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What new lenses and mindsets should I be viewing my current situation through?

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First thing to understand is the natural mind can only change when it's challenged to see

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something different. For example, Moses in Exodus 6, 28 to 30, he says to the Lord,

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Behold, and the word behold there means see me as I see myself, and I'm unskilled in speech,

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and how on earth is Pharaoh even going to listen to someone like me? And the next verse,

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Exodus 7, 1 is classic. God says, he uses the word see, which means I have a different perspective,

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and I have made you as God to Pharaoh. And what that means is that,

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Moses, you're not going into this situation in your own weakness.

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You're going actually in at a higher level in terms of who I am in this context. You see the

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same thing in the book of Judges chapter 6, 12 to 16 with Gideon. He's in a wine press making bread

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like you do when you're depressed. And God shows up and says, hey, valiant warrior, go and deliver

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Israel. And what happens is, all of his own personal negativity rises up, and his response

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is, how on earth can I do that? My family is the least in my tribe, and I'm the youngest in my

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family. Again, God completely ignores what he has to say, because God's perspective is the thing

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that he's bringing whenever he talks to you. And the Lord just says to him, surely I will be with

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you. So here you've got a situation where both men who did something amazing were both initially

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challenged to see themselves in a new way. That's what is happening when God is challenging you in

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your life circumstances. Your old lens is about to disappear, and a new one's about to come.

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Because if you're using an old lens, you won't perceive that something new is happening.

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Your old life has old lenses. And those lenses see circumstances in a fearful way, or they create

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anxiety around your situations, and you learn to move in discouragement from your events before

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you can see the possibilities of them. But your new man in Christ, totally different way of seeing.

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In Christ, we perceive opportunities to receive perfect love instead of fear. We see occasions

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to practice our peace and also encourage ourselves in the Lord. Why? Because we're all learning to see

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as he sees. And in that context, we're discovering how to put off the old so that we are free enough

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to perceive and think with the mind of Christ. Honestly, you can't want new but still think old.

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But as you see differently, your mindset follows your perspective. And we're constantly making

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necessary adjustments from the natural mind to becoming more spiritually minded. So

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right now, just where you are, just relax.

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You're learning a new way of seeing. You're learning how to look at this thing with a spiritual

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perspective rather than just a natural one. And when you do that, your new man receives God's

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power to set your mind on things above, not on things around us and the earth. It's like

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attract and repel. When we see God's purpose and vision for us, it allows us to repel,

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put off the old, and attract new thinking into our circumstances. So we put on the new.

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That's classic Ephesians 4, 20 to 24. In Christ, he presents us with a better choice.

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A better choice than our history and our circumstances would.

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We have a learned behavior from the world which we have to unlearn as we engage with the kingdom

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of God. So our role in every situation is to partner with God in setting aside our old way

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of thinking, our old way of seeing for something new that's occurring in Christ. Putting down your

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old perceptions and way of seeing for something new that's occurring in the kingdom of God.

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ways of thinking for new and higher ways that

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are more like he is, that's the best part of your situation

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right now, is learning that.

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What do you see, Lord?

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Guarantee he adores that process.

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Every situation you're in is his opportunity

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to change your lens and change your thinking.

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We are a people for whom new possibilities become normal.

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And as we enjoy new vision and elevated thinking

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about ourselves, that releases our rejoicing and confession

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of our upgraded identity that creates

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a new language that is further developed

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as we respond to the Lord.

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If we're going to become like Jesus,

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we have some growing up to do.

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But your mind can never become a battleground in that context

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because confusion creates stress.

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And that's caused by the old clashing with the new.

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Beloved, your old man can never be in charge

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of your growth in Christ.

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It's the new man that promotes your identity upwards.

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It's your old man that downgrades your identity

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to a point of futility where you feel like you

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want to give up on things.

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In Exodus chapter 14, prior to their deliverance

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at the Red Sea, Israel is being chased by the Egyptian army.

