Waching daily Dec 30 2018

>> JOEL OSTEEN: WELL, GOD

BLESS YOU.

THANKS FOR LETTING US COME

INTO YOUR HOMES, AND IF

YOU'RE EVER IN OUR AREA,

PLEASE STOP BY AND BE A PART

OF ONE OF OUR SERVICES.

I'LL PROMISE YOU WE'LL MAKE

YOU FEEL RIGHT AT HOME.

I LIKE TO START WITH

SOMETHING FUNNY, AND I HEARD

ABOUT THIS CAT AND MOUSE THAT

DIED ON THE SAME DAY AND WENT

TO HEAVEN.

AFTER A FEW WEEKS, PETER SAW

THE MOUSE AND ASKED HIM HOW

HE LIKED IT.

HE SAID, "OH, IT'S GREAT, BUT

IT'S SO BIG.

I WISH I COULD GET A PAIR OF

ROLLER SKATES."

PETER SAID, "NO PROBLEM," GOT

HIM SOME ROLLER SKATES.

A FEW WEEKS LATER, PETER SAW

THE CAT AND ASKED HIM HOW HE

LIKED IT, HE SAID, "OH, IT'S

FANTASTIC, AND JUST WHEN I

THOUGHT IT COULDN'T GET ANY

BETTER, I DISCOVERED THE

MEALS ON WHEELS."

I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY

ABOUT "IT IS FINISHED."

WE ALL HAVE THINGS THAT ARE

TRYING TO HOLD US BACK, GUILT

FROM PAST MISTAKES,

TEMPTATIONS WE CAN'T SEEM TO

OVERCOME, DYSFUNCTION THAT'S

BEEN PASSED DOWN.

IT'S EASY TO LEARN TO

ACCEPT IT AND THINK THAT

THAT'S WHO WE ARE, BUT GOD

DIDN'T CREATE YOU TO GO

THROUGH LIFE WEIGHED DOWN BY

ADDICTIONS, DYSFUNCTION,

GUILT, THE PAST.

HE CREATED YOU TO BE FREE,

AND WHEN JESUS HUNG ON THE

CROSS, BEFORE HE TOOK HIS

FINAL BREATH, HE SAID, "IT IS

FINISHED."

HE WASN'T JUST TALKING

ABOUT HIS LIFE AND HOW HE HAD

FINISHED HIS PURPOSE.

HE WAS PUTTING AN END TO ALL

THE NEGATIVE THINGS THAT

COULD KEEP US FROM OUR

DESTINY.

HE WAS SAYING, IN EFFECT, THE

GUILT IS FINISHED, THE

DEPRESSION IS FINISHED, THE

LOW SELF-ESTEEM, THE

MEDIOCRITY, IT IS FINISHED.

AND INSTEAD OF ACCEPTING THE

ADDICTION, THINKING, "IT'S

THE WAY IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO

BE.

EVERYBODY IN MY FAMILY HAS

IT," YOU NEED TO ANNOUNCE TO

THAT ADDICTION, "IT IS

FINISHED.

YOU DON'T CONTROL ME.

YOU CAN'T KEEP ME FROM MY

DESTINY.

THE PRICE HAS BEEN PAID.

I AM FREE, I AM CLEAN, I AM

WHOLE."

BUT AS LONG AS YOU ACCEPT IT,

YOU'RE ALLOWING IT TO STAY.

BUT WHEN YOU TELL THE

ADDICTION, TELL THE PAST,

TELL THE POVERTY, "IT IS

FINISHED, THIS IS NOT WHO

I AM, I AM BLESSED, I AM

PROSPEROUS, I AM VICTORIOUS,"

IN THE UNSEEN REALM,

STRONGHOLDS ARE BROKEN,

CHAINS ARE LOOSED, FAVOR IS

RELEASED.

ARE THERE THINGS YOU'RE

LIVING WITH THAT YOU NEED TO

SAY, "IT IS FINISHED"?

ARE YOU GOING AROUND GUILTY,

DOWN ON YOURSELF BECAUSE OF

PAST MISTAKES, NOT EXPECTING

ANYTHING GOOD?

YOU NEED TO ANNOUNCE TO THAT

GUILT, "IT IS FINISHED.

I'M DONE BEATING MYSELF UP,

LIVING CONDEMNED.

GOD'S MERCY IS BIGGER THAN MY

MISTAKES.

I AM REDEEMED, I AM RESTORED,

I AM FORGIVEN, AND I AM

EXCITED ABOUT MY FUTURE."

ARE YOU LIVING WITH A SENSE

OF SHAME, FEELING INFERIOR

BECAUSE OF HOW SOMEBODY

TREATED YOU?

THEY DID YOU WRONG, THEY

WALKED AWAY?

NOW THE ACCUSER WHISPERS,

"IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOOD

ENOUGH.

YOU'RE NOT ATTRACTIVE ENOUGH.

YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE

LOVED."

ANNOUNCE TO THAT SHAME, "IT

IS FINISHED.

I'M NOT LIVING INFERIOR,

UNWORTHY.

I KNOW WHO I AM.

I AM A CHILD OF THE MOST HIGH

GOD.

I'M WEARING A CROWN OF FAVOR.

I HAVE ROYAL BLOOD FLOWING

THROUGH MY VEINS.

NO MATTER WHAT SOMEONE DID OR

DIDN'T DO TO YOU, IT DOES NOT

CHANGE WHO YOU ARE, AND YOU

MAY HAVE HAD BAD BREAKS, GONE

THROUGH UNFAIR SITUATIONS,

DON'T HAVE A VICTIM

MENTALITY, HAVE A VICTOR

MENTALITY.

