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This is not an 31 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:29,839 Speaker 4: offer to buy yourself security s noor is it investment, 32 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 4: legal or tax advice. 33 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 3: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 34 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 5: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 35 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 5: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 36 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 5: be a blessing and share it with a friend. We 37 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 5: appreciate you and pray put God's very best in your life. 38 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 5: Oh God bless you. It's always a joy to come 39 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 5: into your home. And if you're ever in our area, 40 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 5: please stop buying and be a part of one of 41 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 5: our services. I promise you we'll make you feel right 42 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:08,919 Speaker 5: at home. But thanks for tuning in and thank you 43 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 5: again for coming out today. I like to start with 44 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 5: something funny, and I heard about this plane that was 45 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 5: about to land, and the flight attendant came over the 46 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 5: loud speaker and said, we'd like you to help welcome 47 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 5: our new co pilot. He's about to make his first 48 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 5: commercial landing, so when the plane stops, please give him 49 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 5: a big round of applause. 50 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 3: In a few minutes, the plane made an. 51 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 5: Extremely bumpy landing, bouncing up and down. She came back 52 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:36,959 Speaker 5: on said thanks for flying with us today, and don't 53 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 5: forget to tell our new copilot which one of his 54 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 5: three landings you liked best. Hold up your Bible, say 55 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 5: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 56 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 5: am what it says I am. I have what it 57 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 5: says I have. I can do what it says I 58 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 5: can do. Today I will be talked the word of God. 59 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:59,239 Speaker 5: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 60 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:00,919 Speaker 3: I will be the same. 61 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:05,679 Speaker 5: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 62 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 5: to you today about being good to people. 63 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 3: Everywhere we go. 64 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 5: We should look for opportunities to be a blessing. 65 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 3: Doesn't have to be something big. 66 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,639 Speaker 5: You bring your coworker a cup of coffee in the morning, 67 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,639 Speaker 5: a small act of kindness, or on the freeway traffic 68 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 5: backs up, you slow down, you let that car in. 69 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:26,519 Speaker 3: In front of you. 70 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 5: Just being good to people at the grocery store. The 71 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 5: person behind you has fewer items, you tell them go 72 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 5: up ahead in front of me. 73 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 3: You don't have to. 74 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 5: There's nothing wrong if you don't, but you're on the 75 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 5: lookout for ways that you can be good to people. 76 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 5: On the forefront of your mind is not how can 77 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 5: I get blessed? 78 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 3: But how can I be a blessing. I've learned. 79 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 5: If you will make somebody else's day, God will always 80 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 5: make your own day. If you'll bring a smile to 81 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 5: their face, God will bring a smile to your face. 82 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 5: Is the most rewarding way to live. Not what can 83 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 5: I get? But what can I give? 84 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 3: What can you do for me? But what can I 85 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 3: do for you? 86 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 5: The scripture says Jesus went about doing good, healing all 87 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 5: that were sick. The first thing Jesus did before healing, 88 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 5: before ministring, before delivering, was he was good to people. 89 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:27,359 Speaker 5: And we all have an assignment. You could say, we 90 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 5: all have a ministry. May not be up in front 91 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 5: of people, may not be to go over seas and 92 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:33,480 Speaker 5: be a missionary. 93 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 3: Our ministry is to be good to people. 94 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 5: That's one of the best witnesses that we could ever have. 95 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 5: You don't have to necessarily preach them a sermon. You 96 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 5: don't have to argue doctrine, try to make them. 97 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 3: Believe what you believe. Just be good to them. 98 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:53,280 Speaker 5: Our actions speak much louder than our words. We can 99 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 5: say all day long, I love you, but true love 100 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 5: is seen in what we do. If I really love you, 101 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 5: I'll be good to you. If I really love you, 102 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 5: I'll let you have the parking spot, even though I 103 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 5: got there first. 