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You know, I 43 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 5: can look back over my life and I can see 44 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 5: how God placed me. 45 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 4: In an amazing family. 46 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 5: Do you know, sometimes when we're in the moment, we 47 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 5: don't understand how great the moment really is. 48 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 4: But I look back now and I see how God. 49 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 5: Put people, friends, family in my life that not only 50 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 5: held me accountable, that not only sharpened me, but prayed 51 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 5: with me, supported me, linked arms with me. 52 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,920 Speaker 4: So that I could weather the storms of life. 53 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 5: And I believe that is what God has intended for 54 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 5: all of us, to live a life. 55 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 4: That is together. 56 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 5: You see, God intended us to have families and make community. 57 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 5: When he created Adam, he stood back and he said, 58 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 5: it's not good that Adam is alone. And he created Eve. 59 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 5: What he was doing was putting in the heart of 60 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 5: every one of us community. 61 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: Love. 62 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 4: He said, Adam, Eve, I want you to go. I 63 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 4: want you to multiply, increase the earth. He was saying. 64 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 4: I want you to grow your family strong, bring the 65 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:12,639 Speaker 4: other people that are in community with you. 66 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 5: See, that's what God intended for every single one of 67 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 5: us to do. I can truly say today that I 68 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 5: am what I am not because of all my great decisions, 69 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 5: not because I was so smart. Because I had people 70 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:31,679 Speaker 5: in my life who helped me, who motivated me, who 71 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 5: challenged me. 72 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 4: Even when I didn't want to hear it, I listened. 73 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 5: It made a difference in my life, and I believe 74 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 5: you could probably say the same thing. 75 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 4: I've had good people in my life. You see, we 76 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 4: need to be those good people. 77 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 5: We were never intended to live this life isolated as 78 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 5: an island unto ourselves. God intended us to be in 79 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 5: community with one another, to motivate, to strengthen and support 80 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 5: one another. 81 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 4: You see, that's the healthy way to live. 82 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 5: Ecclesiastes says it like this, two people are better off 83 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 5: than one for they can each help one another succeed. 84 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 5: If one person falls, the other one can reach out 85 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 5: and help them up. 86 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 4: You see, we need each other. 87 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 5: If you're going to live a successful life, you've got 88 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,719 Speaker 5: to understand the people in your life that are like 89 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 5: minded are important. 90 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 4: And they are worth developing. 91 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 5: A strong relationship with a strong community with good relationships 92 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 5: are two way streets. It's as much about what you 93 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 5: give than what you receive. The Bible tells us to 94 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 5: encourage one another daily. It doesn't say weight around to 95 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 5: be encouraged. It says we are to have an exchange 96 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 5: of encouragement on a daily basis. Do you know when 97 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 5: you need encouragement? The greatest thing that you can do 98 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 5: is to speak encouragement because when you speak encouragement to them, 99 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 5: you literally breathe God's life into them, and as a result, 100 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 5: you breathe God's life into your own soul. You see, 101 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 5: God says this should be an exchange of encouragement. 102 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 4: We can't live as islands to ourself. 103 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:25,799 Speaker 5: You know, sometimes it feels like it would be easier 104 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 5: to do it alone, doesn't it, Because sometimes the people 105 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 5: in our life are annoying and they're aggravating and their troublesome. 106 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 4: But you know what God is saying, It's okay if 107 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 4: you're with the right group of people, the people I've 108 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 4: put you with. You have potential in that group of people. 109 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:48,280 Speaker 5: If there are people in your family that you don't 110 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 5: think that they can get it right, that's okay because 111 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 5: you're there for them, and I can tell you someone 112 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 5: else is there for you. 113 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 4: It's interesting because. 114 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:05,279 Speaker 5: I believe that we're our happiest and our healthiest when 115 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 5: we are helpful to other people. In fact, there was 116 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 5: a study on happiness and it was interesting because it 117 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,280 Speaker 5: talked about what actions that we can do that create 118 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 5: this emotion of happiness within us. And you would think 119 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 5: it was when we go on vacation, that we're our 120 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,599 Speaker 5: happiest when we get a present, we're our happiest. But 121 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 5: it was saying that the emotion of happiness is really 122 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 5: a sense of when. 123 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 4: You are helpful and your purpose is tied. 124 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 5: To someone else and helping them, that gives you the 125 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 5: greatest heightened sense of happiness. In fact, it was interesting 126 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 5: they called it the helpful high. 127 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 4: That's how they that's what they labeled it. It's the 128 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 4: helpful high. 129 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 5: See, I can't imagine getting high on anything but being helpful, 130 00:06:56,520 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 5: knowing that it's such a euphoric feeling. It doesn't even 131 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 5: have a hangover. You can be helpful and get high 132 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 5: at the same time. I believe that's why this church works. 