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Make sure you subscribe to get new messages 36 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 4: every week. We appreciate your support. It helps keep the 37 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 4: ministry going. 38 00:01:45,720 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 5: Enjoy the message for God bless you. 39 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 4: It's a joy to be with you today. And if 40 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 4: you're ever in our area, please stop buying. Be a 41 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 4: part of one of our services. I promise you we'll 42 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:11,119 Speaker 4: make you feel right at home. I like to start 43 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 4: with something funny, and I heard about this church service 44 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 4: one Sunday morning. Everything was going great until a bolt 45 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 4: of lightning hit the sanctuary. When the smoke cleared, Satan 46 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 4: himself was standing at the podium. People panicked and took off, 47 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 4: running as fast as they could. Everyone, that is, except 48 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 4: one lady. She sat in the front road, just as 49 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 4: calm as can be. Satan was appalled. He said, lady, 50 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 4: do you know who I am? She said, I sure do. 51 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 4: He said, aren't you afraid of me? She said not 52 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 4: in the least bit. He said why not? She said, 53 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:48,800 Speaker 4: why should I be? I've been married to your brother 54 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 4: for thirty years. Say it like you mean it. This 55 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 4: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 56 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,079 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 57 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,640 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 58 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 59 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 60 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 61 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 4: to talk to you today about living at rest. Rest 62 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 4: doesn't mean that you're on vacation and you never do anything. 63 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 4: We all have to work and deal with challenges and 64 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 4: interact with different people, but we're supposed to do it 65 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 4: from a place of peace, not stressed out, worried and 66 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 4: fighting everything that we don't like Hebrews four tells us 67 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 4: to enter into the rest of God. That's a place 68 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 4: where we know God's in control, we know he's fighting 69 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 4: our battles. But here's the key. Once you enter this rest, 70 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 4: you're not going to automatically stay there. Life is full 71 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 4: of peace dealers. There will always be people and circumstances 72 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 4: trying to pull you out. If you're going to live 73 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 4: in peace, you have to put up some boundaries and 74 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 4: not allow everything in. You can't watch the news twenty 75 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 4: four hours a day and expect to stay at rest. 76 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 4: Your mind wasn't meant to take in all the tragedies, accidents, killings, 77 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 4: over and over. That's going to pull you out of rest. 78 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 4: Do yourself a favor, turn it off. Be careful what 79 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:26,600 Speaker 4: you feed your inner person. If you watch all the 80 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 4: news about the price of oil going down and day 81 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 4: offs and bankruptcies, it's going to cause you to live 82 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 4: stressed out, worried, on edge. You can't feed on negativity 83 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 4: and discouragement and expect to stay positive and faith filled. 84 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:43,840 Speaker 4: I like to watch the news, of course, to know 85 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:46,919 Speaker 4: what's going on in the world, But after about fifteen 86 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 4: minutes I've learned everything I need to know I don't 87 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 4: keep taking it in again and again the twenty four 88 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 4: hour news, most of that repeats every thirty minutes. It 89 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,039 Speaker 4: was designed for people flipping on and off, not to 90 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:05,239 Speaker 4: watch over and over. Put on some good news. Feed 91 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 4: your inner person, encouraging things that build you up and 92 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 4: cause you to say positive, hopeful, and inspired. One Friday night, 93 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 4: Victoria and I went to watch this movie about a war. 94 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:22,040 Speaker 4: It was very violent. Heads were being blown off and 95 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 4: people being tortured and families ripped apart. And I went 96 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:29,039 Speaker 4: in there in peace, simply wanting to be entertained. But 97 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 4: when I left, I was on edge. I felt like 98 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 4: I had been run over by a truck. That whole night, 99 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 4: I dreamed I was in the middle of that war. 100 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 4: Victoria kept waking me up, Joe, you're having a nightmare. 