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Thanks for listening to 38 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 2: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 39 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 40 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:40,759 Speaker 1: blessing and share it with a friend. 41 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 2: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 42 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 2: your life. Well, God bless you. It's a joy to 43 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 2: come into your home, and if you're ever in our area, 44 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 2: please stop buying be a part of one of our services. 45 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 2: These are the finest people in all of Houston, Texas, 46 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 2: right here at Lakewood, and we would love to have you. 47 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:13,919 Speaker 2: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 48 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 2: about this husband and wife. They were celebrating their sixtieth 49 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 2: birthdays together when an angel suddenly appeared and said that 50 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 2: God was going to grant them each one special request. 51 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 2: They were so excited. The wife said, my request is 52 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 2: that we'd be able to travel all over the world. Poof, 53 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 2: when the smoke cleared, she had tickets in her hand. 54 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 2: The husband put his head down in shame, said, my 55 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 2: request is that I'd be married to a woman thirty 56 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 2: years younger than me. And Poof, when the smoke cleared, 57 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:49,519 Speaker 2: he was ninety years old. That's what he gets. So 58 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:53,239 Speaker 2: here we go. This is my Bible. I am what 59 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 2: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 60 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 2: I can do what it says I can do. Today 61 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 2: I will be the word of God. I boldly confess. 62 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 2: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 63 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:10,639 Speaker 2: never be the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you. 64 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about how bad 65 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 2: do you want it? The dreams God has placed in 66 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,239 Speaker 2: your heart, the promises He's spoken to you are not 67 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 2: going to come to pass without opposition, without delays, without 68 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:28,959 Speaker 2: people trying to talk you out of it. There will 69 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 2: be plenty of opportunities to get discouraged, to lose your 70 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 2: passion and think that it's not meant to be. But 71 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 2: if you're going to reach your destiny, you have to 72 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 2: have a made up mind. If you give up after 73 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 2: the first time, or the fifth time, or the thirtieth time, 74 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 2: what that really means is you didn't want it bad enough. 75 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 2: There should be something you're believing for that. You are relentless. 76 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 2: You are not moved by how impossible it looks. You're 77 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 2: not discouraged by how long it's taking. You don't give 78 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 2: up because people told you no. Your attitude is if 79 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 2: I have to believe my whole life, I am not 80 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 2: going to stop believing. I am not going to take 81 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 2: no for an answer. I'm not going to settle for mediocrity. 82 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 2: I'm going to keep pursuing what God put in my heart. 83 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:22,480 Speaker 2: You can't be passive and indifferent. You have to have 84 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:27,160 Speaker 2: a holy determination. It's more than just your will. It's 85 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 2: a fire on the inside, a knowing that it's supposed 86 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 2: to be yours. When everything says it's not going to happen. 87 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:38,040 Speaker 2: Instead of getting discouraged, you kick in to a new gear. 88 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 2: Normal people would give up, normal people would settle, But 89 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 2: you're not normal. You want it on another level. When 90 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 2: David was seventeen years old, the prophet Samuel anointed him 91 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 2: as the next king of Israel. But David didn't go 92 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 2: to the palace. He went back to the shepherd's fields, 93 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 2: where it was lonely. He was overlooked, mistreated by his family. 94 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 2: When he finally did go to the palace to serve 95 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 2: King Saul, Saul became jealous of David and tried to 96 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:13,160 Speaker 2: kill him. David had done no wrong, yet he had 97 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 2: to live on the run, hiding in caves, spending months 98 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 2: out in the desert. He could have been discouraged, thought God, 99 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 2: this isn't fair. You anointed me to be king. Nothing 100 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 2: is working out. But David didn't have a give up spirit. 