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He was walking up to a country store 32 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 4: and there was this little boy sitting on the front 33 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 4: porch with a huge dog next to him. He said, son, 34 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 4: does your dog bite? Boy said, no, sir, my dog 35 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 4: doesn't bite. The man reached out to pet him. The 36 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 4: dog took about half of his arm off. He said, son, 37 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 4: I thought you said your dog didn't bite. The little 38 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 4: boy said, that's not my dog. Say it like you 39 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 4: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 40 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 4: says I am. I have what it says I have. 41 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 4: I can do what it says I can do. Today 42 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 4: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly 43 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 4: confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I 44 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 4: will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 45 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about living joyful. 46 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 4: It's easy to let the pressures of life weigh us down. 47 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 4: We have traffic, to deal with, bills to pay, people 48 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 4: that are rude. If we're not careful, we'll look up 49 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,920 Speaker 4: and we don't smile as much. We're not as friendly, 50 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 4: we never laugh, never have fun anymore. We have too 51 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 4: much pressure, too much responsibility to enjoy life. But God 52 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 4: didn't create you to live with a heaviness. You're not 53 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 4: supposed to to go around solemn, serious all the time, 54 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 4: burdened down by problems. Taking time to laugh, to have fun. 55 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 4: That re energizes you. It helps keep you in balance. 56 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:17,639 Speaker 4: If it's all work, all stress, all dealing with problems, 57 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,399 Speaker 4: that's going to weigh you down. And you can get 58 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 4: so busy raising your children, changing diapers, getting them to school, 59 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 4: making sure their homework is done, that you don't enjoy 60 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 4: your children. It's all work, no time for play. And 61 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 4: sometimes we think we have to be serious to show 62 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 4: that we're responsible. But you can be responsible and good 63 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 4: natured at the same time. God created you with a 64 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 4: sense of humor. You were made to laugh, made to 65 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 4: have fun. Have you let the pressures of life weigh 66 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 4: you down. Are you always solemn? Always serious? If you 67 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 4: don't make this adjustment, not only you not enjoy your 68 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 4: life to the full, but you won't have good relationships. 69 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 4: Nobody wants to be around a grumpy, sour person that 70 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 4: pushes people away. And we represent Christ here on this earth. 71 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 4: If you're a believer, you need to notify your face, 72 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 4: put a smile on, be good natured, be friendly, learn 73 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 4: to laugh. The scripture says, a merry heart is like 74 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 4: taking a good medicine. Every day. You need to take 75 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 4: your medicine. Find something that makes you laugh, see the 76 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 4: humor in life. It's one thing I love about Victoria. 77 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,719 Speaker 4: She laughs all through the day. I can be in 78 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:44,239 Speaker 4: another part of the house and I'll hear her laughing. 79 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 4: It echoes through the whole house. Sometimes I'll go in 80 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 4: to find out what it was. It wasn't even funny, 81 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:55,280 Speaker 4: it was just something small. Most people would ignored it. 82 00:04:55,800 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 4: Not Victoria. She's looking for opportunities to laugh. She loves 83 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 4: to have fun. She keeps a joyful atmosphere in our home. 84 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 4: A while back, we were standing on the front road 85 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 4: during worshiping. I had my eyes closed, my hands folded 86 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 4: thinking about what I was going to say next. Victoria 87 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:19,719 Speaker 4: is much more outgoing. She had both hands in the air, 88 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 4: very expressive. All of a sudden, as I was contemplating 89 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 4: in deep thought, Victoria threw her hip into mine and 90 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,360 Speaker 4: about knock me over. I looked at her. She said, 91 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 4: come on, Stiffy, light up. She calls me stiff. I 92 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 4: tell her the right word is dignified. A few years ago, 93 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:46,720 Speaker 4: I was preparing a message along these lines, and Victoria 94 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 4: came in my office at home and asked me what 95 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 4: I was going to speak on that week. I said, 96 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 4: I'm going to speak on staying full of joy and 97 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 4: seeing the humor in light. She put both hands in 98 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 4: the air and said, woo hoo. I don't need that, 99 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 4: but you sure do. We've been married going on thirty 100 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 4: years now, and people ask me they're laughing from me, Victoria. 