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Not 48 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 5: like to sart with something funny and I heard about 49 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:09,079 Speaker 5: this man he called the church office and. 50 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 4: Said I want to speak to the head hog at 51 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 4: the trough. The secretary was offended. 52 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 5: She said, if you mean the pastor, you're going to 53 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 5: have to call him pastor, but you may not call 54 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 5: him the head hog at the trough. 55 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 4: He said, well fine, but I. 56 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 5: Was thinking about making a five thousand dollars donation to 57 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 5: your church. She said, hang on, Porky just walked in. 58 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 5: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 59 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 5: I am what it says I am. I have what 60 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 5: it says I have. I can do what it says 61 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 5: I can do. Today I will be talked the word 62 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 5: of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 63 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 5: heart is receptive. 64 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus's name, God 65 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 4: bless you. 66 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about choosing a 67 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 5: good mood. God created us as emotional beings. We can 68 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 5: all feel things. I feel joy, excitement, passion, and we 69 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 5: can feel sadness, sorrow, discouragement. 70 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 4: Feelings come to us all. But here's the key. 71 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 5: Feelings don't always tell us the truth. Feelings are not facts. 72 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,679 Speaker 5: When you wake up in the morning, you can feel gloom, despair, 73 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 5: nothing good in your future. 74 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 4: Then you get a cup of coffee and you feel great. 75 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 4: You're back to normal. Feelings can change on a dime. 76 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 5: The mistake we make is we let feelings determine our mood. 77 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 5: We wake up and think, how do I feel today? 78 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 5: If we feel the blaws, then we go around discourage, 79 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 5: We get stuck in traffic. 80 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 4: I feel upset. Someone is rude to us. 81 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 5: I feel offended. We have a bad break. I feel 82 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 5: self pity. We wonder why we don't enjoy life. It's 83 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 5: because we're being ruled by our feelings. You can't stop 84 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 5: feelings from coming, but you can say feelings. You are 85 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 5: not the boss of me. You are not going to 86 00:03:57,880 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 5: control my life. 87 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 4: When you wake up in the morning, you may feel 88 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 4: the blaws. I don't want to go to work. 89 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 5: I don't want to deal with these children have so 90 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 5: many problems right there. 91 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 4: You have a choice. 92 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 5: Are you going to let those feelings dictate your mood 93 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 5: or are you going to rule over those feelings and 94 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 5: decide what kind of mood you're going to be in. 95 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 5: You have to be proactive. Father, Thank you that this 96 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 5: is going to be a great day. I know I'm 97 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 5: surrounded by your favor, goodness and mercy are following me. 98 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 4: You said your. 99 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,719 Speaker 5: Whole victory in store for the upright. Don't wait for 100 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:35,839 Speaker 5: the feelings to come. Get your mind filled with the 101 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 5: right thoughts, and the feelings will eventually follow your thoughts. 102 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:41,600 Speaker 4: This is what David did. 103 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 5: He had all kinds of trouble, armies coming against him, 104 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 5: people slandering him. His own son was trying to take 105 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:55,279 Speaker 5: the throne. You can imagine how strong those negative feelings were. Discouragement, anger, 106 00:04:55,480 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 5: self pity. When everything said be depressed, be sour, he 107 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,160 Speaker 5: woke up in the morning and said, this is the 108 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 5: day the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be 109 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 5: glad in it. He wasn't just being positive, he was 110 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 5: telling his feelings. 111 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 4: You're not going to rule me. You're not going to 112 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 4: determine my future. 113 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 5: Your will is more powerful than your feelings. You have 114 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 5: to say to discouragement, I will rejoice. Say to self pity, 115 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 5: I will be glad today. Say to sadness, the blaws, 116 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 5: to no passion, You're not going to control my life. 117 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 5: I may feel you, but you're not telling me the truth. 118 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 5: You don't dictate my future. I will live this day 119 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 5: in faith. I will rejoice, I will. 120 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 4: Be glad in it. See when we're controlled. 