1 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,760 So this message today is for anyone that has been battling in 2 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:10,240 the mind. 3 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:15,760 This message today is for those that has laid up in bed at 4 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:21,280 night searching and stressing and replaying every what if, every 5 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:24,640 what went wrong, every what will happen next. 6 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:28,080 This message is for the believer who wants to break cycles, 7 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,910 not just spiritual ones, but emotional cycles, generational cycles, 8 00:00:32,460 --> 00:00:36,740 and mental cycles that keep you from becoming who God said you 9 00:00:36,740 --> 00:00:37,020 are. 10 00:00:37,580 --> 00:00:41,660 So today I come to declare that your mind belongs to God. 11 00:00:41,980 --> 00:00:43,340 Are you ready to press in? 12 00:00:44,140 --> 00:00:44,700 Amen. 13 00:00:44,700 --> 00:00:49,420 So I'm going to be reading from Luke chapter 11, verses 33 to 14 00:00:49,420 --> 00:00:50,060 36. 15 00:00:51,500 --> 00:00:55,340 No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden 16 00:00:56,060 --> 00:00:57,020 under a pole. 17 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:02,030 And instead they put it on its stand so that those who come in may 18 00:01:02,030 --> 00:01:02,710 see the light. 19 00:01:03,190 --> 00:01:05,830 Your eye is the lamp of your body. 20 00:01:06,390 --> 00:01:09,590 When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light. 21 00:01:09,830 --> 00:01:12,790 But when it is bad, your body is full of darkness. 22 00:01:13,750 --> 00:01:17,190 See to it then that the light within you is not darkness. 23 00:01:17,590 --> 00:01:21,830 Therefore, if your whole body is full of light and no part of it 24 00:01:21,830 --> 00:01:27,220 dark, it will be just as full of light as when a lamp shines its 25 00:01:27,220 --> 00:01:27,940 light on you. 26 00:01:28,340 --> 00:01:32,900 We thank the Lord for His Word bringing us to my first point. 27 00:01:33,140 --> 00:01:37,540 My first point today is perception is a spiritual warfare 28 00:01:37,620 --> 00:01:38,020 issue. 29 00:01:38,740 --> 00:01:42,340 Perception is a spiritual warfare issue. 30 00:01:42,660 --> 00:01:46,340 See, Jesus said your eye is the lamp of your body. 31 00:01:46,820 --> 00:01:51,140 So your eye is not just your natural vision, it's also your spiritual 32 00:01:51,140 --> 00:01:51,540 lens. 33 00:01:52,030 --> 00:01:55,790 Your perception is how you interpret what's happening around 34 00:01:55,790 --> 00:01:56,190 you. 35 00:01:56,510 --> 00:01:59,470 In psychology, we call this cognition. 36 00:01:59,710 --> 00:02:03,630 The thoughts you think is the way you interpret reality. 37 00:02:04,110 --> 00:02:07,829 In cognitive behavioral therapy, what it teaches us is that 38 00:02:07,829 --> 00:02:12,070 the thoughts affect how you feel and your feelings affect how 39 00:02:12,070 --> 00:02:12,750 you behave. 40 00:02:13,310 --> 00:02:17,390 And as believers, we take it further because it's not just about 41 00:02:17,390 --> 00:02:20,670 thinking positive or developing coping skills based on 42 00:02:20,670 --> 00:02:24,410 your positive thinking, but it's about taking every thought captive 43 00:02:24,410 --> 00:02:26,450 and having deliverance in our mind. 44 00:02:27,410 --> 00:02:31,570 So like I said, it's not just thinking positive, but your perception 45 00:02:31,970 --> 00:02:33,970 must be aligned with the Word of God. 46 00:02:34,210 --> 00:02:40,610 Because if our mental representation is inaccurate, then 47 00:02:40,610 --> 00:02:44,690 that means that your emotions and your behavior aren't disordered. 48 00:02:47,330 --> 00:02:50,830 So I must align my thoughts to the Word of. 49 00:02:51,790 --> 00:02:54,030 Yes, I must know the Word of. 50 00:02:54,910 --> 00:02:58,190 And to know the Word of God, I must commit to studying and reading 51 00:02:58,190 --> 00:02:59,310 the Word of God. 52 00:03:00,030 --> 00:03:03,870 I must also make the decision to go deeper into the Word of God. 53 00:03:03,950 --> 00:03:07,190 And for those that want to take it, an extra step in going deeper 54 00:03:07,190 --> 00:03:10,150 into the Word of God, it is not too late and I'm throwing it 55 00:03:10,150 --> 00:03:14,310 in there to join first year of V1 College. 56 00:03:14,310 --> 00:03:17,230 So if you are interested in V1 College, you have one more week to 57 00:03:17,230 --> 00:03:17,510 join. 58 00:03:17,510 --> 00:03:19,750 Meet me at checkpoint and I will help you do that. 59 00:03:19,750 --> 00:03:20,350 Okay? 60 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:25,440 So to give a better understanding about perception impacting 61 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:29,080 how we respond, I'm going to share the testimony about my mom's 62 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:30,440 cancer diagnosis. 63 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:34,200 Her piece versus my anxiety driven reaction. 64 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:38,680 When I said in the beginning, I'm talking to those that had stayed 65 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:41,560 up at night stressing and searching, that was me. 66 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:45,480 When I first heard my mom was diagnosed with cancer, I was searching 67 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:47,530 for the best care for her. 68 00:03:47,690 --> 00:03:49,930 I was searching for the best surgeons for her. 69 00:03:50,090 --> 00:03:52,210 I was searching for the survival of AIDS church. 70 00:03:52,210 --> 00:03:53,290 I was not sleeping. 71 00:03:53,450 --> 00:03:55,130 I was crying myself to sleep. 72 00:03:55,210 --> 00:03:58,810 If I got three hours of sleep, that was a lot. 73 00:04:00,170 --> 00:04:02,970 But you see, that was a response out of fear. 74 00:04:02,970 --> 00:04:04,490 I was afraid of losing my mom. 75 00:04:04,970 --> 00:04:08,330 I was afraid that my kids would grow up without their praying 76 00:04:08,330 --> 00:04:08,890 grandma. 77 00:04:08,970 --> 00:04:11,890 They know Abuela Carme is the huela Carmen that's always speaking 78 00:04:11,890 --> 00:04:12,410 in tongues. 79 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:13,800 The one that's always praying. 80 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:15,520 And I'm just going to throw it in there. 81 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:18,240 When we go to restaurants, we don't let Abuela come and pray because 82 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:19,480 then my food is going to get cold. 83 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:21,080 Okay? 84 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:22,520 But that's my mom. 85 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:25,800 All my life that's been my mom an intercessor. 