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He rewards people that seek after him. 45 00:01:57,560 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 4: So thanks for tuning in today and if you're ever 46 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 4: in our area. I hope you'll stop by and be 47 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 4: a part of one of our services. We give you 48 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 4: a personal invitation. I promise you we'll make you feel 49 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 4: right at home. But thanks again for tuning in today. 50 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 4: I got a little funny email today. That's kind of short, 51 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 4: So see what you think. A police recruit was asked 52 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 4: during his final exam, what would you do if you 53 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 4: had to arrest your own mother in law? 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I'll never 63 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 4: be the same, never, never, never, I'll never be the same. 64 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 4: In Jesus' name, God bless you. You sound great as usual. 65 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about being a 66 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 4: person of diligence and not having a lazy passive attitude. 67 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 4: It's so easy to get complacent in life to where 68 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 4: we sort of wish we had something, but we're really 69 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 4: not doing anything about it. We're not actively taking steps 70 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 4: toward it. Well. I wish I had his physique. I 71 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:27,919 Speaker 4: wish I had muscles like that man. But the problem 72 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 4: is while we're at home at night watching TV, eating 73 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 4: a little popcorn, he's at the gym working out. He's 74 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 4: diligent in that area, and we're passive. When you're diligent, 75 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 4: you do what you know is right and not just 76 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 4: what you feel like doing. When you're diligent, you are 77 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 4: determined to just keep on keeping on no matter what 78 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 4: comes against you. You don't have that week not able 79 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 4: to attitude. You don't give up and get discouraged because 80 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 4: something is hard or because it's not happening as quickly 81 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 4: as you would like. No, a diligent person just digs 82 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 4: his heels in and keeps on pressing forward. But too 83 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 4: many people today want everything easy, and so they end 84 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 4: up falling into that trap of having a lazy, complacent attitude. 85 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 4: They're wishing for a whole lot, but they're not doing 86 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 4: anything about it. Well, Joel. I wish I knew more scriptures. 87 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 4: I wish my house was clean, or I wish my 88 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 4: hair looked like her hair. No quit wishing and start 89 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 4: doing something about it, especially nowadays. If your hair is dark, 90 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 4: you can make it light. If it's straight, you can 91 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 4: make it curly. If you don't have any you can 92 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 4: go buy some. Quit looking at your neighbor. My father, 93 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 4: at the age of seventy five, he still had real, 94 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 4: pretty light brown hair, and one day somebody asked him 95 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,239 Speaker 4: how he did it and why it wasn't gray. He said, listen, brother, 96 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 4: faith without works is dead. You got to put some 97 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 4: actions behind your faith. And what I'm saying today is 98 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 4: quit being passive and start doing something about it. You 99 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 4: can live a healthier life. You can be more successful, 100 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 4: you can have a better attitude. You can have a 101 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 4: deeper relationship with God. But let me tell you, it's 102 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 4: gonna take some hard work. It's gonna take some time, 103 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 4: some effort, some energy. You may have to get up 104 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 4: early and stay up late. You're gonna have to pour 105 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 4: your blood, sweat, and tears into it. But friends, the 106 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,480 Speaker 4: fact is you cannot get something for nothing in life. 107 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 4: You can out expect to live in victory without being 108 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 4: willing to put something into it. It's gonna take being 109 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:37,040 Speaker 4: extremely diligent. And I realize most of you here today 110 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 4: are hard workers. Most of you would not say that 111 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,280 Speaker 4: you have a problem with being lazy. But I've found 112 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 4: that we can be diligent in certain areas and at 113 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 4: the same time be passive and complacent in other areas. 