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There's so many things that are happening
in our role right now.
So many things happening in our world that
we have no control over.
And
as a as a king as a priest
as a leader as an influencer at some
level,
we must be mentally prepared. We must be
mentally tough,
you know, a lot of times, people are,
they're in the game. And basically, they'll be
lot alive, you have no choice out Indian
game. People are checking out, You know, when
a person says, they don't wanna live in
more is because they've lost is lost hope.
And,
you know, the bible says hope deferred makes
the heart weak.
And
basically, but when a dream comes to pass.
Oh, my god. I guess it's life giving.
And so, basically, I wanna talk today just
a little bit about
not being hopeless, but having the right mindset
to,
moving forward,
and that's the statement by itself moving forward,
you know, moving forward means that I'm not
gonna stay here.
My present status is not what I dreamed
or what I believed and what I was
born for. But moving forward means that listen.
I'm in this game. I'm in the arena.
I may not be where I want to
be. I may not be where I that
plan to be. I thought I'd be for
the loan than I was now. But, hey,
I'm here. I'm alive. I'm breathing.
And so for that reason,
I'm a fight.
I'm a push. I'm a press.
And because I'm a fight. I'm a push.
I'm a press. Whenever I can't
walk I'll crawl fight and whatever I can
crawl,
I will I will think. And when I
can't think I will know you. I I
don't have teeth. I know you. If mint
mentality it, I'm not just in the game,
but I'm in it to win it.
And we have this treasure, this this guarantee.
In earth vessel in our physical bodies, which
is Christ in us, which is the hope.
That's the hope right there. Christ in us,
the hope glory. David puts it like this
psalm 23. He says,
he says it like this. He says,
Y though or even though I walk through
the valley or through the See a ball
a low place. We have to take words
for their literal meaning, even though I walk
through the ballot. First of all, he didn't
say I'm pitching a tent on building a
house in a ballot. And what I mean,
but in a lot of us, we build
tents. We we dwell on the situation, and
that gets us into a place of depression.
Discourage
because of a simple distraction. So even though
I walk, even though I'm going through this
valid tough time. This temporary
situation.
I I will fear no. So you see
I will. You gotta thinking about I will.
I, first of all is a personal thing.
This And this means that you have to
make decision I god. Even though I'm going
through this temporary situation this test this trial,
this unusual, this inconvenience discomfort,
this this this distraction all this
this person I'm having deal with on the
job in the life and the marriage, whatever
the child, even though I'm gonna walk through
even though I'm walking through this challenge, is
temporary.
This valley this low place. This
disappointment in someone or yourself.
There's a resolution says, I,
I means I've have come to a place
that I made a decision. What does I
mean? I mean it's a personal thing. It's
a personal
personal choice.
And see when we make that decision, it
means to cut away all the options.
The root word of decision decision, which means
to cut away. Cut away what? All options.
And so literally when we say focus, we're
saying you're gonna cut away all other options
and focus on that 1 thing.
And so even though I'm walking through this
value of a shadow
of death,
I will feel... I will. I decide I
think... Cr. Not God, I, God gave me
the capacity to make a decision, I gotta
make that decision. And when you make the
decision, the way we'll present itself. God shows
up.
He... He's reinforcement. He's back up. See you
decide to raise the sale, that will cause
the wind to blow.
But you gotta raise the sale. You got
me, I'm gonna I will live and not
die. I'm coming through. Listen if anybody's gonna
come through. I'm coming through.
And, you know, the word will and shell
are the 2 most positive words in the
English language. I will. I shall.
I shall not be moved.
And this is the mentality we have to
have as as as kings and and leaders
in this in in this time. We are
in time of great great transition.
And know, some of the transition is not
comfortable. It's not convenient. It's it... It's not
even good. It's not even righteous us.
You know, I was just reading something they.
Now they've... I think they they've established theirs
their 6 genders.
Come on. God me it. 2 genders.
Anytime the enemy wants to attack a thing,
he'll bring confusion, he'll cause you to question.
