Staying Alive Your Whole Life

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Why Walmart? 0:02:41.720 --> 0:02:44.960 She said, hello, They're the biggest retailer. 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:48.960 In the world. I take no credit for that. I 0:02:49.040 --> 0:02:49.680 give it to Paul. 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:53.360 Hold up your Bible, say it like you mean it. 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:56.919 This is my Bible. I am what it says. I am. 0:02:57.440 --> 0:03:00.120 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:02.799 do what it says I can do. Today I will 0:03:02.840 --> 0:03:06.720 be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My 0:03:06.960 --> 0:03:10.840 mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never 0:03:10.919 --> 0:03:15.480 be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:18.760 want to talk to you today about staying alive your 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:20.200 whole life. 0:03:20.240 --> 0:03:22.600 Too many people have lost their enthusiasm. 0:03:23.320 --> 0:03:25.960 At one time, they were excited about their future. 0:03:26.360 --> 0:03:27.480 They were pursuing their. 0:03:27.440 --> 0:03:30.600 Dreams, but along the way they hit some roadblocks. 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:32.119 Things didn't work out. 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:36.280 They didn't get the promotion they wanted, a relationship felled. 0:03:36.080 --> 0:03:37.720 Or they went through a health issue. 0:03:38.080 --> 0:03:40.720 And now that's taking the wind out of their cells. 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:44.440 They're just going through the motions of life. They're breathing, 0:03:44.760 --> 0:03:48.040 but they're not really living. They're alive, but they're not 0:03:48.200 --> 0:03:48.880 full of life. 0:03:49.560 --> 0:03:50.280 What happened? 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:53.880 They quit dreaming, they quit pursuing their goals. 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:55.280 They lost their purpose. 0:03:55.880 --> 0:03:58.560 If we're going to stay alive our whole life, we 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:01.440 have to keep our dreams in front of us. We 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:03.680 have to have a reason to get up each day. 0:04:04.360 --> 0:04:07.440 You've got to know you are a person of destiny. 0:04:08.040 --> 0:04:09.040 You have a purpose. 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:13.440 You didn't just accidentally show up on planet Earth. God 0:04:13.520 --> 0:04:16.520 knew you before you were formed in your mother's roomb. 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:20.760 He has an assignment for you. There's something God wants 0:04:20.760 --> 0:04:22.200 you to accomplish. 0:04:22.440 --> 0:04:23.919 Somebody needs what you have. 0:04:24.560 --> 0:04:28.600 Somebody needs your love, somebody needs your smile, somebody. 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:29.320 Needs your encouragement. 0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:34.200 You were created to make a difference, to impact our society, 0:04:34.520 --> 0:04:37.400 to make this world a better place. And on the 0:04:37.400 --> 0:04:41.320 inside of you right now, there are dreams and desires 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:45.679 put there by the creator of the universe. But over time, 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:49.559 life will try to push those dreams down, just little 0:04:49.640 --> 0:04:53.920 by little. A disappointment here, a set back there, a 0:04:53.960 --> 0:04:55.920 failed relationship, a dream that. 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:56.600 Didn't work out. 0:04:57.200 --> 0:04:59.680 And if we're not careful, we'll look up and we're 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:04.039 not pressing forward anymore. We're letting opportunities pass us by. 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:08.200 We're not believing to rise any higher. What's the problem. 0:05:08.520 --> 0:05:12.200 We're allowing life to wither us. Just like a leaf 0:05:12.240 --> 0:05:16.039 that falls from a tree. It doesn't wither overnight, but 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:20.480 gradually it gets worse and worse, until it's totally withered away. 0:05:21.400 --> 0:05:24.800 And in the scripture, Jesus talked to this man. It 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:27.799 doesn't give us his name, doesn't tell us what he does. 0:05:28.360 --> 0:05:31.800 It simply calls him the man with the withered hand. 0:05:32.440 --> 0:05:33.160 It's interesting. 0:05:33.200 --> 0:05:36.120 This man could talk, he could walk, he had friends, 0:05:36.440 --> 0:05:38.039 but his hand was withered. 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:41.720 That was symbolic. It means he couldn't. 0:05:41.360 --> 0:05:45.440 Hold on to anything. Life was passing him by. What 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:47.680 he used to reach for, what he used to be 0:05:47.800 --> 0:05:51.600 passionate about. Now he just sat back and accepted it. 0:05:51.920 --> 0:05:53.360 After all, he had an excuse. 