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This is not an offer 0:01:28.200 --> 0:01:30.040 to buy your self securities snor is it investment, legal 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:30.760 or tax advice. 0:01:30.959 --> 0:01:34.080 The only thing that's holding some people back is who 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:37.440 they're spending time with. Life is too short to spend 0:01:37.520 --> 0:01:42.640 it with negative, can't do it, jealous, critical, small minded people. 0:01:42.920 --> 0:01:46.279 You need some eagles in your life, people that soar, 0:01:46.800 --> 0:01:49.640 people that are doing great things, people that have a 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:53.960 great attitude. Hi, this is joelan Victoria. Thanks for listening 0:01:53.960 --> 0:01:57.120 to our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If 0:01:57.120 --> 0:01:59.720 you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing 0:01:59.800 --> 0:02:02.360 and share it with a friend. We appreciate you and 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:10.079 pray for God's very best in your life. God bless you. 0:02:10.440 --> 0:02:12.880 It's great to be with you today, and I hope 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:15.600 you'll stay connected with us throughout the week. We have 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:18.919 a daily podcast that you can download, or you can 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:22.480 go to our YouTube channel watch the messages anytime, or 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:25.160 you can follow us on social medium. I'll promise you 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:28.160 we'll keep you encouraged and inspired. But thanks for tuning 0:02:28.200 --> 0:02:31.120 in and thanks again for coming out today. I'd like 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:34.440 to start with something funny. And one Sunday morning in church, 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:38.040 everything was going fine until a bolt of lightning hit 0:02:38.080 --> 0:02:42.320 the sanctuary. When the smoke cleared, Satan himself was standing 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:45.960 behind the podium. People panicked and took off running as 0:02:46.040 --> 0:02:49.520 fast as they could. Everyone that is, except one lady. 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:52.519 She sat on the front row as calmly as can be. 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:56.280 Satan was appalled. He said, lady, do you know who 0:02:56.360 --> 0:02:59.280 I am? She said, I sure do. He said, well, 0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:01.480 aren't you afraid to me? She said not in the 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:04.720 least bit. He said why not? She said, why should 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:07.480 I be? I've been married to your brother for thirty years. 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:11.200 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:14.040 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:03:14.120 --> 0:03:16.560 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:19.320 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:23.520 of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:28.000 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 0:03:28.440 --> 0:03:31.960 God bless you. I want to talk to you today 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:36.680 about rule your atmosphere. You have a space that belongs 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:41.160 only to you. It's your thoughts, your attitude, your emotions. 0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:44.360 It's who you spend time with, what you watch and 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:49.000 listen to. That's your atmosphere. That's what you have control over. 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:54.200 The reason some people live worried, offended, negative is because 0:03:54.240 --> 0:03:57.720 they let everything in. They listen to the news all day, 0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:01.800 they dwell on the medical they go to lunch with 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:04.920 people that are critical. Somebody cuts them off in traffic 0:04:05.120 --> 0:04:08.200 that sours the rest of the morning. The problem is 0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:12.600 they're not ruling their atmosphere. You have to be careful 0:04:12.880 --> 0:04:16.760 what you allow in. You can't stop everything from coming, 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:20.160 but you can stop it from getting down in your spirit. 