A Fresh New Attitude

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It's a 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:02.720 joy to come into your homes and if you're ever 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:05.720 in our area, please stop by and be a part 0:02:05.720 --> 0:02:08.480 of one of our services. I promise you we'll make 0:02:08.520 --> 0:02:11.120 you feel right at home. But I like to start 0:02:11.160 --> 0:02:14.600 with something funny, and I heard about these four Catholic ladies. 0:02:14.880 --> 0:02:18.080 They were bragging on their sons. The first one said, 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:21.240 my son is a priest. When he walks in the room, 0:02:21.400 --> 0:02:25.000 everyone calls him father. The second one said, my son 0:02:25.440 --> 0:02:28.240 is a bishop. When he walks in the room, everyone 0:02:28.320 --> 0:02:31.720 calls him your grace. The third one said, my son 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:35.160 is a cardinal. When he walks in, everyone calls him 0:02:35.400 --> 0:02:39.280 your eminence. The fourth lady said, my son is six 0:02:39.320 --> 0:02:44.320 foot three, has broad shoulders, is incredibly handsome, and dresses 0:02:44.360 --> 0:02:47.440 impeccably well. When he walks in the room, all the 0:02:47.560 --> 0:02:52.960 ladies say, oh, my God, say it like you mean it. 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:56.600 This is my Bible. I am what it says. I am, 0:02:57.080 --> 0:02:59.480 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:02.040 what it says as I can do today, I will 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:05.720 be taught the word of God. I boldly confess my 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:09.360 mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never 0:03:09.440 --> 0:03:14.320 be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I 0:03:14.360 --> 0:03:18.560 want to talk to you today about a fresh new attitude. 0:03:18.680 --> 0:03:22.880 Studies show that your attitude can have a greater impact 0:03:23.000 --> 0:03:27.960 on your success than your IQ. You can be extremely talented, 0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:32.800 have incredible potential, but if you don't have the right attitude, 0:03:32.919 --> 0:03:36.160 it will keep you from rising higher. And we spend 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:40.200 all kinds of time and money making sure the outside 0:03:40.280 --> 0:03:45.000 looks good, eating right, working out, wearing the latest fashions. 0:03:45.400 --> 0:03:49.200 And that's all fine, but too often we're not spending 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:54.160 any time on the inside. Nice clothes won't cover up 0:03:54.240 --> 0:03:59.000 a bad attitude. A pretty face, perfect makeup won't hide 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:03.440 being bitter on the inside. In high school, this new 0:04:03.480 --> 0:04:07.520 girl moved into town, and she was very beautiful, very attractive, 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:10.720 and I was shy, never had the nerve to talk 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:14.520 to her. But our senior year, we had a class together. 0:04:15.080 --> 0:04:18.200 The seating was assigned. It just so happened I was 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:21.120 sitting right next to her. I thought I had died 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:24.159 and gone to heaven. And the first time I sat 0:04:24.200 --> 0:04:27.960 by her, I turned just being friendly and said hello, 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:32.360 nothing more. She looked at me like I had just 0:04:32.480 --> 0:04:36.760 insulted her, like she was totally offended. She looked away 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:39.800 and never said a word to me the whole semester. 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:43.960 She was beautiful on the outside, but can I tell 0:04:44.000 --> 0:04:47.560 you she was ugly on the inside. I never saw 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:52.560 her the same way. A bad attitude makes you unattractive. 