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Being Passionate About Life
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In life, it's easy to let disappointments steal our passion. You have to make an effort to stay enthusiastic and excited about your dreams. Your best days are still ahead, and together we can make a difference in this world with the message of God's hope and love. To give visit JoelOsteen.com/GiveHope See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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This is not an 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:29.759 offer to buy your self securities, nor is it investment, 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:30.760 legal or tax advice. 0:01:31.240 --> 0:01:33.959 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:36.759 our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:39.240 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:01:39.280 --> 0:01:40.800 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:43.840 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:58.320 your life. Well, God bless you. It's a joy that 0:01:58.440 --> 0:02:01.640 come into your home each week. We come with good news. 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:04.880 I know God rewards the people that seek after Him, 0:02:04.920 --> 0:02:06.920 and I believe that's you, or you wouldn't be tuned 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:09.760 in today, So thanks for being letting us be a 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:12.040 part of this next thirty minutes. And if you're ever 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:14.360 in our area, I hope you'll come by and be 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:16.640 a part of one of our services. I promise you 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:19.000 this will make you feel right at home. But thanks 0:02:19.000 --> 0:02:21.280 so much for tuning in today. And I like to 0:02:21.320 --> 0:02:23.320 get started each week with something kind of funny. And 0:02:23.520 --> 0:02:26.000 I heard about this pastor. He was out in the 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:29.120 lobby after the service, greeting people, and he saw this 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:31.280 man that he hadn't seen in a long time, and 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:34.240 he pulled him aside and he said, sir, you need 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:37.079 to join the Army of the Lord. The man said, 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:38.800 what are you talking about. I am in the Army 0:02:38.800 --> 0:02:40.840 of the Lord. And the pastor said, well, how come 0:02:40.840 --> 0:02:44.160 I only see you on Christmas and at Easter. And 0:02:44.200 --> 0:02:48.400 he whispered back, I'm in the Secret Service. Come on, 0:02:48.560 --> 0:02:50.560 hold your bibles up and say it like you mean it. 0:02:50.960 --> 0:02:53.919 This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:57.120 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:57.200 --> 0:02:59.760 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:59.800 --> 0:03:04.200 told the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:08.000 is alert, my heart is receptive, I will never be 0:03:08.120 --> 0:03:13.400 the same. I am about to receive the incorruptible, indestructible, 0:03:13.800 --> 0:03:17.720 ever living seed of the Word of God. I'll never 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:21.799 be the same, never, never, never, I'll never be the same. 0:03:22.280 --> 0:03:26.200 In Jesus's name, God bless you. I want to talk 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:30.200 to you today about being excited about your life and 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:32.760 not taken for granted what God has done for you. 0:03:33.560 --> 0:03:36.920 Too many people have lost their passion for life. They've 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:41.120 lost their enthusiasm. At one time they were excited about 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:45.480 their dreams. They got up every day with purpose, with passion. 0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:50.160 But now because of the time that's passed, disappointments and 0:03:50.200 --> 0:03:53.560 the pressures of life, they're not excited about them anymore. 0:03:53.760 --> 0:03:57.520 They've lost their fire. Or maybe at one time you 0:03:57.560 --> 0:04:00.040 are excited about that person that you're married to. You 0:04:00.880 --> 0:04:03.960 are so in love and so passionate, but now that 0:04:04.000 --> 0:04:08.280 relationship has become stale. You're just going through the motions 0:04:08.280 --> 0:04:12.000 of life, getting up, going to work, coming home. But 0:04:12.040 --> 0:04:14.480 God does not want us to live that way. We 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:18.719 should get up every day with enthusiasm, excited about that day. 0:04:19.400 --> 0:04:22.760 We should be grateful that we're alive, grateful for the 0:04:22.800 --> 0:04:26.039 opportunities in front of us, grateful for the people in 0:04:26.120 --> 0:04:29.680 our lives. And the truth is most of life is 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:34.279 very routine, and anything can become stagnant if we allow 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:37.200 it to. You can have the most exciting job in 0:04:37.240 --> 0:04:39.920 the world, but if you let it, it can become boring. 