Your Words Become Your Reality

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Thanks so 0:02:11.360 --> 0:02:13.919 much for tuning in, and thank you again for coming out. 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:16.880 I like to start with something funny, and I heard 0:02:16.880 --> 0:02:20.440 about this man that was walking on the beach. God said, son, 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:23.560 you've been so faithful, I'm going to grant you one 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:28.160 special wish. He was so excited. He said, God, I've 0:02:28.200 --> 0:02:31.280 always wanted to go to Hawaii, but I'm afraid to fly. 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:34.160 So my wish is that you would build me a 0:02:34.200 --> 0:02:39.280 bridge across the ocean. God said, son, that's totally impossible. 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:42.160 Think of the logistics of that. Now take some time 0:02:42.240 --> 0:02:45.200 and wish again. He said, okay, God, I've been married 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:49.120 four times. All my ex wives say I am so insensitive. 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:51.480 So my wish is that I would be able to 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:55.000 understand a woman. I want to know why they think 0:02:55.120 --> 0:02:57.760 like they think, why they feel like they feel. There 0:02:57.800 --> 0:03:00.560 was a long pause. God said, do you want two 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:05.000 lanes or four lanes on that bridge? Hold up your Bible, 0:03:05.480 --> 0:03:07.960 say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:03:08.280 --> 0:03:10.480 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:12.919 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:03:12.960 --> 0:03:15.640 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:19.600 of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 0:03:19.720 --> 0:03:23.960 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 0:03:24.440 --> 0:03:27.800 God bless you. I want to talk to you today 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:33.280 about how your words become your reality. You are where 0:03:33.280 --> 0:03:36.520 you are today in part because of what you've been 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:41.320 saying about yourself. Words are like seeds. When you speak 0:03:41.400 --> 0:03:45.040 something out, you give life to what you're saying. If 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:49.440 you continue to say it, eventually that can become a reality, 0:03:50.280 --> 0:03:53.960 whether you realize it or not. You are prophesying your future. 0:03:54.880 --> 0:03:57.720 And this is great. When we're saying things like I'm blessed, 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:02.200 I'm strong, pomplish my dreams, I'm coming out of debt. 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:08.480 That's not just being positive. You are prophesying victory, prophesying success, 0:04:08.760 --> 0:04:13.000 prophesying new levels. Your life will move in the direction 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:17.240 of your words. But too many people go around prophesying 0:04:17.360 --> 0:04:21.000 just the opposite. I never get any good breaks, I'll 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:24.559 never get back in shape, business is slow, I'll probably 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:27.880 get laid off. Flu season is here. I always get it. 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:32.359 They don't realize they are prophesying defeat. It's just like 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:37.480 they're calling in bad breaks, mediocrity, lack. The scripture says 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:41.280 we will eat the fruit of our words. You are 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:44.840 planning seeds when you talk. At some point you're going 0:04:44.880 --> 0:04:49.080 to eat that fruit. My challenge is make sure you're 0:04:49.120 --> 0:04:52.640 planning the right kind of seeds. If you want apples, 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:56.520 you have to sow apple seeds. If you want oranges, 0:04:57.040 --> 0:05:01.719 you can't plant cactus seeds, poison ivy seeds, mushroom seeds. 