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We 40 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 5: appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. 41 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 5: God bless you, and thanks for letting us come into 42 00:01:59,000 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 5: your homes. 43 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 3: And if you're ever in. 44 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 5: Our area, please stop by and be a part of 45 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 5: one of our services. I promise you we'll make you 46 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 5: feel right at home. But thanks so much for tuning in, 47 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 5: and thank you again for coming out today. I like 48 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 5: to start with something funny, and I heard about this lady. 49 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 5: She was on an airplane reading her Bible. The men 50 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 5: sitting next to her said, you don't believe all that 51 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 5: stuff in there, do you? 52 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 3: She said, of course I do. It's the Bible. 53 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 5: He said, well, what about that God that got swallowed 54 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 5: by a well? 55 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:30,639 Speaker 3: She said, oh, you mean Jonah. Yes, I believe that too. 56 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 5: He said, well, how could he possibly live that long 57 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 5: inside of a well? She thought about it a moment, 58 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 5: said I don't know. When I get to heaven, I'll 59 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:43,359 Speaker 5: have to ask him. He said, sarcastically, what if he's 60 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 5: not in heaven? 61 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 3: She said, then you're going to have to ask him. 62 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 5: Hold up your Bible, say it like you mean it. 63 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 3: This is my Bible. I am what it says. I am. 64 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 65 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 66 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 67 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,800 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 68 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 69 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about keep growing. Too many 70 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,919 Speaker 5: people suffer from destination disease. 71 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 3: They've reached a. 72 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 5: Certain level, attained the goal. Now they're coasting off of 73 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 5: what they've already learned. Studies tell us that fifty percent 74 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 5: of people after they graduate from high school will never 75 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:36,839 Speaker 5: read an entire book the rest of their life. One 76 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 5: reason is we see learning as a period of life 77 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 5: instead of a way of life. We learned when we 78 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 5: were growing up in school, we had teachers, coaches, parents 79 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 5: that taught us, expected us to learn. But now we 80 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 5: think I'm out of school, done with my training, I've 81 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 5: got my job. But God never created us to reach 82 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 5: one level and stop. Whether you're ninety years old or 83 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 5: nine years old, we should constantly be learning, improving our skills, getting. 84 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 3: Better at what we do. You have to take. 85 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 5: Responsibility for your growth. Growth is not automatic. What steps 86 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 5: are you taking to get better? Are you reading books? 87 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 5: Listening to teaching CDs? Are you taking any courses on 88 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:28,600 Speaker 5: the internet, going to any seminars? Do you have any mentors? 89 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 5: Are you gleaning from people that know more than you? 90 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 5: Don't just coast through life relying off of what you've 91 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 5: already learned. You have treasure on the inside there is skill, talent, 92 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:45,279 Speaker 5: potential put in you by the creator of the universe, 93 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 5: but it's not going to automatically come out. 94 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 3: It has to be developed. 95 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 5: Now I read where the wealthiest places on Earth are 96 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,039 Speaker 5: not the oil fields of the Middle East, nor the 97 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 5: diamond mines. 98 00:04:58,040 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 3: Of South Africa. 99 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:03,919 Speaker 5: The wealth theest places are the cemeteries. Buried in the 100 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 5: ground are businesses that were never formed, songs that were 101 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:11,839 Speaker 5: never sung, books that were never written, potential that was 102 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 5: never realized, dreams that never came to pass. 103 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 3: Don't let that be. You don't go to. 104 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 5: Your grave with your treasure still in you keep growing, 105 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 5: keep learning. Pablo Cosas was one of the greatest cellist 106 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 5: players that ever lived. He started playing at the age 107 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 5: of twelve, and he accomplished things that. 108 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 3: No other musician did. 109 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 5: He was known around the world as the best in 110 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,919 Speaker 5: his field. At eighty five, he still got up every 111 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:45,280 Speaker 5: morning and practiced five hours a day. A reporter asked 112 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 5: him why he still put so much effort into it. 113 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:52,840 Speaker 5: He smiled and said, I think I'm getting better. He 114 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 5: understood this principle. When you stop learning, you stop growing. 