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If you're ever in our area, 45 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 4: please stop buying and be a part of one of 46 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 4: our services. I promise you we'll make you feel right 47 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 4: at home. But thanks for tuning in today, and thanks 48 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 4: again for coming out. I like to start with something 49 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,800 Speaker 4: funny each week. And I heard about this pastor. He 50 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 4: was raising money for a new auditorium. He said to 51 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 4: the congregation, anyone who will give a thousand dollars can 52 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 4: pick out the next three hymns. 53 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 5: A little old lady in. 54 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 4: The back stood up and said, Pastor, I'll do it. 55 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 4: He was so excited. He said, thank you, Now, which 56 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 4: three hymns would you like? She looked over the congregation 57 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 4: said I'll take him and him and him hold up 58 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 4: your bibles. Say it like you mean it. This is 59 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,799 Speaker 4: my Bible. I am what it says. I am. I 60 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 4: have what it says I have. I can do what 61 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 4: it says I can do. Today I will be taught 62 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 4: the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 63 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 4: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 64 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 4: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 65 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 4: to you today about knowing what to ignore. If you're 66 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:10,679 Speaker 4: going to live in victory, you have to be very 67 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 4: selective as to what you give your time and attention 68 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 4: to You have to know what thoughts to ignore, what 69 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 4: comments to ignore. And I say this respectfully, what people 70 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 4: to ignore. Every battle that comes across our path is 71 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 4: not a battle we're supposed to fight. Many battles are 72 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 4: simply distractions to try to lure us off course. If 73 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 4: that battle is not between you and your god given destiny, 74 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 4: it's a battle. 75 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 5: You should ignore. 76 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 4: That person at the office that's always getting on your 77 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 4: nerves making sarcastic comments. You can either get in there 78 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 4: and try to fight that battle and straighten them out. 79 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 4: If you do, you are wasting valuable time and energy 80 00:03:56,120 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 4: that you should be using to pursue your dreams. Ignore it. 81 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 4: That family member that never gives you any credit. They 82 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 4: celebrate everybody but you. You could either let that upset 83 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 4: you and live frustrated, or you can dismiss it and say, 84 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 4: no big deal. I don't need their approval. I have 85 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 4: Almighty God's approval. It's very freeing when you realize you 86 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 4: don't have to fight every battle. You don't have to 87 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 4: straighten people out, you don't have to pay somebody back, 88 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:28,039 Speaker 4: you don't have to be offended. 89 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 5: Because what they said. 90 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 4: You could ignore it and live life happy now. I'm 91 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,600 Speaker 4: convinced we would enjoy life a whole lot more if 92 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 4: we would get good at knowing what to ignore. A 93 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:42,679 Speaker 4: reporter asked me not long ago what I thought about 94 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 4: these two men he called their name. 95 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:47,479 Speaker 5: I didn't know who they were. I'd never heard of them. 96 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 4: I thought about it, and I finally said, I'm sorry, 97 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:53,679 Speaker 4: I don't know them. He began to laugh and laugh. 98 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 4: He thought that was so funny. I thought I was 99 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 4: missing out, and I said, well. 100 00:04:57,360 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 5: Who are they? 101 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 4: He said, Joel, they are your two most outspoken critics. 102 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 4: They're always talking about you. He couldn't believe that I'd 103 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 4: never heard of them. But see, I've learned this principle. 104 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 4: I don't waste time engaging in conflicts that don't matter. 105 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:16,160 Speaker 4: I've learned the critics. 106 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 5: Cannot keep you from your destiny. 107 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 4: What they say about you doesn't define who you are. 108 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,839 Speaker 4: What somebody does or doesn't give you doesn't determine your 109 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:29,919 Speaker 4: worth and value. You are a child of the most 110 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 4: High God, the creator of the universe. Breathe life into you. 111 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 4: You have seeds of greatness on the inside. You've been 112 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:42,480 Speaker 4: crowned with favor. God has already equipped and empowered you 113 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 4: with everything that you need. Now. Don't waste your valuable 114 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:49,719 Speaker 4: time trying to play up to people, trying to win 115 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 4: over all your critics, trying to prove to someone that 116 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 4: you're important. Those are battles that you're probably never going 117 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 4: to win. You have to accept the fact some people 118 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 4: are never going to celebrate you. They're never going to 119 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 4: recognize your gifts. That's okay, don't get distracted. God has 120 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 4: already lined up the right people that will celebrate you, 121 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:14,840 Speaker 4: the right people that will cheer you on and help 122 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:19,040 Speaker 4: you fulfill your destiny. One time Jesus was in the temple. 