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Well, God bless you. 42 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 5: It's a joy to come into your homes and if 43 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 5: you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 44 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 5: a part of one of our services. I promise you we'll. 45 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 6: Make you feel right at home. 46 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 5: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 47 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 5: about this groom during the wedding rehearsal. He said to 48 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 5: the minister, I'll make a deal with you during the vows. 49 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:21,399 Speaker 5: If you'll leave out all that honor, obey, love stuff, 50 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:24,239 Speaker 5: I'll give you one hundred dollars. He slipped one hundred 51 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 5: dollars bill into the minister's hand walked away with a smile. 52 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 5: The next day, during the ceremony, the minister said to him, 53 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,399 Speaker 5: do you promise to bow down before your wife, take 54 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 5: her breakfast in bed, fulfill her every desire. He gulped 55 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 5: in astonishment, said, in a weak voice, I do. He 56 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:44,799 Speaker 5: then whispered in the minister's ear hand. 57 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 6: Thought we had a deal. 58 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 5: The minister handed him his money back and said, your 59 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 5: wife made me a much better offer. Say it like 60 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 5: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 61 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 5: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 62 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,119 Speaker 5: I can do. That's what it says I can do. 63 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 5: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 64 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:08,639 Speaker 5: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 65 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 5: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 66 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 5: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 67 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 5: the rewards of integrity. There's a lot of compromise in 68 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:25,519 Speaker 5: our society. People that think nothing about being dishonest, making 69 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 5: underhanded deals, not keeping their word. They wonder why they 70 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 5: can't get ahead. It's because they don't have integrity. Integrity 71 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 5: is the foundation that a successful life is built on. 72 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 5: You can have talent, vision, determination, but without integrity, you 73 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 5: won't reach your highest potential. Now, a person of integrity 74 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 5: does the right thing when no one is watching. They 75 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 5: don't play it on the computer because the ball stepped away. 76 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 5: They don't leave someone out of a commission because they 77 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 5: didn't know about to sell. They don't cut corners at 78 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 5: the job site because nobody will find out about it. 79 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 5: They give it their best, whether anyone is there or not. 80 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 5: When you have integrity, you don't take supplies from the 81 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 5: office to bring home to youse. You don't show up 82 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 5: late to work and have somebody clock in. 83 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 6: Earlier for you. 84 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 5: You don't spend half the day making personal phone calls 85 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 5: at the office. Well they don't pay me enough anyway, 86 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 5: Maybe not, but that's not integrity. If you'll do the 87 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 5: right thing, God will make it up to you. 88 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:36,599 Speaker 6: He's keeping the wreckords. 89 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:41,479 Speaker 5: Many things we face are simply test God is seeing. 90 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 6: Are we ready to go higher? 91 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 5: Maybe the bank teller gives you too much money in return? 92 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 5: Are you going to have integrity go back and make 93 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,160 Speaker 5: things right? Or are you going to say thank. 94 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:56,479 Speaker 6: You Jesus, you did it again. That is not the 95 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 6: answer to your prayer. 96 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:02,919 Speaker 5: Do you call in sick to work, coughing, sniffling so 97 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 5: you can take the day off and go shopping. You 98 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 5: could win an Academy award with that performance, but that's 99 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 5: not integrity. Don't be surprised if you can't find anything 100 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 5: at the store. They don't have your size. Nobody will 101 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:20,559 Speaker 5: wait on you. Traffic's backed up. Maybe it's because there's 102 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 5: no blessing on it. We can't deceive people and expect 103 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 5: to have his favor. 104 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 6: When somebody knocks on your. 105 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 5: Door at home and you don't feel like visiting, do 106 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:32,799 Speaker 5: you tell your child go answer? 107 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 6: Tell them I'm not here. That works, but it's not integrity. 108 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:41,840 Speaker 5: Don't complain when your child doesn't tell the truth. We're 109 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 5: leading by example. We can tell our children do the 110 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 5: right thing, stay on the high road. But if they 111 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 5: see us compromising, they're going to do the same thing. 