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00:00The word meditate means to think about over and over.
00:04Studies tell us that we talk to ourselves up to 30,000 times a day.
00:09There's always something playing in our minds.
00:11We need to pay attention to what we're meditating on.
00:15Really, meditating is the same principle as worrying.
00:19When you worry, you're just meditating on the wrong thing.
00:22You're using your faith in reverse.
00:25If you go through the day worried about your finances,
00:27worried about your family, worried about your future,
00:31because you're allowing the wrong thoughts to play,
00:34it's going to cause you to be anxious, fearful, negative, discouraged.
00:38The whole problem is what you're choosing to meditate on.
00:42Friends, you control the doorway to your mind.
00:45When those negative thoughts come knocking, you don't have to answer the door.
00:48You can say, no thanks, I'm going to choose to meditate on what God says about me.
00:53And today, more than ever, there's a lot of doom and gloom.
00:57If you watch the news very long, you can get depressed.
01:01The stock market, the economy, the debt crisis.
01:04One phrase I saw in several newspapers last week was total fear in the marketplace.
01:10People are panicked.
01:11If you go through the day thinking about how bad it is,
01:14I wonder if I'm going to make it,
01:16and what if I lose my job, what if my retirement goes down,
01:19if you dwell on that, you're going to be stressed out.
01:22And I like to watch the news.
01:24I'm not saying to hide your head in the sand,
01:26but I've learned not to meditate on the negative reports.
01:31Philippians 4, 8 says,
01:32think on things that are wholesome,
01:35things that are pure,
01:36things that are of a good report.
01:38If it's not a good report,
01:41don't dwell on it.
01:42That's going to poison your spirit.
01:44Instead of replaying the doom and gloom over and over,
01:48replay what God says.
01:51Yes, the financial situation may be a little shaky,
01:53but God says He will supply all of your needs.
01:56He said He will prosper you even in a famine.
01:59He said He will open the windows of heaven
02:02and pour out blessings that you cannot contain.
02:05Now go through the day meditating on that.
02:07Get your mind going in the right direction.
02:10After all, the economy is not our source.
02:13God is our source.
02:15We may not know what all the future holds,
02:17but we do know who holds the future.
02:20And our trust is not in the stock market,
02:23not in the economy.
02:24I say it respectfully, not even in the government.
02:27Our trust is in the Lord.
02:29David said,
02:30some trust in chariots,
02:31some trust in horses,
02:33but our trust is in the name of the Lord our God.
02:36In modern times, it'd say,
02:39some trust in their money,
02:40some trust in their job,
02:42some trust in what the economists say,
02:44but our trust is in the God who created it all.
02:47Our trust is in Jehovah Jireh,
02:49the Lord our provider.
02:51When you meditate on that,
02:53you won't have total fear,
02:55you'll have total peace.
02:57You'll be at total rest.
02:58You know God's in control,
03:00and he can give you total victory.
03:02But it all depends on what's going on in our thought life.
03:06You can meditate on the problem,
03:08or you can meditate on the promises.
03:10You can meditate on the news reports,
03:12or you can meditate on God's report.
03:15What you allow to play in your mind
03:18will determine what kind of life you live.
03:20God said in Isaiah 26, 3,
03:23if you will keep your mind fixed on me,
03:26then I will keep you in perfect peace.
03:29Notice there's a way not only to have peace,
03:32but to have perfect peace.
03:34How?
03:35Keep your thoughts fixed on him.
03:37Some of you would go to a new level
03:39if you'd pay more attention
03:41to what's playing in your mind.
03:43You can't go through the day thinking,
03:45I hope my child straightens up,
03:47and what's going to happen if I get laid off,
03:49or I might not overcome this illness.
03:51When you dwell on that,
03:52you're not going to have peace.
03:54Meditating on the problem
03:55doesn't make it better,
03:57it makes it worse.
03:58You've got to change what you're dwelling on.
04:01All through the day,
04:02go around thinking,
04:03God has me in the palm of his hand.
04:06All things are going to work together for my good.
04:08This problem didn't come to stay,
04:10it came to pass.
