JOEL: GOD BLESS YOU.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR LETTING
US COME IN TO YOUR HOMES.
WE ARE PRAYING FOR YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY FOR GOD'S VERY
BEST.
I LIKE TO START WITH
SOMETHING FUNNY.
I HEARD ABOUT THIS PASTOR.
HE BOUGHT A NEW HORSE.
HE TRAINED IT TO RESPOND TO,
"PRAISE THE LORD," MEANING,
"GIDDY UP," AND,
"HALLELUJAH," MEANING,
"WHOA." EVERY TIME HE SAID,
"PRAISE THE LORD," THE
HORSE TOOK OFF RUNNING.
WHEN HE SAID, "HALLELUJAH,"
IT WOULD QUICKLY STOP.
ONE DAY HE WAS OUT RIDING,
THE HORSE GOT SPOOKED, TOOK
OFF RUNNING STRAIGHT TOWARD
A CLIFF, GOING FULL BLAST.
IN THE PANIC, HE COULDN'T
REMEMBER WHAT HE'D TAUGHT
THE HORSE. HE SAID, "BLESS
GOD, GLORY, AMEN,"
NOTHING HAPPENED.
AT THE LAST MOMENT, HE
SHOUTED, "HALLELUJAH,"
AND THE HORSE COME TO A
SCREECHING HALT, JUST
INCHES BEFORE THE EDGE
OF THE CLIFF. HE BREATHED
A SIGH OF RELIEF AND SAID,
"PRAISE THE LORD."
SAY IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT.
THIS IS MY BIBLE.
I AM WHAT IT SAYS I AM.
I HAVE WHAT IT SAYS I HAVE.
I CAN DO WHAT IT SAYS
I CAN DO.
TODAY I WILL BE TAUGHT THE
WORD OF GOD.
I BOLDLY CONFESS:
MY MIND IS ALERT.
MY HEART IS RECEPTIVE.
I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
IN JESUS' NAME.EPTIVE.
GOD BLESS YOU.E THE SAME.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY
ABOUT BLESSING YOURSELF.
WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT BLESSING
OTHERS. BEING GOOD TO
FRIENDS, COMPLIMENTING A
FAMILY MEMBER, HELPING A
NEIGHBOR. THAT'S ALL GOOD,
WE SHOULD BLESS OTHERS BUT
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO
BLESS YOURSELF.
WHEN WE HEAR 'BLESS
YOURSELF' THAT CAN SOUND
ODD, SELF-CENTERED.
"I CAN'T BLESS MYSELF,
I WANT SOMEONE ELSE TO
BLESS ME. MORE IMPORTANTLY,
I WANT GOD TO BLESS ME."
BUT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS IN
ISAIAH, "HE WHO INVOKES A
BLESSING ON HIMSELF SHALL
DO SO BY SAYING."
THE WAY YOU BLESS YOURSELF
IS TO SAY WHAT GOD SAYS
ABOUT YOU.
"I AM STRONG, I AM TALENTED,
I AM FORGIVEN, I AM HEALTHY,
I AM VALUABLE, I AM A
MASTERPIECE."
THOSE ARE NOT JUST POSITIVE
AFFIRMATIONS, YOU JUST
INVOKED A BLESSING ON
YOURSELF.
WHEN YOU SPEAK IT OUT YOU
GIVE LIFE TO WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST
THINK THIS, YOU DON'T BLESS
YOURSELF BY JUST DWELLING ON
POSITIVE THOUGHTS.
NOTHING HAPPENS UNTIL YOU
SPEAK. WHEN YOU SAY.
"I AM BLESSED," BLESSINGS
COME LOOKING FOR YOU.
WHEN YOU SAY, "I AM
PROSPEROUS," GOOD BREAKS
START HEADING YOUR WAY.
WHEN YOU SAY, "I AM
HEALTHY", HEALTH STARTS
TRACKING YOU DOWN.
YOU CAN'T WAIT TILL YOU FEEL
THAT WAY, THEN YOU'RE GOING
TO SAY IT.
"WHEN THE MEDICAL REPORT
TURNS AROUND THEN I'LL SAY
I'M HEALTHY."
IT'S JUST THE OPPOSITE.
YOU HAVE TO DECLARE YOU'RE
HEALTHY, BEFORE THE HEALTH
IS GOING TO SHOW UP.
YOU HAVE TO SAY, "I AM
CONFIDENT," BEFORE YOU'RE
GOING TO FEEL CONFIDENT.
IF YOU'LL SAY IT LONG
ENOUGH, WHAT HAPPENS IS
THOSE WORDS GET DOWN IN
YOUR SPIRIT.
YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAY
ABOUT YOURSELF MORE THAN
WHAT ANYONE ELSE SAYS ABOUT
YOU.
WHEN YOU HEAR YOURSELF DAY
AFTER DAY, "I AM HEALTHY, I
AM TALENTED, I AM CONFIDENT,
I AM VALUABLE,"
IT'S CHANGING HOW YOU SEE
YOURSELF.
OVER TIME, YOU'RE GOING TO
BECOME WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE IN PART
TODAY BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'VE
BEEN SPEAKING OVER YOUR
LIFE.
