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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 5: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 35 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 5: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 36 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 5: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 37 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 5: put God's very best in your life. Oh God, bless you. 38 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 5: Thanks for letting us come into your homes for the 39 00:01:58,160 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 5: next little while. 40 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 3: Did We love you? 41 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 5: And we come with good news each week because we 42 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 5: know that God is a good God. He's got a 43 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 5: good plan for each of our lives. And so thanks 44 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 5: for tuning in today. And if you're ever in our area, 45 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 5: I hope you'll come out and see us. Come take 46 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 5: a look at our new facility. It's really beautiful. We'll 47 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 5: make you feel right at home. But thanks so much 48 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 5: for tuning in today. I like to get started each 49 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 5: week with something kind of funny. And I heard about 50 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 5: this country grandmother. She was known for her faith and boldness, 51 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:26,839 Speaker 5: and she'd get up in the morning and go out 52 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:30,359 Speaker 5: on her front porch and she'd sing and even shout 53 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 5: praise as to God. Her next door neighbor he was 54 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 5: kind of sarcastic. He said, you're just wasting your time. 55 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 5: No such thing as God. One day he decided to 56 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 5: prove his point, and he took a bag of groceries 57 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 5: and put it on her front porch early in the morning. 58 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 5: When that grandmother got up the next day and saw it, 59 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 5: first thing she did was shout praise the Lord. And 60 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 5: he stepped out from behind the tree and he kind 61 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 5: of laughed. He said, God didn't give you those groceries. 62 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 3: I put them there. 63 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 5: I told you a wasting your time. She looked up 64 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:57,919 Speaker 5: to heaven and said, thank you, Lord. You not only 65 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 5: sent me the groceries, but you made the devil pay 66 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 5: for it. All right, Come on, hold up your Bible, 67 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 5: say it like you mean it today. Ready, this is 68 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 5: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 69 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 5: have what it says I have. I can do what 70 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 5: it says I can do. Today I will be talked 71 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 5: the word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, 72 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:23,519 Speaker 5: my heart is receptive. 73 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 3: I'll never be the same. 74 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 5: In Jesus' name, God bless you. We've been talking about 75 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 5: being determined to enjoy our lives, and I believe one 76 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 5: of the main keys is to simply learn to stay 77 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 5: in a positive mindset. 78 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 3: Our thoughts are so important. 79 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 5: You can't go around thinking negative thoughts and expect to 80 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 5: live a positive life. Your life is gonna follow your thoughts. 81 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 5: And too many people go through the day worried and 82 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 5: full of fear, focused on their problems, not expecting anything good. 83 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 5: And unfortunately, that's exactactly what happens. We draw in what 84 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 5: we constantly think about, just like a magnet. 85 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 3: If you go around dwelling. 86 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 5: On the negative and how tough your life is and 87 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 5: how things just don't seem like they're gonna get any better, 88 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 5: you're just gonna draw in more of that junk. But 89 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 5: on the other hand, if you'll learn to think thoughts. 90 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 3: Of hope and faith and victory if. 91 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 5: You'll dwell on the fact that you are more than 92 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 5: a conquer and you can do all things through Christ. 93 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 5: When you do that, you draw in the good things 94 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 5: of God. And every day we have to choose what 95 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 5: kind of attitude we're gonna have. Probably one hundred times 96 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:38,040 Speaker 5: a day, we have to make a choice whether we're 97 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 5: gonna stay hopeful and look on the bright side of things, 98 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,719 Speaker 5: or are we gonna dwell on these negative, discouraging thoughts. 99 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 3: And some of you, this is your whole problem. 100 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 5: You wanna be happy, you want to see things change, 101 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 5: but your thinking is messed up. Understand, God is a 102 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 5: positive God. There is nothing negative about him. And so 103 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 5: if you're negative, you're going against. 