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Thanks for listening to 38 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 2: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 39 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 40 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:40,759 Speaker 1: blessing and share it with a friend. 41 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 2: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 42 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 2: your life. Now, God bless you. It's always a joy 43 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 2: to come into your homes and if you're ever in 44 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 2: our area, please stop by and be a part of 45 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 2: one of our services. I promise you we'll make you 46 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 2: feel right at home. Thanks so much for tuning in, 47 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,799 Speaker 2: and thank you again for coming out today. I like 48 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 2: to start with something funny, and I heard about this 49 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 2: minister who was walking down the street when he came 50 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 2: upon this group of young boys that were surrounding a 51 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 2: small dog. He asked them what they were doing. They 52 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 2: explained they were having a contest and whoever could tell 53 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:28,919 Speaker 2: the biggest lie would get to keep the dog. The 54 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,079 Speaker 2: minister launched into a ten minute sermon, starting with don't 55 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 2: you know lying is a sin and ending with when 56 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 2: I was your age, I never told a lie. It 57 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 2: was complete silence. Just when he thought he'd gotten through 58 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 2: to them, the youngest boy spoke up and said, all right, 59 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 2: give him the dog. Hold up your bible, say it 60 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 2: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 61 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:51,519 Speaker 2: what it says. 62 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: I am. 63 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:54,519 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 64 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 65 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 66 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 67 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you. I want 68 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about becoming a miracle. Many 69 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:16,079 Speaker 2: people right now are praying for a miracle. They're saying, God, 70 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,239 Speaker 2: please send me a friend. God, I need help with 71 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,959 Speaker 2: these children. I need training. God, I need a good break. 72 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 2: We have to realize we can become the miracle they need. 73 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,959 Speaker 2: God uses people. He has no hands to heal except 74 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 2: our hands, no voice to encourage except our voice, no 75 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 2: arms to hug, accept our arms. God will bring people 76 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 2: across our path so we can be the answer to 77 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 2: their prayer. You may not realize it, but you are 78 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 2: a miracle waiting to happen. Somebody you know is lonely. 79 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 2: They're praying for a friend. You're the miracle that they're 80 00:03:55,040 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 2: waiting for. Somebody got a bad medical report. They're worried, praying, God, 81 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 2: please send me a sign, let me know that you're 82 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 2: still in control. You are that sign, A simple phone call. Hey, 83 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 2: I'm thinking about you. I want to let you know 84 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 2: it's all going to work out. You just became their miracle. 85 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 2: Somebody is discouraged, saying, God, I don't understand this subject. 86 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 2: I'm not going to pass this course. God send me somebody. 87 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:25,719 Speaker 2: You are that somebody. Take time to become the miracle. 88 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 2: Be aware of who's in your life. They're not thereby accident. 89 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 2: God put them there on purpose. It's because you are 90 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 2: full of miracles. There is healing in you. There's restoration, 91 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 2: there's friendship, there are new beginnings. Life is so much 92 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 2: more rewarding when you realize I can be the answer 93 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 2: to somebody's prayer. I can lift the fallen, I can 94 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:53,720 Speaker 2: restore the broken. I can be kind to a stranger. 95 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:58,280 Speaker 2: I can become someone's miracle. My brother Paul is in 96 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 2: Africa right now. You know, he's a surgeon. For the 97 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 2: next several months, he'll be operating on less fortunate people 98 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 2: way back in the middle of nowhere, so remote village, 99 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 2: hundreds of miles from the nearest city. The clinic is 100 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 2: just a small tin building, barely has electricity, minimal medical supplies, 101 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 2: only one doctor. On a recent visit, a young man 102 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 2: came in in the middle of the night that had 103 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 2: been gored by an elephant's tusk went right through his midsection. 