101 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 2: He didn't feel sorry for himself. He didn't let circumstances 102 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 2: talk him out of it. He had a warrior mentality. 103 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 2: His attitude was I am not quitting, I am not 104 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 2: settling for mediocrity. I know there is greatness in me. 105 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 2: I'm going to become who God says I am. One 106 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 2: reason he took the throne is he wanted it bad enough. 107 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 2: How bad do you want what God has put in 108 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 2: your heart? Bad enough to outlast the opposition, bad enough 109 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 2: to overlook some insults, bad enough to do the right 110 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 2: thing when the wrong thing is happening. Do you want 111 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:13,359 Speaker 2: it bad enough to keep pursuing even when circumstances saved 112 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 2: It's not going to happen. Many of the difficulties we face, 113 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 2: the delays, the times it's not fair. That's simply a 114 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 2: test God is seeing. How bad do you want it? 115 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:31,160 Speaker 2: This is what weeds people out. If you're overcome by problems, 116 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 2: you let circumstances push you down, people talk you out 117 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 2: of it. You're not going to have the strength or 118 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 2: the courage to sustain where God is taking you. You 119 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:46,040 Speaker 2: have to be like David. Don't have a weak mentality, 120 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 2: have a warrior mentality. You have to be more determined 121 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 2: than the opposition. If you give up every time things 122 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 2: don't go your way, you didn't want it bad enough. 123 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 2: You have to dig your heels in and say I 124 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 2: am in this for the long haul. I know what 125 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 2: God has spoken to me. I will get well. I 126 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 2: will accomplish my dream. I will meet the right person. 127 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 2: You're not moved by what's not working out, by how 128 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 2: long it's taking, or by who's not for you. You 129 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 2: know who is for you, the most High God. In 130 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 2: March chapter ten, Jesus was leaving Jericho. A great crowd 131 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 2: was following him. There was a blind beggar on the 132 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 2: side of the road named Bartimaeus. When he heard all 133 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 2: the commotion, he started shouting, Jesus, son of David, have 134 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 2: mercy on me. The people around him told him to 135 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 2: be quiet. You're creating a scene. He's going to get upset. 136 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 2: They saw Bartimaeus as insignificant. You're just a beggar. This man, Jesus, 137 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 2: he's not going to be interested in you. He's the 138 00:07:56,040 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 2: hottest celebrity around. He's on TMZ every night. The more 139 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 2: they tried to quiet him, the scripture says, the louder 140 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 2: he shouted. About that time, Jesus stopped, turned and looked 141 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 2: at him. Can imagine they thought, we told you you 142 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 2: should have been quiet. He's annoyed. He's going to let 143 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 2: you have it. Jesus smiled and said, tell him to 144 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:21,280 Speaker 2: come to me. They were amazed. They said Bartimaeus, he's 145 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 2: not upset. He's calling you. They brought him to Jesus. 146 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 2: Jesus said to him, what is it that you want 147 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 2: me to do for you? Bartimaeus said, I want to see. 148 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 2: Jesus told him, go your way. Your faith has made 149 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 2: you hold Instantly he could see. Here's my point. There 150 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 2: were other blind men on the road that day. There 151 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 2: were other sick people in the crowd. Yet Bartimaeus was 152 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:50,199 Speaker 2: the only one that was healed. Why he wanted it 153 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,679 Speaker 2: more than they did. He wanted it so bad he 154 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 2: didn't let people talk him out of it. When they 155 00:08:56,640 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 2: tried to push him down, discourage him, he shouted even louder. 156 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 2: If he would have listened to them, he would have 157 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 2: missed his miracle. Are you letting people talk you out 158 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 2: of what God put in your heart? You can't get well. 159 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 2: You saw the report. You'll never get out of debt. 160 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 2: You've reached your limits. You can't start that business you 161 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:19,839 Speaker 2: want to accomplish your dreams. You have too much opposition. 