Have a Positive Mindset

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I like to 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:18.920 start with something funny, and I heard about this country couple. 0:02:19.320 --> 0:02:23.200 They were celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary and they'd never 0:02:23.280 --> 0:02:27.000 had an argument before, not one. Someone asked them the 0:02:27.040 --> 0:02:30.400 secret of their success. The husband explained, as they were 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:34.240 leaving the church going on their honeymoon, the wife's horse 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:37.480 refused to go. She got off, looked the horse in 0:02:37.520 --> 0:02:40.760 the eyes and said, that's one. He went a little 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:43.800 bit further, stopped again. She got off, looked the horse 0:02:43.840 --> 0:02:46.840 in the eyes, said that's two. Went a little bit more, 0:02:47.040 --> 0:02:50.919 stopped another time. This time she got off, pulled out 0:02:50.960 --> 0:02:55.160 her revolver, and shot the horse dead. Her husband said, 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:56.840 what in the world are you doing. You can't just 0:02:56.880 --> 0:02:59.520 shoot an animal. She looked at him and said, honey, 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:04.160 that's one. Hold up your Bible and say it like 0:03:04.280 --> 0:03:07.240 you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:09.720 it says I am, I have what it says I have. 0:03:10.240 --> 0:03:12.760 I can do what it says I can do. Today 0:03:12.880 --> 0:03:15.600 I will be taught the word of God. I boldly 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:19.680 confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:23.760 will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:28.320 I want to talk to you about having a positive mindset. 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:32.160 Every day we get to choose what kind of attitude 0:03:32.160 --> 0:03:35.120 we're going to have. We can choose to be happy, 0:03:35.680 --> 0:03:39.760 look on the bright side, expect good things, believe that 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:42.960 our dreams will come to pass. Or we can choose 0:03:42.960 --> 0:03:46.080 to be negative, focus on our problems, dwell on what 0:03:46.120 --> 0:03:50.120 didn't work out, lived worried, and discouraged. It's a choice 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:53.840 that we all make. Nobody can force you to have 0:03:53.920 --> 0:03:57.880 a certain attitude. Life will go so much better if 0:03:57.880 --> 0:04:01.720 you will simply choose to be positive when you wake 0:04:01.800 --> 0:04:05.280 up in the morning. Choose to be happy, Choose to 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:09.280 be grateful for the day, Choose to focus on your possibilities. 0:04:10.000 --> 0:04:13.920 A good attitude doesn't automatically come. If you don't make 0:04:14.000 --> 0:04:17.560 this choice, most likely you will default back to a 0:04:17.600 --> 0:04:21.119 negative mindset, thinking I don't feel like going to work, 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:25.000 I've got so many obstacles, nothing good ever happens to me. 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:29.640 The problem is a negative attitude will limit your life. 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:33.920 We all face difficulties, we all have tough times, But 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:37.480 the right attitude is this didn't come to stay. It 0:04:37.520 --> 0:04:41.440 came to pass. It's only temporary. Maybe you didn't get 0:04:41.480 --> 0:04:44.960 the promotion you were hoping for. You could easily be sour. 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:47.719 Now that's all right, I know God has something better 0:04:47.760 --> 0:04:51.440 in store. You got caught in traffic. I'm not going 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:54.120 to be stressed. I know I'm at the right place 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:57.680 at the right time. God is directing my steps. Perhaps 0:04:57.720 --> 0:05:01.720 the medical report wasn't good, I'm not worried. God has 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:04.159 me in the palm of his hand, the number of 0:05:04.200 --> 0:05:07.719 my days he's promised to fulfill. Or maybe it's that 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:11.159 your dream is taking longer than you thought. But that's 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:14.400 all right. I know the right people, the right opportunities 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:17.520 are already in my