1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for listening to the podcast today. Want 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:05,800 Speaker 1: you to know that Victoria and I are praying for 3 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: you and your family this summer and just asking God 4 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: to bring you more peace and joy and victory than 5 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: you've ever seen before. Know that God's for you has 6 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:16,279 Speaker 1: got you in the palm of his hand. And I 7 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: hope you enjoyed the message today. Well, God bless you. 8 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: It is always a joy to coming to your homes. 9 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:25,439 Speaker 1: We love you and we know God has great things 10 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: in store for you. He rewards the people that seek 11 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: after him. I know that you or you wouldn't be 12 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: watching or you wouldn't have come today, but thanks for 13 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: coming out. If you're ever in our year area, stop 14 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:35,839 Speaker 1: buying and see us. I promise you it will make 15 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 1: you feel right at home. I like to start with 16 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 1: something funny each week, and I heard about this blonde lady. 17 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 1: She was trying to get to sleep one night, but 18 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 1: her next door neighbor's dogs were barking so loud she couldn't. 19 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: She finally had had enough. She got up and told 20 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 1: her husband she's going to go do something about it. 21 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: She came back a few minutes later, and the dogs 22 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: were barking louder than ever. He said, what did you do? 23 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: She said, I at the dogs in our backyard. Let's 24 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: just see how they like it. All right, hold it up, 25 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 26 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what 27 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 28 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 29 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 30 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 31 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 32 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 1: about the healing power of laughter. A lot of the 33 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: sickness in our world is simply because we don't have 34 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: the joy that we should. When we live uptight and 35 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 1: on edge, causes headaches, digestive problems, lack of energy, we 36 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 1: don't sleep well. Much of this would go away if 37 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 1: we just learned how to deal with the stress properly. 38 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: And one of the greatest stress relievers God's given us 39 00:01:55,840 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 1: is laughter. Laughter is like taking medicine. It not only 40 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: makes you feel better, but it actually releases healing throughout 41 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: your system. When we laugh, it restores and rejuvenates what 42 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:13,360 Speaker 1: the pressures of life have taken out Most people today 43 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: don't laugh as much as they should. They don't take 44 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: time to play. They're too stressed to have any fun. 45 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 1: We need to get back in balance. Life is not 46 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: supposed to be all work and no play. You need 47 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: to develop your sense of humor, look for opportunities to laugh. Now, 48 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: you say, Joel, I'm just not a real jovial person. 49 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 1: I'm more serious. I never laughed that much. Now realize 50 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: God made us all different. But you can train yourself 51 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: to laugh more. Now I read where the average child 52 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: laughs over two hundred times a day, but the average 53 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: adult only laughs four times a day. What's happened. We've 54 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: allowed the pressures of life, stress, more responsibilities, little by 55 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 1: little to steal our joy. And some of you today 56 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:02,239 Speaker 1: you have not had a good, hearty laugh in twenty 57 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 1: seven years. Your laugher is rusted and needs to be overhauled. 58 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: You don't know how much better you would feel. You 59 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 1: don't know how much more energy you'd have if you'd 60 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:15,079 Speaker 1: make a decision. You're just gonna lighten up and learn 61 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 1: to laugh more often. Not once a month, not once 62 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: a week, but every single day. Don't ever lose the 63 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: child that's on the inside. Just because we get older 64 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 1: doesn't mean we're supposed to get all solemn to where 65 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: we never have any fun. We borderline on being grumpy. No, 66 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: every healthy adult needs to have a child on the inside. 67 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: You need to know how to work, but you also 68 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: need to know how to play. You need to remember 69 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 1: to have fun. I think about my father when he 70 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: was seventy five years old. He would still laugh and 71 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: kid just like he did when he was twenty years old. 72 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: He was responsible, he was serious, but he knew how 73 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 1: to have fun. One time we were in Mexico walking 74 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: down the main street of this little town, and these 75 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 1: American two turist came up to my father, a husband 76 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: and a wife, and they were looking for the post office. 