1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 2: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 4 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 2: blessing and share it with. 5 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 1: A friend, reappreciate you, and pray for God's very best 6 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:16,080 Speaker 1: in your life. Well, God bless you. It's a joy 7 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 1: to come into your homes, and if you're ever in 8 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: our area, please stop by and be a part of 9 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,119 Speaker 1: one of our services. I promise you we'll make you 10 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 1: feel right at home. I like to start with something funny, 11 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 1: and I heard about these four Catholic ladies. They were 12 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:34,280 Speaker 1: bragging on their sons. The first one said, my son 13 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: is a priest. When he walks in the room, everyone 14 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 1: calls him father. The second one said, my son is 15 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:44,160 Speaker 1: a bishop. When he walks in the room, everyone calls 16 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 1: him your Grace. The third one said, my son is 17 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 1: a cardinal. When he walks in, everyone calls him your Eminence. 18 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: The fourth lady said, my son is six foot three, 19 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 1: has broad shoulders, is incredibly handsome, and dresses and peccably well. 20 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: When he walks in the room, all the ladies say, 21 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:09,399 Speaker 1: oh my God, say it like you mean it. This 22 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 1: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 23 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 24 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 25 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 26 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 27 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 28 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about a fresh new attitude. 29 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 1: Studies show that your attitude can have a greater impact 30 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 1: on your success than your IQ. You can be extremely talented, 31 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: have incredible potential, but if you don't have the right attitude, 32 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: it will keep you from rising higher. And we spend 33 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: all kinds of time and money making sure the outside 34 00:01:55,800 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: looks good, eating right, working out, wearing the latest fasts, 35 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: and that's all fine, but too often we're not spending 36 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 1: any time on the inside. Nice clothes won't cover up 37 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: a bad attitude. A pretty face, perfect makeup won't hide 38 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 1: being bitter on the inside. In high school, this new 39 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: girl moved into town and she was very beautiful, very attractive, 40 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: and I was shy, never had the nerve to talk 41 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: to her. But our senior year we had a class together. 42 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: The seating was assigned. It just so happened. I was 43 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 1: sitting right next to her. I thought I had died 44 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: and gone to heaven. The first time I sat by her, 45 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 1: I turned just being friendly and said hello, nothing more. 46 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: She looked at me like I had just insulted her, 47 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: like she was totally offended. She looked away and never 48 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: said a word to me the whole semester. She was 49 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:00,040 Speaker 1: beautiful on the outside, but can I tell you he 50 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: was ugly on the inside. I never saw her the 51 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: same way. A bad attitude makes you unattractive. It overrides 52 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 1: what's on the outside. It's important to look good, to 53 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 1: develop your skills, to get an education, but it's even 54 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 1: more important to keep a good attitude. Nobody wants to 55 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 1: be around a sour, critical, condescending person. Colossians three, in 56 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:32,519 Speaker 1: the Message translation, says, dress in the wardrobe God picked 57 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 1: out for you kindness, compassion, and humility. As parents, sometimes 58 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 1: we pick out clothes for our children to wear. Our 59 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: heavenly father has picked out something for us all to wear. Kindness, 60 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: being good to people, being pleasant to be around. When 61 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: you're kind, you draw people to you. When your good natured, friendly, 62 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: opportunity will come your way. People want to do business 63 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: with people that they like. When we're hiring someone, their 64 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: resume tells us what they can do, what their skills are, 65 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: but we always meet with them to see what their 66 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: attitude is. Are they positive? Are they friendly? Kind, considerate? 