1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 5 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: for God's very best in your life. Well, God bless 6 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: you always a joy to come into your homes. We 7 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 1: love you, We know God has great things in store 8 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:24,280 Speaker 1: for each one of you. If you're ever in our area, 9 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 1: I hope you'll stop by and see us. I promise 10 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: you we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks 11 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: for tuning in today. I'd like to start with something 12 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: funny each week, and I heard about these two famous 13 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: baseball players. They were discussing whether or not there would 14 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: be baseball up in heaven. They made an agreement that 15 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: whoever died first would come back and tell the other 16 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: if indeed there was baseball in heaven. A few months later, 17 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,240 Speaker 1: one of the players died, and just like he promised, 18 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: he came back said to his friend, I've got good 19 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: news and bad news. The good news is there is 20 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: baseball up in heaven. The bad news is you're scheduled 21 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: to pitch next Thursday. All right, hold up your Bible. 22 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 23 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what 24 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 25 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 26 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 27 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:22,839 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 28 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 29 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: about redeeming the time. Time is one of the most 30 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: valuable commodities that we have. It's more valuable than money. 31 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: You can make more money, but you can't make more time. 32 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: Queen Elizabeth said on her deathbed, I would give my 33 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 1: entire kingdom for just one more day. When you woke 34 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: up this morning, God gave you a present is called today. 35 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: With that gift comes a responsibility. The scripture tells us 36 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 1: to redeem the time. That simply means don't let it 37 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: go to waste. Don't live this day unfocused, unhappy, negative, defeated. 38 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 1: Make the most of each day. Things may not be perfect. 39 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 1: You may have some obstacles, but you can never get 40 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: this day back. If you will learn to see each 41 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: day as a gift, you will live more intentional. You 42 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: will realize when you spend your time, you are spending 43 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: your life. You can either invest it or you can 44 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 1: waste it. Imagine every morning a bank deposited eighty six thousand, 45 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: four hundred dollars into your account. That money was yours 46 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 1: to use however you would like. The only catch is 47 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,920 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, what you didn't use, 48 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:45,239 Speaker 1: you lose. It's taken out of your account. That would 49 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 1: get your attention, you'd be focused, you'd make sure you 50 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: took full advantage and not let one penny go to waste. 51 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: Why it's valuable, It's the same principle with time. Every 52 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:01,399 Speaker 1: day God gives us each eighty six thousand, four hundred seconds. 53 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: You can spend it as you would like. You can 54 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 1: invest it by living positive, hopeful, pursuing your goals, being 55 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: a blessing to others, or you can waste it by 56 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 1: being disorganized, unhappy, negative, discouraged, worried. But the principle is 57 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: the same. At the end of the twenty four hour 58 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:26,079 Speaker 1: it goes away. We can never get it back. When 59 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: we fully understand the value of our time and we 60 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 1: see each day as the gift that it is, it 61 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: helps us to keep the right perspective. We realize there 62 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: are some battles that are not worth fighting. You don't 63 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: have time to get involved in things that are not 64 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: between you and your God given destiny. If somebody has 65 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: a problem with you, as long as you're being your best, 66 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: doing what you believe God put in your heart, with 67 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: all due respect, that's their problem and not yours. You 68 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: don't have to all of conflict with every person. Some 69 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: people don't want to be at peace with you. That's 70 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: just a distraction. And when you realize your time is limited, 71 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: you don't respond to every critic. You don't waste your 72 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 1: time trying to convince people to like you that are 73 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:20,280 Speaker 1: never gonna like you. You accept the fact that not everyone 74 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: is gonna understand you. Not everyone is going to give 75 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: you their approval. But that's okay. You just run your race. 76 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: When you're redeeming your time, you're not trying to keep 77 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: someone happy that's never gonna be happy. There are people 78 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:36,839 Speaker 1: that no matter what you do for them, it's not 79 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 1: going to be enough, no matter how many times you 80 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 1: rescue them, no matter how many favors you do, sooner 81 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: or later, they're gonna find fault with you. And end 82 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: up being unhappy, but understand their happiness is not your responsibility. 