Being Determined to Enjoy Your Life

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We'll 0:02:15.040 --> 0:02:15.760 make you feel. 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:16.160 Right at home. 0:02:16.560 --> 0:02:18.360 If I like to get started each week with something 0:02:18.400 --> 0:02:20.040 kind of funny, so let me tell you this joke. 0:02:20.120 --> 0:02:20.840 Somebody told me. 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:25.520 A Hindu priest, a Jewish rabbi, and a televangelist were 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:29.079 all traveling together. They stopped at this farmhouse for lodging, 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:31.079 and the farmer said, that'd be fine, but I only 0:02:31.120 --> 0:02:33.120 have room for two of you. One's gonna have to 0:02:33.120 --> 0:02:35.680 stay out in the barn. The Hindu priest said, okay, 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:37.120 I'll do it, and he went out there, and a 0:02:37.400 --> 0:02:39.280 few minutes later there was a knock on the door. 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:41.000 He said, I can't stay out there. 0:02:41.160 --> 0:02:44.519 There's a cow, and that cow is sacred in our religion. 0:02:45.080 --> 0:02:46.920 The Jewish priest said, okay, well, i'll go. 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:48.920 He went out there, and a few minutes later there 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:49.760 was a knock on the door. 0:02:49.800 --> 0:02:51.919 He said, I can't stay out there. There's a pig 0:02:52.040 --> 0:02:55.840 and that wouldn't be kosher. Finally, the televangelist said, okay, 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:57.840 I'll go, and he went out there. A few minutes 0:02:57.919 --> 0:02:59.200 later there was a knock on the door. 0:02:59.440 --> 0:03:00.840 It was the ca and the pig. 0:03:03.600 --> 0:03:06.760 All right, hold your bibles out and say it like you. 0:03:06.800 --> 0:03:09.839 Me in it. Ready, this is my Bible. I am 0:03:09.960 --> 0:03:10.560 what it says. 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:10.919 I am. 0:03:11.520 --> 0:03:13.000 I have what it says I have. 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:16.360 I can do what it says I can do today 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:17.639 or we be taught. 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:18.280 The word of God. 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:23.400 I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:27.600 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:28.160 bless you. 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:32.200 I want to talk to you today about being determined 0:03:32.360 --> 0:03:35.840 to enjoy your life. And Jesus said there in John 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:39.680 chapter ten, verse ten, that he came that we might 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:43.560 live life to the full till it overflows. And I 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:46.040 can tell you with confidence that God wants you to 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:49.480 be happy. He wants you to enjoy your life. Not 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:53.200 just the week ends, not just vacations, not just when 0:03:53.240 --> 0:03:54.520 everything's going your way. 0:03:55.080 --> 0:03:57.520 God wants you to enjoy every single day. 0:03:58.200 --> 0:04:01.880 And we should enjoy getting up in the enjoy going 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:06.960 to work, enjoy our family, enjoy the outdoors, enjoy every 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:07.880 part of our day. 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:09.080 That's God's dream. 0:04:09.880 --> 0:04:12.400 But I know too many people that are just dragging 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:15.920 through life. They don't like their job, they can't stand 0:04:16.000 --> 0:04:19.600 the traffic, they don't enjoy their spouse. They're just going 0:04:19.640 --> 0:04:22.440 through the motions of life, getting up, going to work, 0:04:22.520 --> 0:04:23.400 coming home. 0:04:23.800 --> 0:04:25.560 No joy, no enthusiasm. 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:29.000 But friends, it doesn't bring any glory to God for 0:04:29.120 --> 0:04:33.560 us to drag around with a long face, negative discourage, tired, 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:36.640 worn out. How you doing, brother, Well, I'm just trying 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:40.080 to hold on. Got so many problems. No, God doesn't 0:04:40.080 --> 0:04:42.440 want us to hold on. We need to change our 0:04:42.480 --> 0:04:45.480 approach to life. We need to get up every morning 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:48.400 and say, with David, this is the day the Lord 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:52.680 has made and I am going to enjoy it. We 0:04:52.760 --> 0:04:55.640 need to make that declaration right at the start of 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:58.800 the day, David was saying, in effect, I'm not going 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:01.599 to focus on what's wrong today. I'm gonna focus on 0:05:01.640 --> 0:05:04.520 what's right I'm not gonna dwell on what I don't have. 0:05:04.640 --> 0:05:06.280 I'm gonna thank God for what I do have. 0:05:07.240 --> 0:05:10.320 You can enjoy every day of your life if you 0:05:10.400 --> 0:05:13.960 