22:31.159 moving in that direction. That's why I encourage us to 0:22:31.240 --> 0:22:33.879 get up every day and say, this is going to 0:22:33.920 --> 0:22:38.040 be an Ephesians three, twenty decade. God is doing exceedingly 0:22:38.160 --> 0:22:42.120 abundantly above and beyond. You talk like that, and you're 0:22:42.160 --> 0:22:46.520 moving toward unprecedented favor. You are paving the way for 0:22:46.600 --> 0:22:50.480 God to take your places that you've never even dreamed of. Friends, 0:22:50.520 --> 0:22:53.520 there's incredible power in what we're saying. 0:22:54.119 --> 0:22:55.200 With our words. 0:22:55.359 --> 0:22:59.080 We are sealing our destiny. I talk to a well 0:22:59.119 --> 0:23:02.800 known actor the day. He's an older gentleman. He was 0:23:02.960 --> 0:23:07.320 very down on himself, down on his future. He said, Joel, 0:23:07.440 --> 0:23:11.320 I'm just a has been nobody's interested in me anymore. 0:23:11.800 --> 0:23:15.199 I never get offered any good roles. I've peeked, and 0:23:15.240 --> 0:23:19.280 it's all downhill from here. I says, sir, don't speak 0:23:19.359 --> 0:23:21.000 that defeat over your life. 0:23:21.119 --> 0:23:23.480 God has greater victories in your future. 0:23:24.080 --> 0:23:28.440 The scripture says the favor of God is for a lifetime. 0:23:29.119 --> 0:23:32.359 That means if you're still breathing, you have God's favor. 0:23:32.960 --> 0:23:36.160 It says in Proverbs, the path of the righteous gets 0:23:36.200 --> 0:23:37.360 brighter and brighter. 0:23:38.040 --> 0:23:41.000 Your future is supposed to get better and better. 0:23:41.960 --> 0:23:45.200 This man was in his late eighties, but I reminded him, 0:23:45.240 --> 0:23:46.120 look at Betty White. 0:23:46.200 --> 0:23:50.560 She's doing pretty good. I knew art link letter. 0:23:50.840 --> 0:23:54.560 At ninety eight years old. He's still traveled the globe 0:23:54.680 --> 0:23:58.960 and spoke hundreds of times each year. Quit saying I'm 0:23:59.119 --> 0:24:01.879 washed up. I'm just a has been. I've seen my 0:24:01.960 --> 0:24:06.280 best days. No, your declaration should be My greatest victories 0:24:06.320 --> 0:24:09.720 are still in my future. My greatest accomplishments are still 0:24:09.760 --> 0:24:13.000 out in front of me. I am the righteous, so 0:24:13.119 --> 0:24:16.560 I know my path is getting brighter and brighter. I 0:24:16.680 --> 0:24:19.639 know God's favor is not just for a season he 0:24:19.800 --> 0:24:23.639 promised it's for a lifetime. So I'm expecting something good. 0:24:24.800 --> 0:24:27.479 You got to get in agreement with God. He has 0:24:27.520 --> 0:24:31.320 an awesome plan for your life. The victories God has 0:24:31.400 --> 0:24:34.080 in your future are going to make the ones you've 0:24:34.080 --> 0:24:36.720 seen in the past hell in comparison. 0:24:37.080 --> 0:24:41.120 But here's the key. With our words, we can stop 0:24:41.280 --> 0:24:43.480 God's best plan from coming to pass. 0:24:43.800 --> 0:24:47.640 If we go around talking lack defeat, how we don't 0:24:47.640 --> 0:24:50.119 have what it takes, we're too old, we're too young. 0:24:50.760 --> 0:24:54.320 Those negative words will keep us from rising higher and 0:24:54.359 --> 0:24:56.480 really experiencing. 0:24:55.760 --> 0:24:59.240 The fullness of what God has in store. This is 0:24:59.280 --> 0:25:00.000 what happened to us. 0:25:00.119 --> 0:25:04.280 Young man in the scripture, his name was Jeremiah. God 0:25:04.320 --> 0:25:07.919 said to him, Jeremiah, I have chosen you to be 0:25:08.000 --> 0:25:11.040 a prophet to the nations. I've called you to do 0:25:11.080 --> 0:25:15.200 something great. When Jeremiah heard this, he was very young, 0:25:15.840 --> 0:25:19.879 very afraid. He said, God, I can't do that. I 0:25:19.960 --> 0:25:21.400 can't speak to the nations. 0:25:21.440 --> 0:25:23.520 I'm too young. I wouldn't even know what to say. 0:25:24.600 --> 0:25:28.440 God answered him back and said, Jeremiah, say not that 0:25:28.480 --> 0:25:33.719 you are too young. Notice God immediately stopped his negative words. 0:25:34.280 --> 0:25:34.960 Why was that. 0:25:35.680 --> 0:25:39.480 God knew if Jeremiah went around saying I'm too young, 0:25:39.960 --> 0:25:42.560 I don't have what it takes, I'll never be able 0:25:42.600 --> 0:25:46.200 to do this, he would get exactly what he was saying. 