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I promise you we'll make 43 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 5: you feel right at home. But thanks for tuning in today. 44 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 5: I like to get started each week with something kind 45 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,079 Speaker 5: of funny, So listen to this one. A little girl 46 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 5: was sitting on her grandfather's lap, and she noticed how 47 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 5: wrinkled his face was. As she contemplated the difference between 48 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 5: hers and his, she asked, granddaddy, did God make you? 49 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 5: He said, yes, honey, he made me a long time ago. 50 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,119 Speaker 5: She then asked, well, did God make me? He said, yes, 51 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,799 Speaker 5: he made you just a little while ago. She thought 52 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 5: about it some more and said, granddaddy, God's getting better, 53 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 5: isn't he. All right, hold your bibles up. Let's say 54 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 5: it like we mean it. Ready, this is my Bible. 55 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 5: I am what it says I am. I have what 56 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 5: it says I have. I can do what it says 57 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 5: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 58 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 5: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 59 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 5: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 60 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 5: God bless you. Sound great as usual. We've been talking 61 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 5: about breaking free from the negative things of the past, 62 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 5: and I want to focus today on developing good habits. 63 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 5: A habit is something that we do without even thinking 64 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:16,919 Speaker 5: about it. It's almost involuntary. We've done it so much 65 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 5: it comes natural to us. For instance, when you get 66 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 5: up in the morning, you don't even have to think 67 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 5: about it. You go in there and brush your teeth, 68 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 5: or at least I hope you do. But many of 69 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 5: the habits that we've developed were from the culture that 70 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:31,919 Speaker 5: we were raised in. 71 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 4: If you grew up in a home where people were. 72 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 5: Unorganized and sloppy and always late, there's a good chance 73 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 5: you can form some of those same habits. Or if 74 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 5: you were raised by people that were harsh and rude, 75 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,279 Speaker 5: you can easily pick up some of that same behavior. 76 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 5: And sometimes you don't even realize that you're doing it. 77 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 5: It's all you've ever known. But we have to understand 78 00:03:56,080 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 5: that our habits are going to determine our future. One 79 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 5: study says ninety percent of our normal. 80 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 4: Behavior is based on our habits. 81 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 5: That means, from the time we get up in the 82 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 5: morning to the time we go to bed at night, 83 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 5: ninety percent of what we do we don't even really 84 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 5: think about it. 85 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 4: We're just on autopilot. 86 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 5: So if you're going to change your life, you need 87 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 5: to start by changing your everyday habits. You can't just 88 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 5: keep doing the same things and expect to get different results. 89 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 5: And I want to challenge it today to examine your 90 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 5: life and take inventory of your habits. Do you have 91 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 5: a habit of being negative? Are you always late to work? 92 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,360 Speaker 5: Do you worry all the time? Do you overeat? 93 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:44,600 Speaker 4: Do you have addictions? 94 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 5: Well, the good news is you can change, You can 95 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 5: develop better habits. Most of the studies tell us that 96 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 5: you can break a habit in as little as twenty 97 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:55,719 Speaker 5: one days. 98 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:57,039 Speaker 4: Think about that. 99 00:04:57,440 --> 00:04:59,919 Speaker 5: If you will discipline yourself for a month or so, 100 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,919 Speaker 5: oh and be willing to suffer through the pain of change, 101 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 5: then you can form a new habit and you'll rise 102 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 5: up higher in that area. The apostle Paul says here 103 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 5: all things are permissible to me, but not all things 104 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 5: are profitable. All things are lawful, but I will not 105 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:23,799 Speaker 5: be mastered by anything. Notice Paul is saying, in effect, 106 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 5: I'm going to get rid of everything that's not profitable 107 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 5: and not productive in my life. 108 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 4: He said, I'm not going. 