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>> WHAT DO YOU THINK LIVING WITH A TEACHABLE SPIRIT LOOKS LIKE?
WHO DO YOU GIVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK INTO YOUR LIFE
IN A WAY THAT ADDRESSES THE REAL ISSUES YOU MAY HAVE?
DO YOU HAVE AN OPEN EAR TO HEAR WHAT THEY'RE SAYING?
DO YOU THINK TO LIVE YOUR LIFE IN AN UNTEACHABLE WAY MEANS THAT
YOU MAY NEVER LEARN WHAT IT IS TO PUT WISDOM IN YOUR SOUL?
WELL, I'M SURE TODAY'S PROGRAM CAN HELP YOU.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF STAYING TEACHABLE
AND I'M SPEAKING TO YOU FROM HILLSONG LONDON.
>> IN MARK 10:21, "JESUS, LOOKED AT THE RICH, YOUNG RULER,
AND HE SAID TO HIM, 'ONE THING YOU LACK:
GO YOUR WAY, SELL WHATEVER YOU HAVE AND GIVE TO THE POOR,
AND YOU WILL HAVE TREASURES IN HEAVEN; AND COME, TAKE UP
THE CROSS, AND FOLLOW ME.'" HE SAID, "LOOK,
THERE'S JUST ONE THING. AFTER THIS RICH, YOUNG RULER
HAD SAID, "I DON'T SLEEP AROUND. I DON'T RIP PEOPLE OFF.
I'M NOT A CON MAN. I DO THESE THINGS."
THE WORD OF THE LORD WAS, "YEAH, BUT THERE'S ONE THING."
BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE ONE THING,
I ACTUALLY SEE SEVERAL THINGS. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF I WAS
TO READ THROUGH THE NEXT VERSE, AFTER JESUS SAID,
"ONE THING YOU LACK," JESUS SAID, "GO YOUR WAY."
FIRSTLY, I'M NOT SURE THAT'S WHAT THE RICH, YOUNG RULER
WAS EXPECTING. HE SAID, "WHAT MUST I DO
TO BE SAVED?" HE WAS ALL ABOUT
WANTING TO GO JESUS' WAY. THE FIRST THING JESUS SAYS IS:
"HEY, THAT'S BAGGAGE IN YOUR OWN LIFE.
FIRST, YOU GOTTA GO AND SORT THAT OUT.
YOU GOTTA GO YOUR WAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE
MISUNDERSTAND GRACE. THEY THINK GRACE
IS JUST TAKING ALL OUR BAGGAGE AND ALL OF THE THINGS
THAT WE HAVEN'T GOT RIGHT YET AND GOING ON THE LITTLE
GRACE JOURNEY WITH JESUS AND ENTERING INTO ALL THAT
HE HAS FOR US, BUT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO REALIZE
THERE'S STILL ETERNAL PRINCIPLES LIKE REAPING WHAT YOU SOW.
AND JESUS DIDN'T JUST SAY, "COME AND FOLLOW ME," HE SAID TO HIM,
"'GO YOUR WAY, SELL WHATEVER YOU HAVE, GIVE TO THE POOR, AND YOU
WILL HAVE TREASURE IN HEAVEN; AND COME, TAKE UP THE CROSS,
AND FOLLOW ME.' BUT HE WAS SAD
AT THIS WORD, AND WENT AWAY
SORROWFUL, FOR HE HAD
GREAT POSSESSIONS." THERE WAS ONLY ONE THING,
JESUS SAID, "THERE'S JUST ONE THING."
BUT LISTEN TO THE FIVE OR SIX OR SEVEN THINGS IN THE ONE THING.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE INSTRUCTION WAS: "YOU GO YOUR WAY.
BEFORE YOU CAN COME MY WAY, YOU GOTTA GO YOUR WAY.
THERE'S STUFF THERE YOU NEED TO ADDRESS.
AND THEN SECOND," THIS ONE MUST HAVE REALLY HIT HIM,
"SELL WHATEVER YOU HAVE." THERE'S NO DOUBT THINGS HAD HIM.
SO JESUS WAS REALLY GETTING THE RAW BONE STUFF.
HE WAS ACTUALLY HITTING ON THE STUFF THAT WAS A BIG DEAL
TO HIM. "SELL WHATEVER YOU HAVE.
THEN THIRD, GIVE THE MONEY TO THE POOR."
