Living In A Positive Frame of Mind

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If you 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:39.880 enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:42.600 share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:55.480 put God's very best in your life. Oh God, bless you. 0:01:55.960 --> 0:01:58.120 Thanks for letting us come into your homes for the 0:01:58.160 --> 0:01:58.960 next little while. 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:00.640 Did We love you? 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:03.000 And we come with good news each week because we 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:05.280 know that God is a good God. He's got a 0:02:05.320 --> 0:02:07.720 good plan for each of our lives. And so thanks 0:02:07.720 --> 0:02:09.799 for tuning in today. And if you're ever in our area, 0:02:10.000 --> 0:02:11.760 I hope you'll come out and see us. Come take 0:02:11.800 --> 0:02:14.200 a look at our new facility. It's really beautiful. We'll 0:02:14.240 --> 0:02:16.440 make you feel right at home. But thanks so much 0:02:16.480 --> 0:02:18.840 for tuning in today. I like to get started each 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:20.960 week with something kind of funny. And I heard about 0:02:20.960 --> 0:02:25.160 this country grandmother. She was known for her faith and boldness, 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:26.839 and she'd get up in the morning and go out 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:30.359 on her front porch and she'd sing and even shout 0:02:30.360 --> 0:02:33.080 praise as to God. Her next door neighbor he was 0:02:33.240 --> 0:02:35.880 kind of sarcastic. He said, you're just wasting your time. 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:38.880 No such thing as God. One day he decided to 0:02:38.919 --> 0:02:41.079 prove his point, and he took a bag of groceries 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:43.400 and put it on her front porch early in the morning. 0:02:43.720 --> 0:02:45.840 When that grandmother got up the next day and saw it, 0:02:45.919 --> 0:02:48.440 first thing she did was shout praise the Lord. And 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:50.240 he stepped out from behind the tree and he kind 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:52.440 of laughed. He said, God didn't give you those groceries. 0:02:52.600 --> 0:02:53.280 I put them there. 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:55.840 I told you a wasting your time. She looked up 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:57.919 to heaven and said, thank you, Lord. You not only 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:00.160 sent me the groceries, but you made the devil pay 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:05.800 for it. All right, Come on, hold up your Bible, 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:08.400 say it like you mean it today. Ready, this is 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:11.720 my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 0:03:11.840 --> 0:03:14.400 have what it says I have. I can do what 0:03:14.520 --> 0:03:17.400 it says I can do. Today I will be talked 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:21.760 the word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, 0:03:22.200 --> 0:03:23.519 my heart is receptive. 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:25.280 I'll never be the same. 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:30.280 In Jesus' name, God bless you. We've been talking about 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:33.840 being determined to enjoy our lives, and I believe one 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:37.280 of the main keys is to simply learn to stay 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:39.040 in a positive mindset. 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:41.800 Our thoughts are so important. 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:45.480 You can't go around thinking negative thoughts and expect to 0:03:45.480 --> 0:03:49.520 live a positive life. Your life is gonna follow your thoughts. 0:03:50.040 --> 0:03:52.880 And too many people go through the day worried and 0:03:53.240 --> 0:03:57.600 full of fear, focused on their problems, not expecting anything good. 0:03:58.160 --> 0:04:02.880 And unfortunately, that's exactactly what happens. We draw in what 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:05.840 we constantly think about, just like a magnet. 0:04:06.280 --> 0:04:08.040 If you go around dwelling. 0:04:07.840 --> 0:04:11.040 On the negative and how tough your life is and 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:13.720 how things just don't seem like they're gonna get any better, 0:04:13.840 --> 0:04:16.560 you're just gonna draw in more of that junk. But 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:19.520 on the other hand, if you'll learn to think thoughts. 0:04:19.240 --> 0:04:21.760 Of hope and faith and victory if. 0:04:21.680 --> 0:04:23.520 You'll dwell on the fact that you are more than 0:04:23.560 --> 0:04:25.880 a conquer and you can do all things through Christ. 0:04:26.520 --> 0:04:28.760 When you do that, you draw in the good things 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:31.880 of God. And every day we have to choose what 0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:35.240 kind of attitude we're gonna have. Probably one hundred times 0:04:35.240 --> 0:04:38.040 a day, we have to make a choice whether we're 0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:40.800 gonna stay hopeful and look on the bright side of things, 0:04:41.520 --> 0:04:44.719 or are we gonna dwell on these negative, discouraging thoughts. 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:47.000 And some of you, this is your whole problem. 