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It's a joy to come into your homes. 44 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 3: We love you. 45 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 5: If you we've come with good news, we believe today 46 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 5: that you're going to be encouraged and inspired just to 47 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 5: be all God's created you to be. But thanks for 48 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,079 Speaker 5: tuning in. If you're ever in our area, I hope 49 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 5: you'll stop by and see us. We'll make you feel 50 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 5: right at home. But again, it's good to have you today. 51 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 5: You know. I'd like to start with something funny each 52 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 5: week and see what you think of this one. A 53 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 5: small child had a bad cough, so her parents took 54 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 5: her to the emergency room. A nurse, while examining the 55 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 5: child's lung with a stethoscope, told the child, I have 56 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 5: to see if. 57 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 3: Barney's in there. 58 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 5: The little girl replied, I have Jesus in my heart, 59 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 5: but Barney's on my underwear. All right, hold up your bibles. 60 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 5: Let's say it like we've been it ready. This is 61 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 5: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 62 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 5: have what it says I have. I can do what 63 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 5: it says I can do. Today, I will retalk the 64 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 5: word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 65 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 5: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 66 00:02:55,120 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 5: I am about to receive the incorruptible, indestructible in seed 67 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 5: of the Word of God. I'll never be the same, never, never, never, 68 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 5: I'll never. 69 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 3: Be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 70 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about having an 71 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 5: attitude of a servant and how we should be willing 72 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:20,079 Speaker 5: to get involved every day. We should look for opportunities 73 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 5: to do good. We should look for ways that we 74 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 5: can make a difference. Who can I bless or where 75 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 5: is there a need that I can meet? 76 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 3: How can I serve you? Today? 77 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 5: A lot of times we think I don't want to 78 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 5: serve anybody. I want somebody to serve me, want somebody 79 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 5: to meet my needs, somebody to bless me. But really 80 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 5: that's the wrong attitude. Jesus said, I didn't come to 81 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 5: be served. I came to serve. And here he was 82 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 5: the greatest leader of all time, and yet he humbled 83 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 5: himself as a servant. And serving takes humility, it takes 84 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 5: laying aside our plans. 85 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 3: Sometimes we've got to be willing. 86 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 5: To be inconvenience. It means we've got to be willing 87 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 5: to go out of our way. Too many people today 88 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 5: don't want to get involved. Their attitude is, don't bother 89 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 5: me with your problems. Man, I got enough problems of 90 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 5: my own. I can't give you a ride in the morning. 91 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 5: I get up early enough already. No, it's that kind 92 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:18,160 Speaker 5: of selfish, self centered attitude. That's why so many people. 93 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 3: Are not happy today. 94 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 5: And if you're only living for yourself and you don't 95 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 5: have time for others, you're going to live a very 96 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 5: unfulfilled life. You were not made to be ingrown. You 97 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 5: were made to be a giver. You were made to 98 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,840 Speaker 5: make a difference in somebody else's life. And really one 99 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 5: of the main ways we serve God is by serving 100 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:42,720 Speaker 5: one another. One time, the disciples were arguing about who 101 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,280 Speaker 5: is the greatest, who is the most important, who was 102 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 5: going to have the top position. Jesus overheard them and 103 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 5: he said, listen, here's the key. If you want to 104 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 5: be the greatest, you've got to learn to become the 105 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 5: servant of all. In other words, you've got to have 106 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:58,040 Speaker 5: an attitude to help people. 107 00:04:58,600 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 3: You've got to take time to. 108 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:02,720 Speaker 5: Li listen to that friend that's down, You've got to 109 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:04,599 Speaker 5: go out of your way and get. 110 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:06,719 Speaker 3: Involved with that coworker that's struggling. 111 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 5: Everywhere we go, we should be making a difference, even 112 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 5: if it's just giving a smile, given an encouraging word. 113 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 5: Somebody's car broke down, you give them twenty bucks to 114 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 5: help them get on their way. But we need to 115 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 5: look for opportunities to meet needs around us. And the 116 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:26,039 Speaker 5: scripture says here in one John three point seventeen, if 117 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:30,360 Speaker 5: anyone sees his brother in need and yet closes his 118 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 5: heart of compassion, how can the love of God be 119 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 5: in him? Notice we all have a heart of compassion. 