121 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 5: By how we feel, that's a very surface way to live. 122 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:49,599 Speaker 4: You have to go deeper than that. 123 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:53,720 Speaker 5: You can't stop negative feelings from coming, but you don't 124 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:55,720 Speaker 5: have to get on board with them. 125 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 4: Imagine you're at a train station. 126 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 5: The conductor says all of board, and you ask where 127 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 5: the train is going. He says, it's going to discouragement. 128 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 5: It's going to self pity, it's going to offence. You 129 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 5: would say, no thanks, I'm not going there. I'm gonna 130 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:15,039 Speaker 5: enjoy this day. That's what our feelings do. You wake 131 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:17,559 Speaker 5: up in the morning, they say, all aboard, it's gonna 132 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 5: be a lousy day. 133 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:20,359 Speaker 4: Traffic's gonna be bad. 134 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 5: You don't like the people at work, your spouse gets 135 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 5: on your nerves. Last call for the depression Express. Too 136 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 5: often we hand them our ticket. Step right on, No 137 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:35,480 Speaker 5: quit getting on board with those feelings. Try a different 138 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 5: approach next time those negative feelings say all aboard, Say 139 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:41,720 Speaker 5: no thanks, you have the wrong passenger. 140 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 4: I'm not going where you're going. 141 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 5: My destination is joy, peace, abundance, victory. You can't stop 142 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:54,039 Speaker 5: the negative feelings from coming. Will always be opportunities to 143 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:58,720 Speaker 5: be discouraged. Offended, upset, But you have to make the choice. 144 00:06:58,880 --> 00:06:59,600 Speaker 4: That's not for me. 145 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 5: I'm going to live this day in faith. I'm going 146 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:05,920 Speaker 5: to focus on what's right. I want to enjoy my family. 147 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 5: I'm going to be grateful. I'm choosing to have a 148 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 5: good mood. That's how you rule your feelings and not 149 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,119 Speaker 5: let them rule you. When you get your mind going 150 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 5: in the right direction, fill with thoughts of faith, hope, 151 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 5: and victory, you'll drive away the blaws, the discouragement, and 152 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 5: the discontentment. The Apostle Paul said, I think myself happy. 153 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 5: You can think yourself discouraged, think yourself better, or you 154 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 5: can try a better approach, and despite how you feel, 155 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 5: you can think yourself into a good mood. Instead of 156 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 5: dwelling on what you don't have, what's wrong, what didn't 157 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 5: work out, start thinking about what God promised you. 158 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 4: Father, you said, my latter days will be better than 159 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 4: my former days. 160 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 5: You said, I haven't seen, heard, or imagined what you 161 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 5: have in store. 162 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 4: Maybe a child is off course. 163 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 5: Instead of living world worried, Father, you said, my children 164 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 5: will be mighty in the land. You said that from 165 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 5: generation to generation, we will tell of your goodness. Instead 166 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 5: of following your feelings. You can get your feelings to 167 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 5: follow you. When you lie in the bed in the morning, 168 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 5: you can dwell on the negative, everything that's wrong. You're 169 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 5: going to draw in more negative, more discouragement. Or in 170 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 5: the face of those feelings, you can start thinking faith 171 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 5: filled thoughts, positive, hopeful, uplifting. 172 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 4: That's what you're going to draw in. 173 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 5: And it's important to start the day off in faith. 174 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 5: This is when the enemy works over time to try 175 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 5: to give you the blaws, instead of. 176 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 4: Letting him set the tone. 177 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 5: Why don't you set the tones before you get out 178 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:48,960 Speaker 5: of bed. You need to decide it's going to be 179 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 5: a good day and you're going to live it in faith. 180 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 5: The scripture says joy comes in the morning. 181 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 4: Every morning. Joy is waiting for you. But let me 182 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 4: tell you what else comes in the morning. Guilt, look 183 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 4: at the mistakes you've made. 184 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:08,680 Speaker 5: Bitterness, boy, they did you wrong, Discouragement, nothing good is 185 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 5: in your future, self pity. 186 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 4: Why were you raised like that? 187 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 5: God sends joy every morning just for you, but the 188 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:18,720 Speaker 5: enemy sends all these other things. 189 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 4: Now you get to choose. Here's the key. The negative 190 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 4: is easier living off. 191 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 5: The surface, just going by what you feel letting that 192 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 5: dictate your day. 193 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 4: That doesn't take any effort. 