1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 3 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:08,079 Speaker 2: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 4 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 2: blessing and share it with a friend. 5 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 6 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:18,080 Speaker 1: your life. God bless you. It's great to be with 7 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: you today, and I hope you'll stay connected with us 8 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 1: during the week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, 9 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:29,159 Speaker 1: social media. We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. I'd like 10 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: to start with something funny and I heard about this 11 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:35,840 Speaker 1: elderly couple. They were sitting on a swing celebrating their 12 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:39,879 Speaker 1: sixtieth wedding Anniverse rend. Feeling romantic, the husband said to 13 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 1: his wife, honey, our love is tried and true. She 14 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,239 Speaker 1: had difficulty hearing and ask him to repeat it. He 15 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:51,160 Speaker 1: said it louder, I said, our love is tried and true. 16 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: She still couldn't hear him, said what would you speak up? Frustrated, 17 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: he shouted, I said, our love is tried and true. 18 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: She said, and well, fine, I'm sick of you too. Okay, 19 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: y'all nothing inspiring, but here we got ready. This is 20 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: my Bible and what it says. I am I have 21 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 1: what it says I have. I can do what it 22 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: says I can do. Today I will be taught the 23 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 1: word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 24 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 25 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:28,400 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 26 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 1: to you today about choosing to be happy. When we 27 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: make up in the morning, we get to choose how 28 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: we're going to live that day. We can choose to 29 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:42,759 Speaker 1: live in faith, happy, expecting favor, or we can choose 30 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: to live discouraged, defeated, focused on our problems. Happiness doesn't 31 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: automatically happen. It's a choice we have to make. You 32 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: can't wait to see what kind of day it's going 33 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: to be. You have to decide what kind of day 34 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 1: it's going to be. First thing in the morning. You 35 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: need to make up your mind. I'm going to live 36 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: this day happy. I'm going to see the good. I'm 37 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:08,679 Speaker 1: going to be grateful, I'm going to love my family. 38 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,679 Speaker 1: I'm going to enjoy this day. If you don't decide 39 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 1: how you're going to live, circumstances will decide for you. 40 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: You'll see every problem, how it's not going to work 41 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 1: out you'll think, I don't feel like going to work. 42 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: This traffic's so bad. I never get any good breaks. 43 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: When you dwell on those thoughts, you may not realize it, 44 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: but you're choosing to live discouraged. You're choosing to have 45 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 1: a lousy day. The scripture says joy comes in the morning. 46 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 1: Every morning God sends you a fresh supply of joy. 47 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: You can dismiss it. I think that's not for me. 48 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: I have too much coming against me. Or you can 49 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: receive it and say things may not be perfect in 50 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 1: my life, but I know God's on the throne. He's 51 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 1: ordering my steps. His plans for me are for good, 52 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: so I'm going to enjoy this. This is what David did. 53 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:06,799 Speaker 1: He had all kinds of opposition, armies trying to stop him, 54 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 1: people slandering him. But in the middle of all that 55 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: he said, this is the day the Lord has made. 56 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: I will rejoice and be glad in it. His circumstances 57 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: said he should be discouraged, afraid, lonely. If he was 58 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 1: reporting on the situation, he would have said, this is 59 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: the day the Lord has made, and I'm really discouraged. 