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<v Speaker 1>Hey everyone, thanks for joining us today on Pastor Rick's

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<v Speaker 1>Daily Hope.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the place.

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<v Speaker 1>Where Rick Warren brings you uplifting messages from God's Word

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<v Speaker 1>every day to help you grow deeper in faith and

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<v Speaker 1>live a life with purpose. Today we're continuing in a

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<v Speaker 1>powerful series called Toolbox for Life. In this series, Rick

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<v Speaker 1>teaches us four essential skills that you need to succeed

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<v Speaker 1>wherever God has placed you, whether it's at home, at work,

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<v Speaker 1>at school, or in your community. These are tools that

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<v Speaker 1>every follower of Jesus absolutely needs. Okay, now here's Rick

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<v Speaker 1>with part two of a message called Ignoring the Naysayers.

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<v Speaker 2>One time.

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<v Speaker 3>Moses sent twelve spies in the spy out the Promised Land.

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<v Speaker 3>Two of them came back with a positive fortsay, and

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<v Speaker 3>we whipped these guys. God's prepared the place for us.

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<v Speaker 3>We're ready. And ten of them came back with the

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<v Speaker 3>negative report, said we can't do it. We're little weaklings.

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<v Speaker 3>Were like insects in their eyes, and that's typical. The

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<v Speaker 3>majority of people were against it, and they could have

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<v Speaker 3>stayed out of the Promised Land. In fact, they did

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<v Speaker 3>for another forty years because of a negative report. Because

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<v Speaker 3>the majority was wrong God had already brought him out

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<v Speaker 3>of Egypt. Don't you think he'd take him into Israel? Yes,

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<v Speaker 3>but the majority said we can't do it, and the

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<v Speaker 3>negativity spread around, and so we have first delay, and

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<v Speaker 3>second we have discouragement. Now why had everybody given up

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<v Speaker 3>in Israel? Because they were listening to the wrong voices?

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<v Speaker 3>Verse sixteen says, for forty days, twice a day, morning

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<v Speaker 3>and evening, this philistine giant is Goliath loudly berated the

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<v Speaker 3>Israelite army. So every day they're hearing for forty days,

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<v Speaker 3>morning and evening, You guys suck.

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<v Speaker 2>You guys are weak. You guys are losers.

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<v Speaker 3>You're never going to make You know what, If you

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<v Speaker 3>listen to that long enough, you're gonna believe it. So

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<v Speaker 3>here's my question, who are you listening to about your life?

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<v Speaker 3>Are you listening to people who say you'll never amount

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<v Speaker 3>to anything? You can't do it?

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<v Speaker 2>You know what?

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<v Speaker 3>You may be listening to yourself. You lie to yourself

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<v Speaker 3>all the time. Did you know that just because you

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<v Speaker 3>say something to yourself doesn't mean it's true. A lot

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<v Speaker 3>of times you say things are good when they're not.

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<v Speaker 3>Lots of times you say they're bad. When when they're not.

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<v Speaker 3>And so just because you tell yourself something doesn't mean

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<v Speaker 3>it's true. What voices are you listening to? You need

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<v Speaker 3>to be listening to God. If you listen to negative

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<v Speaker 3>statements long enough, you're gonna become negative. You get paralyzed.

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<v Speaker 3>And sometimes when you're in work, you're an officer in

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<v Speaker 3>a project, and everybody says, this problem cannot be solved.

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<v Speaker 2>What you need is.

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<v Speaker 3>A fresh set of eyes and a fresh set of

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<v Speaker 3>ears from the outside. And that's what happened when David,

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<v Speaker 3>the little shepherd boy shows up on the scene. He

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<v Speaker 3>hadn't been on the front line listening to this negativity

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<v Speaker 3>every day, morning and evening, day after day, week after week,

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<v Speaker 3>month after month. He wasn't infected with it. A new

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<v Speaker 3>guy comes in that we can do this. I'll take

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<v Speaker 3>this guy on. God's with me, God's with you. We

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<v Speaker 3>can win this. It takes an outsider. The Bible says

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<v Speaker 3>this in verse twenty three. As David talked with his

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<v Speaker 3>brothers on the front line, they were fighting.

