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Speaker 5: But thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you
Speaker 5: again for coming out. I like to start with something funny,
Speaker 5: and one day Adam was feeling very lonely. God said Adam,
Speaker 5: I'm going to make you a companion.
Speaker 6: This is going to be called a woman.
Speaker 5: This person will cook for you and wash your clothes.
Speaker 5: She will bear you children and never ask you to
Speaker 5: get up in the middle of the night.
Speaker 6: She will not nag you. She will always.
Speaker 5: Agree with you, and if you ever have a disagreement,
Speaker 5: she'll be the first to admit that.
Speaker 6: She was wrong.
Speaker 5: Adam said, Wow, God, what will a woman like this cost?
Speaker 5: God said an arm and a leg. Adam said, what
Speaker 5: can I get for a rib? And the rest is history.
Speaker 5: Hold up your Bible. Say it like you mean it.
Speaker 5: This is I am what it says I am. I
Speaker 5: have what it says I have. I can do what
Speaker 5: it says I can do. Today I will be taught
Speaker 5: the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert,
Speaker 5: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same.
Speaker 6: In Jesus' name, God bless you.
Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about releasing control.
Speaker 6: It's easy to get so focused on.
Speaker 5: Our goals, our dreams that we're not going to be
Speaker 5: happy until it happens. When we put God in a
Speaker 5: box and we tell him what we want when we
Speaker 5: want it, how to do it, who to use, We've
Speaker 5: got it all figured out. But the scripture says God's
Speaker 5: ways are not our ways.
Speaker 6: They are better than our ways.
Speaker 5: And if you're only going to be happy if it
Speaker 5: happens your way, you're setting yourself up for disappointment. God
Speaker 5: can see the big picture for our lives. He knows
Speaker 5: what's around every curve. He can see the detours, the dead,
Speaker 5: the shortcuts, things that we cannot see.
Speaker 4: Now.
Speaker 6: A better approach is.
Speaker 5: To say, God, this is what I want, this is
Speaker 5: what i'm believing for.
Speaker 6: But God, you know what's best for me. I don't
Speaker 6: have to have it my way. God, I trust you.
Speaker 6: When you release control, it takes the pressure off. Life
Speaker 6: gets so much more free.
Speaker 5: You're not always fighting trying to make your plans work out.
Speaker 5: And sometimes we're so focused on what we want that
Speaker 5: it's out of balance. Anything you have to have in
Speaker 5: order to be happy, the enemy can use against you.
Speaker 5: If you think I have to have this promotion, my
Speaker 5: spouse has to change, I've got to get married to
Speaker 5: be happier. I've got to have good weather. I've got
Speaker 5: a big outdoor event plan.
Speaker 4: No.
Speaker 5: A mature attitude, says even if it doesn't work out
Speaker 5: my way, Even if my plans don't happen, God, I'm
Speaker 5: still going to enjoy my life knowing that you're on
Speaker 5: the throne.
Speaker 6: Here's the key.
Speaker 5: When our dreams and goals start to frustrate us, when
Speaker 5: we're not at peace, not enjoying where we are because
Speaker 5: we're so focused on what we want, that's a sign
Speaker 5: that we're holding on too tightly. When you hold on
Speaker 5: to what you want so tightly, it can almost become
Speaker 5: like an idol. You're so focused on it, that's all
Speaker 5: you think about, all you pray about, consumes your time
Speaker 5: and energy.
Speaker 6: That's out of balance.
Speaker 5: One of the best prayers that we can ever pray
Speaker 5: is God, not my will, but let your will be done.
Speaker 5: When you release control, you're showing God by your actions
Speaker 5: that you trust him. There are times in life God
Speaker 5: will ask you.
Speaker 6: To release the thing that you want the most. It's
Speaker 6: a test.
Speaker 5: If you will pass that test, at some point, God
Speaker 5: will either give you back what you want it or
Speaker 5: bring something better into your life.
Speaker 6: This is what happened with Abraham.
