Starting Your Day Off Right

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Well, God bless you. 0:01:57.840 --> 0:02:00.800 It's a joy to come into your home. We love you, 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:03.360 We know God has great things in store for you. 0:02:03.680 --> 0:02:05.800 We're believing this is going to be the best year 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:07.760 of your life so far. So I hope you're in 0:02:07.800 --> 0:02:10.480 agreement with that as well. But so glad you tuned in. 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:12.920 I like to get started each week with something kind 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:15.920 of funny, and I heard about this pastor. He was 0:02:16.040 --> 0:02:19.520 known for preaching long sermons. Nobody had the nerve to 0:02:19.560 --> 0:02:22.280 talk to him about it. But one Sunday, about an 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:25.160 hour and a half into his message, the head deacon 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:28.080 got up and walked out. The pastor was a little 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:31.519 irritated by it. He found him afterwards and said, why'd 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:34.720 you leave in the middle of my sermon? The deacon said, 0:02:34.960 --> 0:02:38.360 because I had to go get a haircut. The pastor 0:02:38.440 --> 0:02:40.440 was even more aggravated. He said, why didn't you get 0:02:40.440 --> 0:02:43.440 a haircut before you came. The deacon said, because I 0:02:43.440 --> 0:02:48.080 didn't need one. Hold up your Bible, say it like 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:51.560 you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 0:02:51.680 --> 0:02:54.600 it says. I am. I have what it says I have. 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:58.200 I can do what it says I can do. Today 0:02:58.320 --> 0:03:00.880 I will be taught the word of God. God. I 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:05.919 boldly confess, my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:03:06.320 --> 0:03:10.280 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:13.960 bless you. I want to talk to you today about 0:03:14.040 --> 0:03:17.120 how to start your day off right. Many times, the 0:03:17.120 --> 0:03:20.040 way we start our day will determine what kind of 0:03:20.160 --> 0:03:22.919 day we're going to have. If we start the day 0:03:23.040 --> 0:03:27.919 in a hurry, rushing around stressed out. Very often that 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:31.520 whole day will be uptight and on edge. If we 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:35.720 start the day off focused on our problems, complaining, dwelling 0:03:35.760 --> 0:03:38.920 on what's wrong, most likely will go through the day 0:03:39.240 --> 0:03:44.000 negative discourage, no joy. It's so important what we do 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:47.320 right at the very beginning that sets the tone for 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:50.160 the entire day. And if we're going to be our 0:03:50.240 --> 0:03:53.720 best and really live each day to the full, we 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:56.440 need to get in a habit of giving the first 0:03:56.520 --> 0:04:00.240 part of our day to God before the stress and 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:04.720 busyness comes, before you read the newspaper, before you think 0:04:04.760 --> 0:04:07.280 about all you have to do. You need to have 0:04:07.320 --> 0:04:10.560 a time to where you get quiet and spend a 0:04:10.600 --> 0:04:15.040 few minutes thanking God for his goodness, reading the scriptures, 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:19.800 meditating on his promises, speaking words of victory over your life. 0:04:20.400 --> 0:04:23.120 When you do this, you're building up your inner man. 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:28.240 Just like the physical body gets refreshed and restored when 0:04:28.279 --> 0:04:30.640 you sleep at night or when you get up in 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:34.400 the morning. You need to get your inner man refreshed 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:37.920 and refueled. The way you do this is by spending 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:41.919 time with God, and sometimes we'll take forty five minutes 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:45.320 to get our outer man ready, getting dressed, taking a shower, 0:04:45.600 --> 0:04:48.799 ladies putting on makeup. But we don't take any time 0:04:48.920 --> 0:04:51.760 to get our inner man prepared for the day. Then 0:04:51.800 --> 0:04:54.640 we wonder why we get stressed out so easily, and 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:58.240 why don't we have any energy, and why we can't 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:02.440 overcome bad habits because we're not taking the time to 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:05.520 keep our inner man strong. Now, all through the scripture 0:05:06.040 --> 0:05:10.040 we can see how God requires the first fruits. We 0:05:10.160 --> 0:05:13.040 know if we'll give him the first part of our income, 0:05:13.480 --> 0:05:16.279 then the rest of our finances will be blessed. Well, 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:19.279 it's the same way with