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>> SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO LIVE YOUR LIFE ON MISSION
AND ON SONG AND ON PURPOSE?
WHAT ARE THE COMMITMENTS OF THE PURPOSEFUL?
ARE YOU DELIBERATE ABOUT THE DIRECTION
YOU'RE TAKING IN YOUR LIFE?
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME TODAY FOR "HILLSONG TELEVISION."
I'VE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT COMMITMENTS OF THE PURPOSEFUL.
I'VE CALLED THIS MESSAGE "TO LIVE ON MISSION,
ON SONG, AND ON PURPOSE." I PRAY IT BLESSES AND HELPS YOU.
>> I WANT TO SPEAK TONIGHT ABOUT LIVING YOUR LIFE,
LISTEN CAREFULLY, ON MISSION, ON SONG, ON PURPOSE.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU FOUR COMMITMENTS OF THE PURPOSEFUL.
NUMBER ONE, "I WILL NOT LIVE MY LIFE
BY MY OWN PERCEPTION AND BELIEF. I WILL NOT BE LIMITED BY
PERCEPTIONS AND BELIEF." IF YOU WANT TO LIVE ON MISSION
AND ON PURPOSE, YOU HAVE TO CHALLENGE YOUR PERCEPTIONS.
LET THE WORD OF GOD DECIDE YOUR OUTLOOK TO PEOPLE, YOUR OUTLOOK
TO GOD, AND SOMETIMES EVEN MORE IMPORTANT,
YOUR OUTLOOK ON YOURSELF. AND IF PEOPLE CAN JUST STEP UP
AND LIVE THEIR LIFE ACCORDING TO WHAT GOD SEES, WHAT GOD SAYS
ABOUT YOU IS SO DIFFERENT THAN OFTEN WHAT WE HAVE ALLOWED
OUR PERCEPTION TO BECOME. AND SO MANY PEOPLE,
IF THEY WANT TO LIVE THEIR LIVES IN A PURPOSEFUL WAY,
THEY NEED TO DECIDE, "I WILL NOT LIMIT MY LIFE BY POOR
PERCEPTION AND POOR BELIEF." SECOND COMMITMENT
OF THE PURPOSEFUL IS, "I REFUSE TO ACCUSE TO EXCUSE."
THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS IS A GREAT ANALOGY FOR OUR
GIFTINGS AND OUR TALENTS. WHEN THE MASTER CAME AND ASKED
THE THIRD SERVANT, HE SAID, "WHERE'S MY TALENT?"
HE SAID, "WELL, I KNEW YOU TO BE A HARD MAN."
HE STARTED TO MAKE ACCUSATION ABOUT THE MASTER.
"I KNEW THAT YOU WERE A HARD MAN."
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT, YOU'RE A HARD MAN.
SO WHAT DID HE USE TO EXCUSE HIS LACK OF PURPOSEFULNESS
WITH WHAT HE WAS ENTRUSTED WITH? HE STARTED TO ACCUSE
SO HE COULD EXCUSE. WE CAN BLAME.
WE CAN EXCUSE. WE CAN FIND A REASON WHY NOT
BUT PURPOSEFULNESS JUST SAYS, "GOD, I'M YOURS.
I WANT TO LIVE ON MISSION. I WANT TO LIVE ON PURPOSE.
I WANT TO LIVE ON SONG." AND IT'S AMAZING WHAT GOD
CAN DO WITH WASHED-UP, BURNT-OUT PEOPLE, WITH THE ASHES
OF OUR LIFE IF WE JUST DECIDE TO LIVE PURPOSEFULLY.
>> THE COMMITMENT OF THE PURPOSEFUL IS TO
REFUSE TO ACCUSE TO EXCUSE. NUMBER THREE, THE THIRD
COMMITMENT OF THE PURPOSEFUL, "I AM NOT LOOKING FOR
EXCEPTION CLAUSES." AN EXCEPTION CLAUSE IS TO SAY,
"WELL, IT'S DIFFERENT FOR ME. IT'S EASIER FOR YOU.