109 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 5: To stay under the control of any bad habit. We 110 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:38,479 Speaker 5: need to do the same thing. It's time we get 111 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 5: rid of every non productive thing in our lives. May 112 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,679 Speaker 5: not be a sin, it's just something that we're doing 113 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:52,160 Speaker 5: that's not profitable. May be wasting time, over eating, spending 114 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 5: too much money, being rude, using bad language. I don't 115 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 5: know about you, but I don't want to be mastered 116 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 5: by anything. I don't want to stay under the control 117 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 5: of any habit that's. 118 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 4: Going to keep me in mediocrity. 119 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 5: And it may not be a big thing, it can 120 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:10,720 Speaker 5: just be a little thing, but if we don't do 121 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:14,479 Speaker 5: something about it, we'll go year after year wasting time, 122 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:18,039 Speaker 5: wasting energy, being unproductive and unprofitable. 123 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:19,480 Speaker 4: And that's not God's best. 124 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 5: I know when Victoria and I first got married, we 125 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 5: would misplace our car keys all the time. I'd come 126 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 5: home and put them on the table, or maybe take 127 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 5: them up to the bedroom with me. Victoria she might 128 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 5: leave them in her purse or put them in the kitchen. 129 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 4: And it seemed like. 130 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 5: Every time we got ready to leave, we'd have to 131 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 5: spend a little while trying to find the car keys. 132 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 5: And one day I realized how much time we were wasting, 133 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:44,239 Speaker 5: and I thought, I don't want to live my life 134 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 5: like this, and so I got a hammer and two 135 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,559 Speaker 5: little nails, and we have a cabinet by our back door, 136 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:52,039 Speaker 5: and I hammered them right inside that cabinet so we 137 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:54,360 Speaker 5: could hang our keys on them. And the next few 138 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:56,720 Speaker 5: times I came home, I did the same thing, took 139 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 5: the keys up the bedroom or left them in my 140 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 5: gym bag, and I had to really catch myself and 141 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 5: make myself go put them where the keys belong. I 142 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 5: did it day after day after day, and eventually, when 143 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 5: you get in the routine, when you retrain yourself, it's 144 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 5: almost easier to do it than it is not to 145 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 5: do it. It comes naturally. Now we don't even think 146 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 5: about it. 147 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 4: When we go home. 148 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 5: We go right to the cabinet and hang the keys up. 149 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 5: That's the way a habit works, either in the positive 150 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 5: or in the negative. The fact is successful people have 151 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 5: successful habits. If you don't get to work on time, 152 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 5: let me challenge you to change that habit. Get up 153 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 5: fifteen minutes earlier, pay the price right now. Don't go 154 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 5: twenty years down the road always being late when it's 155 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 5: so easy to change. Or if you have a habit 156 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 5: of eating a bunch of junk food and drinking twelve 157 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 5: sodas a day, why don't you form better habits because 158 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 5: one day that's. 159 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 4: Going to catch up to you. 160 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 5: That's the interesting thing about bad habits is many times, 161 00:07:59,160 --> 00:07:59,679 Speaker 5: we don't. 162 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 4: Suffer the consequences until later on. 163 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 5: If you mistreat your body by eating wrong and working 164 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 5: all the time, you may get away with it for 165 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 5: a while, but one day it'll catch up with you. 166 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:14,239 Speaker 5: If you're rude and harsh to the people in your life, 167 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 5: they may put up with it now, but one day 168 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 5: you could be a very lonely person. You're not gonna 169 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 5: have good relationships. Or if you've gotten into the habit 170 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 5: of being negative, you're skeptical, you're sarcastic, you're critical. 171 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 4: All you've really. 172 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 5: Done is trained yourself to see the worst. Why don't 173 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 5: you form a better habit? Why don't you start training 174 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 5: yourself to see the best? Why don't you train yourself 175 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 5: to give people the benefit of the doubt. You can 176 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 5: change your life by changing your habits. And a lot 177 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 5: of times when we talk about habits, we think about 178 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:51,440 Speaker 5: only destructive things like drug addictions or some kind of abuse. 179 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:55,320 Speaker 5: But I'm asking you to look at your everyday habits. 