83 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: You should be kind, you should be respectful, but your 84 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,839 Speaker 1: attitude should be If you don't want to be happy, 85 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: that's fine, but you're not gonna keep me from being happy. 86 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 1: I know this day is a gift and I'm not 87 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:08,719 Speaker 1: gonna waste it trying to fix somebody that doesn't want 88 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: to be fixed, or trying to change something that I 89 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: cannot change. Friends, you have a responsibility to redeem the 90 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: time that God has given you. He's entrusted you with 91 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:24,040 Speaker 1: his life. He's breathed his breath into you. He's put 92 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: gifts and talents on the inside. You have seeds of greatness. 93 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: You didn't just show up on planet Earth. You're a 94 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 1: person of destiny. You have an assignment with a purpose 95 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: to fulfill. With this gift of life comes a responsibility 96 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: to develop your talents, to pursue your God given goals, 97 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: to become everything that He's created you to be. And 98 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 1: on a regular basis, you need to reevaluate what you're 99 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:55,840 Speaker 1: doing and how you're spending your time. Refocus your life, 100 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: let go of any distractions, shake off any self pity, 101 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: any discouragement, any disappointments and run your race with purpose. Friends. 102 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 1: God did not put you here to be controlled by 103 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: somebody else. He didn't put you here to drag through 104 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 1: the day and barely make it. You were not created 105 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: to have to constantly try to convince someone to like you. 106 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 1: If somebody doesn't want to be your friend, let them 107 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:25,039 Speaker 1: go and God will bring you some better friends. You 108 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 1: don't have to talk to somebody into loving you, or 109 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:32,840 Speaker 1: coming to see you or calling you. God already has 110 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 1: arranged the right people that will celebrate you, people that 111 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 1: can't wait to be around you, people that appreciate who 112 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:43,040 Speaker 1: you are and what you have to offer. When we 113 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: come to the end of our days, we're going to 114 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: have to give an account. God is going to ask 115 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 1: how did you spend your life? What did you do 116 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 1: with the gifts I put in you? How did you 117 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 1: use the time I gave you? We can't do like 118 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: Adam and make excuses God. This woman you gave me, 119 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:04,160 Speaker 1: she got me off course. Or yes, God, I wasn't 120 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,919 Speaker 1: very happy, but you know I didn't have a good job. 121 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 1: Yes I worried all the time, but the economy was 122 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: so bad. No shape that off and make the most 123 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: of each day. I believe you and I are going 124 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 1: to be able to say God. I lived my life 125 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:21,679 Speaker 1: to the full. I recognized each day was a gift. 126 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 1: I developed to my talents. I wasn't controlled and manipulated. 127 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: I didn't get involved in battles that didn't matter. I 128 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 1: didn't let disappointment stop me. I didn't lose my integrity 129 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 1: and compromise. I was a giver and not a taker. God. 130 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 1: I gave it my very best. I redeemed the time. 131 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 1: When you have that kind of attitude, God will increase you. 132 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: He'll give you more influence, more opportunity. The Apostle Paul 133 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 1: said we should run with purpose in every step. That 134 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 1: means when you get up in the morning on purpose, 135 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: set your thoughts in the right direction, positive, hopeful, this 136 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: is going to be a great day. On purpose, put 137 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: a smile on your face, a song in your heart, 138 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 1: a spring in your step. And then, on purpose, go 139 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: out each day with a plan, with a goal, not 140 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: distracted by every phone call, running here and there, upset 141 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 1: in the traffic, too stressed to enjoy the day. No 142 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 1: redeem your time being on purpose person, And yes, I'm 143 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 1: all for be inflexible and certainly for taking time to 144 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 1: help others. But if we're not focused, if we're not 145 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: running with purpose in every step, we will allow distractions 146 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: to get us off course and keep us from