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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to
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Oh God, bless you. It is always our joy to
come into your homes. We love you.
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We know God has good things in store for you.
When you obey God's word. The Bible says his blessings
will chase you down and overtake you. That's what we're
believing for in each of your lives. But thanks for
tuning in. If you're ever in our area, come out
and see us. We'd love to have you be a
part of one of our services. I like to get
started with something kind of funny.
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I heard about this mother.
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She had two young boys that were known for their
bad behavior. Any time trouble happened, they were sure to
be a part of it. So she decided to send
them one at a time to see their pasth Mastor.
The pastor said to the first young boy, where is God?
He just sat there silently. He asked again, where is God?
Still no reply. The third time he asked. The young
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boy bolted out the door, ran and found his brother
and said, God is missing, and they think we did
it all right, hold of your bibles. Say it like
you mean it. Ready, this is my Bible. I am
what it says I am. I have what it says
I have. I can do what it says I can do.
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Today I will be taught the word of God. I
boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive.
I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God
bless you. I want to talk to you today about
controlling your moods and how important it is that we
not just live by our feelings. If there's one thing
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that we should all strive for, its stability, its consistency.
We need the same day in and day out. And
the fact is we all have emotions, we all have feelings.
The good news is we don't have to get on
board with those feelings. We need to learn to manage
our emotions and not let them control us. Because too
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many people today they just live by whatever they feel.
If they wake up in the morning and they don't
feel excited, they feel down and discouraged, they just give
in and go through the day with the blaws in
a sour mood. They live life on that roller coaster
up when their circumstances.
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Are up, and down when they're down.
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And I can't think of anything much worse than living
with a moody person.
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You never know what they're going to be like.
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They may be happy on Sunday and depressed on Monday.
They're fun to be around on Tuesday, but on Wednesday
you better watch out.
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You barely look at them wrong, they'll jump.
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Down your throat. There's no stability. What's the problem. They're
being rule by their emotions. That's a very immature way
to live. I call that surface living. We just give
in to whatever we feel. But if we're going to
experience God's best, we've got to learn to go deeper
than that. And one of our main goals should be stability.
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That means we're the same day in and day out.
We have a good attitude when we get our way,
and when we don't get our way, we have a
smile on our face.
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When it's sunny and when it's raining.
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We're stable, we're consistent, and if you're a moody person,
if I can be very honest with you. That's a
very selfish way to live. Being moody is not fair
to the people you're in relationship with. It's not fair
to your spouse. Yeah, I got an amen over here.
It's not fair to your children, to your employees. Understand,
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it's very difficult to live with a moody person. And
if you're all over the board, up one day and
down the next, and people you have to guess what
you're going to be like and live on pins and
needles around you. I say this respectfully, but you have
got to come up higher. If you don't make these
changes and become more stable over time, it will cost
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you in your relationships, and it will cost you in
opportunities that come across your path. I remember one time
years ago, I invited a very good friend of mine
to come to town and meet with this man that
I've known for probably more than twenty years. It's a
very nice man, extremely talented, kind and generous.
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But the problem is he's moody.
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He grew up in a home where the parents were
up and down, depressed one week, find the next week
no stability. And you never really knew what this man
was going to be like. And so my friend flew in.
They were going to meet about this business venture. It
would have been a perfect fit for both of them.
But a couple of days after the meeting, my friend
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called and he said, Joel, I don't know what you
told that man about me, but he didn't like me.
Seemed like he was mad at the world. He was unfriendly, unkind.
So I just packed up and politely left and came
back home. And of course I apologized. I said, I'm sorry.
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He's just a very moody person. And that's what happens.
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When we live according to our feelings, we will miss
out on God given opportunities.
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Doors will close for us that should have been opened.
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I know, even with our employees, we only hire people
that are consistent, people that have a good attitude, because,
let me tell you, life is too short to have
to drag somebody off the floor every other day. Life
is too short to deal with sour attitudes and somebody's
unfriendly and oh, don't mess with him today. Man, he's
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in a bad mood. Now that's going to keep you
from being all God's created you to be. You've got
to shake that junk off and make a decision to
start being more stable, and don't use the excuse that
you can't do it. You can do whatever you really
want to do. Your will is stronger than your emotions
and you may not feel like it, but if you
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will rule over that negative feeling anyway, the more you
do it, the easier it will become.
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But I see too many people today like that man.
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They've developed a habit of being moody, and they've done
it for so long now they just get up in
the morning and wait to see what do I feel
like today? Wonder what this day is going to be like. Now,
you've got to quit asking yourself and start telling yourself,
this is.
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Going to be a good day. I'm gonna enjoy this day.
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I'm going to be friendly, I'm gonna be a blessing
to somebody else. We can decide what kind of day
we're gonna have. And some of you know you're way
too moody. If you don't make these changes, it's not
only going to hurt you in your relationships, but it's
going to keep God from bringing promotion and increase into
your life. Now I'm asking us all to make it
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a goal to become even more stable. A stable person
is not hard to get along with. A stable person
doesn't take out his problems on somebody else. A stable
person doesn't come home from work all upset and stressed
out to where they can't relate with the family and
nobody wants to be around them. Now take responsibility, quitte
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allowing that sour mood to poison the rest of your
family members. Now, even if you don't stay in a
good mood and discipline these negative emotions for yourself, you
should do it for your family's sake, because whether we
realize it or not, our attitudes rub off on the
people around us. And I know I'm preaching to myself.