our time. If you'll give 0:05:19.320 --> 0:05:22.640 God the first part of your day, then the rest 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:25.840 of your day will be blessed. When you honor God 0:05:26.120 --> 0:05:29.159 by getting quiet in the morning, telling him how much 0:05:29.200 --> 0:05:31.680 you love him, and you thank him for all that 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:34.800 he's done, not only is your inner man going to 0:05:34.839 --> 0:05:37.479 be stronger, but God will cause you to have a 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:41.920 more productive day. You'll get more done, you'll be more creative, 0:05:42.160 --> 0:05:45.920 you'll get better breaks, all because you gave God the 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:48.800 first part of your day. And I know some of 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:51.960 you are night people. You like to read the scripture 0:05:52.000 --> 0:05:54.320 and have quiet time in the evening, and of course 0:05:54.360 --> 0:05:57.680 that's fine, but I would encourage you to take at 0:05:57.760 --> 0:06:00.400 least a few minutes every morning before you leave the 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:03.600 house to say God, I love you, I need you, 0:06:04.000 --> 0:06:07.200 thank you for this day. When you do that, you're 0:06:07.240 --> 0:06:10.080 sowing a seed for the whole day to go better. 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:14.839 There's something special about the morning, David said, early in 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:18.560 the morning, my song will rise to you. Well, you say, Joel, 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:21.599 I'm so busy in the morning, getting my kids ready 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:25.760 for school, making breakfast, fixing lunches. It's so hectic and stressful. 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:29.640 I just don't have time to get quiet now. Really, 0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:33.560 you're doing yourself a disservice. You need to take time 0:06:33.960 --> 0:06:37.200 to feed your inner man every day. How do you 0:06:37.279 --> 0:06:40.240 keep it strong? How do you keep it nourished? Not 0:06:40.720 --> 0:06:44.400 just by coming to church, although this is good, but 0:06:44.440 --> 0:06:48.159 you're not going to be spiritually fit living off of 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:51.760 one meal a week every day, preferably in the morning. 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:54.240 You need to feed your inner man. How do you 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:58.800 do that? Reading the scripture is spiritual food. Getting quiet 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:02.000 and thanking God God for his goodness is spiritual food. 0:07:02.800 --> 0:07:06.760 Declaring his promises over your life. That's making your inner 0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:10.520 man stronger. More spiritual food. I know some mornings I 0:07:10.520 --> 0:07:14.400 get up and feel kind of blig no enthusiasm, no joy, 0:07:14.920 --> 0:07:16.800 kind of thinking this day is going to be a drag. 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:19.360 But I've learned I don't have to give in to 0:07:19.440 --> 0:07:23.160 those negative thoughts and just go through the day all discouraged. 0:07:23.440 --> 0:07:25.640 I know more than ever I've got to get to 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:29.080 my quiet place and get my inner man fed. And 0:07:29.160 --> 0:07:32.840 so I'll get alone and start thanking God that I'm alive, 0:07:33.360 --> 0:07:35.680 and I thank Him that I'm healthy. I thank Him 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:38.640 for my family, thank him for my children. I'll spend 0:07:38.680 --> 0:07:42.960 a few minutes reading the scripture, meditating on his promises, 0:07:43.320 --> 0:07:46.360 things like Father, thank you. The path of the righteous 0:07:46.360 --> 0:07:49.680 gets brighter and brighter. No good thing will you withhold 0:07:49.720 --> 0:07:53.200 Because I walk up rightly, goodness and mercy will always 0:07:53.240 --> 0:07:56.360 follow me. All of a sudden, I begin to feel 0:07:56.400 --> 0:07:59.720 things change. I start to get my joy back, start 0:07:59.760 --> 0:08:03.240 to get my peace back, get a new attitude. Before long, 0:08:03.560 --> 0:08:07.040 I'm ready to face the day with excitement and enthusiasm. 0:08:07.400 --> 0:08:10.640 What happened. I got my inner man stronger, I got 0:08:10.680 --> 0:08:14.600 built up on the inside, and I've learned not to 0:08:14.720 --> 0:08:18.480 leave the house now until I feel full down in here. 0:08:19.280 --> 0:08:22.040 Do you know, just like you can feel full physically, 0:08:22.160 --> 0:08:26.080 after a good meal, you can feel full spiritually. You 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:28.000 can get to the point where you know, all right, 0:08:28.120 --> 0:08:32.560 I'm full. In other words, I'm positive, I'm hopeful, I'm 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:35.280 ready for this day. I know great things are in store. 