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It helps keep the 40 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 5: ministry going. 41 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 6: Enjoy the message. 42 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 4: Oh God, bless you. It is always our joy to 43 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 4: come into your homes. We love you. We know God 44 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 4: has great things in store. 45 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:08,799 Speaker 5: He rewards people that seek after him, and I believe 46 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 5: that's you and you here as well, and if you're 47 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:12,959 Speaker 5: ever in our area, come by and see us. 48 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 49 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 4: But thanks for. 50 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 6: Tuning in today. 51 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 5: And I like to get started each week with something 52 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 5: kind of funny, so listen to this one. A mother 53 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 5: was cooking pancakes for her two young sons, Ryan was 54 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 5: five and Kevin was three. 55 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 4: They begin to argue over who would get the first one. 56 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 5: The mother saw it as an opportunity to teach them 57 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 5: a lesson, and she said, boys, boys, if Jesus were here, 58 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 5: he would say, let my brother have the first one. 59 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 5: Ryan turned to his younger brother and said, okay, Kevin, 60 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 5: you be Jesus. Hold up your bibles. Let's say it 61 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 5: like we mean it. This is my Bible. I am 62 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 5: what it says I am. I have what it says 63 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 5: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 64 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 5: Today all be taught the Word of God. 65 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 4: I boldly confess. 66 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 5: My mind is alert, my heart is res I will 67 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 5: never be the same. I am about to receive the incorruptible, indestructible, 68 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 5: ever living seed of the Word of God. I'll never 69 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 5: be the same, never, never, never, I'll never be the 70 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 5: same in Jesus' name, God bless you. 71 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 4: You sound great as usual. 72 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about living a 73 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 5: focused life and making the very most of your time. 74 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 5: Time is one of the most valuable commodities that God 75 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 5: has given us. And we all have the same amount 76 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:34,399 Speaker 5: of time, twenty four hours in a day. 77 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 4: And one thing about time is you can never get 78 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 4: it back. 79 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 5: Once we live this day, it's over and gone. And 80 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 5: too many people are not using their time wisely. They're 81 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 5: not focused. They don't get up each day with a 82 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 5: clear cut plan, knowing where they're going and what they 83 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 5: want to accomplish, and so they're easily sidetracked, running here 84 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 5: and running there. They're busy, but not making a lot 85 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 5: of progress. But if we're going to reach our full potential, 86 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 5: if we're going to be everything God's made us to be, 87 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 5: we've got to be extremely focused. You've got to know 88 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 5: what your purpose is, what you want to accomplish, what 89 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 5: relationships you want to build. You've got to have a 90 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:18,239 Speaker 5: plan and then be disciplined to stick with that plan. 91 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 5: You can't get entangled and distracted by all these things 92 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 5: that are going to come along and. 93 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 4: Try to pull you off course. 94 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 5: Because I can tell you there will always be a 95 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 5: thousand ways to spend your time. There will always be 96 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 5: a thousand good things you can get involved with. But 97 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 5: we have to ask ourselves, is this a part of 98 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 5: my plan? Is this furthering me toward my God given destiny? 99 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 5: Or is this just another distraction that's going to end 100 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 5: up wasting my time? And the scripture says here in 101 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 5: Ephesians five point fifteen, be very careful how you live, 102 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 5: making the most. 103 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:55,239 Speaker 4: Of your time. 104 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 5: The amplified says, don't be vague and thoughtless, but live 105 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 5: purposefully and accurately. Notice, we need to live accurate lives. 106 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 5: We need to be on purpose people. That means we 107 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 5: don't just go out and wait to see what's going 108 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 5: to happen. 109 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 4: We don't just. 110 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 5: Drift through the day and do what everybody else is doing. 111 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 4: Know we know our purpose. 112 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 5: And I know plenty of people today that are extremely talented. 