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I hope you 35 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 5: enjoy the message. 36 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 4: Well, God bless you. 37 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 5: It's a joy to come into your homes. And if 38 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 5: you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 39 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 5: a part of one of our services. I promise you 40 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 5: we'll make you feel right at home. I like to 41 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 5: start with something funny, and I heard about this groom 42 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:09,119 Speaker 5: during the wedding rehearsal. He said to the minister. I'll 43 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 5: make a deal with you during the vows. If you'll 44 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 5: leave out all that honor, obey, love stuff, I'll give 45 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 5: you one hundred dollars. He slipped one hundred dollars bill 46 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 5: into the minister's hand walked away with a smile. The 47 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 5: next day, during the ceremony, the minister said to him, 48 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:29,959 Speaker 5: do you promise to bow down before your wife, take 49 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 5: her breakfast in bed, fulfill her every desire. He gulped 50 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 5: in astonishment, said, in a weak voice, I do. He 51 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 5: then whispered in the minister's ear hand, thought we had 52 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 5: a deal. The minister handed him his money back and said, 53 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 5: your wife made me a much better offer. Say it 54 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,519 Speaker 5: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 55 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 5: what it says I am. I have what it says 56 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 5: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 57 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,919 Speaker 5: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 58 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 5: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 59 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 5: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 60 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 5: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 61 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 5: the rewards of integrity. There's a lot of compromise in 62 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 5: our society. People that think nothing about being dishonest, making 63 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 5: underhanded deals, not keeping their word. They wonder why they 64 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:28,920 Speaker 5: can't get ahead. It's because they don't have integrity. 65 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 4: Integrity is the foundation that a. 66 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 5: Successful life is built on. You can have talent, vision, determination, 67 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 5: but without integrity, you won't reach your highest potential. Now, 68 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 5: a person of integrity does the right thing when no 69 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 5: one is watching. They don't play it on the computer 70 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 5: because the ball stepped away. They don't leave someone out 71 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 5: of a commission because they didn't know about the sell. 72 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 4: They don't cut corners at the. 73 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 5: Job site because nobody will find out about it. They 74 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 5: give it their best, whether anyone is there or not. 75 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 5: When you have integrity, you don't take supplies from the 76 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 5: office to bring home to youse. You don't show up 77 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 5: late to work and have somebody clock in. 78 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 4: Earlier for you. 79 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,040 Speaker 5: You don't spend half the day making personal phone calls 80 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 5: at the office. 81 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:22,159 Speaker 4: Well they don't. 82 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 5: Pay me enough anyway. Maybe not, but that's not integrity. 83 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 5: If you'll do the right thing, God will make it 84 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 5: up to you. 85 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:31,160 Speaker 4: He's keeping the records. 86 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 5: Many things we face are simply test God is seeing. 87 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 5: Are we ready to go higher? Maybe the bank teller 88 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 5: gives you too much money in return? Are you going 89 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 5: to have integrity, go back and make things right? Or 90 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:47,679 Speaker 5: are you going to say thank. 91 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:51,039 Speaker 4: You Jesus, you did it again? That is not the 92 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 4: answer to your prayer. 93 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 5: Do you call in sick to work, coughing, sniffling so 94 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 5: you can take the day off and go shopping. You 95 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,920 Speaker 5: could win an Academy award with that performance, but that's 96 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 5: not integrity. Don't be surprised if you can't find anything 97 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 5: at the store. They don't have your size. Nobody will 98 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 5: wait on you. 99 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 4: Traffic's backed up. 100 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 5: Maybe it's because there's no blessing on it. We can't 101 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:22,040 Speaker 5: deceive people and expect to have his favor. When somebody 102 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 5: knocks on your door at home and you don't feel 103 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 5: like visiting, do you tell your child go answer, tell 104 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 5: them I'm not here. That works, but it's not integrity. 