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Well, God bless you always a joy to 42 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 4: come into your homes. We love you. We know God 43 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 4: has great things in store for each one of you. 44 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 4: If you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop 45 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 4: by and see us. I promise you we'll make you 46 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 4: feel right at home. But thanks for tuning in today. 47 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny each week. And 48 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 4: I heard about these two famous baseball players. They were 49 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:19,959 Speaker 4: discussing whether or not there would be baseball up in heaven. 50 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,239 Speaker 4: They made an agreement that whoever died first would come 51 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 4: back and tell the other if indeed there was baseball 52 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,919 Speaker 4: in heaven. A few months later, one of the players died, 53 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 4: and just like he promised, he came back said to 54 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 4: his friend, I've got good news and bad news. The 55 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 4: good news is there is baseball up in heaven. The 56 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 4: bad news is you're scheduled to pitch next Thursday. All right, 57 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 4: hold up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. 58 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says. I am. 59 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 60 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 61 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:58,239 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 62 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is perceptive. I will never be 63 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 64 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 4: to talk to you today about redeeming the time. Time 65 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,359 Speaker 4: is one of the most valuable commodities that we have. 66 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 4: It's more valuable than money. You can make more money, 67 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 4: but you can't make more time. Queen Elizabeth said on 68 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 4: her deathbed, I would give my entire kingdom for just 69 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 4: one more day. When you woke up this morning, God 70 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 4: gave you a present is called today. With that gift 71 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 4: comes a responsibility. The scripture tells us to redeem the time. 72 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 4: That simply means don't let it go to waste. Don't 73 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 4: live this day unfocused, unhappy, negative, defeated. Make the most 74 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 4: of each day. Things may not be perfect. You may 75 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 4: have some obstacles, but you can never get this day back. 76 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 4: If you will learn to see each day as a gift, 77 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 4: you will live more intentional. You will realize when you 78 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 4: spend your time, you are spending your life. You can 79 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 4: either invest it or you can waste it. Imagine every 80 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 4: morning a bank deposited eighty six thousand, four hundred dollars 81 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 4: into your account. That money was yours to use however 82 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 4: you would like. The only catch is at the end 83 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 4: of the day, what you didn't use, you lose. It's 84 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 4: taken out of your account. That would get your attention, 85 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,840 Speaker 4: you'd be focused, you'd make sure you took full advantage 86 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 4: and not let one penny go to waste. Why it's valuable, 87 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 4: It's the same principle with time. Every day God gives 88 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 4: us each eighty six thousand, four hundred seconds. You can 89 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 4: spend it as you would like. You can invest it 90 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:51,239 Speaker 4: by living positive, hopeful, pursuing your goals, being a blessing 91 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 4: to others, or you can waste it by being disorganized, unhappy, negative, discouraged, worried. 92 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 4: But the principle is the same. At the end of 93 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:05,280 Speaker 4: the twenty four hour, it goes away. We can never 94 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 4: get it back. When we fully understand the value of 95 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 4: our time and we see each day as the gift 96 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 4: that it is, it helps us to keep the right perspective. 97 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 4: We realize there are some battles that are not worth fighting. 98 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 4: You don't have time to get involved in things that 99 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 4: are not between you and your God given destiny. If 100 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 4: somebody has a problem with you, as long as you're 101 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 4: being your best, doing what you believe God put in 102 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 4: your heart, with all due respect, that's their problem and 103 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:43,159 Speaker 4: not yours. You don't have to resolve conflict with every person. 