Make Plans To Succeed

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See terms and conditions at 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:30.080 UNEs dot co. 0:01:31.200 --> 0:01:33.959 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:36.759 our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:39.240 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:01:39.280 --> 0:01:40.399 blessing and share it with. 0:01:40.360 --> 0:01:43.720 A friends, reappreciate you, and pray for God's very best 0:01:43.760 --> 0:01:59.480 in your life. God bless you. It's always a joy 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:01.800 to come into your homes, and if you're ever in 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:03.960 our area, come out and see us. I promise you 0:02:04.040 --> 0:02:06.360 these are the finest people in all of Houston, Texas, 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:09.000 right here at Lake four. Glad to have you today. 0:02:10.080 --> 0:02:12.560 I like to start with something funny. And I heard 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:14.800 about this man. He was walking along the beach, and 0:02:15.040 --> 0:02:17.760 God said, son, you've been so faithful, I'm gonna grant 0:02:17.800 --> 0:02:21.520 you one special wish. The man said, God, I've always 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:24.400 wanted to go to Hawaii, but I'm afraid to fly. 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:28.560 Would you build me a bridge across the ocean? God said, son, 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:32.160 that's totally impossible. Think of the logistics of that. Now 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:35.280 take some time and wish again. He said, okay, God, 0:02:35.360 --> 0:02:38.720 I've been divorced four times and all my ex wives 0:02:38.760 --> 0:02:41.880 say that I'm so insensitive. My wish is that I 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:44.760 would be able to understand a woman. I want to 0:02:44.800 --> 0:02:47.040 know why they think like they think, and why they 0:02:47.120 --> 0:02:48.680 feel like they feel. I want to know how to 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:51.760 truly make them happy. There was a long pause, and 0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:54.519 God said, do you want two lanes or four lanes 0:02:54.560 --> 0:03:00.120 on that bridge? All right, hold up your bibles, may 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:00.480 it like. 0:03:00.440 --> 0:03:00.880 You mean it. 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:04.480 This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:07.480 I have what it says I have, I can do 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:10.200 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:03:10.280 --> 0:03:14.519 taught the word of God, I boldly confess my mind 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:18.120 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:18.240 --> 0:03:22.919 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:26.480 to talk to you today about making plans to succeed. 0:03:27.440 --> 0:03:32.079 One thing I've learned is success is not accidental. You're 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:36.160 not going to accidentally accomplish your dreams. You don't accidentally 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:40.480 have good relationships. You won't accidentally lose twenty pounds. You 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:43.440 have to have a plan. If you're going to get 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:46.320 to the right destination, you've got to know where you're 0:03:46.360 --> 0:03:49.160 going and how you're going to get there. If you've 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:52.520 ever been at the beach just floating in the water, relaxing, 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:56.040 you'll notice after a while the current has taken you 0:03:56.160 --> 0:03:59.560 far away. That's the way it is in life. If 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:03.160 we don't have clear cut goals with a plan in 0:04:03.240 --> 0:04:06.320 place to accomplish those goals, we're not going to end 0:04:06.400 --> 0:04:09.960 up at the right place. Without goals, we can't really 0:04:10.000 --> 0:04:14.640 measure our success. When we don't have goals, we're easily distracted. 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:18.279 It's easy to lose focus. And in business, there's something 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:22.360 called a mission statement for that company talks about what 0:04:22.400 --> 0:04:24.720 the purpose of the company is and what it's there 0:04:24.720 --> 0:04:28.359 to accomplish in life. You need to have your own 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:32.719 mission statement. Put it on paper. What's your purpose? What 0:04:32.760 --> 0:04:36.680 are you dreaming about? What are your goals for? Everything 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:40.200 you have responsibility over, from a business to a ball 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:43.560 team to your family, you need to know what that 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:47.360 mission statement is. Whether it's a business with hundreds of 0:04:47.400 --> 0:04:50.840 employees or just you and your child, you need to 0:04:50.880 --> 0:04:53.920 have a clear cut plan. This is what we're all about. 