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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 4: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 35 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 36 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a. 37 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 4: Friend, reappreciate you and pray for God's very best in 38 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 4: your life. Well, God bless you. It's a joy to 39 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 4: come into your homes. And if you're ever in our area, 40 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 4: please stop buying. Be a part of one of our services. 41 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 42 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 4: I like to start with something fun and heard about 43 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 4: this mother. She had two young boys that were known 44 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:09,079 Speaker 4: for their mischievous behavior. Anytime trouble occurred. They were certain 45 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 4: to be a part. She decided to take them to 46 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 4: see their pastor. One at a time. Pastor said to 47 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 4: the first young boy son, where is God? He sat 48 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 4: there silently. He asked again, where is God? Still no reply. 49 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 4: Third time he asked. The boy bolted out the door, 50 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 4: ran home and said to his brother, God is missing. 51 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 4: And they think we did it. Say it like you 52 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 4: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 53 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 4: says I am. I have what it says I have. 54 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 4: I can do what it says I can do. Today 55 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 4: I will be taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess. 56 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,239 Speaker 4: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 57 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 4: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 58 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about no more distractions. 59 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 4: The older we get, the more we realize we're not 60 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 4: going to be here forever. Life is flying by. Seems 61 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 4: like just the other day I was in high school. 62 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 4: Now that I'm thirty five, I think, where has this 63 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 4: time gone? I'm kidd y'all, I'm thirty nine. But when 64 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 4: you realize how fast time is going, it should bring 65 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:26,919 Speaker 4: a sense of urgency, a sense of focus. Your assignment 66 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 4: has an expiration date. Your time on this earth is 67 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 4: not unlimited. And when Jesus was about to be crucified, 68 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 4: the scripture says he set his face toward Jerusalem because 69 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 4: his hour had come. No more going to the desert 70 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 4: feeding the five thousand, no more waiting for the woman 71 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 4: at the well, no more stopping by Zachiah's house for dinner. 72 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 4: Those things were fine for a season, but now he 73 00:03:55,520 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 4: didn't have time for distractions. His hour had come. God 74 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 4: is saying to you, your hour has come. If you're 75 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 4: going to reach your highest potential, you have to do 76 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 4: like Jesus and set your face. You can't be distracted 77 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 4: by things that are keeping you from your purpose. You 78 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:19,160 Speaker 4: don't have time to waste worried about what people think 79 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 4: about you. Your time is too valuable to respond to 80 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 4: every critic, every negative comment. Try to convince people that 81 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:32,840 Speaker 4: you really are. Okay, those are distractions. Everyone is not 82 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 4: going to like you, everyone's not going to accept you. 83 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 4: Quit trying to convince someone to understand you that's determined 84 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 4: to misunderstand you. Some people don't want to be for you, 85 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:50,279 Speaker 4: and that's okay. You don't need them to fulfill your destiny. 86 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 4: But the enemy would love for us to spend time 87 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 4: and energy trying to win someone over that's never going 88 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 4: to be one over. You have to set your face. 89 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 4: The people that need to be for you will be 90 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:08,720 Speaker 4: for you. God has already lined up the right people, 91 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 4: people that will celebrate you, people that will cheer you on, 92 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 4: people that stick with you through thick and thin. But 93 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:19,160 Speaker 4: too often we're trying to convince people to be our 94 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:22,599 Speaker 4: friend and convince them to spend time with us. But 95 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 4: if someone doesn't see the gift that you are, if 96 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 4: they don't recognize your talents, value your friendship, do yourself 97 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 4: a favor and move on no offense. But they are 98 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 4: not a part of your destiny. You don't have to 99 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 4: play up to people, let them manipulate you. Hope that 100 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:45,840 Speaker 4: they call, maybe they'll include you in their group. Though. 