Develop Self-Control To Rise Higher With God | Victoria Osteen

We all have the capacity to grow and produce more for God. But if we want to reach our destiny, we have to work alongside Him. If you’ll use the tools He gave you to succeed, you’ll see Him fill your life with purpose!

>> VICTORIA OSTEEN: THANK

YOU, LORD.

HALLELUJAH.

YOU GUYS SOUND GREAT.

YOU MAY BE SEATED.

HOW MANY OF YOU ARE MAKING

SOME DECISIONS OR PLANS ON

WHAT YOU WANNA ACHIEVE FOR

2017?

AMEN.

SETTING SOME GOALS.

MAYBE YOU’RE GONNA BREAK SOME

HABITS, CHANGE A FEW THINGS

AROUND, YOU KNOW?

YOU’RE EXCITED.

SOMETHING IS STIRRING IN YOUR

SPIRIT.

YOU’RE THINKING, “I CAN DO

THIS.

THIS IS GREAT.

THIS IS A POSSIBILITY,” YOU

KNOW?

HOWEVER YOU ANSWERED THAT

QUESTION, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT

IS YOU’RE FEELING ON THE

INSIDE?

IT’S YOUR POTENTIAL.

IT’S WHAT YOU’RE CAPABLE OF.

IT’S NOT WHAT YOU’VE ALREADY

ACCOMPLISHED, BUT IT’S WHAT

YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH.

YOU SEE, WITH–INSIDE OF EACH

ONE OF US IS GREAT POTENTIAL.

GOD HAS PUT IT ON THE INSIDE

OF US.

WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO

PRODUCE MORE THAN WE’RE

PRODUCING RIGHT NOW.

WE CAN ALL GO TO NEW LEVELS

WITH GOD.

WE CAN ALL WALK IN A GREATER

ANOINTING.

WE CAN ALL DO MORE FOR GOD.

I’M REALLY SAFE TO SAY THAT

WE ALL HAVE THIS CAPACITY TO

DO MORE.

WE HAVE MORE INSIDE OF US,

BUT HOW DO WE GET WHAT’S IN

US OUT OF US?

BY SELF-DISCIPLINE AND

SELF-CONTROL.

JOEL PRAYS IT OVER US EVERY

WEEK IN THE SERVICE.

HE PRAYS THAT WE WILL HAVE

FOCUS, DISCIPLINE,

SELF-CONTROL.

AS WE ALL STAND WITH OUR ARMS

UP, WE RECEIVE IT BECAUSE WE

KNOW WE NEED IT.

WE NEED IT IF WE’RE GONNA

DEVELOP THE POTENTIAL ON THE

INSIDE OF US.

YOU SEE, WHEN WE HAVE STRONG

DISCIPLINE AND SELF-CONTROL,

IT BUILDS OUR INNER MAN.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE A STRONG

INNER MAN, YOU CAN PRODUCE A

STRONG OUTER MAN.

WE ALL CAN HAVE IT BECAUSE

IT’S A FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT.

DISCIPLINE AND SELF-CONTROL

IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF GOD,

AND WE’RE SUPPOSED TO BE MORE

LIKE GOD.

WE’RE SUPPOSED TO GO AFTER

THE THINGS OF GOD.

GOD SAID, “YOU CAN HAVE THIS

BECAUSE I’VE ALREADY GIVEN IT

TO YOU.”

YOU JUST HAVE TO DEVELOP IT.

YOU HAVE TO EXERCISE IT SO

THAT THAT POTENTIAL THAT’S IN

YOU CAN COME OUT.

YOU SEE, DISCIPLINE AND

SELF-CONTROL PUTS A DEMAND ON

OUR INNER MAN.

AS SIMPLE AS THAT.

IT PUTS A DEMAND AND A STRAIN

ON OUR INNER MAN, YOU KNOW?

IT’S JUST LIKE EXERCISE.

IF YOU DON’T PUT A DEMAND ON

YOUR MUSCLE, THEY WON’T GROW.

DISCIPLINE AND SELF-CONTROL

PUTS A DEMAND ON THAT INNER

MAN, CAUSES IT TO BE STRONG.

LISTEN TO WHAT IT SAYS IN

PROVERBS 25:8.

IT SAYS, “WHOEVER HAS NO RULE

OVER HIS OWN SPIRIT IS LIKE A

CITY WITH BROKEN DOWN WALLS.”

YOU SEE, IN THOSE DAYS WALLS

REPRESENTED STRENGTH.

BEHIND THOSE STRONG WALLS

WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE

PROTECTED.

YOU SEE, WHEN THE ENEMY SAW A

CITY WITH STRONG WALLS, WITH

ITS GATES CLOSED, IT WAS NOT

ABLE TO ENTER INTO THAT CITY

AND HARM THE PEOPLE, BECAUSE

IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET IN,

BECAUSE THE PEOPLE EVEN HAD

MADE SURE THOSE WALLS WERE

STRONG.

THEY PARTICIPATED IN KEEPING

THE WALLS STRONG, AND THOSE

BOUNDARIES DIDN’T LEAVE THEM

EXPOSED.

