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And if you're ever in our area, 45 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 5: please stop by and be a part of one of 46 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 5: our services. I promise you we'll make you feel right 47 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 5: at home. But thanks so much for tuning in. Thank 48 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 5: you again for coming out. I like to start with 49 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 5: something funny, and I heard about this group of school children. 50 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 5: They were in the cafeteria line at their Catholic elementary school. 51 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 5: At the first of the line, there was a big 52 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 5: bowl of apples. A nun had written a note, take 53 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 5: only one God is watching. At the end of the 54 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,079 Speaker 5: line there was a big bowl of chocolate chip cookies. 55 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 5: One of the children had written a note, take all 56 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 5: you want. God is watching the apples. Hold up your 57 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 5: Bible and say it like you mean it. This is 58 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 5: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 59 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 5: have what it says I have. I can do what 60 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 5: it says I can do. Today I will be talked 61 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 5: the word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, 62 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 5: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 63 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 5: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 64 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 5: to you today about how you are not damaged goods. 65 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 5: I was in a grocery store and down one of 66 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 5: the aisles there was a whole section called damage goods. 67 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 5: It was mostly canned products that had been marked down 68 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 5: because of some kind of flaw. The can was dented, 69 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 5: the label was torn, the color was off. The store 70 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 5: couldn't sell it for the full price because they had 71 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 5: an imperfection. They were considered less valuable, inferior damaged goods. 72 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 5: What's interesting is if you bought one of those cans, 73 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 5: you opened it up, cannicorn canopies, canipeaches, you'd find there's 74 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 5: nothing wrong with the inside. The can may have been dented, 75 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 5: but it didn't affect the contents. The label may have 76 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 5: been torn. On the outside, it wasn't perfect, but on 77 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 5: the inside, where it matters, there was no difference damaged goods. 78 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 5: Peaches that were sold for half price tasted just as 79 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 5: good as the peaches that were sold for full price. 80 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 5: The corn, the peas may have been labeled inferior, less than, 81 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 5: but that's all. It was just a label. It's the 82 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 5: same principle in life. All of us in some way 83 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 5: have been damaged. You can't live very long without making 84 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 5: a mistake, being hurt by someone going through a breakup, 85 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:32,160 Speaker 5: damaged by divorce, damaged by an unhealthy childhood, damaged by 86 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:36,839 Speaker 5: an addiction. Too many people go around wearing the damaged 87 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 5: goods label, feeling washed up less than focused on their mistakes, 88 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,280 Speaker 5: focused on what they've been through. No, you've got to 89 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 5: get out of that section. That's not where you belong. 90 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 5: You may have been dented on the outside, but like 91 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 5: those cans, there's nothing wrong with the inside. That setback 92 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:01,599 Speaker 5: did not affect your DNA, that law, that disappointment didn't 93 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 5: change who you are. That mistake, the failure, the weakness 94 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 5: didn't stop your destiny. You may have been bruised on 95 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 5: the outside, but on the inside you still have the 96 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 5: blood of a winner. You still have the DNA of 97 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:21,039 Speaker 5: Almighty God. You've been crowned with favor. You are full 98 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:26,359 Speaker 5: of potential, talent, creativity, wisdom. There is nothing wrong with 99 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 5: your contents. Listen. People can't keep you from your destiny. 