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Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah | PURSUE - Chase Your Dream | January 14, 2022
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- newest 365-day devotional, "Every Day with Jesus."
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- from Dr. Jeremiah.
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- Request yours from "Turning Point" today.
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- Dr. David Jeremiah: Today is about the rest of your life.
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- It's about tomorrow and the day after that.
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- The future God has planned for you shouldn't be
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- a haphazard approach to life.
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- You might feel stuck, but you don't have to be.
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- Perhaps you're discouraged.
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- It's time to deal with that.
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- And if you feel uncertain, you can find clarity.
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- You may not know what's next, but God does.
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- He's there waiting for you in your tomorrow,
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- so step into it and discover
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- God's presence and purpose in your life.
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- Starting today, starting now, it's time to move forward.
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- male announcer: It's time we rise above our circumstances,
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- conquer our fears, face the future with faith,
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- prevail over the past,
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- aspire to accomplish greater things,
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- reclaim our birthright, proclaim his power,
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- and claim God's promises.
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- God has more for us.
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- It's not time to stop.
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- It's time to move forward.
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- Today on "Turning Point," Dr. Jeremiah reminds us
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- that, if we trust God, we will have no reservations,
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- we'll not retreat, and have no regrets.
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- Dr. Jeremiah: We have to get to the place where we understand
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- that God has given us a manual,
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- and when we're trying to pursue our dream
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- and we don't know what's next,
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- we have to realize the answer to what's next is in that Book,
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- and if we will absorb ourselves in that Book,
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- if we will just allow ourselves
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- to let that Book wash over our soul,
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- God will show us what to do.
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- announcer: That's coming up
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- on today's special "Forward" edition of "Turning Point."
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- announcer: In just a moment, Dr. Jeremiah will challenge you
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- to trust God, as you pursue your purpose
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- with no reservations, no retreats, and no regrets.
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- Find this and nine other ways you can know God's purpose,
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- feel God's power, and accomplish God's plan
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- for your life.
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- In Dr. Jeremiah's book. "Forward:
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- Discovering God's Presence and Purpose in your Tomorrow,"
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- you'll learn the biblical strategy
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- about how to claim the future
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- God has prepared uniquely for you
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- no matter your age or your circumstance.
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- with Sheila Walsh on DVD.
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- announcer: Thank you for watching "Forward"
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- here on "Turning Point."
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- And now, here's Dr. Jeremiah with his message,
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- "Pursue: Chase Your Dream."
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- Dr. Jeremiah: "Paddy" Kelly grew up surrounded by music,
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- the tenth child
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- in an American family living in Ireland,
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- he joined his older siblings' band,
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- The Kelly Family, at a young age.
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- When he was 15, he wrote a song
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- that propelled the family to stardom,
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- and the group became a global sensation.
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- With money and fame came great opportunities
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- like singing in stadiums to 250.000 screaming fans.
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- In time, Paddy moved into a 17th century castle.
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- He traveled by private plane and helicopter.
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- His family was near him in his pursuits,
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- and he was never far from their love.
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- Yet something strange happened.
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- Paddy felt empty.
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- He felt lost.
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- The higher he rose, the lower he felt.
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- He asked himself a haunting question:
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- "If all this doesn't make me happy,
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- then what is the sense of life?
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- Why do I exist?"
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- He eventually retired to a monastery in France,
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- seeking answers.
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- Joseph Schooling is
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- one of the best swimmers in the world.
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- His youthful face and friendly grin
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- make him a crowd favorite,
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- especially after he won
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- Singapore's first-ever Olympic gold medal in 2016.
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- He's one of a small group of people who breathe
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- the rarefied air of being the best in the world,
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- but how does it feel to be a gold medalist?
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- According to Schooling, there's a feeling of emptiness.
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- Schooling concedes he
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- didn't know how to respond to fame and pressure.
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- "I should have taken more time away from the pool," he said.
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- I had to change my mind-set as I was no longer chasing.
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- I was being chased.
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- I needed to find my 'why,' for what I was doing."
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- Like Paddy Kelly and Joseph Schooling,
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- millions of people are searching for their purpose,
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- the "why" of their existence.
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- Maybe that includes you.
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- Your purpose is about meaning and motivation,
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- for purpose stabilizes your life.
