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If you're ever in 44 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 4: our area, please stop by it and be a part 45 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 4: of one of our services. I promise you we'll make 46 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 4: you feel right at home. But thanks so much for 47 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 4: tuning in today, and thank you again for coming out. 48 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 4: And I like to start with something funny each week. 49 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 4: And I heard about these three men that were traveling together, 50 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 4: a Hindu priest, a Jewish rabbi, and a televangelist. They 51 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 4: stopped at a farmhouse for lodging and the farmer said, 52 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 4: I only have room for two in the house. Someone's 53 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:28,359 Speaker 4: going to have to stay in the barn. Hindu priest said, 54 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 4: I'll do it. A few minutes, there was a knock 55 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 4: on the door. He said, I can't stay out there. 56 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 4: There's a cow, and cows are sacred in our religion. 57 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 4: Jewish rabbi said, I'll do it. A few minutes, there 58 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 4: was a knock on the door. He said, I can't 59 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 4: stay out there. There's a pig and that wouldn't be kosher. 60 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 4: The televangelist finally said, all right, I'll do it. In 61 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,800 Speaker 4: a few minutes, there was a knock on the door. 62 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 4: It was the cow and the pig. Hold up your Bible. 63 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 4: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 64 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 4: I am what it says, I am, I have what 65 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 4: it says, I I can do what it says I 66 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 4: can do today. I will be taught the word of God. 67 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 4: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 68 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus's name, God 69 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 70 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 4: staying passionate about life. The word enthusiasm comes from the 71 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 4: Greek word in theos. Theos is God. When you're enthusiastic, 72 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 4: it simply means you are full of God. When you 73 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 4: get up in the morning excited about your future, recognizing 74 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 4: that day as a gift, and you go out with 75 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 4: the spring in your step, pursuing your goals passionate about life, 76 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 4: then God will breathe in your direction. Studies even tell 77 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 4: us people that are enthusiastic get better breaks, they're promoted 78 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 4: more often. That's not a coincidence. When you're full of passion, 79 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 4: you have the favor of God. But too many people 80 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 4: have lost their enthusiasm. At one time, they were excited 81 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 4: about their dreams, excited about their marriage, excited about their future. 82 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 4: But along the way they had some setbacks. They didn't 83 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 4: get the promotion they wanted, they went through a health issue, 84 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:18,599 Speaker 4: a relationship didn't work out. Now it's taken the wind 85 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 4: out of their cells. They're just going through the motions 86 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:24,799 Speaker 4: of life, getting up, going to work, coming home, going 87 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:29,600 Speaker 4: to bed, no zeal, no enthusiasm. But God didn't breathe 88 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 4: his life into us to drag through the day. He 89 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 4: didn't create us in his image, crown us with his 90 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 4: favor and equip us with his power to just go 91 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 4: through the motions with no enthusiasm. You may have had 92 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:46,039 Speaker 4: some setbacks, the wind may have been taken out of 93 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 4: your cell. But this is a new day. God wants 94 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 4: to breathe new life back into you. If you'll get 95 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:56,280 Speaker 4: your fireback, get your passion back, the wind will start 96 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 4: blowing once again, not against you. But when you're in 97 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 4: agreement with God, he can cause the wind to shift 98 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 4: in your direction. A couple of years ago, I was 99 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 4: watching the news when Captain Sullenberger successfully landed a jet 100 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 4: airplane in the Hudson River. All one hundred and fifty 101 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 4: five passengers survived. It's known as the Miracle on the Hudson. 102 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 4: A reporter asked this one passenger, a man that had 103 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 4: just been rescued, what he thought about it all. He 104 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:28,839 Speaker 4: was soaking wet, freezing cold, A little bit frazzled, but 105 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 4: he had this incredible glow about him and excitement in 106 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 4: his voice. I'll never forget what he said. He told 107 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 4: a reporter, I was alive before, but now I'm really alive. 