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You know, I find it 31 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 2: so interesting to hear people give the secret to their success. 32 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:25,680 Speaker 2: You know, people will say there's that one thing that 33 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,320 Speaker 2: I did, or you pick up a magazine and you 34 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,119 Speaker 2: see what is the secrets to their success, and they'll 35 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 2: list them. But you always want to know what's that 36 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 2: first thing, what's that one thing. I always like to 37 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 2: just kind of learn from people. I like to know 38 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 2: what they're doing. The Bible says iron sharpens iron as 39 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 2: one man sharpens another. The Apostle Paul, who wrote three 40 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 2: quarters of the New Testament, shared his secret. He said, 41 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 2: there's one thing that I do. You can find it 42 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 2: in Philippians three twelve. He says, the one thing I do, 43 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 2: it's forgetting the things that are behind and pressing towards 44 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 2: what is in front of me. See the Apostle Paul 45 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 2: knew when he was looking back he couldn't press forward. 46 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 2: He said, I let the things go that are behind me. 47 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 2: I don't look back. What he was saying was, I 48 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 2: don't go back to my old mistakes. I don't relive 49 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 2: my failures. He said, the most important thing, the thing 50 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 2: that has helped me the very most, is to not 51 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:34,959 Speaker 2: look back. Don't look back would be his number one statement. 52 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 2: Juel and I used to play racketball all the time. 53 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,119 Speaker 2: We love that game so much. It's a fast game, 54 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 2: and many of you know the game of racketball. The 55 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 2: court it's like a room with four walls around it 56 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 2: in a ceiling. It's a great game, fast game. You 57 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:54,239 Speaker 2: play it with a shorter racket and a really bouncy ball. 58 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:58,239 Speaker 2: But there's one safety rule to this game that you 59 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 2: must adhere to, and that is don't look back at 60 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 2: the ball. You cannot look back at the ball because 61 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 2: that ball comes with such furious speed from the back 62 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 2: wall that it can literally smack you in the face 63 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 2: and cause you injury. A player was playing racketball and 64 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 2: they looked back and that ball smacked them right in 65 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,519 Speaker 2: the eye and they lost their eyesight. I was like 66 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:24,839 Speaker 2: freaked out. Like every time I got in the court, 67 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 2: I was like, give me some goggles. I remember thinking, Victoria, 68 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 2: look forward, don't look back, play the ball that's in 69 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 2: front of you. If it goes behind you, don't worry. 70 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 2: You'll always get another chance to hit the ball. See, 71 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 2: racketball is a forward facing game. No matter where you 72 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 2: are on the court, you just keep looking forward. You 73 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 2: just keep playing the ball at hand. You See, life 74 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 2: is a little bit like a racketball game. You can't 75 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 2: look back at your past failures, your past mistakes. You 76 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 2: can't live and I wish I was, I wish it 77 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 2: could have been, because those past mistakes will hit you 78 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 2: in the face. Just like that racketball can cause you 79 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 2: injury and damage when you look back and live in 80 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 2: the past. Those past mistakes can cause damage. They can 81 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 2: ruin your relationships, They lower your self esteem, They knock 82 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 2: the confidence right out of you. They will smack you 83 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 2: in the face and cause you to have distress on 84 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 2: your job. That past will not help you move forward 85 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:40,799 Speaker 2: in the future. See, I don't want my past smacking 86 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 2: me in the face. See that sounds funny, but that's 87 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 2: the truth. You cannot move forward if you're looking backwards. 88 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 2: You cannot do anything about your past, no one can. 89 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 2: But we can do something about our future. We can 90 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 2: play the ball that's in front of us, But the 91 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 2: ball that's in back of us is not going to 92 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 2: help us any So I want to encourage you with 93 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:11,840 Speaker 2: what the Apostle Paul said. Don't look back. It's very simple. 94 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 2: We cannot look back because it's going to gain us nothing. 95 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:22,039 Speaker 2: The Bible says that God will turn your ashes into beauty. 96 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 2: He says that he will make up what the enemy 97 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 2: meant for evil, and he'll turn it around and use 98 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 2: it to your advantage. God has a plan for your past, 99 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 2: but he can't work in your past. Because God works 100 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 2: in the now, He works right now. So I encourage 101 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 2: each and every one of us to train ourself in 102 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:47,719 Speaker 2: this game of life. Don't be taken out by your past. 103 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 2: Don't be taken out by the things that are behind you. 104 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 2: Don't allow them to cause you injury and defeat. Don't 105 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 2: look back at it. Who you can blame why this 106 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 2: happened to you, because that really doesn't matter. There's a 107 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:04,039 Speaker 2: ball in front of you right now, and if you'll 108 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 2: hit it and you'll swing at it, you're gonna make it. 109 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 2: You're gonna make it. I was talking to a man 110 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 2: the other day and he was telling me his story 111 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:17,599 Speaker 2: that was a pretty sad story. It was his story, though. 112 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 2: He told me how he had a horrible upbringing. He 113 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:24,720 Speaker 2: saw his own brother be murdered, his girlfriend at the 114 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 2: prime of her life, died. He said, I was a 115 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:29,919 Speaker 2: young man that had faced so many things. I was bitter, 116 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:34,160 Speaker 2: he said, I had suicidal tendencies. He said, I was 117 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 2: in a bad place because I couldn't leave what had 118 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:41,600 Speaker 2: happened to me. I couldn't get past the past. I 119 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 2: could not move forward, he said. But somehow, one day 120 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 2: I'll woke up and I begin to cry out to 121 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 2: Almighty God. I begin to say, God, help me move 122 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 2: past where I am right now. And he said something 123 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 2: on the inside of him just gave him this desire 124 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 2: to begin running. He began to run. So he would 125 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 2: get up, put on his tennis shoes, put on his 126 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 2: jogging clothes, and he would go out and he'd begin 127 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:07,720 Speaker 2: to run. And he said, when I would run, I 128 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 2: would imagine myself shutting the door to the past and 129 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 2: running towards my future. He said it was every day. 130 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 2: With every run, he said, I saw God in front 131 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 2: of me helping me. Now, that was his story, that 132 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 2: was his way. That's how he practiced closing the door 133 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 2: to his past. He said, as I would reach him 134 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 2: press he said, I was able to accomplish things in 135 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 2: my life that I never thought possible. Then he began 136 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 2: to tell me. I went back to school, he said, 137 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 2: I finished college. I went on to medical school. He says, 138 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 2: Now I practiced medicine, and through it all, I have 139 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 2: thirty five employees at my clinics. So he was able 140 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 2: to press past his upbringing the challenges that he faced. 141 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 2: But he called out to God, and you too can 142 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 2: press past anything that's trying to hold you captive. Anger, bitterness, unforgiveness. 143 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 2: If there's anything that keeps causing you trouble, I want 144 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 2: to tell you today, figure out how you too can 145 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 2: get past it, because your dreams can come true. You 146 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 2: can't accomplish everything God's called you to accomplish, But you've 147 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 2: got to call out to God and say, God, train me, 148 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 2: help me move past it. You know, maybe you just 149 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 2: need to quit talking about it. 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