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Controlling Your Moods

Joel Osteen
November 25, 2021 31m 10s

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If you want to reach your highest potential, you have to learn to manage your emotions. Your purpose is too great to let a temporary feeling keep you from your destiny.  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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Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 0:01:31.240 --> 0:01:33.920 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:36.720 our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:39.240 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:01:39.280 --> 0:01:40.759 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:01:41.160 --> 0:01:43.800 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:55.360 your life. Oh God, bless you. 0:01:55.880 --> 0:01:58.360 It is always our joy to come into your homes. 0:01:58.840 --> 0:01:59.480 We love you. 0:02:00.000 --> 0:02:02.200 We know God has good things in store for you 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:05.960 when you obey God's word. The Bible says his blessings 0:02:06.000 --> 0:02:08.480 will chase you down and overtake you. That's what we're 0:02:08.520 --> 0:02:10.480 believing for in each of your lives. But thanks for 0:02:10.560 --> 0:02:13.200 tuning in. If you're ever in our area, come out 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:14.639 and see us. We'd love to have you be a 0:02:14.720 --> 0:02:17.280 part of one of our services. I like to get 0:02:17.320 --> 0:02:19.520 started with something kind of funny in I heard about 0:02:19.560 --> 0:02:22.480 this mother. She had two young boys that were known 0:02:22.600 --> 0:02:26.120 for their bad behavior. Any time trouble happened, they were 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:28.520 sure to be a part of it. So she decided 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:30.160 to send them one at a time to. 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:31.120 See their pastor. 0:02:31.720 --> 0:02:34.680 The pastor said to the first young boy, where is God? 0:02:35.320 --> 0:02:38.680 He just sat there silently. He asked again, where is God? 0:02:39.200 --> 0:02:42.280 Still no reply. The third time he asked, the young 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:45.120 boy bolted out the door, ran and found his brother 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:47.240 and said, God is missing, and. 0:02:47.320 --> 0:02:51.960 They think we did it all right, Hold of your bibles. 0:02:52.360 --> 0:02:55.520 Say it like you mean it. Ready, This is my Bible. 0:02:55.960 --> 0:02:56.920 I am what it says. 0:02:57.000 --> 0:03:00.160 I am. I have what it says I have. I 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:03.079 can do what it says I can do. Today I 0:03:03.160 --> 0:03:06.639 will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 0:03:07.240 --> 0:03:11.200 My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:15.280 never be the same In Jesus' name, God bless you. 0:03:16.200 --> 0:03:19.079 I want to talk to you today about controlling your 0:03:19.200 --> 0:03:22.480 moods and how important it is that we not just 0:03:22.639 --> 0:03:25.959 live by our feelings. If there's one thing that we 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:31.040 should all strive for, its stability, its consistency being the 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:34.239 same day in and day out. And the fact is 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:38.320 we all have emotions, we all have feelings. The good 0:03:38.400 --> 0:03:40.800 news is we don't have to get on board with 0:03:40.920 --> 0:03:44.720 those feelings. We need to learn to manage our emotions 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:48.280 and not let them control us. Because too many people 0:03:48.360 --> 0:03:52.040 today they just live by whatever they feel. If they 0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:54.600 wake up in the morning and they don't feel excited, 0:03:55.080 --> 0:03:58.280 they feel down and discouraged. They just give in and 0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:01.360 go through the day with the blows in a sour mood. 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:05.640 They live life on that roller coaster, up when their 0:04:05.680 --> 0:04:09.280 circumstances are up, and down when they're down. And I 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:12.280 can't think of anything much worse than living with a 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:13.200 moody person. 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:15.880 You never know what they're going to be like. They 0:04:15.960 --> 0:04:16.760 may be happy on. 0:04:16.880 --> 0:04:20.599 Sunday and depressed on Monday. They're fun to be around 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:22.960 on Tuesday, but on Wednesday. 0:04:22.560 --> 0:04:25.000 You better watch out. You barely look at them wrong, 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:29.600 they'll jump down your throat. There's no stability. What's the problem. 