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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 4: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 35 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 3: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 36 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 3: blessing and share it with a friend. 37 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 4: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 38 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 4: your life. Oh God bless you. It's always a joy 39 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 4: to come in your homes, and if you're ever in 40 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 4: our area, please stop by and be a part of 41 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 4: one of our services. I promise you we'll make you 42 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 4: feel right at home. Thanks so much for tuning in, 43 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 4: and thank you again for coming out. I like to 44 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 4: start with something funny and I heard about this wife. 45 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:19,399 Speaker 4: She was taking a nap on Valentine's Day during the afternoon. 46 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 4: When she woke up, she called her husband and said, Honey, 47 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 4: I just had a dream that you bought me a 48 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 4: beautiful diamond ring for Valentine's Day. What do you think 49 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 4: this dream means? He said, you'll find out tonight. That evening, 50 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 4: he brought home a beautifully wrapped small package, and she 51 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 4: opened it up so excited. It was a book entitled 52 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 4: The Meaning of Dreams. Come on, say it like you 53 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 4: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 54 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:51,920 Speaker 4: says I am. I have what it says I have. 55 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 4: I can do what it says I can do. Today 56 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 4: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 57 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 4: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 58 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 4: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 59 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about the right 60 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 4: people who you spend your time with will have a 61 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 4: great impact on what kind of life you live. There 62 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 4: are people that God has already ordained to come across 63 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 4: our path to help us fulfill our destiny, people that 64 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 4: will inspire us, challenge us, and make us better. The 65 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 4: right people have already been lined up But here's the key. 66 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 4: If you're spending time with the wrong people, you will 67 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 4: never meet the right ones. If you're hanging around people 68 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 4: that are not going any place, people that are dragging 69 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 4: you down, causing you to compromise, draining your energy, you're 70 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 4: going to get stuck. You can't hang out with chickens 71 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 4: and expect to soar with eagles. You're going to become 72 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 4: like the people you continually associate with. You want to 73 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 4: know what you're going to be like in five years, 74 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 4: look at your friends. If your friends are going places, 75 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 4: people of excellence, kind, considerate, generous, those qualities are going 76 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:20,719 Speaker 4: to rub off on you. But if your friends are negative, critical, unmotivated, compromisers, mediocre, indifferent, 77 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 4: this is your wake up call. You're not hearing this 78 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:27,599 Speaker 4: by accident. It's time to make changes. You need some 79 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 4: new friends. You're not going to become who you were 80 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,279 Speaker 4: created to be hanging around them. You don't have to 81 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 4: be rude, you don't have to make some big announcement. 82 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 4: Just little by little, start distancing yourself, spending less and 83 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 4: less time with them. Proverb says if you walk with 84 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 4: wise men, you will become wise. It says don't hang 85 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 4: around a hot tempered person, or you'll become hot tempered 86 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 4: another place. Don't spend time with people that talk too much, 87 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 4: or you will talk too much. Notice the principle whatever 88 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:08,719 Speaker 4: qualities your friends have, either good or bad, eventually will 89 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 4: rub off on you. Spirits are transferable. If you hang 90 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 4: out with a gossip, before long, you'll be a gossip. 