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It's a joy that 42 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 3: come into your home each week. We come with good news. 43 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 3: I know God rewards the people that seek after Him, 44 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 3: and I believe that's you, or you wouldn't be tuned 45 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 3: in today, So thanks for being letting us be a 46 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 3: part of this next thirty minutes. And if you're ever 47 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 3: in our area, I hope you'll come by and be 48 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 3: a part of one of our services. I promise you 49 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 3: this will make you feel right at home. But thanks 50 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 3: so much for tuning in today. And I like to 51 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 3: get started each week with something kind of funny. And 52 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 3: I heard about this pastor. He was out in the 53 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 3: lobby after the service, greeting people, and he saw this 54 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 3: man that he hadn't seen in a long time, and 55 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 3: he pulled him aside and he said, sir, you need 56 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 3: to join the Army of the Lord. The man said, 57 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 3: what are you talking about. I am in the Army 58 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 3: of the Lord. And the pastor said, well, how come 59 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 3: I only see you on Christmas and at Easter. And 60 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 3: he whispered back, I'm in the Secret Service. Come on, 61 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 3: hold your bibles up and say it like you mean it. 62 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,919 Speaker 3: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 63 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 3: I have what it says I have. I can do 64 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 3: what it says I can do. Today I will be 65 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 3: told the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 66 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 3: is alert, my heart is receptive, I will never be 67 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 3: the same. I am about to receive the incorruptible, indestructible, 68 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 3: ever living seed of the Word of God. I'll never 69 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:21,799 Speaker 3: be the same, never, never, never, I'll never be the same. 70 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 3: In Jesus's name, God bless you. I want to talk 71 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 3: to you today about being excited about your life and 72 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 3: not taken for granted what God has done for you. 73 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 3: Too many people have lost their passion for life. They've 74 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 3: lost their enthusiasm. At one time they were excited about 75 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 3: their dreams. They got up every day with purpose, with passion. 76 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 3: But now because of the time that's passed, disappointments and 77 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 3: the pressures of life, they're not excited about them anymore. 78 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 3: They've lost their fire. Or maybe at one time you 79 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:00,040 Speaker 3: are excited about that person that you're married to. You 80 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 3: are so in love and so passionate, but now that 81 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 3: relationship has become stale. You're just going through the motions 82 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 3: of life, getting up, going to work, coming home. But 83 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 3: God does not want us to live that way. We 84 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 3: should get up every day with enthusiasm, excited about that day. 85 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 3: We should be grateful that we're alive, grateful for the 86 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:26,039 Speaker 3: opportunities in front of us, grateful for the people in 87 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 3: our lives. And the truth is most of life is 88 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:34,279 Speaker 3: very routine, and anything can become stagnant if we allow 89 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 3: it to. You can have the most exciting job in 90 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 3: the world, but if you let it, it can become boring. 91 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 3: Or you can be married to the finest, most loving, 92 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 3: caring person around, but if you don't cultivate that marriage 93 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:51,159 Speaker 3: and put something into it over time, it's going to 94 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 3: get stagnant. We have to work at it. If we're 95 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 3: going to stay fresh. Doesn't automatically happen. I believe every 96 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 3: day we need to stir oursel elves up. The apostle. 97 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 3: Paul told Timothy, fan your flame. He was saying, Timothy, 98 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 3: don't let your fire go out. Stay passionate about your life, 99 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 3: Stay enthusiastic about your dreams. And you may be here 100 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 3: today and you don't feel very enthusiastic. Maybe in the 101 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:22,119 Speaker 3: natural you don't have any reason to be excited about 102 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,839 Speaker 3: your life. But my word to you is, fan your flame, 103 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 3: don't let your fire go out. Keep your hope alive. 104 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 3: Some of you have just a little flicker in there. 