1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,279 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,239 Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend, reappreciate 5 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 2: you and pray for God's very best in your life. 6 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: Oh God bless you. It's always a joy to come 7 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:17,439 Speaker 1: into your homes. 8 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 2: And if you're ever in our area, please stop by 9 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:22,319 Speaker 2: and be a part of one of our services. I 10 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 2: promise you we'll make you feel right at home. Thanks 11 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 2: so much for tuning in, and thank you again for 12 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 2: coming out. I like to start with something funny, and 13 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,560 Speaker 2: I heard about this why. She was taking a nap 14 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 2: on Valentine's Day during the afternoon. When she woke up, 15 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 2: she called her husband and said, Honey, I just had 16 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 2: a dream that you bought me a beautiful diamond ring 17 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 2: for Valentine's Day. 18 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: What do you think this dream means? He said, you'll 19 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: find out tonight. 20 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:54,639 Speaker 2: That evening, he brought home a beautifully wrapped small package 21 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 2: and she opened it up so excited. It was a 22 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 2: book entitled The Meaning of Dream. Come on, say it 23 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 2: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 24 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 2: what it says I am. I have what it says 25 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 2: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 26 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 2: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 27 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 2: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 28 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 2: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 29 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 2: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 30 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 2: the right people who you spend your time with will 31 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 2: have a great impact on what kind of life you live. 32 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 2: There are people that God has already ordained to come 33 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 2: across our path to help us fulfill our destiny, people 34 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,919 Speaker 2: that will inspire us, challenge us, and make us better. 35 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: The right people have already been lined up. But here's 36 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 1: the key. 37 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 2: If you're spending time with the wrong people, you will 38 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 2: never meet the right ones. If you're hanging around people 39 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 2: that are not going any place, people that are dragging 40 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 2: you down, causing you to compromise, draining. 41 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: Your energy, you're going to get stuck. 42 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 2: You can't hang out with chickens and expect to soar 43 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:13,640 Speaker 2: with eagles. You're going to become like the people you 44 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 2: continually associate with. You want to know what you're going 45 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 2: to be like in five years. 46 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: Look at your friends. 47 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 2: If your friends are going places people of excellence, kind, considerate, generous. 48 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 2: Those qualities are going to rub off on you. But 49 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:37,559 Speaker 2: if your friends are negative, critical, unmotivated, compromisers, mediocre, indifferent, 50 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 2: this is your wake up call. You're not hearing this 51 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 2: by accident. It's time to make changes. You need some 52 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,799 Speaker 2: new friends. You're not going to become who you were 53 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 2: created to be hanging around them. You don't have to 54 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 2: be rude, you don't have to make some big announcement. Just, 55 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 2: little by little, start distancing yourself, spending less and less 56 00:02:59,000 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 2: time with them. 57 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:04,359 Speaker 1: Proverb says, if you walk with wise men, you will 58 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: become wise. 59 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 2: It says don't hang around a hot tempered person, or 60 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 2: you'll become hot tempered. Another place, don't spend time with 61 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 2: people that. 62 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:18,639 Speaker 1: Talk too much, or you will talk too much. Notice 63 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: the principle. 64 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:24,959 Speaker 2: Whatever qualities your friends have, either good or bad, eventually 65 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 2: will rub off on you. Spirits are transferable. If you 66 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 2: hang out with a gossip, before long, you'll be a gossip. 67 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 2: You hang around people that compromise run around on their spouse, 68 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 2: before long, you'll be a compromiser. 69 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: But here's the good news. 70 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 2: If you hang around excellent people, excellence will rub off 71 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 2: on you. If you hang around generous people, you'll become 72 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 2: more generous. If you associate with successful people, people that 73 00:03:55,560 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 2: are determined, motivated go in places, those same good quoties 74 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 2: will become a part of your life. This is why 75 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 2: it's so important that you are selective with whom you 76 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 2: spend your time. You can't just take it by default 77 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 2: and think, well, these are the people I work with, 78 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 2: they're my friends, they're in my class at school. 