future at the right time. It 0:05:17.600 --> 0:05:21.919 will come to pass. When you live with this positive mindset, 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:25.000 you can't be defeated. No matter what comes your way, 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:28.400 you shake it off and move forward. It's like a 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:31.239 little boy I heard about. He had a baseball bat 0:05:31.360 --> 0:05:34.720 and a ball. He said to himself, I'm the best 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:37.960 hitter in all the world. He threw the ball up, 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:42.039 swung at it and missed, picked it up, straightened his hat, 0:05:42.440 --> 0:05:45.599 said it again, I'm the best hitter in all the world. 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:48.080 Threw the ball up a second time, swung away and 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:51.800 missed again. This time he said it even more determined, 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:55.320 I'm the best hitter in all the world. He threw 0:05:55.320 --> 0:05:58.400 the ball up the third time, concentrated, swung away, but 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:01.480 he missed it the third time, laid the bat down, 0:06:01.920 --> 0:06:04.479 smile real big said, what do you know, I'm the 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:09.719 best picture in all the world. Stay positive, learn to 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:13.479 focus on the bright side, see the silver lining in 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:17.760 every cloud. A lot of people use the excuse I'm 0:06:17.839 --> 0:06:21.719 negative because I've had negative things happen to me, my 0:06:21.839 --> 0:06:25.880 business didn't make it, a friend did me wrong, or Joel, 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:29.320 I'm dealing with this sickness. That's why I'm sour now. 0:06:29.360 --> 0:06:33.520 The truth is, it's not our circumstances that make us negative, 0:06:33.800 --> 0:06:38.480 it's our attitude toward those circumstances. You can take twenty 0:06:38.600 --> 0:06:42.880 positive people and twenty negative people and give them the 0:06:42.920 --> 0:06:47.080 same problem, put them on the same job, the same family, 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:50.440 the same house, and the positive people will come out 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:53.880 just as positive, with a great attitude, as happy as 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:58.039 they were before. The negative just as negative. Same problem, 0:06:58.680 --> 0:07:04.240 exact circumstances, two different outcomes. What's the difference their attitude? 0:07:04.880 --> 0:07:09.080 Positive people have made up their mind to enjoy their lives. 0:07:09.840 --> 0:07:14.600 They focus on the possibilities, not the problems. They're grateful 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:18.120 for what they have, not complaining about what they don't have. 0:07:19.040 --> 0:07:22.760 Positive people know that God is in control and that 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:27.720 nothing happens without his permission. They choose to bloom where 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:31.520 they're planet. They don't wait for the situation to change, 0:07:31.960 --> 0:07:35.160 and then they're going to be happy. They're happy while 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:38.920 God is changing the situation. And when you're positive, you 0:07:39.000 --> 0:07:42.160 are passing the test. You're saying God, I trust you, 0:07:42.440 --> 0:07:45.440 I know you're fighting my battles for me. And I've 0:07:45.520 --> 0:07:48.880 learned if you don't get happy where you are, you 0:07:49.000 --> 0:07:51.200 probably will never get to where you want to be. 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:54.880 Don't wait for everything to work out. Then you're going 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:58.000 to have a good attitude. Have a good attitude now, 0:07:58.440 --> 0:08:01.560 then God can begin to change this situation. And let's 0:08:01.640 --> 0:08:05.480 keep the right perspective. Some people would love to have 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:09.960 our problems. They would gladly trade places with you. They 0:08:09.960 --> 0:08:13.000 would love to have that job that has you frustrated. 