113 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 5: God's blessed them with incredible gifts, but they're not reaching 114 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 5: their highest potential simply because they're not disciplined when it 115 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 5: comes to how they spend their time. They're suffering from 116 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 5: a lack of focus. And it's so easy to be 117 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 5: involved in things that we have no business being involved in. 118 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 4: It's easy to get up each day. 119 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:44,839 Speaker 5: And just take care of the thing that screams the 120 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 5: loudest instead of doing the really important things. Now, I 121 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 5: want to encourage you today to take inventory of how 122 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:56,600 Speaker 5: you're spending your time. Examine your week. Do you have 123 00:05:56,640 --> 00:06:01,599 Speaker 5: your priorities in order? Are you investing in solid relationships? 124 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 5: Are you pursuing your dreams, taking steps toward the desires 125 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 5: God's put in your heart? Or have you gotten off course? 126 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 5: Have you lost your aim? Do you find sometimes you're 127 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 5: just so busy you don't have time to do what 128 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 5: you really want to do. No, you've got to take 129 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 5: control of your life. If you don't determine how you're 130 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 5: gonna spend your time, somebody else will. The Apostle Paul said, 131 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 5: in a race, everyone runs, but only one person gets 132 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 5: the prize. So I don't run my race aimlessly. I 133 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 5: run with purpose in every step. 134 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:38,679 Speaker 4: I like that, he was saying. I make the most 135 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 4: of my time. 136 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:42,160 Speaker 5: I don't go out chasing these pig trails just because 137 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 5: it looks exciting. I don't go hang out with the 138 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 5: group just because everybody else is doing it. 139 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 4: No, my time is valuable. 140 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 5: He was saying, in effect, I know my purpose, I 141 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 5: know what I'm called to do, and I'm. 142 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 4: Gonna stay focused. 143 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 5: That's the kind of attitude we need to have. I 144 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 5: don't know about you, but I want to run my 145 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:02,719 Speaker 5: race to win. I don't want to come to the 146 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 5: end of my life and look back and find out 147 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 5: I only made it halfway through my course or three 148 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 5: fourths of the way. 149 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 4: I want to finish my course. I want to reach 150 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 4: my full potential. 151 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 5: The only way that's going to happen is if we 152 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 5: become on purpose people. 153 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 4: And some of you today you've lost your aim. 154 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 5: You've sort of given up on your dreams, and now 155 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 5: you're just sitting back and settling for mediocrity. But I 156 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 5: believe that God is saying to you, you need to 157 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 5: stir yourself up and get your focus back, get your 158 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 5: aim straightened out, make some adjustments, and start taking steps 159 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 5: towards your god giving goals. It's interesting the only difference 160 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 5: between a one hundred watt light bulb and a laser 161 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 5: beam is focus. The one hundred watt bulb can light 162 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 5: up a room, but the laser beam can cut through a. 163 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 4: Sheet of metal. You think about it. 164 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:57,239 Speaker 5: The bulb has the same potential to cut through metal, 165 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 5: it has the same potential to be a powerful force, 166 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 5: but it'll never happen as long as it's all spread out. 167 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 5: And some of you, too, would go to a whole 168 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 5: new level if you'd simply. 169 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 4: Get more focused. God has put so much potential in you. 170 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:14,400 Speaker 5: You can go further in your career, you can have 171 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 5: better relationships, you can live healthier and happier. But you've 172 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 5: got to do your part and be disciplined to stick 173 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 5: with the. 174 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 4: Main thing that God has put in your heart. 175 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 5: In other words, we've got to be willing to prone 176 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 5: off any areas in our lives that are not bearing 177 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 5: good fruit. It may be difficult, it may hurt a 178 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 5: few feelings, but that's okay. 179 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:38,559 Speaker 4: You've got to do what you know in your heart 180 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 4: is right for you. 181 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 5: I know, I used to play baseball four or five 182 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 5: nights a week. 183 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 4: I had done this for. 184 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 5: Years and years and had a lot of good friends 185 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 5: out there. But after I got married and we had 186 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:52,439 Speaker 5: our first child, I knew that wasn't the best use 187 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 5: of my time anymore. I knew down in here I 188 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 5: should be investing that time in my wife and in 189 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 