101 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 4: People ask me, people ask me all the time what 102 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 4: is the secret of a good marriage? Always tell them 103 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 4: treat each other with respect and keep laughter in the relationship. 104 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 4: The family that laughs together will stay together. But too 105 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:32,039 Speaker 4: often we used to laugh when we were dating. We 106 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 4: used to have fun, we used to enjoy each other. 107 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 4: But now we've let the pressures of life cause us 108 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 4: to become more solemn. We don't have time to laugh. 109 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 4: We have bills to pay, we have children to raise, 110 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:47,679 Speaker 4: We're dealing with problems. We don't see ey to own 111 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 4: every situation. But the joy is what's going to help 112 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 4: you get through the tough times. Laughing together, having fun, 113 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:59,159 Speaker 4: that's going to help keep you together. I know a 114 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 4: couple that was having difficulties in their marriage. They're good people, 115 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:06,160 Speaker 4: they just let the pressures that come with everyday life 116 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 4: drive them apart. They were about to separate, but they 117 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 4: decided to try something. For a few months, Once a 118 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 4: week they rented a funny movie and watched it together. 119 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 4: They would sit there and laugh and laugh. They told 120 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 4: how that one simple thing helped change their perspective. It 121 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 4: helped heal the wounds. They fell back in love. Today 122 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 4: they're happily married. Maybe you would see your relationship go 123 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 4: to a new level if you would get more joy 124 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 4: in the home. Living with pressure, stress, tension, division, that's 125 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 4: going to drive you apart. If you'll take time to 126 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 4: laugh again, have fun together, enjoy each other, that's going 127 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 4: to breathe new life, freshness into your relationship. How long 128 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 4: has it been since there was laughter in your home. 129 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 4: The enemy can't stand to hear you laugh. He can't 130 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 4: stand to hear you having fun, laughing with your children, 131 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 4: laughing with your spouse, enjoying each other. He wants there 132 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 4: to be tension, pressure, strife. Why don't you get on 133 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 4: the offensive and start laughing more often? Laughter is spiritual warfare. 134 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 4: Laughter brings down walls. Laughter will help your families stay together. 135 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 4: And yes, we all have to deal with tension and stress, 136 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 4: but you need to create a joyful atmosphere in your home. 137 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 4: Don't bring in pressures from work, stress from school, offense 138 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 4: from what somebody said. Your home needs to be a 139 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:47,439 Speaker 4: retreat from the negative things you have to deal with 140 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,839 Speaker 4: during the day. I heard about this man. He had 141 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 4: a tree in a pot next to his back door 142 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 4: at home. He was walking into the house with a friend. 143 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:00,840 Speaker 4: He stopped and he touched the tree. Friend asking what 144 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:04,439 Speaker 4: he was doing, he said, this is my trouble tree. 145 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:08,680 Speaker 4: I leave all my troubles on this plant. I don't 146 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 4: take any worry inside. I don't take any problems, any disappointments, 147 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 4: any offense. I leave it at the door. We all 148 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 4: need a trouble tree. Your home should be a cheerful place. 