>> VICTORIA: THANK YOU LORD.
YOU MAY BE SEATED.
WE ARE SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE
TODAY.
THERE WAS A STUDY DONE AT
STANFORD UNIVERSITY THAT SAID
THAT ATTITUDE IS A BETTER
PREDICTOR OF SUCCESS THAN IQ.
THEY RELATED ATTITUDE
AND SUCCESS.
YOU KNOW, ATTITUDE REALLY
STARTS WITH THE WAY WE THINK
ABOUT SOMETHING OR SOMEONE.
AND THAT'S HOW WE DEVELOPED
THESE ATTITUDES.
YOU SEE, IT'S INTERESTING
BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
SOMETHING OR SOMEONE THE
WRONG WAY, YOU DEVELOP A BAD
ATTITUDE.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
SOMETHING OR SOMEONE THE
RIGHT WAY, THEN YOU DEVELOP A
GOOD ATTITUDE.
SO THEY WERE SAYING, "EITHER
YOU CAN HAVE A BAD ATTITUDE
AND YOU LACK SUCCESS NO
MATTER HOW BRIGHT YOU ARE OR
YOU CAN HAVE A GOOD ATTITUDE
EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT THE
BRIGHTEST PERSON."
THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD TO
ME.
I'M ALL IN.
SEE THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER
IS, IN THE BOOK OF NUMBERS,
THERE WAS TWO MEN WHO
DISPLAYED THIS EXACT STUDY.
STANFORD JUST SHOULD'VE
STUDIED JOSHUA AND CALEB.
BECAUSE THESE TWO GUYS WERE
AMAZING IN THEIR ATTITUDE.
NOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THE
STORY.
MOSES TOOK TWELVE LEADERS
FROM THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL AND
HE TOLD THEM TO GO INTO THIS
LAND THAT GOD HAD ALREADY
PROMISED TO GIVE THEM AND SPY
THE LAND OUT.
HE SAID, "GO IN.
CHECK OUT THE LAND.
BRING BACK SOME PRODUCE.
BRING BACK SOME OF THE
VEGETATION THAT'S IN THE
LAND, SO WE CAN KIND OF HAVE
A GLIMPSE OF WHAT--WHAT'S IN
THAT LAND."
YOU KNOW, AND IT TALKS ABOUT
HOW THEY--GRAPES WERE IN
SEASON AND HOW THEY HAD TO
CARRY A CLUSTER OF GRAPES
LIKE ON A LONG BAR AND IT
TOOK TWO MEN TO GET THE
GRAPES BACK TO THE CAMP.
LISTEN, RANDALL'S DOESN'T
HAVE GRAPES LIKE THAT.
THEY WERE BIG GRAPES.
THE LAND WAS FLOURISHING, BUT
ALSO IN THAT LAND THEY SAW
GIANTS.
ALL 12 OF THOSE SPIES CAME
BACK AND THEY SAW THE SAME
THING.
AND THEY SAID, "YES, THE LAND
IS GOOD."
NOW, ISN'T IT INTERESTING
ABOUT ATTITUDE.
WE CAN ALL SEE THE SAME
THING, BUT WE'RE GOING TO
FORMULATE OUR ATTITUDE BY THE
WAY WE THINK.
YOU SEE, HOW YOU THINK IS
DIRECTLY RELATED TO YOUR
REPORT.
WHAT'S GONNA COME OUT OF YOUR
MOUTH.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT, YOU
KNOW, "OUT OF THE HEART THE
MOUTH SPEAKS."
THAT'S WHY YOU CAN'T HID A
BAD ATTITUDE FOR LONG.
YOU CAN TRY TO PUSH IT DOWN,
YOU CAN TRY TO FAKE PEOPLE
OUT, YOU CAN TRY TO ACT LIKE
YOU'RE ENJOYING SOMEBODY'S
CONVERSATION WHEN YOU'RE
THINKING BAD THOUGHTS ABOUT
THEM THE WHOLE TIME.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING, EVENTUALLY IT'S
GONNA SHOW UP.
IT MAY NOT SHOW UP IN THAT
PERSON'S CONVERSATION BUT I
GUARANTEE YOU IT'S GONNA SHOW
UP SOMEWHERE ELSE IN YOUR
LIFE, BECAUSE BAD ATTITUDES
SPREAD.
THEY HAVE LEGS.
THEY ARE TRANSFERRED INTO
OTHER AREAS OF OUR LIVES.
SO, BACK TO MY STORY--THEY
ALL SAW THAT THE LAND WAS
FILLED WITH BEAUTIFUL
VEGETATION, GREAT SOIL, BUT
IT ALSO HAD GIANTS.
IT ALSO HAD SOME STRONG
PEOPLE IN THE LAND.
SO, TEN OF THOSE LEADERS CAME
BACK AND THEY REPORTED THAT,
"THE LAND IS GOOD.
WE AGREE ON THAT, BUT THE WAY
WE SEE IT, WE SEE IT WITH
GIANTS.
WE SEE IT WITH WALLED CITIES.
WE SEE THOSE PEOPLE WAY
BIGGER THAN US.