0:08:35.760 --> 0:08:38.160 Some mornings it just takes me a few minutes to 0:08:38.200 --> 0:08:41.520 feel full spiritually. Are the mornings I may spend up 0:08:41.559 --> 0:08:45.880 to an hour just meditating on God's promises, reading a devotionalise, 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:48.200 or I may take a long walk and just think 0:08:48.240 --> 0:08:52.400 about the goodness of God. Especially after I've been traveling, 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:54.680 or after a busy weekend where I've been giving out 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:58.520 and giving out, I know, I've got to get myself replenished. 0:08:58.679 --> 0:09:01.520 I've got to get filled up on the inside. Now 0:09:01.520 --> 0:09:04.480 I need not only physical rest, but I have to 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:08.560 spend time nourishing my inner man. Some of you have 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:13.240 very busy schedules, especially the mothers raising children. There are 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:16.640 a thousand things to do. If you're not careful, you'll 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:20.640 take care of everyone except yourself. Now, you have to 0:09:20.720 --> 0:09:24.840 make yourself a priority to keep your inner man strong. 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:28.920 If you're always run down, not just physically but mentally, 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:33.120 you're tired and emotionally, the smallest things bother you, and 0:09:33.400 --> 0:09:35.640 you've got a sour attitude and you don't feel like 0:09:35.679 --> 0:09:38.320 your husband or wife loves you. Now you need to 0:09:38.320 --> 0:09:42.000 get back in balance. Take time to get quiet. Don't 0:09:42.040 --> 0:09:44.600 start your day off in a hurry, yelling at your 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:48.360 kids rushing out the door. Now, I'm asking you to 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:51.360 get up a few minutes earlier and start the day 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:55.440 off in peace. Start the day in God's presence. Honor 0:09:55.520 --> 0:09:57.840 him by giving him the first part of your day. 0:09:58.400 --> 0:09:58.520 Now. 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:00.560 I know some of you are thinking, man, Joe, how 0:10:00.559 --> 0:10:03.360 can I fit this into my schedule? My plate's all 0:10:03.440 --> 0:10:06.120 ready for now, I'll never get everything done. No, it's 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:09.320 just the opposite. You'll get more done. If you'll give 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:12.920 God the first part of your day, he'll multiply your 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:15.720 time back. That's why you shouldn't say, well, I got 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:18.800 to go spend twenty minutes now. You're not spending the time. 0:10:19.160 --> 0:10:23.480 You're investing the time you're sowing a seed. I found 0:10:23.720 --> 0:10:26.960 you never give God something without him giving you so 0:10:27.120 --> 0:10:30.640 much more back in return. Even the fact you guys 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:33.400 took time to come today, you took time to watch. 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:36.199 Some people will tell you, man, you're wasting a couple 0:10:36.200 --> 0:10:38.760 of hours going out there to Lakewood. You could be 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:40.800 at home relaxing. You could be getting a lot of 0:10:40.840 --> 0:10:43.800 other stuff done. No, you got to know. God is 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:46.719 going to multiply this time back to you. God can 0:10:46.800 --> 0:10:49.679 cause you to have one idea that saves you a 0:10:49.679 --> 0:10:52.120 half a day's work. He can cause you to get 0:10:52.200 --> 0:10:54.960 one phone call that will meet your seal's goal for 0:10:55.000 --> 0:10:57.800 the whole week. He can keep you from one delay 0:10:58.200 --> 0:11:01.079 that will save you hour after hour. God is in control. 0:11:01.679 --> 0:11:03.680 If you'll give him the first part of your day, 0:11:04.000 --> 0:11:06.720 not only will your inner man be stronger, but you'll 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:09.480 have a more productive day. You'll get more done in 0:11:09.559 --> 0:11:13.680 less time. The scripture says in Ephesian six' ten be 0:11:13.920 --> 0:11:19.239 strong in The, lord empowered through your union with. Him 0:11:19.800 --> 0:11:25.560 one translation, says Require god as a vital. Necessity that 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:28.040 means we can't have the, attitude, Well i'll do this 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:31.160 IF i can just find the. Time, no we're not 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:34.360 going to be empowered for the day that. Way we're 0:11:34.400 --> 0:11:36.880 not going to be our best if we're not Making 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:40.640 god a vital part of our everyday. Life you think 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:44.320 about that word, vital that means you can't live without. 0:11:44.360 --> 0:11:47.679 IT i remember when my, father toward the end of his. 