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Thanks for listening to 38 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 5: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 39 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 40 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:40,759 Speaker 1: blessing and share it with a friend. 41 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 2: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 42 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 2: your life. Oh God, bless you. 43 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 5: It is always our joy to come into your homes. 44 00:01:58,840 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 2: We love you. 45 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 5: We know God has good things in store for you 46 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 5: when you obey God's word. The Bible says his blessings 47 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 5: will chase you down and overtake you. That's what we're 48 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 5: believing for in each of your lives. But thanks for 49 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 5: tuning in. If you're ever in our area, come out 50 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 5: and see us. We'd love to have you be a 51 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 5: part of one of our services. I like to get 52 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 5: started with something kind of funny in I heard about 53 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 5: this mother. She had two young boys that were known 54 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 5: for their bad behavior. Any time trouble happened, they were 55 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 5: sure to be a part of it. So she decided 56 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 5: to send them one at a time to. 57 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 2: See their pastor. 58 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 5: The pastor said to the first young boy, where is God? 59 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 5: He just sat there silently. He asked again, where is God? 60 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 5: Still no reply. The third time he asked, the young 61 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 5: boy bolted out the door, ran and found his brother 62 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 5: and said, God is missing, and. 63 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 2: They think we did it all right, Hold of your bibles. 64 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 2: Say it like you mean it. Ready, This is my Bible. 65 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 2: I am what it says. 66 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 5: I am. I have what it says I have. I 67 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,079 Speaker 5: can do what it says I can do. Today I 68 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 5: will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 69 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 5: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 70 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 5: never be the same In Jesus' name, God bless you. 71 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:19,079 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about controlling your 72 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 5: moods and how important it is that we not just 73 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:25,959 Speaker 5: live by our feelings. If there's one thing that we 74 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 5: should all strive for, its stability, its consistency being the 75 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:34,239 Speaker 5: same day in and day out. And the fact is 76 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 5: we all have emotions, we all have feelings. The good 77 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 5: news is we don't have to get on board with 78 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 5: those feelings. We need to learn to manage our emotions 79 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 5: and not let them control us. Because too many people 80 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 5: today they just live by whatever they feel. If they 81 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 5: wake up in the morning and they don't feel excited, 82 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 5: they feel down and discouraged. They just give in and 83 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 5: go through the day with the blows in a sour mood. 84 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 5: They live life on that roller coaster, up when their 85 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 5: circumstances are up, and down when they're down. And I 86 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 5: can't think of anything much worse than living with a 87 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 5: moody person. 88 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 2: You never know what they're going to be like. They 89 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 2: may be happy on. 90 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 5: Sunday and depressed on Monday. They're fun to be around 91 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 5: on Tuesday, but on Wednesday. 92 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 2: You better watch out. You barely look at them wrong, 93 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:29,600 Speaker 2: they'll jump down your throat. There's no stability. What's the problem. 94 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 2: They're being ruled by their emotions. That's a very. 95 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 5: Immature way to live. I call that surface living. We 96 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 5: just give in to whatever we feel. But if we're 97 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 5: going to experience God's best, we've better learn to go 98 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 5: deeper than that. And one of our main goals should 99 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 5: be stability. That means we're the same day in and 100 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 5: day out. We have a good attitude when we get 101 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 5: our way, and when we don't get our way, we 102 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 5: have a smile on our face when it's sunny and 103 00:04:59,360 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 5: when it's rain. 104 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 2: We're stable, we're consistent. 