123 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 4: It was on the Sabbath, their day of rest, and 124 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 4: he saw a man with a withered hand, and Jesus 125 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:28,479 Speaker 4: simply said, stretch forth your hand, and immediately the man 126 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 4: was healed. The religious leaders, the Pharisees, were there, and 127 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 4: they didn't like Jesus, they didn't understand him. They got 128 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 4: together and said, yes, Jesus did do something good. He 129 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 4: did heal a man, but you know what, he did 130 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:45,239 Speaker 4: it on the wrong day. He shouldn't have been working 131 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,599 Speaker 4: on the Sabbath. Some people, no matter what you do, 132 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,479 Speaker 4: they're not going to be for you. Even if you 133 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:55,159 Speaker 4: changed and met all their demands and did everything they're asking, 134 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 4: they'd still find something you're doing wrong. You could go 135 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 4: buy them a brand new cattle hand in the car keys, 136 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 4: they say, you know what I really wanted, alexis they'll 137 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 4: overlook the goods and find some kind of fault. Let 138 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 4: me give you a secret, save you a lot of 139 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 4: heartache and pain. Ignore it. 140 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 5: You don't need their approval. You don't have to have 141 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 5: them cheering you on. 142 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 4: They may try to make you look bad, but if 143 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 4: you'll stay on the high road and let God fight 144 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 4: your battles, the more they talk, the more God will 145 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 4: bless you. They may try to take you down. God 146 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 4: will use it to take you up. The key is 147 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 4: to not get distracted. It's very easy to want to 148 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 4: fight every battle and pay every person back and think, well, Joel, 149 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 4: what they said was wrong. I'm gonna prove to them 150 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 4: that I'm right. I'm gonna get in there and defend myself. Now, 151 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 4: you have to ask yourself, if you get involved and 152 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 4: you do win the battle, what is the prize. Is 153 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 4: it going to advance you further, is it towards you 154 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 4: and your destiny? Or is it just a distraction to 155 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 4: steal your time and energy. I think we'd be amazed 156 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 4: at how many battles we get engaged in that really 157 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 4: don't matter. Is it really worth ruining an evening with 158 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 4: your spouse arguing over what channel to watch on the television, 159 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 4: or do like Victoria and I. 160 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 5: Get two TVs? 161 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 4: Is it really worth getting upset because somebody cuts you 162 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 4: off in traffic or because the boss was rude. Life 163 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 4: would not only be much more enjoyable, but we would 164 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 4: accomplish much more. 165 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 5: If we would learn what to ignore. 166 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 4: The energy we spend arguing about things that don't matter, 167 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 4: trying to prove to someone we're important, trying to win 168 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 4: over all of our critics, that's energy we're not going 169 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 4: to have to pursue our god giving goals and dreams. 170 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 4: I talked to a very well known minister a while back. 171 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:53,199 Speaker 4: He's really respected, been in the ministry for. 172 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 5: A long long time. 173 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 4: I ask him, if you had to do it over again, 174 00:08:57,960 --> 00:08:59,079 Speaker 4: what would you change? 175 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 5: What would you do differently? 176 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 4: Give me some advice without missing a beat, he said, 177 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 4: I would ignore a lot more. I wouldn't respond to 178 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 4: every critic, I wouldn't waste time arguing about things that 179 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 4: didn't matter. I wouldn't spend so much energy trying to 180 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 4: make everybody understand me and make everybody accept me. Now, 181 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 4: I believe many of us would see our life go 182 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:23,839 Speaker 4: to a new level if we would just start ignoring 183 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:28,680 Speaker 4: things that weren't important. In First Samuel, chapter ten, Saul 184 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:31,680 Speaker 4: was chosen to be the next king of Israel. The 185 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 4: prophet Samuel annointed his head and called him up in 186 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 4: front of all of the people and said he's going 187 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:39,679 Speaker 4: to be our next king. Most of the people were 188 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:44,200 Speaker 4: very excited, and they congratulated Saul. But when Saul got 189 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 4: back home, the people that knew him the most, some 190 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 4: of his long time friends, they didn't like Samuel's choice. 