Speaker 5: His son Isaac, the child he had dreamed about year
Speaker 5: after year, finally showed up. Abraham loved him more than
Speaker 5: anything in the world. One day, God told Abraham to
Speaker 5: put Isaac on the altar, to sacrifice the thing that
Speaker 5: meant the most to him. And it wasn't easy, but
Speaker 5: Abraham made this decision to release control. He said, God,
Speaker 5: you know, this is what I've dreamed about, this is
Speaker 5: what I've wanted more than anything else. But God, I
Speaker 5: trust you. I can be happy even if it doesn't
Speaker 5: work out my way. When God saw his willingness to
Speaker 5: put on the altar the thing that meant most to him,
Speaker 5: then God said, no, don't do it.
Speaker 6: He gave him his son back.
Speaker 5: The question is, can you be happy if it doesn't
Speaker 5: work out your way? Will you keep a good attitude
Speaker 5: if the business slows down, the medical report isn't good.
Speaker 5: Maybe you're believing standing on a prom for your health
Speaker 5: to get better. When you have the attitude, even if
Speaker 5: I don't get better, I'm still going to have a smile,
Speaker 5: I'm still going to be good to people. I'm still
Speaker 5: going to give God praise. You're doing what Abraham did.
Speaker 5: You're putting that dream on the altar. When you can
Speaker 5: pass the test that you don't have to have the
Speaker 5: problem turn around to be happy.
Speaker 6: You don't have to have the.
Speaker 5: Dream come to pass to enjoy your life. You're proving
Speaker 5: to God that you trust him. That's when God will
Speaker 5: give you the desires of your heart. When we were
Speaker 5: trying to acquire this facility, the former Compact Center, I
Speaker 5: wanted it so badly that it consumed me. I was
Speaker 5: constantly thinking about it, praying about it, talking about it.
Speaker 5: It seemed like the harder I tried, the worse things got.
Speaker 5: More people came against us, lawsuits were filed. I would
Speaker 5: wake up in the middle of the night in a
Speaker 5: cold sweat, wondering if it was going to happen. One day,
Speaker 5: I realized that I was so set on having it
Speaker 5: my way. I wasn't enjoying where I was. I wasn't
Speaker 5: going to be happy if we didn't acquire it. I
Speaker 5: had to do what I'm asking you to do, I
Speaker 5: said God. I believe that this facility is supposed to
Speaker 5: be ours. Deep down, God, I believe You've saved it
Speaker 5: just for us. But even if it doesn't happen, I'm
Speaker 5: going to still be my best at the other location.
Speaker 5: I'm still going to be happy and enjoy my life.
Speaker 5: I release control. God, do it your way. It wasn't
Speaker 5: long after that that things started falling into place.
Speaker 6: We won the votes from the city council members, the
Speaker 6: lawsuits were settled. Here we are today.
Speaker 5: When you release control, you are passing a very important test,
Speaker 5: the trust test.
Speaker 6: You're saying, God, I believe you know what's best for me.
Speaker 5: Many times, like with Abraham, like with this facility, that's
Speaker 5: when God will release back.
Speaker 6: To you the very thing that you're believing for.
Speaker 5: I know this lady that had a husband that wouldn't
Speaker 5: come to church with her, and he was a nice man,
Speaker 5: he just wasn't interested.
Speaker 6: She was praying and believing that.
Speaker 5: It would change. And this went on year after year.
Speaker 5: She did everything she could think of. She put scripture
Speaker 5: verses up all over her house, and she was always
Speaker 5: encouraging him to come. But in spite of all of that,
Speaker 5: he wouldn't come. After about a year, she began to
Speaker 5: get frustrated. She lost her joy. She used to come
Speaker 5: down to the front for prayer, very discouraged and upset. Joel,
Speaker 5: I don't understand it. I'm doing everything that I can.
Speaker 5: I told her what I'm telling you. The best thing
Speaker 5: you can do is release control.
Speaker 6: Turn it over to God. You've prayed, you believed, you're
Speaker 6: standing in faith.
Speaker 5: Now put it on the altar. Have the attitude if
Speaker 5: he never comes. God, I'm still going to trust you.