104 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 2: Paul took him back to the makeshift operating room, hopefully 105 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:38,279 Speaker 2: spare his life. The problem was there was no blood 106 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 2: in the blood supply to replenish him with. Paul could 107 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 2: have thought, too bad. I'd love to help you, but 108 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 2: you're going to need several pints of blood and it's 109 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,720 Speaker 2: just not your lucky day now. Before he operated, he 110 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 2: took thirty minutes and gave his blood. He operated on 111 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:58,839 Speaker 2: the young man, then replenish the blood he had lost 112 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 2: with his own blood. What was he doing becoming a miracle? 113 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 2: He could have prayed God, he's in bad shape. He 114 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 2: sure needs a miracle, you know. Paul realized I am 115 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,280 Speaker 2: his miracle. And we all know that God can do 116 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 2: great things. We know God that can do miracles. But 117 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 2: what I want us to see is He's put miracles 118 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 2: in you. You can be the answer to someone's prayer. 119 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:24,600 Speaker 2: You can be the good break they're looking for. You 120 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 2: can be the help they've been longing to have. It 121 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,679 Speaker 2: may not be something as dramatic as saving their life. 122 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 2: It may be just teaching your coworker the skills, you know, 123 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 2: helping that family that's struggling with the rent, taking that 124 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 2: young man to baseball practice with your son each week. 125 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 2: It's no big deal to you, but it's a miracle 126 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 2: to them. It's what will push them toward their destiny. 127 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 2: What kind of world would this be if we all 128 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 2: had the attitude I am a miracle waiting to happen. 129 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:59,239 Speaker 2: I've heard it said sometimes we don't need a miracle, 130 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 2: We just need each other. Look around at who's in 131 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 2: your life. Listen to what they're saying. Is there any 132 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 2: way that you can help. Can you put in a 133 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 2: good word for them at the office. Do they need 134 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 2: a dress for a special occasion and you've got a 135 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 2: dozen in your closet you're never going to wear. Do 136 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 2: they live here alone their families in another state? You 137 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 2: could invite them to have lunch with your family from 138 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 2: time to time, make them feel welcome. Those are opportunities 139 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 2: to become a miracle. Good friend of mine grew up 140 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 2: in the projects, very poor, came from a single parent family. 141 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 2: There wasn't always stability in the home. His dream was 142 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 2: to become a television journalist. He loved to read and write. 143 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 2: Against all odds, he got a scholarship to a major university. 144 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:52,559 Speaker 2: He's African American. He was accepted at this mostly white 145 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 2: Ivy League school. His roommate came from a very prestigious, 146 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 2: influential family. He came from just the opposite from the project, 147 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 2: a low income family. But these two young men hit 148 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 2: it off and became the best of friends. He told 149 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 2: his roommate his dream of becoming a journalist. His roommate said, 150 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 2: if you're going to be a journalist, you've got to 151 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 2: have a better vocabulary. You don't know enough words. Every day, 152 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 2: this roommate would get the dictionary out and teach his 153 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 2: friend one new word, had him use it in sentences 154 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 2: all through the day. This went on for four straight years. 155 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 2: What was this roommate doing becoming a miracle? He took 156 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 2: time to care. He realized his friend was in his 157 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 2: life for a reason. Today, this young man is one 158 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,959 Speaker 2: of the top newscasters in America. He works for a 159 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 2: major network, seen on one of the most prestigious news programs. 