5: my child, and though I love playing ball, I had 190 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 5: to recognize it was a new season in my life 191 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 5: and I had to let that go. 192 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:08,839 Speaker 4: And sure some of the guys weren't happy about it, 193 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 4: but you've got to do what you know in your 194 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 4: heart is right for you. 195 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 5: And you too, today may be involved in things that 196 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 5: you've been doing for years and years and you've gotten 197 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 5: really attached to it. But now down in here you 198 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 5: feel like that season is over. You know it's not 199 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 5: the best use of your time anymore, and it may 200 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 5: not be easy, but if you don't make the necessary adjustments, 201 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 5: it'll end. 202 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:31,559 Speaker 4: Up hurting you later on. 203 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:36,320 Speaker 5: And we need to constantly be evaluating how we spend 204 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:40,440 Speaker 5: our time and understand just because something was right in 205 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 5: your life at one time doesn't mean it's. 206 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 4: Going to be right forever. Seasons change. 207 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 5: We need to ask ourselves on a regular basis, is 208 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 5: what I'm doing part of my plan? Is this furthering 209 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 5: me toward my god giving goals? Is this bearing good fruit? 210 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:59,439 Speaker 5: And if not, we've got to be willing to make 211 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:03,200 Speaker 5: the necessity adjustments. That's what it says in Hebrews twelve, 212 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 5: verse one that we need to strip off all the 213 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 5: weights and all these other things that entangle us and 214 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 5: slow us down. And I've discovered they can even be 215 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 5: good things, but the good will end up being the 216 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 5: enemy of the best. 217 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 4: See. 218 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:21,320 Speaker 5: God has given us a certain amount of resources to 219 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 5: work with each day. Like I said, we have a 220 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 5: certain amount of time, We have a certain amount of 221 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 5: physical energy, a certain amount of mental energy, emotional energy. 222 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 5: And once you use that energy for the day, you 223 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 5: can't get it back. And if you're spending all your 224 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:40,560 Speaker 5: energy on things that are not furthering you towards your goals, 225 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 5: then you're not going to have that energy for what 226 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 5: you really need it for. I know some people they 227 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 5: spend all their emotional energy on their friends at work. 228 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 5: When they get home at night, they don't have any 229 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 5: energy for their family, for their children. They've spent all 230 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 5: their emotional energy on the wrong thing. They just want 231 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 5: to sit on the couch and watch TV. People if 232 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:02,079 Speaker 5: they get caught in traffic in. 233 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 4: The morning, they get all upset and stressed out, get frustrated. 234 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,199 Speaker 5: They don't realize it, but they just spend a whole 235 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 5: lot of emotional energy that they're gonna need later on 236 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 5: that day. That's what happens when we worry, when we 237 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 5: live upset, stressed out, when we get frustrated, we're spending 238 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 5: emotional energy and what a shame to waste our God 239 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:26,319 Speaker 5: given resources like that. We have to realize about time. 240 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:29,560 Speaker 5: We are spending our time just like you spend money, 241 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 5: you're either investing your time or you're wasting your time. 242 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 5: You spend quality time with your family, you're making an 243 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 5: investment into that relationship. If you're called to sing in 244 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 5: the choir and you do that, or if you invest 245 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 5: in improving your skills at work, are staying healthy and exercising, 246 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,839 Speaker 5: those are all investments. But on the other hand, if 247 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 5: you spend your time with people that are dragging you down, 248 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 5: really that's a waste of that time. 249 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 4: You will not receive a return on that investment. 250 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 5: If you're doing things, even if they're good things and 251 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 5: it's not a part of your purpose, really that's a 252 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 5: waste of your time. And as I said, we only 253 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 5: have a certain amount of time. And that's why I'm 254 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 5: challenging right here at the first of the new year, 255 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:17,199 Speaker 5: to use your time wisely. Don't get distracted, don't get entangled, 256 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 5: live a focused on purpose life. And we need to 257 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 5: evaluate our friendships. 258 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 4: Who are you spending. 