0:04:47.279 --> 0:04:50.680 You wanna be happy, you want to see things change, 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:55.080 but your thinking is messed up. Understand, God is a 0:04:55.160 --> 0:04:59.159 positive God. There is nothing negative about him. And so 0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:01.760 if you're negative, you're going against. 0:05:01.480 --> 0:05:02.320 The flow of God. 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:06.480 When you're negative, it's like you're swimming upstream. Everything's going 0:05:06.520 --> 0:05:09.479 to be a struggle. I know, when we fly from 0:05:09.520 --> 0:05:13.240 here to California, it takes about thirty minutes longer to 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:16.240 get there than it does to get back home. And 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:20.760 that's because the jet stream always flows from west to east. 0:05:21.040 --> 0:05:24.120 In other words, this big, massive air is always flowing 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:27.800 in one direction. It's the same way with God. His 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:31.719 jet stream is always positive. He's got a great plan 0:05:31.800 --> 0:05:32.560 for your life. 0:05:33.040 --> 0:05:36.000 He wants you to succeed. He wants you to overcome 0:05:36.080 --> 0:05:37.000 any obstacle. 0:05:37.480 --> 0:05:39.440 But if that's going to happen, you've got to do 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:42.680 your part and get in agreement with him. And some 0:05:42.760 --> 0:05:45.400 of you are not near as aggressive enough when it 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:48.880 comes to controlling your thought life. You just think any 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:52.160 thought that comes into your mind. You may not realize it, 0:05:52.400 --> 0:05:55.320 but you can choose your thoughts. And if that thought 0:05:55.440 --> 0:05:58.640 is negative and discouraging, you need to immediately get rid 0:05:58.720 --> 0:06:01.960 of it. That thoughts that you're never gonna get well. 0:06:02.080 --> 0:06:03.320 You heard what the doctor said. 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:06.360 Your child's never gonna do right, You're never gonna see 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:07.520 your dreams come to pass. 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:09.719 No, don't dwell on that junk. 0:06:10.000 --> 0:06:12.719 I'm challenging you today to get into the jet stream 0:06:12.760 --> 0:06:17.120 of God. Stay positive, stay hopeful, go out each day 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:20.800 expecting good things to happen to you. See, our life 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:23.440 is kind of like a car. We have a forward gear, 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:26.159 we have a reverse gear, and right in the middle 0:06:26.560 --> 0:06:29.640 we have a neutral and we can choose which direction 0:06:29.760 --> 0:06:30.440 we want to go. 0:06:31.080 --> 0:06:32.960 And I found it doesn't take any. 0:06:32.760 --> 0:06:35.360 More effort to go forward than it does to go 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:38.720 in reverse. It's all in the decision process. And if 0:06:38.760 --> 0:06:41.440 you stay focused on the negative and what you don't 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:44.000 have and what you can't do, you're gonna end up 0:06:44.040 --> 0:06:46.719 going around in reverse. But if you can just switch 0:06:46.839 --> 0:06:51.000 over into the positive, start expecting good things, start dwelling 0:06:51.080 --> 0:06:54.080 on God's promises, start seeing the best in every situation. 0:06:54.600 --> 0:06:57.520 When you do that, all the forces of darkness can't 0:06:57.560 --> 0:06:59.720 keep you from going forward. You will begin to make 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:03.400 But it all starts right here, And the scripture says 0:07:03.400 --> 0:07:06.159 here in Colossians three, verse two is from the amplified 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:10.000 to set your mind and keep it set on the 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:14.080 higher things. I believe the higher things are the positive things. 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:16.800 When you get up in the morning, the first thing 0:07:16.840 --> 0:07:19.520 you should do is set your mind in the right direction. 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:23.640 Set your mind for success, Set your mind for victory. 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:26.960 Set your mind that you're gonna enjoy this day. Get 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:30.200 into the gent stream of God. The reason it's so 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:33.000 important to do it right at the very start is 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:35.200 because that's what sets the tone. 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:35.840 For your whole day. 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:39.720 And very often, right when you first wake up, all 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:42.920 these negative, discouraging thoughts will bombard your mind. 0:07:43.680 --> 0:07:45.160 Lying there in bed. 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:47.400 That old nagging feeling comes. Man, I don't want to 0:07:47.440 --> 0:07:49.320 get up and go to work today. I got so 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:51.520 many problems. I don't know how I'm gonna get out 0:07:51.560 --> 0:07:53.440 of debt. This is gonna be a lousy day. No, 0:07:53.600 --> 0:07:56.560 don't you dare dwell on that junk. You got to 0:07:56.560 --> 0:07:59.760 be on the offensive. If you don't set the tone 0:07:59.800 --> 0:08:01.800 for you your day. Let me tell you, the enemy 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:04.200 will do it for you. Right when you get up. 