1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jolan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. We 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 1: believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, 4 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: and favor filled. God bless you today and enjoy the message. Well, 5 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:18,320 Speaker 1: God bless you. It's a joy to come into your homes. 6 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: We thank you for letting us spend this next half 7 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: hour or so with you. And if you're ever in 8 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 1: the Houston area, stop buying see us. We'd love to 9 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: have you be a part of one of our services. 10 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 1: I tell you often, but these are the finest people 11 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: in all of Houston right here at La Quist So 12 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: come out whenever you can. But God bless you. I 13 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: like to get started each week with something kind of funny, 14 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 1: and I heard about this kindergarten teacher. She was walking 15 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: around her classroom as her students drew pictures. She noticed 16 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: this one little girl drawing so intently she asked her 17 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 1: what she was drawing. The little girl said she was 18 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: drawing a picture of God, and the teacher kind of laughed. 19 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: She said, oh, honey, nobody really knows what God looks like. 20 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: The little girl, without missing a beach, said they will 21 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: in a minute. All right, hold your bibles out, say 22 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 1: it like you mean it today. This is my Bible. 23 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what 24 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 25 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 26 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:19,760 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 27 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. I 28 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 1: am about to receive the incorruptible, indestructible, ever living seed 29 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: of the Word of God. I'll never be the same, never, never, never, 30 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: I'll never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 31 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about staying full 32 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: of joy and learning how to keep the song that 33 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: God's put in your heart. If there's one thing our 34 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: society needs more of, it's joy. Too many people go 35 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: around negative and discouraged. They allowed their problems and their 36 00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:00,559 Speaker 1: circumstances to weigh them down. They end up living out, 37 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 1: dragging through the day, not really excited about their life. 38 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: I've had people tell me, Joel, I've got too many 39 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: problems to enjoy life, or the reason I'm not happy. 40 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: The reason I'm discouraged is because I have all these 41 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: things coming against me. But the fact is God has 42 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: put a well of joy on the inside of each 43 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: one of us, and our circumstances may be negative, things 44 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:27,079 Speaker 1: may not be going our way. But if we can 45 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: just learn how to tap into this joy, we're going 46 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: to be happy. We're going to live with enthusiasm in 47 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: spite of what comes against us. And one of the 48 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 1: keys is found in Ephesians five eighteen. It says, be 49 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: ever filled with the spirit. Notice you don't just get 50 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 1: filled one time and then you're done. It says be 51 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 1: ever filled. This means on a continual basis, we have 52 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:56,079 Speaker 1: to keep filling ourselves up. How do we do this? 53 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: The next verse tells us by speaking to yourself in psalms, 54 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 1: in hymns, by making melody in your heart, and by 55 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 1: being grateful. In other words, the way to stay full, 56 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:13,359 Speaker 1: the way to overcome the pressures of life, is by 57 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: keeping a song of praise in your heart, and all 58 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 1: through the day on the inside, we should be singing. 59 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: It may just be a grateful attitude in our thoughts 60 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: we're thinking about God's goodness, or maybe we go around 61 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 1: humming a tune to a song. Maybe it's something as 62 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: simple as you whistle while you work, but throughout the 63 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: day you're making melody in your heart. Under your breath, 64 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: you're saying, Lord, thank you for this day. God, thank 65 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: you that I'm alive, thank You that I'm healthy. When 66 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 1: you do that, you're filling yourself up on the inside. 