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Reappreciate you and pray for God's 40 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 2: very best in your life, and God bless you. It 41 00:01:57,520 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 2: is always a joy to come into your homes in 42 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 2: twe We love you. I know God's got a great 43 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 2: plan for your life. God rewards the people that seek 44 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 2: after Him and I believe that's you. Or you wouldn't 45 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 2: be tuning in today. You guys wouldn't be here today. 46 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 2: If you're ever in our area, come out and see 47 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 2: us I promise you we'll make you feel right at home, 48 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 2: but we'd love to have you be a part of 49 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 2: one of our services. I like to get started each 50 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:21,360 Speaker 2: week with something kind of funny. And I heard about 51 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 2: this minister. He noticed a dead mule on the church grounds, 52 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:27,359 Speaker 2: and so he called the health department and they said 53 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,920 Speaker 2: they couldn't pick it up without authorization from the mayor. Well, 54 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 2: this mayor was known to be rude and hard to 55 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 2: get along with, and when the minister called, he didn't disappoint. 56 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,799 Speaker 2: He began to rent and rave, and finally he said, 57 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 2: why are you even bothering me? Isn't it your job 58 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 2: to bury the dead? The minister asked God to give 59 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:47,639 Speaker 2: him the right response. He said, yes, Mayor, it is 60 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 2: my job to bury the dead, but I always like 61 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:55,399 Speaker 2: to notify the next of ken. First, all right, hold 62 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,239 Speaker 2: up your bibles. Say it like you mean it. This 63 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:00,920 Speaker 2: is my Bible. I am what it says. 64 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 5: I am. 65 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 66 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 67 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 68 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 69 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 2: the same in Jesus' name, God bless you. We've been 70 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 2: talking about developing a habit of happiness and how important 71 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 2: it is that we train our mind to see the good. 72 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 2: This doesn't happen automatically. We have to discipline ourselves to 73 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 2: focus on the positive. Many people don't realize the reason 74 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 2: they're not happy, the reason they're not enjoying their life, 75 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 2: is simply because they've trained their mind to worry. They've 76 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 2: trained their mind to complain, they've trained their mind to 77 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 2: see the negative. But just as we can form these 78 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 2: negative mindsets, we can form positive mindsets. And one of 79 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 2: the main keys to developing this habit of happiness is 80 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 2: we have to learn how to stay great. We have 81 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 2: to learn to focus on what's right rather than what's wrong. Now, understand, 82 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 2: the seeds of discouragement cannot take root in a grateful heart. 83 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 2: If you're not happy today, if you're down, or when 84 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 2: you're tempted to get discouraged, the quickest way out of 85 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 2: that is to stop focusing on what you don't have 86 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 2: and start thanking God for what you do have. Find 87 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 2: some reason to be grateful. Being grateful will lift you 88 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:32,719 Speaker 2: out of depression and discouragement. Being grateful can help turn 89 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 2: a relationship around. It can save a marriage. It's amazing 90 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:41,160 Speaker 2: what happens when we stop focusing on somebody's faults and 91 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 2: we stop complaining about what they're doing wrong, and instead 92 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 2: we start seeing the good. We start showing appreciation, being 93 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 2: grateful at the office, expressing gratitude to your employer, to 94 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 2: your supervisor. That can help save your job during a 95 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:58,840 Speaker 2: time of layoffs. That can help you get a promotion. 96 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 2: Like to be around grateful people. They're drawn to people 97 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,599 Speaker 2: that are appreciative and thankful. And when we get up 98 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 2: in the morning, before we read the newspaper, before we 99 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 2: turn on the TV, before we think about our problems, 100 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 2: the first thing we should do is thank God that 101 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 2: we're alive, thank God that we're healthy, thank God for 102 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 2: our job, thank God for our friends and our family. 103 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 2: We need to start the day off in a grateful attitude. 