105 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 3: That fire is barely making it. You're about to give 106 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:38,040 Speaker 3: up on one of your dreams, or maybe in that 107 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 3: relationship you're not very excited about it anymore. But the 108 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 3: good news is the fire is still in there. Now 109 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 3: you got to do your part and fan your flame. 110 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 3: That means, instead of dragging around finding every reason you 111 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 3: can to be unhappy, you got to change your focus. 112 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 3: Quit looking at what's wrong in your life, and start 113 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 3: being grateful for what's right in your life. Your attitude 114 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,039 Speaker 3: should be I am not going to live my life 115 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:07,040 Speaker 3: defeated and depressed. All my dreams may not have come 116 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:09,719 Speaker 3: to pass. I may have some obstacles in my path, 117 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:12,719 Speaker 3: but I know God is still in control. I know 118 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 3: He's got great things in store for me. So I'm 119 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 3: gonna get up each day excited about my life. And 120 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 3: I realize everything may not be perfect in your life, 121 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 3: but if you don't learn to be happy where you are, 122 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:27,839 Speaker 3: you will never get to where you want to be. 123 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 3: You may not have the perfect job, but you should 124 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:33,600 Speaker 3: thank God at least you have a job. Some people 125 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 3: would love to have your job. Why don't you fan 126 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 3: your flame? Why don't you go to work this week 127 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 3: with a new enthusiasm. Don't drag in there with a 128 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 3: long face, waste half the day playing on the internet. 129 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:51,159 Speaker 3: Now give your employer one hundred percent. Do it with 130 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 3: all your heart to the best of your ability. Stay 131 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 3: passionate about your work. Everybody else may be goofing off, 132 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 3: everybody else may have a our attitude. But let me 133 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 3: tell you, you're not everybody else. You're a child of 134 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 3: the most High God. And I'm asking you to not 135 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 3: be a part of the problem, be a part of 136 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 3: the solution. Do you know enthusiasm is contagious. If you'll 137 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 3: go in there with a smile on your face, full 138 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 3: of life, full of joy, full of victory, before long 139 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 3: you'll rub off on others, and that whole place will 140 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 3: come up to a higher level, all because of you. 141 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 3: You gotta let your light shine. And the scripture says 142 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 3: there in Romans twelve, verse eleven, to never lag in zeal, 143 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 3: but be a glow and on fire, serving the Lord. 144 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 3: My question to you today is are you on fire? 145 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 3: Are you a glow? Do you get up each morning? 146 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 3: One lady? Is do you get up each morning? Do 147 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 3: you get up each morning passionate about your dreams? Are 148 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 3: you grateful for the place that God's given you to live? 149 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 2: Oh? 150 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 3: No, Joel, I'm in this tiny apartment. I can't stand it. 151 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 3: I want a bigger house. No, you've got to learn 152 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 3: to be happy right where you are, understand it. Dishonors 153 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 3: God for us to go around complaining and thinking about 154 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 3: everything that's wrong in our life. You may not be 155 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 3: living in your dream house, but at least you should 156 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 3: thank God. You've got a roof over your head. Thank 157 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 3: God you're not out there in the cold. He says, 158 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 3: you're all my husband. We don't have anything in common, 159 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 3: we don't get along anymore. No, he may not be 160 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 3: the perfect husband, but why don't you thank God? At 161 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 3: least you have somebody to love. Do you know how 162 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 3: many people are lonely today? Ladies, you may not believe this, 163 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 3: but some lady would love to have you a husband. Now. 164 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:40,559 Speaker 3: I know some of you are thinking, can I give 165 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 3: you a number? Be grateful for that man, Be grateful 166 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 3: for that woman. We need to recognize every day is 167 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:53,559 Speaker 3: a gift from God. We may not even be here tomorrow. 168 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 3: What a shame to live this day, negative and defeated. 