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We love you and we're believing 45 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 5: for God's very best in your life. 46 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:55,639 Speaker 4: And if you're ever. 47 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 5: In our area, I hope you'll stop buying. Be a 48 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 5: part of one of our services. I promise you'll make 49 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 5: We'll make you feel right at home. But thanks for 50 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 5: tuning in today. And I like to get started each 51 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 5: week with something kind of funny. And I heard about 52 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 5: this little girl. She asked her mother how the human 53 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:13,919 Speaker 5: race came about. The mom explained how God created Adam 54 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 5: and Eve and they had children, and here we are. 55 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:19,920 Speaker 5: A few days later, she asked her dad the same question. 56 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 5: He explained that many years ago there were monkeys and 57 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 5: little by little they become more like people, and you 58 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 5: know now you know we're here today. And kind of confused, 59 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 5: she went back to her mother and said, Mom, you 60 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 5: said that God created people, but Dad said that we 61 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 5: came from monkeys. 62 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 4: How can this be? 63 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 5: The mother said, oh, honey, that's easy. I told you 64 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 5: about my side of the family. Dad told you about. 65 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:49,079 Speaker 4: His Hold up your bible, say it like you mean it. 66 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says, I am. 67 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 68 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 69 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:02,799 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 70 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. 71 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 72 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 4: bless you. 73 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about broadening your life. 74 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 5: It's easy to get stuck in a rut to where 75 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 5: we do the same thing again and again. We eat 76 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 5: the same foods, we go to the same restaurants, we 77 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 5: listen to the same music, drive the same way to work, 78 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 5: hang around the same type of friends. If we're not careful, 79 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 5: our life will be very narrow. 80 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:33,959 Speaker 4: The reason many. 81 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 5: People have lost their enthusiasm, they're not excited about each 82 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 5: day is because. 83 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 4: They are under exposed. They won't try. 84 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 5: Anything new, they won't go anywhere different. There's no freshness 85 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 5: to their life. The scripture says in Psalm twenty four, 86 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 5: the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. God 87 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 5: wants us to live a full life. That means a 88 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 5: life where we'll content annually exploring new things, new hobbies, 89 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 5: new cultures, new personalities, new ways of thinking. You have 90 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 5: to get outside of your community, get outside of your 91 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 5: culture and get around people that are not just like you. 92 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 5: People that don't have your sense of humor, people that 93 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:23,359 Speaker 5: have different interest people that grew up in another environment, 94 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 5: people that don't have your same skin, color. That's what 95 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 5: makes you broader, that's what makes life richer, fuller, more enjoyable. 96 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 5: And some of you today you're living a much more 97 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 5: narrow life than God intended you to. 98 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 4: You've never been to the museums. 99 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 5: You've never heard the symphony, never gone to a play, 100 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 5: never seen a ballet. Well, you say, Joel, I know 101 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 5: I would never like that. I grew up in the country. 102 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 5: It's not that sophisticated. No, how do you know unless 103 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 5: you try, And even if you try and you find 104 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:00,359 Speaker 5: it's not for you, you will make better decisions because 105 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 5: you've had more exposure. You're not wasting your time, you're growing. 106 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 5: On the other hand, some of you have never been 107 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 5: to a ball game. You've never been to a rodeo, 108 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 5: never been fishing, never camped out. Your life is too small. 109 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:15,480 Speaker 5: It's one dimensional. 110 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 4: God wants us to be well rounded. 111 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 5: Now, I'm not going to live a full life if 112 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 5: I let my profession consume me. I love to ministry, 113 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 5: I love to help people, but I know to be 114 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:30,799 Speaker 5: my best I have to stay open and learn about 115 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 5: other areas. 