1 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:23,720 Ready to get something from the Lord tonight? 2 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:26,960 I believe He has a word to speak in due season. 3 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:29,880 I want to talk to you about staying focused. 4 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:36,520 Staying focused, A redeemed mind, turn to your neighbor and 5 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:40,080 say stay focused. Turn to the one on the other 6 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:43,080 side, which may be the wall, but tell him to say stay focused. 7 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,800 In Matthew chapter 27, we'll launch out from Matthew chapter 8 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,600 27. And in this chapter you'll start 9 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:59,640 to see Jesus at his trial where he's being accused, sentenced, 10 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,640 mocked. Eventually he goes to Calvary 11 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:08,280 and it's crucified. But I want to open up one verse 12 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,680 tonight to go with this thought of staying focused in the 13 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:12,240 redeemed mind. You'll find it in Matthew 14 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:17,200 chapter 27 and verse #29 from the Amplified Bible. 15 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:21,000 It reads like this. And after twisting together a 16 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:25,560 crown of thorns, they put it on Jesus head. 17 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:28,600 They put a Reed in his right hand as a scepter. 18 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:32,120 Kneeling before him, they ridiculed Him, saying Hail 19 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:36,360 rejoiced King of the Jews. So in the Scripture we see that 20 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:41,320 they took a crown of thorns and placed it upon His head, and in 21 00:01:41,320 --> 00:01:42,840 that obviously it pierced His head. 22 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:45,720 There was blood that was flowing down from His forehead, from His 23 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:49,640 skull, right from His head. But out of that we get that 24 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:54,440 Jesus not only went to the cross Spirit, but He went to the cross 25 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:59,400 spirit, Solem, body. All of him went to the cross to 26 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:03,240 redeem all of us, spirit, soul and body. 27 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:05,920 This is the gospel of the Kingdom. 28 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:10,160 This is good news that Jesus went to the cross, spirit, soul 29 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,000 and body. He took the crown of thorns upon 30 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:13,760 his head. Why? 31 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:17,640 To redeem us, spirit, soul and body. 32 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:22,640 Spiritually, we thank God that we could have security and be 33 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:27,800 sealed and know that we are children of God, Amen, and part 34 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,680 of His Kingdom. But thank God also in the 35 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,800 gospel, our mind does not have to have a vice grip around it 36 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:38,680 and be in a state of depression or discouragement or downcast or 37 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:42,880 overwhelmed because He's redeemed a spirit soul. 38 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,240 Your soul is your mind, your will, and your emotions. 39 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:49,680 He's redeemed that part of you and your body. 40 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:52,760 One day you're going to have a glorified body. 41 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:58,600 Amen. That means that at that day when 42 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:02,720 he returns, this mortal shall put on immortality, and death 43 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:07,000 shall be swallowed up. So he went spirit, soul and body 44 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:11,040 to the cross, resurrected spirit, soul and body to redeem 45 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:14,480 us. Spirit, soul and body, He paid 46 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:18,840 the price. He atone for our life. 47 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:24,240 He is the Lamb without blemish or without spot, the only one 48 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:28,040 that can completely liberate and deliver the work of Satan. 49 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:35,440 He came to destroy the work of the enemy that goes spiritually 50 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:40,520 in your soul and in your body. And out of that, we should have 51 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:46,040 a transformed life, spirit, soul and body. 52 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:50,240 We talked about the thorn, the throne of glory. 53 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:53,400 We don't want to fall short of the glory of God in our life, 54 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:57,000 you know. And over in Corinthians, it said 55 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,000 we should go from glory to glory. 56 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:03,720 So he came to transform our lives, spirit, soul and body. 57 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,680 And this is a journey we're on together with him. 58 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:10,560 And the apostle Paul talks about transformation over in Romans 59 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:14,640 chapter 12 verses one and two. I want to read this to you from 60 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:20,079 two different translations. And he says this from the 61 00:04:20,079 --> 00:04:23,240 amplified Bible. He says, therefore, I urge you 62 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:28,560 and now remember this book was written to born again Saints at 63 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:34,600 Rome. So this book is for us today. 64 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:39,760 Are you born again, blood bought, sanctified, sealed, 65 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:41,880 filled with the Holy Ghost children of God? 66 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,120 So this is for us today, said. Therefore, I urge you, brothers 67 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:50,640 and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies, 68 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:56,120 dedicating all of yourselves set apart as a living sacrifice, 69 00:04:56,120 --> 00:05:01,080 holy and well pleasing to God, which is your rational, logical, 70 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:08,520 intelligent act of worship. Do not be conformed to this 71 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:13,080 world any longer with its superficial values and customs, 72 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:18,640 but be transformed, but be transformed and progressively 73 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:24,520 changed as you mature spiritually by the renewing of 74 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:30,160 your mind, focusing on godly values and ethical spirit, 75 00:05:30,280 --> 00:05:34,040 ethical attitudes, so that you may prove for yourselves what 76 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:37,520 the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and 77 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:41,080 perfect in His plan and purpose for you. 78 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:45,400 Now the JB Phillips reads these verses this way. 79 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:51,360 It says, with eyes wide open to the mercies of God. 80 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:58,080 I beg you, my brothers, as an intelligent act of worship, to 81 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:05,240 give him your bodies as a living sacrifice consecrated to Him and 82 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,280 acceptable by Him. Don't. 83 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:18,200 Don't let the world around you squeeze you into its mold, but 84 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:22,280 God. Let God re mold your minds from 85 00:06:22,280 --> 00:06:28,200 within so that you may prove in practice that the plan of God 86 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:32,520 for you is good. Meet all His demands and move 87 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:35,680 toward the goal of true maturity. 88 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:39,080 What a picture for the church. What a picture for the sons and 89 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,600 daughters of God. That He redeemed us, But He 90 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:44,720 wants you to grow up spiritually. 91 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:49,400 Hey man, He wants you to be transformed spirit, soul and 92 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:52,160 body. Now guess who did all the work 93 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:56,320 spiritually, so to speak? Jesus Christ in If any man be 94 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:59,640 born again, he's a brand new creation. 95 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:05,840 Old things have passed away. All things have become new, so 96 00:07:05,840 --> 00:07:07,880 that's the spiritual transformation through the 97 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:11,200 finished work of Jesus Christ. When you receive Him as Lord, 98 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:14,760 guess what happens? You get a brand new spirit on 99 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:17,560 the inside. The spirit man that was under 100 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:21,400 the dominion and and sway and territory of the enemy is 101 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,400 released because of the redemption in Jesus Christ. 