Hi, welcome to
"Working the Dream"
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I'm your host Eric
Kelly and today we're going to
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share why your
personal relationship with God
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will dictate your success.
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So, let's recap why
this is important...
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Our acronym for
career success is "P-I-E-S"
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P - is for performance.
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You must be a topnotch
performer to be considered
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of value to any
team that you're on.
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I - is for image.
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It should reflect the
accepted image of your company.
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E - is for exposure.
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How many people know
you and know you positively.
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S - which is really the most
important is for spirituality,
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the secret weapon for
defeating workplace evil.
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Now, please don't get
spirituality and religion
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confused... I did
for so many years.
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It took me a while to
learn what God was trying to
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teach me while listening
to sermons week after week.
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I remember going to
church and trying to put
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work people in Bible Stories,
like when David slew Goliath
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and cut off his head...
I inserted my work giant
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by the name of
"Darla," rocks, swords, hmm.
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Oh and the story of
Pharaoh drowning in the Red Sea,
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that definitely would be
our division manager, Walter,
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and his entire team of henchmen.
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And oh, the story in 1 Samuel
14 when the king went out to
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fight the Philistines and
found them killing themselves,
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oh yes! Everybody and
the technical support group
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should have been in that story.
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You see, I was missing what the
stories were really teaching...
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And that is that God is
bigger than your problem,
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or problems no
matter what their names are.
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The biggest test of our
spirituality will be at work
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and dealing with people.
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Years ago, I complained to my
dad about one person or another
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in expectation that he
would side with me over
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how unfairly I
was being treated.
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I was often disappointed
because he would quote
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Ephesians 6:12- as follows...
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His point was, "Don't look
at the person, look behind the
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person with spiritual eyes
and you may see who is really
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pulling their strings."
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My friend, there are only
two forces in the world...
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That is the force of
good led by Jesus Christ,
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and the forces of evil devised
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and championed by Satan.
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And here's the
issue, you will not always
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be able to tell which
force you are encountering.
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We tend to think of people
as neutral and when they do
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something that riles
us, we're angry at them,
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but was it all them or
were they being led by a
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force that was malignantly evil?
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Let me ask you a question...
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Some days, are you the
person not being led by the
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Holy Spirit doing
something to someone else?
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One morning, I got
up and I read my Bible,
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and I loved the verses
that I read and then I prayed
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and I felt so connected, I
felt a little, maybe a little
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lofty - it was great!
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So I got in my car,
I drove to the road,
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and as I entered the
freeway, I was cut off by a
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landscaping truck.
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Now at that moment, I
felt like I should catch up
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so that I could witness to the
gentleman driving the truck...
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Is it still wrong if
you don't say the bad words?
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Anyway, in the moment
that I was rushing the truck,
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I could kind of feel
something from my devotional.
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I could hear God almost tell me,
"You know that's one of mine."
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Oh my God, please forgive
me, bless him, let him get
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more lawns to do, but
the tests of spirituality
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will not happen in church, it
will happen in your daily life.
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So, let me give you
the beginning of your daily
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work experience - tell me
if any of this touches home.
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You get in your car and you
immediately get into rush hour.
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I have NO IDEA why they
call it "rush hour" because
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nobody is rushing anywhere.
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You are going
encounter some bad drivers.
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During the week, I
was going down the freeway
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and there was a lady
next to me who was putting on
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makeup, drinking coffee
and talking on the cell phone.
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I sped up because I
had no idea whose hands
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were on the wheel.
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I mean, they have accidents
on a clear day when there's
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no ice, no water on the ground,
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and people just
bang into each other.
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Now, if you happen
to have the news on,
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ahh - you day starts terribly...
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Robbery, murdering, cheating
executives, dishonest leaders,
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just an unfair life.
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I heard someone put it
this way, "That the news is
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simply an announcement of all
the things that Satan was able
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to accomplish in
the last 24 hours."
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Oh, and then you get to
work and somebody is already in
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your parking space!
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Then you walk into an
early morning meeting...
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on a topic that
you absolutely hate...
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Oh and by the way,
you're sitting next to a
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know-it-all coworker
and the meeting is run by a
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smart alec boss.
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Oh, also in the meeting
- no matter what you say,
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you're kind of getting
bitten in the back by another
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coworker.
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You need God at work!
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Sadly, money and greed
run many of the corporations
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that we work for.
