Tell People What They Can Become

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See terms and conditions at 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:30.080 UNEs dot co. 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:35.600 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:38.400 our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 0:01:38.520 --> 0:01:40.840 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:42.440 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:01:42.720 --> 0:01:45.440 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:49.200 your life. So God bless you for joy to come 0:01:49.240 --> 0:01:51.920 into your homes. And if you're ever in our area, 0:01:51.960 --> 0:01:54.680 please stop buying be a part of one of our services. 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:57.040 I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 0:01:57.440 --> 0:01:59.520 Thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you again 0:01:59.560 --> 0:02:01.800 for coming out today. And I'd like to start with 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:05.480 something funny. And I heard about this mother. One Sunday morning. 0:02:05.600 --> 0:02:08.680 She went into her son's bedrooms said son, wake up, 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:11.639 it's time to go to church. He kind of groaned 0:02:11.680 --> 0:02:13.920 and rolled over and said, no, Mom, I'm not going 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:16.160 to church today. She said, what do you mean you're 0:02:16.200 --> 0:02:18.720 not going? Why not? He said, Mam, I'll give you 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:22.160 two good reasons. Number one, I don't like those people, 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:25.839 and number two, they don't like me. She said, son, 0:02:25.919 --> 0:02:28.480 that's no excuse. I'll give you two better reasons why 0:02:28.520 --> 0:02:31.680 you should go. Number one, you're fifty nine years old, 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:37.480 and number two, you're the pastor. Hold up your Bible. 0:02:37.720 --> 0:02:40.440 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:43.080 I am what it says. I am. I have what 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:45.720 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:02:45.720 --> 0:02:48.440 I can do. Today I will be talked the word 0:02:48.480 --> 0:02:52.600 of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 0:02:52.720 --> 0:02:56.960 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 0:02:57.400 --> 0:03:00.640 God bless you. I want to talk to you today 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:06.240 about telling people what they can become. Very often we 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:09.480 can see potential in other people that they can't see 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:13.480 in themselves. When you speak vision into them, when you 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:16.680 tell them what they can become, you can help set 0:03:16.760 --> 0:03:20.520 the direction for their life. Our words have the power 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:24.480 to push people into their divine destiny. And the reason 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:28.000 some people are not living at their full potential is 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:32.640 because nobody has ever spoken faith into them. Nobody's taken 0:03:32.680 --> 0:03:35.320 the time to say, hey, you're great at this, You've 0:03:35.360 --> 0:03:37.920 got a gift here, You're going to do something amazing. 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:41.560 All they remember are the negative things that have been 0:03:41.600 --> 0:03:44.960 spoken over them, how they're not that talented, how they've 0:03:44.960 --> 0:03:50.160 reached their limits. Now these incredible gifts, this potential is 0:03:50.240 --> 0:03:54.320 lying dormant on the inside. One of our assignments in 0:03:54.440 --> 0:03:59.080 life is to call out their seeds of greatness. Look 0:03:59.120 --> 0:04:01.880 around at who God's put in your life. They're not 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:05.480 there by accident. God put them there on purpose. You 0:04:05.560 --> 0:04:09.000 need to study them. See what they're good at, what 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:12.560 are their gifts, what areas do they excel in? Then 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:16.479 speak vision into them, don't just think about it, tell 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:20.760 them what they can become. One word of encouragement can 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:24.640 be what ignites the greatness on the inside. When they 0:04:24.640 --> 0:04:27.040 know you believe in them. They'll rise up with the 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:30.480 new confidence. They'll believe in themselves in a greater way. 0:04:31.160 --> 0:04:33.840 And this is what Victoria has done for me. I 0:04:33.880 --> 0:04:36.000 never thought that I could get up here in minister. 