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We appreciate you and pray 31 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:26,680 Speaker 2: for God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 32 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 2: It's a joy to come into your homes. We love 33 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 2: you and we know God has great things in store 34 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:34,400 Speaker 2: for each one of you. And if you're ever in 35 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 2: the Houston area, I hope you'll stop by and be 36 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 2: a part of one of our services. I promise you 37 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:41,680 Speaker 2: we'll make you feel right at home. Thanks for tuning 38 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 2: in today and thank you again for coming out. I 39 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 2: like to start with something funny each week, and I 40 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 2: heard about this Southern Baptist man named Bill. He liked 41 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 2: to sneak off to the horse races and bet. One day, 42 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 2: after spending almost all of his money, he saw a 43 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 2: frieze step out onto the tracks and bless a horse. 44 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 2: He watched very closely, and sure enough the horse won 45 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 2: first place. Next race, the priest blessed another horse again 46 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 2: that horse won, so Bill went to the ATM machine 47 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 2: got out all of his money. This time, the priest 48 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 2: not only touched the horse's forehead, but he touched his eyes, 49 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 2: his ears, and all of his hoofs. Feeling confident, Bill 50 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 2: bent all of his money. But right in the middle 51 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,239 Speaker 2: of the race, the horse fell over and died. He 52 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 2: couldn't believe it. He went to the priest and said, 53 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:30,919 Speaker 2: what in the world happened. The priest said, that's the 54 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 2: problem with you Protestants. You don't know the difference between 55 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 2: a blessing and the last rites. All right, hold up 56 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 2: your Bible, say it like you mean it. This is 57 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 2: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 58 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 2: have what it says I have. I can do what 59 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 2: it says I can do. Today I will be taught 60 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 2: the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 61 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 2: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 62 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 63 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 2: to you today about having the right perspective. It's easy 64 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 2: to get focused on what's wrong in life and what 65 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 2: we don't have and how big our obstacles are. If 66 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,079 Speaker 2: we're not careful, we'll lose sight of all the good 67 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 2: things God has done. Will take for granted our family, 68 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 2: our friends, our health, the opportunity God blessed us with. 69 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:27,919 Speaker 2: We'll get so busy and so stressed out that we 70 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 2: don't appreciate the gift of today. What's happened. Our perspective 71 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 2: has gotten off. Perspective is all about how we see 72 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 2: a situation. Business may be slow, the economy may be down. 73 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 2: The wrong perspective is I'll never make it, it's just 74 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 2: too much. The right perspective is God is supplying all 75 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 2: of my needs. He said he had prosper me even 76 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 2: in a desert. You go through a disappointment. The wrong 77 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 2: perspective is I should have known this was going to happen. 78 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 2: I never get any good breaks my luck. The right 79 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 2: perspective is when one door closes, I know God's going 80 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 2: to open up another door. What was meant for my harm? 81 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 2: I know God will use to my advantage. You can 82 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 2: take two people and put them in the exact same circumstances. 83 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 2: One will be negative, complaining, enduring life. The other will 84 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 2: be happy, grateful, enjoying life. What's the difference their perspective? 85 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 2: It's in how they're choosing to see the situation. And 86 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:32,720 Speaker 2: we all have things. If we focus on them, they 87 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,480 Speaker 2: can steal our joy and cause us to be sour. 88 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 2: But if we're going to live life happy, the foundation 89 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 2: is having a grateful spirit. I've learned seeds of discouragement 90 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:48,280 Speaker 2: cannot take root in a grateful heart. If you're not 91 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 2: happy today, you've lost your enthusiasm for life. One of 92 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 2: the quickest ways to see that turn around is to 93 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:58,799 Speaker 2: start being more grateful. Instead of looking at what's wrong, 94 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:02,559 Speaker 2: start thinking God for what's right. Instead of complaining about 95 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 2: what you don't have, start thanking God for what you 96 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 2: do have. Instead of dwelling on how far you've got 97 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 2: to go, take a look back and thank God for 98 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:13,720 Speaker 2: how far he's already brought you now. I've talked to 99 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 2: people that have gone through disappointments. They lost a job, 100 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 2: maybe a relationship didn't work out, or they're dealing with 101 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 2: the health issue. They don't think they have any reason 102 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:27,039 Speaker 2: to be grateful, but really it's all a matter of perspective. 