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:23.960 You need to keep your atmosphere full of faith, full 0:04:24.000 --> 0:04:27.880 of praise, full of hope, full of victory. Anything that 0:04:27.960 --> 0:04:30.960 tries to poison that atmosphere. It's up to you to 0:04:30.960 --> 0:04:35.039 say no, thanks, you're not welcome here. Somebody leads you 0:04:35.120 --> 0:04:37.680 out at work, they don't invite you to the meeting. 0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:41.640 The offense will come saying be angry, be bitter, that's 0:04:41.680 --> 0:04:45.320 not right. You can let that offense in and live upset, 0:04:46.000 --> 0:04:50.400 or you can say, sorry, offense, you're not welcome here. Sorry, bitterness, 0:04:50.480 --> 0:04:53.120 there's no place for you. I'm going to stay in peace. 0:04:53.320 --> 0:04:57.080 I'm going to enjoy this day. You don't have control 0:04:57.240 --> 0:05:00.200 over what people do, but you do have control all 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:05.400 over your thoughts, your attitude, how you respond. Proverb says 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:08.960 a person that doesn't rule his spirit is like a 0:05:09.000 --> 0:05:13.400 city with broken down walls. In Bible days, the walls 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:16.480 were what protected the city. If the walls were down, 0:05:16.680 --> 0:05:19.680 then anyone could get in. The opposition would come and 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:23.080 take the city. In the same way, if you don't 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:26.080 keep some walls up around your spirit, if you don't 0:05:26.160 --> 0:05:30.359 rule your atmosphere, put some boundaries, then everything's going to 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:34.200 get in. Your child is off course. Instead of trusting 0:05:34.400 --> 0:05:36.640 that God has him in the palm of his hand, 0:05:36.880 --> 0:05:40.440 worry will get in. You can't sleep at night, your 0:05:40.480 --> 0:05:44.320 business slows down, you lost a client, instead of knowing 0:05:44.400 --> 0:05:47.520 that God is your source that he's going to provide. 0:05:47.640 --> 0:05:50.520 The stress will come, the anxiety what am I going 0:05:50.560 --> 0:05:53.960 to do? Or maybe someone is talking about you, trying 0:05:54.000 --> 0:05:56.800 to make you look bad. Instead of letting God fight 0:05:56.920 --> 0:06:01.520 your battles, you let the offense in, trying to prove 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:05.560 to them that you're okay, wasting valuable time on something 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:09.360 that doesn't matter. You don't need their approval. God has 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:13.760 already approved you. Now keep your walls up. Quit allowing 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:17.440 all that into your spirit. Your time is too valuable, 0:06:17.839 --> 0:06:22.599 your assignment too important to let everything in be selective. 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:26.840 If it's not positive, hopeful of a good report, then 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:30.080 don't dwell on it. You can't control the whole world, 0:06:30.360 --> 0:06:34.560 but you can control your atmosphere. And the scripture says 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:37.440 that God has made you to be a king, that 0:06:37.480 --> 0:06:41.279 you are to reign in life. Negative things will come, 0:06:41.640 --> 0:06:45.039 but you have to remember you're the ruler. You have 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:49.039 the authority to decide what you allow in. Am I 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:51.680 going to dwell on this offense? Am I going to 0:06:51.720 --> 0:06:54.640 hang around this person that's pulling me down? Am I 0:06:54.720 --> 0:06:57.280 going to stay focused on this bad break? Live in 0:06:57.320 --> 0:07:01.200 self pity? It's up to you, you rule over your kingdom. 0:07:01.960 --> 0:07:04.360 When we turn on the news these days, there's so 0:07:04.440 --> 0:07:07.880 much negative we hear about how bad the pandemic is, 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:13.120 the divisiveness in politics, the unrest in our society. If 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:16.760 you allow that division to get in you, the disrespect, 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:20.840 the anger is going to pollute your thoughts, steal your joy, 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:25.000 make you sour. You have to be proactive. What are 0:07:25.040 --> 0:07:28.480 you watching, what are you listening to? Is it building 0:07:28.520 --> 0:07:33.080 you up, making you more positive, more hopeful, or is 0:07:33.120 --> 0:07:37.160 it tearing you down, stressing you out, making you angry, upset. 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:41.720 You don't need that in your atmosphere. Life is hard 0:07:41.840 --> 0:07:45.280 enough without adding all these negative things that make it 0:07:45.320 --> 0:07:49.040 more difficult. A man told me how he drove to 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:52.520 work every day for an hour listening to talk radio. 