120 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 5: But what's interesting is it can either be opened or 121 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,479 Speaker 5: it can be closed. And the sad thing today is 122 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 5: many people have theirs closed. They're too busy to get involved. 123 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 5: They don't take time to sew into other people's life. 124 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 5: They see that friend that's struggling, he's down and discouraged, 125 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 5: but they think, man, I don't want to go find 126 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 5: out what's wrong. He may need to borrow some money, 127 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 5: he may want to and go to dinner after work. 128 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 3: I don't want to do that. 129 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 5: What they've really just done is they've closed their heart 130 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:08,280 Speaker 5: of compassion. And then they wonder why they're not happy, 131 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 5: why they're not fulfilled, why their problems aren't being solved. 132 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 3: It's all because they become ingrown and. 133 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 5: A selfish life is always going to be a miserable life. 134 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 5: If you have a problem today, one of the best 135 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 5: things you can do is go out and help solve 136 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 5: somebody else's problem. If you're lonely, don't sit around feeling 137 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 5: sorry for yourself. Go out and encourage somebody else that's lonely. 138 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,039 Speaker 5: You've got to get your mind. 139 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 3: Off of yourself. Sow that seed. Then God can begin 140 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 3: to change your situation. 141 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:41,800 Speaker 5: But I'm talking about a lifestyle of giving, a lifestyle 142 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 5: of serving, being involved with one another. Some of you 143 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 5: have more time than you do. Extra money will give 144 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 5: your time. Why don't you mentor a young man, or 145 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 5: go visit the nursing homes, or how about adopting a widow. 146 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:58,839 Speaker 5: You can call her during the week, send her notes, 147 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:01,040 Speaker 5: or go pick her up and bring her to church 148 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:04,239 Speaker 5: with you, so into her life. You're not just doing 149 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 5: a good deed, you are serving God by serving one another. 150 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 5: I remember when Victoria and I first started dating. Victoria 151 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 5: would go pick up this older lady and bring her 152 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,239 Speaker 5: to church. She'd done this for a long time, they'd 153 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 5: become good friends. Well, that was just a way that 154 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 5: she could serve. And there are so many different areas 155 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 5: we can get involved in. You can serve in our 156 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 5: children's ministry, teaching our kids, we're always looking for people. 157 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 5: Or you can go visit the prisoners with our prison outreach. 158 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 5: We have to go every day, go once a month. 159 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 5: Or how about coaching your child's little league team, making 160 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 5: a difference. 161 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 3: In their lives. 162 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 5: But when you see a need, learn to meet it. 163 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 5: Maybe your child has a friend that comes from a 164 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 5: single parent family and you can see he's having trouble 165 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 5: hitting the ball, Well take him to the batting cages 166 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 5: with your son, or stay after practice and pits to 167 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 5: him for half an hour or so. But what I'm 168 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 5: saying is you've got to on purpose, get involved. 169 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 3: Don't wait for somebody to ask you. Be on the offensive. 170 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 5: We should get up every day and not try to 171 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 5: figure out how we can get blessed. 172 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 3: Let's figure out how we can be a blessing. Where 173 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 3: is a need that I can meet? 174 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,239 Speaker 5: Or how can I make somebody else's life better today? 175 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 5: Where can I serve? See be on the lookout and 176 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 5: learn to keep your heart of compassion open. That's what 177 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 5: real living is all about. And really the closest thing 178 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 5: to the heart of God is not how much we pray, 179 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 5: not how many times we come to church and all 180 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 5: that's great, but the closest thing to God's heart is 181 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 5: helping hurting people, and all around us, probably every day, 182 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 5: there's somebody that's been through a disappointment, somebody that's discouraged, 183 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 5: somebody that's having marital problems, somebody that's struggling with an addiction. 184 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 5: They need what only you can give. They need your 185 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 5: healing touch, they need your ears to listen, they need 186 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 5: your encouraging words. Somebody needs to know that you care. 187 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 5: And the scripture talks about how in the last days 188 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:02,680 Speaker 5: the great of the body of people will grow cold, 189 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 5: and unfortunately that's what seems to be happening today. We're 190 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 5: all so busy, people are so driven for success. We're 191 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:12,959 Speaker 5: in such a hurry. We don't want to be inconvenience. 