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This is not an 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:29.759 offer to buy your self securities, nor is it investment, 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:30.760 legal or tax advice. 0:01:31.240 --> 0:01:33.959 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:37.160 our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 0:01:37.240 --> 0:01:39.840 enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:42.559 share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 0:01:42.560 --> 0:01:56.400 for God's very best in your life. Well, God bless 0:01:56.440 --> 0:02:00.120 you always a joy to come into your homes. I 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:02.800 love you. If you're ever in our area, I hope 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:05.680 you'll stop buying be a part of one of our services. 0:02:05.880 --> 0:02:07.960 I promise you'll we'll make you feel right at home. 0:02:07.960 --> 0:02:10.640 But thanks so much for tuning in today. Thanks again 0:02:10.639 --> 0:02:12.920 for coming out. I like to start each week with 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:15.600 something funny. And I heard about this man. He was 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:18.160 walking up to a country store and there was a 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:21.040 little boy sitting on the front porch with a huge 0:02:21.160 --> 0:02:24.040 dog sitting next to him. The man said, son, does 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:27.359 your dog bite? He said, no, sir, my dog doesn't bite. 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:29.960 Men reached down to pet the dog, and the dog 0:02:30.000 --> 0:02:32.240 took about half of his arm off. He pulled it 0:02:32.280 --> 0:02:34.240 back and said, son, I thought you said your dog 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:37.320 didn't bite. The little boy said, that's not my dog. 0:02:39.200 --> 0:02:41.440 All right, hold up your bible. Say it like you 0:02:41.560 --> 0:02:44.840 mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says. 0:02:44.880 --> 0:02:45.160 I am. 0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:48.160 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:50.840 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:50.919 --> 0:02:54.720 talked the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:02:54.800 --> 0:02:58.720 is alert, my heart is receptive. I'll never be the same. 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:03.280 In Jesus name, God bless you. I want to talk 0:03:03.280 --> 0:03:07.480 to you today about living life happy. Too many people 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:11.920 dragged through the day sour with no enthusiasm. They hardly 0:03:11.960 --> 0:03:16.320 ever smile, they never laugh anymore. Everything is a burden. 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:21.040 But God never created us to endure life. He created 0:03:21.120 --> 0:03:24.760 us to enjoy life. We're not supposed to go around 0:03:24.800 --> 0:03:30.200 with a long face, negative discourage, sour grumpy, You and 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:33.640 I are supposed to be the happiest people on earth. 0:03:34.240 --> 0:03:38.000 Everywhere we go. We should brighten people's day. You've been 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:42.600 around people like that before. They're so enthusiastic, happy, and 0:03:42.680 --> 0:03:46.120 full of faith. They rub off on you. When you leave, 0:03:46.320 --> 0:03:52.000 you feel better, refreshed, re energized, inspired. That's the impact 0:03:52.080 --> 0:03:56.200 we should have on others. Our joy should overflow to them. 0:03:56.480 --> 0:03:59.120 But some people go around with such a long face, 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:02.360 and such as sad report it's like they lost their 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:05.200 last friend. They go to church like they're going to 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:08.440 God's funeral. Like this man I heard about. He walked 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:10.920 into a restaurant and said to the waitress do you 0:04:11.040 --> 0:04:14.640 serve crabs here? She said, sit down, mister, we'll serve anybody. 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:19.640 A lady was talking to this couple and she said 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:22.359 to the wife, do you ever wake up grouchy? She 0:04:22.440 --> 0:04:27.080 said no, I just let him sleep. But really, life 0:04:27.160 --> 0:04:30.600 is too short for us to live it negative, grouchy 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:35.279 grumpy Jesus came that our joy might be full When 0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:39.320 your joy is full, it can be seen, it's expressed. 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:42.920 I know people that haven't smiled in six months, they 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:47.120 haven't laughed in three years. You ask them how they're doing. Well. Brother, 0:04:47.400 --> 0:04:50.240 I've got the joy of the Lord. No, you need 0:04:50.279 --> 0:04:54.160 to notify your face. Joy is supposed to be displaved. 