108 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 4: My question to you, are you really alive? Are you 109 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 4: passionate about the life God's given you? Do you get 110 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:53,840 Speaker 4: up every morning with enthusiasm, pursuing your dreams? Or are 111 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 4: you stuck in a rut, going through the motions, letting 112 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 4: the pressures of life weigh you down. God doesn't want 113 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 4: you to just be alive, just to exist, just endure. 114 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 4: He wants you to be really alive. You have seeds 115 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 4: of greatness on the inside. There's something more for you 116 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 4: to accomplish. The day you quit being excited about your 117 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:19,839 Speaker 4: future is the day you quit living. The day you 118 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 4: quit being passionate about what's in front of you is 119 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 4: the day you go from living to existing. And in 120 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 4: the natural, there may not be anything exciting in your future. 121 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,599 Speaker 4: When you look out, you may see just more of 122 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 4: the same. You could easily have the blaws. You've got 123 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 4: to dig your heels in and say, like David, this 124 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 4: is another day the Lord has made I refuse to 125 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:45,919 Speaker 4: drag through it with no passion. I am grateful that 126 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 4: I'm alive. I'm grateful that I can breathe without pain. 127 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,159 Speaker 4: I'm grateful that I have a family. I'm grateful that 128 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:56,039 Speaker 4: I wasn't harmed in that accident. I'm not just alive, 129 00:06:56,279 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 4: I'm really alive. When you release your passion life like that, 130 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 4: then your faith allows God to do amazing things. And 131 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:08,160 Speaker 4: that's what the apostle Paul told Timothy in this passage. 132 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 4: Stir up the gift, fan the flame. Every day we 133 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 4: have to make the decision. I am not going to 134 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 4: get stuck in a rut. I am not going to 135 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 4: take this day for granted and just go through the motions. 136 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 4: I'm going to stay passionate about the life God's given me. 137 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 4: The truth is, most of life is routine. You can't 138 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 4: wait for something exciting to happen before you decide to 139 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 4: be excited. Faith says, I'm going to stay passionate just 140 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:39,400 Speaker 4: knowing that my God is still on the throne and 141 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 4: what He's promised is in my future it will be 142 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 4: greater than my past. I was talking to a professional 143 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 4: baseball player a while back, and he's been in the 144 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 4: big leagues about fifteen years. His life seems so exciting, 145 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 4: far from routine, far from ordinary. He said, no, Joel, 146 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 4: it's not what you think. We travel all the time. 147 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:03,559 Speaker 4: We're always on the road, in hotels, eating out, away 148 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 4: from our family. My point is anything can become routine 149 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 4: if we let it. We have to keep it fresh. 150 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 4: And if you're going to stay passionate about life, you 151 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 4: can't let what once was a miracle become ordinary. When 152 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 4: God opened the door and gave you that new job, 153 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 4: that promotion, you were so excited you called your friends. 154 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 4: You knew it was God's favor. Well, don't let the 155 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 4: passion where all just because you've had it five years. 156 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 4: When you met that person and fell in love, you 157 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 4: were on cloud nine. You knew it was God's goodness. 158 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 4: Don't take it for granted. Remember what God has done. 159 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 4: When your children were born, you cried for joy. You 160 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 4: knew their birth was a miracle, that was God's favor. 161 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 4: Now they're a teenager and you think, God, why did 162 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 4: you do this to me? Now, don't let it becomes 163 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 4: so common that you lose your enthusiasm. Free time you 164 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 4: see your children, you should say thank you Lord. Your 165 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 4: children are a gift from God. When we were trying 166 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 4: to acquire this new facility, the form of Compact Center, 167 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 4: it was a three year process. Many times, if there 168 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:16,079 Speaker 4: wasn't a ballgame going on or a concert, Victoria and 169 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:18,199 Speaker 4: I would come up late at night where nobody could 170 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:20,839 Speaker 4: see us, and we'd walk around the building and pray 171 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:23,839 Speaker 4: and ask God for favor and dream. When the city 172 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:27,559 Speaker 4: voted for us to have the facility, we were so excited. 173 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 4: We all celebrated. Now, seven years later, it's easy to 174 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 4: get used to. It can become common, ordinary routine. After all, 175 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 4: this is where we always have our services. No, every 176 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 4: time I walk into this building, anytime I even drive by, 177 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 4: I can't help but say, Lord, thank you for your goodness. 