60 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: I've got a lot of problems that would have been 61 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: the truth. But he wasn't reporting. He was making a 62 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: declaration of faith. He was saying, despite the opposition, I 63 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: will be happy despite people lying about me. I will 64 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: be happy despite my family not believing in me. I'm 65 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: going to live this day happy. If you're going to 66 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 1: be happy, you have to be happy on purpose, because 67 00:03:56,160 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: there will be people, betrayals, delays, all kinds of things 68 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: that can cause you to live sour. You have to 69 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: put your foot down and say that's it. I'm not 70 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 1: letting other people still my joy. I'm not letting what's 71 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: not working out cause me to be sour, not letting 72 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:17,239 Speaker 1: this problem at work keep me from enjoying my life. 73 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: I will rejoice. I will be glad. I will live 74 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:25,720 Speaker 1: this day happy. See, your will is more powerful than 75 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 1: how you feel. David didn't feel happy when he wrote this, 76 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 1: but he declared I will rejoice. Don't wait to feel 77 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 1: happy before you decide to be happy. You have to 78 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 1: decide first. Then the happiness will come. Now. Like David, 79 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,359 Speaker 1: you may feel discouraged. You may have a good reason. 80 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 1: Things were not fair, you went through a loss. Nothing 81 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 1: looks promising in your life. The enemy would love for 82 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 1: you to never get your hopes up to think that's 83 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: the way it's always going to be, just dragged through 84 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 1: the day sour. You have to kick your will into gear. 85 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: I will be happy. I will enjoy this day. I 86 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: will focus on the goodness of God. Your will is 87 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 1: going to override how you feel. Now. Mark of maturity 88 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 1: is when you can be happy even when things aren't 89 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 1: going your way, that your joy is not based on 90 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: your circumstances. Well, Joel, when the pandemic is over, I'll 91 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: get my joy back. When I finish school. I'll be 92 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 1: happy again. When the Texans win, I'll be in a 93 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 1: good mood. They be waiting a while when I get married. 94 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 1: When I get married, i'll be happy. Or if I 95 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 1: wasn't married, i'd be happy. If you're putting off your happiness, 96 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: there will always be some reason to not be happy. 97 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,039 Speaker 1: Why don't you make a decision that you're going to 98 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: be happy today, Not when it clears up, not when 99 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 1: your boss changes, not when you lose twenty pounds, not 100 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: when you get the promotion. This is the day the 101 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 1: Lord has made. I've learned. If you don't get happy 102 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: where you are, you probably won't get to where you 103 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,919 Speaker 1: want to be. Well, I can't stand this job. I 104 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:13,599 Speaker 1: don't like working at this place. Try a different approach. God, 105 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:16,280 Speaker 1: I'm happy that I have a job. Help me to 106 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,840 Speaker 1: not let these people steal my joy. If you'll have 107 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:23,160 Speaker 1: a good attitude where you are, that's a seed that 108 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: God will use to change things. But if you're sour 109 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 1: at that job and God gave you a better job, 110 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:32,480 Speaker 1: when someone does you wrong there, you'll be sour at 111 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: that place too. You have to get happy where you are. 112 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: May not be in my dream house yet, but I'm 113 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: happy in this apartment. Not marriage yet, but I'm happy 114 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: being single. This health issue hasn't resolved yet. But God, 115 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 1: I'm going to be happy while you're changing things. You 116 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:55,040 Speaker 1: control your own happiness. It's not up to anyone else. 117 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:58,679 Speaker 1: You're as happy as you want to be. I played 118 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 1: basketball with a young man. He was always in a 119 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: good mood and so friendly and upbeaten. One day after 120 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: the game, I asked if he wanted to go get 121 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: something to eat. He said, no, I have to go 122 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: up to the clinic. I'm taking chemotherapy. He'd been fighting 123 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 1: cancer for three years. I was so surprised I couldn't 124 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: tell anything was wrong. I said I'm so sorry to 125 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 1: hear that, he said, don't feel sorry for me. Life 126 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 1: is good. I'm blessed, have a beautiful wife, a new son. 127 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 1: I'm grateful to be alive. He could have been depressed, 128 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: thinking why me, this is not fair, sitting around in 129 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: self pity. Instead, he made the choice to be happy 130 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: where he was. I ask him how he had such 131 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: a great attitude, he said, when I wake up in 132 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: the morning, I asked myself, do you want to live 133 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 1: depressed or do you want to live happy? I choose 134 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 1: to live happy. I wonder how much more we would 135 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: enjoy our lives if we would do like him and 136 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 1: start choosing to be happy. We can't get away from 137 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: negative circumstances. I can't tell you that having faith will 138 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 1: keep you from trouble, bad breaks, people that do you wrong. 