77 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: They couldn't find anybody to speak English. They thought, well, 78 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: we finally found somebody that looked like us, and they 79 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: said to my father, do you know where the post 80 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: office is? My dad looked at them real strange. He said, 81 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 1: no comprende. No comprende espanol, amigo. They thought, oh, no, 82 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:28,599 Speaker 1: he speaks Spanish too, so they said it real dramatically 83 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 1: post office. Daddy shook his head, no comprende. They got frustrated, 84 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 1: said it even more dramatically post office mail. A letter 85 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 1: Daddy brightened up and said post office. They got real excited. Yes, yes, 86 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 1: post office daddy said, if you're looking for, the post 87 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 1: office is right around the corner. And that man said, boy, 88 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: I ought to whoop. You don't ever lose the child 89 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: on the inside. It is healthy to have fun. I 90 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:05,720 Speaker 1: read where one of the common ingredients in people that 91 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: lived way up into their nineties wasn't their exercise routine, 92 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 1: wasn't their diet. It was the fact that they were 93 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: extremely joyful people. They never forgot how to laugh. I 94 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 1: met a lady in the visitor's line a few years 95 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: ago after service. She was ninety six years old and 96 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:26,480 Speaker 1: as healthy as can be. Her mind was sharp, her 97 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: skin was beautiful, her eyes were bright. But what stuck 98 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,159 Speaker 1: out to me was how happy she was. She knew 99 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: no stranger, everybody was her best friend. She was hugging 100 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,159 Speaker 1: all the people in the line. I mean, she was 101 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: a breath of fresh air. And she was wearing this 102 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:46,239 Speaker 1: real bright, colorful, kind of fancy dress. After we talked, 103 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:48,840 Speaker 1: I hugged her, and as I was leaving, I just said, 104 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:52,039 Speaker 1: in passing, I believe when I'm ninety six years old. 105 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 1: I'm gonna look just like you. She leaned over and 106 00:05:55,080 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: whispered in my ear. Just don't wear the dress, I thought, No, wonder, 107 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: she's so healthy. She still has a sense of humor, 108 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 1: she still knows how to laugh. And think about all 109 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 1: those years of healing flowing through her body. I realize 110 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: we're all gonna get older. Eventually, we're all gonna die. 111 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: But I've made up my mind. I'm not gonna die 112 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: a grumpy old man. I'm not gonna get more and 113 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: more sour the older I get. I'm gonna stay full 114 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 1: of joy. When it's my time to go, I'm gonna 115 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:28,479 Speaker 1: go with a smile on my face, a laugh in 116 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:33,160 Speaker 1: my heart, and a joke in my pocket. Doctor Stuart 117 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 1: Brown is the founder of the National Institute of Play. 118 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: He became interested in the effects of laughter and play 119 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 1: in our lives when the governor of Texas asked him 120 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,479 Speaker 1: to investigate the tower shootings there on the campus of 121 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: the University of Texas. This was back in nineteen sixty six, 122 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 1: and as he talked with this troubled young man that 123 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: had killed all these people, one thing that stuck out 124 00:06:56,440 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 1: was this young man had never played as a child. 125 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,679 Speaker 1: You grew up in such a dysfunctional home. He could 126 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:06,920 Speaker 1: never remember ever laughing or even playing. Doctor Brown went 127 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 1: on to investigate the other inmates on death Row in 128 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: Texas that year, and he discovered not one of them 129 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: had a normal childhood. Not one of them could ever 130 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 1: remember laughing, playing, or having a good time. Doctor Brown 131 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: concludes today, the opposite of play isn't work, it's depression. 132 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: What's he saying? It's healthy to laugh, It's healthy to 133 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 1: have fun. Proverbs seventeen twenty two puts it like this. 134 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: A happy heart is like a good medicine, and a 135 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 1: cheerful mind works healing. Notice when we're good natured and 136 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: full of joy, taking time to laugh, taking time to play, 137 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: it's like taking a good medicine. That's what helps us 138 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 1: to stay healthy. In fact, medical science tells us that 139 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 1: people that laugh it boosts their immune system. Laughter reduces 140 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: blood press. People that laugh regularly are forty percent less 141 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: likely to have a heart attack than people that don't 142 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 1: laugh regularly. Laughter triggers the right side of the brain, 143 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: which helps release creativity, helps us to make better decisions. 