178 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:50,319 Speaker 4: You've done more than I could ask the thing. Every 179 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 4: one of you has seen God's goodness in your life. 180 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 4: In some way. God opened the door and gave you 181 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:00,199 Speaker 4: a promotion, or he caused you to meet someone, had 182 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 4: you at the right place at the right time. It 183 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 4: was God's hand of favor. Don't let it become ordinary. 184 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 4: We should live in amazement at what God has done. 185 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 4: Every time I see my children, I thank God, You're amazing. 186 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 4: When I see Victoria Lord, Thank you for your goodness 187 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 4: when I look at it, all of you. Lord, thank 188 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 4: you for bringing incredible people into my life. Don't let 189 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 4: your miracles become so common that you lose the excitement. 190 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 4: I read about this medical doctor. He was in his 191 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 4: late eighties and he still went to the office every day. 192 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:36,679 Speaker 4: He loved to operate. His friends and family tried to 193 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:38,679 Speaker 4: get him to retire, but he just wouldn't do it. 194 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:42,680 Speaker 4: He'd invented a procedure that he had performed over ten 195 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 4: thousand times. He was asking an interview if he ever 196 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 4: got tired of doing it, if it ever got old. 197 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 4: He said no. The reason why is because I act 198 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:57,680 Speaker 4: like every operation is my very first one. He was saying. 199 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 4: I don't let it become so calm that I lose 200 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 4: the awe. What has God done in your life? Do 201 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 4: you have healthy children? Do you have people in your 202 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 4: life to love? Do you recognize what you thought was 203 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:15,680 Speaker 4: a lucky break was really God directing your steps? There 204 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 4: are miracles all around us. Don't lose the amazement of 205 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 4: what God has done in your own life. See, sometimes 206 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,320 Speaker 4: we're waiting for the next big thing to come along. 207 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 4: Then we're going to be excited then we're going to 208 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 4: get the spring back in our steps. But I've learned 209 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 4: if you don't get happy where you are, you won't 210 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:37,319 Speaker 4: get to where you want to be. You've got to 211 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 4: so esceived. Maybe today nothing exciting is going on in 212 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:47,079 Speaker 4: your life. Perhaps you're even facing challenges. You could easily 213 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 4: be discouraged and give up on your dreams and quit believing. 214 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 4: But when you go to work each day with a 215 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 4: smile on your face and you give it your best, 216 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 4: and you're good to other people, and you're always thanking 217 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 4: God for what he's done, you are sowing a seed. 218 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 4: God will take that seed and use it to bring 219 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 4: something exciting into your life. The scripture tells how God 220 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 4: will take us from glory to glory, from victory to victory. 221 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 4: Now you may be in between a victory right now, 222 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 4: but keep your passion, keep your enthusiasm. The good news 223 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:24,840 Speaker 4: is another victory is coming your way, another level of glory, 224 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 4: another level of God's favor, says in Ecclesiastes, whatever you do, 225 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 4: do it with all of your heart, and you honor 226 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 4: God when you give something one hundred percent, when you 227 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 4: do it to the best of your ability, because you're 228 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 4: honoring God, you will have his blessing. That means it 229 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 4: will be easier, it'll go better, and you'll accomplish more. 230 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 4: Let's make it practical. When you do the dishes, don't complain. 231 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 4: Do it with all of your heart, and you honor God. 232 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 4: When you mow the lawn, don't drag around all sour. 233 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 4: Mow it with enthusiasm, moet like you're on a mission 234 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 4: from God. With every step, thank God that your legs work, 235 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 4: Thank Him that you're healthy, Thank Him that you're strong. 236 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 4: At the office. Don't just do what you have to 237 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 4: in order to get by. You're not working under people, 238 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 4: You're working under God. Do it with your whole heart 239 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 4: to the best of your ability. When you're usher, when 240 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 4: you're singing the choir, not all man, it's Sunday again. 