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God bless you. 42 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 4: It is always a joy to come into your homes. 43 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 4: We love you, We know God has great things in store, 44 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 4: and if you're ever in our area, I hope you'll 45 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 4: stop by and be a part of one of our services. 46 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 4: We give you a personal invitation. I promise you'll We'll 47 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 4: make you feel right at home. These are the finest 48 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 4: people in all of Houston, right here at Lakewood, So 49 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 4: come out and see us. But thanks for tuning in today. 50 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 4: I like to get started each week with something funny. 51 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,359 Speaker 4: And I heard about this elderly man. He had had 52 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 4: a serious hearing problem for years and years, could hardly 53 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 4: hear anything. And one day he went to the doctor 54 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 4: and he was fitted with a new type hearing aid 55 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 4: to where he could hear one hundred percent. A month 56 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:38,519 Speaker 4: later he went back for a checka and the doctor said, man, 57 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:42,119 Speaker 4: your family must really be happy. Your hearing is perfect. 58 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 4: He said, no, I haven't told my family. I just 59 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 4: sit around and listen to the conversations, and I've changed 60 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 4: my will three times. All right, hold of your Bible. 61 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 4: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 62 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 4: I am what it says. I am have what it 63 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 4: says I have. I can do what it says I 64 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 4: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 65 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 4: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 66 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 4: I will never be the same in Jesus' name, God 67 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 68 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:24,119 Speaker 4: living a life worth remembering. So often we think I'll 69 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:28,239 Speaker 4: never do anything significant. I'm just a business person. I'm 70 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 4: just a school teacher. I'm just to stay at home mom. 71 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 4: But really that's the wrong mindset. You're not just anything. 72 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 4: You're a child of the most high God. You have 73 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 4: seeds of greatness on the inside. Somebody needs what you have. 74 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 4: Somebody needs your gifts and talents, somebody needs your love 75 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 4: and encouragement. You have something to offer that nobody else has. 76 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 4: And if you don't rise up and do your part, 77 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 4: this world will not be as bright a place as 78 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 4: it should be. You have to ask ourselves one hundred 79 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 4: years from now, will it have made a difference that 80 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 4: I lived. Did I get up every day and give 81 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 4: it my best, pursuing my dreams and goals. Did I 82 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 4: keep my heart of compassion open, helping others, giving, caring, 83 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 4: serving our attitude should be. I'm going to leave this 84 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 4: place better off than it was before. I'm going to 85 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:28,039 Speaker 4: make a difference with my life. If we're going to 86 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:32,279 Speaker 4: live a life worth remembering, we cannot make little plans. 87 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 4: Don't make little goals, little dreams. Have a big vision 88 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 4: for your life. It all starts right here. You'll never 89 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 4: rise above the image you have of yourself. You have 90 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:48,280 Speaker 4: to make room in your thinking for the life you want. 91 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 4: It has to be conceived on the inside before you'll 92 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 4: ever receive it on the outside. And God is constantly 93 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 4: trying to plant new seeds in our heart, constantly trying 94 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 4: to get us to enlarge our vision, to know who 95 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 4: we really are, to know what we can accomplish. And 96 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 4: God said there in Isaiah forty three nineteen, behold, I 97 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 4: am doing a new thing. Can you not perceive it? 98 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 4: The reason some people never reached their full potential is 99 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 4: because they don't have a vision for it. They're limited 100 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 4: in their thinking. So like this man I heard about. 101 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 4: He was out fishing one day and he noticed another 102 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:33,119 Speaker 4: man across the bank fishing as well. And he saw 103 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 4: that every time this other man caught a big fish, 104 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 4: he would throw it back, but every time he caught 105 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 4: a small fish, he would keep it. This went on 106 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:44,839 Speaker 4: all day long, and the more he watched, the more 107 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 4: curious he became. Finally he got his nerve up and 108 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:50,039 Speaker 4: went over to him and said, Sir, I just don't 109 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 4: understand it. Why do you throw back the big fish 110 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 4: but you keep the small fish? The man said, Oh, 111 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 4: it's simple. All I have is a ten inch frying pan. 112 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 4: That's the way some people are today. Instead of getting 113 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:09,840 Speaker 4: a bigger frying pan, instead of changing their thinking and 114 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 4: making room for the great things God has in store, 115 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:16,039 Speaker 4: they just throw it back, so to speak. Oh that's 116 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 4: too big for me, Joel, I could never be that successful. 