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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 5: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 35 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 5: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 36 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 5: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 37 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 5: put God's very best in your life. Oh God, bless you. 38 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 5: It's always a joy to come into your homes. We 39 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 5: love you, and we know God rewards the people that 40 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 5: seek after Him. That's you, or you wouldn't have tuned in, 41 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 5: or you wouldn't have come out today, So thank you 42 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,079 Speaker 5: so much. If you're ever in our area, stopped by 43 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 5: and be a part of one of our services. I 44 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 5: promise you we'll make you feel right at home. But again, 45 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 5: thank you all for coming out today. And I like 46 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 5: to start with something funny each week. And I heard 47 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 5: about this cat and mouse that died on the same 48 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 5: day and went to heaven. After a couple of weeks, 49 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 5: Saint Peter saw the mouse and said, hey, how do 50 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 5: you like it so far? The mouse said it's great, 51 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:32,959 Speaker 5: but it's so big. I'd love to have a pair 52 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,359 Speaker 5: of roller skates. Peter said, no problem, got him the skates. 53 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 5: A few weeks later, Peter saw the cat and ask 54 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:41,679 Speaker 5: him how he liked it, and the cat said, Peter, 55 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 5: it's fantastic. And just when I thought it couldn't get 56 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 5: any better, I discovered the meals on wheels. All right, 57 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 5: hold up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. 58 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says. 59 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 3: I am. 60 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 61 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 62 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 63 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 64 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:13,359 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 65 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about being glad continually We 66 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 5: all have opportunities to lose our joy, go around discouraged. 67 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 5: But God never intended for us to endure life. He 68 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 5: created us to enjoy life, and we prepare for victory 69 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 5: or defeat at the very start of the day. When 70 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 5: you get up in the morning, you have to set 71 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 5: your mind in the right direction. 72 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 3: You may feel discouraged. 73 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 5: You may feel the blaws, thinking I don't want to 74 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 5: go to work today, I don't want to deal with 75 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 5: these children. I've got so many problems. If you make 76 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 5: the mistake of dwelling on those thoughts, then you are 77 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 5: preparing for a lousy day. You're using your faith in 78 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 5: the wrong direction. You need to turn it around and say, 79 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 5: this is going to be a right day. Something good 80 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 5: is going to happen to me. God has favor in 81 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 5: my future, and I'm expecting new opportunities, divine connections. 82 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 3: Supernatural breakthroughs. You know what you just did. 83 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 5: You prepared for victory, prepared for increase, prepared for restoration. 84 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:21,559 Speaker 5: God says to the angels, did you hear that? They're 85 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 5: expecting my goodness. They're expecting to prosper in spite of 86 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 5: the economy. They're expecting to get well in spite of 87 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 5: the medical report. They're expecting to accomplish their dreams even 88 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 5: though they don't have the resources right now. When you 89 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 5: start the day off like that, in faith, God tells 90 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 5: the angels go to work, arrange things in their favor, 91 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 5: give them breaks, line up the right people, open up 92 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 5: the right doors. That's what allows God to show up 93 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:54,720 Speaker 5: and show out in unusual ways. And some of you 94 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 5: today would see a major improvement in your life. If 95 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 5: you'd make this minor adjustment, you not only have more energy, 96 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 5: a better attitude, be more productive, but you would see 97 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 5: new doors open, you'd meet new friends, you'd get some 98 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 5: of those breakthroughs you've been praying for. If you just 99 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 5: get up in the morning and instead of preparing for defeat, 100 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 5: prepare for victory, Prepare for increase, prepare for God's favor. 