180 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:58,680 Speaker 5: Do you know if you waste four or five minutes 181 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 5: a day looking for things your keys, your cell phone, 182 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 5: your notebook, at the end of a year, you'll have 183 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 5: wasted almost a week of your life. The Bible tells 184 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:12,679 Speaker 5: us to make the most of our time. Living sloppy 185 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 5: and unorganized is not being a good steward of the 186 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 5: time that God's given us. Let's form better habits. I 187 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:22,359 Speaker 5: heard somebody say habits are just like gravity. 188 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 4: They will always be pulling you toward them. 189 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 5: Now, if you've got good habits, they'll make your life easier, 190 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 5: more successful, more productive. But if you've got bad habits, 191 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 5: there will always be dragging you down. 192 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 4: You'll always gravitate toward them. 193 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 5: The point is, if we can just develop right habits, 194 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 5: we won't constantly be struggling. When you have good habits, 195 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 5: your life will naturally produce good fruit. You'll naturally be happy, 196 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 5: you'll experience God's abundant life. And what's interesting to me 197 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,680 Speaker 5: is it doesn't take that long to do. And sure, 198 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 5: if you've been setting your ways for twenty or thirty years, 199 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 5: you may not turn it around in twenty one days. 200 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 5: But I can tell you this, it will not take 201 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 5: you ten. 202 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 4: Years to do it. 203 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 5: If you will get serious in any area of your life, 204 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 5: and you dig your heels in and make a decision 205 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,839 Speaker 5: to change, and you stick with it, then you will 206 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 5: begin to form that new habit. It'll get easier and 207 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 5: easier every day, and then eventually you'll look up one 208 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 5: day and you'll just do it automatically. You won't even 209 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 5: have to think about it. 210 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 4: That's the way habits work. 211 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:29,200 Speaker 5: But some of you today, you've gotten into a habit 212 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 5: of not treating people good. You're rude, you're condescending, you're 213 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 5: sharp with them. Listen, you can change. Recognize that's a 214 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:41,680 Speaker 5: bad habit you've developed, and somebody's got to shake you 215 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 5: out of that mediocrity or it'll end up destroying all 216 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 5: of your relationships. You've got to make a decision that 217 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 5: you're gonna start being kind and courteous. You're gonna start smiling, 218 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 5: encouraging people, giving them some compliments. And it may be 219 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 5: like pulling teeth to do this at the very beginning, 220 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 5: it may go against everything that's within you. 221 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 4: But if you'll just dig. 222 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 5: Your heels in and do it anyway, you will begin 223 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:10,040 Speaker 5: to form that new habit. And as you stick with 224 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 5: it week after week, not only will you see your 225 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,079 Speaker 5: relationships go to a whole new level, but you'll have 226 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 5: more joy, more happiness, more victory than you've ever had. 227 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 5: Friends don't stay where you are make a decision that 228 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 5: you are gonna develop better habits. The key to change 229 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 5: is number one, you have got to be consistent. You've 230 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:33,680 Speaker 5: got to do it day in and day out. You 231 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 5: need to have a no exceptions policy. That means, no 232 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 5: matter how you feel, no matter how much you want 233 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 5: to go back to your old way, no you're not 234 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 5: gonna do it. 235 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 4: You're gonna stick with it. And number two, you've. 236 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 5: Got to be willing to press past the pain and 237 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 5: the discomfort at the very beginning. After all, if you've 238 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 5: trained your body in a certain way year after year, 239 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 5: if you've developed a certain type of behavior, then your 240 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 5: body has got comfortable. 241 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 4: It's easy for it. 242 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 5: Does it naturally. It's not going to want to do 243 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 5: anything different. But if you will discipline yourself and really 244 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 5: stand your ground, just a few months down the road, 245 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 5: you will have formed those new habits and your life 246 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:17,560 Speaker 5: will be so much more rewarding and understand. Once you 247 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 5: form the new habits, once you get past that initial pain, 248 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:22,559 Speaker 5: it's not going. 249 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 4: To be that difficult anymore. 