192 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 5: We don't want to have to go out of our way. 193 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 5: We have to remember, if we're not serving one another, 194 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 5: we're really not serving God in the way he wants 195 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 5: us to. And Jesus said, when you do it to 196 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,439 Speaker 5: the least of one of these, it's just like you're 197 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 5: doing it under me. You give somebody in need as 198 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:31,959 Speaker 5: little as a cup of cold water, just like you're 199 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 5: giving it under God. Take time to care, have the 200 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 5: heart of a servant and be willing to get involved. 201 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 5: Most of us know the story of the Good Samaritan. 202 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:45,080 Speaker 5: This man was out walking down the road, and all 203 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 5: of a sudden he was attacked and beaten by these robbers, 204 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:49,319 Speaker 5: and they stole all of. 205 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 3: His money and just left him there to die. 206 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:54,560 Speaker 5: Well, in a little while, a priest came walking by, 207 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 5: and when he saw the men lying there, he just 208 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 5: moved over to the other side of the road. He 209 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:02,080 Speaker 5: didn't want to be inconvenienced, he didn't want to get 210 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:04,560 Speaker 5: his hands dirty. He was too proud, and so he 211 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 5: just passed on by. And isn't it interesting? The first 212 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 5: example Jesus used as he told this story was that 213 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 5: of a religious person that tells me, just because I 214 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 5: come to church, just because. 215 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 3: I sing the songs, doesn't mean. 216 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 5: That's my Christian duty and I'm done for the week. No, 217 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 5: our real duty starts when. 218 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:25,840 Speaker 3: We dismiss this service. 219 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 5: Our real work should begin at the office, at the mall, 220 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 5: at the ball field, in our everyday lives. Look for 221 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 5: opportunities that you can make a difference. And when you 222 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 5: see somebody that's hurting, don't be like this man. Don't 223 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 5: be quote too religious to get your hands dirty. In 224 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 5: other words, don't be too proud to help that young 225 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:51,959 Speaker 5: man just struggling with an addiction. Don't be too judgmental 226 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 5: to give that young lady that's pregnant and not yet married, 227 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 5: your time, your attention, your love. In a little while, 228 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 5: another man came walking by. He was a Levite, but 229 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:05,080 Speaker 5: he did the same thing. He just scooted it over 230 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:06,200 Speaker 5: and passed on by. 231 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 3: I don't know. 232 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 5: Maybe he was in a hurry, maybe he had an 233 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 5: important meeting to go to, but he too chose not 234 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 5: to be involved. But this third man was different. 235 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:16,560 Speaker 3: I like him. 236 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 5: He had his heart of compassion open, and the Bible 237 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 5: says when he saw the men lying there, he went 238 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 5: to him. Notice he didn't wait for three people to ask. 239 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:29,959 Speaker 5: He didn't wait till they made an announcement at the office. 240 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 5: He didn't wait till he read it in the church bulletin. 241 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 3: He was aggressive. 242 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 5: He was on the lookout, and he thought, here's a need, 243 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 5: here's somebody that's hurting. I'm gonna make a difference. I'm 244 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 5: gonna serve God by serving my brother. And the fact is, 245 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:45,960 Speaker 5: if you study it, he didn't know the man. He 246 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 5: didn't come from the same racial background. He didn't come 247 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 5: from the same social background, but that didn't stop him. 248 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 5: He thought, this is my brother, and I'm gonna do 249 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:58,080 Speaker 5: something about it, and we two need to quit qualifying 250 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 5: what needs we're gonna meet. The need is a need, 251 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 5: regardless of race, regardless of social background, regardless of if 252 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 5: the people fit into our little group. 253 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 3: You notice he went to him. 254 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 5: He bandaged him up and put him on his animal, 255 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 5: took him up to the local inn, and he stayed 256 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 5: with him till he got better. And when he did 257 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 5: have to leave, he paid the innkeeper extra money to 258 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 5: keep him until he got well. And he said, by 259 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 5: the way, if you've got to keep him longer, go 260 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:27,000 Speaker 5: ahead and do it, and just put it on my 261 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 5: tab and I'll make sure I pay you the next 262 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 5: time I come through. That's somebody that has their heart 263 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 5: of compassion open. That's somebody that's serving God by serving 264 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 5: one another. You notice he was willing to get his 265 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 5: hands dirty. He was willing to be inconvenienced. I'm sure 266 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 5: he had to adjust his plans. 