112 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 5: When you have integrity, you pay your bills. You don't 113 00:05:55,960 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 5: sweep things under the rug. You keep your commitments. Don't 114 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:04,720 Speaker 5: buy things that you know you can't pay for. Well, Joel, 115 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 5: I'm stretching my faith. I'm believing for increase. Stretch your 116 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 5: faith before you sign on the dotted line. Let God 117 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 5: bless you first. Once you have the funds, then you 118 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:20,359 Speaker 5: can purchase it. But it's not integrity to make commitments 119 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 5: that you know you're not going to be able to keep. 120 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 5: Don't promise people the moon when you know you can't 121 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 5: get to the clouds. Don't write a check and then 122 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 5: pray for three days hoping it'll clear. 123 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:34,159 Speaker 6: Check your balance first. 124 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 5: Be honest, be trustworthy, Be a person of your word. 125 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 5: Your reputation is one of the most valuable things you have. 126 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 5: Proverb says a good name is worth more than great riches. 127 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 5: You can have great wealth and be looked down on, 128 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:56,280 Speaker 5: seen as shady. But when you're a person of integrity, 129 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 5: when people look at you and think I can trust them, 130 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 5: they always do the right thing. They're honest, they're fair. 131 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:07,599 Speaker 5: They don't talk to me one way and then talk 132 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 5: to my friends behind my back another way. 133 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 6: They're consistent. 134 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 5: Your reputation is too important to let it become tarnished 135 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 5: by not having integrity. When you do the right thing, 136 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 5: when you stay on the high road, that will take 137 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 5: you much further than being dishonest, manipulating, trying to gain 138 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 5: an unfair advantage. We can't turn in an exaggerated expense 139 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 5: account and expect. 140 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 6: To be blessed. 141 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 5: We can't be deceitful on taxes and expect to have 142 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 5: God's favor. I knew a man he tapped into the 143 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 5: cable line behind his house and brought cable into his 144 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 5: home without paying for it. He was so proud of it, 145 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 5: he bragged to us for years how he was saving 146 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 5: forty dollars a month. That man never did rise out 147 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 5: of mediocrity, constantly strung barely god by. He thought he 148 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 5: was gaining an advantage. The truth is he was putting 149 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 5: himself at a disadvantage. You may gain with people, gain 150 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 5: some material things, but what if you lose with God? 151 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:19,239 Speaker 5: He controls the universe. He's the one that can open 152 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 5: the windows of heaven and pour out blessings that you 153 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 5: can't contain. 154 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 6: I would rather have. 155 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 5: Favor with God than favor with people. That man would 156 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:33,559 Speaker 5: have been better off to pay the forty dollars so 157 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 5: he could have God's blessing. And there's a lot we 158 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 5: can get by with hide exaggerate, but anything we gain 159 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 5: without integrity won't be as good as it could have been. 160 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:51,599 Speaker 5: It's better to be truthful and have less than God's. 161 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 6: Favor will take you further. 162 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 5: But too often we're letting little compromises keep us from 163 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 5: the big things God has in store. Instead of trying 164 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:04,839 Speaker 5: to cross the line, thinking how much can I get 165 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 5: away with and still get by, why don't you try 166 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 5: a different approach and see how far behind the line. 167 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 6: You can stay? 168 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 5: Ask yourself, what is the right thing to do? If 169 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:18,440 Speaker 5: I was standing before God? 170 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:20,080 Speaker 6: What decision would I make. 171 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 5: The more integrity you have, the more God can bless you. 172 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 5: John Chapter one, Jesus saw a man named Nathaniel coming 173 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 5: toward him. Verse forty seven says Jesus knew Nathaniel's thoughts. 174 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 5: He honored him, saying, here comes a man in whom 175 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 5: there is no deceit, an upright, honest man that is 176 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 5: free from hypocrisy and double standards. That should be our goal. God, 177 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 5: I want to be so above board, so full of integrity, 178 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:56,319 Speaker 5: that you'll describe me like you describe Nathaniel, that there 179 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 5: is no deceit in me. Well, Joel, that's not me, 180 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 5: maybe not yet, but it can be. You can become 181 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 5: a Nathaniel. You can make decisions that honor God. When 182 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 5: you have integrity, you're the same in private as you 183 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 5: are in public. You don't treat people at work nice 184 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 5: and kind and then come home and be rude and 185 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:23,599 Speaker 5: harsh to your family. That's not integrity, that's hypocrisy. 