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We know God has good things 34 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 5: in store for you, and we believe you're gonna learn today, 35 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 5: be encouraged and be uplifted. God rewards people that seek 36 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:44,559 Speaker 5: after him. 37 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 2: If you're ever in our area, we give. 38 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 5: You a personal invitation to come out. I promise you 39 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 5: we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks for 40 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 5: tuning in today. I like to get started each week. 41 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 2: With something kind of funny, so listen to this one. 42 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 2: A little girl was. 43 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 5: Sitting on her grandfather's lap and she noticed I wrinkled 44 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 5: his face was As she contemplated the difference between hers 45 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 5: and his, she asked, Granddaddy, did God make you? He said, yes, honey, 46 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 5: he made me a long time ago. She then asked, well, 47 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 5: did God make me? He said, yes, he made you 48 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 5: just a little while ago. She thought about it some 49 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 5: more and said, Granddaddy, God's getting better, isn't he. All Right, 50 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 5: hold your bibles up. Let's say it like we mean it. Ready, 51 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 5: this is my Bible. I am what it says. 52 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 2: I am. 53 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 54 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 55 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 56 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 57 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,919 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. You sound 58 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 5: great as usual. We've been talking about breaking free from 59 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 5: the negative things of the past, and I want to 60 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 5: focus today on developing good habits. A habit is something 61 00:02:56,040 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 5: that we do without even thinking about it. It's almost involuntary. 62 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 5: We've done it so much it comes natural to us. 63 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:05,679 Speaker 5: For instance, when you get up in the morning, you 64 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 5: don't even have to think about it. You go in 65 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 5: there and brush your teeth, or at least I hope 66 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 5: you do. But many of the habits that we've developed 67 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 5: were from the culture that we were raised in. 68 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 2: If you grew up in a home where people were. 69 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:24,239 Speaker 5: Unorganized and sloppy and always late, there's a good chance 70 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,079 Speaker 5: you can form some of those same habits. Or if 71 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 5: you were raised by people that were harsh and rude, 72 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,079 Speaker 5: you can easily pick up some of that same behavior. 73 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 5: And sometimes you don't even realize that you're doing it. 74 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 2: It's all you've ever known. 75 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 5: But we have to understand that our habits are going 76 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 5: to determine our future. One study says ninety percent of 77 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 5: our normal behavior is based on our habits. That means 78 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 5: from the time we get up in the morning to 79 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 5: the time we go to bed at night, ninety percent 80 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 5: of what we do we don't even really think about it. 81 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 2: We're just on autopilot. 82 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 5: So if you're going to change your life, you need 83 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 5: to start by changing your everyday habits. 84 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 2: You can't just keep doing. 85 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 5: The same things and expect to get different results. And 86 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:17,039 Speaker 5: I want to challenge you today to examine your life 87 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 5: and take inventory of your habits. Do you have a 88 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 5: habit of being negative? Are you always late to work? 89 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 5: Do you worry all the time? Do you overeat? Do 90 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:32,039 Speaker 5: you have addictions? Well, the good news is you can change, 91 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 5: you can develop better habits. Most of the studies tell 92 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:38,600 Speaker 5: us that you can break a habit in. 93 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 2: As little as twenty one days. Think about that. 94 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:44,839 Speaker 5: If you will discipline yourself for a month or so 95 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 5: and be willing to suffer through the pain of change, 96 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 5: then you can form a new habit and you'll rise 97 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:54,719 Speaker 5: up higher in that area and the apostle. Paul says 98 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:58,839 Speaker 5: here all things are permissible to me, but not all 99 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:03,799 Speaker 5: things are profit All things are lawful, but I will 100 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 5: not be mastered by anything. Notice Paul is saying, in effect, 101 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 5: I'm going to get rid of everything that's not profitable 102 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 5: and not productive in my life. He said, I'm not 103 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 5: going to stay under the control of any bad habit. 104 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:23,040 Speaker 5: We need to do the same thing. It's time we 105 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 5: get rid of every non productive thing in our lives. 