1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: Victoria and I are believe in You're gonna have a 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: blessed summer. Praying for you guys every day, and thanks 3 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 1: for being with us today. 4 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:08,320 Speaker 2: Hey, I'm excited. 5 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:10,880 Speaker 1: Victoria's got a new book out. It's called Grace to Go, 6 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:12,960 Speaker 1: and I know it's going to bless you. 7 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 2: I'm excited because in this book you will see how 8 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 2: you are strengthened, that you are prepared and you are 9 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 2: ready for anything that's in front of you. You are 10 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 2: Grace to Go. Enjoy today's message, and you were expecting 11 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 2: to see Joel up here, but you got me today. 12 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 2: Thank you so much. I appreciate that. Thank you so much. 13 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 2: So you know, in the tradition of Joel's joke telling, 14 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 2: I was gonna tell a joke. So I was telling him, 15 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 2: I'm gonna tell a joke Joel, and he was like, 16 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 2: wait a minute, you never get the punchlines right. And 17 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 2: I said, what is You never get the punchlines right? 18 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 2: So you know what I thought. Since mister Positive was 19 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:04,399 Speaker 2: so encouraging to me, I think I'll just tell a 20 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 2: funny story about him. You know, when Joel first started ministring, 21 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 2: one Sunday before he went out up to speak we 22 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 2: were in the worship service and I noticed that his 23 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 2: hair was sticking straight up in the back. I'm telling you, 24 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 2: if you looked at him from the front, it looked 25 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 2: like he had an antenna. And so I leaned over 26 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 2: and I whispered to him. I said, you need to 27 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 2: push your hair down. It's sticking straight up in the back. 28 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 2: He said, I did, and it won't stay down. And 29 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 2: I said, we'll go to the back in the bathroom. 30 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 2: There is some hair spray under the seak, and if 31 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 2: you take that hairspray and spray it really good and 32 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 2: then push it down, it'll stay. So he slipped out 33 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 2: of service during the during the worship service and walked 34 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 2: back and I noticed when it was his time to 35 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 2: speak and he got up on the platform, his hair 36 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 2: was sticking up even worse. It was sticking straight up 37 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 2: up like a peacock feather. So after the message, I 38 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 2: said to him, I said, Joel, that was an amazing message, 39 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 2: But why didn't you spray your hair? He said, I 40 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 2: did spray it and it didn't work. He said that 41 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 2: hairspray was no good, and I said, what did you use? 42 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 2: I said, show me. So we walked back and He 43 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 2: showed me the can of hairspray, and I looked at 44 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 2: it and I said, Joel, this isn't hairspray, this is 45 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 2: air freshener. His hair was sticking out, but he's now 46 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 2: really good. Let's hold up our bibles and make our declaration. 47 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:41,959 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 48 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have, and I can 49 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:47,799 Speaker 2: do what it says I can do. Today I will 50 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 2: be taught the word of God. I boldly confess my 51 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 2: mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never 52 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 2: be the same. In Jesus' name. Well, I want to 53 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 2: share with you a few minutes on legacy in the 54 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 2: little things. See, it's easy to think we're not making 55 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 2: much of a difference. We're just going to work, raising 56 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 2: our children, helping a friend, just our normal routine. But 57 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:17,639 Speaker 2: the truth is most of life is ordinary. We can 58 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 2: never underestimate the power of our everyday actions. Jesus said 59 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 2: in Matthew, if you give a cup of cold water 60 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 2: to someone that's thirsty, you'll be rewarded. He was talking 61 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 2: about helping people. But the principle is everything you do matters, 62 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 2: not just the big things, but the small acts of obedience, 63 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 2: every smile you give, every kind word you speak, when 64 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 2: you go the extra mile at work, and no one 65 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 2: seems to notice your faithfulness and your generosity, the sacrifices 66 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 2: you make. God sees it all. Nothing goes unnoticed by him. 67 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 2: He sees you getting up early, making breakfast for your family. 