169 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 3: And the truth is, we all have obstacles in our path, 170 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 3: we all have challenges to overcome, but our attitude should 171 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:06,679 Speaker 3: be thank God. I'm alive. Thank God, I've got here 172 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 3: to breathe. Thank God, I've got a great country to 173 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 3: live in. Thank God, I've got family. Thank God, I've 174 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 3: got an opportunity. I'm going to make the most of 175 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:18,080 Speaker 3: this day. I'm gonna give it my very very best. Well, Joel, 176 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 3: I would do that, but I just found out I 177 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 3: have to work late next week. I have to mow 178 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 3: my lawn when I get home. I got to take 179 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 3: care of these kids all day. Let me tell you 180 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 3: don't have to do anything. You get to do it. 181 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 3: God is the one that's given you your breath. You 182 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 3: couldn't mow that lawn if God didn't give you the strength, 183 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 3: you wouldn't be able to work late next week, if 184 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:40,719 Speaker 3: God hadn't opened up that door of opportunity. You need 185 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 3: to change your perspective. Don't do things out of obligation, 186 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 3: because you have to do it with a good attitude. 187 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,199 Speaker 3: In other words, I don't have to go to work today. 188 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 3: I get to go to work. I don't have to 189 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 3: take care of these children. They're a blessing. I get 190 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 3: to take care of it. I don't have to give. 191 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:59,959 Speaker 3: I get to give. See the scripture says in Isaiah 192 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 3: one nineteen. When we are willing and obedient, we will 193 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 3: eat the good of the land. And it's one thing 194 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:10,559 Speaker 3: to be obedient. That's good, that's better than not doing it. 195 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:14,439 Speaker 3: But if you want to really experience God's best, you've 196 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 3: got to be more than obedient. You've got to be willing. 197 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 3: You've got to do it with the right attitude. It's 198 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,679 Speaker 3: one thing to give because you have to. It's another 199 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 3: thing to give because you want to. It's one thing 200 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:27,959 Speaker 3: to go to work to pick up a paycheck. It's 201 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 3: another thing to go to work to be a blessing 202 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 3: to somebody else. It's one thing to stay married to 203 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 3: that person because it's the right thing to do. People 204 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 3: may look down on you if you don't, but it's 205 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 3: another thing to stay married to that person and to 206 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 3: treat them with respect and honor and help them reach 207 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 3: a higher level. That's being willing and obedient. And when 208 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 3: you do that, there's no limit to what God will 209 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 3: do in your life. And it's so important that we 210 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 3: get beyond just being obedient. That's easy. Anybody can do that. 211 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:00,960 Speaker 3: Let's take the next step and let's be willing. Let's 212 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:04,079 Speaker 3: do it with a good attitude. I read an interesting 213 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 3: article a while back and talked about how most children 214 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 3: are born with enthusiasm. They're excited, they're happy, they have 215 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:16,199 Speaker 3: a real zeal for life. But this study showed by 216 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 3: the time the average child reaches ten years of age, 217 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 3: the enthusiasm starts to fade and our children begin to 218 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 3: take on a negative bent toward life. Now, I believe 219 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 3: in the same way, God has put enthusiasm on the 220 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:32,320 Speaker 3: inside of each one of us. But if we're going 221 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,840 Speaker 3: to keep it, we have to work on it on 222 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,959 Speaker 3: a daily basis. We have to straight up. And as 223 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 3: I said, too often we allowed disappointments and stress and 224 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 3: pressures and just the time that's passed before long, that's 225 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 3: just dragging us down, and we're not even passionate about 226 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 3: our lives anymore. And many times the root cause is 227 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 3: we are focused on the wrong things. We are looking 228 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 3: at what we don't have instead of what we do have. 229 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 3: And I heard about this man. He was very and 230 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:03,680 Speaker 3: discouraged and went to see his minister and he said, 231 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 3: nothing's going right in my life. I don't have any 232 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 3: reason to be excited. The minister said, all right, let's 233 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 3: just do a little exercise and he got out this 234 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 3: legal pad and he drew a line right down the center, 235 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 3: and he said, on this left side, we're gonna list 236 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 3: all of the good things in your life, everything that's 237 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:23,840 Speaker 3: going right. And on this other side, we're gonna list 238 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 3: all your problems and all these things that are bothering you. 239 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:29,320 Speaker 3: And the man kind of chuckled. He said, well, I'm 240 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:31,559 Speaker 3: not gonna have anything to put on the asset side. 241 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 3: The minister said fine, let's just go through the exercise. 