0:07:53.120 --> 0:07:56.280 It was about news and politics. People would get on, 0:07:56.960 --> 0:08:01.239 argue and debate. He would get so riled up, so upset. 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:03.960 By the time he got to work. He was angry 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:07.440 on edge. He said, Joel, I didn't like who I 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:10.840 had become. Nobody wanted to be around me. I was 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:14.320 so hard to get along with. One day he accidentally 0:08:14.480 --> 0:08:18.400 came across our serious exem station and he started listening 0:08:19.000 --> 0:08:22.640 instead of putting all the negative in hours a day 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:27.160 that was contamidating him. He started putting in something uplifting, 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:31.640 words of faith, hope, and victory. He said, I'm a 0:08:31.680 --> 0:08:36.680 different person now, I'm positive, I'm grateful, I look forward 0:08:36.720 --> 0:08:40.680 to work. I enjoy the people. His coworker even ask 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:43.320 him what happened to him while he was so much 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:46.840 happier and so much more friendly. It was because he 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:50.560 got rid of the poison in his atmosphere. I like 0:08:50.640 --> 0:08:53.440 to watch the news. It's good to stay informed, but 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:56.360 you can't listen to the news for hours a day 0:08:56.679 --> 0:08:59.600 and stay in faith. You can't take that into your 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:03.720 sphere and have the energy, the focus, the creativity to 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:06.720 be your best. Well, Joel, I wish God would help 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:09.760 me to do better. God has done his part. He 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:13.200 made you a king. He's given you the authority. You 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:17.280 have the power to rule your atmosphere. You can't control 0:09:17.360 --> 0:09:20.600 all that's around you, but you can control what gets 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:24.560 in you. Are your walls up? Are you ruling your spirit? 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:30.319 It's important who you're spending time with. Evaluate your friendships. 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:34.880 Are they making you better, inspiring you, challenging you to 0:09:34.960 --> 0:09:38.480 go further, or are they pulling you down, causing you 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:42.679 to compromise, bringing out the worst in you that's contaminating 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:46.800 your atmosphere. You're going to become like the people you 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:50.160 hang around. If your friends don't have what you want, 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:53.240 if they're not going places, if they don't have a 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:57.720 good attitude, they're not faithful, trustworthy, then you need to 0:09:57.720 --> 0:10:02.040 make a change. Life is short. You don't have time 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:05.160 to waste with people that are not adding to your life. 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:08.240 And yes, we need to help others come up higher, 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:10.800 but you need a few friends that will help you 0:10:10.880 --> 0:10:13.280 come up higher. And this is one of the main 0:10:13.360 --> 0:10:16.760 things that holds people back. If you will change who 0:10:16.800 --> 0:10:19.679 you're spending time with, your life will go to a 0:10:19.679 --> 0:10:23.079 new level. You shouldn't go to lunch with people at 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:26.959 the office that are jealous, talk about the balls, complain 0:10:27.040 --> 0:10:31.720 about the company. Spirits are transferable. If you hang around 0:10:31.760 --> 0:10:35.080 jealous people, you're going to become jealous. If you hang 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:40.000 around unfaithful people, you're going to become unfaithful. The scripture 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:44.160 says don't sit inactive in the path of the ungodly. 0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:48.320 That means don't be passive when it comes to people 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:52.360 polluting your life. Joel, I've been friends with them for years. 