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

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Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into your homes and if you're ever in our area, please stop by and be a part of one of the services. I promise you, we'll make you feel right at home.

I like to start with something funny and I heard about this kindergarten teacher. She was trying to explain to her students about self-esteem. She said to her class,

anyone who feels like your dumb, please stand up. She didn't think anyone would stand and she'd make the simple point how nobody is dumb.

About that time little Johnny stood up. She thought, oh no, now what am I going to do? She said, now Johnny, do you really feel like your dumb?

He said, no, ma'am, I just hate to see you standing there all by yourself. 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 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 the chain breaker.

We all have forces that are trying to hold us back. We wonder why we can't get ahead, why we can't break an addiction, why we can't control our temper.

Those are chains that are restricting us. Chains of guilt beating ourselves up for past mistakes. Chains of depression that dark cloud follows us around.

Or chains of low self-esteem. We never feel good about ourselves. That recording is constantly playing. You're not attractive enough. You're not talented. You don't have a good personality.

You were not created to live bound. Bound by loneliness, bound by shame, bound by negative words that were spoken over you.

The good news is our God is a chain breaker. You may not see how it can happen. Your circumstances look permanent. Get ready. The chain breaker is about to show up.

That chain of loneliness is being broken. You're going to meet a divine connection. Somebody better than you've imagined. That chain of injustice, bad breaks, always being overlooked, it's being broken.

God is about to pay you back. He's going to make up for the wrongs that were done. Or that chain of lack, struggle, not having enough, it's being lost.

Your opportunity is going to chase you down. You're not going to have to go after it. It's going to come after you. Why? The chains came off.

You're being released into favor. Released into healing. Released into new levels.

Luke 13, Jesus was teaching in the synagogue. He saw a lady that had been sick for 18 years. She was been over and not able to stand up straight.

He was the Sabbath. You weren't supposed to do any kind of work. The religious leaders were watching to see what Jesus was going to do.

He said something interesting in verse 16. Should not this woman whom Satan has bound for 18 years, be lost from her sickness.

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