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:33.200 They're being ruled by their emotions. That's a very. 0:04:33.279 --> 0:04:37.160 Immature way to live. I call that surface living. We 0:04:37.360 --> 0:04:40.320 just give in to whatever we feel. But if we're 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:43.080 going to experience God's best, we've better learn to go 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:46.080 deeper than that. And one of our main goals should 0:04:46.160 --> 0:04:50.920 be stability. That means we're the same day in and 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:53.640 day out. We have a good attitude when we get 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:56.520 our way, and when we don't get our way, we 0:04:56.680 --> 0:04:59.200 have a smile on our face when it's sunny and 0:04:59.360 --> 0:04:59.920 when it's rain. 0:05:00.520 --> 0:05:02.560 We're stable, we're consistent. 0:05:02.839 --> 0:05:04.840 And if you're a moody person, if I can be 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:08.400 very honest with you, that's a very selfish way to live. 0:05:09.200 --> 0:05:11.960 Being moody is not fair to the people you're in 0:05:12.080 --> 0:05:15.720 relationship with. It's not fair to your spouse. Yeah, I 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:20.560 got an amen over here. It's not fair to your children, 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:25.080 to your employees. Understand, it's very difficult to live with 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:27.880 a moody person. And if you're all over the board, 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:30.920 up one day and down the next, and people have 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:33.560 to guess what you're going to be like and live 0:05:33.640 --> 0:05:36.960 on pins and needles around you, I say this respectfully, 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:40.200 but you have got to come up higher. If you 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:43.960 don't make these changes and become more stable over time, 0:05:44.240 --> 0:05:47.560 it will cost you in your relationships, and it will 0:05:47.640 --> 0:05:50.920 cost you in opportunities that come across your path. I 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:54.000 remember one time years ago, I invited a very good 0:05:54.040 --> 0:05:56.520 friend of mine to come to town and meet with 0:05:56.640 --> 0:05:59.760 this man that I've known for probably more than twenty years. 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:03.960 He's a very nice man, extremely talented, kind and generous. 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:06.279 But the problem is he's moody. 0:06:06.880 --> 0:06:09.240 He grew up in a home where the parents were 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:12.960 up and down, depressed one week, find the next week 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:16.120 no stability, and you never really knew what this man 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:19.000 was going to be like. And so my friend flew in. 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:21.920 They were going to meet about this business venture. It 0:06:21.960 --> 0:06:24.240 would have been a perfect fit for both of them. 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:27.400 But a couple of days after the meeting, my friend 0:06:27.520 --> 0:06:30.400 called and he said, Joel, I don't know what you 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:32.920 told that man about me, but he didn't like me. 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:36.800 Seemed like he was mad at the world. He was unfriendly, unkind. 0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:40.000 So I just packed up and politely left and came 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:42.120 back home, And of course I apologized. 0:06:42.160 --> 0:06:45.480 I said, I'm sorry. He's just a very moody person. 0:06:46.160 --> 0:06:47.279 And that's what happens. 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:50.720 When we live according to our feelings, we will miss 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:52.720 out on God given opportunities. 0:06:53.160 --> 0:06:56.160 Doors will close for us that should have been opened. 0:06:56.839 --> 0:07:00.000 I know even with our employees, we only hire peace 0:07:00.000 --> 0:07:04.520 people that are consistent, people that have a good attitude, because, 0:07:04.560 --> 0:07:07.240 let me tell you, life is too short to have 0:07:07.400 --> 0:07:11.160 to drag somebody off the floor every other day. Life 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:14.800 is too short to deal with sour attitudes and somebody's 0:07:14.920 --> 0:07:17.960 unfriendly and oh, don't mess with him today. 0:07:18.040 --> 0:07:19.240 Man, he's in a bad mood. 0:07:19.640 --> 0:07:22.040 Now, that's going to keep you from being all God's 0:07:22.080 --> 0:07:24.720 created you to be. You've got to shake that junk 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:28.120 off and make a decision to start being more stable, 0:07:28.880 --> 0:07:30.920 and don't use the excuse that you can't do it. 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:34.120 You can do whatever you really want to do. Your 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:36.920 will is stronger than your emotions and you. 0:07:37.000 --> 0:07:37.960 May not feel like it. 0:07:38.760 --> 0:07:42.120 But if you will rule over that negative feeling anyway, 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:45.320 the more you do it, the easier it will become. 0:07:46.080 --> 0:07:48.360 But I see too many people today like that. 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:48.760 Man. 