There are times when I feel myself getting upset and stressed,
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and if I don't catch myself and say, hey, no,
I don't have to live this way.
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I don't have to carry this burden.
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I need to let it go and enjoy my life.
If I don't make those adjustments, I can see it
affecting our whole household. We've been teaching this to our children. Hey,
don't bring a bad attitude home from school.
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Leave it there.
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Maybe somebody did you wrong at the office. We'll check
it at the door before you leave. Husbands wives. Don't
come home and take out all your aggravation on your spouse.
Do your part to keep a peaceful atmosphere in your home. Really,
when you get home, your family should be happy to
see you, not oh no, dad's home.
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Wonder what he's going to be like. Oh no, here
comes mom. We better watch out now.
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Be stable, be consistent, and we laugh. But we've all
had times where somebody walked into the room and you
could feel the tension they brought it with them. Don't
live your life like that. Be disciplined in what you
think about. Don't go around dwelling on your problems and
what didn't work out and who hurts you.
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The fact is every one of us has problems.
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We all have negative things, and if we don't learn
to shake it off, it's not only going to drag
us down, it drags the people around us down.
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I heard about this man.
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He invited his friend to come over and eat dinner
with he and his family after work. They were in
the construction business together.
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And they had a very long tough day.
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Their equipment hadn't worked right, and this man had pulled
up too far at the job site.
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And ran over some nails. And ruined two of his tires.
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Just one of those days nothing had gone right, and
as they were driving back to his house, the man
just sat there silently. His friend knew that he had
had enough that he was really frustrated. But when he
got home, he did something rather unusual. By his back door,
there was this small tree, and before he went inside,
he stopped and he rubbed both.
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Hands on those tree leaves.
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When he went in the door, the friend said, the
most amazing transformation took place.
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The man had a smile on his face. His little
kids ran up.
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And he hugged them and swung them around, went over
and he kissed his wife, and he couldn't.
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Believe the change. This friend was just amazed. A little later,
he got him aside.
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And he said, I don't mean to be nosy, but
what was it about that tree that puts you in
such a good mood. The man kind of laughed, and
he said, Oh, that's what I call my trouble tree.
I know I can't avoid having troubles and difficulties during
the day, but one thing for sure, I know those
troubles don't belong inside my home. And so every evening,
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when I get home, I just symbolically hang my troubles
up on that tree, and I trust God to take
care of them.
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He said.
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The most amazing thing always happens the next morning when
I come out. There are never as many troubles as
I had the night before. Now, I was thinking that
really it would do us all good to have one
of those trees. You had a tough day at the office,
somebody didn't treat you right, God, stuck in traffic. Don't
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take it inside. Leave it on your tree. And husband's
your wife is not your tree. Leave it outside the home. Well,
you say, Joel, I've got a lot of problems. I've
got a lot of difficulties. That's why I'm kind of moody.
That's why I get down. No, this deeper life means
that we do what's right in spite of how we feel.
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You may not feel like smiling, but if you want
to rise above that emotion, you've got to learn to
smile by faith. You may not feel like being friendly
one day, but you've got to discipline yourself and be
friendly by faith, and then the feelings will begin to change.
I found that God works from the inside out, but
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he expects us to work from the outside inn for instance,
we have to put a smile on our face first,
then the joy will come. We have to be kind
and good to people first, then they'll be good to us.
You may be thinking, Joel, I just don't feel like
being in a good mood. I've got problems, I've got difficulties.
I feel like complaining. I feel like having a pity party.
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Let me tell you, you got to shake yourself out of
that junk. It'll keep you right where you are. You're
at it, who should be? I know God is bigger
than anything that I'm facing. I know this problem is
not permanent. Didn't come to stay, it came to pass.
I'm gonna enjoy my life in the meantime. I'm gonna
be steady, immovable, full of joy. That's the deeper life,
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living by what you.
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Know, not by what you feel.
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Now, I love what the scripture says here in Jeremiah seventeen,
verse seven, Blessed is the man who makes the Lord
his hope and confidence. One translation says, blessed is the
man who is steadfast and immovable. He will be like
a tree planted by the river banks, with its roots
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reaching deep down into the water. It's a tree not
bothered by the heat, nor worried by long months of drought.
Its leaves stay green and it goes on producing luscious fruit.
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Notice, God is saying here.
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If we will just be stable, if we will consistently
stay in faith and consistently have a good attitude, then
even in our dark times, even in the difficult times,
it's not gonna affect us. Because we are steadfast and immovable.
We will continue to prosper in spite of our obstacles.
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We will continue to see God's goodness in spite of
negative circumstances. But if this is going to happen, we
cannot go around complaining.
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Well, Joel, you don't know.
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My business is so slow these gas prices. I don't
see how I can make it. No, our God is Jehovah, Jirah,
the Lord, our provider. And if you will stay in faith,
God will cause your money to go further. He'll cause
your car to get better gas milage. He'll cause you
to get promoted when other people are being laid off.
It says, in the dry seasons, in the difficult times,
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we're not gonna barely get by. We're not gonna have
some old, dried up, rotten fruit. God says, We'll continue
to produce luscious fruit. See, when you're consistent, your roots
go down.
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They're not bothered by your circumstances.
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When you're steadfast and immovable, you will see God's blessings
and favor in spite of what's going on around you.
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The Bible talks about.
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How we should live, from faith to faith to faith.