267 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 3: I don't know. 268 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 5: Maybe he lost some money, maybe he missed out on 269 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 5: a big seal, but it didn't matter to this man. 270 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 5: He was more interested in helping hurting people than he 271 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 5: was and keeping his plans. I believe what God is 272 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 5: saying to us through this story is when you see 273 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:05,720 Speaker 5: somebody that's down, somebody that's hurting, somebody that's lonely, like 274 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:08,840 Speaker 5: this man, go to him. Let's not be like the 275 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 5: first man, too proud, too religious. 276 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 3: Well, I'm not gonna help you. 277 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 5: You don't come from my same group, you don't live 278 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:17,959 Speaker 5: in my neighborhood, you don't believe what I believe. You're 279 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 5: not of my same faith. Man, I'm not going there. 280 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 5: That kind of selfish, arrogant attitude is going to keep 281 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 5: us from God's best. Keep your heart of compassion open, 282 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:30,079 Speaker 5: and when you see a need, don't wait, go to it. 283 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 5: That's what I love about the people of Lakewood. You 284 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 5: guys are such great givers. We get letters all the 285 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:39,839 Speaker 5: time from people telling us how much you've helped them, 286 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 5: just bragging on all that you've done. And just the 287 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 5: other day I got a report from a single parent mom. 288 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 5: She said, Joel, one of your members out of the 289 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 5: Clear Blue just bought me a whole new set of 290 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 5: living room furniture. And she just wrote back to say 291 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 5: thank you. We never asked those people to do it. 292 00:13:57,679 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 5: We didn't put it in the bulletin. They just did it. 293 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:03,200 Speaker 5: Unto God, they just did it because they saw a 294 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 5: need and they went to it. 295 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:06,199 Speaker 3: They were willing to be involved. 296 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 5: And if you hear about some kids that aren't sleeping 297 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 5: on good beds, or somebody that doesn't have air conditioning 298 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 5: in this heat, and you have the means to meet 299 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 5: that need, God's bless you with that money, then you've 300 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 5: got to step up to the plate. The Bible tells 301 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 5: us to stir ourselves up under good works. 302 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 3: And if we don't hear. 303 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 5: A message like this on a regular basis, it is 304 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 5: so easy to get self centered. Me and my four 305 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 5: and no more. But no, let me ask you today, 306 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 5: what are you doing for somebody else where? Are you 307 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 5: making a difference? 308 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 2: Now? 309 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 5: I realize as you give to the ministry here in 310 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 5: affects you are because we touch people. But really, I'm 311 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 5: talking more specifically today about you personally. Who are you serving? 312 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 5: Who are you impacting? Do you have your heart of 313 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 5: compassion open? I had this other man tell me he 314 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 5: was an older gentleman, how he was up at the 315 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 5: pharmacy one night wanting to pick up his prescription, but 316 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 5: he thought the insurance would cover more of the cost 317 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 5: and he didn't have enough money. Well, there was this 318 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 5: young man in line behind him that had just been 319 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 5: out exercising in his tennis shoes and running clothes, and 320 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 5: he just come in there to get something to drink. 321 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 5: But when he heard this older man's dilemma, he said, you 322 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 5: stay right there, I'll be right back. That young man 323 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 5: ran out, went down to his house. God his billfold, 324 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 5: came all the way back. 325 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 3: And bought his prescription for him. 326 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 5: And you're talking about making an impression on this man. Now, 327 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 5: this older gentleman was here at Lakewood in the front lobby, 328 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 5: never been here before, but he came all the way 329 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 5: back just to tell that man thank you. I said, well, 330 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:37,359 Speaker 5: what was his name? He said his name was John. 331 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:39,600 Speaker 5: I said, well, we probably have a few hundred Johns 332 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 5: in our church, but I promised him I would tell John. 333 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:43,000 Speaker 3: Thank you. 334 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 5: So, whoever you are, thank you for keeping your heart 335 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 5: a compassion open. Thank you for serving God by serving 336 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 5: one another. Thank you for making a difference. Really, there's 337 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 5: nothing like the joy in giving. There's nothing like the 338 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 5: satisfaction you feel for me. Somebody else's needs. Remember one 339 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 5: time I went to India with my father and it 340 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 5: was myself and Victoria and several of our family members. 