1 00:00:14,059 --> 00:00:17,359 Welcome to the Lansdale Life Church podcast. 2 00:00:18,399 --> 00:00:24,100 If you're seeking a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, this podcast is for you. 3 00:00:24,900 --> 00:00:27,039 Thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:36,880 All right, good morning, everyone. 5 00:00:38,759 --> 00:00:42,039 Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. 6 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:49,439 Let's see if we've got a little technology check here. 7 00:00:51,979 --> 00:00:53,420 All right, here we are. 8 00:00:54,500 --> 00:00:56,719 So welcome, everyone. 9 00:00:58,039 --> 00:01:07,719 Last week, Jesse preached in Hebrews, and he talked about running the race. 10 00:01:08,239 --> 00:01:09,579 And he gave us three points. 11 00:01:09,700 --> 00:01:10,980 Who remembers the three points? 12 00:01:12,700 --> 00:01:19,579 Know your team, run your race, and fix your eyes right on. 13 00:01:20,539 --> 00:01:30,439 Yeah, so the analogy that Scripture uses with racing and training and all this sort of thing 14 00:01:30,439 --> 00:01:33,920 is it's referenced a lot. 15 00:01:34,219 --> 00:01:43,500 I mean, we see it a lot in Scripture, fixing our eyes on the things that God has for us. 16 00:01:43,500 --> 00:01:52,599 And if you've ever wondered why the writers of Scripture use certain terminology, 17 00:01:53,299 --> 00:01:58,120 it's never by random, accident or anything like that. 18 00:01:58,239 --> 00:02:00,739 It's used with a purpose. 19 00:02:02,340 --> 00:02:07,120 First Corinthians 9, 24 through 27 reads, 20 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:14,879 it's, do you not know that in a race, all the runners, all the runners, 21 00:02:15,039 --> 00:02:19,180 all run, but only one receives the prize. 22 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:22,259 So run that you may obtain it. 23 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:27,680 So it's saying, look, don't just run for the heck of it. 24 00:02:28,340 --> 00:02:28,979 Run to win. 25 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:34,199 All right, Galatians 5, 7 says, you were running well. 26 00:02:34,199 --> 00:02:37,560 Who hindered you from obeying the truth? 27 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:50,280 Philippians 3, 13 through 14, forgetting what lies behind and straining toward what lies ahead. 28 00:02:50,539 --> 00:02:53,840 I press on toward the goal for the prize. 29 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:56,740 So again, it's there. 30 00:02:57,259 --> 00:03:02,659 They're talking about winning, racing to win. 31 00:03:03,299 --> 00:03:12,860 So I entitled this, kind of coming off of that, I entitled this training for transformation. 32 00:03:13,979 --> 00:03:20,139 So we're going to talk a little bit about the tools that God has given us 33 00:03:20,139 --> 00:03:24,259 and the tools that he has provided us to transform. 34 00:03:25,460 --> 00:03:30,240 And what is it exactly that we want to transform to? 35 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:33,500 Well, 2 Corinthians 3, 8 tells us, 36 00:03:33,759 --> 00:03:40,680 and we all with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, 37 00:03:40,919 --> 00:03:48,340 are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. 38 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:52,280 That's a great scripture. 39 00:03:52,819 --> 00:03:57,840 And one of the wonderful things about scripture is, 40 00:03:59,180 --> 00:04:03,740 you know, in the English language, when we say certain things, 41 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:06,659 they usually just mean that thing, right? 42 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:10,840 You know, if I say run, you know, you know, you're going to be running. 43 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,960 Or if I said, go out that door, you know, you're going to go out that door. 44 00:04:15,319 --> 00:04:21,800 Well, that doesn't hold true of the ancient languages, such as, you know, Greek, Hebrew, 45 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:29,220 Aramaic, there is oftentimes in a saying or in certain words, there is a fuller, 46 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:35,759 a much fuller meaning to it that sometimes is hard for us to grasp. 47 00:04:36,319 --> 00:04:40,480 So let's read that exact same scripture in the message. 48 00:04:43,100 --> 00:04:48,560 Whenever though they turn to face God, as Moses did, 49 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:54,279 God removes the veil and there they are face to face. 50 00:04:55,120 --> 00:05:02,899 They suddenly recognize that God is a living, personal presence, not a piece of chiseled stone. 51 00:05:04,420 --> 00:05:10,779 And when God is personally present, a living spirit, 52 00:05:11,740 --> 00:05:17,420 the old constricted legislation is recognized as obsolete. 53 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:27,500 We're free from it, all of us, nothing between us and God, our faces shining with bright, 54 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:29,920 with the brightness of his face. 55 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:38,759 And so we are transfigured, much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter 56 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:45,980 and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him. 57 00:05:47,860 --> 00:05:49,500 A little bit different, right? 58 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:51,560 A little bit fuller. 59 00:05:52,079 --> 00:06:01,319 Our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become 60 00:06:02,060 --> 00:06:02,699 like him. 61 00:06:03,980 --> 00:06:05,399 All right, I lost my pointer. 62 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:07,300 I suspect it's up here somewhere. 63 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:08,819 There it is. 64 00:06:10,259 --> 00:06:10,860 There we go. 65 00:06:10,939 --> 00:06:11,860 I got it back now. 66 00:06:13,759 --> 00:06:21,779 So, this is not really going to be a rah-rah, New Year's resolution type message. 67 00:06:21,879 --> 00:06:25,680 Although you can take it like that, you know, if you like, but it's definitely 68 00:06:27,620 --> 00:06:32,500 taking a look at what's ahead of us for the new year. 69 00:06:32,579 --> 00:06:37,000 I've always been a goal-oriented person. 70 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:45,740 And, you know, I remember when I was young, someone said, well, if you don't write it down, 71 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:51,980 it really is just kind of a wish or a dream or a vague idea. 72 00:06:53,060 --> 00:07:01,180 But when you write a goal down, something happens inside of our minds and something. 73 00:07:01,519 --> 00:07:04,160 There's this higher level of commitment. 74 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:14,220 So, I've always had this habit of looking to the new year and writing down goals for the new year, 75 00:07:14,519 --> 00:07:19,680 both spiritual, business, family, all of that sort of thing. 76 00:07:20,339 --> 00:07:27,420 And I believe that, you know, every new year really kind of offers this opportunity for 77 00:07:27,420 --> 00:07:35,139 us to kind of reset, refocus, realign, you know, with God's purpose in our life 78 00:07:35,139 --> 00:07:36,959 and what he has for us. 79 00:07:37,019 --> 00:07:40,199 It's this kind of idea of the freshness of it. 80 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:45,220 And, you know, when I say, you know, I write them down, I don't just write it down and put 81 00:07:45,220 --> 00:07:45,560 it away. 82 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:49,339 I keep it in front of me throughout the year. 83 00:07:49,959 --> 00:07:56,939 We always kind of get a little bit of a joke around the gym is that, you know, 84 00:07:56,939 --> 00:08:01,040 after the first of the year, it's like annoyingly packed. 85 00:08:02,180 --> 00:08:03,199 A lot of people there. 86 00:08:04,100 --> 00:08:07,839 And I always say, don't worry, it'll weed itself out before the end of the month. 87 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:09,779 And it does, right? 88 00:08:10,199 --> 00:08:15,360 Because people have high ideas of what they want to do, but most people don't really 89 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:17,920 follow through with that. 90 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:28,040 So when we talk about transformation into what God wants us to be and who he wants it to be, 91 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:36,820 it really comes with, you know, discipline and obedience and surrender and intentionality. 92 00:08:37,419 --> 00:08:44,240 And that's one of the reasons why, you know, the writers of scriptures use these metaphors 93 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:51,000 of things like racing and running and winning because of the disciplines that are aligned 94 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:51,820 with those things. 