GOD SAID HE WOULD PAY YOU

BACK DOUBLE FOR THE UNFAIR

THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.

THAT PERSON THAT DID YOU

WRONG, THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE

HURTING YOU, THE TRUTH IS

THEY WERE HELPING YOU.

THEY QUALIFIED YOU FOR

DOUBLE.

THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE

SETTING YOU BACK, IN REALITY

THEY WERE SETTING YOU UP.

NOW, DO YOUR PART, SAY TO THE

SELF-PITY, "IT IS FINISHED.

I'M NOT LIVING DISCOURAGED,

DWELLING ON MY

DISAPPOINTMENTS, RELIVING MY

HURTS.

I'M LETTING GO OF THE OLD AND

I'M GETTING READY FOR THE NEW

THINGS GOD HAS IN STORE.

FATHER, THANK YOU DOUBLE IS

COMING MY WAY."

BUT WE CAN ALL FIND A REASON

TO LIVE NEGATIVE, THINKING

THAT WE'RE AT A DISADVANTAGE.

"MY BOSS OVERLOOKED ME."

SOMEBODY WALKED OUT OF A

RELATIONSHIP.

I'M ASKING US TO GET RID OF

THE EXCUSES.

IT'S TIME TO SAY, "IT IS

FINISHED.

I'M DONE THINKING ABOUT WHAT

I DIDN'T GET, WHAT DIDN'T

WORK OUT."

YOU HAVE TO TELL THE PAST,

TELL THE SELF-PITY, TELL THE

DISCOURAGEMENT, "IT IS

FINISHED."

AS LONG AS YOU JUSTIFY YOUR

CONDITION, YOU'RE GIVING IT

PERMISSION TO STAY.

JOHN CHAPTER 5, JESUS MET A

CRIPPLED MAN THAT HAD BEEN

LYING BY THE POOL OF BETHESDA

FOR 38 YEARS.

THERE WERE FIVE PORCHES

SURROUNDING THIS POOL FILLED

WITH SICK PEOPLE, AND ONCE A

YEAR, WHEN THE ANGEL MOVED

THE WATERS, THE FIRST PERSON

TO GET IN WOULD BE HEALED.

JESUS SAID TO THE CRIPPLED

MAN, "DO YOU WANT TO GET

WELL?"

IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS AN

OBVIOUS ANSWER, EVERYONE WAS

AT THE POOL TO GET WELL.

BUT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS WHEN

JESUS SAW THE MAN LYING

THERE, HE ASKED, "DO YOU WANT

TO GET WELL?"

IN OTHER WORDS, THERE WAS

NOTHING IN THIS MAN'S ACTIONS

THAT SAID HE WANTED TO GET

WELL, NOTHING IN HIS BEHAVIOR

THAT SAID, "I'M EXPECTING

THINGS TO CHANGE."

HE HAD HIS BED THERE BY THE

PORCH, HIS WHOLE AREA SET UP.

I CAN IMAGINE A TABLE, A

LAMP, BOOKS, PICTURES.

IN 38 YEARS, HE HAD GOTTEN

COMFORTABLE IN DYSFUNCTION.

HE THOUGHT, "THIS IS MY LOT

IN LIFE.

IT'S NEVER GOING TO GET

BETTER."

HE WAS SURROUNDED BY OTHER

PEOPLE THAT WERE SICK, THAT

WERE BLIND, THAT WERE

AFFLICTED.

HE GRAVITATED TO PEOPLE THAT

WERE JUST LIKE HIM.

EVERYBODY WAS NEEDY.

EVERYBODY WAS COMPLAINING.

EVERYBODY WAS DISCOURAGED.

YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHO

YOU SURROUND YOURSELF WITH,

ESPECIALLY IN DIFFICULT

TIMES.

YOU MAY HAVE AN ILLNESS, BUT

DON'T GO FIND A BUNCH OF

OTHER SICK PEOPLE TO HANG

AROUND.

MISERY LOVES COMPANY.

IF YOU STRUGGLE WITH AN

ADDICTION, DON'T HANG OUT

WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE

ADDICTED.

THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE YOU TO

GET STUCK.

IF YOU'RE DEPRESSED, DON'T GO

FIND FIVE DEPRESSED FRIENDS

SO YOU ALL CAN BE DEPRESSED

TOGETHER.

FIND PEOPLE THAT HAVE WHAT

YOU WANT.

IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING IN YOUR

FINANCES, GET AROUND BLESSED

PEOPLE, GENEROUS PEOPLE,

PEOPLE THAT ARE WELL OFF.

IF YOU TEND TO BE NEGATIVE

AND CRITICAL, DON'T STAY

AROUND PEOPLE LIKE THAT.

FIND PEOPLE THAT ARE HAPPY,

POSITIVE, GRATEFUL.

THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING

ABOUT YOU THAT SAYS, "I WANT

TO GET WELL.

I WANT TO BE BLESSED.

I WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT

LEVEL."

WHEN JESUS ASKED THIS MAN IF

HE WANTED TO GET WELL,

INSTEAD OF SAYING, "YES,

THAT'S WHAT I'M BELIEVING

FOR, THAT'S MY DREAM," HE

SAID, "SIR, I DON'T HAVE

ANYBODY TO HELP ME GET IN

THE WATER.

WHEN THE ANGEL COMES,

SOMEBODY ALWAYS BEATS ME

IN."

HE WAS JUSTIFYING HIS

CONDITION.

"I'M THIS WAY BECAUSE I'M AT

A DISADVANTAGE.

NOBODY WILL HELP ME."

