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I like to 49 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 4: get started each week with something kind of funny. And 50 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 4: I heard about this older preacher. He was very near death. 51 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 4: He sent word for two of his members, an ours 52 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 4: agent and a lawyer to come to his house. When 53 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 4: they arrived, he motioned for them to sit on each 54 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 4: side of the bed. The men were very moved to 55 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 4: be with the minister in his final moments. Finally, the 56 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:37,639 Speaker 4: lawyer asked, Sir, why did you choose both of us? 57 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 4: The minister mustard up enough strength to say, Jesus died 58 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 4: between two sinners, and that's how I want to go. 59 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 4: All right, hold up your Bible, say it like you 60 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 4: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says. 61 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 4: I am. I have what it says I have. I 62 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,080 Speaker 4: can do what it says I can do. Today I 63 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 4: will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 64 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 4: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 65 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 4: never be the same. 66 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 6: In Jesus's name. 67 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:12,359 Speaker 4: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 68 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 4: about not allowing the critical voices to steal the dream 69 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 4: out of your heart. If you're going to do anything 70 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 4: great in life, you're going to be criticized. People are 71 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 4: gonna talk, find fault be judgmental. We've all had times 72 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:31,519 Speaker 4: when somebody doesn't understand us, they don't accept. 73 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 6: Us, and we can feel the sting. 74 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 4: Of that rejection. But our job is not to try 75 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 4: to win over all of our critics and prove that 76 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 4: we're right and they're wrong. Our job is to run 77 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 4: our race focused on what God's put in our heart 78 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 4: and not allow the critics and the naysayers to distract us. Now, 79 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 4: I found some people have been through a lot of 80 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 4: hurt in their own life. The only way they know 81 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 4: how to respond is out of that hurt. It's just 82 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 4: their nature to dish out criticism, to be judgmental, to 83 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 4: be a fault finder. But here's the key. You can't 84 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 4: let their messed up life poison your life. They may 85 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 4: be spewing out the bitterness, the criticism, the rejection, but 86 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 4: you've got to learn to just shake that off. Don't 87 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 4: let that poison get on the inside of you. Friends, 88 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 4: you are called to be an eagle, to soar, You're 89 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 4: called to do great things, But throughout life, there will 90 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 4: always be a few crows crowing at you. There'll always 91 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 4: be a few chickens pecking at you, trying to bring 92 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,839 Speaker 4: you down. There'll even be a few hawks here and 93 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 4: there trying to argue with you, trying to fight with you, 94 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 4: trying to get you all distracted. What you've got to 95 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:44,839 Speaker 4: do is learn to rise above that. 96 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 3: Do you know? 97 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 4: The chickens, the hawks, the crows, they cannot live at 98 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 4: the elevation that an eagle lives at. There's been eagles 99 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,359 Speaker 4: spotted as high as thirty thousand feet up where the 100 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:01,239 Speaker 4: big jets fly. When a crow is pestering an eagle, 101 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,279 Speaker 4: even though the eagle is much bigger and stronger and 102 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 4: more powerful, the eagle doesn't fight with the crow. He 103 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 4: doesn't chase the crow around, thinking I'll show you your 104 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 4: little troublemaker. 105 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 6: No, the eagle is much smarter than that. 106 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 4: When the crow's pestering the eagle, the eagle simply flies 107 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 4: up higher. He knows the crow cannot live at his altitude. 108 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 4: He knows he doesn't have to fight, so he just 109 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 4: puts his wings out, he catches the thermal winds, and 110 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:32,840 Speaker 4: before long, that old crow is nowhere to be found. 111 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 4: And the truth is, we all have a few crows 112 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 4: in our lives. Some of us have a whole flock. 113 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 4: We all have people that are gonna gossip, try to 114 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,279 Speaker 4: make you look bad, try to blow things out of proportion. 