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Thanks for listening to our 36 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 2: podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 37 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 38 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: blessing and share. 39 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 2: It with a friend. Reappreciate you and pray for God's 40 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 2: very best in your life. Oh God bless you. It's 41 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 2: always a joint to come into your homes and if 42 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 2: you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 43 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 2: a part of one of our services. I promise you 44 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 2: we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks so 45 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 2: much for tuning in and thank you again for coming out. 46 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 2: I like to start with something funny and I heard 47 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,639 Speaker 2: about this pastor he found a dead mule on the 48 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 2: church grounds. He called the health department and they said 49 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 2: they couldn't pick it up without authorization from the mayor. Well, 50 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 2: the mayor was known to be very rude and hard 51 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,640 Speaker 2: to get along with. When the pastor called, the mayor 52 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:33,079 Speaker 2: didn't disappoint. He started ranting and raving and finally said 53 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 2: to the pastor, why are you even calling me? Isn't 54 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 2: it your job to bury the dead? The pastor prayed 55 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 2: and asked God for the right response. He said, yes, Mayor, 56 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:44,239 Speaker 2: it is my job to bury the dead, but I 57 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:49,399 Speaker 2: always like to notify the next to ken. First, hold 58 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:52,079 Speaker 2: up your bible, say it like you mean it. This 59 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 2: is my Bible. I am what it says. I am. 60 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 61 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 62 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,359 Speaker 2: we talk the word of God. I'll boldly confess. My 63 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 2: mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never 64 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 2: be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I 65 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 2: want to talk to you today about being comfortable with 66 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 2: who you are. There's an underlying pressure in our society 67 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 2: to be number one. If we're not the best, the leader, 68 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 2: the fastest, the most talented, the most beautiful, the most successful. 69 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 2: Then we don't feel good about ourselves. We got to 70 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 2: work harder, We got to run faster. A neighbor moves 71 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 2: into a new house. Instead of being inspired, we're intimidated, 72 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 2: thinking that's making me look bad. I got to keep up. 73 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 2: A coworker gets a promotion, we feel like we're falling behind. 74 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 2: A friend is going to Europe on vacation. We're going 75 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 2: to our grandmothers twelve miles down the road. If we're 76 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 2: not careful, there's always something making us feel like we 77 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 2: don't measure up, we're not far enough along. As long 78 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 2: as you compare your situation to others, you will never 79 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 2: feel good about yourself because there will always be somebody 80 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 2: more talented, more beautiful, more successful. You have to realize 81 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 2: you're not running their race. You're running your race. You 82 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 2: have a specific assignment. God has given you exactly what 83 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 2: you need for the race that's been designed for you. 84 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 2: A friend, a coworker, a relative may seem to have 85 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 2: a more significant gift. They can outrun you, outperform you. 86 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 2: That's okay, You're not competing with them. They have what 87 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 2: they need for their assignment. You have what you need 88 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 2: for your assignment, and if you make the mistake of 89 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 2: trying to keep up with them, wondering why can't I 90 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 2: sing like that? Why can't I be the manager? When 91 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 2: am I going to reach their level? If you're not 92 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:56,920 Speaker 2: content with your gift, comfortable with who God made you 93 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 2: to be, then you'll go through life frustrated, envious, thinking 94 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 2: I wish I had her looks, I wish I had 95 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 2: is talent, I wish I owned their business. No, if 96 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 2: you had what they have, it wouldn't help you, it 97 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 2: would hinder you. They have a different assignment. Quit trying 98 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 2: to outperform someone, and then you're going to feel good 99 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 2: about yourself soon as I move into their neighborhood, as 100 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 2: soon as my business catches up to there, as soon 101 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:26,920 Speaker 2: as I get that promotion. No, one of the best 102 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 2: things I've learned is to be comfortable with who God 103 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 2: made me to be. I don't have to outperform you 104 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 2: to feel good about myself. I don't have to outbuild you, 105 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:41,840 Speaker 2: outdrive you, outrace you, outminister you, outproduce you. It's not 106 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 2: about you. It's about becoming who God made me to be. 107 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 2: And I'm all for having goals, stretching, believing big. That's important. 