SO OBVIOUSLY GENEROSITY WASN'T A NATURAL THING TO HIM.
THE IDEA OF TAKING WHAT HE HAD AND GIVING IT TO THE POOR,
YOU KNOW, DIDN'T SEEM TO FLOW WITH HIM.
THE BIBLE, OF COURSE, SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE GIVE TO
THE POOR, WE LEND TO THE LORD AND THE LORD REPAYS BUT
HE DIDN'T HAVE THAT REVELATION BECAUSE HE WASN'T TOO EXCITED
ABOUT THE WHOLE IDEA OF GIVING TO THE POOR.
AND THEN AFTER THAT IT SAYS, "AND YOU WILL BE WITH ME
IN HEAVEN." AND THIS IS THE PART WHERE IT
GETS TRAGIC BECAUSE IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT HE'S SAYING,
"I'M LINING YOU UP." JESUS IS SAYING, "I'M LINING
YOU UP FOR ETERNAL PURPOSE. I'M LINING YOU UP
FOR THE PURPOSES OF HEAVEN. RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE LIVING
ACCORDING TO EVERYTHING THAT'S UNDER THE SUN, BUT I WANT
YOUR LIFE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE ACCORDING TO EVERYTHING
THAT'S OVER THE SUN. AND HE SAYS,
"YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN HEAVEN. YOU WILL TAKE UP YOUR CROSS
AND YOU WILL FOLLOW ME." SO THAT ONE THING
THAT JESUS SPOKE ABOUT WASN'T JUST ONE THING.
IT WAS HE NEEDED TO GO HIS OWN WAY.
HE NEEDED TO SELL WHAT HE HAD. HE NEEDED TO LEARN ABOUT
GENEROSITY AND GIVING. HE NEEDED TO REALLY DECIDE
THAT HE WANTED TO LIVE FOR KINGDOM PURPOSE.
HE HAD TO TAKE UP HIS OWN CROSS, AND THAT OFTEN IS WHERE
OUR WILL CROSSES GOD'S WILL, AND HE HAD TO FOLLOW JESUS.
AND THE ONLY OTHER PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE WHO JESUS SAID,
"TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW ME" WERE HIS DISCIPLES.
SO, ULTIMATELY, IT WOULD SEEM HERE'S A YOUNG MAN
WHO RUNS TO JESUS SAYING, "GOOD TEACHER, GOOD TEACHER,
WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?" AND THIS YOUNG MAN
HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SET HIS LIFE UP WITH ETERNITY
AND WITH GOD-GIVEN PURPOSE AND TO BE ACTUALLY LIVING A LIFE
WHERE, PERHAPS, HE WAS TO BECOME ONE OF
JESUS' OWN CLOSEST DISCIPLES. AND HE WENT AWAY SAD.
HE WAS SAD AND HE WENT AWAY SORROWFUL AT THE WORD.
SO IT ENDS UP THAT NOT ONLY DID HE NOT SELL HIS STUFF AND NOT
GIVING INTO THE POOR AND NOT GET EXCITED ABOUT SPENDING TIME IN
HEAVEN AND NOT GET EXCITED ABOUT TAKING UP THE CROSS AND NOT
GETTING TOO EXCITED AT ALL ABOUT FOLLOWING JESUS, HE ALSO, ON TOP
OF ALL OF THAT, THREW A SPAT. HE WAS SAD AND VERY SELFISH--
SORROWFUL, GOT "THE SULKS," AND WENT HIS OWN WAY,
TOOK HIS MARBLES AND WENT HOME. WHAT IT REALLY MEANS IS
HE WASN'T ACTUALLY VERY TEACHABLE AT ALL.
DO YOU KNOW TEACHABILITY IS NEVER, EVER TESTED
ON THE EASY THINGS. IT'S ONLY TESTED
WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE REAL ISSUES OF YOUR SOUL.
WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THE THINGS THAT BASICALLY WIRE US
ON THE INSIDE, THAT'S WHEN WE FIND OUT HOW TEACHABLE WE ARE.
HE WAS GOOD TEACHER ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
HE WAS GOOD TEACHER ALL THE WAY THROUGH UNTIL IT REALLY CAME
DOWN TO SOUL ISSUES WHICH WERE A LACK OF GENEROSITY,
A REFUSAL TO LET GO OF WHAT HE HAD, A NOT TOO CONVINCED
THAT HE REALLY WANTED TO LIVE FOR KINGDOM PURPOSE AND FOR
HEAVEN, AND TAKE UP THE CROSS AND FOLLOW JESUS.
