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See terms and conditions at 36 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 3: UNEs dot co. 37 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 4: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 38 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 5: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 39 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:36,759 Speaker 5: the ministry. 40 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 6: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 41 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 6: blessing and share it with a friend. 42 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 5: Reappreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. 43 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 4: And God bless you always Our joy to come into 44 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 4: your homes you. 45 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 5: We know God has great things in store for each 46 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 5: one of you. And if you're ever in our area, 47 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 5: I hope you'll stop by and be a part of 48 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 5: one of our services. We give you a personal invitation. 49 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:12,679 Speaker 5: I promise you will make you feel right at home. 50 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 5: But thanks for tuning in today. I like to get 51 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 5: started with something funny each week. Now. I heard about 52 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 5: this kindergarten teacher. She wanted to teach her students about 53 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 5: self esteem. She said to her class, everyone who thinks 54 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 5: you are dumb, please stand up. She didn't think anybody 55 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 5: would stand. She'd make the point how no one was dumb. 56 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 5: But about that time little Johnny stood up. She didn't 57 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:36,920 Speaker 5: quite know what to do. She said, Now, Johnny, do 58 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 5: you really think that you're dumb? He said no, ma'am. 59 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,399 Speaker 5: I just hate to see you standing there all by yourself. 60 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,920 Speaker 5: All right, hold up your Bible. 61 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 4: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 62 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:50,839 Speaker 4: I am what it says. I am. 63 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 64 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 65 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 66 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:03,519 Speaker 4: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 67 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,919 Speaker 5: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 68 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 5: bless you. I want to talk to you about making. 69 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 4: Every day a masterpiece. 70 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 5: We have to realize each day is a gift from God. 71 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 5: Once we live this day, we can never get it back. 72 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 5: We shouldn't live it in a hurry, rushing around, stressed out, 73 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 5: taking things for granted. 74 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 4: If we're not careful, we'll look up and the day 75 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 4: has gone by in a blur. 76 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 5: We can't say we enjoyed it. We can't say we 77 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 5: lived it to the full. 78 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 4: It just blew by. 79 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 5: We have to slow down and learn to appreciate what 80 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 5: God has given us. When you get up in the morning, 81 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 5: don't just start out ninety to nothing. 82 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 4: Listen to the birds singing. 83 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 5: Pause a few minutes to watch the sun coming over 84 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 5: the horizon. When you hear the little footsteps of your 85 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 5: children coming down the stairs, take that in. 86 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 4: Let it bring a smile to your face. 87 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 5: We can't get so busy and so preoccupied in our 88 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 5: minds that we're missing out on these special moments. 89 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 4: It's the little things that make every day a masterpiece. 90 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 5: So many people today don't live in the present moment. 91 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 5: They either live in the past or they live in 92 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 5: the future. 93 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,720 Speaker 4: They're so focused on their regrets, what. 94 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 5: Didn't work out, and who hurt them, they don't really 95 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 5: appreciate the gift of today. We have to let each 96 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 5: day be a new beginning. You may have had disappointments 97 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:35,480 Speaker 5: in your past. Life may not have treated you fair. 98 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 5: But the good news is yesterday ended last night. This 99 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:43,479 Speaker 5: is a new day, and God has new things in 100 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 5: store for you. 101 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:46,279 Speaker 4: But if our mind is in. 102 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 5: Yesterday, we will never enjoy this day like we should. 103 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 5: Even with our accomplishments. You may have had some great 104 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 5: things happened last week or last year. You had some 105 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:01,599 Speaker 5: major victories, and that's great. We celebrate with you. But 106 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 5: even then it's important to not stay focused on our 107 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 5: past victories. We have to get our mind off of 108 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 5: yesterday and learn to live in the present moment if 109 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 5: we're going to enjoy the gift of today. I heard 110 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 5: this famous basketball coach after his team just won an 111 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 5: important victory. They were in the playoffs, and they had 112 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 5: to play a couple of days later, and they were 113 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 5: all celebrating the wind. It's around four in the afternoon. 