242 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 3: And the man put his head down and the minister said, 243 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:41,839 Speaker 3: I'm so sorry to hear that your wife passed away. 244 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:44,760 Speaker 3: That men jumped back. He said, what are you talking about. 245 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 3: My wife didn't pass away. She's alive and healthy. He said, oh, 246 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 3: and he wrote down on the asset side, has a 247 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 3: wife alive and healthy. Then he said, I'm so sorry 248 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 3: to hear that your house burned down. He said, my 249 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 3: house didn't burn down. I got a beautiful He said, oh, 250 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 3: he wrote down, has a beautiful house. Then he said, 251 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 3: I'm really sad to hear that you lost your job 252 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 3: got laid off. The man said, where are you getting 253 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 3: all this nonsense. I've got a great job. Wrote it down, 254 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 3: has a great job. About that time the man caught on. 255 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 3: He said, give me that list, and he took it 256 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:19,959 Speaker 3: and he wrote down a couple dozen more good things 257 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 3: in his life. By the time he got finished, he 258 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 3: went out of there with a different attitude. You see, 259 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:29,679 Speaker 3: he just had to change his perspective. It's so easy 260 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 3: to get focused on what's wrong, it's so easy to 261 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 3: take for granted what's right. But you noticed when he 262 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 3: began to focus on the good, that's when he got 263 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 3: his enthusiasm back. That's when he got his passion back. 264 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 3: And if you struggle with staying excited about your life, 265 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 3: if you struggle with staying passionate, you too need to 266 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:50,439 Speaker 3: make a list of all the things that you had 267 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 3: to be grateful for, all the things God's blessed you with. 268 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:56,319 Speaker 3: If you have your health, write it down, I'm healthy. 269 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 3: If you can see, write it down, I can see. 270 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 3: If you're good looking life, write it down, I'm good looking. 271 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:05,680 Speaker 3: If you got a job, I've got a job. I've 272 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 3: got family, I've got friends, I've got children. Make that list, 273 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 3: and then every day before you leave the house, you 274 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 3: need to go over it two or three times. You've 275 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 3: got to get your mind to go in the right direction. 276 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 3: Your life is going to follow your faults, and at 277 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 3: the first of the day you have to set the 278 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 3: tone for the whole day. If you can just go 279 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 3: out with a grateful attitude, in a positive frame of mind, 280 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:32,880 Speaker 3: you'll not only feel better, but you're gonna draw in 281 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 3: the good things of God. We attract what we continually 282 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 3: think about. If you get up thinking, man, life's a drag. 283 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 3: Nothing good ever happens to me. I know my marriage 284 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 3: isn't gonna last. When you do that, you're gonna attract 285 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 3: a defeat, failure, mediocrity. But if you can just learn 286 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 3: to turn it around and go out with the grateful 287 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 3: attitude thinking about how blessed you are and how good 288 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 3: God's been to you, then you're gonna draw in the 289 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 3: goodness of God. But I think about how many times 290 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 3: we lie in bed in the morning and we think, man, 291 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 3: I don't want to go to work today. I've got 292 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 3: so many problems. I'm sick and tired of cleaning this house. Listen, 293 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 3: you just paved the way to have a lousy day. 294 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 3: You just paved the way for defeat. Now, when those 295 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 3: old negative, discouraging thoughts come, you got to learn to 296 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 3: turn it around. Get your list out, go over it. 297 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 3: I'm alive, I'm healthy, I've got a wife, I've got children, 298 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 3: I've got so many good things. See, you got to 299 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 3: fan your flame, keep your mind going in the right direction. Now, 300 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 3: I would encourage you put that list up on your 301 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 3: bathroom mirror or somewhere you can see it all through 302 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 3: the day, again and again. That'll help you to stay 303 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 3: excited about your life. Now, another thing that's important to 304 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 3: keep in front of us is our goals. Some people 305 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 3: have lost their passion for life simply because they're not 306 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 3: pursuing anything. But understand, God created us to always be 307 00:15:56,320 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 3: reaching for something. You need something to be striving toward. 