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:16.120 They would love to sit in traffic in that car 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:19.200 you don't like. They would love to have your husband 0:08:19.560 --> 0:08:22.840 that gets on your nerves. Some of you are thinking, 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:26.080 can I give you a phone number real quick. They 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:28.880 would love to live in that house that you think 0:08:28.960 --> 0:08:31.600 is too small. And as soon as I get into 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:34.880 this new neighborhood, then I'll be happy. Now, why don't 0:08:34.920 --> 0:08:37.840 you choose to be happy right where you are? Why 0:08:37.840 --> 0:08:40.280 don't you decide to have a good attitude with what 0:08:40.360 --> 0:08:43.800 you have or with what you don't have. It's all 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:48.040 in our approach to life. One man gets up and says, 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:52.000 good morning, lord. Another man gets up and says, good lord, 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:56.560 it's mourning. Which man are you? You control what kind 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:59.240 of day you're going to have. You're as happy as 0:08:59.240 --> 0:09:01.960 you want to be. And a lot of times we're 0:09:02.000 --> 0:09:06.440 making ourselves unhappy. We can't control the weather, the traffic, 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:10.040 how people treat us. If our happiness is based on 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:13.760 everything going our way, everybody treating us right, we're going 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:17.400 to live frustrated. Before you leave the house, you need 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:20.239 to make up your mind. You're going to stay positive 0:09:20.520 --> 0:09:23.240 and enjoy the day, no matter what comes your way. 0:09:23.559 --> 0:09:26.880 You have to decide ahead of time. That's what it 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:31.880 says in Colossians three. Set your mind on higher things 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:36.400 and keep it set. The higher things are positive things. 0:09:36.920 --> 0:09:39.040 When you wake up in the morning. You need to 0:09:39.080 --> 0:09:43.079 set your mind for victory, set your mind for success. 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:46.400 Our attitude should be this is going to be a 0:09:46.440 --> 0:09:50.040 great day. God's favor is on my life. I'm excited 0:09:50.080 --> 0:09:54.880 about my future. When your mind is set positive, hopeful, 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:58.680 expecting good things, that's when you'll go places that you've 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:02.920 never dreamed. New doors will open, the right people, the 0:10:03.000 --> 0:10:06.720 right opportunities will come across your path. But if you 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:11.679 don't set your mind, negative thoughts will set it for you. 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:15.800 You cannot start the day off in neutral. If you're passive, 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:19.600 lying in bed, the thoughts will come. You're never going 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:23.000 to accomplish your dreams. Nothing good happens to you. You'll 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:26.280 never get married, you're too old, you'll never get well, 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:29.480 you'll never get out of debt. You may not realize it, 0:10:29.679 --> 0:10:33.320 but that's setting the tone for defeat, for failure, for 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:36.559 a lousy day. Right at the start, get your mind 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:40.120 going in the right direction. This is the reason why 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:43.960 some people don't have the energy they should, the passion, 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:48.240 the enthusiasm, the vision. Their mind is set in the negative. 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:51.760 It's been that way so long. They don't know any better. 