116 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 4: I don't want to be one dimensional. 117 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 5: Well, he's a good speaker, but other than that, he's 118 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 5: kind of a dead beat. 119 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 3: No. 120 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 5: I also love to play sports. I love to drive 121 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 5: to little towns and learn about their history. I love 122 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 5: to watch plays. I love to sit outside and eat 123 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 5: lunch with my daughter. You've got to understand I've come 124 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 5: a thousand miles. Before I met Victoria, I was so narrow. 125 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 5: I ate the same thing every day. I played baseball 126 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 5: every night. I had one type of friend. People that 127 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 5: were just like me. People that look like me, people 128 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:08,720 Speaker 5: that talk like me, people that had my same sense 129 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 5: of humor. I mean, if they didn't laugh at my jokes, 130 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 5: they weren't going to be my friend. 131 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 4: If they didn't play. 132 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 5: Baseball, what would I have in common, If they didn't 133 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,239 Speaker 5: come to my same type of church. That was a barrier. 134 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 5: It was that sameness that was limiting me. When we're 135 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 5: all the same, we don't grow like we should. When 136 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 5: we surround ourselves with people just like us, we become stifled. 137 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:35,799 Speaker 5: That's what's limiting many people today. You have to broaden 138 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 5: your life. Don't look for people that are just like you. 139 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 5: Don't gravitate to the same things that you've always done. 140 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 5: Look for new interest, develop new hobbies, cultivate new friendships, 141 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 5: get outside of your box. 142 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:51,839 Speaker 4: God has a. 143 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 5: Full world he wants you to enjoy. Have you ever 144 00:06:55,520 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 5: developed an interest in nature? In streams and mountains, in wildlife? 145 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:05,160 Speaker 5: Have you ever developed an interest in the arts, in science, 146 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 5: in music, in travel, in sports. There is so much 147 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 5: life to be explored, and I want to challenge you 148 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 5: out of a little narrow life into the. 149 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:17,119 Speaker 4: Full life that God has in store. 150 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 5: I remember when about a month after Victoria and I 151 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 5: started dating, she saw where the Symphony was going to 152 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 5: have a free outdoor concert in the park, and she 153 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 5: asked if I wanted to go, And I thought to myself, 154 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 5: the Symphony, Why would we want to do that. That's 155 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 5: for people that are retired, That's for people that don't 156 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 5: have anything better to do. And of course I didn't 157 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 5: tell Victoria that I wanted her to like me at 158 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 5: that time. If she'd asked me to go to a 159 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 5: power plant, I would have gone. 160 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 4: And I said, oh, yeah, the Symphony. I would love 161 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 4: to go. 162 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 5: I thought, at least I can catch up on some sleep. 163 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 5: I had all these preconceived ideas here. 164 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 4: I had never been to the symphony. How did I 165 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 4: know that I wasn't going to like it? That was 166 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 4: a prejudice. 167 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 5: I had prejudged it and already decided that it wasn't 168 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 5: for me. That's what we do many times. Prejudice doesn't 169 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 5: just have to do with skin color. You can prejudge 170 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 5: a hobby, prejudge an event, prejudge a culture, prejudge a. 171 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 4: Certain kind of church. 172 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 5: Could it be that your life is too small today 173 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 5: because you are prejudging things and just ruling them out. 174 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 4: Could it be that you're. 175 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 5: Missing out on something great God has to offer because 176 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 5: you have a narrow mindset. 177 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 4: We went to the symphony that night, and. 178 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 5: It was one of the most enjoyable, relaxing evenings I've 179 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 5: ever had. 180 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 4: I can still remember it to this day. 181 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 5: In fact, that's one reason why we've had the symphony 182 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,479 Speaker 5: here several times to celebrate Christmas. 183 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 4: It's made such an impression on me. What happened. 184 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 5: My horizon was broadened, my life got a little bit fuller. 