114 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:29,720 Speaker 5: He told his team, I'm so proud of you. I 115 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 5: want you to really enjoy this victory. I want you 116 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 5: to take in every moment until ten o'clock tonight. 117 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 4: After that, I don't want to hear another word about it. 118 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 5: He knew if their mind was in yesterday, even when 119 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,719 Speaker 5: it's a good thing, it's going to steal the new 120 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 5: victories God has in store. Live in this moment, says 121 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 5: in Ecclesiastes. Give yourself to what you're doing. That means 122 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 5: don't live in yesterday and don't live in tomorrow. 123 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 4: Focus on right now. I know sometimes I. 124 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 5: Can get up in the morning, brush my teeth, take 125 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 5: a shower, get dressed, and I can't remember one thing 126 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:10,039 Speaker 5: that I've just done because my mind is somewhere else. 127 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:13,720 Speaker 5: My mind is in the future. Victoria can come in. 128 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 5: My children come by, I might acknowledge them, but my 129 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 5: focus is not there. I'm living four hours ahead, thinking about. 130 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 4: What I've got to do. 131 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 5: And of course it's good to plans, good to have goals, 132 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 5: But if you're going to get the most out of. 133 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 4: Each day, you have to stay in the now. 134 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:33,600 Speaker 5: You have to be where you are. That's one thing 135 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 5: about little children. They live in the present. 136 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 4: When they have a. 137 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 5: Disappointment, most of the time they get over it in 138 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:41,719 Speaker 5: five minutes. 139 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 4: They don't hold grudges, they don't worry about the future. 140 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 4: They're just happy. Life is good. 141 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 5: I believe we'd enjoy our lives a lot more if 142 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 5: we do the same thing. But too often, if we're 143 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 5: not in the past, we're in the future. It may 144 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:00,600 Speaker 5: not be planning but worrying, trying to figure every thing out. 145 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 5: But as long as we worry, it steals the joy 146 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:09,159 Speaker 5: for today. Worry does not accomplish anything positive if you 147 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 5: let your mind go constantly thinking about how's this going 148 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 5: to turn out? What if this problem doesn't work out? 149 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 5: What if this pain is something serious? That's doing two things. 150 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 5: It's stealing the joy for right now, and it's not 151 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 5: allowing God to work in your life. God works where 152 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 5: there's faith. Faith is simply trusting. In other words, God, 153 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 5: I may not see how it's gonna work out, but 154 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 5: I know you're in control. I know you've got me 155 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 5: in the palm of your hand. So instead of worrying, 156 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 5: I'm gonna turn it over to you and believe that 157 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 5: it's gonna all work out for my good. Most of 158 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 5: the things we worry about never come to pass. I 159 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 5: wish I could have back all the days and even 160 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 5: weeks I spent worrying and wondering. I've learned now God 161 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 5: is in control. Do your best and just turn it 162 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 5: over to him. In fact, the scripture says, don't worry 163 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 5: worry about tomorrow, It'll take care of itself. 164 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 4: I like what Mark Twain said. 165 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 5: I've been through some terrible things in my life, some 166 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 5: of which actually happened. Now, how many times have we 167 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 5: wasted valuable days or weeks wondering about something that never 168 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 5: came about? Our attitude should be This day is a gift. 169 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 5: I'm not gonna worry about tomorrow. 170 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 4: It may not come. I'm not gonna focus on yesterday 171 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 4: that ended last night. This is a new. 172 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 5: Day, and I'm gonna make the most of it. I'm 173 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 5: gonna stay in the present. There's power in staying in 174 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 5: the moment. We are not supposed to rush through part 175 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 5: of our day to try to get to the next part. 176 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 5: Let me hurry and cook dinner so I can go relax. 