You Are Worthy

0:00:00.920 --> 0:00:03.800 Hi, this is Joelan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 0:00:03.880 --> 0:00:07.520 to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. We 0:00:07.560 --> 0:00:11.400 believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, 0:00:11.560 --> 0:00:15.280 and favor filled. God bless you today and enjoy the message. 0:00:15.640 --> 0:00:18.160 God bless you. It's great to be with you today, 0:00:18.239 --> 0:00:20.680 and I hope you'll stay connected with us during the 0:00:20.720 --> 0:00:24.640 week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, 0:00:25.160 --> 0:00:27.720 and you can come visit us in person. We'd love 0:00:27.760 --> 0:00:30.080 to have you be a part of one of our services. 0:00:30.520 --> 0:00:32.600 I'd like to start with something funny, and I heard 0:00:32.600 --> 0:00:35.600 about this burglar that broke into a house one night. 0:00:36.320 --> 0:00:38.880 Just as he was stealing the stereo, he heard a 0:00:38.960 --> 0:00:42.640 voice saying, Jesus is watching you. He froze in his 0:00:42.760 --> 0:00:45.720 tracks and shined his flashlight over in the corner and 0:00:45.760 --> 0:00:48.559 saw a parrot. He said, did you say that to me? 0:00:48.960 --> 0:00:51.360 The parent said yes, I'm just trying to warn you. 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:54.800 The burglar said, warn me, what are you talking about? 0:00:54.960 --> 0:00:57.959 Who are you? The parent said, my name is Moses. 0:00:58.640 --> 0:01:01.200 Burglar kind of laughed and said, what kind of crazy 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:04.880 people would name a parent Moses. The parent said the 0:01:04.920 --> 0:01:07.120 same kind of people that would name a one hundred 0:01:07.160 --> 0:01:11.920 and fifty pound rockweller. Jesus. All right, y'all say it 0:01:11.959 --> 0:01:14.800 like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 0:01:14.880 --> 0:01:17.320 what it says I am. I have what it says 0:01:17.400 --> 0:01:20.080 I have. I can do what it says I can do. 0:01:20.440 --> 0:01:23.360 Today I will be taught the word of God. I 0:01:23.560 --> 0:01:27.919 boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:32.119 I will never be the same. In Jesus's name, God 0:01:32.160 --> 0:01:35.800 bless you. I want to talk to you today about 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:39.760 you are worthy. It's easy to go through life feeling 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:42.880 like we don't measure up. We focus on our flaws 0:01:42.920 --> 0:01:46.440 and weaknesses and how we should be further along. We 0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:50.560 let guilt and condemnation weigh us down. Or we've been 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:54.840 through disappointments, dreams haven't worked out, people have done us wrong. 0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:58.760 It's opened the door to insecurity and low self esteem. 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:02.400 The enemy he uses these things to try to steal 0:02:02.520 --> 0:02:06.640 our sense of value. He'll whisper, you don't deserve to 0:02:06.640 --> 0:02:10.800 be blessed. Look at the mistakes you've made. You're not valuable. 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:14.000 Look at the family you come from. You're not attractive. 0:02:14.280 --> 0:02:17.840 Look how beautiful your coworker is. He loved for you 0:02:17.919 --> 0:02:21.440 to believe the lie that you're not worthy. But here's 0:02:21.480 --> 0:02:24.640 the key. Your worth is not based on what you have, 0:02:25.440 --> 0:02:28.640 what family you come from, or how perfectly you live. 0:02:29.360 --> 0:02:32.040 Your worth is based on the fact that you're a 0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:36.240 child of the most High God. You are worthy not 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:39.840 because of what you did, but because of what Jesus did. 0:02:40.360 --> 0:02:44.800 He made you worthy. God created you in his own image. 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:48.800 You have royal blood flowing through your veins. He crowned 0:02:48.840 --> 0:02:53.040 you with favor. He calls you a masterpiece. Now, don't 0:02:53.120 --> 0:02:57.280 let how people treat you determine your worth. Don't let 0:02:57.360 --> 0:03:00.640 what someone said or how they make you feel cause 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:05.160 you to live inferior. They don't determine your value. They 0:03:05.160 --> 0:03:08.519 didn't breathe life into you. They didn't choose you before 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:11.959 you were formed in your mother's wombs. They can't make 0:03:12.000 --> 0:03:16.360 you feel inferior unless