102 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:28,440 We're saved by grace through faith, not of works, lest any 103 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:32,200 man should boast, right? So we're saved when we received 104 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:35,520 the payment that Jesus did to liberate us and deliver us. 105 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:40,240 That does nothing from my soul realm or my body though. 106 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:47,040 If you were bald before you gave your life to the Lord, guess 107 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:51,040 what part of your body is still bald after you give your life to 108 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:53,760 the Lord? Amen. 109 00:07:55,360 --> 00:08:01,200 So nothing changes in your body automatically when you receive 110 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:04,160 the payment and come into a relationship with Jesus Christ. 111 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:09,080 Amen. If you were intelligently 112 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:15,320 challenged before you gave your life to the Lord, guess what? 113 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:21,600 You can still be intelligently challenged after you're born 114 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,120 again. But does God want to see you 115 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:29,200 transformed? He took that crown, which they 116 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:32,720 try to ridicule with him, but he takes the shame away. 117 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:39,240 They try to shame him, but he honors us and he says we're 118 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:40,760 seated with him in heavenly places. 119 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:45,920 So is your mind thinking like a daughter or a son of the king? 120 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:53,400 Are you still thinking in a poverty mentality or a position 121 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,160 of lower esteem than God wants you to be? 122 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:58,960 Thinking? He wants you to be transformed 123 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:01,640 and He wants you to do something with your body. 124 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:07,240 Hallelujah. Transformation means this to 125 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:11,800 change into another form. Hallelujah. 126 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:17,760 To make it means this to make a thorough or dramatic change in 127 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:24,120 former appearance or character. It means to transform into 128 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:29,000 something more beautiful and elevated through the Word of 129 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,560 God. He wants to take your life and 130 00:09:32,560 --> 00:09:37,920 lift you up out of the pit and set you as a Prince or Princess 131 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:42,280 in His Kingdom and do great things and purpose through your 132 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:44,200 life. But it's going to take you 133 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:48,640 cooperating and participating with Him to renew your mind. 134 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:52,720 So you need to stay focused. Say stay focused. 135 00:09:54,720 --> 00:10:00,120 Mind renewal, to experience this transformation is your 136 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:04,800 responsibility. Let me say it again, mind 137 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:11,160 renewal, to experience this wonderful transformation is your 138 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:14,840 responsibility. Your spouse not going to do it 139 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:16,600 for you. Your uncle's not going to do it 140 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:18,800 for your best friend's not going to do it for you. 141 00:10:19,680 --> 00:10:22,320 Your enemies surely are not going to encourage you in it. 142 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:28,080 It's totally up to you to receive the Word of God to 143 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:34,000 change the way you think. Do not let your mind wander in 144 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:39,920 2025. Do not let your mind wander in 145 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:42,600 2025. If we're going to experience 146 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:45,600 what the Spirit Lord told Pastor O Marcy to have a reigning 147 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:49,440 church, you better have a reigning mind that's being 148 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:52,200 transformed if we're going to get to where God wants us to be 149 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:56,120 in 2025. If you want your life to be 150 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:58,320 elevated and transformed, you want your marriage to be 151 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:00,920 elevated and transformed. You want your position with the 152 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:03,560 body of Christ to be elevated and transform, You better set 153 00:11:03,560 --> 00:11:07,320 your face like Flint and renew your mind. 154 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:11,080 Do not let your mind wander in 2025. 155 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:15,760 Wandering is a common phrase throughout the Scriptures. 156 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,840 Numbers. The Book of Numbers tells us of 157 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:23,400 the children of Israel's journeys, and it was full of 158 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:31,960 complaining. It was movement without 159 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:36,800 progress. I call it a spiritual merry go 160 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:42,960 round, doing the same thing over and over again, but getting 161 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:46,920 nowhere in the planned purpose that God has for you. 162 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:48,600 Why? Because you're not receiving the 163 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:52,320 Word of God, allowing it to transform your mind to have 164 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:57,880 redeemed thinking. Numbers also tells us that they 165 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:00,600 saw themselves as grasshoppers. God said, I'm going to bring you 166 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,320 into a good land. It's a land flowing with milk 167 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:06,720 and honey. And he sent spies out to the 168 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:10,120 land to survey and bring back a report. 169 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,160 And guess what? The report they brought back, 170 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:16,400 they said we because they never, they failed to renew their mind, 171 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:20,840 are the promises of God. All the promises of God are yes 172 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:26,880 and Amen in Christ Jesus, but are you thinking on them or are 173 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:30,360 you thinking like a grasshopper? Like they were thinking less of 174 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:32,160 themselves, insignificant thinking. 175 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:34,320 They couldn't overcome, they couldn't conquer. 176 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:36,560 You don't know my background, you don't know what I've been 177 00:12:36,560 --> 00:12:37,560 through. You don't know the hurt that 178 00:12:37,560 --> 00:12:43,880 I've experienced, but God. But's a conjunction that cancels 179 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:47,720 everything else that was said. So you need to get your butt out 180 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:55,360 of the way in 2025 and let God be who He said He would be to 181 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:58,840 you and let your mind be transformed and renewed. 182 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:03,480 Don't wander. In 2025, God brought them out of 183 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:06,240 Egypt, but guess what? The mindset of Egypt was still 184 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:09,960 in them. Just because God brings you out 185 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:13,960 through a great salvation, it's our responsibility to experience 186 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:17,560 His best. Couple definitions for wonder 187 00:13:17,560 --> 00:13:22,560 means this to means to move about without a fixed course, 188 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:27,080 aim or goal. Wonder means this to move about 189 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:30,320 without a fixed course, aim or goal. 190 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:38,760 It also means this to lose normal mental contact or stray 191 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:45,800 and thought hot say a me a moment, oh me or Amen. 192 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:53,040 Stay focused, it means to lose normal mental contact or stray 193 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:58,360 in thought. I've been told that you have a 194 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:01,400 one minute attention span for every year old you are. 195 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:07,880 Hallelujah. It's been 29 minutes since we 196 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:16,000 started service, So if you're 29 minutes old, is your mind 197 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:19,040 wandering? Amen. 198 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:21,760 It could drift. You could be thinking about what 199 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:23,160 you're going to eat after service. 200 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:26,880 You could be thinking about what you ate before service. 201 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,000 You could start thinking about what you're going to wear to 202 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,040 work tomorrow. Stay focused. 203 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:40,760 We don't need ADD Christians, Amen. 204 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:45,680 When you start wondering without purpose, you can die. 205 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:53,320 You can die prematurely because it's movement without progress 206 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:58,440 and God wants to see a transformed life in 2025. 