341 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 5: There was this good Christian leader that we'd supported for 342 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 5: many many years. We'd become good friends with he and 343 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 5: his family. We really love and respect him. But he 344 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 5: was so devoted to his ministry and so devoted to 345 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 5: his work. He had never taken the time nor the 346 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 5: money to get his own family a decent place to live. 347 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 5: They had always lived in this old, run down, beat 348 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:32,359 Speaker 5: up place that they had rented, and this really. 349 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 3: Bothered my father. 350 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 5: He loved this young man like a son, and he 351 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 5: always wanted him to have something better. And so on 352 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 5: this particular trip, my father brought the money personally to 353 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 5: buy him a new home. And of course in India 354 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:47,360 Speaker 5: it's not like it is here, but it was still 355 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 5: a whole lot of money. Now, I'll never forget how 356 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 5: Daddy did it. Instead of just having one check to 357 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 5: give him, he divided it up so that each of 358 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 5: us kids that were there. 359 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 3: Could give the man a check as well. 360 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 5: Daddy wanted us personally to experience the joy in giving, 361 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 5: and so one night after dinner, we went back to 362 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 5: their little place, and Daddy began to tell them how 363 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 5: much we loved them and what we wanted to do 364 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 5: for their family, and he explained how this money was 365 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,679 Speaker 5: for them personally, to buy them a new house. And 366 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:17,160 Speaker 5: his wife and his kids were there, and Daddy handed 367 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 5: them the check, and men, they couldn't believe it. They 368 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:21,920 Speaker 5: just wept and wept. They'd never seen money like that, 369 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 5: not for their own use. And then each of us kids, 370 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:26,440 Speaker 5: one by one we went up and gave the men 371 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:29,400 Speaker 5: our check. And I'll never forget the impression that made 372 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 5: on me, seeing the tears in his eyes, seeing his 373 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 5: children weeping with joy, weeping with gratitude. All I could 374 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,200 Speaker 5: think about was the scripture that says it is more 375 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 5: blessed to give than it is to receive, And that 376 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 5: night I felt just an overwhelming sense of joy on 377 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:50,680 Speaker 5: the inside. And listen, I had bought a sports car 378 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 5: a couple months earlier, and I was happy about that, 379 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 5: but there was no comparison in the joy that I 380 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:59,679 Speaker 5: felt that day. You are never more like God than 381 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:02,680 Speaker 5: when you give, when you're meeting a need, when you're 382 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 5: helping the hurting, when you're ministering to the lonely there's 383 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:09,639 Speaker 5: a joy and a satisfaction like nothing else can bring. 384 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 5: And some of you today, no doubt you kind of 385 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:14,159 Speaker 5: like my parents. God's blessed you. You've got more than 386 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 5: you could probably ever spend. Why don't you start investing 387 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 5: it in others? Why don't you step out and do 388 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 5: something out of the ordinary and maybe buy that single 389 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:26,119 Speaker 5: mom a new car. Why don't you pay the rent 390 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:29,120 Speaker 5: for that friend that's really hit some tough times. If 391 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 5: you have the means to meet a need and you 392 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 5: just close your heart of compassion and you kind of 393 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 5: ignore it, Really, what you're doing is like those first 394 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,399 Speaker 5: two men. You're just passing by on the other side 395 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 5: of the street. Now do what you can. And I 396 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 5: realize there's a balance. I'm not telling you to give 397 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:45,399 Speaker 5: everything away. 398 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 3: That's not wisdom. 399 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:49,679 Speaker 5: But if I have five coats and I see my 400 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:52,439 Speaker 5: friend out here that's cold. It's not right for me 401 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 5: to hold on to everything that I have. And it's 402 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 5: not right for me to say, well, brother, i'll pray 403 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 5: for you, we'll believe you'll get one by next week. 404 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 3: Man, I'm standing in faith. That's the biggest cop out 405 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:03,400 Speaker 3: we could ever use. 406 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:07,159 Speaker 5: The Bible says faith without actions. 407 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 3: Backing it up is useless. 