177 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:44,440 Speaker 5: Let me hurry and put these children to bed so 178 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 5: I can go watch television. Now, we're supposed to enjoy 179 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 5: every part of our day. Now, I know too many 180 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,200 Speaker 5: people that live for five o'clock, rush through the day 181 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 5: so they can get finished with their work and get home. 182 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 5: We're supposed to enjoy our work, enjoy cooking dinner, enjoy 183 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 5: raising your children. It's all in how we've trained ourselves. 184 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 5: We have these mindsets. These are the things I enjoy. 185 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 5: These are the things I dread. I dread paying my bills. 186 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 5: I dread going to the grocery, so I dread driving 187 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 5: into traffic. If you will see those things in a 188 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 5: new light, you can begin to enjoy them. I know 189 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:24,599 Speaker 5: I used to kind of dread Thursdays. That's when I 190 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 5: would prepare my sermons. I think, oh, man, Thursday's here. 191 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:30,079 Speaker 5: I gotta come up with a new message, and it's 192 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 5: gonna be hard. I got to where I was already 193 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 5: planning to not enjoy it. One day it dawned on me, 194 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 5: I am not supposed to rush through Thursday to try 195 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:40,199 Speaker 5: to get to Friday. 196 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 4: And I changed my approach. 197 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 5: I started reminding myself, this day is a gift. I'm 198 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 5: not always gonna be here, so whatever I do today, 199 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 5: I'm gonna enjoy it. It's a decision we have to 200 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 5: make to enjoy every part of our life, not just 201 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:59,719 Speaker 5: the vacations, not just when it's exciting, not just when 202 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 5: we don't don't have any problems. No, I'm going to 203 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 5: enjoy the drive to work today. I'm going to enjoy 204 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 5: getting my children dressed for school. I'm going to enjoy 205 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 5: mowing the lawn. It's all in our attitude. 206 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 4: You can complain. 207 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 5: About it, thinking, man, I don't want to mow this lawn, 208 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 5: it's so hot outside. 209 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 4: That's all I ever do is work. 210 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 5: Or you can turn it around and say, father, thank 211 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 5: you that I'm alive, thank you that I'm healthy, thank 212 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 5: you that my legs work. Thinking that I'm strong, thank 213 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 5: you for the gift of today. It totally changes your perspective. 214 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 5: Don't see it as something you have to do. See 215 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:37,080 Speaker 5: it as something you get to do. After all, this 216 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:40,200 Speaker 5: day is a gift. We're not going to be here forever. 217 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 5: We have a certain amount of allotted days and then 218 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:46,959 Speaker 5: our time's up. You can complain for the next twenty 219 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:49,079 Speaker 5: years about having to go to work, or you can 220 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 5: turn it around and say, father, thank you for this job, 221 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 5: thank you for this opportunity, thank you for my gifts 222 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 5: and talents. It's all in our approach. I know a 223 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 5: man that complained year to year about driving in the traffic. 224 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 4: It took him an hour one way to. 225 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 5: Get to work each day, and he would get so 226 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:11,320 Speaker 5: stressed and so frustrated. But one day he had an 227 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:12,439 Speaker 5: accident and. 228 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 4: Almost lost his life. 229 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 5: He was in the hospital several months, and it's amazing 230 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 5: how that changed his attitude. 231 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 4: He said. 232 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 5: Now, Joel, I treasure every moment sitting in the traffic, 233 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 5: I wave at total strangers, smile at everyone, practically blow 234 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 5: them kisses. What happened, he realized, every day, indeed, is 235 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:38,319 Speaker 5: a gift from God. We have no guaranteed that we're 236 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 5: going to be here tomorrow. I hope we are, but 237 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 5: life is fragile, it says in James. We're like a vapor. 238 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:49,440 Speaker 5: We're here one moment and then we're gone. We should 239 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 5: live every day like it could be our last. Don't 240 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 5: put off enjoy in your life. The sad thing is 241 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 5: if you don't enjoy it today, you may. 242 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 4: Not be here tomorrow to enjoy it. 243 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 5: And I know too many people that are going to 244 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 5: enjoy their life someday, when they get out of college, 245 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 5: when they get married, when they pay their house off, 246 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 5: when they retire. No, make a decision that you're going 247 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 5: to enjoy your life right where you are. Make this 248 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:21,680 Speaker 5: day a masterpiece. Find the good in every situation. It's 249 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,560 Speaker 5: like that lady heard about. She asked her husband, Honey, 250 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 5: what is it about me that you love the most? 251 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 5: Is it my natural beauty, my incredible figure, or my 252 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 5: vivacious personality? He said, what I love about you the 253 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 5: most is your unlimited imagination. 