114 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 4: You may be very diligent about getting to work on 115 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 4: time and providing a great living for your family, but 116 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:00,080 Speaker 4: you're lazy when it comes to guarding your mind and 117 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 4: thinking the right thoughts. Or maybe you would never have 118 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 4: a house that's not neat and clean. You're diligent in 119 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 4: that area, but you tend to be lazy when it 120 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 4: comes to taking care of your finances or lazy when 121 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 4: it comes to taking care of yourself spiritually. We all 122 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 4: have areas that we can improve in. And like I said, 123 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 4: it's so easy to get complacent. Well, Joe, this is 124 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:24,279 Speaker 4: just my lot in life. It's not even worth trying 125 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 4: to change. No, you've got to shake yourself out of 126 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:32,039 Speaker 4: that passive mentality. Anything in life that is worthwhile. Number 127 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 4: one is going to take some work, and number two, 128 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 4: it's not going to happen overnight. You've got to be 129 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 4: in this for the long haul. Anybody can be excited 130 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 4: at the beginning, that's easy, but it takes a diligent 131 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 4: person to finish. You got to be determined and learn 132 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 4: to press through the disappointments in life. You've got to 133 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 4: press through those dry seasons when you don't see anything happening. 134 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 4: You've got to press through the difficult times when you 135 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 4: don't feel like having a good addaud, you don't feel 136 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 4: like having a smile on your face. Some of you 137 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 4: today you're just about to give up on the dreams 138 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 4: that God has put in your heart. It's been so 139 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 4: long and you haven't seen any results, and now you're 140 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 4: starting to get passive. Maybe you've struggled with an illness 141 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 4: for a long time and once you really believed you 142 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 4: were going to get well. Once you were very aggressive 143 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 4: about it, but now you've gotten complacent and you're just 144 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 4: learning to live with it. Or maybe at one time 145 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 4: you were determined to get out of debt. You were 146 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 4: so determined to get ahead financially, but now you just 147 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 4: don't think it's ever going to happen. You've had so 148 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 4: much come against you No, don't get passive, don't be complacent. 149 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 4: You've got to stay diligent. You've got to keep doing 150 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 4: the right thing even though you may not be seeing 151 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:48,239 Speaker 4: the right results. You got to keep coming to church 152 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 4: even when you feel like staying home in bed. You 153 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 4: got to keep praying and believing. Keep that smile on 154 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 4: your face even though you feel like just giving up. See, 155 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 4: you've got to learn to press past the things that 156 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 4: are trying to pressure you into quentin. A diligent person 157 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 4: just keeps on keeping on. And let me tell you, 158 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 4: anytime you try to go forward in life, you're gonna 159 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 4: have opposition. Anytime you try to make progress, the enemy 160 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 4: is gonna come against you. He's not gonna roll out 161 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 4: the red carpet and just let you fulfill your destiny. 162 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 4: You're gonna have to be determined. You gotta be persistent. 163 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 4: We need to have that bulldog mentality. Our attitude should be. 164 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 4: This may be tough, and I may not like it. 165 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 4: Nothing may be going my way, but you know what, 166 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 4: I Am not gonna give up. I'm gonna dig my 167 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 4: heels in and keep fighting the good fight of faith. 168 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 4: Some of you today you have just about given up 169 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,679 Speaker 4: on one of your loved ones. You used to really 170 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 4: pray and believe for that person. You would go out 171 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 4: of your way to sow those seeds of hope and 172 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 4: encouragement in his heart. But it's been so long and 173 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 4: you haven't seen any results, and now you're kind of 174 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 4: getting tired. That's that old lazy, passive spirit trying to 175 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 4: come on you. You say, Joe, I just don't think 176 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:04,079 Speaker 4: he's really ever gonna change. No, I want to light 177 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 4: a new fire on the inside of you today. You 178 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 4: gotta get your zeal back, get your enthusiasm back. Anything 179 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 4: worthwhile is gonna be some hard work. You gotta make 180 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 