79 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 1: This is who I hang out with all the time. 80 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: Or they move next door. 81 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 2: So now they come over every night. No, make sure 82 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 2: they have the qualities you want. You need eagles in 83 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 2: your life. People that inspire you, people that motivate you 84 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:32,719 Speaker 2: to go further, people that make you better. 85 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: I have a friend. He treats his wife so great. 86 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:42,360 Speaker 2: He's always buying her things, sending her flowers. He writes poetry. 87 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 2: One time he read this poem that he. 88 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:48,479 Speaker 1: Wrote for her. It was so gushy and so romantic. 89 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 1: I thought that makes me sick. 90 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 2: But the truth is he inspires me to treat Victoria better. 91 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 2: He makes me want to come up higher in that area. 92 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 2: I try writing her a poem, but turned out like 93 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 2: a rap. So I forgot about that. But seriously, we 94 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:10,919 Speaker 2: shouldn't hang around people that are disrespectful to their spouse, 95 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 2: people that put down their families. He used to play 96 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 2: basketball with a young man and he always referred to 97 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,359 Speaker 2: his wife as his old lady. Let me call my 98 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 2: old lady. Let me see what my old lady is doing. 99 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 2: He was a nice guy, but I didn't want that 100 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 2: old lady spirit getting off on me. I want my 101 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 2: wife to say young, fun, beautiful, energetic. You go around 102 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 2: talking about your old lady long enough and you'll have 103 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:41,720 Speaker 2: what you say. She'll become old, mean, grouchy, wrinkled. 104 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,479 Speaker 1: Don't you dare complain about her. You called her in. 105 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 1: But that old lady spirit was a red flag. 106 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 2: I thought, you know what, he's not from me. We 107 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 2: have to set these boundaries. You hears somebody that's always negative, critical, 108 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 2: finding fault, that's a red flag. 109 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 1: They're not for you. 110 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:06,679 Speaker 2: Somebody that's hot tempered, always getting upset a red flag. 111 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 1: You don't want those qualities. 112 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,799 Speaker 2: You can still be kind, friendly to them, but don't 113 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:13,479 Speaker 2: spend a lot of time with them. 114 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: Be selective. 115 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:19,040 Speaker 2: And I realize sometimes at home or work, we don't 116 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:21,480 Speaker 2: have a choice of who we are around. God will 117 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 2: give us the grace for those situations I'm talking about 118 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 2: when you do have a choice. Life is too short 119 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 2: to waste your valuable time with the wrong people. This 120 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 2: is the number one thing that I see that gets 121 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 2: people off course running with the wrong crowd. The longer 122 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,239 Speaker 2: I live, the more determined I am to not spend 123 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 2: time with people that are never happy, people that don't 124 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:50,840 Speaker 2: have integrity, people that are small minded, people that compromise. No, 125 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 2: if you're going to reach your highest potential, you have 126 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 2: to surround yourself with eagles, with people that bring out 127 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 2: your wings, with people that cause you to I read 128 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 2: where Thomas Edison, Harry Firestone, and Henry Ford had summer 129 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 2: homes next door to each other in Florida. They were 130 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 2: friends and would spend much of the summers together. You 131 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 2: noticed they didn't just associate with anyone. They associated with 132 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 2: other dreamers, with other people of vision. No wonder they 133 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 2: soared to new heights. God has some eagles in store 134 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 2: for you, But if you're holding on to the chickens, 135 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 2: you're never going to meet them. The scripture says, people 136 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 2: that choose worthless companions bring shame to their parents. Are 137 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 2: you hanging out with any worthless companions doesn't mean, of 138 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 2: course the people are worthless, but they're not adding any 139 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 2: value to your life. They're not inspiring you to reach 140 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 2: your dreams. They're dragging you down. For instance, you shouldn't 141 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 2: go to lunch every day and sit with coworkers that gossip, complain, 142 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 2: talk bad about people did respect. But those are worthless companions. 