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Thanks for listening to 27 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 2: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 28 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 1: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 29 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: blessing and share it with a friend. 30 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 2: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 31 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:27,959 Speaker 2: your life. Well, God bless you. Thanks for letting us 32 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 2: come into your homes today. And if you're ever in 33 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 2: our area, please stop buying. Be a part of a service. 34 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:36,399 Speaker 2: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 35 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 2: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 36 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 2: about this couple. They were driving down the road when 37 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:46,279 Speaker 2: they came across a sign that said Nakodochius forty miles ahead. 38 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 2: They begin to argue over how to correctly pronounce the 39 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 2: name Nakodochis. The husband got so upset he told his 40 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 2: wife when they got to town he was going to 41 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 2: stop and prove to her that she was wrong. They 42 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 2: drove side thirty minutes. When he arrived in town, he 43 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 2: pulled into the first fast food restaurant. They both marched 44 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 2: up to the counter. He said to the young lady 45 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 2: working behind it. My wife and I have been arguing 46 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 2: for thirty minutes. Would you please tell us, very slowly, 47 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 2: very clearly, how to pronounce the name of this place, 48 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 2: young girls, God's got big. She leaned over the counter 49 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 2: and said, burger king, say it like you mean it. 50 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 51 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:35,519 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 52 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 53 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess. My mind 54 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,799 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is recepted. I will never be 55 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:50,919 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you. I want 56 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about no more hiding. God 57 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,959 Speaker 2: has put gifts and talents in you. He's given you 58 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 2: dreams and goals that are you neat to your life. 59 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 2: You have something to offer that nobody else has. But 60 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 2: it's easy to let fear hold us back. Fear of failure, 61 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,359 Speaker 2: fear of what people will think, fear of the unknown. 62 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 2: What if I try and it doesn't happen, What if 63 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,639 Speaker 2: I don't have the talent, what if people don't accept me. 64 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 2: Too often we're letting the what ifs talk us out 65 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 2: of it. Many people are living with hidden dreams, hidden talent, 66 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 2: hidden potential. They have books in them, songs, businesses, leadership skills, 67 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 2: but they're discounting themselves, thinking they're not as talented as 68 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 2: their friend. They've had too many setbacks. They tried in 69 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 2: the past and it didn't work out. My message today 70 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 2: is very simple. Quit hiding what God has given you. 71 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 2: The scripture says you don't light a candle and hide 72 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 2: it under a bush. When God breathed his life into you, 73 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 2: he lit your candle. He created you to shine, to 74 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 2: make a difference, to leave your mark. Your gift is 75 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 2: not just for you, it's to share with the world. 76 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 2: We need your talent, we need your creativity, we need 77 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 2: your smile. Now, don't let fear talk you out of it. 78 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:20,719 Speaker 2: You can't play it safe. Your whole life and become 79 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 2: who you were created to be. And God will put 80 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 2: you in situations on purpose that look too big overwhelming. 81 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:33,280 Speaker 2: It's because God knows what's in you. He knows what 82 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 2: you're capable of. He created you. You'll be tempted to 83 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 2: shrink back, play it safe, hide your gift, but if 84 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 2: you'll take that step of faith, God will step in 85 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 2: and help you do what you couldn't do. But here's 86 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 2: the key. You can't wait till the fear goes away, 87 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 2: and then you'll do it. When I get my courage up, 88 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 2: then i'll teach that class. Then i'll start my business. 89 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 2: Then I'll go out on that date. The fear may 90 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 2: not go away. You're going to have to do it 91 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 2: in spite of the fear. This is what faith is 92 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 2: all about. I feel afraid, but fear is not going 93 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 2: to control my life. I'm going to take a step 94 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 2: of faith. No one that's ever done anything great in 95 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:22,599 Speaker 2: life has done it without fear. They felt the fear, 96 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 2: but they did it afraid. When my father went to 97 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 2: be with the Lord back in nineteen ninety nine, I 98 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 2: knew I was supposed to step up and pastor the church, 99 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 2: but I had never ministered. I'd spent seventeen years behind 100 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 2: the scenes at Lakewood doing the television production. I was 101 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 2: comfortable in the background. My father tried to get me 102 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 2: up here many times, but I didn't think I could 103 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 2: do it. I didn't know this was in me. That's 104 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 2: why I can tell you with confidence. You have gifts 105 00:05:55,000 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 2: in you right now that you don't know. You have talent, skill, potential. 