103 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 2: I heard about a man He complained that he didn't 104 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 2: have any shoes until he met a man that didn't 105 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:38,039 Speaker 2: have any feet. What happened his perspective changed. He thought, 106 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 2: you know what, maybe I don't have it so bad. 107 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 2: The truth is, somebody would love to have your life. 108 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 2: Somebody would gladly trade places with you. Some people would 109 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 2: love to be able to breathe freely like you can breathe, 110 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 2: to walk like you can walk. Some people would give 111 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 2: anything to be sitting in an air conditioning building surrounded 112 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 2: by leavers. Have you thank God lately for your family, 113 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 2: for your friends, for your health, for the opportunities God's 114 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 2: blessed you with. Here's the key. If we complain about 115 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 2: where we are, we will never get to where we 116 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 2: want to be. Well, hey, you say, Joel, if you 117 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 2: were driving this old rattle trap of a car like 118 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 2: I'm driving, doesn't even have any air conditioning, I'm burning up. 119 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 2: You'd complain too. If you lived in this small apartment, Joel. 120 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 2: Or how about this, if you were married to my spouse, 121 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 2: I guarantee you'd complain. Now, remember this phrase. If you complain, 122 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 2: you're going to remain. But if your praise, you'll be raised. 123 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 2: One thing I found that will help keep the right 124 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 2: perspective is to make a list of all the things 125 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:53,279 Speaker 2: you have to be grateful for. Write down a dozen 126 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 2: things God has blessed you with and put it up 127 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 2: on your mirror in your bathroom. Every day before you 128 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 2: leave the house, go over it two or three times 129 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 2: before you go to bed, do the same thing. Get 130 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 2: that down in your spirit. Meditate on the good things 131 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 2: God has done. Why don't you write down the time 132 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 2: God showed up and made a way when it looked 133 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 2: like there was no way. Write down the time that 134 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 2: God had you at the right place and you got promoted, 135 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 2: The time God protected you from the accident, The time 136 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 2: the medical report said you weren't going to make it, 137 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 2: but unexpectedly your health turned around. Why don't you write 138 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 2: down the fact that you have healthy children, you have 139 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 2: a roof over your head, you have loving parents. When 140 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 2: you meditate on the goodness of God, it'll not only 141 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 2: help you have the right perspective, but that's your faith 142 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 2: being released. When your faith is released, it activates the 143 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 2: power of the most High God. You will see God 144 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 2: show up and give you something else to put on 145 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 2: your list. I read about this man. He was very 146 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 2: down and discouraged. He went to his minister said nothing 147 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 2: is and write in my life, have no reason to 148 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 2: be happy, no reason to be thankful. The minister said, 149 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 2: all right, let's do a little exam. He got out 150 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 2: a legal pad and drew a line right down the center. 151 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 2: He said, I'm on write down all of your assets 152 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 2: on this side, all of the things right in your life. 153 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 2: On the other side, I'm on write down all your challenges, 154 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 2: all these problems that are bothering you. The man laughed 155 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 2: and said, I'm not going to have anything to put 156 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 2: on the asset side. The minister said that's fine, let's 157 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 2: just go through the exercise, and the men kind of 158 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 2: hung his head down. The minister said, I'm so sorry 159 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:37,840 Speaker 2: to hear that your wife passed away. He looked up 160 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 2: abruptly said, what are you talking about. My wife didn't 161 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:43,959 Speaker 2: pass away. She's alive. She's healthy. He said, oh, he 162 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 2: wrote down, has a healthy wife that's alive. He said, well, 163 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,560 Speaker 2: I'm really sorry to hear that your house burned down. 164 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 2: He said, my house didn't burn down. I've got a 165 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 2: nice house. He said, all wrote it down, has a 166 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 2: nice house. He then said, I'm very sorry to hear 167 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:02,199 Speaker 2: that you got laid off, you lost your job. The 168 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:05,080 Speaker 2: men said, where are you getting all this nonsense? Didn't 169 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 2: lose my job. I've got a good job, he said, Oh, 170 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 2: wrote it down, He's got a good job. The man 171 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 2: finally caught on. He said, give me that list. He 172 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:15,080 Speaker 2: wrote down another dozen good things before he got finished. 