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Well, God bless you always a joy to 42 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 4: come into your homes. We love you and we're believing 43 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 4: for God's very very best in your life. Ever in 44 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 4: our area, come out and be a part of one 45 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,679 Speaker 4: of our services here at Lakewood. I promise you will 46 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 4: make you feel right at home. But thanks again for 47 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 4: tuning in. I like to start with something funny each week, 48 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 4: and I heard about this man. He was the only 49 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 4: Protestant in a large Catholic neighborhood, and every Friday during Lent, 50 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 4: while all of his neighbors were eating cold fish, he 51 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 4: would be in his backyard grilling a steak. 52 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,079 Speaker 3: They just couldn't stand the temptation, and they. 53 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 4: Decided to try to convert him to Catholicism. He finally agreed. 54 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 4: The pre sprinkled water over him and said, you were 55 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:39,639 Speaker 4: born a Baptist, you were raised a Baptist, but now 56 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 4: you're a Catholic. The next year, on the first Friday 57 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 4: of Lent, the neighbors smelled the same smell in the air. 58 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 3: They rushed to his house. 59 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 4: He was in the backyard sprinkling water over his steak, saying, 60 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 4: you were born a cow, you were raised a cow, 61 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:58,639 Speaker 4: but now you're a fish. All right, Hold up your 62 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 4: Bible say it, thank you mean it. 63 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 3: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am, 64 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 3: I have what it says I have. 65 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 4: I can do what it says I can do. Today 66 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 4: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly 67 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 4: confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 68 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 3: I will never be the same. 69 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 4: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 70 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,519 Speaker 4: to you today about how valuable you are. One of 71 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 4: the greatest needs we all have is to feel a 72 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 4: sense of self worth. Deep down, we need to know 73 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 4: that we're important, that our life matters, and that we 74 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 4: have something great to offer. But so often we base 75 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 4: our self worth on our looks, on what we've achieved 76 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 4: and what we own, and how perfect of a life 77 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 4: we've lived. The problem with this is those things can change. 78 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 4: If you're basing your self worth on your looks, your accomplishments, 79 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 4: your popularity, then if that goes down, your self worth 80 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 4: will go down. If you base your sense of value 81 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 4: on how somebody else treats you and how they make 82 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 4: you feel, then if they hurt you, if they disappoint you, 83 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 4: very likely you'll turn it on yourself and think there 84 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,279 Speaker 4: must be something wrong with me. He wouldn't have left 85 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 4: me if I was pretty enough. They wouldn't be treating 86 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 4: me badly, if I had a better personality, or I 87 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 4: wouldn't have gotten laid off if I was just more talented. Now, 88 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 4: the problem is you're getting your self worth from the 89 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 4: wrong places. We should not receive our value from how 90 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 4: somebody else treats us, or what we own or what 91 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 4: we've accomplished. Our value should come solely from the fact 92 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 4: that we are children of the Most High God, and 93 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 4: the value God put in you is permanent. Nothing you 94 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 4: can do or anyone else can do, can ever change 95 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:53,720 Speaker 4: that value. And I've seen how the enemy works over 96 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 4: time in this area. He would love for us to 97 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 4: go through life insecure, insecure about our looks, about our personality, 98 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 4: about our abilities. He will use hurtful things that people 99 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 4: have said, disappointments, rejections, unfair situations to try to lower 100 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 4: our sense of self worth. If we're not careful, we'll 101 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 4: go around blaming ourself, internalizing every bad thing that happens. Now. 102 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 4: I've seen people that were mistreated when they were growing up, 103 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 4: and somehow they still think it was their fault. They 104 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 4: were children, they didn't have any control over it. But 105 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 4: those lies come saying it's because you're not good enough, 106 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 4: that's why they left you. It's because you didn't measure up, 107 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 4: that's why you didn't get your appearance approval. That recording 108 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 4: is constantly playing in the back of their minds. Failure, loser, 109 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 4: not talented, not attractive, not valuable, not lovable. Now you've 110 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 4: got to turn that recording off. Somebody may have hurt you, 111 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 4: but don't internalize it. Don't go around blaming yourself. You're 112 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 4: not at fault. They had the problem, not you. They 113 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:05,160 Speaker 4: may have rejected you, but the good. 114 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 3: News is God accepts you. He has already approved you. 115 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:15,159 Speaker 4: Psychologists tell us that our self worth comes from what 116 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 4: we think the most important person in our life thinks 117 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 4: about us. For children, most likely that would be their parents. 