04:11Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
04:13but the Lord delivers me out of them all.
04:15When you meditate on that,
04:17you'll have greater peace,
04:18greater joy,
04:19greater strength.
04:20The Apostle Paul understood this principle.
04:23He said,
04:24I think myself happy.
04:26Happiness starts in our thinking.
04:29Paul had been through a lot of disappointments.
04:31He'd been shipwrecked,
04:32put in jail,
04:34mistreated,
04:34yet he wasn't focused on his problems.
04:37He wasn't meditating on how bad it was,
04:40replaying all of his disappointments.
04:42No, he's the one that said,
04:44thanks be to God,
04:45who always causes me to triumph.
04:47I am more than a conqueror.
04:49His mind was filled with thoughts of hope,
04:51thoughts of faith,
04:52thoughts of victory.
04:53He was saying,
04:54it may look bad,
04:55but I've learned this secret
04:57of how to think myself happy.
04:59Some people have thought themselves depressed.
05:02They focused on their problems so long,
05:04they've thought themselves discouraged.
05:06They've watched so many news reports,
05:08they've thought themselves afraid.
05:10The good news is,
05:12just as you can think yourself depressed,
05:14and fearful,
05:15and negative,
05:16you can think yourself happy.
05:17You can think yourself peaceful.
05:19You can even think yourself into a better mood.
05:22The scripture tells us,
05:24arise from the depression
05:25that has kept you down,
05:27rise to a new life.
05:29The first place we have to arise
05:31is in our thinking.
05:32You have to put on a new attitude.
05:35Don't go through the day
05:36thinking about your problems,
05:38dwelling on who hurt you.
05:40That's going to keep you discouraged.
05:41You've got to start thinking yourself happy.
05:43In other words,
05:44all through the day,
05:45we should be going around thinking,
05:46my best days are in front of me.
05:49Something big is coming my way.
05:50What's meant for my harm,
05:52God's going to use to my advantage.
05:53My greatest victories are still in my future.
05:56On purpose,
05:58think power thoughts.
05:59I'm strong.
06:00I'm healthy.
06:01I'm blessed.
06:02When you wake up in the morning
06:03and those thoughts come,
06:05telling y'all,
06:06you don't want to go to work today.
06:07You've got so many problems.
06:09You've got so much coming against you.
06:11More than ever,
06:11you need to kick it into gear.
06:12This is going to be a great day.
06:14This is the day the Lord has made.
06:16I'm excited about my future.
06:18Something good is going to happen to me today.
06:20See, here's the key.
06:22Don't ever start the day in neutral.
06:25You cannot wait to see
06:26what kind of day it's going to be.
06:28You have to decide
06:29what kind of day it's going to be.
06:30When you first get out of bed
06:32in the morning,
06:33before you check the news,
06:35before you check the weather,
06:37before you check to see how you feel,
06:39you need to set your mind
06:40in the right direction.
06:42This is going to be a great day.
06:44If you don't set your mind,
06:45the enemy will set it for you.
06:47He'll remind you of how bad you have it
06:49and how many mistakes you've made
06:51and all the people
06:52that have come against you,
06:53on and on.
06:54Very often,
06:55the way we start the day
06:57will determine
06:58what kind of day we're going to have.
07:00If you start it negative,
07:02discouraged, complaining,
07:04you are setting the tone
07:05for a lousy day.
07:06You've got to get your mind
07:08going in the right direction.
07:09Your life is going to follow your thoughts.
07:12If you get up thinking,
07:14nothing good ever happens to me.
07:16I never get any breaks.
07:17I'll probably never get out of debt.
07:19I don't think I'll ever meet
07:21the right person and get married.
07:22That's what you're releasing your faith for.
07:25Jesus said,
07:26become what you believe.
07:29If you believe
07:30you'll never meet the right person
07:31and get married,
07:32unfortunately,
07:33you probably won't.
07:34Your faith is working.
07:35If you believe
07:36you're going to get laid off,
07:37don't be surprised if you do.
07:39You're going to become
07:40what you believe.
