Help Others Win

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It's a joy to come into 0:01:58.720 --> 0:01:59.440 your homes. 0:01:59.600 --> 0:02:00.520 We love you. 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:03.480 If you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop 0:02:03.520 --> 0:02:05.559 by and be a part of one of our services. 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:07.920 I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:10.480 But thanks so much for tuning in today, and thank 0:02:10.520 --> 0:02:12.760 you again for coming out. And I like to start 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:15.960 with something funny, and I heard about these three pastors. 0:02:16.200 --> 0:02:18.760 They were in a boat together one day fishing, and 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:21.960 one pastor said, you know, we never get to let 0:02:21.960 --> 0:02:25.000 our hair down. Let's each tell the area that we 0:02:25.080 --> 0:02:28.840 struggle in the most, our greatest sin, so we can pray. 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:29.200 For each other. 0:02:29.720 --> 0:02:31.880 First pastor said, well, I hate to say this, but 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:35.280 I've got a problem with gambling. Sometimes I sneak out 0:02:35.320 --> 0:02:38.200 at night and gamble. The second pastor said, well, I 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:40.800 hate to say this, but I've got a problem with cheating. 0:02:41.000 --> 0:02:44.600 I hardly ever pay my taxes. The third pastor just 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:45.799 sat there quietly. 0:02:46.200 --> 0:02:48.600 They waited and waited. He wouldn't budge. 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:50.760 They said, we are not leaving till you tell us 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:53.760 your greatest sin. He said, all right, My greatest sin 0:02:54.080 --> 0:02:56.200 is with gossip, and I can't wait to get off 0:02:56.200 --> 0:02:56.640 this boat. 0:02:58.760 --> 0:03:01.160 Hold up your Bible, say it like you mean it. 0:03:01.560 --> 0:03:04.359 This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:03:04.840 --> 0:03:07.160 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:03:07.320 --> 0:03:09.880 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:03:09.960 --> 0:03:13.880 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:17.240 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:21.919 the same. In Jesus' name God bless you. I want 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:25.000 to talk to you today about helping others to win. 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:28.600 I've heard it said you will always have what you 0:03:28.720 --> 0:03:31.040 want if you will help others get. 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:31.919 What they want. 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:35.720 If you will use your influence to help others to succeed, 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:38.920 and you take time to give them advice, and you 0:03:39.280 --> 0:03:42.240 introduce them to people you know, you make a phone 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:45.160 call and put in a good word. When you help 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:48.280 others to win, you are sowing a seed for you 0:03:48.360 --> 0:03:50.960 to come up higher. I had a lady tell how 0:03:51.200 --> 0:03:55.040 her supervisor wouldn't train her on this new computer program. 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:58.600 The company had sent this supervisor away to learn how 0:03:58.640 --> 0:04:01.200 to use it, but when she came back, she wouldn't 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:04.720 share any of the information. She was afraid her coworker 0:04:04.960 --> 0:04:07.720 might get promoted over her, so she was keeping it 0:04:07.720 --> 0:04:11.200 to herself. But when we try to hold people back, 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:15.120 all we're really doing is holding ourselves back. If you 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:18.880 will live unselfish and help people get to your level, 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:22.240 God will make sure somebody will be there to help 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:25.039 you get to the next level. I heard about this 0:04:25.360 --> 0:04:28.200 professional mountain climber. He was on his way to the 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:31.880 top of the mountain, was very cold and hard to breathe. 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:35.840 Even some of the most experienced mountain climbers couldn't make it, 0:04:36.200 --> 0:04:38.919 and along the way, about six hours from the top, 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:44.240 his team encountered an incredible snowstorm, a blizzard, making it 0:04:44.279 --> 0:04:47.720 extremely difficult, and at one point he saw a man 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:51.680 on the side of the trail, curled up, laying there asleep. 