67 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: Something is happening. God is replenishing your strength. He's replenishing 68 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 1: your joy, replenishing your peace, all these things that the 69 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 1: day is trying to take out out of us, the stress, 70 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: the pressures, the disappointments. Because we have that song of praise, 71 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 1: we're filling up faster than what's going out. That's how 72 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: we stay full of the spirit. But here's where we 73 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: miss it. You don't just do it. One time when 74 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:18,039 Speaker 1: Joel I went to church on Sunday, I got filled up. 75 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 1: I read my Bible before I went to work. No, 76 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: this is an ongoing process. To be ever filled means 77 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: we have to get in a habit of doing this 78 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 1: throughout the day. It's kind of like a balloon. If 79 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: your child has ever gotten one for their birthday. The 80 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: first couple of days, it's bright and beautiful, flies high 81 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:40,719 Speaker 1: at the end of that string if you let it 82 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,159 Speaker 1: go and take off into the air. But In a 83 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,599 Speaker 1: couple of days, it starts to sink down. It's a 84 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: little smaller, a little weaker. Day after day, sinks lower 85 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: and lower. Finally a week or two, it's lying on 86 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 1: the floor, totally deflated, lost all of its life, all 87 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,159 Speaker 1: of its energy. And really, all you'd have to do 88 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 1: to give that balloon the fresh news art is to 89 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: fill it back full of healium, feel it back full 90 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 1: of air. If you do that on a regular basis, 91 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: it lasts month after month. It just needed to be replenished. 92 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 1: It's the same way with us all through the day. 93 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:18,040 Speaker 1: The fact is we leak. In other words, life happens. 94 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 1: You get stuck in traffic, a little air goes out, 95 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: you find out you didn't get the contract you're hoping for, 96 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: a little more get home, your child's not feeling well. 97 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 1: Got to deal with that dog got into the trash. 98 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: Gotta clean that out. Little more air. The only way 99 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: to stay full, the only way to keep your joy 100 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,280 Speaker 1: and keep your peace is to have this song of 101 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: praise in your heart. And I'm not saying that you 102 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: have to burst out and singing. I'm talking about in 103 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: your thoughts. You're grateful under your breath, throughout the day. 104 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: You're thanking God for all he's done. When you're mowing 105 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:55,119 Speaker 1: the lawn, instead of complaining, you're whistling a tune doing 106 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 1: the dishes. You've got some good praise music on in 107 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: the background. You're humming along with it. What's happening. You're 108 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: making melody in your heart. When you do that, you're 109 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:08,799 Speaker 1: keeping yourself filled up. I think about my father. Everywhere 110 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 1: he went, he was either under his breath singing or 111 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:16,159 Speaker 1: praying or whistling. When he would whistle, it'd get on 112 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 1: my mother's nerves. She'd say, John, would you quit whistling? 113 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: Can we have some peace around here? He'd say, oh, Dodie, 114 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: I'm just happy. I'm just giving God praise. She'd say, John, 115 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:28,279 Speaker 1: you were whistling the tune to the Andy Griffith Show. 116 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: You are not giving God praise. But really, this is 117 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 1: an attitude. My father was joyful when he was whistling, 118 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: even though many times it was the tune to the 119 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: Andy Griffith Show. In his mind, he was saying God, 120 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: I'm happy, God, I love you God, I'm grateful to 121 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: be alive. He had this song a praise in his heart. 122 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,239 Speaker 1: Doing the dishes, you can stand there at the sink 123 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,600 Speaker 1: and complain nobody appreciates me. All I do is work 124 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 1: around here. Or you can be humming the tune. I 125 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: am a friend of God. It's up to you. Well, 126 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 1: you say, Joel, I'm not really musically inclined. I can't 127 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:08,720 Speaker 1: sing very well. Neither can I. This is an attitude 128 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 1: talking about in our thoughts were grateful humming along with 129 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 1: the song. Any of us can do that, singing in 130 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: the shower, singing driving to work. When you do this, 131 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: you're making melody in your heart. The other day, I 132 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 1: woke up in the middle of the night and I 133 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: could hear myself singing a psalm that I've known since 134 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 1: I was a little boy. You, O Lord, are a 135 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 1: shield under me, the glory and the lifter of my head. 136 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 1: Over and over, not out loud, but right down in here. 137 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,559 Speaker 1: A song of praise was coming out. That was God 138 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: filling me up. And you're driving to work tomorrow, put 