0:04:54.400 --> 0:04:56.839 These are our goals, and here's how we plan to 0:04:56.839 --> 0:05:01.280 accomplish them. Don't go through life vague. Don't go through 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:04.640 life with no focus, not knowing your purpose, just kind 0:05:04.680 --> 0:05:07.080 of hoping that you'll end up at the right place. No, 0:05:07.440 --> 0:05:11.039 you'll miss your destiny, you'll miss what you were created for. 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:14.440 And it's important to know the difference between a god 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:19.200 given dream and just a wish. Sometimes as children we 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:22.480 dream of being a ballplayer, dream of being an actress, 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:25.160 dream of being a fireman. But most of the time 0:05:25.520 --> 0:05:28.640 that's just wishful thinking. We grow out of it. I 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:30.919 remember when I was a little boy, I dreamed I 0:05:30.920 --> 0:05:33.960 was gonna play basketball for the Houston Rockets. That was 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:39.000 definitely a fantasy. But there are dreams put in us 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:42.680 by the creator of the universe. The Latin word for 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:47.200 desire means from the Father. There are desires that God 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:50.240 puts in our heart. The way you can tell if 0:05:50.320 --> 0:05:53.560 a dream is really from God is if that desire 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:57.440 won't go away. You'll know it's a real dream if 0:05:57.440 --> 0:05:59.560 you let go of it. But it won't let go 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:02.919 of you. You push it down, you ignore it, you 0:06:03.000 --> 0:06:04.920 try to get rid of it, it keeps coming back 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:08.320 again and again. That's a God given dream. I've heard 0:06:08.360 --> 0:06:11.160 people say, Joel, I really want to start my own business. 0:06:11.200 --> 0:06:13.520 I just can't get this off my mind. Or I 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:15.560 really want to get out of debt, or I know 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:19.520 I need to break this addiction. The dream is in them. 0:06:19.640 --> 0:06:21.960 They can feel the desire God's put on the inside. 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:25.000 It's not going away. But there's something else we have 0:06:25.080 --> 0:06:28.240 to do. You have to follow up that desire with 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:32.560 a plan. A dream without a plan ends up just 0:06:32.640 --> 0:06:37.719 being a wish. The scripture says this faith without corresponding 0:06:37.800 --> 0:06:42.200 actions is dead. Now I read where ninety five percent 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:45.680 of people don't have a goals program. They don't have 0:06:45.720 --> 0:06:48.800 a plan in place to achieve what God's put in 0:06:48.839 --> 0:06:53.360 their heart. In nineteen fifty three, they interviewed the graduating 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:56.080 class from Yale just as they were about to leave 0:06:56.120 --> 0:06:58.440 and go out on their own, and they ask how 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:02.280 many of them to specific set of goals with a 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:05.880 written plan of how they were going to accomplish those goals. 0:07:06.240 --> 0:07:09.120 Less than three percent had a written set of goals. 0:07:09.520 --> 0:07:13.080 Twenty years later, they interviewed the same class and they 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:16.400 found the people that had written goals were not only 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:21.120 happier and more fulfilled, but their income was more than 0:07:21.160 --> 0:07:25.480 the other ninety seven percent combined. Why was that they 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:29.080 were focused? They went out each day with purpose, knowing 0:07:29.120 --> 0:07:31.800 what they were going to accomplish. They had not only 0:07:31.880 --> 0:07:34.560 kept their vision in front of them, but they developed 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:37.720 a plan. They had goals that they were working toward. 