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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 5: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 35 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 6: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 36 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 6: blessing and share it with a friend. 37 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray put God's very best in 38 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 5: your life about bless you and welcome to the new 39 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 5: like good jerk, So good to have you with us today, 40 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 5: and we love you and kind of the joy to 41 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 5: come into your homes each week, and we'll always come 42 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 5: with good news because we know God has a good 43 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 5: plan for your life. He rewards people that seek after him. 44 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 5: So thanks so much for tuning in today and come 45 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 5: out and see us. You'll love our news facility. We'll 46 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 5: make you feel. 47 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 3: Right at home. 48 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:18,360 Speaker 5: If I like to get started each week with something 49 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 5: kind of funny, so let me tell you this joke. 50 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 3: Somebody told me. 51 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 5: A Hindu priest, a Jewish rabbi, and a televangelist were 52 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 5: all traveling together. They stopped at this farmhouse for lodging, 53 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,079 Speaker 5: and the farmer said, that'd be fine, but I only 54 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 5: have room for two of you. One's gonna have to 55 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 5: stay out in the barn. The Hindu priest said, okay, 56 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 5: I'll do it, and he went out there, and a 57 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 5: few minutes later there was a knock on the door. 58 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 3: He said, I can't stay out there. 59 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,519 Speaker 5: There's a cow, and that cow is sacred in our religion. 60 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 5: The Jewish priest said, okay, well, i'll go. 61 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,920 Speaker 3: He went out there, and a few minutes later there 62 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 3: was a knock on the door. 63 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:51,919 Speaker 5: He said, I can't stay out there. There's a pig 64 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 5: and that wouldn't be kosher. Finally, the televangelist said, okay, 65 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 5: I'll go, and he went out there. A few minutes 66 00:02:57,919 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 5: later there was a knock on the door. 67 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 3: It was the ca and the pig. 68 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 5: All right, hold your bibles out and say it like you. 69 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,839 Speaker 3: Me in it. Ready, this is my Bible. I am 70 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 3: what it says. 71 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 2: I am. 72 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 3: I have what it says I have. 73 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:16,360 Speaker 5: I can do what it says I can do today 74 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:17,639 Speaker 5: or we be taught. 75 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 3: The word of God. 76 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 5: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 77 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 3: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 78 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 3: bless you. 79 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about being determined 80 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 5: to enjoy your life. And Jesus said there in John 81 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 5: chapter ten, verse ten, that he came that we might 82 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 5: live life to the full till it overflows. And I 83 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 5: can tell you with confidence that God wants you to 84 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 5: be happy. He wants you to enjoy your life. Not 85 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 5: just the week ends, not just vacations, not just when 86 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 5: everything's going your way. 87 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 3: God wants you to enjoy every single day. 88 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 5: And we should enjoy getting up in the enjoy going 89 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 5: to work, enjoy our family, enjoy the outdoors, enjoy every 90 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 5: part of our day. 91 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 3: That's God's dream. 92 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 5: But I know too many people that are just dragging 93 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 5: through life. They don't like their job, they can't stand 94 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 5: the traffic, they don't enjoy their spouse. They're just going 95 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 5: through the motions of life, getting up, going to work, 96 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 5: coming home. 97 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 3: No joy, no enthusiasm. 98 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 5: But friends, it doesn't bring any glory to God for 99 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 5: us to drag around with a long face, negative discourage, tired, 100 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 5: worn out. How you doing, brother, Well, I'm just trying 101 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 5: to hold on. Got so many problems. No, God doesn't 102 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 5: want us to hold on. We need to change our 103 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 5: approach to life. We need to get up every morning 104 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 5: and say, with David, this is the day the Lord 105 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 5: has made and I am going to enjoy it. We 106 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 5: need to make that declaration right at the start of 107 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 5: the day, David was saying, in effect, I'm not going 108 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,599 Speaker 5: to focus on what's wrong today. I'm gonna focus on 109 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 5: what's right I'm not gonna dwell on what I don't have. 110 