1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: What a joy to be with you today. We're praying 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: for you and your family. I know God has great 3 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: things in store. You wouldn't be alive if there weren't 4 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:10,880 Speaker 1: more victories in front of you. So know that we 5 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:13,120 Speaker 1: love you, we're praying for you. Hey, I hope you'll 6 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: stay tuned to the very end. We've got some special 7 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: resources to help you stay encouraged and inspired. Well, God 8 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: bless you. It's always a joy to come into your homes. 9 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:25,119 Speaker 1: And if you're ever in our area, stop buying. Be 10 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: a part of one of our services. I promise you 11 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: we'll make you feel right at home. These are the 12 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 1: finest people in all of Houston, Texas, right here at Lakewood, 13 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 1: So come be a part. Thanks for tuning in, and 14 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,479 Speaker 1: thank you again for coming out. And I like to 15 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:41,879 Speaker 1: start with something funny and heard about this minister. He 16 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:45,880 Speaker 1: parked in a no parking zone downtown in a large city, 17 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 1: and he left a note on the windshield, said officer, 18 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:52,880 Speaker 1: I've circled this block ten times. If I don't park here, 19 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: I'm going to miss my appointment and big letters, he wrote, 20 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: forgive us our trespasses. Return to his car, found he 21 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 1: had a ticket. Officer had written him a note. It said, Sir, 22 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 1: I've circled this block for ten years. If I don't 23 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: give you a ticket, I could lose my job. Big letters, 24 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: he wrote, lead us not into temptations. Hold up your bible. 25 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 26 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what 27 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 28 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 29 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:30,039 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 30 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 31 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 32 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: about not giving away your joy. We have opportunities every 33 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 1: day to get upset, to go around frustrated, can't find 34 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: the car keys, traffic is backed up, or maybe somebody 35 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 1: was rude to us, or what should have taken an 36 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: hour ended up taking four hours. There will always be 37 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 1: something that can sour our day. If we're going to 38 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: live in victory, we have to have the right approach 39 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: to life. I've heard it said life is ten percent 40 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond. 41 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 1: Some people are frustrated because they're trying to control the 42 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:21,119 Speaker 1: ten percent, they're not going to be happy unless everything 43 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: goes their way, everybody treats them right, all their plans 44 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: work out. That's the wrong approach. You can't control the traffic, 45 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 1: what your neighbor does, or how your boss treats you. 46 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 1: All you can control is your own response. That's where 47 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: the power lies, not in trying to control everybody and everything. 48 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 1: Now I hear people say, I'd be happy if my 49 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: spouse treated me better. I'd be happy if my boss 50 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: would move to another planet. I'd be happy if I 51 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: didn't have to sit in traffic every day. Joel, No, 52 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 1: you're allowing what you can't control to sour your life. 53 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: You have to change your approach. The first part of 54 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 1: the day, before we get out of bed, we need 55 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,359 Speaker 1: to make a decision that no matter what comes our way, 56 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: we are not going to get upset. No matter what 57 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: somebody says, we're not going to be offended. No matter 58 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,519 Speaker 1: what interruption or delay, we're not going to be sour. 59 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: The key is to decide ahead of time. Then when 60 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: life happens, traffic is worse than normal, your children forget 61 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: their homework at school, your wife is in one of 62 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 1: those moods, somebody said, PMS means pretty mean, sister. When 63 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: your plans don't work out, it's no big deal. You've 64 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: already decided this is the day the Lord has made. 65 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 1: You're going to live it happy. But you can't wait 66 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 1: till you're in the heat of the battle. It's too late. 67 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: You've got to decide ahead of time. Then when things 68 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: come against you, you're prepared. Your mind is already made up. 69 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 1: But too often we think, God, if you just change 70 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: these people, change these circumstances, then I could be happy. 