106 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 5: May not be a sin, it's just something that we're 107 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 5: doing that's not profitable, maybe wasting time, over eating, spending 108 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 5: too much money, being rude, using bad language. I don't 109 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 5: know about you, but I don't want to be. 110 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 2: Mastered by anything. 111 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 5: I don't want to stay under the control of any 112 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,840 Speaker 5: habit that's going to keep me in mediocrity. And it 113 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 5: may not be a big thing, it can just be 114 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 5: a little thing. 115 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 2: But if we don't do something. 116 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 5: About it, we'll go year after year, wasting time, wasting 117 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 5: any energy, being unproductive and unprofitable, and that's not God's best. 118 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 5: I know, when Victoria and I first got married, we 119 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 5: would misplace our car keys all the time. 120 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:11,839 Speaker 2: I'd come home. 121 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:14,040 Speaker 5: And put them on the table, or maybe take them 122 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 5: up to the bedroom with me. Victoria's she might leave 123 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 5: them in her purse or put them in the kitchen. 124 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 5: And it seemed like every time we got ready to leave, 125 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 5: we'd have to spend a little while trying to find 126 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 5: the car keys. And one day I realized how much 127 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 5: time we were wasting, and I thought, I don't want 128 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:30,480 Speaker 5: to live my life like this, And so I got 129 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 5: a hammer and two little nails, and we have a 130 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 5: cabinet by our back door, and I hammered them right inside. 131 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 2: That cabinet so we could hang our keys on them. 132 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:39,359 Speaker 2: And the next few. 133 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 5: Times I came home, I did the same thing, took 134 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 5: the keys up the bedroom or left them in my 135 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 5: gym bag. And I had to really catch myself and 136 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 5: make myself go put them where the keys belong. 137 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:51,480 Speaker 2: I did it day after day after. 138 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:54,719 Speaker 5: Day, and eventually, when you get in the routine, when 139 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 5: you retrain yourself, it's almost easier to do it than 140 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 5: it is not to do it. It comes naturally now, 141 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 5: we don't even think about it. When we go home, 142 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 5: we go right to the cabinet and hang the keys up. 143 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:09,160 Speaker 5: That's the way a habit works, either in the positive 144 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 5: or in the negative. The fact is, successful people have 145 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 5: successful habits. If you don't get to work on time, 146 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 5: let me challenge you to change that habit. Get up 147 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 5: fifteen minutes earlier, pay the price right now. 148 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 2: Don't go twenty years down the road always being late 149 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 2: when it's so easy to change. 150 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 5: Or if you have a habit of eating a bunch 151 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 5: of junk food and drinking twelve sodas a day, why 152 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 5: don't you form better habits, because one. 153 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 2: Day that's going to catch up to you. 154 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 5: That's the interesting thing about bad habits is many times 155 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 5: we don't suffer the consequences until later on. If you 156 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 5: mistreat your body by eating wrong and working all the time, 157 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 5: you may get away with it. 158 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 2: For a while, but one day it'll catch up with you. 159 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 5: If you're rude and harsh to the people in your life, 160 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 5: they may put up with that now, but one day 161 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 5: you could be a very lonely person. You're not gonna 162 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 5: have good relationships. Or if you've gotten into the habit 163 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 5: of being negative, you're skeptical, you're sarcastic, you're critical. 164 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 2: All you've really done. 165 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 5: Is trained yourself to see the worst. Why don't you 166 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 5: form a better habit? Why don't you start training yourself 167 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 5: to see the best? Why don't you train yourself to 168 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 5: give people the benefit of the doubt. You can change 169 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 5: your life by changing your habits. And a lot of 170 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 5: times when we talk about habits, we think about only 171 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 5: destructive things like drug addictions or some kind of abuse. 172 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 5: But I'm asking you to look at your everyday habits. 