104 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 2: I've found you cannot go through the day negative and 105 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 2: depressed as long as you have a spirit of thanksgiving 106 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 2: in your heart. Well, Joel, I do that, but I 107 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 2: got this old rattle trap of a car, barely has 108 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 2: air condition, it's hot outside. No, be grateful for what 109 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 2: you do have. Some people would love to have your car. Well, 110 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 2: if I had more money, I'm sure i'd be happy. Joel. 111 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 2: Now you get to change your perspective. You may not 112 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 2: have all the money you would like, but you do 113 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 2: have your health. Let me tell you that's worth a 114 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 2: whole lot. I was reading about this gentleman, one of 115 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:01,280 Speaker 2: the wealthiest men in the United States, over a billion dollars, 116 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 2: had more money than any of us could spend. But 117 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 2: the problem was he didn't have his health, and he 118 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,480 Speaker 2: spent years going from hospital to hospital trying all this 119 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:13,840 Speaker 2: different kind of treatment. Do you know how much he 120 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 2: would have given to be well and healthy. Like most 121 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 2: of us today, he would have given it all. You 122 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,160 Speaker 2: may not have everything you would like, but keep it 123 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 2: in perspective. If you have your health, you're extremely wealthy. 124 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 2: If you can walk, you can talk, you can think, 125 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 2: you can see, you have something that a billion dollars 126 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 2: couldn't even buy. Don't take for granted the fact that 127 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:36,839 Speaker 2: you were able to get out of bed this morning 128 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 2: without any assistance. When you opened your eyes, you were 129 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 2: able to see. When you told your legs to walk, 130 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 2: they obeyed. When you went to the kitchen, you had 131 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 2: food to eat. Some of you had too much of it. 132 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 2: Don't take your health for granted. Be grateful that you 133 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:58,720 Speaker 2: can breathe without any problem. I walked by somebody the 134 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 2: other day that had real bad asthma. They were hooked 135 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 2: up to oxygen and they were struggling to breathe. And 136 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 2: after we prayed for them, I went back to my 137 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:08,600 Speaker 2: seat and I just said, Father, thank you that I 138 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 2: can breathe. Think you that my lungs are clear, thinking 139 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 2: that I'm strong and healthy. You see somebody out here 140 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 2: living on the street, somebody homeless, pray for them, and 141 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 2: then learn to say, Father, thank you that I have 142 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 2: a home. You see somebody in a wheelchair, bless them, 143 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 2: Then say Father, thank you that I'm able to walk. 144 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 2: You may be in a wheelchair. You may not be 145 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 2: able to walk, but you can thank God that you 146 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 2: can see. You may not have legs, but you can. 147 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 2: Thank God you have arms. Find some reason to be grateful. 148 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 2: If you have a hard time tonight getting to sleep, 149 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 2: Instead of just lying there frustrated in your bed, think 150 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 2: about the people that don't even have a bed. If 151 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 2: you get stuck in traffic tomorrow, instead of getting upset, 152 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 2: think about the people that don't have a car, or 153 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 2: maybe you have a tough day at the office next week. 154 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 2: Instead of letting it ruin the rest of your week, 155 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 2: think about the people that don't even have a job. Well, Joel, 156 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 2: I had to park three blocks away just to come 157 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 2: to church today. I prayed for favor. It never works 158 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 2: for me. Now, instead of getting sour, you know what 159 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 2: you should do With every step you take. You should 160 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 2: say Father, thank you that I'm able to walk, thank 161 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 2: you that I'm strong, thank you that I'm healthy. Instead 162 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 2: of complaining that your hair is turning gray, you should 163 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 2: be grateful that it's not turning loose. Some of it's 164 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 2: too late, or maybe somebody's rude to you. They're spiteful, jealous, angry. Well, 165 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 2: just remember it could be worse. You could be then. 166 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:40,719 Speaker 2: And sometimes the only way to be grateful is to 167 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 