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And if you're 44 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 4: ever in our area, please stop by and be a 45 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 4: part of one of our services. I'll promise you we'll 46 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 4: make you feel right at home. Thanks so much for 47 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 4: tuning in, and thank you again for coming out. I 48 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 4: like to start with something funny, and I heard about 49 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 4: this wife. She was taking a nap on Valentine's Day 50 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 4: during the afternoon. When she woke up, she called her 51 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 4: husband and said, Honey, I just had a dream that 52 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 4: you bought me a beautiful diamond ring for Valentine's Day. 53 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,839 Speaker 4: What do you think this dream means? He said, you'll 54 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 4: find out tonight. That evening, he brought home a beautifully 55 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 4: wrapped small package, and she opened it up so excited. 56 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 4: It was a book entitled The Meaning of Dreams. Come on, 57 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 4: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 58 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 4: I am what it says I am. I have what 59 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 4: it says I have. I can do what it says 60 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 4: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 61 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 4: of godly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 62 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus's name, God 63 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:11,639 Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 64 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 4: the right people who you spend your time with will 65 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 4: have a great impact on what kind of life you live. 66 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,919 Speaker 4: There are people that God has already ordained to come 67 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 4: across our path to help us fulfill our destiny. People 68 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 4: that will inspire us, challenge us, and make us better. 69 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 4: The right people have already been lined up, But here's 70 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 4: the key. If you're spending time with the wrong people, 71 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 4: you will never meet the right ones. If you're hanging 72 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 4: around people that are not going any place, people that 73 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 4: are dragging you down, causing you to compromise, draining your energy, 74 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 4: you're going to get stuck. You can't hang out with 75 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 4: chickens and expect to soar with eagles. You're going to 76 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 4: become like the people you continually associate with. You want 77 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 4: to know what you're going to be like in five years. 78 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 4: Look at your friends. If your friends are going places, 79 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 4: people of excellence, kind, considerate, generous, those qualities are going 80 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 4: to rub off on you. But if your friends are negative, critical, unmotivated, compromisers, mediocre, indifferent, 81 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 4: this is your wake up call. You're not hearing this 82 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 4: by accident. It's time to make changes. You need some 83 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 4: new friends. You're not going to become who you were 84 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 4: created to be hanging around them. You don't have to 85 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:39,160 Speaker 4: be rude, you don't have to make some big announcement. 86 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 4: Just little by little start distancing yourself, spending less and 87 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 4: less time with them. Proverb says, if you walk with 88 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 4: wise men, you will become wise. It says, don't hang 89 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 4: around a hot tempered person, or you'll become hot tempered. 90 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:01,119 Speaker 4: Another place, don't spend time with people that talk too much, 91 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 4: or you will talk too much. Notice the principle. Whatever 92 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 4: qualities your friends have, either good or bad, eventually will 93 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:15,920 Speaker 4: rub off on you. Spirits are transferable. If you hang 94 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,160 Speaker 4: out with a gossip, before long, you'll be a gossip. 95 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 4: You hang around people that compromise run around on their spouse, 96 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 4: before long, you'll be a compromiser. But here's the good news. 97 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 4: If you hang around excellent people, excellence will rub off 98 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 4: on you. If you hang around generous people, you'll become 99 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:40,919 Speaker 4: more generous. If you associate with successful people, people that 100 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:45,919 Speaker 4: are determined, motivated, go in places, those same good qualities 101 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 4: will become a part of your life. This is why 102 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 4: it's so important that you are selective with whom you 103 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 4: spend your time. You can't just take it by default 104 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 4: and think, well, these are the people I work with, 105 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 4: they're my friends, they're in my class at school. This 106 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 4: is who I hang out with all the time, or 107 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 4: they move next door, so now they come over every night. No, 108 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 4: make sure they have the qualities you want. You need 109 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 4: eagles in your life. People that inspire you, people that 110 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:18,159 Speaker 4: motivate you to go further, people that make you better. 