Who Do You Say You Are?

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I know you're going to leave encouraged and inspired. 0:02:06.760 --> 0:02:09.720 Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week 0:02:09.800 --> 0:02:12.520 and follow us on social media to stay connected. 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:16.079 We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 0:02:16.480 --> 0:02:19.800 Enjoy the message. God bless you. It's great to be 0:02:19.919 --> 0:02:20.760 with you today. 0:02:21.120 --> 0:02:24.360 We are believing for God's best for you and your family, 0:02:24.440 --> 0:02:27.200 and hope you'll stay connected with us throughout the week. 0:02:27.360 --> 0:02:29.960 We have a daily podcast. You can listen to the 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:34.360 messages all the time, or go to our YouTube channel Instagram. 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:37.240 Lots of ways we can keep you inspired and encouraged, 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:40.080 but thanks for tuning in today. I like to start 0:02:40.080 --> 0:02:43.120 with something funny and I heard about this husband and wife. 0:02:43.440 --> 0:02:46.320 They'd been arguing for a long time about who should 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:49.040 make the coffee in the morning. The husband thought it 0:02:49.080 --> 0:02:52.320 was the wife's job, but she just didn't agree. After 0:02:52.400 --> 0:02:55.720 several heated debates, she finally told him, I can prove 0:02:55.760 --> 0:02:58.320 it to you from the Bible that it's the man's 0:02:58.440 --> 0:02:59.000 job to. 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:01.760 Make the coffee. He said, what are you talking about. 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:05.120 There's nothing in the Bible about the man making the coffee. 0:03:05.360 --> 0:03:08.080 She said, sure, there is. She opened the Bible and 0:03:08.120 --> 0:03:10.079 turned to the Book of Hebrews. 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:13.880 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:16.680 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:03:16.760 --> 0:03:19.120 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:03:19.160 --> 0:03:22.040 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:26.120 of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 0:03:26.200 --> 0:03:30.640 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:34.200 God bless you. I want to talk to you today 0:03:34.280 --> 0:03:37.280 about who do you say you are? There are a 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:40.080 lot of voices in life trying to define us and 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:44.160 tell us who we are. Sometimes they're uplifting, a parent 0:03:44.240 --> 0:03:47.120 telling us that we're talented, we can do great things. 0:03:47.520 --> 0:03:51.280 Other Times they're negative. You're not attractive, there's nothing special 0:03:51.320 --> 0:03:51.880 about you. 0:03:52.560 --> 0:03:54.560 Our own thoughts will try to label us. 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:58.360 You've made too many mistakes, you miss your chance. When 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:01.280 you listen to all these voices, it's easy to think 0:04:01.400 --> 0:04:02.600 who's telling the truth. 0:04:02.880 --> 0:04:04.080 Who am i? 0:04:04.120 --> 0:04:07.640 Am I talented or am I ordinary? Am I strong 0:04:07.760 --> 0:04:10.480 and confident? Or am I weak and insecure? 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:13.560 Do I have a bright future or have a blown it? 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:14.840 Here's the key. 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:18.800 The only voice that matters is your voice. Who do 0:04:18.880 --> 0:04:22.039 you say you are? What you choose is what you 0:04:22.120 --> 0:04:26.120 will become and instead of letting people define you, instead 0:04:26.120 --> 0:04:29.520 of letting circumstances label you, you need to go back 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:33.000 to what God said about you. God says you can 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:37.320 do all things through Christ. You're equipped and empowered. Other 0:04:37.400 --> 0:04:40.760 voices will tell you the problems too big, you don't have. 0:04:40.640 --> 0:04:43.159 What it takes. Who do you say you are? 0:04:43.880 --> 0:04:47.560 God says you have seeds of greatness. You are destined 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:51.359 to leave your mark. Other voices will tell you you're just ordinary, 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:53.480 you'll never do anything significant. 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:57.200 You have the final choice. Who do you say you are? 0:04:58.000 --> 0:05:01.320 The problem with some people is the chosen the wrong voice. 