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Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 28 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 4: Welcome to the Joe Loustine Podcast. Help us continue to 29 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 4: share the message of hope with those all over the world. 30 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 4: Visit Joeloustin dot com slash give Hope to give a 31 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 4: gift today. 32 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 5: God bless you and it's a joy to come into 33 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 5: your homes and if you're ever in our area, please 34 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,199 Speaker 5: stop buy be a part of one of our services. 35 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 5: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 36 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 5: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 37 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 5: about this husband and wife. They'd been arguing for a 38 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 5: long time about who should make the coffee in the morning. 39 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 5: The husband thought it was the wife's job, but she 40 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 5: just didn't agree. After several heated debates, she finally told him, 41 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 5: I can prove it to you from the Bible that 42 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 5: it's the man's job to make the coffee. He said, 43 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 5: what Are you talking about nothing in the Bible about 44 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 5: the man making the coffee? She said, sure, there is. 45 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 5: She opened her Bible and pointed to the Book of Hebrews. 46 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 5: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 47 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 5: I am what it says. 48 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 2: I am. 49 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 50 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 51 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess my mind 52 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 53 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 54 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about the power of the soil. 55 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,799 Speaker 5: You can have a good seed that's healthy and strong, 56 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 5: it's full of potential, but if it's not planted in 57 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 5: good so it's not going to become what it was 58 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 5: created to be. The problem is not with the seed. 59 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:11,079 Speaker 5: A scientist could study the seed run test. They would 60 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 5: find that is full of life. If it's an apple seed, 61 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:16,919 Speaker 5: it has apples in it. If it's a rose bush, 62 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 5: it has blossoms in it. But if it's planted in 63 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 5: soil that's full of rocks, weeds, and thorns, it may 64 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 5: grow some, but it's not going to produce what it should. 65 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 5: It may survive, but it's not going to be healthy. 66 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 5: It's the same principle in life. You're a seed. You 67 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 5: are full of gifts, talents, potential. But if you plant 68 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 5: yourself in unhealthy soil, if you hang around friends that 69 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 5: compromise and pull you down, if you're in an environment 70 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 5: that's limited with people that tell you what you can't become, 71 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 5: you won't see the growth that you should not because 72 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 5: there's something wrong with your seed. You're made in the 73 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 5: image of God. The problem is with the soil. The rocks, 74 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 5: the thorns, the weeds are choking the life out of 75 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 5: your seed. Jesus told a parable about a man that 76 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 5: sowed seed on good ground and it produced a great 77 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:21,679 Speaker 5: harvest many crops. Another sowed seed on rocky ground, didn't 78 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 5: produce too much. Another sowd it on ground where the 79 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 5: weeds and the thorns kept the seed from growing. All 80 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 5: the same seed. What made the difference was the soil. 81 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 5: The thorns are things like friends that keep causing you 82 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 5: to compromise. The weeds are those co workers that sit 83 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 5: around in gossip all day. The rocks are those family 84 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 5: members that tell you how you can't break that addiction. 85 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 5: If you hang around negative people. They're choking out your seed. 86 00:04:55,960 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 5: Those friends you're tempted to party with, they may be fond, popular, 87 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,280 Speaker 5: but what you can't see is there a weed. They're 88 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 5: keeping you from flourishing. The environment you put yourself in 89 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 5: is extremely important. No matter how good the seed is, 90 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 5: it's dependent on having good soil. You have to be 91 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 5: selective with whom you give your time, energy, and attention. 92 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 5: Because people are contagious, You're going to catch what they have. 93 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:32,600 Speaker 5: If your friends are prejudiced, you're going to become prejudice. 