105 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 5: Don't complain when your child doesn't tell the truth. We're 106 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:39,919 Speaker 5: leading by example. We can tell our children do the 107 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 5: right thing, stay on the high road, but if they 108 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 5: see us compromising, they're going to do the same thing. 109 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:50,479 Speaker 5: When you have integrity, you pay your bills, You don't 110 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 5: sweep things under the rug. You keep your commitments. Don't 111 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:59,280 Speaker 5: buy things that you know you can't pay for. When Joel, 112 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 5: I'm stretching my faith, I'm believing for increase. Stretch your 113 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 5: faith before you sign on the dotted line. Let God 114 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 5: bless you first. Once you have the funds, then you 115 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 5: can purchase it. But it's not integrity to make commitments 116 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 5: that you know you're not going to be able to keep. 117 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 5: Don't promise people the moon when you know you can't 118 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 5: get to the clouds. Don't write a check and then 119 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 5: pray for three days hoping it'll clear. 120 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 4: Check your balance first. 121 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 5: Be honest, be trustworthy, Be a person of your word. 122 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 5: Your reputation is one of the most valuable things you have. 123 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 5: Proverbs says a good name is worth more than great riches. 124 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 5: You can have great wealth and be looked down on, 125 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,840 Speaker 5: seen as shady. But when you're a person of integrity, 126 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 5: when people look at you and think I can trust them, 127 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 5: they always do the right thing. They're honest, they're fair. 128 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,239 Speaker 5: They don't talk to me one way and then talked 129 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 5: to my friends behind my back another way. 130 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 4: They're consistent. 131 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 5: Your reputation is too important to let it become tarnished 132 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 5: by not having integrity. When you do the right thing, 133 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 5: when you stay on the high road, that will take 134 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 5: you much further than being dishonest, manipulating, trying to gain 135 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 5: an unfair advantage, We can't turn in an exaggerated expense 136 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 5: account and expect to be blessed. We can't be deceitful 137 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 5: on taxes and expect to have God's favor. I knew 138 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 5: a man he tapped into the cable line behind his 139 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 5: house and brought cable into his home without paying for it. 140 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 5: He was so proud of it, he bragged to us 141 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 5: for years how he was saving forty dollars a month. 142 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 4: That man never. 143 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 5: Did rise out of mediocrity, constantly struggled, barely got by. 144 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 5: He thought he was gaining an advantage. 145 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 4: The truth is he. 146 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 5: Was putting himself at a disadvantage. You may gain with people, 147 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 5: gain some material things, but what if you lose with God. 148 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 5: He controls the universe. He's the one that can open 149 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 5: the windows of heaven and pour out blessings that you 150 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 5: can't contain. 151 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 4: I would rather have. 152 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 5: Favor with God than favor with people. That man would 153 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 5: have been better off to pay the forty dollars so 154 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 5: he could have God's blessing. And there's a lot we 155 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 5: can get by with hide exaggerate, but anything we gain 156 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 5: without integrity won't be as good as it could have been. 157 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 5: It's better to be truthful and have less than God's 158 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 5: favor will take you further. But too often we're letting 159 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 5: little compromises keep us from the big things God has 160 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 5: in store. Instead of trying to cross the line, thinking 161 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 5: how much can I get away with and still get by, 162 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 5: why don't you try a different approach and see how 163 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 5: far behind the line you can stay? 164 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 4: Ask yourself, what is the. 165 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:13,079 Speaker 5: Right thing to do? If I was standing before God? 166 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 4: What decision would I make? 167 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:18,720 Speaker 5: The more integrity you have, the more God can bless you. 168 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:23,559 Speaker 5: John Chapter one, Jesus saw a man named Nathaniel coming 169 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 5: toward him. Verse forty seven says Jesus knew Nathaniel's thoughts. 