95 00:08:51,980 --> 00:08:57,039 You're not going to be at that competitive level with, without them. 96 00:08:58,220 --> 00:09:03,460 So the first thing I wanted to talk about one of the points I'm not going to give 97 00:09:03,460 --> 00:09:04,360 them to you all up front. 98 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:05,659 We'll recap at the end. 99 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:13,399 So when you think about envisioning, you know, the future that God has for us, 100 00:09:13,399 --> 00:09:18,539 Proverbs 29, 18 says, where there is no vision, the people perish. 101 00:09:19,179 --> 00:09:23,100 So vision brings direction and discipline to us. 102 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:26,379 The definition of envision is imagine. 103 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:33,320 Imagine as a future what the possibilities are and visualize them. 104 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:40,200 And I know there's this kind of trendy thing among, you know, Gen Z's about I'm manifesting 105 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:40,740 my future. 106 00:09:40,740 --> 00:09:45,360 In fact, we were just talking about this at our, at our life for last month. 107 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:50,419 And, you know, you can take it however you want it. 108 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:57,399 I'm not saying that manifesting is good or bad, but I know that Hebrews 11 one says, 109 00:09:57,460 --> 00:10:03,980 now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. 110 00:10:03,980 --> 00:10:11,340 So when we envision what God has for us, we're doing that by faith. 111 00:10:11,700 --> 00:10:16,179 We're enacting our faith in what, in what he has half for us. 112 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:26,340 When we see in faith and we envision the plans that God has for us and the person 113 00:10:26,340 --> 00:10:32,679 that he has for us to be, we believe and it changes things. 114 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:37,200 I don't always see myself the way that God sees me. 115 00:10:37,340 --> 00:10:38,139 I don't, I don't know. 116 00:10:38,279 --> 00:10:39,620 I don't know about you. 117 00:10:39,899 --> 00:10:45,940 If you see yourself the way God sees us, but, you know, God, God sees us 118 00:10:47,159 --> 00:10:54,280 through the lens of his crucified son and the blood that covers us and he sees us. 119 00:10:55,100 --> 00:10:59,580 This perfection doesn't see our sin. 120 00:10:59,580 --> 00:11:06,580 In fact, scripture says that he can't even, can't even remember our sin. 121 00:11:07,740 --> 00:11:10,200 He sees us as his beloved. 122 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:14,600 And I don't always see myself that way. 123 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:19,740 I often see myself through, through my own, my own lens. 124 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:26,980 And, you know, I try to make it a habit of, of, of envisioning myself 125 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:32,100 as the best version of what God has for me. 126 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:36,600 Try to envision myself, how he sees me. 127 00:11:36,980 --> 00:11:41,240 And it really puts things in quite a different, different perspective. 128 00:11:42,660 --> 00:11:49,059 When you look at yourself that way, I have, I have some guys that, 129 00:11:49,220 --> 00:11:53,500 that I work with a few times a month and we, we meet together. 130 00:11:54,139 --> 00:11:59,820 And these are, these are, are, are men that, that have, 131 00:12:02,180 --> 00:12:06,399 their life choices have led them to bad places. 132 00:12:06,700 --> 00:12:14,659 So these guys are all ex-cons and they are, you know, in transitional living now. 133 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:20,360 And I said to them like last week when we got together, I said, 134 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:25,019 I want you to, between now and, and, and, and the second week in January, 135 00:12:25,139 --> 00:12:31,159 which is when we're meeting again, I said, I want you to write down for yourself. 136 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:40,620 What is the best version of yourself that could possibly be in, say, 137 00:12:41,100 --> 00:12:46,399 if you look down the road two, three years, who, who, who is this person? 138 00:12:48,539 --> 00:12:49,799 What do they look like? 139 00:12:49,799 --> 00:12:50,860 How do they act? 140 00:12:50,940 --> 00:12:51,620 What are they doing? 141 00:12:52,100 --> 00:12:56,419 And, you know, the first thing that you, the first thing that you get when you bring that up is, 142 00:12:59,519 --> 00:13:03,960 but, well, I don't really have the ability, you know, to get, you know, 143 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:06,220 to get a job that'll do this. 144 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:11,240 I don't, I, you know, I, you know, I can't really, I can't see my kids because, 145 00:13:11,500 --> 00:13:16,360 you know, my wife or ex-wife, you know, put this in place. 146 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:21,399 I can't do all the, all of these hurdles that are, that are in place. 147 00:13:21,659 --> 00:13:25,399 They recognize the hurdles and I say, forget about all of that. 148 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,299 I say, forget about your job situation. 149 00:13:28,539 --> 00:13:30,379 Forget about your money situation. 150 00:13:30,639 --> 00:13:36,039 Forget about your family situation as it is now and envision it. 151 00:13:37,379 --> 00:13:39,080 What God has for you. 152 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:45,940 And it's a very, very different way of seeing things. 153 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:51,159 You know, God wants to reveal his plans and his reduction, 154 00:13:51,620 --> 00:13:56,500 his plans and his direction and his identity for us. 155 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:02,539 His vision and his purpose and they're not random or accidental. 156 00:14:03,039 --> 00:14:04,860 You know, God has very specific things. 157 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:11,419 So transformation starts with seeing yourself and your future the way that God sees you, 158 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:13,879 the way that he sees you. 159 00:14:13,879 --> 00:14:19,259 So as we go into this new year, you ask yourself, Lord, 160 00:14:20,559 --> 00:14:28,220 what do you want to accomplish in me and through me this coming year to ask him that? 161 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:37,539 Jeremiah 2911 says, for I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord plans to prosper you 162 00:14:37,539 --> 00:14:43,080 and not to harm you plans to give you hope and a future. 163 00:14:44,199 --> 00:14:49,820 God's plans are intentional and they're hopeful and they're good for us. 164 00:14:50,779 --> 00:14:57,240 Habakkuk 2, 2 to 3 says, write the vision. 165 00:14:59,559 --> 00:15:01,720 Make it a plan on tablets. 166 00:15:02,860 --> 00:15:09,120 So he may run who reads it for still the vision awaits. 167 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,080 It's a pointed time. 168 00:15:11,559 --> 00:15:13,559 It hastens to the end. 169 00:15:13,559 --> 00:15:15,019 It will not lie. 170 00:15:17,159 --> 00:15:19,679 If it seems slow, wait for it. 171 00:15:19,980 --> 00:15:21,360 It will surely come. 172 00:15:21,980 --> 00:15:23,220 It will not delay. 173 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:25,480 That's powerful words of prophecy. 174 00:15:26,899 --> 00:15:27,779 God calls us. 175 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,559 I knew there was a reason why I wrote stuff down, right? 176 00:15:30,759 --> 00:15:34,059 Because God calls us to write these things down. 177 00:15:37,919 --> 00:15:41,580 God is asking me to see things differently 178 00:15:42,540 --> 00:15:46,960 than how I see them to change or transform me. 179 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,279 So what spiritual goals is he calling me? 180 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:56,019 What assignments or missions does he have for me? 181 00:15:56,279 --> 00:15:59,580 You know, envisioning what God puts on your heart. 182 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:02,379 In other words, 183 00:16:04,500 --> 00:16:11,120 what God is calling to you and what he puts in your heart to do 184 00:16:11,580 --> 00:16:18,519 is seeing it as complete, seeing it as fulfilled. 185 00:16:21,519 --> 00:16:25,120 Michael Phelps, you know, the world-renowned swimmer. 186 00:16:25,799 --> 00:16:28,700 He was famous and talked a lot. 187 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:30,820 Well, he's famous for his swimming, obviously. 188 00:16:31,179 --> 00:16:36,980 But he talked a lot about his mentality of going into competition. 189 00:16:36,980 --> 00:16:44,159 You know, he would say, you know, swimming is the race, 190 00:16:45,259 --> 00:16:54,240 but he would envision every detail of the race before he did it. 191 00:16:54,340 --> 00:16:58,279 He would envision his posture before he drove in every stroke. 