139 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: on a good praise CD. Make use of that time 140 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 1: at your house, put on some good music. Pay attention 141 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: to what's going into you. Be aware of what you're 142 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: feeding yourself. Last week I was driving and flipping through 143 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: the radio dial at the same time, and I came 144 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 1: across this station that played oldies. When I turned it on, 145 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 1: the first thing I heard was, You're no good. You're 146 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 1: no good. You're no good, baby, You're no good. I 147 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 1: thought I got enough things to deal with without putting 148 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 1: that junk into me. You talking about leaking. You listen 149 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: to junks like that and you'll be totally deflated. But 150 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 1: that's what a lot of people do today in their thoughts. 151 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: They have no song. They dwell on the negative and 152 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: who hurt them and how much work they have to do, 153 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: and how unfair it is. And then they wonder why 154 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:39,319 Speaker 1: they don't have any energy, why they don't enjoy raising 155 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,599 Speaker 1: their children, why they dread going to work. It's because 156 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 1: they've lost their song. They're not replenishing what's being taken 157 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:49,079 Speaker 1: out of them. And you know as well as I do, 158 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 1: life will drag you down if you allow it. You 159 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 1: got to stay on the offensive and make sure you 160 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 1: have more positive coming out than negative going in. And 161 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:02,960 Speaker 1: it's interesting how little children, even toddlers, you put on 162 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 1: some good music and they come alive. They start rocking, dancing, clapping. 163 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:11,080 Speaker 1: It energizes them. And it's funny you don't have to 164 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: teach them to do that. You don't have to say, hey, 165 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:15,959 Speaker 1: I'm about to turn on the music, get ready to move. No, 166 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 1: it comes naturally to them. It's because God has put 167 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 1: a song in their heart. And in the same way, 168 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 1: God has put rhythm in every one of us. The 169 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 1: problem is, many times we allowed the stress of life 170 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 1: to steal our song. We need to get it back. 171 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 1: And I realize some people have more natural rhythm than others. 172 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 1: We've all heard that saying that white men can't jump. 173 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:44,600 Speaker 1: You might as well add white men can't dance. Some 174 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 1: of you, African American brothers and sisters, you've got more 175 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 1: than your share of rhythm. One of my good friends 176 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:54,560 Speaker 1: is Johnny. I've known him for over thirty years and 177 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:57,959 Speaker 1: we travel together. He's African American. He used to be 178 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: able to jump for he got this extra tire around 179 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: and his waist. I'm just kidding him. Listen. When my 180 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:07,840 Speaker 1: little son, our son Jonathan, was about a year old, 181 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:09,719 Speaker 1: we turned the music on, he'd rock and clap a 182 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 1: little bit. Johnny and Donna's son year all, we turn 183 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 1: the music on, he'd start moonwalking. But seriously, God has 184 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 1: put a song in each one of our hearts. But 185 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: here's the key. Today, it's up to us to keep 186 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:27,080 Speaker 1: it stirred up. We have to stay full of praise. 187 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 1: Too often we allowed the pressures of life to weigh 188 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 1: us down. We had the song when we were children. 189 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 1: We were happy, carefree, excited about life. But over time 190 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 1: we developed these new habits, being sour, dragging through the day, 191 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 1: not really excited about our life. Now, don't ever lose 192 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 1: the child on the inside. The other day, our little daughter, 193 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 1: Alexandra came in early in the morning. She's seven years old. 194 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 1: She was dressed and ready to go to school. So happy, 195 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 1: so enthusiastic. Now I'll never forget it. She smiled real 196 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 1: big and said, Daddy, guess what. I've already sung two songs, 197 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 1: and I've already done two cartwells. And I looked her 198 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 1: in the eyes and said, sweetheart, I love your enthusiasm. 