0:04:53.320 --> 0:04:57.440 It overrides what's on the outside. It's important to look 0:04:57.480 --> 0:05:01.400 good to develop your skills to get an education, but 0:05:01.520 --> 0:05:05.960 it's even more important to keep a good attitude. Nobody 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:11.719 wants to be around a sour, critical, condescending person. Colossians three, 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:16.599 in the message translation says, dress in the wardrobe God 0:05:16.680 --> 0:05:22.680 picked out for you kindness, compassion, and humility. As parents, 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:25.960 sometimes we pick out clothes for our children to wear. 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:30.400 Our heavenly father has picked out something for us all 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:35.719 to wear. Kindness, being good to people, being pleasant to 0:05:35.800 --> 0:05:40.280 be around. When you're kind, you draw people to you. 0:05:40.760 --> 0:05:45.240 When your good natured, friendly, opportunity will come your way. 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:48.039 People want to do business with people that they like. 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:52.560 When we're hiring someone, their resume tells us what they 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:56.160 can do, what their skills are, but we always meet 0:05:56.200 --> 0:06:00.000 with them to see what their attitude is. Are they positive? 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:05.640 Are they friendly? Kind, considerate? We can find someone else 0:06:05.760 --> 0:06:09.400 with the same skills. The real question is do they 0:06:09.480 --> 0:06:13.240 have the attitude that's going to take us higher. They 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:16.800 may be gifted, but a negative attitude will pull the 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:22.279 team down. Your attitude is going to determine your altitude. 0:06:22.320 --> 0:06:26.719 It will determine how high or how low you go. Well, Joel, 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:31.599 I've always been kind of negative, critical, condescending, that's just 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:34.599 who I am. No, that's who you're choosing to be. 0:06:35.160 --> 0:06:38.200 That's not who you are. That may be how you 0:06:38.279 --> 0:06:42.480 were raised, that's what you saw growing up, but that's 0:06:42.600 --> 0:06:47.000 not how you have to stay. Try being kind, friendly, 0:06:47.440 --> 0:06:51.720 good natured. You'll not only enjoy life more, but you'll 0:06:51.760 --> 0:06:55.960 go further. On an airplane, there's an instrument called an 0:06:56.000 --> 0:07:00.359 attitude indicator. It shows how level the plane is on 0:07:00.440 --> 0:07:04.520 the horizon, and if the pilot wants to ascend, he 0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:08.480 tilts the plane knows high. If he wants to descend, 0:07:08.839 --> 0:07:13.240 he tilts it nose down. It's the same principle in life. 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:17.800 If you have a nose high attitude, if you're positive, 0:07:18.320 --> 0:07:21.320 you see the best, you're kind of people, you have 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:25.720 a smile. Because your nose high, you're going to continue 0:07:25.720 --> 0:07:29.160 to rise higher. You're going to see God's blessings and favor. 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:33.600 But if your sour hard to get along with, you 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:37.960 don't want to go to work bitter over disappointments. Because 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:41.960 you have a nose down attitude, your life is going 0:07:42.000 --> 0:07:46.720 to go that direction. And sometimes we're discouraged over what 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:52.120 we brought on ourselves. It's not the enemy, it's our attitude. 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:55.520 The good news is all you have to do is 0:07:55.600 --> 0:08:00.800 make an attitude adjustment. It's not complicated. You can't change 0:08:00.840 --> 0:08:04.640 other people, you can't change how you were raised. A 0:08:04.680 --> 0:08:07.840 lot in life we can't control, but one thing we 0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:11.760 can all control is our attitude. Am I going to 0:08:11.800 --> 0:08:15.720 live this day negative, sour, seeing the wrong chip on 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:20.960 my shoulder? Or am I going to live it in faith, positive, hopeful, 0:08:21.160 --> 0:08:24.440 seeing the best, being good to people. This is a 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:28.040 choice that we have to make every day. If you're 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:30.720 going to have a good attitude, you have to do 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:34.280 it on purpose, because there will be all kinds of 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:40.400 negative things that try to creep in bitterness, discouragement, self pity. 