THAT'S WHEN IT REALLY GOT TO THE SOUL ISSUES.
NOW, YOU HAVE SOUL ISSUES. THE AMAZING THING ABOUT IT
IS JESUS, IN THE SAME STORY WHEN HE'S TALKING TO THE DISCIPLES
AND HE'S EXPLAINING IT-- IN VERSE 23,
"JESUS LOOKED AROUND AND SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, 'HOW HARD
IS IT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE RICHES TO ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD!'
AND THE DISCIPLES WERE ASTONISHED AT HIS WORDS.
BUT JESUS ANSWERED AGAIN AND SAID TO THEM, 'CHILDREN,
HOW HARD IS IT FOR THOSE WHO TRUST IN RICHES TO ENTER
THE KINGDOM OF GOD!" REMEMBER JESUS IS SPEAKING
TO THEM AS A FATHER TO CHILDREN. "'CHILDREN, HOW HARD IS IT
FOR THOSE WHO TRUST IN RICHES TO ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD!
IT IS EASIER FOR A CAMEL TO GO THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE
THAN FOR A RICH MAN TO ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD.'
AND THEY WERE GREATLY ASTONISHED,
SAYING AMONG THEMSELVES, 'WHO THEN CAN BE SAVED?'"
THEY'RE REALLY SAYING, "WELL, WHAT HOPE IS THERE
FOR ANY OF US? BECAUSE WE'VE ALL GOT OUR ISSUES
AND IF THIS IS HARDER THAN FITTING A CAMEL THROUGH
THE EYE OF A NEEDLE, WHAT HOPE DOES ANY OF US HAVE?"
IN VERSE 27, "JESUS LOOKED AT THEM AND SAID,
'WITH MEN IT IS IMPOSSIBLE,
BUT NOT WITH GOD; FOR WITH GOD
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.'
THEN PETER BEGAN TO SAY TO HIM, 'WE HAVE LEFT ALL
AND FOLLOWED YOU.' JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID,"
I LOVE THIS PART, "ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, THERE IS NO ONE
WHO HAS LEFT HOUSES OR BROTHERS OR SISTERS OR FATHERS OR MOTHERS
OR WIFE OR CHILDREN OR LANDS, FOR MY SAKE AND THE GOSPEL'S,
WHO SHALL NOT RECEIVE A HUNDREDFOLD NOW IN THIS TIME."
EVERYBODY FROM THE TOP, AND THERE'S PLENTY OF YOU UP THERE,
FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM SAY, "NOW IN THIS TIME."
SO HE'S SAYING THERE'S NOBODY WHO WILL MAKE SACRIFICE
FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD WHO WILL NOT RECEIVE BACK
ETERNALLY NOW IN THIS TIME.
AND THEN IT GOES ON AND SAYS, "HOUSES AND BROTHERS AND MOTHERS
AND CHILDREN AND LANDS, WITH PERSECUTIONS--
AND IN THE AGE TO COME,
ETERNAL LIFE." EVERYBODY SAY,
"AND IN THE AGE TO COME."
SO MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD
ARE ABOUT THE AGE TO COME. THIS VERSE IS VERY CLEAR.
IT'S SAYING, "NOBODY WHO PUTS THINGS ASIDE, WHO'S PREPARED
TO LAY DOWN THINGS TO SERVE ME, WILL NOT RECEIVE, NOW
IN THIS TIME, A HUNDRED FOLD. AND THEN IN THE AGE TO COME
ETERNAL LIFE." YOU SEE, MY FRIEND, I BELIEVE
THAT GOD HAS GREAT ETERNAL PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE.
YOU ARE CREATED FOR A DIVINELY-IMPLANTED
SENSE OF PURPOSE. ECCLESIASTES 3:11 SAYS,
"HE HAS PUT ETERNITY IN THEIR HEARTS."
GOD HAS PUT ETERNITY IN YOUR HEART.
AND IN ANOTHER TRANSLATION IT ACTUALLY CALLS IT
A DIVINELY IMPLANTED, IMAGINE, IMPLANTED SENSE OF PURPOSE.
BUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US
HAVE THINGS IN OUR LIFE, WHEN IT COMES TO THE CRUNCH,
WHERE IF HE DON'T ALLOW OURSELVES TO LIVE, LETTING
THE WORD OF GOD TEACH US, LISTENING TO THE RIGHT VOICES
TO TEACH US, BREAKING THROUGH OUR DEFENSIVENESS AND
OUR INSECURITIES AND OUR REFUSAL TO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ANYTHING
WRONG WITH US AND OUT OF OUR OFFENSE BELIEVING THAT EVERYONE
ELSE IS THE PROBLEM AND THAT "I'M OKAY AND IT'S NEVER ABOUT
ME AND IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE," THERE IS
SO MUCH MORE POTENTIAL FOR YOU IF YOU WOULD JUST LET SOMEONE
LOOK YOU IN THE EYE WHO LOVES YOU AND TELL YOU THE THINGS
THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR. AND THEN, THROUGH THE POWER
OF THE WORD AND THROUGH PRAYER, BEGIN TO CHANGE SOME OF
THE THINGS THAT YOU DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR SO THAT GOD CAN PREPARE
YOU TO TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW HIM SO YOU TOO
CAN LIVE WITH ETERNAL PURPOSE, SO YOU TOO CAN LIVE ACCORDING TO
THE PROMISE OF AN ALMIGHTY GOD. GOD HAS SO MUCH FOR YOU
AND THE BIGGEST BLOCKAGE TO GOD'S PURPOSE IS US.
AND SO OFTEN, SO OFTEN, WE DON'T LET GOD'S VESSELS SPEAK TO US.
NOW LISTEN THERE'S PEOPLE ALWAYS WHO ARE GONNA TALK TO YOU
AND TRY TO LOOK YOU IN THE EYE, SOMETIMES THEY'RE CROSS-EYED.
AND TELL YOU THINGS THAT THEY WANT YOU TO HEAR, THEY WANT YOU
TO HEAR, AND IT'S MORE ABOUT THEIR OWN INSECURITY
AND MANIPULATION AND CONTROL AND ALL THE JUNK GOING ON IN THEM
THAN IT IS REALLY ABOUT YOU, AND THAT'S WHY I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT
THAT, SOMEONE COMING UP AFTER CHURCH LOOKING LIKE A ZOMBIE
GOING, "I HAVE A WORD FOR YOU." WATCH OUT FOR THAT,
"I HAVE A WORD FOR YOU." NOT THAT, BUT WHEN THE WORD'S
BEING PREACHED BY PEOPLE THAT YOU TRUST, WHEN YOU'RE IN
A CONNECT GROUP AMONGST FRIENDS AND PEOPLE YOU LOVE, WHEN YOUR
OWN HUSBAND OR YOUR OWN WIFE JUST NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO
PENETRATE THAT LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THERE'S THAT LITTLE
THING THAT IF YOU WOULD LISTEN TO HER, IF YOU WOULD
LISTEN TO HIM AND YOU COULD MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TOGETHER, IT COULD
REVOLUTIONIZE YOUR RELATIONSHIP. IT COULD BE THE MISSING LINK
THAT PUTS THE JOY BACK INTO THE RELATIONSHIP, THAT
PUTS THE OLD SPARK BACK INTO THE RELATIONSHIP, BUT WE ARE
SUCH A--WELL, US MEN ESPECIALLY, WE ARE SUCH A MASOCHISTIC LOT
THAT OFTENTIMES WE WON'T BE TOLD.
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO LIVE YOUR LIFE IN A WAY WHERE YOU'RE
OPEN TO GOD AND HIS WORD AND TO PEOPLE WITH A TEACHABLE SPIRIT
WHERE YOU REJECT THOSE WHO ARE JUST,
OUT OF THEIR OWN INSECURITIES, TRYING TO PUT THINGS INTO YOU.
BUT YOU KNOW THERE'S NO WONDER THAT THE DISCIPLES, THEY SAY,
"WELL, WHAT HOPE IS THERE FOR ANY OF US?"
BECAUSE YOU THINK ABOUT THE DISCIPLES, YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE
LIKE JUDAS WHO WAS MESSING UP WITH THE MONEY AND YOU GOT
PEOPLE LIKE THOMAS WHO WAS ABOUT TO BECOME THE DOUBTER
AND YOU GOT PEOPLE LIKE PETER WHO MADE SO MANY MESSES
AND GOT SO DISCOURAGED THAT HE WANTED TO GO FISHING.
HE SAYS, "I'M GOING BACK TO FISHING."
AND HALF OF THE OTHERS SAID, "WE'RE GONNA COME WITH YOU."