86 00:04:26,280 --> 00:04:30,360 So when she was diagnosed with cancer, her response was, I'm praying 87 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:32,920 because this is a testimony that's about to be breaking out. 88 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:36,440 Her response is, your will, Father. 89 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:38,720 She was confident in yhvh. 90 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:41,080 Rapha, the God who heals was with her. 91 00:04:41,550 --> 00:04:44,190 While I was panicking, she was angered. 92 00:04:45,470 --> 00:04:49,670 See, I learned so much from that moment because our initial perception 93 00:04:49,670 --> 00:04:53,150 becomes the birthplace of either light or darkness in our lives. 94 00:04:54,190 --> 00:04:59,390 I was stressing losing sleep because of my perception and cbt, 95 00:04:59,710 --> 00:05:03,710 it shows us that perception does not equal your reality. 96 00:05:03,950 --> 00:05:07,670 It's what you believe about your situation that influences your 97 00:05:07,670 --> 00:05:09,070 emotion and your behavior. 98 00:05:10,060 --> 00:05:13,340 So my emotional spiral during my mom's diagnosis came out of fear 99 00:05:13,340 --> 00:05:14,620 based perception. 100 00:05:15,180 --> 00:05:18,140 And today I'm asking you, what story are you telling yourself? 101 00:05:18,780 --> 00:05:21,020 Is it out of trauma or is it out of truth? 102 00:05:22,060 --> 00:05:23,660 And this brings us to our next point. 103 00:05:23,660 --> 00:05:26,220 Name the emotion before it names you. 104 00:05:28,060 --> 00:05:29,660 And I'm talking about three years ago. 105 00:05:30,780 --> 00:05:34,820 So that same year I had my own health scare when I got a call from 106 00:05:34,820 --> 00:05:36,620 the doctor that something showed up on my scans. 107 00:05:37,660 --> 00:05:40,940 But remember, my mom's response marked me and I didn't go 108 00:05:40,940 --> 00:05:41,700 down that spiral. 109 00:05:41,700 --> 00:05:42,860 When I got that phone call. 110 00:05:43,260 --> 00:05:48,100 I didn't start googling scans and what the doctor's trying to tell 111 00:05:48,100 --> 00:05:50,460 Me, I right away called my husband, Pastor Danny. 112 00:05:50,620 --> 00:05:51,500 He came home. 113 00:05:51,580 --> 00:05:54,780 And what we did is that we pressed in prayer with my girls. 114 00:05:55,420 --> 00:05:59,620 And then I started to play on repeat the song, you said it, I believe 115 00:05:59,620 --> 00:05:59,980 it. 116 00:06:00,700 --> 00:06:04,780 So this time, I didn't react from fear, I didn't respond from 117 00:06:04,780 --> 00:06:09,060 anxiety, but I responded from a place of faith, from a place of 118 00:06:09,060 --> 00:06:11,540 worship, from a place of decoration. 119 00:06:12,420 --> 00:06:15,860 So as I started to replay the song over and over again, and I started 120 00:06:15,860 --> 00:06:17,940 to sing the song, you said it, I believe it. 121 00:06:18,020 --> 00:06:22,180 All of a sudden, memories of how the Lord has saved me started 122 00:06:22,180 --> 00:06:23,060 to come back to me. 123 00:06:23,060 --> 00:06:24,580 And I started to thank him for that. 124 00:06:24,740 --> 00:06:27,980 I'm like, wait a minute, Lord, you saved me from two horrific car 125 00:06:27,980 --> 00:06:28,420 accidents. 126 00:06:28,580 --> 00:06:31,700 That the doctors were so marveled at how I was still alive. 127 00:06:31,780 --> 00:06:34,380 The women that hit me even went to the hospital thinking that 128 00:06:34,380 --> 00:06:35,280 I was dead. 129 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,240 Because if you save me from those accidents, it's because there 130 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:38,960 is more. 131 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:40,640 I started to remember. 132 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:44,520 I started to remind myself of every single promise, that every 133 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:46,800 single promise is yes and amen. 134 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:50,160 And I said, lord, you said it, and I'm going to believe it. 135 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:53,840 So as I kept going, so the when later on, when I had to go to 136 00:06:53,840 --> 00:06:56,880 the doctor's office to go over the scans, I kept replaying that 137 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:57,120 song. 138 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:58,480 And I'm like, wait a minute, Lord. 139 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:02,200 I'm going to remind myself of every single prophetic word that 140 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:05,680 has been spoken over my life since my childhood, that there is 141 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:06,000 more. 142 00:07:06,570 --> 00:07:09,650 So while there's still breath in my lungs, I know that there is 143 00:07:09,650 --> 00:07:09,970 more. 144 00:07:09,970 --> 00:07:13,730 And I'm not going to let this thought of fear to overtake me, because 145 00:07:13,730 --> 00:07:15,290 I know that there is more. 146 00:07:16,810 --> 00:07:20,890 And that's how I overcame that health scare, by binding fear and 147 00:07:20,970 --> 00:07:23,290 remembering his goodness. 148 00:07:25,050 --> 00:07:28,890 So I'm speaking to those that are asking for God for something 149 00:07:28,890 --> 00:07:29,610 right now. 150 00:07:30,330 --> 00:07:34,160 But can you take a few seconds and thank God for something he did 151 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:35,080 a long time ago? 152 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:39,160 Can you take a few seconds and remember that he saved you? 153 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:42,520 Can you take a few seconds and remember that he saved your mind? 154 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:45,880 Can you take a few seconds and remember that he healed you? 155 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,080 Can you take a few seconds and remember that he pulled you out of 156 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:49,960 the addiction? 157 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,040 Can you take a few seconds and remember that he pulled you up out 158 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:54,200 of the mighty clay? 159 00:07:56,280 --> 00:08:00,980 We need to keep that miracle fresh in our mind, because now we 160 00:08:00,980 --> 00:08:03,100 have fresh oil to pull from. 161 00:08:04,940 --> 00:08:07,700 So that's why I'm giving you a few seconds to remember that miracle 162 00:08:07,700 --> 00:08:11,500 that you let fade away, because we need to pull fresh oil 163 00:08:12,540 --> 00:08:15,820 and thank him for what he did then, for what he's about to do now. 164 00:08:16,140 --> 00:08:16,860 There's more. 165 00:08:17,420 --> 00:08:18,100 Are you ready? 