You Have Been Pre-Programmed For Victory

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Thanks for listening to 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:06.280 our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 0:01:06.400 --> 0:01:08.760 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:10.319 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:01:10.640 --> 0:01:13.360 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:20.959 your life. 0:01:25.280 --> 0:01:28.200 Now, God bless you. It's always a joy to come 0:01:28.200 --> 0:01:31.039 into your homes. We love you, we know God has 0:01:31.120 --> 0:01:33.760 great things in store. If you're ever in our area, 0:01:33.840 --> 0:01:35.480 I hope to stop by and be a part of 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:37.960 our services. I promise you we'll make you feel right 0:01:38.000 --> 0:01:40.320 at home. And thanks so much for tuning in today. 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:42.959 I'd like to start with something funny each week. And 0:01:43.280 --> 0:01:46.399 I heard about this country couple. They were celebrating their 0:01:46.400 --> 0:01:50.680 fiftieth wedding anniversary and they had never had an argument before. 0:01:51.320 --> 0:01:55.160 Somebody asked them the secret of their success. The husband explained, 0:01:55.440 --> 0:01:57.840 when they were leaving the church going on their honeymoon, 0:01:58.320 --> 0:02:01.680 the wife's horse refused to go. She got off and 0:02:01.720 --> 0:02:03.920 looked the horse in the eyes and said that's one. 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:07.320 He went a little bit, but then stopped again. She 0:02:07.440 --> 0:02:09.800 got off, looked him in the eyes and said that's two. 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:13.280 He went a little bit further, but he stopped once more. 0:02:13.800 --> 0:02:16.920 This time, she got off, pulled out her revolver, and 0:02:17.000 --> 0:02:20.600 shot the horse dead. The husband was appalled. He said, 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:22.640 what are you doing. You can't just shoot an animal. 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:27.480 She looked at him and said, honey, that's one all right. 0:02:28.919 --> 0:02:30.839 That is not found in this book. By the way, 0:02:31.680 --> 0:02:33.640 hold up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:37.040 This is my Bible. I am what it says. I am. 0:02:37.600 --> 0:02:40.079 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:42.760 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:42.840 --> 0:02:47.000 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:02:47.080 --> 0:02:50.600 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:02:50.720 --> 0:02:55.280 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:57.839 to talk to you today about how you have been 0:02:57.919 --> 0:03:03.120 preprogrammed to live a victorimlorious life. God never created us 0:03:03.200 --> 0:03:06.920 to be average. We're not supposed to drag around barely 0:03:06.960 --> 0:03:10.880 making it defeated and depressed. God created us to be 0:03:11.000 --> 0:03:15.000 the head and never the tale, to be happy, healthy 0:03:15.120 --> 0:03:18.680 and whole. And the scripture says we have been made 0:03:18.919 --> 0:03:22.799 in the image of Almighty God. When God made you, 0:03:23.200 --> 0:03:26.760 he put a part of himself into you. One way 0:03:26.800 --> 0:03:29.040 you could say it is you have the DNA of 0:03:29.120 --> 0:03:33.160 Almighty God. He's your heavenly father. You got some of 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:37.520 his traits, some of his characteristics. That means in your 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:43.280 genes right now, our favor, wisdom, strength, talent, and ability. 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:47.080 God breathed his life into you. And just like you 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:50.720 got your natural DNA from your parents, you got your 0:03:51.000 --> 0:03:55.000 spiritual DNA from your heavenly father. The good news is 0:03:55.440 --> 0:04:01.520 the spiritual always overrides the natural. God's deal will override 0:04:01.720 --> 0:04:05.840 any negative DNA in your family line. We know how 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:09.440 certain characteristics can be passed down from our parents, from 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:12.800 our grandparents. People say to us a lot talking about 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:16.479 our son Jonathan, He's got his mother's eyes. He looks 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:20.040 just like Victoria. I always say, thank God God had 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:24.360 mercy on him. I see traits in our daughter Alexandra 0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:27.200 that are just like me. Before she goes to bed, 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:30.320 she lays out her clothes for the next day. She'll 0:04:30.360 --> 0:04:33.120 never go to sleep without plugging her cell phone into 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:35.880 the battery charger. She gets her homework by the back 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:38.160 door so she can just walk out in a hurry. 