0:04:52.120 --> 0:04:55.520 He was basically freezing to death. He had a heartbeat, 0:04:55.800 --> 0:04:58.200 but he could barely breathe, and his team looked at 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:00.560 him and kept going. They said, if if you stop 0:05:00.600 --> 0:05:03.799 and try to help him, you could lose your own life. 0:05:03.839 --> 0:05:06.080 This man could not leave him there. He told the 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:09.280 team to go on, and he started massaging the man's 0:05:09.400 --> 0:05:13.040 arms and rubbing his legs and patting his face, trying 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:17.440 to get him to wake up. Miraculously, about fifteen minutes later, 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:20.200 the man came to and they walked down the mountain. 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:23.719 He saved his life, and the doctor that examined them 0:05:23.720 --> 0:05:26.960 both said to the man that stopped to help, your 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:30.680 arms and legs were starting to go numb, you were starting. 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:31.920 To suffer from frostbite. 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:34.520 You wouldn't have made it much further, but when you 0:05:34.600 --> 0:05:38.600 started massaging this man, it increased your own circulation. 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:41.760 And you probably saved your own life. 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:44.000 And it's easy to get so caught up in our 0:05:44.040 --> 0:05:46.520 climb to the top that we're too busy to help 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:49.760 anybody else. We think I can't stop. Other people are 0:05:49.760 --> 0:05:52.320 going to get ahead of me. Now, the truth is, 0:05:52.760 --> 0:05:55.920 when we take time to help other people win, what 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:57.280 we're really doing is. 0:05:57.279 --> 0:06:01.960 Helping ourselves to win. Then the apostle. 0:06:01.480 --> 0:06:05.000 Paul would have never become who he was without a 0:06:05.040 --> 0:06:09.560 man named Barnabas. Barnabas was one of the disciples. In 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:12.720 a sense, he had already won. He was in the 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:16.039 inner circle. You could say he was in management. He 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:19.440 was in the corner office. His friend Paul came along. 0:06:20.000 --> 0:06:23.359 You remember Paul. At one time he hated believers, he 0:06:23.480 --> 0:06:26.120 was having them thrown in jail. And God touched his 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:28.279 life and he became the apostle Paul. 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:30.400 Well, now Paul was wanting to. 0:06:30.360 --> 0:06:33.880 Go to Jerusalem and join up with the other disciples. 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:37.600 But in Acts nine, verse twenty six, it tells how 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:41.280 the disciples were afraid of Paul. They didn't know if 0:06:41.320 --> 0:06:45.520 he had really changed. The next verse says Barnabas stood 0:06:45.600 --> 0:06:48.680 up for Paul. Barnabas put in a good word for him. 0:06:48.920 --> 0:06:51.359 He said, in effect, hey, I can vouch for Paul. 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:53.280 I know who he is. He's the real deal. 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:58.120 If it had not been for Barnabas using his influence 0:06:58.200 --> 0:07:01.720 to open that door, Paul probably would not have written 0:07:01.839 --> 0:07:04.800 over half of the New Testament. We don't hear a 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:09.040 lot about Barnabas. Paul greatly overshadowed him. But if you 0:07:09.080 --> 0:07:12.119 were to talk to Paul, he would say, I won 0:07:12.560 --> 0:07:17.200 because Barnabas helped me to win. I succeeded because Barnabas 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:20.560 dared to take a risk and opened a door that 0:07:20.640 --> 0:07:24.040 I could not open on my own. Barnabas believed in 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:28.920 me when nobody else did. In every life that Paul touched, 0:07:28.960 --> 0:07:32.960 do you know Barnabas will get a reward as well. Friends, 0:07:32.960 --> 0:07:36.840 There's no greater legacy than to help someone else win. 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:39.040 And God is so blessed me. 0:07:39.440 --> 0:07:43.440 I am constantly looking for ways to use my influence 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:46.920 to help other people come up higher. Had a pastor 0:07:46.960 --> 0:07:49.640 call a while back, and they're trying to buy a 0:07:49.680 --> 0:07:51.520 building from their city like we did. 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:54.400 There was a man that was very instrumental in. 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:57.800 This whole process. I said, I'll get in touch with him. 0:07:58.160 --> 0:08:00.280 I'll put in a good word for you, and I'll 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:02.200 make sure that he gets on board. 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:03.640 We've won. 0:08:04.040 --> 0:08:06.040 I'm not gonna keep it to myself. I'm gonna help 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:09.720 somebody else win. The truth be known, he probably never 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:12.920 would have found that contact. This man is not in 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:15.480 a phone book. He doesn't have his own company. 