you give them permissions. Quit giving 0:03:16.400 --> 0:03:19.400 it to them. You have the fingerprints of God all 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:23.480 over you. He calls you his prize possession, one of 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:28.040 a kind, fearfully and wonderfully made. But sometimes we let 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:31.600 our weaknesses and areas we need to improve in cause 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:35.360 us to feel unworthy. We go around down on ourselves, 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:38.480 thinking once we get it all together. Then we can 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:41.880 feel good about who we are. But your worth is 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:45.640 not based on your performance. There's nothing you can do 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:49.680 to make you more valuable. If I work harder, be 0:03:49.800 --> 0:03:53.880 more discipline, pray longer, spend more time with my children, 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:57.480 then I'll deserve to be blessed. Well, that's all good. 0:03:57.920 --> 0:04:02.640 That's developing character, but that's not affecting your worth. It's 0:04:02.680 --> 0:04:06.800 not making you more valuable. Your value comes from your creator. 0:04:07.720 --> 0:04:11.640 Don't go through life living performance based trying to earn 0:04:11.680 --> 0:04:16.000 your worth. Earn your value. The problem is you'll never 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:20.400 measure up. We all make mistakes, we all have shortcomings. 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:24.080 Take the pressure off. You don't have to work for it, 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:28.560 just receive it. I am worthy, I am valuable. I've 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:32.839 been approved by Almighty God. Every time you say that, 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:38.440 something powerful happens. You're getting stronger, more confident. Your self 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:43.599 esteem is increasing. Forces of darkness cannot stay when you 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:48.280 know you are worthy, not you're going to be. When 0:04:48.279 --> 0:04:51.240 I control my tipper better, when I quit saying things 0:04:51.240 --> 0:04:54.359 I shouldn't, when I get in shape, when my boss 0:04:54.360 --> 0:04:57.960 starts respecting me, then I'll feel good about myself. No, 0:04:58.080 --> 0:05:01.200 how about right now, believing that that you're worthy, that 0:05:01.240 --> 0:05:06.880 you're forgiven, redeemed, restored, one of a kind. Those are 0:05:06.920 --> 0:05:09.880 the thoughts that need to be playing in your mind 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:14.839 throughout the day. Not guilt, shame, I'm not up to par. 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:18.520 Why can't I perform better? These people at work look 0:05:18.600 --> 0:05:22.200 down on me. You can't stop all that, but you 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:25.560 can decide what you're going to dwell on. Tune all 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:29.080 that out, and get in agreement with God. You are worthy, 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:33.960 you are valuable. You deserve to be blessed. You deserve 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:40.560 to live in abundance, victorious, healthy, productive, fever filled life. 0:05:40.720 --> 0:05:43.880 A friend of mine was raised in a very dysfunctional home. 0:05:44.400 --> 0:05:48.160 His father was an alcoholic. He would become violent. They 0:05:48.200 --> 0:05:51.560 lived in government housing as mother was on drugs. That 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:55.320 was always fighting and conflict in the house. He was 0:05:55.400 --> 0:05:58.920 told that he would never amount to anything. He didn't 0:05:58.960 --> 0:06:02.159 know any better, he believed it. He grew up with 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:05.960 this sense of shame and unworthiness, thinking I'm not good enough, 0:06:06.440 --> 0:06:09.920 I don't deserve anything. He thought it was his fault 0:06:10.360 --> 0:06:14.400 that he was to blame. The enemy loves to twist things. 0:06:14.960 --> 0:06:18.440 He'll use other people's dysfunction to try to convince you 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:21.160 that you're the problem. You're not up the par If 0:06:21.200 --> 0:06:24.760 you were better, this wouldn't have happened. Don't believe those lies. 