207 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:02,360 It's going to take you connecting with Him in your mind 208 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:05,280 to let it be renewed to His word. 209 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:11,920 Not only will wandering cause premature death, it could cause 210 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:14,760 death to your potential and your purpose when you let your mind 211 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:20,760 wander or stray. Wandering is really existence, 212 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:26,680 not life just existing. But we know in John 1010 it says 213 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:29,560 the thief comes to steal, kill and destroy. 214 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:33,200 But God came to give you what life and to give it to you more 215 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:34,920 abundantly. The new Living translation says 216 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:38,160 He came to give you a rich and satisfying life. 217 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:40,800 So guess what the devil would like to do? 218 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,600 Just because you're born again? He was still to love to keep 219 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:49,040 your mind in bondage and not have you be transformed by 220 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:56,560 keeping you stuck in a rut. Just to insert this 221 00:15:56,560 --> 00:16:00,840 unforgiveness is one way that the devil can pollute your mind 222 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:08,560 and keep you in a low level of influence in the Kingdom of God. 223 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,000 There's many other things the devil can try to come and and 224 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:17,160 temp or tempt or test you with to try to keep you chained up 225 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:20,160 even though you may be born again, but to keep you in a low 226 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:22,120 level of existence. But God wants you to bust 227 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:25,400 through this year breakthrough come out. 228 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:28,280 Experience is best experience is deliverance and really live a 229 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:31,520 life of significance where I'm having influence and impact in 230 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:34,560 the lives of others because it's just not about me and my 231 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:38,360 household. I want to live so well in His 232 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:41,920 grace and anointing that it spills out and impacts and 233 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:44,440 influences the life of everybody around me. 234 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:47,960 People should miss you when you're not present. 235 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:52,560 You know there's an issue if you're married and you come home 236 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:57,320 and your spouse doesn't want you there, that's an issue. 237 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:02,760 But when you leave the house in the morning, if you're married, 238 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:09,720 this should be a longing to be reunited when the day is done. 239 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,640 Why? Because I'm living so well by 240 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:16,280 the grace, the truth and the anointing of God that I'm making 241 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:21,000 a difference. When you go to work, they 242 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,720 shouldn't think, man, I really don't want them around. 243 00:17:25,079 --> 00:17:28,600 They said when he comes or she comes to work, man, they get 244 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:30,480 things done. They're solution oriented. 245 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:32,240 They have great plans, great ideas. 246 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:34,000 It's like they're light and salt. 247 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:41,360 They're a living epistle to bring the gospel every day into 248 00:17:41,360 --> 00:17:47,640 that sector of society, to display and bring the power of 249 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:50,760 the gospel into that area of employment. 250 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:55,120 That takes a transformed mind. Don't, don't go to work trying 251 00:17:55,120 --> 00:18:01,080 to barely get by. Take a check up from the neck up 252 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:05,760 and get your attitude right. Stay focused. 253 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:11,520 In James chapter 5. I'm going to read this from the 254 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:14,680 Passion translation. This is going to be verses 19 255 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:19,440 through 20. Now James has written to the 256 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:27,240 church and it says this. It says finally, as members of 257 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:31,640 God's beloved family, we must go after the one who wanders from 258 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:40,160 the truth and bring them back. We must go after the one who 259 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:43,080 wanders from the truth and bring them back. 260 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:46,800 For the one who restores the sinning believer back to God 261 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:51,080 from the air of his way, gives back to his soul life from the 262 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:55,160 dead, and covers over countless sins by the demonstration of 263 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:58,760 love. You know, our prayer in 2025 264 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:02,760 should be for any wandering believers in Saint Augustine or 265 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:04,480 that need to be connected with Anchor Faith Church. 266 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:08,360 They would come back and quit wandering. 267 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:14,680 Hallelujah. Can God use you to do that? 268 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:21,560 Could you listen in your prayer life as He specifically may 269 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:25,680 bring up a name or a place or an event that you could pray over 270 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:30,560 and maybe even reach out to somebody and bring them back 271 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:34,960 from wondering what to get them anchored back into the truth and 272 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:38,920 see a transformed life? When you change the way you 273 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:44,200 think, you'll stop wondering. When you transform the way you 274 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:45,840 think, you're going to stop wondering. 275 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:51,160 It'll become an anchor in your soul to keep from sliding in 276 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:55,640 life. In James chapter 1 verses 21 277 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:59,960 through 22, the amplified Bible says this. 278 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:05,160 Thank God for second chances. Before I read this verse, if 279 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:07,920 you've ever has anybody ever missed a turn when you're 280 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:14,680 driving or an exit and you've wandered off the path, well, 281 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:16,640 just don't keep driving the wrong way. 282 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:22,240 Stop. Repent, turn around, get the GPS 283 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:27,520 back on God's provisional system and let Him reroute you to get 284 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:29,680 you back on the track of truth. Amen. 285 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:31,920 And experience a transformed life. 286 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:37,160 Don't be like a typical man before we had iPhones. 287 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:43,080 And even though you're lost, this can be you tell your wife I 288 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:48,800 got this and then you run out of gas in the middle of nowhere. 289 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:55,440 James 1 verses 21 through 22 says this from the Amplified 290 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:57,760 Bible. So get rid of all uncleanness 291 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:00,640 and all that remains of wickedness, and with a humble 292 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:05,960 spirit receive, receive, receive the Word of God, which is 293 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:11,160 implanted, actually rooted in your heart, which is able to 294 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:16,440 save your souls. But prove yourselves doers of 295 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:18,800 the Word, actively and continually obeying God's 296 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:22,280 precepts, and not merely listeners who hear the Word but 297 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:26,840 fail to internalize its meaning, deluding yourselves by unsound 298 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:29,960 reasoning and contrary to the truth. 299 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,240 This is the picture I want to paint for you in 2025. 300 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:38,400 To receive a renewed mind, redeem mind, transform mind, 301 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:41,800 cultivate a concentration unknown to most mankind. 302 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:47,080 You can cultivate a concentration unknown to most 303 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:49,880 mankind. When I think about Jesus Christ 304 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:55,280 our Lord, I believe He was highly focused and undistracted. 