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The wife said, my request is 51 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 4: that we'd be able to travel all over the world. Poof, 52 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 4: when the smoke. 53 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 7: Cleared, she had tickets in her hand. 54 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 4: The husband put his head down in shame, said, my 55 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 4: request is that I'd be married to a woman thirty 56 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 4: years younger than me. And poof, when the smoke cleared, 57 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 4: he was ninety years old. And that's what he gets. 58 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:50,799 Speaker 4: So here we go. This is my Bible. I am 59 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 4: what it says I am. I have what it says 60 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,239 Speaker 4: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 61 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 4: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 62 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:03,799 Speaker 4: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 63 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:07,799 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 64 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 65 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 4: how bad do you want it? The dreams God has 66 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,239 Speaker 4: placed in your heart, the promises He's spoken to you 67 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 4: are not going to come to pass without opposition, without delays, 68 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 4: without people trying to talk you out of it. There 69 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 4: will be plenty of opportunities to get discouraged, to lose 70 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 4: your passion and think that it's not meant to be. 71 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 4: But if you're going to reach your destiny, you have 72 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 4: to have a made up mind. If you give up 73 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 4: after the first time, or the fifth time, or the 74 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 4: thirtieth time, what that really means is you didn't want 75 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 4: it bad enough. 76 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 7: There should be something you're believing for that. 77 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 4: You are relentless. You are not moved by how impossible 78 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 4: it looks. You're not discouraged by how long it's taken. 79 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 4: You don't give up because people told you no. Your 80 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 4: attitude is if I have to believe my whole life, 81 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 4: I am not going to stop believing. I am not 82 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 4: going to take no for an answer. I'm not going 83 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 4: to settle for mediocrity. I'm going to keep pursuing what 84 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 4: God put in my heart. You can't be passive and indifferent. 85 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 4: You have to have a holy determination. It's more than 86 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 4: just your will. It's a fire on the inside, a 87 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 4: knowing that it's supposed to be yours when everything says 88 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 4: it's not going to happen. Instead of getting discouraged, you 89 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 4: kick in to a new gear. Normal people would give up, 90 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 4: normal people would settle, But you're not normal. You want 91 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 4: it on another level. When David was seventeen years old, 92 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 4: the prophet Samuel anointed him as the next king of Israel. 93 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 4: But David didn't go to the palace. He went back 94 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 4: to the shepherd's fields, where it was lonely. He was overlooked, 95 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 4: mistreated by his family. When he finally did go to 96 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 4: the palace to serve King Saul, Saul became jealous of 97 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:09,839 Speaker 4: David and tried to kill him. David had done no wrong, 98 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,720 Speaker 4: yet he had to live on the run, hiding in caves, 99 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 4: spending months out in the desert. He could have been discouraged, 100 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 4: thought God, this isn't fair. You anointed me to be king. 101 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:25,719 Speaker 4: Nothing is working out. But David didn't have a give 102 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:29,559 Speaker 4: up spirit. He didn't feel sorry for himself. He didn't 103 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:33,040 Speaker 4: let circumstances talk him out of it. He had a 104 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 4: warrior mentality. His attitude was I am not quitting, I 105 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 4: am not settling for mediocrity. I know there is greatness 106 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 4: in me. I'm going to become who God says I am. 107 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 4: One reason he took the throne is he wanted it 108 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 4: bad enough? How bad do you want what God has 109 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:58,280 Speaker 4: put in your heart? Bad enough to outlast the opposition? 110 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 4: Bad enough to overlight look some insults, bad enough to 111 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 4: do the right thing when the wrong thing is happening? 