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And if you're ever in our area, 44 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 4: please stop buying be a part of one of our services. 45 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 46 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you again 47 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 4: for coming out today. And I'd like to start with 48 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 4: something funny. And I heard about this mother. One Sunday morning. 49 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 4: She went into her son's bedrooms said son, wake up, 50 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,639 Speaker 4: it's time to go to church. He kind of groaned 51 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 4: and rolled over and said, no, Mom, I'm not going 52 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 4: to church today. She said, what do you mean you're 53 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 4: not going? Why not? He said, Mam, I'll give you 54 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 4: two good reasons. Number one, I don't like those people, 55 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,839 Speaker 4: and number two, they don't like me. She said, son, 56 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 4: that's no excuse. I'll give you two better reasons why 57 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 4: you should go. Number one, you're fifty nine years old, 58 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 4: and number two, you're the pastor. Hold up your Bible. 59 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 4: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 60 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 4: I am what it says. I am. I have what 61 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 4: it says I have. I can do what it says 62 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 4: I can do. Today I will be talked the word 63 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 4: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 64 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 4: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 65 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 4: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 66 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 4: about telling people what they can become. Very often we 67 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 4: can see potential in other people that they can't see 68 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 4: in themselves. When you speak vision into them, when you 69 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 4: tell them what they can become, you can help set 70 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 4: the direction for their life. Our words have the power 71 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 4: to push people into their divine destiny. And the reason 72 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 4: some people are not living at their full potential is 73 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 4: because nobody has ever spoken faith into them. Nobody's taken 74 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 4: the time to say, hey, you're great at this, You've 75 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 4: got a gift here, You're going to do something amazing. 76 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 4: All they remember are the negative things that have been 77 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 4: spoken over them, how they're not that talented, how they've 78 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 4: reached their limits. Now these incredible gifts, this potential is 79 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 4: lying dormant on the inside. One of our assignments in 80 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 4: life is to call out their seeds of greatness. Look 81 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 4: around at who God's put in your life. They're not 82 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 4: there by accident. God put them there on purpose. You 83 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 4: need to study them. See what they're good at, what 84 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 4: are their gifts, what areas do they excel in? Then 85 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:16,479 Speaker 4: speak vision into them, don't just think about it, tell 86 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 4: them what they can become. One word of encouragement can 87 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 4: be what ignites the greatness on the inside. When they 88 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 4: know you believe in them. They'll rise up with the 89 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 4: new confidence. They'll believe in themselves in a greater way. 90 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,840 Speaker 4: And this is what Victoria has done for me. I 91 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 4: never thought that I could get up here in minister. 92 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 4: I'm naturally more quiet and reserved. I liked being behind 93 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 4: the scenes. But ten years before my father went to 94 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 4: be with the Lord, Victoria would tell me, Joel, one 95 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 4: day you're going to be the pastor. One day that's 96 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 4: going to be you up there ministry. That seems so 97 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 4: far out I could hardly even entertain it. But to 98 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:01,599 Speaker 4: Victoria it was so clear. He could see it. Here's 99 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 4: the key. She didn't keep it to herself. She spoke 100 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,600 Speaker 4: vision into me again and again, Joel, you're going to 101 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 4: be a great pastor. You've got what it takes. One time, 102 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 4: when we were just married, we were at home and 103 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 4: Victoria was reading her Bible and she came across the 104 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:21,039 Speaker 4: scripture that says, do you see a man skillful in 105 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 4: his work, he will stand before kings. She came running 106 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 4: into the room where I was. I remember it like 107 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 4: it was yesterday. She said, Joel, this is for you. 108 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 4: You're going to stand before kings, presidents and world leaders. 