115 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 4: And if we're not careful, even though God's created us 116 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 4: as eagles, we'll sink down to their level. Start talking 117 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 4: bad about them, start trying to argue, prove that we're right. 118 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 4: But that's just like that eagle chasing around a crow. 119 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 4: What a waste of his time. Now I'm asking us 120 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 4: today to start rising up higher. Start overlooking offenses, start 121 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 4: shaking things off. Don't spend all your time trying to 122 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 4: change your critics' mind. The way you defeat them is 123 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 4: by simply going up higher. In other words, let your 124 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:21,160 Speaker 4: life do the talking. Let the way you live, the 125 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 4: integrity of your heart, the excellence of your work, the 126 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 4: kindness of your character. Let those things answer your critics. 127 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 4: Many times words are not even necessary. You want an 128 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 4: answer a critic, stay peaceful even when they're talking about you, 129 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 4: Be respectful even when they're being disrespectful. Do your best 130 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 4: even when they're mocking you and making fun of you. 131 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 4: If you'll stay on the high road. Time will always 132 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 4: answer your critics. In eighteen sixty five, Abraham Lincoln gave 133 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 4: his famous speech, the Gettysburg Address. The next day, the 134 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 4: Chicago Paper said it was one of the worst speechs 135 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 4: in history. They use words like shameful, silly, unintelligent, But 136 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 4: we know today the Gettysburg Address is regarded as one 137 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 4: of the most brilliant speeches of all time. See Time 138 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 4: answered his critics. Thomas Edison was ridiculed for trying to 139 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 4: invent a light bulb. He felled over a thousand times. 140 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 4: His critics had a heyday making fun of him laughing. 141 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 4: But toward the end of Edison's life, a reporter asked 142 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 4: him what he thought about all of his critics. Edison 143 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 4: didn't say a word. He simply walked over and flipped 144 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 4: on the light bulb. Enough said, let your actions do 145 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 4: the talking. Words are not always necessary. Even Jesus, when 146 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 4: he was being criticized, when people were making false accusations, 147 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 4: what did he do? The scripture says he answered, not 148 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 4: a word. In other words, he rose above it. His 149 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 4: attitude was my life will do the talking. Time will 150 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 4: answer my critics. When somebody's talking about you, and being disrespectful. 151 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 4: We have to make a decision. Am I going to 152 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 4: be a chicken and start talking bad about them? Am 153 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 4: I going to be a crow and argue and try 154 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 4: to prove that I'm right? Or Am I going to 155 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 4: be an eagle and rise above it and let my 156 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 4: life answer my critics. There's something about a person that's 157 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:24,119 Speaker 4: being talked about and criticized, but he just keeps giving 158 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 4: it his best, being promoted, seeing God's blessings in favor. 159 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 4: Even an athlete think about. You can criticize the guy, 160 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:35,319 Speaker 4: bad mouth them, say he's all washed up, but then 161 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 4: he goes out week after week, hits home runs, makes 162 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 4: game winning catches, plays like a superstar. He doesn't have 163 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 4: to answer his critics. He lets his actions defend himself. 164 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 4: The same way, we should not spend all of our 165 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 4: time trying to win our critics over. We should spend 166 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 4: that same time improving our own skills, bettering our own life. 167 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 4: I know when my father went to be with the 168 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 4: Lord and I first started ministry, I heard some people saying, well, 169 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 4: I don't really think Joel can preach. And the reason 170 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 4: I didn't argue is because I agreed with them. I 171 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 4: had never preached before. I didn't know how. But instead 172 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 4: of letting that insult me get me all discourage and ah, 173 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 4: they're right, I'm not too hot at this. No, I 174 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 4: spent that same time and energy studying, reading, praying, learning, practicing. 