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:06,280 Speaker 3: I'm gonna thank God for what I do have. 111 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 5: You can enjoy every day of your life if you 112 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 5: want to. Badly enough, some of you complain the whole 113 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 5: time you're driving to work. I can't stand this job, 114 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 5: I can't stand this traffic. No, why don't you change 115 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 5: your approach? Why don't you be grateful that at least 116 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:25,039 Speaker 5: you have a job. You could be in an unemployment 117 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 5: line somewhere well, Joel, I got this old, beat up car. 118 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 5: It hardly even runs. Now, why don't you be grateful 119 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:34,040 Speaker 5: that you have a car? I know people that love 120 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 5: to have your automobile. Well, Joel, it's my husband. That's 121 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 5: why I'm not happy. He's not affectionate, he's not this, 122 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 5: he's not that. Don't be grateful that you have a husband. 123 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 5: This may surprise you, but some ladies would love. 124 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 3: To have that man. 125 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 5: I know some of you are thinking, can I give 126 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 5: you a numbered? 127 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 3: But I want to challenge you. 128 00:05:56,040 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 5: Today to retrain yourself to enjoy everything you do, not 129 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 5: just the fun things, not just the exciting things. You 130 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:08,840 Speaker 5: can enjoy driving to work, enjoy mowing your lawn, Enjoy the. 131 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 3: People God's put in your life. 132 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 5: They may not be perfect, or your job may not 133 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 5: be the exact one that you'd always had hoped for, 134 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 5: but don't use that as an excuse to live your life. 135 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:19,599 Speaker 3: Sour. 136 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 5: I cannot think of anything worse, after all God's done 137 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 5: for us than to go through life and not really 138 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 5: enjoy it. And yet that's what so many people are 139 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:33,160 Speaker 5: doing today. There's so much pressure in our society, there's 140 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 5: so much stress. It's easy to get pulled into where 141 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 5: you're just rushing here and you're rushing there. 142 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 3: You're so busy, you're so stressed out. 143 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 5: We end up enduring our lives but not really enjoying them. 144 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:48,279 Speaker 5: And some of you today you love your children, but 145 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 5: you can't say that you really enjoy them. 146 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 3: You're so busy working. 147 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 5: For and cooking, cleaning and getting them to ball practice. No, 148 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 5: you need to make some adjustments. Take time to enjoy 149 00:06:59,600 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 5: your chill. 150 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 3: They're not always going to be there. 151 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:05,600 Speaker 5: And I know people that rush through breakfast and they 152 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 5: get aggravated in the traffic. They don't like their job, 153 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 5: come home stressed out and uptight. No, you simply need 154 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 5: to retrain yourself. Don't make the mistake of living for 155 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 5: five o'clock. You should enjoy your job, learn to enjoy 156 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 5: the people you work with, Enjoy the drive home. I 157 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 5: really believe that we can enjoy every aspect of our 158 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 5: lives if. 159 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 3: We just approach it in the right way. I know 160 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 3: in my own life. 161 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 5: I used to kind of get frustrated when I'd get 162 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 5: stuck in traffic. I think, man, I'm in a hurry, 163 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 5: I've got a lot to do. This is getting me 164 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 5: off course. But one day I realized I can't change this. 165 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 5: I can't make it go any faster, no matter how 166 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 5: upset I get. And so I can either get stressed 167 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,239 Speaker 5: out every time it happens for the next thirty years, 168 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 5: or I can change my approach. And that day I 169 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 5: made a decision that I was just going to relax 170 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 5: and use that extra time to thank God for all 171 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 5: he had done in my life. I just started looking 172 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 5: out the window and enjoying his creations. And I can 173 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 5: tell you today that a traffic doesn't bother me one 174 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 5: bit anymore. I retrain myself to enjoy it, not just 175 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 5: endure it. 176 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 3: You can do the same thing. 177 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 5: And some of you don't like your job, and you 178 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 5: don't like the house you're living in, you dread having 179 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 5: to mow the lawn every week. 180 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 3: All that is is a bad habit that you've developed. 