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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Come on. Do your thing, Big Daddy. Uh-huh. I sure will.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Good morning, everybody. You're listening to The Voice. Come on,
dig me now. One and only, Steve Harvey. Got a
radio show.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Well, all right.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
I learned something. And it's sharing time. And I am
ever appreciated. I do appreciate God for all that he
allows me to learn in my life. One of the
best lessons I've learned is that hardship teaches you some
(00:41):
great lessons. Challenges brings about some of my best results.
I think what I'm trying to say is in every
challenge and hardship, every setback, I've learned something so, so valuable.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
So here's, here's what.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
I've, you know, I've, I've known this, but I've just
learned it at a different angle. Appreciation and gratitude is
the key to having more. Now, I don't know how
that sound to you, but I can't tell you how
(01:23):
true it is. God being fair and just as he
really is.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
He really is. He's a fair and a just God.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
What's most beneficial to us is he happens to be
full of mercy and grace. And I'm telling you something, man.
I probably benefited from his grace and mercy. More than
anything else, I mean, really, man, if it wasn't for
(01:55):
him just forgiving me and then for him just touching
my life the way he has, I mean, I'm not
here in this position today.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
I'm just not.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
But a funny thing has happened along the way, even
to you, if you look at it, is that your
genuine appreciation and gratitude has been the key to you
having more for your continued blessings and for making room
for heaven to open up and pour out blessings that
(02:31):
you don't have room enough to receive. If you look
at it, see God being a fair and just God, which.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
He is, why would he put more on you than
you can bear?
Speaker 2 (02:44):
If you've noticed everything that's happened in your life, if
you're still here, you've made it.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
You know, forget how rough it was. Got that. But
you made it.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Forget what it sent you through and how it made
you feel.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
You made it.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
Now, what makes people give up and you hear about
people committing suicide is they leave the God out of
their life. And they start allowing that other voice to control.
And if it's really true that God never puts more
on you than you can bear, as long as you
stay connected to God, you can get through anything, but
(03:24):
you lose that connection. You lose that communication. You lose
that relationship with him. If you're not having a relationship
with God, then who are you having a relationship with?
It ain't but two forces at work at all time.
It's good and evil. It's positive and negative.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
It's God. It's Satan. Now this is at work all
the time.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
So if you're not being positive about everything, you leave
room for negativity to step in. If you're not trying
to be righteous in your way, then you allow evil
to step in. If you don't work on your relationship
with God, come on now, look who you letting step in.
(04:18):
So now I'm asking you, To understand that God never
puts more on you than you can bear. Okay, now
that we got that clear, that's a fact. Okay, now
with that fact in mind, let's go over this right here.
Why would God, being as just and merciful as he is,
put more on you than you can bear? Example, if
(04:41):
God has given you blessings and all you're doing is
complaining about them, you're never showing any appreciation or gratitude
about it. Why would he give you some more stuff
to be ungrateful for? Why would he give you some
more stuff to complain about? Why would he give you
some more stuff that you would not show any more
appreciation for?
Speaker 1 (05:02):
I mean, this thing is real simple, man, ain't it?
If you think about it.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
So a lot of times, man, when I was going
through my positions of not having and wondering and all
like here, I ended up checking myself and going, man,
I'm not even showing any gratitude or appreciation for the
things he has done for me. Start showing some appreciation
and gratitude because it's the key to having more.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
It's the key to continued blessings.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
It's the key to the windows of heaven opening up
and pouring out a blessing that you won't have room
enough to receive. It's the appreciation and gratitude of what
you already have. As minimal as it may appear to
be right now for you, it is still what you have.
But if you've shown no gratitude for the minimal, why?
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Would he give you the maximum?
Speaker 2 (05:57):
I mean, I'm just really just trying to put it real,
real simple so I can keep understanding this thing right here.
So let me give you an example in my life.
I had gotten so busy at one point that I
had began to complain about how busy I was. This
(06:17):
is true because I am busy, but it ain't the
busy part. Because I asked to be busy. You know,
I asked God to give me opportunities and to make
a way for me. Well, in that you got to
do something and you got to get busy. But I
began to complain about the busyness and how busy I was.
(06:40):
And I noticed that a couple of things slowed up
for me. So I got to the point where I
wasn't showing real gratitude for it. Well, I looked up
and a couple of things started slowing down. And then
I had to catch myself and I went, wow, man,
you have got to start embracing the fact that you
are this busy. Embrace the fact that what all comes
(07:03):
along with it, because to whom much is given, much
is required. You got to start embracing the requirement part
if you want to continue with the given part.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
So I changed my attitude.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
I caught myself and I started thanking him and showing
real gratitude for how busy I was instead of complaining
about how busy I was.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
And then guess what?
Speaker 2 (07:23):
It opened up the windows of heaven and some more
blessings got poured out. It just works that way all
the time for everybody, for me, for you, for everybody.
So listen, y'all, again, your appreciation and gratitude is the
key to having more. Your appreciation and gratitude is the
key to continued blessings. And your appreciation and gratitude is
(07:45):
the only way that you can get Those windows of
heaven open up and pull out these blessings that you
won't have room enough to receive. You got to act
like you're glad for what you got in order to
get more.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
You feel me? Let's go. You're listening to the Steve
Harvey Morning Show.