101 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 5: You have to set the tone at the very start 102 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 5: of the day. If you leave your mind in neutral, 103 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:32,719 Speaker 5: then just by default, the negative thoughts will start to come. 104 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 5: Have you ever been laying in bed in the morning 105 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 5: and out of nowhere, you're reminded of all the mistakes 106 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 5: you made yesterday and all the problems you have in 107 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 5: your future. That's the enemy trying to set your mind 108 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 5: for a negative, defeated, lousy day. 109 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 3: Don't fall into that trap. 110 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 5: The scripture says, set your mind and keep it set 111 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 5: on the higher things. 112 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,479 Speaker 3: You've got to be proactive. 113 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 5: Be on the off when you get up in the morning, 114 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 5: say it with David, this is another day the Lord 115 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 5: has made. No matter how I feel, no matter what 116 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,919 Speaker 5: the economy looks like, no matter what the medical report says, 117 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:16,720 Speaker 5: I am choosing to rejoice. I'm gonna choose to live 118 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 5: this day happy. You know what you're really saying. I'm 119 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 5: not gonna let other people still my joy today. I'm 120 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 5: not gonna let disappointments and set backs discourage me. I'm 121 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:31,039 Speaker 5: not gonna focus on my problems and my mistakes. I 122 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 5: make it up my mind to. 123 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 3: Enjoy this day. 124 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 5: Something I've learned to do every morning is I say, Father, 125 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,359 Speaker 5: thank you that today is going to be a blessing 126 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 5: day and a receiving day, a day where I'll be 127 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 5: a blessing to someone and a day where I'll receive 128 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 5: your goodness in a greater way. 129 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 3: What am I doing. I'm setting the tone for the 130 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 3: new day. 131 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 5: I go out each morning looking for somebody I can 132 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 5: bless I'm on the lookout for somebody I can be 133 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 5: good to, somebody I can encourage, somebody. 134 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:04,840 Speaker 3: I can uplift. 135 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 5: I'm expecting it number one to be a blessing day, 136 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 5: and number two, I'm expecting it to be a receiving day. 137 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 5: That means a day where I'm going to receive God's 138 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 5: goodness in a greater way. I'm expecting God to show 139 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 5: up and show out in my life today. I'm expecting 140 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 5: to get supernatural breakthroughs. It's not going to just be 141 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 5: a blessing day where I reach out to others. But 142 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 5: I know when I help somebody else, God will always 143 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 5: help me. When I make someone else's day, God will 144 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 5: make my own day. 145 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 3: So I'm getting in position. 146 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 5: I'm getting my mind prepared to receive God's goodness in 147 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 5: a greater way. I heard a story about this ninety 148 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 5: two year old man. 149 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 3: He was just as sharp as could be. 150 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:55,679 Speaker 5: Every morning, by eight o'clock, he was up and fully dressed. 151 00:07:56,040 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 5: He always looked impeccables, hair perfectly comb facing me, deetly shaven, 152 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 5: and although he could see images somewhat, he was legally blind. 153 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 5: His wife of nearly seventy years had just gone to 154 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 5: be with the Lord. Now he was moving into a 155 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 5: senior's home, and after waiting in the lobby patiently for 156 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 5: several hours, a young lady came to show him to 157 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 5: his new room, and as he maneuvered his walker through 158 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 5: the hallways, she began to describe this new room in 159 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 5: great detail. She told how it had a beautiful window 160 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaker 5: and a nice couch and a desk area right in 161 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 5: the middle. 