0:08:16.240 --> 0:08:17.240 Here's what I've learned. 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:21.240 When you do for others what they cannot do for themselves, 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:24.280 you will never lack God's favor. You will never lack 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:29.520 God's blessing. And yes, it's good that we accomplish our dreams. 0:08:29.680 --> 0:08:30.520 That's important. 0:08:30.840 --> 0:08:34.480 But there's no more rewarding feeling than to have someone 0:08:34.559 --> 0:08:39.000 say I succeeded because you helped me succeed. We got 0:08:39.080 --> 0:08:42.240 our building because Lakewood gave us their contacts. 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:43.520 I rose to a. 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:46.920 New level because he stayed late after work and taught 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:48.880 me and trained me what he knew. 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:51.000 I think about our friend Michael. 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:53.880 He's one of our main guitar players here at Lakewood, 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:55.560 and Michael loves. 0:08:55.280 --> 0:08:56.520 To help other people win. 0:08:56.960 --> 0:08:59.880 He's one of the most talented musicians you could ever meet. 0:09:00.160 --> 0:09:04.640 He's played with some of the most famous artist in 0:09:04.720 --> 0:09:07.920 all the world. Michael is at the top of his game. 0:09:08.360 --> 0:09:11.560 He's already won. He could be sitting back saying, boy, 0:09:11.600 --> 0:09:14.160 look how great I am. God, you bless me with 0:09:14.200 --> 0:09:17.679 a lot of talent. No, Michael's not keeping it to himself. 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:21.600 He's sharing it with others. There's nobody that invests in 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:25.240 young people any more than Michael. Michael took our son 0:09:25.480 --> 0:09:28.920 Jonathan under his wing years ago and started teaching him 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:31.720 how to play the guitar. We never really asked him to. 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:34.600 He never lets us pay him for it. He just 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:36.600 did it because he wanted to. This has been going 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:39.120 on for seven or eight years, and now Jonathan is 0:09:39.120 --> 0:09:40.200 a great guitar player. 0:09:40.760 --> 0:09:44.240 On Friday nights. 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:47.080 On Friday nights, Michael is not out partying like he 0:09:47.200 --> 0:09:47.520 used to. 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:50.319 He's not strung out on drugs. Do you know where 0:09:50.360 --> 0:09:50.679 he is. 0:09:50.840 --> 0:09:54.880 He's here at our Celebrate recovery classes, leading the worship. 0:09:57.040 --> 0:10:00.000 He's one now he's helping other. 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:01.480 People overcome addictions. 0:10:01.960 --> 0:10:05.640 When our son Jonathan is sixty seventy years old, he'll 0:10:05.679 --> 0:10:10.160 still remember I'm successful in part because Michael helped me 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:13.560 to win. Michael helped me to develop my gifts. Michael 0:10:13.600 --> 0:10:16.480 helped bring out the best in me. See when you 0:10:16.600 --> 0:10:19.559 help someone to win, you become a friend for life. 0:10:20.160 --> 0:10:22.319 You'll always have a special place. 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:25.120 In their heart. I remember a few months. 0:10:24.800 --> 0:10:27.959 After my father died, I stepped up to pasture the church, 0:10:28.040 --> 0:10:30.920 and I was ministering most Sunday mornings. 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:33.319 But I was very unsure of myself. 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:37.880 I'd never pastored before, and I was nervous and intimidated. 0:10:37.960 --> 0:10:40.079 I didn't really know if I had what it took. 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:43.280 One day, I got a letter in the mail from 0:10:43.320 --> 0:10:45.239 a man by the name of John Maxwell. 0:10:45.760 --> 0:10:46.800 Many of you know John. 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:51.200 He's a expert in leadership and a great communicator, and 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:55.040 just a very well respected man. I'd never met him before. 0:10:55.280 --> 0:10:56.920 I'd only admired him from. 0:10:56.800 --> 0:10:57.880 A foreign boy. 0:10:57.920 --> 0:11:00.960 I opened that letter as quick as I could. It said, Joel, 0:11:01.160 --> 0:11:05.000 I watched you on television on Sunday, and you were outstanding. 