199 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 1: No matter what comes your way, keep singing those songs, 200 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:16,200 Speaker 1: keep turning those cartwells. And I thought, how we never 201 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 1: asked her to sing. She just sings. I can hear 202 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 1: all through the day. It's because God has put a 203 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:26,200 Speaker 1: song in every one of our hearts, and it do 204 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 1: us good. Like her to start the day off making 205 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:32,559 Speaker 1: melody in our hearts unto God. Start the day off 206 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 1: singing that song of praise. That's what I do in 207 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:39,080 Speaker 1: the shower, man, I sound good in there. I don't 208 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 1: know what happens when I come out here, but start 209 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:44,719 Speaker 1: that day off with a song of praise. Even if 210 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: you don't do it out loud, at least do it 211 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 1: on the inside. Some of you do your good to 212 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:53,080 Speaker 1: do a couple of cartwheels as well. Check your insurance 213 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 1: before you do. But you got to get your song back. 214 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: You need to change some of these habits. Quit dwelling 215 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 1: on the negative. Things may not be perfect in your life, 216 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:05,679 Speaker 1: and I say this respectfully, but it could be a 217 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 1: whole lot worse. Why don't you quit dwelling on what's 218 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 1: wrong and start being grateful for what's right all through 219 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,840 Speaker 1: the day. Why don't you start thanking God for his goodness? 220 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: Why don't you start meditating on his promises. If you'll 221 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 1: get your song back, if you'll start making melody in 222 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: your heart unto God, you'll not only enjoy life more, 223 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:29,719 Speaker 1: but you'll see things change in your favor. I think 224 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 1: about my grandmother. She did this this growing up. We 225 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 1: used to go over to their house a lot, and 226 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: every time I saw her, she was humming a tune. 227 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:41,079 Speaker 1: I mean under her breath. You couldn't hear her unless 228 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,560 Speaker 1: you were right next to her. But ironing the clothes, 229 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 1: she was at peace. She had a smile on her face, 230 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,679 Speaker 1: just humming along. And everything she did, doing the dishes, 231 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 1: cooking dinner, traveling with my grandfather, she was constantly making 232 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:58,679 Speaker 1: melody in her heart. Now, I cannot remember one time 233 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 1: that I ever saw my grandmother upset, frustrated, stressed out, worried. 234 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:08,080 Speaker 1: She was one of the most peaceful, joyful persons that 235 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 1: I've ever known. Even when things didn't go her way, 236 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 1: she just kind of laugh at all. Her attitude was, 237 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 1: I'm not going to worry about it. I know that 238 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: everything is going to be all right. One time, my 239 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:23,200 Speaker 1: grandparents came over to our house for Thanksgiving dinner, and 240 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 1: my grandmother forgot the turkey, the main dish. But do 241 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:30,840 Speaker 1: you know it did not ruin her day, it did mine, 242 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 1: not hers. She stayed in peace. She just laughed. Can 243 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:39,320 Speaker 1: you believe I did that? Nothing took her song, No wonder, 244 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 1: she was so happy, no wonder. She lives so long, 245 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 1: so healthy. She was always making melody in her heart 246 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 1: unto God. And I wonder how much more you and 247 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 1: I would enjoy our lives if we'd be a little 248 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 1: bit more like her and not take everything so seriously. 249 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 1: Not let every setback depress us for two weeks. Not 250 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 1: let yet every disappointment cause us to go around and 251 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 1: self pity for a month. No, we just shake that off. 252 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: We keep the song of praise in our heart. Some 253 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 1: of you today, you don't smile as much as you should. 254 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:14,560 Speaker 1: You don't laugh much anymore. You've gotten solemn and serious. 255 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 1: All that is is you've allowed the burdens of life 256 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 1: to weigh you down. You're just enduring your life, not 257 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 1: really enjoying it. You don't have the fire and enthusiasm 258 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 1: you once have. This can all change, but it's a 259 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 1: decision you have to make. You have to start developing 260 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 1: some new habits. Number one, develop a habit of smiling 261 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 1: on purpose. Well, Joel, I don't feel like smiling. I 262 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 1: got a lot of problems, a lot of things coming 263 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 1: against me. Now here's what you gotta do. You got 264 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 1: to smile by faith. I heard somebody say, fake it 265 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 1: until you can make it. In other words, if you'll 266 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 1: smile by faith, then the joy will come. See, smiling 267 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 1: sends a message to your whole body that everything's okay. 268 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 1: When you smile, chemicals are released throughout your system that 269 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 1: makes you feel better. Not only that when you smile, 270 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 1: you'll