108 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:55,359 Speaker 2: But you have to accept the gift that God has 109 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 2: given you. You shouldn't feel less than if someone seems 110 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:03,479 Speaker 2: to have a more significant gift. It takes a secure 111 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 2: person to say I'm comfortable with who I am. See, 112 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 2: I realize I'm never going to be able to minister 113 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 2: like TD Jenks. But that's okay. Maybe one day he'll 114 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:21,839 Speaker 2: get better. But I hear these ministers. They have deep voices, 115 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,599 Speaker 2: and they're great orators, and they can move the congregation 116 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 2: with their words, give you chill bumps. And I get 117 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:32,159 Speaker 2: up here with my Texas Twain. This is what I've 118 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 2: been given. I can improve it, I can develop it, 119 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:38,280 Speaker 2: I can cultivate it. But my voice is never going 120 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 2: to sound like James Earl Jones. There's always going to 121 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 2: be somebody that can minister better further along more experience. 122 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 2: But you know what, that doesn't bother me. I know 123 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 2: I have the gifts I need for my assignment. Here's 124 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:57,040 Speaker 2: the key. You don't have to have a great gift 125 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 2: for God to use it in a great way. You 126 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 2: know what the gift David had that put him on 127 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 2: the throne, It wasn't his leadership skills, wasn't his dynamic personality, 128 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 2: wasn't his ability to write and play music. It was 129 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 2: his gift to sling a rock. He was a sharpshooter 130 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 2: with a slingshot. He could have thought, Oh, great, big deal, 131 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 2: I'm good with a slingshot. This is not gonna get 132 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 2: me anywhere. I'm out in the shepherd's fields alone. No people, 133 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 2: just a bunch of sheep. But it was that slingshot, 134 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 2: that seemingly insignificant gift that enabled him to defeat Goliath 135 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 2: and eventually put him on the throne. Quit discounting the 136 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 2: gift that God has given you. It may seem insignificant. 137 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 2: I'm not as smart as my sister, not as talented 138 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 2: as my coworker, can't write the software like my colleague. 139 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 2: Maybe not, but there's something God's given you that's unique, 140 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 2: something that will propel you into your destiny, something that 141 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 2: will cause you to leave your mark on this generation. 142 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 2: Don't believe the lies that your average. There's nothing special 143 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 2: about you. You don't have the personality like your cousin, 144 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 2: you don't have the talent like your friend. No, but 145 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 2: you've got a slingshot. It's not so much what you have, 146 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 2: it's the anointing that God puts on it, that slingshot. 147 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 2: Your gift may seem ordinary, but when God breathes on it, 148 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 2: you'll defeat a giant twice your size. You'll be promoted 149 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 2: beyond your talent. You'll go places where you weren't qualified, 150 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 2: you didn't have the experience, you weren't next in line. 151 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 2: But suddenly a door opened. Suddenly you defeated the giant. 152 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 2: Suddenly the compact center was yours. Suddenly the dream comes 153 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 2: to pass. Too often we look for titles and positions. 154 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 2: Then we're going to feel good about ourselves when I 155 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 2: make it to sales manager, when I get on the 156 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 2: varsity cheerleading squad, I'm the head usher, the senior partner, 157 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 2: the lead supervisor. And now that's fine. Nothing wrong with titles. 158 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:09,079 Speaker 2: But you don't need a title to do what God's 159 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 2: called you to do. Don't wait for people to approve you, 160 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 2: affirm you validate, you use your gift and the title 161 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 2: will come. If David would have waited for a title, 162 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:24,559 Speaker 2: we wouldn't be talking about him today. When he went 163 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 2: out to face Goliath, the whole army was watching him. 164 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 2: And what's interesting is David wasn't a general, he wasn't 165 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 2: a corporal, he wasn't a sergeant. He wasn't even enlisted. 