160 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 2: But I wonder where he would be if his roommate 161 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 2: had not taken time to become a miracle. When you say, Joel, 162 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:00,599 Speaker 2: I don't want to hear about being a miracle. I 163 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 2: need a miracle. Here's the key. If you will become 164 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 2: a miracle, God will always make sure that you have 165 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 2: the miracles that you need. As long as you're sowing 166 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 2: these seeds, the right people will be in your future, 167 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:18,679 Speaker 2: the right opportunities, the breaks you need. God will get 168 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 2: you to where you're supposed to be. That's what it 169 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 2: says in Proverbs eleven. When you refresh others, you will 170 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 2: be refreshed. If you want your dream to come to pass, 171 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 2: help somebody else's dream come to pass. If you need 172 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:34,839 Speaker 2: a miracle, become a miracle. When you take time to 173 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:38,559 Speaker 2: invest in others, the seeds you sow will always come 174 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 2: back to you. I met two ladies after the service 175 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 2: a few years ago, and one of them was a 176 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 2: little older and one younger, and I thought they were 177 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:50,199 Speaker 2: mother and daughter. But the older one said, no, we're not, 178 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:53,559 Speaker 2: but she's just like my daughter. And she told how 179 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 2: before we move the church from the northeast location to 180 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:00,160 Speaker 2: this new facility, she didn't know if she would be 181 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 2: able to continue to come. She's a widow and not 182 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,439 Speaker 2: used to driving on the freeways. She was very concerned 183 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 2: about it. One day after service, she was telling a 184 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 2: group of friends her dilemma. This young lady that she 185 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 2: had never met before, overheard what she was saying. She 186 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 2: stepped up and said, how about I'll come pick you 187 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 2: up each Sunday and bring you The lady looked at 188 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 2: her very surprised. She said, are you serious? Where do 189 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:28,680 Speaker 2: you live? Come to find out they live thirty minutes apart. 190 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 2: But that didn't stop this young lady. She could have thought, well, 191 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 2: I'd love to help you, but that's a long way. 192 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 2: I'm busy in my career and gas is really high. 193 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:40,439 Speaker 2: Now she saw this as an opportunity to become a miracle. 194 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 2: Now every Sunday morning, like clockwork, she pulls up in 195 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 2: her driveway nine thirty in the morning, brings her to church. 196 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:51,320 Speaker 2: After this older lady told me the story, she hugged 197 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 2: this young girl and said, Joel, she's my miracle. You 198 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 2: can't help everyone, but you can't help someone. There are 199 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 2: people God has put in your path that are connected 200 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 2: to your destiny. As you help them rise higher, then 201 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:10,040 Speaker 2: you will rise higher. As you meet their needs. God 202 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 2: will meet your needs. As you become a miracle, God 203 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:16,680 Speaker 2: will give you miracles. But just the opposite is true. 204 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:19,839 Speaker 2: If we're too busy to help someone else, we're not 205 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 2: going to have the help we need. If we're too 206 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:25,080 Speaker 2: caught up in our own dreams to invest in others, 207 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 2: or too worried about our own problems to encourage somebody else, 208 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 2: we're going to get stuck. Reaching your highest potential is 209 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 2: dependent on you helping someone else reach their potential. It's 210 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 2: like a boomerang. When you help somebody else rise higher, 211 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:44,360 Speaker 2: it always comes back to you and you'll rise higher. 212 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:48,559 Speaker 2: Jesus told a parable in Luke chapter ten about a 213 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:51,079 Speaker 2: man that was walking down the road when he was 214 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 2: attacked and beaten by these bandits. They left him on 215 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:58,839 Speaker 2: the ground almost dead. In a little while, a priest 216 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 2: came by, saw the men from a distance, thought, boy, 217 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:05,680 Speaker 2: he's in bad shape. He sure needs a miracle. I'll 218 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 2: be praying for him. Kept on going. Another man came 219 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 2: by a levite. He did a little better. He went 220 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 2: over to the man, checked him out, felt sorry for him, thought, boy, 221 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 2: this is really unfair. I hope somebody helps him. Went 222 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 2: on down the road. The third man, a samaritan, came by. 223 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 2: Like the first two. He thought, boy, he sure needs 224 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 2: a miracle. But he took it one step further and said, 225 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 2: you know what, I am his miracle. I'm at the 226 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 2: right place at the right time. God put him in 227 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 2: my path so I can be a healer, so I 228 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:41,839 Speaker 2: can be a restorer, so I can give him a 229 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:45,719 Speaker 2: new beginning. The Samaritan went to him, got down on 230 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 2: his knees and began to care for him. He gave 231 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 2: him water from his canteen, took off his scarf, and 232 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 2: bandaged up his wounds. He then gently lifted