162 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 3: He interrupted her and said, I love it. I love it, 163 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 3: I love it. 164 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 5: She kind of laughed and said, sir, we're not there yet. 165 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 5: You haven't seen it. Hold on just a minute, I'll 166 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 5: show it to you. He said, no, that doesn't have 167 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 5: anything to do with it. Happiness is something you decide 168 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:53,320 Speaker 5: ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not 169 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 5: doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged. It depends 170 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 5: on how my mind is arranged. Like that attitude, that's 171 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 5: the way we need to be. We've already made up 172 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 5: our mind to enjoy this day. We've already made up 173 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 5: our mind to have a blessed, prosperous, supernatural year. We 174 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 5: may have some setbacks that may change our circumstances, but 175 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 5: it's not gonna change our mind. The economy may affect 176 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:23,720 Speaker 5: my business, but it's not gonna affect my mind. 177 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 3: I know God is still gonna prosper me. 178 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 5: This illness may change how I feel, but it's not 179 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 5: gonna change my mind. I've already decided I'm gonna live 180 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 5: this day happy. 181 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 3: Friends. 182 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 5: It's not what happens to us or what we do 183 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 5: or don't have, it's how our mind is arranged. 184 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 1: Now. 185 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 3: I'm asking you. 186 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 5: Today to make up your mind that you're gonna stay 187 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:47,839 Speaker 5: full of joy, that you're gonna get up every day 188 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 5: and prepare for victory. I walked out of the house 189 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 5: early the other morning, and I heard all these birds 190 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 5: singing and singing so loud and so cheerful, little birds 191 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 5: chirping and chirping, big birds making all this melody. 192 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 3: It's like they were having a big party. 193 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 5: And I wanted to say to them, Hey, birds, have 194 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 5: you read the newspapers lately? Did you see the stock 195 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 5: market last year? You're not supposed to be singing, happy, 196 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 5: enjoying life. 197 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 3: What's wrong with you? 198 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 5: Your acting like everything is going to be all right? 199 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 5: What was it with those birds? They know a secret. 200 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 5: They know their heavenly father is in control. They know 201 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 5: God has promised to take care of them, so they 202 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 5: go through the day singing, enjoying life regardless of the circumstances. 203 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 5: That's how we need to start off each day. Get 204 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 5: up in the morning and have a song of praise 205 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 5: in your heart, put a smile on your face, go 206 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 5: out during the day, be determined to enjoy it. That's 207 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 5: what it says in First Thessalonians five sixteen. Be happy 208 00:10:54,800 --> 00:11:01,560 Speaker 5: in your faith, glad hearted continually and all way. Notice 209 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 5: how long we're supposed to be glad hearted? How long 210 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:05,960 Speaker 5: are we supposed to have. 211 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 3: A smile on our face. As long as. 212 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 5: People treat us right, as long as we feel okay, 213 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 5: as long as the economy is up. No, it says, 214 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:21,680 Speaker 5: be glad hearted continually and all ways. That means in 215 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:25,240 Speaker 5: the good times and in the tough times. When it's 216 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 5: sunny and when it's raining, when those dark clouds are 217 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 5: over your head you feel like life is kind of depressing, 218 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:39,119 Speaker 5: kind of gloomy. Always remember right above those dark clouds, 219 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 5: the sun is shining. You may not be able to 220 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:45,679 Speaker 5: see the sun in your life right now, but that 221 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 5: doesn't mean it's not up there. 222 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 3: It's just being blocked by the dark clouds. 223 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 5: The good news is the clouds are temporary. The clouds 224 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 5: are not going to last forever. The sun is going 225 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 5: to shine in your life once again. In the meantime, 226 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:06,680 Speaker 5: keep your joy, be glad hearted continually, don't let a 227 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 5: few clouds sour your life. The rain falls on the 228 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 5: just and the unjust. That means we all face disappointments, 229 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 5: unfair situations, test, trials, temptation. But know this right past 230 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 5: the test is promotion. On the other side of every 231 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:30,199 Speaker 5: difficulty is increase. And if you'll go through the adversity 232 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 5: with a smile on your face a song in your heart, 233 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:36,960 Speaker 5: then on the other side there'll be a reward. But 234 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 5: so often in the tough times we get kind of discouraged, 235 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:43,319 Speaker 5: which all, I'm down today because business is slow, I'm 236 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 5: upset because I got a bad medical report, or I'm 237 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 5: worried about this legal situation. Human nature tends to get 238 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 5: negative in the difficult times. But the scripture tells us 239 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 5: to do just the opposite. It says in James one 240 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 5: verse two, count it all joy when you fall into trials. 