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:57.920 We should have a smile on our face, a spring 0:04:58.000 --> 0:05:01.640 in our steff. We should be kind and friendly. We 0:05:01.680 --> 0:05:05.200 should be easy going and fun to be around. Some 0:05:05.240 --> 0:05:07.400 of you today you need to get your joy back. 0:05:07.960 --> 0:05:11.440 You've allowed the pressures of life to push you down. Now. 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:14.599 You're not excited about your future. You're not enjoying the 0:05:14.680 --> 0:05:17.520 people God's brought into your life. You don't laugh and 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:20.360 smile like you know you should. If you don't make 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:23.640 an adjustment, you'll go year after year and get more 0:05:23.800 --> 0:05:27.479 and more solemn. It's not only robbing you of the 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:31.120 joy that belongs to you, but it's robbing your family 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:33.400 and friends of the gift that you have to give. 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:36.200 You need to draw the line in the sand and 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:40.440 say that's it. I'm not gonna live another day negative, discourage, 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:43.800 sour or grumpy. I'm gonna put a smile on my face. 0:05:44.080 --> 0:05:46.720 I'm gonna let my joy be seen so I can 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:50.640 brighten somebody else's day. I'm gonna live my life happy. Well, 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:53.800 you say, Joel, I'd be happy if I had your life. 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:56.960 I'd be happy, Joel if I was as good looking 0:05:57.040 --> 0:06:03.239 as you. What are you laughing at? I'd be happy 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:07.799 if I was married to Victoria. No comment. No, God 0:06:07.880 --> 0:06:11.840 has given you your life to enjoy. Don't compare your 0:06:11.880 --> 0:06:15.839 situation to somebody else's. You have everything you need to 0:06:15.880 --> 0:06:18.800 be happy. You may not be in the home you 0:06:18.839 --> 0:06:20.400 want to be living in. You may not have the 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:23.520 exact job you would like. Maybe you're single and you 0:06:23.600 --> 0:06:26.520 really want to get married. If you're not careful, you 0:06:26.560 --> 0:06:29.920 can allow those things to frustrate you until they change. 0:06:30.240 --> 0:06:32.919 But this is very important. If you don't learn to 0:06:32.960 --> 0:06:36.200 be happy where you are, you'll never get to where 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:39.920 you want to be. Being happy where you are and 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:44.560 not falling into self pity, not complaining, that's a seed 0:06:44.600 --> 0:06:46.640 that you're so in for God to take you to 0:06:46.680 --> 0:06:48.760 where you want to go. And it's good to have 0:06:48.800 --> 0:06:51.440 big dreams, it's good to want to increase, but we 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:55.440 can't let our goals and dreams frustrate us to where 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:57.960 we can't be happy where we are. We have to 0:06:58.000 --> 0:07:01.640 realize God is directing our self steps. Where you are 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:04.760 is not an accident. It's all a part of God's 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:07.919 divine plan. If you will stay in faith and just 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:11.200 go out each day be your best with a smile 0:07:11.240 --> 0:07:14.200 on your face, happy where you are, then you are 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:17.600 passing the test. That's what allows God to open up 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:19.720 new doors and get you to where you want to be. 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:24.120 Too many people on the inside are at war. They 0:07:24.160 --> 0:07:27.040 think I can't be happy. I don't even like my life. 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:29.680 I don't like the way I look, I don't like 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:32.000 the car I drive, I don't like where I'm living. 0:07:32.000 --> 0:07:34.600 I don't like the people in my life. When those 0:07:34.680 --> 0:07:38.920 things change, then I'll be happy now. God never intended 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:42.120 for us to put off our happiness. That's why David 0:07:42.120 --> 0:07:45.200 said in Psalm Oneint. Eighteen, this is the day the 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:48.880 Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it. 