want to. Badly enough, some of you complain the whole 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:16.680 time you're driving to work. I can't stand this job, 0:05:16.800 --> 0:05:19.920 I can't stand this traffic. No, why don't you change 0:05:19.920 --> 0:05:22.640 your approach? Why don't you be grateful that at least 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:25.039 you have a job. You could be in an unemployment 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:28.880 line somewhere well, Joel, I got this old, beat up car. 0:05:28.960 --> 0:05:31.839 It hardly even runs. Now, why don't you be grateful 0:05:31.839 --> 0:05:34.040 that you have a car? I know people that love 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:37.560 to have your automobile. Well, Joel, it's my husband. That's 0:05:37.560 --> 0:05:40.200 why I'm not happy. He's not affectionate, he's not this, 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:43.320 he's not that. Don't be grateful that you have a husband. 0:05:43.760 --> 0:05:46.440 This may surprise you, but some ladies would love. 0:05:46.279 --> 0:05:46.960 To have that man. 0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:51.880 I know some of you are thinking, can I give 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:53.200 you a numbered? 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:56.000 But I want to challenge you. 0:05:56.040 --> 0:06:01.000 Today to retrain yourself to enjoy everything you do, not 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:04.280 just the fun things, not just the exciting things. You 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:08.840 can enjoy driving to work, enjoy mowing your lawn, Enjoy the. 0:06:08.800 --> 0:06:10.400 People God's put in your life. 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:13.520 They may not be perfect, or your job may not 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:16.080 be the exact one that you'd always had hoped for, 0:06:16.560 --> 0:06:19.240 but don't use that as an excuse to live your life. 0:06:19.279 --> 0:06:19.599 Sour. 0:06:20.279 --> 0:06:23.520 I cannot think of anything worse, after all God's done 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:26.200 for us than to go through life and not really 0:06:26.279 --> 0:06:29.080 enjoy it. And yet that's what so many people are 0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:33.160 doing today. There's so much pressure in our society, there's 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:36.120 so much stress. It's easy to get pulled into where 0:06:36.160 --> 0:06:37.960 you're just rushing here and you're rushing there. 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:40.400 You're so busy, you're so stressed out. 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:44.680 We end up enduring our lives but not really enjoying them. 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:48.279 And some of you today you love your children, but 0:06:48.400 --> 0:06:50.719 you can't say that you really enjoy them. 0:06:51.279 --> 0:06:53.240 You're so busy working. 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:56.240 For and cooking, cleaning and getting them to ball practice. No, 0:06:56.360 --> 0:06:59.520 you need to make some adjustments. Take time to enjoy 0:06:59.600 --> 0:06:59.960 your chill. 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:02.200 They're not always going to be there. 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:05.600 And I know people that rush through breakfast and they 0:07:05.600 --> 0:07:08.599 get aggravated in the traffic. They don't like their job, 0:07:09.040 --> 0:07:12.240 come home stressed out and uptight. No, you simply need 0:07:12.280 --> 0:07:15.760 to retrain yourself. Don't make the mistake of living for 0:07:15.880 --> 0:07:20.280 five o'clock. You should enjoy your job, learn to enjoy 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:23.880 the people you work with, Enjoy the drive home. I 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:27.360 really believe that we can enjoy every aspect of our 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:28.240 lives if. 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:30.640 We just approach it in the right way. I know 0:07:30.760 --> 0:07:31.760 in my own life. 0:07:31.520 --> 0:07:33.640 I used to kind of get frustrated when I'd get 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:36.240 stuck in traffic. I think, man, I'm in a hurry, 0:07:36.480 --> 0:07:38.080 I've got a lot to do. This is getting me 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:42.120 off course. But one day I realized I can't change this. 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:45.000 I can't make it go any faster, no matter how 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:47.880 upset I get. And so I can either get stressed 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:50.239 out every time it happens for the next thirty years, 0:07:50.920 --> 0:07:53.840 or I can change my approach. And that day I 0:07:53.880 --> 0:07:56.360 made a decision that I was just going to relax 0:07:56.880 --> 0:07:59.600 and use that extra time to thank God for all 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:01.960 he had done in my life. I just started looking 0:08:01.960 --> 0:08:04.880 out the window and enjoying his creations. And I can 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:07.760 tell you today that a traffic doesn't bother me one 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:12.160 bit anymore. I retrain myself to enjoy it, not just 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:12.760 endure it. 