241 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 3: That doesn't seem to make sense. 242 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 5: You mean, we're supposed to be joyful and glad hearted 243 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 5: in the middle of tough times. 244 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 3: Yes, that's right. 245 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 5: It's because when you lose your joy, you lose your strength. 246 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 5: And in the difficult times, more than ever, that's when 247 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 5: you need your strength. When you have a child that's 248 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 5: hard to raise, that takes a lot of energy, you 249 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 5: need your strength, and your strength. 250 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 3: Is connected to your joy. 251 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:33,560 Speaker 5: When you're facing a financial crisis, dealing with an illness, 252 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:37,079 Speaker 5: going through a breakup in a relationship, these things are 253 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 5: very draining. If you go through it negative, bitter, discouraged, 254 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 5: you're not going to have the strength you need to 255 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 5: stand strong and fight the good fight of faith. 256 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 3: And the way you can keep your. 257 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 5: Joy is to know that on the other side of 258 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:55,440 Speaker 5: that test is promotion. On the other side of every 259 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 5: setback is new opportunity. The other side of every offense 260 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 5: is new growth. If you'll just keep reminding yourself even 261 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 5: though this is hard, even though I don't understand it, 262 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 5: even though it's not fair, I'm going to keep a 263 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 5: good attitude and stay full of joy, knowing that this 264 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,480 Speaker 5: is not setting me back, It is setting me up 265 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 5: for God to bring me out better. The whole key 266 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 5: is how you handle the adversity. If you complain, you 267 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 5: will remain You'll stay right there. If you get negative 268 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 5: and soured on life, you won't pass the test. There 269 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 5: was promotion available, there was opportunity for new growth, but 270 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 5: because you didn't count it all joy, you missed out. 271 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:44,800 Speaker 5: The good news is God will give you another opportunity. 272 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 3: He can still get you to where you need to be. 273 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 5: For instance, when somebody offends us, our attitude should be 274 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 5: I'm not going to get upset. 275 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 3: I'm going to count it all joy. 276 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 5: I know this is simply a test, and on the 277 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 5: other side of this affe, I'm gonna be promoted. 278 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 3: When business is slow. Instead of complaining, you count it 279 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 3: all joy. This too shall pass. I know God is 280 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 3: supplying all of my needs. 281 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 5: Or when you face a disappointment, your emotions will tell 282 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 5: you to get down and discouraged. 283 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 3: You'll feel self pity trying to set in. 284 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 5: But instead of getting on board with your emotions, you 285 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 5: start talking to yourself. Self, Get up, self, be strong, 286 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 5: there are good days up ahead. 287 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 3: That's how you pass the test. That's how you count 288 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 3: it all joy. 289 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 5: And in the tough times, don't be surprised if you 290 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 5: feel that spirit of heaviness. 291 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 3: Try to overtake. 292 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 4: You. 293 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 5: Don't be surprised if you hear those thoughts telling you 294 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 5: it's never gonna work out, you're never gonna get well. 295 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 3: It's over, it's done. 296 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 5: Don't believe those lies. You don't have to get on 297 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:55,400 Speaker 5: board with your emotions. They're not in charge. 298 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 3: You're in charge. 