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But thanks so much for tuning in today and thank you again for coming out. I like to start with something funny. I heard about these three pastors that were in a boat together one day fishing and one pastor said, you know, we never get to let our hair down.

Let's each tell the area that we struggle in the most. Our greatest sin so we can pray for each other.

First pastor said, well, I hate to say this, but I've got a problem with gambling. Sometimes I sneak out at night and gamble. The second pastor said, well, I hate to say this, but I've got a problem with cheating. I hardly ever pay my taxes.

The third pastor just sat there quietly. They waited and waited. He wouldn't budge. They said, we are not leaving to you. Tell us your greatest sin. He said, all right, my greatest sin is with gossip and I can't wait to get off this boat.

Hold up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be the same in Jesus name. God bless you.

I want to talk to you today about helping others to win. I've heard it said, you will always have what you want if you will help others get what they want. If you will use your influence to help others to succeed and you take time to give them advice and you introduce them to people you know, you make a phone call and put in a good word.

I want to help others to win. You are sewing a seed for you to come up higher. I had a lady tell how her supervisor wouldn't train her on this new computer program. The company had sent this supervisor away to learn how to use it. But when she came back, she wouldn't share any of the information. She was afraid her coworker might get promoted over her so she was keeping it to herself.

But when we try to hold people back, all we're really doing is holding ourselves back. If you will live unselfish and help people get to your level, God will make sure somebody will be there to help you get to the next level.

I heard about this professional mountain climber. He was on his way to the top of the mountain. It was very cold and hard to breathe. Even some of the most experienced mountain climbers couldn't make it.

Along the way, about six hours from the top, his team encountered an incredible snow storm, a blizzard making it extremely difficult. At one point, he saw a man on the side of the trail curled up, laying there asleep.

He was basically freezing to death. He had a heartbeat, but he could barely breathe. His team looked at him and kept going. They said, if you stop and try to help him, you could lose your own life.

This man could not leave him there. He told the team to go on. He started massaging the man's arms and rubbing his legs and patting his face, trying to get him to wake up.

Miraculously, about 15 minutes later, the man came to and they walked down the mountain. He saved his life.

The doctor that examined him both said to the man that stopped to help, your arms and legs were starting to go numb. You were starting to suffer from frostbite. You wouldn't have made it much further.

But when you started massaging this man, it increased your own circulation and you probably saved your own life.

It's easy to get so caught up in our climb to the top that we're too busy to help anybody else. We think, I can't stop. Other people are going to get ahead of me.

The truth is, when we take time to help other people win, what we're really doing is helping ourselves to win.

In the scripture, the Apostle Paul would have never become who he was without a man named Barnabas. Barnabas was one of the disciples. In a sense, he had already won. He was in the inner circle.

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