Depositing Good Things

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See terms and conditions at UNEs dot co. 0:01:31.600 --> 0:01:34.360 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 0:01:34.400 --> 0:01:37.160 our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:39.640 If you enjoyed today's MESSI, why don't you be a 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:41.199 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:01:41.520 --> 0:01:44.240 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:51.760 your life. God bless you always a joy to come 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:54.400 into your homes. And if you're ever in our area, 0:01:54.440 --> 0:01:56.480 please stop buying and be a part of born of 0:01:56.480 --> 0:01:59.680 our services. These are the finest people in all of Houston. 0:01:59.720 --> 0:02:02.480 Texts is right here at Lakewood. I promise you it 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:04.920 will make you feel right at home. But thank you 0:02:05.000 --> 0:02:08.040 for tuning in, and thank you again for coming out today. 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:10.919 And I like to start with something funny. In one day, 0:02:11.040 --> 0:02:14.560 Adam was feeling very lonely. God said, Adam, I'm going 0:02:14.600 --> 0:02:17.440 to make you a companion. It's going to be called 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:22.320 a woman. This person will cook for you, wash your clothes. 0:02:22.680 --> 0:02:25.520 She will bear you children, never ask you to get 0:02:25.560 --> 0:02:27.640 up in the middle of the night. She will not 0:02:27.919 --> 0:02:30.800 nag you. She will agree with every decision you make, 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:33.560 and if you ever have a disagreement, she'll be the 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:37.600 first to admit she was wrong. Adam said, Wow, God, 0:02:37.760 --> 0:02:40.440 what will a woman like this cost? God said an 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:44.320 arm and a leg. Adam said, what can I get 0:02:44.320 --> 0:02:48.520 for a rib? And the rest is history. Hold up 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:51.320 your Bible. Say it like you mean it. This is 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:54.240 my Bible. I am what it says. I am. I 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:56.600 have what it says I have. I can do what 0:02:56.720 --> 0:02:59.360 it says I can do. Today I will be taught 0:02:59.400 --> 0:03:02.680 the word of God. God. I boldly confess my mind 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:05.800 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:05.919 --> 0:03:10.600 the same in Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:14.639 to talk to you today about making deposits everywhere you go. 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:18.200 The way to make a deposit is to make people 0:03:18.360 --> 0:03:22.440 feel better about themselves. When you give a compliment, you 0:03:22.520 --> 0:03:26.200 look nice today, a great job on that presentation at 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:29.799 the office. Those are not just kind words. You made 0:03:29.800 --> 0:03:34.840 a deposit. When you express thanks. I appreciate you, thanks 0:03:34.920 --> 0:03:39.240 for being in my life. That's a deposit. Even simple things. 0:03:39.560 --> 0:03:42.400 You walk over to the parking attendant, shake their hand, 0:03:42.560 --> 0:03:45.640 good morning, how are you today? The fact that you 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:48.680 took time to show respect, You went out of your 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:51.640 way to make them feel special. You made a deposit 0:03:52.560 --> 0:03:55.800 all through the day. We should look for these opportunities. 0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:59.560 Who can I bless? Who can I encourage? How can 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:04.040 I make somebody feel better about themselves. My friend Johnny 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:06.520 and I we worked in the television department here at 0:04:06.560 --> 0:04:09.600 Lakewood when we were in our early twenties. A couple 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:12.000 of times a week we'd go down to the cafeteria 0:04:12.080 --> 0:04:16.320 to have lunch, and Johnny's always been very friendly, very likable. 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:20.039 In the cafeteria line, he would see the ladies name 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:25.080 tags serving us. Johnny would always call them by name, Susie, 0:04:25.120 --> 0:04:28.039 I'd like some green beans, please, thank you so much. 