And when you quest in the basics, the
core, the truth, this is how you bring
a society all world down.
You know? And so the the... So in
we're in transition as a world.
And it because what does transition mean? Transition
means that
there are times where you're not gonna be
comfortable. It's gonna be inconvenient, but you gotta
know that, listen, I'm taking... It's just like
you fly on the plane. If you flown
the plant, You know that there's a thing
called turbulence.
But it's okay. We're gonna... This plane is
gonna last. We're gonna land this puppy at
our destination because we bought our ticket,
which is G has paid the price,
we we we got on that plane,
even though we knew nothing about flying a
plane,
agreed, we agreed. We came into a compliance,
power of agreement
that we we agreed that we're gonna sit
down, put our seatbelt on so shut up,
be quiet and at the pilot do his
thing.
And so a lot of times when you
have someone who's not compliant, are not an
agreement. It handles the whole
the whole flight because we have a disgruntled
1. We have 1 that's out of agreement
and sort of spouses until we all come
together in the unity of the faith.
And talks about the power green. What does
agreement mean? Agreement means that you need someone
to walk with doing his this transitional period,
stop trying to be... No 1 becomes great
by themselves.
And so when we come together, when we
work together when we strategize together I'm telling
you the things that are coming upon this
land you know, that are already here, you're
gonna have to work together with somebody.
You know? And and, you know, I used
to tell my children, my older children. I
would say, listen,
watch how you treat the small man, people
we would consider to be small.
And guess what?
Everybody's a small man.
Oh
watch how you treat the small my, man.
And everybody's a small man. And so that
means there's no big eyes little use. This
is what's the challenges of this world and
these... The the times we're living in, it's
gonna require us to communicate to work together.
To pray together.
So I would encourage you the see to
to to be aware that the season
transition brings challenges dinner distractions, delays,
ultimately get you to be denied, but really
not even get to me denied, but ultimately
be destroyed to destroy you. Ba says the
interview doesn't come to kill. It comes to
kill to steal could destroy it. And so
David saint even though I walk through the
valley, I'm coming through. This is a temporary
situation. It's like a... It is... I I
picture like a tunnel. You in the tunnel,
it's... It may be dark,
but there's a light at the end of
that tunnel. And in the tunnel, there's no
there's no catholic phase where you can stop
in the middle of a tunnel and say,
I'm gonna take a coffee break. Nope. It's
forward March baby. We gonna do this thing.
Do it. I'm coming through. And so forward
March inside the tunnel. You can't go back
because you got people behind you and it's
not but darkness, but and you... And so
for some of you, you come too far.
You've come to... You have too much invested
you know, it said that
and 1 of the branches the military, A
man is only destroyed by broken focus.
A man is only destroyed by broken focus.
And so focus means to to fix your
eyes to set your face set your mindset
that I shall not be moved.
I will serve the lord,
you know, And so it's the mindset.
You know, your mindset
determines your your results,
your mindset is, you know, if if business
in the, your mindset determines your mind, do
you realize that some people may may come...
Make... Let's see if a job that pays
your million dollars a year. It's but your
mindset is your default setting. Some ways somehow,
you're gonna... That money is gonna leave you,
whether you misuse it, abuse it, whatever
because you you can... Your mindset is your
predetermined
level
of
function.
Is why up, people that win the lottery.
And they say, in the average 2 years,
they'll they're broke again. You cannot rise above
the level of your mindset. You can't rise
above the let of of your m... You
can't produce
beyond the image you have of yourself. Some
people don't feel worthy. Some people don't feel
qualified. Some whatever, whatever or whatever.
Your mindset So I'm saying in this is
a transition, you know, when you're walking through,
when, you know, is essentially important that, with
you set a mindset that I pay, listen.
I'm mentally tough mentally red. Listen. We like
mental tough
in this world right now. Because we've gotten...
We become creatures of of comfort, comfort creatures.
Oh my god. They remote broken
you need be reading a book.