0:04:40.640 --> 0:04:43.560 Or you can be married to the finest, most loving, 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:47.960 caring person around, but if you don't cultivate that marriage 0:04:47.960 --> 0:04:51.159 and put something into it over time, it's going to 0:04:51.160 --> 0:04:54.360 get stagnant. We have to work at it. If we're 0:04:54.400 --> 0:04:58.320 going to stay fresh. Doesn't automatically happen. I believe every 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:02.000 day we need to stir oursel elves up. The apostle. 0:05:02.000 --> 0:05:06.640 Paul told Timothy, fan your flame. He was saying, Timothy, 0:05:07.080 --> 0:05:11.040 don't let your fire go out. Stay passionate about your life, 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:15.240 Stay enthusiastic about your dreams. And you may be here 0:05:15.279 --> 0:05:19.440 today and you don't feel very enthusiastic. Maybe in the 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:22.119 natural you don't have any reason to be excited about 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:25.839 your life. But my word to you is, fan your flame, 0:05:26.240 --> 0:05:29.000 don't let your fire go out. Keep your hope alive. 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:31.920 Some of you have just a little flicker in there. 0:05:32.320 --> 0:05:35.520 That fire is barely making it. You're about to give 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:38.040 up on one of your dreams, or maybe in that 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:41.800 relationship you're not very excited about it anymore. But the 0:05:41.839 --> 0:05:45.040 good news is the fire is still in there. Now 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:47.760 you got to do your part and fan your flame. 0:05:48.720 --> 0:05:52.560 That means, instead of dragging around finding every reason you 0:05:52.640 --> 0:05:55.280 can to be unhappy, you got to change your focus. 0:05:55.920 --> 0:05:58.520 Quit looking at what's wrong in your life, and start 0:05:58.560 --> 0:06:01.880 being grateful for what's right in your life. Your attitude 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:04.039 should be I am not going to live my life 0:06:04.040 --> 0:06:07.040 defeated and depressed. All my dreams may not have come 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:09.719 to pass. I may have some obstacles in my path, 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:12.719 but I know God is still in control. I know 0:06:12.800 --> 0:06:15.400 He's got great things in store for me. So I'm 0:06:15.400 --> 0:06:19.200 gonna get up each day excited about my life. And 0:06:19.240 --> 0:06:22.640 I realize everything may not be perfect in your life, 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:25.760 but if you don't learn to be happy where you are, 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:27.839 you will never get to where you want to be. 0:06:28.720 --> 0:06:31.040 You may not have the perfect job, but you should 0:06:31.080 --> 0:06:33.600 thank God at least you have a job. Some people 0:06:33.640 --> 0:06:36.800 would love to have your job. Why don't you fan 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:39.880 your flame? Why don't you go to work this week 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:43.520 with a new enthusiasm. Don't drag in there with a 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:47.000 long face, waste half the day playing on the internet. 0:06:47.640 --> 0:06:51.159 Now give your employer one hundred percent. Do it with 0:06:51.360 --> 0:06:54.480 all your heart to the best of your ability. Stay 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:58.800 passionate about your work. Everybody else may be goofing off, 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:01.440 everybody else may have a our attitude. But let me 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:04.400 tell you, you're not everybody else. You're a child of 0:07:04.440 --> 0:07:07.960 the most High God. And I'm asking you to not 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:10.200 be a part of the problem, be a part of 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:15.400 the solution. Do you know enthusiasm is contagious. If you'll 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:18.040 go in there with a smile on your face, full 0:07:18.080 --> 0:07:21.440 of life, full of joy, full of victory, before long 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:24.640 you'll rub off on others, and that whole place will 0:07:24.640 --> 0:07:27.400 come up to a higher level, all because of you. 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:30.440 You gotta let your light shine. And the scripture says 0:07:30.480 --> 0:07:35.000 there in Romans twelve, verse eleven, to never lag in zeal, 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:39.680 but be a glow and on fire, serving the Lord. 0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:43.120 My question to you today is are you on fire? 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:46.040 Are you a glow? Do you get up each morning? 0:07:46.080 --> 0:07:49.200 One lady? Is do you get up each morning? Do 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:53.000 you get up each morning passionate about your dreams? Are 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:55.520 you grateful for the place that God's given you to live? 