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:40.760 I'm naturally more quiet and reserved. I liked being behind 0:04:40.800 --> 0:04:44.000 the scenes. But ten years before my father went to 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:47.200 be with the Lord, Victoria would tell me, Joel, one 0:04:47.279 --> 0:04:50.000 day you're going to be the pastor. One day that's 0:04:50.040 --> 0:04:53.320 going to be you up there ministry. That seems so 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:57.240 far out I could hardly even entertain it. But to 0:04:57.320 --> 0:05:01.599 Victoria it was so clear. He could see it. Here's 0:05:01.640 --> 0:05:05.200 the key. She didn't keep it to herself. She spoke 0:05:05.400 --> 0:05:08.600 vision into me again and again, Joel, you're going to 0:05:08.640 --> 0:05:12.000 be a great pastor. You've got what it takes. One time, 0:05:12.040 --> 0:05:14.280 when we were just married, we were at home and 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:17.520 Victoria was reading her Bible and she came across the 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:21.039 scripture that says, do you see a man skillful in 0:05:21.120 --> 0:05:25.400 his work, he will stand before kings. She came running 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:28.240 into the room where I was. I remember it like 0:05:28.279 --> 0:05:31.800 it was yesterday. She said, Joel, this is for you. 0:05:31.800 --> 0:05:35.240 You're going to stand before kings, presidents and world leaders. 0:05:35.800 --> 0:05:39.719 I was twenty five years old working behind the scenes 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:44.479 doing the television production at the church. I thought, what 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:48.440 is this girl talking about? Who does she think I am? 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:52.400 But Victoria understood this principle. She wasn't telling me what 0:05:52.480 --> 0:05:55.719 I was by faith, she was telling me what I 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:59.600 could become. Today, many years later, I'm not only a pastor, 0:05:59.760 --> 0:06:06.839 I'm a good pastor. Terrible to have to brag on yourself. 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:11.560 But not only that, We've had presidents, world leaders, kings 0:06:11.560 --> 0:06:14.200 sit right here before us. I would have never had 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:17.240 the confidence, never believed that I could do it, had 0:06:17.279 --> 0:06:20.279 she not spoken those seeds of faith into my heart. 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:23.880 There are people in your life right now waiting for 0:06:24.000 --> 0:06:28.000 your blessing, waiting for your encouragement. God's given you the 0:06:28.080 --> 0:06:31.760 ability to see what they cannot see in themselves. Don't 0:06:31.800 --> 0:06:35.280 be too busy, don't think, oh, they already know it. No. 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:39.200 Take time to speak vision, tell them what they can become. 0:06:39.800 --> 0:06:43.560 Your words can be what pushes them into their divine destiny. 0:06:44.440 --> 0:06:46.800 One time years ago, Victoria and I were going to 0:06:46.839 --> 0:06:49.880 build a new house. We just finished drawing the plans 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:52.839 and I said to Victoria, I need to go see Scott, 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:55.080 our builder to get him to give us a bid 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:58.559 on this project. He'd built us a house years before 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:01.680 that we had solved the Victoria said, no, Joel, you 0:07:01.720 --> 0:07:04.720 were at that other house practically every day when it 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:07.680 was being built. We don't need a builder. You can 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:10.840 build this house. I said, Victoria, what are you talking about? 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:13.880 Not a builder? Don't know anything about construction. She said, 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:17.640 sure you do. You can hire those subcontractors oversee the construction. 