0:11:05.320 --> 0:11:07.880 I've got to tell you you've got what it takes. He 0:11:07.920 --> 0:11:10.040 went on to list several things that he liked. You 0:11:10.200 --> 0:11:13.360 keep it simple, You've got a good personality. He listed 0:11:13.600 --> 0:11:17.200 several suggestions. Here's some advice. Here's what you can do 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:19.480 to be less nervous. Here's what I do when I'm 0:11:19.520 --> 0:11:24.959 getting prepared, sharing his secrets, giving his encouragement forty years 0:11:25.000 --> 0:11:28.160 of experience, and now he's pouring it into a young 0:11:28.200 --> 0:11:31.040 man that he's never even met before. He didn't have 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:35.000 to do that, he has already won. No, he understands 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:39.880 this principle. True success is when you reach back and 0:11:39.960 --> 0:11:43.600 bring somebody along with you. Do you know I still 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:46.679 have that note. A few weeks later I was able to. 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:47.640 Meet John Now. 0:11:47.640 --> 0:11:49.680 I got to tell you, John Maxwell will be a 0:11:49.679 --> 0:11:52.800 friend of mine for life. He's spoken to me at 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:56.880 a very critical time on my journey. Look around this week. 0:11:57.160 --> 0:12:00.640 Who is God put in your life? They're not thereby accident. 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:05.120 God brings people across our path on purpose. We should 0:12:05.160 --> 0:12:08.319 live with this awareness that I am here to add 0:12:08.440 --> 0:12:11.920 value to people. I am here to help them succeed. 0:12:12.720 --> 0:12:15.400 Don't go around thinking I wonder what they can do 0:12:15.520 --> 0:12:18.439 for me, I wonder what they have to offer. No, 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:21.800 we should have the attitude what can I do for them? 0:12:22.080 --> 0:12:24.200 How can I help them come up higher? Can I 0:12:24.280 --> 0:12:27.160 teach them something I know? Can I connect them with 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:30.920 a colleague of mine. Don't make the mistake of going 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:32.240 through life ingrown. 0:12:32.559 --> 0:12:35.400 That's very shallow. Be a dream releaser. 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:39.840 Do like John Maxwell and look for opportunities to call 0:12:39.920 --> 0:12:42.520 out the seeds of greatness that God's. 0:12:42.280 --> 0:12:43.360 Put in every person. 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:48.400 Use your talent, your influence, your experience, not just to 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:52.200 accomplish your goals, but use that to help release a 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:55.520 dream in somebody else, to give them more confidence to 0:12:55.600 --> 0:12:59.120 help them go further. There's nothing more rewarding than to 0:12:59.200 --> 0:13:02.480 lay down at night knowing that you helped someone else 0:13:02.600 --> 0:13:03.280 become better. 0:13:03.920 --> 0:13:05.560 You not only fulfilled. 0:13:05.120 --> 0:13:08.080 Your purpose for that day, you did your best, you 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:12.120 worked hard, but you also took time to invest in 0:13:12.200 --> 0:13:15.360 someone else. It may have just been a two minute 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:18.839 phone call where you encourage somebody, or maybe you spent 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:22.760 five minutes after work teaching a coworker, or you just 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:24.600 gave a good idea to a. 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:26.199 Friend working on a project. 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:30.520 When I look back over my life outside of my family, 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:34.760 I can think of four or five dream releasers people 0:13:34.760 --> 0:13:38.240 that took special interest in me. A coach in high 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:40.720 school when I was the smallest one on. 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:42.760 The team, he spoke faith into me. 0:13:43.200 --> 0:13:46.320 He made me think I was the biggest, baddest, toughest 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:46.760 like I was. 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:47.560 Michael Jordan. 0:13:48.320 --> 0:13:50.760 I remember one of my Sunday school teachers when I 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:53.800 was a little boy. His name is Larry he still 0:13:53.840 --> 0:13:57.960 attends Lakewood. He invested in me. He taught us young 0:13:58.000 --> 0:14:01.440 boys like we were paying attention. He made it fun. 0:14:02.520 --> 0:14:05.160 He didn't just go by the lesson. He always went 0:14:05.240 --> 0:14:09.679 the extra mile. I can say now I'm successful in 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:13.960 part because Larry helped me to win. You may not 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:16.360 see Larry up here on the platform, but let me 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:18.880 tell you he's up here with me. That coach is 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:21.440 up here with me. John Maxwell's up here with me. 