God's 147 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 1: very best. When you realize your time is limited, you 148 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 1: don't get offended every time you turn around. You don't 149 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: let little petty things and politics at the office sour 150 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 1: your day. You don't go around offended with unforgiveness because 151 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 1: somebody mistreated you. You let it go and trust God 152 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 1: to make your wrongs right. I talked to a lady 153 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 1: recently and she told how a family member had done 154 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: her wrong. She was so upset and starting to get 155 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 1: so bitter. I told her what I'm telling you, life 156 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 1: is too short to live it that way. Just let 157 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 1: it go and trust God to be your vindicator. She 158 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: wouldn't hear it. She said, no, Joel, I'm not going 159 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:21,320 Speaker 1: to be happy until they apologize. What she didn't realize 160 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: is she is wasting valuable days. That person hurt her once. 161 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 1: Now she's allowing them to hurt her again and again 162 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: because she will not let it go. And I wonder 163 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 1: how many of us like her have wasted valuable days. 164 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:40,080 Speaker 1: We can't say we redeemed the time, we just drugged 165 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 1: through the day, offended, upset, worried. Some people have lived 166 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: like this for years, with bitterness, unforgiveness, nursing an old wound. 167 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: Instead of moving forward to the great things God has 168 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 1: in store, they keep going back to the old. It's 169 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:00,040 Speaker 1: just like a scab. Every time you pick it, he 170 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 1: opens the wound. It's never going to heal until you 171 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 1: leave it alone and stop going back. What am I saying? 172 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:10,679 Speaker 1: Quit reliving the hurts and pains of your past when 173 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 1: those pictures come up on the movie screen of your mind. 174 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 1: The good news is you've got the remote control, change 175 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:20,080 Speaker 1: the channel. You can choose what you want to dwell on. 176 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: Do you realize how much energy it takes to be bitter? 177 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 1: Do you know how much emotional energy it takes to 178 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 1: hold a grudge. We only have a certain amount for 179 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 1: each day. If we use our emotional energy for the 180 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 1: wrong purposes, focused on the negative, dwelling on who hurt us, 181 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: We're not gonna have the energy we need for the 182 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 1: right purposes. We're not gonna make the best decisions, We're 183 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,960 Speaker 1: not gonna be as creative. Our gifts and talents won't 184 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 1: come out to the full. We're not only doing our 185 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 1: self a disservice, but we're doing our family, our friends 186 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 1: of disservice. We're not redeeming the time. Well, you say, Joel, 187 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna be happy until they get what they deserve. 188 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 1: That's on fair. Or I can't enjoy my life until 189 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 1: my coworkers start talking about me. Listen, we can't control 190 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:10,080 Speaker 1: any of that. You cannot control what people do or 191 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:13,559 Speaker 1: what they say. You can only control yourself. If you're 192 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 1: allowing that to upset you, to cause you to go 193 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 1: around bitter and angry, then you are giving away your power. 194 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 1: You're letting them control you. The scripture says, don't let 195 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 1: the sun go down on your anger. And the reason 196 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:31,959 Speaker 1: many people have no joy, no enthusiasm, is because they 197 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 1: go to bed every night with unforgiveness, dwelling on their 198 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:40,320 Speaker 1: hurts and pains, reliving their disappointments. When you go to 199 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 1: bed like that, with a cluttered mind focused on the negative, 200 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 1: then when your sun comes up the next morning, it's 201 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:51,960 Speaker 1: clouded by all these things you brought over from yesterday. 202 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 1: It's just like in the natural when it's overcast outside 203 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 1: and the clouds are blocking the sun, it's kind of 204 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 1: dark and gloomy. That's what happened when we go to 205 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 1: sleep with bitterness, with resentment, focused on the negative. Some 206 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 1: people have not seen the sun shine in their life 207 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 1: for years and years, not because it's not up there, 208 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 1: not because God doesn't have great things in their future, 209 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 1: but simply because they keep letting their sun go down 210 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 1: with all these negative things on it. The problem is, 211 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:25,680 Speaker 1: if it goes down with resentment, it comes up with resentment. 212 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: If you go to bed with self pity, you're gonna 213 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 1: wake up with self pity. That's what's blocking God's blessings. 