1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Juel and Victoria. We are so glad 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: that you are a part of this podcast. We believe 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: that it's going to make a huge difference in your life. 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,559 Speaker 1: Know that we are praying for you. Yeah, we love 5 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: you guys, and just appreciate just taking the time. We 6 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:16,799 Speaker 1: believe it it's going to be a beautiful spring for 7 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:20,760 Speaker 1: you and an awesome twenty twenty four. Enjoy the message today. 8 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 1: God bless you and it's great to be with you today. 9 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,479 Speaker 1: And I hope you'll stay connected with us during the 10 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, 11 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: and you can come visit us in person. We'd love 12 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: to have you be a part of one of our services. 13 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 1: I'd like to start with something funny and I heard 14 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: about this eighty five year old man. He was out 15 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:45,520 Speaker 1: fishing one morning and he heard a voice saying, pick 16 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: me up. He looked around, didn't see anybody and thought 17 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 1: he was dreaming. He heard it again, pick me up. 18 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: He looked down and saw a frog. He said, are 19 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 1: you talking to me? The frog said yes, pick me 20 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: up and kiss me and I'll turn into a beautiful bride. 21 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 1: The man quickly picked him up and put him in 22 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 1: his front pocket. The frog said, wait a minute. I said, 23 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: kiss me and I'll turn into a bride. The man said, no, thanks. 24 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: At my age, I'd rather have a talking frog say 25 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 26 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: what it says I am. I have what it says 27 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 28 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: Today I will be talked the word of God. I 29 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 30 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:34,759 Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 31 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 32 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: don't lose your joy. We all go through disappointments and 33 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:45,759 Speaker 1: things that are not fair. We're dealing with an illness, 34 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: or raising a difficult child, stressful season at work. It's 35 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 1: easy to get discouraged and let the pressures of life 36 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: weigh us down to where we live with a heaviness, 37 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: worried about our health or upset over the bad. We think, 38 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: once this passes, once I get through this difficult season, 39 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: then I'll be happy again. Then I'll have a good attitude. 40 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 1: But the scripture says, the joy of the Lord is 41 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 1: your strength. Without your joy, you won't be able to 42 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: stand strong and withstand these attacks. Joy is directly connected 43 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: to your strength. If you don't have joy, you won't 44 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:28,119 Speaker 1: be able to outlast the opposition, deal with the pressures 45 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 1: of raising that child, the frustrations at work. Getting your 46 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: joy back is not an option now Joel's telling me 47 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: to be happier. It's deeper than that. Joy is a necessity. 48 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: That's what's giving you the strength to overcome. The enemy 49 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,239 Speaker 1: is not really after your dreams, your children, your health, 50 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 1: your finances. You know what he's really after your joy. 51 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 1: He knows if you don't have joy, you're going to 52 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: be weak. You'll be easy praying. If he can keep 53 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: you discouraged, overwhelmed by pressure, upset over who did you wrong, 54 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 1: burdened down by the medical report. When you never smile, 55 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: you never have any passion, everything's heavy, then he'll be 56 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:14,399 Speaker 1: able to defeat you in any area. And sometimes we're 57 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: waiting for God to change things. For God is saying, 58 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: if you'll get your joy back, strength will come. You'll 59 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: feel God breathing on your line, sustaining you, empowering you, 60 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: causing you to overcome, to outlast, to endure. David had 61 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: all kinds of things come against him. Armies were attacking 62 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: King Saul was jealous and chased him through the desert. 63 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: People were lying about him, trying to ruin his reputation. 