104 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 3: The flow of God. 105 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 5: When you're negative, it's like you're swimming upstream. Everything's going 106 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 5: to be a struggle. I know, when we fly from 107 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 5: here to California, it takes about thirty minutes longer to 108 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 5: get there than it does to get back home. And 109 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 5: that's because the jet stream always flows from west to east. 110 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 5: In other words, this big, massive air is always flowing 111 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 5: in one direction. It's the same way with God. His 112 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,719 Speaker 5: jet stream is always positive. He's got a great plan 113 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 5: for your life. 114 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 3: He wants you to succeed. He wants you to overcome 115 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 3: any obstacle. 116 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 5: But if that's going to happen, you've got to do 117 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 5: your part and get in agreement with him. And some 118 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 5: of you are not near as aggressive enough when it 119 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 5: comes to controlling your thought life. You just think any 120 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,160 Speaker 5: thought that comes into your mind. You may not realize it, 121 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 5: but you can choose your thoughts. And if that thought 122 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 5: is negative and discouraging, you need to immediately get rid 123 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 5: of it. That thoughts that you're never gonna get well. 124 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 3: You heard what the doctor said. 125 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 5: Your child's never gonna do right, You're never gonna see 126 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 5: your dreams come to pass. 127 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:09,719 Speaker 3: No, don't dwell on that junk. 128 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,719 Speaker 5: I'm challenging you today to get into the jet stream 129 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 5: of God. Stay positive, stay hopeful, go out each day 130 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 5: expecting good things to happen to you. See, our life 131 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 5: is kind of like a car. We have a forward gear, 132 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 5: we have a reverse gear, and right in the middle 133 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 5: we have a neutral and we can choose which direction 134 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 5: we want to go. 135 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 3: And I found it doesn't take any. 136 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 5: More effort to go forward than it does to go 137 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:38,720 Speaker 5: in reverse. It's all in the decision process. And if 138 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 5: you stay focused on the negative and what you don't 139 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 5: have and what you can't do, you're gonna end up 140 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 5: going around in reverse. But if you can just switch 141 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 5: over into the positive, start expecting good things, start dwelling 142 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 5: on God's promises, start seeing the best in every situation. 143 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 5: When you do that, all the forces of darkness can't 144 00:06:57,560 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 5: keep you from going forward. You will begin to make 145 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 5: But it all starts right here, And the scripture says 146 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 5: here in Colossians three, verse two is from the amplified 147 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 5: to set your mind and keep it set on the 148 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 5: higher things. I believe the higher things are the positive things. 149 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 5: When you get up in the morning, the first thing 150 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 5: you should do is set your mind in the right direction. 151 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 5: Set your mind for success, Set your mind for victory. 152 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 5: Set your mind that you're gonna enjoy this day. Get 153 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 5: into the gent stream of God. The reason it's so 154 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 5: important to do it right at the very start is 155 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 5: because that's what sets the tone. 156 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 3: For your whole day. 157 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 5: And very often, right when you first wake up, all 158 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 5: these negative, discouraging thoughts will bombard your mind. 159 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 3: Lying there in bed. 160 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 5: That old nagging feeling comes. Man, I don't want to 161 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 5: get up and go to work today. I got so 162 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 5: many problems. I don't know how I'm gonna get out 163 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 5: of debt. This is gonna be a lousy day. No, 164 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 5: don't you dare dwell on that junk. You got to 165 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 5: be on the offensive. If you don't set the tone 166 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 5: for you your day. Let me tell you, the enemy 167 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 5: will do it for you. Right when you get up. 168 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 5: You need to boldy declare this is going to be 169 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 5: a great day. I'm excited about today. And then go 170 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 5: out with enthusiasm, go out with confidence, focused on your possibilities. 171 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 5: See one man gets up and says, good morning, lord. 172 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 5: Another man gets up and says, oh lord, it's morning. 173 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 3: Which man are you? 174 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 5: I challenge you to get up in an attitude of faith. 175 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 5: You can program your mind for victory. I read about 176 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 5: this man that was traveling on an overnight train and 177 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 5: he got on board, and his host was this older 178 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:38,559 Speaker 5: gentleman that had been there for many years, very kind, 179 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 5: and he took him to his sleeper car and showed 180 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 5: him his room, and the room was very nice and cozy. 181 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:46,319 Speaker 3: He had pulled the sheets. 