68 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 2: He sees you checking in on that friend who's been struggling, 69 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 2: bringing your children to church week after week. These may 70 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 2: seem ordinary, but there are moments that are shaping your 71 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 2: home and forming your children. You're planting life, producing seeds 72 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 2: that will impact generations to come. It's in the ordinary obedience, 73 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:26,919 Speaker 2: when you're serving, giving, loving that you're creating legacy. You 74 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 2: don't need to be in the spotlight or have a 75 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 2: large platform. If you do, that's great, but your impact 76 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 2: is just as real and it's just as powerful. See, 77 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:41,039 Speaker 2: it's not always the big moments that build legacy. It's 78 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 2: the small steps of daily faithfulness, the things you do 79 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 2: quietly when no one applauds, those actions that seem small. 80 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 2: God's keeping the records what you do in secret, what 81 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 2: nobody gives you credit for. God said he'll reward you openly. 82 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:03,039 Speaker 2: There's something known as the butterfly effect. A mathematician and 83 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:07,159 Speaker 2: weather expert named Edward Lorenz came up with this theory 84 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 2: that a butterfly fluttering its wings in Brazil could set 85 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 2: off a chain reaction that could create a hurricane in Texas. 86 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 2: That small, insignificant motion had the power to set off 87 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 2: a major shift. Of course, people thought it was ridiculous 88 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:28,840 Speaker 2: and they discounted it, but he was able to prove 89 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 2: scientifically how that slight change in the atmosphere created by 90 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 2: a simple flutter of a butterfly's wings could lead to 91 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:44,280 Speaker 2: this incredibly impactful weather pattern. The principle is small ordinary 92 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 2: actions can create a ripple effect that will cause much 93 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 2: larger events to occur. Or you say, Victoria, how does 94 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 2: that apply to us? When you flutter your wings, you 95 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:59,359 Speaker 2: go about your routine each day, it can seem ordinary, 96 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 2: not much as happening, But your obedience is setting in 97 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 2: motion things you can't see. There's a ripple effect taking place. 98 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:13,280 Speaker 2: God is orchestrating things that will have a greater impact 99 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 2: and more significance than you could ever imagine right now. 100 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 2: That's why the enemy works so hard on trying to 101 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 2: make us feel insignificant. But don't believe those lies. Your 102 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:30,920 Speaker 2: life is making a difference. People are watching you, your family, 103 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 2: your friends, your coworkers. They're being influenced. In John six, 104 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 2: there was a woman that had no idea how much 105 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 2: she mattered and how God was going to use something 106 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 2: routine in her life to have such a tremendous impact 107 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 2: on others. She was just an ordinary morning. She woke 108 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 2: up and started her day. Her to do list was 109 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 2: as long as usual, but first she had to make 110 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 2: lunch for her young son. She only had two small 111 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:02,279 Speaker 2: fish left over from dinner and five loaves of bread. 112 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:06,040 Speaker 2: As she began packing his lunch, doing what she always did, 113 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 2: she never imagined what would happen. Later that day. There 114 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,239 Speaker 2: was a huge crowd of people listening to Jesus teach, 115 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 2: and it was late in the day. So his disciples said, Jesus, 116 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 2: should we dismiss the people so that they could go 117 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 2: find food. But Jesus said, you feed them. They looked 118 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 2: puzzled and said that's impossible. We could never feed this 119 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 2: many people. Jesus asked, what do you have? After searching 120 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 2: the whole crowd, they came up with this little boy's 121 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 2: lunch his mother had packed him earlier that day, five 122 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 2: loaves and two fish. They gave it to Jesus. He 123 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 2: blessed the food, and it multiplied and ended up feeding 124 