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:27.400 I'm succeeding because people weren't just interested in their goals 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:32.480 their dreams. They became dream releasers. They knew the value 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:35.520 of helping somebody else win. And there's a lot of 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:40.400 people that have success. They've accomplished their goals. But being 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:45.080 successful doesn't necessarily make you great. What makes you great 0:14:45.440 --> 0:14:48.800 is when you reach back and help somebody else become great. 0:14:49.280 --> 0:14:53.000 When you realize God has blessed me not to just 0:14:53.080 --> 0:14:56.720 sit on my throne and let everybody see my accomplishments. 0:14:56.960 --> 0:14:59.960 No, I know, God has blessed me to become a blame. 0:15:00.760 --> 0:15:03.080 God has helped me to win so I can help 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:06.560 somebody else to win. In other words, God helped me 0:15:06.640 --> 0:15:09.640 to overcome this addiction. Now I'm going to go find 0:15:09.680 --> 0:15:13.520 somebody that's addicted and help them overcome. God's blessed me 0:15:13.640 --> 0:15:16.880 with a happy, healthy family. I'm going to go find 0:15:16.880 --> 0:15:19.800 a family that's struggling and help them get back on track. 0:15:20.480 --> 0:15:23.560 Or God's helped me pass this course in high school. 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:26.040 Now I'm going to go to my friends and help 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:30.120 him study so he can pass too. Reach back and 0:15:30.240 --> 0:15:33.800 bring somebody else up with you. You've won, Now make 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:37.600 it your business to help somebody else win. In nineteen 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:41.240 thirty six, the Olympic Games were held in Berlin, Germany, 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:45.920 Hitler's influence could be felt so strongly. Hitler didn't want 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:49.840 any Blacks to compete, much less win. There was a 0:15:49.880 --> 0:15:53.520 young American sprinter there by the name of Jesse Owens. 0:15:54.000 --> 0:15:57.520 Jesse was black, He had already won three gold medals, 0:15:57.880 --> 0:16:01.120 and now he was attempting his fourth gold medal by 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:05.240 competing in the running long jump. Jesse told how the 0:16:05.320 --> 0:16:08.360 crowd was very much against him. He could feel their 0:16:08.440 --> 0:16:12.520 hostility so much so he began to lose focus. On 0:16:12.640 --> 0:16:16.560 his first attempt, he crossed the line and faulted. Second 0:16:16.600 --> 0:16:20.120 attempt crossed the line, faulted again. One more fault and 0:16:20.200 --> 0:16:23.680 he would be disqualified. This was very much out of 0:16:23.800 --> 0:16:26.960 character for Jesse, but he'd let the crowd get to him, 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:30.160 and they were still jeering at him and shouting against him. 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:31.240 He was very rattled. 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:37.840 Jesse's main competitor was a tall German athlete named loz Long. 0:16:38.480 --> 0:16:41.560 Lous Long had never met Jesse, but he could see 0:16:41.600 --> 0:16:44.480 he was all shaken up in front of tens of 0:16:44.560 --> 0:16:50.000 thousands of people. This hometown favorite. Lous Long did the unthinkable. 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:53.840 He went over and put his arm around Jesse Owens 0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:57.480 and began to give him advice. He said, Jesse, the 0:16:57.600 --> 0:17:01.800 qualifying distance is only twenty three feet. You've jumped twenty 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:03.720 six feet many times before. 0:17:04.400 --> 0:17:07.000 Just move your starting mark back three inches. 0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:09.919 That way, you'll make sure to not cross the line 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:13.960 and be disqualified. Jesse took his advice, and on the 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:17.399 next jump he qualified. Jesse went on to break the 0:17:17.440 --> 0:17:21.000 world record and win his fourth gold medal. Jesse Owen 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:25.760 said later, you can melt down all the gold from 0:17:25.800 --> 0:17:29.480 those medals and it will not compare to the value 0:17:29.560 --> 0:17:33.120 of the friendship I have found in Lou's Long. See 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:36.200 Long knew there was something greater than just winning a medal. 0:17:36.800 --> 0:17:39.800 He could win a friend for life. I've heard it 0:17:39.880 --> 0:17:44.000 said no one stands taller on their climb for success 0:17:44.600 --> 0:17:48.199 than when he bends down to help somebody else. If 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:51.680 you will live unselfishly and be willing to give it 0:17:51.840 --> 0:17:56.760 vice like love's long, even if that means somebody's gonna 0:17:56.800 --> 0:17:59.639 pass you up, let me tell you will always have 0:17:59.680 --> 0:18:03.800 God blessings. When you are a dream releaser, God will 0:18:03.840 --> 0:18:07.520 make sure your dreams come to pass. I found the 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:11.000 greatest legacy is not what we leave four. 