166 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 2: He didn't have a title, a name, badge, a uniform, 167 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:45,319 Speaker 2: any credentials. He could have said, I can't do anything great. 168 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 2: I don't have a position. Nobody's celebrating me, nobody's validating 169 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 2: my gifts. In fact, it was just the opposite. People 170 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:57,839 Speaker 2: were telling him how he was not qualified, how he 171 00:09:58,000 --> 00:09:59,959 Speaker 2: was too small, how he was going to get hurt. 172 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 2: That didn't bother David. His attitude was, I don't need 173 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 2: a title. I don't need a position. You didn't call me, 174 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 2: and you don't have to approve me. God called me. 175 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 2: He gave me this gift. It may seem small or 176 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 2: insignificant to you, but I'm not here to impress you. 177 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:22,079 Speaker 2: I'm not here to please you. I'm here to fulfill 178 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 2: my destiny. He went out and defeated Goliath. In a 179 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 2: few years. They gave him a title King of Israel. 180 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 2: Use your gifts and the titles will come well, Joel. 181 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 2: As soon as they crown me king of the Office, 182 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:40,080 Speaker 2: then I'll start being my best. As soon as they 183 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 2: make me the head usher. Then I'll show up early 184 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 2: and give it my alle You know it works the 185 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 2: other way around. You've got to show them what you've got, 186 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 2: then the approval, then the recognition, then the reward will come. 187 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 2: When my father was seventeen years old, he gave his 188 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:58,679 Speaker 2: life to Christ, the first one in the family. He 189 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 2: knew that he was called to. But the problem was 190 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:06,199 Speaker 2: they were very poor. They lost everything during the Great Depression, 191 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 2: barely had enough food, didn't have any money. He couldn't 192 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 2: afford to go to college. He didn't have a position, 193 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 2: no title, no denomination backing him up, no family saying John, 194 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 2: follow your dreams, do what's in your heart. His family 195 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 2: told him, John, you better stay here on the farm 196 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 2: with us and pick cotton. You're going to get out 197 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 2: there and fail. Daddy could have thought, I feel this calling. 198 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 2: I know I have something to offer if somebody was 199 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 2: just behind me now. He didn't wait for a title, 200 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 2: a position. He didn't wait for people to validate him. 201 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:45,840 Speaker 2: At seventeen, he started hitchhiking to different towns to minister 202 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 2: in the seniors' homes, in the prisons, on the street corners. 203 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 2: He used what he had. It didn't seem like much 204 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:58,560 Speaker 2: compared to other ministers that had been to seminarian, had training, 205 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:05,199 Speaker 2: he would have been considered insignificant, unqualified, no experience. But 206 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:08,440 Speaker 2: you can't wait for people's approval to do what God's 207 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 2: called you to do. What you have may seem small. 208 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 2: You could feel intimidated thinking that you don't have the qualifications, 209 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 2: the title, the position. That's okay, neither did David, neither 210 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 2: did my father. If you'll use what you have, God 211 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:29,680 Speaker 2: will breathe on it, and his anointing on that simple 212 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:32,719 Speaker 2: gift will cause you to step into the fullness of 213 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 2: your destiny. In the scripture, there was a little boy. 214 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 2: All he had was a lunch, five loaves of bread, 215 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:45,679 Speaker 2: two fish, nothing much, not very significant. Yet when thousands 216 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 2: of people were hungry, Jesus took his lunch multiplied it 217 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 2: fed the whole crowd. Think about this. The little boy's 218 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 2: mother got up early that morning to make the lunch. 219 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 2: She baked the bread, she cooked the fish, She went 220 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 2: out and picked some fruit off the tree, dug up 221 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:08,080 Speaker 2: some vegetables out of the ground. She could have been 222 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:14,719 Speaker 2: considered insignificant. She was a homemaker raising a child. Other 223 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 2: people were out doing more exciting things, being celebrated, making 224 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:23,200 Speaker 2: us flash. If she wouldn't have been comfortable with who 225 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:28,679 Speaker 2: she was, accepting her assignment, secure in her gifts, she 226 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:32,959 Speaker 2: would have been out competing, trying to outperform others, thinking 227 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:36,199 Speaker 2: I'm falling behind, They're making me look bad. I'm just 228 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:40,559 Speaker 2: making a lunch. I don't have an important title. No 229 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 2: titles don't bring fulfillment. Keeping up with your neighbors doesn't 230 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 2: bring happiness. Trying to impress all your friends will make 231 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 2: your life miserable. But running your race, understanding your assignment, 232 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 2: being comfortable with who God made you to be, that's 233 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:01,439 Speaker 2: what brings true fulfillment. And we hear a lot about 234 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:04,559 Speaker 2: the little boy being willing to give the lunch, But 235 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 2: it all started when his mother took time to make 236 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 2: the lunch. She used her gift. That seems small, just 237 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:16,599 Speaker 2: making a lunch, But God took the lunch, multiplied it 238 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 2: fed thousands. We're still talking about it many years later. 