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And if you're ever in our area, 44 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 4: please stop buying and be a part of born of 45 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 4: our services. These are the finest people in all of Houston. 46 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 4: Texts is right here at Lakewood. I promise you it 47 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 4: will make you feel right at home. But thank you 48 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 4: for tuning in, and thank you again for coming out today. 49 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:10,919 Speaker 4: And I like to start with something funny. In one day, 50 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 4: Adam was feeling very lonely. God said, Adam, I'm going 51 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 4: to make you a companion. It's going to be called 52 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 4: a woman. This person will cook for you, wash your clothes. 53 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 4: She will bear you children, never ask you to get 54 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 4: up in the middle of the night. She will not 55 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 4: nag you. She will agree with every decision you make, 56 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 4: and if you ever have a disagreement, she'll be the 57 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 4: first to admit she was wrong. Adam said, Wow, God, 58 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 4: what will a woman like this cost? God said an 59 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 4: arm and a leg. Adam said, what can I get 60 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 4: for a rib? And the rest is history. Hold up 61 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 4: your Bible. Say it like you mean it. This is 62 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 4: my Bible. I am what it says. I am. I 63 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 4: have what it says I have. I can do what 64 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 4: it says I can do. Today I will be taught 65 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 4: the word of God. God. I boldly confess my mind 66 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 67 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 4: the same in Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 68 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:14,639 Speaker 4: to talk to you today about making deposits everywhere you go. 69 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 4: The way to make a deposit is to make people 70 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 4: feel better about themselves. When you give a compliment, you 71 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 4: look nice today, a great job on that presentation at 72 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:29,799 Speaker 4: the office. Those are not just kind words. You made 73 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 4: a deposit. When you express thanks. I appreciate you, thanks 74 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 4: for being in my life. That's a deposit. Even simple things. 75 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 4: You walk over to the parking attendant, shake their hand, 76 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 4: good morning, how are you today? The fact that you 77 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 4: took time to show respect, You went out of your 78 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 4: way to make them feel special. You made a deposit 79 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 4: all through the day. We should look for these opportunities. 80 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 4: Who can I bless? Who can I encourage? How can 81 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 4: I make somebody feel better about themselves. My friend Johnny 82 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 4: and I we worked in the television department here at 83 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 4: Lakewood when we were in our early twenties. A couple 84 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 4: of times a week we'd go down to the cafeteria 85 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 4: to have lunch, and Johnny's always been very friendly, very likable. 86 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 4: In the cafeteria line, he would see the ladies name 87 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 4: tags serving us. Johnny would always call them by name, Susie, 88 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:28,039 Speaker 4: I'd like some green beans, please, thank you so much. 89 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 4: Marie'll take some macaroni and cheese. You have a great day. 90 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 4: And Beverly, how about a piece of fish? And I 91 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 4: really appreciate it. He would bring a smile to their face. 92 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 4: It's funny. One time this Nigerian lady was serving us. 93 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 4: Her name had more letters than the alphabet. Johnny looked 94 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 4: at that name. I'll never forget it, he squinted. After 95 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 4: a long pause, he said, honey, I'll take a roll. 96 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:55,599 Speaker 4: We would get down to the where you check out 97 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 4: the cash register. I'd look back and all those ladies 98 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 4: servant would be full joy, laughing talking. He made their day. 99 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 4: It got to the point when they saw Johnny in 100 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 4: the line, we could be fifty people back. They start waving. 101 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 4: Here he comes again. We always just thought that Johnny 102 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:16,919 Speaker 4: needed prayer, But now I realize he was making a deposit. 103 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 4: He was brightening people's day. And the scripture talks about 104 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 4: how we should leave places better off than they were before. 105 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 4: When you leave the office, each day, you leave the gym, 106 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 4: you leave your house, are people better off than they 107 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 4: were before? Did you take time to encourage anyone? Did 108 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 4: you lift their spirits. Were you pleasant to be around 109 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:44,839 Speaker 4: or were you too busy, too stressed out, discouraged, grumpy? 