181 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 5: And you can either go the rest of your lifetime 182 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 5: and let that steal your joy, or you can do 183 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 5: what I did and just retrain yourself and understand anything 184 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:38,559 Speaker 5: you do negative and sour. You're not only cheating yourself, 185 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 5: but you're not bringing glory to God. And you go 186 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 5: to mow the lawn, do it with a good attitude, 187 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 5: and you'll not only feel better, but you bring glory 188 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 5: to God. 189 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 3: And you have to do the dishes. 190 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 5: Don't dread it, don't complain about it, put a smile 191 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 5: on your face, Be grateful that you have a place 192 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 5: to live, be grateful that you had something to eat. 193 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 5: When you do it that way, you're bringing glory to God. 194 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 3: God. 195 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 5: And after all, many of those things, although they're small, 196 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 5: we're gonna be doing our whole lifetime. What a shame 197 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 5: to allow them to steal our joy and keep us 198 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 5: from really living life to the full. 199 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 3: And some of you today you're already dreading to drive home. 200 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 5: You're dreading the traffic, You're dreading what you've gotta do 201 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:21,320 Speaker 5: this afternoon, dreading what you gotta do at work. But 202 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 5: my message to you is you don't have to dread 203 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 5: part of your life and enjoy the other. Why don't 204 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 5: you make a decision with me that from now on 205 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 5: you're gonna enjoy everything you do from sun up to sundown. 206 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 5: You're gonna bring God glory by being happy and having 207 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 5: a good attitude wherever you are. And I know some 208 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 5: things are not as enjoyable as others, but I really 209 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 5: believe if we have the right attitude. If we approach 210 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 5: it right, over time, they can become more and more enjoyable. 211 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 5: I know my most challenging day is on Thursday. That's 212 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 5: when I write my messages, And up to just a 213 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,239 Speaker 5: couple of years ago, I used to dread every Thursday. 214 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 5: I think, Man, what am I gonna say this week? 215 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 3: And is it going to be any good? 216 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 5: And Wednesday night would roll around and I could feel 217 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 5: myself getting pressured and uptight, and I'd just dig my 218 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 5: heels in on Thursdays and I'd push through it. I 219 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 5: would endure it, but I can't say that I enjoyed it. 220 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 5: But one day it dawned on me that practically every Thursday, 221 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 5: for the rest of my life, I'm gonna be preparing 222 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 5: my message. And I thought, I am not going to 223 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 5: live my life miserable every Thursday. I'm not gonna have 224 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 5: one day a week that I don't enjoy from here 225 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:32,680 Speaker 5: on out. And I simply changed my approach. Wasn't anything big. 226 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 5: I just changed my attitude. I started thinking about the opportunity. 227 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:37,839 Speaker 3: That God had given me. 228 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 5: Instead of getting all pressured, I'd say, Father, thank you 229 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,960 Speaker 5: for the privilege to stand up before your people. Thank 230 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 5: you for choosing me. And I can tell you today 231 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 5: I don't dread Thursdays anymore. Really, I look forward to 232 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 5: it now. But see, I've made up my mind. I'm 233 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:56,680 Speaker 5: gonna enjoy everything I do, not just because I want 234 00:10:56,679 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 5: to be happy, but I want to bring glory to God. 235 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:04,559 Speaker 5: We have to understand every day is a gift from God. 236 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 3: We're not always going to be here. 237 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:10,439 Speaker 5: The scripture says, our lives are like a mist We're here. 238 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 3: For a moment and then we're gone. 239 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 5: And every day that we live negative and discouraged and depressed, 240 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 5: that's a day that we've wasted. Don't make the mistake 241 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 5: of going around upset because you didn't get the job 242 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 5: you wanted, or discouraged because your plans didn't work out, 243 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:29,440 Speaker 5: or uptight because you've got to clean the house later today. 244 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:32,319 Speaker 5: Now look on the bright side. At least you're alive, 245 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 5: at least you're breathing. Most of you have your health. 246 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 5: Most of you walked in here on your own two feet. 247 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:40,960 Speaker 5: You can see, you can hear. Most of you have 248 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 5: good friends and good family. Why don't you change your attitude? 249 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,840 Speaker 5: Why don't you make the most of this day? You 250 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 5: can never get this day back? 251 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 3: Are you really living it to the full? 252 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 5: I was reading about these people that had near death experiences. 