239 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 2: Don't discount the gift God has given. You may seem 240 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 2: small just making a lunch for your children. You don't 241 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 2: know how God's going to use the child that you're 242 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 2: making the lunch for. You may be raising a president, 243 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 2: a world leader, a great scientist, an entrepreneur, a business leader, 244 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 2: a pastor. You may not touch the world directly, but 245 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 2: your child may change the world. Your assignment may be 246 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 2: to help your seed go further. Are you secure enough 247 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 2: to play the role that God's given you? Are you 248 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 2: comfortable enough to not have to be number one, to 249 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 2: be an the front, to have the title, the position, 250 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 2: to keep up with others. See, we put so much 251 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 2: emphasis on rising to the top and being the leader. 252 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 2: And yes, I believe in excelling and having big gifts 253 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 2: and big dreams. But I also know that everyone can't 254 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 2: be the leader. Everyone can't run the company, everyone can't 255 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 2: be on the platform. Somebody has to open the doors, 256 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 2: somebody has to play the music. Somebody has to show 257 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 2: people where to sit, where to park. And the beauty 258 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 2: of our God is He's given us all an assignment. 259 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:39,760 Speaker 2: Every one of us has a specific gift, a specific purpose. 260 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 2: Think about this, Who was more important the little boy 261 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 2: with the lunch or the mother that made the lunch. 262 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 2: Without the mother, we wouldn't be talking about the miracle. 263 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:53,840 Speaker 2: Who's more important me being up here in front of 264 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 2: all of you, or is the most important person really 265 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 2: the ones that opened the building. Without them, we couldn't 266 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 2: get in. Or is it the ones that turned on 267 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 2: the lights, the sound system, the cameras, or perhaps the 268 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 2: ones that paid the bills during the week, Or maybe 269 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 2: it's the ones that poured the foundation some forty years 270 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 2: ago and built the beautiful facility, or maybe it's the 271 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 2: ones that have supported the ministry down through the years. 272 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 2: Many of you, the answer is obviously they're all equally important. 273 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 2: Without one, the whole thing wouldn't function properly, be secure 274 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 2: enough to play your role. We look at who's in front, 275 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 2: who's getting the credit, the recognition, they're the leader. A 276 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 2: lot of times we look up to them, admire them. 277 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 2: That's where we want to be. But if that's not 278 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 2: where we're called to be, it's not where we're gifted, 279 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 2: if it's not a part of our assignment, then we're 280 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 2: going to be frustrated because it's not happening. If we 281 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 2: do get there, we'll be frustrated trying to keep ourselves there. 282 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:04,120 Speaker 2: If you promote yourself, manipulate your way into a position, 283 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 2: then you will have to constantly work to try to 284 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 2: stay in that position. But where God takes you, he'll 285 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 2: keep you. Where you force your way, you have to 286 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 2: keep yourself. It's much better to have the attitude. I 287 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 2: don't have to be ahead of my friend to feel 288 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 2: good about myself. I don't have to be on the 289 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,440 Speaker 2: main stage. I'm happy being in the background. I don't 290 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 2: have to be the little boy with the lunch. I'm 291 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,200 Speaker 2: happy to be the mom that made the lunch. I'm 292 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 2: happy to singing the choir. I'm happy to make my 293 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 2: company look good. When you're not competing, not comparing, not 294 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 2: trying to be something that you're not, life gets a 295 