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We love you guys and are 45 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 4: just believing for God's very very best in your life. 46 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 4: If you're ever in our area, I hope you'll come 47 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 4: out and see us and just appreciate you. Tuning in today. 48 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny each week. And 49 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 4: I heard about this teenager. He had just gotten his 50 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:09,119 Speaker 4: driver's permit and he asked his dad if he could 51 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 4: borrow the car. The dad said, son, I'll make a 52 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 4: deal with you. If you bring your grades up, read 53 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 4: your Bible every day, and get your haircut, I'll let 54 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 4: you borrow the car. Months later, he came back and 55 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 4: asked about the car, and the dad said, son, you 56 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 4: brought your grades up, you've been reading your Bible, but 57 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 4: you still haven't gotten your haircut. The son said, well, Dad, 58 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 4: I've been thinking about it. Moses had long hair, Sampson 59 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 4: had long hair, even Jesus had long hair. The dad 60 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 4: said yes, son, and they walked everywhere they went. Hold 61 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 4: up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. This 62 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:46,119 Speaker 4: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 63 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 64 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 65 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 66 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 67 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 4: the saying in Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 68 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 4: to talk to you today about pushing people up. There 69 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:11,399 Speaker 4: are people that God brings into our lives that hold 70 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 4: the key to our promotion. They hold the key to 71 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 4: us reaching our full potential. But these are not people 72 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 4: that are there to help us, to give us breaks 73 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 4: and to open new doors. It's just the opposite. These 74 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 4: are people that God puts in our path so we 75 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 4: can help them, so we can show them favor and 76 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 4: help them get to a new level. They are divinely 77 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 4: connected to our destiny. We won't go higher until we 78 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 4: help them go higher. God's waiting for us to sow accede. 79 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 4: And if you will push them up and help them succeed, 80 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 4: it's all connected. The higher they go, the higher you're 81 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 4: going to go. If you will help others fulfill their dreams, 82 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 4: God will help you fulfill your dreams. On purpose. God 83 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 4: will put people in our life. May be a aabor, 84 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 4: a co worker, a student from another country, or even 85 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 4: a cashier at the grocery store that you see each week. 86 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 4: You may not realize it, but that person could be 87 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 4: connected to your destiny. If you will take time to 88 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 4: invest in them, to encourage them, to use your influence 89 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:22,480 Speaker 4: to push them up. Then as they go higher, you're 90 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 4: going to go higher. When you sow those seeds of 91 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 4: kindness and help others improve, It's just like a boomerang 92 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 4: is going to come right back to you. That's what 93 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 4: it says in Ecclesiastes eleven to one, give and your 94 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:39,280 Speaker 4: gifts will come back to you. That means when you 95 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 4: give favor, you're going to receive favor. When you give 96 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 4: your influence and open doors for others, you're going to 97 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 4: receive more influence. People will open doors for you. When 98 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 4: you help somebody get better, somebody will be there to 99 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 4: help you get better. And every one of us should 100 00:04:55,640 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 4: have a project. Somebody we're believing in, somebody we've taken 101 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 4: under our wings. We're encouraging them, We're giving them advice, 102 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 4: introducing them to our contacts, doing everything we can to 103 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 4: help them become the best that they can be. It 104 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 4: may be a coworker at the office, at the job site. 105 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:18,599 Speaker 4: You could easily help that person go to a new level. 106 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 4: They just need a little mentoring, a little training, a 107 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:25,840 Speaker 4: little advice. Well, Joe, I'm busy, I've got my own goals. 