194 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 5: But if you're going to live a victorious life, if 195 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 5: you're going to reach your full potential, you have to 196 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 5: go deeper and not be ruled by your emotions, not 197 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 5: let feelings dictate your day. You have to choose to 198 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:49,079 Speaker 5: have a good mood despite the feelings. Choose joy despite 199 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 5: the discouragement, choose faith despite the doubt. Jeremiah said, blessed 200 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 5: is the person who is steady and immovable. 201 00:09:58,880 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 4: That should be our goal. 202 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:06,679 Speaker 5: Consistently in a good mood, consistently happy, consistently friendly, consistently kind. 203 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 4: We're steady and immovable. 204 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 5: The reason some people don't have good relationships is they're 205 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 5: so moody. 206 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 4: They're always up and down. You never know what you're 207 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 4: gonna get. 208 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:23,559 Speaker 5: They're happy on Monday, upset on Tuesday, discouraged on Wednesday, 209 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 5: friendly on Thursday, dangerous on Friday. 210 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 4: You better stay out of their way. 211 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 5: That's hard on your children, that's difficult on your spouse, 212 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 5: your co workers, they have to wonder what you're going 213 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 5: to be like today. You owe it to them, and 214 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 5: you owe it to yourself to start ruling over those feelings. 215 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 4: You're in charge. They are not the boss of you. 216 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:51,199 Speaker 5: Quit letting how you feel dictate your mood and start 217 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 5: choosing to have a good mood, choosing to be kind, 218 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 5: choosing to be friendly, choosing to be hopeful and sure. 219 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:01,439 Speaker 5: You may have challenges, but God is on the throne. 220 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 5: He's fighting your battles while he's working. Instead of being discouraged, worried, 221 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 5: in a bad mood. 222 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 4: Why don't you enjoy your life? 223 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:14,680 Speaker 5: See one of the best testimonies we can have is 224 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 5: we're consistently in a good mood. We're stable, not up 225 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 5: and down, discouraged, defended, sour, but we have a smile, 226 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 5: We're pleasant, we're fun. 227 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 4: To be around. 228 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 5: You're not always going to feel this way. But maturity 229 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 5: is when you go beyond your feelings. 230 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 4: You don't let them dictate your life. 231 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:38,679 Speaker 5: You choose joy, You choose a good attitude, You choose 232 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 5: to have a smile. This can save some relationships. This 233 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 5: can help you get along better with your children, This 234 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 5: can help you get unstuck in your career. 235 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:50,680 Speaker 4: If you're letting your. 236 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 5: Feelings rule, it's going to limit how high you can go. 237 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:58,119 Speaker 5: Nobody can do this for you. You can't pray away feelings. 238 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 5: You will feel things, but feelings don't always tell you 239 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 5: the truth. You have to override how you feel and 240 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 5: decide to have a good attitude, decide. 241 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 4: To be in a good mood. 242 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 5: In the scripture, Habaccock said, though the fig tree does 243 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 5: not blossom, and there be no fruit on the vine, 244 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 5: Though the olive crops fail, and there are no cattle 245 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:24,560 Speaker 5: in the stalls, Yet, will I rejoice in the Lord 246 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 5: and joy in the God of my salvation. He was saying, 247 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 5: when I woke up this morning, I didn't feel joy. 248 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 5: My crops didn't bloom, cattle was gone, felt discouraged, like 249 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,319 Speaker 5: I didn't want to get out of bed. That train 250 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:45,680 Speaker 5: came by, saying depression, discouragement all aboard. He had a ticket, 251 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:49,319 Speaker 5: He had a good reason, but he understood this principle. 252 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 5: He didn't let his feelings dictate his life. He said, no, thanks, 253 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 5: that train's not going where I'm going. All these negative things, 254 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:01,080 Speaker 5: crops failed, cattle on business down. 255 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 4: Then one little word. 256 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 5: Yet, he was saying, all that's happened to me is 257 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 5: not controlling my attitude? 258 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 4: Yet? Will I rejoice yet? 259 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 5: Will I be joyful knowing that God is fighting my battles? 260 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:16,439 Speaker 4: You may have negative feelings. 261 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 5: I'm not asking you to deny what you feel. I'm 262 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:23,560 Speaker 5: asking you to add the Yet. I had a bad break, 263 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 5: Yet will I rejoice? My child is Of course, I 264 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:30,599 Speaker 5: shouldn't be depressed. Yet I'm hopeful knowing God has the 265 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:31,320 Speaker 5: final say. 266 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 4: These people at work aren't treating me right. 