Strengthen Your Inner Man | Victoria Osteen

0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:03.360 Hi, this is Jolan Victoria. Thanks for listening to our 0:00:03.400 --> 0:00:05.960 podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 0:00:06.120 --> 0:00:08.440 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:00:08.480 --> 0:00:10.000 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:00:10.360 --> 0:00:13.040 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:00:13.080 --> 0:00:14.239 your life. 0:00:13.920 --> 0:00:17.560 Y don't We will love you, Lord, We honor you 0:00:17.600 --> 0:00:18.360 in this place. 0:00:19.960 --> 0:00:22.880 You know, it's interesting that there's so much information out 0:00:22.880 --> 0:00:26.600 there bombarding us on how to take care of our 0:00:26.640 --> 0:00:30.640 physical bodies, how to eat right, what supplements to take. 0:00:31.160 --> 0:00:33.239 If you read articles are saying you need to get 0:00:33.280 --> 0:00:37.199 in this many hours of sleep, do your exercises. Just 0:00:37.560 --> 0:00:40.919 so many ways these days to take care of our 0:00:40.960 --> 0:00:45.159 physical bodies, and that is so important. Our physical bodies 0:00:45.200 --> 0:00:47.800 are a temple to house our spirit. 0:00:48.320 --> 0:00:50.120 It's the temple of God. 0:00:50.479 --> 0:00:53.080 So we need to take care of our bodies the 0:00:53.120 --> 0:00:57.080 best we can. You know, you can have though a 0:00:57.200 --> 0:01:02.080 very strong physical appearance outside. You can look really great 0:01:02.120 --> 0:01:05.800 on the outside, but you can be weak and weary 0:01:06.040 --> 0:01:07.080 on the inside. 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:08.360 You see, we have. 0:01:09.200 --> 0:01:14.039 An inner man, and that inner man is the core 0:01:14.600 --> 0:01:15.840 of who we really are. 0:01:16.600 --> 0:01:21.400 That inner man is how we respond to life. 0:01:21.720 --> 0:01:26.080 Not long ago, I hurt my shoulder, so bad that 0:01:26.200 --> 0:01:28.400 I literally couldn't lift it. 0:01:28.400 --> 0:01:29.360 It was crazy. 0:01:29.680 --> 0:01:32.920 I couldn't believe it was happening, Timmy. But my muscles 0:01:33.000 --> 0:01:36.319 just weren't firing. Something I had done. I just must 0:01:36.319 --> 0:01:38.240 have moved a funny way. I don't know, but my 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:41.280 shoulder was hurting so bad. Now, y'all, I am not 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:46.040 telling you all my woes, Okay, I'm making a point 0:01:46.800 --> 0:01:49.840 about the time my shoulders started feeling good. It took 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:52.800 about five days for my shoulder to feel good. I 0:01:52.840 --> 0:01:55.960 got up the next morning so excited and my back, 0:01:56.200 --> 0:02:00.320 my lower back was killing me. I could hardly even 0:02:00.400 --> 0:02:03.440 bend up. I thought, what is happening to me? I'm 0:02:03.480 --> 0:02:04.400 falling apart. 0:02:05.600 --> 0:02:08.120 This can't be. So I went to the doctor. 0:02:09.200 --> 0:02:11.320 I said, doctor, human, I don't know what's going on 0:02:11.400 --> 0:02:13.680 with me. And I began to tell him what was happening. 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:16.560 He gave me an X ray. He looked me over, 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:18.720 checked me over, and he said, you know, I'm going 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:21.600 to write you a prescription to the physical therapist. He said, 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:24.080 it doesn't look like that any of your muscles a tore. 0:02:24.520 --> 0:02:28.840 Your disc seemed to be fine, nothing's bulging, nothing's happening. 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:30.880 You need to go to a physical therapist. 0:02:31.680 --> 0:02:33.919 So I went to the physical therapist and I gave 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:35.920 him my paperwork and I was like, this is what 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:36.799 the doctor said. 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:39.000 Look at it and maybe you can help me out. 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:42.480 So he was reading the instructions of the doctor gave him, 0:02:42.720 --> 0:02:44.880 and then he began to ask me to do a 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:48.360 few movements, just daily movements, things we do all the time. 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:52.320 Reach to the side, bend over, stretch up, just some 0:02:52.360 --> 0:02:53.360 different things. 0:02:53.200 --> 0:02:56.040 Walk back, walk forth. Then he looked right at me 0:02:56.080 --> 0:02:58.800 and he said, Victoria, He said, your core is weak. 