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:05.279 So long they don't know who they really are. They've 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:08.520 let people label them, tell them what they're not, what 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:14.680 they can't do. They've allowed circumstances to define them, mistakes, disappointments. 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:16.320 Now they've lost their passion. 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:20.000 If you let these other voices play, it will keep 0:05:20.040 --> 0:05:23.520 you from your destiny. The only one that knows who 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:28.080 you really are is your creator. He calls you a masterpiece. 0:05:28.520 --> 0:05:32.040 He said you've been fearfully and wonderfully made. He said 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:34.680 you will be mighty in the land. That you are 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:39.360 more than a conquer strong, confident, approved, valuable. 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:41.719 That's who you were created to be. 0:05:42.440 --> 0:05:45.400 When you say what God says about you, then you 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:49.359 activate what He put on the inside. But you can't 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:52.799 say I'm weak and tap into the power. You can't 0:05:52.800 --> 0:05:55.760 say I'll never get ahead and tap into the abundance. 0:05:56.279 --> 0:05:59.320 He can't say I'm not that talented and tap into 0:05:59.360 --> 0:06:00.240 your greatness. 0:06:00.560 --> 0:06:01.839 Who do you say you are? 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:02.640 Not? 0:06:02.960 --> 0:06:05.600 Who do other people say you are? Who does your 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:08.760 family say you are? Who do your coworkers say you are? 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:12.800 No disrespect, but you are not who people say you are. 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:14.920 You are who God says you are. 0:06:15.720 --> 0:06:18.880 People can't always see what God put in you. They 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:22.839 can't see the potential, the gifts, the greatness. If you 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:26.440 let them put their limitations on you, convince you that 0:06:26.560 --> 0:06:29.919 you can't accomplish your dream, You'll never get out of debt, 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:33.839 you can't overcome that sickness. Then, because you're letting them 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:37.479 define you, what they're saying is going to come to pass. 0:06:38.080 --> 0:06:39.120 They may speak. 0:06:38.880 --> 0:06:42.400 Negative things, but it has no power if you don't 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:46.159 let it get in. You don't repeat the negative people 0:06:46.240 --> 0:06:50.479 have spoken over you. In John chapter one, the Jewish 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:54.039 leaders sent men out into the desert to find out 0:06:54.080 --> 0:06:57.120 who John the Baptist was. They had heard so much 0:06:57.120 --> 0:07:01.080 about him. He had a large following. These leaders traveled 0:07:01.080 --> 0:07:04.400 from Jerusalem and asked John if he was to Christ. 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:05.560 He told them no. 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:08.719 They asked if he was Elijah. He said it again, 0:07:08.839 --> 0:07:12.200 I'm not. They said in verse twenty two, then tell 0:07:12.280 --> 0:07:15.320 us who you are so we can give an answer 0:07:15.360 --> 0:07:19.040 to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself? 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:22.800 John could have answered many different ways. He could have 0:07:22.880 --> 0:07:27.400 told them about his background, his education, his philosophy. But 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:32.200 verse twenty three says John replied, in the words of Isaiah, 0:07:32.480 --> 0:07:35.200 I am a voice shouting in the wilderness. 0:07:35.440 --> 0:07:37.040 Prepare the way for the Lord. 0:07:37.760 --> 0:07:40.440 He went back to what the scripture said about him. 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:43.360 He didn't say what he felt. He didn't say how 0:07:43.360 --> 0:07:46.400 he was raised, what he was dealing with. He said 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:51.160 what God said about him. Imagine someone ask you who 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:53.880 do you say you are so we can tell others. 