173 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 5: Do you know if you waste four or five minutes 174 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 5: a day looking for things your keys, your cell phone, 175 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:49,959 Speaker 5: your notebook, at the end of a year, you'll have 176 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:53,839 Speaker 5: wasted almost a week of your life. The Bible tells 177 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 5: us to make the most of our time. Living sloppy 178 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 5: and unorganized is not being a good steward of the 179 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 5: time that God's given us. Less form better habits. I 180 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 5: heard somebody say habits are just like gravity. They will 181 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 5: always be pulling you toward them. Now, if you've got 182 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 5: good habits, they'll make your life easier, more successful, more productive. 183 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:18,840 Speaker 5: But if you've got bad habits, they will always be 184 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 5: dragging you down. You'll always gravitate toward them. The point is, 185 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 5: if we can just develop right habits, we won't constantly 186 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 5: be struggling. When you have good habits, your life will 187 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:34,679 Speaker 5: naturally produce good fruit. You'll naturally be happy, you'll experience 188 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:38,559 Speaker 5: God's abundant life. And what's interesting to me is it 189 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:41,839 Speaker 5: doesn't take that long to do. And sure, if you've 190 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 5: been setting your ways for twenty or thirty years, you 191 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:47,080 Speaker 5: may not turn it around in twenty one days. 192 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 2: But I can tell you this, it will not take 193 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 2: you ten years to do it. 194 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 5: If you will get serious in any area of your 195 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 5: life and you dig your heels in and make a 196 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:59,319 Speaker 5: decision to change, and you stick with it, then you 197 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 5: will begin to. 198 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 2: Form that new habit. 199 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 5: It'll get easier and easier every day, and then eventually 200 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,319 Speaker 5: you'll look up one day and you'll just do it automatically. 201 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:09,680 Speaker 5: You won't even have to think about it. That's the 202 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 5: way habits work. But some of you today, you've gotten 203 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 5: into a habit of not treating people good. You're rude, 204 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:19,440 Speaker 5: you're condescending, you're sharp with them. 205 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:21,439 Speaker 2: Listen, you can change. 206 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:25,959 Speaker 5: Recognize that's a bad habit you've developed, and somebody's got 207 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 5: to shake you out of that mediocrity or it'll end 208 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:32,079 Speaker 5: up destroying all of your relationships. You've got to make 209 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 5: a decision that you're gonna start being kind and courteous. 210 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 5: You're gonna start smiling, encouraging people, giving them some compliments. 211 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 5: And it may be like pulling teeth to do this 212 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 5: at the very beginning, it may go against everything that's 213 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 5: within you. But if you'll just dig your heels in 214 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 5: and do it anyway, you will begin to. 215 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 2: Form that new habit. 216 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 5: And as you stick with it week after week, not 217 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 5: only will you see your relationships go to a whole 218 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 5: new level, but you'll have more joy, more happiness, more. 219 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 2: Victory than you've ever had. Friends. 220 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 5: Don't stay where you are, make a decision that you 221 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:12,439 Speaker 5: are going to develop better habits. The key to change 222 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 5: is number one. You have got to be consistent. You've 223 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 5: got to do it day in and day out. You 224 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 5: need to have a no exceptions policy. That means, no 225 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 5: matter how you feel, no matter how much you want 226 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 5: to go back to your old way. 227 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 2: No you're not gonna do it. You're gonna stick with it. 228 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 2: And number two, you've got to be willing. 229 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 5: To press past the pain and the discomfort at the 230 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:39,080 Speaker 5: very beginning. After all, if you've trained your body in 231 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:41,960 Speaker 5: a certain way year after year, if you've developed a 232 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 5: certain type of behavior, then your body has gotten comfortable. 233 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:48,719 Speaker 5: It's easy for it does it naturally. It's not going 234 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 5: to want to do anything different. But if you will 235 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 5: discipline yourself and really stand your ground, just a few 236 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 5: months down the road, you will inform those new habits 237 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 5: and your life will be so much more And understand, 238 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,040 Speaker 5: once you form the new habits, once you get past 239 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 5: that initial pain, it's not going to be that difficult anymore. 240 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 5: I like to think of it like a rocket being 241 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:14,559 Speaker 5: launched up into space at liftoff. 