have more of God's favor. It'll help you in 271 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 1: your career, It'll help you in dealing with people. There 272 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 1: have been all kinds of studies that show people that smile, 273 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 1: people that are friendly, people that have a pleasant demeanor, 274 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: they get breaks that other people that are solemn and 275 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 1: unfriendly don't get. Something as simple as smiling. I read 276 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: with a holiday in corporation was going to hire five 277 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 1: hundred new employees. They interviewed five thousand people. They automatically 278 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: disqualified any candidate that smiled less than four times during 279 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 1: the interview. Learned a smile. Somebody has said, your smile 280 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 1: is a million dollar asset. If you're not using it, 281 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 1: you're doing yourself a disservice. Well, Joel, I don't think 282 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 1: it matters whether I smile or not. Listen, God is 283 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 1: concerned about your countenance. Fifty three times in the scripture, 284 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: he mentions it when you smile. It's not only good 285 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 1: for your self, but it's a good witness to others. 286 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 1: And we're supposed to make people want what we have. 287 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 1: But if we're dragging around all sour, discouraged, depressed, that's 288 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 1: just going to drive people away. And it's one thing 289 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 1: to talk about our faith, but it's a better thing 290 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 1: to live it out. And one of the best witnesses 291 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 1: we could ever have is to just be happy, to 292 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 1: have a smile, to be friendly, to be pleasant, to 293 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 1: be around. Some people, it's always like they've lost their 294 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 1: last friend. They come to church, you think they're coming 295 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 1: to God's funeral. How you doing, brother, Oh, I'm just 296 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 1: trying to hold on till he comes. No, we're not 297 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 1: supposed to be holding on. We're not supposed to be 298 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 1: dragging through life. Get your song back. Quit allowing the 299 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 1: burdens of life to weigh you down. And I know 300 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 1: sometimes you think, then, Joel, I got a lot coming 301 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 1: against me. But the truth is we all do. Don't 302 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 1: allow your problems and your circumstances and especially other people 303 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 1: to see your joy. I see too many people being 304 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:07,120 Speaker 1: dragged down because somebody in their life is negative, somebody 305 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:10,439 Speaker 1: else won't do white. Maybe you work around people that 306 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:14,400 Speaker 1: always complain, or you even live with somebody that's always 307 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:17,160 Speaker 1: having a pity party. But let me challenge you. Don't 308 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 1: get into the pit with them. Keep your song. Know, 309 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 1: a couple of years ago, I was walking through this 310 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 1: big field, acres and acres, and all I could see 311 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:28,720 Speaker 1: were these brown weeds. Everywhere I looked, there were these old, 312 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 1: dried up, dead, unattractive looking weeds. But as I came 313 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 1: to a certain point on the path, I noticed something interesting. 314 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 1: There was this one beautiful flower, colorful, radiant. It had 315 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 1: bloomed right there in the midst of all those weeds, 316 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:47,919 Speaker 1: And I immediately thought, that's the way we're supposed to be. 317 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:50,679 Speaker 1: You may have a lot of problems, you may have 318 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,560 Speaker 1: a lot of negative people around you. Don't sink down 319 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 1: to their level. Just bloom right where you are. You 320 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 1: may be married to an old weed, you can still bloom. 321 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:06,359 Speaker 1: You may work around a bunch of weeds, people that complain, gossip, 322 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 1: badmouth the company, badmouth the boss. Don't go there. Let 323 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:13,959 Speaker 1: your light shine, bloom right where you are. In other words, 324 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 1: be happy anyway, have a smile on your face, have 325 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 1: a grateful attitude. Don't let them drag you down. Pull 326 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:25,080 Speaker 1: them up, make them want what you have. Too often 327 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:27,680 Speaker 1: we allow other people to steal our joy. But I'm 328 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:30,119 Speaker 1: asking us today to draw the line in the sand 329 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:32,439 Speaker 1: and say, you know what, that's it. I'm not allowing 330 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: another problem, another circumstance, nor another person to keep me 331 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 1: from giving God praise. I'm gonna bless the Lord at 332 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: all times. I'm gonna get my song back. If we 333 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 1: don't learn this simple principle of not allowing things to 334 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:50,359 Speaker 1: steal our joy, then we'll go our whole lifetime without 335 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:52,919 Speaker 1: the victory God wants us to have. And I'm not 336 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:56,639 Speaker 1: making light of anybody's problems. I realize they're real and 337 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:00,639 Speaker 1: at times it's difficult. But the truth is most likely 338 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:04,680 Speaker 1: after you get through this problem, after you overcome this challenge, 339 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 1: there'll be another challenge to overcome. There'll be something else 340 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,919 Speaker 1: to deal with. And if you're waiting for all of 341 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 1: your problems to go away before you decide to get 342 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 1: your song back, unfortunately you're gonna wait around your whole lifetime. 