185 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 5: I discovered something that I liked outside of sports, outside 186 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 5: of the church. Up to that point, that's basically all 187 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 5: I'd ever known, and I was happy, but I was 188 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:06,320 Speaker 5: missing out on the. 189 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:07,960 Speaker 4: Fullness that God had in store. 190 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 5: I'm asking you today to do something out of your 191 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 5: normal box. If you've never been to the museums, you 192 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,439 Speaker 5: need to plan to go. If you've never been fishing, 193 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 5: you need to go. Never been skydiving, Just kidding, broaden 194 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:27,440 Speaker 5: your horizon. And I know you loved your friends, but 195 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 5: did they all look like you and sound like you. 196 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 4: And dress like you. 197 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 5: That's fine, but let me tell you that's boring. You 198 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 5: need some variety. Stay open to people that are not 199 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 5: like you, that don't have your same interest, that didn't 200 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 5: come from your same environment. You need people like that 201 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:49,359 Speaker 5: to make your life full. Really, it was this principle 202 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:52,679 Speaker 5: that brought about Lakewood for years. My father was a 203 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 5: traditional Baptist minister. That's all he'd ever known, all he 204 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 5: had ever been exposed to. And all of Daddy's friends 205 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 5: were Baptist. His cousins were Baptist, his barber was Baptist, 206 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 5: his banker was Baptist, his grocer was Baptist. Even his 207 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:12,319 Speaker 5: pets were Baptists. He used to say, I was Baptist born, 208 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 5: Baptist bred, Babtist living, and Baptist dead. He was Baptist 209 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 5: through and through and back in those days, especially in 210 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 5: the church world, concerning denominations, it was very segregated, not 211 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 5: like it is today. Now we have people from all 212 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 5: denominations and all walks of life, But back then it 213 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 5: was very different. And in the late nineteen fifties, some 214 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 5: of my dad's friends invited him to go hear a 215 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 5: woman minister. This lady was having a revival in town, 216 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 5: and so many people were coming. Was causing a great 217 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 5: stir in that city, not only because of the great 218 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 5: things that were happening, but the fact that she was 219 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 5: a lady. There were not a lot of women ministries 220 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 5: back then, and they certainly weren't accepted like they are today. 221 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 4: And on top of this. 222 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:04,079 Speaker 5: This lady when she ministered, she took her shoes off 223 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 5: and she ministered barefoot. She was known as the barefooted 224 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 5: lady preacher here. My dad was a dignified minister pastor 225 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 5: of the first Baptist Church. 226 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 4: He said to his friends, are you kidding? 227 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 5: I Am not going to go here a barefooted lady minister. 228 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 5: I have a reputation. He was saying, she doesn't fit 229 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:26,200 Speaker 5: into our group. 230 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 4: She didn't go to our cemetery, I mean our seminary. 231 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 4: She's not just like us. And if this wasn't bad enough. 232 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 5: What they didn't tell my father was she came from 233 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:43,320 Speaker 5: the Pentecostal denomination, and that was enough to give a 234 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 5: Baptist heart failure. 235 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 4: Back in those days, she was. 236 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:49,440 Speaker 5: A little bit wild. She believed in healing. She believed 237 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 5: God could still do miracles. Well, they talked my father 238 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 5: into going. My dad told later how he was scared 239 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 5: to death. Here a grown man pastor to thousands, or 240 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 5: dame minister, yet so narrow in his thinking he was 241 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 5: afraid to go hear a barefooted woman minister. Well they 242 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 5: got there that night and the place was so crowded 243 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 5: they couldn't get a seat. It was packed. My father said, 244 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 5: too bad, we better just go back home. He thought 245 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:16,840 Speaker 5: God had. 246 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:17,680 Speaker 4: Answered his prayers. 247 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:20,080 Speaker 5: His friend said, no way, We're going to find a 248 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 5: place to sit. And so they wandered through the side 249 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:27,320 Speaker 5: building in the dark, in the educational Sunday school rooms. 