192 00:16:58,519 --> 00:17:02,820 He would just envision every part of the race 193 00:17:02,820 --> 00:17:04,700 and then every part of winning. 194 00:17:04,700 --> 00:17:07,099 He would envision himself on the podium. 195 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:09,819 All of these things, he would see it. 196 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:14,579 Muhammad Ali said it, of course, with a little bit more finesse. 197 00:17:14,839 --> 00:17:17,680 He says, if my mind can conceive it 198 00:17:18,539 --> 00:17:24,160 and if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it, right? 199 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:25,299 That's Muhammad Ali. 200 00:17:25,299 --> 00:17:27,139 So, you know, this is... 201 00:17:31,460 --> 00:17:33,940 Neuroscience proves this, you know, 202 00:17:34,220 --> 00:17:37,980 that our brain responds with these things. 203 00:17:38,579 --> 00:17:43,619 And, you know, that same neural pathway that fires off 204 00:17:43,619 --> 00:17:47,180 when something actually happens is the same thing that happens 205 00:17:47,180 --> 00:17:49,700 when we envision this happening. 206 00:17:49,980 --> 00:17:52,619 So it's not an imaginary thing. 207 00:17:54,099 --> 00:17:55,799 It's science, right? 208 00:17:56,140 --> 00:17:57,260 It's neurological training. 209 00:17:58,339 --> 00:18:00,059 And some people might say, oh, well, you know, 210 00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:01,500 it's our minds, we don't do everything in our minds. 211 00:18:01,599 --> 00:18:02,940 Well, God created our minds. 212 00:18:04,099 --> 00:18:07,799 God created, he is the author of all of this. 213 00:18:08,660 --> 00:18:13,500 So that leads us to my next point, which is our mindset. 214 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:19,059 Transformation starts with our mindset. 215 00:18:22,619 --> 00:18:25,700 In fact, you know, the word, you know, 216 00:18:26,039 --> 00:18:29,599 the word that is used for, you know, repentance, 217 00:18:30,340 --> 00:18:34,279 you know, simply means I'm changing my mind 218 00:18:34,279 --> 00:18:35,579 and not going this direction, 219 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:37,420 but I'm going this direction 220 00:18:37,420 --> 00:18:40,000 because the way I was going was wrong 221 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:41,680 and this way is right. 222 00:18:43,079 --> 00:18:44,859 And I know when you talk about things, 223 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:46,500 you know, things of the mind, 224 00:18:46,559 --> 00:18:49,099 this is not something that's commonly, you know, 225 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:52,220 talked about, you know, in the church 226 00:18:52,220 --> 00:18:55,440 because oftentimes we like to have the posture, 227 00:18:55,700 --> 00:19:00,559 well, you know, it's all God and not me. 228 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:05,420 And I believe that God has equipped us 229 00:19:05,420 --> 00:19:07,960 and made us for these things. 230 00:19:08,319 --> 00:19:10,119 And, you know, oh, if it's God's will, 231 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:11,640 you know, we like to say, 232 00:19:11,819 --> 00:19:14,400 and oftentimes I think God is up there saying, 233 00:19:15,140 --> 00:19:17,640 yes, it's my will, just do it. 234 00:19:18,059 --> 00:19:20,319 Start to activate these things 235 00:19:20,319 --> 00:19:26,240 because God made our minds a powerful thing 236 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:28,140 and he didn't do it by accident. 237 00:19:28,220 --> 00:19:29,740 He's the author of this. 238 00:19:29,859 --> 00:19:31,640 So I view it a little bit different. 239 00:19:31,799 --> 00:19:34,240 God is the creator of our minds 240 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:36,059 and the creator of our brains 241 00:19:36,059 --> 00:19:40,119 and we can activate these things 242 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:42,740 that God has called us to. 243 00:19:44,500 --> 00:19:48,920 Oftentimes, you know, God will plant things in our minds 244 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,720 and it's up to us to activate them. 245 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:59,599 How many times has God planted a seed in your mind 246 00:20:00,860 --> 00:20:03,319 and you didn't activate all that 247 00:20:03,319 --> 00:20:05,640 and you didn't take it to where it was supposed to be? 248 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:08,140 And then how many times has he done that 249 00:20:08,140 --> 00:20:09,440 and you've done it? 250 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:13,380 And it's like, wow, God plants these things, 251 00:20:13,380 --> 00:20:20,460 you know, in our minds because that's where it starts. 252 00:20:20,759 --> 00:20:22,299 So if you think about, you know, 253 00:20:22,460 --> 00:20:25,319 ministry and teaching and all of these things, 254 00:20:26,220 --> 00:20:31,160 they start with what God puts in our mind. 255 00:20:31,599 --> 00:20:36,180 And I used to be pretty undisciplined 256 00:20:37,539 --> 00:20:39,339 when God would speak to me 257 00:20:39,339 --> 00:20:40,599 or would put something in our mind 258 00:20:40,599 --> 00:20:41,920 where I wouldn't write it down 259 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:43,960 and I would think, okay, I'm going to remember it. 260 00:20:44,519 --> 00:20:49,200 And I wasn't being diligent with what God had given me 261 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,380 because he planted that seed in my mind 262 00:20:52,380 --> 00:20:56,640 but I didn't take that seed and plant it 263 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:59,319 and nourish it and water it. 264 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:02,099 I just kind of let it go 265 00:21:02,099 --> 00:21:04,000 and I eventually forgot about it. 266 00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:09,440 I'll often get things 267 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:15,619 when I'm sleeping and I'll wake up with something 268 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:17,900 and if I don't write it down, 269 00:21:18,559 --> 00:21:21,180 I don't remember it 270 00:21:21,180 --> 00:21:24,259 and I can't see it through 271 00:21:24,259 --> 00:21:25,759 whether it's an idea 272 00:21:25,759 --> 00:21:29,880 or whether it might be a piece of writing 273 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:31,319 that I'm working on 274 00:21:31,319 --> 00:21:36,680 but God plants that as a thought in my mind. 275 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,299 Proverbs 23.7 says, 276 00:21:39,900 --> 00:21:42,720 for as he thinketh in his heart, 277 00:21:43,980 --> 00:21:45,200 so he is. 278 00:21:46,559 --> 00:21:49,339 So think about that for a second. 279 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:55,420 I can come into the saving grace 280 00:21:55,420 --> 00:21:58,279 that God has given me 281 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:02,359 but if I think in my mind 282 00:22:03,799 --> 00:22:05,720 that I am all of these things 283 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:07,059 that I used to be 284 00:22:08,139 --> 00:22:11,140 and I continue to allow those 285 00:22:11,140 --> 00:22:13,259 to dominate my thoughts, 286 00:22:16,099 --> 00:22:20,079 I'm not walking the way God wants me 287 00:22:20,079 --> 00:22:21,920 and that's a choice that I have 288 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:23,619 how I'm going to think 289 00:22:23,619 --> 00:22:26,480 and what my mindset is going to be. 290 00:22:26,980 --> 00:22:28,980 Romans 12 says, 291 00:22:29,299 --> 00:22:33,160 do not conform to the pattern of this world 292 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:35,000 but be transformed 293 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,359 by the renewing of our mind. 294 00:22:39,460 --> 00:22:41,140 Then you will be able to test 295 00:22:41,140 --> 00:22:43,799 and approve what God's will is. 296 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,880 His good pleasing and perfect will. 297 00:22:51,180 --> 00:22:52,619 So scripture is saying, 298 00:22:53,859 --> 00:22:55,579 be transformed 299 00:22:56,360 --> 00:22:59,539 by the renewing of our mind. 300 00:23:00,500 --> 00:23:05,140 Transformation comes from a new way of thinking. 301 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,339 You know, the pattern of this world 302 00:23:10,339 --> 00:23:13,099 and how we learn to think 303 00:23:14,819 --> 00:23:20,940 is not necessarily a biblical pattern of thinking. 304 00:23:24,819 --> 00:23:27,720 But our minds sometimes go in places 305 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:33,859 that really it's not supposed to go 306 00:23:33,859 --> 00:23:35,940 and we're not wired that way 307 00:23:35,940 --> 00:23:39,380 and it's not how God wants us to go. 308 00:23:40,519 --> 00:23:43,740 We have to change from the common way of thinking 309 00:23:43,740 --> 00:23:46,720 into the transformational way of thinking. 