253 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 5: They were in some kind of accident, they almost lost 254 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 5: their lives and miraculously they pulled through it. And when 255 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 5: they interviewed them, they all had the same common themes. 256 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 5: They talked about how they don't take each day for 257 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 5: granted anymore. They get up in the morning and they 258 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 5: take time to hug their kids. They make sure every 259 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 5: day they tell their spouse how much they love him 260 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:23,199 Speaker 5: or her, and they enjoy the simple things in life, 261 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 5: like going out and getting the paper in the morning, 262 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 5: listening to the birds, seeing picking up their children from school. 263 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 5: They talked about how they didn't get upset so easily, 264 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 5: they didn't live life so stressed out. This one man 265 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 5: in particular told how in the past he couldn't stand 266 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 5: the drive to work, he couldn't stand the traffic, But 267 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:45,319 Speaker 5: after his accident, after he nearly lost. 268 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 3: His life, he told how now he. 269 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 5: Cherished every moment sitting in the traffic. He smiled at 270 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:53,880 Speaker 5: every car that went by, practically. 271 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:58,319 Speaker 3: Blew them kisses. I mean, it's amazing how things change. 272 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:00,840 Speaker 5: When we put it in the right perspective, and we 273 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 5: should live every day like it could be our last. 274 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:07,319 Speaker 5: We should get up every morning with a grateful attitude. 275 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 5: As I said, instead of complaining about going to work, 276 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 5: be thankful that you have a job. Instead of complaining 277 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 5: about all I got to clean up after these kids, 278 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 5: Let's be thankful that God has blessed us with our children. 279 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 5: Let me put it to you this way, how different 280 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 5: would you live this week if all of a sudden 281 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 5: you discovered this was going to be your last week? 282 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 5: How many times would you get upset and frustrated? How 283 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 5: long would you stay offended if you knew you only 284 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:36,439 Speaker 5: had a week or two to live. Now, I'm challenging 285 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 5: you to make the most of this day. Live it 286 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 5: like it could be your last. Don't go around negative 287 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 5: and discouraged. Don't go around with bitterness and unforgiveness in 288 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 5: your heart. Don't allow little things to steal your joy. 289 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 3: Life is way too short for that. 290 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 5: Take time to enjoy this day, Take time to spend 291 00:13:56,720 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 5: with your family. Learn to give flowers to peace people 292 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 5: while they're still living. By that, I mean, how many 293 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 5: funerals have I gone to where I've heard someone say 294 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 5: if I only had one more chance if I could 295 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,839 Speaker 5: just really tell them how much I loved them. No, 296 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 5: don't make that mistake. Spend time with your family. We're 297 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 5: all busy these days. We've all got a lot of 298 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 5: things to do, but we need to just slow down 299 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 5: and enjoy life's journey. Take time for the important things 300 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 5: in your own life. 301 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 3: See. 302 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 5: God has given you your family to enjoy, not just 303 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 5: to provide for them. He's given us our children to enjoy, 304 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 5: not just to raise them, not just to correct them. 305 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 5: And some of you are so busy making a living, 306 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 5: but you really need to take time to make a life. 307 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 5: Your family needs more than your money. They need your time. 308 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 5: They need your love, They need your attention, they need 309 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 5: your smile. If something happened to you tomorrow, would you 310 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 5: be pleased at how you've lived today? Can you say 311 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 5: I'm at peace with God, I'm at peace with myself, 312 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 5: my priorities in order, I'm living each day to the full. 313 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 5: Or would you have to say, men, Joel, I'm so upted, 314 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 5: I'm stressed out, I'm overworked. You make some changes, Take 315 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 5: time to smell the roses, learn to laugh more, smile more, 316 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 5: enjoy the simple things in your life. I know some 317 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 5: of you today. You have people in your life that 318 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 5: are very difficult to get along with. Maybe it's even 319 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 5: a spouse, or a teenager or a coworker, and if 320 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 5: you're not careful, they could very easily steal your joy. 321 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 3: How many people have told me, Joel, if. 322 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 5: My husband would treat me better than I'd be happy, 323 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 5: or if my teenager would straighten up, if my boss 324 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:40,160 Speaker 5: would do what's right. 