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If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 36 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 5: be a blessing and share it with a friend. We 37 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 5: appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. 38 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 5: Oh God bless you. It's a joy to come into 39 00:01:58,720 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 5: your homes. 40 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 4: We love you. 41 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 5: If you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop 42 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:05,559 Speaker 5: by and be a part of one of our services. 43 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 5: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 44 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 5: But thanks so much for tuning in today, and thank 45 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 5: you again for coming out. And I like to start 46 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 5: with something funny, and I heard about these three pastors. 47 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 5: They were in a boat together one day fishing, and 48 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 5: one pastor said, you know, we never get to let 49 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 5: our hair down. Let's each tell the area that we 50 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 5: struggle in the most, our greatest sin, so we can pray. 51 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 4: For each other. 52 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 5: First pastor said, well, I hate to say this, but 53 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 5: I've got a problem with gambling. Sometimes I sneak out 54 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 5: at night and gamble. The second pastor said, well, I 55 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 5: hate to say this, but I've got a problem with cheating. 56 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 5: I hardly ever pay my taxes. The third pastor just 57 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:45,799 Speaker 5: sat there quietly. 58 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 4: They waited and waited. He wouldn't budge. 59 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 5: They said, we are not leaving till you tell us 60 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 5: your greatest sin. He said, all right, My greatest sin 61 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 5: is with gossip, and I can't wait to get off 62 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 5: this boat. 63 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 4: Hold up your Bible, say it like you mean it. 64 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,359 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 65 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 66 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 67 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 68 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 69 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name God bless you. I want 70 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about helping others to win. 71 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 5: I've heard it said you will always have what you 72 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 5: want if you will help others get. 73 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:31,919 Speaker 4: What they want. 74 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 5: If you will use your influence to help others to succeed, 75 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 5: and you take time to give them advice, and you 76 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 5: introduce them to people you know, you make a phone 77 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 5: call and put in a good word. When you help 78 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 5: others to win, you are sowing a seed for you 79 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 5: to come up higher. I had a lady tell how 80 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 5: her supervisor wouldn't train her on this new computer program. 81 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 5: The company had sent this supervisor away to learn how 82 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 5: to use it, but when she came back, she wouldn't 83 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 5: share any of the information. She was afraid her coworker 84 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 5: might get promoted over her, so she was keeping it 85 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 5: to herself. But when we try to hold people back, 86 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 5: all we're really doing is holding ourselves back. If you 87 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 5: will live unselfish and help people get to your level, 88 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 5: God will make sure somebody will be there to help 89 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:25,039 Speaker 5: you get to the next level. I heard about this 90 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 5: professional mountain climber. He was on his way to the 91 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 5: top of the mountain, was very cold and hard to breathe. 92 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:35,840 Speaker 5: Even some of the most experienced mountain climbers couldn't make it, 93 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:38,919 Speaker 5: and along the way, about six hours from the top, 94 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 5: his team encountered an incredible snowstorm, a blizzard, making it 95 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:47,720 Speaker 5: extremely difficult, and at one point he saw a man 96 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 5: on the side of the trail, curled up, laying there asleep. 97 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 5: He was basically freezing to death. He had a heartbeat, 98 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 5: but he could barely breathe, and his team looked at 99 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 5: him and kept going. They said, if if you stop 100 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,799 Speaker 5: and try to help him, you could lose your own life. 101 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 5: This man could not leave him there. He told the 102 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 5: team to go on, and he started massaging the man's 103 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 5: arms and rubbing his legs and patting his face, trying 104 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 5: to get him to wake up. Miraculously, about fifteen minutes later, 105 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 5: the man came to and they walked down the mountain. 