144 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 1: Laughter activates the body's natural tranquilizers that not only help 145 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 1: us to calm down, but it helps us to sleep better. 146 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 1: Many people today suffer from insomnia. Maybe you need to 147 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 1: laugh more often. That's what this one lady did. She 148 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 1: hadn't slept well in years and years, and she was 149 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: constantly taking tranquilizers. She had taken them so long it 150 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 1: hardly even affected her anymore. She had tried everything, different diets, 151 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: different doctors, different medicines. Nothing seemed to work. But this 152 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: one doctor gave her a very unusual prescription. He said, 153 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 1: every night, before you go to bed, you need to 154 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 1: watch something funny, a funny movie, a funny video, a 155 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: funny drama, something that makes you laugh. She started doing 156 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 1: that after night, month after month. She got better and better. 157 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 1: Today she's totally off her medications. She can sleep like 158 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 1: a baby. What happened? She was having to take men 159 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: made tranquilizers because she wasn't releasing the natural tranquilizers that 160 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 1: God put on the inside. Could it be that you 161 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,959 Speaker 1: would receive the healing you've been longing for if you 162 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 1: just lighten up and learn to laugh more often? Could 163 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 1: it be that the headaches, backaches, migraines, chronic pain, chronic fatigue, 164 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: even depression would go away if we just take time 165 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 1: to play, to laugh, to enjoy the life God's given us. 166 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 1: It's interesting. When my mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer 167 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: in nineteen eighty one, this is one of the things 168 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 1: that she did during the day. Instead of going to bed, 169 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,680 Speaker 1: instead of sitting around feeling sorry for herself, thinking about 170 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: her problems, she would go in and watch cartoons on television. 171 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 1: She would sit there and laugh and laugh. What was 172 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 1: she doing. She was releasing the healing that God put 173 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: on the inside. She couldn't find something funny to watch, 174 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 1: she'd just go look at my brother Paul. That always 175 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 1: made her laugh. There's too much sickness in our world today. 176 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:19,680 Speaker 1: Much of it is related to the sadness. It's directly 177 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 1: related to the fact that we don't smile enough. We 178 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:26,559 Speaker 1: live uptight and stressed out. What's happening. There's a healing 179 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 1: power that we're not tapping into. There's a medicine available, 180 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 1: a cure that's completely free, It has no side effects. 181 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 1: You can take it as often as you'd like. I'm 182 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: gonna give you a prescription today. Every day, at least 183 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 1: three times, find something funny that makes you laugh out loud, 184 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 1: Not a laugh on the inside, not a chuckle down 185 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: in here. No release that joy out loud. Release those 186 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:58,080 Speaker 1: endorphins on the inside, activate your natural tranquilizers. Every time 187 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 1: you laugh, it boosts your immune system, it reduces your 188 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 1: blood pressure. Tension is leaving, and creativity is coming. If 189 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 1: you'll stay on this prescription and laugh every day with 190 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 1: a happy heart, having a cheerful mind, then you're gonna 191 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 1: sleep better, You're gonna get more done, You'll have more energy, 192 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:27,320 Speaker 1: you're gonna make better decisions, you'll be more creative. I 193 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 1: believe even some of these areas of chronic pain, chronic fatigue, 194 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 1: you'll begin to see them go away. Have a good 195 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:37,319 Speaker 1: friend that's a doctor. He told how this lady came 196 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:41,800 Speaker 1: in that has a severe case of fibromyalgia. It's very painful. 197 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 1: She would spend hours a day in bed suffering. She 198 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 1: had chronic fatigue, no energy, she was in poor health 199 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 1: both physically and emotionally. She'd gone through tough times and 200 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 1: lived a basically very depressed life. And the doctor gave 201 00:11:56,880 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: her medication to treat the pain, but he knew that 202 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 1: was only dealing with the symptoms and not the root cause. 203 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: After he talked with her a while, he realized just 204 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: how depressed she was. He asked her a very interesting question. 