4: up your mind and say, you know what, I'm gonna 181 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:19,199 Speaker 4: stick with this thing until I see it come to pass. 182 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 4: I don't care how I feel. I don't care what 183 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 4: everybody else is saying. I'm gonna just keep on keeping on. 184 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 4: I'm gonna keep believing for God's very best. And understand, 185 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 4: before something gets better, many times it's going to first 186 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 4: get worse. You may be praying and praying for your 187 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 4: marriage to get better, but don't be surprised if you 188 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 4: don't have more adversity than ever. That's the way the 189 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 4: enemy works. He wants you to just give up and 190 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 4: settle for mediocrity. Or maybe you're praying for a child 191 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 4: to change and you're getting up early. You're doing everything 192 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 4: you can, but it seems like the more you do, 193 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 4: the worse he acts, the worse grades he gets, and 194 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 4: the worse he treats you. Listen, that is a test 195 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,319 Speaker 4: of your faith. Are you going to give up? Are 196 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 4: you gonna get complacent and say, well, at least I tried, 197 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 4: or are you gonna be diligent to just keep on 198 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 4: keeping on? The Scripture says in Ephesians, when you've done 199 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 4: everything you know how to do, just keep standing strong. 200 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 4: There are gonna be plenty of things in life that 201 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 4: we don't understand. There are going to be plenty of 202 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 4: things that don't make any sense. But our attitude should 203 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 4: be God. Even though I don't know why this is 204 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 4: happening to me, I do know that You're still in control, 205 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,320 Speaker 4: and so I'm not gonna get discouraged. I'm gonna keep 206 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 4: a smile on my face. I'm gonna keep my head 207 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 4: held high, and I'm just gonna keep standing firm. And 208 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 4: remember this. The enemy always fights you the hardest when 209 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 4: he knows God has something great in store for you. 210 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:46,079 Speaker 4: So you need to make up your mind today. You're 211 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:49,439 Speaker 4: gonna keep on believing no matter what comes against you. 212 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 4: You gonna keep praying, You're gonna keep coming to church. 213 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 4: You're gonna keep doing the right thing, even though you 214 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 4: may not be seeing the right results. Friends, don't ever 215 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 4: lose the fire that's on the inside of you. Don't 216 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 4: ever lose your zeal. It says in Romans, never be lazy, 217 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 4: but serve the Lord with enthusiasm. But the truth is, 218 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 4: it takes a lot of hard work to live a 219 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 4: life of victory. You've got to be disciplined in your thoughts, 220 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:20,200 Speaker 4: disciplined in your actions, disciplined in the words you speak. 221 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:22,680 Speaker 4: I mean, it's a full time job. And that's why 222 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 4: so many people just take the easy way out. Their 223 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 4: attitude is I don't want to have to stand strong. 224 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 4: I don't want to have to get up early and 225 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:33,200 Speaker 4: read my Bible and pray, or I don't want to 226 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 4: have to treat that person right. That's being rude to me. Man. No, 227 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 4: you've got to shake off that old complacent mentality and 228 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 4: start having some backbone, dig your heels in, and if 229 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:46,760 Speaker 4: you have to start talking to yourself. The Bible says 230 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 4: that David encouraged himself in the Lord his God. When 231 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 4: you feel that old passive attitude trying to come on, 232 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 4: trying to make you lazy and get all discouraged and down, No, 233 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 4: you need to just I'm not gonna let this thing 234 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 4: defeat me. It may be tough, but I know this 235 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 4: too shall pass. I know I can withstand this. I 236 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 4: can overcome in any situation. See, you gotta talk to 237 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 4: yourself and just keep fighting the good fight of faith. 238 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 4: And one of the keys to living in victory is consistency. 