299 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 5: And instead of letting yourself talk to you, you need 300 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 5: to start talking to yourself. In other words, when you 301 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 5: wake up in the morning and that thought comes to 302 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 5: your mind saying it's gonna be a. 303 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 3: Lousy day, don't just agree and say, yeah, it's gonna 304 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 3: be a lousy day. 305 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:15,720 Speaker 5: Well, you got so many problems you'll probably never get well. Yeah, 306 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 5: I don't think I'll ever get well. No, turn it 307 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 5: around and talk to yourself. Make a declaration of faith. 308 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 3: I will get well. 309 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 5: God is restoring health unto me early in the morning, 310 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 5: when that thought comes saying you're depressed, it's bad, you 311 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 5: don't have anything to look forward to. No, talk to yourself. 312 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 5: This is gonna be a great day. God has favor 313 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 5: in my future. I can't wait to see what he's 314 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 5: going to do. What are you doing counting it all? 315 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 3: Joy? This is what David did. 316 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 5: That spirit of heaviness tried to steal his destiny. He 317 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 5: got depressed, very discouraged during dark times. 318 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 3: You know what he did. He started talking to himself. 319 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 5: He said, why are you cast down? Oh my soul, 320 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 5: Put your hope in the Lord. He was saying, David, 321 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:06,359 Speaker 5: what's wrong with you? Why are you discouraged? Why have 322 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 5: you lost your joy? God is still on the throne. 323 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:11,200 Speaker 5: God still has good things in store. 324 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 3: Put your hope back in the Lord. 325 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:16,440 Speaker 5: When that heaviness tries to come on us, we need 326 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:18,560 Speaker 5: to do the same thing. You got to look in 327 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 5: the mirror and say, listen here self, cheer up, put 328 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,359 Speaker 5: on a new attitude. We're not staying down, We're not 329 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:26,919 Speaker 5: staying defeated. We're putting our hope in the Lord. 330 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:30,360 Speaker 3: Today especially, there's. 331 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 5: So much doom and gloom in our society, so many 332 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 5: negative news reports. If we're not careful, we'll let it 333 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:40,880 Speaker 5: sink in and we'll let that spirit of heavenness kind 334 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 5: of come on us, and you know, no enthusiasm, no joy. 335 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 3: Oh, it's just so bad. The scripture tells us what 336 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 3: to do. 337 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 5: Put on the garment of praise for the spirit of heavenness. 338 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 5: When you feel that heavenness trying to overtake you and 339 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 5: tell you that there's nothing good in your You've seen 340 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:04,439 Speaker 5: your best days, you feel the blaws. First thing you 341 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 5: need to do is take off the old coat of heaviness, 342 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:11,919 Speaker 5: throw away the coat of self pity, get rid of 343 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:15,680 Speaker 5: the coat of discouragement, and put on a new coat 344 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 5: of praise. 345 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:18,679 Speaker 3: That means begin. 346 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:21,440 Speaker 5: To thank God for what he's already done in your life. 347 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,920 Speaker 5: Thank him for the victories in your past, thank him 348 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 5: for how far he's already brought you, and then take 349 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:32,359 Speaker 5: it one step further. Thank him in advance for the 350 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:35,239 Speaker 5: victories he has ahead of you. Thank him for the 351 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:38,480 Speaker 5: new doors he's opening, Thank him for the situations he's 352 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 5: turning around. Thank him for the favor that he has 353 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 5: in your future. You do that, and you will feel 354 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:49,400 Speaker 5: a new joy rising up on the inside. You will 355 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 5: feel your faith begin to be increased. You won't have 356 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:58,400 Speaker 5: that victim mentality. You will have a victor mentality. One 357 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:01,879 Speaker 5: thing I've learned is you can cannot praise and stay 358 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:05,719 Speaker 5: defeated at the same time. You cannot give God thanks 359 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:08,679 Speaker 5: and stay down and discouraged. When you put on the 360 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 5: garment of praise, that spirit of heaviness has to go. 361 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:15,639 Speaker 3: Sometimes you're not gonna feel like doing it. 362 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 5: You don't feel like having a good attitude, you don't 363 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:22,399 Speaker 5: feel like being grateful. That's why God said to offer 364 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:27,400 Speaker 5: up the sacrifice of praise. God knew it wasn't always 365 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 5: going to be easy. Sometimes you're gonna have to dig 366 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:33,439 Speaker 5: your heels in and say, God, I don't feel like 367 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:36,400 Speaker 5: doing this. Doesn't look like it's ever gonna work out. 368 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:41,920 Speaker 5: I'm tired, lonely, discouraged. But God, I know you're still 369 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 5: on the throne. I know you are good, and you're 370 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:48,240 Speaker 5: good all the time, So I choose to give you praise. 