110 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,359 Speaker 4: Sad to say, but when some people leave, you're glad 111 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:52,840 Speaker 4: to see them go. They always are complaining, have a 112 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 4: sad story, negative, bringing everybody down. Don't let that be you. 113 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 4: When you leave, people should miss you. They should miss 114 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:05,359 Speaker 4: the joy, the peace, the encouraging words, the compliments, the 115 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 4: kind spirit. Don't drag places down, leave them better off. 116 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 4: Take time to make a deposit everywhere you go at 117 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 4: the grocery store. You may not be as outgoing as Johnny, 118 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:21,160 Speaker 4: but you can go to the cashier and say, thank 119 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:24,720 Speaker 4: you so much, have a blessed day. That didn't take 120 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:27,839 Speaker 4: a lot of extra effort, but you just made a deposit. 121 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 4: You don't know what that person is going through. They 122 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:34,839 Speaker 4: may seem fine on the outside, but you don't know 123 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 4: what's going on at home, the struggles they're facing, the 124 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 4: disappointments they've been through, the challenges that are in front 125 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 4: of them. I was in line at a grocery store 126 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:47,839 Speaker 4: waiting to check out years ago, and the young lady 127 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 4: at the register seemed very distracted. She kept making mistakes, 128 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:55,479 Speaker 4: and the register got jammed an item didn't have a 129 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 4: price on it. Everything that could go wrong did People 130 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:03,160 Speaker 4: in the line were very frustrated, starting to complain. Some 131 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:05,280 Speaker 4: of them, when they got up to her, were very 132 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 4: rude and short with her. I thought, this young lady 133 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 4: has enough going wrong. I'm not going to be a 134 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 4: part of the problem. I'm going to be a part 135 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 4: of the solution. When I walked up, I just smiled 136 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 4: and said, I know it's kind of stressful. People are 137 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 4: being rude, but I'm going to be praying for you. 138 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 4: I know everything is going to get better. Her eyes 139 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 4: got real big. She said, as sincere as can be, 140 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 4: would you pray for me? My little baby is in 141 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 4: the hospital and I'm so worried about him. We took 142 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 4: thirty seconds right then and there and prayed. Made the 143 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 4: line even longer, people even matter. The lady behind me 144 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 4: in line she overheard it and said to that young girl, 145 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 4: my best friend is the head nurse at that hospital. 146 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 4: I'm going to have her go check on your baby. 147 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 4: The whole atmosphere changed when we left. She was a 148 00:07:56,200 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 4: different person. See, God will use your smile, You'll compliment 149 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 4: your prayer to breathe new life into people's spirit to 150 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 4: let them know that somebody cares to you. It may 151 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 4: be no big deal, but to that other person, it's 152 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 4: what keeps them moving forward. There's a lady that attends Lakewood. 153 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 4: She's a widow and she lives alone, doesn't have any 154 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 4: family here in town. She said her favorite thing about 155 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 4: coming to Lakewood is that's the one time during the 156 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 4: week that I know I'm going to get a hug. 157 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 4: The only time she feels the warmth of another person 158 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 4: is at our services. Most of us we get hugs 159 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 4: all the time, but you never know that person you 160 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 4: reach out to. Maybe that's the only hug they're going 161 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 4: to get this week. Maybe your smile, your compliment, your 162 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 4: encouragement is going to be the only encouragement that they receive. 163 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 4: Be aware of who God puts in your path. Nobody 164 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 4: is there by accident. Oh you said, Joel. They're fine, 165 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:05,080 Speaker 4: they're doing better than I am. They're happy, they've got 166 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 4: a smile, they're outgoing. I've learned many people smile on 167 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:14,440 Speaker 4: the outside to hide the pain and loneliness on the inside. 