111 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:22,040 Speaker 4: I have a friend. He treats his wife so great. 112 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 4: He's always buying her things, sending her flowers. He writes poetry. 113 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 4: One time he read this poem that he wrote for her. 114 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 4: It was so gushy and so romantic. I thought that 115 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 4: makes me sick. But the truth is he inspires me 116 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 4: to treat Victoria better. He makes me want to come 117 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:46,039 Speaker 4: up higher in that area. I tried writing her a 118 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:48,359 Speaker 4: poem but turned out like a rap, so I've forgot 119 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:54,160 Speaker 4: about that. But seriously, we shouldn't hang around people that 120 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:58,719 Speaker 4: are disrespectful to their spouse, people that put down their families. 121 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 4: He used to play Basket of All with a young 122 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 4: man and he always referred to his wife as his 123 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 4: old lady. Let me call my old lady. Let me 124 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 4: see what my old lady is doing. He was a 125 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 4: nice guy, but I didn't want that old lady spirit 126 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 4: getting off on me. I want my wife to say, young, fun, beautiful, energetic, 127 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 4: you go around talking about your old lady long enough 128 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 4: and you'll have what you say. She'll become old, mean, grouchy, wrinkled. 129 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 4: Don't you dare complain about her. You called her in. 130 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 4: But that old lady spirit was a red flag. I thought, 131 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 4: you know what, he's not for me. We have to 132 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 4: set these boundaries. You hear's somebody that's always negative, critical, 133 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 4: finding fault, that's a red flag. They're not for you. 134 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 4: Somebody that's hot tempered, always getting upset a red flag. 135 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:55,559 Speaker 4: You don't want those qualities. You can still be kind, 136 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 4: friendly to them, but don't spend a lot of time 137 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 4: with them. Be select death. And I realize sometimes at 138 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 4: home or work, we don't have a choice of who 139 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 4: we are around. God will give us the grace for 140 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 4: those situations I'm talking about when you do have a choice. 141 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 4: Life is too short to waste your valuable time with 142 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 4: the wrong people. This is the number one thing that 143 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 4: I see that gets people off course running with the 144 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 4: wrong crowd. The longer I live, the more determined I 145 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 4: am to not spend time with people that are never happy, 146 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 4: people that don't have integrity, people that are small minded, 147 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 4: people that compromise. No if you're going to reach your 148 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 4: highest potential, you have to surround yourself with eagles, with 149 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:45,079 Speaker 4: people that bring out your wings, with people that cause 150 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:49,839 Speaker 4: you to soar. I read where Thomas Edison, Harry Firestone, 151 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:53,679 Speaker 4: and Henry Ford had summer homes next door to each 152 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 4: other in Florida. They were friends and would spend much 153 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,599 Speaker 4: of the summers together. You notice they didn't just associate 154 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 4: with anyone. They associated with other dreamers, with other people 155 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 4: of vision. No wonder they soared to new heights. God 156 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 4: has some eagles in store for you, But if you're 157 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 4: holding on to the chickens, you're never going to meet them. 158 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 4: The scripture says people that choose worthless companions bring shame 159 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:25,959 Speaker 4: to their parents. Are you hanging out with any worthless companions? 160 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:29,320 Speaker 4: Doesn't mean, of course the people are worthless, but they're 161 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 4: not adding any value to your life. They're not inspiring 162 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 4: you to reach your dreams. They're dragging you down. For instance, 163 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 4: you shouldn't go to lunch every day and sit with 164 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 4: coworkers that gossip, complain, talk bad about people, no disrespect. 165 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 4: But those are worthless companions. You are better than that. Well, Joel, 166 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 4: if I don't go to lunch with them, I'll be lonely. 