1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jolan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks. 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 2: For supporting the ministry. 4 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: We believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, 5 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 1: and favor filled. 6 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 2: God bless you today and enjoy the message. 7 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 1: Well, God bless you, and thanks so much for letting 8 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,319 Speaker 1: us come into your homes. And if you're ever in 9 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: our area, please stop by and be a part of 10 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: one of our services. I promise you we'll make you 11 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 1: feel right at home. But thanks so much for tuning in, 12 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: and thank you again for coming out today. 13 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 2: And I like to start. 14 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 1: With something funny. And I heard about this husband and wife. 15 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: They had been arguing and now they were giving each 16 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: other the silent treatment. The man had to get up 17 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: early and catch a flight the next day, and he 18 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: needed his wife to wake him up. Not wanting to 19 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:49,560 Speaker 1: break the silence, he left a note on her side 20 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 1: of the bed. It said, please wake me up at 21 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: five am. The next morning, he got up at eight 22 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,959 Speaker 1: o'clock missed his flight. He was so upset he went 23 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: in to find out why she didn't wake him up. 24 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 1: There was a note on his side of the bed. 25 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: He opened it. It read wake up. 26 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 2: It's five. Hold up your Bible. Say it like you 27 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 2: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says. 28 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 2: I am. 29 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 30 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 31 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 1: talked the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 32 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 33 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 34 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:35,479 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about serving one another. Jesus said, 35 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: if you want to be great in the kingdom, if 36 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: you want to live a blessed life, it's very simple. 37 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 2: You have to serve other people. 38 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: He wasn't talking about an event that takes place every 39 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: once in a while. He was talking about a lifestyle 40 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: where you live to help others. 41 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 2: You're always looking for ways to serve. 42 00:01:56,680 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: You're helping a friend, volunteering at the hospital, taking care 43 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: of a relative. It's not something you force yourself to do. 44 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 1: It becomes a part of who you are. You've developed 45 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,959 Speaker 1: that attitude of serving, that's when you'll have. 46 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 2: True happiness, true fulfillment. 47 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: Not living to get, but living to give. 48 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 2: And this is the reason a lot of people are unhappy. 49 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: They're only focused on themselves, my dreams, my goals, my problems. 50 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 1: That's going to limit you. 51 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 2: You were created to give. 52 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: God puts people in our path on purpose so we 53 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: can be a blessing to them. Every morning we should 54 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:41,679 Speaker 1: ask God, show me my assignment today, Help. 55 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 2: Me to see the people that you want me to 56 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 2: be good to. 57 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: My friend Johnny, I've known practically my whole life for 58 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: over forty years. He's always serving other people, running somebody 59 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:57,359 Speaker 1: to the airport, taking a friend to dinner, helping a. 60 00:02:57,320 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 2: Relative with their project. 61 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: When my dad was on dialysis and one of the 62 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: family members couldn't take him, we'd always ask Johnny. 63 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:06,800 Speaker 2: We knew he would gladly do it. 64 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: One time I called him on a hot Saturday afternoon. 65 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 1: He answered and it was very noisy in the background. 66 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: Could tell a lot was going on, said Johnny, where 67 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 1: are you? He said, I'm on top of a house. 68 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: My friend's next door neighbor is an elderly woman, and 69 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 1: we promised we would reroop her house this weekend. He 70 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: didn't even know the lady. It was his next door 71 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: neighbor's friend. But he's developed this habit to serve one another. 