267 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 5: My feelings are telling me to get bitter, to be angry, 268 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 5: to pay them back. But I know God is my vindicator. 269 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 5: So yet will I rejoice? 270 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 4: Yet? Will I have a smile? Yet? Will I be 271 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 4: good to people? 272 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 5: Negative feelings may come, but do like tobacco and add 273 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 5: the Yet. 274 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:53,479 Speaker 4: It's okay to have emotions. 275 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 5: It's okay to feel things, but don't let the emotions 276 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 5: have you. Don't let the feelings have the last word. 277 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 5: When you add the yet. 278 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:05,520 Speaker 4: Angels go to work when you choose to praise instead 279 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 4: of complain. 280 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 5: Forces of darkness are broken when you're consistent, stable, always. 281 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 4: In a good mood. 282 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:17,080 Speaker 5: You give the enemy a nervous breakdown. He's expecting you 283 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 5: to fall apart. Get on board with your emotions. Take 284 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 5: that train to. 285 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 4: Depression, to bitterness. 286 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 5: He didn't realize you're a habacca, You're a yet person. 287 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 5: Medical report wasn't good. I didn't steal my joy yet? 288 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 4: Will I rejoice my business had a set back? I'm 289 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 4: not bitter yet? Will I be glad? Went through a loss? 290 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 5: Wasn't easy? But I'm not sour yet? Will I be 291 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 5: hopeful yet? Will I choose a good attitude yet? Will 292 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 5: I live this day in fame? My sister Lisa went 293 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 5: through a very difficult situation. 294 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 4: After a few months of marriage, her spouse. 295 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:56,800 Speaker 5: Decided he didn't want to be married anymore, and of 296 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 5: course she was devastated, so heartbroken. 297 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 4: For months, she would hardly come out of her room. 298 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 5: She felt depressed, She felt shame, She felt hopeless. Feelings 299 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 5: can be very powerful, like they're overwhelming. Feelings will tell 300 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 5: you there's nothing good in your future. This bad break 301 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 5: has soured your life. You'll always be disappointed. But feelings 302 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 5: don't tell you the truth. Feelings don't determine your destiny. 303 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 5: Your life is in God's hands. He sees what you've 304 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:30,440 Speaker 5: been through, He sees the hurt, the pain. 305 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 4: He said he. 306 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 5: Has beauty for those ashes. He said he'll restore what 307 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 5: was stolen. He said he'll pay you back double for 308 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 5: the unfair things. The Psalmist said, a good person may 309 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 5: fall seven times, but. 310 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 4: The Lord will raise them up. 311 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 5: Sometimes you can't get up on your own, but God 312 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 5: is right there with you, lifting you, strengthening you, healing you, 313 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 5: breathing in your direction. After a few months, a friend 314 00:15:57,240 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 5: of my father's called Lison. He was a very well 315 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 5: known minister. He said, Lisa, I know you're hurting. I 316 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 5: know it's not fair, but this is not the end 317 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 5: of your story. The enemy is trying to keep you 318 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 5: from your destiny. 319 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 4: You have to rise up. 320 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 5: Nobody can do this for you, but you have to 321 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 5: put on a new attitude and start moving forward. He said, 322 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 5: If you'll do this, God will take those scars and 323 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 5: turn them into stars for his glory. 324 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 4: That day was the turning point for Lisa. She didn't 325 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 4: feel any different. 326 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 5: She still felt discouraged, but she started ruling over those emotions. 327 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 5: She hadn't smiled in months. She didn't have any reason 328 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 5: to have joy. But Lisa did something unusual. She started smiling. 329 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 4: By faith. 330 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 5: Every emotion said, be sad, there's no hope, but she 331 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 5: put a smile on her face. When you smiled, it 332 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 5: not only sends a message to your body that everything's okay, 333 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 5: but You're sending a message to the enemy that he does. 334 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 4: Not have the final say. Lisa was like Habacca. 335 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,400 Speaker 5: Though the relationship didn't work out, though life threw her 336 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:09,880 Speaker 5: a curve, she said, yet, will I rejoice yet? 337 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 4: Will I believe? Yet? 338 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:14,679 Speaker 5: Will I move forward? Lisa met my brother in law, Kevin. 