205 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 1: He said, how long has it been since you've had 206 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 1: a good, hearty laugh. The lady thought about it in 207 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 1: a moment. She said, doctor, I haven't laughed like that 208 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 1: in over thirty years, since I was a child. He said, well, 209 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 1: here's your prescription. You need to go find every funny 210 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 1: movie you can watch, go find every funny book you 211 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:34,680 Speaker 1: can read, and laugh as much as you possibly can. 212 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 1: She began to do just that. Instead of sitting around 213 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:42,960 Speaker 1: feeling sorry for herself, she began to laugh. Little by little, 214 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,360 Speaker 1: she got her joy back. Every day she would laugh 215 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 1: more and more, she started feeling better. The pain began 216 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:54,319 Speaker 1: to subside, she got her energy back. Three months later, 217 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: she went back to the doctor for her checkup. He said, 218 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:00,200 Speaker 1: the moment she walked in, he could tell some thing 219 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 1: was different. There was a sparkle in her eye, a 220 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 1: spring in her step, a smile on her face. She said, doctor, 221 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 1: I've never felt so good in all of my life. 222 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 1: Month after month, as she continued to relearn how to laugh, 223 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 1: eventually all those diseases left her body. Friends, there is 224 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: healing power in laughter. When you have a joyful spirit 225 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 1: constantly on the inside, health and healing are flowing. Let 226 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 1: me ask you what the doctor asked her. How long 227 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:34,439 Speaker 1: has it been since you've had a good, hearty laugh 228 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 1: A day, a week, a month, a year, ten years. 229 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 1: Make sure you're taking your medicine. I know when I've 230 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 1: had a hard day and I feel pressured and uptight, 231 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 1: it causes me to have a backache right down the 232 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 1: center of my spine. I can feel this pain, and 233 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 1: I know it's just from tension. Now I do just 234 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 1: what I'm asking you to do. I'll go play with 235 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:59,080 Speaker 1: my children. They always make me laugh, or I'll watch 236 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:03,680 Speaker 1: something funny on television. Invariably, after a few minutes of laughing, 237 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 1: that pain is totally gone. It's just like I had 238 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:11,080 Speaker 1: a good massage, but it was a lot cheaper. The 239 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:13,839 Speaker 1: medicine I'm talking about today can save you a lot 240 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: of money. It can save you from buying sleeping pills 241 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 1: and tranquilizers and antidepressant. Laughter releases the body's natural medicines. 242 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 1: It cannot only bring physical healing, but laughter will help 243 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: strengthen our relationships. The other day, I walked into our 244 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 1: bedroom Victoria was over in the corner reading something with 245 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 1: her back to me. Now I'd got home a lot 246 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 1: earlier than i'd planned, and I realized when I walked 247 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: in that she didn't hear me come in there. And 248 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 1: I debated whether I would say something, but I thought 249 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:48,400 Speaker 1: I would startle her. So I thought I'd just let 250 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 1: her naturally turn around. Maybe that would be better, But 251 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 1: it was just the opposite. About that time, she turned around, 252 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 1: and when she saw me, she must have jumped this 253 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: high in the air. I know they say white people 254 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 1: can't jump, but she got up. I could not help it. 255 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 1: I begin to laugh and laugh and laugh. The problem 256 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: was she wasn't laughing. I tried to stop. I tried 257 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 1: to zip it up, but the harder I tried, the 258 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: funnier it hit me, and the louder I laugh. After 259 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: a minute or so of her watching me laugh, she 260 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:28,280 Speaker 1: begin to laugh. I finally got over it. I was 261 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 1: done laughing, but I couldn't stop her from laughing. Friends, 262 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: it is great to have laughter in your home. One 263 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 1: thing the enemy cannot stand is the sound of you laughing. 264 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 1: He cannot stand the sound of husbands and wives, family 265 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 1: members having fun together. He wants there to be so 266 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: much strife and tension and pressure that we never have 267 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 1: any joy in our home. Don't fall into that trap. 268 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 1: It's one thing I appreciate about Victoria. She loves to laugh. 269 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 1: Heaps a fun atmosphere in our home. And when Victoria laughs, 270 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 1: she doesn't laugh to herself, she doesn't laugh under her breath. 