0:25:46.920 --> 0:25:50.320 God knew those words have created power and it would 0:25:50.320 --> 0:25:54.000 stop him from his best plan. So he simply said, Jeremiah, 0:25:54.240 --> 0:25:57.680 stop saying that. The scripture goes on to tell how 0:25:57.760 --> 0:26:01.119 Jeremiah changed what he was saying. He went on to 0:26:01.160 --> 0:26:04.600 become a great prophet to the nations. In the same way, 0:26:05.200 --> 0:26:08.280 God has called every one of us to do something great. 0:26:08.960 --> 0:26:13.439 He's given you gifts, dreams, goals. He's put desires on 0:26:13.480 --> 0:26:16.600 the inside. But it's easy to do like Jeremiah and 0:26:16.600 --> 0:26:17.440 say God. 0:26:17.440 --> 0:26:18.199 I can't do that. 0:26:18.720 --> 0:26:22.480 Too old, too young, made too many mistakes, come from 0:26:22.480 --> 0:26:23.280 the wrong family. 0:26:23.280 --> 0:26:24.560 I don't have what it takes. 0:26:25.480 --> 0:26:28.080 God is saying to us what he said to Jeremiah. 0:26:28.440 --> 0:26:29.360 Stop saying that. 0:26:30.040 --> 0:26:31.440 Don't curse your future. 0:26:31.960 --> 0:26:36.719 Those negative words can stop God's best plan. Our declaration 0:26:36.800 --> 0:26:40.919 should be I will become everything God's created me to be. 0:26:41.320 --> 0:26:45.439 I am well able to fulfill my destiny. Friends, you 0:26:45.480 --> 0:26:50.119 are prophesying your future. Pay attention to what you're saying 0:26:50.200 --> 0:26:54.879 about yourself. Learn to bless your future and not curse it. 0:26:55.600 --> 0:27:00.200 Remember we are moving toward what we're constantly saying. Get 0:27:00.280 --> 0:27:02.560 up every morning and say, this is going. 0:27:02.400 --> 0:27:03.359 To be a great day. 0:27:04.000 --> 0:27:07.280 Blessings are chasing me down. The favor of God is 0:27:07.320 --> 0:27:12.000 surrounding me. Goodness and mercy are following me. Opportunities are 0:27:12.000 --> 0:27:16.119 coming my way. I'm excited about this day. When you 0:27:16.240 --> 0:27:19.679 do that, you're calling in favor, calling in increase, calling 0:27:19.720 --> 0:27:24.240 in promotion. Some of you have spent years calling in defeat, 0:27:24.600 --> 0:27:27.080 calling in lack, calling in bad breaks. 0:27:27.720 --> 0:27:29.960 Thank God, today is a new day. 0:27:30.600 --> 0:27:33.840 If you will change your words, you can change your world. 0:27:34.960 --> 0:27:37.639 Let me challenge you, put a watch over your mouth. 0:27:38.400 --> 0:27:41.280 When the negative thoughts come, and they do come to 0:27:41.359 --> 0:27:43.840 all of us, and you're tempted to speak them out, 0:27:44.200 --> 0:27:46.679 just catch yourself and say no, I'm not going to 0:27:46.720 --> 0:27:50.600 give life to this defeat by speaking it out. If 0:27:50.640 --> 0:27:54.639 you will train yourself to only speak victory, to only 0:27:54.680 --> 0:27:57.520 bless your future, then you will see God show up 0:27:57.560 --> 0:27:58.960 and do amazing things. 0:27:59.200 --> 0:28:00.040 He will open. 0:27:59.800 --> 0:28:04.200 Doors that no man can shut. He'll turn negative situations around. 0:28:04.560 --> 0:28:06.840 You'll accomplish your goals and dreams. 0:28:07.160 --> 0:28:08.200 And I believe and. 0:28:08.119 --> 0:28:11.600 Declare you will become everything God's created you to be, 0:28:11.760 --> 0:28:15.080 and you will have everything God's intended for you to have. 0:28:15.520 --> 0:28:16.960 Amen. Do you receive it today? 0:28:18.880 --> 0:28:21.679 We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 0:28:21.720 --> 0:28:23.080 an opportunity to make. 0:28:23.040 --> 0:28:25.960 Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 0:28:26.680 --> 0:28:30.640 Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 0:28:31.760 --> 0:28:37.520 Come into my heart. I make you my lord and savior. Friends, 0:28:37.520 --> 0:28:40.000 if you prayed that simple prayer. We believe you got 0:28:40.040 --> 0:28:43.480 born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 0:28:43.520 --> 0:28:46.400 God first place. 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