343 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:21,000 Speaker 1: I love what the Apostle Paul said. He had all 344 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:24,639 Speaker 1: kinds of difficulties, all kinds of challenges, but he said, 345 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 1: in all these things, we are more than conquers. Notice 346 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 1: he didn't say when they're all done, I'm gonna be happy. No, 347 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:34,880 Speaker 1: he said, in the middle of this adversity, I'm gonna 348 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:38,959 Speaker 1: enjoy my life anyway. In other words, even if there 349 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 1: are negative things around you, you don't have to allow 350 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,720 Speaker 1: that to steal your song. And really, any of us 351 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:47,440 Speaker 1: can be happy when we're on the mountaintop. We can 352 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 1: all have a good attitude when everything's going our way. 353 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:53,440 Speaker 1: But David said, I'm gonna bless the Lord at all times. 354 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:56,160 Speaker 1: That means in the good times and in the tough times, 355 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,680 Speaker 1: and our attitude should be I know this problem didn't 356 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 1: come to s it came to pass. So I'm just 357 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 1: gonna relax and enjoy my life. In the meantime, For 358 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 1: some of you today, you need to develop new habits. 359 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:11,680 Speaker 1: Number One, get in a habit of smiling on purpose. 360 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:16,000 Speaker 1: Number two very important. Check your posture. Make sure you 361 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:19,360 Speaker 1: stand up tall, put your shoulders back, hold your head 362 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:22,359 Speaker 1: up high. You are a child of the most high God. 363 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:27,639 Speaker 1: You are not supposed to go around slumped over, feeling sloppy, 364 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 1: feeling weak, feeling inferior, thinking that you're unattractive. Now, the 365 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 1: scripture says you are an ambassador of Christ. That means 366 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 1: you represent Almighty God. Learn to walk tall. I see 367 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 1: too many people. They've gotten into a bad habit of slumping. 368 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 1: You know, their shoulders and their head. They have very 369 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 1: poor posture. When you do that, subconsciously, you are communicating 370 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 1: a lack of confidence, a lack of self esteem. You 371 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:59,640 Speaker 1: need to put your shoulders back, hold your head up high. 372 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: Somebody's pulling you from a string right here. When you 373 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: do that, you're communicating strength, determination, confidence. Subconsciously you're saying, 374 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,160 Speaker 1: I'm proud of who I am. I know I'm made 375 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,520 Speaker 1: of the image of Almighty God. I know I am 376 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:22,160 Speaker 1: the apple of God's eye. We don't realize how much 377 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:26,439 Speaker 1: of communication is nonverbal. I know when I first started 378 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 1: ministring it's been a little over seven years. When I 379 00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 1: really wanted to make a point, I'd stick my neck 380 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: out and lean over. I really wanted you to get it. 381 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: I was trying to be real effective. But a friend 382 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:40,160 Speaker 1: of mine, she deals in communication. She said, Joey, you're 383 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 1: doing just the opposite. When you stick your head out 384 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:46,440 Speaker 1: and you' all bent over, that's a sign of weakness. 385 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 1: You would communicate much more effectively. If you put your 386 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: shoulders back, hold your head up high, that's a position 387 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 1: of strength and confidence, and people will receive more of 388 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 1: what you have to say. And so I've tried to 389 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:01,879 Speaker 1: make some of those changes. But again we don't realize 390 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:07,119 Speaker 1: many times our body language is communicating exactly opposite of 391 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:11,200 Speaker 1: what we're trying to say. That's why our countenance, our smile, 392 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 1: our posture, how we carry ourselves is so very important. 393 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: I remember a friend of ours, an older gentleman, growing up. 394 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 1: He did just this. He looked like a statesman. His 395 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:28,920 Speaker 1: posture was impeccable, he dressed nice, he was always kind, compassionate, considerate. 