August 21, 2024 • 10 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Today show is pre recorded. Y'all know what's time.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Y'all don't know y'all all at all, So don't given
them back. A million bus busy listening to to.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
I don't Joy, Yeah, Joy.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
You don't do that?
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Love you.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Turn turn, I can't to turn about turn, probably got
(01:44):
to turn mouth turn the water of the money up book,
Come come out your.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Uh huh, I sure will. Good morning everybody. You're listening
to the voice, Come on digny now one and only
Steve Harvey got a radio show. Here we go today.
I think I have something for a lot of people today,
at least I hope I do. And this is about
on your journey, And this is about something that happens
(02:25):
to us all. I mean, what happens to all of
us from time to time when we get discouraged, What
happens to all of us when we feel like quitting,
What happens to all of us when we have that
turnback moment, What happens to all of us when it
(02:47):
don't seem like it's going to pan out. Because I
want you to understand something that everyone, every single living soul,
has those thoughts about something at some point in their life.
I mean, you know, look, I've oftentimes been discouraged about
things not happening as fast as I like them. All
(03:11):
things don't pan out the way I would like for
them to have panned out. I mean, it's so many
ways to get discouraged. But what my encouragement to you
is when discouragement comes is understand this. It is a
(03:31):
part of the growth process. It is a test. It
is a test of your faith. How bad you want it,
do you really believe? That's all faith is, simply, and
I've said this how many times. Faith is the belief
(03:55):
in things that you cannot see. So when discouragement comes,
setbacks comes, it is a test of your faith. At
least it's been that way for me. Now other people
can explain it another way. I'm not other people. I
can only give it to you the way it has
come to me and throughout my life, and man o
man or man discouragement sometimes it's tough to deal with
(04:20):
because it seems at times when you were discouraged that
it is so absolute that this means the end, and
if you allow it to set in, it can be
just that the end of you, when merely merely it
was a test that's all it is. But the majority
(04:43):
of people that I know who are not successful or
who have told me the story of how they gave up,
it was because at a moment of discouragement that they
allowed it to set in and it became so engulfing
that it became the reason why you shouldn't finish. And
(05:04):
then they started justifying it with hitt one that I
hate to hear. Well, if it's God's will, excuse me.
If it's God's will that you fail. If it's God's
will that you're not successful. If it's God's will that
you lay down and give up, it's God's will that
(05:26):
you allow yourself to amount to, not to not reach
your potential, that's God's will. That's not the God I know.
That's not the God I serve. That's not the God
I've read about. That's not the God I believe in.
I'm sorry. I just my mother always taught me something
(05:47):
that he didn't bring me this far to leave me.
I just don't believe that, not for a second. Now
have I convinced myself for some things, yep? Have I
allowed the devil to come into the picture and paint
a different one from it? Yep, yep, I've done all
of that. But you can't blame that on God. Now,
(06:09):
come on, So when discouragement comes, try to look at
it if you can, as a test of your faith,
and you merely have to pass the test. It could
be for a day, a half a day, a few hours,
a week, a few weeks, it don't matter. Don't nobody
(06:31):
know how long the test period is. Your job is
to keep the faith and keep moving. Keep the faith
and keep moving, keep working, keep believing, keep hope alive.
That's your job. If you do that, that's how you
pass the test. It could be over tomorrow, it could
(06:51):
be over in two weeks, it could be over in
a month. You don't know. But all you got to
do is wake up and keep the faith and fight
the discouraging feeling. And how do you do that? Steve?
Now here we go. This is the part I know
about for show because how many times I've had to
fight off discouragement in order to get to where God
(07:11):
wanted me to be. What do you do when you
become discouraged? Well, I think of the outcome. When I
get discouraged about a task, I think about the outcome. Man,
what would it be like if I were to complete
the task. What would it be like? Man? What would
the outcome be for me if I hung loan in there?
(07:34):
If I didn't give up, If I imagine, I imagine
if I don't quit. I imagine if I don't give up,
what would it be like? Man, Suppose everything I'm hoping
for comes true. But if I don't quit and give up,
that might just be the case. I start talking to
(07:57):
myself like that, I think, think of what the upside is.
What's the upside to stay in with it? You see,
all this is the same thing. I'm just giving you
different ways to look at it. I'm saying the exact
same thing over and over. But I'm just trying to
find the switch that connects in your mind where you
can say, Okay, man, I'm gonna hang in there. Because
(08:19):
if you think of the outcome and the outcome is
appealing to you, if you imagine what it would be
like if you don't give up or you don't quit,
if you think only of what the upside is to
stay in with it, and then I go, where can
this lead to? If I stay with it, man, and
(08:40):
the outcome comes true? What else could that lead me to,
because I mean, there's always more to it. So where
else could this lead me to? What are the possibilities? Man?
What are the limitless possibilities? What could God possibly have
in store for me? If I just hang in there?
(09:01):
If I pass this test of faith? If I just
pass this test, now, it ain't gonna be the only one.
But you gotta get past this one. No, then you
gonna hear the smooth plane. Then it's gonna be another one.
It's gonna be another one. Life ain't nothing but a
series of tests. Man. Man, when you're thinking about giving up,
(09:22):
when you're discouraged, think of the outcome. Imagine what it
would be like if you don't quit, if you don't
give up, what's the upside to stay in with it?
Where can this all lead to? What can this get
you to? If you do this and you get to
where you think you want to be? Oh my god,
what's after that? What are the limitless and endless possibilities
(09:48):
of holding on to your faith? What could really be
out there for me? Man? If I just pass this test,
you gotta talk yourself into hanging in there. You're listening
morning out
Today show is pre recorded. Y'all know what's time.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Y'all don't know y'all all at all, So don't given
them back. A million bus busy listening to to.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
I don't Joy, Yeah, Joy.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
You don't do that?