106 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 2: You didn't hide it. God's hidden it until it's the 107 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 2: right time. I wasn't supposed to be ministering when my 108 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 2: father was alive. I was in training, being prepared, showing 109 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 2: God that I would be faithful. But when my dad died, 110 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:20,239 Speaker 2: I don't know how to explain it. But I knew 111 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 2: I was supposed to pastor the church. I didn't know 112 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 2: if it work. I didn't know if people would come. 113 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 2: I didn't know if they would like me. But some 114 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 2: moments are destiny moments. It's now or never. You either 115 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 2: take that step of faith or that moment will not 116 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 2: pass by again. Now I knew that was one of 117 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 2: those moments, and I wish I could tell you that 118 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 2: I turned into a different person all of a sudden. 119 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,840 Speaker 2: I was full of faith and courage and power. I 120 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:53,160 Speaker 2: didn't feel any fear. It was just the opposite. I 121 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:55,840 Speaker 2: had never been so afraid in all of my life. 122 00:06:56,040 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 2: I felt unqualified, inadequate. When you're close to releasing your gift, 123 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 2: you will feel fear more than ever. That's the enemy 124 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 2: trying to deceive you into keeping your gift hidden. He 125 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 2: doesn't want you to shine, he doesn't want you to 126 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 2: go where no one in your family has gone. He'll 127 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 2: work over time to try to convince you to shrink back, 128 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 2: play it safe. That's when you're going to have to 129 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 2: have this boldness, this confidence that you're going to do 130 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 2: it in spite of the fear. Well, what if I fail? 131 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 2: You get up and try again. Every failure is preparing you. 132 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 2: You will learn more through failure than you will through success. 133 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 2: You'll learn more in the difficult times where it doesn't 134 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 2: work out then you will in the good times. You 135 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 2: can't be so afraid of failure that you won't get 136 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 2: out of your comfort zone. Thomas Edison failed ten thousand 137 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 2: times before he finally invented the light bulb. A reporter 138 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 2: asked him about all of him failures. He said, I 139 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 2: never failed. I just learned ten thousand ways a light 140 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 2: bulb wouldn't work. And even if it doesn't work out, 141 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 2: you're learning, you're growing, You're one step closer to seeing 142 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 2: it happen. And when we come to the end of life, 143 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 2: nothing will be more disappointing than to think what would 144 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 2: have happened if I would have taken that step of faith? 145 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 2: What could I have become if I didn't let fear 146 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 2: hold me back. Where would I be if I wouldn't 147 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,439 Speaker 2: have hidden my gifts, hid my talents, hid my creativity. 148 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 2: Friend's life is short. Stir up what God's put in you. 149 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 2: Make the most of this ding. Don't let the fear 150 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 2: of people, the fear of failure, the fear of being criticized, 151 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:48,959 Speaker 2: hold you back. Hell, Joel, I don't want anyone judging me. 152 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 2: I don't want people talking badly about me. Can I 153 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 2: tell you respectfully? Somebody's talking about you right now. Somebody 154 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 2: is jealous of your success. Somebody's trying to discredit you. 155 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 2: People are going to talk whether you settle or whether 156 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 2: you stretch. You might as well stretch and pursue what 157 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 2: God put in your heart. The good news. People cannot 158 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:20,560 Speaker 2: keep you from your destiny. What they say doesn't determine 159 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 2: who you are. Every person has negative chatter. It's a distraction. 160 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 2: Tune it out. Quit letting it upset you, Quit being offended. 161 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 2: God hears what they're saying. He'll fight your battles. He'll 162 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 2: be your vindicator. One of the best things I've learned 163 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 2: is everyone is not supposed to be for you. Every 164 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 2: person is not supposed to like you. You can't reach 165 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:50,200 Speaker 2: your destiny without opposition, without negative chatter, without the critics. 