115 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 5: Whatever you do get better at it, sharpen your skills. 116 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,720 Speaker 5: Don't you dare be at the same place next year 117 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 5: as you are right now. There is so much opportunity 118 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 5: to learn. There is more knowledge available today than any 119 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 5: time in history. We have no excuse to not improve. 120 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 5: We don't even have to go to the library like 121 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 5: we did in old days. You don't even really have 122 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:27,679 Speaker 5: to go to the university. The Internet comes right into 123 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:31,799 Speaker 5: our living rooms. It wasn't created just to share pictures 124 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 5: and look up movie times and play games. That's all fine, 125 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 5: but it is a tool to help you learn, a 126 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 5: tool to help you increase. You have a responsibility not 127 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 5: only to God, not only to your family, but you 128 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 5: owe it to yourself to develop what God's put in you. 129 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:55,359 Speaker 5: If you're in cells, get better at it. Read books 130 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 5: to learn how to communicate more effectively. People have gone 131 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 5: where you're going. Listen to what they have to say. 132 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 5: Take at least fifteen minutes a day, turn off the 133 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 5: television and invest in yourself. You should be doing something 134 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 5: strategic and something intentional. 135 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 3: Every day to improve your skills. Not vague. 136 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 5: All right, Joel, I'll do it if I have time. No, 137 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 5: you're better than that. You have too much in you 138 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 5: to stay where you are. Your destiny is too great 139 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 5: to get stuck. A lot of times we're sitting back 140 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 5: saying God, I'm waiting on you, God, I'm waiting for 141 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 5: my big break. 142 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 3: Let me tell you who gets the big breaks. 143 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 5: People that are prepared, people that have developed their skills. 144 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:47,119 Speaker 3: You got to be proactive and take these steps to grow. 145 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 3: When God sees you doing. 146 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 5: Your part, developing what he's given you, then he will 147 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 5: do his part and open doors that no man can 148 00:07:56,000 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 5: shut by. You say, Joel, I'm busy. I don't have 149 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 5: extra time to take training courses. I don't have time 150 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 5: to read books, learn something new off all behind. That's 151 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 5: like these two lumberjacks. They were out chopping down trees. 152 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 5: One said, I'm going to take a break and go 153 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 5: sharpen my axe. The other said, I don't have time 154 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 5: to do that, got too much work to do. He 155 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 5: kept chopping and chopping. The other man went and sharpened 156 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 5: his axe, came back three hours later and chopped down 157 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 5: twice as many trees. Sometimes you need to take a 158 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 5: break and sharpen your axe. 159 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 3: If you'll sharpen. 160 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 5: Your skills, you'll get more done in less time. If 161 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:41,319 Speaker 5: you'll sharpen your skills, you may not have to work 162 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 5: so hard, whether you're a teacher, a mechanic, a banker, 163 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 5: a doctor. Don't settle where you are and just coast 164 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 5: off of what you've already learned. Stir up what God's 165 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 5: put in you and get better at it. Sharpen your axe. 166 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 5: This is a call to action. There are amazing things 167 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 5: in your future. God has shifted things in your favor now. 168 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 5: God is looking for people who are prepared, people that 169 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,559 Speaker 5: are taking steps to grow, people that are serious about 170 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 5: fulfilling their destiny. 171 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 3: This is what David did. 172 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,200 Speaker 5: He was out in the shepherd's fields taking care of 173 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 5: his father's sheep. In today's terms, he had a minimum 174 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 5: wage job. It was boring, no friends, no opportunity for growth. 175 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 5: David could have slacked off, been sloppy, unmotivated, thought no 176 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 5: reason to develop my skills. I'm stuck out here with 177 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:44,439 Speaker 5: these sheep. Now. While he was out there all alone, 178 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 5: instead of being lazy killing time, he got his slingshot 179 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 5: out and started practicing, day after day, month after month. 