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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Come on you, ah, I sure will.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Good morning everybody.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
You all listening to the voice, Come on dig me now,
one and only Steve Harvey got a radio show. Hell
Man back in business too, Man Man, How good is God?
I mean, really, if you think about it in spite
of all that's going down in your life. First of all,
it could be worse. But secondly, sometimes you have to remember.
(00:28):
And I've just had to have this conversation with myself
this morning. That's how I'm fresh on this one right here.
When a challenge faces you, are you going through a
difficult moment, or you didn't hit a bump in the
road in the middle of that, if you could manage
to be grateful, it would take you a long way.
(00:49):
Gratitude is a powerful resource if you can be grateful
in the middle of it. Gratitude is a powerful resource
when it's.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Dim for you.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
And then got a little bumpy on the road, and
he ran into some obstacles, and you done ran up
into some detailed signs, and your journey ain't smooth as
it was last week or last year. You gotta be
grateful for the things that are going right and that
have gone right, and for the thing that's wrong right now?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
To get right?
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Man?
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Can I share that with you?
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Man?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Is that a tough one to learn? It is? For me.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
It has been one of my toughest challenges is to
learn how to be grateful because it's a powerful resource,
but how to be grateful in moments of despair when
it ain't going right.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
See here's a mistake I would make.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
See when something go wrong, I want to focus on
the wrong so much in an attempt to fix it.
But even then, the focus ain't always in to fix it.
The focus becomes, Man, this is bad, man, And I
can't believe this is happening. Why this keep going down?
That doesn't fix anything? You know, mealing over it, going
(02:09):
over what's wrong, explaining it, sharing it with your friends,
you know, making it sound worse than it is, tell
the story for pity from other people. All of that,
right there, has nothing to do with the fix. Sometimes
you're just mulling over it. You're just making it worse.
You're just making it a bigger problem. You're manifesting it
(02:31):
into your atmosphere, You're putting it out there in your spirit.
Now all of a sudden it consumes your day. Next thing,
you know, you're having a bad day. If you're having
a bad day, it's because you've been having some bad thoughts.
So what I've had to learn how to do, and
what I'm working on this morning is I'm working on
the situation that Ben cropped up. I was going kind
(02:52):
of smooth here for a minute and now then got
real bumpy in the road, you know, and all this here.
So what I'm thinking about now though, is even though
I've hit a bumping the road, and even though I
done ran into a detour, and even though I've hit
this lull, I'm going down into a valley, I ain't
up on the peak.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Can I not.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Still be grateful for all the things that God has
given me, for all the things He's done for me,
for all the things He's bought me through, And realizing
that even this that's happening to me again is going
to pass to He gonna get me through that too.
Come on, man, God is a good god man. It's
(03:33):
a lot to be grateful for. So while I'm tripping
on this bumping the road out and here, what I
got to remember is all the things He's done for me.
And like I say, my saying is join depression cannot
reside in the same place. So instead of being down
about this new bumping the road, if I'm constantly filling
my mind with the thoughts of how good he's been
to me, of what all he's done for me, of
(03:56):
all the things he's brought me through, of all the
blessings he's presented me with. When I go down that list,
I really don't have a lot of time to mull
over the situation.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Now.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Do I have to fix this bump in the row?
Of course I do. Are There's some things I'm going
to have to do to straighten it out. Of course
it is. But Steve just going to get the business
of doing it and straighten it out. What you mulling
over and worrying about it for you know, old people.
I heard old people say something when I was growing
up in the church. They say, if you're gonna pray
about it, don't worry about it. But if you're gonna
(04:31):
worry about it, don't pray about it. That's an amazing thing.
And prayer just happens to be my weapon of choice. Now,
it ain't always been that way. I want you to
understand that my first weapon of choice was you do
it to me, I do it to you.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
You called me out, I call you out.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
You say something bad about me, I've tried to find
you say something bad about you. That was my weapon
in the past. How did that work out for you, Steve?
Not so good? Because you know what, I spent a
lot of time fighting back, kicking back, swinging back, when
I could have spent all that time climbing. See, all
(05:09):
you trying to do at the end of the day, folks,
is have a better life than the one you got.