241 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 4: Why did I volunteer? I don't want to go to church. No, 242 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 4: Usher with all your heart, sing like these people with 243 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 4: all your heart. Teach our children with all your heart. 244 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:33,960 Speaker 4: When you do it with all your heart, yall honor God. 245 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:37,960 Speaker 4: I remember growing up there was this police officer that 246 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 4: directed traffic by the Gallery of Maude. He was at 247 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 4: one of the busiest intersections in the city, and he 248 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 4: didn't just direct traffic. He practically danced while he directed. 249 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 4: His feet would be shuffling, his hands, constantly moving. He 250 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:53,679 Speaker 4: had that whistle and he'd turn his head like a 251 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 4: drum major. He could direct traffic and moonwalk at the 252 00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:01,440 Speaker 4: same time. He literally put on a show. People would 253 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 4: pull over into the parking lots just to watch him. 254 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 4: See he wasn't dragging through the day all man, I 255 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:09,679 Speaker 4: gotta go to work, gotta direct traffic, got to make 256 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:12,679 Speaker 4: a living. He was passionate. That's the way we should be. 257 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 4: Don't drag through life. Put a smile on your face, 258 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 4: have a spring in your step, moonwalk if you have to, 259 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 4: But when you do it to the best of your ability, 260 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 4: you are honoring God. Well, you say, Joel, I'd be 261 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 4: passionate if I had your life, I'd be excited if 262 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 4: I was married to a beautiful girl like Victoria. No, 263 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 4: run your race. You will never stay passionate as long 264 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 4: as you're comparing your life to someone else's. Don't fall 265 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 4: into that traff You could be. You could be all 266 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 4: excited about the big vacation you have planned, looking so 267 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 4: forward to it, until your friend tells how she's going 268 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 4: to Europe for two weeks with her family. They're gonna 269 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 4: take a train through the Swiss Alps and meet friends 270 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 4: in Paris and celebrate her birthday in Italy. And all 271 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 4: of a sudden, your vacation to Conrod doesn't seem so exciting. 272 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 4: You could be, that's funny. You could be all excited 273 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 4: about your husband until you meet your coworker's husband. He's tall, dark, handsome, 274 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 4: Your husband short, white, not so handsome. Her husband looks 275 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 4: like he just stepped out of GQ, and your husband 276 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 4: just looks like he stepped out of DQ. Very queen, No, 277 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 4: that's not in the Bible, but it's good. Don't compare 278 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 4: your spouse, your talent, your looks, your car, your house. 279 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 4: This is what keeps many people from staying passionate about life. 280 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,920 Speaker 4: The problem is if you're comparing, you will always see 281 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 4: someone more talented, more beautiful, more successful. Run your own rights, 282 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 4: be the best that you can be. The Scripture talks 283 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 4: about how God God has given us the power to 284 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 4: enjoy what is allotted and appointed to us. That simply 285 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 4: means I don't have the power to enjoy your life. 286 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 4: You may have more success, more money, more friends, a 287 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 4: better job, but if you put me in your life, 288 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 4: I'm not going to enjoy it. We are uniquely designed 289 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 4: to run our own race. Now, quit wishing you were 290 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 4: someone else. If I had his talent, no, if God 291 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 4: wanted you to have his talent, he would have given 292 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 4: it to you. Take what you have and develop it, 293 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 4: make the most of it. If I had her looks, No, 294 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 4: God gave you your looks. That's not an accident. The 295 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:42,800 Speaker 4: life you have has been perfectly matched for you. Now 296 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 4: you've got to do your part and get excited about 297 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 4: your life. Be excited about your looks, your talent, your ability, 298 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 4: your personality. When you're passionate about who you are, it 299 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 4: brings honor to God, and that's when God will breathe 300 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 4: in your direction and the seeds of greatness in you 301 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 4: will take root and begin to flourish. Really, it's an 302 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:09,440 Speaker 4: insult to God to wish we were someone else. We're saying, God, 303 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:12,400 Speaker 4: why did you make me subpar? Why did you make 304 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:17,240 Speaker 4: me less than? Listen, God didn't make anyone inferior. He 305 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:20,719 Speaker 4: didn't make any person second class. Every one of you 306 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 4: is a masterpiece. You are fully loaded and totally equipped 307 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 