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:45.000 If you're not proactive, If you don't choose the right attitude, 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:48.920 then the wrong attitude will show up. When a pilot 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:52.640 makes a small tweak, the plane can be leveled, but 0:08:52.720 --> 0:08:56.320 when he tilts it just a little nose high, in 0:08:56.400 --> 0:08:59.640 a half an hour, the plane will have climbed thousands 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:03.120 of feet in the air. I wonder what would happen 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:06.040 in your life if you would make a small tweak. 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:12.040 Instead of going to work sour, dreading the day, feeling unappreciated, 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:15.800 you would show up with a smile, grateful to have 0:09:15.880 --> 0:09:19.320 the job, knowing that you're not working under people, you're 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:22.800 working under God, that he's keeping the records. That's what 0:09:22.920 --> 0:09:27.080 allows God to change things. What would happen in your marriage, 0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:33.280 your relationships if you'd make a small attitude adjustment. Instead 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:37.520 of being contentious, hard to get along with, you'd start 0:09:37.520 --> 0:09:44.000 being friendly, loving, respectful. Instead of saying harsh critical words. 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:48.120 You would start giving compliments, telling your spouse how much 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:51.040 you love them, how blessed you are to have them 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:55.640 in your life. Just a small adjustment, getting your attitude 0:09:55.880 --> 0:10:00.600 a little higher, watch those relationships begin to improve. Or 0:10:00.640 --> 0:10:04.480 maybe you've had bad breaks. Life hasn't treated you fair 0:10:05.080 --> 0:10:07.800 and it's easy to get sour. Go around with the 0:10:07.880 --> 0:10:11.440 chip on our shoulder, focus on what's wrong. That's a 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:16.280 nose down attitude. You're choosing the direction you're going to go. 0:10:16.960 --> 0:10:20.360 Why don't you tilt it a little nose high. Yes 0:10:20.440 --> 0:10:23.440 it was unfair, but I know God is my vindicator. 0:10:23.880 --> 0:10:26.920 I know God is fighting my battles. God promised to 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:30.000 pay me back double for the unfair things that have happened. 0:10:30.800 --> 0:10:33.880 You keep that up and you'll see God make up 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:38.040 for the wrongs. That's what Joseph did. He was betrayed 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:42.680 by his family, falsely accused, put in prison for something 0:10:42.720 --> 0:10:47.120 he didn't do. For years, he was mistreated. It wasn't fair. 0:10:47.720 --> 0:10:51.520 But you never read where Joseph complained, where he got bitter, 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:56.720 where he slacked off. Despite all the bad breaks, Joseph 0:10:56.840 --> 0:11:02.160 kept a nose high attitude. Thirteen years later, God vindicated 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:06.280 him nytei of the Prime Minister of Egypt. What you're 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:10.079 facing may not be fair. People may not be treating 0:11:10.080 --> 0:11:14.079 you right. It's a test. God wants to see what 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:17.280 are you going to do in the difficult times. Too 0:11:17.360 --> 0:11:21.680 many people go nose down. Their attitude keeps them from 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:26.000 seeing justice and vindication. But if you'll do like Joseph 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:30.240 