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:46,400 Speaker 2: lot more free, takes all the pressure off. And yes, 296 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:49,640 Speaker 2: I realize there are some positions that carry more weight 297 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:53,639 Speaker 2: and more importance. But in God's eyes, the usher is 298 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:56,440 Speaker 2: just as important as the pastor the people that clean 299 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:58,640 Speaker 2: the building, just as important as the people that own 300 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:03,440 Speaker 2: the building. Secretary's just as important as the supervisor. God 301 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 2: is not going to judge you based on your neighbor's 302 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:10,359 Speaker 2: gift or your brother's gift, or by how high you 303 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 2: rose in the company. He's going to judge you based 304 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:17,640 Speaker 2: on the assignment that he's given you. Did you run 305 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 2: your race, not did you outperform your neighbor. Were you 306 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:25,399 Speaker 2: more successful than your cousin. Did you get more credit, 307 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:29,440 Speaker 2: more recognition than your colleague. You're not competing with them, 308 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:33,200 Speaker 2: They're running a different race. God is going to say 309 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:36,119 Speaker 2: to Esther, did you have the courage to step up 310 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:40,160 Speaker 2: and save the nation like I gifted you to. He's 311 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 2: going to say to the little boy's mother, did you 312 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:45,640 Speaker 2: get up early and make the lunch like I gifted 313 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 2: you to? Two different assignments, two different giftings. God's not 314 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 2: going to compare. Oh, Esther, I'm prouder of you. You 315 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 2: did so much more. To the mother. All you did 316 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 2: would make lunch. Lady, you need to. 317 00:18:58,640 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 5: Get with it. 318 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:01,880 Speaker 2: No, it's all. It's all going to be depending did 319 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 2: you fulfill your assignment. I went to an indiecar race 320 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 2: not long ago, and the race cars are incredibly sleek. 321 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:15,360 Speaker 2: They're low to the ground, extremely aerodynamic. They've got these 322 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:18,880 Speaker 2: huge engines. They can travel two hundred miles an hour 323 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:21,960 Speaker 2: on a straightaway, take a curve at over one hundred 324 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:25,719 Speaker 2: miles an hour. But in spite of their strengths, they 325 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 2: have weaknesses. They only hold one person, the dash, the seats, 326 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 2: it's all metal, there's no luxury, no air conditioning. It's 327 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:40,399 Speaker 2: because it's designed for a specific purpose. Victoria and I 328 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 2: have an suv at home, a suburban. It's big, holds 329 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 2: eight people. We can put our bikes in the back, 330 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 2: all kinds of luggage. You sit up high like you're 331 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,879 Speaker 2: the king of the road. But if we took our 332 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,120 Speaker 2: suburban out to the indie track to race, those other 333 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:00,880 Speaker 2: cars wouldn't have a chance. If we took a curve 334 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:03,639 Speaker 2: one hundred miles an hour in our suv, we'd be 335 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:08,400 Speaker 2: hearing the angel scene. It couldn't handle it. Why it's 336 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:11,879 Speaker 2: competing in a race it was never designed to be in. 337 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 2: On the other hand, if we trade it in our 338 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,399 Speaker 2: suv for the race car, it looks so sleek and 339 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 2: so nice, we'd find out real quickly. Doesn't work on 340 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:24,159 Speaker 2: the city streets. It's too small. It's no place to 341 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 2: put luggage, groceries, it's bumpy, load to the ground. What 342 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 2: point is each car is designed for a specific race. 343 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 2: The suburban doesn't do any good on an indie track. 344 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 2: The race car doesn't do any good on the city streets. 345 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:41,880 Speaker 2: The key is to keep the car in the race 346 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 2: that it was designed for. In the same way, you 347 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 2: have to be big enough to accept I may not 348 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 2: be a race car. I may not be as fast 349 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:55,640 Speaker 2: as my coworker, or as smart as my sister, as 350 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 2: talented as my neighbor. But that's okay, And SUV is 351 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 2: just there's a place where I fit perfectly, where my gifts, 352 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 2: my talents, my skill, my personality will shine. Now every 353 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 2: once in a while you'll see an SUV out on 354 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:14,399 Speaker 2: the endie track thinking I'm not going to be happy 355 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 2: unless I am the fastest, unless I'm out in front, 356 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:19,680 Speaker 2: unless I'm getting all the credit. Will stay in your race. 357 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 2: There is nothing wrong with not being a race cars, 358 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,680 Speaker 2: nothing wrong with