104 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 4: Some people don't want to be at peace with you. 105 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:49,559 Speaker 4: That's just a distraction. And when you realize your time 106 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 4: is limited, you don't respond to every critic. You don't 107 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 4: waste your time trying to convince people to like you 108 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:00,080 Speaker 4: that are never going to like you. You accept the 109 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 4: fact that not everyone is gonna understand you. Not everyone 110 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 4: is going to give you their approval, but that's okay. 111 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 4: You just run your race when you're redeeming your time. 112 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 4: You're not trying to keep someone happy that's never gonna 113 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 4: be happy. There are people that no matter what you 114 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 4: do for them, it's not going to be enough, no 115 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 4: matter how many times you rescue them, no matter how 116 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 4: many favors you do, sooner or later, they're gonna find 117 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 4: fault with you and end up being unhappy. But understand 118 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:34,599 Speaker 4: their happiness is not your responsibility. You should be kind, 119 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 4: you should be respectful, but your attitude should be If 120 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:40,479 Speaker 4: you don't want to be happy, that's fine, but you're 121 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 4: not gonna keep me from being happy. I know this 122 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 4: day is a gift and I'm not gonna waste it 123 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 4: trying to fix somebody that doesn't want to be fixed, 124 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 4: or trying to change something that I cannot change. Friends, 125 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 4: you have a responsibility to redeem the time that God 126 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 4: has given you. He's entrusted you with his life, He's 127 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 4: breathed his breath into you. He's put gifts and talents 128 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 4: on the inside. You have seeds of greatness. You didn't 129 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 4: just show up on planet Earth. You're a person of destiny. 130 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 4: You have an assignment with a purpose to fulfill, and 131 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 4: with this gift of life comes a responsibility to develop 132 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 4: your talents, to pursue your God given goals, to become 133 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 4: everything that He's created you to be. On a regular basis, 134 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 4: you need to reevaluate what you're doing and how you're 135 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 4: spending your time. Refocus your life, let go of any distractions, 136 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 4: shake off any self pity, any discouragement, any disappointments, and 137 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 4: run your race with purpose. Friends, God did not put 138 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 4: you here to be controlled by somebody else. He didn't 139 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 4: put you here to drag through the day and barely 140 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 4: make it. You were not created to have to constantly 141 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:01,679 Speaker 4: try to convince someone to like you. If somebody doesn't 142 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 4: want to be your friend, let them go and God 143 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 4: will bring you some better friends. You don't have to 144 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 4: talk to somebody into loving you, or coming to see you, 145 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 4: or calling you. God already has arranged the right people 146 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 4: that will celebrate you, people that can't wait to be 147 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 4: around you, people that appreciate who you are and what 148 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 4: you have to offer. When we come to the end 149 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 4: of our days, we're going to have to give an account. 150 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 4: God is going to ask how did you spend your life? 151 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 4: What did you do with the gifts I put in you? 152 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 4: How did you use the time I gave you. We 153 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 4: can't do like Adam and make excuses. God. This woman 154 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 4: you gave me, she got me off course. Or yes, God, 155 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:48,720 Speaker 4: I wasn't very happy, but I didn't have a good job. Yes, 156 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:51,439 Speaker 4: I worried all the time, but the economy was so bad. No, 157 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 4: shake that off and make the most of each day. 158 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 4: I believe you and I are going to be able 159 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:00,200 Speaker 4: to say God, I live my life to the full. 160 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 4: I recognized each day was a gift. I developed to 161 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 4: my talents. I wasn't controlled and manipulated. I didn't get 162 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 4: involved in battles that didn't matter. I didn't let disappointment 163 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 4: stop me. I didn't lose my integrity and compromise. I 164 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 4: was a giver and not a taker. God. I gave 165 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:21,320 Speaker 4: it my very best. I redeemed the time. When you 166 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 4: have that kind of attitude, God will increase you. He'll 167 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 4: give you more influence, more opportunity. The Apostle Paul said, 168 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 4: we should run with purpose in every step. That means 169 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 4: when you get up in the morning, on purpose, set 170 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 4: your thoughts in the right direction, positive, hopeful, this is 171 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:43,199 Speaker 4: going to be a great day. On purpose, put a 172 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 4: smile on your face, a song in your heart, a 173 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:49,079 Speaker 4: spring in your step. And then, on purpose, go out 174 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 4: each day with a plan, with a goal, not distracted 175 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 4: by every phone call, running here and there, upset in 176 00:09:56,679 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 4: the traffic, too stress to enjoy the day. No redeem 177 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 4: your time being on purpose person. And yes, I'm all 178 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 4: for be inflexible and certainly for taking time to help others. 