It's talking about consistency. The problem we have many times
we go from faith to doubt to discouragement, back to faith,
to worry, to be an upset, and it's this roller
coaster way of living that keeps too many people from
their full potential. Now understand, stability prepares you for promotion.
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I heard somebody say your ability will only be released
through your stability. Every one of you has incredible gifts
and talents. You have so much potential on the inside,
but the only way it's going to be released is
when God is able to trust you. It'll be released
when your character is developed. For instance, God is not
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going to promote us if he knows we're going to
lose our cool and blow up every other day, say
things to hurt people, go around depressed for three months. Now,
that wouldn't be a good witness. We have to develop
our character first. Now, our gifts may be able to
take us someplace, but it's our character that's going to
keep us there. And God is looking for steady, consistent,
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immovable people, not people that are on a high for
two weeks and then they're down in the valley for
three months. Now, let's learn to stay the same, consistently happy,
consistently grateful, consistently friendly, consistently in a good mood. I
believe that consistency is one of the main keys to victory.
And the key to consistency not living by what we feel,
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but living by what we know. I don't even think
it's a good idea to let yourself get real high,
real excited, to where you're emotionally at your peak, because
I've found the people that live way up here and
try to live on the mountaintop, they can go equally
as low.
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Just as high as they go this.
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Way, they go the same amount low. And I'd rather
live my life consistently happy. And when I say happy,
I'm talking about a calm delight. I'm at peace, I'm content,
I know God's in control. I would rather live my
life that way than up on the mountaintop one day
because I got good news.
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Then I'm down in the valley the.
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Next because I got bad news. Let's learn to stay
right in the middle. I know, even when we opened
up this new facility, a compact center, that was a
dream come true, one of the highlights of my life.
But Victoria will tell you I didn't try to stay
way up here, just celebrate day after day and live
on that mountaintop. I just stayed right in the middle.
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I'm as happy and content today as the day that
we opened it. I've seen people they live for a vacation.
They're happy for two weeks and depressed when they have
to come back home, or they get all excited about it,
then they're disappointed because it wasn't what they thought it
would be. You've probably known people they live for the weekend,
live for some big event, live for a ball game.
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The problem with that is they're up and they're down,
in a good mood a little while, and in a
sour mood most of the time. But God wants us
to enjoy every day of our lives, even the seemingly
mundane things. You know, you can enjoy your drive to
work tomorrow. You can enjoy mowing your lawn, you can
enjoy going to the grocery store. You are anointed to
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enjoy your everyday life. Quit dreading things, Quit getting in
a sour mood because you have got to clean the
house tomorrow, or it's time to mow the lawn, or
you got stuck in traffic, or change your attitude and
make a decision to enjoy it, and don't make that
mistake of just living life. For the quote big events, Really,
today is a big event.
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You're alive, You're breathing. That's a pretty big deal.
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Do you know? On average, one hundred and eighty thousand
peace are gonna die tomorrow and the good news is
most likely.
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You will not be one of them.
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So why don't you shake off the discouragement, make a
decision to enjoy this day, comorro and so forth. The
Bible talks about in Psalms, how God will test our emotions.
I know some of you have been praying and believing
for things to change, and you're not seeing anything happening,
And it's easy to get discouraged. It's easy to lose
our passion. But you need to remind yourself that is
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a test of your faith. It's a test of your emotions.
God wants to see what are you going to do?
Are you gonna get negative discouraged?
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Well, I knew it wouldn't work out for me.
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Or are you gonna do what we're talking about and
just keep standing firm, keep staying in faith, keep.
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Expecting things to change.
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Well, Joel, I'm standing firm, but I'm really depressed. I'm
really discouraged. No, to be standing firm means you have
a smile on your face when you're standing firm no
matter what comes against you. Nobody can even really tell
your in the middle of a trial. And if you're
in a difficult time, you should not be dragging around
with a long sour face.
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Oh, Juli has just got me down. If you know,
being in a.
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Sour mood because of your problems doesn't make it better,
It makes it worse, puts more pressure on you, makes
you more miserable. A better approach is to say, God,
I'm turning this situation over to you. I'm not gonna
let it still my joy. I know you're in control,
and at the right time, I believe you'll not only
turn it around, but you'll bring me out better off
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than I was before. That's how we rule over these
negative feelings. It's simply a decision that we make. Some
of you today, you're up and you're down. You're hard
to get along with, and you keep blaming it on
your circumstances, or on how somebody's.
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Treating you, or on how you feel.
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But I'm asking you, with a smile on our face,
to stop making excuses and start taking responsibility. We all
have times when we wake up in the morning and
we feel the blaws, we don't feel very excited. But
that's when we have to dig our heels in and say,
you know what, I'm not gonna let these feelings dictate.
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What kind of day I'm gonna have.
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I'm going to rule over them and choose to be
in a good mood in spite of how I feel.
You can choose what kind of day you're going to have.
We can choose how we're going to live our lives.
I know some of you, maybe in the natural, you
have a good reason to be down and discouraged, but
I'm asking you to not allow yourself to go there
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when you are stable, in spite of what's come against you.
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That's one of the best.
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Ways to show God that you're trusting him in difficult times.
Sometimes we think, well, I need to pray this long
and quote this many scriptures, and that's all good. But
do you know when you just stayd firm, when you
don't get upset, when you don't lose your peace, when
you have a smile on your face, when nobody even
knows you're in that trial, let me tell you that's
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your faith at work or paving the way for God
to change things in your favor.