67 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 1: We can find someone else with the same skills. The 68 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 1: real question is do they have the attitude that's going 69 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 1: to take us higher. They may be gifted, but a 70 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:35,279 Speaker 1: negative attitude will pull the team down. Your attitude is 71 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: going to determine your altitude. It will determine how high 72 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:43,159 Speaker 1: or how low you go. Well, Joel, I've always been 73 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 1: kind of negative, critical, condescending. That's just who I am. No, 74 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 1: that's who you're choosing to be. That's not who you are. 75 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 1: That may be how you were raised, that's what you 76 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:59,599 Speaker 1: saw growing up, but that's not how you have to stay. 77 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 1: Try being kind, friendly, good natured. You'll not only enjoy 78 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: life more, but you'll go further. On an airplane, there's 79 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 1: an instrument called an attitude indicator. It shows how level 80 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 1: the plane is on the horizon, and if the pilot 81 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 1: wants to ascend, he tilts the plane knows high. If 82 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 1: he wants to descend, he tilts it nose down. It's 83 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: the same principle in life. If you have a nose 84 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 1: high attitude, if you're positive, you see the best, you're 85 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: kind of people, you have a smile. Because your nose high, 86 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 1: you're going to continue to rise higher. You're going to 87 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: see God's blessings and favor. But if you're sour, hard 88 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: to get along with, you don't want to go to 89 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 1: work bitter over disappointments. Because you have a nose down attitude, 90 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: your life is going to go that direction. And sometimes 91 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 1: we're discouraged over what we brought on ourselves. It's not 92 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: the enemy, it's our attitude. The good news is all 93 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 1: you have to do is make an attitude adjustment. It's 94 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: not complicated. You can't change other people, you can't change 95 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 1: how you were raised. A lot in life we can't control. 96 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:26,479 Speaker 1: But one thing we can all control is our attitude. 97 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: Am I going to live this day negative, sour, seeing 98 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 1: the wrong chip on my shoulder? Or am I going 99 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: to live it in faith, positive, hopeful, seeing the best, 100 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 1: being good to people. This is a choice that we 101 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 1: have to make every day. If you're going to have 102 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 1: a good attitude, you have to do it on purpose 103 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 1: because there will be all kinds of negative things that 104 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: try to creep in bitterness, discouragement, self pity. If you're 105 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: not proactive, if you don't choose the right attitude, then 106 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 1: the wrong attitude will show up. When a pilot makes 107 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: a small tweak, the plane can be leveled, but when 108 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: he tilts it just a little nose high, in a 109 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 1: half an hour, the plane will have climbed thousands of 110 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: feet in the air. I wonder what would happen in 111 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: your life if you would make a small tweak. Instead 112 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: of going to work sour dreading the day, feeling unappreciated, 113 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 1: you would show up with a smile, grateful to have 114 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 1: the job, knowing that you're not working under people, You're 115 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: working under God, that he's keeping the records. That's what 116 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: allows God to change things. What would happen in your 117 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: marriage your relationships if you'd make a small attitude adjustment. 118 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 1: Instead of being contentious, hard to get along with, you'd 119 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: start being friendly, loving, respectful. Instead of saying harsh, critical words, 120 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: you would start giving compliments, telling your spouse how much 121 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 1: you love them, how blessed you are to have them 122 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 1: in your life. Just a small adjustment, getting your attitude 123 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: a little higher. Watch those relationships begin to improve. Or 124 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: maybe you've had bad breaks. Life hasn't treated you fair, 125 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: and it's easy to get sour. Go around with the 126 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 1: chip on our shoulder, focus on what's wrong. That's a 127 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 1: nose down attitude. You're choosing the direction you're going to go. 128 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 1: Why don't you tilted a little nose high? Yes it 129 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 1: was unfair, but I know God is my vindicator. I 130 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 1: know God is fighting my battles. God promised to pay 131 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: me back double for the unfair things that have happened. 