180 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 5: I can see him setting up that target, slinging that 181 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 5: stone again and again, practicing, learning, making adjustments, getting better, 182 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 5: sharpening his skills. When a coyote or wild animal tried 183 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 5: to attack one of his sheep, is no problem. David 184 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 5: took that sling in that stone and nailed it. David 185 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 5: was a sharpshooter, a marksman, so skilled, so precise, he 186 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 5: could hit a bullseye one. 187 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 3: Hundred meters away. 188 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 5: When God needed someone to slay a giant, someone to 189 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 5: lead his chosen people, he looked to see who was prepared, 190 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:35,479 Speaker 5: who had developed his skills. God didn't just choose anybody. 191 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 5: He chose a skilled marksman that could hit a target 192 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 5: with exact precision. In the same way, when God is 193 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 5: looking for people to promote today, he doesn't just close 194 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 5: his eyes and randomly say, well, I'll pick you. 195 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 3: You won the lottery, it's your lucky day. 196 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 6: No. 197 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:56,720 Speaker 5: God looks for people who have developed their skills. And 198 00:10:56,760 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 5: when David stood before Goliath and slung that stone, sometimes 199 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 5: we think that was all God, and yes, in a sense, 200 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 5: I know it was God. But the truth is God 201 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 5: didn't sling the stone. God didn't cause it to hit 202 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 5: at just the right spot. It was the skill God 203 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 5: gave David that he had developed. Like David, God has 204 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:21,839 Speaker 5: put in each one of you skill that can slay 205 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 5: a giant. You have skill that can open new doors, 206 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 5: skills that can lead to an abundant life. 207 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 3: But the key is that skill has to be developed. 208 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 5: Every day you spend growing, learning, improving. You're getting prepared 209 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 5: for that new level. You may be at a lower 210 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 5: position now doing something that feels insignificant. You know you 211 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 5: have so much more in you. 212 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 3: You could easily slack. 213 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:51,559 Speaker 5: Off and think there's no future here. I'll get prepared 214 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 5: after I get that promotion. I'll sharp enough after I 215 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 5: get that big break. Then maybe I'll take some courses, 216 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 5: lose a few pounds, have a better attitude, buy some 217 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 5: new clothes. 218 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:03,439 Speaker 3: No, you've got it backwards. 219 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 5: You've got to start improving right where you are. Start 220 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 5: sharpening your skills while you're waiting. Study your boss, study 221 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 5: your manager, learn that position, be able to step into 222 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:21,839 Speaker 5: their shoes. When God sees you prepared, that he can 223 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 5: open new doors. The scripture says, there your gifts will 224 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 5: make room for you. If no new doors are opening, 225 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 5: don't get discouraged. Just develop your gifts in a greater way. 226 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 5: Improve your skills well, Joel, my supervisor, they have ten 227 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 5: years seniority on me. 228 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 3: They're not going anywhere let me tell you a secret. 229 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 5: If you'll outgrow your position, outperform them, outproduce them no 230 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:52,680 Speaker 5: more than them, then God will somehow, some way get 231 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 5: you to where you're supposed to be. 232 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:56,439 Speaker 3: Your gifts will make room for you. 233 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 5: Don't worry about who's in front of you, how long 234 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 5: they've been there, how it's never going to work out. 235 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 5: You just keep growing, learning, getting prepared, and the right 236 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 5: doors will open. The fact is God may not want 237 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 5: you to have your supervisor's position. 238 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 3: That may be too low for you. 239 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 5: God may be about to thrust you right past them 240 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 5: into a whole new level. 241 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:21,680 Speaker 3: I know a former. 242 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 5: Receptionist she used to answer the phone. Today she's running 243 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 5: a multi million dollar worldwide company. You develop what God's 244 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 5: put in you, and he'll take. 245 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 3: You further than you can ever imagine. 246 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 5: But it is easy to fall into destination disease. 