72 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: When you serve others, you are serving God. When you 73 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: do it for them, you're doing it for him. Jesus said, 74 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: if you give a cup of cold water to someone 75 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 1: in need, you will surely be rewarded. Every time you serve, 76 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: God sees it. Every time you help others. You go 77 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: out of your way to pick up that friend, you 78 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 1: come early to sing in the choir, you stay late 79 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 1: to train that coworker. God is keeping the records. Nothing 80 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: goes unnoticed. He says, you will surely be rewarded. That 81 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: word surely means you can count on it. 82 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 2: Have no doubt it will happen. Now here's the key. 83 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 1: Don't look for people to pay you back. People may 84 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 1: not say thank you, You may not get the. 85 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 2: Credit you deserve. 86 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 1: Nobody may be giving you an applause. 87 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 2: Let me assure you when. 88 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: You serve others, there is an applause for you. 89 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 2: In Heaven. 90 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: Almighty God sees your sacrifice. You don't need people cheering 91 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 1: you on. You don't need somebody clapping for you. You're 92 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 1: not doing it for people. You're doing it for God. 93 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: He's the one that matters. He sees every act of kindness. 94 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: He sees you volunteering at the hospital. He sees you 95 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: working in the nursery each week. He sees you taking 96 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,679 Speaker 1: your neighbor to their doctor's appointment on your day off. 97 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: When you serve others, God promises you will be great 98 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 1: in the kingdom. JJ Moses, right here on the front row, 99 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 1: was a star football player in college. He was drafted 100 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: by the Houston Texans and played for them for five seasons. 101 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 1: JJ was the kickoff and punt returner. 102 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:24,799 Speaker 2: He's as fast as lightning. 103 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 1: So quick when he'd get the ball, he would electrify 104 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: the crowd darting here, and they're amazing to watch. 105 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:33,279 Speaker 2: In the football world. 106 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:37,040 Speaker 1: He was at the pinnacle of success career wise, at 107 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:41,159 Speaker 1: the very top, playing in the National Football League every 108 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: week in front of millions of people. But during the 109 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: off season or whenever he didn't have a game, do 110 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: you know where he was every Saturday night. Not at 111 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:55,040 Speaker 1: home with his feet up, not out enjoying his celebrity. 112 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: He was right over here, ushering in this section, welcoming 113 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: to visitor, seeding people, passing the offering plate. Many people 114 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 1: they didn't know he was a star professional football player. 115 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 1: In the stadium, all the lights were on him. Everybody 116 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: wanted to get a picture everybody tried to get an autograph. 117 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:20,559 Speaker 2: He could have let that go to his head. 118 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 1: Thought, I'm not gonna usher anymore. I'm big time. I'm 119 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 1: JJ Moses, I'm the original JJ, before JJ Watt I 120 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 1: was here. I don't want to wait on anybody. 121 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 2: I want people to wait on me. No, still, every 122 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 2: Saturday night he's ushering, week after week. 123 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: He told me Joel, my greatest honor was not playing 124 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: in front of eighty thousand people in the stadium each week. 125 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 1: My greatest honor is to volunteer at Lakewood each Saturday night. 126 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 1: What am I saying? You're never too important to serve, 127 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 1: never too big, never too influential. I knew a man 128 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: that was worth nine billion dollars with a B. He's 129 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:06,479 Speaker 1: in heaven now. He started off with nothing, got into 130 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:09,239 Speaker 1: oil business and obviously made it very, very big. 131 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 2: He loved God. 132 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: He's a good man, always helping others. He owned, among 133 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: other things, a big retreat center where couples could go 134 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 1: and spend the weekend and be refreshed. One day, this 135 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 1: couple came to the front desk. The receptionist had stepped away, 136 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 1: and it just so happened he was there. He was 137 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 1: an older gentleman, very kind, very friendly. So he checked 138 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: them in, gave them their key. Then he picked up 139 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: their suitcases and carried them to their room. He got 140 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 1: them all set up, laid out their bags, even got 141 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 1: them some ice. When he was about to leave, the 142 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: lady reached in her purse and gave him a five 143 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: dollar tip. She thought he was the bellman, and I 144 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: love the fact that he wasn't too important to serve. 