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It helps keep the 39 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 5: ministry going. 40 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 6: Enjoy the message. 41 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 4: Oh God bless you. It is all always a joy 42 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 4: to coming to your homes. 43 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 5: We love you and we're believing that this year is 44 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 5: going to be your best year so far, and we 45 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 5: just appreciate you tuning in. 46 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 4: If you're ever in our. 47 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 5: Area, I hope you'll stop by and see us. I 48 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 5: promise you we'll give you a warm welcome. These are 49 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 5: the finest people in all of Houston right here with 50 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 5: me today. 51 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 4: So come on out and be a part of one 52 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:21,359 Speaker 4: of our services. I like to get started each. 53 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 5: Week with something kind of funny, so listen to this one. 54 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 5: A young man once asked God how long a million 55 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 5: years was to him. God said, a million years to me, 56 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 5: is just like a single second in your time. Then 57 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,800 Speaker 5: he asked God what a million dollars was like to him. 58 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 5: God said, a million dollars to me, is just like 59 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 5: a single penny to you. The young man got his 60 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 5: courage up and said, God, would you please just give 61 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 5: me one penny? 62 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 4: God said, sure, just a second. All right, hold up 63 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 4: your bibles and say it like you mean it. Are 64 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 4: you ready? 65 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,839 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 66 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 67 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 68 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 5: talked the word of God. How boldly confess. My mind 69 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 70 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 5: the same. I am about to receive the incorruptible, indestructible, 71 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 5: ever living seed of the Word of God. I'll never 72 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 5: be the same, never, never, never, I'll never be the same. 73 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 5: In Jesus' name, God bless you. You sound great as usual. 74 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 5: We've been talking about the importance of staying full of 75 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 5: joy and how we need to learn to laugh and 76 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 5: have a good sense of humor. I believe that God 77 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 5: wants us to be the. 78 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 4: Happiest people around. 79 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 5: He doesn't want us to drag through life with a long, 80 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 5: sour face. Always discourage never having any joy. Now, the 81 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 5: scripture says that God wants us to live life to 82 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 5: the full till it overflows. That means we not only 83 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 5: have enough joy for ourselves, but we have so much 84 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 5: joy it spills over onto other people and everywhere we go. 85 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 5: We should infect that place with joy. And really that's 86 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 5: one of the best witnesses that we can have. You 87 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 5: don't necessarily have to preach a sermon to somebody. You 88 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 5: don't have to try to cram the scriptures down their throat. 89 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 5: Just be full of joy, have a smile on your face, 90 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 5: be fun to be around. 91 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 4: When you are consistently happy, when. 92 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:27,600 Speaker 5: You're in a good mood day in and day out, 93 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 5: people are going to recognize there's something different about you, 94 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 5: and they're going to want what you have. But understand 95 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 5: this doesn't happen automatically. It's a choice that we have 96 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 5: to make every single day because we live in a 97 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 5: society that's very uptight. People today are so stressed out, 98 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 5: they're worried, they're frustrated, they're on edge, and if we're 99 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:53,159 Speaker 5: not careful, we'll get sucked into that same mentality. 100 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 4: Where we don't have any joy. 101 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:58,160 Speaker 5: We never smile, we never laugh, we're just enduring our 102 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 5: lives instead of really enjoy in our lives. And much 103 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 5: of the sickness that's in our world today is a 104 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 5: result of stress. Much of it is a result of 105 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 5: people living all pressured and all up tight. Now I 106 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 5: read where ninety percent of all doctor's visits to a 107 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 5: primary care physician are stress related. That tells me we're 108 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 5: way too uptight. We don't laugh enough, we don't have 109 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 5: enough joy. 110 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 4: We need to. 111 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 5: Realize that it's healthy to laugh, it's healthy to have 112 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:29,039 Speaker 5: a good attitude. 