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:05.160 He said, you need to build up your inner core muscles. 0:03:05.680 --> 0:03:06.560 He said, you know, when. 0:03:06.440 --> 0:03:08.600 We go through the day, we feel like that. You know, 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:12.000 our extremities do all the work. So we'll grab something, 0:03:12.120 --> 0:03:15.320 we react to something. And he said, but really, if 0:03:15.360 --> 0:03:19.679 you have a strong core, it engages your core first, 0:03:20.360 --> 0:03:25.840 and then your core helps your body move without injury. 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:28.639 And he said, if you don't engage and start working 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:31.760 on this core, he said, these injuries could become more 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:36.960 frequent and they could get worse with time. Do you 0:03:37.000 --> 0:03:40.680 know that's how our inner man works. See, our inner 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:43.880 man is the core who we are. It's our identity. 0:03:44.560 --> 0:03:50.760 Our inner man controls our attitudes and it regulates our thoughts. See, 0:03:50.760 --> 0:03:56.160 when we have a strong inner man, it engages the 0:03:56.200 --> 0:04:00.000 rest of our life and helps our life become easier. 0:04:00.800 --> 0:04:02.960 In fact, the injuries that. 0:04:03.000 --> 0:04:07.880 We suffer sometime is because we're not engaging our spiritual man. 0:04:08.880 --> 0:04:10.560 We're saying things we shouldn't. 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:15.360 We're in strife with our spouse, we're pushing our children away, 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:18.680 we're not liking our job. So it's not helping us 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:21.760 any because see, our extremities are doing it. 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:27.440 It's called the flesh. We need to engage. 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:32.640 This innercore, this spiritual man, so that we can quit 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:40.200 having these unnecessary injuries. We do not want them to 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:43.599 be frequent in our life. We want to take this 0:04:43.800 --> 0:04:47.880 command center, this spirit man, and we want to walk 0:04:47.880 --> 0:04:51.160 in a posture of faith. We want to walk in 0:04:51.240 --> 0:04:56.960 a posture of self discipline, of confidence. See, that's exactly 0:04:57.000 --> 0:04:59.800 what happens when you engage your core muscles. He said 0:04:59.839 --> 0:05:02.760 it it helps you posture yourself. It helps you find 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:07.040 the strength to move throughout your day. My physical therapist said, 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:10.039 if you will do these exercises I'm about to give 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:14.160 you and show you, then this will help you tremendously. 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:16.480 He showed me how to do the plank, all different 0:05:16.480 --> 0:05:18.599 ways to do the plank. He showed me a few 0:05:18.600 --> 0:05:22.240 other exercises and he said, now do those exercises and 0:05:22.240 --> 0:05:26.280 they'll help you. You see, if I do these exercises, 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:28.680 if I make a habit of doing them, if I 0:05:28.720 --> 0:05:32.080 find space in my day to do them and take 0:05:32.240 --> 0:05:36.160 time to do them, they will help me. But if 0:05:36.200 --> 0:05:40.560 I don't, it's going to stay the same. I'm going 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:42.360 to stay weak in my core. 0:05:44.400 --> 0:05:44.760 You see. 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:49.240 Paul prayed for the Ephesians in chapter three sixteen, and 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:52.200 he prayed this. He prayed that they would be strengthened 0:05:52.880 --> 0:05:58.839 with God's power through his spirit in their inner man. 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:02.080 You see, Paul talked a lot about the outer. 0:06:01.960 --> 0:06:05.320 Man and the inner man and his writings. The inner 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:08.000 man is strengthened by God. 0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:09.160 Through the spirit. 0:06:10.839 --> 0:06:14.359 You see, we have got to make time. We have 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:19.080 got to find room in our busy lives to let 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:22.559 the Spirit of God minister life to us. 