Walking In Your Authority

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Thanks for listening to 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:36.759 our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:39.240 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:01:39.280 --> 0:01:40.800 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:43.840 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:48.040 your life. 0:01:54.440 --> 0:01:55.520 Well, God bless you. 0:01:56.040 --> 0:01:58.320 It is always a joy to come into your homes 0:01:58.360 --> 0:01:59.120 each week. 0:01:58.920 --> 0:02:00.919 And we come with good news. 0:02:01.040 --> 0:02:03.840 I know God rewards the people that seek after him. 0:02:04.240 --> 0:02:06.160 If you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:08.040 buying and be a part of one of our services. 0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:10.840 I promise you this will make you feel right at home. 0:02:11.200 --> 0:02:13.760 But thanks so much for tuning in today. I like 0:02:13.800 --> 0:02:15.800 to get started each week with something kind of funny. 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:19.119 I heard about this teenager. He just got his drivers 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:21.679 permit and he asked his father if he could use 0:02:21.720 --> 0:02:23.800 the car, and the dad said, well, son, I'll make 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:26.280 a deal with you. If you bring your grades up, 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:29.240 study your Bible, and get your haircut, I'll let you 0:02:29.320 --> 0:02:31.600 use it. About a month later, he came back and. 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:32.120 Asked about it. 0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:34.680 The dad said, well son, you brought your grades up, 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:37.000 you've been studying your Bible, but you still haven't got 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:40.200 your haircut. And the teenager said, well, dad, I've been thinking. 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:44.880 Moses had long hair, Sampson had long hair, even Jesus 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:45.680 had long hair. 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:48.600 The dad said yes, son, and they walked everywhere they 0:02:48.639 --> 0:02:54.800 went all right, hold up your Bible. Say it like 0:02:54.880 --> 0:02:55.360 you mean it. 0:02:55.800 --> 0:02:58.760 This is my Bible. I am what it says. I 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:02.400 am what it says I have. I can do what 0:03:02.520 --> 0:03:05.359 it says I can do. Today I will be taught 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:09.960 the word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, 0:03:10.480 --> 0:03:11.880 my heart is receptive. 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:16.040 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:16.600 bless you. 0:03:17.919 --> 0:03:20.760 I want to talk to you today about understanding the 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:23.680 covenant that God has made with us and learning how 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:27.600 to walk in your authority. Too many people go around 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:32.320 with a weak, defeated mentality. They're always under their circumstances, 0:03:32.360 --> 0:03:38.120 always struggling with something bad attitudes, addictions, fear, worry. They 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:41.240 can't seem to get ahead in life. But God didn't 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:44.400 create us to be average, to barely get by and 0:03:44.400 --> 0:03:47.600 to have all kinds of bondages. We were created to 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:51.480 live in victory, to enjoy our lives and to excel. 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:55.520 And ever since the resurrection of Christ, there's been a 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:59.600 power flowing out to those that believe. And if we're 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:03.360 gonna walk in our authority and experience this abundant life, 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:06.400 then we have to get rid of this defeated mentality 0:04:06.840 --> 0:04:09.800 and we need to develop a power consciousness. 0:04:09.960 --> 0:04:12.120 It all starts right here. You have to. 0:04:12.120 --> 0:04:15.640 Believe that you can rise higher, believe that you can 0:04:15.680 --> 0:04:19.880 overcome that addiction, Believe that God can turn your situation around. 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:24.279 The power is only available to those that believe. The 0:04:24.320 --> 0:04:28.080 Apostle Paul said, we have to press on to take 0:04:28.160 --> 0:04:32.040 hold of everything that Christ died and rose again for. 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:36.400 And initially Christ died to offer us forgiveness for our sins. 0:04:36.600 --> 0:04:40.359 That's the most important thing. But our salvation includes so 0:04:40.480 --> 0:04:43.120 much more than that. And we should not be sitting 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:46.039 around just waiting to go to heaven. I've had people 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:48.719 tell me, Joel, I know one day I'll be happy. 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:51.520 I know one day I'll enjoy my life in the 0:04:51.560 --> 0:04:54.279 sweet by and by. But no, God wants us to 0:04:54.400 --> 0:04:57.400 enjoy our lives right here, in the nasty now and now. 