0:05:53.880 --> 0:05:57.719 His hand was withered. Somebody gave Victoria nine flowers a 0:05:57.720 --> 0:05:59.440 few weeks ago they were. 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:03.719 So beautiful or so radiant, so colorful and vibrant. But 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:07.600 every day, even though we couldn't really notice it, even 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:10.120 though it was too gradual to tell while it was happening, 0:06:10.600 --> 0:06:14.280 those flowers were withering. Until one day we looked up 0:06:14.360 --> 0:06:17.279 and they were totally dead. And that's what can happen 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:21.680 in life. We start out strong and vibrant. We're excited 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:25.400 about our dreams, we're passionate about our future. But because 0:06:25.440 --> 0:06:30.919 of disappointments, setbacks, failures, life will slowly try to start 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:33.440 to wither us. If we're not careful, we'll begin to 0:06:33.480 --> 0:06:36.080 think my dreams are never going to come to pass. 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:38.040 I'm never going to get out of dead, I'm never 0:06:38.080 --> 0:06:41.760 going to get married. We developed these wrong mindsets. But 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:44.520 I love what Jesus said to this man. He didn't 0:06:44.520 --> 0:06:48.200 necessarily comfort him. He didn't say I feel sorry for you. 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:49.200 You've had a tough life. 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:53.520 Jesus asked him to do something that he could not do. 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:58.240 He said, stretch forth your hand. That man had to 0:06:58.279 --> 0:07:00.600 make a decision. Was he going to take a step 0:07:00.640 --> 0:07:05.359 of faith and shake off past disappointments, shake off past failure, 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:08.200 shake off what his mind was telling him and believe. 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:08.520 He could do it? 0:07:09.200 --> 0:07:11.680 Or was he going to shrink back and start making excuses. 0:07:12.080 --> 0:07:12.920 I can't do that. 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:16.320 My hand's withered. Has been this way too long. I've 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:18.920 been through too much in life. He could have come 0:07:19.000 --> 0:07:21.920 up with all kinds of excuses that would have kept 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:25.400 him right where he was. But this man was bold 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:29.840 enough to believe that God could restore. He believed that 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:31.840 God could give him a new beginning. 0:07:32.560 --> 0:07:35.840 He did his part, He stretched out his hand, and 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:37.760 instantly he was made hame. 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:41.760 And some of you today you're breathing, but you're not 0:07:41.880 --> 0:07:48.160 really living. You've lost your enthusiasm. You're not pursuing your goals. Maybe, 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:52.679 like him, you've tried and failled. You've gone through some disappointments, 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:56.000 but you've got to get your fire back. Life may 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:59.280 have tried to wither you, but God is saying, stretch 0:07:59.320 --> 0:08:02.800 forth your hand. Dare to do something that you haven't 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:06.760 done before. Stretch into a new level. Stretch into a 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:11.560 new annoying, Stretch into a new way of thinking, enlarger vision, 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:15.720 get rid of any wrong mindsets. Maybe your parents are 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:18.120 the people that raised you. A coach or a teacher 0:08:18.360 --> 0:08:20.800 told you that you'll never be successful. You just don't 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:24.480 have what it takes. Don't believe those lies. Stretch forth 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:28.520 your hand. Maybe your own thoughts are telling you it's 0:08:28.560 --> 0:08:31.360 never gonna get better. I'm never gonna accomplish my dreams. 0:08:31.400 --> 0:08:34.920 I've tried and felled. Stretch forth your hand. Get a 0:08:34.920 --> 0:08:38.120 new vision for your life. Stir up the dreams that 0:08:38.200 --> 0:08:40.959 God has put on the inside. You may think it's 0:08:41.000 --> 0:08:43.600 been too long and you're getting too old, but that 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:48.120 dream is still alive. It started out as a strong fire. 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:51.000 At one time, it was probably a burning desire. 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:53.800 Now it's just a tiny little flicker. You know what 0:08:53.840 --> 0:08:54.360 you got to do. 