101 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 4: The people God has for you don't have to be 102 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 4: talked in to liken you. You won't be able to 103 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,919 Speaker 4: keep them away. They'll light up when you walk in 104 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 4: the room. They can't wait to spend time with you. 105 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 4: They'll go out of their way to do you face Now, 106 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 4: don't waste another minute trying to convince someone to like you. 107 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:08,599 Speaker 4: To call you to come see you. If you have 108 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 4: to talk them into it. They are not for you. 109 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 4: They are a distraction. Well, Joel, these people at work 110 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 4: are saying negative things about me. They're trying to make 111 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:22,039 Speaker 4: me look bad. It's not your job to straighten them out. 112 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 4: Let God fight your battles. Let God be your vindicator. 113 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:32,119 Speaker 4: You're not supposed to engage in every conflict. Don't fight 114 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 4: battles that are not between you and your destiny. Most 115 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 4: of the things that come against us are simply distractions. 116 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 4: You have to keep your face set. Takes discipline to 117 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 4: say I am not going to respond, not going to 118 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 4: waste my valuable time. I have a destiny to fulfill. 119 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 4: My hour has come. Proverb says avoiding a fight is 120 00:06:56,480 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 4: a mark of honor. It's easy to get in conflict 121 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 4: upset offended, want to pay people back. That doesn't take 122 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 4: any discipline. Avoiding a fight, not taking de bait, not 123 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 4: being drawn into conflict. That takes your face being set. 124 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 4: The next time something comes against you, ask yourself, is 125 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 4: this a battle worth fighting? Or is it simply a distraction? 126 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 4: That person that cuts you off in traffic is it 127 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 4: worth getting upset over when you're never going to see 128 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 4: them again. That coworker that leaves you out doesn't give 129 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 4: you credit. Do you think they can stop your destiny, 130 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 4: that somehow they're more powerful than what God has ordained 131 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 4: for you. They're distractions. The only way they can hinder 132 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 4: you is if you get baited into conflict. Best thing 133 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 4: you could do, ignore it, don't give it the time 134 00:07:55,240 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 4: of day. When David heard Goliath taunting the Israelites, he 135 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 4: asked what the reward was for killing the giant. He 136 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 4: didn't just run out and fight him because he was 137 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 4: saying negative things. Sure David didn't like that, but he 138 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 4: understood this principle. He didn't get involved in battles that 139 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 4: weren't between him and his destiny. They told him whoever 140 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 4: killed the Giant would get the king's daughter as his wife, 141 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 4: and their family would be exempt from taxes. With that 142 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 4: one victory, David's whole family line would change. They would 143 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 4: go from a low income family of shepherds to royalty. 144 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 4: They would be in the king's family. David thought, this 145 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 4: is a battle worth engaging, This is worth spending my 146 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 4: time and energy. Now I'm not saying to be passive 147 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 4: and don't fight any battles. I'm saying to look at 148 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:58,439 Speaker 4: what the spoils are. Will it just feed your ego 149 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 4: you paid them back, you made them look bad, or 150 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 4: will it propel you into your destiny. We fight too 151 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 4: many battles that don't matter. They're talking about me. I'm 152 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:13,439 Speaker 4: gonna go straighten them out. After you straighten them out, 153 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:17,359 Speaker 4: someone else will start talking. Here's what I've learned. Nobody 154 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 4: talks about people that aren't doing anything. Nobody tries to 155 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 4: discredit someone that doesn't have any influence. The reason they're 156 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 4: talking about you is because you're a difference maker. You're 157 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 4: a world changer. They can see the gifts, the influence, 158 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:38,439 Speaker 4: the fever on your life. The brighter the light, the 159 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 4: more the heat, the higher God takes you, the more 160 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 4: people are going to see you. Sometimes, instead of celebrating you, 161 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:50,719 Speaker 4: people will get jealous, try to pull you down, get 162 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 4: you into conflict. Don't take de bait. It's a distraction. 