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:14.440 You can do the same thing. 0:08:15.160 --> 0:08:17.640 And some of you don't like your job, and you 0:08:17.640 --> 0:08:20.160 don't like the house you're living in, you dread having 0:08:20.160 --> 0:08:21.680 to mow the lawn every week. 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:24.680 All that is is a bad habit that you've developed. 0:08:25.160 --> 0:08:27.200 And you can either go the rest of your lifetime 0:08:27.240 --> 0:08:29.760 and let that steal your joy, or you can do 0:08:29.840 --> 0:08:34.240 what I did and just retrain yourself and understand anything 0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:38.559 you do negative and sour. You're not only cheating yourself, 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:41.760 but you're not bringing glory to God. And you go 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:44.520 to mow the lawn, do it with a good attitude, 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:47.240 and you'll not only feel better, but you bring glory 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:47.640 to God. 0:08:48.320 --> 0:08:49.600 And you have to do the dishes. 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:52.440 Don't dread it, don't complain about it, put a smile 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:55.040 on your face, Be grateful that you have a place 0:08:55.040 --> 0:08:57.280 to live, be grateful that you had something to eat. 0:08:57.600 --> 0:09:00.000 When you do it that way, you're bringing glory to God. 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:00.240 God. 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:03.880 And after all, many of those things, although they're small, 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:07.240 we're gonna be doing our whole lifetime. What a shame 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:10.520 to allow them to steal our joy and keep us 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:12.560 from really living life to the full. 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:15.640 And some of you today you're already dreading to drive home. 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:18.480 You're dreading the traffic, You're dreading what you've gotta do 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:21.320 this afternoon, dreading what you gotta do at work. But 0:09:21.400 --> 0:09:23.400 my message to you is you don't have to dread 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:26.080 part of your life and enjoy the other. Why don't 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:28.640 you make a decision with me that from now on 0:09:28.720 --> 0:09:31.720 you're gonna enjoy everything you do from sun up to sundown. 0:09:31.960 --> 0:09:35.120 You're gonna bring God glory by being happy and having 0:09:35.160 --> 0:09:39.400 a good attitude wherever you are. And I know some 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:43.000 things are not as enjoyable as others, but I really 0:09:43.040 --> 0:09:45.640 believe if we have the right attitude. If we approach 0:09:45.679 --> 0:09:48.840 it right, over time, they can become more and more enjoyable. 0:09:49.400 --> 0:09:53.160 I know my most challenging day is on Thursday. That's 0:09:53.200 --> 0:09:55.960 when I write my messages, And up to just a 0:09:56.000 --> 0:09:59.239 couple of years ago, I used to dread every Thursday. 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:01.720 I think, Man, what am I gonna say this week? 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:03.360 And is it going to be any good? 0:10:03.480 --> 0:10:06.160 And Wednesday night would roll around and I could feel 0:10:06.200 --> 0:10:09.080 myself getting pressured and uptight, and I'd just dig my 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:12.040 heels in on Thursdays and I'd push through it. I 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:14.720 would endure it, but I can't say that I enjoyed it. 0:10:15.400 --> 0:10:19.160 But one day it dawned on me that practically every Thursday, 0:10:19.200 --> 0:10:21.240 for the rest of my life, I'm gonna be preparing 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:24.440 my message. And I thought, I am not going to 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:26.920 live my life miserable every Thursday. I'm not gonna have 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:28.800 one day a week that I don't enjoy from here 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:32.680 on out. And I simply changed my approach. Wasn't anything big. 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:37.520 I just changed my attitude. I started thinking about the opportunity. 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:37.839 That God had given me. 0:10:38.400 --> 0:10:40.920 Instead of getting all pressured, I'd say, Father, thank you 0:10:40.960 --> 0:10:43.960 for the privilege to stand up before your people. Thank 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:46.600 you for choosing me. And I can tell you today 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:50.600 I don't dread Thursdays anymore. Really, I look forward to 0:10:50.640 --> 0:10:53.280 it now. But see, I've made up my mind. I'm 0:10:53.320 --> 0:10:56.680 gonna enjoy everything I do, not just because I want 0:10:56.679 --> 0:10:59.120 to be happy, but I want to bring glory to God. 0:11:00.160 --> 0:11:04.559 We have to understand every day is a gift from God. 0:11:04.800 --> 0:11:06.280 We're not always going to be here. 0:11:06.679 --> 0:11:10.439 The scripture says, our lives are like a mist We're here. 