139 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 1: But I can tell you those things don't have to 140 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: take your joy. You're in control of your happiness. David 141 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: said in Psalm one. Happy are the people who's God 142 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 1: is the Lord. And sometimes we look at circumstances and 143 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 1: it's nothing to be happy about, fighting cancer, going through 144 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 1: a pandemic, having trouble at work, nothing good about that. Now, 145 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 1: the reason we can be happy is our God is 146 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 1: on the throne. He controls the universe. He's our provider, 147 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: he's our healer, he's our vindicator, he's our waymaker. We 148 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:54,679 Speaker 1: can be happy that the most powerful force in the 149 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: universe is on our side. No person can stop him. 150 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: No bad break, no sickness, no addiction, all the forces 151 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 1: of darkness cannot stop what God has ordained for you. 152 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:11,560 Speaker 1: It's significant that David started off by saying, this is 153 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 1: the day the Lord has made. He could have just 154 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:17,679 Speaker 1: said I'm going to be glad today. I'm going to rejoice. 155 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:21,679 Speaker 1: He was saying, God, I recognize that you not only 156 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 1: made this day, but you've allowed me to be alive. 157 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: You chose me before I could choose you. You formed 158 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:31,440 Speaker 1: me in my mother's womb. Now I'm not going to 159 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: waste this day living negative, focused on my problems, dwelling 160 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 1: on my hurts. I'm going to live this day to 161 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:42,439 Speaker 1: the full. You and I are not here by accident. 162 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 1: God could have chosen anyone to be alive today. There 163 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 1: are billions of people that have lived and died. But 164 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 1: God handpicked you to be here at this time. He 165 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:56,959 Speaker 1: woke you up this morning. He gave you strength to 166 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:00,320 Speaker 1: get out of bed. He's crowned you with favor. He 167 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 1: puts seeds of greatness in you. He calls you more 168 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:07,400 Speaker 1: than a conquer the head and not the tell. One 169 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:11,439 Speaker 1: way we honor God is by living happy. He didn't 170 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 1: create you to drag through the day overcome by problems, 171 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: discouraged by disappointments. This day is a gift from God. 172 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 1: We should feel a responsibility to live it in faith, happy, joyful, 173 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 1: good natured. Once this day is over, we can never 174 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 1: get it back. We don't have time to waste another 175 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 1: minute being negative, discouraged, focused on what didn't work out, 176 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 1: complaining over who did us wrong? Get your joy back? Well, Joel, 177 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: I'd be happier, but I've been through hurts. People have 178 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:52,560 Speaker 1: done me wrong. I say this respectfully. Everyone's been hurt well, 179 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 1: I've had disappointments, bad breaks, lost. We all have. You 180 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 1: can use that as an excuse and let it sour 181 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 1: the rest of your life, or you can say, Father, 182 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,680 Speaker 1: thank you for entrusting me with another day. I'm not 183 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:10,040 Speaker 1: gonna take it for granted. I recognize it's a day 184 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: that you have made. I'm gonna choose to be happy. 185 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna choose to enjoy this day. I'm gonna live 186 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 1: it to the full. When you have that kind of attitude, 187 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 1: God will give you beauty for ashes. He'll make up 188 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 1: for the wrongs. A few months ago, there were some 189 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:30,679 Speaker 1: birds right outside our bedroom window. Five o'clock in the morning. 190 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: They started chirping and chirping so loudly that they woke 191 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 1: me up. This went on for over an hour, all 192 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:43,320 Speaker 1: this singing, different sounds, melodies. One would chirp real loud, 193 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:47,080 Speaker 1: there'd be a pause, then another would answer. At times 194 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 1: they'd all chirp together. Sounded like a symphony. I would 195 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:53,560 Speaker 1: have enjoyed it, but it was five o'clock in the morning. 