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It's a joy to 43 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 4: come into your homes and you're ever in our area. 44 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 4: I hope you'll stop by and be a part of 45 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 4: one of our services. I promise you we'll make you 46 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 4: feel right at home. But thank you so much for 47 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 4: tuning in today, and again thank you for coming out. 48 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 4: And I like to start with something funny. And I 49 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 4: heard about this man. He was having a terrible time 50 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 4: training his dog. One day he came across this charismatic 51 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 4: evangelist who promptly told him to leave the dog with him. 52 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 4: He'd have him trained in no time. The next day, 53 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 4: the owner came back and the evangelist went on to 54 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 4: give a demonstration. He threw a stick and said fetch, 55 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 4: and the dog immediately ran, picked it up and brought 56 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 4: it back, he said, sitting Instantly, the dog sat and 57 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,839 Speaker 4: the owner was so thrilled. He said, that's great. Let 58 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 4: me try it. He shouted, hell. The dog lifted up 59 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,679 Speaker 4: one Paul put it on the man's forehead, said, I 60 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 4: command you, sickness to leave. Hold up your bible, say 61 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 4: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 62 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 4: am what it says I am. I have what it 63 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 4: says I have. I can do what it says I 64 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 4: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 65 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 4: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 66 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 4: I will never be the same in Jesus's name, God 67 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 68 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 4: the benefits of laughter. Studies tell us that people that 69 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 4: laugh on a regular basis are healthier, they live longer, 70 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 4: they have better relationships, and they make better decisions. So 71 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,799 Speaker 4: all kinds of benefits that come from laughter. But it's 72 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 4: easy to get weighed down by the pressures of life. 73 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 4: We all have stress to deal with. We have bills 74 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 4: to pay and children to raise. We've got a deadline 75 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 4: at the office. If we're not careful, we'll let everything 76 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 4: become so intense and so pressured that we never laugh. 77 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 4: We never have any fun. We become burdened down by life. 78 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 4: Now I know people that don't have a sense of 79 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 4: humor anymore. Over the years, they become more and more 80 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 4: Now they're all work and no play. Everything is serious 81 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 4: and solemn. But friends, our body was never meant to 82 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 4: live that way. One of the best stressed relievers God 83 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:17,039 Speaker 4: ever created is laughter. When you're good natured, you take 84 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 4: time to see the humor in life. You laugh every day. 85 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 4: It's just like you're taking medicine. Laughter reduces blood pressure. 86 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 4: It activates the body's natural tranquilizers that help lower stress, 87 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 4: helps us to sleep better. Laughter strengthens our immune system. 88 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 4: It releases endorphins that make us feel better. Not only that, 89 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 4: laughter increases our brain function. When you laugh regularly, you're 90 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 4: going to make better decisions. Humor helps to stimulate the brain. 91 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:53,679 Speaker 4: Normally we use the left side, but when we laugh, 92 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 4: we use the right side. This study showed people that 93 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 4: were having a hard time solving a problem. They'd been 94 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 4: dealing with it a long time. They were stuck. If 95 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 4: for some reason they were to laugh, it would stimulate 96 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 4: the brain and they would be much more likely to 97 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 4: solve that problem. Bottom line is, if you have a 98 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 4: sense of humor and you laugh regularly, you're going to 99 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 4: be more creative. You're going to have fresh ideas, and 100 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 4: you're going to be more effective. Laughter not only stimulates 101 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 4: our brain, but it helps to bring down the walls. 