Make Your One Thing the Main Thing
October 9, 2020
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Discover how to focus on your “one thing” without being distracted by the past or present.
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- Dr. David Jeremiah: Todayis about the rest of your life.
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- It's about tomorrowand the day after that.
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- The future God has plannedfor 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 knowwhat's next, but God does.
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- He's there waitingfor you in your tomorrow,
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- so step into it and discover
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- God's presenceand 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 werise 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 accomplishgreater 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 warns us
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- not to allow the pastto control us
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- or today's chaos distract usfrom focusing on God.
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- Dr. Jeremiah: Let nothingof the pure and precious
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- life-giving Word of Godbe wasted.
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- To be good stewardsof the calling of God
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- that has given usthe privilege
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- of proclaiming his Word
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- to as many people as possiblein our lifetime.
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- This is our mission.
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- This is our one thing.
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- This is our main thing.
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- This is our focus.
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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 not allow your pastto control you
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- or today's chaosto distract you
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- so that you can focuson God before you.
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- Find this and nine other waysyou can know God's purpose,
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- feel God's power,
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- and accomplishGod's plan for your life,
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- in Dr. Jeremiah's new book,"Forward:
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- Discovering God's Presenceand Purpose in Your Tomorrow."
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- You'll learn the biblicalstrategy about how to claim
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- the future God has prepareduniquely for you,
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- no matter your ageor your circumstance.
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- God has more for you.
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- And now, here's Dr. Jeremiahwith his message,
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- "Focus: Make Your One Thingthe Main Thing."
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- Dr. Jeremiah:The maestro was born
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- in the northern Italian cityof Modena.
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- His mother was a cigar maker,
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- his father was a bakerand amateur tenor.
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- It was the amateur tenor part
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- that most touchedyoung Luciano Pavarotti.
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- He loved hearing his dad sing,
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- and he spent hours listening
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- to the family's collectionof recordings of great tenors.
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- Father and son sang alongwith the records at full volume.
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- Mr. Pavarotti wouldn't singin public due to stage fright,
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- but he did singin the church choir.
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- And at age nine,Luciano joined him.
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- The boy loved to singand people loved hearing him.
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- "Your voice touches mewhenever you sing,"
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- his mother said.
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- But the questionof a career was vexing.
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- In those days,just after World War II,
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- a musical career was risky.
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- His mother suggested Lucianobecome an athletic instructor,
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- while his father encouraged him
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- to continue developinghis voice.
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- "But you'll have to studyvery hard, Luciano," he said.
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- Luciano continuedhis musical studies
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- and also enrolledin a teachers college
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- and, after graduation,he asked his father,
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- "Shall I be a teacheror shall I be a singer?"
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- The older man wisely avoidedgiving a direct answer.
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- Instead, he spoke wordshis son never forgot:
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- "Luciano, if you try to siton two chairs,
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- you will fall in between them.
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- For life, you must chooseone chair."
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- And Luciano chose singing.
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- It took seven years
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- of hard studyand intense practice
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- before he made his firstprofessional appearance,
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- and it took another seven
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- before he reachedthe Metropolitan Opera.
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- But Pavarotti livedwith a single focus:
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- ultimately he became
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- one of the most famousoperatic singers in the world,
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- the king of high C'sand a crossover performer
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- who won the admirationof millions
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- who had never set footin an opera house.
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- His final performance was viewedby the entire world
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- as he sang "Nessun Dorma"
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- at the 2006 Winter Olympicsin Turin.
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- "I was blessed with a good voiceby God," Pavarotti said.
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- "I think it pleased him that Idecided to devote myself to it,
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- and now I thinkwhether it's laying bricks,
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- driving a straight nail,writing a book,
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- whatever we choose,we should give ourselves to it.
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- Commitment," he said,"that's the key.
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- You've got to choose one chair."
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- Like Pavarotti,you have been blessed by God.
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- You've been blessedwith talents and resources
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- and a dreamfor the next phase of your life.
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- Once you've prayedabout that dream
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- and set the right prioritiesto achieve it,
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- your very next step
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- is to focus your lifeon the one main thing.
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- In the Bible, the apostle Paulhad that kind of focus.
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- He said hewas straining forward,
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- pressing on to reacha heavenly treasure.
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- He wrote to his friendsin the city of Philippi
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- in these stirring words.
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- He said, "Not that Ihave already attained,
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- or am already perfected;
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- but I press on,that I may lay hold of that
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- for which Christ Jesushas also laid hold of me."