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:29.359 You are not responsible for their dysfunction. Don't start taking 0:06:29.360 --> 0:06:32.240 the blame for something that doesn't have anything to do 0:06:32.320 --> 0:06:35.400 with you. In his twenties, this young man left home 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:39.080 and was living in his car. He had a great imagination, 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:44.120 amazing ability to tell stories, very creative. He knew that 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:47.719 God had given him that gift, but everything said, you 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:51.320 don't deserve to be blessed, you come from dysfunction and abuse. 0:06:51.880 --> 0:06:54.800 So working at a fast food restaurant, barely making it, 0:06:55.400 --> 0:06:58.240 thinking that's all he deserved. One day he flipped on 0:06:58.279 --> 0:07:01.680 the television and he heard me talking about how our 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:04.719 value is not based on what we do, and it's 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:07.599 not based on how people treat us, and not even 0:07:07.640 --> 0:07:10.520 based on how perfectly we perform. It comes from God. 0:07:11.160 --> 0:07:13.880 It was like a light went off of the inside, 0:07:14.040 --> 0:07:18.560 a stronghold was broken. Instead of having this defeated mindset, 0:07:19.160 --> 0:07:23.960 I'm lacking, I'm limited, I'm at a disadvantage, he started 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:28.200 reprogramming his mind all through the day. I am worthy, 0:07:28.760 --> 0:07:31.480 I am valuable, I am a one of a kind. 0:07:31.920 --> 0:07:35.040 I deserve to be successful. I'm a child of the 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:38.880 most High God. You have to give yourself permission to 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:42.720 be blessed. He put his shoulders back and started carrying 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:47.080 himself differently. He began to pray bold prayers and expect 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:52.840 God's favor. Today, he's incredibly successful in the entertainment industry. 0:07:53.160 --> 0:07:57.160 God has donemoored than he ever imagined. Maybe like him, 0:07:57.520 --> 0:08:00.440 you've been in environments that you've let less and your 0:08:00.480 --> 0:08:06.080 sense of value now there's shame, guilt, inferiority. You don't 0:08:06.080 --> 0:08:09.080 feel like you deserve to be blessed. You have negative 0:08:09.080 --> 0:08:13.080 baggage in your family line. None of that has changed 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:17.200 your value. No matter what people have done, you are 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:21.440 still a masterpiece. No matter who walked away, you are 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:25.160 still a prized possession. No matter how far off course 0:08:25.200 --> 0:08:29.000 you've gotten, you still have the fingerprints of God all over. 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:32.800 You don't go through life with the wrong recording playing 0:08:32.840 --> 0:08:37.160 in your mind. I'm damaged, I'm not good enough, I'm lacking. 0:08:37.559 --> 0:08:41.880 No change that recording. You are worthy, You are valuable. 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:47.160 God handpicked you, He breathed his life into you. Now 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:52.000 it's up to you to receive your worth, receive your value. 0:08:52.200 --> 0:08:54.280 You don't have to work for it. You don't have 0:08:54.320 --> 0:08:57.520 to earn it, just receive it. This is what faith 0:08:57.600 --> 0:09:00.480 is all about. I was in someone's lia home a 0:09:00.520 --> 0:09:03.200 few years ago and they had all these paintings on 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:06.040 the wall. I don't know a lot about art, but 0:09:06.080 --> 0:09:08.920 they didn't look very impressive to me. In fact, some 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:11.800 of them looked like they were drawn by children, real 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:16.760 modern and abstract paint thrown here and there. Later that evening, 0:09:16.920 --> 0:09:19.520 the men told me how for just one of those 0:09:19.559 --> 0:09:23.640 paintings he had paid over a million dollars. I looked 0:09:23.640 --> 0:09:27.079 at it again, thought, Wow, that is beautiful, isn't it. 0:09:27.080 --> 0:09:31.200 It was an original Piicasso, painted by the famous artist 0:09:31.520 --> 0:09:35.800 Pablo Picasso. What dawned on me that day was it's 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:38.920 not so much what the painting looks like, it's who 0:09:38.960 --> 0:09:43.559 the painter is. The picture gets its value from its creator. 