112 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 4: Do you want it bad enough to keep pursuing even 113 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:13,599 Speaker 4: when circumstance is saved, It's not going to happen. Many 114 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 4: of the difficulties we face, the delays, the times it's 115 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 4: not fair. That's simply a test God is seeing how 116 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 4: bad do you want it? 117 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 7: This is what weeds people out. 118 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 4: If you're overcome by problems, you let circumstances push you down, 119 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 4: people talk you out of it. You're not going to 120 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 4: have the strength or the courage to sustain where God 121 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 4: is taking you. You have to be like David. Don't 122 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 4: have a weak mentality, have a warrior mentality. You have 123 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 4: to be more determined than the opposition. If you give 124 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 4: up every time things don't go your way, you didn't 125 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 4: want it bad enough. You have to dig your heels 126 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 4: in and say I am in this for the law haul, 127 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:03,840 Speaker 4: I know what God has spoken to me. I will 128 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 4: get well. I will accomplish my dream. I will meet 129 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 4: the right person. You're not moved by what's not working out, 130 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 4: by how long it's taking, or by who's not for you. 131 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 4: You know who is for you, the most High God. 132 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 4: In March chapter ten, Jesus was leaving Jericho. A great 133 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 4: crowd was following him. There was a blind beggar on 134 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 4: the side of the road named Bartimaeus. When he heard 135 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 4: all the commotion, he started shouting, Jesus, son of David, 136 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 4: have mercy on me. The people around him told him 137 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 4: to be quiet. You're creating a scene. He's going to 138 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 4: get upset. They saw Bartimaeus as insignificant. You're just a beggar. 139 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 4: This man, Jesus, he's not going to be interested in you. 140 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 4: He's the hottest celebrity around. He's on TMZ every night. 141 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 4: The more they tried to quiet him, the scripture says, 142 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 4: the louder he shouted. About that time, Jesus stopped, turned 143 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 4: and looked at him. Can imagine they thought, we told 144 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 4: you you should have been quiet. He's annoyed. He's going 145 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 4: to let you have it. 146 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 7: Jesus smiled and said, tell him to come to me. 147 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 4: They were amazed. 148 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 7: They said Bartimaeus, he's not upset. 149 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 4: He's calling you. They brought him to Jesus. Jesus said to. 150 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 7: Him, what is it that you want me to do 151 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 7: for you? 152 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 4: Bartimaeus said, I want to see. Jesus told him, go 153 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 4: your way. Your faith has made you hold Instantly he 154 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:38,560 Speaker 4: could see. Here's my point. There were other blind men 155 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 4: on the road that day. There were other sick people 156 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 4: in the crowd. Yet Bartimaeus was the only one that 157 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 4: was healed. Why he wanted it more than they did. 158 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 4: He wanted it so bad he didn't let people talk 159 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 4: him out of it. When they tried to push him down, 160 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 4: discourage him, he shouted even louder. If he would have 161 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 4: listened to them, he would have missed his miracle. Are 162 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 4: you letting people talk you out of what God put 163 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 4: in your heart? You can't get well. You saw the report. 164 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 4: You'll never get out of debt. You've reached your limits. 165 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 4: You can't start that business you want to accomplish your dreams. 166 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:17,559 Speaker 4: You have too much opposition. 167 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 7: Do like him. Let that go in one ear and 168 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 7: out the other. 169 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 4: Ignore what they're saying. They don't determine your destiny. God does. 170 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 4: But if Barnabas would have been passive and indifferent, thought, hey, 171 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 4: I'm blind, it's just a bad break. He wouldn't have 172 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 4: received his sight. He had this passion, this fire on 173 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 4: the inside that said this is your day, this is 174 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 4: your time. He rose up and took that step of faith. 175 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 4: If you're going to see what you're believing for, you 176 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 4: have to be willing to do what other people want do. 177 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 4: Other people may not believe when it looks impossible. Other 178 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 4: people may settle where they are. They may get discouraged. 