0:10:52.720 --> 0:10:54.760 If I don't eat lunch with them, they may get 0:10:54.760 --> 0:10:58.440 their feelings hurt. What if you miss your destiny? What 0:10:58.559 --> 0:11:01.400 if they keep you from the awesome future that God 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:05.440 has in store. Don't sit inactive and let them poison 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:10.600 your atmosphere. Your ears are not garbage cans to your gossip. 0:11:10.880 --> 0:11:14.280 You weren't created to take in the latest rumors. I 0:11:14.320 --> 0:11:17.640 can't believe what they did. You have greatness in you. 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:21.080 God has called you to leave your mark to take 0:11:21.120 --> 0:11:24.679 your family to a new level. Don't waste your valuable 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:28.920 time on petty things with small minded people that are 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:32.680 not moving you forward. The less time you spend with 0:11:32.760 --> 0:11:36.280 some people, the better off you're going to be. Some 0:11:36.360 --> 0:11:40.160 people are dream stealers. They'll tell you all the reasons 0:11:40.280 --> 0:11:43.520 you can't accomplish your goals, why you can't get well, 0:11:43.920 --> 0:11:46.960 how you'll never break the addiction. You don't need that 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:52.200 poison in your atmosphere. Don't sit inactive with people that 0:11:52.240 --> 0:11:55.680 don't believe in you, people that don't come into agreement 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:59.480 with your dream. When we were trying to acquire the 0:11:59.559 --> 0:12:03.240 Compact Center, we met with a group of attorneys. At 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:06.760 the very first one of those attorneys said Joel, I'll 0:12:06.800 --> 0:12:09.800 help you, but I don't think you'll get it. It's 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:12.320 too big a battle. The city is not going to 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:15.240 sell it to a church that when in one ear 0:12:15.280 --> 0:12:17.600 and out the other, he might as well have been 0:12:17.640 --> 0:12:20.560 talking to the wall. I thought, Sorry, doubt, you're not 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:25.839 welcome here. Sorry limited thinking, you don't belong in this atmosphere. 0:12:26.280 --> 0:12:28.920 You don't know who my God is. I'm staying full 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:32.600 of faith, full of hope, full of expectancy. We left 0:12:32.640 --> 0:12:35.560 that meeting. I told our staff that I didn't want 0:12:35.600 --> 0:12:40.880 that man on our team. He was experienced, respected, knowledgeable. 0:12:41.440 --> 0:12:44.200 But if someone is not for you, if you have 0:12:44.320 --> 0:12:46.520 to talk them into what God put in your heart, 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:50.160 you don't need them. Don't let them poison your spirit, 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:54.800 convince you that you can't accomplish your dream, rule your atmosphere. 0:12:55.440 --> 0:12:58.800 Get rid of the naysayers. Quit spending time with people 0:12:59.080 --> 0:13:02.480 that don't see your greatness, don't value what you have 0:13:02.600 --> 0:13:06.880 to offering, don't recognize the calling on your life. I've 0:13:06.960 --> 0:13:10.280 learned if you'll get rid of the wrong people, God 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:14.120 will bring the right people. He'll bring divine connections, people 0:13:14.160 --> 0:13:17.120 that will come into agreement with you, people that will 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:20.239 thrust you forward and help you to reach your destiny. 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:24.160 The only thing that's holding some people back is who 0:13:24.200 --> 0:13:27.559 they're spending time with. Life is too short to spend 0:13:27.600 --> 0:13:32.720 it with negative, can't do it, jealous, critical, small minded people. 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:36.360 You need some eagles in your life. People that soar, 0:13:36.880 --> 0:13:39.720 people that are doing great things, people that have a 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:43.880 great attitude. Here's the key. You can't soar with the 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:48.400 eagles if you're hanging around chickens. Chickens are people that 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:52.120 have their head down, focus on the ground. What they 0:13:52.160 --> 0:13:56.160 can't do. This problem is too big. You can't reach 0:13:56.280 --> 0:14:00.360 new levels hanging out with turkeys, people that compromise eyes, 0:14:00.640 --> 0:14:04.079 take the easy way out, mediocre. You want see your 0:14:04.120 --> 0:14:09.280 greatness hanging around crows, people that complain, find fault, see 0:14:09.320 --> 0:14:13.160 the worst. You're an eagle. God created you to soar. 0:14:13.520 --> 0:14:17.280 Now you need to associate with other eagles, with people 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:20.680 that inspire you to rise higher, not people that drag 0:14:20.760 --> 0:14:24.440 you down. There are certain people. When you're around them, 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:28.480 they drain all your energy. They're always having a problem, 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:32.840 telling you what's wrong, how bad life is. Their energy suckers. 