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:00.760 He wants us to have a little head heaven on earth, 0:05:00.839 --> 0:05:04.440 right where we are. One of the reasons Christ came 0:05:04.880 --> 0:05:07.640 was that we might live an abundant life. You can 0:05:07.680 --> 0:05:11.920 be happy, you can be free, you can accomplish your dreams, 0:05:12.120 --> 0:05:16.200 you can overcome your past. The good news of resurrection 0:05:16.360 --> 0:05:19.479 Sunday is that the enemy has already been defeated. The 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:22.799 price has already been paid. Now, why don't you start 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:24.800 tapping into the power that's. 0:05:24.560 --> 0:05:25.560 On the inside. 0:05:25.720 --> 0:05:28.320 You have a right to be free, And the scripture 0:05:28.360 --> 0:05:32.240 says here in Galatians three point thirteen, Christ has redeemed 0:05:32.320 --> 0:05:35.200 us from the curse of the law. The curse is 0:05:35.240 --> 0:05:41.560 any kind of defeat, fear, worry, constant sickness, unhealthy relationships, 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:46.080 bad attitudes. Please understand, those are all the things that. 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:48.600 You've been set free from. But here's the key. 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:51.600 If you don't act on it, if you don't get 0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:55.560 your thoughts, your words, your attitudes going in the right direction, 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:57.880 it's not going to do you any good. And some 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:00.440 of you are sitting back waiting on God to do something. 0:06:00.680 --> 0:06:03.280 But the truth is God's waiting on you. You got 0:06:03.320 --> 0:06:06.120 to rise up in your authority, have a little backbone, 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:09.159 have a little determination, and say, you know what, I'm 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:12.120 not gonna live my life in mediocrity, bound by all 0:06:12.160 --> 0:06:15.039 this junk, negative and defeated. No, I'm gonna do like 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:17.960 Paul and start pressing forward. I'm gonna take hold of 0:06:18.040 --> 0:06:19.880 everything God has in store for me. 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:22.279 I heard a story about a little dog. 0:06:22.800 --> 0:06:25.120 He had been on a leash for years and years, 0:06:25.200 --> 0:06:26.240 tied to a tree. 0:06:26.440 --> 0:06:27.440 He had his home there. 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:30.039 Neowner would come out and feed him and play with 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:32.360 him every once in a while, but he always stayed 0:06:32.400 --> 0:06:35.240 on that leash. He was about twenty five feet long, 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:37.920 and he'd see the other dogs come by and he'd 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:40.640 run out and he'd always stop right at the end 0:06:40.760 --> 0:06:43.520 of his leash. He knew exactly how far he could go. 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:45.960 He wanted to chase him, he wanted to go play, 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:48.360 but he knew he was limited. If he went too far, 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:51.120 he'd be pulled right back. And one day the owner 0:06:51.200 --> 0:06:53.440 felt kind of sorry for him, and he decided he 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:55.920 was going to let him off that leash, and he 0:06:55.960 --> 0:06:59.240 went out there, but instead of taking the whole leash off, 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:03.160 he just unfastened the dog's collar. It was still around 0:07:03.160 --> 0:07:06.280 his neck, but it wasn't buckled anymore, and he thought 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:06.799 for sure. 0:07:06.640 --> 0:07:08.839 The dog would just bust right out of it, take 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:10.720 off running and be so happy and free. 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:13.640 And so he sat back and watched, and another dog 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:16.280 came along, and sure enough, his dog got up took 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:19.320 off running, but much to his surprise, when he got 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:21.280 to the end of the leash, he stopped right where 0:07:21.280 --> 0:07:24.240 he always did. A few minutes later, a cat came 0:07:24.280 --> 0:07:27.440 strutting by. This cat had tormented him for years. He 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:29.960 wanted to get him so bad, but that cat knew 0:07:30.040 --> 0:07:32.680 just where to walk, just a couple feet outside. 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:33.080 Of his range. 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:35.720 And once again this dog took off running, but when 0:07:35.760 --> 0:07:37.840 he got to the end of the leash. He stopped 0:07:38.040 --> 0:07:41.280 just where he normally did see the dog was free. 0:07:41.320 --> 0:07:44.600 He just didn't realize it. The collar was loosed. All 0:07:44.640 --> 0:07:47.120 he had to do was go one step. 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:49.520 Further than he was used to going, and he would 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:52.680 have walked right out of it. Many times, that's exactly 0:07:52.720 --> 0:07:56.360 what we're doing. God has loosed the chains of addictions, 0:07:56.400 --> 0:07:58.320 of defeat, of bad attitudes. 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:00.880 Problem is we're not walking out of it. 