175 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 4: I haven't arrived, but I've grown from where I was 176 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 4: eight years ago. And if people are talking, if people 177 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 4: are being disrespectful and saying demeaning things about you, instead 178 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 4: of letting that get you upset and all soured, why 179 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 4: don't you just prove them wrong, work hard, develop your skills, 180 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 4: be the very best that you can be. We need 181 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 4: to let our actions answer our critics. Another important key 182 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 4: is don't let your critics keep you from taking a 183 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:56,439 Speaker 4: step of faith. I know people that play it safe 184 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 4: all the time. They won't do what God has really 185 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 4: put in their heart because they're afraid somebody will talk. 186 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,680 Speaker 4: They're afraid they'll be criticized, and they let the fear 187 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 4: of what people are gonna think keep them from stepping out. 188 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 4: We have to accept the fact that not everybody is 189 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:15,080 Speaker 4: going to understand us. And when you have a big 190 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,839 Speaker 4: dream for your life and you start pressing forward doing 191 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:23,079 Speaker 4: something new, don't be surprised if you ruffle a few feathers, 192 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 4: if you get out of the box that your family 193 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 4: and friends are used to, they may not cheer your own. 194 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 4: Everybody may not be excited about your dreams. 195 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 6: In fact, some people are. 196 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,200 Speaker 4: Gonna get jealous. Who does he think he is? 197 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 6: He just thinks he's better than us. 198 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 4: But you cannot let people keep you from pursuing your dreams. 199 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 4: Only you know what God has put in your heart, 200 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 4: and you really shouldn't expect everyone else to understand. Certainly, 201 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 4: people will criticize, they'll find fault. You may even have 202 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 4: to go through some rejection, but you've got to just 203 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 4: shake that off and keep pressing forward. 204 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 6: This is what Joseph did. Had a big dream in 205 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 6: his heart. 206 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 4: He wasn't satisfied to just sit back and accept the 207 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 4: status quo. And not everybody understood him. And one day 208 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 4: his brothers saw him coming wearing his coat of many 209 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 4: colors that his father had given him. And those brothers 210 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:19,559 Speaker 4: weren't jealous because Joseph was a sharp dresser. They weren't 211 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:23,319 Speaker 4: jealous because he was their father's favorite. They were jealous 212 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 4: of the dream God put in his heart. They were 213 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:28,559 Speaker 4: jealous of the fact that Joseph wasn't just going to 214 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 4: sit around and do what all the other family members 215 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:35,680 Speaker 4: were doing. He had a dream to rise higher. Many times, 216 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:39,319 Speaker 4: when you have a dream to increase, when you start 217 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 4: doing something out of the ordinary, your critics will come 218 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 4: out of the woodwork. They're fine as long as you're 219 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 4: in your box, as long as you're all at the 220 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 4: same level. But very often when you start pressing forward, 221 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:54,199 Speaker 4: that'll stir up that critical, jealous spirit. 222 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:56,679 Speaker 6: And this is where so many people miss it. 223 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 4: They get distracted and they start trying to prove that 224 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 4: they're They get revengeful, they get defensive. But you need 225 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 4: to recognize what's happening. Don't let that stuff poison you. 226 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 4: Learn to just shake it off. Joseph's brothers they rejected him, 227 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 4: They sold him into slavery, and it wasn't easy. Do 228 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 4: you know what Joseph did. He just shook it off. 229 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 4: He did not let their rejection steal the dream out 230 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 4: of his heart. I'm sure at times he was discouraged. 