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<v Speaker 2>He'd just gone to visit them.

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<v Speaker 3>He saw Goliath start shouting his usual threats to Israel's army,

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<v Speaker 3>and when the army heard Goliath. They all ran away

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<v Speaker 3>in terror. If you don't get anything else, get this today.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't hang around negative people. Your best friends should not

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<v Speaker 3>be naysayers. If they are, they're not your best friend

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<v Speaker 3>because they're holding you back through discouragement and delay. Now

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<v Speaker 3>there's a third naysayer David had to deal with, and

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<v Speaker 3>this actually was his own brother, his elder brother right down.

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<v Speaker 3>A third kind of people is his brother questioned his

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<v Speaker 3>motives and that was a hindrance. And they're gonna be

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<v Speaker 3>people who question your motives. When you share a big dream,

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<v Speaker 3>they just think you're on an ego trip. When you

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<v Speaker 3>share a big goal, they just think you know you

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<v Speaker 3>don't know what you're talking about. They don't know that

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<v Speaker 3>you're trusting God. This is the barrier of disapproval. There's

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<v Speaker 3>the barrier of delay, there's the barrier of discouragement, and

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<v Speaker 3>there's the barrier of disapproval. Now, this is the one

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<v Speaker 3>that hurts the most because we all want to be liked.

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<v Speaker 3>We want people to approve of us, particularly.

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<v Speaker 2>Our own family.

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<v Speaker 3>We want our own family to think we're cool. And

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<v Speaker 3>so when a relative, particularly a family member, thinks you're

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<v Speaker 3>not cool, that's hurtful. You're always gonna have naysayers, and

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<v Speaker 3>you may even have them in your closest relationships. Now

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<v Speaker 3>here's an example, where's brother questions David's motives. David sees

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<v Speaker 3>what's going on, and he sees this wath out there,

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<v Speaker 3>and everybody's afraid to take him on. And in verse

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<v Speaker 3>twenty eight, David asked, what's the reward for killing this guy?

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<v Speaker 3>For killing this philistine? What's the reward for killing this

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<v Speaker 3>philistine and ending this disgraceful abuse. Now, when David's older

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<v Speaker 3>brother heard this, he heard David ask this question, he

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<v Speaker 3>burned with anger at David.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, this guy's jealous.

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<v Speaker 3>He didn't like his younger brother asking those questions about

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<v Speaker 3>taking on Goliath, and his david older brother says, why.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you even here anyway?

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<v Speaker 3>Why aren't you taking care of your scrawny little flock

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<v Speaker 3>of sheep, You cocky little brat. Then this sound like

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<v Speaker 3>sibling rivalry, you cocky little brat. I know how conceited

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<v Speaker 3>you are. Now let me ask you who's really the

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<v Speaker 3>conceited one here? It's the older brother. I know how

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<v Speaker 3>conceited you are. Now, what have I done? Said David?

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<v Speaker 2>Can I even ask a question.

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<v Speaker 3>Can't you hear the youngest person in the family saying that, now.

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<v Speaker 2>What have I done? Now? What have I done?

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<v Speaker 3>You know, all I did was ask a question, what's

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<v Speaker 3>the reward for killing this guy? David's older brother questions

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<v Speaker 3>David's motives. He treats him with disdain, He treats him

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<v Speaker 3>with disgust, with disregard, he belittles him. I hate to

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<v Speaker 3>tell you this, but sometimes there are family members in

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<v Speaker 3>your family who don't want you to succeed at your dream.

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<v Speaker 3>It upsets the apple cart, it changes the equation, It

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<v Speaker 3>shakes up the system.

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<v Speaker 2>Who's really conceded?

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<v Speaker 3>Here the brother And by the way, people often misinterpret

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<v Speaker 3>confidence in God as conceit. David has great confidence in God.

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<v Speaker 3>His older brother does not. And when David goes, I'll

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<v Speaker 3>take this guy on, David's all, the brother looks, you're nuts,

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<v Speaker 3>You're just conceited, You're egotist, You're you're a conceited little brat.