186 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 6: You should treat your. 187 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 5: Family better than you treat anyone else. Don't be kinder 188 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 5: to strangers than you are to your own spouse. Don't 189 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 5: be more considerate to co workers than you are to 190 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 5: the people that live in your own house. Be consistent. 191 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 5: Some people on Sundays, it's God bless you, great to 192 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 5: see you. They'll wave real big, real friendly. But on Mondays, 193 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 5: if you cut them off in traffic, they'll wave with 194 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:53,079 Speaker 5: one finger in the air. 195 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 6: That's being two faced. That's a pretender. 196 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 5: You have to get honest with you yourself. I'm not 197 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:04,679 Speaker 5: asking you to be perfect, I'm asking you to be real. 198 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 5: You'll never change if you don't first acknowledge that there's 199 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 5: some pretending going on, and the next time you're tempted 200 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:16,559 Speaker 5: to switch over to the pretend you, the compromising, you, 201 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 5: the dishonest, you put your foot down, say no, I'm 202 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:22,079 Speaker 5: not going there. That is not who I am. 203 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 6: That's an invitation. 204 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 5: I am kind, loving, honest, trustworthy, calm, consistent. You talk 205 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 5: to yourself that way long enough, and you'll have integrity 206 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:38,199 Speaker 5: with yourself. You'll become consistent, the same on Monday as 207 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 5: you are on Sunday, the same at work as you 208 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 5: are at home. This is what I saw growing up 209 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:46,840 Speaker 5: with my parents. They were the same in the pulpit 210 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 5: as they were at home. They weren't loving in public 211 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 5: and then hateful in private. Now I believe this is 212 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 5: one reason that all of us kids, with the exception 213 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 5: of my brother Paul, turned out. Okay, you can fool 214 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 5: a lot of people, but you. 215 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 6: Can't fool your children. 216 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 5: They know when there's a double standard, they know when 217 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:13,599 Speaker 5: there's not integrity. Our son Jonathan gave me a compliment 218 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 5: a while back on my birthday. He wrote, my dad 219 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 5: is one of the kindest people I know. He treats 220 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:24,080 Speaker 5: everyone he meets with respect. I didn't know that he 221 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 5: really noticed. But people are watching. 222 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 6: Parents. 223 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 5: We are leading by example. This is not to make 224 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 5: us feel pressured, but to make us strive to excel, 225 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:39,319 Speaker 5: to be honorable, trustworthy, kind people that stay on the 226 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:44,319 Speaker 5: high road. When you have integrity, you're not making underhanded 227 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 5: deals hoping that nobody sees you. If you have to 228 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:52,559 Speaker 5: hide what you're doing, it's probably not integrity. I've heard 229 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 5: it said, don't do anything you wouldn't want to read 230 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:59,320 Speaker 5: about the next day in the newspaper. I was at 231 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 5: a restaurant years ago in another city. We were traveling 232 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 5: to an event. I had brought some lemons in the 233 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 5: car that I wanted to cut and squeeze into an 234 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 5: energy drink before I spoke, but I forgot the knife. 235 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 5: We were going straight to the meeting, didn't have much time, 236 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:19,320 Speaker 5: so I thought, maybe at this restaurant, I can take 237 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 5: one of their knives. After all, I'm paying a lot 238 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 5: for this meal, just a three dollars knife. They're not 239 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:29,199 Speaker 5: gonna miss it, They're not gonna care. Started reasoning it out, trying. 240 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:31,079 Speaker 6: To justify takeing a knife. 241 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 5: I thought, how am I going to get it out 242 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:37,200 Speaker 5: of here? The only way is to hide it. I thought, 243 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:39,960 Speaker 5: I can't do that. I'll get Victoria to do it 244 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 5: for me, my partner in crime. I finally came to 245 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 5: my sense, said, yo, you're a pastor. You are not 246 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 5: going to go out of here hiding a piece of silverware. 247 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 5: I called the waiter over, said, Sir, I need a favor. 