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Finally, the 52 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 7: man said to his friend, I think we should run. 53 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 7: His friends said, are you crazy? Can't outrun a grizzly bear. 54 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,519 Speaker 7: Man said, I know that. I don't have to outrun him. 55 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 7: I just have to outrun. You say it like you 56 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 7: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 57 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 7: says I am. I have what it says I have. 58 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 7: I can do what it says I can do. Today 59 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 7: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 60 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 7: My mind is alert, my heart is recepted. I will 61 00:02:56,200 --> 00:03:00,080 Speaker 7: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 62 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 7: I want to talk to you today about keeping your joy. 63 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:08,519 Speaker 7: We all have opportunities to get upset and go around frustrated. 64 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 7: Somebody was rude to us, Traffic was backed up, we 65 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 7: can't find our car keys. Life is full of inconveniences, delays, 66 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 7: and people that don't do right. We're never going to 67 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:24,080 Speaker 7: stop these things from happening. The key is how we 68 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 7: handle them. The scripture says no man can take your joy. 69 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 7: That means you control your joy. Nothing can take it 70 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 7: from you. You have to give it away. Next time 71 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 7: someone cuts you off in traffic, ask yourself, is this 72 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 7: worth giving them my joy? That person that's rude to 73 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 7: you on the phone that you've never met, are you 74 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 7: going to give them your joy? That delay, that plan 75 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 7: that didn't work out, that negative comment, You're going to 76 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 7: let that sour your day. The reason some people are 77 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 7: not happy is there constant lead giving away their joy. 78 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 7: I was in a crowded parking lot one time waiting 79 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 7: for a parking spot. The man was putting his groceries 80 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 7: in his car and took him a couple of minutes. 81 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 7: I had my blinker on patiently waiting. When he finally 82 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 7: backed out, a car came from the wrong direction and 83 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 7: pulled in right in front of me. They could clearly 84 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 7: see that I was waiting. My first response was to 85 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 7: haunt my horn and tell them what I thought. Then 86 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 7: I noticed he was bigger than me. I thought to myself. 87 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 7: I'll give you my parking spot, but I'm not going 88 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 7: to give you my joy. I didn't like it. It 89 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,280 Speaker 7: wasn't fair. But I've learned to not let things I 90 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 7: can't control sour my day. I've made up my mind. 91 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 7: I'm going to be happy today. I'm going to enjoy 92 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:52,280 Speaker 7: my life. You can't control what people do, you can't 93 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:56,599 Speaker 7: control what they say, but you can control how you respond. 94 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 7: My message is very simple. Quit giving away your joy. 95 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 7: Quit letting the same people upset you. Quit letting the traffic, 96 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 7: the delays, the things that don't work out frustrate you. 97 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:13,719 Speaker 7: You can't pray these things away. Have person at the 98 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 7: office that gets on your nerves. I don't mean to 99 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:19,600 Speaker 7: be negative, but they may not change. They may be 100 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 7: that way for the next twenty years. My challenge is, 101 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 7: don't go twenty years giving them your joy. They may 102 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 7: not change, but you can change. Life is too short 103 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 7: to live frustrated upset over things we have no control. 104 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 7: People have a right to have their opinion. You have 105 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 7: the right to ignore it. People have the right to 106 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 7: be rude. You have the right to stay happy. Quit 107 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 7: letting their negative comments upset you. They wouldn't be talking 108 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 7: about you if you weren't making a difference. Nobody talks 109 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 7: about people that are not doing anything. They're talking about 110 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 7: you because you're going places. They can see. There's something 111 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 7: special about you. You have the favor of God. You're blessed, 112 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 7: you're talented, you're anointed. Sometimes small minded people will try 113 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:14,039 Speaker 7: to push you down and discredit you. Don't pay any 114 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 7: attention to it. That doesn't carry anyway. What they say 115 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 7: cannot keep you from your destiny. That is simply a distraction. 