IN FACT, WE ARE SMALL IN
COMPARISON TO THEM."
THEY ACTUALLY DESCRIBE
THEMSELVES AS GRASSHOPPERS.
ABOUT THAT TIME, JOSHUA AND
CALEB, THEY WERE LIKE, "SHH,
SHH."
THE SCRIPTURE DESCRIBES THEM
AS TRYING TO HUSH THE BAD
REPORT.
YOU SEE, THEY WERE OF A
DIFFERENT SPIRIT, THE BIBLE
DESCRIBES THEM.
OF A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE.
THEY WERE DIFFERENT THAN THE
REST OF 'EM.
YOU SEE, THEY DIDN'T SEE THE
IMPOSSIBILITIES, THEY SAW THE
BEAUTIFUL LAND.
BUT WHEN THEY SAW THE GIANTS,
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAW?
THEY SAW AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
GOD TO WORK IN THEIR LIFE.
THEY SAW AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
THEM TO TRUST GOD FOR WHAT HE
HAD SPOKEN IN THEIR LIFE.
THEY SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO
POSSESS A PROMISE AND LET GOD
FIGHT THEIR BATTLES FOR THEM.
YOU SEE, THEY TRIED TO HUSH
THAT BAD REPORT.
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT IN YOUR
MINDS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD THIS
IDEA AND YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT
WHAT GOD WANT TO DO IN YOUR
LIFE?
MAYBE IT'S A PROMOTION.
MAYBE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE
REALLY GONNA BELIEVE THIS IS
THE RELATIONSHIP FOR YOU.
IT'S GONNA WORK OUT.
THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT
YOU'RE REALLY BELIEVING FOR
ARE GONNA HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE
AND IT LOOKS GOOD.
BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
THOSE NEGATIVE VOICES START
TELLING YOU WHY IT'S NOT GOOD
AND HOW IT'S NEVER GONNA
HAPPEN.
CAN I TELL YOU?
YOU GOTTA BE LIKE JOSHUA AND
CALEB AND YOU GOTTA HUSH
THOSE VOICES.
YOU GOTTA SHUT 'EM DOWN.
YOU GOTTA SAY, "NO.
I'M NOT GONNA LISTEN TO YOU."
I TRULY BELIEVE MOSES WAS
UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT
WHEN THEY CAME BACK THEY WERE
GONNA BRING A GOOD REPORT.
THEY WERE GONNA ENCOURAGE THE
CAMP.
THEY WERE GONNA BRING THOSE
GRAPES.
THEY WERE GONNA GO, "YEAH,
WE'RE GONNA GO GET THOSE
GRAPES.
WE'RE HUNGRY.
WE HADN'T HAD ANY GRAPES
LATELY."
BUT IT DIDN'T BECAUSE OF THE
BAD REPORT THE LEADERS
BROUGHT.
THEY COULDN'T HUSH A BAD
REPORT.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT TELLS ME
TODAY?
THAT TELLS ME THAT WE GOTTA
DRIVE OUT NEGATIVE VOICES.
WE CAN'T BE NEGATIVE TALKERS.
WE CAN'T TRANSFER NEGATIVE
REPORTS TO OUR FAMILY.
WE CAN'T TRANSMIT FEAR TO OUR
CHILDREN.
WE CAN'T DISCIPLINE THEM FROM
OUR PLACE OF FEAR.
LISTEN, WE WANT TO BUILD
FAITH.
WE WANT TO BE LIKE JOSHUA AND
CALEB.
WHENEVER YOU'RE BLAMING
SOMEONE NOTICE THIS.
AND THIS IS WHAT THE BIBLE
TELLS US THEY DID.
THEY LITERALLY WERE SO
DISCOURAGED WITH THIS BAD
REPORT THAT THEY BEGAN TO CRY
OUT AND BLAME MOSES AND AARON
FOR ALL THE TROUBLE.
SEE, THEY COULDN'T EVEN SEE
THE MIRACLES AND THE GOOD
THINGS, FOR THE FACT THEY
WERE SO FOCUSED ON ALL THEIR
TROUBLE; ALL THE BAD REPORT.
SO THEY BEGAN TO BLAME AND
POINT THE FINGER.
DON'T YOU KNOW THAT WAS A BAD
DAY?
IT WAS A BAD DAY.
I'M SURE THAT THERE WAS
DISPUTES AMONG THOSE PEOPLE
THAT DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE
THERE BECAUSE THEY WERE
IN--THEY WERE SO NEGATIVE.
THEY WERE SUCH A BAD MOOD.
THEY COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN AROUND BAD
PEOPLE IN BAD MOODS?
WELL THAT WHOLE CAMP WAS IN A
BAD MOOD.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?
THEY STAYED THERE FOR 40
YEARS TOTAL.
THEY COMPLAINED AND THE
REMAINED FOR 40 YEARS.
AND THAT'S WHAT A NEGATIVE
ATTITUDE DOES.
THAT'S WHAT COMPLAINING AND
GRIPING AND GRUMBLING DOES.
SO, I WOULD--IF YOU FIND
YOURSELF IN A PLACE WHERE
YOU'RE TRYING TO LAY BLAME, I
WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO
CHECK YOUR ATTITUDE.