0:04:38.720 --> 0:04:42.600 That's the same trait my mother has. My mother's very disciplined. 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:46.359 She got it from her father. My grandfather was the 0:04:46.360 --> 0:04:50.080 same way. Why is that it's in our DNA. It's 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:53.320 being passed from one generation to the next, and not 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:59.120 just physical characteristics, but even personality traits, our attitude, our demeanor. 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:02.640 These are things that are in our DNA. That's our 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:06.880 genetic code that makes up who we are. And it's interesting. 0:05:07.240 --> 0:05:10.360 You can have a gene in your DNA that lies 0:05:10.440 --> 0:05:14.640 dormant for years, but at a specific time, when it's 0:05:14.680 --> 0:05:18.760 been preprogrammed by all the factors of who your ancestors 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:21.920 were and what's been passed down to you, that gene 0:05:21.920 --> 0:05:24.800 will activate. I know growing up, I had a good 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:28.080 friend in high school. He was the star athlete. He 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:32.559 was big, strong, muscular, and he had this thick, wavy hair. 0:05:33.120 --> 0:05:35.920 I remember after our basketball games when we would take 0:05:35.920 --> 0:05:38.840 a shower. He couldn't comb his hair like the rest 0:05:38.880 --> 0:05:41.400 of us. He had to use a big brush that 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:44.720 hardly had any bristles. I mean, I've never seen hair 0:05:44.839 --> 0:05:47.600 so thick. Well, we graduated from school and went our 0:05:47.640 --> 0:05:51.279 separate ways. About ten years later, I ran into him 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:54.800 at the mall and I nearly passed out. He didn't 0:05:54.839 --> 0:05:58.520 have thick, wavy hair anymore. To be polite about it, 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:00.880 he needed to go see the hair club for men. 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:05.520 He was completely bald except for write down through here. 0:06:05.800 --> 0:06:08.039 I wanted to say, what in the world happened? He 0:06:08.160 --> 0:06:12.560 was bigger than me, so I didn't what was that. 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:16.159 There was a gene in his DNA passed down from 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:20.080 his relatives that had a specific purpose, and that purpose 0:06:20.279 --> 0:06:23.240 was to release hair. The name of that gene was 0:06:23.279 --> 0:06:28.280 a four letter word, b ald. You could have never 0:06:28.320 --> 0:06:30.680 convinced me in high school that ten years later he 0:06:30.760 --> 0:06:34.039 was going to be bald. I'd say, no way, that's impossible. 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:38.359 How did it happen? That gene was lion doormant, just 0:06:38.480 --> 0:06:42.240 waiting for the time. It had already been pre programmed 0:06:42.360 --> 0:06:46.080 to activate. When that time came along, the gene said, 0:06:46.520 --> 0:06:49.080 my job is to release hair, and I must say 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:51.919 that gene did a great job. Now I don't know 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:54.520 about you, but I'm standing against any kind of genes 0:06:54.600 --> 0:06:57.719 like that in my family line. But just as we 0:06:57.800 --> 0:07:02.440 get this natural DNA from our parents, from our natural bloodline, 0:07:02.880 --> 0:07:06.920 we get our spiritual DNA from our heavenly father. And 0:07:07.000 --> 0:07:10.120 the scripture tells us before we ever showed up on 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:14.560 planet Earth, God knew us. We're not an accident. Your 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:17.360 parents didn't just randomly get together and decide to have 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:21.400 a child. God had a purpose for you before your 0:07:21.440 --> 0:07:25.400 parents or grandparents even knew each other. David said, here 0:07:25.440 --> 0:07:29.680 and saw one thirty nine, verse sixteen, your eyes saw 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:34.280 my unformed substance. All my days were written in your 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:37.400 book before I was ever born. What does that mean? 0:07:37.480 --> 0:07:42.440 Our unformed substance. That's talking about the DNA that God 0:07:42.480 --> 0:07:46.120 put into us. In other words, before God even had 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:49.640 your parents picked out, he had an assignment for you. 