242 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 2: It takes all the thrust, the majority of. 243 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:20,320 Speaker 5: The energy is expended at the very beginning, but once 244 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 5: it gets up into space, it's home free. 245 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 2: It's easy. 246 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:26,079 Speaker 5: And in the same way when it comes to breaking habits, 247 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 5: if you can just get passed the first few weeks, 248 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 5: it will get easier and easier, and one day you 249 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:34,960 Speaker 5: will be home free as well. I think about all 250 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,960 Speaker 5: the people today that are trying to lose weight. The 251 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 5: diet business is a multi billion dollar industry, and although 252 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 5: diets can be helpful at times, the long term solution 253 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 5: to really keeping your weight under control is not to 254 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 5: run from. 255 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 2: Diet to diet to diet. You know as well as 256 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 2: I do. Most of the time, that's temporary. 257 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:59,319 Speaker 5: Most of the people, unfortunately, they end up regaining that weight. 258 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 5: So the real way to get your weight under control 259 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:05,600 Speaker 5: and keep it there is to change your habits. You 260 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 5: got to change your lifestyle, start exercising, start watching. 261 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 2: What you eat, when you eat it, and how much 262 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 2: you eat. 263 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 5: If you will simply develop better habits, you won't have 264 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 5: to run from diet to die. 265 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 7: Now. 266 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 5: I realize it's not always easy, especially at the first. 267 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 5: You'll have to be extremely disciplined, but every time you 268 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:28,679 Speaker 5: resist that temptation, every time you make a better. 269 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 2: Choice, it will get easier and easier. 270 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 5: One day you'll look up and you will not be 271 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 5: mastered by that thing. 272 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 2: You'll be living a healthy and productive life. 273 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 5: I remember I used to drink coffee every single morning, 274 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:42,920 Speaker 5: and I've done this since I was a little boy. 275 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 5: Growing up with my father, we always did it together. 276 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 5: And the truth is, over the years, I didn't really 277 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 5: even enjoy it that much anymore. I was just doing 278 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 5: it because that's all I'd ever known. 279 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:55,959 Speaker 2: Kind of got in that habit now was hooked on it. 280 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 5: But one day that coffee started sort of hurting my stomach, 281 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 5: making me not feel well. I thought it was taking 282 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 5: some of my energy, and so I decided that I 283 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 5: was going to stop. But man, that first week, I 284 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 5: had a headache like you cannot even imagine. My body 285 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:12,680 Speaker 5: was so used to that caffeine in the morning. It 286 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 5: didn't know what I was doing. And I was so 287 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 5: tempted to just go back to my normal routine and think, 288 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 5: you know what, somebody give me a cup of coffee, 289 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 5: so this headache will go away. But I knew if 290 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 5: I would stick with it, if I would be consistent, 291 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 5: just a few more days, it'd get easier and easier. 292 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 5: Sure enough, I stuck with it, and a few days 293 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 5: went by, the headaches got a little bit less. 294 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 2: A few weeks went by, I felt better and better, 295 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 2: and to day I don't miss it at all. Formed 296 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 2: a new habit. 297 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 5: The point is it is always the most difficult at 298 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 5: the very beginning. You're always going to have plenty of 299 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 5: opportunities to turn around and just stay in your same routine. 300 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 5: I realize you know there's nothing wrong with coffee, but 301 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 5: maybe you know there are some other areas in your 302 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 5: life you need to do something about. How about sweets, sugars, 303 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 5: candy ball, doughnuts, ice cream. What I'm saying is junk food. 304 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 5: Usher's you better lock the doors now? Well, you say, Joel, 305 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 5: I just couldn't live without that bowl of ice cream 306 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 5: before I go to bed each night. No, you need 307 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 5: to form better habits. You can live without it. The 308 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 5: truth is you will probably live longer without it. The 309 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 5: first step is to quit going into the kitchen late 310 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 5: at night. The Bible says to run from temptation. You 311 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 5: gotta stay far away from there. And even when you 312 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 5: go to the grocery store, a simple thing, but don't 313 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 5: even go down the aisle that's got the ice cream 314 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 5: on it. 315 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 2: Don't make excuses. 