Hi, this is Victoria. Thank you so much for downloading this podcast. I believe God has amazing

things in your future. I hope you enjoy this message.

How many of you are making some decisions or plans on what you want to achieve for 2017?

Hey, man, set in some goals. Maybe go and break some habits, change a few things around.

You know, you're excited. It's something 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, within sight 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 and no-ainteen. 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 going to 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.

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