0:05:02.040 --> 0:05:05.120 You're going to reap fruit from the exact seeds that 0:05:05.160 --> 0:05:09.240 you've been sowing. In other words, you can't talk negative 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:13.280 and expect to live a positive life. You can't talk 0:05:13.360 --> 0:05:17.479 defeat and expect to have victory. You can't talk lack, 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:21.880 not enough, can't afford it, never get ahead, and expect 0:05:21.920 --> 0:05:25.400 to have abundance. If you have a poor mouth, you're 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:28.279 going to have a poor life. If you don't like 0:05:28.320 --> 0:05:32.479 what you're seeing, start sowing some different seeds. Instead of 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:35.320 saying I'll never get well, Joel, this sickness has been 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:38.000 in my family for three generations. No, let me give 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:41.040 you the right seeds. God is restoring health back into me. 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:44.280 This sickness didn't come to stay, it came to pass. 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:48.360 I'm getting better and better every day. You keep sowing 0:05:48.400 --> 0:05:53.560 those seeds, and eventuallyly you'll eat that fruit, health, wholeness, victory. 0:05:54.000 --> 0:05:56.800 Instead of saying I'll never get out of debt, I'll 0:05:56.839 --> 0:05:59.560 never rise any higher. No, I will lend and not 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:04.160 borrow whatever I touch prospers and succeeds. I'm coming into overflow, 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:08.719 into more than enough. Start sowing seeds of increase, seeds 0:06:08.720 --> 0:06:12.840 of abundance. No more, I'll never accomplish my dreams. No 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:16.520 I have the favor of God. Blessings are chasing me down. 0:06:17.080 --> 0:06:20.560 The right people are searching me out. New opportunities, new 0:06:20.640 --> 0:06:23.880 levels are in my future. If you keep talking like that, 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:27.760 you'll reap a harvest of good things. James said in 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:31.360 the scripture. With our tongue, we can bless our life, 0:06:31.800 --> 0:06:35.320 or we can curse our life. Many people don't realize 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:39.880 with their words they're cursing their future. Every time you 0:06:39.920 --> 0:06:42.799 say I never get any good breaks, you just cursed 0:06:42.839 --> 0:06:46.200 your life. I'll never be able to afford that nice house. 0:06:46.680 --> 0:06:50.440 I'll never break this addiction. I'll never meet the right person. No, 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:55.320 stop cursing your future. Sometimes the enemy doesn't have to 0:06:55.360 --> 0:06:59.839 defeat us, We defeat ourselves. Pay attention to what you're saying. 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:02.320 Are you blessing your life or are you cursing it? 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:05.960 I had a classmate in high school that was always 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:08.960 very negative, and every time I ask him what was 0:07:09.040 --> 0:07:12.880 going on, he had this standard answer. He would always say, 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:18.000 not much I'm just getting old, fat and bald. I 0:07:18.040 --> 0:07:21.760 heard him say that probably five hundred times. I know 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:24.200 he's just kind of kidding, but I wouldn't kid about that. 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:27.920 He was one of the stars on our football team, 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:32.760 always in great shape, had this thick, curly hair. About 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:35.960 fifteen years later, I ran into him at the mall. 0:07:36.360 --> 0:07:39.240 When I saw him, I nearly passed out. He had 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:44.560 prophesied his future. He looked old, fat and bald. Friends, 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:48.280 don't speak that defeat over your life. Our attitude should 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:51.920 be I'm getting younger. God is renewing my youth like 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:59.239 the eagles. I'm getting stronger, healthier, better looking. I'm gonna 0:07:59.320 --> 0:08:02.360 keep my head. I'm gonna stay in my right mind. 