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:51.520 Life he was on dialysis three times a. Week he 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:54.000 had to be up at the clinic to be. DIALIZED 0:11:54.400 --> 0:11:56.880 i never once heard my father, Say, JOEL i don't 0:11:56.880 --> 0:11:59.079 feel like going. TODAY i Think i'll just stay home 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:01.280 and watch the ball. Game i'll do a little work 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:03.959 around the. Office maybe i'll do it next. Time, no 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:07.600 that was never a question, why because it was. Vital 0:12:08.320 --> 0:12:11.559 everything was arranged around getting him up to the clinic 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:15.520 three times a. Week his life depended on. It that's 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:17.760 the way we need to look at spending time With. 0:12:17.840 --> 0:12:20.520 God Not i'll do this IF i feel like, it 0:12:20.559 --> 0:12:22.960 IF i wake up, early Or, joel as soon as 0:12:23.000 --> 0:12:25.560 this busy season it works, over Then i'll get my 0:12:25.640 --> 0:12:28.240 quiet time. Back, no take it more serious than. That 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:31.000 you may not have an hour in the, morning BUT 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:33.760 i bet every one of us could find fifteen. Minutes 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:37.160 we have to realize the way we're going to stay, 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:41.000 strong the way we get empowered for the, day is 0:12:41.040 --> 0:12:44.080 through our union with. Him you, know a union is a. 0:12:44.120 --> 0:12:48.240 Marriage what makes a good marriage spending time. Together i've 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:50.920 never once, said, WELL i got to go spend time With. 0:12:51.040 --> 0:12:53.720 VICTORIA i GUESS i better go talk to. Her pay 0:12:53.760 --> 0:12:56.679 my Dues i'm. Married, NO i want to talk to. 0:12:56.720 --> 0:12:59.480 HER i want to spend time with. Her that's the 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:01.080 way we need to look at it when it comes To, 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:03.480 god not To oh, MAN i gotta get up and go. 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:06.120 PRAY i heard What joel was Saying. Sunday let me 0:13:06.200 --> 0:13:08.120 drag myself in. There hurry to get it over. 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:08.280 With. 0:13:08.800 --> 0:13:13.360 Now here's the creator of the. Universe he's inviting us 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:16.439 to come to him each morning to receive strength for the, 0:13:16.520 --> 0:13:22.520 day wisdom for our, decisions mercy for our. Mistakes all 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:24.680 we have to do is take the time to. Come, 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:27.320 well you, Say, JOEL i want, to But i'm so, 0:13:27.600 --> 0:13:29.679 Busy and, besides WHEN i get up in the, Morning 0:13:29.720 --> 0:13:33.280 i'm so. Tired let me give you some practical. Suggestions 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:36.959 go to bed at thirty minutes, earlier turn THE tv 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:39.840 off a little bit, sooner or maybe you need to 0:13:39.840 --> 0:13:43.880 rearrange your, schedule eliminate things that are not producing good 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:46.280 fruit in your, life so you can make this a. 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:49.679 Priority it may be a, sacrifice BUT i can tell 0:13:49.679 --> 0:13:53.080 you it'll be well worth. It the scripture, says In 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:57.920 god's presence is fullness of. JOY i believe there's fullness 0:13:57.960 --> 0:14:02.040 of whatever you need And some people today live stressed. 0:14:02.080 --> 0:14:05.360 Out they don't really have any. Joy it's because they're 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:09.080 not getting Into god's presence on a regular. BASIS i, 0:14:09.080 --> 0:14:11.960 mean even, here you can't be here without feeling. Joy 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:15.280 it's Because god's presence is. Here but you know this 0:14:15.320 --> 0:14:19.280 doesn't last. Forever during the, week there's, stress there's traffic 0:14:19.280 --> 0:14:23.200 on the, freeway kids that need, attention challenges at. Work 0:14:23.680 --> 0:14:27.880 all these things drain strength from your inner. Man some 0:14:27.960 --> 0:14:30.160 of you are only feeding your spirit man once or 0:14:30.160 --> 0:14:33.560 twice a. Week that's not enough to stay. Strong you 0:14:33.640 --> 0:14:36.720 need to get Into god's presence on a daily basis 0:14:36.960 --> 0:14:40.040 if you're really going to be, empowered and don't be 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:43.440 surprised when you make a decision to do. This if 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:46.880 everything in the world doesn't try to stop you the 0:14:47.000 --> 0:14:50.800 moment you decide to take fifteen minutes to pray and 0:14:50.840 --> 0:14:53.560 read Your. Bible the phone will ring off the, wall 0:14:54.200 --> 0:14:57.080 your kids will have an, emergency somebody will knock on 0:14:57.120 --> 0:15:01.000 the front, door woodpeckers will peck on your, house all 0:15:01.120 --> 0:15:04.280 kinds of. Distractions let me put it, real plain and. 