Speaker 5: If it never changes, I'm still going to be happy.
Speaker 5: When you show God that you don't have to have
Speaker 5: it in order to be happy, that's when God goes
Speaker 5: to work. There may be things that are frustrating you
Speaker 5: right now because they're not changing. You know, God put
Speaker 5: the dream in your heart, but doesn't look like it's
Speaker 5: going to happen. You have to do what she did
Speaker 5: and say, God, I've done everything I can. I Am
Speaker 5: not going to live my life upset, not going to
Speaker 5: go around worried, wondering, frustrated.
Speaker 6: God. I'm putting this on the altar. I'm giving it
Speaker 6: to you. And that's what this lady did.
Speaker 5: She got her joy back, she got that spring in
Speaker 5: her step. By her actions, she was saying, God, I
Speaker 5: trust you. I know you're still on the throne. I
Speaker 5: don't have to have anyone or anything.
Speaker 6: To make me happy. I'm will be happy right where
Speaker 6: I am.
Speaker 5: About two years later, one Sunday morning, her husband asked.
Speaker 6: If he could come to church with her. It was
Speaker 6: his idea.
Speaker 5: They came that Sunday that was over eight years ago.
Speaker 5: Now he hardly ever misses a Sunday.
Speaker 6: That's what happens. When you release control. God will make
Speaker 6: things happen that you could never make happen on your own.
Speaker 5: Now, I'm not saying to release the promise, to give
Speaker 5: up on a dream. No, release the worries, release the frustration,
Speaker 5: release having.
Speaker 6: To have it your way.
Speaker 5: Psalm one says God will work out his plan for
Speaker 5: your life. God knows how to get you to where
Speaker 5: you're supposed to be.
Speaker 6: You don't have to live worried, frustrated if you'll trust him.
Speaker 5: God will bring the right people. He'll open the right doors,
Speaker 5: He'll turn problems around. He promises he will work out
Speaker 5: his plan.
Speaker 6: For your life.
Speaker 5: When we all have goals and dreams, and it's easy
Speaker 5: to be frustrated when they're not happening as fast as
Speaker 5: we would like, we think. God, I'm working hard, I'm
Speaker 5: being my best, I'm honoring you. When am I going
Speaker 5: to get that good break? When am I going to
Speaker 5: meet the right person? Why is it taking so long? No,
Speaker 5: you can't control the timetable. You can plant the seed,
Speaker 5: you can water it, but only God can bring the sunshine.
Speaker 5: Only God can cause it to grow. Don't be frustrated
Speaker 5: because it's not happening on your timetable. As long as
Speaker 5: you're being your best, honoring God, you can rest assured
Speaker 5: God will get you to where you're supposed to be.
Speaker 5: It's the same principle in our health. You can't make
Speaker 5: yourself get well. You can pray and believe, you can eat, ride, exercise,
Speaker 5: take medicine, but only God can bring the healing.
Speaker 6: Only He can restore health.
Speaker 5: And the scripture says to cast your cares on the Lord.
Speaker 5: The care is the worry, those thoughts that bring anxiety
Speaker 5: and fear. What if you don't get well, what if
Speaker 5: the treatment doesn't work, What if the medical report isn't good.
Speaker 5: Worry ties the hands of Almighty God. Living stressed out,
Speaker 5: trying to change things that you can't change, will keep
Speaker 5: you from God's best. You have to release control. It's
Speaker 5: not your job to heal yourself. You don't control the sunshine.
Speaker 5: The right attitude is God. My life is in your hands.
Speaker 5: I know you're the healer. You said the number of
Speaker 5: my days you would fulfill, So I'm not gonna live
Speaker 5: worried and stressed out. Lord, I want to thank you
Speaker 5: for the sunshine, thank you for doing what only you
Speaker 5: can do. Then, all through the day, instead of trying
Speaker 5: to make yourself get well, just relax, stay in peace,
Speaker 5: keep a smile on your face. God is not asking
Speaker 5: you to control everything. Take the pressure off yourself. He's saying,
Speaker 5: cast your cares, release the control. See, you can't make
Speaker 5: yourself get well. You can't make people like you. You
Speaker 5: can't make a dream come to pass. God has to
Speaker 5: give you the sunshine.