and stay knows high, keep doing the right thing, keep 0:11:30.280 --> 0:11:32.840 being good to people when they're not being good to you, 0:11:33.280 --> 0:11:36.880 keep that song of praise in your heart. That's not 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:40.920 just being positive, that's an attitude of faith. That's what 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:44.120 allows God to show out in your life. And the 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:47.960 Scripture says put on a garment of praise for a 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:52.559 spirit of heaviness. A garment is like a coat. But 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:55.240 before you can put on a code of praise, you 0:11:55.360 --> 0:11:58.880 have to first take off a code of heaviness. And 0:11:58.960 --> 0:12:03.280 sometimes we wonder why we don't have joy, why everything's 0:12:03.520 --> 0:12:06.480 a burden, why we don't have any passion. It's because 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:10.000 we're wearing the wrong coat enjoying. Nothing good is in 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:13.480 my future. I never get any breaks. Let me give 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:17.160 you a fashion tip. That coat of heaviness doesn't look 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:20.839 good on you. That code of self pity is way 0:12:20.960 --> 0:12:25.079 out of style. That code of bitterness, what you didn't get, 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:30.559 who left you, doesn't fit you anymore. It's restricting you. 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:34.079 You've stepped into a new season. Now do your part. 0:12:34.320 --> 0:12:37.040 Take off the coat of heaviness and put on a 0:12:37.120 --> 0:12:41.160 code of praise. Father, Thank you that your plans for 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:44.560 me are for good. Thank you that what you started 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:47.160 in my life you're going to finish. Thank you that 0:12:47.200 --> 0:12:50.400 I haven't seen my best days. If you're going to 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:54.040 go up like that airplane, you have to get your 0:12:54.080 --> 0:12:58.199 nose up. You have to make an adjustment in your attitude. 0:12:58.720 --> 0:13:03.160 You cannot have a needed mentality and live a victorious life. 0:13:03.800 --> 0:13:08.120 Paul said in Ephesians four, be constantly renewed in the 0:13:08.160 --> 0:13:12.040 spirit of your mind, putting on a fresh mental and 0:13:12.160 --> 0:13:16.920 spiritual attitude. He was saying every day we need to 0:13:16.920 --> 0:13:21.720 put on a fresh new attitude. You know why, yesterday's 0:13:21.760 --> 0:13:26.640 attitude will get old. If you don't start afresh and anew, 0:13:27.240 --> 0:13:30.880 then you'll bring all the negative from yesterday into today. 0:13:31.600 --> 0:13:34.600 If you do that week after week, month after month, 0:13:34.840 --> 0:13:39.760 before long, you'll be negative, discouraged, finding fault. I can't 0:13:39.800 --> 0:13:43.600 stand my job, Joel. Traffic is so bad, my house 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:47.000 is too small. I'll never get well. You know what, 0:13:47.040 --> 0:13:51.600 that is an old attitude. Some people have not put 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:55.240 on a new attitude for years and years. They wonder 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:59.120 why everything's a burden, why it's so heavy. It's their attitude. 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:03.240 Every morning, when you wake up, you need to say, Father, 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:06.679 thank you for this day. Thank you that you woke 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:09.720 me up, thank you that you gave me air to breathe, 0:14:10.240 --> 0:14:14.079 thank you that you surrounded me with favor. I'm grateful 0:14:14.120 --> 0:14:18.040 to be alive. I'm grateful for my family. I'm grateful 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:21.120 for opportunities. Lord. I'm going to live this day to 0:14:21.200 --> 0:14:26.640 the full. That's putting on a fresh new attitude. You 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:31.920 wipe the slate clean, You let go of yesterday's disappointments, 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:35.520 what didn't work out. You get your mind going in 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:38.680 the right direction. I'm going to see the good today. 