214 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 1: It's stopping you from seeing the bright, clear future that 215 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 1: God has in store. If you want those dark clouds 216 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 1: to go away, if you want the sun to shine 217 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:46,679 Speaker 1: brightly in your life. Once again, it's totally up to you. 218 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 1: You control the weather, you control the clouds. Here's the key. 219 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 1: Every night, before you go to bed, just look up 220 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:57,960 Speaker 1: and say, Father, I am releasing every negative thing that 221 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 1: happened to me today, giving every person that hurt me. 222 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:06,960 Speaker 1: I'm forgiving myself for mistakes I've made. I'm releasing every disappointment, 223 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:10,840 Speaker 1: every worry, every herd, and I'm not going to bed angry, 224 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: upset in self pity. I give it to you and 225 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: I lay down in peace. When you do that, your 226 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:19,960 Speaker 1: son is going to go down with nothing blocking it. 227 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:23,440 Speaker 1: Maybe over the years you've had things build up, and 228 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: today it looks like there's layer after layer of overcast 229 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 1: guies in your life. The good news is if you'll 230 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 1: just be diligent, keep releasing this every night, little by little, 231 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 1: the clouds are going to break up and the sun 232 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 1: will start to shine through. You'll have a new spring 233 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:43,079 Speaker 1: in your step. Your goals and dreams will come back 234 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 1: to life. You'll have more energy, You'll feel better, You'll 235 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 1: meet new friends. God will open up new opportunities. What's happening. 236 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:53,960 Speaker 1: Those clouds are breaking up and the sun, God's goodness 237 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 1: is starting to shine through once again. No matter what 238 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 1: you've been through in the past, you need to draw 239 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:01,839 Speaker 1: the line in the and say that's it. I'm not 240 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 1: going to bed anymore with something blocking my son. That 241 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 1: means you're not gonna go to bed dwelling on unanswered questions. God, 242 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 1: Why did my loved one not make it? Why did 243 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 1: my marriage not survive? God? Why didn't I get that 244 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 1: promotion that I prayed and worked so hard for no, 245 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 1: Just let it go when you lay down to sleep, 246 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 1: don't take any baggage with you. Don't go to bed 247 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 1: thinking about the disappointments of the day and what you 248 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 1: didn't get done and what somebody said. Just clear your 249 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 1: mind and say, God, I'm giving it all to you. 250 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 1: I'm releasing it right now. If you'll get in a 251 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 1: habit of doing that every night before you go to bed, 252 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 1: then nothing is going to block that sun. It's gonna 253 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: shine brightly in your life. I saw an interview with 254 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 1: a lady. She was supposed to be on the flight 255 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 1: to Buffalo that recently crashed. None of the passengers or 256 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 1: the crew survived. She had been booked to be on 257 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 1: this flight, but at the last minute something came up. 258 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 1: She missed and took one. Thirty minutes later, she realizes 259 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 1: she has been given a second chance that could have 260 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 1: easily been heart She talked about how that changed her perspective. 261 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 1: Now she appreciates each day much more. She sees it 262 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: as a gift. She told how she doesn't get upset 263 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 1: as easily. Little things don't bother her, she doesn't get offended. 264 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: She's much more forgiving much more understanding, much more loving. 265 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 1: You know what she's really saying. I don't go to 266 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 1: bed anymore with things that are blocking my son. I 267 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 1: realize how limited my time is, and I'm not gonna 268 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 1: waste it in unforgiveness or in things that I can't change. 269 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 1: I'm gonna make the most of each day. That's the 270 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 1: attitude I want us to have. We don't know how 271 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 1: long we're gonna be here. The Scripture says, our life 272 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 1: is like a mist. We're here for a moment and 273 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 1: then we're gone. And I wonder how long we'd stay 274 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: offended if we knew we only had six months to live. 275 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: I wonder how many times we'd get upset and go 276 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: around worried if we knew we just had a few 277 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 1: more weeks, Or how many days would we drag through 278 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 1: with no passion. If we knew our time was coming 279 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 1: to an end very shortly, most likely that would change 280 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 1: our perspective. I saw sign on the freeway the other day. 281 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: It said, do you have any reason to be grateful? 