We all have the capacity to grow and produce more for God. But if we want to reach our destiny, we have to work alongside Him. If you’ll use the tools He gave you to succeed, you’ll see Him fill your life with purpose!
>> VICTORIA OSTEEN: THANK
YOU, LORD.
HALLELUJAH.
YOU GUYS SOUND GREAT.
YOU MAY BE SEATED.
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE MAKING
SOME DECISIONS OR PLANS ON
WHAT YOU WANNA ACHIEVE FOR
2017?
AMEN.
SETTING SOME GOALS.
MAYBE YOU’RE GONNA BREAK SOME
HABITS, CHANGE A FEW THINGS
AROUND, YOU KNOW?
YOU’RE EXCITED.
SOMETHING IS STIRRING IN YOUR
SPIRIT.
YOU’RE THINKING, “I CAN DO
THIS.
THIS IS GREAT.
THIS IS A POSSIBILITY,” YOU
KNOW?
HOWEVER YOU ANSWERED THAT
QUESTION, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT
IS YOU’RE FEELING ON THE
INSIDE?
IT’S YOUR POTENTIAL.
IT’S WHAT YOU’RE CAPABLE OF.
IT’S NOT WHAT YOU’VE ALREADY
ACCOMPLISHED, BUT IT’S WHAT
YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH.
YOU SEE, WITH–INSIDE OF EACH
ONE OF US IS GREAT POTENTIAL.
GOD HAS PUT IT ON THE INSIDE
OF US.
WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
PRODUCE MORE THAN WE’RE
PRODUCING RIGHT NOW.
WE CAN ALL GO TO NEW LEVELS
WITH GOD.
WE CAN ALL WALK IN A GREATER
ANOINTING.
WE CAN ALL DO MORE FOR GOD.
I’M REALLY SAFE TO SAY THAT
WE ALL HAVE THIS CAPACITY TO
DO MORE.
WE HAVE MORE INSIDE OF US,
BUT HOW DO WE GET WHAT’S IN
US OUT OF US?
BY SELF-DISCIPLINE AND
SELF-CONTROL.
JOEL PRAYS IT OVER US EVERY
WEEK IN THE SERVICE.
HE PRAYS THAT WE WILL HAVE
FOCUS, DISCIPLINE,
SELF-CONTROL.
AS WE ALL STAND WITH OUR ARMS
UP, WE RECEIVE IT BECAUSE WE
KNOW WE NEED IT.
WE NEED IT IF WE’RE GONNA
DEVELOP THE POTENTIAL ON THE
INSIDE OF US.
YOU SEE, WHEN WE HAVE STRONG
DISCIPLINE AND SELF-CONTROL,
IT BUILDS OUR INNER MAN.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE A STRONG
INNER MAN, YOU CAN PRODUCE A
STRONG OUTER MAN.
WE ALL CAN HAVE IT BECAUSE
IT’S A FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT.
DISCIPLINE AND SELF-CONTROL
IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF GOD,
AND WE’RE SUPPOSED TO BE MORE
LIKE GOD.
WE’RE SUPPOSED TO GO AFTER
THE THINGS OF GOD.
GOD SAID, “YOU CAN HAVE THIS
BECAUSE I’VE ALREADY GIVEN IT
TO YOU.”
YOU JUST HAVE TO DEVELOP IT.
YOU HAVE TO EXERCISE IT SO
THAT THAT POTENTIAL THAT’S IN
YOU CAN COME OUT.
YOU SEE, DISCIPLINE AND
SELF-CONTROL PUTS A DEMAND ON
OUR INNER MAN.
AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
IT PUTS A DEMAND AND A STRAIN
ON OUR INNER MAN, YOU KNOW?
IT’S JUST LIKE EXERCISE.
IF YOU DON’T PUT A DEMAND ON
YOUR MUSCLE, THEY WON’T GROW.
DISCIPLINE AND SELF-CONTROL
PUTS A DEMAND ON THAT INNER
MAN, CAUSES IT TO BE STRONG.
LISTEN TO WHAT IT SAYS IN
PROVERBS 25:8.
IT SAYS, “WHOEVER HAS NO RULE
OVER HIS OWN SPIRIT IS LIKE A
CITY WITH BROKEN DOWN WALLS.”
YOU SEE, IN THOSE DAYS WALLS
REPRESENTED STRENGTH.
BEHIND THOSE STRONG WALLS
WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE
PROTECTED.
YOU SEE, WHEN THE ENEMY SAW A
CITY WITH STRONG WALLS, WITH
ITS GATES CLOSED, IT WAS NOT
ABLE TO ENTER INTO THAT CITY
AND HARM THE PEOPLE, BECAUSE
IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET IN,
BECAUSE THE PEOPLE EVEN HAD
MADE SURE THOSE WALLS WERE
STRONG.
THEY PARTICIPATED IN KEEPING
THE WALLS STRONG, AND THOSE
BOUNDARIES DIDN’T LEAVE THEM
EXPOSED.