102 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:33,160 Speaker 4: When you laugh with someone, their defenses come down. They 103 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 4: can be a total stranger, but humor will help open 104 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 4: the door. There'll be a lot more likely to hear 105 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 4: what you have to say. That's why I start every 106 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 4: program off with a joke. Laughter makes people receptive. It's 107 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:50,280 Speaker 4: a common denominator. I remember when I was growing up, 108 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 4: every year at Christmas, we would go down to the 109 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:56,359 Speaker 4: galleria and in the hotel ballroom we would have a 110 00:05:56,400 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 4: big Christmas banquet, have a thousand or so people there 111 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 4: from the church. The highlight every year is when we 112 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 4: would show the fifteen minute blooper reel of the funny 113 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 4: things that had happened that year in church. We would 114 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 4: show people nodding off to sleep, people yawning. We'd put 115 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 4: it in slow motion, put some dramatic music to it. 116 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 4: We would edit my dad to make him say funny things, 117 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 4: or we might edit his hand motion in fast motion, 118 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 4: like three or four five times, make him look like 119 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 4: a rap artist. It was fifteen minutes of total laughter. 120 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 4: Now I'll never forget how when we showed it, the 121 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 4: serving crew from the hotel, the cooks, the waiters, the 122 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,279 Speaker 4: bus boys, they would come out from behind the back 123 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 4: and line up around the walls of the ballroom to watch. 124 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 4: When people in the mall hurt all the laughter, they 125 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 4: would prop the doors open in the back. We would 126 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 4: have one hundred people from the mall peering in watching 127 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:57,480 Speaker 4: those bloopers. What's my point? Laughter draws people to you. 128 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 4: Laughter is attractive, it's interesting. One of the longest running 129 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 4: shows on television is The Blooper Show, where you send 130 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 4: in your funny home videos year after year. While other 131 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 4: more polished, more sophisticated programs get canceled, this simple, wholesome 132 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 4: show that makes people laugh continues to get renewed, and 133 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 4: so on. One twenty six. Verse two says, when we 134 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 4: were filled with laughter, the other nations took notice, and 135 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 4: they said, what amazing things God has done for them. 136 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 4: When you are filled with laughter, people will take notice. 137 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 4: It not only honors God to live a happy, joy filled, 138 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 4: faith filled life, but laughter will cause other people to 139 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 4: be drawn to you. Friends. There's too much sadness in 140 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 4: our world today. Many people have lost the joy of living. 141 00:07:54,800 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 4: They've been beaten down by life, burdened by problems, by disappointments, 142 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 4: by heartache. We should make it our business to bring 143 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 4: joy everywhere we go. It's already enough sour people. We 144 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 4: should stand out in the crowd. One of the best 145 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 4: examples we could have is to just be happy, to 146 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 4: be fun, to be around, to let other people hear 147 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 4: our laughter. There is healing power in laughter. When the 148 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 4: joy of the Lord bubbles up out of you, that 149 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 4: laughter can break the bondages of their depression, their sadness, 150 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 4: their despair. I read about this hospital, the patients that 151 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 4: had been there a long time and were having a 152 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 4: tough time recovering. Every day they would take them out 153 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 4: to the park for several hours to watch the children play. 154 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 4: Their purpose was to not only get them in a 155 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:51,440 Speaker 4: different environment, but they discovered when they heard the children 156 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 4: laughing over and over that stimulated the body's natural healing process. 157 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 4: The patient's attitude was changed. They got their joy back. 158 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 4: The research showed, they begin to recover quicker. Think about it, 159 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 4: just hearing other people's laughter brought healing and joy. Imagine 160 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 4: what happens on the inside of us when we live 161 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 4: full of joy. When we take time to laugh every day, 162 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:22,719 Speaker 4: not only affects us mentally, not just our moods, our creativity, 163 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 4: our thoughts. It even affects us physically. Do you know 164 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 4: laughter can help you stay young? Every time you laugh, 165 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 4: what's known as the youth hormone increases eighty seven percent. 166 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:39,440 Speaker 4: That's the hormone that slows down the aging process, keeps 167 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 4: us fresher and younger. I laugh all the time, and 168 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 4: I don't look seventy seven years old. Do I But 169 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 4: you've seen people that have gone through a hard period 170 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:52,959 Speaker 4: in life, a lot of stress, a lot of pressure, 171 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 4: and maybe you didn't see them for a couple of years. 172 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 4: When you do, it looked like they had aged twenty years. 