250 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 5: I like to think of it like a rocket being 251 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 5: launched up into space at liftoff. 252 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 4: It takes all the thrust, the. 253 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:34,959 Speaker 5: Majority of the energy is expended at the very beginning, 254 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 5: but once it gets up into space, it's home free. 255 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 4: It's easy. 256 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,200 Speaker 5: And in the same way when it comes to breaking habits, 257 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 5: if you can just get past the first few weeks, 258 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 5: it will get easier and easier, and one day you 259 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 5: will be home free as well. I think about all 260 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 5: the people today that are trying to lose weight. The 261 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:57,959 Speaker 5: diet business is a multi billion dollar industry, and although 262 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 5: diets can be helpful at time, the long term solution 263 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 5: to really keeping your weight under control is not to 264 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 5: run from diet to diet to diet. You know as 265 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:10,719 Speaker 5: well as I do. Most of the time, that's temporary. 266 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:14,440 Speaker 5: Most of the people, unfortunately, they end up regaining that way. 267 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 5: But the real way to get your weight under control 268 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:20,839 Speaker 5: and keep it there is to change your habits. You've 269 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 5: got to change your lifestyle, start exercising, start watching what 270 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:28,200 Speaker 5: you eat, when you eat it, how much you eat. 271 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:31,600 Speaker 5: If you will simply develop better habits, you won't have 272 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 5: to run from diet to diet. Now I realize it's 273 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 5: not always easy, especially at the first You'll have to 274 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 5: be extremely disciplined. But every time you resist that temptation, 275 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:44,719 Speaker 5: every time you make a better choice, it will get 276 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 5: easier and easier. One day you'll look up and you 277 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 5: will not be mastered by that thing. 278 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 4: You'll be living a healthy and productive life. 279 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 5: I remember I used to drink coffee every single morning, 280 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 5: and I've done this since I was a little boy, 281 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 5: growing up with my father. We always did it together. 282 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 5: And the truth is, over the years, I didn't really 283 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 5: even enjoy it that much anymore. I was just doing 284 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 5: it because that's all I had ever known. Kind of 285 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 5: got in that habit now was hooked on it. But 286 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 5: one day that coffee started sort of hurting my stomach 287 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:16,679 Speaker 5: and making me not feel well. I thought it was 288 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 5: taking some of my energy, and so I decided that 289 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 5: I was going to stop. But man, that first week, 290 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 5: I had a headache like you cannot even imagine. 291 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 4: My body was so used to. 292 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 5: That caffeine in the morning, it didn't know what I 293 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 5: was doing. And I was so tempted to just go 294 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 5: back to my normal routine and think, you know what, 295 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 5: somebody give me a cup of coffee, so this headache 296 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 5: will go away. 297 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 4: But I knew if I would stick with it, if. 298 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 5: I would be consistent just a few more days, it'd 299 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 5: get easier and easier, and sure enough I stuck with it, 300 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 5: and a few days went by. 301 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 4: The headaches got a little bit less. A few weeks went. 302 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 5: By, I felt better and better, and today I don't 303 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 5: miss it at all. 304 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 4: Formed a new habit. 305 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 5: The point is, it is always the most difficult at 306 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 5: the very beginning. You're always going to have plenty of 307 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 5: opportunities to turn around and just stay in your same routine. 308 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 5: I realize, you know there's nothing wrong with coffee, but 309 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 5: maybe you know there's some other areas in your life 310 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 5: you need to do something about. How about sweets, sugars, 311 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 5: candy bars, doughnuts, ice cream. What I'm saying is junk food. 312 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 5: Ushure's you better lock the doors now. Well, you say, Joel, 313 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 5: I just couldn't live without that bowl of ice cream 314 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 5: before I go to bed each night. No, you need 315 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 5: to form better habits. You can live without it. The 316 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 5: truth is you will probably live longer without it. And 317 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 5: the first step is to quit going into the kitchen 318 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 5: late at night. 319 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:44,239 Speaker 4: The Bible says to run from temptation. 