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definitely appreciate the support from you guys . On

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our last episode , we were talking about making things

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better than it was . On our last episode we

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were talking about making things better than it was Ran

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out of time , so I'm going to try . I'm going to attempt to try to finish that today

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, but we talked about it , of

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course . Please go back and catch

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the last recap . The last episode for

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the first part of this little series we have

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here Came out of Luke

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16 through 18 and Matthew

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25 . Please jump in and check it

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out . It'll make a lot more sense to hear

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this episode once you've heard the first one . But

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we talked a lot about making things better than it was , creating

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an environment and an atmosphere where things

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are improved because you're there , because of what you bring to the table

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. We talked about being a light or a lighted

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candle , and that you're qualified

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to profit others because of

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what you've profited from yourself . It's

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really all about sharing and evolving

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and developing based on what you've

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learned , what you've experienced , what you've grown in

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and the person that you've become Not

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going to be that for other people . It's a pretty

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simple concept . I guess it's kind of hard in

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application if we're honest about it , but

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one of the things that I wanted to share , also

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to kind of trail on for what we talked about

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in that first episode . Even

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in the business world , we have the ability

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to make things better than they were before we got there Some

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people who are in sales and heavy sales they'll sell you a vacuum cleaner that ain't much

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different than the one you already have . It's not even better , it's just more

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expensive and it helps meet their quota , but it's not making

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your quality of life any better . If

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you're in business and you have

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, or you're in , some

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level of service , you got

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to solve problems . You got to meet

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needs . You got to open doors that many thought

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was impossible to be open . You got to solve problems . You got to meet needs . You got to open doors that many thought was impossible

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to be open . You got to make a difference in the areas that you're

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trying to step into and travel into . If

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you're just there , it's

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inconsequential . You got to

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be able to be at a place , in

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your own understanding of who you are , your

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purpose , where you are and what you're doing and

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why you're doing it , to understand that it's

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not just about you . You're making

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a difference , theoretically , in the life of

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somebody else that needs that difference , and

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we've got to think outside of ourselves . For once We've got

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a responsibility , like we discussed last episode

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. We've

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got a responsibility to improve , duplicate and multiply what we have available to us . We can't

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be that wicked and lazy servant who

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buries his talent and ability in the ground

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, therefore being a threat

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to the giver of the gift and being a treasonous

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in the eyes of the Lord . One

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of the reasons why that happens is because of fear and

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because of carnality . A lot of

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people don't realize that fear paralyzes you and

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it really causes you to look more unfaithful

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than it does to look faithful . People

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think that you know what ? Hey , I'm a good person . I'm not doing what God says to do right now

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, but I'm still good . Understand this , brothers and sisters . If

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you fall in that category , I'm not judging you

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. I'm not feeling anything that you share with me

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in confidence , or anything I've even heard

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. But if you're in that category where you are

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fearful about taking steps that you

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know God said to take and

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to step into areas that you know he calls you

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to step into , it's not

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faithfulness . I don't care how much

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you show up In

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his eyes . You are unfaithful servant in

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a place where you should be faithful , pure

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and simple . We got a false

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opinion about God . A lot of the time , we think that he's okay

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with our not obeying him or

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not doing what he says , and that's

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really not what should

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come from , or shouldn't be , a fruit from

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, a loving , fruitful

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relationship with the Lord . We're

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not being faithful and

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it's really become a habit to

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bury things that

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God says need to be exposed

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. They need to be publicly seen and known , whether

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it be a gift or ability or talent

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. We're staying there because we're

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a bunch of gifted people and we got talent for days . Around us , we're surrounded by talent . We're staying there

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because we're a bunch of gifted people and we got talent for days . Around us . We're

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surrounded by talent . A

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lot of time , we think it's about us and not

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about the giver of the talent

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, the giver of the gift , and we don't

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think about that when we do these things . We

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think about the impact on us , how we

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feel about it . Will

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we go back on that platform and do what we've been

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instructed to do , or are we going to cop

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an attitude and not do it because of how

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we feel , because our

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feet are tired or because we're

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tired of this or we just don't feel like it

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today ? Is

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it about you being a gift

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, or is it about the giver of the gift using

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you to perpetuate that gift ? Something

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to think about . You know why families are so screwed

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up . We're

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still in the same place . We're talking about making it better than it

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was . You know why families are so screwed up ? Because

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they make a habit out of burying things that make

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them look bad . That may be cause it

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to be a blight on the family name . You

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see it in movies and TV all

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the time . That's because art

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imitates life and families

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are worse off because they

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bury things that need to be exposed Family

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indiscretions , if you will , things

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that have been damaging to people , and

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people have been suffering physically

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, mentally , emotionally and spiritually because

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somebody wouldn't tell what's

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going on in their family . If you're

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looking for your local

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national news to tell you the truth about something that you

