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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Come come on. Uh huh, I sure will come on it.
Everybody y'all listening to the voice, come on, dig me out.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
One and only Steve Harvey got a radio show. Man.
Oh man, ain't God good? Yeah? Yes, you know.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
I want to remind everybody today that you got to
keep pressing forward.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Man.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
I know it gets difficult out there sometimes, but you
got to keep pressing forward. There's nothing else for you
to do. The option of quitting, turning back, giving up
it cannot be there. The thoughts can pop into your head,
but when they do, you got to pray about it.
But you got to keep pressing forward. You got to
keep it moving.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Man.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
I don't care how dark and dirty it get for you.
You got to somehow summon it up within you to
keep it moving, to keep pressing forward, because the only
way you're gonna get it is you got to stay
in the race. You know, you've heard it said a
thousand times. The race isn't given to the swift, but
to him that didn't do it to the end. You
got to stay with it whatever it is. I don't
know what it is for you, but whatever it is,
(01:04):
you got to stay with it. Because Quentin don't let
you see the end result.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Give it up. Don't let you see the end results.
Turning back, don't let you see the end.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
The only way to see the end results is you
got to finish the race. You got to stay in
the race because the victory may be nearer than it seems.
There's a poem I learned in college under some stressful situations.
I've just said like that. There is a stanza in
this poem called Don't Quit that says, often the goal
is nearer than it seems to a faint and a
(01:35):
faltering man, And often the struggler has given up when
he might have captured the victor's cup, and he learns
too late when the night came down, how close he
was to the golden crown. Now that's just a stanza
in it. The poem is much longer than that. I
know the whole thing because I learned it. But I've
(01:59):
always remembered that poem that the goal is often nearer
than it seems to a faint and a faltering man,
And oftentimes the struggler has given up when he might
have captured the victor's cup, but then he learns too
late when the night came down how close he was
(02:21):
to the golden crown. And there's the last stands of
the poem says, it may be near when it seems afar,
so stick to the fight when your heart is tited.
It's when things seem worse that you mustn't quit. It's
an unknown author to the poem, so if you want
to look it up, it's called don't Quit. But you
know I'm talking to you today from the standpoint of encouragement.
(02:44):
I want to show you an analogy that I tripped
on this morning when I was thinking about something I
wanted and I was thinking, you know, okay, if you
have a job, the way you have to do your job,
your job forces you to do this. See, you can't
just randomly do this on your job. A job forces
you to plan ahead a little bit.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
You know.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
A job requires that you go through the procedures in
order for something to happen that you want to happen. Example,
you want a vacation, you have to put in for
that vacation, and that's what it's called on your job,
just put in. You may dress it up some other way,
but the common sense you have to put in. You
got to do that because a job requires it. You
(03:29):
got to put in for your vacation. If you want
a promotion and you see it post it somewhere that
we are now have a position opening, you got to
put in for that.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
You just can't sit back and hope they pick.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
You, because they're probably going to pick the person who
wants it, who shows the initiative to go get it.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
So you have to put in for a promotion on
a lot of jobs.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
If you want some days off, a couple of days here,
a couple of days that you got to put in
for that. But all of these are things that you want.
You want vacations, you want a day off here, and
now you want some promotions. If you want a raise,
you have to go in and request a raise. It
(04:13):
requires an action on your part on your job. And
guess what, we've all accepted this as this is the
way it's done. You want to raise, you have to
put in for a raise. You want to raise, you
got to go in and have a meeting and take
a request so you can show your value to get
to raise. You want a vacation time, you got to
put in for that. And then they got they could
tell you, yeah, your name, you want a promotion, same thing,
(04:33):
you want some days off, same thing. Okay, that's the
deal with your job. Well that's the deal with your
life too. That exact picture that I painted for you
that you're all so very much aware of that you're
very crystal clear on the rules and regulations that you
have no problem following him the same rules for your life.
What you mean by that, Steve, You got to put
in with God. You got to put in for what
(04:54):
you want with God all you. And it's as simple
as that you put in. See you want some more
of this, some more that you got to put in
with God.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
You put in with your job.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
You go down there and ask that man what you want,
and you ain't got no problem following the rules.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Well, put in with God what you want?
Speaker 1 (05:14):
What your list? What's your request? What do you really want?
How much money you really trying to make? Where you
really trying to live? What kind of career and job
would you really like to have? What kind of person
would you really like to be? What type of family
are you hoping and wishing for? Who is the person
you want in your life? What type of person do
you what's the relationship you're looking for what you want,
(05:37):
you got to put in for that.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
You got to put in. You got to go to
God and put in for that.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
See, we'll follow the rules set to us up, set
us up and set up by us in a system.
