1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. Reappreciate you, and pray for 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: God's very best in your life. God bless you always 6 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: a joy to come into your homes. And if you're 7 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: ever in our area, please stop by and be a 8 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: part of order of our services. These are the finest 9 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:26,639 Speaker 1: people in all of Houston, Texas right here at Lakewood. 10 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 11 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: But thank you for tuning in and thank you again 12 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 1: for coming out today. And I'd like to start with 13 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: something funny. And one day Adam was feeling very lonely. 14 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:41,200 Speaker 1: God said Adam, I'm going to make you a companion. 15 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: It's going to be called a woman. This person will 16 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: cook for you, wash your clothes. She will bear you children, 17 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 1: never ask you to get up in the middle of 18 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 1: the night. She will not nag you. She will agree 19 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: with every decision you make, and if you ever have 20 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: a disagreement, she'll be the first to admit she was wrong. 21 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: Adam said, Wow, God, what will a woman like this cost. 22 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:09,040 Speaker 1: God said an arm and a leg. Adam said, what 23 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: can I get for a rib? And the rest is history. 24 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 1: Hold up your bible, Say it like you mean it. 25 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says. I am. 26 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 27 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 28 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 29 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,039 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 30 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 31 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about making deposits everywhere you go. 32 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: The way to make a deposit is to make people 33 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: feel better about themselves. When you give a compliment you 34 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: look nice today, A great job on that presentation at 35 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: the office. Those are not just kind words. You made 36 00:01:55,040 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: a deposit. When you express thanks. I appreciate you, thanks 37 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: for being in my life. That's a deposit. Even simple 38 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: things you walk over to the parking attendant, shake their hand, 39 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: good morning, how are you today? The fact that you 40 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 1: took time to show respect, You went out of your 41 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: way to make them feel special. You made a deposit 42 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: all through the day. We should look for these opportunities. 43 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:24,799 Speaker 1: Who can I bless who can I encourage? How can 44 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: I make somebody feel better about themselves. My friend Johnny 45 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: and I we worked in the television department here at 46 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: Lakewood when we were in our early twenties. A couple 47 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: of times a week we'd go down to the cafeteria 48 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: to have lunch. And Johnny's always been very friendly, very likable. 49 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: In the cafeteria line, he would see the ladies' name 50 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: tags serving us. Johnny would always call them by name. Susie, 51 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: I'd like some green beans, please, thank you so much. Marie, 52 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,399 Speaker 1: all take some macaroni and cheese. You have a great day. 53 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 1: And Beverly, how about a piece of fish? And I 54 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 1: really appreciate it. He would bring a smile to their face. 55 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 1: It's funny. One time, this Nigerian lady was serving us. 56 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:11,359 Speaker 1: Her name had more letters than the alphabet. Johnny looked 57 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: at that name. I'll never forget it, he squinted. After 58 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 1: a long pause, he said, honey, I'll take a roll. 59 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:20,839 Speaker 1: We would get down to the where you check out 60 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 1: the cash register. I'd look back and all those ladies 61 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 1: servant would be full of joy, laughing, talking. He made 62 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: their day. It got to the point when they saw 63 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: Johnny in the line. We could be fifty people back. 64 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 1: They'd start waving. Here he comes again. We always just 65 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: thought that Johnny needed prayer, But now I realize he 66 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: was making a deposit. He was brightening people's day. The 67 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: scripture talks about how we should leave places better off 68 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: than they were before. When you leave the office, each day, 69 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: you leave the gym, you leave your house, are people 70 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: better off than they were before? Did you take time 71 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: to enc urge anyone? Did you lift their spirits? Were 72 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 1: you're pleasant to be around or were you're too busy, 73 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 