167 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:55,959 Speaker 4: I won't have anybody to eat with. Yes, you may 168 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,960 Speaker 4: be lonely for a season, but God will bring you 169 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 4: somebody better. He'll send an ego into your life. David said, 170 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 4: don't sit inactive in the path of the ungodly. That 171 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 4: means don't sit there and let that gossip poison you 172 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:16,079 Speaker 4: for the next twenty years. What if I hurt their feelings? 173 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 4: What if you miss your destiny. You have a responsibility 174 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 4: to protect what God has entrusted you with, your gifts, 175 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 4: your assignment, your temple. Don't keep going to the gym 176 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 4: with those same people that are causing you to compromise 177 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:37,719 Speaker 4: year after year. Find new friends. Don't sit inactive. If 178 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:42,319 Speaker 4: you're exposed to mediocrity long enough, that mediocre spirit will 179 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 4: get off on you. A friend of mine met this 180 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 4: other man that was in his same field in his career, 181 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 4: and over the next few months they just hit it 182 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 4: off and decided to start a business together. And this 183 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:58,200 Speaker 4: other man was very smart, talented, He had a lot 184 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 4: going for him, but he had a prob with his temper. 185 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 4: When we would play basketball, he would lose his cool 186 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 4: and get upset during the week. If he misplaced his 187 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 4: keys or missed an important phone call, they would just 188 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 4: set him off. He would get so angry. And they 189 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:17,720 Speaker 4: had this business plan all put together looked like a 190 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 4: deal that my friend couldn't refuse. But at the last 191 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 4: moment he told this man that he didn't feel good 192 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:27,080 Speaker 4: about it. He was going to have to pass. Several 193 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:31,959 Speaker 4: years later, my friend met another man, an eagle, a 194 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 4: man of great character and integrity. They started a business 195 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 4: that today is extremely successful. What am I saying, If 196 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:44,199 Speaker 4: you'll let go of the wrong people, God will bring 197 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 4: the right people. Don't settle for a chicken. God has 198 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 4: an eagle. He wants you to sword my friend. He 199 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 4: could have ignored the red flag, thought, all big deal, 200 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 4: he's got an anger problem. A lot of people are 201 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 4: hot tempered. It's not going to affect me. He understood 202 00:11:59,880 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 4: that principle that eventually it would impact his life. He 203 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 4: didn't sit inactive. He was smart enough to wait for 204 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:13,079 Speaker 4: the right people. What you're unwilling to walk away from 205 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:17,679 Speaker 4: is where you stop growing. If you want separate yourself 206 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 4: from negative relationships, you won't rise any higher. God will 207 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 4: never ask you to let go of something without giving 208 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 4: you something better in return. When you do what you 209 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 4: know you're supposed to do, even when it's difficult, a 210 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:38,839 Speaker 4: blessing will always follow. A blessing is always attached to obedience. 211 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 4: But too many people are stuck. They're not growing. It's 212 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:47,199 Speaker 4: because they're still hanging around somebody they knew years ago 213 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 4: they were supposed to get away from. They felt the uneasiness, 214 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 4: they saw the red flags, but they kept putting off 215 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 4: again and again. The sooner you make these changes, the 216 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:02,199 Speaker 4: better off you're going to be. Don't spend your valuable 217 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:05,199 Speaker 4: time with people that bring out the worst in you. 218 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:10,439 Speaker 4: If your friends are causing you to compromise, be negative, complain, 219 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 4: lose your temper, that's a sign that they're the wrong people. 220 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:18,839 Speaker 4: If you'll let them go, God has already lined up 221 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 4: people that will bring out the best in you, people 222 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:25,320 Speaker 4: that will stir up your seeds of greatness, people that 223 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 4: will inspire you to rise to new heights. Scripture talks 224 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 4: about how Daniel had an excellent spirit. If you study 225 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:38,560 Speaker 4: his life, you'll find that he had excellent friends. You 226 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 4: know who Daniel hung out with, Shadrack, me Jacques a Bendigo, 227 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 4: the three Hebrew teenagers that wouldn't bow down to the 228 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 4: king's golden idol. No wonder Daniel was a person of excellence. 