163 00:09:55,720 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 4: Keep your face set, stay focused on your purpose. Before 164 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 4: David faced Goliath, his father asked him to take lunch 165 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 4: to his brothers that were in another city on the battlefield. 166 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:11,839 Speaker 4: David arrived and gave the lunch to his oldest brother. 167 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 4: He was jealous of David. He said, in front of everyone, 168 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:19,320 Speaker 4: what are you doing here, David? What did you do 169 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 4: with those few sheep you're supposed to be taken care of? 170 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 4: Instead of thanking David for traveling several days, he insulted him, 171 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 4: tried to belittle him. Now, David had killed a lion 172 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 4: and a bear with his own hands. He was young, 173 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:38,440 Speaker 4: but he was not a weakling. I have no doubt 174 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 4: he could have taken care of his brother. But David thought, 175 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 4: what are the spoils? What good is it going to 176 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 4: do me? If I embarrassed my brother in front of 177 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:52,679 Speaker 4: his peers like he did me, He realized all that 178 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 4: would do was feed his ego. There was no reward. 179 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 4: The scripture says David turned and walked away. He ignored it. 180 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 4: One reason we're talking about him is he knew which 181 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 4: battles to fight. He didn't engage in every conflict. Paul 182 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 4: said in Romans, as far as you can live at 183 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:19,560 Speaker 4: peace with everyone, it doesn't say that you're always going 184 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 4: to have peace with every person. Some people don't want 185 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 4: to have peace with you. David's brother didn't want peace. 186 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 4: He was jealous. He was small minded. He wanted to 187 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 4: stir things up. David had to accept that his brother 188 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 4: was not going to be at peace with him. Well, Joel, 189 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 4: shouldn't I go the extra mile? Shouldn't I be the 190 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 4: bigger person? Yes? But if you do all that and 191 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 4: they still don't want peace, you need to move on. 192 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 4: You have a destiny to fulfill. Your assignment is waiting 193 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:57,320 Speaker 4: on you. You can't worry about people that don't want to 194 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 4: have peace with you. And I'm all for being nice, 195 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 4: but at some point you have to put your foot 196 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 4: down and say you may have a problem with me, 197 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 4: no disrespect, but I don't have time to have a 198 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 4: problem with you. I don't have time to play petty 199 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 4: games to try to convince you that I'm okay. Life 200 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:20,559 Speaker 4: is too short to try to have peace with people 201 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 4: that don't want to have peace with you. And some 202 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:26,080 Speaker 4: of your relatives, you love them, but you have to 203 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 4: love them from a distance. Don't frustrate yourself trying to 204 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 4: make things happen that they don't want to happen. And 205 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 4: that's not being disrespectful, that's being responsible with the gifts 206 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 4: God has given you. My nature is to be a peacemaker. 207 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 4: I want everybody to be happy. I'll go the extra 208 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 4: mile four hundred times to make peace. But some people 209 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 4: have their own issues. They don't get along with themselves. 210 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:56,679 Speaker 4: How are they going to get along with you? They 211 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 4: don't like who they are, how are they going to 212 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 4: like who you are? No matter what you do is 213 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 4: not going to be enough. They're going to find fault. 214 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 4: Be critical. Try to make you feel guilty if you 215 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 4: keep trying to appease them, keep bending over backwards, spending 216 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 4: all your time and energy. All that's doing is letting 217 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:23,199 Speaker 4: them control you. Be nice, but don't get distracted trying 218 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 4: to have peace with someone that doesn't want peace. We 219 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 4: all have people in our life, like David's brother, they 220 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 4: don't like seeing you happy, rising higher, going places. It's 221 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 4: not about you, it's about the favor on your life. 222 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 4: It's about the blessing God put on you. Don't take 223 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 4: it personally. Keep your face set. You want fulfill your destiny. 