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:53.600 He's saying, this is the day to be happy. Not 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:57.320 tomorrow when the weather clears up, Not next week when 0:07:57.320 --> 0:07:59.640 I don't have to work so hard, not next month 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:02.520 when I'm make it through this difficult time. No, make 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:06.800 a decision to enjoy your life. Right now. So easy 0:08:06.840 --> 0:08:10.560 to come up with excuses to delay our happiness. I 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:13.320 hear it all the time. As soon as I get 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:16.480 out of this problem, Joel, I'll be happy as soon 0:08:16.520 --> 0:08:19.800 as I lose ten pounds, as soon as my business grows, 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:22.320 as soon as my child straightens up. No, if you 0:08:22.320 --> 0:08:25.240 don't put your foot down and decide to be happy 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:28.760 right now, there will always be something to keep you 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:32.160 from being happy. I'm asking us to get rid of 0:08:32.200 --> 0:08:35.480 the excuses, and let's make a decision to enjoy our 0:08:35.480 --> 0:08:42.920 life right now. It's interesting as children, we start off happy, laughing, enthusiastic. 0:08:43.440 --> 0:08:46.720 Problems don't keep us down. A little child can be 0:08:46.800 --> 0:08:50.480 crying one moment because something's wrong, and five minutes later 0:08:50.679 --> 0:08:54.320 they've totally forgotten about it and they're happy again. I've 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:58.320 never seen a little child holding a grudge, never seen 0:08:58.360 --> 0:09:02.960 a toddler walking around with bitterness and unforgiveness, Never seen 0:09:03.000 --> 0:09:05.640 a four year old worried about his future, thinking that 0:09:05.679 --> 0:09:10.040 he's not gonna make it. No, children are happy. They 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:14.360 enjoyed the simple things in life. They forgive quickly, they're 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:18.680 excited about each day. I remember when our daughter Alexander 0:09:18.840 --> 0:09:21.200 was just a little baby, and I'd go get her 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:23.360 out of the crib in the morning. When she'd hear 0:09:23.400 --> 0:09:27.000 me coming, she's so excited. She'd start jumping up and down. 0:09:27.280 --> 0:09:29.520 She'd give me a great, big hug with her arms 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:33.160 or legs, a big kiss. Why was she so excited? 0:09:33.200 --> 0:09:36.400 What was the occasion? Was it her birthday? Were we 0:09:36.440 --> 0:09:39.679 going on vacation where we headed to Disneyland? No, it 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:43.360 was simply the dawning of a new day. She was 0:09:43.440 --> 0:09:46.960 excited just to be alive, to have another day to enjoy. 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:51.120 That's the excitement that God has placed on the inside 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:54.559 of every one of us. We should never forget how 0:09:54.600 --> 0:09:58.520 to celebrate each day, but so often the older we get, 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:01.000 we let the challenges of life i pushed down and 0:10:01.040 --> 0:10:05.360 sadden our spirits. We have to realize every day is 0:10:05.400 --> 0:10:08.600 a gift from God. Once this day is gone, we 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:11.480 can never get it back. If we make the mistake 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:16.520 of living it negative, discourage, grumpy, sour, that is a 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:20.880 day that we've wasted. The sad thing is some people 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:26.120 have wasted year after year being unhappy because somebody's not 0:10:26.200 --> 0:10:29.160 treating them right, or because they're not getting their way, 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:31.800 or because their plans are not working out. As fast 0:10:31.840 --> 0:10:34.520 as they would like. I've made up my mind. I 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:37.360 am not going to waste any more days. I'm going 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:41.760 to celebrate each day as a gift from God. One 0:10:41.800 --> 0:10:47.080 thing I've learned is that happiness is a choice. When 0:10:47.080 --> 0:10:49.440 you wake up in the morning, you can choose what 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:52.280 kind of day you're going to have. You can choose 0:10:52.360 --> 0:10:54.680 to be in a good mood, or you can choose 0:10:54.679 --> 0:10:57.160 to be in a bad mood. You can choose to 0:10:57.200 --> 0:11:01.840 live this day happy, excited, expect God's goodness, or you 0:11:01.880 --> 0:11:04.440 can choose to be irritable and sour and just try 0:11:04.440 --> 0:11:07.560 to make it through. How you live your life is 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:11.520 totally up to you. It's not dependent on your circumstances. 