94 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 5: If your friends have limited thinking, they don't have any goals, 95 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:41,920 Speaker 5: no motivation, That narrow minded mentality is going to rub 96 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:46,039 Speaker 5: off on you. You're going to become like the people you 97 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 5: continually associate with. Don't hang around people that don't have 98 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 5: anything you want. If they're not making you better, if 99 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 5: they're not inspiring you causing you to grow, then you 100 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 5: need to make some changes. You need to pull up 101 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 5: those weeds. Quit hanging around thorny friends. People that bring 102 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 5: out the worst in you, talk you out of your dreams, 103 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:14,840 Speaker 5: cause you to compromise. Their negativity is contaminating your soil. 104 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 5: Your destiny is too great to waste it. With people 105 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 5: that are not adding value to your life. Well, Joel, 106 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 5: what if I hurt their feelings? What if you miss 107 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 5: your destiny? What if they choke out your seeds? What 108 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,559 Speaker 5: if they keep you from blossoming. I've heard it said 109 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 5: it's not enough to just focus on self development. You 110 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 5: have to focus on soil development, on what's around you, 111 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,600 Speaker 5: on what's influencing you, on what you're spending time and 112 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 5: attention with. Are you putting your seed in good soil 113 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 5: or is it being contaminated by what you watch, by 114 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 5: what you think about, by who you're spending time with. 115 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,600 Speaker 5: What's your unwilling to walk away from is where you'll 116 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 5: stop growing. If you know a person is pulling you down, 117 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 5: but you won't make a change, then you'll get stuck 118 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 5: where you are. Your seed can't grow in bad soil. 119 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 5: If you don't get rid of the wrong people, you'll 120 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 5: never meet the right people. Here's the key. God will 121 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 5: never ask us to give something up without giving us 122 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 5: more back in return. And sure you may go through 123 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 5: a season of being lonely, but what will happen is 124 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 5: God will give you new friends, better friends, people that 125 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 5: push you up instead of pulling you down. In the scripture, 126 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 5: God told Abraham to leave his country, leave his relatives, 127 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 5: and go to a new land. Abraham left. He headed out, 128 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 5: but he took his nephew Lot with him. He was 129 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 5: only supposed to take his immediate family. Before long, Abraham 130 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 5: and Lot had a disagreement. There was strife and art 131 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 5: arguing between their herdsmen. Then Lote moved to a different 132 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 5: place and God in trouble. Abraham felt responsible, so he 133 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 5: had to go rescue him. He spent all this time 134 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 5: and energy involved in a problem that he should have 135 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 5: never had if he would have left Lot in the 136 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 5: first place. Some of the challenges we face are because 137 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 5: we didn't leave who God told us to leave. What's 138 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 5: interesting is the name Lot means veil or covering. When 139 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:36,560 Speaker 5: you leave Lot, when you leave what you know you're 140 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 5: supposed to leave, the veil will come off. You will 141 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 5: see things you've never seen, new friendships, new opportunities, new talents, 142 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 5: new levels. Are you holding on to what God asked 143 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 5: you to let go of? Someone something that's pulling you down, 144 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 5: keeping you from your best Your seed can't flourish in 145 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:02,719 Speaker 5: a negative environment. That's keeping you from growing. And when 146 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 5: I say leave, I don't mean you have to go 147 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:09,199 Speaker 5: make a big announcement. Hey, you're contaminating me. I'm done 148 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 5: with you. I simply mean, little by little, start spending 149 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 5: less and less time within. If you have a bunch 150 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 5: of weeds, it's choking out your dreams, your vision, your character. 151 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:26,200 Speaker 5: At the office, that person you eat lunch with that's 152 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:30,679 Speaker 5: always complaining about the boss, jealous of coworkers, mad at 153 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 5: their spouse. I say this respectfully. They're a weed. They 154 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:39,840 Speaker 5: are contaminating your soil. They're keeping you from flourishing. And yes, 155 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 5: they're made in the image of God. They can change, 156 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 5: but until they do, you shouldn't let them pollute you. 157 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 5: I'm nice to everyone, but I don't spend my time 158 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 5: with everyone. I'm selective about who I allow in my life. 159 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 5: I don't spend time with negative, critical, jealous, small minded. 