101 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 4: Wake up. What we take in through our eyes and 102 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 4: ears eventually gets into our subconscious mind. If you're taking 103 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 4: in all the negative, violence, discouragement, that's going to depress 104 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 4: your spirit. The next day, I had to get up 105 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:58,839 Speaker 4: and finish preparing my message for Saturday night, and I 106 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:01,839 Speaker 4: learned my lesson. I can't take that in the night 107 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:05,479 Speaker 4: before and be my best the next day. You need 108 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 4: to be aware of what's pulling you out of that rest. 109 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,359 Speaker 4: Sometimes it's our own choices. If you get on social 110 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 4: media and you're constantly comparing your life to everyone else's, 111 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 4: that's going to discourage you. You'll never feel good about 112 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 4: who you are as long as you're competing with others, 113 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 4: because there'll always be somebody more beautiful, more talented, more successful. 114 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:33,919 Speaker 4: That's a peace stealer. Put up a boundary and say, 115 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 4: I am not going to live in somebody else's world, 116 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 4: obsessed with what they're doing, where they're going, what they're eating, 117 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:44,840 Speaker 4: what they're driving. I'm gonna run my own race. Listen, 118 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 4: you can miss your destiny caught up in somebody else's life. 119 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 4: Successful people are too focused on their own race to 120 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:57,160 Speaker 4: look around to see what everybody else is doing. Quit comparing. 121 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 4: It'll pull you out of your rest and disrespectfully. But 122 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 4: some people are peace stealers. They're high maintenance. They're always 123 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 4: having a problem. Every time they call, they're having a 124 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 4: major crisis. They expect you to come running to bail 125 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 4: them out, to encourage them to keep them fixed. They're 126 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 4: good people. You love them, but you shouldn't allow them 127 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 4: to continually dump their problems on you. If you don't 128 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 4: put up a boundary, they won't be the only one unhappy. 129 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 4: You'll end up unhappy. And I'm all for helping people, 130 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 4: loving them, taking time to care, but some people won't 131 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 4: deal with their own issues as long as they can 132 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 4: dump it on you. That's the easy way out. As 133 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 4: long as you'll bail them out, you feel sorry for them, 134 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 4: you let them unload their burdens, they'll do it again 135 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 4: and again. What they're doing is they dump it all 136 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 4: on you, and then they go home and go to bed, 137 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 4: while you stay up and worry about what are we 138 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 4: going to do about this? Here's what I'm saying. It's 139 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 4: easy to take on a false sense of responsibility where 140 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 4: you jump every time they call, try to keep them fixed. 141 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 4: But you are not responsible for other people's happiness. Don't 142 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 4: let their unhappiness keep you from being happy. I don't 143 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 4: know about you, but I have enough drama in my 144 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 4: own life. I don't need somebody else's drama. If they 145 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 4: won't make good decisions, if they want to live upset, bitter, offended, 146 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 4: in a crisis mode, that's their choice. You can't stop that, 147 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 4: but you shouldn't let them control you and make you 148 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 4: feel guilty if you don't help and let them call 149 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 4: you all hours of the day. You are not a 150 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:48,719 Speaker 4: garbage can You have to protect your peace lack of business. 151 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 4: You need to have hours of operation, times when you're open, 152 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:57,320 Speaker 4: times when you're closed. I'm open for them from two 153 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:00,839 Speaker 4: to four in the afternoon. Can they call you at 154 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 4: eight o'clock at night when you're in peace, spending time 155 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 4: with your family, enjoying your children. That phone rings, Normally 156 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 4: you'd rush over and answer it, get all up tight. 157 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:14,400 Speaker 4: No next time, Sorry, not open for business right now? 158 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 4: You mean, Joel, don't answer the phone. Yes, that's why 159 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:23,080 Speaker 4: God created voicemail. Don't let their crisis steal your peace. 160 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 4: Have you noticed some people are alarmist. Everything is a 161 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 4: major problem, a major crisis. They need you right now. 162 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:35,680 Speaker 4: Tomorrow will be too late. They have a spirit of alarm. 163 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,440 Speaker 4: If you don't put up a boundary, you'll get pulled in. 164 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 4: They'll get you all stirred up, stressed out. Won't fall 165 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:47,199 Speaker 4: into that trap. If you don't make them respect you, 166 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 4: you'll be dealing with this same issue twenty years from now. 167 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:55,079 Speaker 4: Your destiny is too important to let people who are 168 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 4: not dealing with their own issues hold you back. Recognize 169 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 4: that it's a peace deealer. You need to make some changes. Well, Joel, 170 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 4: what if I hurt their feelings? What if you miss 171 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 4: your destiny? God didn't call you to keep everyone happy? 