254 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:43,559 Speaker 4: Find something to be grateful for her. I talked to a. 255 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:48,520 Speaker 5: Man last week. He had a sister that was mentally challenged. 256 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:52,680 Speaker 5: She couldn't talk, or walk or feed herself. She needed 257 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:56,559 Speaker 5: constant care. Growing up, he and his other family members. 258 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 4: Helped take care of her. 259 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 5: And he told how she had and cries that they 260 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 5: could understand. That's how she communicated with them. There was 261 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:08,079 Speaker 5: a cry for when she was hungry, a cry for 262 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 5: when she wanted to get out of bed, cry for 263 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 5: when she wanted to go back to sleep. But he 264 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:16,840 Speaker 5: said the most difficult cry was the cry for when. 265 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:17,440 Speaker 4: She had an itch. 266 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 5: You see, she couldn't tell them where that itch was, 267 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 5: so when they heard that particular cry, that had to 268 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 5: go all over her body, scratching and scratching trying to 269 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:31,200 Speaker 5: alleviate that itch. And he said, that taught me to 270 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 5: appreciate the simple things in life that so many of 271 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 5: us take for granted. Just being able to scratch your 272 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 5: own itch. 273 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 4: No big deal. But really it is a big deal. 274 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 5: It's a big deal that we tell our arms to 275 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,560 Speaker 5: work and they work. It's a big deal that we 276 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,440 Speaker 5: open our eyes and we see without even thinking about it. 277 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:51,440 Speaker 5: The next time you're at tempted to get up in 278 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 5: the morning and think about your problems and how you 279 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 5: don't want to go to work, and how life's not 280 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 5: been fair to you, why don't you turn it around 281 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 5: and thank God that you're able to scratch your own edge. 282 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 5: Why don't you thank God that when you got up 283 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 5: you didn't have any problem breathing today. Why don't you 284 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 5: look out the window and appreciate the simple things, the 285 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 5: birds singing, the sun rising, the flowers bloomy. Discipline yourself 286 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 5: to find something to be grateful for instead of getting 287 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 5: stressed out when you hear your child say, Mom, I 288 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 5: can't find my tennis shoes. Under your breath, thank your 289 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 5: Father for my children, Thank you for those gifts in 290 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 5: my life. Driving down the freeway and instead of focusing 291 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 5: on the traffic, why don't you look out at the 292 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 5: beauty of God's creation, Look at the trees, the sky, 293 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 5: the mountains. 294 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 4: If you're in Houston. You've got to do it by faith. 295 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 5: Think about the fact that you have a car, you're 296 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 5: able to drive, You're going to work, slow down and 297 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 5: enjoy what God's put in your life. 298 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 4: Our attitude should be. I recognize this day is a gift. 299 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 5: The fact that I'm alive, in breathing is not an 300 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 5: ordinary thing. The creator of the universe has allowed me 301 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 5: to be here. And I'm not gonna live this day negative, offended, angry, upset. 302 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 5: I'm gonna live it like it could be my last. 303 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 5: I'm gonna go out and be my best. I'm gonna 304 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 5: enjoy the people around me. 305 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 4: I'm gonna see the good in every situation. 306 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 5: I read about this man that was diagnosed with the 307 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 5: terminal illness. The doctors gave him a year to live, 308 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 5: and this totally changed his priorities. He hadn't seen some 309 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 5: of his family in years. He took time off and 310 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 5: went and visited them. He started getting up in the 311 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 5: morning and going out and looking at the sunrise. In 312 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 5: the evening, He'd take long walks with his wife. He 313 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 5: began getting home from work earlier to spend more time 314 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 5: with his children. 315 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 4: He didn't get upset as easily. 316 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 5: Things didn't bother him like they used to. He lived 317 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 5: one day at a time, not regretting the past and 318 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 5: not dreading the future. He lived in the present moment, appreciating. 