him off 233 00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:00,679 Speaker 2: the ground, placed him on his animal. He held him 234 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 2: mile after mile as they walked to the nearest city. 235 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:07,199 Speaker 2: They got to the local end the hotel. He paid. 236 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:10,200 Speaker 2: The owner said, you take care of him, let him 237 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 2: stay as long as he had liked, give him anything 238 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 2: that he needs, and I promise you this, I'll come 239 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:19,480 Speaker 2: back and pay for any extra expenses. My question today 240 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 2: is which man are you. It's easy to get so busy, Joel, 241 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 2: I don't have time to help others. I got my 242 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:30,520 Speaker 2: own problems. No, helping others can be the key to 243 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 2: see in your situation. Turn around those people you see 244 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 2: that need encouragement, that need a ride, that needs you 245 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 2: to give blood, that need help, and accomplishing a dream, 246 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 2: those are opportunities for you to go to a higher level. 247 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 2: When you refresh others, you will be refreshed. It's interesting. 248 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 2: The first example Jesus used was a priest. He couldn't stop. 249 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 2: He had to get to the temple. He had religious 250 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 2: duties to fulfill, didn't have time to bother with this man. 251 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 2: After all, if he helped him, he might get his 252 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 2: white robe bloody, he might not look presentable at the temple. 253 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 2: Had all kinds of excuses. But can I tell you, 254 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:16,320 Speaker 2: true religion gets dirty. True religion doesn't hide behind stained 255 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 2: glass or fancy clothes. He goes to where the needs are. 256 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 2: And when you get down low to lift somebody up, 257 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 2: in God's eyes, you can't get any higher. The closest 258 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 2: thing to the heart of God is helping hurting people. 259 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 2: And when you take time to restore the broken, you 260 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 2: pour the healing oil on their wombs, encouraging them, wiping 261 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 2: away their tears, letting them know that there are new beginnings. 262 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 2: That's the religion Jesus talked about. True religion doesn't judge 263 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 2: people to see if they deserve our help. Well, she's 264 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 2: in need, Joel, but I don't think she's living the 265 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 2: right kind of life. He's hurting, but it's his own fault. 266 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 2: He's got the addiction. They brought the trouble on themselves. 267 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 2: Jesus said, it's the sick who need the doctor, not 268 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 2: the healthy. God didn't call us to judge people, He 269 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 2: called us to heal people. He called us to restore people. 270 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 2: He called us to become their miracles. Anybody can find fault, 271 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 2: anybody can be critical and come up with excuses to 272 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 2: pass on by. That's easy. But where are the people 273 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 2: that will take time to care. Where are the people 274 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 2: that will get down and dirty and help love them 275 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 2: back into wholeness. This third man, the Samaritan, he immediately 276 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 2: went to the man and started helping him, making a difference. 277 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 2: He didn't think twice. He became the miracle. That's the 278 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 2: kind of people I want us to be. Not passer buyers, 279 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 2: not too busy in our career, too busy with church work. 280 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 2: Not people like the second man that feel sorry for them. 281 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 2: I wish it hadn't happened. I feel bad. I'm going 282 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 2: to be praying now. Let's become the miracle. God is 283 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 2: counting on us. You can lift the falling, you can 284 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 2: heal the hurting. You can be a friend to the lonely. 285 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 2: You can help a dream come to pass. You are 286 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 2: full of miracles. Friend of mine, young lady named Tammy Trent. 287 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 2: She's a popular Christian singer. She told how she and 288 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 2: her husband went to a tropical island for a vacation 289 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 2: to celebrate their eleventh anniversary. Her husband was a very 290 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:28,440 Speaker 2: skilled diver. He could go underwater without an air tank 291 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 2: for six or seven minutes at a time. They got 292 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 2: to the beach on the first day, so excited, and 293 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 2: the husband jumped in the water and started exploring the 294 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 2: underwater caves. Tammy stayed on the beach to enjoy the 295 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 2: beautiful scenery. Ten minutes went by and she didn't see 296 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 2: a sign of her husband. Got a little worried. Twenty minutes, 297 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 2: still no sign. Thirty minutes, still didn't see her husband. 