172 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 4: And sure, do your part. Be a giver, go the 173 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 4: extra mile, but don't become a garbage dump where you 174 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 4: allow someone to always dump their burdens on you. That's 175 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 4: out of balance. You have to protect your emotional energy. 176 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 4: You have a limited supply each day. If you're taking 177 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 4: in all this extra drama, involved in things you should 178 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 4: never be involved in, you're not going to have the 179 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 4: emotional energy for what you need for your dreams, for 180 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 4: your children, for your assignment. I'm not saying to be selfish. 181 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:50,559 Speaker 4: I'm saying be wise. You can't fix everyone. You can't 182 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 4: make people do what's right. You're not called to straighten 183 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 4: everyone out. You're not the savior. We already have a savior. 184 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 4: I've learned some people people don't really want to change. 185 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 4: They like the attention it brings to have you at 186 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,720 Speaker 4: their becking call. Now a lot of times, instead of 187 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 4: helping them, we're really enabling their dysfunction. We're doing them 188 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 4: a disservice. If you don't bail them out, maybe they'll 189 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 4: start taking responsibility. If they can't reach you every three minutes, 190 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 4: maybe they'll learn to encourage themselves. Life is too short 191 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:31,559 Speaker 4: to go through it being controlled. You shouldn't spend all 192 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 4: your time trying to straighten everybody out. Some of your 193 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 4: relatives that are upset with each other, they're going to 194 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 4: be upset thirty years from now. Don't waste your valuable 195 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 4: time being upset with them. They don't want to be happy, 196 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 4: that's fine, but don't let them keep you from being happy. 197 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 4: Turn it over to God and enjoy your life. Years ago, 198 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 4: I had a friend that I grew up with, and 199 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 4: over time are passed when in different directions. I joined 200 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,680 Speaker 4: the basketball team and he got involved in other things, 201 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 4: and he resented the fact that I wasn't around as much, 202 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 4: and several times he tried to straighten me out and 203 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 4: told me how I wasn't giving him as much time 204 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 4: as I should, and why wasn't I there for him? 205 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 4: On and on, and I went overboard to try to 206 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:21,679 Speaker 4: be good to him, but nothing I did was good enough. 207 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 4: I could have moved in and been his roommate, and 208 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 4: he had still found something wrong. And one day I 209 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:31,320 Speaker 4: realized he's counting on me to try to keep him happy. 210 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 4: Now I already have a full time job trying to 211 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 4: keep myself happy. Every time he had called, I'd get 212 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:40,320 Speaker 4: up tired on edge. What have I done wrong? Now? 213 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:42,760 Speaker 4: What does he need? And you know, of course, as 214 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 4: a friend, you want to help people, or wanted to 215 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 4: be responsible. But after about five years of doing this, 216 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 4: I learned what I'm telling you. I can't reach my 217 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 4: destiny spending all my time trying to keep him happy. 218 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:59,680 Speaker 4: I don't have the emotional energy for all of his 219 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 4: dry And I say this very respectfully because he's a 220 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:07,680 Speaker 4: good man, but I realized he's a peacetealer. I made 221 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 4: up my mind I wasn't going to go the next 222 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 4: twenty years like that. I put up some boundaries. I 223 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 4: quit running every time he called. I quit feeling guilty 224 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 4: when I couldn't meet his demands. Eventually he got upset 225 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:24,320 Speaker 4: and started talking about me went his own way. But 226 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 4: here's the point. Sometimes you have to make hard decisions 227 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 4: to reach your destiny. My personality type is I want 228 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:36,679 Speaker 4: everybody to like me. I'll never tell you no. I 229 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 4: want to please you, but I've learned you can't fulfill 230 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:44,320 Speaker 4: your assignment trying to please everyone. If you're trying to 231 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:48,440 Speaker 4: keep everybody around you happy, the one person who will 232 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:51,560 Speaker 4: not be happy is you. Well, Joel, what if they 233 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 4: get upset and start talking about me? They won't be 234 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 4: the first, and they're not going to be the last. 235 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:00,680 Speaker 4: I would rather have people up there set with me 236 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 4: then to not become who I was created to be. 237 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:08,679 Speaker 4: If you'll put these boundaries up, you'll live more peacefully, 238 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:13,079 Speaker 4: you'll be more effective, and you'll move quicker into your destiny. 