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Now the sole determinate of many
executive decisions is simply...
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"What will this
decision do to our stock price?"
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"So if laying off 500
people will cut the labor cost
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line and reduce our
expenses, let's do it."
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"If we can sweep this mistake
under the rug and not own it,
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let's not be completely honest
about absolutely everything."
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And sometimes even at lower
levels - what people will do
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for a raise or a promotion
is pure evil if they are not
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connected to Jesus Christ.
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It is into this
workplace that God allows
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many of us to matriculate.
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Now it's not just so
we can make money and buy
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creature comforts and take
our ease, but we are to be His
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hands in situations
that need to be addressed.
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In fact, Jesus said it
best when He said the following:
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He wants us to go to work,
do our best and represent Him
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in the workplace.
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Now, one of the biggest
issues is integrity and honesty.
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Interestingly enough, based
on the financial reward system,
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and it's
motivation of the workplace,
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your integrity and
moral fiber will probably
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be tested
sometime in your career.
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Okay, if I said I would give you
a dollar for walking into your
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boss's office and
in one sweeping motion,
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knock everything off of
his or her desk onto the floor
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while they are sitting in
there working - you probably
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would say, "Huh - no way."
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Now you reason that
since you probably will
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be unemployed after
that, that the dollar would not
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be enough to even
pay for your gas home
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after you got fired;
however, let me up the ante...
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Would you do it
for a thousand dollars?
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Now you still may
say, that's not enough to
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carry me too long if I
can't find another job,
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so pretty much you'll decline.
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Well let's continue
to increase the price...
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If I gave you a cool million
dollars to walk into your boss's
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office, knock
everything off of their desk,
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well, I might
have your attention.
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In fact, by the time I offered
you a certified check for
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10 million dollars
to wreck their desk,
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you might snatch the
check off of my hand,
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dance on their desk,
kick the staplers and mail
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trays everywhere - I mean
for 10 million - you might
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reek a little havoc in
that office because you know
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that 10 million dollars would
end most of your employment
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worries for a
considerable amount of time;
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however, the issue was
never about the amount of money.
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It was about - "is it
right or wrong for you to knock
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things off of
your bosses' desks?"
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Notice how easily it was
to rationalize why it would
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be okay for 10 million dollars.
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Sadly, without the
Spirit of Christ guiding us,
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on any given day -
we all have a price.
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Let's look at a situation our
friend, Cole, has to deal with.
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Hello, this is Cole speaking.
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Yes sir, I'll be right there.
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I finally broke a
hundred yesterday.
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Hey, how did that happen - was
it just those brand new clubs
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of yours or you fixed the score?
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Ha, ha, actually it was a 98.
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By the way, I have
a 3:30 tee time today,
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why don't you come out?
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Hmm, I have this
piano recital, my daughter,
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I don't think I can make it.
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I'm glad I don't
have to worry about that.
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Hey! Hey! Hey!
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There you are! Nice to see ya!
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Cole! So how long
have you been with us?
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Um, 6 months, sir.
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And are you
enjoying what you do?
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Ah yeah, definitely I'm learning
a lot and this is the second
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company I've worked with
and by far, it's by the best.
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Hm! Well, Cole, I have
a question for you. Um hm
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What are your career goals?
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In other words,
where you do see yourself
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in 5 or 6 years from now?
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Hmm, management definitely. Hmm!
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My main goal is to be
the CFO of a growing company,
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and take them to the
next level. Interesting.
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Good! There are not
very many young people with
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that very clear career
goals in their minds and
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I have to
congratulate you. Thank you.
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If your 5-year plan
became a one-year plan...
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Meaning?
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Meaning, there is an
opportunity that could
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fast track you to
management. Okay...
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Are you interested? I am, I am!
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Good!
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So, do you want
to tell him or...
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Go ahead, you go
ahead. No problem.
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Cole, I understand that you
are a financial guru when it
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comes to our
reporting and you're also,
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as-a-matter-of-fact,
the youngest analyst
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in our company's
history that has been given...
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that's such a great task...
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Yeah well, I pride
myself by learning quickly
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and getting the job done.
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Well we have a
proposition for you...
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And I'm sure that you
already know that our company's
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performance hasn't been
great as of late and our stock
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prices fell 16% last
quarter which is not good news.
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And this whole Enron fiasco
thing, it's been very difficult
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for companies to hide anything,
and a deep dive into our
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financials will easily
expose some of the most
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recent haven
companies that we have.