305 00:21:56,360 --> 00:21:59,760 He knew what to say no to, and He knew what to say yes to. 306 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,880 And there's some things in life that you need to say no to. 307 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:08,440 They're a distraction. And by help with the Holy Ghost, 308 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:13,760 He'll help create those right boundaries to keep you on the 309 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:16,760 highway and the pathway of God's plan for your life. 310 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:25,160 So cultivate a concentration that is unknown to most mankind. 311 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:28,040 And Jesus showed us that kind of concentration. 312 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:32,080 And listen, we're called disciples or discipline ones of 313 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:34,960 the Messiah. Therefore we can discipline our 314 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:38,360 mind. You know, the the Bible has a 315 00:22:38,360 --> 00:22:41,320 lot to say about taking thoughts captive. 316 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:44,560 The way we learned it in Bible school is you can't keep birds 317 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:48,480 from flying over your head, but you can sure keep them from 318 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:52,080 building a nest on your head. And what am I saying? 319 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:56,600 You can't stop every thought that comes, but you can sure not 320 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:00,640 let the thought build a nest on your head. 321 00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:06,880 Are you getting what I'm saying? That's your responsibility. 322 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:10,120 It's the in Second Corinthians is said to cast down every 323 00:23:10,120 --> 00:23:15,280 thought and imagination that's exalts itself against the 324 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:18,040 knowledge of God. Bring it into captivity. 325 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:22,280 And I like this it said you'll be able to punish all 326 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:25,720 disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled. 327 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,600 A disciplined mind is obedient before God. 328 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:33,840 And I'll tell you what a disciplined mind is, a mind full 329 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:39,280 of peace and not confusion. You're not swayed and moved 330 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:40,920 about with any kind of wind of doctrine. 331 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:45,080 No, you're focused and fixed on the King of Kings and the Lord 332 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:49,040 of Lords and nothing moves you. Jesus never had a flip out panic 333 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:54,160 moment ever. Now I guarantee you his flesh, 334 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:58,880 everybody pinch yourself. His flesh wanted to panic at 335 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:03,960 times, but he lived out of his spirit and he kept control of 336 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:06,920 his soul and he put his body under. 337 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,600 That's why Paul said, no. First Corinthians said I keep my 338 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:17,400 body under. So Jesus, even when there's a 339 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:19,840 moment of panic and it looks like the winds and the waves are 340 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:22,440 going to overtake the boat, he didn't flip out. 341 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:26,480 He simply stood up, took his authority and said peace be 342 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:28,960 still. And that's what some of you need 343 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:32,680 to do with your mind in 2025 to experience the transformation 344 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:35,920 and say peace be still. God does not give me a spirit of 345 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:40,280 fear, but a power and of love. The amplified says a calm and 346 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:44,880 well balanced mind. I have a calm and well balanced 347 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:52,320 mind. Hallelujah, the world could be 348 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:57,640 freaking out, going crazy and I could just be resting in my 349 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:00,200 mind. Amen. 350 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:05,160 You can experience that too. Hallelujah. 351 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:09,080 No matter what goes on, you can say to yourself, I got a calm 352 00:25:09,360 --> 00:25:15,760 and well balanced mind, Amen. Any circumstance financially, 353 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:20,680 see things seem tight. Seems things seem like they're 354 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,320 not going to make it. You can say no, he's Jehovah 355 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:28,000 Jireh. You could start declaring Psalms 356 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:32,040 1072 says, let the redeemed of the Lord say so. 357 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:37,000 He's redeemed me. I'm not under the curse, I'm 358 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:42,280 under the blessing. Your mouth is going to locate 359 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:46,360 where your mind's at. If you get around somebody long 360 00:25:46,360 --> 00:25:50,480 enough, just listen to them talk and you could tell where they're 361 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:54,920 at spiritually. Amen. 362 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,840 I heard it now. Well, you don't understand 363 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:04,040 what's going on and all these things and the reality of it. 364 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:07,480 Well, we got a greater witness, a greater truth. 365 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:12,200 Abraham never denied what was going on. 366 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:18,080 Faith calls those things that be not as though they were. 367 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:24,840 Abraham never denied that Sarah wasn't having a baby, but in the 368 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:28,480 middle of that, even though that was reality, she was not giving 369 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:30,840 birth. He held on to the promise of 370 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:34,040 God. Let me put this in terms of 371 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,560 healing. Faith calls those things that be 372 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:38,680 not as though they were. It doesn't call those things 373 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:44,160 that that are as if they're not. So if you got a snotty nose, 374 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,120 you're not saying I don't have a snotty nose. 375 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:50,920 No, go look in the mirror. There's snot coming out of your 376 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:57,000 nose. Faith calls those things that be 377 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,800 not as though they were. What you need is healing. 378 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:06,320 So your confession with the transformed mind and a born 379 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:10,200 again spirit full of authority says I am the healed of the 380 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:17,440 Lord. If you call, say that I don't 381 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:19,200 have a son, he knows you're in denial. 382 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:23,280 Well, I don't have any marriage issues. 383 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:28,200 Oh, yeah, you do. But I'm calling those things 384 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:31,440 that be not Lord. And the prayers on this fix my 385 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:41,920 spouse. I'm going to let you deal with 386 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:47,160 her Lord and Holy Ghost. Now guess who God's telling you 387 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:51,920 to fix? Say work on me, say I'm working 388 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:58,720 on me, say I'm being transformed by His Word through His Spirit, 389 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:03,240 because when you change, everything else will change. 390 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:09,400 Amen. Hallelujah. 391 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:13,640 So you don't say I don't have issues in marriage. 392 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:17,320 Know what you say is, Lord, I need the wisdom of God in this 393 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:20,000 covenant. Teach me how to be the man that 394 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,760 you've created me to be the husband. 395 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,000 If you're having parenting issues, we're not denying it and 396 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:29,240 throwing our head in the sand and hoping it goes away. 397 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:32,800 That's not going to work. No, we're going to tackle it 398 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:36,560 head on and we recognize there may be some issues, but guess 399 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:37,760 what? We're going to go to the King of 400 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:40,920 Kings and the Lord of Lords and say, Father, we need your 401 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:44,360 wisdom, your grace, and we're going to clamp down like a pit 402 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:46,360 bull this year, every day, Father, we're coming to your 403 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,720 throne because there is no better example of the greatest 404 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:53,720 parent in the planet than you, Father, Some coming to the the 405 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:57,880 father of all fathers, the ultimate father to get your 406 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:00,800 parenting advice. And when you say to say 407 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:01,760 something, I'm going to say something. 408 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:03,720 When you say to pray something, I'm going to pray something. 