182 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 5: Back for the man was just very inviting looking. And 183 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:51,199 Speaker 5: he said to his host thank you so much. You 184 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 5: prepared me a beautiful room, and I know I'm going 185 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 5: to sleep like a baby. Sure enough, he went in 186 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 5: in like ten minutes. He was fast asleep. He didn't 187 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 5: wake up until nine o'clock the next morning, slept two 188 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,199 Speaker 5: hours longer than he normally did. He saw the host 189 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 5: on his way to breakfast, and that host asked him 190 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 5: how he slept, and he told him what a great 191 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 5: night's rest that he had had, and that host said, well, 192 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:14,559 Speaker 5: that doesn't surprise me. I knew you were going to 193 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 5: sleep well, but you should have seen the man that 194 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 5: got on after you. And he began to tell how 195 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 5: The first thing he said was, I know I'll never 196 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:26,199 Speaker 5: be able to sleep on this train. And from then 197 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 5: on out everything was downhill. He complained about his room, 198 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 5: he had to change because he didn't like the bed. 199 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:34,680 Speaker 5: Then he complained about the temperature too hot, too cold, 200 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:37,440 Speaker 5: And this host said, you know the difference between you 201 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:40,320 Speaker 5: two men, why you slept and why he didn't sleep, 202 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 5: It's because you made up your mind to sleep, and he. 203 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 3: Made up his mind not to sleep. He said, I've. 204 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 5: Been doing this for over thirty years, and I've discovered 205 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:53,079 Speaker 5: the people that sleep when they get onto this train. 206 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 5: Are the people that have preconditioned their minds to sleep. 207 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 5: I believe that principle is true. Toda. We can precondition 208 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 5: our mind for success or for failure. We can pre 209 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 5: condition our minds to enjoy this day or to just 210 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 5: drag through the day. We can precondition our mind to 211 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 5: overcome any obstacle, or we can precondition our mind to 212 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 5: just have a pity party and get upset when things 213 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 5: don't go our way. And this is why a lot 214 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 5: of people can't break a bad habit. They've preconditioned their 215 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 5: mind to fail. They're always thinking about what they can't 216 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,320 Speaker 5: do well. Joel, I could never quit smoking. I've tried 217 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 5: so many times. I could never lose weight. I've been 218 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 5: on every diet you can think of. I could never 219 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:40,200 Speaker 5: resist this temptation. The scripture says, the first place we 220 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 5: lose the battle is in our own thinking. You need 221 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 5: to reprogram your thinking. You need to precondition your mind 222 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 5: to overcome that obstacle. In other words, you need to 223 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 5: start making plans to succeed. 224 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 3: See. 225 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 5: I've already planned on having a good day to day. 226 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 5: I've preconditioned my mind to enjoy this day. I'm planning 227 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 5: on doing good up here. I'm planning on having fun 228 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 5: this afternoon. I'm planning on overcoming any obstacle that may 229 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 5: come my way. 230 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 3: I preconditioned my. 231 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 1: Mind for it. 232 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 5: And some people they don't realize it, but they have 233 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 5: preconditioned their mind to have a lousy day. When they 234 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:17,200 Speaker 5: wake up in the morning, first thought that comes to 235 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:18,719 Speaker 5: their mind is, man, is. 236 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 3: It already time to get up? 237 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 5: I feel like I just went to bed. I am exhausted. 238 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 5: They'll lie there for thirty minutes thinking about how miserable 239 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 5: the day's gonna be. And sure enough, if you dwell 240 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 5: on that junk long enough, you're gonna draw it in. 241 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 5: You get up in the morning thinking about how tired 242 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:38,960 Speaker 5: you are and how bad you feel. You'll go out 243 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 5: that day worn out, run down, no energy, no enthusiasm. 244 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 5: You know why you preconditioned your mind to it. Don't 245 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 5: fall into that trap. You may get up feeling tired, 246 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 5: but you need to dwell on the fact that I 247 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 5: am strong in the Lord and the power of his mind. 248 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:56,839 Speaker 5: You may not feel up to par some mornings, but 249 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 5: I'm not telling you to ignore and deny your circumstances 250 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 5: and deny how you feel, but you need to just 251 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 5: declare that God is renewing my strength like the egos. 252 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 5: I'm old run today and not be weary. I'm on 253 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 5: walk and not faith. This is gonna be a great 254 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 5: day in my life. You go out like that and 255 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 5: you'll have all kinds of energy. You can give life 256 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 5: to your physical body by simply having the right attitude. 