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Watch very carefully because 
this. £10. 

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Note is you. 
At the beginning of the video, 

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the note was worth 10 British 
pounds. 

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Now it's been trodden on, now 
it's been swept around, and now 

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it is covered in mud. 
So how much is it worth? 

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Right now? 
It's still 10 lbs. 

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My dear precious believer, you 
might have been trodden on, you 

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might have been swept around, 
and people might even say that 

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you are trash, but you still 
haven't lost your value in God's

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eyes. 
Why? 

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Because man looks at the outward
appearance. 

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But God. 
Looks. 

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At the. 
Heart. 

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But when you and me when I was 
15, I watched a movie that left 

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a lasting impression on me. 
It was called The Pursuit of 

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Happiness, and it's based on a 
true story about a struggle of 

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one single dad called Chris 
Gardner, who is played by Will 

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Smith. 
Some of you are probably like 

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me, and you think that you've 
had a tough day. 

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But imagine this Chris's wife 
left him. 

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He could not pay his rent, so 
one night he and his young son 

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had to sleep on a bathroom 
floor. 

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So here Gardner is. 
He's got $21.00 to his name, but

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he has one opportunity to make 
something of his life. 

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He has a job interview. 
At a. 

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Prestigious stockbroker firm. 
But on the night of his 

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interview, whilst he was 
painting his apartment, he got a

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knock on the door. 
This then led him to being kept 

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overnight in an unfortunate 
situation. 

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His interview was the next day 
at 10:15 and so as you can see 

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he had no time to change his 
clothes. 

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Now hands down for me, this is 
the most powerful line in the 

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entire A movie. 
Somehow Chris Gardner managed to

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make it to the interview on 
time, but when his potential 

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employer looked down at his 
paint splattered outfit, he said

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Chris. 
What would? 

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You say if a guy walked into an 
interview without a shirt on and

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I hired him. 
Chris paused. 

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For a few moments and said he 
must have had on some really 

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nice pants. 
The interview panel let out a 

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roar of laughter and amazingly, 
Gardner was hired. 

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But what goes through your mind 
when you hear that? 

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I'll tell you what I think. 
For once, these men weren't so 

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quick to write someone off 
because of his appearance. 

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They realized that it's what's 
on the inside that counts. 

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Now I'm going to make a very 
strong statement, so you listen 

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carefully. 
It doesn't matter what the world

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says about you. 
It only matters what does. 

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God. 
Say about you in the Bible, we 

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read the most fascinating story 
of when God sent his prophet 

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Samuel to a man called Jesse's 
house to find the next king. 

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Once Samuel had looked at all 
seven of the young men lined up 

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before him, He said, I think 
it's the oldest Eliab. 

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Surely that is the Lord's 
anointed king. 

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Now to everyone else, he was the
obvious choice. 

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He looked strong, tall, with a 
royal stature. 

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But God said that's not the man.
In fact, he puts it even 

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stronger. 
He said do not look at his 

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appearance, at his physical 
stature, because I have refused 

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him. 
For the Lord does not see as man

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sees. 
The man looks at the outward 

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appearance, but the Lord looks 
at the heart. 

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Jesse at this point was a little
confused, so he called yet again

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all of his sons to pass before 
Samuel. 

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Samuel looked at one and said, 
no, that's not him. 

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He looked at another, no, that's
not him. 

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He looked at another 1/3, a 
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No, that's not him. 
None of them are him. 

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Then he said, Is that all of 
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Well, not exactly. 
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The youngest David, he's 
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watching the sheep. 
The prophet said, OK, send for 

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him. 
And so they went and got David. 

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And what did Samuel see but a 
simple Ruddy shepherd boy? 

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And the Lord said, arise, anoint
him, for this is the one. 

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I imagine in his whole life 
David had been overlooked, 

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ignored. 
But that doesn't matter because 

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men might have looked at David 
and seen a simple shepherd boy, 

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but when God looked at David, he
saw a king. 

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Here is the big question, what 
does God see when he looks at 

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you? 
You might be the last to be 

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picked in your sports team, but 
if you're washed in the blood of

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Christ, the Lord says the last 
shall be 1st and the 1st shall 

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be last. 
You might not be very strong and

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people look at you and say 
you'll never amount to anything,

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but if you're on the Lord's 
side, He will use you. 