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- It's the reason behind your actions and decisions.
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- It answers that nagging question, "Why?
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- Why am I pursuing this dream?"
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- Paddy Kelly knew the "what" of his life--singing.
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- Joseph knew the "what" of his life--swimming.
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- But they could, neither one, figure out the "why."
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- Was it for applause? Was it for money?
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- Was it for achievement? Self-fulfillment?
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- National pride?
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- Do you ever end a day like that?
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- Do you ever end the day or the year
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- asking yourself, "What was all that for?
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- What did I really accomplish?
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- What difference did I truly make?"
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- When you find your purpose,
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- you stop chasing things that will never satisfy you.
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- Instead, you find the joy of pursuing
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- the next steps God has for you.
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- What Paddy Kelly and Joseph Schooling
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- longed for, Jesus possessed.
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- He knew he was on this earth for a reason,
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- and he pursued his God-ordained purpose at every step.
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- In Mark 1:38, he told his disciples,
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- "Let us go into the next town, that I may preach there
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- because for this purpose I have come forth."
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- In John 12:27, he said, "Now my soul is troubled,
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- and what shall I say?
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- 'Father, save me from this hour'?
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- But for this purpose I came to this hour."
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- The apostle John said, "For this purpose
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- the Son of God was manifested,
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- that he might destroy the works of the devil."
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- You see, as you read these passages of Scripture,
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- you discover Jesus knew his purpose in life,
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- and he was compelled to fulfill it.
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- You also can have this sense of certainty
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- to move you toward your goal,
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- and you can do what Jesus did.
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- You can live the rest of your life with no regrets.
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- How do you discover your "why"?
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- Your journey begins by committing your life to God.
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- Present yourself totally to God.
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- Manny Pacquiao is
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- one of the greatest professional boxers of all time.
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- He is the only eight-division world champion
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- in the history of boxing,
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- yet along with his fame came
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- gambling and sex and money and parties,
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- but his heart was as vacant as a boxing arena
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- after all the people go away and the lights are turned off.
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- He said, "I felt empty.
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- I had money.
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- I could do whatever I wanted, but I was empty in my heart."
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- One night while walking in a forest,
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- the Filipino boxer was convicted about his lifestyle.
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- He knelt down and he cried out to God,
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- asking for forgiveness and help.
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- He later said he felt like
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- a light was shining on him as bright as the sun,
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- but he couldn't raise his head.
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- He was on the ground crying out to the Lord.
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- He felt like he was melting.
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- That night, Christ came into Manny Pacquiao's life.
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- The Lord changed his heart.
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- Pacquiao's life took on new meaning.
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- He became involved in public service,
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- and today he serves
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- in the Philippine National Senate.
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- During the coronavirus pandemic,
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- he donated hundreds of thousands of masks to those in need,
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- along with five buses
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- to transport health care workers around Manila.
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- He felt such an immense burden for the poor that he
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- determined to care for them even if he died in the effort.
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- He told his constituents,
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- "We should continue praying and believing in the Lord.
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- Let's draw strength and hope from him."
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- You can't find your purpose in life by focusing on yourself
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- and leaving God out of the picture.
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- Pacquiao found that out.
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- Life isn't about using God for your purposes.
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- It's about God using you for his purposes.
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- It's about the Lord Jesus
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- showing you how you fit into his plan,
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- and you do fit in.
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- The second step in discovering the "why" of your life
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- is coming to grips with the unique you.
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- Every single person on this planet
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- can celebrate their uniqueness
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- because God didn't create any two people,
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- not even identical twins, who are exactly alike.
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- We all have different bodies, different faces,
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- different fingerprints, different backgrounds,
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- different gifts, and different talents.
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- There is no one exactly like you.
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- Only you have the unique plan God has designed for you.
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- Here's what Ephesians says: "For we are God's handiwork,
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- created in Christ Jesus to do good works,
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- which God prepared in advance for us to do."
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- The Living Translation says, "For we are God's masterpiece.
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- He has created us anew in Christ Jesus,
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- so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago."
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- Now, stop and read that again.
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- "You are God's masterpiece."
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- Before you were born,
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- he created you for your life's purpose,
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- and at the same time, he was creating your work,
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- not for anyone else, just for you.
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- So, for that reason, be very careful
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- about comparing yourself with others.