191 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 4: They began to laugh and mock and ridicule. They said, 192 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:58,200 Speaker 4: Saul is not our king, he's not a leader. He 193 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:01,559 Speaker 4: doesn't have what it takes the truth be known. They 194 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 4: were jealous of Saw. They were so insecure, so intimidated, 195 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 4: they had to try to push Saw. 196 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 5: Down so they would look bigger. 197 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 4: Remember this phrase, when people be little you, they are 198 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 4: being little. Small minded people won't celebrate you. Small minded 199 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 4: people will be jealous, be gossipers, and try to make 200 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 4: you look bad. 201 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:25,200 Speaker 5: Here's a key. 202 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 4: Don't ever fight battles with small minded people. Your future 203 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 4: is too big to get distracted by somebody the small. 204 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:37,960 Speaker 4: They're not going where God is taking you. Friends, you 205 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 4: are called to be an eagle, you are called a 206 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 4: sword to do great things. But in life we will 207 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 4: all have some crows crowing at us, some chickens pecking 208 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 4: at us, some hawks trying to fight with us, trying 209 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 4: to bait us into conflict. Don't get drawn into those battles. 210 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:59,840 Speaker 4: You have an advantage. You're an egle. You can fly 211 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 4: heights that no other birds can fly. Eagles have been 212 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,199 Speaker 4: spotted as high as twenty thousand feet in the air 213 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 4: now red where a crow is known to try to 214 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:14,320 Speaker 4: pester the eagle. Even though the eagle is much larger. 215 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 4: The crow is much more agile. It can turn and 216 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 4: maneuver a lot quicker, and at times the crow will 217 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 4: come behind the eagle and just follow it, trying to 218 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 4: pester it, annoy it, aggravate it. 219 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 5: But the eagle knows this secret. 220 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 4: It can fly at altitudes that the crow cannot fly, 221 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 4: and so instead of getting all upset and trying to 222 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:37,199 Speaker 4: pay that crow back, the eagle simply. 223 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,439 Speaker 5: Rises higher and higher and higher, and. 224 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 4: Eventually the crow falls off. So when someone is pestering you, 225 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:48,000 Speaker 4: when they're being jealous, when they're trying to make you 226 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 4: look bad, don't be a crow. Get in there and 227 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 4: fight with them, trying to pay them back. No, you're 228 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 4: an eagle, Rise above it. Don't let it bother you. 229 00:11:56,240 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 4: Don't respond to every criticism. Don't waste your valuable energy 230 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:03,200 Speaker 4: fighting battles that are not necessary. 231 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 5: All you've got to do is come up higher. 232 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 4: And the crows and the chickens and the turkeys they 233 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 4: can't soar where you're able to soar. I'm asking you 234 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,920 Speaker 4: today to ignore some things. Some of you have gotten 235 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 4: all worked up over something insignificant. You're allowing small minded 236 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 4: people to steal your joy and keep you from what's 237 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 4: really important. 238 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 5: Get your focus back. 239 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 4: May you say, Joe, if he would quit talking about me, 240 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 4: then I wouldn't be so stressed out. Now, let me 241 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 4: give you a newsplash. If he quits talking, somebody else 242 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 4: will start talking. Somebody's always talking about us, we just 243 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 4: may not realize it. Don't let it bother you. After all, 244 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 4: God hears what they're saying. And if you'll stay in faith, 245 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 4: God will make it up to you. Quit being frustrated 246 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:54,679 Speaker 4: because somebody's not celebrating your gifts. Use your energy to 247 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 4: improve your skills. 248 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 5: To be the best that you can be. 249 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 4: And as I said, God will bring the people across 250 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 4: your path that will celebrate you. Saul could have easily 251 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 4: lost his focus and said to those people that were 252 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 4: making fun of him, what are you talking about? 253 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 5: I am a good leader. I do have what it takes. 254 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 4: He could have gotten distracted and spent all of his 255 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 4: energy trying to prove to them who he was. It 256 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 4: says in verse twenty seven. They despise Saul and refused 257 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 4: to bring him gifts. What did he do? But Saul 258 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 4: ignored them. One translation says he paid them no mind. 259 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 4: My message to you today is pay no mind to 260 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 4: jealous people. Pay no mind to people that don't celebrate you. 261 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 4: Pay no mind to people that try to make you 262 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 4: look small. Ignore their comments, ignore their insults, Ignore the naysayers. 