149 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 4: If you're bringing in stress, pressure, strife that's going to 150 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 4: weigh you down, leave the negative outside. Keep a joyful 151 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 4: atmosphere in your home. There was a hospital that did 152 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 4: an experiment with patients that had been sick for a 153 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 4: long time and they weren't getting well. They started taking 154 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 4: them out to the park several hours a day to 155 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 4: watch the children playing. They discovered when they heard the 156 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 4: children laughing over and over, the sound of laughter stimulated 157 00:09:56,280 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 4: the body's natural healing process. It only affected the patient's outlook, 158 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 4: but research showed they begin to recover faster. Just hearing 159 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 4: other people laugh help bring healing. Imagine what happens on 160 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 4: the inside of us when we live joyfully, we take 161 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 4: time to laugh every day. It not only affects us mentally, 162 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 4: our attitude, our moods, it affects us physically. Laughter will 163 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 4: help you stay younger. Every time you laugh, what's known 164 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 4: as the youth hormone increases eighty seven percent. That's the 165 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:38,959 Speaker 4: hormone that slows down the aging process, helps you stay 166 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 4: younger and fresher. You've seen people that have been through 167 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 4: a difficult time in life. They were under stress, and pressure. 168 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 4: You see them two years later, it looks like they've 169 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 4: aged twenty years. Why is that when we don't laugh, 170 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 4: we're not releasing the healing that God put on the inside. 171 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 4: When we live stressed, somber, discourage, those chemicals God designed 172 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 4: to keep us younger are sitting there inactive, ineffective. Well, Joel, 173 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 4: that's just not my personality. I'm a more solemn, serious person. 174 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 4: I realized God made us all different. My earliest baby pictures, 175 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:22,200 Speaker 4: I'm smiling from ear to ear. We have different demeanors, 176 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 4: but most of the time, what's happened is we've forgotten 177 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 4: how to laugh. The average child laughs one hundred and 178 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:33,960 Speaker 4: fifty times a day. The average adult lasts three times 179 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:37,959 Speaker 4: a day. Some people haven't laughed in so long their 180 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 4: laugher has gotten rusty. You need to get that thing out, 181 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:44,959 Speaker 4: dust it off every day, find some reason to laugh. 182 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:50,079 Speaker 4: Start taking your medicine. I read We're a common ingredient 183 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 4: in people that live way up into their nineties. Wasn't 184 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 4: their diet, wasn't their exercise routine. It was the fact 185 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 4: that they are extremely joyful people. They never forgot how 186 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 4: to laugh. They don't take everything so seriously. I met 187 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 4: a man after the service a few years ago that 188 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 4: was one hundred and six years old. He looked forty 189 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 4: years younger. He was so happy, his mind was sharp. 190 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 4: He stood in line forty minutes waiting to visit. I said, 191 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 4: we could have gotten your chair. You could have sat down. 192 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 4: He said, I don't need to sit down. When I 193 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 4: get old, I'll sit down. He was a black man, 194 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 4: as handsome as can be. He didn't have one wrinkle 195 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 4: on his face. I said, I can't believe that you're 196 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:40,679 Speaker 4: one hundred and six. You look like you could be seventy. 197 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 4: He put his arm on my shoulder and said, Joel Black, 198 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:50,680 Speaker 4: don't crack. We laughed and laughed. When he went to 199 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 4: walk away, he turned around and said to the whole group, 200 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:58,080 Speaker 4: I'll see you next year. I thought about no wonder. 201 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 4: He's so healthy, he's full joy. He still has his 202 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 4: sense of humor. He loves to laugh. Think about all 203 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:09,080 Speaker 4: those years healing was flowing on the inside. Now I 204 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 4: realize we're all going to get old. Eventually, we're all 205 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 4: going to die. But I've made up my mind. I'm 206 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:18,840 Speaker 4: not going to turn into a grumpy old man. I'm 207 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 4: not going to get more and more sour. The older 208 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 4: I get, the more responsibility I have. I'm going to 209 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 4: stay full of joy. When it's my time to go, 210 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:32,679 Speaker 4: I'm gonna go like him, happy, friendly, good nature. When 211 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 4: I'm in my nineties, I'm still going to have a smile, 212 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:39,319 Speaker 4: still be telling my jokes, still have my hair may 213 