298 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 2: She began to panic. She told the authorities. They sent 299 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:58,360 Speaker 2: out boats and started looking. Hour after hour. Long story short, 300 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 2: her husband drowned. They found his body the next day. 301 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:07,359 Speaker 2: Tammy was not only in shock totally devastated, but she 302 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 2: was in this foreign country, all alone, with nobody that 303 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 2: she knew. Her parents immediately made arrangements to come the 304 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 2: next day. The problem is this all happened on September tenth, 305 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,679 Speaker 2: two thousand and one. The next day was nine to eleven. 306 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:28,520 Speaker 2: All flights were grounded. She was there for days by herself. 307 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 2: She felt alone and forgotten. She was so numb she 308 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:36,640 Speaker 2: couldn't even think straight. She finally was able to pray 309 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:39,920 Speaker 2: and said, God, if you still care, send somebody to 310 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 2: help me. God sends somebody to let me know that 311 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 2: you're still there. A few minutes there was a knock 312 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 2: on her hotel door. It was the housekeeper. She was 313 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 2: an older Jamaican woman. She said, I don't mean to 314 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,119 Speaker 2: get in your business, but when I was cleaning the 315 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 2: room next door, I couldn't help, but hear you crying 316 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,119 Speaker 2: through the wall, and I was wondering if there's anything 317 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 2: that I could pray with you about. Tammy told her 318 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 2: what had happened, and this older Jamaican housekeeper put her 319 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:13,119 Speaker 2: loving arms around Tammy and held her like she was 320 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 2: her own daughter. That moment, thousands of miles from home, 321 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 2: Tammy knew that God was still in control. To see 322 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 2: this housekeeper, she took time to be a healer. She 323 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 2: was sensitive to the needs around her. Even hearing the 324 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:31,960 Speaker 2: cries from another room, she knew one reason she was 325 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:34,639 Speaker 2: here on earth was to help wipe away the tears. 326 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:39,159 Speaker 2: That day, she poured healing oil on Tammy's wound. She 327 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:42,920 Speaker 2: became a miracle, and the scripture talks about how one 328 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:46,200 Speaker 2: day God will wipe away all the tears. There will 329 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 2: be no tragedy, no more sickness, no more pain. But 330 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 2: in the meantime, God is counting on you and me 331 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 2: to wipe away those tears. Are you lifting the fallen? 332 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:58,920 Speaker 2: Are you restoring the broken? Are you taking time to 333 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,920 Speaker 2: help somebody in need. It's great to come to church 334 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 2: and celebrate. This is important. We come to be encouraged 335 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 2: and filled up and strengthened. But our real assignment begins 336 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 2: when we leave this building. Look around and find the discouraged. 337 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 2: Listen for the cries for help. You may not hear 338 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 2: them with your ears, but you can hear them with 339 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 2: your heart. You see, when somebody's down, all of a sudden, 340 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:28,159 Speaker 2: you feel that compassion flowing out to them. You think, man, 341 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 2: I need to take them out to dinner. I need 342 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 2: to go encourage them. Don't put it off, don't be 343 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 2: a passer buyer. That's God wanting you to bring healing. 344 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 2: There's a tear that needs to be wiped away. Years ago, 345 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:43,879 Speaker 2: I went into this restaurant to eat lunch. There's a 346 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 2: little diner. You order your food up at the front, 347 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 2: and as I was walking to the counter, I saw 348 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:53,640 Speaker 2: this man sitting at a table by himself. Our eyes met. 349 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 2: He nodded at me. When they did, I immediately felt 350 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 2: a compassion toward him. I knew I was supposed to 351 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,720 Speaker 2: encourage him in some way, but he was dressed in 352 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 2: a nice suit, he looked well to do, and I 353 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:09,600 Speaker 2: was in my shorts and had our son Jonathan with me. 354 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:11,440 Speaker 2: He was about two years old at the time, and 355 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 2: I thought, I'm not going to go encourage him. He's 356 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 2: doing just fine. Kept putting it off and putting it off, 357 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:19,639 Speaker 2: but I couldn't get away from it. Ordered my food, 358 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:22,399 Speaker 2: and on the way out, since he had nodded at me, 359 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 2: I decided to stop by his table and just being friendly, 360 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 2: I said hello and ask him how it was going. 