271 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 1: When she laughs, it fills the whole house with joy. 272 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:15,360 Speaker 1: Do you know? Laughter is contagious. I can be sitting 273 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 1: back in the back of the house, minding my own business, 274 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 1: watching television, but I'll hear her laughing and laughing. Before long, 275 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 1: I find myself laughing just because she's laughing. I finally 276 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 1: have to go in and find out what's so funny. 277 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: The other week, she was just laughing so much, and 278 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 1: so I went in and she had found a picture 279 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 1: of our son Jonathan, when he was just a little baby, 280 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: maybe six or eight months old. I'd forgotten about it, 281 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 1: but we had put a wig on him with sunglasses. 282 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 1: It looked like a little baby Elvis. We laugh so hard. Listen. 283 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 1: The family that can laugh together is a family that 284 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 1: will stay together. Victoria and I have been married. We've 285 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: been married going on twenty two years. People always ask 286 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 1: us what's the secret of a healthy marriage. We always 287 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 1: tell them two things. Number one, respect, always be respectful, 288 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:08,920 Speaker 1: even when you disagree, be respectful. And number two, laughter, 289 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 1: don't ever stop laughing together. Keep your home fun. Some 290 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 1: of you today, you would see your relationship go to 291 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:18,639 Speaker 1: a new level if you'd get some joy back in 292 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:22,399 Speaker 1: the home. You've allowed the pressures of life, the water 293 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 1: that's already under the bridge, to sour your outlook about 294 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:28,920 Speaker 1: that other person. But you need to remember the reason 295 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:32,400 Speaker 1: why you fell in love, remember the things you used 296 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 1: to do together, how you used to have fun and laugh. 297 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 1: If you would bring that joy back into the home, 298 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:41,440 Speaker 1: you would see a freshness, a new life in your relationship. 299 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 1: That's what some friends of mine did. They were struggling 300 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:47,640 Speaker 1: in their marriage, and they were good people. They loved 301 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:49,400 Speaker 1: each other, but they just had a lot of pressure 302 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 1: and a lot of issues that had been pulling them apart. 303 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 1: They decided to take one night a week and go 304 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:58,359 Speaker 1: rent a funny movie and watch it together. They sat 305 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:01,639 Speaker 1: there and laughed and laughed and laughed. They told how 306 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 1: something so simple had a major impact. It changed the 307 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 1: atmosphere of their home, brought a newness into their relationship. 308 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 1: If you can laugh together, it'll help you to stay together. 309 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:18,440 Speaker 1: Laughter not only reduces tension, but when you're full of joy, 310 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 1: it draws people to you. Laughter helps bring down the walls. 311 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 1: You can meet a total stranger, but if you ever 312 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:29,880 Speaker 1: laughed together, the defenses come down. I found that when 313 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:32,720 Speaker 1: we're good natured and we know how to laugh, where friendly, 314 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:35,679 Speaker 1: we smile, you're going to see more of God's favor. 315 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 1: I was at an airline en counter a few years 316 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 1: ago and I needed to change my tickets. We'd moved 317 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 1: our departure date up a couple of days, and I 318 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 1: already knew it was going to cost a couple hundred 319 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 1: extra dollars. So I handed the lady my tickets and 320 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:50,679 Speaker 1: told her what I needed to do. She said, well, 321 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 1: that's going to be fifty dollars extra per ticket, and 322 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:55,359 Speaker 1: I kind of laughed and I said, yeah, I know, 323 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 1: somebody already told me that. She looked at me so strange. 324 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,119 Speaker 1: She said, why are you laughing? Why are you so happy? 325 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 1: I didn't even know I did it. I said, I 326 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 1: don't know. I guess I'm just a happy person. Well, 327 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 1: she went to work and a few seconds later, she 328 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,639 Speaker 1: handed me my tickets back. She said, I'm not gonna 329 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:14,400 Speaker 1: charge you anything extra. We need more happy people around here. 330 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:20,240 Speaker 1: The rest of that day I went around smiling and 331 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 1: laughing at everybody I saw. Being joyful draws people to you, 332 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 1: But when we're all serious and all work and no play, 333 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:33,199 Speaker 1: this pushes people away. Here's another key. Be willing to 334 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 1: laugh at yourself. Don't be so uptight and stiff and 335 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:41,919 Speaker 1: defensive insecure that if you do something kind of dumb 336 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,120 Speaker 1: or you make a mistake, that you can't laugh about it. 337 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 1: I remember when we first moved into this building, they 338 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:49,160 Speaker 1: gave me a key to the back door where we park. 339 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 1: It was a very strange looking key. It was small, oblong, 340 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 1: kind of fat plastic. I'd never seen anything like it before. 