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:56.320 Oh? 0:07:56.400 --> 0:07:58.920 No, Joel, I'm in this tiny apartment. I can't stand it. 0:07:58.960 --> 0:08:01.240 I want a bigger house. No, you've got to learn 0:08:01.280 --> 0:08:05.000 to be happy right where you are, understand it. Dishonors 0:08:05.040 --> 0:08:08.440 God for us to go around complaining and thinking about 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:11.000 everything that's wrong in our life. You may not be 0:08:11.080 --> 0:08:13.480 living in your dream house, but at least you should 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:15.400 thank God. You've got a roof over your head. Thank 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:18.880 God you're not out there in the cold. He says, 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:21.760 you're all my husband. We don't have anything in common, 0:08:21.840 --> 0:08:24.640 we don't get along anymore. No, he may not be 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:27.400 the perfect husband, but why don't you thank God? At 0:08:27.520 --> 0:08:30.440 least you have somebody to love. Do you know how 0:08:30.440 --> 0:08:34.480 many people are lonely today? Ladies, you may not believe this, 0:08:34.600 --> 0:08:38.720 but some lady would love to have you a husband. Now. 0:08:38.760 --> 0:08:40.559 I know some of you are thinking, can I give 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:45.240 you a number? Be grateful for that man, Be grateful 0:08:45.240 --> 0:08:49.520 for that woman. We need to recognize every day is 0:08:49.559 --> 0:08:53.559 a gift from God. We may not even be here tomorrow. 0:08:53.720 --> 0:08:56.880 What a shame to live this day, negative and defeated. 0:08:57.360 --> 0:08:59.920 And the truth is, we all have obstacles in our path, 0:09:00.360 --> 0:09:04.040 we all have challenges to overcome, but our attitude should 0:09:04.120 --> 0:09:06.679 be thank God. I'm alive. Thank God, I've got here 0:09:06.760 --> 0:09:09.000 to breathe. Thank God, I've got a great country to 0:09:09.040 --> 0:09:11.280 live in. Thank God, I've got family. Thank God, I've 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:14.480 got an opportunity. I'm going to make the most of 0:09:14.520 --> 0:09:18.080 this day. I'm gonna give it my very very best. Well, Joel, 0:09:18.120 --> 0:09:20.040 I would do that, but I just found out I 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:22.760 have to work late next week. I have to mow 0:09:22.800 --> 0:09:24.840 my lawn when I get home. I got to take 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:27.120 care of these kids all day. Let me tell you 0:09:27.240 --> 0:09:29.480 don't have to do anything. You get to do it. 0:09:30.040 --> 0:09:32.720 God is the one that's given you your breath. You 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:35.080 couldn't mow that lawn if God didn't give you the strength, 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:37.800 you wouldn't be able to work late next week, if 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:40.719 God hadn't opened up that door of opportunity. You need 0:09:40.760 --> 0:09:44.160 to change your perspective. Don't do things out of obligation, 0:09:44.240 --> 0:09:46.960 because you have to do it with a good attitude. 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:49.199 In other words, I don't have to go to work today. 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:51.480 I get to go to work. I don't have to 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:53.800 take care of these children. They're a blessing. I get 0:09:53.840 --> 0:09:56.280 to take care of it. I don't have to give. 0:09:56.559 --> 0:09:59.959 I get to give. See the scripture says in Isaiah 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:04.400 one nineteen. When we are willing and obedient, we will 0:10:04.440 --> 0:10:07.000 eat the good of the land. And it's one thing 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:10.559 to be obedient. That's good, that's better than not doing it. 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:14.439 But if you want to really experience God's best, you've 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:17.240 got to be more than obedient. You've got to be willing. 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:20.000 You've got to do it with the right attitude. It's 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:22.679 one thing to give because you have to. It's another 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:25.400 thing to give because you want to. It's one thing 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:27.959 to go to work to pick up a paycheck. It's 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:30.160 another thing to go to work to be a blessing 0:10:30.240 --> 0:10:33.320 to somebody else. It's one thing to stay married to 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:36.720 that person because it's the right thing to do. People 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:39.040 may look down on you if you don't, but it's 0:10:39.040 --> 0:10:41.760 another thing to stay married to that person and to 0:10:41.800 --> 0:10:44.800 treat them with respect and honor and help them reach 0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:49.120 a higher level. That's being willing and obedient. And when 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:51.480 you do that, there's no limit to what God will 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:53.920 do in your life. And it's so important that we 0:10:53.960 --> 0:10:57.920 get