162 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 2: Do like him. Let that go in one ear and 163 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 2: out the other. Ignore what they're saying. They don't determine 164 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 2: your destiny. God does. But if Barnabas would have been 165 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 2: passive and indifferent, thought, hey, I'm blind, it's just a 166 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 2: bad break. He wouldn't have received his sight. He had 167 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 2: this passion, this fire on the inside that said this 168 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,679 Speaker 2: is your day, this is your time. He rose up 169 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:49,719 Speaker 2: and took that step of faith. If you're going to 170 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 2: see what you're believing for, you have to be willing 171 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:57,559 Speaker 2: to do what other people want do. Other people may 172 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 2: not believe when it looks impossible. Other people may settle 173 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 2: where they are. They may get discouraged. Tell you don't 174 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 2: bother praying, don't bother believing, No use getting your hopes uf, 175 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:12,199 Speaker 2: you're wasting your time. You have to do like Barnabas 176 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 2: and say, God, this looks impossible, but I know you 177 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 2: can do the impossible. The odds are against me, but God, 178 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:23,079 Speaker 2: I know you are for me. Well, I put in 179 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 2: three applications, all three companies turn me down. I don't 180 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:30,199 Speaker 2: think I'll ever find a job. I say this respectfully. 181 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:34,199 Speaker 2: You don't want it bad enough. Well, I dated two girls. 182 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 2: Both of them told me I wasn't their time. I 183 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 2: don't think I'll ever get married. You don't want it 184 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 2: bad enough. There are several million other girls out there. Well, 185 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 2: I want to get well, but the medical report says 186 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 2: I'm not going to make it. When the odds are 187 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:52,839 Speaker 2: against you, you have to want it on a new level. 188 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 2: How bad do you want to get out of debt? 189 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:00,840 Speaker 2: Bad enough to not buy things you can afford, bad 190 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 2: enough to not try to keep up with your friends, 191 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 2: bad enough to honor God by tithing your income. How 192 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 2: bad do you want that promotion? Bad enough to get 193 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:14,840 Speaker 2: to work early, bad enough to do more than what's required, 194 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 2: bad enough to take that online course to sharpen your skills. 195 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:21,679 Speaker 2: I don't want to take another course. I don't want 196 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,319 Speaker 2: more work. I just want the promotion. You don't want 197 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 2: it bad enough. You have to stand out in the crown. 198 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:34,320 Speaker 2: The scripture says Daniel distinguished himself. He was so excellent 199 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 2: in his work, so sharp, had such a great attitude 200 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 2: that he stood out among all the other young men. 201 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 2: The king put him in a position of great leadership. 202 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:50,079 Speaker 2: But it doesn't say God distinguished him, God made him excel, 203 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 2: God made him stand out. It says he distinguished himself. 204 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:58,079 Speaker 2: He was willing to do what the other young men 205 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 2: wouldn't do. Wasn't so much that he had more talent, 206 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,040 Speaker 2: more skilled it was the fact that he wanted it 207 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 2: more than they did. How bad do you want your 208 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 2: children to stay on the right course? Bad enough to 209 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 2: bring them to church each week, bad enough to get 210 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:18,439 Speaker 2: them up and dressed on your day off and have 211 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 2: them in children's classes. We don't think twice about having 212 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:27,559 Speaker 2: to get our children up for school, have them dressed, fed, ready, 213 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:32,439 Speaker 2: sometimes by seven in the morning. Their schooling is incredibly important, 214 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 2: but I could argue that their spiritual life is even 215 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 2: more important when they grow up learning to honor God 216 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 2: as a person of excellence and integrity, Knowing that they 217 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 2: are fearfully and wonderfully made, knowing that they are surrounded 218 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 2: by favor. Those seeds planted in them will affect them 219 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 2: for the rest of their lives. Right every time you 220 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 2: bring them, you are showing them by example to put 221 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 2: God first place. How bad do you want your marriage 222 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 2: your relationships to work out? Bad enough to bite your 223 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 2: tongue when you feel like telling them off, bad enough 224 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 2: to clean up a mess that you didn't make. There 225 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 2: are new levels in front of us, but much of 226 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:21,719 Speaker 2: it depends on how bad we want it. God is 227 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 2: not going to do everything for us. We have to 228 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 2: do our part. When Lazarus died, Jesus told his family, 229 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 2: roll away the stone and I'll raise Lazarus. Jesus could 230 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 2: have moved the stone. He's God. He wanted to see 231 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:41,839 Speaker 2: how bad they wanted it. You can pray, God, help 232 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 2: me to feel better. I don't have any energy. God, 233 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 2: I'm always so tired. Are you eating right? Are you exercising? 