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- There's almost always someone
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- who seems more gifted or more successful than you,
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- and if you're not careful,
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- you can slip into imitating that person,
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- even without realizing it.
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- If you look at somebody else
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- for the pattern of who you should be,
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- you'll miss it
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- because God made you special,
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- and then he threw away the plans.
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- Thank him for your strengths.
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- Thank him for your weaknesses.
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- Make your strengths stronger and work on your weaknesses.
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- Your blessings and your burdens, your gifts and your talents,
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- your experiences and your adventures,
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- all of them are for your use for his glory,
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- and they will make you better.
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- Once you understand the uniqueness of you,
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- you'll be well on your way to pursuing
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- the purpose God created you for.
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- So, first of all, present yourself to God,
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- and then realize,
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- "I am a unique creation of Almighty God.
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- He made me alone, threw the plans away.
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- There's nobody like me on planet Earth.
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- He has a special thing for me to do."
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- And then, thirdly, realize your responsibility.
- 00:12:18.354 --> 00:12:22.224
- The next step is to realize
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- that your uniqueness implies action.
- 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:26.295
- The Bible says it this way:
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- "As each one has received his gift,
- 00:12:27.696 --> 00:12:30.432
- minister it to one another
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- as good stewards of the manifold grace of God."
- 00:12:32.468 --> 00:12:35.104
- In other words, God has given you a gift,
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- and with that gift comes a responsibility
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- to use that gift to bless others.
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- The church is this big circle
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- made up of all of God's children,
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- and every one of us has a responsibility.
- 00:12:46.215 --> 00:12:49.418
- The Bible says, "A spiritual gift
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- is given to each of us so we can help each other."
- 00:12:51.654 --> 00:12:55.057
- And Jesus said, "I must work the works of him who sent me
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- while it is day,
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- for the night is coming when no one can work."
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- So let yourself develop
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- a sense of responsibility
- 00:13:05.267 --> 00:13:07.203
- for reaching others and serving the world,
- 00:13:07.203 --> 00:13:09.772
- and make that decision before night falls on your life,
- 00:13:09.772 --> 00:13:13.409
- before it's too late.
- 00:13:13.409 --> 00:13:15.778
- Present yourself totally the God,
- 00:13:15.778 --> 00:13:17.613
- understand your uniqueness, realize your responsibility,
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- and then pursue God's plan for your life.
- 00:13:20.850 --> 00:13:25.521
- If you've presented yourself totally to God,
- 00:13:25.521 --> 00:13:27.590
- if you've grasped
- 00:13:27.590 --> 00:13:28.958
- the wonderful fact of your uniqueness
- 00:13:28.958 --> 00:13:31.260
- and you've realized that you have a responsibility
- 00:13:31.260 --> 00:13:33.462
- to serve the Lord and others,
- 00:13:33.462 --> 00:13:35.497
- then you're ready to pursue God's plan for your life.
- 00:13:35.497 --> 00:13:38.968
- And now the task is to chase that plan.
- 00:13:38.968 --> 00:13:42.838
- You have to run in the direction your purpose leads you.
- 00:13:42.838 --> 00:13:46.442
- Look around you right now.
- 00:13:46.442 --> 00:13:47.843
- Do you see any clues that God is dropping for you to follow?
- 00:13:47.843 --> 00:13:51.981
- Once again, present yourself totally to God,
- 00:13:51.981 --> 00:13:54.650
- understand you are unique,
- 00:13:54.650 --> 00:13:56.685
- realize you have a responsibility,
- 00:13:56.685 --> 00:13:58.654
- pursue God's plan for your life,
- 00:13:58.654 --> 00:14:01.090
- and obey orders from God's Word.
- 00:14:01.090 --> 00:14:04.693
- His will for your life never deviates
- 00:14:04.693 --> 00:14:07.363
- from the Word he has given you in Scripture.
- 00:14:07.363 --> 00:14:09.598
- You'll need instructions for the journey,
- 00:14:09.598 --> 00:14:12.034
- and God's instruction manual is your Bible.
- 00:14:12.034 --> 00:14:15.971
- Joshua 1:8, says it this way: "The Book of the Law
- 00:14:15.971 --> 00:14:19.041
- shall not depart from your mouth,
- 00:14:19.041 --> 00:14:20.943
- but you shall meditate in it day and night,
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- that you may observe to do
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- according to all that is written in it.