173 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 2: He walked out of there with a whole new attitude. 174 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 2: What happened His perspective was off. When he began to 175 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:25,959 Speaker 2: focus on the good he got his enthusiasm back. And 176 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:29,719 Speaker 2: if you struggle with staying in courage, you struggle with 177 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 2: staying grateful, you too, need to make a list of 178 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 2: all the things that God has blessed you with. If 179 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 2: you have your health, write it down, I'm healthy. If 180 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 2: you can see, write it down, I can see. If 181 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 2: you're good looking like me, write it down, I'm good looking. 182 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 2: It's your list as long as you think so, that's 183 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 2: all that matters. I've got a job, I've got health, 184 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 2: I've got family, I've got friends. Made that list, then, 185 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:58,959 Speaker 2: all through the day in your mind, go over it 186 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 2: again and again and again. You've got to get your 187 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 2: mind going in the right direction. Your life is going 188 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 2: to follow your thoughts. If you're constantly meditating on God's 189 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:13,679 Speaker 2: goodness and thinking about what He's done and talking about 190 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 2: how He's blessed you. Then you're going to see God's 191 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:20,079 Speaker 2: favor in amazing ways. And we have to realize that 192 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:24,319 Speaker 2: every day is a gift from God. We're not always 193 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 2: going to be here. What a shame to live this 194 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:33,199 Speaker 2: day or any other day, negative, complaining, no enthusiasm. I 195 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:37,080 Speaker 2: realize we all have obstacles, we all have things to overcome, 196 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 2: but our attitudes should be I know God is still 197 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 2: on the throne. He's been complete control of my life. 198 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 2: He said his plans for me are for good and 199 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:49,679 Speaker 2: not evil. So I'm not going to drag through this 200 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 2: day defeated, complaining, focused on what's wrong, or I'm gonna 201 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 2: change my perspective and thank God I'm alive and thank 202 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:00,840 Speaker 2: god I'm healthy, and thank God I have faith, Thank 203 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 2: God I have opportunity. I'm gonna make the most of 204 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 2: this day. I'm gonna live it to the full. Well, 205 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:08,679 Speaker 2: you say, Joel, I would do that, but I just 206 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:12,079 Speaker 2: found out I have to work late this week, I 207 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:14,599 Speaker 2: have to mow the lawn later, I have to go 208 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 2: to the grocery store, or I have to take care 209 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 2: of these children, clean up after their mess. Let me 210 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 2: tell you you don't have to do anything. You get 211 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,319 Speaker 2: to do it. God is the one that's given you 212 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 2: breath to breathe. You couldn't mow the lawn if God 213 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 2: didn't give you strength. You wouldn't have to work late, 214 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 2: if God didn't provide the opportunity change your perspective. Our 215 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 2: attitude should be I don't have to go to work 216 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 2: this week. I get to go to work. I don't 217 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:43,719 Speaker 2: have to take care of these children. I get to 218 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 2: take care of these children. Do you know how many 219 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 2: people would love to have children. Some people have spent 220 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 2: thousands of dollars and gone through all kinds of medical procedures. 221 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:56,679 Speaker 2: They would do anything to be able to take care 222 00:11:56,679 --> 00:12:00,079 Speaker 2: of those children. Every day we should thank God that 223 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 2: He's blessed us with children. They are a gift from God. 224 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 2: When you're on your way to work, instead of complaining 225 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 2: about the traffic, why not say Father, thank you that 226 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 2: I have a job. When it's time to come to church, 227 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 2: instead of complaining, is too far, it's too crowded, why 228 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 2: not say Father, thank you that I have a great 229 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 2: church to go to. Thank you that I live in 230 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 2: a great country where we have the freedom to worship. Well, Joe, 231 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:30,599 Speaker 2: business is really slow. That may be true, but the 232 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 2: right perspective is this too shall pass. A new season 233 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 2: is coming. Well, I wrecked my car last week. It 234 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 2: may be total. That's not good, but the right perspective 235 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:44,199 Speaker 2: is at least I'm still alive. Well, I'm living in 236 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:47,680 Speaker 2: this small apartment. If I just had a bigger house, 237 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 