118 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:26,719 Speaker 4: As adults, that could still be a parent, or a spouse, 119 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 4: a friend, a mentor. But the problem with this philosophy 120 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 4: is that people are all human. 121 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 3: People can disappoint us. 122 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 4: They can say things or do things that bring heartache 123 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 4: and pain. If we're only receiving our value from them, 124 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 4: over time, we're going to feel less and less valuable 125 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 4: because sooner or later they will say something that cuts 126 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:53,359 Speaker 4: like a knife, or they will show by their actions 127 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 4: that were not really that important. But the key to 128 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:01,599 Speaker 4: really understanding and maintaining a true since value is to 129 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:05,039 Speaker 4: let your heavenly Father, be the most important person in 130 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 4: your life. Base your sense of value on what he 131 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 4: says about you. When you make mistakes, people will try 132 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 4: to make you feel guilty, like you're all washed up, 133 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 4: But God says, I have mercy for every mistake. 134 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 3: Get up and go again. 135 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 4: Your future is brighter than your past. People will tell you, 136 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 4: or sometimes make you feel like you're not talented, you're 137 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 4: not attractive, you don't have anything special to offer, But 138 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 4: God says you're amazing, You're beautiful, you're one of a kind. 139 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 4: People can disappoint you, reject you, even say things that 140 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 4: can wound your spirit. If you're only receiving your value 141 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 4: and your worth from them, you'll go through life feeling inferior, 142 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 4: feeling insecure, with little self worth. But if you will 143 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 4: learn to receive your value from your heavenly Father and 144 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 4: listen to what he says about you, then you'll go 145 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 4: around feeling accepted, approved, redeemed, forgiven, confident and secure. You 146 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 4: will feel extremely valuable. And that's exactly the way God 147 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 4: wants you to be. 148 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 3: Says in Ephesians two ten. 149 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 4: You are God's masterpiece. Do you realize a masterpiece is 150 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 4: not mass produced. You didn't come off an assembly line. 151 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 4: You're not average. You're not ordinary. You've been custom made. 152 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 4: You are one of a kind. And of all the 153 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:35,679 Speaker 4: things God created, what he is the most proud of 154 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 4: is not the spectacular solar system, not the magnificent sunsets, 155 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:46,080 Speaker 4: not even the amazing animals. The creation that God calls 156 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 4: his masterpiece is you. You are his most prized possession. 157 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:54,080 Speaker 4: He created you in his very own image, and he 158 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:56,839 Speaker 4: looks past all those other things and he looks right 159 00:08:56,880 --> 00:09:00,120 Speaker 4: at you and says, there's my masterpiece. That's my son, 160 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:03,080 Speaker 4: that's my daughter. That's what brings the most joy to 161 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 4: my heart. One thing that creates value is who the 162 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 4: owner is. I have a baseball bat at home that 163 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 4: I purchased for thirty dollars at the sporting goods store. 164 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 4: But I read where one of Babe Ruth's old baseball 165 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 4: bats sold for over one hundred thousand dollars. 166 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 3: What was the difference. 167 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 4: They were both wood bats, both thirty four inches long. 168 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 4: The difference is who the owner is. I have a 169 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 4: handkerchief that I paid less than five dollars for, but 170 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 4: I read where one of Elvis's handkerchiefs sold for over 171 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 4: three hundred thousand dollars. What was the difference was his 172 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 4: covered with jewels and rubies and diamonds. 173 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:46,559 Speaker 3: No, his was covered with his sweat. 174 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 4: The difference was who sweat it is And throughout life 175 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 4: we need to constantly remind ourselves. I am valuable, not 176 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 4: because of what I do or don't do, not because 177 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 4: of what I have or don't have, not because of 178 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 4: who I know or don't know. I am valuable because 179 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 4: of who my owner is. And it is not my parents, 180 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 4: it is not my spouse, it's not my boss, not 181 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 4: even the government know. The creator of the universe breathes 182 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 4: his life into each one of us. He fashioned us, 183 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 4: He formed us, He gave us our personality. He intricately 184 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 4: made everything about us. We may not be perfect, we 185 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 4: may make mistakes. Other people may try to push us 186 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 4: down make us feel less valuable, but we know the truth. 