248 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 5: Can I buy this knife? He went and talked to 249 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 5: the manager, came back, brought me a set of silverware 250 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 5: in a bag. 251 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:03,319 Speaker 6: Said. The manager said, you can have it. 252 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,200 Speaker 5: I thought, Lord, thank you kept me out of prison. 253 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 6: But here's my. 254 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:13,040 Speaker 5: Point, it's much better to be open and honest. I 255 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 5: probably could have walked out of there with some silverware hidden. 256 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 5: They might not have seen it. But here's the problem. 257 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 5: God would have seen it. The scripture says, it's the 258 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 5: little foxes that spoil the vines. I doubt many of 259 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:32,880 Speaker 5: you have big areas where you're lacking integrity, but maybe. 260 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 6: There's some small things. 261 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 5: The good news is it's not hard to correct. Just 262 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 5: takes a little effort, digging down deeper to do the 263 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 5: right thing. It means getting out of ruts where we've 264 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 5: gotten comfortable, compromising and doing things that are less than 265 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 5: our best. David said, and saw one hundred and one. 266 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 5: I will lead a life of integrity in my own home. 267 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 5: He was saying, where nobody can see me, I'm going 268 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 5: to do the right thing. When I could slack off, compromise, 269 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 5: give in to temptation, be dishonest. Instead, I'm going to 270 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 5: take the high road. I'm going to be a person 271 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 5: of excellence. I'm going to show God he can trust me. 272 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 5: He went on to say, I will not look at 273 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 5: anything impure, not gonna watch things that poison me. Verse 274 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 5: three says I will not have crooked dealings, not gonna 275 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 5: get involved in things that are shady and underhanded, unethical. 276 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 5: David wasn't perfect, but he made up his mind he 277 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 5: was going to walk in integrity, starting in his own home, 278 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 5: starting in his private life. We can fool a lot 279 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 5: of people in public, but what God is concerned with 280 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 5: is what goes on behind closed doors. The scripture talks 281 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 5: about the hidden man of our heart, that's our motives. 282 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 6: What we do in secret. 283 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 5: How you live in private will determine how high you 284 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 5: go in public. People may not be watching, but God 285 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 5: is watching. And don't take that as something negative, like, 286 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 5: oh man, I'm gonna get called I'm in trouble. 287 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 6: Take it as a challenge. 288 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 5: God is watching to see when he can promote you. 289 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 5: He's waiting to see when you pass these tests so 290 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:23,160 Speaker 5: he can take you to new levels. Now, I wonder 291 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 5: how much higher we would go, how much more favor 292 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 5: and promotion we'd see, if we would deal with the 293 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 5: areas that we know are holding us back, start making 294 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 5: things right. 295 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 6: Have an integrity in. 296 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 5: Your finances, in your relationships, in how you treat people. 297 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 6: Jold. 298 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 5: I didn't want to hear about integrity today. I wanted 299 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 5: to hear about prosperity. You will never have prosperity if 300 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 5: you don't first have integrity. 301 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 6: The two go hand in hand. 302 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 5: I was at a music store with Jonathan when he 303 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 5: was ten years old, buying some equipment for his guitar. 304 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 5: When I went to pay, the man told me that 305 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,720 Speaker 5: Lakewood had an account there and we could put it 306 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 5: on that account. Now. 307 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 6: I told him that this was personal and I didn't 308 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 6: want to do that. 309 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:13,080 Speaker 5: He gave me the bill and the tax on it 310 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:16,440 Speaker 5: was twenty dollars. He said, at least let me put 311 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 5: this under Lakewood's name. That way, you want to have 312 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:22,639 Speaker 5: to pay the tax. Lakewood is a church and churches 313 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 5: are tax exempt. I said, thanks so much, but now 314 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 5: I want to pay the tax to This is totally personal. 