2: just say thank God. I'm not like you. Just don't 168 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:48,199 Speaker 2: do it to their face. But we can all find 169 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 2: some reason to give thanks, and being grateful is the 170 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 2: key to living a happy life. Our circumstances are up 171 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 2: and down. People don't always do what's right, Disappointments come. 172 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 2: This is just a part of life. But if we 173 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 2: can train our minds to see the good and always 174 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 2: find some reason to be grateful. Then we're gonna live 175 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 2: life happy. We're gonna enjoy our lives. A couple of 176 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:13,679 Speaker 2: weeks ago, we had one of our teenagers here at 177 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 2: the church killed in an automobile accident. It's very sad, 178 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 2: but I love that his parents' attitude. They stood right 179 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 2: here at the altar and they said, Joel, we just 180 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:26,200 Speaker 2: want to thank God that we had him as long 181 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:29,679 Speaker 2: as we did. And I thought, man, that's a mature attitude, 182 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 2: because a lot of people in that situation they get negative, 183 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:35,680 Speaker 2: they get bitter, they blame God, they drop out of church. 184 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 2: But not these parents. They found something to be grateful for. 185 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 2: The Scripture tells us in First Thessalonians it says in everything, 186 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:51,199 Speaker 2: give thanks. Notice it doesn't say to give thanks for everything. 187 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 2: It says in everything. In other words, God, in spite 188 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 2: of what's happened, I'm gonna choose to be grateful. I'm 189 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 2: not gonna focus on what's I'm going to find something 190 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:05,080 Speaker 2: positive in my life. I may be sick, but Father, 191 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:06,839 Speaker 2: I just want to thank you today for giving me 192 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 2: a great family. I may be struggling in my marriage, 193 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 2: for God, thank you for giving me a good job. 194 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 2: I may not have gotten the position I wanted for God, 195 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 2: I want to thank you that I was able to 196 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 2: see another sunrise, that I could hear the birds singing 197 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 2: this morning, that I could smell the flowers. See, we 198 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 2: all have difficult situations, but we have to discipline ourselves 199 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 2: to not stay focused on the negative. That's where our 200 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:32,079 Speaker 2: mind naturally wants to go. I was talking to a 201 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 2: young lady the other day. She was very down and discouraged. 202 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:39,680 Speaker 2: She'd gone through a troubling relationship. She said, Jeel, nothing's 203 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:42,199 Speaker 2: going right in my life. And she explained how the 204 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 2: last two years she's just been so depressed. And I 205 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:47,679 Speaker 2: told her what I'm telling you today. You got to 206 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 2: change your focus. I said, look at you. You're beautiful, 207 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:54,079 Speaker 2: you've got a great personality, you've got family that loves you, 208 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 2: you're healthy, and yet you're allowing this one circumstance, this 209 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:01,320 Speaker 2: one person, to steal your joy week after week, month 210 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:05,079 Speaker 2: after month. The fact is there are some things in 211 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,439 Speaker 2: life that we cannot change. We can't change people, we 212 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 2: can't make them do what's right. And if you're constantly trying, 213 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 2: that's only going to frustrate you. You've got to turn 214 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,320 Speaker 2: the situation over to God. Do your part and then 215 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 2: trust God to do his part. But don't allow that 216 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 2: to keep stealing your joy. And I know in my 217 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:26,439 Speaker 2: own life, when I'm tempted to get down, tended to 218 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 2: get discouraged, I've learned Number one, I've got to get 219 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:32,559 Speaker 2: my mind off of my own problems. I got to 220 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 2: quit focusing on what's wrong in my life and what 221 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 2: I don't have. And number two, I've got to find 222 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 2: some reason to be grateful. I've got to look at 223 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 2: what's right rather than what's wrong. A lot of times 224 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 2: I'll go find my children and I'll think, look at them. 225 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 2: They're strong, They're healthy, they're enthusiastic, they're beautiful. That helps 226 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 2: to keep it all in perspective. We have to realize 227 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 2: that every day is a gift from God. Once this 228 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:00,719 