179 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 4: But if we're not focused, if we're not running with 180 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 4: purpose in every step, we will allow distractions to get 181 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 4: us off course and keep us from God's very best. 182 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 4: When you realize your time is limited, you don't get 183 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 4: offended every time you turn around. You don't let little 184 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,680 Speaker 4: petty things and politics at the office sour your day. 185 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 4: You don't go around offended with unforgiveness because somebody mistreated you. 186 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 4: You let it go and trust God to make your 187 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 4: wrongs right. I talked to a lady recently and she 188 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 4: told how a family member had done her wrong. She 189 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 4: was so upset and starting to get so bitter. I 190 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 4: told her what I'm telling you, life is too short 191 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 4: to live it that way. Just let it go and 192 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 4: trust God to be your vindicator. She wouldn't hear it. 193 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 4: She said, no, Joel, I'm not going to be happy 194 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 4: until they apollo. What she didn't realize is she is 195 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 4: wasting valuable days. That person hurt her once. Now she's 196 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,959 Speaker 4: allowing them to hurt her again and again because she 197 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 4: will not let it go. And I wonder how many 198 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 4: of us like her have wasted valuable days. We can't 199 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 4: say we redeem the time. We just drug through the day, offended, upset, worried. 200 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 4: Some people have lived like this for years, with bitterness, unforgiveness, 201 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 4: nursing an old wound. Instead of moving forward to the 202 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 4: great things God has in store, they keep going back 203 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 4: to the old. It's just like a scab. Every time 204 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 4: you pick it, it reopens the wound. It's never going 205 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 4: to heal until you leave it alone and stop going back. 206 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 4: What am I saying? Quit reliving the hurts and pains 207 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 4: of your past when those pictures come up on the 208 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 4: movie screen of your mind. The good news is you've 209 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 4: got the remote control, change the channel. You can chew 210 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 4: what you want to dwell on. Do you realize how 211 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 4: much energy it takes to be bitter? Do you know 212 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:10,439 Speaker 4: how much emotional energy it takes to hold a grudge. 213 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 4: We only have a certain amount for each day. If 214 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:18,320 Speaker 4: we use our emotional energy for the wrong purposes, focused 215 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 4: on the negative, dwelling on who hurt us, we're not 216 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 4: gonna have the energy we need for the right purposes. 217 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 4: We're not gonna make the best decisions. We're not gonna 218 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 4: be as creative. Our gifts and talents won't come out 219 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 4: to the full. We're not only doing ourself a disservice, 220 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 4: but we're doing our family, our friends a disservice. We're 221 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 4: not redeeming the time. Well you said, Joel, I'm not 222 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 4: gonna be happy until they get what they deserve. That's 223 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 4: only fair. Or I can't enjoy my life until my 224 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 4: coworkers stop talking about me. Listen, we can't control any 225 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 4: of that. You cannot control what people do or what 226 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 4: they say. You can only control yourself. If you're allowing 227 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 4: that to upset you, to cause you to go around 228 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 4: bitter and angry. Then you are giving way your power. 229 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 4: You're letting them control you. The scripture says, don't let 230 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 4: the sun go down on your anger. The reason many 231 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 4: people have no joy, no enthusiasm, is because they go 232 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:17,720 Speaker 4: to bed every night with unforgiveness, dwelling on their hurts 233 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 4: and pains, reliving their disappointments. When you go to bed 234 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 4: like that, with a cluttered mind focused on the negative, 235 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 4: then when your sun comes up the next morning, it's 236 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 4: clouded by all these things you brought over from yesterday. 237 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 4: It's just like in the natural when it's overcast outside 238 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 4: and the clouds are blocking the sun. It's kind of 239 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 4: dark and gloomy. That's what happens when we go to 240 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 4: sleep with bitterness, with resentment, focused on the negative. Some 241 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 4: people have not seen the sun shine in their life 242 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 4: for years and years, not because it's not up there, 243 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 4: not because God doesn't have great things in their future, 244 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 4: but simply because they keep letting their sun go down 245 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 4: with all these negative things on it. The problem is, 246 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 4: if it goes down with resentment, it comes up with resentment. 247 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 4: If you go to bed with self pity. You're gonna 248 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 4: wake up with self pity. That's what's blocking God's blessings. 