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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Come on, uh huh, I sure will come on, and
everybody you are listening to the voice, come on now,
digny or one and only Steve Harvey got a radio show.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Thank God for it all the time. Too.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Well, here we go today. I want to share something
with you that will help you because it's helped me.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
You know. I was.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Telling the story once that in this magazine called Rob Report,
that there was a statue I used to see for years.
I started buying Rob Report magazines years ago. So I
just wanted to see what affluent people did, you know,
just wanted to see what people with means did, what
(00:49):
type of investments they did, what they bought, you know,
where they traveled. To the Rob Report it's just like
a it's like a big boy toy magazine. You can
see what cars is out. No, I didn't have money
for none of it. Just I was dreaming, though, you know.
I just wanted to see. And there was a statue
inside this magazine of this man who was coming out
(01:13):
of this bronze rock. And he was completely bronzed and
he was muscular, and you know, he didn't look nothing
like me, but he was a man coming up out
of a rock and he had a huge hammer and
a chisel in his hand, and as his body from
the waist up was coming out of this huge piece
of stone, you could see where it was him who
(01:34):
had been chiseling informing himself. So the name of the
statue was self made man. And for years man, I said, Man,
I'm gonna get a big house one day, and I'm
gonna put that statue in the backyard in the corner.
That's gonna be my little spot where I go chill,
because I'm a self made man. Well, after years of
(01:55):
working at becoming somebody and having reached a degree of success,
I would have nothing to do with that statue. There's
nothing about that statue that appeals to me anymore. Because
on my journey and in my quest to become what
(02:16):
I thought would be this self made man, where I
could put this statue and had this statue in the
corner be kind of cold symbolizing it, I had made it.
I realized on my journey there's no such thing as
a self made man. That we all need help, and
that God places people in our paths along the way
(02:39):
that benefit us oftentimes, and it's the most unlikely person
often times, and it's the most unlikely way that he
presents these people.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
In front of you. It's crazy how he does it. Man.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
And so this is a statue now that I look
at and I go, I see what the creator was saying.
And that's cool, but not for me because I needed help.
And I've learned a lot of things like this along
the way. And the part I wanted to share with
you all about this is you've got to develop. You've
(03:14):
got to develop a sense of purpose. You have to
develop a sense of purpose. That's different. See, your purpose
is created for you by God. Because when he created
you as an individual. From whatever to parents you may have,
(03:34):
that's not important here. When he created you, he had
something in mind for you, and it was a purpose.
God has not created a single soul to become a criminal.
God has never created a single soul to be a
drug dealer. This came about through some decisions we made
(03:55):
as sinners, and we stayed in that place. But see
what He created us. He has a wonderful idea for us.
But God gives us human beings this thing called choice,
and we have the power to decide. So you can
decide if you're going to adhere to the purpose that
God created you and made you for. Or you can
(04:17):
go ahead and make some choices on your own. So like,
if God wanted to give you a life and give
it to come to you and give you life more abundantly,
and that's his promise. If you come to him, if
you choose him, then cool. But if you say, well
this ain't moving along fast enough, I'm gonna get my
own life of abundance, I'm gonna start slinging.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
Well, guess what now, Tada.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
You made a decision and seek God's decisions and choices.
The one thing I learned about them, God's decisions, choices,
his voice.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
It has no sin in it.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
And it amazing how many people it came up to
you and said, the Lord wanted me to do this
to you, and I'm doing it. That God is punishing you,
and I'm doing this to you because God gonna see
that you get your day.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Who is this person?
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Who is this person that God all of a sudden
gave this authority and power to God didn't get at
the nobody, man, nobody. This person only had the right
to hold you to your past, the right to make
you pay. So who makes them pay when they make
mistakes because they all make them. So when I say
you have to have a sense of you have to
(05:25):
develop a strong sense of purpose. That means you have
to strongly get in touch with your creator to find
out what the purpose you were created for. See it's
two things that I had to learn along the way.
My career was what I was paid for. My calling
is what I was made for. See, it's two different things, folks.
(05:48):
It took me a long time to learn it. Some
people think that they calling is to be a performer. Well,
that's what you paid for, and a big part of
your life is your performance. It's time directly to your gift.
But what you made for, though, what you made for,
is to bring about some significant change in another human
(06:09):
beings lives because we are all linked together in this chain.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
That's what you are here for.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
Everybody has a purpose to do something wonderful, meaningful, or
impactful for another person. You think the God that invented
the airplane was merely inventing the airplane so he could fly. Now,
his purpose was to become an inventor, to come up
with this invention.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
So he could fly and we all fly.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
See, sometimes God will make you successful so you can
become successful.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
So you can turn around to teach other people how
to become successful.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
God save people, so you can turn around it tell
other people how wonderful it is to be saved. You
see how this thing work. That's what we have to
do as people. And it's nothing that we have to
go and discover. We have to go and develop. But
if you haven't discovered your purpose, it's simply because here's it.
If you haven't discovered your purpose, it's simply because you
(07:09):
have not contacted the creator and maker of your soul
to ask and find out why you were created. It's
as simple as that. If you buy a Toyota, there's
an owner's manual on the inside that will tell you
(07:31):
everything you know, how to best operate your Toyota, how
to make it work, what to do. They got a
troubleshooting section. Your faith is the same thing as an
owner's manual in your car. Open up that book, man,
find out how to jumpstart your life, how to troubleshoot
(07:52):
it and get on with your life and find out
your purpose and develop a strong sense of purpose.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
All right, okay, here listens to Steve Harvey Morning Show
Come on, uh huh, I sure will come on, and
everybody you are listening to the voice, come on now,
digny or one and only Steve Harvey got a radio show.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Thank God for it all the time. Too.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Well, here we go today. I want to share something
with you that will help you because it's helped me.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
You know. I was.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Telling the story once that in this magazine called Rob Report,
that there was a statue I used to see for years.