100 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:35,480 Speaker 5: Bad breaks can't stop you. Weaknesses can't stop you. The 101 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 5: only thing that can really stop you is you. If 102 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 5: you wear the damaged goods label, it can keep you 103 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 5: from becoming all God's created you to be. Now, I 104 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 5: don't believe in giving anyone the right to feel sorry 105 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:53,040 Speaker 5: for themselves. Life happens to us all. If you get 106 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 5: knocked down, get back up and go again. If you 107 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:59,839 Speaker 5: have a bad break, don't sit around and self pity. 108 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 5: Shake it off and move forward. If you make a mistake, 109 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:08,279 Speaker 5: don't go through life beating yourself up. Receive God's mercy 110 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 5: and do better next time. You may have failed, but 111 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 5: you're not a failure. You may have lost, but you're 112 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 5: not a loser. You may have had unfair things happen, 113 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:23,159 Speaker 5: but you're not a victim. You're a victor. Now do 114 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:28,799 Speaker 5: yourself a favor. Take off the damaged goods label. Quit 115 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 5: thinking about your mistakes, who hurt you, what didn't work out. 116 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 5: God knows every person that's done you wrong, every disappointment, 117 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:40,839 Speaker 5: every struggle, every bad break, and He's promised if you 118 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 5: will stay in faith, he will pay you back double 119 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 5: for the unfair things that have happened. I've heard it 120 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 5: said God can bring greatness out of a great mess. 121 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 5: Sometimes we focus on the mess, the dysfunction, the broken dream, 122 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 5: the weakness, But in all the mess God sees greatness. 123 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 5: He knows how to take your troubles and turn them 124 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 5: into trophies, how to take the test and make it 125 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 5: your testimony. This is what happened to a young boy 126 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 5: named Ishmael. He was the child that Abraham had out 127 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 5: of wedlock with Sarah's maid, Hagar. Ishmael wasn't the promised child. 128 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 5: He was born out of Abraham and Sarah's impatience. They 129 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 5: got tired of waiting year after year. They knew they 130 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 5: had a promise, but it wasn't happening as fast as 131 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 5: they would like. So Sarah talked to her husband Abraham 132 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 5: into sleeping with her maid, Hagar, and they had this 133 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 5: little baby boy named Ishmael. Ishmael was born into a 134 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 5: dysfunctional home. He was born into distrust, confusion, chaos. He 135 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 5: would have been considered damaged goods, a mistake, not the 136 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 5: right one. The funny thing is it was Sarah's idea, 137 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 5: but she got mad at Abraham for having a baby 138 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 5: with another woman. Sarah turned on Hagar, her once trusted maid, 139 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 5: and now she can't stand the woman. She told Abraham, 140 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 5: you better get your mistress and her son out of 141 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 5: my life, really, really fast. You're talking about a messed 142 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 5: up situation. They were in a love triangle and they 143 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 5: were all living in the same house. You think there's 144 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 5: drama in your home, you should have been in Abraham's home. 145 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:32,199 Speaker 5: And he's called the father of our faith. That gives 146 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 5: me hope for my own family. It got so bad 147 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 5: that Sarah gave Abraham an ultimatum, either your mistress and 148 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 5: her son leaves, or I'm out of here. Abraham ended 149 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 5: up sending Hagar and his son Ishmael out into the desert. 150 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:54,439 Speaker 5: Now think about Ishmael. He's the innocent one in this 151 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 5: whole ordeal. He didn't get to choose who his parents 152 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:00,840 Speaker 5: would be. He didn't choose what family he would be 153 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 5: born into. He didn't do anything wrong. He just showed 154 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 5: up and life threw him out into the cord. Could 155 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 5: have had a chip on his shoulder. God, this is 156 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 5: not fair. Why was I born into this mess? Why 157 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 5: is my mother a mistress? Why couldn't I be Isaac 158 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 5: the promised child and stay here with my family. He 159 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:25,440 Speaker 5: had all these disadvantages. He could have seen himself as 160 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 5: damaged goods and just faded off into the unset. But 161 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 5: here's the mercy of God. God said in Genesis twenty one, 162 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 5: I will bring out of Ishmael a great nation. We 163 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 5: know God did great things with Isaac, but we don't 164 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 5: always realize God did something great with Ishmael. God was saying, 165 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 5: this child that has been born into dysfunction, This child 166 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 5: that's had bad breaks, been put at a disadvantage, seen 167 00:09:56,520 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 5: as damaged goods. I haven't written him off. He's not 168 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:03,840 Speaker 5: a mistake. I still have a plan. I'm going to 169 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:07,959 Speaker 5: bring greatness out of this great mess. You may be 170 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 5: in a situation now that feels dysfunctional, seems like a 171 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:16,080 Speaker 5: mess in your family, your health, your finances, your career. 