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:12.480 For a moment and then we're gone. 0:11:12.520 --> 0:11:16.160 And every day that we live negative and discouraged and depressed, 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:19.800 that's a day that we've wasted. Don't make the mistake 0:11:20.160 --> 0:11:22.400 of going around upset because you didn't get the job 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:26.000 you wanted, or discouraged because your plans didn't work out, 0:11:26.120 --> 0:11:29.440 or uptight because you've got to clean the house later today. 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:32.319 Now look on the bright side. At least you're alive, 0:11:33.040 --> 0:11:35.720 at least you're breathing. Most of you have your health. 0:11:36.240 --> 0:11:38.480 Most of you walked in here on your own two feet. 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:40.960 You can see, you can hear. Most of you have 0:11:41.000 --> 0:11:45.040 good friends and good family. Why don't you change your attitude? 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:49.840 Why don't you make the most of this day? You 0:11:49.880 --> 0:11:51.760 can never get this day back? 0:11:51.880 --> 0:11:53.320 Are you really living it to the full? 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:57.800 I was reading about these people that had near death experiences. 0:11:58.120 --> 0:12:00.920 They were in some kind of accident, they almost lost 0:12:00.960 --> 0:12:04.360 their lives and miraculously they pulled through it. And when 0:12:04.400 --> 0:12:07.760 they interviewed them, they all had the same common themes. 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:10.880 They talked about how they don't take each day for 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:13.880 granted anymore. They get up in the morning and they 0:12:13.920 --> 0:12:17.040 take time to hug their kids. They make sure every 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:19.800 day they tell their spouse how much they love him 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:23.199 or her, and they enjoy the simple things in life, 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:25.320 like going out and getting the paper in the morning, 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:29.400 listening to the birds, seeing picking up their children from school. 0:12:30.240 --> 0:12:32.880 They talked about how they didn't get upset so easily, 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:36.160 they didn't live life so stressed out. This one man 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:39.600 in particular told how in the past he couldn't stand 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:42.280 the drive to work, he couldn't stand the traffic, But 0:12:42.400 --> 0:12:45.319 after his accident, after he nearly lost. 0:12:45.040 --> 0:12:47.760 His life, he told how now he. 0:12:47.720 --> 0:12:51.240 Cherished every moment sitting in the traffic. He smiled at 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:53.880 every car that went by, practically. 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:58.319 Blew them kisses. I mean, it's amazing how things change. 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:00.840 When we put it in the right perspective, and we 0:13:00.840 --> 0:13:03.800 should live every day like it could be our last. 0:13:04.280 --> 0:13:07.319 We should get up every morning with a grateful attitude. 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:10.240 As I said, instead of complaining about going to work, 0:13:10.440 --> 0:13:13.200 be thankful that you have a job. Instead of complaining 0:13:13.240 --> 0:13:15.160 about all I got to clean up after these kids, 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:18.160 Let's be thankful that God has blessed us with our children. 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:22.480 Let me put it to you this way, how different 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:25.200 would you live this week if all of a sudden 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:27.400 you discovered this was going to be your last week? 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:31.440 How many times would you get upset and frustrated? How 0:13:31.480 --> 0:13:34.000 long would you stay offended if you knew you only 0:13:34.040 --> 0:13:36.439 had a week or two to live. Now, I'm challenging 0:13:36.480 --> 0:13:39.120 you to make the most of this day. Live it 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:42.440 like it could be your last. Don't go around negative 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:46.640 and discouraged. Don't go around with bitterness and unforgiveness in 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:50.040 your heart. Don't allow little things to steal your joy. 0:13:50.640 --> 0:13:52.560 Life is way too short for that. 