Have a Spirit of Honor

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I like to 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:20.680 start with something funny, and I heard about this ninety 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:24.120 two year old man wasn't feeling up to pars, went 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:26.960 to the doctor. A few days later. The doctor saw 0:02:27.040 --> 0:02:30.080 him out walking in the park with this beautiful young 0:02:30.160 --> 0:02:33.079 lady by his side, seemed as happy as can be. 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:36.160 The doctor said, wow, you sure are feeling a lot better, 0:02:36.160 --> 0:02:39.520 aren't you. He said, yes, doctor, I'm just following your orders. 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:44.280 You said, get a hot mama and stay cheerful. Doctor said, 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:46.359 I didn't say that. I said you got a heart murmur. 0:02:46.440 --> 0:02:50.360 Be careful. Hold up your Bible and say it like 0:02:50.400 --> 0:02:53.200 you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:55.720 it says I am. I have what it says I have. 0:02:56.240 --> 0:02:58.680 I can do what it says I can do. Today 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:01.520 I will be talked the word of God. I'll boldly 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:05.520 confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I 0:03:05.560 --> 0:03:09.560 will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 0:03:10.840 --> 0:03:13.080 I want to talk to you today about having a 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:17.880 spirit of honor. Anytime you show honor, you are sowing 0:03:17.919 --> 0:03:21.679 a seed. The honor you give away will always come 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:24.840 back to you. A lady in the scripture came up 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:28.320 to Jesus and poured a jar of expensive oil on 0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:32.960 his feet and began to wash them. Oil represents honor. 0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:37.760 You could say she poured her honor on him. The 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:41.480 religious leaders got upset, said, why did she waste the oil? 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:44.880 We could have used that to feed the poor. Jesus said, 0:03:44.880 --> 0:03:48.920 don't bother her. She has done the best thing. This 0:03:49.040 --> 0:03:52.520 lady was known to be a sinner. Jesus looked at 0:03:52.560 --> 0:03:56.520 her and said, your sins have been forgiven. Because she 0:03:56.680 --> 0:04:01.160 showed honor, favor came into her life. Here's the principle. 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:05.400 The honor you pour on others will become the blessing 0:04:05.680 --> 0:04:09.000 that comes back to you. But with no honor, there 0:04:09.000 --> 0:04:13.119 will be no blessing. With no honor, no promotion, no increase, 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:16.760 no breakthrough, you will never receive what you're not willing 0:04:16.800 --> 0:04:22.080 to give away. Romans twelve says, take delight in honoring 0:04:22.200 --> 0:04:27.000 each other everywhere we go. We should look for opportunities 0:04:27.240 --> 0:04:31.160 to pour out the oil of honor, to encourage people, 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:34.960 to compliment them, to make them feel better about themselves. 0:04:35.400 --> 0:04:38.880 This should be a priority on the forefront of our minds. 0:04:39.279 --> 0:04:41.880 Who can I honor today? Who can I put in 0:04:41.920 --> 0:04:45.040 a good word for? How can I make them feel special? 0:04:45.920 --> 0:04:48.200 I was at a restaurant not long ago, and the 0:04:48.240 --> 0:04:51.960 young man waiting on us was very sharp, very kind. 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:55.600 He gave us great service. He was working his way 0:04:55.600 --> 0:04:59.159 through college and had big dreams for his life. After 0:04:59.200 --> 0:05:02.080 the meal, one of the men with me said to him, 0:05:02.200 --> 0:05:05.240 I'd like to speak to your manager. His eyes got 0:05:05.320 --> 0:05:07.640 kind of big, like he may have done something wrong. 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:11.839 The manager came over. My friend said to him, I 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:14.520 just want to tell you what a great waiter this 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:17.680 young man is. It's got a great personality. He gave 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:20.240 us great service. You are blessed to have him at 0:05:20.279 --> 0:05:24.680 this restaurant. What was my friend doing pouring some honor in? 