172 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:18,680 Speaker 5: You don't see how any good could ever come out 173 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 5: of it. But if Ishmael were standing here today, he 174 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:25,080 Speaker 5: would say, hey, let me tell you firsthand. God still 175 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:28,319 Speaker 5: has a plan. Doesn't matter how you were raised, how 176 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:32,080 Speaker 5: many bad breaks you've had, how insignificant you may feel. 177 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 5: No dysfunction, no injustice, no disappointment can keep you from 178 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 5: your destiny. God can bring greatness out of a great mess. 179 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 5: Most of the time we see Ishmael as a mistake, 180 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 5: an accident. Sarah and Abraham didn't wait for the promised child. 181 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 5: But the truth is, no baby is a mistake. A 182 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 5: child cannot be born without God breathing life into their lungs. 183 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 5: Your parents say, we weren't expecting this baby. They were 184 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 5: a surprise, And yes they may have been a surprise 185 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 5: to you, but they were not a surprise to the 186 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 5: giver of life. In God's eyes, there's no such thing 187 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:17,960 Speaker 5: as an unwarned pregnancy. You didn't just happen to show 188 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 5: up on planet Earth. God had a plan for you 189 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 5: long before you arrived. God told Jeremiah, before you were 190 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 5: formed in your mother's womb, I knew you and called 191 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 5: you to be a prophet to the nations. God already 192 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 5: had an assignment for him before he got here. God 193 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 5: was saying, Jeremiah, you didn't start when your mother gave 194 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 5: birth to you. Before you were formed, you were with me. 195 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 5: In other words, our past didn't start with our family. 196 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:55,319 Speaker 5: It started with our God. I didn't come from my mother, 197 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:57,959 Speaker 5: and I love and honor my mother. But I didn't 198 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:01,959 Speaker 5: come from her. I came through her. I came from 199 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:08,680 Speaker 5: Almighty God. That means your destiny, your assignment, your purpose 200 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:13,079 Speaker 5: cannot be messed up by who you came through. You 201 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 5: came from the most High God. He has the ultimate say. 202 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 5: In nineteen forty three, a teenager here in Houston became 203 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 5: pregnant from a forced violent act. The young lady was 204 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 5: distraught and confused. She planned on aboording the child, but 205 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 5: some friends talked her into having the baby and putting 206 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 5: it up for adoption. The little boy was born at 207 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:40,960 Speaker 5: the charity ward at Saint Joseph's Hospital. He grew up 208 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:45,319 Speaker 5: in extreme poverty. His father was an alcoholic. More than 209 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 5: once he threatened to kill his mother. Like Ishmael, this 210 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 5: little boy could have been seen as damaged goods, a mistake, 211 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 5: no future to speak of. But God doesn't give life 212 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 5: to someone without giving them a divine destiny. And with 213 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 5: the help of some loving foster parents, this little boy 214 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:09,080 Speaker 5: grew up to become one of the greatest ministers of 215 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 5: our time. Today, over seventy years later, our friend James 216 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 5: Robinson has made a difference in people's lives around the world. 217 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 5: What am I saying? What looked like a mistake was 218 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 5: not a mistake at all. If you're breathing today, if 219 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 5: you're alive, and I believe you are, you are not 220 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:36,080 Speaker 5: an accident. No matter how functional or dysfunctional your situation is, 221 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 5: God has a destiny for you to fulfill. You may 222 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:42,080 Speaker 5: have had a negative past, but you don't have to 223 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 5: have a negative future. This is a new day, and 224 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 5: if you will take all the damaged goods label, get 225 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:53,679 Speaker 5: rid of the victim mentality, and have a victor mentality. 