319 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 5: Six months later, he went back for a checkup, and 320 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 5: the doctors were pleasantly surprised. They told him he had 321 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 5: been misdiagnosed. He didn't have a terminal illness. After all, 322 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 5: he had some kind of infection that. 323 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 4: Was easily treatable. He was going to be just fine. 324 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 5: He said later that misdiagnosis was the best thing that 325 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 5: ever happened to him. It made him appreciate what he had. 326 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 5: It changed his perspective. Too often, we don't realize what 327 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 5: we have until it's almost taken away. We don't realize 328 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 5: what a gift each day is until we come face 329 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:40,240 Speaker 5: to face with the fact that we may not have 330 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 5: many more of them left. 331 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 4: That misdiagnosis was a wake up call. 332 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 5: A lot of times we think we're invincible, we're going 333 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 5: to be here forever, but that's just not true. Life 334 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 5: is fleeting. Don't take things for granted. Make the most 335 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 5: of this day. I heard a song by a country artist. 336 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 5: It was called Live like You were dying. What a 337 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 5: powerful thought. I wonder what kind of changes we would 338 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 5: make if. 339 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:10,160 Speaker 4: We knew we only had a year to live. 340 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 5: No doubt we would be more loving, more kind, more generous, 341 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 5: more compassionate. We probably wouldn't get upset as easily. We 342 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 5: would take time for what's really important, our family, our friends, 343 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 5: our loved ones. We would go on that special date 344 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 5: that we promised our little daughter. We wouldn't be too 345 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 5: busy to be at our little boys little league games. 346 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:35,399 Speaker 5: We would take five minutes and write that heartfelt letter 347 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 5: that we've been meaning to. Why don't we make these 348 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:42,440 Speaker 5: changes today? The psalm is set in Psalm ninety, verse twelve. 349 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:46,600 Speaker 5: Teach me to number my days. He was saying, God, 350 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 5: I recognize I'm not going to be here forever. Help 351 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:57,920 Speaker 5: me to not waste a day of my life complaining, discouraged, worrying, regretting. God, 352 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:01,439 Speaker 5: teach me to number my days. See, life has a 353 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:04,159 Speaker 5: way of pushing us down. It's easy to get up 354 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:05,879 Speaker 5: in the morning, think I don't want to go to work, 355 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 5: I can't stand the traffic, and my spouse aggravates me. 356 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,400 Speaker 4: And how come I haven't gotten any good breaks? 357 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 5: No, life's too short to live it that way, we 358 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,240 Speaker 5: need to say with the psalmist, God, teach me to 359 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:20,640 Speaker 5: number my days. Help me to really recognize this day 360 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:23,719 Speaker 5: is a gift. I have no guarantee of tomorrow. 361 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 4: Help me to live like I was dying every day. 362 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:31,160 Speaker 5: You should tell the people in your life how much 363 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 5: you love them every day. Hug your children, look them 364 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 5: in the eyes, and tell them how glad you are 365 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:40,120 Speaker 5: to have them in your life. Don't ever rush out 366 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 5: of the house without kissing your spouse goodbye. Tell that 367 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:47,199 Speaker 5: man that woman how much they mean to you. Oh 368 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 5: you say, Joel, My wife knows how much I love her. 369 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 5: I told her when we got married twenty five years ago. 370 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 4: No, she needs to hear it again and again. 371 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,640 Speaker 5: If you don't tell her I love you, somebody else 372 00:18:58,680 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 5: probably will. 373 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 4: It's like this guy I heard about. He hadn't kissed 374 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:04,160 Speaker 4: his wife in fifty years. 375 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:08,960 Speaker 5: But he shot another man because he did. Don't take 376 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:12,159 Speaker 5: the people in your life for granted. Let's learn to 377 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 5: give flowers while people are still living. Give compliments while 378 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:17,640 Speaker 5: they can still hear you. 379 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,280 Speaker 4: It's interesting when we go to a funeral, we see 380 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:20,640 Speaker 4: all the. 381 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:24,160 Speaker 5: Beautiful flowers, people say all kinds of good things. 382 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:25,880 Speaker 4: About that person, and that's. 383 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 5: Great, that's kind and respectful. But do me a big favor. 