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- Listen carefully.
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- "Brethren, I do not count myselfto have apprehended;
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- but one thing I do,
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- forgetting those thingswhich are behind
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- and reaching forwardto those things which are ahead,
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- I press toward the goalfor the prize
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- of the upward call of Godin Christ Jesus."
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- Today, as we unpackPaul's words,
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- I wanna show you four principlesthat will sharpen your focus
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- and guide you forwardtoward your next steps in life.
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- Number one,focus on God's purpose.
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- We can follow God's deep desire
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- for us to growinto the image of Jesus Christ.
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- Paul said, "I press on,that I may lay hold
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- of that for which Christ Jesushas laid hold of me."
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- That's God's purposefor you and for all of us.
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- Of course, he also hasan individual plan for your life
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- and he has one for mine,
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- and I'll deal with thatin a moment,
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- but first, consider
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- God's ultimate purposefor your life,
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- that you become more and morelike his Son Jesus Christ.
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- Romans 8:29 puts it this way:"For whom He foreknew,
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- He also predestined
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- to be conformedto the image of His Son."
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- So, number one,focus on God's purpose.
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- Here's the second thought.
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- Focus on God's perspective.
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- The next thing we read is Paul
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- talking about seeing lifethrough God's eyes.
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- He speaks about his past
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- and said it wasn't worthfocusing on.
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- He said, "Brethren,
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- I do not count myselfto have apprehended;
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- but one thing I do,
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- forgetting those thingswhich are behind."
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- That's an interesting thing,isn't it?
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- To forget those thingswhich are behind.
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- It was back in 1954,Roger Bannister
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- was a medical studentwho enjoyed running.
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- He entered a race in Oxfordon May 6 of that year
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- and he made history,
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- becoming the first athlete
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- to run a milein less than four minutes.
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- Bannister's time was3 minutes, 59.4 seconds.
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- And half a globe away,Bannister's rival,
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- John Landy of Australia,took notice.
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- A month later, Landy beatBannister's record
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- by one second.
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- The media turnedtheir spotlights
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- on these two runners,
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- and thousands of peoplewatched later that summer
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- when they lined up
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- at the British Empire Gamesin Vancouver, Canada.
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- It was calledthe Mile of the Century.
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- The racers shotfrom the starting blocks
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- and Landy took the lead,which he maintained.
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- The roar of the crowdwas deafening.
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- With only 90 yards to go,Landy made a fatal mistake.
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- He glanced behind him and,at that exact moment,
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- Bannister streaked by him
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- and won the raceby less than a second.
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- The race became knownas the Miracle Mile,
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- and a Vancouver sculptorcreated a bronze statue
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- of the two men at the momentwhen Landy glanced back.
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- Landy later said, "Lot's wifewas turned into a pillar of salt
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- for looking back.
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- I am probably the only one
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- who ever got turnedinto a bronze statue
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- for looking back."
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- The apostle Paulwould have loved that story
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- because that's what hewas talking about
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- in Philippians 3.
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- He spoke of "forgettingthe things that are behind us,"
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- using the word "forget"in the sense of minimizing
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- the negative impact of our past.
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- So stop allowingthings from the past
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- to control you in the present.
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- Paul shook things off.
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- He didn't let them cling to himlike anchors pulling him down.
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- What do we forgetwhen we forget the past?
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- Well, there'sa couple of things.
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- First of all, we have to forgetour successes.
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- Here's this great apostlewho's accomplished more
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- than most of uscould ever accomplish
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- in ten lifetimes,
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- and he said, in effect,"I have not yet arrived."
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- And that amazes mebecause I've spent my lifetime
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- studying Paul's lifeand writing,
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- and his influence for Christis breathtaking.
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- I don't know any man
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- you could say wasmore successful than Paul,
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- but the key to his successwas he knew he had not arrived.
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- He wasn't proud; he was humble.
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- He didn't look at the pastand try to live on his laurels.
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- He lived for the present.
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- And we need to do the same.
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- Maybe you look backon your life
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- and you had a great career.
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- Maybe you were at the very topof whatever it is that you do.
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- But thatisn't gonna help you now
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- and it surely won't help youin the future.
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- For you to go forward,you have to learn to forget.
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- But you know what?
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- Successes may beharder to forget.
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- We like to forget our failures.
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- That's the second thingI wanna talk to you about:
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- forgetting your mistakes.
