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I always like to tell them 32 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:43,679 Speaker 5: how much I love them and show my affection with 33 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 5: these handmade cards. And I used to put my signature 34 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 5: butterflies and flowers all over them. You know, I did 35 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 5: the same kind of butterfly and the same kind of 36 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 5: flower every time. Not long ago, I was going through 37 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 5: a stack of scrapbooks that my mother had so you know, 38 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 5: carefully saved and put together. When I came across one 39 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 5: of these signature cards that I had made, and there 40 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 5: it was my butterflies and flowers. As I was looking 41 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 5: at it, I noticed at the bottom of the page, 42 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 5: written in yellow pencil, were these words, I feel like 43 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 5: we are somebody important and I know that we are. 44 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 5: When when my eyes dropped to those words, I thought, 45 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 5: what in the world. Was I thinking, as a little girl, 46 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 5: I feel like we're someone important and I know that 47 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 5: we are. What was I thinking? 48 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 6: Why can't I feel like that? 49 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 5: Now? You see, I feel like I am something important 50 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 5: and I know that I am. It really it made 51 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 5: me laugh, It made me chuckle. But you know what, 52 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 5: I couldn't let those words slide by. They kept going 53 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 5: through my mind the next day and the next day 54 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 5: because I thought, what was I thinking? And then it 55 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 5: was if I realized inside of every single one of 56 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 5: us is the voice of God saying you are made 57 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 5: in my image, you are valuable, you are significant, and 58 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 5: you are important in this life. You see, inside of 59 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 5: every one of us there is a voice that is 60 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 5: speaking out value, significance, and importance. But sometimes life trust 61 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 5: to change and drowned out that voice. It truest to 62 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 5: devalue us. Unfair things happen, People talk about you, somebody 63 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 5: walks out on your life, struggles, problems, They distort that voice. 64 00:03:56,200 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 5: They try to speak louder than that voice. You know, 65 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 5: I realize, though, God has put that in each and 66 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 5: every one of us, and we have to allow that 67 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 5: voice to come out of us. Because see, doesn't matter 68 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 5: what we think it matters who we are. You may 69 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 5: feel insignificant, but God sees you as valuable. He sees 70 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 5: you as important to his plan. You see, doesn't matter 71 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 5: how we feel. It doesn't change the value of our 72 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 5: life in the eyes of God. You know, I have 73 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:36,599 Speaker 5: this nice crisp one hundred dollars bill, and it pretty. 74 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 5: It doesn't look like it's been handled much. It doesn't 75 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 5: look like it's been spent a whole lot. It's beautiful, 76 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:46,039 Speaker 5: isn't it? Does somebody want it? Who wants this hundred 77 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 5: dollar bill? Anybody? Here? You go? Here, you go up? 78 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:55,840 Speaker 7: Sorry, my sweet lady, of course you want that beautiful 79 00:04:55,960 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 7: hundred dollars bill. It's pristine, it's amazing, and it'll spend well. Oh, 80 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 7: don't worry, I have another one. Oh, but this one 81 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 7: looks like it I'm sorry, just a minute. 82 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 5: It looks like it's been in the washer and the dryer. 83 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 5: It's not so pretty. You probably don't want this one. 84 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 5: This one's all ugly and messed up. No, do you 85 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 5: think anybody anybody want? You want this one? 86 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 4: All right? 87 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 5: My sweet sister was there. I'm sorry. Of course you 88 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 5: want that one hundred dollars It doesn't matter what it 89 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 5: looks like. It holds tremendous value. Does it matter if 90 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:43,159 Speaker 5: life has put some wrinkles in you, It doesn't matter 91 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 5: if you feel like you've gone through the wringer. You 92 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 5: have value, and you have importance, and you have significance today. 93 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 5: You know, God doesn't make mistakes. God only makes masterpieces, 94 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 5: and you are a masterpiece in the eyes of God. 95 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 5: He's already qualified you, and He's left nothing out of you. 96 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 5: You know, we all have a responsibility to keep that 97 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:25,040 Speaker 5: voice of God clear and free from the debris of life. 98 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 5: We all have a responsibility to spend our life well 99 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 5: and to make it count. You see, this great God 100 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 5: has put so many amazing things in us. He's already 101 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 5: put assignments in our path. We have a responsibility and 102 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 5: how we live our life it matters, you know. It 103 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:48,239 Speaker 5: matters how I live my life, matters to my children, 104 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 5: matters to my husband, it matters to my neighbor. You see, 105 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:57,359 Speaker 5: when I realize that God's placed this value in me, 106 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:00,359 Speaker 5: I'm going to spend my life well. And when I 107 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 