384 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 5: Give me my flowers while I'm still here. When I 385 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:34,880 Speaker 5: get to heaven, I'm probably not going to enjoy them. 386 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 4: And another thing, if you have something good to say 387 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 4: about me, don't wait till I'm gone. I want to 388 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:42,199 Speaker 4: hear it. Now. 389 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 5: Your family, your friends are the exact same way. They 390 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 5: want your love now, they want those compliments. Now, take 391 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 5: time for the people in your life. 392 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 4: It's easy to. 393 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 5: Get so busy and so caught up in our hectic 394 00:19:56,720 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 5: society that we get our priorities out of order. We 395 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:02,680 Speaker 5: have to realize we're not always going to be here, 396 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:06,359 Speaker 5: and sometimes we let the smallest things come between us. 397 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 5: We get offended and upset, and now we're not talking 398 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 5: to each other. What we're really doing is wasting valuable days. Well, Joel, 399 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 5: my husband, he just aggravates me, he gets on my nerve. 400 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:21,640 Speaker 5: Or she knows just the right buttons to push. Why 401 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 5: don't you be the bigger person and turn those buttons off. 402 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 5: Don't let petty things come between you. 403 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:29,640 Speaker 4: I know too many people they want. 404 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,119 Speaker 5: To speak to their parents if they're at odds with 405 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 5: another family member. They got this big feud going on, 406 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 5: they're not going to give in. It was their fault 407 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 5: they started it. Maybe that's true, But why don't you 408 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 5: swallow your pride and make things right? After all, you 409 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 5: don't know how long you're going to be here. Do 410 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:50,959 Speaker 5: you know how many people live in regrets? 411 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:52,399 Speaker 4: I hear it all the time. 412 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 5: If I only had one more chance, if I can 413 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 5: only tell them how much they really meant to me, 414 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 5: don't let that be you. I heard about the daughter. 415 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 5: She got at odds with her father. It had to 416 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 5: do over the young men she was dating. The father 417 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:09,359 Speaker 5: didn't think it was the best, and this young lady 418 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 5: just gave the dad the cold shouldern. For several years, 419 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 5: she wouldn't have anything to do with him. The dad 420 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 5: tried to reach out and be loving and kind, but 421 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 5: this young lady was just set in her ways. She 422 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 5: was bitter and angry over it, and she just totally 423 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:25,640 Speaker 5: ignored him. One day, she got a call that her 424 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:28,160 Speaker 5: father had a heart attack and was on the way 425 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 5: to the hospital. Man that changed everything. All the barriers 426 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 5: came down. She rushed up there as fast as she could. 427 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 5: And this dad was a young man, he was in 428 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 5: his early fifties. 429 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 4: They're in the emergency room. 430 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 5: He asked for a piece of paper and a pen, 431 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:45,639 Speaker 5: and between when they were working on him, he was 432 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 5: able to write a note. Two hours later, before the 433 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:51,439 Speaker 5: young lady could get there, he went to be with 434 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:53,879 Speaker 5: the Lord. He died, and when she came in, the 435 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:55,959 Speaker 5: doctors had to give her the bad news. 436 00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 4: And of course she was devastated. 437 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 5: It's hard enough to lose a loved one, but she 438 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,159 Speaker 5: was just overcome with guilt. She thought, how am I 439 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 5: going to be able to live with myself knowing that 440 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 5: I never made peace with my father. The nurse came 441 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:11,639 Speaker 5: in and said, this note was in your dad's hand. 442 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:14,680 Speaker 4: It was addressed to her. She opened it up. It said, 443 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:17,840 Speaker 4: dear so and so, I love you. I forgive you, 444 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 4: Please forgive me. Today she carries that. 445 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:24,640 Speaker 5: Note with her everywhere she goes. Let me ask you, 446 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:28,119 Speaker 5: are you at odds with someone? How are you going 447 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 5: to feel if they're taken away without you being able 448 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:34,439 Speaker 5: to make things right. We may not have a chance 449 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 5: like this, young lady. Don't let things keep you apart. 450 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 5: You may not be able to be best friends, but 451 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:44,239 Speaker 5: certainly you can be at peace with each other. You 452 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:47,359 Speaker 5: can be kind and respectful, and it may be hard, 453 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 5: it may be unfair, but sometimes we have to be 454 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 5: the bigger person, just for the sake of peace. I 455 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:56,440 Speaker 5: don't want you to live with the regrets. I don't 456 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 5: want you to have to carry around that heavy load 457 00:22:59,200 --> 00:22:59,719 Speaker 5: of guilt. 