I started buying Rob Report magazines years ago. So I
just wanted to see what affluent people did, you know,
just wanted to see what people with means did, what
(00:49):
type of investments they did, what they bought, you know,
where they traveled. To the Rob Report it's just like
a it's like a big boy toy magazine. You can
see what cars is out. No, I didn't have money
for none of it. Just I was dreaming, though, you know.
I just wanted to see. And there was a statue
inside this magazine of this man who was coming out
(01:13):
of this bronze rock. And he was completely bronzed and
he was muscular, and you know, he didn't look nothing
like me, but he was a man coming up out
of a rock and he had a huge hammer and
a chisel in his hand, and as his body from
the waist up was coming out of this huge piece
of stone, you could see where it was him who
(01:34):
had been chiseling informing himself. So the name of the
statue was self made man. And for years man, I said, Man,
I'm gonna get a big house one day, and I'm
gonna put that statue in the backyard in the corner.
That's gonna be my little spot where I go chill,
because I'm a self made man. Well, after years of
(01:55):
working at becoming somebody and having reached a degree of success,
I would have nothing to do with that statue. There's
nothing about that statue that appeals to me anymore. Because
on my journey and in my quest to become what
(02:16):
I thought would be this self made man, where I
could put this statue and had this statue in the
corner be kind of cold symbolizing it, I had made it.
I realized on my journey there's no such thing as
a self made man. That we all need help, and
that God places people in our paths along the way
(02:39):
that benefit us oftentimes, and it's the most unlikely person
often times, and it's the most unlikely way that he
presents these people.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
In front of you. It's crazy how he does it. Man.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
And so this is a statue now that I look
at and I go, I see what the creator was saying.
And that's cool, but not for me because I needed help.
And I've learned a lot of things like this along
the way. And the part I wanted to share with
you all about this is you've got to develop. You've
(03:14):
got to develop a sense of purpose. You have to
develop a sense of purpose. That's different. See, your purpose
is created for you by God. Because when he created
you as an individual. From whatever to parents you may have,
(03:34):
that's not important here. When he created you, he had
something in mind for you, and it was a purpose.
God has not created a single soul to become a criminal.
God has never created a single soul to be a
drug dealer. This came about through some decisions we made
(03:55):
as sinners, and we stayed in that place. But see
what He created us. He has a wonderful idea for us.
But God gives us human beings this thing called choice,
and we have the power to decide. So you can
decide if you're going to adhere to the purpose that
God created you and made you for. Or you can
(04:17):
go ahead and make some choices on your own. So like,
if God wanted to give you a life and give
it to come to you and give you life more abundantly,
and that's his promise. If you come to him, if
you choose him, then cool. But if you say, well
this ain't moving along fast enough, I'm gonna get my
own life of abundance, I'm gonna start slinging.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
Well, guess what now, Tada.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
You made a decision and seek God's decisions and choices.
The one thing I learned about them, God's decisions, choices,
his voice.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
It has no sin in it.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
And it amazing how many people it came up to
you and said, the Lord wanted me to do this
to you, and I'm doing it. That God is punishing you,
and I'm doing this to you because God gonna see
that you get your day.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Who is this person?
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Who is this person that God all of a sudden
gave this authority and power to God didn't get at
the nobody, man, nobody. This person only had the right
to hold you to your past, the right to make
you pay. So who makes them pay when they make
mistakes because they all make them. So when I say
you have to have a sense of you have to
(05:25):
develop a strong sense of purpose. That means you have
to strongly get in touch with your creator to find
out what the purpose you were created for. See it's
two things that I had to learn along the way.
My career was what I was paid for. My calling
is what I was made for. See, it's two different things, folks.
(05:48):
It took me a long time to learn it. Some
people think that they calling is to be a performer. Well,
that's what you paid for, and a big part of
your life is your performance. It's time directly to your gift.
But what you made for, though, what you made for,
is to bring about some significant change in another human
(06:09):
beings lives because we are all linked together in this chain.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
That's what you are here for.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
Everybody has a purpose to do something wonderful, meaningful, or
impactful for another person. You think the God that invented
the airplane was merely inventing the airplane so he could fly. Now,
his purpose was to become an inventor, to come up
with this invention.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
So he could fly and we all fly.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
See, sometimes God will make you successful so you can
become successful.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
So you can turn around to teach other people how
to become successful.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
God save people, so you can turn around it tell
other people how wonderful it is to be saved. You
see how this thing work. That's what we have to
do as people. And it's nothing that we have to
go and discover. We have to go and develop. But
if you haven't discovered your purpose, it's simply because here's it.
If you haven't discovered your purpose, it's simply because you
(07:09):
have not contacted the creator and maker of your soul
to ask and find out why you were created. It's
as simple as that. If you buy a Toyota, there's
an owner's manual on the inside that will tell you
(07:31):
everything you know, how to best operate your Toyota, how
to make it work, what to do. They got a
troubleshooting section. Your faith is the same thing as an
owner's manual in your car. Open up that book, man,
find out how to jumpstart your life, how to troubleshoot
(07:52):
it and get on with your life and find out
your purpose and develop a strong sense of purpose.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
All right, okay, here listens to Steve Harvey Morning Show
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