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:20.400 You're as smart as anyone else. Sure enough, I ended 0:07:20.480 --> 0:07:23.480 up building that house. Turned out pretty good. I forgot 0:07:23.520 --> 0:07:26.960 the plumbing, but other than that is all right. What 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:31.000 am I saying? We all need somebody to believe in 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:34.920 us more than we believe in ourselves. If you'll be 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:39.120 that person for somebody else, God will make sure somebody 0:07:39.120 --> 0:07:41.800 will be it for you. I wouldn't be half of 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:44.240 who I am if it were not for Victoria. She 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:47.240 has spoken so much faith into me. She's called out 0:07:47.240 --> 0:07:52.160 the potential on the inside. What a great trait we 0:07:52.200 --> 0:07:56.040 should develop. After all, there are enough people trying to 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:58.880 push us down in life. There are enough people telling 0:07:58.960 --> 0:08:00.960 us what we can't come and how we don't have 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:03.840 what it takes. Let's do like she did and push 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:07.040 people up. Look out through your eyes of faith, see 0:08:07.080 --> 0:08:11.360 the potential, tell them what they can become friends. Every 0:08:11.440 --> 0:08:15.760 person has seeds of greatness. You can cause your children 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:18.280 to rise to a new level. You can be the 0:08:18.360 --> 0:08:22.000 catalyst for your family to do things they never thought possible. 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:26.880 Your words have creative power. When you speak vision, that 0:08:26.960 --> 0:08:29.880 can be the seed God uses to thrust them to 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:33.240 a new level. And really, the most rewarding way to 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:36.679 live is not how can I get blessed today? What 0:08:36.720 --> 0:08:37.600 can you do for me? 0:08:38.160 --> 0:08:38.280 Now? 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:41.760 That's shallow? Turn it around. How can I be a blessing? 0:08:42.120 --> 0:08:44.840 Who can I inspire to rise higher? Where are some 0:08:44.960 --> 0:08:47.960 seeds of greatness that I can call for? Be on 0:08:48.000 --> 0:08:51.600 the lookout to be a blessing. It's amazing how one 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:55.679 word of encouragement can change the direction of a person's life. 0:08:56.240 --> 0:08:59.280 When you speak vision, they can go from living average 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:02.679 mediocre to do in something that they never dreamed of. 0:09:03.840 --> 0:09:07.160 Nineteen seventy five, a young man came home from college 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:09.560 and he was struggling with what he wanted to do 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:12.840 in life. Didn't have clear direction. He was at his 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:16.319 mother's beauty shop that she owned, just hanging out killing 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:20.000 time during the summer A customer came in named Ruth, 0:09:20.040 --> 0:09:23.000 and he had seen her in there many times growing 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:26.839 up before, and he said hello, but Ruth kept staring 0:09:27.000 --> 0:09:30.160 and staring at him. Finally, she took the hair dryer 0:09:30.200 --> 0:09:32.600 off and said, somebody, get me a pen and a 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:36.000 piece of paper. She began to write down what she felt. 0:09:36.040 --> 0:09:40.240 On the inside it said you will speak to millions, 0:09:40.679 --> 0:09:43.920 You will travel the world and make a positive difference. 0:09:44.520 --> 0:09:47.040 She handed him the note and said, young man, this 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:50.840 is for you. God has something amazing in your future. 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:54.640 When he read it, something came alive on the inside. 0:09:55.480 --> 0:09:58.160 He put that note in his wallet. Whenever he was 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:01.360 tempted to get discouraged and give upon his dreams, he 0:10:01.360 --> 0:10:04.600 would get that note out and think, no, somebody believes 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:07.599 in me. Somebody believes God's got a great plan for 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:12.720 my life. Today, many years later, Denzel Washington still carries 0:10:12.760 --> 0:10:15.200 that note around in his wallet. He's one of the 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:20.280 great actors, the great filmmakers of our time. He's doing 0:10:20.400 --> 0:10:25.360 now what she said thirty seven years ago. She spoke 0:10:25.520 --> 0:10:29.400 vision into his life. Who knows where Denzel would be 0:10:29.800 --> 0:10:33.320 if Ruth Green had not taken time to tell him 0:10:33.400 --> 0:10:37.400 what he could become. When Oprah Winfrey was seven years old. 0:10:37.960 --> 0:10:42.079 She was in church one Sunday morning in Mississippian. As 0:10:42.080 --> 0:10:45.640 she left the auditorium, an older lady stopped her, looked 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:48.160 