ALL THROUGH THE DAY, YOU
NEED TO DEVELOP THIS HABIT
OF BLESSING YOURSELF.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT IN
FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE, BUT
WHEN YOU'RE IN THE SHOWER,
"FATHER THANK YOU THAT I AM
CREATIVE, I AM ATTRACTIVE, I
AM A GREAT FATHER, I HAVE A
GOOD PERSONALITY."
DRIVING TO WORK, "LORD,
THANK YOU THAT I AM
FORGIVEN, I'M REDEEMED,
THAT YOUR MERCY IS BIGGER
THAN MY MISTAKES."
BEFORE YOU GO TO BED
"I AM VALUABLE, I AM ONE
OF A KIND, I HAVE SEEDS OF
GREATNESS."
EVERY TIME YOU SAY THAT
IT'S GETTING DEEPER IN
YOUR SPIRIT. IT'S BECOMING
MORE ENGRAINED IN YOUR
THINKING.
STUDIES TELL US THAT WE MOVE
TOWARD WHAT'S IN OUR
SUBCONSCIOUS MIND.
WITHOUT EVEN THINKING ABOUT
IT, YOU'RE BEING PULLED
TOWARD WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
THAT IS WHY IT'S SO
IMPORTANT TO PAY ATTENTION
TO WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OVER
YOURSELF.
OTHER PEOPLE MAY SAY THINGS
ABOUT YOU BUT NOTHING IS
MORE POWERFUL THAN WHAT YOU
SAY ABOUT YOURSELF.
I CAN TELL YOU ALL DAY LONG,
"YOU'RE A VICTOR AND NOT A
VICTIM."
THAT'S GOOD, THAT'S HELPING
YOUR THINKING.
BUT IT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO
WHEN YOU SAY, "I AM A CHILD
OF THE MOST HIGH GOD.
I AM FEARFULLY AND
WONDERFULLY MADE, I AM A
MASTERPIECE, HANDPICKED BY
THE CREATOR OF THE
UNIVERSE."
YOU KEEP DECLARING THAT AND
YOU CAN'T STAY INSECURE,
FEELING UNWORTHY.
THAT WILL GET DOWN IN YOUR
SPIRIT, YOU'LL PUT YOUR
SHOULDERS BACK, HOLD YOUR
HEAD UP HIGH, AND YOU'LL GO
PLACES THAT YOU'VE NEVER
DREAMED.
ARE YOU BLESSING YOURSELF OR
ARE YOU JUST WAITING FOR GOD
TO BLESS YOU?
WAITING FOR YOUR SPOUSE TO
MAKE YOU FEEL VALUABLE?
WAITING FOR THAT ADDICTION
TO GO AWAY?
MAYBE THE REASON IT'S NOT
HAPPENING IS YOU'RE NOT
INVOKING THE BLESSING ON
YOURSELF.
YOU'RE NOT DECLARING WHAT
GOD SAYS ABOUT YOU.
IN THE FACE OF THAT
ADDICTION, YOU NEED TO
DECLARE, "I AM FREE.
I AM WHOLE. GREATER IS HE
THAT'S IN ME THAN WHAT'S
TRYING TO STOP ME."
NOT JUST ONE TIME, BUT ALL
THROUGH THE DAY, WEEK AFTER
WEEK, MONTH AFTER MONTH.
KEEP BLESSING YOURSELF,
KEEP DECLARING YOU'RE FREE,
KEEP SPEAKING VICTORY.
AS YOU DO THAT, YOU MAY
NOT BE ABLE TO SEE IT BUT
FREEDOM IS COMING YOUR WAY.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "YOUT
WILL EAT THE FRUIT OF YOUR.
WORDS."
WHATEVER YOU'RE SAYING THAT
FRUIT IS DEVELOPING, THE
FRUIT IS GROWING.
IT'S SIGNIFICANT THAT GOD
USES FRUIT AS THE EXAMPLE
BECAUSE FRUIT DOESN'T
DEVELOP OVERNIGHT,
IT TAKES TIME.
THIS IS SHOWING US YOU HAVE
TO KEEP SPEAKING IT, KEEP
BLESSING YOURSELF.
DON'T BE MOVED BY WHAT'S NOT
CHANGING.
YOU MAY NOT SEE RESULTS IN A
WEEK, BUT THINGS ARE
HAPPENING THAT YOU CAN'T
SEE.
WE HAVE SOME LEMON TREES IN
OUR BACKYARD.
THE LEMONS START OFF AS A
LITTLE WHITE FLOWER, NO
RESEMBLANCE OF A LEMON.
OVER TIME THAT FLOWER
CHANGES INTO A LITTLE ROUND
BALL ABOUT THE SIZE OF A
PEA, MONTH AFTER MONTH IT
GROWS.
IN A YEAR OR SO, IT'S A BIG,
BEAUTIFUL, YELLOW LEMON.
AS YOU KEEP SAYING WHAT GOD
SAYS ABOUT YOU, THOSE WORDS
ARE TAKING ROOT.
THAT FREEDOM YOU'RE SPEAKING
IS DEVELOPING, THAT HEALTH
YOU'RE DECLARING, THE
TALENT, THE CONFIDENCE, THE
DISCIPLINE IT'S GROWING.