249 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 4: It's stopping you from seeing the bright, clear future that 250 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 4: God has in store. If you want those dark clouds 251 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 4: to go away, if you want the sun to shine 252 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 4: brightly in your life. Once again, it's totally up to you. 253 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 4: You control the weather, you control the clouds. Here's the key. 254 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 4: Every night, before you go to bed, just look up 255 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 4: and say, Father, I am releasing every negative thing that 256 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 4: happened to me today. I'm forgiving every person that hurt me. 257 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 4: I'm forgiving myself for mistakes I've made. I'm releasing every disappointment, 258 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 4: every worry, every herd, and I'm not going to bed angry, 259 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 4: upset in self pity. I give it to you and 260 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 4: I lay down in peace. When you do that, your 261 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 4: son is going to go down with nothing blocking it. 262 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 4: Maybe over the years you've had things build up, and 263 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 4: today it looks like there's layer after layer of overcast 264 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 4: guies in your life. The good news is if you'll 265 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 4: just be diligent, keep releasing this every night, little by little, 266 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 4: the clouds are gonna break up and the sun will 267 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 4: start to shine through You'll have a new spring in 268 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 4: your step. Your goals and dreams will come back to life. 269 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:28,320 Speaker 4: You'll have more energy, You'll feel better, You'll meet new friends. 270 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 4: God will open up new opportunities. What's happening. Those clouds 271 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 4: are breaking up and the sun, God's goodness is starting 272 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 4: to shine through once again. No matter what you've been 273 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 4: through in the past, you need to draw the line 274 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 4: in the sand and say that's it. I'm not going 275 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:47,480 Speaker 4: to bed anymore with something blocking my son. That means 276 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:52,080 Speaker 4: you're not gonna go to bed dwelling on unanswered questions. God, 277 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 4: why did my loved one not make it? Why did 278 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 4: my marriage not survive? God? Why didn't I get that 279 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 4: promotion that I prayed and worked so hard for? No, 280 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 4: just let it go when you lay down to sleep, 281 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 4: don't take any baggage with you. Don't go to bed 282 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 4: thinking about the disappointments of the day and what you 283 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 4: didn't get done and what somebody said. Just clear your 284 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 4: mind and say, God, I'm giving it all to you. 285 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 4: I'm releasing it right now. If you'll get in a 286 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 4: habit of doing that every night before you go to bed, 287 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 4: then nothing is going to block that sun. It's going 288 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 4: to shine brightly in your life. I saw an interview 289 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 4: with a lady. She was supposed to be on the 290 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 4: flight to Buffalo that recently crashed. None of the passengers 291 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 4: or the crew survived. She had been booked to be 292 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 4: on this flight, but at the last minute something came up. 293 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 4: She missed it and took one. Thirty minutes later, she 294 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 4: realizes she has been given a second chance that could 295 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 4: have easily been hurt. She talked about how that changed 296 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 4: her perspective. Now she appreciates each day much more. She 297 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 4: sees it as a gift. She told how she doesn't 298 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 4: get upset as easily. Little things don't bother her, she 299 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 4: doesn't get offended. She is much more forgiving, much more understanding, 300 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 4: much more loving. You know what she's really saying. I 301 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 4: don't go to bed anymore with things that are blocking 302 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 4: my son. I realize how limited my time is, and 303 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 4: I'm not gonna waste it in unforgiveness or in things 304 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:23,439 Speaker 4: that I can't change. I'm gonna make the most of 305 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:26,880 Speaker 4: each day. That's the attitude I want us to have. 306 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 4: We don't know how long we're gonna be here. The 307 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:33,360 Speaker 4: scripture says, our life is like a mist. We're here 308 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:36,200 Speaker 4: for a moment and then we're gone. And I wonder 309 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:39,120 Speaker 4: how long we'd stay offended if we knew we only 310 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:42,360 Speaker 4: had six months to live. I wonder how many times 311 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:45,160 Speaker 4: we'd get upset and go around worried if we knew 312 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 4: we just had a few more weeks, Or how many 313 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 4: days would we drag through with no passion? If we 314 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:53,440 Speaker 4: knew our time was coming to an end very shortly, 315 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 4: most likely that would change our perspective. I saw sign 316 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 4: on the freeway the other day. It said, do you 317 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:03,879 Speaker 4: have any reason to be grateful? Just check your pulse. 