308 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 3: If you get up in the morning with no motivation, 309 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 3: no dreams, no goals, then you're certainly going to become stagnant. 310 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 3: It may be a goal to finish school, or to 311 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 3: be a better parent, or to increase in your career. 312 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 3: But we should always have something in front of us. 313 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 3: We should always be growing, and really we never arrive. 314 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 3: Even after we accomplish one goal, we should immediately set 315 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 3: another goal. And the whole reason some of you are 316 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 3: not enthusiastic about your life is you don't have anything 317 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:33,760 Speaker 3: in front of you, and it may be because you 318 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 3: don't feel well, or you're having a problem in your 319 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 3: marriage or your finances, but please don't let those things 320 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 3: keep you from dreaming a dream. If you're not healthy, 321 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 3: have a dream to get healthy. If you're in debt, 322 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 3: have a dreamy I'm going to get out of debt 323 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 3: and then get up each day knowing that you're pressing 324 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 3: towards something. Well, you say, Joel, I'm retired. I'm just 325 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 3: kicked back, taking it easy. No, even you need to 326 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 3: have something in front of you. What I'm saying is 327 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 3: it is not healthy to not have something to pursue 328 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:06,439 Speaker 3: every day. I'll never forget. Years ago, my father and 329 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 3: I met Jacques Cousteau. He was that famous underwater explorer 330 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 3: and he did all that research on life under the sea. 331 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 3: Daddy and I were on a flight down to the 332 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:19,200 Speaker 3: Amazon Jungle. Mister Cousteau was on there, and we got 333 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:22,119 Speaker 3: to talk him. He was an older gentleman at that time, 334 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 3: probably in his early eighties, and what made such an 335 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 3: impression on me was how passionate he was about his life. 336 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:32,439 Speaker 3: He got to telling us about this new project he 337 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 3: was working on. He explained it in great detail, went 338 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,639 Speaker 3: on and on, and just as we were about to leave, 339 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 3: he told us about his ten year plan and all 340 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 3: that he had hoped to accomplish. I thought, men, most people, 341 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 3: especially his age, they're not thinking a week or two 342 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 3: out here. He's thinking ten years down the road. And 343 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 3: really that's one of the things that helps us to 344 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 3: get up each day with enthusiasm. You may not have 345 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 3: something that exciting, but God has put some in your heart. 346 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:04,120 Speaker 3: And if your assignment right now is to raise your children, 347 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:08,160 Speaker 3: do it with passion, do it with enthusiasm. And maybe 348 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 3: you have a dream to start a business, a dream 349 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 3: to own your own home, a dream to be in 350 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 3: the ministry. Keep it in front of you. The Scripture 351 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 3: says in Proverbs, where there's no vision, the people perish. 352 00:18:20,359 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 3: We need something to always be striving toward. I think 353 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 3: about my dad. He kept a globe everywhere he worked. 354 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:29,960 Speaker 3: At his chair at home where he studied, he had 355 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 3: one there on his desk. At the office, he had 356 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:36,360 Speaker 3: a globe there. Daddy's passion was to share God's love 357 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 3: all over the world, and that globe reminded him of that. 358 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 3: And even later in my father's life. When he had 359 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:46,679 Speaker 3: to go on dialysis, he asked us to check to 360 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 3: see if they could do dialysis over in India. That's 361 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 3: where his heart was. And although Daddy never made it 362 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:56,680 Speaker 3: back to India once he started dialysis, noticed that didn't 363 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 3: keep him from dreaming. In fact, that was one of 364 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 3: the very things that helped him to get up every 365 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:06,199 Speaker 3: day with enthusiasm in spite of his adversity. Some of 366 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 3: you today, like my father, You've got big challenges in 367 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 3: your path, but don't fall into that trap of giving 368 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:14,359 Speaker 3: up on your dreams. Keep something in front of you. 369 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:17,960 Speaker 3: God still has something for you to do. And if 370 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,679 Speaker 3: you make the mistake of dwelling on the wrong things 371 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:23,879 Speaker 3: and letting your mind wander, before long you'll be planning 372 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 3: your own funeral. And that's exactly what the enemy wants 373 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:30,359 Speaker 3: you to do. Now, I'm challenging you, no matter what 374 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:33,680 Speaker 3: it looks like in the natural, keep your dreams alive. 