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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to

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Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you

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Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and

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Speaker 1: share it with a friend, reappreciate you and pray for

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Speaker 1: God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you.

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Speaker 1: Always a joy to come into your homes and you're

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Speaker 1: ever in our area. I hope you'll stop by and

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Speaker 1: be a part of one of our services. I promise

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Speaker 1: you we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks

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Speaker 1: so much for tuning in and thanks again for coming

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Speaker 1: out today. And I like to start with something funny.

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Speaker 1: And I heard about this elderly minister. He was dying.

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Speaker 1: He sent for two of his members, an IRS agent

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Speaker 1: and a lawyer to come to his house. When they

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Speaker 1: got there, he motioned for them to sit on each

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Speaker 1: side of the bed. The men were very moved to

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Speaker 1: be with him during his final moments. At one point,

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Speaker 1: the lawyer said, very sincerely, sir, why did you choose

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Speaker 1: both of us? The minister mustered up some strength and said,

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Speaker 1: Jesus died between two sinners, and that's how I want

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Speaker 1: to go. Hold up your Bible. Say it like you

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Speaker 1: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it

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Speaker 1: says I am. I have what it says I have.

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Speaker 1: I can do what it says I can do. Today

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Speaker 1: I will be talked the word of God. I boldly confess.

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Speaker 1: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will

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Speaker 1: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you.

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Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about displaying your joy.

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Speaker 1: Our joy is not supposed to be hidden. It's supposed

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Speaker 1: to be seen. Fifty three times in the scripture, God

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Speaker 1: talks about our countenance. We hear the word rejoice again

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Speaker 1: and again. Rejoice doesn't just mean to sin. The word

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Speaker 1: rejoice also means to brighten up, to put a smile

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Speaker 1: on your face, to be cheerful. When you go through

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Speaker 1: the day with a smile, you're rejoicing. When you have

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Speaker 1: a cheerful countenance, when you're friendly, you're giving God praise.

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Speaker 1: But too many people drag around with a long, sour face.

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Speaker 1: They haven't smiled in six months. Yet they'll tell you

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Speaker 1: I've got the joy of the Lord. Now, if you've

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Speaker 1: got joy, you need to notify your face. The scripture

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Speaker 1: says to be sober minded, not sober faced. The fact

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Speaker 1: is you're going to receive what you put out. If

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Speaker 1: you're sour, grumpy, unfriendly, then people are going to be sour, grumpy,

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Speaker 1: unfriendly back to you. Misery loves company. You'll draw in defeat, negativity, doom, gloom, discouragement.

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Speaker 1: But when you go around with a smile and put

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Speaker 1: out joy, kindness, friendliness, you're going to get back joy, kindness, friendliness.

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Speaker 1: You're going to attract a happy people. And if you're

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Speaker 1: not happy with what you're getting back, you need to

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Speaker 1: check up on what you're sending out. Let me tell you,

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Speaker 1: no happy person wants to be around an old stick

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Speaker 1: may pull them out a few times of the pit,

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Speaker 1: but once they realize that they're not taking responsibility for

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Speaker 1: their own joy like we all have to do, then

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Speaker 1: they'll go find some other people to spend time with.

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Speaker 1: And you may have a lot coming against you, not

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Speaker 1: making light of any circumstances, but Jesus said in life

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Speaker 1: you will have difficulty. Here's the answer, but be of

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Speaker 1: good cheer. This means we have to brighten up even

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Speaker 1: when we don't feel like it. Sometimes we have to smile.