173 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 4: Why is that when we don't laugh, we don't release 174 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 4: the healing that God's placed on the inside. When we 175 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 4: go around stressed and solemn and discouraged, the chemicals that 176 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 4: God designed to keep us young, to lower our blood pressure, 177 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 4: to stimulate our immune system, they just sit there, unused 178 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 4: and ineffective. God has given us everything we need to 179 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 4: live healthy and whole, but we've got to tap into it. 180 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 4: One of the ways is laughter, being good natured, being 181 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 4: fun to be around, seeing the humor in life. Some 182 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 4: of you today you've lost your joy, You've gotten out 183 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:41,839 Speaker 4: of balance, and you're so focused on your problems. You've 184 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:45,079 Speaker 4: got so much stress that you haven't laughed, and so 185 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 4: long your laugher has gotten rusty. You need to get 186 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:53,160 Speaker 4: that thing out, dust it off, and every day on purpose, 187 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 4: find some reason to laugh. If you can't find anything, 188 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,080 Speaker 4: go look in the mirror. That'll give you a good reason. 189 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 4: Our immune system is made up of millions and millions 190 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 4: of cells. Some of these cells their only purpose is 191 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 4: to attack and kill anything foreign to the body, bacteria, viruses. 192 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 4: They're called in case cells stands for natural killer cells. 193 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 4: The research shows that every person develops abnormal cancerous cells 194 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 4: in our body every single week. These ink cells go 195 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 4: to work and make sure they're destroyed. But negative emotions 196 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:39,679 Speaker 4: like fear, worry, anxiety, depression, they weaken the natural killer cells. 197 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 4: What's interesting, studies show people that are happy, people that 198 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 4: laugh regularly not only have more natural killer cells, but 199 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 4: their activity is increased. In other words, when you have 200 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 4: a sense of humor, when you're good natured, your immune system, 201 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:01,080 Speaker 4: your natural killer cells are going to function at their 202 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:05,320 Speaker 4: highest level. That's what the scripture says. A cheerful mind 203 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 4: works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. 204 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 4: When we live sour, discourage stress, we're opening up the 205 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 4: door to sickness and disease. I believe some of you 206 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:22,439 Speaker 4: would see your healing come. The headaches would go away, 207 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 4: the stomach problems, the ulcers would cease, the blood pressure 208 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 4: would come down. You would sleep better if you would 209 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 4: simply start laughing more often. Laughter is as powerful as 210 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 4: many drugs, but it's a lot less expensive, and it 211 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 4: has no negative side effects. Whether you're ford or against Obamacare, 212 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 4: laugh and you'll save us all a lot of money. 213 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 4: Every time we laugh, healing is released in our system. 214 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 4: Your immune system is getting more effective. No wonder the 215 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:59,200 Speaker 4: enemy hates to hear us laugh. He knows when you 216 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 4: laugh you getting stronger, younger, healthier, smarter, calmer, more creative. 217 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 4: Health and favor and blessing is flowing through your system. 218 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:14,320 Speaker 4: Medical science is catching on to the benefits of laughter. 219 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:19,679 Speaker 4: There's something called the Humor in Hospital movement, where hospitals 220 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 4: are bringing in programs designed to get people laughing. They 221 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 4: know the more they laugh, the better they'll recover. There's 222 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 4: a children's hospital in another state. They have clowns on staff. 223 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,079 Speaker 4: They go up and down the halls making the children laugh. 224 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 4: They're finding out children there are recovering faster than other places. 225 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 4: Why is this? When we laugh, we release the healing 226 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 4: that Almighty God's placed on the inside. You say, Joel, 227 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 4: that's not my personality. I'm not like you. I'm more serious, 228 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 4: I'm more solemn. Now realize God has made us all differently. 229 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 4: But what's happened most of the time is we've forgotten 230 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 4: how to laugh. When we were children, we all used 231 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 4: to laugh about anything and everything, But now we've let 232 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 4: the stress of life weigh us down. But every healthy 233 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 4: adult should have a healthy child on the inside. Think 234 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:18,160 Speaker 4: about children. They loved to play, they loved to laugh, 235 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 4: they love to have fun, their good nature. Don't lose 236 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 4: the child that's in you. I read. We're a common 237 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:28,359 Speaker 4: ingredient in people that lived way up in their nineties. 