117 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,839 Speaker 4: I could never handle that responsibility. I could never have 118 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 4: that kind of impact. What's the problem. Our frying pan 119 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:30,600 Speaker 4: is too small. We gotta get rid of our limited thinking. 120 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 4: Make up your mind with me. I'm gonna leave my 121 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 4: mark on this generation. I'm not gonna just make a living. 122 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 4: I'm gonna make a difference. I'm gonna impact other people's lives. 123 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 4: I'm gonna be a giver and not a taker. I'm 124 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 4: gonna leave this place better off than it was before. 125 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 4: We have to realize we draw in what we constantly 126 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 4: think about. If we go around thinking that I'll never 127 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 4: do anything significant, I've reached my limits gone as far 128 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 4: as my education allows, I'll probably never get out of that. 129 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:05,040 Speaker 4: Joey come from the wrong family, not that talented No, 130 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,599 Speaker 4: you've got to change your thinking. You've got to know 131 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 4: who you really are. A child of the Most High God. 132 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 4: You have all kinds of potential on the inside. You 133 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 4: can accomplish things that you've never dreamed of, but you've 134 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 4: got to get a vision for it. You got to 135 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 4: know deep down in here the favor of God is 136 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 4: surrounding you like a shield. You are full of can 137 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 4: do power. You have wisdom, strength and ability. When opportunities 138 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 4: come across your path. You feel the dreams and the 139 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 4: desires rising up. Don't shrink back think I can't do that, 140 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 4: that's too big for me. No, dare to take that 141 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 4: step of faith. Dare to believe. After all, if you 142 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 4: can do it in your own strength, you don't really 143 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 4: need God. That doesn't really take faith. But if you'll 144 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 4: get out of your comfort zone and stretch to the 145 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 4: next level, that's when you'll see God show up and 146 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 4: do great things in your life. We've all heard the saying, 147 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 4: you're not everyone, but you are one. You can't do everything, 148 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 4: but you can do something. I'm asking you to make 149 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 4: a difference with your life. In the Book of Judges, 150 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 4: there's a lady by the name of Deborah She was 151 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 4: living in a city that was filled with violence and 152 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 4: all kinds of wrongdoing. It had gotten so bad you 153 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 4: couldn't even travel on the main roads. People were constantly 154 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 4: being harassed and attacked. But one day Deborah decided that 155 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 4: she was going to make a difference. She had a 156 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 4: big vision here. She was a woman. Back in those days, 157 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 4: women didn't have the leadership roles like they have today. 158 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 4: Deborah wasn't wealthy, she didn't have anybody backing her up. 159 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 4: She didn't have a special police force. All she had 160 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:51,199 Speaker 4: was a desire to make a difference. The scripture says 161 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:55,319 Speaker 4: the highways were unoccupied. The city was starting to shut 162 00:08:55,400 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 4: down until Deborah, a mother in Israel around think about it, 163 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 4: a mother, There were certainly more powerful people there, people 164 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 4: with more influence, more expertise. But this mother decided she 165 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:13,719 Speaker 4: was gonna make a difference. Her attitude was God, an 166 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 4: I are a majority, and I'm not gonna just sit 167 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 4: back and watch things go downhill. I'm gonna do what 168 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 4: I can and trust God to do what I can. 169 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:27,720 Speaker 4: When she rose up, her action triggered other people to 170 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 4: get behind her. That's what happens many times. Your actions 171 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 4: will stir people out of complacency. If you'll dare do 172 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:38,959 Speaker 4: what's in your heart, other people will get behind you 173 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:41,679 Speaker 4: and help you to make a difference. But we can't 174 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 4: have the attitude. Well, I'd love to help, but I'm 175 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 4: just a mother, Joel, I'm just a student. I'm just 176 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:50,560 Speaker 4: a young person. I just graduated from college. Know, you 177 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 4: have the most powerful force in the universe on the 178 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 4: inside of you. You can make a difference. And what 179 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 4: I love about Deborah was she was a catalyst for change. 