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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Come on, uh huh, I sure will. Good morning everybody
you're listening to the voice, Come on, dig me now,
one and only Steve.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Harvey got a radio show. Here we go today.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
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
to us all. I mean, what happens to all of
us from time to time when we get discouraged. What
(00:37):
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
don't seem like it's going to pan out? Because I
want you to understand something that everyone, every single living soul,
(00:58):
has those thoughts about at some point in their life.
I mean, you know, look, I've oftentimes been discouraged about
things not happening.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
As fast as I like them.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
All 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 but what my encouragement
to you is when discouragement comes is understand this. It
(01:33):
is a part of the growth process. It is a test.
It is a test of your faith, how bad you
want it, do you really believes? That's all faith is is, simply,
and I've said this how many times. Faith is the
(01:56):
belief 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.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
To deal with.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Because it seems at times when you are 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
(02:45):
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
(03:06):
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
(03:29):
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 served, 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
(03:49):
that he didn't bring me this far to leave me.
I just don't believe that, not for a second.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Now. Have I convinced myself some things, yep?
Speaker 1 (04:02):
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,
come on, so when discouragement comes, try to look at
it if you can, as a test of your faith,
(04:23):
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
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.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
That's your job.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
If you do that, that's how you pass the test.
It could be over tomorrow, it could be over in
two weeks, it could be over in a month.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
You don't know.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
But all you got to do is wake up and
keep the faith and fight the discouraging feelings.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
And how do you do that? Steve? Now here we go.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
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 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,
(05:25):
I think about the outcome. Man, what would it be
like if I were to complete the task? What would
it be like?
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Man?
Speaker 1 (05:33):
What would the outcome be for me? If I hung
loan in there? If I didn't give up? If I imagine,
I imagine if I don't quit.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
I imagine, if I don't give up, what would it
be like?
Speaker 1 (05:49):
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 myself that I 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.
(06:11):
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 if you think of the outcome,
and the outcome is appealing to.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
You, if you imagine what it would be like.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
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 the
outcome comes true? What else could that lead me to?
Because I mean, there's always more to it. So where
(06:50):
else could this lead me to? What are the possibilities?
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Man?
Speaker 1 (06:56):
What are the limitless possibilities? What could God God possibly
have in store for me? If I just hang in there,
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.
(07:16):
It's gonna be another one. Life ain't nothing but a
series of tests.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Man.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Man, when you're thinking about giving up, 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 staying 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
(07:42):
want to be, Oh my god, what's after that? What
are the limitless and endless possibilities of holding on to
your faith?
Speaker 2 (07:52):
What could really be out there for me? Man? If
I just passed this test, you.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Gotta talk yourself into hanging in there.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
It's the Steve Harvey Morning Show.
Come on, uh huh, I sure will. Good morning everybody
you're listening to the voice, Come on, dig me now,
one and only Steve.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Harvey got a radio show. Here we go today.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
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
to us all. I mean, what happens to all of
us from time to time when we get discouraged. What
(00:37):
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
don't seem like it's going to pan out? Because I
want you to understand something that everyone, every single living soul,
(00:58):
has those thoughts about at some point in their life.
I mean, you know, look, I've oftentimes been discouraged about
things not happening.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
As fast as I like them.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
All 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 but what my encouragement
to you is when discouragement comes is understand this. It
(01:33):
is a part of the growth process. It is a test.
It is a test of your faith, how bad you
want it, do you really believes? That's all faith is is, simply,
and I've said this how many times. Faith is the
(01:56):
belief 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.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
To deal with.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Because it seems at times when you are 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
(02:45):
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
(03:06):
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
(03:29):
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 served, 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
(03:49):
that he didn't bring me this far to leave me.
I just don't believe that, not for a second.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Now. Have I convinced myself some things, yep?
Speaker 1 (04:02):
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,
come on, so when discouragement comes, try to look at
it if you can, as a test of your faith,
(04:23):
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
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.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
That's your job.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
If you do that, that's how you pass the test.
It could be over tomorrow, it could be over in
two weeks, it could be over in a month.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
You don't know.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
But all you got to do is wake up and
keep the faith and fight the discouraging feelings.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
And how do you do that? Steve? Now here we go.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
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 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,
(05:25):
I think about the outcome. Man, what would it be
like if I were to complete the task? What would
it be like?
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Man?
Speaker 1 (05:33):
What would the outcome be for me? If I hung
loan in there? If I didn't give up? If I imagine,
I imagine if I don't quit.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
I imagine, if I don't give up, what would it
be like?
Speaker 1 (05:49):
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 myself that I 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.
(06:11):
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 if you think of the outcome,
and the outcome is appealing to.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
You, if you imagine what it would be like.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
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 the
outcome comes true? What else could that lead me to?
Because I mean, there's always more to it. So where
(06:50):
else could this lead me to? What are the possibilities?
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Man?
Speaker 1 (06:56):
What are the limitless possibilities? What could God God possibly
have in store for me? If I just hang in there,
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.
(07:16):
It's gonna be another one. Life ain't nothing but a
series of tests.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Man.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Man, when you're thinking about giving up, 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 staying 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
(07:42):
want to be, Oh my god, what's after that? What
are the limitless and endless possibilities of holding on to
your faith?
Speaker 2 (07:52):
What could really be out there for me? Man? If
I just passed this test, you.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Gotta talk yourself into hanging in there.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
It's the Steve Harvey Morning Show.
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