0:07:54.280 --> 0:07:57.360 What kind of answer would you have? Well, this pandemic 0:07:57.440 --> 0:08:01.440 has me worried. My back's been hurting, my business is slow. 0:08:01.800 --> 0:08:05.000 These kids are getting on my nerves. I'm really discouraged. 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:07.760 Sip that up. That is not who you are. 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:11.480 Go back to the scripture and say what God says 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:21.760 about you. Your answer should be tell them I'm strong, anointed, talented, favored, healthy, blessed, forgiven, 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:27.320 fearfully and wonderfully made. We start off every service saying 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:29.640 I am what God says I am. 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:31.880 I am not what I feel. 0:08:32.520 --> 0:08:35.800 I may feel weak, but God says I'm strong. So 0:08:35.920 --> 0:08:38.960 my report is I am strong. When you say that, 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:42.560 strength starts heading your way. You may not feel up 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:46.559 to par. You're dealing with an illness, struggling with anxiety, 0:08:46.800 --> 0:08:47.959 fighting that depression. 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:50.920 It's easy to wear the labels. 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:56.200 Sick, depressed, anxious, defeated. That's just who I am. That's 0:08:56.240 --> 0:08:59.440 not who you are. That's what you're dealing with. You're 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:02.200 not a sick person trying to get well. You're a 0:09:02.240 --> 0:09:06.960 well person fighting off sickness. Don't let that difficulty become 0:09:07.000 --> 0:09:10.959 your identity. Don't get in agreement with the negative. Go 0:09:11.040 --> 0:09:15.200 back to what your creator said. God said he's restoring 0:09:15.320 --> 0:09:18.040 health back into you. He said, you will run and 0:09:18.160 --> 0:09:21.240 not be weary. He said, weeping endoors for a night, 0:09:21.400 --> 0:09:24.400 but joy is coming in the morning. What do you 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:29.120 say about yourself? I'm sick, I'm depressed. Now I'm healthy, 0:09:29.520 --> 0:09:34.800 I'm whole, I'm energetic, I'm free, I'm happy, I'm victorious. 0:09:35.679 --> 0:09:39.000 If you'll start saying what God says about you instead 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:42.240 of what you feel, you'll see things begin to turn around. 0:09:42.679 --> 0:09:45.600 Don't go through life we're in these negative labels. 0:09:46.640 --> 0:09:49.520 I talked to a man that was so down on himself. 0:09:49.880 --> 0:09:53.080 He told me how he had made mistakes, didn't raise 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:56.920 his children right, he was struggling with an addiction. He said, 0:09:57.080 --> 0:10:00.600 I feel so unworthy. I don't deserve to be blessed. 0:10:01.160 --> 0:10:03.640 When you're down on yourself, it's not. 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:05.000 Doing anything productive. 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:09.000 Being against yourself is not going to help you move forward. 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:11.480 The enemy is called the accuser. 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:15.000 He'll remind you of every mistake you've made, every time 0:10:15.040 --> 0:10:18.600 you failed. He'd love for you to wear these labels unworthy, 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:20.440 washed up, no future. 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:23.040 I told him what I'm telling you. 0:10:23.480 --> 0:10:28.120 As long as you see yourself unworthy, not deserving, it's 0:10:28.120 --> 0:10:31.080 going to keep you where you are. Instead of wearing 0:10:31.120 --> 0:10:34.720 those labels. Why don't you say what God says about you. 0:10:35.040 --> 0:10:40.320 I'm forgiving, I'm redeemed, I'm restored, my past is over 0:10:40.600 --> 0:10:43.679 and my future is bright. Who do you say you 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:47.439 are not? Who do your mistakes say you are? Who 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:50.360 do your friends say you are, who do the negative thoughts? 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:51.040 Say you are. 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:55.839 What you say overrides all the others. What you say 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:59.160 gives it the right to come to pass. Now, quit 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:04.959 saying negative things about yourself. I'm so overweight, I'm so undisciplined. 