180 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 4: She saw a need and met it. She didn't let 181 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 4: it overwhelm her. If she'd have had that ten inch 182 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 4: frying pan she had thought too bad, can't do anything 183 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 4: about it. No, she rose up and made a difference. 184 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 4: We need to have that same attitude. I may only 185 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 4: be one, but I can be a catalyst for change. 186 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 4: I'm gonna live a life worth remembering. A friend of 187 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 4: mine is a medical doctor. He specializes in internal medicine, and 188 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:29,559 Speaker 4: he's got a very successful practice here in town. And 189 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:32,440 Speaker 4: he's always had a desire to help the less fortunate. 190 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 4: But he could have easily thought there are so many needs, 191 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 4: what can I do. I'm just one person. I don't 192 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 4: have a big organization like Deborah, I don't have anybody 193 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 4: backing me up. No, He realized that feeling down in 194 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 4: here was something God put on the inside. One of 195 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:53,200 Speaker 4: the ways God leads us is by the desires of 196 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 4: our heart. When you have a desire to do good, 197 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 4: a desire to see change, or a cop towards someone 198 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 4: or some cause, that's God leading you. That's an indication 199 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 4: of what you should do. So about ten years ago, 200 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 4: this medical doctor, instead of just thinking about it, he 201 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 4: started taking his vacations and traveling overseas to third world countries. 202 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:20,559 Speaker 4: He would work in the clinics help treat the sick. 203 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:25,680 Speaker 4: He got his medical suppliers here in town to donate supplies. 204 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:28,080 Speaker 4: All it took was a phone call. They were glad 205 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 4: to do it. He had ended up taking two or 206 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 4: three suitcases full of medicine with him every year. His 207 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 4: outreach overseas grew. It got to wear these medical companies. 208 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 4: They weren't just giving him two or three suitcases full 209 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 4: of medicines. They were giving him big crates. He couldn't 210 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 4: carry it anymore. He had to ship it over time, 211 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 4: other doctors and other organizations got wind of what he 212 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 4: was doing. They joined forces with him. It continued to grow. 213 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 4: Last year because of his efforts, thirteen million children in 214 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 4: Africa received a pill to keep them from getting a 215 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 4: deadly parasite. One doctor, just an average ordinary person in 216 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 4: the natural touched thirteen million lives. He told how there 217 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 4: are three hundred million children right now that need this pill. 218 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:21,440 Speaker 4: This year, they expect to treat forty million of those children. 219 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 4: He said, Joel, We're not going to stop until every 220 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:27,680 Speaker 4: one of those children get the treatment they needed. Just 221 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 4: one doctor. What happened. He rose up and said, I 222 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 4: can make a difference. When his time here on this 223 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 4: earth is done, he will have lived a life worth remembering. 224 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 4: I'm asking you to do the same thing. Be a 225 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 4: catalyst for change in your family, in your neighborhood, at 226 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 4: your school, at your office. Don't just think, ah, there 227 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 4: are so many needs. My family's always been this way, 228 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,440 Speaker 4: My school is so negative. They'll never change. No, you 229 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 4: can make a difference. God has you where you are 230 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 4: on purpose. You can touch people that nobody else can. 231 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 4: Pay attention to what you're feeling down in here, and 232 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 4: then take the limits off of God. Quit telling God 233 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 4: what you can't do, and let God tell you what 234 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 4: you can do. God will never ask you to give 235 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 4: what you don't have. When He puts a dream in 236 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 4: your heart, he will always equip you with everything you 237 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,680 Speaker 4: need to accomplish it. And if you'll just dare take 238 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 4: that step of faith, you'll see how God has already 239 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:31,079 Speaker 4: made crooked places straight. He'll open up doors that you 240 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 4: never thought would open. He'll cause people to go out 241 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 4: of their way to be good to you. And even 242 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 4: when it looks impossible, even when you don't see a way, 243 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:44,320 Speaker 4: God will supernaturally make a way. You have everything you 244 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 4: need to make a difference. The seed of Almighty God 245 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:51,960 Speaker 4: is on the inside. Sometimes we think, oh, only the 246 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 4: powerful ones will make a difference, Only the strong, the talented, 247 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 4: the good looking. After all, they come from the right family, Joel, 248 