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:07.000 I'm gonna live a long, productive, faith filled life. Don't 0:08:07.040 --> 0:08:11.040 go around cursing your future. Start blessing your life. Prophesy 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:14.880 good things. There's a young lady on staff here. Every 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:17.480 morning before she leaves the house, she looks in the 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:22.560 mirror and says, girl, you looking good today. I saw 0:08:22.600 --> 0:08:24.840 her one time and ask if she was still doing it. 0:08:25.200 --> 0:08:27.320 She said, yeah. In fact, today, when I looked in 0:08:27.360 --> 0:08:30.640 the mirror, I said, girl, some days you look good, 0:08:30.960 --> 0:08:36.800 but today you look really good. Why don't you stop 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:41.280 criticizing yourself, talking about all the things you don't like, 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:44.560 how you're getting too old, too wrinkled, to this, to that. 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:49.480 Stop cursing your life and start blessing your life. Start 0:08:49.520 --> 0:08:56.079 calling yourself healthy, strong, talented, beautiful young. Every morning, before 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:57.880 you leave the house, look in the mirror and say, 0:08:57.920 --> 0:09:02.640 good morning, you good looking thing. My brother, Paul, you 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:09.679 need to do this every hour. Sometimes, when we've been 0:09:09.679 --> 0:09:14.000 traveling a lot, been very busy, Victoria will come to 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:16.040 church with me and said, Joel, I am so tired. 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:18.959 Look at me. Can you see how red my eyes are? 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:22.079 I always say, no, Victoria, you look beautiful. You look 0:09:22.120 --> 0:09:24.839 as great as ever. She said no, I don't, Joel, 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:27.760 I know you. You won't tell me she's right. I 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:29.959 don't want to speak defeat. I want to speak victory 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:33.240 over her life. I wonder what she would do if 0:09:33.240 --> 0:09:35.520 I ever said, yeah, you're right, you don't look good 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:39.040 at all. I'm smarter than that. 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:41.840 I know. 0:09:41.920 --> 0:09:45.000 This man that was so concerned that he was going 0:09:45.040 --> 0:09:48.719 to get Alzheimer's disease. Several people in his family had it, 0:09:49.000 --> 0:09:53.120 a grandfather, a great uncle. He was in his early fifties, 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:56.840 but he was always talking about what might happen. He 0:09:56.960 --> 0:09:59.719 told me how he is making plans for who could 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:03.400 take care of him, get everything lined up. Of course, 0:10:03.440 --> 0:10:06.120 it's good to use common sense to be wise, but 0:10:06.720 --> 0:10:09.120 if you go around talking about when you're going to 0:10:09.160 --> 0:10:13.280 get it, making plans for it, most likely you won't 0:10:13.280 --> 0:10:17.160 be disappointed. You're calling it in, just like you're sending 0:10:17.240 --> 0:10:20.640 it an invitation. I told him what I'm telling you. 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:24.240 Don't say another time that you're going to have Alzheimer's. 0:10:24.679 --> 0:10:28.240 Start declaring. No weapon formed against me will ever prosper. 0:10:28.679 --> 0:10:31.520 I will live out my days in good health, with 0:10:31.600 --> 0:10:35.559 a clear mind, with good memory, with clarity of thought. 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:39.679 My mind is alert, my senses are sharp, my youth 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:44.160 is being renewed. You've got to prophesy health, prophesy a 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:49.800 long productive life. Your words will become your reality. When 0:10:49.840 --> 0:10:53.520 our daughter Alexandra was about four years old, she overheard 0:10:53.679 --> 0:10:57.320 Victorian Me talking about this little boy that was having 0:10:57.360 --> 0:11:00.400 a terrible time with headaches, who was having to leave 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:04.720 school and causing them all kinds of difficulties. Alexandra spoke 0:11:04.800 --> 0:11:07.840 up and said, Daddy, I don't have headaches, and I 0:11:07.920 --> 0:11:11.680 never will have headaches. I thought, you're exactly right. You're 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:15.360 prophesying the right thing. One time I was working on 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:17.880 my garage door back then. I couldn't get it to 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:20.800 go up, and it's kind of frustrated. And I didn't 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:24.400 even realize Alexandra was there. But under my breath, I said, 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:27.600 