106 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:23,719 Speaker 5: He saved his life, and the doctor that examined them 107 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 5: both said to the man that stopped to help, your 108 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 5: arms and legs were starting to go numb, you were starting. 109 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 4: To suffer from frostbite. 110 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 5: You wouldn't have made it much further, but when you 111 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:38,600 Speaker 5: started massaging this man, it increased your own circulation. 112 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 4: And you probably saved your own life. 113 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 5: And it's easy to get so caught up in our 114 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 5: climb to the top that we're too busy to help 115 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 5: anybody else. We think I can't stop. Other people are 116 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 5: going to get ahead of me. Now, the truth is, 117 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 5: when we take time to help other people win, what 118 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:57,280 Speaker 5: we're really doing is. 119 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 4: Helping ourselves to win. Then the apostle. 120 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 5: Paul would have never become who he was without a 121 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 5: man named Barnabas. Barnabas was one of the disciples. In 122 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,720 Speaker 5: a sense, he had already won. He was in the 123 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:16,039 Speaker 5: inner circle. You could say he was in management. He 124 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 5: was in the corner office. His friend Paul came along. 125 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,359 Speaker 5: You remember Paul. At one time he hated believers, he 126 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 5: was having them thrown in jail. And God touched his 127 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:28,279 Speaker 5: life and he became the apostle Paul. 128 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 4: Well, now Paul was wanting to. 129 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 5: Go to Jerusalem and join up with the other disciples. 130 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:37,600 Speaker 5: But in Acts nine, verse twenty six, it tells how 131 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 5: the disciples were afraid of Paul. They didn't know if 132 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 5: he had really changed. The next verse says Barnabas stood 133 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 5: up for Paul. Barnabas put in a good word for him. 134 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,359 Speaker 5: He said, in effect, hey, I can vouch for Paul. 135 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 4: I know who he is. He's the real deal. 136 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 5: If it had not been for Barnabas using his influence 137 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:01,720 Speaker 5: to open that door, Paul probably would not have written 138 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 5: over half of the New Testament. We don't hear a 139 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 5: lot about Barnabas. Paul greatly overshadowed him. But if you 140 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,119 Speaker 5: were to talk to Paul, he would say, I won 141 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 5: because Barnabas helped me to win. I succeeded because Barnabas 142 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 5: dared to take a risk and opened a door that 143 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 5: I could not open on my own. Barnabas believed in 144 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 5: me when nobody else did. In every life that Paul touched, 145 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 5: do you know Barnabas will get a reward as well. Friends, 146 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 5: There's no greater legacy than to help someone else win. 147 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 4: And God is so blessed me. 148 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 5: I am constantly looking for ways to use my influence 149 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 5: to help other people come up higher. Had a pastor 150 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 5: call a while back, and they're trying to buy a 151 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 5: building from their city like we did. 152 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 4: There was a man that was very instrumental in. 153 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 5: This whole process. I said, I'll get in touch with him. 154 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 5: I'll put in a good word for you, and I'll 155 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 5: make sure that he gets on board. 156 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 4: We've won. 157 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 5: I'm not gonna keep it to myself. I'm gonna help 158 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 5: somebody else win. The truth be known, he probably never 159 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 5: would have found that contact. This man is not in 160 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 5: a phone book. He doesn't have his own company. 161 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 4: Here's what I've learned. 162 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 5: When you do for others what they cannot do for themselves, 163 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 5: you will never lack God's favor. You will never lack 164 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 5: God's blessing. And yes, it's good that we accomplish our dreams. 165 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 4: That's important. 166 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 5: But there's no more rewarding feeling than to have someone 167 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 5: say I succeeded because you helped me succeed. We got 168 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 5: our building because Lakewood gave us their contacts. 169 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 4: I rose to a. 170 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 5: New level because he stayed late after work and taught 171 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 5: me and trained me what he knew. 172 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 4: I think about our friend Michael. 