145 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 2: He could have said, excuse me, do you. 146 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: Know who I am? 147 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 2: I own all this. I don't need you a five dollars. 148 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 2: Now Here's what I've learned. 149 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 1: It takes a big person to do something small. It 150 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 1: takes humility to say I don't have to do this. 151 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 2: It's not required of me. 152 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 1: Nobody will fault me if I don't do it. But 153 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: I know in order to serve God, I need to 154 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 1: serve other people. And if you want to have a 155 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 1: great life, it doesn't just come from success, having a 156 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: bigger house, more accomplishments. 157 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 2: That's all great. 158 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: God wants you to be blessed, but if you're going 159 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 1: to be truly fulfilled, you have to develop this attitude 160 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:38,960 Speaker 1: of serving one another. You were created to make somebody 161 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 1: else's life better. Somebody needs what you have. Somebody needs 162 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:48,439 Speaker 1: your smile. They need your love, your encouragement, your gifts. 163 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 1: When you serve others, you will feel a satisfaction. 164 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 2: That money cannot buy. 165 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 1: There will be a joy, a peace of fulfillment that 166 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:02,439 Speaker 1: only God can give. One time, Jesus and his disciples 167 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: had traveled a great distance to the city of Samerian. 168 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:10,319 Speaker 1: They were very tired and hungry. Jesus sent the disciples 169 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:13,199 Speaker 1: into town to get some food. While he waited by 170 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:16,560 Speaker 1: a well, he met a woman, told her about her 171 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 1: future and gave her a new beginning. In a few hours, 172 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:23,840 Speaker 1: the disciples came back with the food, but Jesus wasn't 173 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: hungry anymore. He was sitting by the well, refreshed at peace. 174 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 1: They offered him something to eat, but he wouldn't take it. 175 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:37,199 Speaker 1: He said, I have food that you know nothing about. Well, 176 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: they thought maybe somebody came and gave him something to 177 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 1: eat while they were away. They started talking about it. 178 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 1: He was hungry a little while ago, and now he's not. 179 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 1: He was tired, but now he looks so refreshed. How 180 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 1: could that be? And Jesus overheard them discussing it. He 181 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 1: told them the secret. He said in John four. My 182 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 1: food comes from do doing the will of Him who 183 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:05,680 Speaker 1: sent me to accomplish his work. He was saying, I 184 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 1: get fed by doing what God asked me to do. 185 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:14,679 Speaker 1: My nourishment comes from helping people. My food, my strength, 186 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 1: my peace, my joy, my satisfaction, it comes when I 187 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: serve others. Sometimes you can work all day and naturally 188 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 1: at the end you're kind of tired. But there are 189 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 1: times when you serve others. You get up early to 190 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 1: help that coworker, You swing by the hospital and pray. 191 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 2: For that friend. 192 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 1: You mow your neighbor's lawn. 193 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 2: After work. 194 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 1: You should be tired and run down, but you leave 195 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 1: re energized. 196 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:44,319 Speaker 2: You leave stronger, you leave refreshed. 197 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 1: Why is that Because when you do the will of 198 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 1: your father, it doesn't drain you. 199 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 2: It replenishes you. 200 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:57,680 Speaker 1: Many of you today you serve. You volunteer here at Lakewood. 201 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 1: Maybe in your community you get up early and go 202 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 1: to church on your day off, to work in the 203 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 1: children's ministry, to sing in the. 204 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 2: Choir, to help others. 