325 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 3: Then I wouldn't be so sour. 326 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:45,760 Speaker 5: Now I challenge you, don't allow other people to keep 327 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 5: you from being happy. Your personal happiness is nobody's responsibility 328 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 5: except your own. And I know you love your spouse, 329 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 5: you love your child, of course you do, but you 330 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:58,200 Speaker 5: cannot make somebody do what's right. 331 00:15:58,440 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 3: Only God can. 332 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 5: You should not allow other people to steal your joy. 333 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 5: I heard somebody say you are responsible to them, but 334 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 5: you're not responsible for them. In other words, you should 335 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 5: treat them with respect, do your best to make things 336 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 5: work out, but you're not responsible for their actions. You 337 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 5: should not allow somebody to burden you down and keep 338 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 5: you all upset month after month because they refuse to 339 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 5: make good choices and they refuse to do what's right. Now, 340 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 5: do your best and then turn the situation over to God. 341 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 3: But if you take on. 342 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 5: A false sense of responsibility, you'll feel like you got 343 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 5: to keep them happy, you got to make them do right. 344 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 3: You can't do that. 345 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 5: All that's going to do is still your own happiness. Now, 346 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 5: I've discovered some people don't really want to be happy. 347 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 5: They like the attention it brings, and you're not careful, 348 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 5: they'll use that to manipulate you. I talked to a 349 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 5: mother the other day and her son was doing just this. 350 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 5: He wasn't making very good choices, and she was so upset, 351 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 5: and she told how the last three years she had 352 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 5: struckuggled with this and it just totally drained her emotionally 353 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:07,880 Speaker 5: and physically. She had no joy, no enthusiasm. I told 354 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:11,200 Speaker 5: her what I'm telling you today. Do your best, love him, 355 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 5: encourage him, but then turn him over to God. Don't 356 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:16,919 Speaker 5: let him steal your joy. You've got to be happy 357 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 5: in spite of him. A lot of people like that 358 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 5: that are negative and discourage not doing right. They would 359 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:25,920 Speaker 5: love to pull you down, but I just challenge you. 360 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 5: Don't get into the pit with them. I found if 361 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 5: they can't give you what they've got, if they can't 362 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 5: make your life miserable. Eventually they're gonna want what you have. 363 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:37,679 Speaker 5: Eventually God will use you to turn their life around. 364 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:40,879 Speaker 5: But you've got to remain consistent, stay happy in spite 365 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 5: of them. And really, almost every day we can find 366 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:48,440 Speaker 5: some excuse to not enjoy it. Well, my back's hurting, 367 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 5: or I got stuck in traffic, or I had to 368 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 5: work late, or somebody was rude to me. 369 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 3: But no, we cannot control every person. 370 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:59,439 Speaker 5: We can't control every circumstance, but we can control how 371 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:02,919 Speaker 5: we respond. You may not get everything you want today. 372 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 3: I hope you do. 373 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 5: You may have some disappointments, but that should not change 374 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 5: the fact that you are going to enjoy this day. 375 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,200 Speaker 5: It is the day the Lord has made, and our 376 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 5: attitude should be as long as I am drawing breath, 377 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 5: as long as I'm alive, I am going to be 378 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 5: happy and enjoy this day. Well, Joel, I don't see 379 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 5: how you can do that. That's just impossible. What if 380 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:27,680 Speaker 5: you're sick, what if you're in the hospital. Listen, I've 381 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 5: been up to visit people in the hospital that were 382 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 5: on their last leg, and yet they were happier than 383 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:33,439 Speaker 5: I was. 384 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:35,680 Speaker 3: They were full of joy and. 385 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:39,280 Speaker 5: Really, anybody can be happy in the good times, that's easy, 386 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:41,400 Speaker 5: but we need to dig our heels in and learn 387 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,920 Speaker 5: to be happy in the tough times. Don't let the 388 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,879 Speaker 5: enemy steal your joy. If he can't get your joy, 389 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 5: he can't get your strength. When you have joy, you 390 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 5: are strong. When you have joy, you can fight the 391 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:55,159 Speaker 5: good fight of faith. And some of you today you 392 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 5: need to draw the line in the sand and say 393 00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 5: enough is enough. I am done with living negative, depressed, 394 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 5: dreading things. I'm gonna start tapping into the joy on 395 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:06,880 Speaker 5: the inside. I'm gonna start living my life to. 396 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 3: The fore See, each one of. 397 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 5: You has a well of joy right down in here. 398 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:16,280 Speaker 5: God put it there, but you have to do your 399 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:19,639 Speaker 5: part and tap into it. Some of you, that well 400 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 5: has been clogged up with years of sadness, years of discouragement. 