173 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 5: He's one of our main guitar players here at Lakewood, 174 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:55,560 Speaker 5: and Michael loves. 175 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 4: To help other people win. 176 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 5: He's one of the most talented musicians you could ever meet. 177 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 5: He's played with some of the most famous artist in 178 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 5: all the world. Michael is at the top of his game. 179 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,560 Speaker 5: He's already won. He could be sitting back saying, boy, 180 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 5: look how great I am. God, you bless me with 181 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:17,679 Speaker 5: a lot of talent. No, Michael's not keeping it to himself. 182 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 5: He's sharing it with others. There's nobody that invests in 183 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 5: young people any more than Michael. Michael took our son 184 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 5: Jonathan under his wing years ago and started teaching him 185 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 5: how to play the guitar. We never really asked him to. 186 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 5: He never lets us pay him for it. He just 187 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 5: did it because he wanted to. This has been going 188 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 5: on for seven or eight years, and now Jonathan is 189 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 5: a great guitar player. 190 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 4: On Friday nights. 191 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:47,080 Speaker 5: On Friday nights, Michael is not out partying like he 192 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 5: used to. 193 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:50,319 Speaker 4: He's not strung out on drugs. Do you know where 194 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:50,679 Speaker 4: he is. 195 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 5: He's here at our Celebrate recovery classes, leading the worship. 196 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 5: He's one now he's helping other. 197 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 4: People overcome addictions. 198 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 5: When our son Jonathan is sixty seventy years old, he'll 199 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 5: still remember I'm successful in part because Michael helped me 200 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 5: to win. Michael helped me to develop my gifts. Michael 201 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 5: helped bring out the best in me. See when you 202 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:19,559 Speaker 5: help someone to win, you become a friend for life. 203 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,319 Speaker 5: You'll always have a special place. 204 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 4: In their heart. I remember a few months. 205 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:27,959 Speaker 5: After my father died, I stepped up to pasture the church, 206 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 5: and I was ministering most Sunday mornings. 207 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:33,319 Speaker 4: But I was very unsure of myself. 208 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 5: I'd never pastored before, and I was nervous and intimidated. 209 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,079 Speaker 5: I didn't really know if I had what it took. 210 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 5: One day, I got a letter in the mail from 211 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:45,239 Speaker 5: a man by the name of John Maxwell. 212 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 4: Many of you know John. 213 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 5: He's a expert in leadership and a great communicator, and 214 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 5: just a very well respected man. I'd never met him before. 215 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 5: I'd only admired him from. 216 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 4: A foreign boy. 217 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:00,960 Speaker 5: I opened that letter as quick as I could. It said, Joel, 218 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 5: I watched you on television on Sunday, and you were outstanding. 219 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 5: I've got to tell you you've got what it takes. He 220 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:10,040 Speaker 5: went on to list several things that he liked. You 221 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 5: keep it simple, You've got a good personality. He listed 222 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:17,200 Speaker 5: several suggestions. Here's some advice. Here's what you can do 223 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 5: to be less nervous. Here's what I do when I'm 224 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:24,959 Speaker 5: getting prepared, sharing his secrets, giving his encouragement forty years 225 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 5: of experience, and now he's pouring it into a young 226 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 5: man that he's never even met before. He didn't have 227 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 5: to do that, he has already won. No, he understands 228 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 5: this principle. True success is when you reach back and 229 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 5: bring somebody along with you. Do you know I still 230 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:46,679 Speaker 5: have that note. A few weeks later I was able to. 231 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 4: Meet John Now. 232 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:49,680 Speaker 5: I got to tell you, John Maxwell will be a 233 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 5: friend of mine for life. He's spoken to me at 234 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 5: a very critical time on my journey. Look around this week. 235 00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 5: Who is God put in your life? They're not thereby accident. 236 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 5: God brings people across our path on purpose. We should 237 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,319 Speaker 5: live with this awareness that I am here to add 238 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 5: value to people. I am here to help them succeed. 