239 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 4: But when you tell someone I love you, but you 240 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 4: can't call me every three minutes, I can't keep you 241 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 4: cheered up. I love you, but I can't keep bailing 242 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 4: you out again and again. If they get upset, they 243 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 4: really want your friend. They were controllers, they're a manipulator. 244 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 4: They like you for what you can do for them, 245 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 4: not for who you are. You don't need friends like that. 246 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 4: Make a change and God will give you true friends. 247 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 4: Here's the key. If you're doing all the giving and 248 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 4: never receiving, that's out of balance. Heard somebody say, if 249 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 4: you surround yourself with people that need you more than 250 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 4: they feed you, Then that's a red flag. The longer 251 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 4: I live, the more I realize the importance of having 252 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 4: the right people in our lives. You won't reach the 253 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 4: fullness of your destiny with people that are constantly dragging 254 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 4: you down. You're having to always spend your time and 255 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 4: energy keeping them fixed, keeping them encouraged. You need people 256 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 4: who feed you, people that inspire and challenge you. People 257 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 4: who are happy where you laugh and have fun. People 258 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 4: who are consistent, not living a crisis mode, moody, up 259 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 4: and down, but people that are stable. I read a 260 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 4: study that said for every happy friend you have, you 261 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 4: are twenty percent more likely to be happy. If I 262 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 4: understand this right, if you can just find five happy friends, 263 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 4: there's a good chance you're going to be happy. This 264 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 4: is what the scripture says, if you walk with wise people, 265 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 4: you will become wise. It's true in the negative, just 266 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 4: like the positive proverb says, if you have around a gossip, 267 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 4: you'll become a gossip. Think of it like this. For 268 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 4: every peace stealer you allow in your life, you are 269 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 4: twenty percent more likely to live stressed, on edge, to 270 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 4: have a crisis. I'm asking you to find happy friends. 271 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:20,600 Speaker 4: I'm not saying you have to cut people off never 272 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 4: speak to them again. I am saying you should put 273 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 4: up some boundaries. You don't have to make a big 274 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 4: announcement like I did, Just little by little, spend less 275 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 4: and less time with that person. If you don't get 276 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 4: the wrong people out of your life, you'll never meet 277 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 4: the right ones, especially in your inner circle. The people 278 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 4: who are closest to you need to be stable, consistent, happy, godly, 279 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 4: responsible people that move you towards your destiny. Like iron 280 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 4: sharpens iron, you make each other better. And this is 281 00:16:56,960 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 4: the reason many people are stuck. Who do you have 282 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 4: in your life? What are you giving your time and 283 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:07,840 Speaker 4: energy to putting out fires, trying to keep someone happy, 284 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 4: feeling guilty because you can't meet their demands. That's going 285 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 4: to wear you out. It's time to make a change. 286 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 4: You can't please everyone. We see this principle with Jesus. 287 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 4: After a long day of teaching the people and praying 288 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:26,119 Speaker 4: for them, the scripture says he left the crowds and 289 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:30,479 Speaker 4: went away to rest. There were still many people that 290 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 4: needed prayer, many needs that had not been met. I'm 291 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 4: sure some of them thought, wow, we traveled all this way, 292 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 4: and he didn't even wait to pray for us. He 293 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:45,680 Speaker 4: let us down. Jesus wasn't being rude, he wasn't overlooking needs. 