0:07:38.480 --> 0:07:42.280 The scripture says in Habakuk. Write the vision and make 0:07:42.320 --> 0:07:46.560 it clear. I would encourage you to write down your goals, 0:07:47.080 --> 0:07:50.040 write down what you want to accomplish. It's not enough 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:51.600 to just have it in your head. Old Joel, I 0:07:51.640 --> 0:07:54.560 know what I want to do. You know something happens 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:57.400 when you get serious enough to put those goals on 0:07:57.520 --> 0:08:00.800 paper and then keep those goals in of you. Put 0:08:00.840 --> 0:08:03.160 them on your mirror at home, put them on your 0:08:03.200 --> 0:08:05.760 desk at the office. I know at the first of 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:07.880 every year, I write down four or five of the 0:08:07.960 --> 0:08:10.880 main things I'd like to see happen all through the week. 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:13.840 I can see those goals. If you'll keep that vision 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:16.560 in front of you, it'll help you to stay focused. 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:19.880 There are two types of goals. You need to have 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:23.600 long range goals. Where do you want to be ten 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:27.240 years from now? Where do you see yourself in your career, 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:31.120 in your finances, in your relationships. You need to look 0:08:31.200 --> 0:08:35.200 way down the road and set the mark, set the direction. 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:38.360 Make a decision. This is where I'm headed. Ten years 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:40.600 from now, I'm not gonna be at this same position 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:43.640 in my office. I'm gonna be in management. Ten years 0:08:43.640 --> 0:08:46.040 from now, I'm not gonna be renting this apartment. I'm 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:48.800 gonna own my own home. Or ten years from now, 0:08:48.840 --> 0:08:51.200 I'm not gonna be single anymore. I'm gonna be married. 0:08:51.600 --> 0:08:54.760 He's going to be rich and good looking. Now I 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:58.560 spose shoot high. Ten years from now, I'm gonna have 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:01.199 my college degree. Ten years from now, I'm gonna be 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:04.200 running my own business. You need to have some big 0:09:04.240 --> 0:09:07.520 goals out in front of you. If you can accomplish 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:10.120 all your goals in a year or two. Your goals 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:12.760 are too small. You need to set some goals that 0:09:12.800 --> 0:09:15.440 are gonna take you at least ten or fifteen years 0:09:15.440 --> 0:09:18.319 to accomplish. I mean, I have some things written down 0:09:18.320 --> 0:09:20.839 on my office at home. I'd be too embarrassed to 0:09:20.840 --> 0:09:23.120 share them with you. You think I'm too far out. But 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:25.400 you need to have some goals that are so big 0:09:25.760 --> 0:09:28.040 you know it's gonna take God to bring it to pass. 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:30.319 You know he's gonna have to give you the strength, 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:33.679 the favor, the wisdom if you're gonna see those goals fulfilled. 0:09:34.800 --> 0:09:38.320 Those are your long range goals ten, fifteen, twenty years 0:09:38.320 --> 0:09:41.360 down the road. But then you also need to have 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:45.520 some short range attainable goals. That's what you're working on 0:09:45.720 --> 0:09:49.280 right now, things like this year, I'm going to get 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:52.880 to work on time, I'm gonna lose twenty pounds, I'm 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:55.840 gonna take a course to improve my skills. I'm gonna 0:09:55.840 --> 0:09:58.960 pay down my debt X amount of dollars. The reason 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:02.319 you need short range attainable goals is so you can 0:10:02.400 --> 0:10:06.200 celebrate your victories on your way to your long range goals. 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:09.559 In other words, I may not have quit smoking altogether. 0:10:09.920 --> 0:10:11.960 But I did give up two cigarettes a day, I 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:15.080 can celebrate that. Or you, ladies, I may not be 0:10:15.120 --> 0:10:17.720 a size eight just yet, but I did lose five pounds, 0:10:17.760 --> 0:10:20.600 I can celebrate that. Or I may not be totally 0:10:20.640 --> 0:10:22.760 out of debt, but I did pay my credit card 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:25.679 off this month. That's pretty good. You need to have 0:10:25.720 --> 0:10:29.560 these short range, attainable goals so you can celebrate. That's 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:32.480 what helps you to stay encouraged. But here's where many 0:10:32.520 --> 0:10:36.400 people miss it. A goal alone is not enough. You 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:40.280 have to have a plan. What steps are you taking 0:10:40.400 --> 0:10:43.240 to achieve your goals. A lot of times we say 0:10:43.480 --> 0:10:47.520 I'm praying, I'm believing, I'm staying in faith. That's important, 0:10:47.559 --> 0:10:50.800 but that's not enough. God