205 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: Maybe you go clean neighborhoods on Saturday morning with our 206 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:14,720 Speaker 1: community outreach. Perhaps you spend an afternoon at the prison 207 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:19,559 Speaker 1: encouraging the inmates. You'd think you'd be tired, run down, man, 208 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:23,439 Speaker 1: I gotta go home and rest. I've been volunteering all day. No, 209 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: just like with Jesus, when you do what he asked 210 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: you to do, you're being fed. Strength comes, energy comes, 211 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 1: joy comes, peace comes. You should be run down, But 212 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 1: when you serve others, God recharges, re energizes, refreshes. You 213 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 1: don't leave down, you leave up. You don't leave low, 214 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 1: you leave high. God pays you back. I know every 215 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:52,960 Speaker 1: time I leave this auditorium after a service, I always 216 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 1: leave stronger than I was before. Why is that because 217 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: when you serve others, when you make somebody else's life better, 218 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:06,080 Speaker 1: when you lift people, when you help heal those that 219 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 1: are hurting, not only are they being blessed, but you're 220 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 1: being blessed. 221 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 2: You're being refueled. You're getting filled back up. 222 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:19,200 Speaker 1: Now, if you never have any energy, no joy, no strength, 223 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 1: one reason, not the only one. One reason may be 224 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 1: because you're not doing anything for anybody else. You got 225 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 1: to get your mind off of yourself. Go to the 226 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 1: senior's home and cheer somebody up. Bake your neighbor a cake. 227 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 1: Coach the little league team. When you lift others, God 228 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:43,440 Speaker 1: will always lift you. And this should be something we do, 229 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 1: not every once in a while if we have. 230 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 2: Some extra time. 231 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 1: No, this should be a lifestyle where it's a part 232 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 1: of our nature. We're always looking for ways to be 233 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: a blessing, and it doesn't have. 234 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 2: To be something big. It can be something small. 235 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 1: Simple words of encouragement can brighten somebody's day. One time, 236 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 1: Victoria was walking through the hallway after service. We had 237 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:13,520 Speaker 1: just dismissed, and there were hundreds of people in the corridor. 238 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 1: As Victoria passed a young lady, she stopped her, looked 239 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 1: her in the eyes, and said, you are so beautiful. 240 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:25,840 Speaker 1: Ten second conversation, no big deal. They both went on 241 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 1: their ways. A couple of weeks later, the young lady 242 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 1: told me how that was a turning point in her life. 243 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 1: She had just gone through an abusive relationship and she 244 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 1: felt so unattractive, so bad about herself, so beaten down 245 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:47,600 Speaker 1: by life. She said, when Victoria said those words, you 246 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: are so beautiful, it was like a chain was broken 247 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 1: off of my mind. Something came back to life on 248 00:13:54,760 --> 00:14:02,679 Speaker 1: the inside. The scripture says kind words work wonders all 249 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: through the day. We can serve God by speaking kind words, 250 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 1: giving a compliment, giving encouragement. Hey, I love you, Hey, 251 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:14,959 Speaker 1: you look beautiful. I believe in you. I'm praying for you. 252 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 1: Simple things can make a big difference, and really this 253 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 1: should start in our homes. It's great to serve people 254 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 1: when you're out in public, that's important, but make sure 255 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 1: you serve your own family. Husbands, serve your wife. Honey, 256 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: I'm going into the kitchen. Can I bring you anything back? 257 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 1: Or let me run get your car filled up with 258 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 1: gas so you don't have to tomorrow. Let me help 259 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: the kids do the homework. You take a night off, 260 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 1: be a blessing to your spouse. I'm convinced if we 261 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 1: would have this servant's mentality, more of our marriages would 262 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 1: stay together. 