1: too stressed out, discouraged, grumpy, sad to say, But when 74 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 1: some people leave, you're glad to see them go. They 75 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: always are complaining, have a sad story, negative, bringing everybody down. 76 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:24,559 Speaker 1: Don't let that be you. When you leave, people should 77 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:28,159 Speaker 1: miss you. They should miss the joy, the peace, the 78 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:34,039 Speaker 1: encouraging words, the compliments, the kind spirit. Don't drag places down, 79 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: leave them better off. Take time to make a deposit 80 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: everywhere you go. At the grocery store, you may not 81 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: be as outgoing as Johnny, but you can go to 82 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,720 Speaker 1: the cashier and say thank you so much. Have a 83 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:51,040 Speaker 1: blessed day. That didn't take a lot of extra effort, 84 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 1: but you just made a deposit. You don't know what 85 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:58,159 Speaker 1: that person is going through. They may seem fine on 86 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,239 Speaker 1: the outside, but you don't oh what's going on at home, 87 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 1: the struggles they're facing, the disappointments they've been through, the 88 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: challenges that are in front of them. I was in 89 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,839 Speaker 1: line at a grocery store waiting to check out years ago, 90 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 1: and the young lady at the register seemed very distracted. 91 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:19,280 Speaker 1: She kept making mistakes, and the register got jammed, and 92 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:22,600 Speaker 1: item didn't have a price on it. Everything that could 93 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: go wrong did. People in the line were very frustrated, 94 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: starting to complain. Some of them, when they got up 95 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:33,279 Speaker 1: to her, were very rude and short with her. I thought, 96 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 1: this young lady has enough going wrong. I'm not going 97 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: to be a part of the problem. I'm going to 98 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 1: be a part of the solution. When I walked up, 99 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,920 Speaker 1: I just smiled and said, I know it's kind of stressful. 100 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: People are being rude, but I'm going to be praying 101 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: for you. I know everything is going to get better. 102 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: Her eyes got real big. She said, as sincere as 103 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 1: can be, would you pray for me? My little baby 104 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: is in the hospital and I'm so worried about it. 105 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: We took thirty seconds right then and there and prayed 106 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: made the line even longer, people even matter. The lady 107 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 1: behind me in line, she overheard it and said to 108 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: that young girl, my best friend is the head nurse 109 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: at that hospital. I'm going to have her go check 110 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 1: on your baby. The whole atmosphere changed when we left. 111 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: She was a different person. See, God will use your smile, 112 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 1: You'll compliment your prayer to breathe new life into people's spirit, 113 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 1: to let them know that somebody cares to you. It 114 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: may be no big deal, but to that other person, 115 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,839 Speaker 1: it's what keeps them moving forward. There's a lady that 116 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:45,279 Speaker 1: attends Lakewood. She's a widow and she lives alone, doesn't 117 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: have any family here in town. She said her favorite 118 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 1: thing about coming to Lakewood is that's the one time 119 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:55,840 Speaker 1: during the week that I know I'm going to get 120 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 1: a hug. The only time she feels the warmth of 121 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:03,480 Speaker 1: another person is at our services. Most of us we 122 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 1: get hugs all the time, but you never know that 123 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 1: person you reach out to maybe that's the only hug 124 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 1: they're going to get this week. Maybe your smile, your compliment, 125 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 1: your encouragement, is going to be the only encouragement that 126 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:22,239 Speaker 1: they receive. Be aware of who God puts in your path. 127 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: Nobody is there by accident. Oh you said, Joel. They're fine, 128 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 1: They're doing better than I am. They're happy, they've got 129 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 1: a smile, they're outgoing. I've learned many people smile on 130 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 1: the outside to hide the pain and loneliness on the inside. 131 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: You are a container filled with God. There is healing 132 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: in your voice, healing in your smile, healing in your hugs. 133 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 1: Take time to show a part of God everywhere you go. 134 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 1: After all, God has no hands to comfort on this 135 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 1: earth except our hands, no arms to love except our arms. 136 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: He has no voice to encourage except our voice. A 137 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 1: lady told how her mother had died and the mother 138 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 1: was in her eighties, lived a long, blessed life, but 139 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 1: the daughter was very devastated. She and her mother were 140 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 1: very close, and now this daughter was just lonely. She 141 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: missed her mother. One day, she decided to attend Lakewood. 