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- For then you will make your way prosperous,
- 00:14:27.249 --> 00:14:29.251
- and then you will have good success."
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- Notice the phrase "observe to do."
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- It's easy to pass over these words
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- like they were unimportant,
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- but this is one of the great concepts
- 00:14:38.527 --> 00:14:40.930
- of the Old Testament.
- 00:14:40.930 --> 00:14:42.298
- We're not to read the Bible
- 00:14:42.298 --> 00:14:43.632
- just for curiosity or intellectual reasons.
- 00:14:43.632 --> 00:14:47.002
- We're to study it in order to do it.
- 00:14:47.002 --> 00:14:50.072
- We're to read it in order to heed it.
- 00:14:50.072 --> 00:14:52.408
- David describes this principle in his first psalm.
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- He says, "His delight is in the law of the Lord,
- 00:14:55.411 --> 00:14:58.948
- and in his law he meditates day and night.
- 00:14:58.948 --> 00:15:02.117
- He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of waters,
- 00:15:02.117 --> 00:15:05.421
- that brings forth its fruit in its season,
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- whose leaf also shall not wither,
- 00:15:08.824 --> 00:15:11.493
- and whatever he does shall prosper."
- 00:15:11.493 --> 00:15:15.097
- Evangelist Anne Graham Lotz
- 00:15:15.097 --> 00:15:16.899
- describes her strategy like this.
- 00:15:16.899 --> 00:15:19.368
- She says, "I just try to faithfully follow the Lord,
- 00:15:19.368 --> 00:15:22.204
- step-by-step, day by day.
- 00:15:22.204 --> 00:15:24.440
- Ten years from now, I just wanna look back and know
- 00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:27.509
- that, to the best of my ability,
- 00:15:27.509 --> 00:15:29.511
- I've been obedient to God's call on my life."
- 00:15:29.511 --> 00:15:33.382
- We have to get to the place where we understand
- 00:15:33.382 --> 00:15:35.651
- that God has given us a manual,
- 00:15:35.651 --> 00:15:37.820
- and when we're trying to pursue our dream
- 00:15:37.820 --> 00:15:39.621
- and we don't know what's next, we have to realize
- 00:15:39.621 --> 00:15:42.057
- the answer to what's next is in that Book,
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- and if we will absorb ourselves in that Book,
- 00:15:45.094 --> 00:15:47.930
- if we will just allow ourselves
- 00:15:47.930 --> 00:15:49.698
- to let that Book wash over our soul,
- 00:15:49.698 --> 00:15:52.101
- God will show us what to do.
- 00:15:52.101 --> 00:15:54.303
- I've never asked God what to do next that he hasn't,
- 00:15:54.303 --> 00:15:57.773
- in some meaningful way, directed me.
- 00:15:57.773 --> 00:16:01.243
- And then serve others selflessly.
- 00:16:01.243 --> 00:16:05.280
- Earlier I've talked to you about uniqueness in the church,
- 00:16:05.280 --> 00:16:08.817
- which is the body of Christ,
- 00:16:08.817 --> 00:16:11.053
- but your work for the Lord
- 00:16:11.053 --> 00:16:12.388
- extends beyond the walls of your church.
- 00:16:12.388 --> 00:16:14.990
- The purpose of the church is to prepare followers of Christ
- 00:16:14.990 --> 00:16:18.227
- to take the reality of the gospel
- 00:16:18.227 --> 00:16:19.962
- to the whole world,
- 00:16:19.962 --> 00:16:21.296
- and all of us are called to serve and share
- 00:16:21.296 --> 00:16:24.466
- with our lost and needy world.
- 00:16:24.466 --> 00:16:26.568
- For me, this was a life-changing concept.
- 00:16:26.568 --> 00:16:29.638
- I grew up in a pastor's home, but only later,
- 00:16:29.638 --> 00:16:32.641
- as a young adult, did I really develop
- 00:16:32.641 --> 00:16:34.476
- a biblical awareness of my responsibility
- 00:16:34.476 --> 00:16:37.746
- to those who do not know Jesus Christ.
- 00:16:37.746 --> 00:16:40.149
- And when I figured that out, it changed my life.