109 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:39,719 Speaker 4: I was twenty five years old working behind the scenes 110 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,479 Speaker 4: doing the television production at the church. I thought, what 111 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 4: is this girl talking about? Who does she think I am? 112 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 4: But Victoria understood this principle. She wasn't telling me what 113 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,719 Speaker 4: I was by faith, she was telling me what I 114 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:59,600 Speaker 4: could become. Today, many years later, I'm not only a pastor, 115 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:06,839 Speaker 4: I'm a good pastor. Terrible to have to brag on yourself. 116 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 4: But not only that, We've had presidents, world leaders, kings 117 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 4: sit right here before us. I would have never had 118 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 4: the confidence, never believed that I could do it, had 119 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 4: she not spoken those seeds of faith into my heart. 120 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 4: There are people in your life right now waiting for 121 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 4: your blessing, waiting for your encouragement. God's given you the 122 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 4: ability to see what they cannot see in themselves. Don't 123 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:35,280 Speaker 4: be too busy, don't think, oh, they already know it. No. 124 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 4: Take time to speak vision, tell them what they can become. 125 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 4: Your words can be what pushes them into their divine destiny. 126 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 4: One time years ago, Victoria and I were going to 127 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 4: build a new house. We just finished drawing the plans 128 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 4: and I said to Victoria, I need to go see Scott, 129 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 4: our builder to get him to give us a bid 130 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:58,559 Speaker 4: on this project. He'd built us a house years before 131 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 4: that we had solved the Victoria said, no, Joel, you 132 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:04,720 Speaker 4: were at that other house practically every day when it 133 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 4: was being built. We don't need a builder. You can 134 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 4: build this house. I said, Victoria, what are you talking about? 135 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 4: Not a builder? Don't know anything about construction. She said, 136 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 4: sure you do. You can hire those subcontractors oversee the construction. 137 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 4: You're as smart as anyone else. Sure enough, I ended 138 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 4: up building that house. Turned out pretty good. I forgot 139 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 4: the plumbing, but other than that is all right. What 140 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 4: am I saying? We all need somebody to believe in 141 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 4: us more than we believe in ourselves. If you'll be 142 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 4: that person for somebody else, God will make sure somebody 143 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 4: will be it for you. I wouldn't be half of 144 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 4: who I am if it were not for Victoria. She 145 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 4: has spoken so much faith into me. She's called out 146 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 4: the potential on the inside. What a great trait we 147 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 4: should develop. After all, there are enough people trying to 148 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 4: push us down in life. There are enough people telling 149 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 4: us what we can't come and how we don't have 150 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 4: what it takes. Let's do like she did and push 151 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 4: people up. Look out through your eyes of faith, see 152 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 4: the potential, tell them what they can become friends. Every 153 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 4: person has seeds of greatness. You can cause your children 154 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 4: to rise to a new level. You can be the 155 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 4: catalyst for your family to do things they never thought possible. 156 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 4: Your words have creative power. When you speak vision, that 157 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 4: can be the seed God uses to thrust them to 158 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 4: a new level. And really, the most rewarding way to 159 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:36,679 Speaker 4: live is not how can I get blessed today? What 160 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 4: can you do for me? 161 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 2: Now? 162 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 4: That's shallow? Turn it around. How can I be a blessing? 163 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 4: Who can I inspire to rise higher? Where are some 164 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 4: seeds of greatness that I can call for? Be on 165 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 4: the lookout to be a blessing. It's amazing how one 166 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:55,679 Speaker 4: word of encouragement can change the direction of a person's life. 167 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 4: When you speak vision, they can go from living average 168 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,679 Speaker 4: mediocre to do in something that they never dreamed of. 169 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 4: Nineteen seventy five, a young man came home from college 170 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 4: and he was struggling with what he wanted to do 171 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 4: in life. Didn't have clear direction. He was at his 172 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:16,319 Speaker 4: mother's beauty shop that she owned, just hanging out killing 173 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 4: time during the summer A customer came in named Ruth, 174 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 4: and he had seen her in there many times growing 175 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:26,839 Speaker 4: up before, and he said hello, but Ruth kept staring 176 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 4: and staring at him. Finally, she took the hair dryer 177 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 4: off and said, somebody, get me a pen and a 178 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 4: piece of paper. She began to write down what she felt. 179 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 4: On the inside it said you will speak to millions, 180 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 4: You will travel the world and make a positive difference. 