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 4: not be real, but I'm gonna have some. But sometimes 214 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 4: we think the older we get, the more solemn we're 215 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 4: supposed to be, the less fun we're supposed to have. 216 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:56,320 Speaker 4: That's not God's way. The scripture says we are to 217 00:13:56,400 --> 00:14:00,840 Speaker 4: finish our course with joy. If you don't have, if 218 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 4: you don't take time to laugh regularly, if you're not 219 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 4: good natured, you're not going to finish your course the 220 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 4: way God wants you to. And I've learned old is 221 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 4: all in our mind. Just because our physical body ages 222 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 4: doesn't mean our attitude and our thoughts have to get old. 223 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 4: I knew a man at the gym that was eighty three. 224 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 4: He was as happy and fun to be around as 225 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 4: can be. He acted like he was my age. I 226 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 4: ask him how he stayed so young. He said, Joel, 227 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 4: I don't think old thoughts. I don't think of myself 228 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 4: as an old man. I think of myself as in 229 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:42,160 Speaker 4: my twenties. See your spirit person. The real you that 230 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 4: lives on the inside is ageless. It's going to live forever. 231 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 4: Sometimes we talk ourselves into being old and sour and solemn. 232 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 4: When my father was seventy five, we'd be walking by 233 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 4: a group of people and he would see somebody maybe 234 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 4: in their sixties. With that thinking, he'd said, Joel, look 235 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 4: at that old man. I would think, Daddy, he's twenty 236 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 4: years younger than you. But in my father's mind, he 237 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 4: was still young. My father was a respected pastor. He 238 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 4: was serious about his relationship with God. He was a 239 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 4: responsible person, but he still loved to have fun. One 240 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 4: time we were in Mexico. I was a little boy, 241 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 4: and these American tourists came up to my father. They 242 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 4: were looking for the post office. They couldn't find anybody 243 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 4: that spoke English. They said to my father, post office 244 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 4: mail a letter. My father looked at them kind of 245 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 4: confused and said, no, comprende espigol. They said it even 246 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 4: more dramatic, post office mail a letter. Daddy said, oh 247 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 4: post Office. They got real excited. Yes, yes, post Offeast. 248 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 4: Daddy said, you're looking for the post office. It's right 249 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 4: around the corner. That man looked at my father and 250 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 4: a boy ought to whoop. You don't ever lose the 251 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 4: child on the inside. Look for opportunities to laugh. You 252 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 4: may have to retrain yourself to have fun, retrain yourself 253 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 4: to see the humor. Sometimes if we're not working, we 254 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 4: feel guilty. We're stressed out thinking about what we should 255 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 4: be doing. But all work and no play is out 256 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 4: of balance. Give yourself permission to enjoy your life. Start 257 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 4: taking your medicine, not once a month, not once a week, 258 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 4: but every day. And you may have a serious position 259 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 4: like my father, but you can still have a light 260 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 4: hearted spirit. During a Sunday service, I was about to 261 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 4: come up to minister and Victoria told me that my 262 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 4: hair was sticking up. Now I needed to go in 263 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:52,440 Speaker 4: the back and spray it. I asked where the hairspray 264 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 4: was and she said it's in the bathroom on the 265 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 4: counter in a big red can. I went in and 266 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 4: found the can, sprayed my hair. Wouldn't keep it down, 267 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 4: so I sprayed and sprayed and sprayed. Still wouldn't keep 268 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 4: it down. After the service, Victoria said, Joel, why didn't 269 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 4: you spray your hair. It was still sticking up. I said, 270 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 4: I did, but your hair spray doesn't work. She said, 271 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:16,120 Speaker 4: show me what you use, and I brought it to her. 272 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 4: She said, Joel, this is not hairspray. This is air freshener. 273 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 4: I smiled and said, at least I have the best 274 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 4: smelling hair around. When you're secure, you can even laugh 275 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:34,680 Speaker 4: at yourself. Getting upset wasn't going to make it any better. 