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Thanks for 44 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 4: downloading our podcast. Enjoy spending this time with you. I 45 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 4: know you're going to leave encouraged and inspire. 46 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 5: Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week 47 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 5: and follow us on social media to stay connected. 48 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 4: We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 49 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 4: Enjoy the message for God bless you. Thanks for letting 50 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 4: us come into your homes today, and if you're ever 51 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 4: in our area, please stop buying be a part of 52 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 4: one of our services. These are the finest people in 53 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 4: all of Houston, Texas, right here at Lakewood. We'd love 54 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 4: to have you come out. I like to start with 55 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 4: something funny, and I heard about this man. He was 56 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:37,679 Speaker 4: taking a walk through the woods with his friend when 57 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 4: they suddenly encountered a huge grizzly bear about twenty yards 58 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 4: in front of them. They both froze in their tracks 59 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:48,360 Speaker 4: as the bear intently stared them down. They contemplated what 60 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 4: they should do. Finally, the man said to his friend, 61 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 4: I think we should run. His friends said, are you crazy? 62 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 4: Can't outrun a grizzly bear. Man said, I know that. 63 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 4: I don't have to outrun him. I just have to run. 64 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 4: You say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 65 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 4: I am what it says. I am. I have what 66 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 4: it says I have. I can do what it says 67 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 4: I can do. Today, I will be taught the word 68 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 4: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 69 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 4: heart is recepted. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 70 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:24,239 Speaker 4: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 71 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 4: about keeping your joy. We all have opportunities to get 72 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 4: upset and go around frustrated. Somebody was rude to us, 73 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 4: Traffic was backed up, we can't find our car keys. 74 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 4: Life is full of inconveniences, delays, and people that don't 75 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 4: do right. We're never going to stop these things from happening. 76 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 4: The key is how we handle them. The scripture says 77 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 4: no man can take your joy. That means you control 78 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 4: your joy. Nothing can take it from you. You have 79 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 4: to give it away. Next time someone cuts you off 80 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 4: in traffic, ask yourself, is this worth giving them my joy? 81 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 4: That person that's rude to you on the phone, that 82 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 4: you've never met, are you going to give them your joy? 83 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 4: That delay, that plan that didn't work out, that negative comment, 84 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 4: You're going to let that sour your day. The reason 85 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 4: some people are not happy is they're constantly giving away 86 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 4: their joy. I was in a crowded parking lot one 87 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,600 Speaker 4: time waiting for a parking spot. The man was putting 88 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,359 Speaker 4: his groceries in his car and took him a couple 89 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 4: of minutes. I had my blinker on patiently waiting. When 90 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 4: he finally backed out, a car came from the wrong 91 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:41,840 Speaker 4: direction and pulled in right in front of me. They 92 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:45,280 Speaker 4: could clearly see that I was waiting. My first response 93 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,479 Speaker 4: was to haunt my horn and tell them what I thought. 94 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,239 Speaker 4: Then I noticed he was bigger than me. I thought 95 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 4: to myself, I'll give you my parking spot, but I'm 96 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 4: not going to give you my joy. I didn't like it. 97 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 4: It wasn't fair, but I've learned to not let things 98 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:05,279 Speaker 4: I can't control sour my day. I've made up my mind. 99 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:09,239 Speaker 4: I'm gonna be happy today. I'm gonna enjoy my life. 100 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:12,840 Speaker 4: You can't control what people do, you can't control what 101 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 4: they say, but you can control how you respond. My 102 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 4: message is very simple. Quit giving away your joy. Quit 103 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 4: letting the same people upset you. Quit letting the traffic, 104 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 4: the delays, the things that don't work out frustrate you. 105 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:33,159 Speaker 4: You can't pray these things away. That person at the 106 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 4: office that gets on your nerves. I don't mean to 107 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,919 Speaker 4: be negative but they may not change. They may be 108 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 4: that way for the next twenty years. My challenge is, 109 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:45,839 Speaker 4: don't go twenty years giving them your joy. They may 110 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:49,919 Speaker 4: not change, but you can change. Life is too short 111 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 4: to live frustrated upset over things we have no control. 