1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:05,100 Speaker 1: Hi, it's Joel and Victoria. What a joy to be 2 00:00:05,140 --> 00:00:07,659 Speaker 1: with you today. We always count it an honor. Know 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:09,799 Speaker 1: that we're praying for you and your family. We sure 4 00:00:09,850 --> 00:00:12,830 Speaker 1: hope you enjoy this podcast today. And we just are 5 00:00:12,869 --> 00:00:15,510 Speaker 1: praying for you and know that God is for you. 6 00:00:15,530 --> 00:00:21,610 Speaker 1: So enjoy today's message. Well, God bless you. It's always 7 00:00:21,670 --> 00:00:24,060 Speaker 1: a joy to come into your homes. And if you're 8 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 1: ever in our area, please stop by and be a 9 00:00:26,380 --> 00:00:28,820 Speaker 1: part of one of our services. I promise you, we'll 10 00:00:28,860 --> 00:00:31,060 Speaker 1: make you feel right at home. But thanks for tuning 11 00:00:31,140 --> 00:00:33,930 Speaker 1: in and thank you again for coming out today. I'd 12 00:00:33,950 --> 00:00:36,610 Speaker 1: like to start with something funny. I heard about this 13 00:00:36,690 --> 00:00:40,010 Speaker 1: plane that was about to land. The flight attendant came 14 00:00:40,050 --> 00:00:42,570 Speaker 1: over the loudspeaker and said, we'd like you to help 15 00:00:42,670 --> 00:00:46,260 Speaker 1: welcome our new co-pilot. He's about to make his first 16 00:00:46,380 --> 00:00:49,740 Speaker 1: commercial landing. So when the plane stops, please give him 17 00:00:49,780 --> 00:00:52,540 Speaker 1: a big round of applause. In a few minutes, the 18 00:00:52,580 --> 00:00:56,430 Speaker 1: plane made an extremely bumpy landing, bouncing up and down. 19 00:00:56,990 --> 00:00:59,350 Speaker 1: She came back on, said, thanks for flying with us today. 20 00:00:59,370 --> 00:01:02,530 Speaker 1: And don't forget to tell our new co-pilot which one 21 00:01:02,670 --> 00:01:06,830 Speaker 1: of his three landings you liked best. Hold up your Bible. 22 00:01:06,860 --> 00:01:09,259 Speaker 1: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 23 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:12,060 Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what 24 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:14,380 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 25 00:01:14,459 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 1: I can do. Today, I will be taught the word 26 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:21,190 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert. My 27 00:01:21,270 --> 00:01:24,669 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same in 28 00:01:24,790 --> 00:01:28,870 Speaker 1: Jesus name. God bless you. I want to talk to 29 00:01:28,910 --> 00:01:33,230 Speaker 1: you today about being good to people. Everywhere we go, 30 00:01:33,450 --> 00:01:36,370 Speaker 1: we should look for opportunities to be a blessing. It 31 00:01:36,990 --> 00:01:40,190 Speaker 1: doesn't have to be something big. You bring your coworker 32 00:01:40,330 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 1: a cup of coffee in the morning, a small act 33 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: of kindness. Or on the freeway, traffic backs up. You 34 00:01:46,900 --> 00:01:49,540 Speaker 1: slow down. You let that car in in front of you, 35 00:01:49,940 --> 00:01:53,170 Speaker 1: just being good to people. At the grocery store, the 36 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,370 Speaker 1: person behind you has fewer items. You tell them, go 37 00:01:56,430 --> 00:01:58,870 Speaker 1: up ahead in front of me. You don't have to. 38 00:01:59,410 --> 00:02:02,150 Speaker 1: There's nothing wrong if you don't, but you're on the 39 00:02:02,250 --> 00:02:05,230 Speaker 1: lookout for ways that you can be good to people. 40 00:02:05,770 --> 00:02:08,790 Speaker 1: On the forefront of your mind is not how can 41 00:02:08,850 --> 00:02:11,390 Speaker 1: I get blessed, but how can I be a blessing? 42 00:02:12,330 --> 00:02:15,929 Speaker 1: I've learned if you will make somebody else's day, God 43 00:02:15,970 --> 00:02:18,669 Speaker 1: will always make your own day. If you'll bring a 44 00:02:18,710 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: smile to their face, God will bring a smile to 45 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 1: your face. This is the most rewarding way to live. 46 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: Not what can I get, but what can I give? 47 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,859 Speaker 1: Not what can you do for me, but what can 48 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:35,870 Speaker 1: I do for you? The scripture says Jesus went about 49 00:02:36,190 --> 00:02:40,210 Speaker 1: doing good, healing all that were sick. The first thing 50 00:02:40,290 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: Jesus did was before healing, before ministering, before delivering, was 51 00:02:45,260 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: he was good to people. And we all have an assignment. 52 00:02:49,740 --> 00:02:52,660 Speaker 1: You could say we all have a ministry. May not 53 00:02:52,700 --> 00:02:54,870 Speaker 1: be up in front of people. May not be to 54 00:02:54,910 --> 00:02:58,510 Speaker 1: go overseas and be a missionary. Our ministry is to 55 00:02:58,570 --> 00:03:01,730 Speaker 1: be good to people. That's one of the best witnesses 56 00:03:01,950 --> 00:03:05,109 Speaker 1: that we could ever have. You don't have to necessarily 57 00:03:05,169 --> 00:03:07,870 Speaker 1: preach them a sermon. You don't have to argue doctrine. 58 00:03:08,230 --> 00:03:10,910 Speaker 1: Try to make them believe what you believe. Just be 59 00:03:11,030 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 1: good to them. Our actions speak much louder than our words. 