315 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 5: He looked at me so strange, kind of shook his head, like, man, 316 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 5: you are way overboard. Nobody would know you didn't pay 317 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 5: the tax. My company wouldn't know, the church wouldn't know, 318 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 5: the irs wouldn't know. 319 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 6: What he didn't. 320 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:47,680 Speaker 5: Realize is someone was watching. More important than all those 321 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:52,240 Speaker 5: that he mentioned, the most high God sees everything we do. 322 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 5: These are opportunities for us to pass the test. If 323 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 5: God can trust me to be honest with twenty dollars, 324 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:06,119 Speaker 5: maybe he can trust me to handle twenty thousand, or 325 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 5: twenty million or two hundred million. I would hate to 326 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 5: think I didn't reach my destiny because. 327 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 6: Of small things. 328 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 5: I wasn't honest in small areas that I didn't pass 329 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 5: the test. Sure I could have saved twenty dollars, but 330 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 5: what is that in comparison to having the blessing. 331 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,360 Speaker 6: And favor of the creator of the universe. 332 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 5: When God can trust you, when you prove to him 333 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 5: that you're a person of integrity, there is no limit 334 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:38,679 Speaker 5: to hahi, he will take you. I saw this with 335 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 5: my father. He was a man of great integrity. If 336 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 5: there was the smallest question of something not being above board, 337 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:49,679 Speaker 5: perfectly ethical, he wouldn't have anything to do with it. 338 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:53,360 Speaker 5: And through the years people would bring deals by, Hey, 339 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 5: you got that big church, all those people. You can 340 00:18:56,800 --> 00:19:00,200 Speaker 5: take advantage of it, make some extra funds. But Father 341 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:04,400 Speaker 5: valued God's blessing on his life more than what any 342 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:06,879 Speaker 5: person could come up with. He taught me to have 343 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:10,719 Speaker 5: a high standard. And if you don't feel good about something, 344 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:14,200 Speaker 5: you have to talk to yourself into it, make excuses 345 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:17,719 Speaker 5: as to why it's okay, it's not worth it. You 346 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 5: will never go wrong by taking the high road. Short term, 347 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 5: I could have saved twenty bucks. Long term, I may 348 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 5: not be where I am. Prove to God that he 349 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 5: can trust you that you'll go the extra mile to 350 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 5: do what's right. You may have to say no to 351 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:40,160 Speaker 5: some things that people don't understand. Not do what all 352 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 5: your coworkers do. Maybe they're fine with slacking off, they're 353 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:49,200 Speaker 5: okay with spending company money on personal things. Don't judge them, 354 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:53,879 Speaker 5: that's not our business. But don't become like them. Don't 355 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:58,119 Speaker 5: lower your standards. They're not going where you're going. You 356 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 5: may not be able to do every one thing your 357 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:04,879 Speaker 5: family members do, watch what they want, do business like 358 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:09,040 Speaker 5: they do business. There's a price to pay to become 359 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 5: all you were created to be. If it was easy, 360 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:15,679 Speaker 5: anybody would do it. This takes people that have a 361 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:19,119 Speaker 5: made up mind. I'm going to honor God, not going 362 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 5: to compromise, take shortcuts, do things that are not ethical, 363 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:26,679 Speaker 5: not going to push people down to get an advantage, 364 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:29,920 Speaker 5: not going to be sloppy in my business dealings. I'm 365 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:34,480 Speaker 5: going to be a person of integrity, trustworthy, honorable. That's 366 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:38,919 Speaker 5: the kind of people God's rewards. But sometimes when we 367 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 5: compromise and do things that are questionable, we think we're 368 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 5: gaining an advantage with people, we're getting the upper hand. 369 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:50,679 Speaker 5: But when you walk in integrity, you're gaining an advantage 370 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 5: with God. His fevor on your life will take you 371 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:57,399 Speaker 5: further than any advantage with people. 372 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:00,440 Speaker 6: And you may have made mistakes. 373 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:03,639 Speaker 5: In the past, not had integrity in certain areas. That's okay, 374 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 5: we all have. My challenge is start making things right. 375 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 5: Let today be a new day. Don't go the next 376 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:15,520 Speaker 5: thirty years letting the same things hold you back. When 377 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:19,200 Speaker 5: my father was in his twenties back in the nineteen forties, 378 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,959 Speaker 5: he bought two suits on credit from a store in 379 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:23,679 Speaker 5: fort Worth. 380 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:25,400 Speaker 6: He had good intentions. 381 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 5: He was planning on paying them back, but he got 382 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:31,680 Speaker 5: busy and things came up. He never did. Years went 383 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:34,639 Speaker 5: by and he'd forgotten about it. One day he was 384 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 5: driving through fort Worth and suddenly he remembered. 