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:04.320 Well, you say, Joel, I've always been this way, man, 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:07.000 I've always had a problem with my temper. I've always 0:08:07.000 --> 0:08:10.600 had this addiction. You need to realize that you've already 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:14.760 been set free two thousand years ago. God loosens your collar. 0:08:15.120 --> 0:08:17.400 Now it's up to you and I to start walking. 0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:20.040 Out of it. How do we do it? Change your attitude. 0:08:20.480 --> 0:08:22.960 Quit saying I can't do it and I'll never be 0:08:23.120 --> 0:08:25.840 well and I've got too much to overcome. Listen, you 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:28.440 are a child of the most highed God. You are 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:32.200 full of can do power, and every enemy in your 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:36.360 life has already been defeated. The enemy of worry, the 0:08:36.480 --> 0:08:38.640 enemy of depression, the enemy of addiction. 0:08:39.000 --> 0:08:40.800 You have power over all of them. 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:44.200 The same power that raised Christ from the dead is 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:45.120 on the inside of you. 0:08:45.960 --> 0:08:47.679 There is nothing in your. 0:08:47.559 --> 0:08:51.320 Life that you cannot overcome. There is no hurt that's 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:54.800 too bad that you cannot forgive. You have the power 0:08:55.000 --> 0:08:57.080 to let go of the negative things of your past. 0:08:57.720 --> 0:09:00.480 You may have been knocked down a thousand times, but 0:09:00.520 --> 0:09:02.960 you have the power to get back up again. The 0:09:03.040 --> 0:09:06.240 medical report may not look good, but you have the power. 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:06.840 To stand strong. 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:10.680 And I'm asking you today to not sit back and 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:13.160 learn to live with things that are less than God's best. 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:16.920 Our attitude should be. I know my caller has been loosed. 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:20.000 I know the price has been paid. And even if 0:09:20.040 --> 0:09:22.560 I have to believe my whole lifetime, even if I 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:25.000 have to stand in faith till the day I die, 0:09:25.280 --> 0:09:28.120 I'm not gonna sit back and accept a life of mediocrity. 0:09:28.240 --> 0:09:29.600 I'm gonna keep pressing forward. 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:30.360 See. 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:33.640 I see too many people today that learn to function 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:37.360 in their dysfunction. They have all kinds of things that 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:41.160 are not God's best. Their argumentity, they allow strife in 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:45.040 the home. They're critical and judgmental. They've got bitterness and resentment, 0:09:45.600 --> 0:09:48.160 and instead of dealing with it, instead of being willing 0:09:48.160 --> 0:09:50.160 to change and walking out of it, they just put 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:52.319 a band aid on it and go around with all 0:09:52.360 --> 0:09:57.240 these bondages. They're functioning in their dysfunction, and it's easy. 0:09:56.920 --> 0:09:59.440 To get stuck in a rut. It's easy to get 0:09:59.440 --> 0:09:59.960 so used to li. 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:03.319 Live in a certain way that we accept it, we accommodated, 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:07.760 and we're not stretching beyond it like this dog. Well, Joel, 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:10.640 this is the way. Everybody in my family is. Everybody's negative. 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:13.800 We all have these same addictions. No, your collar has 0:10:13.840 --> 0:10:16.160 been loosed. I dare you to go one step further. 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:18.520 I dare you to give up one cigarette a day. 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:21.760 I dare you to forgive that offense. I dare you 0:10:21.880 --> 0:10:25.400 to be a little more disciplined. See, we will never 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:29.079 change what we tolerate, and as long as we're accepting 0:10:29.120 --> 0:10:31.520 it and accommodating it, we're going to stay right where 0:10:31.520 --> 0:10:31.920 we are. 0:10:32.520 --> 0:10:33.840 So you don't have to live that way. 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:36.720 Some of you are learning to function in your dysfunction, 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:39.000 so you don't have to go the next ten years 0:10:39.040 --> 0:10:42.079 stuck in that rut. You have the power to overcome, 0:10:42.440 --> 0:10:45.520 you have the power to rise above that, but God 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:47.480 is not going to do it for you. You got to 0:10:47.520 --> 0:10:49.800 walk out of it. You got to be more disciplined. 0:10:49.840 --> 0:10:52.120 You've got to take the high road. If you will 0:10:52.160 --> 0:10:54.480 do your part. I promise you this, God will do 0:10:54.600 --> 0:10:57.160 his part and he will help you to change. And 0:10:57.200 --> 0:10:59.920 we need to understand what it really means to be 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:01.360 in covenant. 