108 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 4: I've got my own challenges. I don't have time. No, 109 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 4: you need to see it a different way. Your increase 110 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,160 Speaker 4: is linked to that person. God brought them into your 111 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 4: path for a reason. If you will push them up, 112 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 4: God will make sure you get pushed up. What you 113 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 4: may happen for others, God will make happen for you. 114 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 4: We were never created to live in grown where we 115 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 4: just focus on ourselves, and this is what limits many people. 116 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:54,799 Speaker 4: They think inward. But when you take time to invest 117 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 4: in someone else, you go out of your way to 118 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 4: give them a break. Maybe you introduce them to somebody 119 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 4: they would never normally meet. What you send out is 120 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:06,839 Speaker 4: going to come back. That's when God will open the 121 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 4: right doors for you. He'll bring the right people into 122 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 4: your life and those seeds that you're sow and they'll 123 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 4: not only come back, they will come back multiplied. Let 124 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 4: me ask you today, who are you pushing up? Who 125 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 4: are you investing in? Who are you promoting? Who are 126 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 4: you helping with their dreams? Look around, there are people 127 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:28,799 Speaker 4: in your life that hold the key to your promotion. 128 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 4: I realize I am where I am today because people 129 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:37,479 Speaker 4: have pushed me up, People have invested in me I 130 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:40,239 Speaker 4: think about all the seeds that my parents have sown, 131 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:43,839 Speaker 4: all the times they've encouraged me and told me that 132 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:47,039 Speaker 4: I could do anything. Think about all the meals my 133 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 4: mother cooked growing up. I mean it took a lot 134 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 4: of work to heat up those TV dinners. I think 135 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:58,600 Speaker 4: about how my grandparents on my mother's side, they made 136 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 4: great sacrifices for us children. When my parents were out 137 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 4: of the country, they would always stay with us, and 138 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:07,719 Speaker 4: grandmother and Grandaddy were always building me up and telling 139 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 4: me how great they thought I was. I found a 140 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 4: note from my grandmother the other day. I was nine 141 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 4: years old. It said, Darling Joel, you are so sweet. 142 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 4: I've never seen another young man like you. I must 143 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 4: admit my grandmother didn't get out much, but they invested 144 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 4: in me. I remember specific Sunday school teachers that took 145 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 4: time to impart into my life. A baseball coach that 146 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 4: went out of his way. He'd swing by and pick 147 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 4: me up and take me to practice, take me to 148 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 4: the batting cages. When I was nineteen and I first 149 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 4: started working here doing the television production, there was an 150 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 4: older gentleman, very experienced, very knowledgeable. He took me under 151 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 4: his wing and He taught me everything that he knew 152 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 4: about production. And if you could see all the people 153 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 4: that made me into who I am today, they wouldn't 154 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 4: fit on this platform. Brothers, sisters, parents, cousins, friends, relatives. 155 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 4: The fact is none of us got to where we 156 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 4: are by ourselves. Somebody pushed us up. Somebody made sacrifices 157 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 4: so that we could go further. Somebody put in a 158 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 4: kind word when we were down. Somebody gave us a 159 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 4: break when we needed it. Well, you say, Joel, I 160 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 4: wasn't raised in a good environment like you were. Maybe not, 161 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 4: but you wouldn't be as far along as you are 162 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 4: if somebody somewhere didn't go out of their way to 163 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 4: help you. Well, my father left us at an early age. 164 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 4: Maybe so, But your mother stepped up. She worked twice 165 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:39,599 Speaker 4: as hard to give you everything you needed. Or maybe 166 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 4: those grandparents came into your life to give you guidance, 167 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:46,560 Speaker 4: or that coach took you under his wing to help 168 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 4: you succeed. Nobody makes it alone. You may think you 169 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 4: got that good position, you got that break just because 170 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 4: you were lucky, But listen, luck didn't have anything to 171 