IT'S DIFFERENT FOR ME." LISTEN AGAIN TO WHAT HE SAID,
VERSE 24, HE SAID, "I KNEW YOU TO BE A HARD MAN."
AND THEN HE SAID SOMETHING INTERESTING.
HE SAID, "YOU REAPED WHERE YOU HAVEN'T SOWN
AND YOU GATHERED WHERE YOU HAVEN'T SCATTERED SEED.
DO YOU KNOW IF YOU BELIEVE IN ETERNAL PRINCIPLES,
THAT THAT'S AN IMPOSSIBILITY? IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE TO
REAP ANY DIFFERENT ULTIMATELY THAN THE WAY THEY SOWED
AND TO GATHER ANY DIFFERENT THAN THE SEED THAT THEY'VE SCATTERED
YOU MAY FOR A SHORT TIME, IT MAY LOOK LIKE YOU'RE
GETTING AWAY WITH THAT, BUT IT WON'T WORK.
THE BIBLE SAYS VERY CLEAR, "AS A MAN SOWS,
THAT SHALL HE ALSO REAP." IN GENESIS 8,
IT MAKES IT AN ETERNAL PURPOSE. LISTEN TO IT.
IT SAYS IN VERSE 22, "WHILE THE EARTH REMAINS,
SEEDTIME AND HARVEST. COLD AND HEAT, WINTER
AND SUMMER AND DAY AND NIGHT SHALL NOT CEASE."
IN OTHER WORDS, AS LONG AS THERE'S LIFE ON THIS OLD PLANET,
THESE THINGS WILL NEVER CHANGE. ONE OF THEM,
SEEDTIME AND HARVEST. SO AS WE SOW,
THAT SHALL WE ALSO REAP. WHAT HE'S REALLY SAYING IS,
"IT'S EASIER FOR YOU. YOU'VE REAPED IN A WAY
YOU HAVEN'T SOWN. YOU GATHER IN A WAY--" YOU CAN
LOOK AT SOMEONE WHO'S DOING WELL, SOMEONE WHO MAYBE IS
LIVING PURPOSEFULLY, SOMEONE WHO'S STEPPING UP DESPITE
THE ODDS AND STARING DOWN THE CHALLENGES AND STARING DOWN
THE OPPOSITION AND STARING DOWN THE BATTLES AND DECIDING
TO LIVE THEIR LIFE PURPOSEFULLY. AND YOU CAN DECIDE,
"WELL, IT'S EASIER FOR THEM. THEY JUST SEEM TO TOUCH THINGS
AND THEY JUST SEEM TO TURN TO GOLD.
IT'S A MIRACLE. IT JUST TURNS TO GOLD.
BUT I'M ONLY A ONE-TALENT GUY. HE GOT FIVE TALENTS.
HE GOT TWO TALENTS, I ONLY GOT ONE TALENT."
BUT THE THING IS THE BIBLE SAYS THAT EACH ONE WAS GIVEN
ACCORDING TO THEIR ABILITY, AND WE'RE ONLY CALLED TO BE FAITHFUL
WITH WHAT GOD'S GIVEN US. "I'M A ONE-TALENT GUY.
THIS ROOM'S FILLED WITH FIVE-TALENT
AND TWO-TALENTED GUYS, BUT I'M JUST A ONE-TALENT GUY."
BUT GOD CAN DO OKAY WITH A ONE-TALENT GUY IF YOU JUST
DECIDE THAT IT'S THE SAME FOR ME AS ANYBODY ELSE.
IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, THE KINGDOM
OF GOD IS FILLED WITH EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, BELIEVE ME.
GOD CAN TAKE A MAN, GOD CAN TAKE A WOMAN.
GOD CAN TAKE A POOR PERSON, GOD CAN TAKE A RICH PERSON.
GOD CAN TAKE A BLACK MAN, GOD CAN TAKE A WHITE MAN.