AS LONG AS YOU'RE MAKING

EXCUSES FOR WHERE YOU ARE,

YOU'RE GOING TO GET STUCK.

"I'M THIS WAY, JOEL, BECAUSE

I HAD A BAD CHILDHOOD.

I'M BITTER BECAUSE A BUSINESS

PARTNER CHEATED ME.

I'M NEGATIVE BECAUSE I HAVE

THIS ILLNESS."

I'M ASKING US TO GET RID OF

THE EXCUSES.

NOTHING THAT'S HAPPENED TO

YOU HAS TO KEEP YOU FROM YOUR

DESTINY.

IF IT WAS GOING TO STOP YOUR

PURPOSE, GOD WOULDN'T HAVE

ALLOWED IT.

YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND IT, IT

MAY NOT BE FAIR, BUT IF YOU

WILL TAKE THE HAND YOU'VE

BEEN DEALT AND MAKE THE MOST

OF IT, GOD WILL GET YOU TO

WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.

NO PERSON CAN STOP THEM, NO

BAD BREAK, NO ADDICTION, NO

SICKNESS.

GOD HAS THE FINAL SAY.

TELL THE SELF-PITY, "IT IS

FINISHED."

TELL THE EXCUSES, "IT IS

FINISHED.

THIS IS A NEW DAY.

GOD'S ABOUT TO DO A NEW

THING."

JESUS SAID TO THE CRIPPLED

MAN, "GET UP, PICK UP YOUR

BED, AND WALK."

INSTANTLY THE MAN WAS HEALED.

HE STOOD UP AND WAS ABLE TO

WALK OUT OF THERE, AND WHAT

YOU THINK IS PERMANENT, LOOKS

LIKE IT'S NEVER GOING TO

CHANGE, THAT ADDICTION YOU'VE

HAD FOR YEARS, THE ILLNESS,

THE SITUATION IN YOUR

FINANCES, YOU DON'T SEE A

WAY, BUT GOD HAS A WAY.

RIGHT NOW, HE'S FIGHTING YOUR

BATTLES.

I BELIEVE THINGS ARE CHANGING

IN YOUR FAVOR.

BREAKTHROUGHS ARE HEADED YOUR

WAY.

NEW BEGINNINGS, HEALING,

FREEDOM, IT MAY LOOK

PERMANENT, GOD IS SAYING,

"IT'S ONLY TEMPORARY.

I'M ABOUT TO TURN IT

AROUND."

WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THIS

CRIPPLED MAN DIDN'T HAVE A

LOT OF FAITH.

HE DIDN'T SAY, "YES, I

BELIEVE I CAN GET WELL."

HE MADE EXCUSES, YET GOD IN

HIS MERCY HEALED HIM.

IMAGINE HOW GOD FEELS WHEN HE

SEES YOU SHAKING OFF THE

SELF-PITY, SHAKING OFF THE

EXCUSES, SAYING, "LORD, I

BELIEVE YOU CAN TURN MY CHILD

AROUND.

I BELIEVE YOU'LL TAKE ME TO

THE NEXT LEVEL.

I BELIEVE YOU'LL FREE ME FROM

THIS ADDICTION."

WHEN YOU BELIEVE, GOD WILL

MAKE THINGS HAPPEN THAT YOU

COULDN'T MAKE HAPPEN.

TELL THE EXCUSES, TELL THE

DOUBT, TELL THE NEGATIVE

THOUGHTS, "IT IS FINISHED."

IT'S TIME TO PUT A STOP TO

SOME THINGS.

THIS IS WHAT MY FATHER DID,

HE GREW UP VERY POOR.

HIS PARENTS WERE COTTON

FARMERS, AND THEY LOST

EVERYTHING DURING THE GREAT

DEPRESSION.

MY FATHER WENT TO SCHOOL WITH

HOLES IN HIS PANTS AND HOLES

IN HIS SHOES.

IN HIGH SCHOOL, HE WAS GIVEN

THE CHRISTMAS BASKET THAT

WENT TO THE POOREST FAMILY.

HE WAS AT A DISADVANTAGE, NO

MONEY, VERY LITTLE EDUCATION.

THE ODDS WERE ALL AGAINST

HIM.

HE HAD A GOOD EXCUSE TO

SETTLE WHERE HE WAS AND

ACCEPT A LIFE OF MEDIOCRITY.

BUT AT THE AGE OF 17, MY

FATHER GAVE HIS LIFE TO

CHRIST, THE FIRST ONE IN HIS

FAMILY.

ON THE INSIDE, HE COULD FEEL

SEEDS OF GREATNESS RISING UP,

ON THE OUTSIDE, EVERYTHING

SAID, "YOU'RE POOR.

YOU'RE AT A DISADVANTAGE.

YOU'RE LIMITED.

YOU DON'T HAVE A FUTURE."

BUT DOWN IN HIS SPIRIT, HE

COULD HEAR GOD WHISPERING,

"THIS IS NOT WHO YOU ARE,

YOU'RE BETTER THAN THIS.

YOU CAN SET A NEW STANDARD.

YOU WERE MADE FOR MORE," AND

AT 17, HE TOLD HIS PARENTS HE

WAS GOING TO LEAVE THE FARM

AND BECOME A MINISTER.

THEY THOUGHT HE HAD LOST HIS

MIND.

THEY SAID, "JOHN, YOU BETTER

STAY HERE ON THE FARM WITH

US.

ALL YOU KNOW HOW TO DO IS

PICK COTTON."

THEY MEANT WELL, BUT

SOMETIMES WELL-MEANING PEOPLE

WILL TRY TO TALK YOU OUT OF

YOUR DESTINY.