142 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 1: She'd never been here before. We have greets at the 143 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 1: door that welcome people, and when she walked in, this 144 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: elderly lady greeted her. She gave her a hug and 145 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 1: as she was pulling away, this greeter just gently patted 146 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 1: her cheeks and said, very lovingly, We're so glad to 147 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:46,439 Speaker 1: have you here today. This lady began to weep when 148 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: she gained her composure. She said to the greeter, when 149 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 1: my mother hugged me, she always patted my cheeks just 150 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 1: like you did. Now I know that was God saying 151 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:59,079 Speaker 1: I'm taking care of your mother, and I'm going to 152 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 1: take care of you as well. You never know what 153 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 1: patting somebody's cheeks is going to mean. Just doing your thing, 154 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 1: you never know what kind of impact that's going to have. 155 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 1: Think about this, There are two hundred and seventy doors 156 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 1: in this facility. What are the chances that that visitor 157 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 1: would walk in the one door where the greeter would 158 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: be there to pat her cheeks. You may come to Lakewood, 159 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 1: but I can't promise you you're all going to get 160 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 1: your cheeks patted. But God will put you at the 161 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 1: right place at the right time. God knows how to 162 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 1: use what you have, your unique gifts, your unique talents. 163 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 1: You may not call everybody's name in the line like Johnny. 164 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: You may not pat people's cheeks after you hug them, 165 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 1: But God can use your smile, You'll compliment your kind 166 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 1: words to help put people back on their feet. I 167 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 1: met a young lady in another state. She had attended 168 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 1: Lakewood for several years, and she went through a very 169 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 1: rough time. Her marriage was falling apart, and she was 170 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 1: so discouraged didn't think that she could go on now. 171 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: One of her lowest moments, she was leaving a service 172 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 1: here at Lakewood on a Sunday morning, walking down a 173 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 1: crowded corridor with hundreds of other people going out of 174 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 1: the building. Well, Victoria came walking in the opposite direction, 175 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:24,679 Speaker 1: going up to the visitor's reception. Out of the hundreds 176 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 1: and hundreds of people in that crowded corridor, Victoria reached 177 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 1: out and gently touched her arm, looked her in the eyes, 178 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 1: and said, you are so beautiful. Just a five second 179 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 1: interaction and they both went their separate ways. Victoria never 180 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: thought any more about it. Several years later, this young 181 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: lady told me at a book signing, Victoria will never 182 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 1: know what she did for me that day, when I 183 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 1: felt the most unattractive, the most unlovely, her words breathed 184 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 1: new life into my spirit. In the months to come, 185 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: she would play that phrase over and over, you are 186 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:10,040 Speaker 1: so beautiful, four words spoken at the right time. That's 187 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 1: what helped her to keep moving forward. The scripture says 188 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 1: in Hebrews to encourage one another daily, not monthly, not 189 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 1: once a week, not when you feel like it, no, 190 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 1: every day. Look for opportunities to make a deposit. Make 191 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 1: it your business to make somebody else feel better about themselves. 192 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 1: One time, I was in my front yard doing some 193 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: yard work and was very hot outside in the middle 194 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 1: of the summer. I decided to go in and get 195 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 1: some water. When I did, I heard the garbage truck 196 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:46,960 Speaker 1: coming down the street. I thought, I'll get a few 197 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 1: extra bottles and give it to the trash collectors. When 198 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 1: I handed them that water, you would have thought I 199 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 1: had given them a thousand dollars each. And yes, it's 200 00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: hot here in Houston. But it wasn't so much the water. 