408 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 5: If you want your faith to really work, do something 409 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 5: good for somebody else, meet and need make a difference. 410 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:18,120 Speaker 5: This is something that Victoria and I try to do 411 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:21,159 Speaker 5: as often as we can. And really, when you do 412 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 5: something good, you shouldn't tell people about it. Keep quiet 413 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 5: so you'll get your reward. But I'm gonna share this 414 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:27,920 Speaker 5: example with you just to make a point. 415 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:30,680 Speaker 3: I believe God knows my heart. But the other day I. 416 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 5: Was praying for this family down front. They just lost 417 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 5: their mother. It was a very sad situation. All these 418 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 5: young kids just weeping and weeping, and I could tell 419 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:40,679 Speaker 5: they didn't have too much financially. And so when they 420 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 5: went back to their seats, I asked Michelle, my assistant, 421 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 5: if she would ask them about the funeral. She came 422 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 5: back and said, sure enough, Joel, they don't have any money. 423 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 5: They don't know what they're going to do. I said, Michelle, 424 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 5: don't make a big deal about it, but tell them 425 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 5: that it's taken care of. That's something I thought that 426 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 5: Victorian I can do. And sure, we have a big church, 427 00:19:57,480 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 5: and the easy thing is to say, well, let's just let. 428 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:01,359 Speaker 3: The church do it. But no, I don't want to 429 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 3: miss out on the joy in giving. 430 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 5: I don't want to be another minister that passes by 431 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:07,399 Speaker 5: down the side of the street. 432 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,439 Speaker 3: I want to keep my heart of compassion open. 433 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:14,639 Speaker 5: I want to be on the lookout for opportunities to 434 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 5: do good for people. As I said, you may not 435 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 5: have a lot of extra money, but you can give 436 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 5: your time. You can give somebody a ride, you can 437 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:25,119 Speaker 5: babysit someone's children. You got to find a need and 438 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:27,919 Speaker 5: meet it, serve God by serving one another. 439 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 3: Too many people don't want to get involved. 440 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:34,240 Speaker 5: You may have remembered the story several years ago that 441 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:36,960 Speaker 5: happened in one of the major cities here in America. 442 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:40,120 Speaker 5: This man was going home to his apartment late at night, 443 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:44,159 Speaker 5: and he was attacked and robbed by this game. And 444 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:46,439 Speaker 5: while it was happening, he was screaming out to the 445 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 5: top of his lungs, help me, help me. And all 446 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:52,399 Speaker 5: these people in the high rise buildings around him, they 447 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:54,440 Speaker 5: begin to open up their windows and come out on 448 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:56,959 Speaker 5: the balcony to watch what was going on. I mean, 449 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,080 Speaker 5: it created a big stir, and it lasted like five 450 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:01,720 Speaker 5: or ten minutes. But do you know, not one of 451 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 5: those people did anything about it. Not one person came 452 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:08,440 Speaker 5: downstairs to help him. No one even bothered to call 453 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 5: the police. They no doubt thought, man, we don't want 454 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:14,439 Speaker 5: to get involved. We've got enough problems. We may have 455 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 5: to go give a police report, we may have to 456 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 5: go to court and testify. 457 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,679 Speaker 3: We don't want to be inconvenienced. 458 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:23,320 Speaker 5: The amazing thing to me is nobody even bothered to 459 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:25,679 Speaker 5: pick up the phone and call an ambulance while the 460 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 5: guy was lying down there, and he laid on the 461 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 5: street for over one hour and ended up bleeding to death. 462 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 5: They did an autopsy later, and the report said they 463 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 5: could have easily spared his life if somebody would have 464 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:38,359 Speaker 5: just brought him to the hospital so they could have 465 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 5: stopped the bleeding. Several months later this report came out. 466 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 5: It was in the paper and thirty eight people admitted 467 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 5: to having watched it take place, but unfortunately they just 468 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 5: chose to pass by the. 469 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 3: Other side of the street. 470 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 5: Friends, Let's don't let that be you and I. I 471 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:56,919 Speaker 5: pray every day God help me to not be so 472 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 5: focused on myself, so focused on my needs that I 473 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,720 Speaker 5: don't see the needs of those around me. God helped 474 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:06,399 Speaker 5: me to stay sensitive, help me to keep my heart 475 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 5: of compassion open. And thank God, not everybody's like that. 476 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,200 Speaker 5: There's a lot of great people. I heard another story 477 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 5: about this older African American woman. She was stranded beside 478 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 5: the side of a road in the middle of a 479 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:22,120 Speaker 5: driving rainstorm. She had run over something and blown out 480 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 5: one of her tires. This was way back in the 481 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:27,680 Speaker 5: early nineteen sixties, and it was around eleven thirty at night. 