257 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 5: Some of you are always thinking about what you can't do, 258 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 5: but you've got to precondition your mind to overcome. You 259 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 5: need to start saying to yourself, I can beat this addiction. 260 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 5: People have hurt me, but you know what I can 261 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 5: forgive them. I can let go of my past. I 262 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 5: may have some obstacles today, but I can enjoy this day. 263 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 5: I read about this lady. She'd been sick for many months. 264 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 3: And gone to a doctor. 265 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 5: After doctrine, they couldn't seem to find out what was 266 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 5: wrong with her. And one day she went to this 267 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 5: certain doctor and he did something so unusual. 268 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:52,199 Speaker 3: He said, here's your prescription. 269 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:55,320 Speaker 5: I want you to go home, and every day, at 270 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:58,079 Speaker 5: least once an hour, I want you to say out loud, 271 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 5: I'm getting better and better every day in every way. 272 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 5: She said, doctor, you've got to be a kid, and 273 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 5: I want some real medicine. He said, no, you do that, 274 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 5: and then we'll talk, and so forty or fifty times 275 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 5: a day. She began to say that, and it wasn't 276 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 5: long until her attitude started to change, and three or 277 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 5: four days went by and she noticed she was feeling better. 278 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 5: A couple of weeks later, she got her joy back, 279 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 5: got her strength back, and wasn't any time until she 280 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 5: was totally and completely over that. 281 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:29,719 Speaker 3: She felt like a different person. But see, she had 282 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 3: to change her thinking. She had to precondition her mind 283 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 3: for health. 284 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 5: Our thoughts are very powerful. Sometimes your body will not 285 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 5: get well unless your mind allows it to well. 286 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 3: What do you go around thinking about? 287 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 5: What have you preconditioned your mind for success or failure? 288 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 5: To enjoy this day or just drag through this day? 289 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 5: He said, Joe, I got a lot of negative circumstances. 290 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 5: That's why I'm kind of down. You know, my back's hurting, 291 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:59,679 Speaker 5: or my marriage is not good, or my finances that's 292 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 5: why I'm unhappy. But no, really, it's not our circumstances 293 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 5: that get us down. It's our thinking about our circumstances. 294 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 5: It's our attitude toward them. Because you can be in 295 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:13,040 Speaker 5: the biggest struggle of your life right now. But if 296 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:15,199 Speaker 5: you will keep your thoughts going in the right direction, 297 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 5: you can have peace right in the midst of your storm. 298 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 5: You can have joy in spite of what's come against you. 299 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 5: It's all in how you choose to see it. I 300 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 5: have this friend that was having open heart surgery last week, 301 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 5: and some people were talking about it, and they said, man, 302 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 5: that's just so terrible that he has to have it. 303 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 5: I just can't believe he's going through that. In a sense, 304 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 5: I knew what they meant, but I kind of turned 305 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:37,160 Speaker 5: it around. 306 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 3: I said, yes, but let's be grateful that at least 307 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 3: he can have it. 308 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 5: Let's thank God that we have good hospitals and great 309 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 5: doctors that are able to correct that. The point I'm 310 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 5: making is if you look hard enough and you have 311 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 5: the right attitude, you can find. 312 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 3: The good in any situation. 313 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 5: If you were even to get laid off, and I 314 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 5: hope it didn't happen, but if you were to get 315 00:14:57,720 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 5: laid off, you could get all negative and bitter and 316 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 5: blame God, or you could say God, I know when 317 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 5: one door closes, you always open up a better door. 318 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 3: So I'm really excited about my future. 319 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 5: If you miss a plane or get delayed a plan 320 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 5: didn't work out, you get all upset. Or you could say, God, 321 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 5: I know you are directing my steps, and I believe 322 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:21,400 Speaker 5: this is exactly where you want me to be. See 323 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:24,680 Speaker 5: that's a positive attitude of faith. You got to choose 324 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 5: to keep your mind set on the higher things. But 325 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 5: some people they never see the good. They find fault 326 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 5: with every single thing. There can be a thousand things 327 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 5: going on that's right, but they're always gonna find that 328 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 5: one thing that's wrong. It's like they've trained themselves to 329 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 5: see the negative. 