No More Bad Days

0:00:00.440 --> 0:00:02.160 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 0:00:02.240 --> 0:00:05.279 Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 0:00:05.280 --> 0:00:05.960 the ministry. 0:00:06.120 --> 0:00:08.440 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:00:08.480 --> 0:00:10.040 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:00:10.360 --> 0:00:13.040 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:00:13.080 --> 0:00:13.520 your life. 0:00:14.160 --> 0:00:14.960 God bless you. 0:00:15.120 --> 0:00:17.840 It's great to be with you today, and I hope 0:00:17.840 --> 0:00:20.560 you'll stay connected with us during the week. Have a 0:00:20.680 --> 0:00:25.200 daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and you can come. 0:00:25.120 --> 0:00:27.319 Visit us in person. We'd love to have you be 0:00:27.360 --> 0:00:29.000 a part of one of our services. 0:00:29.520 --> 0:00:31.800 I'd like to start with something funny, and I heard 0:00:31.800 --> 0:00:35.199 about these three pastors that were in a boat together fishing. 0:00:35.800 --> 0:00:37.879 One of them said, we never get to let our 0:00:37.880 --> 0:00:41.680 hair down. Let's each tell the greatest area that we 0:00:41.800 --> 0:00:45.280 struggle in, our greatest sin, so we can pray for 0:00:45.320 --> 0:00:48.760 each other. The first pastor said, I hate to admit it, 0:00:48.800 --> 0:00:50.480 but I have a problem with gambling. 0:00:50.960 --> 0:00:52.800 Some nights I sneak out and gamble. 0:00:53.400 --> 0:00:56.200 Second pastor said, I'm ashamed to admit this, but I 0:00:56.240 --> 0:00:57.480 have a problem with cheating. 0:00:57.880 --> 0:01:01.320 I hardly ever pay my taxes. The third pastor sat 0:01:01.320 --> 0:01:04.400 there silently. They waited and waited. He wouldn't budge. 0:01:04.880 --> 0:01:07.280 They said, we're not leaving till you tell us your 0:01:07.280 --> 0:01:11.039 greatest sin. He said, all right, my greatest sin is gossiping, 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:13.320 and I can't wait to get off this boat. 0:01:14.640 --> 0:01:15.680 Say it like you mean it. 0:01:16.080 --> 0:01:18.880 This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:01:19.319 --> 0:01:21.680 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:24.319 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:01:24.400 --> 0:01:28.320 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:01:28.440 --> 0:01:31.679 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:01:31.800 --> 0:01:36.800 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:01:36.800 --> 0:01:39.759 to talk to you today about no more bad days. 0:01:40.840 --> 0:01:45.399 We all have opportunities to get upset, be offended, live worried. 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:46.520 He can be. 0:01:46.520 --> 0:01:50.800 Small things like trafficker, people who are rude, a coworker 0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:55.080 leaves us out. Sometimes it's bigger things. The contract didn't 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:58.800 go through the medical tests, wasn't good. Our loved one's 0:01:58.800 --> 0:02:02.120 in trouble. No matter how good of a person you are, 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:05.520 how much faith you have, you're gonna have to deal 0:02:05.880 --> 0:02:09.680 with bad moments. It's easy to let them take our joy, 0:02:10.080 --> 0:02:10.959 steal our peace. 0:02:11.440 --> 0:02:12.600 Or we go through the day. 0:02:12.440 --> 0:02:17.120 Frustrated, our feelings are hurt, we're down because of the disappointment. 0:02:17.480 --> 0:02:20.760 But life is ten percent what happens to you and 0:02:20.840 --> 0:02:24.720 ninety percent how you respond. You can't stop a bad 0:02:24.800 --> 0:02:27.400 moment from coming, but you don't have to let it 0:02:27.480 --> 0:02:29.760 turn into a bad day. 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:32.639 Jesus said, no man can take your joy. 0:02:33.120 --> 0:02:37.120 No circumstance can make you get sour, No delay offense 0:02:37.480 --> 0:02:40.680 can force you to get discouraged. You're in control of 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:44.440 your joy. Nobody can take it from you. You get 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:48.840 to decide your attitude, what you're gonna dwell on your perspective. 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:51.880 When a bad moment comes, you have to make the 0:02:51.960 --> 0:02:55.280 decision that you're not gonna let that ruin the rest 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:55.840 of the day. 0:02:56.680 --> 0:02:59.919 And it's okay to acknowledge your feelings. Man, this was hurtful. 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:01.440 What they said was wrong. 0:03:01.919 --> 0:03:04.560 I'm disappointed the medical report wasn't better. 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:05.680 That's valid. 0:03:06.240 --> 0:03:09.080 God made us with emotions. I'm not telling you to 0:03:09.120 --> 0:03:13.200 deny your feelings. Push things down. That's fine for a moment, 0:03:13.360 --> 0:03:16.880 but don't let it linger. Don't keep dwelling on it 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:20.760 reliving it. The longer you do, the more it gets. 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:23.480 Down in your spirit. You need to reframe it. 0:03:23.800 --> 0:03:27.040 That was hurtful, it was wrong, but God is still 0:03:27.080 --> 0:03:27.720 in control. 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:30.800 He sees everything that's happened. He's your defender. 0:03:31.200 --> 0:03:34.400 Now, don't let that bad moment turn into a bad day. 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:37.600 Maybe you have a bad morning, a setback was. 0:03:37.600 --> 0:03:40.040 Very disappointing, or a bad afternoon. 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:43.320 Your child didn't get that position you were hoping forth. 