YOU'RE GOING TO COME TO A
POINT WHERE YOU SEE WHAT
YOU'VE BEEN SAYING.
YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING IT BY
FAITH ANYMORE, NOW IT'S A
REALITY.
YOU'RE GOING TO EAT THE
FRUIT OF YOUR WORDS.
THAT'S WHY EVERY DAY YOU
NEED TO SPEND TIME BLESSING
YOURSELF.
IT'S GOOD WHEN OTHERS
ENCOURAGE YOU, IT'S GOOD
WHEN THEY PRAY FOR YOU, BUT
THEIR WORDS DON'T HAVE THE
AUTHORITY AS YOUR WORDS.
WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT YOURSELF,
YOU'RE GIVING IT THE RIGHT
TO COME TO PASS.
WHEN WE WAKE UP EACH RIGHT
MORNING, MOST OF US BRUSH
OUR TEETH, TAKE A SHOWER,
PICK OUT OUR CLOTHES, GET
DRESSED.
WE MAY SPEND A HALF AN HOUR
GETTING OUR PHYSICAL BODY
READY FOR THE DAY.
BUT OFTEN WE DON'T SPEND ANY
TIME GETTING OUR INNER
PERSON READY FOR THE DAY.
OUR MIND, OUR SPIRIT, OUR
EMOTIONS.
WHAT IF YOU TOOK A COUPLE OF
MINUTES EVERY MORNING,
BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE HOUSE
AND SAY WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT
YOU?
MAKE THIS DECLARATION OF
FAITH.
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WEBSITE.
I AM BLESSED, I AM
PROSPEROUS, I AM REDEEMED,
FORGIVEN, TALENTED,
CREATIVE, DISCIPLINED,
FOCUSED, CONFIDENT, SECURE,
PREPARED, QUALIFIED,
MOTIVATED, VALUABLE, FREE,
DETERMINED, EQUIPPED,
EMPOWERED, ANOINTED,
ACCEPTED AND APPROVED.
NOT AVERAGE, NOT MEDIOCRE,
I AM A CHILD OF THE MOST HIGH
GOD.
WE SAY THAT EVERY SERVICE AT
LAKEWOOD.
IT'S BECAUSE IT'S EASY TO
FORGET WHO WE ARE.
LIFE TRIES TO PUSH US DOWN,
TELL US WHAT WE'RE NOT, WHAT
WE CAN'T DO, HOW WE'VE
FAILED.
SOMETIMES OUR OWN THOUGHTS
TELL US WE'RE NOT
ATTRACTIVE, NOTHING GOOD IS
IN OUR FUTURE.
IF YOU LET THOSE LIES PLAY,
IT WILL KEEP YOU FROM YOUR
PURPOSE.
BUT IF YOU'LL MAKE THIS
DECLARATION SEVERAL TIMES A
DAY, MONTH AFTER MONTH, IT
WILL GET DOWN IN YOUR SPIRIT
AND YOU WILL BECOME WHO GOD
CREATED YOU TO BE.
WHEN YOU'RE CONSTANTLY
SAYING WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT
YOU IT WILL BRING DOWN
STRONGHOLDS THAT ARE KEEPING
YOU BACK.
IT WILL GET RID OF ALL THE
IMPURITIES THAT ARE
CONTAMINATING YOUR
SELF-IMAGE.
YOU'LL BEGIN TO SEE YOURSELF
THE RIGHT WAY, REDEEMED,
FORGIVEN, STRONG,
VICTORIOUS.
I TALKED TO A MAN THAT WAS
RAISED IN A DYSFUNCTIONAL
HOME.
HE WAS TOLD BY HIS FATHER
THAT HE WOULD NEVER AMOUNT
TO ANYTHING, HE WASN'T THAT
SMART ENOUGH, HE'D NEVER BE
SUCCESSFUL.
FOR FORTY YEARS HE BELIEVED
THOSE LIES.
HE STAYED AT THE LOWEST
LEVEL POSITION AT THE
COMPANY WHERE HE WORKED,
NEVER THOUGHT HE COULD RISE
HIGHER, AFTER ALL HE WAS
TOLD THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE THE
TALENT.
ONE DAY HE HEARD WHAT I'M
TELLING YOU.
INSTEAD OF AGREEING WITH
WHAT PEOPLE SAID ABOUT HIM,
HE STARTED SPEAKING WHAT GOD
SAID ABOUT HIM.
"I AM FEARFULLY AND
WONDERFULLY MADE, I HAVE
SEEDS OF GREATNESS, I AM
FULL OF POTENTIAL."
AS HE SPOKE WHAT GOD SAID
ABOUT HIM, HE BEGAN TO SEE
HIMSELF IN A NEW WAY.
HE BECAME MORE CONFIDENT,
NEW GIFTS STARTED TO COME
OUT, OTHER PEOPLE STARTED TO
NOTICE.
HE GOT PROMOTED AGAIN AND
AGAIN.
AFTER THIRTY YEARS OF BEING
STUCK AT THAT LOW LEVEL
POSITION, TODAY, HE'S
RUNNING HIS WHOLE
DEPARTMENT.
HE HAS SEVERAL HUNDRED
PEOPLE UNDER HIM.