409 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,600 But I'm listening because the greater ones on the inside. 410 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:09,200 You want success in your life in 2025. 411 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:12,040 Just listen to the voice of the Holy Ghost. 412 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:14,520 He will give you the plan that will set you up to see such a 413 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:17,960 transformed, radical, improved you. 414 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:20,720 It will blow your mind and those around you. 415 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:27,200 Hallelujah. As a case study, tonight I want 416 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:33,040 to look at the life of Jacob because in Genesis there's 50 417 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:37,160 chapters. Genesis chapter one through 418 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:40,080 Chapter 11 covers about 2000 years of history. 419 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:44,360 But then in Genesis 12 through Genesis 50, everything slows 420 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:49,520 down and over about 250 years we get the lives of four men really 421 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:51,880 that are summarized and highlighted. 422 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:55,600 We start in Genesis 12 with Abraham, who was the father of 423 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,200 many nations. But then Abraham gives birth to 424 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:01,760 Isaac and Isaac becomes the son of submission. 425 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:06,960 You know, I was. Isaac obviously marries Rebecca 426 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:15,480 at 40 years old. At 60, they give birth to Jacob 427 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:19,920 and Esau, and Jacob becomes the son of transformation. 428 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:25,080 And we're talking about staying focused tonight, a renewed mind, 429 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:28,640 a transformed mind. And then of course, the last 430 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:31,640 person that we get to is Joseph. He becomes he becomes the Son of 431 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:39,440 suffering and glory, but Jacob stays the course and experiences 432 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:42,120 God Almighty as the Redeemer of his life. 433 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:46,040 It was more than just a physical journey for Jacob. 434 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:50,320 It was a spiritual journey of growth and transformation that 435 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:54,400 he experienced through all the trials, tests, and even 436 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:58,480 self-inflicted decisions. He stayed with God and God 437 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:00,560 liberated and delivered his life. 438 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:03,680 Listen to what Isaiah says about Jacob. 439 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:10,920 Isaiah 49 verse #26 from the Amplified Bible, Isaiah 49 verse 440 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:15,120 #26 says all mankind will know with a knowledge grounded in 441 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:20,720 personal experience, that I the Lord, am your Savior and your 442 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:24,360 Redeemer, the Mighty one of Jacob. 443 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,640 Ain't that interesting? He said he's the Redeemer, the 444 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:32,160 mighty one of Jacob. Isaiah the prophet in this verse 445 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:36,440 highlights the transformative power of El Shaddai as the 446 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:40,560 Redeemer in the life of Jacob. So let's pick up the story of 447 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:43,320 Jacob. And we start this off in Genesis 448 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:48,000 chapter 25. We're at 46 minutes in right 449 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:55,400 now, so I don't know who the oldest person in the room is, 450 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:57,800 but I can't go any longer than that tonight. 451 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:05,200 Stay focused. I'm sure we got a 70 year old in 452 00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:08,680 the room, right? We got Mr. Buckley back there. 453 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:16,200 We got 87 minutes tonight. He's going to be good. 454 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,080 He's going to get all 87 minutes. 455 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:24,160 Now those of you that are 46, stay focused. 456 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:34,200 Genesis 25, obviously we see that Rebecca gives birth and we 457 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:37,640 see that Jacob and Esau are the twins that are born matter of 458 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:40,280 fact through the spirit of of God. 459 00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:44,440 It's the the Lord revealed to Rebecca that there's twins, two 460 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:47,600 nations in your womb. And it was prophetically said 461 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:52,960 that the younger shall rule over the elder, which is contrary in 462 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:56,240 that culture because the first born is the one that through the 463 00:32:56,240 --> 00:33:00,440 birthright really had the right of the inheritance in the double 464 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:05,920 portion. But we see in Genesis 25, just 465 00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:08,760 to kind of summarize the story, which if you're doing your Bible 466 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:14,320 reading, if you want to have a redeemed mind, you better do 467 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:19,480 your Bible reading. I'll say it again, if you want 468 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:25,160 to be transformed, you better be doing your Bible reading and you 469 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,800 better get some takeaways. I'm just trying to help you. 470 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:33,400 You don't want to check a box and say, I did it and then you 471 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:35,480 have nothing to think about the rest of the day. 472 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:40,560 You want that word to come off the page, be written on the 473 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:44,000 tablets of your heart so that the words of your mouth and the 474 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,520 meditation of your mind will be acceptable in His sight, My 475 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:52,640 strength and my Redeemer. So in your Bible reading, you're 476 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:54,880 getting pretty close to Genesis 25. 477 00:33:56,440 --> 00:34:00,200 But we see that Esau, he was skilled. 478 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:07,640 This is like a man's man. He was a hunter, skilled with 479 00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:10,880 the bow and the arrow, and he smelled like the field. 480 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:20,000 But then you have Jacob and it said he he was a mild man, 481 00:34:20,639 --> 00:34:23,120 stayed at the tents and he watched cooking shows. 482 00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:36,159 He was looking at recipe books. He saws out hunting, comes home 483 00:34:36,159 --> 00:34:42,719 because he's famished, smells the Stew that Jacob was cooking. 484 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:47,480 He said, man, give me some Stew. And Jacob says, sell me your 485 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:52,360 birthright. And Esau, instead of seeing the 486 00:34:52,360 --> 00:35:00,040 value and the esteem in the moment, shows to say, what good 487 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:03,840 is my birthright if I die? Have you ever said, I'm so 488 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:06,960 hungry I'm going to die? Are you really going to die? 489 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:14,400 No, I'm sure missing one meal was not going to kill Esau, but 490 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:18,280 in that moment he made a permanent decision in a 491 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:23,560 temporary moment of emotion. Never make a permanent decision 492 00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:25,440 in a temporary moment of emotion. 493 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:33,120 Something happens. Don't act and then think. 494 00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:38,680 When something happens, think and then act. 495 00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:43,480 Don't be impulsive. And Esau was impulsive and it 496 00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:48,440 said he scorned or despised his birthright over a meal. 497 00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:53,480 Listen, our spiritual food is way more important than our 498 00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:56,600 natural food. So don't ever compromise the 499 00:35:56,600 --> 00:36:02,360 diet of God in your life for moments of the flesh. 500 00:36:05,240 --> 00:36:11,040 But then we go over 2 chapters of Genesis 27 and the mild man 501 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:19,920 who was a mama's boy heard from his mom because the mom heard 502 00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:25,000 Isaac tell Esau, I'm going to die and I want to pass the 503 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:29,840 blessing off to you. So I want you to go hunt, bring 504 00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:32,880 back and cook me some of the game that you find and I'm going 505 00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:34,200 to declare the blessing over you. 506 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:37,560 Well, we know the story that Esau leaves and then the plan is 507 00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:43,120 concocted between Rebecca and Jacob and really they act in 508 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,640 treachery and deceit to steal the blessing. 509 00:36:49,240 --> 00:36:52,680 Now the blessing was a a big deal in that culture. 