her in the eyes, and said, young lady, you are 0:10:48.240 --> 0:10:52.000 as pretty as can be. Up to that point, no 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:55.640 one had ever told Oprah that she was pretty. When 0:10:55.679 --> 0:11:00.160 she heard that, it changed something on the inside. A 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:04.120 seed of greatness took root for the first time. She 0:11:04.240 --> 0:11:08.320 began to feel valuable, loved, beautiful, like a child of 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:12.160 the Most High God. Had that lady not taken time 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:15.840 to speak the simple compliment, had she been too busy 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:18.480 or thought, oh, I'm sure this little girl has heard 0:11:18.480 --> 0:11:22.199 a thousand times that she's beautiful. I wonder if Oprah 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:24.480 would have ever risen up to touch the world like 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:27.520 she has. Would she have ever had the confidence, the 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:30.679 self worth, the self image, or would she have gotten 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:33.319 stuck in a rut with low self esteem, not feeling 0:11:33.400 --> 0:11:36.760 like she was good enough. You don't know the impact 0:11:36.840 --> 0:11:40.320 your words can have to you. They may seem insignificant, 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:43.200 like it's no big deal to the other person. They 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:47.959 can be life changing. Parents, it's especially important that we 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:52.560 speak vision into our children on a regular basis. You 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:55.400 need to tell them what they can become and how 0:11:55.440 --> 0:11:59.160 they're going to do something great in life. Our words 0:11:59.240 --> 0:12:03.400 as parents carry incredible weight in a child's life. That's 0:12:03.440 --> 0:12:06.400 why we should never put our children down. Don't ever 0:12:06.440 --> 0:12:10.439 tell them you're slow, clumsy, dumb. Why can't you make 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:13.079 good grades like your sister? Why can't you hit the 0:12:13.120 --> 0:12:17.640 baseball like your cousin? Those words are like seeds. They 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:20.920 can take root and still be playing in their mind 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:24.600 many years later. I know people that have grown got 0:12:24.640 --> 0:12:28.560 their own families. They still struggle with the negative things 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:32.160 that were spoken over them as a child. Your children 0:12:32.559 --> 0:12:36.120 need your blessing. They need to hear you say I'm 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:39.240 proud of you, I'm glad you're mind, You're going to 0:12:39.320 --> 0:12:43.120 do something great in life. Keep a big vision in 0:12:43.160 --> 0:12:47.240 front of them. Too many children are being crippled by 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:51.760 low expectations. We have to call out their seeds of greatness. 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:54.480 You've got to help them stir up the gifts God's 0:12:54.480 --> 0:12:58.400 put on the inside. Your children will rise to the 0:12:58.520 --> 0:13:02.160 level of your expectation. They're not just supposed to reach 0:13:02.240 --> 0:13:05.520 our level as parents, they're supposed to go further. In 0:13:05.559 --> 0:13:08.440 other words, you may have made seeds in high school. 0:13:08.480 --> 0:13:11.360 That's okay for you, but it's not okay for your children. 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:15.320 Set the bar higher. Let them know you can do better. 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:19.160 We're not going to settle where I was. If we 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:21.839 have to get a tutor, we'll get a tutor. If 0:13:21.880 --> 0:13:23.599 I have to say up late and learn it with you, 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:26.920 I will. But you are destined to set a new 0:13:26.960 --> 0:13:30.200 mark for our family. What are you doing. You're calling 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:33.960 out their seeds of greatness. When they know you believe 0:13:34.040 --> 0:13:37.760 in them, when they know you're expecting them to rise higher, 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:42.720 does something on the inside. Their confidence, their sense of value, 0:13:42.760 --> 0:13:46.559 their self esteem rises to a new level. Victoria and 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:49.840 I tell our children all the time, Jonathan, Alexandra, You're 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:52.120 not going to just accomplish what mother and I have. 