234 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:53,319 Speaker 2: Are you getting enough sleep? Are you living stressed and worried? 235 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 2: If you'll roll away the stone, then God will do 236 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 2: what you're asking. But you can't override natural laws and 237 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 2: expect to live a blessed, healthy life. Do you want 238 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 2: to get well bad enough to not drink forty three 239 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:13,080 Speaker 2: colas a day and sleep three hours a night? Let 240 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:16,320 Speaker 2: me move on. You want to get Do you want 241 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 2: to break that addiction? Bad enough to not hang around 242 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 2: those people that are pulling you down causing you to compromise? 243 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 2: Which all I know these friends aren't good for me, 244 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 2: but I like being around them. You don't want it 245 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 2: bad enough. God is not going to free you until 246 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 2: you roll away the stone. When he sees you doing 247 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 2: all you can, then he'll make things happen that you can't. 248 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 2: But if you're not willing to do the natural. He's 249 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 2: not going to do the supernatural. Your destiny is too 250 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 2: important to spend it with people that are not making 251 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 2: you better. Who are you allowing to influence you? Are 252 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 2: they challenging you, inspiring you, pushing you forward? You don't 253 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 2: have time to waste with people that bring out the 254 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 2: worst in you. Life is flying by. We don't get 255 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 2: a do over. 256 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 1: This is it? 257 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 2: Well? What if I hurt their feelings? What if you 258 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 2: miss your destiny? What if they keep you from becoming 259 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 2: who you were created to be. They may not want 260 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 2: it bad enough. They may be okay with mediocrity, compromise 261 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 2: and barely getting by in life. That's their choice, but that's. 262 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 3: Not who you are. 263 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 2: You have seeds of greatness. You're destined to leave your mark. 264 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 2: You weren't created to fit in, to be average, to 265 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 2: live with addictions, dysfunction, lacks struggle. You were created to 266 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 2: stand out in the crowd, to be a cut above. 267 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 2: Now do your part and distinguish yourself. Be willing to 268 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 2: do what others want. Do. Yes, it takes discipline. Yes, 269 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 2: you have to say no to carnal desires. But the 270 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 2: pain of discipline is less than the pain of regret. 271 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 2: It's hard to bite your tongue not say what you feel, 272 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 2: but that pain is less than the pain of having 273 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 2: someone you love walk away. It's hard to lay off 274 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 2: the junk food, things that are not good for you. 275 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 2: That pain is less than the pain of not being healthy. 276 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 2: It's hard to break away from a friend that's pulling 277 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 2: you down, but that pain is less than not reaching 278 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 2: your dreams. And one of the saddest things is to 279 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 2: come to the end of life and wonder what I 280 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 2: could have become. What if I wouldn't have let those 281 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 2: people talk me out of my miracle? What if I 282 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 2: would have broken away from those friends that were causing 283 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:45,000 Speaker 2: me to compromise? Where would I be? What if I 284 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 2: would have treated my spouse with respect? What if I 285 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 2: would have taken that step of faith in my career 286 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 2: and not played it safe all the time. You don't 287 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 2: have to wonder. You can start right now. It is 288 00:16:56,840 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 2: not too late to become who God's created to be. 289 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 2: The question is do you want it bad enough? Stir 290 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:08,960 Speaker 2: your passion up. Make this decision. I Am not going 291 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:14,440 