2: if I just had more money, then I'd be happy. No, 238 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 2: you may not have all the money you would like, 239 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 2: but if you have your health, can I tell you 240 00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 2: you are very well off. That's worth a whole lot. 241 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 2: I was reading about a gentleman. He's one of the 242 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:08,079 Speaker 2: wealthiest men in the world, worth billions and billions of dollars, 243 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 2: but he doesn't have his health. He has a rare 244 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 2: disease where for years he has gone from hospital to hospital, 245 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 2: trying all different kinds of treatments. Do you know how 246 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 2: much he would give to have his health back. He 247 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 2: would give it all. You may not have as much 248 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 2: as you would like, but keep it in perspective. If 249 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:30,839 Speaker 2: you have your health, you're extremely rich. If you can walk, 250 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:33,319 Speaker 2: you can talk, you can hear, you can think. You 251 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 2: have something that billions of dollars cannot purchase. Don't take 252 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 2: for granted the fact that you were able to get 253 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:43,680 Speaker 2: out of bed this morning by yourself without any health. 254 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:47,439 Speaker 2: When you opened your eyes, you could see when you 255 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 2: told your legs to walk, they obeyed. When your spouse 256 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 2: said I love you, you could hear it. When your 257 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 2: child hold you, you could fill their embrace. When you 258 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:00,200 Speaker 2: went to the kitchen, you could taste the food. If 259 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 2: we're going to have the right perspective, we got to 260 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:09,319 Speaker 2: appreciate the simple things that God's blessed us with. I 261 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:11,679 Speaker 2: talked to a gentleman a few years ago. He was 262 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:14,559 Speaker 2: a very famous singer. He had a sister that was 263 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 2: mentally and physically challenged. She couldn't walk, talk, feed herself. 264 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 2: She needed twenty four hour constant attention. Growing up, he 265 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 2: and his other family members took care of her. He 266 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 2: explained how there were different cries that they understood. That's 267 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 2: how she communicated with them. There was a certain cry 268 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 2: for when she was hungry, a cry for when she 269 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 2: was thirsty, a cry for when she wanted to go 270 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 2: to bed. But he said the most difficult cry was 271 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 2: the cry for when she had an itch. See, she 272 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 2: could not tell them where the itch was, so they'd 273 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 2: have to scratch and scratch all over her body trying 274 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 2: to get rid of that itch. He said, Joel. That 275 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 2: helped me to appreciate the simple things that so many 276 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 2: of us take for granted. We think scratching an itch, 277 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 2: that's no big deal, But really it is a big deal. 278 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:07,360 Speaker 2: It's a big deal that we tell our arms to 279 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 2: work and they work. It's a big deal that we 280 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 2: open our eyes and we can see. When you get 281 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 2: up in the morning and you're tempted to focus on 282 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 2: your problems and how bad life is treating you, why 283 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 2: don't you turn it around and thank God that you 284 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 2: can scratch your own itch. Why don't you thank God 285 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 2: that when you got up this morning you didn't have 286 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 2: any problem breathing. Why don't you thank God that when 287 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 2: you looked out the window you could see the sunrise? 288 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 2: Learn to appreciate the simple things. Sometimes we lose perspective 289 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 2: because life can be routine. We think, Man, I'm just 290 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 2: getting up and going to work, coming home. Nothing exciting 291 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 2: is happening. I'm doing the same thing again and again. 292 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 2: But understand, there's nothing ordinary about getting up and going 293 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 2: to work. There's nothing ordinary about being able to breathe, 294 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 2: being able to see, being able to think, those are 295 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 2: gifts from Almighty God. But too often we don't realize 296 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 2: how great we have it until something is taken away. 297 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 2: I have a friend that used to play basketball with 298 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 2: the lot and he started having problems with his eyes. 299 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 2: It was always very strong, healthy, active, a good ball player. 300 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:21,680 Speaker 2: But this went on month after month. Finally he went 301 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 2: to the doctors and after many tests, they diagnosed him 302 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 2: with cancer of the eye. Looked like he was going 303 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 2: to lose his vision. It's very distraught, very upset. He 304 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 2: went in for the big operation. The problem was behind 305 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 2: his eyes. Much to the doctor's surprise, they realized it 306 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 2: was not cancer after all. It was an unusual fungus 307 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 2: and they were able to remove it and save his vision. 