64 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: David had a good reason to live negative discouraged. But 65 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: in the midst of all that adversity, when he could 66 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: have been complaining, he wrote, this is the day the 67 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it. 68 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: He was making a decision. This trouble is not going 69 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 1: to take my joy. These bad breaks are not going 70 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 1: to cause me to live sour. I will rejoice. I 71 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 1: will be glad today, not next month, not next week, 72 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: not when things get better. This is the day the 73 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 1: Lord has made. If you're going to keep your joy, 74 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: you have to be proactive. You can't wait to see 75 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: how you feel when you wake up in the morning. 76 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: You have to make a decision like David. I'm going 77 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:31,480 Speaker 1: to be glad today. I'm going to smile, I'm going 78 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: to be grateful. I'm going to see the good. Yes, 79 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: it's difficult, but I know God's on the throne. I 80 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: know he's fighting my battles. I know him being for 81 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:44,919 Speaker 1: me is more than the world being against me. Jesus 82 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 1: said John sixteen. In life, you'll have trouble, adversities, and hardships. 83 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 1: But be of good cheer for I have overcome the world. 84 00:04:55,400 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: This is counterintuitive. When we face trouble difficulties, it's natural 85 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: to be negative, discouraged. Why did this happen? You have 86 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:08,919 Speaker 1: to recognize the enemy's schemes. He's trying to get you 87 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 1: sour so you don't have any strength to withstand the trouble. Now, 88 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: that's when you have to dig down deep and say, no, 89 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: I'm not giving away my joy. I need my strength. 90 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: I'm going to rejoice and be glad despite what's coming 91 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:27,720 Speaker 1: against me. If you keep your joy, you can't be defeated. 92 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: Joy is not just a feeling, it's a force. It's 93 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 1: strengthen in you, empowering you, causing you to overcome what 94 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:40,039 Speaker 1: could have stopped you. Paul and Silas were put in 95 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 1: prison for sharing their faith. They hadn't done anything wrong, 96 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:47,359 Speaker 1: but they were arrested and locked up in the deepest dungeon. 97 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 1: They could have been complaining, bitter God, we were doing 98 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: what you told us to do. This is not fair. 99 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 1: They understood this principle. At midnight, they were singing praises 100 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:03,279 Speaker 1: to God, God, thanking him for his goodness talking about 101 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:07,600 Speaker 1: his faithfulness. Being a good cheer in the prison, good 102 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:11,159 Speaker 1: cheer when it wasn't fair, good cheer when they were mistreated. 103 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: Suddenly there was a great earthquake, The prison doors flung open, 104 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 1: the chains fell off their feet. They walked out as 105 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 1: free men. When you stay a good cheer in the trouble, 106 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 1: God goes to work, You're not only going to be strengthened, 107 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:31,480 Speaker 1: but angels are dispatched, favor is released, healing is coming. 108 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 1: And anyone can be a good cheer when everything's going 109 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: their way. It's easy to be joyful when we're getting 110 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: good breaks. Our children are healthy, people are treating us right. 111 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 1: That doesn't take any faith. The test comes when people 112 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 1: do you wrong, when life throws you, occur the medical 113 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: report's not good. It's tempting to get sour, live discouraged. 114 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: Let that pressure cause us to lose our passion. You 115 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 1: have to decide, like Paul and Silas, I'm gonna be 116 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: a good cheer despite what's happening. I'm gonna keep praising 117 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 1: when I could be complaining. I'm gonna stay in faith 118 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: when every thought is telling me to doubt. I'm gonna 119 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 1: put a smile on my face when I could be discouraged. 120 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 1: Being a good cheer is what's gonna help you to 121 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 1: overcome that trouble. In the Old Testament, Nehemiah and his 122 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: men had just rebuilt the walls around Jerusalem, but the 123 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: property inside, the houses, the buildings, they were still in ruins. 124 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 1: Now they faced the task of rebuilding the city, and 125 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: they had opposition people coming against them. They didn't have 126 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: the supplies, the materials. They were so discouraged they felt overwhelmed. 127 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 1: The prophet Ezra showed up and said to them in 128 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 1: Neemiah chapter eight, this day is holy to the Lord 129 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: your God. More not, nor we do not grieve or 130 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:02,679 Speaker 1: be depressed, For the joy of the Lord is your strength. 