Speaker 2: to live complacent, accepting mediocrity passive. I'm going to pursue 292 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 2: what God put in my heart. I'm going to take 293 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,639 Speaker 2: steps to grow. I'm going to come up higher in 294 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 2: my relationships. There was a young man that was raised 295 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:27,479 Speaker 2: in a small town in Pennsylvania. Nobody in his family 296 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:30,680 Speaker 2: had ever left that area. They all stayed and worked 297 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:33,879 Speaker 2: there locally. But this young man had a dream to 298 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,680 Speaker 2: go to college. He knew he had more in him, 299 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:40,399 Speaker 2: but he came from a limited income. He didn't have 300 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:44,119 Speaker 2: the funds or the connections. But instead of giving up 301 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 2: and accepting that as his destiny, he went to the 302 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 2: local phone company and he got the phone directory for 303 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 2: New York City. That's where he wanted to go to school. 304 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 2: But he had to find a job. He found a 305 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:02,159 Speaker 2: company that had three hundred and ninety three locations in 306 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:05,959 Speaker 2: the New York area. He decided to write each one 307 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 2: of them a letter asking them for a job. He 308 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:13,200 Speaker 2: didn't have a computer or a typewriter, but for the 309 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:17,399 Speaker 2: next month he wrote about fifteen letters a week, telling 310 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 2: the company that he would do anything from sweep the 311 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 2: floors to clean out the warehouses. Month went by and 312 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:28,679 Speaker 2: he didn't hear anything. Three months nothing, six months still nothing. 313 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 2: It's kind of discouraged. When he turned eighteen, he convinced 314 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:35,320 Speaker 2: his parents to let him take the train to New 315 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 2: York City to follow up with that company. He arrived 316 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 2: in Manhattan and he went to one of their largest 317 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 2: locations in Times Square. Told the person in charge who 318 00:18:45,359 --> 00:18:47,920 Speaker 2: he was and how he'd applied for a job and 319 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 2: was wondering if they were interested. The person informed him 320 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 2: that all the hiring took place at their corporate headquarters 321 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 2: a few blocks down the street. That's where all the 322 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:03,640 Speaker 2: applications went. He walked into this big skyscraper, this huge building. 323 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:07,360 Speaker 2: He told the reception is his name, and asked if 324 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 2: he could see the person in charge of hiring. She 325 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 2: called upstairs, and much to her surprise, they said yes, 326 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 2: send him up. He stepped off the elevator. They brought 327 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 2: him to this large executive office with big beautiful windows 328 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 2: looking out. He was so nervous, so out of his element. 329 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 2: He told the executive, my name is so and so, 330 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 2: and I was wondering if you received the letter I 331 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:36,480 Speaker 2: wrote asking for a job. The executive turned to his 332 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 2: side desk, put his hand on a big stack of papers, 333 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:43,359 Speaker 2: said yes, we received your letter, all three hundred and 334 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:46,639 Speaker 2: ninety three of them. We knew you would be coming, 335 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 2: you can start tomorrow. That young man not only worked 336 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 2: his way through college, but when he graduated, he became 337 00:19:56,359 --> 00:20:00,119 Speaker 2: a manager for a whole region of their stores. How 338 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 2: bad do you want it? Well? I put in four applications, 339 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:05,879 Speaker 2: they all turn me down. You have three hundred and 340 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:10,919 Speaker 2: eighty nine left to go. The difference between a dream 341 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:14,440 Speaker 2: and a wish is a wish is something you just 342 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 2: hope it happens, but a dream you put actions behind. 343 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 2: The Scripture says faith without works is dead. He could 344 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:26,360 Speaker 2: have wished he could get a job, wish somebody would 345 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:29,800 Speaker 2: hire him, wished he could go to school. Wishing isn't 346 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 2: going to get you anywhere. He was willing to do 347 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 2: what others wouldn't do. The people that succeed don't always 348 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 2: have the most talent, the most education, the most opportunity. 349 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 2: Many times they simply want it more than others. You 350 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:51,080 Speaker 2: have to pursue what God put in you. Being passive 351 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 2: and indifferent will keep you from your destiny. Jesus said, 352 00:20:56,040 --> 00:21:01,200 Speaker 2: those who hunger and thirst after righteousness will be Here's 353 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 2: the principle. If you're not hungry after anything, you're not 354 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 2: going to be filled. Are you hungry to get well? 355 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:12,359 Speaker 2: Hungry to accomplish the dream, hungry to meet the right person. 