IF MY FATHER WOULD'VE STAYED

IN THAT LIMITED ENVIRONMENT,

HE WOULD'VE NEVER SEEN THE

FULLNESS OF WHAT GOD HAD IN

STORE.

YOU HAVE TO GET AWAY FROM

PEOPLE THAT ONLY SEE YOU FOR

WHO YOU USED TO BE AND NOT

FOR WHO YOU'RE ABOUT TO BE

BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE THAT KNEW

YOU BACK THEN WILL TRY TO

KEEP YOU IN THE SAME BOX THAT

YOU GREW UP IN.

THEY'LL TRY TO PUT

LIMITATIONS ON YOU, "YOU

CAN'T ACCOMPLISH THAT DREAM,

YOU'RE NOT THAT TALENTED.

YOU BETTER PLAY IT SAFE."

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE

SCRIPTURE WITH DAVID.

HIS FAMILY DIDN'T SEE HIM AS

A GIANT KILLER, AS A KING.

THEY DISCOUNTED HIM.

DAVID'S FATHER DIDN'T BRING

HIM IN FROM THE SHEPHERD'S

FIELDS WHEN THE PROPHET

SAMUEL WAS CHOOSING ONE OF

HIS BROTHERS AS THE NEXT

KING.

HE THOUGHT, "AH, IT'S JUST

DAVID.

HE'S SO SMALL, HE'S SO YOUNG.

HE DOESN'T HAVE THE

EXPERIENCE."

BUT PEOPLE DON'T DETERMINE

YOUR DESTINY.

WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT YOU, HOW

THEY TRY TO MAKE YOU FEEL

CANNOT STOP WHAT GOD HAS

ORDAINED FOR YOUR LIFE, AND

YOU NEED TO DISTANCE YOURSELF

FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE ALWAYS

TRYING TO PUT LIMITATIONS ON

YOU AND TALK YOU OUT OF WHAT

GOD PUT IN YOUR HEART.

SOMETIMES IT'S THE PEOPLE

THAT HAVE KNOWN YOU THE

LONGEST BECAUSE THEY CAN ONLY

SEE YOU ONE WAY.

JESUS' BROTHERS NEVER

ACCEPTED HIM.

HE WAS PERFORMING ALL THESE

MIRACLES, BUT THEY DIDN'T SEE

HIM AS THE MESSIAH, THEY ONLY

SAW HIM ONE WAY, AS THEIR

BROTHER, THINKING, "OH, IT'S

JESUS.

NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT HIM, WE

GREW UP WITH HIM."

EVEN WHEN JESUS BEGAN TO GAIN

NOTORIETY, THE SCRIPTURE SAYS

HIS BROTHERS SCOFFED AT HIM.

THEY MADE FUN, "YEAH, RIGHT,

YOU'RE THE MESSIAH."

THEY TRIED TO DISCOUNT HIM,

TALK HIM OUT OF HIS DESTINY.

JESUS LET IT GO IN ONE EAR

AND OUT THE OTHER.

MY FATHER COULD'VE STAYED IN

THAT LIMITED ENVIRONMENT AND

ACCEPTED A LIFE OF POVERTY

AND LACK.

HE COULD'VE LIVED WITH A

SCARCITY MIND-SET, BUT HE DID

WHAT I'M ASKING US TO DO.

HE ROSE UP AND SAID, "IT IS

FINISHED.

THIS MAY BE WHERE I AM, BUT

THIS IS NOT WHO I AM."

AT 17, HE TOOK A STEP OF

FAITH.

HE HAD TO HITCHHIKE, BUT HE

LEFT THE FARM.

HE STARTED MINISTERING IN THE

PRISONS, IN THE SENIOR

CITIZENS HOMES, IN THE

SCHOOLS, AND GOD BEGAN TO

PROMOTE HIM AND OPEN DOORS,

AND HE AND MY MOM FOUNDED

LAKEWOOD.

HE PASTORED HERE FOR 40

YEARS.

HE WENT ON TO LIVE A BLESSED,

ABUNDANT LIFE, AND HERE'S MY

POINT.

MY FATHER BROKE THE CURSE OF

POVERTY IN OUR FAMILY.

NOW MYSELF, MY SIBLINGS, ALL

OF OUR CHILDREN ARE LIVING AT

A HIGHER LEVEL BECAUSE ONE

MAN DIDN'T SETTLE FOR THE

STATUS QUO.

ONE MAN DIDN'T SAY, "I'M AT A

DISADVANTAGE.

I'VE HAD BAD BREAKS."

INSTEAD, HE SAID, "IT IS

FINISHED.

I'M A DIFFERENCE MAKER.

I CAN SET A NEW STANDARD."

YOU CAN BE THAT MAN, YOU CAN

BE THAT WOMAN FOR YOUR

FAMILY.

YOU CAN PUT AN END TO

NEGATIVE THINGS THAT HAVE

BEEN PASSED DOWN.

WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH MAY

NOT HAVE STARTED WITH YOU,

BUT IT CAN STOP WITH YOU.

YOU NEED TO SAY TO THE

POVERTY, SAY TO THE LACK, "IT

IS FINISHED.

I WILL LEND AND NOT BORROW."

SAY TO THE ADDICTION, THE

DEPRESSION, THE DYSFUNCTION,

"IT IS FINISHED."

GOD WANTS YOU TO SET A NEW

STANDARD.

YOU HAVE SEEDS OF GREATNESS.

YOU ARE FULL OF TALENT,

IDEAS, POTENTIAL.

YOU'RE NOT LIMITED BY WHERE

YOU CAME FROM.

JUST BECAUSE NEGATIVE THINGS

HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN DOESN'T

MEAN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO

CONTINUE.