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:53.280 He had something for you to accomplish, and he took 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:58.240 that unformed substance and filled it with the right DNA 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:03.040 so you could fulfill your destiny. You have the right gifts, 0:08:03.400 --> 0:08:07.120 the right talent, the right personality, the right height. You 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:09.880 have the courage, the strength, the ability that you need. 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:13.800 But just like with the physical, some genes lie dormant, 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:16.960 waiting to be activated. Now, I believe every one of 0:08:17.040 --> 0:08:20.960 us has potential that has not yet been released. I 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:24.200 was reading about Michael Jordan when he first tried out 0:08:24.240 --> 0:08:26.760 for the basketball team in school. He didn't make it. 0:08:27.240 --> 0:08:29.560 The coach told him he just didn't think he had 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:33.360 what it took. At that point, Michael Jordan wasn't super 0:08:33.440 --> 0:08:37.000 coordinated and super athletic like he is today. But what 0:08:37.160 --> 0:08:40.680 the coach didn't realize was there was a gene locked 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:43.200 up in his DNA that was about to be released, 0:08:43.679 --> 0:08:47.320 a gene that would give him an incredible ability to jump, 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:52.040 an incredible ability to soar through the air. Michael Jordan 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:53.920 could have gotten discourage and think, well, all this is 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:57.240 just not for me. Something deep down on the inside 0:08:57.320 --> 0:09:00.479 kept telling him, this is for you. You've got whats 0:09:00.480 --> 0:09:03.480 this is what you were born to do. His destiny 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:06.040 was calling out to him. It was in his DNA. 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:09.920 Even though he went through that rejection and other setbacks, 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:15.000 he realized other people didn't determine his destiny. Other people 0:09:15.360 --> 0:09:18.360 didn't know what God put in him. He kept believing, 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:21.320 he kept being his best, kept pressing forward, and one 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:24.640 day that gene activated. He became one of the great 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:28.439 basketball players of our time. All of us have things 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:31.760 in us. We don't realize genes that are just waiting 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:35.480 to be activated. For thirty five years, I didn't know 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:37.960 there was a minister in me. I didn't know I 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:42.679 could do this. I'm naturally more quiet and reserved. I 0:09:42.880 --> 0:09:45.960 liked being behind the scenes. But when my father went 0:09:45.960 --> 0:09:49.079 to be with the Lord in nineteen ninety nine, one 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:52.079 of those genes that God put in me before the 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:55.600 foundation of time. All of the sudden it activated. All 0:09:55.600 --> 0:09:57.680 of a sudden, it came alive, and deep down on 0:09:57.720 --> 0:09:59.760 the inside, I knew that. I knew this is what 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:03.359 I wan supposed to do. Looking back now I realize 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:07.640 this wasn't a surprise to God. He had preprogrammed this 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:10.719 in me before I ever got here. All of our 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:13.960 days have been written in his book. The fact is, 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:16.640 those thirty five years that I didn't think I could 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:19.079 do it. I tell Victoria I'm not a minister. I 0:10:19.160 --> 0:10:22.720 can't speak in public. She'd tell me time and again, Yes, Joel, 0:10:22.760 --> 0:10:24.760 you can. One day. You're going to pastor the church. 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:27.560 Now all Victoria's just not in me. Now I know 0:10:28.160 --> 0:10:31.480 it was in my God given DNA that Gene was 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:34.720 just lieing dormant because it wasn't the right time. When 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:37.680 the right season came along, all of a sudden, I 0:10:37.720 --> 0:10:40.240 had a desire to do this. Now I had to 0:10:40.240 --> 0:10:42.360 make a decision. Was I going to get out of 0:10:42.400 --> 0:10:44.880 my comfort zone and believe I could do it and 0:10:44.920 --> 0:10:47.839 believe I'm equipped, or was I going to just sit back, 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:50.520 play it safe, and stay where I was let the 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:54.080 opportunity pass me by. I took that step of