112 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 4: People have a right to have their opinion. You have 113 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,839 Speaker 4: the right to ignore it. You'll have the right to 114 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 4: be rude. You have the right to stay happy. Quit 115 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 4: letting their negative comments upset you. They wouldn't be talking 116 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 4: about you if you weren't making a difference. Nobody talks 117 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:16,480 Speaker 4: about people that are not doing anything. They're talking about 118 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 4: you because you're going places. They can see. There's something 119 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 4: special about you. You have the favor of God, you're blessed, 120 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 4: you're talented, you're anointed. Sometimes small minded people will try 121 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 4: to push you down and discredit you. Don't pay any 122 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:36,280 Speaker 4: attention to it. That doesn't carry anyway. What they say 123 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:40,720 Speaker 4: cannot keep you from your destiny. That is simply a distraction. 124 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 4: Every person has negative chatter. All your family members, unfortunately, 125 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,720 Speaker 4: are not going to be for you. George Byrne said, 126 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 4: happiness is having a loving, caring, close knit family. Living 127 00:06:56,120 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 4: in another city. Some of your relatives you have to 128 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 4: love them from a distance. If they're sitting by you today, 129 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 4: don't say amen. Now. All of your coworkers are not 130 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 4: going to celebrate you. All of your friends are not 131 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 4: going to be loyal. Some people can't handle your success. 132 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 4: They'll make remarks trying to bait you into conflict, trying 133 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 4: to get you upset. Here's the key. Don't get involved 134 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 4: in battles that are not between you and your destiny. 135 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 4: Most of the conflict we engage in is a distraction. 136 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 4: The enemy would love to get you off course, offended, 137 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 4: trying to straighten people out, trying to convince them that 138 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 4: you're okay. Your job is not to change people's mind 139 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 4: about you. Your job is not to try to make 140 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 4: people like you. Your job is to run your race 141 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 4: to be who God called you to be, and not 142 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 4: worry about the critics and the naysayers. God will cause 143 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 4: the right people to like you. One of the best 144 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 4: things I've learned is everybody is not supposed to like you. 145 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 4: Everybody is not supposed to approve you. Some people are 146 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 4: ordained by God, not by the enemy, but by God 147 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 4: to not before you. You have to accept that everyone 148 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 4: is not going to accept you. We see it in 149 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 4: the scripture. Joseph's brothers weren't supposed to be for Joseph. 150 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 4: They were ordained to betray him. Without their betrayal, Joseph 151 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 4: would have never made it to the palace to help 152 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 4: the Israelites during the famine. Quit being soured because somebody 153 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 4: betrayed you. How do you know that's not leading you 154 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 4: to your palace? How do you know that disappointment is 155 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 4: not a part of God's plan to take you to 156 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 4: the next level of your destiny. King Saul was ordained 157 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 4: to not like David. If he would have celebrated David 158 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 4: been happy for his success, David would have never taken 159 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:01,839 Speaker 4: the throne. Are you upset because someone is not for you? 160 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 4: When the truth is God has ordained them to not 161 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 4: be for you. When Namiyah was rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, 162 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 4: there were two men Sandballop and Tobias that didn't like 163 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 4: what he was doing. They stood at the bottom of 164 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 4: the mountain and constantly shouted insults at Niemiah. They were 165 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:25,559 Speaker 4: trying to bait him into conflict, get him upset. Frustrated, 166 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 4: Neamiyah understood this principle. He said, no thanks, I'm not 167 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:33,200 Speaker 4: giving you my joy. You may not like me, but 168 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:36,320 Speaker 4: you not liking me has nothing to do with me 169 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 4: fulfilling my destiny. I'm gonna stay focused on what God's 170 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 4: called me to do. If Namiah would have come off 171 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 4: the mountain, God upset went down there to straighten them out. 172 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 