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:32.159 Marie'll take some macaroni and cheese. You have a great day. 0:04:32.279 --> 0:04:34.440 And Beverly, how about a piece of fish? And I 0:04:34.520 --> 0:04:37.680 really appreciate it. He would bring a smile to their face. 0:04:38.320 --> 0:04:41.400 It's funny. One time this Nigerian lady was serving us. 0:04:41.920 --> 0:04:46.120 Her name had more letters than the alphabet. Johnny looked 0:04:46.120 --> 0:04:48.760 at that name. I'll never forget it, he squinted. After 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:51.080 a long pause, he said, honey, I'll take a roll. 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:55.599 We would get down to the where you check out 0:04:55.640 --> 0:04:58.800 the cash register. I'd look back and all those ladies 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:03.640 servant would be full joy, laughing talking. He made their day. 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:06.240 It got to the point when they saw Johnny in 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:09.200 the line, we could be fifty people back. They start waving. 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:12.640 Here he comes again. We always just thought that Johnny 0:05:12.680 --> 0:05:16.919 needed prayer, But now I realize he was making a deposit. 0:05:17.320 --> 0:05:20.800 He was brightening people's day. And the scripture talks about 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:24.719 how we should leave places better off than they were before. 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:28.640 When you leave the office, each day, you leave the gym, 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:31.920 you leave your house, are people better off than they 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:36.320 were before? Did you take time to encourage anyone? Did 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:39.680 you lift their spirits. Were you pleasant to be around 0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:44.839 or were you too busy, too stressed out, discouraged, grumpy? 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:48.359 Sad to say, but when some people leave, you're glad 0:05:48.400 --> 0:05:52.840 to see them go. They always are complaining, have a 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:57.320 sad story, negative, bringing everybody down. Don't let that be you. 0:05:57.680 --> 0:06:00.920 When you leave, people should miss you. They should miss 0:06:00.960 --> 0:06:05.359 the joy, the peace, the encouraging words, the compliments, the 0:06:05.480 --> 0:06:10.920 kind spirit. Don't drag places down, leave them better off. 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:15.160 Take time to make a deposit everywhere you go at 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:18.719 the grocery store. You may not be as outgoing as Johnny, 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:21.160 but you can go to the cashier and say, thank 0:06:21.200 --> 0:06:24.720 you so much, have a blessed day. That didn't take 0:06:24.720 --> 0:06:27.839 a lot of extra effort, but you just made a deposit. 0:06:28.600 --> 0:06:31.680 You don't know what that person is going through. They 0:06:31.720 --> 0:06:34.839 may seem fine on the outside, but you don't know 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:38.160 what's going on at home, the struggles they're facing, the 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:41.760 disappointments they've been through, the challenges that are in front 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:45.000 of them. I was in line at a grocery store 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:47.839 waiting to check out years ago, and the young lady 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:51.960 at the register seemed very distracted. She kept making mistakes, 0:06:52.040 --> 0:06:55.479 and the register got jammed an item didn't have a 0:06:55.520 --> 0:06:59.120 price on it. Everything that could go wrong did People 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:03.160 in the line were very frustrated, starting to complain. Some 0:07:03.200 --> 0:07:05.280 of them, when they got up to her, were very 0:07:05.360 --> 0:07:08.839 rude and short with her. I thought, this young lady 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:11.440 has enough going wrong. I'm not going to be a 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:13.560 part of the problem. I'm going to be a part 0:07:13.560 --> 0:07:16.560 of the solution. When I walked up, I just smiled 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:19.160 and said, I know it's kind of stressful. People are 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:22.240 being rude, but I'm going to be praying for you. 0:07:22.360 --> 0:07:25.680 I know everything is going to get better. Her eyes 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:29.280 got real big. She said, as sincere as can be, 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:32.440 would you pray for me? My little baby is in 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:36.080 the hospital and I'm so worried about him. We took 0:07:36.120 --> 0:07:39.000 thirty seconds right then and there and prayed. Made the 0:07:39.040 --> 0:07:43.320 line even longer, people even matter. The lady behind me 0:07:43.440 --> 0:07:46.320 in line she overheard it and said to that young girl, 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:49.960 my best friend is the head nurse at that hospital. 