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Love you.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Turn turn, I can't to turn about turn, probably got
(01:44):
to turn mouth turn the water of the money up book,
Come come out your.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Uh huh, I sure will. Good morning everybody. You're listening
to the voice, Come on digny now one and only
Steve Harvey got a radio show. Here we go today.
I think I have something for a lot of people today,
at least I hope I do. And this is about
on your journey, And this is about something that happens
(02:25):
to us all. I mean, what happens to all of
us from time to time when we get discouraged, What
happens to all of us when we feel like quitting,
What happens to all of us when we have that
turnback moment, What happens to all of us when it
(02:47):
don't seem like it's going to pan out. Because I
want you to understand something that everyone, every single living soul,
has those thoughts about something at some point in their life.
I mean, you know, look, I've oftentimes been discouraged about
things not happening as fast as I like them. All
(03:11):
things don't pan out the way I would like for
them to have panned out. I mean, it's so many
ways to get discouraged. But what my encouragement to you
is when discouragement comes is understand this. It is a
(03:31):
part of the growth process. It is a test. It
is a test of your faith. How bad you want it,
do you really believe? That's all faith is, simply, and
I've said this how many times. Faith is the belief
(03:55):
in things that you cannot see. So when discouragement comes,
setbacks comes, it is a test of your faith. At
least it's been that way for me. Now other people
can explain it another way. I'm not other people. I
can only give it to you the way it has
come to me and throughout my life, and man o
man or man discouragement sometimes it's tough to deal with
(04:20):
because it seems at times when you were discouraged that
it is so absolute that this means the end, and
if you allow it to set in, it can be
just that the end of you, when merely merely it
was a test that's all it is. But the majority
(04:43):
of people that I know who are not successful or
who have told me the story of how they gave up,
it was because at a moment of discouragement that they
allowed it to set in and it became so engulfing
that it became the reason why you shouldn't finish. And
(05:04):
then they started justifying it with hitt one that I
hate to hear. Well, if it's God's will, excuse me.
If it's God's will that you fail. If it's God's
will that you're not successful. If it's God's will that
you lay down and give up, it's God's will that
(05:26):
you allow yourself to amount to, not to not reach
your potential, that's God's will. That's not the God I know.
That's not the God I serve. That's not the God
I've read about. That's not the God I believe in.
I'm sorry. I just my mother always taught me something
(05:47):
that he didn't bring me this far to leave me.
I just don't believe that, not for a second. Now
have I convinced myself for some things, yep? Have I
allowed the devil to come into the picture and paint
a different one from it? Yep, yep, I've done all
of that. But you can't blame that on God. Now,
(06:09):
come on, So when discouragement comes, try to look at
it if you can, as a test of your faith,
and you merely have to pass the test. It could
be for a day, a half a day, a few hours,
a week, a few weeks, it don't matter. Don't nobody
(06:31):
know how long the test period is. Your job is
to keep the faith and keep moving. Keep the faith
and keep moving, keep working, keep believing, keep hope alive.
That's your job. If you do that, that's how you
pass the test. It could be over tomorrow, it could
(06:51):
be over in two weeks, it could be over in
a month. You don't know. But all you got to
do is wake up and keep the faith and fight
the discouraging feeling. And how do you do that? Steve?
Now here we go. This is the part I know
about for show because how many times I've had to
fight off discouragement in order to get to where God
(07:11):
wanted me to be. What do you do when you
become discouraged? Well, I think of the outcome. When I
get discouraged about a task, I think about the outcome. Man,
what would it be like if I were to complete
the task. What would it be like? Man? What would
the outcome be for me if I hung loan in there?
(07:34):
If I didn't give up, If I imagine, I imagine
if I don't quit. I imagine if I don't give up,
what would it be like? Man, Suppose everything I'm hoping
for comes true. But if I don't quit and give up,
that might just be the case. I start talking to
(07:57):
myself like that, I think, think of what the upside is.
What's the upside to stay in with it? You see,
all this is the same thing. I'm just giving you
different ways to look at it. I'm saying the exact
same thing over and over. But I'm just trying to
find the switch that connects in your mind where you
can say, Okay, man, I'm gonna hang in there. Because
(08:19):
if you think of the outcome and the outcome is
appealing to you, if you imagine what it would be
like if you don't give up or you don't quit,
if you think only of what the upside is to
stay in with it, and then I go, where can
this lead to? If I stay with it, man, and
(08:40):
the outcome comes true? What else could that lead me to,
because I mean, there's always more to it. So where
else could this lead me to? What are the possibilities? Man?
What are the limitless possibilities? What could God possibly have
in store for me? If I just hang in there?
(09:01):
If I pass this test of faith? If I just
pass this test, now, it ain't gonna be the only one.
But you gotta get past this one. No, then you
gonna hear the smooth plane. Then it's gonna be another one.
It's gonna be another one. Life ain't nothing but a
series of tests. Man. Man, when you're thinking about giving up,
(09:22):
when you're discouraged, think of the outcome. Imagine what it
would be like if you don't quit, if you don't
give up, what's the upside to stay in with it?
Where can this all lead to? What can this get
you to? If you do this and you get to
where you think you want to be? Oh my god,
what's after that? What are the limitless and endless possibilities
(09:48):
of holding on to your faith? What could really be
out there for me? Man? If I just pass this test,
you gotta talk yourself into hanging in there. You're listening
morning out
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