You know,
oh my god. Who's gonna wash the car.
You know, Look, I'm not trying to discredit
anyone's situation, but You know, I I think
there's a lot to be said about how
years ago the the the inconvenience that are
available to us now we're not available then.
But it made us stronger on wiser. It
made us do something that they can't regulate
guys. It made us do something called think.
When you think,
You're putting your mind to work. You're looking...
You're preparing and practicing and observing and considering
other options.
And so a lot of times, we're raising
children that don't know how to think. We
have adults that just don't think. And this
a why I love the game of chess
and because it teaches you in to consider
other options. It teaches you to move 3
to 5 moves ahead.
And to me, that chess is just like
my life. Hey. When I'm making a mistake,
it's just the it's just a move. I
got an opportunity to correct it. And so
many times on that chess board, it seems
like you're in a bad place, and you
are. You you're in check.
But
until I hear check me, big, I'm coming
for you. This is the mentality that you
must have.
And then you have christ with you.
In so many times I love on that
board that I'm gonna bet that situation, but
when I look at that situation from another
angle, and I make 1 move, 1 adjustment.
Oh, now it's check me for... To from
my benefit.
And so
does. I'm literally saying to you today
that but, you know, I'm gonna I'm a
act like a drill sergeant for a second.
You know what the situation you're in right
now. I know it's bad. But you know
what? You're not the first person, and you
surely won't be the last. Get yourself together.
The bible says like this good of the
launch of your mind. Get your mind right.
Basically saying.
Because there's a hope. You have a choice.
You have a future. You have an option
I suggest you take it.
This this is that moment where you said,
okay, I'm doing what I gotta do. You
know, nobody really cares until you win.
I that sounds tough. But this is mental
tough.
Nobody really cares until you win. Like, today
is the 20 fifth. Well, my tomorrow... My
birthday, I'm guessing the date, But the days
is the 20 fifth at the time of
this recording.
Do you utilize tomorrow is the 20 sixth?
Which is the first day of the Olympics
in in Paris,
in 20 24 Olympics. And so tomorrow, we
will be able to observe
elites who've taken years and years and years
of training in preparation,
years of self denial, discipline, mental tough for
just a few moments of glory and victory.
Training years for a race that takes only
seconds. Come on man.
It's like you have to... It's gotta be
a passion. It's gotta be a call. What
is the thing that you're so passionate about
you're willing to sacrifice for?
Man you know, people may pretend to love
you, but they can't pretend to show up.
I'm gonna say that again. See when I
see when you show up,
Mean to show up on these calls, these
lies.
You you you saying there's something me that's
worth me getting myself. Up early to listen.
That's why we do these calls early.
Nothing against people who wake up late, but
you know, this is of there's... It's over
and over in the bible, It talks about
the how the winner the leader rises early.
You know? And so what am I saying?
We all have a choice. We all have
your options. You you're you're not so special
that you only only person with your set
of particular set of problems and challenges.
Technically I don't even use the word problems
because problem means that there's no...
Solution. Jesus is the answer.
And if you want me, I don't wanna
sound clear cliche, but let's break that down.
When I say Jesus is the answer, the
the love that god of to his gift
of this gift of
salvation Jesus christ. The love. Love is the
antidote, to cure all for everything.
I people are not angry they lack love.
People people... Whatever
every flaw, every sin,
is a result of lack of love. Or
even if you know the love god is
recognition or acceptance of his love at a
deep... Different level you know, some of us
we accept that, but we go so far.
You know? So we're talking about walking through
the challenge, because even though I walk through
the valley of the shadow of death, you
gotta think about it. Come on, man. I
I skipped the worry y'all,
David said in Psalm 23,
even though a y do I walk to
the valley, a dark place a low place
in between the 2 piece. I used to
be on top. Now I'm down.
Man, come on.
I'm not used to being down, or sometimes
I'm in the valley. I just... Got what
I'm I'm always been there. I don't know.
A different. Right? Even though I I'm walk
through the valley of the shadow.