166 00:08:18,100 --> 00:08:18,700 There's more. 167 00:08:19,260 --> 00:08:22,140 Because, you see, when I had my health care, cognitive behavioral 168 00:08:22,140 --> 00:08:24,540 therapy calls that identifying faulty thoughts. 169 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:28,600 We call it taking every single thought captive and aligning it with 170 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:29,120 the truth. 171 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:33,120 So I named the emotion before it overtook me. 172 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:34,800 I said, this is fear. 173 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:38,840 But God has not given me a spirit of fear, but of love, power, 174 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:40,320 and a sound mind. 175 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:45,680 And for anyone that has been experiencing grief, the scripture 176 00:08:45,680 --> 00:08:47,920 says that God is close to the brokenhearted. 177 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:52,170 If you experience worry, the scripture says, don't be anxious 178 00:08:52,170 --> 00:08:59,250 in anything because prayer shifts away and it shifts it into 179 00:08:59,250 --> 00:08:59,690 peace. 180 00:09:00,330 --> 00:09:03,250 If you experience in confusion, the scripture says, God 181 00:09:03,250 --> 00:09:05,850 is not a God of confusion, but he is a God of peace. 182 00:09:07,690 --> 00:09:11,250 And if you're saying this is anger, disguise anxiety. 183 00:09:11,250 --> 00:09:15,650 The scripture says, be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow 184 00:09:15,650 --> 00:09:16,570 to become angry. 185 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:21,800 See, God calls us to slow down, to process and respond with 186 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:22,600 righteousness. 187 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:27,320 When we name the emotion, that's when we're able to answer. 188 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:31,560 Is this thought rooted in fear or is it rooted in faith? 189 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:35,960 And that's emotional maturity, being able to pause, being able to 190 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:39,720 reflect and respond in truth rather than trauma. 191 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:42,360 And I want to make a clear distinction here. 192 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:48,680 And it's like the parenthesis between believing in him and believing 193 00:09:48,680 --> 00:09:49,360 for things. 194 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:50,480 Okay. 195 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:54,040 Because when you believe for an outcome and the outcome doesn't 196 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:56,000 happen, did you have faith at all? 197 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:01,040 The reason why I'm bringing that up is because a few months ago, 198 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:04,080 my mom calls me to tell me that she has precancerous cells and 199 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:05,600 is going to have to go to chemo again. 200 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:07,840 Her response? 201 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:09,840 I didn't put my faith in the outcome. 202 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:10,880 I put my faith in Him. 203 00:10:13,770 --> 00:10:17,490 Once again, another lesson that marked me, reminding us that 204 00:10:17,490 --> 00:10:20,730 when we pray, it's not to change a circumstance, but to believe 205 00:10:20,970 --> 00:10:21,610 in him. 206 00:10:22,330 --> 00:10:25,930 So don't worry about what's going to happen, but believe in him. 207 00:10:26,010 --> 00:10:29,290 And that no matter what happens, that he wasn't just good 208 00:10:29,290 --> 00:10:30,890 then, but he's good now. 209 00:10:31,370 --> 00:10:34,970 The remedy today is to remember and believe in him. 210 00:10:35,130 --> 00:10:36,570 And that's what my mom did. 211 00:10:36,890 --> 00:10:39,370 That's what I did when I matured in my response. 212 00:10:39,850 --> 00:10:42,210 And this is why I want to go deeper into Hannah's story. 213 00:10:42,210 --> 00:10:43,530 I love Hannah's story. 214 00:10:43,850 --> 00:10:45,890 Just because it reminds me so much of my mom. 215 00:10:45,890 --> 00:10:48,370 Because I'm telling you, church, if I'm here, it's because 216 00:10:48,370 --> 00:10:49,290 of a praying mama. 217 00:10:49,450 --> 00:10:51,210 My mama always pray every time. 218 00:10:52,729 --> 00:10:54,010 Let me tell you about my mom. 219 00:10:55,050 --> 00:10:58,090 We will be in those vigils, and I'd be like, mom, you still going? 220 00:10:58,730 --> 00:11:01,450 And she'll be like, till like 6 o' clock in the morning. 221 00:11:01,770 --> 00:11:03,640 That was my mama all the time. 222 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:06,600 And every time I was going through something, I would go into 223 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:10,880 her room, okay, and she would put me to pray, but she would just 224 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:11,400 keep going. 225 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:15,000 So I remember to always bring my pillow when I went to her room 226 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:16,640 and put the pillow on the floor. 227 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:18,720 And then I would put my knees because I know I was about to fall 228 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:19,320 asleep. 229 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:21,160 But that was my praying mama. 230 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:25,360 So let me just go deeper into Hannah's story because her response 231 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:26,920 is a response to surrender. 232 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:33,400 Okay, we read in 1st Samuel, chapter 1, verses 10 to 11, Hannah 233 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:36,880 was in deep anguish, crying bitterly as she prayed to the Lord. 234 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:38,240 And she made this vow. 235 00:11:38,560 --> 00:11:43,600 O Lord of heaven armies, if you will look upon my sorrow and 236 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:49,200 answer my prayer and give me a son, then I will give him back to 237 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:49,520 you. 238 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:53,120 So the scripture shows us that she was in deep anguish. 