339 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 5: They've been happily married for many years. She has three 340 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 5: beautiful children. But sometimes, like Lisa, you have to smile 341 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:27,160 Speaker 5: by faith. You don't have any reason in the natural. 342 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:29,159 Speaker 5: Don't wait till you feel joy. 343 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 4: Do it by faith. 344 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 5: When you could be complaining, have that song of praise, 345 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:37,159 Speaker 5: when you could shut the door and give up on life, 346 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:39,440 Speaker 5: dig down deep and say, yet. 347 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:43,119 Speaker 4: Will I rejoice yet? Will I be glad? Don't let 348 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 4: the feelings have the last say. Add the yet. Here's 349 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 4: the key. 350 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:50,919 Speaker 5: The enemy wouldn't be fighting you if there wasn't something 351 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:52,200 Speaker 5: awesome in your future. 352 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 4: He knows you are destined to leave your mark, that 353 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 4: you are a history maker, you are a barrier breaker. 354 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 5: That's why he's tried to take you out. That's why 355 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 5: those unfair things happen. 356 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:04,920 Speaker 4: People turned on you. 357 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 5: Don't let those feelings keep you from your greatness. 358 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 4: Start smiling by faith. 359 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:13,880 Speaker 5: Start thanking God that he's working, Sir, up the praise, the. 360 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 4: Joy, the victory. P. 361 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 5: Forty two says that David was deeply discouraged. He didn't 362 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 5: think he could go on. He said in verse four, 363 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 5: my heart is breaking. He felt forsaken, like he was 364 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 5: wandering in the darkness. Verse nine says I'm oppressed by 365 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:35,960 Speaker 5: my enemies. Their taunts pierced me like fatal wounds. He 366 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 5: kept describing how bad it was, how he wasn't going 367 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:42,440 Speaker 5: to make it. When you let your feelings rule, you'll 368 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 5: start talking defeeding, how it's not going to work out right. 369 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:48,960 Speaker 5: When you thought David was going to give up, he 370 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 5: said in verse eleven, why am I so discouraged? 371 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:55,200 Speaker 4: Why am I so sad? I will put my hope 372 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,960 Speaker 4: in the Lord. I will praise my God again. 373 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:03,119 Speaker 5: He was saying, I'm done letting these feelings dictate my life. 374 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:06,880 Speaker 5: I'm done talking about how big my enemies are. I'm 375 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 5: gonna try a new approach. I'm gonna talk about how big. 376 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 4: My God is. I love how David. 377 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:16,120 Speaker 5: Talked to himself. He said self, why are you discouraged? 378 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 5: He was saying, why are you being ruled by your feelings? 379 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 5: Why are you letting your emotions determine your future? Put 380 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 5: your hope back in the Lord. We all have these 381 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:30,679 Speaker 5: times when discouragement comes. You have to do like David 382 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 5: and say, I'm not gonna live by how I feel. 383 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:37,120 Speaker 5: I know these feelings are not the facts. Feelings will 384 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 5: tell you that you'll never make it, but God says. 385 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 4: You will live and not die. Feelings will say nothing 386 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:44,160 Speaker 4: good is in your future. 387 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:46,919 Speaker 5: God says your latter days will be better than your 388 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 5: former days. Feelings will tell you that you'll always struggle. 389 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:54,679 Speaker 5: God says you will live an abundant, bountiful, prosperous life. 390 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 5: Don't let your feelings talk you out of your destiny. 391 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:01,679 Speaker 5: Talk back to your feelings. Feelings, you are not the 392 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:04,800 Speaker 5: boss of me. You're not gonna control my life. I 393 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 5: may feel discouraged, but I'm not gonna live. Discourage, get 394 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:12,879 Speaker 5: your mind going in a new direction. Faith, hope, expectancy, 395 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:15,119 Speaker 5: and some new feelings will come. 396 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 4: You may feel sad you've been through some difficult things. 397 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 4: At some point you have to start smiling by faith. 398 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 4: You can't keep a depressed attitude. 399 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 5: A discourage, countenance and expect things to get better. 400 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 4: Sometimes we're waiting on God. 401 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 5: But God's waiting on us to override what we feel and. 402 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:36,879 Speaker 4: Believe what he said. 403 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 5: And it's great when feelings assist us, when we. 404 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:43,439 Speaker 4: Feel hopeful, positive and encouraged. 405 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 5: But you can't depend on those feelings because feelings come 406 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 5: and go. 407 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 4: Feelings can lead you astray. 