316 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 5: Well, I'm just gonna pick up this one gallon Bluebell 317 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 5: cookies and cream in case we have some guests come over. 318 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 5: Now you know you will be the only guests that 319 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 5: eats at ice cream. Stay far away from it. Run 320 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 5: from that temptation. Don't make it harder on you than 321 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 5: it has to be. But do you know, today many 322 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 5: of our children are developing diabetes. It's happening in record numbers, 323 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 5: and the experts tell us it's because this generation of 324 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 5: children is eating more sugar than any generation that has 325 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 5: ever lived. They are hooked on cookies, candy bars, sodas. Listen, 326 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 5: the body was not designed for that. And a lot 327 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 5: of times we're praying for God to heal us and 328 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 5: for God to change things. But if we would just 329 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 5: change our habits, if we would make changes in our lifestyles, 330 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 5: then many of those things would take place. You cannot 331 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 5: break natural laws and mistreat your body and expect. 332 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 2: To live a very healthy life. 333 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 5: When I was in my early twenties, I had a 334 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 5: real nice sports car, and man, I took such good 335 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 5: care of that car. I would only put the very 336 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 5: best oil in that engine, and it costs like twice 337 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 5: as much as normal oil. 338 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 2: But I didn't care. That car was my pride and joy. 339 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 5: I would do anything that I could to make it 340 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 5: last longer. In fact, I changed the oil every month, 341 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 5: whether it needs it or not. And really, now looking back, 342 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 5: I realized that I took better care of that car 343 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:07,440 Speaker 5: than I took care of myself. 344 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 2: I would only put the best. 345 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:11,880 Speaker 5: In that engine, but I'd put all kinds of junk 346 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:14,639 Speaker 5: in my own engine. I was living all fast food, 347 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:18,320 Speaker 5: hot dogs, hamburgers, pizza's, French fries, men. 348 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:20,879 Speaker 2: I was always in a hurry, playing ball four. 349 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 5: Or five nights a week, and I just grabbed something 350 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:24,960 Speaker 5: and eat it in my car as fast as I could. 351 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 5: But one day I discovered that this body is a 352 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 5: temple that God has given me, and how long it's 353 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:36,200 Speaker 5: gonna last and how well it's going to perform depends. 354 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 2: Greatly on how I take care of it. 355 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 5: Do I eat right? Do I get enough sleep at night? 356 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 5: Do I have a good balance between work and recreation 357 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:49,640 Speaker 5: and family time. All those things come into play when 358 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 5: it comes to how healthy and how. 359 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 2: Productive we're gonna live. 360 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 5: The older I get, and I'm not very old, but 361 00:17:57,280 --> 00:17:59,760 Speaker 5: the older I get, the more I realized I don't 362 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 5: want to just live a long life. 363 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:03,880 Speaker 2: I want to live a long, healthy life. 364 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 5: I want to feel good when I get up there 365 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 5: in age and not just be dragging around. 366 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:10,359 Speaker 2: Because I never took care of myself. 367 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,200 Speaker 5: And I know that if we will do the natural, 368 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 5: if we will do all we can do, God will help. 369 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 2: Us to live long and healthy lives. 370 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 5: But you cannot mistreat your body and expect it to 371 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:24,639 Speaker 5: function in the way God created it to. Some of 372 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,200 Speaker 5: you drink a coke right when you get up every 373 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 5: single morning because it's all you've ever done, or some 374 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 5: of you have trained yourself to eat junk food all 375 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 5: during the day. And I'm not saying go overboard. I 376 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:39,119 Speaker 5: love desserts. All I'm saying is we should not be 377 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 5: under the. 378 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 2: Control of anything. 379 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 5: And I'm asking you to examine your everyday habits and 380 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 5: make sure that you're not just doing something because that's 381 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:51,359 Speaker 5: all you've ever done. We need to get rid of 382 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:56,200 Speaker 5: everything that's not productive, not healthy, not profitable in our lives. 383 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:59,960 Speaker 5: And parents, it's very important for us to do our 384 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 5: best to not allow our children to have a bunch 385 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 5: of junk food. Don't take the easy way out every 386 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 5: night and say, oh, let's just run up and get 387 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 5: some pizza, Let's get some hot dogs, let's get some hamburgers. 