282 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 1: Just check your pulse. What's it saying? As long as 283 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 1: you're alive, you've been given a gift. Every morning you 284 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 1: wake up with air debris. Every day you can see 285 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 1: the sunshine, every time, you hear your kids laughing and playing. 286 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 1: Every evening, you see the stars, you hear the crickets, 287 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: you feel the warmth of your spouse. Let that be 288 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 1: another reminder that God has blessed you with a gift 289 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 1: of today. Don't take it for granted. It's funny sometimes 290 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 1: the things we complain about are the very things other 291 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: people would love to have. We complain about the children. 292 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 1: Oh man, these kids are so much work. All I 293 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,440 Speaker 1: do is cook and clean. Do you realize some couples 294 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 1: aren't able to have children. They do anything they could 295 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:06,880 Speaker 1: to have children like yours. Don't take it for granted. 296 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 1: Or this job, Joel, it is so stressful and I 297 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 1: just don't like my boss. Do you know how many 298 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:14,919 Speaker 1: people would love to have your job? Learn to appreciate it. 299 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,119 Speaker 1: Or how about this Joel, This husband of mine, he 300 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 1: just gets on my nerves. We don't get along. This 301 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 1: may surprise you, you may not even believe it, but there 302 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:26,920 Speaker 1: are some ladies that would love to have your husband. 303 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,880 Speaker 1: And now I know some of you are thinking, can 304 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 1: I give you a phone number? Right now? It says 305 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 1: in Second Corinthians don't squander one bit of the marvelous 306 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:42,119 Speaker 1: life God has given you now just that saying, don't 307 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:47,199 Speaker 1: waste one tiny bit. Don't waste another second focused on 308 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 1: the negative and what you don't have in life. Don't 309 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:54,679 Speaker 1: waste another minute being discouraged and depressed. Don't go another 310 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 1: day with unforgiveness and bitterness in your heart. I have 311 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:01,160 Speaker 1: people say to me all the time, Joel, if I'd 312 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 1: have known back then what I know now, I would 313 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 1: have sure lived my life differently. I wouldn't have got 314 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:10,119 Speaker 1: upset so easily. I wouldn't have tried to reconcile with 315 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 1: somebody that didn't want to reconcile with me. I wouldn't 316 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 1: have gotten distracted and not pursued my God given goals. 317 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 1: You know what they're really saying. I would have been 318 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 1: more careful and more deliberate about how I spent my time. 319 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:27,959 Speaker 1: I would have maximized each day. That's what I'm asking 320 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:31,960 Speaker 1: you to do. Take inventory of how you're spending your life. 321 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 1: It's very sad to come to the end of our 322 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:37,119 Speaker 1: days and have to say if I would have only 323 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 1: chosen better friends, who knows where I would have ended up. 324 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,640 Speaker 1: If I'd only forgiven this person, gotten out of self 325 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 1: pity and gone on with my life. If I'd only 326 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 1: taken more time for my family and not worked so much. Friends, 327 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 1: now is the time to make adjustments. We can't do 328 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 1: anything about the past, but we can do something about 329 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:04,000 Speaker 1: right now. We can start redeeming the time. Understand, I'm 330 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: not redeeming the time if I go around with a 331 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 1: chip on my shoulder focused on my disappointments. Now when 332 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:14,119 Speaker 1: you go through setbacks, and we all do, don't waste 333 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 1: the time by thinking about what you've lost. Invest the 334 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 1: time by thanking God for what he has come in 335 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 1: thank him for the new doors he's about to open. 336 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:26,199 Speaker 1: I talked to a young lady recently. She was a 337 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 1: reporter at a local television station during Hurricane Ike. She 338 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 1: was covering the story. Her assignment this particular day was 339 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 1: to find people that were really struggling and having a 340 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 1: tough time finding food. Basically, it was to find sad stories. 341 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 1: So she went to one of the local food drops 342 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:46,600 Speaker 1: where they were giving away free food, and she talked 343 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:49,679 Speaker 1: to the people in line. But nobody had a sad story. 