239 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:56,120 She was in the gut wrenching, snot dripping kind of prayer. 240 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:56,720 I've been there. 241 00:11:57,080 --> 00:11:57,520 I've been there. 242 00:11:57,520 --> 00:11:59,000 I'm sure many of us have been there. 243 00:11:59,880 --> 00:12:01,080 She was depressed. 244 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:02,600 She was barren. 245 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,000 She was tormented by the other wife. 246 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:07,880 She was misunderstood by Eli the priest. 247 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:11,320 She was so distraught that she wasn't even eating. 248 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:14,280 Her feeling impacted how she was behaving. 249 00:12:14,680 --> 00:12:17,240 Yet her response wasn't gossip. 250 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:19,720 Her response was in bitterness. 251 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:22,600 Her response was in disengagement from God. 252 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:30,560 She engaged the Lord with surrender when she said, then I will 253 00:12:30,560 --> 00:12:31,960 give him back to you. 254 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:35,080 She didn't just want a child anymore. 255 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:38,040 She wanted the will of the Father in her life. 256 00:12:38,839 --> 00:12:42,840 So you see, Hannah teaches us this truth of what happens when our 257 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:44,520 response is out of surrender. 258 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:49,040 Don't expect your life to be better just because you got what 259 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:49,800 you wanted. 260 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:50,400 Expect. 261 00:12:50,550 --> 00:12:55,510 Expect your life to change when you surrender what you wanted. 262 00:12:55,750 --> 00:12:57,430 Because here's the miracle. 263 00:12:58,470 --> 00:13:01,750 Her situation didn't change immediately, but she did. 264 00:13:02,870 --> 00:13:05,350 We read that in First Samuel 1:18. 265 00:13:06,309 --> 00:13:12,230 Then the woman went her way and ate something and her face was 266 00:13:12,230 --> 00:13:13,190 no longer sad. 267 00:13:13,590 --> 00:13:18,730 Her prayer changed her heart before God change her circumstance. 268 00:13:19,050 --> 00:13:22,410 That's what happens when we have a response of surrender. 269 00:13:22,650 --> 00:13:26,050 That's what happens when we have a response that I trust you, 270 00:13:26,050 --> 00:13:26,490 Father. 271 00:13:26,650 --> 00:13:29,850 That's what happens when we have a response that says, I believe 272 00:13:29,850 --> 00:13:30,490 in you. 273 00:13:31,450 --> 00:13:34,330 That's what happens when we win the war in our mind. 274 00:13:34,570 --> 00:13:36,810 So let's take it back to Luke 11. 275 00:13:37,690 --> 00:13:42,090 See to it then that the light within you is not darkness. 276 00:13:43,460 --> 00:13:44,420 Let me ask you something. 277 00:13:45,220 --> 00:13:48,340 What's playing on repeat in your head? 278 00:13:49,860 --> 00:13:50,660 Think about it. 279 00:13:51,060 --> 00:13:55,060 I'm gonna pause what's playing on repeat in your head. 280 00:13:55,940 --> 00:13:59,860 What thoughts have taken residence that don't belong to God? 281 00:14:01,140 --> 00:14:03,940 I want to highlight something that shook me. 282 00:14:04,420 --> 00:14:05,380 It shook me. 283 00:14:05,940 --> 00:14:09,580 The serpent didn't even have to tell Eve to sin. 284 00:14:09,580 --> 00:14:10,820 He gave her a thought. 285 00:14:12,260 --> 00:14:13,780 So let me break that down to you. 286 00:14:14,580 --> 00:14:18,180 See, the real battle in the Garden of Eden didn't begin when 287 00:14:18,180 --> 00:14:19,380 Eve ate the fruit. 288 00:14:20,260 --> 00:14:24,980 Eve said, the serpent deceived me, and then I ate. 289 00:14:25,940 --> 00:14:28,100 The serpent didn't give Eve a command. 290 00:14:28,580 --> 00:14:29,860 He gave her a thought. 291 00:14:30,660 --> 00:14:32,020 He planted a question. 292 00:14:32,500 --> 00:14:33,940 He planted a doubt. 293 00:14:34,180 --> 00:14:35,860 He planted a distortion. 294 00:14:36,450 --> 00:14:38,850 The serpent said, did God really say. 295 00:14:39,970 --> 00:14:41,570 He didn't tell her to rebel. 296 00:14:41,570 --> 00:14:43,330 He told her to rethink. 297 00:14:43,490 --> 00:14:45,490 And that's how the enemy operates. 298 00:14:45,650 --> 00:14:47,810 See, he doesn't have to tell you to sin. 299 00:14:48,210 --> 00:14:50,210 He doesn't have to tell you to end your life. 300 00:14:50,530 --> 00:14:53,330 He doesn't have to tell you to give you up on your purpose. 301 00:14:53,570 --> 00:14:56,290 All he needs to do is to give you a thought. 302 00:14:56,770 --> 00:14:58,930 A thought that says you're not enough. 303 00:14:59,570 --> 00:15:02,210 A thought that says God is holding out on you. 304 00:15:02,550 --> 00:15:05,590 A thought that says this world will be better without you. 305 00:15:05,590 --> 00:15:07,910 A thought that says you will never recover. 306 00:15:08,070 --> 00:15:10,310 A thought that says they were right about you. 307 00:15:10,390 --> 00:15:12,310 A thought that says they don't love you. 308 00:15:12,390 --> 00:15:16,710 A thought that says you're a failing mom, you're a failing husband, 309 00:15:16,790 --> 00:15:18,310 your kids won't remember you. 310 00:15:18,469 --> 00:15:20,710 You're gonna die just like your mom died. 311 00:15:21,510 --> 00:15:22,230 One thought. 312 00:15:23,670 --> 00:15:24,390 One thought. 313 00:15:25,270 --> 00:15:28,390 And if it's not captured, it becomes a stronghold. 314 00:15:30,810 --> 00:15:33,450 Your perception is not your reality. 315 00:15:33,770 --> 00:15:35,770 Check what's in your head. 316 00:15:36,730 --> 00:15:39,770 Because if you don't check what's in your head, you'll walk 317 00:15:39,770 --> 00:15:42,090 away from what God has called you to do. 318 00:15:42,490 --> 00:15:46,890 Not because you're weak, but because something got in your head. 319 00:15:47,930 --> 00:15:51,770 And what happens is that your mind is so malleable that it's either 320 00:15:51,770 --> 00:15:54,690 being shaped by truth or is being shaped by. 321 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:55,400 By trauma. 322 00:15:55,720 --> 00:16:00,120 Your mind is so malleable that it's either turning towards destiny 323 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:02,280 or it's turning towards destruction. 