330 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 3: I heard a little story. 331 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 5: About this positive farmer and this negative farmer. When it 332 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:49,479 Speaker 5: would rain, the positive farmer would say, thank you Lord. 333 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 3: For the rain. Now we don't even have to water 334 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 3: our crops. 335 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 5: The negative farmer would say, yeah, but if it keeps 336 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 5: this up, it's gonna rock their roots. 337 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 3: We're not even gonna have a harvest. Son would come 338 00:15:59,200 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 3: out in. 339 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 5: The positive farmer would say, thank you Lord for the sunshine. 340 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 5: Now our crops are getting the vitamins and minerals they 341 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 5: really need. The negative farmer would say, yeah, if it 342 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 5: keeps this up, though, he's gonna scorch him. We're not 343 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 5: even gonna be able to make a living. One day, 344 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 5: they both decided to go hunting together. This positive farmer 345 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 5: had just bought a brand new bird dog. He was 346 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 5: so proud of that dog he couldn't wait to show 347 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 5: him off. They were out in this middle of the 348 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 5: lake and the boat, and sure enough a bird came 349 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 5: by and he shot it. He turned to his buddy 350 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 5: and he said, watch what this dog can do. That 351 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 5: dog jumped out of the boat and miraculously ran on 352 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 5: top of the water, picked up the bird, turned around, 353 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 5: ran back on top of the water, and set the 354 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 5: bird perfectly down in the boat. That positive farmer was 355 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 5: beaming from ear to ear. He said, what'd you think? 356 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 5: The negative farmer shook his head and said, just what 357 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:56,520 Speaker 5: I thought. That dog can't even swim. 358 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 3: Don't let that be. 359 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 5: You learn to focus on the positive things. Quit picking 360 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:07,360 Speaker 5: out all the bad. Quit finding fault with everything. Anybody 361 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 5: can do that you've got to choose to keep your 362 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:13,119 Speaker 5: mind set on the higher things. And seriously, I know 363 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 5: some of you have been raised in a negative environment. 364 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 5: You've been around a lot of negative in your life, 365 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 5: and kind of like that old farmer, that's all. 366 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:21,119 Speaker 3: You know. 367 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:24,440 Speaker 5: You're prone to see the worst and you don't expect 368 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 5: anything good. But what's really happened is you've developed a 369 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 5: habit of being negative. That's a stronghold in your mind. 370 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 5: And let me tell you that is not the way 371 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:37,119 Speaker 5: God wants you to live. You need to retrain yourself 372 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 5: to see the positive. It may not be easy, it 373 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 5: may not happen overnight, but it can happen. The way 374 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 5: you do it is one thought at a time. I 375 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:47,720 Speaker 5: heard somebody put. 376 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:48,120 Speaker 3: It like this. 377 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:51,359 Speaker 5: When your mind has been running in a certain pattern 378 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 5: for a long period of time, it's like you've dug 379 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:57,439 Speaker 5: a deep, deep river bed and the only way that 380 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:00,960 Speaker 5: water can flow is in one direction. And so imagine 381 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 5: a person that's been negative month after month, even year 382 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 5: after year. With every negative thought, they're digging that river 383 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:10,439 Speaker 5: bed a little bit deeper and the water flows a 384 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:11,879 Speaker 5: little bit more strongly. 385 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:13,680 Speaker 3: Well, after a. 386 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 5: Period of some time, that water is flowing with so 387 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 5: much force in one direction, anytime they go back to 388 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:22,439 Speaker 5: the river to get a thought out, so to speak, 389 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:25,680 Speaker 5: it just naturally comes out negative. That's the only way 390 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:28,880 Speaker 5: the water's flowing. But the good news is, just as 391 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 5: we can dig a negative river bed, we can dig 392 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:33,120 Speaker 5: a positive river bed. 393 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:35,120 Speaker 3: And as you begin to dwell. 