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 2: over five thousand people with twelve baskets left over. See 125 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 2: we hear a lot about the miracles of multiplying the food, 126 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 2: and I'm sure you know that story. But think about 127 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 2: where it all started. A mother being faithful. She thought 128 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 2: it was just an ordinary routine day checking off her 129 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,679 Speaker 2: to do list, but it was part of a bigger plan, 130 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 2: something she couldn't see right then, a divinely orchestrated moment 131 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 2: that years later would still be inspiring us. That's the 132 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 2: butterfly effect, the relationship between small movements and big events. 133 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 2: This mother's ordinary sandwich making skills created an extraordinary effect. 134 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 2: She was fluttering her wings, doing her best, and God 135 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,960 Speaker 2: used it. How could something as routine as taking care 136 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 2: of your family have that kind of effect? Going to work, 137 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 2: being your best, doing it all over again. It feels 138 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 2: so normal. If this mother were here, she would tell you, 139 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 2: you never know the impact of your faithfulness. Keep honoring God, 140 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 2: being good to people, going the extra mile. You're making 141 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 2: a difference. I can imagine how this mother felt. When 142 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 2: her son came flying in the door that night with 143 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 2: the news of what happened. He was probably talking ninety 144 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:09,960 Speaker 2: miles an hour as he told her about his lunch. 145 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 2: She thought, you mean the five loaves and two fish 146 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 2: that little lunch I made you. The scripture says, don't 147 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 2: despise the day of small beginnings. God loves to take 148 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 2: our small and do big things. He'll use what we 149 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 2: consider insignificant or ordinary to have a tremendous impact, just 150 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 2: like that little boy's lunch. Think about David slingshot and 151 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:37,440 Speaker 2: how we used it to defeat Eliath. Moses is Rod 152 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 2: that he held up in obedience to God and parted 153 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 2: the red sea or the widow with their last bit 154 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 2: of oil, sacrificing it to make the prophet Elijah dinner. 155 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 2: And that oil never ran out. That's the butterfly effect. 156 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 2: They were all part of a bigger plan. You are too. 157 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 2: Your steps are being ordered by the Lord. God has 158 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 2: these destiny moments. It can seem ordinary, but you don't 159 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:09,199 Speaker 2: know what God's up to. As you keep fluttering your wings. 160 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 2: Things are happening behind the scenes, and it's not always 161 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 2: those big events. It's the small acts of obedience, being 162 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 2: faithful in your everyday life is what God uses. In 163 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:26,079 Speaker 2: nineteen thirty nine, in a small East Texas town, a 164 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 2: young man named Sam Martin would go to high school 165 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 2: early each morning and write scriptures on the chalkboard. The 166 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 2: other students they thought it was a little odd, but 167 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 2: that didn't stop Sam. He loved sharing his faith. It 168 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 2: became a routine part of his morning. He would go 169 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 2: to school early and write scriptures on the blackboard. One night, 170 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 2: a student that was in Sam's class was home alone 171 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:53,200 Speaker 2: and thinking about heaven and if it was real. He 172 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:57,080 Speaker 2: randomly opened a big Bible that had sat on the 173 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 2: coffee table for as long as he could remember, and 174 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 2: it fell open to a picture of Jesus standing at 175 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:08,680 Speaker 2: a door knocking. The caption read, if anyone opens the door, 176 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 2: I'll come in. This teenager's heart was stirred and he 177 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 2: began to think about those scriptures that Sam had written 178 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 2: on the blackboards. The next day, he asked Sam about 179 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:22,439 Speaker 2: what he'd seen in the Bible and how it made 180 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 2: him feel. Sam explained to him that was God drawing 181 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:30,319 Speaker 2: you to himself. That Sunday, Sam was able to take 182 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 2: his classmate to church and it was that day that 183 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 2: John Ostein, Joel's father, gave his life to Christ. If 184 