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:57.920 It's normal to them. They go out expecting problems bad breaks, 0:10:58.160 --> 0:11:01.880 to not be treated right to early get by. They 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:06.520 live by Murphy's law. It says, if anything can go wrong, 0:11:06.800 --> 0:11:10.440 it will, and at the worst possible time, things will 0:11:10.440 --> 0:11:14.040 take longer than they look. Everything will be harder than 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:18.040 it seems. Because they haven't set their minds. They go 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:22.079 out expecting the negative. They wonder why they can't get 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:26.280 ahead and why everything's a struggle. It's because their mind 0:11:26.360 --> 0:11:29.720 has been set by default for defeat, for failure, for 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:33.520 bad breaks. You've got to change your outlook. You are 0:11:33.600 --> 0:11:36.880 a child of the most high God. You are never 0:11:36.960 --> 0:11:40.840 created to live an average get by short into the 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:44.440 stick life. You are created to be the head and 0:11:44.559 --> 0:11:48.439 not the tail, to lend and not borrow, to reign 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:52.479 in life as a king. That means you have royalty 0:11:52.559 --> 0:11:56.480 in your blood. Winning is in your DNA. Now get 0:11:56.640 --> 0:12:01.160 rid of a negative mentality and set your mind for victory. 0:12:01.800 --> 0:12:05.480 Set your mind for increase, Set your mind for good branks. 0:12:05.960 --> 0:12:10.200 Start expecting your plans to work out. Expect people to 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:13.200 be good to you, Expect to have a productive day, 0:12:13.720 --> 0:12:17.000 and if it doesn't happen, don't fall back into that old, negative, 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:20.959 defeated mentality. Ah I knew this wouldn't work for me, Joel. 0:12:21.520 --> 0:12:24.800 It always takes me longer than everybody else. I can 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:27.599 never find a parking spot. Nobody treats me right. No, 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:31.280 you're not a victim. You are a victor. You wouldn't 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:35.679 have that opposition if there wasn't something amazing in your future. Now, 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:38.560 keep a smile on your face, keep a spring in 0:12:38.600 --> 0:12:42.360 your steps, stay positive, stay hopeful. God is still on 0:12:42.400 --> 0:12:45.200 the throne. You may have had a lot of unfair, 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:48.680 negative things happen in the past, but don't let that 0:12:48.800 --> 0:12:52.480 become a stronghold, a pattern to where you think that's 0:12:52.520 --> 0:12:57.000 all there will ever be. You live with a negative mindset. Now, 0:12:57.160 --> 0:13:00.000 if God were to show you all he has planned 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:03.720 for you, it would boggle your mind. If you could 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:06.840 see the doors he's going to open, the people he's 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:09.880 going to bring across your path, the opportunities that are 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:14.120 going to show up, you'd be amazed, excited, passionate. It 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:17.560 would be easy to set your mind for victory. This 0:13:17.720 --> 0:13:20.800 is what faith is all about. You have to believe 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:26.080 it before you see it. Right now, God's favor is 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:30.600 surrounding you like a shield. Every setback was a set 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:35.760 up for a greater comeback. Every disappointment, every bad break, 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:38.760 every person that did you wrong, was a part of 0:13:38.800 --> 0:13:42.679 the plan to get you to where you're supposed to be. Now, 0:13:42.720 --> 0:13:48.040 don't fall into that negative mentality, complacent, just taking whatever 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:51.600 life comes your way. Now, set your mind for victory, 0:13:51.960 --> 0:13:57.440 for success, for new levels. Enlarge your vision. Make room 0:13:57.520 --> 0:14:00.320 for God to do something new. You haven't touched the 0:14:00.360 --> 0:14:03.959 surface of what he has in store. I was talking 0:14:04.000 --> 0:14:06.520 to a reporter one time, and I could tell he 0:14:06.600 --> 0:14:09.439 didn't like the fact that my message is very positive 0:14:09.559 --> 0:14:12.760 and very hopeful. He asked what I would tell a 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:16.760 person that had lost their job and didn't have any family, 0:14:16.840 --> 0:14:19.600 and they were about to lose their house and had 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:22.200 nowhere to go, and had a child that was sick 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:25.040 and needed treatment, on and on. He painted the worst 0:14:25.080 --> 0:14:28.880 possible situation. I said, I would tell them number one 0:14:29.000 --> 0:14:31.640 to get up and find something to be grateful for, 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:35.640 and number two go out, expecting it to turn around, 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:41.920 expecting new doors to open, expecting a breakthrough. Proverbs says 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:46.680 when darkness overtakes, the righteous light will come bursting in. 