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:35.760 When you leave, you feel like you just ran a marathon. 0:14:36.440 --> 0:14:39.200 You can't take that on a regular basis and reach 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:42.360 your potential. And yes, it's fine to help them, to 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:45.680 encourage them, but if you're doing all the giving and 0:14:45.760 --> 0:14:49.520 never receiving, that's out of balance. You need someone that 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:54.160 encourages you, someone that speaks life into you. Don't sit 0:14:54.280 --> 0:14:58.120 inactive around people that you know are limiting you, not 0:14:58.240 --> 0:15:01.240 bringing out the best of you. Well, Joela, if I 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:04.400 don't hang around them, I won't have any friends. I'll 0:15:04.400 --> 0:15:08.040 be lonely. You may be lonely for a season, but 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:10.760 what will happen is God will bring you new friends, 0:15:10.920 --> 0:15:14.200 better friends, friends that push you up and not tear 0:15:14.240 --> 0:15:18.920 you down. Psalm fifty nine. David was on the run 0:15:19.000 --> 0:15:22.440 from King Saul. He was hiding in the desert. He 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:26.040 had been good to Saul, Basaul was jealous. He couldn't 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:29.680 stand people celebrating David more than him, and Saul and 0:15:29.720 --> 0:15:33.800 his army were tracking David down, making his life miserable. 0:15:34.440 --> 0:15:37.440 David said in verse three, I have done them no wrong, 0:15:37.920 --> 0:15:40.640 but they have set an ambush for me. They come 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:44.800 at me at night, snarling like vicious dogs. David went 0:15:44.840 --> 0:15:47.960 on and on telling about how bad it was. He 0:15:48.000 --> 0:15:51.680 could have been panicked upset, but in the middle of 0:15:51.760 --> 0:15:55.400 all this turmoil. David went on to say, but as 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:58.560 for me, I will sing about your power. I will 0:15:58.600 --> 0:16:01.760 shout for joy each morning, for you are my refuge, 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:06.280 a place of safety in my time of distress. David 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:10.760 understood this principle. He couldn't control Saul, he couldn't make 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:13.880 him not be jealous. He couldn't change the mind of 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:18.440 his enemies, but he could rule his atmosphere. He didn't 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:22.240 let the worry in, the fear, the bitterness, the panic. 0:16:22.720 --> 0:16:25.920 His attitude was I'm going to stay in peace. I'm 0:16:25.920 --> 0:16:28.440 not going to think about how unfair it is. I'm 0:16:28.440 --> 0:16:31.000 not going to dwell on what didn't work out. God. 0:16:31.080 --> 0:16:33.520 I'm going to praise you in the middle of this storm. 0:16:33.840 --> 0:16:36.800 I'm gonna shout for joy despite what's coming against me. 0:16:37.760 --> 0:16:41.560 You can't rule other people's atmosphere. You can't make them 0:16:41.600 --> 0:16:45.680 do what's right, but you can rule your atmosphere. The 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:50.200 scripture says, hold your peace, remain at rest, and God 0:16:50.360 --> 0:16:53.680 will fight your battles. You may be in a situation 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:58.280 that's unfair. Somebody did you wrong, You're dealing with an illness, 0:16:58.600 --> 0:17:02.640 you went through a loss. You could be worried, bitter, upset. 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:07.040 You can't control what happened. You can't make that go away. 0:17:07.600 --> 0:17:10.080 This is where you have to do like David, dig 0:17:10.160 --> 0:17:13.800 down deep and say, I'm keeping my walls up. I'm 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:16.920 not letting that negative into my spirit. I'm going to 0:17:17.000 --> 0:17:20.360 keep singing praises. I'm going to keep thanking God. I'm 0:17:20.400 --> 0:17:24.280 going to keep speaking the victory. When you remain at rest, 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:28.080 God will fight your battles. He'll take care of your enemies. 