187 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 4: Our value comes from the fact that we are children 188 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:40,559 Speaker 4: of the most high God. 189 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 3: We know who our owner is. 190 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 4: There was an article in a medical magazine. It talked 191 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 4: about how these researchers calculated how much money the human 192 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 4: body was worth. They added up, to the best of 193 00:10:55,400 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 4: their ability, all the enzymes and hormones and cells, tissues, 194 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 4: everything contained in the body. Their conclusion was, the average 195 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 4: sized person is worth approximately six million dollars. You've heard 196 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,439 Speaker 4: of the six million dollar man. Well, I'm looking at 197 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 4: six million dollar people today. Some of you you didn't 198 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 4: even realize you are a multi millionaire. 199 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 3: You need to put your shoulders. 200 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 4: Back, hold your head up high, go out with a 201 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 4: new spring in your step. No, you didn't just win 202 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:32,559 Speaker 4: the lottery, but your heavenly father put six million dollars 203 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 4: worth of assets on the inside. And the good news 204 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 4: is you didn't even have to pay taxes on it. Friends, 205 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:41,679 Speaker 4: you are extremely valuable. 206 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 3: Think of it. That's just an average sized person. 207 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 4: Some of you are worth nine million dollars a time. 208 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:51,680 Speaker 4: That's a new way to look at it. You're not overweight, 209 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 4: you're just more valuable. Years ago, a good friend of ours, 210 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 4: Jesse Barfield, signed a contract to play baseball for the 211 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 4: New York Yankees for two million dollars a year. One morning, 212 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 4: he was walking in church and my father saw him, 213 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 4: and Jesse always dresses very nice, and Daddy said, Jesse, 214 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 4: you look like a million dollars today. He said, excuse me, pastor, 215 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 4: how about two somebody says to you, you look like 216 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 4: a million dollars, just say, like, Jesse, excuse me, how 217 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 4: about six. I want you to understand your sense of value. 218 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 4: I've discovered one of the greatest enemies of value is rejection. 219 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:35,199 Speaker 4: It's hard on our self esteem to not be wanted. 220 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 4: It's very painful to be told you're not good enough, 221 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 4: you're not tall enough, you're not talented enough, you're not 222 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 4: attractive enough. We just don't need you here. I remember 223 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 4: growing up. I played baseball all through Little league and 224 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:51,719 Speaker 4: junior high and I was very good. I was a 225 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 4: second baseman, and I always made the All Star team. 226 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:58,200 Speaker 4: Like any little league player, I dreamed of playing second 227 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:00,840 Speaker 4: base in the big leagues. But when I got to 228 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 4: high school, it was a whole new level of talent. 229 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:07,080 Speaker 4: I came from a very large high school. There were 230 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 4: eight hundred people in my graduating class, and back then 231 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 4: I was very small. I grew six inches after high school, 232 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 4: and so I tried out for the baseball team, along 233 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 4: with one hundred and fifty other young men, for twenty 234 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 4: positions on the team. I'll never forget the day the 235 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 4: coach called us into the gym to tell us who 236 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 4: made the team. 237 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 3: He began to call out. 238 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 4: The names one by one. I didn't hear my name, 239 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 4: but I was sure I was going to be next, 240 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 4: or next or next, and then more names he called out. 241 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 4: The lower I sunk. He finally said, all right, here's 242 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 4: the last name. He called it out, and it wasn't 243 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 4: my name. I was so disappointed. He told me later, Joel, 244 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 4: I'd love to have you on the team. You're just 245 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 4: too small, You're not big enough. Over the next few weeks, 246 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 4: few months, those words rang out in my mind again 247 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 4: and again. 248 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:59,439 Speaker 3: You heard what the coach said. You're too small. 249 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 4: There's something wrong with you there, You're not good enough. 