71 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: But the fact is, you could take someone with the 72 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: right approach and put them in your same situation. They 73 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: wouldn't be upset, they wouldn't be stressed, they'd be at peace, 74 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:17,919 Speaker 1: enjoy in life. Why they know God is in control, 75 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: that he's directing their steps, that all things are going 76 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:24,479 Speaker 1: to work together for their good. And they've already made 77 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: this decision that no matter what comes their way, they're 78 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 1: going to live their life happy. And if you just 79 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: make this simple adjustment, then what's upsetting you now doesn't 80 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 1: have to upset you any longer. You have the power 81 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 1: to be happy right where you are. That's what Jesus 82 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 1: said in John sixteen twenty two. No man can take 83 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 1: your joy. That means other people cannot make you be unhappy. 84 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: No circumstance can force you to get upset. Nothing can 85 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: take your joy. You have to give it away in 86 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 1: complete control of your happiness. Somebody is rude to you, 87 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 1: what they're really saying is give me your joy. Somebody 88 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: cuts you off in traffic, Let me have your joy. 89 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:14,559 Speaker 1: Somebody ignores you, leaves you out of a meeting. They're 90 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: asking for your joy. You have a choice. You can 91 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: give it to them, go around upset, frustrated, offended, or 92 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:26,840 Speaker 1: you can make a much better decision and say no, thanks, 93 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: I need my joy. Not going to get upset because 94 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: you were rude. I'm not going to be offended because 95 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 1: you didn't speak to me, not going to be frustrated 96 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: because you cut me off in traffic. I've already made 97 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 1: up my mind. I'm going to live this day happy. 98 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:45,039 Speaker 1: I'll give you mercy, I'll give you an understanding, I'll 99 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: give you the benefit of the doubt. But one thing 100 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: I will not give you is my joy. While back, 101 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,600 Speaker 1: I was in a parking lot, driving around and around 102 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: looking for a parking spot. Finally, this couple came out 103 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 1: of the store and headed toward their car. I had 104 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 1: to guess which i'll I thought they were going to 105 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 1: be on, and just so happened, I turned down the 106 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: right one. They were parked at the very first spot 107 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:11,720 Speaker 1: closest to the store. Of course, I thought, thank you 108 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:15,279 Speaker 1: Lord for your favor. I was waiting there. But when 109 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: they backed out, a car came from the main road 110 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: and pulled in going the wrong direction and got that spot. 111 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,359 Speaker 1: You know, I'd been waiting the whole time. My first 112 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 1: inclination was to haunt my horn, give them a piece 113 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,599 Speaker 1: of my mind. Then I remembered I'm a pastor of 114 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: a church. I had to do what I'm asking you 115 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,479 Speaker 1: to do. I thought, no, I've already made up my mind. 116 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,160 Speaker 1: I'm not going to get upset today. I'll give them 117 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 1: the parking spot, but I'm not going to give them 118 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: my joy. When you're tempted to be upset, somebody does 119 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: you wrong? You need to ask yourself, is this worth 120 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:56,559 Speaker 1: me giving up my joy over they've already done me wrong? 121 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 1: Am I going to make it worse by letting them 122 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: sour my whole day? And some people wonder why they're 123 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: not happy, it's because they gave away joy when they 124 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 1: couldn't find their car keys, gave away joy when they 125 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: heard they had to work late, gave away more joy 126 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: when they found out somebody was talking about them. It's 127 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 1: not their circumstances that are keeping them from being happy. 128 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 1: It's the fact that they keep giving away their joy. Friends, 129 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 1: life is way too short to let these interruptions and 130 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: irritations to keep us from being happy. We're never going 131 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: to get away from them. You can't just pray them away. 132 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 1: It's a part of life, and it's very freeing when 133 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 1: you learn this principle. I don't have to give away 134 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 1: my joy. There's nothing people can say, nothing they can do. 135 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: No circumstance can keep me from living this day happy. Now, 136 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: take inventory of your life. What are you allowing to 137 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 1: upset you, what's causing you to be stressed? Identify what 138 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 1: it is, and then make the decision to change your approach. 