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:46.960 Someone could have copied that painting tried to sell it, 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:50.000 they wouldn't have gotten a fraction of the price. It 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:55.400 was valuable because Pablo Picasso put his fingerprints on it. 0:09:55.400 --> 0:09:58.480 It's the same way with us. Our value doesn't come 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:01.880 from what we look like, we do, how successful we 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:05.800 are or aren't. Our value comes from the fact almighty 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:10.520 God is our painter. If Aesians too says you are 0:10:10.600 --> 0:10:14.920 God's masterpiece, you didn't come off an assembly line. You 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:18.760 weren't mass produced. When God made you, he threw away 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:22.640 the mold. Eight billion people on the planet and no 0:10:22.679 --> 0:10:25.800 one has your fingerprints. You are one of a kind, 0:10:26.160 --> 0:10:29.920 a designer's originals. And it'd be great to have a Picasso, 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:36.160 a Rembrandt, Michelangelo painting. That would be impressive. But imagine 0:10:36.200 --> 0:10:39.959 having the artist that flung stars into space, the spoke 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:45.120 worlds into existence, that created the universe. That's who designs you. 0:10:46.040 --> 0:10:48.800 That's why you're worthy. That's why you can put your 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:53.560 shoulders back and expect good things. But I wonder how 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:58.160 God must feel after creating us a masterpiece, when we 0:10:58.200 --> 0:11:01.840 go around thinking we're unworthy. I'm just average, Joel. I 0:11:01.880 --> 0:11:05.280 got these flaws. That's why I'm down on myself. Or 0:11:05.320 --> 0:11:09.960 I've had setbacks. People didn't keep their word. I'm damaged, 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:14.960 I'm inferior. None of that changed your value. That Picasso 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:18.880 painting is valuable in that nice home and is valuable 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:23.880 in a rundown apartment. The environment doesn't change its value. 0:11:23.920 --> 0:11:26.800 People may not recognize it. I didn't, but that didn't 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:30.880 change its worth. Other people may not see your value. 0:11:31.280 --> 0:11:34.240 They may try to discount you, make it feel less than. 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:37.520 The only way that will stop you is if you 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:41.240 let them convince you that you're not valuable. Tune all 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:44.400 that out. Here's what God says about you. You are 0:11:44.440 --> 0:11:49.880 wonderfully made. You are talented, you are attractive, you are competent, 0:11:50.160 --> 0:11:54.720 you are blessed, you are victorious. Now that's good for 0:11:54.800 --> 0:11:57.800 me to speak it over you build your faith. But 0:11:57.960 --> 0:12:02.080 something more powerful happens when you speak it. When you 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:04.600 say it long enough, it will get down in your 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:08.640 spirit and become a reality all through the day, even 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:12.360 if it's under your breath. I am worthy, i am valuable, 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:15.800 I am a masterpiece. I'm a child of the Most 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:19.240 High God. There's a young man in the scripture named 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:23.800 maphibis Chef. He was the grandson of King Saul. His 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:28.040 father was Jonathan David's best friend. Maphibus Chef had been 0:12:28.040 --> 0:12:31.559 born into royalty, destined to one day take the throne, 0:12:32.160 --> 0:12:35.160 but when he was five years old, his father and 0:12:35.280 --> 0:12:38.320 grandfather were killed in a battle. On the same day, 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:42.199 the opposing army hid it into town to try to 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:46.240 finish off all of Saul's family. When Mamphibis Chef's maid 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:49.480 