247 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 3: We're comfortable, we're. 248 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:44,320 Speaker 5: Not stretching, not learning anything new. There's nothing wrong with this. 249 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:47,840 Speaker 5: But you have so much more in you you were 250 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 5: created to increase. Studies tell us that the average person 251 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 5: only uses eleven percent of their brain. Think about how 252 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 5: much more potential we could be tapping into. Maybe you're 253 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 5: an accountant. That's good, but don't settle there. Why don't 254 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 5: you go get your CPA license. 255 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:09,440 Speaker 3: There's a new skill you can develop. 256 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 5: That gift will make more room for you. Maybe you're 257 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 5: an electrician, a mechanic, a plumber. That's great, But what 258 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 5: steps are you taking to improve in today's competitive marketplace, 259 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 5: with the economy so tight, business so bottom line oriented. 260 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 5: If you're not improving, you're falling behind. If you're at 261 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:37,239 Speaker 5: the same skill level today as you were five years ago, 262 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 5: you're at a disadvantage. You need to develop your gifts 263 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 5: in such a way that your company cannot make it 264 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 5: without you, or at least things don't run nearly as 265 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 5: smoothly when you're not there. If you take a week 266 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 5: off and nobody misses you, all the work gets done. 267 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 5: Sales are just as good. If you're the owner, that's 268 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 5: a great thing. But if you're an employee, I need 269 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 5: to sound the alarm. If you're not being missed, then 270 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 5: maybe you're not needed. 271 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 3: You need to kick it into a new gear. 272 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 5: Produce more than you're producing, Take classes to improve your skills. 273 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 5: Step it up a notch now, Joel, I'm at a 274 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 5: lower position. Nobody had ever missed me no, don't use 275 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 5: that as an excuse to slack off. You have treasure 276 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 5: in you. You have skill and talent. Once it's developed, 277 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 5: it will cause you to be noticed. Proverb says, do 278 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 5: you see a man skilled in their work, they will stand. 279 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 3: Before kings and great men. 280 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 5: You keep sharpening your skills, and like cream, you will rise. 281 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:45,760 Speaker 3: To the top. God will cause you to be noticed. 282 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 3: This is what Joseph did. 283 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 5: He started at the very bottom in the pith, sold 284 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 5: into slavery by his brothers. But Joseph didn't wait till 285 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 5: he was vindicated before he decided to be his best. 286 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 3: He developed his skills as a slave. 287 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 5: He was so valuable that he was put in charge 288 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 5: of all of his master's house When he was falsely 289 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 5: accused and put into prison. He was so organized, so skilled, 290 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 5: so valuable there that they put him in charge of 291 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 5: the whole prison. 292 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 3: What is that cream rising to the top. 293 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 5: When the pharaoh needed someone to run the country and 294 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 5: administer the nationwide feeding program, pharaoh didn't choose a cabinet member, 295 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 5: didn't choose his department head. 296 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 3: He chose Joseph, a prisoner, a slave. 297 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 5: Why Joseph developed his skills right where he was and 298 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 5: his gifts made room for him. 299 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 3: Don't let where you are be an excuse to not grow. 300 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:53,320 Speaker 5: I don't like my job, Joel. These people don't treat 301 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 5: me right. I'm uncomfortable. I've had unfair things happen. No, 302 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 5: the treasure is still in you. God is saying it's 303 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 5: time to get it out. Start stretching, take some new courses, 304 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 5: sharpen your skills. We should be so productive, so full 305 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 5: of wisdom that no matter where we are, like cream, 306 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 5: we always rise to the top. And one way you 307 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 5: will be invaluable is learn to be a problem solver. 308 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 5: That's what Joseph was. He was solution oriented. Don't go 309 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 5: to your boss and say, our department's falling apart, and 310 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:34,440 Speaker 5: this manager's about to quit, and Bob cursed out Jim yesterday, 311 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,440 Speaker 5: and Sally's never on time, nobody's paid our taxes. 