276 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,120 Speaker 4: If you can't change it, There's no reason to lose 277 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 4: your joy. These days, people are very uptight on edge. 278 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:47,680 Speaker 4: There's so much divisiveness in our society. If we're not careful, 279 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:50,879 Speaker 4: we'll think this is no time to enjoy life, no 280 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,560 Speaker 4: time to laugh, no time to see the humor. But 281 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 4: just the opposite is true more than ever, this is 282 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 4: the time to live joyfully. Be a part of the solution. 283 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 4: Bring some cheer to the people around you. Put a 284 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:09,920 Speaker 4: smile on your face. There's too much sadness in our world. 285 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:15,399 Speaker 4: Every person deals with hurt, disappointments. We all have stress 286 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:19,879 Speaker 4: and tension. Don't let that deceive you into living with 287 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:25,240 Speaker 4: a heaviness discourage solemn Well, Joel, I have a good excuse. 288 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 4: I've had a lot of bad breaks. Jesus said, in life, 289 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 4: you will have difficulties. He acknowledged that we're going to 290 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 4: have challenges. Everything's not going to be perfect. He went 291 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 4: on to say, I have the solution. Be of good cheer. 292 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 4: He didn't say be discouraged, be sad, be offended. In 293 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 4: the tough times, you need your joy. Joy is what 294 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,960 Speaker 4: gives you strength. But if the enemy can deceive you 295 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:58,880 Speaker 4: into living with a heaviness, discouraged, solemn, he'll be able 296 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 4: to defeat you at every turn. Don't fall into that trap. 297 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:07,480 Speaker 4: Your circumstances may not change, but you can change. Quit 298 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:11,679 Speaker 4: letting everything burden you down. Make a decision right in 299 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:14,879 Speaker 4: the midst of the difficulty. You're going to be of 300 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:21,160 Speaker 4: good cheer. Studies show that living joyfully boost our immune system. 301 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:25,640 Speaker 4: It lowers our blood pressure. People that laugh regularly are 302 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:29,919 Speaker 4: forty percent less likely to have a heart attack. Laughter 303 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 4: releases the body's natural tranquilizers that cause us to calm 304 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:39,400 Speaker 4: down and sleep better. The United States represents six percent 305 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 4: of the world's population, but we take ninety percent of 306 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:48,199 Speaker 4: the world's tranquilizers. We're too uptight. You're not supposed to 307 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:53,919 Speaker 4: live stressed out, always thinking about your problems. Your mind 308 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:58,360 Speaker 4: needs a break. Sometimes we give our body a vacation, 309 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,040 Speaker 4: but our mind gets a day off. You can go 310 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:04,879 Speaker 4: to the beach, watch the sunset and still be worried 311 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:08,200 Speaker 4: about your health, stressed out of your finances, thinking about 312 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:10,880 Speaker 4: what you should be doing. You need to give your 313 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 4: mind a break. The scripture says, in God's presence is 314 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:20,680 Speaker 4: fullness of joy. If you don't have joy, you've disconnected 315 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 4: yourself from God's presence. If you go through the day worried, stressed, sombered, 316 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 4: you are separating yourself from the blessing, the favor, the 317 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:34,880 Speaker 4: strength that you need. And I realize every day we're 318 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:37,640 Speaker 4: not going to be jumping up and down laughing all 319 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:41,879 Speaker 4: the time. We have real issues to deal with, loved 320 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:46,200 Speaker 4: ones that have illnesses, situations in our health, in our marriage. 321 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:50,159 Speaker 4: What I'm saying is, don't let those problems weigh you 322 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 4: down to where you live with the heaviness. You can't 323 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 4: have fun, you can't laugh. You're dealing with serious issues. 324 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:01,920 Speaker 4: You have to have times where you can still be lighthearted. 325 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 4: That's what helps you to get through those times. I've 326 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,919 Speaker 4: been to several funerals. They can be very sad, very heavy. 327 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:13,159 Speaker 4: But I've noticed when someone gets up and starts telling 328 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:17,480 Speaker 4: funny stories about the person, the audience goes from crying 329 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 4: to laughing. You can feel the atmosphere change. It's like 330 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 4: healing is taking place. The whole room is being lifted. 