91 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 4: You hang around people that compromise run around on their spouse, 92 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:25,279 Speaker 4: before long, you'll be a compromiser. But here's the good news. 93 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 4: If you hang around excellent people, excellence will rub off 94 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 4: on you. If you hang around generous people, you'll become 95 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 4: more generous. If you associate with successful people, people that 96 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 4: are determined, motivated, go in places, those same good qualities 97 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 4: will become a part of your life. This is why 98 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:50,159 Speaker 4: it's so important that you are selective with whom you 99 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 4: spend your time. You can't just take it by default 100 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 4: and think, well, these are the people I work with, 101 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 4: they're my friends, they're in my class at school, this 102 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 4: is I hang out with all the time. Or they 103 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 4: move next door, so now they come over every night. No, 104 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:08,719 Speaker 4: make sure they have the qualities you want. You need 105 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 4: eagles in your life, people that inspire you people that 106 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 4: motivate you to go further, people that make you better. 107 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 4: I have a friend. He treats his wife so great. 108 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 4: He's always buying her things, sending her flowers. He writes poetry. 109 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 4: One time he read this poem that he wrote for her. 110 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 4: It was so gushy and so romantic. I thought that 111 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:37,159 Speaker 4: makes me sick. But the truth is he inspires me 112 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 4: to treat Victoria better. He makes me want to come 113 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 4: up higher in that area. I tried writing her a 114 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:46,159 Speaker 4: poem but turned out like a rap, so I've forgot 115 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 4: about that. But seriously, we shouldn't hang around people that 116 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 4: are disrespectful to their spouse, people that put down their families. 117 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 4: He used to play basketball with a young man and 118 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,119 Speaker 4: he always referred to his wife as his old lady. 119 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 4: Let me call my old lady. Let me see what 120 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:07,599 Speaker 4: my old lady is doing. He was a nice guy, 121 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 4: but I didn't want that old lady spirit getting off 122 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 4: on me. I want my wife to say young, fun, beautiful, energetic. 123 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 4: You go around talking about your old lady long enough 124 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 4: and you'll have what you say. She'll become old, mean, grouchy, wrinkled. 125 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 4: Don't you dare complain about her? You called her in, 126 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 4: but that old lady spirit was a red flag. I thought, 127 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 4: you know what, He's not for me. We have to 128 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 4: set these boundaries. You hear's somebody that's always negative, critical, 129 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 4: finding fault, that's a red flag. They're not for you. 130 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 4: Somebody that's hot tempered, always getting upset a red flag. 131 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 4: You don't want those qualities. You can still be kind, 132 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 4: friendly to them, but don't spend a lot of time 133 00:07:56,240 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 4: with them. Be selective, and I realize sometimes at home 134 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 4: or work, we don't have a choice of who we 135 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 4: are around. God will give us the grace for those 136 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 4: situations I'm talking about when you do have a choice. 137 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 4: Life is too short to waste your valuable time with 138 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 4: the wrong people. This is the number one thing that 139 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 4: I see that gets people off course running with the 140 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 4: wrong crowd. The longer I live, the more determined I 141 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 4: am to not spend time with people that are never happy, 142 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 4: people that don't have integrity, people that are small minded, 143 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:33,359 Speaker 4: people that compromise. 144 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 3: No. 145 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 4: If you're going to reach your highest potential, you have 146 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:40,839 Speaker 4: to surround yourself with eagles, with people that bring out 147 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 4: your wings, with people that cause you to soar. I 148 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 4: read where Thomas Edison, Harry Firestone, and Henry Ford had 149 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:53,199 Speaker 4: summer homes next door to each other in Florida. They 150 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 4: were friends and would spend much of the summers together. 151 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 4: You notice they didn't just associate with anyone negotiated with 152 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 4: other dreamers, with other people of vision, no wonder, they 153 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:08,679 Speaker 4: soared to new heights. God has some eagles in store 154 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:11,679 Speaker 4: for you, But if you're holding on to the chickens, 155 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:15,960 Speaker 4: you're never going to meet them. The scripture says people 156 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 4: that choose worthless companions bring shame to their parents. Are 157 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:25,080 Speaker 4: you hanging out with any worthless companions? Doesn't mean, of 158 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 4: course the people are worthless, but they're not adding any 159 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 4: value to your life. They're not inspiring you to reach 160 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:35,559 Speaker 4: your dreams. They're dragging you down. For instance, you shouldn't 161 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 4: go to lunch every day and sit with coworkers that gossip, complain, 162 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 4: talk bad about people, no disrespect. But those are worthless companions. 