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:52.400 I'm going to have her go check on your baby. 0:07:52.800 --> 0:07:56.200 The whole atmosphere changed when we left. She was a 0:07:56.200 --> 0:08:01.080 different person. See, God will use your smile, You'll compliment 0:08:01.400 --> 0:08:05.800 your prayer to breathe new life into people's spirit to 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:09.320 let them know that somebody cares to you. It may 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:12.320 be no big deal, but to that other person, it's 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:16.600 what keeps them moving forward. There's a lady that attends Lakewood. 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:20.440 She's a widow and she lives alone, doesn't have any 0:08:20.440 --> 0:08:24.560 family here in town. She said her favorite thing about 0:08:24.600 --> 0:08:28.400 coming to Lakewood is that's the one time during the 0:08:28.440 --> 0:08:31.040 week that I know I'm going to get a hug. 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:35.040 The only time she feels the warmth of another person 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:38.800 is at our services. Most of us we get hugs 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:42.080 all the time, but you never know that person you 0:08:42.200 --> 0:08:45.600 reach out to. Maybe that's the only hug they're going 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:49.640 to get this week. Maybe your smile, your compliment, your 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:53.640 encouragement is going to be the only encouragement that they receive. 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:58.280 Be aware of who God puts in your path. Nobody 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:01.840 is there by accident. Oh you said, Joel. They're fine, 0:09:02.360 --> 0:09:05.080 they're doing better than I am. They're happy, they've got 0:09:05.080 --> 0:09:09.840 a smile, they're outgoing. I've learned many people smile on 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:14.440 the outside to hide the pain and loneliness on the inside. 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:19.199 You are a container filled with God. There is healing 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:23.560 in your voice, healing in your smile, healing in your hugs. 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:27.520 Take time to show a part of God everywhere you go. 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:31.800 After all, God has no hands to comfort on this 0:09:31.960 --> 0:09:35.840 earth except our hands. He has no arms to love 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:40.559 except our arms. He has no voice to encourage except 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:44.400 our voice. A lady told how her mother had died 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:47.000 and the mother was in her eighties, lived a long, 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:51.360 blessed life, but the daughter was very devastated. She and 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:54.120 her mother were very close, and now this daughter was 0:09:54.200 --> 0:09:58.280 just lonely. She missed her mother. One day, she decided 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:02.800 to attend Lakewood. Never been here before. We have greeters 0:10:02.880 --> 0:10:05.800 at the door that welcome people. When she walked in, 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:09.240 this elderly lady greeted her. She gave her a hug, 0:10:09.800 --> 0:10:13.319 and as she was pulling away, this greeter just gently 0:10:13.400 --> 0:10:17.080 patted her cheeks and said, very lovingly, we're so glad 0:10:17.120 --> 0:10:20.360 to have you here today. This lady began to weep. 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:24.480 When she gained her composure, she said to the greeter, 0:10:25.040 --> 0:10:28.560 when my mother hugged me, she always patted my cheeks 0:10:28.600 --> 0:10:31.000 just like you did. Now I know that was God 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:33.760 saying I'm taking care of your mother, and I'm going 0:10:33.800 --> 0:10:37.760 to take care of you as well. You never know 0:10:38.200 --> 0:10:41.680 what patting somebody's cheeks is going to mean just doing 0:10:41.720 --> 0:10:44.600 your thing. You never know what kind of impact that's 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:48.040 going to have. Think about this, There are two hundred 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:51.840 