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And 46 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 5: if you're ever in our area, please stop by and 47 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 5: be a part of one of our services. 48 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 49 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 5: But thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you 50 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 5: again for coming out. 51 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny. 52 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 5: And one day Adam was feeling very lonely. God said, Adam, 53 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 5: I'm going to make you a companion. 54 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 4: This is going to be called a woman. 55 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 5: This person will cook for you and wash your clothes. 56 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,920 Speaker 5: She will bear you children and never ask you to 57 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 5: get up in the middle of the night. 58 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 4: She will not nag you. She will always. 59 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:37,080 Speaker 5: Agree with you, and if you ever have a disagreement, 60 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 5: she'll be the first to admit that. 61 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 4: She was wrong. 62 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 5: Adam said, wow, God, what will a woman like this cost? 63 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:48,639 Speaker 5: God said an arm and a leg? Adam said, what 64 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 5: can I get. 65 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:49,799 Speaker 4: For a rib? 66 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 5: And the rest is history? Hold up your Bible. Say 67 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 5: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 68 00:02:58,360 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 5: am what it says. 69 00:02:59,160 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 4: I am. 70 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 71 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 72 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 73 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is recepted. I will never be 74 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:16,919 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 75 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:19,679 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about releasing control. 76 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 4: It's easy to get. 77 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 5: So focused on our goals, our dreams, that we're not 78 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 5: going to be happy until it happens. When we put 79 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 5: God in a box and we tell him what we want, 80 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 5: when we want it, how to do it, who to use, 81 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 5: we've got it all figured out. But the scripture says 82 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 5: God's ways are not our ways. 83 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 4: They are better than our ways. 84 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 5: And if you're only going to be happy if it 85 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 5: happens your way, you're setting yourself up for disappointment. 86 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 4: God can see the big picture for our lives. He 87 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 4: knows what's around every curve. 88 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 5: He can see the detours, the dead ends, the shortcuts, 89 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 5: things that we cannot see. 90 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 4: Now. 91 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 5: A better approach is to say, God, this is what 92 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 5: I want, this is what i'm believing for. But God, 93 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 5: you know what's best for me. I don't have to 94 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 5: have it my way. God, I trust you. When you 95 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 5: release control, it takes the pressure off. Life gets so 96 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 5: much more free. You're not always fighting trying to make 97 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 5: your plans work out. And sometimes we're so focused on 98 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,840 Speaker 5: what we want that it's out of balance. Anything you 99 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 5: have to have in order to be happy, the enemy 100 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 5: can use against you. If you think I have to 101 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 5: have this promotion my spouse has to change. I've got 102 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 5: to get married to be happier. I've got to have 103 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 5: good weather. I've got a big outdoor event plan. No, 104 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 5: a mature attitude says, even if it doesn't work out 105 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 5: my way, even if my plans don't happen, God, I'm 106 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 5: still going to enjoy my life knowing that you're on 107 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 5: the throne. 108 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 4: Here's the key. 109 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 5: When our dreams and goals start to frustrate us, when 110 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 5: we're not at peace, not enjoying where we are, because 111 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:08,839 Speaker 5: we're so focused on what we want, that's a sign 112 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 5: that we're holding on to tightly. And when you hold 113 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 5: on to what you want so tightly, it can almost 114 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 5: become like an idol. You're so focused on it, that's 115 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 5: all you think about, all you pray about, consumes your 116 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 5: time and energy. 117 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:24,839 Speaker 4: That's out of balance. 118 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:28,239 Speaker 5: One of the best prayers that we can ever pray 119 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 5: is God, not my will, but let your will be done. 120 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 5: When you release control, you're showing God by your actions 121 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:41,159 Speaker 5: that you trust him. There are times in life God 122 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 5: will ask you to release the thing that you want 123 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 5: the most. It's a test, and if you will pass 124 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 5: that test, at some point, God will either give you 125 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 5: back what you want it, or bring something better into 126 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 5: your life. 127 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 4: This is what happened with Abraham his son Isaac. 