faith, 0:10:54.600 --> 0:10:58.000 and I really believe that's when the gene activated and 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:01.360 I stepped into my divine destiny. Now I know I'm 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:03.880 doing what I was born to do. I know this 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:06.440 is one of the reasons God put me here. Now, 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:09.199 I want to announce to you some of the genes 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:13.280 that God has already preprogrammed in you are about to 0:11:13.320 --> 0:11:16.920 be activated. Just like I didn't think I can do this, 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:21.000 You're gonna accomplish things that you never thought possible. You're 0:11:21.040 --> 0:11:25.440 gonna see new talent, new levels of ability, new levels 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:29.120 of wisdom in insight, new levels in your career, new 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:32.960 levels of success. Get that down on the inside. These 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:37.440 genes of favor, wisdom, strength, and ability are going to 0:11:37.480 --> 0:11:41.280 be activated. I love to pray every day, Father, thank 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:44.400 you that every gene you put in me will be 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:47.800 released to the full. You gotta call forth those seeds. 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:51.320 You gotta speak to your genes. When you feel kind 0:11:51.320 --> 0:11:54.120 of intimidated, like you can't do something that you know 0:11:54.240 --> 0:11:56.600 on the inside you should do, you just need to 0:11:56.600 --> 0:12:01.040 remind yourself. I have the DNA of Almighty going. God 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:03.480 breeded his life into me, and I'm not going to 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:08.640 drag around discouraged, intimidated, inferior. I know I've been equipped 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:11.960 with everything I need. I can do all things through Christ, 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:15.640 and I will fulfill my God given destiny. If you 0:12:15.640 --> 0:12:20.720 will have an attitude like that and keep pressing forward, believing, expecting, 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:25.199 then those genes of favor or increased talent promotion at 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:28.120 the right time, they will activate and help take you 0:12:28.320 --> 0:12:31.960 to new levels. You have more in you, don't. You 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:34.800 dare sit around thinking, well, I've reached my limits. I've 0:12:34.880 --> 0:12:36.959 kind of had a rough upbringing and I've made a 0:12:37.000 --> 0:12:40.760 lot of mistakes. No, start meditating on the fact that 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:44.760 the creator of the universe has equipped you with everything 0:12:44.840 --> 0:12:49.120 you need. You have been preprogrammed to be a victor 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:53.160 and not a victime. And I know some people were 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:56.880 not raised in a healthy environment, but who your parents 0:12:56.960 --> 0:13:01.160 were is not a surprise to God. He's not thinking, well, 0:13:01.200 --> 0:13:03.040 I had a good plan for you, but your parents 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:06.080 really messed it up. Or that first husband of yours 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:08.480 that did you wrong, walked out on you, he just 0:13:08.600 --> 0:13:12.240 ruined everything. No, God knew what we were going to encounter. 0:13:12.960 --> 0:13:14.560 He knew the people we were going to have to 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:17.319 deal with. He knew the obstacles we were going to overcome, 0:13:17.920 --> 0:13:21.200 and so he put in us the right genes. They're 0:13:21.200 --> 0:13:24.640 already in our spiritual DNA. And if you'll get rid 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:28.360 of any kind of negative, defeated attitude and just stay 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:31.400 in faith, you're going to see good things released in 0:13:31.480 --> 0:13:35.600 your future, new seasons of increase, new seasons of favor. 0:13:36.280 --> 0:13:38.080 You will look back and think, how did I get here? 