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<v Speaker 3>And people who don't hear God judge people who hear

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<v Speaker 3>God as cocky and conceited, and they go, what do

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<v Speaker 3>you think you are?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's not it.

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<v Speaker 3>I remember years ago when we bought the first piece

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<v Speaker 3>of property for Saddleback Church. It was this property like

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<v Speaker 3>Forest Campus. We know are going to have sixteen campuses,

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<v Speaker 3>and this is one hundred and twenty acres and it's

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<v Speaker 3>very expensive piece of property.

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<v Speaker 2>And I remember.

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<v Speaker 3>Rumors got out all over South Orange County that this

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<v Speaker 3>little church, because we only had about a thousand people

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<v Speaker 3>at that time, was going to go try to buy

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<v Speaker 3>one hundred and twenty acres. And so I would go

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<v Speaker 3>around in South County while we were trying to get

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<v Speaker 3>this property, and I would hear people in the barbershop

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<v Speaker 3>and in the grocery store going, who do those people

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<v Speaker 3>think they are? That saddle Backed church. They're going out

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<v Speaker 3>there buying something. They're buying more land than Saddleback College.

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<v Speaker 3>They're buying more land than Saddleback Hospital. Who does that

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<v Speaker 3>church think they're they're gonna go buy? I don't know

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<v Speaker 3>any church in California that is one hundred and twenty

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<v Speaker 3>eight youre campus.

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<v Speaker 2>Who do they think they are?

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<v Speaker 3>And the noise got so loud I actually had to

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<v Speaker 3>address it, and one Sunday I got up and I said,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, I know, you guys are hearing these rumors

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<v Speaker 3>to the community, and they're asking the question, who do

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<v Speaker 3>those people at saddleback.

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<v Speaker 2>Think they are?

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<v Speaker 3>I said, they're asking the wrong question. The question is

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<v Speaker 3>not who do we think we are? The question is

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<v Speaker 3>who do we think God is? All Right, you let

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<v Speaker 3>the size of your God determine the size of your goal.

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<v Speaker 3>If you only attempt in life what you can do

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<v Speaker 3>in your own power, you're gonna have a puny little

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<v Speaker 3>life because you can't accomplish much just by yourself. But

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<v Speaker 3>if you let the size of your God determine the

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<v Speaker 3>size of your goal, then you're going to have a

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<v Speaker 3>big God.

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<v Speaker 2>You're going to have a big goal.

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<v Speaker 3>And you you only know a goal is from God

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<v Speaker 3>when you can't do it in your own power. If

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<v Speaker 3>your goal in life is something you're going to achieve

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<v Speaker 3>on your own, it's not a goal from God. Because

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<v Speaker 3>God will give you a goal that will so stretch

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<v Speaker 3>you and grow you and deepen you and pull you

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<v Speaker 3>and challenge your faith. It'll be so big you're bound

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<v Speaker 3>to fail unless God bails you out. That's the kind

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<v Speaker 3>of goals that God gives. And so you know, the

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<v Speaker 3>people on the.

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<v Speaker 2>Outside, they all those people are cocky.

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<v Speaker 3>Listen, when God gives you a dream and it's really

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<v Speaker 3>from God that others have attempted and maybe failed, that

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<v Speaker 3>you will be misjudged, you will be misunderstood, you will

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<v Speaker 3>be maligned, you will be called cocky or arrogant, or

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<v Speaker 3>out of touch with re reality or whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>But they haven't heard what God told you to do

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<v Speaker 2>with your life. Now, by the.

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<v Speaker 3>Way, when David asked this question, what's the reward for

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<v Speaker 3>killing Goliath? He did actually find out the answer, and

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<v Speaker 3>there were three rewards for anybody who would kill this giant.

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<v Speaker 3>Number one, you would be given massive amounts of wealth

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<v Speaker 3>and you would instantly become one of the wealthiest people

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<v Speaker 3>in the nation of Israel. Second, you were given the

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<v Speaker 3>king's daughter, Saul's daughter to Mary. And Third, this is

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<v Speaker 3>the best of all, you were exempt from taxes the

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<v Speaker 3>rest of your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you kidding me?