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:55.960 You have way more in you, not only what we 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:59.319 poured into you, but all that my father is poured 0:13:59.320 --> 0:14:03.640 into you, my mother, victorious parents as well. Imagine where 0:14:03.640 --> 0:14:06.880 God's gonna take you, his favor, his blessings on your 0:14:06.920 --> 0:14:10.880 life in a greater way. See speak vision into your children. 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:14.120 Let me tell you, young people, we're expecting you to 0:14:14.120 --> 0:14:18.199 touch this world. You are not You are not limited 0:14:18.559 --> 0:14:23.160 by your resources, by your family, by your background. Almighty 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:31.800 God has equipped you, empowered you. He's given you creativity, ideas, inventions, skills, talents. 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:35.360 You're gonna go much further than your parents. I know. 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:43.600 I'm looking at the next great leaders, presidents, doctors, professors, pastors, artists, entrepreneurs. 0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:48.480 Don't you dare settle for a mediocre life. We are 0:14:48.520 --> 0:14:52.120 calling out your seeds of greatness. One of you is 0:14:52.160 --> 0:14:55.080 going to discover the cure for cancer. One of you 0:14:55.320 --> 0:14:57.800 is going to be the next Steve Jobs, the next 0:14:57.800 --> 0:15:02.200 Billy Graham, the next great the next great scientist, the 0:15:02.240 --> 0:15:06.320 next great ballplayer. What if you is going to write 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:10.440 a best selling book, record a number one song, star 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:14.680 in a blockbuster movie. God has something amazing in front 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:17.480 of you. He's already put it in you. Now we're 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:23.880 calling it out today. Here's the key. You got to 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:27.520 do your part and stir up the gifts, stir up 0:15:27.560 --> 0:15:30.520 the seeds of greatness. Don't just sit back and think, well, 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:32.520 I'll try to go as far as my parents. That'd 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:36.080 be okay. No, God is saying go further, dream bigger. 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:40.080 You can touch our generation like nobody has before. I 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:45.960 think about how every year technology is increasing, understanding is increasing. 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:48.480 When my father was on the farm. They didn't even 0:15:48.520 --> 0:15:53.160 have electricity. He saw the invention of computers and television 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:56.200 and all kinds of technology. Think of the day we're 0:15:56.240 --> 0:16:00.760 living in. It is so far advanced compared to that day. Now, 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:03.240 young people, think about what you and I can do. 0:16:03.680 --> 0:16:06.840 We have unlimited opportunity, but you got to get a 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:10.000 vision for it. Don't believe lies that tell you that 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:13.680 you're just average. You're not really that talented. There's nothing 0:16:13.760 --> 0:16:17.480 exciting in your future. Hit the delete button. You have 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:23.000 been fearfully and wonderfully made. Almighty God breathed his life 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:26.240 into you. You have been raised up for such a 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:30.360 time as this to leave your mark on this generation. See, 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:32.440 we didn't just happen to show up in the year 0:16:32.480 --> 0:16:35.960 twenty twelve. Your parents didn't decide to just get together 0:16:36.000 --> 0:16:39.240 and have a child long before you ever got here, 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:43.640 before the world ever existed. God looked down through the 0:16:43.680 --> 0:16:47.520 ages of time, and he chose certain people to live 0:16:47.760 --> 0:16:51.840 in each generation. He chose Abraham to live in his day, 0:16:52.480 --> 0:16:54.920 David to live in his day, Ruth to live in 0:16:54.960 --> 0:16:57.960 her day, on and on. But when God looked way 0:16:58.120 --> 0:17:01.720 down to the year twenty twelve, with all the opportunity 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:05.600 with all the technology, God thought, who can I choose 0:17:05.720 --> 0:17:08.240 to live in that day? Who can I trust to 