371 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 5: I choose to give you thanks. Anyway, when you offer 372 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:57,640 Speaker 5: up that sacrifice of praise, that's when supernatural things begin 373 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 5: to happen. This is what Paul and Silas did. They 374 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:06,159 Speaker 5: were in jail at midnight. They had been unjustly beaten 375 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 5: earlier in the day. What were they doing complaining having 376 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:11,919 Speaker 5: a pity party? 377 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:14,679 Speaker 3: God is not fair? Where were you today? 378 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:19,359 Speaker 5: No, they were singing praises and giving thanks to God. 379 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 5: They were saying, in effect, God, we know you're bigger 380 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 5: than our problems. 381 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:27,479 Speaker 3: We know you're still in control. You're well able to 382 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:28,360 Speaker 3: get us out of here. 383 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 5: Sure enough, at midnight there was a great earthquake. The 384 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 5: prison doors flung open, the chains fell off their feet. 385 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,920 Speaker 5: They walked out of there as free men. What started 386 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 5: it when they offered up the sacrifice of praise? Really, 387 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 5: any of us can have a good attitude when everything's 388 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 5: going our way. We can all celebrate, be grateful when 389 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 5: we're on the mountaintop. But where are the people that 390 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 5: will give God praise even when the bottom falls out? 391 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 5: Where are the people that will get up each morning 392 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 5: and prepare for victory and increase in spite of all 393 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 5: the news. 394 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 3: Reports predicting doom and gloom. 395 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 5: Where are the people that will say, God, I still 396 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 5: praise you even though the medical report wasn't good. God, 397 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:20,360 Speaker 5: I still thank you even though it didn't turn out 398 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:24,119 Speaker 5: my way. I believe I'm looking at those people right now. 399 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 5: You are men and women of great faith. Your roots 400 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 5: go down deep. Many of you could be complaining, you 401 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 5: could be discouraged, You could have a chip on your shoulder, 402 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 5: but instead you just keep giving God praise. You got 403 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:44,400 Speaker 5: that smile on your face. You're doing the right thing 404 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:47,680 Speaker 5: even though the wrong thing's happening. That's why I can 405 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:51,359 Speaker 5: tell you with confidence that you are coming in to 406 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:56,680 Speaker 5: greater victories. You need to enlarge your vision. You need 407 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,639 Speaker 5: to take the limits off of God. You have not 408 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 5: seen your best days. God has victories in your future 409 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,160 Speaker 5: that are gonna amaze you. He is gonna show up 410 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:10,720 Speaker 5: and show out in unusual ways. You may be in 411 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 5: a tough time right now, but remember this. The enemy 412 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:17,600 Speaker 5: always fights you the hardest when he knows God has 413 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:21,879 Speaker 5: something great in store for you. You are closest to 414 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:25,439 Speaker 5: your victory when it is the darkest. That is the 415 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:30,399 Speaker 5: enemy's final stand. Don't get discouraged, don't start complaining. Just 416 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 5: keep offering up that sacrifice of praise. It says in 417 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 5: Jeremiah thirty three, verse eleven. When you have the voice 418 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:43,119 Speaker 5: of gladness, the voice of joy, and you offer up 419 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:47,879 Speaker 5: the sacrifice of praise, God will cause the captivity of 420 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 5: the land to be reversed and the fortunes to be restored. 421 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:57,720 Speaker 5: Two words I love their reversed and restored. God is saying, 422 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:00,879 Speaker 5: when you stay full of joy, learn to offer up 423 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:02,400 Speaker 5: the sacrifice of praise. 424 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 3: God is going to turn things in your favor. 