196 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 1: I wanted to sleep. The next morning, five o'clock, the 197 00:11:57,080 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 1: same thing again and again. Morning it was raining, thundering. 198 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 1: I thought, there's no way those birds are going to 199 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 1: sing today, No way they're gonna be happy, cold, rainy, lightning. 200 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 1: Five o'clock. Right on queue, here came the birds, louder 201 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: than ever. I wanted to say to those birds, why 202 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 1: are you so happy? Don't you know we're in a pandemic. 203 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 1: Haven't you read the news? There are problems in the world, 204 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 1: The price of gas is high, the supply chain is 205 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,719 Speaker 1: messed up. How can you be singing? What if you 206 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:35,679 Speaker 1: don't get your worms tomorrow? It's interesting how God puts 207 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 1: something in those birds to start the day off singing. 208 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:44,079 Speaker 1: They're saying, in effect, life is good, We're happy. We're 209 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 1: gonna enjoy this day. What would happen if we would 210 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:52,440 Speaker 1: have that song of praise every morning? Like those birds, 211 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:56,320 Speaker 1: not be moved by our circumstances, but singing the dark 212 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 1: when things aren't going our way, singing the rain when 213 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 1: circumstances are against us, singing the cold when we don't 214 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 1: feel like it. We could be discouraged, complaining. Instead we're 215 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 1: making this choice that we're going to live this day happy. 216 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:16,680 Speaker 1: One reason those birds are so happy is they haven't 217 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:20,320 Speaker 1: watched the news, they haven't read the papers, they're not 218 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:24,199 Speaker 1: on social media. Nobody has told them they're supposed to 219 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 1: be worried, afraid, upset. They believe that their heavenly father 220 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 1: is in control. They've seen him take care of them 221 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 1: in the past. They believe he'll take care of them 222 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:39,680 Speaker 1: in the future. If you're going to live happier, you 223 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 1: may have to tune some things out. You can't take 224 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 1: in negative all the time, and stay in faith. The 225 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 1: scripture says, think on things that are of a good report, 226 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 1: things that are positive, hopeful. Our thinking has a lot 227 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:57,559 Speaker 1: to do with our happiness. The apostle Paul went through 228 00:13:57,559 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 1: a lot of bad breaks Second Corinthia eleven. It lists 229 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 1: some of these difficulties. Five times he was beaten with rods, once, 230 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 1: he was stoned, three times. He had been shipwrecked. He 231 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 1: was bitten by a poisonous snake. He faced angry mobs, 232 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 1: fought off bandits, survived flooded rivers. He'd gone without food, 233 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 1: proper clothing, sleepless nights. Nobody had more come against them 234 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 1: than Paul. After being in prison for two years, he 235 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 1: was brought before King Agrippa for his trial. When he 236 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: stood up to give his defense, the first thing he 237 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 1: said was King Agrippa, I think myself happy. You would 238 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 1: think he would see himself as a victim, be bitter, angry, 239 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: have a chip on his shoulder. But he shows us 240 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 1: a secret of how to overcome all that. He said, 241 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 1: I think myself happy. You can think yourself depressed. You 242 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 1: can think yourself into a bad mood, think yourself a victim, 243 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 1: or you can do like Paul and say, yes, I've 244 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 1: had a lot of difficulties. I could be sour, live discouraged, 245 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 1: but I'm going to think myself happy. As long as 246 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 1: you're thinking about your hurts, what you didn't get, how 247 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:17,760 Speaker 1: you were left out, you're going to be discouraged. Why 248 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 1: don't you start thinking happy thoughts? Happy thoughts or I 249 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 1: have a bright future, something good is going to happen 250 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 1: to me. My latter days will be better than my 251 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 1: former days. I'm not saying to deny the negative. I'm 252 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 1: saying don't dwell on it. Don't relive what didn't work out, 253 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 1: don't replay the loss, the disappointment, the failure. You can't 254 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:45,480 Speaker 1: move forward. If you're looking back, you can't enjoy today. 255 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: If you're focused on yesterday, you may have had disappointments, 256 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 1: things that are not fair. You need to do like 257 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 1: Paul and start thinking yourself happy. I get up every 258 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 1: morning and tell Victoria today is going to be a 259 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 1: great day. You know what I'm doing thinking myself happy. 