4: Even if he won, even if he shut them up, 173 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 4: he wouldn't have finished the wall when he did. All 174 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 4: the chatter that comes against you is a distraction. It's 175 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 4: to get you upset, so you get in involved in 176 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 4: battles that don't matter. Then you look up and you're 177 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 4: not accomplishing what you should do yourself a favor, don't 178 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 4: pay any attention to it. Quit being upset by people 179 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 4: who are not for you. People that make negative comments, 180 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 4: trying to marginalize you, push you down. What they say 181 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 4: doesn't determine your destiny. They are simply a distraction. That's 182 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 4: just noise. Don't give it the time of day. See 183 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 4: some people, no matter what you do, they are not 184 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 4: going to like you. Even if you changed and did 185 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 4: everything they wanted, they would still find some reason why 186 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 4: you don't measure up. You have to be at peace 187 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:44,439 Speaker 4: with people not being at peace with you. You don't 188 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 4: need their approval to fulfill your purpose. You don't have 189 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:52,080 Speaker 4: to have them before you to become who God's created 190 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 4: you to be. But if you get distracted trying to 191 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 4: wind them over, spending your valuable time trying to convince 192 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 4: them to before you, then you will miss the fullness 193 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 4: of your destiny. Don't take the bank, don't let them 194 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 4: get you riled up. Jesus said, blessed are the meek, 195 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:15,080 Speaker 4: they will inherit the earth. Meek doesn't mean weak. Meekness 196 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 4: means strength under control. When you ignore negative comments, you 197 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 4: don't pay attention to the sand ballants and tobias is 198 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 4: of life. You're not being weak, You're being meek. You 199 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 4: have the power to fight, You have the strength to 200 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 4: straighten them out, to tell them what you feel. But 201 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 4: your strength is under control. You're not wasting time engaged 202 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:40,320 Speaker 4: in battles that are not between you and your God 203 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:44,560 Speaker 4: given destiny. I've learned when you stay on the high road, 204 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:48,559 Speaker 4: God will take care of your enemies. God can defend 205 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:52,320 Speaker 4: you better than you can defend yourself. In the scripture, 206 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 4: Elisha was traveling from Jericho to Bethel. Along the way, 207 00:11:57,040 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 4: a group of young men came out and started making 208 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 4: fun of him because he was bald. The scripture says 209 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 4: they were mocking him, saying, go, baldygo. You didn't know 210 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 4: that was in the Bible, did you? You know? Elisha 211 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 4: was annoyed. He could have gotten upset, thought I'm gonna 212 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 4: go straighten them out. I'll show you what I thought. Instead, 213 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 4: he remained calm. He understood this principle. They couldn't take 214 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:27,079 Speaker 4: his joy. They were baiting him, trying to get him distracted. 215 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 4: He just stayed focused and continued doing what God called 216 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 4: him to do. While those young men were making fun 217 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 4: of him, two bears came out of the woods and 218 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 4: tore them to pieces. That tells me two things. Number one, 219 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:45,839 Speaker 4: don't make fun of all people. Number two, you don't 220 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:49,559 Speaker 4: have to straighten people out. God will be your vindicator. 221 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 4: God knows how to take care of the opposition. He 222 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 4: sees what they're doing, He hears the disrespect. If you'll 223 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 4: stay in peace, God will fight your battles. When God 224 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 4: does it, I can assure you it will be better 225 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 4: than anything you could have done. But your feelings will 226 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 4: want to pay people back. Feelings will tell us go 227 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 4: in there, get even stand up for yourself. If you 228 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 4: let feelings rule, you'll get upset. You'll end up giving 229 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:21,840 Speaker 4: away your joy. Don't get on board with your feelings. 