250 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 3: Have you noticed how. 251 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 4: The negative voices will always play the loudest. If you 252 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 4: don't take control of your thought life, then every hurt, 253 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 4: every criticism, every derogatory comment will play again and again. 254 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 4: I was tempted to be insecure, to feel inferior, to 255 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 4: lose my confidence, but I had to keep reminded myself. 256 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 4: He may have said I'm too small, but I know 257 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 4: God made me like I am on purpose. He may 258 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 4: have said I'm not good enough, but God says I'm 259 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 4: a masterpiece. They may have rejected me but God says 260 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 4: he accepts me. Says in one Peter two nine, you 261 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 4: have been chosen by God himself. I like that. People 262 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 4: may leave you out, people may overlook you, but always 263 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 4: remember the one who matters most chooses you. One translation 264 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 4: says you've been hand picked by Almighty God. That means 265 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 4: you weren't randomly chose God. God on purpose looked at 266 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 4: you and said, I choose him, I choose her. They're 267 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 4: my son, They're my daughter. That's who I want on 268 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 4: my team. People may tell you you're just too small. 269 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 4: God says you're just the right size for me. People 270 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 4: may make you feel like you're not talented. We don't 271 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 4: need you, you don't have anything to offer. God says 272 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 4: you are fearfully and wonderfully made. You are talented, You 273 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 4: are creative, you are anointed. You are smart, you are intelligent, 274 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 4: you are amazing. 275 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 3: God chooses you. 276 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 4: And whenever we feel that steme of rejection, instead of 277 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 4: getting down on ourselves and losing our sense of value, 278 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 4: our attitude should be I may be disappointed, this may hurt, 279 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 4: but I'm not going to sink down into self pity 280 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 4: and start thinking that there's something wrong with me. I know, 281 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 4: the one who matters most, the one who controls the universe, 282 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 4: hand picked me. Now, I may not have been chosen 283 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 4: by the coach, the boss, or a friend, but I 284 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 4: was chosen by the most High God, and he says 285 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 4: that his plans for me are for good and not evil, 286 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 4: to give me a future and a hope. If you 287 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 4: will keep this attitude of faith, God will always give 288 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 4: you the last laugh. 289 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 3: He'll get you to where you're supposed to be. 290 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 4: No, I didn't get chosen for the baseball team that year. 291 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 4: My dreams of playing second base didn't work out. But 292 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 4: do you know thirty years later I did stand at 293 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 4: second base at Yankee Stadium. I wasn't playing baseball. God 294 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 4: had something else for me to do. But what am 295 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 4: I saying? People may reject you, but God accepts you. 296 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 4: He's already chosen you, and he's the one that matters most. 297 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 4: And I know some of you have gone through more 298 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 4: than your share of unfair situations. Our hearts go out 299 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 4: to you. But here's what I've learned. Even though life 300 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 4: is not fair, God is fair. And if you will 301 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 4: not internalize the blame, go around thinking there's something wrong 302 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 4: with you, but instead start seeing yourself as handpicked by God, valuable, lovable, 303 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 4: with something great to offer. Then God said he will 304 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:16,679 Speaker 4: pay you back double for your former shame. That means 305 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:19,919 Speaker 4: he'll make the rest of your life twice as good 306 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 4: as it would have been if that would have never 307 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:24,239 Speaker 4: even happened to you. But you've got to dig your 308 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 4: heels in and say, I am not going to allow 309 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 4: what somebody did or didn't do to me still my 310 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 4: destiny and cause me to go through life feeling not 311 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:39,160 Speaker 4: good enough, not talented, not attractive. No, I realize I'm 312 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 4: a child of the Most High God, and my value 313 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 4: doesn't come from people or accomplishments. 314 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 3: It comes from my creator. 315 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 4: So I'm not gonna go around thinking that I don't 316 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 4: measure up, blaming me all the time. No, I'm gonna 317 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,680 Speaker 4: put my shoulders back, I'm gonna hold my head up high. 318 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 4: I'm gonna live with confidence. God said he will take 319 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:01,399 Speaker 4: what was meant for my life harm and use it 320 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:03,120 Speaker 4: to my advantage. 321 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 3: I love the scripture. It says God will give you 322 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:07,160 Speaker 3: beauty for your ashes. 