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:57.680 You got to fan the flame. You got to rekindle 0:08:57.760 --> 0:09:00.920 that fire. God is saying, this is your ye to 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:03.920 do something that you've never done before. This is your 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:07.280 year to break free from every addiction. This is your 0:09:07.360 --> 0:09:11.880 year to step in to supernatural opportunity. God said in 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:16.160 Isaiah forty three, Behold, I am doing a new thing. 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:20.480 Can you not perceiving God wants to do something new 0:09:20.679 --> 0:09:24.079 in your life. You may have tried a thousand times 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:27.000 and hit a brick wall, but God is saying, I'm 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:27.960 still in control. 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:30.880 I still have a plan. You're in the palm of 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:31.520 my hand. 0:09:31.960 --> 0:09:35.560 And as long as you believe, all things are possible. 0:09:36.120 --> 0:09:38.079 And if we're going to keep life from withering us, 0:09:38.320 --> 0:09:41.160 we have to stay full of praise. When you give 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:44.960 God praise, it's just like you're watering your seed when 0:09:45.000 --> 0:09:48.080 you go through the day, thanking God that he's in control, 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:51.600 thanking him that he's working behind the scenes, thanking him 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:54.760 that he's arranging things in your favor. That seed, that 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:58.520 dream is constantly being nourished. I talked to a man 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:01.160 the other day and he'd take in a test seven 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:04.240 times to try to get his license to get into 0:10:04.280 --> 0:10:07.760 a particular field. But he had failed every single time, 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:10.720 and he was so discouraged. He said, Joel, it just 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:12.960 must not be meant to be. I've been working on 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:15.719 this for over three years. He was ready to give up, 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:18.360 and I told him what I'm telling you. You've got 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:21.480 to go back and take that test again. You don't know. 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:24.439 The eighth time could be the charm. And if you 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:27.760 know God's put something in your heart, even if you 0:10:27.880 --> 0:10:31.000 have to pursue it your whole lifetime, you should never 0:10:31.080 --> 0:10:33.960 stop trying, keep believing, keep pressing for it. 0:10:34.679 --> 0:10:35.240 I said, to him. 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:37.560 You need to start saying, Father, thank you that I 0:10:37.640 --> 0:10:40.200 will pass this test, thank you that I'm full of 0:10:40.240 --> 0:10:43.040 your wisdom. Thank you that I'm well able to do 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:46.079 what you've called me to do. Get your mind going 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:47.080 in the right direction. 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:49.079 You may be here kind of like him. 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:51.280 You've tried and failed, and you're just about to give 0:10:51.360 --> 0:10:54.839 up on something. You need to start fertilizing your seed. 0:10:55.440 --> 0:10:58.160 You know what I'm doing today. I'm pumping you full 0:10:58.280 --> 0:11:02.120 of nutrients. God's work is alive and full of power. 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:07.640 David said there in Psalm chapter one, in verse three. 0:11:07.679 --> 0:11:11.360 If you will meditate on God's promises, you will be 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:15.520 like a tree planted by the water. Your leaf will 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:19.560 not wither in whatever you do will prosper. That's my 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:22.200 prayer for each one of you. Life is not going 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:25.440 to wither you. That means you will outlast every attack. 0:11:25.840 --> 0:11:28.760 You will overcome every obstacle, You will defeat every enemy. 0:11:29.240 --> 0:11:32.400 You will see every dream come to pass. And if 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:36.080 your leaf has withered, I believe today it's starting to 0:11:36.120 --> 0:11:39.760 come back to life. Fresh vision is being planted on 0:11:39.800 --> 0:11:41.160 the inside. 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:43.000 God is birthing new dreams. 0:11:43.520 --> 0:11:45.520 Things you may have given up on, things you thought 0:11:45.520 --> 0:11:49.000 were too far gone. God's going to resurrect those dead dreams. 0:11:49.200 --> 0:11:52.360 He's going to restore what you once thought was impossible. 