375 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 3: You may be a mother raising small children and you're 376 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 3: facing serious illness. You need to keep a picture of 377 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,119 Speaker 3: your children in front of you. You should get up 378 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 3: every day and say I'm going to be here to 379 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 3: raise my children. I'm going to live and not die. 380 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 3: Or maybe you're struggling financially, but you have a dream 381 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:52,159 Speaker 3: of owning your own home. Well, I challenge you to 382 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 3: keep that dream alive. Put a picture up of the 383 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 3: home you would like to have, keep it in front 384 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 3: of you. You need something to be st war. Another 385 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:05,359 Speaker 3: reason we tend to lose our enthusiasm is because we 386 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:09,920 Speaker 3: let what once was a miracle become too common to us. 387 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 3: We get used to it, it becomes routine and it 388 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 3: doesn't excite us anymore. For instance, maybe at one time 389 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:22,000 Speaker 3: you were excited about your job. You prayed and believed, 390 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 3: and you know, God opened up that door. God supernaturally 391 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 3: gave you that position. You couldn't wait to get to 392 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:30,879 Speaker 3: work every morning. You got there and gave it one 393 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 3: hundred percent. But now a few years later, the newness 394 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:38,199 Speaker 3: has worn off. It's become kind of routine, and you 395 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 3: don't really like going to work anymore, and you're kind 396 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 3: of down and discouraged. You know what's happened. You've let 397 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 3: your miracle become too common. You need to go back 398 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 3: and remember how God brought you to where you are. 399 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,920 Speaker 3: You need to fan your flame. And I'm not saying 400 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:56,160 Speaker 3: that we never want to move on. But too many 401 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:59,200 Speaker 3: times we are taking things for granted that we should 402 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:02,400 Speaker 3: still be excited. It about I know a friend of mine. 403 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 3: One time he complained and complained about his job. He 404 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:09,160 Speaker 3: told me how they weren't treating him right, he wasn't 405 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:12,399 Speaker 3: being paid enough money, he couldn't stand his boss. On 406 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 3: and on it went, and one day, the most interesting 407 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:19,359 Speaker 3: thing happened. The company announced that they were going to 408 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 3: downsize and lay off about half of the employees. And 409 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:25,120 Speaker 3: it looked like he was going to get laid off, 410 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 3: and do you know, all of a sudden, he really 411 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 3: started liking his job. It's amazing how that can change us. 412 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:35,679 Speaker 3: And fortunately, right at the last they decided to keep him. 413 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:37,720 Speaker 3: And you would have thought he just won the lottery. 414 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:39,879 Speaker 3: He wanted to go in there and kiss his boss 415 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 3: on the cheek. And it's interesting how things like that 416 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 3: can change our perspective. And you may be a little 417 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:48,639 Speaker 3: more excited about your job if you could just realize 418 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 3: you may not always have it. Or maybe you would 419 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:55,400 Speaker 3: be more excited about that person that you married, if 420 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:58,879 Speaker 3: you just realize they may not always be here. And 421 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:01,720 Speaker 3: some of you have allowed your marriage to get stale 422 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:05,639 Speaker 3: and stagnant. At one time, you were so excited you 423 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:08,880 Speaker 3: couldn't keep your eyes off that other person. But now 424 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 3: over the years, you've allowed yourselves to grow apart. You 425 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:16,199 Speaker 3: don't enjoy each other like you should. You don't have 426 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 3: time for hugs and kisses and compliments, too busy to 427 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 3: talk at night, might miss your favorite TV program. No, 428 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 3: don't take that other person for granted. You need to 429 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:29,359 Speaker 3: get the spark back that brought you together in the 430 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 3: first place. And I found you're going to get out 431 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:35,639 Speaker 3: of your marriage what you put into it. You cannot 432 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,160 Speaker 3: sit around and wait for that other person to change. 