312 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 3: What do you want us to do? No, you're not 313 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:41,119 Speaker 3: going to get promoted like that. 314 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,680 Speaker 5: If you're ever going to present a problem, always present 315 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:47,359 Speaker 5: a solution as well. 316 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 3: If you don't know the solution, that don't present the 317 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:51,160 Speaker 3: problem just yet. 318 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 5: Anybody can tell me the building's on fire. 319 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 3: That's easy. That doesn't take any skill. 320 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 5: But as an employer, I want some goody to not 321 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:03,920 Speaker 5: only tell me the buildings on fire, but the fire 322 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:07,600 Speaker 5: department's on the way, and we got everybody out safely, 323 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,239 Speaker 5: and we notified the insurance company, and we got a 324 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:13,199 Speaker 5: new place lined up to meet. If you want to 325 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 5: be invaluable to your organization, present solutions, not just problems. 326 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 5: What steps are you taking to better yourself so you 327 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:25,399 Speaker 5: can go to the next level. 328 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 3: Are you reading books, trade. 329 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:31,159 Speaker 5: Magazines so you can stay up to date. Can you 330 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:34,159 Speaker 5: take a course that would give you an advantage? You 331 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:37,360 Speaker 5: have to stay on the offensive. Well, Joel, I got 332 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:38,679 Speaker 5: my degree, I got my education. 333 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 3: I did my part. 334 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 5: Now do you know how many degrees are outdated in 335 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:44,920 Speaker 5: as little as five years? 336 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:47,840 Speaker 3: The world is changing so fast. 337 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 5: If you don't have this attitude to continue learning, taking 338 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:55,719 Speaker 5: these steps to grow, then you'll fall behind. Some of 339 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 5: you need to be set free from destination disease. You've 340 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 5: read to a certain level. God's blessed you. Now you're coasting, 341 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 5: but you were not created to stay there. Break out 342 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 5: of the box and learn something new. Will Rogers said, 343 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 5: Even if you're on the right track, if you just 344 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:19,120 Speaker 5: sit there, eventually you're going to get run over. And yes, 345 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:22,119 Speaker 5: God has great things in your future. He wants to 346 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 5: take you where you couldn't go on your own. But 347 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:27,879 Speaker 5: if you're not prepared, if you haven't developed your skills, 348 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 5: it can hinder you from the fullness of your destiny. 349 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 5: Every one of us should have a personal growth plan, 350 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 5: not something vague. Okay, y'all, I'll take the training every 351 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,119 Speaker 5: once in a while. No, you need a specific plan 352 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:47,920 Speaker 5: that lays out how you're going to grow. These are 353 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 5: the steps I'm going to take this year twenty thirteen to. 354 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 3: Help me improve. Let me give you some ideas. 355 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 5: Driving to work each morning, instead of listening to the radio, 356 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:04,120 Speaker 5: put on some good teaching CDs. Put on training materials 357 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:07,920 Speaker 5: that will help you improve in your field. The average 358 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:11,959 Speaker 5: American spends three hundred hours a year in their car. 359 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:16,360 Speaker 5: You can turn your car into a university. Think about 360 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 5: how much you can learn in three hundred hours. That's 361 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 5: invaluable time. 362 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:21,920 Speaker 3: Take advantage of it. 363 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 5: Another suggestion, while you're working out at the gym, make 364 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 5: sure you have good. 365 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:28,720 Speaker 3: Information going into you. 366 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 5: People tell me all the time, Joel, I listen to 367 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 5: you while I'm out running, while I'm exercising. One lady said, 368 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 5: I listen to you every night before I go to bed. 369 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 3: You always put me right to sleep. 370 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:44,919 Speaker 5: I thought, thanks a lot, but these are simple things. 371 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 5: I'm not asking you to go study an extra three 372 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 5: hours a day. I'm saying take advantage of the time. 373 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:54,200 Speaker 3: That you're not using right now. 374 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 5: I love the technology with the podcast you can download 375 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:02,440 Speaker 5: these mets is that you hear every week and listen 376 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 5: to them wherever you want to. 377 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:05,400 Speaker 3: This year, we. 378 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 5: Will give away over one hundred million of my messages 379 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 5: free of charge. You just go to iTunes and sign 380 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:13,920 Speaker 5: up for it. It'll automatically come to you. 381 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,439 Speaker 3: You can listen to them again and again. That's a 382 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:17,160 Speaker 3: growth plan. 383 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 5: If you're going to continue growing, you need to have 384 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:25,399 Speaker 5: good mentors, people that know more than you, people that 385 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:28,960 Speaker 5: have gone where you're going. Let them speak into your life, 386 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 5: Listen to their ideas, study them, find out how they 387 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 5: think and how they do what they do. 388 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 3: You could even learn from their mistakes. 