201 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:03,320 Speaker 1: It was the fact that somebody took time to make 202 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 1: them feel appreciated, somebody expressed their gratitude. I read where 203 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: half of all employees don't feel appreciated by their company. 204 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 1: Eighty percent have never been told thank you for doing 205 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:23,560 Speaker 1: their job. Imagine what kind of deposit we can make 206 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:27,200 Speaker 1: when you thank the young lady at the grocery store, 207 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 1: when you thank the person that takes your order on 208 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 1: the phone, when you think the ushers that seet you 209 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:36,080 Speaker 1: each week, or driving out of the parking lot, you 210 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 1: thank the police officers and not whisper something else under 211 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: your breath. Well, Joel, I'm paying these employees. I shouldn't 212 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:47,559 Speaker 1: have to thank them, or I pay taxes. I don't 213 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 1: have to thank these police officers. They work for the city. 214 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:54,439 Speaker 1: Do you know how much better of a job people 215 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 1: will do when you thank them? Do you know how 216 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 1: much more your employees will produce when they know they're appreciated. 217 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 1: A man went out to get his paper in the morning, 218 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:08,320 Speaker 1: and when he opened the front door, the little dog 219 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 1: from across the street was bringing the paper to him. 220 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 1: He was pleasantly surprised. He thought this is great, and 221 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 1: he went in and got the dog a treat and 222 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 1: gave it to him. Little dog went off as happy 223 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:22,319 Speaker 1: as can be. The next morning he went out to 224 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 1: get his paper. The little dog was there with eight 225 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:31,840 Speaker 1: newspapers beside him. That dog had gone and got all 226 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:36,439 Speaker 1: the neighbor's newspapers. He thought, if I get one treat 227 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 1: for one I'm gonna get eight today. We laugh, but 228 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 1: human nature is the same way. We'll do a lot 229 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 1: more when we know we're appreciated. A few months after 230 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 1: I gave those trash collectors that water, one day I 231 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:53,560 Speaker 1: had forgotten to take my garbage out. They come very 232 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 1: early in the morning, and I'd gotten busy, and I thought, 233 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 1: oh no, because it's hot and this garbage is gonna stink, 234 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 1: and not much I could do about it. Later that day, 235 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:05,839 Speaker 1: after the garbage men got through running their route through 236 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 1: the neighborhood, they came back down my street, stopped at 237 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 1: my house, rained my doorbell, and asked if my trash 238 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 1: was ready to be collected. All I gave them was 239 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 1: three bottles of water, probably a dollar fifty investment. But 240 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 1: that simple act of kindness deposited something much greater. On 241 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 1: the inside. It said to them, I value you, I 242 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 1: respect you, I appreciate you serving my family. Don't miss 243 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: these opportunities to make deposits. When the mailman drops off 244 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 1: a mail, thank you so much. The lady that helps 245 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 1: you at the mall, I appreciate you. The man you 246 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 1: see at the gas station each week, thanks for being 247 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 1: here serving our community. Don't go the next twenty years 248 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 1: seeing the people God's put in your life, not making 249 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: any kind of deposit. Do some then to make them 250 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 1: feel better about themselves. Now you say, Joel, I'm not 251 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 1: going to have any kind of long term personal relationship 252 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: with them. Maybe not. But you're not doing it for yourself. 253 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 1: You're doing it for them. You're doing it because they've 254 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 1: been made in the image of Almighty God, and God 255 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 1: placed them in your path. He's counting on you to 256 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 1: make some deposits. Do you know some people they never 257 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: really get any compliments, They don't really feel appreciated. Some 258 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 1: have never experienced even a simple act of kindness. A 259 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: friend on staff called this man we know in another state. 260 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 1: He drives us when we travel to that state, and 261 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 1: a while back there had been a big hurricane there. 