0:14:39.280 --> 0:14:42.040 I'm going to be kind to somebody. I'm going to 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:46.240 stay in faith and enjoy this day. Imagine if you 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:50.280 wore the same clothes for thirty years, never took them off, 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:54.360 you didn't wash them, didn't clean them. They would stink, 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:57.960 they would be dirty. Nobody'd want to be around you. 0:14:58.800 --> 0:15:03.560 That's what an old aca does. A stale attitude pushes 0:15:03.640 --> 0:15:08.280 people away. A sour attitude will keep you from being promoted. 0:15:08.920 --> 0:15:12.320 A stinking attitude will stop dreams from coming to pass. 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:16.320 I knew this man that was always finding fault with 0:15:16.400 --> 0:15:21.400 his employer. He was constantly bucking the system and challenging 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:25.800 the policies. The management was very good to him. Other 0:15:25.880 --> 0:15:28.720 people in the department they loved the company, but he 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:32.320 always found something to complain about. They had to be 0:15:32.360 --> 0:15:34.840 at work at eight in the morning. They parked in 0:15:34.880 --> 0:15:38.480 a big garage and had to walk. His attitude was 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:41.000 as long as he was on the property at eight, 0:15:41.480 --> 0:15:43.800 that he was there on time. They couldn't do anything 0:15:43.840 --> 0:15:46.960 about it. Well, nobody else thought that, but he kept 0:15:46.960 --> 0:15:51.840 doing it his way, being contentious. Several years later he 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:55.920 was let go. He lost a prominent position. He went 0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:59.080 to work for another company and did the same thing. 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:03.520 He kept challenging the policies, being hard to get along with. 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:07.880 One day I heard this man had not only been fired, 0:16:08.320 --> 0:16:11.720 but security was escorting him out of the building. He 0:16:11.840 --> 0:16:14.920 wasn't even allowed back on the property. What am I saying? 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:20.360 A bad attitude will follow you around. You can change jobs. 0:16:20.840 --> 0:16:24.840 Think other people are the problem, but sometimes we have 0:16:24.960 --> 0:16:28.480 to look inside and see if we're the problem. Do 0:16:28.520 --> 0:16:31.320 I have a sour attitude? Am I being hard to 0:16:31.320 --> 0:16:35.359 get along with? Am I focused on the negative? Being critical? 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:40.560 This man was talented, he was smart, had a big 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:43.880 future in front of him, but he lived nosed down. 0:16:44.560 --> 0:16:48.240 His attitude took him in the wrong direction. It wasn't 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:52.000 something big. A simple adjustment and it would be a 0:16:52.040 --> 0:16:56.360 different story. He would be at another level. What direction 0:16:57.160 --> 0:17:00.720 is your attitude taking you? In your manas marriage, in 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:05.160 your relationships? Are you kind, respectful, fun to be around? 0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:10.520 In your career? Are you positive, being your best helping others? 0:17:11.400 --> 0:17:14.960 Or do you need to make an adjustment? Don't wait 0:17:15.080 --> 0:17:18.600 till it's too late, till the relationship comes to an end, 0:17:19.200 --> 0:17:22.920 till the company says they don't need you anymore. Make 0:17:23.000 --> 0:17:26.840 the changes now. Get rid of anything you know that's 0:17:26.880 --> 0:17:31.600 holding you back, being negative, finding fault. That old attitude 0:17:31.600 --> 0:17:34.840 doesn't smell good. It's going to taint you everywhere you go. 0:17:35.720 --> 0:17:39.119 This couple moved into a new neighborhood, and one morning, 0:17:39.160 --> 0:17:42.159 while they were eating breakfast, the lady looked out the 0:17:42.200 --> 0:17:46.199 window and saw her neighbor hanging the wash on the 0:17:46.280 --> 0:17:49.439 line to drive, and she noticed the wash was so 0:17:49.640 --> 0:17:53.400 dirty and so dingy. She said to her husband that 0:17:53.480 --> 0:17:56.600 neighbor doesn't know how to wash. The clothes aren't clean. 