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:29.400 He takes delight in honoring others. He's always looking for 0:05:29.480 --> 0:05:33.159 ways to make people look good. And what's interesting is 0:05:33.200 --> 0:05:36.839 he's not the most talented person, not the most experienced, 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:41.600 but he continues to see doors open up. God's taking 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:45.880 him places further than he's ever imagined. Here's the key. 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:50.200 The amount of honor you show others will be directly 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:54.040 related to the amount of favor. God shows you. If 0:05:54.080 --> 0:05:56.600 you're stingy with your honor, you won't see a lot 0:05:56.600 --> 0:05:59.200 of honor coming back. But if you'll learn to be 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:03.000 generous with your honor and like him when it's appropriate, 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:07.120 Tell the manager how great the waiter is. Tell your 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:12.000 supervisor what a great job your coworker did. Tell your spouse, 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:15.080 your children how proud you are of them. Those are 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:18.760 not just nice words, they're not just compliments. It's deeper 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:22.679 than that. You're pouring honor in and the scripture talks 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:26.200 about how when you honor others, there is a commanded 0:06:26.279 --> 0:06:29.680 blessing on your life. It's like the oil that was 0:06:29.680 --> 0:06:32.760 poured on Eron's head, the high priest, and it flowed 0:06:32.800 --> 0:06:35.320 down to the rest of the body. When you pour 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:39.040 out the oil of honor on others, it always flows 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:42.000 right back to you. God commends you to be blessed. 0:06:42.680 --> 0:06:45.000 Some of you would see more favor, you'd see new 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:47.960 doors open up if you just take time to start 0:06:48.000 --> 0:06:51.760 honoring others, look for ways to pour in the oil 0:06:51.880 --> 0:06:55.360 of honor. A few weeks ago, Victoria and I were 0:06:55.360 --> 0:06:58.120 eating dinner. She said, Joel, I've been listening to this 0:06:58.240 --> 0:07:03.560 teaching CD by minister, and he is fantastic. I get 0:07:03.680 --> 0:07:06.640 so much out of it. I think he's my favorite minister. 0:07:08.400 --> 0:07:11.200 After I got over the offense, I send him a text. 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:15.560 Victoria was just telling me how much she enjoys listening 0:07:15.560 --> 0:07:20.640 to you and how you're her second favorite minister. Didn't 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:24.240 want to honor him too much, but just took thirty seconds. 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:26.720 But I thought, I don't want to miss this opportunity. 0:07:26.840 --> 0:07:30.080 I want to pour some honor in a few minutes later, 0:07:30.280 --> 0:07:33.119 I got a text back, Wow, thank you so much. 0:07:33.360 --> 0:07:36.320 You don't know what that means to me. If you'll 0:07:36.360 --> 0:07:40.760 develop this habit of honoring others, you'll find you'll be 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:44.480 more rewarded than the person you're honoring. It'll lift your spirits, 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:47.840 brighten your day. That's what the scripture says. It's more 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:51.640 blessed to give than to receive. But the way God 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:55.560 works is you can't give away something without God giving 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:59.080 you more in return. And when you pour out the honor, 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:02.520 you give, the compliments, the kind words, the encouragement, it'll 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:05.560 always come back to you. And it's easy to live 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:09.960 in grown thinking about me and my goals and my dream. Joel, 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:13.480 I'm busy. I got my own problems, my own challenges. Listen, 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:16.960 when you lift up others, God will always lift you up. 0:08:17.400 --> 0:08:20.360 When you make other people's