388 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 5: I don't really feel like cooking. No, that's not really 389 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 5: fair to your children. You are helping them to form 390 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 5: their habits. And I know with our two kids, when 391 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 5: we haven't fed them properly for a couple of days 392 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:24,959 Speaker 5: I can tell it they don't act the same. I mean, 393 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:28,400 Speaker 5: they're tired, they're irritable, they don't want to do anything, 394 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,560 Speaker 5: and it's very easy to get aggravated at them. But 395 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:34,439 Speaker 5: sometimes we need to step back and say, now, why 396 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:35,919 Speaker 5: are my children acting like this? 397 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:38,119 Speaker 2: It may be because they. 398 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 5: Had a cupcake and a doughnut for lunch yesterday, they 399 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:44,720 Speaker 5: had pizza and sodas with their friends last night. They 400 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 5: came home and we gave them a big piece of 401 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 5: birthday cake and they got to bed at eleven. 402 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:51,119 Speaker 2: Thirty at night. Nobody's gonna feel good after that. 403 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 5: Do your part, and sure you can get by living 404 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:57,360 Speaker 5: like that, but I'm talking about the quality of your life. 405 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 5: I'm talking about experiencing God's very best. Some people don't 406 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:04,880 Speaker 5: manage their time very well. They're not living a very 407 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 5: balanced life. They're always stressed out, always run down. They've 408 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 5: gotten into a bad habit of working all the time. 409 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:17,120 Speaker 5: They never relax, they never exercise, they never take any 410 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 5: free time for themselves, and really just as well, they 411 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,640 Speaker 5: are not taking care of their temple. And unless they 412 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 5: make changes and bring some balance into their life, then, 413 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 5: like I said, one day, that's going to catch up 414 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 5: to them. You can live stressed out for a while, 415 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 5: especially when you're young, but don't be surprised if one 416 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:38,680 Speaker 5: day your body doesn't suffer the consequences. And what I'm 417 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:42,400 Speaker 5: saying today is it's much better to develop good habits 418 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 5: right now. 419 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:44,200 Speaker 2: That's why I'm. 420 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,399 Speaker 5: Encouraging you to look at the way you live and 421 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 5: ask yourself, why am I doing what I'm doing? Is 422 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:52,639 Speaker 5: this just something that's been passed down. It's not a 423 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 5: good habit, and it's not helping me at all. It's 424 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:58,640 Speaker 5: not productive, it's not profitable. See take inventory of your 425 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:01,639 Speaker 5: life and make sure that you're not allowing anything to 426 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:05,159 Speaker 5: master you. I know this lady that was trying to 427 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 5: quit smoking, and she had smoked for years and years, 428 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 5: and she was really determined this time that she was 429 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 5: going to stop. And she had done so well for 430 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 5: several weeks, but one day she had this big argument 431 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 5: with her husband. 432 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:20,239 Speaker 2: She got all aggravated, all upset, and she went down 433 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 2: to the store and. 434 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:24,360 Speaker 5: Bought a package of cigarettes and she thought, I'll show him, 435 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:27,640 Speaker 5: I'm gonna smoke this whole package. But she said, when 436 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 5: she first started to light up that cigarette, something down 437 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 5: in here said, you were about to waste all you've 438 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 5: been through. You were about to have to start all 439 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:40,440 Speaker 5: over and relearn and retrain yourself from the very beginning, 440 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:43,439 Speaker 5: just because you can't control your emotions. 441 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 2: She said. 442 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:47,000 Speaker 5: When she thought about all she had already been through 443 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:49,280 Speaker 5: and how much she had already suffered to get to 444 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:52,120 Speaker 5: that point, she made a decision to put it down 445 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 5: and not do it. 446 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:56,479 Speaker 2: The point is, the enemy will do his best to 447 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 2: get you not to change. 448 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 5: He will give you plenty of opportunity, unities to turn 449 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:03,359 Speaker 5: around and just go back and keep living the same 450 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 5: way you've always lived. He doesn't want you to come 451 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:09,200 Speaker 5: up higher. And so don't be surprised when you're trying 452 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:12,160 Speaker 5: to break some of these habits that you are not tested. 453 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 5: Always remember what the scripture says. There is no temptation 454 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:19,119 Speaker 5: that will come to you that you can overcome. God 455 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:22,480 Speaker 5: will always make a way of escape, no matter what 456 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:25,120 Speaker 5: it is, how difficult it seems. You need to know 457 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 5: that you can withstand it. You've got to dig your 458 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 5: heels in and just keep pressing forward. And really, it's 459 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 5: kind of funny why we do certain things. It's because 460 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 5: of our habits. It's because of the way we've trained ourselves. 