YOU'RE THE ONE TO BREAK THE

CURSE, TO BREAK THE POVERTY,

TO BREAK THE DEPRESSION, TO

BREAK THE DYSFUNCTION.

YOU CAN TAKE YOUR FAMILY TO A

NEW LEVEL.

NOW, DON'T TALK YOURSELF OUT

OF IT.

DON'T LET CIRCUMSTANCES

DISCOURAGE YOU.

THE ODDS MAY BE AGAINST YOU,

BUT THE MOST HIGH GOD IS FOR

YOU.

HE IS BREATHING IN YOUR

DIRECTION RIGHT NOW.

HE'S GOING TO OPEN DOORS THAT

NO MAN CAN SHUT, BRING TALENT

OUT OF YOU THAT YOU DIDN'T

KNOW YOU HAD, CAUSE THE RIGHT

PEOPLE TO BE GOOD TO YOU.

OPPORTUNITY IS GOING TO TRACK

YOU DOWN.

GOOD BREAKS, FREEDOM,

INCREASE, YOU'RE STEPPING

INTO A NEW LEVEL.

BONDAGES THAT HAVE HELD YOU

AND YOUR FAMILY BACK ARE

BEING BROKEN.

NOW, DO YOUR PART, HAVE A NEW

MIND-SET, AN ABUNDANT

MENTALITY, A FREE MENTALITY,

A HEALTHY MENTALITY, A

VICTORIOUS MENTALITY.

I WOULDN'T BE STANDING HERE

IF MY FATHER WOULD'VE KEPT

THAT POVERTY MIND-SET, THAT

SCARCITY MENTALITY, THINKING,

"I'M AT A DISADVANTAGE.

I'VE HAD BAD BREAKS."

WE COULD ALL COME UP WITH AN

EXCUSE TO SETTLE WHERE WE

ARE.

I'M ASKING US TO GET RID OF

THE EXCUSES.

ANYTHING THAT'S HOLDING YOU

BACK, IT'S TIME TO ANNOUNCE

TO IT, "IT IS FINISHED.

THIS IS A NEW DAY, I'M

DRAWING THE LINE IN THE SAND.

AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE

WILL SERVE THE LORD, WE WILL

LIVE FREE FROM ADDICTIONS, WE

WILL LEND AND NOT BORROW, WE

WILL BE GENEROUS AND HELP

OTHERS, WE WILL ACCOMPLISH

OUR DREAMS AND BECOME

EVERYTHING WE WERE CREATED TO

BE."

I HAVE A FRIEND THAT'S VERY

SUCCESSFUL, HIS FATHER WAS A

POLICE OFFICER, AND HE WAS

RAISED IN A MIDDLE CLASS

HOME.

WHEN HE WAS 11 YEARS OLD, HIS

FATHER ASKED HIM TO GET IN

THE CAR AND THEY WERE GOING

TO TAKE A DRIVE TOGETHER.

THEY DROVE FOR SEVERAL HOURS

TO ANOTHER STATE.

THE FATHER NEVER TOLD HIS SON

WHERE HE WAS TAKING HIM.

THEY CAME TO THIS VERY

RUNDOWN NEIGHBORHOOD, TRASH

EVERYWHERE, NOTHING KEPT UP.

YOUNG BOY'S EYES WERE SO

WIDE, HE'D NEVER SEEN

ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

THEY FINALLY PULLED IN TO

THIS DIRT MAKESHIFT DRIVEWAY

OF THIS HOUSE THAT WAS VERY

DILAPIDATED.

NO FRONT DOOR, THE WINDOWS

WERE BROKEN OUT, IT LOOKED

LIKE IT WAS VACANT.

THEY WALKED IN, THERE WAS AN

OLD MAN SITTING ON A STOOL.

NO SHIRT ON, HADN'T SHAVED,

LOOKED LIKE HE WAS HOMELESS.

THE FATHER LOOKED AT HIM AND

SAID, "DAD, I BROUGHT MY SON

TO SEE YOU."

THE YOUNG BOY COULDN'T

BELIEVE THAT WAS HIS

GRANDFATHER.

HE'D NEVER SEEN HIM, NEVER

HEARD HIS FATHER TALK ABOUT

HIM.

THE GRANDFATHER WOULDN'T LOOK

UP.

HE DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO

WITH HIS SON NOR HIS

GRANDSON.

THE FATHER PUT SOME MONEY ON

THE COUNTER, SAID, "DAD, I

LOVE YOU, I JUST WANTED TO

SAY HI."

THEY BOTH WALKED OUT.

THE YOUNG BOY SAID, "DAD,

THAT WAS THE MOST SCARED I'VE

BEEN IN MY WHOLE LIFE.

I NEVER WANT TO COME BACK TO

THIS PLACE."

THE FATHER SAID, "SON, THAT'S

WHY I BROUGHT YOU HERE, TO

SHOW YOU THIS IS WHERE WE

COME FROM, BUT THIS IS NOT

WHO WE ARE."

NOW, YOU MAY HAVE BEEN RAISED

IN A LIMITED ENVIRONMENT,

THEY WERE GOOD PEOPLE, BUT

THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY VISION,

THEY SETTLED FOR MEDIOCRITY.

LIKE MY FRIEND, YOU CAN SET A

NEW STANDARD.

WHERE YOU START IS NOT

IMPORTANT.

WHERE YOU FINISH IS WHAT

MATTERS, AND GOD IS GOING TO

USE YOU TO NOT JUST BREAK A

GENERATIONAL CURSE, BUT TO

START A GENERATIONAL

BLESSING.

WHERE YOU COME FROM IS NOT

WHO YOU ARE.