510 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:59,600 It made you the spiritual lead of the house and really you 511 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,280 became the lineage of that seed to carry on. 512 00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:10,000 It carried the Abrahamic covenant with it. 513 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:14,400 It set the stage for the fulfillment of God's promise for 514 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:19,280 the coming Messiah. So not only did Jacob get the 515 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:24,600 birthright, but he also stole the blessing and hits his name, 516 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:27,280 Jacob. His name Jacob means supplanter 517 00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:33,960 or trickster or deceiver. And the Bible says what you sow, 518 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:38,440 you're going to reap. And we know the story that Esau 519 00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:41,800 came back. He was went to give the game to 520 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:45,280 and the meal to his father so he could receive the blessing. 521 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:49,080 And his his father said, I've already blessed, I've already 522 00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:52,080 released it. And once the blessings released, 523 00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:54,160 it's binding. It's an oath, it's a promise. 524 00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:59,840 It can't be undone or retracted. It was serious. 525 00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:07,400 It was covenant and he saw full of rage, said he stole my 526 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:11,160 birthright. How bad is your family? 527 00:38:13,720 --> 00:38:16,040 This is what I call dysfunction family, right? 528 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:20,360 The time of my father's passing is going to come and I'm going 529 00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:26,200 to kill my brother. Rebecca heard about it and she 530 00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:30,760 acts cunningly and says let's not get a wife for Jacob from 531 00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:35,040 any woman around here. Let's send her him to my brother 532 00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:39,240 Laban's house to get a wife so to intercede for Jacob's life. 533 00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:44,000 Isaac calls in Jacob and in Genesis 28 he charges him to go 534 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:49,960 to Padden Haran to Laban's house to get a wife. 535 00:38:52,240 --> 00:38:56,200 So Can you imagine this mama's boy who lived in tents, never 536 00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:59,000 been out in the field and he's travelling. 537 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:07,120 It's a 500 mile journey. There's no Uber, there's no 538 00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:13,480 McDonald's. Can you imagine the 539 00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:15,800 transformation that has to take place? 540 00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:21,360 So he's walking the average about 20 to 25 miles a day and 541 00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:23,600 how far they could walk in a distance and think about it's 542 00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:27,960 just not straight all the way. It's rugged terrain and you can 543 00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:35,680 encounter wild animals and even wild people on your journey, 544 00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:39,520 right? So it takes him maybe 2025 days 545 00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:44,000 just to get from where he's at in Beersheba all the way to his 546 00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:48,040 Laban's house. But on the journey, he has an 547 00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:52,880 encounter with God in Genesis 28. 548 00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:55,800 And Manny holds on to that encounter. 549 00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:58,440 And we need to hold on to the word of God. 550 00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:01,240 We need to have redeemed thinking. 551 00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:05,480 And it says that Jacob experienced God Almighty as the 552 00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:10,560 Redeemer. And it says in Genesis 28 that 553 00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:15,400 he said, God, if you stay with me and keep me and bring me 554 00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:21,560 back, you'll be my God. And he says, whatever you give 555 00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:25,520 to me, I'll give you a tenth. Wonder where he got that from? 556 00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:29,400 He knew about tithing, which makes me think Isaac knew about 557 00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:33,520 tithing because Abraham tithed to Melchizedek. 558 00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:40,480 You want to be transformed in your finances under the 559 00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:43,000 blessing. Be a tither. 560 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:46,920 This is before the law. We're not even to the book 561 00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:49,840 Exodus yet, not even close centuries away. 562 00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:56,480 And then he takes, but he sees this ladder going up and down. 563 00:40:56,480 --> 00:41:00,280 He sees angels ascending and descending and the very top he 564 00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:03,480 sees, he sees the heavens and he wakes up. 565 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:05,760 He said, man, I've just had an encounter with God. 566 00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:10,040 And he held on to that thing. He called it the House of 567 00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:14,280 Bethel, the House of God. He makes his track, gets to 568 00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:19,960 Laban's house, gets to the field, obviously sees the all 569 00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:23,840 the shepherds and the flocks and then he sees Rachel coming out, 570 00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:27,320 helps her water the the sheep. He gets all excited, right. 571 00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:31,640 Laban runs out to meets him. This is great man, right? 572 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:37,240 And he says man was with him for 30 days, went to Laban's house 573 00:41:37,240 --> 00:41:39,760 and Laban says name your wages. I love that. 574 00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:41,920 I wish somebody at my like an employer said, hey, name your 575 00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:50,520 wages $1.5 million. But yeah, I need that too. 576 00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:53,680 Praise the Lord, he says, name your wages. 577 00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:58,840 And then it wasn't even money. He realized the covenant was 578 00:41:58,840 --> 00:41:59,920 with him. He realized he had the 579 00:41:59,920 --> 00:42:02,960 birthright, the blessing and the lineage of Christ is going to 580 00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:06,160 come through him. He's the spiritual lead of the 581 00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:09,520 family now, really the priest of the house. 582 00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:14,000 And he says, listen, I'll serve you for seven years for Rachel. 583 00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:19,840 And Laban said it's on. So he serves it says it seemed 584 00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:22,560 like a few days. We know the story after seven 585 00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:28,360 years that he goes to marry the fulfillment of the the agreed 586 00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:30,240 upon terms of what he was going to be paid. 587 00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:37,720 And instead, what does Laban do? He gets tricky, right? 588 00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:42,280 Deceit. What you sow you're going to the 589 00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:45,880 same way that he deceived his brother. 590 00:42:48,720 --> 00:42:53,000 He was deceived by Laban. But even the matter and even in 591 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:57,560 the in the in the in the middle of bad choices, God can still 592 00:42:57,560 --> 00:43:01,400 transform your life if you have a heart for him and you get 593 00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:03,960 things right. That's what really God's looking 594 00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:09,600 for in the earth is a man or woman to show himself strong in 595 00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:15,040 who just continually has a tender heart and a pliable mind 596 00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:19,160 before him. God could work with you for a 597 00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:23,600 lifetime if you keep a tender heart and a pliable mind before 598 00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:26,440 him. But if you start to get hard, 599 00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:29,680 you start to think you know it all, you start to become 600 00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:33,840 unteachable. You're only going to go so far 601 00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:37,920 with the king. But Jacob continued to grow. 602 00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:41,040 He stayed, what I like to say, humble and hungry. 603 00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:46,280 And so women when they gave them in those days, they were heavily 604 00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:49,360 veiled. So it wasn't like, you know, 605 00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:54,760 that LED lights when she comes in, No, she's heavily veiled. 606 00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:56,640 He can't see who she is. The next morning he wakes up. 607 00:43:56,640 --> 00:44:07,440 He said, dude, I'm paraphrasing. We agreed that you would give me 608 00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:09,800 Rachel, but you gave me Leah all. 609 00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:14,000 And Laban says, you know, in our custom we have to give the first 610 00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:20,520 born daughter first. So I'll tell you what I've 611 00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:23,400 learned that you being with me brings great prosperity. 