IF IT'S SOMEONE ELSE'S FAULT
YOU NEED TO CHECK YOUR
ATTITUDE, BECAUSE THIS IS MY
POINT TODAY: JOSHUA AND CALEB
HAD A DIFFERENT SPIRIT.
THEY HAD AN EXCELLENT SPIRIT,
AN EXCELLENT ATTITUDE.
THEY WERE AT THE SAME PLACE
THE OTHER TEN MEN WHERE, BUT
THEY WEREN'T GONNA DROP TO
THE DEPTHS OF THE NEGATIVE
SITUATION.
THEY WEREN'T GONNA ALLOW
THEIR FAITH TO BE DESTROYED.
AND YOU KNOW, AS A RESULT OF
THAT THEY ACTUALLY THRIVED IN
THE WILDERNESS WHEN EVERYONE
ELSE DIED IN THE WILDERNESS.
BECAUSE THEY WERE DIFFERENT.
AND GOD HAS CALLED YOU AND I
TO BE DIFFERENT; OF AN
EXCELLENT SPIRIT.
[CONGREGATION APPLAUDING]
>> VICTORIA: YOU MAY BE IN A
PLACE RIGHT NOW THAT'S HARD
AND DIFFICULT.
YOU MAY NOT SEE HOW YOU'RE
GONNA GET OUT, BUT YOU THINK
ABOUT JOSHUA AND CALEB AND
HOW THEY CONTINUE TO PROMOTE
THE LORD.
THEY CONTINUED TO
WORK FOR GOD.
THEY DIDN'T DIE BUT THEY
THRIVED IN THE WILDERNESS.
AND DO YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY
THRIVED IN THE WILDERNESS
THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE
NEXT GENERATION OF ISRAELITES
INTO THE PROMISED LAND AND
POSSESS WHAT GOD SAID THEY
WERE GONNA POSSESS?
YOU KNOW WHAT I FIND REALLY
INTERESTING ABOUT THIS GOOD
ATTITUDE THAT THEY HAD?
THE BIBLE SAID THAT WHEN THEY
WENT INTO THE PROMISED LAND,
JOSHUA AND CALEB, AND TOOK
THE NEXT GENERATION, THEY
SAID TO THE LORD, "WE FEEL
BETTER THAN WE EVER HAVE.
WE FEEL STRONGER THAN WE EVER
HAVE AND WE'RE READY TO TAKE
THIS LAND."
YOU SEE, THEY WERE READY TO
TAKE THE LAND BACK THEN.
THEIR REPORT WAS, "WE CAN
CERTAINLY TAKE THIS LAND."
AND THAT'S HOW WE HAVE TO BE.
WE HAVE TO BE OF A REPORT,
"WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THIS.
WE CAN CERTAINLY FIGHT
THROUGH THIS BECAUSE GOD IS
GONNA ACTUALLY FIGHT OUR
BATTLES FOR US."
IF WE'LL JUST STAY IN AN
ATTITUDE OF FAITH AND TRUST
GOD CAN DO IT.
WHEN JOSHUA TOOK THE NEXT
GENERATION OF ISRAELITES INTO
THE PROMISED LAND THIS WAS
HIS MOTTO; THIS WAS HIS
VISION STATEMENT.
AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT
VISION STATEMENT FOR EACH AND
EVERY ONE OF US.
HE TOLD THOSE PEOPLE.
HE SAID, "LOOK, TODAY CHOOSE
WHO YOU'RE GONNA SERVE.
CHOOSE WHO YOU'RE GONNA
SERVE.
ARE YOU GONNA SERVE NEGATIVE
IDOLATRY?
YOU GONNA SERVE BAD
ATTITUDES?
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA SERVE?
BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'M
GONNA SERVE AND WHAT I'VE
ALWAYS SERVED.
AND I--FOR ME AND MY HOUSE WE
ARE GOING TO SERVE THE LORD.
WE ARE CHOOSING TO TAKE THE
HIGH ROAD.
WE'RE CHOOSING TO OVERLOOK AN
OFFENSE.
WE'RE CHOOSING TO HUSH THOSE
NEGATIVE VOICES WHETHER
THEY'RE IN OUR OWN MIND,
WANTING TO COME OUT OF OUR
MOUTH, OR THEY'RE FROM
SOMEONE ELSE.
WE HAVE THE CHOICE AND THAT'S
THE BOTTOM LINE".
THAT WAS HIS MISSION
STATEMENT TO THEM.
YOU CHOOSE WHAT YOU THINK
ABOUT.
YOU CHOOSE AND YOU DECIDE WHO
YOU'RE GONNA SERVE.
LISTEN WE ARE JOSHUA AND
CALEB IN THIS GENERATION.
WE'RE NOT GONNA PASS ON FEAR.
WE'RE NOT GONNA PASS ON DOUBT
AND WE'RE NOT GONNA SPREAD A
NEGATIVE REPORT, BUT WE'RE
GONNA GO IN AND WE'RE GONNA
TAKE THE LAND THAT GOD
PROMISED US, AMEN?
AMEN.
THANK YOU, LORD.
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YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
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