238 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 4: Wasn't their diet, wasn't their exercise routine. It was the 239 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 4: fact that they were extremely joyful people. They never forgot 240 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 4: how to laugh. About a month ago, after the service, 241 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 4: I met a man in the lobby that was one 242 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 4: hundred and six years old. He looked thirty or forty 243 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 4: years younger. He was so happy, his mind was so sharp, 244 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 4: and he had stood in line nearly forty minutes waiting 245 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 4: to visit with me. And when I got there, I said, 246 00:14:57,440 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 4: I'm so sorry. You didn't need to stand here this long. 247 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 4: We could have gotten you a chair. You could have 248 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 4: sat down. He said, I don't need to sit down. 249 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 4: When I get old, I'll sit down. He was a 250 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 4: black man, just as handsome as can be. He didn't 251 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 4: have one wrinkle on his face. I said, I cannot 252 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 4: believe that you were one hundred and six years old. 253 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 4: You don't even look like you could be seventy. He 254 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 4: smiled and said, Joel Black, don't crack. He was so funny. 255 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 4: When he left, he turned around and said to the 256 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 4: whole group, I'll see you again this same time next year. 257 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 4: I thought, no wonder, he's so healthy. He's full of joy, 258 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 4: he loves to laugh, he's got a great sense of humor. 259 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 4: I thought about all the healing that's been released in 260 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 4: him through the years. I realize we're all gonna get old. 261 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 4: But I made up my mind. I'm not gonna turn 262 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 4: into a grumpy old man. I'm not gonna get more 263 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 4: and more sour the older I get. I'm gonna be 264 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 4: like him and stay full of joy. Even when I 265 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 4: get up into my eighties and nineties. I'm still gonna 266 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 4: have a smile. I'm still going to be having fun. 267 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 4: I'm still going to be telling jokes, and I'm still 268 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 4: going to be good looking. I'm not gonna lose the 269 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 4: child on the inside. Sometimes we think the older we get, 270 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 4: the more somber we're supposed to be and less fun 271 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 4: we should have, but I don't think that's God's plan. 272 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 4: The scripture says we are to finish our course with joy. 273 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 4: If you don't have joy, if you're not laughing every day, 274 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 4: if you don't take time to play, you're not going 275 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 4: to finish your course the way God wants you to. 276 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 4: And can I tell you old is all in our mind. 277 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 4: Just because our physical bodies get older doesn't mean our 278 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 4: thoughts and our attitudes have to get older as well. 279 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 4: Knew a man when I used to go to the 280 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 4: gym all the time. He was eighty three years old. 281 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 4: He was just as happy and fun to be around 282 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 4: as could be. He acted like he was my age. 283 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:06,720 Speaker 4: One day I asked him how he stayed so young. 284 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 4: He said, Joel, I don't think old thoughts. I don't 285 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 4: think of myself as being an old man. I think 286 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:17,440 Speaker 4: of myself as being in my twenties. See your spirit person, 287 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:21,440 Speaker 4: the real you that lives on the inside is ageless. 288 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 4: It's going to live forever. We're the ones that talk 289 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:28,679 Speaker 4: ourselves in to being old and sour and grumpy. I 290 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,239 Speaker 4: think about my father when he was up there in 291 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:35,120 Speaker 4: his seventies. We would be walking down the street and 292 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:38,399 Speaker 4: he would see somebody, maybe in their fifties, and without 293 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 4: even thinking, he'd say, Joel, look at that old man. 294 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:44,359 Speaker 4: I would say, Daddy, he's twenty years younger than you, 295 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 4: but he was still young in his mind. My father 296 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:52,920 Speaker 4: loved a kid with people here. He was a well 297 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,920 Speaker 4: respected minister. He was serious in his relationship with God. 298 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:00,679 Speaker 4: He was a responsible person, but he loved it have fun. 299 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 4: He would go up to someone and very dramatically put 300 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:09,119 Speaker 4: his hand on their shoulder and he would say, very seriously, 301 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,439 Speaker 4: I've been meaning to talk with you. I've got something 302 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 4: on you. They would gulf and get real nervous. Their 303 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 4: eyes got real big, and they said, Jess fastros and 304 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 4: go ahead. What is it. He would smile and say, 305 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:26,879 Speaker 4: it's my hand. For years, my father carried around a 306 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 4: little card in his wallet that somebody gave him. This 307 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:32,359 Speaker 4: was his