AND SEE, TODAY YOUR

SELF-DISCIPLINE, YOUR

SELF-CONTROL, WHEN YOU

EXERCISE THAT, IT REPRESENTS

STRENGTH IN YOUR LIFE.

IT DOESN’T LEAVE YOU EXPOSED

TO ALL THE ENEMY’S TACTICS,

ALL THE TEMPTATIONS, ALL THE

WAY HE WANTS TO GET YOU OFF

COURSE.

SEE, WHEN YOU RULE OVER YOUR

SPIRIT, WHICH IS YOUR INNER

MAN MAKING THE DECISIONS, YOU

ARE STRONG.

YOU CAN RESIST.

THE ENEMY CAN’T JUST COME IN

AND DO WHAT HE WANTS TO DO,

BECAUSE YOU’VE ERECTED SOME

WALLS IN YOUR LIFE.

YOU SEE, PAUL CALLS IT THE

FLESH.

SEE, THE FLESH WANTS TO MAKE

ALL THE DECISIONS.

THE FLESH WANTS TO TELL YOU

WHAT’S GOOD.

IT WANTS TO RUN WILD.

IT DOESN’T WANNA BE UNDER

CONTROL.

IT WANTS NO BOUNDARIES.

SEE, THE FLESH WANTS TO RULE

YOU.

THAT’S YOUR FEELINGS, YOUR

EMOTIONS, YOUR THOUGHT LIFE.

IT WANTS TO RULE YOU.

IT DOESN’T WANT TO BE UNDER

CONTROL OF THE SPIRIT MAN.

SEE, THAT’S WHERE THE

CONFLICT COMES IN.

YOU’VE GOT YOUR SPIRIT MAN,

AND YOU’VE GOT YOUR FLESH,

AND THERE IS THIS STRUGGLE.

BUT YOU HAVE TO SAY, “NO, I’M

NOT GONNA LET THE FLESH RUN

WILD, BUT I’M GONNA PUT IT

UNDER CONTROL WITH MY STRONG

SPIRIT MAN.”

SEE, THE FLESH WILL EAT THREE

BOWLS OF ICE CREAM.

THE FLESH WILL SPEND MONEY

YOU DON’T HAVE.

THE FLESH IS EASILY OFFENDED.

THE FLESH WILL SAY WHAT IT

WANTS TO AND CAUSE AN

ARGUMENT.

THE FLESH IS LAZY.

IT WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE THAT

SELF-CONTROL AND DISCIPLINE

ARE A BAD THING.

IT’S A NEGATIVE IN YOUR LIFE.

I WANT YOU TO SAY THIS, “OH,

HAVE TO BE DISCIPLINED

TODAY.

THIS IS WHAT I CAN’T DO.

THIS IS WHAT I CAN’T EAT.

THIS IS WHAT I CAN’T SPEND.”

SEE, THAT’S WHAT THE FLESH

WANTS YOU TO THINK: IT’S A

BAD THING.

BUT CAN I TELL YOU THAT

DISCIPLINE AND SELF-CONTROL

ARE NOT OUR ENEMIES, BUT

THEY’RE OUR WEAPONS.

THEY’RE THE TOOLS GOD GAVE US

TO SUCCEED AND TO REACH THIS

FULL POTENTIAL.

SEE, DISCIPLINE SHOULD SAY

THIS, “I’M NOT GONNA SIT ON

THE COUCH ALL DAY AND WATCH

TV.

I’M A PRODUCTIVE PERSON.

I’M GONNA GET WITH IT.

I’M GONNA GET BUSY.”

THE SPIRIT SAYS THIS, “MAN,

I’M BUDGETING MY MONEY

BECAUSE I’VE GOT GOALS.

I’VE GOT SOME THINGS I’M

GONNA DO IN THIS LIFE.

I’M GONNA REACH MY GOALS.

I’M NOT GONNA LIVE AT A

DEFICIT ALL THE TIME, BUT I’M

GONNA LIVE IN AN OVERFLOW

STATE.

SO I’M NOT GONNA RUN OUT AND

SPEND EVERYTHING THAT MY EYES

SEE.

I AM SELF-CONTROLLED.”

SEE, THE FLESH WANTS YOU TO

EAT EVERYTHING.

IT WANTS YOU TO NOT TAKE CARE

OF YOUR TEMPLE, BUT

DISCIPLINE SAYS, “LISTEN,

THIS IS MY BODY.

THIS IS WHAT GOD GAVE ME.

I’M GONNA PUT GOOD STUFF IN.

I’M GONNA REST.

I’M GONNA TAKE CARE OF MY

BODY.

I’M GONNA EXERCISE.

THIS IS WHAT’S GETTING ME

AROUND, AND I WANT IT TO LOOK

GOOD, AND I WANNA FEEL GOOD

IN IT,” RIGHT?

LISTEN, IF YOU HAD A ROLLS

ROYCE, YOU WOULDN’T PUT THE

CHEAPEST GAS YOU COULD FIND

IN IT.