262 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 1: So my friend called just to check on him and 263 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:52,080 Speaker 1: his family. When I saw this driver the next time, 264 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 1: he said, that was the nicest thing anybody had ever 265 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 1: done for him. He went on and on. All it 266 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 1: was was a five minute phone call saying, man, we 267 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 1: heard about the hurricane. Are you okay? Just check it 268 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 1: on you? What am I saying? It doesn't have to 269 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 1: be something big? One compliment, you are so beautiful. That's 270 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 1: all it took for that young girl. One pat on 271 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: the cheek, and that lady felt loved. Three bottles of water, 272 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 1: and now I have personal trash pick up for the 273 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 1: rest of my life. I read a story about a 274 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 1: nineteen year old young man named Carl. He is a 275 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 1: special needs child. He has Down syndrome. He works at 276 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 1: the local grocery store as a bagger, and everyone loves Carl. 277 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 1: It's got a great attitude. And one day Carl came 278 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 1: up with an idea. He wanted to make people better. 279 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 1: Every night, he would find a thought for the day, 280 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 1: some kind of encouraging word. He would type it on 281 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 1: his computer six or seven times, then print it and 282 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 1: have it copy. His dad would help him to cut 283 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: these into individual pieces, so he would have about three 284 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:08,159 Speaker 1: hundred of these inspirational sayings. He called it his word 285 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 1: of the day. When he would bag the groceries, he 286 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:13,120 Speaker 1: would put that thought for the day on the top 287 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 1: of the bag and he'd tell the customers, I put 288 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:18,639 Speaker 1: a good word in your bag. I hope it helps 289 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 1: you to enjoy the day. A week later, the line 290 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 1: where Carl was bagging was five times longer than any 291 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:29,359 Speaker 1: other line. It went to the back of the grocery store, 292 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: back by the frozen food section. The manager got on 293 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 1: the loud speaker, there are other registers open, no waiting, 294 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 1: Nobody would move. They said, no, we want to get 295 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:44,879 Speaker 1: Carl's word for the day. What was Carl doing making 296 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 1: a deposit using what he had. He could have been 297 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 1: at home feeling sorry for himself, thinking somebody needs to 298 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:55,320 Speaker 1: cheer me up. I've got the disadvantage. No, If you'll 299 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 1: get your mind off of what you don't have and 300 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 1: use what you do have to make somebody else feel 301 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 1: better to brighten their day, I can promise you God 302 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 1: will always brighten your own day. The reason some people 303 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:12,960 Speaker 1: are not happy, the reason they're not fulfilled, is they're 304 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:18,000 Speaker 1: living in grown They're not doing anything good for anyone else. 305 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 1: But when you get your mind off of your problems, 306 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:25,639 Speaker 1: off of your needs, and you focus on improving somebody 307 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:29,480 Speaker 1: else's life, the seeds that you sow will always come 308 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: back to you. God will improve your own life. I 309 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:36,120 Speaker 1: heard about this junior high teacher one day. Her students 310 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 1: were being very rowdy and she could tell that they 311 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 1: didn't want to learn, and it was late in the day, 312 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 1: she didn't really feel like pressing through it, so she 313 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 1: told her class to put their books up and to 314 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:49,959 Speaker 1: get out one clean sheet of paper. Their assignment was 315 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 1: to write down every student's name in the class and 316 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 1: list at least one good thing you like about that student. 317 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 1: The class went to work looking around thinking about what 318 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 1: they liked about each other. Over the weekend, the teacher 319 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:09,240 Speaker 1: took the time to list the student's name, and then 320 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 1: she copied all the encouraging comments that were set about them. 321 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 1: On Monday, she handed that individual sheet of paper to 322 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 1: each of the students. The room was just buzzing with 323 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 1: excitement when they began to read the comments. You could 324 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 1: see their faces brightening up. You would hear things like, Wow, 325 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 1: I didn't know they liked me that much. I didn't 326 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:32,879 Speaker 1: know they thought I was talented. I didn't know they 327 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: thought I was so beautiful, On and on. Years later, 328 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: one of the students was killed while serving in Vietnam. 329 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:43,920 Speaker 1: The teacher, along with many of the students, attended the funeral. 