356 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 2: You can teach people to have faith, you can encourage 357 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:20,080 Speaker 2: them to believe, but you can't make people be hungry. 358 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 2: This has to come from the inside. You have to 359 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 2: know you are a person of destiny, that there is 360 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 2: something bigger in front of you. Do you want it 361 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:33,440 Speaker 2: bad enough? Or are you coasting? Have you let people 362 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:37,159 Speaker 2: talk you out of it? Bad breaks, disappointments, Still your 363 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 2: passion cause you to settle? Well, my business didn't make it. 364 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 2: That's why I'm down. How do you know your next 365 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 2: business is not going to make it? The medical report 366 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:50,720 Speaker 2: says I'm not going to get well. There's another report. 367 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 2: It says God is restoring health back unto you. Are 368 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:58,120 Speaker 2: you hungry for it? You may have had some setbacks, 369 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 2: but you have to be relent when it comes to 370 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 2: what God put in your heart. If you let people 371 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:07,920 Speaker 2: talk you out of it, delays, disappointments, then you didn't 372 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 2: want it bad enough. Sometimes we talk ourselves out of it. 373 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 2: It's too hard. Can't write that many letters. I don't 374 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:19,119 Speaker 2: have a computer. It's amazing what we'll do when we 375 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 2: want something bad enough. When I met Victoria, I was 376 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:26,680 Speaker 2: madly in love. I thought, this girl is one of 377 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 2: a kind. I am not going to let her get away. 378 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 2: I would do anything she wanted. I would go to 379 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:36,359 Speaker 2: the mall with her, follow her around, hold her purse 380 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 2: while she tried things on. I don't even like the shop. 381 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 2: I didn't mind it one bit. I was with her 382 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:46,639 Speaker 2: one time when we were first dating. She asked if 383 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:49,240 Speaker 2: I wanted to go work out at five thirty in 384 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:52,200 Speaker 2: the morning. I thought, no, I don't want to go 385 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 2: work out at five thirty. I want to sleep without 386 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,640 Speaker 2: missing a beat. I smiled real big and said, I'd 387 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 2: love to go work out at five thirty. I'll be 388 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 2: at your house at five point fifteen. I was lying, 389 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:08,120 Speaker 2: but I was in love here. I was driving down 390 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 2: the road four forty five in the morning, as happy 391 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 2: as can be. Never complain. One time I was about 392 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,880 Speaker 2: to see the girl of my dreams. When you want 393 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,680 Speaker 2: something bad enough, you'll do things that you normally wouldn't do. 394 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 2: If you think I wanted her that bad, you should 395 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:32,240 Speaker 2: have seen how bad she wanted me. I made myself laugh. 396 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 2: I can't think of any examples, but I know she did. 397 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:42,119 Speaker 2: What am I saying? Quit telling yourself it's too hard, 398 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 2: it's too early. I've had too many setbacks. You can 399 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:50,240 Speaker 2: do what you want to do. Don't miss your destiny 400 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 2: because you didn't want it bad enough. What God put 401 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 2: in you is worth fighting for. It's worth being uncomfortable 402 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:02,120 Speaker 2: for a season. It's worth having to stretch to get 403 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:05,439 Speaker 2: up early, to try it again, to do what others 404 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:09,640 Speaker 2: aren't willing to do. My grandmother on my father's side 405 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:13,440 Speaker 2: of the family was a very feisty woman. She was 406 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:16,680 Speaker 2: a real character. She grew up way out in the country, 407 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 2: and she and my grandfather were very poor. They didn't 408 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 2: have much education, but there were really great people. But 409 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:28,280 Speaker 2: later in life, my grandmother took up chewing tobacco. She 410 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 2: liked to dip snuff. You didn't know I came from 411 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:36,359 Speaker 2: such a sophisticated background. One time someone asked my father 412 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:39,560 Speaker 2: if you could chew tobacca and go to heaven. He said, yes, 413 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 2: but you'll have to go to hell to spit. My 414 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 2: grandfather couldn't stand it. He begged her and begged her 415 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 2: to stop. She said, Jack, I just can't do it. 416 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 2: I've tried everything. I'm hooked. This went on year after year, 417 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 2: and nothing seemed to help, and my grandfather was desperate. 