AND SEE, TODAY YOUR
SELF-DISCIPLINE, YOUR
SELF-CONTROL, WHEN YOU
EXERCISE THAT, IT REPRESENTS
STRENGTH IN YOUR LIFE.
IT DOESN’T LEAVE YOU EXPOSED
TO ALL THE ENEMY’S TACTICS,
ALL THE TEMPTATIONS, ALL THE
WAY HE WANTS TO GET YOU OFF
COURSE.
SEE, WHEN YOU RULE OVER YOUR
SPIRIT, WHICH IS YOUR INNER
MAN MAKING THE DECISIONS, YOU
ARE STRONG.
YOU CAN RESIST.
THE ENEMY CAN’T JUST COME IN
AND DO WHAT HE WANTS TO DO,
BECAUSE YOU’VE ERECTED SOME
WALLS IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU SEE, PAUL CALLS IT THE
FLESH.
SEE, THE FLESH WANTS TO MAKE
ALL THE DECISIONS.
THE FLESH WANTS TO TELL YOU
WHAT’S GOOD.
IT WANTS TO RUN WILD.
IT DOESN’T WANNA BE UNDER
CONTROL.
IT WANTS NO BOUNDARIES.
SEE, THE FLESH WANTS TO RULE
YOU.
THAT’S YOUR FEELINGS, YOUR
EMOTIONS, YOUR THOUGHT LIFE.
IT WANTS TO RULE YOU.
IT DOESN’T WANT TO BE UNDER
CONTROL OF THE SPIRIT MAN.
SEE, THAT’S WHERE THE
CONFLICT COMES IN.
YOU’VE GOT YOUR SPIRIT MAN,
AND YOU’VE GOT YOUR FLESH,
AND THERE IS THIS STRUGGLE.
BUT YOU HAVE TO SAY, “NO, I’M
NOT GONNA LET THE FLESH RUN
WILD, BUT I’M GONNA PUT IT
UNDER CONTROL WITH MY STRONG
SPIRIT MAN.”
SEE, THE FLESH WILL EAT THREE
BOWLS OF ICE CREAM.
THE FLESH WILL SPEND MONEY
YOU DON’T HAVE.
THE FLESH IS EASILY OFFENDED.
THE FLESH WILL SAY WHAT IT
WANTS TO AND CAUSE AN
ARGUMENT.
THE FLESH IS LAZY.
IT WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE THAT
SELF-CONTROL AND DISCIPLINE
ARE A BAD THING.
IT’S A NEGATIVE IN YOUR LIFE.
I WANT YOU TO SAY THIS, “OH,
HAVE TO BE DISCIPLINED
TODAY.
THIS IS WHAT I CAN’T DO.
THIS IS WHAT I CAN’T EAT.
THIS IS WHAT I CAN’T SPEND.”
SEE, THAT’S WHAT THE FLESH
WANTS YOU TO THINK: IT’S A
BAD THING.
BUT CAN I TELL YOU THAT
DISCIPLINE AND SELF-CONTROL
ARE NOT OUR ENEMIES, BUT
THEY’RE OUR WEAPONS.
THEY’RE THE TOOLS GOD GAVE US
TO SUCCEED AND TO REACH THIS
FULL POTENTIAL.
SEE, DISCIPLINE SHOULD SAY
THIS, “I’M NOT GONNA SIT ON
THE COUCH ALL DAY AND WATCH
TV.
I’M A PRODUCTIVE PERSON.
I’M GONNA GET WITH IT.
I’M GONNA GET BUSY.”
THE SPIRIT SAYS THIS, “MAN,
I’M BUDGETING MY MONEY
BECAUSE I’VE GOT GOALS.
I’VE GOT SOME THINGS I’M
GONNA DO IN THIS LIFE.
I’M GONNA REACH MY GOALS.
I’M NOT GONNA LIVE AT A
DEFICIT ALL THE TIME, BUT I’M
GONNA LIVE IN AN OVERFLOW
STATE.
SO I’M NOT GONNA RUN OUT AND
SPEND EVERYTHING THAT MY EYES
SEE.
I AM SELF-CONTROLLED.”
SEE, THE FLESH WANTS YOU TO
EAT EVERYTHING.
IT WANTS YOU TO NOT TAKE CARE
OF YOUR TEMPLE, BUT
DISCIPLINE SAYS, “LISTEN,
THIS IS MY BODY.
THIS IS WHAT GOD GAVE ME.
I’M GONNA PUT GOOD STUFF IN.
I’M GONNA REST.
I’M GONNA TAKE CARE OF MY
BODY.
I’M GONNA EXERCISE.
THIS IS WHAT’S GETTING ME
AROUND, AND I WANT IT TO LOOK
GOOD, AND I WANNA FEEL GOOD
IN IT,” RIGHT?
LISTEN, IF YOU HAD A ROLLS
ROYCE, YOU WOULDN’T PUT THE
CHEAPEST GAS YOU COULD FIND
IN IT.
CAN I TELL YOU YOU’RE DRIVING
AROUND IN A PRETTY DARN
GOOD-LOOKING VEHICLE?