139 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 1: A lot of times it's a small thing that we're 140 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 1: making a big deal out of. Keep the right perspective. 141 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:14,400 Speaker 1: Is it really worth losing your joy because you couldn't 142 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: find the remote control to the television, or your spouse 143 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: didn't pick up his clothes like you ask him to 144 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: your child for God is lunch. You had to run 145 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: back to the school. You're going to be inconvenience for 146 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 1: fifteen minutes. That's a small thing. Don't give up your 147 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 1: joy over that. Love this story, my brother Paul told 148 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: he and his wife Jennifer have four beautiful children, and 149 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:47,559 Speaker 1: a few years back they were all under the age 150 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: of seven. If you have small children, you know how 151 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 1: hectic and stressful that can be. It One of Paul's 152 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 1: pet peeves is he always likes to be on time. 153 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:00,439 Speaker 1: He does not want to be late. And one day 154 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 1: they had this important event to go to. Paul started 155 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:07,679 Speaker 1: way early an hour before, helping to get the kids 156 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 1: dressed and ready to go. But when it came time 157 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: to leave, everything that could go wrong did. One of 158 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:16,560 Speaker 1: the children spilled something on their dress. They had to 159 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: turn around, go back and change. Then the dog got out. 160 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 1: He had to chase him down. He got a phone call, 161 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 1: I had to deal with something else. He could feel 162 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: his blood pressure rising higher and higher. Just before he 163 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 1: lost his cool, he went in the den, sat on 164 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 1: the couch and said to himself, you know, it's not 165 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:38,440 Speaker 1: really that big a deal to be five minutes late. 166 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 1: To chuck e cheese. Don't make a big deal out 167 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 1: of something that's not a big deal. That's not the 168 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 1: only dumb thing he's done, either. But I wonder how 169 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: many You're not gonna listen now, are you? I wonder 170 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 1: how many things last week we let upset us that 171 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,679 Speaker 1: were small things? How many times did we get stressed 172 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 1: over something that, in the big picture didn't really matter. 173 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 1: You didn't get news that you have a major illness. 174 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 1: You just found out you had to work late one night, 175 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 1: or your ballgame was canceled, or there was a detour 176 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 1: and you had to take the long way home. There 177 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 1: are enough big issues in life to deal with. Make 178 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 1: sure you're not giving away your joy over something small. 179 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 1: Says in Proverbs, A relaxed attitude will lengthen your life. 180 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:37,080 Speaker 1: But when we're uptight, everything's got to be perfect, got 181 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 1: to go our way on our schedule. If not, we're 182 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 1: going to get all stressed out. That not only sours 183 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 1: our day, but it could be shortening our life. Learn 184 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 1: to relax, go with the flow, know that God is 185 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 1: directing your steps. Don't fight against everything that doesn't go 186 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: your way. One time, Victoria and I were at Disneyland 187 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 1: with our children, and was ten o'clock at night. We'd 188 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 1: been at the park all day long, and as we 189 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 1: were leaving, Victoria wanted to go into the gift shop 190 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 1: with our son Jonathan and pick up a few souvenirs. 191 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 1: I was carrying our daughter, Alexander. She was two years old, 192 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 1: and she was asleep on my shoulder. And I was hot, tired, 193 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:19,840 Speaker 1: been walking around all day. I said, Victoria, no, I 194 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:22,680 Speaker 1: don't want to stop at this gift shop. She said, 195 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: come on, George, it's going to take me a minute. 196 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 1: Said all right, and I went out sat on the 197 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 1: bench at the entry way to Disneyland. Just so happened, 198 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:33,680 Speaker 1: there was a big clock up in front of me. 199 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:39,319 Speaker 1: I waited five minutes, ten minutes, fifteen minutes, twenty minutes. 