105 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:04,840 Speaker 5: And if you're a moody person, if I can be 106 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 5: very honest with you, that's a very selfish way to live. 107 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 5: Being moody is not fair to the people you're in 108 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:15,720 Speaker 5: relationship with. It's not fair to your spouse. Yeah, I 109 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 5: got an amen over here. It's not fair to your children, 110 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 5: to your employees. Understand, it's very difficult to live with 111 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 5: a moody person. And if you're all over the board, 112 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 5: up one day and down the next, and people have 113 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 5: to guess what you're going to be like and live 114 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 5: on pins and needles around you, I say this respectfully, 115 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 5: but you have got to come up higher. If you 116 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 5: don't make these changes and become more stable over time, 117 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 5: it will cost you in your relationships, and it will 118 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 5: cost you in opportunities that come across your path. I 119 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 5: remember one time years ago, I invited a very good 120 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 5: friend of mine to come to town and meet with 121 00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 5: this man that I've known for probably more than twenty years. 122 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 5: He's a very nice man, extremely talented, kind and generous. 123 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 2: But the problem is he's moody. 124 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 5: He grew up in a home where the parents were 125 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 5: up and down, depressed one week, find the next week 126 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 5: no stability, and you never really knew what this man 127 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 5: was going to be like. And so my friend flew in. 128 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 5: They were going to meet about this business venture. It 129 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 5: would have been a perfect fit for both of them. 130 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 5: But a couple of days after the meeting, my friend 131 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 5: called and he said, Joel, I don't know what you 132 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 5: told that man about me, but he didn't like me. 133 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 5: Seemed like he was mad at the world. He was unfriendly, unkind. 134 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 5: So I just packed up and politely left and came 135 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 5: back home, And of course I apologized. 136 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 2: I said, I'm sorry. He's just a very moody person. 137 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 2: And that's what happens. 138 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,720 Speaker 5: When we live according to our feelings, we will miss 139 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:52,720 Speaker 5: out on God given opportunities. 140 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:56,160 Speaker 2: Doors will close for us that should have been opened. 141 00:06:56,839 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 5: I know even with our employees, we only hire peace 142 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 5: people that are consistent, people that have a good attitude, because, 143 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 5: let me tell you, life is too short to have 144 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 5: to drag somebody off the floor every other day. Life 145 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 5: is too short to deal with sour attitudes and somebody's 146 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 5: unfriendly and oh, don't mess with him today. 147 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 2: Man, he's in a bad mood. 148 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 5: Now, that's going to keep you from being all God's 149 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 5: created you to be. You've got to shake that junk 150 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 5: off and make a decision to start being more stable, 151 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 5: and don't use the excuse that you can't do it. 152 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 5: You can do whatever you really want to do. Your 153 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 5: will is stronger than your emotions and you. 154 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 2: May not feel like it. 155 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 5: But if you will rule over that negative feeling anyway, 156 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 5: the more you do it, the easier it will become. 157 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 2: But I see too many people today like that. 158 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 3: Man. 159 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 5: They've developed a habit of being moody, and they've done 160 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 5: it for so long now they just get up in 161 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 5: the morning and wait to see what do I feel 162 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 5: like today? Wonder what this day is going to be. No, 163 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 5: you've got to quit asking yourself and start telling yourself, 164 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 5: this is gonna be a good day. I'm gonna enjoy 165 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 5: this day. I'm gonna be friendly, I'm gonna be a 166 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 5: blessing to somebody else. We can decide what kind of 167 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 5: day we're gonna have. And some of you know you're 168 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 5: way too moody. If you don't make these changes, it's 169 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 5: not only gonna hurt you in your relationships, but it's 170 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 5: gonna keep God from bringing promotion and increase into your life. 171 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 5: Now I'm asking us all to make it a goal 172 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 5: to become even more stable. A stable person is not 173 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 5: hard to get along with. A stable person doesn't take 174 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 5: out his problems on somebody else. A stable person doesn't 175 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 5: come home from work all upset and stressed out to 176 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 5: where they can't relate with the family and nobody wants 177 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 5: to be around them. Now take responsibility quite allowing that 178 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 5: sour mood to poison the rest of your family members. Now, 179 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:58,439 Speaker 5: even if you don't stay in a good mood and 180 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 5: discipline these negative emotions for yourself, you should do it 181 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 5: for your family's sake, because whether we realize it or not, 182 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 5: our attitudes rub off on the people around us. 183 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 2: And I know I'm preaching to myself. 