YOU ARE BLESSED, YOU ARE

FREE, YOU ARE TALENTED, YOU

ARE A CHILD OF THE MOST HIGH

GOD.

ABRAHAM WAS IN A LIMITED

ENVIRONMENT.

GOD TOLD HIM TO LEAVE HIS

COUNTRY, LEAVE HIS FAMILY,

AND GO TO THE LAND THAT I AM

SHOWING YOU.

GOD WAS SAYING, "ABRAHAM, YOU

HAVE TO LEAVE WHAT'S

FAMILIAR, LEAVE WHAT YOU GREW

UP WITH."

I'M NOT SUGGESTING TO ABANDON

YOUR FAMILY, BUT I AM SAYING

TO LEAVE NEGATIVE MIND-SETS

YOU WERE RAISED WITH.

LEAVE A SCARCITY MENTALITY.

LEAVE LIMITATIONS THAT PEOPLE

HAVE PUT ON YOU.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE ROOM FOR GOD

TO INCREASE YOU, AND

SOMETIMES, OUR ENVIRONMENT IS

TOO SMALL.

IF YOU TAKE AN OAK TREE SEED

AND PLANT IT IN A 5-GALLON

POT, THAT OAK TREE WILL NEVER

BECOME WHAT IT WAS CREATED TO

BE, NOT BECAUSE THERE'S

SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE

TREE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE

ENVIRONMENT THAT IT'S IN.

IN THE SAME WAY, THERE'S

NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU.

YOU HAVE SEEDS OF GREATNESS.

THE MOST HIGH GOD BREATHED

HIS LIFE INTO YOU.

NOW MAKE SURE YOUR POT IS NOT

TOO SMALL.

MAKE SURE YOUR ENVIRONMENT IS

NOT HOLDING YOU BACK.

YOU NEED TO BE AROUND PEOPLE

THAT INSPIRE YOU, PEOPLE THAT

HAVE GONE FURTHER, PEOPLE

THAT ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE,

NOT JUST PEOPLE THAT ARE

SETTLING FOR THE STATUS QUO.

ISAIAH SAID, "ENLARGE THE

PLACE OF YOUR TENT.

STRETCH FORTH YOUR CURTAINS.

LENGTHEN YOUR CORDS.

STRENGTHEN YOUR STAKES.

MAKE ROOM FOR GOD TO DO A NEW

THING."

TELL THAT LIMITED MIND-SET,

"IT IS FINISHED.

I'M DREAMING BIG DREAMS.

I'M PRAYING BOLD PRAYERS.

I'M EXPECTING TO GO FURTHER

THAN HOW I WAS RAISED."

WHEN MY FATHER WENT TO BE

WITH THE LORD, PEOPLE WOULD

ASK ME IF I THOUGHT WE COULD

KEEP THE CHURCH GOING, AND I

NEVER SAID IT ARROGANTLY, BUT

I WOULD TELL THEM, "I DON'T

THINK WE CAN JUST KEEP IT

GOING, I BELIEVE WE CAN GO

FURTHER."

IT'S BECAUSE GOD IS A

PROGRESSIVE GOD.

HE WANTS EVERY GENERATION TO

INCREASE.

HAVE A BIG VISION.

DON'T SETTLE FOR WHAT YOUR

PARENTS HAD, WHAT YOUR

RELATIVES ACCOMPLISHED.

YOU WERE MADE FOR MORE.

YOU CAN GO FURTHER.

YOU CAN BE THE ONE TO SET THE

NEW STANDARD.

BUT IT'S EASY TO TALK

OURSELVES OUT OF OUR DREAMS,

LIVE DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF

DISAPPOINTMENTS AND THINGS WE

DON'T UNDERSTAND.

WE WORKED HARD, BUT DIDN'T

GET THE PROMOTION.

WE PRAYED, BUT OUR LOVED ONE

DIDN'T MAKE IT.

WE DID OUR BEST, BUT THE

RELATIONSHIP DIDN'T WORK OUT.

LIFE IS NOT ALWAYS FAIR.

I CAN'T EXPLAIN EVERYTHING,

BUT I CAN TELL YOU GOD SAID

HE WOULD TAKE WHAT WAS MEANT

FOR YOUR HARM AND USE IT TO

YOUR ADVANTAGE.

HE SAID HE WOULD GIVE YOU

BEAUTY FOR THE ASHES, BUT

I'VE LEARNED YOU HAVE TO LET

GO OF THE ASHES BEFORE YOU

RECEIVE THE BEAUTY.

YOU CAN'T HOLD ONTO THE OLD

AND EXPECT TO RECEIVE THE

NEW.

THE PAST IS OVER AND DONE.

THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED THE

PAST.

QUIT DWELLING ON IT, QUIT

RELIVING IT.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO

UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT

HAPPENS, BUT GOD HAS A

PURPOSE, HE KNOWS HOW TO

BRING GOOD OUT OF IT.

KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

THIS IS WHAT DAVID DID, HE

HAD A NEWBORN BABY THAT

BECAME VERY SICK, AND DAVID

NIGHT AND DAY PRAYED AND

FASTED FOR THIS BABY.

HE WOULDN'T EAT, HE WOULDN'T

TALK WITH ANYONE ELSE.

HE SPENT ALL OF HIS TIME ON

HIS KNEES, ASKING GOD TO HEAL

HIS CHILD.

ON THE SEVENTH DAY, THE

LITTLE BABY DIED.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW DAVID

WOULD HANDLE THE NEWS, BUT

WHEN THEY TOLD HIM, DAVID GOT

UP OFF THE GROUND, TOOK A

SHOWER, PUT ON NEW CLOTHES,

AND WENT TO THE TEMPLE AND

BEGAN TO WORSHIP GOD.