341 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:00,040 Speaker 1: I got to the door and I tried and I 342 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,239 Speaker 1: tried to figure out how to get it in, but 343 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 1: there was no place to put it. And I was 344 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:06,399 Speaker 1: sticking it up to the doorknob, kind of jiggling around, 345 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 1: thinking maybe something would pop out, but I just couldn't 346 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:11,880 Speaker 1: get it to work. Finally, I had to go get 347 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 1: the security guard after about ten minutes, and I told 348 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 1: him what I was doing and how I had been 349 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:17,679 Speaker 1: doing it, and he said, well, Joe, let me just 350 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:19,399 Speaker 1: come over there and show you how to do it. 351 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: So he took my key. When he got to the door, 352 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,000 Speaker 1: he reached up to the side of it and touched 353 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:27,919 Speaker 1: an electronic panel. I didn't even know what that was 354 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 1: up there, And when he touched the panel, the door 355 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 1: automatically opened. And when he realized what I had been doing, 356 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: trying to take this thing up here and put it 357 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:40,399 Speaker 1: in the doorknob, he began to laugh and laugh and laugh. 358 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:44,119 Speaker 1: And at first I wasn't sure I was going to laugh. 359 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 1: I had to pray about it. You've heard that saying 360 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: if you can't beat him, join them. I finally thought 361 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:55,639 Speaker 1: that was pretty dumb, so I started laughing with him. 362 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 1: A few years ago, right before I came up to Minister, 363 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 1: Victoria told me that my hair was sticking up in 364 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:03,080 Speaker 1: the back and I needed to go spray it with 365 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:06,400 Speaker 1: some hairspray. I said, Okay, where's the hairspray. She said, 366 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:08,840 Speaker 1: it's in the bathroom back there on the shelf, in 367 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:11,159 Speaker 1: a red can, and so I ran back there as 368 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 1: fast as I could, and I found it, and I 369 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 1: sprayed and sprayed and sprayed, but that hairspray would not 370 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:19,120 Speaker 1: keep my hair down, so I sprayed it more and more. Well. 371 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 1: After the service, Victoria said, Joel, why didn't you spray 372 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 1: your hair? It was still sticking up. I said, Victoria, 373 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 1: I did spray, but that hairspray you gave me doesn't work. 374 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:29,719 Speaker 1: I sprayed and sprayed. She said, well, show me what 375 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: you used. I went in there and got it out. 376 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:33,879 Speaker 1: She looked at and said, Joel, this isn't hairspray, this 377 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:43,440 Speaker 1: is air freshener. I just smiled. I said, you know what, 378 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 1: I got the best smelon hair around. Do you know 379 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:52,640 Speaker 1: every time you've laughed today, you've gotten healthier. Every time 380 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 1: you've laughed, you've gotten stronger, even though you've done it 381 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:10,639 Speaker 1: at my expense? But have you noticed these days people 382 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:14,400 Speaker 1: are so uptight they can't laugh with their children. They're 383 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,439 Speaker 1: too stressed, Joel, I can't lighten up and have fun. 384 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 1: Have you seen the news reports? These are troubling times. No, 385 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 1: it's just the opposite. The more difficult it is, the 386 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 1: more we need to activate our joy, the more pressure, 387 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 1: the more we need to look for opportunities to laugh. Today, 388 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:34,639 Speaker 1: every other minute you hear doom and gloom. It's gonna 389 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:36,879 Speaker 1: be so bad, it's gonna get much much worse. You 390 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 1: probably won't make it. If we're not careful, we'll fall 391 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,919 Speaker 1: into that trap of thinking, this is no time to 392 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 1: enjoy my life. This is certainly no time to laugh, 393 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 1: no time to have a sense of humor. But now 394 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:52,200 Speaker 1: more than ever, you need to activate your joy. In fact, 395 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:55,240 Speaker 1: it says in Joe five point twenty two, at destruction 396 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 1: and famine, we should laugh. That doesn't seem to make sense. 397 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 1: You mean we're supposed to laugh at famine. We're supposed 398 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:07,239 Speaker 1: to laugh in difficulties. That's exactly right. It's because in 399 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:10,679 Speaker 1: tough times that's when it's easiest to lose your joy. 400 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 1: When you lose your joy, you lose your strength. When 401 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 1: you don't have strength, you'll drag through the day defeated. 