132 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,439 Speaker 1: You keep that up and you'll see God make up 133 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:53,599 Speaker 1: for the wrongs. That's what Joseph did. He was betrayed 134 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 1: by his family, falsely accused, put in prison for something 135 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:02,680 Speaker 1: he didn't do. For years, he was mistreated. It wasn't fair, 136 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 1: But you never read where Joseph complained, where he got bitter, 137 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:12,320 Speaker 1: where he slacked off. Despite all the bad breaks, Joseph 138 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 1: kept a nose high attitude. Thirteen years later, God vindicated him. 139 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:22,439 Speaker 1: Maybe of the Prime Minister of Egypt. What you're facing 140 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 1: may not be fair. People may not be treating you right. 141 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 1: It's a test. God wants to see what are you 142 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 1: going to do in the difficult times too? Many people 143 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: go nose down. Their attitude keeps them from seeing justice 144 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: and vindication. But if you'll do like Joseph and stay 145 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: nose high, keep doing the right thing, keep being good 146 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 1: to people when they're not being good to you, keep 147 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 1: that song of praise in your heart. That's not just 148 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: being positive, that's an attitude of faith. That's what allows 149 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 1: God to show out in your life. Says, put on 150 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 1: a garment of praise for a spirit of heaviness. A 151 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 1: garment is like a coat. But before you can put 152 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 1: on a coat of praise, you have to first take 153 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 1: off a coat of heaviness. And sometimes we wonder why 154 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: we don't have joy, why everything's a burden, why we 155 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:23,439 Speaker 1: don't have any passion. It's because we're wearing the wrong coat, 156 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:27,199 Speaker 1: enjoying nothing good. As in my future, I never get 157 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 1: any breaks. Let me give you a fashion tip. That 158 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:34,679 Speaker 1: coat of heaviness doesn't look good on you. That code 159 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:38,440 Speaker 1: of self pity is way out of style. That code 160 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:42,559 Speaker 1: of bitterness, what you didn't get, who left you, doesn't 161 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: fit you anymore. It's restricting you. You've stepped into a 162 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: new season. Now do your part. Take off the coat 163 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: of heaviness and put on a coat of praise. Father. 164 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 1: Thank you that your plans for me are for good. 165 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 1: Thank you that what you start in my life you're 166 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:03,680 Speaker 1: going to finish. Thank you that I haven't seen my 167 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 1: best days. If you're going to go up like that airplane, 168 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 1: you have to get your nose up. You have to 169 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 1: make an adjustment in your attitude. You cannot have a 170 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:20,080 Speaker 1: defeated mentality and live a victorious life. Paul said in 171 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 1: Ephesians four, be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind, 172 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 1: putting on a fresh mental and spiritual attitude. He was saying, 173 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:34,720 Speaker 1: every day we need to put on a fresh, new attitude. 174 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 1: You know why, yesterday's attitude will get old. If you 175 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 1: don't start afresh and anew, then you'll bring all the 176 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: negative from yesterday into today. If you do that week 177 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 1: after week, month after month, before long, you'll be negative, discouraged, 178 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: finding fault. I can't stand my job, Joel. Traffic is 179 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 1: so bad, my house is too small. I'll never get well. 180 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:06,320 Speaker 1: You know what, that is an old attitude. Some people 181 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:09,679 Speaker 1: have not put on a new attitude for years and years. 182 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 1: They wonder why everything's a burden, why it's so heavy, 183 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 1: it's their attitude. Every morning, when you wake up, you 184 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: need to say, Father, thank you for this day. Thank 185 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:23,959 Speaker 1: you that you woke me up, thank you that you 186 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:27,200 Speaker 1: gave me air to breathe, thank you that you surrounded 187 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: me with favor. I'm grateful to be alive. I'm grateful 188 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 1: for my family. I'm grateful for opportunities. Lord. I'm going 189 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 1: to live this day to the full. That's putting on 190 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 1: a fresh new attitude. You wipe the slate clean, You 191 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:49,680 Speaker 1: let go of yesterday's disappointments, what didn't work out. You 192 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:52,959 Speaker 1: get your mind going in the right direction. I'm going 193 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 1: to see the good today. I'm going to be kind 194 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:59,200 Speaker 1: to somebody. I'm going to stay in faith and enjoy 195 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 1: this day. Imagine if you wore the same clothes for 196 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 1: thirty years, never took them off, You didn't wash them, 197 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 1: didn't clean them. They would stink, they would be dirty. 