612 00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:26,400 So I'll give you Rachel if you work another seven years. 613 00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:32,640 So guess what he said. OK, so he gives him Rachel for 614 00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:34,360 another seven years. He serves Laban. 615 00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:39,920 This is 14 years. We read this in two or three 616 00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:43,280 chapters, but you got to get the time frame of a life being 617 00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:47,360 transformed. What I'm saying, Saints, this is 618 00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:51,760 a journey, not a Sprint. There's going to be times when 619 00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:55,160 you walk, times when you crawl, and times when you Sprint. 620 00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:58,880 But the the key is don't ever stop. 621 00:44:58,880 --> 00:45:02,160 Those that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. 622 00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:04,520 They shall mount up with wings like eagles. 623 00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:07,600 They shall walk and not grow weary. 624 00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:10,800 They shall run and they shall not faint. 625 00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:15,720 So no matter your pace, just keep going. 626 00:45:18,360 --> 00:45:23,000 Some seasons you'll see great acceleration, Some seasons feel 627 00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:26,200 like a wilderness. But in the middle of it all, God 628 00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:36,280 is faithful. Don't ever stop, keep 629 00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:39,040 experiencing the redemption of God in your life through a 630 00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:46,680 transformed and redeemed mind. Then in Genesis 30 after this is 631 00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:50,720 all settled, we see a lot of kids are born. 632 00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:55,560 Hallelujah the fulfillment of Jacob being transformed. 633 00:45:57,040 --> 00:46:04,120 Basically, Leah gives birth to to 8 kids, Rachel gives birth to 634 00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:09,160 three, Benjamin's not born until Jacob if it's all the way back 635 00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:14,040 to his father's house. But in Genesis 31, this is key 636 00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:17,720 verse #3 it said God told Jacob to go back home. 637 00:46:17,720 --> 00:46:21,080 And that's such a key in our life to listen to what the Holy 638 00:46:21,080 --> 00:46:24,320 Spirit is saying. You know, it was like that in 639 00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:28,120 the ark. Noah didn't come out of the ark 640 00:46:28,120 --> 00:46:32,560 till God said Abraham went to Eartha cat left Eartha Chaldeans 641 00:46:32,560 --> 00:46:37,440 because God said. Jacob left Laban's house because 642 00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:44,240 God said. And then on the way back, think 643 00:46:44,240 --> 00:46:46,240 about the turmoil when he leaves. 644 00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:52,120 This is 20 years prior because he serves 14 years for both 645 00:46:52,120 --> 00:46:57,520 daughters, six years for the cattle, which I love when we 646 00:46:57,520 --> 00:46:59,760 when we read about the cattle wouldn't get all that because he 647 00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:02,920 may he strikes a deal with Laban and the most unusual 648 00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:11,600 unsuspecting cattle become what make him prosperous and in your 649 00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:15,240 hand, what seems unusual or wouldn't turn for a prophet. 650 00:47:15,240 --> 00:47:18,440 God can make it profit because the Bible says whatever you put 651 00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:23,720 your hand to it will prosper. But God gives him a plan, gives 652 00:47:23,720 --> 00:47:27,360 him a dream on how to increase with the cattle, the speckled, 653 00:47:27,360 --> 00:47:33,200 the street and the spotted. But in in Genesis 32 is a 654 00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:39,200 culmination of 20 years, I guarantee of intense mind battle 655 00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:42,600 that Jacob had because all the time he knows that his brother 656 00:47:42,600 --> 00:47:44,200 Esau is going to want to kill him, right? 657 00:47:44,600 --> 00:47:47,280 So God says go back. So guess what he's thinking I'm 658 00:47:47,280 --> 00:47:51,320 going to run into Esau. And on the way back he hears 659 00:47:51,320 --> 00:47:56,080 that Esau's come with 400 men. So guess what, Jacob, just like 660 00:47:56,080 --> 00:48:01,920 we all have emotions, he divides his household and really he puts 661 00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:06,920 the favorite wife and the favorite kid. 662 00:48:07,920 --> 00:48:12,440 Thank God we're not in that day. And he puts the least favorite 663 00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:17,760 life in front. Talk about intercession. 664 00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:19,000 I don't know if that's good intercession. 665 00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:21,240 That's not good intercession because he don't know what he 666 00:48:21,240 --> 00:48:22,680 saw is going to do. But he's thinking, man, if they 667 00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:24,800 go after the one, the other will be able to escape. 668 00:48:26,360 --> 00:48:29,280 Not only is he wrestle with that, but he wrestles with God. 669 00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:35,720 And this is the culmination of a transformed life and a redeemed 670 00:48:35,720 --> 00:48:38,560 life because said he wrestled with God all night. 671 00:48:38,560 --> 00:48:40,560 And he said, I'm not going to let you go. 672 00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:44,920 I'm not going to let you go. I'm not going to let you go in 673 00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:48,600 2025. I'm not letting God go in 2026. 674 00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:51,960 I'm not letting God go in 2030. I'm not letting God go. 675 00:48:52,080 --> 00:48:56,240 If God tarries in 2050, I'm not letting God go. 676 00:48:57,320 --> 00:49:02,080 If he tarries to 2070, I'm not letting go. 677 00:49:03,200 --> 00:49:06,280 That's a tenacity. I will not let go until you 678 00:49:06,280 --> 00:49:10,680 bless me. And God touched him the soccer 679 00:49:10,680 --> 00:49:12,280 recipe and you know what the blessing was? 680 00:49:12,280 --> 00:49:18,080 He said you're no longer going to be called Jacob. 681 00:49:18,960 --> 00:49:23,960 Your name is Israel. You prevailed. 682 00:49:24,120 --> 00:49:26,920 What a testimony for every St. in this room. 683 00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:31,120 Have you prevailed with God? Hallelujah. 684 00:49:31,280 --> 00:49:34,080 I don't know about you, but I want to have some prevailing 685 00:49:34,280 --> 00:49:36,240 with God. I think back to my high school 686 00:49:36,240 --> 00:49:44,640 years BC if people could see me now and hang out with me now, 687 00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:49,760 you know, I didn't get invited to my 10 year, 20 year, 30 year 688 00:49:50,280 --> 00:49:52,720 reunion. I don't know if that's because I 689 00:49:52,720 --> 00:49:58,280 did people wrong or I'm not on social media but I was not 690 00:49:58,280 --> 00:50:01,480 invited. But I'm not offended. 691 00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:10,000 But if they could see me now, they would say no. 692 00:50:12,840 --> 00:50:15,200 Mike Crocek. Nah. 693 00:50:17,320 --> 00:50:23,040 A Bible thumper, Nah. A Jesus freak, Nah. 694 00:50:24,280 --> 00:50:29,080 Oh, yeah, I've been redeemed. I've been transformed. 695 00:50:30,600 --> 00:50:33,160 I got a testimony around the people that can vouch for my 696 00:50:33,160 --> 00:50:36,560 character. I ain't the same man. 697 00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:42,080 Let me tell you about my Jesus. Come on, some of you have a 698 00:50:42,080 --> 00:50:49,720 testimony. If they can only see you now, no 699 00:50:49,720 --> 00:50:51,400 longer shall you be in it. Nice. 700 00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:56,080 When God could strip off the old and put on the new, he called 701 00:50:56,080 --> 00:50:59,920 him a Prince and he's calling you a Prince and a Princess. 702 00:51:03,520 --> 00:51:06,960 This is important in Genesis 33. Genesis 35 is he's making his 703 00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:09,640 his trek trek back. Thank God. 704 00:51:09,640 --> 00:51:12,080 God is so good. He got to see his dad before he 705 00:51:12,080 --> 00:51:14,920 died. Isaac passed away at 180, but he 706 00:51:14,920 --> 00:51:18,680 got to see his dad. I took comfort in that today. 707 00:51:18,680 --> 00:51:20,720 I thought, man, how awesome when he left. 708 00:51:20,720 --> 00:51:22,760 He didn't know when he was coming back, how he was coming 709 00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:24,480 back. Matter of fact, he said, God, 710 00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:28,440 you've been so good to me. I left with the staff only when 711 00:51:28,440 --> 00:51:34,200 I left Berciba, but I'm coming back with two companies and 712 00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:38,920 cattle and prosperity. I look back on my journey with 713 00:51:38,920 --> 00:51:42,160 God and I said, wow, it's been a ride since 1997. 714 00:51:42,160 --> 00:51:47,520 Lord, I remember a time when Angie and I, we had adopted 2 715 00:51:47,520 --> 00:51:51,560 boys out of the group home. We ate at McDonald's at that 716 00:51:51,560 --> 00:51:58,080 time many many moons ago and we were so tight financially. 717 00:51:58,400 --> 00:52:00,880 We said you got to get 4 things. I don't even know if they have 718 00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:04,440 the dollar meal anymore with $14.00 an hour minimum wage 719 00:52:04,440 --> 00:52:07,080 coming up. They still got it. 720 00:52:07,320 --> 00:52:12,320 Who knew that we need to talk after service. 721 00:52:13,240 --> 00:52:18,120 He wants transformed bodies. You know, if you drop a 722 00:52:18,120 --> 00:52:25,120 McDonald's fry in your car under your seat, six months from now, 723 00:52:25,560 --> 00:52:29,560 it still looks golden. Think about it. 724 00:52:29,560 --> 00:52:39,880 See law, but we could only get 4 things off a dollar menu. 725 00:52:40,280 --> 00:52:42,440 They usually get 2 cheeseburgers. 