320 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 5: You gotta stay far away from there, and even when 321 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 5: you go to the grocery store, a simple thing, but 322 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 5: don't even go down the aisle that's got the ice 323 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 5: cream on it. 324 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 4: Don't make excuses. 325 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 5: Well, I'm just gonna pick up this one gallon Bluebell 326 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 5: cookies and cream in case we have some guests come over. 327 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 5: Now you know you will be the only guest that 328 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 5: eats at ice cream. Stay far away from it. Run 329 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 5: from that temptation. Don't make it harder on you than 330 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 5: it has to be. But do you know today many 331 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 5: of our children are developing diabetes. It's happening in record numbers, 332 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 5: and the experts tell us it's because this generation of 333 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 5: children is eating more sugar than any generation that has 334 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 5: ever lived. They are hooked on cookies, candy bars, sodas. Listen, 335 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 5: the body was not designed for that. And a lot 336 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 5: of times we're praying for God to heal us and 337 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 5: for God to change things. But if we would just 338 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 5: change our habits, if we would make changes in our lifestyles, 339 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 5: then many of those things would take place. You cannot 340 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 5: break natural laws and mistreat your body and expect to 341 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 5: live a very healthy life. When I was in my 342 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 5: early twenties, I had a real nice sports car, and man, 343 00:16:57,640 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 5: I took such good care of that car. 344 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 4: I would only put the very best. 345 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 5: Oil in that engine, and it costs like twice as 346 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:07,640 Speaker 5: much as normal oil. But I didn't care. That car 347 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 5: was my pride and joy. I would do anything that 348 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 5: I could to make it last longer. 349 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:14,960 Speaker 4: In fact, I changed the oil every month, whether it 350 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 4: needed it or not. 351 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 5: And really, now looking back, I realized that I took 352 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:22,639 Speaker 5: better care of that car than I took care of myself. 353 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:24,960 Speaker 4: I would only put the best. 354 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 5: In that engine, but I'd put all kinds of junk 355 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 5: in my own engine. I was living all fast food, 356 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:34,199 Speaker 5: hot dogs, hamburgers, pizzas, French fries men. I was always 357 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:36,880 Speaker 5: in a hurry, playing ball four or five nights a week, 358 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 5: and I just grabbed something and eat it in my 359 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 5: car as fast as I could. But one day I 360 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,119 Speaker 5: discovered that this body is a temple that God has 361 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:48,439 Speaker 5: given me, and how long it's going to last and 362 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:52,040 Speaker 5: how well it's going to perform depends greatly on how 363 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 5: I take care of it. Do I eat right? Do 364 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 5: I get enough sleep at night? Do I have a 365 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 5: good balance between work and recreation and family time. All 366 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:05,680 Speaker 5: those things come into play when it comes to how 367 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 5: healthy and how productive we're gonna live. The older I 368 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 5: get and I'm not very old, but the older I get, 369 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:15,680 Speaker 5: the more I realize I don't want to just live 370 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 5: a long life. 371 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 4: I want to live a long, healthy life. 372 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 5: I want to feel good when I get up there 373 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 5: in age and not just be dragging around because I 374 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 5: never took care of myself. And I know that if 375 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,480 Speaker 5: we will do the natural, if we will do all 376 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:32,439 Speaker 5: we can do, God will help us to live long 377 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:35,879 Speaker 5: and healthy lives. But you cannot mistreat your body and 378 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,679 Speaker 5: expect it to function in the way God created it to. 379 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:41,920 Speaker 5: Some of you drink a coke right when you get 380 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:45,400 Speaker 5: up every single morning because it's all you've ever done, 381 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 5: or some of you have trained yourself to eat junk 382 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 5: food all during the day. And I'm not. 383 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,119 Speaker 4: Saying go overboard. I love desserts. 