170 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 5: He honored him, saying, here comes a man in whom 171 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 5: there is no deceit, an upright, honest man that is 172 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 5: free from hypocrisy and double standards. That should be our goal. God, 173 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 5: I want to be so above Lord, so full of integrity, 174 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 5: that you'll describe me like you describe Nathaniel, that there 175 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 5: is no deceit in me. Well, Joel, that's not me, 176 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:58,200 Speaker 5: maybe not yet, but it can be. You can become 177 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 5: a Nathaniel, make decisions that honor God. 178 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 4: When you have integrity. 179 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 5: You're the same in private as you are in public. 180 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 5: You don't treat people at work nice and kind and 181 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:15,079 Speaker 5: then come home and be rude and harsh to your family. 182 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:20,200 Speaker 5: That's not integrity, that's hypocrisy. You should treat your family 183 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 5: better than you treat anyone else. Don't be kinder to 184 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 5: strangers than you are to your own spouse. Don't be 185 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 5: more considerate to co workers than you are to the 186 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 5: people that live in your own house. Be consistent. Some 187 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:39,440 Speaker 5: people on Sundays it's God bless you, great to see you. 188 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:43,719 Speaker 5: They'll wave real big, real friendly. But on Mondays, if 189 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 5: you cut them off in traffic, they'll wave with one 190 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:52,359 Speaker 5: finger in the air. That's being two faced. That's a pretender. 191 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:56,559 Speaker 5: You have to get honest with yourself. I'm not asking 192 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 5: you to be perfect, I'm asking you to be real. 193 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 5: You'll never change if you don't first acknowledge that there's 194 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 5: some pretending going on. And the next time you're tempted 195 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 5: to switch over to the pretend you, the compromising you, 196 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 5: the dishonest. You put your foot down, say no, I'm 197 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 5: not going there. That is not who I am. That's 198 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:23,320 Speaker 5: an invitation. I am kind, loving, honest, trustworthy, calm, consistent. 199 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 4: You talk to yourself that. 200 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 5: Way long enough, and you'll have integrity with yourself. You'll 201 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 5: become consistent, the same on Monday as you are on Sunday, 202 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 5: the same at work as. 203 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 4: You are at home. This is what I saw growing 204 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 4: up with my parents. 205 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 5: They were the same in the pulpit as they were 206 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:46,680 Speaker 5: at home. They weren't loving in public and then hateful 207 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 5: in private. Now I believe this is one reason that 208 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 5: all of us kids, with the exception of my brother. 209 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 4: Paul, turned out. 210 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 5: Okay, you can fool a lot of people, but you 211 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 5: can't fool your children. They know when there's a double standard, 212 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:07,320 Speaker 5: they know when there's not integrity. Our son Jonathan gave 213 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 5: me a compliment a while back on my birthday. He wrote, 214 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 5: my dad is one of the kindest people I know. 215 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 5: He treats everyone he meets with respect. I didn't know 216 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 5: that he really noticed. But people are watching parents. We 217 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:26,079 Speaker 5: are leading by example, and this is not to make 218 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 5: us feel pressured, but to make us strive to excel, 219 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 5: to be honorable, trustworthy, kind people that stay on the 220 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:38,880 Speaker 5: high road. When you have integrity, you're not making underhanded 221 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 5: deals hoping that nobody sees you. If you have to 222 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 5: hide what you're doing, it's probably not integrity. I've heard 223 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 5: it said, don't do anything you wouldn't want to read 224 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 5: about the next day in the newspaper. 225 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:55,319 Speaker 4: I was at a restaurant. 226 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:58,560 Speaker 5: Years ago in another city. We were traveling to an event. 227 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 5: I had brought some lemons in the car that I 228 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 5: wanted to cut and squeeze into an energy drink before 229 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 5: I spoke, but I forgot the knife. We were going 230 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,559 Speaker 5: straight to the meeting, didn't have much time, so I thought, 231 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 5: maybe at this restaurant, I can take one of their knives. 232 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 5: After all, I'm paying a lot for this meal, just 233 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:20,440 Speaker 5: a three dollar knife. They're not gonna miss it. They're 234 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 5: not gonna care. Started reasoning it out, trying to justify 235 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 5: take in a knife. I thought, how am I going 236 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 5: to get it out of here? The only way is 237 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:33,319 Speaker 5: to hide it. I thought, I can't do that. I'll 238 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 5: get Victoria to do it for me, my partner in crime. 239 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 5: I finally came to my senses, Yo, you're a pastor. 