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:16.720 It's dependent on your choices. Abraham Lincoln said, most people 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:20.760 are as happy as they decided to be. I have 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:23.720 a friend right now that's going through treatment for cancer. 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:28.560 He's a young man, very talented, very athletic. If he 0:11:28.600 --> 0:11:31.480 had not told me, I would have never known anything 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:36.880 was wrong. I've never once heard him complain. He's always friendly, upbeat, 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:41.040 enjoy his life. I ask him the other day how 0:11:41.080 --> 0:11:43.600 he could keep such a good attitude during such a 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:46.280 difficult time. He said, Joel. When I get up in 0:11:46.280 --> 0:11:49.240 the morning, I ask myself, do you want to be 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:52.679 depressed today or do you want to live happy? And 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:57.160 I choose to live happy. Understand, if you're going to 0:11:57.200 --> 0:12:00.320 be happy, you have to be happy on per us. 0:12:00.960 --> 0:12:04.240 Happiness is not going to fall on you. We're not 0:12:04.280 --> 0:12:06.520 going to wake up every morning and think, oh wow, 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:09.559 I want to be happy today. Now. Some mornings we're 0:12:09.559 --> 0:12:12.720 gonna wake up and think, nobody better get in my way. 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:15.600 I don't feel like going to work, I don't feel 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:17.599 like cleaning the house, I don't feel like driving in 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:21.040 this traffic. Just let me get my coffee and nobody 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:25.840 will get hurt. Some mornings we wake up grouchy, and 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:28.760 if we get in agreement with those thoughts and we 0:12:28.840 --> 0:12:32.000 start dwelling on how we feel and what we don't 0:12:32.080 --> 0:12:35.360 have and all of our problems, we may not realize it, 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:39.320 but we're choosing to have a lousy day. That's paving 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:44.520 the way for defeat, discouragement, mediocrity. Here's the key. When 0:12:44.559 --> 0:12:47.280 you wake up in the morning, you cannot wait to 0:12:47.440 --> 0:12:49.880 see what kind of day you're going to have. You 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:52.320 have to decide what kind of day you're gonna have. 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:55.520 In other words, don't wait to see how you feel 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:58.160 and what kind of mood your spouse is in, and 0:12:58.320 --> 0:13:01.520 what the traffic's like and what the stock market's doing. No, 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:03.720 right when you get out of bed, you need to 0:13:03.720 --> 0:13:06.199 make a declaration, right then and there, this is gonna 0:13:06.200 --> 0:13:09.640 be a great day. I'm excited about my future. I 0:13:09.720 --> 0:13:13.200 know God has directed my steps. Something good is gonna 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:16.560 happen to me today. That is setting the tone for 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:21.439 a blessed, prosperous, happy day. The scripture says in Psalms 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:25.240 that joy comes in the morning. When you wake up 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:29.960 each morning, God sends you a special delivery of joy. 0:13:30.040 --> 0:13:32.719 It comes knocking at your door. And when you get 0:13:32.840 --> 0:13:35.680 up in faith and make that declaration that this is 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:37.840 gonna be a good day. You know what you did. 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:41.480 You just answered the door. You just received the gift 0:13:41.520 --> 0:13:44.560 of joy that God sent to you. The problem is 0:13:44.679 --> 0:13:48.240 some people never answer the door. It's been knocking months 0:13:48.240 --> 0:13:50.920 and months, years and years. Come on, let me in. 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:53.679 You can be happy, you can cheer up, you can 0:13:53.840 --> 0:13:56.880 enjoy your life. I don't know about you, but I've 0:13:56.920 --> 0:13:59.240 made up my mind. I'm gonna answer the door. I'm 0:13:59.240 --> 0:14:01.880 gonna get up every morning and say Father, thank you 0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:05.640 for another beautiful day. I'm gonna be happy. I'm gonna 0:14:05.760 --> 0:14:09.480 enjoy this day. I'm gonna brighten somebody else's life. I 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:13.880 am choosing to receive your gift of joy. A lot 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:17.680 of times we think, well, Joey, I'm unhappy because somebody's 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:20.840 not treating me right. I'm unhappy because I'm having to 0:14:20.880 --> 0:14:23.680 work two jobs. I'm unhappy because I'm not where I 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:26.840 wanted to be in life. Can I say this kindly 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:31.720 and respectfully? You're unhappy because you're choosing to be unhappy. 