this thing is never going to work. I heard this 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:30.520 little voice speak up, Daddy, You're going to have what 0:11:30.600 --> 0:11:34.839 you say. God, it's terrible when your own children believe 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:40.520 your messages. Proverb six says we are snared by the 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:45.360 words of our mouth. Snared means to be trapped. Your 0:11:45.400 --> 0:11:48.800 words can trip you. What you say can cause you 0:11:48.880 --> 0:11:52.680 to stumble. It can keep you from your potential. You're 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:56.040 not snared by what you think. Negative faults come to 0:11:56.160 --> 0:11:59.960 us all. When you speak them out, you give them life. 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:03.640 That's when they become a reality. When you say I'll 0:12:03.679 --> 0:12:07.320 never get back in shape, it becomes more difficult. You 0:12:07.480 --> 0:12:10.120 just made it harder. When you say I never get 0:12:10.120 --> 0:12:13.920 any good breaks, that stops the favor that was ordained 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:16.920 for you. If you say I'm not that talented, I 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:20.320 don't have a good personality, that is setting the limits 0:12:20.320 --> 0:12:24.640 for your life. That is calling in mediocrity. You may 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:27.880 have been snared in the past, trapped by your words, 0:12:28.040 --> 0:12:31.319 but I believe this is a new day. I declare 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:34.600 you're coming out of that trap. Every chain is being loose, 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:38.520 every stronghold is coming down. No weapon formed against you 0:12:38.640 --> 0:12:41.160 is going to prosper. Now you've got to do your part. 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:46.320 Start speaking victory over your life. Speak, increase, dare to 0:12:46.440 --> 0:12:50.680 declare God's favor. Be bold to call in those things 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:54.880 you're dreaming about, those things you're believing for. Don't use 0:12:54.920 --> 0:12:58.400 your words to describe the situation. Use your words to 0:12:58.559 --> 0:13:03.760 change the situation. Matthew, Chapter six, Jesus was talking about worry. 0:13:04.200 --> 0:13:08.080 He said, take no thought, saying what shall we eat? 0:13:08.400 --> 0:13:11.920 What shall we drink? Notice that phrasing, take no thoughts 0:13:11.960 --> 0:13:16.640 save the negative thoughts will come. The key is to 0:13:16.679 --> 0:13:20.800 not say them. I thought will die still born if 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:24.840 you don't speak it. Jesus was saying, you may feel worried, 0:13:25.480 --> 0:13:28.200 you may seem like it's never going to happen, But 0:13:28.360 --> 0:13:32.240 take no thoughts, saying, don't verbalize it. Don't get trapped 0:13:32.280 --> 0:13:36.680 by your words. When we acquired this place, the form 0:13:36.720 --> 0:13:40.079 of Compact Center, it was a dream come true. We 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:44.320 were so excited, our builders drew up plans to renovate 0:13:44.360 --> 0:13:47.640 it from a basketball arena to a church. They called 0:13:47.720 --> 0:13:50.080 us together and said it was going to cost one 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:54.280 hundred million dollars to renovate. After they picked me up 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:59.720 off the floor, my first thoughts were, that's impossible. There's 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:03.160 no I've only been the pastor of four years. They 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:06.360 cannot expect me to raise those kind of funds. Even 0:14:06.400 --> 0:14:09.640 though those thoughts were racing through my mind again and again, 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:13.480 I was smart enough to keep my mouth closed. I 0:14:13.559 --> 0:14:16.320 kept a big smile on my face, acted like it 0:14:16.400 --> 0:14:19.880 was no big deal. I knew if I wouldn't verbalize 0:14:19.920 --> 0:14:24.920 those negative thoughts, eventually they would die stillborn. It's one 0:14:24.920 --> 0:14:27.720 thing to think that it's impossible, but when you start 0:14:27.760 --> 0:14:31.080 telling people it's impossible, takes on a whole new meaning. 