384 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 5: All I'm saying is we should not be under the 385 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:59,200 Speaker 5: control of anything, and I'm asking you to examine your 386 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:03,040 Speaker 5: everyday habits and make sure that you're not just doing 387 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 5: something because that's all you've ever done. We need to 388 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 5: get rid of everything that's not productive, not healthy, not 389 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:13,919 Speaker 5: profitable in our lives and parents, it's very important for 390 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 5: us to do our best to not allow our children 391 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:19,680 Speaker 5: to have a bunch of junk food. Don't take the 392 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 5: easy way out every night and say, oh, let's just 393 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 5: run up and get some pizza, Let's get some hot dogs, 394 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 5: let's get some hamburgers. I don't really feel like cooking. No, 395 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 5: that's not really fair to your children. You are helping 396 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:33,680 Speaker 5: them to form their habits. And I know with our 397 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,639 Speaker 5: two kids, when we haven't fed them properly for a 398 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:39,120 Speaker 5: couple of days, I can tell it they don't act 399 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 5: the same. I mean, they're tired, they're irritable, they don't 400 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 5: want to do anything, and it's very easy to get 401 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 5: aggravated at them. But sometimes we need to step back 402 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:51,200 Speaker 5: and say, now, why are my children acting like this? 403 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:54,879 Speaker 5: It may be because they had a cupcake and a 404 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 5: donut for lunch yesterday, they had pizza and sodas with 405 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:00,879 Speaker 5: their friends last night, came home and we gave them 406 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 5: a big piece of birthday cake and they got to 407 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 5: bed at eleven thirty at night. Nobody's gonna feel good 408 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:08,640 Speaker 5: after that. Do your part, and sure you can get 409 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,679 Speaker 5: by living like that, but I'm talking about the quality 410 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 5: of your life. I'm talking about experiencing God's very best. 411 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 5: Some people don't manage their time very well. They're not 412 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 5: living a very balanced life. They're always stressed out, always 413 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:27,400 Speaker 5: run down. They've gotten into a bad habit of working 414 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 5: all the time. They never relax, they never exercise, they 415 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 5: never take any free time for themselves, and really just 416 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 5: as well, they are not taking care of their temple. 417 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 5: And unless they make changes and bring some balance into 418 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:44,359 Speaker 5: their life, then, like I said, one day, that's gonna 419 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:47,199 Speaker 5: catch up to them. You can live stressed out for 420 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:50,160 Speaker 5: a while, especially when you're young, but don't be surprised 421 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 5: if one day your body doesn't suffer the consequences. And 422 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 5: what I'm saying today is it's much better to develop 423 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:00,160 Speaker 5: good habits right now. And that's why I'm encouraging you 424 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 5: to look at the way you live and ask yourself, 425 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 5: why am I doing what I'm doing? Is this just 426 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:08,399 Speaker 5: something that's been passed down. It's not a good habit, 427 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:10,640 Speaker 5: and it's not helping me at all. It's not productive, 428 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:14,439 Speaker 5: it's not profitable. See take inventory of your life and 429 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 5: make sure that you're not allowing anything to master you. 430 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 5: I know this lady that was trying to quit smoking, 431 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:23,959 Speaker 5: and she had smoked for years and years, and she 432 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:26,439 Speaker 5: was really determined this time that she was going to stop. 433 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,639 Speaker 5: And she had done so well for several weeks, but 434 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:32,200 Speaker 5: one day she had this big argument with her husband. 435 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:35,440 Speaker 5: She got all aggravated, all upset, and she went down 436 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 5: to the store and bought a package of cigarettes, and 437 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:41,440 Speaker 5: she thought, I'll show him. I'm gonna smoke this whole package. 438 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:44,159 Speaker 5: But she said, when she first started to light up 439 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 5: that cigarette, something down in here said, you were about. 440 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:49,680 Speaker 4: To waste all you've been through. 441 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 5: You were about to have to start all over and 442 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 5: relearn and retrain yourself from the very beginning, just because 443 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 5: you can't control your emotions. And she said, when she 444 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:01,919 Speaker 5: thought about all she had already. 445 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 4: Been through and. 446 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 5: How much she had already suffered to get to that point, 447 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 5: she made a decision to put it down and not 448 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:10,919 Speaker 5: do it. The point is, the enemy will do his 449 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 5: best to get you not to change. He will give 450 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:17,120 Speaker 5: you plenty of opportunities to turn around and just go 451 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:20,160 Speaker 5: back and keep living the same way you've always lived. 452 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 4: He doesn't want you to come up higher. 