250 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 5: They opened up a door and lo and behold, it 251 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 5: put them on the very front row. My father's heart sunk. 252 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 5: He would have done anything to get out of there. 253 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 5: In a few minutes, the lady came out, and sure enough, 254 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 5: she took off her shoes. There she was standing barefoot 255 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:46,079 Speaker 5: in front of my father now. As she began to minister, 256 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:49,680 Speaker 5: she talked about the love and the goodness of God, 257 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 5: and tears began to flow down her cheeks. And that night, 258 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 5: my father felt something that he had never felt before. 259 00:12:57,440 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 5: All of a sudden, he had a desire to know 260 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 5: God in a greater way. His mind was exposed to 261 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:06,199 Speaker 5: something new that was a turning. 262 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 4: Point in his life. 263 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:11,239 Speaker 5: He left there determined he was going to become everything 264 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 5: God created him to be. He didn't even know the 265 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 5: lady's name, but years later he would credit that woman 266 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 5: for stirring up the dreams and desires that God put 267 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:25,680 Speaker 5: in his heart. And it was that experience that gave 268 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 5: my dad the courage to take a step. 269 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 4: Of faith and start Lakewood Church. What happened he. 270 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 5: Was exposed to something new, exposed to something that was 271 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 5: out of the norm. Once he got out of that 272 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 5: narrow box and ventured into new territories, his life was broadened, 273 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 5: His life became fuller. Could it be like my father, 274 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 5: that we are under exposed. We keep prejudging things that 275 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 5: are different, things that we're not used to, and now 276 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 5: our life is very narrow. We keep hanging around the 277 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 5: same type of people, doing the same thing year after year, 278 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 5: not exploring the full life God has in store. No, 279 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 5: let's broaden our horizons. Let's stay open to things that 280 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 5: are different. Even when we disagree, we can still learn something. 281 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 5: We don't have to be defensive and try to straighten 282 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 5: everybody out. I found you just take the best and 283 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 5: leave the rest. One time, Victoria and I were in Rome, Italy, 284 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 5: walking down the streets. This was about three years after 285 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 5: we were married, and we came to this huge cathedral. 286 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 5: I noticed all the people filing in and I saw 287 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 5: on the sign where the mass was just about to begin. 288 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 4: Well, I had never been to a Catholic mass in 289 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:41,960 Speaker 4: all of my life. 290 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:44,920 Speaker 5: Victoria is always stretching me, so I thought I would 291 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 5: stretch her, and I talked her into going in there 292 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 5: with me, And for the next thirty minutes I. 293 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 4: Experienced something that I'll never forget. 294 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 5: I couldn't understand a word of the mass, it was 295 00:14:56,280 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 5: all in Italian. But as we took communion with those people, 296 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 5: I could see their love for Christ. I could see 297 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 5: their devotion to God, their respect for the Church. And 298 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 5: even though I had no idea what the priest was 299 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 5: saying as he served communion, I could feel the presence 300 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 5: of God, and so often we try to put God 301 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 5: in a box. We think, man, I can't learn anything 302 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 5: from them. They're Catholic and I'm Protestant. I can't associate 303 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 5: with those people. 304 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 4: They don't come. 305 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 5: From my same group. But that's a very narrow way 306 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 5: of living. If you want a rich, rewarding, full life, 307 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 5: you've got to stay open and be willing to experience 308 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 5: people that are not like you, people that don't come 309 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 5: from your culture, people that don't worship the same way, 310 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 5: people that don't fit into your same box. It doesn't 311 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 5: mean that we have to change what we believe, doesn't 312 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 5: mean we have to compromise. But when we expose ourselves 313 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 5: to different things, we become broader. We'll make better decisions, 314 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 5: we're more well rounded. I have a good friend that 315 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 5: lives in India. Anytime he's here, he'll attend our services. 