If you've ever felt insecure, if you've ever felt unqualified, if you've ever felt discouraged,

if you've ever felt like you are in over your head doing what God has called you to do. This message is for you.

We're going to talk about how to transform your life through godly thinking and it really is

impossible to live right if you're thinking wrong.

And so we're going to let God's words set the pace for our lives.

Amen.

This is week one of Firebrand series.

Welcome to Firebrand.

That's what we're talking about in this series.

Some of you are like, not clapping

because you like, I don't even know what to do with that information.

A firebrand is really three things.

Number one, it's any piece of burning wood.

Number two, it's a passionate person. or number three, it's a mark given to show ownership,

specifically of livestock, where it's been used, we can prove, for the last almost 5,000 years.

In fact, the earliest evidence of a fire brand

of a brand put on something by fire to show ownership

is the ancient Egyptians, right? We know what the ancient Egyptians did because they drew pictures of everything they did

If only life was was always so easy right someone told me your book. I love it. It's just too long, right? Any more pictures, right?

And thank you for that.

But the ancient Egyptians drew pictures of everything they did.

And so because of these hieroglyphics we know that as early as 2,700 BC, the Egyptians would take their cows,

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