230 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 4: The Psalmas said God has given us the power to 231 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 4: remain calm in times of adversity. It doesn't say God 232 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 4: will keep us from all the adversity, from the opposition, 233 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 4: the sand balance, the negative chatter. It says they will come. 234 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 4: We'll have opportunities to get upset. But God has given 235 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 4: us power to stay calm. Now quit telling yourself I 236 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 4: can't help it. This person at the office, they just 237 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 4: get on my nerves. You have the power to stay calm. 238 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 4: That doesn't have to keep upsetting you. That is a 239 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:59,559 Speaker 4: learned behavior. They say something negative, I get offended. Traffic 240 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 4: is bad, I get upset. The clerk is rude. I 241 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 4: can't help with joel. I just go off. I just 242 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 4: let them have it. The problem is you have strength, 243 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:12,079 Speaker 4: but it's not under control. You need to relearn how 244 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:16,079 Speaker 4: to respond. You need to develop some new habits. Next 245 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:19,280 Speaker 4: time something happens that you don't like, pause for a 246 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 4: moment and say, Father, thank you that you've given me 247 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:25,240 Speaker 4: the power to remain calm. Think you that I have 248 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 4: a spirit of discipline and self control. You don't have 249 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 4: to let the same things keep upsetting you year after year. 250 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 4: Change your approach. I met a gentleman in another state 251 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 4: at a restaurant. Was very windy outside, and when he 252 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 4: walked in the door, the person in front of him 253 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 4: let the door slam right in his face. This man 254 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 4: had been hot tempered his whole life. Normally, he would 255 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 4: have confronted them and told them what he thought. But 256 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 4: he'd been listening to our programs, and just when he 257 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 4: was about to lose his cool, he he heard my 258 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 4: voice saying, stay calm and let God fight your battles. 259 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 4: He paused for a moment and decided to let it go. 260 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 4: He walked away like nothing happened. We came in the 261 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 4: restaurant and sat down. I was sitting a few tables away. 262 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:17,600 Speaker 4: He came over and said, Joel, if you had not 263 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 4: been in my head, I would have let them have 264 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 4: it like this man. You may have been trained to 265 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 4: respond a certain way. You grew up seeing people lose 266 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 4: their cool, get upset offended. Why don't you try a 267 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 4: different approach. When you let people upset you, you are 268 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 4: giving away your power. You are letting them control you. 269 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 4: If they push this button, you get offended. That button, 270 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:45,359 Speaker 4: you get upset. This other button they bait you into conflict. 271 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 4: Why don't you turn those buttons off? Life is so 272 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 4: much more freeing when you're not controlled by what people say. 273 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 4: You're not offended when someone's upset. You're not soured because 274 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 4: traffic was bad. You have tapped in to the power 275 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 4: to remain calm. A friend of mine named David Polly 276 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 4: wrote a book called The Law of the Garbage Truck. 277 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 4: He was in a taxi cab in New York City 278 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 4: headed to a meeting. A car pulled out right in 279 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 4: front of them. The taxi driver had to slam on 280 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 4: his brakes swerve to the left, missing the car by inches. 281 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 4: The driver of the other car put his head out 282 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 4: the window, started screaming and yelling. He was so angry, 283 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 4: so upset, shaking his fist. The funny thing, it was 284 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 4: his fall. The taxi driver just smiled, waved real big 285 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 4: and drove on. Didn't give it the time of day. 286 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 4: David was in the back seat, and he was so impressed. 287 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 4: He said, that man almost totaled your car, almost sent 288 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 4: us both to the hospital. I can't believe you didn't 289 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 4: yell back at him. How did you keep your cool? 290 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 4: The taxi driver gave an insightful answer. He said, I 291 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 4: found many people are like garbage trucks. They go around 292 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 4: full of anger, full of frustration, full of bitterness. As 293 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:07,680 Speaker 4: their garbage piles up, they need somewhere to dump it, 294 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:11,160 Speaker 4: and sometimes they'll dump it on you. But you can't 295 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 4: take it personally. It has nothing to do with you. 296 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 4: Just smile, wish them well and move on. Here's the key. 297 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 4: Successful people don't let garbage trucks overtake their day. If 298 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:30,160 Speaker 4: someone dumps a load on you, don't get upset. If 299 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 4: you make that mistake, you'll end up carrying around their 300 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 4: garbage and eventually you'll dump it on someone else. You 301 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 4: have to keep your lid on. These days, many