Speaker 2: day is gone, we can if we get it back. 229 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 2: How are you going to choose to live it happy, grateful, enthusiastic, 230 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,439 Speaker 2: or are you going to go through the day negative discourage, 231 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 2: focused on your problems, what you don't have, and who 232 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 2: hurts you. Now, get away from that junk and find 233 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 2: some reason to be grateful. And too often we're not 234 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:24,679 Speaker 2: grateful for something until it's almost taken away, and then 235 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:26,679 Speaker 2: when we get it back, we have a new appreciation 236 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 2: for it. It changes our perspective. Now, I was reading 237 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 2: about this young man. He was a star running back 238 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 2: on his high school football team. He'd broken all these records, 239 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:40,200 Speaker 2: been recruited by the major colleges. His future looked very bright. 240 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 2: But one day he started complaining about some pain in 241 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:46,599 Speaker 2: his right knee. After he went to the doctor and 242 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 2: had several weeks of test, they gave him some very 243 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:54,199 Speaker 2: discouraging news. He had something called osteo sarcoma, and the 244 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:56,960 Speaker 2: surgeon said, this is really one of the worst kinds 245 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 2: of cancer. It's eating into your bones and if we 246 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:03,320 Speaker 2: don't remove your leg, it's going to spread throughout your 247 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:05,719 Speaker 2: whole body and it'll kill you. And of course this 248 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 2: young man was devastated. His dream was to play in 249 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:12,439 Speaker 2: the NFL, and how that was shattered and he just 250 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 2: sunk into that dark hold of depression like so many 251 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker 2: people do. But long story short, they did the operation. 252 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:22,960 Speaker 2: When the surgeons got in there, they realized it wasn't 253 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:26,199 Speaker 2: what they thought. It was just an unusual bone cyst 254 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 2: and they were able to remove it and spare his leg. 255 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,480 Speaker 2: And when he woke up from that operation and he 256 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:34,840 Speaker 2: got the good news that his leg was still there 257 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 2: and he was going to be able to play ball 258 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 2: and still be strong and healthy, he wept and wept 259 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 2: and wept, just like a little baby. You know what 260 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 2: he does every morning now when he gets up, he's 261 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 2: just a teenager. First thing he does, Thank you Lord 262 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 2: from my legs. Thank you Lord that I can run, 263 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 2: Thank you Lord that I'm healthy, Thank you Lord that 264 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 2: I'm strong. He has a whole new perspective. And I'm 265 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 2: asking us today to not let something have to be 266 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:05,319 Speaker 2: taken away or almost taken away before we really appreciate 267 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 2: what we have. Don't take your health for granted, don't 268 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 2: take your job for granted. And let's make sure that 269 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:16,079 Speaker 2: we don't take the people in our lives for granted. Husbands, 270 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 2: don't take your wife for granted. Recognize that lady is 271 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 2: a gift that God has given you. Quit being critical, 272 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 2: quit finding fault and complaining about what she's doing wrong, 273 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 2: and start being grateful that you have somebody in your 274 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 2: life to love. Start focusing on what she's doing right 275 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 2: rather than what she's doing wrong. Let's learn to overlook 276 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 2: some things. Let's realize that every person has weaknesses. I 277 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 2: heard somebody put it like this. When you're tempted to 278 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 2: be critical of your wife's faults, just remember it was 279 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 2: those very faults that kept her from getting a better husband. 280 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,600 Speaker 2: But the fact is we all have room to improve. 281 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 2: Let's focus on the good, says Verbs eighteen twenty two. 282 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 2: He who finds a wife finds favor from the Lord. Men, 283 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 2: you need to realize your wife is bringing you favor 284 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 2: from the Lord. Victoria never lets me forget that. She'll 285 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 2: go through the house and listen, Joel, when you got me, 286 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 2: you got favor, and I think, yeah, I got a 287 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 2: whole lot of other things. Women all good, but be 288 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 2: grateful for their personality, be grateful for their gifts and talents, 289 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 2: and let's give each other room to not be perfect husbands. 