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:13.080 People, but what we leave in people. 0:18:13.800 --> 0:18:16.920 Luz Long left something in Jesse that he'll never forget. 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:22.160 They became lifelong friends. One time, a very generous businessman 0:18:22.680 --> 0:18:26.520 offered me five hundred movie theaters to use every Sunday morning. 0:18:26.920 --> 0:18:29.119 He said, Joe, you can have them free of charge 0:18:29.480 --> 0:18:32.520 if you'll just pipe your message in by video and 0:18:32.560 --> 0:18:36.280 have a service. With our television coverage, I'm sure we 0:18:36.280 --> 0:18:39.719 could have thousands of people all over. And many churches 0:18:39.760 --> 0:18:43.480 are going to multiple campuses, and I thought, wow, overnight, 0:18:43.720 --> 0:18:47.040 we could have five hundred campuses. And while that was 0:18:47.160 --> 0:18:50.199 very appealing to the ego, when I prayed about it, 0:18:50.480 --> 0:18:52.960 I knew it wasn't something I should do. 0:18:53.680 --> 0:18:54.640 My focus is. 0:18:54.600 --> 0:18:57.720 To pastor this church and to spread hope around the 0:18:57.720 --> 0:19:00.879 world through the media. But I've never felt called to 0:19:00.960 --> 0:19:05.080 pastor people in five hundred different locations. Our desire is 0:19:05.119 --> 0:19:07.919 to encourage the people that watch us on television to 0:19:07.960 --> 0:19:11.439 get into a good church that's already established in their city. 0:19:11.760 --> 0:19:14.840 And I say this very humbly, but God's already helped 0:19:14.920 --> 0:19:18.359 us to win. We have fifty two years of history 0:19:18.359 --> 0:19:21.400 here at Lakewood, some fifty thousand people that come out. 0:19:21.720 --> 0:19:25.080 Our kingdom is big enough. I want to build God's kingdom. 0:19:25.400 --> 0:19:27.600 I want to help other pastors to win. 0:19:29.880 --> 0:19:33.119 I want to use my influence not to put people 0:19:33.160 --> 0:19:35.760 in one of my five hundred churches, but to put 0:19:35.840 --> 0:19:37.440 people in one of their churches. 0:19:37.720 --> 0:19:40.800 They've been raised up, established and called for their city. 0:19:41.160 --> 0:19:41.920 Here's my point. 0:19:43.119 --> 0:19:47.280 When you live unselfishly and you're more focused on helping 0:19:47.359 --> 0:19:50.440 someone else get ahead than you are on feeding your 0:19:50.440 --> 0:19:54.120 own ego, It's amazing how God works. The more we 0:19:54.200 --> 0:19:57.480 help other pastors, the more God increases Lakewood. 0:19:57.760 --> 0:19:58.800 It's like a boomerang. 0:19:59.040 --> 0:20:01.600 When you help somebody else come up higher, it's gonna 0:20:01.600 --> 0:20:03.800 come right back, and you're gonna come up higher. 0:20:04.600 --> 0:20:06.920 We've got to get outside of ourselves. 0:20:07.240 --> 0:20:10.359 Who are you investing in? Who are you making better? 0:20:10.760 --> 0:20:14.760 Who are you pushing up? Your destiny is tied to 0:20:14.880 --> 0:20:17.919 helping others, and we should never get so big in 0:20:18.000 --> 0:20:21.280 our own mind that we're too good to reach down 0:20:21.359 --> 0:20:24.800 and help somebody under us. Some people, when they walk 0:20:24.840 --> 0:20:28.000 into a room, they suck all the oxygen out of it. 0:20:28.320 --> 0:20:31.359 You can hardly breathe. They're so great, they're so big, 0:20:31.400 --> 0:20:35.080 they're talking about their accomplishments. They got twenty seven titles 0:20:35.119 --> 0:20:38.600 behind their name. That just means they're insecure and they 0:20:38.640 --> 0:20:41.800 have to impress you like that. No, if you really 0:20:41.840 --> 0:20:45.320 want to impress people, come down off your throne and 0:20:45.359 --> 0:20:47.040 help somebody else get to their throne. 0:20:47.400 --> 0:20:51.880 Do what you can to push somebody else up. Here's 0:20:51.920 --> 0:20:52.240 the key. 0:20:52.960 --> 0:20:58.000 Learn to believe in people before they succeed. Anybody can 0:20:58.040 --> 0:21:02.480 believe in them after they's successful, after they graduate, after 0:21:02.520 --> 0:21:05.760 they're promoted, after they break the addiction. It's easy to 0:21:05.800 --> 0:21:08.800 be people's friend when they all got it together and 0:21:08.840 --> 0:21:11.719 they're blessed and prosperous, But when they need us the 0:21:11.760 --> 0:21:15.560 most is before. If you're going to be a dream releaser, 0:21:15.840 --> 0:21:18.359 you have to look past their faults, look past what 0:21:18.400 --> 0:21:20.720 they're doing wrong and see their potential. 0:21:21.840 --> 0:21:23.320 Most people, all they. 0:21:23.240 --> 0:21:27.480 Need is a little push, a little advice, a little encouragement. 0:21:27.880 --> 0:21:31.919 Bottom line, put yourself in their shoes and do for 0:21:32.040 --> 0:21:35.320 them what you would want somebody to do for you. 0:21:35.320 --> 0:21:37.880 You may have some good advice that could save them 0:21:37.880 --> 0:21:39.240 a lot of heartache and pain. 0:21:39.640 --> 0:21:40.840 Don't keep it to yourself. 0:21:41.080 --> 0:21:43.960 Pick up the phone, call them, help them to win. 0:21:45.080 --> 0:21:48.600 Maybe you excelled in that college course that they're struggling in. 0:21:49.119 --> 0:21:51.119 Don't sit back and think too bad. They got to 0:21:51.160 --> 0:21:53.840 learn it the hard way. No, God's counting on you. 0:21:53.760 --> 0:21:54.600 To make it easier. 