310 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:49,380 What's the first thing 311 00:23:49,380 --> 00:23:53,480 that you think of or even say 312 00:23:55,799 --> 00:23:58,779 when you feel like, especially this time of year, 313 00:23:59,740 --> 00:24:01,400 oh, I get a little scratch in my throat, 314 00:24:01,619 --> 00:24:02,500 oh, I was around some, 315 00:24:02,740 --> 00:24:03,880 I think I'm getting sick. 316 00:24:06,059 --> 00:24:07,420 I think I'm getting sick. 317 00:24:09,759 --> 00:24:10,819 You know what I say? 318 00:24:11,180 --> 00:24:12,000 You know what I think? 319 00:24:12,940 --> 00:24:14,599 I say, I am not getting sick. 320 00:24:16,559 --> 00:24:18,740 If I feel like I'm, you know, 321 00:24:19,099 --> 00:24:20,099 exposed to something 322 00:24:20,099 --> 00:24:22,119 or if I'm on a plane or something like that 323 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:24,480 and say, I am not getting sick. 324 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,680 And I literally think that in my mind. 325 00:24:26,759 --> 00:24:27,819 My kids think I'm crazy. 326 00:24:29,519 --> 00:24:31,619 But it's not just about sickness 327 00:24:31,619 --> 00:24:32,759 but even negativity. 328 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:36,339 When something negative happens, 329 00:24:36,579 --> 00:24:39,400 we have a tendency to kind of 330 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:41,099 regurgitate that negativity 331 00:24:41,099 --> 00:24:44,079 and think that negativity over in our minds. 332 00:24:45,819 --> 00:24:47,559 God wants us to turn that around. 333 00:24:47,819 --> 00:24:51,640 We see a glass half empty instead of half full. 334 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:53,640 It's a change of mindset. 335 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:58,759 So I need to change my mind about something 336 00:24:58,759 --> 00:25:03,440 or someone because this scripture here 337 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:04,759 and many others say, 338 00:25:05,620 --> 00:25:07,480 we wanna be transformed 339 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:09,259 by the renewing of our mind. 340 00:25:09,380 --> 00:25:12,460 We don't wanna dwell on these things 341 00:25:12,460 --> 00:25:16,380 that almost feel natural for us to dwell on. 342 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:20,039 And again, that's one of the things, 343 00:25:20,039 --> 00:25:22,920 you know, as Jesse was teaching about 344 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:25,720 this idea of training and repetition. 345 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:27,740 So when these things, you know, 346 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:29,299 come into our mind, 347 00:25:29,380 --> 00:25:30,339 whether it's, you know, 348 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:33,099 fear or shame or negativity 349 00:25:33,099 --> 00:25:34,319 or any of these things, 350 00:25:34,519 --> 00:25:35,799 when they come into our minds, 351 00:25:35,859 --> 00:25:40,119 we need to immediately change our mind 352 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,460 and change the way that we think. 353 00:25:42,619 --> 00:25:45,160 And when you start to think 354 00:25:45,940 --> 00:25:47,240 transformationally like that, 355 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:51,519 it is indeed a game changer. 356 00:25:51,740 --> 00:25:55,180 We cannot walk in faith. 357 00:25:55,279 --> 00:25:57,579 We cannot walk in faith 358 00:25:57,579 --> 00:25:59,400 with a defeated mindset. 359 00:26:00,039 --> 00:26:01,640 We just can't do it. 360 00:26:02,460 --> 00:26:04,180 We can say all we want with our lips 361 00:26:04,180 --> 00:26:07,220 that we are walking this walk of faith. 362 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,619 But if we are constantly living 363 00:26:09,619 --> 00:26:13,160 a defeated lifestyle in our own minds, 364 00:26:13,859 --> 00:26:14,819 we're living a lie 365 00:26:14,819 --> 00:26:16,519 and we're not living the way Christ 366 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:18,059 talked us. 367 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:20,259 And we can't live this new life 368 00:26:20,259 --> 00:26:21,119 of transformation 369 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:22,400 that we just read about 370 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,500 with an old mindset. 371 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:26,779 We just cannot do it. 372 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:28,740 Christ-like transformation 373 00:26:28,740 --> 00:26:30,920 requires renewing 374 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,220 of our thinking and our minds. 375 00:26:34,740 --> 00:26:37,900 Our mindset determines our reactions, 376 00:26:38,980 --> 00:26:40,019 our faith level 377 00:26:40,019 --> 00:26:42,460 and the direction that we're going. 378 00:26:43,180 --> 00:26:44,700 When we set our minds 379 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:46,579 on the things of Christ, 380 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:52,720 it really is more than just spiritual. 381 00:26:53,500 --> 00:26:56,920 It's our ability to activate these things. 382 00:26:58,599 --> 00:27:01,299 And again, I believe, you know, 383 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:04,759 God is the author and creator 384 00:27:05,339 --> 00:27:07,119 of all of these things. 385 00:27:07,660 --> 00:27:09,339 God is the creator of science. 386 00:27:09,500 --> 00:27:10,799 God is the creator of biology. 387 00:27:10,980 --> 00:27:13,519 God created all of these things. 388 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:15,779 So we shouldn't live in fear 389 00:27:15,779 --> 00:27:17,940 of embracing and utilizing 390 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,359 the tools that He gave us 391 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:22,480 because He is the great architect, 392 00:27:22,700 --> 00:27:23,700 the great designer 393 00:27:23,700 --> 00:27:25,900 of all of these things. 394 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:29,619 So when we think about our mindset, 395 00:27:29,940 --> 00:27:31,039 what are the things that we need 396 00:27:31,039 --> 00:27:32,380 to start rejecting? 397 00:27:32,579 --> 00:27:33,640 What are the things that we need 398 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:35,119 to embrace more of? 399 00:27:35,259 --> 00:27:36,759 What are the mental patterns 400 00:27:36,759 --> 00:27:37,440 that we have 401 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:40,240 that need to be changed and renewed? 402 00:27:40,799 --> 00:27:43,299 When we think about life patterns, 403 00:27:44,099 --> 00:27:45,680 the things that hold us back 404 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:46,579 from our purpose 405 00:27:46,579 --> 00:27:48,180 that Christ gave us, 406 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:53,519 we need to focus on that purpose. 407 00:27:53,779 --> 00:27:55,500 And, you know, so oftentimes, 408 00:27:55,799 --> 00:27:59,400 you know, we want to 409 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:03,000 try to shift, you know, 410 00:28:03,539 --> 00:28:05,519 shift the blame, you know, 411 00:28:05,539 --> 00:28:06,339 is our upbringing 412 00:28:06,339 --> 00:28:08,279 or it's the people, you know, 413 00:28:08,599 --> 00:28:12,539 around us or it's, you know, 414 00:28:12,539 --> 00:28:16,180 it's distractions or bad habits 415 00:28:16,180 --> 00:28:17,400 or things like that. 416 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,079 These are things that we can 417 00:28:20,079 --> 00:28:21,859 control in and of ourselves 418 00:28:22,700 --> 00:28:23,779 when we choose to. 419 00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:26,380 Bad habits, insecurities, 420 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:28,119 procrastination, fear, 421 00:28:28,579 --> 00:28:29,700 all of these things 422 00:28:29,700 --> 00:28:31,859 are things that we can change 423 00:28:33,740 --> 00:28:35,079 how we think about them 424 00:28:35,819 --> 00:28:38,039 and transition them 425 00:28:38,039 --> 00:28:40,400 into a Godly way of thinking. 426 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:42,599 So, instead of, you know, 427 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:45,079 allowing distractions 428 00:28:45,079 --> 00:28:46,059 to keep me 429 00:28:46,059 --> 00:28:48,759 from what God has purposed for me, 430 00:28:49,279 --> 00:28:50,440 you know, you might get going 431 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:51,339 in that direction and say, 432 00:28:51,579 --> 00:28:53,140 no, well, that's not the right way. 433 00:28:53,339 --> 00:28:53,980 This is the way 434 00:28:53,980 --> 00:28:55,559 that God has shown me. 435 00:28:55,819 --> 00:28:58,519 Or habits, bad habits 436 00:28:58,519 --> 00:29:00,440 sometimes keep us from these 437 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:02,500 and you have to change bad habits 438 00:29:02,500 --> 00:29:03,900 and that takes repetition 439 00:29:03,900 --> 00:29:05,200 and it takes change. 