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Why? 
Because God uses the weak things

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of this world to confound the 
mighty. 

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You might think that you're not 
pretty enough. 

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Perhaps you've. 
Even been teased about the way 

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you look. 
Well if you remember one thing, 

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remember this. 
It doesn't matter what anyone 

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says about you because you are 
beautiful to God. 

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You are made in his image. 
You might be insignificant, 

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significant, unemployed or 
boring to everyone in your town,

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but if you are a Christian, you 
have unimaginable value. 

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You are clothed in the riches of
the Lord Jesus Christ and you 

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are a son of the Most High. 
You are a daughter of the King. 

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Oh. 
My dear friend, if you read the 

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Bible from beginning to end, you
will really see that man looks 

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at the outward appearance, but 
God looks at the heart. 

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Do you remember Gideon, who was 
the least in all the clans and 

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yet God said to him, You are a 
mighty man of valor? 

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Do you remember Moses, the guy 
who struggled to speak normally 

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and God made him into one of the
world's most powerful leaders? 

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Then there was that unknown girl
from Nazareth. 

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Mary wasn't a queen. 
She wasn't a noble. 

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Woman. 
And yet. 

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God chose her to be the mother 
of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of 

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the world. 
The fact is this our Vas God, 

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who is so big that the universe 
cannot contain him, He cares 

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about the small things of the 
world. 

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He cares about small people like
you and like me. 

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What do you think when I tell? 
You that that here is this God 

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who cares about the widow's 
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He sees a huge banquet when men 
just see 5 loaves and two 

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fishes. 
He sees a Kingdom when we see 

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just a tiny mustard seed. 
And this is the God who is 

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prepared. 
To leave the 90. 9:00 to go 

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after. 
One little. 

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Sheep, is that the God you 
worship? 

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Because as encouraging as this 
message is, I am going to have 

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to change gears a little. 
If you are one of those people 

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who refuses to humble yourself 
before this great big God who 

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thinks that you are OK on your 
own and believes that you are 

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going to heaven because you are 
a good person. 

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My dear friend, if that's you, 
never forget the words of the 

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Lord Jesus Christ. 
He said no man is good. 

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Do you remember the £10 note 
that I showed you at the 

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beginning? 
This was legit money. 

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But supposing it was fake, it 
doesn't matter how clean or how 

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crisp it looks, it has zero 
value. 

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OK, now please don't 
misunderstand me when I say 

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this. 
Everyone who can hear my voice, 

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everyone in this world has 
value, has worth, has purpose 

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and meaning because God created 
you perfectly and he put you on 

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this earth for a reason. 
But when it comes to heaven's 

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economy, if you haven't come to 
the cross of the Lord Jesus 

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Christ, if you haven't asked for
your debt of sin to be 

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transferred into his account and
for His perfect track record of 

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righteousness to be transferred 
into your account, unless you've

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actually done that, the harsh 
reality is you are spiritually 

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bankrupt. 
You might go to church, you 

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might sing in the choir, you 
might look like a Christian. 

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But if you have rejected the 
Lord Jesus Christ, even though 

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your outward appearance looks 
great, God sees your heart. 

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So please, please, whoever you 
are, if you haven't asked Jesus 

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to be your Lord and Saviour, if 
you haven't asked Him to wash 

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away your sins with His very 
blood and give you eternal life 

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because He rose from the dead, 
do it now. 

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It's really not that 
complicated. 

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It's so easy that even a little 
one could do it. 

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So please tell him right now 
that you are a Sinner who needs 

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to be saved. 
You need to be saved by the Son 

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of God, and you need to ask Him 
right now to have mercy on you. 

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And if you ask Him with all 
sincerity in your heart, he will

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save you. 
OK, two quick things before we 

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part ways. 
The first thing is this. 

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For anyone concerned, my £10 
note is absolutely fine. 

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He'll tell you himself he's 
completely OK. 

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UK money has become invincible. 
Right now it's basically 

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plastic. 
And lastly, I am. 

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Really interested to know what 
do you think about this new 

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style of videos that I've been 
making. 

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All feedback is welcome and if 
you are wondering why things 

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have temporarily changed, you 
should probably click here to 

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find out the big life changing 
event that has just happened to 

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us.