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They're frightened.

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And they're accusing Moses of all kinds of stuff,

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saying, why have you brought us out of Egypt?

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We told you this would happen.

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We said, leave us alone so we can serve the Egyptians.

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Better for us to serve them than die in the wilderness.

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Can you sense the pressure there?

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Here's the thing.

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Tension doesn't mean there's something wrong.

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It means that something is happening.

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There is no movement without tension.

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If I want to take a sip of water, my hand has to be tense.

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Otherwise, I can't take a grip of something.

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No movement without tension.

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Tension is not caused by the vision that upgrades us.

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It's caused by our resistance to the process

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of becoming that person.

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The amazing thing is that Moses has now changed enough

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that he doesn't want to give in to their paranoia.

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He's the one that says, don't fear.

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Stand still and see the salvation of God.

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The Egyptians, the problem you have that you see today,

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you'll never see it again.

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Follow the process of freedom.

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It's this very process that makes you rich.

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So we all know the outcome to this story

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with Moses at the Red Sea.

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He raises his rod above the water,

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and the impossible happens.

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The water starts piling up, and Israel go through on dry land.

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And when the Egyptian tries to do the same,

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when the problem tries to follow you, it gets drowned.

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Because God has this way of teaching us

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what you think is impossible is actually

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not that difficult for me.

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But what we're learning here is it's not just the outcome

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that God is generating.

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We're learning how to put off the old and receive the new.

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We're learning how to partner with the Holy Spirit.

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We're learning how to walk with God in a fresh way

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and to be more connected to the mind of Christ

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than we are to our circumstances.

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All of learning and change is relational.

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So there's a new intimacy that's opening up to you.

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There's a higher peace, a greater joy

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being made available so that you can

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enjoy the process of seeing you, thinking you,

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and updating your language.

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And then you can move on from your present state

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to live in a new standing in Christ.

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So here's an activation.

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Do you have scriptures, dreams, visions, prophecy

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that may describe an upgrade in your identity?

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Have you recently got a new job, or been promoted,

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or started a business that requires a better version of you

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to emerge in this time frame?

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When you're confronted with a challenge, ask,

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am I viewing this through an old perception?

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Am I viewing it through fear, expectation of failure,

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or a sense of?

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who you are not, the deficiencies that rise up in you

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are a clue to the upgrade that you need.

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For example, if you're fearful, you

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need to receive perfect love.

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If you feel inadequate, you need to see Jesus as being

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bigger than your challenge.

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So the first thing you need is a relational upgrade

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in God's nature.

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What does that look like?

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Maybe it looks like more peace, more joy,

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more of his faithfulness.

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What would create trust in you at this point?

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Ask yourself, am I wanting you but thinking old in this?

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Compare your desires with your thoughts.

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What's the new thing that you are desiring?

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Is your thinking aligned with that?

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So write out in your journal, what

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is my challenge or my upgrade?

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What is my resistance and my blockage?

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What is my relational upgrade in Jesus?

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What new lens is forming?

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How do I see myself now?

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What new thoughts are possible for me now?

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It's a process, a step-by-step guide

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to moving up in your identity.

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Writing out our new ways of seeing and thinking

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are really helpful for us.

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It accelerates our transformation.

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Finally, why don't you invite someone close to you

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to be a part of your process so that you

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can reach the desired outcome?

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This lesson is going to take you a while

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because there are a number of things

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that you need to assimilate.

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There are some things you need to shake off.

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I mean, seriously, shake off.

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And there are other things that you need to embrace.

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So take a while with this one, but it'll

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be worth it because what will happen in you

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is something will settle, something will shift,

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and something will settle.

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And you'll understand that this is the value that God wants

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you to have when you're entering something

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that's new or difficult.

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What's my lens?

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Does my lens need to change?

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First question to ask.

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Thanks for listening.

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Appreciate it.