GOD CAN TAKE ANYONE HE WANTS AND HE CAN LIFT THEM UP AND DO WHAT
HE WILLS TO DO WHEN WE DECIDE WE'RE GONNA LIVE OUR LIVES ON
MISSION, ON SONG AND ON PURPOSE.
"WELL, IT'S DIFFERENT FOR ME. IT'S EASIER FOR YOU."
DO YOU KNOW THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE?
AS A PERSON SOWS, THAT SHALL THEY ALSO REAP.
YOU CAN LOOK AT SOMEBODY AND THINK, "I WANT WHAT THEY HAVE."
BUT I WONDER IF YOU'RE PREPARED TO PAY THE PRICE THEY'VE PAID
AND COUNT THE COST THEY'VE COUNTED.
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I WAS YOUTH PASTOR IN A CHURCH, AND
I REMEMBER ONE TIME THE PASTOR ASKED ME TO PREACH AND I WAS
PRETTY NERVOUS TO BE HONEST. AND I ROLLED UP THERE TO PREACH
AND HE SAYS, "WHERE'S YOUR TIE?" I SAID, "WELL,
I DIDN'T BRING ONE." HE SAID, "WELL,
GO HOME AND GET ONE." SO I HAD TO GET IN THE CAR
WHILE THE PRAISE AND WORSHIP WAS HAPPENING, DRIVE TO MY HOUSE,
GET A TIE, PUT IT ON. I PAID A PRICE.
NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH.
YOU SAY, "WELL, IT'S HARDER FOR ME."
I'VE BEEN THERE. "NOBODY KNOWS
THE TROUBLE I'VE SEEN." LISTEN HONESTLY, NO ONE GETS TO
WHERE GOD'S CALLED THEM TO BE WITHOUT PAYING A PRICE FOR IT,
WITHOUT COUNTING A COST. IT'S THE SAME FOR EVERYBODY.
SOME PEOPLE MAY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE JUST LUCKY, BUT LUCK
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT WHEN IT COMES TO LIVING ON MISSION,
LIVING ON PURPOSE, AND LIVING ON SONG.
I JUST WATCH FAITHFUL PEOPLE AND WATCH HOW GOD RAISES THEM UP
AND BRINGS THEM AND USES THEM IN A WAY THAT OFTENTIMES NOT ONLY
IS A GREAT SURPRISE TO THEM, IT'S A GREAT SURPRISE TO
EVERYBODY ELSE WHO KNOWS THEM. PEOPLE CAN'T WORK IT OUT.
THEY CAN'T WORK IT OUT. IT'S JUST A REWARD
FOR FAITHFULNESS. NICOLE KIDMAN, SOMETHING OF
AN AUSTRALIAN ICON, AUSTRALIAN ACTRESS WHO HAS WON OSCARS,
AT LEAST ONE. AND I READ JUST NOT SO LONG AGO
THAT NICOLE KIDMAN, ALREADY AN OSCAR-WINNING ACTRESS,
IS STILL TAKING ACTING LESSONS. DARLENE ZSCHECH, WHEN SHE'S PART
OF OUR CHURCH, SHE'S A WORSHIP LEADER AND A SONGWRITER AND
SOMETHING OF AN ICON IT WOULD SEEM WHEN IT COMES TO WORSHIP
AROUND THE WORLD, LEADING PEOPLE INTO THE PRESENCE OF GOD,
AND DARLENE WAS ALREADY ALL OF THAT AND WAS STILL
HAVING SINGING LESSONS. PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT PREPARED
TO PUT IN THE EFFORT AND PAY THE PRICE AND COUNT THE COST,
THEY TEND TO LOOK AT OTHER PEOPLE AND THINK,
"WELL, IT'S EASY FOR THEM." WHEN I WAS A YOUNG GUY
AND EVERYONE ELSE WAS GOING TO THE BEACH
SUNDAY AFTERNOONS AND I WAS A LEADER IN THE CHURCH, I
WOULD HAVE TO GO TO COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON,
BUT I FELT LIKE WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG THE LORD SPEAK TO ME
AND SAID, "YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO BE A PASTOR AND A PREACHER."