0:14:31.720 --> 0:14:35.800 You may think I'll never break this illness, I'll never 0:14:35.960 --> 0:14:39.360 get well, I'll never meet the right person. Those thoughts 0:14:39.360 --> 0:14:42.000 come to all of us. You can't stop that. My 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:45.920 challenge is, don't give them life by speaking them out. 0:14:46.520 --> 0:14:48.760 Don't go call your friends and tell them how it's 0:14:48.760 --> 0:14:51.880 not going to happen. I told our team I don't 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:54.600 see away, but I know God has a way. He 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:57.480 didn't bring us this far to leave us. My report 0:14:57.600 --> 0:15:00.720 was God is supplying all of our needs. The funds 0:15:00.720 --> 0:15:04.040 are coming in. It may look impossible on paper, but 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:08.040 with God, all things are possible. I knew better than 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:11.120 to curse my future. I didn't want to get trapped 0:15:11.160 --> 0:15:14.120 by my words. I knew if I'd keep prophesying the 0:15:14.200 --> 0:15:17.880 right things, increase favor more than enough, then we would 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:21.320 start moving toward it. In the tough times, you have 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:26.240 to especially be on guard. It's very tempting to venture frustration, 0:15:27.080 --> 0:15:30.040 tell people how the loan didn't go through, and how 0:15:30.080 --> 0:15:33.040 bad the medical report was, and how these people just 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:37.440 didn't treat you right. But continually talking about the problem, 0:15:37.840 --> 0:15:40.760 that's not only going to make you more discouraged, but 0:15:40.840 --> 0:15:44.800 you're giving that problem more life. You're making it bigger. 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:48.480 Turn it around. Don't talk about the problem, talk about 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:52.240 the promise instead of Oh, man, I got this big challenge. No, 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:55.840 I serve a big God. He spoke worlds into existence. 0:15:56.040 --> 0:15:59.840 Nothing's too difficult for him. Instead, I didn't get the promotion. 0:16:00.440 --> 0:16:03.880 God passed over again. Another disappointment. Now I know when 0:16:03.920 --> 0:16:07.280 one door closes that means God has something better. He's 0:16:07.320 --> 0:16:11.400 directed my steps. I'm excited about my future. Instead, I'll 0:16:11.400 --> 0:16:14.080 never meet the right person, Joe, I'm too old, it's 0:16:14.120 --> 0:16:16.880 been too long. No, something good is going to happen 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:20.760 to me. Divine connections are coming my way. Well, I 0:16:20.800 --> 0:16:23.560 heard you got a bad medical report. Yes, that's true, 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:26.400 But I have another report. It says God is restoring 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:29.320 health back into me. And I heard those people. Did 0:16:29.320 --> 0:16:32.800 you wrong? Yes, but I'm not worried. God is my vindicator. 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:36.280 He's fighting my battles. He's promised to give me beauty 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:41.120 for ashes. See, in life, there are always two voices 0:16:41.640 --> 0:16:44.920 vying for your attention, the voice of faith and the 0:16:45.080 --> 0:16:49.000 voice of defeat. You'll hear a voice saying, like I did, 0:16:49.600 --> 0:16:53.120 problem's too big, it's not gonna work out. Just accept it. 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:57.440 You'll be tempted to worry, to be negative, to complain. 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:01.600 But if you listen carefully, you'll hear another voice, the 0:17:01.720 --> 0:17:05.679 voice of faith, saying God has a way, Favor is coming, 0:17:06.119 --> 0:17:10.000 healing is coming, breakthroughs are coming. One voice will tell 0:17:10.000 --> 0:17:12.600 you you've reached your limits, You've gone as far as 0:17:12.640 --> 0:17:15.680 you can, you don't have what it takes. The other voice, 0:17:15.920 --> 0:17:18.960 you are well able. You can do all things through Christ. 