226 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 5: God will take what's meant for harm and he'll use 227 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:00,160 Speaker 5: it for your good. Now, I love the fact that 228 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 5: with Ishmael, God brought something significant out of a child 229 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 5: that was considered insignificant. That tells me you don't have 230 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 5: to come from the most influential family. You don't have 231 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 5: to have a perfect upbringing. The truth is there is 232 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 5: dysfunction in every family. I would love to tell you 233 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 5: that our family is perfect, but then my brother Paul 234 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 5: came along. I heard somebody say, our family put the 235 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 5: funk in dysfunction. But here's the key. Seriously, don't let 236 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 5: your heredity stop your destiny. Don't let how you were raised, 237 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 5: what your parents did or didn't give you, how somebody 238 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 5: treated you set the limits for your life. They may 239 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 5: have put you at a disadvantage, but you don't have 240 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 5: to stay at a disadvantage. 241 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 4: Now. 242 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 5: I know people sixty years old still talking about what 243 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 5: Mama didn't give them, how Daddy wasn't there. Now, not 244 00:14:57,640 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 5: making light of that, because those can be real hurts, 245 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 5: but talking about it's not gonna make it any better. 246 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 5: Having a poor old me damage goods mentality is not 247 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 5: gonna help you. Gotta take the hand you've been dealt 248 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 5: and make the most of it. Your situation most likely 249 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 5: is no worse than ishmeels. He had all kinds of disadvantages, 250 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 5: kicked out of his home, seen as a mistake. Yet 251 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:26,560 Speaker 5: God brought a great nation out of him. If you 252 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 5: will remove the damaged goods label, shake off the self pity, 253 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 5: move forward in faith. God will make something significant out 254 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 5: of your life. You will leave your mark on this generation. 255 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 5: I read about a young lady. She was born into 256 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 5: a dysfunctional home. She was neglected, abused, never had any 257 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 5: kind of stability. Got so bad as a little girl 258 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 5: she asked the authorities at school to be removed from 259 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 5: her home. The judge placed her in foster care. Several 260 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 5: months later, she was adopted by a single parent mother 261 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 5: living in a small community dedicated to helping foster care children. 262 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 5: She began to thrive in school, became an honor student, 263 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 5: someone that the other young ladies looked up to. One day, 264 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 5: she was invited, along with the other people that ran 265 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 5: the foster care community, to be a guest on a 266 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 5: national television talk show. The host asked the young ladies 267 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 5: what their hopes and dreams were. She said My dream 268 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 5: is to one day go to Harvard University get a 269 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 5: good education so I can help other people like those 270 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 5: that have helped me. A few days later, she received 271 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 5: a phone call from out of state. The lady said, 272 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 5: I saw you on the talk show. I have a 273 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 5: question for you. Would you consider a scholarship to Yale 274 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 5: University instead of Harvard? She said, I think I would. 275 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 5: She went on to graduate from Yale and today is 276 00:16:57,040 --> 00:17:01,440 Speaker 5: doing great things. Don't let your heredity stop your destiny. 277 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:05,439 Speaker 5: God can bring greatness out of a great mess. Now, 278 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:07,879 Speaker 5: I wonder how many of us would rise to a 279 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:11,400 Speaker 5: new level if we quit blaming the past, how we 280 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 5: were raised, what somebody said. If we'd take off the 281 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 5: damaged goods label, we would see God's favor in a 282 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 5: new way. Now I found there's always something to try 283 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 5: to make us feel badly about ourselves. It's because the 284 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 5: enemy is called the accuser of the brethren. He'll remind 285 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:34,119 Speaker 5: you of every mistake you've made, every unfair situation, every 286 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 5: negative comment about you. He would love for you to 287 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 5: go through life feeling damaged, guilty, less than you. Gotta 288 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:44,240 Speaker 5: put your foot down and say no, I'm not falling 289 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:47,640 Speaker 5: into that trap. I'm not bitter because of what happened. 