263 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:51,239 Speaker 4: They don't control your destiny. 264 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:52,079 Speaker 5: God does. 265 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 4: They are simply distractions to try to keep you from 266 00:13:55,760 --> 00:14:01,199 Speaker 4: God's best. Saul understood this principle. He knew not everybody 267 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 4: is going to be for me, but I'm not going 268 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 4: to waste my time trying to convince them. If you're 269 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,560 Speaker 4: going to fulfill your destiny, you got to do like Saul, 270 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:13,680 Speaker 4: instead of playing up to people, trying to win over 271 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 4: all your critics, trying to prove to everyone that you 272 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 4: are important. Know the key is just ignore it. Don't 273 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 4: lose any sleep over somebody that is not for you. 274 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 5: Don't give your attention to. 275 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 4: Somebody that doesn't value who you are. If Saul would 276 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 4: have gotten engaged in this conflict of trying to win 277 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 4: over his naysayers, he would. 278 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 5: Have never been who God called him to be. 279 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 4: And friends, your destiny is too great to get distracted 280 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 4: by jealous, critical, small minded people. If you focus on 281 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 4: what they're saying about you and how Joel, they are 282 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:52,080 Speaker 4: doing me wrong, they're not giving me any respect. No, 283 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 4: that poison will get on the inside. Before long, you'll 284 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 4: end up fighting a battle that you were never supposed 285 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 4: to fight. Ignore the comments, pay no attention to their insults, 286 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 4: set your face like a flint, and run your race. 287 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 4: Don't look to the left nor to the right. Just 288 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 4: stay focused and do what God's called you to do. 289 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 4: After all, when we come to the end of our lives, 290 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 4: We're not going to have to give an account to 291 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 4: the critic. 292 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 5: We're not going to have to answer to. 293 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 4: The naysayer, to the jealous person, to the person that didn't. 294 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 5: Believe in you. 295 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 4: We're going to have to give an account to Almighty God, 296 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 4: the creator of the universe. And when we can stand 297 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 4: before him with our head held high and say, God, 298 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 4: I did my best iren my race, I finished my course. 299 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 4: I became who you created me to be. That's true fulfillment. 300 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 4: That's when you're going to receive your reward. And this 301 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 4: was difficult for me because my personality type is to 302 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:52,200 Speaker 4: want everybody to like me. Now. I used to do 303 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 4: everything I could to convince people that I really am 304 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 4: nice and you really should be my friend. But one 305 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 4: day I realized that was keeping me from rising higher. 306 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:06,040 Speaker 4: I was spending all my time and energy trying to 307 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 4: win over people, some of which were never going to 308 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 4: be for me. I had to ask myself, Joel, are 309 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 4: you going to live to please people or are you 310 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 4: going to live to please God. I had to accept 311 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 4: the fact that not everybody is gonna like me, not 312 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 4: everybody's gonna understand me, but that's okay. They didn't understand Jesus, 313 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 4: they didn't celebrate King Saul. I'm gonna do what he did. 314 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 4: I'm gonna pay them no mind. I become a professional ignorer. 315 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 4: I've gotten good at it. And don't get me wrong, 316 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 4: I'm all for treating every person with respect, being kind 317 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 4: and considerate. But I'm saying, don't waste your valuable time 318 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 4: trying to win over people that are never going to 319 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 4: be one over. If somebody doesn't celebrate you, move on. 320 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 4: If they're not for you, be kind, be considerate, but 321 00:16:56,960 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 4: shake the dust off your feet. Don't waste one ounce 322 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 4: of your energy trying to convince them to like you. 323 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:05,680 Speaker 4: When my father went to be with the Lord back 324 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:08,360 Speaker 4: in nineteen ninety nine and I stepped up to pasture 325 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:12,639 Speaker 4: the church, I was very concerned because I didn't minister 326 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:17,280 Speaker 4: exactly like my father. My personality is more laid back, easygoing. 