168 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:19,199 Speaker 4: You are a container filled with God. There is healing 169 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 4: in your voice, healing in your smile, healing in your hugs. 170 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 4: Take time to show a part of God everywhere you go. 171 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 4: After all, God has no hands to comfort on this 172 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 4: earth except our hands. He has no arms to love 173 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:40,559 Speaker 4: except our arms. He has no voice to encourage except 174 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 4: our voice. A lady told how her mother had died 175 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 4: and the mother was in her eighties, lived a long, 176 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 4: blessed life, but the daughter was very devastated. She and 177 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 4: her mother were very close, and now this daughter was 178 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 4: just lonely. She missed her mother. One day, she decided 179 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 4: to attend Lakewood. Never been here before. We have greeters 180 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 4: at the door that welcome people. When she walked in, 181 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 4: this elderly lady greeted her. She gave her a hug, 182 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:13,319 Speaker 4: and as she was pulling away, this greeter just gently 183 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 4: patted her cheeks and said, very lovingly, we're so glad 184 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 4: to have you here today. This lady began to weep. 185 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 4: When she gained her composure, she said to the greeter, 186 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:28,560 Speaker 4: when my mother hugged me, she always patted my cheeks 187 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 4: just like you did. Now I know that was God 188 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 4: saying I'm taking care of your mother, and I'm going 189 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 4: to take care of you as well. You never know 190 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:41,680 Speaker 4: what patting somebody's cheeks is going to mean just doing 191 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 4: your thing. You never know what kind of impact that's 192 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 4: going to have. Think about this, There are two hundred 193 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 4: and seventy doors in this facility. What are the chances 194 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 4: that that visitor would walk in the one door where 195 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 4: the greeter would be there to pat her cheeks. You 196 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 4: may come to Lakewood, but I can't promise you you're all 197 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:04,080 Speaker 4: going to get your cheeks padded. But God will put 198 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:07,840 Speaker 4: you at the right place at the right time. God 199 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 4: knows how to use what you have, your unique gifts, 200 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 4: your unique talents. You may not call everybody's name in 201 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 4: the line like Johnny. You may not pat people's cheeks 202 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 4: after you hug them, but God can use your smile. 203 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 4: You'll compliment your kind words to help put people back 204 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:29,680 Speaker 4: on their feet. I met a young lady in another state. 205 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 4: She had attended Lakewood for several years, and she went 206 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:37,200 Speaker 4: through a very rough time. Her marriage was falling apart, 207 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:40,440 Speaker 4: and she was so discouraged didn't think that she could 208 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 4: go on now. One of her lowest moments, she was 209 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 4: leaving a service here at Lakewood on a Sunday morning, 210 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 4: walking down a crowded corridor with hundreds of other people 211 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 4: going out of the building. Well, Victoria came walking in 212 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 4: the opposite direction, going up to the visitor's reception. Out 213 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:02,239 Speaker 4: of the hundreds and hundreds of people in that crowded corridor, 214 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 4: Victoria reached out and gently touched her arm, looked her 215 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 4: in the eyes, and said, you are so beautiful. Just 216 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:14,959 Speaker 4: a five second interaction, and they both went their separate ways. 217 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:18,960 Speaker 4: Victoria never thought any more about it. Several years later, 218 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 4: this young lady told me at a book signing, Victoria 219 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 4: will never know what she did for me that day, 220 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:31,199 Speaker 4: when I felt the most unattractive, the most unlovely, Her 221 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 4: words breathe new life into my spirit. In the months 222 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 4: to come, she would play that phrase over and over, 223 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 4: you are so beautiful. Four words spoken at the right time. 224 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 4: That's what helped her to keep moving forward. The scripture 225 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 4: says in Hebrews to encourage one another daily, not monthly, 226 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 4: not once a week, not when you feel like it, No, 227 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 4: every day. Look for opportunities is to make a deposit. 228 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 4: Make it your business to make somebody else feel better 229 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:09,840 Speaker 4: about themselves. One time, I was in my front yard 230 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 4: doing some yard work and was very hot outside in 231 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 4: the middle of the summer. I decided to go in 232 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:18,320 Speaker 4: and get some water. When I did, I heard the 233 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 4: garbage truck coming down the street. I thought, I'll get 234 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:24,679 Speaker 4: a few extra bottles and give it to the trash collectors. 