294 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 4: He was taking care of himself. He knew he needed 295 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 4: to get away and get quiet so he could be 296 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 4: refreshed and restored. There will always be people that need you. 297 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:02,400 Speaker 4: Somebody that needs rescue, needs encouraging, needs your help. If 298 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:05,480 Speaker 4: you try to meet all the needs, you'll end up 299 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 4: run down, over time, even burn out. Your number one 300 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:15,639 Speaker 4: priority is to keep yourself healthy. You shouldn't be pressured 301 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 4: into doing things that you know are going to wear 302 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:22,359 Speaker 4: you out and over time even keep you from your destiny. 303 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:26,359 Speaker 4: If Jesus was willing to walk away from needs to 304 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 4: protect his peace to stay at rest, then we need 305 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:32,639 Speaker 4: to be willing to walk away from things that we 306 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:36,879 Speaker 4: know are stealing our peace. In March chapter four, the 307 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:39,680 Speaker 4: Disciples were in a boat on the middle of a 308 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 4: lake when a huge storm arose, and they were so 309 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 4: afraid and so worried. They said, somebody, go wake Jesus up. 310 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 4: We're going to die. Jesus, as you know, was asleep 311 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,239 Speaker 4: in the hull of the boat, at rest in the 312 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 4: middle of the storm. They came in all frantic Jesus, Jesus, 313 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 4: wake up, We're about to drown. He woke up, spoke 314 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:06,679 Speaker 4: to the storm, and everything calmed down. What's interesting is 315 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:11,959 Speaker 4: these disciples had seen Jesus heal a paralyzed man, cure 316 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 4: the leper, do all kinds of miraculous signs. You would 317 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:20,440 Speaker 4: think since they had seen the miracles and Jesus had 318 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 4: just told them let's go to the other side of 319 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:26,199 Speaker 4: the lake, they would believe they would make it. But 320 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 4: doubt crept in, fear crept in. They panicked and woke 321 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 4: Jesus up. Like with these disciples, there will always be 322 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 4: people that try to get us out of our rest. 323 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:40,920 Speaker 4: And they may be good people. They may mean well, 324 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,360 Speaker 4: but they tend to focus on the negative, blow things 325 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:48,399 Speaker 4: out of proportion, see everything as a crisis. If you 326 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 4: allow them, they'll get you all wrought up, all stirred up. 327 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:53,920 Speaker 4: You have to put your foot down and say no, 328 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 4: I'm staying at rest. Don't wake me up with your worry, 329 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 4: don't wake me up with your fear, don't wake me 330 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 4: up with your doubt. I know God is still on 331 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:06,159 Speaker 4: the throne. He brought me through in the past, and 332 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 4: he'll bring me through this next time. Now, the situation 333 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:13,360 Speaker 4: in the natural may be a crisis. I mean they 334 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:16,199 Speaker 4: were in a storm. Say well, Joel, I got a 335 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 4: bad medical reporter. Your child is off course, your business 336 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:23,120 Speaker 4: has gone down. But when you know the God who 337 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 4: controls the universe is on your boat, the God who 338 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 4: speaks to storms and though obey, is right there with you, 339 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:35,440 Speaker 4: then you'll have a different perspective. You won't let circumstances 340 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 4: pull you out of rest. You won't let people who 341 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:41,879 Speaker 4: are panicking and stressed out cause you to panic. You 342 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 4: won't stay focused on the size of the problem. You'll 343 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:48,400 Speaker 4: stay focused on the size of your God. Now, don't 344 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:52,399 Speaker 4: let your own negative thoughts wake you up from your rest. 345 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 4: Don't let people wake you up with their worry their doubt. 346 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 4: Stay in peace, and God will do what he promised. 347 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,920 Speaker 4: He'll be to where you're supposed to be. But how 348 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 4: we respond in the storms of life, in the difficult times, 349 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:12,359 Speaker 4: that influences how people respond around us. If Jesus would 350 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:14,679 Speaker 4: have woke up all panicked and oh wow, this is 351 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 4: really bad, those disciples probably would have jumped overboard. Boy 352 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,919 Speaker 4: if he's worried we're really worried. But because he stayed 353 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 4: at rest, not only could he bring peace, but people 354 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:31,200 Speaker 4: around him calm down. When you live at rest, your 355 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 4: family will be more peaceful. When you don't get stressed 356 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 4: out at the office when everybody else does. People around 357 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 4: you will calm down when you're stable, consistent, in a 358 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:47,360 Speaker 4: good mood despite what's going on around you, Like Jesus, 359 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:51,320 Speaker 4: because you have peace on the inside, you'll bring peace 360 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:55,200 Speaker 4: to the outside. Now, don't let people wake you up 361 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 4: with their negativity. Like at a hotel, when you don't 362 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 4: want to be bothered, you put that do not disturb 363 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,199 Speaker 4: sign out on the door. Why don't you put a 364 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 4: do not disturb sign on your life. You're announcing I'm 365 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 4: staying at rest. Don't wake me up with your turmoil. 