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We need you, our financial
guru, to help with that.
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Okay, help with what?
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Let me explain,
it's very simple...
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Well see, he was saying...
"hiding" is the key word here.
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We need to protect
these companies and hide
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their financials and
also boost our segments.
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Ah but, oh oh, that's
ah a little bit too much.
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I mean, I can't do that.
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Any auditor will sense
the difference in the reports
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and he will know
what's in the system.
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That's taken care of.
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IT, accounting and treasury
are all on board on this.
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To make sure that the accounting
and the cash are in place.
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But what about the
idea that this is a fraud?
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Ooo ooo ooo ooo, no, no no...
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Cole, Cole, this
is a big company,
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this is not a mom
and pop operation.
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This is the game...
those companies out there,
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they are the kings and queens,
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we are just the
watchers of the throne.
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So you, my friend, you are
the last piece of the operation.
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Now, are you
interested in management?
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I am, but not
like this, I mean...
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I mean, I'm not
comfortable with this.
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Well, you better be.
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Does Mr. Martin know about this?
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Does Mr. Martin know
about this... why would we
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propose this to you if
Mr. Martin had not known?
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Of course he knows.
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(Loud sigh) I
mean, I can't do this.
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This is really some
unethical stuff, I mean my
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personal ethics and,
more importantly, my spiritual
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beliefs won't let me do
this, I mean, I'm sorry...
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Hey um, just,
just... wait just a second!
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Let me explain
something to you...
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If you are waiting for a
prayer answered from God,
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you won't get it...
more so, Christianity
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in a workplace - especially
if you are thinking about
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management - it won't
work! It doesn't matter.
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Actually, what
matters here, I matter!
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And, if you ever want to
work in a city like this again,
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you have to do this,
Cole, willingly have to do this
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because whether you do it
or not, it's going to show that
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it's your fault anyway.
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Whoa - does Cole
ever have his hands full!
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He has a
successful career so far.
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He's in line to get a
nice bonus at year's end
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which he is already planning to
use to pay off all of his bills,
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and as a down payment on
a cute little sports car.
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Now if he doesn't do what
they say, there's a good chance
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he gets fired.
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All of his hard work and good
fortune goes down the drain.
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What would you do?
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(Loud sigh) What
am I going to do?
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I can't do that.
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But if I don't,
they'll take my job away
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and they'll blackball me.
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Wait a minute... AH, okay!
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Ah, Prophet... Hm?
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I need your help,
I'm in a tough spot.
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No you're not.
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What?
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You're not in a tough spot!
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I'm about to lose my
job, these people are crazy!
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They want me to do
some pretty unethical stuff.
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Who gave you the job? They did.
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Cole, who gave you your job?
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God did.
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Exactly.
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Sometimes when
we're in tough situations,
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we lose focus on who
is really in control.
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Now Cole, you've been
faithful to God for a long time.
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This is just a
huge test of your faith.
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Now those two guys,
around here some people
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treat them as if
they're gods, but trust me...
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they are not God.
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I don't think I'm the one you
need to be talking to right now.
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Yeah, you're
right, I lost focus.
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I know what I have to do.
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Wait, Prophet... how
in the world do you know?
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I know, I know... I
got asked that question
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several times today.
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I've been around for a
long time, so I've heard a lot,
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I've seen a
lot, so I know a lot.
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I just try to help a lot.
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Ha, ha, ha, ha, thanks Prophet.
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You'll do just fine. Thanks.
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Now, Cole looked for
some advice from the Prophet,
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but the Prophet reminded him
of something he already knew.
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Cole has spent
time in the Word of God,
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he knows what Christ taught,
so why is this a dilemma?
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In similar situations, we
might be saying to ourselves,
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"I don't want to lose
everything by not complying,"
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but what really will
be lost if you do comply
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with an ungodly director?
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Inherently, how many
of you already know what
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Cole's answer should be?
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"Lord, I humbly ask
for Your forgiveness.
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I panicked and I lost my focus.
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God, you know my situation,
give me strength, Lord,
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and help me get through it all.
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May Your will be done, God. Amen
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(Phone is ringing) Jonas Martin.
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Mr. Martin, there's a
Cole Elliot here to see you.
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Oh yes, Cole... send him in.
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Cole, it's been a
long time. Ah yeah.