beyond just being obedient. That's easy. Anybody can do that. 0:10:58.200 --> 0:11:00.960 Let's take the next step and let's be willing. Let's 0:11:00.960 --> 0:11:04.079 do it with a good attitude. I read an interesting 0:11:04.160 --> 0:11:07.720 article a while back and talked about how most children 0:11:08.080 --> 0:11:12.560 are born with enthusiasm. They're excited, they're happy, they have 0:11:12.640 --> 0:11:16.199 a real zeal for life. But this study showed by 0:11:16.240 --> 0:11:19.360 the time the average child reaches ten years of age, 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:23.720 the enthusiasm starts to fade and our children begin to 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:26.920 take on a negative bent toward life. Now, I believe 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:29.920 in the same way, God has put enthusiasm on the 0:11:29.960 --> 0:11:32.320 inside of each one of us. But if we're going 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:34.840 to keep it, we have to work on it on 0:11:34.880 --> 0:11:37.959 a daily basis. We have to straight up. And as 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:41.320 I said, too often we allowed disappointments and stress and 0:11:41.440 --> 0:11:45.040 pressures and just the time that's passed before long, that's 0:11:45.120 --> 0:11:47.840 just dragging us down, and we're not even passionate about 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:51.640 our lives anymore. And many times the root cause is 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:54.560 we are focused on the wrong things. We are looking 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:57.000 at what we don't have instead of what we do have. 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:00.400 And I heard about this man. He was very and 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:03.680 discouraged and went to see his minister and he said, 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:05.960 nothing's going right in my life. I don't have any 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:09.600 reason to be excited. The minister said, all right, let's 0:12:09.679 --> 0:12:12.360 just do a little exercise and he got out this 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:15.480 legal pad and he drew a line right down the center, 0:12:15.920 --> 0:12:18.480 and he said, on this left side, we're gonna list 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:21.120 all of the good things in your life, everything that's 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:23.840 going right. And on this other side, we're gonna list 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:26.720 all your problems and all these things that are bothering you. 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:29.320 And the man kind of chuckled. He said, well, I'm 0:12:29.360 --> 0:12:31.559 not gonna have anything to put on the asset side. 0:12:31.960 --> 0:12:34.400 The minister said fine, let's just go through the exercise. 0:12:34.880 --> 0:12:38.040 And the man put his head down and the minister said, 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:41.839 I'm so sorry to hear that your wife passed away. 0:12:42.040 --> 0:12:44.760 That men jumped back. He said, what are you talking about. 0:12:45.040 --> 0:12:49.040 My wife didn't pass away. She's alive and healthy. He said, oh, 0:12:49.080 --> 0:12:51.160 and he wrote down on the asset side, has a 0:12:51.200 --> 0:12:55.400 wife alive and healthy. Then he said, I'm so sorry 0:12:55.480 --> 0:12:58.160 to hear that your house burned down. He said, my 0:12:58.200 --> 0:13:01.120 house didn't burn down. I got a beautiful He said, oh, 0:13:01.240 --> 0:13:04.120 he wrote down, has a beautiful house. Then he said, 0:13:04.120 --> 0:13:06.400 I'm really sad to hear that you lost your job 0:13:06.480 --> 0:13:08.760 got laid off. The man said, where are you getting 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:11.560 all this nonsense. I've got a great job. Wrote it down, 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:14.400 has a great job. About that time the man caught on. 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:16.720 He said, give me that list, and he took it 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:19.959 and he wrote down a couple dozen more good things 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:22.360 in his life. By the time he got finished, he 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:25.040 went out of there with a different attitude. You see, 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:29.679 he just had to change his perspective. It's so easy 0:13:29.880 --> 0:13:33.040 to get focused on what's wrong, it's so easy to 0:13:33.080 --> 0:13:36.240 take for granted what's right. But you noticed when he 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:38.880 began to focus on the good, that's when he got 0:13:38.960 --> 0:13:41.600 his enthusiasm back. That's when he got his passion back. 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:44.800 And if you struggle with staying excited about your life, 0:13:44.880 --> 0:13:48.120 if you struggle with staying passionate, you too need to 0:13:48.160 --> 0:13:50.439 make a list of all the things that you had 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:53.640 to be grateful for, all the things God's blessed you with. 0:13:53.840 --> 0:13:56.319 If you have your health, write it down, I'm healthy. 