Speaker 6: He has to breathe in your direction. Maybe you're believing
Speaker 6: for a promotion today.
Speaker 5: Well, you say, Joel Auld, you said I have to
Speaker 5: do is just trust I can't make it happen.
Speaker 3: Now.
Speaker 5: The scripture says cast your cares, not your responsibilities. I'm
Speaker 5: not saying to just sit back and don't do anything.
Speaker 6: No, do your part. Then take your hands off of
Speaker 6: it and trust God to do what you can't do.
Speaker 5: In other words, get your work on time, produce more
Speaker 5: than you have to have a spirit of excellence. Then
Speaker 5: if for some reason you don't get the promotion, maybe
Speaker 5: they give it to somebody less deserving. You can't control that,
Speaker 5: but you can control your response. God, I trust you.
Speaker 5: I'm not going to be offended start complaining. God, I
Speaker 5: know you have something better in store. In the meantime,
Speaker 5: I'm going to enjoy my life right where I am
Speaker 5: being frustrated by things that you cannot change. God has
Speaker 5: you in the palm of his hand. Nothing is happening
Speaker 5: that he is not completely aware of. When you start
Speaker 5: releasing control and trusting him to get you to where
Speaker 5: you're supposed to be, that's when you'll see new doors open,
Speaker 5: new opportunities, new friendships. But much of our frustration in
Speaker 5: life is because we're trying to control things we were
Speaker 5: never meant to control. We try to control what people
Speaker 5: think about us, control what our spouse does, control when
Speaker 5: a dream comes to pass, and if it's not happening
Speaker 5: on our timetable the way we want, we go to
Speaker 5: work and try to change it.
Speaker 6: Thinking, Man, I got to change.
Speaker 5: My spouse, I got to change these people's opinion of me.
Speaker 5: This problem's not turning around fast enough. I got to
Speaker 5: get in there and change that. Many people are working
Speaker 5: over time trying to change things that they cannot change.
Speaker 5: To accept the fact you can't control everything. The only
Speaker 5: thing you can control. One hundred percent of the time
Speaker 5: is your attitude. Life is ten percent what happens to you,
Speaker 5: and ninety percent how you respond.
Speaker 6: If somebody hurts you, you can't.
Speaker 5: Control that it's over and done, but you can control
Speaker 5: whether or not you get offended or if you were
Speaker 5: to get a negative medical report. You can't control that
Speaker 5: life happens, but you can control whether or not you
Speaker 5: live upset and discouraged. I'm simply asking you today focus
Speaker 5: on what you can control, not on what you can
Speaker 5: If you live in Houston during the summers, it's very
Speaker 5: hot here. I know people that have complained for the
Speaker 5: last thirty years about the heat.
Speaker 6: It's so hard. I can't take it, Joe. The fact
Speaker 6: is you can't change the heat. I don't mean to depress.
Speaker 5: You, but it's gonna be hot in the summers for
Speaker 5: the next thirty years. You can either dread it and
Speaker 5: let that sour the rest of your life, or you
Speaker 5: can say this is where God has me. I believe
Speaker 5: I have the grace to handle it. Yes, it's hot,
Speaker 5: but thank god I have an air conditioner, thank God
Speaker 5: I have a job here, thank God I have friends
Speaker 5: and family. Thank God I can come to Lakewood. You
Speaker 5: can't control the heat, but you can control your attitude.
Speaker 5: Why be unhappy about something that you cannot change. If
Speaker 5: you have to sit in traffic every day on the
Speaker 5: way to work, why let that steal your joy? Being
Speaker 5: upset about it is not going to make it go
Speaker 5: any faster. You can't control the traffic. Why don't you
Speaker 5: change what you can control. Use that time to thank
Speaker 5: God for what he's done in your life. Look out
Speaker 5: at the beauty of his creation. Put on some good
Speaker 5: praise music, Turn on serious XM.