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:06.040 You need to boldy declare this is going to be 0:08:06.080 --> 0:08:09.200 a great day. I'm excited about today. And then go 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:14.040 out with enthusiasm, go out with confidence, focused on your possibilities. 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:17.160 See one man gets up and says, good morning, lord. 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:20.000 Another man gets up and says, oh lord, it's morning. 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:22.600 Which man are you? 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:25.920 I challenge you to get up in an attitude of faith. 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:29.880 You can program your mind for victory. I read about 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:33.000 this man that was traveling on an overnight train and 0:08:33.040 --> 0:08:35.760 he got on board, and his host was this older 0:08:35.800 --> 0:08:38.559 gentleman that had been there for many years, very kind, 0:08:38.640 --> 0:08:41.280 and he took him to his sleeper car and showed 0:08:41.360 --> 0:08:44.720 him his room, and the room was very nice and cozy. 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:46.319 He had pulled the sheets. 0:08:45.960 --> 0:08:48.840 Back for the man was just very inviting looking. And 0:08:48.840 --> 0:08:51.199 he said to his host thank you so much. You 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:53.720 prepared me a beautiful room, and I know I'm going 0:08:53.800 --> 0:08:56.400 to sleep like a baby. Sure enough, he went in 0:08:56.400 --> 0:08:59.760 in like ten minutes. He was fast asleep. He didn't 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:03.120 wake up until nine o'clock the next morning, slept two 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:06.199 hours longer than he normally did. He saw the host 0:09:06.240 --> 0:09:08.040 on his way to breakfast, and that host asked him 0:09:08.080 --> 0:09:09.800 how he slept, and he told him what a great 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:12.920 night's rest that he had had, and that host said, well, 0:09:12.920 --> 0:09:14.559 that doesn't surprise me. I knew you were going to 0:09:14.640 --> 0:09:16.920 sleep well, but you should have seen the man that 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:19.880 got on after you. And he began to tell how 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:23.160 The first thing he said was, I know I'll never 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:26.199 be able to sleep on this train. And from then 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:29.800 on out everything was downhill. He complained about his room, 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:32.120 he had to change because he didn't like the bed. 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:34.680 Then he complained about the temperature too hot, too cold, 0:09:35.120 --> 0:09:37.440 And this host said, you know the difference between you 0:09:37.520 --> 0:09:40.320 two men, why you slept and why he didn't sleep, 0:09:41.000 --> 0:09:44.760 It's because you made up your mind to sleep, and he. 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:47.520 Made up his mind not to sleep. He said, I've. 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:50.720 Been doing this for over thirty years, and I've discovered 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:53.079 the people that sleep when they get onto this train. 0:09:53.720 --> 0:09:57.640 Are the people that have preconditioned their minds to sleep. 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:01.800 I believe that principle is true. Toda. We can precondition 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:05.760 our mind for success or for failure. We can pre 0:10:05.880 --> 0:10:09.000 condition our minds to enjoy this day or to just 0:10:09.080 --> 0:10:12.280 drag through the day. We can precondition our mind to 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:16.160 overcome any obstacle, or we can precondition our mind to 0:10:16.320 --> 0:10:18.880 just have a pity party and get upset when things 0:10:18.920 --> 0:10:21.520 don't go our way. And this is why a lot 0:10:21.520 --> 0:10:25.040 of people can't break a bad habit. They've preconditioned their 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:28.400 mind to fail. They're always thinking about what they can't 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:31.320 do well. Joel, I could never quit smoking. I've tried 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:33.920 so many times. I could never lose weight. I've been 0:10:33.960 --> 0:10:36.000 on every diet you can think of. I could never 0:10:36.080 --> 0:10:40.200 resist this temptation. The scripture says, the first place we 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:42.920 lose the battle is in our own thinking. You need 0:10:42.960 --> 0:10:46.640 to reprogram your thinking. You need to precondition your mind 0:10:46.920 --> 0:10:50.120 to overcome that obstacle. In other words, you need to 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:52.360 start making plans to succeed. 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:53.480 See. 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:56.000 I've already planned on having a good day to day. 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:59.880 I've preconditioned my mind to enjoy this day. I'm planning 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:03.120 on doing good up here. I'm planning on having fun 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:06.640 this afternoon. I'm planning on overcoming any obstacle that may 0:11:06.679 --> 0:11:07.280 come my way. 0:11:07.400 --> 0:11:08.400 I preconditioned my. 