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:56.640 Take time to enjoy this day, Take time to spend 0:13:56.720 --> 0:14:00.320 with your family. Learn to give flowers to peace people 0:14:00.440 --> 0:14:03.640 while they're still living. By that, I mean, how many 0:14:03.679 --> 0:14:06.720 funerals have I gone to where I've heard someone say 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:09.120 if I only had one more chance if I could 0:14:09.160 --> 0:14:11.839 just really tell them how much I loved them. No, 0:14:12.000 --> 0:14:15.120 don't make that mistake. Spend time with your family. We're 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:17.440 all busy these days. We've all got a lot of 0:14:17.480 --> 0:14:19.920 things to do, but we need to just slow down 0:14:20.160 --> 0:14:23.560 and enjoy life's journey. Take time for the important things 0:14:23.600 --> 0:14:24.440 in your own life. 0:14:25.120 --> 0:14:25.360 See. 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:28.840 God has given you your family to enjoy, not just 0:14:28.920 --> 0:14:32.520 to provide for them. He's given us our children to enjoy, 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:35.680 not just to raise them, not just to correct them. 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:38.480 And some of you are so busy making a living, 0:14:38.720 --> 0:14:41.560 but you really need to take time to make a life. 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:44.600 Your family needs more than your money. They need your time. 0:14:44.920 --> 0:14:47.280 They need your love, They need your attention, they need 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:52.440 your smile. If something happened to you tomorrow, would you 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:55.760 be pleased at how you've lived today? Can you say 0:14:56.080 --> 0:14:59.280 I'm at peace with God, I'm at peace with myself, 0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:02.720 my priorities in order, I'm living each day to the full. 0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:06.200 Or would you have to say, men, Joel, I'm so upted, 0:15:06.240 --> 0:15:10.520 I'm stressed out, I'm overworked. You make some changes, Take 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:14.080 time to smell the roses, learn to laugh more, smile more, 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:17.640 enjoy the simple things in your life. I know some 0:15:17.720 --> 0:15:20.600 of you today. You have people in your life that 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:24.040 are very difficult to get along with. Maybe it's even 0:15:24.200 --> 0:15:27.840 a spouse, or a teenager or a coworker, and if 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:30.520 you're not careful, they could very easily steal your joy. 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:33.400 How many people have told me, Joel, if. 0:15:33.280 --> 0:15:35.720 My husband would treat me better than I'd be happy, 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:38.920 or if my teenager would straighten up, if my boss 0:15:38.960 --> 0:15:40.160 would do what's right. 0:15:40.280 --> 0:15:41.600 Then I wouldn't be so sour. 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:45.760 Now I challenge you, don't allow other people to keep 0:15:45.800 --> 0:15:50.520 you from being happy. Your personal happiness is nobody's responsibility 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:54.080 except your own. And I know you love your spouse, 0:15:54.120 --> 0:15:56.080 you love your child, of course you do, but you 0:15:56.160 --> 0:15:58.200 cannot make somebody do what's right. 0:15:58.440 --> 0:15:59.240 Only God can. 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:02.640 You should not allow other people to steal your joy. 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:07.200 I heard somebody say you are responsible to them, but 0:16:07.240 --> 0:16:11.360 you're not responsible for them. In other words, you should 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:14.160 treat them with respect, do your best to make things 0:16:14.160 --> 0:16:18.200 work out, but you're not responsible for their actions. You 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:21.120 should not allow somebody to burden you down and keep 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:24.440 you all upset month after month because they refuse to 0:16:24.520 --> 0:16:27.680 make good choices and they refuse to do what's right. Now, 0:16:27.720 --> 0:16:30.440 do your best and then turn the situation over to God. 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:32.080 But if you take on. 0:16:32.080 --> 0:16:34.960 A false sense of responsibility, you'll feel like you got 0:16:35.000 --> 0:16:36.880 to keep them happy, you got to make them do right. 0:16:37.400 --> 0:16:38.080 You can't do that. 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:40.800 All that's going to do is still your own happiness. Now, 0:16:40.800 --> 0:16:43.680 I've discovered some people don't really want to be happy. 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:47.400 They like the attention it brings, and you're not careful, 0:16:47.400 --> 0:16:50.480 they'll use that to manipulate you. I talked to a 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:53.480 mother the other day and her son was doing just this. 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:56.360 He wasn't making very good choices, and she was so upset, 0:16:57.080 --> 0:16:59.680 and she told how the last three years she had 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:03.520 struckuggled with this and it just totally drained her emotionally 0:17:03.600 --> 0:17:07.880 and physically. She had no joy, no enthusiasm. I told 0:17:07.920 --> 0:17:11.200 her what I'm telling you today. Do your best, love him, 0:17:11.359 --> 0:17:14.080 encourage him, but then turn him over to God. Don't 0:17:14.119 --> 0:17:16.919 let him steal your joy. You've got to be happy 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:20.200 in spite of him. A lot of people like that 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:23.000 that are negative and discourage not doing right. They would 0:17:23.080 --> 0:17:25.920 love to pull you down, but I just challenge you. 0:17:26.040 --> 0:17:28.840 Don't get into the pit with them. I found if 0:17:28.880 --> 0:17:31.560 they can't give you what they've got, if they can't 0:17:31.560 --> 0:17:34.800 make your life miserable. Eventually they're gonna want what you have. 0:17:35.359 --> 0:17:37.679 Eventually God will use you to turn their life around. 