people 302 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 4: are dumping frustration, disrespect, criticism, bitterness. We can't stop them 303 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 4: from dumping it, but we can keep them from affecting us. 304 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:56,399 Speaker 4: Years ago, Victoria and I were at the airport. We 305 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 4: were going through the security checkpoint. We put our bags 306 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 4: on the exit machine. The security officer sent them both 307 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 4: back and said, you have liquids in there that you 308 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 4: have to remove. Victoria said, oh yeah, I forgot to 309 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,639 Speaker 4: take my water out. Well, I thought he was only 310 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 4: talking to Victoria. So I just stood there and didn't 311 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:17,879 Speaker 4: do anything. You would have thought I had committed a 312 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 4: major crime. He was like totally insulted. He practically screamed, sir, 313 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 4: what are you doing standing there? I told you to 314 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:29,920 Speaker 4: open the bag and do it. Now, thought man. He's 315 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 4: got a big garbage truck, and he was full of frustration, 316 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 4: full of stress, and full of a lot of other stuff. 317 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 4: But I didn't say it. You just thought it. But 318 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:44,159 Speaker 4: I took care of it. As I passed by, my 319 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 4: said sorry about that. I thought you were just talking 320 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:49,159 Speaker 4: to her. Have a good dame. Didn't mean it, but 321 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:53,199 Speaker 4: at least I said it. But I thought to myself, 322 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 4: I'm keeping my lid on. I don't need his garbage. 323 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 4: I don't need that poison. We have enough of our 324 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 4: own to deal with. You don't need somebody else's bitterness, 325 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 4: their sour attitude, their pressure. Keep your lid on tight. 326 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:14,639 Speaker 4: Let those things bounce off of you. Your destiny is 327 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:18,479 Speaker 4: too great, your time is too important to go around 328 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 4: way down with other people's garbage. You can't keep it 329 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 4: from coming, but you can keep it from getting in you. 330 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:29,719 Speaker 4: The longer I live, the more I realize how valuable 331 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,160 Speaker 4: each day is. We're not always going to be here. 332 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 4: It's easy to live upset, offended, frustrated. But most of 333 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 4: the things that are upsetting us, in the big picture, 334 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:45,440 Speaker 4: they don't really matter. Traffic was backed up, took you 335 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:48,119 Speaker 4: an hour to get home, should have taken you thirty minutes. 336 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 4: Is that worth losing your joy over? You're alive, You're healthy. 337 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 4: God's given your breath to breathe. He's given you a 338 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 4: family to love. Somebody was rude to you, They made 339 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:02,400 Speaker 4: you look bad, they said something negative. Is that worth 340 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 4: going around defended? Discouraged? What if we found out we 341 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:10,440 Speaker 4: only had a month to live. I wonder how many 342 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 4: things we're allowing to upset us now. If we found 343 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,200 Speaker 4: out our time was limited, we wouldn't even pay attention 344 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:20,360 Speaker 4: to it. Can I tell you our time is limited? 345 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 4: The scripture says our life is like a mist We're 346 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 4: here for a moment, then we're gone. That little quirk 347 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:30,399 Speaker 4: your spouse does that gets on your nerves. If we 348 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 4: knew we weren't going to be here in a month, 349 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 4: we wouldn't let it bother us. We would focus on 350 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 4: all the things right, not on the few things wrong. 351 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:42,639 Speaker 4: We wouldn't complain about driving in traffic. We'd be happy 352 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,119 Speaker 4: to be in the traffic. We're alive. We've got another 353 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 4: day to enjoy life. Well, I've got to go to work, 354 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:52,200 Speaker 4: not need. I get to go to work. Some people 355 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 4: don't have a job. Some people are in the hospital, 356 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 4: some people aren't able to work. I'm grateful to be employed. Well, 357 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:03,880 Speaker 4: I gotta go to church again. Not me. I get 358 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:06,199 Speaker 4: to go to church. God's been good to me. Now 359 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 4: I'm gonna go back and say thank you. Not only 360 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 4: that I get to go to Lakewood. I get to 361 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 4: listen to that good looking minister. But Joe, my boss, 362 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 4: is not fair. He's hard to get along with. This 363 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:25,639 Speaker 4: is not the position that I want. The truth is, 364 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 4: somebody would love to have your job. Somebody would gladly 365 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:32,399 Speaker 4: trade places