482 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 5: She was in a rural section of Alabama. All she 483 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 5: could do is just go out and try to flag 484 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 5: somebody over. And about that time, this young white man 485 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:39,480 Speaker 5: came driving by. He saw the lady out there, soaking wet, 486 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 5: so distraught, so upset. He decided to pull over and 487 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:45,639 Speaker 5: to help. And this was almost unheard of, you know, 488 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 5: in the conflict ridden sixties. But this young man was 489 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:51,399 Speaker 5: so nice and kind and caring. He put the older 490 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 5: woman in his own car, and in the midst of 491 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 5: that driving rain, he got out and took her old 492 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:57,920 Speaker 5: tire off. They put it in the trunk and had 493 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 5: to go into town. Took like three or four hours 494 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:02,520 Speaker 5: to get it fixed. In the middle of the night. They 495 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,760 Speaker 5: brought it back to her car, still driving rain. 496 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 3: Didn't matter. He got out and put her new tyre on. 497 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 3: She was ready to go. 498 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 5: She tried and tried to pay him many many times, 499 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 5: but he wouldn't take anything, And finally, just as he 500 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,679 Speaker 5: was about to leave, she said, at least let me 501 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:18,640 Speaker 5: get an address so I can send you a thank 502 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,879 Speaker 5: you note, and he kind of reluctantly agreed. Well, several 503 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 5: days later, there was a knock on this young man's door, 504 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 5: and much to his surprise, they were delivering a large 505 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 5: color TV set. Had a note on it and said, 506 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,920 Speaker 5: thank you so much for your kindness the other night. 507 00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 5: Because of you, I was able to make it to 508 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:41,520 Speaker 5: my dying husband's bedside just before he passed away. She 509 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 5: went on to say thank you for so generously serving others, 510 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:49,679 Speaker 5: and it was signed missus Nat King Cole. See, you 511 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:53,160 Speaker 5: never really know who you're helping. You never know what 512 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,440 Speaker 5: kind of impact you're going to have. And think about, 513 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,000 Speaker 5: had that young man not taken the time to care, 514 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 5: she wouldn't have been able to spend the final moments 515 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 5: with her husband. But if we can just remember, when 516 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,919 Speaker 5: I serve you, I'm serving God. When I give you 517 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:11,360 Speaker 5: a ride, It's just like I'm giving God a ride 518 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:13,880 Speaker 5: when I come mow your lawn because you're not feeling well, 519 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 5: just like I'm mowing God's law. When I give you 520 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 5: a gift certificate to buy some new clothes, just like 521 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:21,720 Speaker 5: I'm buying God some new clothes. Well, Joe, I don't 522 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:24,560 Speaker 5: know if I believe that. No, Jesus said, when I 523 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 5: was hungry, you fed me. When I was thirsty, you 524 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 5: gave me something to drink. When I was in prison, 525 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,880 Speaker 5: you visited me. They said, Jesus, what are you talking about. 526 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:35,240 Speaker 5: We never did that. He said, sure you did, when 527 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 5: you did it to the least of one of these, 528 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:39,919 Speaker 5: just like you're doing it under me. And the Bible 529 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 5: talks about specific groups of people that we need to 530 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 5: make sure that we watch after, make sure we take 531 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:51,719 Speaker 5: care of. Those groups are the widows, the orphans, and 532 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:55,840 Speaker 5: the fatherless. There's so many children today growing up in 533 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:59,399 Speaker 5: a single parent home. I read where never before in 534 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:02,679 Speaker 5: our history have there been so many fatherless children. In 535 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 5: other words, more children are being raised without a father 536 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:09,560 Speaker 5: figure than any other time. And we men who are healthy, 537 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 5: we men who are good fathers. We have a responsibility 538 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:17,320 Speaker 5: to God to impart into these young people, to mentor 539 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 5: a young man, to mentor a young woman. 540 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 3: As I said earlier, look around at the. 541 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:25,640 Speaker 5: Church, at the school, at the ball field. Maybe your 542 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,800 Speaker 5: child has a friend that comes from a fatherless family, 543 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 5: or why don't you take him under your wing, take 544 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:33,560 Speaker 5: him to do things that only fathers do. 545 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 3: I know this family in our church. 546 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:38,399 Speaker 5: The other day they were taking these two single parent 547 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:42,399 Speaker 5: sons on a camping trip with their children. These boys 548 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,440 Speaker 5: were so excited. They had never done anything like that before. 