290 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 2: Your wife may not be the greatest cook, but at 291 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 2: least you can be grateful that she keeps a fresh 292 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 2: supply of rolaids up in the cabinet. Eat the food 293 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 2: and pray that it will digest. Listen, ladies, the scripture 294 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 2: says in one Peter that you are to enjoy your husband. 295 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:52,080 Speaker 2: It does not say that you are to remodel that man. 296 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 2: It doesn't say that you're to try to change him 297 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 2: and try to make him fit into your little mold. 298 00:15:57,680 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 2: Now let him be who God made him to be, 299 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 2: and learn to enjoy him. He may have weaknesses, he 300 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 2: may do things that you don't particularly care for, but 301 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 2: don't focus on that. Focus on his good qualities. And 302 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 2: you should never compare your husband to somebody else's husband. Well, 303 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 2: my husband never brings me flowers like Susie's husband. They 304 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 2: go out on a candlelight dinner every weekend. Don't know 305 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 2: what's wrong with my husband. Now quit comparing your husband 306 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 2: to Romeo over there, and just be grateful for the 307 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 2: man that God has given you. Too many people today 308 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 2: are just enduring their marriage. They let these little things 309 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 2: build up, they get resentful, and before long they're hard 310 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 2: to get along with. They're at odds, they're arguing, they're fighting. No, 311 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 2: change your perspective. I challenge you to find something good, 312 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 2: one great quality about your husband or wife, and then 313 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 2: begin to magnify it. Your husband may not be the 314 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 2: most romantic man, he may not be the best communicator, 315 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 2: but maybe he is a hard worker. Maybe he provides 316 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 2: a great living, you never have to think about paying 317 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:06,399 Speaker 2: the bills. Why don't you start telling him, hey, I 318 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:09,639 Speaker 2: appreciate you being such a great provider for our family. 319 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 2: If you will magnify the good, not only will you 320 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 2: be happier, but you'll see that man come up higher 321 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:20,639 Speaker 2: in other areas. Maybe you're here today and your husband 322 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 2: doesn't come to church with you. You've tried and tried, 323 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 2: but he's just not interested. Well, don't nag him, don't 324 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 2: try to beg him into coming, don't just love the man. 325 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 2: I see too many ladies they're trying to shove the 326 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 2: scripture down their husband's throat. They're always preaching in the sermon, 327 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 2: telling him what he's doing wrong. But really, I believe 328 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:43,399 Speaker 2: a better approach is to just be your husband's best friend. 329 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 2: Just be fun to be around, just love him. That's 330 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 2: going to draw him in quicker than any of that 331 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:51,639 Speaker 2: other And as I said, you can't change him. You 332 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 2: just pray for him, You be a good example, and 333 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:57,120 Speaker 2: let God do the rest. But don't use the excuse. Well, 334 00:17:57,119 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 2: I don't have to treat my husband good. Joey, he 335 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 2: doesn't come to church, he's not as spiritual as me. 336 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 2: You know, we all have a responsibility to treat our 337 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 2: spouse with respect and honor. Don't take that person for granted. 338 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:14,640 Speaker 2: We need to realize life is very short. That other 339 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 2: person may not always be here. Have you told your 340 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 2: spouse you love them lately? Have you hugged that man? 341 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:22,879 Speaker 2: Have you kissed that woman? 342 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 6: Oh? 343 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:25,719 Speaker 2: No, Joe, we're at odds. We're mad at each other. 344 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 2: We're arguing. He did this, she did that. Let me 345 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 2: ask you, if you found out you only had a 346 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 2: couple weeks to live, how long would you stay upset? 