104 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 3: I'll prefer you. 105 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:11,159 Speaker 5: God said to Abraham, I will bless you, and you 106 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:15,280 Speaker 5: will be a blessing. One key to being blessed is 107 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 5: are you willing to be a blessing. God is not 108 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 5: going to increase us in the way he wants if 109 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:24,599 Speaker 5: we don't make it a priority to be good to people. 110 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 5: I met an older gentleman after the service. He'd been 111 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 5: at the pharmacy. 112 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:31,359 Speaker 3: Earlier that week to pick up a prescription. 113 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 5: He thought his insurance would pay more of it, and 114 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 5: he ended up not having enough money. There was a 115 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 5: young man in line behind him that attends Lakewood. He 116 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:44,479 Speaker 5: just finished working out and ran in there to get 117 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 5: something to drink. He overheard this conversation how the man 118 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 5: didn't have enough money. He said to him, you stay here, 119 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 5: I'll be back in ten minutes. He ran home, god 120 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 5: his wallet, came back and bought the man's prescription. 121 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 3: The older man was so excited. 122 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 5: He said, jel I came to Lakewood today for the 123 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 5: first time because if there are people like that at Lakewood, 124 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 5: then I want to be here. 125 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:13,840 Speaker 3: Friends. Being good to people is better than preaching a sermon. 126 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 5: Being kind, generous, compassion. 127 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 3: Speaks much louder than any words. 128 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 5: And we should have a goal every day to do 129 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 5: at least one good thing for somebody else. Don't wait 130 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:30,480 Speaker 5: for a special occasion. Doesn't have to be Christmas, their birthday, 131 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 5: their anniversary, Valentine's no, just an ordinary day. 132 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:36,279 Speaker 3: Bring your spouse home some flowers. 133 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 5: You're at the mall and you see that blouse that 134 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 5: would look good on your friend, Buy it and take 135 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:42,039 Speaker 5: it to her. 136 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:43,039 Speaker 3: What's this for? 137 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:46,480 Speaker 5: It's not my birthday, it's not Christmas. No, it's because 138 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 5: you're my friend and I want to be good to you. 139 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 5: That young man that delivers pizza to your house, you 140 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,719 Speaker 5: don't even really know him, but sometimes for no reason, 141 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 5: at all, bless him with an extra twenty dollars. You 142 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 5: can't be good today everyone, but you can be good 143 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 5: to the people God put in your life. You need 144 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 5: to study them, listen to what they're saying, be sensitive 145 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 5: to their needs. Man was helping me on a project. 146 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 5: He said just in passing. Wow, Joel, your computer monitor 147 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 5: is so clear. Their clarity and the sharpness is amazing. 148 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 5: I said, yes it is. And what kind of monitor 149 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 5: do you have? He said, oh, Man, monitors like eight 150 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 5: years old. It's not clear at all. The next week 151 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 5: he had a monitor just like mine. Galatian six 'ten says, 152 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 5: don't miss an opportunity to be good to people. If 153 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 5: I wouldn't have been sensitive, not only would he not 154 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 5: have been blessed, but when you're good to people, you're 155 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 5: so in a seed for God to be good to you. 156 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 3: I would have missed out on a blessing. 157 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 5: Well, Joel, I don't have extra money to buy a 158 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 5: computer monitor? 159 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 3: Maybe not? 160 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 5: But can you buy a cup of coffee for a friend. 161 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 5: Can you stay late and help that work or finish 162 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 5: a project? Can you clean the kitchen, give your spouse 163 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 5: a night off. 164 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 3: Can you take. 165 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 5: Time to compliment someone brighten their day. 166 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 3: That doesn't cost anything. 