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:10.680 carry out my will? Who can I count on to 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:14.760 bring about my kingdom. God didn't choose Moses, He didn't 0:17:14.800 --> 0:17:18.240 choose John the Baptist. He looked past Martin Luther King, 0:17:18.480 --> 0:17:22.000 he looked past Mother Teresa, and he looked into your eyes, 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:24.760 and he said, I choose you, and you, and you 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:30.959 and you. You are a person of destiny, hand picked 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:34.600 by the creator of the universe. Get that down in 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:38.199 your spirit and make plans to do something great to 0:17:38.320 --> 0:17:42.159 leave your mark on this generation. I read an experiment 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:45.439 that was done with a high school in California. This 0:17:45.560 --> 0:17:49.760 principle told these three teachers, since they were the smartest teachers, 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:54.000 the top three teachers, the most effective ones in the district, 0:17:54.119 --> 0:17:57.199 they had been chosen for a new program. They were 0:17:57.240 --> 0:18:00.760 going to take the top ninety students, the students with 0:18:00.840 --> 0:18:03.720 the highest IQs, and let them teach them at a 0:18:03.760 --> 0:18:07.200 faster pace. The teachers the students that were so excited 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:10.040 about this new program. At the end of the school year, 0:18:10.400 --> 0:18:14.159 these three classes had learned thirty percent more than the 0:18:14.200 --> 0:18:18.520 other students. They were thirty percent further along. The principal 0:18:18.600 --> 0:18:22.159 then informed the teachers that this was all just an experiment, 0:18:22.640 --> 0:18:25.920 that they didn't really have the top ninety students. They 0:18:25.960 --> 0:18:30.240 had just been randomly selected. The teachers patted themselves on 0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:32.680 the back. They thought it was their great teaching ability. 0:18:33.119 --> 0:18:35.679 Then the principal broke the news they were not the 0:18:35.720 --> 0:18:38.720 top three teachers in the district. They were just the 0:18:38.760 --> 0:18:41.040 first three that had been picked out of a hat. 0:18:41.560 --> 0:18:45.240 They too had been randomly selected. What am I saying? 0:18:45.560 --> 0:18:49.520 People rise to the level of our expectations. When you 0:18:49.600 --> 0:18:54.280 tell your children, your family, your friends, you are smart, 0:18:54.600 --> 0:18:57.560 you are talented, You're going to do something great, you'll 0:18:57.560 --> 0:19:01.800 be amazed at what they can accomplish. Those teachers, those students, 0:19:01.960 --> 0:19:05.440 they had the ability to rise higher before. Why didn't 0:19:05.440 --> 0:19:09.040 they do it? Nobody called it out of them, nobody 0:19:09.080 --> 0:19:11.879 told them what they could become. They got stuck in 0:19:11.920 --> 0:19:15.680 a rut and just kept coasting along. Now you may 0:19:15.720 --> 0:19:18.959 not realize it, but the only people we allow in 0:19:19.040 --> 0:19:23.480 Lakewood we have a very strict policy. The only people 0:19:23.520 --> 0:19:26.879 we allowed to watch are the smartest, the brightest, the 0:19:26.880 --> 0:19:31.840 most talented, the most creative, the most generous, blessed, faithful 0:19:31.920 --> 0:19:36.159 people around You couldn't have gotten in here unless you 0:19:36.200 --> 0:19:39.679 were the cream of the crop. We have incredible confidence 0:19:39.720 --> 0:19:43.800 in you. We're expecting you to do amazing things in life. 0:19:44.920 --> 0:19:48.359 Heard about an eleven year old boy who was very talented, 0:19:48.480 --> 0:19:52.160 very creative. All the students loved him, but he wasn't 0:19:52.320 --> 0:19:55.920 very focused. He could easily be distracted. The end of 0:19:55.960 --> 0:19:59.080 the semester, he had a very important book report due. 0:20:00.640 --> 0:20:03.119 He waited till the night before. He ran up to 0:20:03.160 --> 0:20:05.919 the library, got a book, didn't even have time to 0:20:05.960 --> 0:20:09.000 read it. He just made up a story. This was 0:20:09.040 --> 0:20:11.919 an oral book report. The next day he got up 0:20:11.960 --> 0:20:14.280 in front of the class and he began to tell 0:20:14.560 --> 0:20:18.640 the most beautiful story, filled with all kinds of details 0:20:18.640 --> 0:20:22.240 and different twists and turns. And the teacher, the students 0:20:22.440 --> 0:20:26.120 they sat on the edge of their seats, listening intently 0:20:26.240 --> 0:20:29.920 in amazement at everything that he told. The next day 0:20:30.119 --> 0:20:33.239 he got his grade. It was an A plus. The 0:20:33.280 --> 0:20:36.199 teacher had written a note. It said, I read the 0:20:36.200 --> 0:20:38.720 book that you did a report on. It had nothing 0:20:38.760 --> 0:20:42.600 to do with what you