396 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 1: I saw him the other day. He's in his eighties, 397 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 1: and he carries himself exactly the same way. When I 398 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 1: see him, I think of a prince or a king. 399 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:41,479 Speaker 1: He looks like royalty. And that's the way you and 400 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 1: I should be. Not in arrogance. I'm not saying to 401 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:47,439 Speaker 1: go around proud and puffed up. I'm talking about in 402 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 1: a quiet confidence. We have our shoulders back, we hold 403 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 1: our head up high. We know we are representing Almighty God. 404 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:58,200 Speaker 1: Let's learn to walk talk. And I realize we all 405 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 1: have different personalities. Some people naturally are more confident. Some 406 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 1: people naturally smile more often. I think I probably smile 407 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 1: in my sleep. I smile all the time. You may 408 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 1: be just the opposite, but don't use that as an 409 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 1: excuse to stay that way. Don't go through life sour 410 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:19,760 Speaker 1: and unfriendly. I've had to make changes where I naturally 411 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 1: smile a lot. I'm naturally very quiet and reserved. I 412 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:26,639 Speaker 1: had to train myself to get up here to be 413 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 1: more confident. You may have a lot of confidence, but 414 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:33,119 Speaker 1: you're kind of serious, unfriendly. You don't smile much. Well, 415 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 1: you're going to have to train yourself to smile more often. 416 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:40,360 Speaker 1: In fact, the scripture says that our joy should overflow. 417 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 1: That means we should have so much joy that when 418 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 1: other people get around us, it rubs off on them. 419 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:51,359 Speaker 1: When they leave, they should be happier, encouraged, inspired, better 420 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,439 Speaker 1: off than they were before. And a good way to 421 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:57,679 Speaker 1: know if we've lost our song. A good way to 422 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 1: know if we need to make improvement is if when 423 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 1: you get around people, you're always taking and never giving. 424 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:07,920 Speaker 1: You're always counting on them to cheer you up. No, 425 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:11,439 Speaker 1: it should be just the opposite. You've got to develop 426 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 1: some new habits. You've got to start making melody in 427 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,640 Speaker 1: your own heart. When you go to work tomorrow, put 428 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 1: on a good praise CD. You get stuck in traffic. 429 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 1: Instead of complaining, you're grooving to the music. Now, this 430 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 1: is going to be a good day. When you do that, 431 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:29,120 Speaker 1: You're filling yourself up at the office. Somebody offends you. 432 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:31,639 Speaker 1: Instead of dwelling on it, you shake it off and 433 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 1: move on. No, I'm not gonna let that run my day. 434 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:37,040 Speaker 1: Maybe you even get a bad report from the doctor 435 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 1: and it just kind of takes the wind out of 436 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:42,160 Speaker 1: your cell. You're very tempted to get discouraged. But that's 437 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,440 Speaker 1: when we have to dig our heels in and say, no, God, 438 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 1: I know you're still in control. I'm going to keep 439 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: a smile on my face and I'm gonna give you 440 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:53,680 Speaker 1: praise anyway. See, the scripture tells us to offer unto 441 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:57,959 Speaker 1: God the sacrifice of praise. That means it's not always 442 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:01,400 Speaker 1: going to be easy. Sometime in the natural we don't 443 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 1: have any reason to do what I'm talking about, but 444 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 1: our attitude should be God. I know when I keep 445 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:10,159 Speaker 1: my song, I know when I give you praise, it 446 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 1: not only activates your power, but it replenishes me, It 447 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:16,120 Speaker 1: fills me up. So I'm gonna dig my heels in 448 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 1: and choose to give your praise anyway. Friends, you can 449 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 1: choose what kind of song you're gonna have. Don't be 450 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:27,919 Speaker 1: lazy in your thought life our original scripture speaking to 451 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 1: yourself in songs, in hymns. Notice every one of us 452 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 1: talks to ourselves throughout the day. When you have to 453 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 1: clean the house, you're tempted to have a pity party. 454 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 1: Nobody appreciates me. The problem is you're talking to yourself 455 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,879 Speaker 1: the wrong way. You need to start declaring, this is 456 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:47,919 Speaker 1: going to be a good day. Thank you Lord for 457 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 1: your strength, Thank you Lord for my health. You got 458 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 1: to get your song back. You're not going to enjoy 459 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 1: life very much if you're always talking negative on the 460 00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:01,399 Speaker 1: inside and making melody in our hearts. Me, when we're vacuuming, 461 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:04,880 Speaker 1: we're singing a song of praise. When we're doing the dishes, 462 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,680 Speaker 1: mowing the lawn, we're whistling a tune. When we get 463 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 1: stuck in traffic. Under our breath, Lord, thank you for 464 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:13,720 Speaker 1: this day, Thank you that I'm alive. Every time we 465 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:17,439 Speaker 1: do that, God is filling us with his joy, his peace, 466 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 1: his strength, his victory, his favor. We're being ever filled. 