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:52.400 They've developed a habit of being moody, and they've done 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:54.560 it for so long now they just get up in 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:57.200 the morning and wait to see what do I feel 0:07:57.280 --> 0:08:00.680 like today? Wonder what this day is going to be. No, 0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:04.000 you've got to quit asking yourself and start telling yourself, 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:06.920 this is gonna be a good day. I'm gonna enjoy 0:08:07.040 --> 0:08:09.920 this day. I'm gonna be friendly, I'm gonna be a 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:13.920 blessing to somebody else. We can decide what kind of 0:08:14.000 --> 0:08:16.400 day we're gonna have. And some of you know you're 0:08:16.480 --> 0:08:19.800 way too moody. If you don't make these changes, it's 0:08:19.880 --> 0:08:22.720 not only gonna hurt you in your relationships, but it's 0:08:22.760 --> 0:08:26.640 gonna keep God from bringing promotion and increase into your life. 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:29.320 Now I'm asking us all to make it a goal 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:34.280 to become even more stable. A stable person is not 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:38.000 hard to get along with. A stable person doesn't take 0:08:38.040 --> 0:08:42.120 out his problems on somebody else. A stable person doesn't 0:08:42.160 --> 0:08:45.480 come home from work all upset and stressed out to 0:08:45.559 --> 0:08:48.360 where they can't relate with the family and nobody wants 0:08:48.400 --> 0:08:52.480 to be around them. Now take responsibility quite allowing that 0:08:52.720 --> 0:08:56.320 sour mood to poison the rest of your family members. Now, 0:08:56.400 --> 0:08:58.439 even if you don't stay in a good mood and 0:08:58.559 --> 0:09:01.800 discipline these negative emotions for yourself, you should do it 0:09:01.920 --> 0:09:05.000 for your family's sake, because whether we realize it or not, 0:09:05.480 --> 0:09:08.640 our attitudes rub off on the people around us. 0:09:09.160 --> 0:09:10.760 And I know I'm preaching to myself. 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:14.400 There are times when I feel myself getting upset and stressed, 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:17.719 and if I don't catch myself and say, hey, no, 0:09:18.040 --> 0:09:19.200 I don't have to live this way. 0:09:19.520 --> 0:09:21.240 I don't have to carry this burden. I need to 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:22.800 let it go and enjoy my life. 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:25.719 If I don't make those adjustments, I can see it 0:09:25.840 --> 0:09:30.079 affecting our whole household. We've been teaching this to our children. Hey, 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:32.400 don't bring a bad attitude home from school. 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:33.120 Leave it there. 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:36.680 Maybe somebody did you wrong at the office. We'll check 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:39.880 it at the door before you leave. Husbands, wives, don't 0:09:39.880 --> 0:09:42.600 come home and take out all your aggravation on your spouse. 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:46.640 Do your part to keep a peaceful atmosphere in your home. 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:49.679 Really, when you get home, your family should be happy 0:09:49.760 --> 0:09:52.679 to see you, not Oh no, dad's home. Wonder what 0:09:52.760 --> 0:09:55.520 he's going to be like. Oh no, here comes mom. 0:09:55.600 --> 0:09:59.400 We better watch out now, be stable, be consistent, and 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:02.480 we laugh. But we've all had times where somebody walked 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:05.120 into the room and you could feel the tension they 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:07.679 brought it with them. Don't live your life like that. 0:10:08.440 --> 0:10:11.640 Be disciplined in what you think about. Don't go around 0:10:11.720 --> 0:10:14.480 dwelling on your problems and what didn't work out and 0:10:14.559 --> 0:10:15.160 who hurt you. 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:18.599 The fact is every one of us has problems. 0:10:18.960 --> 0:10:21.480 We all have negative things, and if we don't learn 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:23.960 to shake it all, it's not only going to drag 0:10:24.120 --> 0:10:26.960 us down, it drags the people around us down. 0:10:27.880 --> 0:10:28.839 I heard about this man. 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:31.920 He invited his friend to come over and eat dinner 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:34.559 with he and his family after work. They were in 0:10:34.679 --> 0:10:37.400 the construction business together, and they had had a very 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:41.640 long tough day. Their equipment hadn't worked right, and this 0:10:41.880 --> 0:10:44.440 man had pulled up too far at the job site 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:47.800 and ran over some nails and ruined two of his tires. 