131 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 1: God knew if they stayed in mourning, if they stayed discouraged, 132 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: they would never have the strength to move forward and 133 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 1: fulfill their destiny. We all have these times where we 134 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: go through setbacks, people come against us. We lost a 135 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 1: loved one. It's easy to stay in mourning, discouraged over 136 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: what happened, bitter over who hurt us, frustrated over how 137 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 1: long it's taking. God is saying to us what he 138 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 1: said to them, Stop mourning stop being depressed. This is 139 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 1: a new day. God has not brought you this far 140 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:41,679 Speaker 1: to leave you. You have to get your joy back 141 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 1: so you'll have the strength to step into the new 142 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:49,079 Speaker 1: things He has for you. Nehemiah and the Israelites went 143 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:52,200 Speaker 1: on to rebuild the city. They saw God protect them 144 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: and favor them, give them resources to do more than 145 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: they ever dreamed. But this would have never happened if 146 00:08:59,679 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: they had not change their attitude and made this decision 147 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 1: to get their joy back. Joel, I'm discouraged today because 148 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: of the medical report. I'm upset because my child's off course, 149 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 1: I'm stressed over this legal problem. That's why I'm sour. 150 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 1: The scripture says count it all joy when you face trials. 151 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 1: That doesn't seem to make sense. Why would God say 152 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 1: be joyful when we face trouble, be of good cheer 153 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: when we go through tough times. It's because if you 154 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 1: lose your joy, you're going to lose your strength. In 155 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: these difficult times, you need your strength more than ever. 156 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 1: When you have a child that's hard to raise, that 157 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: takes a lot of energy, when you're dealing with an 158 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 1: illness that can be emotionally and physically draining. When you're 159 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 1: waiting for a dream to come to pass, waiting to 160 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 1: meet the right person, you'll be tempted to get discouraged 161 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 1: and give up your joy. Is what's going to help 162 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: you to keep believing, keep standing strong, to go through 163 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 1: it negative discourage, bitter, You're not gonna have the strength 164 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: to fight the good fight of faith. And one way 165 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 1: to keep your joy is knowing that on the other 166 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 1: side of that difficulty is a new level. On the 167 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:19,559 Speaker 1: other side of every setback is new opportunity, new growth. 168 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 1: God wouldn't have allowed the trouble if it wasn't going 169 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: to work for your good. It's not there to stop you, 170 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 1: it's there to promote you. You have to keep reminding 171 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:33,559 Speaker 1: yourself even though I don't like this, even though it's 172 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 1: not fair, I'm gonna keep my joy knowing that this 173 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: setback is setting me up for something greater. God never 174 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 1: brings us out the same, He makes the enemy pay 175 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: for bringing the trouble. The key is to keep your 176 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: joy so you'll have the strength to make it through 177 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 1: the difficulty and see the greater things God has for you. 178 00:10:56,160 --> 00:11:00,440 Speaker 1: That's why God told Neamiyah, stop warning, stop being girls. 179 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 1: Yes you've been through a lot. Yes, there are big 180 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: challenges in front of you, but you have to get 181 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 1: your joy back so you have the strength to go 182 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 1: where I'm taking you. You don't have to figure it 183 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: all out. God will fight the battles, he'll open the 184 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 1: right doors, he'll bring the right people. But you can't 185 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:22,840 Speaker 1: be weak, defeated. This is too much for me. I'm overwhelmed. 186 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: Don't get your joy back. See sometimes the way God 187 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 1: delivers us is to cause us to outlast the opposition. 