- 00:16:40.149 --> 00:16:43.786
- We can never truly find purpose in life
- 00:16:43.786 --> 00:16:47.189
- until we realize we're under orders
- 00:16:47.189 --> 00:16:49.425
- to obey the Great Commission,
- 00:16:49.425 --> 00:16:51.093
- to go into all the world and preach the gospel.
- 00:16:51.093 --> 00:16:53.796
- And the key to the Great Commission
- 00:16:53.796 --> 00:16:55.297
- is the great commandment,
- 00:16:55.297 --> 00:16:56.999
- which tells us to "Love our neighbor as ourself."
- 00:16:56.999 --> 00:17:00.469
- The greatest continuing joy of being a Christian
- 00:17:00.469 --> 00:17:03.872
- is the joy of sharing Christ with others
- 00:17:03.872 --> 00:17:06.842
- and serving others in the body of Christ.
- 00:17:06.842 --> 00:17:10.379
- Finally, experience eternal life.
- 00:17:10.379 --> 00:17:12.748
- Are you staying focused here?
- 00:17:12.748 --> 00:17:14.483
- Present yourself to God, realize you're unique,
- 00:17:14.483 --> 00:17:18.353
- recognize you have a responsibility to others,
- 00:17:18.353 --> 00:17:21.056
- pursue God's plan for your life, obey orders from God's Word,
- 00:17:21.056 --> 00:17:25.227
- serve others selflessly, and experience eternal life.
- 00:17:25.227 --> 00:17:30.632
- So let's sum up: you need a compelling motive
- 00:17:30.632 --> 00:17:33.802
- if you're going to develop an unfolding plan
- 00:17:33.802 --> 00:17:35.637
- for moving forward in your life.
- 00:17:35.637 --> 00:17:38.273
- You need the "why."
- 00:17:38.273 --> 00:17:40.008
- You discover your "why"
- 00:17:40.008 --> 00:17:41.343
- by totally presenting yourself to God
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- and understanding that he made you uniquely
- 00:17:43.545 --> 00:17:45.981
- for a unique work.
- 00:17:45.981 --> 00:17:48.383
- You have a God-given responsibility,
- 00:17:48.383 --> 00:17:50.452
- and you need to pursue it.
- 00:17:50.452 --> 00:17:52.287
- You need to stay in the Scripture daily.
- 00:17:52.287 --> 00:17:53.956
- Serve others selflessly.
- 00:17:53.956 --> 00:17:55.424
- Look for opportunities to share the gospel.
- 00:17:55.424 --> 00:17:58.127
- Jesus said it this way: "I have come
- 00:17:58.127 --> 00:18:01.663
- that they may have life,
- 00:18:01.663 --> 00:18:03.198
- and that they may have it more abundantly."
- 00:18:03.198 --> 00:18:06.034
- "I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish.
- 00:18:06.034 --> 00:18:09.171
- Neither shall anyone snatch them out of my hand."
- 00:18:09.171 --> 00:18:13.041
- That's what everyone is looking for,
- 00:18:13.041 --> 00:18:14.776
- the kind of life that is both abundant and eternal.
- 00:18:14.776 --> 00:18:18.747
- The Israeli statesman Abba Eban
- 00:18:18.747 --> 00:18:20.749
- wrote about a conversation he had with Edmund Hillary,
- 00:18:20.749 --> 00:18:24.052
- first man ever to climb Mount Everest.
- 00:18:24.052 --> 00:18:27.089
- Eban asked the explorer what he felt when he reached the top.
- 00:18:27.089 --> 00:18:31.260
- Hillary said the first sentiment was ecstatic accomplishment,
- 00:18:31.260 --> 00:18:34.196
- but then he said there came a sense of desolation:
- 00:18:34.196 --> 00:18:38.100
- "What was there now left for me to do?"
- 00:18:38.100 --> 00:18:41.803
- Jon Krakauer trekked to the same summit years later,
- 00:18:41.803 --> 00:18:45.307
- but the trip was tragic.
- 00:18:45.307 --> 00:18:46.975
- Twelve of his companions were killed in the descent.
- 00:18:46.975 --> 00:18:50.112
- Later in his book "Into Thin Air,"
- 00:18:50.112 --> 00:18:52.548
- Krakauer described how it felt at the top of Mount Everest.