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 4: they have the right name. I don't have what they have. Yes, 249 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 4: that may be true, But the good news is you 250 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:10,599 Speaker 4: have what you need. You are anointed, you are equipped, 251 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 4: You are empowered to do what God's called you to do. 252 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 4: You may not touch thirteen million children, but you can 253 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 4: influence a dozen office workers. You can impact one young 254 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 4: man that doesn't have a positive role model. You don't know. 255 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 4: You may touch one person and that person will touch 256 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 4: many many others. I know my father, he wasn't raised 257 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 4: in church. He grew up during the Great Depression. His 258 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 4: family they were good people, they just didn't know anything 259 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 4: about God. He didn't have any kind of spiritual upbringing. 260 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 4: And as a teenager there was a young man by 261 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 4: the name of Sam Martin. Sam would get to school 262 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 4: early every morning and write scriptures on the blackboard, and 263 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 4: my father and a lot of the other students would 264 00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 4: make fun of him. They thought he was kind of 265 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 4: far out. That didn't bother Sam. Week after week, he 266 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 4: kept showing up early, writing no scriptures, doing what he 267 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 4: felt like he was supposed to do, making a difference. Well, 268 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 4: one day, at the age of seventeen, my father was 269 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 4: walking home from a nightclub at two o'clock in the morning. 270 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 4: All of a sudden, he began to think about God 271 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 4: and eternity. The seed was planted by Sam. He went 272 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 4: and found him and said, Sam, what's wrong with me? 273 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 4: Why do I feel this way? The next day Sam 274 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 4: took my dad to church. The end of the service, 275 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 4: the minister asked people to come forward to receive Christ. 276 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 4: My father wouldn't go. He's too scared. Sam leaned over 277 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 4: and said, John, if you'll go, I'll go with you. 278 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 4: That was the day that forever changed my family line. 279 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 4: Because of Sam Martin, we got out from under the curse. 280 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 4: Today we're living under the blessing. What's interesting to me 281 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 4: is Sam became a minister like my father, but he 282 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 4: never had the size of ministry my dad did. Sam 283 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 4: never had a big church, he never had a big following. 284 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 4: Yet think of the impact he made by simply touching 285 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 4: my father. He'll get a reward for every person my 286 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 4: dad helped, every person I'm able to help. Fifty years later, 287 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 4: Sam wrote a book. On the cover was a picture 288 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 4: of he and my father at the age of seventeen. 289 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 4: His title was I Touched one and he touched millions. 290 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 4: And you never know. You never know who you're touching 291 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 4: when you sew into that one person at the office, 292 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 4: that one young man that's discouraged. You can't do everything, 293 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 4: but I'm asking you to do something, make a difference 294 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 4: wherever you go. The true joy in living is in 295 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 4: helping others. Now, I want you to feel your sense 296 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 4: of destiny. You can accomplish things that nobody else can. 297 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 4: You may be teaching students but you don't know one 298 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 4: of those students may impact nations. You'll call may be 299 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 4: to raise a child. You're a stay at home mom. 300 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:07,120 Speaker 4: You don't know that child may influence millions. We don't 301 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:10,679 Speaker 4: read much in the scripture about Pharaoh's daughter, just the 302 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 4: fact that she went out and found a little baby 303 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 4: floating down the Nile River. She was kind and caring, 304 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:20,879 Speaker 4: took him in. It was Moses. Little did she realize 305 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:24,479 Speaker 4: he would become one of the heroes of faith. I 306 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 4: believe she'll get a reward for impacting his life. When 307 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:31,200 Speaker 4: you sew into those around you, you're making a difference. 308 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 4: You're living a life worth remembering. There's a young man 309 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 4: that attends our church, and he was in an accident 310 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 4: many years ago and wasn't supposed to survive. Miraculously he 311 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,439 Speaker 4: made it, but he lost his ability to drive. He 312 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 4: can't see very well, and he had to relearn his 313 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 4: motor skills and some of his speech. And when we 314 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 4: moved the church from our other location to this place, 315 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 4: he couldn't take the bus anymore. For some reason. It 316 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:00,159 Speaker 4: didn't run from that place to our new place. But 317 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 4: I love the fact that he didn't just give up 318 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:05,679 Speaker 4: and say, too bad for me. He went down week 319 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 4: after week to the public transportation meetings and he told 320 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:13,919 Speaker 4: them that they needed to run the buses on Sunday 321 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 4: morning so he could get to Lakewood. He was passionate 322 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:23,640 Speaker 4: about it. Here in the natural. He didn't have money, power, influence. 