394 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 5: On God's promises, as you begin to see the best 395 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 5: in every situation, then little by little, one thought at 396 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 5: a time, you're digging that new river bed. 397 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,200 Speaker 3: And at first it may not seem like much. 398 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,240 Speaker 5: Just a little bit of that negative water will come 399 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:52,439 Speaker 5: over and flow in the positive direction. But as you 400 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 5: continue day after day to think thoughts of hope and 401 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 5: faith and victory, as you continue to expect good things, 402 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 5: that negative river is gonna dwindle down, dwindle down. Eventually 403 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:05,200 Speaker 5: it'll get down to nothing. Then when you go back 404 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 5: to that river in your mind, so to speak, to 405 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 5: get a thought out, you're not gonna have those negative, 406 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:12,640 Speaker 5: depressing thoughts. You're gonna have a whole new river full 407 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:16,920 Speaker 5: of positive, faith filled thoughts. That thought comes to your mind, well, 408 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:19,439 Speaker 5: your problems are too big. Nothing's ever gonna change in 409 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:22,399 Speaker 5: your life. In times past, you'd go back to that 410 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 5: old negative river. You think, yeah, man, nothing good ever 411 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 5: happens to me. I don't see how I ever get 412 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:30,920 Speaker 5: out of this. But no, this time it's different. You 413 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 5: got that new river of faith flowing. You rise up 414 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:36,840 Speaker 5: and say, Father, you said, I'm a victorian, not a victim, 415 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:39,440 Speaker 5: and I can do all things through Christ. You said, 416 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 5: you always caused me to try, And so I know 417 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:44,800 Speaker 5: I am coming out of this situation. See now you're 418 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 5: tapping into that new river of faith. Every time you 419 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 5: think thoughts like that, you're digging that new river bed 420 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 5: deeper and deeper. 421 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 3: That water's gonna flow stronger and stronger. It'll get easier 422 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 3: and easier. 423 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 5: Every time maybe that thought comes to you that you're 424 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 5: never gonna see your dreams come to pass, You're never 425 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 5: gonna be successful, You're never gonna get out of dead. 426 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:06,120 Speaker 3: I've seen your finances and the old days. 427 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,359 Speaker 5: You go back to that old negative river. Nobody in 428 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 5: my family's ever mounted to much. I don't see how 429 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,919 Speaker 5: I could ever be successful. You know, this time you 430 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 5: go to your new river of faith, you say, Father, 431 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:18,160 Speaker 5: you said, I am the head, not the tail. 432 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:19,160 Speaker 3: I will be. 433 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:21,360 Speaker 5: Above only and not beneath. So I just thank you. 434 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 5: Whatever I touch is gonna prosper and succeed. See, you've 435 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 5: got to get this new river of faith and victory 436 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:32,439 Speaker 5: flowing in your own mind. As long as you keep 437 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:35,399 Speaker 5: tapping into that old negative way of thinking. You are 438 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 5: digging that negative river bed deeper and deeper, and it's 439 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 5: gonna keep you in defeat. You need to reprogram your thinking, 440 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 5: recondition your mind. The scripture says in Romans chapter twelve, 441 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 5: if you will transform your thinking, you can transform your 442 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:53,640 Speaker 5: whole life. And some of you have spent year after 443 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 5: year digging that negative river bed. And if it's gonna change, 444 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:00,400 Speaker 5: you're gonna have to make a firm decision. You're gonna 445 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 5: have to dig your heels in and make up your 446 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 5: mind that you're going to keep your mind. 447 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 3: Set on the good things of God. 448 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 5: You've got to quit expecting the worst, quit looking at 449 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 5: what you can't do, and start looking at what you 450 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 5: can do. Well, you say, Joel, I'm just naturally kind 451 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 5: of a negative person. That's just my personality. I'm naturally 452 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:23,200 Speaker 5: a little more pessimistic. It's not really hurting anything, is it. Well, 453 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:26,120 Speaker 5: the truth is, a negative mind will keep you from 454 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:30,120 Speaker 5: really fulfilling your God given destiny. A negative attitude will 455 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 5: keep you from being all God's created you to be. 456 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 5: You can see it all through the scriptures. The Book 457 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:38,919 Speaker 5: of Numbers, chapter thirteen. The children of Israel were camped 458 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 5: right next door to the promised land. 459 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 3: They were so excited they finally made it. 460 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 5: They couldn't wait to go in, and God promised he 461 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:49,119 Speaker 5: would give them the victory. They just had to go 462 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:51,960 Speaker 5: in and fight for the land. And so Moses sent 463 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:54,920 Speaker 5: twelve men in to spy out the land, and after 464 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,359 Speaker 5: forty days, ten of those men came back with a 465 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 5: negative report. They said, Moses, the land and is beautiful. 466 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:04,639 Speaker 5: It's everything we've ever dreamed of. But there's one major problem. 467 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 5: There are giants in the land. The people are huge. 468 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 5: We will never defeat them. And do you know that 469 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 5: negative report spread like wildfire throughout the rest of the camp. 470 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:19,640 Speaker 5: Before long, all two million people or so were negative. 