229 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 4: His friends were people of integrity, people of great courage, 230 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 4: people that wouldn't compromise, people that had a big dream 231 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 4: for their life. If your friends are Larry, Curly and Moe, 232 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 4: this may be a problem. Psychologists tell us there's something 233 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 4: called the law of the group. That is, we associate 234 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:15,679 Speaker 4: with people the way we see ourselves. Have you noticed 235 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 4: how people that like to gossip find other people that 236 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 4: like to gossip. Negative people gravitate toward other negative people. 237 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 4: Complainers find other complainers. Thus the saying birds of a 238 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 4: feather flock together. My encouragement, make sure you're flocking to 239 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 4: the right group. Victorious people associate with other victorious people. 240 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 4: Successful people find other people that are successful. Happy people 241 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 4: hang around other happy people. Eagles soar with other eagles. 242 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 4: Young people, this is so important. Choosing the wrong friends 243 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 4: can keep you from your destiny. Don't hang around people 244 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 4: at school that have a bad attitude, that are always 245 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 4: bucking the system, always getting into trouble. That may seem cool, 246 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 4: but that's not cool at all. That's dumb. That's going 247 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 4: to cause them to be a chicken when they were 248 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 4: created to be an eagle. Find friends that are going 249 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 4: to make something out of their life. Hang around students 250 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 4: that are disciplined, focused, people that are going somewhere. Don't 251 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 4: worry about being in the right group, having the most friends, 252 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 4: being the most popular. Listen, twenty years from now, nobody 253 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 4: cares who the most popular one was. The quantity of 254 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 4: your friends is not important. It's the quality that really matters. Now. 255 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 4: I would rather have one friend that has their head 256 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 4: on straight, that's going someplace than twenty friends that are 257 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 4: only mediocre. In school, the science fair is not that popular, 258 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 4: the debate team, the math club that never gets a 259 00:15:56,320 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 4: lot of attention. But when you study, you learn, you 260 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 4: make good grades. People may make fun of you, call 261 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 4: your geek, bookworm, nerd. Don't worry. In a few years 262 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:13,119 Speaker 4: they'll call your boss. They'll call you a supervisor, senator, doctor, 263 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 4: pastor your honor. Proverbs twenty seven says, as iron sharpens iron, 264 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 4: so a friend sharpens a friend. Your friends should be 265 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 4: sharpening you, making you better. Now. Sometimes you can outgrow 266 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 4: a friend. God had them in your life for a season. 267 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 4: You bless them, they blessed you, But now that season 268 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 4: is over, maybe you'll grow in at a different rate. 269 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 4: But you have to recognize when their part in your 270 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 4: story is over doesn't mean you can't ever see them again. 271 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 4: But you know you can't spend the same amount of 272 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 4: time and become who you were created to be. True 273 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 4: friends will understand this. True friends won't try to make 274 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 4: you feel guilty. Keep it the same. They'll be happy 275 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 4: for you. They'll celebrate where you're going. See, just as 276 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:10,919 Speaker 4: God opens doors, God closes doors. You can't get stuck 277 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 4: trying to hold onto something that's over and done. We 278 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:17,399 Speaker 4: don't like change. We want it to be just like 279 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 4: it was when we were hanging out, going up together. 