143 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 2: You are better than that, well, Joel, if I don't 144 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 2: go to lunch with them, I'll be lonely. 145 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 1: I won't have anybody to eat with. 146 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 2: Yes, you may be lonely for a season, but God 147 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 2: will bring you somebody better. He'll send an ego into 148 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 2: your life. David said, don't sit inactive in the path 149 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 2: of the ungodly. That means don't sit there and let 150 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 2: that gossip poison you. 151 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 1: For the next twenty years. What if I hurt their feelings? 152 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 1: What if you miss your destiny? 153 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 2: You have a responsibility to protect what God has entrusted 154 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 2: you with, your gifts. 155 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 1: Your assignment, your temple. 156 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:45,320 Speaker 2: Don't keep going to the gym with those same people 157 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 2: that are causing you to compromise year after year. Find 158 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:54,080 Speaker 2: new friends. Don't sit inactive if you're exposed to mediocrity 159 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 2: long enough that mediocre spirit will get off on you. 160 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:01,440 Speaker 2: A friend of mine, this other man that was in 161 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:04,559 Speaker 2: his same field in his career, and over the next 162 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 2: few months they just hit it off. 163 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:08,840 Speaker 1: And decided to start a business together. 164 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 2: And this other man was very smart, talented, he had 165 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 2: a lot going for him, but he had a problem 166 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:17,959 Speaker 2: with his temper. When we would play basketball, he would 167 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 2: lose his cool and get up sat During the week, 168 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 2: if he misplaced his keys or missed an important phone call, 169 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:26,680 Speaker 2: they would just set him off. 170 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 1: He would get so angry. 171 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 2: And they had this business plan all put together, looked 172 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 2: like a deal that my friend couldn't refuse. 173 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: But at the last. 174 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:38,439 Speaker 2: Moment he told this man that he didn't feel good 175 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 2: about it. 176 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 1: He was going to have to pass. 177 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 2: Several years later, my friend met another man, an eagle, 178 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 2: a man of great character and integrity. They started a 179 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 2: business that today is extremely successful. What am I saying, 180 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 2: If you'll let go of the wrong people, God will 181 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 2: bring the right people. Don't settle for a chicken. God 182 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 2: has an eagle. He wants you to sword. My friends, 183 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:09,199 Speaker 2: he could have ignored the red flag, thought all big deal, 184 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 2: He's got an anger problem. A lot of people are 185 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 2: hot tempered. It's not gonna affect me. He understood this 186 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:19,439 Speaker 2: principle that eventually it would impact his life. He didn't 187 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 2: sit inactive. He was smart enough to wait for the 188 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 2: right people. What you're unwilling to walk away from is 189 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 2: where you stop growing. If you want separate yourself from 190 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 2: negative relationships, you won't rise any higher. God will never 191 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 2: ask you to let go of something without giving you 192 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:44,680 Speaker 2: something better in return. And when you do what you 193 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 2: know you're supposed to do, even when it's difficult, a 194 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:53,439 Speaker 2: blessing will always follow. A blessing is always attached to obedience. 195 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 1: But too many people are stuck. They're not growing. 196 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 2: It's because they're still hanging around somebody they knew years 197 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 2: ago they were supposed to get away from. 198 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 1: They felt the uneasiness. 199 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:08,960 Speaker 2: They saw the red flags, but they kept putting off 200 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 2: again and again. The sooner you make these changes, the 201 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 2: better off you're going to be. Don't spend your valuable 202 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 2: time with people that bring out the worst in you. 203 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 2: If your friends are causing you to compromise, be negative, complain, 204 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:29,200 Speaker 2: lose your temper, that's a sign that they're the wrong people. 205 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:31,719 Speaker 1: If you'll let them go. 206 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 2: God has already lined up people that will bring out 207 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 2: the best in you, people that will stir up your 208 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 2: seeds of greatness, people that will inspire you to rise 209 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 2: to new heights. Scripture talks about how Daniel had an 210 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:50,560 Speaker 2: excellent spirit. If you study his life, you'll find that 211 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 2: he had excellent friends. You know who Daniel hung out with, Shadrack, 212 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 2: me jaq A, Bendigo, the three Hebrew teenagers that wouldn't 213 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 2: bow down to the King's golden idol. No wonder, Daniel 214 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 2: was a person of excellence. His friends were people of integrity, 215 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 2: people of great courage, people that wouldn't compromise, people that 216 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 2: had a big dream for their life. Now, if your 217 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 2: friends are Larry, Curly and Moe, this may be a problem. 