440 00:29:05,420 --> 00:29:06,420 These are all things 441 00:29:06,420 --> 00:29:07,940 that are in our control 442 00:29:07,940 --> 00:29:09,640 and that are our choices 443 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:11,940 and Scripture gives us a clear, 444 00:29:11,940 --> 00:29:15,500 clear pathway and instructions 445 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:17,619 for how to keep our minds 446 00:29:17,619 --> 00:29:19,299 spiritually focused. 447 00:29:19,539 --> 00:29:20,619 We just have to determine 448 00:29:20,619 --> 00:29:23,359 whether we really want to do it. 449 00:29:23,519 --> 00:29:24,279 When these things 450 00:29:24,279 --> 00:29:25,880 come into our mind, 451 00:29:26,319 --> 00:29:28,359 we need to immediately shift 452 00:29:28,359 --> 00:29:29,359 our mindset. 453 00:29:29,839 --> 00:29:31,200 2 Corinthians 10, 5. 454 00:29:31,559 --> 00:29:32,940 We demolish arguments 455 00:29:32,940 --> 00:29:34,680 in every pretension 456 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:36,259 that sets itself up 457 00:29:36,259 --> 00:29:38,119 against the knowledge of God 458 00:29:38,119 --> 00:29:40,000 and we take captive 459 00:29:41,139 --> 00:29:42,400 every thought 460 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:44,460 to make it obedient to Christ. 461 00:29:45,420 --> 00:29:46,359 So when a thought 462 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:48,680 comes into our minds 463 00:29:50,479 --> 00:29:51,839 with intention, 464 00:29:54,559 --> 00:29:55,319 God's not saying 465 00:29:55,319 --> 00:29:57,960 that I'm going to do this for you. 466 00:29:58,140 --> 00:30:00,500 God is saying, do this. 467 00:30:01,220 --> 00:30:02,019 When this thought 468 00:30:02,019 --> 00:30:03,099 comes into your mind, 469 00:30:03,539 --> 00:30:04,519 bring it in alignment 470 00:30:06,179 --> 00:30:07,119 with God. 471 00:30:07,119 --> 00:30:08,200 Bring it in alignment 472 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:09,740 with His Spirit. 473 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:11,619 In other words, 474 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:13,579 transform that thought. 475 00:30:14,599 --> 00:30:15,640 Either get rid of it 476 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:17,599 or change that thought 477 00:30:17,599 --> 00:30:19,539 into something else. 478 00:30:21,500 --> 00:30:23,740 Our mind, our will and emotion 479 00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:25,660 need to be aligned 480 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:27,839 with those of the Spirit. 481 00:30:30,299 --> 00:30:32,560 Philippians 4, 8 tells us 482 00:30:33,140 --> 00:30:34,880 how we should condition 483 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:36,220 our minds to think 484 00:30:36,220 --> 00:30:37,539 finally, brothers and sisters, 485 00:30:37,980 --> 00:30:39,059 whatever is true, 486 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:40,799 whatever is noble, 487 00:30:41,839 --> 00:30:42,740 whatever is right, 488 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:44,079 whatever is pure, 489 00:30:44,660 --> 00:30:45,700 whatever is lovely, 490 00:30:45,839 --> 00:30:47,000 whatever is admirable, 491 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:49,579 if anything is excellent 492 00:30:49,579 --> 00:30:51,039 or praiseworthy, 493 00:30:51,599 --> 00:30:55,019 think about such things. 494 00:30:57,319 --> 00:30:58,519 Think about those things. 495 00:30:58,619 --> 00:30:59,339 In other words, 496 00:31:01,319 --> 00:31:03,519 shift our mindset. 497 00:31:05,420 --> 00:31:07,440 Colossians 3, 1 says, 498 00:31:08,220 --> 00:31:09,960 since then you have been raised 499 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,700 with Christ, set your hearts 500 00:31:12,700 --> 00:31:16,720 on things above where Christ is, 501 00:31:16,900 --> 00:31:19,099 seated at the right hand of God. 502 00:31:19,619 --> 00:31:22,799 Set your minds on things above, 503 00:31:23,500 --> 00:31:24,960 not on earthly things. 504 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:27,880 For you died and your life 505 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:30,940 is now hidden in Christ in God. 506 00:31:31,799 --> 00:31:32,480 Yeah, right. 507 00:31:34,319 --> 00:31:37,819 When Christ, who is your life, appears, 508 00:31:38,539 --> 00:31:39,920 then you will also appear 509 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:41,559 with Him in glory. 510 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:45,940 So how we think in things 511 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,700 is as powerful as what we say. 512 00:31:52,819 --> 00:31:55,099 Our words that we use 513 00:31:55,759 --> 00:31:58,700 can transform our reality 514 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:01,980 for good or for evil. 515 00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:05,279 The power of the spoken word 516 00:32:05,279 --> 00:32:07,599 is all throughout Scripture, 517 00:32:08,140 --> 00:32:10,079 from beginning to end, 518 00:32:11,079 --> 00:32:12,480 testimony of the power 519 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:13,539 of the spoken word. 520 00:32:14,319 --> 00:32:16,640 Psalm 33, 6 and 9 says, 521 00:32:17,059 --> 00:32:18,400 by the word of the Lord, 522 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:20,039 the heavens were made. 523 00:32:22,420 --> 00:32:23,859 And all the host of them 524 00:32:23,859 --> 00:32:25,680 by the breath of His mouth. 525 00:32:26,700 --> 00:32:28,799 For He spoke and it was done. 526 00:32:29,099 --> 00:32:31,960 He commanded and stood fast. 527 00:32:32,519 --> 00:32:34,599 So God only had to speak. 528 00:32:36,940 --> 00:32:38,140 And everything that was 529 00:32:38,140 --> 00:32:39,779 and is and is to come 530 00:32:39,779 --> 00:32:41,200 came into being. 531 00:32:42,839 --> 00:32:45,420 God advances His kingdom 532 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:48,279 by the power of His word. 533 00:32:48,799 --> 00:32:50,740 And as we speak that word, 534 00:32:51,039 --> 00:32:52,880 as we speak that word, 535 00:32:54,079 --> 00:32:56,900 it advances His kingdom. 536 00:32:58,440 --> 00:32:59,900 Words have the power 537 00:32:59,900 --> 00:33:03,180 to encourage, build, heal, 538 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,259 restore, renew, nourish, refresh. 539 00:33:08,779 --> 00:33:11,900 Words can be a source of life. 540 00:33:16,700 --> 00:33:18,759 David spoke powerful words 541 00:33:18,759 --> 00:33:20,700 of faith in 1 Samuel 542 00:33:24,140 --> 00:33:25,680 where he said to the Philistines, 543 00:33:26,820 --> 00:33:28,359 you come against me 544 00:33:28,359 --> 00:33:31,279 with sword and spirit and javelin, 545 00:33:31,539 --> 00:33:32,859 but I come against you 546 00:33:32,859 --> 00:33:34,660 in the name of the Lord Almighty, 547 00:33:35,700 --> 00:33:37,400 the God of armies of Israel 548 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:39,059 whom you have defiled. 549 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:41,619 This day the Lord will deliver you 550 00:33:41,619 --> 00:33:42,539 into my hands 551 00:33:42,539 --> 00:33:45,579 and I will strike you down 552 00:33:45,579 --> 00:33:47,380 and cut off your head. 553 00:33:47,579 --> 00:33:48,859 This very day 554 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,099 I will give the carcass 555 00:33:52,099 --> 00:33:53,799 of the Philistine army 556 00:33:53,799 --> 00:33:54,880 to the birds 557 00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:56,440 and the wild animals. 558 00:33:57,180 --> 00:33:58,740 And the whole world will know 559 00:33:58,740 --> 00:34:01,539 that there is a God in Israel. 560 00:34:02,339 --> 00:34:03,940 All those gathered here 561 00:34:03,940 --> 00:34:06,519 will know that it is not 562 00:34:06,519 --> 00:34:08,500 by the sword or spear 563 00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:10,519 that the Lord saves 564 00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:14,059 for the battle is the Lord's 565 00:34:14,059 --> 00:34:15,559 and He will give it over 566 00:34:15,559 --> 00:34:17,320 into our hands. 567 00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:20,199 Joshua and the Israelites 568 00:34:20,199 --> 00:34:21,900 spoke words of triumph. 569 00:34:22,780 --> 00:34:24,619 Once they had marched around 570 00:34:24,619 --> 00:34:25,900 and he had shouts 571 00:34:26,940 --> 00:34:29,179 as the walls of Jericho 572 00:34:29,179 --> 00:34:30,480 came down. 573 00:34:32,039 --> 00:34:33,920 Jonah spoke words of conviction 574 00:34:34,779 --> 00:34:36,139 to the people of Nineveh. 575 00:34:37,860 --> 00:34:38,980 All throughout Scripture 576 00:34:38,980 --> 00:34:40,199 and prophecy 577 00:34:41,179 --> 00:34:42,920 there are prophetic words 578 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:44,159 that are given 579 00:34:44,859 --> 00:34:45,760 and spoken. 580 00:34:46,519 --> 00:34:48,260 Jeremiah 1 9 through 10, 581 00:34:48,619 --> 00:34:50,780 then the Lord reached out His hand 582 00:34:51,500 --> 00:34:52,900 and touched my mouth 583 00:34:52,900 --> 00:34:54,119 and said to me, 584 00:34:54,119 --> 00:34:57,000 I have put my words in your mouth. 