433 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 3: You have to change. Bring some freshness to your marriage. 434 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:47,360 Speaker 3: Get out of your normal routine, do something different. Variety 435 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,959 Speaker 3: will help that relationship to not get stale. And I 436 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:53,720 Speaker 3: know I'm a very routine person and I have to 437 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 3: make myself on purpose get out of my normal routine. 438 00:22:57,520 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 3: Victoria and I have a date night every Friday night. 439 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:02,879 Speaker 3: We usually go out to eat, but a couple weeks 440 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 3: ago we went and rode go carts. Thank god, I'm 441 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 3: still alive. A few weeks back, we took our bikes 442 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:10,919 Speaker 3: down to the park and just rode them around. But 443 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,639 Speaker 3: you got to do something to bring some freshness and 444 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 3: some of you. If you don't make these simple changes, 445 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 3: that relationship is not going to last. You need to 446 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 3: get that fire back for each other. Don't lose that 447 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 3: enthusiasm for the other person. Don't let that miracle that 448 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 3: person God has brought into your life become so common 449 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 3: that you just take it for granted and they don't 450 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,240 Speaker 3: excite you anymore. Or I don't know. Maybe at one 451 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:39,240 Speaker 3: time you were excited about that house God's given you. 452 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:41,679 Speaker 3: You prayed, you believe, and you know God opened up 453 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:44,200 Speaker 3: the door. But now you think, man, I gotta clean 454 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:47,680 Speaker 3: this place, and my gutter's messed up, my dishwasher quit working. 455 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:50,439 Speaker 3: Taxes are so high. No, you were focused on the 456 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 3: wrong things. God blessed you with that house, no doubt. 457 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 3: At one time it was a dream come true. And 458 00:23:57,119 --> 00:24:00,160 Speaker 3: we should never lose the amazement of what God God 459 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:03,879 Speaker 3: has done. Every time I drive by this building, I'm amazed. 460 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 3: I made up my mind. Twenty years from now, I'm 461 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:09,280 Speaker 3: still going to be amazed. I say, God, You've done 462 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 3: more than we could even ask or think. See God 463 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:16,359 Speaker 3: told the people in the Book of Revelation, I'm not 464 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 3: happy with you because you've lost your first love. In 465 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 3: other words, you're not excited about what I've done for you. 466 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 3: And too often we do the same thing. We let 467 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:30,679 Speaker 3: something that was so great at one time become so 468 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 3: routine that we really don't appreciate it like we should. 469 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,880 Speaker 3: I heard this reporter ask a famous heart surgeon how 470 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 3: he kept his excitement. This man had developed a certain procedure, 471 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 3: and he had performed it over ten thousand times, and 472 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:49,200 Speaker 3: by now it was so routine and so ordinary. They said, 473 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:51,359 Speaker 3: do you ever get tired of doing it? And I 474 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 3: loved his answer. He said, no, it's because I act 475 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:59,359 Speaker 3: like every operation is my very first one. He was saying, 476 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 3: I don't take granted what God's allowed me to do. 477 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 3: I don't let it become so common that it doesn't 478 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 3: excite me anymore. And many of you today, like me. 479 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,440 Speaker 3: You can say that God's done great things in your life. 480 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 3: He's taken you further than you could dream. He's brought 481 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 3: great people into your life. He's opened up great doors. 482 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 3: And I'm challenging you to not get so used to 483 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:26,359 Speaker 3: that that it doesn't excite you anymore. Don't let the 484 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:30,119 Speaker 3: fact that it's now routine keep you from being passionate 485 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:34,479 Speaker 3: and living every day with enthusiasm. Now, sometimes I hear 486 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:39,000 Speaker 3: people complain about their children. Well, I'd be more enthusiastic, Joel, 487 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,200 Speaker 3: if I didn't have to stay here and take care 488 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 3: of my children all day, I'd be excited if I 489 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 3: was a famous heart surgeon. I know you're missing the point. 