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I think about David.
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He had to fight being moody, and here he was
the King of Israel, had all kinds of opportunity, power, position,
he was wealthy, had plenty of money. Yet he still
got depressed and discouraged. That tells me having to choose
to stay stable, having to rule over these negative feelings
is something every person has to deal with. Don't think
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if I just had more money, or if I had
a better job, if I had a different spouse, then
not being a good mood Joel, then I wouldn't have
to deal.
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With these feelings.
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Now you may think that, but every person, regardless of that,
we all have to fight this temptation to just give
in and live how we feel. And I love what
David did. He talked to himself. He said, why are
you cast down?
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Oh my soul, hope in the Lord.
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He was saying in everyday language, David, what are you
doing in a bad mood? Stop looking at your problems
and start looking at your God. Sometimes the best thing
we can do is talk to ourselves. When you're tempted
to be in a bad mood, you need to go
look in the mirror and say, listen to your self.
You need to cheer up, get your joy back, get
your peace back. We're not gonna live this day.
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Defeat it. You have to stay on the offensive.
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Don't wait till you've been down for three days before
you decide to do something about it. The moment you
feel that discouragement trying to come on, you need to
rise up and say no.
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I'm not gonna go there.
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You wake up in the morning and you feel the blaws. Nope,
that's not for me. This is gonna be a good day.
It's the day the Lord has made you find out
later in the day that you have to work late.
That's okay, I'm not gonna get upset. I know God's
still in control. You go through some kind of disappointment,
no big deal. I know God will open up another door.
You find yourself in a tight spot, That's okay. God
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can make a way when it looks like there is
no way. See, no matter what comes against you, it
just bounds is off. You're steadfast, You're immovable, You've already
made up your mind.
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You're going to enjoy this day.
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Another important key to not live in life, Moody is
we have to learn to be realistic and not idealistic.
Idealistic means that we think everything is going to always
go our way. Every person is going to treat me
right today, every freeway is going to be traffic free.
I'm going to get out of this parking lot in
five minutes after the service.
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No, that is not realistic.
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Jesus said, in life, we will have difficulties. And I
know people they are so idealistic they set themselves up
for disappointment. And I'm all for believing for good things.
I'm all for expecting the best. But the reality is
we live in an imperfect world with imperfect people, and
there are going to.
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Be times that things don't go our way.
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And if we're expecting every person to be perfect, and
our spouse to never hurt us and our children that
never do wrong, for us to get every break in life,
we're just setting ourselves up for disappointment. I believe a
better way to live is to say, God, here are
my plans for today. I'm submitting them to you, believing
for the best. But God, no matter what does or
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doesn't happen, my trust is in you. Now I'm going
to stay in faith, knowing that you promise to work
at all things for my good. When we have that
kind of attitude, even if we go through a disappointment,
even if our plans don't work out, we don't get frustrated.
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We know God has us in the palm of his hand.
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We know in those trying times we're growing, We're increasing,
our character is being developed. So we can stay consistent
and just enjoy that day anyway. But don't set yourself
up for disappointment by expecting everything to be perfect. I
know in my own life, I've already accepted the fact
that as friendly and good looking as I am, some
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people are still not gonna like me. Oh, no matter
how much good you do, somebody will find some reason
to criticize. No matter how friendly you are, somebody will
offend you. And it's up to us to decide beforehand
that no matter what doesn't work out today, no matter
how somebody treats me, it's not gonna change us.
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Herd attitude should be I'm.
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Not gonna lose my joy if I get stuck in traffic,
it's not gonna ruin my day if somebody criticizes, I'm
not gonna get stressed out if I don't get all
my work done. No, I'm staying consistent. I've already made
up my mind to enjoy this day. That's a stable person,
and stability is a sign of maturity. A lot of
times we're all being out of shape, praying God, get
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me out of this.
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God, you've got to change this, and God's over here.
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Saying show me some consistency, give me something.
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To work with.
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See, it takes faith to smile when you feel like
being depressed. It takes faith to have a good attitude
when nothing's going your way. It takes faith to stay
calm when you feel like chewing somebody out. I'm asking
us today to not live by how we feel Let's
go deeper than that and start living by what we know.
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We know God is in control. We know he's got
a great plan for our lives. We know his power
is greater.
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Than any other power.
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Now, when those old, negative, discouraging thoughts and feelings come,
why don't you start shaking them off. Be done with
that roller coaster living. Don't be a moody person.
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Get up in the morning and decide that you're going
to have a great day. I really believe some of you.
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This could save your marriage, could save a relationship. This
can save your position at the office if you'll start
ruling over the emotions and make stability and consistency a goal.
Not living on the mountaintop and not living in the valley,
but staying right in the middle, consistently happy, consistently grateful, consistently.
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In a good mood.
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If you do that, God has promised he'll not only
promote you, but in your dry season and you'll continue
to produce good fruit. You'll live the life of victory.
He has his story, Amen, do you receive it. We
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Mm hmm.
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Oh God, bless you. It is always our joy to
come into your homes. We love you.
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We know God has good things in store for you.
When you obey God's word. The Bible says his blessings
will chase you down and overtake you. That's what we're
believing for in each of your lives. But thanks for
tuning in. If you're ever in our area, come out
and see us. We'd love to have you be a
part of one of our services. I like to get
started with something kind of funny.
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I heard about this mother.