218 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:23,839 Speaker 2: Psychologists tell us there's something called the law of the group. 219 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:28,719 Speaker 2: That is, we associate with people the way we see ourselves. 220 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 2: Have you noticed how people that like to gossip find 221 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 2: other people that like to gossip. Negative people gravitate toward 222 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 2: other negative people. Complainers find other complainers. Thus, the same 223 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 2: birds of a feather flock together. My encouragement, make sure 224 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 2: you're flocking to the right group. Victorious people associate with 225 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:58,080 Speaker 2: other victorious people. Successful people find other people that are successful. 226 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 1: Happy people hang around other happy people. 227 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 2: Eagles soar with other eagles. Young people, this is so important. 228 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 2: Choosing the wrong friends can keep you from your destiny. 229 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 2: Don't hang around people at school that have a bad attitude, 230 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 2: that are always bucking the system, always getting into trouble. 231 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:21,320 Speaker 2: That may seem cool, but that's not cool at all. 232 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 1: That's dumb. That's going to cause. 233 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 2: Them to be a chicken when they were created to 234 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 2: be an eagle. 235 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:30,839 Speaker 1: Find friends that are going to make something out of 236 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 1: their life. Hang around students that are. 237 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 2: Disciplined, focused, people that are going somewhere. Don't worry about 238 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 2: being in the right group, having the most friends, being 239 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:46,319 Speaker 2: the most popular. Listen twenty years from now, nobody cares 240 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 2: who the most popular one was. The quantity of your 241 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 2: friends is not important. It's the quality that really matters. 242 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 3: Now. 243 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 2: I would rather have one friend that has their head 244 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 2: on straight that's going some place than twenty friends that 245 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 2: are only mediocre. 246 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 1: In school, the science fair. 247 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 2: Is not that popular, the debate team, the math club 248 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 2: that never gets a lot of attention. 249 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 1: But when you study, you learn, you make good grades. 250 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 2: People may make fun of you, call your geek, bookworm, nerd. 251 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: Don't worry. In a few years they'll call your boss. 252 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 2: They'll call you a supervisor, senator, doctor, pastor your honor. 253 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 2: Proverbs twenty seven says, as iron sharpens iron, so a 254 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 2: friend sharpens a friend. Your friends should be sharpening you, 255 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 2: making you better. Now, sometimes you can outgrow a friend. 256 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 2: God had them in your life for a season. You 257 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 2: bless them, they blessed you. But now that season is over. 258 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 2: Maybe you're growing at a different rate, but you have 259 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 2: to recognize when they're part in your story is over. 260 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:03,800 Speaker 2: Doesn't mean you can't ever see them again, but you 261 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 2: know you can't spend the same amount of time and 262 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 2: become who you were created to be. True friends will 263 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 2: understand this. True friends won't try to make you feel guilty. 264 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 2: Keep it the same. They'll be happy for you. They'll 265 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 2: celebrate where you're going. See, just as God opens doors, 266 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 2: God closes doors. You can't get stuck trying to hold 267 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 2: onto something that's. 268 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 1: Over and done. We don't like change. 269 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 2: We want it to be just like it was when 270 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 2: we were hanging out, going up together. 271 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 1: But now it's a new day. 272 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 2: Sometimes the people that knew you back then will try 273 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 2: to keep you in that box, keep it all the same. 274 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 1: But God works in seasons. 