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<v Speaker 3>I would have gone after Goliath for that one, no

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<v Speaker 3>taxes the rest of my life. Those were the three

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<v Speaker 3>rewards for anybody who took on Goliath. But there was

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<v Speaker 3>this brother who said, you're doing this out of ego.

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<v Speaker 3>Now there was a fourth naysayer, And I want you

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<v Speaker 3>to write this down because all four of these you

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<v Speaker 3>have to deal with discouragement and disapproval and the fourth

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<v Speaker 3>one is the experts.

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<v Speaker 2>So write this down.

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<v Speaker 3>The experts doubted his ability, and in your life there

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<v Speaker 3>will be experts who doubt your ability. And David had

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<v Speaker 3>never served in a war. He had no military training.

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<v Speaker 3>He wasn't an army ranger, he wasn't a Navy seal,

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<v Speaker 3>he wasn't adulta force, he wasn't special ops. He had

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<v Speaker 3>no training at all as a professional warrior. The only

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<v Speaker 3>thing he had is he had a little slingshot, and

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<v Speaker 3>he knew how to use it real well. He once

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<v Speaker 3>killed a bear and once killed a lion. These are

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<v Speaker 3>in the days when there's a lot more animals, obviously

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<v Speaker 3>in Israel, to protect the sheep. So he had killed

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<v Speaker 3>And all the authorities and all the experts and all

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<v Speaker 3>And so when Kings all here's about David volunteering, this

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<v Speaker 2>David told the.

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<v Speaker 3>King, I'll fight this philistine. Don't be ridiculous. Saul replied,

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<v Speaker 3>there's no way that you, a shepherd boy, can go

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<v Speaker 3>against this philistine, this giant. You're only a boy, and

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<v Speaker 3>he's been a professional warrior all his life. Circle that

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<v Speaker 3>word professional. He's saying, leave this matter to the experts. David,

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<v Speaker 3>And I'm going to tell you this that in your

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<v Speaker 2>You're not a pro at this.

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<v Speaker 3>Leave this to the experts. You're an amateur. I want

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<v Speaker 3>to tell you, just like I said that the majority

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<v Speaker 3>is often wrong. The experts are often wrong, not always right.

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<v Speaker 3>I have here this is a copy of a very

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<v Speaker 3>famous letter now in the publishing world. It was written

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<v Speaker 3>to me by a publisher in the middle of two

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<v Speaker 3>thousand and two, when I was writing the book Purpose

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<v Speaker 2>And I had sent.

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<v Speaker 3>The publisher the first draft of the book, and this

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<v Speaker 3>publisher expert wrote back a three page letter on why

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<v Speaker 3>this book would never, never, never sell a copy. For

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<v Speaker 3>those who don't know, it became the best selling book

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<v Speaker 3>in the world for four years. It became the best

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<v Speaker 3>The Purpose Driven Life. It's translated in one hundred and

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<v Speaker 3>thirty seven languages. It's the most translated book in the

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<v Speaker 3>world except for the Bible. But the expert said, nobody's going.

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<v Speaker 3>And then he gives me five reasons why purpose Driven

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<v Speaker 2>And then this is the clincher. He says.

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<v Speaker 3>His recommendation on page three is that I hire a

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<v Speaker 3>freelance writer, a professional to rewrite the book. Well, I

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<v Speaker 3>politely wrote back and said, thank you, I'll take it

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<v Speaker 3>to another publisher. I believe this book could make history. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>some people would say that's cocky. No no, no, God

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<v Speaker 3>had told me to write the book. I'm not a

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<v Speaker 3>on writing. I want to remind you that the arc

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<v Speaker 3>by amateurs. Professionals built the Titanic. I am an amateur.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm an amateur pastor.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what. I love the word amateur.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm proud of why because amateur means it comes from

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<v Speaker 2>You know love.