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:49.720 And when it's dark, when you don't see a way out, 0:14:49.880 --> 0:14:53.320 you're in prime position for favor to come bursting in. 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:56.720 He said, all Joe, wouldn't that just be giving them 0:14:56.760 --> 0:14:59.880 false hope. Well, here's the alternative. I could tell this 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:04.040 to be negative, get bitter, give up on your dreams, 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:07.480 be depressed, start complaining. All that's going to do is 0:15:07.520 --> 0:15:10.920 make matters worse. You may be in a difficult time, 0:15:11.160 --> 0:15:13.760 but you have to dig your heels in and say, 0:15:13.840 --> 0:15:17.680 I refuse to live my life negative. I refuse to 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:20.600 give up on my dreams. I refuse to go through 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:24.080 life with no passion. I may not see away, but 0:15:24.160 --> 0:15:27.000 I know God has a way. It may be dark, 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:30.680 but I'm expecting the light to come bursting in. I'm 0:15:30.840 --> 0:15:35.240 setting my mind for victory. That's what allows the creator 0:15:35.320 --> 0:15:38.280 of the universe to show up and do amazing things. 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:41.120 And it's not just mind over matter. It's not just 0:15:41.160 --> 0:15:46.320 a positive attitude. It's your faith being released when you believe, 0:15:46.720 --> 0:15:50.440 it gets God's attention. When you go out expecting things 0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:56.760 to turn around, expecting dreams to come to pass, expecting health, wholeness, 0:15:56.880 --> 0:16:01.880 favor divine connections, than almighty God goes to work. You 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:04.920 may have had a thousand bad breaks in the past, 0:16:05.240 --> 0:16:08.160 but don't use that as an excuse to be negative. 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:12.400 One good break can make up for all those bad breaks. 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:16.160 One touch of God's favor can catapult you further than 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:19.760 you ever imagined. Maybe you feel like you're falling behind. 0:16:20.040 --> 0:16:22.600 You're not where you should be in life. Don't worry. 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:26.040 God knows how to make up for lost time. He 0:16:26.160 --> 0:16:30.600 knows how to accelerate things. Now do your part and 0:16:30.800 --> 0:16:37.320 shake off a negative mentality, shake off pessimism, self pity, discouragement, 0:16:37.840 --> 0:16:42.440 and get your fire back. Life is flying by. You 0:16:42.520 --> 0:16:46.440 don't have time to waste another day being negative. You 0:16:46.560 --> 0:16:51.160 have a destiny to fulfill, You have an assignment to accomplish. 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:54.720 What's in your future is greater than anything you've seen 0:16:54.760 --> 0:16:57.120 in the past. We need to get rid of the 0:16:57.120 --> 0:17:00.680 old Murphy's law and live by just the opposite. If 0:17:00.720 --> 0:17:03.960 anything good can happen today, it can happen to you 0:17:04.040 --> 0:17:07.520 and me. It's gonna be easier than it seems. It's 0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:11.080 not gonna take as long as it looks. Why you've 0:17:11.119 --> 0:17:15.880 been highly favored. Almighty God is breathing in your direction. 