259 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 5: Your time with? Are you investing the time or wasting 260 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 5: the time? I want to spend time with people that 261 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 5: are gonna build me up, people that are gonna help 262 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 5: me dream bigger dreams, people that are going to inspire me. Really, 263 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 5: we should associate with people that have what we want, 264 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 5: because the scripture tells us eventually we're going to become 265 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:45,680 Speaker 5: just like the people we hang around. 266 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 4: That means if you're hanging. 267 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 5: Around people that are always negative and critical, people that 268 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:53,880 Speaker 5: are always defeated and depressed, people that don't have any 269 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 5: goals and visions, then you are not investing your time 270 00:12:57,679 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 5: very wisely. And friends, as I said, your time is 271 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 5: extremely valuable. You need to be very picky about who 272 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 5: you choose to associate with. If you're going to reach 273 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 5: your full potential, you're gonna have to prune off the 274 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 5: relationships that aren't going anywhere, prune off the relationships that 275 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 5: are just dragging you down. And know I'm not talking 276 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 5: about a marriage relationship. Don't go home and tell your 277 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:24,559 Speaker 5: husband I said you could prune him out of your life. 278 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 5: That falls into a different category. But young people, this 279 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 5: is especially important because your friends are going to have 280 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 5: a tremendous impact on your future. 281 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 4: Choose them wisely. 282 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 5: The scripture says bad company corrupts good character. You may 283 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 5: be a good person, I have no doubt about that, 284 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:45,959 Speaker 5: but this is saying if you run with the wrong crowd, 285 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 5: your good is not gonna rub off on them. 286 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 4: They're bad is gonna rub off on you. 287 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:53,839 Speaker 5: Don't hang around people at school that are always getting 288 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:56,680 Speaker 5: into trouble. Don't hang around people that don't have any 289 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 5: goals and dreams for their life. You were made for 290 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 5: more than that. You are a child of the most 291 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 5: High God. You've got a divine destiny. God has a 292 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 5: bright future in store for every one of you. And 293 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:11,720 Speaker 5: you need to find people that will challenge you to 294 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:15,439 Speaker 5: go higher, like iron sharpens iron. Find people that will 295 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:17,839 Speaker 5: build you up and not tear you down, people that. 296 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 4: Will inspire you to reach for new heights. 297 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 5: And throughout the Bible it compares our life to the 298 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 5: life of an eagle many times, and if you study 299 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 5: the eagle, one thing you'll find is an eagle is 300 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 5: very focused, doesn't get distracted, and an eagle has incredible vision. 301 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 5: It can see a rabbit in a field over two 302 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 5: miles away, and when it focuses on its prey, when 303 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 5: it locks that rabbit into its vision, then the whole 304 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 5: way it does not get distracted. I mean, other birds 305 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 5: may fly by, other stuff may be happening on the ground, 306 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 5: doesn't matter. 307 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 4: It stays focused on the prey and swoops in there 308 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 4: and gets that rabbit. 309 00:14:57,440 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 5: And in the same way, we need to set our 310 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 5: gas on what God has put in our hearts. In 311 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 5: other words, we need to keep our dreams and our 312 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 5: goals in front of us. And when something comes along 313 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 5: during the day, if it doesn't fall in line with that, 314 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 5: even if it's something good, we've got to learn how 315 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 5: to not get distracted. Every morning when we get up, 316 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 5: we should have a plan. This is what I want 317 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 5: to do today, this is what I'm going to accomplish. 318 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 5: Here's who I'm gonna spend my time with. 319 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 4: That's what it means to live a purposeful life. 320 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 5: I won't just get up and drift through the day 321 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 5: and think, well, maybe I'll go to church this morning, 322 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 5: maybe I'll go down to the mall, or maybe I 323 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 5: should start that exercise program. Now make a plan and 324 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:39,600 Speaker 5: stick with that plan. If you live that kind of 325 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 5: vague life, you'll never be all God's called you to be, 326 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 5: and if you have a problem being focused, maybe you 327 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 5: get easily sidetracked. One of the best things you can 328 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 5: do is start writing down your goals, short term goals, 329 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 5: even long term goals. Sunday nights, you can make you 330 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 