490 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 3: Do you know your children are a miracle? Think back 491 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,080 Speaker 3: to the day they were born, No doubt you had 492 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:56,119 Speaker 3: tears running down in your cheeks. You were so overjoyed. 493 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 3: You knew that was a gift from God. Don't let 494 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 3: that becomes so calmon that you just take it for 495 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 3: granted and it doesn't excite you. I know the other day, 496 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 3: I was in a hurry to leave the house, and 497 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 3: I was trying to get everybody rounded up, and somebody 498 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,199 Speaker 3: had given us a label maker, a little machine that 499 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 3: prints out labels, and my children loved to play with that. 500 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 3: And our ten year old son, Jonathan, he had it 501 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 3: out and he was typing a message, and I said, Jonathan, 502 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 3: you got to put that thing away. We got to 503 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 3: go right now. He said, Daddy, just give me a 504 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,120 Speaker 3: few more seconds. I want to finish this up. I said, no, Jonathan, 505 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:28,960 Speaker 3: put it up, we got to go, and we're kind 506 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 3: of going back and forth, and I was getting all 507 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 3: up tight. Finally he got finished and printed it out 508 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:38,080 Speaker 3: and it said best Daddy in the world. And I thought, 509 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 3: we can stay here a little longer and print a 510 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 3: few more of those out. But sometimes we can get 511 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,639 Speaker 3: so caught up in our plans, and in such a hurry, 512 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:51,359 Speaker 3: we missed the miracles all along the way. Take time 513 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 3: for your children. Look in their eyes every day and 514 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 3: tell them how much you love them, how proud you 515 00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:59,919 Speaker 3: are of them. Think of the joy and the fullfill 516 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 3: they bring you. That alan should be enough to cause 517 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 3: us to get up each day with enthusiasm. And when 518 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:09,440 Speaker 3: you're tired, you're cleaning up after them, cooking them dinner. 519 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:11,639 Speaker 3: And you attempted to have a bad attitude, Learn to 520 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,680 Speaker 3: turn it around. Say Father, thank you for these children, 521 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:18,120 Speaker 3: Thank you for this gift that you've given me. See, 522 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 3: I believe there are miracles all around us, the people 523 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 3: in your life, the doors God has opened. Every one 524 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,080 Speaker 3: of you can look back and see things that have 525 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:30,879 Speaker 3: happened along the way. And it had to be the 526 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:34,280 Speaker 3: hand of God. It had to be God's favor that 527 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 3: caused you to be at the right place at the 528 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,000 Speaker 3: right time. All of a sudden, you met someone and 529 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,960 Speaker 3: fell in love. Are you qualified for that home and 530 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:46,080 Speaker 3: you shouldn't have Or you got that promotion unexpectedly, that's 531 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:50,240 Speaker 3: not a coincidence. That was God directing your steps. Don't 532 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:53,960 Speaker 3: take it for granted. Don't let it becomes so common 533 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:59,600 Speaker 3: that it doesn't excite you anymore. Fan your flame, stir 534 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 3: your elf up. Make a decision that you're going to 535 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:06,359 Speaker 3: live every day with enthusiasm. Get up in the morning 536 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:08,679 Speaker 3: and think about all the things you have to be 537 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 3: grateful for. If you need to make that list, keep 538 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 3: it in front of you, and then go out each 539 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 3: day pressing towards your God given dreams. Now, I can 540 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:21,200 Speaker 3: tell you this, If you'll stay on fire and a glow, 541 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 3: if you'll never lag in zeal, God will take your 542 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 3: places that you've never dreamed of. He'll pour out his 543 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:29,680 Speaker 3: blessings in favor, and you'll live that life of victory 544 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 3: he has in store. Amen, do you receive it today? 545 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 3: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 546 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:40,600 Speaker 3: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 547 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,760 Speaker 3: Would you pray with me? Just say it, Lord, Jesus, 548 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:49,520 Speaker 3: I'll repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 549 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:53,440 Speaker 3: make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 550 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 3: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 551 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 3: in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place 552 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,360 Speaker 3: He's going to take. 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