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- The other way of taking
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- God's perspectiveregarding your past
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- is to simply make upyour mind
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- to forget those thingsthat haunt you.
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- After Paul's dramatic conversionon the Damascus road,
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- many Christians rememberedwhat he had done
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- and they were stillafraid of him.
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- What if Paul had continuedto live in that past?
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- What if he kept flogging himselffor what he had done?
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- He would have losthis influence,
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- and instead,he acknowledged his past,
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- but was full of gratitudefor God's grace
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- and for his total forgiveness.
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- The past lends perspectivefor the future,
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- but if you linger theretoo long,
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- your recollectionwill obliterate your dreams
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- and hinder youfrom going forward.
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- Hear me carefully.
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- Focus on God's purpose,focus on his perspective.
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- And then, thirdly,focus on his plan.
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- As we continuewith our passage in Philippians,
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- notice that Paul becomesmore specific,
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- moving from our perspectiveto our plans.
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- He says, "Reaching forward
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- to those thingswhich are ahead."
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- God's purposefor all of us is the same:
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- to become more like Jesus.
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- But his plansfor each of us are unique.
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- He has a distinct blueprint
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- for the lifeof every individual on earth
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- and in history.
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- His plan for you is tailor-madeand it's for you alone.
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- It's perfectfor the way he made you
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- and the experiencesthat you've had.
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- Everything has prepared youfor his next step in your life.
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- But you have to follow him
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- into unknown territory,into the future.
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- You have to learn what it meansto walk by faith.
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- The Psalmist put it this way:"The steps of a good man
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- are ordered by the Lord,and He delights in his way."
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- We aren't good in ourselves,but we are good in Christ.
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- And in Christ,God not only orders
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- your steps and your stops,
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- he delights in the wayhe guides you forward.
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- He delightsin his plans for you.
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- Shouldn't you delightin them too?
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- If God is delighted
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- in his purposeand plan for your life,
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- should you not also delightin those plans?
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- So you need to focuson God's purpose
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- and focus on his perspective,
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- looking back,but not staying back in history.
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- Focus on his plan,
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- find out what hewants you to do,
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- and then focus on his prize.
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- Finally, to live a focused life,you need to fix your attention
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- on heaven and the rewardthat awaits you there.
- 00:14:06.484 --> 00:14:10.521
- Paul wrote,"I press toward the goal
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- for the prize of the upward callof God in Christ Jesus."
- 00:14:13.925 --> 00:14:19.430
- For Paul, the goal and prizewere one and the same.
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- Not defined in this verse,
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- this is a clear referenceto the many promises given
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- to those who arevictorious in Christ.
- 00:14:28.573 --> 00:14:31.442
- Remember, the Bible saysthat when we get to heaven,
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- if we've lived for the Lord,
- 00:14:33.845 --> 00:14:35.280
- the Lord Jesus is gonna welcomeus home with these words:
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- "Well done,good and faithful servant."
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- It embraces "the crownof righteousness."
- 00:14:41.352 --> 00:14:43.721
- I could also refer towhat Peter called
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- "the crown of glorywhich doesn't fade away."
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- Whatever else,this prize and goal will be
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- more than "eye has seenor ear has heard."
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- God's plan for you is to rewardyou so abundantly,
- 00:14:55.533 --> 00:14:59.270
- I promise you,you won't believe it.
- 00:14:59.304 --> 00:15:01.806
- According to the apostle Peter,you have
- 00:15:01.839 --> 00:15:04.142
- "an inheritanceincorruptible and undefiled
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- that does not fade away,reserved in heaven for you."
- 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:13.384
- How many of you knowhow important it is
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- to keep your eyesfocused on the future?
- 00:15:15.153 --> 00:15:19.590
- Florence Chadwicklearned that lesson.
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- She was an accomplishedlong-distance swimmer
- 00:15:22.694 --> 00:15:25.530
- and the first woman
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- to swim the English Channelin both directions,
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- setting new records each way.
- 00:15:29.534 --> 00:15:33.137
- It was back in 1952,she was 34 years old,
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- and she set out to breakanother record.
- 00:15:36.341 --> 00:15:39.310
- No woman had ever swum
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- the more than 20-mile channelbetween Catalina and California.
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- The conditions on the morningof her swim were not ideal.
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- The water was coldand the fog had settled in.