0:17:16.440 --> 0:17:21.440 You are equipped, empowered, and anointed. Hey, you said joy, 0:17:21.480 --> 0:17:24.399 You're just getting people's hopes up. You're just trying to 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:28.240 get us to live positive. Yes, And here's why God 0:17:28.440 --> 0:17:32.920 is a positive god. There is nothing negative about him. 0:17:33.080 --> 0:17:37.359 If you're negative, sour, discourage, you are going against the 0:17:37.359 --> 0:17:40.840 flow of God. When we travel from Houston to Los 0:17:40.880 --> 0:17:44.359 Angeles on a plane, it always takes us thirty minutes 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:47.359 longer to get there than it does to come back home. 0:17:47.920 --> 0:17:51.680 It's because the jet stream flows from west to east. 0:17:52.280 --> 0:17:56.000 When we're traveling there, there's a large, massive air that's 0:17:56.040 --> 0:18:01.120 always blowing against us, slowing us down. Has to work harder, 0:18:01.760 --> 0:18:05.160 use more fuel, spend more energy. But when we're coming 0:18:05.200 --> 0:18:08.560 back home, of course, it's just the opposite. The jet 0:18:08.600 --> 0:18:12.719 stream is working in our favor. It's pushing us forward, 0:18:13.320 --> 0:18:16.919 making it easier, saving us time and energy. It's the 0:18:16.960 --> 0:18:22.440 same principle in life. When we're positive, hopeful, expecting good things, 0:18:22.760 --> 0:18:26.480 we're in the jet stream of Almighty God. Things will 0:18:26.520 --> 0:18:30.800 be easier, you'll be more productive, you'll live happier, healthier, 0:18:30.840 --> 0:18:36.520 see more favor. But when we're negative, discouraged, everything's a struggle. 0:18:37.080 --> 0:18:41.720 We're having to work harder, we're not enjoying life. Pay 0:18:41.760 --> 0:18:46.280 attention to what you're thinking. You can't think negative thoughts 0:18:46.640 --> 0:18:49.960 and live a positive life. You're going against the flow. 0:18:50.640 --> 0:18:53.399 If you go through the day thinking, I'll never pass 0:18:53.440 --> 0:18:57.880 this chemistry test. I can't stand my job, my marriage 0:18:57.920 --> 0:19:00.640 is never going to last, I'll never meet the right person. 0:19:01.280 --> 0:19:05.000 Your life is going to follow your thoughts. You're drawing 0:19:05.119 --> 0:19:08.880 in what you're continually thinking about, just like a magnet. 0:19:09.320 --> 0:19:13.240 I can't pass this test. You're drawn in failure. I'll 0:19:13.280 --> 0:19:17.080 never meet the right person, drawing in loneliness. I can't 0:19:17.080 --> 0:19:21.800 stand my job, drawn in negativity, I'll never accomplish my dreams, 0:19:21.880 --> 0:19:26.639 drawn in mediocrity. Here's the key. Just because a thought 0:19:26.720 --> 0:19:29.760 comes doesn't mean that you have to dwell on it. 0:19:30.359 --> 0:19:34.080 You control the doorway to your mind. If that thought 0:19:34.160 --> 0:19:39.680 is negative, discouraging, pushing you down, dismiss it, don't give 0:19:39.720 --> 0:19:43.479 it the time of day, Keep the door closed. Choose 0:19:43.520 --> 0:19:48.600 to dwell on thoughts that empower you, inspire you, encourage you, 0:19:48.840 --> 0:19:53.000 thoughts that give you joy, faith, victory. If you'll keep 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:55.760 your mind to fill with the right thoughts, there won't 0:19:55.760 --> 0:19:58.600 be any room for the wrong thoughts. In other words, 0:19:58.640 --> 0:20:01.199 all through the day, some than good is going to 0:20:01.240 --> 0:20:06.040 happen to me. I'm strong, healthy, talented. I will pass 0:20:06.119 --> 0:20:09.400 this test. I will meet the right people. I will 0:20:09.520 --> 0:20:13.080 overcome this obstacle. My best days are still out in 0:20:13.119 --> 0:20:16.600 front of me. When your mind is filled with thoughts 0:20:16.600 --> 0:20:19.600 of hope, faith and victory, you're going to draw in 0:20:19.680 --> 0:20:23.119 the good things of God. I read about this lady. 0:20:23.720 --> 0:20:26.680 She had been sick for several years, and she'd tried 0:20:26.720 --> 0:20:29.080 different doctors, but they couldn't really find out what was 0:20:29.119 --> 0:20:33.720 wrong with her. This lady was extremely negative. She's always 0:20:33.760 --> 0:20:37.159 complaining about how she would never get well, and just 0:20:37.240 --> 0:20:41.040 like a magnet, she kept drawing in more sickness. The 0:20:41.119 --> 0:20:44.480 battle is taking place in our minds. What are you 0:20:44.560 --> 0:20:48.040 dwelling on all day? That's what you're drawing in. She 0:20:48.080 --> 0:20:51.760 eventually went to another doctor, told him how bad she was, 0:20:52.280 --> 0:20:54.560 how she was never going to get well. On and on. 0:20:55.480 --> 0:20:59.720 This doctor noticed how negative she was and decided to 0:20:59.720 --> 0:21:03.840 give her an unusual prescription. He had never done this. 0:21:04.280 --> 0:21:06.880 He said, five or six times an hour. I want 0:21:06.920 --> 0:21:10.560 you to say out loud, I'm getting better and better 0:21:10.960 --> 0:21:15.320 every day in every way. She thought that was strange, 0:21:15.520 --> 0:21:17.480 said doctor, I'm not going to do that. I want 0:21:17.480 --> 0:21:20.600 some real medicine. I want a normal prescription. He said, no, 0:21:20.720 --> 0:21:23.840 you follow my orders and we'll talk about what's next. 0:21:24.640 --> 0:21:28.320 She started doing this fifty sixty times a day, and 0:21:28.400 --> 0:21:33.000 before long her attitude began to