239 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 5: Don't go around thinking I wonder what they can do 240 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:18,439 Speaker 5: for me, I wonder what they have to offer. No, 241 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 5: we should have the attitude what can I do for them? 242 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 5: How can I help them come up higher? Can I 243 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 5: teach them something I know? Can I connect them with 244 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 5: a colleague of mine. Don't make the mistake of going 245 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 5: through life ingrown. 246 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 4: That's very shallow. Be a dream releaser. 247 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:39,840 Speaker 5: Do like John Maxwell and look for opportunities to call 248 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 5: out the seeds of greatness that God's. 249 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 4: Put in every person. 250 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 5: Use your talent, your influence, your experience, not just to 251 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:52,200 Speaker 5: accomplish your goals, but use that to help release a 252 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 5: dream in somebody else, to give them more confidence to 253 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 5: help them go further. There's nothing more rewarding than to 254 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 5: lay down at night knowing that you helped someone else 255 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 5: become better. 256 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:05,560 Speaker 4: You not only fulfilled. 257 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:08,080 Speaker 5: Your purpose for that day, you did your best, you 258 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:12,120 Speaker 5: worked hard, but you also took time to invest in 259 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 5: someone else. It may have just been a two minute 260 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,839 Speaker 5: phone call where you encourage somebody, or maybe you spent 261 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 5: five minutes after work teaching a coworker, or you just 262 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 5: gave a good idea to a. 263 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:26,199 Speaker 4: Friend working on a project. 264 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:30,520 Speaker 5: When I look back over my life outside of my family, 265 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 5: I can think of four or five dream releasers people 266 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 5: that took special interest in me. A coach in high 267 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 5: school when I was the smallest one on. 268 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 4: The team, he spoke faith into me. 269 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:46,320 Speaker 5: He made me think I was the biggest, baddest, toughest 270 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 5: like I was. 271 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:47,560 Speaker 4: Michael Jordan. 272 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 5: I remember one of my Sunday school teachers when I 273 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 5: was a little boy. His name is Larry he still 274 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 5: attends Lakewood. He invested in me. He taught us young 275 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,440 Speaker 5: boys like we were paying attention. He made it fun. 276 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 5: He didn't just go by the lesson. He always went 277 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:09,679 Speaker 5: the extra mile. I can say now I'm successful in 278 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:13,960 Speaker 5: part because Larry helped me to win. You may not 279 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 5: see Larry up here on the platform, but let me 280 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 5: tell you he's up here with me. That coach is 281 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 5: up here with me. John Maxwell's up here with me. 282 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 5: I'm succeeding because people weren't just interested in their goals 283 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 5: their dreams. They became dream releasers. They knew the value 284 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 5: of helping somebody else win. And there's a lot of 285 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 5: people that have success. They've accomplished their goals. But being 286 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 5: successful doesn't necessarily make you great. What makes you great 287 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 5: is when you reach back and help somebody else become great. 288 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 5: When you realize God has blessed me not to just 289 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 5: sit on my throne and let everybody see my accomplishments. 290 00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 4: No, I know, God has blessed me to become a blame. 291 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 5: God has helped me to win so I can help 292 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 5: somebody else to win. In other words, God helped me 293 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 5: to overcome this addiction. Now I'm going to go find 294 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 5: somebody that's addicted and help them overcome. God's blessed me 295 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 5: with a happy, healthy family. I'm going to go find 296 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 5: a family that's struggling and help them get back on track. 297 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 5: Or God's helped me pass this course in high school. 298 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 5: Now I'm going to go to my friends and help 299 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 5: him study so he can pass too. Reach back and 300 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 5: bring somebody else up with you. You've won, Now make 301 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 5: it your business to help somebody else win. In nineteen 302 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 5: thirty six, the Olympic Games were held in Berlin, Germany, 303 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 5: Hitler's influence could be felt so strongly. Hitler didn't want 304 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 5: any Blacks to compete, much less win. There was a 305 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 5: young American sprinter there by the name of Jesse Owens. 