All you trying to do is to improve your position
in life. You know, it's not my business to make
sure you don't get where you going. I ain't got
no time for that. It's not my job to assure
that you ain't as high as me. I ain't got
no time for that. Your real mission and purpose is
(05:31):
to have the best life that you can have, to
ascend to the highest plateau that you can get to,
to make your family as comfortable as you can, to
provide as much as you can for your family.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
But legally, see, those.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Of us are sitting up here trying to come up
with sideways. You can ask a couple million men sitting
in prison today how they wish they hadn't have done that,
And they'll tell you, oh, man, I wish I never
had did it. I knew not to go down there
and told me not to go down there. Man, if
I could change things, I would. But they sitting somewhere
(06:06):
doing some time that had they made another decision, they
wouldn't have to do now. That don't make them throw
away people, nah, man, because everybody make mistakes, and God
is in the forgiving business. And some of us have
done some things that really broke the law, and a
whole lot of other things and deserve to do some time.
But through the grace of God, we didn't. But now
(06:26):
we sit up here we pass judgment on people who
got to do some matter. I don't care. I don't
care what you've done. God can forgive anything. But our position,
our motivation in life is to try to have the
best life we can have and provide for those around
us and make it comfortable. If that's your ambition, you
don't have time to worry about or concern yourself with
(06:49):
another person. And I wasted time doing that, and that's
not the way to get it done. It's simply mine
to your business. Taking care of you and getting yourself
right and tight is twenty four seven.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
So that's a full time job.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
So what I had to learn was and what I've
the reason I've chosen prayers as my weapon of choice
now is that now prayer helps me that I don't
have to fight back. Now, if I get cornered, I'm
gonna fight you. I ain't even gonna lie to you.
And I'm still working on some things that trigger me.
(07:25):
You know, you know, you know, and and so I'm
I'm slowly getting better at that. But I've learned that
my weapon of choice is prayer now. So when it
happens ugly for me, I pray about it. When it
gets tight and dismal for me, I pray about it.
(07:45):
And the thing about prayer, man, is prayer changes things. Yes,
it does. Now read about it and try it.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
That's the deal. Okay, come on, Prayer is a wonderful weapon.
You're listening, Eve Harvey Morning Show
Come on you, ah, I sure will.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Good morning everybody.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
You all listening to the voice, Come on dig me now,
one and only Steve Harvey got a radio show. Hell
Man back in business too, Man Man, How good is God?
I mean, really, if you think about it in spite
of all that's going down in your life. First of all,
it could be worse. But secondly, sometimes you have to remember.
(00:28):
And I've just had to have this conversation with myself
this morning. That's how I'm fresh on this one right here.
When a challenge faces you, are you going through a
difficult moment, or you didn't hit a bump in the
road in the middle of that, if you could manage
to be grateful, it would take you a long way.
(00:49):
Gratitude is a powerful resource if you can be grateful
in the middle of it. Gratitude is a powerful resource
when it's.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Dim for you.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
And then got a little bumpy on the road, and
he ran into some obstacles, and you done ran up
into some detailed signs, and your journey ain't smooth as
it was last week or last year. You gotta be
grateful for the things that are going right and that
have gone right, and for the thing that's wrong right now?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
To get right?
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Man?
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Can I share that with you?
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Man?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Is that a tough one to learn? It is? For me.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
It has been one of my toughest challenges is to
learn how to be grateful because it's a powerful resource,
but how to be grateful in moments of despair when
it ain't going right.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
See here's a mistake I would make.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
See when something go wrong, I want to focus on
the wrong so much in an attempt to fix it.
But even then, the focus ain't always in to fix it.
The focus becomes, Man, this is bad, man, And I
can't believe this is happening. Why this keep going down?
That doesn't fix anything? You know, mealing over it, going
(02:09):
over what's wrong, explaining it, sharing it with your friends,
you know, making it sound worse than it is, tell
the story for pity from other people. All of that,
right there, has nothing to do with the fix. Sometimes
you're just mulling over it. You're just making it worse.
You're just making it a bigger problem. You're manifesting it
(02:31):
into your atmosphere, You're putting it out there in your spirit.
Now all of a sudden it consumes your day. Next thing,
you know, you're having a bad day. If you're having
a bad day, it's because you've been having some bad thoughts.