5: spend my life well, it helps others spend theirs well. 108 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 5: When I have God confidence, it helps others rise up 109 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 5: and have confidence in themselves. You see, how you live 110 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 5: your life makes a difference, and that's why God wants 111 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 5: you to keep that voice free and clear, keep that 112 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 5: child like wonder in the things of God. I read 113 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 5: the letter that day and I realized, you know what, 114 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 5: I may feel unqualified, I may not have confidence, I 115 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 5: may feel like I lack the ability, but God doesn't 116 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 5: see me that way. He sees me as strong, capable 117 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 5: to do what He's called me to do. You know, 118 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 5: there's a guy in the Bible. His name was Gideon. 119 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 5: You may know his story. He lacked confidence, he lacked 120 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 5: the feeling that he had the ability to do anything. 121 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 5: One day, an angel of the Lord came to gid 122 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 5: In and he said, gid In, the Lord is with you, you, 123 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 5: mighty man of fearless courage. Then the angel went on 124 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 5: to say, Gideon, the Lord wants you to help the 125 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 5: Israelites his children defeat the enemy the Midianites. Isn't that interesting? 126 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 5: He addressed him as a mighty man of fearless courage, 127 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 5: and then he asked him to do something. But this 128 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 5: is what Gideon replied. He said, Lord, wait a minute, 129 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 5: how am I going to do that? I have a family, 130 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 5: and our family amounts to nothing. In fact, we are 131 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 5: the least of all the families in the area. And 132 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 5: not only does my family not have what it takes, 133 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 5: I'm the least in all my family. You see his reply, 134 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 5: There's such a contrast in the voice of God telling 135 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 5: him a mighty man of valor speaking up to what 136 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:11,560 Speaker 5: Gideon's reply was. You hear the voice that tries to 137 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:15,960 Speaker 5: drowned out God's voice. See, God is saying the same 138 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 5: thing to you today, whatever is in front of you. 139 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 5: He's calling out those things that you are, that you 140 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 5: have on the inside of you. But the voice of 141 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 5: life wants to be so noisy, wants to distort the 142 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 5: voice of God. Very interesting the difference between God's voice 143 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:45,320 Speaker 5: and Gideon's voice. You see, Gideon didn't see himself as strong. 144 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:51,680 Speaker 5: But you know what's interesting, didn't change God's perspective. Gideon, 145 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 5: he talked himself out of it when he replied to God, 146 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 5: God didn't talk himself out of it. Gideon felt we 147 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 5: but God sawing as capable as able as a champion, 148 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 5: a fearless, courageous champion. You see. The good news is this, 149 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:20,439 Speaker 5: Gideon finally took hold of that voice, took that strength 150 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 5: of that voice and let him go out and lead 151 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 5: the charge, and he won the victory for God that day. 152 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:31,440 Speaker 5: You see, whatever's trying to hold you down, you need 153 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 5: to shake it off. You need to let the voice 154 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 5: of God come booming out loud and clear. You may 155 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 5: feel weak, you may feel small, but your weakness can 156 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:47,560 Speaker 5: be turned into strength when you take hold of God. 157 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 5: I saw this animated cartoon one time that made such 158 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 5: an impression on me. It was this tiny little mouse 159 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 5: and his friend was this big, huge elephant, and they 160 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 5: were about to cross this thatched bridge that was high 161 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 5: in the air. As they crossed that bridge, that little 162 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 5: thatched bridge started swinging and shaking all the way across. 163 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 5: It was rickety swinging and shaking. But when they got 164 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 5: on the other side of that bridge safe, that little 165 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:29,079 Speaker 5: mouse was so proud. He looked up at his friend, 166 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 5: that great big elephant, and he said, we really shook 167 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 5: that bridge, didn't we. You see, you may feel small, 168 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 5: but when you grab hold of God's strength, you have 169 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 5: the power of an elephant. You can look at God 170 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,679 Speaker 5: and you can say, we really shook that bridge, didn't we. 171 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:48,960 Speaker 3: God? 172 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,319 Speaker 5: You see at the end of the day. What matters 173 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:59,440 Speaker 5: most is what you believe about yourself. Protect the voice 174 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 5: of God. He's put it in you. He speaks it 175 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:06,079 Speaker 5: out every single day. See unfair things happen to us. 176 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 5: God said, in this world, they'll be trouble. But you 177 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 5: be a good cheer because you've got an overcomer in you. 178 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 5: You've got an overcomer in you. You are a mighty man, 179 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 5: a mighty woman, a valor. Don't lose that childlike awe 180 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 5: and wonder. Go out of here today and shake some 181 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:31,200 Speaker 5: bridges with God. Amen. 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