favorite thing to do. He would go up 308 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 4: to someone with a big smile and say, hey, you 309 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 4: want to see my pride and joy. He would make 310 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:41,240 Speaker 4: them think, of course, it was a beautiful picture of 311 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 4: one of his grandchildren. He would play it up real 312 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:48,120 Speaker 4: big and get them anticipating this award winning photograph. He'd 313 00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:50,359 Speaker 4: ask them again do you want to see my pride 314 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:55,880 Speaker 4: and joy? He'd finally pull out this picture of pride, furniture, polish, 315 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:59,680 Speaker 4: and joy, so he would say, that's my pride in 316 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:06,840 Speaker 4: Jim Lord. Now you know why I'm so corny some 317 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 4: of you today. You need to retrain yourself to have fun. 318 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 4: You need to retrain yourself to see the humor, to 319 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 4: learn to laugh. You think you got to work all 320 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:21,120 Speaker 4: the time. You got so much stress and so many 321 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 4: bills to pay. And even if you're not working, you 322 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 4: feel guilty and you're thinking about the stress in your life. No, 323 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 4: let me give you official permission to have fun and 324 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 4: enjoy your life. You need to start taking a dose 325 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:39,159 Speaker 4: of your medicine. Not every month, not every week, no 326 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 4: every day. We should find something we could laugh about. 327 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 4: You may have a serious job. I understand that, but 328 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:48,880 Speaker 4: you can still be good natured. I have a lot 329 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 4: of responsibility, but I like to have fun at what 330 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 4: I do. I like to laugh. Laughter believes the stress. 331 00:19:56,520 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 4: Sometimes when everything's uptight, maybe plans don't worry out, or 332 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,640 Speaker 4: you do something wrong. Instead of getting all up tight, 333 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 4: the best thing we could do is just laugh about it. 334 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 4: The other day I was in a hotel room all alone. 335 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 4: It was early in the morning, and I had just 336 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 4: ordered breakfast and they brought it on a table with wheels. 337 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:18,439 Speaker 4: After I got through eating, I wanted to put it 338 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 4: out in the hall so i'd have more room. And 339 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:23,719 Speaker 4: I was just in my shorts, not my gym shorts, 340 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,679 Speaker 4: my underwear. And I opened the door and looked out 341 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:29,439 Speaker 4: in the hall, and I didn't see anybody. So I 342 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:33,119 Speaker 4: opened it up whiter and I started pushing that cart out, 343 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 4: and it was very hard to get out. The back 344 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 4: legs got caught on the threshold of the door, and 345 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 4: so I was having to struggle and finagle with it, 346 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 4: and there was just a lot of work. And I 347 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 4: finally got it out, but I accidentally let the door 348 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:51,439 Speaker 4: close behind me in the hotel room. And you know 349 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:55,640 Speaker 4: those hotel room doors, they lock automatically. So I'm out 350 00:20:55,640 --> 00:21:00,479 Speaker 4: in the hall now in my underwear. Where to go? 351 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:06,200 Speaker 4: Plus I'm on television. So I looked down the hall 352 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:09,919 Speaker 4: and about five doors down there's this housekeeping car. I 353 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 4: ran as fast as I could. I got me a 354 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:16,159 Speaker 4: towel and put it around me, and eventually the cleaning 355 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 4: lady came out and I asked her. She had open 356 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:20,680 Speaker 4: my room. She said, I can't do it without your idea, 357 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 4: and I said, well, my IDs in the room. And 358 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:26,160 Speaker 4: I finally convinced her to do it. She opened my door. 359 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 4: She looked me up and down, said, boy, you sure 360 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:35,360 Speaker 4: look different on television. I said, yes, I usually wear clothes. 361 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:39,160 Speaker 4: But I got a bigger laugh out of that than 362 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:43,959 Speaker 4: she did. A secure a person can laugh at themselves. 363 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 4: When you're secure, you can laugh when you do something dumb. 364 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 4: I love the fact that Victoria keeps a joyful atmosphere 365 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 4: in our home. She loves to have fun. When I 366 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 4: get kind of up tight, Victoria go dancing around the 367 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:00,679 Speaker 4: house and she'll come up behind me and tickle me. 368 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:03,119 Speaker 4: And when I'm stressed out, She's got a name she 369 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 4: calls me. She calls me old Stiffy. A while back, 370 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 4: we were on the front row here during praise and worship, 371 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 4: and I've got my head bowed and I'm in deep prayer, 372 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 4: deep faught thinking about what I'm gonna say. And you know, Victoria, 373 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 4: she's got her hands up. She's