day, God will always make 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:24.040 your own day. And every one of us has an 0:08:24.120 --> 0:08:27.600 honor supply to give out. It's not going to do 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:29.600 you any good to hold on to it. It's not 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:33.640 for you, it's for others. If you will start giving 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:37.040 it away, then you will see the honor, the promotion, 0:08:37.200 --> 0:08:41.040 the blessing that God has in store for you. Years ago, 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:44.640 my parents went to a reception for the new police 0:08:44.720 --> 0:08:47.520 chief here in the city of Houston, was a young 0:08:47.559 --> 0:08:50.280 man by the name of Lee Brown. He was the 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:54.680 first African American police chief in our city's history. When 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:57.080 my parents told me where they were going that night, 0:08:57.520 --> 0:09:01.520 I asked them who invited them? He said, nobody invited us. 0:09:01.960 --> 0:09:04.719 We're just going to show our support to let him 0:09:04.720 --> 0:09:07.200 know that we believe in him, We're praying for him, 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:09.720 and that way I have somewhere to call if he 0:09:09.760 --> 0:09:13.839 ever needs something. As a young man, that made such 0:09:13.880 --> 0:09:16.640 an impression on me, I thought, why would they go. 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:20.080 They weren't invited, They didn't have to. They're just going 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:23.840 to show their support. Police chief Ground was very appreciative. 0:09:24.200 --> 0:09:28.640 Over time, my parents became better acquainted with him. Years later, 0:09:28.720 --> 0:09:31.800 he was elected mayor of the City of Houston. He 0:09:31.880 --> 0:09:35.720 served three terms for six years. My father he would 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:39.079 have him come pray at his inauguration. Well, Daddy went 0:09:39.120 --> 0:09:41.440 to be with the Lord in nineteen ninety nine, and 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:45.600 I took over as pastor. Three years later, we got 0:09:45.640 --> 0:09:49.240 word that the Houston Rockets basketball team was moving out 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:52.640 of this place, the former Compact Center. This was a 0:09:52.679 --> 0:09:57.199 city owned facility. We needed a larger auditorium. I thought, 0:09:57.520 --> 0:10:00.160 I'm going to call Mayor Brown and see what what 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:04.600 he thinks about Lakewood purchasing the Compact Center. I'll never 0:10:04.679 --> 0:10:08.520 forget his words, he said Joel. I think Lakewood having 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:11.840 the Compact Center would be great for the city of Houston. 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:19.520 But looking back now, I realize it all started with 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:23.160 the honor my parents showed that young man. They didn't 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:27.560 have to go, they weren't required, as far as they knew, 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:31.160 it wouldn't benefit them in any way. They simply went 0:10:31.240 --> 0:10:34.520 to support him, to make him feel loved and appreciated. 0:10:35.000 --> 0:10:37.319 But I don't know if we would be here today 0:10:37.800 --> 0:10:40.600 if my parents had not taken time to honor that 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:43.360 young man, when you go out of your way to 0:10:43.440 --> 0:10:46.560 make people feel special, to let them know they're loved 0:10:46.600 --> 0:10:51.000 and appreciated. All that honor you're pouring out one day 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:54.240 is going to come back to you or to your children. 