116 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:29,280 Speaker 7: Every person has negative chatter. All your family members, unfortunately, 117 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 7: are not going to be for you. George Burns said, 118 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:38,279 Speaker 7: happiness is having a loving, carrying, close knit family living 119 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:42,839 Speaker 7: in another city. Some of your relatives you have to 120 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 7: love them from a distance. If they're sitting by you today, 121 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 7: don't say amen. Now. All of your coworkers are not 122 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 7: going to celebrate you. All of your friends are not 123 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:59,479 Speaker 7: going to be loyal. Some people can't handle your success. 124 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,479 Speaker 7: They'll make remarks trying to bait you into conflict, trying 125 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:06,919 Speaker 7: to get you upset. Here's the key. Don't get involved 126 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 7: in battles that are not between you and your destiny. 127 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 7: Most of the conflict we engage in is a distraction. 128 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 7: The enemy would love to get you off course, offended, 129 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 7: trying to straighten people out, trying to convince them that 130 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 7: you're okay. Your job is not to change people's mind 131 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 7: about you. Your job is not to try to make 132 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 7: people like you. Your job is to run your race 133 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 7: to be who God called you to be, and not 134 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 7: worry about the critics and the naysayers. God will cause 135 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 7: the right people to like you. Well. One of the 136 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 7: best things I've learned is everybody is not supposed to 137 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 7: like you. Everybody is not supposed to approve you. Some 138 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 7: people are ordained by God, not by the enemy, but 139 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 7: by God to not be For you. To accept that 140 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 7: everyone is not going to accept you. We see it 141 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 7: in the scripture. Joseph's brothers weren't supposed to be for Joseph. 142 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 7: They were ordained to betray him. Without their betrayal, Joseph 143 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 7: would have never made it to the palace to help 144 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 7: the Israelites during the famine. Quit being sour because somebody 145 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 7: betrayed you. How do you know that's not leading you 146 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 7: to your palace? How do you know that disappointment is 147 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 7: not a part of God's plan to take you to 148 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:36,199 Speaker 7: the next level of your destiny. King Saul was ordained 149 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:39,680 Speaker 7: to not like David. If he would have celebrated David 150 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:42,559 Speaker 7: been happy for his success, David would have never taken 151 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 7: the throne. Are you upset because someone is not for you? 152 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 7: When the truth is God has ordained them to not 153 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:54,959 Speaker 7: be for you. When Nehemiah was rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, 154 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 7: there were two men san Ballot and Tobias that didn't 155 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:01,440 Speaker 7: like what he was doing. They stood at the bottom 156 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 7: of the mountain and constantly shouted insults at Nemiyah. They 157 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 7: were trying to bait him into conflict, get him upset. Frustrated, 158 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 7: Neamiyah understood this principle. He said, no thanks, I'm not 159 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 7: giving you my joy. You may not like me, but 160 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 7: you not liking me has nothing to do with me 161 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 7: fulfilling my destiny. I'm gonna stay focused on what God's 162 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 7: called me to do. If Namiyah would have come off 163 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 7: the mountain, God upset went down there to straighten them out. 164 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 7: Even if he won, even if he shut them up, 165 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 7: he wouldn't have finished the wall when he did. All 166 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 7: the chatter that comes against you is a distraction. It's 167 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:47,319 Speaker 7: to get you upset, so you get involved in battles 168 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 7: that don't matter. Then you look up and you're not 169 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 7: accomplishing what you should do yourself a favor, don't pay 170 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 7: any attention to it. Quit being upset by people who 171 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:02,199 Speaker 7: are not for you. People that make negative comments, trying 172 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 7: to marginalize you, push you down. What they say doesn't 173 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 7: determine your destiny. They are simply a distraction. That's just noise. 