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 2: it wasn't for Sam Martin, there may not be a 185 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 2: John Ostein or a Joel Ostein the way we know 186 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:51,439 Speaker 2: them today. John and Sam they remained close friends, and 187 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 2: fifty years later Sam Martin wrote a book called I 188 00:11:55,160 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 2: Touched One, but He Touched millions. That's the butterfly effect 189 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 2: of Sam Martin's faith. Don't ever underestimate the small acts 190 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:08,200 Speaker 2: of obedience and the times that you honor God, even 191 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:13,199 Speaker 2: when it seems ordinary. Sam was a quiet high school student, 192 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 2: simply shining his light writing scriptures on the chalkboard each morning. 193 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 2: It didn't seem like it was making much of a difference, 194 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 2: but in God's hands it had an incredible ripple effect. 195 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 2: I want to remind you your life is not ordinary. 196 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:33,800 Speaker 2: It may at times seem small or routine, but in 197 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 2: the hands of God, you're extraordinary. You may not be 198 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 2: in the spotlight, but you will be rewarded for every 199 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 2: good deed, every act of obedience, your generosity, and the 200 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 2: people you encourage. Your deeds are seeds and they're going 201 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 2: to come back to you and spill over to future generations. 202 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:55,840 Speaker 2: When you read about the heroes of faith and the Bible, 203 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:59,439 Speaker 2: it's like seeing their highlight reel. You know, we're amazed 204 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 2: when Moses part of the Red Sea with his staff, 205 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 2: and how impressive it was when David killed Eliath with 206 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:09,719 Speaker 2: just his slingshot. But we don't know much about their 207 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 2: ordinary days. The forty years Moses spent in the wilderness, 208 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:17,320 Speaker 2: the time David spent just with sheep out in the 209 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:21,720 Speaker 2: shepherd's fields. The ordinary days were far more than the 210 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 2: miraculous days. We can't discount that time because in the 211 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 2: ordinary things were changing, Everything was changing. The truth is, 212 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:34,680 Speaker 2: we're going to have more ordinary days than we do 213 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:40,960 Speaker 2: miraculous ones. But that's okay because those ordinary days have purpose. 214 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 2: They're creating an atmosphere for God to work and setting 215 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 2: the stage for him to do extraordinary things. A friend 216 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 2: of mine discovered this. She thought her job of writing 217 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 2: letters for a company that she worked for was mundane. 218 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 2: She knew she had more in her and this just 219 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:01,840 Speaker 2: felt so insignificant. Even though she was tempted to slack off, 220 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:05,240 Speaker 2: she continued to have a good attitude and kept giving 221 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 2: it her best. One day, she received a phone call 222 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 2: from a man who had received one of those letters. 223 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:15,320 Speaker 2: He specifically asked for her because she had signed her 224 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,679 Speaker 2: name on behalf of the organization. He told her how 225 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 2: much he appreciated the letter and how it brightened his day. 226 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 2: Then she went on to help him with what he needed. 227 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 2: To my friend, this was just an ordinary call, but 228 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:32,120 Speaker 2: she had just walked in to the extraordinary. She had 229 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 2: a sister that had a serious liver condition and was 230 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 2: in need of a transplant. Typically, it takes a long 231 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 2: time to get on the list, and it didn't look good. 232 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 2: As they talked, the man told her how he worked 233 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 2: for a medical supply company and he was connected to 234 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 2: doctors all over the community, even the country. When she 235 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 2: mentioned her sister's condition, he said, I know just the 236 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 2: doctor who can help. He went out of his way 237 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 2: to enter her to a specialist. This doctor took her 238 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 2: sister under his wings and made her a priority. It 239 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 2: just so happened they found the perfect match. They were 240 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 2: able to give her the life saving transplant that she needed, 241 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 2: and today she's perfectly healthy and host This all started 242 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 2: by being faithful in the ordinary. What looked routine and 243 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 2: felt mundane was setting my friend up for a divine 244 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 2: appointment that saved her sister's life and changed their family forever. 