471 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:21,880 Speaker 3: They were complaining, murmuring. 472 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 5: Finally they said, let's just go back to Egypt, where 473 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:25,199 Speaker 5: we came from. 474 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:26,359 Speaker 3: It's not even worth trying. 475 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:30,399 Speaker 5: Well, when those other two spies came in, Joshua and Caleb, 476 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 5: they had a totally different report. They said, yes, Moses, 477 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,879 Speaker 5: the people are big, but we know our God is bigger. 478 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:39,600 Speaker 5: We are well able to take the land. Let us 479 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:41,399 Speaker 5: go up at once and possess it. 480 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 3: See. 481 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 5: Negative people see the problem. Positive people see the possibility. 482 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:52,359 Speaker 5: Negative people focus on their giants. Positive people focus on 483 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:56,399 Speaker 5: their God. Joshua and Caleb had that attitude of faith 484 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 5: I'm talking about. 485 00:22:57,320 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 3: They had that can do spirit. 486 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 5: And what's interesting is those other two million people, they 487 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 5: were so negative. They never did make it into the 488 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 5: Promised Land because of that wrong attitude. They wandered around 489 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,919 Speaker 5: out there for some forty years. And do you know 490 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:15,080 Speaker 5: the only two out of that whole group that ever 491 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 5: did make it in were Joshua and Caleb. 492 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 3: It's the same thing today. 493 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 5: If you stay focused on the negative and what's wrong 494 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:24,920 Speaker 5: and what you can't do, you'll never make it into 495 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:28,680 Speaker 5: your promised Land. And really, anybody can see what's wrong. 496 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 5: Anybody can see the problem. But we need to do 497 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 5: like Joshua and Caleb and focus on the solution. Focus 498 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 5: on your possibilities, find the good you've got to choose 499 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:42,959 Speaker 5: to keep your mind set on the higher things. Sometimes 500 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 5: we don't even realize it, but we approach things from 501 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:48,399 Speaker 5: such a negative point of view. Even the way we 502 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:51,679 Speaker 5: ask questions. You can ask in a positive way or 503 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:55,639 Speaker 5: a negative way, and that will determine very often the 504 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 5: other person's response. For instance, how many times do we 505 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 5: say you you wouldn't be able to help me this afternoon, 506 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,480 Speaker 5: would you? Or you couldn't give me a ride to 507 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 5: work tomorrow? Could you, you know, shaking our head no 508 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 5: the whole time? Or you wouldn't want to listen to 509 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:12,359 Speaker 5: my business proposal or see my presentation? 510 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 3: Would you no? 511 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 5: Don't ask in the negative, turn it around and ask 512 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:19,640 Speaker 5: from a positive point of view. All the studies show 513 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 5: us how you ask the question will greatly influence the answer. 514 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:27,920 Speaker 5: And if you ask in a negative way, subconsciously, you're 515 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 5: affecting that other person and they are much more likely 516 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:33,399 Speaker 5: to answer you in the same way that you've asked it. 517 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,040 Speaker 5: I read about this experiment that was done with this 518 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:40,640 Speaker 5: young army soldier. He was working in the cafeteria there 519 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 5: on the base. He was at the end of the 520 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 5: serving line. They're in the miss hall, and he was 521 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 5: in charge of serving the fruit. And so the first 522 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:50,679 Speaker 5: hundred people that came by, he said to them, you 523 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 5: wouldn't want a bowl of apricots? 524 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:53,640 Speaker 3: Would you? 525 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 5: Ninety percent of them declined, only ten people wanted. Well, 526 00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:59,639 Speaker 5: the next hundred people that came by, he changed the 527 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 5: question and he said, would you like to have a 528 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:06,399 Speaker 5: bowl of apricots? Fifty percent of them responded. Yet this 529 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,440 Speaker 5: next group, he even changes around a little more. He said, 530 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:12,200 Speaker 5: do you want one bowl of apricots? Or do you 531 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:16,400 Speaker 5: want two bowl of apricots? And do you know fifty 532 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 5: percent wanted one bowl, forty percent wanted two bowls, and 533 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:23,879 Speaker 5: only ten percent decline. And see, just by changing the 534 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:26,400 Speaker 5: way he asked it, from the negative to the positive, 535 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:30,440 Speaker 5: just by rephrasing it, he went from ninety percent declining 536 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 5: to only ten percent declining. 537 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 3: That's good information. 538 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 5: Now, I know, Victoria, you wouldn't want to go to 539 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:36,880 Speaker 5: the mall this week? 540 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:43,280 Speaker 3: Would you? Y'all? Pray for me? I have a ninety 541 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:44,040 Speaker 3: percent chance. 