198 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 1: Nobody'd want to be around you. That's what an old 199 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:21,320 Speaker 1: attitude does. A stelle attitude pushes people away. A sour 200 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 1: attitude will keep you from being promoted. A stinking attitude 201 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 1: will stop dreams from coming to past. I knew this 202 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 1: man that was always finding fault with his employer. He 203 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:38,440 Speaker 1: was constantly bucking the system and challenging the policies. The 204 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 1: management was very good to him. Other people in the 205 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:45,560 Speaker 1: department they loved the company, but he always found something 206 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,440 Speaker 1: to complain about. They had to be at work at 207 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:51,319 Speaker 1: eight in the morning. They parked in a big garage 208 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:54,959 Speaker 1: and had to walk. His attitude was as long as 209 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,440 Speaker 1: he was on the property at eight, that he was 210 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: there on time. They couldn't do anything about it. Well, 211 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:03,439 Speaker 1: nobody else thought that, but he kept doing it his way, 212 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 1: being contentious. Several years later he was let go. He 213 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 1: lost a prominent position. He went to work for another 214 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:17,319 Speaker 1: company and did the same thing. He kept challenging the policies, 215 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 1: being hard to get along with. One day I heard 216 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:25,040 Speaker 1: this man had not only been fired, but security was 217 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 1: escorting him out of the building. He wasn't even allowed 218 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 1: back on the property. What am I saying? A bad 219 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 1: attitude will follow you around. You can change jobs. Think 220 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 1: other people are the problem, but sometimes we have to 221 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 1: look inside and see if we're the problem. Do I 222 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 1: have a sour attitude? Am I being hard to get 223 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 1: along with? Am I focused on the negative? Being critical? 224 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: This man was talented, he was smart, had a big 225 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 1: future in front of him, but he lived nose down. 226 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 1: His attitude took him in the wrong direction. It wasn't 227 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 1: something big. A simple adjustment and it would be a 228 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: different story. He would be at another level. What direction 229 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 1: is your attitude taking you in your marriage, in your relationships? 230 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: Are you kind, respectful, fun to be around? In your career? 231 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 1: Are you positive being your best helping others? Or do 232 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: you need to make an adjustment? Don't wait till it's 233 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 1: too late, till the relationship comes to an end, till 234 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 1: the company says they don't need you anymore. Make the 235 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 1: changes now. Get rid of anything you know that's holding 236 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: you back, being negative, finding fault. That old attitude doesn't 237 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 1: smell good. It's going to taint you everywhere you go. 238 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 1: This couple moved into a new neighborhood and one morning, 239 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 1: while they were eating breakfast, the lady looked out the 240 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 1: window and saw her neighbor hanging the wash on the 241 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 1: line to dry, and she noticed the wash was so 242 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 1: dirty and so dingy. She said to her husband that 243 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 1: neighbor doesn't know how to wash. The clothes aren't clean. 244 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 1: She must not even use detergent. Week after week she 245 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 1: looked out this window and saw the clothes, and made 246 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: the same comments about how dirty the laundry was. One morning, 247 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 1: she looked out the window and the clothes were as 248 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 1: clean and bright as could be. She couldn't believe it. 249 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 1: She called her husband in said, look, she finally learned 250 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 1: how to wash. I wonder what happened. The husband smiled 251 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: and said, honey, I got up early this morning and 252 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 1: cleaned our windows. The problem wasn't that the neighbor's laundry 253 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 1: was so dirty. The problem was the window the lady 254 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 1: was looking out was not clean. Many times, how dirty 255 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 1: our neighbor's clothes are depends on how clean our window is. 256 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:07,679 Speaker 1: The scripture says, to the purer, all things are purer. 