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We Are Victors Not Victims - Victoria Osteen

Joel Osteen
July 12, 2017 17m 48s

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God calls us more than conquerors! We are not slaves to circumstances. We are not captive to our thoughts, but we can choose our thoughts and choose to think the thoughts of heaven. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It's time 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:02.200 to get the recognition you deserve and earn a degree 0:01:02.240 --> 0:01:04.840 you'll be proud of, one that employers will trust and 0:01:04.920 --> 0:01:07.119 respect when you take the next step in your life 0:01:07.120 --> 0:01:10.280 and career. Make it count with Purdue Global Produce Online 0:01:10.360 --> 0:01:14.880 University for working adults. Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 0:01:25.000 --> 0:01:27.840 I want to remind every one of us today that 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:33.120 we are not victims to our circumstances, but we are victors. See. 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:38.160 God called us more than conquerors. We're not a slave 0:01:38.280 --> 0:01:41.960 to circumstances. We're not captivated by our own thoughts, but 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:45.120 we can think the thoughts of Heaven. We can literally 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:49.800 think the thoughts of our champion, Jesus Christ. He says 0:01:49.800 --> 0:01:55.440 that we are more than conquerors through Christ Jesus. You 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:57.760 know what, when I think of a conquer you know 0:01:57.800 --> 0:02:00.800 what I think of I just picture this this ring 0:02:01.040 --> 0:02:03.800 with two boxers in there, and I think about these 0:02:03.800 --> 0:02:06.000 boxers and how they have those big old boxing gloves 0:02:06.000 --> 0:02:08.320 on and they smack each other in the face. 0:02:08.840 --> 0:02:11.359 And you know what, they don't fall down. They keep 0:02:11.400 --> 0:02:11.920 on at it. 0:02:11.960 --> 0:02:15.400 They keep at it, They keep at it because they're champions. 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:19.160 They don't go into that ring thinking they're anything less 0:02:19.200 --> 0:02:20.040 but a champion. 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:23.560 Now, if they get knocked down, have you ever watched. 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:27.440 Them, they bounce back up. See, champions have bounced back 0:02:27.440 --> 0:02:31.320 in them. And God has called you a champion in 0:02:31.400 --> 0:02:33.560 Jesus Christ, God has. 0:02:33.440 --> 0:02:35.160 Said you have bounced back. 0:02:35.880 --> 0:02:40.480 But how do we keep this mental bounce back? How 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:44.040 do we keep this emotional bank account full? 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:45.680 You see, just like you keep. 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:48.160 Money in your bank, you wouldn't think about writing to 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:51.520 check not having any money in your bank. So you 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:54.160 work to keep money in your bank. You check your 0:02:54.160 --> 0:02:56.480 bank account. You make sure it's going to cover your life, 0:02:56.960 --> 0:02:59.760 cover your bills, cover your children. Well, we have to 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:03.120 do the exact same thing with our emotional bank account. 0:03:03.760 --> 0:03:06.720 We have to make sure we're covered. We have to 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:08.000 make sure we're strong. 0:03:08.639 --> 0:03:08.880 See. 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:11.000 I think about those boxers, and you know what they have. 0:03:11.480 --> 0:03:16.640 They have mental toughness. They have mental toughness. They don't 0:03:16.639 --> 0:03:18.280 go in that ring as soon as they get hit 0:03:18.320 --> 0:03:21.520 they think, oh that's it, I'm out, I'm done. No, 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:26.239 they have prepared their minds. They have got themselves in 0:03:26.320 --> 0:03:29.440 a place where they know they are champions. And I 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:33.520 believe too often we're allowing ourself to sink below who 0:03:33.560 --> 0:03:37.200 we really are, to not meet that standard of a champion. 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:38.760 Now, listen, God gave his. 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:41.880 Life for us through Jesus Christ, he gave his son, 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:46.520 so we have to attach ourself to that champion mentality. 0:03:47.520 --> 0:03:49.280 The Bible says we are to. 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:53.040 Have the mind of Christ Jesus, so we're supposed to 0:03:53.160 --> 0:03:55.640 attach our mind to the mind of Christ. 0:03:56.360 --> 0:03:58.760 What is God saying about you today? 0:03:58.920 --> 0:04:01.680 You need to take in about what are you thinking 0:04:01.720 --> 0:04:05.760 about yourself? Are you thinking champion thoughts? Are you thinking 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:09.440 weak and defeated thoughts? You know, just like when you 0:04:09.520 --> 0:04:12.440 have your car full of gas, it runs beautifully, but 0:04:12.520 --> 0:04:14.760 when you start to get low and it starts to 0:04:14.880 --> 0:04:17.599 run out of gas, it starts spittering and spattering, and 0:04:17.680 --> 0:04:20.719 you think what is going on? You check the gas 0:04:20.760 --> 0:04:23.799 tank and you think I've run out of gas. See, 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:30.680 we too have indicators of when our emotional bank accounts 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:35.000 are low, and that is we get frustrated, We get upset. 