231 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 4: I'm sure he didn't understand it. But I love the 232 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:30,319 Speaker 4: fact he didn't let it poison him. He didn't get bitter, 233 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 4: he didn't spend his time thinking of ways to pay 234 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:36,959 Speaker 4: his brothers back. He didn't go around blaming God. No. 235 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 4: Year after year, he just kept shaking it off. And 236 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 4: you know the story. One day God brought justice into 237 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 4: his life. One day, some fifteen years later, he was 238 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 4: put in charge of all the affairs of Egypt. But 239 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,560 Speaker 4: how many times today when we go through some rejection, 240 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 4: somebody's talking about us, something unfair happened. Do we let 241 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 4: that poison us and we end up giving up up 242 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 4: on our dream? Well, it wasn't fair. I don't understand 243 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 4: why my own family rejected me. I don't understand why 244 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:10,079 Speaker 4: they're talking about me. No nobody ever said life was 245 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 4: going to be fair. But the good news is God 246 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 4: is fair. God is a god of justice, and God 247 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 4: is keeping the records. God knows every person that's ever 248 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 4: mistreated you. He knows every time they talk behind your back. 249 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:29,320 Speaker 4: He can feel the hurt, the pain, the rejection. And 250 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:32,200 Speaker 4: God wants to restore you. He wants to bring you 251 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,200 Speaker 4: out better off than you were before. But the key 252 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 4: is you have to stay on the high road. You 253 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 4: have to be an eagle. You can't let that stuff 254 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 4: poison you and cause you to get bitter. You can't 255 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 4: get in there and try to fight with him and 256 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 4: fix it all in your own strength. No, just turn 257 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 4: it over to God. Trust him to fight your battles. 258 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:56,320 Speaker 4: Trust him to take care of your critics. It may 259 00:13:56,320 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 4: not happen overnight, but one day God will bring justice 260 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 4: us into your life. He'll make your wrongs right some 261 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 4: of you today you need to get your dream back. 262 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 4: Does it matter who has rejected you, does it matter 263 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 4: what you've been through and how impossible it looks. God 264 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:17,080 Speaker 4: is a supernatural God. If you'll keep shaking it off 265 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 4: and not let the poison get in you, then all 266 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 4: the forces of darkness cannot hold you back. When God's 267 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 4: ready to promote you, just like Joseph, you will be promoted. 268 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:31,040 Speaker 4: God will make sure your dreams come to pass. But 269 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 4: we have to accept the fact that not everybody is 270 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 4: going to believe in you. You have to believe in yourself. 271 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 4: You and God are a majority, and sometimes you may 272 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 4: feel like everybody has turned against you. Men told me 273 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 4: the other day his friend of over thirty years, a 274 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 4: business partner, all of a sudden got jealous of him, 275 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 4: started talking, spreading rumors, and the pain was real. He 276 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 4: was so hurt by it. But you cannot let someone 277 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 4: else's poison get on the inside of you. If your 278 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 4: friends reject you, just stay on the high road and 279 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 4: God will give you some new friends, says in Psalms. 280 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 4: Even if your mother and father reject you, God will 281 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 4: adopt you as his very own child. Don't give up 282 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 4: on those dreams. Recognize not everybody's going to cheer you on. 283 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 4: Not everybody's going to encourage you. Some people are going 284 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 4: to talk behind your back and try to bring you down. 285 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 4: But that does not change what God has put in 286 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 4: your heart. Your destiny is not tied to what other 287 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 4: people are saying about you. You may have been through 288 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 4: a lot in the past. Maybe people have hurt you, 289 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 4: done you wrong, but quit looking back. The past is 290 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 4: the past. Let God take care of the people that 291 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 4: hurt you. Let God bring justice into your life. One 292 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 4: thing I loved about Joseph he stayed focused on the future. 293 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 4: He didn't spend that time bitter. He could have thought, 294 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 4: you know, God, why did this happen to me? It's 295 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 4: so unfair. My own family rejected me. What did I 296 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:05,280 Speaker 4: do to deserve this? No, he just shook it off. 297 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 4: You got to quit trying to figure everything out. People 298 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 4: ask me, Joel, whose fault was it? What did I do? 299 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 4: Some things you're never going to understand. The main thing 300 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 4: is let it go right now so it doesn't poison 301 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 4: your life. Do like Joseph and keep your eyes focused 302 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 4: on the future. I've known people that have gone through 303 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 4: some kind of rejection, some kind of hurt, and they 304 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 4: let that become the central focus of their life. By that, 305 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 4: I mean they're always talking about it. It's always in 306 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 4: the front of their mind. But that's just like picking 307 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:37,840 Speaker 4: a wound that's trying to heal. It's never going to 308 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 4: get better unless you leave it alone. Let it go. 309 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 4: This is a new day. God has a new beginning. 