327 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:19,119 Speaker 4: If you knew my father, he was a little bit 328 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 4: more firing. My father had been at the church for 329 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 4: forty years, and there was this underlying pressure to be 330 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:28,679 Speaker 4: like my dad. And at first I tried to minister 331 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 4: like him, and tried to run the church like he did, 332 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:34,920 Speaker 4: and tried to do everything the same way, I realized, 333 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:38,119 Speaker 4: I'm wearing myself out trying to be something that I'm not. 334 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 4: I'm not pursuing what God put in my heart. I'm 335 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 4: too busy trying to keep everybody happy. After all, I 336 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 4: didn't want to lose anybody. I finally decided, I'm just 337 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 4: going to be myself and do it the way God's 338 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 4: leading me. Ninety nine zero point nine percent of the 339 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:58,120 Speaker 4: people were totally behind me, very loyal, but there were 340 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 4: a few that I could tell were for me anymore. 341 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,159 Speaker 4: They didn't like the way I ministered, or maybe they 342 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 4: didn't like the way I was leading the church. I 343 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:10,639 Speaker 4: felt this pressure so strongly to fit into their mold 344 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:14,200 Speaker 4: and become who they wanted me to be. But friends, 345 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 4: there is an anointing on your life, not to be 346 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 4: somebody else. You are anointed to be you. When you 347 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 4: let people squeeze you into their mold and bow down 348 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 4: to their pressure and try to please all the critics, 349 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 4: it takes away your power, It takes away your uniqueness, 350 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 4: It lessens God's favor. And I stepped into my own 351 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 4: anointing and I made those changes, and few of the 352 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:43,400 Speaker 4: people didn't like it. Some of them had been here 353 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 4: a long time they started talking. I did what I'm 354 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:50,639 Speaker 4: asking you to do. I ignored it. They didn't celebrate me, 355 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 4: but I paid them no mind. I didn't lose any sleep. 356 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:56,960 Speaker 4: I didn't try to win them over. I didn't say here, 357 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 4: just hear my heart. No. I just ran my race 358 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 4: with purpose, with focus, with integrity. I saw God give 359 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 4: me his favor more and more. Eventually those people left. 360 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,359 Speaker 4: They didn't stick around. But can I tell you, God 361 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 4: brought me a lot more people, some forty thousand more. 362 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 4: When you do it God's way, you never lose out. 363 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 4: When you stay focused and do what God's put in 364 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:24,359 Speaker 4: your heart, you don't get distracted by the critics and 365 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 4: the naysayers, and you ignore the jealous, cynical, small minded people. 366 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 5: Listen, all the forces of. 367 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 4: Darkness cannot keep you from where God wants you to go. 368 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:36,879 Speaker 4: Some of you today you need to break free. 369 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:39,680 Speaker 5: You're not annointed to keep everybody happy. 370 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 4: You're annointed to run your race. You say, Joel, if 371 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 4: I do this, they may not be my friend anymore. 372 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 4: That's okay. God will bring you some new friends. And 373 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 4: let me tell you, God will bring your true friends, 374 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 4: not people that have to manipulate you and try to 375 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 4: make you do it the way they want. God will 376 00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:59,879 Speaker 4: bring you people that celebrates you, people that will let 377 00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:03,399 Speaker 4: you to be who He's called you to be. If 378 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 4: you're going to do anything great in life, there will 379 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 4: be critics. If you're going to be a great business person, 380 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:13,240 Speaker 4: a great coach, a great student, a great leader, there 381 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:16,719 Speaker 4: will be opposition and people that judge, and people that 382 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 4: get jealous. I've heard it said, if you get kicked 383 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:22,679 Speaker 4: in the rear, it means that you're out in front. 384 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 4: In other words, when people come against you and they're 385 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:29,520 Speaker 4: jealous and critical, take it as a compliments because you're. 386 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 5: Making a difference. 387 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 4: In a big race, Nobody is focused on who's in 388 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 4: twentieth place, in twenty first and twenty second. All the 389 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:39,879 Speaker 4: eyes are on the front runners first place, second place, 390 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 4: third place. The majority of the attention is on the winners. 391 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 4: And I know today I am looking at a group 392 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 4: of winners. I am looking at people that are making 393 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 4: a difference. I'm looking at people that are pursuing their 394 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 4: God giving goals doing great things in life. 395 00:20:57,680 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 5: But here's a point. 396 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:03,080 Speaker 4: The sess you have, the more opportunities there will be 397 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:07,200 Speaker 4: for distractions. Here's why the higher you go, the more 398 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 4: haters will come out. When you start stretching to a 399 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:12,960 Speaker 4: new level and pursuing what God's put in your heart. 