240 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,560 Speaker 5: You are not going to go out of here hiding 241 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:48,679 Speaker 5: a piece of silverware. I called the waiter over, said, sir, 242 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:51,680 Speaker 5: I need a favor. Can I buy this knife? He 243 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 5: went and talked to the manager, came back, brought me 244 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 5: a set of silverware in a bag. 245 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 4: Said. 246 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 5: The manager said, you can have it. I thought, Lord, 247 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:03,439 Speaker 5: thank you me out of prison. But here's my point, 248 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 5: it's much better to be open and honest. I probably 249 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 5: could have walked out of there with some silver were hidden. 250 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 5: They might not have seen it. But here's the problem. 251 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 5: God would have seen it. The scripture says, it's the 252 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 5: little foxes that spoil the vines. I doubt many of 253 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 5: you have big areas where you're lacking integrity, but maybe 254 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 5: there's some small things. And the good news is it's 255 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 5: not hard to correct. Just takes a little effort, digging 256 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 5: down deeper to do the right thing. It means getting 257 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 5: out of ruts where we've gotten comfortable compromising and doing 258 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 5: things that are less than our best. David said in 259 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 5: Saw one hundred and one, I will lead a life 260 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 5: of integrity in my own home. He was saying, where 261 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 5: nobody can see me, I'm going to do the right thing. 262 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 5: When I could slack off, compromise, give into temptation, be dishonest. Instead, 263 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 5: I'm going to take the high road. I'm going to 264 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 5: be a person of excellence. I'm going to show God 265 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 5: he can trust me. He went on to say, I 266 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 5: will not look at anything impure, not gonna watch things 267 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 5: that poison me. Verse three says I will not have 268 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 5: crooked dealings, not gonna get involved in things that are 269 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 5: shady and underhanded, unethical. David wasn't perfect, but he made 270 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 5: up his mind he was going to walk in integrity, 271 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 5: starting in his own home, starting in his private life. 272 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 5: We can fool a lot of people in public, but 273 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 5: what God is concerned with is what goes on behind 274 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 5: closed doors. The scripture talks about the hidden man of 275 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:52,080 Speaker 5: our heart, that's our motives. What we do in secret, 276 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 5: how you live in private will determine how high you 277 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 5: go in public. People may not be watching, but God 278 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 5: is watching. And don't take that as something negative, like 279 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 5: oh man, I'm gonna get called I'm in trouble. 280 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 4: Take it as a challenge. 281 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 5: God is watching to see when he can promote you. 282 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 5: He's waiting to see when you pass these tests so 283 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 5: he can take you to new levels. Now, I wonder 284 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 5: how much higher we would go, how much more favor 285 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 5: and promotion we'd see if we would deal with the 286 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 5: areas that we know are holding us back. Start making 287 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 5: things right. Have an integrity in your finances, in your relationships, 288 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:37,080 Speaker 5: in how you treat people. Jold. I didn't want to 289 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 5: hear about integrity today. I wanted to hear about prosperity. 290 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 5: You will never have prosperity if you don't first have integrity. 291 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 4: The two go hand in hand. 292 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 5: I was at a music store with Jonathan when he 293 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 5: was ten years old, buying some equipment for his guitar, 294 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 5: and when I went to pay, the man told me 295 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 5: that Lakewood had an account there and we could put 296 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 5: it on that account. 297 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 3: Now. 298 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 5: I told him that this was personal and I didn't 299 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 5: want to do that. He gave me the bill and 300 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:09,640 Speaker 5: the tax on it was twenty dollars. He said, at 301 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:13,400 Speaker 5: least let me put this under Lakewood's name. That way, 302 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 5: you want to have to pay the tax. Lakewood is 303 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 5: a church and churches are tax exempt. I said, thanks 304 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 5: so much, but now I want to pay the tax 305 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:23,120 Speaker 5: to This is totally personal. 306 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:25,879 Speaker 4: He looked at me so strange. 307 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 5: Kind of shook his head like, man, you are way overboard. 