408 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:55,720 Speaker 5: I'm naturally a very positive, happy person. From my earliest 409 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 5: baby pictures, I have a big smile on my face. 410 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 5: But even though that's my personality, there are still mornings 411 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 5: I wake up and think I don't feel like writing 412 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 5: another message. I don't feel like dealing with this situation. 413 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:11,199 Speaker 5: I feel the blaws. I do what I'm asking you 414 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:12,880 Speaker 5: to do. Lord, Thank you that. 415 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:15,120 Speaker 4: This is going to be a great day. God. 416 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 5: I'm grateful that I'm alive. Thank you that you chose 417 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:21,720 Speaker 5: me before I could choose you. Thank you for my family, 418 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 5: thank you for good health, thank you for opportunity. 419 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:27,919 Speaker 4: Thank you for surrounding me with your favor. Lord. I'm 420 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 4: gonna live this day to the full. Before long, those 421 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 4: blaws are gone. We have to go deeper than the surface. 422 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,440 Speaker 5: If you're letting how you feel determine your day, you're 423 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 5: not gonna have the joy and victory that belongs to you. 424 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 5: Start choosing to be in a good mood, override those 425 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:49,880 Speaker 5: feelings telling you to be sour, and on purpose, have. 426 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:51,640 Speaker 4: A good attitude. 427 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:54,480 Speaker 5: There was a man that invited his friend to come 428 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 5: over for dinner after work. They were in the construction 429 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 5: business together, and that had a really rough day and 430 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 5: equipment didn't work right, and man pulled up too far 431 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 5: on the job site and ran over some nails that 432 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:07,879 Speaker 5: ruined his tire. 433 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 4: Just one of those days where nothing went right. 434 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:15,120 Speaker 5: Driving back home, the man sat there in silence, and 435 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:18,120 Speaker 5: his friend could tell he was very frustrated. But when 436 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:20,919 Speaker 5: this man got to his house, he did something unusual. 437 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:22,640 Speaker 4: There was a tree in. 438 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 5: A pot right by his back door, and he walked 439 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 5: over to it and rubbed both hands on it. Then 440 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 5: he and the friend went in the house. The most 441 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 5: amazing transformation took place. 442 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 4: The man was happy, went over and. 443 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:39,200 Speaker 5: Hugged his kids and kissed his wife, had a big smile. 444 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 4: They all laughed and enjoyed each other. 445 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 5: His friend was so puzzled he got him aside and said, 446 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 5: what was it about that tree that made such a difference? 447 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:51,680 Speaker 4: Your whole mood, your demeanor, your attitude. 448 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 5: Everything changed the man said, that's what I call my 449 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:59,720 Speaker 5: trouble tree. I know I can't avoid having difficulties during 450 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:05,160 Speaker 5: the day, delays inconveniences, but I never bring trouble inside 451 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,679 Speaker 5: the house. I leave all the stress, the worry, the 452 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:10,360 Speaker 5: frustration on the tree. 453 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 4: He said. It's funny the next morning when I come out. 454 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:16,719 Speaker 5: There's never as much trouble as A left the night before. 455 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,480 Speaker 5: We all need a trouble tree, some of you need 456 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 5: two or three. Quit carrying around all the. 457 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:28,399 Speaker 4: Worry, the stress, the disappointment. Life is going to happen. 458 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 5: If you're only gonna have a good mood, if things 459 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:34,879 Speaker 5: go your way, then you're setting yourself up for disappointment. 460 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:39,639 Speaker 4: That's surface living. You have to go deeper, say, like Paul, 461 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 4: none of these things move me. 462 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:45,680 Speaker 5: I'm not gonna let other people delays, what doesn't work 463 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 5: out to sour my day. Leave that on the trouble tree. 464 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 5: In other words, turn it over to God. You're not 465 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 5: supposed to go through life worried, frustrated, discouraged. 466 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 4: Yes, you may feel upset, but you don't have to 467 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 4: act on it. 468 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:03,120 Speaker 5: You may feel offended, so you don't have to take 469 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:07,199 Speaker 5: the offense. You may feel discouraged, but you can override 470 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:08,919 Speaker 5: it and encourage yourself. 471 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:11,480 Speaker 4: You can think some new thoughts. 472 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:14,399 Speaker 5: You may have been through a disappointment, but like Lisa, 473 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 5: you can smile by faith. The crops may have failed, 474 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 5: but like a backup, you can add the Yet it 475 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:23,439 Speaker 5: was a rough day, yet I will rejoice. 476 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 4: Had a flat tire, Yet I will stay in peace. 