453 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 5: And so don't be surprised when you're trying to break 454 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 5: some of these habits. 455 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 4: That you are not tested. 456 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,440 Speaker 5: Always remember what the scripture says there is no temptation 457 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 5: that will come to you that you can overcome. God 458 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:37,639 Speaker 5: will always make a way of escape no matter what 459 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:40,280 Speaker 5: it is, how difficult it seems. You need to know 460 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:41,679 Speaker 5: that you can withstand it. 461 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:42,199 Speaker 4: You've got to. 462 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 5: Dig your heels in and just keep pressing forward. And really, 463 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 5: it's kind of funny why we do certain things. It's 464 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,960 Speaker 5: because of our habits. It's because of the way we've 465 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:56,240 Speaker 5: trained ourselves. And some people, just like this lady, when they. 466 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 4: Get upset, they run out and smoke a cigarette. 467 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 5: Other people, when they're stressed out, they'll overeat. They'll run 468 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 5: to the kitchen. Man, I've had a long day, Give 469 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 5: me something to eat. Now, please recognize those are habits. 470 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:12,439 Speaker 5: They're not terrible, but they're not productive. They'll keep you 471 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 5: in mediocrity. Now understand, you can retrain yourself to respond 472 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 5: differently to each of those situations. You need to study 473 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:25,680 Speaker 5: your own habits and ask yourself why you do what 474 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:29,400 Speaker 5: you're doing. I know some people every time their spouse 475 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:32,440 Speaker 5: does a certain thing, it's just like clockwork. They get upset, 476 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 5: they have a pity party, or or they won't speak 477 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 5: for a couple of weeks. That's a habit. Some of 478 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 5: you have been doing things like that for ten, fifteen, 479 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:43,199 Speaker 5: twenty years. Now, why don't you make a decision to 480 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 5: form better habits. 481 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 4: Why don't you retrain. 482 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:51,439 Speaker 5: Yourself to respond differently when those situations occur. You cannot 483 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:55,119 Speaker 5: keep doing the same thing and expect to get different results. Now, 484 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 5: I want us all to come up higher in these areas. 485 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 5: If you see an area where you you're not responded 486 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:05,400 Speaker 5: in a positive manner, don't make excuses, take responsibility and say, 487 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 5: you know what, I recognize what's happening, and I need 488 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:08,640 Speaker 5: to change. 489 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:11,120 Speaker 4: I am going to develop better habits. 490 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,119 Speaker 5: And really, I don't know that we so much break 491 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:18,520 Speaker 5: bad habits as we replace bad habits. In other words, 492 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,919 Speaker 5: if you have a problem with worrying and your mind 493 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 5: is always going ninety to nothing, worried about your children, 494 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 5: worried about your finances, worried about your health, you need 495 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:30,680 Speaker 5: to recognize that is a bad habit that you've developed. 496 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:31,640 Speaker 4: That's not normal. 497 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 5: God wants your mind to be at peace. Your mind 498 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:36,919 Speaker 5: should be at rest. You need to know God's got 499 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 5: you in the palm of his hand. But when you've 500 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:42,720 Speaker 5: been worrying for a long time, it's almost second nature 501 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 5: to you. You don't even think about it. You just get 502 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:47,119 Speaker 5: up in the morning and just start to worry. And 503 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,160 Speaker 5: the truth is, I don't really think you can just 504 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 5: decide to stop worrying. You have got to replace the 505 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 5: negative thoughts with positive, faith filled thoughts. And every time 506 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:00,880 Speaker 5: you're even tempted to worry, you should use that as 507 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 5: a reminder to dwell on good things. The scripture tells 508 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,639 Speaker 5: us to dwell on things that are pure, things that 509 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 5: are wholesome, things that are of a good report. And 510 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:13,159 Speaker 5: if you will replace those thoughts of worry with thoughts 511 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 5: of hope, thoughts of faith, thoughts of victory, then you 512 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 5: will retrain your mind. And if you do that day 513 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 5: in and day out, before long, it'll become so second 514 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 5: nature to you. You will always be dwelling on good things, 515 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 5: and you'll break that old habit of worry. But see, 516 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 5: you've got to find something to replace the habit with. 517 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 5: If you overeat and just run to the kitchen every 518 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 