0:17:19.160 --> 0:17:21.960 Your best days are still in front of you. Now 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:25.760 here's the beauty. You get to choose which voice comes 0:17:25.760 --> 0:17:28.719 to life. The way you do it is by what 0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:33.119 you speak. When you verbalize that thought, you're giving it 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:36.480 the right to come to pass. If you go around saying, ah, 0:17:36.520 --> 0:17:40.280 the problem's too big, I'll never get well, you are 0:17:40.320 --> 0:17:43.600 agreeing with the wrong voice. You've got to get in 0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:48.360 agreement with God. The other voice may seem louder, but 0:17:48.400 --> 0:17:51.199 you can override it. You can take away all of 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:55.480 its power by choosing the voice of faith. Maybe you're 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:58.840 going to a job interview. One voice will tell you you're 0:17:58.520 --> 0:18:01.520 not going to get it in your time. These people 0:18:01.520 --> 0:18:04.520 are not going to like you. Another voice will say 0:18:05.040 --> 0:18:08.200 you have the favor of God, you're blessed, you're confident, 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:11.000 you have what it takes. But if you get up 0:18:11.040 --> 0:18:14.240 that morning and tell your spouse, I don't think i'm 0:18:14.240 --> 0:18:17.040 gonna get this job, they're not gonna like me. I'm 0:18:17.080 --> 0:18:21.280 not qualified. There's no use even going you're being trapped 0:18:21.520 --> 0:18:24.400 by your words. You have to dig your heels in 0:18:24.720 --> 0:18:28.400 and say, I am not giving life to any more defeat. 0:18:29.040 --> 0:18:33.200 I am not speaking lack. I'm not speaking sickness. I'm 0:18:33.240 --> 0:18:37.399 not speaking mediocrity, not enough. I'm gonna choose the voice 0:18:37.480 --> 0:18:41.920 of faith. It says I'm strong, I'm healthy, I'm blessed, 0:18:42.000 --> 0:18:46.280 I'm favored. I am a victor, not a victim. This 0:18:46.440 --> 0:18:50.720 is what David did when he faced Goliath. It looked impossible. 0:18:51.240 --> 0:18:54.119 All the odds were against him. If he would have 0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:58.000 verbalized his negative thoughts, that would have kept him from 0:18:58.040 --> 0:19:01.520 his destiny, even though he was anointed to be king. 0:19:02.119 --> 0:19:05.159 Those negative words would have kept him trapped in the 0:19:05.200 --> 0:19:08.760 shepherd's fields. He could have easily gone around saying, well, 0:19:09.000 --> 0:19:11.480 I know I'm supposed to face Goliath, but look at him. 0:19:11.520 --> 0:19:15.840 He's twice my size. He's got more experience, more equipment, 0:19:16.400 --> 0:19:18.640 more talent. I don't see how this is ever going 0:19:18.680 --> 0:19:23.439 to work out. You can talk yourself out of your destiny. 0:19:23.640 --> 0:19:26.720 Negative words can keep you from becoming who you were 0:19:26.760 --> 0:19:30.800 created to be. Don't fall into that trap. Quit calling 0:19:30.880 --> 0:19:34.320 in defeat. Quit talking about how it's not going to happen. 0:19:35.160 --> 0:19:38.560 You can pray in faith, ask God to turn it around, 0:19:38.600 --> 0:19:42.639 to do the impossible, but then walk away and start 0:19:42.680 --> 0:19:45.200 talking about how you're not going to get well, how 0:19:45.240 --> 0:19:48.760 your child's never going to straighten up. Those negative words 0:19:49.080 --> 0:19:52.199 just canceled out that prayer. Well, Joel, I'm having this 0:19:52.280 --> 0:19:55.399 financial crisis. I prayed and asked God to help me, 0:19:55.480 --> 0:19:57.879 but I don't see how it's going to happen. No, 0:19:58.040 --> 0:20:01.960 zip that up. Father, you said, you're Jehovah, Jirah, the Lord, 0:20:02.040 --> 0:20:02.800 my provider. 0:20:03.040 --> 0:20:03.280 Lord. 0:20:03.359 --> 0:20:05.159 You've done it for me in the past. I know 0:20:05.200 --> 0:20:08.399 you'll do it for me again in the future. Don't 0:20:08.560 --> 0:20:13.720 let your words trip you. Negative talk brings negative results. 0:20:14.119 --> 0:20:17.679 But when you speak faith favor victory. That's what allows 0:20:17.720 --> 0:20:21.880 God to do the impossible. David went out stood before Goliath. 0:20:22.240 --> 0:20:24.600 He looked him in the eyes, said you come against 0:20:24.680 --> 0:20:27.680 me with a sword and a shield, But I come 0:20:27.720 --> 0:20:31.080 against you in the name of the Lord, God of Israel. 0:20:31.800 --> 0:20:35.359 This day I will defeat you and feed your head 0:20:35.520 --> 0:20:40.320 to the birds of the air. Notice he was prophesying victory. 0:20:40.440 --> 0:20:44.080 He may have felt fear, but he spoke faith. I 0:20:44.119 --> 0:20:46.920 can hear David as he's going out to face Goliath 0:20:47.000 --> 0:20:50.320 under his breath. I am well able, I am anointed, 0:20:50.640 --> 0:20:53.320 I am equipped. If God before me, who dare be 0:20:53.359 --> 0:20:56.639 against me, picked up that rock, put it in his slingshot, 0:20:56.760 --> 0:21:01.000 slung it. That rock brought Goliath tumbling down. When you 0:21:01.040 --> 0:21:04.520 face giants in life, when you face challenges, you have 0:21:04.600 --> 0:21:09.720 to do like David, prophesy your future. Say to that cancer, cancer, 0:21:10.080 --> 0:21:12.760 you are no match for me. I will defeat you. 0:21:13.440 --> 0:21:16.199 This addiction may be in