400 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:17,119 Speaker 4: The jealous people, the critical people, the small minded people, 401 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:20,440 Speaker 4: they'll come out of the woodwork and start making negative comments, 402 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 4: start judging you. That's when you've got to dig your 403 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:26,080 Speaker 4: heels in, set your face like a flint, and say. 404 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,680 Speaker 5: I will not get distracted. I will not get. 405 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 4: Drawn into battles that don't matter. I will not quit 406 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 4: because somebody is talking about me. I will not give 407 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 4: up because my good friend God jealous. I will not 408 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 4: get discouraged because someone's not celebrating me. No, I'm not 409 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:43,640 Speaker 4: a people pleaser. I'm a God pleaser. 410 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:45,120 Speaker 5: I'm gonna run my race. 411 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 4: I'm gonna finish my course. The more God promotes you, 412 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:53,920 Speaker 4: the better you have to become at ignoring. You got 413 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 4: to get to the point where you won't even think 414 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 4: twice about getting involved in a conflict unless you know 415 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 4: it's between you and your God given destiny. Your time 416 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 4: is too valuable to waste it being distracted. Life is 417 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:11,400 Speaker 4: too short to be upset because somebody's talking about us, 418 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 4: or to be offended because a jealous coworker is trying 419 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 4: to make us look bad or go around frustrated because 420 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:22,119 Speaker 4: a family member doesn't celebrate us. Don't get drawn into 421 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:25,959 Speaker 4: those battles. Do like King Saul, ignore it, pay it 422 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 4: no mind, run your own race. I don't know about you, 423 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 4: but I don't have time to sit around and think 424 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:35,119 Speaker 4: about all the people that don't like me. I realize 425 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 4: every day is a gift from God. Now our time 426 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 4: is way too valuable to try to figure out how 427 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:43,920 Speaker 4: we can please everybody and how we can win over 428 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 4: every critic. Now, get up in the morning, search your 429 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,360 Speaker 4: own heart, make sure you're doing what you know God 430 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:52,880 Speaker 4: wants you to do. Then go out during the day 431 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 4: and be your best, and then let the chips fall 432 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 4: where they may. But I know people, they think more 433 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,720 Speaker 4: about what other people are saying about them then they 434 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 4: do pursuing their own goals and dreams. When I first 435 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 4: started ministring, I was very insecure, and if I heard 436 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 4: one negative comment, I would get discouraged. I could have 437 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 4: two hundred people come up to me after the service 438 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 4: and tell me, Joel, that was a great message. I 439 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 4: really got something out of it. But one person would say, Joel, 440 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 4: I didn't understand that point. It just wasn't for me today, 441 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 4: and I'd drive home all depressed. I so badly needed 442 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 4: everyone's approval. Listen, I have come a long way, baby, people. 443 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:39,400 Speaker 4: People can say anything they want, and I drive home 444 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 4: just as happy and free as convened. In fact, when 445 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 4: I walk off the platform each week, I go in 446 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:48,960 Speaker 4: the back and look at myself in the mirror and say. 447 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 5: Joel, that was great today. I've learned to incorrige myself. 448 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:58,880 Speaker 4: Quit dwelling on the negative things people have said about 449 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 4: you on the internet and read something bad that somebody 450 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:05,640 Speaker 4: wrote about you. All that's going to do is poison you, 451 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:08,119 Speaker 4: and before long you're going to be defensive, trying to 452 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 4: prove to everybody that you're really okay. Now, you've got 453 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 4: to be so secure in who God made you to 454 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:16,120 Speaker 4: be that those comments bounce off of you like water 455 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:19,040 Speaker 4: off of a duck's back. You've got to be so 456 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:22,720 Speaker 4: confident in your calling that you don't have to have 457 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 4: everybody's cheering you on. You don't have to have everyone's approval, 458 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:29,400 Speaker 4: You have God's approval. I think about in the scripture 459 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:33,720 Speaker 4: when people criticized Jesus and they came against him many times. 