174 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 7: Don't give it the time of day. See some people, 175 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 7: no matter what you do, they are not going to 176 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 7: like you. Even if you changed and did everything they wanted, 177 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 7: they would still find some reason why you don't measure up. 178 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 7: You have to be at peace with people not being 179 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 7: at peace with you. You don't need their approval to 180 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 7: fulfill your purpose. You don't have to have them before 181 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:40,560 Speaker 7: you to become who God's created you to be. But 182 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 7: if you get distracted trying to wind them over, spending 183 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 7: your valuable time trying to convince them to be for you, 184 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 7: then you will miss the fullness of your destiny. Don't 185 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 7: take the bank. Don't let them get you riled up. 186 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 7: Jesus said, blessed are the meek. They will inherit the 187 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:05,719 Speaker 7: Earth doesn't mean weak. Meekness means strength under control. When 188 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:09,679 Speaker 7: you ignore negative comments, you don't pay attention to the sand, 189 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 7: ballots and tobias is of life. You're not being weak, 190 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:16,679 Speaker 7: you're being meek. You have the power to fight. You 191 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 7: have the strength to straighten them out, to tell them 192 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 7: what you feel. But your strength is under control. You're 193 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:27,280 Speaker 7: not wasting time engaged in battles that are not between 194 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 7: you and your God given destiny. I've learned when you 195 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 7: stay on the high road, God will take care of 196 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:37,959 Speaker 7: your enemies. God can defend you better than you can 197 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 7: defend yourself. In the scripture, Elisha was traveling from Jericho 198 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 7: to Bethel. Along the way, a group of young men 199 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:49,679 Speaker 7: came out and started making fun of him because he 200 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:55,239 Speaker 7: was bald. The scripture says they were mocking him, saying, gold, baldygo. 201 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 7: You didn't know that was in the Bible, did you? 202 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 7: You know? Elisha was annoyed. He could have gotten upset, 203 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:05,679 Speaker 7: thought I'm gonna go straighten them out. I'll show you 204 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 7: what I thought. Instead, he remained calm. He understood this principle. 205 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:14,720 Speaker 7: They couldn't take his joy. They were baiting him, trying 206 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:18,679 Speaker 7: to get him distracted. He just stayed focused and continued 207 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 7: doing what God called him to do. While those young 208 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 7: men were making fun of him, two bears came out 209 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 7: of the woods and tore them to pieces. That tells 210 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 7: me two things. Number one, don't make fun of all people. 211 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:37,439 Speaker 7: Number Two, you don't have to straighten people out. God 212 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 7: will be your vindicator. God knows how to take care 213 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 7: of the opposition. He sees what they're doing, He hears 214 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 7: the disrespect. If you'll stay in peace, God will fight 215 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 7: your battles. When God does it, I can assure you 216 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 7: it will be better than anything you could have done. 217 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 7: But your feelings will want to pay people back. Feelings 218 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,320 Speaker 7: will tell us go in there, get even, stand up 219 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 7: for yourself. If you let feelings rule, you'll get upset. 220 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 7: You'll end up giving away your joy. Don't get on 221 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 7: board with your feelings. The Psalmist said God has given 222 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:19,480 Speaker 7: us the power to remain calm in times of adversity. 223 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 7: It doesn't say God will keep us from all the adversity, 224 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:27,000 Speaker 7: from the opposition, the sand balance, the negative chatter. It 225 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 7: says they will come. We'll have opportunities to get upset, 226 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 7: but God has given us power to stay calm. Now, 227 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 7: quit telling yourself I can't help it. This person at 228 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 7: the office, they just get on my nerves. You have 229 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 7: the power to stay calm. That doesn't have to keep 230 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:48,440 Speaker 7: upsetting you. That is a learned behavior. They say something negative, 231 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 7: I get offended. Traffic is bad, I get upset. The 232 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 7: clerk is rude. I can't help it, Joel, I just 233 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:57,680 Speaker 7: go off. I just let them have it. The problem 234 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:01,680 Speaker 7: is you have strength, but it's not a control. You 235 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:05,199 Speaker 7: need to relearn how to respond. You need to develop 236 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:09,080 Speaker 7: some new habits. Next time something happens that you don't like, 237 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 7: pause for a moment and say, Father, thank you that 238 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 7: you've given me the power to remain calm. Think you 239 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 7: that I have a spirit of discipline and self control. 