239 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:21,960 Speaker 4: You gotta be diligent day in and day out. You 240 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,560 Speaker 4: should not be up one day and down a couple 241 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 4: of days. Have some stability in your life. Be consistent, 242 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 4: and don't ever tell yourself that you can't do it. 243 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 4: When those on negative, depressing thoughts come to your mind, 244 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 4: and they will telling you that you're not gonna make it. 245 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 4: You're not gonna ever get any good breaks, Your dreams 246 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 4: are not gonna come to pass. Now you need to 247 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 4: write then, not a minute later. You need to immediately 248 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 4: get that junk out of your mind. Quit dwelling on 249 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 4: those thoughts and start dwelling on thoughts of faith and victory. 250 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 4: Just start saying in your mind, Father, I thank you. 251 00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 4: I can do all things through Christ. I think that 252 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 4: you you have good things in store. I know this 253 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 4: is going to be a great year. I can already 254 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:07,960 Speaker 4: see my victory is on its way. See. The first 255 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 4: place we lose the battle is in our own thinking. 256 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 4: And some of you need to reprogram your mental computer today. 257 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 4: You need to quit thinking those old, negative, defeated thoughts 258 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 4: and start thinking. Some can do thoughts. It says they're 259 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 4: in Proverbs twenty one, verse five in the Amplified, the 260 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 4: thoughts of the steadily diligent are always toward plenteousness. In 261 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 4: other words, when you're really diligent, your thoughts are only 262 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 4: going in one direction, and that's forward. You're not lazy, 263 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 4: You're not complacent. When you're diligence, your thoughts should be 264 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 4: towards success, toward crossing the finish line, toward being all 265 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 4: that God's created you to be. As I said, some 266 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 4: of you are just about to give up on what 267 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 4: God's put in your heart. My message today is you 268 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 4: got to get your fire back. You got to shake 269 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:03,559 Speaker 4: off that lazy, complacent spirit and start pressing forward, start 270 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 4: believing for God's very best. Well, you say, Joel, it's 271 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 4: so hard, and I've been doing it for so long. 272 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 4: But no nobody said it was going to happen overnight. 273 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 4: Nobody said it was going to be easy. And it 274 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,960 Speaker 4: may be difficult now, but if you will do the 275 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 4: right thing anyway, then later on you will reap the benefits. 276 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 4: I was thinking about a good friend of mine. He's 277 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 4: in the television business, and many years ago we were 278 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 4: editing this project together and we needed some real warm 279 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 4: piano music. And he said, that's no big deal. Let 280 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 4: me get to a piano and I'll see what I 281 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 4: can come up with. I didn't even know he could 282 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 4: play the piano, and he came right down here and 283 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,920 Speaker 4: got on this piano, and he played like nobody I'd 284 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 4: ever heard before. And I said, man, that was great. 285 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 4: I wish I could do that. He said, oh, Joel, 286 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 4: you could. It just took me about fifteen years to learn. 287 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 4: He said, while you were out goofing off, when you 288 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 4: were growing up playing ball, having fun with your friends, 289 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 4: I was at piano lessons learning how to play. In 290 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 4: other words, he was willing to pay the price. He 291 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 4: was willing to do something that I wasn't willing to do. 292 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 4: He was saying, in effact, I put some blood, sweat 293 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 4: and tears into this thing. This took my time, my effort, 294 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 4: my energy. And see, your inspiration needs to always be 295 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 4: backed up with perspiration. Really, there are two kinds of 296 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 4: people in life. There are dreamers and then there are doers. 297 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 4: You may have a big dream for your life. I 298 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 4: hope you do, but all it is is a dream 299 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 4: if you're not willing to put any action behind it. 300 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 4: And a lot of people today want a nice life, 301 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 4: but they're not willing to do anything about it. And 302 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:45,360 Speaker 4: when you see somebody that has what you want, don't 303 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 4: you dare get jealous? Don't you dare say? Well, I 304 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 4: don't know why they get all the good breaks. I 305 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 4: don't know why they're so talented, Why do they get 306 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 4: to drive that nice car? Why are they always happy? No, 307 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 4: you can have just what they have if you are 308 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 4: willing to pay the price, if you are willing to 309 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 4: make the same sacrifices. Friends, God is no respector of persons. 