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:08.120 Simple the enemy does not want you to spend time With. 0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:10.960 God it's bad enough to him that you came. Today 0:15:11.000 --> 0:15:13.600 it's bad enough that you're, Watching but he sure doesn't 0:15:13.640 --> 0:15:15.880 want you to do this at. Home he doesn't like 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:19.400 the fact THAT i speak blessings in favor over your 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:22.680 life every. Week that's bad. Enough he sure doesn't want 0:15:22.720 --> 0:15:25.560 you to start doing it every. Day he sure doesn't 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:27.560 want you to get up in the morning and start 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:31.000 DECLARING i am, BLESSED i am, ANOINTED i have the 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:33.800 favor Of. God my children will be mighty on the. 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:36.040 EARTH i am the. Head i'll never be the. Tail, 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:39.120 see it's bad enough that we sing praises in. Here 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:42.360 he's terrified to think you might get up in the 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:45.240 morning and start SINGING i am a friend Of, god 0:15:45.760 --> 0:15:47.760 OR i worship you because of who you are And 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:51.480 savior you can move my. Mountains is it any wonder 0:15:51.560 --> 0:15:54.720 why he tries everything in the world to keep us 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:57.080 from having our time With. God you got to be. 0:15:57.360 --> 0:16:00.560 Determined you may have to set the alarm half hour. 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:04.160 Earlier you may have to turn THAT tv off or 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:08.080 rearrange a few things to make this a priority in your. 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:11.880 LIFE i remember my father used to tell every time 0:16:11.920 --> 0:16:14.960 he went to, pray seemed like the phone would just 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:18.200 inevitably ring and one day he was fed up with. 0:16:18.280 --> 0:16:20.400 It he made up his mind he was gonna spend 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:22.760 fifteen minutes in, prayer and so he went into his 0:16:22.840 --> 0:16:25.680 office and shut the. Door but he wasn't there for 0:16:25.800 --> 0:16:28.600 two or three minutes until the phone started. Ringing it 0:16:28.720 --> 0:16:31.280 rang and rang and. Rang he did his best to ignore, 0:16:31.320 --> 0:16:33.720 it but it just kept on. Ringing in his, mind 0:16:33.760 --> 0:16:35.920 he was fighting the good fight of, faith, Saying i'm 0:16:35.960 --> 0:16:38.000 not going to answer that. Phone i'm not gonna be. 0:16:38.000 --> 0:16:41.760 Interrupted i'm not gonna be. Distracted this is my time With. God, 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:45.240 well the phone just kept on. Ringing he told how 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:48.440 these thoughts started coming too his, mind telling him that's 0:16:48.480 --> 0:16:50.680 one of your children at. School you better answer. It 0:16:50.760 --> 0:16:53.520 they need your. Help that's somebody at the. Office they're 0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:56.760 having a big. Problem they need. You he just kept ignoring, 0:16:56.760 --> 0:16:59.000 it and the, phone by this time had been ringing 0:16:59.080 --> 0:17:02.080 like five minutes. Insistently finally the thought came to his, 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:05.200 mind telling him that is the president of The United. 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:09.159 States he needs your. Help if you don't answer, that 0:17:09.200 --> 0:17:12.720 you're going to miss a big. Opportunity my dad couldn't stand. 0:17:12.720 --> 0:17:14.960 That he was, convinced and he busted out of that, 0:17:15.040 --> 0:17:17.480 room ran in there answered the, phone said, hello mister, 0:17:17.520 --> 0:17:20.480 president how CAN i help? You come to find out 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:24.320 it was a wrong. Number but when you go to 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:27.640 have this quiet, time it's funny how everything will try 0:17:27.680 --> 0:17:30.200 to come against you all of a. Sudden your teenage 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:32.600 son won't know how to put a piece of bread 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:36.200 in the toaster to make his. Breakfast your husband won't 0:17:36.200 --> 0:17:38.240 be able to find his socks that are in the 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:41.639 same drawer they've been in for twenty two. Years you 0:17:41.760 --> 0:17:44.960 got to set some. Boundaries tell your family members somebody, 0:17:45.000 --> 0:17:48.280 calls tell Them i'm not. Available tell your, children if 0:17:48.280 --> 0:17:52.640 you have an, emergency call nine one. One if you want, 0:17:52.680 --> 0:17:57.840 breakfast either make it yourself or. Fast tell your husband 0:17:57.840 --> 0:18:00.399 if you can't find your socks were my, home but 0:18:00.480 --> 0:18:09.040 leave me. Alone i'm just, Kidding. Paul What i'm saying 0:18:09.160 --> 0:18:13.959 is make this a. Priority see it as. Vital in other, 0:18:14.000 --> 0:18:16.840 words IF i don't get my quiet, TIME i