275 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 2: I've seen in my own life how God moves people 276 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 2: out of the way and brings new people in. Bottom 277 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 2: line is everybody cannot go where God is taking you. 278 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:01,560 Speaker 2: The higher you go, the tight your circle has to become, 279 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 2: the more selective you have to be. Genesis twelve. God 280 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 2: told Abraham to leave his relatives, leave his father's house, 281 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 2: and go out to a new land. God promised that 282 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 2: he would bless him in an amazing way. Well, Abraham 283 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 2: went out, but he took his nephew Lot. God just 284 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 2: told him to leave his relatives. It wasn't long after 285 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:27,880 Speaker 2: that that he and Lot had a disagreement. The land 286 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 2: wasn't big enough to sustain both their cattle and livestock. 287 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 2: Their workers begin to argue God into strife. 288 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 1: It was a big mess. 289 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 2: It could have all been avoided if Abraham would have 290 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 2: left who he was supposed to leave. How much conflict 291 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 2: do we encounter? How much heartache do we have to 292 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 2: deal with because we're still hanging around somebody that we 293 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 2: knew years ago we were supposed to walk away from. 294 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 2: Like Abraham, God promised to bless us. But because we 295 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 2: didn't leave who we were supposed to leave, now we're 296 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 2: having to deal with things that we should have never 297 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:08,639 Speaker 2: had to deal with in the first place. Now, Abraham 298 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:12,160 Speaker 2: and Lot, there was so much conflict they had to separate. 299 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:17,159 Speaker 2: It's funny how God will always eventually get his way. 300 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 2: But Abraham he meant well taking Lot. 301 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 1: That was his nephew. 302 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 2: But just because somebody is related to you doesn't mean 303 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 2: they're connected to you. They may have your blood, but 304 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 2: they don't have your spirit. They may not have heard 305 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 2: the call that God put on your life. This doesn't 306 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 2: make them a bad person. It just means God has 307 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:42,919 Speaker 2: a different assignment for them, or perhaps they're at a 308 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 2: different level in their growth. 309 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:47,160 Speaker 1: But for some reason, they're not right for you. 310 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:49,639 Speaker 2: And this is one of the hardest things we have 311 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:52,880 Speaker 2: to deal with, letting go of people that are not 312 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,920 Speaker 2: supposed to be in our life. Now I'm not talking 313 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:58,879 Speaker 2: about your husband or wife. I always like to clarify this. 314 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 2: Flipping through the channel, thought I just got my word 315 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 2: from the Lord today. 316 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:07,680 Speaker 1: Thank you Jesus. No, you're stuck. They're permanent. 317 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:13,440 Speaker 2: But in all seriousness, there are family members and relatives 318 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 2: that cannot go where you're going. And you should always 319 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:19,639 Speaker 2: treat your family with respect. But you don't have to 320 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:22,159 Speaker 2: spend twenty four hours a day with them. Some of 321 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:25,119 Speaker 2: your relatives, you have to love them from a distance. 322 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:29,159 Speaker 2: That family reunion once a year is all God's asking 323 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:32,119 Speaker 2: of you. Now, that was worth coming to church for. 324 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:38,160 Speaker 2: But for Abraham it kept getting worse. He and Lot separated. 325 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 2: Lot was attacked and captured by an army. They stole 326 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 2: all a Lot's possessions. It looked like he was done. 327 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:48,439 Speaker 2: When Abraham heard it, he thought, oh man, it's my fault. 328 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,200 Speaker 2: I let him come. I've got to do something about it. 329 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:54,440 Speaker 2: So Abraham rounded up all of his men, went fought 330 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 2: this big battle, this big enemy, and rescued Lot. But 331 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 2: once again, he wouldn't I have been rescuing people going 332 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 2: to all this time energy trouble if he would have 333 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:07,680 Speaker 2: just left who he was supposed to leave. 334 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 1: Abraham was a lot like us. He wanted to be 335 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:12,960 Speaker 1: good to Lot. 336 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 2: He thought, God, I know you said don't take my relatives, 337 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 2: but Lot wants to come, and I don't want to 338 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:21,359 Speaker 2: disappoint him. He did it out of the kindness of 339 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:25,359 Speaker 2: his heart. How many times are we hanging around somebody 340 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:28,119 Speaker 2: that we know is not good for us, but we 341 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:30,440 Speaker 2: don't want to hurt their feelings. We don't want to 342 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:33,479 Speaker 2: let them down, so we keep putting it off, holding 343 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 2: on to what. 344 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:37,120 Speaker 1: We know we should let go of. Here's the problem. 