0:14:32.040 --> 0:14:36.600 The scripture says no person can take your joy. That 0:14:36.720 --> 0:14:42.000 means no man, no woman, no obstacle, no difficulty, no disappointment, 0:14:42.040 --> 0:14:45.440 no sickness, nothing can take your joy. You have to 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:48.880 give it away. In other words, you're in complete control. 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:52.600 You're in charge of how happy or unhappy you want 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:56.120 to live. I see too many people that are allowing 0:14:56.240 --> 0:14:59.680 someone else to frustrate them and they end up giving 0:14:59.680 --> 0:15:06.160 away their joy. George Burns said, happiness is having a loving, caring, 0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:12.480 close knit family. Living in another state. You may have 0:15:12.560 --> 0:15:15.680 people in your life, perhaps even in your own family, 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:18.560 that are hard to get along with. They do things 0:15:18.640 --> 0:15:21.960 on purpose to aggravate you. They know just what buttons 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:24.840 to push to frustrate you. Listen, you've got to draw 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:27.760 that line in the sand and say no more. I 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:31.280 am not giving away my joy. I realize this day 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:34.000 is a gift from God, and I'm not gonna waste 0:15:34.040 --> 0:15:37.200 it be an unhappy because of how someone is or 0:15:37.360 --> 0:15:40.480 is it treating me. One of the best things I've 0:15:40.520 --> 0:15:44.880 ever learned is I am responsible for my own happiness. 0:15:45.200 --> 0:15:47.760 It's not up to Victoria to make me happy. It's 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:49.920 not up to my family and friends to keep me 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:53.480 cheered up. Somebody may be treating me wrong, they may 0:15:53.480 --> 0:15:55.640 not be doing what I want them to do, but 0:15:55.720 --> 0:15:58.040 that is not an excuse for me to live my 0:15:58.120 --> 0:16:01.400 life sour. I am responding to get up every morning 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:04.480 and to receive the gift of joy that God sends 0:16:04.520 --> 0:16:08.320 to me. Now, I found most of the time we 0:16:08.440 --> 0:16:10.880 have what we need to be happy, we just don't 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:14.360 have the right perspective. For instance, you may not be 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:17.480 happy at the job you're at right now, but if 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:20.320 for some reason you were to lose that job and 0:16:20.360 --> 0:16:23.920 you went months and months without any income, and then 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:26.640 one day you were able to get that same job 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:31.600 back most likely you would be extremely happy. You had 0:16:31.760 --> 0:16:34.320 what you needed to be happy, you just didn't realize it. 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:38.400 I know people that are perfectly healthy, but they're never 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:42.200 really happy. It's always something bothering them. They want a 0:16:42.240 --> 0:16:46.200 bigger house or a better job. But if they were 0:16:46.240 --> 0:16:49.520 to lose their health and then regain it, I'm sure 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:52.200 they would be thrilled they have what they need to 0:16:52.240 --> 0:16:56.600 be happy. I hear ladies complain and complain about their husband. 0:16:56.840 --> 0:16:59.240 He's just too much of this or not enough of that. 0:17:00.040 --> 0:17:03.640 But if that husband were gone and you were lonely 0:17:03.760 --> 0:17:06.680 month after month, didn't have anybody to talk to, nobody 0:17:06.680 --> 0:17:10.600 to go to dinner with, you might be happy just 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:13.000 to get that old goat back, I mean that man back. 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:19.800 What am I saying? Keep the right perspective. Every one 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:23.000 of us has something even right now to be happy 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:27.119 about our health, our job, our family, and opportunity. I 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:29.719 know this couple that live in another state, and they 0:17:29.720 --> 0:17:32.880 were constantly complaining about the house they were living in. 