184 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,400 Speaker 5: There are times when I feel myself getting upset and stressed, 185 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,719 Speaker 5: and if I don't catch myself and say, hey, no, 186 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 5: I don't have to live this way. 187 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 2: I don't have to carry this burden. I need to 188 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 2: let it go and enjoy my life. 189 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,719 Speaker 5: If I don't make those adjustments, I can see it 190 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:30,079 Speaker 5: affecting our whole household. We've been teaching this to our children. Hey, 191 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 5: don't bring a bad attitude home from school. 192 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 2: Leave it there. 193 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:36,680 Speaker 5: Maybe somebody did you wrong at the office. We'll check 194 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 5: it at the door before you leave. Husbands, wives, don't 195 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 5: come home and take out all your aggravation on your spouse. 196 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 5: Do your part to keep a peaceful atmosphere in your home. 197 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:49,679 Speaker 2: Really, when you get home, your family should be happy 198 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:52,679 Speaker 2: to see you, not Oh no, dad's home. Wonder what 199 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 2: he's going to be like. Oh no, here comes mom. 200 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 5: We better watch out now, be stable, be consistent, and 201 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 5: we laugh. But we've all had times where somebody walked 202 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 5: into the room and you could feel the tension they 203 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,679 Speaker 5: brought it with them. Don't live your life like that. 204 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 5: Be disciplined in what you think about. Don't go around 205 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 5: dwelling on your problems and what didn't work out and 206 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 5: who hurt you. 207 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:18,599 Speaker 2: The fact is every one of us has problems. 208 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 5: We all have negative things, and if we don't learn 209 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 5: to shake it all, it's not only going to drag 210 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 5: us down, it drags the people around us down. 211 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:28,839 Speaker 2: I heard about this man. 212 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 5: He invited his friend to come over and eat dinner 213 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,559 Speaker 5: with he and his family after work. They were in 214 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 5: the construction business together, and they had had a very 215 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 5: long tough day. Their equipment hadn't worked right, and this 216 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 5: man had pulled up too far at the job site 217 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 5: and ran over some nails and ruined two of his tires. 218 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 5: It's just one of those days. Nothing had gone right, 219 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:52,839 Speaker 5: And as they were driving back to his house, the 220 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 5: man just sat there silently. His friend knew that he 221 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 5: had had enough that he was really frustrated. But when 222 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 5: he got home, he did something rather unusual. By his 223 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:06,319 Speaker 5: back door, there was this small tree, and before he 224 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:09,839 Speaker 5: went inside, he stopped and he rubbed both hands on 225 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 5: those tree leaves. When he went in the door, the 226 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 5: friend said, the most amazing transformation took place. 227 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:18,959 Speaker 2: The man had a smile on his face. 228 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 5: His little kids ran up and he hugged them and 229 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 5: swung them around, went over and he kissed his wife, 230 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 5: and he couldn't. 231 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 2: Believe the change. This friend was just amazed. 232 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 5: A little later, he got him aside and he said, 233 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:33,719 Speaker 5: I don't mean to be nosy, but what was it 234 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 5: about that tree that puts you in such a good mood. 235 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 5: The man kind of laughed, and he said, Oh, that's 236 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 5: what I call my trouble tree. I know I can't 237 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 5: avoid having troubles and difficulties during the day, but one 238 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:51,680 Speaker 5: thing for sure, I know those troubles don't belong inside 239 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 5: my home. And so every evening when I get home, 240 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:58,959 Speaker 5: I just symbolically hang my troubles up on that tree, 241 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 5: and I trust God to take care of them. 242 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 2: He said. 243 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 5: The most amazing thing always happens the next morning when 244 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:08,439 Speaker 5: I come out. There are never as many troubles as 245 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 5: I had the night before. Now I was thinking that 246 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 5: really it would do us all good to have one 247 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:18,959 Speaker 5: of those trees. You had a tough day at the office, 248 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 5: somebody didn't treat you right. God, stuck in traffic, don't 249 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:25,679 Speaker 5: take it inside. Leave it on your tree, and husband's 250 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 5: your wife is not your tree. Leave it outside the home. 251 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:33,359 Speaker 2: Well, you say, Joel, I've got a lot of problems. 