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 4: do with it. It wasn't a coincidence. Somebody in your family 172 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,439 Speaker 4: line was praying. It may have been a great great 173 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 4: grandmother you didn't even know, but she prayed that her 174 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 4: seed would be blessed. And today God is honoring that 175 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 4: prayer through you. Somebody pushed you up, or you wouldn't 176 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 4: be where you are now. One of our goals should 177 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 4: be to reach out and push somebody else up. Should 178 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 4: be a continual cycle. We're doing our best to help 179 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 4: someone else be better. We're going out of our way 180 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 4: to give a break. We're using our influence to do 181 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 4: something good for somebody. And as we sow those seeds, 182 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 4: God is orchestrating another person's steps to be there for us, 183 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 4: to give us a break, to put in a kind 184 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 4: word when we need it. When we're pushing people up, 185 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 4: God will make sure that we're going to get pushed up. 186 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:46,559 Speaker 4: I read a story about a little boy by the 187 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 4: name of Andy Valdez. He grew up in a single 188 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:52,559 Speaker 4: parent home. They didn't have too much, and so he 189 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 4: would sell newspapers on the street corner. This was back 190 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 4: in the early nineteen sixties. During the summer, little eight 191 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 4: year old Andy go to the same street corner Main 192 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:05,319 Speaker 4: Street and Second. He would make three cents of paper. 193 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 4: After four or five hours, he'd usually come home with 194 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 4: a little more than a dollar. There was a gentleman 195 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 4: named Jack Keller that owned a printing shop across the street. 196 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 4: Every morning, Jack would pass by a little Andy, but 197 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:21,559 Speaker 4: he already had his paper. One day, Andy got his 198 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 4: nerve up and he said, hey, mister, why don't you 199 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 4: ever buy your paper from me? That kind of took 200 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:29,320 Speaker 4: Jack back, and he laughed. He said, I don't know, 201 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:32,599 Speaker 4: maybe I'll start. That man not only began buying a 202 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 4: newspaper from him, but he took little Andy under his 203 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 4: wing and began to mentor him. He met with his 204 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 4: mom and asked if he could come help at the 205 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:44,680 Speaker 4: printing shop. She was thrilled. At eleven years old, Jack 206 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 4: started taking Andy to the country club where he belonged, 207 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 4: and he taught him how to play tennis. Andy would 208 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 4: hear some of the other kids joking behind his back 209 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 4: about his clothes, about his race, about how he was different. 210 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 4: Jack would tell him, don't worry about that, Andy, you 211 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 4: don't have a problem. They have the problem. He instilled 212 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 4: confidence and self esteem into this young man. Andy got 213 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:10,560 Speaker 4: better and better at tennis. In fact, when he graduated 214 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 4: from high school, he was offered a full tennis scholarship 215 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 4: to a major university. Nobody in Andy's family had ever 216 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 4: gone to college, and Andy decided that he was going 217 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 4: to become a lawyer because all the people at the 218 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 4: country club that were nice suits were lawyers. He said, 219 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:30,320 Speaker 4: the lawyers dressed better than the drug dealers in my neighborhood. 220 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 4: Today it's no longer Andy, it's Judge Andrew Valdez. He's 221 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:40,200 Speaker 4: not only a lawyer, he's a state district judge. One 222 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:43,679 Speaker 4: of the things that Judge Valdez is known for is 223 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 4: he started all these youth mentoring programs, helping other troubled teams. 224 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 4: Now he's reaching out helping teenagers that were just like him. 225 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:56,959 Speaker 4: And what's interesting is over the years, Judge Valdez lost 226 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 4: contact with his friend Jack. He began to wonder about 227 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 4: and worried about how he was doing. So he went 228 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,560 Speaker 4: back to the printing shop, couldn't find him. Went to 229 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 4: the home where Jack lived, but he had moved. He 230 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 4: even checked the death records, assuming that he could have died. 231 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 4: Still nothing. For six years, Judge Valdez looked for his 232 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 4: friend Jack. One day, he was at a grocery store, 233 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:20,600 Speaker 4: and he saw this old man over in the corner. 