181 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 4: She handed him the note and said, young man, this 182 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:50,840 Speaker 4: is for you. God has something amazing in your future. 183 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 4: When he read it, something came alive on the inside. 184 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 4: He put that note in his wallet. Whenever he was 185 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 4: tempted to get discouraged and give upon his dreams, he 186 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 4: would get that note out and think, no, somebody believes 187 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:07,599 Speaker 4: in me. Somebody believes God's got a great plan for 188 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 4: my life. Today, many years later, Denzel Washington still carries 189 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 4: that note around in his wallet. He's one of the 190 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 4: great actors, the great filmmakers of our time. He's doing 191 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 4: now what she said thirty seven years ago. She spoke 192 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 4: vision into his life. Who knows where Denzel would be 193 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 4: if Ruth Green had not taken time to tell him 194 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 4: what he could become. When Oprah Winfrey was seven years old. 195 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:42,079 Speaker 4: She was in church one Sunday morning in Mississippian. As 196 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 4: she left the auditorium, an older lady stopped her, looked 197 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 4: her in the eyes, and said, young lady, you are 198 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 4: as pretty as can be. Up to that point, no 199 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 4: one had ever told Oprah that she was pretty. When 200 00:10:55,679 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 4: she heard that, it changed something on the inside. A 201 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 4: seed of greatness took root for the first time. She 202 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:08,320 Speaker 4: began to feel valuable, loved, beautiful, like a child of 203 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 4: the Most High God. Had that lady not taken time 204 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:15,840 Speaker 4: to speak the simple compliment, had she been too busy 205 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 4: or thought, oh, I'm sure this little girl has heard 206 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:22,199 Speaker 4: a thousand times that she's beautiful. I wonder if Oprah 207 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,480 Speaker 4: would have ever risen up to touch the world like 208 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 4: she has. Would she have ever had the confidence, the 209 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:30,679 Speaker 4: self worth, the self image, or would she have gotten 210 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:33,319 Speaker 4: stuck in a rut with low self esteem, not feeling 211 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 4: like she was good enough. You don't know the impact 212 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:40,320 Speaker 4: your words can have to you. They may seem insignificant, 213 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:43,200 Speaker 4: like it's no big deal to the other person. They 214 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:47,959 Speaker 4: can be life changing. Parents, it's especially important that we 215 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:52,560 Speaker 4: speak vision into our children on a regular basis. You 216 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 4: need to tell them what they can become and how 217 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 4: they're going to do something great in life. Our words 218 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:03,400 Speaker 4: as parents carry incredible weight in a child's life. That's 219 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 4: why we should never put our children down. Don't ever 220 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:10,439 Speaker 4: tell them you're slow, clumsy, dumb. Why can't you make 221 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:13,079 Speaker 4: good grades like your sister? Why can't you hit the 222 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 4: baseball like your cousin? Those words are like seeds. They 223 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 4: can take root and still be playing in their mind 224 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 4: many years later. I know people that have grown got 225 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 4: their own families. They still struggle with the negative things 226 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 4: that were spoken over them as a child. Your children 227 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 4: need your blessing. They need to hear you say I'm 228 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 4: proud of you, I'm glad you're mind, You're going to 229 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 4: do something great in life. Keep a big vision in 230 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 4: front of them. Too many children are being crippled by 231 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 4: low expectations. We have to call out their seeds of greatness. 232 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 4: You've got to help them stir up the gifts God's 233 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 4: put on the inside. Your children will rise to the 234 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 4: level of your expectation. They're not just supposed to reach 235 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 4: our level as parents, they're supposed to go further. In 236 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:08,440 Speaker 4: other words, you may have made seeds in high school. 