318 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 4: What's it saying? As long as you're alive, you've been 319 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 4: given a gift. Every morning you wake up with air debris. 320 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:16,479 Speaker 4: Every day, you can see the sunshine, every time, you 321 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:19,640 Speaker 4: hear your kids laughing and playing. Every evening you see 322 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 4: the stars, you hear the crickets, you feel the warmth 323 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 4: of your spouse. Let that be another reminder that God 324 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 4: has blessed you with a gift of today. Don't take 325 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 4: it for granted. It's funny sometimes the things we complain 326 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:35,160 Speaker 4: about are the very things other people would love to have. 327 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:37,879 Speaker 4: We complain about, the children. Oh man, these kids are 328 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 4: so much work. All I do is cook and clean. 329 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 4: Do you realize some couples aren't able to have children. 330 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 4: They do anything they could to have children like yours. 331 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:49,919 Speaker 4: Don't take it for granted. Or this job, Joel, it 332 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 4: is so stressful and I just don't like my boss. 333 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 4: Do you know how many people would love to have 334 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 4: your job? Learn to appreciate it. Or how about this, Joel, 335 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 4: this husband of mine, he just gets on my nerves. 336 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 4: We don't get along. This may surprise you, you may not 337 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 4: even believe it, but there are some ladies that would 338 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 4: love to have your husband. And now I know some 339 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 4: of you are thinking, can I give you a phone 340 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:18,680 Speaker 4: number right now? It says in Second Corinthians, don't squander 341 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 4: one bit of the marvelous life God has given you now, 342 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 4: just that saying, don't waste one tiny bit. Don't waste 343 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 4: another second focused on the negative and what you don't 344 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 4: have in life. Don't waste another minute being discouraged and depressed. 345 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:39,119 Speaker 4: Don't go another day with unforgiveness and bitterness in your heart. 346 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:41,879 Speaker 4: I have people say to me all the time, Joel, 347 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:44,359 Speaker 4: if I'd have known back then what I know now, 348 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:47,399 Speaker 4: I would have sure lived my life differently. I wouldn't 349 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 4: have got upset so easily. I wouldn't have tried to 350 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:53,199 Speaker 4: reconcile with somebody that didn't want to reconcile with me. 351 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:57,200 Speaker 4: I wouldn't have gotten distracted and not pursued my god 352 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 4: giving goals. You know what they're really saying. I would 353 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 4: have been more careful and more deliberate about how I 354 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 4: spent my time. I would have maximized each day. That's 355 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 4: what I'm asking you to do. Take inventory of how 356 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:15,119 Speaker 4: you're spending your life. It's very sad to come to 357 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:17,399 Speaker 4: the end of our days and have to say if 358 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 4: I would have only chosen better friends, who knows where 359 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 4: I would have ended up. If I'd only forgiven this person, 360 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 4: gotten out of self pity and gone on with my life. 361 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:31,400 Speaker 4: If I'd only taken more time for my family and 362 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 4: not worked so much. Friends, now is the time to 363 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:38,919 Speaker 4: make adjustments. We can't do anything about the past, but 364 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 4: we can do something about right now. We can start 365 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 4: redeeming the time. Understand I'm not redeeming the time if 366 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,440 Speaker 4: I go around with a chip on my shoulder focused 367 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 4: on my disappointments. Now, when you go through setbacks and 368 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 4: we all do. Don't waste the time by thinking about 369 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 4: what you've lost. Invest the time by thanking God for 370 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:03,080 Speaker 4: what he has come in thank him for the new 371 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 4: doors he's about to open. I talked to a young 372 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:08,959 Speaker 4: lady recently. She was a reporter at a local television 373 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:13,360 Speaker 4: station during Hurricane Ike. She was covering the story. Her 374 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:17,160 Speaker 4: assignment this particular day was to find people that were 375 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 4: really struggling and having a tough time finding food. Basically, 376 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 4: it was to find sad stories. So she went to 377 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:26,160 Speaker 4: one of the local food drops where they were giving 378 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 4: away free food, and she talked to the people in line, 379 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 4: but nobody had a sad story. They were all grateful 380 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 4: and believed that they were going to make it. It 381 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:37,359 Speaker 4: just so happened that Victoria and I were there with 382 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 4: some of the Lakewood volunteers helping out, and she brought 383 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:42,960 Speaker 4: the camera over to me said, Joel, tell me the 384 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:46,159 Speaker 4: worst thing that you've seen today. I said, yes, some 385 