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:59.120 Honor activates the commanded blessing. When you have a spirit 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:03.720 of honor, it gets God's attention. Let me ask you, 0:11:04.480 --> 0:11:08.120 who are you lifting up? Who are you celebrating? Who 0:11:08.120 --> 0:11:11.920 are you making look good? Make sure you're generous with 0:11:11.960 --> 0:11:16.200 your honor. Be free with your compliments. Take time to 0:11:16.240 --> 0:11:19.520 write the note, to send the text, Call the friend 0:11:19.600 --> 0:11:23.720 and congratulate them. Don't be too busy. Make honoring others 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:28.560 a priority. The scripture says, David set out to honor 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:32.760 Jonathan's son. That should be our goal. I'm setting out 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:37.079 to honor someone today. Start with your family. I'm setting 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:40.640 out to honor my wife, my children. I'm setting out 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:43.439 to honor my colleague, my coworker, my coach, my friend, 0:11:43.480 --> 0:11:46.959 my pastor. Oh, Joel. They know I love them, they 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:49.920 know I think they're great. No, tell them again, make 0:11:49.960 --> 0:11:54.920 them feel special. Nobody can hear. I love you enough. Husbands. 0:11:54.920 --> 0:11:57.600 Your wife will never get tired of you telling her honey, 0:11:57.600 --> 0:12:02.160 you are so beautiful. Victoria tells me after every service, Joel, 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:05.240 that was great today. I know she's gonna say it, 0:12:05.320 --> 0:12:10.360 but I want to hear it anyway. Set out to 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:14.720 honor your parents. Maybe you're older, you don't live at home. 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:18.120 Take them to dinner, call them, bring them a gift 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:22.080 for no reason, make them feel loved. The Scripture says, 0:12:22.280 --> 0:12:25.720 when you honor your parents, all will go well with you. 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:30.480 I believe this principle is true even in general. When 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:34.679 you're generous with your honor, all will go well with you. 0:12:34.800 --> 0:12:37.560 Like my parents, when you take time to honor a 0:12:37.600 --> 0:12:40.600 young man you hardly even know, you're kind, you let 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:43.760 him know that you believe in him. Then, somewhere down 0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:46.800 the road, when you need a good break, when you 0:12:46.840 --> 0:12:49.080 need a mayor to be kind to you, or when 0:12:49.120 --> 0:12:52.719 your children need favor, all will go well with you. 0:12:53.280 --> 0:12:56.720 That wasn't a lucky break, It wasn't a coincidence. It 0:12:56.800 --> 0:13:00.600 was all connected to the honor you showed. It was 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:05.240 all directly related to the seeds of encouragement, the seeds 0:13:05.280 --> 0:13:08.280 of kindness, the seeds of loyalty. It was the commanded 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:11.920 blessing on your life. Now, if you're not seeing a 0:13:11.960 --> 0:13:14.880 lot of favor, You're not seeing many good breaks. You 0:13:14.960 --> 0:13:18.360 need to check up on your honor. Are you setting 0:13:18.440 --> 0:13:22.160 out each day to make somebody feel better about themselves? 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:26.360 Are you missing opportunities to show honor. It's easy to 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:29.920 be competitive and think I'm not gonna give them a compliment, 0:13:30.360 --> 0:13:33.120 especially in front of my family, in front of my coworkers. 0:13:33.200 --> 0:13:36.040 That may make me look bad. Or she got engaged, 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:39.280 but I'm not gonna call and encourage her. I'm still single. 0:13:39.320 --> 0:13:43.600 That makes me depressed. No, more than ever, you need 0:13:43.640 --> 0:13:47.400 to pour out the oil of honor. That's what releases 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:53.680 the favor husbands, wives. Set out to honor your spouse, Well, 0:13:53.720 --> 0:13:56.800 if he had start honoring me, maybe I'd honor him. No, 0:13:56.960 --> 0:14:00.680 you make the first move. Don't let some one's lack 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:05.320 of honor keep your honor supply bottled up. Your honor 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:07.920 is not dependent on what they do. It's dependent on 0:14:07.960 --> 0:14:12.360 what you do. Set out to honor your coworker. Bring 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:14.960 them a cup of coffee in the morning, stay late 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:18.160 and help them finish that project. Make them feel special. 0:14:18.960 --> 0:14:21.440 And this is not something that naturally comes to us 0:14:21.520 --> 0:14:24.960 because we're all busy. We've all got our own concerns. 0:14:25.240 --> 0:14:29.000 That's why David set out. He made it a priority. 0:14:29.400 --> 0:14:32.680 His attitude was, I'm on a mission from God. I'm 0:14:32.720 --> 0:14:36.120 going to honor somebody today. I'm going to brighten their day. 