549 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:48,920 Speaker 5: We have to pay special attention to these groups. And 550 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,639 Speaker 5: I'm sure all of you know a single parent mom. 551 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 5: We have plenty of them here at the church. We 552 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 5: got to make sure we encourage them. Most of them, 553 00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 5: they're working night and day. They come home and cook 554 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 5: and clean. They're struggling to make it. 555 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:02,680 Speaker 3: They're half worn out. 556 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:05,120 Speaker 5: Why don't you take the time to take them out 557 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 5: to dinner every once in a while. Why don't you 558 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:10,240 Speaker 5: babysit her children to give her a break. If you 559 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 5: have the money, why don't you pay a rent for 560 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,280 Speaker 5: a few months, do something to lighten the load. When 561 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:17,280 Speaker 5: you do it for her, it's just like you're doing 562 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 5: it unto God. The scripture says in James one twenty 563 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:24,840 Speaker 5: seven True Worship that is pure and unblemished in the 564 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:28,359 Speaker 5: sight of God. Is to take care of the fatherless, 565 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 5: the orphans, and the widows. 566 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:31,639 Speaker 3: I don't know. 567 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 5: Maybe you know a widow. There's somebody you can take 568 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,679 Speaker 5: care of. You can help mow her law, keep her 569 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 5: house up, run some errands for her. Do you know 570 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 5: how many people today are lonely? Nobody comes by to 571 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 5: check on, nobody comes by to visit. Had this lady 572 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 5: tell me the other day, she was older, and she said, 573 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 5: I have no relatives alive, no aunts and uncles, no 574 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 5: sons or daughters. We've got to do our part. I 575 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,359 Speaker 5: was thinking about when William went to be with the Lord. 576 00:26:57,640 --> 00:26:59,400 Speaker 5: He used to be the head of our prayer partners, 577 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 5: good n a good friend. 578 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 3: He did so much for this church. 579 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 5: And I told Victoria, we're going to take care of 580 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:08,000 Speaker 5: his wife, Barbara. We have a responsibility. We're not going 581 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:10,600 Speaker 5: to pass by the other side of the street. And 582 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 5: every one of you has people in your own life, 583 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:16,719 Speaker 5: a single parent mom, a single parent child, a widow, 584 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 5: maybe in the neighborhood, may be at work. Well, what 585 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:23,200 Speaker 5: are you doing to make a difference. True worship, true religion, 586 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:25,439 Speaker 5: God says, is not just to come to church and 587 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 5: sing and shout and have a good time, And I'm 588 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:30,440 Speaker 5: all for that. But true worship is taking care of 589 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:34,200 Speaker 5: the lonely, helping the hurting, seeing the need, and meeting 590 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:39,000 Speaker 5: that many. And I wonder what our society would be 591 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 5: like today if every person took time to care, if 592 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:45,679 Speaker 5: each one of us would be more concerned about serving 593 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 5: others than just wanting to be served. Why don't you 594 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:50,920 Speaker 5: make a decision with me today that you're going to 595 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:53,920 Speaker 5: be a giver and not a taker in life. After all, 596 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,120 Speaker 5: when you meet other people's needs, God. 597 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:57,439 Speaker 3: Will always meet your own needs. 598 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:00,360 Speaker 5: And if you're not happy today, there's a very good 599 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 5: chance you've gotten so focused on your problems. You're so 600 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 5: caught up in yourself that you become ingrown and that 601 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 5: is a sure formula for misery. You have to get 602 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 5: your mind off yourself when you get up in the morning, 603 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:15,720 Speaker 5: look for opportunities to be a blessing. 604 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 3: When you see a need, don't wait, go to it. 605 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:21,399 Speaker 5: Get involved with your time, your energy, and your effort. 606 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:23,280 Speaker 3: If you have to your money. 607 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:27,160 Speaker 5: Remember, when you serve others, you are serving God. If 608 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:29,600 Speaker 5: you'll be sensitive to the needs around you and keep 609 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 5: your heart of compassion open. 610 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:33,399 Speaker 3: There's no limit to what God will do in your 611 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 3: own life. 612 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:37,240 Speaker 5: He'll pour out his blessings and favor and you'll experience 613 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 5: the victories that He has in store. 614 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 3: Amen, how many of you receive it today? 615 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:44,600 Speaker 5: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 616 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 617 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:52,040 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 618 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 5: repent of my sins. 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