60 00:03:16,100 --> 00:03:18,820 Speaker 1: We can say all day long, I love you, but 61 00:03:18,900 --> 00:03:22,020 Speaker 1: true love is seen in what we do. If I 62 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:24,700 Speaker 1: really love you, I'll be good to you. If I 63 00:03:24,740 --> 00:03:27,190 Speaker 1: really love you, I'll let you have the parking spot, 64 00:03:27,530 --> 00:03:31,180 Speaker 1: even though I got there first. I'll prefer you. God 65 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 1: said to Abraham, I will bless you and you will 66 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: be a blessing. One key to being blessed is are 67 00:03:38,620 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: you willing to be a blessing? God is not going 68 00:03:42,220 --> 00:03:45,140 Speaker 1: to increase us in the way he wants if we 69 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: don't make it a priority to be good to people. 70 00:03:48,580 --> 00:03:51,500 Speaker 1: I met an older gentleman after the service. He'd been 71 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:54,540 Speaker 1: at the pharmacy earlier that week to pick up a prescription. 72 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: He thought his insurance would pay more of it. He 73 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: ended up not having enough money. There was a young 74 00:04:01,300 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 1: man in line behind him that attends Lakewood. He just 75 00:04:05,380 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 1: finished working out and ran in there to get something 76 00:04:07,930 --> 00:04:11,550 Speaker 1: to drink. He overheard this conversation, how the man didn't 77 00:04:11,590 --> 00:04:14,490 Speaker 1: have enough money. He said to him, you stay here. 78 00:04:14,710 --> 00:04:18,180 Speaker 1: I'll be back in 10 minutes. He ran home, got 79 00:04:18,210 --> 00:04:21,830 Speaker 1: his wallet, came back and bought the man's prescriptions. The 80 00:04:21,950 --> 00:04:24,790 Speaker 1: older man was so excited. He said, Joel, I came 81 00:04:24,830 --> 00:04:28,290 Speaker 1: to Lakewood today for the first time because if there 82 00:04:28,350 --> 00:04:31,039 Speaker 1: are people like that at Lakewood, then I want to 83 00:04:31,060 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 1: be here. Friends, being good to people is better than 84 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:40,659 Speaker 1: preaching a sermon. Being kind, generous, compassion speaks much louder 85 00:04:40,740 --> 00:04:44,239 Speaker 1: than any words. We should have a goal every day 86 00:04:44,620 --> 00:04:47,970 Speaker 1: to do at least one good thing for somebody else. 87 00:04:48,810 --> 00:04:52,359 Speaker 1: Don't wait for a special occasion. Doesn't have to be Christmas, 88 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:57,060 Speaker 1: their birthday, their anniversary, Valentine's. No, just an ordinary day. 89 00:04:57,660 --> 00:05:00,820 Speaker 1: Bring your spouse home some flowers. You're at the mall 90 00:05:00,860 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: and you see that blouse that would look good on 91 00:05:02,980 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: your friend. Buy it and take it to her. What's 92 00:05:05,779 --> 00:05:08,940 Speaker 1: this for? It's not my birthday. It's not Christmas. No, 93 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:11,180 Speaker 1: it's because you're my friend and I want to be 94 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,359 Speaker 1: good to you. That young man that delivers pizza to 95 00:05:14,380 --> 00:05:17,990 Speaker 1: your house. You don't even really know him, but sometimes 96 00:05:18,050 --> 00:05:22,789 Speaker 1: for no reason at all, bless him with an extra $ 20. 97 00:05:21,910 --> 00:05:25,130 Speaker 1: You can't be good to everyone, but you can be 98 00:05:25,190 --> 00:05:28,370 Speaker 1: good to the people God put in your life. You 99 00:05:28,410 --> 00:05:31,770 Speaker 1: need to study them. Listen to what they're saying. Be 100 00:05:31,890 --> 00:05:34,909 Speaker 1: sensitive to their needs. A man was helping me on 101 00:05:34,950 --> 00:05:38,950 Speaker 1: a project. He said, just in passing, wow, Joel, your 102 00:05:38,990 --> 00:05:43,529 Speaker 1: computer monitor is so clear. The clarity and the sharpness 103 00:05:43,589 --> 00:05:46,390 Speaker 1: is amazing. I said, yes, it is. And what kind 104 00:05:46,410 --> 00:05:48,770 Speaker 1: of monitor do you have? He said, oh man, my 105 00:05:48,830 --> 00:05:51,270 Speaker 1: monitor's like eight years old. It's not clear at all. 106 00:05:52,070 --> 00:05:54,460 Speaker 1: The next week, he had a monitor just like mine. 107 00:05:55,380 --> 00:06:00,160 Speaker 1: Galatians 6.10 says, don't miss an opportunity to be good 108 00:06:00,180 --> 00:06:04,430 Speaker 1: to people. If I wouldn't have been sensitive, not only 109 00:06:04,490 --> 00:06:07,470 Speaker 1: would he not have been blessed, but when you're good 110 00:06:07,510 --> 00:06:10,410 Speaker 1: to people, you're sowing a seed for God to be 111 00:06:10,450 --> 00:06:14,339 Speaker 1: good to you. I would have missed out on a blessing. Well, Joel, 112 00:06:14,700 --> 00:06:17,050 Speaker 1: I don't have extra money to buy a computer monitor. 113 00:06:17,390 --> 00:06:19,850 Speaker 1: Maybe not, but can you buy a cup of coffee 114 00:06:19,950 --> 00:06:22,950 Speaker 1: for a friend? Can you stay late and help that 115 00:06:23,010 --> 00:06:26,390 Speaker 1: coworker finish a project? Can you clean the kitchen, give 116 00:06:26,420 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 1: your spouse a night off? Can you take time to 117 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: compliment someone, brighten their day? That doesn't cost anything. Don't 118 00:06:34,180 --> 00:06:38,050 Speaker 1: miss opportunities to be good to people. You hear your 119 00:06:38,089 --> 00:06:40,909 Speaker 1: coworker talking about how they've got to take their car 120 00:06:41,029 --> 00:06:43,770 Speaker 1: into the shop for repairs. Hey, can I give you 121 00:06:43,790 --> 00:06:46,030 Speaker 1: a ride? You need me to swing by and pick 122 00:06:46,050 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: you up in the morning? You're on the lookout. That 123 00:06:49,500 --> 00:06:51,700 Speaker 1: young couple, they just had a baby. You hear them 124 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: talking about how tired they are, how they're not getting 125 00:06:54,300 --> 00:06:57,060 Speaker 1: any sleep. Don't say, oh yeah, I remember those days. 126 