160 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 5: Can't do it, bitter people. I value what God has 161 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 5: given me too much to put my seed in bad soil. 162 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 5: We have a responsibility. God has given you a gift. 163 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 5: He could have created anyone to be alive at this 164 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 5: day and time, but he chose you. Your seed is 165 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 5: full of potential. Your seed has greatness in it. Your 166 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 5: seed can set a new standard for your family. Your 167 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:36,320 Speaker 5: seed can break generational curses. What God has given you 168 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 5: is extremely valuable. Now do your part. Keep your seed 169 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 5: in good soil. I have a row of bushes around 170 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 5: my house, and for years they've been healthy and green, 171 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 5: just as lush as can be. But several months ago 172 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 5: we noticed a few of them, all next to each other, 173 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 5: started to look like something was wrong. They were a 174 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:01,720 Speaker 5: little shriveled up, not as green as they should be. 175 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 5: A couple of weeks later, they were all dead, about 176 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 5: fifteen feet out of a long row of bushes. The 177 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 5: landscaper came out. First thing he said was let me 178 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 5: check the soil. He ran some test and found that 179 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 5: the soil in that area had become contaminated. We had 180 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:21,679 Speaker 5: to dig it out and replace it. Now the new 181 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 5: plants are just as healthy as the others. Sometimes we 182 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:29,080 Speaker 5: wonder why we feel kind of like we're shriveled and 183 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 5: we're not growing. God, why aren't you doing anything? Check 184 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 5: your soil? Has it become contaminated? Who you're spending time with, 185 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 5: What are you giving your attention to? You can't watch 186 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 5: the news all day and live a positive, faith filled life. 187 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 5: After about twenty minutes, you'll be depressed. Pay attention to 188 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:53,680 Speaker 5: your environment. What are you taking in all day? A 189 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 5: man told me how he drove an hour each way 190 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:01,599 Speaker 5: to work for twenty years listening to talk radio. It 191 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 5: was a political station where they're debating politics, people arguing, 192 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 5: being disrespectful, and he would get so wrought up, so mad. 193 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 5: By the time he got to work, he was sour. 194 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 5: Nobody wanted to be around him. He didn't even like himself. 195 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:21,679 Speaker 5: He had turned into a bitter, angry man. One day 196 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:25,079 Speaker 5: he was flipping through the channels and came across our 197 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:29,960 Speaker 5: serious exem station. He heard me speaking and couldn't turn 198 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 5: it off. That was over a year ago. He said, Joel, 199 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 5: I'm a different person. I'm happy, I'm friendly. People even 200 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:42,760 Speaker 5: asked me, what happened to you? What was the problem 201 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 5: all those years his soil, that negativity was choking out 202 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 5: his joy, his faith, his victory. We have enough negative 203 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:56,560 Speaker 5: things in life that we have no control over. Be 204 00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 5: selective about what you do have control over. Driving to work, 205 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 5: put on something uplifting music that inspires you. Listen to 206 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 5: a message that builds your faith. Keep your seed in 207 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 5: good soil at home. Don't leave the television on all day, chatter, 208 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,480 Speaker 5: noise in the background. That's your soil. This is the 209 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:23,679 Speaker 5: reason some people aren't growing. They're talented, they have potential, 210 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 5: but their soil has become contaminated. You have to protect 211 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 5: your seed. I know a professional football player that was 212 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:34,840 Speaker 5: diagnosed with cancer. It only been in the league a 213 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:38,439 Speaker 5: couple years. His dream came true. Then he was hit 214 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 5: with this diagnosis. He didn't fall apart, he didn't get bitter. 215 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 5: He still lives at home. He told his mother that 216 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 5: he didn't want anyone using the word cancer in his house. 