290 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 5: I'm not dwelling on their negative comments. I'm not beating 291 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 5: myself up over past mistakes. I'm gonna keep that label 292 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:58,199 Speaker 5: off and move forward with my life. When I was 293 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:01,399 Speaker 5: growing up, I played bass fall all through Little League 294 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 5: and junior high. I was a second baseman and I 295 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:07,119 Speaker 5: was pretty good. I always made the all star team. 296 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 5: Like most Little leaguers. My dream was to one day 297 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:14,119 Speaker 5: play professional baseball, but when I got in high school, 298 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:17,119 Speaker 5: it was a whole new level of talent. I was 299 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:21,159 Speaker 5: very small. I grew six inches. After high school, I 300 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 5: tried out for the baseball team along with one hundred 301 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:27,200 Speaker 5: and fifty other young men, for less than twenty spots. 302 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:30,240 Speaker 5: I gave it my best. The coach called us all 303 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:33,159 Speaker 5: into the gym to announce who made the team. My 304 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:36,920 Speaker 5: name wasn't called. I was so disappointed. The coach told 305 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 5: me that afterwards, Joel, I'd love to have you on 306 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:42,920 Speaker 5: the team. You're just too little, And he didn't mean 307 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:45,120 Speaker 5: anything by it because I was small, but I took 308 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:48,880 Speaker 5: it the wrong way. Week after week, month after month, 309 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 5: that phrase would play in my mind. You heard the 310 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 5: coach Joel you're too small, you don't measure up, You're 311 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 5: not good enough, There's something wrong with you. Negative voices 312 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 5: will always play the loudest if you don't take control 313 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 5: of your thought life, Every hurt, every critic, every derogatory 314 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:09,440 Speaker 5: comment will play again and again. Now, I was tempted 315 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 5: to let the damaged goods label stick feel inferior, insecure. 316 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 5: I had to keep reminding myself. People may have said 317 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:20,959 Speaker 5: that I'm too small, but God says I'm fearfully and 318 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:24,399 Speaker 5: wonderfully made. People may have said I'm not good enough, 319 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:28,480 Speaker 5: but God says I'm a masterpiece. People may have rejected me, 320 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:32,200 Speaker 5: but I know God accepts me first. Peter Too says 321 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 5: you have been chosen by God himself. One translation says 322 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 5: He has hand picked you. That means you weren't randomly selected. 323 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:47,640 Speaker 5: God on purpose said, I choose him, I choose her. 324 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:50,639 Speaker 5: That's who I want to be on my team. And 325 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:53,119 Speaker 5: people may tell you you don't measure up, you're not 326 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 5: tall enough, smart enough, talented enough, creative enough. Let it 327 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 5: go in one ear and out the other. You are 328 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 5: not who people say you are. You are who God 329 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:07,879 Speaker 5: says you are. God says you're just the right size. 330 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 5: You're one of a kind, equipped, empowered, valuable. Our attitude 331 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:16,560 Speaker 5: should be. I may not have been chosen by the coach, 332 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 5: the teacher, the friend, the supervisor, the boss, but that's okay. 333 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 5: I know the one who matters most, the one who 334 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:27,880 Speaker 5: controls the universe, the one who spoke worlds into existence, 335 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:31,400 Speaker 5: has hand picked me. I've been chosen by the most 336 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 5: high God. Friends, God has the final say. If you'll 337 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,200 Speaker 5: stay in faith, he'll get you to where he wants 338 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 5: you to be. My dream of playing professional baseball may 339 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 5: not have worked out, but do you know some thirty 340 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 5: years later, I stood at second base at Yankee Stadium. 341 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:52,200 Speaker 5: Wasn't playing baseball. We were having a night of hope. 342 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:56,440 Speaker 5: But I still like that too. It would have never 343 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 5: happened if I would have warned the damaged goods label. 344 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 5: Long as we feel less than inferior, washed up, it 345 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 5: will keep you from the amazing things God has in store. 346 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 5: And sometimes we feel damaged, not because how we were 347 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 5: raised or what somebody said, but because of our own mistakes. 