167 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 5: Don't miss opportunities to be good to people. You hear 168 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 5: your coworker talking about how they've got to take their 169 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 5: car into the shop for repairs. Hey, can I give 170 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 5: you a ride? You need me to swing by and 171 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 5: pick you up. 172 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 3: In the morning. 173 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 5: You're on the lookout that young couple they just had 174 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 5: a baby. You hear them talking about how tired they are, 175 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 5: how they're not getting any sleep. I won't say, oh yeah, 176 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 5: I remember those days. That's a really tough time. No, 177 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 5: be sensitive. That's an opportunity to be a blessing. Hey, 178 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:42,199 Speaker 5: how about my spouse and I come over and babysit. 179 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 5: You guys go out to eat one night, have some fun. 180 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 5: Are you looking for ways you can be good to people? 181 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 5: The more you bless others, the more God will bless you. 182 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 5: I was in a hotel lobby one time. A man 183 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 5: was talking on his cell phone when his battery died. 184 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 5: It must have been in a important call, because he 185 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 5: was very frustrated stressed out over it. He was an 186 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 5: Asian man, dressed very nicely, and I was standing next 187 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:10,559 Speaker 5: to me. I just pulled my cell phone out and said, here, 188 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 5: use mine. He said no, no, I'm calling long distance. 189 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:16,839 Speaker 5: I said that's okay, you can call wherever you want to. 190 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 5: He seemed very surprised. He said, are you sure. I 191 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:23,199 Speaker 5: said yes, I'm sure. When I heard him calling Korea 192 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 5: almost changed my mind, but thought, God, let the call 193 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 5: drop please. But five minutes later he handed me my 194 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 5: cell phone back instead of the most genuine. 195 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 3: Voice, thank you so much. 196 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 5: I could tell that simple act of kindness had brightened 197 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 5: his day. May it cost me a few dollars, but 198 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 5: I've learned when I'm good to other people, God will 199 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 5: always be good back to me. 200 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 3: I could. I could have ignored it, thought, ah, too bad. 201 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 3: His cell phone dies happens all the time. 202 00:09:57,440 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 5: I don't know the man. It's his problem, not mine. 203 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 5: So I realized my assignment is to be good to people. 204 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 5: That's one of the main reasons God has put us here, 205 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 5: and if we're going to reach our highest potential, we 206 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 5: have to make it a priority to be a blessing. 207 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 3: Just big things, small things. 208 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:20,720 Speaker 5: Borrow my cell phone, give a compliment, give a ride home, 209 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:24,080 Speaker 5: stay late, and help a coworker. All through the day, 210 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 5: we should be looking for ways we can be good 211 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 5: to people. There was a man standing in line with 212 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 5: his small son to buy tickets to go to the circus. 213 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 5: Right in front of him was a young couple with 214 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 5: eight small children. They were all under the age of twelve, 215 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 5: and they were well. 216 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 3: Behaved and clean cut. 217 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 5: But he could tell by what they were wearing they 218 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 5: didn't have a lot of money, and they were so 219 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 5: excited about going to the circus. The young couple stepped 220 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 5: up to the counter. The man asked proudly for eight 221 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 5: children's tickets and two adults. When the attendant told how 222 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 5: much it was going to cost, his wife dropped her head. 223 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 5: The husband leaned closer and said, how much did you 224 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 5: say it would be? The attendant told him again he 225 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:12,320 Speaker 5: didn't know what to say. It's obvious he didn't have 226 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:16,080 Speaker 5: enough money. The man in line behind him, watching all 227 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 5: this take place, pulled forty dollars out of his pocket 228 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 5: discreetly dropped it on the ground. He picked it up 229 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 5: and said, excuse me, sir, I think this money may 230 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 5: have fallen out of your pocket. 231 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:31,439 Speaker 3: The man looked at him, knowing exactly what he was doing. 