344 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 1: They were all grateful and believed that they were going 345 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:55,159 Speaker 1: to make it. It just so happened that Victoria and 346 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 1: I were there with some of the Lakewood volunteers helping out, 347 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:01,240 Speaker 1: and she brought the camera over to me said, Joel, 348 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:04,880 Speaker 1: tell me the worst thing that you've seen today. I said, yes, 349 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:08,199 Speaker 1: some people are struggling, but they have faith. They know 350 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 1: they're going over and not under. They know they're victors 351 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: and not victims, and this is going to be their 352 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 1: best year in spite of the hurricane. She took the 353 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:18,680 Speaker 1: microphone away and said, I knew you wouldn't tell me 354 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 1: anything negative. She went and found Victoria. Victoria was worse 355 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 1: than me. She said, these people are fired up. They 356 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 1: know God's in control. Their best days are still out 357 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 1: in front of them. She went back to the station 358 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 1: and told her boss, I couldn't find any sad stories, 359 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 1: but I got Joel and Victoria osting. She was so excited. 360 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:42,120 Speaker 1: She thought the boss would be thrilled, but he wasn't 361 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 1: thrilled at all. He didn't want me in Victoria. He 362 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:49,159 Speaker 1: wanted sad, depressing stories. Long story short, that young lady 363 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 1: got terminated over that incident. She was let go and 364 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 1: at first she was kind of discouraged, but she understood 365 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:59,399 Speaker 1: this principle that every day is a gift from God. 366 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: Instead of dragging around defeated and discouraged, she started thanking 367 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:05,359 Speaker 1: God for the new doors he was going to open, 368 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 1: thanking him that he had a better plan. What was 369 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:13,399 Speaker 1: she doing redeeming the time, not complaining, and not feeling 370 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:16,200 Speaker 1: sorry for herself? She knew she wouldn't be alive if 371 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 1: God didn't have another victory in front of her. It 372 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 1: wasn't long after that that she got a call from 373 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:25,719 Speaker 1: a very prestigious organization. They said, we saw your report 374 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,199 Speaker 1: on the hurricane, the same one that caused her to 375 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: get let go. They said, we were just wondering if 376 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: you'd like to come work for us and head up 377 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 1: our whole media department and produce documentaries. That was a 378 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 1: dream come true for her. She smiled and gave me 379 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 1: a big hug and said, Joel, I just want to 380 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 1: thank you and Victoria for getting me fired. I heard 381 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:55,120 Speaker 1: somebody say disappointments are inevitable, but misery is optional. No 382 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:57,760 Speaker 1: matter what kind of setbacks you face, no matter who 383 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 1: does you wrong, you do not have to drag through 384 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:05,119 Speaker 1: the day defeated, upset in self pity, redeem the time, 385 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:08,159 Speaker 1: thank God that he's still in control. Thank him for 386 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 1: the new doors he's going to open. Understand, every person 387 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 1: goes through the valleys, but the valleys are what lead 388 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 1: us to higher mountains. If you never go through a valley, 389 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 1: you'll probably not get to a higher level. The key 390 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:24,280 Speaker 1: is when you're in the difficult seasons in those valleys, 391 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:27,359 Speaker 1: youve got to redeem the time, just like her, Instead 392 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 1: of complaining, instead of feeling sorry for yourself, go out 393 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 1: and do something good for somebody else. Sow a seed, 394 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,920 Speaker 1: Volunteer while you're in the valley, give somebody a ride 395 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,160 Speaker 1: while you're in the valley. Pray for others while you're 396 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 1: in the valley. Usher while you're in the valley. When 397 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 1: you sow a seed, when you invest it the right 398 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:50,440 Speaker 1: way in helping others, then those seeds that you sow 399 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: are going to create the harvest you need. Not just 400 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:55,679 Speaker 1: to take you out of the valley, but they're going 401 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,119 Speaker 1: to lead you to a higher mountain, to a level 402 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: you've not been at before. David put it this way 403 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: and Psaw ninety verse twelve. God teach us to number 404 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 1: our days and realize how few they really are. Help 405 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:13,480 Speaker 1: us to spend them like we should. I'm forty five 406 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 1: years old. It seemed like it was just yesterday that 407 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,360 Speaker 1: I was graduating from high school. Spent twenty something years. 408 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:23,080 Speaker 1: I don't know where the time is gone. A few 409 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 1: years ago, I made a decision that I was not 410 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:32,119 Speaker 1: going to live another day negative, discouraged, worried, offended. I 411 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:34,959 Speaker 1: have plenty of opportunities, just like you, but I do 412 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 1: my best not to go there. That's what I'm asking 413 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:41,359 Speaker 1: you to do today. We should pray with David every day. 414 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,680 Speaker 1: God help us to realize how short our time here 415 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: on earth really is. I read a story by Jeffrey 416 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:51,679 Speaker 1: Davis called One Thousand Marbles. It's about a man that 417 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:55,200 Speaker 1: was listening to the radio early one Saturday morning. He 418 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:58,919 Speaker 1: was a young executive, very busy in his career. He 419 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 1: didn't spend much time with his family. He wanted to, 420 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 1: but he just had so much to do. This Saturday 421 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 1: was no different. He couldn't go to his children's ballgames. 