133 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 5: I believe that's what makes this church what it is, 134 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,679 Speaker 5: because this church is a place that you can come 135 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 5: and be loved and encouraged and prayed for. This church 136 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 5: is a place that people will link arms with you. 137 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 5: And I love this church. 138 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 4: Because you don't have to be perfect to be loved. 139 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 4: You don't have to be perfect. 140 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 5: No one's judging you, They're just loving you and being helpful. 141 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 2: You know. 142 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 5: It's interesting because we all have people around us, you know, 143 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 5: sometimes we think, well, God, I can't help everyone. But 144 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 5: can I tell you that if you'll look very closely, 145 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 5: God will have many people around you that you can 146 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 5: invest into that can be a part of your life. 147 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 5: I was talking about how you know, one way to 148 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 5: be a helpful person is to be a person that 149 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 5: has the best interest of someone else. And what I 150 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 5: mean by that is the Bible says we're to be 151 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 5: sharpeners to one another. And think about that word just 152 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 5: a minute. If you've ever cut your hand on a knife, 153 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 5: you'll understand. Sometimes sharp things hurt, they don't always feel 154 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 5: so good. 155 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 4: But God is saying I want the. 156 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 5: People in your life to sharpen you as you sharpen them. 157 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 5: But that only comes from a trusted community, a place 158 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,319 Speaker 5: where you know there's a sincere love. 159 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:37,840 Speaker 4: I can tell you that. 160 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 5: My greatest growth has come when I've been challenged by 161 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 5: the people that love me the most, when I've been 162 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 5: held accountable by the people who love me the most, 163 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 5: Because they not only hold me accountable, they not only 164 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 5: sharpen me, but they're also there to link arms with 165 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:56,199 Speaker 5: me and support me. You see, that is where we're 166 00:08:56,200 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 5: going to find help and growth. What am I saying today, 167 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 5: I'm saying we're better together. 168 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 4: We were meant to be together. 169 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 5: I found this wonderful story about the redwood trees in 170 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 5: northern California, and these trees grow three hundred and fifty 171 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:20,559 Speaker 5: feet up in the air. They grow very close together. 172 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 5: The interesting part is their roots are very shallow. They're 173 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 5: only about five and a half feet underground. You would 174 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 5: think something so incredibly tall would have to go very, 175 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:36,320 Speaker 5: very deep in the ground to hold itself up. But 176 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 5: the extraordinary fact about this tree is that the roots 177 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 5: don't go deep, but they spread wide. 178 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:44,200 Speaker 4: Those roots find. 179 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 5: The other trees' roots, and they begin to intermingle their 180 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 5: roots together. And they say that they find nutrition with 181 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:55,439 Speaker 5: one another, and that literally, the way their roots are 182 00:09:55,480 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 5: so intermingled, they hold each other up. That tree in 183 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 5: the middle of those trees can die from old age, 184 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 5: and it can stay there one hundred years because it's 185 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 5: so intermingled. 186 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:09,440 Speaker 4: With the other trees. 187 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:14,319 Speaker 5: You see, it finds its strength in all climates from 188 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 5: being woven together with the other trees. So whether the 189 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:22,199 Speaker 5: winds are blowing, the rains are coming down, or whether 190 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 5: there's a drought, there is always stability in the forest 191 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 5: of the redwood trees, and if we could be as 192 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 5: united together in our lives as those redwood trees are, 193 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 5: I believe we could withstand any storm, that we could 194 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 5: withstand any droughts, because we're not only holding one another up, 195 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:49,199 Speaker 5: but we are giving nourishment to one another. 196 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 4: You see. 197 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 5: God intended us to be together. He intended us to 198 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 5: start in our families. The Bible talks about giving your 199 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 5: life away. Who are you entwined with today? Who are 200 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:06,959 Speaker 5: you investing in? Who are you giving your life too? 201 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 4: I believe there should be people. 202 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:12,319 Speaker 5: In our lives that we ask God, can I invest 203 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 5: in this person? 204 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 4: You see? 205 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 5: You can give people money, you can give them cars, 206 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 5: you can do nice things for them. But can I 207 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 5: tell you when you give them your greatest commodity, which 208 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 5: is yourself, It makes all the difference in the world. 209 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 5: When you entwine your life with someone else, even if 210 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 5: it's seasonal, and you invest in them, I believe that's 211 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 5: when you'll stand strong, you'll grow, and you will be 212 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 5: able to withstand the storms of this life. Amen. Amen, 213 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 5: He's an awesome God. He's created us to be better together. 214 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:51,439 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the Joel Los Deine podcast 215 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 6: help us continue to share the message of hope with 216 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 6: those all over the world. 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