323 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 4: All he had was a desire to make a difference. 324 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 4: They told him again and again, I'm sorry, sir, but 325 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 4: there's just not enough demand to run the buses on 326 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 4: Sunday morning. He wouldn't take no for an answer. He 327 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:39,400 Speaker 4: went out and got a petition, went door to door, 328 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 4: had people sign it, took it back to the board, 329 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:46,120 Speaker 4: they voted on it. Long story short, Today the buses 330 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:50,120 Speaker 4: run on Sunday morning, all because one young man decided 331 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:54,160 Speaker 4: to make a difference. See, he knew the secret. When 332 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 4: God puts something in your heart, he always gives you 333 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:00,880 Speaker 4: what you need to accomplish it. He'll give you the favor, 334 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:03,480 Speaker 4: he'll give you the words to speak, He'll give you 335 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 4: the strength. It may not happen overnight. You may have 336 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:10,640 Speaker 4: some obstacles. The critics and naysayers will probably come out 337 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 4: of the woodwork, But don't let that keep you from 338 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:16,639 Speaker 4: pressing forward. When somebody tells you, no, You've got to 339 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 4: do like he did, and go back and ask again. 340 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 4: I found the favor of God will cause people to 341 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:26,640 Speaker 4: change their mind. God's favor on your life will cause 342 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:29,560 Speaker 4: people to wanna be good to you. It'll cause you 343 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 4: to be at the right place at the right time. 344 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 4: You may only be one, but you and God are 345 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 4: a majority. Today, thousands of people have transportation on Sunday 346 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 4: mornings because of one young man. He's making a difference. 347 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:47,360 Speaker 4: He's living a life worth remembering. And in the natural, 348 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 4: he just a plain, old, ordinary person like you and I. 349 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 4: But remember, God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things. 350 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 4: Why don't you make up your mind. You're not gonna 351 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 4: live an average life. You're not gonna sit back and 352 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 4: be complacent. When down and here you feel passion towards something. 353 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:10,399 Speaker 4: Recognize that's God leading you to make a difference. A 354 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 4: lot of times we think, well, what's my two cents 355 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 4: gonna count? He could have thought, this is the fourth 356 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 4: largest city in America. They're not gonna change the bus 357 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 4: route for me. I'm just one person. Yes, you may 358 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:25,440 Speaker 4: only be one, but with God's favor, with his anointing, 359 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:28,439 Speaker 4: with his strength, with his wisdom, with his power, you 360 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:32,240 Speaker 4: can do great things. If God before you, who dare 361 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:36,640 Speaker 4: even be against you? I remember when when we were 362 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 4: trying to acquire our new facility here, the former Compact Center. 363 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 4: We needed ten votes from the city council members to win. 364 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 4: The night before we only had nine. Looked like we 365 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:51,639 Speaker 4: were gonna lose, But at the last moment, a young 366 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:55,360 Speaker 4: Jewish council member changed his mind and he voted for us. 367 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:58,359 Speaker 4: It was his vote that gave us the victory. I 368 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 4: was talking to him later and I asked, what was 369 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 4: it that caused you to change your mind? After all, 370 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 4: he'd been against us for nearly two years. He said, Joel, 371 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 4: although you were very persuasive, thousands of your members called 372 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 4: my office, it wasn't any of that. He told how 373 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 4: there was this elderly Jewish lady that he had known 374 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:21,439 Speaker 4: since he was a little boy. He hadn't talked to 375 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:24,639 Speaker 4: her in years and years, but the night before the 376 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 4: main vote, out of the blue, she called him and 377 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:32,399 Speaker 4: told him, in no uncertain terms, he was to vote 378 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:36,239 Speaker 4: for Lakewood. He said, it was that phone call that 379 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,879 Speaker 4: changed my mind. And what's interesting to me is I 380 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 4: don't know that lady I've never met her, never talked 381 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 4: to her. She may not even realize it, but it 382 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 4: was her three minute phone call that caused us to 383 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 4: have this facility. She made a difference. She was only one, 384 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:55,920 Speaker 4: but it just so happened. She was the right one. 385 00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:58,359 Speaker 4: She was the one God annoying it. She was the 386 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 4: one that touched his heart. Sometimes we think, well, I'm 387 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 4: not the most qualified, Joel, I'm not the most talented 388 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 4: one for this job. I'm not the most eloquent speaker. 