113 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 4: When we laugh, it sends healing through our body. 114 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 5: Having a joyful attitude is going to keep us strong 115 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,840 Speaker 5: and healthy. But some of you have kind of forgotten 116 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 5: how to laugh, and you need to retrain yourself to 117 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 5: see the humor. You need to retrain yourself to have 118 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:48,719 Speaker 5: fun once again. Now I'm convinced if some of us 119 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 5: would laugh more, if we would just all smile more, 120 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 5: if we'd be more easy going, we would see more of. 121 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 4: God's favor in our lives. 122 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:59,479 Speaker 5: And every day we're going to have opportunities to lose 123 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 5: our joy. Somebody is rude to you at the office, 124 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,799 Speaker 5: or you can't find your car keys, or maybe your 125 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 5: child spills something on the carpet. We all have things 126 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 5: that have the ability to cause stress, but they don't 127 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:16,600 Speaker 5: necessarily have to. It's all in how we approach our life. 128 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 5: And I'm asking you to lighten up a little bit 129 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 5: and not take everything so seriously. Quit getting upset when people. 130 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:25,239 Speaker 4: Don't do what you want. 131 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 5: Quit living all frustrated because your plans didn't work out. No, 132 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 5: just relax and learn to go with the flow and 133 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:36,919 Speaker 5: to not always be fighting against something. If you don't 134 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 5: do that, it's gonna keep you all pressured on the inside. 135 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:43,039 Speaker 5: Some of you today are living with all of this 136 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 5: internal turmoil, and it's because you're trying to run the world. 137 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 5: You're not gonna be happy unless everybody in your life 138 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,480 Speaker 5: does exactly what you want, and unless all of your 139 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 5: plans work out the way you planned it. But listen, 140 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 5: until you change your approach to life, the enemy is 141 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 5: going to steal your joy day in and day out. 142 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 5: You've got to realize plans don't always work out, people 143 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,359 Speaker 5: don't always do what we want, and every day is 144 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 5: not going to go just like you scheduled it. We've 145 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 5: got to learn to just lighten up and go with 146 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 5: the flow, knowing that God is still in control and 147 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 5: he's still directing our steps. We should be easy going, 148 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 5: good natured, and learn to laugh see the humor in 149 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 5: the different situations of life. I know a while back, 150 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 5: I was at the airport and I was standing around 151 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 5: the baggage claim area waiting for our bags to come out, 152 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 5: and four or five people had come up, and we 153 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 5: had been talking while we were waiting, and one of 154 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 5: the first bags that came out was opened. The zipper 155 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 5: had been broken, and as it went around the baggage 156 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 5: carousel there, you couldn't help but notice what was in it. 157 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 5: I mean underwear and socks and pajamas, all these personal items, 158 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 5: and people kind of chuckled as it went by. Well, 159 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 5: I was standing a good ways off and I could 160 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 5: tell that the bag was open, but It wasn't until 161 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 5: it got closer to me that I realized it was 162 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 5: my bag, and. 163 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 4: I thought, man, this is embarrassing. 164 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 5: Not only is my bag all torn up, but now 165 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 5: the whole world has seen everything that's in it. And 166 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 5: I thought, do I really want to pick up my 167 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 5: bag or just let it go? But when it got 168 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 5: to me, I couldn't help it. I got my bag 169 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 5: and everybody was kidding me, kind of laughing. I mean, 170 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 5: here's my socks, my underwear hanging out. I just files, 171 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 5: at least it's all clean. 172 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 3: Do you know what. 173 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 5: There's no use getting upset about it, no use losing 174 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 5: my joy. What's done is done, and sometimes the best 175 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 5: things we can do is just laugh about it and 176 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 5: move on. Some of you today, every little thing that 177 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 5: doesn't go your way, you're allowing that to get you 178 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 5: up tight and stressed out. Man, if you get caught 179 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,719 Speaker 5: in a traffic jam, your blood pressure shoots up. If 180 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 5: you can't find your car keys in the morning, that 181 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 5: practically ruins the rest of the day. Or if somebody 182 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 5: treat you a little rude somewhere had just really sets 183 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 5: you off. But we have to realize that it's the 184 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 5: enemy trying to set us up, to get us upset. 