389 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:42,959 Speaker 5: I heard about this company of sales associates. There were 390 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:45,440 Speaker 5: about three one hundred of them in the same room, 391 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:49,360 Speaker 5: all from the same company. The speaker asked how many 392 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:52,960 Speaker 5: of them knew who the top three salespeople in the 393 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 5: company were every. 394 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 3: Hand went up in the room. 395 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 5: He then asked, how many of you have taken one 396 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 5: of them out to lunch to find out how they 397 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:03,680 Speaker 5: do what they do? 398 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:05,200 Speaker 3: Not one hand went up. 399 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 5: There are people all around us God has put in 400 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 5: our path on purpose so that we can gain wisdom, insight, knowledge, 401 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:19,119 Speaker 5: but we have to stay open. Look around this week 402 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 5: and see who God put in your life that you 403 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 5: could be learning from now. 404 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 3: I say this respectfully, but. 405 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 5: Don't waste your valuable time with people that are. 406 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:31,360 Speaker 3: Not adding anything to your growth. 407 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:35,200 Speaker 5: Life is too short to hang around people that are 408 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:41,399 Speaker 5: not going anywhere. Destination disease is contagious. If you're around 409 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:44,960 Speaker 5: them long enough, it'll rub off on you. You need 410 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 5: to associate with people that inspire you, people that challenge 411 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 5: you to rise higher, people that make you better now, 412 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:56,119 Speaker 5: people that are constantly dragging you down, trying to convince 413 00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 5: you to. 414 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 3: Settle where you are. 415 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 5: Your destiny is too important for that. Young people, you 416 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 5: may not be the most popular person in school, but 417 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 5: I've learned after twenty years, nobody really cares who the 418 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:12,440 Speaker 5: most popular person was. And that person that's getting all 419 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:16,200 Speaker 5: the attention now maybe because they never study they're far out. 420 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:19,719 Speaker 5: They've got more bleing. Listen in twenty years. The bleing 421 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 5: doesn't matter. What matters is did you get a good education? 422 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:25,960 Speaker 5: Did you get a good foundation that you can build 423 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 5: your life on. 424 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:29,160 Speaker 3: It's funny. 425 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:33,159 Speaker 5: In school, the science fair is never the most popular event. 426 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 5: Being in the math club is never as popular as 427 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:40,199 Speaker 5: being on the football team. Some of my friends that 428 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 5: played sports made fun of people that were on the 429 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 5: debate team, but now they work for people that were. 430 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 3: On the debate team. 431 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 5: Listen to high school, junior high those are critical formative years, 432 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:58,439 Speaker 5: and these days there's so much emphasis on sports, and 433 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 5: I loved sports. I grew up playing sports. I still 434 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 5: do sports teach us teamwork and discipline and camaraderie. That's 435 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:08,680 Speaker 5: all great, but we need to keep it in perspective. 436 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 5: Most people are not going to play sports for a living. 437 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:17,400 Speaker 5: I read where one in one million kids will play 438 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 5: professional basketball. I don't mean to depress you, but if 439 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:22,640 Speaker 5: you're white, it's one in. 440 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 3: Five million kids. I made that up, but it's probably right. 441 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:34,879 Speaker 3: The average. It's not that funny. 442 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:40,359 Speaker 5: It's funny because it's true. The average professional football career 443 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:42,919 Speaker 5: is three and a half years, and even If you 444 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,359 Speaker 5: do make it, that's great, but you still need a 445 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 5: good foundation. When you study, you learn, you take school seriously. 446 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 5: Other students may call you a geek, a bookworm. 