330 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,679 Speaker 1: After the service, the father of the soldier said to 331 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:50,640 Speaker 1: the teacher, I'd like to show you what my son 332 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 1: was carrying when he was killed, and he had this 333 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 1: folded up piece of paper that the son always kept 334 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 1: in his wallet. As he unfolded it, the teacher soon 335 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 1: realized it was that note she had copied with all 336 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 1: the encouraging comments. When the other students overheard that, they 337 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:11,640 Speaker 1: begin to tell the same type of story. One man 338 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 1: told how he kept his note in his desk drawer 339 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 1: at the office. A lady said she kept hers in 340 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:20,680 Speaker 1: her wedding album. Another former student right then and there, 341 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:24,200 Speaker 1: pulled out his wallet, unfolded his like it was his 342 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:29,960 Speaker 1: most prized possession. The teacher was overwhelmed. She never dreamed 343 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:34,159 Speaker 1: what kind of lasting impact that simple assignment would have 344 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 1: that day. My encouragement to you is be a wallet filler. 345 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:44,119 Speaker 1: Be free with your compliments. Take time to tell people 346 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 1: how much you love them, how much they mean to you. 347 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 1: It takes so little effort, yet it makes such a 348 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:54,639 Speaker 1: huge deposit for you to walk over to that coworker 349 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: and say, hey, I've ever told you how much I 350 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: enjoy working with you. You are so talented, Or to your spouse, 351 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:05,120 Speaker 1: you make my life great. I'm so glad that God 352 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:08,240 Speaker 1: brought you across my path to a son or a daughter. 353 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 1: I'm so proud of you. You're going to do amazing 354 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 1: things in life. Those are not just words, they are 355 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:19,440 Speaker 1: treasures that they will carry for a lifetime. Victoria used 356 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:22,359 Speaker 1: to work at her mother's jewelry store, I Lost Jewelers. 357 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 1: From the time she was a little girl. Her mother 358 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:29,919 Speaker 1: taught her that there is something beautiful about every person 359 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 1: their eyes, their smile, their hair, their personality, their clothes, 360 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:38,399 Speaker 1: and to look for it. This got Victoria in the 361 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 1: habit of always looking for the good, seeing what she 362 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 1: likes about a person. So often we do just the opposite. 363 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:49,280 Speaker 1: We look at people through a critical lens, and if 364 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 1: we see something that we don't like, we don't understand. 365 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 1: We think, why does she wear her hair like that 366 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 1: doesn't look good. He needs to get in better shape. 367 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 1: He doesn't have a good personality, she doesn't have very 368 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 1: good taste. It's easy to see the negative, but every 369 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: person has something great about them. Why don't you develop 370 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:12,399 Speaker 1: the habit of looking for that one good thing. A 371 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,640 Speaker 1: friend of mine, Nick, and his beautiful wife Summer. They 372 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 1: have a four or five year old little daughter named Haven. 373 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 1: Nick heard Victoria talking about this principle, and he's been 374 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 1: teaching Haven how to look for that one beautiful thing. 375 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 1: Now little Haven sees it as a challenge. Everywhere she goes, 376 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,600 Speaker 1: she studies people. She'll look them up and down. Then 377 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 1: she'll tell them, I like your earrings. I like the 378 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 1: buttons on your shirt. She told somebody the other day, 379 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 1: I like your fingernails. She's developing this habit at a 380 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 1: very early age of seeing the good, telling people what 381 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:52,639 Speaker 1: she likes, not what she dislikes. What's Nick teaching his 382 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,680 Speaker 1: daughter how to make deposits to leave people better off 383 00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 1: than they were before. When I was growing up, my 384 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 1: mother had a tradition that I never really liked. When 385 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:06,880 Speaker 1: it was somebody's birthday in the family, before we could 386 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:10,160 Speaker 1: cut the cake, we all had to say one good 387 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 1: thing about that person. And I was very shy, not 388 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 1: used to expressing my feelings. My attitude was my brothers 389 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 1: and sisters, my family. They know how much y'all loved them. 390 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 1: I don't need to tell them. But my mother would 391 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:27,400 Speaker 1: go