237 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 4: That's okay for you, but it's not okay for your children. 238 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:15,320 Speaker 4: Set the bar higher. Let them know you can do better. 239 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 4: We're not going to settle where I was. If we 240 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:21,839 Speaker 4: have to get a tutor, we'll get a tutor. If 241 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:23,599 Speaker 4: I have to say up late and learn it with you, 242 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 4: I will. But you are destined to set a new 243 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 4: mark for our family. What are you doing. You're calling 244 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,960 Speaker 4: out their seeds of greatness. When they know you believe 245 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 4: in them, when they know you're expecting them to rise higher, 246 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:42,720 Speaker 4: does something on the inside. Their confidence, their sense of value, 247 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:46,559 Speaker 4: their self esteem rises to a new level. Victoria and 248 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 4: I tell our children all the time, Jonathan, Alexandra, You're 249 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:52,120 Speaker 4: not going to just accomplish what mother and I have. 250 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 4: You have way more in you, not only what we 251 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:59,319 Speaker 4: poured into you, but all that my father is poured 252 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 4: into you, my mother, victorious parents as well. Imagine where 253 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 4: God's gonna take you, his favor, his blessings on your 254 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 4: life in a greater way. See speak vision into your children. 255 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 4: Let me tell you, young people, we're expecting you to 256 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:18,199 Speaker 4: touch this world. You are not You are not limited 257 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 4: by your resources, by your family, by your background. Almighty 258 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 4: God has equipped you, empowered you. He's given you creativity, ideas, inventions, skills, talents. 259 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 4: You're gonna go much further than your parents. I know. 260 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 4: I'm looking at the next great leaders, presidents, doctors, professors, pastors, artists, entrepreneurs. 261 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 4: Don't you dare settle for a mediocre life. We are 262 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 4: calling out your seeds of greatness. One of you is 263 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 4: going to discover the cure for cancer. One of you 264 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 4: is going to be the next Steve Jobs, the next 265 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 4: Billy Graham, the next great the next great scientist, the 266 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 4: next great ballplayer. What if you is going to write 267 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 4: a best selling book, record a number one song, star 268 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 4: in a blockbuster movie. God has something amazing in front 269 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 4: of you. He's already put it in you. Now we're 270 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 4: calling it out today. Here's the key. You got to 271 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 4: do your part and stir up the gifts, stir up 272 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 4: the seeds of greatness. Don't just sit back and think, well, 273 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 4: I'll try to go as far as my parents. That'd 274 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 4: be okay. No, God is saying go further, dream bigger. 275 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 4: You can touch our generation like nobody has before. I 276 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 4: think about how every year technology is increasing, understanding is increasing. 277 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 4: When my father was on the farm. They didn't even 278 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 4: have electricity. He saw the invention of computers and television 279 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 4: and all kinds of technology. Think of the day we're 280 00:15:56,240 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 4: living in. It is so far advanced compared to that day. Now, 281 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 4: young people, think about what you and I can do. 282 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 4: We have unlimited opportunity, but you got to get a 283 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 4: vision for it. Don't believe lies that tell you that 284 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 4: you're just average. You're not really that talented. There's nothing 285 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 4: exciting in your future. Hit the delete button. You have 286 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 4: been fearfully and wonderfully made. Almighty God breathed his life 287 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 4: into you. You have been raised up for such a 288 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 4: time as this to leave your mark on this generation. See, 289 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 4: we didn't just happen to show up in the year 290 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 4: twenty twelve. Your parents didn't decide to just get together 291 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 4: and have a child long before you ever got here, 292 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 4: before the world ever existed. God looked down through the 293 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 4: ages of time, and he chose certain people to live 294 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 4: in each generation. He chose Abraham to live in his day, 295 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 4: David to live in his day, Ruth to live in 296 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 4: her day, on and on. But when God looked way 297 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 4: down to the year twenty twelve, with all the opportunity 298 