331 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 4: God didn't create you to live with the heaviness, to 332 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 4: go around overwhelmed. You have to get some joy in 333 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:37,880 Speaker 4: your life, some fun, some laughter. That's what helped balance 334 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:41,360 Speaker 4: out the difficulties that we have to face. I read 335 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 4: about a lady that hadn't slept well in years. She 336 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:49,439 Speaker 4: was constantly taken tranquilizers. She'd been on them so long 337 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:53,280 Speaker 4: they hardly had any effect on her. She'd tried everything, 338 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 4: different diets, different medications, different doctors. Nothing help. She went 339 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:02,320 Speaker 4: to a new doctor. He gave her an unusual prescription. 340 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,800 Speaker 4: He told her every night before she went to bed, 341 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 4: she was to watch something funny, funny movie, funny comedy, 342 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:13,640 Speaker 4: something to make her laugh. She started doing this night 343 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:18,680 Speaker 4: after night. She begins sleeping better and better. Today she's 344 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:21,840 Speaker 4: off of all that medicine. She can sleep like a baby. 345 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 4: What was the problem she was having to take men 346 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:31,679 Speaker 4: made tranquilizers because she wasn't releasing the natural tranquilizers that 347 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 4: God put in us. Could it be that you would 348 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:40,080 Speaker 4: receive the healing you've been longing for? The headaches, the 349 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:44,640 Speaker 4: chronic pain, the depression, the insomnia would go away if 350 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 4: you would just lighten up and learn to laugh more often. 351 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 4: Much of the sicknesses we face today are stress related. 352 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:57,639 Speaker 4: We're too uptight. If a doctor gave us a prescription 353 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:01,119 Speaker 4: to take a pill several times a day, we would 354 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 4: be very strict to follow his instructions, even if we 355 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:06,160 Speaker 4: had to get up in the middle of the night. 356 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 4: I have a prescription for you, not from a doctor, 357 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:15,920 Speaker 4: but from your creator, he says, Stay cheerful, laugh every day, 358 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:20,439 Speaker 4: be good nature, see the humor in life. If you 359 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 4: will stay on your prescription, have a merry heart, you'll 360 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:28,399 Speaker 4: sleep better, You'll be more creative. These areas of chronic 361 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 4: pain and sicknesses will begin to go away. Friend of 362 00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 4: mine is a doctor, and this lady came into his 363 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:38,359 Speaker 4: practice that had a severe case of fibril ma aalgia. 364 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:41,919 Speaker 4: It's very painful. She would spend hours a day in 365 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 4: bed suffering. She had chronic fatigue, no energy. She was 366 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:50,480 Speaker 4: in poor health. Not only physically but emotionally. She'd gone 367 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 4: through tough times and lived a very depressed life, and 368 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,440 Speaker 4: he gave her medicine for the pain, but he knew 369 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 4: that was only treating the symptom and not the root cause. 370 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 4: After talking to her and realizing how depressed she was, 371 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:09,119 Speaker 4: he asked her, how long has it been since you 372 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 4: had a good, hearty laugh. She thought about it a 373 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 4: moment and said, doctor, I haven't had a good laugh 374 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 4: in over thirty years, since I was a little girl. 375 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:23,360 Speaker 4: He said, your prescription is to go rent every funny 376 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:27,119 Speaker 4: movie you can find, read every funny book, and laugh 377 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:30,199 Speaker 4: as much as you can. She began to do that, 378 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 4: lying in bed. Instead of feeling sorry for herself, she 379 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:38,160 Speaker 4: started laughing. Little by little, she got her joy back. 380 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:42,000 Speaker 4: Every day she would laugh more and more. She noticed 381 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:46,399 Speaker 4: the pain started subsiding. She had more energy. She felt better. 382 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 4: Several months later, she went back to the doctor. The 383 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 4: moment she walked in the door, he said he knew 384 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 4: something was different. There was a sparkle in her eye, 385 00:24:57,280 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 4: she had a smile on her face. She said, I've 386 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:04,639 Speaker 4: never felt this good in all of my life. Month 387 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 4: after month, as she relearned how to laugh, she got 388 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 4: healthier and healthier. Today she's free from all those illnesses. 