263 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 2: Now. 264 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 1: I know husbands that they expect their wife to do 265 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: everything for them. I'm not gonna serve her. I want 266 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 1: her to serve me, cook clean, bring me my food, 267 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: make sure my clothes, or walk keep this house straightened up. 268 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 1: That's not a wife, that's a maid. You might as 269 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 1: well call a cleaning service. You can hire somebody to 270 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 1: do that. If you want a wife, if you want 271 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 1: a friend, a lover, somebody. To make your life great, 272 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 1: you've got to serve that woman, make her feel special, 273 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 1: bring her breakfast in bed, pick up your own stinky clothes, 274 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: help with the children. It's not a dictatorship, it's a partnership. Well, Joe, 275 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 1: the Bible says the wife, I have a feeling there's. 276 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 2: More ladies here than men. 277 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 1: But Joel, the Bible says the wife is to submit 278 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 1: to her husband, the only scripture A lot of men know. Yes, 279 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: But it also says the husband is to love his 280 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: wife like Christ love the church. Jesus modeled a servant's attitude. 281 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: He had all the power in the world, the most 282 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 1: influential person that ever lived, Yet he bowed down and 283 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: washed his disciples feet. He could have hired somebody to 284 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 1: do it. He could have called an angel down from 285 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 1: heaven and said, hey, wash their feet. 286 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 2: I don't feel like it. They stink today. 287 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 1: Matthew's got some fungus on his toes. Peter needs some 288 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 1: motor eaters. No, he willingly bowed down, pulled out his towel, 289 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: washed their feet one by one. He did this as 290 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: an example so we would know we're never too important 291 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 1: to be good. 292 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 2: To people. You're never too. 293 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 1: High to where you can't bow down low and serve 294 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 1: somebody else. The more humility you walk in, the more 295 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 1: you serve others, the higher God can take you and 296 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 1: some of you. If you'd start serving your wife, serving 297 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: your husband, you'd see that marriage go to a new level. 298 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 2: I heard about that guy. 299 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 1: He was bragging to all of his buddies about how 300 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:06,680 Speaker 1: he was the head of his house. He said, yeah, 301 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:09,959 Speaker 1: I run things around my house. About that time, his 302 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:12,919 Speaker 1: wife walked up. He said, I run the vacuum, I 303 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:17,280 Speaker 1: run the dishwasher. Victoria and I made an agreement when 304 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 1: we got married that I would make all. 305 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:21,200 Speaker 2: The major decisions. 306 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 1: She would make all the minor decisions. It's funny, in 307 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 1: twenty six years of marriage, there's never been a major decision. 308 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:34,239 Speaker 2: Let me ask you, who are you serving? Who are 309 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 2: you lifting up? Who are you being good? 310 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: To be on the lookout for ways that you can 311 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 1: be a blessing. God puts people in our path so 312 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,239 Speaker 1: we can brighten their day. A few months ago I 313 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: was able to baptize nearly eight hundred people on a Saturday. 314 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 2: There was an. 315 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 1: Older gentleman there that he had had a stroke and 316 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 1: he didn't have any kind of mobility, couldn't walk, and 317 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 1: they rolled him in in a wheelchair. The young man 318 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:04,439 Speaker 1: that was pushing him, he looked to be about my age, 319 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 1: and you could tell he really cared about this man. 320 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:10,360 Speaker 1: He went to great links to make sure he was okay. 321 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 1: And to get into baptistry you have to walk up 322 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:16,399 Speaker 1: some stairs and then walk back down into the water. 323 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 1: And some of the workers lifted up the older gentleman. 324 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 1: That young man, he put one arm under his knees, 325 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 1: one arm under his back, and he carried him into 326 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:33,159 Speaker 1: the baptistry waters. Was a very moving scene. Seeing this 327 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 1: older man crippled, couldn't walk, yet he was so determined 328 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:40,199 Speaker 1: he wanted to be baptized, and seeing the young man 329 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:44,119 Speaker 1: carry him down into the waters. After we got him baptized, 330 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,200 Speaker 1: we put him back in the wheelchair and I said 331 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:47,919 Speaker 1: to the young man, is that your father? 