Steve Harvey's Closing Remarks - 05.16.24

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, here we are guys, our last break of
the day. See before we get to your closing or whatever,
we have a voicemail call for you from Sharon out
of Atlanta.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
Take a listen, go morning, Steve and Morning Show crew.
My name is Sharon from Atlanta, Georgia. And you asked
both one day about purpose in life. And I am
fifty three years old, Steve, and I just don't know
my purpose. I don't know.

Speaker 3 (00:31):
If I've been.

Speaker 2 (00:32):
Praying room, but I don't know what's going to have
for me to do. I don't know. But anyway, Steve,
I hope you play this in I head.

Speaker 3 (00:42):
And you could give me some type advice. You and
the Morning Show, y'all stay blessed and keep doing what
you're doing, brother, because you inspire a lot of us.
And I thank you so much for they have a
wonderful day.

Speaker 4 (00:56):
Oh you know, Sharon, that's not as far fetched uncommon
as you might think it is. There are quite a
few people who never find their purpose in life. So
in closing, let me tell you the best way I
found to discover your purpose in life. Your purpose is

(01:18):
directly tied to your gift. People who don't discover their
purpose in life. Have never taken full advantage or notice
or applied their gift. That's the problem with most people,
and it's a common problem. The Bible says, your gift

(01:41):
will make room for you and put you in the
presence of great men. But you've got to get to
the part of discovering what the gift is. And your
gift is a thing that you do the absolute best
with the least amount of effort. The problem is most
people look at gifts as running, jumping, singing, and dancing. No,

(02:04):
there are so many things you can be gifted at.
There are people who are born to be teachers. There
are people who are born to be nurses. There are
people who are born to be in the military. There
are people who are born to be firemen. There are
people who are born to be designers and architect artists, poets.

(02:28):
There are people who are born to be singers. There
are people who are born to be caregivers. There are
people who are born to run daycarees. They might start
as a babysitter, but you are born because that is
your gift. You take care of kids better than anybody else.
You end up a babysitter, you end up owning a
daycare center. Your purpose I have found. This is my

(02:52):
finding in life, that your purpose is tied to your
gift and your gift. Can I just be used for
the application of self gain. Your gift must be used
in sharing it with the world. Had God given me
this gift of humor and I used it purely to

(03:13):
make money, I think my ride would have been more limited.
But I think what God did. As matter of fact,
I know what he did for me was he took
this gift of giving me the ability to take anything
and turn it into comedy. He also caused me to
have a sharp mind because I kept a promise to

(03:35):
God a long time ago. I would not dilute the mind.
I wouldn't use alcohol and drugs and diffuse this gift
that He gave me. My brain is my gift, my quickness,
my sharp wit. But that sharp wit has turned into
ability to think sharp so I can have moments like
this in close and remark without paying or paper, and

(03:56):
talk without stuttering or fumbling all over my words because
He has enhanced this gift and turned this gift of
comedy into As Bill Collsby taught me a lesson, he said,
Steve When you have the ability to make people laugh,
you have the undivided attention because everybody wants to laugh,
he said. But it's in this gift of making people

(04:18):
laugh you have to be careful and choose carefully what
you say because they are listening, he said. And once
you have their undivided attention, you can tell them anything.
Well guess what that turned into me becoming more of
an inspirational person, more of a motivational person, because I
found out sometimes you don't need laughs, you need information.

(04:39):
Sometimes you need a gem or a piece of jewelry
to put on your crown so you can make your
journey better. And one of the things I learned was
how to find purpose. Now there's a book by Rick
Warren called The Purpose Driven Life. I strongly suggest you
get this book. Rick Warren, I think that's his name,
he's a pastor, is called The Purpose Driven Life. That

(05:01):
book right there can help you clear up your purpose,
but it's going to be tied to your gift. See
my purpose, now, I thought was to make people laugh.
Well it still is because the laughter is healing. But
I don't just do it on stage anymore. I do
it on TV every day. Family Feud is a comedy show.
It ain't a game show. Nobody tunes into Family Feud

(05:22):
to hear what top one hundred people think they tune
in because I turned to show into a show about personalities,
the relationship between the host and the contestant, and most
of the fun is in that relationship right there. But
I still make people laugh. But along the way, your

(05:42):
gift evolves and it changes, and it reshapes itself, and
it turns into more and more and more. And so
what turned out for comedy for me with quick Quit
has turned out to quick quit and motivation and inspiring people.
But my gift led me to my purpose. Discover your
gift and it will lead to your purpose. Your main

(06:05):
thing right now, sister, is discover your purpose. Excuse me.
It's to discover your gift. Who will lead you to
your purpose? The Bible says the gift will make room
for you, and that's what it'll do. That's my suggestion. Now,
somebody else might have another route, but I don't know
that route, so I just gave you mind. Those are
my closing remarks today. Hope you got something from it today.

(06:27):
God will, and we'll see y'all tomorrow. Hey, y'all, listen,
talk to God today. He would absolutely love to hear
from you, And it don't matter if you ain't talked
to him in a while. He know y'all already knows.

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