217 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 5: He didn't want that word down in his spirit. He 218 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 5: knew if he was in a depressed environment, I feel 219 00:13:57,679 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 5: sorry for me, you may not make it at he 220 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 5: wouldn't get well. His attitude was I am healed, I 221 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 5: am whole. I will play football again. I will fulfill 222 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 5: my destiny. God is bigger than what I'm facing. What 223 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 5: was he doing creating an environment of victory. He was 224 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 5: keeping his seed in good soil. Two years later he 225 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 5: was back in the league. When you face difficulties more 226 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:29,000 Speaker 5: than ever, you need to keep your mind filled with 227 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 5: thoughts of faith. You need to surround yourself with people 228 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 5: that speak hope and life. People that will agree with 229 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 5: what you're believing for you can't afford to have people 230 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 5: that are negative discouraged, telling you how you may not 231 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 5: make it. And I don't know. My grandmother died of 232 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 5: that same thing. Do yourself a favor. Stay away from 233 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 5: people like that. Don't let them pollute your soil. One time, 234 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 5: Jesus went to pray for a little girl that had died, 235 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 5: and when you arrived at the house, everyone would weeping 236 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 5: and so upset. He told them that she wasn't dead, 237 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 5: she was just asleep. They begin to laugh and make fun. 238 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 5: Jesus asked them all to leave the room. Only one 239 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 5: that stayed were Peter, James and John. He spoke to 240 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 5: the little girl and she was healed. Why did Jesus 241 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 5: make them leave? He could have healed her in front 242 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 5: of everyone. He's God. He was showing us the importance 243 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 5: of having the right environment. People, if you allow them, 244 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 5: can talk you out of your dreams. Their doubt and 245 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 5: negativity can rub off on you. You have to set 246 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 5: some boundaries. I love you, but I'm not going to 247 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 5: let you poison me. I have a destiny to fulfilled. 248 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 5: I'm going to love you from outside the room. This 249 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 5: is what happened with the Israelites. Moses sent twelve men 250 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 5: to spy out the promised land. Ten came back and said, Moses, 251 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 5: we don't have a chance. There are giants in the land. 252 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 5: Compared to them, we felt like grasshoppers. The other two spies, 253 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 5: Joshua and Caleb, had a different report. They said, Moses, 254 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 5: we are well able. Let us go in at once 255 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 5: and take this land. But the negative report from the 256 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 5: majority from the ten spies begin to spread throughout the 257 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 5: whole camp. Before long, all two million Israelites were discouraged, complaining, saying, Moses, 258 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 5: let's go back to Egypt. Let's just go back to 259 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 5: being slaves. God had promised them the victory. But they 260 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 5: never did make it in because their soil was contaminated. 261 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 5: That sea couldn't grow in that negative environment. The people 262 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 5: you surround yourself with are extremely important. Don't hang around, 263 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:55,000 Speaker 5: can't do it people not able to people. Yes, I 264 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 5: know God promised you, but I don't see how you 265 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,800 Speaker 5: can get well, how you can meet the right person, 266 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:04,439 Speaker 5: how you'll break that addiction. Stay away from people like that, 267 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 5: Find Joshua, find Caleb. Not people that will throw water 268 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 5: on your flame. But people that will fan your flame, 269 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,920 Speaker 5: people that will join their faith with yours and say, hey, 270 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:21,119 Speaker 5: if you believe, count me in, I'm going to believe 271 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 5: with you. When Henry Ford had a dream to make 272 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 5: a car with an engine, he started developing it, but 273 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:32,439 Speaker 5: everyone told him it wouldn't work, that it wasn't a 274 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 5: good idea. He was about to stop when Thomas Edison 275 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 5: came to see him. They had never met. They introduced 276 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:43,320 Speaker 5: mister Ford as the man trying to build a car 277 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:47,359 Speaker 5: that would run on gasoline. Edison's eyes got big. He 278 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 5: hit his fist on the table and said, you've got it. 279 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 5: A car that has its own power plant. That's a 280 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 5: brilliant idea. Henry Ford would tell how that conversation and 281 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:03,200 Speaker 5: that friendship is what kept him going. None of us 282 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 5: would be driving Afford if he had not found that 283 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:11,719 Speaker 5: good soil. The critics, the naysayers are a dime a dozen. 