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:00,690 Speaker 1: That's a really tough time. No, be sensitive. That's an 127 00:07:00,730 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: opportunity to be a blessing. Hey, how about my spouse 128 00:07:04,020 --> 00:07:06,380 Speaker 1: and I come over and babysit? You guys go out 129 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,460 Speaker 1: to eat one night, have some fun. Are you looking 130 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:12,500 Speaker 1: for ways you can be good to people? The more 131 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:16,150 Speaker 1: you bless others, the more God will bless you. I 132 00:07:16,170 --> 00:07:18,970 Speaker 1: was in a hotel lobby one time. A man was 133 00:07:19,010 --> 00:07:22,430 Speaker 1: talking on his cell phone when his battery died. It 134 00:07:22,470 --> 00:07:25,470 Speaker 1: must have been an important call because he was very frustrated, 135 00:07:26,090 --> 00:07:29,290 Speaker 1: stressed out over it. It was an Asian man. dressed 136 00:07:29,330 --> 00:07:32,130 Speaker 1: very nicely. I was standing next to him. I just 137 00:07:32,170 --> 00:07:34,150 Speaker 1: pulled my cell phone out and said, here, use mine. 138 00:07:34,930 --> 00:07:38,110 Speaker 1: He said, no, no, I'm calling long distance. I said, 139 00:07:38,130 --> 00:07:40,610 Speaker 1: that's okay. You can call wherever you want to. He 140 00:07:40,650 --> 00:07:43,380 Speaker 1: seemed very surprised. He said, are you sure? I said, yes, 141 00:07:43,620 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 1: I'm sure. When I heard him calling Korea, I almost 142 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:51,420 Speaker 1: changed my mind. I thought, God, let the call drop, please. 143 00:07:51,540 --> 00:07:56,930 Speaker 1: And But five minutes later, he handed me my cell 144 00:07:56,940 --> 00:08:00,390 Speaker 1: phone back and said in the most genuine voice, thank 145 00:08:00,450 --> 00:08:04,150 Speaker 1: you so much. I could tell that simple act of 146 00:08:04,230 --> 00:08:07,700 Speaker 1: kindness had brightened his day. May have cost me a 147 00:08:07,740 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: few dollars, but I've learned when I'm good to other people, 148 00:08:11,460 --> 00:08:14,460 Speaker 1: God will always be good back to me. And I 149 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:17,940 Speaker 1: could have... I could have ignored it. I thought, oh, 150 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,260 Speaker 1: too bad his cell phone dies. Happens all the time. 151 00:08:20,580 --> 00:08:23,140 Speaker 1: I don't know the man. It's his problem, not mine. No, 152 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 1: I realize my assignment is to be good to people. 153 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: That's one of the main reasons God has put us here. 154 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:33,990 Speaker 1: And if we're going to reach our highest potential, we 155 00:08:34,020 --> 00:08:37,050 Speaker 1: have to make it a priority to be a blessing. 156 00:08:37,070 --> 00:08:41,130 Speaker 1: Not just big things, small things. borrow my cell phone, 157 00:08:41,750 --> 00:08:44,850 Speaker 1: give a compliment, give a ride home, stay late and 158 00:08:44,890 --> 00:08:47,929 Speaker 1: help a coworker. All through the day, we should be 159 00:08:48,050 --> 00:08:58,580 Speaker 1: looking for ways we can be good to people. There 160 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,500 Speaker 1: was a man standing in line with his small son 161 00:09:01,900 --> 00:09:04,780 Speaker 1: to buy tickets to go to the circus. Right in 162 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:08,300 Speaker 1: front of him was a young couple with eight small children. 163 00:09:08,809 --> 00:09:11,550 Speaker 1: They were all under the age of 12. They were 164 00:09:11,590 --> 00:09:14,860 Speaker 1: well-behaved and clean-cut, but he could tell by what they 165 00:09:14,890 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 1: were wearing they didn't have a lot of money. They 166 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,959 Speaker 1: were so excited about going to the circus, the young 167 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:24,460 Speaker 1: couple stepped up to the counter. The man asked proudly 168 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:28,930 Speaker 1: for eight children's tickets and two adults. When the attendant 169 00:09:29,010 --> 00:09:32,069 Speaker 1: told how much it was going to cost, his wife 170 00:09:32,210 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 1: dropped her head. The husband leaned closer and said, how 171 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: much did you say it would be? The attendant told 172 00:09:38,860 --> 00:09:41,980 Speaker 1: him again. He didn't know what to say. It's obvious 173 00:09:42,059 --> 00:09:45,460 Speaker 1: he didn't have enough money. The man in line behind him, 174 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:49,590 Speaker 1: watching all this take place, pulled $ 40 out of his pocket, 175 00:09:50,210 --> 00:09:53,170 Speaker 1: discreetly dropped it on the ground. He picked it up 176 00:09:53,250 --> 00:09:56,410 Speaker 1: and said, excuse me, sir, I think this money may 177 00:09:56,450 --> 00:09:59,670 Speaker 1: have fallen out of your pocket. The man looked at him. No, 178 00:10:00,170 --> 00:10:03,350 Speaker 1: exactly what he was doing. He said with a small 179 00:10:03,429 --> 00:10:06,250 Speaker 1: tear running down his cheek, thank you, sir, from the 180 00:10:06,290 --> 00:10:10,590 Speaker 1: bottom of my heart. Friends, the real joy in life 181 00:10:10,910 --> 00:10:13,530 Speaker 1: is not in what we get, but in what we give. 182 00:10:14,860 --> 00:10:19,700 Speaker 1: There is no greater feeling than in making somebody else's day. 183 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: We were never created to be ingrown. And think about 184 00:10:24,260 --> 00:10:27,679 Speaker 1: me and my dreams and my problems and my challenges. 