128 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 5: The child year after year finally showed up. Abraham loved 129 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 5: him more than anything in the world. One day, God 130 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 5: told Abraham to put Isaac on the altar, to sacrifice 131 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 5: the thing that meant the most to him. And it 132 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 5: wasn't easy, but Abraham made this decision to release control. 133 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 5: He said, God, you know, this is what I've dreamed about, 134 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 5: this is what I've wanted more than anything else. 135 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 4: But God, I trust you. 136 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 5: I can be happy even if it doesn't work out 137 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:35,919 Speaker 5: my way. When God saw his willingness to put on 138 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:39,280 Speaker 5: the altar the thing that meant most to him, then 139 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 5: God said, no, don't do it. He gave him his 140 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 5: son back. The question is can you be happy if 141 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 5: it doesn't work out your way? Will you keep a 142 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 5: good attitude if the business slows down, the medical report 143 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:57,599 Speaker 5: isn't good. Maybe you're believing standing on a promise for 144 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 5: your health to get better. You have the attitude even 145 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,160 Speaker 5: if I don't get better, I'm still going to have 146 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 5: a smile. I'm still going to be good to people. 147 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 5: I'm still going to give God, Praise. You're doing what 148 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 5: Abraham did. You're putting that dream on the altar. When 149 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 5: you can pass the test that you don't have to 150 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 5: have the problem turn around to be happy. You don't 151 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 5: have to have the dream come to pass. To enjoy 152 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 5: your life. You're proving to God that you trust him. 153 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 5: That's when God will give you the desires of your heart. 154 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 5: When we were trying to acquire this facility, the former 155 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 5: Compact Center, I wanted it so badly that it consumed me. 156 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 5: I was constantly thinking about it, praying about it, talking 157 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 5: about it, and it seemed like the harder I tried, 158 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 5: the worse things got. More people came against us, lawsuits 159 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 5: were filed. I would wake up in the middle of 160 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 5: the night in a cold sweat, wondering if it was 161 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 5: going to happen. One day, I realized that I was 162 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 5: so set on having it my way, I wasn't enjoying 163 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 5: where I was. I wasn't going to be happy if 164 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 5: we didn't acquire it. I had to do what I'm 165 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 5: asking you to do, I said, God, I believe that 166 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 5: this facility is supposed to be ours. 167 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 4: Deep down, God, I believe you saved it just for us. 168 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 5: But even if it doesn't happen, I'm going to still 169 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 5: be my best at the other location. I'm still going 170 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 5: to be happy and enjoy my life. I release control. God, 171 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 5: do it your way. It wasn't long after that that 172 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 5: things started falling into place. 173 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:36,679 Speaker 4: We won the votes. 174 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 5: From the city council members, the lawsuits were settled. 175 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 4: Here we are today. 176 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 5: When you release control, you are passing a very important test, 177 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 5: the trust test. You're saying, God, I believe you know 178 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:54,959 Speaker 5: what's best for me. Many times, like with Abraham, like 179 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 5: with this facility, that's when God will release back to 180 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 5: you the very thing that you're believing for. I know 181 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:04,679 Speaker 5: this lady that had a husband that wouldn't come to 182 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 5: church with her, and he was a nice man, he 183 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:10,439 Speaker 5: just wasn't interested. She was praying and believing that it 184 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 5: would change. And this went on year after year. She 185 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 5: did everything she could think of. She put scripture verses 186 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:20,559 Speaker 5: up all over her house, and she was always encouraging 187 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 5: him to come. But in spite of all of that, 188 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 5: he wouldn't come. After about a year, she began to 189 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 5: get frustrated. 190 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 4: She lost her joy. She used to come down to. 191 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 5: The front for prayer very discouraged and upset. Joel, I 192 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 5: don't understand it. I'm doing everything that I can. I 193 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 5: told her what I'm telling you. The best thing you 194 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 5: can do is release control. Turn it over to God. 195 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 5: You've prayed, you believed, you're standing in faith. 196 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 4: Now put it on the altar. Have the attitude. 