AND I SAY, "YEAH." AND I FELT LIKE HE SAYS,
"WELL, WELCOME TO THE FUTURE. THIS IS YOUR LIFE.
THERE'S A DAY COMING WHEN YOU'LL GO TO 5 BILLION SERVICES
EVERY WEEKEND." DIDN'T SAY THAT PART,
I MADE THAT PART UP BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT TURNS OUT.
SO DECIDE, "I WANT TO LIVE MY LIFE ON MISSION,
ON SONG, AND ON PURPOSE."
NUMBER FOUR, THE FOURTH COMMITMENT OF THE PURPOSEFUL, "I
WILL NOT BE GUIDED BY MY FEARS." "I KNEW YOU TO BE A HARD MAN,
REAPING WHERE YOU HAVEN'T SOWN AND GATHERING WHERE
YOU HADN'T SCATTERED SEED." LISTEN, "AND I WAS AFRAID AND
I HID MY TALENT IN THE GROUND." YOU EVER HEARD THAT BEFORE?
WHAT WAS THE VERY FIRST WORDS ADAM AND EVE SPOKE AS SINNERS?
GOD SAID, "WHERE ARE YOU?" IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS
CHAPTER 3. AND WHAT DID ADAM SAY?
THEY SAID, "WE WERE AFRAID BECAUSE WE WERE NAKED,
AND SO WE HID. WE WERE AFRAID, AND SO WE HID."
SO MANY PEOPLE, WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT GOD'S GIVEN THEM,
THEY ARE STILL HIDING IT IN THE GROUND AS IT WERE.
THEY'RE NOT LIVING PURPOSEFULLY WHEN IT COME TO THEIR BUSINESS
OR THEIR POTENTIAL OR THEIR SKILL OR THEIR GIFT
OR THEIR TALENT. AND AT THE BOTTOM OF IT ALL,
IT IS FEAR. WE'VE ALL GOT THEM.
IT'S PART OF THE SIN NATURE. THE FIRST THING CONFESSED BY
A SINNER WAS, "I WAS AFRAID." EVERYBODY'S GOT THEM, BUT IF
WE'RE GONNA BE DEFINED BY OUR FEARS, WE'LL NEVER LIVE
OUR LIVES ON MISSION, ON PURPOSE, AND ON SONG.
YOU'VE GOTTA DECIDE THAT YOU'RE GONNA STARE DOWN YOUR FEARS.
FAITH IS SPELLED, R-I-S-K. DO YOU KNOW FAITH,
IF IT DIDN'T HAVE RISK, THERE'D BE NO NEED FOR IT.
SERVING GOD IS A RISK. STEPPING OUT IS A RISK.
STARTING SOMETHING NEW IS A RISK.
STANDING UP HERE FOR PEOPLE WHO FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
STAND UP HERE AND DO SOMETHING, IT'S A RISK.
MAYBE YOU'RE SAYING, "WELL, I WOULD LOVE
TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY." YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING IF YOU
JUST START TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS WHERE GOD CAN CAUSE
YOU TO END UP IN LIFE. IT'S AMAZING WHAT GOD CAN DO,
BUT YOU GOTTA STARE DOWN YOUR FEARS.
PEOPLE HAVE EVERY KIND OF FEAR YOU CAN IMAGINE.
I WAS READING TO THE STUDENTS SOME OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES
OF FEARS THAT PEOPLE HAVE. I WAS A LITTLE AMUSED.
THERE'S A REAL FEAR, ACTUALLY DIAGNOSED FEAR
CALLED PHOBOPHOBIA. IT'S THE FEAR OF BEING AFRAID.
THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING THEIR LIFE
NOT ONLY FEARFUL, THEY ARE FEARFUL OF BEING FEARFUL.
LISTEN TO SOME OF THESE FEARS. THEY'RE SORT OF KIND OF FUNNY,
BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY SOMEBODY'S NIGHTMARE.