and seventy doors in this facility. What are the chances 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:55.400 that that visitor would walk in the one door where 0:10:55.440 --> 0:10:58.440 the greeter would be there to pat her cheeks. You 0:10:58.520 --> 0:11:00.760 may come to Lakewood, but I can't promise you you're all 0:11:00.800 --> 0:11:04.080 going to get your cheeks padded. But God will put 0:11:04.160 --> 0:11:07.840 you at the right place at the right time. God 0:11:07.960 --> 0:11:11.240 knows how to use what you have, your unique gifts, 0:11:11.520 --> 0:11:15.040 your unique talents. You may not call everybody's name in 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:18.480 the line like Johnny. You may not pat people's cheeks 0:11:18.720 --> 0:11:21.880 after you hug them, but God can use your smile. 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:26.400 You'll compliment your kind words to help put people back 0:11:26.440 --> 0:11:29.680 on their feet. I met a young lady in another state. 0:11:30.240 --> 0:11:33.400 She had attended Lakewood for several years, and she went 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:37.200 through a very rough time. Her marriage was falling apart, 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:40.440 and she was so discouraged didn't think that she could 0:11:40.480 --> 0:11:44.120 go on now. One of her lowest moments, she was 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:46.880 leaving a service here at Lakewood on a Sunday morning, 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:50.840 walking down a crowded corridor with hundreds of other people 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:54.560 going out of the building. Well, Victoria came walking in 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:58.600 the opposite direction, going up to the visitor's reception. Out 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:02.239 of the hundreds and hundreds of people in that crowded corridor, 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:06.840 Victoria reached out and gently touched her arm, looked her 0:12:06.840 --> 0:12:11.120 in the eyes, and said, you are so beautiful. Just 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:14.959 a five second interaction, and they both went their separate ways. 0:12:15.200 --> 0:12:18.960 Victoria never thought any more about it. Several years later, 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:22.760 this young lady told me at a book signing, Victoria 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:25.520 will never know what she did for me that day, 0:12:26.160 --> 0:12:31.199 when I felt the most unattractive, the most unlovely, Her 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:35.800 words breathe new life into my spirit. In the months 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:39.080 to come, she would play that phrase over and over, 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:44.200 you are so beautiful. Four words spoken at the right time. 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:47.880 That's what helped her to keep moving forward. The scripture 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:53.800 says in Hebrews to encourage one another daily, not monthly, 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:57.160 not once a week, not when you feel like it, No, 0:12:57.480 --> 0:13:01.520 every day. Look for opportunities is to make a deposit. 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:06.320 Make it your business to make somebody else feel better 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:09.840 about themselves. One time, I was in my front yard 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:13.120 doing some yard work and was very hot outside in 0:13:13.160 --> 0:13:15.800 the middle of the summer. I decided to go in 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:18.320 and get some water. When I did, I heard the 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:21.400 garbage truck coming down the street. I thought, I'll get 0:13:21.440 --> 0:13:24.679 a few extra bottles and give it to the trash collectors. 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:27.880 When I handed them that water, you would have thought 0:13:28.000 --> 0:13:31.440 I had given them a thousand dollars each. And yes, 0:13:31.480 --> 0:13:33.600 it's hot here in Houston. But it wasn't so much 0:13:33.720 --> 0:13:37.280 the water. It was the fact that somebody took time 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:43.520 to make them feel appreciated, Somebody expressed their gratitude. I 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:48.360 read where half of all employees don't feel appreciated by 0:13:48.400 --> 0:13:52.800 their company. Eighty percent have never been told thank you 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:57.720 for doing their job. Imagine what kind of deposit we 0:13:57.800 --> 0:14:01.120 can make when you think the young lady at the 