PEOPLE MAY TELL YOU THAT,
"YOU'RE AVERAGE, THERE'S
NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT YOU."
THE GOOD NEWS IS WHAT YOU
SAY ABOUT YOURSELF OVERRIDES
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY.
DON'T LET WHAT SOMEONE SPOKE
OVER YOU KEEP YOU FROM
BECOMING WHO YOU WERE
CREATED TO BE.
DON'T GO AROUND REPEATING
THOSE LIES, "I'M NOT THAT
TALENTED, I'VE REACHED MY
LIMITS, I'LL NEVER
ACCOMPLISH MY DREAMS."
ZIP THAT UP AND SPEAK
BLESSINGS OVER YOUR LIFE.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "WITH
OUR WORDS WE CAN BLESS OR WE
CAN CURSE, WE CAN LIFT UP OR
WE CAN PUSH DOWN."
MY QUESTION IS ARE YOU
BLESSING YOURSELF OR ARE YOU
CURSING YOURSELF?
ARE YOU SPEAKING WORDS OF
FAITH, LIFE, VICTORY OR ARE
YOU SPEAKING DEFEAT,
MEDIOCRITY?
"I'M SO UNDISCIPLINED.
I'LL NEVER LOSE THIS WEIGHT,
I'LL NEVER BREAK THIS
ADDICTION.
I'M UNATTRACTIVE, I'LL NEVER
MEET THE RIGHT PERSON."
YOU MAY NOT REALIZE IT BUT
YOU'RE CURSING YOURSELF.
YOU'RE SPEAKING DEFEAT INTO
YOUR FUTURE.
YOU HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE IN
LIFE AGAINST YOU, DON'T BE
AGAINST YOURSELF.
THERE ARE FORCES OF DARKNESS
TRYING TO KEEP YOU FROM YOUR
DESTINY, DON'T GIVE THEM ANY
FUEL.
PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING ABOUT YOURSELF.
YOU CAN'T TALK DEFEAT AND
HAVE VICTORY.
YOU CAN'T TALK LACK AND HAVE
ABUNDANCE.
YOU CAN'T TALK SICKNESS AND
HAVE HEALTH.
YOU MAY BE UNDISCIPLINED
RIGHT NOW, BUT THE WAY TO
CHANGE IS NOT BY TELLING HOW
BAD YOU ARE, PUTTING
YOURSELF DOWN.
THAT'S INVITING MORE
DIFFICULTIES.
START SPEAKING VICTORY,
DON'T CURSE YOURSELF
ANYMORE, START BLESSING
YOURSELF.
"I AM DISCIPLINED.SSING
I AM DETERMINED.
I AM STRONG.
I WILL BREAK THIS ADDICTION,
I WILL GET BACK IN SHAPE."
A FRIEND OF MINE STRUGGLED
WITH SMOKING FOR YEARS.
HE TRIED TO QUIT AGAIN AND
AGAIN AND WASN'T ABLE TO DO
IT.
HE WAS CONSTANTLY SAYING,
"IT'S TOO HARD, I'LL NEVER
BREAK IT.
I DON'T HAVE THE WILL
POWER."
HE CAME DOWN FOR PRAYER AND
HE WAS VERY HARD ON HIMSELF,
VERY CRITICAL.
HE TOLD ME HOW HE WAS
UNDISCIPLINED AND HOW HE HAD
QUIT FOR A FEW MONTHS AND
WENT BACK AND HOW HE WASN'T
GOING TO BE ABLE TO BREAK
IT.
HE DIDN'T REALIZE, HE WAS
CURSING HIMSELF.
I TOLD HIM WHAT I'M TELLING
YOU, YOU HAVE TO CHANGE WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING.
YOU HAVE TO START BLESSING
YOURSELF.
EVERYDAY START, "I AM
STRONG, I AM DISCIPLINED.
THIS ADDICTION DOESN'T
CONTROL ME."
HE TRIED THIS DIFFERENT
APPROACH.
WHILE HE WAS SMOKING, HE
WOULD SAY, "LORD THANK YOU
THAT I AM FREE."
THOUGHTS TOLD HIM, "ARE YOU
KIDDING?
YOU'RE NOT FREE.
YOU'RE JUST AS ADDICTED AS
YOU WERE BEFORE."
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "LET THE
WEAK SAY I AM STRONG."
DON'T DESCRIBE THE WEAKNESS,
CALL IN STRENGTH, CALL IN
FREEDOM, CALL IN FAVOR.
ABOUT SIX MONTHS LATER,
SOMETHING INTERESTING
HAPPENED.
HE STARTED TO NOT LIKE THE
TASTE OF THE CIGARETTE.
HE THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD
BATCH.
THE TASTE GOT WORSE AND
WORSE.
HE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE HE
COULDN'T STAND IT.
HE STOPPED SMOKING.
TODAY HE'S BEEN FREE FOR
OVER EIGHT YEARS.
IT ALL STARTED WHEN HE
STOPPED CURSING HIMSELF AND
HE STARTED BLESSING HIMSELF.
ARE YOU SPEAKING NEGATIVE
OVER YOURSELF?
ARE YOU PUTTING YOURSELF
DOWN, TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU
DON'T MEASURE UP, WHAT YOU
CAN'T DO, HOW YOU'LL NEVER
BE FREE?