200 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:41,679 Speaker 1: You know how when you're waiting, things seem to take 201 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 1: a lot longer than it really is. And the longer 202 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 1: I waited, the more frustrated I got. I not only 203 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 1: gave away my joy, I gave away my peace, my strength, 204 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 1: everything I had. I was hot and Alexander was making 205 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 1: me more hot as I was holding her. And what 206 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: was my big problem? Had a major accident, lost my job, no, 207 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 1: I just had to wait an extra half hour at Disneyland. 208 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 1: I got up, went in the gift shop, said Victoria, 209 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 1: that's it. I've had it. I'm going to the car. 210 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:12,439 Speaker 1: Just meet me there. She said, no, no, Joe, wait, 211 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 1: we're just about to check out. I said no, no, 212 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 1: I'm tired, Victoria. I'm going to go to the car. 213 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: I knew I should have waited for but I just 214 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:23,839 Speaker 1: too irritated. When we're upset, stress, frustrated, we don't make 215 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 1: good decisions. Now. I got on the tram, still carrying Alexandra, 216 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: took the fifteen minute ride to the parking lot. The 217 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 1: only problem was I couldn't remember where we had parked. 218 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 1: We were driving a white rental car. Do you know 219 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:44,680 Speaker 1: how many white rental cars there are at Disneyland in 220 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 1: the summer. I bet there's ten thousand. I went up 221 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 1: and down all after aur after oh so tired, totally sweating. 222 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 1: Finally I had to do what no grown man likes 223 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,439 Speaker 1: to do. I had to go to the tram station 224 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:03,080 Speaker 1: say I can't find my car. Might as well said 225 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 1: I'm a loser. There was an older man there, and 226 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: he was very friendly. He said, don't worry about it. 227 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 1: I'll help you. Did you park in the Mickey and 228 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 1: Friends parking lot or did you park in the Lion 229 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 1: King parking lot? He said, I have no idea. He said, well, 230 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 1: did you see Mickey Mouse when you drove in? Or 231 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: did you see Simba? I said, I don't know who 232 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 1: Simba is? He said, do you know who Donald Duck is? 233 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 1: Long story short? I parked on the other side of Disneyland. 234 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 1: I had to get back on the tram, go back 235 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:42,079 Speaker 1: to where I started, catch another tram. An hour later, 236 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 1: I showed up at the car. Little Jonathan was about five. 237 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:47,680 Speaker 1: He came running out, Daddy, Daddy, where have you been? 238 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 1: I thought, I'll never tell. I learned my lesson Number one, 239 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:58,679 Speaker 1: be patient. Number two, let Victoria shop as much as 240 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 1: she wants to shop. Number three, don't give away your joy, 241 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 1: Jesus said John fourteen twenty seven. Stop allowing yourself to 242 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 1: be upset and agitated. Notice it's a choice. He didn't say, 243 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: I'll take away everything that will cause stress and frustration now, 244 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: he said, it'll still be there. But if you have 245 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 1: the right approach, it doesn't have to upset you. We 246 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 1: all have to deal with, not only delays, inconveniences. But 247 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: we have to deal with people that are hard to 248 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 1: get along with, people that are rude, inconsider it annoying. 249 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 1: Sometimes it's not a stranger, somebody that's closer to you. 250 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: One lady told how one of her husband's relatives was 251 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 1: very opinionated. He was always making these sarcastic, demeaning remarks 252 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 1: toward her. And this couple had just been married for 253 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 1: a little while, and every time they went to a 254 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 1: family get together, invariably he would say something that offended her. 255 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 1: It would get her upset and end up running the 256 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 1: whole trip. And this happened like clockwork again and again, 257 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 1: got to where she dreaded going to these family events. Finally, 258 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 1: she said to her husband, you've got to do something 259 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: about this man. He's your relative. She expected her husband 260 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 1: say something like, your right, honey, nobody should talk to 261 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 1: you like that. I'm gonna go in there and straighten 262 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 1: him out, but he did just the opposite. He said, Honey, 263 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: I loved you, but I can't control this man. He 264 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: has every right to have his opinion, he can say 265 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 1: what he wants to, but you have every right to 266 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: not let it offend you. She couldn't understand why her 267 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 1: husband wouldn't get in there and straighten it out. This 268 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 1: happened time and time again. She kept getting upset. Every 269 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: time he'd walk into one room, this man, she would 270 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: walk into another. If this man came inside, she'd make 271 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 1: sure she went outside. Her whole focus was centered on 272 00:15:56,000 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: avoiding this man. One day, it was like a light turned. 