385 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 6: It bothered him that he had never paid that debt. 386 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 5: He got in the phone book but couldn't find the 387 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 5: name of the company, so he drove to the location, 388 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:50,680 Speaker 5: but they were closed down. The people next door said 389 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 5: they had been out of business for many years. He 390 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 5: could have thought, I did my best. 391 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 6: I tried. He didn't stop there. 392 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:00,919 Speaker 5: He found out who the owners were had passed away, 393 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 5: but he was able to track down one of their children. 394 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:07,719 Speaker 5: He called this man he was my father's age, and 395 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 5: explained that he owed them for two suits he didn't 396 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:15,280 Speaker 5: pay for back in the nineteen forties. The man says, sir, 397 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 5: don't worry about it. We've been out of business. We're 398 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:21,120 Speaker 5: all doing fine. My dad thanked him for being so gracious, 399 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 5: but said, no, I still want. 400 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 6: To pay you. 401 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 5: He drove to his house and gave him a check 402 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 5: with interest. Forty years later, no wonder, God bless my father, 403 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 5: no wonder. He took him higher and hire. It wasn't 404 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:39,439 Speaker 5: that he just had great talent. He had great integrity. 405 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 5: He was determined to make things right. In Genesis chapter twenty, 406 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,399 Speaker 5: Abraham and Sarah had just moved to a new city. 407 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:52,440 Speaker 5: Sarah was very beautiful, very striking. Abraham knew when the 408 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 5: king saw her beauty, he would want to take her 409 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 5: into his harem. He told Sarah, tell the king that 410 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:02,560 Speaker 5: you're my sister. That way, he won't kill me just 411 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 5: to get to you. 412 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:04,920 Speaker 6: Like he thought, the. 413 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 5: King sent word for Sarah had her come to the palace. 414 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:12,440 Speaker 5: One night, the king had a dream. God said to him, 415 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:16,200 Speaker 5: why have you taken a married woman into your family. 416 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:19,880 Speaker 5: The king said, God, what do you mean? Abraham said 417 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:23,399 Speaker 5: she was his sister. She told me Abraham was her brother. 418 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:26,920 Speaker 5: In the integrity of my heart, I have done this. 419 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:31,400 Speaker 5: God said in verse six, Yes, I know you are innocent. 420 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:36,160 Speaker 5: Because of your integrity, I have kept you from touching her. 421 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 5: Now return her to Abraham. 422 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:40,360 Speaker 6: This king was. 423 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 5: About to make a mistake, get off course, step out 424 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 5: of God's favor, But because of his integrity, because he 425 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:52,919 Speaker 5: was trustworthy, honorable, God kept him from what he couldn't 426 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 5: see on his own. Proverbs Too, says God is a 427 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 5: shield to those who walk in integrity. He guards their path, 428 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 5: watches after them like this king. There are mistakes. You 429 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 5: could have made, wrong turns, compromise, But because of your integrity, 430 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:14,359 Speaker 5: God stepped in and closed the door. 431 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:16,680 Speaker 6: He kept you from the trouble. 432 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:19,960 Speaker 5: From the heart ache. He's guarding your path. Some of 433 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 5: the temptation that you resisted. It wasn't that you were 434 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:27,639 Speaker 5: so strong. Wasn't you just decided to say no? That 435 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 5: was God holding you back. There is a blessing on 436 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 5: your life that protects you, guards you when you honor God. 437 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 6: David talked about it. 438 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:41,720 Speaker 5: God keeps my foot from dashing against a stone. God 439 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:44,960 Speaker 5: will not let my enemies triumph over me. When you 440 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 5: walk in integrity, God has a shield around you. He's 441 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:53,160 Speaker 5: keeping fiery darts from hitting you. He's pushing back darkness. 442 00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 5: He's not letting the temptation overtake you. He's closing doors 443 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:00,440 Speaker 5: that would be harmful. If you want to keep that 444 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 5: shield up, keep your integrity, be trustworthy, be honorable, a 445 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 5: person of your word, be somebody. 