306 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 5: Jesse was black, He had already won three gold medals, 307 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 5: and now he was attempting his fourth gold medal by 308 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 5: competing in the running long jump. Jesse told how the 309 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 5: crowd was very much against him. He could feel their 310 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 5: hostility so much so he began to lose focus. On 311 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 5: his first attempt, he crossed the line and faulted. Second 312 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:20,120 Speaker 5: attempt crossed the line, faulted again. One more fault and 313 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 5: he would be disqualified. This was very much out of 314 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 5: character for Jesse, but he'd let the crowd get to him, 315 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 5: and they were still jeering at him and shouting against him. 316 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 4: He was very rattled. 317 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:37,840 Speaker 5: Jesse's main competitor was a tall German athlete named loz Long. 318 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 5: Lous Long had never met Jesse, but he could see 319 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 5: he was all shaken up in front of tens of 320 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 5: thousands of people. This hometown favorite. Lous Long did the unthinkable. 321 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 5: He went over and put his arm around Jesse Owens 322 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 5: and began to give him advice. He said, Jesse, the 323 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 5: qualifying distance is only twenty three feet. You've jumped twenty 324 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 5: six feet many times before. 325 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 4: Just move your starting mark back three inches. 326 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:09,919 Speaker 5: That way, you'll make sure to not cross the line 327 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 5: and be disqualified. Jesse took his advice, and on the 328 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:17,399 Speaker 5: next jump he qualified. Jesse went on to break the 329 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 5: world record and win his fourth gold medal. Jesse Owen 330 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 5: said later, you can melt down all the gold from 331 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 5: those medals and it will not compare to the value 332 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:33,120 Speaker 5: of the friendship I have found in Lou's Long. See 333 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:36,200 Speaker 5: Long knew there was something greater than just winning a medal. 334 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 5: He could win a friend for life. I've heard it 335 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 5: said no one stands taller on their climb for success 336 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:48,199 Speaker 5: than when he bends down to help somebody else. If 337 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:51,680 Speaker 5: you will live unselfishly and be willing to give it 338 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:56,760 Speaker 5: vice like love's long, even if that means somebody's gonna 339 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:59,639 Speaker 5: pass you up, let me tell you will always have 340 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 5: God blessings. When you are a dream releaser, God will 341 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 5: make sure your dreams come to pass. I found the 342 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 5: greatest legacy is not what we leave four. 343 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 4: People, but what we leave in people. 344 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,920 Speaker 5: Luz Long left something in Jesse that he'll never forget. 345 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:22,160 Speaker 5: They became lifelong friends. One time, a very generous businessman 346 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 5: offered me five hundred movie theaters to use every Sunday morning. 347 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 5: He said, Joe, you can have them free of charge 348 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 5: if you'll just pipe your message in by video and 349 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 5: have a service. With our television coverage, I'm sure we 350 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:39,719 Speaker 5: could have thousands of people all over. And many churches 351 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 5: are going to multiple campuses, and I thought, wow, overnight, 352 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 5: we could have five hundred campuses. And while that was 353 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:50,199 Speaker 5: very appealing to the ego, when I prayed about it, 354 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 5: I knew it wasn't something I should do. 355 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:54,640 Speaker 4: My focus is. 356 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 5: To pastor this church and to spread hope around the 357 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:00,879 Speaker 5: world through the media. But I've never felt called to 358 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 5: pastor people in five hundred different locations. Our desire is 359 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:07,919 Speaker 5: to encourage the people that watch us on television to 360 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:11,439 Speaker 5: get into a good church that's already established in their city. 361 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:14,840 Speaker 5: And I say this very humbly, but God's already helped 362 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 5: us to win. We have fifty two years of history 363 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:21,400 Speaker 5: here at Lakewood, some fifty thousand people that come out. 364 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:25,080 Speaker 5: Our kingdom is big enough. I want to build God's kingdom. 365 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 4: I want to help other pastors to win. 366 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:33,119 Speaker 5: I want to use my influence not to put people 367 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 5: in one of my five hundred churches, but to put 368 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:37,440 Speaker 5: people in one of their churches. 