284 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 5: Ten of the twelve spies were negative. That's about average. 285 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 5: Eighty percent will tell you what you can't do. You 286 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:23,639 Speaker 5: have to find the twenty percent that will tell you 287 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 5: what you can do. The majority, most of the time, 288 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 5: won't see what you see. They won't encourage you. You 289 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 5: have to find the minority. And I believe that one 290 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 5: reason I'm seeing God's favor is because I've been in 291 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:42,160 Speaker 5: good soil, and a lot of it I can't take 292 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 5: credit for was in anything I did. It was simply 293 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 5: the goodness of God. I was raised by parents that 294 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:53,119 Speaker 5: always told me what I could become in a loving, 295 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:57,880 Speaker 5: faith filled environment. I saw my father believe for big things, 296 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 5: break barriers that he was raised with. He came out 297 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 5: of poverty and he lived with this all things are 298 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 5: possible mentality. Years before my father passed away, Victoria would 299 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 5: tell me that one day I was going to pastor 300 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 5: the church, and that seems so odd. I used to think, 301 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:18,879 Speaker 5: what is she talking about. I can't get up in 302 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:21,919 Speaker 5: front of people. But year after years she told me 303 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:25,119 Speaker 5: what I could become. When my father went to be 304 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,160 Speaker 5: with the Lord, I was able to step up why 305 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 5: my seed had been in good soil. My sister Lisa 306 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 5: worked behind the scenes seventeen years with me. She was 307 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 5: the head of our volunteers and she would assist my 308 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:43,640 Speaker 5: father during the services and make sure that he had 309 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 5: what he needed. The Sunday after my father died, I 310 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 5: was sitting in my father's seat about to go up 311 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:54,440 Speaker 5: to minister. Lisa was sitting behind me, where she always sat. 312 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:58,160 Speaker 5: She said that God spoke to her down in her heart. 313 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 5: He said, just as you served your father, you are 314 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:06,439 Speaker 5: to now serve your brother. For the last eighteen years, 315 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 5: that's what Lisa has done, She's helped me encourage me. 316 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 5: She could have been jealous God I wanted to be promoted. 317 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:17,159 Speaker 5: I don't want to serve him. I want him to 318 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 5: serve me, Thank you Jesus. Instead she celebrated me. What 319 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 5: am I saying? I didn't get here by myself. I 320 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:29,439 Speaker 5: got here because I had good soil all around me, 321 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 5: people that believed in me, people that cheered me on, 322 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 5: people that encouraged me. Here's what I'm saying. Your soil 323 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:40,919 Speaker 5: is just as important as your seed. You may have 324 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 5: had just the opposite, people that didn't support you. Instead 325 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:46,639 Speaker 5: of telling you what you could become, they told you 326 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 5: what you couldn't do. The good news is that doesn't 327 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 5: have to stop you. Your seed is still alive. If 328 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:56,920 Speaker 5: you will get it in a different environment with can do, 329 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:02,160 Speaker 5: people with possibility thinking, with friends that inspire you, then 330 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 5: your seed will take root and begin to blossom. You 331 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:09,879 Speaker 5: can still reach the fullness of your destiny. This is 332 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:13,440 Speaker 5: what Elijah did. He was out working in the fields, 333 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 5: a farmer, no doubt, from a limited background. Didn't look 334 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 5: like he had much of a future. But the prophet 335 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:25,200 Speaker 5: Elijah came by and called out to him. Elisha saw 336 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:29,440 Speaker 5: something in Elijah that he wanted. He saw the favor 337 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 5: on his life, how Elijah was doing great things. He 338 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 5: connected with him. He thought, that's good soil. That's where 339 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:42,640 Speaker 5: I need to keep my seed. For years, Elisha served Elijah. 