197 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 5: If he never comes, God, I'm still going to trust you. 198 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 5: If it never changes, I'm still going to be happy. 199 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:02,080 Speaker 5: When you s oh God, that you don't have to 200 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 5: have it in order to be happy, that's when God 201 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 5: goes to work. There may be things that are frustrating 202 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 5: you right now because they're not changing. 203 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 4: You know. 204 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 5: God put the dream in your heart, but doesn't look 205 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 5: like it's going to happen. You have to do what 206 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 5: she did and say, God, I've done everything I can. 207 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 5: I Am not going to live my life upset, not 208 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 5: going to go around worried, wondering, frustrated. 209 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 4: God. 210 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 5: I'm putting this on the altar. I'm giving it to you. 211 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 5: And that's what this lady did. She got her joy back, 212 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 5: she got that spring in her step. 213 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 4: By her actions. 214 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 5: She was saying, God, I trust you, I know you're 215 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:43,319 Speaker 5: still on the throne. 216 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 4: I don't have to have anyone or anything to make 217 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 4: me happy. I will be happy right where I am. 218 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:54,560 Speaker 5: About two years later, one Sunday morning, her husband asked 219 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 5: if he could come to church with her. It was 220 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 5: his idea. They came that Sunday. That was over eight 221 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 5: years ago. Now he hardly ever misses a Sunday. 222 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 4: That's what happens when you release control. God will make 223 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:12,559 Speaker 4: things happen that you could never make happen on your own. 224 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 5: And I'm not saying to release the promise to give 225 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 5: up on a dream. No, release the worries, release the frustration, 226 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 5: release having to have it your way. Psalm one says 227 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 5: God will work out his plan for your life. God 228 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 5: knows how to get you to where you're supposed to be. 229 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 4: You don't have to live. 230 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 5: Worried, frustrated if you'll trust him. God will bring the 231 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 5: right people, He'll open the right doors, He'll turn problems around. 232 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 4: He promises he will work out his plan for your life. 233 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:51,319 Speaker 5: When we all have goals and dreams, and it's easy 234 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 5: to be frustrated when they're not happening as fast as 235 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 5: we would like, we think, God, I'm working hard, I'm 236 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 5: being my best, honoring you. When am I going to 237 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:04,559 Speaker 5: get that good break. When am I going to meet 238 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 5: the right person? Why is it taking so long? No, 239 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 5: you can't control the timetable. You can plant the seed, 240 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:16,319 Speaker 5: you can water it, but only God can bring the sunshine. 241 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:18,679 Speaker 4: Only God can cause it to grow. 242 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 5: Don't be frustrated because it's not happening on your timetable. 243 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:27,200 Speaker 5: As long as you're being your best, honoring God, you 244 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 5: can rest assured God will get you to where you're 245 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,440 Speaker 5: supposed to be. It's the same principle in our health. 246 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 5: You can't make yourself get well. You can pray and believe, 247 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 5: you can eat rite, exercise, take medicine, but only God 248 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:46,680 Speaker 5: can bring the healing. Only He can restore health. And 249 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:49,959 Speaker 5: the scripture says to cast your cares on the Lord. 250 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 5: The care is the worry, those thoughts that bring anxiety 251 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 5: and fear. What if you don't get well, What if 252 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 5: the treatment doesn't work, What if the medical isn't good? 253 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 5: Worry ties the hands of Almighty God. Living stressed out, 254 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 5: trying to change things that you can't change will keep 255 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:14,560 Speaker 5: you from God's best. You have to release control. It's 256 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:18,319 Speaker 5: not your job to heal yourself. You don't control the sunshine. 257 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 5: The right attitude is God, my life is in your hands. 258 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 5: I know you're the healer. You said the number of 259 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 5: my days you would fulfill. So I'm not gonna live 260 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 5: worried and stressed out. 261 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:33,680 Speaker 4: Lord. I want to thank you for the sunshine, thank 262 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 4: you for doing what only you can do. Then, all 263 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:39,599 Speaker 4: through the day, instead of trying to make yourself. 264 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:43,320 Speaker 5: Get well, just relax, stay in peace, keep a smile 265 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:47,840 Speaker 5: on your face. God is not asking you to control everything. 266 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 5: Take the pressure off yourself. He's saying, cast your cares, 267 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 5: release the control. See, you can't make yourself get well. 268 00:13:57,679 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 5: You can't make people like you, can't make a dream 269 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:04,199 Speaker 5: come to pass. God has to give you the sunshine. 