Hi, this is Joel in Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry.

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I like to start with something funny.

I heard about these two evil brothers that were very wealthy. One of them died.

His brother said to the pastor, I'll make a deal with you. I'll make a large donation to your church under one condition.

If at the funeral, you'll say, my brother was a saint. The pastor agreed and the man made the donation.

During the service, the pastor said this man was an evil man. He lied, he cheated, he stole.

But compared to his brother, he was a saint. Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am.

I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do.

Today, I will be taught the Word of God. I'll boldly confess my mind is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be the same in Jesus' name. God bless you.

I want to talk to you today about protecting your imagination. We all have pictures that we see in our mind.

God created us as visual beams. Like a movie screen, different images will come up.

Sometimes we're not even thinking about it and a negative imagination will come.

We'll see our business going down. Our child getting off course, us losing our health.

There's no truth to it. It's not going to come to pass. But if you let that play, you'll go through the day worried.

Wrong imaginations will keep you awake at night. Dwellin on these negative images will cause you to live in fear.

It will keep you from expecting God's best. It's all an imagination. It's not a reality. It's just something you're seeing in your mind.

It's one thing to have something to deal with this actually happening. We all face challenges.

But too often, we're letting these wrong imaginations of what might happen. What might not work out. What might fall apart.

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