316 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 5: It's a very successful businessman. His faith is not the 317 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 5: same as mine, but that doesn't stop us from learning 318 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 5: from each other. He prays five times a day. He 319 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 5: can be in the middle of the meeting and say 320 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 5: I got to stop and go pray for fifteen minutes. 321 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:24,320 Speaker 5: I can learn from that. He inspires me to be 322 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 5: more devoted. When we go out to eat, we take 323 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 5: turns where we're going to go. When it's my turn, 324 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 5: we eat Mexican food. When it's his turn, we eat 325 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:37,080 Speaker 5: Indian food. Now I'm a picky eater, but I've learned Indian. 326 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:39,480 Speaker 4: Food can be good. You just have to have lots 327 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 4: of water. 328 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 5: But we grow when we're around different people and we're 329 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 5: in different environments. 330 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 4: Some of you. 331 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 5: Today are living a life that's smaller than God designed 332 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 5: for you because you prejudge certain people and certain things, 333 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 5: and you've already they're not going to be right for you. 334 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 5: You'd never like that. No use even trying well. I 335 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 5: could never learn from that minister. She's a woman, she's barefooted. 336 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 5: I could never like the symphony, Joel, I like wrestling. 337 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 5: I would never be able to volunteer at the hospital. 338 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 5: I'm just to interferred. I'm just a homebody. How do 339 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:20,879 Speaker 5: you know, unless you try, your life is going to 340 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 5: be smaller than God intended it. Unless you learn to 341 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 5: quit prejudging things. We need to be exposed to different tastes, 342 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:35,360 Speaker 5: different arts, different personalities, different cultures, different ministries. Life has 343 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 5: too much to offer than to just order a hamburger 344 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 5: every single time. Don't go to that same restaurant for 345 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:44,160 Speaker 5: the next forty years and order the Inchilada special. 346 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:45,479 Speaker 4: Break out of your box. 347 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:49,360 Speaker 5: Try some fish tacos, some mango chicken, some grilled salmon. 348 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:51,120 Speaker 5: Just make sure it's low fat. 349 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 4: And I have to admit I used to be the 350 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 4: world's worst. 351 00:17:56,560 --> 00:18:00,920 Speaker 5: I was always doing the same thing, the same way. 352 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 5: I had very little variety in my life until I 353 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 5: met Victoria, and even after we got married. Every night 354 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:11,359 Speaker 5: I would eat a tune of sandwich with free toes, 355 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 5: seven days a week. One time, something funny happened. Victoria 356 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:19,680 Speaker 5: nine my father. We were in the Jungles of Thailand. 357 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 5: We had traveled ten hours by jeep down these mountain 358 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:26,040 Speaker 5: roads and we finally made it to the little village. 359 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:29,959 Speaker 5: Was very primitive, no running water. The people wore their 360 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 5: native dress. They had these big rings embedded in their 361 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:36,120 Speaker 5: ears that had grown in there, and they had those 362 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:39,359 Speaker 5: big lip rings in their lips, maybe like you've seen 363 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 5: on National Geographic. 364 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 4: Very primitive. The people were very kind. 365 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 5: My father went around praying for the different families. There 366 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:50,440 Speaker 5: was about ten or twelve huts there and just as 367 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 5: we were about to leave. The king of that village 368 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,359 Speaker 5: invited us to his hut to have dinner. It was 369 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 5: a big deal, a high honor. So we went in 370 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:01,439 Speaker 5: there and sat down on the floor. In a few minutes, 371 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:05,200 Speaker 5: someone brought a plate to me. Was basically a big leaf, 372 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 5: and it had some kind of food on it. I 373 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 5: can tell you I've never seen anything like it. It 374 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:14,840 Speaker 5: was far from a tuna sandwich. My first thought was 375 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 5: is it still alive? My second thought was will it 376 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:22,679 Speaker 5: kill me? I felt like I was on fear factor 377 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 5: for a moment as I waited for everyone else to 378 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:27,119 Speaker 5: get their food. 379 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 4: I'd already made up my mind. 380 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:30,879 Speaker 5: I was going to somehow sneak this into my pocket, 381 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 5: but I wasn't about. 382 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 4: To eat it. 383 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 5: But the king, I noticed. He just kept staring and 384 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 5: staring and staring at me. He had a big smile. 