270 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 5: He has to breathe in your direction. Maybe you're believing 271 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 5: for a promotion today. Well, you say, Joel Alid, you 272 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:13,199 Speaker 5: said I have to do is just trust I can't 273 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 5: make it happen. 274 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:14,320 Speaker 4: Now. 275 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 5: The scripture says cast your cares, not your responsibilities. I'm 276 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 5: not saying to just sit back and don't do anything. No, 277 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 5: do your part, then take your hands off of it and. 278 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 4: Trust God to do what you can't do. 279 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 5: In other words, get your work on time, produce more 280 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 5: than you have to have a spirit of excellence. Then 281 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 5: if for some reason you don't get the promotion, maybe 282 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 5: they give it to somebody less deserving. You can't control that, 283 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 5: but you can control your response. God, I trust you. 284 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 5: I'm not going to be offended start complaining. God, I 285 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 5: know you have something better in store. In the meantime, 286 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 5: I'm going to enjoy my life right where I am. 287 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 5: Quit being frustrated by things that you cannot change. God 288 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 5: has you in the palm of his hand. Nothing is 289 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 5: happening that he is not completely aware of. When you 290 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 5: start releasing control and trusting him to get you to 291 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 5: where you're supposed to be, that's when you'll see new 292 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 5: doors open, new opportunities, new friendships. But much of our 293 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 5: frustration in life is because we're trying to control things 294 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 5: we were never meant to control. We try to control 295 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:32,040 Speaker 5: what people think about us, control what our spouse does, 296 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 5: control when a dream comes to pass, and if it's 297 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 5: not happening on our timetable the way we want, we 298 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 5: go to work and try to change it. Thinking, Man, 299 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 5: I got to change my spouse. I got to change 300 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:47,400 Speaker 5: these people's opinion on me. This problem's not turning around 301 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 5: fast enough. I got to get in there and change that. 302 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 5: Many people are working over time trying to change things 303 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 5: that they cannot change. You have to accept the fact 304 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 5: you can't control every The only thing you can control 305 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 5: one hundred percent of the time is your attitude. Life 306 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 5: is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent 307 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 5: how you respond. If somebody hurts you, you can't control 308 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 5: that it's over and done. But you can control whether 309 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 5: or not you get offended or if you were to 310 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 5: get a negative medical report. You can't control that life happens, 311 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 5: but you can control whether or not you live upset 312 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 5: and discouraged. I'm simply asking you today focus on what 313 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 5: you can control, not on what you can If you 314 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 5: live in Houston during the summers, it's very hot here. 315 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 5: I know people that have complained for the last thirty 316 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 5: years about the heat. It's so hard. I can't take it, Joe. 317 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 5: The fact is you can't change the heat. I don't 318 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 5: mean to depress you, but it's gonna be hot in 319 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 5: the summers for the. 320 00:16:58,200 --> 00:16:59,080 Speaker 4: Next thirty years. 321 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 5: You can either dread it and let that sour the 322 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 5: rest of your life, or you can say this is 323 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 5: where God has me. I believe I have the grace 324 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 5: to handle it. Yes, it's hot, but thank god I 325 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 5: have an air conditioner. Thank god I have a job here. 326 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:17,639 Speaker 5: Thank god I have friends and family. Thank god I 327 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:22,119 Speaker 5: can come to Lakewood. You can't control the heat, but 328 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 5: you can control your attitude. Why be unhappy about something 329 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:30,439 Speaker 5: that you cannot change. If you have to sit in 330 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 5: traffic every day on the way to work, why let 331 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 5: that steal your joy? Being upset about it is not 332 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 5: going to make it go any faster. You can't control 333 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,880 Speaker 5: the traffic. Why don't you change what you can control. 334 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 5: Use that time to thank God. 335 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 4: For what he's done in your life. Look out at 336 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 4: the beauty of his creation. 337 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 5: Put on some good praise music, turn on serious XM. 338 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:53,880 Speaker 4: Listen to our messages. 