310 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 4: He gives every one of us an equal chance. And yes, 311 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 4: I realize in one sense, some people are born with 312 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 4: more advantage. But I know people that have come from 313 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 4: overseas to this country without a penny to their name. 314 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 4: Yet today they're happy, they're fulfilled, they're living at the 315 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 4: top of their field. The point is, no matter what 316 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 4: family you come from, no matter what breaks you did 317 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 4: or didn't get in life, don't use that as an excuse. 318 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 4: You can live a life of victory. You can be 319 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 4: happy and fulfilled. You can see your dreams come to 320 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 4: pass if you want it bad enough. But you're going 321 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 4: to have to be disciplined when it comes to how 322 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 4: you spend your time. You've got to be disciplined with 323 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 4: who you hang around with, because if you hang around 324 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 4: with other lazy, undisciplined people, people with no goals or 325 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 4: dreams for their life, they're going to steal the dream 326 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 4: right out of your heart. You've got to be disciplined 327 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:04,919 Speaker 4: in what you give yourself to be disciplined when it 328 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 4: comes to how you handle your finances. I hear people 329 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:10,240 Speaker 4: say all the time with Joel, I wish I had 330 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 4: some money in the bank. Well, it's possible, but it 331 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 4: may be a little painful. You may have to suffer 332 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:18,280 Speaker 4: a little while and not go out to eat and 333 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:21,399 Speaker 4: not buy that new outfit and not overstretch with a 334 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:24,679 Speaker 4: car payment. You can't really afford what I'm saying. It 335 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:28,239 Speaker 4: could be a little uncomfortable, it could be painful. It's 336 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 4: gonna take discipline. But if you will make the sacrifices 337 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 4: right now, then later on you're gonna reap the rewards. 338 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 4: But I found most of the time we're not concerned 339 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 4: about later on, so we just do what we feel 340 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 4: like right now, Joel, I don't feel like working hard 341 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:46,600 Speaker 4: at the office this week. Will later on when they 342 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:49,719 Speaker 4: go to promote somebody, they may pass you by. Well, 343 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 4: I don't feel like taking time for my spouse, I 344 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 4: don't feel like communicating with her. Well, later on, that 345 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 4: may very well cost you some major problems. You got 346 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:02,160 Speaker 4: to pay the price today to have a happy life 347 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 4: later on. And it's not always going to be easy. 348 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:07,960 Speaker 4: You're not always going to be comfortable, but you got 349 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 4: to discipline yourself to do the right thing even though 350 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:15,439 Speaker 4: nobody's watching you, and even though nobody is cheering you on. 351 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:18,879 Speaker 4: For instance, when you go to the office this week, 352 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 4: you should work hard even though the boss is an 353 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 4: in and even though all your other coworkers are goofing 354 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 4: off wasting their day. Well, you say, Joe, everybody else 355 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,680 Speaker 4: is doing it, why can't I. No, you're not everybody else. 356 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 4: You need to sew a seed for later on. If 357 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:36,640 Speaker 4: you will do the right thing today, then later on 358 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:40,400 Speaker 4: you'll be going places while those other people are unfortunately 359 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:44,199 Speaker 4: just struck there in mediocrity. If you'll treat people right today, 360 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 4: even though they don't deserve it, later on you will 361 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 4: reap the benefits. See, God is keeping all the records. 362 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 4: He sees everything that you do. He sees the mornings 363 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 4: you get up early to do the right thing even 364 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:59,640 Speaker 4: though you don't feel like it. He sees the times 365 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 4: you bite your tongue even though you felt like telling 366 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 4: somebody off. God sees that. And when you just keep 367 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 4: sowing those seeds of a disciplined life, you keep doing 368 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:12,600 Speaker 4: the right thing day in and day out. One day 369 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 4: you're going to see things begin to change in your favor. 