166 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 2: Joseph would have never taken the throne without his brothers 167 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 2: throwing him into a pit. David would have never become 168 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 2: keen without Goliah. Jesus would have never risen from the 169 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 2: dead and brought us salvation without Judas betraying him. Quit 170 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:12,439 Speaker 2: worrying about who's not for you. Some enemies are designed 171 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 2: as a part of your destiny. They're not going to 172 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 2: stop you. They're going to promote you. Now, keep running 173 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,719 Speaker 2: your race, not looking to the left nor to the right. 174 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 2: Not bothered by who's not celebrating you, who's not cheering 175 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 2: you on. Other people may not be able to see 176 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 2: your gifts. They don't know what God's put in you. 177 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 2: They can't feel what you're feeling. Don't let their discouragement 178 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 2: talk you out of it. Don't let the fear of 179 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 2: what they think hold you back. You're not going to 180 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:46,959 Speaker 2: give an account to people of what you did with 181 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 2: your life. We're going to give an account to God. 182 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 2: Every voice said, Joe, you can't get up and minister, 183 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:55,559 Speaker 2: you can look like a fool. You don't have the training. 184 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 2: Nobody's going to listen. I had a thousand good excuses 185 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 2: to keep my gift hidden. I was afraid, I didn't 186 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 2: have the experience. I was concerned what people would think. 187 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:10,679 Speaker 2: But I did what I'm asking you to do. I 188 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 2: did it afraid and no, it wasn't easy the first 189 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 2: couple of months. At times I felt like I had 190 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,319 Speaker 2: to hold onto the podium so people couldn't see that 191 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:23,280 Speaker 2: I was shaking. On Saturday nights, I would have to 192 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:25,679 Speaker 2: look at myself in the mirror and say, Joel, you 193 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 2: are well able. You can do all things through Christ. 194 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:31,240 Speaker 2: You are strong in the Lord. This is your moment. 195 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:36,719 Speaker 2: I've learned. You can talk yourself into your dreams, or 196 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 2: you can talk yourself out of your dreams. Quit telling 197 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 2: yourself that you can't do it. You don't have a 198 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 2: good personality, you don't have the training. Get rid of 199 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:50,400 Speaker 2: those excuses and start telling yourself what God says about you. 200 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:54,719 Speaker 2: You are strong, you are talented, You are blessed. You 201 00:11:54,840 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 2: are favored. You have been fearfully and wonderfully made. When 202 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 2: God created you, he put a part of himself in you. 203 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:10,439 Speaker 2: God is creative. You are creative. God is wise. You 204 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 2: are wise. God is powerful. You are powerful. God is 205 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 2: good looking. You are good looking. That's not in the scripture, 206 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 2: but I like it. I wouldn't be standing here if 207 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 2: I had not learned to step out, even though I 208 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 2: felt afraid. What are you hiding your gifts, your personality, 209 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 2: Afraid to come out of your shell, Afraid people might 210 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 2: not accept you. It's time to let your light shine. 211 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 2: Quit hiding your smile, brighten our day, Quit hiding your encouragement. 212 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 2: Lift somebody up, Quit hiding your talent. Make the world better. 213 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 2: If God has given you the gift to sin, start singing. 214 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 2: If you can write, start writing. If you can build, 215 00:12:56,080 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 2: start building. If you can teach, start teaching. Was not 216 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 2: meant to stay hidden. It's not doing you any good, 217 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:06,679 Speaker 2: nor is it doing us any good. As long as 218 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:09,680 Speaker 2: you keep it to yourself, it has to be released. 219 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 2: A group of business people were discussing where the wealthiest 220 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 2: place in the world is. One of them said it 221 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 2: has to be South Africa, in the diamond minds, where 222 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 2: there's billions of dollars worth of diamonds. Another said, no, 223 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 2: it must be in the Middle East, in the oil fields, 224 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 2: where there's an abundance of oil. The truth is the 225 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:35,719 Speaker 2: wealthiest place on Earth is not South Africa, it's not 226 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 2: the Middle East. The wealthiest place is in the graveyards. 227 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:44,439 Speaker 2: Buried in those graves are hidden dreams, books that were 228 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 2: never written, songs that were never sung. Business is never started, 229 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 2: inventions never invented. I'm asking you to release what you have. 230 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 2: God didn't give you that dream so that it could 231 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 2: stay buried. He's expected you to bring it out, to 232 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:05,599 Speaker 2: pursue it, to cultivate it, to develop it. We have 233 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 2: a responsibility. God has entrusted us with gifts and talents. 234 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 2: Don't take it lightly. Don't live passively, just taking whatever 235 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 2: life brings your way. Shake off the complacency and get focused. 