179 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 4: Tell you don't bother praying, don't bother believing, No use 180 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 4: getting your hopes up. You're wasting your time. You have 181 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 4: to do like Barnabas and say, God, this looks impossible, 182 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 4: but I know you can do the impossible. The odds 183 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 4: are against me, but God, I know you are for me. Well, 184 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:24,200 Speaker 4: I put in three applications, all three companies turn me down. 185 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 4: I don't think I'll ever find a job. I say 186 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 4: this respectfully. You don't want it bad enough. Well, I 187 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 4: dated two girls. Both of them told me I wasn't 188 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 4: their time. I don't think I'll ever get married. You 189 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,439 Speaker 4: don't want it bad enough. There are several million other 190 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:43,319 Speaker 4: girls out there. Well, I want to get well, but 191 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 4: the medical report says I'm not going to make it. 192 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 4: When the odds are against you, you have to want 193 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:53,079 Speaker 4: it on a new level. How bad do you want 194 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 4: to get out of debt? Bad enough to not buy 195 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 4: things you can afford, bad enough to not try to 196 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 4: keep up with your friends, bad enough to honor God 197 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 4: by tithing your income. 198 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 7: How bad do you want that promotion? 199 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 4: Bad enough to get to work early, bad enough to 200 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:14,319 Speaker 4: do more than what's required, bad enough to take that 201 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 4: online course to sharpen your skills. I don't want to 202 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 4: take another course. I don't want more work. I just 203 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 4: want the promotion. You don't want it bad enough. You 204 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 4: have to stand out in the crowd. The scripture says 205 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 4: Daniel distinguished himself. He was so excellent in his work, 206 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 4: so sharp, had such a great attitude that he stood 207 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:40,440 Speaker 4: out among all the other young men. The king put 208 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:41,719 Speaker 4: him in a position. 209 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 7: Of great leadership. 210 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 4: But it doesn't say God distinguished him, God made him excel, 211 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 4: God made him stand out. It says he distinguished himself. 212 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 4: He was willing to do what the other young men 213 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:59,320 Speaker 4: wouldn't do. Wasn't so much that he had more talent, 214 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 4: more Gill. It was the fact that he wanted it 215 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:05,839 Speaker 4: more than they did. How bad do you want your 216 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 4: children to stay on the right course? Bad enough to 217 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:12,680 Speaker 4: bring them to church each week, bad enough to get 218 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 4: them up and dressed on your day off and have 219 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 4: them in children's classes. We don't think twice about having 220 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 4: to get our children up for school, have them dressed, fed, ready, 221 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 4: sometimes by seven in the morning. Their schooling is incredibly important, 222 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:34,560 Speaker 4: but I could argue that their spiritual life is even 223 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:39,840 Speaker 4: more important when they grow up learning to honor God 224 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 4: as a person of excellence and integrity, knowing that they 225 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 4: are fearfully and wonderfully made, knowing that they are surrounded 226 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:52,360 Speaker 4: by favor. Those seeds planted in them will affect them 227 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 4: for the rest of their lives. Every time you bring them, 228 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 4: you are showing them by example to put God first place. 229 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 4: How bad do you want your marriage your relationships to 230 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 4: work out? Bad enough to bite your tongue when you 231 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 4: feel like telling them off, bad enough to clean up 232 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:13,720 Speaker 4: a mess that you didn't make. There are new levels 233 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 4: in front of us, but much of it depends on 234 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 4: how bad we want it. God is not going to 235 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 4: do everything for us. We have to do our part. 236 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 4: When Lazarus died, Jesus told his family roll away the 237 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:30,599 Speaker 4: stone and A'll raise Lazarus. 238 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 7: Jesus could have moved the stone. 239 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:34,200 Speaker 4: He's God. 240 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 7: He wanted to see how bad they wanted it. 241 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:41,080 Speaker 4: You can pray God, help me to feel better. I 242 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 4: don't have any energy. God, I'm always so tired. Are 243 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 4: you eating right? Are you exercising? Are you getting enough sleep? 244 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 4: Are you living stressed and worried? If you'll roll away 245 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,679 Speaker 4: the stone, then God will do what you're asking on. 246 00:13:56,600 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 4: But you can't override natural laws and expect to live 247 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 4: a blessed, healthy life. Do you want to get well 248 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 4: bad enough to not drink forty three colas a day 249 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:11,319 Speaker 4: and sleep three hours a night? Let me move on. 250 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:14,959 Speaker 4: You want to get Do you want to break that addiction? 