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:50.120 It's just one of those days. Nothing had gone right, 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:52.839 And as they were driving back to his house, the 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:56.040 man just sat there silently. His friend knew that he 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:59.240 had had enough that he was really frustrated. But when 0:10:59.240 --> 0:11:02.760 he got home, he did something rather unusual. By his 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:06.319 back door, there was this small tree, and before he 0:11:06.400 --> 0:11:09.839 went inside, he stopped and he rubbed both hands on 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:13.120 those tree leaves. When he went in the door, the 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:16.600 friend said, the most amazing transformation took place. 0:11:17.200 --> 0:11:18.959 The man had a smile on his face. 0:11:19.600 --> 0:11:21.480 His little kids ran up and he hugged them and 0:11:21.559 --> 0:11:24.160 swung them around, went over and he kissed his wife, 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:25.720 and he couldn't. 0:11:25.400 --> 0:11:28.480 Believe the change. This friend was just amazed. 0:11:28.960 --> 0:11:30.720 A little later, he got him aside and he said, 0:11:30.960 --> 0:11:33.719 I don't mean to be nosy, but what was it 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:36.440 about that tree that puts you in such a good mood. 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:39.720 The man kind of laughed, and he said, Oh, that's 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:43.600 what I call my trouble tree. I know I can't 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:47.520 avoid having troubles and difficulties during the day, but one 0:11:47.640 --> 0:11:51.680 thing for sure, I know those troubles don't belong inside 0:11:51.760 --> 0:11:54.960 my home. And so every evening when I get home, 0:11:55.480 --> 0:11:58.959 I just symbolically hang my troubles up on that tree, 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:01.160 and I trust God to take care of them. 0:12:01.679 --> 0:12:02.040 He said. 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:05.640 The most amazing thing always happens the next morning when 0:12:05.679 --> 0:12:08.439 I come out. There are never as many troubles as 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:11.040 I had the night before. Now I was thinking that 0:12:12.400 --> 0:12:15.920 really it would do us all good to have one 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:18.959 of those trees. You had a tough day at the office, 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:22.360 somebody didn't treat you right. God, stuck in traffic, don't 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:25.679 take it inside. Leave it on your tree, and husband's 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:29.120 your wife is not your tree. Leave it outside the home. 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:33.359 Well, you say, Joel, I've got a lot of problems. 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:35.600 I've got a lot of difficulties. That's why I'm kind 0:12:35.600 --> 0:12:37.120 of moody, That's why I get down. 0:12:37.840 --> 0:12:40.719 No, this deeper life means that we do what's right 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:43.760 in spite of how we feel. You may not feel 0:12:43.840 --> 0:12:46.800 like smiling, but if you want to rise above that emotion, 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:50.160 you've got to learn to smile by faith. You may 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:52.760 not feel like being friendly one day, but you've got 0:12:52.840 --> 0:12:56.679 to discipline yourself and be friendly by faith, and then 0:12:56.800 --> 0:13:00.360 the feelings will begin to change. I found that God 0:13:00.480 --> 0:13:03.800 works from the inside out, but he expects us to 0:13:03.920 --> 0:13:08.040 work from the outside inn. For instance, we have to 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:11.080 put a smile on our face first, then the joy 0:13:11.160 --> 0:13:13.760 will come. We have to be kind and good to 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:16.720 people first, then they'll be good to us. You may 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:18.640 be thinking joy, I just don't feel like being in. 0:13:18.679 --> 0:13:19.280 A good mood. 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:23.520 I've got problems. I've got difficulties. I feel like complaining. 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:26.120 I feel like having a pity party. Let me tell you, 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:28.440 you got to shake yourself out of that junk. It'll 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:31.319 keep you right where you are your attitude should be. 0:13:31.760 --> 0:13:34.480 I know God is bigger than anything that I'm facing. 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:38.040 I know this problem is not permanent. Didn't come to stay, 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:40.880 it came to pass. I'm gonna enjoy my life in 0:13:40.920 --> 0:13:44.840 the meantime. I'm going to be steady, immovable, full of joy. 