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR, QUIT
CURSING YOURSELF AND START
BLESSING YOURSELF.
IF YOU KEEP BEING NEGATIVE
TOWARD YOURSELF IT WILL KEEP
YOU FROM YOUR DESTINY.
IN THE BOOK OF NUMBERS, THEP
KING OF MOAB HIRED BALAAM
THE PROPHET TO GO CURSE THE
ISRAELITES.
THE KING KNEW THE ISRAELITES
WERE STRONGER AND MORE
POWERFUL, HE THOUGHT IF HE
COULD GET BALAAM TO CURSE
THEM, THEN THE MOABITES
WOULD BE ABLE TO DEFEAT THE
PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.
BUT GOD TOLD BALAAM TO ONLY
SAY WHAT THE LORD SAYS.
WHEN BALAAM ARRIVED INSTEAD
OF CURSING THE ISRAELITES,
HE BLESSED THEM.
THE KING WAS SO UPSET.
HE SAID, "YOU DON'T
UNDERSTAND, I'M PAYING YOU
TO CURSE THEM."
THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES,
BUT EVERY TIME BALAAM
BLESSED THEM.
HE TOLD THE KING, "I CANNOT
CURSE WHAT GOD HAS ALREADY
BLESSED."
ONE THING GOD WAS SHOWING US
IS THE ENEMY CANNOT CURSE
YOU.
YOU ARE GOD'S PROPERTY.
HE'S ALREADY PUT A BLESSING
ON YOU.
PEOPLE, BAD BREAKS, HOW YOU
WERE RAISED, WHAT'S COMING
AGAINST YOU, CANNOT STOP
YOUR DESTINY.
YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN SET
APART, FAVORED, EQUIPPED,
EMPOWERED, BY THE CREATOR OF
THE UNIVERSE.
BUT HERE'S THE KEY, SINCE
THE ENEMY CAN'T CURSE YOU,
HE'LL TRY TO DECEIVE YOU
INTO CURSING YOURSELF.
HE'LL DO HIS BEST TO TRY TO
GET YOU TO GO THROUGH LIFE
SPEAKING DEFEAT OVER
YOURSELF.
"I'M NOT THAT TALENTED, I'LL
NEVER MEET THE RIGHT PERSON.
I'VE MADE TOO MANY
MISTAKES."
HE CAN'T CURSE YOU, DON'T
YOU DARE DO IT FOR HIM.
DON'T YOU DARE CURSE
YOURSELF.
THE NEXT TIME YOU'RE TEMPTED
TO SAY SOMETHING NEGATIVE
ABOUT YOURSELF, YOUR FUTURE,
YOUR LOOKS, YOUR ABILITIES,
ZIP IT UP.
WHEN YOU'RE AGAINST
YOURSELF, YOU'RE IN
AGREEMENT WITH THE ENEMY.
WHEN YOU BLESS YOURSELF,
YOU'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH
GOD.
YOU WERE CREATED IN HIS
IMAGE.
HE DIDN'T MAKE ANY MISTAKES.
YOU DIDN'T GET SHORTCHANGED.
HE WASN'T HAVING A BAD DAY
WHEN HE MADE YOU.
HE KNEW EVERY FAULT YOU
WOULD HAVE, HE KNEW THE
AREAS YOU WOULD STRUGGLE IN.
QUIT BEATING YOURSELF UP,
LIVING UNWORTHY.
RECEIVE HIS MERCY AND MOVE
FORWARD WITH YOUR LIFE.
YOU HAVE THE TALENT YOU
NEED, YOU COME FROM THE
RIGHT FAMILY, YOU ARE WELL
ABLE TO REACH YOUR DESTINY.
NOW START BLESSING YOURSELF.
WHEN YOU'RE TEMPTED TO SAY
SOMETHING NEGATIVE, TURN IT
AROUND.
YOU'RE NOT ATTRACTIVE.
"I AM FEARFULLY AND
WONDERFULLY MADE."IVE.
YOU'VE MADE TOO MANY
MISTAKES.
"I AM FORGIVEN, I AM
REDEEMED, I AM RESTORED."
YOU'LL NEVER BE SUCCESSFUL.
YOU'LL NEVER REACH YOUR
LIMITS.
"I'M SURROUNDED BY FAVOR.
GOD IS TAKING ME FROM GLORY
TO GLORY.
MY LATTER DAYS WILL BE
BETTER THAN MY FORMER DAYS."
ARE YOU BLESSING YOURSELF OR
ARE YOU CURSING YOURSELF?
YOU HAVE A DESTINY TO
FULFILL.
THERE'S A CALLING ON YOUR
LIFE, AN ASSIGNMENT THAT
ONLY YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH.
WE NEED WHAT YOU HAVE.
WE NEED YOUR GIFTS, WE NEED
YOUR TALENT, WE NEED YOUR
SMILE, WE NEED YOUR LOVE.
THIS WORLD WON'T BE AS
BRIGHT A PLACE AS IT SHOULD
BE WITHOUT YOU SHINING,
LIVING THE FULL, ABUNDANT
LIFE THAT YOU WERE CREATED
TO LIVE.
THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN IN THE
SCRIPTURE NAMED JEREMIAH.