585 00:34:57,739 --> 00:35:00,059 See today I appoint you 586 00:35:00,059 --> 00:35:02,019 over nations and kingdoms 587 00:35:02,019 --> 00:35:04,059 to uproot and tear down 588 00:35:04,059 --> 00:35:05,940 to destroy and overthrow 589 00:35:05,940 --> 00:35:07,920 to build and to plant. 590 00:35:09,260 --> 00:35:11,619 Jesus spoke words of mercy, 591 00:35:12,519 --> 00:35:13,659 words of power. 592 00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:15,760 You know, think about the words 593 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:16,519 that he used 594 00:35:16,519 --> 00:35:19,340 when he was even being tempted himself. 595 00:35:21,239 --> 00:35:23,360 So we can bring life 596 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:26,639 with the words that we use 597 00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:28,980 not just to ourselves 598 00:35:28,980 --> 00:35:30,239 but to others 599 00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:33,300 to speak prophetically 600 00:35:34,199 --> 00:35:36,019 into people's lives. 601 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:40,599 Or we can use negative words 602 00:35:40,599 --> 00:35:41,559 to ourselves, 603 00:35:41,719 --> 00:35:42,539 words of doubt, 604 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:44,079 words of faithlessness, 605 00:35:44,860 --> 00:35:46,440 critical words about ourselves, 606 00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:48,260 critical words about others 607 00:35:48,260 --> 00:35:49,739 that can just be cutting, 608 00:35:50,820 --> 00:35:51,960 deceitful words, 609 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:54,119 complaining words, 610 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:55,300 words of anger. 611 00:35:56,519 --> 00:35:59,019 There is power in what we say 612 00:35:59,019 --> 00:36:01,280 and the words that we use. 613 00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:04,619 And these words can come to fruition 614 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:06,619 for the glory of God 615 00:36:07,559 --> 00:36:08,880 or for the destruction. 616 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,400 We have the choice words of life 617 00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:12,460 or words of death, 618 00:36:12,599 --> 00:36:13,280 words that hurt 619 00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:15,139 or words that heal. 620 00:36:22,219 --> 00:36:23,579 There's so many, 621 00:36:24,679 --> 00:36:26,840 so many young people nowadays 622 00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:28,719 that struggle with, 623 00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:30,800 you know, anxiety and depression 624 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:32,860 and things like that. 625 00:36:33,500 --> 00:36:37,940 And we need to speak life 626 00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:39,500 into them. 627 00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:41,880 They need to speak life 628 00:36:43,240 --> 00:36:44,380 into their lives 629 00:36:44,380 --> 00:36:45,619 instead of 630 00:36:46,199 --> 00:36:48,139 I'm going to choose to live like this 631 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:50,139 because there's power. 632 00:36:50,139 --> 00:36:53,139 There's power in what we say. 633 00:36:54,179 --> 00:36:56,059 Proverbs 18, 21 says, 634 00:36:56,719 --> 00:36:58,900 the tongue has the power of life 635 00:36:58,900 --> 00:37:00,079 and death. 636 00:37:02,559 --> 00:37:03,760 Joel 3, 10, 637 00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:05,860 let the weak say, 638 00:37:06,019 --> 00:37:07,519 I am strong. 639 00:37:17,659 --> 00:37:18,380 I remember, 640 00:37:19,079 --> 00:37:20,280 you know, there was a time 641 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:20,800 when I would, 642 00:37:21,300 --> 00:37:22,480 and I still do occasionally, 643 00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:24,679 where I would just speak out loud 644 00:37:24,679 --> 00:37:25,340 to myself. 645 00:37:27,300 --> 00:37:29,739 You know, if something came to mind 646 00:37:29,739 --> 00:37:31,360 or if I was in a situation, 647 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:33,079 I would just speak the words, 648 00:37:33,079 --> 00:37:34,320 you know, out loud. 649 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:38,480 Or if I was thinking something negative, 650 00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:39,099 I would say, 651 00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:39,960 no, you know what? 652 00:37:40,099 --> 00:37:41,480 I reject that thought 653 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:42,440 in the name of Jesus. 654 00:37:43,599 --> 00:37:44,960 And I would speak out loud. 655 00:37:45,119 --> 00:37:45,940 And sometimes we need 656 00:37:45,940 --> 00:37:47,019 to do things like that 657 00:37:47,019 --> 00:37:48,260 to help create patterns 658 00:37:48,260 --> 00:37:49,000 in our lives. 659 00:37:49,719 --> 00:37:51,280 We want that pattern in our lives 660 00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:52,559 to be as soon as these thoughts 661 00:37:52,559 --> 00:37:53,599 come into our minds, 662 00:37:53,780 --> 00:37:55,860 we just immediately change that thought. 663 00:37:56,780 --> 00:37:59,460 I don't necessarily need to say anymore. 664 00:37:59,599 --> 00:38:00,239 Sometimes I do, 665 00:38:00,420 --> 00:38:01,179 but not always. 666 00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:03,599 I don't necessarily need to verbally say that 667 00:38:03,599 --> 00:38:04,659 or just say, 668 00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:06,280 you know, I take that thought captive 669 00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:08,039 because you just turn it off 670 00:38:08,039 --> 00:38:08,920 like a switch 671 00:38:09,559 --> 00:38:10,980 when it comes in. 672 00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:13,480 But that takes training, 673 00:38:14,420 --> 00:38:14,840 right? 674 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:27,480 So it's not just envisioning things, 675 00:38:29,139 --> 00:38:30,239 changing our mindset 676 00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:31,940 and speaking the right words, 677 00:38:32,059 --> 00:38:34,059 but James reminds us 678 00:38:34,059 --> 00:38:36,619 that we need to be doers of the word 679 00:38:36,619 --> 00:38:39,340 and not just hearers of the word. 680 00:38:42,460 --> 00:38:45,460 So these things all must translate 681 00:38:45,460 --> 00:38:47,940 into spirit-led actions. 682 00:38:50,219 --> 00:38:53,800 True transformation requires obedience. 683 00:38:55,340 --> 00:38:57,780 Proverbs 16.3 says, 684 00:38:58,239 --> 00:39:00,199 commit your actions to the Lord 685 00:39:01,139 --> 00:39:03,960 and your plans will succeed. 686 00:39:04,639 --> 00:39:06,380 Thesians 2.10 says, 687 00:39:08,820 --> 00:39:10,340 we're creating Christ Jesus 688 00:39:10,340 --> 00:39:11,840 for good works. 689 00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:12,360 In other words, 690 00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:16,059 he has a plan for us. 691 00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:24,480 Those who have been in business 692 00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:25,300 for a long time 693 00:39:25,300 --> 00:39:27,460 would recognize this guy's name. 694 00:39:27,659 --> 00:39:30,340 He was like an old motivational speaker 695 00:39:30,340 --> 00:39:33,820 from the 80s and 90s. 696 00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:36,239 And I've always loved this quote 697 00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:37,300 that says, 698 00:39:37,420 --> 00:39:40,300 everyone must choose one of two pains, 699 00:39:40,940 --> 00:39:42,139 the pain of discipline 700 00:39:42,139 --> 00:39:43,659 or the pain of regret. 701 00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:47,179 And I would say 702 00:39:47,179 --> 00:39:48,420 that the pain of regret 703 00:39:49,340 --> 00:39:51,139 bites a bit stronger 704 00:39:51,139 --> 00:39:52,360 than the pain, 705 00:39:52,699 --> 00:39:53,800 pain of discipline. 706 00:39:54,159 --> 00:39:55,840 So spiritual discipline, 707 00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:00,179 we need to sometimes again 708 00:40:00,179 --> 00:40:01,380 change our mindset 709 00:40:01,380 --> 00:40:03,440 of how we think about things. 710 00:40:03,639 --> 00:40:05,119 You know, it's not necessarily 711 00:40:05,119 --> 00:40:06,400 an obligation. 712 00:40:06,699 --> 00:40:07,519 It's not something 713 00:40:08,220 --> 00:40:09,460 that we have to do. 714 00:40:09,460 --> 00:40:10,460 It's not something 715 00:40:10,460 --> 00:40:11,780 that becomes a labor, 716 00:40:11,820 --> 00:40:13,559 but it's a tool of Christ 717 00:40:14,420 --> 00:40:16,099 to change things. 