273 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 1: She realized she was giving away her joy. She was 274 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 1: letting this one person who has issues of his own 275 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 1: to keep her from being who she was meant to be. Now, 276 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 1: you may have somebody in your life like this, and 277 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 1: if you don't make this adjustment, you'll go the next 278 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 1: twenty years allowing them to upset you. Change your approach. 279 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 1: Every time you let them irritate you, all that's doing 280 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 1: is empowering them the next time they do something that 281 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 1: would normally get on your nerves. Don't give away your 282 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: joy when they're rude, keep a smile on your face. 283 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 1: If they ignore you, leave you out, don't call all 284 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 1: your friends and talk about it. Now, when you stay 285 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 1: on the high road, keep your joy, keep your peace. 286 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 1: You're not fueling it anymore. In other words, you're taking 287 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 1: away their power. But as long as they know they 288 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 1: can push this button and you'll get upset. This button 289 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 1: ruin the rest of your day. They'll continue to do it, 290 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:07,359 Speaker 1: says in Psalms, God has given us the power to 291 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 1: remain calm in times of adversity. That's saying the people 292 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:17,359 Speaker 1: may not change, the circumstances may not change, but you 293 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 1: have the power to stay calm. You don't have to 294 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 1: give away your joy. I called to order a pizza 295 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 1: one time. The first thing they always asked for is 296 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:30,480 Speaker 1: your phone number. Young lady answered the phone, and I 297 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 1: said very politely hello, and I went on to give 298 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 1: her my phone number. You would have thought I just 299 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 1: committed a major crime. She practically screamed in my ear, Sir, 300 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:45,880 Speaker 1: I am not ready for your phone number, and when 301 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 1: I am ready, I will ask you for your phone number. 302 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 1: I thought, lady, I'll give you my phone number. Whenever 303 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 1: I feel like giving you my phone number. I thought, 304 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: I'll call you two o'clock in the morning, give you 305 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:02,119 Speaker 1: my phone number. Forty seven different times, I could feel 306 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 1: myself tempted to be aggravated, upset, irritated. I had to 307 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: ask myself, am I going to give her my joy? 308 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 1: Was I going to let this young lady that I'd 309 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: never seen, never met, didn't want to meet, cause me 310 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:22,120 Speaker 1: to get sour ruined the rest of my evening. Or 311 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:25,159 Speaker 1: was I going to say no, thanks, I need my joy. 312 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 1: I've already decided I'm not going to get upset. I 313 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 1: know I have the power to stay calm in a 314 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:35,479 Speaker 1: time of adversity. I kept my joy. I saw it 315 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:38,919 Speaker 1: as a challenge. As mean and rude as she was 316 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 1: to me, I was going to be that kind and 317 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:46,400 Speaker 1: friendly back to her. The scripture says we overcome evil 318 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:51,639 Speaker 1: with good when somebody's rude inconsiderate. Too often we sink 319 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 1: down to their level. We're rude inconsiderate back to them. 320 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 1: But the way to really overcome is to do just 321 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 1: the opposite. You've heard the phrase is kill them with kindness. 322 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 1: That's what I tried to do. I thought of anything 323 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 1: that I could possibly compliment her on. Now I had 324 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 1: to use my imagination. I said, I sure appreciate you 325 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 1: entering the phone so quickly and taking my order being 326 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 1: so efficient, and you guys make the best pizzas you're 327 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:22,399 Speaker 1: always on time. On and on I went. By the 328 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:25,199 Speaker 1: time I was done, she is my best friend. She 329 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 1: was throwing in hot wings and doctor Pepper's and don't 330 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:33,200 Speaker 1: give away your joy, Paul told Timothy in the scripture, 331 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 1: stay calm, cool and steady. Some of you are letting 332 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 1: things upset you way too easily. Traffic weather, grumpy salesperson, 333 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 1: inconsiderate receptionists, family member that talks down to you. Draw 334 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 1: the line in the sand and say that's it. This 335 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 1: is a new day. I'm not giving away my joy anymore. 