GOD GAVE HIM THE PROMISE
THAT HE WOULD BE A GREAT
PROPHET AND HE WOULD SPEAK
TO NATIONS.
JEREMIAH WAS YOUNG.
HE DIDN'T SEE HIMSELF AS A
LEADER.
HE CAME FROM AN AVERAGE
FAMILY, HE DIDN'T HAVE A
GREAT EDUCATION, HE WASN'T
TRAINED TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF
PEOPLE.
BUT GOD NEVER ASKS YOU TO DO
SOMETHING AND THEN DOESN'T
GIVE YOU THE ABILITY TO DO
IT.
YOU MAY NOT FEEL QUALIFIED.
YOU DON'T THINK YOU HAVE THE
TALENT, THE ODDS ARE AGAINST
YOU.
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THAT
OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WEREN'T
ALREADY EQUIPPED.
IT'S IN YOU, BUT YOU HAVE TO
CALL IT OUT.
YOU HAVE TO START BLESSING
YOURSELF.
YOU'LL BE TEMPTED TO TALK
ABOUT ALL THE REASONS WHY
YOU'RE NOT ABLE.
IT'S TOO BIG, YOU DON'T HAVE
THE RESOURCES, YOU COME FROM
THE WRONG FAMILY.
DON'T CURSE YOURSELF.
JEREMIAH SAID, "GOD I CAN'T
SPEAK TO NATIONS.ELF.
I'M TOO YOUNG.
I WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT TO
SAY."
GOD DIDN'T SAY, "THAT'S
FINE, I UNDERSTAND."
GOD SAID, "JEREMIAH, SAY NOT
THAT YOU'RE TOO YOUNG."
GOD IMMEDIATELY STOPPED HIS
NEGATIVE WORDS.
HE STOPPED HIM FROM CURSING
HIMSELF.
GOD KNEW IF JEREMIAH WOULD
HAVE GONE AROUND SAYING, "I
CAN'T DO THIS.
I DON'T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES.
I'M AFRAID."
HE WOULD HAVE MISSED HIS
DESTINY.
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING ABOUT YOURSELF.
YOU ARE PROPHESYING YOUR
FUTURE.
THE ODDS MAY BE AGAINST YOU
BUT GOD IS FOR YOU.
SAY NOT, "I'LL NEVER BREAK
THE ADDICTION."
SAY NOT, "I'LL NEVER MEET
THE RIGHT PERSON."
SAY NOT.
"I CAN'T START MY BUSINESS."
ZIP THAT UP AND GET IN
AGREEMENT WITH GOD.
PSALM 34 SAYS, "DO YOU WANT
A LONG, GOOD LIFE?
THEN WATCH YOUR TONGUE.
KEEP YOUR LIPS FROM TELLING
LIES."
WE THINK THAT ONLY MEANS
DON'T TELL LIES TO OTHER
PEOPLE, DON'T BE DISHONEST.
BUT IT ALSO MEANS DON'T TELL
LIES ABOUT YOURSELF.
DON'T GO AROUND SAYING
THINGS THAT CONTRADICT WHAT
GOD SAYS ABOUT YOU.
"I'M JUST AVERAGE, I DON'T
HAVE A GOOD PERSONALITY,
I'LL NEVER DO ANYTHING
GREAT."
CAN I SAY THIS RESPECTFULLY,
THAT'S TELLING LIES.
GOD DIDN'T CREATE ANYONE
AVERAGE.
WHEN HE BREATHED LIFE INTO
YOU, HE PUT GREATNESS ON THE
INSIDE.
HE'S DESTINED YOU TO LEAVE
YOUR MARK.
TO OVERCOME THAT CHALLENGE,
TO OUTLAST THE OPPOSITION,
TO TAKE YOUR FAMILY TO A NEW
LEVEL.
NOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
THIS GOOD, LONG, PROSPEROUS,
AMAZING LIFE THEN YOU HAVE
TO DO SOMETHING VERY
IMPORTANT, WATCH YOUR
TONGUE.
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY
ABOUT YOURSELF.
YOU CAN'T CURSE YOURSELF AND
LIVE A BLESSED LIFE.
YOU CAN'T PUT YOURSELF DOWN
AND RISE UP TO WHO YOU WERE
CREATED TO BE.
WHEN MY FATHER WENT TO BE
WITH THE LORD, I KNEW I WAS
SUPPOSED TO STEP UP AND
PASTOR THE CHURCH BUT I
DIDN'T FEEL QUALIFIED.
I HAD NEVER MINISTERED
BEFORE.
I HADN'T BEEN TO SEMINARY.
I WAS AFRAID AND INSECURE.
MY FATHER HAD THIS BIG
PERSONALITY, STRONG, AND
CONFIDENT.
I'M MORE QUIET AND RESERVED.
I HAD PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY
TO TALK ABOUT WHAT I WAS NOT
AND WHAT I COULDN'T DO AND
HOW I DIDN'T MEASURE UP AND
HOW INTIMIDATED I WAS.
BUT ONE THING I LEARNED
GROWING UP IS TO NOT SPEAK
THE NEGATIVE.
YOU MAY THINK IT BUT DON'T
VERBALIZE IT.