245 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 2: Like my friend, you may know there's more inside you, 246 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 2: but you feel stuck in the ordinary. Can I remind 247 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 2: you there is no ordinary in God. When you keep 248 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 2: giving your best each day and you have a good attitude, 249 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 2: you go that extra mile. You're showing God that you 250 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 2: trust him in the mundane and the magnificent, in the 251 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 2: valley and on the mountaintop. You're in the preparation season. 252 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 2: Things are changing that you can't see right now. That 253 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:05,840 Speaker 2: fluttering is creating ripple effects. God sees your obedience and 254 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 2: your sacrifice, and it's only a matter of time before 255 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 2: you cross over from the ordinary to the extraordinary. My 256 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 2: friend not only saw a huge impact on her family 257 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 2: with her sister's life being spared, but now, my friend, 258 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 2: she owns her home business and she's thriving in ways 259 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 2: she never could imagine. See, that's God's favor. He has 260 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 2: the right people open doors. It'll seem like it happened suddenly, 261 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 2: but in fact, it was all those days of being 262 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 2: faithful in the ordinary, being best in the routine. There's 263 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 2: a woman in scripture. Her name is Naomi. After losing 264 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 2: her husband and two grown sons. She was grief stricken 265 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 2: and decided to move back to her hometown of Bethlehem. 266 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 2: Years earlier she had left because of a famine, but 267 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:58,600 Speaker 2: now it was time for her to return. She told 268 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 2: her two daughters in law to go back to their 269 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 2: hometowns and build a new life for themselves. One of 270 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 2: them did, Orpa, she left and went back to her people. 271 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 2: But Ruth she didn't leave. Naomi. She said, Naomi, where 272 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 2: you go, I'll go. Your God will be my God. 273 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 2: She was loyal and she was kind, and she took 274 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:24,639 Speaker 2: care of her In Bethlehem, they didn't have any food 275 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 2: or income, so Ruth would have to get up in 276 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 2: the morning and go out in the fields and pick 277 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 2: leftover grain that the workers had missed. I'm sure she 278 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:37,600 Speaker 2: was disappointed, and at one time she had big dreams. 279 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:39,879 Speaker 2: She was going to do great things with her husband 280 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 2: and have a child one day. But now all that's gone. 281 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:46,680 Speaker 2: She could have been discouraged and thought, I don't want 282 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:49,439 Speaker 2: to go out in the fields today. I'm tired of 283 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 2: having to be the sole provider. But she just kept 284 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:57,160 Speaker 2: doing the small thing consistent, even when it was difficult. 285 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 2: What she didn't realize was that her kindness and faithfulness 286 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 2: was planning seeds. Those small acts of obedience. They don't 287 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 2: go unnoticed by God. When you're faithful, even when it's hard, 288 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 2: making sacrifices, doing the right thing, even if you don't 289 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 2: know if things will ever change, it is setting you 290 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 2: up to see the winds of change. God is working 291 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:25,200 Speaker 2: all things out for your good. One day, while Ruth 292 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 2: was out in the field faithfully picking up leftover wheat, Boaz, 293 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:32,720 Speaker 2: the owner of the field, noticed her. He had heard 294 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 2: about her kindness and her loyalty and how she cared 295 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 2: for Naomi day after day, so he told his workers 296 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 2: leave handfuls of wheat on purpose for her. Now she 297 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 2: didn't have to work as hard. She had more than 298 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 2: enough wheat with less effort. That's what it looks like 299 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 2: when God rewards you openly. That's the kind of blessing 300 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 2: Jesus spoke about when he said, if you give a 301 00:18:57,359 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 2: cup of cold water to someone in need, you'll be rewarded. 