232 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 3: He said, with a small tear running down his cheek, 233 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 3: thank you, sir. From the bottom of my heart. 234 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 5: Friends, the real joy in life is not in what 235 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:42,719 Speaker 5: we get, but in. 236 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 3: What we give. There is no greater feeling than. 237 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:49,600 Speaker 5: In making somebody else's day. 238 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 3: We were never created to be ingrown and think. 239 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:57,599 Speaker 5: About me and my dreams and my problems and my challenges. 240 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 5: That's a shallow way to live. Some people are not happy. 241 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 5: We were created to be givers. And when you help 242 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 5: make somebody else's dream come to pass, God will always 243 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 5: make your own dream come to pass. Proverbs eleven seventeen 244 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 5: puts it this way. Your own soul is nourished when 245 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 5: you are kind, when. 246 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 3: You're good to others. 247 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 5: Yes, you're doing them a favor, but really you're doing 248 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 5: yourself a favor. Your own soul is being strengthened, your 249 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 5: own life is being enriched. It's like this lady I 250 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 5: heard about. She was stopped at an intersection in her car. 251 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 5: This beggar came over, knocked on the window, and asked 252 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:40,839 Speaker 5: her for some money. She rolled down the window and 253 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:43,440 Speaker 5: said to the man, listen, sir, I'm going to give 254 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 5: you a dollar, but not because of you, but because 255 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 5: it makes me feel good. The man said, ma'am, why 256 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:53,319 Speaker 5: don't you make it ten dollars and thoroughly enjoy yourself. 257 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:59,320 Speaker 5: Paul said in Second Corinthians, I want you to excel 258 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 5: in the gracious ministry of giving. He could have said, 259 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 5: I want you to excel in business, excel in sports, 260 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,840 Speaker 5: excel in medicine. That's all good, but he said, what 261 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,440 Speaker 5: I want you to really be great at. What I 262 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 5: want you to excel in is in giving. I've made 263 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 5: up my mind. I'm gonna live my life as a 264 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 5: giver and not a taker. If you get around me, 265 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:25,840 Speaker 5: I better warn you you're going to get blessed. I'm 266 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 5: going to study ways that I can be good to you. 267 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 5: I'm gonna encourage you. I'm going to buy your dinner. 268 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:35,439 Speaker 5: I'm gonna be good to your children. I'm going to 269 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 5: help make your dreams come to pass. See, when I 270 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 5: come to the end of my life, I don't want 271 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 5: people to say, oh, yeah, Joel he had that big church, 272 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 5: didn't he He wrote some nice books. 273 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:45,319 Speaker 3: Now, I want them to. 274 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 5: Say, Joel was a giver, Joel made me better, Joel 275 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:50,880 Speaker 5: bright in my day, Joel was good to me. 276 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:53,200 Speaker 3: I've heard it. 277 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:56,720 Speaker 5: Said, if you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. 278 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 5: If you want happiness, for a day, go fish. If 279 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:04,840 Speaker 5: you want happiness for a month, get married if you want. 280 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 5: I didn't say this, somebody else did. If you want 281 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 5: happiness for a year, when the lottery. But if you 282 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 5: want happiness for a lifetime, be good to people. So 283 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 5: often we are praying for a miracle, we have to 284 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 5: realize we can become someone's miracle. Look around at who 285 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 5: God has put in your life. You may be their miracle. 286 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 5: That man with the forty dollars, he became a miracle 287 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 5: for that young family wanting to go to the circus. 288 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 3: That young man at the pharmacy, he became a miracle 289 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 3: for that older gentleman. 