458 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,960 Speaker 4: We have to number our days. I know. When my 459 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:04,399 Speaker 4: father went to be with the Lord. 460 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 5: One thing that made it easier was I knew how 461 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 5: much my dad loved me, and he knew how much 462 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:14,400 Speaker 5: I loved him. We were at peace. We gave flowers 463 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:17,640 Speaker 5: while we were still living. Daddy was on dialysis toward 464 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,679 Speaker 5: the end of his life. He called me early one morning, 465 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,920 Speaker 5: around four o'clock, and he told me he couldn't sleep well, 466 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 5: and he asked me if i'd take him up to 467 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:28,000 Speaker 5: the clinic so he could have dialysis. And so I 468 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 5: swung by and took him to the clinic. And normally, 469 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 5: after he gets hooked up, I would come back home, 470 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 5: take a shower, get ready for the day, because he'd 471 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:37,160 Speaker 5: be there for three or four hours. 472 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 4: But this day I felt like I should stay there with. 473 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:43,200 Speaker 5: Him, just something down in here, And so I ran 474 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:46,120 Speaker 5: to the little grocery store and got some breakfast for us. 475 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:49,400 Speaker 5: Came back and sat with him, and hour after hour 476 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:52,720 Speaker 5: we ate and laughed and just enjoyed each other's company. 477 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 5: And as I was taking him home later that morning, 478 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:58,439 Speaker 5: just as I was about to leave his house, he 479 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 5: called me back in the kitchen and he gave me 480 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,200 Speaker 5: a big hug. He said, Joel, You're the best son 481 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 5: a father could ever hope to have. 482 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:06,679 Speaker 4: Now. 483 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:10,360 Speaker 5: I left that day feeling satisfied, just felt right down 484 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 5: in here. 485 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:13,440 Speaker 4: Those were the last words. 486 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:15,480 Speaker 5: I would ever hear my father speak to me. He 487 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,359 Speaker 5: went to be with the Lord later that evening, and 488 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:22,479 Speaker 5: although it was difficult, I just felt an incredible peace 489 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:27,199 Speaker 5: on the inside. I had no regrets, nothing I wished 490 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 5: I'd said, nothing I wished i'd done Now. I hope 491 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:33,719 Speaker 5: you can say the same thing about the people in 492 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:37,439 Speaker 5: your life if one of them were taken away. Do 493 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:40,919 Speaker 5: they know how much you appreciate them? Have you called 494 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 5: them lately? Have you gone out of your way to 495 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 5: express your love? Some of you are at odds with people. 496 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:51,440 Speaker 5: That's taken a huge risk. You don't know how long 497 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:53,879 Speaker 5: they're going to be here or how long you're going 498 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:56,440 Speaker 5: to be here. It's a heavy load to carry around 499 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 5: that guilt. Why don't you make things right? Why don't 500 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 5: you of this day like it could be your last? 501 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 5: And when we have these opportunities to be offended, to 502 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,800 Speaker 5: get upset, to live stressed out, we need to ask 503 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:12,640 Speaker 5: ourselves in the big picture, is it really worth it 504 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,679 Speaker 5: a year from now? Is it even gonna matter that 505 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:19,119 Speaker 5: somebody was a little rude to me, or that I 506 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 5: got delayed in traffic, or that I can't find my 507 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 5: car keys. In the big scope of things, that's not 508 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:28,920 Speaker 5: worth losing our joy over. Keep it in the right perspective. 509 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:30,439 Speaker 5: Each day is a gift. 510 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:32,160 Speaker 4: When we allow. 511 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:35,640 Speaker 5: Ourselves to be offended and we go around upset, we 512 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 5: are wasting our emotional energy. We only have a certain 513 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:43,399 Speaker 5: amount for each day. It takes a lot of energy 514 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:46,199 Speaker 5: to hold a grudge, takes a lot of energy to 515 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,760 Speaker 5: live negative and bitter. You spend just fifteen minutes in 516 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:53,760 Speaker 5: the morning being angry and upset, and that's emotional energy 517 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 5: you won't have later on in the day for your 518 00:25:56,359 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 5: family and friends. It's not an unlimited supply, and it's sad, 519 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 5: but some people go year after year being offended, getting upset, 520 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 5: holding a grudge. They don't realize that's taking something out 521 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 5: of them. That emotional energy they're using to be bitter 522 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,880 Speaker 5: is the same emotional energy. 