0:13:56.679 --> 0:13:58.720 If you can see, write it down, I can see. 0:13:58.880 --> 0:14:01.360 If you're good looking life, write it down, I'm good looking. 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:05.680 If you got a job, I've got a job. I've 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:09.400 got family, I've got friends, I've got children. Make that list, 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:12.600 and then every day before you leave the house, you 0:14:12.679 --> 0:14:15.120 need to go over it two or three times. You've 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:17.720 got to get your mind to go in the right direction. 0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:21.400 Your life is going to follow your faults, and at 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:23.600 the first of the day you have to set the 0:14:23.640 --> 0:14:26.280 tone for the whole day. If you can just go 0:14:26.360 --> 0:14:29.800 out with a grateful attitude, in a positive frame of mind, 0:14:30.160 --> 0:14:32.880 you'll not only feel better, but you're gonna draw in 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:36.680 the good things of God. We attract what we continually 0:14:36.680 --> 0:14:39.920 think about. If you get up thinking, man, life's a drag. 0:14:40.440 --> 0:14:43.000 Nothing good ever happens to me. I know my marriage 0:14:43.000 --> 0:14:46.200 isn't gonna last. When you do that, you're gonna attract 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:50.120 a defeat, failure, mediocrity. But if you can just learn 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:52.360 to turn it around and go out with the grateful 0:14:52.400 --> 0:14:55.320 attitude thinking about how blessed you are and how good 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:57.680 God's been to you, then you're gonna draw in the 0:14:57.720 --> 0:15:02.640 goodness of God. But I think about how many times 0:15:02.680 --> 0:15:05.280 we lie in bed in the morning and we think, man, 0:15:05.320 --> 0:15:07.440 I don't want to go to work today. I've got 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:11.680 so many problems. I'm sick and tired of cleaning this house. Listen, 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:13.840 you just paved the way to have a lousy day. 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:16.880 You just paved the way for defeat. Now, when those 0:15:16.880 --> 0:15:19.680 old negative, discouraging thoughts come, you got to learn to 0:15:19.720 --> 0:15:22.520 turn it around. Get your list out, go over it. 0:15:22.600 --> 0:15:26.200 I'm alive, I'm healthy, I've got a wife, I've got children, 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:28.440 I've got so many good things. See, you got to 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:32.360 fan your flame, keep your mind going in the right direction. Now, 0:15:32.360 --> 0:15:35.320 I would encourage you put that list up on your 0:15:35.320 --> 0:15:38.400 bathroom mirror or somewhere you can see it all through 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:41.160 the day, again and again. That'll help you to stay 0:15:41.160 --> 0:15:44.360 excited about your life. Now, another thing that's important to 0:15:44.440 --> 0:15:47.960 keep in front of us is our goals. Some people 0:15:48.080 --> 0:15:51.040 have lost their passion for life simply because they're not 0:15:51.160 --> 0:15:56.160 pursuing anything. But understand, God created us to always be 0:15:56.320 --> 0:16:00.640 reaching for something. You need something to be striving toward. 0:16:01.200 --> 0:16:03.560 If you get up in the morning with no motivation, 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:08.520 no dreams, no goals, then you're certainly going to become stagnant. 0:16:09.120 --> 0:16:11.680 It may be a goal to finish school, or to 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:14.920 be a better parent, or to increase in your career. 0:16:15.320 --> 0:16:18.200 But we should always have something in front of us. 0:16:18.600 --> 0:16:21.600 We should always be growing, and really we never arrive. 0:16:22.280 --> 0:16:25.280 Even after we accomplish one goal, we should immediately set 0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:28.360 another goal. And the whole reason some of you are 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:31.280 not enthusiastic about your life is you don't have anything 0:16:31.320 --> 0:16:33.760 in front of you, and it may be because you 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:36.400 don't feel well, or you're having a problem in your 0:16:36.400 --> 0:16:40.200 marriage or your finances, but please don't let those things 0:16:40.400 --> 0:16:43.000 keep you from dreaming a dream. If you're not healthy, 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:46.080 have a dream to get healthy. If you're in debt, 0:16:46.320 --> 0:16:48.160 have a dreamy I'm going to get out of debt 0:16:48.320 --> 0:16:50.480 and then get up each day knowing that you're pressing 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:54.000 towards something. Well, you say, Joel, I'm retired. I'm just 0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:56.800 kicked back, taking it easy. No, even you need to 0:16:56.840 --> 0:16:59.000 have something in front of you. What I'm saying is 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:02.440 it is not healthy to not have something to pursue 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:06.439 every day. I'll never forget. Years ago, my father and 0:17:06.480 --> 0:17:11.080 I met Jacques