339 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 5: The traffic may not ever change, but you can change, 340 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 5: and some of the things that are fu you right now. 341 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:05,200 Speaker 5: If you don't make these simple adjustments, twenty years from now, 342 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 5: thirty years, forty years, those same things will still be 343 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 5: frustrating you. 344 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 4: Life happens to all of us. 345 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 5: We have delays, interruptions, unfair situations. We can't control that. 346 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 5: Don't use it as an excuse to get upset. A 347 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 5: few Christmases ago, I was driving around a crowded parking lot, 348 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 5: up and down the roads, again and again, trying to 349 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:31,480 Speaker 5: find some place to park. In a few minutes, this 350 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 5: young couple came out and they. 351 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:35,160 Speaker 4: Were parked right up close to the building. 352 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:37,679 Speaker 5: I said, well, lord, thank you for your favor, and 353 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 5: I put my blinker on and I was waiting for 354 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 5: them to pull out, and took them a long time. 355 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 5: They had to put their packages in the trunk and 356 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:48,239 Speaker 5: buckle up a child in the safety seat. Finally they 357 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:51,160 Speaker 5: backed out just as I was about to pull in. 358 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 5: They still had me blocked. This car came from the 359 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:57,159 Speaker 5: wrong direction and pulled in right in front of it. 360 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:01,120 Speaker 5: My first thought was to haunt my horn and give 361 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 5: them a piece of my mind. Then I remembered I'm 362 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:10,639 Speaker 5: a pastor, and a happy pastor at that. But one 363 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:14,119 Speaker 5: of the most important things that I've learned is life 364 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:19,160 Speaker 5: is too short to be frustrated by things you cannot control. 365 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 5: You can't control what other people do. He can't control 366 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 5: the traffic, can't control the weather. If you're only going 367 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 5: to be happy, if everything goes your way and everybody's 368 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:32,920 Speaker 5: nice and kind to you, you're probably going to live 369 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,119 Speaker 5: a very unhappy life. 370 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:35,360 Speaker 4: Them. 371 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 5: Taking my parking spot was a part of the ten 372 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 5: percent life happened. 373 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 4: It wasn't fair, but. 374 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:45,879 Speaker 5: The ninety percent is what really matters. How do we respond? 375 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 5: Jesus said, stop allowing yourselves to be upset, agitated, and disturbed. 376 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 5: It's a choice that we have to make at the 377 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 5: start of the day. You should make a decision that, no, 378 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 5: no matter what comes against you that day, you are 379 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 5: not going to get upset. 380 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 4: You have to decide ahead of time. 381 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 5: That way, if you get to work and your boss 382 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 5: is in a grouchy mood, you think that's okay. 383 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 4: I can't control him. I can't make him be in 384 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 4: a good mood. 385 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:20,200 Speaker 5: That's his choice. My choice is to be happy. I've 386 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:24,399 Speaker 5: already decided to enjoy this day. Traffic is worse than normal. 387 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,360 Speaker 5: If your child forgets his homework at school, you got 388 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 5: to go back up. If the Texans don't win, that's 389 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:33,119 Speaker 5: all right. I've already decided I'm not gonna be frustrated. 390 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 5: I'm not gonna get upset today. Back when I first 391 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:39,640 Speaker 5: started ministering nineteen ninety nine, one day I was at 392 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 5: home working on my computer writing the message for that weekend. 393 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,879 Speaker 5: It was a perfectly sunny day, not a cloud in 394 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:51,080 Speaker 5: the sky. Out of nowhere, the power went off for 395 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 5: some reason. I had not saved my material, had five 396 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 5: or six pages of notes, been working most of the day. 397 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:00,160 Speaker 4: I was hoping, pray. 398 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 5: And believing that somehow it had been automatically saved. It 399 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 5: was hard enough back then to write one message. I said, God, 400 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 5: please don't make me write it again. Power came back 401 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,679 Speaker 5: on and I searched and searched, trying to find it, 402 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:17,120 Speaker 5: but it wasn't there. I got technicians to come out. 403 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 4: From the office. They looked in look, but the material 404 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 4: was gone. I was so frustrated. 405 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:26,679 Speaker 5: I lost the whole day's worth of work. I felt 406 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 5: like calling the power company, What are you doing turning 407 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 5: my power off in the middle of the day. 408 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 4: Don't you know that's causing problem? 409 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:37,360 Speaker 5: No matter how much I've vented, no matter how frustrated 410 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 5: I became, the material was not coming back. We waste 411 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 5: a lot of time and energy trying to change things that. 412 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 4: We cannot change. 