talked about. But you are 0:20:42.680 --> 0:20:47.560 a fantastic storyteller. You have an incredible gift you're going 0:20:47.640 --> 0:20:51.680 to do something amazing in life. That young boy had 0:20:51.760 --> 0:20:54.840 never been told that he was creative. All he had 0:20:54.880 --> 0:20:57.440 been told is you're not focused, you're not disciplined, you're 0:20:57.440 --> 0:21:00.960 never going to amount to anything. That day something ignited 0:21:01.080 --> 0:21:04.840 on the inside. And today this gentleman writes movies for 0:21:04.880 --> 0:21:07.520 a living. He's at the top of his field. He 0:21:07.680 --> 0:21:11.240 always credits this teacher that instead of chewing him out 0:21:11.800 --> 0:21:14.720 and seeing everything he is doing wrong, she saw what 0:21:14.840 --> 0:21:18.280 he was good at and called out his seeds of greatness. 0:21:18.560 --> 0:21:22.560 That's what Jesus did. He saw potential in people. When 0:21:22.640 --> 0:21:26.959 Jesus chose the twelve disciples. They were not perfect people. 0:21:27.480 --> 0:21:32.000 They had faults, weaknesses. Peter was hot, tempered and loud. 0:21:32.600 --> 0:21:37.160 Thomas was a doubter, skeptical, cynical. Matthew was a tax collector. 0:21:37.520 --> 0:21:42.240 They were known for being dishonest, manipulative. Yet Jesus looked 0:21:42.240 --> 0:21:45.320 them in the eyes. Matthew five point fourteen, he said, 0:21:45.720 --> 0:21:49.199 you are the light of the world. The truth is 0:21:49.240 --> 0:21:51.639 when he said it, they weren't the light of the world. 0:21:52.040 --> 0:21:57.320 They just ordinary people, carpenters, fishermen, tax collectors. But Jesus 0:21:57.359 --> 0:22:00.400 didn't call them what they were. He called them what 0:22:00.440 --> 0:22:04.760 they could become. He solved their potential with his words. 0:22:04.960 --> 0:22:08.719 He helped shape their future, and eventually they rose to 0:22:08.760 --> 0:22:11.360 what he called them to be. They became the light 0:22:11.400 --> 0:22:15.080 of the world. They became history makers. Now you may 0:22:15.119 --> 0:22:18.480 have people in your world today that are less than perfect. 0:22:18.920 --> 0:22:22.120 You could easily focus on what they're doing wrong and 0:22:22.119 --> 0:22:24.639 how like Peter they got a hot temper, Like the 0:22:24.680 --> 0:22:28.280 eleven year old boy, they're distracted and not focused. Like Matthew, 0:22:28.280 --> 0:22:30.840 they don't have a lot of integrity. You've got to 0:22:30.840 --> 0:22:34.360 do like Jesus. Don't call them what they are, call 0:22:34.440 --> 0:22:38.320 them what they can become. Listen, people are already beaten 0:22:38.400 --> 0:22:42.760 down enough by life. They already feel badly enough about themselves. 0:22:42.960 --> 0:22:45.640 You don't have to condemn them. I can promise you. 0:22:45.920 --> 0:22:48.879 The enemy is doing it. He's called the accuser of 0:22:48.920 --> 0:22:52.520 the Brethren. Don't get on his side, stay on God's side. 0:22:53.119 --> 0:22:56.159 Focus on what they're doing right, help them to figure 0:22:56.200 --> 0:22:58.800 out what they're good at, and then call out those 0:22:58.840 --> 0:23:03.520 seeds of greatness. That's what our friend, pastor Matthew Barnett does. 0:23:03.920 --> 0:23:06.800 He runs the Dream Center out in Los Angeles, and 0:23:06.840 --> 0:23:09.280 they deal with people that are coming out of very 0:23:09.400 --> 0:23:15.600 rough environments, drugs, gains prison prostitution. From time to time, 0:23:15.920 --> 0:23:19.240 Matthew will run into the leading drug dealer in that area. 0:23:19.480 --> 0:23:21.800 He'll go up to him and say, one day, you're 0:23:21.840 --> 0:23:25.080 going to be my youth pastor. They bring in girls 0:23:25.080 --> 0:23:27.640 that have been working the streets to his services. He'll 0:23:27.680 --> 0:23:29.800 tell them, one day, you're going to be on our 0:23:29.840 --> 0:23:33.960 worship team. He goes to the addiction classes, speaks to 0:23:34.000 --> 0:23:36.040 the people on parole. He tells them, you're going to 0:23:36.080 --> 0:23:39.200 be my ushers, my greeters, my prayer partners. They look 0:23:39.200 --> 0:23:42.840 at him like he has lost his mind, But over time, 0:23:43.040 --> 0:23:47.040 person after person, they become just what he said. Some 0:23:47.080 --> 0:23:50.520 of the most notorious gang members and drug dealers have 0:23:50.600 --> 0:23:54.040 gotten their lives turned around. Now they're the people that 0:23:54.080 --> 0:23:58.080 are running his church. What's Matthew's secret. He doesn't call 0:23:58.119 --> 0:24:01.480 them what they are, they already know that by faith. 