WHEN HE FINISHED, HE WENT AND

HAD DINNER WITH HIS MEN.

THEY WERE SO AMAZED, THEY

SAID, "DAVID, WHEN THE CHILD

WAS LIVING, YOU WEPT, YOU

REFUSED TO EAT, BUT NOW THAT

HE HAS DIED, YOU'VE STOPPED

YOUR MOURNING AND YOU'RE

ACTING LIKE EVERYTHING'S

OKAY."

DAVID SAID, "WHEN THE CHILD

WAS ALIVE, I ASKED GOD TO LET

HIM LIVE.

BUT NOW THAT HE HAS DIED, I

CANNOT BRING HIM BACK, BUT

ONE DAY I WILL GO TO BE WITH

HIM."

DAVID DID EVERYTHING HE

COULD.

HE PRAYED, HE FASTED, HE

BELIEVED, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK

OUT HIS WAY.

HE COULD'VE LIVED BITTER,

WITH A CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER,

BUT DAVID UNDERSTOOD THIS

PRINCIPLE.

HE SAID TO THE PAST, "IT IS

FINISHED.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, BUT

I'M MOVING FORWARD."

WE ALL HAVE THINGS IN LIFE

THAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND.

IT'S EASY TO LIVE NEGATIVE,

WITH A CHIP ON OUR SHOULDER.

BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE

DOUBLE, IF WE'RE GOING TO SEE

THE BEAUTY FOR ASHES, WE HAVE

TO DO LIKE DAVID AND SAY TO

THE PAST, SAY TO THE THINGS

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, "IT IS

FINISHED.

I'M NOT GOING TO DWELL ON

WHAT DIDN'T WORK OUT.

I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO

FIGURE OUT WHY.

I'M GOING TO LET IT GO AND

KEEP MOVING FORWARD."

THE PAST DOESN'T HAVE TO STOP

YOU.

A BAD BREAK, A LOSS, A

DISAPPOINTMENT, GOD IS IN

CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE.

YOU WOULDN'T BE ALIVE UNLESS

HE HAD SOMETHING AMAZING UP

IN FRONT OF YOU.

YOU HAVEN'T HAD TOO MANY BAD

BREAKS, YOU HAVEN'T MADE TOO

MANY MISTAKES.

YOU'RE ON THE VERGE OF SEEING

DOUBLE.

YOU'RE ON THE VERGE OF BEAUTY

FOR ASHES.

NOW, DO YOUR PART, PUT ON A

NEW ATTITUDE, WASH YOUR FACE,

AND GET READY FOR THE NEW

THINGS GOD IS ABOUT TO DO.

LET ME DECLARE THIS OVER YOU

TODAY.

RECEIVE THIS INTO YOUR

SPIRIT.

THE PAST, THE HURTS, THE

REGRETS, IT IS FINISHED.

THE POVERTY, THE LACK, THE

LIMITED MIND-SETS, IT IS

FINISHED.

THE ADDICTIONS, THE

DEPRESSION, THE DYSFUNCTION,

THE GUILT, THE SHAME, THE

SELF-PITY, IT IS FINISHED.

THIS IS A NEW DAY.

THINGS THAT HAVE HELD YOU

BACK ARE BEING BROKEN RIGHT

NOW.

YOU'RE GOING TO STEP INTO A

NEW LEVEL OF FREEDOM.

YOU'RE GOING TO BREAK

GENERATIONAL CURSES AND START

GENERATIONAL BLESSINGS.

YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE THE

BEAUTY FOR ASHES, HEALING,

PROMOTION, BREAKTHROUGHS.

THEY ARE HEADED YOUR WAY IN

JESUS' NAME.

IF YOU RECEIVE IT, CAN YOU

SAY AMEN TODAY?

I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN

OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE JESUS THE

LORD OF YOUR LIFE.

WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME?

JUST SAY, "LORD JESUS, I

REPENT OF MY SINS.

COME INTO MY HEART.

I MAKE YOU MY LORD AND

SAVIOR."

IF YOU PRAYED THAT SIMPLE

PRAYER, WE BELIEVE YOU GOT

BORN AGAIN.

GET IN A GOOD,

BIBLE-BASED CHURCH,

AND KEEP GOD FIRST PLACE.

YOUR PARTNERSHIP MAKES

THIS MINISTRY POSSIBLE.

YOUR FAITHFUL AND

CONSISTENT MONTHLY SUPPORT

MAKES YOU A CHAMPION OF

HOPE.

THE VISION OF JOEL OSTEEN

MINISTRIES IS TO USE EVERY

AVENUE AVAILABLE TO PRESENT

THE HOPE OF JESUS CHRIST TO

PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.

WE KNOW IT IS THIS HOPE

AND THE TRANSFORMING

POWER OF THE GOSPEL THAT

MAKES AN ETERNAL DIFFERENCE

IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.

TO PARTNER WITH JOEL OSTEEN

MINISTRIES, VISIT

JOELOSTEEN.COM/PARTNER

TODAY.