07:42I'm asking you
07:43to believe
07:44what God says about you.
07:46Believe that you're blessed.
07:48Believe that your best days
07:49are in front of you.
07:50Believe that you're strong,
07:52healthy,
07:53talented,
07:53creative,
07:54well able.
07:55Get rid of those wrong thoughts
07:57that are contaminating
07:58your thinking
07:59and start meditating
08:00on what God says about you.
08:02David said in Psalm 1,
08:04if you will meditate
08:05on God's word
08:06day and night,
08:08then you will be like a tree
08:09planted by the water.
08:11Your leaf will not wither,
08:13but you will bear fruit
08:15in every season
08:16without fail.
08:18Notice,
08:19not in some seasons,
08:20but in every season.
08:22That means
08:23even if the economy goes down,
08:25you'll still be bearing fruit.
08:27It means
08:27when others are going under,
08:29you'll be going over.
08:30When others have total fear,
08:32you'll have total peace.
08:33When others are complaining,
08:35you'll have a song of praise.
08:36When others are surviving,
08:38you'll be thriving.
08:39The message translation says,
08:41when you meditate on God's word,
08:43you will always be in blossom.
08:45That's God's dream for your life,
08:47that you always have a smile.
08:49That you're always in peace.
08:51That you're always excited
08:52about your future.
08:54And no,
08:54it doesn't mean
08:55that we'll never have adversities,
08:56but in those difficult times,
08:59because you have your thoughts
09:00fixed on Him,
09:02deep down,
09:03there'll be a confidence,
09:04a knowing
09:04that everything
09:05is going to be alright.
09:07You know God
09:07is still on the throne.
09:09He's fighting your battles.
09:10And you're not only
09:11going to come out,
09:12you're going to come out
09:12better off than you were before.
09:14I have these friends
09:15that live in another state.
09:17The man works in sales
09:19for a large corporation.
09:21Recently,
09:21he got a huge promotion
09:23that he'd been hoping
09:24to get for a long time.
09:25They were so excited,
09:27but it meant
09:28they had to move
09:28to a different city.
09:30The problem was,
09:31the housing market
09:32in their area
09:33was very down.
09:34Hardly anything was selling.
09:36They couldn't afford
09:37two house payments,
09:38so they had to sell their house
09:39before he could really
09:40take the promotion.
09:41But instead of
09:42getting discouraged
09:43and thinking,
09:44well, just our luck.
09:45Got the promotion
09:46at the wrong time.
09:46Our house is never
09:47going to sell.
09:48They kept their mind
09:49filled with faith.
09:51All through the day,
09:52they go around saying,
09:53Father,
09:53you said your favor
09:55surrounds us like a shield.
09:57You said we would
09:58always be in blossom.
09:59You said you would
10:00prosper us even in a famine.
10:03There were over 60 homes
10:04for sale in their neighborhood.
10:06In the last seven months,
10:08only three houses
10:09have sold.
10:09In the natural,
10:10it didn't look good.
10:11But they put their house
10:13on the market
10:13and two weeks later,
10:14they had a contract
10:15to purchase their home.
10:17They talked to the new owners
10:19and out of curiosity,
10:20they asked him,
10:21why did you choose our house?
10:23They said,
10:23well, we looked at over 30 houses
10:25in the neighborhood,
10:26but when we drove by your home,
10:28it just seemed to jump out at us.
10:30And when we went inside,
10:32we felt such a peace,
10:33we knew this was supposed
10:34to be our house.
10:35That's what happens
10:37when you meditate
10:38on God's promises.
10:39You will always be in blossom.
10:41In other words,
10:43your property will sell
10:44when others are not selling.
10:47You'll get well
10:48when the medical report
10:49says you won't.
10:50You'll be promoted
10:51even though you're not
10:52the most qualified.
10:53Why is that?
10:54You've got your mind
10:55filled with God's word.
10:57When you're in agreement
10:58with God,
10:59the creator of the universe
11:00goes to work.
11:01God will cause his favor
11:03to shine down on you.
11:04He will cause your house
11:06to stand out
11:06in the neighborhood.