Speaker 6: Listen to our messages.
Speaker 5: The traffic may not ever change, but you can change,
Speaker 5: and some of the things that are frustrating you right now.
Speaker 5: If you don't make these simple adjustments, twenty years from now,
Speaker 5: thirty years, forty years, those same things will still be
Speaker 5: frustrating you.
Speaker 6: Life happens to all of us.
Speaker 5: We have delays, interruptions, unfair situations. We can't control that.
Speaker 5: Don't use it as an excuse to get upset. A
Speaker 5: few Christmases ago, I was driving around a crowded parking lot,
Speaker 5: up and down the roads, again and again, trying to
Speaker 5: find someplace to park. In a few minutes. This young
Speaker 5: couple came out and they were parked right up close
Speaker 5: to the building. I said, well, Lord, thank you for
Speaker 5: your favor, and I put my blinker on and I
Speaker 5: was waiting for them to pull out, and took them
Speaker 5: a long time. They had to put their packages in
Speaker 5: the trunk and buckle up a child in the safety seat.
Speaker 5: Finally they backed out just as I was about to
Speaker 5: pull in.
Speaker 6: They still had me blocked.
Speaker 5: This car came from the wrong direction and pulled in
Speaker 5: right in front of me. My first thought was to
Speaker 5: haunt my horn and give them a piece of my mind.
Speaker 5: Then I remembered I'm a pastor, and a happy pastor
Speaker 5: at that. But one of the most important things that
Speaker 5: I've learned is life is too short to be frustrated
Speaker 5: by things you cannot control. You can't control what other
Speaker 5: people do. He can't control the traffic, can't control the weather.
Speaker 5: If you're only going to be happy, if everything goes
Speaker 5: your way and everybody's nice and kind to you, you're
Speaker 5: probably going to live a very unhappy life. Them taking
Speaker 5: my parking spot was a part of the ten percent
Speaker 5: life happened. It wasn't fair, but the ninety percent is
Speaker 5: what really matters.
Speaker 6: How do we respond.
Speaker 5: Jesus said, stop allowing yourselves to be upset, agitated, and disturbed.
Speaker 5: It's a choice that we have to make at the
Speaker 5: start of the day. You should make a decision that,
Speaker 5: no matter what comes against you that day, you are
Speaker 5: not going to get upset.
Speaker 6: You have to decide ahead of time.
Speaker 5: That way, if you get to work and your boss
Speaker 5: is in a grouchy mood, you think that's okay. I
Speaker 5: can't control him. I can't make him be in a
Speaker 5: good mood. That's his choice. My choice is to be happy.
Speaker 5: I've already decided to enjoy this day. Traffic is worse
Speaker 5: than normal. If your child forgets his homework at school,
Speaker 5: you got to go back up. If the Texans don't win,
Speaker 5: that's all right. I've already decided I'm not gonna be frustrated.
Speaker 5: I'm not gonna get upset today. Back when I first
Speaker 5: started ministering nineteen ninety nine, one day I was at
Speaker 5: home working on my computer writing the message for that weekend.
Speaker 5: Was a perfectly sunny day, not a cloud in the sky.
Speaker 5: Out of nowhere, the power went off for some reason.
Speaker 5: I had not saved my material, had five or six
Speaker 5: pages of notes, been working most of the day, and
Speaker 5: I was hoping, pray and believing that somehow it had
Speaker 5: been automatically saved. It was hard enough back then to
Speaker 5: write one message. I said, God, please don't make me
Speaker 5: write it again. Power came back on and I searched
Speaker 5: and searched, trying to find it, but it wasn't there.
Speaker 5: I got technicians to come out from the office. They
Speaker 5: looked and looked, but the material was gone.
Speaker 6: I was so frustrated. I lost the whole day's worth
Speaker 6: of work. I felt like calling the power.
Speaker 5: Company, what are you doing turning my power off in
Speaker 5: the middle of the day.
Speaker 6: Don't you know that's causing problem?