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:55.080 You need to draw that line in the sand and 0:11:55.120 --> 0:11:58.319 say this is for me. I'm shaking off every disappointment. 0:11:58.720 --> 0:12:00.280 I'm shaking off every set back. 0:12:00.920 --> 0:12:01.439 I may have. 0:12:01.400 --> 0:12:03.600 Allowed life to wither me for a little while, but 0:12:03.640 --> 0:12:06.320 I'm not settling where I am. This is my year 0:12:06.480 --> 0:12:09.000 to step into God's favor in a greater way. This 0:12:09.080 --> 0:12:12.959 is my year to stretch to a new level. You 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:15.120 got to make up your mind no matter what comes 0:12:15.120 --> 0:12:17.800 against me, no matter what doesn't work out, It's not 0:12:17.800 --> 0:12:21.400 gonna wither me. I'm not gonna lose my enthusiasm. And 0:12:21.440 --> 0:12:23.840 even in the tough times when things aren't going your way, 0:12:24.120 --> 0:12:26.520 you've got to just keep on keeping on, keep on 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:29.640 being good to people, keep on serving, keep on praying, 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:33.160 keep on hoping on in faith. It's interesting to me 0:12:33.800 --> 0:12:37.120 how many of the great accomplishments that we've seen in 0:12:37.160 --> 0:12:41.040 our society came from people that refuse to get discouraged, 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:44.360 people that refuse to give up and to quit trying. 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:49.359 I was reading about Henry Ford. He went bankrupt five times. 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:52.600 Don't you know after that first bankruptcy. He was tempted 0:12:52.640 --> 0:12:55.760 to be discouraged after the second one, after the third one, 0:12:56.000 --> 0:12:58.120 certainly after the fifth one, he must have thought, God, 0:12:58.160 --> 0:12:59.040 this is just not in me. 0:12:59.480 --> 0:13:00.960 I just don't have what it takes. 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:05.440 No deep down, I believe he knew that dream was 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:07.680 put in him by the creator of the universe, and 0:13:07.760 --> 0:13:09.480 he just kept stirring himself up. 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:11.240 He didn't let life wither. 0:13:11.080 --> 0:13:15.000 Him, and he may have gone bankrupt five times, but 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:17.240 his sixth company turned out pretty good. 0:13:17.880 --> 0:13:19.959 Some of you are making payments to him every month. 0:13:21.800 --> 0:13:25.959 Don't let life wither you. If one dream dies, dream 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:26.920 another dream. 0:13:27.400 --> 0:13:30.080 You're only a failure if you quit trying. 0:13:30.559 --> 0:13:32.959 That means if you get knocked down nine times, all 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:34.840 you got to do is get back up ten. 0:13:34.840 --> 0:13:35.679 To be the victory. 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:41.200 The scripture says in Jeremiah blessed is the person that 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:44.800 makes the Lord his hope and confidence. He will be 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:47.800 like a tree planted by the river banks, with its 0:13:47.920 --> 0:13:51.120 roots reaching deep down into the water. It's a tree 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:54.400 not bothered by the heat, nor worried by long months 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:58.000 of drought. It's leaves stay green, and it goes on 0:13:58.120 --> 0:14:01.560 producing luscious fruit. I believe that's the way you and 0:14:01.600 --> 0:14:04.960 I are because we've got our trust and confidence in 0:14:05.040 --> 0:14:09.000 Almighty God. Even though we may go through some dry seasons, 0:14:09.400 --> 0:14:12.120 even though times get tough and things don't go our 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:15.760 way in the natural, we should be down and discourage. No, 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:19.160 we know, because our roots go down deep, it's not 0:14:19.200 --> 0:14:20.200 going to affect us. 0:14:20.720 --> 0:14:23.520 Our leaves are going to stay green. That means it 0:14:23.600 --> 0:14:24.360 will not wither. 0:14:24.960 --> 0:14:27.120 Other people may be getting laid off, but. 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:29.360 Supernatural doors are opening up for us. 0:14:29.920 --> 0:14:32.600 Other people may be going around complaining, but we got 0:14:32.640 --> 0:14:35.360 a song of praise in our heart. Other people may 0:14:35.360 --> 0:14:37.520 be discouraged, but we got a smile on our face. 0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:39.920 We got a spring in our step. Why is that 0:14:40.440 --> 0:14:43.520 we're connected to the vine. Our roots go down deep, 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:45.200 We've got our mind renewed. 0:14:45.200 --> 0:14:47.160 We're meditating on God's promises. 0:14:47.520 --> 0:14:50.600 I love how it says that even in dry seasons, 0:14:50.760 --> 0:14:56.120 we'll go on producing luscious fruit. I all dried up, unattractive, 0:14:56.240 --> 0:14:58.360 rotten looking fruit, but luscious fruit. 