163 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:49,080 Speaker 4: You are better than that. Well, Joel, if I don't 164 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:51,559 Speaker 4: go to lunch with them, I'll be lonely. I won't 165 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 4: have anybody to eat with. Yes, you may be lonely 166 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:57,559 Speaker 4: for a season, but God will bring you somebody better. 167 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 4: He'll send an ego into your life. David said, don't 168 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 4: sit inactive in the path of the ungodly. That means 169 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 4: don't sit there and let that gossip poison you for 170 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 4: the next twenty years. What if I hurt their feelings? 171 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 4: What if you miss your destiny? You have a responsibility 172 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:22,080 Speaker 4: to protect what God has entrusted you with, your gifts, 173 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 4: your assignment, your temple. Don't keep going to the gym 174 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 4: with those same people that are causing you to compromise 175 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 4: year after year. Find new friends. Don't sit inactive. If 176 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:40,079 Speaker 4: you're exposed to mediocrity long enough, that mediocre spirit will 177 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 4: get off on you. A friend of mine met this 178 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:46,560 Speaker 4: other man that was in his same field in his career, 179 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 4: and over the next few months they just hit it 180 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:52,680 Speaker 4: off and decided to start a business together. And this 181 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 4: other man was very smart, talented, He had a lot 182 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 4: going for him, but he had a problem with his temper. 183 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:02,320 Speaker 4: When we would basketball, he would lose his cool and 184 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:06,200 Speaker 4: get upset. During the week, if he misplaced his keys 185 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 4: or missed an important phone call, they would just set 186 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 4: him off. He would get so angry. And they had 187 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 4: this business plan all put together looked like a deal 188 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 4: that my friend couldn't refuse, but at the last moment 189 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,079 Speaker 4: he told this man that he didn't feel good about it. 190 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 4: He was going to have to pass. Several years later, 191 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 4: my friend met another man, an eagle, a man of 192 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 4: great character and integrity. They started a business that today 193 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 4: is extremely successful. What am I saying? If you'll let 194 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 4: go of the wrong people, God will bring the right people. 195 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,959 Speaker 4: Don't settle for a chicken. God has an eagle. He 196 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,320 Speaker 4: wants you to sword. My friend. He could have ignored 197 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:52,840 Speaker 4: the red flag, thought, all big deal, he's got an 198 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 4: anger problem. A lot of people are hot tempered. It's 199 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:58,680 Speaker 4: not going to affect me. He understood this principle that 200 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:03,720 Speaker 4: eventually it would impact his life. He didn't sit inactive. 201 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 4: He was smart enough to wait for the right people. 202 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 4: What you're unwilling to walk away from is where you 203 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 4: stop growing. If you want separate yourself from negative relationships, 204 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 4: you won't rise any higher. God will never ask you 205 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:25,120 Speaker 4: to let go of something without giving you something better 206 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 4: in return. When you do what you know you're supposed 207 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 4: to do, even when it's difficult, a blessing will always follow. 208 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 4: A blessing is always attached to obedience, but too many 209 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 4: people are stuck. They're not growing. It's because they're still 210 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 4: hanging around somebody they knew years ago they were supposed 211 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 4: to get away from. They felt the uneasiness, they saw 212 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 4: the red flags, but they kept putting off again and again. 213 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,199 Speaker 4: The sooner you make these changes, the better off you're 214 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:01,320 Speaker 4: going to be. Don't spend your valuable time with people 215 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 4: that bring out the worst in you. If your friends 216 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 4: are causing you to compromise, be negative, complain, lose your temper, 217 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 4: that's a sign that they're the wrong people. If you'll 218 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:17,440 Speaker 4: let them go, God has already lined up people that 219 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:20,319 Speaker 4: will bring out the best in you, people that will 220 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 4: stir up your seeds of greatness, people that will inspire 221 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 4: you to rise to new heights. Scripture talks about how 222 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 4: Daniel had an excellent spirit. If you study his life, 223 