11:07He will cause you
11:08to be at the right place
11:10at the right time,
11:11making sure
11:11that you succeed.
11:13Bottom line
11:14is you're going to become
11:15what you believe.
11:17Take inventory
11:18of what's playing
11:19in your mind.
11:20If you go around thinking,
11:21well, Joel,
11:22my house is never going to sell.
11:23You should see my neighborhood.
11:25Joel, I'm afraid
11:26I'm never going to get well.
11:27I'm afraid my child's
11:29going to go off
11:29on the wrong path.
11:30Your faith is going
11:32to draw in the negative.
11:34Job said,
11:35the thing I feared
11:36came upon me.
11:37Just as our faith
11:39can work in the right direction,
11:40it can work
11:41in the wrong direction.
11:43I heard about this lady.
11:44She bought a new plant
11:45for her bedroom.
11:46It was a six-foot ficus tree.
11:49She loved plants.
11:50She had them all over her house.
11:52She was very experienced
11:53at taking care of them.
11:55But she said
11:55the first morning
11:56she woke up
11:57and saw the new plant
11:58in her bedroom,
11:59she thought to herself,
12:01this plant
12:02is not going to make it.
12:03It's not going to live.
12:05That negative thought
12:06came out of the blue
12:07and she made the mistake
12:08of dwelling on it.
12:10Thinking about it
12:10over and over.
12:12She even told her husband,
12:13I think I've wasted
12:14my money on this plant.
12:15I'm just afraid
12:16that it's not going to live.
12:17He said,
12:18what are you talking about?
12:19All your plants have lived.
12:20Why would you say that?
12:21She said,
12:22ah, something just tells me
12:23it's not going to make it.
12:24Three weeks later,
12:26she went over to the plant
12:27and for no reason
12:28the leaves were starting
12:29to turn yellow.
12:30A few days later,
12:32the leaves had all fallen off.
12:33A few weeks later,
12:34the plant had totally
12:35withered up,
12:36completely died.
12:38One day,
12:39she was thinking about it
12:40and she said
12:41God spoke something to her,
12:42not out loud,
12:43but an impression
12:44down in here.
12:45God said,
12:46I just want you to know
12:47you killed that plant
12:49with your thoughts.
12:51And she heard that chills
12:53went up and down her spine.
12:54See,
12:55when we dwell on the negative,
12:57we're releasing our faith
12:58in the wrong direction.
13:00She told her husband,
13:01I know you're going to think
13:02I'm crazy,
13:03but I think I killed this plant
13:06with my thoughts.
13:07He looked at her
13:08very strangely and said,
13:09all I can say
13:10is I hope you're thinking
13:11good thoughts about me.
13:14Pay attention
13:15to what's playing in your mind.
13:17Here's what I've learned.
13:18God,
13:18if you'll fill your mind
13:20with the right thoughts,
13:22there won't be any room
13:23for the wrong thoughts.
13:24When you go around
13:25constantly thinking,
13:27I'm strong,
13:27I'm healthy,
13:28I'm blessed,
13:30I've got the favor of God,
13:31then when the negative thoughts
13:33come knocking,
13:34there will be a
13:34no vacancy sign.
13:36Sorry,
13:37no room for you.
13:38They won't be able
13:38to get in.
13:40I was traveling overseas
13:41with my father to India
13:43and our plane was delayed
13:44because of weather
13:45and we missed our connecting flight
13:47over in Europe.
13:48It was late at night
13:49and there was a hotel
13:50at the airport
13:51and we went up to the counter
13:52and my father asked
13:53the young man for a room
13:54and he checked the computer
13:56but he said,
13:57sorry sir,
13:57we're totally full tonight.
13:59Well,
14:00my dad wasn't about
14:01to take no for an answer
14:02and he said,
14:02can you please look again?
14:03We're really tired.
14:04We really need a room.
14:05He checked and checked again.
14:07He said,
14:07sorry,
14:08no vacancy,
14:08totally full.