0:14:58.920 --> 0:15:01.360 And the fact is we I'll go through dry seasons. 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:03.920 Well, we're not getting any breaks and things aren't going 0:15:03.960 --> 0:15:08.000 our way. But God said, even in the dark times, 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:11.360 even if the bottom falls out, because you're keeping him 0:15:11.400 --> 0:15:15.000 first place. You're gonna have a supernatural strength and a 0:15:15.080 --> 0:15:18.760 supernatural favor that's gonna cause you to overcome. 0:15:18.480 --> 0:15:20.280 Even when other people are going under. 0:15:21.040 --> 0:15:24.720 No matter what the economy does, no matter what the medical. 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:26.520 Report says, you don't have to worry. 0:15:27.120 --> 0:15:29.880 God said he's not only gonna bring you through it, 0:15:30.120 --> 0:15:32.880 but he's gonna cause you to prosper in spite of it. 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:36.720 Your job is not your source. God is your source. 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:38.520 The medical report. 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:43.400 It may look impossible, but God can do the impossible. 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:45.760 You need to keep this vision in front of you. 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:48.360 Even in my tough times. I'm gonna go on producing 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:51.200 luscious fruit. Somebody say, well, hadn't you heard what they 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:53.520 said about the economy, Joel, didn't I hear that they're 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:55.200 gonna lay people off at your office? 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:57.160 Aren't you worried? No, I'm not worried. 0:15:57.360 --> 0:16:00.000 My roots go down deep. I know I'm not affected 0:16:00.240 --> 0:16:02.680 by the drought. Even in my dry season, I'm going 0:16:02.720 --> 0:16:07.520 to keep on producing luscious fruit. Another key to keep 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:10.920 life from withering you is you have to stay productive. 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:14.080 You have to get up every day with purpose in 0:16:14.120 --> 0:16:14.960 your heart. 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:17.720 Without purpose, there will be no passion. 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:21.560 The Apostle Paul wrote a lot of the New Testament 0:16:21.680 --> 0:16:24.680 from a prison cell. He could have thought, nothing's going 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:27.560 my way. Soon as I get out of prison, I'll 0:16:27.560 --> 0:16:31.280 get back to fulfilling my purpose. No, he stayed productive 0:16:31.520 --> 0:16:36.040 right where he was. When you quit producing, you quit growing. 0:16:36.600 --> 0:16:39.360 If you're not growing, that's when life will start to 0:16:39.400 --> 0:16:42.200 wither you. You have to have a reason to get 0:16:42.240 --> 0:16:44.760 out of bed each day. You've got to know you 0:16:44.880 --> 0:16:49.200 have something to offer. Somebody needs what you have. This 0:16:49.360 --> 0:16:54.280 is especially important for older people. Stay active, keep learning, 0:16:54.720 --> 0:16:59.480 keep growing, keep your mind working, keep helping others. You 0:16:59.520 --> 0:17:02.680 may retur hire from your job, but don't ever retire 0:17:02.760 --> 0:17:06.919 from life. Find some way that you can keep being productive. 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:10.520 Go volunteer at the hospital, or go find a young 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:12.600 person that you can mentor them. Come up here and 0:17:12.640 --> 0:17:15.040 help us pray for people on the phone during the week. 0:17:15.680 --> 0:17:19.399 But when you quit being productive, you start slowly dying. 0:17:20.000 --> 0:17:22.200 If you quit using your mind, it's not going to 0:17:22.280 --> 0:17:25.040 be as sharp as it should be. I read where 0:17:25.080 --> 0:17:27.720 one of the best things older people can do is 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:33.199 crossword puzzles. Why it makes your mind work. Don't get complacent. 0:17:33.520 --> 0:17:37.760 Make yourself memorized scripture, make yourself memorized phone numbers. 0:17:37.960 --> 0:17:39.040 If you have some math to. 0:17:39.000 --> 0:17:41.600 Do, don't just go grab the calculator all the time. 0:17:41.760 --> 0:17:42.600 Do it manually. 0:17:43.040 --> 0:17:46.480 Keep your mind alert and active. I saw Art linkletter 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:49.959 on television the other day. He's ninety eight years old. 0:17:50.080 --> 0:17:53.480 He still travels all over the world, speaking hundreds of 0:17:53.480 --> 0:17:56.720 times each year. Most of the time he talks to 0:17:56.800 --> 0:17:59.760 elderly people in this same area, encouraging them to be 0:17:59.760 --> 0:18:03.480 at His mind is so sharp. He was dressed to 0:18:03.520 --> 0:18:06.840 a tea. He was articulate, he was funny. Now I 0:18:06.880 --> 0:18:09.840 thought here, he's ninety eight years old. He could be 0:18:09.880 --> 0:18:13.879 sitting at home. But he knows when he stops being productive, 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:18.640 that's when he'll start slowly dying. The interviewer asked him, Art, 0:18:18.640 --> 0:18:19.800 when are you going to retire? 