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:36.400 It was too small and too far out in the country. 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:40.240 It was a source of frustration year after year. But 0:17:40.280 --> 0:17:44.760 when the economy went down recently, unfortunately, their income went 0:17:44.800 --> 0:17:48.040 down as well. And they got very close to losing 0:17:48.080 --> 0:17:51.800 that house. In fact, just before the bank foreclosed on it, 0:17:52.119 --> 0:17:55.040 they were able to refinance and they kept the house. 0:17:55.440 --> 0:17:57.919 Do you know now they think that house is the 0:17:57.920 --> 0:18:00.639 greatest thing in the world. They show it off like 0:18:00.680 --> 0:18:05.159 it's brand new. What happened? They change their perspective. I 0:18:05.200 --> 0:18:07.920 hear people say, well, I gotta go to work today. Know, 0:18:08.080 --> 0:18:10.800 the right attitude is, I get to go to work today. 0:18:11.000 --> 0:18:14.800 I've got a job, I've got opportunity. That's reason enough 0:18:15.040 --> 0:18:18.560 for me to have a smile on my face. Well, 0:18:18.600 --> 0:18:21.320 I've got to clean this house. It's so much work. No, 0:18:21.480 --> 0:18:24.560 I get to clean this house. I'm strong, I'm healthy. 0:18:24.960 --> 0:18:26.879 On top of that, I have a house. I'm not 0:18:26.920 --> 0:18:31.840 living under a bridge somewhere. Well, Joel, I've got to 0:18:31.920 --> 0:18:34.399 take care of these children. All I do is cook 0:18:34.480 --> 0:18:37.200 and clean, do the laundry. No, I get to take 0:18:37.240 --> 0:18:39.480 care of these children. They're a gift from God. They're 0:18:39.520 --> 0:18:44.600 a special treasure. I found. There are very few things 0:18:44.600 --> 0:18:47.480 in life that we have to do well, Joel. I 0:18:47.560 --> 0:18:50.480 have to pay my taxes. No, really, you get to 0:18:50.560 --> 0:18:53.800 pay your taxes. The fact that you have taxes due 0:18:54.080 --> 0:18:56.679 means that you've made money. That tells me God blessed 0:18:56.720 --> 0:18:59.600 you with opportunity. Well, I've got to go to the 0:18:59.640 --> 0:19:02.920 grocery restore today. No, that means you're healthy enough to eat. 0:19:03.000 --> 0:19:05.800 I get to go to the grocery store. Well, I've 0:19:05.800 --> 0:19:08.639 got to drive in traffic. No, that means God's blessed 0:19:08.680 --> 0:19:11.680 you with a car. I get to drive in traffic. Well, 0:19:11.760 --> 0:19:15.720 I've got to buy my wife a Valentine's Day gift. No, 0:19:15.880 --> 0:19:18.160 that means God's blessed you with a wife. You don't 0:19:18.240 --> 0:19:20.120 have to buy her a gift. You get to buy 0:19:20.119 --> 0:19:24.480 her a gift. And if you don't, you will be unhappy, 0:19:27.960 --> 0:19:33.280 because if Mama's not happy, nobody's happy. But so much 0:19:33.400 --> 0:19:36.880 of our happiness is based on our perspective. I read 0:19:36.880 --> 0:19:40.040 about these two men. They had been bricklayers for over 0:19:40.119 --> 0:19:43.680 thirty years. They were working on a huge skyscraper downtown. 0:19:44.359 --> 0:19:49.960 One man was always negative, discouraged, constantly complaining, dreaded going 0:19:50.000 --> 0:19:53.080 to work. The other man was just the opposite. He 0:19:53.160 --> 0:19:55.760 was excited to show up each day and just had 0:19:55.760 --> 0:20:00.360 an attitude of faith and just enthusiastic about life. Day 0:20:00.440 --> 0:20:03.120 a friend came by the job site and asked them 0:20:03.359 --> 0:20:06.120 separately what they were doing. The first man said, all 0:20:06.160 --> 0:20:09.520 were just laying brick. We've been doing this for thirty years. 0:20:09.560 --> 0:20:12.160 It's so boring, one brick on top of the other, 0:20:12.720 --> 0:20:15.520 the man asked the second man. He just lit up. 0:20:15.880 --> 0:20:20.600 He said, while we're building a magnificent skyscraper. This structure 0:20:20.680 --> 0:20:23.520 is going to stand tall for generations to come, and 0:20:23.600 --> 0:20:26.080 I'm just so excited that I could be a part 0:20:26.119 --> 0:20:29.800 of it. See their happiness or lack of it was 0:20:29.840 --> 0:20:33.200 based on their perspective. Friends, you can either be laying 0:20:33.280 --> 0:20:36.359 a brick or you can be building a beautiful skyscraper. 0:20:36.440 --> 0:20:38.480 Choice is up to you. In other words, you can 0:20:38.520 --> 0:20:40.760 go to work each day and just punch in on 0:20:40.800 --> 0:20:43.680 the clock and dread being there and do as little 0:20:43.680 --> 0:20:46.200 as you have to to get by, or you can 0:20:46.240 --> 0:20:49.840 show up with enthusiasm and give it your best, knowing 0:20:49.880 --> 0:20:53.240 that you're making the world a better place. I found 0:20:53.560 --> 0:20:57.520 we create much of our own unhappiness. We see what's 0:20:57.560 --> 0:21:00.880 wrong rather than what's right, look at what we don't 0:21:00.920 --> 0:21:04.200 have rather than what we do have. We don't celebrate 0:21:04.280 --> 0:21:07.960 each day and appreciate the gift that God has given us. 0:21:08.400 --> 0:21:11.280 A man told how years ago he was on a 0:21:11.359 --> 0:21:15.080 train and he met a very successful couple. The lady 0:21:15.200 --> 0:21:19.399 was wearing expensive clothing, expensive jewelry. Was obvious that they 0:21:19.440 --> 0:21:21.879 were well to do, and they were all up in 0:21:21.920 --> 0:21:25.600 the first class cabin together and was very nice, very comfortable. 