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 4: people are struggling, but they have faith, and they know 386 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 4: they're going over and not under. They know they're victors 387 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 4: and not victims, and this is going to be their 388 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 4: best year in spite of the hurricane. She took the 389 00:21:57,760 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 4: microphone away and said, I knew you wouldn't tell me 390 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:05,120 Speaker 4: any negative. She went and found Victoria. Victoria was worse 391 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 4: than me. She said, these people are fired up. They 392 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 4: know God's in control. Their best days are still out 393 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,919 Speaker 4: in front of them. She went back to the station 394 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 4: and told her boss, I couldn't find any sad stories, 395 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 4: but I got Joel and Victoria osting. She was so excited. 396 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:23,200 Speaker 4: She thought the boss would be thrilled, but he wasn't 397 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 4: thrilled at all. He didn't want me in Victoria. He 398 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:30,280 Speaker 4: wanted sad, depressing stories. Long story short, that young lady 399 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:33,919 Speaker 4: got terminated over that incident. She was let go and 400 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 4: at first she was kind of discouraged, but she understood 401 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 4: this principle that every day is a gift from God. 402 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:44,399 Speaker 4: Instead of dragging around defeated and discouraged, she started thanking 403 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 4: God for the new doors he was going to open, 404 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:50,199 Speaker 4: thanking him that he had a better plan. What was 405 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 4: she doing redeeming the time, not complaining and not feeling 406 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 4: sorry for herself. She knew she wouldn't be alive if 407 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:00,119 Speaker 4: God didn't have another victory in front of her. And 408 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:02,520 Speaker 4: it wasn't long after that that she got a call 409 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:06,440 Speaker 4: from a very prestigious organization. They said, we saw your 410 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:09,199 Speaker 4: report on the hurricane, the same one that caused her 411 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:11,520 Speaker 4: to get let go. They said, we were just wondering 412 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 4: if you'd like to come work for us and head 413 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 4: up our whole media department and produce documentaries. That was 414 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 4: a dream come true for her. She smiled and gave 415 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 4: me a big hug and said, Joel, I just want 416 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 4: to thank you and Victoria for getting me fired. I 417 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 4: heard somebody say disappointments are inevitable, but misery is optional. 418 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:38,640 Speaker 4: No matter what kind of setbacks you face, no matter 419 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 4: who does you wrong, you do not have to drag 420 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 4: through the day defeated, upset in self pity. Redeem the time. 421 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 4: Thank God that he's still in control. Thank him for 422 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 4: the new doors he's going to open. Understand, every person 423 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:56,120 Speaker 4: goes through the valleys, but the valleys are what lead 424 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 4: us to higher mountains. If you never go through a valley, 425 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 4: you'll probably not get to a higher level. The key 426 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:05,399 Speaker 4: is when you're in the difficult seasons in those valleys, 427 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:08,479 Speaker 4: you got to redeem the time. Just like her, instead 428 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 4: of complaining, instead of feeling sorry for yourself, go out 429 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:15,919 Speaker 4: and do something good for somebody else. Sow a seed, 430 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 4: Volunteer while you're in the valley, give somebody a ride 431 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,239 Speaker 4: while you're in the valley. Pray for others while you're 432 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:25,120 Speaker 4: in the valley. Usher while you're in the valley. When 433 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 4: you sow a seed, when you invest it the right 434 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 4: way in helping others, then those seeds that you sow 435 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:34,879 Speaker 4: are going to create the harvest you need. Not just 436 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 4: to take you out of the valley, but they're going 437 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 4: to lead you to a higher mountain, to a level 438 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,400 Speaker 4: you've not been at before. David put it this way 439 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,919 Speaker 4: in Psalm ninety, verse twelve. God teach us to number 440 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:50,880 Speaker 4: our days and realize how few they really are. Help 441 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:54,600 Speaker 4: us to spend them like we should. I'm forty five 442 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 4: years old. It seemed like it was just yesterday that 443 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 4: I was graduating from high school. Spend twenty something years. 444 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:04,160 Speaker 4: I don't know where the time is gone. A few 445 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:07,119 Speaker 4: years ago, I made a decision that I was not 446 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:13,239 Speaker 4: going to live another day negative, discouraged, worried, offended. I 447 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 4: have plenty of opportunities, just like you, but I do 448 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:19,119 Speaker 4: my best not to go there. That's what I'm asking 449 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:22,440 Speaker 4: you to do today. We should pray with David every day. 450 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 4: God help us to realize how short our time here 451 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:29,440 Speaker 4: on earth really is. I read a story by Jeffrey 452 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 4: Davis called One Thousand Marbles. It's about a man that 453 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 4: was listening to the radio early one Saturday morning. He 454 00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 4: was a young executive, very busy in his career. He 455 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:43,000 Speaker 4: didn't spend much time with his family. He wanted to, 456 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 4: but he just had so much to do. This Saturday 457 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:49,160 Speaker 4: was no different. He couldn't go to his children's ballgames. 