461 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,640 Speaker 5: And some people, just like this lady, when they get upset, 462 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 5: they run out and smoke a cigarette. Other people, when 463 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 5: they're stressed out, they'll overeat. 464 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 2: They'll run to the kitchen. Man, I've had a long day, 465 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 2: Give me something to eat. Now, please recognize those are habits. 466 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 2: They're not terrible, but they're not productive. They'll keep you 467 00:22:57,320 --> 00:22:58,160 Speaker 2: in mediocrity. 468 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 5: And understand you can retrain yourself to respond differently to 469 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:07,880 Speaker 5: each of those situations. You need to study your own habits. 470 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 5: Ask yourself why you do what you're doing. I know 471 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 5: some people every time their spouse does a certain thing, 472 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,159 Speaker 5: it's just like clockwork. They get upset, they have a 473 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 5: pity party, or or they won't speak for a couple 474 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 5: of weeks. 475 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 2: That's a habit. 476 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,360 Speaker 5: Some of you have been doing things like that for ten, fifteen, 477 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:26,159 Speaker 5: twenty years. 478 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:27,440 Speaker 2: Now, why don't you make a. 479 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:31,800 Speaker 5: Decision to form better habits. Why don't you retrain yourself 480 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 5: to respond differently when those situations occur. You cannot keep 481 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 5: doing the same thing and expect to get different results. Now, 482 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 5: I want us all to come up higher in these areas. 483 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 5: If you see an area where you're not responded in 484 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:50,200 Speaker 5: a positive manner. Don't make excuses, take responsibility and say, 485 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 5: you know what, I recognize what's happening, and I need 486 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:53,440 Speaker 5: to change. 487 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:55,960 Speaker 2: I am going to develop better habits. 488 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:58,959 Speaker 5: And really, I don't know that we so much break 489 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 5: bad habits as we replace bad habits. In other words, 490 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,720 Speaker 5: if you have a problem with worrying and your mind 491 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 5: is always going ninety to nothing, worried about your children, 492 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 5: worried about your finances, worried about your health, you need 493 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:14,879 Speaker 5: to recognize that is a bad habit. 494 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 2: That you've developed. That's not normal. 495 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:19,879 Speaker 5: God wants your mind to be at peace. Your mind 496 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 5: should be at rest. You need to know God's got 497 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 5: you in the palm of his hand. But when you've 498 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 5: been worrying for a long time, it's almost second nature 499 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 5: to you. You don't even think about it. You just get 500 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:31,920 Speaker 5: up in the morning and you start to worry. And 501 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:33,959 Speaker 5: the truth is, I don't really think you can just 502 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 5: decide to stop worrying. You have got to replace the 503 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 5: negative thoughts with positive, faith filled thoughts. 504 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:42,879 Speaker 2: And every time you're. 505 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 5: Even tempted to worry, you should use that as a 506 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 5: reminder to dwell on good things. The scripture tells us 507 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:52,120 Speaker 5: to dwell on things that are pure, things that are wholesome, 508 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:54,679 Speaker 5: things that are of a good report. And if you 509 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:58,480 Speaker 5: will replace those thoughts of worry with thoughts of hope, 510 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:00,160 Speaker 5: thoughts of faith, thought. 511 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,919 Speaker 2: Of victory, then you will retrain your mind. 512 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 5: If you do that day in and day out, before long, 513 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 5: it'll become so second. 514 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:08,359 Speaker 2: Nature to you. 515 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:10,880 Speaker 5: You will always be dwelling on good things, and you'll 516 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 5: break that old habit of work. But see, you've got 517 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:16,960 Speaker 5: to find something to replace the habit with. If you 518 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:19,960 Speaker 5: overeat and just run to the kitchen every time you 519 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 5: get stressed out, find something else to do. Why don't 520 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 5: you get in a habit when you feel like that 521 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,200 Speaker 5: of going outside and taking a little walk or another 522 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 5: good thing when you're stressed out to just. 523 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 2: Relax you is just go sit back in. 524 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:35,359 Speaker 5: A chair, close your eyes and just take five minutes 525 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:38,639 Speaker 5: to totally unwind. Take those real deep breaths, and with 526 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:42,200 Speaker 5: every breath, just meditate on what God's done for you, 527 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 5: Think about the goodness of God in your life, think 528 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:47,199 Speaker 5: about the bright future that you have in store. But 529 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:51,640 Speaker 5: find something to replace those desires with. I know, from 530 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:53,680 Speaker 5: the time I was a little boy, I've always had 531 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 5: a habit of picking my fingers. 