260 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 1: I'm getting my mind going in the right direction. It's 261 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 1: easy to get up and think yourself sad, think yourself 262 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 1: into self pity. Why did I come down with this illness. 263 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 1: My friends are all married. Why am I still single? 264 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 1: These people are work are not treating me right. This 265 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 1: is not fair. You're thinking yourself defeated. You have to 266 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 1: change what you're thinking. Yes, I came down with this illness, 267 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 1: But Father, I want to thank you that you're restoring 268 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 1: health back into me, that I will live and not die, 269 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 1: that my best days are still in front of me. Oh. Yes, 270 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 1: these people at work are not treating me right. But 271 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 1: I'm not a victim. I know I'm a victor. God, 272 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 1: You'm a vindicator. You said you would always cause me 273 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 1: to triumph. Happy thoughts are God. I'm grateful to be alive. 274 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: I'm excited about my future. I believe you're taking me 275 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:59,119 Speaker 1: from glory to glory that I haven't seen or imagined 276 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 1: the great thing you have in store. When you think 277 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:06,199 Speaker 1: happy thoughts, it not only lifts your spirit, but that 278 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:10,119 Speaker 1: attitude of faith is what allows God to do amazing things. 279 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 1: After Paul gave this great speech to King Agrippa, he 280 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 1: was sent back to prison. His prayer wasn't answered. You 281 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 1: would think now he would surely be discouraged, surely he'd 282 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 1: be complaining. No, in prison, he wrote rejoice in the 283 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 1: Lord always and again us say rejoice, he was telling us. 284 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 1: Even when it doesn't go your way, just keep thinking 285 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 1: happy thoughts. Keep giving God praise, keep thanking God that 286 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 1: he's working, Keep being grateful when you could be complaining. 287 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:48,679 Speaker 1: Keep thinking victory when you're seeing defeat. Happiness is not 288 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 1: dependent on what's going on around you. It's dependent on 289 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: what's going on in you. What kind of thoughts are 290 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:59,440 Speaker 1: you thinking, I'll never get well. I've had this too long, 291 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:04,120 Speaker 1: thinking your self discouraged. I can't break this addiction. It's 292 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 1: been in my family for years. You're thinking yourself limited. 293 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:11,360 Speaker 1: I can't be happy, Joel. I've been through a lot 294 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: of loss, a lot of heartache. That's not how your 295 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 1: story ends. Here's the key. You have to give yourself 296 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,880 Speaker 1: permission to be happy. Sometimes we bought into the lie 297 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 1: that we're not supposed to be happy. We've been through 298 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:29,680 Speaker 1: too much, we made too many mistakes. If we're happy, 299 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:34,119 Speaker 1: people may not understand. Can I tell you you're supposed to 300 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:39,399 Speaker 1: be happy. God created you to enjoy your life, to laugh, 301 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:44,639 Speaker 1: to smile. Happiness starts on the inside. Give God something 302 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 1: to work with. Every morning. You need to say to yourself. 303 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 1: I'm happy, I'm grateful, I'm blessed. You can't receive happiness 304 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:59,200 Speaker 1: if you're thinking sadness. Joy is coming every morning. Some 305 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:02,679 Speaker 1: people have been bypassing it year after year because of 306 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:07,200 Speaker 1: their thoughts. You will live happier if you'll start thinking happier. 307 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:12,520 Speaker 1: While Paul was in prison, he wrote in First Thessalonians 308 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:18,119 Speaker 1: be happy in the faith, glad hearted. Continually he was 309 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:22,679 Speaker 1: telling us again, think happy thoughts, be glad hearted. He 310 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 1: didn't say anything about our circumstances. Be happy if people 311 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:30,200 Speaker 1: treat you good, be happy if your plans work out, 312 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 1: be happy if you don't have any disappointments. He was saying, 313 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 1: get in a habit of thinking happy thoughts. Don't let 314 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 1: the negative circumstances talk you out of living happy. I 315 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 1: was driving down the road the other day and I 316 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 1: was in a hurry to get to an appointment. There 317 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,400 Speaker 1: was a car in front of me that was driving 318 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:54,359 Speaker 1: twenty miles an hour in a forty five mile an 319 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:58,439 