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:08.880 Mind for it. 0:11:09.559 --> 0:11:11.640 And some people they don't realize it, but they have 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:15.000 preconditioned their mind to have a lousy day. When they 0:11:15.040 --> 0:11:17.200 wake up in the morning, first thought that comes to 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:18.719 their mind is, man, is. 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:19.800 It already time to get up? 0:11:20.320 --> 0:11:22.800 I feel like I just went to bed. I am exhausted. 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:27.480 They'll lie there for thirty minutes thinking about how miserable 0:11:27.480 --> 0:11:30.840 the day's gonna be. And sure enough, if you dwell 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:33.160 on that junk long enough, you're gonna draw it in. 0:11:34.120 --> 0:11:36.280 You get up in the morning thinking about how tired 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:38.960 you are and how bad you feel. You'll go out 0:11:38.960 --> 0:11:43.000 that day worn out, run down, no energy, no enthusiasm. 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:46.400 You know why you preconditioned your mind to it. Don't 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:49.560 fall into that trap. You may get up feeling tired, 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:51.480 but you need to dwell on the fact that I 0:11:51.520 --> 0:11:54.000 am strong in the Lord and the power of his mind. 0:11:54.320 --> 0:11:56.839 You may not feel up to par some mornings, but 0:11:57.400 --> 0:12:01.560 I'm not telling you to ignore and deny your circumstances 0:12:01.559 --> 0:12:03.800 and deny how you feel, but you need to just 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:06.960 declare that God is renewing my strength like the egos. 0:12:07.160 --> 0:12:09.120 I'm old run today and not be weary. I'm on 0:12:09.280 --> 0:12:11.080 walk and not faith. This is gonna be a great 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:13.480 day in my life. You go out like that and 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:16.360 you'll have all kinds of energy. You can give life 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:19.400 to your physical body by simply having the right attitude. 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:22.520 Some of you are always thinking about what you can't do, 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:26.280 but you've got to precondition your mind to overcome. You 0:12:26.280 --> 0:12:29.160 need to start saying to yourself, I can beat this addiction. 0:12:29.960 --> 0:12:31.760 People have hurt me, but you know what I can 0:12:31.920 --> 0:12:34.480 forgive them. I can let go of my past. I 0:12:34.559 --> 0:12:38.240 may have some obstacles today, but I can enjoy this day. 0:12:39.200 --> 0:12:42.520 I read about this lady. She'd been sick for many months. 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:43.480 And gone to a doctor. 0:12:43.520 --> 0:12:45.760 After doctrine, they couldn't seem to find out what was 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:48.040 wrong with her. And one day she went to this 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:50.520 certain doctor and he did something so unusual. 0:12:50.880 --> 0:12:52.199 He said, here's your prescription. 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:55.320 I want you to go home, and every day, at 0:12:55.440 --> 0:12:58.079 least once an hour, I want you to say out loud, 0:12:58.559 --> 0:13:02.640 I'm getting better and better every day in every way. 0:13:03.480 --> 0:13:05.000 She said, doctor, you've got to be a kid, and 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:07.360 I want some real medicine. He said, no, you do that, 0:13:07.440 --> 0:13:10.640 and then we'll talk, and so forty or fifty times 0:13:10.640 --> 0:13:14.040 a day. She began to say that, and it wasn't 0:13:14.080 --> 0:13:17.480 long until her attitude started to change, and three or 0:13:17.480 --> 0:13:20.120 four days went by and she noticed she was feeling better. 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:22.600 A couple of weeks later, she got her joy back, 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:25.240 got her strength back, and wasn't any time until she 0:13:25.360 --> 0:13:26.920 was totally and completely over that. 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:29.719 She felt like a different person. But see, she had 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:33.760 to change her thinking. She had to precondition her mind 0:13:34.000 --> 0:13:34.640 for health. 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:39.280 Our thoughts are very powerful. Sometimes your body will not 0:13:39.400 --> 0:13:42.560 get well unless your mind allows it to well. 0:13:42.559 --> 0:13:44.000 What do you go around thinking about? 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:47.520 What have you preconditioned your mind for success or failure? 0:13:48.000 --> 0:13:50.480 To enjoy this day or just drag through this day? 0:13:51.280 --> 0:13:53.760 He said, Joe, I got a lot of negative circumstances. 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:56.800 That's why I'm kind of down. You know, my back's hurting, 0:13:56.920 --> 0:13:59.679 or my marriage is not good, or my finances that's 0:13:59.720 --> 0:14:03.520 why I'm unhappy. But no, really, it's not our circumstances 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:07.480 that get us down. It's our thinking about our circumstances. 