718 00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:21,460 I don't know how many of you follow 719 00:40:22,179 --> 00:40:23,760 or have heard of Jaco, 720 00:40:24,159 --> 00:40:26,599 but he's a former Navy, 721 00:40:26,780 --> 00:40:28,039 I guess there's no such thing 722 00:40:28,039 --> 00:40:29,119 as a former Navy seal. 723 00:40:29,179 --> 00:40:30,000 He's a Navy seal 724 00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:32,820 and he's just out there 725 00:40:32,820 --> 00:40:33,980 with a lot of discipline 726 00:40:33,980 --> 00:40:35,519 is like his thing. 727 00:40:36,119 --> 00:40:37,139 And one of the things 728 00:40:37,139 --> 00:40:38,239 that he talks about 729 00:40:38,239 --> 00:40:41,820 is discipline equals freedom. 730 00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:45,559 If you want to be free, 731 00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:47,980 truly free, 732 00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:50,460 you have to enact disciplines. 733 00:40:50,719 --> 00:40:51,219 You know, 734 00:40:51,219 --> 00:40:54,980 Jesus can set us free 735 00:40:54,980 --> 00:40:56,320 from these things, 736 00:40:56,579 --> 00:40:59,280 but if we're continually holding 737 00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:00,179 him at bay 738 00:41:00,179 --> 00:41:02,820 and holding ourselves at bay 739 00:41:02,820 --> 00:41:04,900 because he's calling us 740 00:41:04,900 --> 00:41:06,460 to do this and live this way, 741 00:41:06,460 --> 00:41:09,320 but we're choosing to lead a life 742 00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:10,480 that does not have 743 00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:12,440 a discipline attached to it. 744 00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:14,440 And we can think about 745 00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:16,820 all the stuff we want to do, 746 00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:18,239 but we're not doing 747 00:41:19,119 --> 00:41:21,159 because it's a lack of discipline 748 00:41:21,740 --> 00:41:22,480 in our lives. 749 00:41:23,599 --> 00:41:25,860 And when you think about, 750 00:41:26,059 --> 00:41:27,179 again, when you think about 751 00:41:28,619 --> 00:41:29,739 we immediately 752 00:41:30,860 --> 00:41:31,860 comes to mind 753 00:41:31,860 --> 00:41:33,440 when we think about discipline 754 00:41:33,980 --> 00:41:35,380 is, you know, 755 00:41:35,519 --> 00:41:36,179 we're doing something. 756 00:41:37,139 --> 00:41:38,400 We're being made to do something 757 00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:39,880 we don't want to do. 758 00:41:40,699 --> 00:41:41,719 Disciplining kids, 759 00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:43,480 disciplining grandkids, 760 00:41:43,699 --> 00:41:45,719 it's the discipline idea, 761 00:41:46,159 --> 00:41:49,300 but God's discipline for us 762 00:41:49,300 --> 00:41:50,320 is different. 763 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:53,300 Matthew 11, 28, 30 says, 764 00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:54,360 Come to me, 765 00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:56,599 all who are weary and burdened, 766 00:41:56,719 --> 00:41:58,079 and I will give you rest. 767 00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:00,679 Take my yoke upon you 768 00:42:00,679 --> 00:42:02,139 and learn from me, 769 00:42:02,159 --> 00:42:03,239 for I am gentle 770 00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:04,619 and humble in heart, 771 00:42:04,619 --> 00:42:07,440 and you will find rest in your souls. 772 00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:09,000 My yoke is easy 773 00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:11,019 and my burden is light. 774 00:42:15,559 --> 00:42:17,340 Proverbs 16, 3 says, 775 00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:19,139 commit your actions to the Lord 776 00:42:19,139 --> 00:42:20,480 and your plans will succeed. 777 00:42:21,099 --> 00:42:22,099 Oops, I already read that one. 778 00:42:24,300 --> 00:42:25,659 So when you think about 779 00:42:27,079 --> 00:42:28,539 running your race 780 00:42:28,539 --> 00:42:31,960 and getting to where God has for you 781 00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:35,300 and fixing your eyes on that. 782 00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:41,400 One of the things that I talk about 783 00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:44,940 in jujitsu all the time 784 00:42:44,940 --> 00:42:46,800 is, you know, 785 00:42:46,900 --> 00:42:49,599 you can be a student of this 786 00:42:49,599 --> 00:42:51,900 and you can learn it all 787 00:42:52,679 --> 00:42:55,480 and you become proficient at it. 788 00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:00,980 But until you've tested your mettle, 789 00:43:01,539 --> 00:43:03,860 you just don't know, right? 790 00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:06,860 Same thing with any other type of racing 791 00:43:06,860 --> 00:43:08,139 or competition. 792 00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:10,739 You can train for these things, 793 00:43:10,900 --> 00:43:13,300 but until you've actually done it, 794 00:43:15,699 --> 00:43:16,619 you don't know. 795 00:43:17,719 --> 00:43:20,500 And one of the things that I love 796 00:43:20,500 --> 00:43:22,880 about this scripture in Matthew 797 00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:26,059 about his yoke being easy 798 00:43:28,559 --> 00:43:30,239 is that when we've done 799 00:43:30,980 --> 00:43:31,800 the hard work 800 00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:33,179 and when we've committed 801 00:43:33,780 --> 00:43:35,920 to going down this path, 802 00:43:36,099 --> 00:43:37,480 when we've put in the time, 803 00:43:37,719 --> 00:43:39,320 when we've trained, 804 00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:45,079 your mind is almost in this flow state 805 00:43:45,079 --> 00:43:46,380 and in this groove 806 00:43:46,380 --> 00:43:49,860 and it becomes a joy 807 00:43:50,420 --> 00:43:51,579 and not a struggle. 808 00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:54,019 That's why Jesus says, 809 00:43:54,219 --> 00:43:56,500 my yoke is easy. 810 00:43:57,239 --> 00:43:59,320 Well, when you think about a yoke, 811 00:43:59,880 --> 00:44:01,420 you know, you're having something 812 00:44:01,420 --> 00:44:02,280 attached to you 813 00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:03,380 and you're pulling something 814 00:44:03,380 --> 00:44:05,380 and it feels like a struggle. 815 00:44:06,099 --> 00:44:06,380 It feels, 816 00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:08,000 this is a paradigm 817 00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:09,019 that Jesus is trying 818 00:44:09,019 --> 00:44:10,099 to creating our minds. 819 00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:10,400 He's there. 820 00:44:10,659 --> 00:44:12,219 What you think is a struggle 821 00:44:13,700 --> 00:44:15,559 when you commit to it 822 00:44:17,300 --> 00:44:19,239 and you allow God to do it 823 00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:20,539 through you, 824 00:44:21,340 --> 00:44:22,079 it becomes, 825 00:44:23,720 --> 00:44:24,739 you're flowing, 826 00:44:25,219 --> 00:44:27,599 you're flowing like water. 827 00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:28,860 That's what I like to say 828 00:44:28,860 --> 00:44:30,300 and it becomes a joy 829 00:44:30,300 --> 00:44:33,039 and you are indeed transformed. 830 00:44:34,679 --> 00:44:38,000 Transformation is a thing of beauty 831 00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:41,400 when we transform, 832 00:44:42,079 --> 00:44:42,659 you know, we've been 833 00:44:42,659 --> 00:44:46,280 and it's never easy to look at. 834 00:44:46,340 --> 00:44:47,179 I guess the worship team 835 00:44:47,179 --> 00:44:49,619 can start coming up by now. 836 00:44:50,119 --> 00:44:50,539 But as we, 837 00:44:51,900 --> 00:44:55,199 as God transforms our lives, 838 00:44:55,559 --> 00:44:57,000 again, we think about 839 00:44:57,700 --> 00:44:59,099 who He has, 840 00:44:59,820 --> 00:45:01,579 you know, what that perfected 841 00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:05,099 version of us looks like. 842 00:45:06,260 --> 00:45:07,260 So when we envision, 843 00:45:08,659 --> 00:45:10,000 we see what God sees. 844 00:45:10,719 --> 00:45:12,440 We see it as God sees it. 845 00:45:14,260 --> 00:45:15,340 With our mindset, 846 00:45:15,820 --> 00:45:19,079 we think with the mind of Christ. 847 00:45:20,559 --> 00:45:21,599 With our words, 848 00:45:22,179 --> 00:45:25,619 we speak life, truth, and faith. 849 00:45:26,500 --> 00:45:27,800 And with our actions, 850 00:45:28,219 --> 00:45:30,760 we walk out the purpose 851 00:45:30,760 --> 00:45:32,579 that He has for us 852 00:45:32,579 --> 00:45:35,099 with obedience and discipline. 853 00:45:39,019 --> 00:45:41,079 Training for transformation 854 00:45:41,779 --> 00:45:44,500 means transforming, 855 00:45:44,500 --> 00:45:46,139 you know, how we think 856 00:45:46,139 --> 00:45:47,480 and what we say 857 00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:48,820 and what we do. 858 00:45:52,679 --> 00:45:54,260 I'll often tell, 859 00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:58,179 tell friends that 860 00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:01,880 three years from now, 861 00:46:02,420 --> 00:46:03,840 if I'm the same person 862 00:46:04,500 --> 00:46:06,940 that I was three years ago, 863 00:46:08,219 --> 00:46:09,619 then I'm not transforming, 864 00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:11,239 right? 