- 00:15:50.722 --> 00:15:54.559
- Soon after she began to swim,
- 00:15:54.592 --> 00:15:57.362
- she could barely see the boatsaccompanying her and,
- 00:15:57.395 --> 00:16:00.331
- to make matters worse,
- 00:16:00.365 --> 00:16:01.733
- sharks trailed her several timesand had to be driven off.
- 00:16:01.766 --> 00:16:06.204
- Still, Florence Chadwick swam onfor more than 15 hours.
- 00:16:06.237 --> 00:16:10.675
- Finally, physicallyand emotionally exhausted,
- 00:16:10.708 --> 00:16:13.978
- she stopped swimming.
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- She was pulled into the boat
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- and taken towardthe California shore,
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- which she discoveredto her dismay
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- was a little morethan a half mile away.
- 00:16:22.086 --> 00:16:26.090
- After swimming almost 20 miles,
- 00:16:26.124 --> 00:16:28.559
- she had quita half a mile from her goal.
- 00:16:28.593 --> 00:16:33.164
- On the following day,she told the news media,
- 00:16:33.197 --> 00:16:35.900
- "All I could see was the fog.
- 00:16:35.933 --> 00:16:38.736
- I think if I could have seenthe shore,
- 00:16:38.770 --> 00:16:40.972
- I would have made it."
- 00:16:41.005 --> 00:16:43.508
- Two months later,
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- Florence was backon Catalina Island,
- 00:16:44.876 --> 00:16:47.178
- stepping into the waterto try the swim again.
- 00:16:47.211 --> 00:16:49.814
- Unfortunately,
- 00:16:49.847 --> 00:16:51.149
- weather conditionswere no better.
- 00:16:51.182 --> 00:16:52.817
- The water was cold and, again,
- 00:16:52.850 --> 00:16:54.419
- a dense fog settledover the channel.
- 00:16:54.452 --> 00:16:57.021
- But this time,she swam all the way:
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- the first woman to make it.
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- What made the difference,she later said
- 00:17:00.758 --> 00:17:02.627
- that while swimmingthose last grueling miles,
- 00:17:02.660 --> 00:17:05.196
- she kept her mind focusedon a vivid mental image
- 00:17:05.229 --> 00:17:08.366
- of the California shore.
- 00:17:08.399 --> 00:17:10.802
- "At that moment," she said,
- 00:17:10.835 --> 00:17:12.136
- "I knew the real meaningof faith described in the Bible:
- 00:17:12.170 --> 00:17:15.073
- 'the substanceof things hoped for,
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- the evidenceof things not seen.'"
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- This, then,is your four-lane road
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- that God wants youto focus on as you go forward:
- 00:17:24.549 --> 00:17:27.785
- driving down the lanesof his purpose,
- 00:17:27.819 --> 00:17:30.421
- his perspective,his plan, and his prize.
- 00:17:30.455 --> 00:17:33.491
- But there's one final thingthat draws all of this together
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- as you seek to move forwardtoward God's plan
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- for the next phaseof your life.
- 00:17:40.865 --> 00:17:43.101
- You must find your passionand give your life to one thing.
- 00:17:43.134 --> 00:17:47.205
- You must choose one chair.
- 00:17:47.238 --> 00:17:49.273
- As an old Russian proverbput it:
- 00:17:49.307 --> 00:17:51.209
- "If you choose two rabbits,you'll not catch either one."
- 00:17:51.242 --> 00:17:55.146
- Gilbert is one of the bestrunners in the world,
- 00:17:55.179 --> 00:17:57.949
- a skill he developed
- 00:17:57.982 --> 00:17:59.283
- when he had to literally runfor his life
- 00:17:59.317 --> 00:18:01.185
- as a boy in Burundi.
- 00:18:01.219 --> 00:18:03.955
- His story is harrowing.
- 00:18:03.988 --> 00:18:06.057
- In October of 1993,
- 00:18:06.090 --> 00:18:07.692
- Gilbert was sittingin his high school class,
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- probably thinking about running.
- 00:18:10.294 --> 00:18:12.630
- He could hardly wait to teararound the track again.
- 00:18:12.663 --> 00:18:15.399
- But on that day,
- 00:18:15.433 --> 00:18:16.734
- the simple routinesof the classroom
- 00:18:16.767 --> 00:18:18.336
- were shatteredby Hutu terrorists.
- 00:18:18.369 --> 00:18:21.639
- The school was invadedby hostile members of the tribe.