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<v Speaker 3>An amateur does it for the love a professionals paid

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<v Speaker 3>to do it. I'm not paid to be pastor of

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<v Speaker 3>a salary. You know that I'm an amateur pastor. I

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<v Speaker 3>do it for free. I do it out of love,

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<v Speaker 3>not out of money. But the professionals are, the experts

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<v Speaker 3>are often wrong, by the way I would. Before I

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<v Speaker 3>about Goliath? Since he was just a shepherd boy working

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<v Speaker 3>because he was willing to serve in small always. And

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<v Speaker 3>God said, you've been faithful there, and I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>Let me show your verse. Look up here on the screen. First.

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<v Speaker 3>Samuel seventeen says this, David's father said to David, take

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<v Speaker 3>take this cheese to their commander. That's how he ended

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<v Speaker 3>up going up to the battle scene seeing Goliath, goes, oh,

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<v Speaker 3>I'll take that guy on. He wouldn't have seen him

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<v Speaker 3>if he hadn't been able to had been saying his

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<v Speaker 3>dad said, take this bread and take this cheese.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, here's the moral of the story.

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<v Speaker 3>Before you get to David and to fighting Goliath, you

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<v Speaker 2>Are you willing to do that or that beneath you?

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<v Speaker 3>God looks for people who are willing to do the

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<v Speaker 3>little things before he gives them the big things. God

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<v Speaker 2>Are you willing to.

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<v Speaker 3>Serve cheese and crackers? Or you just want to go

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<v Speaker 3>take on goal? David proved faithful even in the little

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<v Speaker 3>things of life. Are you faithful? Have you been proven

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<v Speaker 3>faithful in the little things of life? Do you do

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<v Speaker 3>the little things that nobody else sees that shows your

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<v Speaker 3>faithfulness to God? And God says, I'm going to let

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<v Speaker 3>you take on Goliath. So he did that. I will

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<v Speaker 3>tell you this, I've learned this from personal experience. Small

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<v Speaker 3>kindnesses often open the door to bigger and better opportunities.

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<v Speaker 3>Sometimes you just be kind to somebody out of just

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<v Speaker 3>being kind, and it opens the door to bigger, wider

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<v Speaker 3>It puts you in the right place at the right time,

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<v Speaker 3>And that's what happened with Goliath and David. Now, how

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<v Speaker 3>do you handle the naysayers in your life? There are

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<v Speaker 3>four things you need to do. This is a skill

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<v Speaker 3>a leader. So let me give these to you. Write

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<v Speaker 3>these down four things that David did, the skills of

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<v Speaker 3>leadership on how to handle the naysayers in your life,

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<v Speaker 3>whether it's a parent or a brother, or the crowd

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<v Speaker 3>or the experts, whether it's delay or doubt, or discouragement

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<v Speaker 3>or disappointment or disapproval, whatever. Here's the first thing the

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<v Speaker 3>They may be good people, they may love you, they

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<v Speaker 3>may be great people, but they're not God, and so

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<v Speaker 3>don't treat their opinion like it's God's opinion. Remember they

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<v Speaker 3>protects you from that. I love that the message. Some

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<v Speaker 3>of you are disabled and don't know it. You have

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<v Speaker 3>addicted to the approval of others, and that's your disability.

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<v Speaker 3>The fear of human opinion disables, but trusting in God

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<v Speaker 3>protects you from that. When you trust in God, you

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<v Speaker 3>don't worry about the opinion of other people. Today's English

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<v Speaker 3>version says it's dangerous to be concerned with what other

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<v Speaker 3>is none of your business. What other people think of

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<v Speaker 3>you as none of your business. You shouldn't care about

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<v Speaker 3>what other people. You should only care about what God

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<v Speaker 3>thinks of you. And if you care about what other

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<v Speaker 3>people think of you, you'll get paralyzed. You'll won't attempt things.

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<v Speaker 3>Some of you have been locked in a prison of

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<v Speaker 3>self made fear, and my job as your pastors to

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<v Speaker 3>open that door, help you break the chain, help you

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<v Speaker 3>get out and become who God wanted you be. To

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<v Speaker 3>go after that dream, you'll get sidetracked from God's purpose

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<v Speaker 3>for your life.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're living for somebody else's purpose.

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<v Speaker 1>Such a great message from Pastor Rick today, and I

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<v Speaker 1>hope you were just as encouraged as I was. You know,

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