324 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:04,920 Check what's in your head. 325 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:08,040 Because when you check what's in your head, you're going to. 326 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:12,000 Are you listening to the Lord that says I'm chosen? 327 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,080 Are you listening to your trauma that says you're forgotten? 328 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:17,800 Are you listening to God's truth that says you're called? 329 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,920 Or are you listening to your trauma that says you're canceled? 330 00:16:21,250 --> 00:16:24,050 Are you listening to the God's truth that says you're anointed? 331 00:16:24,290 --> 00:16:26,930 Are you listening to trauma that says you're not enough? 332 00:16:28,130 --> 00:16:29,730 Are you listening to his truth? 333 00:16:29,810 --> 00:16:32,210 That says that you're breaking curses. 334 00:16:32,610 --> 00:16:36,450 Are you listening to trauma that says this curse will never end. 335 00:16:37,090 --> 00:16:42,770 But today in Jesus name we serve an eviction notice to every 336 00:16:42,770 --> 00:16:46,470 lie in your head, every lie against your marriage, every. 337 00:16:46,700 --> 00:16:49,700 Every lie against your children, every lie against your 338 00:16:49,700 --> 00:16:50,300 calling. 339 00:16:50,540 --> 00:16:53,780 Some of you don't just need to lay your sin at the altar, but. 340 00:16:53,780 --> 00:16:57,900 You need to lay your mind at the altar because your mind has been 341 00:16:57,900 --> 00:16:58,780 lying to you. 342 00:17:01,340 --> 00:17:04,980 I'm calling out your mind right now to the one that has been 343 00:17:04,980 --> 00:17:06,300 second guessing their calling. 344 00:17:07,180 --> 00:17:10,900 To the one who almost canceled a God given assignment because of 345 00:17:10,900 --> 00:17:11,500 anxiety. 346 00:17:12,310 --> 00:17:15,590 To the one that has been asking God, is there any space for 347 00:17:15,590 --> 00:17:16,710 my voice anymore? 348 00:17:16,710 --> 00:17:19,910 Church, I did not come to preach a cute message. 349 00:17:20,070 --> 00:17:22,150 I came to war for your mind. 350 00:17:22,630 --> 00:17:24,950 I came to war for your thoughts. 351 00:17:29,110 --> 00:17:34,150 Because the Bible says that weapons of our warfare are not carnal, 352 00:17:34,310 --> 00:17:36,470 but they are mighty through God. 353 00:17:36,870 --> 00:17:38,470 For the pulling down. 354 00:17:39,250 --> 00:17:40,530 For the pulling down. 355 00:17:41,090 --> 00:17:43,490 For the pulling down of strongholds. 356 00:18:54,501 --> 00:18:59,141 And that word stronghold in Greek it means fortified arguments. 357 00:19:00,021 --> 00:19:05,061 You see, the enemy has been building arguments brick by brick 358 00:19:05,861 --> 00:19:10,661 since your childhood, since your rejection, since your betrayal, 359 00:19:11,061 --> 00:19:12,421 since your abandonment. 360 00:19:13,631 --> 00:19:16,951 But I come with a weapon stronger than the argument in your 361 00:19:16,951 --> 00:19:17,311 mind. 362 00:19:17,791 --> 00:19:22,191 I come with a word that says that you are fearfully and wonderfully 363 00:19:22,191 --> 00:19:22,511 made. 364 00:19:22,831 --> 00:19:27,031 I come with a word that says the weapons form but they did not 365 00:19:27,031 --> 00:19:27,711 prosper. 366 00:19:29,471 --> 00:19:34,191 I came with a worship that says he said it and I'm going to 367 00:19:34,191 --> 00:19:34,911 believe it. 368 00:19:36,031 --> 00:19:38,271 And I came with what Jesus did for me. 369 00:19:39,241 --> 00:19:43,761 Because what Jesus did on the cross no thought, I said no thought 370 00:19:43,761 --> 00:19:44,601 can undo. 371 00:19:44,761 --> 00:19:46,841 So you're not what happened to you. 372 00:19:46,841 --> 00:19:48,641 You're not what they said about you. 373 00:19:48,641 --> 00:19:50,121 And it is not too late. 374 00:19:55,401 --> 00:19:56,761 All the glory to God. 375 00:19:56,921 --> 00:20:00,681 That's what happens when we have a response of surrender. 376 00:20:00,921 --> 00:20:04,041 That's what happens when we start to win the war in our mind. 377 00:20:04,201 --> 00:20:08,051 That's what happens when we put our trust, not just a little 378 00:20:08,051 --> 00:20:11,051 trust, our whole trust in the Lord. 379 00:20:12,811 --> 00:20:15,331 So I want to talk a little bit more about my family. 380 00:20:15,331 --> 00:20:18,251 And I already asked Ariella if I could mention her. 381 00:20:18,251 --> 00:20:19,291 She said it was fine. 382 00:20:19,451 --> 00:20:23,731 So this year our church started something so powerful, the 383 00:20:23,731 --> 00:20:24,571 Daily growth Journal. 384 00:20:25,291 --> 00:20:25,811 Amen. 385 00:20:25,811 --> 00:20:26,451 Thank you, God. 386 00:20:26,451 --> 00:20:30,251 Because Apostle Mike had that vision to pressing the word together, 387 00:20:30,331 --> 00:20:34,121 right, With a daily growth journal and shout out to Pastor Michelle 388 00:20:34,121 --> 00:20:35,801 who put that book together. 389 00:20:36,841 --> 00:20:39,721 And one of the prompts is what are you praying for? 390 00:20:40,521 --> 00:20:42,841 And I will write and write and write. 391 00:20:42,841 --> 00:20:46,241 I will pray for my family, prayer for healing, prayer for the 392 00:20:46,241 --> 00:20:49,441 Long island building, prayer for the new home my family and I 393 00:20:49,441 --> 00:20:49,921 are looking for. 394 00:20:49,921 --> 00:20:52,761 A new home prayer for everything in my heart. 395 00:20:53,481 --> 00:20:56,201 And one day I decided, and this is, I'm telling you, this is 396 00:20:56,201 --> 00:20:59,001 like a few months ago to flip back through the pages. 397 00:20:59,711 --> 00:21:02,351 And as I'm flipping back through the pages, I started to realize 398 00:21:02,751 --> 00:21:06,671 my prayer had turned into petitions and not praise. 399 00:21:08,111 --> 00:21:12,191 I was asking God for a lot, but not thanking him for what I already 400 00:21:12,271 --> 00:21:12,671 have. 401 00:21:13,551 --> 00:21:17,151 And you see, according to psychology, gratitude rewires your 402 00:21:17,151 --> 00:21:17,551 brain. 403 00:21:17,871 --> 00:21:20,271 It changes the default setting of your mind. 404 00:21:20,591 --> 00:21:24,991 And a study found that practicing gratitude activates the 405 00:21:25,241 --> 00:21:30,761 brain's prefrontal cortex and strengths and connection in the anterior 406 00:21:30,761 --> 00:21:36,441 cingulate cortex regions that are tied to decision making, empathy 407 00:21:36,761 --> 00:21:38,041 and emotional regulation. 408 00:21:39,401 --> 00:21:44,041 And biblically, it aligns us with first theologians, 5, 18, give 409 00:21:44,281 --> 00:21:50,041 thanks in all, not just one thing, in all circumstances. 