188 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 1: You won't have the strength to endure if you get 189 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 1: up in the morning thinking, oh man, when is this 190 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:39,840 Speaker 1: going to change? I never get any good breaks. I 191 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:43,959 Speaker 1: can't take this anymore. That's making you weak. That's draining 192 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 1: your energy, that's taken your passion. Your joy is connected 193 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:52,079 Speaker 1: to your strength. The more joyful you are, the stronger 194 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 1: you're going to be. And I don't mean laughing all 195 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 1: the time. I'm talking about a contentment on the inside, 196 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: song of praise in your spirit, a gratefulness to God. 197 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 1: You're always thanking him for what he's done. You have 198 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 1: a smile on your face. You're passionate about the day. 199 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 1: See Isra said, this day is holy under God, do 200 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 1: not grieve or be discouraged. He was saying, this day 201 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 1: is a gift from God. He could have chosen anyone 202 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 1: to be alive at this time, but he chose you 203 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 1: and me. We should feel a responsibility to live it 204 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 1: in faith. It's not an ordinary day. Every day is 205 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:38,679 Speaker 1: a holy day. Don't go through it negative, bitter, complaining. 206 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 1: Nothing that's happened to you has stopped your destiny. The trouble, 207 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: the adversity, the disappointment, it's all a test. That's the 208 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 1: enemy trying to deceive you, like he almost did Nehemiah 209 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 1: into being discouraged, mourning, going around with a defeated mentality. 210 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 1: If you'll get your joy back, you'll get your strength back, 211 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:05,080 Speaker 1: if you'll be a good cheer in the midst of 212 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:09,320 Speaker 1: the difficulty, that's your faith at work. That's when God 213 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:12,439 Speaker 1: will show up and do what you can't do. Open 214 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,719 Speaker 1: doors like fora Paul and Silas, make ways where you 215 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 1: don't see away. After Hurricane Katrina, I saw this news 216 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 1: report where people were being interviewed that had made it out. 217 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 1: One person after another told her about how bad it 218 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 1: was and how they barely made it, and how they 219 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 1: had lost everything and they were so upset, discouraged, blaming 220 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:39,079 Speaker 1: the city, and mad at the response teams. Then this 221 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 1: one lady stepped up. You could tell there was something 222 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:45,560 Speaker 1: different about her. She had a smile, she looked so 223 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:50,839 Speaker 1: peaceful and happy. The reporter said, almost sarcastically, all right, 224 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 1: tell me your story. What's wrong? She said, nothing's wrong. 225 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 1: I'm not here to complain. I'm here to thank God 226 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 1: that I'm still alive. I want to thank him that 227 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 1: my children are all okay, and thank him that we 228 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 1: all made it through the storm. The reporter was kind 229 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:12,080 Speaker 1: of pleasantly surprised everyone had been complaining about not having 230 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: any powering how hot it was no air conditioning. He 231 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 1: asked the woman about her house and whether she had electricity. 232 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 1: She said, no, I don't have any power. I don't 233 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:26,920 Speaker 1: even have my house. It was totally destroyed in the storm. 234 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 1: But she poured out a small bible in her front pocket. 235 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 1: She held it up and said, but I do have 236 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 1: my hope, I have my joy, I have my God. 237 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 1: The scripture says no person can take your joy. No 238 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 1: bad break, no disappointment, no storm, no calamity, nothing can 239 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 1: take it. You have to give it away. It's your choice. 240 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 1: You're in charge of your joy. You need it for 241 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 1: your destiny, to raise your children, to accomplish your dreams. 242 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: It's designed to strength you, to empower you. Too often 243 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 1: we make the mistake of giving it away. We had 244 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 1: a disappointment and gave some away, or that person did 245 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 1: me wrong, I gave them some joy. Made that mistake 246 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 1: last year, gave that some joy. We wonder why we're discouraged, 247 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 1: Why don't we have the passion for our dreams that 248 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 1: stamm it up for our children, because we're lowing joy. 249 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 1: The good news is you can get your joy back. 250 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 1: It's a decision that you make. Like David, this is 251 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 1: the day the Lord has made. I'm gonna rejoice today. 