370 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:18,360 Speaker 4: One day you will see your dreams begin to come 371 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:20,879 Speaker 4: to pass. Well, you say, Joel, I've been doing the 372 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:23,920 Speaker 4: right thing for so long and I'm not seeing any results. 373 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 4: I don't think it's ever gonna get any better. I 374 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 4: just challenge you again. You got to dig your heels 375 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:32,200 Speaker 4: in and keep on keeping on. The scripture says in 376 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:35,680 Speaker 4: Galatians six', nine don't get tired of doing what's, right 377 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 4: for in due, season you shall reap if you faint. 378 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 4: NOT i love That it doesn't say you might, Reap 379 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:45,880 Speaker 4: it says you shall. Reap that's a promise From Almighty. 380 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 4: GOD i like to think of it kind of like 381 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 4: this big boulder that you're trying to break, into and 382 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:55,399 Speaker 4: you got this big, sledgehammer and every time you do 383 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 4: the right, thing you're taking another swing at that. Rock 384 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 4: every time in yourself to not buy something that you, 385 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,840 Speaker 4: wanted or every time you get up early to pray 386 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 4: for that, child every time you treat somebody right even 387 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:10,399 Speaker 4: though they didn't deserve, it every time you do, it 388 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:14,160 Speaker 4: you're taking another. Swing and day after, day as you're 389 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:18,160 Speaker 4: diligent to press through the disappointments and you just press 390 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 4: past the fact that you don't see anything, happening every 391 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,440 Speaker 4: time you do, it that's another. Swing and you may 392 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:25,679 Speaker 4: look at that rock and, think you know, What i'm 393 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:28,440 Speaker 4: not even didting this. Thing i'm just wasting my. Time 394 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 4: it's never gonna break. Into but, no one day you're 395 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:34,119 Speaker 4: gonna take another swing one, Day you're gonna do the 396 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:36,200 Speaker 4: right thing one more, time and all of a, sudden 397 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:39,360 Speaker 4: that rock's gonna break right Into but the fact, is 398 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 4: it wasn't just that last swing that did. It it 399 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 4: was all those other, swings day after day of being, 400 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 4: diligent that caused that rock to break. Open and even 401 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 4: though you didn't see anything happening on the, outside on the, 402 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:57,680 Speaker 4: inside changes were taking. Place on the, inside progress was being. 403 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 4: Made but really you saw the results all at one. 404 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:05,640 Speaker 4: Time but that was a culmination of all the right 405 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 4: choices that you had been disciplined to. Make and, see 406 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:11,959 Speaker 4: when you're diligent to just keep on keeping, on you 407 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 4: just keep, praying you keep, believing you keep doing the right. 408 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 4: Thing you may not see anything happening with your natural, 409 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 4: eyes but you can rest assured in the unseen, realm 410 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 4: in the spiritual, world changes are taking. Place the miracle 411 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 4: is set into. Motion for with every seed you, Sow 412 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:32,879 Speaker 4: god says you are going to reap a. Harvest and 413 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:35,480 Speaker 4: so my message today is you got to keep on keeping. 414 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 4: On don't fall into that trap of being, complacent don't get, 415 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 4: lazy don't get. Passing you've got to stay, aggressive because 416 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 4: anything in life worthwhile is going to take some time 417 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:50,399 Speaker 4: and effort and. Energy it's gonna take some, blood sweat and. 418 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,040 Speaker 4: Tears it's gonna take you doing some things that you 419 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:56,880 Speaker 4: just don't really feel like. Doing and always remember when 420 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:58,679 Speaker 4: you're tempted to give up and just, say you know, 421 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 4: what it's never gonna have And i'm just wasting my. 422 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 4: Time know when you stand in faith one more, day 423 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,400 Speaker 4: that could be the day the whole thing breaks. Open 424 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 4: it could just take one more time of doing the right. 425 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 4: Thing you don't know how close you could be to your. 426 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:17,719 Speaker 4: Victory so just keep on keeping. On don't allow yourself 427 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:21,680 Speaker 4: to get lazy and complacent and to have that passive. Attitude, 428 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:24,679 Speaker 4: really In, america in one, sense we've gotten kind of. 429 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:29,640 Speaker 4: Spoiled we live in a right now. Society we want everything. 