348 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:17,399 Speaker 5: Our own weaknesses are shortcomings. We think, oh, Joel, I 349 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 5: can't expect anything good. God would never use me. You 350 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:24,119 Speaker 5: don't know what I've done. But if that were the case, 351 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 5: if God could only use you, if you didn't have 352 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 5: any negative baggage, then none of us would have had 353 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:33,119 Speaker 5: a chance. Think about Peter, one of the disciples. He 354 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 5: was hot tempered, he used bad language, he denied he 355 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:41,119 Speaker 5: knew Christ. Three times, when Jesus needed him the most, 356 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 5: he turned his back and said, no, I don't even 357 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 5: know the man. Surely Jesus would say, fine, Peter, you 358 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:50,440 Speaker 5: turn your back on me, and I'm done with you. You 359 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 5: had your chance, your damaged goods. No, God never writes 360 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 5: anybody off. Jesus when he arose from the grave and 361 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:01,200 Speaker 5: angel appeared to marry at the tomb and said, Mary, 362 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:05,200 Speaker 5: Jesus has risen. Now go tell his disciples, and Mary, 363 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:10,160 Speaker 5: make sure that you tell Peter. The only one God 364 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 5: specifically called out at that historic time was Peter. Why 365 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 5: God knew the accuser would work over time trying to 366 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 5: stick that damaged goods label on Peter. If he had 367 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 5: warned it, he had never fulfilled his destiny. So God 368 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 5: specifically called his name like Peter. You may have made mistakes, 369 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:35,879 Speaker 5: blown it failed, You're not expecting anything good. Imagine right now, 370 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 5: God is specifically calling your name, saying tell James, tell Susan, 371 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 5: Tell Maria. I've already forgiven you. My mercy is bigger 372 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,920 Speaker 5: than that mistake. I've got a destiny for you to fulfill. 373 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,960 Speaker 5: Now you've got to shake off the guilt. Quit living condemned, 374 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,680 Speaker 5: take off the damaged goods label. You wouldn't be alive 375 00:22:56,880 --> 00:23:00,199 Speaker 5: unless God had something amazing in your future. If you 376 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 5: were truly damaged goods unusable, God would have taken you 377 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 5: on home. God has a purpose for you. Your assignment is 378 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:13,359 Speaker 5: too important, your destiny too great, your time too valuable 379 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:17,720 Speaker 5: to live another moment thinking that you're damaged goods. Shake 380 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 5: it off and move forward into the bright future God 381 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:24,119 Speaker 5: has In story. This is what my father had to do. 382 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:28,639 Speaker 5: Daddy was married at a very early age. It wasn't 383 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 5: a good choice. The marriage didn't last. He was devastated. 384 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 5: He thought his ministry was over, didn't think he'd ever 385 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:40,719 Speaker 5: have a family, And unfortunately, some of the people in 386 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 5: his life weren't very merciful. They told him you're not 387 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:47,359 Speaker 5: welcome in our church. You had your chance, but you 388 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:51,280 Speaker 5: blew it. They stuck the damaged goods label on my father, 389 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 5: washed up, unusable Daddy didn't know any better. He ended 390 00:23:55,640 --> 00:24:00,720 Speaker 5: up resigning from the church and started selling insurance. Sometimes 391 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 5: your own thoughts will accuse you. Other times the enemy 392 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:08,680 Speaker 5: will use people to accuse you. They'll tell you all 393 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 5: the reasons you could never become what you were created 394 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 5: to be. Don't believe those lies. God knew every mistake 395 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 5: you'd ever make, and He's already arranged a comeback. And 396 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:22,720 Speaker 5: when you're tempted and we all are to look down 397 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:26,119 Speaker 5: on people find fault, be critical, you need to realize 398 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 5: where that's coming from. That's the accuser's influence. Jesus always 399 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 5: lifted the fallen, restored the broken, showed mercy to those 400 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:40,400 Speaker 5: that had failed. For several years, my father lived depressed, defeated, 401 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:44,880 Speaker 5: no passion. One day he realized what I'm telling you. 402 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 5: You don't have to wear the damaged goods labeled. You 403 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:51,720 Speaker 5: may have made poor choices, gone through failures, but our 404 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 5: God is the God of another chance. His mercy is 405 00:24:55,520 --> 00:25:00,679 Speaker 5: from everlasting to everlasting. His calling will never leave your life. 406 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 4: Now. 407 