347 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:36,920 Speaker 2: Better yet, if you found out that other person was 348 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 2: only going to be here another month or two, how 349 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:42,360 Speaker 2: would you treat them? We need to learn to live 350 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 2: each day as if it could be our last. And 351 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 2: David said here in Psalm ninety, verse twelve, God teach 352 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 2: us to number our days. He was saying, God, help 353 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 2: me to remember that every day is a gift from 354 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:59,119 Speaker 2: you when I get up in the morning. Help me 355 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:01,400 Speaker 2: to realize that but I may not always be here. 356 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 2: Help me to be kind to the people in my life. 357 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:07,159 Speaker 2: Help me to focus on the good. Help me to 358 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:10,399 Speaker 2: not take things for granted. I heard somebody put it 359 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 2: like this, we forget how fragile life really is. We 360 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 2: wait for Thanksgiving to give thanks, We wait for Christmas 361 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 2: to give gifts. We wait for Valentine's Day to express 362 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:25,920 Speaker 2: love to the people that we hold dear. We say 363 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 2: to ourselves, today is just an ordinary day, and we wait. 364 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:34,959 Speaker 2: And while we wait, the clock ticks, precious moments pass by. 365 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:38,879 Speaker 2: But in reality, there is no such thing as an 366 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 2: ordinary day. Every day is a gift. It's unique and irreplaceable. 367 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 2: It's ours can be used or misused, invested or wasted. 368 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:53,639 Speaker 2: God teach us to number our days. What are you 369 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:56,679 Speaker 2: focused on today? What's right or what's wrong? Is there 370 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:59,399 Speaker 2: peace in your home, peace in your life? Are you 371 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:03,640 Speaker 2: happy at rest? Enjoy and life. We need to realize 372 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 2: this day is a special day. It's not an ordinary day. 373 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:13,240 Speaker 2: It's unique, it's irreplaceable. The Scripture tells us to make 374 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:16,159 Speaker 2: the most of every day. We need to learn to 375 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 2: live like it could be our last. Growing up, we 376 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 2: knew this older couple. They were very fine people, and 377 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:27,399 Speaker 2: the lady especially was very loving, caring, fun to be around. 378 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 2: In fact, I never saw her where she did not 379 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 2: have a smile on her face. She was always encouraging somebody. 380 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 2: People loved her, especially the young people. But late last fall, 381 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 2: she went home to be with the Lord. At her funeral, 382 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 2: the husband said something interesting about fifteen years ago he 383 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 2: had a heart attack. She came to the hospital. She said, honey, 384 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 2: this just shows us how fragile life really is. You 385 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:54,159 Speaker 2: could have been gone, This could have been it. But 386 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:56,400 Speaker 2: she said, from now on, I want us to start 387 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:59,919 Speaker 2: doing something special. Every night before we go to bed. 388 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:04,359 Speaker 2: I want us to kiss seven times, just to show 389 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:06,440 Speaker 2: how much we love each other, just to show that 390 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 2: we're not taking each other for granted. She came up 391 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 2: with that number seven, and so for these last fifteen 392 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 2: to twenty years, way up into their eighties, they never 393 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 2: went to bed without first kissing seven times. Well, one 394 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 2: day last fall she got up just like normal, happy, loving, peaceful. 395 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:26,959 Speaker 2: She was walking to a doctor's appointment, accidentally fell hit 396 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,480 Speaker 2: her head on the concrete, her brain hemorrhage, and she 397 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:31,680 Speaker 2: went to be with the Lord. But what I love 398 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 2: about the way this lady lived is she lived every 399 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 2: day like it could be her last. She went to 400 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 2: be with the Lord on Tuesday, but Monday night she 401 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:44,399 Speaker 2: kissed her husband seven times. Monday night, she told her 402 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:48,000 Speaker 2: husband how much she loved him. She didn't live in regrets. 403 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 2: She wasn't too busy, she wasn't too lazy, she wasn't upset. 404 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 2: She made every day a special day. She realized there's 405 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:59,919 Speaker 2: no such thing as an ordinary day. The last day 406 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:03,840 Speaker 2: of her life, she lived at loving, caring, at peace, 407 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 2: enjoying it. That's the way I want to live. Friends. 