Cousteau. He was that famous underwater explorer 0:17:11.119 --> 0:17:13.960 and he did all that research on life under the sea. 0:17:14.520 --> 0:17:16.080 Daddy and I were on a flight down to the 0:17:16.119 --> 0:17:19.200 Amazon Jungle. Mister Cousteau was on there, and we got 0:17:19.240 --> 0:17:22.119 to talk him. He was an older gentleman at that time, 0:17:22.280 --> 0:17:25.480 probably in his early eighties, and what made such an 0:17:25.520 --> 0:17:29.560 impression on me was how passionate he was about his life. 0:17:29.960 --> 0:17:32.439 He got to telling us about this new project he 0:17:32.560 --> 0:17:35.520 was working on. He explained it in great detail, went 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:38.639 on and on, and just as we were about to leave, 0:17:39.000 --> 0:17:42.560 he told us about his ten year plan and all 0:17:42.640 --> 0:17:45.520 that he had hoped to accomplish. I thought, men, most people, 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:48.080 especially his age, they're not thinking a week or two 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:51.600 out here. He's thinking ten years down the road. And 0:17:51.680 --> 0:17:54.080 really that's one of the things that helps us to 0:17:54.119 --> 0:17:57.800 get up each day with enthusiasm. You may not have 0:17:57.880 --> 0:18:00.840 something that exciting, but God has put some in your heart. 0:18:01.480 --> 0:18:04.120 And if your assignment right now is to raise your children, 0:18:04.359 --> 0:18:08.160 do it with passion, do it with enthusiasm. And maybe 0:18:08.200 --> 0:18:11.240 you have a dream to start a business, a dream 0:18:11.280 --> 0:18:13.040 to own your own home, a dream to be in 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:16.320 the ministry. Keep it in front of you. The Scripture 0:18:16.359 --> 0:18:19.960 says in Proverbs, where there's no vision, the people perish. 0:18:20.359 --> 0:18:23.520 We need something to always be striving toward. I think 0:18:23.560 --> 0:18:27.240 about my dad. He kept a globe everywhere he worked. 0:18:27.840 --> 0:18:29.960 At his chair at home where he studied, he had 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:32.520 one there on his desk. At the office, he had 0:18:32.560 --> 0:18:36.360 a globe there. Daddy's passion was to share God's love 0:18:36.520 --> 0:18:39.800 all over the world, and that globe reminded him of that. 0:18:40.680 --> 0:18:43.280 And even later in my father's life. When he had 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:46.679 to go on dialysis, he asked us to check to 0:18:46.680 --> 0:18:49.760 see if they could do dialysis over in India. That's 0:18:49.760 --> 0:18:53.040 where his heart was. And although Daddy never made it 0:18:53.080 --> 0:18:56.680 back to India once he started dialysis, noticed that didn't 0:18:56.760 --> 0:18:59.560 keep him from dreaming. In fact, that was one of 0:18:59.560 --> 0:19:02.000 the very things that helped him to get up every 0:19:02.040 --> 0:19:06.199 day with enthusiasm in spite of his adversity. Some of 0:19:06.200 --> 0:19:08.600 you today, like my father, You've got big challenges in 0:19:08.640 --> 0:19:11.800 your path, but don't fall into that trap of giving 0:19:11.880 --> 0:19:14.359 up on your dreams. Keep something in front of you. 0:19:14.840 --> 0:19:17.960 God still has something for you to do. And if 0:19:18.000 --> 0:19:20.679 you make the mistake of dwelling on the wrong things 0:19:20.720 --> 0:19:23.879 and letting your mind wander, before long you'll be planning 0:19:24.000 --> 0:19:27.200 your own funeral. And that's exactly what the enemy wants 0:19:27.200 --> 0:19:30.359 you to do. Now, I'm challenging you, no matter what 0:19:30.400 --> 0:19:33.680 it looks like in the natural, keep your dreams alive. 0:19:34.320 --> 0:19:37.080 You may be a mother raising small children and you're 0:19:37.119 --> 0:19:39.960 facing serious illness. You need to keep a picture of 0:19:40.000 --> 0:19:42.119 your children in front of you. You should get up 0:19:42.119 --> 0:19:43.840 every day and say I'm going to be here to 0:19:43.920 --> 0:19:46.480 raise my children. I'm going to live and not die. 0:19:46.920 --> 0:19:49.520 Or maybe you're struggling financially, but you have a dream 0:19:49.560 --> 0:19:52.159 of owning your own home. Well, I challenge you to 0:19:52.240 --> 0:19:55.240 keep that dream alive. Put a picture up of the 0:19:55.240 --> 0:19:57.520 home you would like to have, keep it in front 0:19:57.560 --> 0:20:02.119 of you. You need something to be st war. Another 0:20:02.160 --> 0:20:05.359 reason we tend to lose our enthusiasm is because we 0:20:05.480 --> 0:20:09.920 let what once was a miracle become too common to us. 0:20:10.320 --> 0:20:13.520 We get used to it, it becomes routine and it 0:20:13.560 --> 0:20:18.000 doesn't excite us anymore. For instance, maybe at one time 0:20:18.119 --> 0:20:22.000 you were excited about your job. You prayed and believed, 0:20:22.040 --> 0:20:25.760 and you know, God opened up that door. God supernaturally 0:20:25.760 --> 0:20:28.560 gave you that position. You couldn't wait to get to 0:20:28.600 --> 0:20:30.879 work every morning. You got there and gave it one 0:20:30.960 --> 0:20:35.280 hundred percent. But now a few years later, the newness 0:20:35.280 --> 0:20:38.199 has worn off. It's become kind of routine, and you 0:20:38.240 --> 0:20:40.520 don't really like going to work anymore, and you're kind 0:20:40.560 --> 0:20:44.080 of down and discouraged. You know what's happened. You've let 0:20:44.160 --> 0:20:47.600 your miracle become too common. You need to go back 