0:11:01.000 --> 0:11:02.840 Relationship with Almighty God. 0:11:03.320 --> 0:11:07.040 We have rights and privileges because of what Christ has done. 0:11:07.200 --> 0:11:09.680 The Bible's made up of two covenants, the Old Covenant 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:12.600 and the New Covenant. God formed the first covenant with 0:11:12.679 --> 0:11:15.400 Abraham and the second covenant with Jesus. 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:18.080 Abraham's called the Father of our faith. 0:11:18.559 --> 0:11:21.560 And this all started because Adam and Eve disobeyed back 0:11:21.559 --> 0:11:24.120 in the Garden of Eden. They ate that forbidden fruit 0:11:24.720 --> 0:11:27.480 and mankind's relationship with God was broken. 0:11:27.960 --> 0:11:29.640 But God is so good He. 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:34.120 Immediately began devising a plan to restore our broken relationship. 0:11:34.559 --> 0:11:36.480 And it's interesting how it all happened. 0:11:36.760 --> 0:11:39.360 He told Abraham that he was going to form a 0:11:39.360 --> 0:11:42.720 blood covenant with him, but God needed a substitute to 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:46.719 represent him, so he had Abraham get a young bull. 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:47.920 And sacrifice him. 0:11:48.240 --> 0:11:51.439 And then in Genesis seventeen ten, God said, Abraham, this 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:53.880 is the covenant I'm going to make with you. From 0:11:53.920 --> 0:11:58.360 now on, you and all the male descendants will be circumcised, 0:11:58.800 --> 0:12:01.120 and through this act of through the act of the 0:12:01.120 --> 0:12:05.199 blood flowing and intermingling, the covenant will be established. 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:06.520 And God went on to. 0:12:06.440 --> 0:12:10.280 Say, Abraham, you and I will become blood brothers. You 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:13.480 will be a covenant man. You will be a friend 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:17.560 of God. And Abraham obeyed and he entered into that covenant. 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:21.520 And the moment a covenant is established, everything one blood 0:12:21.559 --> 0:12:25.120 brother owns is available to the other party. God was saying, 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:29.600 in effect, Abraham, now that we're in covenant relationship, everything 0:12:29.679 --> 0:12:31.360 I have is yours. 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:32.600 And God told them in. 0:12:32.559 --> 0:12:35.440 Deuteronomy twenty eight, as long as you keep the covenant, 0:12:35.600 --> 0:12:37.560 you will be blessed in the city and blessed in 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:38.079 the country. 0:12:38.440 --> 0:12:40.160 The fruit of your womb will be blessed. 0:12:40.640 --> 0:12:44.280 Your businesses, your cattle and livestock will be blessed. God 0:12:44.360 --> 0:12:47.600 promised to protect them when the enemy came against them. 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:50.000 One way he would defeat them and cause them to 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:53.240 flee seven different ways. God said, now that you're in 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:56.560 covenant relationship with me, everything you put your. 0:12:56.480 --> 0:12:58.720 Hands to is going to prosper and succeed. 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:04.160 Notice they had the right to supernatural blessings, supernatural protection, 0:13:04.679 --> 0:13:08.360 supernatural wisdom, all because of the covenant, and the good 0:13:08.440 --> 0:13:10.920 news today is you and I are in a better 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:14.199 covenant than that one. The whole key once again, if 0:13:14.240 --> 0:13:17.200 we don't understand our rights and privileges, it doesn't do 0:13:17.280 --> 0:13:17.959 us any good. 0:13:18.640 --> 0:13:19.720 And I think about David. 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:24.000 He's a great example of somebody that really understood the power. 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:24.439 Of a covenant. 0:13:24.880 --> 0:13:27.400 Even when he was a young man, he knew that 0:13:27.440 --> 0:13:28.439 God was with him. 0:13:28.800 --> 0:13:30.280 He knew that he was well. 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:34.560 Able to defeat his enemies. Goliath stood over nine feet tall. 0:13:35.040 --> 0:13:37.760 He was the champion of the Philistine army, and he 0:13:37.880 --> 0:13:40.600 was out there taunting the people of Israel. And all 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:43.640 of David's brothers and the other men, they were shaken 0:13:43.720 --> 0:13:47.000 in their boots. They were so scared. But David wasn't 0:13:47.040 --> 0:13:49.480 even afraid. He said, let me go out there. I'll 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:52.920 take care of him. And here David was just a teenager, 0:13:53.360 --> 0:13:54.480 a young shepherd boy. 0:13:54.640 --> 0:13:56.800 He didn't have any formal military training. 0:13:57.559 --> 0:14:01.439 What gave him this confidence, what caused him to rise 0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:06.200 up in such authority. It was because David understood what 0:14:06.280 --> 0:14:06.959 it meant to be. 0:14:06.920 --> 0:14:07.760 A covenant man. 0:14:08.320 --> 0:14:11.440 He knew who was backing him up, he knew he 0:14:11.559 --> 0:14:15.480 had God's favor and protection and He said to his brothers, 0:14:15.840 --> 0:14:20.040 who is this uncircumcised philistine that he should. 0:14:19.720 --> 0:14:23.760 Defy the armies of the Living God? What did he mean? Uncircumcised? 