430 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:35,200 Speaker 4: Immediately we've Got Michael wave, ovens fast food, restaurants overnight. 431 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:39,359 Speaker 4: Delivery have you noticed how everything is geared towards speed and. 432 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 4: Ease you don't even have to get up to change 433 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:45,000 Speaker 4: the channels on THE tv. Anymore got that remote? Control 434 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:47,359 Speaker 4: the whole household would shut down if you lose a. 435 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 4: Remote we can order our groceries now through The internet 436 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:54,639 Speaker 4: and have them delivered to our, house don't even have 437 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 4: to get. Out think about all the conveniences that we 438 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:02,119 Speaker 4: have today that people seventy or eighty years ago didn't. 439 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 4: HAVE i know my father growing up on the. Farm 440 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,639 Speaker 4: they didn't have, electricity they didn't have air, conditioners they 441 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:11,400 Speaker 4: didn't have washers and. Dryers there have been so many 442 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:15,080 Speaker 4: great advances made over the last few years that have 443 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:17,800 Speaker 4: made our lives so much easier and so much more. 444 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 4: Comfortable AND i think it's. Great i'm all for. It 445 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 4: we're so. Blessed BUT i do believe we have to 446 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:27,720 Speaker 4: be careful that we don't allow all these conveniences to 447 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:30,360 Speaker 4: cause us to develop a wrong way of thinking where 448 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 4: we kind of get lazy and we expect everything to 449 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 4: be easy and we want everything right. Now, no, friends 450 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 4: there is no substitute for good old fashioned hard. Work 451 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,400 Speaker 4: you got to be willing to pay the. Price, well you, Said, 452 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 4: JOEL i had to drive thirty minutes to get to 453 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 4: church today in my air conditioning, car sitting on my 454 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 4: nice padded leather. Seats OR i got to go home 455 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 4: today and mow my lawn on my riding lawnmower with 456 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:01,399 Speaker 4: MY cd player playing music in my. Ears FOR i 457 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 4: got a sink full of, DISHES i gotta take them 458 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:05,679 Speaker 4: out of the sink and put them into the dishwasher 459 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:07,879 Speaker 4: and hit the start. Button, man that's a lot of. 460 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 4: Trouble i'm, exaggerating but you get my. POINT i heard 461 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 4: about a domestically challenged. Husband he wanted to wash his new. 462 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:19,359 Speaker 4: Sweatshirt so we ent into the utility room and he 463 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:22,680 Speaker 4: hollered upstairs to his. Wife what setting DO i use 464 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,360 Speaker 4: on the washing? Machine she, said it depends what does 465 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:31,199 Speaker 4: it say on your? Shirt he hollered, Back Dallas. Cowboys but, 466 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:33,679 Speaker 4: seriously if we're going to be All god wants us to, 467 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:37,120 Speaker 4: be we gotta have more than good. Wishes we gotta 468 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:40,440 Speaker 4: have some. Backbone we got to be, diligent be willing 469 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,880 Speaker 4: to work, hard don't always look for the easy way. 470 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:47,359 Speaker 4: Out be determined and learned to stick with. It it 471 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 4: says In ecclesiastes, five verse, three a dream comes to 472 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 4: pass with much business and painful. EFFORT i think about my. 473 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 4: Parents they spent forty years of their, life With god's, 474 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:03,120 Speaker 4: help building this. Church other ministers used to come, by 475 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 4: say to my, Father, pastrostein tell us the secret of your, 476 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,679 Speaker 4: success how can we have a big church like? Yours 477 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:12,960 Speaker 4: daddy would always tell him the same. Thing spend forty 478 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 4: years pouring your, blood sweating tears into, it be a 479 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 4: person of, integrity love, people and you'll have just what we. 480 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:21,920 Speaker 4: Have but most of the time that's not the answer 481 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 4: they were looking. For they wanted overnight what took him 482 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 4: forty years to. Build they wanted immediate results without having 483 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 4: to pay the. Price but, see you got to be 484 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:35,919 Speaker 4: disciplined in making an investment in your. Future. Today life 485 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 4: is a, marathon not a. Sprint daddy was. Committed he 486 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 4: didn't care how hard it. Was he didn't care how 487 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:44,879 Speaker 4: much sleep he. Lost he didn't count the. Hours he 488 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,879 Speaker 4: just got the job. Done he preached whether he felt 489 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:50,199 Speaker 4: like it or, not whether there was eighty people or 490 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:52,919 Speaker 4: eight thousand, people he gave it as. All he didn't think. 