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:48.760 That's the deeper life, living by what you know, not 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:51.480 by what you feel. Now, I love what the scripture 0:13:51.520 --> 0:13:55.520 says here in Jeremiah seventeen, verse seven, Blessed is the 0:13:55.679 --> 0:14:01.120 man who makes the Lord his hope and confidence. Translation says, 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:06.280 blessed is the man who is steadfast and immovable. He 0:14:06.400 --> 0:14:09.400 will be like a tree planted by the river banks, 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:13.360 with its roots reaching deep down into the water. It's 0:14:13.400 --> 0:14:16.600 a tree not bothered by the heat, nor worried by 0:14:16.720 --> 0:14:20.680 long months of drought. Its leaves stay green, and it 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:25.000 goes on producing luscious fruit. Notice God is saying here, 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:29.760 if we will just be stable, if we will consistently 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:33.800 stay in faith and consistently have a good attitude, then 0:14:33.960 --> 0:14:37.480 even in our dark times, even in the difficult times, 0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:41.240 it's not going to affect us. Because we are steadfast 0:14:41.400 --> 0:14:44.400 and immovable, we will continue. 0:14:43.960 --> 0:14:46.560 To prosper in spite of our obstacles. 0:14:46.880 --> 0:14:49.920 We will continue to see God's goodness in spite of 0:14:50.040 --> 0:14:51.320 negative circumstances. 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:53.160 But if this is going to happen, we. 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:55.760 Cannot go around complaining, Well, Joe, you don't know. My 0:14:55.920 --> 0:14:59.200 business is so slow, these gas prices. I don't see 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:02.600 how I can make it now. Our God is Jehovah, Jirah, 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:06.360 the Lord, our provider. If you will stay in faith, 0:15:07.400 --> 0:15:10.240 God will cause your money to go further. He'll cause 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:12.800 your car to get better gas mileage. He'll cause you 0:15:12.920 --> 0:15:15.240 to get promoted when other people are being laid off. 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:19.320 It says, in the dry seasons, in the difficult times, 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:21.840 we're not gonna barely get by. We're not gonna have 0:15:21.920 --> 0:15:25.920 some old, dried up, rotten fruit. God says, We'll continue 0:15:26.160 --> 0:15:30.320 to produce luscious fruit. See, when you're consistent, your roots 0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:34.160 go down deep. They're not bothered by your circumstances. When 0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:38.040 you're steadfast and immovable, you will see God's blessings and 0:15:38.200 --> 0:15:40.800 favor in spite of what's going on around you. 0:15:41.320 --> 0:15:43.120 The Bible talks about how we. 0:15:43.160 --> 0:15:46.400 Should live, from faith to faith to faith. It's talking 0:15:46.440 --> 0:15:50.160 about consistency. The problem we have many times we go 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:53.880 from faith to doubt to discouragement, back to faith, to worry, 0:15:53.960 --> 0:15:57.200 to being upset, And it's this roller coastal way of 0:15:57.320 --> 0:16:00.520 living that keeps too many people from their full potential. 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:06.560 Now understand, stability prepares you for promotion. I heard somebody 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:11.680 say your ability will only be released through your stability. 0:16:12.680 --> 0:16:15.760 Every one of you has incredible gifts and talents. You 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:19.200 have so much potential on the inside, but the only 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:21.640 way it's going to be released is when God is 0:16:21.720 --> 0:16:25.400 able to trust you. It'll be released when your character 0:16:25.600 --> 0:16:29.160 is developed. For instance, God is not going to promote 0:16:29.240 --> 0:16:31.560 us if he knows we're going to lose our cool 0:16:31.880 --> 0:16:35.040 and blow up every other day, say things to hurt people, 0:16:35.480 --> 0:16:38.240 go around depressed for three months. Now, that wouldn't be 0:16:38.320 --> 0:16:42.120 a good witness. We have to develop our character first. Now, 0:16:42.200 --> 0:16:44.880 our gifts may be able to take us someplace, but 0:16:45.000 --> 0:16:48.240 it's our character that's going to keep us there. And 0:16:48.360 --> 0:16:53.640 God is looking for steady, consistent, immovable people, not people 0:16:53.720 --> 0:16:55.680 that are on a high for two weeks and then 0:16:55.720 --> 0:16:58.160 they're down in the valley for three months. Now, let's 0:16:58.240 --> 0:17:02.760 learn to stay the same consist instantly happy, consistently grateful, 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:07.680 consistently friendly, consistently in a good mood. I believe that 0:17:08.359 --> 0:17:11.600 consistency is one of the main keys to victory. And 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:14.920 the key to consistency not living by what we feel, 0:17:15.040 --> 0:17:17.840 but living by what we know. I don't even think 0:17:17.960 --> 0:17:20.880 it's a good idea to let yourself get real high, 0:17:21.520 --> 0:17:25.960 real excited, to where you're emotionally at your peak, because 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:28.520 I've found the people that live way up here and 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:31.680 try to live on the mountaintop, they can go equally 0:17:31.840 --> 0:17:34.440 as low, just as high as they go this way, 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:37.600 they go the same amount low. And I'd rather live 0:17:37.720 --> 0:17:41.560 my life consistently happy. And when I say happy, I'm 0:17:41.640 --> 0:17:45.800 talking about a calm delight. I'm at peace, I'm content, 0:17:46.320 --> 0:17:48.920 I know God's in control. I would rather live my 0:17:49.040 --> 0:17:51.760 life that way than up on the mountaintop one day 0:17:51.800 --> 0:17:53.680 because I got good news, then I'm down in the 0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:56.400 valley the next because I got bad news. Let's learn 0:17:56.560 --> 0:17:59.600 to stay right in the middle. I know, even when 0:17:59.680 --> 0:18:02.879 we open up this new facility, the Compact Center, that 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:05.240 was a dream come true, one of the highlights of 0:18:05.320 --> 0:18:05.720 my life. 