0:14:07.520 --> 0:14:10.360 It's our attitude toward them. Because you can be in 0:14:10.400 --> 0:14:13.040 the biggest struggle of your life right now. But if 0:14:13.080 --> 0:14:15.199 you will keep your thoughts going in the right direction, 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:17.360 you can have peace right in the midst of your storm. 0:14:17.760 --> 0:14:20.200 You can have joy in spite of what's come against you. 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:23.400 It's all in how you choose to see it. I 0:14:23.440 --> 0:14:26.960 have this friend that was having open heart surgery last week, 0:14:27.040 --> 0:14:29.400 and some people were talking about it, and they said, man, 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:31.720 that's just so terrible that he has to have it. 0:14:31.760 --> 0:14:34.720 I just can't believe he's going through that. In a sense, 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:36.760 I knew what they meant, but I kind of turned 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:37.160 it around. 0:14:37.200 --> 0:14:39.520 I said, yes, but let's be grateful that at least 0:14:39.520 --> 0:14:40.320 he can have it. 0:14:40.880 --> 0:14:43.800 Let's thank God that we have good hospitals and great 0:14:43.840 --> 0:14:46.720 doctors that are able to correct that. The point I'm 0:14:46.760 --> 0:14:49.440 making is if you look hard enough and you have 0:14:49.480 --> 0:14:51.520 the right attitude, you can find. 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:52.840 The good in any situation. 0:14:53.400 --> 0:14:55.640 If you were even to get laid off, and I 0:14:55.640 --> 0:14:57.680 hope it didn't happen, but if you were to get 0:14:57.720 --> 0:14:59.640 laid off, you could get all negative and bitter and 0:14:59.680 --> 0:15:02.840 blame God, or you could say God, I know when 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:05.320 one door closes, you always open up a better door. 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:07.520 So I'm really excited about my future. 0:15:09.480 --> 0:15:12.720 If you miss a plane or get delayed a plan 0:15:12.800 --> 0:15:16.160 didn't work out, you get all upset. Or you could say, God, 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:19.120 I know you are directing my steps, and I believe 0:15:19.160 --> 0:15:21.400 this is exactly where you want me to be. See 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:24.680 that's a positive attitude of faith. You got to choose 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:27.920 to keep your mind set on the higher things. But 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:31.320 some people they never see the good. They find fault 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:34.240 with every single thing. There can be a thousand things 0:15:34.280 --> 0:15:37.080 going on that's right, but they're always gonna find that 0:15:37.120 --> 0:15:40.040 one thing that's wrong. It's like they've trained themselves to 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:40.840 see the negative. 0:15:41.360 --> 0:15:42.920 I heard a little story. 0:15:42.600 --> 0:15:46.200 About this positive farmer and this negative farmer. When it 0:15:46.240 --> 0:15:49.479 would rain, the positive farmer would say, thank you Lord. 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:51.200 For the rain. Now we don't even have to water 0:15:51.320 --> 0:15:51.880 our crops. 0:15:52.360 --> 0:15:54.840 The negative farmer would say, yeah, but if it keeps 0:15:54.880 --> 0:15:56.520 this up, it's gonna rock their roots. 0:15:56.600 --> 0:15:59.200 We're not even gonna have a harvest. Son would come 0:15:59.200 --> 0:15:59.440 out in. 0:15:59.480 --> 0:16:02.360 The positive farmer would say, thank you Lord for the sunshine. 0:16:02.800 --> 0:16:05.320 Now our crops are getting the vitamins and minerals they 0:16:05.360 --> 0:16:07.920 really need. The negative farmer would say, yeah, if it 0:16:08.000 --> 0:16:10.400 keeps this up, though, he's gonna scorch him. We're not 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:13.040 even gonna be able to make a living. One day, 0:16:13.080 --> 0:16:16.640 they both decided to go hunting together. This positive farmer 0:16:16.680 --> 0:16:19.440 had just bought a brand new bird dog. He was 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:21.400 so proud of that dog he couldn't wait to show 0:16:21.440 --> 0:16:23.280 him off. They were out in this middle of the 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:25.720 lake and the boat, and sure enough a bird came 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:28.160 by and he shot it. He turned to his buddy 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:31.240 and he said, watch what this dog can do. That 0:16:31.320 --> 0:16:34.640 dog jumped out of the boat and miraculously ran on 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:38.360 top of the water, picked up the bird, turned around, 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:40.960 ran back on top of the water, and set the 0:16:40.960 --> 0:16:44.600 bird perfectly down in the boat. That positive farmer was 0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:46.920 beaming from ear to ear. He said, what'd you think? 0:16:47.360 --> 0:16:49.520 The negative farmer shook his head and said, just what 0:16:49.600 --> 0:16:56.520 I thought. That dog can't even swim. 0:16:57.160 --> 0:16:58.000 Don't let that be. 0:16:58.120 --> 0:17:03.160 You learn to focus on the positive things. Quit picking 0:17:03.200 --> 0:17:07.360 out all the bad. Quit finding fault with everything. Anybody 0:17:07.400 --> 0:17:10.280 can do that you've got to choose to keep your 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:13.119 mind set on the higher things. And seriously, I know 0:17:13.200 --> 0:17:15.800 some of you have been raised in a negative environment. 