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:40.200 My father had a brother that died. He had a 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:43.120 son that lived in another state, my dad's nephew, and 0:14:43.440 --> 0:14:46.120 I only met the young man one time, but every 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:48.480 several months I would come over to my parents' house. 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:52.000 My father would be on the phone talking to his nephew, 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:56.440 encouraging him. He would send him gifts throughout the year, 0:14:57.040 --> 0:14:59.400 always asking if there's something more that he could do. 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:02.680 And Daddy didn't have to do that. Nobody would have 0:15:02.720 --> 0:15:05.760 faulted him if he didn't. But he set out to 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:09.600 honor his nephew. In one way, he was honoring his 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:13.480 brother by honoring that young man. I wonder what kind 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:16.320 of world this would be if we would all set 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:20.280 out each day to honor someone. Set out to honor 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:23.800 your relative, your friend, your boss, doesn't have to be 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:26.920 something big. A phone call. Hey, I'm thinking about you. 0:15:27.080 --> 0:15:28.800 I want to tell you you mean the world to me. 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:32.600 You just poured honor in that friend at the office 0:15:32.640 --> 0:15:36.560 that works so hard. Tell your supervisor. What a great 0:15:36.680 --> 0:15:39.160 job they do. Put in a good word for them. 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:43.600 Simple things can honor people. I have some friends that 0:15:43.640 --> 0:15:47.520 live in the Seattle Tacoma area, Kevin and Sheila Gerald, 0:15:47.640 --> 0:15:51.400 pastor Champions Center. One night, they were in a restaurant 0:15:51.560 --> 0:15:55.320 eating dinner and Bill and Melinda Gates walked in and 0:15:55.400 --> 0:15:58.640 sat down at the table close by. Kevin wanted to 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:01.960 buy their dinner. He called the waiter over and told 0:16:02.040 --> 0:16:04.800 him what he wanted to do. The waiter got the manager. 0:16:05.400 --> 0:16:07.600 Kevin told the manager, I don't want to interrupt them. 0:16:07.720 --> 0:16:09.080 I don't want to meet them. I don't want to 0:16:09.080 --> 0:16:11.480 shake their hand. I just want to buy their dinner 0:16:11.840 --> 0:16:15.200 and give them this note. On the note, he wrote, 0:16:15.720 --> 0:16:19.120 thank you for your sacrifice and daring to take a 0:16:19.240 --> 0:16:23.680 risk to start Microsoft. Because of you, all of us 0:16:23.680 --> 0:16:28.040 have benefited. Our world is better. Thousands of people have jobs, 0:16:28.280 --> 0:16:33.360 houses and bright futures. Know that you're loved and appreciated. Now, 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:37.000 the truth is Bill Gates didn't need anybody to buy 0:16:37.000 --> 0:16:40.840 his dinner. The wealthiest man in the world billions of dollars. 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:44.920 But Kevin understands this principle. When you pour the oil 0:16:44.960 --> 0:16:47.960 of honor on it will always flow back to you. 0:16:48.520 --> 0:16:51.680 He didn't want to miss the opportunity. He could have thought, 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:55.560 Bill Gates does not need my encouragement, and he certainly 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:59.400 doesn't need my money. Now he realized it's not all 0:16:59.440 --> 0:17:02.360 about the the person. It's about what I'm supposed to do. 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:06.440 I'm supposed to take delight in honoring others he set 0:17:06.480 --> 0:17:11.240 out to honor him. What am I saying? Don't miss 0:17:11.400 --> 0:17:15.160 opportunities to be good to people. I read a couple 0:17:15.160 --> 0:17:18.320 of weeks ago that a neighbor of mine got a promotion. 0:17:18.880 --> 0:17:21.320 There was an article in the paper that talked about 0:17:21.560 --> 0:17:25.199 his new position. I thought to myself, that's great. I 0:17:25.240 --> 0:17:28.320 am happy for him. It couldn't happen to a nicer person. 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:32.240 But do you know my thoughts didn't do him any good. 