865 00:46:11,559 --> 00:46:12,679 I'm not transforming 866 00:46:12,679 --> 00:46:15,219 into who God wants me to be. 867 00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:16,559 If I'm the same person 868 00:46:16,559 --> 00:46:18,000 and I think the same way 869 00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:20,260 and I'm doing the same things, 870 00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:22,480 then I'm not transforming 871 00:46:23,639 --> 00:46:26,699 in my life the way God wants to be. 872 00:46:26,940 --> 00:46:28,159 There should be constant change. 873 00:46:30,639 --> 00:46:33,440 Transitioning should be a fluid thing for us, 874 00:46:33,519 --> 00:46:36,199 not something that we fear. 875 00:46:38,380 --> 00:46:40,000 When you think about people, 876 00:46:40,860 --> 00:46:42,199 I often talk about this at work. 877 00:46:42,380 --> 00:46:43,360 People don't like change. 878 00:46:43,760 --> 00:46:44,860 People hate change. 879 00:46:46,099 --> 00:46:48,440 They don't like changes in process. 880 00:46:48,679 --> 00:46:49,619 They don't like changes 881 00:46:49,619 --> 00:46:51,079 in how they're doing things. 882 00:46:51,260 --> 00:46:52,460 They don't want to make changes. 883 00:46:52,460 --> 00:46:54,099 Yet in business, 884 00:46:54,260 --> 00:46:56,920 you have to constantly make changes 885 00:46:57,980 --> 00:47:00,599 and there's resistance all along the way. 886 00:47:01,059 --> 00:47:02,940 God wants our minds to be positioned 887 00:47:02,940 --> 00:47:06,679 in a way that when he plants something 888 00:47:06,679 --> 00:47:07,420 in your mind 889 00:47:07,420 --> 00:47:09,260 and when he gets you going 890 00:47:09,260 --> 00:47:10,139 in this direction, 891 00:47:10,300 --> 00:47:13,300 it becomes not this point of resistance 892 00:47:14,360 --> 00:47:16,019 of I don't want to do that 893 00:47:16,019 --> 00:47:17,599 or I can't do that 894 00:47:17,599 --> 00:47:20,019 or it's just not working. 895 00:47:20,019 --> 00:47:24,139 He wants us to flow into these things. 896 00:47:26,659 --> 00:47:28,519 We need to commit our hearts 897 00:47:29,059 --> 00:47:30,099 to doing this. 898 00:47:35,219 --> 00:47:36,679 For the upcoming year, 899 00:47:38,940 --> 00:47:40,739 if you want things different 900 00:47:41,699 --> 00:47:42,699 in your life, 901 00:47:45,860 --> 00:47:47,400 you must allow God 902 00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:52,099 to transform those areas of your life 903 00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:54,000 that you want different. 904 00:47:55,559 --> 00:47:57,059 This could be a year 905 00:47:57,059 --> 00:48:00,500 where we're chasing Christ-like transformation 906 00:48:01,079 --> 00:48:03,079 with everything that we have 907 00:48:03,079 --> 00:48:05,260 and we're going after that prize 908 00:48:05,260 --> 00:48:07,599 and we're running that race 909 00:48:07,599 --> 00:48:09,960 and we're conditioning ourselves 910 00:48:11,320 --> 00:48:13,539 to really make these changes. 911 00:48:14,460 --> 00:48:16,219 And these are just some of the tools 912 00:48:16,219 --> 00:48:20,619 that God has given us to change 913 00:48:20,619 --> 00:48:25,460 and I'm not dismissing 914 00:48:25,460 --> 00:48:29,199 this idea that God can change things 915 00:48:29,199 --> 00:48:29,920 with an instance 916 00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:31,219 because he certainly can. 917 00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:33,239 He certainly changed some things 918 00:48:33,239 --> 00:48:35,619 in my life just like that. 919 00:48:36,079 --> 00:48:37,519 But more times than not, 920 00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:41,940 that change is a process 921 00:48:41,940 --> 00:48:44,440 that he takes us through. 922 00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:49,000 And we can either help that process along 923 00:48:49,639 --> 00:48:51,639 or we can hinder and resist 924 00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:53,400 and pull back. 925 00:48:54,619 --> 00:48:55,820 And my point is, 926 00:48:55,820 --> 00:48:59,039 is that we all need transformation. 927 00:48:59,880 --> 00:49:00,579 We all do. 928 00:49:01,460 --> 00:49:02,679 And how we think 929 00:49:03,639 --> 00:49:05,159 and how we see things 930 00:49:05,720 --> 00:49:06,820 and what we do 931 00:49:06,820 --> 00:49:08,539 and the words we say, 932 00:49:09,199 --> 00:49:10,500 we all need it. 933 00:49:11,039 --> 00:49:14,199 And God wants us to embrace that. 934 00:49:20,360 --> 00:49:25,199 Lord, we open our hearts and our minds 935 00:49:26,340 --> 00:49:27,480 to you, Lord. 936 00:49:27,980 --> 00:49:31,679 We surrender, Lord, our minds, 937 00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:34,280 our will and our emotion to you 938 00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:36,280 that they would be in alignment, 939 00:49:36,280 --> 00:49:38,360 Lord, with your spirit, 940 00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:40,199 with your direction. 941 00:49:40,360 --> 00:49:41,519 We seek you, God. 942 00:49:42,559 --> 00:49:45,260 You are the great architect of our lives 943 00:49:45,940 --> 00:49:49,340 and you have things planned out for us. 944 00:49:57,460 --> 00:50:00,079 And we know, God, that you see us 945 00:50:00,900 --> 00:50:02,440 through a much different lens 946 00:50:02,440 --> 00:50:03,699 than what we see ourselves 947 00:50:03,699 --> 00:50:05,059 and we see others, God. 948 00:50:05,179 --> 00:50:06,059 And we just pray, Lord, 949 00:50:06,059 --> 00:50:07,440 that you would be continuing 950 00:50:07,440 --> 00:50:09,739 to change that about us, Lord, 951 00:50:09,739 --> 00:50:12,480 that we can see from glory to glory. 952 00:50:14,019 --> 00:50:16,340 Lord, who we are in you. 953 00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:20,079 And the great things 954 00:50:20,079 --> 00:50:21,440 you've called us to do, God, 955 00:50:21,559 --> 00:50:23,840 we pray, Lord, you would put dreams 956 00:50:25,300 --> 00:50:26,659 in our hearts, Lord, 957 00:50:26,860 --> 00:50:27,800 and you would help us 958 00:50:27,800 --> 00:50:29,360 to envision things 959 00:50:29,360 --> 00:50:33,079 that are so far beyond our own capability 960 00:50:33,079 --> 00:50:34,380 to do that we know 961 00:50:34,380 --> 00:50:35,960 that they're only possible, Lord, 962 00:50:36,480 --> 00:50:37,239 through you, 963 00:50:37,239 --> 00:50:39,579 through the power 964 00:50:39,579 --> 00:50:41,039 and the work of your spirit. 965 00:50:45,699 --> 00:50:46,780 And we pray, God, 966 00:50:46,920 --> 00:50:48,800 you will quicken to our minds, Lord, 967 00:50:50,059 --> 00:50:51,440 how you want us to think, 968 00:50:52,119 --> 00:50:53,820 reprogramming how we think, Lord, 969 00:50:54,719 --> 00:50:55,820 that's in touch, Lord, 970 00:50:55,940 --> 00:50:56,739 with your spirit 971 00:50:56,739 --> 00:50:58,699 and in touch with your will 972 00:50:58,699 --> 00:51:00,280 and obedient, Lord, 973 00:51:00,960 --> 00:51:02,599 to what you have for us. 974 00:51:03,699 --> 00:51:05,920 And that the power of what we say, God, 975 00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:08,039 would bring life and truth 976 00:51:08,039 --> 00:51:10,280 and goodness to ourselves 977 00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:12,159 and to those around us. 978 00:51:14,860 --> 00:51:16,179 We thank you, Lord, 979 00:51:16,199 --> 00:51:18,579 for this opportunity in New Year's, God, 980 00:51:18,920 --> 00:51:21,039 to reset how we think, 981 00:51:22,379 --> 00:51:23,900 to refocus 982 00:51:26,179 --> 00:51:28,840 on what's important in this world 983 00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:31,199 and what you've called us to do 984 00:51:31,199 --> 00:51:33,159 and advancing your kingdom. 985 00:51:36,460 --> 00:51:37,360 We pray, God, 986 00:51:37,420 --> 00:51:38,440 that you would make it more 987 00:51:38,900 --> 00:51:41,019 than just a nice thought 988 00:51:41,019 --> 00:51:42,800 going into the new year, Lord. 989 00:51:42,880 --> 00:51:43,980 We pray that you will make it 990 00:51:45,439 --> 00:51:46,860 purposeful in our lives. 991 00:51:52,139 --> 00:51:53,480 We thank you, God, Lord. 992 00:51:56,119 --> 00:51:57,079 We thank you, Lord, 993 00:51:57,139 --> 00:51:58,579 for all this in Jesus' name. 994 00:51:59,500 --> 00:51:59,619 Amen. 995 00:52:04,380 --> 00:52:06,280 Thanks for joining us 996 00:52:06,280 --> 00:52:07,639 at Lansdale Life Church 997 00:52:07,639 --> 00:52:08,820 as we praise God 998 00:52:08,820 --> 00:52:10,179 and discuss His word. 999 00:52:10,880 --> 00:52:12,119 Don't forget to join us 1000 00:52:12,119 --> 00:52:13,900 for Worship Lives Sunday mornings 1001 00:52:13,900 --> 00:52:16,300 at 10 a.m. Eastern on YouTube. 1002 00:52:17,340 --> 00:52:17,780 Be blessed 1003 00:52:17,780 --> 00:52:19,420 and have a great day!