185 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:06,960 Speaker 5: He knows just what buttons to push, he knows what's 186 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 5: going to steal your joy. I'm challenging you today to 187 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 5: not take his bait. Don't fall into that trap and 188 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 5: let him control your life. I love what Jesus said 189 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:18,200 Speaker 5: here in John fourteen twenty seven. 190 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 4: He said, stop allowing yourselves to be upset and disturbed. 191 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 5: In other words, learn to go with the flow, take 192 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 5: life as it comes, and don't always be fighting against everything. 193 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 5: After all, if we can't do anything about it, what's 194 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 5: the use in getting all upset. Our attitude should be 195 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 5: I may not like this, but I can't change it, 196 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 5: so I'm will be happy anyway. I know God is 197 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 5: still in control, He's still directing my steps, and I 198 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 5: refuse to let this adversity get me all upset. See 199 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 5: the scripture says no man can take your joy, No 200 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 5: circumstance can take your joy. That simply means you can 201 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 5: be happy if you want too, but the choice is 202 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 5: strictly up to you. And some of you are allowing 203 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 5: other people in your life to steal your joy. A 204 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 5: family member or maybe somebody you work around. They're always 205 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 5: negative and discouraged. They've always got that sad report, and 206 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 5: it seems like every time you're around them, it just 207 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 5: sucks the life and energy out of you. And you 208 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 5: feel kind of like it's your duty to cheer them up, 209 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:26,199 Speaker 5: and it's your responsibility to keep them happy. But no, 210 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 5: don't let them drag you into their pit. Of course, 211 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:31,679 Speaker 5: it's good to cheer people up, it's good to be 212 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:34,440 Speaker 5: an encourager, good to be a friend, but it is 213 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 5: not your responsibility to keep them happy. And unfortunately, I've 214 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 5: discovered that some people don't really want to be happy. 215 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 5: They like walling around in that old pit, and they'll 216 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 5: drag you down there as long as you allow it. No, 217 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:51,199 Speaker 5: don't get into the pit with them. Your attitude should 218 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 5: be If you don't want to be happy, that's fine, 219 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:55,719 Speaker 5: but you're not gonna keep me from being happy. I'm 220 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 5: gonna enjoy my life. I'm gonna live each day to 221 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 5: the forum. Friends, go I don't let other people make 222 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 5: you unhappy. If somebody cuts you off in traffic, just 223 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 5: bless them and move on. Smile at them, but just 224 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 5: learn to overlook things. Somebody's rude to you at the office, 225 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:13,559 Speaker 5: shake it off. 226 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 4: And go on. Don't let that ruin the rest of 227 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:16,720 Speaker 4: your day. 228 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 5: If you will keep yourself happy and stay full of joy, 229 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 5: then God will fight your battles for you. But too 230 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:25,960 Speaker 5: often we end up making a mountain out of a 231 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,720 Speaker 5: mold hill. We lose our joy if we have to 232 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 5: work late one night, or if we can't find something 233 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 5: at the office, or if we go by somebody and 234 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 5: they don't speak to us. We just get all bent 235 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 5: out of shape. But no, that's not worth losing. 236 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:41,200 Speaker 4: Your joy over. Don't make a big deal out of it. 237 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 5: I know couples that have almost gotten a divorce over 238 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 5: some little quirky habit. The spouse has little things they 239 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 5: allowed to irritate them day in and day out. When 240 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 5: you do that, it'll get bigger and bigger, and before 241 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:59,079 Speaker 5: long it can cause you major problems. It can cause 242 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 5: you to have resent in your heart toward that person. 243 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 5: But we have to realize, especially as couples, that God 244 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:08,560 Speaker 5: made us different on purpose, and it is not our 245 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 5: job to try to make the other person just like us. 246 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 4: I know too many. 247 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 5: Couples that are living all frustrated because they're constantly trying 248 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 5: to change the other person, and their attitude is I'm 249 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 5: going to be happy when my husband changes, or all 250 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:26,559 Speaker 5: quit being so uptight when my wife changes. But no, 251 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 5: you know, only God can change people, and why should 252 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 5: you be unhappy about something that you can't change. Let 253 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 5: God change your spouse, let God change your child, Let 254 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 5: God change your boss. And in the meantime, why don't 255 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:41,199 Speaker 5: you put a smile on your face and starting to 256 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 5: join your life. Young lady came up to me last 257 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 5: week and she was real upset. She said, Joe, my 258 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 5: boss is just not fair. It's politics at my office. 