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 4: you'll find that he had excellent friends. You know who 224 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 4: Daniel hung out with, Shadrack Mejacq Abendigo, the three Hebrew 225 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 4: teenagers that wouldn't bow down to the King's golden idol. 226 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 4: No wonder. Daniel was a person of excellence. His friends 227 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 4: were people of integrity, people of great courage, people that 228 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 4: wouldn't compromise people that had a big dream for their life. Now, 229 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 4: if your friends are Larry Curley and moeh this may 230 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 4: be a problem. Psychologists tell us there's something called the 231 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:09,840 Speaker 4: law of the group. That is, we associate with people 232 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 4: the way we see ourselves. Have you noticed how people 233 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 4: that like to gossip find other people that like to gossip. 234 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 4: Negative people gravitate toward other negative people. Complainers find other complainers. Thus, 235 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 4: the same birds of a feather flock together. My encouragement, 236 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 4: make sure you're flocking to the right group. Victorious people 237 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 4: associate with other victorious people. Successful people find other people 238 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 4: that are successful. Happy people hang around other happy people. 239 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 4: Eagles soar with other egles. Young people, this is so important. 240 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 4: Choosing the wrong friends can keep you from your destiny. 241 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 4: Don't hang around people at school that have a bad attitude, 242 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 4: that are always bucking the system, always getting into trouble. 243 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 4: That may seem cool, but that's not cool at all. 244 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 4: That's dumb. That's going to cause them to be a 245 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 4: chicken when they were created to be an eagle. Find 246 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 4: friends that are going to make something out of their life. 247 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 4: Hang around students that are disciplined, focused, people that are 248 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 4: going somewhere. Don't worry about being in the right group, 249 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 4: having the most friends, being the most popular. Listen twenty 250 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 4: years from now, nobody cares who the most popular one was. 251 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 4: The quantity of your friends is not important. It's the 252 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 4: quality that really matters. Now. I would rather have one 253 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 4: friend that has their head on straight, that's going someplace 254 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 4: than twenty friends that are only mediocre. In school, the 255 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 4: science fair is not that popular, the debate team, the 256 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 4: math club that never gets a lot of attention. But 257 00:15:55,640 --> 00:16:00,080 Speaker 4: when you study, you learn, you make good grades. They 258 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 4: make fun of you, call your geek, bookworm, nerd. Don't worry. 259 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 4: In a few years they'll call your boss. They'll call 260 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 4: you a supervisor, senator, doctor, pastor your honor. Proverbs twenty 261 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 4: seven says, as iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens 262 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 4: a friend. Your friend should be sharpening you, making you better. Now, 263 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 4: sometimes you can outgrow a friend. God had them in 264 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 4: your life for a season. You bless them, they blessed you. 265 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 4: But now that season is over, maybe you'll grow in 266 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 4: at a different rate. But you have to recognize when 267 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 4: their part in your story is over doesn't mean you 268 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 4: can't ever see them again. But you know you can't 269 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 4: spend the same amount of time and become who you 270 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:56,040 Speaker 4: were created to be. True friends will understand this. True 271 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 4: friends won't try to make you feel guilty. Keep it 272 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:01,560 Speaker 4: the same. They'll be happy for you. They'll celebrate where 273 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:06,920 Speaker 4: you're going. See, just as God opens doors, God closes doors. 274 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 4: You can't get stuck trying to hold onto something that's 275 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:14,439 Speaker 4: over and done. We don't like change. We want it 276 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 4: to be just like it was when we were hanging out, 277 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 4: going up together. But now it's a new day. And 278 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 4: sometimes the people that knew you back then will try 279 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 4: to keep you in that box. Keep it all the same. 280 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:30,880 Speaker 4: But God works in seasons. I've seen in my own 281 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,040 Speaker 4: life how God moves people out of the way and 282 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 4: brings new people in. Bottom line is everybody cannot go 283 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 4: where God has taking you. The higher you go, the 284 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:46,399 Speaker 4: tighter your circle has to become, the more selective you 285 