a lot more outgoing 374 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,359 Speaker 4: than I am. All of a sudden she bumps me 375 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:25,440 Speaker 4: with her hips and about knocks me over. I looked 376 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 4: up at her and she said, come on, stiffy lighting up. 377 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:32,439 Speaker 4: A few years ago, I was at home in my 378 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 4: office preparing a message along these same lines, and Victoria 379 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 4: came through and said, Joe, what are you gonna speak 380 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 4: on this weekend? So I'm gonna speak on laughter and 381 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,359 Speaker 4: the importance of staying full of joy. And she put 382 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:45,439 Speaker 4: her arm up in the air and said, woo hoo. 383 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:50,200 Speaker 4: I don't need that, but you sure do. But we 384 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 4: like to have fun. If you have children at home, 385 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 4: there's no reason you shouldn't be laughing all through the day. 386 00:22:57,359 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 4: Don't get so caught up in the pressures of rays 387 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:02,920 Speaker 4: your children that you don't take time to enjoy them 388 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,640 Speaker 4: and see the humor in what they do. When our 389 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 4: son Jonathan was just a little boy, maybe about two 390 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 4: years old, one night, about midnight, I heard this screaming 391 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,680 Speaker 4: coming from his bedroom. I knew he was having a nightmare, 392 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:17,720 Speaker 4: and I jumped out of bed and ran up there 393 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:19,679 Speaker 4: as fast as I could open the door, and he 394 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 4: was sitting up in his bed. His eyes were this 395 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 4: big Jonathan, buddy, what's wrong? He said, Daddy, the Holy 396 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 4: ghost is under my bed. When our daughter Alexandra was 397 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:33,119 Speaker 4: about the same age, two or three years old. I 398 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 4: was working on my message one day at home in 399 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:38,720 Speaker 4: my office at that time was right outside my bedroom, 400 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 4: and she came in and said, Daddy, can we go 401 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 4: outside and play? I said, no, Alexandra, I've got a finish. 402 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 4: Maybe in an hour we can do that. She went out, 403 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:50,200 Speaker 4: and she kept coming back in, like every five minutes, 404 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 4: again and again and again. Daddy is at time I 405 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:57,160 Speaker 4: was getting so frustrated. Finally she came in. I said, listen, Alexandra, 406 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:01,359 Speaker 4: Daddy is trying to concentrate. Please don't come back in. 407 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 4: I'll come get you in just a little while. She said, okay. 408 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 4: Three minutes later, the door opens, she peers her head 409 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 4: through and says, Daddy, are you still trying to constipate 410 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:16,119 Speaker 4: and money? Do you know every time you've laughed today, 411 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:21,199 Speaker 4: healing has shot through your body. You're getting stronger, younger, healthier. 412 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 4: I'm asking you to start taking a dose of your medicine. 413 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 4: If a doctor prescribed us a pill to take four 414 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 4: times a day, every six hours, we would be very 415 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,240 Speaker 4: careful to follow those instructions, even if we had to 416 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 4: get up at two o'clock in the morning. Well, I'm 417 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 4: giving you a prescription not from a doctor, but from 418 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 4: our creator. He says, to stay full of joy, take 419 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,439 Speaker 4: time to laugh every day, be good natured, find the 420 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 4: humor in life. In the Old Testament, one of the 421 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:56,440 Speaker 4: ways that an enemy would overtake a city was by 422 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,720 Speaker 4: clogging up the wells that provided water to that city. 423 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:03,360 Speaker 4: They would fill them full of stones, and before long 424 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:05,640 Speaker 4: the people wouldn't have any water that have to come 425 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:08,199 Speaker 4: out from behind the protected walls, and that's when they 426 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 4: would attack and overtake. In the same way, every one 427 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:15,400 Speaker 4: of us has a well of joy that God's put 428 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:19,200 Speaker 4: on the inside. When we were children, it flowed freely. 429 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,680 Speaker 4: We laughed, we loved to have fun. We were good natured. 430 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,840 Speaker 4: But too often we've allowed our wells to get clogged 431 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 4: up with stones of worry, stones of disappointment, stones of stress. 432 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:35,679 Speaker 4: Now that joy doesn't flow freely like God designed it to. 433 00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:40,840 Speaker 4: In Genesis twenty six eighteen, it says that Isaac redug 434 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 4: the wells for the Philistines had stopped them up. It's 435 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 4: interesting the name Isaac actually means laughter. I believe it's 436 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 4: significant that Isaac was the one that unstopped the wells. 