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 5: Quit listening to the accusing voices. Quit letting people make 408 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:08,920 Speaker 5: you feel washed up. They don't determine your destiny. God does. 409 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 5: My father got back in the ministry. He went on 410 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 5: to pastor churches for over fifty years, was married to 411 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:19,120 Speaker 5: my mother for forty four years. He saw God restore 412 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:22,240 Speaker 5: him and do amazing things. God can do the same 413 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 5: thing for each one of us. The scripture talks about 414 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 5: how Jeremiah went down to the potter's house. He was 415 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 5: watching this potter working at the wheel, spinning around this 416 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:36,919 Speaker 5: clay pot this vessel again and again. At one point, 417 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 5: it says the vessel became marred in the potter's hands. 418 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 5: That means it was broken, had flaws, defects, but the 419 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 5: potter didn't throw it into the damaged goods pile say 420 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:52,040 Speaker 5: too bad, I've got to get something better to work with. 421 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:56,359 Speaker 5: This is not usable. No, it says, the potter began 422 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:59,880 Speaker 5: to remake the vessel once again. When it was all 423 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,960 Speaker 5: said and done, it came out stronger, more beautiful than 424 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:07,640 Speaker 5: it was before. The potter, of course, represents God. We 425 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:11,560 Speaker 5: are the clay. All of us have flaws and weaknesses. 426 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 5: We go through failures, disappointments, unfair situations. At times, it's 427 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 5: like we end up broken, hurt, disappointed. But that is 428 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 5: not the end of your story. If you will stay 429 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:30,000 Speaker 5: in faith and not get bitter, not get down on yourself. 430 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:34,959 Speaker 5: God will take your broken pieces, your hurts, the weaknesses, 431 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 5: the unfair situations, and he will use them to not 432 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 5: just put you back together, but he'll make you into 433 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 5: something better, stronger, more beautiful than if it had not happened. 434 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:50,359 Speaker 5: I've heard it said like this. Any chef can cook 435 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:53,879 Speaker 5: something good when they have good ingredients, a good oven, 436 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 5: good recipes, good tools. That's easy. But it takes a 437 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 5: master chef to take ingredients that are not perfect, ingredients 438 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,760 Speaker 5: that are bitter sour, and still make something good out 439 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 5: of it. That's the way God is. He's not just 440 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:12,679 Speaker 5: a chef, He's a master chef. He can take any 441 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:16,879 Speaker 5: ingredient that you give him, anything you've been through, your hurts, 442 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:21,440 Speaker 5: the disappointments, the unfair situation, and mix them together and 443 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 5: still make something out of your life, more than you 444 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:27,440 Speaker 5: ever dreamed of. Why don't you take off the damage 445 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 5: goods label. You're not working with an ordinary chef. You're 446 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:34,800 Speaker 5: working with the master chef, the creator of the universe. 447 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,920 Speaker 5: At times, if times, in life, you may get dented, 448 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,520 Speaker 5: but you've got to remember, just like those cans, there's 449 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 5: nothing wrong on the inside. You are still a child 450 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:49,639 Speaker 5: of the Most High God, filled with possibility. Now do 451 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 5: your part, shake off the guilt, quit listening to the 452 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:56,639 Speaker 5: accusing voices, and move forward with your life. If you 453 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:01,200 Speaker 5: do this, I believe and declare God will bring greatness 454 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 5: out of a great mess. Like Ishmael. He will make 455 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:08,159 Speaker 5: something significant out of your life, like with my father. 456 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 5: God will not only restore you, but he'll bring you 457 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:14,640 Speaker 5: out better off than you were before. In Jesus' name, 458 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:19,080 Speaker 5: if you receive it, can you say amen? Today? We 459 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,959 Speaker 5: never like to close our broadcast without giving you an 460 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:25,639 Speaker 5: opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would 461 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 5: you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent 462 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:34,919 Speaker 5: of my sins. Come into my heart. I make you 463 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 5: my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, 464 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 5: we believe you got born again. 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