458 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 4: He had extra work at the office, plus some projects 459 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:54,680 Speaker 4: at home he needed to take care of. He was 460 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:57,200 Speaker 4: eating his breakfast as fast as he could, about to 461 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:00,879 Speaker 4: rush out for the day, when he became at a 462 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 4: story an older gentleman was telling on the radio about 463 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:09,040 Speaker 4: how he learned to appreciate each day. This gentleman told 464 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 4: how when he was fifty five years old, he calculated 465 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 4: that if he were to live to be seventy five, 466 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 4: he would have approximately one thousand more Saturdays left in 467 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 4: his lifetime. So he went to the local toy store 468 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 4: and he bought a thousand marbles, put them in a jar, 469 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:30,720 Speaker 4: and placed them on a desk at home. Every Saturday, 470 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:34,720 Speaker 4: without fail, he took one marble out month after month, 471 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:38,600 Speaker 4: year after year, he watched the marbles go down. Before 472 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:42,480 Speaker 4: he signed off on his radio program. After telling this story, 473 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 4: he said to his listeners today, I have taken out 474 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 4: the final marble. I'm seventy five years old. If I'm 475 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 4: back here next week, as far as I'm concerned, God 476 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:57,240 Speaker 4: has given me extra time. That young executive listening that 477 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:00,320 Speaker 4: touched his heart. He knew God was speaking to him. 478 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,199 Speaker 4: He ran upstairs, woke his wife up, gave her a 479 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:06,800 Speaker 4: big kiss, said, honey, let's go eat breakfast together this morning. 480 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:10,439 Speaker 4: She was pleasantly surprised. She said that'd be great. But 481 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 4: what got into you? He said, Oh, nothing, I just 482 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:16,680 Speaker 4: haven't spent a Saturday with you and the kids lately. 483 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:19,359 Speaker 4: And by the way, while we're out, can we stop 484 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:22,160 Speaker 4: by the toy store. I need to pick up some marbles. 485 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 4: What happened? All of a sudden he realized how short 486 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 4: his time here on earth really is. Let me ask you, 487 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:33,479 Speaker 4: how are you spending the eighty six thousand, four hundred 488 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 4: seconds God gives you each day? Are you investing it? 489 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:39,639 Speaker 4: Or are you wasting it? Are you taking time for 490 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,879 Speaker 4: the people you love the most? Are you allowing bitterness 491 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 4: and unforgiveness to block your son, to cloud your life. 492 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:50,840 Speaker 4: Are you letting others control you, or perhaps distractions keep 493 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 4: you from your God given destiny. Now make the most 494 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,359 Speaker 4: of each day when you get up in the morning, 495 00:27:56,640 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 4: learn to accept the present God gives you, Thank you 496 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 4: Him for another gift of today, and then go out 497 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,760 Speaker 4: and live it to the full. Things may not be perfect, 498 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 4: but that doesn't have to stop you from enjoying the day. 499 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,359 Speaker 4: Look at all the good things that are in your life. 500 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,880 Speaker 4: Enjoy the beauty of God's creation. When you go through disappointments, 501 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 4: remember don't let the sun go down on that disappointment. 502 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,639 Speaker 4: Before you go to bed. Just clear out your mind 503 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 4: and turn it over to God. If you'll run with 504 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 4: purpose in every step, accepting and appreciating the gift of today, 505 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:32,879 Speaker 4: then you are redeeming your time. You're not only going 506 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:35,440 Speaker 4: to enjoy your life, but God is going to increase 507 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 4: you and promote you. You're going to overcome your obstacles. 508 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,240 Speaker 4: You'll see your gifts and talents come out to the full, 509 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:43,680 Speaker 4: and when you come to the end of your days, 510 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:46,479 Speaker 4: you'll be able to say, I have no regrets, I 511 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:51,480 Speaker 4: have spent my life. Well, amen, do you receive that today? Well, 512 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 4: we never like to close our broadcast without giving you 513 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 4: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 514 00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 515 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:05,280 Speaker 4: repent of my sins, Come into my heart. I'll make 516 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 4: you my Lord and savior. 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