401 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:28,040 Speaker 5: You never smile, you never laugh. Everything's a burden. But no, 402 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 5: you need to unclog that well. Quit living with that heaviness. 403 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:34,719 Speaker 5: Quit looking at what's wrong and everything that you don't have. 404 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:38,680 Speaker 5: Learn to lighten up and start enjoying your life. When 405 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 5: things don't go your way, don't let it get you down. 406 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:44,640 Speaker 5: God's in control of your life. He's directing every one 407 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:47,440 Speaker 5: of your steps. And he never said that every day 408 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 5: would be easy and every person would treat us right 409 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:54,120 Speaker 5: and things will always just fall into place. Now, Jesus said, 410 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:56,919 Speaker 5: in life, you're gonna have difficulties, You're gonna have unfair 411 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 5: things happen. But he said, here's the key, be of 412 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 5: good sh In other words, he was saying, no matter 413 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:05,200 Speaker 5: what comes your way, put a smile on your face 414 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 5: and be determined to enjoy that day when times get tough. Really, 415 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 5: one of the best ways to show God that we're 416 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 5: trusting him is not by how much we pray, not 417 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,440 Speaker 5: by how many scriptures we quote, but simply by putting 418 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:20,119 Speaker 5: a smile on our face and a spring in our step. 419 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 5: Why don't you start tapping into that joy. 420 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:25,680 Speaker 3: The more you smile, the more. 421 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:27,919 Speaker 5: You have a good attitude, the more you laugh, the 422 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 5: more you enjoy your life. The freer that joy is 423 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:33,119 Speaker 5: going to flow, the stronger you're going to be, and 424 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 5: the more victory that you're going to see. Says in Proverbs, 425 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:39,879 Speaker 5: a merry heart is like taking a good medicine, but 426 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 5: a broken spirit is going to dry up the bones. 427 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:45,879 Speaker 5: I believe that much of the sickness in our society 428 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:49,920 Speaker 5: today is a result of a lack of joy. We 429 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 5: open ourselves up to disease through sadness, depression, discouragement. Our 430 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 5: bodies weren't made to live like that. It weakens our 431 00:20:57,800 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 5: immune system. 432 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 3: You may have a. 433 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 5: Problem today, you may be facing difficulties, but you've got 434 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 5: to learn to turn that situation. 435 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 3: Over to God. Quit worrying about it. 436 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,400 Speaker 5: He is in control, and he's promised if you will 437 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 5: keep your trust in him, no matter what comes against you, 438 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:17,360 Speaker 5: he will turn it around and use it to your advantage. 439 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 5: And some of you need to shake yourself out of 440 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:24,679 Speaker 5: that old, negative, defeated mentality. Quit dreading going to work tomorrow. 441 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 5: Quit being depressed because you haven't gotten marriage yet. Quit 442 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 5: getting all upset because your plans didn't work out. Focus 443 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,199 Speaker 5: on what you have, not what you don't have. I 444 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:38,280 Speaker 5: heard somebody say, give this day your very best, because 445 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 5: there may not be a tomorrow. In other words, change 446 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 5: your attitude. Put a smile on your face, he said, Joe, 447 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 5: I don't feel like it. 448 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:47,959 Speaker 3: Do it anyway. Smile by faith. 449 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 5: When you smile, you send a message to your whole 450 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:57,159 Speaker 5: body that everything's okay. That smile sets the tone for 451 00:21:57,280 --> 00:22:00,439 Speaker 5: your life. Oh, Joel, that's easy for you. Smile all 452 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 5: the time, You're always happy. No, listen, I get up 453 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:05,879 Speaker 5: each morning just like you, and a lot of times 454 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:07,919 Speaker 5: I don't feel like being in a good mood. I 455 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:10,880 Speaker 5: don't feel like smiling when I get out of bed. 456 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 3: I make a choice, I say, Joel. 457 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:15,640 Speaker 5: You can either go through this day happy, enjoy it 458 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:18,880 Speaker 5: with a positive outlook, or you can go around negative 459 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:21,840 Speaker 5: and sour, focused on your problems. And one thing I'm 460 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,280 Speaker 5: very good at is I choose to be happy. I 461 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 5: choose at the very