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:31.280 He'll pay you back for the unfair things. He'll bring 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:35.800 beauty out of those ashes. Don't be controlled by what 0:17:35.880 --> 0:17:39.240 you don't have control over. You can't stop the sauls 0:17:39.240 --> 0:17:42.840 from coming. You can't stop people from being jealous. You 0:17:42.880 --> 0:17:46.359 can't stop the bad breaks. What you can control is 0:17:46.400 --> 0:17:50.080 what you allow in. A lady told how one of 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:55.200 her husband's relatives was very opinionated. He was constantly making 0:17:55.240 --> 0:17:59.680 these cutting, demeaning remarks toward her and this couple hadn't 0:17:59.680 --> 0:18:02.160 been made by that long, and every time they were 0:18:02.200 --> 0:18:05.720 at a family get together, this man would invariably say 0:18:05.760 --> 0:18:09.080 something that offended her. She would get upset, it would 0:18:09.160 --> 0:18:12.760 ruin the whole trip. Just like clockwork, it happened again 0:18:12.920 --> 0:18:15.920 and again. She got to the place where she dreaded 0:18:16.119 --> 0:18:19.920 going to these family events. Finally, she told her husband, 0:18:20.280 --> 0:18:23.400 you have to do something about that man. He's your relative. 0:18:23.960 --> 0:18:27.160 She expected him to say, you're right, nobody should talk 0:18:27.200 --> 0:18:29.080 to you like that. I'm gonna go set him straight. 0:18:29.840 --> 0:18:33.400 But the husband said, I love you, but I can't 0:18:33.440 --> 0:18:37.080 control him. He has every right to have his opinion, 0:18:37.560 --> 0:18:39.919 he can say what he wants to say, but you 0:18:40.040 --> 0:18:43.199 have every right to not let it offend you. He 0:18:43.359 --> 0:18:46.600 was saying, you have to rule your atmosphere. You have 0:18:46.680 --> 0:18:49.800 to put up your walls. You can't keep the offenses 0:18:49.840 --> 0:18:53.080 from coming, but you can keep them from getting in. 0:18:53.960 --> 0:18:56.960 That day was a turning point for that lady. The 0:18:57.080 --> 0:19:01.880 man didn't change, but she changed letting it upset her. 0:19:02.280 --> 0:19:06.600 When you allow other people to contaminate your atmosphere, you're 0:19:06.640 --> 0:19:10.879 giving away your power. You're letting them control you. And 0:19:10.960 --> 0:19:15.119 sometimes we're waiting for the circumstances to change. When the 0:19:15.200 --> 0:19:19.280 pandemic is overjoyed, then I'll quit being so stressed. When 0:19:19.320 --> 0:19:21.840 my boss treats me better, then I'll quit dread and 0:19:21.880 --> 0:19:24.600 going to work. When I get through this illness, then 0:19:24.600 --> 0:19:28.440 I'll quit being so worried. No start ruling your atmosphere. 0:19:29.000 --> 0:19:32.399 You have the authority to allow in only what you 0:19:32.520 --> 0:19:35.280 want in. You don't have to let the offense in. 0:19:35.840 --> 0:19:39.479 The worry, the self pity. Quit dwelling on it when 0:19:39.560 --> 0:19:42.119 it comes up in your mind. Turn it around. Father. 0:19:42.240 --> 0:19:44.879 Thank you that you're fighting my battles. Thank you that 0:19:44.920 --> 0:19:47.320 you're being for me is more than the world being 0:19:47.359 --> 0:19:51.600 against me. The scripture says God has given you the 0:19:51.720 --> 0:19:57.200 power to remain calm in times of adversity when trouble comes. 0:19:57.480 --> 0:19:59.879 You don't have to get upset when your plans to 0:20:00.000 --> 0:20:03.080 don't work out. You don't have to fall apart when 0:20:03.080 --> 0:20:06.000 someone is rude. You don't have to get offended. You 0:20:06.119 --> 0:20:11.000 have the power to remain calm. It's because you're a king. 0:20:11.840 --> 0:20:15.520 God has given you the authority to rule over your kingdom, 0:20:16.119 --> 0:20:20.400 your mind, your attitude, your response. You can't rule over 0:20:20.440 --> 0:20:24.880 someone else. You can't rule over all your circumstances. That's 0:20:24.920 --> 0:20:28.440 not up to you. That's in God's hands. You control 0:20:28.760 --> 0:20:31.920 what you can control, and trust God to take care 0:20:32.040 --> 0:20:35.520 of what you can't control. In two thousand and three, 0:20:36.080 --> 0:20:39.320 the City Council voted for us to have this facility. 0:20:39.760 --> 0:20:42.720 It had been a two year battle. We'd worked Harden 0:20:43.119 --> 0:20:46.639 convinced different council members. God caused it all to fall 0:20:46.680 --> 0:20:50.480 into place. It was a great victory. The vote was 0:20:50.480 --> 0:20:53.040 on a Wednesday, and that night we had a big 0:20:53.119 --> 0:20:56.520 celebration at the church. The next day, Victoriaan and I 0:20:56.800 --> 0:20:59.280 and our children went out of town to take a 0:20:59.320 --> 0:21:02.879 few days off. We were on cloud nine. So excited. 