302 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:04,040 Speaker 2: When you make sacrifices to be good to your family 303 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 2: and take care of your neighbor. You give that cup 304 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:10,680 Speaker 2: of cold water, it matters more than you think. Ruth 305 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 2: thought being out in the field was her destiny. That's 306 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,639 Speaker 2: the way it would always be. She couldn't see it 307 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:19,920 Speaker 2: at the time, what God was up to. You don't 308 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 2: know the ripple effects you're creating by just being faithful 309 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:26,640 Speaker 2: and showing up being your best when you could take 310 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:29,639 Speaker 2: the easy way out. See the owner of that field. 311 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:32,960 Speaker 2: He not only noticed Ruth, he was not only good 312 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:35,399 Speaker 2: to her, but he fell in love with her. They 313 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:38,640 Speaker 2: ended up getting married. They had a baby named Obed. 314 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 2: Ruth never dreamed she'd have a child. She was so excited. 315 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 2: She not only had a son, but she also became 316 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 2: the great grandmother of King David. That meant that she 317 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:54,360 Speaker 2: was in the family line of Jesus Christ. Her small, 318 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 2: humble acts of love and obedience, those quiet choices, had 319 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 2: life changing effects, even history shaping impact. What feels ordinary 320 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:09,479 Speaker 2: or routine is producing extraordinary effects. Being faithful, even when 321 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:12,640 Speaker 2: you feel like nothing's changing. It's in those times you're 322 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 2: creating ripples that are going to affect not only you, 323 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:21,199 Speaker 2: but your family line and have a generational impact. I 324 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 2: have such fond memories of my grandmother. She was a 325 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 2: remarkable woman. She loved God and she knew the power 326 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 2: of prayer. When I was a little girl, we would 327 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:32,879 Speaker 2: visit my grandmother's house and I would look out the 328 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:35,640 Speaker 2: window and see her in the morning in her garden, 329 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 2: on her knees, praying for her family. I can still 330 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 2: remember the smell of her homemade biscuits bacon in the oven. 331 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 2: One of her many talents was designing clothing. She loved 332 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:51,880 Speaker 2: to make dresses for my mother. She'd put unusual colors 333 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:55,880 Speaker 2: together in mixed patterns. When my mother was growing up, 334 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:59,439 Speaker 2: every Sunday she had a new dress hanging on the 335 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 2: back of her door to wear to church. It gave 336 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 2: my grandmother such joy to see my mother in those dresses. 337 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,640 Speaker 2: My mother learned to love fashion and design growing up 338 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:14,719 Speaker 2: watching her mother simply using her gifts. To my grandmother, 339 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 2: those sewing projects may have seemed ordinary. She was just 340 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:22,159 Speaker 2: taking care of her children. Little does she realized that 341 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:26,159 Speaker 2: example and that labor of love was planting seeds in 342 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:30,960 Speaker 2: her daughter. Years later, that same love for design, my 343 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 2: mother stepped out in faith and opened to find jewelry store. 344 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 2: She was the first female independent jeweler in Houston. She 345 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:44,520 Speaker 2: was inspired so much by her mother in so many ways, 346 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 2: and I can truly say that my mother's life has 347 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 2: been an inspiration to me. Because my grandmother did what 348 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:55,120 Speaker 2: she did with excellence, I felt the winds of change 349 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 2: in my life. Many years later, I worked in that 350 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 2: jewelry store. As I grew up, I learned the business, 351 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 2: but I never dreamed. One afternoon in that very store, 352 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:11,159 Speaker 2: this tall, dark and handsome young man was come in 353 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 2: needing a battery for his watch. With my amazing sales ability, 354 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 2: I ended up selling him a whole new watch. A 355 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 2: few days later he called me and asked me out 356 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 2: on a date. Joel's story is that I couldn't keep 357 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:29,600 Speaker 2: my hands off of him, so we got married. The 358 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 2: truth is I was so fine that he couldn't stand it. 359 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 2: Thirty eight years and we're still going strong. You never 360 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:44,719 Speaker 2: know the effects you're having by using your gifts and 361 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 2: living as an example to your family. Twelve years later, 362 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 2: Joel's