5: a list. This is what I'm gonna do this week. Monday, 331 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 5: I'm gonna do this, Tuesday, I'm gonna do this. Doesn't 332 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 5: mean that it's set in stone, doesn't mean you can't 333 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 5: change it. But by writing it down, it's going to 334 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 5: force you to think about how you're spending your time. 335 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:11,160 Speaker 4: You're not gonna be able to live a vague and 336 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 4: a thoughtless life. 337 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 5: I hear so many people say, man, I just don't 338 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 5: have time to do what I want to do. 339 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 4: I'm just so busy. 340 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 5: But really that's a cop out, because the truth is 341 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,560 Speaker 5: we make our own schedules and nobody is forcing us 342 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 5: to do everything that we're doing. And you can either 343 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 5: fill your calendar with your priorities or somebody else will. 344 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 4: But either way, you're. 345 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 5: Gonna be busy, you're gonna be doing something. I want 346 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 5: to challenge you to take inventory and make sure that 347 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 5: you're filling your schedule with your priorities. One thing I 348 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 5: really appreciated about my father is he took time for 349 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 5: his children. 350 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 4: When we were growing up, my dad was very busy. 351 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 5: He was traveling all over the world, had a lot 352 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 5: of commitments. But every week he would mark time on 353 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 5: his calendar for his children. He made us a priority, 354 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 5: and we didn't get daddy's left over time when he 355 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:04,960 Speaker 5: was all tired and worn out. No, he would schedule 356 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 5: his prime time three or four hours here and there 357 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 5: to do nothing. 358 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:10,200 Speaker 4: More than play with his children. 359 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 5: And if somebody called him and asked him to speak 360 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 5: or to come be a part of an event, if 361 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:19,360 Speaker 5: it fell during our time, Daddy wouldn't even think twice. 362 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 5: He'd say, I'm sorry, I'm already committed. I got my 363 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 5: schedule full. No matter how important that event was or 364 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 5: how exciting it looked, he would not change his mind. 365 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 4: See, he made us a high priority. 366 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 5: He set his goals, and he was disciplined to follow 367 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 5: those goals on purpose. He spent time with his family. 368 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 5: He filled his calendar with his priorities. I read a 369 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,879 Speaker 5: story about this college professor. He was teaching a course 370 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:50,159 Speaker 5: on time management. One day he went to the class 371 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 5: and he pulled out this one gallon glass mason jar, 372 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 5: and he set it on the desk there in front 373 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:59,119 Speaker 5: of his students, and then he pulled out a dozen 374 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 5: or so about the size of his hand, and he 375 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 5: began to put them into the jar, one rock at 376 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 5: a time, and they just barely fit through the opening. 377 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:09,920 Speaker 4: But once they got in there there was a little 378 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:10,560 Speaker 4: more room. 379 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:13,399 Speaker 5: And after he got the jar filled with as many 380 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 5: big rocks as possible, he asked his students, is this 381 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 5: jar full? 382 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 4: And of course they said yes. 383 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:22,199 Speaker 5: Then he pulled out a bag of small gravel and 384 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 5: he began to pour that into the mason jar, and 385 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:27,119 Speaker 5: he'd have to shake it around to get it around 386 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 5: the other rocks. When he got it full of gravel, 387 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:31,679 Speaker 5: he asked the class again, is this full? And they 388 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:34,160 Speaker 5: said yes. About that time he pulled out a bag 389 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:37,200 Speaker 5: of very fine sand. Did the same thing. He poured 390 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 5: a little sand in. He'd had to shake it around 391 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 5: to get in the cracks, and then he'd pour some more, 392 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 5: and finally he got it full of sand. 393 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 4: He asked his class is it full? They said yes. 394 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:47,639 Speaker 5: About that time he got out a picture of water 395 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:51,200 Speaker 5: and he began to slowly fill the mason jar with water, 396 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 5: and when he got it to the very top, he 397 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:55,800 Speaker 5: said to his students, all right, what's the point of 398 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:58,879 Speaker 5: this illustration. One of the students quickly jumped up and 399 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 5: he said, oh, that's easy. The point that this illustration 400 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:05,360 Speaker 5: teaches us is, no matter how busy your calendar is, 401 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:09,240 Speaker 5: you can always make room for more. The professor said, no, 402 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 5: you've missed it completely. The truth that this illustration teaches 403 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:16,320 Speaker 5: us is if you don't put the big rocks. 