ONE OF THEM IS PELADOPHOBIA, IT'S THE FEAR OF BALDNESS
OR BALD PEOPLE. HAVE A LOOK AROUND
AND FEEL VERY AFRAID. BUT IT'S SAD BECAUSE THERE'S
ANOTHER ONE HERE IT'S CALLED CHAETOPHOBIA, I THINK IT IS,
OR CHAETOPHOBIA, IT'S THE FEAR OF HAIRY PEOPLE.
IMAGINE IF YOU HAVE BOTH THOSE FEARS.
YOU'RE AFRAID OF BALD PEOPLE, YOU'RE AFRAID OF HAIRY PEOPLE.
WELL, I GOT BAD NEWS FOR YA, EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM
IS EITHER HAIRY OR BALD. THERE'S NOT MUCH IN BETWEEN.
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE HERE, IT'S THE FEAR OF TEETH.
THERE'S ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT FEARS THAT PEOPLE HAVE.
DO YOU KNOW THERE'S AN ACTUAL CONDITION, YOU CAN GO INTO
PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTIONS AND THERE'LL BE PEOPLE IN THERE
WHO ARE CATATONIC. THEY ARE LITERALLY FROZEN TO
THE SPOT, LITERALLY CATATONIC. IT MEANS THEY ARE
TOO FEARFUL TO MOVE. SOME PEOPLE ARE CATATONIC WHEN
IT COMES TO THE WILL OF GOD, WHEN IT COMES TO
LIVING ON MISSION. DON'T LET YOUR FEARS DEFINE YOU.
GET INVOLVED IN THE WORD OF GOD. LET WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT YOU
DECIDE THE WAY YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE YOUR LIFE BECAUSE
YOU ARE CALLED TO LIVE YOUR LIFE ON MISSION.
AND THERE STILL ARE MANY UNWRITTEN BOOKS IN THIS ROOM,
THERE'S STILL MANY PROJECTS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN STARTED.
THERE'S STILL MANY BUSINESSES THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN
ENTERED INTO. THERE'S STILL MANY THINGS THAT
GOD WANTS TO DO BUT OFTENTIMES, WE ARE SO FROZEN BY FEAR
THAT THINGS STAY HIDDEN IN THE GROUND.
HE HID IT IN THE GROUND BECAUSE HE WAS AFRAID.
WHAT HAS GOD GIVEN YOU THAT YOU'RE HIDING IN THE GROUND
BECAUSE YOU ARE AFRAID? WHY DON'T YOU DECIDE
TO TAKE BABY STEPS? JUST TAKE BABY STEPS, YOU KNOW,
AND SEE HOW GOD CAN FAITHFULLY FULFILL HIS PROMISE IN YOU
AND THROUGH YOU IN JESUS' NAME. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT IS
HOLDING YOU BACK FROM LIVING THE GOD LIFE
AND LIVING ON MISSION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT
IS STOPPING YOU FROM TAKING YOUR TIME, YOUR ENERGY, YOUR
LIFE, YOUR HEALTH, YOUR GIFT, YOUR RESOURCES, YOUR TALENTS,
YOUR FAMILIES, YOUR FRIENDS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT'S
STOPPING YOU FROM LIVING WITH ALL OF THOSE THINGS ALIGNED
WITH GOD'S PURPOSE. BUT IF THERE IS ANYTHING,
WHY DON'T YOU DECIDE TODAY, "I WILL NOT BE LIMITED BY
MY POOR PERCEPTION. I WILL NOT ACCUSE TO EXCUSE.
I WILL NOT LIVE MY LIFE BELIEVING THERE ARE EXCEPTION
CLAUSES THAT SOMEHOW I CAN TAKE THE EASY ROAD AND GET TO WHERE
GOD HAS CALLED ME TO BE BECAUSE AS I SOW,
THAT SHALL I ALSO REAP." WHY DON'T YOU DECIDE THAT YOU'RE
GONNA LIVE YOUR LIFE WITH A DETERMINATION THAT YOUR LIFE
WILL NOT BE DEFINED BY YOUR FEARS, BUT YOU WILL STAND UP
AND LIVE ACCORDING TO A GREAT CO-MISSION WHERE YOUR LIFE IS
ABOUT THE CAUSE OF JESUS CHRIST AND YOU GET ON SONG
WITH THAT CAUSE AND YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE ON PURPOSE.