252 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 2: I've got a lot of difficulties. That's why I'm kind 253 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 2: of moody, That's why I get down. 254 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:40,719 Speaker 5: No, this deeper life means that we do what's right 255 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 5: in spite of how we feel. You may not feel 256 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 5: like smiling, but if you want to rise above that emotion, 257 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 5: you've got to learn to smile by faith. You may 258 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 5: not feel like being friendly one day, but you've got 259 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:56,679 Speaker 5: to discipline yourself and be friendly by faith, and then 260 00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 5: the feelings will begin to change. I found that God 261 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 5: works from the inside out, but he expects us to 262 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 5: work from the outside inn. For instance, we have to 263 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 5: put a smile on our face first, then the joy 264 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 5: will come. We have to be kind and good to 265 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 5: people first, then they'll be good to us. You may 266 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 5: be thinking joy, I just don't feel like being in. 267 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 2: A good mood. 268 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 5: I've got problems. I've got difficulties. I feel like complaining. 269 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 5: I feel like having a pity party. Let me tell you, 270 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,440 Speaker 5: you got to shake yourself out of that junk. It'll 271 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:31,319 Speaker 5: keep you right where you are your attitude should be. 272 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 5: I know God is bigger than anything that I'm facing. 273 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 5: I know this problem is not permanent. Didn't come to stay, 274 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 5: it came to pass. I'm gonna enjoy my life in 275 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:44,840 Speaker 5: the meantime. I'm going to be steady, immovable, full of joy. 276 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 5: That's the deeper life, living by what you know, not 277 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 5: by what you feel. Now, I love what the scripture 278 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 5: says here in Jeremiah seventeen, verse seven, Blessed is the 279 00:13:55,679 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 5: man who makes the Lord his hope and confidence. Translation says, 280 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 5: blessed is the man who is steadfast and immovable. He 281 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 5: will be like a tree planted by the river banks, 282 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 5: with its roots reaching deep down into the water. It's 283 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 5: a tree not bothered by the heat, nor worried by 284 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 5: long months of drought. Its leaves stay green, and it 285 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 5: goes on producing luscious fruit. Notice God is saying here, 286 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 5: if we will just be stable, if we will consistently 287 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 5: stay in faith and consistently have a good attitude, then 288 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 5: even in our dark times, even in the difficult times, 289 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 5: it's not going to affect us. Because we are steadfast 290 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 5: and immovable, we will continue. 291 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 2: To prosper in spite of our obstacles. 292 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 5: We will continue to see God's goodness in spite of 293 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 5: negative circumstances. 294 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 2: But if this is going to happen, we. 295 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 5: Cannot go around complaining, Well, Joe, you don't know. My 296 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 5: business is so slow, these gas prices. I don't see 297 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 5: how I can make it now. Our God is Jehovah, Jirah, 298 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 5: the Lord, our provider. If you will stay in faith, 299 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:10,240 Speaker 5: God will cause your money to go further. He'll cause 300 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 5: your car to get better gas mileage. He'll cause you 301 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 5: to get promoted when other people are being laid off. 302 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 5: It says, in the dry seasons, in the difficult times, 303 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 5: we're not gonna barely get by. We're not gonna have 304 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 5: some old, dried up, rotten fruit. God says, We'll continue 305 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 5: to produce luscious fruit. See, when you're consistent, your roots 306 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 5: go down deep. They're not bothered by your circumstances. When 307 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 5: you're steadfast and immovable, you will see God's blessings and 308 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 5: favor in spite of what's going on around you. 309 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 2: The Bible talks about how we. 310 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 5: Should live, from faith to faith to faith. It's talking 311 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 5: about consistency. The problem we have many times we go 312 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 5: from faith to doubt to discouragement, back to faith, to worry, 313 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 5: to being upset, And it's this roller coastal way of 314 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 5: living that keeps too many people from their full potential. 