0:21:26.000 --> 0:21:29.720 But from the start this lady did nothing but complain. 0:21:30.359 --> 0:21:33.800 She complained that the temperature wasn't right, complain that there 0:21:33.880 --> 0:21:37.160 wasn't enough light, complain that the food wasn't good, complained 0:21:37.200 --> 0:21:41.240 that her seat was dirty. She made everybody miserable. During 0:21:41.280 --> 0:21:45.000 the journey, this man struck up a conversation with her husband, 0:21:45.000 --> 0:21:47.480 and he asked what kind of business he was in, 0:21:47.520 --> 0:21:49.320 and he told how he had been in the car 0:21:49.440 --> 0:21:51.560 industry and God had blessed him in a great way. 0:21:52.080 --> 0:21:55.720 But he said, now my wife, she's in the manufacturing business. 0:21:56.280 --> 0:21:58.480 The men thought, that's kind of odd. And she's so 0:21:58.640 --> 0:22:01.800 dignified and dressed so properly, that just doesn't seem like 0:22:01.840 --> 0:22:05.959 it fit. He asked, very curiously, what does she manufacture? 0:22:06.400 --> 0:22:12.720 The husband said, she manufactures unhappiness. She's unhappy everywhere she goes. 0:22:14.080 --> 0:22:17.520 Some of you today you may need to change businesses, 0:22:17.960 --> 0:22:21.280 not physically but mentally. You need to get out of 0:22:21.320 --> 0:22:26.280 the manufacturing of unhappiness business. In other words, quit dwelling 0:22:26.359 --> 0:22:29.960 on what's wrong, quit seeing the faults, and start seeing 0:22:30.000 --> 0:22:33.399 the good. Start being grateful for what you have, start 0:22:33.440 --> 0:22:37.440 appreciating the gift of today. Do you realize you can 0:22:37.520 --> 0:22:42.679 manufacture happiness just as easily as you can unhappiness. Jesus 0:22:42.760 --> 0:22:46.159 put it this way. A good man from his inner 0:22:46.320 --> 0:22:50.760 treasure brings forth good things, but an evil man out 0:22:50.800 --> 0:22:55.240 of his own evil storehouse brings forth evil things. This 0:22:55.400 --> 0:22:59.000 is saying, it's not our circumstances that cause us to 0:22:59.040 --> 0:23:02.880 be negative and unhappy, it's what's on the inside. It's 0:23:02.880 --> 0:23:07.840 because our perspective is wrong. Because you can take a positive, happy, 0:23:07.960 --> 0:23:11.879 faith filled person and put them in negative circumstances and 0:23:11.920 --> 0:23:15.800 they're still gonna be positive, happy, faith filled. They're gonna 0:23:15.800 --> 0:23:19.000 find the good. They're not gonna be complaining, they're gonna 0:23:19.040 --> 0:23:22.080 be saying, God's gonna turn this around. I'm a victor 0:23:22.200 --> 0:23:25.040 and not a victim. It's because their heart is right. 0:23:25.359 --> 0:23:29.040 It's filled with faith, with hope, with gratitude. If you'll 0:23:29.040 --> 0:23:33.080 get the inside right, it'll override the outside. But so 0:23:33.240 --> 0:23:37.560 often we've developed wrong mindsets that keep us from being happy. 0:23:38.119 --> 0:23:42.520 Things like it's Monday. Traffic's gonna be terrible. This is 0:23:42.560 --> 0:23:45.040 gonna be a hard day. Or I've got to clean 0:23:45.080 --> 0:23:48.480 my house. I sure can't enjoy today. I've got a 0:23:48.520 --> 0:23:50.720 work late, got to go on a business trip. This 0:23:50.800 --> 0:23:54.399 is gonna be a real pain. We've conditioned our mind 0:23:54.880 --> 0:23:57.639 when we can enjoy life and when we just have 0:23:57.720 --> 0:24:01.639 to endure life. If we would change those conditions, we 0:24:01.680 --> 0:24:04.600 could enjoy every part of our life. This is what 0:24:04.680 --> 0:24:08.240 I had to do. I write my sermons on Thursdays. 0:24:08.640 --> 0:24:13.240 When I first started ministering on Thursdays, I would dread it. 0:24:13.600 --> 0:24:16.959 I would get up in the morning so pressured, so uptight. 0:24:17.440 --> 0:24:19.720 I think, oh man, this is gonna be hard. I 0:24:19.760 --> 0:24:21.920 gotta come up with something to say if I can 0:24:22.040 --> 0:24:25.600 just make it through today. One day, it dawned on me, 0:24:26.080 --> 0:24:29.080 I could be doing this on Thursdays for the next 0:24:29.119 --> 0:24:32.720 fifty years. I better decide to enjoy it, or I'm 0:24:32.760 --> 0:24:35.880 going to waste a huge part of my life. Now 0:24:35.920 --> 0:24:38.199 when I get up on Thursdays, I have a totally 0:24:38.200 --> 0:24:42.040 different approach. I relax and enjoy it. I actually look 0:24:42.200 --> 0:24:45.760 forward to it. What happened I had to change how 0:24:45.800 --> 0:24:49.760 I had conditioned my mind I read where there are 0:24:49.840 --> 0:24:54.240 more heart attacks on Monday than any other day. People 0:24:54.240 --> 0:24:58.120 have already decided Monday is a stressed out day. You've 0:24:58.119 --> 0:25:01.400 heard of the Monday morning blues. If we're not careful, 0:25:01.560 --> 0:25:04.800 we'll fall into that same trap. I can't be happy today. 0:25:04.840 --> 0:25:07.640 I gotta mow the lawn. I can't enjoy this day. 0:25:07.640 --> 0:25:10.679 I got a work late. It's raining outside. This is 0:25:10.720 --> 0:25:12.840 a stressed out day. Let me just make it through. 