224 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:52,080 Speaker 4: If you're trying to keep everyone happy. And some people 225 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 4: that make the most withdrawals put in the least deposits. 226 00:13:56,840 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 4: They're high maintenance people. They expect you to all always 227 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 4: be there to help them, to encourage them to meet 228 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:08,559 Speaker 4: their every demand. But when you need something, they're never around. 229 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:13,040 Speaker 4: They're too busy. If that friendship is one sided, they're 230 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,400 Speaker 4: doing all the taking and none of the giving. You 231 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 4: need to make a change. I've heard it said, quit 232 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 4: swimming across an ocean to be good to someone. That 233 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 4: won't jump across a puddle to be good to you. 234 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 4: And if they get offended because you don't meet every expectation, 235 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 4: they weren't a true friend. They just want you for 236 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 4: what you can do for them. Those are distractions you 237 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 4: need to gradually break away from people like that. You 238 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 4: were not created to be controlled, to never have any 239 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 4: time to pursue what God put in your heart. Well, Joel, 240 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 4: what if they get upset? What if I hurt their feelings? 241 00:14:56,320 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 4: I would rather disappoint a few people than to disappoint God, 242 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:03,800 Speaker 4: because when you come to the end of life, you 243 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 4: won't give an account to people of what you did 244 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 4: with your time, your talents, your resources. You'll give an 245 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 4: account to God. Romans thirteen says owe no person anything 246 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 4: except to love them. The only thing you really owe 247 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 4: people is to love them. But if you think you 248 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 4: have to keep everyone happy, and I got to keep 249 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 4: this one cheered up, and I got to call this 250 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 4: one every day or they'll get upset. I got to 251 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:33,920 Speaker 4: play up to my coworker or they won't be my friend. 252 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 4: You are carrying a debt that you don't owe. Don't 253 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 4: go through life trying to please everyone. If you try 254 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 4: to keep every person happy, the one person that won't 255 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 4: be happy is you come out from under that debt. 256 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 4: Be nice, go the extra mile, but don't be a 257 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 4: people pleaser. This was hard for me because I want 258 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,080 Speaker 4: people to like me. I'll go out of my way 259 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 4: do everything I can, but some people, no matter what 260 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 4: you do, it's not going to be enough. It's very 261 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 4: free when you realize you are not responsible to keep 262 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 4: other people happy. You're responsible for your own happiness. Now, 263 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 4: I don't mean to live selfish and only think about you, 264 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:24,560 Speaker 4: but don't take that false sense of responsibility thinking that 265 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 4: other people's happiness depends on you. There was this couple 266 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 4: I knew years ago. I went out of my way 267 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 4: to be good to them. They moved to another city 268 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 4: and I helped them move. I gave them money, I 269 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:42,479 Speaker 4: would call and check on them if they needed anything. 270 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 4: I was always available, But the feeling I got from 271 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 4: them is I was never doing enough. They were never satisfied. 272 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 4: They always had a complaint. Here. I was going overboard 273 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 4: to be kind and generous, but they were constantly finding fault, 274 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:02,560 Speaker 4: trying to make me feel guilty. I was concerned that 275 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:04,439 Speaker 4: they would get upset and they weren't going to be 276 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 4: my friend. One day I realized what I'm telling you. 277 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 4: They were only making withdraws, never any deposits. I was nice, 278 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:18,359 Speaker 4: but I quit letting them control me. When I stopped, 279 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:21,880 Speaker 4: you would have thought I'd taken their firstborn child. They 280 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:25,160 Speaker 4: tried to make me feel so guilty, so ashamed, But 281 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:28,680 Speaker 4: my attitude was I love you, but I don't owe you. 282 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 4: If someone is controlling you, it's not their fault, it's yours. 283 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 4: You have to put your foot down, make a change. 