grabbed him and took off, running as fast as she 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:52.640 could to try to hide him. As she's going down 0:12:52.679 --> 0:12:56.280 the stairs, she tripped and fell. Maphibaschef hit the ground 0:12:56.320 --> 0:12:59.240 so hard that he broke both of his legs and 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:05.080 became crippled. He never walked again. Sometimes well meaning people 0:13:05.200 --> 0:13:08.400 can drop us. This maid was trying to do the 0:13:08.480 --> 0:13:12.680 right thing. She had good intentions, but her mistake cost 0:13:12.720 --> 0:13:16.840 him his mobility. Like Maphibicus Chef, someone may have dropped 0:13:16.880 --> 0:13:19.960 you put you at a disadvantage. They didn't mean to. 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:23.600 They would take it back if they could, but they tripped, 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:28.280 and now you struggled with an addiction. They tripped, They 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:31.800 didn't protect you and nurture you and keep their word, 0:13:31.920 --> 0:13:35.160 and now you struggle with low self esteem or with 0:13:35.240 --> 0:13:38.720 your sense of worth. When Maphibis Chef ended up living 0:13:39.200 --> 0:13:41.880 in a place called lordo Bar, it was one of 0:13:41.880 --> 0:13:45.959 the poorest, most run down cities of that day. Here 0:13:46.000 --> 0:13:49.000 he was the grandson of the king. He'd grown up 0:13:49.040 --> 0:13:52.479 in the palace. Now he was living in the slums, 0:13:52.760 --> 0:13:58.400 barely surviving. Here's the key. Your location doesn't change your value. 0:13:59.240 --> 0:14:01.440 He was living in load of bar, but he was 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:05.120 still royalty. You may feel like you're in load of bar. 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:09.679 Things have come against you, circumstances you don't understand, but 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:14.120 nothing has lessened your value. No person that did you wrong, 0:14:14.600 --> 0:14:18.360 no bad break, no mistake you've made. You are still 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:21.640 a child of the most time. You are still worthy. 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:25.960 You still have a purpose to fulfill. Yes, they dropped you, 0:14:26.640 --> 0:14:30.040 but they didn't stop your destiny. You may be in 0:14:30.120 --> 0:14:32.800 load of bar, but don't let lodobar get in you. 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:36.000 That's where you are. It is not who you are. 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:40.840 God sees these times where you were put at a disadvantage, 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:44.840 times you were left out, the times people manipulated things 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:48.360 at work to get their way. The enemy loves to 0:14:48.480 --> 0:14:51.960 use those things to make you feel unworthy, like you 0:14:52.000 --> 0:14:55.040 don't deserve to be blessed. This is when you have 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:58.320 to take control of your thought life. You can't be 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:02.240 passive and let the negative play. You have to remind 0:15:02.320 --> 0:15:05.800 yourself who you are. If you don't tell yourself who 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:08.400 you are, the enemy will tell you who you are 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:13.200 all through the day. I am worthy, I am valuable, 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:17.120 I have royal blood in my veins. My location didn't 0:15:17.200 --> 0:15:20.680 change my identity. I'm still a child of the most time. 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:23.640 His plans for me are still good, to give me 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:28.200 a future to prosper me. Well years went by, I'm 0:15:28.200 --> 0:15:30.680 sure I'm a phibis Chef thought that God had forgotten 0:15:30.720 --> 0:15:34.720 about him. He was satisfied living in Lodobar, thought that 0:15:34.800 --> 0:15:39.520 was his destiny. But God wasn't satisfied. God loves you 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:42.840 too much to let you live below who you were 0:15:42.880 --> 0:15:46.320 created to be. One day, out of the blue, King 0:15:46.400 --> 0:15:49.360 David said to his men, is there anyone from the 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:53.000 House of Saul still alive? So I can show kindness 0:15:53.000 --> 0:15:56.920 to them? This is how amazing God is. Sau spent 0:15:57.080 --> 0:16:00.800 years trying to kill David. He made David's life miserable 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:03.760 where he had to live on the run. You would 0:16:03.760 --> 0:16:07.120 think the last person David would think about doing good 0:16:07.200 --> 0:16:11.160 for would be Saul's family. But God is not going 0:16:11.200 --> 0:16:16.520 to leave you in Lodobar. Lodobar is temporary. The injustice, 0:16:16.840 --> 0:16:20.520 the sickness, the trouble is not how your story ends. 