0:17:37.800 --> 0:17:40.879 But you've got to remain consistent, stay happy in spite 0:17:40.920 --> 0:17:44.720 of them. And really, almost every day we can find 0:17:44.760 --> 0:17:48.440 some excuse to not enjoy it. Well, my back's hurting, 0:17:48.920 --> 0:17:50.840 or I got stuck in traffic, or I had to 0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:52.720 work late, or somebody was rude to me. 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:55.800 But no, we cannot control every person. 0:17:56.080 --> 0:17:59.439 We can't control every circumstance, but we can control how 0:17:59.480 --> 0:18:02.919 we respond. You may not get everything you want today. 0:18:03.000 --> 0:18:03.600 I hope you do. 0:18:04.480 --> 0:18:07.760 You may have some disappointments, but that should not change 0:18:07.800 --> 0:18:10.520 the fact that you are going to enjoy this day. 0:18:10.720 --> 0:18:13.200 It is the day the Lord has made, and our 0:18:13.240 --> 0:18:17.000 attitude should be as long as I am drawing breath, 0:18:17.440 --> 0:18:19.720 as long as I'm alive, I am going to be 0:18:19.840 --> 0:18:23.080 happy and enjoy this day. Well, Joel, I don't see 0:18:23.080 --> 0:18:25.040 how you can do that. That's just impossible. What if 0:18:25.040 --> 0:18:27.680 you're sick, what if you're in the hospital. Listen, I've 0:18:27.680 --> 0:18:30.080 been up to visit people in the hospital that were 0:18:30.080 --> 0:18:33.000 on their last leg, and yet they were happier than 0:18:33.040 --> 0:18:33.439 I was. 0:18:33.640 --> 0:18:35.680 They were full of joy and. 0:18:35.600 --> 0:18:39.280 Really, anybody can be happy in the good times, that's easy, 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:41.400 but we need to dig our heels in and learn 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:43.920 to be happy in the tough times. Don't let the 0:18:44.040 --> 0:18:46.879 enemy steal your joy. If he can't get your joy, 0:18:46.920 --> 0:18:49.600 he can't get your strength. When you have joy, you 0:18:49.640 --> 0:18:52.359 are strong. When you have joy, you can fight the 0:18:52.440 --> 0:18:55.159 good fight of faith. And some of you today you 0:18:55.200 --> 0:18:57.280 need to draw the line in the sand and say 0:18:57.440 --> 0:19:01.560 enough is enough. I am done with living negative, depressed, 0:19:01.640 --> 0:19:04.600 dreading things. I'm gonna start tapping into the joy on 0:19:04.640 --> 0:19:06.880 the inside. I'm gonna start living my life to. 0:19:06.840 --> 0:19:10.560 The fore See, each one of. 0:19:10.520 --> 0:19:13.600 You has a well of joy right down in here. 0:19:13.960 --> 0:19:16.280 God put it there, but you have to do your 0:19:16.320 --> 0:19:19.639 part and tap into it. Some of you, that well 0:19:19.720 --> 0:19:23.600 has been clogged up with years of sadness, years of discouragement. 0:19:24.040 --> 0:19:28.040 You never smile, you never laugh. Everything's a burden. But no, 0:19:28.160 --> 0:19:32.000 you need to unclog that well. Quit living with that heaviness. 0:19:32.080 --> 0:19:34.719 Quit looking at what's wrong and everything that you don't have. 0:19:35.480 --> 0:19:38.680 Learn to lighten up and start enjoying your life. When 0:19:38.720 --> 0:19:41.280 things don't go your way, don't let it get you down. 0:19:41.400 --> 0:19:44.640 God's in control of your life. He's directing every one 0:19:44.680 --> 0:19:47.440 of your steps. And he never said that every day 0:19:47.480 --> 0:19:50.280 would be easy and every person would treat us right 0:19:50.359 --> 0:19:54.120 and things will always just fall into place. Now, Jesus said, 0:19:54.119 --> 0:19:56.919 in life, you're gonna have difficulties, You're gonna have unfair 0:19:56.960 --> 0:19:59.560 things happen. But he said, here's the key, be of 0:19:59.600 --> 0:20:02.760 good sh In other words, he was saying, no matter 0:20:02.760 --> 0:20:05.200 what comes your way, put a smile on your face 0:20:05.440 --> 0:20:09.560 and be determined to enjoy that day when times get tough. Really, 0:20:09.600 --> 0:20:11.760 one of the best ways to show God that we're 0:20:11.800 --> 0:20:14.600 trusting him is not by how much we pray, not 0:20:14.600 --> 0:20:17.440 by how many scriptures we quote, but simply by putting 0:20:17.480 --> 0:20:20.119 a smile on our face and a spring in our step. 0:20:20.760 --> 0:20:23.040 Why don't you start tapping into that joy. 0:20:23.480 --> 0:20:25.680 The more you smile, the more. 0:20:25.520 --> 0:20:27.919 You have a good attitude, the more you laugh, the 0:20:27.920 --> 0:20:30.600 more you enjoy your life. The freer that joy is 0:20:30.600 --> 0:20:33.119 going to flow, the stronger you're going to be, and 0:20:33.160 --> 0:20:36.560 the more victory that you're going to see. Says in Proverbs, 0:20:36.680 --> 0:20:39.879 a merry heart is like taking a good medicine, but 0:20:39.960 --> 0:20:42.320 a broken spirit is going to dry up the bones. 