408 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 2: You never know how long we're going to be here. 409 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 2: This day is a gift. It's a special day. It's 410 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 2: not ordinary. Make the most of it. Don't go through 411 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 2: it complaining, negative, holding a grudge. When Joel they did 412 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 2: me wrong, I'm not speaking to them. No, be the 413 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:28,239 Speaker 2: bigger person. They may be at fault, but swallow your 414 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:31,400 Speaker 2: pride and make things right. Do you know how many 415 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 2: people live in regrets today? How many times have I 416 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 2: heard people say, if I could just tell them how 417 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:42,560 Speaker 2: much I really loved them, if I only had another chance, Friends, 418 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:46,439 Speaker 2: life is very fragile. We have to number our days. 419 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:48,879 Speaker 2: We have to realize people are not going to be 420 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 2: here forever. Have you told your parents you love them lately? 421 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 2: Have you told your spouse, your children how great it 422 00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 2: is to have them in your life. Do it often. 423 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:03,639 Speaker 2: Every day is a special day. And I know sometimes 424 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 2: when we face difficulties, it's hard to stay grateful, it's 425 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 2: hard to stay positive. But you know, the alternative is 426 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:12,680 Speaker 2: to come to the end of our lives and have 427 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 2: to say, you know what, I spent most of my 428 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:19,160 Speaker 2: life negative, depressed, discouraged. No, let's develop some of these 429 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:22,920 Speaker 2: new mindsets and things may not be perfect in your life, 430 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,400 Speaker 2: but the fact is, this is the day the Lord 431 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,920 Speaker 2: has made. You are not on planet Earth by accident. 432 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 2: There is nothing that you are going through that God 433 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:36,239 Speaker 2: is not aware of. There is no situation in your 434 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:39,960 Speaker 2: life that's too difficult for him. But God works where 435 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:42,439 Speaker 2: there's an attitude of faith. You've got to give him 436 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 2: something to work with. Be grateful, stay at peace, and 437 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:49,640 Speaker 2: no matter what comes against you, learn to find the good. 438 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:52,359 Speaker 2: I was reading about a man by the name of 439 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 2: Bill Bright. He was a founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, 440 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:59,920 Speaker 2: a very fine gentleman, a well respected leader. But towards 441 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 2: the end of his life he developed an incurable lung disease. 442 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 2: Was very painful. There was nothing that they could treat 443 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:09,159 Speaker 2: it with. Was eating away the lining of his lungs 444 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 2: and it got so bad that he became bedridden. He 445 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 2: couldn't go out anymore. And here he had spent the 446 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 2: last sixty or so years traveling all over the world, 447 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 2: doing so much good, and when it came down to 448 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 2: the end, it seemed kind of anti climactic, kind of unfair. 449 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:27,120 Speaker 2: And just a few days before he died, a friend 450 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:29,920 Speaker 2: of mine went to visit him and he said, doctor Bright, 451 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 2: I'm so sorry to see you in this condition. I'm 452 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 2: so sorry to see you suffering. He said, no, no, 453 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:40,160 Speaker 2: I'm not suffering. I'm in an air conditioned room. I'm 454 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:43,119 Speaker 2: in a comfortable bed. I've got my family around me, 455 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 2: I've got the best medical care in the world. See. 456 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:51,640 Speaker 2: A lot of people in that situation would have been complaining, negative, discouraged, 457 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:55,399 Speaker 2: but he chose to be grateful. He chose to focus 458 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:59,400 Speaker 2: on the positive. He realized every day was a special day, 459 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,359 Speaker 2: and his attitude was as long as I'm breathing that, 460 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,440 Speaker 2: I'm going to enjoy this day. That's the attitude we 461 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 2: need to have. I think about our friend Freddie Lamb 462 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:12,680 Speaker 2: here on the front road. A few years ago. He 463 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 2: lost his legs in an accident. He was out on 464 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 2: the freeway changing a flat tire and a drunk driver 465 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:21,359 Speaker 2: came along and ran into him, crushed browth of his 466 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,440 Speaker 2: legs right underneath the knee. They had to be amputated. 