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:24.240 You're coming out of Lodobar. You don't belong there. You 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:28.120 have royal blood, you have a crown of favor. You 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:32.240 are worthy, you are valuable, and you are destined to 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:36.240 overcome well. David's men told him that Jonathan had a 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:40.360 son that was still alive, but he was crippled living 0:16:40.440 --> 0:16:45.000 in the slums of Lodobar. David didn't think twice. He said, 0:16:45.000 --> 0:16:48.920 go find him and bring him to the palace. When 0:16:48.960 --> 0:16:52.080 the King's men came into the slums, everyone was talking. 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:55.120 There was this buzz what's going on? What are they 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:58.320 doing here? The fibbish ship heard the knock on his 0:16:58.440 --> 0:17:02.440 little makeshift hot He scooted to the door to open it. 0:17:03.000 --> 0:17:05.760 They asked, are you a phibis chef? He said in 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:09.639 a weak voice. I am. They said, the King is 0:17:09.680 --> 0:17:14.040 looking for you. You're coming to the palace with us. Here 0:17:14.119 --> 0:17:19.520 this crippled man feeling unworthy, washed up being dropped, but 0:17:19.640 --> 0:17:22.600 now he's headed to the palace. You may have been 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:26.800 through things that weren't fair, thoughts whisper, you're not worthy either. 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:30.760 Nobody even cares about you. Can I tell you the 0:17:30.880 --> 0:17:34.520 King is looking for you. God sent me to knock 0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:37.560 on your door to let you know he's not going 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:42.119 to leave you there. That environment did not change your value. 0:17:42.200 --> 0:17:46.400 You are still royalty. They dropped you, but it didn't 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:50.000 lessen your worth. You are still a masterpiece. You are 0:17:50.040 --> 0:17:54.479 still destined to do great things. They carried the phibis 0:17:54.560 --> 0:17:58.720 Chef to the palace. He was afraid, thinking maybe David 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:02.360 was gonna pay him back for how his grandfather treated him. 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:05.840 The big moment finally came. David walked in the room. 0:18:06.119 --> 0:18:08.960 Maphiblis Cheff fell to the ground. He looked up and 0:18:09.000 --> 0:18:12.280 said to David, what do you want with a dead 0:18:12.400 --> 0:18:17.400 dog like me? Notice how he saw himself not valuable. 0:18:18.040 --> 0:18:21.600 I don't deserve anything good. I'm crippled. I live in 0:18:21.640 --> 0:18:26.320 the slums. My grandfather mistreated you. Right when he thought 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:29.120 David was gonna let him have it, pay him back 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:32.160 for all the wrongs, David said, no, no, mafiblis Chef. 0:18:32.800 --> 0:18:35.280 I didn't bring you here to harm you. I brought 0:18:35.359 --> 0:18:38.160 you here to bless you. I didn't have my men 0:18:38.240 --> 0:18:41.320 search you out so I could get revenge. I had 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:44.919 them carry you to the palace because I know something 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:48.879 about you that others may not know. You are royalty, 0:18:49.359 --> 0:18:52.400 you are the grandson of the king. You belong here. 0:18:53.440 --> 0:18:56.400 He went on to say, from now on, you will 0:18:56.440 --> 0:19:00.000 live here with me. Every night. You will eat dinner 0:19:00.160 --> 0:19:02.879 at my table, not at the staff's table. But with 0:19:03.040 --> 0:19:06.640 me and all the land that belonged to your grandfather, 0:19:07.040 --> 0:19:10.520 I'm giving it back to you. But how many of 0:19:10.600 --> 0:19:14.920 us feel like mafilish chef. We're not worthy, we don't 0:19:14.920 --> 0:19:18.280 deserve to be blessed. We got dropped, people put us 0:19:18.280 --> 0:19:22.200 at a