start to enjoy that day. Well, 462 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:31,119 Speaker 5: you say, Joel, if I had your life, i'd be 463 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 5: happy too. Guy's married to Victoria. Sure, I'd be happier, 464 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 5: had a big church like you. 465 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, I enjoyed my life. 466 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 5: No, every person faces their own challenges. You probably have 467 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:45,440 Speaker 5: to pay your house note each month. Well, this place 468 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 5: costs ninety five million dollars to renovate, and I'm responsible 469 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:52,000 Speaker 5: for that. That alone is enough to make me go 470 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 5: back to bed each morning. No, I get up and say, God, 471 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,399 Speaker 5: I know you're in control. I know you You've led 472 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 5: us here, and I know those people are rich out there, 473 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 5: And I say God, I know you're going to make 474 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 5: a way. See, I've learned to magnify God and not 475 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:16,639 Speaker 5: my problems. I could worry about that all day long, 476 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:18,920 Speaker 5: but I just choose to turn it over to God. 477 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:22,159 Speaker 5: I choose to enjoy my life while God is in 478 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 5: the process of working things out. And really that's the key. 479 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 5: You may be in a difficult situation today in your 480 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 5: marriage or your health, your finances, but don't make the 481 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:36,119 Speaker 5: mistake of waiting for everything to get better before you 482 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 5: decide to start enjoying your life. Your attitude should be 483 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 5: this is where God has me right now, and I'm 484 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:43,360 Speaker 5: want to be happy. 485 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 3: In spite of what's come against me. 486 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:48,400 Speaker 5: In other words, this job may be difficult, or these 487 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 5: people may not be treating me right, but I'm not 488 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 5: going to allow them to steal my joy. 489 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:53,480 Speaker 3: I'm will be happy anyway. 490 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:58,680 Speaker 5: See, learn to enjoy whatever season you're in. Some seasons 491 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:02,240 Speaker 5: are more exciting, rowing seasons where you see all kinds 492 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 5: of great things happening. But then there are other seasons 493 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 5: that are maintaining seasons, or even pruning seasons where it 494 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:12,360 Speaker 5: doesn't look like anything good's taking place. And maybe you've 495 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:15,119 Speaker 5: been hoping and praying for a long time for something 496 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:18,600 Speaker 5: to change in your life, a spouse or a situation 497 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 5: at work. Month after month has gone by, maybe even 498 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 5: year after year, and you don't see anything getting better. 499 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:26,400 Speaker 3: You're so tempted to just get all discouraged. 500 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 5: You know, the whole key is you need to just 501 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:31,840 Speaker 5: keeping joy in your life right where you are, knowing 502 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,439 Speaker 5: that God is working behind the scenes and he's in 503 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,439 Speaker 5: the process of changing things. And as I said, you 504 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 5: can't change people, only God can. You can't make the 505 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 5: situation work out, only God can. And so while you're waiting, 506 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:47,359 Speaker 5: there's no use getting all discouraged. You need to just 507 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,400 Speaker 5: enter into God's rest. That means you turn it over 508 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:53,480 Speaker 5: to God. You quit worrying about it, and in the meantime, 509 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 5: you start living your life happy. When I say happy, 510 00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:59,399 Speaker 5: I don't mean we're laughing all the time, giggling all 511 00:24:59,480 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 5: day long. 512 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,119 Speaker 3: No, it just means that we're content. 513 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:07,439 Speaker 5: In fact, one definition of joy is calm delight. In 514 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 5: other words, you're at peace about where you are. It 515 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,879 Speaker 5: may be difficult, you may be waiting for things to 516 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 5: get better, but deep down on the inside, you. 517 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 3: Know that you know that everything's going to be all right. 518 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 5: You know that God is in complete control of your life. 519 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:24,880 Speaker 5: And you say, Joel, I'd be a lot happier if 520 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 5: I had a better job. I don't like the people 521 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:28,480 Speaker 5: I work around. 522 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 3: They don't treat me good. It's not a very good environment. 