345 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 2: Like with Abraham, later on down the road, there'll be trouble, conflict, 346 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 2: unnecessary heartache. We could avoid it if we would make 347 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 2: the right choices today. What am I saying, Make sure 348 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:53,920 Speaker 2: you let go of what God's asking you to walk 349 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 2: away from. Another thought, You shouldn't spend a lot of 350 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 2: time with people that are always negative, people that are 351 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 2: always discouraged. You have to keep them cheered up, keep 352 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:09,880 Speaker 2: them fixed. And I'm all for helping people, all for 353 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,920 Speaker 2: being a blessing. Sometimes we have to love people back 354 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:18,199 Speaker 2: into wholeness. But if you're always giving and never receiving, 355 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 2: that is an unhealthy relationship. 356 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:24,120 Speaker 1: You need to gradually make some changes. 357 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:28,720 Speaker 2: Don't let them continue to control you, make you feel 358 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 2: guilty because you're not there at their becking call. And 359 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:35,919 Speaker 2: until you put your foot down, they'll continue to use you, 360 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 2: put their demands on you, drain all your energy trying 361 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 2: to keep them happy and This is the reason many 362 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:47,880 Speaker 2: people are worn out, stressed out, don't have any energy. 363 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 2: They've got this false sense of responsibility, carrying this heavy 364 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 2: load of trying to please everybody. 365 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:56,360 Speaker 1: But here's the key. 366 00:20:56,920 --> 00:21:01,119 Speaker 2: You are not responsible for other people's happiness. You are 367 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:06,440 Speaker 2: responsible for your own happiness. Everybody I've learned doesn't really 368 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 2: want to be happy. They like the attention that it 369 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:12,879 Speaker 2: brings from always needing something. As long as you feel 370 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 2: guilty and keep giving in, the one person that's going 371 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:17,640 Speaker 2: to be unhappy is you. 372 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:20,119 Speaker 1: In the scripture, there. 373 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:23,440 Speaker 2: Was a paralyzed man. He had four of his friends 374 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 2: carry him to a city where Jesus was teaching. You 375 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,200 Speaker 2: know the story. They let him down through the roof. 376 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,919 Speaker 2: Jesus touched the man and he was healed. There are 377 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:36,639 Speaker 2: times in life we need to be like these friends 378 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:40,640 Speaker 2: and carry somebody, help them move forward. But if you're 379 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:43,879 Speaker 2: going to be who you were created to be, you 380 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:48,199 Speaker 2: can't always do the carrying. If this man had not 381 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,920 Speaker 2: had friends that could carry him, he would have never 382 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 2: made his destiny. 383 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 1: And if you. 384 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:57,439 Speaker 2: Only have people around you that need to be carried, 385 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:01,680 Speaker 2: people that need encouragement, need hell, need advice, need a ride, 386 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 2: that's out of balance. You have to have people that 387 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:09,160 Speaker 2: can carry you, people that will help lighten the load. 388 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:11,679 Speaker 2: And it's easy to think you can do it all, 389 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:17,680 Speaker 2: raise these children by myself, run my business, always giving, serving, sacrificing, 390 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 2: But that's cheating yourself. God has already lined up people 391 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 2: to come into your life to help lighten that load, 392 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 2: to people that will make your life easier, to encourage you, 393 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 2: to give you advice, people that will open doors that 394 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 2: you could have never opened. But if you are worn 395 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 2: out trying to please everybody, then because you're soul consumed 396 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 2: trying to carry the weight, you're not taking time to 397 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:52,200 Speaker 2: cultivate relationships that can carry you. And sometimes as pride, 398 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:53,919 Speaker 2: we think, well, I don't need any help, I can 399 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,880 Speaker 2: do this on my own. The truth is you cannot 400 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:01,400 Speaker 2: reach your highest potential on your own. What God has 401 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 2: planned for you is going to take more than just 402 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:07,919 Speaker 2: your faith. The faith of one is not going to 403 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:10,439 Speaker 2: be enough. Like this man, you're going. 404 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:11,399 Speaker 1: To need the faith of five. 405 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 2: You're going to need four friends that can lift you, 406 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,199 Speaker 2: carry you, help push you into your destiny. Here's what 407 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 2: I'm saying. You can't be so busy sowing into other 408 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 2: people's lives giving serving that you're not cultivating relationships that 409 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:31,440 Speaker 2: can carry you. God has friends lined up for you 410 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:36,439 Speaker 2: that don't need anything. They're stronger, they're smarter, they have 411 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 2: more influence, more experience. You don't have to cheer them up. 412 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:42,919 Speaker 2: They'll cheer you up. You don't have to inspire them, 413 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:47,400 Speaker 2: they'll inspire you. Buy your dinner, introduce you to their connections. 