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:36.040 You can think honoring thoughts all day long and it's 0:17:36.080 --> 0:17:39.879 not going to bless him. So often we have stored 0:17:39.960 --> 0:17:43.640 up honor. We think about it, but we're not releasing it, 0:17:43.920 --> 0:17:46.919 We're not pouring it out. I got up the next morning, 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:50.800 took five minutes and emailed him a little note congratulating him, 0:17:51.000 --> 0:17:53.879 letting him know that we're proud of him. Don't miss 0:17:53.920 --> 0:17:57.720 these opportunities. To show honor. If a coworker looks better 0:17:57.760 --> 0:18:01.440 than normal, tell them, hey, you look great today. That's 0:18:01.480 --> 0:18:05.000 not just to compliment. You're pouring honor in. You see 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:07.600 the security guard walking out of the building. Hey, thanks 0:18:07.680 --> 0:18:10.399 for what you do. I appreciate you. Pour in in 0:18:10.480 --> 0:18:13.800 more honor that friends you work with, Hey, I sure 0:18:14.040 --> 0:18:17.240 enjoy working with you each day. You're a pleasure to 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:21.160 be around. That's a spirit of honor. Sad to say, 0:18:21.560 --> 0:18:24.800 but some people today would be quicker to say you're 0:18:24.840 --> 0:18:28.240 a pain to work around then to give a compliment 0:18:28.640 --> 0:18:32.000 and say you're a joy to work around. They're quick 0:18:32.160 --> 0:18:37.080 to express the negative, but they withhold the positive. We 0:18:37.119 --> 0:18:41.240 should be just the opposite. Be generous with your compliments, 0:18:41.640 --> 0:18:45.479 be stingy with your complaints, be free with your honor. 0:18:46.000 --> 0:18:52.600 Withhold the dishonor. There's enough gossip, slander, talking badly behind 0:18:52.640 --> 0:18:56.879 people's back. Let's develop the habit of talking good behind 0:18:56.920 --> 0:19:00.840 people's back. If a person's name comes up and you 0:19:00.880 --> 0:19:03.520 can put in a good word for them, don't be passive. 0:19:04.080 --> 0:19:07.640 Pour in some oil of honor. Hey, I know them 0:19:07.920 --> 0:19:10.200 and they're great. I think the world of them. They're 0:19:10.240 --> 0:19:14.320 the real deal. Talking good behind people's back makes a 0:19:14.440 --> 0:19:18.720 huge deposit. A man asked me in another state if 0:19:18.760 --> 0:19:22.040 i'd seen one of our staff members lately. He's close 0:19:22.119 --> 0:19:24.680 friends with this staff member. I said, no, I haven't 0:19:24.680 --> 0:19:28.120 seen them lately, but I sure like them. They are 0:19:28.160 --> 0:19:31.640 so talented we can always count on them. They're a 0:19:31.680 --> 0:19:34.960 great addition to our staff. I could have just said no, 0:19:35.040 --> 0:19:37.760 I hadn't seen them lately. Nothing wrong with that, but 0:19:37.800 --> 0:19:40.560 I didn't want to miss an opportunity to talk good 0:19:40.680 --> 0:19:45.240 behind somebody's back. Just like the bad always gets back 0:19:45.280 --> 0:19:48.960 to people, the gossip, the slander, the good will get 0:19:49.000 --> 0:19:51.480 back to them as well. I knew he'd pick up 0:19:51.480 --> 0:19:54.040 the phone say hey, Joel was telling me how much 0:19:54.080 --> 0:19:56.760 he likes you, what a great staff member you are. 0:19:57.800 --> 0:20:02.320 A second hand compliment can be more powerful than a 0:20:02.400 --> 0:20:07.159 direct compliment. For you to talk good about people in 0:20:07.200 --> 0:20:10.360 front of your friends, your family, your peers, your coworkers 0:20:10.560 --> 0:20:15.080 without them being there. That honor you're pouring in carries 0:20:15.160 --> 0:20:18.880 more weight. Put a good word in for somebody by 0:20:18.920 --> 0:20:22.240 talking good behind their back. I know a young lady. 0:20:22.560 --> 0:20:25.000 She takes care of these two little children from time 0:20:25.040 --> 0:20:28.919 to time, a brother and a sister, ages four and six. 0:20:29.640 --> 0:20:33.000 She'll tell them often, do you know that your mommy 0:20:33.160 --> 0:20:36.760 your daddy are the best parents in all the world. 0:20:37.760 --> 0:20:40.240 They get a big smile on their face, like they're 0:20:40.280 --> 0:20:43.360 so proud they don't know any better. They go home 0:20:43.400 --> 0:20:45.520 and say so and so said, you're the best mom 0:20:45.960 --> 0:20:49.480 the best dad in all the world. See it's easy 0:20:49.600 --> 0:20:53.400 to talk badly behind people's back, see easy to find fault, 0:20:53.600 --> 0:20:56.800 be critical. But when you have this spirit of honor, 0:20:57.160 --> 0:21:00.520 you see the best in people. You focus on good, 0:21:00.920 --> 0:21:05.280 You magnify what's right. If you hear somebody talking negative 0:21:05.359 --> 0:21:07.919 about a person you know, don't just sit there and 0:21:07.920 --> 0:21:09.919 take it all in. Yeah, let me tell