413 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 5: The scripture says in life, you'll have trials, difficulties, interruptions. 414 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:56,399 Speaker 5: We're all going to have our ten percent. Things we 415 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:59,880 Speaker 5: don't like, things that are not fair, things we don't understand. 416 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 5: We can't control that. You have to focus on what 417 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:07,359 Speaker 5: you can control. I finally shook off the self pity. 418 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 5: I shook off the discouragement, sat back down at my computer. 419 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 5: I said, God, this power going off is not a 420 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,879 Speaker 5: surprise to you. You said, what's meant for my harm? 421 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,880 Speaker 5: You would use it to my advantage. You said all 422 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,439 Speaker 5: things would work together for my good. So Lord, I 423 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:26,679 Speaker 5: want to thank you. The second time I write this 424 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 5: message will be better than the first time. I went 425 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:33,399 Speaker 5: to work there at my computer and ideas started coming 426 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 5: from out of nowhere. A couple of hours, I had 427 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:40,280 Speaker 5: more notes and better notes than I had before. Next 428 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:44,960 Speaker 5: time you're tempted to be frustrated, offended, stressed out, remind 429 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 5: yourself that's a part of the ten percent. You can't 430 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 5: control that, but you can control how you respond. Start 431 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 5: passing the test. Don't keep letting the same things upset 432 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 5: you year after year. The same people get on your 433 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 5: nerves every day is a gift from God. We're not 434 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,680 Speaker 5: always going to be here. Once this day is over, 435 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:10,880 Speaker 5: we can never get it back. Your time is too 436 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:15,680 Speaker 5: valuable to waste it. Upset in traffic, offended at a neighbor, 437 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 5: frustrated at a child, worried about your health. Discourage because 438 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:24,120 Speaker 5: a dream is taking so long. You can't control those things. 439 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 5: If that was going to keep you from your destiny, 440 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 5: God would have never permitted it. Start passing the test. 441 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 5: Don't allow yourself to be upset. I was in Australia 442 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 5: last year and they used the phrase no worries all 443 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 5: the time. They say no worries, like we say you're 444 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:45,159 Speaker 5: welcome here in the States. If you're at dinner and 445 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 5: the waiter brings you the food, you say thank you. 446 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 5: They answer back, no worries. I dropped my fork on 447 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 5: the ground. They came running over, pick it up. No worries. 448 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 5: They're so relaxed, easy going. Nothing bothers them. Buildings on fire, 449 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:05,160 Speaker 5: no worry. Worries, robbery in progress, no worries. I must 450 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:09,280 Speaker 5: have heard that phrase twenty thirty times a day, And 451 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,119 Speaker 5: even though they use it in a different way, I 452 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:14,200 Speaker 5: love the fact that it reminds. 453 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:17,720 Speaker 4: You not to worry. Puts it is that should be 454 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 4: our motto. No worries. 455 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 5: Traffic is backed up, no worries. God has directed my steps. 456 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 5: I'm at the right place at the right time. Somebody's 457 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:27,639 Speaker 5: rude to us. 458 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 4: No worries they're. 459 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,159 Speaker 5: Having a bad day. I've already decided to have a 460 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:33,720 Speaker 5: good day. Business is a little slow. 461 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 4: No worries. God is my provider. He's supplying all of 462 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:37,919 Speaker 4: my needs. 463 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:42,479 Speaker 5: If we would develop this no worries mentality, I wonder 464 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:46,399 Speaker 5: not only how much more we'd enjoy life, but how 465 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:51,200 Speaker 5: much longer we would live. Proverb says a relaxed attitude 466 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 5: lengthens life. 467 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:54,679 Speaker 4: The opposite is true. 468 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 5: If you're living upset, offended, worried, you're taking time off 469 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:00,000 Speaker 5: of your life. 470 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:04,400 Speaker 4: We need you here. Don't leave before your time is up. 471 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 5: If you'll start trusting, relaxing, going with the flow, you 472 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 5: can add time to your life. We're always looking for 473 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:17,360 Speaker 5: that fountain of youth. Ways to look younger, to live longer. 474 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 5: One way is to develop this no worries mentality. Quit 475 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:25,920 Speaker 5: being upset over things that you have no control over. 476 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:31,160 Speaker 5: Quit trying to change things that you cannot change. Worry less, 477 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:36,200 Speaker 5: trust more, stress less, laugh more, love. 478 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 4: More, enjoy more. 479 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:42,280 Speaker 5: When our daughter Alexandra was about five years old, one night, 480 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 5: I needed to run up to the store to pick 481 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:47,480 Speaker 5: something up. It was going to close in thirty minutes. 