385 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 5: I couldn't speak his language, but it's like he was saying, 386 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 5: I can't wait till you try this. I kept waiting 387 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 5: for everyone, but I soon realized that's not the way 388 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 5: they operate. They serve one person, and they all watched 389 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:57,639 Speaker 5: that person eat. I didn't have a choice. If I 390 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 5: didn't need it, I would offend them. I sure didn't 391 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 5: want them to give me a lip rings as a gift, 392 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:08,200 Speaker 5: so I just bowed my head and prayed Psalm ninety one. God, 393 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:10,440 Speaker 5: you said, if I eat any deadly. 394 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:12,679 Speaker 4: Thing, it will not harm me. God, I'm asking for 395 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:13,160 Speaker 4: your help. 396 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 5: I knew this was putting God to the test, and 397 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 5: I ate it, and thank God I made it. I'm 398 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 5: still alive, but that experience broadened me. My life got fuller, 399 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 5: and I love now learning from other cultures. I love 400 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:31,880 Speaker 5: learning from people that are not just like me. Broaden 401 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 5: your life. God has so much more in store for. 402 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 4: Each one of us. 403 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 5: Don't go the next ten years doing the same thing 404 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 5: the same way. Cultivate some new friendships, cook some new dinners. 405 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 4: Drive a different way to work. Plan a trip out 406 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 4: of the country. 407 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 5: Well, hell, Joel, I can't go overseas right now. 408 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 4: Maybe not. But you can go to the museum downtown. 409 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 5: Or you can take a blanket and go to the 410 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 5: park and listen to the bird scene. You can go 411 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:02,400 Speaker 5: to an outdoor concert and let the wind blow through 412 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 5: your hair and thank God that you're alive and healthy. 413 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 4: All around you. 414 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:09,919 Speaker 5: There's so much life to be explored. God wants you 415 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 5: to enjoy that full life. We have to get out 416 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 5: of our routine and be willing to do something different. 417 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 5: We need freshness. I like to run, and as long 418 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:23,320 Speaker 5: as I've been running for years and years, I have 419 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:26,879 Speaker 5: run the exact same path. I even run on the 420 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 5: same side of the road. When I crossed from the 421 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 5: left hand side of the street to the right hand, 422 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 5: I do it at the exact same place. I bet 423 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:36,959 Speaker 5: if my steps were marked year to year, I wouldn't 424 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:38,160 Speaker 5: be more than a foot off. 425 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 4: That's how structured I am. 426 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 5: In about six months ago, I started to run and 427 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 5: I thought, I am so tired of running this same path. 428 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:49,639 Speaker 5: It finally dawned on me that I was seeing the 429 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 5: same sites year after year, the same sides of houses 430 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:56,120 Speaker 5: year after year, same cracks in the road, year after year. 431 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 5: That day I decided to do something different. Instead of 432 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 5: turning left and run in my same path, I turned 433 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 5: right and ran it in the opposite direction. 434 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:08,359 Speaker 4: It was a major breakthrough for me. 435 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,920 Speaker 5: I'm sure God punched Gabriel and said, Gabriel, am I 436 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 5: seeing the right thing? 437 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 4: Is he running in a different direction? 438 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:20,399 Speaker 5: I could see the squirrels were totally confused. That day 439 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 5: I saw sides of houses that I hadn't seen in 440 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:26,679 Speaker 5: twenty two years. I saw flower beds that I never 441 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 5: knew even existed. You'd be amazed at the freshness that 442 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 5: would come into your life if you just drive home 443 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 5: a different way, or if you just park at a 444 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 5: different spot at the mall. 445 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:39,920 Speaker 4: So you could see new stores and new people, or. 446 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:42,200 Speaker 5: If you just go to a different grocery store every 447 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:45,359 Speaker 5: once in a while. Put some variety in your life, 448 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 5: get out of your routine. You were created to need 449 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 5: freshness and not only help you to grow, but it'll 450 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:56,439 Speaker 5: keep you excited about life. I saw an interview with 451 00:22:56,480 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 5: a famous rapper