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:04.240 grocery store, when you thank the person that takes your 0:14:04.400 --> 0:14:07.400 order on the phone, when you think the ushers that 0:14:07.520 --> 0:14:10.640 seat you each week, or driving out of the parking lot. 0:14:10.760 --> 0:14:14.160 You thank the police officers and not whisper something else 0:14:14.240 --> 0:14:18.600 under your breath. Well, Joel, I'm paying these employees. I 0:14:18.600 --> 0:14:22.040 shouldn't have to thank them, or I pay taxes. I 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:24.640 don't have to thank these police officers. They work for 0:14:24.680 --> 0:14:28.200 the city. Now, do you know how much better of 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:31.440 a job people will do when you thank them. Do 0:14:31.480 --> 0:14:34.960 you know how much more your employees will produce when 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:38.960 they know they're appreciated. A man went out to get 0:14:38.960 --> 0:14:41.400 his paper in the morning, and when he opened the 0:14:41.440 --> 0:14:44.680 front door, the little dog from across the street was 0:14:44.720 --> 0:14:48.520 bringing the paper to him. He was pleasantly surprised. He thought, 0:14:48.560 --> 0:14:50.600 this is great, and he went in and got the 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:53.560 dog a treat and gave it to him. Little dog 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:56.480 went off as happy as can be. The next morning 0:14:56.560 --> 0:14:58.800 he went out to get his paper, the little dog 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:04.560 was there with a eight newspapers beside him. That dog 0:15:05.160 --> 0:15:10.080 had gone and got all the neighbor's newspapers. He thought, 0:15:10.120 --> 0:15:12.040 if I get one treat for one, I'm gonna get 0:15:12.080 --> 0:15:17.040 eight today. We laugh, But human nature is the same way. 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:20.120 We'll do a lot more when we know we're appreciated. 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:24.120 A few months after I gave those trash collectors that water, 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:27.440 one day I had forgotten to take my garbage out. 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:30.680 They come very early in the morning, and I'd gotten busy, 0:15:30.720 --> 0:15:32.720 and I thought, oh no, because it's hot and this 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:35.160 garbage is gonna stink, and not much I could do 0:15:35.200 --> 0:15:39.160 about it. Later that day, after the garbage men got 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:42.280 through running their route through the neighborhood. They came back 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:46.040 down my street, stopped at my house, rained my doorbell, 0:15:46.240 --> 0:15:48.640 and asked if my trash was ready to be collected. 0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:55.640 All I gave them was three bottles of water, probably 0:15:55.680 --> 0:16:01.560 a dollar fifty investment. But that simple act of deposited 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:04.600 something much greater. On the inside, It's said to them, 0:16:05.000 --> 0:16:08.720 I value you, I respect you, I appreciate you serving 0:16:08.880 --> 0:16:14.000 my family. Don't miss these opportunities to make deposits. When 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:16.600 the mailman drops off a mail, thank you so much. 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:20.320 The lady that helps you at the mall, I appreciate you. 0:16:21.040 --> 0:16:23.240 The man you see at the gas station each week, 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:27.560 thanks for being here serving our community. Don't go the 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:31.080 next twenty years seeing the people God's put in your 0:16:31.120 --> 0:16:35.240 life not making any kind of deposit. Do something to 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:39.000 make them feel better about themselves. Now you say, Joel, 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:41.800 I'm not going to have any kind of long term 0:16:41.840 --> 0:16:45.880 personal relationship with them. Maybe not. But you're not doing 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:49.280 it for yourself. You're doing it for them. You're doing 0:16:49.320 --> 0:16:52.920 it because they've been made in the image of Almighty God, 0:16:53.360 --> 0:16:56.720 and God placed them in your path. He's counting on 0:16:56.880 --> 0:17:00.480 you to make some deposits. Do you know some people 0:17:00.640 --> 0:17:04.879 they never really get any compliments, They don't really feel appreciated. 0:17:05.440 --> 0:17:09.240 Some have never experienced even a simple act of kindness. 