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  • >> VICTORIA OSTEEN: YOU KNOW,

  • IT'S INTERESTING THAT THERE'S

  • SO MUCH INFORMATION OUT THERE

  • BOMBARDING US ON HOW TO TAKE

  • CARE OF OUR PHYSICAL BODIES.

  • HOW TO EAT RIGHT, WHAT

  • SUPPLEMENTS TO TAKE, IF YOU

  • READ ARTICLES, THEY'RE SAYING

  • YOU NEED TO GET IN THIS MANY

  • HOURS OF SLEEP, DO YOUR

  • EXERCISES, JUST SO MANY WAYS,

  • THESE DAYS, TO TAKE CARE OF

  • OUR PHYSICAL BODIES, AND THAT

  • IS SO IMPORTANT.

  • OUR PHYSICAL BODIES ARE A

  • TEMPLE TO HOUSE OUR SPIRIT.

  • IT'S THE TEMPLE OF GOD, SO WE

  • NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR

  • BODIES THE BEST WE CAN.

  • YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE,

  • THOUGH, A VERY STRONG

  • PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OUTSIDE.

  • YOU CAN LOOK REALLY GREAT ON

  • THE OUTSIDE, BUT YOU CAN BE

  • WEAK AND WEARY ON THE INSIDE.

  • YOU SEE, WE HAVE AN INNER

  • MAN, AND THAT INNER MAN IS

  • THE CORE OF WHO WE REALLY

  • ARE.

  • THAT INNER MAN IS HOW WE

  • RESPOND TO LIFE.

  • NOT LONG AGO, I HURT MY

  • SHOULDER SO BAD THAT I

  • LITERALLY COULDN'T LIFT IT.

  • IT WAS CRAZY, I COULDN'T

  • BELIEVE IT WAS HAPPENING TO

  • ME, BUT MY MUSCLES JUST

  • WEREN'T FIRING.

  • SOMETHING I HAD DONE, I JUST

  • MUST HAVE MOVED A FUNNY WAY,

  • I DON'T KNOW, BUT MY SHOULDER

  • WAS HURTING SO BAD.

  • NOW, YOU ALL, I AM NOT

  • TELLING YOU ALL MY WOES,

  • OKAY?

  • I'M MAKING A POINT.

  • ABOUT THE TIME MY SHOULDER

  • STARTED FEELING GOOD, IT TOOK

  • ABOUT FIVE DAYS FOR MY

  • SHOULDER TO FEEL GOOD, I GOT

  • UP THE NEXT MORNING SO

  • EXCITED, AND MY BACK, MY

  • LOWER BACK WAS KILLING ME.

  • I COULD HARDLY EVEN BEND UP.

  • I THOUGHT, "WHAT IS

  • HAPPENING TO ME?

  • I'M FALLING APART,

  • THIS CAN'T BE."

  • SO, I WENT TO THE DOCTOR, I

  • SAID, "DOCTOR, I MEAN, I

  • DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON

  • WITH ME," AND I BEGAN TO TELL

  • HIM WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

  • HE GAVE ME AN X-RAY, HE

  • LOOKED ME OVER, CHECKED ME

  • OVER, AND HE SAID, "YOU KNOW,

  • I'M GOING TO WRITE YOU A

  • PRESCRIPTION TO THE PHYSICAL

  • THERAPIST."

  • HE SAID, "IT DOESN'T LOOK

  • LIKE THAT ANY OF YOUR MUSCLES

  • ARE TORE, YOUR DISCS SEEM TO

  • BE FINE, NOTHING'S BULGING,

  • NOTHING'S HAPPENING, YOU NEED

  • TO GO TO A PHYSICAL

  • THERAPIST."

  • SO, I WENT TO THE PHYSICAL

  • THERAPIST, AND I GAVE HIM MY

  • PAPERWORK, AND I WAS LIKE,

  • "THIS IS WHAT THE DOCTOR

  • SAID, LOOK AT IT, AND MAYBE

  • YOU CAN HELP ME OUT."

  • SO, HE WAS READING THE

  • INSTRUCTIONS THAT THE DOCTOR

  • GAVE HIM, AND THEN HE BEGAN

  • TO ASK ME TO DO A FEW

  • MOVEMENTS, JUST DAILY

  • MOVEMENTS, THINGS WE DO ALL

  • THE TIME, REACH TO THE SIDE,

  • BEND OVER, STRETCH UP, JUST

  • SOME DIFFERENT THINGS, WALK

  • BACK, WALK FORTH, THEN HE

  • LOOKED RIGHT AT ME AND HE

  • SAID, "VICTORIA," HE SAID,

  • "YOUR CORE IS WEAK."