323 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 4: You may feel like you have ashes right now. You've 324 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:14,119 Speaker 4: been through a loss, a disappointment, rejection, betrayal. 325 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 3: I know that pain is real, and. 326 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:19,640 Speaker 4: It's easy to sink down into self pity and kind 327 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 4: of feel like you're all washed up. But if you 328 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:25,399 Speaker 4: can just shake that off and press forward in faith, 329 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:30,160 Speaker 4: God promises beauty is coming your way. What is beauty 330 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:36,720 Speaker 4: new beginnings, new friendships, new opportunities. Beauty represents new levels 331 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 4: of God's goodness and favor. This is what the Israelites 332 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:44,199 Speaker 4: had to do. They had spent years in slavery. They 333 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:47,880 Speaker 4: were so beaten down, not just physically but emotionally. 334 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:50,200 Speaker 3: They were constantly. 335 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:53,120 Speaker 4: Told that they weren't good enough, they didn't measure up, 336 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:56,719 Speaker 4: and they couldn't do anything right. Over time, they allowed 337 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,639 Speaker 4: that to steal their sense of value. After four hundred 338 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 4: and thirty years, God brought them out of slavery, and 339 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 4: just as they were about to enter into the Promised Land, 340 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 4: God said something very significant. In Joshua five, verse nine, 341 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:15,679 Speaker 4: God said, this day I have rolled away the reproach 342 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:21,199 Speaker 4: from Egypt off of you. The word reproach means blame, shame, 343 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,639 Speaker 4: and disgrace. Notice, they couldn't go into the Promised Land 344 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:30,880 Speaker 4: feeling inferior, insecure, guilty, with low self worth. God had 345 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:35,560 Speaker 4: to roll away the reproach. God is saying, before you 346 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 4: enter into your promised land, you've got to get rid 347 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:42,399 Speaker 4: of the blame, the shame, the disgrace. You may have 348 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 4: made mistakes, people may have done you wrong. Life may 349 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,879 Speaker 4: not have treated you fair. But you cannot afford to 350 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:53,160 Speaker 4: sit around in self pity, blame in yourself, blame in others, 351 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 4: living guilty, feeling like a failure. You may have ashes, 352 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:01,240 Speaker 4: but God wants to swap them for beauty. Whatever your 353 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 4: egypt may be, a failure, a disappointment, a bitter divorce, 354 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 4: a friend that betrayed you. 355 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 3: God is saying to you what he said. 356 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 4: To them this day, not tomorrow, not next week, not 357 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 4: six months from now. 358 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 3: No today. 359 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 4: God is rolling away the reproach from you. My question 360 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:24,919 Speaker 4: is will you receive it? Will you let go of 361 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:28,239 Speaker 4: your failures? Will you forgive the people that hurt you? 362 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 4: Will you quit dwelling on your disappointments? Will you quit 363 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,879 Speaker 4: thinking that you're washed up and not valuable? Bottom line is, 364 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 4: will you start seeing yourself as the masterpiece God created 365 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 4: you to be? Before you can make it into your 366 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,920 Speaker 4: promised land, before your dreams will come to pass, you 367 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 4: gotta let go of the shame, the blame, the disgrace. 368 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 4: Whether you caused it or somebody else doesn't matter. 369 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 3: Let it go today. 370 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:58,159 Speaker 4: God has beauty in front of you. He has a 371 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 4: promised land filled with increase, promotion, happiness, holiness. It's all 372 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,440 Speaker 4: in your future. But you've got to get in agreement 373 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 4: with God and let him roll away the reproach. That 374 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 4: simply means put on a new attitude. Quite allowing what 375 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 4: somebody said about you to steal your self worth and 376 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 4: make you feel inferior. Just shake that off and say no, no, no, 377 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 4: I am a masterpiece. They may try to make me 378 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 4: feel small, They may try to push me down, make 379 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 4: me think that I'm not worth anything, but they don't 380 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 4: realize I'm a six million dollar man. I'm a six 381 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 4: million dollar woman. Or he may have walked out on me, 382 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 4: told me that I was not good enough, not attractive enough, 383 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 4: but it's his loss, not mine. He doesn't realize I'm 384 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:48,439 Speaker 4: a six million dollar girl. 385 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:50,399 Speaker 3: I'm a six million dollar woman. 386 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 4: Or they may have told me I'm too small, that 387 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 4: I don't have what it takes. 388 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 3: But people don't determine my destiny. 