expects us to make a plan. 0:10:51.720 --> 0:10:56.120 Proverb sixteen nine says there in his heart, a man 0:10:56.320 --> 0:11:00.160 plans his course, but the Lord will direct his step. 0:11:00.880 --> 0:11:04.520 That tells me, if I don't plan my course, then 0:11:04.559 --> 0:11:08.200 God can't direct my steps. Noah had a plan for 0:11:08.240 --> 0:11:11.560 the arc, Solomon had a plan for the temple. God 0:11:11.640 --> 0:11:14.520 had a plan for the universe. You need to put 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:17.760 a plan with your goals. If one of your goals 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:21.320 is to have a better relationship with your spouse. That's great, 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:24.480 but that goal is only half complete without a plan. 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:27.560 You need to follow it up with here's what I'm 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:30.559 going to do to make my marriage better this year. 0:11:31.160 --> 0:11:35.160 I will be more respectful, i will not argue over 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:38.559 things that don't matter. I will compliment my spouse at 0:11:38.679 --> 0:11:41.120 least once a day, even if I have to make 0:11:41.160 --> 0:11:46.720 something up. I believe this planning part is the missing 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:49.480 linked to why many people don't see their dreams come 0:11:49.520 --> 0:11:52.360 to pass. It's important to have goals. It's important to 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:56.160 have dreams, but the plan is the practical part. God 0:11:56.200 --> 0:11:58.960 puts it back on us. Maybe you have a goal 0:11:59.080 --> 0:12:02.680 to break an addiction that's high on your priority list, but 0:12:02.800 --> 0:12:05.680 what steps are you taking to make that happen. You 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:08.480 need to follow that up with here's how I'm going 0:12:08.520 --> 0:12:11.640 to do it. I'm going to attend the recovery class. 0:12:11.880 --> 0:12:14.520 I'm gonna change some of my friends. I'm not gonna 0:12:14.520 --> 0:12:16.800 put myself in the wrong environment. I'm gonna go to 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:19.760 the support group twice a month. You've got to have 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:24.960 a plan. Goals without plans end up being ineffective. And 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:27.320 if you will do your part and make the plan 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:31.240 to the best of your ability, God will anoint your 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:34.760 plan and cause it to help bring those dreams to pass. 0:12:35.160 --> 0:12:37.480 You don't have to have it all figured out. You 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:39.600 may not see how it can happen in the natural. 0:12:39.840 --> 0:12:42.800 That's okay. The main thing is to get off dead 0:12:42.920 --> 0:12:45.880 center and do what you can so God can start 0:12:45.920 --> 0:12:49.360 directing your steps. When you make a move, God will 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:52.040 make a move. He'll give you more wisdom, more insight, 0:12:52.120 --> 0:12:55.120 more favor. I talked to a young man the other day. 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:58.400 He had been addicted to cocaine for many years. He 0:12:58.440 --> 0:13:01.440 had tried and tried to stop. He had good intentions, 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:04.559 he was praying, believing his heart was right, but every 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:07.480 time he would fall back into that. But he told 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:11.480 how this time he had been drug free for six months. 0:13:11.880 --> 0:13:14.920 This is the longest he's ever stayed clean. And I 0:13:14.960 --> 0:13:17.679 ask him how he did it without missing a bet. 0:13:17.800 --> 0:13:20.880 He told me three things. He had a plan. Number one, 0:13:20.960 --> 0:13:24.600 he changed his friends. Number two, he came to our 0:13:24.600 --> 0:13:28.920 recovery class. And number three, he had a friend that 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:32.720 would call him every day and encourage him and help 0:13:32.800 --> 0:13:36.000 him to stay accountable. And this third thing is so 0:13:36.040 --> 0:13:40.000 important because there are some things we can't overcome on 0:13:40.040 --> 0:13:43.800 our own. Some things we can't break all by ourselves. 0:13:44.440 --> 0:13:47.640 When you're making your plan, don't be too proud to 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:50.560 ask for help. Don't be too embarrassed to call a 0:13:50.600 --> 0:13:53.480 friend and say, you know what, I'm struggling in this area. 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:56.480 Will you stand with me? Will you help me overcome? 0:13:56.720 --> 0:14:01.040 Will you hold me accountable? We need each other. If 0:14:01.080 --> 0:14:04.360 you're struggling in an area today, know that God has 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:07.679 somebody there for you. You may not know who they 0:14:07.679 --> 0:14:10.920 are right now, but if you'll stay open, God will 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:14.360 direct your path. He'll bring the right people into your life. 