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:13.480 A friend on staff called this man we know in 0:17:13.520 --> 0:17:17.240 another state. He drives us when we travel to that state, 0:17:17.359 --> 0:17:20.160 and a while back there had been a big hurricane there. 0:17:20.680 --> 0:17:23.239 So my friend called just to check on him and 0:17:23.280 --> 0:17:26.879 his family. When I saw this driver the next time, 0:17:27.400 --> 0:17:31.640 he said that was the nicest thing anybody had ever 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:35.040 done for him. He went on and on. All it 0:17:35.200 --> 0:17:38.119 was was a five minute phone call saying, man, we 0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:41.440 heard about the hurricane. Are you okay? Just checking on you? 0:17:42.240 --> 0:17:45.320 What am I saying? It doesn't have to be something big? 0:17:46.080 --> 0:17:49.960 One compliment you are so beautiful. That's all it took 0:17:50.040 --> 0:17:53.479 for that young girl. One pat on the cheek and 0:17:53.520 --> 0:17:57.960 that lady felt loved. Three bottles of water, and now 0:17:58.040 --> 0:18:00.399 I have personal trash pick up for the rest of 0:18:00.440 --> 0:18:03.960 my life. I read a story about a nineteen year 0:18:03.960 --> 0:18:08.119 old young man named Carl. He is a special needs child. 0:18:08.320 --> 0:18:11.760 He has Down syndrome. He works at the local grocery 0:18:11.760 --> 0:18:15.240 store as a bagger, and everyone loves Carl. It's got 0:18:15.240 --> 0:18:18.960 a great attitude. One day, Carl came up with an idea. 0:18:19.320 --> 0:18:22.840 He wanted to make people better. Every night, he would 0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:27.240 find a thought for the day, some kind of encouraging word. 0:18:27.760 --> 0:18:30.760 He would type it on his computer six or seven times, 0:18:31.119 --> 0:18:34.080 then print it and have it copy. His dad would 0:18:34.080 --> 0:18:37.480 help him to cut these into individual pieces, so he 0:18:37.480 --> 0:18:41.600 would have about three hundred of these inspirational sayings. He 0:18:41.720 --> 0:18:44.640 called it his word of the day. When he would 0:18:44.640 --> 0:18:47.080 bag the groceries, he would put that thought for the 0:18:47.160 --> 0:18:49.280 day on the top of the bag, and he'd tell 0:18:49.320 --> 0:18:52.320 the customers, I put a good word in your bag. 0:18:52.520 --> 0:18:55.840 I hope it helps you to enjoy the day. A 0:18:55.880 --> 0:18:59.639 week later, the line where Carl was bagging was five 0:18:59.720 --> 0:19:02.800 times longer than any other line. It went to the 0:19:02.800 --> 0:19:06.080 back of the grocery store, back by the frozen food section. 0:19:06.400 --> 0:19:08.760 The manager got on the loud speaker, there are other 0:19:08.840 --> 0:19:13.080 registers open, no waiting. Nobody would move. They said, no, 0:19:13.440 --> 0:19:17.600 we want to get Carl's word for the day. What 0:19:17.720 --> 0:19:22.359 was Carl doing making a deposit using what he had. 0:19:23.000 --> 0:19:25.360 He could have been at home feeling sorry for himself, 0:19:25.720 --> 0:19:29.520 thinking somebody needs to cheer me up. I've got the disadvantage. No, 0:19:29.680 --> 0:19:32.560 if you'll get your mind off of what you don't have, 0:19:33.160 --> 0:19:36.600 and use what you do have to make somebody else 0:19:36.680 --> 0:19:40.119 feel better to brighten their day. I can promise you 0:19:40.359 --> 0:19:43.680 God will always brighten your own day. The reason some 0:19:43.720 --> 0:19:47.439 people are not happy, the reason they're not fulfilled, is 0:19:47.480 --> 0:19:51.760 they're living in grown they're not doing anything good for 0:19:51.880 --> 0:19:54.800 anyone else. But when you get your mind off of 0:19:54.880 --> 0:19:59.080 your problems, off of your needs, and you focus on 0:19:59.200 --> 0:20:03.240 improving some somebody else's life, the seeds that you sew 0:20:03.440 --> 0:20:06.240 will always come back to you. God will improve your 0:20:06.240 --> 0:20:10.280 own life. I heard about this junior high teacher one day. 0:20:10.280 --> 0:20:13.040 Her students were being very rowdy and she could tell 0:20:13.080 --> 0:20:15.120 that they didn't want to learn, and it was late 0:20:15.160 --> 0:20:17.479 in the day. She didn't really feel like pressing through it, 0:20:18.000 --> 0:20:20.240 so she told her class to put their books up 0:20:20.600 --> 0:20:23.720 and to get out one clean sheet of paper. Their 0:20:23.760 --> 0:20:27.560 assignment was to write down every student's name in the 0:20:27.640 --> 0:20:31.960 class and list at least one good thing you like 0:20:32.000 --> 0:20:35.800 about that student. The class went to work looking around 0:20:36.040 --> 0:20:39.680 thinking about what they liked about each other. Over the weekend. 