185 00:10:28,070 --> 00:10:30,630 Speaker 1: That's a shallow way to live. It's why some people 186 00:10:30,690 --> 00:10:34,790 Speaker 1: are not happy. We were created to be givers. And 187 00:10:34,809 --> 00:10:37,790 Speaker 1: when you help make somebody else's dream come to pass, 188 00:10:38,190 --> 00:10:41,110 Speaker 1: God will always make your own dream come to pass. 189 00:10:41,910 --> 00:10:46,170 Speaker 1: Proverbs 11, 17 puts it this way. Your own soul 190 00:10:46,410 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 1: is nourished when you are kind. when you're good to others, yes, 191 00:10:50,860 --> 00:10:54,220 Speaker 1: you're doing them a favor, but really you're doing yourself 192 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 1: a favor. Your own soul is being strengthened. Your own 193 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:01,790 Speaker 1: life is being enriched. It's like this lady I heard about. 194 00:11:02,190 --> 00:11:05,949 Speaker 1: She was stopped at an intersection in her car. This 195 00:11:06,010 --> 00:11:08,530 Speaker 1: beggar came over, knocked on the window and asked her 196 00:11:08,570 --> 00:11:11,270 Speaker 1: for some money. She rolled down the window and said 197 00:11:11,309 --> 00:11:13,740 Speaker 1: to the man, listen, sir, I'm going to give you 198 00:11:13,780 --> 00:11:17,219 Speaker 1: a dollar, but not because of you, but because it 199 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:20,620 Speaker 1: makes me feel good. The man said, ma'am, why don't 200 00:11:20,660 --> 00:11:26,580 Speaker 1: you make it $ 10 and thoroughly enjoy yourself? Paul said 201 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:30,140 Speaker 1: in second Corinthians, I want you to excel in the 202 00:11:30,210 --> 00:11:33,990 Speaker 1: gracious ministry of giving. He could have said, I want 203 00:11:34,010 --> 00:11:38,070 Speaker 1: you to excel in business, excel in sports, excel in medicine. 204 00:11:38,290 --> 00:11:40,550 Speaker 1: That's all good. But he said, what I want you 205 00:11:40,570 --> 00:11:43,110 Speaker 1: to really be great at, what I want you to 206 00:11:43,270 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 1: excel in is in giving. I've made up my mind. 207 00:11:47,500 --> 00:11:50,150 Speaker 1: I'm going to live my life as a giver and 208 00:11:50,210 --> 00:11:53,410 Speaker 1: not a taker. If you get around me, I better 209 00:11:53,450 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 1: warn you, you're going to get blessed. I'm going to 210 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,670 Speaker 1: study ways that I can be good to you. I'm 211 00:11:59,690 --> 00:12:03,390 Speaker 1: gonna encourage you. I'm going to buy your dinner. I'm 212 00:12:03,410 --> 00:12:06,079 Speaker 1: gonna be good to your children. I'm gonna help make 213 00:12:06,140 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: your dreams come to pass. See, when I come to 214 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:11,140 Speaker 1: the end of my life, I don't want people to say, 215 00:12:11,179 --> 00:12:13,059 Speaker 1: oh yeah, Joel, he had that big church, didn't he? 216 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 1: He wrote some nice books. No, I want them to say, 217 00:12:15,940 --> 00:12:19,300 Speaker 1: Joel was a giver. Joel made me better. Joel brightened 218 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:23,540 Speaker 1: my day. Joel was good to me. I've heard it said, 219 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 1: if you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. 220 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:31,300 Speaker 1: If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If 221 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:34,980 Speaker 1: you want happiness for a month, get married. If you want, 222 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:40,910 Speaker 1: I didn't say this, somebody else did. If you want 223 00:12:40,970 --> 00:12:44,290 Speaker 1: happiness for a year, win the lottery. But if you 224 00:12:44,330 --> 00:12:48,890 Speaker 1: want happiness for a lifetime, be good to people. So 225 00:12:49,030 --> 00:12:53,099 Speaker 1: often we are praying for a miracle. We have to 226 00:12:53,140 --> 00:12:57,990 Speaker 1: realize we can become someone's miracles. Look around at who 227 00:12:58,030 --> 00:13:01,070 Speaker 1: God has put in your life. You may be their miracle. 228 00:13:01,990 --> 00:13:05,190 Speaker 1: That man with the $ 40, he became a miracle for 229 00:13:05,230 --> 00:13:07,910 Speaker 1: that young family wanting to go to the circus. That 230 00:13:07,970 --> 00:13:11,230 Speaker 1: young man at the pharmacy, he became a miracle for 231 00:13:11,250 --> 00:13:15,069 Speaker 1: that older gentleman. There may be miracles in your closet, 232 00:13:15,770 --> 00:13:20,359 Speaker 1: miracles in storage, that furniture, that equipment, those outfits you're 233 00:13:20,380 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 1: never going to wear again. You could give them to 234 00:13:22,660 --> 00:13:26,740 Speaker 1: a friend and become their miracles. I was leaving Minute 235 00:13:26,780 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 1: Maid Park a few years ago. The ball game had 236 00:13:29,460 --> 00:13:32,609 Speaker 1: just ended and as I was driving off, it started 237 00:13:32,650 --> 00:13:35,870 Speaker 1: to rain really hard. Thousands of people were coming out. 238 00:13:36,230 --> 00:13:39,090 Speaker 1: It's a long walk to their cars. I couldn't do 239 00:13:39,170 --> 00:13:43,580 Speaker 1: something for everyone, but I did have one umbrella in 240 00:13:43,620 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 1: my back seat. Pulled over to the side, rolled down 241 00:13:46,540 --> 00:13:49,580 Speaker 1: my window. Two ladies were running to their cars with 242 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,980 Speaker 1: their programs over their head. I said, here, have my umbrella. 243 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: They couldn't believe it. One lady said, that's amazing. She 244 00:13:57,020 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 1: just said, God, I wish I had an umbrella. I said, 245 00:14:02,179 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 1: God must have heard you because here it is. You 246 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 1: can become someone's miracle. Well, Joel, I am not going 247 00:14:09,450 --> 00:14:12,589 Speaker 1: to give away my umbrella to a total stranger. It 248 00:14:12,610 --> 00:14:16,830 Speaker 1: cost me $ 22. 