257 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 1: And if you're always finding fault, complaining about the traffic, 258 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 1: critical of your spouse, may I suggest your window is dirty. 259 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 1: The problem is not external, it's internal. You're looking through 260 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:27,120 Speaker 1: a tainted filter. At some point we have to look 261 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 1: in the mirror and say, maybe I'm the one that 262 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:33,919 Speaker 1: needs to change. Maybe I've developed a habit of seeing 263 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 1: what's wrong rather than what's right. Maybe I've trained myself 264 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 1: to be negative, disrespectful, hard to get along with, That's 265 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 1: why it's so important every morning to put on this 266 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:49,920 Speaker 1: fresh new attitude. I'm excited about this day. I don't 267 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:52,160 Speaker 1: have to go to work. I get to go to work. 268 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 1: I'm grateful for this job. I'm not focusing on what's wrong. Lord, 269 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 1: I want to thank you for what's right in my life. 270 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 1: You know what you're doing. You're cleaning your windows. Ninety 271 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 1: two year old man was moving into a senior's home. 272 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:10,199 Speaker 1: He could see images, but he was technically blind. His 273 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 1: wife of many years had just passed, and after waiting 274 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,879 Speaker 1: in the lobby for some time, this young lady, a nurse, 275 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,879 Speaker 1: came to take him to his new room. As he 276 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,919 Speaker 1: maneuvered his walker through the hallways, the nurse began to 277 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 1: describe his room in great detail. She said, it has 278 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 1: a beautiful window, a big couch, a nice desk area, 279 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 1: and right in the middle. He interrupted her and said, 280 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 1: I love it. I love it. I love it. She 281 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 1: kind of laughed and said, sir, we're not there yet. 282 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:45,399 Speaker 1: You haven't seen the room. Hang on just a minute, 283 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,679 Speaker 1: he said, no. Whether I like my room or not 284 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 1: doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged. It depends 285 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 1: on how my mind is arranged, and I've already made 286 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:59,359 Speaker 1: up my mind. I'm going to like it. That's the 287 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 1: way we live. I've already made up my mind to 288 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 1: enjoy this day. I've already made up my mind to 289 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 1: have a blessed you. Life is too short to live 290 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 1: negative sour, letting circumstances dictate our attitude. Every morning, you 291 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:20,359 Speaker 1: need to make the decision this is another day the 292 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:23,399 Speaker 1: Lord has made. I'm going to live it in faith. 293 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 1: I'm going to be positive, I'm going to see the best. 294 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 1: I'm going to make the most of this day. Well, Joel, 295 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:34,359 Speaker 1: I'm discouraged because I've had bad breaks. I had a 296 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:38,199 Speaker 1: rough childhood, a friend walked out of a relationship, I 297 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:41,880 Speaker 1: went through an illness. We can all find a reason 298 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:44,879 Speaker 1: to live sour, to have a chip on our shoulders. 299 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 1: You have to learn to let things go. What's happened 300 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:52,880 Speaker 1: in your past cannot stop what God has in your future. 301 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 1: God wouldn't have allowed it if it was going to 302 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,400 Speaker 1: keep you from your destiny. But if we go around 303 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 1: discourage as why did it happen? Why did this door close? 