310 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 4: Somebody may have walked out of a relationship on you, 311 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 4: somebody may have done you wrong, but that doesn't mean 312 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 4: that God doesn't have another plan. When one door closes, 313 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:56,520 Speaker 4: God always opens up another door. And the scripture says 314 00:16:56,560 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 4: here Isaiah sixty one, verse seven, God will give us 315 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 4: a twofold recompense for our former shame. That means when 316 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 4: people mistreat us, when unfair things happen, if we'll stay 317 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 4: on the high road and just keep shaking it off, 318 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:15,719 Speaker 4: then God will pay us back double for all that 319 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:19,159 Speaker 4: hurt and pain, He'll add up the heartache, the sorrow, 320 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 4: the mistreatment, and he'll pay you back with twice the joy, 321 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 4: twice the peace, twice the favor, twice the victory. And 322 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:28,160 Speaker 4: some of you today you need to get a new 323 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:31,880 Speaker 4: vision for your life. Somebody may not have treated you right, 324 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,159 Speaker 4: somebody may be talking about you right now, but the 325 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 4: good news is really what they've done is qualified you 326 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,359 Speaker 4: for double They did it for your harm, but God 327 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 4: wants to turn it around and use it to your advantage. 328 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,880 Speaker 4: So you got to do your part, though. Quit dwelling 329 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:51,160 Speaker 4: on it, quit living discourage. Well, Joel, I've been through 330 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 4: so much. I just don't see how my dreams could 331 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:56,479 Speaker 4: ever come to pass. Now, you've got to keep shaking 332 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:58,879 Speaker 4: that stuff off. You need to get up every morning 333 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 4: and just say God, you know the people that have 334 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 4: hurt me. You know it wasn't fair. But God, I 335 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 4: know you're a God of justice, and I just want 336 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 4: to thank you. Right now. I'm going to come out 337 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,959 Speaker 4: of this with twice the joy, twice the peace, twice 338 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:15,119 Speaker 4: the honor, twice the victory. Understand, God doesn't want to 339 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,680 Speaker 4: just barely bring you out of your difficulties, all beat 340 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 4: up and bedraggled, half dead. Well, at least, Joel, I'm 341 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 4: still here, still breathing. That's good, But that's not the 342 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:27,120 Speaker 4: way our God works. He wants to make the enemy pain. 343 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 4: He wants to bring you out better off than you 344 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:33,119 Speaker 4: were before. Why don't you get a vision for Double today. 345 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 4: I've known people that have gone through a breakup in 346 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 4: a relationship, something very unfair happened, and now they have 347 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 4: no dream for their life. They internalize everything, Well, it 348 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 4: was my fault, and if I just tried harder, or 349 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:51,359 Speaker 4: maybe if I'm just a little more attractive. Now, have 350 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:54,199 Speaker 4: you ever thought about that other person probably had a 351 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 4: few problems of their own. Instead of spending all that 352 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 4: time blaming yourself and trying to pay your critics back 353 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 4: and trying to get even, I'm asking you to spend 354 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 4: that same amount of time thanking God that Double is 355 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 4: on its way. Well, you say, Joel, I heard somebody 356 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:12,200 Speaker 4: talking about you again last week. 357 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:15,199 Speaker 6: Really, in a sense, that's good news God, you heard that. 358 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:18,880 Speaker 4: I'm believing for Double. What I'm saying is get your 359 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 4: fire back. Most of the time, when we experience criticism 360 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:26,879 Speaker 4: or rejection, we do just the opposite. We get down 361 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 4: and discouraged, We get revengeful, defensive. No shake that junk off. 362 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 4: God is in control of your life. He has you 363 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 4: in the palm of his hand. He said, no weapon 364 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 4: formed against you will ever prosper. What the enemy means 365 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 4: for evil, what God wants to use for your good. 366 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:45,920 Speaker 4: If he did it for Joseph, he'll do it for you. 367 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 4: Don't be a chicken and sit around in self pity. 368 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 4: Don't be a crow and try to pay people back. 369 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 4: Rise up and be the eagle that God created you 370 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 4: to be. I know my father he went through a 371 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 4: great rejection, a great disappointment. Back in the late nineteen fifties. 