BE PURPOSEFUL ABOUT RAISING YOUR CHILDREN IN THE THINGS OF GOD.
DON'T JUST KIND OF HOPE, YOU KNOW, YOU HANG AROUND CHURCH
A LITTLE BIT THAT SOMEHOW, BUT BE VERY DELIBERATE AND
INTENTIONAL ABOUT PURPOSEFUL, ABOUT THE WAY YOU
RAISE YOUR CHILDREN AROUND THE KINGDOM OF GOD,
AROUND THE PURPOSE OF GOD. JESUS WAS ALL ABOUT
ADVANCING HIS KINGDOM. HE PREACHED THE KINGDOM AND
HE SAID, "I'LL BUILD MY CHURCH." AND WHEN WE DECIDE THAT WE WILL
LIVE ACCORDING TO THAT MISSION, SEEING THE KINGDOM OF GOD
EXPANDED AND SEEING THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST GO FORWARD,
WE CAN LIVE OUR LIVES ON MISSION AND ON SONG, ON PURPOSE.
>> SO EASY TO DEVELOP THOUGHT PROCESSES THAT HAVE US BELIEVING
THAT SOMEHOW IT'S MORE DIFFICULT FOR US AND EASIER
FOR OTHER PEOPLE. AND THIS PARTICULAR SERVANT
THAT I'VE BEEN PREACHING ABOUT WHO TOOK THE TALENT
THAT HE WAS GIVEN AND HE HID IT IN THE GROUND.
HE DIDN'T USE THE TALENT, WHEREAS HIS CONTEMPORARIES, THEY
TOOK WHAT THEY WERE ENTRUSTED WITH AND THEY USED IT AND THEY
DOUBLED WHAT THEIR MASTER HAD GIVEN THEM AND THEIR REWARD
WAS FRUITFULNESS AND BLESSING AND PROMISE.
HE TOOK WHAT HE WAS GIVEN, HID IT IN THE GROUND.
HE HAD AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
AND EVEN WHEN YOU RECEIVE ONE TALENT, OR MAYBE HE WAS THAT GUY
THAT THOUGHT, "WELL, IT'S HARDER FOR ME AND EASIER FOR EVERYONE
ELSE," BECAUSE HE HAD SAID ABOUT THE MASTER THAT "YOU ARE
REAPING WHAT YOU NEVER SOWED." BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT
THE BIBLE TEACHES. THE BIBLE SAYS THE WAY WE SOW
WILL DETERMINE THE WAY WE REAP, BUT HE HAD A MIND-SET, YOU SEE,
A PERCEPTION THAT SOMEHOW IT WAS EASIER FOR THIS MASTER
BECAUSE HE WAS REAPING WHAT HE NEVER SOWED.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH IS ALL OF US
HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY. THAT'S THE KINGDOM OF GOD,
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO BE TRYING TO FIND SHORTCUTS OR
AN EASY WAY BUT UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE WILL SOW AND LAY THE GOOD
FOUNDATIONS AND LIVE OUR LIVES IN A PURPOSEFUL WAY,
THAN WE CAN REAP ACCORDING TO THE WAY THAT WE SOW.
AND DO YOU KNOW NO MATTER HOW BROKEN DOWN, BEAT UP YOUR
WORLD MAY BE RIGHT NOW, IN CHRIST IS AN ANSWER.
YOU GOT A GOD-GIVEN FUTURE, A GOD-GIVEN HOPE.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LIVE WITH A COMMITMENT OF
PURPOSEFULNESS, THAT MEANS YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE ON PURPOSE.
YOU DECIDED YOU'RE GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL AND IT'S DELIBERATE.