INSTEAD OF SAYING WHAT I
FELT, I SAID WHAT GOD SAID
ABOUT ME.
"I AM STRONG IN THE LORD.
I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH
CHRIST.
I'VE BEEN RAISED UP FOR SUCH
A TIME AS THIS."
I DIDN'T FEEL ANOINTED, BUT
ALL THROUGH THE DAY, UNDER
MY BREATH, "FATHER THANK YOU
THAT I AM ANOINTED."
THOUGHTS TOLD ME, "NOBODY IS
GOING TO SHOW UP.
NOBODY IS GOING TO LISTEN TO
YOU JOEL."
"FATHER THANK YOU THAT
PEOPLE ARE BEING DRAWN TO
ME, THAT YOUR FAVOR IS
CAUSING ME TO STAND OUT,
THAT WHEN THEY TURN ME ON
THEY CAN'T TURN ME OFF."
INSTEAD OF CURSING MYSELF,
AGREEING WITH THE ENEMY, I
KEPT BLESSING MYSELF.
MOST OF WHAT I WAS SAYING AT
THE TIME WASN'T TRUE.
I WASN'T STRONG, CONFIDENT,
QUALIFIED.
BUT OVER TIME, LITTLE BY
LITTLE I BECAME WHAT I WAS
SAYING.
I ATE THE FRUIT OF MY WORDS.
ARE THERE AREAS IN YOUR LIFE
THAT YOU'RE CURSING YOURSELF
INSTEAD OF BLESSING
YOURSELF?
YOU'LL BE AMAZED AT WHAT
WILL HAPPEN IF YOU'LL WATCH
YOUR TONGUE.
THE ISRAELITES HAD BEEN INH
SLAVERY FOUR HUNDRED YEARS
WHEN GOD SUPERNATURALLY
BROUGHT THEM OUT.
THE POWERFUL PHARAOH AND ALL
OF HIS ARMY COULDN'T KEEP
THEM IN CAPTIVITY.
GOD SENT THE PLAGUES AND
PARTED THE RED SEA, DROWNED
THEIR ENEMIES, GAVE THEM
WATER OUT A ROCK IN THE
DESERT.
HE BROUGHT THEM TO THE
PROMISED LAND.
THEY FINALLY MADE TO THIS
PLACE THEY HAD DREAMED
ABOUT.
THEY WERE NEXT DOOR, ALL
THEY HAD TO DO WAS GO IN AND
TAKE THE LAND, GOD PROMISED
THEM THE VICTORY.
MOSES SENT TWELVE MEN TO SPY
OUT THE LAND, TEN OF THEM
CAME BACK AND SAID, "WE
DON'T HAVE A CHANCE, THERE
ARE GIANTS IN THE LAND.
WE FELT LIKE GRASSHOPPERS
COMPARED TO THEM."
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "THEY
BROUGHT BACK AN EVIL
REPORT."
IT SEEMS LIKE EVIL IS A
STRONG WORD.
A NEGATIVE REPORT MAKES MORE
SENSE.
BUT GOD CALLED IT AN EVIL
REPORT.
IT'S BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET IN
AGREEMENT WITH THE ENEMY AND
CURSE YOURSELF, IT CAN KEEP
YOU FROM YOUR DESTINY.
THE ISRAELITES HAD SEEN THE
FAVOR OF GOD IN AMAZING
WAYS, YET THE SPIES CAME
BACK AND SAID, "WE'RE LIKE
GRASSHOPPERS."
HERE THEY WERE SONS AND
DAUGHTERS OF THE MOST HIGH
GOD.
FAVORED, EQUIPPED, ANOINTED.
THE PROBLEM IS THEY STARTED
TELLING LIES.
THEY STARTED AGREEING WITH
THE ENEMY, CURSING THEIR
FUTURE.
THE ENEMY COULDN'T STOP THEM
WITH HIS POWER, HE HAD TO
DECEIVE THEM INTO CURSING
THEMSELVES.
THEY NEVER DID MAKE IT IN TO
THE PROMISED LAND.
THE ENEMY HAS NO NEW TRICKS.
HE CAN'T KEEP YOU FROM YOUR
DESTINY.
HE CAN'T STOP GOD'S PLAN FOR
YOUR LIFE.
GOD HAS BLESSED YOU, THE
ENEMY CAN NOT CURSE YOU.
NOW THE QUESTION IS ARE YOU
GOING TO CURSE YOURSELF?
DON'T FALL INTO THAT TRAP.
SPEAK VICTORY OVER YOUR
LIFE.
IN LUKE CHAPTER 1, AN ANGEL
APPEARED TO A MAN NAMED
ZECHARIAH.
HE TOLD HIM THAT HIS WIFE
ELIZABETH WAS GOING TO HAVE
A BABY; THEY WERE TO NAME
HIM JOHN.
ELIZABETH HAD BEEN BARREN
HER WHOLE LIFE, THEY WERE
BOTH WAY UP THERE IN YEARS,
IT DIDN'T SEEM POSSIBLE.
ZECHARIAH SAID TO THE ANGEL,
"HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN?
I'M TOO OLD, MY WIFE IS WAY
PAST THE CHILD BEARING
YEARS.
ARE YOU SURE YOU HAVE THE
RIGHT PEOPLE?"