240 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 7: You don't have to let the same things keep upsetting 241 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 7: you year after year. Change your approach. I met a 242 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 7: gentleman in another state at a restaurant. Was very windy outside, 243 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 7: and when he walked in the door, the person in 244 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:38,160 Speaker 7: front of him let the door slam right in his face. 245 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 7: This man had been hot tempered his whole life. Normally, 246 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 7: he would have confronted them and told them what he thought, 247 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 7: but he'd been listening to our programs, and just when 248 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 7: he was about to lose his cool, he heard my 249 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 7: voice saying stay calm and let God fight your battles. 250 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 7: He paused for a moment and decided to let it go. 251 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 7: He walked away like nothing happened. We came in the 252 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:07,360 Speaker 7: restaurant and sat down. I was sitting a few tables away. 253 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 7: He came over and said, Joel, if you had not 254 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 7: been in my head, I would have let them have 255 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 7: it like this. Man. You may have been trained to 256 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 7: respond a certain way. You grew up seeing people lose 257 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 7: their cool, get upset, offended. Why don't you try a 258 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 7: different approach. When you let people upset you, you are 259 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 7: giving away your power. You are letting them control you. 260 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:34,960 Speaker 7: If they push this button, you get offended. That button 261 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 7: you get upset. This other button they bait you into conflict. 262 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 7: Why don't you turn those buttons off? Life is so 263 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 7: much more freeing when you're not controlled by what people say. 264 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 7: You're not offended when someone's upset, You're not soured because 265 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 7: traffic was bad. You have tapped in to the power 266 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 7: to remain calm. A friend of mine named David Polly 267 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 7: wrote a book called the Law of the gold garbage truck. 268 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 7: He was in a taxi cab in New York City 269 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 7: headed to a meeting. A car pulled out right in 270 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 7: front of them. The taxi driver had to slam on 271 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 7: his brakes swerve to the left, missing the car by inches. 272 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 7: The driver of the other car put his head out 273 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 7: the window, started screaming and yelling. He was so angry, 274 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 7: so upset, shaking his fist. The funny thing, it was 275 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 7: his fault. The taxi driver just smiled, waved real big 276 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 7: and drove on. Didn't give it the time of day. 277 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 7: David was in the back seat, and he was so impressed. 278 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 7: He said, that man almost totaled your car, almost sent 279 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 7: us both to the hospital. I can't believe you didn't 280 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 7: yell back at him. How did you keep your cool? 281 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 7: The taxi driver gave an insightful answer. He said, I 282 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 7: found many people are like garbage trucks. They go around 283 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 7: full of anger, full of frustration, full of bitterness. As 284 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 7: their garbage piles up up, they need somewhere to dump it. 285 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 7: Sometimes they'll dump it on you, but you can't take 286 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 7: it personally. It has nothing to do with you. Just smile, 287 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:15,400 Speaker 7: wish them well and move on. Here's the key. Successful 288 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 7: people don't let garbage trucks overtake their day. If someone 289 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 7: dumps a load on you, don't get upset. If you 290 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 7: make that mistake, you'll end up carrying around their garbage 291 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 7: and eventually you'll dump it on someone else. You have 292 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:38,200 Speaker 7: to keep your lid on. These days, many people are 293 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:44,239 Speaker 7: dumping frustration, disrespect, criticism, bitterness. We can't stop them from 294 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 7: dumping it, but we can keep them from affecting us. 295 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:51,879 Speaker 7: Years ago, Victoria and I were at the airport. We 296 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:55,159 Speaker 7: were going through the security checkpoint. We put our bags 297 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:58,120 Speaker 7: on the X ray machine. The security officer sent them 298 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 7: both back and said, you have liquids in there that 299 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 7: you have to remove. Victoria said, oh yeah, I forgot 300 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:06,959 Speaker 7: to take my water out. Well, I thought he was 301 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 7: only talking to Victoria. So I just stood there and 302 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 7: didn't do anything. You would have thought I had committed 303 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 7: a major crime. He was like totally insulted. He practically screamed, sir, 304 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 7: what are you doing standing there? I told you to 305 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 7: open the bag and do it now. Thought man, he's 306 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 7: got a big garbage truck, and he was full of frustration, 307 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:33,119 Speaker 7: full of stress, and full of a lot of other stuff. 