252 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be glad today. I'm gonna live this day 253 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 1: in faith. This is what Habacco did a man in 254 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 1: the scripture. He said, though the fig tree does not blossom, 255 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 1: and there be no fruit on the vine, Though the 256 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: olive crops have felled, and the fields have produced no food. 257 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 1: Though there are no sheep in the pen and no 258 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 1: cattle in the stalls. He was saying, man, business isn't good. 259 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 1: My crops didn't make it. My storehouses are empty. He 260 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 1: could have stopped there and just complained, been discouraged in 261 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 1: self pity, but he went on to say, yet, will 262 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:14,200 Speaker 1: I rejoice in the Lord, enjoy in the God of 263 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 1: my salvation. He was saying, all these negative things have happened, 264 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 1: but I know a secret. I'm not giving away my 265 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 1: joy in this trouble. I'm going to be a good 266 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: cheer for I know salvation is coming. Salvation means deliverance, breakthroughs, healing, abundance. 267 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 1: He was expecting God's goodness. That joy is what gives 268 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 1: you the strength to stand strong and come through the difficulties. 269 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 1: Many times we never see God turn it around. We 270 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 1: never see him pay us back because we get discouraged 271 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 1: and give up on what we're believing. For we need 272 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: to have that spirit like a backup. Yes, I went 273 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 1: through a loss, the dream didn't work out, the relationship failed. 274 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: But I'm not going to live discouraged, replaying the hurts. Yet, 275 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 1: will I rejoice? You're going to reach your potential. You 276 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:11,879 Speaker 1: have to have yet faith. My business is slow, yet 277 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:16,359 Speaker 1: I still believe abundance is coming. The medical report wasn't good, 278 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,639 Speaker 1: yet I'm still trusting God that healing is on the 279 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 1: way that person did me wrong. I'm not better yet 280 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:26,840 Speaker 1: I will rejoice, knowing that God's my vindicator, knowing that 281 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 1: God will make it up to me. Get your joy back. 282 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:33,399 Speaker 1: When you have your joy, you're showing God that you 283 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 1: trust him. When the enemy brings trouble, he expects you 284 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:41,919 Speaker 1: to fall apart, complain, blame people. When you do. Like 285 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:45,480 Speaker 1: a backup and say, yet, will I rejoice? You give 286 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 1: the enemy a nervous breakdown. If he can't steal your joy, 287 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:52,959 Speaker 1: he can't defeat you. I heard about this little bird 288 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:56,160 Speaker 1: that lived in a cage, and every day he would 289 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:59,439 Speaker 1: sit on his swing and sing and sing from morning 290 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:02,440 Speaker 1: to eat. He was so happy, didn't have a care 291 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 1: in the world. One day, his owner was cleaning out 292 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 1: the bird cage like she did every week. He was 293 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:11,639 Speaker 1: still on his swing, singing away, and she had the 294 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:15,479 Speaker 1: vacuum hose up there vacuuming out the bottom of the cage. 295 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 1: When the phone rang, she leaned over to reach the phone. 296 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:22,440 Speaker 1: When she did, her other hand with the vacuum went 297 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 1: up and accidentally sucked the little bird down the hose. 298 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:30,240 Speaker 1: After she hung up, she noticed that he's not there 299 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 1: and thought where to go, and She looked all over 300 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 1: the house and different rooms, behind every curtain. Finally it 301 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 1: dawned on her that the unthinkable may have happened. She 302 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 1: ran in, opened up the vacuum bag, and sure enough, 303 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 1: there he was, all disheveled looking. She felt terrible. She 304 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 1: dusted him all, cleaned him up the best she could, 305 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 1: and then she put him back up on that swing. 306 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 1: She said, the most unusual thing happened. He didn't sing anymore. 307 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 1: He just sat there and stared out into space. He 308 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 1: lost his song. Sometimes that's what happens to us. We're 309 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 1: going along fine, everything's great. Then we hit some turmoil, 310 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 1: We go through a disappointment, somebody does us wrong, the 311 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,880 Speaker 1: medical report is not good. We get sucked down that 312 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 1: vacuum hose, so to speak. And sure we thank God 313 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 1: that we made it out. But too often, like that 314 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:28,439 Speaker 1: little bird, we've lost our song. We don't have the 315 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: joy we once had. We're not pursuing dreams, we're not 316 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:35,879 Speaker 1: passionate about life. We're just going through the motions. You 317 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 1: have to get your song back. That disappointment did not 318 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 1: stop your destiny. That bad break did not catch God 319 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:46,880 Speaker 1: off guard. He still has amazing things in your future. 