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heard about , you're

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in for your local or national news to tell you the truth about something

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that you heard about . You're in for a long wait Because news outlets just in general

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, they share segments of information

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that they find relevant or

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that may often have an agenda attached

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or they may have a mandate to share

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that from somebody with special

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interest . It's pretty like that . I didn't

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know that . I didn't know that . I didn't hear that on the news . That's

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a really pitiful approach to getting

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information . You

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think the news is going to share vital information with you , about you and about

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your neighborhood and your community and your world and your nation

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. Forget about it . It's not happening . It

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hasn't happened . As long

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as there was TV , as

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long as there was radio , it's never happened . Are

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you sure that you know about all the plane crashes

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and whether it was related

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to a malfunction or not , a

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faulty construction ? Are

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you sure that all the schools shouldn't have been reported

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on ? How about all the deaths due

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to viruses and diseases and such ? Are

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they all accurately reported ? I

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hear it a lot and it's not a pretty picture

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, but there's a lot of things that happen on college

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campuses that if

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you knew about it , you'd be outraged

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. All these

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questionable , dangerous

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behaviors on campuses being explained

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and shared publicly

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. So you know what's going on with your

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children at these schools or

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colleges in your neighborhood . It

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may be harboring some people who you probably wouldn't

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want to be around , your children and your family

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, but these are college

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students . Do

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you know about all these things ? No , because they're being buried

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. There's that word

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again . Parents and concerned citizens

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are going to do their best to try to expose it because they

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care about families and neighborhoods and stuff like that , but

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they get buried . Good

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information gets buried too . Information

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that's helpful for you to know gets buried . How

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would you like it if you live in a neighborhood and you found out

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there was a prison break but nobody told you about it on the news

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. They didn't think it was relevant

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. And you had

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an escaped convict in your neighborhood running

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amok or perhaps causing

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a safety concern for you and your family

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, but nobody reported it . A

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safety concern for you and your family , but nobody reported it Because it would make

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the institution look bad if somebody got out of the institution

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, out of custody . This

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is one wild example . You

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can find your own examples in your own scenarios

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. You know what's up . I

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always quote our old mentor , dearly

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departed Dr Miles Monroe , and he says it . It's

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a long quote , but the gist of it is that the

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wealthiest place on earth it's a cemetery . Why

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? Because all of the books

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, poems , songs , organizations

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that haven't been built are left buried

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in a cemetery . They haven't

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seen the light of day . It was potential that never was realized

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. It's one of the biggest tragedies that

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the world's ever seen . In

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my humble opinion , people

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would rather let things stay buried so they won't embarrass or tarnish or unsettle the lives of good

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people . That's why families are so screwed up . That's why we have such a bad situation

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going on in our world , because people

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are so prone to bury stuff rather than deal

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with it , face it head on and confront it

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. Old

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mentors used to say that you can't conquer what you won't confront

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. If you bury it , that's not confronting it , so

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it owns you . You

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live in fear that one day it's going to be uncovered . Look at all

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the things that have been buried around the world and

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people live in fear of all their days trying to hide it and

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somehow , some way they

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all get uncovered . That's

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a rough way to live , man . We've

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got to the point where we become a people willing

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to rationalize questionable behavior

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and call it morality or call

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it goodness . I'm doing it for the greater good . I'm

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doing it for the good of my family . I'm doing it for the good of my own

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mental health . So I'm deciding

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to conceal this and

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not allow it to see the light of day , and

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hopefully nobody will ever see it . Nobody will ever

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know . We

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can't bury anything that needs to come

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to light . We talked about that in Luke , chapter 8 . I

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think it was verse 17 specifically . The

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things that have been hidden are going to come to light . You

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can't hide light . You

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can't hide greatness . You

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can't hide greatness , you

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can't hide it . It's going to come

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out . It has to . That's why they call

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it greatness . It

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can't be limited , it can't be hindered

12:17

. It rises to the top every time

12:19

. You can stay and look

12:21

at people who are doing great in life and successful , or

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you can recognize that inside of you , that

12:26

same seed , that

12:29

same potential to be great , to prosper

12:31

, to be successful . When

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you bury something , you say I don't want to see it , it's

12:36

no longer important , it's best kept

12:38

in the dirt or even the public eye . But

12:40

that decision to conceal that when

12:43

it matters to somebody else , it could be

12:45

potentially life-changing to somebody else , it's

12:48

a selfish act and

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, according to what we talked about last time we talked

12:52

together , it's an act of treason . I

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want to close with this . There's a passage

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in the book of Numbers . Here's

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the context At

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this point , moses had commissioned

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Caleb and some of the children

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of Israel to go to a land that God said

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was going to be theirs . Israel to go to a land

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that God said was going to be theirs had them going forth

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to

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go and spy out the land to see