389 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 4: There is healing power in laughter. When you have a 390 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 4: joyful spirit, health wholeness is constantly flowing through you. Let 391 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:27,120 Speaker 4: me ask you what he asked her, How long has 392 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 4: it been since you had a good laugh? A day, 393 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 4: a week, a month, ten years. In the Old Testament, 394 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:38,439 Speaker 4: one way an army would overtake a city is they 395 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:42,439 Speaker 4: would clog up the wells that provided water to that city. 396 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 4: They would fill it full of stones. Before long, people 397 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:48,919 Speaker 4: didn't have anything to drink, and they would have to 398 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,720 Speaker 4: come out from beyond the protected walls, and the army 399 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 4: would attack. In the same way, all of us have 400 00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 4: a well of joy on the inside. When we were 401 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:04,200 Speaker 4: chick children, it flowed freely. We laughed, we had fun, 402 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 4: we were good natured. But too often our well has 403 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:12,200 Speaker 4: gotten clogged up with stones of worries, stones of stress, 404 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:16,160 Speaker 4: stones of pressure. Now the water doesn't flow like God 405 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:21,479 Speaker 4: created it too. Genesis twenty six says Isaac reduged the 406 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:25,920 Speaker 4: wells that the Philistines had clogged up. I think it's 407 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:32,159 Speaker 4: interesting Isaac's name means laughter. It's significant that Isaac was 408 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 4: the one that redugged the well. God is saying, if 409 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 4: you want to get your well unclogged, if you want 410 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,239 Speaker 4: to see His goodness flow in new ways, you have 411 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 4: to get your joy back. Laughter is one of the 412 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:50,520 Speaker 4: best ways to unclog your well. I'm asking you to 413 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:54,919 Speaker 4: develop a lifestyle where you see the humor in everyday life. 414 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 4: Laughing with your children, laughing with your family, being good natured. 415 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 4: Cure says in job, God will fill your mouth with laughter. 416 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:08,679 Speaker 4: That's God's dream that your life would be full of laughter. 417 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 4: Are you living stressed, somber, worried? Make a change today, 418 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 4: Get your well unclothed, take time every day to laugh, 419 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:23,160 Speaker 4: keep a joyful atmosphere in your home. If you want 420 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 4: to make this decision to have a merry heart, I 421 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 4: believe and declare you're going to see chronic pain and 422 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:33,640 Speaker 4: illnesses go away. You're going to have better relationships. You're 423 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:37,360 Speaker 4: going to feel younger, stronger, fresher, and you will finish 424 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 4: your course with joy in Jesus's name, if you receive it, 425 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 4: can you say amen? Today? I'd like to give you 426 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:48,359 Speaker 4: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 427 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say Lord Jesus, I 428 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 429 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 4: you my Lord, and say, if you prayed that simple prayer, 430 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:06,160 Speaker 4: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 431 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:10,200 Speaker 4: Bible based church, and keep God first place. Victorian, I'll 432 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 4: be right back to speak a blessing over you. 433 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:16,120 Speaker 5: As a thank you for your support of our ministry 434 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 5: this month, Joel and Victoria, we'd like to send you 435 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 5: a copy of Joel's new three message series, Victory in 436 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 5: the Storm. You'll learn you don't have to stay stuck 437 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 5: in defeat when the winds and storms come. 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It will help you 447 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:00,760 Speaker 4: live the victorious life that belongs to you. 448 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,560 Speaker 6: Eleven years ago, we were trying to add another child 449 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:06,400 Speaker 6: to our family. We soon found out that my wife 450 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 6: had some medical issues. What we've learned through this ministry 451 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:12,200 Speaker 6: is that God is the god of the impossible. Not 452 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:14,360 Speaker 6: only is my wife healed and we were able to 453 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 6: add a little baby girl to our family, but just 454 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 6: recently we've added a baby boy. 455 00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 4: Your support is changing lives. Thank you so much for 456 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:26,960 Speaker 4: your prayer and your generosity. 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