0:17:16.160 --> 0:17:18.600 You've been around a lot of negative in your life, 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:20.760 and kind of like that old farmer, that's all. 0:17:20.800 --> 0:17:21.119 You know. 0:17:21.760 --> 0:17:24.440 You're prone to see the worst and you don't expect 0:17:24.440 --> 0:17:28.000 anything good. But what's really happened is you've developed a 0:17:28.040 --> 0:17:31.280 habit of being negative. That's a stronghold in your mind. 0:17:31.760 --> 0:17:33.560 And let me tell you that is not the way 0:17:33.640 --> 0:17:37.119 God wants you to live. You need to retrain yourself 0:17:37.440 --> 0:17:40.359 to see the positive. It may not be easy, it 0:17:40.359 --> 0:17:44.000 may not happen overnight, but it can happen. The way 0:17:44.040 --> 0:17:46.760 you do it is one thought at a time. I 0:17:46.800 --> 0:17:47.720 heard somebody put. 0:17:47.600 --> 0:17:48.120 It like this. 0:17:48.520 --> 0:17:51.359 When your mind has been running in a certain pattern 0:17:51.760 --> 0:17:54.520 for a long period of time, it's like you've dug 0:17:54.640 --> 0:17:57.439 a deep, deep river bed and the only way that 0:17:57.480 --> 0:18:00.960 water can flow is in one direction. And so imagine 0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:04.280 a person that's been negative month after month, even year 0:18:04.320 --> 0:18:07.840 after year. With every negative thought, they're digging that river 0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:10.439 bed a little bit deeper and the water flows a 0:18:10.440 --> 0:18:11.879 little bit more strongly. 0:18:12.600 --> 0:18:13.680 Well, after a. 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:16.520 Period of some time, that water is flowing with so 0:18:16.640 --> 0:18:20.080 much force in one direction, anytime they go back to 0:18:20.119 --> 0:18:22.439 the river to get a thought out, so to speak, 0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:25.680 it just naturally comes out negative. That's the only way 0:18:25.680 --> 0:18:28.880 the water's flowing. But the good news is, just as 0:18:28.920 --> 0:18:31.800 we can dig a negative river bed, we can dig 0:18:31.920 --> 0:18:33.120 a positive river bed. 0:18:33.600 --> 0:18:35.120 And as you begin to dwell. 0:18:34.840 --> 0:18:38.119 On God's promises, as you begin to see the best 0:18:38.160 --> 0:18:41.520 in every situation, then little by little, one thought at 0:18:41.520 --> 0:18:43.480 a time, you're digging that new river bed. 0:18:44.160 --> 0:18:46.200 And at first it may not seem like much. 0:18:47.000 --> 0:18:49.240 Just a little bit of that negative water will come 0:18:49.280 --> 0:18:52.439 over and flow in the positive direction. But as you 0:18:52.560 --> 0:18:55.520 continue day after day to think thoughts of hope and 0:18:55.600 --> 0:18:58.760 faith and victory, as you continue to expect good things, 0:18:58.960 --> 0:19:02.320 that negative river is gonna dwindle down, dwindle down. Eventually 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:05.200 it'll get down to nothing. Then when you go back 0:19:05.240 --> 0:19:07.600 to that river in your mind, so to speak, to 0:19:07.600 --> 0:19:09.600 get a thought out, you're not gonna have those negative, 0:19:09.640 --> 0:19:12.640 depressing thoughts. You're gonna have a whole new river full 0:19:12.640 --> 0:19:16.920 of positive, faith filled thoughts. That thought comes to your mind, well, 0:19:17.040 --> 0:19:19.439 your problems are too big. Nothing's ever gonna change in 0:19:19.480 --> 0:19:22.399 your life. In times past, you'd go back to that 0:19:22.520 --> 0:19:26.080 old negative river. You think, yeah, man, nothing good ever 0:19:26.119 --> 0:19:28.280 happens to me. I don't see how I ever get 0:19:28.280 --> 0:19:30.920 out of this. But no, this time it's different. You 0:19:31.040 --> 0:19:34.000 got that new river of faith flowing. You rise up 0:19:34.080 --> 0:19:36.840 and say, Father, you said, I'm a victorian, not a victim, 0:19:36.920 --> 0:19:39.440 and I can do all things through Christ. You said, 0:19:39.480 --> 0:19:41.600 you always caused me to try, And so I know 0:19:41.680 --> 0:19:44.800 I am coming out of this situation. See now you're 0:19:44.840 --> 0:19:48.080 tapping into that new river of faith. Every time you 0:19:48.119 --> 0:19:51.040 think thoughts like that, you're digging that new river bed 0:19:51.040 --> 0:19:51.960 deeper and deeper. 0:19:52.040 --> 0:19:55.320 That water's gonna flow stronger and stronger. It'll get easier 0:19:55.320 --> 0:19:55.840 and easier. 0:19:55.880 --> 0:19:58.800 Every time maybe that thought comes to you that you're 0:19:58.840 --> 0:20:01.040 never gonna see your dreams come to pass, You're never 0:20:01.080 --> 0:20:03.600 gonna be successful, You're never gonna get out of dead. 0:20:03.600 --> 0:20:06.120 I've seen your finances and the old days. 0:20:06.160 --> 0:20:08.359 You go back to that old negative river. Nobody in 0:20:08.400 --> 0:20:10.840 my family's ever mounted to much. I don't see how 0:20:10.840 --> 0:20:13.919 I could ever be successful. You know, this time you 0:20:14.000 --> 0:20:16.320 go to your new river of faith, you say, Father, 0:20:16.400 --> 0:20:18.160 you said, I am the head, not the tail. 0:20:18.640 --> 0:20:19.160 I will be. 0:20:19.119 --> 0:20:21.360 Above only and not beneath. So I just thank you. 0:20:21.520 --> 0:20:25.520 Whatever I touch is gonna prosper and succeed. See, you've 0:20:25.520 --> 0:20:29.080 got to get this new river of faith and victory 0:20:29.160 --> 0:20:32.439 flowing in your own mind. As long as you keep 0:20:32.520 --> 0:20:35.399 tapping into that old negative way of thinking. You are 0:20:35.440 --> 0:20:38.320 digging that negative river bed deeper and deeper, and it's 0:20:38.320 --> 0:20:42.000 gonna keep you in defeat. You need to reprogram your thinking, 0:20:42.600 --> 0:20:47.040 recondition your mind. The scripture says in Romans chapter twelve, 0:20:47.400 --> 0:20:50.600 if you will transform your thinking, you can transform your 0:20:50.600 --> 0:20:53.640 whole life. And some of you have spent year after 0:20:53.760 --> 0:20:57.480 year digging that negative