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You don't seem well, are you
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doing all right?
Is everything okay?
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Actually, sir,
(deep sigh) it is not.
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Cheer up, fall in line over him.
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I don't know, the way
he mentioned Martin's name
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didn't make me
feel too confident.
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If only Martin
finds out... He won't!
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Martin is
concerned about results.
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He doesn't care
about these things.
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Besides,
everybody else is in line.
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And you know
what, I think we gave
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this "Cole" kid a big scare.
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He will be with us,
don't worry about it.
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Hey! There he is...we were
beginning to think that you
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decided to change careers, Cole.
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I take it you made
the decision to join us...
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That would be smart!
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Actually, he won't
because neither of you
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work here anymore and I suspect
that it will be a long time
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before you work anywhere again.
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Watchers of the throne, eh?
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There's only one
throne I care to acknowledge
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the power of - God's.
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Here is the foolproof way
that you're career in life
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will be successful.
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Every single day, without
exception, wake up and read
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God's word - there's power
and wisdom in the word of God.
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As you read, be prayerful and
be open to the leadings of the
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Holy Spirit.
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For example, today you are going
to a meeting where you must
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defend your idea.
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You're pretty sure you're going
to have some stiff opposition
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to your recommendation
from someone who feels they are
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your rival.
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In fact, you know from
past experience that whatever
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you say, they will take the
opposite position just to try
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and make you look bad.
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Should you prepare for war?
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Should you learn their position
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and be prepared to
take them out by showing
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their sheer stupidity or should
you trust in God's ability
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to help you present your plan?
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If you asked God to help
you as you built your plan,
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wouldn't He surely be there
with you when you presented it?
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Nehemiah 6:16 tells
the story of God doing just
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that for His people
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It says the following...
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You might go to the meeting
and find out that your rival
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really has nothing much negative
to add, but before you started
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scratching your
head in amazement,
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you remember the verse
that says the following:
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That's in Proverbs 16:7.
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Pray - first giving
thanks and then ask for the
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Holy Spirit's guidance in
everything that you do that day.
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One day, I was struggling
making a business decision,
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and I called my dad and I
said, "Hey, I'm working on this
00:22:00.42\00:22:04.22
and I'm working on that," and
I explained all the wonderful
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things that I was doing.
00:22:07.82\00:22:10.39
And my dad, who is a
retired pastor, kind of smiles
00:22:10.43\00:22:15.20
and he has that little
lilt in his voice and he simply
00:22:15.23\00:22:19.00
asked, "Do you know how
many times you've used the word,
00:22:19.03\00:22:24.11
"I" in the last few minutes?"
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It struck me - Take
the "I" out of your plan.
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Submit to God for His guidance.
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Proverbs 16 says the following:
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God wants you to do well
to the same degree that He
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wants you to be
totally wrapped up in Him.
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God, however, will
not bless one of His kids
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so that they can hold it
over the other of His kids.
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I saw a mother at
the park the other day
00:22:55.14\00:22:57.41
with her
children and I wondered...
00:22:57.44\00:22:59.27
I wonder if
that's how God sees us?
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She had two children,
one was with her and one
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was off playing in
another part of the park.
00:23:03.91\00:23:07.45
So there was an ice
cream truck that came by
00:23:07.48\00:23:09.85
and she bought a
popsicle, and she gave it
00:23:09.88\00:23:12.72
to the child that was there and
the other kid was off playing.
00:23:12.75\00:23:17.26
So when the child that
was off playing came back,
00:23:17.29\00:23:19.59
he was taunted by his sister.
00:23:19.63\00:23:22.70
"Mama gave ME a
popsicle, you don't have one."
00:23:22.73\00:23:28.24
So the mother took the popsicle
from the one that she gave it to
00:23:28.27\00:23:32.21
and she ate it!
00:23:32.51\00:23:34.74
And the kid cried
out... "Mommy, you took my
00:23:34.78\00:23:37.31
popsicle!"
00:23:37.35\00:23:38.85
So the mother said,
"The popsicle belonged to me
00:23:38.88\00:23:41.88
in the first place, so
I gave it to you and I can
00:23:41.92\00:23:46.29
take it back - I'm not
going to let you use what I
00:23:46.32\00:23:50.03
gave you to tease your brother."
00:23:50.06\00:23:52.56
Now I thought about how
some of us look at the blessings
00:23:52.59\00:23:56.56
that we have today...