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She had two young boys that were known for their
bad behavior. Any time trouble happened, they were sure to
be a part of it. So she decided to send
them one at a time to see their pasth Mastor.
The pastor said to the first young boy, where is God?
He just sat there silently. He asked again, where is God?
Still no reply. The third time he asked. The young
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boy bolted out the door, ran and found his brother
and said, God is missing, and they think we did
it all right, hold of your bibles. Say it like
you mean it. Ready, this is my Bible. I am
what it says I am. I have what it says
I have. I can do what it says I can do.
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Today I will be taught the word of God. I
boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive.
I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God
bless you. I want to talk to you today about
controlling your moods and how important it is that we
not just live by our feelings. If there's one thing
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that we should all strive for, its stability, its consistency.
We need the same day in and day out. And
the fact is we all have emotions, we all have feelings.
The good news is we don't have to get on
board with those feelings. We need to learn to manage
our emotions and not let them control us. Because too
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many people today they just live by whatever they feel.
If they wake up in the morning and they don't
feel excited, they feel down and discouraged, they just give
in and go through the day with the blaws in
a sour mood. They live life on that roller coaster
up when their circumstances.
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Are up, and down when they're down.
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And I can't think of anything much worse than living
with a moody person.
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You never know what they're going to be like.
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They may be happy on Sunday and depressed on Monday.
They're fun to be around on Tuesday, but on Wednesday
you better watch out.
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You barely look at them wrong, they'll jump.
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Down your throat. There's no stability. What's the problem. They're
being rule by their emotions. That's a very immature way
to live. I call that surface living. We just give
in to whatever we feel. But if we're going to
experience God's best, we've got to learn to go deeper
than that. And one of our main goals should be stability.
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That means we're the same day in and day out.
We have a good attitude when we get our way,
and when we don't get our way, we have a
smile on our face.
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When it's sunny and when it's raining.
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We're stable, we're consistent, and if you're a moody person,
if I can be very honest with you. That's a
very selfish way to live. Being moody is not fair
to the people you're in relationship with. It's not fair
to your spouse. Yeah, I got an amen over here.
It's not fair to your children, to your employees. Understand,
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it's very difficult to live with a moody person. And
if you're all over the board, up one day and
down the next, and people you have to guess what
you're going to be like and live on pins and
needles around you. I say this respectfully, but you have
got to come up higher. If you don't make these
changes and become more stable over time, it will cost
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you in your relationships, and it will cost you in
opportunities that come across your path. I remember one time
years ago, I invited a very good friend of mine
to come to town and meet with this man that
I've known for probably more than twenty years. It's a
very nice man, extremely talented, kind and generous.
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But the problem is he's moody.
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He grew up in a home where the parents were
up and down, depressed one week, find the next week
no stability. And you never really knew what this man
was going to be like. And so my friend flew in.
They were going to meet about this business venture. It
would have been a perfect fit for both of them.
But a couple of days after the meeting, my friend
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called and he said, Joel, I don't know what you
told that man about me, but he didn't like me.
Seemed like he was mad at the world. He was unfriendly, unkind.
So I just packed up and politely left and came
back home. And of course I apologized. I said, I'm sorry.
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He's just a very moody person. And that's what happens.
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When we live according to our feelings, we will miss
out on God given opportunities.
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Doors will close for us that should have been opened.
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I know, even with our employees, we only hire people
that are consistent, people that have a good attitude, because,
let me tell you, life is too short to have
to drag somebody off the floor every other day. Life
is too short to deal with sour attitudes and somebody's
unfriendly and oh, don't mess with him today. Man, he's
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in a bad mood. Now that's going to keep you
from being all God's created you to be. You've got
to shake that junk off and make a decision to
start being more stable, and don't use the excuse that
you can't do it. You can do whatever you really
want to do. Your will is stronger than your emotions
and you may not feel like it, but if you
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will rule over that negative feeling anyway, the more you
do it, the easier it will become.
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But I see too many people today like that man.
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They've developed a habit of being moody, and they've done
it for so long now they just get up in
the morning and wait to see what do I feel
like today? Wonder what this day is going to be like. Now,
you've got to quit asking yourself and start telling yourself,
this is.
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Going to be a good day. I'm gonna enjoy this day.
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I'm going to be friendly, I'm gonna be a blessing
to somebody else. We can decide what kind of day
we're gonna have. And some of you know you're way
too moody. If you don't make these changes, it's not
only going to hurt you in your relationships, but it's
going to keep God from bringing promotion and increase into
your life. Now I'm asking us all to make it
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a goal to become even more stable. A stable person
is not hard to get along with. A stable person
doesn't take out his problems on somebody else. A stable
person doesn't come home from work all upset and stressed
out to where they can't relate with the family and
nobody wants to be around them. Now take responsibility, quitte
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allowing that sour mood to poison the rest of your
family members. Now, even if you don't stay in a
good mood and discipline these negative emotions for yourself, you
should do it for your family's sake, because whether we
realize it or not, our attitudes rub off on the
people around us. And I know I'm preaching to myself.
There are times when I feel myself getting upset and stressed,
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and if I don't catch myself and say, hey, no,
I don't have to live this way.
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I don't have to carry this burden.
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I need to let it go and enjoy my life.
If I don't make those adjustments, I can see it
affecting our whole household. We've been teaching this to our children. Hey,
don't bring a bad attitude home from school.
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Leave it there.