father went to heaven and we stepped up to 363 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:54,679 Speaker 2: pastor the church. Today we had the honor of bringing 364 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:59,359 Speaker 2: hope to people around the world. But this all goes 365 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 2: back to my grandmother's faithfulness in Sam Martin's obedience. That's 366 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 2: the butterfly effect of their faith. All those mornings my 367 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:11,600 Speaker 2: grandmother praying for her family making those dresses. What she 368 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:16,120 Speaker 2: thought was ordinary was in fact planting life giving seeds 369 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:20,040 Speaker 2: and affecting future generations. She couldn't see it at the time, 370 00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 2: but God was using her as part of a bigger plan. 371 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 2: Every day you stay faithful, pray for your family, invest 372 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 2: in those you love, take time to make those dresses. 373 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:35,440 Speaker 2: You're fluttering wings or changing the atmosphere. You're making a difference. 374 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 2: You may not see it now, but like my grandmother, 375 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:44,440 Speaker 2: like Sam Martin, you're influencing generations to come. Years ago, 376 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:47,879 Speaker 2: I was visiting my cousin who lived in Georgia. One morning, 377 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 2: we decided to go see my grandmother's house. We were 378 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 2: just going to drive by and reminisce about old times. 379 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:56,639 Speaker 2: But when we pulled up, we saw a lot of 380 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,360 Speaker 2: cars out front, and as we got a little closer, 381 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:01,879 Speaker 2: there was a sign on the front of the house. 382 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 2: We couldn't believe it. They had turned my grandmother's house 383 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,960 Speaker 2: into a small church. We could hear the music, so 384 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 2: we decided to go in and we sat in the bag. 385 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,640 Speaker 2: It was her main room, the one we remember spending 386 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:20,359 Speaker 2: so many Christmases in. My cousin and I were so touched. 387 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 2: We began to weep. We could feel the presence of God, 388 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 2: and one of the members noticed us crying and came 389 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:29,920 Speaker 2: over and asked us if we needed prayer. We told 390 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:32,719 Speaker 2: her how this was our grandmother's house growing up, and 391 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:35,720 Speaker 2: how she was a godly woman and love to pray, 392 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:38,879 Speaker 2: and how proud she would be to know that her 393 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 2: house has become a place of worship. After the service, 394 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:45,639 Speaker 2: we talked to the pastor, and when he was looking 395 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 2: for somewhere to meet, he said, the moment my wife 396 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 2: and I found this place, we could feel such peace. 397 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 2: We knew this was a house of prayer. Look at 398 00:24:56,000 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 2: the ripple effect of one woman, my grandmother, being faithful 399 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 2: in the ordinary. She didn't have a big platform, she 400 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 2: was never well known, but her life of kindness, sacrifice 401 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:15,119 Speaker 2: and honoring God was still impacting people long after she 402 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:19,200 Speaker 2: was gone. There's legacy in the little things, every cup 403 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 2: of cold water, every prayer providing for your family. God 404 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 2: sees that, and many of you, like my grandmother, have 405 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 2: been good to your family, faithful at work, always serving, giving, 406 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:36,160 Speaker 2: but maybe not getting much recognition. Thoughts would whisper, does 407 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 2: it matter, it's not making a difference. No, I believe 408 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 2: your time is coming. You're going to see the ripple 409 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 2: effects of your ordinary obedience, being faithful in the mundane. 410 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,399 Speaker 2: Those seeds you've suwn are going to come back to 411 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 2: you and your children. God is faithful, He's keeping the 412 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 2: records what you've done in secret. He's going to reard 413 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:02,440 Speaker 2: you openly. Your labor. Those cups of cold water, they 414 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:06,640 Speaker 2: don't go awaynnoticed. He's promised you will surely be rewarded. 415 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:10,880 Speaker 2: Everything you do matters. Keep being your best each day, 416 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:15,680 Speaker 2: pouring into your family, excelling in school, stepping into those 417 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 2: dreams that God's put in your heart. Your small acts 418 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 2: of obedience are setting miracles into motion. The winds of 419 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:27,800 Speaker 2: change are happening. 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