389 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:12,160 Speaker 4: That all may be true, but none of that matters 390 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,880 Speaker 4: when you're the right one. None of that matters. When 391 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:18,200 Speaker 4: God's annoyted you to do it. You can do more 392 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 4: with one touch of God's favor than you can do 393 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 4: in your whole lifetime in your own efforts. What I'm 394 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 4: saying is, when you have a desire down in here, 395 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 4: know that God's annoyed you to do it, He's going 396 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 4: to give you the favor. He'll cause people to hear 397 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 4: the right things. You've been empowered to accomplish your dreams. 398 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 4: Most of the time, it's not ability, it's availability. Are 399 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 4: we willing? Will we dare get out of our comfort 400 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 4: zones and stretch to the next level, you have to 401 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 4: realize God has matched you with your world. In other words, 402 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:56,119 Speaker 4: He's given you everything you need to fulfill your destiny. 403 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 4: You may not feel like sometimes you're able to do it. 404 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:02,439 Speaker 4: That's okay. You have to get beyond your feelings and 405 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:05,240 Speaker 4: know right down in here I have the seed of 406 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:09,520 Speaker 4: Almighty God. God will never ask you to give something. 407 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 4: He'll never put a dream in your heart without first 408 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 4: equipping you with everything you need on the inside to 409 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:20,040 Speaker 4: accomplish it. So even if you don't feel like you 410 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:23,399 Speaker 4: have the wisdom, the talent, the ability, you've got to 411 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:27,200 Speaker 4: just remind yourself, no, God has matched me with my world. 412 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 4: He's already put in me what I need. I heard 413 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:34,159 Speaker 4: this minister illustrating this point before the service. He handed 414 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 4: a man a twenty dollars bill and he asked him 415 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 4: to secretly put it in his wife's bible to make 416 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:41,760 Speaker 4: sure she didn't see him doing it. It was a 417 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:45,400 Speaker 4: small church, everybody knew each other. During the sermon, he 418 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 4: asked the lady to stand up. He said, ma'am, do 419 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:51,120 Speaker 4: you trust me? She said yes, I do. He said, 420 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 4: will you do what I ask you to do? She 421 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 4: said yes, I will. He said, well, please open your 422 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:59,400 Speaker 4: bible and hand me a twenty dollars bill. She kind 423 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 4: of crings and, oh, I'm so sorry I don't have 424 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,439 Speaker 4: a twenty dollar bill. He said, ma'am, do you trust me? 425 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 4: She said, yes, I do. He said, will you do 426 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:09,160 Speaker 4: what I ask you to do? Yes? I will. Then, 427 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 4: please open your bible and hand me a twenty dollar bill. 428 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 4: She opened it up, and much to her surprise, there 429 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 4: was the twenty dollar bill. She couldn't believe it. She said, 430 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:21,720 Speaker 4: how did it get there? He smiled and said, I 431 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 4: put it in there. And in the same way, God 432 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:28,719 Speaker 4: will never ask you for something without first putting it 433 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:31,199 Speaker 4: in you. If you have a desire, if you have 434 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 4: a dream, you may not feel like you're able to 435 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 4: do it. You may not feel like you have the strength, 436 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 4: the wisdom, the talent. But if you'll dare take that 437 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 4: step of faith anyway, you'll discover things in you that 438 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:47,879 Speaker 4: you never knew you had. This is where many people 439 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 4: miss it. This is why many people are in mediocrity. 440 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 4: They talk themselves out of it. Think about even Moses, 441 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:57,720 Speaker 4: when God told him to go stand before Feah and 442 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 4: tell him to let my people. Got first thing Moses 443 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,200 Speaker 4: said was God, I can't do that. I stutter. I'm 444 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,960 Speaker 4: not a good speaker. I love the way God answered 445 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 4: him back. He said, Moses, who made your tongue? Who 446 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:14,120 Speaker 4: made your voice? God was saying, in effect, Moses, I've 447 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 4: already put it in you, Just do it. God told 448 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 4: Gideon he was gonna deliver the people of Israel. God 449 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,360 Speaker 4: called him a mighty man of valor. Gideon said, no, 450 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 4: not me, God, I'm the least one in my family. 451 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 4: Everybody's more talented than I am. Noticed he had a 452 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:34,720 Speaker 4: ten inch frying pan. He needed to go down to Walmart. 