308 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 2: When he woke up from the operation and he got 309 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 2: the good news, he said, that was the greatest day 310 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 2: of my life. Think about it. He didn't just win 311 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 2: the lottery, he didn't just buy a new house, he 312 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:04,440 Speaker 2: didn't just get a big promotion. He simply got the 313 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 2: news that he was going to be able to continue 314 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:11,200 Speaker 2: to see. He said, Joel. Now every morning I get 315 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 2: up and I look at things on purpose. I stare 316 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:17,399 Speaker 2: at my children, I stare at my wife, I'll go 317 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 2: out and look up at the trees. I'll pick up 318 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 2: an acorn and just stare at it. Why is that 319 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:26,920 Speaker 2: because he almost lost his vision, Now being able to 320 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:30,720 Speaker 2: see has taken on a totally different meaning. Now, I 321 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 2: dare say that most of us would never say the 322 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 2: greatest day of our life was to wake up and 323 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 2: be able to see. But how things change when we 324 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 2: find out we may not have it anymore. I'm asking 325 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:47,199 Speaker 2: us today to not take for granted the good things 326 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 2: that God has already blessed us with. If you can see, 327 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:54,400 Speaker 2: you can talk, you can walk. If you have friends, family, opportunity, 328 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 2: learn to appreciate that. Don't go around complaining about what's wrong. 329 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 2: Change your focus. If you have a hard time getting 330 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:06,119 Speaker 2: to sleep tonight, instead of lying there and complaining about it, 331 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 2: why don't you think about all the people that don't 332 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 2: even have a bed. That'll keep you from being frustrated. 333 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:15,080 Speaker 2: If you get stuck in traffic, instead of being upset, 334 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 2: think about all the people that don't have a car. 335 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 2: If you have a tough day at the office this week, 336 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:23,120 Speaker 2: instead of letting that ruin the rest of the week, 337 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 2: think about all the people that don't have a job well, Joel. 338 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:29,920 Speaker 2: I had to park three blocks away to get to 339 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:33,200 Speaker 2: church today. I prayed for favor. I prayed for a 340 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:36,119 Speaker 2: good parking spot. It just never works. No, Instead of 341 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 2: complaining with every step you take, you should say, Father, 342 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 2: thank you that I'm strong, Think you that I'm healthy, 343 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:46,240 Speaker 2: Think you that I'm able to walk? How about this? 344 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:49,680 Speaker 2: Instead of complaining that your hair is turning gray, be 345 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 2: grateful that it's not turning loose. Some of it's too late, 346 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:01,919 Speaker 2: but staying grateful is a key to living life happy. 347 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:06,160 Speaker 2: That's why David said in Psalm thirty four, I will 348 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 2: bless the Lord at all times. His praise will continually 349 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:15,120 Speaker 2: be in my mouth. Notice how long? Continually all the time? 350 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 2: David knew a secret. You can't praise and complain at 351 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:24,680 Speaker 2: the same time. If you're constantly thanking God for his goodness, 352 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:29,560 Speaker 2: meditating on what he's done, thinking about how he's blessed you, 353 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:32,359 Speaker 2: then you won't have any time to go around complaining 354 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:35,680 Speaker 2: about what's wrong in your life. And every day we're 355 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 2: going to be tested in these areas. Somebody's rude to 356 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:42,639 Speaker 2: you at the office, you go through a disappointment, your 357 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:45,640 Speaker 2: plans don't work out, you get a negative medical report. 358 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:49,680 Speaker 2: In those difficult times, we're either going to be saying, poor, 359 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 2: oh me, I can't believe it's happening, or we're gonna 360 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 2: be saying, Father, I want to thank you that I 361 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 2: am more than a conquer You said you always caused 362 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 2: me to triumph. You said, no up and formed against 363 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 2: me is going to prosper. So Father, I want to 364 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:06,000 Speaker 2: thank you in advance that I'm not only coming out, 365 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 2: I'm gonna come out better off than I was before. 366 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 2: We can either complain or praise. I'm asking you to 367 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 2: choose to praise first. Thessalonians five eighteen says in everything 368 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 2: give thanks. Doesn't say to give thanks for everything, says 369 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 2: to give thanks in everything. In other words, we don't 370 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:31,920 Speaker 2: thank God for the trouble, thank him for the sickness, 371 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 2: thank him for the accident. No, in the trouble, we 372 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 2: thank him that we're coming out in the difficulty. We 373 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 2: think him that he's turning it around in the slow economy. 