235 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 4: When I handed them that water, you would have thought 236 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 4: I had given them a thousand dollars each. And yes, 237 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 4: it's hot here in Houston. But it wasn't so much 238 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 4: the water. It was the fact that somebody took time 239 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 4: to make them feel appreciated, Somebody expressed their gratitude. I 240 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 4: read where half of all employees don't feel appreciated by 241 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 4: their company. Eighty percent have never been told thank you 242 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:57,720 Speaker 4: for doing their job. Imagine what kind of deposit we 243 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 4: can make when you think the young lady at the 244 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 4: grocery store, when you thank the person that takes your 245 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 4: order on the phone, when you think the ushers that 246 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 4: seat you each week, or driving out of the parking lot. 247 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 4: You thank the police officers and not whisper something else 248 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 4: under your breath. Well, Joel, I'm paying these employees. I 249 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 4: shouldn't have to thank them, or I pay taxes. I 250 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 4: don't have to thank these police officers. They work for 251 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 4: the city. Now, do you know how much better of 252 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 4: a job people will do when you thank them. Do 253 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 4: you know how much more your employees will produce when 254 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 4: they know they're appreciated. A man went out to get 255 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 4: his paper in the morning, and when he opened the 256 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:44,680 Speaker 4: front door, the little dog from across the street was 257 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 4: bringing the paper to him. He was pleasantly surprised. He thought, 258 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 4: this is great, and he went in and got the 259 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 4: dog a treat and gave it to him. Little dog 260 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 4: went off as happy as can be. The next morning 261 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 4: he went out to get his paper, the little dog 262 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 4: was there with a eight newspapers beside him. That dog 263 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 4: had gone and got all the neighbor's newspapers. He thought, 264 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 4: if I get one treat for one, I'm gonna get 265 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 4: eight today. We laugh, But human nature is the same way. 266 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 4: We'll do a lot more when we know we're appreciated. 267 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 4: A few months after I gave those trash collectors that water, 268 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 4: one day I had forgotten to take my garbage out. 269 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 4: They come very early in the morning, and I'd gotten busy, 270 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 4: and I thought, oh no, because it's hot and this 271 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 4: garbage is gonna stink, and not much I could do 272 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 4: about it. Later that day, after the garbage men got 273 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 4: through running their route through the neighborhood. They came back 274 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 4: down my street, stopped at my house, rained my doorbell, 275 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 4: and asked if my trash was ready to be collected. 276 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 4: All I gave them was three bottles of water, probably 277 00:15:55,680 --> 00:16:01,560 Speaker 4: a dollar fifty investment. But that simple act of deposited 278 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 4: something much greater. On the inside, It's said to them, 279 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 4: I value you, I respect you, I appreciate you serving 280 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 4: my family. Don't miss these opportunities to make deposits. When 281 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 4: the mailman drops off a mail, thank you so much. 282 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 4: The lady that helps you at the mall, I appreciate you. 283 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 4: The man you see at the gas station each week, 284 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 4: thanks for being here serving our community. Don't go the 285 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 4: next twenty years seeing the people God's put in your 286 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 4: life not making any kind of deposit. Do something to 287 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 4: make them feel better about themselves. Now you say, Joel, 288 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 4: I'm not going to have any kind of long term 289 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 4: personal relationship with them. Maybe not. But you're not doing 290 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 4: it for yourself. You're doing it for them. You're doing 291 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 4: it because they've been made in the image of Almighty God, 292 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 4: and God placed them in your path. He's counting on 293 00:16:56,880 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 4: you to make some deposits. Do you know some people 294 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:04,879 Speaker 4: they never really get any compliments, They don't really feel appreciated. 295 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 4: Some have never experienced even a simple act of kindness. 296 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 4: A friend on staff called this man we know in 297 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:17,240 Speaker 4: another state. He drives us when we travel to that state, 298 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:20,160 Speaker 4: and a while back there had been a big hurricane there. 