change. In a few days, 0:21:33.000 --> 0:21:36.280 she noticed she was feeling better. In a couple of weeks, 0:21:36.320 --> 0:21:40.080 she got her joy back, her strength back. A month later, 0:21:40.200 --> 0:21:43.320 she was a different person, all the symptoms had gone. 0:21:43.640 --> 0:21:47.600 What happened She changed her thinking and instead of drawing 0:21:47.640 --> 0:21:53.080 in sickness, she started drawing in health. Sometimes your body 0:21:53.160 --> 0:21:56.560 will not get well until your mind tells it to 0:21:56.600 --> 0:22:00.240 get well. You want to accomplish your dreams, thinking I 0:22:00.280 --> 0:22:03.959 don't have the talent, the education, the connections. You have 0:22:04.040 --> 0:22:08.520 to give yourself permission to accomplish your dreams, permission to 0:22:08.520 --> 0:22:12.159 get out of debt, permission to overcome that obstacle. It 0:22:12.320 --> 0:22:16.400 starts in our thinking. Studies even tell us that when 0:22:16.440 --> 0:22:21.720 we're negative, we think sad, discouraging thoughts. Our serotonin level 0:22:21.800 --> 0:22:25.359 goes down. That causes us to feel sad. It's not 0:22:25.520 --> 0:22:28.360 just in our thinking. It starts to affect our moods. 0:22:29.080 --> 0:22:34.320 But when we're positive, hopeful, expecting good things, endorphins are 0:22:34.359 --> 0:22:38.080 released that causes us to feel happy, to have more energy, 0:22:38.440 --> 0:22:41.840 puts a spring in our step. If you go around 0:22:41.840 --> 0:22:45.600 thinking I'll never get well. I'm so overweighted. I can't 0:22:45.640 --> 0:22:49.639 stand my job. As you think those negative thoughts, your faith, 0:22:50.160 --> 0:22:54.200 your energy, your enthusiasm is being drained out of you, 0:22:54.280 --> 0:22:57.119 just like a big vacuum. It's pulling out the good 0:22:57.119 --> 0:23:00.640 things God has put in you. You'd be amazed how 0:23:00.720 --> 0:23:04.080 much more energy you'd have, how much more productive you'd be, 0:23:04.200 --> 0:23:07.320 how much better you'd feel if you just switch over 0:23:07.560 --> 0:23:12.720 to this positive mindset. You have to think thoughts on purpose. 0:23:13.160 --> 0:23:16.160 This is going to be a good day. Twenty fourteen 0:23:16.280 --> 0:23:19.880 is going to be my year. I'm expecting an abundance 0:23:19.960 --> 0:23:23.400 of favor. If Esians four puts it like this, put 0:23:23.440 --> 0:23:29.679 on a fresh new attitude. I found yesterday's attitude is 0:23:29.720 --> 0:23:33.119 not good enough for today. Every morning you have to 0:23:33.160 --> 0:23:36.359 put on a fresh attitude. I'm gonna choose to be 0:23:36.480 --> 0:23:39.800 happy today. I'm going to be good to other people today. 0:23:40.280 --> 0:23:43.600 I'm going to go with the flow today, not get upset. 0:23:44.119 --> 0:23:47.359 When you put on that fresh new attitude, it's putting 0:23:47.359 --> 0:23:50.920 you in the jet stream of God. That's when you'll 0:23:50.960 --> 0:23:54.200 accomplish things that you could not accomplish on your own. 0:23:54.640 --> 0:23:59.080 You will overcome obstacles that look bigger stronger, more powerful. 0:24:00.119 --> 0:24:03.880 What Daniel did The scripture says that he was a 0:24:03.920 --> 0:24:07.840 person of excellence. He stood out in the crowd. He 0:24:08.000 --> 0:24:11.119 was a cut above. How did he do it? Every 0:24:11.200 --> 0:24:15.080 morning he got up early, opened his window and thanked 0:24:15.080 --> 0:24:18.520 God for the day, thanked him for his goodness, thanked 0:24:18.560 --> 0:24:21.160 him that he was well able. He was putting on 0:24:21.280 --> 0:24:25.560 a fresh new attitude. He was setting his mind for victory. Now. 0:24:25.600 --> 0:24:29.080 As a young man, Daniel was serving a king of 0:24:29.119 --> 0:24:32.719 a foreign nation. At one point, this king put out 0:24:32.760 --> 0:24:36.280 a decree that for thirty days, no one could pray 0:24:36.320 --> 0:24:39.920 to any god except the king's god. If they did, 0:24:39.960 --> 0:24:44.160 they would be thrown into a lion's den and killed. Well, 0:24:44.200 --> 0:24:46.919 that didn't stop Daniel. He kept on praying to the 0:24:46.920 --> 0:24:49.840 God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob. 0:24:50.760 --> 0:24:54.960 Some of his enemies told the king. The king was heartbroken. 0:24:55.240 --> 0:24:59.120 He loved Daniel, but he had already put out this decree. 