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:08.120 I'll never get out of this neighborhood. I'll never break 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:12.600 this addiction. You're going to become what you believe. Why 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:16.520 don't you start saying what God says about you. I'm talented, 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:23.160 I'm successful, I'm prosperous, I'm free, I'm valuable, I'm a masterpiece. 0:11:23.880 --> 0:11:27.720 What you say about yourself is going to become a reality. 0:11:28.160 --> 0:11:31.120 Who do you say you are? I'm just average? 0:11:31.440 --> 0:11:34.760 You're going to be average when the truth is God 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:39.240 didn't make anyone average. Nobody has your fingerprints. Nobody can 0:11:39.320 --> 0:11:41.680 do what you can do. But as long as you 0:11:41.760 --> 0:11:47.040 believe your ordinary, you wan't shine like you're supposed to shine. 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:50.960 When Moses was born, the scripture says he was no 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:52.480 ordinary child. 0:11:53.120 --> 0:11:55.160 There was something special about him. 0:11:55.520 --> 0:11:58.600 As he grew up, he could sense his destiny was 0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:02.839 to deliver the Israelite out of slavery. He had good intentions, 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:05.480 but he made a mistake. He ended up having to 0:12:05.520 --> 0:12:09.120 flee to the desert. He spent forty years in hiding. 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:12.760 I can imagine those voices told him how he blew 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:16.040 it that he missed his chance. He could have warned 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:19.439 the labels failure, washed up too late. 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:23.440 But deep down he could hear that still small. 0:12:23.160 --> 0:12:27.160 Voice telling him you are no ordinary child. This is 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:30.480 not how your story ends. There is greatness in you. 0:12:31.679 --> 0:12:35.640 Just because you've made mistakes doesn't mean that stopped your destiny. 0:12:36.080 --> 0:12:38.520 What God started he's going to finish. 0:12:38.960 --> 0:12:42.800 What stops us is when we start wearing the negative labels, 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:46.000 when we start believing that we're washed up, we quit 0:12:46.120 --> 0:12:47.480 pursuing our dreams. 0:12:48.320 --> 0:12:49.600 After forty years in. 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:53.360 The desert, God appeared to Moses and said, now it's 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:57.040 your time to fulfill your destiny. He went on to 0:12:57.120 --> 0:13:01.160 deliver the Israelites part the Red Sea do great things. 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:04.760 I don't believe this would have happened if Moses would 0:13:04.800 --> 0:13:06.880 have seen himself as a failure. 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:08.880 I've made too many mistakes. 0:13:09.400 --> 0:13:13.200 Instead, he saw himself as no ordinary child. 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:16.920 He kept the right image on the inside. 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:19.840 When you were born, God said the same thing about 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:23.720 you as he did Moses. This is no ordinary child. 0:13:24.400 --> 0:13:28.000 God put greatness in you. He's destined you to leave 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:32.400 your mark. You may have made mistakes, you may have obstacles. 0:13:32.559 --> 0:13:35.920 It's taken longer than you thought, but that doesn't change 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:39.559 what's in you now. The enemy will work over time 0:13:39.840 --> 0:13:42.760 to try to steal your sense of value, your sense 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:46.520 of worth. He knows if he can distort your identity 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:50.240 who you are and convince you that you're just average, 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:53.120 nothing special about you, then. 0:13:52.960 --> 0:13:57.440 He can keep you from your greatness. I wonder what 0:13:57.520 --> 0:13:58.720 you could accomplish. 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:02.000 I wonder how far God will take you if you 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:07.199 will just live like you are no ordinary child, not arrogantly, 0:14:07.600 --> 0:14:11.360 but knowing that God has placed greatness in you, that 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:14.200 there's a favor on your life that will take you 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:17.720 where you can't go on your own, and anointing that 0:14:17.760 --> 0:14:20.800 will break every chain that's trying to hold you back, 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:23.840 a blessing that will cause you to stand out. 