AND YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, THE BROTHERS JAMES AND ZEBEDEE,
ONE ON THE ONE SIDE AND ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND THEY'RE
TRYING TO GET POSITION. AND THEN THE OTHER TEN WERE
DISPLEASED WITH THOSE TWO BECAUSE THE WAY
THEY WERE CARRYING ON. THESE WERE JUST NORMAL PEOPLE
LIKE YOU AND I. THEY WOULD FIT IN WELL
AT HILLSONG CHURCH. YOU KNOW, THESE ARE JUST NORMAL
SINNERS SAVED BY GRACE WHO HAD THE JOY OF BEING CLOSE TO JESUS.
THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE. AND SO GOD'S TALKING
IN SUPERNATURALS. HE'S TALKING ABOUT
SUPERNATURAL REALMS. HE'S SAYING, "TO MEN,
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT TO GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE."
AND THERE'S ALL SORTS OF THINGS IN YOUR LIFE THAT ARE POSSIBLE,
POSSIBLE, POSSIBLE, IF YOU'LL JUST BREAK THROUGH THE VENEER
AND HAVE THE PEOPLE IN YOUR ROOM WHO CAN LOOK YOU IN THE EYE AND
WHO CAN LOVE YOU AND WHO CAN TELL YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO HEAR.
I CAN HONESTLY TELL YOU I HAVE THOSE PEOPLE IN MY LIFE.
I CAN HONESTLY TELL YOU AND IT'S NOT PLEASANT.
IT'S NOT PLEASANT. EVEN IN MORE RECENT TIMES,
THERE'S BEEN ONE OR TWO THINGS RELATED TO MY LIFE WHERE I'VE
HAD PEOPLE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ME, INCLUDING MY WIFE, INCLUDING
ELDERS AND INCLUDING KEY PEOPLE, WHO LOVE ME ENOUGH TO LOOK ME
IN THE EYE WITH THE POTENTIAL OF SAVING FUTURE DISASTER.
BUT I THANK GOD FOR THOSE PEOPLE AND I CHALLENGE YOU TO ASK YOU,
WHO IS THAT PERSON IN YOUR LIFE? WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE THAT YOU
GIVE THAT RIGHT? AND DO YOU HAVE THE KIND OF
OPEN EAR TO LISTEN TO WHAT THEY'RE SAYING?
BECAUSE IF SO, I BELIEVE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT REALMS OF
THE SUPERNATURAL, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GOD TAKING US INTO LEVELS
OF THE IMPOSSIBLE, ABOUT TAKING US INTO AREAS WHERE SOMETIMES WE
BREAK THROUGH SOME OF THE GREAT FRUSTRATION WE'VE HAD AND,
ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU FIND YOU'RE LIVING IN A YEAR THAT
HE'S CROWNED WITH HIS GLORY. I MEAN, WHAT A POWERFUL THING
THAT IS WHEN YOU SUDDENLY REALIZE YOU'RE LIVING IN A YEAR
WHICH IS CROWNED WITH HIS GLORY. ARE YOU HUMBLE ENOUGH
TO OPEN YOUR LIFE UP TO THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU?
SOME OF THEM YOU MIGHT BE SITTING BY RIGHT NOW.
DO YOU HAVE THE PEOPLE IN YOUR WORLD--THEY'RE THERE, I BELIEVE
THEY'RE THERE, AND YOU TALK AT CERTAIN LEVELS--BUT DO YOU
REALLY LET THEM GET IN, GET INTO THE PLACES WHERE YOU COULD START
TO WORK ON THINGS THAT TAKE YOUR LIFE OUT OF THE NATURAL AND INTO
THE SUPERNATURAL, FROM THINGS WHICH TO MAN IS IMPOSSIBLE,
BUT TO GOD IS POSSIBLE? I FEEL LIKE IF WE CAN JUST
BECOME MORE TEACHABLE, MORE PLIABLE, MORE TEACHABLE,
KNOW THE RIGHT VOICES, GOD'S WANTING TO BREAK YOU THROUGH
INTO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL IN JUST ONE OR TWO OR THREE CHANGES.
HERE WAS THE LORD SAYING, VIA THE STORY
TO THE RICH, YOUNG RULER, "THERE'S JUST ONE THING,"
BUT THAT ONE THING INCLUDED ABOUT FIVE OR SIX THINGS.