14:09My dad asked to speak
14:11to the manager
14:11and he came out
14:12and went through
14:13the same exercise
14:14and even went back
14:15in the back
14:15but he came back
14:16and he said,
14:17sir,
14:17I'm sorry,
14:17we don't have any rooms.
14:18My dad said,
14:19we're just going to be here
14:20a few hours.
14:21Can't we have some place to stay?
14:23The manager looked at my father
14:24and said,
14:25sir,
14:25I can't make anyone
14:27leave the hotel.
14:28We are totally full.
14:30That's how it is
14:31when you keep your mind
14:32filled with God's word.
14:34That thought of fear
14:35comes knocking.
14:36You're not going to make it.
14:37The problem is too big.
14:39Let me in.
14:40Give me a room to stay.
14:41No,
14:42just like that hotel manager,
14:43sorry,
14:44fear,
14:44no vacancy,
14:45no room.
14:46You're going to have to go
14:47somewhere else to stay.
14:48That thought,
14:49you'll never sell your house.
14:50Have you seen the market?
14:51No vacancy.
14:53God's favor surrounds me
14:54like a shield.
14:55You'll never get well.
14:57Have you seen the medical report?
14:58No vacancy.
14:59God is restoring health unto me.
15:01Well,
15:01you've seen your best days.
15:03No vacancy.
15:04This hotel,
15:05this mind
15:06is filled
15:07with thoughts of faith,
15:08hope,
15:09victory,
15:09increase,
15:10abundance,
15:10restoration.
15:11There's no room for doubt,
15:13unbelief,
15:14anxiety,
15:14fear,
15:15depression.
15:16You need to take inventory
15:18of who's staying in your house.
15:20Who's occupying your rooms?
15:23If you give fear a room,
15:25then faith gets left outside.
15:27There's not room for both.
15:28If you give,
15:29I can't a room,
15:31then I can is left outside.
15:33If you give lack,
15:35barely get by,
15:36I'll never make it a room,
15:37then increase,
15:38promotion,
15:39abundance
15:40is left at the door.
15:41Get rid of the wrong thoughts
15:43and let what God says about you
15:45have a permanent home.
15:47Think of it like this.
15:48When you go to bed at night,
15:50you lock the doors to your house.
15:52You don't want any strangers coming in.
15:54That's where you live.
15:55That's your home.
15:56You need to have that same thinking
15:58when it comes to your mind.
16:00This is where I live.
16:01This is who I am.
16:02This is my future.
16:03I'm not going to let
16:05just any thought come in
16:06and have a permanent home.
16:08I'm going to guard the doorway
16:09to my mind
16:10and only give a room
16:12to thoughts of hope,
16:14thoughts of faith,
16:14thoughts of victory.
16:16I've heard it put like this.
16:17If you owned an apartment complex
16:19and you rented out 80%
16:22of the apartments
16:23to drug dealers,
16:24thieves,
16:25cheaters,
16:26and the other 20%
16:27to normal,
16:29law-abiding citizens,
16:29after a few months,
16:31the drug dealers and cheaters
16:33would run off
16:33all the normal people.
16:35Same way in our thoughts.
16:37If you go around
16:38thinking about how bad it is,
16:40dwelling on your problems,
16:42all that you don't have,
16:43how tough your future
16:44is going to be,
16:45all those negative thoughts
16:47are going to run off
16:48any positive thoughts.
16:49You've got to quit
16:51renting out space
16:52in your mind
16:53to your problems.
16:54Quit renting out
16:55valuable space
16:56to self-pity.
16:57Don't rent it out
16:58to can't do it.
16:59Not going to happen thoughts.
17:01You only have
17:02so much space
17:03in your mind.
17:04Some of you today,
17:05you need to serve
17:06an eviction notice.
17:08Tell those negative thoughts,
17:10you've occupied
17:10my rooms long enough.
17:12I've got a new renter
17:13coming in.
17:14My new renter
17:15is faith,
17:16joy,
17:17peace,
17:18healing.
17:18My new tenant
17:19is victory.
17:20I'm not saying
17:21to deny the negative reports
17:23and act like
17:24they don't exist.