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:24.919 To be touched by the. 0:06:24.760 --> 0:06:28.719 Word of God and the very presence of Almighty God, 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:34.919 because that's what strengthens our inner man. We cannot neglect 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:37.640 this inner man. We don't want to look fine on 0:06:37.680 --> 0:06:46.000 the outside but be weak, undisciplined. Weary our soul on 0:06:46.080 --> 0:06:49.840 the inside, you see. So I want to encourage us 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:57.800 and challenge us today to find that personal relationship with 0:06:58.000 --> 0:06:59.960 God on a daily basis. 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:01.159 Make it a. 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:06.400 Habit to renew and strengthen your inner man, because that's 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:11.080 how it's going to happen. And if we don't, we're 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:12.960 gonna stay the same. 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:14.760 You see. 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:18.560 We need to read the Word of God. We need 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:23.520 to decide that God's word is the living, breathing word 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:25.800 of God and mix with his spirit. 0:07:26.320 --> 0:07:31.040 It feeds our inner man. You see. Joel's dad used 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:31.760 to say it like this. 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:35.480 He used to say, some people feed their physical bodies 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:39.960 three hot meals a day, but they feed their inner man. 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:42.720 One cold snack a week. 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:50.920 Inner man is gonna make you strong. That's where we're 0:07:50.920 --> 0:07:53.320 gonna get our strength. I love what it says in 0:07:53.400 --> 0:07:57.080 John one one. It says, in the beginning, before it 0:07:57.120 --> 0:08:02.840 all began, was the Word, and the word was with God, 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:14.000 and the word was God. When you spend time opening 0:08:14.040 --> 0:08:17.400 your Bible and get in the Word, you're spending time 0:08:18.000 --> 0:08:22.560 with God asking ask him to speak to you through 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:28.320 his word, ask him. 0:08:26.440 --> 0:08:30.400 To develop this relationship with him. 0:08:30.520 --> 0:08:33.800 Say God, I want to have a personal relationship with 0:08:33.920 --> 0:08:38.480 this invisible God. Because he may be invisible, but his 0:08:38.760 --> 0:08:42.440 rich blessings are quite visible in our life. 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:49.080 They will manifest in strength and power. So my encouragement 0:08:49.120 --> 0:08:51.920 to you today is get some scriptures. 0:08:52.520 --> 0:08:55.240 Put them on your mirror, put them on your refrigerator, 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:58.160 Meditate on the word of God. 0:08:58.280 --> 0:08:58.880 Get it in you. 0:08:58.840 --> 0:09:01.360 When you don't need it'll come out of you when 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:05.640 you do need it. Listen, build your personal relationship with God. 0:09:06.360 --> 0:09:09.320 I know that he loves you, and he's a great father. 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:11.720 He's not looking at what you're doing wrong. 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:14.320 He's looking at what you're doing right. He doesn't want 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:16.400 to condemn you. That's not his job. 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:20.560 His job is to convince you how is special you are. 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:23.680 To him through his love. I believe when we strengthen 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:24.439 our inner. 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:27.880 Man, we'll find that renewed vitality and we'll find that 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:29.640 power of God and our soul. Amen. 0:09:30.280 --> 0:09:33.160 Amen, here's an awesome God. We love him. 0:09:33.600 --> 0:09:38.840 Life's throws so much at us disappointments, failures, challenges. We 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:41.560 can feel so out of touch that we no longer 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:42.800 recognize ourselves. 0:09:43.600 --> 0:09:46.120 Life has a way of changing us. At one time 0:09:46.160 --> 0:09:49.439 we were outgoing and excited about our dreams. 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