446 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:08,959 Speaker 6: That can be counted on. 447 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 5: There was a very wealthy man that had a friend 448 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 5: that was a builder. This builder had been down on 449 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:18,280 Speaker 5: his luck and not had much business. The man felt 450 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:21,239 Speaker 5: sorry for him and decided to help him out. He 451 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 5: gave him a set of plans with a check for 452 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:26,919 Speaker 5: two hundred thousand dollars. He said, I want you to 453 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 5: use these funds to build me a new house. You 454 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 5: handle all the details. Just call me when you're done. 455 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:37,159 Speaker 5: He assured him he would pay him very well if 456 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:38,240 Speaker 5: he would do a good job. 457 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 6: This builder was so. 458 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 5: Excited that he finally had some work. But he got 459 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:46,160 Speaker 5: to thinking, if he would cut a few corners, save 460 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,160 Speaker 5: a little here, save a little there, he could pocket 461 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:53,000 Speaker 5: some of that money without anybody knowing about it. So 462 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:56,399 Speaker 5: he went out and found the cheapest concrete he could find. 463 00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:59,639 Speaker 5: Had the workers water it down so it could go further. 464 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 5: He saved several thousand dollars on the foundation. He bought 465 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 5: the cheapest lumber. Some of it was old, crooked, warped. 466 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:11,160 Speaker 5: He didn't care. He's going to be behind the walls, nobody. 467 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:11,359 Speaker 6: Would see it. 468 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:15,720 Speaker 5: He got the cheapest plumber, cheapest electricity, on and on right, 469 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:20,160 Speaker 5: and left cutting corners, pocketing the money. When he finished 470 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,920 Speaker 5: he had saved nearly forty thousand dollars. 471 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:24,200 Speaker 6: He was so happy. 472 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 5: He called the owner over to look at the new house. 473 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 5: The owner was very impressed. Looked beautiful on the outside. 474 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 5: You couldn't tell he had cut corners. This builder couldn't 475 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:37,439 Speaker 5: wait to see how much he was going to get paid. 476 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 5: He knew the owner was a very generous man. The 477 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 5: owner says, you know, I don't really need a new house. 478 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,680 Speaker 5: I have a beautiful one. I just wanted to help 479 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 5: you out. He handed him the keys and said, here, 480 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 5: you just built your own house. The builder nearly passed out. 481 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:58,040 Speaker 5: He thought, if I'd known he's going to be mine, 482 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,679 Speaker 5: i'd built it a whole lot better. We may not 483 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:04,280 Speaker 5: realize it, but we are building. 484 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:04,639 Speaker 6: Our own house. 485 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 5: We can cut corners here, compromise there. It's not hurting 486 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:15,639 Speaker 5: anyone except ourselves. Everything may look fine on the outside. 487 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 5: What matters is what's happening on the inside. Are we 488 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:24,360 Speaker 5: watering down our foundation, not being trustworthy in commitments, slacking 489 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 5: off at the office. What kind of materials are you 490 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:31,479 Speaker 5: putting into your house. I'm asking you to be a 491 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:36,240 Speaker 5: person of integrity. Do the right thing when nobody is watching. 492 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:40,399 Speaker 5: Don't let small things keep you from the big destiny 493 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:45,920 Speaker 5: God has in store. Start passing these tasks. Be honorable, trustworthy, a. 494 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 6: Person of your word. If you'll do. 495 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:53,119 Speaker 5: This, I believe and declare because you walk in integrity, God 496 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:56,160 Speaker 5: is going to have a shield around you. He's going 497 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:59,640 Speaker 5: to keep you from making major mistakes. You're not only 498 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:02,639 Speaker 5: going to be protected, but you're going to see promotion, 499 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 5: good breaks, new levels, the fullness of your destiny in 500 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 5: Jesus's name, And if you receive it, can you say 501 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:10,879 Speaker 5: it been? 502 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:14,200 Speaker 6: Today? I'd like to give you. 503 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:17,360 Speaker 5: An opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 504 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:18,639 Speaker 6: Would you pray with me? 505 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 5: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 506 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:25,720 Speaker 5: into my heart. 507 00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 6: I make you my Lord and savior. 508 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 5: If you paid that simple prayer, we believe you got 509 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 5: born again. 510 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:34,480 Speaker 6: Get in a good. 511 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:37,119 Speaker 5: Bible based church, Keep God first place. 512 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:41,000 Speaker 4: Thank you for listening to the joel OUs Deine podcast. 513 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:43,960 Speaker 2: Help us continue to share the message of hope with 514 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 2: those all over the world. 515 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 4: Visit joelus dein. 516 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:50,120 Speaker 2: Dot com slash give hope to give a gift today. 517 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:53,840 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. 518 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,720 Speaker 5: I hope you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest 519 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:58,200 Speaker 5: podcast to keep. 520 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:01,000 Speaker 4: You inspired all through the week. 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