361 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 2: He kind of laughed and said not very well. Things 362 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,200 Speaker 2: are kind of rough. I didn't think much about it. 363 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:35,439 Speaker 2: I just smiled and said, well, I know this. It's 364 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:38,159 Speaker 2: going to get better. He thanked me as the end 365 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,639 Speaker 2: of the conversation ten fifteen seconds and I left. A 366 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:44,160 Speaker 2: few months later, I received a letter in the mail 367 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,479 Speaker 2: from him. He told how he was at the lowest 368 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 2: point of his life at that time. He's going through 369 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 2: a divorce. This whole world had fallen apart, for months. 370 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 2: He had been in depression. But he said, when you 371 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:00,440 Speaker 2: made that statement that it's going to get better, it 372 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 2: was like something reignited on the inside. That day was 373 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 2: a turning point in his life. He came out of 374 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 2: the depression. He got his fire back. Today he's moving forward. 375 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 2: Here's what I want you to see. I didn't say 376 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 2: anything profound. I didn't feel chill bumps when I said it. 377 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 2: I simply took time to show him. 378 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:22,680 Speaker 5: That I cared. 379 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 2: We don't realize what we carry. We've got the most 380 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:30,679 Speaker 2: powerful force in the universe. On the inside. What may 381 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 2: seem ordinary to us, no big deal, But when God 382 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:40,160 Speaker 2: breathes on it, it becomes extraordinary. It can be life 383 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:44,919 Speaker 2: giving a simple act of kindness, a simple hug, words 384 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:48,439 Speaker 2: of encouragement, letting somebody know that you care. That can 385 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 2: be the spark that brings him back to life. Nineteen 386 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 2: ninety five, a young lady gave birth to baby twin girls. 387 00:21:56,320 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 2: They were born very premature. One of them was diagnosed 388 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 2: with a severe heart problem and wasn't expected to live. 389 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 2: The hospital's policy was to keep the babies in separate incubators. 390 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 2: Several days passed and this one baby continued to go 391 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 2: downhill was very close to death. One of the nurses 392 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 2: felt strongly that the babies should be put in the 393 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 2: same incubator like they were in their mother's womb. After 394 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 2: much hard work and much persuasion, she convinced the hospital 395 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 2: to make an exception to their policy, and the babies 396 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:36,680 Speaker 2: were put in the same incubator side by side. Overnight. Somehow, 397 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:40,439 Speaker 2: the healthy baby managed to put her arm around her 398 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 2: little sick sister. Much to everyone's surprise, that little sister 399 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 2: health started to improve. Her temperature came back to normal, 400 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 2: her heart stabilized. Little by little. Day after day, she 401 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 2: got better and better. Today, both of those young ladies 402 00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:00,359 Speaker 2: are perfectly healthy. I brought a picture of the babies 403 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,440 Speaker 2: right here is called the rescuing hug. 404 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:05,640 Speaker 4: Here's my point. 405 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 2: We don't always see how powerful we really are. God 406 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:15,359 Speaker 2: has put healing in you. Your hugs can cause people 407 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,680 Speaker 2: to get better. Your kind words can put people back 408 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 2: on their feet. The scripture says, a gentle tongue brings 409 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:26,439 Speaker 2: healing a phone call, giving them a ride, taking them 410 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 2: out to dinner, encouraging them in their dreams. There are 411 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:34,399 Speaker 2: miracles in you waiting to happen. Some people just need 412 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:37,239 Speaker 2: to know that you believe in them when you tell them, hey, 413 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 2: you're amazing, You're going to do great things. I'm praying 414 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:43,119 Speaker 2: for you. That may seem simple to you, but to 415 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 2: the other person it can be life giving. It can 416 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 2: help them blossom into all they were created to be. 417 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:53,640 Speaker 2: One time in the scripture, Moses was on the top 418 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,960 Speaker 2: of this big hill watching a battle that was taking place. 419 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 2: He was holding his rod up in the air. As 420 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 2: long as he had his rod up, the Israelites were winning. 