95. Listen, you can't out give God. The 249 00:14:16,850 --> 00:14:20,470 Speaker 1: scripture says give and your gifts will come back to you, 250 00:14:20,790 --> 00:14:26,090 Speaker 1: pressed down, shaken together, running over. When you're good to people, 251 00:14:26,870 --> 00:14:29,810 Speaker 1: when you meet a need, when you become a miracle, 252 00:14:30,290 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 1: God will make sure that you get paid back. Your gifts, 253 00:14:34,820 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 1: your generosity, your kindness will come back to you. It's funny, 254 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:42,140 Speaker 1: I had had that umbrella forever. It was like 10 255 00:14:42,140 --> 00:14:44,900 Speaker 1: years old. It was cheap to begin with. It never 256 00:14:44,940 --> 00:14:49,060 Speaker 1: did work right. But several months later, I was leaving 257 00:14:49,100 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 1: a big hotel in another city. It was raining. The 258 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:56,460 Speaker 1: bellman had this big fancy umbrella. It was two umbrellas combined. 259 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:59,300 Speaker 1: He walked us to our car and just as about 260 00:14:59,330 --> 00:15:01,250 Speaker 1: to close the door, he said, Joel, do you have 261 00:15:01,290 --> 00:15:03,870 Speaker 1: an umbrella? I said, no, I don't. He shook it 262 00:15:03,930 --> 00:15:05,370 Speaker 1: off and said, here, take this one. We got a 263 00:15:05,390 --> 00:15:07,990 Speaker 1: bunch of them. I thought, God, you are so good. 264 00:15:08,090 --> 00:15:10,410 Speaker 1: I gave up my old beat up umbrella and you 265 00:15:10,450 --> 00:15:13,330 Speaker 1: gave me back a double wide. I get my whole 266 00:15:13,370 --> 00:15:17,420 Speaker 1: family under this one. That's the way God is. You 267 00:15:17,460 --> 00:15:20,140 Speaker 1: go around being good to people and God will make 268 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:23,710 Speaker 1: sure that people are good back to you. I read 269 00:15:23,770 --> 00:15:26,170 Speaker 1: a story about a young man that grew up very 270 00:15:26,290 --> 00:15:29,550 Speaker 1: poor in a small city. He would go door to 271 00:15:29,590 --> 00:15:32,310 Speaker 1: door selling different items to try to pay his way 272 00:15:32,350 --> 00:15:36,250 Speaker 1: through college. At one point, he only had a dime 273 00:15:36,430 --> 00:15:39,620 Speaker 1: to his name. He was so hungry, he hadn't eaten 274 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: properly in a couple of days. He got his nerve up. 275 00:15:43,020 --> 00:15:45,420 Speaker 1: The next house he knocked on, he was going to 276 00:15:45,530 --> 00:15:48,890 Speaker 1: ask them for something to eat. A very attractive young 277 00:15:48,950 --> 00:15:52,850 Speaker 1: lady answered the door, about 16 years old. When he 278 00:15:52,930 --> 00:15:56,830 Speaker 1: saw how beautiful she was, he lost his nerve and 279 00:15:56,850 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 1: wouldn't ask for anything. She said, young man, you look 280 00:15:59,740 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 1: like you're starving. You look like you're so hungry. Can 281 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 1: I get you something to eat? He said, no, I'd 282 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:08,580 Speaker 1: just like a drink of water. She went in, brought 283 00:16:08,620 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 1: him back a big glass of cold milk. He thought 284 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:15,900 Speaker 1: he had won the lottery. He hadn't had milk in 285 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: the longest time. Couldn't ever remember being able to drink 286 00:16:19,140 --> 00:16:22,370 Speaker 1: a whole glass. He drank it down all in one 287 00:16:22,490 --> 00:16:26,890 Speaker 1: big gulp. Felt so refreshed and re-energized. Reached in his 288 00:16:26,950 --> 00:16:29,350 Speaker 1: pocket for the 10 cent to pay the young lady. 289 00:16:29,630 --> 00:16:32,620 Speaker 1: She said, no, you don't owe me anything. My mother 290 00:16:32,700 --> 00:16:36,780 Speaker 1: taught me to never accept pay for an act of kindness. 291 00:16:37,940 --> 00:16:42,550 Speaker 1: Years later, that young lady became seriously ill. She was 292 00:16:42,650 --> 00:16:45,890 Speaker 1: treated in the local hospital in the small town, but 293 00:16:46,310 --> 00:16:49,170 Speaker 1: doctors couldn't find out what was wrong with her. They 294 00:16:49,250 --> 00:16:53,030 Speaker 1: sent her away to the big city to the leading specialist, 295 00:16:53,550 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 1: a man named Dr. Howard Kelly. When Dr. Kelly saw 296 00:16:58,300 --> 00:17:02,340 Speaker 1: on her chart the city she was from, He was 297 00:17:02,380 --> 00:17:05,350 Speaker 1: very intrigued. He rushed down to her room, took one 298 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:10,030 Speaker 1: look at her, and immediately recognized her. Dr. Kelly took 299 00:17:10,109 --> 00:17:13,389 Speaker 1: on this case personally, went to great lengths to do 300 00:17:13,510 --> 00:17:17,090 Speaker 1: everything he could to make sure she got well. Sure enough, 301 00:17:17,109 --> 00:17:20,450 Speaker 1: four months later, she had totally recovered and was ready 302 00:17:20,510 --> 00:17:24,850 Speaker 1: to leave the hospital. Dr. Kelly requested that his business 303 00:17:24,930 --> 00:17:28,369 Speaker 1: office send the bill through him personally so he could approve. 