not being the fastest, the most beautiful, 359 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:32,639 Speaker 2: the most talented. Don't get distracted competing in a race 360 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 2: that you were never supposed to be in, trying to 361 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:40,359 Speaker 2: outperform your cousin. No, they're in a different race, Feeling 362 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:44,440 Speaker 2: less than because a friend is being more celebrated, frustrated 363 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:47,560 Speaker 2: because your neighbor is further along. Stay in your race, 364 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 2: Be comfortable with who you are. Let me make it 365 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 2: more practical. Ladies. You may have a friend that's a 366 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:59,159 Speaker 2: size four. She's naturally small thin. She doesn't have to 367 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 2: work out, she doesn't have to watch what she eats. 368 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:05,440 Speaker 2: That's just who she is. Maybe you're a size fourteen. 369 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 2: You could work out four times a day, not eat 370 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 2: for three years and not get down to a size four. 371 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 2: Now you better keep your suv off that indie track. 372 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:21,159 Speaker 2: Quit comparing yourself to her, quit competing with her. Just 373 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 2: run your race. Can I tell you there's nothing wrong 374 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 2: with being a size fourteen. You got to accept what 375 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:32,800 Speaker 2: God's given you, dress it up, paint it, put on 376 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 2: some new mufflers, and run your race. But a lot 377 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 2: of times, I don't know why I said that, But 378 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 2: a lot of times we think if I had their talent, 379 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,399 Speaker 2: if I had their looks, if I could do what 380 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 2: they're doing, then I'd be happy. Then I'd feel good 381 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:54,639 Speaker 2: about myself. Joel. Now they may be doing something that 382 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 2: seems more exciting, more appealing. But the truth is, if 383 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 2: you traded places, you wouldn't be happy. You wouldn't be fulfilled. 384 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 2: Because their gifts, their talents, their skills, their personality has 385 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:11,200 Speaker 2: been uniquely designed for their assignment. You could try to 386 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 2: do what they're doing, but the problem is the anointing 387 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 2: on your life is for your gifts, for what you're 388 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 2: called to do. If you'll learn to accept your gifts, 389 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:25,639 Speaker 2: not competing, comparing, wishing I will look different, wishing I 390 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 2: had different talents. No, just be the best that you 391 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 2: can be with what you have, and there will be 392 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:36,440 Speaker 2: a fulfillment, a satisfaction. God will open up doors. He 393 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:39,160 Speaker 2: will get you to where you're supposed to be. When 394 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:42,920 Speaker 2: you're comfortable with who you are walking in your anointing, 395 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:47,119 Speaker 2: it takes the pressure off. You enjoy life. But when 396 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:51,120 Speaker 2: you're always competing with a friend, trying to outperform a colleague, 397 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 2: trying to impress all your relatives, that is a frustrating 398 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:58,400 Speaker 2: way to live. You're competing with someone that's not even 399 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:01,800 Speaker 2: in your race. A few years ago, I was out running. 400 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 2: There was a man in front of me about a 401 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,440 Speaker 2: quarter of a mile, and I could tell he was 402 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:09,359 Speaker 2: running a little slower than me, so I decided to 403 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 2: try to catch him. I had about a mile to 404 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 2: go before I needed to turn off and head down 405 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 2: my path. I picked up the pace and I could 406 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:20,560 Speaker 2: tell every block I was gaining on him. In a 407 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 2: few minutes, I was only about one hundred yards behind him, 408 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 2: and I started really pushing it. You'd have thought I 409 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 2: was in that final lap of the Olympic Games. I 410 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 2: finally caught up to him, passed by him. Felt so 411 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:35,720 Speaker 2: good I beat him. Of course he didn't know we 412 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 2: were racing. But the funny thing is, when I got 413 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 2: my mind back on what I was doing, I realized 414 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 2: I had missed my turn. I was so focused on 415 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 2: trying to catch him. I went about six blocks further 416 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:53,760 Speaker 2: than I was supposed to, had to turn around come back. 417 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:58,119 Speaker 2: That's what happens when we're competing with someone, trying to 418 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 2: outperform them, dress than them, make sure we're more successful. 