0:24:01.800 --> 0:24:05.119 He calls them what they can become. I wonder what 0:24:05.160 --> 0:24:09.640 would happen if instead of telling people everything they're doing 0:24:09.680 --> 0:24:13.800 wrong and condemning them and trying to shame them into changing, 0:24:14.280 --> 0:24:17.320 we would do like Jesus and look beyond the fault, 0:24:17.800 --> 0:24:21.280 beyond the addiction beyond the bad habit and tell them 0:24:21.440 --> 0:24:26.440 what they can become. Everybody needs somebody to believe in them. 0:24:27.200 --> 0:24:30.440 The reason some people are off course is not because 0:24:30.480 --> 0:24:34.439 they're a bad person. It's because their seeds of greatness 0:24:34.480 --> 0:24:38.240 have been pushed down. Now they've lost their sense of destiny, 0:24:38.640 --> 0:24:41.480 their sense of purpose, and they're just taking the path 0:24:41.560 --> 0:24:45.639 of least resistance. I read about a young man that 0:24:46.040 --> 0:24:48.840 got off to a really rough start in life. Was 0:24:48.960 --> 0:24:52.240 raised in the projects, and his father was never around. 0:24:52.680 --> 0:24:55.400 His mother had plenty of problems of her own, and 0:24:55.480 --> 0:24:59.240 because of this poor home situation, he was labeled a 0:24:59.359 --> 0:25:03.399 child at risk. He'd heard that phrase his whole life 0:25:03.840 --> 0:25:06.840 became ingrained in his thinking. There's no future for me. 0:25:07.119 --> 0:25:11.639 I'm a child at risk. He continued going downhill, getting 0:25:11.680 --> 0:25:14.640 in trouble again and again. One day he was sent 0:25:14.680 --> 0:25:17.760 to the high school counselor and she tried to make headway, 0:25:17.800 --> 0:25:20.320 but he just wouldn't listen. He said, I'll never amount 0:25:20.359 --> 0:25:23.879 to anything. I'm a child at risk. She looked him 0:25:23.880 --> 0:25:26.440 in the eyes and said, listen to me. You are 0:25:26.480 --> 0:25:31.520 not a child at risk. You are a child at possibility. 0:25:31.800 --> 0:25:35.200 When he heard that, it was like a bomb exploded, 0:25:35.640 --> 0:25:38.639 something ignited on the inside. He sat up in his 0:25:38.720 --> 0:25:43.320 chair and said, what do you mean at possibility? She said, 0:25:43.520 --> 0:25:47.600 you're a person of destiny. God's hand is upon your life. 0:25:47.680 --> 0:25:50.840 You are smart, you are talented. There is nothing you 0:25:50.920 --> 0:25:55.240 cannot do. That day was a turning point in his life. 0:25:55.320 --> 0:25:58.720 He removed the at risk label and he put on 0:25:59.040 --> 0:26:05.280 the at possibility labeled Today, Delatoro McNeil is extremely successful. 0:26:05.560 --> 0:26:08.680 He goes around speaking to other young people, telling them 0:26:08.800 --> 0:26:12.360 what the counselor told him. You're not at risk, You're 0:26:12.400 --> 0:26:16.600 at possibility. That's the power God's given each one of us. 0:26:17.240 --> 0:26:20.439 With our words, we can help set the direction of 0:26:20.480 --> 0:26:24.520 a person's life. All some people need is just one 0:26:24.640 --> 0:26:28.760 word of encouragement, just to know there are possibilities in 0:26:28.800 --> 0:26:32.199 your future. You're a person of destiny. You may have 0:26:32.240 --> 0:26:34.600 gotten off to a bad start, but you don't have 0:26:34.640 --> 0:26:36.520 to have a bad ending. God can give you a 0:26:36.560 --> 0:26:41.200 new beginning. Speak vision into people, don't write them off, 0:26:41.800 --> 0:26:46.280 tell them what they can become friends. Most people will 0:26:46.320 --> 0:26:50.920 not reach their full potential without somebody believing in them. 0:26:51.359 --> 0:26:54.520 God is counting on us to call out their seeds 0:26:54.520 --> 0:26:59.919 of greatness. So many like Delatro They have incredible talent 0:27:00.119 --> 0:27:03.879 and potential on the inside, but it's been pushed down 0:27:04.119 --> 0:27:08.800 by bad breaks, by disappointments, by low self esteem. They 0:27:08.920 --> 0:27:11.919 just need somebody to take the time and by faith, 0:27:12.200 --> 0:27:15.960 tell them what they can become. I really believe one 0:27:16.040 --> 0:27:19.679 reason God has shown our ministry so much favor is 0:27:19.720 --> 0:27:23.199 because we don't condemn people. We don't judge people, We 0:27:23.240 --> 0:27:25.800 don't try to make people feel bad. We tell them 0:27:26.080 --> 0:27:29.560 God is on your side. You have incredible potential. You 0:27:29.640 --> 0:27:34.120 can still become what has created you to be. My challenge, 0:27:34.480 --> 0:27:38.440 use your words to lift people, call out their seeds 0:27:38.440 --> 0:27:42.400 of greatness, push them into their divine destiny. If you'll 0:27:42.440 --> 0:27:45.440 develop this habit of telling people what they can become, 0:27:45.880 --> 0:27:49.000 then you'll see not only your family your friends rise 0:27:49.080 --> 0:27:52.000 to a new level, but the seed you sow will 0:27:52.040 --> 0:27:54.720 come back to you. God will make sure you rise 0:27:54.760 --> 0:27:57.560 to a new level. And I believe and declare you too, 0:27:57.840 --> 0:28:01.159 will become everything God's free you to be amen. Do 0:28:01.240 --> 0:28:05.280 you receive it today? We never like to close our 0:28:05.320 --> 0:28:08.960 broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the 0:28:09.000 --> 0:28:12.160 lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, 0:28:12.520 --> 0:28:17.640 Lord Jesus come into my heart. I repent of my sins. 0:28:18.680 --> 0:28:22.240 I make you my Lord and savior. 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