  • HE SAID, "YOU NEED TO BUILD

  • UP YOUR INNER CORE MUSCLES."

  • HE SAID, "YOU KNOW, WHEN WE

  • GO THROUGH THE DAY, WE FEEL

  • LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR

  • EXTREMITIES DO ALL THE WORK.

  • SO, WE'LL GRAB SOMETHING, WE

  • REACT TO SOMETHING," AND HE

  • SAID, "BUT REALLY, IF YOU

  • HAVE A STRONG CORE, IT

  • ENGAGES YOUR CORE FIRST, AND

  • THEN YOUR CORE HELPS YOUR

  • BODY MOVE WITHOUT INJURY,"

  • AND HE SAID, "IF YOU DON'T

  • ENGAGE AND START WORKING ON

  • THIS CORE," HE SAID, "THESE

  • INJURIES COULD BECOME MORE

  • FREQUENT AND THEY COULD GET

  • WORSE WITH TIME."

  • DO YOU KNOW THAT'S HOW OUR

  • INNER MAN WORKS?

  • SEE, OUR INNER MAN IS THE

  • CORE OF WHO WE ARE, IT'S OUR

  • IDENTITY.

  • OUR INNER MAN CONTROLS OUR

  • ATTITUDES AND IT REGULATES

  • OUR THOUGHTS.

  • SEE, WHEN WE HAVE A STRONG

  • INNER MAN, IT ENGAGES THE

  • REST OF OUR LIFE AND HELPS

  • OUR LIFE BECOME EASIER.

  • IN FACT, THE INJURIES THAT WE

  • SUFFER SOMETIME IS BECAUSE

  • WE'RE NOT ENGAGING OUR

  • SPIRITUAL MAN.

  • WE'RE SAYING THINGS WE

  • SHOULDN'T, WE'RE IN STRIFE

  • WITH OUR SPOUSE, WE'RE

  • PUSHING OUR CHILDREN AWAY,

  • WE'RE NOT LIKING OUR JOB, SO

  • IT'S NOT HELPING US ANY,

  • BECAUSE, SEE, OUR EXTREMITIES

  • ARE DOING IT, IT'S CALLED THE

  • FLESH.

  • WE NEED TO ENGAGE THIS INNER

  • CORE, THIS SPIRITUAL MAN, SO

  • THAT WE CAN QUIT HAVING THESE

  • UNNECESSARY INJURIES.

  • WE DO NOT WANT THEM TO BE

  • FREQUENT IN OUR LIFE.

  • WE WANT TO TAKE THIS COMMAND

  • CENTER, THIS SPIRIT MAN, AND

  • WE WANT TO WALK IN A POSTURE

  • OF FAITH.

  • WE WANT TO WALK IN A POSTURE

  • OF SELF-DISCIPLINE, OF

  • CONFIDENCE.

  • SEE, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT

  • HAPPENS WHEN YOU ENGAGE YOUR

  • CORE MUSCLES.

  • HE SAID IT HELPS YOU POSTURE

  • YOURSELF, IT HELPS YOU FIND

  • THE STRENGTH TO MOVE

  • THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY.

  • MY PHYSICAL THERAPIST SAID IF

  • YOU WILL DO THESE EXERCISES

  • I'M ABOUT TO GIVE YOU AND

  • SHOW YOU, THEN THIS WILL HELP

  • YOU TREMENDOUSLY.

  • HE SHOWED ME HOW TO DO THE

  • PLANK, ALL DIFFERENT WAYS TO

  • DO THE PLANK.

  • HE SHOWED ME A FEW OTHER

  • EXERCISES, AND HE SAID NOW DO

  • THOSE EXERCISES AND THEY'LL

  • HELP YOU.

  • YOU SEE, IF I DO THESE

  • EXERCISES, IF I MAKE A HABIT

  • OF DOING THEM, IF I FIND

  • SPACE IN MY DAY TO DO THEM,

  • AND TAKE TIME TO DO THEM,

  • THEY WILL HELP ME.

  • BUT IF I DON'T, IT'S GOING TO

  • STAY THE SAME.

  • I'M GOING TO STAY WEAK IN MY

  • CORE.

  • YOU SEE, PAUL PRAYED FOR THE

  • EPHESIANS IN CHAPTER 3:16,

  • AND HE PRAYED THIS, HE PRAYED

  • THAT THEY WOULD BE

  • STRENGTHENED WITH GOD'S POWER

  • THROUGH HIS SPIRIT IN THEIR

  • INNER MAN.