404 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 4: In first, you'll never get the men at all. What 405 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 4: are the big rocks in your life? 406 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 5: I hope it's your family, your relationship to God, your dreams. 407 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:28,680 Speaker 5: Let me ask you, do you have your big rocks 408 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:31,160 Speaker 5: in your jar? Or have they gotten crowded out by 409 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 5: all the other distractions? Friends, our schedules are always gonna 410 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 5: be full. You'll always have plenty of gravel, plenty of water, 411 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 5: plenty of sand. And if you don't make a decision 412 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:44,800 Speaker 5: to put your big rocks in first, then what's going 413 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:48,160 Speaker 5: to happen is all the other less important things are 414 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,160 Speaker 5: gonna take up the space and you'll. 415 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:51,159 Speaker 4: Never get the big rocks in. 416 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 5: And some of you today are not taking time for 417 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 5: the things that mean the very most to you, Your family, 418 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 5: your children, the people you love the most. You're so busy, 419 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 5: distracted and tangled. You're taken for granted. The people that 420 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:08,120 Speaker 5: you really love the most, you're just giving them your 421 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:11,160 Speaker 5: left over time. I want to challenge you to make 422 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 5: some adjustments today. Rearrange your schedule, get your priorities back 423 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 5: in line, take time for the people that you love 424 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:21,600 Speaker 5: the most. Well, you say, Joel, I'm just so busy. 425 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:23,399 Speaker 5: I don't know if I can do that. But no, 426 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,720 Speaker 5: I like to think of it like this. If you 427 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:28,680 Speaker 5: discovered that you only had six months left to live, 428 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 5: how different would your schedule be than it is right now. 429 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,880 Speaker 5: Why don't you go ahead and make some of those changes. 430 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 5: Make sure you've got your big rocks in your jar. 431 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 5: Another important thing is we need to learn to stay 432 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:46,200 Speaker 5: focused on the main thing that we're called to do. 433 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 5: As I said, there's plenty of things that we can 434 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:51,920 Speaker 5: give our time to, but if we're going to really excel, 435 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 5: we've got to learn to keep the main thing the 436 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:59,159 Speaker 5: main thing. For instance, as pastor here, I know the 437 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:01,760 Speaker 5: main thing I'm call to do is share with you 438 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 5: on the weekends and be the best that I possibly 439 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:07,160 Speaker 5: can when I get up here, but during the week 440 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 5: there are a whole lot of other things that I 441 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:12,120 Speaker 5: could get involved in. I could do all the weddings, 442 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 5: all the funerals, all the counseling. I could come to 443 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 5: all the different classes. 444 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 4: And although that would. 445 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 5: Be good, I know if I do those things, then 446 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:23,200 Speaker 5: I'm going to be average at a bunch of things 447 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:27,640 Speaker 5: and not excellent at anything. But really, quality is more 448 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 5: important than quantity, and I would rather do one thing 449 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 5: to the very best of my ability than I would 450 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 5: to do a whole bunch of things just average and Mediocrely, 451 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 5: keep the main thing the main thing, and learn to 452 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 5: focus on your strengths. Don't spend all your time on 453 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 5: your weaknesses. Focus on improving your strengths. I know the 454 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 5: gift that God has given me is to communicate, to 455 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 5: encourage people, to inspire them, and that's the area I 456 00:21:58,040 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 5: focus on. 457 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 4: That's what I try to improve. A lot of people. 458 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:04,159 Speaker 5: Come by and they asked me to counsel them, and 459 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 5: I love to help people, but really, counseling is not 460 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:08,119 Speaker 5: one of my strengths. 461 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 4: In fact, I tell them there are. 462 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 5: People on our staff that can counsel a whole lot 463 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 5: better than I can, and I don't spend all my 464 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:19,239 Speaker 5: time trying to improve my counseling skills. I've discovered you 465 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 5: can't be great at everything, but you can be. 466 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 4: Great at something. It's funny. 