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Speaker 1: By faith. Everything says I should be depressed, I should

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Speaker 1: and I know this is another day the Lord has made.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna choose to live this day happy. When we smile,

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Speaker 1: it sends a message to our body that everything is

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Speaker 1: how you feel to decide whether or not you're going

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Speaker 1: to express your joy. You have to smile first, and

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Speaker 1: then the joy will come. When you smile, chemicals are

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Speaker 1: released in your body to help you feel better. It's

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Speaker 1: still have their joy. Why is that they understand this

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Speaker 1: Lisa went through a difficult period in her life. For months,

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Speaker 1: One day she realized she had it backwards. You can't

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Speaker 1: She felt depressed, she felt like staying in bed. But

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Speaker 1: faith that broke the bondages of depression. She could still

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Speaker 1: by faith. I'm gonna cheer up by faith. You've heard

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Speaker 1: Lisa not only got her joy back, but God paid

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Speaker 1: her back double for that trouble. She came out better

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Speaker 1: find some reason to be unhappy, Joel. I'm sour because

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Speaker 1: I'm just trying to hold on till Jesus comes. No,

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Speaker 1: can I tell you We're not supposed to be holding on.

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Speaker 1: We're supposed to be the most joyful people around when somebody,

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Speaker 1: When somebody asks you how you're doing, don't tell them

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Speaker 1: report should be I'm too blessed to be stressed. My

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Speaker 1: me Joel, if I was doing any better, I'd be twins.

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Speaker 1: So you may work around people that are sour, grumpy, discouraged.

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Speaker 1: them affecting us, we infect them. We help to brighten

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Speaker 1: their day. Hebrews one nine says, when you honor God

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Speaker 1: then God has anointed you, pouring out the oil of

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Speaker 1: joy on you more than anyone else. Notice, we're supposed

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Speaker 1: to be happier than the average person. God has anointed

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Speaker 1: They need an oil job. If they would brighten up,

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Speaker 1: if they'd have a cheerful countenance because they honored God,

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Speaker 1: he would anoint them with the oil of joy. Now,

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Speaker 1: when you're tempted to be discouraged, tempted to lose your enthusiasm,

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Speaker 1: You've anointed me with the oil of joy. I may

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Speaker 1: make that decision to cheer up, to have a happy countenance,

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Speaker 1: you'll feel the oil of joy kick in. You won't

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Speaker 1: have to smile by faith anymore. You'll be smiling because

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Speaker 1: of God's goodness. You'll smile because God's turning things in

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Speaker 1: your favor. The other day, I went through a drive

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Speaker 1: through at a barbecue place. I started to order my

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Speaker 1: Her oil wasn't low. She didn't even have an oil pen.

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Speaker 1: jel stay calm, You're the pastor of a church, keep

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Speaker 1: in the heat of the battle, you gotta talk to yourself.

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Speaker 1: use those tough times to develop your character. Now, I

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Speaker 1: I said, so pleasantly, good to see you. I was thinking,

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Speaker 1: double take, and very excitedly said, hey, Pastor Joel, I

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Speaker 1: watch you every week. And I wanted to say, hey,

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Speaker 1: do you ever listen? She had my book and she

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Speaker 1: me to sign it. And I thought about underlining all

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Speaker 1: the chapters on joy. What am I saying? Don't let

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Speaker 1: someone's sour attitude rub off on you. You can't control

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Speaker 1: God knew we'd have to deal with sour, grumpy, rude people.

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Speaker 1: That's why he said, I've anointed you with the oil

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Speaker 1: of joy, so you can be happier than those that

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Speaker 1: are around you. Now we've got to start tapping into

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Speaker 1: that joy. Get in a habit of smiling. It takes

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Speaker 1: sixty two muscles to frown, only twenty six muscles to smile.

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Speaker 1: The scripture says, in God's presence is fullness of joy.

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Speaker 1: If you don't have any joy, you've disconnected yourself from

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Speaker 1: God's presence. If you go around sour, grumpy, discourage, you've

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Speaker 1: gotten cut off from your supply line. You're disconnected from increase, promotion, favor, health, healing, victory.

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Speaker 1: Every one of us has joy down and here. If

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Speaker 1: would see things change in our favor. Professors at Yale

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Speaker 1: University did a study on how attitude, appearance, and personality

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Speaker 1: single most powerful force of influence each one of us

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Speaker 1: It's simply our smile. I've heard it said if you're

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Speaker 1: not smiling, you're like a person with a million dollars

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