284 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 4: This is your hour. You cannot reach your destiny dragging 285 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:46,639 Speaker 4: people along, trying to keep everyone happy. And I know 286 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:50,639 Speaker 4: people that spend more time worried about what other people 287 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 4: think about them than they do pursuing their own dreams 288 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:58,119 Speaker 4: and goals. And it's great to get free from addictions, 289 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:02,119 Speaker 4: free from depression, but one of the greatest freedoms is 290 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:06,359 Speaker 4: to get free from people. Because everyone has an opinion 291 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 4: these days, with social media, it's easier to express than ever. 292 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 4: People will tell you what to wear and how to 293 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:19,719 Speaker 4: raise your kids, and what you're doing wrong and what 294 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:22,360 Speaker 4: to drive. They're quick to tell you how to run 295 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 4: your life. Sometimes they can't even run their own life. 296 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,160 Speaker 4: And it's good to take advice, it's good to listen 297 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:33,440 Speaker 4: to wise counsel. But nobody can hear what you hear 298 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:37,840 Speaker 4: on the inside. Other people may mean well, but they 299 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:41,200 Speaker 4: don't know what God put in you. They don't know 300 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 4: the gifts, the dreams, the calling. You have to have 301 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 4: a boldness to follow what God's put in your heart. 302 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 4: You can't worry about what everybody else thinks, Joe. What 303 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:56,120 Speaker 4: if they get upset, What if they don't agree. If 304 00:18:56,160 --> 00:19:00,360 Speaker 4: someone gets offended because you're not taking their advice, that's 305 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:04,360 Speaker 4: not your problem. If you live by the opinion of others, 306 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:08,399 Speaker 4: you will never become who you were created to be 307 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,159 Speaker 4: because people will try to keep you in their box, 308 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:14,719 Speaker 4: in who they want you to be. There was this grandfather. 309 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 4: He and his small grandson were taking a trip into town. 310 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,680 Speaker 4: He started off, letting the grandson ride the donkey he 311 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:26,919 Speaker 4: was walking alongside. Someone passed by and said, look at 312 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:30,879 Speaker 4: that selfish little boy making that old man walk. He 313 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:33,200 Speaker 4: took the boy off and put him on the ground. 314 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:36,360 Speaker 4: He got on the donkey. The boy was walking alongside. 315 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 4: Somebody passed by and said, look at that man making 316 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 4: that little boy walk while he rides. He picked the 317 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:45,680 Speaker 4: boy up and put him on the donkey with him. 318 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 4: A few minutes someone passed and said, how cruel of 319 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:52,040 Speaker 4: the two of you to place that heavy load on 320 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 4: the donkey. By that time they got to town, the 321 00:19:55,359 --> 00:20:01,439 Speaker 4: grandfather and grandson were carrying the donkey. Everybody has a 322 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 4: right to have their opinion, and you have the right 323 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:08,680 Speaker 4: not to take it. No matter what you do, someone 324 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 4: is not going to understand. Are you carrying the donkey? 325 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 4: Are you being pressured into doing what people want you 326 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:21,639 Speaker 4: to do? Not want to disappoint anything. It's time to 327 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:25,640 Speaker 4: put the donkey down. The donkey doesn't look good on you. 328 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:29,400 Speaker 4: Start running your own race, Start following what God put 329 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 4: in your heart. My father went to be with the 330 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:35,919 Speaker 4: Lord twenty one years ago. This week, when I stepped 331 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:38,439 Speaker 4: up to pastor the church, I had a lot of 332 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 4: people giving me advice, telling me how to run the church, 333 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 4: how to minister, which direction we should go. One minister 334 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 4: that we've known a long time, and it's very prominent. 335 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:52,120 Speaker 4: He called me and told me what I should do. 336 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 4: He's a good man. I respect him, but nothing he 337 00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 4: said bore witness. On the inside, I felt pressured to 338 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 4: be who he wanted me to be, and pressured to 339 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,880 Speaker 4: be who someone else wanted me to be. All these 340 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 4: good opinions from good people, But deep down I knew 341 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 4: which direction I was supposed to go. I didn't know 342 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:16,879 Speaker 4: if it was going to work out, but I wasn't 343 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 4: going to be squeezed into somebody else's mold. 344 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:20,399 Speaker 3: Now. 345 