308 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 5: Nobody would know you didn't pay the tax. My company 309 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 5: wouldn't know. The church wouldn't know, the irs wouldn't know. 310 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:41,440 Speaker 5: What he didn't realize is someone was watching more important 311 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:46,159 Speaker 5: than all those that he mentioned. The most high God sees. 312 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 4: Everything we do. 313 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:53,120 Speaker 5: These are opportunities for us to pass the test. If 314 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:56,680 Speaker 5: God can trust me to be honest with twenty dollars, 315 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:00,679 Speaker 5: maybe he can trust me to handle twenty thousand, or 316 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:04,159 Speaker 5: twenty million or two hundred million. I would hate to 317 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:07,360 Speaker 5: think I didn't reach my destiny because. 318 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:08,120 Speaker 4: Of small things. 319 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 5: I wasn't honest in small areas that I didn't pass 320 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:15,479 Speaker 5: the test. Sure I could have saved twenty dollars, but 321 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:19,400 Speaker 5: what is that in comparison to having the blessing and 322 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 5: favor of the creator of the universe. When God can 323 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 5: trust you, when you prove to him that you're a 324 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:30,879 Speaker 5: person of integrity, there is no limit to hahi, He 325 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:34,640 Speaker 5: will take you. I saw this with my father. He 326 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:37,639 Speaker 5: was a man of great integrity. If there was the 327 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 5: smallest question of something not being above board, perfectly ethical, 328 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 5: he wouldn't have anything to. 329 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:44,199 Speaker 3: Do with it. 330 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:47,920 Speaker 5: And through the years people would bring deals by, Hey, 331 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:51,360 Speaker 5: you got that big church, all those people, You can 332 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 5: take advantage of it, make some extra funds. But my 333 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 5: father valued God's blessing on his life more than what 334 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 5: any person could come up with. He taught me to 335 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 5: have a high standard, and if you don't feel good 336 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 5: about something, you have to talk to yourself into it, 337 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 5: make excuses as to why it's okay, it's. 338 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 4: Not worth it. 339 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 5: You will never go wrong by taking the high road. 340 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:20,120 Speaker 5: Short term, I could have saved twenty bucks. Long term, 341 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 5: I may not be where I am. Prove to God 342 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 5: that he can trust you, that you'll go the extra 343 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 5: mile to do what's right. You may have to say 344 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 5: no to some things that people don't understand. 345 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 4: Not do what all your coworkers do. 346 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:40,160 Speaker 5: Maybe they're fine with slacking off, they're okay with spending 347 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:44,679 Speaker 5: company money on personal things. Don't judge them, that's not 348 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:49,679 Speaker 5: our business. But don't become like them. Don't lower your standards. 349 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 5: They're not going where you're going. You may not be 350 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 5: able to do everything your family members do. 351 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 4: Watch what they want. 352 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:02,040 Speaker 5: Do business like they do business. There's a price to 353 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 5: pay to become all you were. 354 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 4: Created to be. 355 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 5: If it was easy, anybody would do it. This takes 356 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:11,920 Speaker 5: people that have a made up mind. I'm going to 357 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:17,200 Speaker 5: honor God, not going to compromise take shortcuts, do things 358 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:20,120 Speaker 5: that are not ethical. Not going to push people down 359 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 5: to get an advantage, not going to be sloppy in 360 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 5: my business dealings. I'm going to be a person of integrity, trustworthy, honorable. 361 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 5: That's the kind of people God's rewards. But sometimes when 362 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,920 Speaker 5: we compromise and do things that are questionable, we think 363 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 5: we're gaining an advantage with people, we're getting the upper hand. 364 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 5: But when you walk in integrity, you're gaining an advantage 365 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:49,119 Speaker 5: with God. His fevor on your life will take you 366 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 5: further than any advantage with people. And you may have 367 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:57,679 Speaker 5: made mistakes in the past, not had integrity in certain areas. 368 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 5: That's okay, we all have. My challenge is start making 369 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 5: things right. Let today be a new day. Don't go 370 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:08,920 Speaker 5: the next thirty years letting the same things hold you back. 371 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:12,680 Speaker 5: When my father was in his twenties, back in the 372 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:16,879 Speaker 5: nineteen forties, he bought two suits on credit from a 373 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:20,679 Speaker 5: store in Fort Worth. He had good intentions. He was 374 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:23,119 Speaker 5: planning on paying them back, but he got busy and 375 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:26,679 Speaker 5: things came up. He never did. Years went by and 376 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:29,880 Speaker 5: he'd forgotten about it. One day he was driving through 377 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:33,679 Speaker 5: fort Worth and suddenly he remembered. It bothered him that 378 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 5: he had never paid that debt. He got in the 379 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 5: phone book but couldn't find the name of the company, 380 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 5: so he drove to the location, but they were closed down. 381 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 5: The people next door said they had been out of 382 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 5: business for many years. He could have thought, I did 383 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 5: my best. 384 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:50,159 Speaker 4: I tried. 