374 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:46,200 Speaker 2: We thank him that he's bringing favor, increase, promotion. And 375 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 2: anytime you have an opportunity to complain, let that be 376 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 2: a reminder to give God praise. Just turn it around 377 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 2: and thank him that he's working in your life. What 378 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:59,360 Speaker 2: do we have to be grateful for? I read where 379 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:03,639 Speaker 2: over a million people a week die. You can be 380 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 2: grateful that you made it another week. This article talked 381 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 2: about that if you have a roof over your head, 382 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 2: you are better off than seventy five percent of the 383 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:17,520 Speaker 2: world's population. If you have fifteen dollars to your name, 384 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,840 Speaker 2: you are in the top eight percent of the world's 385 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:24,879 Speaker 2: wealthiest people. Fifteen dollars I know today I am looking 386 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 2: at wealthy people right now. Keep the right perspective. I 387 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 2: heard a poem that said, I am thankful for the 388 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,720 Speaker 2: taxes I have to pay each year because that means 389 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 2: I have a job. I am thankful for the mess 390 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 2: I have to clean up after the party, because that 391 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 2: means I've been surrounded by friends. I am thankful for 392 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 2: the law that needs to be mode, the gutters that 393 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 2: need repair, the windows that need to be cleaned, because 394 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 2: that means I have a home. I am thankful for 395 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 2: sore muscles and weariness at the end of the day 396 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,359 Speaker 2: day because that means I was able to work hard. 397 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 2: I am thankful for the lady behind me at church 398 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:10,920 Speaker 2: that sings off key because that means I'm able to hear. 399 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 2: I am thankful for the alarm that goes off early 400 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 2: in the morning, because that means I'm still alive. Friends, 401 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 2: it's all a matter of perspective, how we choose to 402 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:25,680 Speaker 2: see it. My brother Paul, as you know, is a 403 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 2: medical doctor. He spent seventeen years as the chief of 404 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 2: surgery at a hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas, and at 405 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 2: one point he and his wife Jennifer, had three children 406 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 2: under the age of six. Paul was working eighty hours 407 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 2: a week at the hospital. Then he would come home 408 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 2: and have babies to deal with, diapers, to change, children 409 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:47,440 Speaker 2: waking up in the middle of the night. And of 410 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,399 Speaker 2: course Paul loved his family, but he was living very 411 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 2: stressed out, frustrated, not enjoying life, but enduring life. One day, 412 00:22:56,640 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 2: something happened that changed his perspective. One of his patience, 413 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 2: an elderly woman named Ella, came in for a checkup. 414 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,880 Speaker 2: She'd had a minor operation. Paul had known Ella for many, 415 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:11,360 Speaker 2: many years. In fact, just a few months earlier, Ella's 416 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 2: husband of over fifty years had gone to be with 417 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:17,639 Speaker 2: the Lord. Now, as usual, Paul was in a big hurry. 418 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 2: He was late for an operation, Plus he had another 419 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 2: patient to see now, he found himself rushing through Ella's exam. 420 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:29,160 Speaker 2: As he finished up, Ella asked if she could talk 421 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 2: to Paul about something for just a moment. Paul thought 422 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 2: for sure it'd be a medical question, a health concern, 423 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 2: but she looked him in the eyes and said, doctor Paul, 424 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 2: you're so stressed out. I just want to know how 425 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:45,280 Speaker 2: are you doing. Paul was kind of taken back. He 426 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,399 Speaker 2: apologized for being in such a hurry. He began to 427 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 2: explain how hectic things were, busy at home with the babies, 428 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:55,160 Speaker 2: swamped at the office. He said, Ella, I'm just kind 429 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:59,119 Speaker 2: of frustrated right now. It's a very difficult season. I 430 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 2: wish I had more time. I just can't wait to 431 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 2: get through it. To be polite, he said, oh, Ella, 432 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,760 Speaker 2: you're the one that lost your husband. How are you doing? 