- 00:18:52.548 --> 00:18:56.385
- He said, "I had been fantasizing,
- 00:18:56.385 --> 00:18:59.254
- dreaming about this moment
- 00:18:59.254 --> 00:19:01.523
- and the release of emotion that I would feel
- 00:19:01.523 --> 00:19:03.358
- when I finally stood at the top,
- 00:19:03.358 --> 00:19:06.128
- but now that I was finally here,
- 00:19:06.128 --> 00:19:08.096
- actually standing on the summit of Mount Everest,
- 00:19:08.096 --> 00:19:11.033
- I just couldn't summon the energy to care.
- 00:19:11.033 --> 00:19:13.835
- I snapped four quick pictures, turned and headed down.
- 00:19:13.835 --> 00:19:17.806
- My watch read 1:17 p.m.
- 00:19:17.806 --> 00:19:20.742
- All told, I spent less than five minutes
- 00:19:20.742 --> 00:19:23.812
- on the roof of the world."
- 00:19:23.812 --> 00:19:26.215
- Only the experiences of people like that help us illustrate
- 00:19:26.215 --> 00:19:31.053
- the emptiness of our lives without God.
- 00:19:31.053 --> 00:19:34.022
- If they only knew the truth of 1 John 5:12,
- 00:19:34.022 --> 00:19:37.626
- "He who has the Son has life.
- 00:19:37.626 --> 00:19:40.162
- He who does not have the Son of God
- 00:19:40.162 --> 00:19:42.798
- does not have life."
- 00:19:42.798 --> 00:19:46.368
- God's ultimate purpose for us is to experience, enjoy,
- 00:19:46.368 --> 00:19:51.206
- and embody the eternal life Jesus died to bestow on us.
- 00:19:51.206 --> 00:19:56.044
- He fills our emptiness with himself
- 00:19:56.044 --> 00:19:58.280
- and with his glorious will for each of us.
- 00:19:58.280 --> 00:20:01.250
- He fills us with a certain hope of eternal life.
- 00:20:01.250 --> 00:20:05.120
- Let me ask you a question: when does eternal life begin?
- 00:20:05.120 --> 00:20:09.625
- When you die?
- 00:20:09.625 --> 00:20:10.959
- No, you're living in eternal life
- 00:20:10.959 --> 00:20:13.495
- the minute you believe in Christ.
- 00:20:13.495 --> 00:20:15.163
- Jesus said, "And this is eternal life,
- 00:20:15.163 --> 00:20:17.933
- that they may know you, the only true God,
- 00:20:17.933 --> 00:20:20.168
- and Jesus Christ whom you have sent."
- 00:20:20.168 --> 00:20:22.304
- Your eternal life begins
- 00:20:22.304 --> 00:20:23.639
- the moment you put your trust in Jesus.
- 00:20:23.639 --> 00:20:26.808
- Did you know that, did you realize
- 00:20:26.808 --> 00:20:28.810
- that you're not waiting for eternal life--
- 00:20:28.810 --> 00:20:30.646
- that you're actually living in eternal life?
- 00:20:30.646 --> 00:20:33.048
- From that moment, you will never die,
- 00:20:33.048 --> 00:20:35.350
- and when you accept Christ, you get life,
- 00:20:35.350 --> 00:20:38.787
- life abundant and eternal,
- 00:20:38.787 --> 00:20:40.355
- and it begins the moment you believe.
- 00:20:40.355 --> 00:20:42.190
- It's not something you're waiting for.
- 00:20:42.190 --> 00:20:43.558
- It's something you're living in.
- 00:20:43.558 --> 00:20:45.060
- And to get out of emptiness and into purpose,
- 00:20:45.060 --> 00:20:47.629
- you have to go through Jesus.
- 00:20:47.629 --> 00:20:49.498
- He's the way, the truth, and the life,
- 00:20:49.498 --> 00:20:51.566
- and when you receive him as your Savior,
- 00:20:51.566 --> 00:20:53.935
- eternal life begins at that moment.
- 00:20:53.935 --> 00:20:56.238
- It begins right then, and it brings with it
- 00:20:56.238 --> 00:20:59.474
- a sense of purpose for the rest of your days.