290 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 5: There may be miracles in your closet, Miracles in storage, 291 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 5: that furniture, that equipment, those outfits you're never going to 292 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 5: wear again. You could give them to a friend and 293 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 5: become their miracle. I was leaving Minute May Park a 294 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 5: few years ago. Ballgame had just ended. As I was 295 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 5: driving off, it started to rain really hard. Thousands of 296 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 5: people were coming out. It's a long walk to their cars. 297 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 5: I couldn't do something for everyone, but I did have 298 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 5: one umbrella in my back seat, pulled over to the side, 299 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 5: rolled down my window two ladies were running to their 300 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 5: cars with their programs over their head. I said, here 301 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 5: have my umbrella. They couldn't believe it. One lady said, 302 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 5: that's amazing. She just said, God, I wish I had 303 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 5: an umbrella. I said, God must have heard you, because 304 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 5: here it is. You can become someone's miracle. Well, Joel, 305 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 5: I am not going to give away my umbrella to 306 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 5: a total stranger. It cost me twenty two ninety five. Listen, 307 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 5: you can't out give God. The scripture says, give and 308 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 5: your gifts will come back to you. 309 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 3: Press down, shaking together, running over. 310 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 5: When you're good to people, when you meet a need, 311 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 5: when you become a miracle, God will make sure that you. 312 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 3: Get paid back. 313 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 5: Your gifts, your generosity, your kindness will come back to you. 314 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 3: It's funny. 315 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 5: I had had that umbrella forever. It was like ten 316 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 5: years old, and it was cheap to begin with. It 317 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 5: never did work right. But several months later I was 318 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 5: leaving a big hotel in another city. 319 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 3: It was raining. 320 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 5: The bellman had this big, fancy umbrella. It was two 321 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 5: umbrellas combined. He walked us to our car and just 322 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 5: as about to close the door, he said, Joe, do you. 323 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 3: Have an umbrella. I said, no, I don't. He shook 324 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 3: it off and said, here take this. 325 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 5: When we got a bunch of them, I thought, God, 326 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 5: you are so good. I gave up my old, beat 327 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 5: up umbrella, and you gave me back a double wide. 328 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 5: I get my whole family under this one. That's the 329 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 5: way God is. You go around being good to people, 330 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 5: and God will make sure that people are good back 331 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 5: to you. I read a story about a young man 332 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 5: that grew up very poor in a small city. He 333 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:01,560 Speaker 5: would go door to door selling different items to try 334 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:04,479 Speaker 5: to pay his way through college. At one point, he 335 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:07,960 Speaker 5: only had a dime to his name. He was so 336 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 5: hungry he hadn't eaten properly in a couple of days. 337 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:12,440 Speaker 3: He got his nerve up. 338 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:15,320 Speaker 5: The next house he knocked on, he was going to 339 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 5: ask them for something to eat. A very attractive young 340 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:22,679 Speaker 5: lady answered the door, about sixteen years old. When he 341 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:26,600 Speaker 5: saw how beautiful she was, he lost his nerve and 342 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 5: wouldn't ask for anything. 343 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:29,400 Speaker 3: She said, young man. 344 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 5: You look like you're starving. You look like you're so hungry. 345 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 5: Can I get you something to eat? He said, no, 346 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 5: I just like a drink of water. She went in 347 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 5: brought him back a big glass of cold milk. 348 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 3: He thought he had won the lottery. 349 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 5: He hadn't had milk in the longest time, couldn't ever 350 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:50,879 Speaker 5: remember being able to drink a whole glass. He drank 351 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:54,679 Speaker 5: it down all in one big Gump, felt so refreshed 352 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 5: and re energized, reached in his pocket for the ten 353 00:17:57,880 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 5: cent to pay the young lady. 354 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 3: She said, no, you don't owe me anything. 