369 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 4: They've been raised up, established and called for their city. 370 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:41,920 Speaker 4: Here's my point. 371 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 5: When you live unselfishly and you're more focused on helping 372 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 5: someone else get ahead than you are on feeding your 373 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:54,120 Speaker 5: own ego, It's amazing how God works. The more we 374 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:57,480 Speaker 5: help other pastors, the more God increases Lakewood. 375 00:19:57,760 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 4: It's like a boomerang. 376 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 5: When you help somebody else come up higher, it's gonna 377 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 5: come right back, and you're gonna come up higher. 378 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:06,920 Speaker 4: We've got to get outside of ourselves. 379 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:10,359 Speaker 5: Who are you investing in? Who are you making better? 380 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 5: Who are you pushing up? Your destiny is tied to 381 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:17,919 Speaker 5: helping others, and we should never get so big in 382 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 5: our own mind that we're too good to reach down 383 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 5: and help somebody under us. Some people, when they walk 384 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 5: into a room, they suck all the oxygen out of it. 385 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:31,359 Speaker 5: You can hardly breathe. They're so great, they're so big, 386 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 5: they're talking about their accomplishments. They got twenty seven titles 387 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 5: behind their name. That just means they're insecure and they 388 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 5: have to impress you like that. No, if you really 389 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 5: want to impress people, come down off your throne and 390 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 5: help somebody else get to their throne. 391 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:51,880 Speaker 4: Do what you can to push somebody else up. Here's 392 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 4: the key. 393 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 5: Learn to believe in people before they succeed. Anybody can 394 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:02,480 Speaker 5: believe in them after they's successful, after they graduate, after 395 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 5: they're promoted, after they break the addiction. It's easy to 396 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 5: be people's friend when they all got it together and 397 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:11,719 Speaker 5: they're blessed and prosperous, But when they need us the 398 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 5: most is before. If you're going to be a dream releaser, 399 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,359 Speaker 5: you have to look past their faults, look past what 400 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 5: they're doing wrong and see their potential. 401 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:23,320 Speaker 4: Most people, all they. 402 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 5: Need is a little push, a little advice, a little encouragement. 403 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:31,919 Speaker 5: Bottom line, put yourself in their shoes and do for 404 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 5: them what you would want somebody to do for you. 405 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:37,880 Speaker 5: You may have some good advice that could save them 406 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 5: a lot of heartache and pain. 407 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 4: Don't keep it to yourself. 408 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 5: Pick up the phone, call them, help them to win. 409 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 5: Maybe you excelled in that college course that they're struggling in. 410 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 5: Don't sit back and think too bad. They got to 411 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 5: learn it the hard way. No, God's counting on you. 412 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 4: To make it easier. 413 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:57,760 Speaker 5: Nobody may have helped you, but if you want God's 414 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 5: continued blessing on your life, can't be selfish. 415 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 4: You've got to be willing to be inconvenienced. 416 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:07,359 Speaker 5: You got to be willing to make some sacrifices, to teach, 417 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,920 Speaker 5: to train, to share what you know to help somebody 418 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,680 Speaker 5: else come up higher. I have a friend that grew 419 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:18,080 Speaker 5: up in the projects, very poor. He was raised by 420 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 5: a single parent mom. Didn't look like he had much 421 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:23,480 Speaker 5: of a future, but through a series of good breaks, 422 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 5: and really it was God's favor, he got a scholarship 423 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:30,400 Speaker 5: to a university. In fact, it was an ivy Lee college. 424 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 5: Most of the students there were from white, well to 425 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 5: do families. My friend was a black young man from 426 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:38,400 Speaker 5: a low income family. 427 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 4: His roommate was a sharp young man. 428 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 5: He had traveled the world, and here, my friend, he 429 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:47,159 Speaker 5: had hardly ever even gotten out of his neighborhood. It 430 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 5: was a night and day difference. He and his roommate 431 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 5: hit it off and became best friends. He told his 432 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 5: roommate that his dream was to become a television news journalist. 