YOU ARE LIVING ON PURPOSE. RAISING FAMILIES ON PURPOSE IS
SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS, "WHERE THERE IS NO VISION,
PEOPLE CAST OFF RESTRAINT," AND A LOT OF PEOPLE,
THEY DWELL CARELESSLY. THEY CAST OFF RESTRAINT BECAUSE
THEY WERE NEVER EVER RAISED WITH PURPOSEFULNESS.
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU WHETHER IT'S FAMILY, FRIENDS, LOVED
ONES, YOUR LIFE, YOUR PURPOSE, YOUR GIFT, YOUR TALENT, WHATEVER
IT IS, TO DECIDE, "I AM GONNA LIVE WITH THE COMMITMENT OF
PURPOSEFULNESS," AND WATCH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LIVE YOUR
LIFE ON PURPOSE AND ON MISSION.
>> I GUESS YOU GO INTO BUSINESS HOPING THAT YOU'RE GONNA MAKE
A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THERE'S A BIG BURDEN THAT COMES WITH IT
THAT NO ONE TELLS YOU ABOUT. YOU THINK IT'S GONNA BE
ALL GLAMOROUS AND IT'S NOT. IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK.
I WOULDN'T SAY THAT MY SPIRITUAL LIFE AND MY WORK LIFE WEREN'T
CONNECTING 'CAUSE I CERTAINLY PRAYED, YOU KNOW, THAT GOD WOULD
HELP ME WITH IT, BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT BUSINESS
COULD ACTUALLY BE A MISSION. THERE WAS A MOMENT WHERE I JUST
DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT ANYMORE, JUST CARRYING THE BURDEN
OF IT ALONE AND THINKING IT'S JUST TOO HARD AND TOO MUCH,
AND WHAT IF I'M TIRED AND EVERYONE'S RELYING ON ME?
AND THEN IT'S JUST SO FREEING KNOWING THAT, NO,
I'M CALLED FOR THIS. I DO THIS.
I'M NOT ALONE. HE COMES WITH ME.
HE'S GOT THIS. HE WANTS ME TO SUCCEED AND
KNOWING THAT THAT'S MY MISSION, IT JUST TIES MY WHOLE PERSONAL
WORLD AND MY WORK WORLD TOGETHER.
IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY THAT I PROBABLY COULDN'T
HAVE PLANNED OR SAT DOWN AND WRITTEN A 5-YEAR PLAN.
WE WENT FROM HAVING A SMALL 17-METER SQUARE SHOP WITH 3 TO
4 EMPLOYEES TO HAVING 3 SHOPS, 3 LOCATIONS WITH A TEAM
OF ABOUT 30. I HAVE THE VISION IN MY HEART
THAT THIS BUSINESS JUST ISN'T ABOUT MAKING MONEY
AND SELLING FLOWERS, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT PEOPLE.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT IN THE FLOWER BUSINESS, WE'RE IN THE PEOPLE
BUSINESS BUT IT'S LIKE WE CAN BE A LIGHT ON
THE HILL TO THE COMMUNITY. WE HAD A STAFF MEETING
ON MONDAY. WE'RE ALL SHARING STORIES AROUND
THE TABLE OF, "WELL, I GAVE THIS LADY A HUG," AND "THIS PERSON
WAS SAD AND WE CHEERED HER UP." AND THEY KNOW THAT I'M HAPPY
WHETHER THEY SELL A BOUQUET OR WHETHER THEY MAKE SOMEONE SMILE,
WE'VE STILL ACHIEVED OUR MISSION.
WE'VE STILL ACHIEVED WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO.
AT THE START, IT WAS JUST SO EMPTY 'CAUSE IT WAS ABOUT ME,
MY SKILLS, MY TALENTS, ME, ME, ME.
BUT THEN REALIZING THAT NO, I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN GIVEN THESE SKILLS
AND TALENTS AND I'M TO USE THEM FOR THE KINGDOM, NOT TO JUST
BURY THE TALENTS IN THE GROUND. THAT--REALIZING THAT I'M CALLED
TO DO THAT AND I CAN DO THAT AS A MINISTRY,
AND THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. IT'S SO FREEING AND RELEASING
AND THEN THE BURDEN JUST DROPS AWAY 'CAUSE IT'S NOT--
THE PRESSURE'S NOT ALL ON ME NOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT GOD
WILL COME WITH ME TO ACHIEVE.