372 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:05,200 Speaker 4: He was a pastor of a very successful church. Things 373 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:08,159 Speaker 4: were going great, but my sister Lisa was born with 374 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:12,200 Speaker 4: something like cerebral palsy, and this really challenged my dad's faith. 375 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 4: He went away for several weeks and he got alone. 376 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 4: He began to search the scriptures in a new way, 377 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:22,439 Speaker 4: and he saw how God was a healing god, a 378 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 4: good God. He went back to his church and he 379 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 4: preached with a new fire, a new enthusiasm. He thought 380 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:32,240 Speaker 4: everybody would be excited, but it was just the opposite. 381 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 6: Many of them didn't understand. 382 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:38,000 Speaker 4: They were very steeped in their traditional ways and they 383 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 4: didn't like this quote new message. People started talking, started criticizing, 384 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 4: started judging him. See, anytime you step out to do 385 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 4: something out of the ordinary, not everybody will understand. And 386 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:54,000 Speaker 4: here's a key. The dream in your heart may be 387 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 4: bigger than the environment that you're in. Sometimes you got 388 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 4: to get out of that environment in order to see 389 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:06,160 Speaker 4: that dream fulfilled. You think about it like an oak tree. 390 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:09,200 Speaker 4: If you plant it in a pot, it can only 391 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,440 Speaker 4: grow so big. Once its roots feel that pot, it's 392 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:15,639 Speaker 4: gonna quit growing. But the problem is not with the tree. 393 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:18,880 Speaker 4: The problem is with the environment that is in. It's 394 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:22,399 Speaker 4: stifling its growth. And some of you have bigger things 395 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:25,479 Speaker 4: in your heart than the environment that you're in. But 396 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:29,119 Speaker 4: the problem is where you are. It's safe. You've been 397 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:31,920 Speaker 4: at that job for twenty two years, you've been hanging 398 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 4: around those friends since you're in high school. But you 399 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:37,159 Speaker 4: know down in here it's holding you back. You know 400 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 4: you have more on the inside, but you're kind of 401 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:42,960 Speaker 4: afraid you may ruffle some feathers, you may hurt some feelings. 402 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 4: Are you afraid you might step out there and fail. Listen, 403 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 4: I don't know about you. I'd rather take a step 404 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 4: of faith and fail than have to look back and 405 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 4: wonder all my life what I could have been. People 406 00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:59,959 Speaker 4: may reject you, they may criticize, but really, life is 407 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 4: way too short to live it just trying to please everybody. 408 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:06,119 Speaker 4: Life is too short to go around worried about what 409 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 4: people are going to think. Some of my father's lifelong 410 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:13,400 Speaker 4: friends started talking about him, judging him, and really they 411 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 4: weren't bad people, they just didn't understand. My father knew 412 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 4: the best thing for him to do was to just 413 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 4: move on, and so he left that place hurt and dejected. 414 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:28,680 Speaker 4: He could have allowed that one negative experience to poison 415 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 4: the rest of his future. He could have gotten bitter, angry, 416 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,679 Speaker 4: gone around blaming God, blaming people. You know what my 417 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 4: father did, He basically just shook it off. He accepted 418 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 4: the fact that not everybody was going to understand him. 419 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 4: He recognized the dream in his heart was bigger than 420 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:48,760 Speaker 4: the environment that he was in. So he went down 421 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:52,639 Speaker 4: the street to an abandoned feed store and started Lakehood. 