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:22,919 Speaker 4: I told that minister that's not what I felt on 346 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,359 Speaker 4: the inside, and he didn't agree. He thought I was 347 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 4: making a mistake. But I knew when I came to 348 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 4: the end, he wouldn't be on the throne. I wouldn't 349 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:35,360 Speaker 4: have to answer to him. I followed what God put 350 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:38,159 Speaker 4: in my heart, and God has taken me further than 351 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:44,399 Speaker 4: I've ever dreamed. Don't let people squeeze you into their mold. 352 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 4: God is doing a new thing. He is going to 353 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:52,159 Speaker 4: take you further than your parents, further than those that 354 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 4: have gone before. You. Listen to their advice, but be 355 00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:00,639 Speaker 4: strong to follow that still small voice on the inside. 356 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:04,680 Speaker 4: Nobody can hear God's direction for your life like you. 357 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 4: God won't give someone else more insight into your destiny 358 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:13,440 Speaker 4: than he does you. Sure some people may see things, 359 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 4: but God speaks directly to your spirit. Some people won't 360 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,919 Speaker 4: understand you. They'll get upset when you break out of 361 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 4: the box. Someone told me Joel, I like the old days. 362 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 4: You've forgotten where we've come from. I thought, I haven't forgotten. 363 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 4: I just didn't want to stay there. God is a 364 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 4: progressive God. Don't get stuck in the past. Don't get 365 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:42,159 Speaker 4: stuck in tradition. What are they going to think? What 366 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 4: if they don't accept me? What if they don't approve me? 367 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:49,120 Speaker 4: You don't need their approval. The most time, God has 368 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 4: approved you. The creator of the universe has already accepted you. 369 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 4: Now you have to set your face. This is your hour. 370 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:02,919 Speaker 4: There is greatness in you. God is calling you out 371 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 4: of the ordinary, out of what you're used to. He 372 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 4: has things in your future that are going to break barriers. 373 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 4: You're going to go where no one in your family 374 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:17,719 Speaker 4: has gone. It's going to be unusual, out of the ordinary. Sure, 375 00:23:18,119 --> 00:23:21,359 Speaker 4: there will be people that find fault, try to discredit 376 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 4: think that you're missing it. That's okay. Nobody has ever 377 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 4: done anything great without opposition, without critics, without people thinking 378 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:34,399 Speaker 4: they were missing it. Keep your face set. My father 379 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:37,880 Speaker 4: had always said that he would never move Lakewood from 380 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:42,119 Speaker 4: the original location. When I became pastor, I wasn't about 381 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:44,800 Speaker 4: to move it either. I was new and young, and 382 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 4: I wasn't going to rock the boat. We needed a 383 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 4: bigger place to meet, and we look for land in 384 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:55,359 Speaker 4: that area, but nothing worked out. Then the Compact Center 385 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:59,040 Speaker 4: this place became available. It's about twenty minutes from the 386 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:03,159 Speaker 4: original location. I knew it was supposed to be ours. 387 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,879 Speaker 4: I felt it so strongly in my spirit, but I 388 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:10,359 Speaker 4: didn't know what other people would think. They had heard 389 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 4: my father say for many years that he would never 390 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 4: move the location. Thoughts whispered, Joey, this is not right. 391 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:21,159 Speaker 4: They're not going to understand. You better stay in your box. 392 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 4: I felt something so strongly in my spirit, but my 393 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,600 Speaker 4: mind was telling me just the opposite. One day I 394 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:32,440 Speaker 4: heard something down in hearsay. Your father said he would 395 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 4: never move it, but I never said you wouldn't move it. 396 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:40,920 Speaker 4: That's all I needed to hear. I announced that we 397 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:44,879 Speaker 4: were going to pursue the Compact center. Ninety nine point 398 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 4: ninety nine percent of the people were for it. But 399 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,199 Speaker 4: there will always be that one jerk. I mean that 400 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:55,120 Speaker 4: one person. This man came up all being out of shape. Joe, 401 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 4: your dad said he wouldn't move it. This is a mistake. 