0:25:13.760 --> 0:25:18.600 A study recently came out that stated happiness increases ten 0:25:18.680 --> 0:25:23.320 percent on Fridays. Why is that people are excited about 0:25:23.320 --> 0:25:26.800 the weekend, so they've decided to be happier. They've made 0:25:26.840 --> 0:25:29.960 up their mind on Fridays they can enjoy their life more. 0:25:31.080 --> 0:25:34.160 My challenge to all of us today is let every 0:25:34.240 --> 0:25:38.119 day be a Friday. Give yourself permission every day to 0:25:38.200 --> 0:25:42.640 be happy. Not just on the weekends, not just when 0:25:42.680 --> 0:25:44.800 you have a special event, not just when you're going 0:25:44.880 --> 0:25:48.480 on vacation. No, if you will have the right mindset, 0:25:48.800 --> 0:25:51.600 you can be just as happy on Monday as you 0:25:51.680 --> 0:25:55.879 are on Friday. The scripture doesn't say Friday is the 0:25:55.960 --> 0:25:59.800 day the Lord has made, No, it says this is 0:25:59.800 --> 0:26:04.320 they the Lord has made this means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. 0:26:04.880 --> 0:26:07.960 This means when it's raining, when you have to work late, 0:26:08.119 --> 0:26:10.359 when you have to do the dishes. Why don't you 0:26:10.400 --> 0:26:13.640 make up your mind to be happy every day you've 0:26:13.680 --> 0:26:17.560 heard that saying tgif, thank God it's Friday. For you 0:26:17.640 --> 0:26:22.600 and I it should be tgim, thank God it's Monday, tgiw, 0:26:22.800 --> 0:26:27.200 thank god it's Wednesday. Tgis, thank God it's Sunday. When 0:26:27.200 --> 0:26:29.960 you wake up on Monday morning and those thoughts come 0:26:30.000 --> 0:26:32.159 knocking on your door, say oh, it's gonna be a 0:26:32.280 --> 0:26:36.440 long week, hard day, traffic's gonna be bad. You've got 0:26:36.440 --> 0:26:38.920 so much to do. Just try to make it through 0:26:38.960 --> 0:26:42.600 the Monday morning blues. Just say thanks, but no thanks. 0:26:42.960 --> 0:26:46.680 I've already answered the door, and Almighty God, the creator 0:26:46.720 --> 0:26:50.280 of the universe, has sent me a hand delivery of joy. 0:26:50.720 --> 0:26:54.399 I know this is gonna be a great day for us. 0:26:54.840 --> 0:26:58.120 It's not the Monday morning blues, it's the Monday morning dews. 0:26:58.320 --> 0:27:00.639 I do have a smile, I do have joy, I 0:27:00.720 --> 0:27:04.200 do have God's favor, I do have victory. Every day 0:27:04.320 --> 0:27:07.360 can be a Friday. Yes, I know some days are 0:27:07.359 --> 0:27:10.320 more difficult than others. But if we will program our 0:27:10.400 --> 0:27:13.440 mind the right way, we won't have to drag through 0:27:13.520 --> 0:27:16.639 certain days so we can get to Friday and enjoy 0:27:16.680 --> 0:27:21.080 our life. No faith is always in the now. Our 0:27:21.160 --> 0:27:25.280 attitude should be I'm excited to be alive right now. 0:27:25.840 --> 0:27:29.680 I'm excited to have breath to breed today. I'm excited 0:27:29.720 --> 0:27:33.640 about my family, my hell, my opportunities. I have plenty 0:27:33.800 --> 0:27:37.280 of reasons to be happy right now. It's like that 0:27:37.400 --> 0:27:40.639 song we used to sing as children, Zippity do dog 0:27:41.160 --> 0:27:45.880 zippity day. My, oh my, what a wonderful day. Zippity 0:27:45.920 --> 0:27:51.560 do doll zippity day. Plenty of sunshine is coming my way. Friends, 0:27:51.720 --> 0:27:54.720 you can be happy if you decide to. You can 0:27:54.760 --> 0:27:59.159 even be happier if you make that decision. Bottom line is, 0:27:59.200 --> 0:28:02.200 you're as happy as you're choosing to be. Now. I'm 0:28:02.240 --> 0:28:05.240 asking us to stir up the joy on the inside. 0:28:05.960 --> 0:28:07.919 You may not be exactly where you want to be, 0:28:08.240 --> 0:28:10.840 but learn to be happy where you are. That's the 0:28:10.960 --> 0:28:14.120 seed you're sowing for God to do something new. When 0:28:14.119 --> 0:28:16.240 you get up in the morning, don't wait to see 0:28:16.280 --> 0:28:18.119 what kind of day it's going to be. Make a 0:28:18.200 --> 0:28:20.560 declaration right at the beginning. This is going to be 0:28:20.600 --> 0:28:22.840 a great day. And if you will do this on 0:28:22.920 --> 0:28:26.240 a daily basis, choose to live your life happy, you'll 0:28:26.240 --> 0:28:29.800 not only enjoy life more, but you'll brighten other people's day. 0:28:30.280 --> 0:28:34.120 God promises your joy will be full. Now I believe 0:28:34.160 --> 0:28:36.399 and declare every one of you are going to live 0:28:36.440 --> 0:28:42.520 a happy, joy filled, blessed, prosperous, victorious Ephesians three twenty life. Amen. 0:28:42.560 --> 0:28:46.000 Do you receive it today? Well, we never like to 0:28:46.040 --> 0:28:49.320 close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make 0:28:49.440 --> 0:28:52.080 Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 0:28:52.600 --> 0:28:57.320 Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 0:28:57.360 --> 0:29:02.280 into my heart. I make you my life and save you. Friends, 0:29:02.320 --> 0:29:04.680 if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 0:29:04.680 --> 0:29:08.520 born again. Get in a good Bible based church, keep 0:29:08.560 --> 0:29:11.680 God first place. 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