17:25I'm simply saying
17:26don't dwell on them.
17:28Don't let it consume you.
17:30That's all you think about,
17:32all you talk about.
17:33Learn to downplay it.
17:34You remember in the scripture
17:35when Jesus was headed off
17:37to pray for a person
17:38that was very sick
17:39but he kept getting delayed.
17:41Finally,
17:42these people came back
17:43and said to the disciples
17:44who were very close to Jesus
17:46standing there,
17:47they said,
17:48tell Jesus
17:48he doesn't need to come
17:50any longer.
17:50It's too late.
17:51The person has already died.
17:53The scripture says
17:55Jesus overhearing
17:57but ignoring.
17:58In other words,
17:59Jesus heard the negative reports
18:01but he didn't let it take root.
18:03He didn't meditate on it.
18:05He didn't get discouraged.
18:06He didn't turn around
18:07and go back home.
18:08No,
18:09he knew
18:09people don't have the final say.
18:11God has the final say.
18:13Sometimes
18:14in order to stay in faith,
18:16you have to ignore
18:17a negative report.
18:18You have to ignore
18:20what somebody said about you.
18:21You have to ignore
18:22what your own thoughts
18:24are telling you.
18:24You may hear it
18:25but you can do like Jesus
18:27and choose not to dwell on it.
18:29When I stepped up
18:30to pastor the church,
18:31every thought in my mind
18:33told me,
18:33Joel,
18:34you can't do this.
18:35You're not a minister.
18:36You're going to get up there
18:37and look like a fool.
18:38I heard the thoughts
18:40but I chose
18:41not to dwell on it.
18:42I meditated on
18:43I can do all things
18:44through Christ.
18:45I am strong in the Lord.
18:46If God be for me,
18:48who dare be against me?
18:50When you get in agreement
18:51with God,
18:52you will fulfill
18:52your God-given destiny.
18:54When we were trying
18:55to acquire
18:56this beautiful new facility,
18:58many people told us
18:59it's never going to happen.
19:01You're wasting your time,
19:02Joel.
19:02You're not going to get
19:03that building.
19:04I heard the reports
19:06but I let them go in one ear
19:07and out the other.
19:08I didn't pay any attention to it.
19:10When our children were younger
19:12and one of their friends
19:13was talking too much
19:14and they didn't want to hear it,
19:15they'd put out their arm
19:16and say,
19:17talk to the hand.
19:18That meant,
19:19you're talking
19:20but I'm not listening.
19:21That's what we need to do
19:22when the negative thoughts come.
19:24In your imagination,
19:25just put out your arm
19:26and say,
19:27talk to the hand.
19:28You're talking
19:28but I'm not hearing you.
19:30You're trying to rent a room
19:31but I'm telling you,
19:32no vacancy here.
19:34I was watching a football game
19:36several years ago.
19:37It was the playoffs
19:38and a very important game
19:39and there were only
19:40a few seconds left
19:41and the visiting team
19:42was down by two points
19:44and they were about to attempt
19:45a field goal
19:46to win the game.
19:48The kicker was on the field
19:49lining up,
19:50getting ready for the biggest kick
19:51of his life.
19:53The opposing fans
19:54were hollering at him,
19:56screaming,
19:57jeering,
19:57trying to distract him.
19:59And just as he was
20:00about to kick,
20:01the other team
20:01called timeout
20:02to give the fans
20:04more time
20:04to try to intimidate him.
20:06They started playing
20:07in the stadium
20:08on the big screen
20:09all the times
20:10this kicker
20:11had missed before.
20:12Even years back,
20:14they replayed
20:15all of his failures
20:16and every time he missed,
20:17the whole crowd
20:18would go crazy.
20:19With 80,000 people
20:21screaming against him,
20:23he stepped up
20:23and kicked the ball
20:24right through the uprights
20:26and won the game.
20:27Afterwards,
20:28a reporter asked him
20:29how he could handle
20:30the pressure
20:31with so many thousands
20:33of people
20:33screaming against him.
20:34He said,
20:35you know,
20:35it's kind of funny,
20:36I didn't hear
20:37anybody screaming.