332 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 2: He shook his head no. I said, was he your 333 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:53,120 Speaker 2: relative of your uncle? Who is this? 334 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:57,119 Speaker 1: He told how he was a random man that he 335 00:18:57,240 --> 00:18:59,919 Speaker 1: sat by one Sunday at Lakewood. 336 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 2: Never met him before, but it. 337 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 1: Was the Sunday that I announced that I would be 338 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 1: baptizing people in water. The older man turned to him 339 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 1: and just in passing, he said, Wow, I wish I 340 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 1: could be baptized. I guess I waited too long. I 341 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 1: can't walk anymore, so I guess I missed my chance. 342 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,760 Speaker 1: The young man told him that he would help him 343 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:23,120 Speaker 1: to get baptized, and that older man said, I don't 344 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:25,360 Speaker 1: have a ride, and I don't have any family here, 345 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 1: and I can't walk. He said, don't worry about it. 346 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 1: I'm going to take care of you. He went and 347 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:31,560 Speaker 1: picked him up, got him to. 348 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:33,680 Speaker 2: The fourth floor, had him baptized. 349 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:37,479 Speaker 1: He had only met the man one time before. My 350 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:41,880 Speaker 1: prayer is God, help us to have that same compassion. 351 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:46,199 Speaker 1: Help us to not be so busy, so preoccupied with 352 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 1: our own affairs, that we can't serve somebody else. God 353 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 1: is asking us today, will you carry someone, Maybe not physically, 354 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:00,640 Speaker 1: but will you help lighten their load? You help make 355 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 1: their dreams come to pass. Will you go out of 356 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:06,720 Speaker 1: your way to be a blessing to them? Helping less 357 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:10,479 Speaker 1: fortunate people is the closest thing to the heart of God. 358 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:14,440 Speaker 1: I will never forget that image of that young man 359 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 1: carrying that crippled man into the baptistry for. 360 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:19,200 Speaker 2: As long as I live. 361 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: I could understand it if it was his father. It 362 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 1: would make sense to me if it was a relative, 363 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 1: a longtime friend. But he did it for a total stranger. 364 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:34,160 Speaker 1: He gave up his Saturday. He could have been out 365 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 1: goofing off on his day off, down at the beach, 366 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,679 Speaker 1: working out, hanging with friends. Nothing wrong with that. But 367 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:45,440 Speaker 1: his attitude was, I have an assignment. There's somebody God 368 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 1: put in my path on purpose, so I can serve somebody. 369 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:52,119 Speaker 1: I can brighten their day, somebody I can make a 370 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:56,000 Speaker 1: difference in their life. Jesus said, when you do it 371 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:58,399 Speaker 1: to the least of these, you're doing it under me. 372 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,399 Speaker 1: I love the fact that this young man, he wasn't 373 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:05,200 Speaker 1: looking for any recognition. He wasn't making some big announcement. 374 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: Look at me, everybody, I'm doing a good deed. He 375 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:11,880 Speaker 1: didn't have anybody cheering him on. He was quietly serving 376 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:15,119 Speaker 1: this other man. Nobody would have known about it if 377 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 1: I hadn't have said something. Many of you like him 378 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:22,639 Speaker 1: are constantly being good to people, going out of your 379 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:27,240 Speaker 1: way to be a blessing, making sacrifices nobody knows about. 380 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:31,399 Speaker 1: Let me tell you, God sees what you're doing. He 381 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 1: sees your heart of compassion. Nobody may be clapping for 382 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,359 Speaker 1: you down here, but up there, all of Heaven is 383 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 1: cheering you on. See, I realize I'm receiving some of 384 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:47,399 Speaker 1: my reward right now. People thank me, cheer for me, 385 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:50,679 Speaker 1: clap for me. I'm very grateful, I'm very flattered. But 386 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:54,400 Speaker 1: when nobody is clapping for you, when you're not being 387 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:57,679 Speaker 1: told thank you, you're not getting the recognition. Don't be 388 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:02,440 Speaker 1: discouraged and think that you're being overlooked. Your reward will 389 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:06,639 Speaker 1: be greater when people give you credit. That's part of 390 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:09,680 Speaker 1: your thank you, that's part of your reward. But when 391 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 1: nobody's given you credit. The scripture says what you do 392 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: in secret, God will reward you in the open. When 393 