389 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 4: God does, and I know He's already equipped me with 390 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 4: everything I need to succeed. What am I saying? Don't 391 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:10,240 Speaker 4: allow other people to determine your worth and value those disappointments, 392 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 4: the failures. They'll always play the loudest, But you got 393 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:15,680 Speaker 4: to put your foot down and say not any more. 394 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 3: I'm letting it go. 395 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:20,639 Speaker 4: I'm not gonna go through life beating myself up, feeling 396 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 4: like I'm all washed up. God said he'd give me 397 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 4: beauty for my ashes. I'm not holding onto the ashes. 398 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 4: I'm looking for the beauty. I know my best days 399 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:31,919 Speaker 4: are still up in front of me. I have with 400 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:36,919 Speaker 4: me today a brand new, perfectly crisp one hundred dollars bill. 401 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 4: How many of you would like it? Every one of you? 402 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:43,640 Speaker 4: But what if I wadded it up into a tight 403 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:46,879 Speaker 4: little ball and now it wasn't perfectly crisp, it was 404 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:49,199 Speaker 4: all wrinkled and crumpled. Would you still want it? 405 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:51,680 Speaker 3: Sure you would. What if I took it out in 406 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 3: the parking lot? You guys are greedy? 407 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 4: What if I took what if I went out of 408 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,120 Speaker 4: the parking lot, put it on the ground and stomped 409 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:00,719 Speaker 4: it with my foot, And now it got dirty. There 410 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:02,760 Speaker 4: was a little bit of oil and grease there, and 411 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:05,959 Speaker 4: now it's not only renkled and crumpled, but it's stained 412 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:07,920 Speaker 4: and soiled. Wed you still want it. 413 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 3: Yes, you would. 414 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 4: Why is that its value never changes? One hundred dollars 415 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 4: is one hundred dollars, whether it's pretty or ugly, whether 416 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 4: it's spotless or soil, whether it's perfectly chrisp or battered 417 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:26,399 Speaker 4: and torn. That's exactly the way God wants us to 418 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 4: view ourselves. We go through challenges at times, we feel 419 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:34,120 Speaker 4: like we've been dropped, we've been stamped, we've been stained, 420 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:34,960 Speaker 4: we've been soiled. 421 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 3: That's when the negative thoughts. 422 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,399 Speaker 4: Come, saying you've made too many mistakes and you're not 423 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:43,399 Speaker 4: worth anything. There's nothing good in your future. No, just 424 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 4: like that one hundred dollar bill, you never lose your value. 425 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:50,880 Speaker 4: That value the Creator put in you is permanent and 426 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:55,920 Speaker 4: no person, no mistake, no disappointment, no injustice, no failure, 427 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:59,360 Speaker 4: not even all the forces of darkness can take your 428 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:03,440 Speaker 4: value away. But so often we view our value more 429 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:04,480 Speaker 4: like an automobile. 430 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 3: When you purchase a. 431 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,399 Speaker 4: New car, you know how the moment you drive it 432 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:10,879 Speaker 4: off the lot, it goes down in value. 433 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,920 Speaker 3: Year after year, it gets less and less valuable. If 434 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:15,160 Speaker 3: you were ever in a wreck. 435 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 4: If the car was in an accident or a flood, 436 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 4: its value is further reduced. May look great on the outside, 437 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:26,920 Speaker 4: but if it's been repainted, rebuilt, restored, its value will 438 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:31,160 Speaker 4: never be the same. It's permanently diminished. And in life, 439 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:34,399 Speaker 4: at times we go through RECs. In other words, we 440 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 4: have disappointments and setbacks. A relationship didn't work out. But understand, 441 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:45,720 Speaker 4: unlike that automobile, your value didn't go down because. 442 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:46,440 Speaker 3: You went through a divorce. 443 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:51,640 Speaker 4: Your value didn't diminish because somebody did something wrong to you. 444 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 4: Your value didn't decrease because you had a personal failure 445 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 4: and you had to be rebuilt and restored. Now, just 446 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 4: like that one hundred dollars ill, you never lose your value. 447 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:04,879 Speaker 4: You may have some dirt on you today, you may 448 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 4: have a few wrinkles, but you are still a masterpiece. 449 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 4: You are still God's most prized possession. Now you've got 450 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,359 Speaker 4: to put your shoulders back, hold your head up high, 451 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:19,119 Speaker 4: and start seeing yourself as the masterpiece God created you 452 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 4: to be. Quit beating yourself up over past mistakes. God's 453 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 4: already forgiven you. Why don't you forgive yourself? Quit dwelling 454 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:31,200 Speaker 4: on all the people that hurt you, all your disappointments. 455 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:34,680 Speaker 4: God has beauty for your ashes, but you've got to 456 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 4: let go of the ashes before you'll ever receive the beauty. 