299 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:23,239 Speaker 4: So my friend called just to check on him and 300 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:26,879 Speaker 4: his family. When I saw this driver the next time, 301 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:31,640 Speaker 4: he said that was the nicest thing anybody had ever 302 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:35,040 Speaker 4: done for him. He went on and on. All it 303 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,119 Speaker 4: was was a five minute phone call saying, man, we 304 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:41,440 Speaker 4: heard about the hurricane. Are you okay? Just checking on you? 305 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 4: What am I saying? It doesn't have to be something big? 306 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 4: One compliment you are so beautiful. That's all it took 307 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:53,479 Speaker 4: for that young girl. One pat on the cheek and 308 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 4: that lady felt loved. Three bottles of water, and now 309 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:00,399 Speaker 4: I have personal trash pick up for the rest of 310 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 4: my life. I read a story about a nineteen year 311 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:08,119 Speaker 4: old young man named Carl. He is a special needs child. 312 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 4: He has Down syndrome. He works at the local grocery 313 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 4: store as a bagger, and everyone loves Carl. It's got 314 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 4: a great attitude. One day, Carl came up with an idea. 315 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 4: He wanted to make people better. Every night, he would 316 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 4: find a thought for the day, some kind of encouraging word. 317 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 4: He would type it on his computer six or seven times, 318 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 4: then print it and have it copy. His dad would 319 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:37,480 Speaker 4: help him to cut these into individual pieces, so he 320 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 4: would have about three hundred of these inspirational sayings. He 321 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:44,640 Speaker 4: called it his word of the day. When he would 322 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 4: bag the groceries, he would put that thought for the 323 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 4: day on the top of the bag, and he'd tell 324 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 4: the customers, I put a good word in your bag. 325 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 4: I hope it helps you to enjoy the day. A 326 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:59,639 Speaker 4: week later, the line where Carl was bagging was five 327 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 4: times longer than any other line. It went to the 328 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 4: back of the grocery store, back by the frozen food section. 329 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 4: The manager got on the loud speaker, there are other 330 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:13,080 Speaker 4: registers open, no waiting. Nobody would move. They said, no, 331 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 4: we want to get Carl's word for the day. What 332 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 4: was Carl doing making a deposit using what he had. 333 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:25,360 Speaker 4: He could have been at home feeling sorry for himself, 334 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 4: thinking somebody needs to cheer me up. I've got the disadvantage. No, 335 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 4: if you'll get your mind off of what you don't have, 336 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 4: and use what you do have to make somebody else 337 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:40,119 Speaker 4: feel better to brighten their day. I can promise you 338 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:43,680 Speaker 4: God will always brighten your own day. The reason some 339 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:47,439 Speaker 4: people are not happy, the reason they're not fulfilled, is 340 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 4: they're living in grown they're not doing anything good for 341 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 4: anyone else. But when you get your mind off of 342 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 4: your problems, off of your needs, and you focus on 343 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 4: improving some somebody else's life, the seeds that you sew 344 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 4: will always come back to you. God will improve your 345 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 4: own life. I heard about this junior high teacher one day. 346 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 4: Her students were being very rowdy and she could tell 347 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:15,120 Speaker 4: that they didn't want to learn, and it was late 348 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:17,479 Speaker 4: in the day. She didn't really feel like pressing through it, 349 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 4: so she told her class to put their books up 350 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 4: and to get out one clean sheet of paper. Their 351 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 4: assignment was to write down every student's name in the 352 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 4: class and list at least one good thing you like 353 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 4: about that student. The class went to work looking around 354 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:39,680 Speaker 4: thinking about what they liked about each other. Over the weekend. 355 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:43,160 Speaker 4: The teacher took the time to list the student's name, 356 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:47,240 Speaker 4: and then she copied all the encouraging comments that were 357 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 4: set about them. On Monday, she handed that individual sheet 358 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 4: of paper to each of the students. The room was 359 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 4: just buzzing with excitement. When they begin to read the comments, 360 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:02,480 Speaker 4: you could see their facesighting up. You would hear things like, Wow, 361 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 4: I didn't know they liked me that much. I didn't 362 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:07,639 Speaker 4: know they thought I was talented. I didn't know they 363 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 4: thought I was so beautiful. On and on. Years later, 364 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 4: one of the students was killed while serving in Vietnam. 