0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:22.680 He laughed and said retire? What would I do? 0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:27.200 He understands this principle. We weren't created to sit back 0:18:27.240 --> 0:18:31.040 and do nothing. We were created to produce. And God 0:18:31.080 --> 0:18:34.359 promises us that if we will keep him first place, 0:18:35.000 --> 0:18:38.760 he will give us a long, satisfied life. He say, 0:18:38.840 --> 0:18:41.880 how long is a long life, Joel, Until you're satisfied. 0:18:43.240 --> 0:18:47.239 If you quit producing at fifty and you're satisfied, then 0:18:47.280 --> 0:18:50.280 the promise is fulfilled. I don't know about you, but 0:18:50.359 --> 0:18:52.320 I've got too much in me to die right now. 0:18:52.400 --> 0:18:55.720 I'm not satisfied. I've got dreams that I've not yet 0:18:55.760 --> 0:18:59.639 seen come to pass. I've got promises that have not 0:18:59.720 --> 0:19:02.679 yet fulfilled. I've got children I want to see grow up. 0:19:02.920 --> 0:19:04.880 I've got a wife to raise, I mean, a wife 0:19:04.880 --> 0:19:09.480 to enjoy. I've got mercy that I need. 0:19:09.560 --> 0:19:09.960 I guess. 0:19:11.359 --> 0:19:15.200 I've got grandchildren i've never seen yet. I've got messages 0:19:15.240 --> 0:19:17.960 that I've not yet delivered. When i get to be 0:19:18.040 --> 0:19:23.160 about eighty five, and I'm still strong, still healthy, still 0:19:23.160 --> 0:19:27.120 good looking, still have my hair, still telling my jokes. 0:19:27.680 --> 0:19:31.760 After about forty five more years of productive ministry, maybe 0:19:31.760 --> 0:19:34.760 when I'm around ninety, then I'll kick back and say, Okay, God, 0:19:34.800 --> 0:19:37.920 I'm satisfied. I'm ready for my change of address. 0:19:38.000 --> 0:19:38.440 Let's go. 0:19:39.200 --> 0:19:42.760 But I see too many people. They get satisfied so easily. 0:19:43.320 --> 0:19:46.760 They quit living at fifty. We don't bury them until 0:19:46.760 --> 0:19:50.080 they're eighty. They're alive, but they're not full of life. 0:19:50.560 --> 0:19:52.119 You got to know your purpose. You got to have 0:19:52.160 --> 0:19:54.360 that reason to get out of bed every day. 0:19:55.440 --> 0:19:59.840 You may be older. Maybe you're older. 0:19:59.560 --> 0:20:02.479 And you're struggling with your health, and you at tempted 0:20:02.520 --> 0:20:04.400 to just kind of lie around in bed all day, 0:20:04.920 --> 0:20:06.760 think I don't want to get up and get dressed. 0:20:06.760 --> 0:20:08.439 I don't have anything to do. I don't fill up 0:20:08.480 --> 0:20:08.719 to par. 0:20:09.359 --> 0:20:12.280 No, you need to make yourself. Get up and get dressed. 0:20:12.680 --> 0:20:15.760 Go visit a neighbor, Go take a walk, go call 0:20:15.880 --> 0:20:18.640 a friend. If you don't get out of bed while 0:20:18.680 --> 0:20:21.440 you can, you'll probably get to the point where you can. 0:20:22.400 --> 0:20:25.000 Even if you get up and get dressed, just so 0:20:25.080 --> 0:20:27.919 you can wave at the mailman, or just so you 0:20:27.920 --> 0:20:30.080 can walk five minutes down the street and wave at 0:20:30.080 --> 0:20:31.080 a friend, that's good. 0:20:31.119 --> 0:20:31.720 That's worth it. 0:20:32.359 --> 0:20:34.600 You've got to have a purpose. When you don't have purpose, 0:20:34.800 --> 0:20:37.520 you start losing your desire to live. And that's when 0:20:37.600 --> 0:20:40.919 life will so easily wither you. You may not be 0:20:41.000 --> 0:20:44.359 able to produce what you used to produce. Just produce 0:20:44.440 --> 0:20:47.359 what you can. I got a letter from a well 0:20:47.400 --> 0:20:48.080 known minister. 0:20:48.480 --> 0:20:50.000 He's up in his eighties now. 0:20:50.440 --> 0:20:53.720 For many years he pastored his church and traveled all 0:20:53.720 --> 0:20:56.920 over the world. He was a great speaker, great man, 0:20:57.000 --> 0:20:59.920 in great demand. But a while back he came down 0:21:00.080 --> 0:21:03.040 with Parkinson's disease, and he got to the point where 0:21:03.080 --> 0:21:07.440 he couldn't speak anymore in public. It seemed very sad here. 0:21:07.480 --> 0:21:12.160 He was once very eloquent. He was just strong and vibrant. 0:21:12.160 --> 0:21:14.040 But now it looked like he was just sitting on 0:21:14.080 --> 0:21:16.920 the sidelines. Looked like he was washed up. His best 0:21:17.000 --> 0:21:20.320 days were behind him. But I got this package in 0:21:20.359 --> 0:21:23.520 the mail. It was a manuscript, he said, Joel, as 0:21:23.560 --> 0:21:27.240 you know, I can't speak anymore, so I've taken up writing. 0:21:27.760 --> 0:21:31.000 Here's a copy of my next book. And the title 0:21:31.000 --> 0:21:33.040 of it was something like what to Do when you 0:21:33.080 --> 0:21:35.840 can't get out. It talked about just being the best 0:21:35.920 --> 0:21:39.040 right where you are. See, he couldn't produce what he 0:21:39.119 --> 0:21:42.240 used to produce, but he could produce something. If you 0:21:42.280 --> 0:21:46.159 can't speak anymore, then write. If you can't run, then walk. 0:21:46.600 --> 0:21:49.560 If you can't stand up, sit up. If you can't sing, 0:21:49.640 --> 0:21:52.880 tap your foot, if you can't dance, wiggle your head. 0:21:53.359 --> 0:21:59.159 Do what you can do. Don't quit producing when you 0:21:59.240 --> 0:22:01.480 quit producing, see, you quit living. 