0:14:24.120 --> 0:14:27.720 David was saying, how dare this man that is not 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:32.040 in covenant relationship with Almighty God think he can defeat us? 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:36.120 David put his shoulders back, he held his head up high, 0:14:36.280 --> 0:14:40.440 and he marched toward Goliath with an unshakable confidence. And 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:43.560 when Goliath saw how young David was and how small 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:45.960 he was, he began to laugh and laugh. 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:47.920 He said, am I a dog that you'd come at 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:50.560 me with a stick? Surely you're not serious. You're not 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:53.200 sending this little kid out to fight me. But I 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:54.520 love David's attitude. 0:14:54.960 --> 0:14:58.120 He said, Goliath, you come against me with a sword 0:14:58.160 --> 0:15:01.520 and a shield, But I come against you in the name. 0:15:01.480 --> 0:15:02.880 Of the Lord God of Israel. 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:06.560 He was saying, I come against you knowing that I'm 0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:10.760 a covenant man and that Almighty God, the creator. 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:13.040 Of the universe, is backing me up. And you know 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:13.600 the story. 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:17.080 He went out there and defeated Goliath. And you too, 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:20.840 may have some powerful enemies coming against you today, an 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:24.960 enemy of sickness, an enemy of debt, an enemy of addiction. 0:15:25.360 --> 0:15:27.880 And in the natural you may not feel very able, 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:31.160 but you need to always remember who's backing you up. 0:15:31.720 --> 0:15:34.359 You've got the god who spoke the worlds into existence. 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:37.440 He's called El Shadai, the God who's more than enough. 0:15:37.800 --> 0:15:41.080 He's called Jehovah, Jirah, the Lord, your provider. He is 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:42.040 the great I Am. 0:15:42.720 --> 0:15:45.040 He's saying to every one of you today, I've got 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:45.600 you covered. 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:49.640 I'm backing you up. I'll never leave you nor forsake you. See, 0:15:49.640 --> 0:15:53.000 because of the covenant, you have rights, you have God's protection, 0:15:53.680 --> 0:15:56.840 you have his wisdom, you have his favor. He said 0:15:56.880 --> 0:15:59.400 he would guide and direct you every step of the way. 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:02.920 He said, doors will open for you that may not 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:04.120 open for somebody else. 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:08.480 You're a covenant man, a covenant woman. It's interesting. 0:16:08.960 --> 0:16:11.440 In the Old Testament, they really understood the power of 0:16:11.440 --> 0:16:14.960 the covenant. They understood the power of the blood. When 0:16:14.960 --> 0:16:17.720 they needed forgiveness for their sins, they had to put 0:16:17.720 --> 0:16:20.920 blood on the altar of the temple. When they needed mercy, 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:23.440 they had to put blood on the mercy seat. When 0:16:23.480 --> 0:16:26.320 they needed healing, they had to offer a blood sacrifice. 0:16:26.440 --> 0:16:29.040 Every time they turned around. They had to use the blood. 0:16:29.840 --> 0:16:32.400 But in this new covenant that you and I are in, 0:16:32.960 --> 0:16:35.880 the price has been paid once and for all, not 0:16:36.000 --> 0:16:38.240 by the blood of bulls and goats, but by the 0:16:38.280 --> 0:16:42.640 blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. When Jesus hung on 0:16:42.680 --> 0:16:47.240 that cross on Friday, right before he died, he said 0:16:47.440 --> 0:16:51.600 it is finished. He was saying, the old covenant is over, 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:55.000 and now the new covenant has begun. And the Bible 0:16:55.000 --> 0:16:58.200 says that this new covenant is a better covenant, built 0:16:58.240 --> 0:17:02.520 upon better promises. Have to take a sacrifice anymore. Every 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:05.199 one of us can come boldly to the throne of grace. 0:17:05.680 --> 0:17:08.920 And because of what Christ did two thousand years ago, 0:17:09.480 --> 0:17:12.680 we have a right to live a life of victory. 0:17:12.880 --> 0:17:18.040 Jesus once and for all defeated and dethroned our eternal enemy. 0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:21.320 They put Christ in the tomb on Friday. They thought 0:17:21.320 --> 0:17:23.760 they were finally done with him. But thank God, he 0:17:23.800 --> 0:17:26.359 didn't stay there. He went down to the depths of 0:17:26.359 --> 0:17:28.960 the earth and he took away the keys of death 0:17:29.000 --> 0:17:31.840 in hell. He came back out on Sunday and he said, hey, 0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:32.400 here I am. 0:17:32.760 --> 0:17:36.320 I am he that lives. I was dead, but I'm 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:37.440 alive forevermore. 