0:20:40.040 --> 0:20:43.160 The teacher took the time to list the student's name, 0:20:43.640 --> 0:20:47.240 and then she copied all the encouraging comments that were 0:20:47.280 --> 0:20:51.600 set about them. On Monday, she handed that individual sheet 0:20:51.640 --> 0:20:54.520 of paper to each of the students. The room was 0:20:54.600 --> 0:20:58.080 just buzzing with excitement. When they begin to read the comments, 0:20:58.480 --> 0:21:02.480 you could see their facesighting up. You would hear things like, Wow, 0:21:02.880 --> 0:21:05.560 I didn't know they liked me that much. I didn't 0:21:05.560 --> 0:21:07.639 know they thought I was talented. I didn't know they 0:21:07.640 --> 0:21:11.080 thought I was so beautiful. On and on. Years later, 0:21:11.640 --> 0:21:14.840 one of the students was killed while serving in Vietnam. 0:21:15.240 --> 0:21:18.680 The teacher, along with many of the students, attended the funeral. 0:21:19.320 --> 0:21:22.439 After the service, the father of the soldier said to 0:21:22.480 --> 0:21:25.400 the teacher, I'd like to show you what my son 0:21:25.600 --> 0:21:28.560 was carrying when he was killed. And he had this 0:21:28.640 --> 0:21:31.720 folded up piece of paper that the son always kept 0:21:31.760 --> 0:21:35.800 in his wallet. As he unfolded it, the teacher soon 0:21:35.920 --> 0:21:39.000 realized it was that note she had copied with all 0:21:39.040 --> 0:21:43.239 the encouraging comments. When the other students overheard that, they 0:21:43.320 --> 0:21:46.400 begin to tell the same type of story. One man 0:21:46.440 --> 0:21:49.159 told how he kept his note in his desk drawer 0:21:49.200 --> 0:21:52.000 at the office. A lady said she kept hers in 0:21:52.040 --> 0:21:55.440 her wedding album. Another former student, right then and there, 0:21:55.680 --> 0:21:58.919 pulled out his wallet, unfolded his like it was his 0:21:59.000 --> 0:22:04.720 most prized possession. The teacher was overwhelmed. She never dreamed 0:22:05.000 --> 0:22:08.919 what kind of lasting impact that simple assignment would have 0:22:09.040 --> 0:22:13.840 that day. My encouragement to you is be a wallet filler. 0:22:14.640 --> 0:22:18.879 Be free with your compliments. Take time to tell people 0:22:18.920 --> 0:22:21.760 how much you love them, how much they mean to you. 0:22:22.320 --> 0:22:25.359 It takes so little effort, yet it makes such a 0:22:25.480 --> 0:22:29.400 huge deposit for you to walk over to that coworker 0:22:29.440 --> 0:22:31.840 and say, hey, I've ever told you how much I 0:22:32.000 --> 0:22:36.360 enjoy working with you. You are so talented, or to your spouse, 0:22:36.880 --> 0:22:39.880 you make my life great. I'm so glad that God 0:22:39.920 --> 0:22:43.000 brought you across my path to a son or a daughter, 0:22:43.200 --> 0:22:45.760 I'm so proud of you. You're going to do amazing 0:22:45.840 --> 0:22:50.040 things in life. Those are not just words, they are 0:22:50.119 --> 0:22:54.200 treasures that they will carry for a lifetime. Victoria used 0:22:54.240 --> 0:22:57.119 to work at her mother's jewelry store. I Lost jewelers. 0:22:57.440 --> 0:23:00.000 From the time she was a little girl, her mother 0:23:00.240 --> 0:23:04.679 taught her that there is something beautiful about every person 0:23:05.400 --> 0:23:10.080 their eyes, their smile, their hair, their personality, their clothes, 0:23:10.280 --> 0:23:13.159 and to look for it. This got Victoria in the 0:23:13.240 --> 0:23:16.760 habit of always looking for the good, seeing what she 0:23:17.119 --> 0:23:21.000 likes about a person. So often we do just the opposite. 0:23:21.040 --> 0:23:24.040 We look at people through a critical lens, and if 0:23:24.040 --> 0:23:27.080 we see something that we don't like, we don't understand. 0:23:27.160 --> 0:23:29.520 We think, why does she wear her hair like? That 0:23:29.680 --> 0:23:32.359 doesn't look good? He needs to get in better shape. 0:23:32.359 --> 0:23:35.040 He doesn't have a good personality, she doesn't have very 0:23:35.080 --> 0:23:38.760 good taste. It's easy to see the negative, but every 0:23:38.880 --> 0:23:43.080 person has something great about them. Why don't you develop 0:23:43.160 --> 0:23:47.159 the habit of looking for that one good thing? A 0:23:47.200 --> 0:23:50.400 friend of mine, Nick, and his beautiful wife Summer. They 0:23:50.400 --> 0:23:53.320 have a four or five year old little daughter named Haven. 0:23:53.960 --> 0:23:57.360 Nick heard Victoria talking about this principle, and he's been 0:23:57.400 --> 0:24:01.480 teaching Haven how to look for that one beautiful thing. Now. 0:24:01.520 --> 0:24:05.320 Little Haven sees it as a challenge. Everywhere she goes, 0:24:05.320 --> 0:24:08.360 she studies people. She'll look them up and down. Then 0:24:08.400 --> 0:24:11.600 she'll tell them, I like your earrings. I like the 0:24:11.600 --> 0:24:14.480 buttons on your shirt. She told somebody the other day, 0:24:14.480 --> 0:24:18.840 I like your fingernails. She's developing this habit at a 0:24:19.000 --> 0:24:23.280 very early age of seeing the good, telling people what 0:24:23.320 --> 0:24:27.440 she likes, not what she dislikes. What's Nick teaching his 0:24:27.520 --> 0:24:31.440 daughter how to make deposits to leave people better off? 0:24:31.480 --> 0:24:35.280 Than they were before. When I was growing up, my 0:24:35.359 --> 0:24:38.480 mother had a tradition that I never really liked. When 0:24:38.480 --> 0:24:41.640 it was somebody's birthday in