234 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:24,319 Speaker 4: He was about to be arrested. He was homeless, disoriented, 235 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 4: had the health problems. When they looked at each other, 236 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 4: their eyes met. He said, Jack, is that you There 237 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 4: was a small smile. Jack was in the early stages 238 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 4: of Alzheimer's. He had wandered from his home and lost everything. 239 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:42,560 Speaker 4: Now it was Judge Valdez's time to return to favor. 240 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:45,320 Speaker 4: When you give your gifts will come back to you, 241 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 4: Judge Valdez. Judge Valdez took Jack in, got him a 242 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 4: place to live, and hired somebody to take care of him, 243 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 4: to feed him, to watch over him. For the next 244 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 4: four years until Jack went to be with the Lord, 245 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 4: Judge Valdez would go visit with him time and time again. 246 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 4: He said his favorite thing was to walk in and 247 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 4: see Jack reading the paper, sitting there eating dinner. That's 248 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 4: where it all began to lose. When you push people up. Today, 249 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 4: Judge Valdez is pushing other young people up. Why because 250 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 4: Jack pushed him up. When you take time to invest 251 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 4: in others, it starts a chain reaction. Not only will 252 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 4: you come up higher, but all down the line people 253 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:31,840 Speaker 4: are going to be impacted. You never know the difference 254 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 4: you make when you take time to care, when you 255 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 4: take time to make someone else's life better. It may 256 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 4: seem like something small, but very often it'll have a 257 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 4: domino effect. It'll keep giving and giving. Let's develop a 258 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:48,680 Speaker 4: lifestyle of pushing people up. Let's get in a habit 259 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 4: of looking for people we can be good too. Doesn't 260 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 4: have to be something big. Wherever you go, give a smile, 261 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 4: brighten somebody's day, give a compliment, Hey, you look great today. 262 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 4: Or if you see someone sitting alone by themselves, don't 263 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 4: stay in your same group, reach out to them, invite 264 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:08,959 Speaker 4: them to dinner. We should always be looking for ways 265 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 4: to push people up. Remember, the higher they go, the 266 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:15,199 Speaker 4: higher we're going to go. Here's the key. It may 267 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 4: not be someone under you, they may be over you. 268 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 4: You're tempted to think, well, all I'm doing is making 269 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 4: my company rich. All I'm doing is making my boss 270 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 4: look good. I do all the work and he takes 271 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 4: all the credit. Had a lady tell me the other day, Joel, 272 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 4: my supervisor takes all my ideas. I'll work for two 273 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 4: days planning, strategizing, meeting with people and She'll walk in 274 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 4: a room and present it like she was the one 275 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 4: that did it all. I told her what I'm telling you. 276 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 4: You got to look at it differently, your sowing seeds. 277 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 4: The higher you help your supervisor go, the higher you're 278 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 4: gonna go, the better you make that person look. Eventually, 279 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 4: it's gonna boomerang right back to you, and God's gonna 280 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 4: get you to where he wants you to go. You're 281 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 4: gonna get the credit that you deserve. I think about 282 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 4: in this Elisha. For a long time he took care 283 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 4: of the prophet Elijah. Elijah was much older than he was, 284 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 4: and Elisha was basically bringing him food and water, just 285 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 4: doing these menial tasks. And here Elisha was a young man. 286 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 4: He had big dreams and goals. He wanted to do 287 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 4: something great in life. I'm sure some of his friends said, Elisha, 288 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 4: what are you doing wasting your time taking care of 289 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 4: this old man. Why are you spending all your energy 290 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 4: trying to make him look good. You need to go 291 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 4: out and do your own thing. But Elisha understood this principle. 