0:21:03.560 --> 0:21:07.440 We arrived at the hotel and started unpacking. My brother 0:21:07.480 --> 0:21:11.400 in law, Kevin called, he's our administrator. He said, Joel, 0:21:11.760 --> 0:21:15.760 a large company just filed a federal lawsuit to try 0:21:15.800 --> 0:21:18.720 to keep us from moving into the Compact Center. They 0:21:18.800 --> 0:21:22.439 said we violate the deed restrictions. I asked him what 0:21:22.480 --> 0:21:25.639 that meant. He says, it means we can't move in 0:21:26.359 --> 0:21:29.080 because it's in the legal system and it could take 0:21:29.200 --> 0:21:32.080 years to work out. The attorney said there was no 0:21:32.240 --> 0:21:35.760 guarantee that we would win. This was less than twenty 0:21:35.800 --> 0:21:39.320 four hours after one of the greatest victories of our lives. 0:21:39.960 --> 0:21:44.800 We hung up the phone. Victoria overheard everything. She stopped 0:21:44.920 --> 0:21:47.760 unpacking and said, Joel, what are you going to do? 0:21:48.520 --> 0:21:50.399 I said, I'm going to go down to the beach. 0:21:51.119 --> 0:21:53.320 She said, what are you going to do there? I said, 0:21:53.359 --> 0:21:56.160 I'm going to swim. She looked at me and said, 0:21:56.160 --> 0:21:59.040 aren't you worried? I said, no, we did our part. 0:21:59.280 --> 0:22:01.960 Now it's in God's hands. I'm not gonna worry about 0:22:02.080 --> 0:22:05.919 something that I can't change. I'm gonna stay at rest 0:22:06.560 --> 0:22:10.320 and I'm gonna trust God to fight my battles. And yes, 0:22:10.960 --> 0:22:15.600 worry came, disappointment came, frustration came, but I kept my 0:22:15.680 --> 0:22:20.120 walls up. I didn't allow that in my atmosphere. When 0:22:20.160 --> 0:22:23.800 you've had a setback, when you're facing difficulties, that's a 0:22:23.960 --> 0:22:28.120 very important time. The enemy is going to bombard your space, 0:22:28.640 --> 0:22:32.800 your mind, your emotions, and even use other people to 0:22:32.880 --> 0:22:36.160 try to discourage you, get you worried, full of doubt, 0:22:36.320 --> 0:22:39.760 why did this happen. That's when you have to take 0:22:39.760 --> 0:22:43.119 your authority and say no, I'm not allowing that in 0:22:43.200 --> 0:22:47.160 my atmosphere. I'm not dwelling on it. I'm not reliving 0:22:47.200 --> 0:22:50.200 my hurts. I'm not thinking about what didn't work out. 0:22:50.400 --> 0:22:53.000 I'm staying in faith. I know God is still on 0:22:53.040 --> 0:22:55.320 the throne. I know he didn't bring me this far 0:22:55.400 --> 0:22:58.080 to leave me. I know the enemy wouldn't be trying 0:22:58.080 --> 0:23:01.400 to stop me if there wasn't something awesome in my future. 0:23:02.080 --> 0:23:05.960 If you'll do your part, control what you can control, 0:23:06.840 --> 0:23:11.320 rule your atmosphere, your thoughts, your attitudes, then God will 0:23:11.320 --> 0:23:14.800 do his part. He'll make things happen that you couldn't 0:23:14.800 --> 0:23:18.480 make happen. There's a restaurant chain that has a motto 0:23:18.560 --> 0:23:22.160 that says, rule the day. They encourage you to eat 0:23:22.200 --> 0:23:24.840 the right foods and take the right vitamins so you 0:23:24.840 --> 0:23:28.399 can have a healthy day. I like that phrase, Rule 0:23:28.480 --> 0:23:31.240 the day. When you get up in the morning, make 0:23:31.280 --> 0:23:35.240 the decision. I'm going to rule my thoughts today, not 0:23:35.400 --> 0:23:38.280 just going to think whatever comes to mind. I'm going 0:23:38.320 --> 0:23:42.639 to think on purpose, thoughts that are positive, hopeful, encouraging. 0:23:43.400 --> 0:23:46.159 I'm going to rule who I spend time with today, 0:23:46.840 --> 0:23:49.880 not just anyone. I'm going to be selective. I'm going 0:23:49.920 --> 0:23:53.959 to associate with eagles. I'm going to rule my attitude today. 0:23:54.480 --> 0:23:57.359 I'm going to see the best. I'm going to be grateful. 0:23:57.600 --> 0:24:00.560 I'm going to stay in peace, and I'm going to 0:24:00.640 --> 0:24:04.240 rule my emotions today. I'm going to forgive the wrongs. 0:24:04.560 --> 0:24:07.240 I'm going to overlook insults. I'm going to give people 0:24:07.280 --> 0:24:10.639 the benefit of the doubt. It's important to make this 0:24:10.720 --> 0:24:14.639 decision ahead of time, before you leave the house, that 0:24:14.760 --> 0:24:17.840 nothing that happens is going to upset you. You're going 0:24:17.880 --> 0:24:22.520 to stay in peace. Then, when difficulties come, traffic is bad, 0:24:23.000 --> 0:24:26.320 your boss is rude, your child has a problem, you've 0:24:26.320 --> 0:24:29.639 already decided you're going to rule the day. You have 0:24:29.720 --> 0:24:33.280 your walls up. You're not going to live upset. And 0:24:33.320 --> 0:24:37.280 we should go out each day expecting the best, but 0:24:37.440 --> 0:24:43.200 knowing that everything may not be perfect. There may be delays, interruptions, 0:24:43.440 --> 0:24:46.080 people that are hard to deal with. Don't let that 0:24:46.240 --> 0:24:50.080 ruin the day. Rule the day, keep the negative out 0:24:50.119 --> 0:24:54.480 of your atmosphere. God is directing your