236 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:25,240 Speaker 2: What could you accomplish if you weeded out things that 237 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 2: are not moving you towards your destiny. Where could you 238 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 2: be at this time next year if you got rid 239 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 2: of the distractions and the things that are not producing 240 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 2: good fruit, and you put all your effort into the 241 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 2: main thing God put in your heart. You can do 242 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 2: many things good, but you can't do many things great. 243 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 2: And sometimes we're too spread out. Paul said, this one thing. 244 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 2: I do find that one thing and excel at it. 245 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 2: Studies even show that when a person spends ten thousand 246 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 2: hours doing the same thing, they become an expert at it. 247 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 2: Focus on your one thing and do it to the 248 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 2: best of your ability. Matthew twenty five. Jesus told a 249 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 2: parable about a businessman that was going on a trip. 250 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 2: He called three employees over. He gave one five talents, 251 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 2: another two talents, and the third one talent. A talent 252 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 2: represents about twenty years worth of wages was a significant amount. 253 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,000 Speaker 2: The man with five talents went out and invested his 254 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 2: and gained five more. The man with two invested his 255 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 2: and gained two more. But the man with one talent 256 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 2: was afraid. He thought, what if I lose it? What 257 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 2: if the economy goes down? What if somebody steals it 258 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 2: from me? He came up with all these excuses of 259 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 2: what could happen, So he went and buried his talent 260 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 2: in the ground. The men with five the men with 261 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 2: two were faith based. They thought, look what we've been given, 262 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 2: we can increase, we can make more. The man with 263 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 2: one talent was fear based. He thought, what if something 264 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 2: goes wrong, what if I lose it? You'll never increase 265 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 2: as long as you're living fear based, fear of failure, 266 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 2: fear of people, fear of what could happen. I can't 267 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:26,200 Speaker 2: get in that relationship. I might get hurt. I can't 268 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 2: take that position. What if I'm not good at it. 269 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 2: All three men had the same opportunity. Two did something 270 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 2: with their gifts. The third was afraid. He played it 271 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:41,240 Speaker 2: safe and buried it. After a while, the owner came back. 272 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 2: The men with the five talents said, here are the 273 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 2: five you gave me, plus five more I gained. The 274 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 2: owner said, well done. The men with the two here 275 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 2: are the original two plus two more. Again, well done. 276 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 2: The third man came up and said, sir, I know 277 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 2: you're a hard man. You want to lose what you 278 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 2: gave me. I was afraid, so I hid my talent. 279 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:07,400 Speaker 2: Here's the one back that you gave me. You would 280 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:10,119 Speaker 2: think the owner would say, all right, at least I 281 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 2: didn't lose anything, at least you gave it back. It 282 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:17,600 Speaker 2: was just the opposite. The owner was expecting a prophet. 283 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:21,440 Speaker 2: It wasn't acceptable to just give back what was given. 284 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 2: He was expecting increase. He said to the man, you 285 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 2: lazy servant. If you knew I was so hard, why 286 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 2: didn't you at least put it in the bank so 287 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:34,159 Speaker 2: I could earn some interest. But you buried it, you 288 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:37,920 Speaker 2: hit it. He was angry. He took that talent and 289 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 2: gave it to the man that had five. He said 290 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 2: in verse thirty, take this worthless man and throw him 291 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 2: into outer darkness. The owner represents God. This is some 292 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 2: of the strongest language used in the Bible. It's interesting. 293 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 2: The man didn't lie, he didn't chieve, he didn't kill somebody, 294 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,639 Speaker 2: he didn't have an affair. What did he do? He 295 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 2: buried his talent, He hid what God gave him. You 296 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,919 Speaker 2: and I have been given gifts. God has entrusted us 297 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 2: with them. One day, he's going to come back like 298 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,119 Speaker 2: that owner. We're going to see him. He's going to 299 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,920 Speaker 2: ask what did you do with the talents I gave you? 300 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:24,640 Speaker 2: Whether you have one, two, or five, that doesn't matter. 301 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 2: God has given us all different abilities. We're not competing 302 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 2: with each other. I don't have to outperform you. You 303 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:35,120 Speaker 2: don't have to keep up with your neighbor. What matters 304 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 2: is what are you doing with what you have? Are 305 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 2: you living fear based, afraid to take a risk, not 306 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 2: willing to get out of your comfort zone, not putting 307 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:50,359 Speaker 2: effort into developing your gift, have you buried it? Or 308 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 2: you live in faith based growing, stretching, increasing, looking for opportunities. 