320 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:50,479 Speaker 1: But here's the whole key. The enemy would love for 321 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 1: us to live discouraged, not dreaming, not believing. Don't fall 322 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:58,160 Speaker 1: into that trap. This is when you have to dig 323 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:02,240 Speaker 1: down deep and say God, counting at all. Joy. A 324 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:05,640 Speaker 1: man I know was always so happy and upbeat. It's 325 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 1: very successful, had a beautiful family. But a few years 326 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 1: back he went through an unexpected divorce. He was so discouraged. 327 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:17,719 Speaker 1: He wasn't the same person. Normally he was outgoing and 328 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 1: fun to be around. Now he was just the opposite, 329 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 1: like he is in this fog. The next year, his 330 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 1: company went through a restructuring and he was forced to 331 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:31,240 Speaker 1: retire early. Another big disappointment. At his lowest moment is 332 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 1: flipping through the channels and he heard me talking about 333 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:37,879 Speaker 1: how God can give you beauty for ashes, and how 334 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:40,879 Speaker 1: if you'll get your joy back and start believing again, 335 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 1: God will take what was meant for harm and turn 336 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 1: it for your good. Realize he had to get his 337 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:50,720 Speaker 1: joy back and changed his attitude and started being grateful 338 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:54,680 Speaker 1: and enjoying his children again. And with that joy came 339 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 1: his strength and came his passion for life. A couple 340 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 1: of years ago, through these circumstances, he met this beautiful woman. 341 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:06,400 Speaker 1: They fell in love and were married. He said, Joel, 342 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:10,800 Speaker 1: I have never been dishappy in all of my life. Recently, 343 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:14,120 Speaker 1: this new company was starting in another state. A man 344 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 1: he had interviewed with thirty years ago and didn't get 345 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 1: the job, called and asked if he would come and 346 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 1: run this new company. He thought his career was over, 347 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 1: but God had something more than he ever imagined. Who 348 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:31,440 Speaker 1: knows what God will do. If you'll get your song back, 349 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:35,119 Speaker 1: get your joy back. The joy is what gives you 350 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:38,919 Speaker 1: the strength to stand strong and believe again, so you 351 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:42,919 Speaker 1: can see the goodness of God in greater ways. In 352 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:46,400 Speaker 1: the Old Testament, one way an army would overtake a 353 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 1: city was by clogging up the wells that provided water. 354 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 1: They would take stones and throw them into the well 355 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 1: until the water wouldn't flow. This was their source of life, 356 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 1: and eventually the people would have to come from behind 357 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,400 Speaker 1: the way walls the army would come out and attack. 358 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 1: This is what happened with Isaac. Genesis twenty six says 359 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 1: the Philistines clogged up all the wells that belonged to 360 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:14,919 Speaker 1: Isaac and his family. It's the same way with our enemy. 361 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:18,199 Speaker 1: There is a well of joy on the inside of 362 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 1: each one of us. The scripture talks about how out 363 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:25,680 Speaker 1: of your belly shall flow rivers of living water. Jesus 364 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:28,440 Speaker 1: told the woman in John chapter four, if you drink 365 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 1: this ordinary water, you'll thirst again. But the water I 366 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:37,440 Speaker 1: give you will become a spring, welling up, bubbling continually 367 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 1: within you. That's the joy God placed on the inside. 368 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:45,359 Speaker 1: But like with Isaac, the enemy comes and tries to 369 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 1: clog up our well. He uses stones of disappointments, stones 370 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:54,640 Speaker 1: of hurt, stones of guilt from mistakes we've made, stones 371 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 1: of doubt. We don't think we can do it, stones 372 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 1: of offence. They did us wrong. Now we don't have 373 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:04,640 Speaker 1: the joy. We're not passionate. It's because our well has 374 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 1: become clogged. We've let hurt, bitterness, fear, condemnation stop that flow. 375 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,119 Speaker 1: See there's a difference between a dry well and a 376 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: clogged up well. A dry well is finished, it's done, 377 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:22,880 Speaker 1: nothing left, all washed up. But a clogged up well 378 