- 00:20:59.474 --> 00:21:03.412
- It's impossible for me to finish this message
- 00:21:03.412 --> 00:21:06.048
- without thinking of a hero of mine.
- 00:21:06.048 --> 00:21:08.784
- His name is William Borden.
- 00:21:08.784 --> 00:21:11.086
- He died before I was born,
- 00:21:11.086 --> 00:21:12.721
- but his biography moved me like few other books,
- 00:21:12.721 --> 00:21:16.558
- and I want to live
- 00:21:16.558 --> 00:21:17.893
- by the six famous words that are attributed to him.
- 00:21:17.893 --> 00:21:21.963
- Here's his story: Borden grew up on Chicago's Gold Coast,
- 00:21:21.963 --> 00:21:26.001
- where his family owned
- 00:21:26.001 --> 00:21:27.803
- the Borden Dairy Farm and business.
- 00:21:27.803 --> 00:21:31.273
- He was bright, good looking and athletic.
- 00:21:31.273 --> 00:21:34.176
- He was also a young man who loved the Lord Jesus Christ
- 00:21:34.176 --> 00:21:37.346
- and had grown in Christ
- 00:21:37.346 --> 00:21:38.680
- under the influence of his pastor, Dr. R.A. Torrey.
- 00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:43.185
- Borden's graduation present was a trip around the world,
- 00:21:43.185 --> 00:21:46.822
- and that's where he developed a passion
- 00:21:46.822 --> 00:21:48.957
- for spreading the gospel to the regions beyond,
- 00:21:48.957 --> 00:21:52.060
- especially to China.
- 00:21:52.060 --> 00:21:54.696
- Later at a missionary conference,
- 00:21:54.696 --> 00:21:56.531
- he was deeply moved to give his life
- 00:21:56.531 --> 00:21:58.800
- to spreading the gospel, including his fortune,
- 00:21:58.800 --> 00:22:02.471
- which was valued at $50 million,
- 00:22:02.471 --> 00:22:05.207
- that was his if he would just wait.
- 00:22:05.207 --> 00:22:08.643
- Borden's family supported him in every way,
- 00:22:08.643 --> 00:22:11.646
- and the day came when he left home
- 00:22:11.646 --> 00:22:13.048
- and sailed to Egypt for language studies.
- 00:22:13.048 --> 00:22:15.450
- Everyone who met him was charmed by his humility,
- 00:22:15.450 --> 00:22:18.487
- his joy, and his love and, most of all,
- 00:22:18.487 --> 00:22:20.889
- his passion for Jesus Christ.
- 00:22:20.889 --> 00:22:23.125
- Yet within a month, Borden contracted spinal meningitis.
- 00:22:23.125 --> 00:22:27.162
- He lingered for two weeks,
- 00:22:27.162 --> 00:22:28.930
- and he passed away at the age of 25.
- 00:22:28.930 --> 00:22:34.102
- The sacrifice wasn't wasted.
- 00:22:34.102 --> 00:22:36.338
- Borden's story was proclaimed in newspapers around the world
- 00:22:36.338 --> 00:22:40.075
- in books and biographies
- 00:22:40.075 --> 00:22:41.777
- and from a thousand pulpits and lecterns.
- 00:22:41.777 --> 00:22:44.479
- Even today, over a hundred years later,
- 00:22:44.479 --> 00:22:47.015
- the story of William Borden grips everybody who reads it.
- 00:22:47.015 --> 00:22:51.420
- No one knows how many young people,
- 00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:53.588
- inflamed by his sacrifice, gave their lives to missions.
- 00:22:53.588 --> 00:22:58.026
- In the best-known biography "Borden of Yale,"
- 00:22:58.026 --> 00:23:01.096
- Mrs. Howard Taylor wrote, "No reserve, no retreat,
- 00:23:01.096 --> 00:23:06.334
- no regrets had any place
- 00:23:06.334 --> 00:23:08.270
- in Borden's consecration to God."
- 00:23:08.270 --> 00:23:11.406
- "No reserve, no retreat, no regrets."
- 00:23:11.406 --> 00:23:16.144
- Many people believe those six words were inscribed
- 00:23:16.144 --> 00:23:19.114
- in Borden's Bible, which has been lost to history.
- 00:23:19.114 --> 00:23:22.918
- One thing we do know, we do know
- 00:23:22.918 --> 00:23:25.821
- that those were the words that drove him forward.