366 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,399 Speaker 4: Don't wake me up with your drama. Don't wake me 367 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:17,679 Speaker 4: up with your fear. Tell those peace dealers look at 368 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 4: the sign on the door, do not disturb. I have 369 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 4: entered into the rest of God. A couple of years 370 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:26,639 Speaker 4: after I started ministering, I was at home in my 371 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 4: office Saturday afternoon, finishing up my message for that weekend. 372 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 4: Victoria and our small son Jonathan at that time had 373 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,679 Speaker 4: taken my car up to the car wash to have 374 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 4: it cleaned. I had a white Lexus that used to 375 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:44,359 Speaker 4: be my father's. It was given to me when my 376 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 4: dad died, and it was a beautiful car, even though 377 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 4: it was six years old. It didn't have one scratch 378 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 4: on It look brand new, and I went to great 379 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 4: links to make sure it stayed perfect, especially since it 380 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 4: meant a lot to me. Victoria took it to the 381 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:02,680 Speaker 4: same car wash that we always drove through. It's one 382 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 4: of those super soft ones where the brushes don't even 383 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:10,480 Speaker 4: touch the car, it just freeze it with water. Unfortunately, 384 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 4: in the middle of the wash, the machine malfunctioned. This 385 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 4: big metal arm came crashing down on the front bumper. 386 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:22,680 Speaker 4: Then it drug it across the hood, over the windshield, 387 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:25,119 Speaker 4: over the roof, to the back of the car. It 388 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 4: put a deep scratch about a foot wide the whole 389 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 4: length of the car. When Victoria got back to the house, 390 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 4: she wasn't gonna tell me until after the Saturday night 391 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:38,439 Speaker 4: service so that I wouldn't have to think about it. 392 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:42,840 Speaker 4: She was in the garage looking at it. But our son, Jonathan, 393 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:45,680 Speaker 4: he was about six years old, he had a different plan. 394 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:49,919 Speaker 4: He got out of that car, took off running ninety 395 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 4: miles per hour. Came busting in my office, said, Daddy, Daddy, 396 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:57,160 Speaker 4: you won't believe it. Mom, just totally ruined your car. 397 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,800 Speaker 4: I said, thank you, Jonathan for being so diplomatic about it, 398 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:06,320 Speaker 4: But evidently he didn't see the do not disturb sign 399 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:10,800 Speaker 4: on my door. What am I saying? Life happens. There 400 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 4: will be plenty of opportunities to wake up from that rest, 401 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 4: And even though people and circumstances may bypass that do 402 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 4: not disturb sign, you have the final saying. You have 403 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 4: to dig your heels in and say, naw, I'm staying 404 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 4: at rest. I know God's still on the throne. I 405 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:32,199 Speaker 4: am not gonna lose my peace over something I cannot change. 406 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:35,440 Speaker 4: But how many times do we let small things pull 407 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:38,200 Speaker 4: us out of that rest? We get caught in traffic, 408 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 4: a coworker was rude, somebody's talking about us. Don't let 409 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 4: that get on the inside. You'll never keep away all 410 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 4: the peace stealers. If you're waiting for them to change, 411 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 4: and traffic to change, and your boss to change, you'll 412 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:56,200 Speaker 4: live stressed, worried your whole life. They may never change. 413 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 4: Here's the good news. You can change, you can enter 414 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 4: in to this rest. You can put that do not 415 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:06,159 Speaker 4: disturb sign on. Despite what comes against you, make up 416 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:09,720 Speaker 4: your mind you're gonna stay in peace. One time I 417 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:12,680 Speaker 4: couldn't find the remote control for our television at home. 418 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:16,120 Speaker 4: I had looked everywhere and went in the kitchen, thought 419 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 4: somebody had carried it in there, and looked under the 420 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 4: cushions of the couch, and finally I called Victoria asked 421 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:24,159 Speaker 4: her if she had seen it. She said no, the 422 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:25,919 Speaker 4: last time I saw it it was right where it 423 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 4: was supposed to be, and kept looking and looking. About 424 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:32,160 Speaker 4: fifteen minutes later, Victoria called back and said I found 425 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 4: the remote control. I said, good, Where is it? She said, 426 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,800 Speaker 4: in my purse with me here at target. I was 427 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:40,480 Speaker 4: the one that put it there while we were moving 428 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 4: some furniture. But I was tempted to wake up from 429 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 4: my rest. That do not disturb sign I found. Most 430 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 4: of the time, it's not for other people, it's for you. 431 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:56,919 Speaker 4: It's to remind us to stay in peace. Are you 432 00:25:57,040 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 4: allowing things to pull you out of rest? Anyone can 433 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 4: be peaceful when everything's going their way. The real test 434 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:08,920 Speaker 4: comes when life happens. When the remote control is at target. 