0:22:02.200 --> 0:22:03.160 As long as you. 0:22:03.200 --> 0:22:06.480 Have breath, you have something in you. You have something 0:22:06.520 --> 0:22:10.720 to offer. Keep pressing forward, keep learning, keep growing, keep 0:22:10.720 --> 0:22:14.919 your mind active, keep your body moving. Growing up, my 0:22:15.040 --> 0:22:19.119 grandfather retired from Exxon after nearly fifty years. 0:22:19.440 --> 0:22:21.080 He never missed a day of work. 0:22:21.480 --> 0:22:24.800 But when Granddaddy retired, he didn't just stay at home 0:22:24.920 --> 0:22:27.200 and do nothing. He would come up to the church 0:22:27.400 --> 0:22:31.879 very often and work. He would mow the lawn, make repairs, 0:22:31.960 --> 0:22:32.760 run errands. 0:22:32.920 --> 0:22:34.040 I remember seeing him. 0:22:33.920 --> 0:22:37.480 Crawl underneath those portable buildings many times to work on 0:22:37.520 --> 0:22:41.240 the plumbing. He stayed active way up into his eighties. 0:22:41.880 --> 0:22:45.120 My mother does the same thing. She's seventy four now, 0:22:45.400 --> 0:22:48.080 which is young these days, but she still comes up 0:22:48.119 --> 0:22:50.840 to the office every day and works on the mail. 0:22:51.400 --> 0:22:55.919 She writes notes and encourages people. One year, we calculated 0:22:56.080 --> 0:23:00.560 that she had written over fifteen thousand handwritten notes that year. 0:23:00.800 --> 0:23:05.399 She stays active. When my father went to be with 0:23:05.480 --> 0:23:07.920 the Lord, we were kind of concerned that my mother 0:23:08.040 --> 0:23:10.600 wouldn't want to come up to the office, or maybe 0:23:10.600 --> 0:23:11.600 she would just sit at. 0:23:11.440 --> 0:23:13.840 Home and not get out as much. But my mother 0:23:14.000 --> 0:23:16.760 was just the opposite. She was never at home. I'd 0:23:16.800 --> 0:23:18.160 call her at ten o'clock at night. 0:23:18.560 --> 0:23:20.520 She would be out with some girls from the office, 0:23:20.560 --> 0:23:23.040 going to a play, going to a ball game, going 0:23:23.040 --> 0:23:25.280 to a birthday party. I thought I was going to 0:23:25.359 --> 0:23:29.359 have to put a curfew on her. One time I 0:23:29.400 --> 0:23:31.439 called her and I could hear all this noise in 0:23:31.480 --> 0:23:35.000 the background. I said, Mother, where are you? She said, 0:23:35.040 --> 0:23:38.480 I flew to Colorado today to watch the Astros play 0:23:38.520 --> 0:23:43.679 baseball tonight. I thought to myself, my mother is having 0:23:43.760 --> 0:23:47.520 more fun now that my dad's gone. Do me a 0:23:47.560 --> 0:23:50.439 favor if I'm not here, make sure Victoria doesn't have 0:23:50.480 --> 0:23:54.600 that much fun. But it's kind of interesting. A lot 0:23:54.720 --> 0:23:56.560 of my mother's friends. 0:23:56.240 --> 0:23:59.879 Are half her age. She hangs around with young people. 0:24:00.119 --> 0:24:03.479 No wonder she's young. If you're getting up there in years, 0:24:03.880 --> 0:24:06.280 don't have a bunch of people you have to prop 0:24:06.359 --> 0:24:09.840 up in order to have fun. Find some young friends. 0:24:11.440 --> 0:24:14.840 I heard about this eighty year old woman. She went 0:24:14.880 --> 0:24:17.359 on a blind date with a ninety year old man. 0:24:18.080 --> 0:24:21.560 She came home so frustrated. Her daughter said, mother, what's wrong. 0:24:22.000 --> 0:24:25.480 She said, I had to slap him three times. The 0:24:25.560 --> 0:24:27.439 daughter said, you mean he tried to get fresh. 0:24:27.680 --> 0:24:32.200 She said, no, I thought he was dead. You gotta 0:24:32.280 --> 0:24:32.720 find you. 0:24:32.720 --> 0:24:36.320 Some young friends, at least young at heart. That'll keep 0:24:36.320 --> 0:24:41.119 you young, keep you active. Really, I believe old is 0:24:41.160 --> 0:24:44.679 all in our mind. Our body may be aging, but 0:24:44.760 --> 0:24:46.879 if we'll stay young in our mind. 0:24:47.520 --> 0:24:48.560 Then that'll help. 0:24:48.480 --> 0:24:52.400 Us to stay alive our whole life. God's promised us 0:24:52.480 --> 0:24:54.440 a long, satisfied life. 0:24:54.560 --> 0:24:55.600 What am I saying today? 0:24:55.800 --> 0:24:59.399 Don't be too easily satisfied. I met a woman the 0:24:59.440 --> 0:25:01.920 other day after the service. She's one hundred and three 0:25:02.040 --> 0:25:04.960 years old, and she was just as happy as can be, 0:25:05.040 --> 0:25:07.080 soul full of life. She looked like she could be 0:25:07.119 --> 0:25:10.120 in her seventies, and I kind of jokingly said, how 0:25:10.119 --> 0:25:11.800 long are you planning on living? 0:25:12.320 --> 0:25:14.440 She smiled and said, Joel, I can't. 0:25:14.160 --> 0:25:17.600 Go home until I see all my children serving God. 0:25:18.240 --> 0:25:21.119 She quoted that scripture as for me and my house, 0:25:21.160 --> 0:25:23.920 we will serve the Lord. She was saying, in effect, 0:25:24.160 --> 0:25:27.560 I'm not satisfied. I still got dreams in my heart. 0:25:27.720 --> 0:25:30.760 I've still got promises that have not yet been fulfilled. 0:25:31.440 --> 0:25:35.080 She has seven children, and just one of those sons 0:25:35.359 --> 0:25:37.600 is not on the right path. I mean, he's like 0:25:37.600 --> 0:25:42.920 in his eighties himself. She told how she gets up 0:25:42.960 --> 0:25:47.119 every morning. She calls him, she encourages him, she quotes. 