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Maybe somebody did you wrong at the office. We'll check
it at the door before you leave. Husbands wives. Don't
come home and take out all your aggravation on your spouse.
Do your part to keep a peaceful atmosphere in your home. Really,
when you get home, your family should be happy to
see you, not oh no, dad's home.
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Wonder what he's going to be like. Oh no, here
comes mom. We better watch out now.
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Be stable, be consistent, and we laugh. But we've all
had times where somebody walked into the room and you
could feel the tension they brought it with them. Don't
live your life like that. Be disciplined in what you
think about. Don't go around dwelling on your problems and
what didn't work out and who hurts you.
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The fact is every one of us has problems.
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We all have negative things, and if we don't learn
to shake it off, it's not only going to drag
us down, it drags the people around us down.
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I heard about this man.
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He invited his friend to come over and eat dinner
with he and his family after work. They were in
the construction business together.
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And they had a very long tough day.
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Their equipment hadn't worked right, and this man had pulled
up too far at the job site.
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And ran over some nails. And ruined two of his tires.
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Just one of those days nothing had gone right, and
as they were driving back to his house, the man
just sat there silently. His friend knew that he had
had enough that he was really frustrated. But when he
got home, he did something rather unusual. By his back door,
there was this small tree, and before he went inside,
he stopped and he rubbed both.
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Hands on those tree leaves.
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When he went in the door, the friend said, the
most amazing transformation took place.
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The man had a smile on his face. His little
kids ran up.
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And he hugged them and swung them around, went over
and he kissed his wife, and he couldn't.
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Believe the change. This friend was just amazed. A little later,
he got him aside.
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And he said, I don't mean to be nosy, but
what was it about that tree that puts you in
such a good mood. The man kind of laughed, and
he said, Oh, that's what I call my trouble tree.
I know I can't avoid having troubles and difficulties during
the day, but one thing for sure, I know those
troubles don't belong inside my home. And so every evening,
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when I get home, I just symbolically hang my troubles
up on that tree, and I trust God to take
care of them.
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He said.
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The most amazing thing always happens the next morning when
I come out. There are never as many troubles as
I had the night before. Now, I was thinking that
really it would do us all good to have one
of those trees. You had a tough day at the office,
somebody didn't treat you right, God, stuck in traffic. Don't
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take it inside. Leave it on your tree. And husband's
your wife is not your tree. Leave it outside the home. Well,
you say, Joel, I've got a lot of problems. I've
got a lot of difficulties. That's why I'm kind of moody.
That's why I get down. No, this deeper life means
that we do what's right in spite of how we feel.
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You may not feel like smiling, but if you want
to rise above that emotion, you've got to learn to
smile by faith. You may not feel like being friendly
one day, but you've got to discipline yourself and be
friendly by faith, and then the feelings will begin to change.
I found that God works from the inside out, but
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he expects us to work from the outside inn for instance,
we have to put a smile on our face first,
then the joy will come. We have to be kind
and good to people first, then they'll be good to us.
You may be thinking, Joel, I just don't feel like
being in a good mood. I've got problems, I've got difficulties.
I feel like complaining. I feel like having a pity party.
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Let me tell you, you got to shake yourself out of
that junk. It'll keep you right where you are. You're
at it, who should be? I know God is bigger
than anything that I'm facing. I know this problem is
not permanent. Didn't come to stay, it came to pass.
I'm gonna enjoy my life in the meantime. I'm gonna
be steady, immovable, full of joy. That's the deeper life,
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living by what you.
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Know, not by what you feel.
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Now, I love what the scripture says here in Jeremiah seventeen,
verse seven, Blessed is the man who makes the Lord
his hope and confidence. One translation says, blessed is the
man who is steadfast and immovable. He will be like
a tree planted by the river banks, with its roots
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reaching deep down into the water. It's a tree not
bothered by the heat, nor worried by long months of drought.
Its leaves stay green and it goes on producing luscious fruit.
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Notice, God is saying here.
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If we will just be stable, if we will consistently
stay in faith and consistently have a good attitude, then
even in our dark times, even in the difficult times,
it's not gonna affect us. Because we are steadfast and immovable.
We will continue to prosper in spite of our obstacles.
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We will continue to see God's goodness in spite of
negative circumstances. But if this is going to happen, we
cannot go around complaining.
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Well, Joel, you don't know.
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My business is so slow these gas prices. I don't
see how I can make it. No, our God is Jehovah, Jirah,
the Lord, our provider. And if you will stay in faith,
God will cause your money to go further. He'll cause
your car to get better gas milage. He'll cause you
to get promoted when other people are being laid off.
It says, in the dry seasons, in the difficult times,
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we're not gonna barely get by. We're not gonna have
some old, dried up, rotten fruit. God says, We'll continue
to produce luscious fruit. See, when you're consistent, your roots
go down.
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They're not bothered by your circumstances.
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When you're steadfast and immovable, you will see God's blessings
and favor in spite of what's going on around you.
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The Bible talks about.
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How we should live, from faith to faith to faith.
It's talking about consistency. The problem we have many times
we go from faith to doubt to discouragement, back to faith,
to worry, to be an upset, and it's this roller
coaster way of living that keeps too many people from
their full potential. Now understand, stability prepares you for promotion.