365 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:18,680 Speaker 4: The teacher, along with many of the students, attended the funeral. 366 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:22,439 Speaker 4: After the service, the father of the soldier said to 367 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:25,400 Speaker 4: the teacher, I'd like to show you what my son 368 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 4: was carrying when he was killed. And he had this 369 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 4: folded up piece of paper that the son always kept 370 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 4: in his wallet. As he unfolded it, the teacher soon 371 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 4: realized it was that note she had copied with all 372 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:43,239 Speaker 4: the encouraging comments. When the other students overheard that, they 373 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:46,400 Speaker 4: begin to tell the same type of story. One man 374 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:49,159 Speaker 4: told how he kept his note in his desk drawer 375 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 4: at the office. A lady said she kept hers in 376 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:55,440 Speaker 4: her wedding album. Another former student, right then and there, 377 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:58,919 Speaker 4: pulled out his wallet, unfolded his like it was his 378 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:04,720 Speaker 4: most prized possession. The teacher was overwhelmed. She never dreamed 379 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:08,919 Speaker 4: what kind of lasting impact that simple assignment would have 380 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 4: that day. My encouragement to you is be a wallet filler. 381 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:18,879 Speaker 4: Be free with your compliments. Take time to tell people 382 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 4: how much you love them, how much they mean to you. 383 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 4: It takes so little effort, yet it makes such a 384 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:29,400 Speaker 4: huge deposit for you to walk over to that coworker 385 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 4: and say, hey, I've ever told you how much I 386 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:36,360 Speaker 4: enjoy working with you. You are so talented, or to your spouse, 387 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:39,880 Speaker 4: you make my life great. I'm so glad that God 388 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 4: brought you across my path to a son or a daughter, 389 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 4: I'm so proud of you. You're going to do amazing 390 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 4: things in life. Those are not just words, they are 391 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 4: treasures that they will carry for a lifetime. Victoria used 392 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:57,119 Speaker 4: to work at her mother's jewelry store. I Lost jewelers. 393 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 4: From the time she was a little girl, her mother 394 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:04,679 Speaker 4: taught her that there is something beautiful about every person 395 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 4: their eyes, their smile, their hair, their personality, their clothes, 396 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:13,159 Speaker 4: and to look for it. This got Victoria in the 397 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 4: habit of always looking for the good, seeing what she 398 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 4: likes about a person. So often we do just the opposite. 399 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 4: We look at people through a critical lens, and if 400 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 4: we see something that we don't like, we don't understand. 401 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 4: We think, why does she wear her hair like? That 402 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 4: doesn't look good? He needs to get in better shape. 403 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 4: He doesn't have a good personality, she doesn't have very 404 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 4: good taste. It's easy to see the negative, but every 405 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 4: person has something great about them. Why don't you develop 406 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:47,159 Speaker 4: the habit of looking for that one good thing? A 407 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,400 Speaker 4: friend of mine, Nick, and his beautiful wife Summer. They 408 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:53,320 Speaker 4: have a four or five year old little daughter named Haven. 409 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:57,360 Speaker 4: Nick heard Victoria talking about this principle, and he's been 410 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 4: teaching Haven how to look for that one beautiful thing. Now. 411 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 4: Little Haven sees it as a challenge. Everywhere she goes, 412 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:08,360 Speaker 4: she studies people. She'll look them up and down. Then 413 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 4: she'll tell them, I like your earrings. I like the 414 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 4: buttons on your shirt. She told somebody the other day, 415 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 4: I like your fingernails. She's developing this habit at a 416 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:23,280 Speaker 4: very early age of seeing the good, telling people what 417 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:27,440 Speaker 4: she likes, not what she dislikes. What's Nick teaching his 418 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:31,440 Speaker 4: daughter how to make deposits to leave people better off? 419 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 4: Than they were before. When I was growing up, my 420 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 4: mother had a tradition that I never really liked. When 421 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:41,640 Speaker 4: it was somebody's birthday in the family, before we could 422 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 4: cut the cake, we all had to say one good 423 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 4: thing about that person. And I was very shy, not 424 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:53,480 Speaker 4: used to expressing my feelings. My attitude was my brothers 425 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 4: and sisters, my family. They know how much y'all loved them. 426 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 4: I don't need to tell them. But my mother would 427 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 4: go around as a little boy, Joel, tell me one 428 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 4: good thing you like about your brother Paul. Sometimes it 429 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:11,679 Speaker 4: didn't take me thirty minutes. Other times I just have 430 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 4: to lie. But we couldn't cut the cake until we 431 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 4: all said something good. I realize now, I'm not even 432 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:26,439 Speaker 4: looking at Paul, but I realize now my mother was 433 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:31,400 Speaker 4: teaching us to make deposits, to be free with our compliments. 