Speaker 5: No matter how much I've vented, no matter how frustrated
Speaker 5: I became, the material was not coming back. We waste
Speaker 5: a lot of time and energy trying to change things
Speaker 5: that we cannot change. The scripture says in life, you'll
Speaker 5: have trials, difficulties, interruptions. We're all going to have our
Speaker 5: ten percent. Things we don't like, things that are not fair,
Speaker 5: things we don't understand. We can't control that. You have
Speaker 5: to focus on what you can control. I finally shook
Speaker 5: off the self pity. I shook off the discouragement, sat
Speaker 5: back down at my computer. I said, God, this power
Speaker 5: going off is not a surprise to you.
Speaker 6: You said, what's meant for my harm? You would use
Speaker 6: it to my advantage. You said all things would work
Speaker 6: together for my good. So Lord, I want to thank you.
Speaker 5: The second time I write this message will be better
Speaker 5: than the first time. I went to work there at
Speaker 5: my computer and ideas started coming from out of nowhere.
Speaker 5: A couple of hours, I had more notes and better
Speaker 5: notes than I had before. Next time you're tempted to
Speaker 5: be frustrated, offended, stressed out, remind yourself that's a part
Speaker 5: of the ten percent. You can't control that, but you
Speaker 5: can control how you respond. Start passing the test. Don't
Speaker 5: keep letting the same things up set you year after year.
Speaker 5: The same people get on your nerves. Every day is
Speaker 5: a gift from God. We're not always going to be here.
Speaker 5: Once this day is over, we can never get it back.
Speaker 5: Your time is too valuable to waste it. Upset in traffic,
Speaker 5: offended at a neighbor, frustrated at a child, worried about
Speaker 5: your health, Discourage because a dream is.
Speaker 6: Taking so long. You can't control those things.
Speaker 5: If that was going to keep you from your destiny.
Speaker 5: God would have never permitted it. Start passing the test.
Speaker 5: Don't allow yourself to be upset. I was in Australia
Speaker 5: last year and they used the phrase no worries all
Speaker 5: the time. They say no worries, like we say you're.
Speaker 6: Welcome here in the States.
Speaker 5: If you're at dinner and the waiter brings you the food,
Speaker 5: you say thank you. They answer back, no worries. I
Speaker 5: dropped my fork on the ground. They came running over,
Speaker 5: pick it up.
Speaker 6: No worries.
Speaker 5: They're so relaxed, easy going, nothing them, building's on fire,
Speaker 5: No worries.
Speaker 6: Robbery in progress, no worries.
Speaker 5: I must have heard that phrase twenty thirty times a day.
Speaker 6: And even though they use it in a different.
Speaker 5: Way, I love the fact that it reminds you not
Speaker 5: to worry. Puts it is that should be our motto.
Speaker 6: No worries. Traffic is backed up, no worries.
Speaker 5: God has directed my steps. I'm at the right place
Speaker 5: at the right time. Somebody's rude to us.
Speaker 6: No worries. They're having a bad day. I've already decided
Speaker 6: to have a good day. Business is a little slow.
Speaker 6: No worries. God is my provider. He's supplying all of
Speaker 6: my needs.
Speaker 5: If we would develop this no worries mentality, I wonder
Speaker 5: not only how much more we'd enjoy life, but how
Speaker 5: much longer we would live. Proverb says a relaxed attitude
Speaker 5: lengthens life.
Speaker 6: The opposite is true.
Speaker 5: If you're living upset, offended world, worried, you're taking time
Speaker 5: off of your life.
Speaker 6: We need you here.
Speaker 5: Don't leave before your time is up. If you'll start trusting, relaxing,
Speaker 5: going with the flow, you can add time to your life.
Speaker 5: We're always looking for that fountain of youth. Ways to
Speaker 5: look younger, to live longer. One way is to develop
Speaker 5: this no worries mentality. Quit being upset over things that
Speaker 5: you have no control over. Quit trying to change things
Speaker 5: that you cannot change. Worry less, trust more, stress less,
Speaker 5: laugh more, love.