523 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 5: The scripture says in Ecclesiastes that God has given us 524 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:39,520 Speaker 5: the power to enjoy our work, and you should not 525 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 5: endure your job. 526 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:42,199 Speaker 3: You should learn to enjoy it. 527 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:44,680 Speaker 5: Don't get up in the morning and drive to work 528 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:47,400 Speaker 5: thinking I can't stand this place. I cannot wait till 529 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 5: five o'clock. No change your attitude. God's given you the 530 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,920 Speaker 5: power to enjoy that place. That means no matter what 531 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,760 Speaker 5: you do, no matter what kind of environment it may be, 532 00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:59,640 Speaker 5: if you choose to, you can be happy right where 533 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:02,920 Speaker 5: you are. And what a shame to spend forty hours 534 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 5: of your week. 535 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:05,439 Speaker 3: Somewhere and not really enjoy it. 536 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 5: Why don't you make a decision from today on out. 537 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:11,200 Speaker 5: You're not gonna focus on the negative at your job. 538 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:13,680 Speaker 5: You're not gonna complain about it every day. You're gonna 539 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:16,399 Speaker 5: do your best to enjoy it. Says in First Peter 540 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:20,919 Speaker 5: that wives are to enjoy their husbands. Some of you today, 541 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:24,879 Speaker 5: you don't really enjoy your spouse. You live together, but 542 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:29,880 Speaker 5: there's no real friendship. There's no relationship, no communication. Now 543 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 5: you need to make every effort to enjoy what God 544 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 5: has given you. Enjoy spending time together, enjoy each other's personality. 545 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 3: Hey, you say, Joe, you don't know my husband. I 546 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 3: can't enjoy him. 547 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:45,679 Speaker 5: And he gets on my nerves. No quit dwelling on 548 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 5: his faults. Quit magnifying what you don't like about him, 549 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,920 Speaker 5: and instead, if you'll start magnifying the good and being 550 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 5: an encourager and being fun to be around, you'll be 551 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,400 Speaker 5: amazed at how that man will begin to change. See, 552 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 5: you got to bring the best out in each other. 553 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 5: That's what I love about Victoria. She doesn't drag me down, 554 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:08,120 Speaker 5: she builds me up. I enjoy being around her. She's 555 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,680 Speaker 5: my best friend. And I know men that spend all 556 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,880 Speaker 5: their time away from their house, really they're missing out. 557 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 5: Victoria and I we've been married for eighteen years, and 558 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,199 Speaker 5: we enjoy each other more now than we ever have. 559 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,480 Speaker 3: But she's fun to be around. She's an encourager. 560 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 5: If I have the choice to spend time with a 561 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:26,520 Speaker 5: bunch of guys or spend time with her, I'd choose 562 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 5: her any day. Do you know if I want to 563 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:31,959 Speaker 5: spend time with her, I gotta be willing to go 564 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:37,160 Speaker 5: to the mall. Let me ask you today, are there 565 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:40,560 Speaker 5: areas in your life that you're not really enjoying? If 566 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:44,399 Speaker 5: so makes some changes, life is too short to go 567 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:47,439 Speaker 5: through it dreading things and not enjoying your family and 568 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 5: being upset because you didn't. 569 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 3: Get your way. 570 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 5: No, make the most of this day. You can never 571 00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:55,120 Speaker 5: get it back. Times may be tough, but don't use 572 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:57,320 Speaker 5: that as an excuse to live your life sour. 573 00:27:57,600 --> 00:27:58,640 Speaker 3: God is in control. 574 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,399 Speaker 5: You need to get up every morning and say, with David, 575 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:03,520 Speaker 5: this is the day the Lord has made I want 576 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:04,200 Speaker 5: to be happy. 577 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 3: If you will stay full. 578 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:09,080 Speaker 5: Of joy, you'll not only bring glory to God, but 579 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 5: you will feel better. You'll be healthier, and you'll live longer. 580 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:16,399 Speaker 5: So I challenge you again, enjoy every day, don't focus 581 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 5: on the negative, don't dread things, choose to be happy. 582 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 5: If you do that, God promises you're going to live 583 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 5: life to the full. He'll pour out his blessings and 584 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:28,680 Speaker 5: his favor. You'll be strong, healthy, happy, and you'll experience 585 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:31,880 Speaker 5: that abundant life that Jesus talked about in John Chapter ten. 586 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:34,359 Speaker 3: Amen, how many of you receive it today? When I 587 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 3: know you do? Will We never like to close. 588 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:41,360 Speaker 5: Our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus 589 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 5: the lord of your life. 590 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 3: Would you pray with me? 591 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:49,760 Speaker 5: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins, Come 592 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 5: into my heart. 593 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 3: I'll make you my lord and savior. 594 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:56,960 Speaker 5: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 595 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 5: got born again. 596 00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:01,600 Speaker 3: Get in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 597 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 3: He's going to take your places you've never dreamed of. 598 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the joel Ostein podcast. 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