309 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 2: Believe in you have seeds of greatness. The men with 310 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 2: one talent buried his talent and showed his fear. He 311 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 2: should have buried his fear and showed his talent. Are 312 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:13,680 Speaker 2: you burying what you should be showing and showing what 313 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 2: you should be burying? Why don't you start burying the insecurity, 314 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:22,880 Speaker 2: burying the doubt, the negative thoughts, burying what the critics 315 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 2: have said, and start showing your talent, showing your skills, 316 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:30,359 Speaker 2: showing your smile. If you will bury the fear and 317 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:34,199 Speaker 2: show your faith, you'll see increase, you'll see new levels. 318 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 2: But too often we're discounting ourselves, thinking we don't have 319 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:41,359 Speaker 2: much to offer. We look at what we don't have, 320 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 2: what we can't do. But your gift can be like 321 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 2: an acorn. You could look at it and thank God, 322 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 2: big deal. You created the whole universe and this is 323 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 2: what you've given me. But what you can't see is 324 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:59,639 Speaker 2: that acorn is full of incredible potential. It has a 325 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 2: huge oak tree in it with branches spreading out fifty 326 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:08,119 Speaker 2: feet wide. Don't discount your gift because it seemed small 327 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:12,680 Speaker 2: out in the shepherd's fields. As a teenager, David could 328 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 2: have thought, God, all I'm good at is slinging rocks 329 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:22,440 Speaker 2: with this slingshot. My brothers are in the military, they're big, strong, talented. 330 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:26,640 Speaker 2: Why didn't you give me more talent? Instead, David kept 331 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:30,679 Speaker 2: developing that small gift every day out in the fields. 332 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:33,639 Speaker 2: Instead of being lazy, instead of complaining about what he 333 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 2: didn't have, he kept practicing, getting better and better. He 334 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 2: could hit a bullseye one hundred feet away. One day 335 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 2: he faced Goliath, a giant twice his size. Goliath had 336 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 2: all kinds of training experience. He was wearing armor that 337 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 2: covered his whole body, all that is, except around his 338 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:58,879 Speaker 2: eyes and forehead, and when he saw how small David was, 339 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 2: he'd begin to la. He said, am I a dog? 340 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 2: That you'd come at me with a stint? Didn't bother David. 341 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:07,879 Speaker 2: He picked up a stone and put it in his 342 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 2: slingshot like he had done thousands of times before, and 343 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:15,359 Speaker 2: when he slung that rock, it hit Goliath right in 344 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 2: the forehead where there wasn't any armor, and Goliath hit 345 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:25,919 Speaker 2: the ground. Overnight, David became a national hero. Your gift 346 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 2: may seem small, but if you'll develop it, it will 347 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 2: open big doors. You don't have to have a great 348 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 2: gift for God to use you in a great way. 349 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 2: The scripture says your gift will make room for you. 350 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 2: Doesn't say if you have a big gift, an important 351 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:48,120 Speaker 2: gift and impressive gift. Whatever you have, if you will 352 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:52,400 Speaker 2: develop it and keep getting better, that gift will open 353 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 2: doors of opportunity, doors of promotion, doors of influence. But 354 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 2: sometimes we wonder why we're not being blessed while we're 355 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 2: not seeing increase. It's because we buried our blessing. We 356 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:08,920 Speaker 2: buried our promotion, we buried our talent. It's time to 357 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 2: dig up what's been hidden, start releasing what God put 358 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 2: in you. Mark Chapter six. Jesus had traveled to the 359 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:20,439 Speaker 2: other side of the Sea of Galilee, a remote area, 360 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,639 Speaker 2: and he was teaching the people. It was late in 361 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 2: the day. They were tired and hungry. Jesus told his 362 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:31,400 Speaker 2: disciples to feed the people. Well, there were no grocery 363 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 2: stores out there. Plus five thousand people were there. Even 364 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 2: if they did find a place to buy food, they 365 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:41,400 Speaker 2: wouldn't have that much. Seemed impossible. There was a little 366 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 2: boy in the crowd with a lunch. He had five 367 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:47,880 Speaker 2: loaves of bread and two fish. He could have thought, 368 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 2: they don't need what I have. It's so small, won't 369 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,480 Speaker 2: even make a dentt in this huge crowd. He could 370 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:58,440 Speaker 2: have dismissed it and hid his lunch. Instead, when the 371 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,880 Speaker 2: disciples asked for food, he gave his lunch to them. 372 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 2: They took it to Jesus. Jesus blessed his lunch. It multiplied. 