5: time you get stressed out, find something else to do. 519 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 5: Why don't you get in a habit when you feel 520 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 5: like that of going outside and taking a little walk. 521 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 5: Another good thing when you're stressed out, to just relax 522 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:48,399 Speaker 5: you is just go sit back in a chair, close 523 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 5: your eyes, and just take five minutes to totally unwind. Take 524 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 5: those real deep breaths, and with every breath, just meditate 525 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:58,640 Speaker 5: on what God's done for you. Think about the goodness 526 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 5: of God in your life, think about the bright future 527 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:04,200 Speaker 5: that you have in store. But find something to replace 528 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 5: those desires. Well, I know, from the time I was 529 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:09,640 Speaker 5: a little boy, I've always had a habit. 530 00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 4: Of picking my fingers. 531 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:13,400 Speaker 5: Even in my baby pictures, I'm probably not a year 532 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 5: old and I'm sitting there and i got a big 533 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:18,439 Speaker 5: smile on my face, but I'm picking my fingers. It 534 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:21,680 Speaker 5: wasn't terrible, but it just wasn't God's best. And over 535 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 5: the years I continued to do it. It's all I'd 536 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:26,919 Speaker 5: ever known. It's sort of like a nervous habit. And 537 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 5: I told myself so many times that I was gonna quit. 538 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:31,359 Speaker 5: I said, Man, I'm not gonna do that anymore. 539 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:32,200 Speaker 4: It doesn't look good. 540 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 5: But when I got a little uptight or stressed out, 541 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:36,359 Speaker 5: I do it once again. 542 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:37,679 Speaker 4: Just couldn't seem to break it. 543 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 5: But one day I learned what I'm sharing with you today, 544 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 5: that you don't necessarily stop a bad habit, sometimes you 545 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:45,119 Speaker 5: got to replace it. 546 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:47,360 Speaker 4: And so every time I got. 547 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:50,160 Speaker 5: Tempted to pick my fingers, I just used that as 548 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 5: a reminder to thank God for all that he'd done 549 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 5: in my life. I changed my focus and I just say, Father, 550 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 5: thanking for my health, thanking for my family, thanking for 551 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 5: my children, thank you for all that. 552 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 4: You've done for me. 553 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 5: And as I would change my focus and get my 554 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 5: mind off of it, I begin to retrain myself. I 555 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:10,040 Speaker 5: begin to form that new habit. And even today, when 556 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:12,199 Speaker 5: I'm tempted to do that, I'll just let that be 557 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 5: a reminder to dwell on the goodness of God. See, 558 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 5: I've made up my mind. I'm not gonna let picking 559 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 5: my fingers master me. I'm not gonna be mastered by 560 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:24,400 Speaker 5: a bad attitude. I'm not gonna be mastered by eating 561 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,160 Speaker 5: a bunch of junk that's not healthy. And really, that's 562 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 5: my message to you today. Don't let anything master you. 563 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 5: Don't come under its control. It may not be a sin, 564 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:37,639 Speaker 5: it's just something smaller, but it could be keeping you 565 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:41,439 Speaker 5: from God's best. Don't let twenty pounds master you that 566 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 5: you just can't lose. No change your lifestyle don't be 567 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 5: mastered by being unorganized, or by spending too much money, 568 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:50,360 Speaker 5: or by being late all the time. 569 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 4: No, let's form better habits. 570 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 5: Let's get rid of everything that's not productive, everything that's 571 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:59,520 Speaker 5: not profitable. And remember, ninety percent of what we do 572 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:01,399 Speaker 5: every day, we do it without. 573 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:02,240 Speaker 4: Even thinking about it. 574 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 5: Our habits are going to determine our future. So I 575 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 5: challenge you again. Examine your life, take inventory of those habits, 576 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 5: and when you find something that's not right, be quick 577 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:15,719 Speaker 5: to change, be determined to do something about it. 578 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 4: If you do that, you will rise higher. 579 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:20,960 Speaker 5: You will see more of God's favor, and you'll live 580 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,160 Speaker 5: the abundant life he has in store. 581 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:25,920 Speaker 4: Amen. How many of you receive it this morning? Amen? 582 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 4: I know you do. 583 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 5: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 584 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:33,080 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 585 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? 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