0:17:57.040 --> 0:18:01.160 She must not even use detergent. Week she looked out 0:18:01.160 --> 0:18:04.359 this window and saw the clothes and made the same 0:18:04.480 --> 0:18:08.879 comments about how dirty the laundry was. One morning, she 0:18:08.960 --> 0:18:11.679 looked out the window and the clothes were as clean 0:18:11.960 --> 0:18:15.159 and bright as could be. She couldn't believe it. She 0:18:15.280 --> 0:18:18.600 called her husband in said, look, she finally learned how 0:18:18.640 --> 0:18:22.959 to wash. I wonder what happened. The husband smiled and said, honey, 0:18:23.240 --> 0:18:26.920 I got up early this morning and cleaned our windows. 0:18:29.000 --> 0:18:34.160 The problem wasn't that the neighbor's laundry was so dirty. 0:18:34.760 --> 0:18:38.360 The problem was the window the lady was looking out 0:18:38.600 --> 0:18:43.919 was not clean. Many times. How dirty our neighbor's clothes 0:18:43.960 --> 0:18:49.560 are depends on how clean our window is. The scripture says, 0:18:49.840 --> 0:18:54.000 to the purer, all things are purer. And if you're 0:18:54.119 --> 0:18:59.840 always finding fault, complaining about the traffic, critical of your spouse, 0:19:00.480 --> 0:19:04.800 may I suggest your window is dirty. The problem is 0:19:04.840 --> 0:19:09.439 not external, it's internal. You're looking through a tainted filter. 0:19:10.160 --> 0:19:12.320 At some point we have to look in the mirror 0:19:12.640 --> 0:19:15.440 and say, maybe I'm the one that needs to change. 0:19:16.080 --> 0:19:19.720 Maybe I've developed the habit of seeing what's wrong rather 0:19:19.800 --> 0:19:24.280 than what's right. Maybe I've trained myself to be negative, disrespectful, 0:19:24.359 --> 0:19:27.760 hard to get along with. That's why it's so important 0:19:27.800 --> 0:19:32.120 every morning to put on this fresh new attitude. I'm 0:19:32.160 --> 0:19:35.320 excited about this day. I don't have to go to work. 0:19:35.400 --> 0:19:38.240 I get to go to work. I'm grateful for this job. 0:19:38.640 --> 0:19:41.119 I'm not focusing on what's wrong. Lord. I want to 0:19:41.160 --> 0:19:43.439 thank you for what's right in my life. You know 0:19:43.480 --> 0:19:47.280 what you're doing. You're cleaning your windows. Ninety two year 0:19:47.320 --> 0:19:51.240 old man was moving into a senior's home. He could 0:19:51.240 --> 0:19:55.119 see images, but he was technically blind. His wife of 0:19:55.200 --> 0:19:58.159 many years had just passed, and after waiting in the 0:19:58.200 --> 0:20:01.320 lobby for some time this year young lady. A nurse 0:20:01.400 --> 0:20:04.359 came to take him to his new room. As he 0:20:04.440 --> 0:20:08.399 maneuvered his walker through the hallways, the nurse begin to 0:20:08.440 --> 0:20:12.760 describe his room in great detail. She said, it has 0:20:12.800 --> 0:20:17.480 a beautiful window, a big couch, a nice desk area, 0:20:17.520 --> 0:20:20.920 and right in the middle. He interrupted her and said, 0:20:20.960 --> 0:20:24.040 I love it. I love it. I love it. She 0:20:24.200 --> 0:20:27.280 kind of laughed and said, sir, we're not there yet. 0:20:27.600 --> 0:20:29.800 You haven't seen the room. Hang on just a minute, 0:20:30.480 --> 0:20:33.119 he said, no. Whether I like my room or not 0:20:33.640 --> 0:20:37.520 doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged. It depends 0:20:37.600 --> 0:20:40.720 on how my mind is arranged. And I've already made 0:20:40.800 --> 0:20:43.840 up my mind. I'm going to like it. That's the 0:20:43.880 --> 0:20:46.800 way we should live. I've already made up my mind 0:20:46.920 --> 0:20:50.320 to enjoy this day. I've already made up my mind 0:20:50.400 --> 0:20:54.159 to have a blessed here. Life is too short to 0:20:54.240 --> 0:21:01.359 live negative sour letting circumstances dictate our attitude. Every morning. 0:21:01.440 --> 0:21:04.640 You need to make the decision. This is another day 0:21:04.760 --> 0:21:07.840 the Lord has made. I'm going to live it in faith. 0:21:08.480 --> 0:21:11.560 I'm going to be positive, I'm going to see the best. 0:21:11.960 --> 0:21:15.400 I'm going to make the most of this day. Well, Joel, 0:21:15.440 --> 0:21:18.840 I'm discouraged because I've had bad breaks. I had a 0:21:18.920 --> 0:21:22.639 rough childhood, a friend walked out of a relationship, I 0:21:22.720 --> 0:21:26.360 went through an illness. We can all find a reason 0:21:26.400 --> 0:21:29.359 to live sour, to have a chip on our shoulders. 