river bed. And if it's gonna change, 0:20:57.520 --> 0:21:00.400 you're gonna have to make a firm decision. You're gonna 0:21:00.400 --> 0:21:02.840 have to dig your heels in and make up your 0:21:02.880 --> 0:21:05.000 mind that you're going to keep your mind. 0:21:04.880 --> 0:21:06.600 Set on the good things of God. 0:21:07.240 --> 0:21:10.240 You've got to quit expecting the worst, quit looking at 0:21:10.240 --> 0:21:12.320 what you can't do, and start looking at what you 0:21:12.359 --> 0:21:15.760 can do. Well, you say, Joel, I'm just naturally kind 0:21:15.800 --> 0:21:19.240 of a negative person. That's just my personality. I'm naturally 0:21:19.320 --> 0:21:23.200 a little more pessimistic. It's not really hurting anything, is it. Well, 0:21:23.280 --> 0:21:26.120 the truth is, a negative mind will keep you from 0:21:26.160 --> 0:21:30.120 really fulfilling your God given destiny. A negative attitude will 0:21:30.200 --> 0:21:32.280 keep you from being all God's created you to be. 0:21:33.040 --> 0:21:35.320 You can see it all through the scriptures. The Book 0:21:35.359 --> 0:21:38.919 of Numbers, chapter thirteen. The children of Israel were camped 0:21:39.000 --> 0:21:41.040 right next door to the promised land. 0:21:41.520 --> 0:21:44.080 They were so excited they finally made it. 0:21:44.119 --> 0:21:47.280 They couldn't wait to go in, and God promised he 0:21:47.320 --> 0:21:49.119 would give them the victory. They just had to go 0:21:49.160 --> 0:21:51.960 in and fight for the land. And so Moses sent 0:21:52.080 --> 0:21:54.920 twelve men in to spy out the land, and after 0:21:54.960 --> 0:21:57.359 forty days, ten of those men came back with a 0:21:57.359 --> 0:22:01.040 negative report. They said, Moses, the land and is beautiful. 0:22:01.240 --> 0:22:04.639 It's everything we've ever dreamed of. But there's one major problem. 0:22:04.920 --> 0:22:07.600 There are giants in the land. The people are huge. 0:22:07.600 --> 0:22:11.240 We will never defeat them. And do you know that 0:22:11.359 --> 0:22:15.040 negative report spread like wildfire throughout the rest of the camp. 0:22:15.720 --> 0:22:19.640 Before long, all two million people or so were negative. 0:22:19.960 --> 0:22:21.880 They were complaining, murmuring. 0:22:21.960 --> 0:22:24.760 Finally they said, let's just go back to Egypt, where 0:22:24.760 --> 0:22:25.199 we came from. 0:22:25.200 --> 0:22:26.359 It's not even worth trying. 0:22:27.160 --> 0:22:30.399 Well, when those other two spies came in, Joshua and Caleb, 0:22:30.560 --> 0:22:33.840 they had a totally different report. They said, yes, Moses, 0:22:34.040 --> 0:22:36.879 the people are big, but we know our God is bigger. 0:22:37.119 --> 0:22:39.600 We are well able to take the land. Let us 0:22:39.640 --> 0:22:41.399 go up at once and possess it. 0:22:43.320 --> 0:22:43.600 See. 0:22:43.600 --> 0:22:48.480 Negative people see the problem. Positive people see the possibility. 0:22:48.680 --> 0:22:52.359 Negative people focus on their giants. Positive people focus on 0:22:52.359 --> 0:22:56.399 their God. Joshua and Caleb had that attitude of faith 0:22:56.440 --> 0:22:57.200 I'm talking about. 0:22:57.320 --> 0:22:58.760 They had that can do spirit. 0:22:59.359 --> 0:23:02.720 And what's interesting is those other two million people, they 0:23:02.760 --> 0:23:05.600 were so negative. They never did make it into the 0:23:05.640 --> 0:23:09.760 Promised Land because of that wrong attitude. They wandered around 0:23:09.760 --> 0:23:12.919 out there for some forty years. And do you know 0:23:12.960 --> 0:23:15.080 the only two out of that whole group that ever 0:23:15.119 --> 0:23:17.560 did make it in were Joshua and Caleb. 0:23:18.200 --> 0:23:19.560 It's the same thing today. 0:23:19.760 --> 0:23:22.600 If you stay focused on the negative and what's wrong 0:23:22.720 --> 0:23:24.920 and what you can't do, you'll never make it into 0:23:24.960 --> 0:23:28.680 your promised Land. And really, anybody can see what's wrong. 0:23:29.240 --> 0:23:31.600 Anybody can see the problem. But we need to do 0:23:31.720 --> 0:23:35.240 like Joshua and Caleb and focus on the solution. Focus 0:23:35.280 --> 0:23:39.040 on your possibilities, find the good you've got to choose 0:23:39.119 --> 0:23:42.959 to keep your mind set on the higher things. Sometimes 0:23:43.040 --> 0:23:45.560 we don't even realize it, but we approach things from 0:23:45.640 --> 0:23:48.399 such a negative point of view. Even the way we 0:23:48.440 --> 0:23:51.679 ask questions. You can ask in a positive way or 0:23:51.720 --> 0:23:55.639 a negative way, and that will determine very often the 0:23:55.720 --> 0:23:59.080 other person's response. For instance, how many times do we 0:23:59.119 --> 0:24:02.000 say you you wouldn't be able to help me this afternoon, 0:24:02.000 --> 0:24:04.480 would you? Or you couldn't give me a ride to 0:24:04.520 --> 0:24:06.520 work tomorrow? Could you, you know, shaking our head no 0:24:06.640 --> 0:24:09.760 the whole time? Or you wouldn't want to listen to 0:24:09.840 --> 0:24:12.359 my business proposal or see my presentation? 0:24:12.480 --> 0:24:13.480 Would you no? 0:24:13.640 --> 0:24:16.480 Don't ask in the negative, turn it around and ask 0:24:16.560 --> 0:24:19.640 from a positive point of view. All the studies show 0:24:19.720 --> 0:24:24.040 us how you ask the question will greatly influence the answer. 0:24:24.520 --> 0:24:27.920 And if you ask in a negative way, subconsciously, you're 0:24:27.960 --> 0:24:30.960 affecting that other person and they are much more likely 0:24:31.040 --> 0:24:33.399 to answer you in the same way that you've asked it. 0:24:34.000 --> 0:24:37.040 I read about this experiment that was done with this 0:24:37.119 --> 0:24:40.640 young army soldier. He was working in the cafeteria there 0:24:40.680 --> 0:24:42.760 on the base. He was at the end of the 0:24:42.800 --> 0:24:44.840 serving line. They're in the miss hall, and he was 0:24:44.880 --> 0:24:47.480 in charge of serving the fruit. And so the first 0:24:47.640 --> 0:24:50.679 hundred people that came by, he said to them, you 0:24:50.720 --> 0:24:52.480 wouldn't want a bowl of apricots? 