422 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:55,920 Speaker 4: That was on Mother's Day in nineteen fifty nine. We've 423 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:59,679 Speaker 4: been going strong ever since then. That some of you 424 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 4: did do Like my father. You have so much more 425 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 4: in you, but you're letting the fear of what people 426 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 4: will say or what people will think. Well, my family 427 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:13,400 Speaker 4: understand you're letting that hold you back, But you got 428 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:16,720 Speaker 4: a break free from trying to please everybody. You got 429 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 4: to get out of the safe zone and get over 430 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 4: into the faith zone. I talked to a young man 431 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 4: the other day. He grew up in a very small town. 432 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:28,399 Speaker 4: He came from a great family, loving parents, five brothers 433 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 4: and sisters. He was the youngest, and all of his 434 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:34,439 Speaker 4: other siblings had stayed there close and worked in the 435 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 4: little town. But this young man had a dream of 436 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 4: something bigger in his heart. He really struggled with it 437 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:43,359 Speaker 4: because he loved his family. He loved his parents, but 438 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:46,879 Speaker 4: he knew in order to fulfill his destiny he needed 439 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 4: to take a job offer with a company several hundred 440 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,959 Speaker 4: miles away in a larger city. He told me it 441 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 4: was the hardest thing that he had ever done. His family, 442 00:23:56,080 --> 00:24:00,280 Speaker 4: his parents loved him, but they didn't understand him. Brothers 443 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:03,640 Speaker 4: and sisters started talking, what he thinks, He's better than us, 444 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:06,679 Speaker 4: He's too good for our small town had nothing to 445 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 4: do with that. But that rejection cut him like a knife. 446 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 4: Here the people that were closest to him didn't understand him. 447 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 4: He was so tempted to get bitter. He was tempted 448 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 4: to think, I'll show you and not have anything to 449 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 4: do with him. But instead he chose to be an eagle. 450 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 4: He chose to rise above it and just shake it off. 451 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 4: He recognized not everybody was going to understand him, not 452 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 4: everybody was going to cheer him on. Just like Joseph, 453 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:38,080 Speaker 4: he kept doing his best, didn't let it poison him. 454 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:40,920 Speaker 4: When he would come back for the holidays to visit 455 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:43,919 Speaker 4: his family, although they were kind of cold, he was 456 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 4: the bigger person. 457 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:46,879 Speaker 6: He loved them anyway. 458 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:50,160 Speaker 4: In spite of their rejection, he would send them gifts. 459 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:55,200 Speaker 4: He supported his parents. This young man continued to get promoted, 460 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,639 Speaker 4: and today he not only owns his own business, but 461 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:02,200 Speaker 4: he's a leader in his life. Filled He's extremely talented, 462 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:06,879 Speaker 4: extremely successful. But he could have so easily succumbed to 463 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,480 Speaker 4: that pressure, thinking, oh man, I don't want to ruffle 464 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 4: some feathers, and what's my family members gonna think. He 465 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 4: could have easily lived just to please people. But the 466 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 4: problem with that is We'll never know what we could 467 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 4: have been. We'll never know the abundant life that God 468 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 4: really had in store. 469 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:26,360 Speaker 6: This is what David faced when. 470 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 4: He was a young man. He was out in the 471 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:31,920 Speaker 4: shepherd's fields taking care of his father's sheep, and one 472 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 4: day his dad asked him to go take his brother 473 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 4: some food. They were out on the front lines of 474 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 4: the battle. When David got out there, he heard Goliath 475 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:44,400 Speaker 4: taunting the people of Israel, and something rose up in him. 476 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 4: He knew he wanted to fight Goliath. God put that 477 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:52,240 Speaker 4: dream in his heart. But David's older brother, Eliab tried 478 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 4: to discourage him. He said, sarcastically, David, what are you 479 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:59,640 Speaker 4: even doing here? And with whom have you left those 480 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:02,439 Speaker 4: few suh sheep noticed he was trying to make him 481 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,119 Speaker 4: feel small. He was saying, David, you're never going to 482 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:07,920 Speaker 4: do anything great in life. You're just a shepherd boy. 483 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 4: You don't have what it takes. David could have let 484 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:12,400 Speaker 4: that rejection. 485 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,959 Speaker 6: Sink in and keep him from pressing forward. 