4: for the race that's been designed for you. Our attitude 308 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 4: should be I may not be as tall, as dark, 309 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 4: as successful as someone else. That's okay. Nobody will ever 310 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 4: be a better me. I'm annointed to be me. I'm 311 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 4: equipped to be me. Not only that it's easy to 312 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 4: be me. It's easy to be yourself because you're equipped 313 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 4: with what you need. So often we're trying to be 314 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 4: something that we're not. I've seen dark skinned people put 315 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 4: cream on them to try to become lighter. Then I 316 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 4: know light skinned people go to the tanning bed every 317 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 4: day try to become darker. This elderly lady stopped me 318 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:04,359 Speaker 4: at the book signing last week and she touched my 319 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 4: hair and said, Joel, I wish I had that curly hair. 320 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 4: It's funny these days. You can do something about it. 321 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 4: If you have straight hair and you want curly hair, permit. 322 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 4: If you have gray hair and you want dark hair, dyet. 323 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 4: And if you have no hair and you want hair, 324 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:27,399 Speaker 4: buy it. Another key to stay in passionate about life 325 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 4: is you have to stay productive. You have to have 326 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,400 Speaker 4: a reason to get out of bed every morning. Keep 327 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 4: your goals in front of you. You may retire from 328 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 4: the job, but don't ever retire from life. Stay busy. 329 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:44,680 Speaker 4: Keep your mind active, keep growing, keep learning, keep helping others. 330 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:49,639 Speaker 4: Find some way to stay productive. When you stop producing, 331 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 4: you start slowly dying. God promises us, if we'll keep 332 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 4: in first place, he will give us a long satisfied life, 333 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:01,960 Speaker 4: He said, Joel, How long is a long life until 334 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:06,920 Speaker 4: you're satisfied. If you quit producing at fifty and you're satisfied, 335 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 4: then the promise is fulfilled. I don't know about you, 336 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:12,879 Speaker 4: but I've got too much in me to die right now. 337 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 4: I'm not satisfied. I've got dreams that haven't come to pass. 338 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 4: I've got messages I haven't given. I've got children to enjoy, 339 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 4: a wife to raise, I mean, a wife to enjoy. 340 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:28,439 Speaker 4: I've got grinned. I'm on need to ride home today. 341 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 4: I've got grandchildren i've not yet seen. When I get 342 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 4: to be about ninety years old and I'm still strong, 343 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:39,160 Speaker 4: still healthy, still full of joy, then I'll say, all right, God, 344 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 4: I'm satisfied. I'm ready for my change of address. Let's go. 345 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:46,919 Speaker 4: But I know people that are too easily satisfied. They 346 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:50,639 Speaker 4: quit living at fifty. We don't bury them until they're eighty. 347 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:54,440 Speaker 4: They're alive, but they're not really living. They went through 348 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:57,719 Speaker 4: a disappointment, they had a failure, somebody did them wrong. 349 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 4: Now they've lost their joy, settled where they are now, 350 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 4: God has another victory in front of you. You wouldn't 351 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 4: be breathing unless God had something amazing in your future. 352 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:11,679 Speaker 4: You've got to get your passion back. The scripture says, 353 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:15,679 Speaker 4: God will bring us to a flourishing finish, not a 354 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 4: fizzled out finish. You got to do your pardon, shake 355 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 4: off the self pity, shake off the disappointment. You may 356 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 4: have a good reason to feel sorry for yourself. Now 357 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,240 Speaker 4: I say this respectfully, but you don't have a right. 358 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 4: God is promised what was meant for your harm. He 359 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:35,120 Speaker 4: will turn it around and not only bring you out, 360 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:36,879 Speaker 4: but it will bring you out better off than you 361 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 4: were before. You now get in agreement with God. David said, 362 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 4: lift up your head and the King of Glory will 363 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 4: come in. As long as your head is down, discour 364 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:51,399 Speaker 4: is no joy, no passion, no enthusiasm. The King of 365 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 4: Glory will not come in. But when you get up 366 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 4: in the morning and say, Father, thank you for another day, 367 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 4: thank you for another sun rise. Lord, I'm about this day. 368 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 4: When you're really alive, hopeful, grateful, passionate, productive. Then the 369 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 4: King of Glory, the most High God, will come in 370 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 4: and make a way even when you don't see away. 371 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 4: The truth is we all face disappointments, we all have 372 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 4: unfair things happen to us. Don't let that sour your life. 373 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 4: I love the saying trouble is inevitable, but misery is optional. 