425 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:08,720 Speaker 5: He is going to reverse negative situations He's going to 426 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 5: restore what's been stolen. But notice it doesn't happen by complaining, 427 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 5: by being negative, by being sour. It happens when you 428 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 5: have the voice of gladness, the voice of joy. That 429 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:25,119 Speaker 5: means you get up in the morning with the song 430 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 5: in your heart. You go out each day with a 431 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 5: smile on your face. Things may not always go your way, 432 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 5: but you don't get discouraged. You shake it off and 433 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 5: count it all joy. Listen, when you live that way, 434 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:40,399 Speaker 5: you might as well get ready. God is going to 435 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 5: reverse and restore. He is going to reverse finances that 436 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:49,359 Speaker 5: are going down. He's gonna reverse a business this struggling. 437 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 5: He's going to reverse a legal situation. He's gonna reverse. 438 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:54,400 Speaker 3: A health issue. 439 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,639 Speaker 5: Not only that, God is gonna restore what should have 440 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 5: been yours. He's gonna restore the years you're lost because 441 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:05,119 Speaker 5: somebody did you wrong. He's going to restore a relationship 442 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:08,360 Speaker 5: that's on the rocks. It's gonna happen because you've got 443 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:11,359 Speaker 5: the voice of joy, the voice of gladness, and you 444 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,920 Speaker 5: keep offering up that sacrifice of praise, and all through 445 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 5: the scripture it tells us to rejoice in the Lord 446 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 5: always It's interesting. The word rejoice doesn't just mean to 447 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 5: be vocal, to give God praise with our words, but 448 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 5: rejoice also means to brighten up, to spin around and 449 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 5: delete for joy. Do you realize you can rejoice by 450 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 5: simply putting a smile on your face When times are tough, 451 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:43,359 Speaker 5: things aren't going our way. Many people have a long 452 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:47,639 Speaker 5: sour face. They're down, discourage, worried, upset. But when you 453 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:52,160 Speaker 5: count it all joy, you smile and have a pleasant demeanor. 454 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:56,199 Speaker 5: Not because you necessarily feel like it, not because all 455 00:24:56,280 --> 00:25:01,680 Speaker 5: your circumstances are perfect. You smile by faith. You smile 456 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 5: knowing that your countenance, your expression is saying to God, 457 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:09,680 Speaker 5: I trust you God. I don't feel like doing this, 458 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 5: but I choose to rejoice. In other words, when you 459 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 5: smile in the difficult times, you are offering up that 460 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:22,120 Speaker 5: sacrifice of praise. Sometimes the best thing we can do 461 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:25,040 Speaker 5: when we're having a tough day is to just put 462 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 5: a smile on our face. A lot of people, when 463 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:32,239 Speaker 5: it gets difficult, they've got that long, gloomy face. They 464 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:34,879 Speaker 5: look like they've lost their last friend. They'll come up 465 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 5: to me, joel, I'm just rejoicing in the Lord. No 466 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:40,199 Speaker 5: You need to notify your face. 467 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:42,159 Speaker 3: You need to get. 468 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:45,720 Speaker 5: Your face lined up with what you know in your heart, 469 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,119 Speaker 5: like that little bird I heard singing deep down. 470 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 3: You know everything's going to be all right. 471 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:55,359 Speaker 5: You know God is fighting your battles for you. You 472 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 5: know nothing can snatch you out of his hand. You 473 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 5: know God holds victory in store for you. 474 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:04,160 Speaker 3: You know no weapon formed against you is gonna prosper. 475 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 5: You know what was meant for your harm, God's gonna 476 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:12,080 Speaker 5: use to your advantage. It's on the inside now you 477 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:14,959 Speaker 5: need to let it get to the outside. You need 478 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 5: to rejoice not only with your words, but rejoice with 479 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 5: your expression. Rejoice with your countenance, Rejoice by smiling, friends. 480 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 5: Our joy was never meant to be hidden. It was 481 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 5: meant to be displayed. You are the light of the world. 482 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:36,719 Speaker 5: Don't hide your light wherever you go, let your joy 483 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:40,320 Speaker 5: be seen. You said, Joel, I don't have any reason 484 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,639 Speaker 5: to smile today. We've got a lot of problems. We've 485 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 5: got a lot of things coming against me. But really, 486 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 5: you need to smile more than anybody else. You need 487 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:52,439 Speaker 5: to release your faith when somebody offends you, somebody is 488 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:54,879 Speaker 5: rude and you feel like giving them a piece of 489 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:55,439 Speaker 5: your mind. 490 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 3: But instead you just smile. You know what you just did. 491 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,880 Speaker 5: You counted it all. Join on the freeway, somebody cuts 492 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:05,360 Speaker 5: you off. You're just about to blow and tell them 493 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:07,920 Speaker 5: what you think, but instead you look over and smile. 