385 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:53,720 Speaker 5: He didn't stop there. He found out who the owners were. 386 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:57,160 Speaker 5: They had passed away, but he was able to track 387 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 5: down one of their children. He called this man he 388 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 5: was my father's age, and explained that he owed them 389 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 5: for two suits he didn't pay for back in the 390 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 5: nineteen forties. The man says, sir, don't worry about it. 391 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 5: We've been out of business. We're all doing fine. My 392 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 5: dad thanked him for being so gracious, but said, no, 393 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:17,360 Speaker 5: I still want. 394 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:17,640 Speaker 4: To pay you. 395 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 5: He drove to his house and gave him a check 396 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:26,399 Speaker 5: with interest. Forty years later. No wonder, God bless my father. 397 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 5: No wonder he took him higher and hire. It wasn't 398 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:34,440 Speaker 5: that he just had great talent. He had great integrity. 399 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 5: He was determined to make things right. In Genesis chapter twenty, 400 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 5: Abraham and Sarah had just moved to a new city. 401 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 5: Sarah was very beautiful, very striking. Abraham knew when the 402 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 5: king saw her beauty, he would want to take her 403 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 5: into his harem. He told Sarah, tell the king that 404 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:57,119 Speaker 5: you're my sister. That way, he won't kill me just 405 00:22:57,160 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 5: to get to you. Like he thought. The king said, 406 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:04,120 Speaker 5: word for Sarah had her come to the palace. One night, 407 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 5: the king had a dream. God said to him, why 408 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:11,520 Speaker 5: have you taken a married woman into your family? The 409 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 5: king said, God, what do you mean? Abraham said she 410 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,960 Speaker 5: was his sister. She told me Abraham was her brother. 411 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 5: In the integrity of my heart, I have done this. 412 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:25,960 Speaker 5: God said in verse six, Yes, I know you are innocent. 413 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 5: Because of your integrity, I have kept you from touching her. 414 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 5: Now return her to Abraham. This king was about to 415 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 5: make a mistake, get off course, step out of God's favor, 416 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:44,639 Speaker 5: But because of his integrity, because he was trustworthy, honorable, 417 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 5: God kept him from what he couldn't see on his own. 418 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 5: Proverbs Too, says God is a shield to those who 419 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 5: walk in integrity. He guards their path, watches after them. 420 00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:01,680 Speaker 5: Like this king, they're a mistake. You could have made 421 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 5: wrong terms compromise, But because of your integrity, God stepped 422 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:10,920 Speaker 5: in and closed the door. He kept you from the trouble, 423 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:12,000 Speaker 5: from the heart ache. 424 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:13,359 Speaker 4: He's guarding your path. 425 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 5: Some of the temptation that you resisted, It wasn't that 426 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 5: you were so strong. Wasn't you just decided to say no? 427 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:24,200 Speaker 5: That was God holding you back. 428 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 4: There is a blessing on. 429 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:30,639 Speaker 5: Your life that protects you, guards you when you honor God. 430 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 4: David talked about it. 431 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 5: God keeps my foot from dashing against a stone. God 432 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:39,560 Speaker 5: will not let my enemies triumph over me. When you 433 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 5: walk in integrity, God has a shield around you. He's 434 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:47,680 Speaker 5: keeping fiery darts from hitting you. He's pushing back darkness. 