THE ANGEL SAID, "ZECHARIAH,
I AM GABRIEL, I STAND IN THE
PRESENCE OF ALMIGHTY GOD.
WHAT HE SAYS WILL COME TO
PASS."
BUT GOD KNOWS THE POWER OF
OUR WORDS.
HE KNOWS IF WE GO AROUND
CURSING OURSELVES, TALKING
ABOUT WHAT WE CAN'T DO, HOW
IMPOSSIBLE IT IS AND HOW
WE'RE TOO OLD, TOO YOUNG,
TOO SHY, TOO SHORT, THEN
WE'LL NEVER BECOME WHO WE
WERE CREATED TO BE.
GOD NEEDED THIS CHILD TO BE
BORN TO FULFILL A PROPHESY
FROM EARLIER, SO GOD DID
SOMETHING UNUSUAL.
THE ANGEL SAID, "ZECHARIAH,
SINCE YOU DOUBTED, YOU WILL
REMAIN SILENT AND NOT ABLE
TO SPEAK UNTIL THE BABY IS
BORN."
GOD LITERALLY SHUT HIS
MOUTH.
ZECHARIAH LEFT THERE UNABLE
TO TALK.
GOD WAS ABOUT TO DO
SOMETHING ZECHARIAH HAD
NEVER SEEN, SOMETHING MORE
THAN HE HAD IMAGINED.
BUT HE KNEW IF ZECHARIAH
WENT AROUND SPEAKING DEFEAT,
IT WOULD STOP THE PROMISE.
I WONDER IF THERE ARE
PROMISES WE'RE KEEPING FROM
COMING TO PASS BECAUSE WE'RE
SPEAKING THE NEGATIVE,
VERBALIZING OUR DOUBTS,
CURSING OURSELVES.
A YEAR LATER, ELIZABETH GAVE
BIRTH TO A BABY BOY JUST
LIKE THE ANGEL SAID.
HER FRIENDS AND RELATIVES
WERE SO EXCITED, THEY CAME
OVER TO THE HOUSE TO
CELEBRATE.
ONE OF THEM ASKED WHAT THE
BABY'S NAME WAS GOING TO BE.
ELIZABETH SAID, "HIS NAME IS
JOHN."
THEY SAID, "JOHN?
NOBODY IN YOUR FAMILY IS
NAMED JOHN.
HE SHOULD BE NAMED
ZECHARIAH, AFTER THE
FATHER."
THEY LOOKED AT ZECHARIAH, HE
STILL COULDN'T SPEAK, SO HE
WROTE IT ON A TABLET.
"HIS NAME IS JOHN."
LIKE WITH ZECHARIAH, GOD IS
ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING THAT
YOUR FAMILY HAS NEVER SEEN.
SOMETHING UNUSUAL, SOMETHING
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH
TO DREAMS, PROMISES,
MINISTRY, ABUNDANCE,
INFLUENCE THAT IS FAR MORE
THAN YOU'VE IMAGINED.
IT'S GOING TO BE EASY TO
DOUBT, THINK IT'S TOO MUCH,
IT COULD NEVER HAPPEN.
BUT THE REASON GOD HAS YOU
HEARING THIS IS SO YOU WILL
WATCH YOUR TONGUE.
NO MORE CURSING YOURSELF.
NO MORE SPEAKING DEFEAT,
TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU CAN'T
GET WELL, CAN'T BREAK THE
ADDICTION, CAN'T START YOUR
BUSINESS.
GET IN AGREEMENT WITH GOD.
START BLESSING YOURSELF.
ALL THROUGH THE DAY, "I AM
STRONG.
I AM TALENTED.
I AM ANOINTED.
I AM HEALTHY.
I AM WELL ABLE."
REMEMBER THE ENEMY CAN'T
CURSE YOU, HE DOESN'T HAVE
THAT POWER.
NOW DON'T CURSE YOURSELF.
SPEAK LIFE, SPEAK FAVOR,
SPEAK VICTORY.
IF YOU'LL DO THIS I BELIEVE
AND DECLARE, GOD IS ABOUT TO
SHOW OUT IN YOUR LIFE.
NEW DOORS ARE ABOUT TO OPEN,
NEGATIVE SITUATIONS ARE
ABOUT TO TURN AROUND,
FREEDOM IS COMING, HEALING
IS COMING, BREAKTHROUGHS,
THE FULLNESS OF YOUR
DESTINY, IN JESUS NAME.
WELL, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU
AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE JESUS
THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE.
WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME?
JUST SAY, "LORD JESUS,
I REPENT OF MY SINS.
COME INTO MY HEART.
I MAKE YOU MY LORD AND
SAVIOR."
IF YOU PRAYED THAT SIMPLE
PRAYER, WE BELIEVE YOU GOT
BORN AGAIN.
WE'D LOVE TO GIVE YOU SOME
FREE INFORMATION ON YOUR NEW
WALK WITH THE LORD.
JUST TEXT THE NUMBER ON THE
SCREEN.
GET INTO A GOOD BIBLE-BASED
CHURCH AND KEEP GOD FIRST
PLACE.
VICTORIA AND I WILL BE RIGHT
BACK TO SPEAK A BLESSING
OVER YOU.