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BEING YOURSELF IS THE MOST POWERFUL CHARACTERISTIC | THE BALI VLOG #029 - Duration: 10:33.

good morning is it a good or a bad thing that I started dreaming about the

website I don't remember exactly what it was so yesterday I saw something on

Instagram and actually a friend of mine posted it he and he said something along

the lines that he stopped documenting kind of his journey because the

documentation is entertainment for people who don't do and he doesn't want

to be in the entertainment business and want to be in the education business

like rather educate people than entertain people and I thought about it

this morning and I think it's interesting because I'm kind of thinking

it about it the exact opposite way I think I only ever want to be in the

documentation business because for me doc documenting means more than just you

know talking about what I do it's also talking about how I think about things

and what's running through my mind like right now it's it's sharing you know how

I make decisions it's sharing lessons I learned and you know sharing tips on

like tools I use and it's also about you know just being yourself and that for me

sometimes means you know being goofy or doing something weird or making

something that I think is funny and and I don't want it then be judgmental of oh

I want this to be educational or oh I want this to be entertaining because I

just wanna you know as I said I just want to share what I do what I think

about you know and and be Who I am and then people decide whether they think

it's funny or not or whether they think it's educational and they learn

something from it and they want to use the same tools I use or they want you

know it's it's up for the other people to decide and also what I realized and

in the beginning I thought too that if you want to provide value to people

you've got to be in the education business right because if you teach

people how to do something that's how you provide value of futures in the

entertainment business that's not value and I changed my opinion about that

because really providing value number one providing value means about means

improving someone's quality of life and that sometimes means like educating them

and like showing them how to make better decisions sometimes it's just like

making them laugh and especially because I sometimes get the MS of people on

Instagram and people who you know I never really talked to or people I don't

know like people who follow me and watch my content and they and the DM say like

fin I had a bad day today you know like some something in school happened or

whatever and I wasn't feeling good and then I watched your Instagram story and

you were doing some weird-ass shit and it made me laugh and now I'm in a better

mood and now I feel like I can go on and do other things with my day again and I

think that's pretty much the most powerful thing that I can do or anyone

can do like if you can change someone's like headspace from Oh today sucks too

saying you know what maybe today isn't that bad and that then empowers them to

you know say like okay let's actually make use of the rest of the day instead

of being depressed and just staying in my bed and feeling bad about myself and

I can't set out to do like stuff like that right I can't post a story and say

like this is gonna make people who have a bad day feel like they're gonna have a

better day because sometimes I might have a bad day and I'm feeling like I'm

frustrated or whatever but then again someone might say you know it's

relatable and they thought they're the person who feels like they don't get

shit done or whatever and so I just want to put it out there and then people can

take from it whatever they want if they're not interested that's cool but

maybe some people find it funny maybe some people find it educating that was a

long rant wasn't it yeah now I'm gonna brush my teeth and get to work what up I

just wanted to let you know about a pretty cool resource I found which is

this medium article which is called the greatest sales deck I've ever seen by

Andy Raskin which analyzes a sales pitch deck so if you want to you know sell

something build a sales deck whatever it is I think this is super valuable

check it out but Kimmy editing a podcast takes long I just edited the second

podcast with Amanda and by the way it's a fucking amazing okay

you should listen to it I should think it's very cool we talked about college

coconut water we talked about how she now is living with billionaires which is

just mind-blowing super cool people Ricky can you put it up somewhere here

ship people can't click on it listen to it let me know what you think and yeah I

think I'm gonna find a person to outsource the podcast editing to because

that just took me two hours to because you got to go through the whole tracks

and then cut it all together and make sure it's all synced and remove all like

yeah and if it's a one-hour long podcast you at least have to listen through all

of it plus all the editing that you're then doing so yeah it's a long process

long story short I'm gonna find a person to outsource that work to listen to it

yeah what's up it's now 11:00 p.m. tomorrow morning at

5:00 I'm gonna get up and then I'm gonna fly to Singapore for a day and one night

so I'm gonna arrive at like 11 a.m. and then stay the night sleep in the capsule

I'm super stoked about that kind of looks like a spaceship stay until the

afternoon and then come back and I still got a pack but I wanted to give you guys

an update on the logos we are now the third day in we have a total 152 designs

I think it's interesting to say that not a lot of new designers joined at this

point so all the additional logos are pretty much revisions of previous

designers will revise revising their logos that they initially put in I can

show you currently like out of all the a hundred and fifty these are my 15

favorite ones this is it's interesting I don't know I just wanted to include it

this I actually made a poll I think that's interesting so I made a poll and

that's also cool about 99 designs I don't think I mentioned that you can

create polls of eight lows and then share the link and then anyone can just

vote on that and obviously I share on Instagram I got 88 votes of people and

they can all leave their comments and then you know I know actually who they

are and like see the stars and more aliexpress and you see the average

rating and the boats and you know how they distribute it and so actually this

one warm it got withdrew and by the designer because user provisioning right

now but it's a very you know simplistic design of trees like this um which

surprised me what this one was second which I initially didn't want to include

because I was like this is just boring but this actually came in second place

so that fascinated me I'm like whoa that was like my least favorite and then

this and then this I think there are some very valuable comments more of a

pair of brand and then here these two ORS are so pretty and well done but

because of the texture and symbol I feel like they would match another type of

business is secret ninja cult maybe can't be much brand identification if

that makes sense mythology this one this this one came

last so that's super interesting and we still have do we have left

let's see how much time we got left you would say yeah one day and twelve hours

left I really really hope I remember tomorrow when I'm traveling and being in

Singapore to go in there again and do some revisions and stuff just so I have

some more feedback and I don't actually know if then after the one in one hour

and 12 one day and over hours like I have to take one off they're already

done or can I then still say like I want this but please change the color or I

want this but please just change the phone and then I take it or something I

don't know but anyway I'm gonna finish some shit up now and I'm gonna go to bed

so I can wake up at 5 a.m. peace and tomorrow we're gonna be in

Singapore so freakin acceptable like she can't

wait tomorrow so hard to wake up when there's no alarm to wake you up

seething breathing doing all the things I hate about wine call this shit I just

wanna make a trip to the child