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:44.600 He went on to say, because I live, you shall live. Also, 0:17:44.960 --> 0:17:46.960 that doesn't mean we're just supposed to breathe the air 0:17:47.000 --> 0:17:51.840 and take up space. We're supposed to be living a prosperous, victorious, 0:17:52.160 --> 0:17:55.920 faith filled life. And I want you to realize today 0:17:56.600 --> 0:17:59.920 what it means to be a covenant man a covenant woman. 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:03.879 You're not average, You're not mediocre. You've got royal blood 0:18:03.920 --> 0:18:07.040 flowing through your veins because of the covenant. You are 0:18:07.080 --> 0:18:10.000 the head and not the tail. You are above and 0:18:10.040 --> 0:18:13.960 not beneath. You will lend and not borrow. The scripture says, 0:18:14.400 --> 0:18:16.600 no weapon that is formed against you is going to 0:18:16.680 --> 0:18:19.840 prosper When the enemy comes against you like a flood. 0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:23.880 Because of your covenant relationship, God's promised he will lift 0:18:23.960 --> 0:18:24.880 up a barrier and. 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:28.520 Not allow that to harm you. You have special advantages 0:18:29.200 --> 0:18:32.040 because you're a child of the Most High God. Now, 0:18:32.040 --> 0:18:34.159 why don't you do like David put your. 0:18:34.000 --> 0:18:37.639 Shoulders back, hold your head up, hie quick going around 0:18:37.680 --> 0:18:41.399 depressed and defeated. Your collar has already been loosed, The 0:18:41.480 --> 0:18:44.639 price has been paid. God has crowned you with his 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:48.840 glory and honor. Now you need to start seeing yourself. 0:18:48.560 --> 0:18:49.440 As the champion. 0:18:49.480 --> 0:18:52.080 God made you to be as long as you see 0:18:52.119 --> 0:18:57.159 yourself we defeated, addicted, lonely, barely getting by. That's going 0:18:57.200 --> 0:19:00.560 to limit you get a new vision, You've got to 0:19:00.560 --> 0:19:03.119 see it on the inside before it's ever going to 0:19:03.200 --> 0:19:05.680 come to pass on the outside. You need to start 0:19:05.720 --> 0:19:09.360 seeing yourself increasing, rising. 0:19:09.000 --> 0:19:11.600 Higher, happier, healthier, whole. 0:19:11.920 --> 0:19:16.200 You're in covenant relationship with Almighty God. You said, go man, 0:19:16.240 --> 0:19:18.080 I've been this way so long. I don't see how 0:19:18.119 --> 0:19:21.159 I could ever change. No, because of the covenant, your 0:19:21.200 --> 0:19:23.960 freedom's already been paid for. But you have got to 0:19:23.960 --> 0:19:27.440 get rid of that defeated mentality and start thinking some 0:19:27.600 --> 0:19:31.360 power thoughts. Don't ever say again I'll never break this addiction. 0:19:32.000 --> 0:19:36.480 Start saying I'm free, This addiction does not control me. 0:19:36.840 --> 0:19:39.199 Greater is he this in me than he that's in 0:19:39.240 --> 0:19:42.880 the world. Don't ever say I'll never see my dreams 0:19:42.880 --> 0:19:45.119 come to pass, Joel, I'll probably never get married, or 0:19:45.119 --> 0:19:46.560 I don't think I'll ever get out of debt. 0:19:46.760 --> 0:19:50.800 No, turn that around. You're a covenant person. You have rights. 0:19:51.160 --> 0:19:54.120 You need to be saying I am more than a conqueror. 0:19:54.200 --> 0:19:57.679 I will fulfill my destiny. God is supplying all of 0:19:57.720 --> 0:20:02.040 my needs. See want to press in if you're gonna 0:20:02.080 --> 0:20:04.399 take hold of everything God has in store for you. 0:20:05.320 --> 0:20:09.119 And it's easy in life to get passive. It's easy 0:20:09.160 --> 0:20:12.040 to think. Man, that's a lot of work, Joel, it's hard. 0:20:12.080 --> 0:20:14.600 I don't want to have to change. I know I'm negative, 0:20:14.640 --> 0:20:16.560 but I don't feel like having a good attitude today. 0:20:17.119 --> 0:20:18.840 I know I shouldn't need this jump, but I don't 0:20:18.840 --> 0:20:21.840 feel like being disciplined. I know I need to quit smoking, 0:20:21.880 --> 0:20:25.120 but I'm tired of trying now. If you don't keep pressing, 0:20:25.480 --> 0:20:28.040 you will never become all God's created you to be. 0:20:28.720 --> 0:20:30.959 And I want to light a new fire in you today. 0:20:31.280 --> 0:20:34.560 You can rise higher. You can be a better parent, 0:20:34.840 --> 0:20:38.119 a better spouse, a better leader. God has more in 0:20:38.200 --> 0:20:41.360 store for every one of you. Don't get stagnant, don't 0:20:41.359 --> 0:20:43.840 get stuck in a rut in life. And I know 0:20:43.920 --> 0:20:46.520 some of you have had a lot of negative things 0:20:46.960 --> 0:20:50.560 in your family line for generations, and they just keep 0:20:50.600 --> 0:20:53.399 getting passed down and passed down from one generation to 0:20:53.440 --> 0:20:59.560 the next. Sicknesses, bad attitudes, addictions, low self esteem. Please understand, 0:21:00.040 --> 0:21:01.560 those are the things that you've. 0:21:01.400 --> 0:21:02.560 Been redeemed from. 0:21:02.680 --> 0:21:05.080 Those are the things that are under the curse and 0:21:05.160 --> 0:21:07.520 I know the people that went before you, your parents, 0:21:07.560 --> 0:21:08.240 your ancestry. 0:21:08.280 --> 0:21:09.479 I know that we're good people. 0:21:10.080 --> 0:21:13.520 But just like David's brothers, when you don't understand the Covenant, 0:21:13.840 --> 0:21:16.000 when you don't understand what God has done for you, 0:21:16.440 --> 0:21:19.840 it's easy to just accept the life of mediocrity. I 0:21:19.840 --> 0:21:22.960 had a young man tell me last week, Joel, my grandfather. 0:21:22.560 --> 0:21:23.360 Was an alcoholic. 0:21:23.640 --> 0:21:25.879 My dad was an alcoholic, and now I've got the 0:21:25.920 --> 0:21:26.440 same problem. 