Speaker 6: More, enjoy more.
Speaker 5: When our daughter Alexandra was about five years old, one night,
Speaker 5: I needed to run up to the store to pick
Speaker 5: something up. It was going to close in thirty minutes.
Speaker 5: Victoria said, we'll never make it, Joel, I said, sure,
Speaker 5: we will. Just help me get the kids ready and
Speaker 5: let's go. She got them dressed real fast, and I
Speaker 5: grabbed their shoes, and we took to the store and
Speaker 5: it was.
Speaker 6: Like I was on a mission from God.
Speaker 5: I was so sad. I needed to get what I wanted.
Speaker 5: I did not want to have to come back the
Speaker 5: next day. We arrived at the store's parking lot with
Speaker 5: about eight minutes left to go, and I knew I
Speaker 5: could still make it, but I had to put little
Speaker 5: Alexandra's shoes on now. I got her left shoe on,
Speaker 5: went to put the right one on, but I couldn't
Speaker 5: get it to fit. I worked and worked and struggled,
Speaker 5: but it just wouldn't go on right. And I took
Speaker 5: it off and noticed that it was another left shoe.
Speaker 5: I thought that couldn't be right, and I compared it
Speaker 5: with the other one.
Speaker 6: Sure enough, we had two left shoes.
Speaker 5: I said, Victoria, why do we have two of the
Speaker 5: exact same shoes? She said, oh, Joel, her little cousin
Speaker 5: was over at the house playing today and she has
Speaker 5: the same pair of shoes.
Speaker 6: We must have grabbed the wrong ones. I thought, oh great.
Speaker 5: Now I had about four minutes to go, and I
Speaker 5: was really stressed out. And Alexandra was a daddy's girl.
Speaker 5: She would do anything in the world for me. So
Speaker 5: I got this idea, said Alexandra. It may be a
Speaker 5: little tight, but will you put this left shoe on
Speaker 5: your right foot and wear it for daddy? She looked
Speaker 5: at me, I'll never forget it, smile real big and
Speaker 5: said no, I won't.
Speaker 6: I knew right then and there it wasn't meant to be.
Speaker 5: Just go with the flow. That was a part of
Speaker 5: the ten percent. Daughter has two left shoes. No use
Speaker 5: getting upset over what you can't change. My plans didn't
Speaker 5: work out, No worries. I can come back the next day.
Speaker 5: God still directed my steps. Think of it this way.
Speaker 5: If you learned you only had three months to live,
Speaker 5: how many of the things that upset you last week
Speaker 5: would you let upset you this week. Would you be
Speaker 5: stressed because your computer died? Would you be frustrated because
Speaker 5: your daughter has two left shoes? Would you be upset
Speaker 5: because somebody got your parking spot, somebody.
Speaker 6: Was rude to get the grocery store? No, let it go.
Speaker 6: Life is too short to live that way. Some of
Speaker 6: you are carrying around way too much.
Speaker 5: You need to start releasing the worries, release the offense,
Speaker 5: release the struggles. You don't have to make your dreams
Speaker 5: come to pass. Take the pressure off of yourself. Only
Speaker 5: God can bring the sunshine. Trust him and he'll get
Speaker 5: you to where you're supposed to be. If you'll start
Speaker 5: releasing control, you'll not only enjoy life more, but you'll
Speaker 5: live longer. God promises he will work out his plan.
Speaker 6: For your life. I believe and declare he.
Speaker 5: Will open the right doors, He'll bring the right people.
Speaker 5: He'll turn negative situations around, and you'll step.
Speaker 6: Into the fullness of your destiny.
Speaker 5: In Jesus's name if you receive it, can you say
Speaker 5: him in today?
Speaker 6: We never like to close our.
Speaker 5: Broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the
Speaker 5: lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just
Speaker 5: say Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins.
Speaker 6: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior.
Speaker 5: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you
Speaker 5: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church.
Speaker 5: Keep God first place. He's going to take your places
Speaker 5: that you've never dreamed.
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