  • YOU SEE, PAUL TALKED A LOT

  • ABOUT THE OUTER MAN AND THE

  • INNER MAN IN HIS WRITINGS.

  • THE INNER MAN IS STRENGTHENED

  • BY GOD THROUGH THE SPIRIT.

  • YOU SEE, WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE

  • TIME, WE HAVE GOT TO FIND

  • ROOM IN OUR BUSY LIVES TO LET

  • THE SPIRIT OF GOD MINISTER

  • LIFE TO US, TO BE TOUCHED BY

  • THE WORD OF GOD AND THE VERY

  • PRESENCE OF ALMIGHTY GOD,

  • BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT

  • STRENGTHENS OUR INNER MAN.

  • WE CANNOT NEGLECT THIS INNER

  • MAN.

  • WE DON'T WANT TO LOOK FINE ON

  • THE OUTSIDE BUT BE WEAK,

  • UNDISCIPLINED, WEARY, OUR

  • SOUL ON THE INSIDE.

  • YOU SEE, SO I WANT TO

  • ENCOURAGE US AND CHALLENGE US

  • TODAY TO FIND THAT PERSONAL

  • RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD ON A

  • DAILY BASIS.

  • MAKE IT A HABIT TO RENEW AND

  • STRENGTHEN YOUR INNER MAN,

  • BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT'S GOING

  • TO HAPPEN, AND IF WE DON'T,

  • WE'RE GOING TO STAY THE SAME.

  • YOU SEE, WE NEED TO READ THE

  • WORD OF GOD.

  • WE NEED TO DECIDE THAT GOD'S

  • WORD IS THE LIVING, BREATHING

  • WORD OF GOD, AND MIXED WITH

  • HIS SPIRIT, IT FEEDS OUR

  • INNER MAN.

  • YOU SEE, JOEL'S DAD USED TO

  • SAY IT LIKE THIS, HE USED TO

  • SAY, "SOME PEOPLE FEED THEIR

  • PHYSICAL BODIES THREE HOT

  • MEALS A DAY, BUT THEY FEED

  • THEIR INNER MAN ONE COLD

  • SNACK A WEAK."

  • INNER MAN IS GOING TO MAKE

  • YOU STRONG.

  • THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO

  • GET OUR STRENGTH.

  • I LOVE WHAT IT SAYS IN JOHN

  • 1:1, IT SAYS, "IN THE

  • BEGINNING," BEFORE IT ALL

  • BEGAN, "WAS THE WORD, AND THE

  • WORD WAS WITH GOD, AND THE

  • WORD WAS GOD."

  • WHEN YOU SPEND TIME OPENING

  • YOUR BIBLE AND GETTING IN THE

  • WORD, YOU'RE SPENDING TIME

  • WITH GOD.

  • ASK HIM, ASK HIM TO SPEAK TO

  • YOU THROUGH HIS WORD.

  • ASK HIM TO DEVELOP THIS

  • RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.

  • SAY "GOD, I WANT TO HAVE A

  • PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH

  • THIS INVISIBLE GOD," BECAUSE

  • HE MAY BE INVISIBLE, BUT HIS

  • RICH BLESSINGS ARE QUITE

  • VISIBLE IN OUR LIFE.

  • THEY WILL MANIFEST IN

  • STRENGTH AND POWER.

  • SO, MY ENCOURAGEMENT TO YOU

  • TODAY IS GET SOME SCRIPTURES,

  • PUT THEM ON YOUR MIRROR, PUT

  • THEM ON YOUR REFRIGERATOR,

  • MEDITATE ON THE WORD OF GOD.

  • GET IT IN YOU WHEN YOU DON'T

  • NEED IT SO IT'LL COME OUT OF

  • YOU WHEN YOU DO NEED IT.

  • LISTEN, BUILD YOUR PERSONAL

  • RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

  • I KNOW THAT HE LOVES YOU AND

  • HE'S A GREAT FATHER.

  • HE'S NOT LOOKING AT WHAT

  • YOU'RE DOING WRONG, HE'S

  • LOOKING AT WHAT YOU'RE DOING

  • RIGHT.

  • HE DOESN'T WANT TO CONDEMN

  • YOU, THAT'S NOT HIS JOB, HIS

  • JOB IS TO CONVINCE YOU HOW

  • SPECIAL YOU ARE TO HIM

  • THROUGH HIS LOVE.

  • I BELIEVE WHEN WE STRENGTHEN

  • OUR INNER MAN, WE'LL FIND

  • THAT RENEWED VITALITY AND

  • WE'LL FIND THAT POWER OF GOD

  • IN OUR SOUL, AMEN?

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