315 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 5: Now understand, stability prepares you for promotion. I heard somebody 316 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 5: say your ability will only be released through your stability. 317 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 5: Every one of you has incredible gifts and talents. You 318 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 5: have so much potential on the inside, but the only 319 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 5: way it's going to be released is when God is 320 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 5: able to trust you. It'll be released when your character 321 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 5: is developed. For instance, God is not going to promote 322 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 5: us if he knows we're going to lose our cool 323 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 5: and blow up every other day, say things to hurt people, 324 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 5: go around depressed for three months. Now, that wouldn't be 325 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 5: a good witness. We have to develop our character first. Now, 326 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 5: our gifts may be able to take us someplace, but 327 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 5: it's our character that's going to keep us there. And 328 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 5: God is looking for steady, consistent, immovable people, not people 329 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 5: that are on a high for two weeks and then 330 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 5: they're down in the valley for three months. Now, let's 331 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 5: learn to stay the same consist instantly happy, consistently grateful, 332 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:07,680 Speaker 5: consistently friendly, consistently in a good mood. I believe that 333 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 5: consistency is one of the main keys to victory. And 334 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:14,920 Speaker 5: the key to consistency not living by what we feel, 335 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 5: but living by what we know. I don't even think 336 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:20,880 Speaker 5: it's a good idea to let yourself get real high, 337 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 5: real excited, to where you're emotionally at your peak, because 338 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,520 Speaker 5: I've found the people that live way up here and 339 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:31,680 Speaker 5: try to live on the mountaintop, they can go equally 340 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:34,440 Speaker 5: as low, just as high as they go this way, 341 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:37,600 Speaker 5: they go the same amount low. And I'd rather live 342 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 5: my life consistently happy. And when I say happy, I'm 343 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 5: talking about a calm delight. I'm at peace, I'm content, 344 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:48,920 Speaker 5: I know God's in control. I would rather live my 345 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 5: life that way than up on the mountaintop one day 346 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:53,680 Speaker 5: because I got good news, then I'm down in the 347 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:56,400 Speaker 5: valley the next because I got bad news. Let's learn 348 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 5: to stay right in the middle. I know, even when 349 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:02,879 Speaker 5: we open up this new facility, the Compact Center, that 350 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 5: was a dream come true, one of the highlights of 351 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 5: my life. 352 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 2: Victoria will tell you. 353 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:10,680 Speaker 5: I didn't try to stay way up here, just celebrate 354 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,159 Speaker 5: day after day and live on that mountaintop. 355 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 2: I just stayed right in the middle. 356 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 5: I'm as happy and content today as the day that 357 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 5: we opened it. 358 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:22,920 Speaker 2: I've seen people they live for a vacation. They're happy 359 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:23,720 Speaker 2: for two weeks and. 360 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 5: Depressed when they have to come back home, or they 361 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 5: get all excited about it, then they're disappointed because it 362 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 5: wasn't what they thought it would be. You've probably known 363 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:35,680 Speaker 5: people they live for the weekend, live for some big event, 364 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 5: live for a ball game. The problem with that is 365 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 5: they're up and they're down, in a good mood a 366 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:43,920 Speaker 5: little while, and in a sour mood most of the time. 367 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:47,919 Speaker 5: But God wants us to enjoy every day of our lives, 368 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 5: even the seemingly mundane things. You know, you can enjoy 369 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:56,360 Speaker 5: your drive to work tomorrow. You can enjoy mowing your lawn, 370 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:59,479 Speaker 5: you can enjoy going to the grocery store. You are 371 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 5: pointed to enjoy your everyday life. Quit dreading things, Quit 372 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:06,920 Speaker 5: getting in a sour mood because you got to clean 373 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,440 Speaker 5: the house tomorrow, or it's time to mow the lawn, 374 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:12,159 Speaker 5: or you got stuck in traffic. Will change your attitude 375 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:15,400 Speaker 5: and make a decision to enjoy it and don't make 376 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:18,520 Speaker 5: that mistake of just living life for the quote Big events. 