259 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 5: I'm not getting the credit and the promotions that I deserve. 260 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:55,720 Speaker 4: And she was really been out of shape about it. 261 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 4: And I told her basically what I'm telling you today. 262 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,680 Speaker 4: Don't let somebody else steal your joy. 263 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:05,320 Speaker 5: You cannot make your boss change, You can't make your 264 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 5: boss do what's right, but you can be happy right 265 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 5: where you are. You got to put your foot down 266 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 5: and say, I am sick and tired of losing my 267 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 5: joy every other day. And I don't care what my boss. 268 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:18,559 Speaker 4: Does or doesn't do. I'm not working under him. I'm 269 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:19,440 Speaker 4: working under God. 270 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 5: And so I'm gonna keep a smile on my face 271 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 5: and I'm gonna live my life happy knowing that Almighty 272 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 5: God will make it up to me. And when you 273 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 5: have that kind of attitude, not only are you gonna 274 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 5: enjoy your life more, but then God will begin to 275 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 5: fight your battles for you, and he'll make sure that 276 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 5: you get everything that you deserve. 277 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 4: But really, it's all in our approach to life. 278 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 5: And what I'm saying today is, don't wait for the 279 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 5: circumstances to. 280 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 4: Change, you change. 281 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:49,439 Speaker 5: You be the one to make a decision that you're 282 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 5: gonna get happy right where you are. I have a 283 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 5: friend of mine that he's had trouble and difficulties in 284 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:57,560 Speaker 5: his marriage for many, many years. He and his wife 285 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 5: just don't see eye to eye on certain issues. In fact, 286 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:02,680 Speaker 5: she doesn't even come to church with him, and he 287 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 5: used to really struggle with this. This would really get 288 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 5: him all down and discouraged. And I saw him the 289 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:10,959 Speaker 5: other day and ask him how everything was going, and 290 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 5: he was just very upbeat about it. He said, Joel, 291 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 5: everything's going great. I'm just really enjoying my life. And 292 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 5: I thought for sure that he and his wife had 293 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 5: worked out all those problems and things were going a 294 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 5: whole lot better, but. 295 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 4: He said, no, Joel, we still have a. 296 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 5: Lot of difficulties that we're dealing with, and she still 297 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 5: doesn't come to church with me. 298 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 4: But then he said something very interesting. 299 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 5: He said, you know what, Joel, she hasn't changed, but 300 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 5: I've changed. I don't let it bother me anymore. I 301 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 5: don't let it get me upset. And really, that's what 302 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 5: I'm talking about today. 303 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 4: Don't let other. 304 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 5: People keep you from being happy. They may not be 305 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 5: doing what you want them to do. You may have 306 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 5: somebody in your family that could irritate you night and 307 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 5: day if you let it. 308 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 4: But you need to just make a decision. 309 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 5: You're going to keep a smile on your face and 310 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 5: enjoy your life anyway. 311 00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 4: You can't change him, only God can. 312 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 5: So let God do it, and don't make a mountain 313 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 5: out of a mold hill. I've had people tell me, Joel, 314 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 5: I just can't get along with my husband. 315 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 4: He gets on my nerves. We're just incompatible. 316 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 5: And I asked him what the problem is, and it's 317 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 5: some very small. 318 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 4: Little quirky thing. I mean, he doesn't pick his clothes up, 319 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 4: or he doesn't do this, he does too much of this. 320 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 5: No, we all have little quirky things that can get 321 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 5: on other people's nerves. But in the big scope of things, 322 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 5: it doesn't even amount to hill of beans. Why don't 323 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 5: you quit making a big deal about it. I remember 324 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 5: when I was in college, there was this young man 325 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 5: in one of my classes that did something that really 326 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 5: annoyed me. He smacked his gum instead of just chewing 327 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 5: gum like normal, he would smack it to where everybody 328 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 5: around could hear. And I mean it was very loud 329 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 5: and very annoying, and it just so happened I was 330 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 5: assigned to sit right next to him, and that used to. 331 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 4: Really bug me, get on my nerves. 