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:40.880 How did this happen? I'll tell you how. It's in 0:13:40.920 --> 0:13:45.280 your genes. And I'm not talking about Levi's God preprogrammed 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:48.160 it into you. All your days have been written in 0:13:48.200 --> 0:13:51.199 his book. Well, you say, Joel, I wasn't raised in 0:13:51.280 --> 0:13:53.840 a good home like you were. I didn't have parents 0:13:53.880 --> 0:13:56.960 and other people speaking faith into me. But that doesn't 0:13:57.000 --> 0:13:59.880 have to stop you. You may look back in your 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:04.880 family line and see a long history of defeat, mediocrity, addictions, 0:14:04.880 --> 0:14:08.160 wrong mindsets, and you're tempted to think, man, they messed 0:14:08.200 --> 0:14:10.560 my life up. Now I'm having to deal with all 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:13.840 these issues. Men told me last week how he grew 0:14:13.920 --> 0:14:17.360 up in a very negative environment. There was no stability 0:14:17.400 --> 0:14:19.680 in his home, and it was almost like he got 0:14:19.720 --> 0:14:22.120 the short end of the stick. He said, Joe, I 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:25.600 really feel like other people have kind of cursed my future. 0:14:26.240 --> 0:14:29.520 But here's the good news. Before anybody could put a 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:33.000 curse on you. God put a blessing on you, before 0:14:33.040 --> 0:14:36.520 you even showed up on planet Earth, before you ever 0:14:36.600 --> 0:14:40.640 made it into your mother's room. God programmed into your 0:14:40.720 --> 0:14:47.480 DNA blessing favor, strength, ability. He's already equipped and empowered you. 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:50.920 You need to go back to your original state. Have 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:54.480 the attitude I am a child of the most High God. 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:57.280 My parents may not have given me what I needed. 0:14:57.840 --> 0:15:00.320 Other people may have tried to push me down. My 0:15:00.400 --> 0:15:03.120 circumstances may not have worked out, but that's not going 0:15:03.200 --> 0:15:05.760 to stop me. I know I have the DNA of 0:15:05.800 --> 0:15:09.560 Almighty God. I know I have been pre programmed by 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:13.080 the creator of the universe with everything that I need. 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:17.960 That means you are strong, you are talented, you are creative, 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:20.920 you are disciplined, you are called, you are equipped, you 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:24.840 are chosen. You are a victor and not a victim. 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:28.240 Get that down on the inside. Get a vision for it. 0:15:28.800 --> 0:15:31.400 Don't go around thinking about who hurts you and what 0:15:31.440 --> 0:15:34.920 you didn't get and what didn't work out. God's DNA 0:15:35.440 --> 0:15:39.600 will overcome any negative DNA. I think about a friend 0:15:39.640 --> 0:15:42.960 of mine Jesse Barfield. He and his wife Marla have 0:15:43.040 --> 0:15:46.040 been with us for years. For some twenty years, Jesse 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:50.200 played professional baseball. In nineteen eighty six, he led all 0:15:50.240 --> 0:15:53.520 the major leagues in home runs. Jesse is one of 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:57.680 the most naturally talented, gifted athletes that I've ever seen. 0:15:58.160 --> 0:16:01.560 Sometimes during the off season we'd played basketball together, and 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:04.600 even though that's not his main sport, he was ten 0:16:04.680 --> 0:16:06.880 times better than the rest of us. He's in his 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:09.840 own league. It's just natural. He and marl I have 0:16:09.920 --> 0:16:13.360 several children, and I've watched them grow up. Their oldest 0:16:13.360 --> 0:16:16.520 son is Josh, and in high school, Josh was the 0:16:16.560 --> 0:16:19.880 star baseball player. He went to college and did great, 0:16:20.280 --> 0:16:23.440 got drafted into the minor leagues and excelled there. A 0:16:23.480 --> 0:16:26.040 few years ago he got called up to the big 0:16:26.160 --> 0:16:30.000 leagues and now he's excelling at the highest level playing 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:35.480 professional baseball. And statistics tell us that only one child 0:16:35.640 --> 0:16:38.600 in a million will ever make it to the big leagues. 0:16:39.280 --> 0:16:42.600 But what's interesting is Josh playing up in the big 0:16:42.680 --> 0:16:46.840 leagues doesn't surprise me. I know who Josh's father is. 0:16:47.560 --> 0:16:51.760 I've seen Jesse play. I've witnessed first hand his strength, 0:16:51.840 --> 0:16:54.960 his speed, his ability to hit. You've heard the saying 0:16:55.400 --> 0:16:59.080 like father, like son. That's in their DNA. It's being 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:02.040 passed down. When I look out at each one of you, 0:17:02.440 --> 0:17:05.439 it's the same way. There is no limit to what 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:09.080 you can accomplish. I know who your father is. There's 0:17:09.160 --> 0:17:13.399 no obstacle that you can't overcome. I've seen your father 0:17:13.520 --> 0:17:16.600 do it. There's no challenge that's too much for you. 0:17:16.600 --> 0:17:21.040 Your father always succeeds. There's no financial difficulty, there's no 0:17:21.160 --> 0:17:24.000 lack that's going to hold you back. Your father is 0:17:24.080 --> 0:17:27.960 Jehovah Jira. He owns it all. He's the Lord, your provider. 