steps. Whatever happens 0:24:54.680 --> 0:24:57.480 is not a surprise to him. He's given you the 0:24:57.600 --> 0:25:02.280 power to remain calm in of adversity. It doesn't say 0:25:02.320 --> 0:25:06.320 the power to avoid adversity, to not have challenges, to 0:25:06.400 --> 0:25:10.320 have a perfect day. The fact is every day can 0:25:10.359 --> 0:25:14.200 be a good day if you rule your atmosphere. David 0:25:14.280 --> 0:25:17.719 had a good day while Saul was chasing him. I 0:25:17.760 --> 0:25:20.200 had a good day at the beach when that company 0:25:20.200 --> 0:25:23.960 filed a lawsuit. Quit waiting for all the circumstances to 0:25:24.040 --> 0:25:26.639 be perfect. You can have a good day in the 0:25:26.680 --> 0:25:29.440 middle of a pandemic. You can have a good day 0:25:29.720 --> 0:25:32.600 even though you have challenges it were, even though you're 0:25:32.600 --> 0:25:35.960 dealing with an illness, even though some people don't like him, 0:25:36.520 --> 0:25:40.640 Stay calm, stay in faith, and rule the day. Make 0:25:40.680 --> 0:25:43.280 the decision like David, this is the day the Lord 0:25:43.320 --> 0:25:46.080 has made. I'm gonna live it in faith. I'm gonna 0:25:46.080 --> 0:25:48.719 be happy today. I'm going to be good to others. 0:25:48.960 --> 0:25:52.280 I'm gonna make the most of this day. I called 0:25:52.320 --> 0:25:55.120 to order a pizza one night, and I had done 0:25:55.119 --> 0:25:58.640 this for many years. The first thing they always ask 0:25:58.720 --> 0:26:02.040 for is your phone number. A young lady answered the phone. 0:26:02.160 --> 0:26:05.640 I said very politely, hello, and I started to give 0:26:05.640 --> 0:26:08.320 her my number. You would have thought I had just 0:26:08.400 --> 0:26:13.320 committed a major crime. She practically screamed in my ear, Sir, 0:26:13.880 --> 0:26:16.679 I am not ready for your phone number. When I 0:26:16.720 --> 0:26:21.119 want your phone number, I will ask for your phone number. Somehow, 0:26:21.200 --> 0:26:24.159 at that point I didn't feel like a pastor. I 0:26:24.200 --> 0:26:27.440 felt some other things rising up. I had to make 0:26:27.440 --> 0:26:31.600 a decision. Am I going to rule my atmosphere or 0:26:31.640 --> 0:26:34.760 am I going to let her poison my atmosphere? Am 0:26:34.760 --> 0:26:37.399 I going to keep my walls up? Or am I 0:26:37.440 --> 0:26:41.000 going to be offended people are always trying to bring 0:26:41.080 --> 0:26:46.239 their atmosphere into your atmosphere. People that are hurting, that 0:26:46.359 --> 0:26:49.800 have issues dealing with things, they will try to put 0:26:49.840 --> 0:26:54.000 their poison on you. They're not bad people, they're just hurting. 0:26:54.680 --> 0:26:57.760 The mistake we make too often is we take de bait, 0:26:58.320 --> 0:27:01.439 we let the offense in. We get upset, do to 0:27:01.520 --> 0:27:04.840 them what they did to us. But you don't overcome 0:27:04.960 --> 0:27:09.840 evil with more evil, you overcome evil with good. I 0:27:09.880 --> 0:27:13.280 thought to myself, I've already made the decision that I'm 0:27:13.280 --> 0:27:15.560 going to stay in peace today. I'm not going to 0:27:15.600 --> 0:27:19.040 get upset. I'm going to rule this day. You've heard 0:27:19.040 --> 0:27:22.960 that phrase, kill them with kindness. That's what I decided 0:27:22.960 --> 0:27:26.199 to do. I thought of anything that I could possibly 0:27:26.640 --> 0:27:30.480 compliment her on. God knows, I had to use my imagination. 0:27:31.080 --> 0:27:34.639 I said, I sure appreciate you entering the phone so 0:27:34.800 --> 0:27:38.800 quickly and taking my order and being so efficient, And 0:27:38.880 --> 0:27:41.720 you guys always make the best pizzas and are always 0:27:41.760 --> 0:27:46.320 on time. Went on and online, I mean encouraging. By 0:27:46.359 --> 0:27:48.840 the time I got finished, she was throwing in hot 0:27:48.840 --> 0:27:52.280 wings and Dr Pepper's Q Punk. She was my best friend. 0:27:53.400 --> 0:27:58.480 The Apostle Paul said to Timothy, as for you, be calm, 0:27:58.880 --> 0:28:03.280 cool and steady. Some people let things upset them way 0:28:03.320 --> 0:28:08.159 too easily, the weather, the traffic, the grumpy clerk. I 0:28:08.280 --> 0:28:12.160 wonder how much more you would enjoy life, how much 0:28:12.240 --> 0:28:15.400 higher you would go if you would start ruling today, 0:28:16.080 --> 0:28:19.720 keeping your walls up, not letting everything get in your spirit. 0:28:20.359 --> 0:28:23.160 You can't stop it from coming, but you can keep 0:28:23.200 --> 0:28:26.679 it from getting down in you. You're a king, you 0:28:26.760 --> 0:28:30.679 have a kingdom. You're in charge of your thoughts, your attitude. 0:28:31.000 --> 0:28:35.119 Start ruling your atmosphere. Make the decision at the first 0:28:35.200 --> 0:28:37.439 of the day that you're going to stay in peace. 0:28:37.920 --> 0:28:40.360 You're not going to let things upset you. You're going 0:28:40.400 --> 0:28:43.800 to be calm, cool and steady. 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