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 4: have to be. Genesis twelve, God told Abraham to leave 286 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:54,359 Speaker 4: his relatives, leave his father's house, and go out to 287 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 4: a new land. God promised that he would bless him 288 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 4: in an amazing way. Well, Abraham and went out, but 289 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:04,440 Speaker 4: he took his nephew Lot. God just told him to 290 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 4: leave his relatives. It wasn't long after that that he 291 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:11,920 Speaker 4: and Lot had a disagreement. The land wasn't big enough 292 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 4: to sustain both their cattle and livestock. Their workers begin 293 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 4: to argue God into strife. It was a big mess. 294 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:22,919 Speaker 4: It could have all been avoided if Abraham would have 295 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 4: left who he was supposed to leave. How much conflict 296 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:30,359 Speaker 4: do we encounter? How much heartache do we have to 297 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:34,480 Speaker 4: deal with because we're still hanging around somebody that we 298 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 4: knew years ago we were supposed to walk away from, 299 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:42,439 Speaker 4: like Abraham, God promised to bless us. But because we 300 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 4: didn't leave who we were supposed to leave, now we're 301 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 4: having to deal with things that we should have never 302 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 4: had to deal with in the first place. Now, Abraham 303 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:55,359 Speaker 4: and there was so much conflict they had to separate. 304 00:18:56,119 --> 00:19:00,119 Speaker 4: It's funny how God will always eventually get his way. 305 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:04,680 Speaker 4: But Abraham he meant well taking Lot, that was his nephew. 306 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:09,480 Speaker 4: But just because somebody is related to you doesn't mean 307 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:13,399 Speaker 4: they're connected to you. They may have your blood, but 308 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:16,399 Speaker 4: they don't have your spirit. They may not have heard 309 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,679 Speaker 4: the call that God put on your life. This doesn't 310 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 4: make them a bad person. It just means God has 311 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 4: a different assignment for them, or perhaps they're at a 312 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 4: different level in their growth, but for some reason, they're 313 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:31,879 Speaker 4: not right for you. And this is one of the 314 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:34,679 Speaker 4: hardest things we have to deal with, letting go of 315 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:38,479 Speaker 4: people that are not supposed to be in our life. Now, 316 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:41,159 Speaker 4: I'm not talking about your husband or wife. I always 317 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,360 Speaker 4: like to clarify this. Somebody flipping through the channel thought, 318 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:48,160 Speaker 4: I just got my word from the Lord today, Thank 319 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:54,120 Speaker 4: you Jesus. No, you're stuck. They're permanent. But in all seriousness, 320 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:58,080 Speaker 4: there are family members and relatives that cannot go where 321 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 4: you're going. And you should all always treat your family 322 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 4: with respect. But you don't have to spend twenty four 323 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 4: hours a day with them. Some of your relatives, you 324 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 4: have to love them from a distance. That family reunion 325 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 4: once a year is all God's asking of you. Now, 326 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:17,480 Speaker 4: that was worth coming to church for it. But for 327 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:22,240 Speaker 4: Abraham it kept getting worse. He and Lot separated. Lot 328 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 4: was attacked and captured by an army. They stole all 329 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:29,240 Speaker 4: a Lot's possessions. It looked like he was done. When 330 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 4: Abraham heard it, he thought, oh man, it's my fault. 331 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:34,360 Speaker 4: I let him come. I've got to do something about it. 332 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,639 Speaker 4: So Abraham rounded up all of his men, went fought 333 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 4: this big battle, this big enemy, and rescued Lot. But 334 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 4: once again, he wouldn't have been rescuing people going to 335 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 4: all this time energy trouble if he would have just 336 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 4: left who he was supposed to leave. Abraham was a 337 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:56,160 Speaker 4: lot like us. He wanted to be good to Lot, 338 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:59,399 Speaker 4: He thought, God, I know you said, don't take my relatives, 339 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:01,879 Speaker 4: but Lot wants to come, and I don't want to 340 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 4: disappoint him. He did it out of the kindness of 341 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 4: his heart. How many times are we hanging around somebody 342 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 4: that we know is not good for us, but we 343 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 4: don't want to hurt their feelings. We don't want to 344 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,680 Speaker 4: let them down, so we keep putting it off, holding 345 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 4: on to what we know we should let go of. 346 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:24,200 Speaker 4: Here's the problem, Like with Abraham. Later on down the