433 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 5: He knew from the time he was a little boy. 434 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:04,119 Speaker 5: That's what he always wanted to do. His roommate said, 435 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:08,199 Speaker 5: you'll never become a journalist with your vocabulary like it is. 436 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,160 Speaker 5: It's too limited. We got to do something about it. 437 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:14,680 Speaker 5: Instead of just seeing where he was, this roommate saw 438 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:15,560 Speaker 5: his potential. 439 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 4: He got a. 440 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:20,639 Speaker 5: Dictionary and every day he taught this young man, my friend, 441 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:24,360 Speaker 5: a new word. He made him use that in a sentence. 442 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 5: This went on, day after day, week after week, for 443 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 5: four years. He taught him a new word every day. 444 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:35,639 Speaker 5: What was that roommate doing? Being a dream releaser, he 445 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 5: had won. God had blessed him with a good family, 446 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 5: a good upbringing, he had education, he had resources. Now 447 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:46,399 Speaker 5: he was passing it on helping somebody else to win. Today, 448 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 5: that young boy from the projects is an award winning 449 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 5: journalist seen by millions of people every week on probably 450 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 5: the number one news program in America. He told me Joel, 451 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:00,920 Speaker 5: I would never be where I am if it were 452 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 5: not for my roommate. I would have never made it 453 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:05,840 Speaker 5: this far if he had not taken. 454 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:07,159 Speaker 4: Time to invest in me. 455 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:12,399 Speaker 5: That's true success when you reach back and you bring 456 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 5: somebody with you. Where are the people that will make 457 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:18,120 Speaker 5: sacrifices to help. 458 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 4: Somebody else win? 459 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 5: Where are the people that will be willing to be 460 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 5: inconvenience to invest in someone so they can become all 461 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:30,480 Speaker 5: God's created them to be. Let's do like that roommate 462 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:35,159 Speaker 5: and be dream releasers. Let's believe in people before they succeed. 463 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 5: Let's call out their seeds of greatness that God's put 464 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:39,399 Speaker 5: on the inside. 465 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 4: I heard a story about a little boy named Shae. 466 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 5: Shae was ten years old and both physically and mentally 467 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:49,640 Speaker 5: challenged him. He and his father were out walking one 468 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 5: day and they went by a baseball field where a 469 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:55,359 Speaker 5: bunch of young boys Shay's age were playing a game, 470 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:59,159 Speaker 5: and Shae loved baseball. He said this, dad, do you 471 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,640 Speaker 5: think they would let me play on one of their teams. 472 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,919 Speaker 5: Shay's dad knew that he couldn't play at that level. 473 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:08,680 Speaker 5: He was very uncoordinated and couldn't hardly run at all, 474 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 5: and Shaye's dad didn't want to disappoint him, so he 475 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 5: went over and he asked one of the young boys in. 476 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,480 Speaker 4: The dugout if Shae could play it. 477 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,480 Speaker 5: The little boy looked around at his friends, trying to 478 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 5: get some advice, and finally he said, well, sir, there's 479 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 5: only two innings left and we're down by three runs, 480 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,200 Speaker 5: but sure he can come play. 481 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:27,440 Speaker 4: We'll put him in the outfield. 482 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:31,159 Speaker 5: Shae was so excited he could not believe he was 483 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:34,439 Speaker 5: out there playing baseball with those other young men. In 484 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:37,920 Speaker 5: the last inning, their team was down by one run. 485 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:41,359 Speaker 5: There were two outs, and it was Shay's time to bat. 486 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 5: Deep down, those other teammates wanted to put in a 487 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 5: pinch hitter. They wanted to send their best batter up, 488 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 5: but they knew that wouldn't be right, so they sent 489 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 5: Shae up to the play, basically knowing that they had 490 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:57,399 Speaker 5: already lost the game. I mean, Shae didn't have a chance. 491 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:01,639 Speaker 5: He was facing their star pitcher. Pitcher wound back and 492 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 5: fired the first. 493 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 4: Pitch so fast. Shae didn't even have a chance. 