0:20:43.240 --> 0:20:45.879 I believe that much of the sickness in our society 0:20:45.920 --> 0:20:49.920 today is a result of a lack of joy. We 0:20:50.000 --> 0:20:55.240 open ourselves up to disease through sadness, depression, discouragement. Our 0:20:55.240 --> 0:20:57.800 bodies weren't made to live like that. It weakens our 0:20:57.800 --> 0:20:58.840 immune system. 0:20:59.400 --> 0:21:00.520 You may have a. 0:21:00.440 --> 0:21:03.760 Problem today, you may be facing difficulties, but you've got 0:21:03.760 --> 0:21:05.760 to learn to turn that situation. 0:21:05.440 --> 0:21:07.800 Over to God. Quit worrying about it. 0:21:08.280 --> 0:21:11.400 He is in control, and he's promised if you will 0:21:11.480 --> 0:21:14.560 keep your trust in him, no matter what comes against you, 0:21:14.720 --> 0:21:17.360 he will turn it around and use it to your advantage. 0:21:17.840 --> 0:21:19.760 And some of you need to shake yourself out of 0:21:19.760 --> 0:21:24.679 that old, negative, defeated mentality. Quit dreading going to work tomorrow. 0:21:25.040 --> 0:21:28.320 Quit being depressed because you haven't gotten marriage yet. Quit 0:21:28.359 --> 0:21:31.560 getting all upset because your plans didn't work out. Focus 0:21:31.600 --> 0:21:34.199 on what you have, not what you don't have. I 0:21:34.240 --> 0:21:38.280 heard somebody say, give this day your very best, because 0:21:38.280 --> 0:21:41.399 there may not be a tomorrow. In other words, change 0:21:41.400 --> 0:21:45.159 your attitude. Put a smile on your face, he said, Joe, 0:21:45.200 --> 0:21:46.080 I don't feel like it. 0:21:46.160 --> 0:21:47.959 Do it anyway. Smile by faith. 0:21:48.560 --> 0:21:51.240 When you smile, you send a message to your whole 0:21:51.240 --> 0:21:57.159 body that everything's okay. That smile sets the tone for 0:21:57.280 --> 0:22:00.439 your life. Oh, Joel, that's easy for you. Smile all 0:22:00.480 --> 0:22:03.560 the time, You're always happy. No, listen, I get up 0:22:03.600 --> 0:22:05.879 each morning just like you, and a lot of times 0:22:05.880 --> 0:22:07.919 I don't feel like being in a good mood. I 0:22:07.960 --> 0:22:10.880 don't feel like smiling when I get out of bed. 0:22:10.960 --> 0:22:12.320 I make a choice, I say, Joel. 0:22:12.480 --> 0:22:15.640 You can either go through this day happy, enjoy it 0:22:15.680 --> 0:22:18.880 with a positive outlook, or you can go around negative 0:22:18.880 --> 0:22:21.840 and sour, focused on your problems. And one thing I'm 0:22:21.920 --> 0:22:24.280 very good at is I choose to be happy. I 0:22:24.400 --> 0:22:27.800 choose at the very start to enjoy that day. Well, 0:22:27.880 --> 0:22:31.119 you say, Joel, if I had your life, i'd be 0:22:31.200 --> 0:22:35.560 happy too. Guy's married to Victoria. Sure, I'd be happier, 0:22:36.720 --> 0:22:37.760 had a big church like you. 0:22:37.880 --> 0:22:39.040 Yeah, I enjoyed my life. 0:22:39.160 --> 0:22:43.040 No, every person faces their own challenges. You probably have 0:22:43.119 --> 0:22:45.440 to pay your house note each month. Well, this place 0:22:45.520 --> 0:22:49.080 costs ninety five million dollars to renovate, and I'm responsible 0:22:49.080 --> 0:22:52.000 for that. That alone is enough to make me go 0:22:52.080 --> 0:22:58.040 back to bed each morning. No, I get up and say, God, 0:22:58.320 --> 0:23:00.399 I know you're in control. I know you You've led 0:23:00.520 --> 0:23:03.520 us here, and I know those people are rich out there, 0:23:03.640 --> 0:23:10.520 And I say God, I know you're going to make 0:23:10.560 --> 0:23:13.320 a way. See, I've learned to magnify God and not 0:23:13.440 --> 0:23:16.639 my problems. I could worry about that all day long, 0:23:16.840 --> 0:23:18.920 but I just choose to turn it over to God. 0:23:19.280 --> 0:23:22.159 I choose to enjoy my life while God is in 0:23:22.200 --> 0:23:25.480 the process of working things out. And really that's the key. 0:23:25.840 --> 0:23:29.040 You may be in a difficult situation today in your 0:23:29.080 --> 0:23:32.800 marriage or your health, your finances, but don't make the 0:23:32.880 --> 0:23:36.119 mistake of waiting for everything to get better before you 0:23:36.200 --> 0:23:39.320 decide to start enjoying your life. Your attitude should be 0:23:39.640 --> 0:23:42.200 this is where God has me right now, and I'm 0:23:42.200 --> 0:23:43.360 want to be happy. 0:23:43.200 --> 0:23:44.600 In spite of what's come against me. 0:23:45.240 --> 0:23:48.400 In other words, this job may be difficult, or these 0:23:48.400 --> 0:23:50.760 people may not be treating me right, but I'm not 0:23:50.800 --> 0:23:52.320 going to allow them to steal my joy. 0:23:52.320 --> 0:23:53.480 I'm will be happy anyway. 0:23:54.480 --> 0:23:58.680 See, learn to enjoy whatever season you're in. Some seasons 0:23:58.720 --> 0:24:02.240 are more exciting, rowing seasons where you see all kinds 0:24:02.240 --> 0:24:05.320 of great things happening. But then there are other seasons 0:24:05.480 --> 0:24:09.040 that are maintaining seasons, or even pruning seasons where it 0:24:09.040 --> 0:24:12.360 doesn't look like anything good's taking place. And maybe you've 0:24:12.400 --> 0:24:15.119 been hoping and praying for a long time for something 0:24:15.119 --> 0:24:18.600 to change in your life, a spouse or a situation 0:24:18.720 --> 0:24:21.520 at work. Month after month has gone by, maybe even 0:24:21.600 --> 0:24:23.960 year after year, and you don't see anything getting better. 0:24:24.320 --> 0:24:26.400 You're so tempted to just get all discouraged. 