Speaker 1: hour zone. Was a one lane street. You couldn't pass. 320 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 1: It wasn't a school zone, the driver wasn't elderly. I 321 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 1: couldn't understand why they wouldn't go at that point, I 322 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 1: had to make up my mind that I was going 323 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:11,600 Speaker 1: to think happy thoughts, because the thoughts that were coming 324 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 1: were not happy. My first thoughts would blow the horn, 325 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 1: call them a name, get out of my way. I 326 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 1: was about to think myself upset, But I did what 327 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:24,160 Speaker 1: I'm asking you to do. God, I know you're in control, 328 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 1: You're ordering my steps. I think you that it's a 329 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 1: good day. I'm healthy, I'm blessed, I have a bright future. 330 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 1: I just switched over to happy thoughts. Not long after that, 331 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 1: they turned and I haunted my horn and went on. 332 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:42,359 Speaker 1: But in the scripture of Habacco, I didn't honk. And 333 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,200 Speaker 1: the scripture Habacca put it this way, though the fig 334 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 1: tree does not blossom, though there'd be no fruit on 335 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:51,880 Speaker 1: the vine, though the olive crops fell, and there are 336 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:56,119 Speaker 1: no cattles in the stalls. Everything was going wrong for Habacca. 337 00:20:56,640 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 1: Business was down, his crops weren't producing, his income was limited. 338 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 1: If he would have stopped there, he'd been depressed, discouraged, 339 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:07,959 Speaker 1: drugged through the day. But he went on to say, 340 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 1: Yet will I rejoice in the Lord. I will joy 341 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:15,920 Speaker 1: in the God of my salvation. He was saying, even 342 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 1: when I'm not seeing increase. Even when things aren't going 343 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 1: my way, slow drivers, delays, the medical report hasn't improved. 344 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:26,680 Speaker 1: I'm not going to fall apart. I'm still going to 345 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 1: think happy thoughts. I'm still going to thank God that 346 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:33,120 Speaker 1: I'm alive, that I have purpose, that good things are 347 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 1: in store. Are you thinking yourself sad, thinking yourself discouraged, 348 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:43,199 Speaker 1: thinking yourself a victim? It's time to start thinking happy thoughts. 349 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: A lady I know is very joyful. She always has 350 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 1: a smile, and every time I'm around her, she's so 351 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:53,720 Speaker 1: good natured and so fun and she's had difficulties in life. 352 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:57,440 Speaker 1: Hasn't been easy, but she's learned this secret to think 353 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 1: happy thoughts. She was at a store. She went up 354 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 1: to the counter to purchase something the menu. At the 355 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 1: register asked how she was doing. She said, with a 356 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 1: big smile, very enthusiastically. I'm blessed and just grateful to 357 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 1: be alive. He looked at her and said, do you 358 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:18,439 Speaker 1: go to Lakewood? She said I do. He said I 359 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 1: should have known it. Everyone that comes in here like 360 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 1: you goes to Lakewood. I believe we should be the 361 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 1: happiest people on earth. There should be a difference between 362 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:34,359 Speaker 1: us and people that don't honor God. When you go 363 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 1: to work, everyone may be complaining. Discourage talking, defeat. Don't 364 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 1: fall into that trap. Stay full of joy, keep a 365 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:47,240 Speaker 1: smile on your face, keep thinking happy thoughts. This world 366 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 1: needs more happy people. We need more joy in the world. 367 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 1: There's so much sadness, gloom, and despair. If we're not careful, 368 00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:00,440 Speaker 1: we'll let what's happening around us get in us. That's 369 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:03,440 Speaker 1: why every morning you have to choose to be happy. 370 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 1: Not I feel, but I will rejoice. I will enjoy 371 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:11,520 Speaker 1: this day. I will be happy. When you think about 372 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,879 Speaker 1: the best day of your life, what day would it be? 373 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 1: The day you were married, the day your child was born, 374 00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 1: the day you found out you were cancer free, the 375 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,880 Speaker 1: day you moved into that new house. Those are all 376 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 1: great days. We look back with fond memories. But do 377 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,120 Speaker 1: you know what I believe the best day of your 378 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:35,919 Speaker 1: life is today. God has given us another day to 379 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:41,400 Speaker 1: be alive, another day to enjoy your family, another day 380 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 1: to see the