467 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 2: A few days after the accident, my parents went up 468 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:29,719 Speaker 2: to the hospital thinking that they were going to cheer 469 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,639 Speaker 2: him up and encourage him. But they got there. You 470 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:35,119 Speaker 2: gotta know, Freddy, he had a big smile on his face. 471 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 2: He said, Hey, don't feel sorry for me. I know 472 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:41,439 Speaker 2: I'm not a victim. I'm a victor, he said. Pastor, 473 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 2: he said, in effect, Pastor, I may have lost my legs, 474 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:47,879 Speaker 2: but I haven't lost my joy. I know. If it 475 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:50,160 Speaker 2: was not for the grace of God, I wouldn't even 476 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:53,639 Speaker 2: be here today. And some of you today you're sitting 477 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:57,159 Speaker 2: around in self pity, focused on what you've lost. But 478 00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:59,920 Speaker 2: you need to do like Freddie and start thinking God 479 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 2: for what you have left over. You may have lost 480 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:05,160 Speaker 2: a lot, but if God had not shown up, if 481 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 2: God had not intervened, you could have lost it all. 482 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:10,360 Speaker 2: Why don't you shake off that self pity, shake off 483 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:15,440 Speaker 2: the discouragement, find some reason to be grateful. And really 484 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 2: it's all in how we choose to see it. I 485 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,440 Speaker 2: heard a story about these two men that were in 486 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,880 Speaker 2: the hospital that were sharing a room together, and every 487 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 2: day the man closest to the window would tell his 488 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 2: friend what he saw outside. He would describe it in 489 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 2: great detail, things like today, I see a beautiful sunrise, 490 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:38,160 Speaker 2: the kids are out there playing, the trees are blooming, 491 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 2: on and on and every day this friend, who was 492 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,440 Speaker 2: not able to get out of bed, couldn't wait to 493 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 2: hear what he saw outside. It was the highlight of 494 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 2: his day. One time he told how he saw a 495 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:55,680 Speaker 2: parade coming by marching band, kids and people playing, just celebrating, 496 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 2: having such a good time. This went on for several weeks, 497 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 2: but one day this mayant and died went to be 498 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:03,840 Speaker 2: with the lord, and his friend asked the nurse if 499 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:06,359 Speaker 2: he could have the bed by the window so he 500 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 2: could see all these great scenes, and so she moved 501 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:11,480 Speaker 2: him over there. But when he looked out the window, 502 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:14,119 Speaker 2: much to his surprise, all he could see was a 503 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:17,200 Speaker 2: brick wall. Ten or fifteen feet away was the other 504 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 2: wing of the hospital. He called the nurse back in 505 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:22,879 Speaker 2: and said, hey, wait a minute, what's going on. My 506 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,200 Speaker 2: friend has described all these beautiful scenes for several weeks, 507 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:29,760 Speaker 2: and I can't see anything. The nurse smiled and said, Sir, 508 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:33,840 Speaker 2: didn't you realize your friend was blind? He was seeing 509 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 2: it all on the inside. Now I believe in the 510 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 2: same way, no matter what life deals us, we have 511 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 2: the right attitude, we can find the good. If we 512 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:47,320 Speaker 2: have the right attitude, we can see the sunshine even 513 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 2: when it's cloudy. We can stay full of joy even 514 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:53,000 Speaker 2: when things don't go our way. And my prayer is 515 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:55,800 Speaker 2: that God would give us a spirit of gratitude, that 516 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 2: we'd always focus on the good, that we wouldn't take 517 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 2: things for granted. We would treat each day as unique 518 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:06,639 Speaker 2: and irreplaceable. Friends. Life is fragile, This day is a gift. 519 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:10,080 Speaker 2: Make the most of it. Don't take people for granted, 520 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 2: don't go around focused on what's wrong. Find some reason 521 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:18,400 Speaker 2: to be grateful. Remember the seeds of discouragement cannot take 522 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:21,280 Speaker 2: root in a grateful heart. If you'll get up every 523 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 2: morning and thank God for that day, and then go 524 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:27,879 Speaker 2: through the day in that grateful lattitude, always focused on 525 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,800 Speaker 2: the good. And I can promise you this, you'll be happier, 526 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:33,879 Speaker 2: you'll rise higher, and you'll live that life of victory 527 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:36,639 Speaker 2: that God has in store. Amen. Do you receive it today? 528 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:39,600 Speaker 2: I know you do, and we've never like to propose 529 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:43,080 Speaker 2: our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus 530 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 2: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me, say, 531 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 2: Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 532 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 2: I make you my Lord and savior. 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