0:25:46.840 --> 0:25:51.199 Scriptures over him. That's her purpose, that's her reason for 0:25:51.240 --> 0:25:52.200 getting up each day. 0:25:53.000 --> 0:25:55.240 You got to make up your mind that you're going 0:25:55.320 --> 0:25:58.639 to live a satisfied life. That means you're going to 0:25:58.680 --> 0:26:02.159 see every promise, every dream, every desire, You're going to 0:26:02.200 --> 0:26:05.520 see that come to pass. Some people they quit living 0:26:05.560 --> 0:26:08.360 at fifty, and it's because they've let life wither them. 0:26:08.880 --> 0:26:11.400 They've given up on their dreams. You got to stir 0:26:11.560 --> 0:26:14.080 up what God has placed on the inside. And you 0:26:14.119 --> 0:26:16.680 may have been through some setbacks, but God still has 0:26:16.720 --> 0:26:19.320 something for you to do. I think about the story 0:26:19.359 --> 0:26:20.119 of Naomi. 0:26:20.560 --> 0:26:24.119 She was a widow. She had lived a very sad life. 0:26:24.240 --> 0:26:27.360 Her husband had died, and now her two sons were 0:26:27.440 --> 0:26:28.480 killed in a battle. 0:26:28.880 --> 0:26:30.640 She was so discouraged she. 0:26:30.560 --> 0:26:33.880 Didn't think she had any reason to live. She decided 0:26:33.920 --> 0:26:36.440 to move back to her childhood home. That way, when 0:26:36.440 --> 0:26:40.280 she died, she could be buried there. Her daughter in law, Ruth, 0:26:40.960 --> 0:26:42.840 she was married to one of the sons that had 0:26:42.840 --> 0:26:45.720 been killed, told Naomi she wanted to move back with her. 0:26:46.200 --> 0:26:48.600 Naomi tried to talk her out of it and said, no, Ruth, 0:26:48.640 --> 0:26:49.520 go live your life. 0:26:49.560 --> 0:26:50.080 I'm old. 0:26:50.160 --> 0:26:52.000 You don't need to take care of me, Just go 0:26:52.080 --> 0:26:55.280 do your thing, But Ruth insisted. They moved back together, 0:26:55.760 --> 0:26:58.080 and Ruth would go out into the fields every day 0:26:58.160 --> 0:27:01.720 and gather up the leftover week That's how they survived. 0:27:02.080 --> 0:27:04.760 And one day Ruth met the owner of that field, 0:27:04.840 --> 0:27:07.680 a man by the name of Boas, a wealthy man, 0:27:08.040 --> 0:27:12.920 and Naomi started giving Ruth instruction, giving her advice kind 0:27:12.960 --> 0:27:16.280 of matchmaking, saying, Ruth, when you go out wear this today, 0:27:16.320 --> 0:27:18.280 and when you see Boaz, tell him this and that. 0:27:19.320 --> 0:27:24.080 Naomi found her purpose in helping Ruth. When you find 0:27:24.119 --> 0:27:27.560 your purpose, it will help to heal the pains. 0:27:27.119 --> 0:27:27.800 Of the past. 0:27:28.400 --> 0:27:32.240 Even though Naomi was helping someone else, God was using 0:27:32.240 --> 0:27:36.280 that to restore her. Ruth and Boaz eventually got married 0:27:36.280 --> 0:27:38.640 and they had a little baby by the name of Obed. 0:27:39.040 --> 0:27:41.400 They were so proud of the child. They brought him 0:27:41.480 --> 0:27:46.560 to Naomi. And when Naomi held the newborn, something interesting happened. 0:27:46.960 --> 0:27:51.000 Some commentaries say that milk began to be produced in 0:27:51.080 --> 0:27:55.520 her body. Here Naomi, this older woman, way up there 0:27:55.520 --> 0:27:58.920 in years, was able to nurse the child. She ended 0:27:59.000 --> 0:28:01.800 up taking care of him. What am I saying? When 0:28:01.840 --> 0:28:04.560 you find your purpose, your milk will begin to flow. 0:28:05.160 --> 0:28:08.480 Whether you're twenty five or eighty five, God will give 0:28:08.520 --> 0:28:13.080 you exactly what you need. Some of you today you 0:28:13.119 --> 0:28:16.280 feel like Naomi, You've been through disappointments, you've had unfair 0:28:16.359 --> 0:28:17.040 things happen. 0:28:17.400 --> 0:28:20.080 You're tempted to think I'm finished, Joel, I'm done. 0:28:20.119 --> 0:28:21.959 My dreams are never gonna come to pass. 0:28:22.280 --> 0:28:23.360 No, there's another. 0:28:23.119 --> 0:28:26.200 Ruth out there that needs you. As you help others, 0:28:26.440 --> 0:28:28.880 as you find your reason for getting up each day, 0:28:29.240 --> 0:28:31.800 God's going to do something new in your life. You 0:28:31.920 --> 0:28:34.320 got to stir up those dreams, stir up those gifts. 0:28:34.440 --> 0:28:37.760 Don't let life wither you. As long as you're breathing, 0:28:38.120 --> 0:28:39.760 God has something for you to do. 0:28:40.320 --> 0:28:42.760 If you're going to stay alive your whole life. 0:28:42.680 --> 0:28:45.840 You've got to know you're a person of purpose. Somebody 0:28:45.920 --> 0:28:49.640 needs what you have. Shake off every disappointment, don't dwell 0:28:49.640 --> 0:28:50.560 on the setbacks. 0:28:50.960 --> 0:28:51.960 This is a new day. 0:28:52.640 --> 0:28:55.160 Life may have tried to wither you, but God is saying, 0:28:55.440 --> 0:28:58.760 stretch forth your hand, get a new vision. Let these 0:28:58.800 --> 0:29:02.480 seeds of hope taut. Make up your mind. No matter 0:29:02.520 --> 0:29:05.440 what comes your way, You're gonna keep producing. You're gonna 0:29:05.520 --> 0:29:08.440 keep growing, You're gonna keep learning, You're gonna stay active 0:29:09.080 --> 0:29:12.200 if you will stay passionate about life, knowing what your 0:29:12.200 --> 0:29:15.680 purpose is, being your best every day. God promises your 0:29:15.760 --> 0:29:18.920 leaf will not wither. 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