- 00:18:21.672 --> 00:18:25.143
- They descended on the childrenwith genocidal rage.
- 00:18:25.176 --> 00:18:29.247
- More than 100 Tutsi childrenand their teachers
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- were forced into a small room
- 00:18:32.049 --> 00:18:34.185
- and hacked to deathwith machetes and burned alive.
- 00:18:34.218 --> 00:18:38.823
- Gilbert wasn't killed,
- 00:18:38.856 --> 00:18:40.224
- but he found himselfat the bottom of a pile,
- 00:18:40.258 --> 00:18:42.627
- buried under the burning corpsesof his classmates.
- 00:18:42.660 --> 00:18:47.498
- The smoldering fireate into his skin,
- 00:18:47.532 --> 00:18:51.035
- but he remained hiddenfor more than nine hours
- 00:18:51.068 --> 00:18:54.005
- while the torturersstayed outside,
- 00:18:54.038 --> 00:18:55.907
- laughing and dancing.
- 00:18:55.940 --> 00:18:57.742
- Finally, Gilbertsmashed through a window
- 00:18:57.775 --> 00:19:00.778
- and took off like an arrow.
- 00:19:00.811 --> 00:19:02.980
- The Hutus chased him,but Gilbert outran them
- 00:19:03.014 --> 00:19:05.316
- and made itto a local hospital
- 00:19:05.349 --> 00:19:07.185
- where doctors told himhe would never run again.
- 00:19:07.218 --> 00:19:11.522
- Gilbert didn't believethe doctors.
- 00:19:11.556 --> 00:19:13.024
- He felt God had spared him
- 00:19:13.057 --> 00:19:14.458
- and that the Lord hada plan for his life.
- 00:19:14.492 --> 00:19:17.094
- He said, "I always knewthat my faith would be tested,
- 00:19:17.128 --> 00:19:19.497
- and it certainly was
- 00:19:19.530 --> 00:19:20.831
- in those hours when my schoolwas attacked.
- 00:19:20.865 --> 00:19:23.568
- My belief in Godhas never faltered.
- 00:19:23.601 --> 00:19:26.337
- I never blamed him or wonderedhow he would have let
- 00:19:26.370 --> 00:19:29.574
- such a thing happen to meor my classmates.
- 00:19:29.607 --> 00:19:32.777
- I accepted what was taking placeand I knew that it was all
- 00:19:32.810 --> 00:19:37.114
- part of a planmuch larger than me."
- 00:19:37.148 --> 00:19:41.552
- Gilbert persevered untilhe was running well enough
- 00:19:41.586 --> 00:19:44.188
- to win the BurundiNational Championship
- 00:19:44.222 --> 00:19:46.824
- in the 400 and 800 meters.
- 00:19:46.857 --> 00:19:49.160
- His coaches felt he hadOlympic potential
- 00:19:49.193 --> 00:19:52.430
- and he was sentto the United States
- 00:19:52.463 --> 00:19:54.865
- as partof an Olympic training program.
- 00:19:54.899 --> 00:19:57.068
- There,Abilene Christian University
- 00:19:57.101 --> 00:19:59.070
- offered him a scholarship.
- 00:19:59.103 --> 00:20:01.172
- After graduation, Gilbert movedto Austin to coach young runners
- 00:20:01.205 --> 00:20:05.109
- and, soon, his ministrywas off and running.
- 00:20:05.142 --> 00:20:07.745
- His books, his speeches,his coaching,
- 00:20:07.778 --> 00:20:10.748
- have touched thousands of lives.
- 00:20:10.781 --> 00:20:13.184
- What's more, Gilbert startedthe Gazelle Foundation,
- 00:20:13.217 --> 00:20:16.687
- whose slogan is"Run for the water,"
- 00:20:16.721 --> 00:20:18.956
- to fund and buildclean water projects
- 00:20:18.990 --> 00:20:21.259
- for the people of Burundi.
- 00:20:21.292 --> 00:20:23.194
- His Gilbert's Gazelles traininggroup provides motivation
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- to help runnersof all ages at all levels.
- 00:20:26.931 --> 00:20:31.135
- I like someone like that,someone who never loses focus,
- 00:20:31.168 --> 00:20:34.872
- who runs to win,
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- whose life is definedby one thing.
- 00:20:36.340 --> 00:20:38.342
- You see this kind of focusoften in the Bible
- 00:20:38.376 --> 00:20:40.678
- because the writersof the Bible
- 00:20:40.711 --> 00:20:43.047
- knew somethingabout focusing on one thing.