726 00:52:42,440 --> 00:52:46,360 They always like the apple pies, you know, some fries and then 727 00:52:46,360 --> 00:52:47,920 the water's free. So we get that. 728 00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:51,800 But oh God's been good. Amen. 729 00:52:52,680 --> 00:52:58,840 We got to remember, recall, review how good he's been to us. 730 00:53:00,080 --> 00:53:02,800 A transformed, redeemed mind's a thankful mind. 731 00:53:05,120 --> 00:53:07,160 Sometimes we're always thinking about what we don't have. 732 00:53:07,160 --> 00:53:11,360 Think about what you do have. Thank God all the plumbing's 733 00:53:11,360 --> 00:53:15,240 working. Hallelujah. 734 00:53:17,080 --> 00:53:19,880 Thank God my mind's in. It's in it's right place. 735 00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:27,920 Listen, in my old days, I went on a trip, some people didn't 736 00:53:27,920 --> 00:53:32,480 come back, if you know what I'm saying, with certain drugs. 737 00:53:32,840 --> 00:53:41,760 Thank God I'm in my right, mine. But Genesis 33 and 35 are a key 738 00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:45,280 because he builds an altar to God in both of those chapters. 739 00:53:46,040 --> 00:53:50,920 And that's a place of worship and three principles we can 740 00:53:50,920 --> 00:53:53,240 extract from the life of Jacob. In a transformed life. 741 00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:57,560 He always was concerned about the wells, the tent, and the 742 00:53:57,560 --> 00:54:00,680 altars. The tent is where you dwell, and 743 00:54:00,680 --> 00:54:02,880 God's concerned about your household doing well. 744 00:54:03,680 --> 00:54:07,560 God wants to transform your tent, so to speak, your life. 745 00:54:08,240 --> 00:54:10,080 He wants your home life to be blessed. 746 00:54:10,560 --> 00:54:12,800 He wants to be full of peace and not confusion. 747 00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:15,920 He wants it to be full of joy and not depression. 748 00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:19,800 He wants to be full of righteousness, not wickedness. 749 00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:23,040 But he's also concerned about the altars in your life. 750 00:54:23,600 --> 00:54:27,000 Tents are temporary, but altars are permanent. 751 00:54:28,040 --> 00:54:29,640 And that's the place where he worship God. 752 00:54:29,640 --> 00:54:32,800 Thank God on Wednesdays and Sundays we can come to the House 753 00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:36,520 of Lord and be transformed and give God all of our praise. 754 00:54:36,520 --> 00:54:38,280 But we're not limited to Wednesday and Sunday. 755 00:54:38,760 --> 00:54:40,360 You could praise Him on the way home today. 756 00:54:40,360 --> 00:54:41,840 You can find an altar in your car. 757 00:54:42,680 --> 00:54:43,960 You can praise Him tomorrow morning. 758 00:54:43,960 --> 00:54:46,280 You can find find an altar in your shower tomorrow morning. 759 00:54:47,360 --> 00:54:49,840 Amen. You can find an altar at your 760 00:54:49,840 --> 00:54:53,280 lunch break. But he's also concerned about 761 00:54:53,280 --> 00:54:55,800 the wells and wells are for the future generations. 762 00:54:56,800 --> 00:55:00,280 And Jacob experienced wells that the Philistines enemy had 763 00:55:00,920 --> 00:55:03,920 basically plugged up that he had to unplug. 764 00:55:04,480 --> 00:55:06,680 They had filled him with dirt and he had to dig out the dirt. 765 00:55:07,760 --> 00:55:10,400 And so transforming life's just not thinking about my tent and 766 00:55:10,400 --> 00:55:13,320 just my worship, but it's thinking about the future and 767 00:55:13,320 --> 00:55:20,360 the future generations. So I want to close with four 768 00:55:20,360 --> 00:55:24,840 scriptures for you tonight and we'll be done. 769 00:55:25,200 --> 00:55:28,960 It's 840 now. I've only been ministering for 770 00:55:28,960 --> 00:55:35,480 probably 60 minutes, maybe 5052 minutes, 57. 771 00:55:35,480 --> 00:55:43,440 I'm doing good. My wife has checked out no. 772 00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:50,720 That'd make you 40. It's fit. 773 00:55:50,720 --> 00:55:53,080 We gonna go 57. You're not in 57. 774 00:55:53,560 --> 00:55:56,440 You got 7. You're out seven minutes ago. 775 00:55:56,440 --> 00:56:10,560 OK, I better hurry up. Ernie's still good. 776 00:56:10,560 --> 00:56:11,920 He's in the 60s. We're good. 777 00:56:13,560 --> 00:56:19,440 Hallelujah. Stay focused. 4 scriptures. 778 00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:23,520 I'm closing with Psalms chapter 1 verses one through 3. 779 00:56:25,920 --> 00:56:32,000 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, 780 00:56:32,080 --> 00:56:36,880 nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of 781 00:56:36,880 --> 00:56:40,120 the scornful. Let me read that. 782 00:56:40,120 --> 00:56:48,360 Let that absorbed out into you. Bad company corrupts good 783 00:56:48,720 --> 00:56:52,800 character and it'll stifle transformation. 784 00:56:56,080 --> 00:56:59,960 He gives three men or mankind not to hang around. 785 00:57:02,160 --> 00:57:06,680 What you listen to is vital if you're going to have a redeemed 786 00:57:06,680 --> 00:57:11,560 mind. I don't stand in the counsel, 787 00:57:11,560 --> 00:57:15,240 the ungodly, I'm not standing in the path of sinners, and I'm 788 00:57:15,240 --> 00:57:18,440 surely not being seated by the scornful. 789 00:57:19,240 --> 00:57:26,160 But my delight is in the law of the Lord, and in that law I'm 790 00:57:26,160 --> 00:57:28,680 going to meditate. I'm going to focus. 791 00:57:28,960 --> 00:57:33,000 I'm not going to let go. I'm going to think about it day 792 00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:34,760 and night. And guess what's going to happen 793 00:57:34,760 --> 00:57:37,560 as a result. I'm going to be like a tree 794 00:57:38,800 --> 00:57:44,760 planted by the rivers of water. I'm going to bring forth fruit 795 00:57:45,520 --> 00:57:51,600 in every season of life. Every season. 796 00:57:51,600 --> 00:57:55,440 You realize that life has lived in seasons and arrived at in 797 00:57:55,440 --> 00:58:01,880 stages. And my and my leaf shall not 798 00:58:01,880 --> 00:58:07,320 wither. And whatever I do, it will 799 00:58:07,800 --> 00:58:12,080 prosper. Stay focused. 800 00:58:12,080 --> 00:58:18,480 Second Scripture, Joshua 1/8, This book of the law shall not 801 00:58:18,480 --> 00:58:23,560 depart from your mouth. What are you saying? 802 00:58:24,200 --> 00:58:27,080 What are you speaking? What are you declaring? 803 00:58:27,560 --> 00:58:30,040 I know there's some real issues. I understand there's some real 804 00:58:30,040 --> 00:58:31,640 challenges. I understand there's some real 805 00:58:31,640 --> 00:58:36,640 emotions. But God, let me put it this way, 806 00:58:36,640 --> 00:58:39,960 those are some of the greatest times to make faith confessions 807 00:58:40,280 --> 00:58:42,120 when you're walking through some of the most difficult 808 00:58:42,120 --> 00:58:52,760 situations. But it shall not depart from 809 00:58:52,760 --> 00:58:56,640 your mouth. So say it, speak it, declare it, 810 00:58:56,960 --> 00:59:01,840 think about it, stay focused. It says you shall meditate in 811 00:59:01,840 --> 00:59:05,240 that law day and night. What scripture are you thinking 812 00:59:05,240 --> 00:59:07,960 about? What Scripture are rehearsing? 813 00:59:08,200 --> 00:59:09,840 What scripture are you chewing on? 814 00:59:12,240 --> 00:59:15,400 You want a more cultivated mind and a greater focus? 815 00:59:15,640 --> 00:59:17,920 Learn how to think on the Word of God throughout the day. 816 00:59:21,160 --> 00:59:23,360 Think on it. God will not tell you to do 817 00:59:23,360 --> 00:59:25,400 something that you weren't capable of doing. 818 00:59:25,520 --> 00:59:29,280 If He said to meditate on my word day and night, then the 819 00:59:29,280 --> 00:59:34,160 reality and the truth is you can think about it all day long. 820 00:59:34,920 --> 00:59:37,320 The psalmist says even at night my heart meditates upon your 821 00:59:37,320 --> 00:59:38,800 precepts. So even if I got to get up to go 822 00:59:38,800 --> 00:59:41,680 to the bathroom at night, the first thing on my mind is the 823 00:59:41,680 --> 00:59:50,560 word of God. Meditate on it, ponder it, 824 00:59:50,640 --> 00:59:53,200 imagine it, and then it says that you may observe. 825 00:59:53,200 --> 00:59:59,120 To do it, you actually need to do what you're meditating on, if 826 00:59:59,120 --> 01:00:08,520 you're meditating on love. Then you better do love, right? 827 01:00:08,520 --> 01:00:12,280 We can go to 1st Corinthians 13. The Great Love chapter says love 828 01:00:12,280 --> 01:00:16,120 is patient. So maybe, maybe you need a 829 01:00:16,120 --> 01:00:24,920 longer Wick this year. You remember the Roadrunner, a 830 01:00:24,920 --> 01:00:30,200 long Wick. Maybe you're instead of saying 831 01:00:30,200 --> 01:00:35,360 I, I don't have patience, Lord, through agape, I got patience. 832 01:00:35,360 --> 01:00:38,360 I'm just going to get tenacious about this. 833 01:00:38,600 --> 01:00:43,120 Give me some more. You're just exercising my love 834 01:00:43,120 --> 01:00:46,520 muscle right now. Just test me a little bit more. 835 01:00:47,440 --> 01:00:49,040 There's one translation of of love. 836 01:00:49,040 --> 01:00:51,640 It says love passes the breaking point without breaking. 837 01:00:56,160 --> 01:00:59,320 So not only you got to meditate, but you got to do it. 838 01:01:00,440 --> 01:01:02,560 And then it says then you will make your way prosperous. 839 01:01:02,560 --> 01:01:07,200 Then you will have good success. God wants things to go well for 840 01:01:07,200 --> 01:01:12,560 you, but you have to have redeemed thinking and really 841 01:01:12,560 --> 01:01:15,720 redeemed action to see a transformed life. 842 01:01:16,480 --> 01:01:20,760 Two more verses, first, first Timothy chapter 4, verses 14 843 01:01:20,760 --> 01:01:23,560 through 15 and worship team, you can come. 844 01:01:24,680 --> 01:01:29,120 It says do not neglect the gift, do not neglect the gift. 845 01:01:29,960 --> 01:01:32,920 Do not neglect. Why would the Holy Spirit 846 01:01:33,400 --> 01:01:36,120 through the apostle Paul encourage us not to neglect 847 01:01:36,120 --> 01:01:39,640 because you can neglect the gift of God. 848 01:01:39,640 --> 01:01:43,280 You can make a choice to say I'm I'm not doing that. 849 01:01:44,120 --> 01:01:47,800 I'm not cultivating that, but the Word says don't neglect the 850 01:01:47,800 --> 01:01:50,280 gift that's in you, which was given you by prophecy with the 851 01:01:50,280 --> 01:01:52,240 lane on it of the hands of the elder ship. 852 01:01:52,880 --> 01:01:58,640 Meditate on these things. Give yourself entirely to them. 853 01:01:59,880 --> 01:02:06,320 Be all in in 2025, Stay focused in 2025. 854 01:02:06,640 --> 01:02:09,160 Listen to what it says, that your progress may be evident to 855 01:02:09,160 --> 01:02:12,160 all. God wants to put your life on 856 01:02:12,160 --> 01:02:16,200 display. He wants to use you to ignite 857 01:02:16,200 --> 01:02:19,440 the city, impact the nation, and influence the world. 858 01:02:20,080 --> 01:02:23,520 But it's going to take a focused effort on your part in your soul 859 01:02:23,520 --> 01:02:26,680 realm. Last scripture, Hebrews chapter 860 01:02:26,680 --> 01:02:34,200 6 verse #19 says this. This hope we have as an anchor, 861 01:02:34,480 --> 01:02:41,240 as an anchor of the soul both sure and steadfast, and which 862 01:02:41,240 --> 01:02:43,440 enters the presence behind the veil.