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:39.080 Everything seems hard, seems like it's never going to change, 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:43.239 it's always impossible. We don't enjoy the gifts that God 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:48.320 has given us because we're overwhelmed. That is how you 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:50.799 can check your emotional bank account right there. 0:04:51.279 --> 0:04:54.120 Are you enjoying the life that God gave you? 0:04:54.720 --> 0:04:58.520 Are you acting like a champion, Are you overcoming the 0:04:58.560 --> 0:04:59.640 punches of life? 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:02.120 Because the truth of the matter is, life is a 0:05:02.120 --> 0:05:03.719 lot like that box. Are in a ring. 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:06.080 You're gonna get knocked out every now and then, You're 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:08.400 gonna get hit every now and then. Somebody's gonna offend 0:05:08.440 --> 0:05:09.400 you every now and then. 0:05:09.640 --> 0:05:11.560 But you have bounce back. 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:17.080 You have what it takes mental toughness. And I want 0:05:17.120 --> 0:05:20.640 to encourage every one of us to take the time 0:05:21.279 --> 0:05:25.760 to fill your mental bank account. You know, I love 0:05:25.800 --> 0:05:28.200 my kids so much. My husband and my children are 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:31.000 the greatest gift that God's ever given me. They're my life. 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:33.880 I love them so much. I'll do anything for them. 0:05:34.160 --> 0:05:36.200 I try to do everything for them. I bug them, 0:05:36.279 --> 0:05:39.000 I get around them, I want to be around them. 0:05:39.240 --> 0:05:42.920 My children say, you love me too much. Mom. I 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:43.640 love my husband. 0:05:43.640 --> 0:05:46.320 I'd rather spend time with him bike riding or just 0:05:46.360 --> 0:05:51.800 hanging out than anybody else. But if my emotional tank 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:57.960 is not filled, I cannot fill my family's tank. I 0:05:58.040 --> 0:06:01.080 can't enjoy the gift that God's given me, the greatest 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:07.880 gift of all The Bible says it like this, love 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:10.320 your neighbor as you love yourself. 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:13.440 Can I ask you a question today? 0:06:13.720 --> 0:06:16.640 How are you loving yourself? How are you taking care 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:20.120 of yourself? How are you building yourself up? You're a 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:24.000 three part bad You're a body, you're a soul, and 0:06:24.040 --> 0:06:28.200 you're a spirit, and it's very important that those pieces 0:06:28.520 --> 0:06:32.599 go together. God has given you a regenerated spirit to 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:35.560 connect to his word, but he wants your mind to 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:38.680 be full of his word, anchoring you. 0:06:38.680 --> 0:06:41.800 You're not supposed to be tossed to and fro. You're 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:44.520 not supposed to be blown like the seas of the shore. 0:06:44.720 --> 0:06:47.480 One day up, one day down. One day you're happy, 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:50.200 one day you're not. You're not supposed to be like that. 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:55.640 God's given you strength, He's called you a conqueror. Listen, 0:06:55.720 --> 0:06:57.919 If we're gonna enjoy this life that Jesus came to 0:06:57.920 --> 0:07:00.400 give us, the abundant life, we're gonna have to fill 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:06.440 our emotional buckets, our emotional tanks. You know, one of 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:09.240 the most spiritual things you can do is to fill 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:12.640 your emotional tank. Now, not everybody feels their emotional tank 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:15.800 the same way, but it's a very spiritual thing. To do, 0:07:15.920 --> 0:07:19.280 because when you're facing the challenges of life, if you're 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:22.640 gonna come through unscathed, if you're gonna come through looking 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:27.280 like a conqueror, you're gonna have to get some mental toughness. 0:07:27.680 --> 0:07:29.920 You're going to have to decide that God is. 0:07:29.840 --> 0:07:33.040 For you and he's not against you, that you are 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:37.120 well able to do what He's called you to do. See, 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:40.720 there's nothing worse than being in bondage. Can you imagine 0:07:40.920 --> 0:07:44.120 being tied up in bondage? See, that's what it was 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:48.320 like before Jesus. No, you know, there was not a grace, 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:53.480 a spiritual freedom like there is today. God loves you 0:07:53.800 --> 0:07:56.600 and he wants you to walk in everything that He 0:07:56.680 --> 0:08:00.360 came to give you. Sometimes it's as simple as to 0:08:01.480 --> 0:08:05.320 feel your spiritual account is to remind yourself that you're 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:09.880 God's masterpiece, that you're made in his image, with his character, 0:08:10.040 --> 0:08:14.040 with his likeness, with his strength, that you're unique, that 0:08:14.120 --> 0:08:19.200 He specifically designs you. You're not an accident. You didn't 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:21.920 just show up on planet Earth. But God has the 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:26.920 specifications on you. You're lacking nothing, You have everything to 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:29.360 accomplish what He's called you to accomplish. 