410 00:21:51,331 --> 00:21:55,251 So that's also kind of to be the way I start my day is going to 411 00:21:55,251 --> 00:21:56,531 impact the rest of my day. 412 00:21:56,691 --> 00:21:59,571 So if I'm starting my day with gratitude, it's going to help me 413 00:21:59,731 --> 00:22:03,531 feel empathy, it's going to help me make decisions, it's going 414 00:22:03,531 --> 00:22:05,331 to help me to problem solve. 415 00:22:06,211 --> 00:22:09,651 So I started my day in gratitude, thanking God. 416 00:22:09,811 --> 00:22:11,251 Thank you, God, for this home. 417 00:22:11,251 --> 00:22:14,051 It's not our forever home, but you've kept us safe here. 418 00:22:14,451 --> 00:22:19,471 Thank you, God, for every closed door because it was you protecting 419 00:22:19,471 --> 00:22:19,791 us. 420 00:22:19,871 --> 00:22:22,191 Thank you, God, because of the process that we're going through, 421 00:22:22,191 --> 00:22:24,631 because I know you're just stretching us and you're growing 422 00:22:24,631 --> 00:22:25,551 us in this process. 423 00:22:27,151 --> 00:22:29,871 I'm going to share a little bit more about what happened. 424 00:22:29,871 --> 00:22:32,590 As we're looking for a home, we've been taking the girls along 425 00:22:32,590 --> 00:22:33,071 with us. 426 00:22:33,311 --> 00:22:36,351 And Ariela had her heart set on a specific house. 427 00:22:36,831 --> 00:22:40,311 And when we put an offer, because, you know, she had a heart, 428 00:22:40,311 --> 00:22:41,871 the girls were like, yes, this one. 429 00:22:42,061 --> 00:22:43,781 So we put an offer, but it wasn't accepted. 430 00:22:43,781 --> 00:22:47,101 And when I told the girls the news, Ariela started crying. 431 00:22:47,981 --> 00:22:49,901 I was not expecting that response. 432 00:22:50,061 --> 00:22:51,501 I was not expecting that reaction. 433 00:22:51,501 --> 00:22:52,261 I'm like, what happened? 434 00:22:52,261 --> 00:22:54,701 She already had picture where her room was going to be. 435 00:22:54,781 --> 00:22:55,901 She already had picture. 436 00:22:56,141 --> 00:22:58,461 She already had imagined a bunch of things for that house. 437 00:22:59,501 --> 00:23:03,821 But then I sat her down and I opened up my journal and I showed 438 00:23:03,821 --> 00:23:07,101 her an entry where I had written, thank you, God, for the 439 00:23:07,101 --> 00:23:07,741 closed doors. 440 00:23:08,931 --> 00:23:12,371 I trust you will open the one that we can sustain and that we would 441 00:23:12,371 --> 00:23:12,891 not lack. 442 00:23:12,891 --> 00:23:15,891 And I'm like, ariela, God answered my prayer. 443 00:23:16,371 --> 00:23:17,811 So he's protecting us. 444 00:23:18,051 --> 00:23:20,091 Because who knows what would have happened if we would have gotten 445 00:23:20,091 --> 00:23:20,491 that house. 446 00:23:20,491 --> 00:23:22,051 Maybe we couldn't afford it at the end. 447 00:23:22,291 --> 00:23:23,811 So God was protecting us. 448 00:23:23,971 --> 00:23:27,811 And that moment became a seed planted in her, A picture of how 449 00:23:27,811 --> 00:23:29,971 to respond when something doesn't go your way. 450 00:23:30,211 --> 00:23:32,251 In psychology, we call it learned behavior. 451 00:23:32,251 --> 00:23:34,051 In the Bible, we call it discipleship. 452 00:23:34,531 --> 00:23:38,131 She was absorbing a pattern she could repeat when it's her turn 453 00:23:38,131 --> 00:23:39,731 to face things in life. 454 00:23:40,851 --> 00:23:42,691 Recently, a situation came up. 455 00:23:43,331 --> 00:23:47,051 I'm not going to go into the details, but my husband calls me 456 00:23:47,051 --> 00:23:48,851 and he's explaining to me what's happening. 457 00:23:49,251 --> 00:23:54,891 And I immediately reacted and frustration was rising up and I was 458 00:23:54,891 --> 00:23:56,131 like, what now? 459 00:23:56,451 --> 00:24:00,981 And all of a sudden I realized that the girls were listening and 460 00:24:00,981 --> 00:24:01,741 we try our best. 461 00:24:01,741 --> 00:24:03,501 We try our best, okay, don't come at me. 462 00:24:03,501 --> 00:24:05,741 We try our best to make sure the girls are not around where we're 463 00:24:05,741 --> 00:24:07,181 having discussions, okay? 464 00:24:07,661 --> 00:24:14,621 But this moment, it was divine because Ariela was listening. 465 00:24:14,621 --> 00:24:18,541 And then I hear her tell her sister, those people are not the 466 00:24:18,541 --> 00:24:18,861 problem. 467 00:24:19,581 --> 00:24:21,421 The enemy doesn't want us to have church. 468 00:24:22,221 --> 00:24:24,461 I was like, okay. 469 00:24:24,781 --> 00:24:26,461 I didn't pause to reflect. 470 00:24:27,111 --> 00:24:30,791 And my 9 year old just reminded me of what it says in Ephesians 471 00:24:30,791 --> 00:24:31,431 6:12. 472 00:24:31,591 --> 00:24:33,751 We wrestle not against flesh and blood. 473 00:24:33,911 --> 00:24:37,751 She reminded me the very thing that I had taught her is not about 474 00:24:37,751 --> 00:24:39,671 the what, but the who we become. 475 00:24:39,991 --> 00:24:42,871 It's about our response when circumstances arise. 476 00:24:43,111 --> 00:24:47,511 And in that moment, the Holy Spirit whispered, she could only 477 00:24:47,511 --> 00:24:50,071 repeat what she sees you practicing. 478 00:24:51,511 --> 00:24:55,071 That's when I realized this isn't about me controlling my reactions 479 00:24:55,071 --> 00:24:56,071 from my own peace. 480 00:24:56,521 --> 00:24:59,081 This is about breaking generational patterns. 481 00:24:59,721 --> 00:25:03,641 Because if I respond out of offense, if I respond out of fear, 482 00:25:03,721 --> 00:25:07,161 if I respond out of insecurity, that becomes a blueprint. 483 00:25:07,721 --> 00:25:09,881 That's how trauma becomes secondhand. 484 00:25:09,961 --> 00:25:14,041 Not because of what happens to them, but because they inherit how 485 00:25:14,041 --> 00:25:15,561 I chose to respond. 486 00:25:16,921 --> 00:25:21,641 So church life occurrences will test your peace when storms, 487 00:25:21,801 --> 00:25:23,881 noise and drama show up uninvited. 488 00:25:24,411 --> 00:25:29,051 But emotional maturity is when you no longer live at the mercy of 489 00:25:29,051 --> 00:25:34,491 chaos, when you don't react out of impulse, but you practice 490 00:25:34,491 --> 00:25:35,371 responding. 491 00:25:35,851 --> 00:25:39,691 Practice responding from your identity in the Lord. 492 00:25:40,090 --> 00:25:45,291 Learning to perceive, learning to act from who he says you are. 493 00:25:46,411 --> 00:25:49,931 Psychology calls it emotional intelligence, the ability to recognize, 494 00:25:50,091 --> 00:25:54,081 to understand and manage your emotions and to influence the emotions 495 00:25:54,081 --> 00:25:55,521 of those that are around you. 496 00:25:55,921 --> 00:25:59,361 Scripture calls it self control, a fruit of the spirit. 497 00:26:00,721 --> 00:26:03,961 In church, that was a tough moment. 498 00:26:03,961 --> 00:26:06,161 It doesn't mean that we ignore injustice. 499 00:26:06,161 --> 00:26:10,121 I'm not trying to say that, okay, because the borico emi came 500 00:26:10,121 --> 00:26:12,081 out that, you know, I just got my ears pierced and I just wanted 501 00:26:12,081 --> 00:26:13,841 to do one of these, you know, kind of sort of thing. 