with you. It may not be perfect, but 366 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 4: keep the right perspective. God's blessed you with the job. 367 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,720 Speaker 4: Don't let it sour your life. If you will pass 368 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 4: the test of being happy where you are, then God 369 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 4: can open some new doors. But if you don't get 370 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:49,480 Speaker 4: happy there, you probably won't get to where you want. 371 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 4: To be and your boss may not be fair. I'm 372 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 4: not making excuses for him. I'm asking you to quit 373 00:21:55,680 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 4: giving him your joy. He doesn't control your happiness. Control 374 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:04,120 Speaker 4: your happiness. But if you let a grouchy boss, a 375 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 4: grouchy neighbor, a bitter relative steal your joy keep you 376 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 4: from being happy, it is not their fault. It is 377 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 4: your fault. You are as happy as you want to be. 378 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,680 Speaker 4: You have to put your foot down and say, this 379 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,640 Speaker 4: is the day the Lord has made. I am not 380 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 4: going to live sour, defeated, depressed. I am not going 381 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 4: to let what people do or don't do, what they 382 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 4: say or don't say, what I have or not have, 383 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 4: keep me from being happy. I've made up my mind. 384 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:38,199 Speaker 4: I'm going to enjoy this day. It dishonors God to 385 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 4: go through the day upset, frustrated, bitter. God gave you 386 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 4: breath to be here. He could have chosen anyone, but 387 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:49,719 Speaker 4: he chose you, and he chose me. One way we 388 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 4: honor God is by being happy, living grateful, having a 389 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaker 4: good attitude, seeing the best in life. A couple of 390 00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:59,879 Speaker 4: months ago, I was driving to the office during the 391 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:02,879 Speaker 4: week to meet some people, and I was in a hurry. 392 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 4: I had left a little bit late, but I knew 393 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:07,879 Speaker 4: I could still make it on time if I didn't 394 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:10,639 Speaker 4: have any delays, and I had driven this route a 395 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 4: thousand times. I was almost here a few blocks away, 396 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:18,000 Speaker 4: stopped at the intersection. I was in the left turn lane. 397 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 4: This light is very short. You have to stay right 398 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:24,159 Speaker 4: behind the car in front of you to trigger it 399 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 4: to stay green. Well, I was the third car back waiting. 400 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 4: The problem was the car in front of me left 401 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:35,360 Speaker 4: about two car links between it and the first car. 402 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 4: There was this huge gap. The light turned green, just 403 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 4: like I thought. The first car went through turn red 404 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:44,719 Speaker 4: before the second car could make it. I could feel 405 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 4: myself starting to get up tight. I heard that voice saying, Joey, 406 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 4: keep your calm, keep your joy. I thought, I don't 407 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 4: want to hear one of my messages right now. I'm 408 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:57,359 Speaker 4: in a hurry. We sat there waiting for a couple 409 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:00,720 Speaker 4: of minutes, and seemed like an hour. That time. The 410 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,359 Speaker 4: lady in the car in front of me got out 411 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 4: and started walking toward the back. I thought, she's going 412 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:08,879 Speaker 4: to get something out of her trunk real quick. She 413 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 4: came over to me. I rolled down the window. She said, 414 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:17,800 Speaker 4: are you joms. I want to say no, I'm fred 415 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 4: I said, yes, I am. Out of the corner of 416 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 4: my eye, saw the light go green back to red. 417 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 4: We missed another one. She said, I love you. I 418 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 4: watch you on television. I have all your books. Would 419 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:37,399 Speaker 4: you sign one for me? I said, you mean like now? 420 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:40,639 Speaker 4: She said yeah. I done it in my car and 421 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 4: get it real quick. I said, I love to sign 422 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 4: your book in the middle of an intersection. By now 423 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 4: people were honking. Wasn't just me? Everybody had lost their job. 424 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 4: I signed your book. Made it to the office about 425 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:58,160 Speaker 4: ten minutes late. Problem is, I forgot my key fob 426 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 4: to get in on the door and knocked. Nobody answered, 427 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 4: and called a staff member. It went to voicemail. Never 428 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:09,560 Speaker 4: goes to voicemail. Called another one, another one hot outside. 