377 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 2: Really, today is a big event. You're alive, you're breathing. 378 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 2: That's a pretty big deal. Do you know? 379 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 5: On average, one hundred and eighty thousand people are going 380 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:34,359 Speaker 5: to die tomorrow, and the good news is most likely 381 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:35,119 Speaker 5: you will not. 382 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 2: Be one of them. 383 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 5: So why don't you shake off the discouragement, make a 384 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:40,159 Speaker 5: decision to enjoy this. 385 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:42,400 Speaker 2: Day, tomorrow and so forth. 386 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 5: The Bible talks about in Psalms how God will test 387 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 5: our emotions. I know some of you have been praying 388 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:52,440 Speaker 5: and believing for things to change and you're not seeing 389 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,680 Speaker 5: anything happening. And it's easy to get discouraged. It's easy 390 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:58,880 Speaker 5: to lose our passion. But you need to remind yourself 391 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 5: that is a test of your faith. It's a test 392 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 5: of your emotions. God wants to see what. 393 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 2: Are you gonna do? Are you gonna get negative discouraged? Well, 394 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:09,600 Speaker 2: I knew it wouldn't work out for me. 395 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 5: Or are you gonna do what we're talking about and 396 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 5: just keep standing firm, keep staying in faith, keep expecting 397 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:19,360 Speaker 5: things to change. Well, Joel, I'm standing firm, but I'm 398 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 5: really depressed. I'm really discouraged. No, to be standing firm 399 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:25,639 Speaker 5: means you have a smile on your face when you're 400 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:28,200 Speaker 5: standing firm no matter what comes against you. 401 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:31,240 Speaker 2: Nobody can even really tell you're in the middle of 402 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 2: a trial. 403 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 5: And if you're in a difficult time, you should not 404 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 5: be dragging around with a long sour face. 405 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 2: Oh jol has just got me down? 406 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:42,359 Speaker 5: Do you know being in a sour mood because of 407 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 5: your problems doesn't make it better. It makes it worse, 408 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 5: puts more pressure on you, makes you more miserable. A 409 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 5: better approach is to say, God, I'm turning this situation 410 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 5: over to you. I'm not gonna let it still my joy. 411 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 5: I know you're in control, and at the right time, 412 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 5: I believe you'll not only turn it around, but you'll 413 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 5: bring me out better off than I was before. That's 414 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 5: how we rule over these negative feelings. It's simply a 415 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:09,679 Speaker 5: decision that we make. Some of you today, you're up 416 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 5: and you're down. You're hard to get along with, and 417 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:16,359 Speaker 5: you keep blaming it on your circumstances, or on how 418 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 5: somebody's treating you, or on how you feel. But I'm 419 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:23,119 Speaker 5: asking you, with a smile on our face, to stop 420 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:28,120 Speaker 5: making excuses and start taking responsibility. We all have times 421 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 5: where we wake up in the morning and we feel 422 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:34,120 Speaker 5: the blaws, we don't feel very excited. But that's when 423 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:36,119 Speaker 5: we have to dig our heels in and say, you 424 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 5: know what, I'm not gonna let these feelings dictate what 425 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:39,639 Speaker 5: kind of. 426 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 2: Day I'm gonna have. I'm gonna rule over them and 427 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:44,040 Speaker 2: choose to be in a good. 428 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:47,359 Speaker 5: Mood in spite of how I feel. You can choose 429 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 5: what kind of day you're gonna have. We can choose how. 430 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:51,679 Speaker 2: We're going to live our lives. 431 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 5: I know some of you, maybe in the natural you 432 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:58,240 Speaker 5: have a good reason to be down and discouraged, but 433 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 5: I'm asking you to not allow yourself to go there. 434 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 5: When you are stable in spite of what's come against you, 435 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:08,159 Speaker 5: that's one of the best ways to show God that 436 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:11,159 Speaker 5: you're trusting him in difficult times. 437 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 2: Sometimes we think, well, I. 438 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 5: Need to pray this long and quote this many scriptures, 439 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:17,120 Speaker 5: and that's all good. 440 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 2: But do you know when you just stay firm, when 441 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 2: you don't get upset, when. 442 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 5: You don't lose your peace, when you have a smile 443 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 5: on your face, when nobody even knows you're in that trial, 444 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 5: let me tell you that's your faith at work. You 445 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:33,359 Speaker 5: are paving the way for God to change things in 446 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 5: your favor. 