502 00:26:14,961 --> 00:26:16,961 But it means I guard my peace. 503 00:26:17,361 --> 00:26:18,241 That's what it means. 504 00:26:19,051 --> 00:26:21,851 Sometimes silence is not weakness, but warfare. 505 00:26:22,171 --> 00:26:23,771 It's restrained fortune. 506 00:26:23,771 --> 00:26:24,251 Prayer. 507 00:26:24,491 --> 00:26:28,891 You choose stillness over shouting, boundaries over burnout, 508 00:26:29,051 --> 00:26:30,571 purpose over pettiness. 509 00:26:32,331 --> 00:26:35,931 And you realize not every battle is worth your energy and not 510 00:26:35,931 --> 00:26:38,491 every voice deserves a seat in your spirit. 511 00:26:39,291 --> 00:26:44,531 Proverbs 26:4 warns us to not answer a fool according to his folly, 512 00:26:44,531 --> 00:26:47,181 or you yourself will be just like him. 513 00:26:47,661 --> 00:26:52,901 Emotional maturity knows when to speak, knows when to pray, and 514 00:26:52,901 --> 00:26:54,301 knows when just to walk away. 515 00:26:56,301 --> 00:26:58,621 So it's also called discipline. 516 00:26:58,861 --> 00:27:03,941 It's discipline to pause before you post, to breathe before 517 00:27:03,941 --> 00:27:07,101 you scream, and to pray before you proceed. 518 00:27:07,501 --> 00:27:09,861 So it's called guarding your thoughts so that they don't become 519 00:27:09,861 --> 00:27:13,451 reactions, and guarding your reactions so they don't become cycles 520 00:27:13,451 --> 00:27:14,731 that your children will repeat. 521 00:27:15,371 --> 00:27:19,851 In short, you rise above not out of arrogance. 522 00:27:20,011 --> 00:27:22,331 You rise above out of alignment. 523 00:27:22,571 --> 00:27:24,571 You choose peace over pressure. 524 00:27:24,731 --> 00:27:27,131 You choose clarity over the chaos. 525 00:27:27,291 --> 00:27:29,691 You choose obedience over the outcome. 526 00:27:29,931 --> 00:27:34,331 Because when you trust God to handle what you can't control, you 527 00:27:34,331 --> 00:27:37,891 stop being shaken by what's happening around you and you start 528 00:27:37,891 --> 00:27:39,211 shaping what's within you. 529 00:28:38,268 --> 00:28:39,708 Bringing me to my last point. 530 00:28:40,668 --> 00:28:43,548 False light is still darkness. 531 00:28:45,148 --> 00:28:50,788 Jesus said in Luke 11:35, see to it then that the light within 532 00:28:50,788 --> 00:28:52,828 you is not darkness. 533 00:28:54,188 --> 00:29:00,108 This is a call to honest keyword here, honest self examination. 534 00:29:00,758 --> 00:29:03,318 You see, not everything that looks confidence is confidence. 535 00:29:03,878 --> 00:29:08,798 And sometimes what we call strength is just unhealed pride wearing 536 00:29:08,798 --> 00:29:09,398 a mask. 537 00:29:09,878 --> 00:29:13,798 And sometimes what we call righteous frustration is just pain 538 00:29:13,798 --> 00:29:15,238 dressed up in church clothes. 539 00:29:15,638 --> 00:29:20,358 And sometimes we have even learned to spiritualize dysfunction, 540 00:29:20,838 --> 00:29:25,438 where we're labeling bitterness as discernment, where 541 00:29:25,438 --> 00:29:28,628 we're hiding our anger under I'm just being direct. 542 00:29:31,508 --> 00:29:36,948 So Jesus warns us about honest self examination in Matthew 7:3:5. 543 00:29:37,668 --> 00:29:41,068 Why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye and pay no 544 00:29:41,068 --> 00:29:42,548 attention to the plank in your own? 545 00:29:43,587 --> 00:29:46,908 First take the plank out of your own eye and then you will see 546 00:29:46,908 --> 00:29:47,508 it clearly. 547 00:29:48,388 --> 00:29:53,958 In other words, our perception is distorted if we don't start with 548 00:29:53,958 --> 00:29:54,478 ourselves. 549 00:29:56,558 --> 00:30:01,358 Our perception is distorted if we don't start with ourselves. 550 00:30:02,238 --> 00:30:04,318 We think we're discerning the speck in others. 551 00:30:06,078 --> 00:30:10,077 But if we have a plank in our own eye, we're really just projecting. 552 00:30:11,678 --> 00:30:16,558 So emotional intelligence can't survive without spiritual honesty. 553 00:30:17,598 --> 00:30:21,438 You cannot truly walk in emotional maturity if you're unwilling 554 00:30:21,438 --> 00:30:25,818 to ask yourself, is this God's light shining through me or is this 555 00:30:25,818 --> 00:30:26,858 my ego's light? 556 00:30:27,658 --> 00:30:32,098 Self examination is a bridge between what we think we're showing 557 00:30:32,098 --> 00:30:34,858 the world and what's really in Our hearts. 558 00:30:35,418 --> 00:30:39,417 Psychology tells us that self awareness is the foundation of emotional 559 00:30:39,418 --> 00:30:40,218 intelligence. 560 00:30:40,458 --> 00:30:43,578 Without it, you're just responding from blind spots. 561 00:30:44,778 --> 00:30:46,538 Scripture says the same thing. 562 00:30:47,178 --> 00:30:50,648 Search me, O God, and know my heart. 563 00:30:51,048 --> 00:30:53,688 Test me and know my anxious thoughts. 564 00:30:54,088 --> 00:30:57,648 See if there is any offensive way in me and lead me to the way 565 00:30:57,648 --> 00:30:58,488 of everlasting. 566 00:31:00,168 --> 00:31:03,448 If we don't let the Holy Spirit shine a light in our motives, 567 00:31:03,848 --> 00:31:08,048 our light may be fueled by insecurity, Our light may be filled 568 00:31:08,048 --> 00:31:08,648 by fear. 569 00:31:08,808 --> 00:31:10,968 Our light will be fueled by old wounds. 570 00:31:11,128 --> 00:31:14,648 And we will pass that same false light to the next generation. 571 00:31:15,388 --> 00:31:17,868 That's why spiritual honesty is not optional. 572 00:31:19,868 --> 00:31:24,188 It's a daily, humble, courageous act of asking yourself, 573 00:31:24,588 --> 00:31:29,228 is this response coming from the Spirit or is it coming from scars? 574 00:31:29,948 --> 00:31:33,548 Am I defending truth or am I just defending myself? 575 00:31:34,028 --> 00:31:37,748 Am I walking in the light of Christ, or am I walking in the flicker 576 00:31:37,748 --> 00:31:38,908 of my own understanding? 577 00:31:40,518 --> 00:31:44,598 Because the truth is, your children, your disciples, the people 578 00:31:44,598 --> 00:31:49,118 you lead, will learn more from how you process offense, how you 579 00:31:49,118 --> 00:31:52,598 respond, than how you preach about love. 580 00:31:53,798 --> 00:31:56,958 Emotional intelligence is not just about controlling your outward 581 00:31:56,958 --> 00:31:57,638 reaction. 582 00:31:58,038 --> 00:32:02,158 It's about inviting God to heal the inward reaction so you don't 583 00:32:02,158 --> 00:32:03,318 have to fake the light. 584 00:32:04,278 --> 00:32:06,118 We want his light to shine through us. 585 00:32:06,608 --> 00:32:09,368 We want to make sure that when they're looking on us, we're reflecting 586 00:32:09,368 --> 00:32:11,808 back the light of who he is in us. 587 00:32:12,768 --> 00:32:13,288 Amen. 588 00:32:13,288 --> 00:32:18,088 Church One of my greatest desires has always been that my girls 589 00:32:18,088 --> 00:32:20,688 will see and remember what a life of prayer looks like. 590 00:32:21,008 --> 00:32:24,928 They watch me kneel and pray and walk around the house, and sometimes 591 00:32:24,928 --> 00:32:27,208 they join me and they're walking around the house and they're 592 00:32:27,208 --> 00:32:27,568 praying. 