374 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 4: And just because you had a bad break doesn't mean 375 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:33,159 Speaker 4: that your life is over. I know this well known minister. 376 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 4: He's well up into his eighties, and for many years 377 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 4: he pastored his church. He was a great speaker, is 378 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 4: in great demand. But a few years ago he came 379 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:46,120 Speaker 4: down with Parkinson's disease. It got to the place where 380 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,920 Speaker 4: he could not speak anymore. He had to resign from 381 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 4: his church. He once was so eloquent and strong and vibrant. 382 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 4: Now it looked like he was finished. It looked like 383 00:21:56,760 --> 00:22:00,240 Speaker 4: his best days were behind him. But not long after that, 384 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 4: I received a package in the mail from him. It 385 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:07,399 Speaker 4: was a manuscript. The cover letter said, Joel, as you know, 386 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:11,120 Speaker 4: I cannot speak anymore, so I have taken up writing. 387 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 4: Here's a copy of my new book. See just because 388 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:18,160 Speaker 4: you can't do what you used to do doesn't mean 389 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:22,119 Speaker 4: you're supposed to sit on the sidelines. If you can't speak, write, 390 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 4: if you can't run, walk, you can't stand up, sit up, 391 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 4: if you can't sing, tap your foot, if you can't dance, 392 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:32,199 Speaker 4: at least shake your head. But as long as you 393 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 4: have breath, you have something to offer. Don't lose your passion. 394 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:42,200 Speaker 4: Think about the apostle Paul. He was thrown into prison 395 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,959 Speaker 4: at the height of his career, the very peak, just 396 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:50,120 Speaker 4: when everything was going great. He had this incredible disappointment. 397 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 4: He could have easily gotten discouraged, thought too bad for me, 398 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 4: given up on his dreams, given up on life. No, 399 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 4: Paul kept his passion, and it was in that very 400 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:04,200 Speaker 4: prison that he wrote nearly half of the New Testament. 401 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:08,360 Speaker 4: What looked like a setback was really a set up 402 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,560 Speaker 4: for God to do something greater. You may have gone 403 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:15,760 Speaker 4: through a disappointment or had unfair situation, but keep your passion. 404 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:18,960 Speaker 4: Nothing that's happened to you is a surprise to God. 405 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:22,359 Speaker 4: He is still on the throne. If you'll lift up 406 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 4: your head, the King of Glory will still get you 407 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:29,120 Speaker 4: to where he wants you to be. Pastor Dutch Sheets 408 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:31,800 Speaker 4: told a story about a forty year old woman that 409 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 4: was having open heart surgery. There was blockage in one 410 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 4: of her arteries and she had to have what's known 411 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:41,920 Speaker 4: as bypass surgery. Although it's a delicate procedure, it's become 412 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 4: a routine operation. It's performed thousands of times successfully every year. 413 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:51,960 Speaker 4: During the operation, the surgeon clamps off the main artery 414 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,440 Speaker 4: to the heart and hooks it up to a machine, 415 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 4: and the machine pumps the blood and keeps the lungs working. 416 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:03,119 Speaker 4: The heart actually stops beating during the surgery, and once 417 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 4: the operation is over they removed the machine. The warmth 418 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 4: from the blood usually causes the heart to wake back 419 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:13,679 Speaker 4: up and start beating again. If not, they have some 420 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:16,440 Speaker 4: drugs that they can give the heart to wake it up. Well. 421 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:20,120 Speaker 4: This lady was on the operating table the bypass was finished, 422 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:24,120 Speaker 4: but when they removed the machine, for some reason, her 423 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 4: blood didn't cause her heart to wake back up. No heartbeat. 424 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:31,439 Speaker 4: They gave her this drug, another drug, another drug, with 425 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:35,639 Speaker 4: no success. The surgeon was so troubled, so concerned, he 426 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 4: actually reached in and began massaging her heart, trying to 427 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:44,440 Speaker 4: stimulate that muscle. Still no heartbeat. After doing everything he 428 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 4: could medically. He leaned over the patient and whispered in 429 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:53,439 Speaker 4: her ear, Mary, this is the doctor. I've done everything 430 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 4: I can do. Now I need you to tell your 431 00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 4: heart to beat again. He stepped back, and just a 432 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:03,440 Speaker 4: couple of seconds he heard that boom bom bom bump. 433 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 4: The heart kicked in started beating once again. To some 434 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:10,679 Speaker 4: of you today, you've been through disappointments and life hasn't 435 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:13,360 Speaker 4: turned out the way you would hoped. You could easily 436 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,639 Speaker 4: just sit on the sidelines, but God is telling you 437 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,600 Speaker 4: you need to tell your heart to beat again, tell 438 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 4: your heart to dream again, tell your heart to believe again. 