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:16.920 And this is one of the main things that keeps 0:14:16.960 --> 0:14:21.000 us from pressing forward and really fulfilling our dreams. We 0:14:21.040 --> 0:14:24.320 cannot fulfill everything that God's put in our heart all 0:14:24.360 --> 0:14:29.000 by ourselves. God created us to need each other. We 0:14:29.080 --> 0:14:32.000 need the wisdom or the advice from someone that's gone 0:14:32.040 --> 0:14:35.200 before us. We need a friend to encourage us when 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:38.440 we're down. We need a brother or a sister to 0:14:38.520 --> 0:14:41.280 stand with us and challenge us to be strong when 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:44.160 we're weak, to keep going when we feel like giving up. 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:48.800 When you're making your plans, stay open to including others. 0:14:49.160 --> 0:14:51.720 That's what this young man did. He had failed all 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:55.560 those other times, but when he got the right people involved, 0:14:55.880 --> 0:14:59.360 and he put the right plan behind his goals. That's 0:14:59.400 --> 0:15:02.840 when he over let me ask you, do you have 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:06.240 a plan to keep your marriage strong? Do you have 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:09.480 a plan to improve your skills? Do you have a 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:13.280 plan to live a healthy life? A dream is not enough. 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:17.160 Take it a step further, write down your goals, and 0:15:17.200 --> 0:15:19.680 then follow it up with this is what I'm going 0:15:19.720 --> 0:15:22.520 to do to bring this to pass. You may have 0:15:22.560 --> 0:15:26.160 a goal to advance in your career five years from now. 0:15:26.200 --> 0:15:28.000 You want to be in management, or you want to 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:31.160 own your own business. What are you doing with that goal? 0:15:31.920 --> 0:15:35.160 Are you being mentored by someone that's smarter than you are? 0:15:35.840 --> 0:15:39.720 Are you reading books studying materials related to that field. 0:15:40.360 --> 0:15:44.000 Could you possibly take a correspondence course or go to 0:15:44.080 --> 0:15:47.480 class a couple of nights a week. That's putting actions 0:15:47.520 --> 0:15:50.720 behind your goals. I have this friend that has a 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:53.680 desire to own her own company. Right now, she's got 0:15:53.680 --> 0:15:57.280 a great job, she's content, but she knows she has 0:15:57.360 --> 0:16:01.080 more in her That dream won't go away. So in 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:05.440 her free time, she's always learning, She's studying, She's already 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:09.120 written her business plan. She knows how many customers it's 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:11.600 gonna take for her to break even. She knows how 0:16:11.680 --> 0:16:14.400 much her costs are going to run. She's already got 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:18.960 her eye on a certain location. She's making plans. That's 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:22.240 more than dreaming, more than setting goals. She's in this 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:27.480 third phase. She's strategizing. She's not sitting back waiting for 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:31.080 God to drop a business in her lap. She knows 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:36.360 that success is intentional. She's doing her part by getting prepared. 0:16:37.120 --> 0:16:39.400 We can't have the attitude. Well, I wish I could 0:16:39.400 --> 0:16:42.000 break this addiction. Wish I could get out of debt, jeweler, 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:45.080 I wish I could start my own business. No, all 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:48.160 that is is a wish without a plan. Your heart 0:16:48.240 --> 0:16:51.160 is right, you can feel the dream on the inside, 0:16:51.360 --> 0:16:54.800 but you've got to start taking steps. Have the attitude 0:16:55.320 --> 0:16:58.120 this year. I'm not just gonna dream. I'm not just 0:16:58.160 --> 0:17:01.120 gonna set goals. I'm gonna put this third step into 0:17:01.160 --> 0:17:04.240 action and I'm gonna start making plans. I'm gonna actively 0:17:04.320 --> 0:17:07.720 take steps to bring my dreams to pass. And again, 0:17:08.119 --> 0:17:10.399 you don't have to have it all figured out. If 0:17:10.440 --> 0:17:13.879 you'll just do the best that you can, little by little, 0:17:14.119 --> 0:17:16.879 God will begin to lead you. I was reading a 0:17:16.920 --> 0:17:20.879 story about this teenager that grew up in Pennsylvania on 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:24.160 a farm. This was many years ago. Nobody in his 0:17:24.200 --> 0:17:26.800 family had ever left that small town. They just stayed 0:17:26.840 --> 0:17:29.520 there and worked on the farm. But this young man 0:17:29.760 --> 0:17:32.040 knew that he had more in him. He had a 0:17:32.160 --> 0:17:35.480 dream to go to college, but in the natural didn't 0:17:35.480 --> 0:17:37.760 look like he had much of a chance. The family 0:17:37.880 --> 0:17:40.920 was very poor. They didn't seem to have any connections. 