340 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 5: He waited on him, would bring him food, He wouldn't 341 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 5: leave him. In fact, three times Elijah tried to get 342 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:53,360 Speaker 5: Elisha to go do his own thing, but he wouldn't 343 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 5: do it. When Elijah was taken to heaven, Elisha received 344 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:02,879 Speaker 5: a double portion of his anointing. If Elisha would have 345 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 5: stayed out in the fields, in that limited environment, with 346 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:09,400 Speaker 5: the friends he grew up with, he would have never 347 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:12,919 Speaker 5: seen the double He had To get his seed in 348 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 5: the right soil. You need people in your life that 349 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 5: are further along than you, people that have a bigger vision, 350 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 5: that are more successful, more well off in one sense, 351 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 5: people that are out of your league. You have to 352 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:32,240 Speaker 5: be exposed to new levels before you can go to 353 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:36,159 Speaker 5: new levels. If you're the smartest one in your group, 354 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 5: your group is too small. If you're the most successful, 355 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 5: you need to get a larger circle. Don't be intimidated 356 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 5: by people that are further along. Be inspired. Find some 357 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 5: good mentors, connect with dreamers, people that have a bigger vision. 358 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:57,639 Speaker 5: Glean from them that's good soil. A friend of mine 359 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:02,119 Speaker 5: feeds a million children a day. He supports charities that 360 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 5: help these underprivileged children. His goal is to feed ten 361 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 5: million a day. When I'm around him, I'm inspired. It 362 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 5: makes me dream bigger. I think, God, you did it 363 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 5: for him, you can do it for me. What is 364 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 5: that my seed getting in good soil? Does your vision 365 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 5: increase around your friends or does it decrease? Do you 366 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 5: lead challenged? Motivated? Inspired? Are you discouraged? Negative? Drained? And 367 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:35,480 Speaker 5: I'm not saying that every friend will inspire you, but 368 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 5: you should have one or two that light of fire 369 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:42,719 Speaker 5: on the inside that push you forward. If you only 370 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 5: invest in people at your same level, you'll get stuck there. 371 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 5: Find a mentor somebody that's gone where you want to go. 372 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 5: Just as the wrong people will pull you down the 373 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:58,680 Speaker 5: right people will pull you up. In Acts chapter three, 374 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 5: a crippled man had been lying by the temple gate 375 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:06,359 Speaker 5: for years asking for money. Peter came along and said, 376 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 5: I don't have any money, but in the name of Jesus, 377 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:13,879 Speaker 5: rise and walk. Nothing happened. The man looked at Peter, like, 378 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:17,120 Speaker 5: what do you mean, rise and walk? I'm crippled. I've 379 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:20,200 Speaker 5: been this way my whole life. I can't walk. This 380 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,920 Speaker 5: could have been the end of the story. Peter could 381 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 5: have thought I did my part, it didn't work. But 382 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:28,479 Speaker 5: the scripture says Peter took him by the right hand 383 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 5: and lifted him up. As he did, the man's legs 384 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:37,920 Speaker 5: were instantly healed. Notice Peter wouldn't let the man stay down. 385 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,360 Speaker 5: He didn't give him a choice. He prayed for him 386 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 5: and then pulled him up. You need some friends like 387 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 5: Peter that won't let you stay down when you're in 388 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 5: the pits, when you can't get up by yourself. Not 389 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 5: people that will get in the pit with you. Let's 390 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:58,920 Speaker 5: tell sad stories together, let's feel sorry for ourselves. No 391 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:02,359 Speaker 5: people that will pull you out of that pit. People 392 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 5: that love you so much, they won't let you stay addicted. 393 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 5: They won't let you stay depressed. They won't let you 394 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 5: miss your destiny. Not just people that pray, but they 395 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,719 Speaker 5: pull you up. Now. I know that's why many come 396 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 5: out here and many of you listen, because you know 397 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 5: we're always going to lift you up. You may be down, 398 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 5: but we're not going to let you stay down. We're 399 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:28,560 Speaker 5: gonna tell you get up. There are new levels. You've 400 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:31,640 Speaker 5: been hurt. Get up. God has beauty for those ashes. 