373 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 2: All five thousand people were fed. Your gift may seem insignificant, 374 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:16,680 Speaker 2: but when you release it, it will multiply. As long 375 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:19,240 Speaker 2: as you hide it, as long as you keep it buried, 376 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:22,360 Speaker 2: it will stay five loaves and two fish. You will 377 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:26,920 Speaker 2: never see the potential until it's released. What are you 378 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 2: hiding gifts, talents, creativity? Have you convinced yourself it's too small, 379 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 2: You don't have the talent? You could never do anything great. 380 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 2: If you will quit discounting what you have and start 381 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 2: releasing it, God will multiply your talent, multiply your influence, 382 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 2: multiply the resources. Nineteen years ago, I was working behind 383 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:55,920 Speaker 2: the scenes, running camera, editing, doing the lighting. I didn't 384 00:23:56,040 --> 00:24:00,440 Speaker 2: necessarily have a big gift, but when Daddy died, said God, 385 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:03,160 Speaker 2: this is all I have. May not look like much, 386 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 2: kind of like the five loaves and two fish. In 387 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:11,879 Speaker 2: comparison to the need, it seemed insignificant. My father had 388 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:17,719 Speaker 2: ministered for over fifty years. He was dynamic, experienced, respected, 389 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:22,639 Speaker 2: loved by people all over the world, and I was 390 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 2: none of the above. The church had six thousand people 391 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:30,040 Speaker 2: coming on Sundays. It was a mega church. You would 392 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 2: think you would need a megapastor mega talent, mega experience. 393 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 2: But God doesn't choose the way we choose. He doesn't 394 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:43,640 Speaker 2: always go find the smartest, most gifted, most experienced. Many 395 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 2: times he'll take what seems small and multiplied. That's what 396 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 2: he did with me. It's not how much do you have, 397 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 2: it's what are you doing with what you have? Have 398 00:24:56,200 --> 00:25:01,600 Speaker 2: you buried it feeling unqualified, afraid, intimidated. You're a child 399 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 2: of the most High God. You have been crowned with favor. 400 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:09,200 Speaker 2: I'm asking you to get that dream out, get that 401 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 2: book out, that creativity, that goal, release it and watch 402 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 2: what God will do. He'll take you where you could 403 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 2: not go on your own. He'll exceed your expectations. In 404 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:25,639 Speaker 2: the scripture, Gideon was hiding in the wine press, afraid 405 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 2: of his enemies. God told him to go tear down 406 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 2: an idol. He wouldn't go in the daytime. He was 407 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:35,960 Speaker 2: too fearful. He went at night. Later, God said he 408 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:40,960 Speaker 2: was to deliver the Israelites from the Midianites. Gideon said, God, 409 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 2: I can't do that. I come from the poorest family. 410 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 2: I'm the least one in my father's house. He was saying, God, 411 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 2: my gift is too small. I'm not qualified. He was 412 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:55,880 Speaker 2: burying his gift, and an angel showed up and said 413 00:25:55,960 --> 00:26:00,119 Speaker 2: something significant. The Lord is with you. You might the 414 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:06,400 Speaker 2: hero here. Gideon was hiding afraid, feeling unqualified. Yet God 415 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 2: called him a mighty hero. Like Gideon, your gift may 416 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 2: seem small. The obstacle looks way too big. God is 417 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 2: saying to you what he said to him. Hello, you 418 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 2: mighty hero. God sees what you can become. Why don't 419 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:26,880 Speaker 2: you stir up that gift? Stir up what's in your heart. 420 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 2: God wouldn't have put it there if he wasn't going 421 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 2: to bring it to pass. Gideon went out with his 422 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:37,560 Speaker 2: three hundred men, and they defeated the midian Kites, an 423 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:41,560 Speaker 2: army of over one hundred and thirty thousand people. Today, 424 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:44,800 Speaker 2: Gideon is listed as one of the heroes of Faith. 425 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:48,680 Speaker 2: But I wonder what would have happened if Gideon would 426 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 2: have stayed in hiding. I fid had kept his gifts buried, afraid, 427 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 2: feeling unqualified, he would have missed his destiny. I'm asking 428 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 2: you to come out of hiding your gifts, your talents, 429 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 2: the dreams. They've been buried long enough. It's time to 430 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:09,200 Speaker 2: step up into who God's created you to be. You 431 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 2: have greatness in you. There are gifts that you have 432 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:17,440 Speaker 2: not yet discovered. Don't bury your talent, bury your fears, 433 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 2: and start releasing your talents. If you'll do this, I 434 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:26,080 Speaker 2: believe and declare, like Gideon, You're going to accomplish dreams 435 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:28,720 Speaker 2: that look bigger than you thought possible. You're going to 436 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:32,960 Speaker 2: overcome obstacles that look insurmountable, like that little boy with 437 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:36,359 Speaker 2: the lunch. 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