- 00:20:43.080 --> 00:20:46.384
- For instance, David said,
- 00:20:46.417 --> 00:20:48.619
- "One thing I have desiredof the Lord, that will I seek:
- 00:20:48.653 --> 00:20:52.657
- that I may dwellin the house of the Lord
- 00:20:52.690 --> 00:20:54.792
- all the days of my life,
- 00:20:54.825 --> 00:20:56.527
- to behold the beautyof the Lord."
- 00:20:56.560 --> 00:20:59.764
- Jesus saidto the rich young ruler,
- 00:20:59.797 --> 00:21:01.932
- "One thing you lack:Go your way,
- 00:21:01.966 --> 00:21:04.568
- sell whatever you haveand give it to the poor,
- 00:21:04.602 --> 00:21:06.937
- and you will havetreasure in heaven;
- 00:21:06.971 --> 00:21:08.739
- and come, take up the cross,and follow Me."
- 00:21:08.773 --> 00:21:11.942
- Jesus toldthe distracted homemaker,
- 00:21:11.976 --> 00:21:14.645
- Martha, "One thing is needed,
- 00:21:14.679 --> 00:21:17.114
- and Mary has chosenthat good part."
- 00:21:17.148 --> 00:21:19.517
- The man healed by Jesus said,"One thing I know:
- 00:21:19.550 --> 00:21:22.620
- that though I was blind,now I see."
- 00:21:22.653 --> 00:21:25.022
- And the apostle Paul said,"I focus on one thing."
- 00:21:25.056 --> 00:21:30.995
- This phrase, "one thing,"implies consecration.
- 00:21:31.028 --> 00:21:34.999
- It's a word meaning to dedicateyourself and your every day
- 00:21:35.032 --> 00:21:38.469
- to the wonderful will of God.
- 00:21:38.502 --> 00:21:41.305
- At the core of Paul's life wasone motivating principle:
- 00:21:41.339 --> 00:21:45.309
- he focused on Christ,
- 00:21:45.343 --> 00:21:47.078
- he concentratedhis walk with Jesus.
- 00:21:47.111 --> 00:21:49.814
- He said, in effect, "Lord,your will be done today
- 00:21:49.847 --> 00:21:52.983
- and every remaining dayI have on this earth.
- 00:21:53.017 --> 00:21:56.153
- Not my will, but yours be done."
- 00:21:56.187 --> 00:21:59.590
- And that brings me to the secretof the focused life:
- 00:21:59.623 --> 00:22:02.626
- staying committedto your passion,
- 00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:05.863
- to your one thing.
- 00:22:05.896 --> 00:22:07.998
- Several years ago,I was reminded of this truth
- 00:22:08.032 --> 00:22:11.469
- when I was invited to tour
- 00:22:11.502 --> 00:22:12.803
- one of the largest carrot farmsin America.
- 00:22:12.837 --> 00:22:16.941
- Our host showed me
- 00:22:16.974 --> 00:22:18.309
- the countless wayscarrots are consumed:
- 00:22:18.342 --> 00:22:21.278
- carrot juice, carrot cake,baby carrots,
- 00:22:21.312 --> 00:22:24.248
- dozens of other products
- 00:22:24.281 --> 00:22:25.783
- I never dreamedcame from carrots.
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- When I asked, "How muchof the carrot do you use?"
- 00:22:28.753 --> 00:22:31.555
- my host replied, "We useevery part of the carrot.
- 00:22:31.589 --> 00:22:35.159
- Not a single bit goes to waste."
- 00:22:35.192 --> 00:22:38.162
- To illustrate his point,he went to the whiteboard
- 00:22:38.195 --> 00:22:41.365
- in the conference roomwhere we were,
- 00:22:41.399 --> 00:22:43.667
- and on that whiteboard,he drew a picture of a carrot.
- 00:22:43.701 --> 00:22:48.472
- And then he carefully labeledevery part of the carrot
- 00:22:48.506 --> 00:22:51.275
- and how it's used.
- 00:22:51.308 --> 00:22:52.810
- And he was right:nothing goes to waste.
- 00:22:52.843 --> 00:22:56.414
- My friend builta hugely successful business
- 00:22:56.447 --> 00:22:59.483
- by staying focused on carrots.