447 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:38,480 Speaker 2: I think about David. He had to fight being moody. 448 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:39,240 Speaker 6: Here. 449 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 5: He was the King of Israel, had all kinds of opportunity, power, position, 450 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 5: he was wealthy, had plenty of money, Yet he still 451 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 5: got depressed and discouraged. That tells me having to choose 452 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:56,200 Speaker 5: to stay stable, having to rule over these negative feelings 453 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 5: is something every person has to deal with. Don't think 454 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,439 Speaker 5: if I just had more money, or if I had 455 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 5: a better job, if I had a different spouse, then 456 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:06,400 Speaker 5: I'd be in a good mood. Joel, Then I wouldn't 457 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:08,920 Speaker 5: have to deal with these feelings. Now you may think that, 458 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 5: but every person, regardless of that, we all have to 459 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 5: fight this temptation to just give in and live how 460 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 5: we feel. And I love what David did. He talked 461 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:23,719 Speaker 5: to himself. He said, why are you cast down? Oh 462 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 5: my soul, hope in the Lord. He was saying in 463 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 5: everyday language, David, what are you doing in a bad mood? 464 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 5: Stop looking at your problems and start looking at your God. 465 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 5: Sometimes the best thing we can do is talk to ourselves. 466 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 5: When you're tempted to be in a bad mood, you 467 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:41,360 Speaker 5: need to go look in the mirror and say, listen 468 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:41,880 Speaker 5: to her self. 469 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 2: You need to cheer up, get your joy back, get 470 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 2: your peace back. We're not going to live this day. 471 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 2: Defeate it. You have to stay on the offensive. 472 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:54,880 Speaker 5: Don't wait till you've been down for three days before 473 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 5: you decide to do something about it. The moment you 474 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,639 Speaker 5: feel that discouragement trying to come on, you need to 475 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:02,960 Speaker 5: rise up and say no, I'm not gonna go there. 476 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,120 Speaker 5: You wake up in the morning and you feel the blaws. Nope, 477 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:08,200 Speaker 5: that's not for me. This is gonna be a good day. 478 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:11,160 Speaker 5: It's the day the Lord has made. You find out 479 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,360 Speaker 5: later in the day that you have to work late. 480 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:14,200 Speaker 2: That's okay. 481 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:16,919 Speaker 5: I'm not gonna get upset. I know God's still in control. 482 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 5: You go through some kind of disappointment, no big deal. 483 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 5: I know God will open up another door. You find 484 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:25,920 Speaker 5: yourself in a tight spot, That's okay. God can make 485 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 5: a way when it looks like there is no way. See, 486 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:31,200 Speaker 5: no matter what comes against you, it just bounces off. 487 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 5: You're steadfast, You're immovable. You've already made up your mind. 488 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:39,680 Speaker 5: You're gonna enjoy this day. Another important key to not 489 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 5: live in life moody is we have to learn to 490 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 5: be realistic and not idealistic. Idealistic means that we think 491 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:51,440 Speaker 5: everything is gonna always go our way, every person is 492 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 5: gonna treat me right today, every freeway is gonna be 493 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 5: traffic free. I'm gonna get out of this parking lot 494 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:01,160 Speaker 5: in five minutes after the service. Know that is not realistic. 495 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 5: Jesus said, in life, we will have difficulties. And I 496 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:09,439 Speaker 5: know people they are so idealistic they set themselves up 497 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:12,879 Speaker 5: for disappointment. And I'm all for believing for good things. 498 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:16,359 Speaker 5: I'm all for expecting the best. But the reality is 499 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 5: we live in an imperfect world with imperfect people, and 500 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 5: there are going to. 501 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:23,680 Speaker 2: Be times that things don't go our way. 502 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 5: And if we're expecting every person to be perfect, and 503 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:29,879 Speaker 5: our spouse to never hurt us, and our children that 504 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 5: never do wrong, and for us to get every break 505 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:35,879 Speaker 5: in life, we're just setting ourselves up for disappointment. I 506 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 5: believe a better way to live is to say, God, 507 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 5: here are my plans for today. I'm submitting them to you, 508 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 5: believing for the best. But God, no matter what does 509 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 5: or doesn't happen, my trust is in you. Now I'm 510 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 5: going to stay in faith knowing that you promise to 511 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 5: work at all things for my good. When we have 512 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:58,199 Speaker 5: that kind of attitude, even if we go through a disappointment, 513 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,639 Speaker 5: even if our plans don't worry, we don't get frustrated. 