0:20:47.640 --> 0:20:50.520 and remember how God brought you to where you are. 0:20:50.800 --> 0:20:53.920 You need to fan your flame. And I'm not saying 0:20:53.920 --> 0:20:56.160 that we never want to move on. But too many 0:20:56.200 --> 0:20:59.200 times we are taking things for granted that we should 0:20:59.200 --> 0:21:02.400 still be excited. It about I know a friend of mine. 0:21:02.600 --> 0:21:06.600 One time he complained and complained about his job. He 0:21:06.720 --> 0:21:09.160 told me how they weren't treating him right, he wasn't 0:21:09.160 --> 0:21:12.399 being paid enough money, he couldn't stand his boss. On 0:21:12.720 --> 0:21:16.080 and on it went, and one day, the most interesting 0:21:16.240 --> 0:21:19.359 thing happened. The company announced that they were going to 0:21:19.440 --> 0:21:23.000 downsize and lay off about half of the employees. And 0:21:23.080 --> 0:21:25.120 it looked like he was going to get laid off, 0:21:25.680 --> 0:21:27.480 and do you know, all of a sudden, he really 0:21:27.520 --> 0:21:31.480 started liking his job. It's amazing how that can change us. 0:21:32.080 --> 0:21:35.679 And fortunately, right at the last they decided to keep him. 0:21:35.800 --> 0:21:37.720 And you would have thought he just won the lottery. 0:21:38.119 --> 0:21:39.879 He wanted to go in there and kiss his boss 0:21:39.880 --> 0:21:42.800 on the cheek. And it's interesting how things like that 0:21:42.840 --> 0:21:45.840 can change our perspective. And you may be a little 0:21:45.880 --> 0:21:48.639 more excited about your job if you could just realize 0:21:48.880 --> 0:21:52.080 you may not always have it. Or maybe you would 0:21:52.119 --> 0:21:55.400 be more excited about that person that you married, if 0:21:55.440 --> 0:21:58.879 you just realize they may not always be here. And 0:21:58.960 --> 0:22:01.720 some of you have allowed your marriage to get stale 0:22:01.840 --> 0:22:05.639 and stagnant. At one time, you were so excited you 0:22:05.680 --> 0:22:08.880 couldn't keep your eyes off that other person. But now 0:22:09.320 --> 0:22:13.000 over the years, you've allowed yourselves to grow apart. You 0:22:13.040 --> 0:22:16.199 don't enjoy each other like you should. You don't have 0:22:16.240 --> 0:22:19.960 time for hugs and kisses and compliments, too busy to 0:22:20.000 --> 0:22:23.800 talk at night, might miss your favorite TV program. No, 0:22:23.920 --> 0:22:26.800 don't take that other person for granted. You need to 0:22:26.800 --> 0:22:29.359 get the spark back that brought you together in the 0:22:29.359 --> 0:22:32.720 first place. And I found you're going to get out 0:22:32.760 --> 0:22:35.639 of your marriage what you put into it. You cannot 0:22:35.680 --> 0:22:38.160 sit around and wait for that other person to change. 0:22:38.359 --> 0:22:42.080 You have to change. Bring some freshness to your marriage. 0:22:42.920 --> 0:22:47.360 Get out of your normal routine, do something different. Variety 0:22:47.520 --> 0:22:50.959 will help that relationship to not get stale. And I 0:22:51.040 --> 0:22:53.720 know I'm a very routine person and I have to 0:22:53.760 --> 0:22:56.840 make myself on purpose get out of my normal routine. 0:22:57.520 --> 0:22:59.920 Victoria and I have a date night every Friday night. 0:23:00.320 --> 0:23:02.879 We usually go out to eat, but a couple weeks 0:23:02.880 --> 0:23:05.200 ago we went and rode go carts. Thank god, I'm 0:23:05.240 --> 0:23:08.760 still alive. A few weeks back, we took our bikes 0:23:08.760 --> 0:23:10.919 down to the park and just rode them around. But 0:23:11.000 --> 0:23:13.639 you got to do something to bring some freshness and 0:23:13.720 --> 0:23:16.080 some of you. If you don't make these simple changes, 0:23:16.440 --> 0:23:19.520 that relationship is not going to last. You need to 0:23:19.560 --> 0:23:22.760 get that fire back for each other. Don't lose that 0:23:23.040 --> 0:23:27.280 enthusiasm for the other person. Don't let that miracle that 0:23:27.400 --> 0:23:30.760 person God has brought into your life become so common 0:23:31.080 --> 0:23:32.960 that you just take it for granted and they don't 0:23:33.000 --> 0:23:36.240 excite you anymore. Or I don't know. Maybe at one 0:23:36.240 --> 0:23:39.240 time you were excited about that house God's given you. 0:23:39.240 --> 0:23:41.679 You prayed, you believe, and you know God opened up 0:23:41.720 --> 0:23:44.200 the door. But now you think, man, I gotta clean 0:23:44.240 --> 0:23:47.680 this place, and my gutter's messed up, my dishwasher quit working. 0:23:47.840 --> 0:23:50.439 Taxes are so high. No, you were focused on the 0:23:50.480 --> 0:23:53.760 wrong things. God blessed you with that house, no doubt. 0:23:53.800 --> 0:23:57.040 At one time it was a dream come true. And 0:23:57.119 --> 0:24:00.160 we should never lose the amazement of what God God 0:24:00.200 --> 0:24:03.879 has done. Every time I drive by this building, I'm amazed. 0:24:04.480 --> 0:24:07.040 I made up my mind. Twenty years from now, I'm 0:24:07.080 --> 0:24:09.280 still going to be amazed. I say, God, You've done 0:24:09.320 --> 0:24:13.480 more than we could even ask or think. See God 0:24:13.600 --> 0:24:16.359 told the people in the Book of Revelation, I'm not 0:24:16.480 --> 0:24:21.080 happy with you because you've lost your first love. In 0:24:21.119 --> 0:24:24.000 other words, you're not excited about what I've done for you. 0:24:24.640 --> 0:24:27.280 And too often we do the same thing. We let 0:24:27.359 --> 0:24:30.679 something that was so great at one time become so 0:24:30.920 --> 0:24:33.600 routine that we really don't appreciate it like we should. 