Now that word right there is deep because
the shadow means we so you can't... You
shouldn't be afraid of a shadow or a
dark place, a shadow not reflection with... So
in the water point there to be a
shadow that must be light. So
It you can't have a shadow without a
light. What does that mean? That means in
your darkest place.
There is a see you're in between the
light of God is in you... It's before
you. The glory is God before you, and
the glory God is behind you.
And because the light is behind you it's
casting a shadow in front of you. So
why would you be afraid of a shadow
because the issue... It's... The it is proof
that there's light of God, the glory got
is behind you.
Even though I walk through the valley a
dark place of a shadow of something that
looks bad, I'm gonna feel why. Because you
are with me.
You have to come to a place of...
You have to come to a place where...
Awareness,
not just not just to be consciously
aware that God is with you. That's the
game changer.
He's basically saying listen, dude, man love. I'm
going to a bad time, like, a a
whole lot other people, but I'm not gonna
trip. I'm not gonna be upset. I'm not
gonna kill myself. I'm not gonna check out.
I'm not gonna clock out. I'm not gonna
give up because I'm consciously aware of 1
thing. That's the game chain. To God is
with me.
Man, when you know God is with you,
you know, it is...
When you go to a tough place. You
go to court. You go to the hospital.
Those life altering places, you know, you go
to the hospital, you may not come back.
You go to court you may be sentenced
whatever. Right?
You go to to the boss's room and
call in the office. Right? When you go
to is really confident know that you're not
by yourself.
You take someone with you to the hospital,
someone with choose a court situation.
And when we've... When you have to walk
alone, it's a since it... It's it's just
It's additional support when you when you're not
by yourself. And so David saying, listen. Even
though I walk through the barrel of the
shadow death. Look dude, I'm not gonna fear
any evil.
Because you are with me. And then he
breaks it down. You're rod and your staff.
That's basically the word and your spirit
You need the word, but you need the
spirit. Many of us, we study the word
of god. Read the word of god, but
we don't... Have a relationship with your spirit.
That's where most people are that coming to
the kingdom. They read the word. They listen
to the word. They pray the word,
they don't have a relationship with his spirit
that I ride them that staff that word
in my spirit.
You you your staff represents
individuals, just like in a job or business,
you know, his staff is workers.
It's it's personnel,
that word that spirit that rod and thy
staff, they come me. Your staff or people
that comfort you. Well, guys wants to be
your staff to comfort you while you're going
through this
fly fired police or is temporary situation in
your life. That rod. The rod is for
correction. The word Rex and Got, but that
staff? Oh, they come from me.
See their rod with that Shepard would use
if there was
you know, Wolf for an attacker that would
use and then also to guy. Right? The
sheep. But the staff,
that was for him
Oh, that a preached, man.
The rod is for the enemy and for
correction,
what the staff is for you. And so
many of you you have the word... But
it seems like your relationship was so stiff
so hard, so insensitive, why? Because guess what?
You don't have a relationship with the staff.
You don't have relationship with people
beyond yourself?
Because I start off this off by saying
in the season of transition and you're gonna
need people. You're gonna need personnel, you're gonna
need staff.
You know, even in a world in a
business world, you staff your weakness, and whatever
you we, you need to get help there.
You get a replacement there. You know,
you know, I do so many things, but
I give credit. I have a staff that
does so many things for me. They make
me look good.
I rather I'm not staffed they comfort you.
The
even though I walk to the bow the
shadow that I will fear no evil for
that ra, my step they caught me.
And so
I just want to just share that word
of encouragement because
things are tough,
and they may get tougher, but that's all.
Right.
I'm, I'm decided I decree that I'm coming
through. If anybody... If anybody gonna be coming
through, it's gonna be me. And you have
to say that within yourself.
You have to say that within yourself. See
this conversation you have to have with yourself.
I told myself.
I said within myself.
So guys, I'm a stop right now. I
hope something saying is is has charged you
has inspired you corrected you, maybe kicked you
off to get you to a better place.