453 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 4: He needed to enlarge his vision. Don't let the size 454 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,879 Speaker 4: of your dream intimidate you. Don't let the fact that 455 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 4: there are naysayers in your path keep you from pressing forward. 456 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:50,639 Speaker 4: I love what the apostle Paul said. People were trying 457 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:52,920 Speaker 4: to talk him out of his dreams and telling him 458 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 4: what he couldn't do. He said in Romans, what if 459 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:59,920 Speaker 4: they don't believe? Will their unbelief make the promise of 460 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 4: God of no effect in my life? What he was 461 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 4: saying in my Texas translation was so what if they 462 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:11,160 Speaker 4: don't believe? The promise is not in them? The promise 463 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 4: is in me, and that's the attitude we need to have, respectfully, 464 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:18,920 Speaker 4: But so what if they don't think I can do it? 465 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 4: So what if they're trying to pull me down? So 466 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 4: what if they're criticizing. I'm not gonna let their sour 467 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,720 Speaker 4: attitude cause me to give up on my dreams. I'm 468 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,920 Speaker 4: not gonna let their unbelief keep me from leaving my mark. 469 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:34,360 Speaker 4: In other words, just because they have a ten inch 470 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:36,640 Speaker 4: frying pan doesn't mean I have to have a ten 471 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 4: inch frying pan. Anytime you go to do something great 472 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 4: in life, anytime you step out of your comfort zone, 473 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:48,119 Speaker 4: it stirs up the jealousy in small minded people. You 474 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 4: have to accept the fact not everybody's gonna cheer your 475 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:55,640 Speaker 4: own Not everybody's gonna be excited about your dreams. Sometimes 476 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 4: you just have to encourage yourself when people are criticizing. 477 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,719 Speaker 4: Don't sink down to their level. Be an eagle and 478 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,720 Speaker 4: rise above it. I read where the first time Billy 479 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 4: Graham ever went over to England some fifty years ago, 480 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:12,360 Speaker 4: the press was so negative. They said, we don't need 481 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 4: your religion, we don't need another minister. One reporter said 482 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 4: to him, how can you even justify coming over here 483 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:23,119 Speaker 4: on a big ocean liner. Seeing that Jesus wrote a 484 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 4: donkey everywhere he went, Billy Graham said, if you'll find 485 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,399 Speaker 4: me a donkey that can walk on water, I'll be 486 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:35,120 Speaker 4: the first one to buy it. Don't change for your critics. 487 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:39,359 Speaker 4: Stay true to who you are. Mother Teresa said, people 488 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 4: will criticize you for doing good, but do good anyway. 489 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:46,399 Speaker 4: Make a difference in your world. Live a life worth remembering. 490 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:50,679 Speaker 4: The prophet Jewel said, wake up the mighty men. I 491 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 4: believe I'm looking at the mighty men and women of 492 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 4: God today. You are full of strength, full of wisdom, 493 00:27:56,880 --> 00:28:00,640 Speaker 4: full of can do power. There is no thing in 494 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:05,320 Speaker 4: your destiny, nothing in your future that you cannot accomplish. 495 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:07,960 Speaker 4: Why don't you take the limits off of God? Get 496 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 4: rid of the words I can't, I'm not able to. 497 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,920 Speaker 4: That's too big for me. No God has matched you 498 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:17,439 Speaker 4: with your world. He's already put in you everything you 499 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:20,359 Speaker 4: need and everything you're going to need. To make a 500 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 4: difference to leave your mark, but it starts right here. 501 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,000 Speaker 4: Get rid of a ten inch frying pain. When you 502 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:28,440 Speaker 4: have a dream down in your heart, dare to take 503 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:31,439 Speaker 4: a step of faith. You may only be one, but 504 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 4: remember you and God are a majority. And if you'll 505 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 4: have a big vision for your life and not just 506 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 4: live for yourself, but live to make a difference in others. 507 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:42,960 Speaker 4: When you do that, God will take your places that 508 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 4: you've never even dreamed of. He'll promote you, he'll increase you, 509 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:48,760 Speaker 4: and when it's all said and done, you will have 510 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:52,160 Speaker 4: lived a life well worth remembering. Amen. Do you receive 511 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 4: it today? And we never like to close our broadcast 512 00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:59,080 Speaker 4: without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 513 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:02,680 Speaker 4: of your life. Would you pray with me, just say, Lord, Jesus, 514 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 4: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 515 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:11,680 Speaker 4: make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 516 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,440 Speaker 4: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 517 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 4: into good church, keep God first place. 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