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:25.280 Who do you say? 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:25.720 You are? 0:14:26.400 --> 0:14:30.200 Not ordinary, not average, You are a child of the 0:14:30.280 --> 0:14:34.480 most High God. You have royal blood flowing through your veins. 0:14:34.800 --> 0:14:38.200 You've been crowned with favor. What's trying to stop you 0:14:38.640 --> 0:14:42.080 doesn't have a chance. God being for you is more 0:14:42.160 --> 0:14:45.760 than the world being against you. That dream may seem 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:49.760 too big. For some people, it is, but not for you. 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:51.200 You're no ordinary child. 0:14:51.920 --> 0:14:53.560 That sickness should be the end. 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:57.320 The medical report says you're done, but not for you. 0:14:57.320 --> 0:14:58.760 You're no ordinary child. 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:03.720 Stake you've made should have stopped your destiny, It should 0:15:03.720 --> 0:15:07.240 have limited your future, but not for you. 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:09.000 You are no ordinary child. 0:15:09.720 --> 0:15:13.520 God handpicked you before you could choose him. 0:15:13.840 --> 0:15:14.560 He chose you. 0:15:15.280 --> 0:15:19.200 When he created you, God stepped back and said that 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:20.440 was very good. 0:15:21.280 --> 0:15:23.040 Now, God created you the verses. 0:15:23.520 --> 0:15:29.080 He flung stars into space, He made spectacular sunrises, magnificent 0:15:29.240 --> 0:15:33.280 mountain ranges, but he never said they were very good. 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:37.760 The only thing he said that about was you. Now, 0:15:37.800 --> 0:15:40.800 don't go around thinking your average you don't have much 0:15:40.840 --> 0:15:44.960 to offer. You are no ordinary child. You are a 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:45.880 history maker. 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:49.680 You are a world changer. You are destined to leave 0:15:49.720 --> 0:15:51.720 your mark. What Joe hold? 0:15:51.760 --> 0:15:54.680 This sounds good, But I think you have the wrong person. 0:15:55.080 --> 0:15:59.240 It's nothing unusual about me. I'm not super talented. I 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:01.840 don't have a great personality. I don't come from an 0:16:01.840 --> 0:16:06.760 influential family. As long as you're discounting yourself, you're not 0:16:06.840 --> 0:16:08.479 going to see your greatness. 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:12.600 Who do you say you are ordinary average. You're going 0:16:12.680 --> 0:16:13.240 to become that. 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:17.440 I'm asking you to get in agreement with God. He said, 0:16:17.840 --> 0:16:21.720 you are no ordinary child. It doesn't matter how you 0:16:21.760 --> 0:16:25.520 were raised. It's not dependent on how much education you have, 0:16:26.040 --> 0:16:28.080 how many connections. 0:16:27.560 --> 0:16:29.320 What obstacles you're up against. 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:34.000 When you believe doors will open you never dream would open, 0:16:34.320 --> 0:16:37.960 God will take you further than you can imagine. The 0:16:38.000 --> 0:16:41.920 prophet Joel said, wake up the mighty men, Wake up 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:45.680 the mighty women. I want to wake up your greatness. 0:16:46.000 --> 0:16:49.480 Wake up your dreams. Wake up that business God put 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:52.960 in you. Wake up that book, the movie, the song, 0:16:53.120 --> 0:16:57.520 the orphanage, the ministry. May seem like it's over your head, 0:16:57.720 --> 0:17:01.240 but you have to understand you are no ordinary child. 0:17:01.640 --> 0:17:05.320 You're not average. You can accomplish more than you think. 0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:09.240 You are stronger than you think. You are more anointed 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:12.159 than you think. You are more favored. 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:12.359 Than you think. 0:17:12.760 --> 0:17:16.119 You are more talented than you think. The dreams and 0:17:16.160 --> 0:17:19.399 gifts God put in you are much bigger than you think. 0:17:20.000 --> 0:17:22.280 If you're going to see the fullness of what's in you, 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:25.920 then you have to see yourself the right way. Who 0:17:25.960 --> 0:17:29.280 do you say you are? Don't you dare say I'm average? 