0:24:26.960 --> 0:24:29.040 You know, the whole key is you need to just 0:24:29.119 --> 0:24:31.840 keeping joy in your life right where you are, knowing 0:24:31.880 --> 0:24:34.439 that God is working behind the scenes and he's in 0:24:34.480 --> 0:24:37.439 the process of changing things. And as I said, you 0:24:37.480 --> 0:24:40.480 can't change people, only God can. You can't make the 0:24:40.520 --> 0:24:44.560 situation work out, only God can. And so while you're waiting, 0:24:44.800 --> 0:24:47.359 there's no use getting all discouraged. You need to just 0:24:47.520 --> 0:24:50.400 enter into God's rest. That means you turn it over 0:24:50.440 --> 0:24:53.480 to God. You quit worrying about it, and in the meantime, 0:24:53.520 --> 0:24:56.600 you start living your life happy. When I say happy, 0:24:56.640 --> 0:24:59.399 I don't mean we're laughing all the time, giggling all 0:24:59.480 --> 0:24:59.960 day long. 0:25:00.320 --> 0:25:02.119 No, it just means that we're content. 0:25:03.000 --> 0:25:07.439 In fact, one definition of joy is calm delight. In 0:25:07.480 --> 0:25:10.560 other words, you're at peace about where you are. It 0:25:10.640 --> 0:25:13.879 may be difficult, you may be waiting for things to 0:25:13.920 --> 0:25:16.320 get better, but deep down on the inside, you. 0:25:16.320 --> 0:25:18.520 Know that you know that everything's going to be all right. 0:25:18.800 --> 0:25:21.960 You know that God is in complete control of your life. 0:25:22.920 --> 0:25:24.880 And you say, Joel, I'd be a lot happier if 0:25:24.880 --> 0:25:27.480 I had a better job. I don't like the people 0:25:27.560 --> 0:25:28.480 I work around. 0:25:29.160 --> 0:25:31.600 They don't treat me good. It's not a very good environment. 0:25:32.480 --> 0:25:35.840 The scripture says in Ecclesiastes that God has given us 0:25:35.880 --> 0:25:39.520 the power to enjoy our work, and you should not 0:25:39.880 --> 0:25:40.760 endure your job. 0:25:40.800 --> 0:25:42.199 You should learn to enjoy it. 0:25:42.840 --> 0:25:44.680 Don't get up in the morning and drive to work 0:25:44.720 --> 0:25:47.400 thinking I can't stand this place. I cannot wait till 0:25:47.400 --> 0:25:50.560 five o'clock. No change your attitude. God's given you the 0:25:50.640 --> 0:25:53.920 power to enjoy that place. That means no matter what 0:25:54.040 --> 0:25:56.760 you do, no matter what kind of environment it may be, 0:25:57.320 --> 0:25:59.640 if you choose to, you can be happy right where 0:25:59.680 --> 0:26:02.920 you are. And what a shame to spend forty hours 0:26:02.960 --> 0:26:03.760 of your week. 0:26:03.600 --> 0:26:05.439 Somewhere and not really enjoy it. 0:26:06.000 --> 0:26:08.800 Why don't you make a decision from today on out. 0:26:09.119 --> 0:26:11.200 You're not gonna focus on the negative at your job. 0:26:11.359 --> 0:26:13.680 You're not gonna complain about it every day. You're gonna 0:26:13.720 --> 0:26:16.399 do your best to enjoy it. Says in First Peter 0:26:16.720 --> 0:26:20.919 that wives are to enjoy their husbands. Some of you today, 0:26:21.000 --> 0:26:24.879 you don't really enjoy your spouse. You live together, but 0:26:24.920 --> 0:26:29.880 there's no real friendship. There's no relationship, no communication. Now 0:26:29.920 --> 0:26:33.240 you need to make every effort to enjoy what God 0:26:33.280 --> 0:26:38.480 has given you. Enjoy spending time together, enjoy each other's personality. 0:26:39.160 --> 0:26:41.280 Hey, you say, Joe, you don't know my husband. I 0:26:41.280 --> 0:26:42.240 can't enjoy him. 0:26:42.119 --> 0:26:45.679 And he gets on my nerves. No quit dwelling on 0:26:45.800 --> 0:26:49.480 his faults. Quit magnifying what you don't like about him, 0:26:49.760 --> 0:26:52.920 and instead, if you'll start magnifying the good and being 0:26:52.920 --> 0:26:56.240 an encourager and being fun to be around, you'll be 0:26:56.280 --> 0:26:59.400 amazed at how that man will begin to change. See, 0:26:59.400 --> 0:27:01.560 you got to bring the best out in each other. 0:27:02.200 --> 0:27:05.000 That's what I love about Victoria. She doesn't drag me down, 0:27:05.040 --> 0:27:08.120 she builds me up. I enjoy being around her. She's 0:27:08.160 --> 0:27:10.680 my best friend. And I know men that spend all 0:27:10.720 --> 0:27:13.880 their time away from their house, really they're missing out. 0:27:14.560 --> 0:27:16.840 Victoria and I we've been married for eighteen years, and 0:27:16.880 --> 0:27:19.199 we enjoy each other more now than we ever have. 0:27:19.880 --> 0:27:22.480 But she's fun to be around. She's an encourager. 0:27:22.880 --> 0:27:24.480 If I have the choice to spend time with a 0:27:24.480 --> 0:27:26.520 bunch of guys or spend time with her, I'd choose 0:27:26.560 --> 0:27:30.040 her any day. Do you know if I want to 0:27:30.080 --> 0:27:31.959 spend time with her, I gotta be willing to go 0:27:32.000 --> 0:27:37.160 to the mall. Let me ask you today, are there 0:27:37.200 --> 0:27:40.560 areas in your life that you're not really enjoying? If 0:27:40.600 --> 0:27:44.399 so makes some changes, life is too short to go 0:27:44.440 --> 0:27:47.439 through it dreading things and not enjoying your family and 0:27:47.480 --> 0:27:48.960 being upset because you didn't. 0:27:48.760 --> 0:27:49.320 Get your way. 0:27:49.720 --> 0:27:52.320 No, make the most of this day. You can never 0:27:52.359 --> 0:27:55.120 get it back. Times may be tough, but don't use 0:27:55.160 --> 0:27:57.320 that as an excuse to live your life sour. 0:27:57.600 --> 0:27:58.640 God is in control. 0:27:59.200 --> 0:28:01.399 You need to get up every morning and say, with David, 0:28:01.600 --> 0:28:03.520 this is the day the Lord has made I want 0:28:03.520 --> 0:28:04.200 to be happy. 0:28:04.840 --> 0:28:06.080 If you will stay full. 0:28:05.920 --> 0:28:09.080 Of joy, you'll not only bring glory to God, but 0:28:09.160 --> 0:28:12.440 you will feel better. 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