434 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 4: We had to think about what we liked and not 435 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:38,200 Speaker 4: what we disliked. It taught us not to take people 436 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 4: for granted, not to just think, oh, they're beautiful, they're talented, 437 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 4: they're fun, but to express it, to let them know 438 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 4: what we were thinking. After all, our thoughts don't bless anybody. 439 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 4: Love is not love until you give it away. Why 440 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:57,800 Speaker 4: don't you get in the habit of finding that one 441 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:01,600 Speaker 4: good thing about the people God put in your life 442 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 4: and then take it a step further. Tell them, write 443 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 4: them a note, send them a text and email. Hey, 444 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 4: just thinking about you and how much I appreciate your friendship, 445 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:17,440 Speaker 4: your loyalty, your sense of humor, your personality, whatever it is. 446 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 4: That's being a wallet filler. Those are treasures that they 447 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:26,920 Speaker 4: will carry for a lifetime. People need encouragement today more 448 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 4: than ever. The reason why is because there's a bigger 449 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:35,679 Speaker 4: outlet for negative than there's ever been before. The Internet 450 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:38,639 Speaker 4: is both a blessing and it can be a curse. 451 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 4: It lets people say hurtful things and hide behind no name. 452 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:49,200 Speaker 4: Our children have to deal with online bullying, people making 453 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 4: hateful comments that they never say face to face. They're 454 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:56,479 Speaker 4: too embarrassed. The negative has been turned up. Now you 455 00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:59,920 Speaker 4: and I need to turn up the positive. Don't be passive. 456 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:07,160 Speaker 4: Tell your family, your friends, in person, on Facebook, on Twitter, 457 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,960 Speaker 4: how much you love them, how great you think they 458 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,159 Speaker 4: are when you see a negative comment about them, go 459 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 4: to work. You're beautiful, you're talented. I like you because 460 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:20,440 Speaker 4: you're loyal, because you're fun, to be around. Do your 461 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 4: friends in family a favor. Drown out all the haters, 462 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:30,440 Speaker 4: drown out the negative, critical, sarcastic, jealous people. They want 463 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:34,679 Speaker 4: to make withdraws and push people down. You keep making deposits, 464 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:38,120 Speaker 4: pushing people up. And here's the key. Don't waste your 465 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:42,240 Speaker 4: time arguing with people that are hateful. They're not going 466 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:44,640 Speaker 4: to change their mind. They don't want to understand you. 467 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:47,639 Speaker 4: They're not happy with their own life. They're jealous, so 468 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 4: they're going to keep trying to push people down. The 469 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,920 Speaker 4: more hate they pour out, the more love you pour out. 470 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:55,880 Speaker 4: Stick up for your family, stick up for your friends. 471 00:27:56,280 --> 00:28:00,720 Speaker 4: God's counting on us to make these deposits. My challenge 472 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:06,360 Speaker 4: to you, encourage somebody every single day, look for opportunities 473 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,719 Speaker 4: to make them feel better about themselves. Make sure when 474 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,640 Speaker 4: you leave the place is better off than it was before. 475 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,679 Speaker 4: And if you'll learn to be a wallet feller, making 476 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:19,200 Speaker 4: deposits everywhere you go, then those seeds that you sow 477 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 4: will always come back to you. As you help others 478 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 4: rise higher, God's going to help you rise higher. Now. 479 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:28,840 Speaker 4: I believe and declare you will become everything God's created 480 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,240 Speaker 4: you to be. You're going to live the abundant life 481 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:34,640 Speaker 4: he has in store in Jesus' name. If you receive it, 482 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 4: can you say it then? Today we never like to 483 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:41,520 Speaker 4: close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make 484 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:44,480 Speaker 4: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 485 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:50,320 Speaker 4: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 486 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 4: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 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