494 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:10,360 Speaker 3: You know what you did. 495 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 5: You offered up the sacrifice of praise. Sometimes it takes 496 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:19,639 Speaker 5: everything we've got. Your child comes and says, Mom, I 497 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:22,880 Speaker 5: just filled red kool aid on the white carpet. 498 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:29,120 Speaker 3: Smile the sacrifice of praise. How about this? That coworker 499 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:30,720 Speaker 3: that normally won't. 500 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:33,840 Speaker 5: Give you the time of days, always talking behind your back, 501 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,639 Speaker 5: trying to make you look bad, he comes over and says, 502 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 5: would you help me with this project? Instead of saying 503 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:44,439 Speaker 5: have you totally lost your mind? You just smile and 504 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:47,920 Speaker 5: say I'll be glad to under your breath you can say, God, 505 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 5: this is the biggest sacrifice of praise I've ever given you. 506 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:55,240 Speaker 5: Victoria and I were at the airport the other day 507 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:58,160 Speaker 5: and we came to the security checkpoint and we put 508 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 5: our two bags through the X ray machines and the 509 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:04,160 Speaker 5: security officer sent them back and said there were liquids 510 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,760 Speaker 5: that we could not take. And Victoria said, oh yeah, Joel, 511 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 5: I forgot to get. 512 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 3: My water out. 513 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:11,640 Speaker 5: I didn't realize it. He wasn't talking to her. He 514 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 5: was talking to me, and so I just stood there 515 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:16,879 Speaker 5: and I didn't open my bag. You would have thought 516 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:20,680 Speaker 5: I had just committed a major crime. That like totally 517 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 5: insulted him. He said, sir, what is wrong with you? 518 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:27,159 Speaker 5: Can you not hear what I'm saying? I said, open 519 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:31,119 Speaker 5: your bag, and I mean open it now. And I 520 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:35,959 Speaker 5: have to admit I didn't feel like brightening up. I 521 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 5: didn't feel like rejoicing. I didn't want to hear anything 522 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 5: about counted. 523 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:40,560 Speaker 3: It all joy. 524 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 5: I just kept reminding myself, Joy, you are a pastor. 525 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:49,760 Speaker 5: Be calm, stay polite, remember your messages. I dug down 526 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 5: deep and I mustard up a smile. I got to 527 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:56,080 Speaker 5: tell you, it was the most fake smile I've ever smiled. 528 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:00,720 Speaker 3: I was so proud of myself. I walked off and said, God, 529 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 3: I'm expecting a huge reward. Friends. 530 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:09,920 Speaker 5: Learn to count it all joy. Don't be determined to 531 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:13,240 Speaker 5: never have problems. Be determined to stay full of joy 532 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:14,120 Speaker 5: in the midst. 533 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:14,760 Speaker 3: Of your problems. 534 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 5: Get up each morning and prepare for victory. Arrange your 535 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,640 Speaker 5: mind in the right direction. Make that declaration. This is 536 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:26,000 Speaker 5: gonna be a blessing day and a receiving day. And 537 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:28,479 Speaker 5: no matter what comes your way, don't lose your joy. 538 00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:32,120 Speaker 5: Learn to offer up that sacrifice of praise. And if 539 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:35,520 Speaker 5: you will keep the voice of gladness, the voice of joy, 540 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:39,080 Speaker 5: you cannot stay down and defeated. God has promised He's 541 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 5: gonna reverse and restore. Not only that, because you have joy, 542 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 5: you're gonna have the strength you need to outlast every attack, 543 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:50,760 Speaker 5: to overcome every obstacle, to defeat every enemy. You're gonna 544 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:53,800 Speaker 5: become everything God created you to be, and you're gonna 545 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 5: have everything God intended for you to have. 546 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:59,720 Speaker 3: Amen. Do you receive it today? I know you do. 547 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:05,920 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the Joel Ostin podcast. Help 548 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,760 Speaker 6: us continue to share the message of hope with those 549 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:12,760 Speaker 6: all over the world. 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