414 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 2: Make sure you have people in your life that can 415 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:54,399 Speaker 2: carry you. I saw something on the news about a 416 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 2: little boy named Owen. He had a rare muscular disease, 417 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:03,640 Speaker 2: only thirty cases worldwide where his muscles would tighten up. 418 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 2: He couldn't walk, caused him a lot of pain. When 419 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 2: he was around six years old, he got to the 420 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,159 Speaker 2: point where he didn't want to go outside. He was 421 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 2: embarrassed at how he looked, and got tired of people 422 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 2: staring at him in the wheelchair. He became very depressed, 423 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:22,119 Speaker 2: just spent all day alone in his room, and his parents, 424 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 2: of course, were so discouraged and concerned. They did everything 425 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 2: they could to cheer him up, with no success. One day, 426 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 2: the mom was on Facebook and she saw this big 427 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:37,119 Speaker 2: dog that was being put up for adoption, something like 428 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 2: a Saint Bernard, and when she saw a picture of 429 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 2: that dog staring back at her, she fell in love 430 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:43,040 Speaker 2: with him. 431 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:45,879 Speaker 1: Come to find out, this dog had. 432 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 2: Been tied to a railroad track by people trying to 433 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:51,879 Speaker 2: get rid of it. Unfortunately, it was hit by a 434 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 2: train and lost one of his legs. They adopted this 435 00:24:56,640 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 2: dog as a surprise to their little son, Owen. When 436 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:03,439 Speaker 2: Owen saw this three legged dog, there was. 437 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 1: An instant connection. 438 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 2: This big dog when he first saw Owen, came in 439 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 2: and put his head on Owen's lap right there in 440 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:15,600 Speaker 2: the wheelchair, just very gently. It's a very moving scene. 441 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:19,359 Speaker 2: Owen turned into a different person. Now he wanted to 442 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 2: go outside. He wasn't embarrassed. He couldn't wait to show 443 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 2: people his three legged dog. He was so proud of 444 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 2: this dog. He asked his parents if he could enter 445 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:33,360 Speaker 2: it into this prestigious dog show over in Britain. They 446 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 2: entered the dog and it won first place for best 447 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:40,119 Speaker 2: Rescue Dog. Well, Owen wanted to do it again, so 448 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:43,160 Speaker 2: he entered it into another dog show, and another and another. 449 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 2: Today they have won first place in dozens and dozens 450 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:48,080 Speaker 2: of dog shows. 451 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 1: Here's my point. 452 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 2: If God can bring a dog into a little boy's 453 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:56,680 Speaker 2: life to help him move into his destiny. How much 454 00:25:56,760 --> 00:26:00,639 Speaker 2: more will God bring the right people into your life. 455 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 2: God knows how to connect you with exactly who you need. 456 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 2: He's already lined up the right people to get you 457 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:10,879 Speaker 2: to where you're supposed to be. 458 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 1: Now, remember this principle. 459 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:15,280 Speaker 2: If you don't get rid of the wrong people, you'll 460 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 2: never meet the right ones. What you're unwilling to walk 461 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 2: away from is where you'll get stuck. So on a 462 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:27,200 Speaker 2: regular basis, evaluate your friendships. Make sure you're hanging around eagles, 463 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 2: people that inspire you and make you better. If you'll 464 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:33,480 Speaker 2: do this, I believe and declare God is going to 465 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:34,160 Speaker 2: connect you. 466 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 1: To the right people for every season. 467 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:39,560 Speaker 2: He's going to bring eagles across your path. You're not 468 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 2: going to get stuck. You're going to spread out your 469 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:46,960 Speaker 2: wings and soar into the fullness of your destiny. In Jesus' name, 470 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 2: if you receive it today, can you say amen? We 471 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 2: never like to close our broadcast without giving you an 472 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:55,680 Speaker 2: opportunity to make. 473 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 1: Jesus the lord of your life. 474 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:02,160 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? Just say Lord, Jesus, I'll 475 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 2: repent of my sins. 476 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 1: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and Savior. 477 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:12,679 Speaker 2: Friends, if you played that simple prayer, we believe you 478 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 2: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church. 479 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 2: Keep God first place. He's going to take your places 480 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:22,879 Speaker 2: that you've never dreamed. 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