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How many of you know that God is placed in our spirit, a longing to achieve?

You know, God told Abraham, he said, Abraham, I want you to

increase, I want you to multiply, and I want you to take dominion over your land, over what I've given

you. You see, God doesn't find anything wrong with us achieving.

He doesn't mind if we rise to a noble position or a good position from our hard work.

But, see, God doesn't want us to think that that's what's going to cause us to be great in life,

that that's what's going to bring us fulfillment and happiness in life, that that's what's going to bring us

fulfillment and happiness. See, I truly believe God wants his people in strategic places,

but he wants them to do it with the right heart. You see, sometimes we get caught up in the wrong

things. Jesus was walking with his disciples one day, and a mother came up to him of two of the

disciples that were with him.

And she said, Jesus, I have a favor to ask you.

She said, Jesus, this is so important to me.

I have two sons.

And she said, I want to know if you will allow one of my sons to sit at your right hand,

and the other son to sit at your left hand when you come into your kingdom.

Now, any good mother would try to work a deal like that, right?

You can't blame her, huh?

I mean, if you could pull that off, go for it. Well, when

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