491 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 4: Twice this was his dream and he was determined to 492 00:25:56,280 --> 00:26:00,400 Speaker 4: see it come to, pass And god rewarded his. Diligence but, 493 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 4: REALLY i don't say this in a wrong, sense but 494 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 4: a lot of people today have give me something for nothing. 495 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 4: Mentality god's put the dream in their. Heart but they're 496 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:12,640 Speaker 4: sitting back waiting For god to hand it to them 497 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,880 Speaker 4: on the silver. Platter they don't want to be. Inconvenienced 498 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:18,440 Speaker 4: they don't want to break a. Sweat they want all 499 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:22,359 Speaker 4: the benefits without making any of the. SACRIFICES i like 500 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:27,200 Speaker 4: What Thomas edison. Said he, said many people miss opportunities 501 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 4: because those opportunities come wearing overalls and look like a 502 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:33,680 Speaker 4: lot of. Work, friends if we're going to be All 503 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 4: god's created us to, be we got to be, disciplined 504 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,639 Speaker 4: and we've got to be willing to work. Hard AND 505 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 4: i realized there's a balance in What i'm. Saying we 506 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 4: should not work all the, time but we should have 507 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:47,919 Speaker 4: a diligent, attitude and we should not back down because 508 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:50,640 Speaker 4: something's a lot of. WORK i was reading about a 509 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:54,119 Speaker 4: certain kind of, tree A chinese, bamboo and when you 510 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:57,200 Speaker 4: plant the seed of this, tree you have to water 511 00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:00,919 Speaker 4: it and fertilize it every single day or it will not. 512 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 4: Grow and for the first four, years even though you're 513 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:08,360 Speaker 4: continually feeding it and continually watering, it it barely even 514 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,719 Speaker 4: grows at. All but what's interesting is in the fifth, 515 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 4: year the tree will shoot up to ninety feet, tall 516 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:19,120 Speaker 4: all in one. Year the problem we have many times 517 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:22,240 Speaker 4: is we want fifth year results without doing the four 518 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:24,919 Speaker 4: years of hard. Work you've got to be willing to 519 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 4: invest in your future. Today you've got to put forth some, 520 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 4: weeks some, months maybe even years of hard work to 521 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 4: develop your potential and to really see those dreams come to. 522 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,040 Speaker 4: Pass so let me just challenge you, again dig your 523 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 4: heels in and be a person of, diligence shake off 524 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:45,479 Speaker 4: that old lazy passive, mentality and start being a doer 525 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 4: and not just a. Dreamer, remember your inspiration has got 526 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 4: to be back with your. Perspiration AND i Know god 527 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 4: speaking to some of you even now about areas where 528 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:58,359 Speaker 4: you've been lazy and. Passive and it's my prayer today 529 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 4: that a new fire is being lit on the inside 530 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:03,440 Speaker 4: and that you'll go out of here more determined than. 531 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 4: Ever that you're not going to just sit back and 532 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:09,000 Speaker 4: settle for. Mediocrity you're not gonna look for the easy way, 533 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,200 Speaker 4: out but you're gonna stick with it and be All 534 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 4: god's created you to be friends if you will live 535 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:18,159 Speaker 4: a disciplined life and press past the disappointments and the 536 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:20,439 Speaker 4: things that are trying to get you down and instead 537 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,200 Speaker 4: just sow the seed for later. On Then god will 538 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:26,480 Speaker 4: reward your. Diligence he'll pour out his blessings and, favor 539 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 4: and you'll experience the victories That he has in. Story. Amen, 540 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 4: amen Will god bless you? Today and we never like 541 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 4: to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to 542 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,719 Speaker 4: Make jesus the lord of your. Life would you pray with? 543 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 4: Me just, Say, Lord, JESUS i repent on my. Sins 544 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:47,560 Speaker 4: come into my. HEART i make you My lord and. Savior, 545 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:51,080 Speaker 4: friends if you've prayed that simple, prayer we believe you 546 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:54,160 Speaker 4: got born. Again get into good, church Keep god first. 547 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 4: Place he'll take your places that you've never dreamed. 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