308 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 7: But I didn't say it. You just thought it. But 309 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 7: I took care of it. As I passed by me, 310 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 7: I said sorry about that. I thought you were just 311 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 7: talking to her. Have a good dame. Didn't mean it, 312 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 7: but at least I said it. But I thought to myself, 313 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:53,679 Speaker 7: I'm keeping my lid on. I don't need his garbage. 314 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:57,199 Speaker 7: I don't need that poison. We have enough things of 315 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:01,200 Speaker 7: our own to deal with. You don't need somebody else's bitterness, 316 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:07,200 Speaker 7: their sour attitude, their pressure. Keep your lid on tight. 317 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:11,679 Speaker 7: Let those things bounce off of you. Your destiny is 318 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 7: too great, Your time is too important to go around 319 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:19,239 Speaker 7: way down with other people's garbage. You can't keep it 320 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 7: from coming, but you can keep it from getting in you. 321 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 7: The longer I live, the more I realize how valuable 322 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:30,560 Speaker 7: each day is. We're not always going to be here. 323 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 7: It's easy to live upset, offended, frustrated. But most of 324 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,880 Speaker 7: the things that are upsetting us, in the big picture, 325 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:43,080 Speaker 7: they don't really matter. Traffic was backed up, took you 326 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 7: an hour to get home, should have taken you thirty minutes. 327 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 7: Is that worth losing your joy over your alive? You're healthy, 328 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 7: God's given your breath to breathe. He's given you a 329 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:57,360 Speaker 7: family to love. Somebody was rude to you. They made 330 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 7: you look bad, they said something negative? Is that earth 331 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 7: going around? Defended? Discouraged? What if we found out we 332 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 7: only had a month to live? I wonder how many 333 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:12,160 Speaker 7: things we're allowing to upset us now? If we found 334 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 7: out our time was limited, we wouldn't even pay attention 335 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,680 Speaker 7: to it. Can I tell you our time is limited? 336 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,120 Speaker 7: The scripture says our life is like a mist. We're 337 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 7: here for a moment, then we're gone. That little quirk 338 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 7: your spouse does that gets on your nerves. If we 339 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:31,360 Speaker 7: knew we weren't going to be here in a month, 340 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:34,399 Speaker 7: we wouldn't let it bother us. We would focus on 341 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,240 Speaker 7: all the things right, not on the few things wrong. 342 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:41,439 Speaker 7: We wouldn't complain about driving in traffic. We'd be happy 343 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 7: to be in the traffic. We're alive. We got another 344 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 7: day to enjoy life. Well, I've got to go to work. 345 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:51,160 Speaker 7: Not me. I get to go to work. Some people 346 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 7: don't have a job. Some people are in the hospital, 347 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:57,400 Speaker 7: some people aren't able to work. I'm grateful to be employed. 348 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 7: Well it's Sunday. I gotta go to church again. Not me. 349 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 7: I get to go to church. God's been good to me. 350 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:09,120 Speaker 7: I'm gonna go back and say thank you. Not only 351 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 7: that I get to go to Lakewood, I get to 352 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 7: listen to that good looking minister. But Joe, my boss 353 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:22,439 Speaker 7: is not fair. He's hard to get along with. This 354 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 7: is not the position that I want. The truth is, 355 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:28,960 Speaker 7: somebody would love to have your job. Somebody would gladly 356 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:32,199 Speaker 7: trade places with you. It may not be perfect, but 357 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 7: keep the right perspective. God's blessed you with a job. 358 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,679 Speaker 7: Don't let it sour your life. If you will pass 359 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 7: the test of being happy where you are, then God 360 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:46,160 Speaker 7: can open some new doors. But if you don't get 361 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:49,640 Speaker 7: happy there, you probably won't get to where you want 362 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 7: to be. And your boss may not be fair. I'm 363 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 7: not making excuses for him. I'm asking you to quit 364 00:21:55,920 --> 00:22:00,239 Speaker 7: giving him your joy. He doesn't control your happiness. You 365 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:03,880 Speaker 7: control your happiness. But if you let a grouchy boss, 366 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:08,680 Speaker 7: a grouchy neighbor, a bitter relative steal your joy keep 367 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 7: you from being