280 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:24,119 Speaker 4: But now it's a new day. Sometimes the people that 281 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:26,919 Speaker 4: knew you back then will try to keep you in 282 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 4: that box, keep it all the same. But God works 283 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 4: in seasons. I've seen in my own life how God 284 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:37,600 Speaker 4: moves people out of the way and brings new people in. 285 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:42,920 Speaker 4: Bottom line is everybody cannot go where God is taking you. 286 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 4: The higher you go, the tighter your circle has to become, 287 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 4: the more selective you have to be. Genesis twelve, God 288 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:55,439 Speaker 4: told Abraham to leave his relatives, leave his father's house, 289 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:58,879 Speaker 4: and go out to a new land. God promised that 290 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:02,359 Speaker 4: he would bless him in an amazing way. Well, Abraham 291 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:06,119 Speaker 4: went out, but he took his nephew Lot. God just 292 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:09,200 Speaker 4: told him to leave his relatives. It wasn't long after 293 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 4: that that he and Lot had a disagreement. The land 294 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:16,640 Speaker 4: wasn't big enough to sustain both their cattle and livestock. 295 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:20,639 Speaker 4: Their workers begin to argue God into strife. It was 296 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:24,160 Speaker 4: a big mess. It could have all been avoided if 297 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 4: Abraham would have left who he was supposed to leave. 298 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:32,119 Speaker 4: How much conflict do we encounter? How much heartache do 299 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 4: we have to deal with because we're still hanging around 300 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 4: somebody that we knew years ago we were supposed to 301 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 4: walk away from, like Abraham, God promised to bless us. 302 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:47,359 Speaker 4: But because we didn't leave who we were supposed to leave, 303 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:50,359 Speaker 4: now we're having to deal with things that we should 304 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 4: have never had to deal with in the first place. Now, 305 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 4: Abraham and Lot, there was so much conflict they had 306 00:18:56,880 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 4: to separate. It's funny how God will always eventually get 307 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 4: his way. But Abraham, he meant well taking Lot, that 308 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:10,439 Speaker 4: was his nephew. But just because somebody is related to 309 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 4: you doesn't mean they're connected to you. They may have 310 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 4: your blood, but they don't have your spirit. They may 311 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 4: not have heard the call that God put on your life. 312 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 4: This doesn't make them a bad person. It just means 313 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 4: God has a different assignment for them, or perhaps they're 314 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 4: at a different level in their growth. But for some reason, 315 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 4: they're not right for you. And this is one of 316 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 4: the hardest things we have to deal with, letting go 317 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:40,719 Speaker 4: of people that are not supposed to be in our life. Now, 318 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:43,399 Speaker 4: I'm not talking about your husband or wife. I always 319 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:46,600 Speaker 4: like to clarify this. Somebody flipping through the channel thought 320 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:50,400 Speaker 4: I just got my word from the Lord today, Thank 321 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:56,360 Speaker 4: you Jesus. No, you're stuck. They're permanent. But in all seriousness, 322 00:19:56,359 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 4: there are family members and relatives that cannot go where 323 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 4: you're going. And you should always treat your family with respect. 324 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 4: But you don't have to spend twenty four hours a 325 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 4: day with them. Some of your relatives. You have to 326 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:12,920 Speaker 4: love them from a distance. That family reunion once a 327 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 4: year is all God's asking of you. Now, that was 328 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 4: worth coming to church for. But for Abraham it kept 329 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:25,640 Speaker 4: getting worse. He and Lot separated. Lot was attacked and 330 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:29,360 Speaker 4: captured by an army. They stole all a Lot's possessions. 331 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 4: It looked like he was done. When Abraham heard it, 332 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,200 Speaker 4: he thought, oh man, it's my fault. I let him come. 333 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 4: I've got to do something about it. So Abraham rounded 334 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 4: up all of his men, went fought this big battle, 335 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:44,919 Speaker 4: this big enemy, and rescued Lot. But once again, he 336 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 4: wouldn't have been rescuing people going to all this time 337 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 4: energy trouble if he would have just left who he 338 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:55,680 Speaker 4: was supposed to leave. Abraham was a lot like us. 339 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:59,080 Speaker 4: He wanted to be good to Lot. He thought, God, 340 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 4: I know you said, don't take my relatives, but Lot 341 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 4: wants to come, and I don't want to disappoint him. 342 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 4: He did it out of the kindness of his heart. 