593 00:32:27,808 --> 00:32:29,248 Sometimes they do it to get away from. 594 00:32:29,328 --> 00:32:33,818 No, to avoid bedtime, but they still join me. 595 00:32:35,178 --> 00:32:38,218 And they always watch Abuela come and praying in tongues. 596 00:32:38,218 --> 00:32:40,978 And then one day, Arila's like, is Abuela talking in Spanish? 597 00:32:40,978 --> 00:32:41,698 I'm like, no, no, no. 598 00:32:41,698 --> 00:32:42,618 She's praying in tongues. 599 00:32:42,858 --> 00:32:44,458 And she's like, mommy, what's that? 600 00:32:44,858 --> 00:32:47,098 I was like, well, this is the gift of the Spirit. 601 00:32:47,178 --> 00:32:47,977 Do you want it? 602 00:32:47,977 --> 00:32:48,698 She's like, yes. 603 00:32:49,418 --> 00:32:51,498 She started to pray in her room every night. 604 00:32:51,658 --> 00:32:53,218 God, give me the gift of tongues. 605 00:32:53,218 --> 00:32:54,618 God, give me the gift of tongues. 606 00:32:55,098 --> 00:32:57,498 And I remember the time we were in Amityville. 607 00:32:58,558 --> 00:33:00,318 Apostle says, who wants the gift of tongues? 608 00:33:00,478 --> 00:33:01,678 And I was like, oh. 609 00:33:01,918 --> 00:33:04,558 I ran to the kids ministry because the kids ministry was in 610 00:33:04,558 --> 00:33:05,118 a different building. 611 00:33:05,518 --> 00:33:06,638 I grabbed Ariela. 612 00:33:06,638 --> 00:33:07,518 I'm like, are you ready? 613 00:33:07,518 --> 00:33:09,278 She's like, she looked at me like, what? 614 00:33:09,358 --> 00:33:12,118 I'm like, don't be scared, because God is about to answer Your 615 00:33:12,118 --> 00:33:13,358 prayer, Are you ready? 616 00:33:13,838 --> 00:33:16,318 And at the age of six, she received her gift of tongues. 617 00:33:17,838 --> 00:33:19,598 That's not a coincidence, Church. 618 00:33:20,478 --> 00:33:24,448 That was her pressing in prayer and thanking the Lord that 619 00:33:24,448 --> 00:33:26,328 she was going to receive the gift of tongues. 620 00:33:26,568 --> 00:33:28,728 That's also called the power of proximity. 621 00:33:29,128 --> 00:33:32,968 Faith is more often caught than taught because the Bible says 622 00:33:32,968 --> 00:33:35,048 to train up your child in his ways. 623 00:33:35,448 --> 00:33:38,888 So you see, the warfare we're facing is big, but so is the assignment. 624 00:33:39,528 --> 00:33:41,408 So the enemy just isn't after your mind. 625 00:33:41,408 --> 00:33:44,248 He's after the generations that are watching you. 626 00:33:44,808 --> 00:33:47,928 More reasons to know why our thought life matters. 627 00:33:48,408 --> 00:33:52,828 Because thoughts shape reactions, reaction shape habits, 628 00:33:52,828 --> 00:33:55,148 and habits shape the legacy we leave behind. 629 00:33:55,948 --> 00:33:57,708 Church, we're not just raising up kids. 630 00:33:57,708 --> 00:33:59,468 We are raising up revivalists. 631 00:33:59,788 --> 00:34:04,788 And revival, it starts in the mind, in my mind, in your mind, in 632 00:34:04,788 --> 00:34:09,668 the mind of every person that chooses to think, speak and act in 633 00:34:09,668 --> 00:34:12,028 ways that say, God, I trust you. 634 00:34:13,148 --> 00:34:15,068 Even when it's not the answer I want. 635 00:34:15,228 --> 00:34:16,458 God, I trust you. 636 00:34:16,608 --> 00:34:16,848 You. 637 00:34:18,368 --> 00:34:22,488 So this is a call to stop second guessing and start thanking 638 00:34:22,488 --> 00:34:23,008 the Lord. 639 00:34:23,808 --> 00:34:29,208 Stop analyzing and start aligning your response. 640 00:34:29,208 --> 00:34:32,847 Today is building the blueprint for generations after you. 641 00:34:33,968 --> 00:34:35,408 Church, let's stand to our feet. 642 00:34:37,968 --> 00:34:42,128 If this word was for you, if you've been battling fear, if you've 643 00:34:42,128 --> 00:34:45,948 been battling anxiety, torment, confusion, I want you to 644 00:34:45,948 --> 00:34:46,628 lift your hands. 645 00:34:48,308 --> 00:34:49,348 Praise you, Jesus. 646 00:34:52,628 --> 00:35:00,068 We see those hands because today we take back the battleground 647 00:35:00,788 --> 00:35:01,508 in our mind. 648 00:35:02,788 --> 00:35:07,868 And today we say, let this mind be in me that was also in Christ 649 00:35:07,868 --> 00:35:08,548 Jesus. 650 00:35:09,268 --> 00:35:11,668 Today we say I have the mind of Christ. 651 00:35:12,608 --> 00:35:14,648 Today we say I am not conformed. 652 00:35:14,648 --> 00:35:18,368 I am transformed by the renewal of my mind. 653 00:35:19,248 --> 00:35:23,328 Today we are taking every thought captive to obey Christ. 654 00:35:23,968 --> 00:35:27,928 Today I will set my mind on things from above and not the things 655 00:35:27,928 --> 00:35:28,768 on this earth. 656 00:35:29,648 --> 00:35:32,128 Church, doubt and fear are a reality. 657 00:35:32,768 --> 00:35:35,208 But can we remember his goodness then. 658 00:35:35,208 --> 00:35:36,688 And his goodness now? 659 00:35:39,498 --> 00:35:41,738 Church, we're about to sing it out. 660 00:35:41,898 --> 00:35:43,058 We're about to sing it out. 661 00:35:43,058 --> 00:35:46,298 And I need you to worship with all that you got. 662 00:35:46,618 --> 00:35:49,818 Because we about to make a declaration and remember what he 663 00:35:49,818 --> 00:35:50,618 did for us. 664 00:35:50,938 --> 00:35:54,698 We about to remember that we are light in the middle of darkness. 665 00:35:55,418 --> 00:35:57,098 Church, you will sleep again. 666 00:35:57,658 --> 00:35:59,338 You will think clearly again. 667 00:36:00,298 --> 00:36:03,018 You will live from truth and not from trauma. 668 00:36:04,508 --> 00:36:06,908 You will live from light and not from lies. 669 00:36:08,828 --> 00:36:13,268 Today your mind will be transformed for his glory to shine. 670 00:36:13,268 --> 00:36:16,628 Come on, Church, let me hear you give a shout of praise to the 671 00:36:16,628 --> 00:36:17,468 King of Kings. 672 00:36:17,948 --> 00:36:20,428 Come on, Church, let me hear you shout. 673 00:36:20,748 --> 00:36:22,028 Let me hear you shout. 674 00:36:23,788 --> 00:36:25,388 I need you to press in. 675 00:36:25,628 --> 00:36:27,228 I need you to press in. 676 00:36:27,468 --> 00:36:29,308 I need you to give him the glory. 677 00:36:32,428 --> 00:36:35,068 Come on, church, Let me hear you press in. 678 00:36:35,468 --> 00:36:36,828 Let me hear you press in. 679 00:36:36,988 --> 00:36:38,508 Let me hear you press in. 680 00:36:38,748 --> 00:36:41,308 Today we are breaking generational curses. 681 00:36:41,468 --> 00:36:43,628 Today we are breaking old habits. 682 00:36:43,788 --> 00:36:46,028 Today we are believing for new minds. 683 00:36:46,028 --> 00:36:47,628 Come on, church, press it. 684 00:36:55,848 --> 00:36:56,088 Sa.