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:30.760 You need to dwell on that. 0:08:30.880 --> 0:08:33.840 Get that into your heart and mind, and don't compare 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:36.560 yourself with other people because the truth of the matter 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:39.400 is they don't have what you have because you're special, 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:41.800 You're unique, You're one of a kind. 0:08:43.679 --> 0:08:43.920 You know. 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:48.320 I believe if you really want to have some mental strength, 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:53.240 you have to be your biggest cheerleader. You have to 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:56.960 be your biggest cheerleader. You can't wait for people to 0:08:57.040 --> 0:09:00.959 validate you. You have to believe in yourself. Don't wait 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:09.160 around for someone to send you flowers. Send yourself some flowers. 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:13.640 We should get up every morning and we should make 0:09:13.679 --> 0:09:16.520 declarations of faith. Now, if you've come to this church 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:19.480 very long, or you've been in this ministry very long, 0:09:19.520 --> 0:09:23.240 watching online or on the radio or wherever, you know 0:09:23.400 --> 0:09:26.040 that every single Sunday, Joel gets up here and he 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:29.560 declares over us who we are in Christ, Jesus. He 0:09:29.679 --> 0:09:32.360 is saying, let's bind our mind to the mind of Christ. 0:09:32.880 --> 0:09:36.839 Let's connect ourself to Heaven, because that's what we are. 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:39.880 We are heaven bound. We are conquerors here on earth. 0:09:40.240 --> 0:09:40.880 He tells us. 0:09:40.920 --> 0:09:46.079 We're disciplined, we're focused, we're intelligent, we're beautiful, we're smart, 0:09:46.280 --> 0:09:49.880 we have everything it takes. Okay, let me just ask 0:09:49.880 --> 0:09:51.560 this question. I want you all to be really truth 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:55.040 and I'm not trying to embarrass anyone. Can I just 0:09:55.120 --> 0:09:57.400 see and don't be embarrassed If you don't, that's okay. 0:09:57.640 --> 0:10:00.559 Can I just see a show of hand of how 0:10:00.559 --> 0:10:05.000 many people get up every morning and make positive declarations 0:10:05.000 --> 0:10:07.360 over their life. 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:12.199 Okay, that's not enough. That is not enough hands. 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:16.400 Congratulations guys, more power to you. 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:21.360 Let me tell you something. 0:10:21.400 --> 0:10:24.080 You're cheating yourself if you don't get up and bind 0:10:24.120 --> 0:10:26.320 your mind to the mind of Christ, if you don't 0:10:26.320 --> 0:10:29.199 say what God says about you. See, there is a veneer. 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:32.600 It looks like a thick wall, but it's thin. It's 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:33.800 just a veneer, and. 0:10:33.760 --> 0:10:36.360 You have to break through it. Because See, we weren't 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:38.199 taught to say nice things about ourself. 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:41.079 We were taught that if we say nice things about ourselves, 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:44.240 if we say we're talented, that we're boasting and we're bragging. 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:47.600 But can I tell you you're not boasting and you're bragging. 0:10:47.840 --> 0:10:49.000 You're boasting on the Lord. 0:10:49.280 --> 0:10:52.400 You're boasting about who He made you to be. You're 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:54.240 boasting about his likeness. 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:58.200 You are binding your mind to Heaven and When you 0:10:58.320 --> 0:11:02.240 do that, you are more than a conqueror. We have 0:11:02.400 --> 0:11:05.000 to get up and make these declarations of faith. We 0:11:05.120 --> 0:11:07.959 also need to decide that we're going to enjoy our life. 0:11:08.080 --> 0:11:11.560 We're going to enjoy the peace and the joy of 0:11:11.600 --> 0:11:14.480 the moment. How many of you just rush by life. 0:11:14.520 --> 0:11:17.200 We all do rush through life, and we forget to 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:21.320 breathe in those beautiful moments when your child kisses your face, 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:24.240 when your husband tells you he loves you, When you 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:27.680 get that promotion, it's back to work. Take a minute, 0:11:27.960 --> 0:11:31.120 breathe it in. Say thank you Lord, be grateful. 0:11:31.480 --> 0:11:35.280 Look around. Go outside and look at the trees, the grass. 