0:17:28.560 --> 0:17:30.959 Why don't you get that down on the inside. I 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:34.639 have been preprogrammed for victory. I don't have to worry 0:17:34.680 --> 0:17:37.960 about my future. I have the right gems. I don't 0:17:37.960 --> 0:17:40.520 have to wonder am I talented enough? Do I have 0:17:40.640 --> 0:17:42.920 what it takes? Am I going to be successful? No? 0:17:43.080 --> 0:17:46.560 I know I come from a bloodline of champions. I'm 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:49.359 not average, I'm not badocre. I've got the blood of 0:17:49.400 --> 0:17:52.840 a winner, the DNA of Almighty God, and he has 0:17:52.920 --> 0:17:56.680 equipped me with everything that I need. If we can 0:17:56.760 --> 0:18:00.000 just get a revelation of who our heavenly father is. 0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:04.560 Growing up as children, we would travel with my father 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:08.040 when he would speak at these big conventions in different cities, 0:18:08.359 --> 0:18:11.400 and very often we'd get preferential treatment because of who 0:18:11.400 --> 0:18:14.640 our father was. People loved my dad. I could hear 0:18:14.680 --> 0:18:18.760 them whispering about us. That's John O'steen's children. One time 0:18:18.840 --> 0:18:21.760 we were in Chicago at this big hotel and they 0:18:21.760 --> 0:18:24.679 were having the meeting in the ballroom, and I really 0:18:24.760 --> 0:18:28.520 loved the milkshakes at the hotel's coffee shop. I was 0:18:28.520 --> 0:18:30.960 about ten or eleven years old, and I was walking 0:18:31.000 --> 0:18:33.600 through the lobby with my little sister April, and we 0:18:33.720 --> 0:18:35.919 stopped in front of the coffee shop to look at 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:39.159 a picture of those milkshakes. They had an advertisement up 0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:41.520 there on the wall of all their bakery items. And 0:18:41.560 --> 0:18:44.480 as we were standing there, this lady came up and said, 0:18:44.520 --> 0:18:47.880 aren't you John O'steen's children. I said, yes, ma'am, we are. 0:18:48.320 --> 0:18:50.480 She said, well, if it'd be okay with you, I 0:18:50.560 --> 0:18:52.840 want to buy you each one of those milkshakes that 0:18:52.880 --> 0:18:55.960 you're looking at. I thought about it about two tenths 0:18:55.960 --> 0:18:58.840 of a second, and I said that would be fine. 0:18:59.400 --> 0:19:01.639 She bought us milkshake, and I knew she did it 0:19:01.680 --> 0:19:04.520 because of who our father was. I was so proud. 0:19:04.680 --> 0:19:07.000 I would walk through that lobby knowing that I was 0:19:07.040 --> 0:19:10.400 something special. And for the next three days I hung 0:19:10.440 --> 0:19:15.240 out in front of that coffee shop. Anytime I saw 0:19:15.320 --> 0:19:18.359 anybody that halfway looked like they were going to the conference, 0:19:18.640 --> 0:19:20.560 I would stand up there and stare at that milkshake, 0:19:20.600 --> 0:19:25.040 hoping they'd buy me one. This one lady stopped again. 0:19:25.400 --> 0:19:28.320 She said, aren't you John o'steen's child. I smile real big, 0:19:28.359 --> 0:19:30.680 I thought, here it comes. I said, yes, ma'am, I am. 0:19:31.240 --> 0:19:33.280 She said, well, good, maybe you can tell me where 0:19:33.320 --> 0:19:37.919 the ballroom is. I was so disappointed. I pointed at 0:19:37.960 --> 0:19:41.720 the restrooms and ran off the other way. I've never 0:19:41.760 --> 0:19:45.159 told my mother that one. Now I know I'm too 0:19:45.200 --> 0:19:49.080 old to get in trouble though. The studies tell us, 0:19:50.359 --> 0:19:54.440 y'all not even listening to me. Now. The studies tell 0:19:54.520 --> 0:19:57.760 us that a child gets their identity from their father. 0:19:58.640 --> 0:20:02.359 Maybe you weren't raised with a good father figure, or 0:20:02.359 --> 0:20:04.880 maybe you were passed from home to home and had 0:20:04.880 --> 0:20:07.240 a lot of negativity and people trying to beat you down. 0:20:07.440 --> 0:20:09.840 But that doesn't have to stop you. If you can 0:20:09.920 --> 0:20:13.399 just get a real understanding of who your heavenly father is. 0:20:14.040 --> 0:20:17.120 You have the DNA of a champion on the inside. 0:20:17.440 --> 0:20:21.040 Don't go around feeling inferior because of what someone did 0:20:21.160 --> 0:20:24.360 or didn't give you. Won't let that make you feel intimidated. 0:20:24.640 --> 0:20:27.639 You've got the right genes. You are not an accident. 