Know 0:18:16.960 --> 0:18:18.840 i'm not gonna get my inner man. Fed i'm not 0:18:18.840 --> 0:18:21.160 gonna get it built, up and So i'm not gonna 0:18:21.200 --> 0:18:23.480 be my best. Today and not only is that a 0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:26.480 disservice to, ME i, said disservice to my, family the 0:18:26.520 --> 0:18:29.200 people around, me And when you really get into a 0:18:29.280 --> 0:18:32.680 habit of doing, this you won't leave the house until 0:18:32.720 --> 0:18:36.760 you feel full on the. Inside just like when we're hungry, 0:18:37.160 --> 0:18:39.520 physically we don't have to think about. It we just 0:18:39.560 --> 0:18:42.120 go get something to. Eat it's natural to. Us what's 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:44.399 the same thing. Spiritually WHEN i get up in the, 0:18:44.400 --> 0:18:49.000 morning Now i'm hungry for my spiritual. Food jesus, SAID 0:18:49.119 --> 0:18:51.920 i am the bread of. Life he, SAID i am 0:18:51.960 --> 0:18:55.200 the living. Water if you drink of, me you'll never thirst. 0:18:55.280 --> 0:18:58.840 Again my question to us today is are you drinking 0:18:59.040 --> 0:19:03.280 of the living water each? Day that's taking time to, pray, praise, 0:19:03.400 --> 0:19:07.000 thanksgiving Reading god's. Word even during the day when it 0:19:07.000 --> 0:19:10.240 gets stressful and things come against you and you're tempting 0:19:10.280 --> 0:19:13.359 to get, upset lose your, Cool, well you need to 0:19:13.400 --> 0:19:16.000 just take a five minute break and go drink of 0:19:16.040 --> 0:19:19.360 the living. Water that Means, GOD i need. You i'm 0:19:19.400 --> 0:19:22.520 asking for your, Peace i'm asking for your. Strength when 0:19:22.600 --> 0:19:25.280 you do, that you just took a. Drink you strengthen 0:19:25.359 --> 0:19:27.840 your inner. Man the boss has given you a hard, 0:19:27.840 --> 0:19:29.600 time just look at, Him tell HIM i need to 0:19:29.600 --> 0:19:32.080 go get a. Drink i'm talking about the living water. 0:19:32.160 --> 0:19:36.439 Now but it's so important that we do this first 0:19:36.520 --> 0:19:39.800 thing in the. Morning if, not it's easy to get 0:19:39.840 --> 0:19:42.720 distracted and we end up putting it. Off and how 0:19:42.720 --> 0:19:45.520 many mornings have we gotten up with good. Intentions we 0:19:45.560 --> 0:19:47.760 want to go get, quiet we want to go, pray 0:19:48.240 --> 0:19:50.800 but we, think, well let me make this one phone 0:19:50.840 --> 0:19:53.240 call real, quick and you know how it. Goes one 0:19:53.280 --> 0:19:56.400 thing leads to. Another, WELL i better make the kid's. Breakfast, 0:19:56.800 --> 0:19:58.720 REALLY i need to get up to the grocery store 0:19:58.760 --> 0:20:01.240 before it gets. Busy since i'm, out let me swing 0:20:01.280 --> 0:20:04.000 by and pick up the. Cleaning before, long the whole 0:20:04.119 --> 0:20:07.480 day is. Gone you've missed your quiet. Time now make 0:20:07.520 --> 0:20:10.840 this a. Priority it's what's going to help your day 0:20:11.000 --> 0:20:13.560 to go much much. BETTER i have been doing this 0:20:13.640 --> 0:20:16.159 SINCE i was a little. Boy from the TIME i 0:20:16.240 --> 0:20:19.320 was probably eight or nine years, old my parents taught 0:20:19.359 --> 0:20:21.919 me to read a chapter in My bible each. MORNING 0:20:22.480 --> 0:20:25.960 i didn't always understand WHAT i was, reading still don't, 0:20:26.000 --> 0:20:29.560 today And i'm the, pastor BUT i believe BECAUSE i 0:20:29.600 --> 0:20:32.439 Honored god by giving him the first part of my. 0:20:32.560 --> 0:20:38.040 Day god has honored me some mornings, now especially When i'm. 0:20:38.080 --> 0:20:41.720 TRAVELING i don't have but maybe five, minutes But i'll 0:20:41.760 --> 0:20:44.359 take that time to Say, GOD i love, YOU i need, 0:20:44.440 --> 0:20:47.879 you thank you for this, day just a few minutes 0:20:47.920 --> 0:20:50.240 to get my inner man a little, stronger and to 0:20:50.280 --> 0:20:53.359 get my mind going in the right, direction positive and. 0:20:53.440 --> 0:20:57.600 HOPEFUL i remember growing up seeing my parents do this every, 0:20:57.680 --> 0:21:01.240 morning sitting in their chair reading Their i'd hear my 0:21:01.320 --> 0:21:05.560 father back in his room, praying Worshiping. God did it help? 0:21:05.920 --> 0:21:08.480 Well they raise five, children all of us are in 0:21:08.480 --> 0:21:11.399 the ministry. Today we all turned out pretty. Good Now 0:21:11.680 --> 0:21:14.160 i'm training our children to do the same. Thing it's 0:21:14.240 --> 0:21:18.320 being passed. Down the other, morning our little, Daughter, alexandra she's, 0:21:18.359 --> 0:21:20.679 eight she came in and got in bed with, us 0:21:20.680 --> 0:21:24.200 and she, Said, daddy after you get through praying, today 0:21:24.520 --> 0:21:26.679 will you come out and play with? Me AND i 0:21:26.720 --> 0:21:30.399 thought to, myself she's seeing the same thing model THAT 0:21:30.480 --> 0:21:33.800 i saw growing. Up that's saying to Her god is 0:21:33.880 --> 0:21:37.160 important in our. Family he is vital to our. Lives 0:21:37.720 --> 0:21:39.879 AND i know some people tell, me, What, joel you, 0:21:39.880 --> 0:21:41.520 KNOW i don't know how to have quiet. TIME i 0:21:41.520 --> 0:21:44.040 don't know how to. Pray i'm not a religious. PERSON 0:21:44.080 --> 0:21:46.159 i didn't grow up in church like. You but, no 0:21:46.480 --> 0:21:51.120 here's the. Key prayer is just talking To. God sometimes 0:21:51.160 --> 0:21:54.679 religion makes things too, complicated