Come on. Do your thing, Big Daddy. Uh-huh. I sure will.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Good morning, everybody. You're listening to The Voice. Come on,
dig me now. One and only, Steve Harvey. Got a
radio show.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Well, all right.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
I learned something. And it's sharing time. And I am
ever appreciated. I do appreciate God for all that he
allows me to learn in my life. One of the
best lessons I've learned is that hardship teaches you some
(00:41):
great lessons. Challenges brings about some of my best results.
I think what I'm trying to say is in every
challenge and hardship, every setback, I've learned something so, so valuable.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
So here's, here's what.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
I've, you know, I've, I've known this, but I've just
learned it at a different angle. Appreciation and gratitude is
the key to having more. Now, I don't know how
that sound to you, but I can't tell you how
(01:23):
true it is. God being fair and just as he
really is.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
He really is. He's a fair and a just God.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
What's most beneficial to us is he happens to be
full of mercy and grace. And I'm telling you something, man.
I probably benefited from his grace and mercy. More than
anything else, I mean, really, man, if it wasn't for
(01:55):
him just forgiving me and then for him just touching
my life the way he has, I mean, I'm not
here in this position today.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
I'm just not.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
But a funny thing has happened along the way, even
to you, if you look at it, is that your
genuine appreciation and gratitude has been the key to you
having more for your continued blessings and for making room
for heaven to open up and pour out blessings that
(02:31):
you don't have room enough to receive. If you look
at it, see God being a fair and just God, which.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
He is, why would he put more on you than
you can bear?
Speaker 2 (02:44):
If you've noticed everything that's happened in your life, if
you're still here, you've made it.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
You know, forget how rough it was. Got that. But
you made it.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Forget what it sent you through and how it made
you feel.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
You made it.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
Now, what makes people give up and you hear about
people committing suicide is they leave the God out of
their life. And they start allowing that other voice to control.
And if it's really true that God never puts more
on you than you can bear, as long as you
stay connected to God, you can get through anything, but
(03:24):
you lose that connection. You lose that communication. You lose
that relationship with him. If you're not having a relationship
with God, then who are you having a relationship with?
It ain't but two forces at work at all time.
It's good and evil. It's positive and negative.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
It's God. It's Satan. Now this is at work all
the time.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
So if you're not being positive about everything, you leave
room for negativity to step in. If you're not trying
to be righteous in your way, then you allow evil
to step in. If you don't work on your relationship
with God, come on now, look who you letting step in.
(04:18):
So now I'm asking you, To understand that God never
puts more on you than you can bear. Okay, now
that we got that clear, that's a fact. Okay, now
with that fact in mind, let's go over this right here.
Why would God, being as just and merciful as he is,
put more on you than you can bear? Example, if
(04:41):
God has given you blessings and all you're doing is
complaining about them, you're never showing any appreciation or gratitude
about it. Why would he give you some more stuff
to be ungrateful for? Why would he give you some
more stuff to complain about? Why would he give you
some more stuff that you would not show any more
appreciation for?
Speaker 1 (05:02):
I mean, this thing is real simple, man, ain't it?
If you think about it.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
So a lot of times, man, when I was going
through my positions of not having and wondering and all
like here, I ended up checking myself and going, man,
I'm not even showing any gratitude or appreciation for the
things he has done for me. Start showing some appreciation
and gratitude because it's the key to having more.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
It's the key to continued blessings.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
It's the key to the windows of heaven opening up
and pouring out a blessing that you won't have room
enough to receive. It's the appreciation and gratitude of what
you already have. As minimal as it may appear to
be right now for you, it is still what you have.
But if you've shown no gratitude for the minimal, why?
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Would he give you the maximum?
Speaker 2 (05:57):
I mean, I'm just really just trying to put it real,
real simple so I can keep understanding this thing right here.
So let me give you an example in my life.
I had gotten so busy at one point that I
had began to complain about how busy I was. This
(06:17):
is true because I am busy, but it ain't the
busy part. Because I asked to be busy. You know,
I asked God to give me opportunities and to make
a way for me. Well, in that you got to
do something and you got to get busy. But I
began to complain about the busyness and how busy I was.
(06:40):
And I noticed that a couple of things slowed up
for me. So I got to the point where I
wasn't showing real gratitude for it. Well, I looked up
and a couple of things started slowing down. And then
I had to catch myself and I went, wow, man,
you have got to start embracing the fact that you
are this busy. Embrace the fact that what all comes
(07:03):
along with it, because to whom much is given, much
is required. You got to start embracing the requirement part
if you want to continue with the given part.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
So I changed my attitude.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
I caught myself and I started thanking him and showing
real gratitude for how busy I was instead of complaining
about how busy I was.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
And then guess what?
Speaker 2 (07:23):
It opened up the windows of heaven and some more
blessings got poured out. It just works that way all
the time for everybody, for me, for you, for everybody.
So listen, y'all, again, your appreciation and gratitude is the
key to having more. Your appreciation and gratitude is the
key to continued blessings. And your appreciation and gratitude is
(07:45):
the only way that you can get Those windows of
heaven open up and pull out these blessings that you
won't have room enough to receive. You got to act
like you're glad for what you got in order to
get more.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
You feel me? Let's go. You're listening to the Steve
Harvey Morning Show.
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