401 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 5: You lost something, Get up. God's about to restore you 402 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,800 Speaker 5: went through a disappointment. Get up. A new beginning is coming. 403 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 5: You're still single, Get up. The right person's on the way. 404 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 5: You're struggling in your finances, Get up. God's going to 405 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 5: open the windows of heaven. You need people that will 406 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 5: pull you into your destiny, like this man. Sometimes you 407 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 5: can't go to the next level without somebody pulling you up. 408 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,719 Speaker 5: If you'll cripple in some area, so to speak, and 409 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:06,720 Speaker 5: you surround yourself with people just like you, there's nobody 410 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 5: to help you up. You have to get around somebody stronger, 411 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 5: somebody more successful, somebody free, so they can lift you. 412 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 5: Lame people can't help lame people up. Addicted people can't 413 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:23,479 Speaker 5: help addicted people up. Maybe you need to change who 414 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 5: you're spending time with. God has some peters waiting for you. 415 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:32,399 Speaker 5: He's ordained people already to lift you up, people that 416 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 5: are destined to pull you up. Don't sit around in 417 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 5: some kind of dysfunction with other dysfunctional people the rest 418 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:44,399 Speaker 5: of your life. Your seed can't grow in that soil. 419 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:49,520 Speaker 5: Stay away from people that are enabling the dysfunction. Get 420 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 5: away from people that tell you where you are is 421 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 5: where you're always going to be. Don't believe that lie. 422 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 5: Your seed is still alive. When it hits the good soil, 423 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:03,200 Speaker 5: You're going to see things happen you never dream what happen. 424 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:07,200 Speaker 5: You're not going to stay addicted. Freedom is coming. You're 425 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:09,439 Speaker 5: not going to struggle in your health, your whole life. 426 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:13,480 Speaker 5: Wholeness is coming. That lack, not having enough is not 427 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 5: your destiny. In good soil, you're going to see abundance, overflow, 428 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 5: more than enough. Now do your part. Start pulling up 429 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:26,919 Speaker 5: the weeds. Get rid of those thorny friends people that 430 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:29,880 Speaker 5: are pulling you down. Be selective with what you will 431 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 5: give your attention to all day. If you will keep 432 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:37,200 Speaker 5: your seed in good soil, I believe and declare you're 433 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:40,439 Speaker 5: about to blossom. Peter is about to show up and 434 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 5: pull you to a new level. Increase, promotion, freedom, healing, wholeness, 435 00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:50,200 Speaker 5: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name, and if 436 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:54,439 Speaker 5: you receive it, can you say then today I'd like 437 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:57,359 Speaker 5: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 438 00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:01,680 Speaker 5: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 439 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 5: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll 440 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:11,480 Speaker 5: make you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that 441 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:15,040 Speaker 5: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 442 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:19,040 Speaker 5: a good Bible based church, keep God first place, Victori 443 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 5: and I'll be right back to speak a blessing over you. 444 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 4: As a thank you for your support of our ministry 445 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 4: this month, Joel and Victoria would like to send you 446 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:32,160 Speaker 4: a copy of Joel's inspirational series Fearless Courageous Living every 447 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:33,720 Speaker 4: day you. 448 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:36,800 Speaker 6: Can handle whatever comes your way. Don't let thoughts of 449 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:40,560 Speaker 6: fear and intimidation hold you back. God has equipped you 450 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 6: and empowered you. Be bold, be strong and say, like David, 451 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 6: I will not fear. 452 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 5: When you choose faith over fear, God will take you 453 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,480 Speaker 5: places that you've never dreamed. Request this resource. It will 454 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 5: be a great help to you. 455 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:58,120 Speaker 4: You'll experience more victory than you ever imagined. Request your 456 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:02,680 Speaker 4: copy of Fearless today Joelostein dot com or call eight 457 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:04,160 Speaker 4: eight eight five six seven. 458 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:07,120 Speaker 5: Joel. Thank you so much for your prayer and support 459 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:10,240 Speaker 5: of the ministry. You're helping to change the lives all 460 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:13,840 Speaker 5: over the world. 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