- 00:22:59.517 --> 00:23:03.454
- When I returned to my office,I gathered our staff together
- 00:23:03.487 --> 00:23:06.223
- and I told them aboutmy whiteboard lesson on carrots.
- 00:23:06.257 --> 00:23:09.193
- And I went to our whiteboardand I sketched a Bible
- 00:23:09.226 --> 00:23:12.930
- and I said, "This is my carrot.
- 00:23:12.963 --> 00:23:15.599
- Let's stay focusedon our one thing."
- 00:23:15.633 --> 00:23:18.536
- Our goal is the sameas my carrot-farming friend:
- 00:23:18.569 --> 00:23:22.540
- let nothing of the pureand precious
- 00:23:22.573 --> 00:23:24.775
- life-giving Word of Godbe wasted.
- 00:23:24.809 --> 00:23:28.245
- To be good stewardsof the calling of God
- 00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:30.648
- that has given usthe privilege
- 00:23:30.681 --> 00:23:32.216
- of proclaiming his Wordto as many people as possible
- 00:23:32.249 --> 00:23:36.253
- in our lifetime.
- 00:23:36.287 --> 00:23:37.822
- This is our mission.
- 00:23:37.855 --> 00:23:39.390
- This is our one thing.
- 00:23:39.423 --> 00:23:40.958
- This is our main thing.
- 00:23:40.991 --> 00:23:42.860
- This is our focus.
- 00:23:42.893 --> 00:23:44.929
- I don't know the detailsof God's plan for your life,
- 00:23:44.962 --> 00:23:48.766
- but I do know this.
- 00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:50.634
- As you focus on his purpose,his perspective,
- 00:23:50.668 --> 00:23:53.170
- his plan, and his prize,
- 00:23:53.204 --> 00:23:55.172
- he will guide youon the journey forward.
- 00:23:55.206 --> 00:23:58.075
- Commit yourselfto following the Lord
- 00:23:58.108 --> 00:23:59.910
- to the best of your ability.
- 00:23:59.944 --> 00:24:01.545
- Soon, you will enjoythe adventure of discovering
- 00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:04.148
- and living for one thing,step by step and day by day.
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- I will never forget the power
- 00:24:08.652 --> 00:24:10.988
- of the storywith which this message began.
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- You have to get to the place
- 00:24:14.291 --> 00:24:15.860
- where you're willingto sit in one chair
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- and let God lead you forwardwith his plan.
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- female announcer: Dr. Jeremiahwill return in a moment
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- with one more inspirational wordto close today's program
- 00:24:27.304 --> 00:24:30.541
- right after this.
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- male announcer: Thank youfor watching today.
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- Did you know that this programis just one part
- 00:24:37.481 --> 00:24:40.484
- of the ministryof Turning Point,
- 00:24:40.518 --> 00:24:41.819
- which is committedto delivering
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- and with the strongBible teaching of Dr. Jeremiah
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- through television,radio, print,
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- by sending his new book,"Forward:
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- female 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 seriousabout moving forward,
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- there is one crucial stepto complete first.
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- It's step one of this process:knowing Christ
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- as your personal Lordand Savior.
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- I hope you're walking stronglywith Christ
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- because faith in Christis the starting block
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- that will keep propellingyou forward.
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- But perhaps youdon't know Christ.
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- If that's the case,
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- I would like to introduce youto him today.
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- Please allow me to send youtwo free resources.
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- The first is a booklet called,"Your Greatest Turning Point,"
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- and the second is
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- our monthly devotional magazine,Turning Points.
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- These resources are yours,completely free,
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- when you contactTurning Point today.
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- announcer: Also availablefrom Dr. Jeremiah,
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- the "Jeremiah Study Bible,"
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- the culminationof more than four decades
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- of Dr. Jeremiah's studyand teaching.
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- Available in NKJV, NIV, and ESV.
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- Plus, Dr. Jeremiah's
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- "Airship GenesisKids' Study Bible"
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- for the young onesin your life.
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- announcer: Next time,on "Turning Point."
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- Dr. Jeremiah: Unbeliefforfeits your opportunities
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- and jeopardizes your objective.
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- So, let's keep seizingthe moments God provides
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- for us with child-like wonder.
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- If God said it, I believe it,and that settles it
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- and I'm gonna do it.
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- announcer: Thank you for beingwith us today.
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- Join us next timeas Dr. Jeremiah challenges you
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- to step out of your safe zoneand into your faith zone,
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- here on "Turning Point."
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