my family for years, but 0:21:16.320 --> 0:21:18.840 this is a new day. The buck stops with me. 0:21:19.000 --> 0:21:22.840 I'm the difference maker. I am free. My child may 0:21:22.880 --> 0:21:25.199 have been off course for a long time, but I 0:21:25.240 --> 0:21:28.040 know it's only temporary. As for me and my house, 0:21:28.200 --> 0:21:32.480 we will serve the Lord prophesy victory over your life. 0:21:32.640 --> 0:21:34.920 There was a man in the scripture named Zaruba Bell. 0:21:35.520 --> 0:21:39.760 He faced a huge mountain, a big obstacle, But like David, 0:21:40.160 --> 0:21:42.960 he didn't talk about how impossible it was, how it 0:21:43.040 --> 0:21:46.520 was never going to work out. He said, who are you, 0:21:47.119 --> 0:21:50.520 o great mountain that would stand before me? You shall 0:21:50.560 --> 0:21:55.479 become a mere molehill. He was prophesying his future. The 0:21:55.520 --> 0:21:59.320 mountain looked big, but he declared it would be flattened out, 0:22:00.080 --> 0:22:03.720 become a mole hill. There's the principle. Don't talk about 0:22:03.760 --> 0:22:07.560 the mountain. Talk to the mountain. Look at that mountain 0:22:07.600 --> 0:22:11.120 of debt, tell it you can't defeat me. You're coming down. 0:22:11.200 --> 0:22:13.880 I will lend and not borrow. My cup will run 0:22:13.880 --> 0:22:18.120 over Whatever mountains you face in life, no matter how 0:22:18.119 --> 0:22:22.440 big they look. Don't shrink back in fear. Don't be intimidated. 0:22:22.840 --> 0:22:26.520 Rise up in faith. Tell that mountain you're coming down. 0:22:27.400 --> 0:22:32.040 Tell that sickness you're temporary. Say to that loneliness, that addiction, 0:22:32.200 --> 0:22:36.119 that legal problem. Who are you, o, great mountain, to 0:22:36.160 --> 0:22:39.320 stand before me? In other words, don't you know who 0:22:39.359 --> 0:22:42.840 I am? A child of the Most High God? Haven't 0:22:42.880 --> 0:22:46.600 you read my birth certificate? My father created the universe, 0:22:47.080 --> 0:22:50.680 He breathed life into me, crowned me with his favor, 0:22:50.800 --> 0:22:54.119 called me more than a conqueror. That means you can't 0:22:54.119 --> 0:22:57.359 defeat me. You can't hold me back. Mountain, you gotta 0:22:57.400 --> 0:23:01.120 come down. I will overcome this illness, I will break 0:23:01.160 --> 0:23:04.400 this addiction. I will pay my house off. I will 0:23:04.440 --> 0:23:08.720 see my family restored. I will accomplish my dreams. What 0:23:08.760 --> 0:23:13.400 am I saying? Prophesy, victory, prophesy, breakthroughs, prophesy, what you're 0:23:13.400 --> 0:23:18.240 believing for. In the Old Testament, Ezekiel saw a vision. 0:23:18.720 --> 0:23:23.639 He had this dream of this valley filled with bones everywhere. 0:23:23.680 --> 0:23:27.480 He looked. It's like a huge graveyard, acres and acres 0:23:27.480 --> 0:23:31.399 of bones people that have died. Bones represent things in 0:23:31.440 --> 0:23:35.199 our life that look dead, situations that seem impossible, like 0:23:35.240 --> 0:23:39.040 they'll never change. And God told him to do something interesting. 0:23:39.520 --> 0:23:44.720 He said, Ezekiel, prophesy to these dead bones. Say to them, oh, 0:23:44.800 --> 0:23:48.040 you dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. And 0:23:48.119 --> 0:23:51.960 Ezekiel in this vision, he started speaking to the bones, 0:23:52.160 --> 0:23:58.160 telling them to come back to life. He called forth skin, muscle, tissue. 0:23:58.520 --> 0:24:02.960 As he was talking, these bones started coming together, just 0:24:03.040 --> 0:24:07.199 like out of a movie, morphing back into a person. Finally, 0:24:07.240 --> 0:24:10.760 God told him to prophesy to the breath and call 0:24:10.840 --> 0:24:15.320 it forth. The scripture says, as he prophesied, breath came 0:24:15.359 --> 0:24:18.879 into those bodies, and they stood up like a vast army. 0:24:19.920 --> 0:24:22.240 You may have things in your life that seem dead, 0:24:22.960 --> 0:24:27.320 your health, business, a relationship. All you can see, so 0:24:27.359 --> 0:24:30.600 to speak, is that valley of dry bones. God is 0:24:30.640 --> 0:24:33.639 saying to you what he said to Ezekiel. It's not 0:24:33.880 --> 0:24:36.399 enough to just pray about it. You need to speak 0:24:36.440 --> 0:24:40.879 to it. Prophesy to those dead bones, Call in health, 0:24:41.400 --> 0:24:45.439 call in abundance, call in restoration. That child that's been 0:24:45.480 --> 0:24:49.600 off course. Don't just pray about it. Prophesy to him, son, daughter, 0:24:49.680 --> 0:24:53.400 come back in. You will fulfill your destiny. You're struggling 0:24:53.480 --> 0:24:57.119 with an addiction, don't just pray about it. Prophesy. I 0:24:57.200 --> 0:25:00.240 am free. Chains are broken off of me. This is 0:25:00.240 --> 0:25:03.320 a new day of victory. Get your check book out. 0:25:03.400 --> 0:25:07.240 Prophesy to it all. It looks like are dead bones dead, 0:25:07.480 --> 0:25:10.399 lack struggle. I prophesy out to these dead bones. I 0:25:10.440 --> 0:25:12.960 will lend and not borrow. I am the head enough 0:25:12.960 --> 0:25:18.600 to tell I am coming into overflow, just like with Ezekiel. 