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:33.000 I'm ordinary, get in agreement with God. I am no 0:17:33.320 --> 0:17:38.280 ordinary child. I am highly favored. I am destined for greatness. 0:17:38.440 --> 0:17:42.480 I am surrounded with God's goodness. When you know you're 0:17:42.520 --> 0:17:47.479 an unusual child, you will see unusual favor, unusual healing, 0:17:47.960 --> 0:17:52.960 unusual doors open, unusual breakthroughs. We would have never gotten 0:17:53.000 --> 0:17:56.280 the Compact Center if I didn't believe that I was 0:17:56.400 --> 0:18:01.280 no ordinary child. Now, everything in me I was ordinary. 0:18:01.720 --> 0:18:05.199 When I stepped up to pastor the church, I felt unqualified. 0:18:05.680 --> 0:18:07.520 But you can't go by your feelings. 0:18:07.840 --> 0:18:10.639 I chose to believe what God said that I was 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:15.200 equipped and empowered. I had never ministered, didn't have the training, 0:18:15.440 --> 0:18:19.760 the experience. All the circumstances said I was average. There 0:18:19.800 --> 0:18:23.399 was nothing special about me. But deep down I was 0:18:23.480 --> 0:18:27.800 bold enough to believe that I was no ordinary child. 0:18:27.920 --> 0:18:30.840 I didn't tell anyone, but I could feel the seeds 0:18:30.920 --> 0:18:34.080 of greatness. I could hear God whispering in the night 0:18:34.320 --> 0:18:38.000 that big doors were going to open. Victoria told me, 0:18:38.320 --> 0:18:41.359 ten years before my father passed, that one day I 0:18:41.400 --> 0:18:44.439 would pastor the church. And that seems so odd to me. 0:18:45.080 --> 0:18:47.560 I thought, boy, I've got her fooled. I can't get 0:18:47.640 --> 0:18:51.000 up in front of people. I felt ordinary, But the 0:18:51.000 --> 0:18:54.960 scripture says, there is fire shut up in your bones, 0:18:55.280 --> 0:18:58.919 there is greatness shut up on the inside. As I 0:18:58.960 --> 0:19:02.000 stepped up, I discovered talent that I didn't know was 0:19:02.080 --> 0:19:05.359 in me. There was a boldness and confidence that I'd 0:19:05.359 --> 0:19:09.199 never had before. When I heard that the Compact center 0:19:09.480 --> 0:19:13.360 was coming available, I didn't think twice. I never thought 0:19:13.400 --> 0:19:16.199 about where we'd get the funds or how it could happen. 0:19:16.720 --> 0:19:18.959 I just knew we were supposed to pursue it. 0:19:19.720 --> 0:19:23.159 When you know that you're no ordinary child, you'll go 0:19:23.240 --> 0:19:25.040 after dreams that seem too big. 0:19:25.440 --> 0:19:26.960 You'll pray bold prayers. 0:19:27.280 --> 0:19:30.680 You'll believe for things that most people think are impossible. 0:19:31.520 --> 0:19:34.520 There are compact centers that have your name on them, 0:19:35.000 --> 0:19:38.960 dreams much bigger than you thought, businesses, ministries. 0:19:39.080 --> 0:19:40.000 How could it happen? 0:19:40.440 --> 0:19:43.959 You don't have the experience, the funding, the connections. You 0:19:44.000 --> 0:19:47.680 are no ordinary child. There is a favor on your 0:19:47.760 --> 0:19:51.400 life that will catapult you ahead, a blessing that will 0:19:51.400 --> 0:19:54.720 cause people to help you. And God is not asking 0:19:54.760 --> 0:19:57.920 you to figure it out. He's just asking you to believe, 0:19:58.640 --> 0:20:01.560 not only believe in Him, but believe. 0:20:01.600 --> 0:20:04.679 In who He created you to be. Who do you 0:20:04.800 --> 0:20:05.520 say you are. 0:20:06.040 --> 0:20:08.400 If you're going to reach your destiny, if you're going 0:20:08.440 --> 0:20:12.280 to see your compact centers, your dreams, you're healing, you 0:20:12.400 --> 0:20:16.080 have to know that you're not ordinary. There's something special 0:20:16.119 --> 0:20:20.040 about you, not because of who you are, but because 0:20:20.080 --> 0:20:21.280 of whose you are. 0:20:21.800 --> 0:20:25.720 The most high God breathed his life into you. Well, 0:20:25.760 --> 0:20:26.159 jord I. 0:20:26.160 --> 0:20:29.119 Don't feel special. You don't have to feel it. You 0:20:29.320 --> 0:20:32.440 just have to believe it. If you'll believe it long enough, 0:20:32.680 --> 0:20:35.240 then you'll not only feel it, but you'll see it. 0:20:36.040 --> 0:20:37.280 I didn't feel special. 0:20:37.520 --> 0:20:41.960 I felt ordinary, but I chose to believe it by faith. Now, 0:20:42.000 --> 0:20:45.159 every time I walk into this stadium, I know I 0:20:45.200 --> 0:20:48.560 am no ordinary child. I know I couldn't have done 0:20:48.640 --> 0:20:51.919 this on my own, but the creator of the universe 0:20:52.280 --> 0:20:55.680 favored me. I didn't think I could speak in front 0:20:55.720 --> 0:20:59.520 of people. I was too quiet, too reserved. But every 0:20:59.520 --> 0:21:03.040 time I flip through the channels and see myself on television, 0:21:03.200 --> 0:21:06.160 I do a double take. I'm amazed at where God 0:21:06.200 --> 0:21:11.240 has taken me. I realize I am no ordinary child. No, 0:21:11.359 --> 0:21:14.640 I'm not bragging on me. I'm bragging on the greatness 0:21:14.720 --> 0:21:17.879 of our God. He wants to take your places that 0:21:17.920 --> 0:21:21.480 you've never dreamed. What He has planned for your future 0:21:21.880 --> 0:21:24.520 is bigger and more rewarding. 