402 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 1: When you're not strong, you'll catch diseases that you shouldn't have. 403 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 1: Your immune system is run down. You're tired, you're worried, 404 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: you're worn out. God says, I've got a solution in difficulties. 405 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 1: Cheer up, infamine, laugh, keep your joy. Friends. I believe 406 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:37,440 Speaker 1: you can laugh your way to victory. You can laugh 407 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:39,640 Speaker 1: your way to better health. You can laugh your way 408 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:43,639 Speaker 1: to more energy. It says in Psalms two four that 409 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 1: God sits in the heavens and laughs. Can you get 410 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 1: a picture of that? Right now? God is on the throne. 411 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 1: He's not mad, he's not worried about the economy, he's 412 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 1: not upset with you and me. What's he doing? God's 413 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:01,439 Speaker 1: laughing on the throne full of Ji goes on to 414 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 1: tell us in Psalm thirty seven why he's laughing because 415 00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:09,439 Speaker 1: he can see the destruction of the enemy coming. In 416 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 1: other words, the reason God laughs is because he knows 417 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,160 Speaker 1: the end of the story. He knows the final outcome. 418 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 1: The good news is you and I win. God always 419 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:24,199 Speaker 1: causes us to triumph. It's just like we are in 420 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:28,000 Speaker 1: a fixed fight. Imagine you're gonna watch the super Bowl, 421 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:31,320 Speaker 1: but you already know the outcome. You already know who's 422 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,639 Speaker 1: going to win. No matter how far behind the winning 423 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 1: team falls, no matter how bad it looked for them, 424 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 1: you wouldn't get upset, you wouldn't be worried. Why you've 425 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:45,160 Speaker 1: got inside information. You know the final outcome. That's what 426 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:48,440 Speaker 1: God is saying. When it gets tough and things don't 427 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 1: look like they're gonna work out. We can laugh by 428 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:55,119 Speaker 1: faith knowing that God has already written the final chapter. 429 00:24:55,600 --> 00:25:00,919 Speaker 1: God has already recorded the victory in your favor. He's saying, infamine, 430 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:03,399 Speaker 1: when it gets tough, you need to look that trouble 431 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,200 Speaker 1: in the face and say, ha, ha ha, I know 432 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:09,920 Speaker 1: the outcome. God has destined me to win. He's already 433 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,679 Speaker 1: got the roses for my neck. He's already seen me 434 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 1: standing on the Winter's circle. What are we saying. God 435 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,439 Speaker 1: is supplying all of my needs. He's healing all of 436 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:23,680 Speaker 1: my diseases. He's fighting my battles for me. He's my vindicator, 437 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:27,399 Speaker 1: my waymaker, my deliverer. He's given me the desires of 438 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:30,919 Speaker 1: my heart. This is what Abraham did. God gave him 439 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 1: a promise that he was going to have a child 440 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:36,879 Speaker 1: in the natural. It was impossible. He was much too old. 441 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:39,960 Speaker 1: But the first thing he did was laugh. It was 442 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 1: the laugh of faith. He said, in effect, Haha, God, 443 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:45,679 Speaker 1: I know you can bring this to pass. I know 444 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 1: you're a supernatural God. And so often when God puts 445 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 1: a promise in our heart, it looks impossible. Maybe you're 446 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:55,800 Speaker 1: sick and you know God's told you you're going to 447 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 1: be well, you're coming out of that are you're struggling financially, 448 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 1: saying you're coming into overflow. He's gonna prosper you. Perhaps 449 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:06,680 Speaker 1: your family is pulled apart, God's saying he's gonna bring 450 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:09,640 Speaker 1: him back together. Our minds so often will tell us 451 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 1: it's never gonna happen. You're never gonna get well, never 452 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:15,120 Speaker 1: gonna get out of death, never see your dreams come 453 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 1: to fulfillment. But if we could just remember to do 454 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:21,200 Speaker 1: like Abraham, no matter how we feel, no matter how 455 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:23,359 Speaker 1: bad it looks, we need to let out the laugh 456 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 1: of faith and just say, haha, I've got inside information. 