"SELL EVERYTHING YOU HAVE. GIVE THE MONEY TO THE POOR.
TODAY YOU'LL BE WITH ME IN HEAVEN AND TAKE UP YOUR CROSS.
YOU GOTTA FOLLOW ME." AND THE SADDEST THING IS
HE WENT AWAY SORROWFUL. HE WENT AWAY.
HE COULDN'T HACK IT. RIGHT NOW WITH EYES CLOSED, WITH
EYES CLOSED ALL OVER THE ROOM, IF YOU KNOW THERE ARE THINGS
IN YOUR LIFE WHERE, WELL, YOU HAVEN'T LET ANYONE--YOU REALLY
HAVEN'T LET ANYONE WHO LOVES YOU--I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT
ANYONE WHO DOESN'T REALLY CARE ABOUT YOU.
YOU'VE NEVER REALLY LET ANYONE WHO LOVES YOU LOOK AT YOU
AND TELL YOU THINGS THAT COULD OPEN THE PROCESS
OF A WHOLE NEW BEGINNING OF ENTERING INTO SUPERNATURAL
THINGS IN YOUR LIFE. AND I BELIEVE FOR IT TONIGHT TO
BE A BREAKTHROUGH NIGHT FOR YOU. I'M GONNA SAY IT ONE MORE TIME,
I BELIEVE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO-- THERE'S PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU AND
YOU'VE NEVER OPENED UP ENOUGH. YOU'VE ALWAYS PUT--SHUT THEM
DOWN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, TO LOOK YOU IN THE EYE AND TOUCH
THE REAL ISSUE, AND THE REAL ISSUE COULD BE YOUR NEGATIVITY.
IT COULD BE YOUR ATTITUDE TO MONEY.
IT COULD BE AN OLD HURT YOU WON'T LET GO OF.
THE REAL ISSUE, IT COULD BE AN ABUSE,
IT COULD BE AN OFFENSE, IT COULD BE JUST
AN AGGRAVATED TEMPER. THE REAL THING, IT COULD BE THAT
YOU JUST HAVE CHARACTER ISSUES THAT YOU JUST NEED TO ADDRESS
AND ADDRESSING THEM, YOU'RE GONNA COME IN LINE
WITH WHAT GOD'S GOT FOR YA.
>> I THINK IT'S GOOD ADVICE WHEN THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT
KEEPING A TEACHABLE SOUL. DO YOU KNOW THE SOUL WAS REALLY
THE ENGINE ROOM OF OUR LIFE? AND THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT
OUR SOUL; IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE THING THAT MAKES
OUR CHOICES AND DECISIONS, WHERE OUR EMOTIONS COME FROM
AND, ULTIMATELY, WHAT DRIVES OUR THINKING.
WELL, DO YOU KNOW WE CAN LOOK AT OUR VARIOUS BEHAVIOR PATTERNS,
AND WE TRY TO CHANGE THIS OR TRY TO CHANGE THAT BUT MANY TIMES
IT'S JUST REALLY SYMPTOMATIC TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE INSIDE.
THAT'S OUR SOUL AND I KNOW THAT IF WE ALLOW JESUS TO SPEAK INTO
OUR LIVES, HE DOESN'T JUST SPEAK TO OUR HEADS OR TO OUR BEHAVIOR,
HE TALKS INTO OUR HEART. HE TALKS INTO WHAT'S REALLY
GOING ON IN OUR LIFE. AND I THINK IT'S GOOD,
OFTENTIMES, TO KEEP PEOPLE IN OUR WORLD
WHO ARE NOT JUST INTERESTED IN OUR EXTERIOR BEHAVIOR, BUT
REALLY CARE ABOUT WHO WE ARE, WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE OF US.
AND DO YOU KNOW IF WE STAY OPEN TO KEEPING A TEACHABLE SOUL, NOT
ONLY WILL IT CHANGE OUR WORLD, BUT IT CAN COMPLETELY CHANGE
THE WORLD OF THE PEOPLE AROUND AND ABOUT US,
THE PEOPLE WE LOVE.
>> I'VE NOT ALWAYS HAD A SENSE OF THIS IS ABOUT OTHERS,
EVEN THOUGH I DID GROW UP IN A CHRISTIAN HOME.
IT WAS SOMETHING, I GUESS, WHICH OUR FAMILY DEFINITELY STOOD FOR,
EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT FOR MYSELF.