0:21:24.160 --> 0:21:27.520 Than you've ever imagined. Judges, chapter six. 0:21:27.920 --> 0:21:32.280 The Midianites had overtaken the people of Israel and were making. 0:21:32.040 --> 0:21:33.240 Their lives miserable. 0:21:33.720 --> 0:21:36.600 There was a man named Gideon that was hiding in 0:21:36.680 --> 0:21:40.879 the wine press, afraid of the Midianites. An angel appeared 0:21:40.920 --> 0:21:45.040 to him and said, mighty hero, the Lord is with you, 0:21:45.800 --> 0:21:48.560 I can imagine. Gideon looked around and thought, who's he 0:21:48.640 --> 0:21:52.880 talking about. I'm not a mighty hero. I'm hiding. I'm afraid. 0:21:53.720 --> 0:21:56.199 The angel went on to tell him that he was 0:21:56.240 --> 0:21:59.320 to rescue the people of Israel from the Midianites. 0:21:59.480 --> 0:22:01.000 He was to lead the charge. 0:22:01.600 --> 0:22:04.960 Gideon was so taken aback he said to the angel, 0:22:05.359 --> 0:22:08.399 how can I deliver the Israelites. I come from the 0:22:08.440 --> 0:22:11.880 weakest tribe, and I'm the youngest one in my family. 0:22:12.440 --> 0:22:15.560 He was saying, God, you have the wrong person. I'm young, 0:22:15.920 --> 0:22:20.320 I'm weak, I'm intimidated. He started making all these excuses, 0:22:20.560 --> 0:22:22.200 telling God what he wasn't. 0:22:22.840 --> 0:22:25.160 But I've learned God won't ask you to. 0:22:25.119 --> 0:22:28.840 Do something if he hasn't already given you what you need. 0:22:29.320 --> 0:22:31.880 You may not have tapped into it yet, but it's 0:22:31.960 --> 0:22:36.119 in you. Like with Gideon, God is calling you a 0:22:36.240 --> 0:22:41.480 mighty hero. Other voices will call your ordinary, not talented, weak, 0:22:41.720 --> 0:22:47.000 afraid someone is wrong. These are two conflicting reports. You're 0:22:47.040 --> 0:22:51.000 either a mighty hero or you're weak and unable. Here's 0:22:51.040 --> 0:22:54.480 the key. You get to choose. Who do you say 0:22:54.520 --> 0:22:58.120 you are? Either voice can come to pass. It's all 0:22:58.119 --> 0:23:01.399 dependent on who you agree with. Are you going to 0:23:01.480 --> 0:23:04.800 agree with God and say yes, I believe I'm a 0:23:04.920 --> 0:23:09.480 mighty hero. I'm equipped and empowered, I'm well able to 0:23:09.560 --> 0:23:12.919 fulfill my destiny. Or are you going to do like 0:23:13.000 --> 0:23:16.200 Gideon and start making excuses to stay where you are. 0:23:17.080 --> 0:23:20.120 I wasn't raised in a good environment, Joel. I've had 0:23:20.160 --> 0:23:24.400 some bad breaks. This company did me wrong, this person walked. 0:23:24.080 --> 0:23:26.560 Out on me. Nobody would help me with my dream. 0:23:26.960 --> 0:23:31.679 Respectfully, none of that matters what God has ordained for 0:23:31.800 --> 0:23:37.200 You cannot be stopped by people, by bad breaks, by disappointments. 0:23:37.800 --> 0:23:40.960 God already knew it was going to happen. He's already 0:23:41.040 --> 0:23:42.600 lined up what you need. 0:23:43.040 --> 0:23:43.280 Now. 0:23:43.320 --> 0:23:47.320 He's calling you a mighty hero. He's calling you to 0:23:47.400 --> 0:23:51.159 set new standards, to take your family to a new level, 0:23:51.640 --> 0:23:56.000 a mighty hero to break generational curses that keep getting 0:23:56.040 --> 0:23:58.919 passed down. He's calling you to put an end to 0:23:59.000 --> 0:24:03.080 that dysfunction, a mighty hero to stop the poverty and 0:24:03.200 --> 0:24:08.879 lack and step into abundance and overflow. What's interesting is 0:24:08.920 --> 0:24:12.280 when God called Gideon a mighty hero, he hadn't done 0:24:12.359 --> 0:24:17.119 anything significant. He hadn't defeated a giant like David, hadn't 0:24:17.160 --> 0:24:20.200 parted the Red Sea like Moses, hadn't brought a dead 0:24:20.240 --> 0:24:23.679 person back to life like Elijah. It seemed like he 0:24:23.800 --> 0:24:27.160 was just ordinary, just working on the farm every day, 0:24:27.440 --> 0:24:30.800 gathering up the wheat. But God calls us what we 0:24:30.960 --> 0:24:35.160 are before it happens. He knows what's in us. He's 0:24:35.200 --> 0:24:38.400 the one that put the potential, the gifts, the talents. 