422 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:11,400 Speaker 1: He had extra work at the office, plus some projects 423 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: at home he needed to take care of. He was 424 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 1: eating his breakfast as fast as he could, about to 425 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:19,640 Speaker 1: rush out for the day, when he became intrigued at 426 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:22,959 Speaker 1: a story an older gentleman was telling on the radio 427 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 1: about how he learned to appreciate each day. This gentleman 428 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 1: told how when he was fifty five years old, he 429 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:34,440 Speaker 1: calculated that if he were to live to be seventy five, 430 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:39,159 Speaker 1: he would have approximately one thousand more Saturdays left in 431 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:42,200 Speaker 1: his lifetime. So he went to the local toy store 432 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,640 Speaker 1: and he bought a thousand marbles, put him in a jar, 433 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 1: and placed them on a desk at home. Every Saturday, 434 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 1: without fail, he took one marble out month after month, 435 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:57,479 Speaker 1: year after year. He watched the marbles go down. Before 436 00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:01,360 Speaker 1: he signed off on his radio program after telling this story, 437 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:05,120 Speaker 1: he said to his listeners today, I have taken out 438 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:09,120 Speaker 1: the final marble. I'm seventy five years old. If I'm 439 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:11,920 Speaker 1: back here next week, as far as I'm concerned, God 440 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:16,159 Speaker 1: has given me extra time. That young executative listening that 441 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:19,120 Speaker 1: touched his heart. He knew God was speaking to him. 442 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 1: He ran upstairs, woke his wife up, gave her a 443 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:25,679 Speaker 1: big kiss, said honey, let's go eat breakfast together this morning. 444 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 1: She was pleasantly surprised. She said that'd be great. But 445 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:32,159 Speaker 1: what got into you? He said, Oh, nothing, I just 446 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:35,560 Speaker 1: haven't spent a Saturday with you and the kids lately. 447 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:38,240 Speaker 1: And by the way, while we're out, can we stop 448 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:40,840 Speaker 1: by the toy store. I need to pick up some marbles. 449 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:45,119 Speaker 1: What happened? All of a sudden he realized how short 450 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,479 Speaker 1: his time here on earth really is. Let me ask you, 451 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:52,359 Speaker 1: how are you spending the eighty six thousand, four hundred 452 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:55,679 Speaker 1: seconds God gives you each day? Are you investing it 453 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 1: or are you wasting it? Are you taking time for 454 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 1: the people you love the most? Are you allowing bitterness 455 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 1: and unforgiveness to block your son to cloud your life? 456 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,720 Speaker 1: Are you letting others control you, or perhaps distractions keep 457 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:12,959 Speaker 1: you from your God given destiny? Now make the most 458 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 1: of each day. When you get up in the morning, 459 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 1: learn to accept the present God gives you, thank Him 460 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 1: for another gift of today, and then go out and 461 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:24,640 Speaker 1: live it to the full. Things may not be perfect, 462 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:27,440 Speaker 1: but that doesn't have to stop you from enjoying the day. 463 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 1: Look at all the good things that are in your life. 464 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 1: Enjoy the beauty of God's creation. When you go through disappointments, 465 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 1: remember don't let the sun go down on that disappointment. 466 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,560 Speaker 1: Before you go to bed, just clear out your mind 467 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:44,199 Speaker 1: and turn it over to God. If you'll run with 468 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:48,720 Speaker 1: purpose in every step, accepting and appreciating the gift of today, 469 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,760 Speaker 1: then you are redeeming your time. You're not only going 470 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:54,320 Speaker 1: to enjoy your life, but God is going to increase 471 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 1: you and promote you. You're going to overcome your obstacles. 472 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:00,160 Speaker 1: You'll see your gifts and talents come out to the full, 473 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 1: and when you come to the end of your days, 474 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,359 Speaker 1: you'll be able to say, I have no regrets, I 475 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 1: have spent my life. Well, amen, do you receive that today? 476 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:12,880 Speaker 1: Or we never like to close our broadcast without giving 477 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 1: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 478 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 479 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:24,160 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 480 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:27,639 Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you've prayed that 481 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:30,439 Speaker 1: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 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