sunrise, another day of possibilities, to pursue 381 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 1: your dreams, to go after your goals. Sometimes we let 382 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:55,199 Speaker 1: the pressures of life, the traffic. What somebody said a 383 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:58,639 Speaker 1: challenge at work to keep us from enjoying this day. 384 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 1: We think it's just another ordinary day. But there's no 385 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:06,199 Speaker 1: such thing as an ordinary day. Every day is a 386 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:09,800 Speaker 1: gift from God. The Scripture says, our life is like 387 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: a vapor. We're here for a minute, and then we're gone. 388 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 1: One hundred years from now, we'll all be finished. If 389 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:21,440 Speaker 1: we really understood how valuable each day is. I think 390 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:24,399 Speaker 1: we would live it happier. It's easier to take it 391 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 1: for granted. Just get up, go through the motions, deal 392 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 1: with the challenges, and the day is gone. But if 393 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 1: you'll have a new perspective and start seeing every day 394 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 1: as your best day, then you won't let the little 395 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:41,479 Speaker 1: things upset you. You'll take time to enjoy the people 396 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:44,400 Speaker 1: God's given you the love. You'll stop buy and say 397 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 1: hello to that neighbor that's lonely. You'll think more happy thoughts, 398 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 1: You'll live more grateful, You'll make the most of each day. 399 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 1: Pastor friend of mine went to visit a thirty five 400 00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 1: year old mother in the hospital. She had cancer and 401 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 1: isn't supposed to make it through the night. Walked in, 402 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:05,399 Speaker 1: took her hand and told her that he loved her. 403 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,919 Speaker 1: That he was praying for her. She smiled ever so 404 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:13,159 Speaker 1: warmly and said, in a faint voice, Pastor, this is 405 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 1: the best day of my life. He seemed kind of puzzled, 406 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 1: thinking that doesn't seem like a very good day for 407 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 1: you at all. As she laid their very frail no hair, 408 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:25,879 Speaker 1: she said, you see, I didn't know if I was 409 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 1: going to wake up this morning. Now God has blessed 410 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 1: me with another day to see my children, another day 411 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:35,960 Speaker 1: to spend with my family. She went on to say, 412 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:39,639 Speaker 1: if I make it through today, tonight, I'm going to 413 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:42,680 Speaker 1: look out the window and look at the stars. I'm 414 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 1: going to enjoy the moonlight. You may have some difficulties, 415 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 1: things you could be sour about, things that can take 416 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 1: your joy, But if you'll keep it in the right perspective, 417 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:57,119 Speaker 1: recognizing that this day is a gift from God, that 418 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 1: really it's the best day of your life, and it's 419 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 1: much easier to live it happy, to not be side 420 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:06,359 Speaker 1: and tracked by all the worries, what didn't work out? 421 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 1: Who cut you off? When Paul came to the end 422 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:12,679 Speaker 1: of his life, he said, I want to finish my 423 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:15,720 Speaker 1: course with joy. We're all going to go to be 424 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 1: with the Lord, at some point, I don't want to 425 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:22,080 Speaker 1: go discouraged, feeling like a victim. Look what I've been through. 426 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 1: Why did this happen? Let's go full of joy, seeing 427 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 1: each day as the best day, getting up each morning 428 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 1: and choosing to be happy, saying with David, it's not 429 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 1: how I feel. I will rejoice. I will be glad 430 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:41,160 Speaker 1: like Paul. Let's get in the habit of thinking happy thoughts. 431 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 1: If you'll do this, I believe and declare, you're going 432 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 1: to live happier. You're going to enjoy your life. More 433 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:52,679 Speaker 1: forces that have held you back are being broken right now. 434 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 1: God is about to release you into new levels of joy, favor, freedom, fulfillment. 435 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:03,160 Speaker 1: You will fit And this's your course with joy in Jesus' name, 436 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 1: And if you believe it, can you say amen? I'd 437 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 1: like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 438 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:15,440 Speaker 1: lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 439 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 1: I'll repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll 440 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:25,480 Speaker 1: make you my lord and savior. If you prayed that 441 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,880 Speaker 1: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 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