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what's going on . Do a survey of what's going

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on , the people there , their demeanor

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, the

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ability to have livestock and to

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grow fruits and vegetables . Go see

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if the land is good for

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you . We believe that God is saying that . So

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he sent people out to go spy the land out , unbeknownst

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to the people who lived inside the land that God said needed to be moved

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because God was taking territory

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. And

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several folks went , but

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they all had a different report . I'll

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read it to you real quick . So here was a report

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that Caleb gave , verse 27

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out of Numbers 13 , verse 27 . And he told

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him and said we came onto the land where thou

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sent us . Indeed , it's flowing with

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milk and honey and here is some of its fruits . However

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, the people living in the land are strong and the cities are large

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and fortified . Now

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, that's one report , so

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obviously great potential there . He

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did mention how people are . You know how

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they're living . They live in a fortified , in fortified cities

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, but there's opportunity

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there . Verse 30 caleb said

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. He quieted the people in the presence of moses and

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said let's go up now and take possession

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of the land , because we can certainly conquer

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it . That's a positive attitude . But

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the men who had gone out with him responded we can't attack

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the people because they are stronger than

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we are . So they gave a negative report

14:38

to the Israelites about the land they had scouted . The

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land we passed through to explore is one that devours

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its inhabitants and all the

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people we saw in it are men of great size

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. But at that last statement I wish we had

14:50

time to get into that . But they

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said here's a negative report . The land

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we pass through to explore is one

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that devours its inhabitants

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. It

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eats up its inhabitants , it eats up those that live there and all the people

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we saw in it are men of great size . This isn't literal . The land's not eating

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people up . This is a

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figment of these people's imagination . For the most

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part , their lack of faith has

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them seeing the situation way

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different than what it actually is . They

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see it way different than what it

15:23

actually is . God is saying this land

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is yours and despite the inhabitants

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, despite the situation , this land

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is yours and it's profitable for you because I'm sending you there

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for you to profit , for you to prosper

15:34

, for you to grow , and

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these people have what the Bible calls a negative

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or evil rapport . Why is it evil ? Because

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it's without faith . It's

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evil because it's without love

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and it's without obedience to what God said . That's

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what made it evil . If you ever wonder

15:52

you know how God feels about

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you not doing what he said and burying a talent

15:56

or an ability or an instruction

15:59

that he gave you and putting it in the ground and not doing

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it , the Bible says it's negative

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. The Bible says it's evil . Not

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me , not Mr you . The Bible

16:07

says it's evil . Take that

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for what it's worth . Is

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this evil ? Take that for what it's worth . But this was an evil report because

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it saw the situation from vain , carnal eyes

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, from fearful eyes , unfaithful

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eyes , as opposed to what

16:22

was actually happening , which was Caleb said we

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can certainly conquer this land . We

16:26

can certainly have this territory that God says is ours

16:28

. I don't know where you are

16:31

and I don't know how you see this , but I hope

16:33

that this couple

16:35

of episodes inspires

16:38

you to make things better than it was before

16:40

you got there . Go into the situation

16:42

that God is calling you to go into . Go into the territory

16:44

that God is saying go . It doesn't

16:46

matter if you are fit in your mind for

16:48

public speaking . It doesn't matter if you're fit for

16:51

ministry . It doesn't matter if you are fit to

16:53

touch people's lives and help

16:55

lead them out of

16:57

dark places , because you're the light . It doesn't

16:59

matter if you think you have the ability to do it or not

17:01

. It doesn't matter if you have a doctorate or a master's

17:04

degree . It doesn't matter if you've been ordained by a ministry

17:06

. It doesn't matter if you have

17:08

any of those credentials on paper . What

17:10

matters is are you sent ? If

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you're sent , then you have everything

17:16

you need to make it better than

17:18

what it was . When Jesus sent his disciples out , they

17:20

were not ready for that . Jesus

17:23

said don't take a purse or a script . Don't

17:25

take a staff . Don't take any extra

17:27

bags . Take what you and

17:29

go and proclaim the word of the Lord

17:31

. They don't receive you . Take

17:35

the dust off your feet and move on to the next

17:37

place . It doesn't matter if you feel like you're prepared or not

17:39

. How you feel is not relevant . Are

17:42

you sent ? If you're

17:44

sent , do you have the capacity and

17:46

the bandwidth and the ability to

17:48

make things better than it was before you got there

17:50

, pure and simple . So first

17:52

ask yourself are you sin ? Then

17:56

say you know what ? If you are sin , then

17:59

you can say you know what . I'll make this better than it was

18:01

before I got there . If you see it

18:03

like everybody else does , you can't do that . But if you

18:05

see it the way it's supposed to be seen , through

18:08

God's eyes , through faithful eyes and

18:10

not carnal eyes , you

18:12

see a totally different picture . Wherever

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