makes us think we have 0:21:54.760 --> 0:21:57.800 to pray in a fancy, language using these these and, 0:21:57.880 --> 0:22:01.760 thus but no pray in your every day. Language if your, 0:22:01.840 --> 0:22:06.080 country the good news Is god talks. Country if you're 0:22:06.119 --> 0:22:09.959 From New, York god Talks New. York he understands. You we, 0:22:10.000 --> 0:22:14.840 don't but he. Does but when you, pray don't get 0:22:14.880 --> 0:22:18.320 all stiff and go off into some fancy. Language talk 0:22:18.359 --> 0:22:21.520 To god like you're talking to your best. Friends tell 0:22:21.600 --> 0:22:25.240 him your, concerns the areas that you're struggling, in ask 0:22:25.320 --> 0:22:28.919 him for his, help and then always take time to 0:22:29.040 --> 0:22:32.840 Thank god for what he's already. Done our praise should 0:22:32.880 --> 0:22:37.280 always outweigh our. Petition don't spend your whole quiet time 0:22:37.560 --> 0:22:40.640 Telling god your. Needs he already knows your. Needs take 0:22:40.680 --> 0:22:44.760 time to thank. Him some people use prayer as a complaining. Session, 0:22:45.600 --> 0:22:47.680 GOD i don't understand WHY i didn't get that. Promotion 0:22:47.840 --> 0:22:49.399 when AM i going to get? Married And, god my 0:22:49.440 --> 0:22:52.520 back's been hurting for three, weeks SO i don't know about. 0:22:52.560 --> 0:22:56.240 You but when my children complain and tell me what's 0:22:56.280 --> 0:22:58.600 wrong and what they don't, HAVE i don't want to 0:22:58.640 --> 0:23:00.800 do anything for them at. All in, FACT i want 0:23:00.840 --> 0:23:03.160 to get as far away from them AS i possibly. 0:23:03.200 --> 0:23:05.800 Can but on the other, hand when they come to 0:23:05.840 --> 0:23:09.480 me and, Say, DADDY i love. You you're the best dad 0:23:09.520 --> 0:23:12.240 in the. World i'm so glad you're my. Father well 0:23:12.240 --> 0:23:13.879 they might as well go get the car. Keys we're 0:23:13.920 --> 0:23:19.920 going to toys r. US i Believe god is the same. 0:23:19.960 --> 0:23:22.640 Way you get up in the morning and you take 0:23:22.680 --> 0:23:25.679 time to Say, GOD i love, you you think him 0:23:25.680 --> 0:23:28.640 for what he's already done in your. Life that's When 0:23:28.680 --> 0:23:30.919 god will do more than you can even ask or. 0:23:30.960 --> 0:23:33.639 Think and in your quiet time when you read the, 0:23:33.680 --> 0:23:36.520 scripture don't get bogged down with things that you don't. 0:23:36.600 --> 0:23:39.840 Understand AS i, Said i've read passages before and THOUGHT 0:23:39.880 --> 0:23:42.520 i have no idea what that's talking. About But i've 0:23:42.600 --> 0:23:45.760 learned to just read it and move. On, see The 0:23:45.800 --> 0:23:49.680 Holy spirit is called our. Teacher if you'll stay, open 0:23:49.800 --> 0:23:53.000 he'll make sure you understand exactly what you need to. 0:23:53.080 --> 0:23:59.680 Understand some, scriptures they're plain and. Simple don't, complain love your. 0:23:59.680 --> 0:24:03.119 Innimy by, grace we're. Saved if you believe all things are. 0:24:03.160 --> 0:24:06.480 Possible there's a lot we can all. Understand we need 0:24:06.520 --> 0:24:10.359 to Realize god's word is like a. Seed once you 0:24:10.400 --> 0:24:13.080 put it in, you it never. Dies you may not 0:24:13.240 --> 0:24:16.800 understand it, now but at the right, time when you need, 0:24:16.840 --> 0:24:20.080 It god will cause it to come. Alive my father 0:24:20.200 --> 0:24:22.520 used to, say Put god's word in you when you 0:24:22.560 --> 0:24:25.080 don't need, it and it'll be there when you do need. 0:24:25.080 --> 0:24:27.679 IT a lot of people, today AND i don't mean this, 0:24:27.800 --> 0:24:30.800 critically but they never, Pray they never read the scripture 0:24:30.960 --> 0:24:33.919 unless they're having a major. Crisis there's nothing wrong with. 0:24:33.960 --> 0:24:36.160 That god wants to help. Us but the Point i'm 0:24:36.200 --> 0:24:39.880 making is there is so much more benefit if we'd 0:24:39.880 --> 0:24:42.800 make spending time With god a part of our everyday. 0:24:42.840 --> 0:24:46.600 LIFE i heard about this young. Man he was raised 0:24:46.640 --> 0:24:50.320 in a home that didn't have any spiritual, emphasis and 0:24:50.400 --> 0:24:53.119 his parents they were fine, people but they didn't have 0:24:53.200 --> 0:24:54.960 much to do With. God they might pray over the 0:24:54.960 --> 0:24:57.639 food once or twice a year at dinner. Time that's about. 0:24:57.640 --> 0:25:00.240 It and one, day when he was eight years, old 0:25:00.560 --> 0:25:02.679 all of his friends were going to a summer camp 0:25:02.840 --> 0:25:05.520 put on by the local. Church he really wanted to, 0:25:05.520 --> 0:25:08.480 go and so his mother made the. Arrangements when he got, 0:25:08.520 --> 0:25:11.119 there he noticed up on the platform there was this large. 0:25:11.200 --> 0:25:15.600 Trophy this young man was very, competitive great in, sports 0:25:15.640 --> 0:25:18.160 great in, academics and he made up his mind right 0:25:18.200 --> 0:25:20.399 then and there he was going to do whatever it 0:25:20.440 --> 0:25:23.199 took to win that. Trophy come to find, out the 0:25:23.240 --> 0:25:26.119 trophy was going to be given to the person that 0:25:26.280 --> 0:25:30.520 had memorized the most scripture. Verses this young man never 0:25:30.600 --> 0:25:33.959 been to, church never basically read His, bible but he 0:25:34.040 --> 0:25:37.720 was so. Determined over the next two, days he memorized 0:25:37.760 --> 0:25:40.800 over thirty passages of scripture and won the. Trophy he 0:25:40.880 --> 0:25:44.159 was so. Excited, well fifteen years, later he was a 0:25:44.160 --> 0:25:47.639 College All american football, player had a dream of playing 0:25:47.640 --> 0:25:50.800 in THE, nfl but one day after, practice had a 0:25:50.920 --> 0:25:55.000 terrible pain in his chest got so bad he finally passed. 