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I heard somebody say your ability will only be released
through your stability. Every one of you has incredible gifts
and talents. You have so much potential on the inside,
but the only way it's going to be released is
when God is able to trust you. It'll be released
when your character is developed. For instance, God is not
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going to promote us if he knows we're going to
lose our cool and blow up every other day, say
things to hurt people, go around depressed for three months. Now,
that wouldn't be a good witness. We have to develop
our character first. Now, our gifts may be able to
take us someplace, but it's our character that's going to
keep us there. And God is looking for steady, consistent,
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immovable people, not people that are on a high for
two weeks and then they're down in the valley for
three months. Now, let's learn to stay the same, consistently happy,
consistently grateful, consistently friendly, consistently in a good mood. I
believe that consistency is one of the main keys to victory.
And the key to consistency not living by what we feel,
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but living by what we know. I don't even think
it's a good idea to let yourself get real high,
real excited, to where you're emotionally at your peak, because
I've found the people that live way up here and
try to live on the mountaintop, they can go equally
as low.
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Just as high as they go this.
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Way, they go the same amount low. And I'd rather
live my life consistently happy. And when I say happy,
I'm talking about a calm delight. I'm at peace, I'm content,
I know God's in control. I would rather live my
life that way than up on the mountaintop one day
because I got good news.
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Then I'm down in the valley the.
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Next because I got bad news. Let's learn to stay
right in the middle. I know, even when we opened
up this new facility, a compact center, that was a
dream come true, one of the highlights of my life.
But Victoria will tell you I didn't try to stay
way up here, just celebrate day after day and live
on that mountaintop. I just stayed right in the middle.
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I'm as happy and content today as the day that
we opened it. I've seen people they live for a vacation.
They're happy for two weeks and depressed when they have
to come back home, or they get all excited about it,
then they're disappointed because it wasn't what they thought it
would be. You've probably known people they live for the weekend,
live for some big event, live for a ball game.
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The problem with that is they're up and they're down,
in a good mood a little while, and in a
sour mood most of the time. But God wants us
to enjoy every day of our lives, even the seemingly
mundane things. You know, you can enjoy your drive to
work tomorrow. You can enjoy mowing your lawn, you can
enjoy going to the grocery store. You are anointed to
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enjoy your everyday life. Quit dreading things, Quit getting in
a sour mood because you have got to clean the
house tomorrow, or it's time to mow the lawn, or
you got stuck in traffic, or change your attitude and
make a decision to enjoy it, and don't make that
mistake of just living life. For the quote big events, Really,
today is a big event.
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You're alive, You're breathing. That's a pretty big deal.
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Do you know? On average, one hundred and eighty thousand
peace are gonna die tomorrow and the good news is
most likely.
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You will not be one of them.
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So why don't you shake off the discouragement, make a
decision to enjoy this day, comorro and so forth. The
Bible talks about in Psalms, how God will test our emotions.
I know some of you have been praying and believing
for things to change, and you're not seeing anything happening,
And it's easy to get discouraged. It's easy to lose
our passion. But you need to remind yourself that is
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a test of your faith. It's a test of your emotions.
God wants to see what are you going to do?
Are you gonna get negative discouraged?
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Well, I knew it wouldn't work out for me.
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Or are you gonna do what we're talking about and
just keep standing firm, keep staying in faith, keep.
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Expecting things to change.
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Well, Joel, I'm standing firm, but I'm really depressed. I'm
really discouraged. No, to be standing firm means you have
a smile on your face when you're standing firm no
matter what comes against you. Nobody can even really tell
your in the middle of a trial. And if you're
in a difficult time, you should not be dragging around
with a long sour face.
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Oh, Juli has just got me down. If you know,
being in a.
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Sour mood because of your problems doesn't make it better,
It makes it worse, puts more pressure on you, makes
you more miserable. A better approach is to say, God,
I'm turning this situation over to you. I'm not gonna
let it still my joy. I know you're in control,
and at the right time, I believe you'll not only
turn it around, but you'll bring me out better off
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than I was before. That's how we rule over these
negative feelings. It's simply a decision that we make. Some
of you today, you're up and you're down. You're hard
to get along with, and you keep blaming it on
your circumstances, or on how somebody's.
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Treating you, or on how you feel.
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But I'm asking you, with a smile on our face,
to stop making excuses and start taking responsibility. We all
have times when we wake up in the morning and
we feel the blaws, we don't feel very excited. But
that's when we have to dig our heels in and say,
you know what, I'm not gonna let these feelings dictate.
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What kind of day I'm gonna have.
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I'm going to rule over them and choose to be
in a good mood in spite of how I feel.
You can choose what kind of day you're going to have.
We can choose how we're going to live our lives.
I know some of you, maybe in the natural, you
have a good reason to be down and discouraged, but
I'm asking you to not allow yourself to go there
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when you are stable, in spite of what's come against you.
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That's one of the best.
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Ways to show God that you're trusting him in difficult times.
Sometimes we think, well, I need to pray this long
and quote this many scriptures, and that's all good. But
do you know when you just stayd firm, when you
don't get upset, when you don't lose your peace, when
you have a smile on your face, when nobody even
knows you're in that trial, let me tell you that's
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your faith at work or paving the way for God
to change things in your favor.
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I think about David.
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He had to fight being moody, and here he was
the King of Israel, had all kinds of opportunity, power, position,
he was wealthy, had plenty of money. Yet he still
got depressed and discouraged. That tells me having to choose
to stay stable, having to rule over these negative feelings
is something every person has to deal with. Don't think
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if I just had more money, or if I had
a better job, if I had a different spouse, then
not being a good mood Joel, then I wouldn't have
to deal.