437 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 4: God is saying, if you want your wells to become unstopped, 438 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,280 Speaker 4: if you want to see his good goodness flow once again, 439 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 4: you've got to get your joy back. Laughter is one 440 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 4: of the best ways to unstop your well If you'll 441 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:11,959 Speaker 4: learn to laugh on a daily basis, it'll loosen up 442 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:16,200 Speaker 4: those rocks and eventually wash them totally away. When our 443 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:18,639 Speaker 4: sink gets clogged at the house, I'll run up to 444 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:21,399 Speaker 4: the store and get some draino. You pour it in 445 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 4: there and wait fifteen minutes. I come back and the 446 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 4: sink is totally unclogged, and I was thinking, you know 447 00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:32,360 Speaker 4: what laughter is. It's the draino in our lives. When 448 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:36,120 Speaker 4: we laugh every day, it's just like we're continually cleaning 449 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:39,239 Speaker 4: out the hard, crusty things that try to keep us 450 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:43,160 Speaker 4: stopped up. I'm not talking about laughing once since you've 451 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 4: heard a message on it. I'm talking about developing a 452 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:50,200 Speaker 4: lifestyle of seeing the humor in your everyday life. Laugh 453 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 4: with your children, laugh with your family, learn to even 454 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:56,879 Speaker 4: laugh at yourself when you do something wrong. If you 455 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,679 Speaker 4: well is clogged up, you've got to take action and 456 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 4: start laughing more often. I heard a story about a comedian. 457 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 4: His name was Joey Grimaldy. He lived back in the 458 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 4: early eighteen hundreds, and he kept people laughing for over 459 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:13,679 Speaker 4: forty two years. He could change a riot into an 460 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 4: applauding audience. But Grimaldy was a workaholic. He lived with 461 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,240 Speaker 4: a constant pressure of bettering his routine. He was a 462 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:27,199 Speaker 4: perfectionist that was never satisfied. Although he continued working, he 463 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 4: became a very sick man. He went to the doctrine. 464 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 4: This doctor didn't recognize him. He examined him and said, sir, 465 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:37,440 Speaker 4: I don't see anything physically wrong with you. I think 466 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:41,560 Speaker 4: you're just overly stressed. My suggestion would be to take 467 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:44,119 Speaker 4: some time off, and why don't you go see the 468 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 4: comedian Joey Grimaldi. He'll do you good. He'll make you laugh. 469 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 4: He hung his head and said, very sadly, but doctor, 470 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 4: I am Joey Grimaldy. A few weeks later, amid the 471 00:27:56,800 --> 00:28:01,920 Speaker 4: applause and laughter of a packed house, Grimaldy collapsed and 472 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 4: died from exhaustion. He could make other people laugh, but 473 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 4: he never took time to laugh himself. Don't let that 474 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:13,600 Speaker 4: be you job A twenty one says, God wants to 475 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 4: fill your mouth with laughter. That's God's dream that we 476 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 4: live full of joy. I hope you'll take time every 477 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:25,280 Speaker 4: day to laugh, get your well unclogged. Look for the 478 00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:29,119 Speaker 4: humor in life. Friends. If you will let God fill 479 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:32,919 Speaker 4: your mouth with laughter, that not only brings honor to God, 480 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:36,520 Speaker 4: but you'll enjoy your life more. You'll have better relationships, 481 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:39,800 Speaker 4: you'll live healthier, you'll be more creative. I believe in 482 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:43,160 Speaker 4: declare every one of us is going to finish our 483 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:47,360 Speaker 4: course with joy and become everything God's created us to be. Amen. Hell, 484 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:51,600 Speaker 4: you receated today. We never like to close our broadcast 485 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 4: without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 486 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:57,600 Speaker 4: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, 487 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 4: Lord Jesus into my life. I make you my Lord 488 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:09,000 Speaker 4: and Savior. I repent of my sins. Amen. Well, friends, 489 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:11,360 Speaker 4: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 490 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:14,400 Speaker 4: born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 491 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 4: God first place. He's going to take your places that 492 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 4: you've never dreamed of. 493 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the Joel Oustine podcast. Help 494 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,960 Speaker 6: us continue to share the message of hope with those 495 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:28,960 Speaker 6: all over the world. Visit joelostin dot com, slash give 496 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:30,719 Speaker 6: Hope to give a gift today. 497 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,920 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. I hope 498 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:38,320 Speaker 4: you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest podcast to 499 00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 4: keep you inspired all through the week. We're praying for you. 500 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:44,240 Speaker 4: I know God's best is still ahead. We'll see you 501 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:44,800 Speaker 4: next time.