402 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:02,639 Speaker 4: If you move it, I'm not going to come. I 403 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:08,800 Speaker 4: wanted to say, you promise. Some people will not accept 404 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:12,639 Speaker 4: the new thing God puts in your heart. They're stuck 405 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 4: in what was while God is telling you what he is. 406 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 4: It's much bigger, it's new levels, it's greater influence, it's 407 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:26,120 Speaker 4: uncommon favor, it's something that you've never seen. Don't let 408 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 4: the fear of what people are going to think keep 409 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 4: you in your box. This is one reason King Saul 410 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:36,440 Speaker 4: lost the throne. God told him to do certain things. 411 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 4: He did them partially. When Samuel confronted him, Saul admitted, 412 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 4: I disobeyed the Lord's instructions because I was afraid of 413 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 4: the people, so I did what they ask God had 414 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:53,240 Speaker 4: greatness in Saul. He was going to take him amazing places. 415 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:56,879 Speaker 4: But Saul didn't want to disappoint the people. He didn't 416 00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:00,160 Speaker 4: want to rock the boat. You can't be a people 417 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 4: and reach your potential. Because people will try to squeeze 418 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 4: you into who they want you to be. You may 419 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:10,400 Speaker 4: have to disappoint a few people in order to reach 420 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:16,359 Speaker 4: your destiny. Genesis twelve, God told Abraham to leave his country, 421 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:20,159 Speaker 4: his relatives, and his father's house and go to the 422 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 4: land of Canaan. Abraham gathered up his belongings, got his 423 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:27,120 Speaker 4: flocks and herds, and he left. But he took his 424 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:31,520 Speaker 4: nephew Lot with him. God just told him to leave 425 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:35,560 Speaker 4: his relatives. I don't know. Maybe he thought Lot will 426 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 4: get his feelings hurt. He may be offended. He knew 427 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:42,120 Speaker 4: the right thing to do, but he was afraid someone 428 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 4: wouldn't understand. When they arrived, the land wouldn't sustain both 429 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 4: he and Lot, all their flocks and herds. Their shepherds 430 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 4: started arguing. There was strife and division, all because Lot 431 00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 4: wasn't supposed to be there in the first place. Finally, 432 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:03,639 Speaker 4: Lot move to a different part of the country. The 433 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:08,480 Speaker 4: scripture says after Lot left, God said to Abraham, look 434 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 4: around all the lands you see, I will give it 435 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:16,760 Speaker 4: to you. It's interesting that God didn't speak until after 436 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 4: Lot left, when Abraham finally did what he knew he 437 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 4: was supposed to do. When Lot moved away, That's when 438 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:28,959 Speaker 4: Abraham stepped in to the fullness of the blessing. Do 439 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 4: you have some lots in your life? Are you letting 440 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,679 Speaker 4: the fear of what people think keep you from hearing 441 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:38,800 Speaker 4: the new thing God has for you? What if we 442 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 4: move the church? What if they get upset? What if 443 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:44,720 Speaker 4: people don't understand? Why don't you get rid of the lots. 444 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 4: Quit being afraid of the people. Quit letting them squeeze 445 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 4: you into their mold. Don't get stuck in tradition. God 446 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 4: has blessings you've never seen, increase that you've never imagined. 447 00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 4: I'm asking you to get rid of any distractions. No 448 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:05,480 Speaker 4: more living to please people, no more worried about what 449 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 4: others think, no more fighting battles that don't matter. This 450 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 4: is your hour, This is your time. Make up your mind. 451 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,520 Speaker 4: You're going to set your faith. You're going to become 452 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 4: who God created you to be. If you'll do this, 453 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:23,679 Speaker 4: I believe and declare, like with Abraham, you're about to 454 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:30,600 Speaker 4: see unprecedented favor. New doors are about to open, divine connections, breakthroughs, 455 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:35,199 Speaker 4: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name, and if 456 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:38,960 Speaker 4: you receive it, can you say it? Men? Today, I'd 457 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,880 Speaker 4: like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 458 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 4: Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 459 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 4: I repent of my sins, Come into my heart. I'll 460 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 4: make you by Lord and Savior. If you prayed that 461 00:28:56,680 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 4: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. A good 462 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 4: Bible based church. Keep God at first place. Thanks so 463 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 4: much for listening to today's message. 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