486 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 4: He could have stayed out there and the shepherd's fills 487 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 4: his whole life. But no, David knew he had something 488 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:24,280 Speaker 4: bigger on the inside. He was content where he was. 489 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:28,200 Speaker 4: That was a time of training, but he wasn't satisfied 490 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:31,160 Speaker 4: to stay there. And isn't it interesting how his own 491 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:34,720 Speaker 4: family came against him. His brother was really saying, David, 492 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,919 Speaker 4: don't ruffle any feathers, just stay where you are. But 493 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 4: David would not have fulfilled his destiny if he'd stayed 494 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 4: in that environment, if he'd let that rejection and criticism 495 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 4: sink in. I don't believe we'd be talking about him today. 496 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 4: And some of you, too, will not fulfill your God 497 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 4: given dreams in the environment that you're in right now. Now. 498 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,440 Speaker 4: I'm not saying to be foolish and pack up and lead, 499 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,679 Speaker 4: but I am saying you cannot let the fear of 500 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 4: what people are gonna say or what people are gonna 501 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 4: think keep you from doing what you know in your 502 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 4: heart God's called you to do. Friends, you have seeds 503 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:13,120 Speaker 4: of greatness on the inside. You know where the most 504 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 4: valuable treasure in all the world is. It's not in 505 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 4: the diamond minds of South Africa. It's not in the 506 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 4: oil fields of the Middle East. It's in the cemeteries 507 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:27,119 Speaker 4: all around us. Buried in those graveyards are dreams that 508 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:31,159 Speaker 4: never came alive. Books that were never written, businesses that 509 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 4: were never started, relationships that were never formed. Somebody was 510 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:39,680 Speaker 4: afraid to take a risk, somebody was afraid they'd be criticized, 511 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:43,320 Speaker 4: or maybe somebody tried it and failed once and so 512 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,320 Speaker 4: they just gave up. Don't let that be you. You 513 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 4: have a treasure on the inside. 514 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:50,359 Speaker 6: You have so much to offer. 515 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 4: But throughout life, everything in the world will come against 516 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:56,679 Speaker 4: you to try to get you to give up on 517 00:27:56,720 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 4: your dreams. People, circumstances, criticism, rejection, sometimes even your own family. 518 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 4: You got to dig your heels in and just keep 519 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 4: pressing toward what God has put in your heart. When 520 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 4: you suffer rejection, when people do you wrong, be quick 521 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:16,399 Speaker 4: to forgive. Don't get discouraged, learn to just shake it 522 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 4: off and start believing. For double and some of you 523 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 4: are way overdue. If you've had more than your share 524 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:25,640 Speaker 4: of negative things come against you, people pulling you down, 525 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:28,720 Speaker 4: trying to keep you from rising higher. Listen, you got 526 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:31,280 Speaker 4: to get your fire back, get your hopes up again, 527 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:34,800 Speaker 4: keep that dream alive. Remember it's not over until God 528 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 4: says it's over. 529 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 6: God has the final say. 530 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 4: If you will keep your heart free from the poison 531 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 4: of offense, the poison of criticism, and just stay on 532 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:48,280 Speaker 4: the high road and keep doing your best. I know 533 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:50,479 Speaker 4: God will do for you what he did for Joseph. 534 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 4: He'll bring justice into your life. He'll make your wrongs right. 535 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 4: He'll take care of your critics and you too. We'll 536 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,840 Speaker 4: see those dreams come to pass. Amen. Do you receive 537 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:03,000 Speaker 4: it today? We never like to close our broadcast without 538 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,760 Speaker 4: giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of 539 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 4: your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 540 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 4: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 541 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 4: make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 542 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 4: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 543 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:25,240 Speaker 4: in a good Bible based churn. Keep God first place. 544 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,000 Speaker 4: He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 545 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:32,360 Speaker 5: Thank you for listening to the juel Ustine podcast. 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