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:44.399 But instead of just sitting back and letting that dream 0:17:44.720 --> 0:17:47.760 turn into a wish, he went down to the local 0:17:47.800 --> 0:17:51.320 telephone company and he got the phone directory for New 0:17:51.400 --> 0:17:54.480 York City. He wanted to work there and go to school, 0:17:54.960 --> 0:17:58.600 and he searched that directory and found a certain department 0:17:58.680 --> 0:18:02.560 store that had three tree hundred and ninety three locations 0:18:02.600 --> 0:18:06.240 in and around New York City. He thought, they're so big, 0:18:06.520 --> 0:18:09.119 surely they will have a job for me. And he 0:18:09.200 --> 0:18:11.640 decided he was going to write every one of those 0:18:11.680 --> 0:18:15.000 department stores and ask them for a job. And back then, 0:18:15.040 --> 0:18:18.119 of course, they didn't have computers. He didn't even have 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:22.080 a typewriter. He had to handwrite three hundred and ninety 0:18:22.119 --> 0:18:25.440 three letters. He wrote his resume and said he would 0:18:25.440 --> 0:18:28.199 do everything from sweep the floor to work in the warehouse, 0:18:28.720 --> 0:18:32.120 and his goal was to write about fifteen letters a day. 0:18:32.720 --> 0:18:35.960 He did that diligently for a month or so until 0:18:35.960 --> 0:18:38.840 he had written three hundred and ninety three individual letters 0:18:38.920 --> 0:18:42.240 to each of those managers at those department stores. Well, 0:18:42.440 --> 0:18:45.199 month after month went by, he didn't hear anything. A 0:18:45.240 --> 0:18:48.399 few more months, still nothing. Six months later, still no word. 0:18:48.880 --> 0:18:52.639 He was so discouraged, so tempted to give up, but 0:18:52.760 --> 0:18:56.800 instead he came up with another plan. He just turned eighteen, 0:18:57.280 --> 0:18:59.879 and he talked his parents into letting him catch it 0:19:00.440 --> 0:19:02.879 to New York City so he could meet with some 0:19:02.960 --> 0:19:05.679 of those stores and hopefully get a job. They mustered 0:19:05.760 --> 0:19:08.680 up enough money. He had enough probably to stay about 0:19:08.720 --> 0:19:11.200 a week or so, And when he got to New York, 0:19:11.280 --> 0:19:14.000 he went to one of the bigger department stores there 0:19:14.040 --> 0:19:17.359 in Times Square. He found the manager and said, my 0:19:17.440 --> 0:19:20.000 name is so and so, and I was wondering if 0:19:20.040 --> 0:19:22.960 you got the letter that I wrote you about a job. 0:19:23.440 --> 0:19:26.439 The manager said, now, even if you would have written 0:19:26.480 --> 0:19:28.520 it to this address, we wouldn't have got it. It 0:19:28.560 --> 0:19:31.720 would have gone to our main headquarters, to the personnel 0:19:31.800 --> 0:19:34.520 department that was about four or five blocks away. So 0:19:34.600 --> 0:19:36.840 he walked over there. He went in and told the 0:19:36.880 --> 0:19:39.520 receptionist who he was and asked if he could speak 0:19:39.520 --> 0:19:43.320 to someone concerning a job. They took him into this office. 0:19:43.480 --> 0:19:46.240 It's kind of a big, fancy place, and this executive 0:19:46.280 --> 0:19:49.280 was sitting behind the desk. The young man were so nervous. 0:19:49.640 --> 0:19:51.800 He said, sir, my name is so and so, and 0:19:52.200 --> 0:19:54.280 I was wondering if you got the letter I sent 0:19:54.359 --> 0:19:58.159 you asking for a job. The executive turned from his 0:19:58.240 --> 0:20:00.280 desk and he put his hand on a big stack 0:20:00.320 --> 0:20:03.320 of papers. He said, yes, we got your letter, all 0:20:03.359 --> 0:20:07.040 three hundred and ninety three of them. He smiled and said, 0:20:07.080 --> 0:20:10.080 we knew you'd be coming soon. You can start this afternoon. 0:20:11.560 --> 0:20:14.399 But that young man not only went to college, but 0:20:14.480 --> 0:20:17.560 he ended up coming back to manage a whole region 0:20:17.800 --> 0:20:21.760 of that company's department stores. What's my point. He had 0:20:21.800 --> 0:20:24.920 a goal, but he put a plan with it. When 0:20:24.960 --> 0:20:28.240 you do what you can, God will direct your steps. 0:20:28.520 --> 0:20:31.280 He'll make sure you come across the right people, the 0:20:31.359 --> 0:20:34.760 right opportunities, the right breaks. But when we don't have 0:20:34.840 --> 0:20:38.280 a plan, when we're not pressing forward doing what we can, 0:20:38.400 --> 0:20:41.639 our dream turns into a wish. Well. I hoped it 0:20:41.640 --> 0:20:44.840 would have happened. But when you know God's put something 0:20:44.880 --> 0:20:47.119 in your heart and you can feel that it's a 0:20:47.160 --> 0:20:50.520 part of your destiny, it won't go away. You let 0:20:50.560 --> 0:20:52.879 go of it, but it keeps coming back again and again. 