0:21:26.520 --> 0:21:29.200 I just can't beat it. No, you can beat it. 0:21:29.400 --> 0:21:32.040 The power in you is greater than that addiction. But 0:21:32.080 --> 0:21:34.520 you've got to change your attitude. You got to start 0:21:34.560 --> 0:21:39.359 saying I'm free. Declare that every day. Don't talk about 0:21:39.359 --> 0:21:41.240 the way you are, talk about the way you want 0:21:41.280 --> 0:21:43.280 to be. You know, a lot of times you hear 0:21:43.320 --> 0:21:46.200 people say, well, once you're addicted, you're always addicted. 0:21:46.680 --> 0:21:48.760 Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic. 0:21:49.280 --> 0:21:51.359 People may say that, but you know what God says, 0:21:51.560 --> 0:21:55.880 whom the sun sets free is free. Indeed, and I'll 0:21:55.880 --> 0:21:59.320 say it again, there's nothing in your life that you 0:21:59.359 --> 0:22:02.960 cannot overcome. You can break any bad habit, you could 0:22:03.040 --> 0:22:07.639 overcome any obstacle. Well, Joe, my grandmother had diabetes. My 0:22:07.760 --> 0:22:10.840 mother has diabetes. It looks like I'm gonna have it. Now, 0:22:10.840 --> 0:22:13.719 when you think like that, you're just planning on having it. 0:22:13.920 --> 0:22:16.800 You're inviting that junk into your life. You need to 0:22:16.800 --> 0:22:18.840 put your foot down. Say grandmother may have had it. 0:22:18.960 --> 0:22:20.800 Mother may have had it, But as for me and 0:22:20.880 --> 0:22:24.040 my house, we're redeemed from that jump. We are covenant people. 0:22:24.400 --> 0:22:28.200 We're gonna live under the blessing and not the curse. See, 0:22:28.240 --> 0:22:31.480 don't make plans for things. I know in my family, 0:22:31.720 --> 0:22:34.520 on my father's side, as far back as we can see, 0:22:34.560 --> 0:22:37.840 there's heart disease, people dying early deaths. Because you know what, 0:22:38.119 --> 0:22:40.760 I'm not planning on having heart disease. I'm planning on 0:22:40.800 --> 0:22:42.920 living a long, healthy life. 0:22:43.440 --> 0:22:44.440 Now. I do my part. 0:22:45.320 --> 0:22:47.720 I try to eat right, try to exercise, and I 0:22:47.760 --> 0:22:52.000 declare every day I will fulfill my destiny in good health. 0:22:52.800 --> 0:22:55.000 Don't plan on losing your vision when you get old. 0:22:55.480 --> 0:22:57.600 Don't plan on being heard to hearing. Don't plan on 0:22:57.640 --> 0:22:58.760 having Alzheimer's. 0:22:59.160 --> 0:23:01.760 We need you here with a clear mind, and. 0:23:01.720 --> 0:23:04.520 That may be in your natural gene pool, but you 0:23:04.560 --> 0:23:06.800 need to say every day my mind is a lurk. 0:23:07.400 --> 0:23:10.120 I have clarity of thought, I have a good memory. 0:23:10.480 --> 0:23:13.919 God is restoring and renewing my youth. Every cell in 0:23:13.960 --> 0:23:17.879 my body is increasing and getting healthier and healthier. You 0:23:18.000 --> 0:23:20.199 rise up in that authority and you can be the 0:23:20.200 --> 0:23:22.480 one to put a stop to the negative things in 0:23:22.480 --> 0:23:26.320 your family life. I love the story of Vanessa. She's 0:23:26.359 --> 0:23:29.760 a medical doctor here in our church. In nineteen ninety five, 0:23:30.119 --> 0:23:33.280 she was practicing medicine in Washington, d c. And she 0:23:33.400 --> 0:23:37.000 began to feel terrible pain in her joints, her shoulders, 0:23:37.000 --> 0:23:39.760 her hands, her knees got so bad she could hardly 0:23:39.840 --> 0:23:42.640 stand it. She came to Houston to have an operation 0:23:42.760 --> 0:23:45.119 on her knees, hoping that that would take care of it, 0:23:45.480 --> 0:23:49.360 but unfortunately it continued to get worse, and it came 0:23:49.400 --> 0:23:51.879 to the place even though she is in her early twenties, 0:23:52.040 --> 0:23:53.960 she was so crippled that she had to walk with 0:23:54.000 --> 0:23:56.960 a cane. And she told us she felt like and 0:23:57.040 --> 0:24:00.000 looked like a ninety year old woman. And the entry 0:24:00.000 --> 0:24:03.840 this thing is Vanessa's dad had the same disease in 0:24:03.880 --> 0:24:06.720 his early twenties and he ended up dying from it 0:24:06.800 --> 0:24:08.560 at the age of forty three. 0:24:08.640 --> 0:24:11.080 Her grandmother had the exact same thing. 0:24:11.400 --> 0:24:14.320 She was a paraplegic and in the natural it looked 0:24:14.359 --> 0:24:17.480 like Vanessa was headed down that same path. When she 0:24:17.520 --> 0:24:20.480 would come to church at the old Lakewood campus, it'd 0:24:20.520 --> 0:24:23.040 take her forty five minutes to get from her car 0:24:23.280 --> 0:24:25.600 to her seat. She would have taken her two or 0:24:25.600 --> 0:24:29.000 three minutes. After the service, she'd let everybody clear out 0:24:29.240 --> 0:24:30.080 so nobody. 0:24:29.760 --> 0:24:31.440 Could see how bad a shape she was in. 0:24:32.320 --> 0:24:34.040 During the week, she'd have to get up at three 0:24:34.080 --> 0:24:37.440 o'clock in the morning to start getting dressed and start 0:24:37.440 --> 0:24:39.760 getting her joints loosened up so that. 0:24:39.760 --> 0:24:42.040 She could be at the hospital at seven or eight. 0:24:42.760 --> 0:24:44.960 The easy thing for her to do was to just 0:24:44.960 --> 0:24:47.120 sit back and have a pity party and think, too 0:24:47.160 --> 0:24:49.679 bad for me. Daddy had it, grandmother had it. I 0:24:49.720 --> 0:24:51.920 guess this is my lot in life. But thank God 0:24:51.960 --> 0:24:53.600 she didn't do that. She was a warrior. 0:24:53.920 --> 0:24:56.720 She said, you know what I know. I'm a covenant lady. 0:24:57.040 --> 0:24:59.560 I know I have rights, and I'm gonna rise up 0:24:59.600 --> 0:25:02.120 and take hold of everything that God has in. 0:25:02.119 --> 0:25:02.639 Store for me. 0:25:03.240 --> 0:25:06.520 And she started praying, believing, declaring, just what I'm telling 0:25:06.560 --> 0:25:08.879 you to do. Every day, I'm getting better and better. 0:25:09.160 --> 0:25:11.520 God is restoring health and to me, I will live 0:25:11.640 --> 0:25:15.080 and not die. For three years, she didn't see any 0:25:15.200 --> 0:25:18.439 sign of change, didn't look like anything was happening. 