disadvantage, or we've made mistakes. Now we're in 0:19:22.320 --> 0:19:26.359 load of bar. None of that lessens your value. My 0:19:26.480 --> 0:19:29.640 phiblish chef felt like a dead dog. You can't get 0:19:29.720 --> 0:19:32.840 much lower than that. What did God do? Put him 0:19:32.840 --> 0:19:36.080 in the palace, gave him a seat at the king's table, 0:19:36.520 --> 0:19:39.960 restored all that belonged to his family. God is going 0:19:40.000 --> 0:19:42.760 to do the same thing for you. He is not 0:19:42.840 --> 0:19:46.480 going to leave you at a deficit, at a disadvantage, 0:19:46.680 --> 0:19:49.720 at a broken place. You're coming out a load of bar. 0:19:50.520 --> 0:19:53.600 I get rid of that dead dog mentality, the shame, 0:19:53.880 --> 0:19:57.919 the guilt voice is whispering you're not good enough, you 0:19:57.960 --> 0:20:01.880 don't measure up, you don't deserve to be blessed. That's 0:20:01.920 --> 0:20:05.359 the enemy trying to keep you in loader bar. God 0:20:05.480 --> 0:20:08.919 sent me with a message, you don't belong there. You 0:20:08.960 --> 0:20:13.199 are royalty. What's happened in your past has not stopped 0:20:13.240 --> 0:20:17.200 your future. What God promised you early on, He's still 0:20:17.240 --> 0:20:20.600 going to do You. May have gotten dropped, but he 0:20:20.680 --> 0:20:22.960 knows how to pick you up and carry you to 0:20:23.040 --> 0:20:26.480 the palace. You got stuck in Lodo bar. He's looking 0:20:26.520 --> 0:20:30.720 for you right now. Restoration is coming, Promotion is coming, 0:20:30.880 --> 0:20:34.720 healing is coming, breakthroughs are coming. There's about to be 0:20:34.720 --> 0:20:38.480 a knock on your door, a shift, a divine connection, 0:20:39.000 --> 0:20:43.600 a supernatural turnaround. Now get your fireback. No more a 0:20:43.640 --> 0:20:47.880 dead dog mentality. You belong to the King. You are worthy, 0:20:48.480 --> 0:20:52.480 You are valuable. You deserve to be blessed to live 0:20:52.480 --> 0:20:58.359 a happy, victorious, fulfilled life. I don't know, Joe. I 0:20:58.359 --> 0:21:01.520 don't think I deserve anything. I'm just a poor old 0:21:01.600 --> 0:21:05.639 sinner saved by grace. No, we used to be sinners, 0:21:06.080 --> 0:21:08.720 but when we gave our life to Christ, we became 0:21:08.760 --> 0:21:13.040 a new creation. We are no longer sinners. We are 0:21:13.240 --> 0:21:17.639 sons and daughters of the Most High God. That's why 0:21:17.800 --> 0:21:21.160 we deserve to be blessed, because of what Jesus did. 0:21:22.080 --> 0:21:24.960 If you want to make God proud, don't go around 0:21:25.000 --> 0:21:29.840 with an unworthy I don't deserve it. Dead dog mentality. No, 0:21:30.000 --> 0:21:33.960 step up to the table, Come into the palace. Believe 0:21:34.040 --> 0:21:37.880 that you're worthy, Believe that you're valuable. Believe that your 0:21:37.960 --> 0:21:41.359 father is a good God, that he takes pleasure in 0:21:41.480 --> 0:21:45.680 prospering you. But sometimes we think our mistakes have made 0:21:45.760 --> 0:21:50.639 us unworthy. We made poor choices, we don't deserve anything good, 0:21:50.960 --> 0:21:55.280 we can't expect God's blessings. But those mistakes didn't change 0:21:55.280 --> 0:21:58.879 your value. That's what you did. That's not who you are. 0:21:59.240 --> 0:22:02.080 You are still a child of the most Time, you 0:22:02.119 --> 0:22:05.440 are still created in his image. But this is when 0:22:05.480 --> 0:22:09.240 the accuser will work over time to remind you of 0:22:09.280 --> 0:22:12.399 everything you've done wrong, how you don't measure up and 0:22:12.560 --> 0:22:16.040 you should have been more disciplined. Don't fall into that trap. 0:22:16.560 --> 0:22:20.399 Shake off the unworthiness, shake off that guilt, and step 0:22:20.480 --> 0:22:24.399 up to the table. The scripture says, come boldly to 0:22:24.480 --> 0:22:28.040 the throne of grace to obtain mercy. You can't go 0:22:28.160 --> 0:22:31.640 as a weak worm of the dust. I don't deserve it. 0:22:32.000 --> 0:22:35.439 I'm so unworthy, I can't do anything right. No, go 0:22:35.560 --> 0:22:38.960 to God with boldness. God, I know you have made 0:22:39.000 --> 0:22:42.560 me worthy. I believe you love me. I believe you 0:22:42.720 --> 0:22:46.520 for me, that you have good things in store. Don't 0:22:46.560 --> 0:22:50.240 go as a beggar, go as a believer, with confidence, 0:22:50.480 --> 0:22:54.720 with boldness, not because of who you are, but because 0:22:54.760 --> 0:22:59.000 of who you are a child of Almighty God. Jesus 0:22:59.040 --> 0:23:01.280 told a parable about it a young man that God 0:23:01.320 --> 0:23:04.560 has inheritance early and he left home and his father 0:23:04.640 --> 0:23:07.080 knew it wasn't a good choice, but the young man 0:23:07.240 --> 0:23:10.960 wanted his own way. He went out and wasted all 0:23:11.000 --> 0:23:14.959 of his money partying, making bad choices. He ended up 0:23:15.000 --> 0:23:18.400 working in a hog pen. God's so desperate he had 0:23:18.400 --> 0:23:22.040 to eat the hogfood to survive. He finally decided to 0:23:22.080 --> 0:23:25.920 go back home, but he felt so unworthy and so underserving. 