433 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,919 Speaker 2: Is there anything you wish for? Her eyes lit up. 434 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 2: She said, doctor Paul, I would give anything to be 435 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 2: where you are as a young parent. I would give 436 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:21,200 Speaker 2: anything to hear the pitter pattern of my children's feet 437 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:24,440 Speaker 2: running through the house. I would give anything to change 438 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 2: a diaper, to make formula, to rock my children back 439 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:31,679 Speaker 2: to sleep. How I long for those days. Tears started 440 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:35,159 Speaker 2: coming down her cheeks. She said, Paul, one day, you 441 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 2: are going to look back and miss the very season 442 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 2: that you're trying to hurry through. Paul left that day 443 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 2: with a different perspective. He couldn't wait to get home 444 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:49,200 Speaker 2: to change his children's diapers. Jennifer thought he had lost 445 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:53,399 Speaker 2: his mind. He looked forward to his children waking up 446 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:55,440 Speaker 2: in the middle of the night so he could spend 447 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:59,199 Speaker 2: time putting them back to sleep. With a simple shift 448 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 2: in perspective, Paul went from enduring his life to enjoying 449 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:07,280 Speaker 2: his life. Could it be that you're missing out on 450 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 2: the best of life because your perspective is all You're 451 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:15,159 Speaker 2: focused on? What's wrong? So busy, so stressed. You're missing 452 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:20,200 Speaker 2: the good things God's given you taken for granted. Family, friends, health, 453 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 2: opportunity friends. We are living in the good old days. 454 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,440 Speaker 2: Twenty years from now, we're going to look back and say, you, 455 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,639 Speaker 2: remember when our children were small, Remember when mother and 456 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 2: Daddy were here, Remember when we first moved into the 457 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 2: compact center. These are the good old days. Let me 458 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:43,440 Speaker 2: challenge you, ignite the moment, make memories together, Appreciate what 459 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 2: God's put in your life. Look around at all the 460 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:50,439 Speaker 2: incredible blessings God has given you. David said in Psalm ninety, 461 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:54,600 Speaker 2: God teach us to number our days. He was saying, God, 462 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 2: help us to realize that every day is a gift. 463 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:00,960 Speaker 2: Help us to not get so folocused on what's wrong, 464 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 2: and so stressed and so hectic that we don't appreciate 465 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:08,359 Speaker 2: the gift of today. I read a question. I'll ask you, 466 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 2: if you only had an hour to live, who would 467 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 2: you call? What would you say? And what are you 468 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:20,440 Speaker 2: waiting for? Sometimes we live and act as if we're invincible, 469 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:23,520 Speaker 2: like we're always going to be here. But the scripture 470 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 2: says our life is like a vapor. We're here one moment, 471 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 2: then we're gone. Heard somebody put it like this. We 472 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 2: forget how fragile life really is. We wait for Thanksgiving 473 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:38,959 Speaker 2: to give thanks, We wait for Christmas to give gifts. 474 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:42,800 Speaker 2: We wait for Valentine's Day to show love to those 475 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:46,440 Speaker 2: that we hold dear. We say to ourselves, today is 476 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 2: just an ordinary day, and so we wait, and while 477 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 2: we wait, the clock ticks, precious moments pass by. But 478 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 2: in reality, there's no such thing as an ordinary day. 479 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:04,120 Speaker 2: Every day is a gift, unique and irreplaceable. It's ours 480 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:09,440 Speaker 2: can be used or misused, invested or wasted. God teach 481 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:13,120 Speaker 2: us to number our days. Friends. My prayer for each 482 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 2: of us is that we will go out with the 483 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:20,440 Speaker 2: right perspective, focused on the good, not taking things for granted, 484 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 2: recognizing that every day is unique and irreplaceable. Remember, life 485 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 2: is extremely fragile. Slow down and appreciate what God's given 486 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:36,159 Speaker 2: you every day. Hug your children, take time for the 487 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,159 Speaker 2: people that God's put in your life, and learn to 488 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:42,200 Speaker 2: be thankful for the simple things, even the fact that 489 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:46,920 Speaker 2: you can scratch your own edge. Remember, seeds of discouragement 490 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:50,159 Speaker 2: can't take root in a grateful heart. Why don't you 491 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 2: make that list of all the things God's blessed you with, 492 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 2: keep it in front of you, and go over it 493 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 2: again and again. Meditate on God's goodness. If you will 494 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:03,440 Speaker 2: keep the right like David, let his praise continually be 495 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,480 Speaker 2: in your mouth, then God says, when you praise, you're 496 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,040 Speaker 2: going to be raised. That means God will pour out 497 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:13,440 Speaker 2: his blessings in favor. You'll accomplish dreams, overcome obstacles, and 498 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,359 Speaker 2: you'll live that life of victory he has in story. Amen, 499 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:20,880 Speaker 2: do you receive it today. We never like to close 500 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:24,359 Speaker 2: our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus 501 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 2: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 502 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:32,040 Speaker 2: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 503 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:36,960 Speaker 2: into my heart. 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