0:20:27.920 --> 0:20:31.200 You are a person of destiny. There are gifts and 0:20:31.280 --> 0:20:34.439 talents in you just waiting to be released. You have 0:20:34.560 --> 0:20:37.679 potential that you've not yet tapped into. You've got to 0:20:37.720 --> 0:20:41.480 shake off any kind of inferiority or low self esteem 0:20:41.520 --> 0:20:44.520 and put your shoulders back, hold your head up high. 0:20:44.760 --> 0:20:47.399 You are a child of the Most High God. You 0:20:47.520 --> 0:20:50.640 have His royal blood flowing through your veins. What other 0:20:50.720 --> 0:20:54.720 people did cannot stop you from fulfilling your destiny. What 0:20:54.920 --> 0:20:58.560 somebody said about you doesn't change the DNA that God's 0:20:58.600 --> 0:21:02.080 put in you. You have a purpose, You have a destiny, 0:21:02.480 --> 0:21:05.000 and it's not given by people. It was given by 0:21:05.040 --> 0:21:08.240 Almighty God. And if you'll stay in faith no matter 0:21:08.280 --> 0:21:12.119 what's come against you, at the right time, your seeds 0:21:12.160 --> 0:21:15.520 of greatness are going to activate and you will fulfill 0:21:15.560 --> 0:21:18.879 your God given destiny. A friend of ours told how 0:21:19.119 --> 0:21:22.640 he came from a very dysfunctional family his father died 0:21:22.680 --> 0:21:25.480 when he was four years old. His mother made a 0:21:25.520 --> 0:21:28.639 living by working the streets. One time, when he was 0:21:28.680 --> 0:21:32.280 eleven or twelve, his mom left him on a street 0:21:32.280 --> 0:21:34.960 corner in a large city and said she would be 0:21:35.000 --> 0:21:37.960 back soon to pick him up. Well, three days later, 0:21:38.040 --> 0:21:40.919 he was still standing on that street corner waiting for 0:21:41.000 --> 0:21:44.800 his mom. He was confused and hungry, afraid, didn't know 0:21:44.840 --> 0:21:48.000 what to do. But about that time, a man that 0:21:48.119 --> 0:21:51.440 drove that way to work each day saw him standing there, 0:21:51.760 --> 0:21:53.919 pulled his car over to find out what was going on. 0:21:54.359 --> 0:21:58.360 The young men explained the situation. Long story short, this 0:21:58.520 --> 0:22:01.920 man and his wife able to adopt this young man 0:22:02.000 --> 0:22:05.359 in raise him in the natural. It didn't seem like 0:22:05.560 --> 0:22:08.000 he had much of a purpose, much of a future. 0:22:08.680 --> 0:22:11.919 But these new adopted parents, the man and his wife, 0:22:12.240 --> 0:22:15.960 they started speaking faith into him. They started telling him 0:22:15.960 --> 0:22:18.639 what I'm telling you, that you have seeds of greatness 0:22:18.680 --> 0:22:22.199 on the inside. You have been pre programmed by the 0:22:22.200 --> 0:22:25.640 creator of the universe not to barely get by, but 0:22:25.720 --> 0:22:29.400 to leave your mark to make a difference. This young 0:22:29.480 --> 0:22:32.360 man didn't realize it, but on the inside he had 0:22:32.440 --> 0:22:35.520 genes just waiting to be activated. They just had to 0:22:35.520 --> 0:22:38.920 get in the right environment at the right time. Those 0:22:39.000 --> 0:22:42.600 genes were going to spring forth. Seven or eight years later, 0:22:42.920 --> 0:22:45.960 this young man had a strong desire to help other 0:22:46.000 --> 0:22:49.120 young people that were hurting and needy like he had been. 0:22:49.760 --> 0:22:53.000 He asked the pastor where they were attending church if 0:22:53.040 --> 0:22:55.080 he would get him a van so he could go 0:22:55.119 --> 0:22:57.640 pick up needy kids and bring him to the service. 0:22:57.920 --> 0:23:00.840 The pastor got him that van. Couple weeks later, he 0:23:00.880 --> 0:23:04.080 needed another van. There were so many kids little while 0:23:04.119 --> 0:23:07.080 he needed a school bus, and then another bus, and 0:23:07.160 --> 0:23:09.760 another bus. He got to the point where he had 0:23:09.800 --> 0:23:13.399 twenty five buses coming, then fifty, then seventy five, then 0:23:13.440 --> 0:23:17.679 one hundred. Today, that young man has a ministry in 0:23:17.720 --> 0:23:21.359 one of the toughest neighborhoods in Brooklyn, and every week 0:23:21.640 --> 0:23:26.159 Bill Wilson still busses in over twenty thousand young people 0:23:26.400 --> 0:23:31.760 to his church each weekend. He has the largest Sunday 0:23:31.840 --> 0:23:35.280 school in America. Friends, it doesn't matter what it looks 0:23:35.320 --> 0:23:38.240 like in the natural, you have a purpose, you have 0:23:38.320 --> 0:23:41.879 a destiny. And the good news is your heavenly Father 0:23:42.280 --> 0:23:46.000 has already equipped you with everything that you need. And 0:23:46.080 --> 0:23:48.440 you may feel like like he did that you've got 0:23:48.440 --> 0:23:51.320 a lot to overcome. But who your parents were, and 0:23:51.800 --> 0:23:54.040 how you were raised, and who might have rejected you, 0:23:54.080 --> 0:23:56.840 who might have hurt you, that is not a surprise 0:23:56.960 --> 0:24:00.879 to God. Nothing you've been through or ever we'll go through, 0:24:01.320 --> 0:24:04.199 can change the DNA that God's already put in you. 0:24:05.080 --> 0:24:07.600 The thing that holds us back so often is we 0:24:07.720 --> 0:24:11.480 forget who we really are children of the Most High God. 0:24:12.119 --> 0:24:14.320 Now I love my parents. I had great parents. I 0:24:14.400 --> 0:24:17.560 do my best to honor them. But I recognize I 0:24:17.600 --> 0:24:21.199 am not just a product of my parents. I don't 0:24:21.240 --> 0:24:25.200 just have their natural genes. I have been preprogrammed by 0:24:25.200 --> 0:24:28.320 the creator of the universe before we ever made it 0:24:28.359 --> 0:24:31.320 into our mother's womb. God had a purpose for us. 0:24:31.520 --> 0:24:35.280 He already put the right DNA, the right genes in 0:24:35.359 --> 0:24:38.679 each one of us. And really, we don't come from 0:24:38.840 --> 0:24:41.760 our mother. We all love our mothers, but we came 0:24:42.040 --> 0:24:46.719 through our mother. We come