304 00:17:29,140 --> 00:17:32,330 Speaker 1: The woman dreaded looking at the bill, knowing that it 305 00:17:32,369 --> 00:17:35,070 Speaker 1: would probably take her her lifetime to pay it off. 306 00:17:35,790 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 1: But when she opened that bill, Dr. Kelly had written 307 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:42,740 Speaker 1: in big letters, paid in full with one glass of 308 00:17:42,820 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 1: cold milk. Here's my point. When you're kind to people 309 00:17:50,140 --> 00:17:53,870 Speaker 1: in their time of need, God will make sure somebody 310 00:17:53,910 --> 00:17:55,910 Speaker 1: will be kind to you in your time of need. 311 00:17:56,470 --> 00:18:00,770 Speaker 1: Your gifts will come back to you. Every opportunity you have, 312 00:18:01,230 --> 00:18:04,580 Speaker 1: be good to people. You don't know why God has 313 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:07,850 Speaker 1: put that person in your path. It's not a coincidence. 314 00:18:08,210 --> 00:18:12,890 Speaker 1: God has strategically lined up every person, every detail, every 315 00:18:12,970 --> 00:18:16,230 Speaker 1: step of your life. Now do your part. Don't miss 316 00:18:16,550 --> 00:18:20,159 Speaker 1: an opportunity to do good. Even small things, giving a 317 00:18:20,170 --> 00:18:23,800 Speaker 1: glass of cold milk, giving somebody a ride, letting them 318 00:18:23,980 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 1: use your cell phone. Well, you say, Joel, I've got 319 00:18:27,340 --> 00:18:29,939 Speaker 1: my own challenges. I'm dealing with this health issue. I've 320 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:33,460 Speaker 1: got these problems in my finances. I didn't come all 321 00:18:33,500 --> 00:18:36,540 Speaker 1: the way out here to hear about being good to people. 322 00:18:36,820 --> 00:18:39,480 Speaker 1: I want somebody to be good to me. No, you've 323 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 1: got to sow a seed. Psalm 37 says, trust in 324 00:18:43,580 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 1: the Lord and do good. Most of us know how 325 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:51,740 Speaker 1: to trust. We're believing for a breakthrough, believing for healing, 326 00:18:52,020 --> 00:18:56,090 Speaker 1: believing for a promotion. We've got the trusting down. Now 327 00:18:56,150 --> 00:18:58,510 Speaker 1: we've got to move on to step two and be 328 00:18:58,550 --> 00:19:02,730 Speaker 1: good to somebody. Be a blessing. If you will become 329 00:19:02,750 --> 00:19:06,290 Speaker 1: a miracle, that is the seed God will use for 330 00:19:06,310 --> 00:19:10,679 Speaker 1: your own miracle. But in difficult times, it's easy to 331 00:19:10,740 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 1: fall into self-pity and think about my problems and can't 332 00:19:14,540 --> 00:19:16,959 Speaker 1: believe this is happening. I don't understand it. No, no. 333 00:19:17,750 --> 00:19:21,250 Speaker 1: Get your mind off yourself and go out and be 334 00:19:21,290 --> 00:19:24,870 Speaker 1: a blessing to someone. Being good to people in your 335 00:19:24,930 --> 00:19:27,810 Speaker 1: time of need is one of the most powerful things 336 00:19:27,850 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 1: you can do. Don't let that difficulty cause you to 337 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:35,700 Speaker 1: become ingrown and sour. I don't feel like doing it. No, 338 00:19:35,780 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 1: shake it off and go out and be a blessing. 339 00:19:39,100 --> 00:19:41,700 Speaker 1: The medical report may not look good, but don't you 340 00:19:41,740 --> 00:19:44,139 Speaker 1: sit around at home all day and just think about it. 341 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:46,879 Speaker 1: Get out of the house and go cheer up that neighbor. 342 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 1: If you can't leave, bake some cookies. and give it 343 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: to the mailman. If you can't get out of bed, 344 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 1: at least pick up the phone. and go call and 345 00:19:55,900 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 1: encourage a friend. When God sees you not only trusting, 346 00:20:00,660 --> 00:20:04,390 Speaker 1: but doing good to people, that's when he promises your 347 00:20:04,430 --> 00:20:08,110 Speaker 1: gifts will come back. Your kindness will be returned. You'll 348 00:20:08,150 --> 00:20:10,369 Speaker 1: not only come out, you'll come out better off than 349 00:20:10,410 --> 00:20:13,670 Speaker 1: you were before. There was a lady that owned a 350 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:18,220 Speaker 1: coffee shop in another state, a drive-through business. One morning, 351 00:20:18,420 --> 00:20:22,109 Speaker 1: a customer pulled in, ordered her coffee and When she 352 00:20:22,130 --> 00:20:24,370 Speaker 1: went to pay, she said, I want to pay not 353 00:20:24,410 --> 00:20:27,090 Speaker 1: only for my coffee, but for the coffee of the 354 00:20:27,130 --> 00:20:31,199 Speaker 1: person behind me. A total stranger. The next car pulled up. 355 00:20:31,630 --> 00:20:34,159 Speaker 1: The owner said with a big smile, your coffee is 356 00:20:34,220 --> 00:20:36,679 Speaker 1: free today. The lady in front of you bought it 357 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:40,640 Speaker 1: for you. The man was pleasantly surprised. He said, well, 358 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:43,500 Speaker 1: I want to buy the coffee of the person behind me. 359 00:20:44,140 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 1: Total stranger. This stream continued for over two hours and 360 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:52,720 Speaker 1: more than 80 customers. What am I saying? Being good 361 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:57,340 Speaker 1: to people is contagious. When you go out of your 362 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 1: way to show kindness, you start a chain reaction. You 363 00:21:02,060 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 1: compliment someone, puts them in a good mood, and they 364 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 1: compliment someone else, on and on. There are enough chain 365 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:12,859 Speaker 1: reactions in the negative. They are rude to me. I'm upset. 