CAN I TELL YOU YOU’RE DRIVING

AROUND IN A PRETTY DARN

GOOD-LOOKING VEHICLE?

YOU NEED TO PUT THE GOOD

STUFF IN.

SELF-CONTROL.

DISCIPLINE IS NOT YOUR ENEMY.

IT’S YOUR FRIEND.

EVERY TIME YOU CHOOSE

DISCIPLINE AND SELF-CONTROL,

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’RE SAYING?

NO TO THE ENEMY.

“NO, YOU CAN’T HAVE YOUR WAY

IN MY LIFE.”

YOU’RE BUILDING THOSE WALLS.

YOU’RE BECOMING STRONG,

FORTIFIED.

YOU’RE NOT JUST LETTING ANY

OLD THING HAVE ITS WAY IN

YOUR LIFE.

WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR

MINDSETS.

WE HAVE TO THINK AT A HIGHER

CAPACITY.

SEE, SELF-CONTROL IS A GIFT

FROM THE SPIRIT.

NOW, CAN I TELL YOU SOME

PEOPLE CAN DISCIPLINE

THEMSELVES BETTER THAN

OTHERS?

YOU KNOW WE’VE GOT ALL KINDS

OF DISPOSITIONS AND

PERSONALITIES, AND SOME

PEOPLE MAY FIND IT EASIER.

SOME PEOPLE MAY FIND IT A

LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT.

YOU MAY HAVE TO REALLY

IDENTIFY SOME THINGS, BUT LET

ME TELL YOU IF YOU ARE EASILY

DISCIPLINED, AND YOU ARE EASY

AT THAT, THERE’S EIGHT OTHER

FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT YOU

MIGHT NEED TO CHECK INTO:

PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS.

THERE’S ALWAYS SOME POTENTIAL

CALL IT OUT TO YOU.

THERE’S ALWAYS GONNA BE A

DEMAND ON YOUR INNER

STRENGTH.

LISTEN TO WHAT IT SAYS IN

HEBREWS 12:11.

IT SAYS, “NO DISCIPLINE AT

THE TIME SEEMS PLEASANT, BUT

LATER ON IT WILL PRODUCE A

GREAT HARVEST OF

RIGHTEOUSNESS.”

DISCIPLINE PRODUCES A HARVEST

IN YOUR LIFE.

IT DOES SOMETHING FOR YOU.

IT’S YOUR FRIEND.

SEE, WE NEED TO THINK MORE

ABOUT THE LATER ON.

YOUR FLESH, YOUR FEELINGS,

WANTS TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE

RIGHT NOW.

IT DOESN’T WANNA TELL YOU

ABOUT THE LATER ON.

IT WANTS TO TELL YOU WHAT’S

GONNA FEEL GOOD RIGHT NOW,

WHAT’S EASY RIGHT NOW, THE

EASY WAY OUT RIGHT NOW.

BUT SEE, YOUR POTENTIAL IS

SAYING, “STEP BACK AND THINK

ABOUT THE LATER ON.

HOW DO YOU WANNA FEEL LATER

ON?”

THE FLESH ALWAYS GIVES

TEMPORARY PLEASURE.

IT ALWAYS TALKS TO YOU ABOUT

THE TEMPORARY, BUT DISCIPLINE

TALKS TO YOU ABOUT THE

ETERNAL, THE IMPORTANT THINGS

IN LIFE.

CAN I ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE OF

US THAT YOU’VE GOT GREAT

TREASURE ON THE INSIDE OF

YOU?

2017 IS GONNA BE YOUR YEAR.

YOU HAVE DISCIPLINE AND

SELF-CONTROL.

IT’S A FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT.

YOU JUST GOTTA EXERCISE IT.

LET IT PUT A DEMAND ON YOUR

INNER STRENGTH AND YOUR INNER

MAN.

SOME OF YOU MAY NEED TO JUST

IDENTIFY A COUPLE AREAS, YOU

KNOW?

IT’S DIFFICULT TO FIX

EVERYTHING AT ONCE, RIGHT?

BUT WHEN WE IDENTIFY AN AREA

OR TWO THAT WE REALIZE MAYBE

NEED TO BE BUILT UP, MAYBE

NEED TO BE STRENGTHENED,

MAYBE YOU JUST NEED TO CLOSE

SOME GATES, MAYBE YOU NEED TO

GET OUT OF SOME THINGS THAT

YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING

IN.

LET GO OF THE FEW PEOPLE THAT

ARE BREAKING DOWN YOUR WALLS,

BREAKING DOWN YOUR INNER

STRENGTH.

SEE, MAYBE YOU JUST NEED TO

IDENTIFY AND ASK GOD, “GOD,

HELP ME.”

HE WANTS TO WALK WITH YOU.

HE WANTS TO HELP YOU FOCUS ON

IT AND LET THAT SELF-CONTROL

AND DISCIPLINE BRING A GREAT

HARVEST IN YOUR LIFE, AMEN?

AMEN.

GOD IS GOOD, AND HE’S GOOD

ALL THE TIME.

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YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

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