happy, it is not their fault. It 368 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 7: is your fault. You are as happy as you want 369 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 7: to be. You have to put your foot down and say, 370 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:21,120 Speaker 7: this is the day the Lord has made. I am 371 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:25,360 Speaker 7: not going to live sour, defeated, depressed. I am not 372 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:28,120 Speaker 7: going to let what people do or don't do, what 373 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:31,440 Speaker 7: they say or don't say, what I have or not have, 374 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 7: keep me from being happy. I've made up my mind. 375 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 7: I'm going to enjoy this day. It dishonors God to 376 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 7: go through the day upset, frustrated, bitter. God gave you 377 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 7: breath to be here. He could have chosen anyone, but 378 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 7: he chose you, and he chose me. One way we 379 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 7: honor God is by being happy, living grateful, having a 380 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 7: good attitude, seeing the best in life. A couple of 381 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:01,600 Speaker 7: months ago, I was driving to the office during the 382 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:04,479 Speaker 7: week to meet some people, and I was in a hurry. 383 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:07,399 Speaker 7: I had left a little bit late, but I knew 384 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 7: I could still make it on time if I didn't 385 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 7: have any delays. And I had driven this route a 386 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 7: thousand times. I was almost here a few blocks away, 387 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:19,880 Speaker 7: stopped at the intersection. I was in the left turn lane. 388 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 7: This light is very short. You have to stay right 389 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:26,159 Speaker 7: behind the car in front of you to trigger it 390 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 7: to stay green. Well, I was the third car back waiting. 391 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:33,679 Speaker 7: The problem was the car in front of me left 392 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 7: about two car links between it and the first car. 393 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 7: There was this huge gap. The light turned green, just 394 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:43,920 Speaker 7: like I thought. The first car went through turn red 395 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:47,160 Speaker 7: before the second car could make it. I could feel 396 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:51,280 Speaker 7: myself starting to get up tight. I heard that voice say, joy, 397 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:54,359 Speaker 7: keep your calm, keep your joy. I thought, I don't 398 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:56,640 Speaker 7: want to hear one of my messages right now. I'm 399 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 7: in a hurry. We sat there waiting for a couple 400 00:23:59,920 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 7: of minutes, seemed like an hour. About that time, the 401 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 7: lady in the car in front of me got out 402 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 7: and started walking toward the back. I thought, she's going 403 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 7: to get something out of her trunk real quick. She 404 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:15,160 Speaker 7: came over to me. I rolled down the window. She said, 405 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 7: are you Joels. I want to say no, I'm fred 406 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 7: I said, yes, I am. Out of the corner of 407 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 7: my eye, saw the light go green back to red. 408 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 7: We missed another one. She said, I love you. I 409 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:36,160 Speaker 7: watch you on television. I have all your books. Would 410 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:40,919 Speaker 7: you sign one for me? I said, you mean like now? 411 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:44,199 Speaker 7: She said yeah, I got it in my car and 412 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:46,360 Speaker 7: get it real quick. I said, I love to sign 413 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:50,400 Speaker 7: your book in the middle of an intersection. By now, 414 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 7: people were honking. Wasn't just me. Everybody had lost their job. 415 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 7: I signed your book, made it to the office about 416 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 7: ten minutes late. The problem is I forgot my key 417 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 7: fob to get in, and I knocked on the door 418 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:08,640 Speaker 7: and knocked, Nobody answered. Called a staff member, It went 419 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 7: to voicemail. Never goes to voicemail. Called another one, another 420 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:15,439 Speaker 7: one hot outside. Ten minutes later, when I finally got in, 421 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 7: I just dripping with sweat. Had my meeting. All went well. 422 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 7: Later that night, I went up to the hospital to 423 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 7: visit a friend that's fighting cancer. It's a serious situation. 