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 1: it comes time for the rewards to be passed out, 394 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 1: some of us that are in the front now are 395 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,959 Speaker 1: going to have to step back. And the people that 396 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:31,120 Speaker 1: were behind the scenes, the ones that volunteered year after 397 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 1: year with no great applause, the ones like this young 398 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 1: man that went to great sacrifices to make somebody else's 399 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:42,919 Speaker 1: dreams come to pass. The ones that have given time, energy, 400 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:46,359 Speaker 1: money that nobody knew about. Those are going to be 401 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 1: the greater rewards. Not long ago, one of our ushers 402 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: went to be with the Lord. He had volunteered here 403 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 1: for nearly thirty years. 404 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 2: As faithful as can be. 405 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: He was an older gentleman, and he always dressed nice, 406 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:05,359 Speaker 1: had a pleasant smile, a quiet demeanor. I don't know 407 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:07,960 Speaker 1: that I ever spoke to him personally, but I remember 408 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:11,880 Speaker 1: seeing him month after month, service after service. You could 409 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 1: count on him. My mother helped officiate at the funeral. 410 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 1: One of his requests is that he would be buried 411 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:23,439 Speaker 1: wearing his Lakewood Usher's badge. And there he was in 412 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 1: the casket in his finest suit, and on it was 413 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,399 Speaker 1: the badge that he had worn for nearly thirty years. 414 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:33,120 Speaker 1: He was so proud to be an usher. He could 415 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:36,359 Speaker 1: have been buried with anything he wanted, but his greatest 416 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:38,479 Speaker 1: honor was serving other people. 417 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 2: Don't you know? 418 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 1: When he arrived in heaven there was an amazing welcoming ceremony. 419 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:48,680 Speaker 1: I can hear the angels sing, I can see people claughing, 420 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 1: I can see the trumpets blowing. See there wasn't a 421 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:56,919 Speaker 1: lot of fanfare, not a lot of applause for his 422 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:01,399 Speaker 1: life of service and generosity here on the earth. But 423 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:06,399 Speaker 1: nothing goes unnoticed, you will be rewarded. The scripture tells 424 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:10,360 Speaker 1: how when Stephen went to heaven, Jesus stood up. 425 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 2: To welcome him. 426 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: Jesus is normally seated at the right hand of the Father. 427 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:18,639 Speaker 1: But I believe there are times like with this Usher 428 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 1: when he arrived in unsung hero. There will be times 429 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 1: when Jesus says, you know what, this one deserves a 430 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 1: standing ovation. He'll stand up to welcome you home. 431 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:32,159 Speaker 2: I heard about this older missionary couple. 432 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:36,720 Speaker 1: They had served over in Africa for more than sixty years, 433 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:40,719 Speaker 1: helping the less fortunate people, given their whole life and 434 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 1: done so much good. Now they were returning home to 435 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:47,719 Speaker 1: New York City to finally retire. It just so happened 436 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: they were booked on the same ship with President Teddy Roosevelt. 437 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:56,199 Speaker 1: He was returning home from one of his big hunting expeditions. 438 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 1: When the ship pulled into the dock in New York, 439 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 1: there was all this fanfare. 440 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 2: Band was playing. 441 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,439 Speaker 1: The mayor and other dignitaries lined up, balloons going up 442 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 1: in the air, confetti coming down. When the crowd saw 443 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 1: President Roosevelt step off the boat, they begin to cheer. 444 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:17,240 Speaker 1: Tens of thousands of them waving, cheering, trying to snap 445 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:22,240 Speaker 1: a picture. The missionary said to his wife, doesn't seem right. 446 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,320 Speaker 1: We've given our whole life to help other people, to give, 447 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:28,879 Speaker 1: to serve, to make a difference. He goes on a 448 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 1: vacation and the whole world welcomes him home. Nobody even 449 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 1: knows we're here. They got off the ship very discouraged. 450 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 1: That night he was praying, said God, I don't understand it. 451 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 1: He goes on vacation and comes home to the fanfare 452 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 1: of the world, and we come home after a whole 453 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:51,200 Speaker 1: life of service and nobody even says hello. 