But we simple rules are putting in for your life. Man,
we don't even do that. I wish I would.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Put in for a job and not put in for God.
You gotta be kidding me.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
You think this man that has this company can has
more to offer to you in terms of vacation, promos
and raisers, Then God got for you for your life.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Man, you keep putting too much faith in man.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
That's what's wrong with us. I show hope he give
me his raise. I'll show hope.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
I don't even go to people with that. I go to.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
God about it. Then God touch them people's hearts. Then
when I walk in there, it's already done. That's how
you capture this thing, folks. It's not a magic trick.
It's just a real simple understanding. Why would you not
put in with God? If you're gonna put in on
your job, that don't make no sense. Where you get
the job from? Where your job? Where your boss get
(06:34):
his position from? Where did this company come from? So
when you peel back to but now that it all
make a lot.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Of sense, don't it? It really does. And I'm just
a common sense god. You know.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Look, I don't have the education that a lot of
people have, but I gotta show show enough bunch of
life experience. Though Oh I've been I've been getting smacked
and knocked down the majority of my life.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Oh I may look good to you. Now they look
like he got his shine going on.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
And I am grateful to God for my life that
I got now because this show ain't the one I had,
but I got news for you. It ain't the one
I thought I was gonna have until I put in
for it. I ain't see none of this until I
put in for it. And you know, as I saw
it shaping and forming, and I said, God, could that
really be happening? I wonder if you could make me this, Lord?
I was wondering, Man, could I really have a syndicated
(07:19):
radio show? Lord, I'm make it happen. If it's in
your will. I put in for it. I put in
for it. Now I'm working my tail off now because
that's a part of it.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
See. But then God tells you that too. He says,
faith without works is dead.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
I'm working my behind off, but the big thing is
I put in for it. So I got a bunch
of more stuff that I don't put in for God.
I can't tell y'all what it is, but oh Lord,
have mercy. I'm in line. I'm putting in for all
the blessings that's due me. If God's passing out of
raising blessings, I'm lined up. He passing out a promotion,
He was gonna promote some more blessings.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
I'm lined up.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
He passing out extra checks down at the job. I'm
lined up. I'm putting here, And why don't you put
into
Speaker 2 (08:02):
You're listening to the Steve Harvey Morning Show.
Come come on. Uh huh, I sure will come on it.
Everybody y'all listening to the voice, come on, dig me out.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
One and only Steve Harvey got a radio show. Man.
Oh man, ain't God good? Yeah? Yes, you know.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
I want to remind everybody today that you got to
keep pressing forward.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Man.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
I know it gets difficult out there sometimes, but you
got to keep pressing forward. There's nothing else for you
to do. The option of quitting, turning back, giving up
it cannot be there. The thoughts can pop into your head,
but when they do, you got to pray about it.
But you got to keep pressing forward. You got to
keep it moving.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Man.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
I don't care how dark and dirty it get for you.
You got to somehow summon it up within you to
keep it moving, to keep pressing forward, because the only
way you're gonna get it is you got to stay
in the race. You know, you've heard it said a
thousand times. The race isn't given to the swift, but
to him that didn't do it to the end. You
got to stay with it whatever it is. I don't
know what it is for you, but whatever it is,
(01:04):
you got to stay with it. Because Quentin don't let
you see the end result.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Give it up. Don't let you see the end results.
Turning back, don't let you see the end.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
The only way to see the end results is you
got to finish the race. You got to stay in
the race because the victory may be nearer than it seems.
There's a poem I learned in college under some stressful situations.
I've just said like that. There is a stanza in
this poem called Don't Quit that says, often the goal
is nearer than it seems to a faint and a
(01:35):
faltering man, And often the struggler has given up when
he might have captured the victor's cup, and he learns
too late when the night came down, how close he
was to the golden crown. Now that's just a stanza
in it. The poem is much longer than that. I
know the whole thing because I learned it. But I've
(01:59):
always remembered that poem that the goal is often nearer
than it seems to a faint and a faltering man,
And oftentimes the struggler has given up when he might
have captured the victor's cup, but then he learns too
late when the night came down how close he was
(02:21):
to the golden crown. And there's the last stands of
the poem says, it may be near when it seems afar,
so stick to the fight when your heart is tited.
It's when things seem worse that you mustn't quit. It's
an unknown author to the poem, so if you want
to look it up, it's called don't Quit. But you
know I'm talking to you today from the standpoint of encouragement.