514 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 2: We know God has us in the palm of his hand. 515 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:08,640 Speaker 5: We know in those trying times we're growing, we're increasing, 516 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:12,119 Speaker 5: our character is being developed. So we can stay consistent 517 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 5: and just enjoy that day anyway. But don't set yourself 518 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:19,399 Speaker 5: up for disappointment by expecting everything to be perfect. I 519 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 5: know in my own life, I've already accepted the fact 520 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:27,879 Speaker 5: that as friendly and good looking as I am, some 521 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:30,720 Speaker 5: people are still not gonna like me. Do you know, 522 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 5: no matter how much good you do, somebody will find 523 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 5: some reason to criticize. No matter how friendly you are, 524 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 5: somebody will offend you. And it's up to us to 525 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 5: decide beforehand that no matter what doesn't work out today, 526 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 5: no matter how somebody treats me, it's not gonna change us. 527 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 5: Heard attitude should be. I'm not gonna lose my joy 528 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 5: if I get stuck in traffic. It's not gonna ruin 529 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 5: my day. If somebody criticizes I'm not gonna get stressed. 530 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:00,159 Speaker 2: Out if I don't get all my work done. Oh, 531 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 2: I'm staying consistent. 532 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:04,240 Speaker 5: I've already made up my mind to enjoy this day. 533 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 5: That's a stable person, and stability is a sign of maturity. 534 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 5: A lot of times we're all being out of shape, 535 00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:14,359 Speaker 5: praying God, get me out of this. God, You've got 536 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 5: to change this. And God's over here saying, show me 537 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 5: some consistency, give me something to work with. See, it 538 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 5: takes faith to smile when you feel like being depressed. 539 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,479 Speaker 5: It takes faith to have a good attitude when nothing's 540 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:32,160 Speaker 5: going your way. It takes faith to stay calm when 541 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:35,679 Speaker 5: you feel like chewing somebody out. I'm asking us today 542 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 5: to not live by how we feel. Let's go deeper 543 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 5: than that and start living by what we know. We 544 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 5: know God is in control, we know he's got a 545 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 5: great plan for our lives. We know his power is 546 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:50,640 Speaker 5: greater than any other power. Now, when those old, negative, 547 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:54,639 Speaker 5: discouraging thoughts and feelings come, why don't you start shaking 548 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:58,200 Speaker 5: them off. Be done with that roller coaster living. Don't 549 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:01,760 Speaker 5: be a moody person up in the morning and decide that. 550 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:02,920 Speaker 2: You're going to have a great day. 551 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,920 Speaker 5: I really believe some of you This could save your marriage, 552 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 5: could save a relationship. This can save your position at 553 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:14,240 Speaker 5: the office if you'll start ruling over the emotions and 554 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 5: make stability and consistency a goal. Not living on the 555 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,719 Speaker 5: mountaintop and not living in the valley, but stand right 556 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:23,000 Speaker 5: in the middle, consistently. 557 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 2: Happy, consistently grateful, consistently in a good mood. 558 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 5: If you do that, God has promised he'll not only 559 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:31,600 Speaker 5: promote you, but in your dry seasons you'll continue to 560 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:32,520 Speaker 5: produce good fruit. 561 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:35,600 Speaker 2: You'll live the life of victory he has in story. Amen, 562 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:36,320 Speaker 2: do you receive it. 563 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:41,040 Speaker 5: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 564 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,920 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 565 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 566 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 5: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 567 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:57,160 Speaker 5: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that 568 00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:00,240 Speaker 5: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. It in 569 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 5: a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. He's 570 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 5: going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 571 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:07,040 Speaker 3: Thank you for. 572 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 2: Listening to the Joeloustine podcast. 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