The Real Reason You Don’t Live Royal Every Day

APOC Ministry

Eric Thomas

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Why do you feel strong in one moment… and small in the next? Why do you get encouraged, confident, clear then shrink in familiar places, around familiar people, or under familiar pressure? This message exposes the real reason many of us don’t live fully in who God called us to be every day. It’s not a lack of information. It’s not motivation. It’s not effort. It’s unhealed wounds shaping how we think, react, and repeat patterns we swore we were done with. In this message, you’ll discover: Why confidence fades in certain environments The difference between freedom and true royalty How unhealed wounds distort identity Why repetition shapes belief more than truth How to stop shrinking without pretending or performing This isn’t about wearing a crown at church or when you feel good, It’s about understanding why you take it off in specific moments — and how healing restores what was already yours. You don’t earn royalty. You remember it. Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome: The Gift of Today 00:00:39 Stop Coming for a Smile—Come for a Solution 00:02:00 The Real Problem: Why Don't We Live Royal Every Day? 00:02:48 The Formula: Royal Download Minus Unhealed Wounds Plus Repetition 00:03:50 Taking Off Your Crown: Where We Lose Our Royalty 00:10:16 From Chosen to Crowned: Understanding Your Royal Identity 00:10:51 The Black Sheep Story: Unhealed Wounds From Childhood 00:14:06 God Calls You Out of Darkness: The Black Sheep Gets Special Attention 00:16:15 You Don't Get Over It—You Get Through It 00:18:49 The Fisher Price Phone Incident: Recognizing Your Triggers 00:17:55 Scars vs. Wounds: You Can't Help Others While You're Still Bleeding 00:27:26 From Slavery to Royalty: The Three Levels of Identity 00:29:46 Slave, Free, or Royal: Where Are You Right Now? 00:35:38 You Don't Earn Royalty—You Remember It 00:36:08 It's Already Mine: Standing in Your Royal Identity 00:38:00 Do Not Conform: Be Transformed by Renewing Your Mind 00:38:38 Identity Determines Behavior: The Royal Mindset Formula 00:41:30 What Do You Remember Most: Pain or Promise? 00:43:22 The Five F's Audit: Faith, Family, Fitness, Finance, Fruit 00:44:26 Prayer for Healing: Stop Bleeding on People You're Called to Protect ✅ Subscribe to this channel for weekly sermons, motivation, and faith-based leadership content. https://www.youtube.com/@ApocMinistry?sub_confirmation=1 📲 Download the App for exclusive messages, devotionals, and on-the-go access to sermons: Apple - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apoc-ministry/id6744073299 Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.pushpay.apocministry&hl=en_US 🎧 Listen on the go — available on Apple Podcasts & Spotify. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/apoc-ministry/id1448489948

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0:00.0	Yo, what's up? It's your boy, E.T. Pastor of a place to change ministries. Thank you so much for
0:06.8	tuning into this podcast. You know, so many people have said to me, E, we love the normal service,
0:11.8	but the podcast, we can wash dishes, wash clothes, work out to it, drive up and down the road,
0:18.9	our commute to work.
0:22.1	And so, guys, thank you so much.
0:27.0	Look, you know, we have one goal here, and that is to meet your spiritual needs.
0:32.2	And so we hope that this message helps you in your everyday walk, helps you in your transformation.
0:38.1	And most importantly, we hope that it helps you to make the rest of your life the best of your life.
0:40.3	I want to start here.
0:45.1	Like just, and be honest, how many of you by a show of hands when you come to church,
0:49.3	you'll come into church to leave with a smile on your face?
0:50.1	Just raise your hand.
0:51.7	Good, good, good.
0:52.7	All right, perfect, perfect.
0:55.8	Now, hold your hand out like this towards your neighbor and smack your neighbor's hand until I'm stop doing that. Yeah, go ahead. Just turn to your neighbor,
1:02.3	hold the hand out, smack them on the hands and say, stop doing that. Now, I'm not saying you shouldn't
1:08.1	come to church and leave with a smile, but I don't want you to come to church with the purpose of leaving with a smile.
1:16.1	I want you to come to church for the purpose of leaving with the solution.
1:22.4	Now, once you get your solution, you will have a smile.
1:26.1	But we're not coming to church just to feel good. Amen,
1:30.3	somebody. We're coming in church to get a solution to a problem because this is the house of the
1:37.1	Lord. And in the house of the Lord, we get healing. Amen? In the house of the Lord, we are redeemed. Amen?
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