336 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 1: I'm gonna stay calm, cool and steady. A friend of 337 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 1: mine is a man named David Polly. It's written a 338 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:06,200 Speaker 1: book called the Law of the Garbage Truck. He told 339 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 1: how he was in New York City in a taxi 340 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 1: cab headed toward a meeting when a car pulled out 341 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 1: in front of them. The taxi driver had to slam 342 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 1: on his brakes, swerve to the left, missed the other 343 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: car only by inches. The driver of the other car 344 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:24,400 Speaker 1: it was his fault, but he put his head out 345 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: the window and started screaming, yelling, had his fist in 346 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 1: the air, so angry, so upset, frustrated this taxicab driver. 347 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 1: He just smiled, waved at him real big and drove on. 348 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,159 Speaker 1: Didn't give it the time of day. David, sitting in 349 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:43,840 Speaker 1: the back seat, was so impressed. He said, Wow, that 350 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 1: man almost totaled your car, sent us both to the hospital. 351 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:51,080 Speaker 1: I can't believe you didn't yell back at him. How 352 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 1: could you stay so calm? The taxi driver had a 353 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 1: very insightful answer. He said, I found most people are 354 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 1: like garbage trucks. They go around full of frustration, full 355 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:09,480 Speaker 1: of resentment, full of anger. As their garbage piles up, 356 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: they need someplace to dump it. Sometimes they'll dump it 357 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 1: on you. You can't take it personally, doesn't have anything to 358 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 1: do with you. Just smile, wave and wish them well. 359 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 1: Here's the key. Successful people don't let garbage trucks ruin 360 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 1: their day. Somebody dumps a load on you, don't get upset. 361 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:35,399 Speaker 1: If you make that mistake, you'll take their garbage and 362 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:39,640 Speaker 1: most likely dump it on somebody else. No, keep your 363 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:43,160 Speaker 1: lid on these days. We need to have a steel lid. 364 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:48,399 Speaker 1: A lot of people dumping poison, anger, resentment, criticism. We 365 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:51,360 Speaker 1: can't stop them from dumping it. But if we'll keep 366 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 1: our lid on tight, it doesn't have to affect us. 367 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 1: Years ago, I was at an electronics store to buy 368 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:01,720 Speaker 1: some parts for our television cameras. The parts were in 369 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:04,160 Speaker 1: the back and the staff members had to go get 370 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 1: them for you. I was standing at the counter. There 371 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 1: was a man behind it on the telephone. Nobody else 372 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 1: was there to wait on me, so I just stood 373 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 1: there and waited and waited. This man could see that 374 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,480 Speaker 1: I needed help, but he wasn't the least bit interested 375 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: in hurrying. After about fifteen minutes, he hung up the phone. 376 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 1: I was standing right in front of him, not three 377 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:29,959 Speaker 1: feet away, but he never looked up. He started reading something. 378 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:34,880 Speaker 1: I waited patiently another four, five six minutes. Finally I said, 379 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 1: very politely, excuse me, sir, would you mind getting this 380 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:42,440 Speaker 1: part for me? He looked up like I had totally 381 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 1: offended him. I gave him the piece of paper with 382 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: the part number on it, and he looked at it 383 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 1: for maybe three seconds and basically threw it back at me, said, 384 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,600 Speaker 1: as rude as can be, we don't even carry that 385 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:58,439 Speaker 1: part here. Well, I'd bought that part there many times before, 386 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: and again, I said, very kind sir, I believe I 387 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,680 Speaker 1: purchased it here before. Would you mind at least taking 388 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:08,640 Speaker 1: a look. His face got real red looked like he's 389 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: about to explode. He used several curse words. He says, son, 390 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:14,880 Speaker 1: I'm telling you we don't sell it here now, don't 391 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,399 Speaker 1: ever ask me for it again. I smiled and said 392 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: have a nice day. Didn't mean it, but at least 393 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 1: I said it. He