292 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 4: He knew his destiny was linked to Elijah, and the 293 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 4: higher Elijah went, the higher he was gonna go. So 294 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 4: he just kept pushing him up and pushing him up. 295 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 4: When it came to the end of Elijah's life, he 296 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 4: was caught up in that whirlwind taken to heaven, and 297 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 4: as he went up, the mantle that he had came 298 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 4: down on Elisha. Not only that, it was a double portion. 299 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 4: Elisha had twice the annoying twice the he did twice 300 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 4: as many miracles as Elijah did. That's what happens. When 301 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 4: you push people up, blessings are gonna come down. Don't 302 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 4: ever be intimidated to invest in those that are ahead 303 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 4: of you. A lot of times we think, well, Joel, 304 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,680 Speaker 4: they don't need my help. They're successful, they should be 305 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 4: helping me. They don't need me to give them a break. 306 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:23,160 Speaker 4: They got so much favor or that church, they got 307 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 4: so many people, they don't need me to serve. No, 308 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 4: it's just the opposite. If you'll get linked up to 309 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 4: the right people, just like a train, the higher they go, 310 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 4: the higher you're gonna go. When you push people up, 311 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 4: the blessings are gonna come down on you. For seventeen years, 312 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 4: I work behind the scenes here with my father doing 313 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 4: the television production, and I say this very humbly but 314 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 4: I always did my best to make my father look good. 315 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 4: I know I was called to be here. I didn't 316 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 4: understand it all at the time, but I realize now 317 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 4: my destiny was linked to my father. The more I 318 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 4: pushed him up, the more it was pushed me up. 319 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 4: I would spend hours working on the lighting, adjusting one 320 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:07,879 Speaker 4: little slash, making sure it was perfect. I would go 321 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 4: to my parents' house every Saturday night and pick my 322 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:13,680 Speaker 4: dad out a suit and tie to wear. I wanted 323 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 4: to make sure it looked good on television. I'd seen 324 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 4: some of the other things my father had picked out. 325 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 4: I mean, put it this way. My dad loved color. 326 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,159 Speaker 4: If you've been around here very long, you remember at 327 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:27,879 Speaker 4: the old campus, the blue buildings, the red buildings, the 328 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 4: orange buildings, the yellow buildings. Because a friend came by 329 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:32,679 Speaker 4: and said, John, you ought to paint this place like 330 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 4: a rainbow. My father took him seriously. I still haven't 331 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:42,479 Speaker 4: forgiven that man. When we remodeled the platform area at 332 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 4: the other facility, I had my father come in stand 333 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 4: behind the podium, make sure it was the right height, 334 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 4: the right width, make sure everything was sized properly. I 335 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 4: never dreamed one day I would be standing behind the podium. 336 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 4: Never dream one day the lights would be focused on me. 337 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 4: But that's what happens. When you push people up, you're 338 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 4: sowing seeds. The higher you help them to go, the 339 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:09,120 Speaker 4: higher you're going to go. Some of you today, this 340 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:12,240 Speaker 4: may be the reason you're not seeing God's blessings and 341 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:15,920 Speaker 4: favor like you should. Are you pushing anybody up? Are 342 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 4: you making someone look better? Are you investing in that friend? 343 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 4: If you're not swing into others, you don't have any 344 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 4: good seed in the ground. We need to be on 345 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 4: the lookout of who we can be good to. Remember, 346 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:32,479 Speaker 4: God sends people as the key to our promotion. It 347 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:34,679 Speaker 4: may not be a family member, It may be a friend, 348 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:37,399 Speaker 4: may be a neighbor, may be a young man selling 349 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 4: newspapers on a street corner. In the scripture, there was 350 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:43,119 Speaker 4: a lady that lived in a certain town, and every 351 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:46,439 Speaker 4: so often Elisha would come through that town. She started 352 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 4: noticing him, and she began to feel this desire to 353 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:52,560 Speaker 4: help him, a desire to be good to him, to 354 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:56,679 Speaker 4: make his life easier. She sensed that her destiny was 355 00:18:56,760 --> 00:19:00,399 Speaker 4: linked to Elisha, and so she simply invited him to 356 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:03,040 Speaker 4: her house to have dinner with her and her family. 