0:24:39.080 --> 0:24:42.479 Gideon finally did what I'm asking us to do. Instead 0:24:42.520 --> 0:24:46.760 of seeing himself as ordinary not able to something rose 0:24:46.840 --> 0:24:50.200 up on the inside. He said, in effect, if God 0:24:50.240 --> 0:24:53.080 says I'm a mighty hero, then I believe I'm a 0:24:53.160 --> 0:24:57.440 mighty hero. He went out with thirty two thousand men 0:24:57.720 --> 0:25:00.760 to fight the Midianites, but God told him. 0:25:00.600 --> 0:25:03.680 That was too many. He kept weeding it down more 0:25:03.800 --> 0:25:04.280 and more. 0:25:04.680 --> 0:25:08.240 Finally, when he just had three hundred men, he went 0:25:08.240 --> 0:25:13.240 out to fight this army of thousands and thousands. Sometimes 0:25:13.480 --> 0:25:15.959 God will let the odds be against you in a 0:25:16.040 --> 0:25:19.760 great way, so when he turns it around, you'll know. 0:25:19.720 --> 0:25:21.159 It's him and not you. 0:25:22.119 --> 0:25:26.440 At midnight, Gideon and those three hundred men attacked the Midianites. 0:25:26.880 --> 0:25:29.679 They rushed to their camp shouting a sword for the 0:25:29.760 --> 0:25:34.040 Lord and a sword for Gideon. Here a few days earlier, 0:25:34.520 --> 0:25:38.439 Gideon was hiding from his enemies. Now he's rushing toward 0:25:38.560 --> 0:25:42.480 them with all of the men shouting his name. God 0:25:42.560 --> 0:25:45.760 wanted Gid in to hear them declaring that he was 0:25:45.800 --> 0:25:50.480 a mighty hero. The Midianites got confused and started fighting 0:25:50.560 --> 0:25:54.920 each other. They ended up defeating themselves, and Gideon won 0:25:55.040 --> 0:25:59.080 the victory. When God calls you a mighty hero, if 0:25:59.080 --> 0:26:02.359 you'll get an agreement with him, you will become a 0:26:02.480 --> 0:26:05.959 mighty hero. He will make things happen that you couldn't 0:26:06.000 --> 0:26:06.600 make happen. 0:26:07.200 --> 0:26:08.960 Now, quit discounting yourself. 0:26:09.480 --> 0:26:11.840 If I had the training, if I came from a 0:26:11.880 --> 0:26:15.439 different family, if this pandemic hadn't a hit, then I 0:26:15.480 --> 0:26:19.359 could do something great. God wants to do something great 0:26:19.480 --> 0:26:23.240 in your life. Despite odds being against you. He's not 0:26:23.400 --> 0:26:26.520 limited by what you don't have, by what the economy 0:26:26.600 --> 0:26:30.159 is doing, by what hasn't worked out. He doesn't need 0:26:30.280 --> 0:26:33.280 everything you think you need. He's going to cause you 0:26:33.359 --> 0:26:36.800 to accomplish great things with less resources. 0:26:37.320 --> 0:26:38.159 Just ask David. 0:26:38.680 --> 0:26:41.560 All he had was a slingshot and a few stones, 0:26:41.800 --> 0:26:43.800 but that catapulted. 0:26:43.160 --> 0:26:46.840 Him into his destiny. God is calling you. 0:26:46.840 --> 0:26:51.320 A giant killer, a history maker, a mighty hero. Why 0:26:51.320 --> 0:26:54.520 don't you get in agreement with him? What a shame 0:26:54.640 --> 0:26:58.560 to live and die and never really know who you are? 0:26:59.400 --> 0:27:02.520 What could did you become if you saw yourself the 0:27:02.560 --> 0:27:06.560 way God sees you? What dreams could you accomplish? What 0:27:06.600 --> 0:27:11.240 obstacles could you overcome? What businesses could you build? What 0:27:11.359 --> 0:27:15.160 books could you write? What influence could you have if 0:27:15.200 --> 0:27:19.280 you only knew who you are? Gideon didn't feel like 0:27:19.320 --> 0:27:22.560 a mighty hero. He didn't come from influence and wealth. 0:27:22.840 --> 0:27:27.640 He wasn't strong and courageous. Nothing about his circumstances look 0:27:27.800 --> 0:27:31.080 like what God said. But God calls you what you 0:27:31.280 --> 0:27:33.199 are before you become it. 0:27:33.800 --> 0:27:35.200 Then it's up to you. 0:27:35.760 --> 0:27:38.480 If you'll believe it, get it down in your spirit, 0:27:38.760 --> 0:27:43.160 it will become a reality. Gideon never dreamed one day 0:27:43.160 --> 0:27:46.040 he would be in the Bible. Never dream thousands of 0:27:46.119 --> 0:27:49.800 years ago, we'd be talking about his story. You don't 0:27:49.840 --> 0:27:52.919 know where God is taking you. You don't know the 0:27:52.960 --> 0:27:56.120 doors he's going to open, the giants you're going to defeat, 0:27:56.359 --> 0:27:59.720 the influence you're going to have. There's an awesome future 0:27:59.800 --> 0:28:03.000 in front of you, but it's dependent on how you 0:28:03.040 --> 0:28:03.960 see yourself. 0:28:04.680 --> 0:28:05.920 Who do you say you are? 0:28:06.560 --> 0:28:11.160 Average, limited, disadvantage, not able to that will keep you 0:28:11.240 --> 0:28:15.520 from your destiny. Instead of letting people define you, instead 0:28:15.520 --> 0:28:18.120 of letting your past label you, why don't. 0:28:17.920 --> 0:28:20.320 You go back to what God says about you. 0:28:20.720 --> 0:28:24.240 He's the one that made you. Like Gideon, you may 0:28:24.280 --> 0:28:27.720 not realize who you are. God send an angel to 0:28:27.800 --> 0:28:31.480 remind him. He rose up and left his mark. An 0:28:31.560 --> 0:28:34.679 angel may not appear to you, but maybe God is 0:28:34.760 --> 0:28:38.360 using me to remind you who you are. You are 0:28:38.400 --> 0:28:49.320 a mighty hero. You are a masterpiece. 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