So what I've had to learn how to do, and
what I'm working on this morning is I'm working on
the situation that Ben cropped up. I was going kind
(02:52):
of smooth here for a minute and now then got
real bumpy in the road, you know, and all this here.
So what I'm thinking about now though, is even though
I've hit a bumping the road, and even though I
done ran into a detour, and even though I've hit
this lull, I'm going down into a valley, I ain't
up on the peak.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Can I not.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Still be grateful for all the things that God has
given me, for all the things He's done for me,
for all the things He's bought me through, And realizing
that even this that's happening to me again is going
to pass to He gonna get me through that too.
Come on, man, God is a good god man. It's
(03:33):
a lot to be grateful for. So while I'm tripping
on this bumping the road out and here, what I
got to remember is all the things He's done for me.
And like I say, my saying is join depression cannot
reside in the same place. So instead of being down
about this new bumping the road, if I'm constantly filling
my mind with the thoughts of how good he's been
to me, of what all he's done for me, of
(03:56):
all the things he's brought me through, of all the
blessings he's presented me with. When I go down that list,
I really don't have a lot of time to mull
over the situation.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Now.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Do I have to fix this bump in the row?
Of course I do. Are There's some things I'm going
to have to do to straighten it out. Of course
it is. But Steve just going to get the business
of doing it and straighten it out. What you mulling
over and worrying about it for you know, old people.
I heard old people say something when I was growing
up in the church. They say, if you're gonna pray
about it, don't worry about it. But if you're gonna
(04:31):
worry about it, don't pray about it. That's an amazing thing.
And prayer just happens to be my weapon of choice. Now,
it ain't always been that way. I want you to
understand that my first weapon of choice was you do
it to me, I do it to you.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
You called me out, I call you out.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
You say something bad about me, I've tried to find
you say something bad about you. That was my weapon
in the past. How did that work out for you, Steve?
Not so good? Because you know what, I spent a
lot of time fighting back, kicking back, swinging back, when
I could have spent all that time climbing. See, all
(05:09):
you trying to do at the end of the day, folks,
is have a better life than the one you got.
All you trying to do is to improve your position
in life. You know, it's not my business to make
sure you don't get where you going. I ain't got
no time for that. It's not my job to assure
that you ain't as high as me. I ain't got
no time for that. Your real mission and purpose is
(05:31):
to have the best life that you can have, to
ascend to the highest plateau that you can get to,
to make your family as comfortable as you can, to
provide as much as you can for your family.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
But legally, see, those.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Of us are sitting up here trying to come up
with sideways. You can ask a couple million men sitting
in prison today how they wish they hadn't have done that,
And they'll tell you, oh, man, I wish I never
had did it. I knew not to go down there
and told me not to go down there. Man, if
I could change things, I would. But they sitting somewhere
(06:06):
doing some time that had they made another decision, they
wouldn't have to do now. That don't make them throw
away people, nah, man, because everybody make mistakes, and God
is in the forgiving business. And some of us have
done some things that really broke the law, and a
whole lot of other things and deserve to do some time.
But through the grace of God, we didn't. But now
(06:26):
we sit up here we pass judgment on people who
got to do some matter. I don't care. I don't
care what you've done. God can forgive anything. But our position,
our motivation in life is to try to have the
best life we can have and provide for those around
us and make it comfortable. If that's your ambition, you
don't have time to worry about or concern yourself with
(06:49):
another person. And I wasted time doing that, and that's
not the way to get it done. It's simply mine
to your business. Taking care of you and getting yourself
right and tight is twenty four seven.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
So that's a full time job.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
So what I had to learn was and what I've
the reason I've chosen prayers as my weapon of choice
now is that now prayer helps me that I don't
have to fight back. Now, if I get cornered, I'm
gonna fight you. I ain't even gonna lie to you.
And I'm still working on some things that trigger me.
(07:25):
You know, you know, you know, and and so I'm
I'm slowly getting better at that. But I've learned that
my weapon of choice is prayer now. So when it
happens ugly for me, I pray about it. When it
gets tight and dismal for me, I pray about it.
(07:45):
And the thing about prayer, man, is prayer changes things. Yes,
it does. Now read about it and try it.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
That's the deal. Okay, come on, Prayer is a wonderful weapon.
You're listening, Eve Harvey Morning Show
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