332 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 5: And some of the other classmates had asked him not 333 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 5: to do it, and he tried not to, but he. 334 00:15:58,480 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 4: Went right back to do it. 335 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:01,560 Speaker 5: I don't think he really he's doing it, But he 336 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 5: got to the point where I almost dreaded going to 337 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 5: that class because I know I was gonna have to 338 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 5: listen to this guy chump his gum. And one day 339 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 5: it dawned on me how I was allowing something so trivial, 340 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 5: something so insignificant, to steal my joy. And all I 341 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:20,120 Speaker 5: did was simply make a decision that I wasn't gonna 342 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 5: let it bother me anymore. 343 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 4: I knew I couldn't change him, but I could change me, 344 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 4: and so I didn't let that upset me anymore. 345 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 5: And I'm sure some of you have people in your 346 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 5: life right now that are doing little things that can 347 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 5: really get. 348 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 4: On your nerves. 349 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 5: And the truth is they may not ever change. I 350 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 5: hope they do, but even if they don't, you can 351 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 5: make a decision like I did, to not allow that 352 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 5: to steal your joy. 353 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 4: But really, it's all in how you approach your life. 354 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 5: And let me tell you, getting stuck in traffic is 355 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:53,680 Speaker 5: not worth losing your joy over having to work over 356 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 5: time one night, is not worth getting upset about not 357 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 5: being able to find the remote control, is not worth 358 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 5: ruining the rest of your Just relax and stop fighting 359 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:06,400 Speaker 5: against everything that happens to you, and don't let all 360 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:10,400 Speaker 5: that pressure build up on the inside. I remember Victoria 361 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 5: used to do something that would really get on my nerves, 362 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:15,679 Speaker 5: and for years I tried to change her. When she 363 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 5: drives on the freeway, instead of keeping her car in 364 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:22,359 Speaker 5: the center of the lane, she lines her right side 365 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 5: tires up with the right side strife in the road, 366 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:27,479 Speaker 5: and so instead of being in the middle, she's always 367 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 5: over to one side. And of course, when I ride 368 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 5: with her and she's driving, we're on the freeway, it 369 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 5: just so happens that I'm the one closest to the 370 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 5: other cars. When an eighteen wheeler would go by and 371 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 5: I could wipe his side mirror for him, I knew 372 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:44,639 Speaker 5: we were a little too close. That caused me a 373 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:48,919 Speaker 5: little concerning So for probably ten years, every time I 374 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 5: rode with her and we were on the freeway, I'd 375 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:53,560 Speaker 5: get all up tight and I'd go into my two 376 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:56,160 Speaker 5: minute speech, Victoria, please keep the car in the center 377 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 5: of the lane. 378 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,280 Speaker 4: It's too dangerous over here. On and on. She was 379 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:01,399 Speaker 4: very open. 380 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 5: She would always move She wasn't doing this on purpose. 381 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 4: I've trained her very well, but she would always move 382 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:09,680 Speaker 4: back over. 383 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:12,280 Speaker 5: But five minutes later, when she quit thinking about, she'd 384 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 5: be right back on the right side of the road. 385 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 5: And so I'd tell her again, Victoria, please go back 386 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 5: to the center. I would like to see my grandchildren see. 387 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:22,200 Speaker 4: Really, I was only. 388 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:25,119 Speaker 5: Focused on that one little quirk, and I used to 389 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 5: think it was my great calling in life to get 390 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 5: her straightened out and to make her and to mold 391 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 5: her into who I wanted her to be. But one 392 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 5: day I realized I'm not the potter. God is the potter. 393 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,919 Speaker 5: It's not my job to change her. It was like 394 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:42,680 Speaker 5: a light turned on on the inside and felt God 395 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 5: speaking to me. He said, Joel, you can get into 396 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 5: this car until you're eighty years old and try to 397 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 5: change her, but it's not going to do any good. 398 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 4: So you can either relax, just go. 399 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 5: With the flow, take life as it comes, and let 400 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:56,639 Speaker 5: her be who I made her to be, or you 401 00:18:56,640 --> 00:19:00,439 Speaker 5: can spend your life frustrated and upset trying to change her. Remember, 402 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 5: I made a decision that very day that. 403 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 4: I was just gonna leave it alone. It was not 404 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:08,240 Speaker 4: worth losing my joy over. Really, I was just. 405 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 5: Making a big deal out of something that wasn't a 406 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:14,200 Speaker 5: big deal. After all, Victoria has never had an accident before, 407 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:18,280 Speaker 5: and I've had two. She's never had a ticket and 408 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:23,200 Speaker 5: I've had a few. But thank God I have been delivered. 