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Speaker 5: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to

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Speaker 5: for God's very best in your life. Oh God, bless

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Speaker 3: I like to start with something funny.

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Speaker 5: I heard about this hill billy family that had never

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Speaker 5: left their small town, never watched television, never listen to

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Speaker 5: Almost in disbelief, the son said, Dad, what just happened?

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Speaker 5: Hold up your bible say it like you mean it.

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Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says, I am,

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Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about investing in people.

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Speaker 5: Lou Holtz, the famous football coach, said, when I die,

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Speaker 5: you say, Joel, I'm busy. That takes a lot of time.

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Speaker 5: He'll make sure that you rise higher. Now I've discovered

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Speaker 5: After all, none of us got to where we are

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Speaker 5: He taught me by example the importance of being diligent

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Speaker 3: Up out of her heart. And she is a big

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Speaker 5: I can still remember my basketball coach in seventh grade.

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Speaker 5: Confidence, more for my self esteem than he could ever imagine.

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Speaker 3: What was he doing investing in me?

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Speaker 5: If you could see all the people that have made

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Speaker 5: one hundred yards long. Parents, grandparents, coaches, Sunday school teachers, aunts.

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Speaker 5: He has taught me by example, what not to wear,

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Speaker 5: Growing up, my mother not only loved and cared for

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Speaker 5: she would say, Father, thank you that my children have

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Speaker 5: My father knew nothing about mechanics and how things operated.

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Speaker 3: I don't know that much. Sure you do. You know

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Speaker 3: And she wasn't very.

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Speaker 3: This lady knew how to pray. She used to come

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Speaker 5: She didn't have to call me over. In fact, I

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Speaker 5: I tried to avoid that, but invariably she would seek

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Speaker 5: I'd walk over toward her like I was so excited.

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Speaker 5: She never prayed fancy prayers, she never prayed anything super spiritual.

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Speaker 5: She could have prayed at home, she could have prayed silently,

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Speaker 5: You know how a normal orange, if you ate it,

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Speaker 5: When their time is over, because they haven't sown any

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Speaker 5: It's the same way in life when we live without mentoring, training, teaching, modeling.

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Speaker 5: You sold so many seeds that three generations later, four generations,

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Speaker 5: Thousand Wendy's, and the owner, the late Dave Thomas, is

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Speaker 5: He started numerous foundations to help adoption agencies, children learn skills,

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Speaker 5: mentoring programs, on and on. Dave Thomas made a huge

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Speaker 5: if that loving couple had not adopted him, and if

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Speaker 5: that restaurant owner had not taken time to mentor him,

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Speaker 5: didn't leave something for Dave Thomas. They left something in

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Speaker 5: Dave Thomas. By investing in this young man, they left

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Speaker 5: a mark that will not be erased.

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Speaker 3: Look around, is.

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Speaker 5: There someone in your life that you could easily take

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Speaker 5: them your skills, you could speak faith into them. There

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Speaker 5: is no greater giving than the giving of yourself. It's

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Speaker 5: great to give money, that's important, But when you give yourself,

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Speaker 5: your time, your energy, your advice, that is the ultimate gift.

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Speaker 5: Now I've learned this. The greater the giving, the greater

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Speaker 5: the living. You will never be more fulfilled than when

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Speaker 5: you're making a difference in somebody else's life. I have

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Speaker 5: a good friend that was raised in a very dysfunctional home.

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Speaker 5: Her father was never around and her mother had plenty

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Speaker 5: she was basically raising her younger brother. The mother was

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Speaker 5: not responsible, never at home. This young lady was just

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Speaker 3: She went and applied.

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Speaker 5: This man not only gave her a job, but he

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Speaker 3: His very own daughter.

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Speaker 5: He would make sure she would change the oil in

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Speaker 5: check book. He didn't realize it, but he was the

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Speaker 5: father figure that she had so longed for years. Later,

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Speaker 5: when the young lady went to get married, the father

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Speaker 5: was still not around. You know who she chose to

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Speaker 5: give her away at the wedding, The man from the

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Speaker 5: small store.

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Speaker 3: He took time to make a difference.

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Speaker 5: He shared what he knew, he didn't take for granted,

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Speaker 5: simple things like knowing when to change the oil in

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Speaker 5: a car. And today I'm benefiting because this young lady

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Speaker 5: is healthy and whole. Her friendship, her encouragement has made

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Speaker 5: my life better. That man invested in her, she invested

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Speaker 3: He made a mark that cannot be erased.

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Speaker 5: My challenge to you today is, don't live a seedless life.

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Speaker 5: Take time to share what you know, mentor someone teach

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Speaker 5: your skills. Invest in others. Friends, we're all leaving a legacy.

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Speaker 5: Let's make sure it's an intentional legacy. Remember, we didn't

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Speaker 5: in us. Now make it a goal to invest in

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Speaker 5: someone else. You can leave a mark that cannot be erased.

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Speaker 5: If you will take time to invest in people, mentoring, teaching, training, modeling,

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Speaker 5: than those seeds that you saw will be multiplied back

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Speaker 5: to you. God will make sure you rise higher. He'll

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Speaker 5: make sure you accomplish your dreams, you overcome your obstacles.

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Speaker 5: I believe in the clar you will live that life

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Speaker 3: Amen, do you receive it today?

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Speaker 5: Well? We never like to close our broadcast without giving

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Speaker 5: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I

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