357 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:06,399 Speaker 4: Then she offered him a place to stay. Elisha was 358 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 4: gracious and he accepted that. The next day, after he left, 359 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 4: she said to her husband, let's add a room to 360 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:17,400 Speaker 4: the house so anytime Elisha is in town, he'll always 361 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:20,400 Speaker 4: have a place to stay. She reached out to him 362 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:23,199 Speaker 4: from the kindness of her heart and they built that 363 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 4: spare bedroom, and time and time again, Elisha would come 364 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 4: and stay with her family. This lady wasn't trying to 365 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:33,400 Speaker 4: get anything. She wasn't trying to manipulate him into doing 366 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:36,880 Speaker 4: something for her. She was simply investing into his life, 367 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 4: pushing him up, making it a little bit easier on him. 368 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 4: And one day, while Elisha was staying there, he said 369 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:46,640 Speaker 4: to his servant, go find out what this lady wants. 370 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,200 Speaker 4: Go find out if there's anything she needs. I want 371 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:52,120 Speaker 4: to be good to her. That's the way God works. 372 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 4: When you're good to other people, God will cause people 373 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 4: to want to be good to you. It may not 374 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 4: even be the same people. You may sow a seed 375 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 4: and do good for someone or some company for a lifetime, 376 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:08,399 Speaker 4: yet you never receive anything in return from them. But 377 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 4: don't get discouraged. The way God works is you cannot 378 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:16,400 Speaker 4: give without it causing a chain reaction. When you push 379 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 4: people up, it sets a series of events into motion. Somewhere, somehow, 380 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 4: God will cause a person to feel a need to 381 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,360 Speaker 4: be good to you. They may not even know you, 382 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:30,119 Speaker 4: they may be in a different city, but all of 383 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 4: a sudden, they have a desire to show you favor, 384 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 4: a desire to give you a good break. It's those 385 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 4: seeds of kindness that you're showing. This servant came back 386 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 4: and said, Elisha, the lady doesn't want anything. She's perfectly happy. 387 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:45,920 Speaker 4: But Elisha wasn't satisfied. He said, go back and ask 388 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 4: her again. I want to do something good for her. 389 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 4: He was determined. It's because you can't sew a seed 390 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 4: without it bringing you a harvest. The servant finally came 391 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:57,640 Speaker 4: back and said, okay, Elisha. She said she's never had 392 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:01,120 Speaker 4: a baby, but she's an old lady and her husband's 393 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 4: even older than she is. That's impossible. Lysia said, that 394 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:07,360 Speaker 4: doesn't matter. You go back and tell her. By this 395 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 4: time next year, she's gonna have a child. The servant 396 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 4: went back. When he told her, the lady laughed and laughed. 397 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 4: She thought it was a joke. She said, tell a lie, 398 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:19,280 Speaker 4: She'd quit kidding with me. That'll never happen. But sure enough, 399 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:22,399 Speaker 4: a year later she was showing off her new baby boy, 400 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 4: A dream come true. What am I saying today? When 401 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 4: you are good to people and you develop a lifestyle 402 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 4: of pushing them up, God will bring your dreams to pass. 403 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 4: Doesn't have to be something big, even small things. When 404 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 4: my mother was a child, she had polio. She had 405 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 4: to wear braces on her legs so she couldn't run 406 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:45,639 Speaker 4: and play sports like the rest of the children. Not 407 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:48,440 Speaker 4: long ago, she met an old friend that she hadn't 408 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 4: seen in over sixty years. They had gone to grade 409 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 4: school together. This lady reminded my mom when they would 410 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:57,719 Speaker 4: play softball as little kids, and my mother was up 411 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,199 Speaker 4: to bat when my mother would hit the ball. This 412 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:02,720 Speaker 4: was the lady that ran the basis for my mother, 413 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 4: just a small thing, just pushing her up, making her 414 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:10,240 Speaker 4: feel a part. One time, Moses was on a hill 415 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 4: overlooking this battle taking place. He was holding his rod 416 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 4: up in the air. As long as he had his 417 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:19,480 Speaker 4: rod up, the people of Israel were winning. But the 418 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:21,919 Speaker 4: battle went on hour after hour, and he got tired. 