251 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 4: Bad enough to not hang around those people that are 252 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 4: pulling you down causing you to compromise, which all I 253 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 4: know these friends aren't good for me, but I like 254 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 4: being around them. 255 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 7: You don't want it bad enough. 256 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 4: God is not going to free you until you roll 257 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 4: away the stone. When he sees you doing all you can, 258 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:37,600 Speaker 4: then he'll make things happen that you can't. 259 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 7: But if you're not willing to do the natural. He's 260 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 7: not going to do the supernatural. 261 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 4: Your destiny is too important to spend it with people 262 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 4: that are not making you better. 263 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 7: Who are you allowing to influence you? 264 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 4: Are they challenging you, inspiring you, pushing you forward? You 265 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 4: don't have time to waste with people that bring out 266 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 4: the worst in you. Life is flying by. We don't 267 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 4: get a do over. This is it? Well? What if 268 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 4: I hurt their feelings? What if you miss your destiny? 269 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 4: What if they keep you from becoming who you were 270 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 4: created to be. They may not want it bad enough. 271 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 4: They may be okay with mediocrity, compromise and barely getting 272 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:25,840 Speaker 4: by in life. That's their choice, but that's not who 273 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 4: you are. You have seeds of greatness. You're destined to 274 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 4: leave your mark. You weren't created to fit in, to 275 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 4: be average, to live with addictions, dysfunctioned, lacks struggle. You 276 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 4: were created to stand out in the crowd, to be 277 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 4: a cut above. Now do your part and distinguish yourself. 278 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 4: Be willing to do what others want to do. Yes, 279 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 4: it takes discipline. Yes you have to say no to 280 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 4: carnal desires. But the pain of discipline is less than 281 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 4: the pain of regret. It's hard to bite your tongue 282 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 4: not say what you feel, but that pain is less 283 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 4: than the pain of having someone you love walk away. 284 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 4: It's hard to lay off the junk food, things that 285 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 4: are not good for you. That pain is less than 286 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 4: the pain of not being healthy. It's hard to break 287 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:21,680 Speaker 4: away from a friend that's pulling you down, but that 288 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 4: pain is less than not reaching your dreams. And one 289 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 4: of the saddest things is to come to the end 290 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 4: of life and wonder what I could have become. What 291 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 4: if I wouldn't have let those people taught me out 292 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 4: of my miracle? What if I would have broken away 293 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 4: from those friends that were causing me to compromise? Where 294 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 4: would I be? What if I would have treated my 295 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 4: spouse with respect? What if I would have taken that 296 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 4: step of faith in my career and not played it 297 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:52,440 Speaker 4: safe all the time. You don't have to wonder. You 298 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 4: can start right now. It is not too late to 299 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 4: become who God's created you to be. The question is 300 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 4: do you want it bad enough? Stir your passion up. 301 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 4: Make this decision. I Am not going to live complacent, 302 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 4: accepting mediocrity passive. I'm going to pursue what God put 303 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:15,399 Speaker 4: in my heart. I'm going to take steps to grow. 304 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 4: I'm going to come up higher in my relationships. There 305 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:21,919 Speaker 4: was a young man that was raised in a small 306 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 4: town in Pennsylvania. Nobody in his family had ever left 307 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:29,639 Speaker 4: that area. They all stayed and worked there locally. But 308 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:32,440 Speaker 4: this young man had a dream to go to college. 