not long ago. The reporter asked him 452 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,879 Speaker 5: why his lyrics were so filled with violence and hate, 453 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 5: and why he was always talking about killings and shootings 454 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:10,720 Speaker 5: and muggings. He said, Man, I'm just keeping it real. 455 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:14,399 Speaker 5: I'm just rapping about life. I'm just rapping about the 456 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:17,800 Speaker 5: way the world is. But the truth is, that's not 457 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 5: the way the world is. That's the way his world is. 458 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 4: That's all he's ever seen, that's all. 459 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:27,200 Speaker 5: He's ever been exposed to. He doesn't realize five miles 460 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 5: down the road, in a neighborhood, a little down the road, 461 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 5: people aren't shooting and killing and mugging. They're enjoying their life, 462 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 5: living in peace, raising their children, going to ballgames, taking 463 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:43,400 Speaker 5: walks through the park. What's the problem. He's under exposed. 464 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 5: He's got a small vision. He needs to get out 465 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:48,200 Speaker 5: of that culture and. 466 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 4: See how other people live. And this is what we do. 467 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 5: Many times we think going to work and back and 468 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:56,960 Speaker 5: going to the grocery store, going to the church, that's 469 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:58,359 Speaker 5: the way the whole world is. 470 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 4: No, that's just our world. There's so much more to experience. 471 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:04,640 Speaker 4: Some of you, three. 472 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 5: Miles from your house is a beautiful park that you've 473 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 5: never enjoyed. Some of you, thirty minutes down the road, 474 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:15,639 Speaker 5: there's a historical landmark that you've never explored. Some of you, 475 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 5: there's a lakewood in your community, but you've never gone 476 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:21,560 Speaker 5: to it. Some of you sit next to a coworker 477 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 5: that's different than you. If you would take time to 478 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:27,399 Speaker 5: develop a friendship, that would add a new dimension to 479 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:32,119 Speaker 5: your life. Don't live under exposed. I think it's interesting 480 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:34,879 Speaker 5: that people come from all over the world to go 481 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 5: to NASA the space center here in town. But until 482 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 5: three years ago, until my children wanted to go, I 483 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,679 Speaker 5: had never been to NASA for forty two years. 484 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:45,919 Speaker 4: It was in my backyard. 485 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 5: It was just thirty minutes down the road, but I 486 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 5: never took time to go. I thought, I'm not into space. 487 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 5: I'm not into science. I like the outdoors, I like 488 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 5: playing sports, but that is such a narrow way to live. 489 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:01,120 Speaker 5: Now I learned something new that day with my children. 490 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 5: I have a new appreciation for the gifts and talents 491 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 5: that God's given our Space team. Plus, I got a 492 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,879 Speaker 5: bigger vision of who God is. When you begin to 493 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:15,200 Speaker 5: understand the magnitude of the universe God created, it can't 494 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:16,160 Speaker 5: help but expand. 495 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,200 Speaker 4: You can't help but help you grow. 496 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 5: Now I believe, just like me, you have things in 497 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:25,359 Speaker 5: your backyard, so to speak, that you haven't taken advantage of, 498 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,800 Speaker 5: even small things. Taking a walk through the woods, listening 499 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,920 Speaker 5: to the birds, scene, getting to know that neighbor. That's 500 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:35,200 Speaker 5: not like you taking an exercise course. 501 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:38,439 Speaker 4: Look around at what God has put in your life. 502 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:41,360 Speaker 4: It's not by accident. It's there to enjoy. 503 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:46,240 Speaker 5: Broaden your horizon, find something that's different, do something. 504 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:47,160 Speaker 4: Out of the ordinary. 505 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 5: The other day, we were in Memphis, Tennessee for one 506 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:52,879 Speaker 5: of our events on the road, and normally we have 507 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 5: to get right back to the services here, but we 508 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,400 Speaker 5: happen to have that next morning free, and we decided 509 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,399 Speaker 5: to stick around and explore men Memphus. We went to 510 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 5: the Lorraine Hotel where doctor Martin Luther King was killed. 511 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 5: We toured the museum and were so inspired by his life. 512 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 5: I left there a little broader. Our son, Jonathan, loves guitars. 513 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:16,919 Speaker 5: There's a famous guitar factory in Memphis. We took an 514 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 5: hour and took the tour to see how they made guitars. 