419 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:25,200 Speaker 4: When he put the rod down, the Amalekites would start 420 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 4: to win. Moses couldn't take it anymore. He's just too tired. 421 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,920 Speaker 4: When Erin and her saw what was happening, they ran 422 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:34,919 Speaker 4: up the hill, got on each side of Moses, and 423 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:39,120 Speaker 4: they held his hands up for him. Because they stepped 424 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 4: up and did something seemingly insignificant, the people of Israel 425 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:46,359 Speaker 4: went on to win the battle. You may not be 426 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:49,199 Speaker 4: able to do something big. Maybe you can't add a 427 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:52,199 Speaker 4: room to your house or give somebody a job, but 428 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 4: you can run for a child that's not able to 429 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:58,679 Speaker 4: you can't hold up somebody's hands. In other words, you 430 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,359 Speaker 4: can give somebody a ride to work, to church. You 431 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:05,240 Speaker 4: can babysit someone's children, or you can teach someone tips 432 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:08,359 Speaker 4: about what you know in your field. There's all kinds 433 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:11,679 Speaker 4: of ways we can push people up and understand. It 434 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 4: doesn't have to be something big in order to make 435 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:18,920 Speaker 4: a big difference. Probably nobody has done more to help mankind, 436 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:22,399 Speaker 4: at least in the field of medicine than doctor Michael 437 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 4: de Bakey. He has spent his lifetime studying the heart. 438 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 4: Many of the procedures that linked in our lives today, 439 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 4: even the artificial heart, were developed by doctor DeBakey. But 440 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 4: do you know where it all really started. When he 441 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 4: was a little boy, way back in the early nineteen hundreds, 442 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 4: his mother taught him how to sew. She took time 443 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 4: and invested into him. Little did she realize that small 444 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 4: seed that she planted in an eight year old boy 445 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 4: would one day grow and develop, and those hands would 446 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,800 Speaker 4: become one of the most skilled surgeons that's ever lived. 447 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 4: Take time to invest in those around you. Here's the key. 448 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:05,719 Speaker 4: Start with your own family. Make sure you're pushing up 449 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,680 Speaker 4: those that are closest to you. Don't take them for granted. 450 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,120 Speaker 4: I wouldn't be half of who I am today if 451 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 4: it was not for Victoria. She's always pushing me up. 452 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 4: In these days in families, there's competition in marriages, competition 453 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 4: in families. But if we can just realize the higher 454 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,160 Speaker 4: we help others go, the higher we're gonna go. It's 455 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:30,400 Speaker 4: all connected. I've got to tell you my brothers, sisters, 456 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 4: brothers in law, sisters in law, they're always encouraging me, 457 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:38,920 Speaker 4: so loyal, so supportive, no wonder, I'm so blessed. They 458 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:41,639 Speaker 4: inspire me to want to return the favor. That's the 459 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:44,959 Speaker 4: way it should be. Push your spouse up. Push your 460 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 4: children up, Push your cousin up, push your nephew up, 461 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:53,840 Speaker 4: push your grandparents up. Start with your own family. One 462 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 4: more I left out, push your mother in law up, 463 00:24:56,640 --> 00:25:00,919 Speaker 4: and not out. I read a story Glory about a 464 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:04,879 Speaker 4: young man named Patrick Henry. He was born with no eyes, 465 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:08,399 Speaker 4: totally blind, and he had no ability to walk. He 466 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 4: couldn't fully straighten his arms and legs out. His parents 467 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,440 Speaker 4: were so discouraged, but after a few months they discovered 468 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 4: that little Patrick had an incredible gift for music. He 469 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 4: actually started to learn to play the piano at nine 470 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 4: months old. He grew up and not only became a 471 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:29,439 Speaker 4: concert pianist, but he was a world class trumpet player. 