0:21:29.600 --> 0:21:33.480 You have to learn to let things go. What's happened 0:21:33.560 --> 0:21:37.320 in your past cannot stop what God has in your future. 0:21:38.080 --> 0:21:40.720 God wouldn't have allowed it if it was going to 0:21:40.800 --> 0:21:45.000 keep you from your destiny. But if we go around discourage, 0:21:45.040 --> 0:21:48.200 why did it happen? Why did this door close? That's 0:21:48.240 --> 0:21:50.600 going to keep us from the new things God has 0:21:50.640 --> 0:21:54.600 in store? And the scripture says the rain falls on 0:21:54.720 --> 0:21:59.919 the just and the unjust. No one is exempt from difficulties. 0:22:00.160 --> 0:22:03.359 But here's the key. If you'll stay in faith, that 0:22:03.640 --> 0:22:07.160 setback is setting you up for God to show out 0:22:07.200 --> 0:22:10.880 in your life. Instead of being sour, put on this 0:22:11.000 --> 0:22:15.080 fresh new attitude. Father, you said you'd give me beauty 0:22:15.160 --> 0:22:18.280 for these ashes. You said what was meant for harm, 0:22:18.560 --> 0:22:21.400 you would turn to my advantage. So Lord, I want 0:22:21.400 --> 0:22:24.000 to thank you that I'm not only coming out, but 0:22:24.040 --> 0:22:27.520 I'm going to come out better. In the scripture, job 0:22:27.680 --> 0:22:31.480 went through a great trial. Wasn't fair. He didn't do 0:22:31.560 --> 0:22:35.760 anything wrong, but everything fell apart, and at first he 0:22:35.840 --> 0:22:39.439 had a bad attitude. He complained and was bitter, but 0:22:39.520 --> 0:22:43.000 he didn't stay there. When it looked like he was done, 0:22:43.600 --> 0:22:46.119 like there was no reason to have hope, he looked 0:22:46.160 --> 0:22:50.320 up to the heavens and said, I know my Redeemer lives. 0:22:51.040 --> 0:22:53.880 He was saying, I know God is still on the throne. 0:22:54.320 --> 0:22:57.600 I know he's bigger than what I'm facing. He put 0:22:57.640 --> 0:23:03.679 on this fresh new attitude. If he would have stayed bitter, angry, discouraged, 0:23:03.760 --> 0:23:06.520 we wouldn't be talking about him. When it was all 0:23:06.600 --> 0:23:09.359 said and done. Job came out with twice what he 0:23:09.440 --> 0:23:14.840 had before. In difficult times, it's tempting to get sour, Joel, 0:23:14.920 --> 0:23:18.000 I was doing the right thing, had this bad break, 0:23:18.480 --> 0:23:21.480 This setback came out of nowhere. You have to do 0:23:21.640 --> 0:23:25.560 like Job, put your foot down and say, I refuse 0:23:25.760 --> 0:23:29.200 to go through life with a bad attitude. I am 0:23:29.240 --> 0:23:31.840 not going to let what happened to me, who did 0:23:31.920 --> 0:23:35.640 me wrong, what I didn't get, keep me from becoming 0:23:35.960 --> 0:23:39.359 all I was created to be. God. I know you 0:23:39.520 --> 0:23:42.639 being for me is more than the world being against me. 0:23:43.240 --> 0:23:46.320 That's what allows God to show out in your life. 0:23:46.920 --> 0:23:51.760 But too often we're holding on to the hurts, disappointments, 0:23:51.880 --> 0:23:56.280 the things we don't understand that poisons our attitude, steals 0:23:56.320 --> 0:23:59.520 our passion. You have to let it go. This is 0:23:59.560 --> 0:24:03.720 a new day. The scripture talks about how God created 0:24:03.760 --> 0:24:08.200 you to be like an eagle to soar. What's interesting 0:24:08.520 --> 0:24:12.880 is an eagle doesn't eat anything that's dead. Unlike other 0:24:12.960 --> 0:24:16.480 animals that will eat a carcass, a coyote that will 0:24:16.480 --> 0:24:19.960 eat a dead cow, an eagle only feeds off of 0:24:20.080 --> 0:24:23.399 live foods, swoops down to the ocean and picks up 0:24:23.440 --> 0:24:26.600 a live fish. If you're going to be an eagle, 0:24:27.119 --> 0:24:30.040 if you're going to soar, you can't go back to 0:24:30.119 --> 0:24:33.880 the dead things in your life. Too many people are 0:24:33.920 --> 0:24:38.280 feeding off of what didn't work out, reliving the disappointments, 0:24:38.560 --> 0:24:42.240 the mistakes, the bad breaks. When they wake up, first 0:24:42.240 --> 0:24:45.359 thing they think about who hurt them, the people that 0:24:45.400 --> 0:24:50.280 did them wrong. Quit feeding off that dead food. You 0:24:50.320 --> 0:24:54.760 can't put poison into your spirit and live a victorious life. 0:24:55.560 --> 0:24:59.240 Let it go. That's over and done. Now start feeding 0:24:59.240 --> 0:25:02.920 on live food. You know what's alive. You know the 0:25:03.000 --> 0:25:06.520 healthiest food you can put in your spirit. Promises from 0:25:06.600 --> 0:25:10.520 the scripture. I am blessed, and I cannot be cursed. 