523 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:18,879 Speaker 4: They need to be happy, to be loving, to be kind. 524 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 5: It's not enough for both. Let me say, Joel, they 525 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:24,959 Speaker 5: were wrong, they hurt me. That may be true, but 526 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:28,159 Speaker 5: you need to forgive, not just for their sake, do 527 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:31,520 Speaker 5: it for your sake. It so it doesn't keep you 528 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 5: from living your life to the full. It is impossible 529 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 5: to get the most out of each day if we're 530 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 5: holding grudges, being easily offended, allowing ourselves to get upset. 531 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:46,800 Speaker 5: That's just not worth it in the big picture. Keep 532 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 5: it in the right perspective. I heard about this college student. 533 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 5: She wrote her appearance a letter said, Dear mom and dad, 534 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,679 Speaker 5: there was a riot at the school, and from the 535 00:26:56,760 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 5: smoke I inhaled. I developed a serious lung disease. At 536 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 5: the hospital, I met a parking attendant and we fell 537 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 5: in love. 538 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:06,160 Speaker 4: Our baby is on. 539 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:09,480 Speaker 5: Its way after he gets off of probation a month 540 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 5: from now. I'm planning to drop out of college and 541 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:14,639 Speaker 5: we're going to move to Alaska and live together. 542 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:16,119 Speaker 4: Signs your loving daughter. 543 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 5: At the bottom, there was a ps it said none 544 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 5: of this happened, but I did fail chemistry, and she 545 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:26,639 Speaker 5: wanted to make sure her parents saw that. In the 546 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:30,719 Speaker 5: right perspective, that's the way we need to be. We 547 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:34,720 Speaker 5: get stuck in traffic, No big deal. I'm alive, I'm healthy. 548 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 5: That's a small thing. We go through a disappointment, didn't 549 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 5: get the promotion we wanted. Yes, that's true, but I've 550 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,639 Speaker 5: got beautiful children, I've got a family to love. I've 551 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:45,679 Speaker 5: got a roof over my head. I'm not gonna let 552 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 5: that sour my life. Too often we let things that 553 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 5: don't matter keep us from enjoying the day. Think about 554 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 5: it like this. If you knew you only had a 555 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 5: month to live, how upset would you get when you 556 00:27:57,880 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 5: got stuck in. 557 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:01,440 Speaker 4: Traffic, argue with your spouse. 558 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:03,280 Speaker 5: If you knew you weren't going to be here a 559 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:05,960 Speaker 5: month from now, would you be stressed because you didn't 560 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 5: get everything done at the office. 561 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 4: Probably not. 562 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:13,040 Speaker 5: Keep it in the right perspective, friends, life is very fragile. 563 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:15,040 Speaker 4: Every day is a gift. 564 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:19,119 Speaker 5: Slow down and appreciate what God has given you. Be 565 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,400 Speaker 5: thankful for even the simple things. Being able to scratch 566 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:23,159 Speaker 5: our own edge. 567 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:24,520 Speaker 4: Don't take that for granted. 568 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,359 Speaker 5: Every day hug your children, take time for the people 569 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:28,840 Speaker 5: you love. 570 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:33,560 Speaker 4: Don't live in yesterday, don't live in tomorrow. Enjoy this moment. 571 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,919 Speaker 5: If you'll live each day like it could be your last, 572 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 5: you won't have any ordinary days. 573 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 4: Every day will be special. 574 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:43,440 Speaker 5: When you go to sleep at night, you will have 575 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:46,840 Speaker 5: no regrets. You'll lie down in peace knowing that you 576 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 5: made that day a masterpiece. 577 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 4: Do you receive it? I believe you do. 578 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:56,000 Speaker 5: Do. We never like to close our broadcast without giving 579 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:57,200 Speaker 5: you an opportunity to. 580 00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,000 Speaker 4: Make Jesus the lord of your life. 581 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:03,320 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 582 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:08,040 Speaker 5: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 583 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 5: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that 584 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 5: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 585 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,640 Speaker 5: a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. He's 586 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 5: going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 587 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the joel OUs Deine podcast. 588 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:26,560 Speaker 6: Help us continue to share the message of hope with 589 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 6: those all over the world. Visit Joeloustine dot com slash 590 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:32,719 Speaker 6: give hope to give a gift today. 591 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,480 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. 592 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 5: I hope you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest podcast. 593 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:43,240 Speaker 4: To keep you inspired all through the week. We're praying 594 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 4: for you. I know God's best is still ahead. We'll 595 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:46,800 Speaker 4: see you next time.