355 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:05,679 Speaker 5: My mother taught me to never accept pay for an 356 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 5: act of kindness. Years later, that young lady became seriously ill. 357 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 5: She was treated in the local hospital in the small town, 358 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 5: but doctors couldn't find out what was wrong with her. 359 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:21,560 Speaker 3: They sent her away to the big city to. 360 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:26,400 Speaker 5: The leading specialist, a man named doctor Howard Kelly. When 361 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 5: doctor Kelly saw on her chart the city she was from, 362 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:34,480 Speaker 5: he was very intrigued. He rushed down to her room, 363 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 5: took one look at her, and immediately recognized her. Doctor 364 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 5: Kelly took on this case personally, went to great links 365 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 5: to do everything he could to make sure she got well. 366 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 5: Sure enough, four months later she had totally recovered and 367 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:53,439 Speaker 5: was ready to lead the hospital. Doctor Kelly requested that 368 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:57,480 Speaker 5: his business office send the bill through him personally so 369 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 5: he could approve. The woman dreaded looking at the bill, 370 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 5: knowing that it would probably take her her lifetime to 371 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 5: pay it off. But when she opened that bill, Doctor 372 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 5: Kelly had written in big letters, paid in full with 373 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 5: one glass of cold milk. 374 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:17,440 Speaker 3: Here's my point. 375 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 5: When you're kind to people in their time of need, 376 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,640 Speaker 5: God will make sure somebody will be kind to you 377 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:27,960 Speaker 5: in your time of need. Your gifts will come back 378 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 5: to you. Every opportunity you have be good to people. 379 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 5: You don't know why God has put that person in 380 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 5: your path. 381 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 3: It's not a coincidence. 382 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 5: God has strategically lined up every person, every detail, every 383 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 5: step of your life. 384 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 3: Now do your part. 385 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:49,479 Speaker 5: Don't miss an opportunity to do good, even small things, 386 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 5: giving a glass of cold milk, giving somebody a ride, 387 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:56,439 Speaker 5: letting them use your cell phone. Well, you say, Joel, 388 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 5: I've got my own challenges. I'm dealing with this health 389 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 5: this year. I've got these problems in my finances. I 390 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 5: didn't come all the way out here to hear about 391 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:07,920 Speaker 5: being good to people. I want somebody to be good 392 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:11,399 Speaker 5: to me. No, you got to sew a seed. Psalm 393 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:15,119 Speaker 5: thirty seven says trust in the Lord and do good. 394 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 3: Most of us know how to trust. 395 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:22,680 Speaker 5: We're believing for a breakthrough, believing for healing, believing for 396 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 5: a promotion. We've got the trusting down. Now we've got 397 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,240 Speaker 5: to move on to step two and. 398 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 3: Be good to somebody. Be a blessing. 399 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:34,920 Speaker 5: If you will become a miracle, that is the seed 400 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 5: God will use for your own miracle. But in difficult times, 401 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,960 Speaker 5: it's easy to fall into self pity and think about 402 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 5: my problems and can't believe this is happening. 403 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:46,400 Speaker 3: I don't understand it. 404 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:50,880 Speaker 5: No, get your mind off yourself and go out and 405 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:54,480 Speaker 5: be a blessing to someone. Being good to people in 406 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:57,240 Speaker 5: your time of need is one of the most powerful 407 00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 5: things you can do. Don't let that difference culty cause 408 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 5: you to become ingrown and soured. I don't feel like 409 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 5: doing it. No, shake it off and go out and 410 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 5: be a blessing. The medical report may not look good, 411 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:13,119 Speaker 5: but don't you sit around at home all day and 412 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,600 Speaker 5: just think about it. Get out of the house and 413 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 5: go cheer up that neighbor. If you can't leave, bake 414 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:21,679 Speaker 5: some cookies and give it to the mailman. If you 415 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:24,040 Speaker 5: can't get out of bed, at least pick up the 416 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:27,880 Speaker 5: phone and go call and encourage a friend. When God 417 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:31,919 Speaker 5: sees you not only trusting, but doing good to people, 418 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 5: that's when he promises your gifts will come back, your 419 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 5: kindness will be returned. You'll not only come out, you'll 420 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:42,159 Speaker 5: come out better off than you were before. There was 421 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:45,399 Speaker 5: a lady that owned a coffee shop in another state, 422 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 5: a drive through business, and one morning, a customer pulled 423 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:51,320 Speaker 5: in and ordered her coffee. 