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 4: with all the technology, God thought, who can I choose 299 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 4: to live in that day? Who can I trust to 300 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:10,680 Speaker 4: carry out my will? Who can I count on to 301 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 4: bring about my kingdom. God didn't choose Moses, He didn't 302 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 4: choose John the Baptist. He looked past Martin Luther King, 303 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 4: he looked past Mother Teresa, and he looked into your eyes, 304 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 4: and he said, I choose you, and you, and you 305 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:30,959 Speaker 4: and you. You are a person of destiny, hand picked 306 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:34,600 Speaker 4: by the creator of the universe. Get that down in 307 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:38,199 Speaker 4: your spirit and make plans to do something great to 308 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:42,159 Speaker 4: leave your mark on this generation. I read an experiment 309 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:45,439 Speaker 4: that was done with a high school in California. This 310 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 4: principle told these three teachers, since they were the smartest teachers, 311 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 4: the top three teachers, the most effective ones in the district, 312 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:57,199 Speaker 4: they had been chosen for a new program. They were 313 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 4: going to take the top ninety students, the students with 314 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 4: the highest IQs, and let them teach them at a 315 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:07,200 Speaker 4: faster pace. The teachers the students that were so excited 316 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,040 Speaker 4: about this new program. At the end of the school year, 317 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:14,159 Speaker 4: these three classes had learned thirty percent more than the 318 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 4: other students. They were thirty percent further along. The principal 319 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:22,159 Speaker 4: then informed the teachers that this was all just an experiment, 320 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 4: that they didn't really have the top ninety students. They 321 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:30,240 Speaker 4: had just been randomly selected. The teachers patted themselves on 322 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:32,680 Speaker 4: the back. They thought it was their great teaching ability. 323 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:35,679 Speaker 4: Then the principal broke the news they were not the 324 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:38,720 Speaker 4: top three teachers in the district. They were just the 325 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 4: first three that had been picked out of a hat. 326 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:45,240 Speaker 4: They too had been randomly selected. What am I saying? 327 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 4: People rise to the level of our expectations. When you 328 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 4: tell your children, your family, your friends, you are smart, 329 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 4: you are talented, You're going to do something great, you'll 330 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 4: be amazed at what they can accomplish. Those teachers, those students, 331 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:05,440 Speaker 4: they had the ability to rise higher before. Why didn't 332 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 4: they do it? Nobody called it out of them, nobody 333 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:11,879 Speaker 4: told them what they could become. They got stuck in 334 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:15,680 Speaker 4: a rut and just kept coasting along. Now you may 335 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:18,959 Speaker 4: not realize it, but the only people we allow in 336 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 4: Lakewood we have a very strict policy. The only people 337 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:26,879 Speaker 4: we allowed to watch are the smartest, the brightest, the 338 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 4: most talented, the most creative, the most generous, blessed, faithful 339 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:36,159 Speaker 4: people around You couldn't have gotten in here unless you 340 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:39,679 Speaker 4: were the cream of the crop. We have incredible confidence 341 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 4: in you. We're expecting you to do amazing things in life. 342 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:48,359 Speaker 4: Heard about an eleven year old boy who was very talented, 343 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:52,160 Speaker 4: very creative. All the students loved him, but he wasn't 344 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:55,920 Speaker 4: very focused. He could easily be distracted. The end of 345 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 4: the semester, he had a very important book report due. 346 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 4: He waited till the night before. He ran up to 347 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:05,919 Speaker 4: the library, got a book, didn't even have time to 348 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 4: read it. He just made up a story. This was 349 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:11,919 Speaker 4: an oral book report. The next day he got up 350 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 4: in front of the class and he began to tell 351 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:18,640 Speaker 4: the most beautiful story, filled with all kinds of details 352 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:22,240 Speaker 4: and different twists and turns. And the teacher, the students 353 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:26,120 Speaker 4: they sat on the edge of their seats, listening intently 354 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:29,920 Speaker 4: in amazement at everything that he told. The next day 355 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:33,239 Speaker 4: he got his grade. It was an A plus. The 356 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:36,199 Speaker 4: teacher had written a note. It said, I read the 357 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:38,720 Speaker 4: book that you did a report on. It