457 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 4: I heard a interesting story about three trees. An olive tree, 458 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 4: an oak tree, and a pine tree. Each of these 459 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:49,679 Speaker 4: trees had a dream to be used for something great 460 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 4: in life. The olive tree dreamed of becoming a finely 461 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 4: crafted treasure chest. It wanted to hold gold and silver 462 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:01,840 Speaker 4: and precious jewels. One day, a woodsman came out of 463 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 4: all the other trees in the forest. It cut down 464 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:07,920 Speaker 4: this olive tree. He was so excited, but over time 465 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 4: he realized they weren't making him into a beautiful treasure chest. 466 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:15,920 Speaker 4: They were making him into a manger to hold dirty, 467 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 4: smelly animals. 468 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 3: He was so disappointed. 469 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:22,840 Speaker 4: He felt worthless. The oak tree had a dream of 470 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 4: being used for a huge ship that would carry kings 471 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:30,159 Speaker 4: across the ocean. The woodsman came cut him down, but 472 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 4: over time he realized they weren't making him into a 473 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 4: huge ship. They were making him into a small, seemingly 474 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 4: insignificant fishing boat. He too felt worthless. The third tree 475 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 4: was a pine tree. It lived on the top of 476 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:49,439 Speaker 4: a huge mountain. Its dream was to always stand tall 477 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:53,680 Speaker 4: and remind people of God's glory. But in a split second, 478 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:57,240 Speaker 4: a bolt of lightning shattered its dream and it came 479 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 4: tumbling down. The woodsman came and carried it off to 480 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 4: an old pile of wood. All three of these trees 481 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:06,919 Speaker 4: felt worthless, rejected. 482 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:08,880 Speaker 3: None of their dreams had come to. 483 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 4: Pass, but God had other plans. Many years later, Mary 484 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:17,359 Speaker 4: and Joseph couldn't find any place to give birth to 485 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 4: their little baby, so they went to a stable and 486 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:24,639 Speaker 4: Jesus was born. They placed him in a manger. It 487 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 4: was the olive tree. It wanted to hold precious jewels, 488 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 4: but it ended up holding the. 489 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 3: Greatest treasure of all time. 490 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:36,639 Speaker 4: Jesus grew up. One day he needed a boat to 491 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,600 Speaker 4: cross to the other side of the lake. He didn't 492 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 4: choose a huge, fancy ship. He chose a small fishing boat. 493 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,479 Speaker 4: It was the oak tree. It wanted to carry kings 494 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:50,800 Speaker 4: across the ocean, but God had other plans. It ended 495 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 4: up carrying the King of Kings. Few years later, the 496 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,960 Speaker 4: Roman soldiers went over to that pile of scrap wood 497 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 4: where the pine tree lay. They picked up the pine 498 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 4: tree He thought for sure they were going to cut 499 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:06,440 Speaker 4: him up into firewood, but instead they cut it into 500 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 4: two distinct pieces and formed a cross. Jesus was crucified 501 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 4: on that pine tree, and still even today, that once 502 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 4: discarded pine tree is pointing people to God's love and 503 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 4: mercy and friends. 504 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:23,760 Speaker 3: Your dreams may. 505 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,480 Speaker 4: Not have turned out exactly like you'd hope, but keep 506 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:30,080 Speaker 4: your head held high. You never lose your value. You 507 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 4: don't know what God's up to. He still has a 508 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,679 Speaker 4: great plan for your life. He can take what was 509 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 4: meant for your harm and use it to your advantage. 510 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 4: I'm asking you today to not go around feeling washed up, 511 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 4: feeling like you don't have any value. No, your best 512 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,000 Speaker 4: days are still out in front of you. 513 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 1: Now. 514 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 4: Other people may overlook you, they may leave you out, 515 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 4: but remember the one who matters most chooses you. 516 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 3: Let him, your heavenly. 517 00:28:56,760 --> 00:29:00,760 Speaker 4: Father, be the most important person in your life. This day, 518 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:04,360 Speaker 4: He has rolled away the reproach. If you will start 519 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 4: seeing yourself as the masterpiece he created you to be 520 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 4: shaken off the blame, the shame, the disgrace, God said 521 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:14,360 Speaker 4: he'll take you into your promised land. You'll see his 522 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:17,520 Speaker 4: blessings in favor, and I believe in declare you will 523 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 4: live that life of victory. 524 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 3: That he has in story. Amen, do you receive it today? 525 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:25,640 Speaker 4: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 526 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:27,000 Speaker 4: an opportunity to make. 527 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:28,600 Speaker 3: Jesus the lord of your life. 528 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 529 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. 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