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God cannot allow one of
His kids to taunt the other
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with the blessings
that they received from Him.
00:24:02.47\00:24:05.97
If you really want to
thrive in your workday,
00:24:06.01\00:24:10.48
get yourself one of
these... it's my "Promise Book."
00:24:10.51\00:24:13.98
And no matter what
situation is in front of you,
00:24:14.02\00:24:16.92
there's going to be something
in here that can help you.
00:24:16.95\00:24:20.49
For instance, I'm going to
a meeting and I'm not really
00:24:20.52\00:24:24.56
sure of how it's
going to be received,
00:24:24.59\00:24:27.80
the information I'm taking.
00:24:27.83\00:24:29.16
So, I went to my
Promise Book and it tells me,
00:24:29.20\00:24:31.33
"You need
confidence." Yes, I really do.
00:24:31.37\00:24:34.00
So it sends me over to the
"You need confidence" section,
00:24:34.04\00:24:36.71
and here it says,
1 Philippians 4:13...
00:24:36.74\00:24:39.71
Hebrews 13:6...
00:24:44.35\00:24:46.31
And there are so
many subjects here...
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When you need power in your
life; when you need courage;
00:24:54.36\00:24:58.89
when you need patience...
00:24:58.93\00:25:00.26
So I love this because
this brings the word down to me
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on a subject matter
level and I can use it as
00:25:03.93\00:25:07.50
I go to work all day.
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PLEASE help as many
people as you can today.
00:25:09.14\00:25:13.88
A story was told of a
young man that wanted to become
00:25:13.91\00:25:16.85
incredibly wealthy...
so he went and found the
00:25:16.88\00:25:21.05
wealthiest man that he
could find that was close by
00:25:21.08\00:25:23.85
and he went to ask him...
what's the secret of his wealth.
00:25:23.89\00:25:28.56
So the wealthy gentleman
took the young man down to the
00:25:28.59\00:25:31.53
lake bed and he had a
bucket and then he had a pipe
00:25:31.56\00:25:37.40
in his hand...
00:25:37.43\00:25:39.23
He said, "I want to ask you
a question, hold that bucket...
00:25:39.27\00:25:41.54
I want you to go down to the
lake and I want you to scoop out
00:25:41.57\00:25:44.81
a bucket of water
and bring it back."
00:25:44.84\00:25:46.98
So he went down the bank and
brought a bucket of water back.
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And the wealthy, older gentleman
said, "How long would it take
00:25:51.91\00:25:58.12
you to empty that
lake with that bucket?"
00:25:58.15\00:26:01.36
Well, the young man
said, "It would be forever,
00:26:01.39\00:26:03.49
you can't empty a
lake with a bucket."
00:26:03.53\00:26:06.59
So then the older
gentleman showed him a pipe.
00:26:06.63\00:26:11.60
He said, "How long would
it take for you to empty that
00:26:11.63\00:26:15.44
lake if you could
get all that water
00:26:15.47\00:26:18.67
to flow through this pipe?"
00:26:18.71\00:26:21.31
The young man said, "Now that
could happen - it might take a
00:26:21.34\00:26:25.11
while, but that could happen."
00:26:25.15\00:26:27.28
The older gentleman then told
him, he said, "What you can't
00:26:27.32\00:26:32.12
do with a bucket,
you can do with a pipe,
00:26:32.15\00:26:34.82
and God's
blessings work similarly."
00:26:34.86\00:26:38.03
"You see, there's a point
in which the bucket is full,
00:26:38.06\00:26:41.10
but there's never a
point at which the pipe is full
00:26:41.13\00:26:44.73
because the pipe's
purpose is to make sure
00:26:44.77\00:26:47.80
that the water flows through;
however, as long as the pipe
00:26:47.84\00:26:52.14
is functioning and water
is flowing through the pipe,
00:26:52.17\00:26:56.71
it stays full, so instead
of being a bucket, be a pipe."
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God wants you
to be as successful
00:27:01.32\00:27:03.28
as He can trust you to
be... connected to Him.
00:27:03.32\00:27:06.65
God inspired John to assure
us of this in 3 John 1:2...
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Remember, you may be powerless
over what they can do to you,
00:27:23.54\00:27:28.14
but they are powerless
over what God will do for you.
00:27:28.18\00:27:32.71
Until next time,
keep "Working the Dream"
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