0:25:11.160 --> 0:25:13.840 I will live and not die and declare the works 0:25:13.840 --> 0:25:17.120 of the Lord. Thanks me to God who always causes 0:25:17.119 --> 0:25:21.000 me to triumph. What are you feeding on? Pay attention 0:25:21.119 --> 0:25:23.960 to what you're putting in your spirit. You're called to 0:25:24.000 --> 0:25:27.600 be an eagle, but sometimes we're acting like a chicken. 0:25:28.520 --> 0:25:32.560 Do you know a chicken will eat its own waste. 0:25:32.640 --> 0:25:36.320 A chicken feeds off of what's been discarded, off of 0:25:36.359 --> 0:25:39.840 what's supposed to be trash. Maybe that's why a chicken 0:25:39.920 --> 0:25:43.760 has wings, but it can't really fly. It holds on 0:25:44.160 --> 0:25:46.920 to what it should have released. And you need to 0:25:47.040 --> 0:25:50.800 view the negative things in your life as waste. No, 0:25:50.960 --> 0:25:54.240 God doesn't waste it, but you're not supposed to feed 0:25:54.320 --> 0:25:58.280 on it. It's over, you've been through it, you've eliminated it. 0:25:58.440 --> 0:26:02.360 Now move on. Don't go back to what you've released. 0:26:03.119 --> 0:26:06.920 If you're always feeding off of what's been discarded, reliving 0:26:07.000 --> 0:26:10.439 old hurts, thinking about what you've lost, that's going to 0:26:10.520 --> 0:26:13.960 keep you from flying. But God didn't give you wings 0:26:14.080 --> 0:26:16.800 so you could stay on the ground. He didn't say 0:26:16.840 --> 0:26:19.800 you will mount up like chickens. He called you an eagle. 0:26:20.200 --> 0:26:23.720 He created you to sore. Don't let a wrong attitude 0:26:24.119 --> 0:26:29.239 keep you grounded. My father had heart disease most of 0:26:29.280 --> 0:26:32.399 his life. He struggled with his blood pressure, and he 0:26:32.440 --> 0:26:35.560 came from a family that had to fight that. When 0:26:35.600 --> 0:26:38.240 I was a teenager, we used to go watch the 0:26:38.320 --> 0:26:42.639 Astros play baseball. Walking from the parking lot to the stadium, 0:26:43.040 --> 0:26:46.119 my father would have to stop several times in rest. 0:26:46.520 --> 0:26:49.440 He was out of breath. It'd been that way so long, 0:26:49.520 --> 0:26:52.399 that was normal to him. He eventually went to the 0:26:52.480 --> 0:26:56.320 doctor and then discovered the arteries to his heart were 0:26:56.359 --> 0:27:00.760 almost completely clogged. The doctor said he was on operating 0:27:01.040 --> 0:27:04.800 on thirty percent of what he should be. He eventually 0:27:04.840 --> 0:27:08.280 had open heart surgery and they removed all the blockage. 0:27:08.800 --> 0:27:11.320 My father was like a new man. He could walk 0:27:11.320 --> 0:27:16.160 from miles. But sometimes, like my father, our heart has 0:27:16.240 --> 0:27:21.199 become clogged, not physically, but with offense, with self pity, 0:27:21.480 --> 0:27:26.040 with discouragement. We don't realize it, but we're only operating 0:27:26.160 --> 0:27:29.679 at a percentage of what we should be. We wonder 0:27:29.680 --> 0:27:32.879 why our marriage is stell and while we're not passionate 0:27:32.920 --> 0:27:38.040 about our dreams, there are contaminants blocking the flow. We've 0:27:38.080 --> 0:27:42.240 allowed these poisons to clog up the blessings, the joy, 0:27:42.640 --> 0:27:46.320 the ideas that belonged to us. The good news is 0:27:46.840 --> 0:27:49.520 you can get back to who you were created to be. 0:27:50.359 --> 0:27:52.720 You don't have to have a doctor. You can make 0:27:52.800 --> 0:27:56.440 these changes. If you will get rid of the offense, 0:27:57.080 --> 0:28:01.160 the critical spirit, the negative attitude, you'll get that spring 0:28:01.320 --> 0:28:05.040 back in your staff. You'll not only enjoy life more, 0:28:05.200 --> 0:28:09.480 but you'll see favor in greater ways. What could you 0:28:09.640 --> 0:28:14.480 be if your heart was totally unclogged? How high could 0:28:14.520 --> 0:28:18.119 you fly if you didn't have contaminants holding you back? 0:28:18.600 --> 0:28:21.960 It's time to find out. Get up every morning, start 0:28:21.960 --> 0:28:25.920 putting on this fresh new attitude. This day is a 0:28:25.960 --> 0:28:30.680 gift from God. It is filled with possibilities, new ideas, 0:28:30.920 --> 0:28:35.400 new friendships. 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