494 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 5: He swung so late and so uncoordinated he missed it. 495 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 4: By a mile. 496 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:13,520 Speaker 5: At that point, the pitcher realized that Shay had some 497 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 5: physical challenges. The next pitch, he threw about half the speed, 498 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:21,000 Speaker 5: but once again Shay swung and missed by a mile. 499 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 5: This time, the pitcher stepped off the mound and walked 500 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 5: much closer to home plate. He threw the ball as 501 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 5: soft as he could, and believe it or not, Shaye 502 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:33,919 Speaker 5: hit the ball. It went about five feet right in 503 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:36,520 Speaker 5: front of the home plate. The pitcher ran and picked 504 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:38,359 Speaker 5: it up just out of instinct. He was about to 505 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:41,439 Speaker 5: fire it to first base and win the game, but 506 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 5: out of the corner of his eye he saw Shay 507 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 5: running the best that he could. He didn't have the 508 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 5: heart to throw it on purpose. He threw the ball 509 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 5: over the first baseman's. 510 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 4: Head into the outfield. 511 00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:57,480 Speaker 5: The dad stood up and said, run, Shay, run, kind 512 00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:58,720 Speaker 5: of like run for us. 513 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 4: Run. Shae went to first, headed towards second. 514 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 5: By this time, all the other boys knew what was 515 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,680 Speaker 5: going on, and on purpose, they kept throwing the ball 516 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:12,200 Speaker 5: over each other's heads, letting it go through their legs 517 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 5: and shave round. 518 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:16,160 Speaker 4: A third base, and the whole crowd was going shame. 519 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:19,920 Speaker 5: Shae, Shae, Shae came in with a game winning run. 520 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:22,960 Speaker 5: Father had these big tears running down his cheeks. But 521 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 5: that day, those boys deposited something in Shade that he'll 522 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 5: never forget. When he's seventy years old, he'll remember the 523 00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 5: time he scored the game winning run. See, sometimes you 524 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:38,120 Speaker 5: have to give up winning so somebody else can win. 525 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 5: Sometimes you have to make sacrifices. 526 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:44,679 Speaker 4: To let someone else get ahead. 527 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,800 Speaker 5: Sometimes you have to put your own dreams on hold 528 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:53,359 Speaker 5: temporarily so you can help release a dream in somebody else. 529 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:54,640 Speaker 4: Here's the key. 530 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:58,119 Speaker 5: What you may happen for others, God will make happen 531 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:01,440 Speaker 5: for you when you live on selfishly and you help 532 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 5: somebody else get ahead. God will make sure somebody is 533 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:06,680 Speaker 5: there to help you get ahead. 534 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:10,760 Speaker 4: My challenge is make every day a Shay day. 535 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 5: Find somebody to invest in, somebody you can help come 536 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 5: up higher. Don't go to bed without knowing you did 537 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:21,200 Speaker 5: something for someone to help them win. 538 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:22,879 Speaker 4: I'm asking us. 539 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:26,960 Speaker 5: To become dream releasers. Believe in people before they succeed. 540 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:30,080 Speaker 5: Call out those seeds of greatness. When you do for 541 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:33,640 Speaker 5: others what they cannot do for themselves, you will always 542 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:37,320 Speaker 5: have God's favor. You will not only accomplish your dreams, 543 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 5: but God will take you higher and higher. And I 544 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:44,000 Speaker 5: believe and declare you will become everything God's created you 545 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:46,760 Speaker 5: to be. You will have everything God intended for you 546 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:47,000 Speaker 5: to have. 547 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 4: Amen. Do you receive it today? 548 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 5: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 549 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,760 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 550 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? 551 00:28:57,560 --> 00:29:02,760 Speaker 5: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 552 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 5: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 553 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 5: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 554 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:11,080 Speaker 5: born again. 555 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:14,360 Speaker 4: Get in a good Bible based church, Keep God first place. 556 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,880 Speaker 4: He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 557 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:21,040 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the Joelus Deine podcast. Help 558 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,880 Speaker 6: us continue to share the message of hope with those 559 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 6: all over the world. 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