542 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:51,360 Speaker 5: Learn to stay positive, learn to stay hopeful, expect good 543 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,399 Speaker 5: things in your life. I know too many people today 544 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:56,200 Speaker 5: they live by Murphy's law. 545 00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 3: Have you ever heard it? 546 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 5: It goes like this, Nothing is as easy as it looks. 547 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,959 Speaker 5: Everything takes longer than you would think, and if anything 548 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 5: can go wrong, it will and at the worst possible time. No, 549 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:10,680 Speaker 5: if you live with that kind of negative attitude, you 550 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 5: were inviting failure. You were asking for trouble and heartache 551 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:19,200 Speaker 5: and mediocrity. You gotta quit expecting things to not work out, 552 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 5: Quit expecting people to treat you badly. 553 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 3: Change your frame of mind. 554 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:28,720 Speaker 5: Expect to get some good breaks this week. Expect your 555 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 5: plans to succeed. Expect whatever you touch to prosper. You 556 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,880 Speaker 5: know for some reason it doesn't happen. Don't get all sour. 557 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 5: Don't go back to Murphy's law. Well, I should have 558 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:41,359 Speaker 5: known it was gonna take me this long. Should have 559 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:44,119 Speaker 5: known this wasn't gonna work out. Should have known if 560 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 5: I went to that big church, I wouldn't get a 561 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:50,440 Speaker 5: good parking spot. No, stay out of a negative, stay hopeful, 562 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 5: Put a smile on your face. God is still in 563 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:55,239 Speaker 5: control of your life. Really, we need to get rid 564 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 5: of Murphy's law. In fact, we should take just the 565 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:00,880 Speaker 5: opposite of it. Our attitude should be nothing is as 566 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 5: difficult as it looks for me, and if anything good 567 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 5: can happen today, it will, And if it's gonna happen 568 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 5: to anybody, it'll. 569 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:07,600 Speaker 3: Happen to me. 570 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:13,240 Speaker 5: That's the attitude we need to have. You go out 571 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 5: with that kind of attitude of faith, and you will 572 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 5: draw into good things of God. 573 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 3: Let me ask you what kind of frame of mind 574 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:20,360 Speaker 3: do you live? 575 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 5: In? 576 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:22,160 Speaker 3: Positive? Negative? 577 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 5: Are you in neutral? Just taking whatever life brings your way. Now, 578 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,480 Speaker 5: you've got to stay aggressive. When it comes to controling 579 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 5: your thought life, you gotta make sure you keep them 580 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 5: running in a positive direction. Nobody can do this for 581 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:36,400 Speaker 5: you when you first get out of bed. You need 582 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,159 Speaker 5: to set your mind in the right direction, and the 583 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:42,240 Speaker 5: scripture says, no matter what comes against you, keep your 584 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 5: mind set. The good news is nobody can make us 585 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 5: live negative. Nobody can make you live discouraged. If you'll 586 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:52,480 Speaker 5: just choose to think thoughts of peace and joy and victory, 587 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:56,639 Speaker 5: you're gonna live a positive, victorious life. I really believe 588 00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:58,879 Speaker 5: the root cause of many of our problems is in 589 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:03,560 Speaker 5: our thinking. Learn to precondition your mind for success. Precondition 590 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 5: your mind to overcome any obstacle that comes your way. 591 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:09,119 Speaker 5: Why don't you plan on having a good week this week. 592 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 5: Why don't you plan on being a blessing to somebody today? 593 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:14,840 Speaker 5: Why don't you plan on overcoming anything that might come 594 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 5: your way? 595 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:16,520 Speaker 3: It all starts right here. 596 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 5: If you will keep your thoughts going in the right 597 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 5: direction and stay in that attitude of faith, then you're 598 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:24,160 Speaker 5: gonna be like Joshua and Caleb. You won't wander around 599 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:26,680 Speaker 5: like all those other people. You'll make it into your 600 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:29,199 Speaker 5: promised land. You'll see the good things of God in 601 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:29,760 Speaker 5: your life. 602 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:31,439 Speaker 3: Amen. How many of you receive it today? 603 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:35,240 Speaker 5: Or we never like suppose our broadcast without giving you 604 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:36,680 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make. 605 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 3: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 606 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:45,240 Speaker 3: Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come 607 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 3: into my heart. 608 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 5: I make you my Lord and savior. If you prayed 609 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 5: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 610 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:56,400 Speaker 5: in a good Bible based church. 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