460 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:38,200 Speaker 4: It says Jesus answered them not a word. He didn't 461 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 4: respond to his critics, He didn't try to convince them 462 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:44,439 Speaker 4: to change their minds. Jesus didn't get upset because somebody 463 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:45,360 Speaker 4: was talking about him. 464 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:46,560 Speaker 5: He just ignored it. 465 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 4: When people come against you and jealous try to make 466 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 4: you look bad, remember you're in good company. Jesus was 467 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 4: probably criticized more than anyone else, and I love the 468 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 4: fact he didn't try to explain himself. He didn't try 469 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 4: to make everyone under stand him. He just stayed focused 470 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:05,199 Speaker 4: and ran his race. And some of you today, you 471 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:07,880 Speaker 4: could step into a new freedom. You could see your 472 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 4: life go to a new level if you would just 473 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 4: quit fighting battles that don't matter. So somebody's talking about you, 474 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:16,359 Speaker 4: join the crowd. 475 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 5: Ignore it. 476 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 4: So somebody lied about you, join the crowd. 477 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,880 Speaker 5: Ignore it. So somebody's not celebrating you. 478 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:26,160 Speaker 4: Ignore it. Let me make it more practical. So somebody 479 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:30,640 Speaker 4: parked in you're parking spot, ignore it. Crensy, you don't 480 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:31,919 Speaker 4: have to fight every battle. 481 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:34,240 Speaker 5: You don't have to respond to every critic. 482 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:37,000 Speaker 4: You don't have to be offended because what they said 483 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 4: you can do. Like King saw and ignore it. You're 484 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,439 Speaker 4: not a crow, You're an eagle. You can rise above it. 485 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:47,359 Speaker 4: You can soar at new heights. This is what Neamiah did. 486 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 4: God called him to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, and 487 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,400 Speaker 4: he and his men got started. But he had two 488 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 4: main critics, sand Ballot and Tobias. They were constantly criticizing him, 489 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:03,400 Speaker 4: spreading trying to make him look bad. They said, Niamiah 490 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 4: is not a builder. He doesn't know what he's doing. 491 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:09,359 Speaker 4: If a fox runs on this wall, it's gonna fall down. 492 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 4: The whole time Neamiah and his men had to listen 493 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:16,520 Speaker 4: to these two men belittle them, ridicule them, making fun 494 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:20,399 Speaker 4: of them. What did Neamiah do. He ignored them. He 495 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:22,400 Speaker 4: let it go in one ear and out the other. 496 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,360 Speaker 4: When that didn't work, they went to the city leaders 497 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 4: and started spreading lies. 498 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 5: They said, Neamiah is. 499 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,879 Speaker 4: Not building this wall for our good, He's just building 500 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 4: a kingdom under himself. They started questioning his motives. 501 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 5: Don't you know. 502 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 4: Niamiah was tempted to come down off that wall and say, guys, 503 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 4: I'm gonna shut you up. I'm gonna show you who 504 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:45,160 Speaker 4: I am. Now, he was smart enough to realize they 505 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:48,960 Speaker 4: were a distraction. He chose to ignore it, and he 506 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,919 Speaker 4: went on to build that wall in record time. Anytime 507 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 4: God puts a dream in your heart, you start pursuing 508 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 4: your goals, you can be sure that the sand balance 509 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 4: and the biases will show up. The mark of a 510 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:07,159 Speaker 4: true champion is knowing what battles to fight like. In 511 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 4: this case, many battles should be ignored. Nea Mine knew 512 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,359 Speaker 4: if he came down off the wall, spend his time 513 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,880 Speaker 4: and energy. Sure he could have defeated those two men. 514 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:19,399 Speaker 4: Sure that would have made him feel good, but that 515 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:22,640 Speaker 4: would have not advanced him toward his destiny. That would 516 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 4: have not helped the wall get built any quicker. Bottom line, 517 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:29,280 Speaker 4: he chose to be an eagle. He chose to rise 518 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:32,400 Speaker 4: above it. I'm asking us to do the same thing. 519 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 4: Be selective as to what you give you attention to. 520 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 4: Don't get caught up in. 521 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 5: Battles that don't matter. 522 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 4: Let's learn to do like Nehemiah and ignore the sand, 523 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 4: ballots and to biases. 524 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 5: Do like King Saul. 525 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:47,960 Speaker 4: Ignore the people that are not celebrating you. 526 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:49,400 Speaker 5: Do like Jesus. 527 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:53,920 Speaker 4: Don't respond to your critics, Pay no mind to jealous, critical, 528 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 4: small minded people. Friends, if you'll get good at knowing 529 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:00,680 Speaker 4: what to ignore and not get distract acted by things 530 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:03,160 Speaker 4: that don't matter. Let me tell you God will fight 531 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:06,400 Speaker 4: your battles, just like with Nehemiah. The more they talk, 532 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:09,680 Speaker 4: the more God will promote you. You'll accomplish your dreams 533 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:13,439 Speaker 4: in record time. You'll overcome every obstacle, defeat every enemy. 534 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,960 Speaker 4: Now I believe in declare you will become everything God's 535 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,439 Speaker 4: created you to be. Amen. 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