421 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 2: But the battle went on hour after hour, and he 422 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:09,920 Speaker 2: got tired. Every time he put his hands down, the 423 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:13,920 Speaker 2: Amalekites would start to win. Finally, Moses couldn't take it 424 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:17,720 Speaker 2: any longer. He was too tired. His brother Aaron and 425 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 2: a friend her were at the bottom of the mountain 426 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:23,440 Speaker 2: watching all this take place. They could have prayed, God, 427 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:27,359 Speaker 2: we need a miracle, God, keep the Amalekites from defeating us. 428 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 2: Now they had this attitude, we can become the miracle. 429 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,160 Speaker 2: They rushed up to the top of the hill. God 430 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 2: on each side of Moses, and they held his hands 431 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:42,000 Speaker 2: in the air. Because they became the miracle, the Israelites 432 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:45,439 Speaker 2: won the victory. There are people God puts in our 433 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:49,160 Speaker 2: path that need us to hold up their hands. They're 434 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 2: not going to win by themselves. They need your encouragement. 435 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:56,159 Speaker 2: They need your rescuing hug. They need to know that 436 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 2: you care. They're praying for a miracle. Don't miss the 437 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:03,400 Speaker 2: opportunit unity do like Aeron in her and become the miracle. 438 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:06,360 Speaker 2: I saw a report on the news a while back. 439 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,119 Speaker 2: It's about a young lady named Megan. She was a 440 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 2: junior in high school and a star long distance runner 441 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 2: on the track team. At the state track final, she 442 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:19,600 Speaker 2: had already won first place in the sixteen hundred meter race. 443 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 2: Now she was competing in the thirty two hundred meter. 444 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,959 Speaker 2: As she came around the final curve about fifty meters 445 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 2: from the finish line, she saw the girl in front 446 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 2: of her start to wabble, her knees begin to buckle. 447 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:36,320 Speaker 2: She couldn't run in a straight line finally fell to 448 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 2: the ground. What happened next made news around the world. 449 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 2: Instead of Megan passing her by, seeing that as an 450 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:48,000 Speaker 2: opportunity to beat another running Megan stopped running, went over 451 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:51,400 Speaker 2: to the girl, picked her up off the ground, put 452 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 2: her arm around her shoulders, and began to carry her 453 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 2: toward the finish line. The people in the stands begin 454 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 2: to year. There wasn't a dry eye in the place. 455 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:06,159 Speaker 2: When she got to the finish line, Megan turned so 456 00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 2: her opponent could cross the line in front of her. Technically, 457 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 2: they should have both been disqualified because you're not allowed 458 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:16,200 Speaker 2: to touch another runner, but the state made an exception 459 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 2: and gave them both a finishing time. Megan said afterward, 460 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 2: helping her cross that finish line was more satisfying to 461 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:28,919 Speaker 2: me than winning the state championship. It's great to receive 462 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 2: a miracle, but there's no greater feeling than to become 463 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 2: a miracle. Who are you carrying? Who are you lifting up? 464 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:41,440 Speaker 2: Who you helping to cross that finish line? Your destiny 465 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 2: is connected to helping others. Isaiah put it this way. 466 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 2: When you feed the hungry, when you clothe the naked, 467 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 2: when you help those in need, then your light will 468 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:56,120 Speaker 2: break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly come. 469 00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 2: If you will make it your business to become a miracle, 470 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 2: God will make it his business to give you miracles. 471 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 2: You will never lack his blessings in favor. Friends, you 472 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:11,040 Speaker 2: are the answer to somebody's prayer. You can give a 473 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 2: rescuing hug this week, you can help a friend cross 474 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 2: the finish line. You are the miracle that they're believing 475 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:21,719 Speaker 2: for when you go out each day, have this attitude, 476 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:24,920 Speaker 2: I'm a miracle waiting to happen. And if you will 477 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,360 Speaker 2: live not thinking about how you can get a miracle, 478 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 2: but how you can become a miracle, then I believe 479 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:34,360 Speaker 2: and declare, just like God promised, your light is going 480 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:37,359 Speaker 2: to break forth like the dawn. Your healing, your promotion, 481 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 2: your vindication will quickly come. You will rise higher, overcome 482 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:45,600 Speaker 2: every obstacle, and become everything that God's created you to 483 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 2: be in Jesus' name. 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