424 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 3: When she went to. 425 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:54,560 Speaker 5: Pay, she said, I want to pay not only for 426 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,879 Speaker 5: my coffee, but for the coffee of the person behind me, 427 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:02,120 Speaker 5: a total stranger. The next car pulled up, the owner said, 428 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:04,960 Speaker 5: with a big smile, your coffee is free today. The 429 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 5: lady in front of you bought it for you. The 430 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 5: man was pleasantly surprised. He said, well, I want to 431 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 5: buy the coffee of the person behind me, total stranger. 432 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:18,959 Speaker 5: This string continued for over two hours and more than 433 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:23,119 Speaker 5: eighty customers. What am I saying? Being good to people 434 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 5: is contagious. When you go out of your way to 435 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:32,880 Speaker 5: show kindness, you start a chain reaction. You compliment someone, 436 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 5: puts them in a good mood, and they compliment someone else, 437 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:40,440 Speaker 5: on and on. There are enough chain reactions in the negative. 438 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:42,639 Speaker 5: They are rude to me. I'm upset. 439 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 3: I'm gonna be rude to somebody. 440 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:49,400 Speaker 5: Now, let's start some chain reactions of kindness, chain reactions 441 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 5: of being good to people, not waiting for special occasions. 442 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 3: No, I heard you going on a trip. 443 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaker 5: Let me run you up to the airport so you 444 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 5: don't have to pay that money for parking. Generosity will 445 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 5: not only bless that person, it's not only a seed 446 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:07,400 Speaker 5: for God to bless you, but it's contagious. It will 447 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,680 Speaker 5: inspire them to be good to others. Now, I wonder 448 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:13,639 Speaker 5: what would happen if every one of us would do 449 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:17,920 Speaker 5: at least one good thing for somebody every single day. 450 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,879 Speaker 5: What would our office be like, our school, our home 451 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:25,920 Speaker 5: if we made it a priority to brighten somebody else's day. 452 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 5: My friend Roxanne teaches our two children in school. She 453 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 5: found out that I like this certain kind of muffin 454 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,919 Speaker 5: from a bakery for breakfast in the morning. Now, a 455 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 5: couple of times a week, sometimes more, she'll get up early, 456 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:43,399 Speaker 5: go to the bakery and bring me that muffin. I 457 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:46,320 Speaker 5: never asked her to do it. In fact, I said, Roxanne, 458 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:48,200 Speaker 5: don't do it. You don't need to get up early. 459 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 5: But she lives to be good to people. She could 460 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 5: go get it the night before, she wouldn't have to 461 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,359 Speaker 5: get up so early, but she won't do it. She 462 00:23:56,440 --> 00:24:00,200 Speaker 5: wants it to be freshly made. She'll call them early 463 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:01,879 Speaker 5: and say, put a new muffin in. 464 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:03,399 Speaker 3: I'm going to be there in thirty minutes. 465 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:05,639 Speaker 5: She'll get to the bakery wait till it comes out 466 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 5: of the oven so she can bring it to the 467 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 5: house while it's still warm. It's just a two dollars muffin, 468 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:12,440 Speaker 5: but it brightens my day. 469 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:14,879 Speaker 3: You don't have to do something big. 470 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:20,119 Speaker 5: Small things can make a big difference. Small acts of 471 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:24,120 Speaker 5: kindness will be remembered for a lifetime. I heard about 472 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 5: an eight year old boy named Barry. He was in 473 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:31,800 Speaker 5: a small grocery store in rural Idaho, staring at the 474 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 5: beautiful display of vegetables. His family was very poor, struggling 475 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 5: to make ends meat. The owner of the store, an 476 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:43,679 Speaker 5: older gentleman named mister Miller, came over and said, Barry, 477 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:46,879 Speaker 5: how are you doing today? He said fine, mister Miller, 478 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 5: I'm just admiring the peas. Mister Miller asked if he 479 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,359 Speaker 5: wanted some. He said no, mister Miller, I don't have 480 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 5: any money. 481 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 3: I'm just looking. 482 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 5: Mister Miller said, well, Berry, what do you have that 483 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:01,639 Speaker 5: you can trade me for some of those peas? Reached 484 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 5: in his pocket, said all I have are these shiny marbles. 485 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:09,560 Speaker 5: They were his prized possession, never went anywhere without them. 486 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:13,159 Speaker 5: Mister Miller said, let me see those marbles, Berry, and 487 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:13,920 Speaker 5: he looked. 488 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:15,639 Speaker 3: At him and said, wow, they sure are beautiful. 