dumped his garbage, But I thought, 394 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna let that ruin my day. I know 395 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:31,239 Speaker 1: the secret. I've got my lid on, not gonna let 396 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:34,200 Speaker 1: it affect me. I've already decided I'm not going to 397 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:38,120 Speaker 1: get upset. You have to be aware of the garbage 398 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 1: trucks in life. When somebody dumps a load on you, 399 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: don't take it personally. It's not about you. It's about 400 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 1: all the trash they've accumulated, all the issues they're not 401 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 1: dealing with. You just happen to be the one they 402 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:54,639 Speaker 1: dump it on. The key, Keep your lid on tight, 403 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: don't let it bother you. Jesus put it this way. 404 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: Happy are the meek, They will inherit the Kingdom of God. 405 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:05,440 Speaker 1: We hear that word meek, and a lot of times 406 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 1: we think it means weak. We're supposed to let people 407 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:13,920 Speaker 1: run all over us and insecure, timid no Meekness is 408 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 1: not weakness. It's strength under control. It's like a wild 409 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:22,680 Speaker 1: horse that's been tamed. The horse is just as strong, 410 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 1: just as powerful. He can run just as fast. The 411 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:29,680 Speaker 1: only difference is now you can go up and pet him, 412 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:34,160 Speaker 1: you can ride him. His strength is under control. When 413 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 1: you're a meek person, you don't try to argue with people, 414 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 1: prove to them who you are. If somebody is rude 415 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,120 Speaker 1: to you, sure you could be rude back to them, 416 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:47,880 Speaker 1: but your strength is under control. I could have told 417 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 1: that man what I thought of him, what he should do, 418 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 1: and where he should go. But you're not going to 419 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 1: be happy if you're trying to straighten everybody out, paying 420 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 1: back an insult with another insult, thinking I'm not gonna 421 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 1: let you get the best of me. No, when you're meek, 422 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 1: you don't let things bother you. You don't respond to 423 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 1: every critic. You don't get drawn into battles that don't matter. 424 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 1: You have the power, the ability, You could easily show 425 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 1: them what you're made of, but your strength is under control. 426 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 1: When you live like that, God says you'll be happy. 427 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 1: It's like this man I heard about. He was at 428 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 1: a small country diner eating a hamburger. This motorcycle gang 429 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:35,439 Speaker 1: walked in. These guys were big, tough, mean. One of 430 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:38,879 Speaker 1: the bikers, just to show who was in charge, walked 431 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:42,600 Speaker 1: over and knocked the man's hamburger on the ground, picked 432 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 1: up his water, poured it on top of the man's head, said, 433 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 1: very sarcastically, I'm so sorry. It was just an accident. 434 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:53,879 Speaker 1: The man calmly picked up his napkin, wiped the water 435 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:57,439 Speaker 1: off of his face, walked out of the restaurant. The 436 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 1: biker looked at the waiter, shook his head, said not 437 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:03,280 Speaker 1: much of a man, is he. The waiter said no, 438 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 1: and he's not much of a driver either. He just 439 00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 1: ran over a dozen choppers driving out of here. That 440 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:16,399 Speaker 1: strength under control. But throughout life there will always be 441 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:19,920 Speaker 1: something that will try to take our joy. If it's 442 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 1: not a grumpy salesperson, it's a family member aggravating you. 443 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:27,919 Speaker 1: Traffic's backed up, your flight got delayed, your spouse is 444 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 1: taken too long. Don't go the next twenty years allowing 445 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 1: the same people and same circumstances to frustrate you. Change 446 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:40,639 Speaker 1: your approach. What's upsetting you now doesn't have to upset 447 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 1: you anymore. Keep your lid on, stay calm, cool and steady. 448 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,520 Speaker 1: A relaxed attitude is going to lengthen your life. And 449 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 1: the next time you're tempted to be upset, ask yourself, 450 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 1: is this really worth me giving up my joy over? 451 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,679 Speaker 1: If you'll make this decision to not give away your 452 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:04,280 Speaker 1: job to live each day happy, God promises you'll be strong, 453 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 1: You'll have better relationships, you'll accomplish more. I believe and 454 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:13,520 Speaker 1: declare you will enjoy the abundant life God has in story. Amen, 455 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 1: do you receive it today? 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