the family, before we could 0:24:41.680 --> 0:24:45.000 cut the cake, we all had to say one good 0:24:45.040 --> 0:24:49.480 thing about that person. And I was very shy, not 0:24:49.680 --> 0:24:53.480 used to expressing my feelings. My attitude was my brothers 0:24:53.480 --> 0:24:56.800 and sisters, my family. They know how much y'all loved them. 0:24:57.000 --> 0:24:59.320 I don't need to tell them. But my mother would 0:24:59.359 --> 0:25:02.800 go around as a little boy, Joel, tell me one 0:25:03.000 --> 0:25:07.399 good thing you like about your brother Paul. Sometimes it 0:25:07.400 --> 0:25:11.679 didn't take me thirty minutes. Other times I just have 0:25:11.760 --> 0:25:16.200 to lie. But we couldn't cut the cake until we 0:25:16.400 --> 0:25:20.560 all said something good. I realize now, I'm not even 0:25:20.600 --> 0:25:26.439 looking at Paul, but I realize now my mother was 0:25:26.520 --> 0:25:31.400 teaching us to make deposits, to be free with our compliments. 0:25:31.680 --> 0:25:34.320 We had to think about what we liked and not 0:25:34.440 --> 0:25:38.200 what we disliked. It taught us not to take people 0:25:38.240 --> 0:25:42.040 for granted, not to just think, oh, they're beautiful, they're talented, 0:25:42.080 --> 0:25:45.760 they're fun, but to express it, to let them know 0:25:45.880 --> 0:25:50.760 what we were thinking. After all, our thoughts don't bless anybody. 0:25:51.359 --> 0:25:54.840 Love is not love until you give it away. Why 0:25:54.880 --> 0:25:57.800 don't you get in the habit of finding that one 0:25:58.280 --> 0:26:01.600 good thing about the people God put in your life 0:26:02.200 --> 0:26:05.960 and then take it a step further. Tell them, write 0:26:06.000 --> 0:26:09.560 them a note, send them a text and email. Hey, 0:26:09.680 --> 0:26:13.200 just thinking about you and how much I appreciate your friendship, 0:26:13.640 --> 0:26:17.440 your loyalty, your sense of humor, your personality, whatever it is. 0:26:17.880 --> 0:26:21.760 That's being a wallet filler. Those are treasures that they 0:26:21.760 --> 0:26:26.920 will carry for a lifetime. People need encouragement today more 0:26:27.000 --> 0:26:31.000 than ever. The reason why is because there's a bigger 0:26:31.080 --> 0:26:35.679 outlet for negative than there's ever been before. The Internet 0:26:35.960 --> 0:26:38.639 is both a blessing and it can be a curse. 0:26:39.520 --> 0:26:44.840 It lets people say hurtful things and hide behind no name. 0:26:45.560 --> 0:26:49.200 Our children have to deal with online bullying, people making 0:26:49.240 --> 0:26:52.560 hateful comments that they never say face to face. They're 0:26:52.600 --> 0:26:56.479 too embarrassed. The negative has been turned up. Now you 0:26:56.520 --> 0:26:59.920 and I need to turn up the positive. Don't be passive. 0:27:01.920 --> 0:27:07.160 Tell your family, your friends, in person, on Facebook, on Twitter, 0:27:07.400 --> 0:27:09.960 how much you love them, how great you think they 0:27:10.000 --> 0:27:13.159 are when you see a negative comment about them, go 0:27:13.240 --> 0:27:17.320 to work. You're beautiful, you're talented. I like you because 0:27:17.320 --> 0:27:20.440 you're loyal, because you're fun, to be around. Do your 0:27:20.440 --> 0:27:24.000 friends in family a favor. Drown out all the haters, 0:27:24.480 --> 0:27:30.440 drown out the negative, critical, sarcastic, jealous people. They want 0:27:30.480 --> 0:27:34.679 to make withdraws and push people down. You keep making deposits, 0:27:34.760 --> 0:27:38.120 pushing people up. And here's the key. Don't waste your 0:27:38.160 --> 0:27:42.240 time arguing with people that are hateful. They're not going 0:27:42.280 --> 0:27:44.640 to change their mind. They don't want to understand you. 0:27:44.800 --> 0:27:47.639 They're not happy with their own life. They're jealous, so 0:27:47.680 --> 0:27:50.280 they're going to keep trying to push people down. The 0:27:50.280 --> 0:27:52.920 more hate they pour out, the more love you pour out. 0:27:53.160 --> 0:27:55.880 Stick up for your family, stick up for your friends. 0:27:56.280 --> 0:28:00.720 God's counting on us to make these deposits. My challenge 0:28:00.760 --> 0:28:06.360 to you, encourage somebody every single day, look for opportunities 0:28:06.520 --> 0:28:09.719 to make them feel better about themselves. Make sure when 0:28:09.800 --> 0:28:12.640 you leave the place is better off than it was before. 0:28:12.960 --> 0:28:15.679 And if you'll learn to be a wallet feller, making 0:28:15.720 --> 0:28:19.200 deposits everywhere you go, then those seeds that you sow 0:28:19.520 --> 0:28:22.280 will always come back to you. As you help others 0:28:22.359 --> 0:28:25.320 rise higher, God's going to help you rise higher. Now. 0:28:25.320 --> 0:28:28.840 I believe and declare you will become everything God's created 0:28:28.880 --> 0:28:31.240 you to be. You're going to live the abundant life 0:28:31.320 --> 0:28:34.640 he has in store in Jesus' name. If you receive it, 0:28:34.840 --> 0:28:38.320 can you say it then? 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