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 1: is one that has all this potential, all this water 379 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 1: ready to flow. It's just being limited by what's blocking it. 380 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,680 Speaker 1: You may not have the joy that you should. You've 381 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 1: been through some bad breaks, some disappointments. Now that joy 382 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 1: is not flowing. The good news is your well is 383 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:45,000 Speaker 1: not dry, it's just clogged up. If you'll get those 384 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: stones out, it's going to start flowing like never before 385 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:53,960 Speaker 1: Rivers of living water. Verse eighteen says Isaac redubbed the 386 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:59,360 Speaker 1: wells that the Philistines clogged up. Maybe today you need 387 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 1: to redig some wells. You need to unclog what's stopped 388 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 1: up your joy? A disappointment, a bad break, a delay. 389 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 1: Things haven't happened on your timetable. Now you're sour, not believing. 390 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 1: Get that stone out. It may be that you need 391 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:20,199 Speaker 1: to forgive someone. Let go of that offense. It's not 392 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 1: affecting them, it's clogging up your well. Perhaps you need 393 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 1: to forgive yourself. Quit living condemned, feeling guilty, focused on 394 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 1: your mistakes. God doesn't remember it. Why are you remembering it? 395 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:38,160 Speaker 1: Or the disappointment you went through, the door that closed. 396 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:41,480 Speaker 1: That doesn't mean that it's never going to happen. That 397 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 1: means that God has something better in store. So you 398 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 1: have to get that stone of discouragement, get rid of 399 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 1: that stone of doubt. Thinking it's too late, You've been 400 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 1: through too much. That's clogging up your well, keeping you 401 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 1: from believing and expecting God's goodness. Or is there a 402 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:03,919 Speaker 1: stone of security, not feeling valuable, thinking you're not up 403 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 1: to par, not attractive, not talented. That stone is keeping 404 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:12,720 Speaker 1: you from shining, from blossoming, seeing the fullness of who 405 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,679 Speaker 1: God made you to be. He didn't create us to 406 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 1: live worried, discouraged, limited, Jesus said that he came that 407 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 1: your joy would be full. He put that river in 408 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: you to continually flow. You have to make this decision. 409 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 1: I will be glad today. Yes, I've had some difficulties, 410 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 1: but I'm will be a good cheer. Not because everything 411 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 1: is perfect, but because I know my God is on 412 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:41,359 Speaker 1: the throne. What he is purpose for my life will 413 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 1: come to pass. David had made some mistakes and he 414 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:49,200 Speaker 1: was very down on himself. So discouraged, he said in 415 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 1: Psalm fifty one, God restoring to me the joy of 416 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 1: my salvation. He recognized his well was clogged and he 417 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:02,680 Speaker 1: asked God to help him. Fighting discouragement. Life has thrown 418 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:07,200 Speaker 1: you some unexpected challenges. My prayer today is that God 419 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:10,439 Speaker 1: is going to restore your joy. Not a trickle, not 420 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 1: a stream, but a river of living water, that joy 421 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:17,359 Speaker 1: bubbling up on the inside. That's how you're going to 422 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 1: have the strength to outlast the attacks, to withstand the opposition. 423 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:26,119 Speaker 1: Your joy is directly connected to your strength. No person 424 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:29,960 Speaker 1: can take it, no circumstance. Now do your part, don't 425 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 1: give it away. If you'll do this, I believe and declare. 426 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 1: Discouragement is leaving right now. Fear cannot stay, doubt is going. 427 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 1: You're about to see a new level of joy, a 428 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 1: new level of strength, a new level of favor, the 429 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 1: fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name, And if you 430 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:55,400 Speaker 1: receive it, can you say amen? I'd like to give 431 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:58,480 Speaker 1: you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 432 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 433 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:06,400 Speaker 1: repent of my sins, Come into my heart. I make 434 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:10,200 Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 435 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 1: we believe you got born again. We'd love to send 436 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 1: you some information your new walk with the Lord. You 437 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 1: can text the number on the screen or go to 438 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 1: the website. 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