424 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:29,200 Speaker 7: We had time to pray together, and on the way out, 425 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:33,119 Speaker 7: I prayed with several other families where they had loved 426 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 7: ones didn't look good. They were very concerned. I left 427 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:41,199 Speaker 7: there with a different perspective. I had been frustrated that 428 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:45,199 Speaker 7: day by delays, by traffic, by not having keys. I 429 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:49,639 Speaker 7: realized those were small things that wasn't worth losing my 430 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:53,159 Speaker 7: joy over. I wasn't believing for a loved one to 431 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,359 Speaker 7: make it In the big picture, what was frustrating me 432 00:25:56,760 --> 00:26:00,359 Speaker 7: really didn't matter. I wonder, if you're doing life me 433 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 7: letting insignificant things steal your joy. Traffic negative comments. You 434 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:10,119 Speaker 7: can't find something, keep it in perspective that's not worth 435 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 7: losing your joy over. Don't let the small, insignificant things 436 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 7: keep you from seeing the gift of this day. In 437 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:22,399 Speaker 7: the scripture, Habaccuk said it this way, Though the fig 438 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 7: tree does not blossom, and there be no fruit on 439 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 7: the vine, Though my olive crops fell, and my fields 440 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 7: produce no food. Though there are no sheep in the pen, 441 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 7: though there are no cattle in the stalls, What am 442 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 7: I gonna do? Get depressed, complain, feel sorry for myself? 443 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:42,840 Speaker 7: He said, Yet will I rejoice in the Lord. I 444 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 7: will be joyful in the God of my salvation. He 445 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:51,800 Speaker 7: was saying, everything's come against me, had bad breaks, business 446 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 7: is down, my income is low. Surely that's a reason 447 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:58,679 Speaker 7: to be discouraged. Surely I can go around sour. His 448 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 7: attitude was, Now I'm not giving away my joy. I'm 449 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:06,480 Speaker 7: going to rejoice in the God of my salvation. Salvation 450 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:10,879 Speaker 7: means deliverance when you stay full of joy despite what 451 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 7: comes against you. God is saying salvation is coming, turnarounds 452 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 7: are coming, healing is coming, increase is coming, victory is coming. 453 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 7: I'm asking you to keep your joy life is going 454 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:26,800 Speaker 7: to throw us some curves. There will be disappointments, things 455 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 7: that are not fair. That's when you have to say, 456 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:33,439 Speaker 7: like him, Yet, will I rejoice in the Lord. We 457 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:37,920 Speaker 7: should make this decision every morning. I will be joyful today. 458 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 7: Decide ahead of time that you're going to enjoy the day. 459 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,959 Speaker 7: When somebody dumps a load on you when they're rude, 460 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:48,640 Speaker 7: keep your lid on. You attempted to get upset, Remind 461 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:52,080 Speaker 7: yourself you have the power to remain calm. If you 462 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 7: will do this, I believe and declare you're not only 463 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 7: going to enjoy your life more, but you're gonna be 464 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:03,359 Speaker 7: free from unnecess necessary frustration, bitterness, anger. You're going to 465 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:07,120 Speaker 7: rise higher, live happier, and reach the fullness of your 466 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 7: destiny in Jesus's name. And if you receive it, well 467 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:15,119 Speaker 7: you say it. Men, Today, I'd like to give you 468 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,119 Speaker 7: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 469 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:22,920 Speaker 7: Would you pray with me, Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 470 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:27,960 Speaker 7: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll make 471 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 7: you my lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 472 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:35,160 Speaker 7: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 473 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:39,120 Speaker 7: Bible based church and keep God first place. Victorian, I'll 474 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 7: be right back to speak a blessing over you. 475 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 6: Asaid, thank you for your support of our ministry this month, 476 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 6: Joel and Victoria, we'd like to send you a copy 477 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 6: of Joel's new series, Your Words Have Power. In this 478 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 6: inspirational series, you'll discover how the power of your words 479 00:28:56,760 --> 00:29:01,040 Speaker 6: can turn a negative situation around. You can victory with 480 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 6: the words that you say. Speak God's promises over your 481 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:08,719 Speaker 6: life today. Your words have power. 482 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 5: Listen to your words, They're setting the tone for your life. 483 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 6: Our words have creative power. 484 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:19,120 Speaker 7: When you speak positive faith field words, you're moving in 485 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 7: the right direction. You can't speak negative words and live positive. 486 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 7: Request this resource. It will help you speak words of 487 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:28,680 Speaker 7: faith so you will live a victorious life. 488 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:32,360 Speaker 6: Request your copy of Your Words Have Power today at 489 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 6: Joeloustein dot com for a call eight eight eight five 490 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:36,480 Speaker 6: six seven. 491 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 7: Joel, your support is changing lives. 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