0:21:55.119 --> 0:21:57.760 Nobody may have helped you, but if you want God's 0:21:57.840 --> 0:22:01.040 continued blessing on your life, can't be selfish. 0:22:01.240 --> 0:22:03.600 You've got to be willing to be inconvenienced. 0:22:03.920 --> 0:22:07.359 You got to be willing to make some sacrifices, to teach, 0:22:07.480 --> 0:22:10.920 to train, to share what you know to help somebody 0:22:10.960 --> 0:22:14.680 else come up higher. I have a friend that grew 0:22:14.760 --> 0:22:18.080 up in the projects, very poor. He was raised by 0:22:18.080 --> 0:22:20.520 a single parent mom. Didn't look like he had much 0:22:20.520 --> 0:22:23.480 of a future, but through a series of good breaks, 0:22:23.480 --> 0:22:26.560 and really it was God's favor, he got a scholarship 0:22:26.560 --> 0:22:30.400 to a university. In fact, it was an ivy Lee college. 0:22:30.600 --> 0:22:33.520 Most of the students there were from white, well to 0:22:33.560 --> 0:22:37.080 do families. My friend was a black young man from 0:22:37.119 --> 0:22:38.400 a low income family. 0:22:38.960 --> 0:22:41.280 His roommate was a sharp young man. 0:22:41.560 --> 0:22:44.240 He had traveled the world, and here, my friend, he 0:22:44.280 --> 0:22:47.159 had hardly ever even gotten out of his neighborhood. It 0:22:47.240 --> 0:22:50.320 was a night and day difference. He and his roommate 0:22:50.400 --> 0:22:53.280 hit it off and became best friends. He told his 0:22:53.400 --> 0:22:58.320 roommate that his dream was to become a television news journalist. 0:22:58.760 --> 0:23:00.520 He knew from the time he was a little boy. 0:23:00.760 --> 0:23:04.119 That's what he always wanted to do. His roommate said, 0:23:04.320 --> 0:23:08.199 you'll never become a journalist with your vocabulary like it is. 0:23:08.480 --> 0:23:11.160 It's too limited. We got to do something about it. 0:23:11.920 --> 0:23:14.680 Instead of just seeing where he was, this roommate saw 0:23:14.760 --> 0:23:15.560 his potential. 0:23:16.000 --> 0:23:16.560 He got a. 0:23:16.520 --> 0:23:20.639 Dictionary and every day he taught this young man, my friend, 0:23:20.760 --> 0:23:24.360 a new word. He made him use that in a sentence. 0:23:24.560 --> 0:23:27.840 This went on, day after day, week after week, for 0:23:27.960 --> 0:23:31.480 four years. He taught him a new word every day. 0:23:32.040 --> 0:23:35.639 What was that roommate doing? Being a dream releaser, he 0:23:35.720 --> 0:23:38.320 had won. God had blessed him with a good family, 0:23:38.359 --> 0:23:42.200 a good upbringing, he had education, he had resources. Now 0:23:42.280 --> 0:23:46.399 he was passing it on helping somebody else to win. Today, 0:23:46.480 --> 0:23:49.840 that young boy from the projects is an award winning 0:23:49.920 --> 0:23:53.840 journalist seen by millions of people every week on probably 0:23:53.880 --> 0:23:57.520 the number one news program in America. He told me Joel, 0:23:57.840 --> 0:24:00.920 I would never be where I am if it were 0:24:00.960 --> 0:24:03.520 not for my roommate. I would have never made it 0:24:03.560 --> 0:24:05.840 this far if he had not taken. 0:24:05.600 --> 0:24:07.159 Time to invest in me. 0:24:08.280 --> 0:24:12.399 That's true success when you reach back and you bring 0:24:12.520 --> 0:24:16.280 somebody with you. Where are the people that will make 0:24:16.400 --> 0:24:18.120 sacrifices to help. 0:24:17.960 --> 0:24:18.840 Somebody else win? 0:24:19.760 --> 0:24:21.840 Where are the people that will be willing to be 0:24:21.960 --> 0:24:27.040 inconvenience to invest in someone so they can become all 0:24:27.119 --> 0:24:30.480 God's created them to be. Let's do like that roommate 0:24:30.760 --> 0:24:35.159 and be dream releasers. Let's believe in people before they succeed. 0:24:35.480 --> 0:24:38.560 Let's call out their seeds of greatness that God's put 0:24:38.640 --> 0:24:39.399 on the inside. 0:24:40.040 --> 0:24:42.240 I heard a story about a little boy named Shae. 0:24:42.920 --> 0:24:46.520 Shae was ten years old and both physically and mentally 0:24:46.640 --> 0:24:49.640 challenged him. He and his father were out walking one 0:24:49.720 --> 0:24:52.280 day and they went by a baseball field where a 0:24:52.320 --> 0:24:55.359 bunch of young boys Shay's age were playing a game, 0:24:55.440 --> 0:24:59.159 and Shae loved baseball. He said this, dad, do you 0:24:59.240 --> 0:25:01.640 think they would let me play on one of their teams. 0:25:02.160 --> 0:25:04.919 Shay's dad knew that he couldn't play at that level. 0:25:04.960 --> 0:25:08.680 He was very uncoordinated and couldn't hardly run at all, 0:25:08.800 --> 0:25:11.480 and Shaye's dad didn't want to disappoint him, so he 0:25:11.520 --> 0:25:14.000 went over and he asked one of the young boys in. 0:25:14.000 --> 0:25:15.480 The dugout if Shae could play it. 0:25:15.960 --> 0:25:18.480 The little boy looked around at his friends, trying to 0:25:18.480 --> 0:25:21.720 get some advice, and finally he said, well, sir, there's 0:25:21.760 --> 0:25:24.600 only two innings left and we're down by three runs, 0:25:24.600 --> 0:25:26.200 but sure he can come play. 0:25:26.240 --> 0:25:27.440 We'll put him in the outfield. 