435 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:12,440 Speaker 4: When the car wash puts an extra racing strike down 436 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 4: your car. When the disciples come rushing in panicking, we're 437 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:18,959 Speaker 4: in a storm. This is really bad. The easy thing 438 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:22,120 Speaker 4: to do is to panic with them, get all upset, 439 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:26,960 Speaker 4: recognize what's happening. Those are peace stealers trying to pull 440 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,679 Speaker 4: you out of your rest. This is what happened with 441 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 4: the Israelites. God had just delivered them out of slavery. 442 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:36,399 Speaker 4: They were headed toward the promised land. Life was good 443 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 4: until the Fairoh changed his mind. He and his army 444 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:44,239 Speaker 4: came chasing after them. The Israelites ended up at a 445 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:47,680 Speaker 4: dead end at the Red Sea. They had nowhere to go, 446 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:52,119 Speaker 4: looked like they'd certainly be recaptured or maybe even killed, 447 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:55,480 Speaker 4: and they begin to panic. They were so afraid. The 448 00:26:55,520 --> 00:27:00,280 Speaker 4: scripture says they were terrified and said, Moses, why did 449 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,360 Speaker 4: you bring us out here in the desert to die. 450 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:07,880 Speaker 4: Moses knew if they would have stayed upset, fearful, worried, 451 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:11,119 Speaker 4: that would have stopped God from working. He said to 452 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 4: the people, don't be afraid. The Lord will fight for 453 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 4: you if you hold your peace and remain at rest. 454 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 4: Notice there was a condition God will fight your battles. 455 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 4: If you'll stay at rest, if you'll quit worrying about 456 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,919 Speaker 4: the medical report, if you'll quit being upset over the 457 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:33,120 Speaker 4: contract you didn't get, if you quit being stressed by 458 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 4: those people that talking about you, If you'll remain at rest, 459 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:40,159 Speaker 4: God will fight your battles. I'm asking you today to 460 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:44,399 Speaker 4: identify the peace stealers in your life. What's causing you 461 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:47,640 Speaker 4: to be stressed? Are you carrying a load that you're 462 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:51,440 Speaker 4: not supposed to carry, allowing someone to dump their burdens 463 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 4: on you trying to be the savior? Turn that over 464 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:57,080 Speaker 4: to God. Don't let them pull you out of rest. 465 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:01,720 Speaker 4: Are you allowing traffic people, grouchy boss to upset you? 466 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:05,560 Speaker 4: They may not change, but you can change. Put up 467 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 4: this do not disturb sign, not just for others, but 468 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 4: to remind you to stay in peace. Friends. Life is 469 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 4: too short to go through it letting peace dealers determine 470 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:19,399 Speaker 4: our destiny. If you'll make this decision with me that 471 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 4: you're going to live at rest, you'll not only enjoy 472 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 4: your life more, but I believe and declare God will 473 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:27,880 Speaker 4: do for you what he did for the Israelites. He'll 474 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:32,480 Speaker 4: part red seas, he'll restore your hell. He'll bring vindication, promotion, 475 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 4: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name. If you 476 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:41,440 Speaker 4: receive it today, can you say amen. We never like 477 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 4: to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to 478 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 4: make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray 479 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 4: with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 480 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 481 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:02,360 Speaker 4: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 482 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:05,480 Speaker 4: born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 483 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 4: God first place. He's going to take your places that 484 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:09,120 Speaker 4: you've never dreamed. 485 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the Joelostine podcast. Help us 486 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:16,240 Speaker 6: continue to share the message of hope with those all 487 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:20,360 Speaker 6: over the world. Visit joelostin dot com slash give Hope 488 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:21,719 Speaker 6: to give a gift today. 489 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,920 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. 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