467 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 5: Somebody came up to Victorian id the other day and 468 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 5: they were telling us about this very complicated problem that 469 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:31,679 Speaker 5: they were having, and there were a whole lot of 470 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:36,359 Speaker 5: people involved, and it was just a very confusing, complicated 471 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 5: set of circumstances and they were telling us this. I 472 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:41,639 Speaker 5: was sitting there thinking, how in the world am I 473 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 5: ever going to advise them? I mean, I don't know 474 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 5: what to tell them. It seems like everybody's right. But 475 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 5: before they even got finished talking, Victoria jumped in there 476 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 5: and she said, all right, here's. 477 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:51,440 Speaker 4: What you need to do. 478 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 5: You need to do this, and then you need to 479 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:56,119 Speaker 5: tell that person to do this, and then that's going 480 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:57,800 Speaker 5: to open up, and then you'll be able to do 481 00:22:57,840 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 5: this and then this will change and that way things 482 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,320 Speaker 5: will begin to resolve. And men, I'm sitting back thinking, 483 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:04,120 Speaker 5: how in the world can she figure. 484 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 4: All that out? I mean, it was great. 485 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 5: I was saying, you go go, you know, but see, 486 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:13,639 Speaker 5: that is an area where Victoria has a strength end 487 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 5: that I don't. He's probably the only one, but that's 488 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 5: one of them. 489 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 4: I'm only kidding. 490 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 5: But I do need to write home though, But I 491 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:29,679 Speaker 5: don't try to improve in all these other areas. I 492 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:32,160 Speaker 5: could probably be a pretty good administrator of the church. 493 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:34,440 Speaker 5: I could probably run the children's department. 494 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:34,920 Speaker 4: Okay. 495 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:37,680 Speaker 5: The point I'm making is you cannot do it all. 496 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 5: I heard somebody say, you can have anything you want, 497 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 5: but you can't have everything you want. You have to 498 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 5: eliminate the non essentials. Quit trying to do it all 499 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,240 Speaker 5: par down and focus on the main thing. Don't make 500 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 5: that mistake of being average at a bunch of things. 501 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 5: Be excellent at one thing. He's talking to a man 502 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:58,400 Speaker 5: the other day. He was a diesel mechanic. He works 503 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:01,560 Speaker 5: on these big diesel engines, and he was a specialist 504 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 5: in the area of the fuel system. In fact, people 505 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:06,879 Speaker 5: would bring their big diesel rigs from all over the 506 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 5: country just so he could work on them. And as 507 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 5: we were talking, that was kind of interesting to me, 508 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 5: and I asked him about it, and he told me 509 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:16,159 Speaker 5: how as a young man, when he first started working, 510 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:20,679 Speaker 5: he realized he had a very natural gift in that 511 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:22,959 Speaker 5: one area of the fuel system. And so he just 512 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,200 Speaker 5: stayed focused on that one aspect. 513 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 4: He went back to school and got. 514 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 5: More training, He studied, he read books, he had people 515 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:31,160 Speaker 5: mentor him. 516 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:33,399 Speaker 4: And today he said, Joe, I'm one of the leading 517 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:34,879 Speaker 4: experts in my field. 518 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 5: See, instead of being average at a bunch of things, 519 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,360 Speaker 5: he found the one thing he was good at, the 520 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 5: one area God had really gifted him in, and he 521 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 5: poured all of his time and energy into it, and 522 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:48,640 Speaker 5: today he's excelling. You got to keep the main thing, 523 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 5: the main thing, focus on your strengths. And some of 524 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 5: you today you have a dream deep down in your heart, 525 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 5: but you're really not pursuing it anymore. And as long 526 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:01,440 Speaker 5: as you're allowing that dream to lie dormant and you're 527 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:04,880 Speaker 5: not actively taking any steps toward it, I don't believe 528 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 5: that you're going to be. 529 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 4: As fulfilled as you could be. 530 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 5: In fact, many people think that the reason they're not 531 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 5: happy is because of a marriage or because of another circumstance. 532 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:19,200 Speaker 5: But the real discontentment is coming because they're not taking 533 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 5: steps toward. 534 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:21,400 Speaker 4: Their God given dreams. 535 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 5: We have to understand God is the one that has 536 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 5: put the dream in our hearts. 537 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,120 Speaker 4: That's a part of your purpose. 538 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:31,439 Speaker 5: God put it there, and there will always be a 539 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 5: source of discontentment unless you stir yourself up and start 540 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,760 Speaker 5: pursuing what God has put in your heart. Start pursuing 541 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 5: those gifts and talents, and nobody can do it for 542 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 5: you. You have to start taking. 