489 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 5: The only thing, Barry, is I like red marbles, and 490 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 5: all you have are blues and greens. You take this 491 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:26,440 Speaker 5: sack of peas home, and the next time you come in, 492 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,720 Speaker 5: let me see one of your red marbles. A local 493 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 5: businessman was in the store watching all this tape place 494 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,399 Speaker 5: brought a smile to his face. A couple of days later, 495 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 5: Barry came in with his red marble. Mister Miller said, 496 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,399 Speaker 5: I don't know, Berry, I thought I would like red better, 497 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 5: but I think now I like blues better. You take 498 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:49,919 Speaker 5: this sack of potatoes home, and the next time you 499 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,840 Speaker 5: come in, let me see one of those blues. This 500 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:57,640 Speaker 5: happened time and time again for years. Mister Miller gave 501 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 5: free vegetables to Bury in his family, always asking to 502 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:06,360 Speaker 5: see a different color marble. Fast forward twenty three years 503 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:10,640 Speaker 5: mister Miller died. They were having the viewing. Three young 504 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 5: men in their early thirties came in, two dressed in 505 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 5: army uniforms and won it in a nice suit. They 506 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:21,119 Speaker 5: walked up to the casket together, giving Missus Miller a 507 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 5: big hug, whispering something in her ear as she watched, 508 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 5: each young man placed their hand on mister Miller's hand. 509 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 3: It brought tears to her eyes. 510 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:36,400 Speaker 5: Later that evening, during the viewing, the businessman came in 511 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:41,560 Speaker 5: told Missus Miller how he had seen firsthand how her husband, 512 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 5: Jim was such a fine man, and he'd given groceries 513 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 5: to a little boy just for letting him look at 514 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:51,199 Speaker 5: his marbles. Miss Miller smiled and said, Jim did that 515 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 5: for three young men, always saying it wasn't the right 516 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:57,639 Speaker 5: color marble. She said, but now Jim doesn't have a 517 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 5: choice about the color or the side of the marvel. 518 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:02,440 Speaker 3: She walked up to. 519 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,640 Speaker 5: The casket with the man, and she gently lifted up 520 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:11,080 Speaker 5: her husband's lifeless hand, and underneath were three shiny red 521 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 5: marbles left there by the three young men. Friends' kind 522 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 5: deeds will never be forgotten. It may seem small, to you, 523 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 5: but they'll be remembered for a lifetime. Take time to 524 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,840 Speaker 5: be good to people. Look for ways that you can 525 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:32,680 Speaker 5: make their day. Don't miss an opportunity to be a blessing. 526 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:36,600 Speaker 5: This is where the true joy in life is really found. 527 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:41,960 Speaker 5: Remember when you become a miracle, that is the seed God. 528 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:43,680 Speaker 3: Will use for your own miracle. 529 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:47,160 Speaker 5: Have a goal every day to do at least one 530 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:51,920 Speaker 5: good thing for somebody else. Let's start some chain reactions 531 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 5: of kindness. 532 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,439 Speaker 3: Have the attitude not how. 533 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 5: Can I get blessed today, but how can I be 534 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 5: a blessing. Don't wait for a special occasion. Let every 535 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:04,639 Speaker 5: day be a blessing day. And if you will develop 536 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 5: this simple habit of being good to people, I can 537 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 5: assure you you'll be happier, Your life will be more rewarding. Plus, 538 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:16,239 Speaker 5: God promises your gifts will come back to you in 539 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:18,920 Speaker 5: your time of need. The right people will be there, 540 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:22,720 Speaker 5: the right doors will open. I believe and declare you 541 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:26,160 Speaker 5: will see God's goodness in amazing ways, and you will 542 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:29,080 Speaker 5: live the life of victory that He has in store. 543 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 3: In Jesus' name. 544 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 5: If you receive it, can you say him in today? 545 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 5: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 546 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 5: an opportunity to. 547 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 3: Make Jesus the lord of your life. 548 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me, just say, Lord, Jesus, I 549 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 5: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 550 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:54,040 Speaker 5: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that 551 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 5: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 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