0:25:55.000 --> 0:25:58.439 Out long story, Short at twenty three years, old he 0:25:58.480 --> 0:26:01.560 had a massive heart. Attack woke up in the emergency 0:26:01.640 --> 0:26:04.800 room with tubes coming out of him, everywhere scared to. 0:26:04.840 --> 0:26:07.800 Death didn't know what to. Do then he told how 0:26:07.840 --> 0:26:10.760 all of a, sudden from way down in, here those 0:26:10.800 --> 0:26:14.320 scriptures that he had memorized started coming up once. Again 0:26:15.000 --> 0:26:18.399 here he hadn't thought about them in over fifteen. Years but, 0:26:18.480 --> 0:26:22.000 See god's word is like a, Seed it's alive and 0:26:22.040 --> 0:26:24.560 full of. Power on the, inside and when you need, 0:26:24.600 --> 0:26:28.520 it it's gonna take, root it's gonna spring. Forth he 0:26:28.640 --> 0:26:32.119 started quoting the scripture over and over, again things, like 0:26:32.480 --> 0:26:34.800 THOUGH i walk through the valley of The shadow Of, 0:26:34.880 --> 0:26:37.800 DEATH i will fear no, evil for you are with. 0:26:37.920 --> 0:26:40.480 Me he told how all the fear left and he 0:26:40.520 --> 0:26:44.080 felt this incredible. Peace the doctors didn't think he would make. 0:26:44.119 --> 0:26:46.600 It but today that young man's as healthy as can. 0:26:46.640 --> 0:26:50.400 Be he goes all over the world visiting high, schools 0:26:50.800 --> 0:26:54.080 sharing his message of hope with other young. People but 0:26:54.160 --> 0:26:56.439 it all started back when he put the seed in. 0:26:56.560 --> 0:27:00.600 Him you may not understand everything you. Read in, fact 0:27:00.600 --> 0:27:02.639 some mornings you'll, think, Man i'm wasting my. TIME i 0:27:02.640 --> 0:27:06.280 could be. Sleeping but, No please realize the seed is 0:27:06.320 --> 0:27:08.840 going into you and when you need, It god will 0:27:08.880 --> 0:27:11.920 make sure that it comes. Alive and, really we all 0:27:11.960 --> 0:27:14.680 have those times where we read the. Scriptures five minutes 0:27:14.760 --> 0:27:17.080 later we can't even remember what we. Read we must 0:27:17.080 --> 0:27:19.560 have been. Daydreaming or we take time to pray and 0:27:19.560 --> 0:27:22.040 we don't feel. Anything we don't think the prayer went 0:27:22.080 --> 0:27:25.720 past the. Ceiling but even in the dry, seasons even 0:27:25.760 --> 0:27:29.199 when you don't feel, anything know, This god sees the 0:27:29.280 --> 0:27:32.320 effort that you're. Making he sees you're getting up, early 0:27:32.600 --> 0:27:35.159 he sees you're taking the. Time and it's not so 0:27:35.320 --> 0:27:38.040 much what we, feel or even what we learn or 0:27:38.080 --> 0:27:40.840 what we. Remember it's the fact that you took time 0:27:40.880 --> 0:27:44.120 to Honor. God you made a sacrifice to Give god 0:27:44.160 --> 0:27:46.520 the first part of your. Day you do, that that 0:27:46.600 --> 0:27:49.639 Gets god's. Attention that's when you're going to be empowered 0:27:49.680 --> 0:27:51.679 for the. Day that means you're going to have the, 0:27:51.720 --> 0:27:55.040 strength the, favor the, peace the. Wisdom you'll get the 0:27:55.080 --> 0:27:57.800 breaks you need to live that day in. Victory and, 0:27:57.840 --> 0:27:59.879 friends What i'm asking us to do today is not, 0:28:00.119 --> 0:28:03.280 hard but it's one of the most important habits we 0:28:03.320 --> 0:28:06.720 could ever. Form if you don't have a regular quiet, 0:28:06.720 --> 0:28:09.760 time make a decision to, start and if you, do 0:28:10.280 --> 0:28:12.920 be determined to stick with. It don't think that it's 0:28:12.920 --> 0:28:15.520 not doing any. Good it's not only keeping your inner man, 0:28:15.640 --> 0:28:18.640 strong but it's setting the tone for the entire. Day 0:28:18.960 --> 0:28:21.000 you've got to get filled up before you go, out 0:28:21.560 --> 0:28:23.720 and some of, you this is the only thing that's 0:28:23.720 --> 0:28:27.480 holding you. Back you Love, god you're, dedicated you're, talented 0:28:27.920 --> 0:28:30.720 but you're not taking time to get empowered each. Day 0:28:30.960 --> 0:28:34.320 you're not getting your inner man refueled and re. Energized 0:28:34.400 --> 0:28:37.560 won't you make these? Changes get up every morning and 0:28:37.640 --> 0:28:41.560 spend time With. God draw strength from, him receive his, 0:28:41.800 --> 0:28:45.240 wisdom receive his. Peace if you will start the day off, 0:28:45.320 --> 0:28:48.440 RIGHT i know you'll rise higher and. Higher god will 0:28:48.480 --> 0:28:50.840 pour out his blessings in favor and you'll live the 0:28:50.880 --> 0:28:53.520 life of victory he has in. Story, amen do you 0:28:53.560 --> 0:28:57.719 receive it? Today we never like to close our broadcast 0:28:58.000 --> 0:29:00.920 without giving you an opportunity to Make jesus the lord 0:29:00.920 --> 0:29:04.480 of your. Life would you pray with? Me just, Say, Lord, 0:29:04.560 --> 0:29:09.640 JESUS i repent of my. Sins come into my. HEART 0:29:10.640 --> 0:29:14.280 i make you My lord and. Savior, friends if you 0:29:14.360 --> 0:29:17.240 prayed that simple, prayer we believe you got born. Again 0:29:17.760 --> 0:29:20.600 get in a Good bible based. 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