you what 0:21:10.000 --> 0:21:13.000 I know too. Now, be a part of the solution 0:21:13.680 --> 0:21:17.320 and not the problem. Yes, they've got a few shortcomings, 0:21:17.480 --> 0:21:21.880 but here's what I like about them. That honor not 0:21:21.920 --> 0:21:25.440 only quite it's the negative, not only helps the other person, 0:21:25.760 --> 0:21:28.840 but it'll always come back to you. You have to 0:21:28.880 --> 0:21:33.679 ask yourself, am I so an honor or dishonor? You 0:21:33.720 --> 0:21:37.359 can't talk badly behind people's back and not expect people 0:21:37.400 --> 0:21:40.919 to talk badly behind your back. You can't sol dishonor 0:21:41.080 --> 0:21:45.560 and expect to have honor. Galatian six says a person's 0:21:45.680 --> 0:21:49.880 harvest in life will depend entirely on what they sow. 0:21:50.880 --> 0:21:54.960 This is especially important in our homes. Don't talk badly 0:21:55.160 --> 0:21:58.600 about your family members. You may not agree with them, 0:21:59.000 --> 0:22:02.359 you're crazy on may get on your nerves, but don't 0:22:02.400 --> 0:22:06.200 air out all your dirty laundry. Putting that man down, 0:22:06.280 --> 0:22:08.920 telling all of his faults. That doesn't make you look 0:22:08.960 --> 0:22:15.000 good nor him look good. Protect your family, protect those reputations. 0:22:15.160 --> 0:22:18.359 Stick up for your family. I talked to a lady 0:22:18.640 --> 0:22:21.800 last week, and she's been divorced for about three years 0:22:21.840 --> 0:22:26.240 and was very difficult and unfair. She was extremely bitter 0:22:26.359 --> 0:22:29.320 toward her husband, telling me all the things that he 0:22:29.359 --> 0:22:32.080 had done wrong. This is where you have to dig 0:22:32.080 --> 0:22:36.360 your heels in. Don't be dishonoring to your ex spouse. 0:22:37.080 --> 0:22:39.560 You may not like them, they may not have treated 0:22:39.640 --> 0:22:42.639 you right, but don't fall into the trap of sowing 0:22:42.800 --> 0:22:47.280 seeds of dishonor. If you have children, that man or 0:22:47.359 --> 0:22:50.359 woman is still the father or mother of your children. 0:22:50.680 --> 0:22:54.960 It confuses a child to hear one parent disrespecting the other. 0:22:55.680 --> 0:22:59.360 You can show honor by not being critical, by not 0:22:59.440 --> 0:23:02.720 making them bad. They may have done a thousand things wrong, 0:23:02.800 --> 0:23:05.040 but you know what you're not the judge God is. 0:23:05.119 --> 0:23:08.840 It's in his hands. You'll never go wrong. But showing honor. 0:23:10.600 --> 0:23:14.560 One time in the scripture, Miriam was disrespectful to her 0:23:14.640 --> 0:23:18.240 brother Moses. She didn't like the fact that he married 0:23:18.280 --> 0:23:22.360 an Ethiopian woman, someone from a different nationality, and this 0:23:22.440 --> 0:23:25.680 went outside of what she was used to. She started 0:23:25.680 --> 0:23:29.720 talking badly behind moses back, being critical of him, getting 0:23:29.720 --> 0:23:33.520 the whole family stirred up. It's interesting the scripture says 0:23:33.600 --> 0:23:40.000 that God heard Miriam being disrespectful. God hears us when 0:23:40.000 --> 0:23:43.159 we honor people, and he also hears us when we 0:23:43.280 --> 0:23:48.960 dishonor people. Miriam could have disagreed respectfully with Moses without 0:23:49.000 --> 0:23:52.720 becoming bitter and negative. Sometimes the way you show honor 0:23:52.800 --> 0:23:55.600 is you just don't stir it up, you just stay quiet. 0:23:56.119 --> 0:23:59.760 But she kept being critical, getting the whole family riled up. 0:24:00.040 --> 0:24:03.119 Here's the problem. What you sow, you're going to reap. 0:24:03.920 --> 0:24:08.439 The scripture says Miriam came down with leprosy. Suddenly she 0:24:08.600 --> 0:24:13.040 was unclean, had to leave the family. You shouldn't dishonor anyone, 0:24:13.280 --> 0:24:17.520 but especially don't dishonor your own family. Show honor by 0:24:17.680 --> 0:24:22.520 covering some faults by protecting some reputations. When you have 0:24:22.600 --> 0:24:25.320 this spirit of honor, you go to work each day. 0:24:26.040 --> 0:24:28.639 You don't just perform your duties, but you do it 0:24:28.800 --> 0:24:32.040 with the right attitude. That's how you honor your boss, 0:24:32.359 --> 0:24:35.919 you honor that company. You can go to work and 0:24:36.000 --> 0:24:39.359 do everything you're told, accomplish all of your tasks. But 0:24:39.440 --> 0:24:42.479 if you do it sour and I don't like these people. 