457 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 1: I know God has already worked it out. He's already 458 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: arranged things in my favor. It's just a matter of 459 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:37,440 Speaker 1: time before these promises come to pass. We can laugh 460 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 1: by faith knowing that we're in a fixed fight. I'm 461 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:44,159 Speaker 1: asking you today to get in a habit of taking 462 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:48,639 Speaker 1: your medicine on a regular basis every day. Find some 463 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:52,120 Speaker 1: reason to laugh, look for opportunities. If you don't think 464 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,440 Speaker 1: you have a reason, then just know you can laugh 465 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,480 Speaker 1: by faith. Remember you gotta stir up the joy, stir 466 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:00,320 Speaker 1: up the healing that's on the inside. Some of you 467 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 1: have been living uptight and stressed. But I believe today 468 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,240 Speaker 1: is going to be a turning point. Make it decision 469 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 1: that you're gonna lighten up and start laughing more often. Yes, 470 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:12,639 Speaker 1: you can be responsible, but at the same time, you 471 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,240 Speaker 1: can be good nature. It is healthy to laugh, it's 472 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 1: healthy to have fun. And if you will make it 473 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:20,639 Speaker 1: a priority to laugh every single day and keep a 474 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 1: happy heart a cheerful mind, you're not only going to 475 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 1: enjoy your life more, but you're gonna see healing flow 476 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:29,119 Speaker 1: through you in a new way. You're gonna get free 477 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 1: from chronic illnesses, chronic fatigue, chronic things that have been 478 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 1: holding you back. You're gonna see your relationships go to 479 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 1: a new level. God's gonna pour out his favor in 480 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:41,160 Speaker 1: a greater way. And just like with Abraham, every promise, 481 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:44,040 Speaker 1: every dream, every desire God's put in your heart, no 482 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:47,680 Speaker 1: matter how impossible it looks. I believe and declare you're 483 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:50,240 Speaker 1: gonna see God bring it to pass. Amen. Do you 484 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 1: receive it today? 485 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 2: Well? 486 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:55,639 Speaker 1: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 487 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 1: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 488 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:02,439 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say Lord, Jesus, I 489 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:06,880 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 490 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 1: you my Lord and save you. Friends, if you prayed 491 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:13,040 Speaker 1: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 492 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:15,920 Speaker 1: in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 493 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:18,480 Speaker 1: He's going to take your places you've never dreamed of. 494 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:24,679 Speaker 2: Some of us have been carrying the same weight for years, mistakes, regrets, 495 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,760 Speaker 2: what people said. What if you were never meant to 496 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:29,640 Speaker 2: carry any of it. 497 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,520 Speaker 1: It's easy in life to wear labels, mistakes we've made 498 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:36,800 Speaker 1: and what people have said, disappointments we faced. Those labels 499 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,480 Speaker 1: can diminish our sense of value and cause us to 500 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:42,000 Speaker 1: forget who we really are. And have a new book 501 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 1: called Made by God. Know it, receive it, and live it. 502 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 1: It'll help you see yourself the way God sees you, valuable, talented, worthy, 503 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 1: a masterpiece you've been fearfully and wonderfully made. I'd love 504 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 1: to send you my new book plus the Maid by 505 00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,680 Speaker 1: God t shirt from a good friends at Copper Fit. 506 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 1: When you know who you are and who you are 507 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:05,000 Speaker 1: a child of the Most hih, you can live with 508 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 1: confidence and step in to who you were created to be. 509 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:11,760 Speaker 2: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 510 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 2: of any amount. This month, we would like to send 511 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:17,840 Speaker 2: you a copy of Joel's brand new book Made by God. 512 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 2: Know It, Receive it, Live it. You were not made 513 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:24,800 Speaker 2: by your mistakes. You were not made by what people said. 514 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:28,160 Speaker 2: You were not made by your hardest season. You were 515 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 2: made by God on purpose, with purpose, and nothing can 516 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:36,240 Speaker 2: change that. This powerful book will help you silence the 517 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:39,880 Speaker 2: label's life as put on you and finally see yourself 518 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 2: the way God sees you, valuable, talented, a masterpiece. 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Believe 529 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:20,120 Speaker 1: in you're going to have a blessed summer. Thank you 530 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:24,000 Speaker 1: so much for your prayer and support. Your generosity helps 531 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:27,120 Speaker 1: us take this message of hope to people around the world. 532 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 1: The special thank you to our champion of Hope partners, 533 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:33,320 Speaker 1: for all you do to make the ministry possible. Until 534 00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:36,200 Speaker 1: we meet again, May the Lord bless you and keep you. 535 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:39,800 Speaker 2: Be sure to request your copy of Made by God 536 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:44,320 Speaker 2: plus your exclusive copperfit Made by God Tea available this 537 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:48,160 Speaker 2: month by visiting us at Joelostein dot com or call 538 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:52,480 Speaker 2: eight eight eight five six seven Joel. 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