0:11:35.520 --> 0:11:38.679 God made that for you. He made that for you 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:39.280 to enjoy. 0:11:40.240 --> 0:11:40.680 Pause. 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:43.000 Take a minute, collect. 0:11:42.679 --> 0:11:46.800 Your thoughts and realize you were created not to struggle, 0:11:47.080 --> 0:11:50.280 not to barely get by, but to be more than 0:11:50.320 --> 0:11:50.960 a conqueror. 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:53.080 I bought a bracelet the other day. 0:11:53.760 --> 0:11:56.880 It was just a funny little thing, but you know what, 0:11:56.920 --> 0:11:59.840 I've been working on this myself, and it's what they. 0:11:59.720 --> 0:12:02.880 Call pause bracelet. It's a little beaded bracelet. 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:05.280 On the back of it has got a little disk, 0:12:05.679 --> 0:12:08.280 and inside that disc is a battery and you can 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:11.880 set that little disk to sixty minutes or ninety minutes. 0:12:11.920 --> 0:12:15.960 So every ninety minutes, that little disk vibrates on my 0:12:16.040 --> 0:12:20.040 wrist and it reminds me to take inventory of my 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:24.360 thought life. It reminds me to pause and to be grateful. 0:12:25.080 --> 0:12:29.440 It reminds me that when I do these things, it 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:33.240 brings an awareness to my life, what's going on in 0:12:33.240 --> 0:12:33.840 my thoughts. 0:12:34.559 --> 0:12:38.040 It helps me to redirect and refocus. See, we go 0:12:38.600 --> 0:12:41.920 at one thousand miles a minute. We're doing one thing 0:12:42.080 --> 0:12:42.959 and we're thinking. 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:44.960 Of the next thing that we have to do, and 0:12:45.000 --> 0:12:47.760 so all throughout the day we need to just take 0:12:47.800 --> 0:12:53.240 these moments to pause, reset our focus, remind ourself that 0:12:53.280 --> 0:12:57.000 we're aligned with Heaven, that we can't get under out 0:12:57.040 --> 0:12:59.120 from under the mighty hand of God, that we can 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:02.320 rest in His presence. We can relax. You know, you 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:04.480 don't have to have a pause bracelet like mine. 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:05.240 These days. 0:13:05.520 --> 0:13:08.920 You can set your your telephone, you can have a 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:12.240 little alarm go off, you can set little post its 0:13:12.360 --> 0:13:16.040 around whatever you need to do. I encourage you to 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:19.840 pause throughout the day and realign your thoughts to the 0:13:19.840 --> 0:13:23.320 thoughts of Christ. See God wants to strengthen us and 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:28.920 Ephesians three sixteen. In our innermost being, that soulish man. 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:33.280 He wants it to be anchored, strong and secure in him, 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:36.720 it says in Philippians. For a it says, make sure 0:13:36.760 --> 0:13:39.840 you're taking time throughout the day to think of these things. 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:44.600 Things that are true, things that are noble, praiseworthy, things 0:13:44.600 --> 0:13:48.439 that are a good report, things that are lovely, whatever 0:13:48.800 --> 0:13:51.599 is a good report, praiseworthy. 0:13:51.880 --> 0:13:53.560 That Scripture is telling us this. 0:13:54.160 --> 0:13:59.120 You can find praiseworthy, noble, and excellent things in. 0:13:59.040 --> 0:14:01.840 Your life throughout the day if you'll look for them. 0:14:02.400 --> 0:14:03.440 Amen, if you'll. 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:04.040 Look for him. 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:07.760 So, if you're having troubles in your relationships, if you're 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:10.680 frustrated all the time, let that be an indicator. It's 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:14.640 time for me to start declaring who I am in Christ. 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:17.800 It's time for me to quit comparing myself to others. 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:20.720 It's time for me to understand that I am uniquely 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:23.560 designed for this time on earth, and that I have 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:27.080 gifts to enjoy, and I'm going to enjoy them. I 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:30.040 believe if we'll do that, we'll see God's love and 0:14:30.080 --> 0:14:32.840 faithfulness and we will become more than conquerors. 0:14:32.840 --> 0:14:33.160 Amen. 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:38.000 As a thank you for your support of our ministry. 0:14:38.040 --> 0:14:40.560 This month, Joel and Victoria would like to send you 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:44.880 a copy of Joel's new three message series, Anchored to Hope. 0:14:45.080 --> 0:14:48.560 When you're anchored to hope, you're not moved by your circumstances, 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:51.560 are worried because things aren't changing as fast as you'd like. 0:14:52.040 --> 0:14:55.240 You have your trust, your confidence, your hope in the Lord. 0:14:55.680 --> 0:14:57.600 You know he'll get you to where you need to be. 0:14:58.000 --> 0:15:00.720 Your best days are not behind you, still out in 0:15:00.760 --> 0:15:03.560 front of you. Request this resource. 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