467 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:24,359 Speaker 1: So let me challenge you again. Get in a habit 468 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 1: of making melody in your heart. Don't go around complaining, 469 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 1: thinking negative thoughts. Get your song back, learn to smile 470 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 1: on purpose, stand up tall, have a grateful attitude. Start 471 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 1: off every morning with a song of praise, and then 472 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,600 Speaker 1: keep that in your heart throughout the day. If you 473 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:46,360 Speaker 1: do this, God promises you're gonna be ever filled. When 474 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 1: you're full, you're gonna have joy, You're gonna have peace, 475 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:51,960 Speaker 1: and you'll live the life of victory. God has in story. Amen, 476 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 1: do you receive it today? I know you do that. 477 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,040 Speaker 1: Or we never like to close on broadcast without giving 478 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 1: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 479 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll 480 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:10,200 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 481 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:14,359 Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 482 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,880 Speaker 1: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 483 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,920 Speaker 1: Bible based church. Keep God first place. He's going to 484 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 1: take your places that you've never dreamed of. This is 485 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:26,959 Speaker 1: my Bible. I am what it says. I am I 486 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 1: have what it says I have I can do. This 487 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:32,239 Speaker 1: is the first Bible that my parents gave me I 488 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 1: was six years old. They taught me the importance of 489 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,680 Speaker 1: believing what God says about you and letting that determine 490 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:41,560 Speaker 1: your self image to how through the Scripture you can 491 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 1: learn to handle challenges and pursue your dreams well. Some 492 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 1: people tell me that the Bible's not practical for them. 493 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:51,920 Speaker 1: How they don't understand it. We've created a new resource 494 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 1: called how to Read Your Bible and Enjoy It. It 495 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 1: provides twelve distinct lenses that will help you see the 496 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 1: Bible with fresh eyes. You can discover the hidden treasures 497 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,359 Speaker 1: that increase your faith, practical truths that will help you 498 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:08,639 Speaker 1: in your everyday life. When you tap into the power 499 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,679 Speaker 1: of God's Word, there's no limit to where He'll take you. 500 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 2: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 501 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 2: of any size to the ministry this month, Joel would 502 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:21,720 Speaker 2: like to send you this inspiring new resource. Sometimes reading 503 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 2: the Bible can feel confusing, out of touch, or even 504 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 2: produce more fear than faith. But now with this new resource, 505 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 2: How to Read Your Bible and Enjoy It, it will 506 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:35,479 Speaker 2: make the Word of God come alive in new ways. 507 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 2: You'll discover fresh inspiration on every page of your Bible. 508 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 2: The twelve lenses give you the power to see the 509 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:46,600 Speaker 2: Scripture in a whole new light. When you experience the 510 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 2: right way to approach God's word, it will ignite renewed 511 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 2: passion in your life. 512 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 1: When you get God's Word down in you, it brings 513 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:58,160 Speaker 1: life and victory. This has a great Bible reading plan 514 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 1: plus introductions to each book. It'll help you enjoy reading 515 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,880 Speaker 1: the Bible. Thanks so much for being a part of 516 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:07,560 Speaker 1: the ministry. Victoria and I pray for you and your 517 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 1: family every day and we appreciate your prayers and support. 518 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:15,000 Speaker 1: Remember you can watch the services online every Sunday morning, 519 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 1: download our daily podcast, watch on YouTube, or we have 520 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 1: a new Joel Ostein television network twenty four hours a day, 521 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 1: and of course syrixxm as well. Until we see you 522 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:28,480 Speaker 1: next time, May the Lord bless you and keep you. 523 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 2: Be sure to request your copy of How to Read 524 00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:35,720 Speaker 2: your Bible and Enjoy It today. 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