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:07.280 Victoria will tell you. 0:18:07.680 --> 0:18:10.680 I didn't try to stay way up here, just celebrate 0:18:10.840 --> 0:18:13.159 day after day and live on that mountaintop. 0:18:13.440 --> 0:18:14.840 I just stayed right in the middle. 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:18.200 I'm as happy and content today as the day that 0:18:18.280 --> 0:18:18.800 we opened it. 0:18:19.480 --> 0:18:22.920 I've seen people they live for a vacation. They're happy 0:18:22.960 --> 0:18:23.720 for two weeks and. 0:18:23.800 --> 0:18:26.320 Depressed when they have to come back home, or they 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:29.280 get all excited about it, then they're disappointed because it 0:18:29.359 --> 0:18:32.000 wasn't what they thought it would be. You've probably known 0:18:32.080 --> 0:18:35.680 people they live for the weekend, live for some big event, 0:18:35.880 --> 0:18:38.760 live for a ball game. The problem with that is 0:18:38.800 --> 0:18:41.280 they're up and they're down, in a good mood a 0:18:41.320 --> 0:18:43.920 little while, and in a sour mood most of the time. 0:18:44.600 --> 0:18:47.919 But God wants us to enjoy every day of our lives, 0:18:48.480 --> 0:18:52.800 even the seemingly mundane things. You know, you can enjoy 0:18:52.960 --> 0:18:56.360 your drive to work tomorrow. You can enjoy mowing your lawn, 0:18:56.520 --> 0:18:59.479 you can enjoy going to the grocery store. You are 0:19:00.000 --> 0:19:04.600 pointed to enjoy your everyday life. Quit dreading things, Quit 0:19:04.640 --> 0:19:06.920 getting in a sour mood because you got to clean 0:19:07.000 --> 0:19:09.440 the house tomorrow, or it's time to mow the lawn, 0:19:09.640 --> 0:19:12.159 or you got stuck in traffic. Will change your attitude 0:19:12.560 --> 0:19:15.400 and make a decision to enjoy it and don't make 0:19:15.440 --> 0:19:18.520 that mistake of just living life for the quote Big events. 0:19:19.320 --> 0:19:23.480 Really, today is a big event. You're alive, you're breathing. 0:19:23.720 --> 0:19:27.200 That's a pretty big deal. Do you know? 0:19:27.920 --> 0:19:31.280 On average, one hundred and eighty thousand people are going 0:19:31.359 --> 0:19:34.359 to die tomorrow, and the good news is most likely 0:19:34.640 --> 0:19:35.119 you will not. 0:19:35.240 --> 0:19:35.920 Be one of them. 0:19:36.359 --> 0:19:39.040 So why don't you shake off the discouragement, make a 0:19:39.119 --> 0:19:40.159 decision to enjoy this. 0:19:40.359 --> 0:19:42.400 Day, tomorrow and so forth. 0:19:43.160 --> 0:19:46.280 The Bible talks about in Psalms how God will test 0:19:46.440 --> 0:19:49.280 our emotions. I know some of you have been praying 0:19:49.359 --> 0:19:52.440 and believing for things to change and you're not seeing 0:19:52.480 --> 0:19:55.680 anything happening. And it's easy to get discouraged. It's easy 0:19:55.800 --> 0:19:58.880 to lose our passion. But you need to remind yourself 0:19:59.119 --> 0:20:01.520 that is a test of your faith. It's a test 0:20:01.680 --> 0:20:04.560 of your emotions. God wants to see what. 0:20:04.640 --> 0:20:08.280 Are you gonna do? Are you gonna get negative discouraged? Well, 0:20:08.320 --> 0:20:09.600 I knew it wouldn't work out for me. 0:20:10.520 --> 0:20:12.600 Or are you gonna do what we're talking about and 0:20:12.760 --> 0:20:16.040 just keep standing firm, keep staying in faith, keep expecting 0:20:16.160 --> 0:20:19.360 things to change. Well, Joel, I'm standing firm, but I'm 0:20:19.400 --> 0:20:22.879 really depressed. I'm really discouraged. No, to be standing firm 0:20:23.119 --> 0:20:25.639 means you have a smile on your face when you're 0:20:25.720 --> 0:20:28.200 standing firm no matter what comes against you. 0:20:28.640 --> 0:20:31.240 Nobody can even really tell you're in the middle of 0:20:31.320 --> 0:20:31.760 a trial. 0:20:32.440 --> 0:20:34.320 And if you're in a difficult time, you should not 0:20:34.440 --> 0:20:36.720 be dragging around with a long sour face. 0:20:37.240 --> 0:20:38.760 Oh jol has just got me down? 0:20:39.880 --> 0:20:42.359 Do you know being in a sour mood because of 0:20:42.440 --> 0:20:45.000 your problems doesn't make it better. It makes it worse, 0:20:45.200 --> 0:20:48.760 puts more pressure on you, makes you more miserable. A 0:20:48.840 --> 0:20:52.040 better approach is to say, God, I'm turning this situation 0:20:52.280 --> 0:20:54.840 over to you. I'm not gonna let it still my joy. 0:20:55.240 --> 0:20:57.800 I know you're in control, and at the right time, 0:20:58.320 --> 0:21:00.560 I believe you'll not only turn it around, but you'll 0:21:00.560 --> 0:21:03.280 bring me out better off than I was before. That's 0:21:03.320 --> 0:21:06.040 how we rule over these negative feelings. It's simply a 0:21:06.119 --> 0:21:09.679 decision that we make. Some of you today, you're up 0:21:10.000 --> 0:21:12.720 and you're down. You're hard to get along with, and 0:21:12.800 --> 