435 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:52,160 Speaker 5: He's not letting the temptation overtake you. He's closing doors 436 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 5: that would be harmful. If you want to keep that 437 00:24:55,040 --> 00:25:00,399 Speaker 5: shield up, keep your integrity, be trustworthy, be honorable, person 438 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 5: of your word, be somebody that can be counted on. 439 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:07,119 Speaker 5: There was a very wealthy man that had a friend 440 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:09,879 Speaker 5: that was a builder. This builder had been down on 441 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,879 Speaker 5: his luck and not had much business. The man felt 442 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 5: sorry for him and decided to help him out. He 443 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 5: gave him a set of plans with a check for 444 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 5: two hundred thousand dollars. He said, I want you to 445 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:25,399 Speaker 5: use these funds to build me a new house. You 446 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 5: handle all the details. Just call me when you're done. 447 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:31,719 Speaker 5: He assured him he would pay him very well if 448 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 5: he would do a good job. This builder was so 449 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:37,400 Speaker 5: excited that he finally had some work. But he got 450 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 5: to thinking, if he would cut a few corners, save 451 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 5: a little here, save a little there, he could pocket 452 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 5: some of that money without anybody knowing about it. So 453 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,960 Speaker 5: he went out and found the cheapest concrete he could find. 454 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 5: Had the workers water it down so. 455 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 4: It could go further. 456 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 5: He saved several thousand dollars On the foundation. He bought 457 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 5: the cheapest lumber. Some of it was old, crooked, warped. 458 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 5: He didn't care. He's gonna be behind the walls, nobody 459 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 5: would see it. He got the cheapest plumber, cheapest electricity, 460 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:13,359 Speaker 5: on and on right, and left cutting corners, pocketing the money. 461 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 5: When he finished, he had saved nearly forty thousand dollars. 462 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 5: He was so happy he called the owner over to 463 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:23,880 Speaker 5: look at the new house. The owner was very impressed. 464 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:27,320 Speaker 5: Look beautiful on the outside, you couldn't tell he had 465 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 5: cut corners. This builder couldn't wait to see how much 466 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,119 Speaker 5: he was going to get paid he knew the owner 467 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:36,199 Speaker 5: was a very generous man. The owner says, you know, 468 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:37,640 Speaker 5: I don't really need. 469 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:38,199 Speaker 4: A new house. 470 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:41,240 Speaker 5: I have a beautiful one. I just wanted to help 471 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:44,520 Speaker 5: you out. He handed him the keys and said, here, 472 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:49,640 Speaker 5: you just built your own house. The builder nearly passed out. 473 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 5: He thought, if I'd known he's gonna be mine. 474 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 4: I'd built it a whole lot better. 475 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 5: We may not realize it, but we are building our 476 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:03,680 Speaker 5: own house. We can cut corners here, compromise there. It's 477 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 5: not hurting anyone except ourselves. Everything may look fine on 478 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 5: the outside. What matters is what's happening on the inside. 479 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:18,280 Speaker 5: Are we watering down our foundation, not being trustworthy in commitments, 480 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 5: slacking off at the office? What kind of materials are 481 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 5: you putting into your house? I'm asking you to be 482 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:30,080 Speaker 5: a person of integrity, do the right thing when nobody 483 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 5: is watching. Don't let small things keep you from the 484 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:37,760 Speaker 5: big destiny God has in store. Start passing these tasks. 485 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:42,400 Speaker 5: Be honorable, trustworthy, a person of your word. If you'll 486 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:47,120 Speaker 5: do this, I believe and declare because you walk in integrity, 487 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 5: God is going to have a shield around you. He's 488 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,919 Speaker 5: going to keep you from making major mistakes. You're not 489 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,200 Speaker 5: only going to be protected, but you're going to see promotion, 490 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:02,159 Speaker 5: good breaks, new levels, the fullness of your destiny in 491 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:05,120 Speaker 5: Jesus's name, And if you receive it, can you say 492 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 5: it been Today? I'd like to give you an opportunity 493 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 5: to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you 494 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:16,960 Speaker 5: pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of 495 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:21,720 Speaker 5: my sins. Come into my heart. I make you my 496 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:25,879 Speaker 5: Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, we 497 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 5: believe you got born again. Get in a good Bible 498 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,719 Speaker 5: based church, Keep God first place. 499 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 4: Victorian. 500 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 5: I'll be right back to speak a blessing over you. 501 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,160 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the joel OUs Deine podcast. 502 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 6: Help us continue to share the message of hope with 503 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 6: those all over the world. Visit jolustein dot com slash 504 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:49,280 Speaker 6: give Hope to give a gift today. 505 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:53,480 Speaker 5: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. I hope 506 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 5: you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest podcast to 507 00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 5: keep you inspired all through the week. 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