439 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 4: I have a friend. After twenty six years of marriage, 440 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,680 Speaker 4: he went through a divorce. His wife left a note 441 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 4: on the kitchen table saying she had found somebody else. 442 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 4: He was once so outgoing and fun and energetic, but 443 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:43,480 Speaker 4: after this he was solemn depressed. No joy. I told 444 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 4: him what I'm telling you. That is not the end. 445 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 4: God has a new beginning. But you have to tell 446 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 4: your heart to beat again. And little by little he 447 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:55,399 Speaker 4: began to get his joy back, his vision back, his 448 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:59,320 Speaker 4: passion back, And not long after that, God brought a 449 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 4: beauty lady into his life. And he got married, and 450 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 4: he told me a while back that he's happier today 451 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:08,479 Speaker 4: than he's ever been before. You too may have been 452 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 4: through a setback, but don't sit around in self pity. 453 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:14,960 Speaker 4: Tell your heart to beat again. Tell your heart to 454 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 4: love again. Maybe somebody did you wrong. Don't let that 455 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:22,600 Speaker 4: poison you. Tell your heart to forgive again. A dream 456 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:26,199 Speaker 4: didn't work out, nothing's going to change if you just 457 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 4: expect more of the same. You got to tell your 458 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:32,199 Speaker 4: heart to dream again. Some of you have allowed the 459 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:35,160 Speaker 4: pressures of life to weigh you down. Your solemn, you're 460 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 4: serious all the time. You need to tell your heart 461 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:41,360 Speaker 4: to laugh again. Tell your heart to smile again. Get 462 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 4: your joy back, get your enthusiasm back. This day is 463 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:49,160 Speaker 4: a gift from God. If you'll get excited about your future, 464 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 4: you'll start expecting God's goodness. Then, like that lady, when 465 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 4: you tell your heart to beat again, the creator of 466 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:01,200 Speaker 4: the universe goes to work. Door will open, the right 467 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 4: people will show up. You'll see God's favor in a 468 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 4: greater way. Jesus said in Revelation Too, I have one 469 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:13,480 Speaker 4: thing against you. You have left your first love. Doesn't 470 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 4: say you've lost it. It says you've left it. That 471 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 4: means you can go get it. You haven't lost your passion. 472 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,679 Speaker 4: You just left it. Now go get it. You haven't 473 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,640 Speaker 4: lost the love for your family. You just left it. 474 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:30,960 Speaker 4: Why don't you go get it. You haven't lost that dream. 475 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 4: It's still in you. You just have to stir up 476 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 4: what's on the inside. Fan that flame. Don't just be alive. 477 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 4: God wants you to be really alive. I'm asking you 478 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:44,400 Speaker 4: today to stay passionate about your life. Get up every 479 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:48,480 Speaker 4: morning excited about that day, recognizing that it's a gift. 480 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 4: Then don't compare. Be happy with who God made you 481 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,240 Speaker 4: to be. Whatever you do, do it with all your 482 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:58,480 Speaker 4: heart and your honor God. Remember there are miracles all 483 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:03,120 Speaker 4: around you make them for granted. Stay amazed at God's goodness. 484 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 4: You may have had some setbacks, but I believe today 485 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,920 Speaker 4: is a new day. Hearts are starting to beat again, 486 00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:13,160 Speaker 4: Dreams are coming back to life. Passion is being restored. 487 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,160 Speaker 4: Get ready for God's goodness, Get ready for his favor. 488 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:20,000 Speaker 4: Your greatest victories are still in your future. Amen. Do 489 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 4: you receive it today? I know you do. We never 490 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 4: like to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity 491 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:30,879 Speaker 4: to make Jesus, the Lord of your life. Would you 492 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:35,399 Speaker 4: pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of 493 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 4: my sins, Come into my heart. I make you my 494 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:44,200 Speaker 4: Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, 495 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:46,520 Speaker 4: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 496 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 4: Bible based church. Keep God first place. 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