0:21:16.359 you keep blaming it on your circumstances, or on how 0:21:16.440 --> 0:21:19.600 somebody's treating you, or on how you feel. But I'm 0:21:19.680 --> 0:21:23.119 asking you, with a smile on our face, to stop 0:21:23.200 --> 0:21:28.120 making excuses and start taking responsibility. We all have times 0:21:28.440 --> 0:21:30.760 where we wake up in the morning and we feel 0:21:30.800 --> 0:21:34.120 the blaws, we don't feel very excited. But that's when 0:21:34.160 --> 0:21:36.119 we have to dig our heels in and say, you 0:21:36.240 --> 0:21:39.280 know what, I'm not gonna let these feelings dictate what 0:21:39.440 --> 0:21:39.639 kind of. 0:21:39.720 --> 0:21:42.600 Day I'm gonna have. I'm gonna rule over them and 0:21:42.800 --> 0:21:44.040 choose to be in a good. 0:21:43.960 --> 0:21:47.359 Mood in spite of how I feel. You can choose 0:21:47.520 --> 0:21:50.600 what kind of day you're gonna have. We can choose how. 0:21:50.520 --> 0:21:51.679 We're going to live our lives. 0:21:52.480 --> 0:21:55.480 I know some of you, maybe in the natural you 0:21:55.600 --> 0:21:58.240 have a good reason to be down and discouraged, but 0:21:58.359 --> 0:22:01.280 I'm asking you to not allow yourself to go there. 0:22:01.840 --> 0:22:05.000 When you are stable in spite of what's come against you, 0:22:05.840 --> 0:22:08.159 that's one of the best ways to show God that 0:22:08.240 --> 0:22:11.159 you're trusting him in difficult times. 0:22:11.600 --> 0:22:13.000 Sometimes we think, well, I. 0:22:13.040 --> 0:22:15.760 Need to pray this long and quote this many scriptures, 0:22:16.240 --> 0:22:17.120 and that's all good. 0:22:17.680 --> 0:22:20.720 But do you know when you just stay firm, when 0:22:20.760 --> 0:22:22.200 you don't get upset, when. 0:22:22.080 --> 0:22:24.040 You don't lose your peace, when you have a smile 0:22:24.119 --> 0:22:27.320 on your face, when nobody even knows you're in that trial, 0:22:27.840 --> 0:22:30.600 let me tell you that's your faith at work. You 0:22:30.760 --> 0:22:33.359 are paving the way for God to change things in 0:22:33.440 --> 0:22:34.040 your favor. 0:22:34.800 --> 0:22:38.480 I think about David. He had to fight being moody. 0:22:39.080 --> 0:22:39.240 Here. 0:22:39.320 --> 0:22:44.560 He was the King of Israel, had all kinds of opportunity, power, position, 0:22:44.960 --> 0:22:48.520 he was wealthy, had plenty of money, Yet he still 0:22:48.600 --> 0:22:52.760 got depressed and discouraged. That tells me having to choose 0:22:52.840 --> 0:22:56.200 to stay stable, having to rule over these negative feelings 0:22:56.760 --> 0:22:59.840 is something every person has to deal with. Don't think 0:23:00.240 --> 0:23:02.439 if I just had more money, or if I had 0:23:02.480 --> 0:23:04.720 a better job, if I had a different spouse, then 0:23:04.760 --> 0:23:06.400 I'd be in a good mood. Joel, Then I wouldn't 0:23:06.400 --> 0:23:08.920 have to deal with these feelings. Now you may think that, 0:23:09.040 --> 0:23:13.000 but every person, regardless of that, we all have to 0:23:13.119 --> 0:23:16.560 fight this temptation to just give in and live how 0:23:16.640 --> 0:23:19.800 we feel. And I love what David did. He talked 0:23:19.840 --> 0:23:23.719 to himself. He said, why are you cast down? Oh 0:23:23.800 --> 0:23:26.720 my soul, hope in the Lord. He was saying in 0:23:26.800 --> 0:23:30.040 everyday language, David, what are you doing in a bad mood? 0:23:30.280 --> 0:23:33.000 Stop looking at your problems and start looking at your God. 0:23:33.600 --> 0:23:37.080 Sometimes the best thing we can do is talk to ourselves. 0:23:37.640 --> 0:23:39.760 When you're tempted to be in a bad mood, you 0:23:39.880 --> 0:23:41.360 need to go look in the mirror and say, listen 0:23:41.400 --> 0:23:41.880 to her self. 0:23:42.160 --> 0:23:44.320 You need to cheer up, get your joy back, get 0:23:44.359 --> 0:23:46.520 your peace back. We're not going to live this day. 0:23:46.600 --> 0:23:51.000 Defeate it. You have to stay on the offensive. 0:23:52.119 --> 0:23:54.880 Don't wait till you've been down for three days before 0:23:54.920 --> 0:23:57.800 you decide to do something about it. The moment you 0:23:57.920 --> 0:24:00.639 feel that discouragement trying to come on, you need to 0:24:00.720 --> 0:24:02.960 rise up and say no, I'm not gonna go there. 0:24:03.520 --> 0:24:06.120 You wake up in the morning and you feel the blaws. Nope, 0:24:06.200 --> 0:24:08.200 that's not for me. This is gonna be a good day. 0:24:08.320 --> 0:24:11.160 It's the day the Lord has made. You find out 0:24:11.240 --> 0:24:13.360 later in the day that you have to work late. 0:24:13.720 --> 0:24:14.200 That's okay. 0:24:14.240 --> 0:24:16.919 I'm not gonna get upset. I know God's still in control. 0:24:17.560 --> 0:24:20.080 You go through some kind of disappointment, no big deal. 0:24:20.280 --> 0:24:22.840 I know God will open up another door. You find 0:24:22.880 --> 0:24:25.920 yourself in a tight spot, That's okay. God can make 0:24:25.960 --> 0:24:28.560 a way when it looks like there is no way. See, 0:24:28.600 --> 0:24:31.200 no matter what comes against you, it just bounces off. 0:24:31.480 --> 0:24:35.280 You're steadfast, You're immovable. You've already made up your mind. 0:24:35.560 --> 0:24:39.680 You're gonna enjoy this day. Another important key to not 0:24:39.800 --> 0:24:42.320 live in life moody is we have to learn to 0:24:42.400 --> 0:24:47.600 be realistic and not idealistic. Idealistic means that we think 0:24:47.760 --> 0:24:51.440 everything is gonna always go our way, every person is 0:24:51.480 --> 0:24:54.520 gonna treat me right today, every freeway is gonna be 0:24:54.600 --> 0:24:57.200 traffic free. I'm gonna get out of this parking lot 0:24:57.240 --> 0:25:01.160 in five minutes after the service. Know that is not realistic. 