20:38I just kept telling myself,
20:40you can do this,
20:40you've got what it takes.
20:42The reporter said,
20:43well,
20:44what about
20:44on the big screen
20:45when they were replaying
20:46all your failures?
20:48He said,
20:48oh yeah,
20:48I saw that,
20:49but I didn't pay
20:49any attention.
20:50I just ignored it.
20:52In life,
20:53there will be times
20:54where it feels like
20:55every voice
20:56is telling you
20:57you can't do it.
20:58It's not going
20:59to work out.
21:00You'll never
21:00overcome this problem.
21:02It may be
21:03physical voices,
21:04people around you,
21:06critics,
21:06naysayers,
21:07or it may just be
21:08voices in your mind,
21:10thoughts trying
21:11to discourage you.
21:12Don't be surprised
21:13even if the enemy
21:14starts replaying
21:16your failures,
21:17replaying the times
21:18that you've missed it,
21:19replaying all your
21:20disappointments.
21:21Listen,
21:21you've got to do
21:22like this young man,
21:23dig your heels in.
21:24You may hear
21:25the negative reports
21:26but choose
21:27to ignore it.
21:28People don't
21:28determine your destiny,
21:30God does.
21:31If you'll get
21:31an agreement with God
21:33and not let
21:34those distractions
21:35pull you off course,
21:36let me tell you,
21:37God will get you
21:38to where He
21:38wants you to be.
21:40Friends,
21:40the first place
21:41we lose the victory
21:42is in our own thinking.
21:44You may feel like
21:4580,000 voices
21:46are screaming against you
21:47saying,
21:48it's never going
21:49to work out.
21:50This problem
21:51is too big,
21:52you might as well
21:52just settle where you are.
21:54Now put your hand out,
21:55tell those negative thoughts,
21:56talk to the hand.
21:57They want to rent a room,
21:59show them the no vacancy sign.
22:01If you'll keep your thoughts
22:02fixed on what God says,
22:04you will overcome
22:04those obstacles
22:05and accomplish your dreams.
22:07That's what it says
22:08in Joshua 1.8.
22:09If you will meditate
22:11on God's Word
22:12day and night,
22:13you will prosper
22:14and have good success.
22:16The whole key
22:17is what's going on
22:18in your thought life.
22:20What are you meditating on?
22:22Make a decision with me
22:23that you're going
22:24to keep your thoughts
22:25fixed on what God says.
22:27On purpose,
22:28think power thoughts.
22:29I'm strong.
22:30I'm talented.
22:31I'm creative.
22:33I've got the favor of God.
22:34Remember,
22:35you're going to become
22:36what you believe.
22:37Get up every morning.
22:39Set your mind
22:39in the right direction.
22:41Don't meditate
22:42on the problem.
22:43Meditate on the promises.
22:45Learn to think yourself happy.
22:46Think yourself peaceful.
22:48Think yourself victorious.
22:49Victory starts
22:50in our thinking.
22:51If you'll develop
22:52this habit
22:53of meditating
22:54on what God says,
22:55here's what's going to happen.
22:57You're going to have
22:57perfect peace.
22:58You will always be in blossom.
23:00You will prosper.
23:02You will have good success.
23:03Now believe and declare
23:04you will overcome
23:05every obstacle,
23:06defeat every enemy.
23:08You're going to become
23:08everything God's created
23:10you to be.
23:11Amen.
23:11Do you receive it today?
23:13We never like to close
23:14our broadcast
23:15without giving you
23:16an opportunity
23:16to make Jesus
23:17the Lord of your life.
23:19Would you pray with me?
23:20Just say,
23:21Lord Jesus,
23:23I'll repent of my sins.
23:25Come into my heart.
23:27I'll make you
23:27my Lord and Savior.
23:29Friends,
23:30if you prayed
23:30that simple prayer,
23:31we believe you got born again.
23:33Get in a good
23:34Bible-based church.
23:35Keep God first place.
23:36He's going to take you
23:37places that you've
23:38never dreamed of.
23:38You're going to take you
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