366 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:15,070 Speaker 1: I'm going to be rude to somebody. No, let's start 367 00:21:15,109 --> 00:21:20,270 Speaker 1: some chain reactions of kindness. Chain reactions of being good 368 00:21:20,310 --> 00:21:24,030 Speaker 1: to people. not waiting for special occasions. No, I heard 369 00:21:24,050 --> 00:21:26,169 Speaker 1: you're going on a trip. Let me run you up 370 00:21:26,210 --> 00:21:28,210 Speaker 1: to the airport so you don't have to pay that 371 00:21:28,270 --> 00:21:32,730 Speaker 1: money for parking. Your generosity will not only bless that person, 372 00:21:33,190 --> 00:21:35,379 Speaker 1: it's not only a seed for God to bless you, 373 00:21:35,710 --> 00:21:39,140 Speaker 1: but it's contagious. It will inspire them to be good 374 00:21:39,180 --> 00:21:42,699 Speaker 1: to others. I wonder what would happen if every one 375 00:21:42,740 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: of us would do at least one good thing for 376 00:21:46,580 --> 00:21:50,090 Speaker 1: somebody every single day. What would our office be like, 377 00:21:50,590 --> 00:21:54,209 Speaker 1: our school, our home, if we made it a priority 378 00:21:54,470 --> 00:21:58,959 Speaker 1: to brighten somebody else's day? My friend Roxanne teaches our 379 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 1: two children in school. She found out that I like 380 00:22:02,580 --> 00:22:05,800 Speaker 1: this certain kind of muffin from a bakery for breakfast 381 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:09,500 Speaker 1: in the morning. A couple of times a week, sometimes more, 382 00:22:09,790 --> 00:22:12,310 Speaker 1: she'll get up early, go to the bakery and bring 383 00:22:12,330 --> 00:22:14,730 Speaker 1: me that muffin. I never ask her to do it. 384 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 1: In fact, I said, Roxanne, don't do it. You don't 385 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,369 Speaker 1: need to get up early, but she lives to be 386 00:22:20,430 --> 00:22:23,350 Speaker 1: good to people. She could go get it the night before. 387 00:22:23,609 --> 00:22:25,889 Speaker 1: She wouldn't have to get up so early, but she 388 00:22:25,930 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 1: won't do it. She wants it to be freshly made. 389 00:22:29,130 --> 00:22:32,109 Speaker 1: She'll call them early and say, put a new muffin in. 390 00:22:32,190 --> 00:22:34,300 Speaker 1: I'm going to be there in 30 minutes. She'll get 391 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 1: to the bakery, wait till it comes out of the 392 00:22:36,060 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 1: oven so she could bring it to the house while 393 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:41,679 Speaker 1: it's still warm. It's just a $ 2 muffin, but it 394 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:45,100 Speaker 1: brightens my day. You don't have to do something big. 395 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:50,270 Speaker 1: Small things can make a big difference. Small acts of 396 00:22:50,350 --> 00:22:54,290 Speaker 1: kindness will be remembered for a lifetime. I heard about 397 00:22:54,350 --> 00:22:57,710 Speaker 1: an eight-year-old boy named Barry. He was in a small 398 00:22:57,790 --> 00:23:03,100 Speaker 1: grocery store in rural Idaho, staring at the beautiful display 399 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 1: of vegetables. His family was very poor, struggling to make 400 00:23:07,300 --> 00:23:11,270 Speaker 1: ends meet. The owner of the store, an older gentleman 401 00:23:11,430 --> 00:23:14,290 Speaker 1: named Mr. Miller, came over and said,' Barry, how are 402 00:23:14,330 --> 00:23:17,620 Speaker 1: you doing today?' He said, fine, Mr. Miller, I'm just 403 00:23:17,700 --> 00:23:21,440 Speaker 1: admiring the peas. Mr. Miller asked if he wanted some. 404 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 1: He said, no, Mr. Miller, I don't have any money. 405 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:27,590 Speaker 1: I'm just looking. Mr. Miller said, well, Barry, what do 406 00:23:27,609 --> 00:23:29,970 Speaker 1: you have that you can trade me for some of 407 00:23:30,010 --> 00:23:33,630 Speaker 1: those peas? Reached in his pocket, said, all I have 408 00:23:33,690 --> 00:23:38,420 Speaker 1: are these shiny marbles. They were his prized possession. Never 409 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:39,640 Speaker 1: went anywhere without them. 410 00:23:40,369 --> 00:23:40,649 Speaker 2: Mr. 411 00:23:40,710 --> 00:23:43,389 Speaker 1: Miller said, let me see those marbles, Barry. And he 412 00:23:43,650 --> 00:23:45,770 Speaker 1: looked at him and he said, wow, they sure are beautiful. 413 00:23:46,210 --> 00:23:50,270 Speaker 1: The only thing, Barry, is I like red marbles and 414 00:23:50,330 --> 00:23:53,530 Speaker 1: all you have are blues and greens. You take this 415 00:23:53,590 --> 00:23:56,630 Speaker 1: sack of peas home and the next time you come in, 416 00:23:56,910 --> 00:23:59,879 Speaker 1: let me see one of your red marbles. A local 417 00:23:59,940 --> 00:24:03,220 Speaker 1: businessman was in the store watching all this take place, 418 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,540 Speaker 1: brought a smile to his face. A couple of days later, 419 00:24:06,980 --> 00:24:10,410 Speaker 1: Barry came in with his red marble. Mr. Miller said, 420 00:24:10,490 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 1: I don't know, Barry. I thought I would like red better, 421 00:24:14,100 --> 00:24:17,220 Speaker 1: but I think now I like blues better. You take 422 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:20,140 Speaker 1: this sack of potatoes home, and the next time you 423 00:24:20,180 --> 00:24:23,020 Speaker 1: come in, let me see one of those blues. This 424 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:27,780 Speaker 1: happened time and time again. For years, Mr. Miller gave 425 00:24:27,940 --> 00:24:32,119 Speaker 1: free vegetables to Barry and his family, always asking to 426 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:37,230 Speaker 1: see a different color marble. Fast forward 23 years. Mr. 427 00:24:37,270 --> 00:24:41,180 Speaker 1: Miller died. They were having the viewings Three young men 428 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:44,740 