343 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:11,199 Speaker 4: How many times are we hanging around somebody that we 344 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:13,880 Speaker 4: know is not good for us, but we don't want 345 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:16,639 Speaker 4: to hurt their feelings. We don't want to let them down, 346 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 4: so we keep putting it off, holding on to what 347 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 4: we know we should let go of. Here's the problem, 348 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:28,719 Speaker 4: like with Abraham. Later on down the road, there'll be trouble, conflict, 349 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:32,120 Speaker 4: unnecessary heartache. We could avoid it if we would make 350 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 4: the right choices today. What am I saying, make sure 351 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 4: you let go of what God's asking you to walk 352 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 4: away from. Another thought, you shouldn't spend a lot of 353 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:47,360 Speaker 4: time with people that are always negative, people that are 354 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:51,320 Speaker 4: always discouraged. You have to keep them cheered up, keep 355 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:55,159 Speaker 4: them fixed. And I'm all for helping people, all for 356 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 4: being a blessing. Sometimes we have to love people back 357 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 4: into wholeness. But if you're always giving and never receiving, 358 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 4: that is an unhealthy relationship. You need to gradually make 359 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 4: some changes. Don't let them continue to control you, make 360 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:16,880 Speaker 4: you feel guilty because you're not there at their beck 361 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:20,200 Speaker 4: and call. And until you put your foot down, they'll 362 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 4: continue to use you, put their demands on you, drain 363 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 4: all your energy trying to keep them happy. And this 364 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:31,880 Speaker 4: is the reason many people are worn out, stressed out, 365 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:36,640 Speaker 4: don't have any energy. They've got this false sense of responsibility, 366 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:41,119 Speaker 4: carrying this heavy load of trying to please everybody. But 367 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 4: here's the key. You are not responsible for other people's happiness. 368 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 4: You are responsible for your own happiness. Everybody I've learned 369 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,600 Speaker 4: doesn't really want to be happy. They like the attention 370 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 4: that it brings from always needing something. As long as 371 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:01,119 Speaker 4: you feel guilty and keep giving in. The one person 372 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,880 Speaker 4: that's going to be unhappy is you. In the scripture, 373 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 4: there was a paralyzed man. He had four of his 374 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 4: friends carry him to a city where Jesus was teaching. 375 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 4: You know the story that let him down through the roof. 376 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 4: Jesus touched the man and he was healed. There are 377 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 4: times in life we need to be like these friends 378 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 4: and carry somebody, help them move forward. But if you're 379 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 4: going to be who you were created to be, you 380 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:33,600 Speaker 4: can't always do the carrying. If this man had not 381 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 4: had friends that could carry him, he would have never 382 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 4: made his destiny. And if you only have people around 383 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 4: you that need to be carried, people that need encouragement, 384 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:48,120 Speaker 4: need help, need advice, need a ride that's out of balance, 385 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 4: you have to have people that can carry you, people 386 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 4: that will help lighten the load. And it's easy to 387 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:59,400 Speaker 4: think you can do it all, raise these children by myself, 388 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 4: run my bad business, always giving, serving, sacrificing, But that's 389 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:09,160 Speaker 4: cheating yourself. God has already lined up people to come 390 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:13,199 Speaker 4: into your life to help lighten that load, to people 391 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:17,239 Speaker 4: that will make your life easier, to encourage you, to 392 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 4: give you advice, people that will open doors that you 393 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,879 Speaker 4: could have never opened. But if you are worn out 394 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:29,639 Speaker 4: trying to please everybody, then because you're soul consumed trying 395 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 4: to carry the weight, you're not taking time to cultivate 396 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:38,120 Speaker 4: relationships that can carry you. And sometimes it's pride we think, well, 397 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 4: I don't need any help. I can do this on 398 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 4: my own. The truth is you cannot reach your highest 399 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 4: potential on your own. What God has planned for you 400 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 4: is going to take more than just your faith. The 401 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:54,159 Speaker 4: faith of one is not going to be enough. Like 402 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 4: this man, you're going to need the faith of five. 403 00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 4: You're going to need four friends that can lift you, 404 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 4: you carry you, help push it into your destiny. Here's 405 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 4: what I'm saying. You can't be so busy sewing into 406 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 4: other people's lives giving serving that you're not