had nothing 358 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 4: to do with what you talked about. But you are 359 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 4: a fantastic storyteller. You have an incredible gift you're going 360 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 4: to do something amazing in life. That young boy had 361 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 4: never been told that he was creative. All he had 362 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,440 Speaker 4: been told is you're not focused, you're not disciplined, you're 363 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 4: never going to amount to anything. That day something ignited 364 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 4: on the inside. And today this gentleman writes movies for 365 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 4: a living. He's at the top of his field. He 366 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 4: always credits this teacher that instead of chewing him out 367 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 4: and seeing everything he is doing wrong, she saw what 368 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 4: he was good at and called out his seeds of greatness. 369 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 4: That's what Jesus did. He saw potential in people. When 370 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:26,959 Speaker 4: Jesus chose the twelve disciples. They were not perfect people. 371 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 4: They had faults, weaknesses. Peter was hot, tempered and loud. 372 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:37,160 Speaker 4: Thomas was a doubter, skeptical, cynical. Matthew was a tax collector. 373 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 4: They were known for being dishonest, manipulative. Yet Jesus looked 374 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:45,320 Speaker 4: them in the eyes. Matthew five point fourteen, he said, 375 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:49,199 Speaker 4: you are the light of the world. The truth is 376 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:51,639 Speaker 4: when he said it, they weren't the light of the world. 377 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 4: They just ordinary people, carpenters, fishermen, tax collectors. But Jesus 378 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:00,400 Speaker 4: didn't call them what they were. He called them what 379 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:04,760 Speaker 4: they could become. He solved their potential with his words. 380 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:08,719 Speaker 4: He helped shape their future, and eventually they rose to 381 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:11,360 Speaker 4: what he called them to be. They became the light 382 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 4: of the world. They became history makers. Now you may 383 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:18,480 Speaker 4: have people in your world today that are less than perfect. 384 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:22,120 Speaker 4: You could easily focus on what they're doing wrong and 385 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:24,639 Speaker 4: how like Peter they got a hot temper, Like the 386 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 4: eleven year old boy, they're distracted and not focused. Like Matthew, 387 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 4: they don't have a lot of integrity. You've got to 388 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:34,360 Speaker 4: do like Jesus. Don't call them what they are, call 389 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 4: them what they can become. Listen, people are already beaten 390 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 4: down enough by life. They already feel badly enough about themselves. 391 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:45,640 Speaker 4: You don't have to condemn them. I can promise you. 392 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:48,879 Speaker 4: The enemy is doing it. He's called the accuser of 393 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:52,520 Speaker 4: the Brethren. Don't get on his side, stay on God's side. 394 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:56,159 Speaker 4: Focus on what they're doing right, help them to figure 395 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 4: out what they're good at, and then call out those 396 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 4: seeds of greatness. That's what our friend, pastor Matthew Barnett does. 397 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 4: He runs the Dream Center out in Los Angeles, and 398 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 4: they deal with people that are coming out of very 399 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 4: rough environments, drugs, gains prison prostitution. From time to time, 400 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:19,240 Speaker 4: Matthew will run into the leading drug dealer in that area. 401 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 4: He'll go up to him and say, one day, you're 402 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 4: going to be my youth pastor. They bring in girls 403 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:27,640 Speaker 4: that have been working the streets to his services. He'll 404 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 4: tell them, one day, you're going to be on our 405 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 4: worship team. He goes to the addiction classes, speaks to 406 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 4: the people on parole. He tells them, you're going to 407 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:39,200 Speaker 4: be my ushers, my greeters, my prayer partners. They look 408 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:42,840 Speaker 4: at him like he has lost his mind, But over time, 409 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 4: person after person, they become just what he said. Some 410 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 4: of the most notorious gang members and drug dealers have 411 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 4: gotten their lives turned around. Now they're the people that 412 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 4: are running his church. What's Matthew's secret. He doesn't call 413 00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 4: them what they are, they already know that by faith. 