543 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 4: Steps toward your dreams. 544 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:48,199 Speaker 5: You may have to prone off some things out of 545 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:50,880 Speaker 5: your life so that you can go back to school 546 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 5: and get more training like you've always wanted to. Maybe 547 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 5: it's a dream to start a business, a dream to 548 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 5: be in ministry, even a dream to get out of death. 549 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 5: Whatever it is is, start taking steps toward it, even 550 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 5: if they're small steps. You want to be in ministry. 551 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 5: Get involved in our prison. 552 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 4: Outrage, that's great training. 553 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 5: You want to start a business, start researching it, look 554 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,960 Speaker 5: for opportunities, pick other people's brains. 555 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:18,440 Speaker 4: You will not be fulfilled until you give. 556 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:20,680 Speaker 5: Birth to what God's put on the inside. And the 557 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:23,400 Speaker 5: scripture says we need to give ourselves to our gifts. 558 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 5: That means you got to start pursuing those God given desires, 559 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 5: those God given goals. And let me tell you, you 560 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:31,119 Speaker 5: take a step, and God will take a step. 561 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 4: You do the natural, and God will do the supernatural. 562 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 5: Another interesting thing about an egle is when an eagle 563 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,920 Speaker 5: is born, it has a liquid solution in its eyes, 564 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:45,240 Speaker 5: and over time it hardens and becomes a setting that 565 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,120 Speaker 5: enables it to find its way home, even if it's 566 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 5: thousands of miles away. 567 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:53,119 Speaker 4: It acts just like a built in compass. Somehow. 568 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:57,439 Speaker 5: As that solution hardens, the eagle discovers the line between 569 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 5: his home and the North Pole, and that way it's 570 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 5: always got a reference. And if the eagle is going 571 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 5: in the wrong direction the way it knows it is, 572 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 5: it will have a low level pain in its eyes. 573 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 4: It'll have a sense of discomfort. 574 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:13,640 Speaker 5: And if the eagle will just change directions and get 575 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 5: back on course, then the pain will go away. And 576 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 5: I believe that many people today are living with a 577 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 5: low level pain because they're not going in the right direction, 578 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 5: they're not pursuing their dreams, they don't have their priorities 579 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 5: in order. And until they make a change, until they 580 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 5: get back on course, they're gonna have that sense of discontentment. 581 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 4: But I want to. 582 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 5: Challenge you today to make the necessary adjustments. Do you 583 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 5: know it's never too late to change. You can always 584 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 5: get back on course. You may have made a thousand 585 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:47,680 Speaker 5: mistakes in the past, but today is a new day. 586 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:49,040 Speaker 4: You can have a new beginning. 587 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 5: So why don't you make a decision with me that 588 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:55,680 Speaker 5: in this new year, you're gonna use your time more wisely. 589 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:59,120 Speaker 5: You're not gonna get distracted and entangled by all these 590 00:27:59,119 --> 00:27:59,880 Speaker 5: things that try. 591 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 4: To pull you off course. 592 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,080 Speaker 5: You're gonna prone off the areas in your life that 593 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:04,200 Speaker 5: aren't bearing good fruit. 594 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:05,920 Speaker 4: You're gonna choose good. 595 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 5: Friends, and you're gonna make sure that you keep your 596 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:12,399 Speaker 5: big rocks in first. Friends, If you'll live a focused, disciplined, 597 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 5: on purpose life, having a plan and work in that plan, 598 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,360 Speaker 5: there's no limit to what God will do. He'll take 599 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 5: your places that you've never even dreamed of, and you'll 600 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:23,200 Speaker 5: experience the abundant life He has in store. 601 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:25,720 Speaker 4: How many of you receive it this morning? Amen? I 602 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:26,320 Speaker 4: know you doing. 603 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,800 Speaker 5: We never like the clothes are broadcast without giving you 604 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,720 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 605 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:38,040 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me, just say, Lord, Jesus, I 606 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 5: repent of my sins. 607 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:44,040 Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 608 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,680 Speaker 5: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you. 609 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 4: Got born again. 610 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 5: Get in a good Bible based church. 611 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:53,440 Speaker 4: Keep God first place. 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