309 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 4: He knew he had more in him, but he came 310 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 4: from a limited income. He didn't have the funds or 311 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:43,239 Speaker 4: the connections. But instead of giving up and accepting that 312 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 4: as his destiny, he went to the local phone company 313 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 4: and he got the phone directory for New York City. 314 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:53,040 Speaker 4: That's where he wanted to go to school. But he 315 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 4: had to find a job. He found a company that 316 00:17:56,720 --> 00:18:00,199 Speaker 4: had three hundred and ninety three locations in the New 317 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:04,000 Speaker 4: York area. He decided to write each one of them 318 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 4: a letter asking them for a job. He didn't have 319 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:11,679 Speaker 4: a computer or a typewriter, but for the next month 320 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 4: he wrote about fifteen letters a week, telling the company 321 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 4: that he would do anything from sweep the floors to 322 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:22,640 Speaker 4: clean out the warehouses. Month went by and he didn't 323 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 4: hear anything. Three months nothing, six months still nothing. It's 324 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 4: kind of discouraged when he turned eighteen, he convinced his 325 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 4: parents to let him take the train to New York 326 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 4: City to follow up with that company. He arrived in Manhattan, 327 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:40,880 Speaker 4: he went to one of their largest locations in Times Square, 328 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:44,200 Speaker 4: told the person in charge who he was and how 329 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 4: he had applied for a job. 330 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:47,480 Speaker 7: And was wondering if they were interested. 331 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:51,439 Speaker 4: The person informed him that all the hiring took place 332 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:55,200 Speaker 4: at their corporate headquarters a few blocks down the street. 333 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 4: That's where all the applications went. He walked into this 334 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 4: big skyscrape, this huge building. He told the reception is 335 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:06,119 Speaker 4: his name, and asked if he could see the person 336 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 4: in charge of hiring. She called upstairs, and much to 337 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:13,959 Speaker 4: her surprise, they said yes, send him up. He stepped 338 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 4: off the elevator. They brought him to this large executive 339 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 4: office with big beautiful windows looking out. He was so nervous, 340 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 4: so out of his element. He told the executive, my 341 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,199 Speaker 4: name is so and so, and I was wondering if 342 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 4: you received the letter I wrote asking for a job. 343 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:35,880 Speaker 4: The executive turned to his side desk, put his hand 344 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:38,959 Speaker 4: on a big stack of papers, said yes, we received 345 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,399 Speaker 4: your letter, all three hundred and ninety three of them. 346 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 4: We knew you would be coming. You can start tomorrow. 347 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:51,200 Speaker 4: That young man not only worked his way through college, 348 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:55,159 Speaker 4: but when he graduated, he became a manager for a 349 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:59,480 Speaker 4: whole region of their stores. How bad do you want it? Well, 350 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 4: I put in four applications, they all turn me down. 351 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 4: You have three hundred and eighty nine left to go. 352 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 4: The difference between a dream and a wish is a 353 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 4: wish is something you just hope it happens, but a 354 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:15,959 Speaker 4: dream you put actions behind. 355 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 7: The scripture says faith without works is dead. 356 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,360 Speaker 4: He could have wished he could get a job, wish 357 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:26,200 Speaker 4: somebody would hire him. Wished he could go to school. 358 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:29,960 Speaker 4: Wishing isn't going to get you anywhere. He was willing 359 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 4: to do what others wouldn't do. The people that succeed 360 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 4: don't always have the most talent, the most education, the 361 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:43,440 Speaker 4: most opportunity. Many times they simply want it more than others. 362 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:48,119 Speaker 4: You have to pursue what God put in you. Being 363 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 4: passive and indifferent will keep. 364 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 7: You from your destiny. 365 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:57,440 Speaker 4: Jesus said, those who hunger and thirst after righteousness will 366 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:02,200 Speaker 4: be filled. Here's the principle. If you're not hungry after anything, 367 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 4: you're not going to be filled. Are you hungry to 368 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 4: get well, hungry to accomplish the dream, hungry to meet 369 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 4: the right person. You can teach people to have faith, 370 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 4: you can encourage them to believe, but you can't make 371 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:20,680 Speaker 4: people be hungry. This has to come from the inside. 