472 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 4: He went to the University of Louisville and they invited 473 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 4: him to play in the marching band. Of course, he 474 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:38,679 Speaker 4: couldn't march, he couldn't walk, he couldn't see. He was 475 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:42,320 Speaker 4: in a wheelchair. But that didn't stop him. His father 476 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 4: resigned from his daytime job and he took an overnight 477 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 4: position at the mail company so he could be there 478 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:53,159 Speaker 4: to help his son. The father attended every band practice, 479 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:56,879 Speaker 4: he learned all the routines. I'm talking about a marching band, 480 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 4: not putting his child on the sideline and letting them 481 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 4: march around him. This father would push his child in 482 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:09,920 Speaker 4: a wheelchair in perfect formation, zigging, zagging, grooving, moonwalking. You're 483 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 4: talking about pushing people up. When you watch them on 484 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:15,159 Speaker 4: the field, you would have thought the father was the child. 485 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 4: He was so happy, he had a big smile just 486 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:22,159 Speaker 4: maneuvering that wheelchair. He told later, when their child was 487 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:24,680 Speaker 4: first born, he and his wife said, God, why us, 488 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:27,120 Speaker 4: What did we do to deserve a child like this? 489 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:30,639 Speaker 4: Now they asked the question in a different light, God, 490 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,399 Speaker 4: why us? What did we do to deserve such a 491 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:35,920 Speaker 4: great child like this? A child that could bring us 492 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 4: so much joy, so much happiness. Let me ask you again, 493 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 4: are you pushing anybody up? Are you encouraging your family? 494 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:48,639 Speaker 4: Are you investing your time and energy making someone else better? 495 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 4: Look around you. There are people in your life that 496 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 4: are connected to your joy, to your peace, to your dreams. 497 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,880 Speaker 4: They hold the key to your promotion. If you'll help 498 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 4: them go higher, then you're gonna go higher. When you give, 499 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:05,120 Speaker 4: your gifts will come back to you. I heard somebody say, 500 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:09,200 Speaker 4: if you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If 501 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 4: you want happiness for a month, get married. And I 502 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:17,200 Speaker 4: didn't say this. If you want happiness for a year 503 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 4: inherit a fortune. But if you want happiness for a lifetime, 504 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:25,719 Speaker 4: help others. I'm asking us today to develop a habit 505 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 4: of pushing people up. When you take time to invest 506 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:34,919 Speaker 4: in someone else, it doesn't go unnoticed. Every minute you 507 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 4: encourage that friend, every mile you go out of your 508 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:40,399 Speaker 4: way to do a good deed, every penny you spend 509 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,320 Speaker 4: to make someone else better. God sees that he's keeping 510 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:46,280 Speaker 4: the records. He's not only gonna pay you back, He's 511 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 4: gonna multiply what you've sown. When you push people up, 512 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 4: you might as well get ready. The blessings are gonna 513 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 4: come down. You're gonna get breaks, You're gonna see favor. 514 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 4: New doors are gonna open. I believe because you're a giver, 515 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:02,080 Speaker 4: because you're looking at for others, You're gonna see your dreams, 516 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 4: your desires. Every promise God put in you, your goodness 517 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 4: is gonna boomerang right back, and you're gonna see those 518 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:10,800 Speaker 4: promises come to pass. Amen. Do you receive it today? 519 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 4: I know you do. Well. Let's pray together, Father, I 520 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:18,399 Speaker 4: thank you for what we've heard. I know it falls 521 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:21,359 Speaker 4: on good ground, the people of Lakewood. I pray Father 522 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 4: that we go out of here just seeing the world 523 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:27,000 Speaker 4: in a different life, being on the lookout for somebody 524 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 4: we can bless. Father, help us to be aware of 525 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 4: those people that you've brought into our lives that are 526 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:36,200 Speaker 4: connected to our destiny. Father, we commit today we're gonna 527 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 4: use our time and energy to help other people go higher, 528 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 4: and Father, we know we can out and give you 529 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 4: as they go up, We're gonna go up. So I 530 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:46,520 Speaker 4: thank you Father that our eyes are open, that we 531 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 4: will continue to give, and that we will become everything 532 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:52,160 Speaker 4: that You've created us to be. In Jesus's name, I 533 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,680 Speaker 4: pray thanks so much for listening to today's message. 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