419 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 2: We end up competing in a race that we were 420 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:09,639 Speaker 2: never supposed to be in. It takes a lot of energy, 421 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:13,320 Speaker 2: physical and emotional to try to keep up with a coworker, 422 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:17,639 Speaker 2: dress better than a neighbor, be more successful than your cousin. No, 423 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 2: take the pressure off. It's very freeing to say I'm 424 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 2: okay with you being ahead of me, getting more recognition, 425 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 2: doing something more exciting. I'm not going to feel bad 426 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 2: about myself. If you have a bigger house, a batter car, 427 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:37,159 Speaker 2: more successful, you have what you need for your assignment. 428 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 2: I have what I need for my assignment. I don't 429 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 2: have to keep up with you. I'm not in the 430 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 2: same race. You're not really free until you know you're 431 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:50,960 Speaker 2: not competing with anyone else. This is one of the 432 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 2: reasons that King Saul lost the throne. He was happy 433 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 2: running his race. Life was good until he heard some 434 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 2: women saying Saul has killed thousands and David has killed 435 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 2: tens of thousands. From that moment on, he never looked 436 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,960 Speaker 2: at David the same way. What was his problem? He 437 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:15,879 Speaker 2: couldn't handle somebody getting ahead of him. He was fine 438 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:18,119 Speaker 2: as long as he was number one, but he couldn't 439 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:22,479 Speaker 2: handle being number two. He got distracted and spent months 440 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:26,480 Speaker 2: and months trying to kill David, all because he wasn't 441 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:28,159 Speaker 2: comfortable with who he was. 442 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:29,479 Speaker 4: Now. 443 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 2: Maybe, like Saul, you're a one thousand level person, but 444 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 2: you have a friend that's a ten thousand level person. 445 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,920 Speaker 2: The real test to see if God can promote you 446 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 2: is can you celebrate people that pass you by? Can 447 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:47,479 Speaker 2: you be happy for them and stay focused on your 448 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:50,479 Speaker 2: race or does it frustrate you? Think, Man, I got 449 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 2: to catch up with them. Now our attitude should be 450 00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 2: I may not be a ten thousand level person. God 451 00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,639 Speaker 2: may have made me to be a one thousand level person, 452 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 2: but I can promise you this. I'm going to be 453 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:05,880 Speaker 2: the best one thousand level person you've ever seen. I'm 454 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:08,480 Speaker 2: not gonna stop at nine point fifty nine eighty nine 455 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 2: ninety nine. I'm gonna become all God's created me to be. Friends. 456 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:17,680 Speaker 2: Your race is made up of one person. You don't 457 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:22,320 Speaker 2: get distracted competing against a neighbor, a friend, a coworker. 458 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 2: Just run your race. You have exactly what you need 459 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:31,720 Speaker 2: for your assignment. Learn to accept your gifts. There's nothing 460 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 2: wrong with not being the fastest, the most beautiful, the 461 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:39,399 Speaker 2: most talented. Here's a phrase I like. Don't compare yourself. 462 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 2: Celebrate yourself. Somebody else may have conquered ten thousand. You 463 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 2: conquered a thousand, but you know what, a thousand is 464 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 2: still good. Celebrate what you've accomplished. Very few people today 465 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:56,359 Speaker 2: can say I like myself. I'm happy with my gifts. 466 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,399 Speaker 2: I am satisfied with who God made me to be. 467 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 2: Remember you don't have to have a great gift for 468 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,399 Speaker 2: God to use it in a great way. May seem small, 469 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:09,000 Speaker 2: making a lunch, slinging a rock like David, But if 470 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 2: you'll use what you have, God will breathe on it 471 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 2: and do amazing things. If you'll learn this simple principle 472 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:19,120 Speaker 2: being comfortable with who you are. You'll not only enjoy 473 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,360 Speaker 2: your life more, but I believe and declare you will 474 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 2: rise higher. Your gifts and talents will come out to 475 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:28,639 Speaker 2: the full. You will become everything that God's created you 476 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:32,200 Speaker 2: to be in Jesus' name. If you receive it, can 477 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:36,160 Speaker 2: you say you been today? We never like to close 478 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 2: our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus 479 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker 2: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 480 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:48,680 Speaker 2: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 481 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:54,280 Speaker 2: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 482 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:56,640 Speaker 2: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 483 00:28:56,680 --> 00:29:00,240 Speaker 2: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, God 484 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:03,239 Speaker 2: first place. 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