414 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:05,119 Speaker 4: He calls them what they can become. I wonder what 415 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:09,640 Speaker 4: would happen if instead of telling people everything they're doing 416 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 4: wrong and condemning them and trying to shame them into changing, 417 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 4: we would do like Jesus and look beyond the fault, 418 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 4: beyond the addiction beyond the bad habit and tell them 419 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:26,440 Speaker 4: what they can become. Everybody needs somebody to believe in them. 420 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:30,440 Speaker 4: The reason some people are off course is not because 421 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:34,439 Speaker 4: they're a bad person. It's because their seeds of greatness 422 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 4: have been pushed down. Now they've lost their sense of destiny, 423 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:41,480 Speaker 4: their sense of purpose, and they're just taking the path 424 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:45,639 Speaker 4: of least resistance. I read about a young man that 425 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 4: got off to a really rough start in life. Was 426 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 4: raised in the projects, and his father was never around. 427 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:55,400 Speaker 4: His mother had plenty of problems of her own, and 428 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 4: because of this poor home situation, he was labeled a 429 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:03,399 Speaker 4: child at risk. He'd heard that phrase his whole life 430 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 4: became ingrained in his thinking. There's no future for me. 431 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:11,639 Speaker 4: I'm a child at risk. He continued going downhill, getting 432 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:14,640 Speaker 4: in trouble again and again. One day he was sent 433 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,760 Speaker 4: to the high school counselor and she tried to make headway, 434 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 4: but he just wouldn't listen. He said, I'll never amount 435 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:23,879 Speaker 4: to anything. I'm a child at risk. She looked him 436 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:26,440 Speaker 4: in the eyes and said, listen to me. You are 437 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 4: not a child at risk. You are a child at possibility. 438 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:35,200 Speaker 4: When he heard that, it was like a bomb exploded, 439 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,639 Speaker 4: something ignited on the inside. He sat up in his 440 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 4: chair and said, what do you mean at possibility? She said, 441 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 4: you're a person of destiny. God's hand is upon your life. 442 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 4: You are smart, you are talented. There is nothing you 443 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 4: cannot do. That day was a turning point in his life. 444 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:58,720 Speaker 4: He removed the at risk label and he put on 445 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 4: the at possibility labeled Today, Delatoro McNeil is extremely successful. 446 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 4: He goes around speaking to other young people, telling them 447 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:12,360 Speaker 4: what the counselor told him. You're not at risk, You're 448 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 4: at possibility. That's the power God's given each one of us. 449 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:20,439 Speaker 4: With our words, we can help set the direction of 450 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 4: a person's life. All some people need is just one 451 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 4: word of encouragement, just to know there are possibilities in 452 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:32,199 Speaker 4: your future. You're a person of destiny. You may have 453 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,600 Speaker 4: gotten off to a bad start, but you don't have 454 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:36,520 Speaker 4: to have a bad ending. God can give you a 455 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:41,200 Speaker 4: new beginning. Speak vision into people, don't write them off, 456 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 4: tell them what they can become friends. Most people will 457 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:50,920 Speaker 4: not reach their full potential without somebody believing in them. 458 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 4: God is counting on us to call out their seeds 459 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:59,919 Speaker 4: of greatness. So many like Delatro They have incredible talent 460 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,879 Speaker 4: and potential on the inside, but it's been pushed down 461 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 4: by bad breaks, by disappointments, by low self esteem. They 462 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,919 Speaker 4: just need somebody to take the time and by faith, 463 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,960 Speaker 4: tell them what they can become. I really believe one 464 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:19,679 Speaker 4: reason God has shown our ministry so much favor is 465 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:23,199 Speaker 4: because we don't condemn people. We don't judge people, We 466 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 4: don't try to make people feel bad. We tell them 467 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 4: God is on your side. You have incredible potential. You 468 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:34,120 Speaker 4: can still become what has created you to be. My challenge, 469 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:38,440 Speaker 4: use your words to lift people, call out their seeds 470 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:42,400 Speaker 4: of greatness, push them into their divine destiny. If you'll 471 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:45,440 Speaker 4: develop this habit of telling people what they can become, 472 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:49,000 Speaker 4: then you'll see not only your family your friends rise 473 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 4: to a new level, but the seed you sow will 474 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 4: come back to you. God will make sure you rise 475 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 4: to a new level. And I believe and declare you too, 476 00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:01,159 Speaker 4: will become everything God's free you to be amen. Do 477 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 4: you receive it today? 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