515 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 5: I'll probably never play a guitar, but my life got 516 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:26,359 Speaker 5: a little bit fuller. On the way to the airport, 517 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 5: we stopped by Graceland, where Elvis lived, and saw all 518 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 5: of his accomplishments and how he impacted our culture. 519 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:35,040 Speaker 4: Just a few. 520 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 5: Hours that morning, and my vision was expanded. If you're 521 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,960 Speaker 5: going to live a rich, rewarding, full life, you have 522 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 5: to take steps to broaden yourself. You can't keep prejudging 523 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:48,680 Speaker 5: things and think, oh, I'm not gonna like that. Even 524 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 5: with the guitar factory, my first thought was this is 525 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 5: going to be boring. 526 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 4: I'll just endure it. 527 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:57,400 Speaker 5: But actually it was very fascinating and some of you 528 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:00,240 Speaker 5: may be missing the best part of your life life 529 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:06,119 Speaker 5: because you prejudged someone or something and you've already decided 530 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:07,440 Speaker 5: you're not going to like them. 531 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,680 Speaker 4: That's not for you. No use even trying now, that's 532 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 4: a narrow way to live. 533 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 5: Or remember how my brother in law, Jim, tried to 534 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 5: get my sister Tamra to go out on a date 535 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,840 Speaker 5: for months and months they were in college together, but 536 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:24,359 Speaker 5: Tamra wasn't interested. She had told us how Jim wasn't 537 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 5: right for her. He was to this, to that they 538 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:29,879 Speaker 5: didn't have anything in common. For the longest time. She 539 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:33,440 Speaker 5: said no, but how can you really know someone if 540 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 5: you've never spent. 541 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 4: Time with him. She didn't give him a chance. 542 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:39,359 Speaker 5: She had prejudged him, but Jim was very persistent. 543 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,359 Speaker 4: He kept calling and calling. Finally, one day. 544 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:44,440 Speaker 5: Tamra said, all right, Jim, I'll go on this one 545 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:48,320 Speaker 5: day with you. That night, Tamra saw a different side 546 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 5: of Jim. He was kind, caring, generous, fun funny, kind 547 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:53,120 Speaker 5: of like me. 548 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:55,040 Speaker 4: Today. 549 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 5: Over twenty years and four children later, Tamar and Jim 550 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:03,159 Speaker 5: are as happy as can be. Don't prejudge something just 551 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:07,399 Speaker 5: because someone's different than you. Stay open. Maybe you can 552 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 5: learn from them. Maybe they'll help broaden you, make your 553 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,800 Speaker 5: life fuller. I want to give you an assignment this week. 554 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:18,119 Speaker 5: Do something out of your normal routine. Make friends with 555 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:21,680 Speaker 5: someone that's not just like you. Drive a new way 556 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 5: home from work, or instead of sitting home watching TV 557 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:27,919 Speaker 5: each night, take a walk in the park, go up 558 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 5: to the bookstore and research that hobby that you're interested in. Friends, 559 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,720 Speaker 5: the life God's designed for you is bigger than your community, 560 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 5: bigger than your culture, bigger than your race, bigger than 561 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:42,720 Speaker 5: your profession. Look around this week. Are there things in 562 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 5: your life that you're not taking advantage of? A beautiful park, 563 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:50,200 Speaker 5: a museum, a lakewood you've never visited, a friend you've 564 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,720 Speaker 5: never got to know, or a pond that you've never 565 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 5: thrown rocks in. Break out of your box and explore 566 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:59,680 Speaker 5: something different. There's a full world that God wants you 567 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:03,120 Speaker 5: to in joy. The more exposurey we have, the more 568 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,480 Speaker 5: well rounded we're going to be. And if you'll get 569 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:08,800 Speaker 5: out of a narrow box and broaden your life, you'll 570 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 5: begin to grow in new ways. You'll make better decisions, 571 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 5: and I believe you'll live the rich, rewarding. 572 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 4: Full life that God has in store. Amen, do you 573 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 4: receive it today? 574 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:23,360 Speaker 5: We never like to close on broadcast without giving you 575 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 576 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:30,880 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll 577 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:35,680 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 578 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 4: you my Lord and savior. 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