0:25:01.960 --> 0:25:05.560 Jesus said, in life, we will have difficulties. And I 0:25:05.680 --> 0:25:09.439 know people they are so idealistic they set themselves up 0:25:09.480 --> 0:25:12.879 for disappointment. And I'm all for believing for good things. 0:25:12.920 --> 0:25:16.359 I'm all for expecting the best. But the reality is 0:25:16.800 --> 0:25:20.840 we live in an imperfect world with imperfect people, and 0:25:20.920 --> 0:25:21.520 there are going to. 0:25:21.560 --> 0:25:23.680 Be times that things don't go our way. 0:25:24.440 --> 0:25:27.800 And if we're expecting every person to be perfect, and 0:25:27.880 --> 0:25:29.879 our spouse to never hurt us, and our children that 0:25:29.960 --> 0:25:32.200 never do wrong, and for us to get every break 0:25:32.280 --> 0:25:35.879 in life, we're just setting ourselves up for disappointment. I 0:25:36.000 --> 0:25:38.600 believe a better way to live is to say, God, 0:25:39.160 --> 0:25:42.560 here are my plans for today. I'm submitting them to you, 0:25:43.040 --> 0:25:45.840 believing for the best. But God, no matter what does 0:25:46.000 --> 0:25:48.840 or doesn't happen, my trust is in you. Now I'm 0:25:48.880 --> 0:25:51.800 going to stay in faith knowing that you promise to 0:25:51.960 --> 0:25:54.840 work at all things for my good. When we have 0:25:55.040 --> 0:25:58.199 that kind of attitude, even if we go through a disappointment, 0:25:58.480 --> 0:26:01.639 even if our plans don't worry, we don't get frustrated. 0:26:02.080 --> 0:26:04.320 We know God has us in the palm of his hand. 0:26:04.800 --> 0:26:08.640 We know in those trying times we're growing, we're increasing, 0:26:08.760 --> 0:26:12.119 our character is being developed. So we can stay consistent 0:26:12.440 --> 0:26:15.600 and just enjoy that day anyway. But don't set yourself 0:26:15.680 --> 0:26:19.399 up for disappointment by expecting everything to be perfect. I 0:26:19.520 --> 0:26:22.720 know in my own life, I've already accepted the fact 0:26:23.160 --> 0:26:27.879 that as friendly and good looking as I am, some 0:26:28.080 --> 0:26:30.720 people are still not gonna like me. Do you know, 0:26:31.080 --> 0:26:34.040 no matter how much good you do, somebody will find 0:26:34.080 --> 0:26:37.280 some reason to criticize. No matter how friendly you are, 0:26:37.560 --> 0:26:41.520 somebody will offend you. And it's up to us to 0:26:41.720 --> 0:26:45.840 decide beforehand that no matter what doesn't work out today, 0:26:46.240 --> 0:26:49.280 no matter how somebody treats me, it's not gonna change us. 0:26:49.680 --> 0:26:52.520 Heard attitude should be. I'm not gonna lose my joy 0:26:52.600 --> 0:26:55.040 if I get stuck in traffic. It's not gonna ruin 0:26:55.119 --> 0:26:58.520 my day. If somebody criticizes I'm not gonna get stressed. 0:26:58.240 --> 0:27:00.159 Out if I don't get all my work done. Oh, 0:27:00.200 --> 0:27:01.320 I'm staying consistent. 0:27:01.520 --> 0:27:04.240 I've already made up my mind to enjoy this day. 0:27:04.760 --> 0:27:09.520 That's a stable person, and stability is a sign of maturity. 0:27:10.200 --> 0:27:12.080 A lot of times we're all being out of shape, 0:27:12.119 --> 0:27:14.359 praying God, get me out of this. God, You've got 0:27:14.480 --> 0:27:17.280 to change this. And God's over here saying, show me 0:27:17.520 --> 0:27:21.280 some consistency, give me something to work with. See, it 0:27:21.440 --> 0:27:25.080 takes faith to smile when you feel like being depressed. 0:27:25.800 --> 0:27:28.479 It takes faith to have a good attitude when nothing's 0:27:28.520 --> 0:27:32.160 going your way. It takes faith to stay calm when 0:27:32.200 --> 0:27:35.679 you feel like chewing somebody out. I'm asking us today 0:27:36.119 --> 0:27:39.040 to not live by how we feel. Let's go deeper 0:27:39.080 --> 0:27:41.800 than that and start living by what we know. We 0:27:42.040 --> 0:27:44.600 know God is in control, we know he's got a 0:27:44.640 --> 0:27:47.520 great plan for our lives. We know his power is 0:27:47.560 --> 0:27:50.640 greater than any other power. Now, when those old, negative, 0:27:51.080 --> 0:27:54.639 discouraging thoughts and feelings come, why don't you start shaking 0:27:54.680 --> 0:27:58.200 them off. Be done with that roller coaster living. Don't 0:27:58.240 --> 0:28:01.760 be a moody person up in the morning and decide that. 0:28:01.800 --> 0:28:02.920 You're going to have a great day. 0:28:03.680 --> 0:28:06.920 I really believe some of you This could save your marriage, 0:28:07.359 --> 0:28:10.280 could save a relationship. This can save your position at 0:28:10.320 --> 0:28:14.240 the office if you'll start ruling over the emotions and 0:28:14.400 --> 0:28:18.040 make stability and consistency a goal. Not living on the 0:28:18.080 --> 0:28:20.719 mountaintop and not living in the valley, but stand right 0:28:20.760 --> 0:28:23.000 in the middle, consistently. 0:28:22.400 --> 0:28:25.359 Happy, consistently grateful, consistently in a good mood. 0:28:26.080 --> 0:28:28.520 If you do that, God has promised he'll not only 0:28:28.600 --> 0:28:31.600 promote you, but in your dry seasons you'll continue to 0:28:31.680 --> 0:28:32.520 produce good fruit. 0:28:32.800 --> 0:28:35.600 You'll live the life of victory he has in story. Amen, 0:28:35.680 --> 0:28:36.320 do you receive it. 0:28:38.240 --> 0:28:41.040 We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 0:28:41.120 --> 0:28:43.920 an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 0:28:44.240 --> 0:28:48.520 Would you pray with me? 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