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>>BETTER THAN ALL THIS WORLD BETTER THAN ALL I KNOW
BETTER THAN LIFE ITSELF YOUR LOVE IS
ALL THAT I HAVE IS YOURS ALL THAT I'M LIVING FOR
ALL THAT I NEED IS IN YOU LORD
'CAUSE YOU ALONE ARE BETTER THAN LIFE
THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD 'CAUSE YOU ALONE
ARE ALL I WANT IN EVERYTHING YOU ARE GOOD
I STAND IN AWE OF ALL THAT YOU ARE
I STAND IN AWE OF YOU EVERYTHING UNTO YOU
EVERYTHING HELD BY YOU ALL OF OUR HOPE
IS IN YOU, JESUS NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU
NOTHING WILL TAKE YOUR PLACE ALL OF OUR TRUST
IS IN YOU, LORD 'CAUSE YOU ALONE
ARE BETTER THAN LIFE THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD
'CAUSE YOU ALONE ARE ALL I WANT
IN EVERYTHING YOU ARE GOOD I STAND IN AWE OF ALL
THAT YOU ARE I STAND IN AWE OF YOU
'CAUSE YOU ALONE ARE BETTER THAN LIFE
THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD 'CAUSE YOU ALONE
ARE ALL I WANT IN EVERYTHING YOU ARE GOOD
I STAND IN AWE OF ALL THAT YOU ARE
I STAND IN AWE OF YOU ONLY YOU, LORD
[MUSIC AND PRAISE]
ALL OF MY HEART ALL THAT I AM
WORSHIP JESUS ALL OF MY HEART
ALL THAT I AM WORSHIP JESUS
ALL OF MY HEART ALL THAT I AM
WORSHIP JESUS ALL OF MY HEART
WITH ALL THAT I AM WORSHIP JESUS
ALL OF MY HEART ALL THAT I AM
WORSHIP JESUS ALL OF MY HEART
ALL THAT I AM WORSHIP JESUS
'CAUSE YOU ALONE ARE BETTER THAN LIFE
THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD 'CAUSE YOU ALONE
ARE ALL I WANT IN EVERYTHING YOU ARE GOOD
I STAND IN AWE OF ALL THAT YOU ARE
I STAND IN AWE OF YOU, LORD 'CAUSE YOU ALONE
ARE BETTER THAN LIFE THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD
'CAUSE YOU ALONE ARE ALL I WANT
IN EVERYTHING YOU ARE GOOD I STAND IN AWE OF ALL
THAT YOU ARE I STAND IN AWE OF YOU
I STAND IN AWE OF ALL THAT YOU ARE
I STAND IN AWE OF YOU ONLY YOU, LORD
[MUSIC AND PRAISE]
>> WELL, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME.
I WONDER WHAT YOU WILL HAVE TO MOVE IN YOUR LIFE TO BE REALLY
LIVING YOUR LIFE ON MISSION AND ON SONG AND ON PURPOSE.
DO YOU KNOW GOD CAN TAKE YOU SO MUCH FURTHER
THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE? EPHESIANS 3:20 HAS GOT TO BE
ONE OF MY THEME VERSES; TELLS US GOD'S ABLE TO DO FOR YOU
EXCEEDING, ABUNDANT, AND ABOVE ANYTHING YOU COULD EVER ASK
OR THINK, BUT IT'S ACCORDING TO HIS POWER WORKING IN YOU.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TODAY TO ALLOW JESUS TO FILL YOUR LIFE
WITH HIS PROMISE AND PURPOSE. THANKS SO MUCH.
YOUR COMPANY MEANS A LOT TO ME. GOD BLESS AND DON'T EVER FORGET
THE BEST IS YET TO COME.