447 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 3: A nerd. Don't worry about it. In a few years 448 00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:58,640 Speaker 3: they'll call your boss. 449 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 5: They'll call you ce, president, senator, pastor doctor. I read 450 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 5: where Henry Ford, Harry Firestone, and Thomas Edison all had 451 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:15,600 Speaker 5: homes next door to each other in Florida. They were 452 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,919 Speaker 5: close friends, and they spent much of their summers together. 453 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:23,639 Speaker 3: It matters who you associate with now. If your friends 454 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:25,040 Speaker 3: are Larry Curley and. 455 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 5: Moe, you may have a good time, but are they 456 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:35,600 Speaker 5: adding anything to your growth? The scripture says to redeem 457 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 5: the time. You need to see time as a gift. 458 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 5: God has given us eighty six thousand, four hundred seconds 459 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 5: each day. Just like you spend money, you are spending 460 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:53,879 Speaker 5: that time. If you're hanging around people that have no goals, 461 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,880 Speaker 5: they haven't grown in five years time wasters, then you're 462 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:01,359 Speaker 5: not being responsible with what God has given you. It 463 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 5: is critical that you surround yourself with the right people. 464 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 5: If you're the smartest one in your group, your group 465 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,679 Speaker 5: is too small. You need to be around people that 466 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 5: know more than you, that are more talented, that are 467 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 5: more experienced, not to be intimidated, but to be inspired. 468 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:22,840 Speaker 5: If you take an oak tree seed and you plant 469 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 5: it in a five gallon pot, that tree will never 470 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 5: grow to the size that God created it to. Why 471 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:33,160 Speaker 5: because it's being restricted by the size of the pot. 472 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 5: In the same way, God has destined you to do 473 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 5: great things. You have talent ability potential on the inside, 474 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:46,120 Speaker 5: but some of you are being limited by the size. 475 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:46,800 Speaker 3: Of your environment. 476 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:50,640 Speaker 5: The people you're around think small, they're negative, They're pull 477 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:53,639 Speaker 5: you down. Listen, You've got to break out of that pot. 478 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 5: God has destined you to soar. Surround yourself with people 479 00:26:58,000 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 5: that are going places. 480 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,199 Speaker 3: Pole that inspire you to rise higher. 481 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 5: My question today, are you doing anything strategic and intentional 482 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 5: to keep growing? 483 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:12,680 Speaker 3: If not, you can get started. 484 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 5: It's not too late to become all God's created you 485 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:20,399 Speaker 5: to be. First step develop your personal growth plan. It 486 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:22,919 Speaker 5: can be something like I'm going to take the first 487 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:26,960 Speaker 5: twenty minutes every morning and meditate on God's word. I'm 488 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 5: going to put in a teaching CD driving to work. 489 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:32,119 Speaker 5: I'm going to take fifteen minutes before I go to 490 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,480 Speaker 5: bed and read a book. I'm going to be in 491 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:36,919 Speaker 5: church each week. I'm going to hook up with my 492 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:41,200 Speaker 5: mentor and glean from them. That's a definite plan. When 493 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 5: God sees you taken responsibility for your growth, He'll reward 494 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,919 Speaker 5: your efforts and in the coming days, you're going to 495 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,679 Speaker 5: have an opportunity to step into a new level of 496 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 5: your destiny. God has shifted things in your favor. There 497 00:27:54,640 --> 00:28:00,680 Speaker 5: is promotion, opportunities of businesses, divine connections, books, It's all 498 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 5: in your future. But what I'm saying is now is 499 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:09,080 Speaker 5: the time to get prepared. Don't get caught with destination disease. 500 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 3: The treasure is in you. It's got to be developed. 501 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:14,119 Speaker 3: Redeem the time. 502 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,160 Speaker 5: Make a decision to grow in some way every day. 503 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:20,879 Speaker 5: If you'll keep sharpening your skills getting better at what 504 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 5: you do, God promises your gifts will make room for you. 505 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 5: I believe in declare because you're prepared, Just like David, 506 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:31,680 Speaker 5: God is going to thrust you to a new level 507 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:32,639 Speaker 5: of your destiny. 508 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,400 Speaker 3: He's going to open doors that no man can shut. 509 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 5: You're going to go further than you can imagine and 510 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:40,160 Speaker 5: become everything. 511 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 3: He's created you to be. 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