around the room as a little boy, Joel, tell 392 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 1: me one good thing you like about your brother Paul. 393 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 1: Sometimes it would take me thirty minutes. Other times I 394 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:40,879 Speaker 1: just have to lie. But we couldn't cut the cake 395 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 1: until we all said something good. I realize now, I'm 396 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 1: not even looking at Paul, but I realized now my 397 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:55,159 Speaker 1: mother was teaching us to make deposits, to be free 398 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:58,440 Speaker 1: with our compliments. We had to think about what we 399 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:02,439 Speaker 1: liked and not what we disliked. It taught us not 400 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 1: to take people for granted, not to just think, oh, 401 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 1: they're beautiful, they're talented, they're fun, but to express it, 402 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,200 Speaker 1: to let them know what we were thinking. After all, 403 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:18,440 Speaker 1: our thoughts don't bless anybody. Love is not love until 404 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:20,879 Speaker 1: you give it away. Why don't you get in the 405 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:25,679 Speaker 1: habit of finding that one good thing about the people 406 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:28,600 Speaker 1: God put in your life and then take it a 407 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 1: step further. Tell them, write them a note, send them 408 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,919 Speaker 1: a text and email, Hey, just thinking about you and 409 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 1: how much I appreciate your friendship, your loyalty, your sense 410 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 1: of humor, your personality, whatever it is. That's being a 411 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:47,720 Speaker 1: wallet filler. Those are treasures that they will carry for 412 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:53,480 Speaker 1: a lifetime. People need encouragement today more than ever. The 413 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:57,720 Speaker 1: reason why is because there's a bigger outlet for negative 414 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:01,639 Speaker 1: than there's ever been before. The Internet is both a 415 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:05,719 Speaker 1: blessing and it can be a curse. It lets people 416 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:11,440 Speaker 1: say hurtful things and hide behind no name. Our children 417 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 1: have to deal with online bullying, people making hateful comments 418 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 1: that they never say face to face. They're too embarrassed. 419 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:22,360 Speaker 1: The negative has been turned up. Now you and I 420 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:27,400 Speaker 1: need to turn up the positive. Don't be passive. Tell 421 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:32,400 Speaker 1: your family, your friends in person, on Facebook, on Twitter, 422 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 1: how much you love them, how great you think they are. 423 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:38,960 Speaker 1: When you see a negative comment about them, go to work. 424 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:43,240 Speaker 1: You're beautiful, you're talented. I like you because you're loyal, 425 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:46,240 Speaker 1: because you're fun to be around. Do your friends in 426 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 1: family a favor. Drown out all the haters, drown out 427 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 1: the negative, critical sarcastic, jealous people. They want to make 428 00:25:56,080 --> 00:26:00,399 Speaker 1: withdraws and push people down. You keep making deposits pushing 429 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,720 Speaker 1: people up. And here's the key. Don't waste your time 430 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 1: arguing with people that are hateful. They're not going to 431 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:10,240 Speaker 1: change their mind. They don't want to understand you. They're 432 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:13,120 Speaker 1: not happy with their own life. They're jealous, so they're 433 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:15,760 Speaker 1: going to keep trying to push people down. The more 434 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:18,160 Speaker 1: hate they pour out, the more love you pour out. 435 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:21,120 Speaker 1: Stick up for your family, stick up for your friends. 436 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:25,960 Speaker 1: God's counting on us to make these deposits. My challenge 437 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 1: to you encourage somebody every single day, look for opportunities 438 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 1: to make them feel better about themselves. Make sure when 439 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 1: you leave the place is better off than it was before. 440 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,919 Speaker 1: And if you'll learn to be a wallet feller, making 441 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:44,440 Speaker 1: deposits everywhere you go, then those seeds that you sow 442 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 1: will always come back to you. As you help others 443 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:50,560 Speaker 1: rise higher, God's going to help you rise higher. Now. 444 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:54,080 Speaker 1: I believe and declare you will become everything God's created 445 00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:56,479 Speaker 1: you to be. You're going to live the abundant life 446 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 1: he has in store in Jesus' name. If you receive it, 447 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 1: can you say it in today? We never like to 448 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 1: close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make 449 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 1: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 450 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 451 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:20,919 Speaker 1: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 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