cultivating relationships 407 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 4: that can carry you. God has friends lined up for 408 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 4: you that don't need anything. They're stronger, they're smarter, they 409 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 4: have more influence, more experience. You don't have to cheer 410 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 4: them up, they'll cheer you up. You don't have to 411 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 4: inspire them, they'll inspire you. Buy your dinner, introduce you 412 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:35,640 Speaker 4: to their connections. Make sure you have people in your 413 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:38,879 Speaker 4: life that can carry you. I saw something on the 414 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:42,320 Speaker 4: news about a little boy named Owen. He had a 415 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:48,080 Speaker 4: rare muscular disease, only thirty cases worldwide, where his muscles 416 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 4: would tighten up. He couldn't walk, caused him a lot 417 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:54,560 Speaker 4: of pain. When he was around six years old, he 418 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:56,679 Speaker 4: got to the point where he didn't want to go outside. 419 00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 4: He was embarrassed at how he looked, got tired of 420 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 4: people staring at him in the wheelchair. He became very depressed, 421 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 4: just spent all day alone in his room, and his parents, 422 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:11,200 Speaker 4: of course, were so discouraged and concerned. They did everything 423 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:14,680 Speaker 4: they could to cheer him up, with no success. One day, 424 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:18,399 Speaker 4: the mom was on Facebook and she saw this big 425 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:22,560 Speaker 4: dog that was being put up for adoption, something like 426 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,439 Speaker 4: a Saint Bernard. And when she saw a picture of 427 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 4: that dog staring back at her, she fell in love 428 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:31,320 Speaker 4: with him. Come to find out, this dog had been 429 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:34,600 Speaker 4: tied to a railroad track by people trying to get 430 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 4: rid of it. Unfortunately, it was hit by train and 431 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:42,680 Speaker 4: lost one of his legs. They adopted this dog as 432 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:46,440 Speaker 4: a surprise to their little son, Owen. When Owen saw 433 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 4: this three legged dog, there was an instant connection. This 434 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:54,639 Speaker 4: big dog when he first saw Owen, came in and 435 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,840 Speaker 4: put his head on Owen's lap right there in the wheelchair, 436 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 4: just very gently. It's a very moving scene. Owen turned 437 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 4: into a different person. Now he wanted to go outside. 438 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 4: He wasn't embarrassed. He couldn't wait to show people his 439 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 4: three legged dog. He was so proud of this dog. 440 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 4: He asked his parents if he could enter it into 441 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 4: this prestigious dog show over in Britain. They entered the 442 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:23,080 Speaker 4: dog and it won first place for best Rescue Dog. Well, 443 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,199 Speaker 4: Owen wanted to do it again, so he entered it 444 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:29,880 Speaker 4: into another dog show, and another and another. Today they 445 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:33,480 Speaker 4: have won first place in dozens and dozens of dog shows. 446 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:37,400 Speaker 4: Here's my point. If God can bring a dog into 447 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:41,359 Speaker 4: a little boy's life to help him move into his destiny, 448 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:44,680 Speaker 4: how much more will God bring the right people into 449 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 4: your life. God knows how to connect you with exactly 450 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 4: who you need. He's already lined up the right people 451 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 4: to get you to where you're supposed to be. Now, 452 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,440 Speaker 4: remember this principle. If you don't get rid of the 453 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 4: wrong people, you'll never meet the right ones. What you're 454 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:05,919 Speaker 4: unwilling to walk away from is where you'll get stuck. 455 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:11,120 Speaker 4: So on a regular basis, evaluate your friendships. Make sure 456 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:14,480 Speaker 4: you're hanging around eagles, people that inspire you and make 457 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 4: you better. If you'll do this, I believe and declare 458 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 4: God is going to connect you to the right people 459 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 4: for every season. He's going to bring eagles across your path. 460 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 4: You're not going to get stuck. You're going to spread 461 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:30,360 Speaker 4: out your wings and soar into the fullness of your 462 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:34,360 Speaker 4: destiny in Jesus's name. If you receive it today, can 463 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:38,760 Speaker 4: you say amen? We never like to close our broadcast 464 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:41,840 Speaker 4: without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 465 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 4: of your life. Would you pray with me? 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