0:25:18.920 --> 0:25:22.600 If you'll prophesy to the bones, God will resurrect what 0:25:22.720 --> 0:25:25.640 looked dead. He'll make things happen that you could never 0:25:25.680 --> 0:25:30.880 make happen. Psalm too says, I will declare a decree. 0:25:31.359 --> 0:25:34.159 A decree was something that was written down, like an 0:25:34.160 --> 0:25:37.760 official document. The Psalmist was saying, there's something that's been 0:25:37.800 --> 0:25:41.360 written that I'm going to start speaking. You and I 0:25:41.400 --> 0:25:44.960 can do the same thing. Declare a decree. You should 0:25:44.960 --> 0:25:48.040 write down your goals. Write down what you want to 0:25:48.080 --> 0:25:51.480 see happen in life. Any areas that you're struggling in 0:25:51.640 --> 0:25:54.280 where you need to improve, write it down like it's 0:25:54.320 --> 0:25:59.600 already done, and then every day declare that decree. We 0:25:59.720 --> 0:26:03.040 do it a couple of times out loud. It's not 0:26:03.240 --> 0:26:06.320 enough to just think it. Something happens when we speak. 0:26:06.600 --> 0:26:11.000 You have to prophesy your future. You can personalize yours, 0:26:11.480 --> 0:26:14.440 but let me give you some generic things that should 0:26:14.480 --> 0:26:18.480 be on your decree. I am strong, I am healthy. 0:26:19.080 --> 0:26:23.000 I am in shape. I weigh what I'm supposed to weigh. 0:26:23.320 --> 0:26:27.800 I am full of energy. I am passionate. I am talented. 0:26:28.280 --> 0:26:33.760 I am secure, I am valuable. I am confident. I 0:26:33.800 --> 0:26:37.760 have a good personality. People like me. I am fun 0:26:37.800 --> 0:26:42.240 to be around. I am happy. I enjoy my life. 0:26:42.880 --> 0:26:46.360 I am a person of excellence. I am full of integrity. 0:26:46.880 --> 0:26:51.720 I am successful, I am prosperous. MY future is bright. 0:26:52.560 --> 0:26:56.360 MY children are mighty in the land. MY legacy will 0:26:56.400 --> 0:27:01.000 live on to inspire future generations. I run with purpose 0:27:01.119 --> 0:27:05.600 in every step. I am blessed. I am victorious. I 0:27:05.600 --> 0:27:08.879 am a child of the most High God. If you 0:27:09.040 --> 0:27:13.560 keep speaking things like that over your life, those words 0:27:13.640 --> 0:27:16.280 will get down on the inside of you. They'll not 0:27:16.359 --> 0:27:19.800 only change your outlook, but they will change who you are. 0:27:20.560 --> 0:27:24.920 Your words will become your reality. You are prophesying your future. 0:27:25.480 --> 0:27:28.440 Over time, those words will become a part of your 0:27:28.720 --> 0:27:31.960 everyday vocabulary. It'll be no big deal for you to 0:27:32.000 --> 0:27:34.879 go around saying I'm blessed, I'm healthy, I have the 0:27:34.920 --> 0:27:38.520 favor of God. Instead of being trapped by your words, 0:27:38.880 --> 0:27:42.399 you'll be propelled by your words. James said here in 0:27:42.440 --> 0:27:47.400 the scripture, just as a tiny rudder controls a lordship, 0:27:47.920 --> 0:27:51.800 so the tongue sets the direction for our life. Are 0:27:51.840 --> 0:27:55.040 you going in the right direction? Are you seeing increase 0:27:55.400 --> 0:27:59.520 favor new growth? If not, check up on what you're saying. 0:28:00.119 --> 0:28:02.600 When you get your words going in the right direction, 0:28:03.000 --> 0:28:06.199 your life will go in the right direction. Make this 0:28:06.280 --> 0:28:10.480 decision with me. No more words of lack, defeat, can't 0:28:10.480 --> 0:28:15.200 do it, mediocrity, doubt, don't curse your future. Bless your future. 0:28:15.720 --> 0:28:20.200 If you'll start prophesying victory, prophesy in favor, I believe 0:28:20.400 --> 0:28:24.840 and declare you're going to rise higher, overcome every obstacle, 0:28:25.080 --> 0:28:29.359 and become everything God's created you to be. In Jesus' name. 0:28:29.760 --> 0:28:32.639 If you receive it, can you say him in today? 0:28:33.600 --> 0:28:36.439 We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 0:28:36.480 --> 0:28:39.320 an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 0:28:39.600 --> 0:28:44.160 Would you pray with me. Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll 0:28:44.160 --> 0:28:49.040 repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 0:28:49.120 --> 0:28:52.840 you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that 0:28:52.920 --> 0:28:55.880 simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 0:28:55.920 --> 0:28:59.240 a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 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