429 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:11,719 Speaker 4: Ten minutes later. When I finally got in, I just 430 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 4: dripping with sweat. Had my meeting. Oh went well. Later 431 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 4: that night I went up to the hospital to visit 432 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 4: a friend that's fighting cancer. It's a serious situation. We 433 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 4: had time to pray together, and on the way out, 434 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 4: I prayed with several other families where they had loved 435 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:32,680 Speaker 4: ones didn't look good. They were very concerned. I left 436 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 4: there with a different perspective. I had been frustrated that 437 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:40,439 Speaker 4: day by delays, by traffic, by not having keys. I 438 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 4: realized those were small things that wasn't worth losing my 439 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 4: joy over. I wasn't believing for a loved one to 440 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 4: make it in the big picture. What was frustrating me 441 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 4: really didn't matter. I wonder, if you're doing like me, 442 00:25:56,080 --> 00:26:00,879 Speaker 4: letting insignificant things steal your joy, traffic, negative comments, you 443 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:04,879 Speaker 4: can't find something, keep it in perspective that's not worth 444 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 4: losing your joy over. Don't let the small, insignificant things 445 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 4: keep you from seeing the gift of this day. In 446 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,880 Speaker 4: the scripture, Habaccuk said it this way, though the fig 447 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,679 Speaker 4: tree does not blossom, and there be no fruit on 448 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:23,240 Speaker 4: the vine, Though my olive crops fell, and my fields 449 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,200 Speaker 4: produce no food. Though there are no sheep in the pen, 450 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 4: though there are no cattle in the stalls, What am 451 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 4: I gonna do? Get depressed? Complain, feel sorry for myself? 452 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 4: He said, Yet will I rejoice in the Lord. I 453 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 4: will be joyful in the God of my salvation. He 454 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 4: was saying, everything's come against me, had bad breaks. Business 455 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 4: is down, my income is low, Surely that's a reason 456 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:52,479 Speaker 4: to be discouraged. Surely I can go around sour. His 457 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 4: attitude was, Now I'm not giving away my joy. I'm 458 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 4: going to rejoice in the God of my salvation. Salvation 459 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:04,439 Speaker 4: means deliverance when you stay full of joy despite what 460 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 4: comes against you. God is saying salvation is coming, turnarounds 461 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:12,639 Speaker 4: are coming, healing is coming, increase is coming, victory is coming. 462 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 4: I'm asking you to keep your joy. Life is going 463 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 4: to throw us some curves. There will be disappointments, things 464 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,440 Speaker 4: that are not fair. That's when you have to say, 465 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:26,520 Speaker 4: like him, yet, will I rejoice in the Lord. We 466 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:30,960 Speaker 4: should make this decision every morning. I will be joyful today. 467 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 4: Decide ahead of time that you're going to enjoy the 468 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 4: day when somebody dumps a load on you when they're rude, 469 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:41,480 Speaker 4: keep your lid on you attempted to get upset, Remind 470 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 4: yourself you have the power to remain calm. If you'll 471 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 4: do this, I believe and declare, you're not only going 472 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 4: to enjoy your life more, but you're gonna be free 473 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 4: from unnecessary frustration, bitterness, anger. You're going to rise higher, 474 00:27:56,880 --> 00:28:01,640 Speaker 4: live happier, and reach the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name, 475 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:03,679 Speaker 4: and if you receive it, well you say it. 476 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 6: Then today. 477 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 4: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 478 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,720 Speaker 4: the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me 479 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:17,720 Speaker 4: just save Lord Jesus. I'll repent of my sins. Come 480 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:21,360 Speaker 4: into my heart. I'll make you my lord and savior. 481 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 4: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 482 00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:28,359 Speaker 4: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, and 483 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:32,159 Speaker 4: keep God first place. We're excited about coming back to 484 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:35,119 Speaker 4: New York for our Night of Hope in Yankee Stadium. 485 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 4: It's going to be a great night of encouragement and inspiration. 486 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,920 Speaker 4: Our special guest, Kanye West and the Sunday Service Choir 487 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 4: looking forward to seeing you there May second in Yankee Stadium. 488 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,640 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. I hope 489 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:52,040 Speaker 4: you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest podcast to 490 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 4: keep you encouraged and inspired all through the week. 491 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 5: Help us to continue to share the message of hope 492 00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:00,920 Speaker 5: with those all around the world. 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