0:24:34.440 --> 0:24:37.880 I heard this reporter ask a famous heart surgeon how 0:24:37.880 --> 0:24:42.240 he kept his excitement. This man had developed a certain procedure, 0:24:42.480 --> 0:24:45.560 and he had performed it over ten thousand times, and 0:24:45.640 --> 0:24:49.200 by now it was so routine and so ordinary. They said, 0:24:49.200 --> 0:24:51.359 do you ever get tired of doing it? And I 0:24:51.400 --> 0:24:55.000 loved his answer. He said, no, it's because I act 0:24:55.119 --> 0:24:59.359 like every operation is my very first one. He was saying, 0:24:59.359 --> 0:25:02.000 I don't take granted what God's allowed me to do. 0:25:02.359 --> 0:25:04.800 I don't let it become so common that it doesn't 0:25:04.800 --> 0:25:08.280 excite me anymore. And many of you today, like me. 0:25:08.880 --> 0:25:11.440 You can say that God's done great things in your life. 0:25:11.840 --> 0:25:14.800 He's taken you further than you could dream. He's brought 0:25:14.840 --> 0:25:17.840 great people into your life. He's opened up great doors. 0:25:18.640 --> 0:25:22.720 And I'm challenging you to not get so used to 0:25:22.840 --> 0:25:26.359 that that it doesn't excite you anymore. Don't let the 0:25:26.359 --> 0:25:30.119 fact that it's now routine keep you from being passionate 0:25:30.480 --> 0:25:34.479 and living every day with enthusiasm. Now, sometimes I hear 0:25:34.520 --> 0:25:39.000 people complain about their children. Well, I'd be more enthusiastic, Joel, 0:25:39.200 --> 0:25:41.200 if I didn't have to stay here and take care 0:25:41.200 --> 0:25:44.000 of my children all day, I'd be excited if I 0:25:44.080 --> 0:25:46.879 was a famous heart surgeon. I know you're missing the point. 0:25:47.480 --> 0:25:51.000 Do you know your children are a miracle? Think back 0:25:51.040 --> 0:25:53.080 to the day they were born, No doubt you had 0:25:53.080 --> 0:25:56.119 tears running down in your cheeks. You were so overjoyed. 0:25:56.680 --> 0:25:59.760 You knew that was a gift from God. Don't let 0:25:59.840 --> 0:26:02.240 that becomes so calmon that you just take it for 0:26:02.280 --> 0:26:05.520 granted and it doesn't excite you. I know the other day, 0:26:05.800 --> 0:26:07.320 I was in a hurry to leave the house, and 0:26:07.320 --> 0:26:10.440 I was trying to get everybody rounded up, and somebody 0:26:10.480 --> 0:26:13.199 had given us a label maker, a little machine that 0:26:13.240 --> 0:26:16.080 prints out labels, and my children loved to play with that. 0:26:16.640 --> 0:26:18.560 And our ten year old son, Jonathan, he had it 0:26:18.600 --> 0:26:21.080 out and he was typing a message, and I said, Jonathan, 0:26:21.080 --> 0:26:22.520 you got to put that thing away. We got to 0:26:22.560 --> 0:26:24.600 go right now. He said, Daddy, just give me a 0:26:24.600 --> 0:26:27.120 few more seconds. I want to finish this up. I said, no, Jonathan, 0:26:27.359 --> 0:26:28.960 put it up, we got to go, and we're kind 0:26:28.960 --> 0:26:30.520 of going back and forth, and I was getting all 0:26:30.600 --> 0:26:33.320 up tight. Finally he got finished and printed it out 0:26:33.720 --> 0:26:38.080 and it said best Daddy in the world. And I thought, 0:26:38.080 --> 0:26:39.520 we can stay here a little longer and print a 0:26:39.520 --> 0:26:44.720 few more of those out. But sometimes we can get 0:26:44.760 --> 0:26:47.639 so caught up in our plans, and in such a hurry, 0:26:48.080 --> 0:26:51.359 we missed the miracles all along the way. Take time 0:26:51.400 --> 0:26:54.280 for your children. Look in their eyes every day and 0:26:54.560 --> 0:26:57.320 tell them how much you love them, how proud you 0:26:57.400 --> 0:26:59.919 are of them. Think of the joy and the fullfill 0:27:00.320 --> 0:27:03.080 they bring you. That alan should be enough to cause 0:27:03.160 --> 0:27:06.280 us to get up each day with enthusiasm. And when 0:27:06.320 --> 0:27:09.440 you're tired, you're cleaning up after them, cooking them dinner. 0:27:09.440 --> 0:27:11.639 And you attempted to have a bad attitude, Learn to 0:27:11.640 --> 0:27:14.680 turn it around. Say Father, thank you for these children, 0:27:14.960 --> 0:27:18.120 Thank you for this gift that you've given me. See, 0:27:18.200 --> 0:27:21.840 I believe there are miracles all around us, the people 0:27:21.920 --> 0:27:25.560 in your life, the doors God has opened. Every one 0:27:25.600 --> 0:27:28.080 of you can look back and see things that have 0:27:28.160 --> 0:27:30.879 happened along the way. And it had to be the 0:27:30.960 --> 0:27:34.280 hand of God. It had to be God's favor that 0:27:34.400 --> 0:27:36.320 caused you to be at the right place at the 0:27:36.400 --> 0:27:39.000 right time. All of a sudden, you met someone and 0:27:39.040 --> 0:27:41.960 fell in love. Are you qualified for that home and 0:27:42.000 --> 0:27:46.080 you shouldn't have Or you got that promotion unexpectedly, that's 0:27:46.160 --> 0:27:50.240 not a coincidence. That was God directing your steps. Don't 0:27:50.240 --> 0:27:53.960 take it for granted. Don't let it becomes so common 0:27:55.080 --> 0:27:59.600 that it doesn't excite you anymore. Fan your flame, stir 0:27:59.720 --> 0:28:02.840 your elf up. Make a decision that you're going to 0:28:02.920 --> 0:28:06.359 live every day with enthusiasm. Get up in the morning 0:28:06.680 --> 0:28:08.679 and think about all the things you have to be 0:28:08.760 --> 0:28:12.800 grateful for. If you need to make that list, keep 0:28:12.840 --> 0:28:14.760 it in front of you, and then go out each 0:28:14.840 --> 0:28:18.320 day pressing towards your God given dreams. 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