532 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 2: Even in my baby pictures. 533 00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:59,679 Speaker 5: I'm probably not a year old, and I'm sitting there 534 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:01,879 Speaker 5: and a big smile on my face, but I'm picking 535 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:05,879 Speaker 5: my fingers. It wasn't terrible, but it just wasn't God's best. 536 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 5: And over the years I continued to do it. It's 537 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,359 Speaker 5: all I'd ever known, sort of like a nervous habit, 538 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 5: and I told myself so many times that I was 539 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 5: going to quit. 540 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:16,159 Speaker 2: I said, Man, I'm not going to do that anymore. 541 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 2: It doesn't look good. 542 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:20,120 Speaker 5: But when I got a little uptied or stressed out, 543 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:21,160 Speaker 5: I do it once again. 544 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 2: Just couldn't seem to break it. 545 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,639 Speaker 5: But one day I learned what I'm sharing with you today, 546 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 5: that you don't necessarily stop a bad habit. 547 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:29,920 Speaker 2: Sometimes you got to replace it. 548 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:33,400 Speaker 5: And so every time I got tempted to pick my fingers, 549 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,879 Speaker 5: I just used that as a reminder to thank God 550 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 5: for all that he'd done in my life. I change 551 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 5: my focus and I just say Father, thanking for my health, 552 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 5: thanking for my family, thank it for my children, thank 553 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:46,920 Speaker 5: you for all that You've done for me. And as 554 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 5: I would change my focus and get my mind off 555 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 5: of it, I begin to retrain myself I begin. 556 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:53,679 Speaker 2: To form that new habit. 557 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,400 Speaker 5: And even today, when I'm tempted to do that, I'll 558 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 5: just let that be a reminder to dwell on the 559 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 5: goodness of God. See, I've made up my mind. I'm 560 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 5: not gonna let pick in my fingers master me. I'm 561 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,960 Speaker 5: not gonna be mastered by a bad attitude. I'm not 562 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,120 Speaker 5: gonna be mastered by eating a bunch of junk that's 563 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 5: not healthy. 564 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:14,280 Speaker 2: And really, that's my message to you today. Don't let 565 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:18,520 Speaker 2: anything master you. Don't come under its control. It may 566 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 2: not be a sin, it's just something. 567 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 5: Smaller, but it could be keeping you from God's best. 568 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:27,359 Speaker 5: Don't let twenty pounds master you that you just can't lose. 569 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 2: No change your lifestyle. 570 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:32,919 Speaker 5: Don't be mastered by being unorganized, or by spending too 571 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,159 Speaker 5: much money, or by being late all the time. 572 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:37,440 Speaker 2: No, let's form better habits. 573 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:40,880 Speaker 5: Let's get rid of everything that's not productive, everything that's 574 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:44,359 Speaker 5: not profitable. And remember, ninety percent of what we do 575 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:46,200 Speaker 5: every day we do it without. 576 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:49,400 Speaker 2: Even thinking about it. Our habits are going to determine 577 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 2: our future. 578 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:54,480 Speaker 5: So I challenge you again, examine your life, take inventory 579 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:57,240 Speaker 5: of those habits, and when you find something that's not right, 580 00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 5: be quick to change, be. 581 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:01,640 Speaker 2: Determined to do something about it. If you do that, 582 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:03,160 Speaker 2: you will rise higher. 583 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:05,760 Speaker 5: You will see more of God's favor, and you'll live 584 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:07,960 Speaker 5: the abundant life He has in store. 585 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,760 Speaker 2: Amen. How many of you receive it this morning? Amen? 586 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 2: I know you do. 587 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:15,119 Speaker 5: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 588 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,920 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 589 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:18,960 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? 590 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:24,160 Speaker 5: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent on my sins. Come 591 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:29,320 Speaker 5: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 592 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:31,440 Speaker 5: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 593 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 5: born again. Get into good church, Keep God first place. 594 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 5: He'll take your places that you've never dreamed of. Thanks 595 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 5: so much for listening to today's message. 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