372 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 4: You have to know you are a person of destiny, 373 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,919 Speaker 4: that there is something bigger in front of you. Do 374 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:30,399 Speaker 4: you want it bad enough? Or are you coasting? Have 375 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:34,200 Speaker 4: you let people talk you out of it? Bad breaks, disappointments, 376 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 4: still your passion cause you to settle. Well, my business 377 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 4: didn't make it. That's why I'm down. How do you 378 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,600 Speaker 4: know your next business is not going to make it? 379 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 4: The medical report says I'm not going to get well. 380 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 4: There's another report. It says God is restoring health back 381 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:54,399 Speaker 4: into you. Are you hungry for it? You may have 382 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:58,640 Speaker 4: had some setbacks, but you have to be relentless when 383 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:01,239 Speaker 4: it comes to what God put in your heart. If 384 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 4: you let people talk you out of it, delays, disappointments, 385 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 4: then you didn't want it bad enough. Sometimes we talk 386 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:11,919 Speaker 4: ourselves out of it. It's too hard. Can't write that 387 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,400 Speaker 4: many letters. I don't have a computer. It's amazing what 388 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:19,359 Speaker 4: we'll do when we want something bad enough. When I 389 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:23,480 Speaker 4: met Victoria, I was madly in love. I thought, this 390 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 4: girl is one of a kind. I am not going 391 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 4: to let her get away. I would do anything she wanted. 392 00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 4: I would go to the mall with her, follow her around, 393 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 4: hold her purse while she tried things on. I don't 394 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 4: even like the shop. I didn't mind it one bit. 395 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 4: I was with her one time when we were first dating. 396 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 4: She asked if I wanted to go work out at 397 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 4: five thirty in the morning. I thought, no, I don't 398 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 4: want to go work out at five thirty. I want 399 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:54,640 Speaker 4: to sleep without missing a beat. I smiled real big 400 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 4: and said, I'd love to go work out at five thirty. 401 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:01,359 Speaker 4: I'll be at your house at five point fifteen. I 402 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:05,119 Speaker 4: was lying, but I was in love. Here. I was 403 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,959 Speaker 4: driving down the road four forty five in the morning, 404 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 4: as happy as can be. Never complain. One time I 405 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:15,120 Speaker 4: was about to see the girl of my dreams. When 406 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 4: you want something bad enough, you'll do things that you 407 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 4: normally wouldn't do. If you think I wanted her that bad, 408 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 4: you should have seen how bad she wanted me. I 409 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 4: made myself laugh. I can't think of any examples, but 410 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 4: I know she did. What am I saying qut, telling 411 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:42,360 Speaker 4: yourself it's too hard, it's too early, I've had too 412 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 4: many setbacks. 413 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:46,440 Speaker 7: You can do what you want to do. 414 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:50,119 Speaker 4: Don't miss your destiny because you didn't want it bad enough. 415 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 4: What God put in you is worth fighting for. It's 416 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:58,479 Speaker 4: worth being uncomfortable for a season. It's worth having to 417 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 4: stretch to get up early, to try it again, to. 418 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 7: Do what others aren't willing to do. 419 00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:08,440 Speaker 4: My grandmother on my father's side of the family was 420 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:12,679 Speaker 4: a very feisty woman. She was a real character. She 421 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 4: grew up way out in the country, and she and 422 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:19,040 Speaker 4: my grandfather were very poor. They didn't have much education, 423 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 4: but there were really great people. But later in life, 424 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:27,360 Speaker 4: my grandmother took up chewing tobacco. She liked to dip snuff. 425 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 4: You didn't know I came from such a sophisticated background. 426 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 4: One time someone asked my father if you could chew 427 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:37,960 Speaker 4: tobacca and go to heaven. He said, yes, but you'll 428 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:42,440 Speaker 4: have to go to hell to spit. My grandfather couldn't 429 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 4: stand it. He begged her and begged her to stop. 430 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,720 Speaker 4: She said, Jack, I just can't do it. I've tried everything. 431 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 4: I'm hooked. This went on year after year, nothing seemed 432 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:57,919 Speaker 4: to help, and my grandfather was desperate. He finally told her, 433 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 4: Ellie May, I will give you a thou dollars if 434 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:04,960 Speaker 4: you will stop dipping snuff. Back then in the forties, 435 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 4: a thousand was like twenty five thousand to day. She 436 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 4: wanted the money so badly she tried everything she could. 437 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 4: She still couldn't stop. Well. Eventually my grandfather died. He 438 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:19,280 Speaker 4: went to be with the Lord, but my grandmother didn't 439 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 4: like being single. Ellie May wanted to find herself a man. 440 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 4: She met this man that was twelve years younger than her. 441 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 4: She was so excited. He was handsome, had a great personality, 442 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:35,960 Speaker 4: more than she could imagine. But she started thinking, if 443 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:39,680 Speaker 4: he finds out I dip snuff, he will never even 444 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:41,920 Speaker 4: ask me out on a date, much less marry me. 445 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 4: Do you know how long it took Ellie May to 446 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 4: quit dipping snuff? That long? She did it instantly. She 447 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:55,959 Speaker 4: didn't go the snuff dippers anonymous. She didn't have any withdraws. 