road, 347 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 4: there'll be trouble, conflict, unnecessary heartache. We could avoid it 348 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 4: if we would make the right choices today. What am 349 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 4: I saying, Make sure you let go of what God's 350 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:40,400 Speaker 4: asking you to walk away from. Another thought, you shouldn't 351 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 4: spend a lot of time with people that are always negative, 352 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:48,000 Speaker 4: people that are always discouraged. You have to keep them 353 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:52,159 Speaker 4: cheered up, keep them fixed. And I'm all for helping people, 354 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:55,440 Speaker 4: all for being a blessing. Sometimes we have to love 355 00:21:55,520 --> 00:22:00,360 Speaker 4: people back into wholeness. But if you're always giving and 356 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:05,119 Speaker 4: never receiving, that is an unhealthy relationship. You need to 357 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 4: gradually make some changes. Don't let them continue to control you, 358 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,360 Speaker 4: make you feel guilty because you're not there at their 359 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,520 Speaker 4: beck and call. And until you put your foot down, 360 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 4: they'll continue to use you, put their demands on you, 361 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 4: drain all your energy trying to keep them happy. And 362 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 4: this is the reason many people are worn out, stressed out, 363 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:34,920 Speaker 4: don't have any energy. They've got this false sense of responsibility, 364 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 4: carrying this heavy load of trying to please everybody. But 365 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:43,640 Speaker 4: here's the key. You are not responsible for other people's happiness. 366 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:48,760 Speaker 4: You are responsible for your own happiness. Everybody I've learned 367 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:52,360 Speaker 4: doesn't really want to be happy. They like the attention 368 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 4: that it brings from always needing something. As long as 369 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:58,879 Speaker 4: you feel guilty and keep giving in, the one person 370 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:02,640 Speaker 4: that's going to be unhappy is you. In the scripture, 371 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 4: there was a paralyzed man. He had four of his 372 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:09,879 Speaker 4: friends carry him to a city where Jesus was teaching, 373 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:12,359 Speaker 4: you know the story that let him down Through the roof, 374 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 4: Jesus touched the man and he was healed. There are 375 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 4: times in life we need to be like these friends 376 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 4: and carry somebody, help them move forward. But if you're 377 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 4: going to be who you were created to be, you 378 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:31,359 Speaker 4: can't always do the carrying. If this man had not 379 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 4: had friends that could carry him, he would have never 380 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 4: made his destiny. And if you only have people around 381 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 4: you that need to be carried, people that need encouragement, 382 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:45,880 Speaker 4: need help, need advice, need a ride that's out of balance, 383 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 4: you have to have people that can carry you, people 384 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 4: that will help lighten the load. And it's easy to 385 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:57,160 Speaker 4: think you can do it all. Raise these children by myself, 386 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 4: run my business, always giving servings, sacrificing, but that's cheating yourself. 387 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:07,400 Speaker 4: God has already lined up people to come into your 388 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:11,640 Speaker 4: life to help lighten that load. To people that will 389 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 4: make your life easier, to encourage you, to give you advice, 390 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:19,680 Speaker 4: people that will open doors that you could have never opened. 391 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 4: But if you are worn out trying to please everybody, 392 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:28,680 Speaker 4: then because you're soul consumed trying to carry the weight, 393 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 4: you're not taking time to cultivate relationships that can carry you. 394 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:36,399 Speaker 4: And sometimes it's pride. We think, well, I don't need 395 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:38,359 Speaker 4: any help. I can do this on my own. The 396 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:43,200 Speaker 4: truth is you cannot reach your highest potential on your own. 397 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:46,560 Speaker 4: What God has planned for you is going to take 398 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 4: more than just your faith. The faith of one is 399 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:53,440 Speaker 4: not going to be enough. Like this man, you're going 400 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 4: to need the faith of five. You're going to need 401 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,440 Speaker 4: four friends that can lift you, carry you, help push 402 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 4: it into your destiny. Here's what I'm saying. You can't 403 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:06,920 Speaker 4: be so busy sewing into other people's lives giving serving 404 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 4: that you're not cultivating relationships that can carry you. God 405 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:16,240 Speaker 4: has friends lined up for you that don't need anything. 406 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 4: They're stronger, they're smarter, they have more influence, more experience. 