- 00:23:25.821 --> 00:23:29.024
- Those are the things that caused him to pursue his goal.
- 00:23:29.024 --> 00:23:32.494
- They were inscribed, maybe not in his Bible,
- 00:23:32.494 --> 00:23:35.630
- but certainly in his heart.
- 00:23:35.630 --> 00:23:37.399
- That's the way he lived.
- 00:23:37.399 --> 00:23:39.468
- He lived with no reserves.
- 00:23:39.468 --> 00:23:40.802
- In other words, he didn't take his family's money.
- 00:23:40.802 --> 00:23:43.572
- He lived in such a way that he would never return to his home.
- 00:23:43.572 --> 00:23:49.177
- No retreats, he didn't go to the mission field
- 00:23:49.177 --> 00:23:51.513
- just to find out if it worked,
- 00:23:51.513 --> 00:23:52.848
- and if it didn't, come back to his fortune.
- 00:23:52.848 --> 00:23:56.117
- I want that to be the way I pursue my life:
- 00:23:56.117 --> 00:23:59.921
- "No reserve, no retreat, no regrets."
- 00:23:59.921 --> 00:24:03.625
- When you find Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior,
- 00:24:03.625 --> 00:24:06.595
- you accept him as the one who has a plan for your life.
- 00:24:06.595 --> 00:24:10.232
- You understand your uniqueness.
- 00:24:10.232 --> 00:24:11.700
- You begin to pursue everything God has for you.
- 00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:15.670
- You begin to find that core of who you are,
- 00:24:15.670 --> 00:24:18.406
- and when you find it,
- 00:24:18.406 --> 00:24:20.375
- "No reserves, no retreats, and no regrets."
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- I pray that God will let that be
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- the message of your life and mine.
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- announcer: Dr. Jeremiah will return in a moment
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- with one more inspirational word to close today's program
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- right after this.
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- announcer: Thank you for watching today.
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- Did you know that this program is just one part
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- of the ministry of Turning Point,
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- which is committed to delivering
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- the unchanging Word of God to an ever-changing world.
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- This program is only possible because of the generous
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- and faithful support of viewers like you.
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- When you support the ministry of Turning Point,
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- you partner with us
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- to reach across the world with the gospel
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- and with the strong Bible teaching of Dr. Jeremiah
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- through television, radio, print,
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- and digital ministry in several languages
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- and to multiple generations.
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- and the worldwide ministry of Turning Point.
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- When you do, Dr. Jeremiah will thank you
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- by sending his book, "Forward:
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- Discovering God's Presence and Purpose in Your Tomorrow."
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- And if you give $75 or more, he will send you,
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- in appreciation, his comprehensive "Forward" set.
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- Your gift helps move the ministry forward.
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- Contact "Turning Point" today.
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- announcer: And now, with one last word
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- for today's program, here is Dr. Jeremiah.
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- Dr. Jeremiah: If you're serious about moving forward,
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- there is one crucial step to complete first,
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- it's step one of this process: knowing Christ
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- as your personal Lord and Savior.
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- I hope you're walking strongly with Christ
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- because faith in Christ is the starting block
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- that will keep propelling you forward.
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- But perhaps you don't know Christ.
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- If that's the case,
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- I would like to introduce you to him today.
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- Please allow me to send you two free resources to help.
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- The first is a booklet called "Your Greatest Turning Point,"
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- which will guide you in your first steps forward
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- with Christ.
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- The second is our monthly devotional magazine,
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- Turning Points, with articles and devotions
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- to help you keep moving your faith forward each month.
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- We will gladly send these to you free of charge
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- if you will simply contact us here at Turning Point today.
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- announcer: Next time, on "Turning Point."
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- Dr. Jeremiah: There is a little space
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- I do have some control of,
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- and it's the space of my heart and mind,
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- and the Bible tells me
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- that, if I fill my heart and my mind with God's truth,
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- that gives me the greatest advantage
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- to come through whatever stress I'm going through
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- and stay positive with my hands up high.
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- announcer: Thank you for being with us today.
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- Join us next time as Dr. Jeremiah guides you
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- to discover the powerful optimism
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- that only comes from hope in God,
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- here on "Turning Point."
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- ♪♪♪
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