Speaker 1: in their early 30s came in, two dressed in army 429 00:24:44,820 --> 00:24:48,250 Speaker 1: uniforms and one in a nice suit. They walked up 430 00:24:48,290 --> 00:24:51,910 Speaker 1: to the casket together, giving Mrs. Miller a big hug, 431 00:24:52,410 --> 00:24:55,950 Speaker 1: whispering something in her ear. As she watched each young 432 00:24:55,990 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 1: man placed their hand on Mr. Miller's hand, it brought 433 00:25:01,060 --> 00:25:04,700 Speaker 1: tears to her eyes. Later that evening, during the viewing, 434 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:09,159 Speaker 1: the businessman came in, told Mrs. Miller how he had 435 00:25:09,300 --> 00:25:13,300 Speaker 1: seen firsthand how her husband Jim was such a fine man. 436 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 1: He'd given groceries to a little boy just for letting 437 00:25:16,859 --> 00:25:20,460 Speaker 1: him look at his marbles. Ms. Miller smiled and said, 438 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:23,919 Speaker 1: Jim did that for three young men, always saying it 439 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:27,260 Speaker 1: wasn't the right color marble. She said, but now Jim 440 00:25:27,300 --> 00:25:30,400 Speaker 1: doesn't have a choice about the color or the size 441 00:25:30,500 --> 00:25:33,330 Speaker 1: of the marble. She walked up to the casket with 442 00:25:33,369 --> 00:25:37,670 Speaker 1: the man and she gently lifted up her husband's lifeless 443 00:25:37,710 --> 00:25:42,630 Speaker 1: hand and underneath were three shiny red marbles left there 444 00:25:42,850 --> 00:25:46,970 Speaker 1: by the three young men. Friends, kind deeds will never 445 00:25:47,030 --> 00:25:51,020 Speaker 1: be forgotten. It may seem small to you, but they'll 446 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:55,160 Speaker 1: be remembered for a lifetime. Take time to be good 447 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: to people. Look for ways that you can make their day. 448 00:25:59,650 --> 00:26:03,649 Speaker 1: don't miss an opportunity to be a blessing. This is 449 00:26:03,710 --> 00:26:07,930 Speaker 1: where the true joy in life is really found. Remember, 450 00:26:08,390 --> 00:26:11,870 Speaker 1: when you become a miracle, that is the seed God 451 00:26:11,890 --> 00:26:15,730 Speaker 1: will use for your own miracle. Have a goal every 452 00:26:15,790 --> 00:26:19,110 Speaker 1: day to do at least one good thing for somebody else. 453 00:26:19,770 --> 00:26:24,129 Speaker 1: Let's start some chain reactions of kindness. Have the attitude, 454 00:26:24,470 --> 00:26:27,700 Speaker 1: not how can I get blessed today, but how can 455 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,899 Speaker 1: I be a blessing? Don't wait for a special occasion. 456 00:26:31,220 --> 00:26:34,260 Speaker 1: Let every day be a blessing day. And if you 457 00:26:34,300 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 1: will develop this simple habit of being good to people, 458 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:40,790 Speaker 1: I can assure you, you'll be happier. Your life will 459 00:26:40,830 --> 00:26:45,050 Speaker 1: be more rewarding. Plus God promises your gifts will come 460 00:26:45,090 --> 00:26:48,190 Speaker 1: back to you. In your time of need, the right 461 00:26:48,250 --> 00:26:51,470 Speaker 1: people will be there. The right doors will open. I 462 00:26:51,510 --> 00:26:55,090 Speaker 1: believe and declare you will see God's goodness in amazing 463 00:26:55,150 --> 00:26:58,130 Speaker 1: ways and you will live the life of victory that 464 00:26:58,170 --> 00:27:01,590 Speaker 1: he has in store in Jesus' name. If you receive it, 465 00:27:01,890 --> 00:27:05,930 Speaker 1: can you say amen today? We never like to close 466 00:27:05,990 --> 00:27:09,540 Speaker 1: our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus 467 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:11,919 Speaker 1: the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 468 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:18,140 Speaker 1: Just say, Lord Jesus. I repent of my sins. Come 469 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:23,570 Speaker 1: into my heart. I make you my Lord and Savior. Friends, 470 00:27:23,609 --> 00:27:25,790 Speaker 1: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 471 00:27:25,830 --> 00:27:29,330 Speaker 1: born again. Get in a good Bible-based church. Keep God 472 00:27:29,369 --> 00:27:31,930 Speaker 1: first place. He's going to take you places that you've 473 00:27:31,950 --> 00:27:41,410 Speaker 1: never dreamed of. If you want to know what you're 474 00:27:41,430 --> 00:27:43,929 Speaker 1: going to be like in five years, listen to what 475 00:27:43,950 --> 00:27:48,170 Speaker 1: you're saying about yourself. You are prophesying your future. I'd 476 00:27:48,210 --> 00:27:51,149 Speaker 1: love to send you my new book, Your Words, Your Reality. 477 00:27:51,730 --> 00:27:55,020 Speaker 1: I'll show you how to speak positive, faith-filled words that 478 00:27:55,060 --> 00:27:57,980 Speaker 1: agree with what God says about you. You'll learn how 479 00:27:58,020 --> 00:28:01,060 Speaker 1: to use your words not to describe the situation, but 480 00:28:01,100 --> 00:28:05,190 Speaker 1: to change the situation. When you speak words of health, favor, 481 00:28:05,290 --> 00:28:08,409 Speaker 1: and victory, you are setting the direction for your life. 482 00:28:08,869 --> 00:28:12,729 Speaker 1: That's how you'll break negative cycles, develop a healthier mindset, 483 00:28:13,050 --> 00:28:15,750 Speaker 1: and see more of the goodness of God in your life. 484 00:28:17,020 --> 00:28:20,940 Speaker 2: Your Words Equal Your Reality is a powerful new guidebook 485 00:28:21,100 --> 00:28:24,679 Speaker 2: designed to help you speak God's promises over every area 486 00:28:24,700 --> 00:28:29,200 Speaker 2: of your life. Inside, you'll find scripture-filled declarations for your health, 487 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:34,510 Speaker 2: your relationships, your finances, and your future. plus real guidance 488 00:28:34,710 --> 00:28:38,220 Speaker 2: for wherever you are right now. 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