407 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 4: You don't have to cheer them up. They'll cheer you up. 408 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,920 Speaker 4: You don't have to inspire them. They'll inspire you. Buy 409 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:32,439 Speaker 4: your dinner, introduce you to their connections. Make sure you 410 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 4: have people in your life that can carry you. I 411 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:39,119 Speaker 4: saw something on the news about a little boy named Owen. 412 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:44,640 Speaker 4: He had a rare muscular disease, only thirty cases worldwide 413 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 4: where his muscles would tighten up he couldn't walk, caused 414 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 4: him a lot of pain. When he was around six 415 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 4: years old, he got to the point where he didn't 416 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 4: want to go outside. He was embarrassed at how he looked, 417 00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,679 Speaker 4: got tired of people staring at him in the wheelchair. 418 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 4: He became very depressed, just spent all day alone in 419 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:07,280 Speaker 4: his room, and his parents, of course, were so discouraged 420 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:10,160 Speaker 4: and concerned. They did everything they could to cheer him up, 421 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:14,399 Speaker 4: with no success. One day, the mom was on Facebook 422 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:17,920 Speaker 4: and she saw this big dog that was being put 423 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,880 Speaker 4: up for adoption, something like a Saint Bernard. And when 424 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,840 Speaker 4: she saw a picture of that dog staring back at her, 425 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:27,800 Speaker 4: she fell in love with him. Come to find out, 426 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 4: this dog had been tied to a railroad track by 427 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 4: people trying to get rid of it. Unfortunately, it was 428 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 4: hit by a train and lost one of his legs. 429 00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:42,560 Speaker 4: They adopted this dog as a surprise to their little son, Owen. 430 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,800 Speaker 4: When Owen saw this three legged dog, there was an 431 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 4: instant connection. This big dog, when he first saw Owen, 432 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:54,640 Speaker 4: came in and put his head on Owen's lap right 433 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 4: there in the wheelchair, just very gently. As a very 434 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:02,439 Speaker 4: moving scene. Owen turned into a dimon now he wanted 435 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 4: to go outside. He wasn't embarrassed. He couldn't wait to 436 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 4: show people his three legged dog. He was so proud 437 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 4: of this dog. He asked his parents if he could 438 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:15,800 Speaker 4: enter it into this prestigious dog show over in Britain. 439 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 4: They entered the dog and it won first place for 440 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,119 Speaker 4: best Rescue Dog. Well, Owen wanted to do it again, 441 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 4: so he entered it into another dog show, and another 442 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:29,639 Speaker 4: and another. Today they have won first place in dozens 443 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:33,200 Speaker 4: and dozens of dog shows. Here's my point. If God 444 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 4: can bring a dog into a little boy's life to 445 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:40,720 Speaker 4: help him move into his destiny, how much more will 446 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:44,679 Speaker 4: God bring the right people into your life. God knows 447 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 4: how to connect you with exactly who you need. He's 448 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:52,919 Speaker 4: already lined up the right people to get you to 449 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 4: where you're supposed to be. Now, remember this principle. If 450 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,680 Speaker 4: you don't get rid of the wrong people, you'll never 451 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 4: meet the right ones. What you're unwilling to walk away 452 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,760 Speaker 4: from is where you'll get stuck. So on a regular basis, 453 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:10,800 Speaker 4: evaluate your friendships. Make sure you're hanging around eagles, people 454 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:13,840 Speaker 4: that inspire you and make you better. If you'll do this, 455 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:17,240 Speaker 4: I believe and declare. God is going to connect you 456 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:20,600 Speaker 4: to the right people for every season. He's going to 457 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 4: bring eagles across your path. You're not going to get stuck. 458 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:27,120 Speaker 4: You're going to spread out your wings and soar into 459 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:30,800 Speaker 4: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name. If you 460 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:35,240 Speaker 4: receive it today, can you say amen. We never like 461 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 4: to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to 462 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:41,120 Speaker 4: make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray 463 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 4: with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. 464 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 465 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:56,120 Speaker 4: if you played that simple prayer, we believe you got 466 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:59,560 Speaker 4: born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 467 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,360 Speaker 4: God first place. 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