0:24:52.520 --> 0:24:53.640 Would you? 0:24:53.760 --> 0:24:57.520 Ninety percent of them declined, only ten people wanted. Well, 0:24:57.560 --> 0:24:59.639 the next hundred people that came by, he changed the 0:24:59.720 --> 0:25:02.080 question and he said, would you like to have a 0:25:02.080 --> 0:25:06.399 bowl of apricots? Fifty percent of them responded. Yet this 0:25:06.560 --> 0:25:09.440 next group, he even changes around a little more. He said, 0:25:09.920 --> 0:25:12.200 do you want one bowl of apricots? Or do you 0:25:12.240 --> 0:25:16.400 want two bowl of apricots? And do you know fifty 0:25:16.480 --> 0:25:20.040 percent wanted one bowl, forty percent wanted two bowls, and 0:25:20.080 --> 0:25:23.879 only ten percent decline. And see, just by changing the 0:25:23.920 --> 0:25:26.400 way he asked it, from the negative to the positive, 0:25:26.720 --> 0:25:30.440 just by rephrasing it, he went from ninety percent declining 0:25:30.600 --> 0:25:32.320 to only ten percent declining. 0:25:32.880 --> 0:25:33.720 That's good information. 0:25:33.840 --> 0:25:36.240 Now, I know, Victoria, you wouldn't want to go to 0:25:36.280 --> 0:25:36.880 the mall this week? 0:25:36.920 --> 0:25:43.280 Would you? Y'all? Pray for me? I have a ninety 0:25:43.320 --> 0:25:44.040 percent chance. 0:25:46.800 --> 0:25:51.360 Learn to stay positive, learn to stay hopeful, expect good 0:25:51.440 --> 0:25:54.399 things in your life. I know too many people today 0:25:54.640 --> 0:25:56.200 they live by Murphy's law. 0:25:56.840 --> 0:25:57.560 Have you ever heard it? 0:25:57.480 --> 0:26:00.560 It goes like this, Nothing is as easy as it looks. 0:26:00.880 --> 0:26:03.959 Everything takes longer than you would think, and if anything 0:26:04.040 --> 0:26:08.240 can go wrong, it will and at the worst possible time. No, 0:26:08.359 --> 0:26:10.680 if you live with that kind of negative attitude, you 0:26:10.720 --> 0:26:15.080 were inviting failure. You were asking for trouble and heartache 0:26:15.080 --> 0:26:19.200 and mediocrity. You gotta quit expecting things to not work out, 0:26:19.920 --> 0:26:22.240 Quit expecting people to treat you badly. 0:26:22.720 --> 0:26:24.040 Change your frame of mind. 0:26:24.840 --> 0:26:28.720 Expect to get some good breaks this week. Expect your 0:26:28.760 --> 0:26:34.000 plans to succeed. Expect whatever you touch to prosper. You 0:26:34.040 --> 0:26:36.880 know for some reason it doesn't happen. Don't get all sour. 0:26:36.960 --> 0:26:39.080 Don't go back to Murphy's law. Well, I should have 0:26:39.160 --> 0:26:41.359 known it was gonna take me this long. Should have 0:26:41.440 --> 0:26:44.119 known this wasn't gonna work out. Should have known if 0:26:44.160 --> 0:26:45.760 I went to that big church, I wouldn't get a 0:26:45.800 --> 0:26:50.440 good parking spot. No, stay out of a negative, stay hopeful, 0:26:50.480 --> 0:26:52.800 Put a smile on your face. God is still in 0:26:52.840 --> 0:26:55.239 control of your life. Really, we need to get rid 0:26:55.320 --> 0:26:57.560 of Murphy's law. In fact, we should take just the 0:26:57.600 --> 0:27:00.880 opposite of it. Our attitude should be nothing is as 0:27:00.880 --> 0:27:03.760 difficult as it looks for me, and if anything good 0:27:03.760 --> 0:27:06.280 can happen today, it will, And if it's gonna happen 0:27:06.280 --> 0:27:07.280 to anybody, it'll. 0:27:07.119 --> 0:27:07.600 Happen to me. 0:27:08.400 --> 0:27:13.240 That's the attitude we need to have. You go out 0:27:13.280 --> 0:27:15.320 with that kind of attitude of faith, and you will 0:27:15.359 --> 0:27:16.800 draw into good things of God. 0:27:17.600 --> 0:27:19.840 Let me ask you what kind of frame of mind 0:27:19.840 --> 0:27:20.360 do you live? 0:27:20.400 --> 0:27:20.560 In? 0:27:20.960 --> 0:27:22.160 Positive? Negative? 0:27:22.160 --> 0:27:26.040 Are you in neutral? Just taking whatever life brings your way. Now, 0:27:26.080 --> 0:27:28.480 you've got to stay aggressive. When it comes to controling 0:27:28.520 --> 0:27:30.760 your thought life, you gotta make sure you keep them 0:27:30.800 --> 0:27:34.320 running in a positive direction. Nobody can do this for 0:27:34.400 --> 0:27:36.400 you when you first get out of bed. You need 0:27:36.440 --> 0:27:39.159 to set your mind in the right direction, and the 0:27:39.200 --> 0:27:42.240 scripture says, no matter what comes against you, keep your 0:27:42.280 --> 0:27:45.720 mind set. The good news is nobody can make us 0:27:45.760 --> 0:27:49.200 live negative. Nobody can make you live discouraged. If you'll 0:27:49.240 --> 0:27:52.480 just choose to think thoughts of peace and joy and victory, 0:27:52.840 --> 0:27:56.639 you're gonna live a positive, victorious life. I really believe 0:27:56.840 --> 0:27:58.879 the root cause of many of our problems is in 0:27:58.920 --> 0:28:03.560 our thinking. Learn to precondition your mind for success. Precondition 0:28:03.680 --> 0:28:06.600 your mind to overcome any obstacle that comes your way. 0:28:06.800 --> 0:28:09.119 Why don't you plan on having a good week this week. 0:28:09.480 --> 0:28:12.000 Why don't you plan on being a blessing to somebody today? 0:28:12.119 --> 0:28:14.840 Why don't you plan on overcoming anything that might come 0:28:14.880 --> 0:28:15.240 your way? 0:28:15.400 --> 0:28:16.520 It all starts right here. 0:28:17.119 --> 0:28:19.000 If you will keep your thoughts going in the right 0:28:19.040 --> 0:28:21.560 direction and stay in that attitude of faith, then you're 0:28:21.560 --> 0:28:24.160 gonna be like Joshua and Caleb. You won't wander around 0:28:24.240 --> 0:28:26.680 like all those other people. You'll make it into your 0:28:26.720 --> 0:28:29.199 promised land. You'll see the good things of God in 0:28:29.240 --> 0:28:29.760 your life. 0:28:29.800 --> 0:28:31.439 Amen. 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