0:20:53.560 --> 0:20:57.080 You can be assured that's a dream put in you 0:20:57.320 --> 0:21:00.240 by the creator of the universe, and you should do 0:21:00.359 --> 0:21:04.160 everything you can to bring that dream to pass. You've 0:21:04.160 --> 0:21:07.159 got to get prepared. This may mean you need to 0:21:07.240 --> 0:21:10.680 change some friends that you're running with. Maybe they were 0:21:10.720 --> 0:21:14.080 fine for a season in your life, but you've outgrown 0:21:14.160 --> 0:21:17.320 then this is a new season, and in order for 0:21:17.400 --> 0:21:20.240 you to go higher, you have to break away from 0:21:20.280 --> 0:21:24.760 relationships that are limiting you and develop some new friendships, 0:21:25.200 --> 0:21:28.080 people that are going to pull you up and inspire 0:21:28.160 --> 0:21:32.000 you to rise higher. I found if you're the smartest 0:21:32.080 --> 0:21:35.680 one in your group, your group is too small. Find 0:21:35.760 --> 0:21:38.920 people that are smarter than you are, people that will 0:21:39.000 --> 0:21:42.080 challenge you to stretch to the next level and become 0:21:42.160 --> 0:21:45.719 everything God's created you to be. This may mean that 0:21:46.760 --> 0:21:49.680 you need to go to the library and research what 0:21:49.720 --> 0:21:52.040 God's put in your heart. May mean you have to 0:21:52.040 --> 0:21:54.680 give up playing ball one night a week and take 0:21:54.760 --> 0:21:57.480 that course to learn more about what you're feeling on 0:21:57.560 --> 0:22:04.200 the inside. Keep growing, keep learning, get prepared. Success is intentional. 0:22:05.160 --> 0:22:08.000 I know people that are struggling in their finances. They're 0:22:08.080 --> 0:22:11.119 very deeply in debt. They want to get out. They're praying, 0:22:11.200 --> 0:22:14.560 they're believing, they're giving. But God is saying, do you 0:22:14.680 --> 0:22:17.439 have a plan. If you'll come up with a plan, 0:22:17.920 --> 0:22:21.639 God will direct your steps. But many times when people 0:22:21.680 --> 0:22:24.239 are in debt, they get so overwhelmed by it and 0:22:24.280 --> 0:22:27.680 so discouraged they don't even want to face it. They 0:22:27.720 --> 0:22:29.760 can't tell you if there are a thousand dollars in 0:22:29.800 --> 0:22:32.320 debt or one hundred thousand. They don't want to deal 0:22:32.359 --> 0:22:36.720 with it. They're afraid it's insurmountable. That is not true. 0:22:36.880 --> 0:22:40.280 God always has a way out, and even if you 0:22:40.400 --> 0:22:43.919 have bad credit, you can overcome bad credit. But you 0:22:44.000 --> 0:22:47.040 have to have a plan. You need to sit down 0:22:47.080 --> 0:22:50.159 with someone that can help you. Sit down with someone 0:22:50.160 --> 0:22:53.480 that can give you good advice. We have free financial 0:22:53.640 --> 0:22:56.840 counseling here at the Ministry, and we've seen people in 0:22:57.000 --> 0:23:00.359 all kinds of debt more than you can imagine. But 0:23:00.480 --> 0:23:03.439 as a general rule, most people, if they're on the 0:23:03.520 --> 0:23:07.080 right plan, in three to five years, they can be 0:23:07.160 --> 0:23:11.119 totally debt free other than their home. You simply have 0:23:11.200 --> 0:23:13.520 to have a clear cut plan. Let me give you 0:23:13.520 --> 0:23:17.040 an example. If you have five thousand dollars of debt 0:23:17.160 --> 0:23:20.200 on a credit card today, and all you ever pay 0:23:20.840 --> 0:23:24.800 is the minimum two percent monthly payment of one hundred dollars, 0:23:25.240 --> 0:23:28.159 that will take you eighty six and a half years 0:23:28.200 --> 0:23:31.560 to pay that off, and if perchance you're still alive 0:23:31.640 --> 0:23:35.440 when that happens, you will have paid thirty eight thousand 0:23:35.520 --> 0:23:38.960 dollars in interest. A good plan would be to pay 0:23:39.000 --> 0:23:42.119 that off as soon as possible. When God sees you 0:23:42.280 --> 0:23:45.479 putting forth that effort, that's when he'll step in and 0:23:45.520 --> 0:23:49.240 cause his blessings to overtake you. One more example. If 0:23:49.280 --> 0:23:52.320 you have one hundred thousand dollars loan on your home. 0:23:52.840 --> 0:23:55.119 The interest rate is eight percent and it's a thirty 0:23:55.200 --> 0:23:59.320 year loan. If you will make one extra payment a year, 0:24:00.080 --> 0:24:03.920 that will knock off approximately eight years of that loan. 0:24:04.440 --> 0:24:07.439 That's something we can do well. You say, Joel, I 0:24:07.440 --> 0:24:09.520 wanted to hear about how I can get blessed today. 0:24:09.760 --> 0:24:13.240 This is how you can get blessed. Set some goals 0:24:13.359 --> 0:24:18.320 and develop a plan. The goal may be to get 0:24:18.359 --> 0:24:20.679 out of debt, but follow that goal up with the 0:24:20.720 --> 0:24:23.760 plan this year. Here's what I'm gonna do. I'm not 0:24:23.800 --> 0:24:26.520 gonna make emotional purchases. I'm not gonna go out to 0:24:26.520 --> 0:24:29.880 eat every other night, or maybe more extreme, I'm gonna 0:24:29.920 --> 0:24:33.159 sell my fancy car and buy an ordinary car so 0:24:33.200 --> 0:24:35.440 I can take that extra money and put it toward 0:24:35.520 --> 0:24:39.160 my debt. When you take those kind of steps, God 0:24:39.200 --> 0:24:43.160 will say they've got a plan. They're doing what they can. Now, 0:24:43.240 --> 0:24:46.000 let me start directing their steps. Let me arrange a 0:24:46.040 --> 0:24:48.920 promotion here, let