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With these feelings.
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Now you may think that, but every person, regardless of that,
we all have to fight this temptation to just give
in and live how we feel. And I love what
David did. He talked to himself. He said, why are
you cast down?
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Oh my soul, hope in the Lord.
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He was saying in everyday language, David, what are you
doing in a bad mood? Stop looking at your problems
and start looking at your God. Sometimes the best thing
we can do is talk to ourselves. When you're tempted
to be in a bad mood, you need to go
look in the mirror and say, listen to your self.
You need to cheer up, get your joy back, get
your peace back. We're not gonna live this day.
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Defeat it. You have to stay on the offensive.
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Don't wait till you've been down for three days before
you decide to do something about it. The moment you
feel that discouragement trying to come on, you need to
rise up and say no.
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I'm not gonna go there.
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You wake up in the morning and you feel the blaws. Nope,
that's not for me. This is gonna be a good day.
It's the day the Lord has made you find out
later in the day that you have to work late.
That's okay, I'm not gonna get upset. I know God's
still in control. You go through some kind of disappointment,
no big deal. I know God will open up another door.
You find yourself in a tight spot, That's okay. God
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can make a way when it looks like there is
no way. See, no matter what comes against you, it
just bounds is off. You're steadfast, You're immovable, You've already
made up your mind.
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You're going to enjoy this day.
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Another important key to not live in life, Moody is
we have to learn to be realistic and not idealistic.
Idealistic means that we think everything is going to always
go our way. Every person is going to treat me
right today, every freeway is going to be traffic free.
I'm going to get out of this parking lot in
five minutes after the service.
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No, that is not realistic.
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Jesus said, in life, we will have difficulties. And I
know people they are so idealistic they set themselves up
for disappointment. And I'm all for believing for good things.
I'm all for expecting the best. But the reality is
we live in an imperfect world with imperfect people, and
there are going to.
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Be times that things don't go our way.
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And if we're expecting every person to be perfect, and
our spouse to never hurt us and our children that
never do wrong, for us to get every break in life,
we're just setting ourselves up for disappointment. I believe a
better way to live is to say, God, here are
my plans for today. I'm submitting them to you, believing
for the best. But God, no matter what does or
(24:15):
doesn't happen, my trust is in you. Now I'm going
to stay in faith, knowing that you promise to work
at all things for my good. When we have that
kind of attitude, even if we go through a disappointment,
even if our plans don't work out, we don't get frustrated.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
We know God has us in the palm of his hand.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
We know in those trying times we're growing, We're increasing,
our character is being developed. So we can stay consistent
and just enjoy that day anyway. But don't set yourself
up for disappointment by expecting everything to be perfect. I
know in my own life, I've already accepted the fact
that as friendly and good looking as I am, some
(24:57):
people are still not gonna like me. Oh, no matter
how much good you do, somebody will find some reason
to criticize. No matter how friendly you are, somebody will
offend you. And it's up to us to decide beforehand
that no matter what doesn't work out today, no matter
how somebody treats me, it's not gonna change us.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
Herd attitude should be I'm.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
Not gonna lose my joy if I get stuck in traffic,
it's not gonna ruin my day if somebody criticizes, I'm
not gonna get stressed out if I don't get all
my work done. No, I'm staying consistent. I've already made
up my mind to enjoy this day. That's a stable person,
and stability is a sign of maturity. A lot of
times we're all being out of shape, praying God, get
(25:42):
me out of this.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
God, you've got to change this, and God's over here.
Speaker 1 (25:45):
Saying show me some consistency, give me something.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
To work with.
Speaker 1 (25:50):
See, it takes faith to smile when you feel like
being depressed. It takes faith to have a good attitude
when nothing's going your way. It takes faith to stay
calm when you feel like chewing somebody out. I'm asking
us today to not live by how we feel Let's
go deeper than that and start living by what we know.
(26:11):
We know God is in control. We know he's got
a great plan for our lives. We know his power
is greater.
Speaker 2 (26:17):
Than any other power.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
Now, when those old, negative, discouraging thoughts and feelings come,
why don't you start shaking them off. Be done with
that roller coaster living. Don't be a moody person.
Speaker 2 (26:29):
Get up in the morning and decide that you're going
to have a great day. I really believe some of you.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
This could save your marriage, could save a relationship. This
can save your position at the office if you'll start
ruling over the emotions and make stability and consistency a goal.
Not living on the mountaintop and not living in the valley,
but staying right in the middle, consistently happy, consistently grateful, consistently.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
In a good mood.
Speaker 1 (26:55):
If you do that, God has promised he'll not only
promote you, but in your dry season and you'll continue
to produce good fruit. You'll live the life of victory.
He has his story, Amen, do you receive it. We
never like to close our broadcast without giving you an
opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life.
Speaker 2 (27:13):
Would you pray with me?
Speaker 1 (27:15):
Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come
into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends,
if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got
born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep
God first place. He's going to take your places that
you've never dreamed of.
Speaker 2 (27:35):
Thank you for listening to the joelus Deine podcast. Help
us continue to share the message of hope with those
all over the world. Visit joelus dein dot com slash
give Hope to give a gift today. Thanks so much
for listening to today's message.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
I hope you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest
podcast to keep you inspired all through the week.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
We're praying for you. I know God's bestesta on ahead.
We'll see you next time.
Speaker 1 (28:08):
Mm hmm.
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