409 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 5: I don't try to change her anymore. I just relaxed 410 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:28,639 Speaker 5: and let her be who God has called her to be. 411 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 4: Don't make a big. 412 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 5: Deal out of something that's not a big deal. Really, 413 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 5: now when I ride with her, it just makes my 414 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 5: prayer life stronger. Well, Why don't you too make a 415 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:41,360 Speaker 5: decision that you are not going to make a big 416 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:43,440 Speaker 5: deal out of something that's really not a big deal. 417 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:46,880 Speaker 5: Why don't you not let people steal your joy? Don't 418 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:50,159 Speaker 5: let your circumstances steal your joy. The scripture says in 419 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 5: Proverbs fourteen, verse thirty that a relaxed attitude is going 420 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 5: to lengthen our life. 421 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 4: But you know, just the opposite is true. 422 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 5: When we live all up tight on the inside, all 423 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:05,399 Speaker 5: that's gonna do, medical science tells us is weaken our 424 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 5: immune system, and we're gonna be much more susceptible to 425 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 5: sickness and disease. 426 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 4: Another way you could look at it is every day. 427 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 5: We live pressured and intense, we are shortening our lives. 428 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:20,399 Speaker 5: And I'm asking you today to lighten up and not 429 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 5: let all these things, large or small, to. 430 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 4: Steal your joy. 431 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 6: Now. 432 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 5: I want us to go into this new year with 433 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,920 Speaker 5: a greater determination that we're gonna be happier than we've 434 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 5: ever been before. 435 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:32,200 Speaker 4: But some of you. 436 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 5: Are gonna have to put your foot down and make 437 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 5: some serious changes because you've gotten into a bad habit 438 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 5: where everything is so intense and pressured. Everything is just 439 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:44,200 Speaker 5: a big deal. You never laugh, you never smile. Now 440 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:46,639 Speaker 5: you're gonna have to draw that line into sand. Your 441 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 5: attitude should be I refuse to live stressed out. I 442 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:53,160 Speaker 5: am not gonna get upset when my plans don't work out. 443 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,000 Speaker 5: I'm not gonna get frustrated when people don't do what 444 00:20:56,119 --> 00:20:58,480 Speaker 5: I want them to do. No, from this day forward, 445 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:01,880 Speaker 5: I'm just gonna relax. I'm gonna take life as it comes, 446 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,639 Speaker 5: and I'm gonna start enjoying my life. And see, we 447 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:07,880 Speaker 5: got to realize God is in control. He is directing 448 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 5: our steps. When you get caught by that train, you 449 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:14,080 Speaker 5: get delayed a few minutes, Instead of getting all upset, 450 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 5: why don't you think about the fact that just maybe 451 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 5: God is sparing your life from an accident. You could 452 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:21,920 Speaker 5: turn it all around and say, Father, I thank you 453 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 5: that you're in control and that you're a protecting me 454 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 5: and you got me right where you want me. Or 455 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 5: maybe when you have to work around that person that's 456 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:32,639 Speaker 5: kind of irritable, maybe he's got a bad attitude, he 457 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,199 Speaker 5: gets on your nerves. Instead of getting all bent out 458 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:37,399 Speaker 5: of shape, why don't you think about the fact that 459 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:39,400 Speaker 5: maybe God has you there so. 460 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 4: You can be a good influence on him. Why don't 461 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 4: you just. 462 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 5: Pray, Father, help me to let my light shine, help 463 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:45,679 Speaker 5: me to make. 464 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 4: A good impact in his life. 465 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:50,879 Speaker 5: What I'm saying is, instead of always trying to change 466 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 5: everybody and change all your circumstances, why don't you just 467 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 5: relax and let God change you. Whyon't you make a 468 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,679 Speaker 5: decision that you're gonna keep a smile on your face 469 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,680 Speaker 5: and you're gonna enjoy your life no matter what comes 470 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 5: your way. Friends, staying full of joy is a powerful weapon. 471 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 5: Staying full of joy is spiritual warfare. Don't be determined 472 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:13,879 Speaker 5: that you're never gonna have any problems in life. Be 473 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 5: determined that you're gonna stay full of joy in the 474 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:19,479 Speaker 5: midst of your problems. And one reason why it's so 475 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 5: important that we keep our joy is because when difficulties 476 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:27,879 Speaker 5: and adversities come, that can be very draining. 