me arrange favor here. Let me bring 0:24:48.920 --> 0:24:51.760 the right people across their path. That's when you'll see 0:24:51.800 --> 0:24:55.879 promotion increase God's blessings in a greater way. You do 0:24:56.000 --> 0:24:59.240 the natural, and God will do the supernatural. I know 0:24:59.320 --> 0:25:02.320 this young couple that really wanted to own their own home. 0:25:02.680 --> 0:25:05.719 They were living in a small apartment, just out of school, 0:25:05.720 --> 0:25:08.120 and really they couldn't afford much of anything. But they 0:25:08.119 --> 0:25:11.520 came up with a plan. They decided that every paycheck 0:25:11.880 --> 0:25:15.440 they would give ten percent to their church as their 0:25:15.480 --> 0:25:18.840 tithe and then they would put another ten percent in 0:25:18.920 --> 0:25:21.960 a fund toward a down payment to a new home. 0:25:22.440 --> 0:25:24.680 And they had this one neighborhood that they really liked. 0:25:25.080 --> 0:25:26.919 One day they went and met with the bank to 0:25:26.960 --> 0:25:29.520 find out how much the down payment would be, and 0:25:29.560 --> 0:25:32.480 they calculated it would take them about seven or eight 0:25:32.560 --> 0:25:35.520 years to come up with enough for that down payment. 0:25:35.920 --> 0:25:39.399 They were very faithful, diligent month after month to save. 0:25:39.800 --> 0:25:43.040 They knew where they were going, what they wanted to accomplish, 0:25:43.200 --> 0:25:45.480 and how they were going to get there. And many 0:25:45.520 --> 0:25:48.120 times on the weekends they would walk through the new 0:25:48.160 --> 0:25:51.160 homes that were being built, just dreaming, just keeping that 0:25:51.240 --> 0:25:54.600 vision alive. And one day, as they were walking through 0:25:54.600 --> 0:25:57.720 this one particular home, they met the builder. He was 0:25:57.760 --> 0:26:01.040 the main builder in that whole subdivision, and he asked 0:26:01.080 --> 0:26:04.800 them if they were interested in purchasing that home, and 0:26:04.840 --> 0:26:07.640 they said, well, we would love to, but we can't 0:26:07.680 --> 0:26:10.240 afford it right now. We're just saving up the money 0:26:10.280 --> 0:26:12.960 and maybe in six or seven years we'll be able 0:26:13.000 --> 0:26:15.320 to do that. He asked them how much they have 0:26:15.440 --> 0:26:18.800 saved up. It was several thousand dollars, but not nearly 0:26:18.960 --> 0:26:22.160 enough for a typical downpayment. They knew no bank would 0:26:22.200 --> 0:26:25.080 give them the money, but this builder, they hadn't talked 0:26:25.080 --> 0:26:27.520 to him. Five minutes, out of the blue, he said, 0:26:28.000 --> 0:26:30.399 I really want you to have this house, and if 0:26:30.440 --> 0:26:33.280 you'll put down what you have, I'll finance the rest 0:26:33.320 --> 0:26:36.880 of it myself. When you have a plan, God will 0:26:36.920 --> 0:26:39.480 direct your steps. He'll cause you to be at the 0:26:39.600 --> 0:26:43.680 right place at the right time. He'll give you supernatural breaks. 0:26:44.680 --> 0:26:47.560 But I don't believe this would have happened if they 0:26:47.600 --> 0:26:50.960 had just vaguely been dreaming, vaguely been hoping that one 0:26:51.040 --> 0:26:54.600 day they'd get a new house. They were diligent. They 0:26:54.600 --> 0:26:58.000 didn't just dream. They didn't just have some goals. They 0:26:58.080 --> 0:27:01.720 were taking steps. They were getting prepared. They knew what 0:27:01.760 --> 0:27:03.560 the market was like, they knew how much it was 0:27:03.600 --> 0:27:05.679 gonna cost. They had met with the bank, they had 0:27:05.760 --> 0:27:09.399 saved their money. They were focused, they were diligent, and 0:27:09.480 --> 0:27:12.200 they saw God do moore than they could even ask 0:27:12.280 --> 0:27:15.280 or think. What are you doing to bring your dreams 0:27:15.320 --> 0:27:18.359 to pass? Are you taking steps of faith? Are you 0:27:18.440 --> 0:27:23.120 getting prepared? Do you have clear direction for end? Success 0:27:23.440 --> 0:27:26.640 is intentional. We're not going to accidentally get out of debt, 0:27:27.080 --> 0:27:30.760 accidentally start a business, accidentally break an addiction. You got 0:27:30.800 --> 0:27:34.120 to have a plan. I'm asking you today to come 0:27:34.200 --> 0:27:37.720 up with a goals program. Write it down, this is 0:27:37.760 --> 0:27:40.560 where I'm going, this is what God's put in my heart, 0:27:40.920 --> 0:27:43.960 and here's how I plan to get there. In your finances, 0:27:44.000 --> 0:27:48.120 in your career, in your relationships. Don't go another week 0:27:48.400 --> 0:27:52.760 without having a plan. Write your vision and make it clear. 0:27:53.320 --> 0:27:55.760 Your long range goals. Where do you want to be 0:27:55.840 --> 0:27:58.479 in ten years? Put it on paper. Set the direction 0:27:59.000 --> 0:28:01.520 your short range gold What are you working on right now? 0:28:01.880 --> 0:28:07.600 Then strategize. Evaluate how you're spending your time, how you're 0:28:07.640 --> 0:28:11.440 spending your money, Evaluate your friendships. Is that a part 0:28:11.480 --> 0:28:16.040 of your plan? Be an on purpose person if you'll 0:28:16.080 --> 0:28:20.840 go beyond dreaming, beyond setting goals and start making plans 0:28:20.840 --> 0:28:24.840 to succeed. 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