TODAY, THE FAMILY BUSINESS IS TWO HARLEY DAVIDSON DEALERSHIPS
AND A PORSCHE BUSINESS AND ALSO A BMW MOTORRAD BUSINESS.
ONE OF THE MAIN DRIVERS IS TO INVEST INTO THE KINGDOM,
AND I GUESS IT GIVES US A GREATER MOTIVATION
FOR WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO. WHEN I WAS 21,
I GOT PRIVILEGE OF WORKING IN THE CARIBBEAN FOR A WHILE.
I WENT OVER THERE THINKING THAT I'D JUST SORT MY LIFE OUT
ON MY OWN, THAT LED ME TO QUITE A CONFUSED PLACE.
THE REAL TURNING POINT WAS WHEN I WAS IN BARBADOS,
IT WAS A VERY HUMBLING MOMENT. IT WAS ON MY KNEES RECOGNIZING
I NEEDED REPENTANCE, THAT I NEEDED TO CHANGE.
I STARTED TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE CHURCH AND I REALLY STARTED
TO RECOGNIZE HOW YOU CAN HAVE AN IMPACT IN YOUNG PEOPLE'S
LIVES SO, ON THE BASIS OF THAT, I DECIDED TO SET UP
A YOUTH CHARITY CALLED THE OPEN YOUTH TRUST.
WE RAISED 15 MILLION POUNDS FOR THAT PROJECT AND
THE GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY USED IT AS A PATHFINDER MODEL
FOR 42 OTHER YOUTH CENTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
HAVING A TEACHABLE SPIRIT SENT ME SOMETHING THAT RINGS
TRUE WITH ME, I MEAN, TO LEARN REALLY QUICK ALWAYS FEELING
AS THOUGH I'M OUTSIDE OF MY COMFORT ZONE, ALWAYS FEELING
AS IF I'M OUTSIDE OF MY DEPTH. IT'S ALL ABOUT BEING ABLE
TO REFLECT ON WHO YOU ARE AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND RECOGNIZE
WHERE YOU NEED TO CHANGE AND WHERE YOU NEED TO LEARN.
IT'S ALL WELL AND GOOD BEING GREAT IN BUSINESS, BUT THAT'S
NOT THE END JOURNEY, IS IT? SO IT'D BE NICE TO GET TO WHERE
WE'RE GOING KNOWING THAT I'VE FULFILLED ALL THAT GOD
HAD FOR ME RATHER THAN WHAT I HAD FOR MYSELF.
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WHILE EARTHLY AGES FADE IN MERCY
OUR GOD YOUR KINGDOM REIGNS
LORD OVER EVERYTHING YOU ARE NEAR
ALL OF THE UNIVERSE AT YOUR FEET
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IN THE SAVIOR INJUSTICE BROUGHT TO RIGHT
FOR YOUR GLORY THAT YOUR NAME
BE LIFTED HIGH >> WE SING
"LORD OVER EVERYTHING." LORD OVER EVERYTHING
YOU ARE NEAR ALL OF THE UNIVERSE
AT YOUR FEET LORD OVER EVERYTHING
YOU ARE NEAR ALL OF THE UNIVERSE
AT YOUR FEET
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THE LOST ARE FOUND THE BLIND WILL SEE
THE LAME WILL WALK THE DEAD WILL LIVE
AND YOU OUR GOD FOREVER YOU WILL REIGN
THE LOST ARE FOUND THE BLIND WILL SEE
THE LAME WILL WALK THE DEAD WILL LIVE
AND YOU OUR GOD FOREVER YOU WILL REIGN
THE LOST ARE FOUND THE BLIND WILL SEE
THE LAME WILL WALK THE DEAD WILL LIVE
AND YOU OUR GOD FOREVER YOU WILL REIGN
>> WELL, I'VE GOT NO DOUBT THAT GOD IS A LOVER OF PEOPLE
AND HE LOVES YOU. SOMETIMES WE LIVE OUR LIVES
SO CLOSED OFF TO GOD OR SO SURE THAT GOD IS AGAINST US, BUT
IT'S NOT WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES. REMEMBER THE BIBLE HAS A START
AND IT HAS A FINISH AND THE WAY IT FINISHES MEANS THAT
WE ALL HAVE A GOD-GIVEN FUTURE AND A GOD-GIVEN HOPE.
GOD BLESS YOU AND NEVER EVER FORGET
THAT THE BEST IS YET TO COME.