477 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 4: Of our energy. 478 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 5: Having a child that's not doing right, a rebellious child 479 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 5: that can take a lot of your energy, Having a 480 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 5: physical sickness, a financial problem, or just dealing with somebody 481 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 5: that's irritable all the. 482 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 4: Time, that can be very draining. 483 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:44,480 Speaker 5: And if you don't have your joy, you're not gonna 484 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 5: have the strength you need to really fight the good 485 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 5: fight of faith. And so often when trouble comes and 486 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 5: things don't go our way, the very first thing we 487 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 5: do is get down and discourage God. Why is this 488 00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 5: happening to me? I just don't understand that. I can't 489 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 5: put up with this anymore. No, in the tough times 490 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 5: of life, more than ever, we got to dig our 491 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 5: heels in and make a decision that we're going. 492 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 4: To keep our joy. 493 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:10,400 Speaker 5: Because when you have your joy, you're gonna be strong, 494 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:14,160 Speaker 5: and when you're strong, all the forces of darkness. 495 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 4: Won't be able to defeat you. 496 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:17,920 Speaker 5: Now, I'm convinced some of you today you'd see your 497 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:21,240 Speaker 5: whole situation turn around if you simply get your joy back. 498 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,199 Speaker 5: I believe you'd see new victories. You'd even rise to 499 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 5: new levels if you just quit living so uptight and 500 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 5: stressed out when you say joy. You don't know what 501 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 5: I'm going through. I've got so many problems. My child 502 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:35,160 Speaker 5: won't do rioter, my health is not very good. I've 503 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:38,720 Speaker 5: got all this adversity. But really, you more than ever, 504 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 5: need to keep your joy because the joy. 505 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:44,719 Speaker 4: Is gonna help you to have the strength. The joy 506 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:46,120 Speaker 4: will help you to persevere. 507 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 5: The joy is gonna be a big part of what 508 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:50,119 Speaker 5: gets us through the difficulty. 509 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 4: And I love what Hbakuk said. They're in the Old Testament. 510 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 5: He said, although the fig tree shall not blossom and 511 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,159 Speaker 5: there be no fruit in the vine, yet will I 512 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:01,640 Speaker 5: rejoy and joy in the God. 513 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:02,240 Speaker 4: Of my salvation. 514 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 5: He was saying, in effect, nothing is going right in 515 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:09,199 Speaker 5: my life right now. My business is going down, my 516 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 5: crops have failed. But you know what, I'm not gonna 517 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:14,640 Speaker 5: let that bother me. I'm gonna stay full of joy anyway. 518 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:17,959 Speaker 5: I'm gonna live my life happy. And really, any of 519 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:20,560 Speaker 5: us can have a good attitude when everything is going 520 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 5: our way. Any of us can be happy when we're 521 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 5: on the mountaintop. But I believe God's looking for people 522 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:28,240 Speaker 5: that will stay full of joy, even in the valley, 523 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 5: even in the tough times, even in that midnight hour. 524 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:35,359 Speaker 5: And I've discovered that people that are consistently full of 525 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 5: joy are the ones that really live in victory. Don't 526 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 5: be a yo yo Christian up when your circumstances are up, 527 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 5: and all stressed out when they're down. No, David said, 528 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 5: I will bless the Lord at all times, in the 529 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:50,120 Speaker 5: good times, and in the tough times, when things are 530 00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:52,160 Speaker 5: going my way and when they're not going my way, 531 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 5: he said, his praise will. 532 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 4: Continually be in my mouth. 533 00:24:56,920 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 5: That's one of the keys to victory, consistency, always staying 534 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:03,400 Speaker 5: full of joy. And when you have one of those 535 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,159 Speaker 5: days when everything that could go wrong does, one of 536 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,640 Speaker 5: the best things you can do is just laugh. When 537 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,520 Speaker 5: you stay full of joy in the midst of your adversity, 538 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 5: Really you're giving the enemy a nervous breakdown. 539 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 4: When he hits you with his best shot. 540 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 5: He's expecting you to get all negative and sour. But 541 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 5: he doesn't know what to do with people that just 542 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:24,679 Speaker 5: shake it off and keep on keeping on. People that 543 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 5: have a smile on their face day in and day out. 544 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,360 Speaker 5: Maybe somebody's rude to you, you just shake it off 545 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:33,160 Speaker 5: and smile anyway. Or you get a bad report about 546 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:35,440 Speaker 5: your health it doesn't look good, you shake it off 547 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 5: and you've still got to spring in your steath. Or 548 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 5: you get passed over for promotion, you go through a 549 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:43,159 Speaker 5: big disappointment, but no, you just shake it off and 550 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,119 Speaker 5: you still stay in that attitude of faith. 