304 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:05,880 Speaker 1: That's going to keep us from the new things God 305 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:09,920 Speaker 1: has in store? And the scripture says the rain falls 306 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 1: on the just and the unjust. No one is exempt 307 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 1: from difficulties. But here's the key. If you'll stay in faith, 308 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:22,440 Speaker 1: that setback is setting you up for God to show 309 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:26,199 Speaker 1: out in your life. Instead of being sour, put on 310 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:30,159 Speaker 1: this fresh new attitude. Father, you said you'd give me 311 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 1: beauty for these ashes. You said what was meant for harm, 312 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:36,920 Speaker 1: you would turn to my advantage. So Lord, I want 313 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 1: to thank you that I'm not only coming out, but 314 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 1: I'm going to come out better. In the scripture, Job 315 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 1: went through a great trial. Wasn't fair. He didn't do 316 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 1: anything wrong, but everything fell apart, And at first he 317 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: had a bad attitude. He complained and was bitter, but 318 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:58,720 Speaker 1: he didn't stay there. When it looked like he was done, 319 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:01,639 Speaker 1: like there was no reass to have hope, he looked 320 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:05,880 Speaker 1: up to the heavens and said, I know my redeemer lives. 321 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:09,400 Speaker 1: He was saying, I know God is still on the throne. 322 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:13,120 Speaker 1: I know he's bigger than what I'm facing. He put 323 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 1: on this fresh new attitude. If he would have stayed bitter, angry, discouraged, 324 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: we wouldn't be talking about him. When it was all 325 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:24,879 Speaker 1: said and done, Job came out with twice what he 326 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:30,440 Speaker 1: had before. In difficult times, it's tempting to get sour, Joel, 327 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 1: I was doing the right thing, had this bad break, 328 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 1: this setback, came out of nowhere. You have to do 329 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:41,119 Speaker 1: like job, put your foot down and say, I refuse 330 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 1: to go through life with a bad attitude. I am 331 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,400 Speaker 1: not going to let what happened to me, who did 332 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:51,160 Speaker 1: me wrong, what I didn't get, keep me from becoming 333 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,879 Speaker 1: all I was created to be. God, I know you 334 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:58,159 Speaker 1: being for me is more than the world being against me. 335 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 1: That's what allows God to show out in your life. 336 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:07,280 Speaker 1: But too often we're holding on to the hurts, disappointments, 337 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:11,840 Speaker 1: the things we don't understand that poisons our attitude, steals 338 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 1: our passion. You have to let it go. This is 339 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:19,240 Speaker 1: a new day. The scripture talks about how God created 340 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:23,719 Speaker 1: you to be like an eagle to soar. What's interesting 341 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:28,400 Speaker 1: is an eagle doesn't eat anything that's dead. Unlike other 342 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:32,000 Speaker 1: animals that will eat a carcass, a coyote that will 343 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 1: eat a dead cow, an eagle only feeds off of 344 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:38,959 Speaker 1: live foods, swoops down to the ocean and picks up 345 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:42,160 Speaker 1: a live fish. If you're going to be an eagle. 346 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: If you're going to soar, you can't go back to 347 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:49,400 Speaker 1: the dead things in your life. Too many people are 348 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 1: feeding off of what didn't work out, reliving the disappointments, 349 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 1: the mistakes, the bad breaks. When they wake up, first 350 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,879 Speaker 1: thing they think about who hurt them, the people that 351 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 1: did them wrong. Quit feeding off that dead food. You 352 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:10,400 Speaker 1: can't put poison into your spirit and live a victorious life. 353 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 1: Let it go. That's over and done. Now start feeding 354 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:17,879 Speaker 1: on live food. You know what's a lie? You know 355 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 1: the healthiest food you can put in your spirit, promises 356 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: from the scripture. I am blessed and I cannot be cursed. 357 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:29,359 Speaker 1: I will live and not die, and declare the works 358 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:32,640 Speaker 1: of the Lord. Thanks me to God who always causes 359 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:36,520 Speaker 1: me to triumph. What are you feeding on? Pay attention 360 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 1: to what you're putting in your spirit. You're called to 361 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:43,160 Speaker 1: be an eagle, but sometimes we're acting like a chicken. 362 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 1: Do you know a chicken will eat its own waste. 363 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,879 Speaker 1: A chicken feeds off of what's been discarded, off of 364 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:55,359 Speaker 1: what's supposed to be trash. Maybe that's why a chicken 365 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 1: has wings, but it can't really fly. It holds on 366 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 1: to what it should have released, and you need to 367 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:06,320 Speaker 1: view the negative things in your life as waste. No, 368 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:09,800 Speaker 1: God doesn't waste it, but you're not supposed to feed 369 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: on it. It's over, you've been through it, you've eliminated it. 370 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 1: Now move on. Don't go back to what you've released. 