from Almighty God. That means 0:24:48.160 --> 0:24:51.760 nothing that our parents did or didn't do can ultimately 0:24:51.800 --> 0:24:54.639 hold us back, may slow us down a little, may 0:24:54.680 --> 0:24:57.920 make it a little harder, but bottom line is God's 0:24:58.040 --> 0:25:03.879 DNA overrides in Negative DNA statistics tell us that if 0:25:03.920 --> 0:25:07.159 your father was an alcoholic, you have a ten times 0:25:07.200 --> 0:25:10.600 greater chance of becoming one yourself. If your father was 0:25:10.640 --> 0:25:13.080 hot tempered, you have a much better chance of becoming 0:25:13.119 --> 0:25:16.080 that way. Or if our parents lived in poverty, there's 0:25:16.119 --> 0:25:18.840 a good chance will live in poverty. But before you 0:25:19.000 --> 0:25:22.000 just sit back and accept that theory, you need to 0:25:22.040 --> 0:25:25.439 remind yourself. Before anyone could put a curse on me, 0:25:26.040 --> 0:25:29.359 God put a blessing on me. Before I got one 0:25:29.640 --> 0:25:34.720 single negative gene. God equipped me with blessing, with favor, 0:25:34.760 --> 0:25:40.080 with talent, with creativity. You can overcome any obstacle. And 0:25:40.200 --> 0:25:43.439 some of you, those genes are just waiting for you 0:25:43.520 --> 0:25:47.200 to start believing so they can be activated. You need 0:25:47.240 --> 0:25:50.000 to get in a good environment where people are speaking 0:25:50.080 --> 0:25:53.119 faith into you. That's why I love to build people 0:25:53.240 --> 0:25:56.080 up and not tear them down. You know what I'm doing. 0:25:56.280 --> 0:25:59.960 I'm calling forth those seeds. I'm speaking to the gene 0:26:00.440 --> 0:26:03.200 that have been pre programmed into you by the creator 0:26:03.240 --> 0:26:05.760 of the universe. And I know when we hear words 0:26:05.760 --> 0:26:10.159 of faith and victory, something resonates on the inside. Something 0:26:10.200 --> 0:26:12.680 down in here says, this is for me, This is 0:26:12.720 --> 0:26:14.840 who I am, this is what I was created to be. 0:26:15.440 --> 0:26:19.439 Our spirit person comes alive. It's so important you get 0:26:19.480 --> 0:26:22.440 around people that are going to stir up those seeds 0:26:22.480 --> 0:26:26.800 of greatness. Don't surround yourself with a bunch of naysayers. 0:26:27.440 --> 0:26:33.440 Life is too short to hang around negative, critical, cynical, skeptical, judgmental, 0:26:33.560 --> 0:26:41.240 small minded, jealous people. I was about to say, did 0:26:41.240 --> 0:26:45.960 I leave anything out? Find some dreamers, people that will 0:26:45.960 --> 0:26:49.520 build you up, people that will celebrate your victories, not 0:26:49.680 --> 0:26:52.760 people that are going to criticize and be jealous anytime 0:26:52.800 --> 0:26:56.760 you succeed. I am who I am today in part 0:26:57.040 --> 0:27:01.560 because Victoria spoke faith into me. Bill Wilson is fulfilling 0:27:01.600 --> 0:27:05.600 his destiny because his adopted parents spoke faith into him. 0:27:06.119 --> 0:27:08.920 You know what I'm doing. I'm speaking to the genes 0:27:08.960 --> 0:27:11.959 that God's put in you. I'm calling those seeds forth, 0:27:12.359 --> 0:27:15.479 and I believe today can be a new beginning. I 0:27:15.520 --> 0:27:19.879 believe dreams are being restored, fresh vision is being released, 0:27:20.440 --> 0:27:24.719 new hope is being activated. Friends, your best days are 0:27:24.760 --> 0:27:27.880 not behind you, they are still out in front of you. 0:27:27.880 --> 0:27:30.679 You may have been through a lot of disappointments in 0:27:30.720 --> 0:27:33.600 the past. You may feel like other people or your 0:27:33.680 --> 0:27:37.080 own poor choices has kind of cursed your future, But 0:27:37.200 --> 0:27:39.960 just remember before anyone could put a curse on you, 0:27:40.320 --> 0:27:43.440 God put a blessing on you, and the blessing always 0:27:43.520 --> 0:27:47.800 overrides the curse. Get in agreement with God. I want 0:27:47.840 --> 0:27:52.080 to speak it over you again. I declare that every 0:27:52.240 --> 0:27:55.399 good thing God put in you will come to fulfillment. 0:27:56.040 --> 0:28:00.600 Every gift, every talent, every dream, every desire will come 0:28:00.640 --> 0:28:05.560 to pass. I declare you will fulfill your purpose. You 0:28:05.640 --> 0:28:09.159 will fulfill your God given destiny and become all that 0:28:09.200 --> 0:28:13.159 He's created you to be. I declare you will overcome 0:28:13.480 --> 0:28:18.479 every obstacle. The strongholds of the past are being broken 0:28:18.520 --> 0:28:21.399 off of you. The negative things that have been in 0:28:21.440 --> 0:28:25.000 your family line, even for generations, they will no longer 0:28:25.080 --> 0:28:28.680 have any effect on you. I declare the seeds of increase, 0:28:28.760 --> 0:28:32.399 the seeds of success, the seeds of promotion are taken 0:28:32.440 --> 0:28:35.879 a new route, and the DNA of Almighty God is 0:28:35.920 --> 0:28:39.360 going to spring forth in your life in a greater way. 0:28:39.760 --> 0:28:43.040 You're going to see new seasons of increase, new seasons 0:28:43.080 --> 0:28:46.800 of God's blessings, new seasons of His favor. It's in 0:28:46.840 --> 0:28:51.240 your genes and if you receive it, can you shout Amen? 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