Did you know that your attitude can affect your success? When we dwell on negative thoughts, a negative attitude can spread to every area of our lives. Choose instead to drown out the negative voices and overlook offenses. When you keep an attitude of faith, God will fight your battles for you.

>> 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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