418 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:02,040 Speaker 2: He finally to Ellie May, I will give you one 419 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 2: thousand dollars if you will stop dipping snuff. Back then, 420 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:10,080 Speaker 2: in the forties, a thousand was like twenty five thousand today. 421 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 2: She wanted the money so badly she tried everything she could. 422 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:18,600 Speaker 2: She still couldn't stop. Well. Eventually my grandfather died. He 423 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 2: went to be with the Lord, but my grandmother didn't 424 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 2: like being single. Ellie May wanted to find herself a man. 425 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:29,800 Speaker 2: She met this man that was twelve years younger than her. 426 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:34,359 Speaker 2: She was so excited. He was handsome, had a great personality, 427 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:38,240 Speaker 2: more than she could imagine. But she started thinking, if 428 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 2: he finds out I dip snuff, he will never even 429 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,240 Speaker 2: ask me out on a date, much less marry me. 430 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:47,680 Speaker 2: Do you know how long it took Ellie May to 431 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 2: quit dipping snuff? That long? She did it instantly. She 432 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:58,200 Speaker 2: didn't go the snuff dippers anonymous. She didn't have any withdrawals. 433 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 2: What she couldn't do so in years she did in 434 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 2: a split second, all because her want to God big enough, 435 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 2: like my grandmother, you can do whatever you want to do. 436 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 2: The question is how big is your want to You 437 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 2: can break that addiction if you really want to. You 438 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:22,159 Speaker 2: can forgive that person that hurts you. You can make 439 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 2: your marriage work, you can write that book. You can 440 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 2: accomplish your dream if you want to bad enough. Your 441 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:32,159 Speaker 2: will is one of the most powerful things you have. 442 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,800 Speaker 2: When you make up your mind to do something, God 443 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:39,560 Speaker 2: will breathe on your efforts and give you strength that 444 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 2: goes beyond your natural ability. It's not just willpower, it's 445 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,960 Speaker 2: the blessing of God helping you. But it kicks in 446 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 2: when God sees you doing all you can do, taking 447 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 2: steps to come up higher, forgiving the person that did 448 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:58,120 Speaker 2: you wrong, trying again after a disappointment. That's when you'll 449 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 2: see God make things happen that you couldn't make happen. 450 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 2: But I wonder if you've convinced yourself you can't do 451 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:09,920 Speaker 2: something that you really can do. I don't have the discipline, 452 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 2: I don't have the talent. God is saying you can 453 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,399 Speaker 2: do it. It's in you, but you're going to have 454 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:18,680 Speaker 2: to dig down deep and put forth the effort. It 455 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 2: may not be easy, but your destiny is calling you 456 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 2: have greatness in you. Don't let people talk you out 457 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 2: of it. Don't let circumstances convince you that you can't. 458 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:32,199 Speaker 2: There are new levels in front of you. There are 459 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 2: great relationships, healing, promotion, abundance. My question is how bad 460 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:41,560 Speaker 2: do you want it? I believe I'm looking at hungry 461 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:44,440 Speaker 2: people today. I'm looking at people that have a made 462 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 2: up mind, people that are relentless. I believe and declare 463 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 2: because you'll want to is big enough. Like Barbibaas, you're 464 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 2: going to see God suddenly turn things around. Like David, 465 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 2: you're going to outlast the opposition and take your throne. 466 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:03,280 Speaker 2: And like my grandmother, you are going to break barriers 467 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 2: that have held you back and step into a new 468 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:09,840 Speaker 2: level of your destiny in Jesus' name, And if you 469 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:13,720 Speaker 2: receive it, can you say it? Men? Today, I'd like 470 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:16,720 Speaker 2: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 471 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:21,280 Speaker 2: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 472 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:27,399 Speaker 2: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 473 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:31,359 Speaker 2: make you my Lord and savior. 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