477 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 5: Boss was rude, Yet I will bite my tongue. Traffic 478 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:33,160 Speaker 5: is bad, Yet I will have a smile. If we're 479 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 5: going to live in victory, we. 480 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 4: Have to be yet people. We have feelings, but we 481 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:40,160 Speaker 4: don't let the feelings have us. 482 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 5: We're stable, We're consistent, always in a good mood, always friendly, 483 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 5: always hopeful. One Kings, chapter nineteen, the prophet Elijah had 484 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:53,440 Speaker 5: just seen one of the greatest victories of his life. 485 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 5: He called down fire from heaven and destroyed four hundred 486 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 5: and fifty false prophets that worship bail. 487 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 4: It was this huge, dramatic moment. 488 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:06,360 Speaker 5: You can imagine the excitement and the high he was on. 489 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:10,359 Speaker 4: Emotions are great when they're working for us, but they 490 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,119 Speaker 4: can change in a minute. 491 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 5: If you're depending on them to determine your mood, your faith, 492 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 5: your belief, then you'll live up and down with no stability. Well, 493 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:25,120 Speaker 5: when the king's wife, Jezebel heard about what Elijah. 494 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 4: Had done, she was furious. 495 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 5: She sent word to Elijah saying, if I don't kill 496 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 5: you by this time tomorrow, I'm going to kill myself. 497 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:37,200 Speaker 5: Elijah was terrified. He took off, running for his life 498 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:38,120 Speaker 5: into the desert. 499 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 4: Here. 500 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 5: He had just called down fire from heaven, wiped out 501 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:46,399 Speaker 5: hundreds of men, but now he's afraid of this one woman. 502 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,560 Speaker 4: There's a whole message there, but I'm not going there. 503 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 5: He was sitting under this tree so discouraged. He said, God, 504 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 5: I don't even want to live. 505 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:56,919 Speaker 4: Just take me home. 506 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:01,720 Speaker 5: Look at how powerful emotions are, how convincing they can be, 507 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 5: seems obvious to us. Man, Elijah, Goddon took care of 508 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 5: you back then. He's going to take care of you now. 509 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:12,440 Speaker 5: But Elijah let his emotions rule. He let his feelings 510 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 5: dictate his attitude. Like with Elijah, We've all seen God 511 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:21,200 Speaker 5: do great things in the past. He's blessed us, protected us, 512 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:24,879 Speaker 5: healed us. He's not gonna stop now. Why are you 513 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,639 Speaker 5: letting your feelings discourage you? Why are you living worried 514 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:33,399 Speaker 5: over that child? Stressed over your work, guilty over past mistakes. 515 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 5: God has you in the palm of his hand. You 516 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:40,960 Speaker 5: can't stop those feelings from coming. They're valid. I'm simply 517 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 5: saying feelings don't always tell you the truth. 518 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 4: Feelings are not facts. 519 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:49,879 Speaker 5: Feelings told Elijah he was finished, when in fact he 520 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 5: was about to meet Elisha, a young man he would 521 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,960 Speaker 5: mentor who would do twice as many miracles as him. 522 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:00,879 Speaker 5: When Elijah's feelings were telling him he was done, his 523 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:05,119 Speaker 5: greatest impact was still in front of him. Don't go 524 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:08,880 Speaker 5: the next thirty years letting your feelings control you. They're 525 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 5: gonna come. That conductor is gonna say all aboard. You 526 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 5: have to say no, thanks. I'm not gonna live bey 527 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,280 Speaker 5: how I feel. I may feel the blaws, but I'm 528 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 5: gonna choose joy. I may feel fear, but I'm gonna 529 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:25,480 Speaker 5: choose faith. Start telling your feelings. You're not the boss 530 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 5: of me. Don't let them dictate your life. Where God 531 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:34,200 Speaker 5: is taking you is going to take stability, consistency, not 532 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 5: moody up and down every morning. Start the day off 533 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 5: in faith. Father, thank you that this is going to 534 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 5: be a great day. If you'll rule over those emotions 535 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:48,480 Speaker 5: and choose a good mood. I believe and declare You're 536 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 5: gonna live happier, You're gonna have better relationships, You're. 537 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 4: Gonna go further. 538 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:57,439 Speaker 5: New doors are about to open, Favor is coming, healing 539 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 5: is coming, breakthroughs are coming. Full of your destiny in 540 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 5: Jesus's name. 541 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 4: And if you receive it, then you say amen. Today 542 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 4: I'd like to give. 543 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:11,919 Speaker 5: You an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 544 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:16,119 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me? 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