551 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 4: Well, you say, Joel, that seems odd. 552 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 5: Are you saying we should be happy and full of 553 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:52,240 Speaker 5: joy even in the midst of our adversities. 554 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:55,200 Speaker 4: That's exactly what God tells us to do. In the 555 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:56,120 Speaker 4: Book of Job it. 556 00:25:56,119 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 5: Says at destruction and famine, you shall laugh. God is saying, 557 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 5: even in your dark times, even when everything has come 558 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:06,159 Speaker 5: against you, if you can get stay full of joy, 559 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:09,160 Speaker 5: keep a smile on your face, and even learn to laugh, 560 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:12,439 Speaker 5: then eventually that situation is going to change in your favor. 561 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:15,719 Speaker 5: Joy is one of the most powerful weapons God has 562 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:18,639 Speaker 5: given us, and that's why it's so important that we 563 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 5: not fall into that old trap of living life stressed 564 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:24,919 Speaker 5: out and upset. Remember a few years ago, I was 565 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:27,320 Speaker 5: at home working on my computer one day, and I 566 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 5: had been studying for four or five hours, and I'd 567 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:30,680 Speaker 5: made several. 568 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:31,879 Speaker 4: Pages of real good notes. 569 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:34,880 Speaker 5: But then all of a sudden, the electricity went off 570 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 5: out of the clear blue it's really sunny outside, and 571 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 5: normally I'm really good about saving my material, but for 572 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 5: some reason this day, I didn't save anything. When the 573 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 5: power came back on, I tried to find it, but 574 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:48,879 Speaker 5: I couldn't locate it, and so I called the church 575 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:52,719 Speaker 5: and they sent a technician out and he searched and searched. Finally, 576 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 5: he just said, Joy, I'm sorry, but it's just not here. 577 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:56,120 Speaker 6: Man. 578 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:57,160 Speaker 4: I was disappointed. 579 00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:59,679 Speaker 5: I thought, all this time I've wasted. I had some 580 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:01,719 Speaker 5: really good notes. How am I ever gonna come up 581 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:02,359 Speaker 5: with that again? 582 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 3: Now? 583 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 5: It's so tempted to just lose my joy and sit 584 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,360 Speaker 5: around kind of having a pity party, feeling sorry for myself. 585 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 5: But no, I made a decision right then and there 586 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 5: that I wasn't gonna let that computer still my joy. 587 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 5: Wasn't gonna let the electric company still my joy, wasn't 588 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:18,200 Speaker 5: gonna let the enemy still my joy. 589 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,240 Speaker 4: And I went back in there and sat down at 590 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:20,840 Speaker 4: my computer. 591 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:23,960 Speaker 5: My attitude was, God's gonna give me better notes. I'm 592 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:26,679 Speaker 5: gonna have a stronger annoying. God's gonna make what the 593 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 5: enemy meant for evil, He's gonna use it for my good. 594 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 5: And do you know, in less than an hour's time, 595 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:33,919 Speaker 5: I not only had more notes than before, but I 596 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 5: did have better notes than I made the first time. 597 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:39,800 Speaker 5: What am I saying today? Don't let anything take your joy, 598 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 5: Don't let the circumstances take your joy. Make a decision 599 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:46,679 Speaker 5: that you're gonna live your life happy. After all, friends, 600 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 5: we've got so much going for us. Almighty God is 601 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 5: on our side. He is guiding and directing us. His 602 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:56,359 Speaker 5: favor surrounds us like a shield. He's making our cooking 603 00:27:56,440 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 5: places straight. God says you're more than conquers. He all 604 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,679 Speaker 5: always causes you to try onuph Man, we need to 605 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:06,280 Speaker 5: shake off this old, negative, defeated mentality and let's start 606 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:09,720 Speaker 5: tapping into the joy that's on the inside. Remember, the 607 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 5: joy is what's going to give us the strength. The 608 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 5: joy is gonna help you to persevere. The joy is 609 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 5: gonna be what's gonna help you to overcome in every adversity, 610 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:22,240 Speaker 5: and a relaxed attitude is going to lengthen your life. 611 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:23,920 Speaker 4: So let me challenge you again. 612 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 5: If you'll just do your part and not fight against 613 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:29,600 Speaker 5: everything that comes against you, not live your life all 614 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 5: stressed out, then I can promise you this. 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