371 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:22,440 Speaker 1: If you're always feeding off of what's been discarded, reliving 372 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 1: old hurts, thinking about what you've lost, that's going to 373 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:29,520 Speaker 1: keep you from flying. But God didn't give you wings 374 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,359 Speaker 1: so you can stay on the ground. He didn't say 375 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:35,359 Speaker 1: you will mount up like chickens. He called you an eagle. 376 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:39,480 Speaker 1: He created you the soar. Don't let a wrong attitude 377 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 1: keep you grounded. My father had heart disease most of 378 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:47,919 Speaker 1: his life. He struggled with his blood pressure, and he 379 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,120 Speaker 1: came from a family that had to fight that. When 380 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 1: I was a teenager, we used to go watch the 381 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 1: Astros play baseball. Walking from the parking lot to the stadium, 382 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:01,679 Speaker 1: my father would have to stop several times in rest. 383 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:04,960 Speaker 1: He was out of breath. It'd been that way so long, 384 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:07,959 Speaker 1: that was normal to him. He eventually went to the 385 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,880 Speaker 1: doctor and they discovered the arteries to his heart were 386 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 1: almost completely clogged. The doctor said he was only operating 387 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 1: on thirty percent of what he should be. He eventually 388 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 1: had open heart surgery and they removed all the blockage. 389 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:26,840 Speaker 1: My father was like a new man. He could walk 390 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 1: from miles. Sometimes, like my father, our heart has become clogged, 391 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 1: not physically, but with offense, with self pity, with discouragement. 392 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:41,959 Speaker 1: We don't realize it, but we're only operating at a 393 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:45,640 Speaker 1: percentage of what we should be. We wonder why our 394 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 1: marriage is steal and while we're not passionate about our dreams. 395 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: There are contaminants blocking the flow. We've allowed these poisons 396 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:59,159 Speaker 1: to clog up the blessings, the joy, the ideas that 397 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 1: belonged to us us. The good news is you can 398 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 1: get back to who you were created to be. You 399 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 1: don't have to have a doctor. You can make these changes. 400 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:13,680 Speaker 1: If you will get rid of the offense, the critical spirit, 401 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:17,879 Speaker 1: the negative attitude, you'll get that spring back in your staff. 402 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:21,880 Speaker 1: You'll not only enjoy life more, but you'll see favor 403 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:26,920 Speaker 1: in greater ways. What could you be if your heart 404 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:31,479 Speaker 1: was totally unclogged? How high could you fly if you 405 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:35,400 Speaker 1: didn't have contaminants holding you back? It's time to find out. 406 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 1: Get up every morning, start putting on this fresh new attitude. 407 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 1: This day is a gift from God. It is filled 408 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 1: with possibilities, new ideas, new friendships. I'm asking you, like 409 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: that airplane, to live knows how, focused on the good, 410 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 1: focused on the possibilities. If you'll do this, I believe 411 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:01,800 Speaker 1: and declare you're about to lift new doors, are about 412 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:07,360 Speaker 1: to open. Freshness in your relationships, healing, promotion, new levels, 413 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:11,679 Speaker 1: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name, And if 414 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 1: you receive it, can you say amen? Today I'd like 415 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:19,399 Speaker 1: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 416 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 1: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, 417 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:28,439 Speaker 1: Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 418 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:33,639 Speaker 1: I'll make you my Lord and savior. Well, friends, if 419 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:36,840 Speaker 1: you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 420 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 1: Get in a good Bible based church, Keep God first place. 421 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:45,400 Speaker 3: It's easy to let the day get away from us 422 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,439 Speaker 3: before the day even starts. The first few minutes of 423 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:51,640 Speaker 3: your morning are more powerful than you might think. Life 424 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 3: moves really fast sometimes, and it can be easy to 425 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,639 Speaker 3: begin each day by zeroing in on your problems. 426 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 1: But here's the truth. 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