0:23:26.600 --> 0:23:28.480 He said, I'm not going to go back as a 0:23:28.600 --> 0:23:30.960 son and try to live at the house like I 0:23:31.080 --> 0:23:33.639 used to. I'm just going to go ask my father 0:23:33.920 --> 0:23:37.400 if I can be a servant and employ and work 0:23:37.520 --> 0:23:40.480 like the rest of the staff. He was basing his 0:23:40.680 --> 0:23:44.880 value on his performance. He performed poorly. He didn't think 0:23:44.920 --> 0:23:48.800 he was valuable. He headed home when the father saw 0:23:48.880 --> 0:23:52.520 him a long way off, The scripture says the father 0:23:52.680 --> 0:23:56.800 took off running toward him. That means the father was 0:23:56.840 --> 0:24:01.479 looking for him every day, where's my son? Maybe today 0:24:01.560 --> 0:24:05.720 he'll come home, Maybe today he'll change his mind. The 0:24:05.760 --> 0:24:09.000 whole time, the son was thinking, he's gonna be so upset. 0:24:09.680 --> 0:24:11.880 He's not gonna want to see me, He's gonna let 0:24:11.880 --> 0:24:14.920 me have it. Those are the two voices that come 0:24:14.960 --> 0:24:18.239 to us all. God's not gonna forgive you. Look what 0:24:18.280 --> 0:24:23.000 you've done. You better stay away. That's the accuser doing 0:24:23.040 --> 0:24:26.399 what he does best, trying to make you feel unworthy. 0:24:27.040 --> 0:24:29.439 So you have to listen to that still small voice. 0:24:29.680 --> 0:24:34.040 Come home, you're forgiven. I'm looking for you. This son 0:24:34.160 --> 0:24:37.960 was dirty, smelled like the hog's hair, not combed, but 0:24:38.000 --> 0:24:41.800 the father ran and embraced him, gave him a big hug, 0:24:41.840 --> 0:24:45.359 wouldn't let go kissed him. The son had his big 0:24:45.400 --> 0:24:49.359 speech lined up about how undeserving he was. He said 0:24:49.359 --> 0:24:53.280 in verse twenty one, father, I'm no longer worthy to 0:24:53.359 --> 0:24:57.000 be called your sons. The father acted like he didn't 0:24:57.000 --> 0:25:00.119 hear him, didn't pay it any attention. He said, why 0:25:00.119 --> 0:25:03.199 it is staff quick, Go get the best robe and 0:25:03.240 --> 0:25:06.040 put it on my son. Get some new shoes for 0:25:06.119 --> 0:25:09.680 his feet, get the family ring to make sure everyone 0:25:09.760 --> 0:25:13.080 knows he's my son. And by the way, kill the 0:25:13.119 --> 0:25:16.040 fatted calf. We're going to have a party from A 0:25:16.200 --> 0:25:20.880 son has returned home I wonder how many of us 0:25:21.400 --> 0:25:25.800 are not coming home because we feel unworthy. How many 0:25:25.840 --> 0:25:30.080 blessings are we missing because we're letting our mistakes hold 0:25:30.160 --> 0:25:33.840 us back, when in fact God is looking for us. 0:25:34.240 --> 0:25:37.800 He's not basing your value on your performance. He knows 0:25:37.840 --> 0:25:40.840 who you are. But if you don't think you deserve 0:25:40.960 --> 0:25:44.600 to be blessed, then you'll push blessings away. If you 0:25:44.600 --> 0:25:48.359 don't think you deserve to be loved, you'll push love away. 0:25:48.920 --> 0:25:52.119 God is longing to be good to you. His mercy 0:25:52.240 --> 0:25:55.639 is bigger than any mistakes. But you have to come home, 0:25:56.440 --> 0:26:00.600 put your shoulders back, come boldly to the throne. A 0:26:00.680 --> 0:26:04.440 dead dog mentality. I've had bad breaks. They put me 0:26:04.560 --> 0:26:08.160 at a disadvantage. They may have dropped you, but they 0:26:08.160 --> 0:26:12.280 didn't change your value. You are still royalty. Now do 0:26:12.440 --> 0:26:16.199 your part and receive your work. Don't try to earn it, 0:26:16.600 --> 0:26:20.159 don't live performance based. Take the pressure off and just 0:26:20.320 --> 0:26:24.439 receive it every day. I am worthy, I am valuable, 0:26:24.800 --> 0:26:27.840 I am a child of the most time. If you'll 0:26:27.840 --> 0:26:32.520 do this, I believe and declare, like Maphibi chef, you're 0:26:32.560 --> 0:26:37.119 coming out of lodo bar, out of dysfunction into favor 0:26:37.119 --> 0:26:41.120 promotion victory. God is going to make up for who 0:26:41.200 --> 0:26:44.159 dropped you and give you back everything that should have 0:26:44.240 --> 0:26:50.080 been yours. Mercy is coming, abundance, restoration, the fullness of 0:26:50.119 --> 0:26:54.160 your destiny in Jesus's name, And if you receive it, 0:26:54.480 --> 0:26:58.280 can you say amen? I'd like to give you an 0:26:58.320 --> 0:27:01.840 opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 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