0:24:42.520 --> 0:24:45.560 I can't stand this company. You're doing your job, but 0:24:45.680 --> 0:24:50.040 that dishonoring spirit will keep you from rising higher. Promotion 0:24:50.200 --> 0:24:53.879 doesn't come from people, it comes from God. The environment 0:24:54.320 --> 0:24:57.439 may not be fair, the people may not be treating 0:24:57.480 --> 0:25:00.359 you right, but don't let that be an excuse to 0:25:00.400 --> 0:25:03.440 be sour. You are not working under people. You are 0:25:03.480 --> 0:25:06.359 working under God. And if you will do your job 0:25:06.600 --> 0:25:09.679 with a spirit of honor, God will get you to 0:25:09.720 --> 0:25:13.760 where you're supposed to be. Isaiah said, if you're willing 0:25:14.240 --> 0:25:16.840 and obedient, you will eat the good of the land. 0:25:17.359 --> 0:25:20.320 It's not enough to just be obedient. The question is 0:25:20.400 --> 0:25:23.160 are you willing, Do you have a good attitude? Do 0:25:23.200 --> 0:25:26.720 you do it with a spirit of honor? Young people, 0:25:26.800 --> 0:25:30.159 this is so important. If you will learn to honor 0:25:30.240 --> 0:25:34.720 your leaders, honor your teachers, honor your parents, do your 0:25:34.800 --> 0:25:38.119 work with a good attitude, then God can continue to 0:25:38.200 --> 0:25:41.240 promote you. But if there's a spirit of disrespect, and 0:25:41.560 --> 0:25:43.240 I don't know why I'm here, I know more than 0:25:43.240 --> 0:25:46.360 these people, that will limit how high you can go. 0:25:47.160 --> 0:25:49.520 But when you go to work and you get there 0:25:49.560 --> 0:25:52.679 on time, you do more than you have to. You 0:25:52.800 --> 0:25:55.879 make that company proud that they hired you. All the 0:25:56.080 --> 0:25:59.600 honor you're pouring out one day will come right back 0:25:59.640 --> 0:26:04.359 to you. I'm sure at times in the scripture, Joseph thought, 0:26:04.520 --> 0:26:07.760 this is a waste treating these people good that are 0:26:07.800 --> 0:26:11.000 treating me badly. Doing the right thing, and the wrong 0:26:11.080 --> 0:26:14.600 thing keeps happening to me, it's never going to pay off. No, 0:26:14.800 --> 0:26:18.920 Some fifteen years later, All the honor he showed Potiphar, 0:26:19.440 --> 0:26:22.400 the master that he worked for as a slave, All 0:26:22.440 --> 0:26:25.399 the honor he showed the prison officials when he was 0:26:25.480 --> 0:26:29.760 falsely imprisoned, All the honor he showed his brothers, the 0:26:29.760 --> 0:26:32.800 ones that threw him into a pit. All that honor 0:26:33.000 --> 0:26:36.000 eventually came back to him. He was put in charge 0:26:36.000 --> 0:26:39.800 of the whole nation. You keep having that spirit of honor, 0:26:40.200 --> 0:26:43.840 keep being your best, and like Joseph, you better get ready. 0:26:44.040 --> 0:26:47.159 Your time is coming. The honor is on its way. 0:26:47.400 --> 0:26:51.679 What you sew you will read. For seventeen years I 0:26:51.760 --> 0:26:54.720 worked behind the scenes here at Lakewood when my dad 0:26:54.840 --> 0:26:59.080 was alive, doing the television production. Unlike with Joseph, this 0:26:59.240 --> 0:27:02.439 was a healthy and environment. But during that time I 0:27:02.520 --> 0:27:05.760 did my best to make my father look good. I 0:27:05.840 --> 0:27:08.760 made sure the lighting was just right and the camera 0:27:08.880 --> 0:27:12.520 angles were perfect. I had a podium custom made for 0:27:12.640 --> 0:27:15.920 my father and had him come down several times stand 0:27:15.960 --> 0:27:18.320 before it. We looked at it on camera, made some 0:27:18.359 --> 0:27:21.879 tweaks until we got it just perfect. On Saturday nights, 0:27:22.240 --> 0:27:24.640 I would go over to my parents' house pick out 0:27:24.640 --> 0:27:26.919 a suit and tie for my father to wear the 0:27:26.960 --> 0:27:29.679 next day at the service on television. And I'm not 0:27:29.680 --> 0:27:32.600 bragging on me, but I poured a lot of honor 0:27:32.720 --> 0:27:36.000 in trying to make my father look good. Now do 0:27:36.080 --> 0:27:38.639 you know all that honor has come back to me? 0:27:39.280 --> 0:27:41.600 Do you know how many people make me look good? 0:27:43.240 --> 0:27:47.240 A whole lot. That's the way God is. When you 0:27:47.320 --> 0:27:50.199 have a spirit of honor, being your best, with a 0:27:50.240 --> 0:27:54.399 good attitude, talking good behind people's back, taking delight in 0:27:54.520 --> 0:27:57.800 honoring others, then God will take you places that you've 0:27:57.840 --> 0:28:02.800 never even dreamed. Chat challenge. Set out each day to 0:28:02.880 --> 0:28:07.040 honor someone. Look for opportunities to be good to people. 0:28:07.520 --> 0:28:10.199 Take time to write the note, to send the text 0:28:10.440 --> 0:28:13.640 to make them feel better about themselves. If you'll do this, 0:28:13.920 --> 0:28:16.960 the honor that you send out will always come back 0:28:16.960 --> 0:28:21.359 to you. I believe and declare you will accomplish every dream, 0:28:21.760 --> 0:28:26.280 overcome every obstacle, and become everything God's created you to be. 0:28:26.680 --> 0:28:30.200 In Jesus' name, if you receive it, can you say it? Men? 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