454 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:54,680 Speaker 2: Down in here he heard God speak to him. 455 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: He said, son, it's because you're not home yet. 456 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:03,359 Speaker 2: It will be a celebration. There will be a reward. 457 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 1: You will hear a band playing like you've never heard before. 458 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,879 Speaker 1: It will be the angels. All of heaven will welcome 459 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 1: you home. Many of you have been faithful, given, served, volunteered, 460 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 1: be encouraged. Today God sees every act of kindness. Nothing 461 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:26,880 Speaker 1: goes unnoticed. You will be rewarded. Remember when you do 462 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,880 Speaker 1: what God asks you to do, You're being fed. You're 463 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:34,400 Speaker 1: getting stronger, refreshed, re energized. So be on the lookout 464 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:37,399 Speaker 1: this week for ways that you can be good to people. 465 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:41,879 Speaker 1: If you'll develop this lifestyle of serving, God says you 466 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:45,879 Speaker 1: will be great in the Kingdom. Now I believe and declare, 467 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 1: because you serve others, You're coming into your reward. You're 468 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 1: coming into favor, coming into healing, coming into promotion, coming 469 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:58,359 Speaker 1: into breakthroughs. You're coming in to new levels of God's 470 00:26:58,400 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 1: goodness in Jesus. 471 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 2: If you receive it, can you say amen today? 472 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,720 Speaker 1: Well, we never like to close our broadcast without giving 473 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:10,919 Speaker 1: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 474 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? 475 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins, Come 476 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 1: into my heart. 477 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:21,680 Speaker 2: I make you my Lord and savior. 478 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,679 Speaker 1: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 479 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 1: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church. 480 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 1: Keep God first place. He's going to take your places 481 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 1: that you've never dreamed of. 482 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,920 Speaker 3: Three minutes. Can such a small amount of time make 483 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 3: a big difference to your day to turn worry into confidence, 484 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:46,640 Speaker 3: frustration to hope, defeat to victory. Maybe you just need 485 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 3: a boost of faith. 486 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:51,119 Speaker 1: When we put God first place and get our thinking 487 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:54,480 Speaker 1: in line with his Even a small seed of time. 488 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:55,800 Speaker 2: Can make a huge difference. 489 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 1: We have a new resource called three Minute Mornings. Start 490 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:03,120 Speaker 1: your day less way. My challenge is when you wake up, 491 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 1: before you leave the house, take three minutes to speak 492 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 1: blessings over your life and to declare God's favor. Get 493 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 1: your mind going in the right direction. When you do that, 494 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,880 Speaker 1: you're setting yourself up for a blessed, victorious day. 495 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:19,840 Speaker 3: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 496 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,600 Speaker 3: of any size to the ministry, this month, Joel and 497 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:26,040 Speaker 3: Victoria would like to send you this just released life 498 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:30,000 Speaker 3: giving new daily devotional. Before your feet hit the ground 499 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:33,000 Speaker 3: or go out the door, have your heart experience a 500 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,919 Speaker 3: bit of heaven. Set your mind on the things above 501 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 3: with our new three minute Mornings devotional. With this new 502 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:43,280 Speaker 3: three hundred and sixty five day devotional three Minute Mornings, 503 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 3: You'll experience God showering down his favor like never before. 504 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 3: You'll focus on the better that is coming and fully 505 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:54,040 Speaker 3: realize the freedom of not worrying about tomorrow. 506 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:57,600 Speaker 1: Victoria, I pray for you and your family every day. 507 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:01,000 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for your prayer and support. You're 508 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 1: making a difference all over the world. Remember you can 509 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:09,800 Speaker 1: watch the services online every Sunday morning, download our daily podcast, listen. 510 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 2: On sirius XM. 511 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,880 Speaker 1: But until we meet again, met the Lord bless you 512 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:14,680 Speaker 1: and keep you. 513 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:18,360 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of Three Minute Mornings today. 514 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 3: Visit Joelostein dot com or call eight eight eight five 515 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:23,560 Speaker 3: six seven Joel