0:25:28.200 --> 0:25:31.159 Shae was so excited he could not believe he was 0:25:31.160 --> 0:25:34.439 out there playing baseball with those other young men. In 0:25:34.480 --> 0:25:37.920 the last inning, their team was down by one run. 0:25:38.119 --> 0:25:41.359 There were two outs, and it was Shay's time to bat. 0:25:42.160 --> 0:25:45.040 Deep down, those other teammates wanted to put in a 0:25:45.080 --> 0:25:48.240 pinch hitter. They wanted to send their best batter up, 0:25:48.720 --> 0:25:51.600 but they knew that wouldn't be right, so they sent 0:25:51.680 --> 0:25:54.720 Shae up to the play, basically knowing that they had 0:25:54.920 --> 0:25:57.399 already lost the game. I mean, Shae didn't have a chance. 0:25:57.640 --> 0:26:01.639 He was facing their star pitcher. Pitcher wound back and 0:26:01.680 --> 0:26:02.800 fired the first. 0:26:02.520 --> 0:26:05.520 Pitch so fast. Shae didn't even have a chance. 0:26:05.800 --> 0:26:09.320 He swung so late and so uncoordinated he missed it. 0:26:09.200 --> 0:26:09.760 By a mile. 0:26:10.520 --> 0:26:13.520 At that point, the pitcher realized that Shay had some 0:26:13.600 --> 0:26:17.560 physical challenges. The next pitch, he threw about half the speed, 0:26:17.920 --> 0:26:21.000 but once again Shay swung and missed by a mile. 0:26:21.760 --> 0:26:24.800 This time, the pitcher stepped off the mound and walked 0:26:24.880 --> 0:26:27.760 much closer to home plate. He threw the ball as 0:26:27.880 --> 0:26:31.240 soft as he could, and believe it or not, Shaye 0:26:31.280 --> 0:26:33.919 hit the ball. It went about five feet right in 0:26:33.920 --> 0:26:36.520 front of the home plate. The pitcher ran and picked 0:26:36.520 --> 0:26:38.359 it up just out of instinct. He was about to 0:26:38.440 --> 0:26:41.439 fire it to first base and win the game, but 0:26:41.480 --> 0:26:44.280 out of the corner of his eye he saw Shay 0:26:44.400 --> 0:26:47.280 running the best that he could. He didn't have the 0:26:47.320 --> 0:26:50.280 heart to throw it on purpose. He threw the ball 0:26:50.560 --> 0:26:52.520 over the first baseman's. 0:26:52.040 --> 0:26:53.560 Head into the outfield. 0:26:54.119 --> 0:26:57.480 The dad stood up and said, run, Shay, run, kind 0:26:57.480 --> 0:26:58.720 of like run for us. 0:26:58.840 --> 0:27:02.760 Run. Shae went to first, headed towards second. 0:27:03.080 --> 0:27:05.560 By this time, all the other boys knew what was 0:27:05.600 --> 0:27:08.680 going on, and on purpose, they kept throwing the ball 0:27:08.840 --> 0:27:12.200 over each other's heads, letting it go through their legs 0:27:12.240 --> 0:27:13.440 and shave round. 0:27:13.280 --> 0:27:16.160 A third base, and the whole crowd was going shame. 0:27:16.359 --> 0:27:19.920 Shae, Shae, Shae came in with a game winning run. 0:27:20.119 --> 0:27:22.960 Father had these big tears running down his cheeks. But 0:27:23.040 --> 0:27:27.560 that day, those boys deposited something in Shade that he'll 0:27:27.560 --> 0:27:31.040 never forget. When he's seventy years old, he'll remember the 0:27:31.119 --> 0:27:35.080 time he scored the game winning run. See, sometimes you 0:27:35.240 --> 0:27:38.120 have to give up winning so somebody else can win. 0:27:38.840 --> 0:27:42.760 Sometimes you have to make sacrifices. 0:27:42.880 --> 0:27:44.679 To let someone else get ahead. 0:27:45.640 --> 0:27:48.800 Sometimes you have to put your own dreams on hold 0:27:49.200 --> 0:27:53.359 temporarily so you can help release a dream in somebody else. 0:27:53.960 --> 0:27:54.640 Here's the key. 0:27:55.080 --> 0:27:58.119 What you may happen for others, God will make happen 0:27:58.160 --> 0:28:01.440 for you when you live on selfishly and you help 0:28:01.560 --> 0:28:05.080 somebody else get ahead. God will make sure somebody is 0:28:05.160 --> 0:28:06.680 there to help you get ahead. 0:28:07.600 --> 0:28:10.760 My challenge is make every day a Shay day. 0:28:11.480 --> 0:28:15.000 Find somebody to invest in, somebody you can help come 0:28:15.080 --> 0:28:18.240 up higher. Don't go to bed without knowing you did 0:28:18.359 --> 0:28:21.200 something for someone to help them win. 0:28:21.800 --> 0:28:22.879 I'm asking us. 0:28:22.960 --> 0:28:26.960 To become dream releasers. Believe in people before they succeed. 0:28:27.280 --> 0:28:30.080 Call out those seeds of greatness. When you do for 0:28:30.200 --> 0:28:33.640 others what they cannot do for themselves, you will always 0:28:33.720 --> 0:28:37.320 have God's favor. You will not only accomplish your dreams, 0:28:37.600 --> 0:28:40.360 but God will take you higher and higher. And I 0:28:40.440 --> 0:28:44.000 believe and declare you will become everything God's created you 0:28:44.080 --> 0:28:46.760 to be. You will have everything God intended for you 0:28:46.800 --> 0:28:47.000 to have. 0:28:47.440 --> 0:28:48.840 Amen. Do you receive it today? 0:28:50.360 --> 0:28:52.960 We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 0:28:53.000 --> 0:28:55.760 an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 0:28:56.080 --> 0:28:57.000 Would you pray with me? 0:28:57.560 --> 0:29:02.760 Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 0:29:02.800 --> 0:29:07.920 into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 0:29:07.960 --> 0:29:10.480 if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 0:29:10.480 --> 0:29:11.080 born again. 0:29:11.480 --> 0:29:14.360 Get in a good Bible based church, Keep God first place. 0:29:14.600 --> 0:29:16.880 He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 0:29:17.600 --> 0:29:21.040 Thank you for listening to the Joelus Deine podcast. Help 0:29:21.160 --> 0:29:23.880 us continue to share the message of hope with those 0:29:23.960 --> 0:29:27.880 all over the world. 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