448 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,359 Speaker 4: What she couldn't do in years, she did in a 449 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 4: split shot back all because her want to God big enough, 450 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 4: like my grandmother, you can do whatever you want to do. 451 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 4: The question is how big is your want to? You 452 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 4: can break that addiction if you really want to. You 453 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:19,880 Speaker 4: can forgive that person that hurts you. You can make 454 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:22,960 Speaker 4: your marriage work, you can write that book. You can 455 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,960 Speaker 4: accomplish your dream if you want to bad enough. Your 456 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 4: will is one of the most powerful things you have. 457 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 4: When you make up your mind to do something, God 458 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 4: will breathe on your efforts and give you strength that 459 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:41,400 Speaker 4: goes beyond your natural ability. It's not just willpower, it's 460 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 4: the blessing of God helping you. But it kicks in 461 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:48,399 Speaker 4: when God sees you doing all you can do, taking 462 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 4: steps to come up higher, forgiving the person that did 463 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 4: you wrong, trying again after a disappointment. That's when you'll 464 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 4: see God make things happen that you couldn't make happen. 465 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 4: But I wonder if you've convinced yourself you can't do 466 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 4: something that you really can do. I don't have the discipline, 467 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 4: I don't have the talent. God is saying you can 468 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,119 Speaker 4: do it. It's in you, but you're going to have 469 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 4: to dig down deep and put forth the effort. It 470 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:20,439 Speaker 4: may not be easy, but your destiny is calling you 471 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:23,640 Speaker 4: have greatness in you. Don't let people talk you out 472 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:26,960 Speaker 4: of it. Don't let circumstances convince you that you can't. 473 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:29,880 Speaker 4: There are new levels in front of you. There are 474 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 4: great relationships, healing, promotion, abundance. My question is how bad 475 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 4: do you want it? I believe I'm looking at hungry 476 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:42,120 Speaker 4: people today. I'm looking at people that have a made 477 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 4: up mind, people that are relentless. I believe and declare 478 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 4: because you'll want to is big enough. Like Barbibas, you're 479 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:54,280 Speaker 4: going to see God suddenly turn things around. Like David, 480 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 4: You're going to outlast the opposition and take your throne. 481 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,080 Speaker 4: And like my grandmother, you're going to great barriers that 482 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:03,960 Speaker 4: have held you back and step into a new level 483 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:08,120 Speaker 4: of your destiny in Jesus' name, and if you receive it, 484 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:11,800 Speaker 4: can you say it? Men? Today, I'd like to give 485 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:15,040 Speaker 4: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 486 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:20,280 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 487 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:21,960 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. 488 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:26,800 Speaker 7: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 489 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,679 Speaker 4: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 490 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:34,040 Speaker 4: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church 491 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:37,960 Speaker 4: and keep God first place. Victorian, I'll be right back 492 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 4: to speak a blessing over you. 493 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:43,560 Speaker 5: As a thank you for your support of our ministry 494 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:46,280 Speaker 5: this month, Joel and Victoria, we'd like to send you 495 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:49,880 Speaker 5: a copy of Joel's new three part audio series, Live 496 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:54,560 Speaker 5: the Abundant Life. God's plans for you are bigger, more rewarding, 497 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,720 Speaker 5: and more fulfilling than anything you've ever dreamed. 498 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:02,160 Speaker 8: You are created to live in abundance life, fill with favor, influence, 499 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 8: and resources. You may have areas you're struggling in, but 500 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 8: that's not your destiny. What God has in your future 501 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:10,960 Speaker 8: is going to exceed your expectations. 502 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:13,040 Speaker 4: God is going to take you where you could not 503 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:16,440 Speaker 4: go on your own. 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