(02:44):
I want to show you an analogy that I tripped
on this morning when I was thinking about something I
wanted and I was thinking, you know, okay, if you
have a job, the way you have to do your job,
your job forces you to do this. See, you can't
just randomly do this on your job. A job forces
you to plan ahead a little bit.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
You know.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
A job requires that you go through the procedures in
order for something to happen that you want to happen. Example,
you want a vacation, you have to put in for
that vacation, and that's what it's called on your job,
just put in. You may dress it up some other way,
but the common sense you have to put in. You
got to do that because a job requires it. You
(03:29):
got to put in for your vacation. If you want
a promotion and you see it post it somewhere that
we are now have a position opening, you got to
put in for that.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
You just can't sit back and hope they pick.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
You, because they're probably going to pick the person who
wants it, who shows the initiative to go get it.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
So you have to put in for a promotion on
a lot of jobs.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
If you want some days off, a couple of days here,
a couple of days that you got to put in
for that. But all of these are things that you want.
You want vacations, you want a day off here, and
now you want some promotions. If you want a raise,
you have to go in and request a raise. It
(04:13):
requires an action on your part on your job. And
guess what, we've all accepted this as this is the
way it's done. You want to raise, you have to
put in for a raise. You want to raise, you
got to go in and have a meeting and take
a request so you can show your value to get
to raise. You want a vacation time, you got to
put in for that. And then they got they could
tell you, yeah, your name, you want a promotion, same thing,
(04:33):
you want some days off, same thing. Okay, that's the
deal with your job. Well that's the deal with your
life too. That exact picture that I painted for you
that you're all so very much aware of that you're
very crystal clear on the rules and regulations that you
have no problem following him the same rules for your life.
What you mean by that, Steve, You got to put
in with God. You got to put in for what
(04:54):
you want with God all you. And it's as simple
as that you put in. See you want some more
of this, some more that you got to put in
with God.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
You put in with your job.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
You go down there and ask that man what you want,
and you ain't got no problem following the rules.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Well, put in with God what you want?
Speaker 1 (05:14):
What your list? What's your request? What do you really want?
How much money you really trying to make? Where you
really trying to live? What kind of career and job
would you really like to have? What kind of person
would you really like to be? What type of family
are you hoping and wishing for? Who is the person
you want in your life? What type of person do
you what's the relationship you're looking for what you want,
(05:37):
you got to put in for that.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
You got to put in. You got to go to
God and put in for that.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
See, we'll follow the rules set to us up, set
us up and set up by us in a system.
But we simple rules are putting in for your life. Man,
we don't even do that. I wish I would.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Put in for a job and not put in for God.
You gotta be kidding me.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
You think this man that has this company can has
more to offer to you in terms of vacation, promos
and raisers, Then God got for you for your life.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Man, you keep putting too much faith in man.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
That's what's wrong with us. I show hope he give
me his raise. I'll show hope.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
I don't even go to people with that. I go to.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
God about it. Then God touch them people's hearts. Then
when I walk in there, it's already done. That's how
you capture this thing, folks. It's not a magic trick.
It's just a real simple understanding. Why would you not
put in with God? If you're gonna put in on
your job, that don't make no sense. Where you get
the job from? Where your job? Where your boss get
(06:34):
his position from? Where did this company come from? So
when you peel back to but now that it all
make a lot.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Of sense, don't it? It really does. And I'm just
a common sense god. You know.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Look, I don't have the education that a lot of
people have, but I gotta show show enough bunch of
life experience. Though Oh I've been I've been getting smacked
and knocked down the majority of my life.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Oh I may look good to you. Now they look
like he got his shine going on.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
And I am grateful to God for my life that
I got now because this show ain't the one I had,
but I got news for you. It ain't the one
I thought I was gonna have until I put in
for it. I ain't see none of this until I
put in for it. And you know, as I saw
it shaping and forming, and I said, God, could that
really be happening? I wonder if you could make me this, Lord?
I was wondering, Man, could I really have a syndicated
(07:19):
radio show? Lord, I'm make it happen. If it's in
your will. I put in for it. I put in
for it. Now I'm working my tail off now because
that's a part of it.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
See. But then God tells you that too. He says,
faith without works is dead.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
I'm working my behind off, but the big thing is
I put in for it. So I got a bunch
of more stuff that I don't put in for God.
I can't tell y'all what it is, but oh Lord,
have mercy. I'm in line. I'm putting in for all
the blessings that's due me. If God's passing out of
raising blessings, I'm lined up. He passing out a promotion,
He was gonna promote some more blessings.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
I'm lined up.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
He passing out extra checks down at the job. I'm
lined up. I'm putting here, And why don't you put
into
Speaker 2 (08:02):
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