0:24:59.280 --> 0:25:02.560 He couldn't go back on his word. Daniel said, King, 0:25:02.600 --> 0:25:06.520 don't worry. I'll be fine. The God I serve is 0:25:06.600 --> 0:25:10.240 well able to deliver me. That's what happens when you 0:25:10.280 --> 0:25:13.360 start the day off in faith, thinking thoughts on purpose, 0:25:14.040 --> 0:25:17.320 when you face difficulties, you don't fall apart, you don't 0:25:17.359 --> 0:25:20.320 get better. Why is this happening to me? You rise 0:25:20.400 --> 0:25:23.320 up in faith and say, my God is well able. 0:25:23.680 --> 0:25:26.919 I'm armed with strength for this battle. No weapon formed 0:25:26.920 --> 0:25:31.000 against me will ever prosper. The authorities had Daniel thrown 0:25:31.400 --> 0:25:35.400 into a den of over one hundred hungry lions. They 0:25:35.440 --> 0:25:39.560 were expecting him to be eaten immediately. But when you 0:25:39.640 --> 0:25:42.920 live with an attitude of faith, God will fight your battles. 0:25:43.280 --> 0:25:46.360 God send an angel to close the mouths of those lions. 0:25:47.000 --> 0:25:50.240 The next morning, early the king came to check on Daniel, 0:25:50.720 --> 0:25:55.160 saw him lying there asleep, unharmed, refreshed. The king got 0:25:55.240 --> 0:25:57.600 him out and said, hey, from now on, we're all 0:25:57.640 --> 0:26:00.679 going to worship the God of Daniel's te true and 0:26:00.720 --> 0:26:05.280 the living God. Here's an interesting thought in the scripture. 0:26:05.920 --> 0:26:11.000 Nothing negative is written about Daniel or about Joseph. I'm 0:26:11.000 --> 0:26:14.200 sure they made mistakes, but you can't find a record 0:26:14.280 --> 0:26:19.879 of anything they did wrong. Other heroes of faith, like Abraham, Moses, David, 0:26:19.880 --> 0:26:23.320 the apostle Paul, there are accounts of times where they fell, 0:26:23.560 --> 0:26:26.960 where they blew it. This is making the point that 0:26:27.080 --> 0:26:32.280 Daniel and Joseph were good people, but they faced bad circumstances. 0:26:32.960 --> 0:26:36.960 Unfair things happened to them, they were mistreated, they faced 0:26:37.000 --> 0:26:41.600 incredible odds. But if you studied their lives, one common 0:26:41.640 --> 0:26:46.320 denominator is they lived with this positive mindset. They had 0:26:46.320 --> 0:26:49.480 an attitude of faith. They didn't get bitter, they didn't 0:26:49.480 --> 0:26:53.280 make excuses. Every morning, they got their mind going in 0:26:53.359 --> 0:26:56.760 the right direction, knowing that our God is well able. 0:26:57.440 --> 0:27:02.159 They both saw God's goodness, his favor in amazing ways. Well, 0:27:02.200 --> 0:27:05.360 in the same way, you can be a good person 0:27:05.920 --> 0:27:10.480 and have bad circumstances. It's easy to get negative and 0:27:10.520 --> 0:27:14.520 think I don't understand why my child got sicker, why 0:27:14.560 --> 0:27:16.840 I came down with this problem, or why these people 0:27:16.880 --> 0:27:20.159 did me wrong. No, dig your heels in and do 0:27:20.400 --> 0:27:23.800 like Daniel, get up every morning in the midst of 0:27:23.840 --> 0:27:27.080 that battle, look up and say, Lord, thank you for 0:27:27.160 --> 0:27:30.680 another great day. Lord. I know you're bigger than this problem, 0:27:31.000 --> 0:27:34.720 greater than this sickness, more powerful than my enemies. Father, 0:27:34.840 --> 0:27:38.600 thank you that today things are changing in my favor 0:27:38.640 --> 0:27:42.680 in difficult times more than ever. Make sure you put 0:27:42.720 --> 0:27:46.280 on that fresh new attitude, make sure you set your 0:27:46.400 --> 0:27:49.480 mind for victory. And here's the key. Keep it set. 0:27:50.119 --> 0:27:52.680 When those thoughts come telling you it's never gonna work out, 0:27:52.960 --> 0:27:56.000 it's been too long, the report is too bad. No 0:27:56.200 --> 0:28:00.560 dismiss them and say, like he did. My God is able. 0:28:00.840 --> 0:28:02.959 He's done it for me in the past, and I 0:28:03.000 --> 0:28:05.280 know he'll do it for me again in the future. 0:28:06.359 --> 0:28:10.080 Here's my challenge to you. Keep your mind going in 0:28:10.160 --> 0:28:14.480 the right direction. Learn to think thoughts on purpose. Something 0:28:14.640 --> 0:28:17.240 good is going to happen to me. Twenty fourteen is 0:28:17.320 --> 0:28:20.520 my year. Start the day off in faith. If you'll 0:28:20.560 --> 0:28:24.520 develop this habit of having a positive mindset, you cannot 0:28:24.560 --> 0:28:28.560 be defeated. You'll not only live healthier, happier, have more energy. 0:28:28.840 --> 0:28:32.240 But I believe and declare you will accomplish more than 0:28:32.280 --> 0:28:36.320 you ever imagined. You will overcome obstacles that looked impossible, 0:28:36.560 --> 0:28:40.320 and you will become everything God's created you to be. 0:28:40.360 --> 0:28:43.320 In Jesus' name, if you receive it, can you say 0:28:43.360 --> 0:28:47.360 him in today? We never like to close our broadcast 0:28:47.520 --> 0:28:50.560 without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 0:28:50.600 --> 0:28:54.760 of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 0:28:55.800 --> 0:29:00.640 I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 0:29:00.800 --> 0:29:04.880 make you my Lord and Savior. 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