482 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 5: Victoria said, we'll never make it, Joel, I said, sure, 483 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 5: we will. Just help me get the kids ready and 484 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 5: let's go. She got them dressed real fast, and I 485 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 5: grabbed their shoes and we took off to the store. 486 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 5: And it was like I was on a mission from God. 487 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 5: I was so sad. I needed to get what I wanted. 488 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:05,199 Speaker 5: I did not want to have to come back the 489 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 5: next day. We arrived at the store's parking lot with 490 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,760 Speaker 5: about eight minutes left to go, and I knew I 491 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:13,119 Speaker 5: could still make it, but I had to put little 492 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:14,400 Speaker 5: Alexandra's shoes on. 493 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:17,680 Speaker 4: I got her left shoe on, went. 494 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 5: To put the right one on, but I couldn't get 495 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:22,359 Speaker 5: it to fit. I worked and worked and struggled, but 496 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 5: it just wouldn't go on right. And I took it 497 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:28,960 Speaker 5: off and noticed that it was another left shoe. I 498 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,280 Speaker 5: thought that couldn't be right, and I compared it with 499 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:31,800 Speaker 5: the other one. 500 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 7: Sure enough, we had two left shoes. I said, Victoria, 501 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:37,920 Speaker 7: why do we have two of the exact same shoes? 502 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 7: She said, oh, Joe, her little cousin was over at 503 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,400 Speaker 7: the house playing today and she has the same pair 504 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:43,880 Speaker 7: of shoes. 505 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 4: We must have grabbed the wrong ones. 506 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:48,919 Speaker 5: I thought, oh great, Now I had about four minutes 507 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 5: to go, and I was really stressed out. And Alexandra 508 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:55,239 Speaker 5: was a daddy's girl. She would do anything in the 509 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:58,160 Speaker 5: world for me. So I got this idea. I said, Alexandra, 510 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 5: it may be a little tight, but will you put 511 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:03,639 Speaker 5: this left shoe on your right foot and wear it 512 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 5: for daddy. She looked at me, I'll never forget it, 513 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:08,919 Speaker 5: smile real big and said no, I won't. 514 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 4: I knew right then and there it wasn't meant to be. 515 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 5: Just go with the flow. That was a part of 516 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:20,960 Speaker 5: the ten percent. Daughter has two left shoes. No use 517 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 5: getting upset over what you can't change my plans didn't 518 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 5: work out. No worries, I can come back the next day. 519 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 5: God still directed my steps. Think of it this way. 520 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:33,440 Speaker 5: If you learned you only had three months to live, 521 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:36,560 Speaker 5: how many of the things that upset you last week 522 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,639 Speaker 5: would you let upset you this week? Would you be 523 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:43,080 Speaker 5: stressed because your computer died? Would you be frustrated because 524 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:45,639 Speaker 5: your daughter has two left shoes? Would you be upset 525 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 5: because somebody got your parking spot, somebody. 526 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:49,960 Speaker 4: Was rude to get the grocery store? 527 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:50,119 Speaker 6: No? 528 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 4: Let it go. 529 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:54,240 Speaker 5: Life is too short to live that way. Some of 530 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 5: you are carrying around way too much. You need to 531 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:03,880 Speaker 5: start beliefing the worry, release the offense, release the struggles. 532 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:06,800 Speaker 5: You don't have to make your dreams come to pass. 533 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 5: Take the pressure off of yourself. Only God can bring 534 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:13,840 Speaker 5: the sunshine. Trust him and he'll get you to where 535 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 5: you're supposed to be. If you'll start releasing control, you'll 536 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 5: not only enjoy life more, but you'll live longer. God 537 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:24,399 Speaker 5: promises he will work out his plan. 538 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:25,000 Speaker 4: For your life. 539 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,160 Speaker 5: I believe and declare he will open the right doors, 540 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,919 Speaker 5: He'll bring the right people. He'll turn negative situations around, 541 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:35,159 Speaker 5: and you'll step into the fullness of your destiny. 542 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:36,760 Speaker 4: In Jesus's name. 543 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 5: If you receive it, Can you say him in today? 544 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,320 Speaker 5: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 545 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 546 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? 547 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:51,960 Speaker 5: Just say Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. 548 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I make you my lord and savior. 549 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:01,160 Speaker 5: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 550 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 5: got born again. 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