YOU NEED TO PUT THE GOOD
STUFF IN.
SELF-CONTROL.
DISCIPLINE IS NOT YOUR ENEMY.
IT’S YOUR FRIEND.
EVERY TIME YOU CHOOSE
DISCIPLINE AND SELF-CONTROL,
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’RE SAYING?
NO TO THE ENEMY.
“NO, YOU CAN’T HAVE YOUR WAY
IN MY LIFE.”
YOU’RE BUILDING THOSE WALLS.
YOU’RE BECOMING STRONG,
FORTIFIED.
YOU’RE NOT JUST LETTING ANY
OLD THING HAVE ITS WAY IN
YOUR LIFE.
WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR
MINDSETS.
WE HAVE TO THINK AT A HIGHER
CAPACITY.
SEE, SELF-CONTROL IS A GIFT
FROM THE SPIRIT.
NOW, CAN I TELL YOU SOME
PEOPLE CAN DISCIPLINE
THEMSELVES BETTER THAN
OTHERS?
YOU KNOW WE’VE GOT ALL KINDS
OF DISPOSITIONS AND
PERSONALITIES, AND SOME
PEOPLE MAY FIND IT EASIER.
SOME PEOPLE MAY FIND IT A
LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT.
YOU MAY HAVE TO REALLY
IDENTIFY SOME THINGS, BUT LET
ME TELL YOU IF YOU ARE EASILY
DISCIPLINED, AND YOU ARE EASY
AT THAT, THERE’S EIGHT OTHER
FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT YOU
MIGHT NEED TO CHECK INTO:
PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS.
THERE’S ALWAYS SOME POTENTIAL
CALL IT OUT TO YOU.
THERE’S ALWAYS GONNA BE A
DEMAND ON YOUR INNER
STRENGTH.
LISTEN TO WHAT IT SAYS IN
HEBREWS 12:11.
IT SAYS, “NO DISCIPLINE AT
THE TIME SEEMS PLEASANT, BUT
LATER ON IT WILL PRODUCE A
GREAT HARVEST OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS.”
DISCIPLINE PRODUCES A HARVEST
IN YOUR LIFE.
IT DOES SOMETHING FOR YOU.
IT’S YOUR FRIEND.
SEE, WE NEED TO THINK MORE
ABOUT THE LATER ON.
YOUR FLESH, YOUR FEELINGS,
WANTS TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE
RIGHT NOW.
IT DOESN’T WANNA TELL YOU
ABOUT THE LATER ON.
IT WANTS TO TELL YOU WHAT’S
GONNA FEEL GOOD RIGHT NOW,
WHAT’S EASY RIGHT NOW, THE
EASY WAY OUT RIGHT NOW.
BUT SEE, YOUR POTENTIAL IS
SAYING, “STEP BACK AND THINK
ABOUT THE LATER ON.
HOW DO YOU WANNA FEEL LATER
ON?”
THE FLESH ALWAYS GIVES
TEMPORARY PLEASURE.
IT ALWAYS TALKS TO YOU ABOUT
THE TEMPORARY, BUT DISCIPLINE
TALKS TO YOU ABOUT THE
ETERNAL, THE IMPORTANT THINGS
IN LIFE.
CAN I ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE OF
US THAT YOU’VE GOT GREAT
TREASURE ON THE INSIDE OF
YOU?
2017 IS GONNA BE YOUR YEAR.
YOU HAVE DISCIPLINE AND
SELF-CONTROL.
IT’S A FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT.
YOU JUST GOTTA EXERCISE IT.
LET IT PUT A DEMAND ON YOUR
INNER STRENGTH AND YOUR INNER
MAN.
SOME OF YOU MAY NEED TO JUST
IDENTIFY A COUPLE AREAS, YOU
KNOW?
IT’S DIFFICULT TO FIX
EVERYTHING AT ONCE, RIGHT?
BUT WHEN WE IDENTIFY AN AREA
OR TWO THAT WE REALIZE MAYBE
NEED TO BE BUILT UP, MAYBE
NEED TO BE STRENGTHENED,
MAYBE YOU JUST NEED TO CLOSE
SOME GATES, MAYBE YOU NEED TO
GET OUT OF SOME THINGS THAT
YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING
IN.
LET GO OF THE FEW PEOPLE THAT
ARE BREAKING DOWN YOUR WALLS,
BREAKING DOWN YOUR INNER
STRENGTH.
SEE, MAYBE YOU JUST NEED TO
IDENTIFY AND ASK GOD, “GOD,
HELP ME.”
HE WANTS TO WALK WITH YOU.
HE WANTS TO HELP YOU FOCUS ON
IT AND LET THAT SELF-CONTROL
AND DISCIPLINE BRING A GREAT
HARVEST IN YOUR LIFE, AMEN?
AMEN.
GOD IS GOOD, AND HE’S GOOD
ALL THE TIME.
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HEAR FROM YOU.
WE’RE PRAYING FOR
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
WE’LL SEE YOU
NEXT TIME!