0:25:18.640 --> 0:25:20.760 So you know what, that didn't matter to her. She 0:25:20.960 --> 0:25:22.359 just kept on keeping on. 0:25:23.119 --> 0:25:25.520 You got to show the enemy you are more determined 0:25:25.520 --> 0:25:28.760 than he is. And one day, out of the clear blue, 0:25:28.880 --> 0:25:31.320 she noticed the pain wasn't quite as bad. 0:25:31.720 --> 0:25:33.960 She could move her joints just a little bit easier. 0:25:34.160 --> 0:25:37.359 And it didn't happen overnight, but over that next three 0:25:37.440 --> 0:25:41.560 months she got better and better and better, and today. 0:25:41.440 --> 0:25:45.720 She's totally free. She's happy and healthy and home. Doctor Vanessa, 0:25:45.800 --> 0:25:56.320 send up, show them your beautiful smile. See, she took a. 0:25:56.320 --> 0:26:01.800 Stand, and she broke that curse, that sickness. I believe 0:26:01.960 --> 0:26:05.480 in her family line once and for all. Now, her children, 0:26:05.600 --> 0:26:10.399 her grandchildren, generations to come will all benefit all because 0:26:10.800 --> 0:26:13.600 she made a decision to live under the blessing and 0:26:13.640 --> 0:26:16.239 not the curse. You say, Joe, I don't know if 0:26:16.280 --> 0:26:18.840 that happened for me, man, You don't know my circumstances. No, 0:26:18.960 --> 0:26:22.000 that's your problem right now. This is for believers. You 0:26:22.080 --> 0:26:24.480 got to rise up like doctor Vanessa. You gotta do 0:26:24.640 --> 0:26:27.840 like David and look that obstacle in the eye. Now 0:26:29.000 --> 0:26:31.960 you got a in boldness look that enemy in the 0:26:32.000 --> 0:26:35.320 eye and say I will defeat you. I'm in covenant 0:26:35.400 --> 0:26:38.480 relationship with Almighty God. Now I want you to go 0:26:38.520 --> 0:26:41.520 out of here today knowing who you are. You have 0:26:41.680 --> 0:26:44.800 rights and privileges, don't you dare settle for a life 0:26:44.800 --> 0:26:48.400 of mediocrity, Draw that line into sand and declare, I'm 0:26:48.400 --> 0:26:51.160 going to become all God's created me, to be get 0:26:51.280 --> 0:26:55.240 rid of that weakness, mentality, sharp thinking, those power thoughts. 0:26:55.400 --> 0:26:58.480 I can do all things through Christ. I am a victorian, 0:26:58.520 --> 0:27:02.560 not a victim. Remember, the same power that raised Christ from. 0:27:02.440 --> 0:27:04.720 The dead is on the inside of you. 0:27:04.720 --> 0:27:07.720 Your coller has already been loosed. The price has already 0:27:07.760 --> 0:27:09.880 been paid. It's up to you and me to rise 0:27:09.960 --> 0:27:10.240 up and. 0:27:10.240 --> 0:27:11.240 Walk in our authority. 0:27:12.000 --> 0:27:16.600 Let me ask you today, what's holding you back in life? Addictions, 0:27:17.080 --> 0:27:21.080 bad attitudes, low self esteem? Sickness is junk that's been 0:27:21.119 --> 0:27:24.960 passed down. Recognize what it is. Don't just learn to 0:27:25.040 --> 0:27:29.080 function in your dysfunction. Be willing to make some changes. 0:27:29.600 --> 0:27:31.760 We shouldn't be at this same place next year as 0:27:31.760 --> 0:27:34.879 we are right now. Let's be better parents, Let's be 0:27:34.960 --> 0:27:39.560 better spouses, Let's have better relationships, Let's be closer to God. 0:27:40.320 --> 0:27:42.520 The prophet Joel said to wake up. 0:27:42.520 --> 0:27:43.280 The mighty men. 0:27:43.840 --> 0:27:46.040 Now, I believe I'm looking at the mighty men and 0:27:46.080 --> 0:27:49.480 women of God right here, right where you are. Every 0:27:49.520 --> 0:27:53.679 one of you. You have seeds of greatness on the 0:27:53.720 --> 0:27:54.320 inside of you. 0:27:55.000 --> 0:27:57.119 But the enemy would love to push you down and 0:27:57.200 --> 0:27:57.680 push you. 0:27:57.680 --> 0:27:59.720 Down and tell you it's never going to get any 0:27:59.720 --> 0:28:02.360 batter You're never going to rise any higher. But I'm 0:28:02.400 --> 0:28:06.040 asking you today to not settle for anything less than 0:28:06.080 --> 0:28:09.400 God's very, very best. Stir up the gift on the inside, 0:28:09.760 --> 0:28:12.560 keep your dreams alive. You're not average, you're not mediocre. 0:28:12.760 --> 0:28:14.520 You're a child of the most High God. 0:28:14.840 --> 0:28:16.800 Why don't you make a decision with me that you're 0:28:16.840 --> 0:28:18.720 going to live under the blessing and not the curse. 0:28:19.240 --> 0:28:21.760 And if you'll rise up in your authority and go 0:28:21.800 --> 0:28:24.600 out each day with confidence knowing that you're a covenant 0:28:24.640 --> 0:28:27.879 person and Almighty God's backing you up, I can promise 0:28:27.920 --> 0:28:29.240 you this, you'll overcome. 0:28:28.920 --> 0:28:30.280 Any obstacle in your life. 0:28:30.480 --> 0:28:33.280 You'll rise higher, and you'll live that life of victory 0:28:33.520 --> 0:28:35.680 God has in story. Amen, how many of you are 0:28:35.680 --> 0:28:40.080 covenant people in here today? We never like to close 0:28:40.120 --> 0:28:43.560 our broadcast without giving you an opportunity. 0:28:42.960 --> 0:28:45.520 To make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you 0:28:45.520 --> 0:28:46.080 pray with me? 0:28:46.680 --> 0:28:51.800 Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come 0:28:51.840 --> 0:28:56.680 into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 0:28:56.720 --> 0:28:59.040 if you've prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 0:28:59.080 --> 0:29:02.200 born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 0:29:02.240 --> 0:29:04.880 God first place. He's going to take your places that 0:29:04.960 --> 0:29:05.840 you've never dreamed of. 0:29:06.480 --> 0:29:09.920 Thank you for listening to the Joelus Deine podcast. Help 0:29:10.000 --> 0:29:12.720 us continue to share the message of hope with those 0:29:12.840 --> 0:29:16.720 all over the world. 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