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:47.000 It's okay to take a moment to process it, but 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:50.360 don't stay there to where you go to bed disappointed 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:53.560 and mad at your neighbor and defend it at your spouse, 0:03:53.720 --> 0:03:57.720 discourage over your finances. If you let a bad moment linger, 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:01.200 it'll turn into a bad day, then a bad week, 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:04.520 a bad month, a bad year. You look up in 0:04:04.640 --> 0:04:07.920 years have gone. You don't have your passion, You're not 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:12.600 pursuing dreams, not enjoying your family. All started with a 0:04:12.600 --> 0:04:16.440 bad moment you didn't deal with properly. May turn into 0:04:16.480 --> 0:04:19.560 a bad hour. You have to process it, even a 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:22.920 bad morning, but don't let it turn into a bad day. 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:26.159 You have to put your foot down. Say no, I'm 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:29.080 not giving away my joy. I'm not going to lose 0:04:29.120 --> 0:04:31.880 my peace. This is the day the Lord has made. 0:04:32.120 --> 0:04:35.440 I've made up my mind to enjoy it. The scripture says, 0:04:35.720 --> 0:04:38.600 don't let the sun go down while you're angry. 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:39.640 It's a principle. 0:04:39.839 --> 0:04:45.760 If you go to bed with negative things anger, offense, discouragement, guilt, 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:50.240 that's letting the negativity take deeper root. It's getting more 0:04:50.320 --> 0:04:53.320 down in your spirit. You start the next day off 0:04:53.320 --> 0:04:56.159 a little more sour, a little more offended, a little 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:57.080 more frustrated. 0:04:57.360 --> 0:04:59.960 The longer you go, the more difficult to deal. 0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:05.600 That's why it's so important to not go to bed upset, frustrate, 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:09.240 it worry. You may have a good reason to feel 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:13.120 that way. You've had some bad moments, things that weren't fair, 0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:17.400 plans that fell through. The good news is that bad 0:05:17.480 --> 0:05:21.839 moment didn't stop your destiny. It didn't override what God 0:05:21.920 --> 0:05:25.719 has for you. Why are you giving away your joy? 0:05:25.839 --> 0:05:28.800 The scripture tells us to hold our peace. Why are 0:05:28.800 --> 0:05:32.040 you letting go of your peace? It was a bad moment. 0:05:32.480 --> 0:05:35.320 You can't stop that, but you can keep it from 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:36.680 turning into a bad day. 0:05:37.480 --> 0:05:38.920 That can lead to a bad year. 0:05:39.480 --> 0:05:42.359 They can go onto a bad life. You have the 0:05:42.480 --> 0:05:46.120 power to decide how long the bad moment is going 0:05:46.160 --> 0:05:46.680 to last. 0:05:47.600 --> 0:05:49.120 And I know some things are hurtful. 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:52.480 It's like they knocked the wind out of us. You 0:05:52.520 --> 0:05:57.120 have to regroup and reframe it. Don't let your emotions decide. 0:05:57.240 --> 0:05:58.000 You decide. 0:05:58.760 --> 0:06:02.640 On July thirtieth last year, my sister Lisa called and said, 0:06:02.680 --> 0:06:05.279 my mother is not answering the phone, and she thought 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:07.640 something was wrong, and of course I jumped in. 0:06:07.600 --> 0:06:09.120 The car and headed toward her house. 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:12.919 And on the way there, a police officer called and said, Joel, 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:15.760 I'm sorry to tell you this, but we found your 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:17.239 mother deceased at home. 0:06:18.040 --> 0:06:21.599 I didn't see that coming a bad moment, losing a 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:24.200 loved one. I was having a good day. 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:28.080 Then life happened, and there's a time for weeping, a 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:29.880 time degree you. 0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:33.000 Have to process what's happened. But you can't let the 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:34.080 sorrow linger. 0:06:34.839 --> 0:06:38.440 You can't let the disappointment continue day after day. You 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:41.800 need to reframe it, look at it from a perspective 0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:42.440 of faith. 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:45.640 In a couple of hours after I got past the 0:06:45.640 --> 0:06:48.080 initial news, instead of being. 0:06:47.800 --> 0:06:51.240 Sad and overwhelmed, can you believe what happened? 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:53.880 I started thinking about what a great mother I. 0:06:53.920 --> 0:06:57.479 Had, and how she lived almost ninety two years, and 0:06:57.880 --> 0:07:00.000 how God healed her from terminal cans. 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:03.920 She was at church two days before praying for people. 0:07:03.720 --> 0:07:06.120 Right here and I talked to her the night before 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:07.560 and told her how much I loved her. 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:10.520 She was a bright light, inspiring so. 0:07:10.560 --> 0:07:15.080 Many people with her healing and faith and compassion. I 0:07:15.160 --> 0:07:17.920 went to bed that night not thinking about what a 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:21.200 bad day it was, but thinking about how good God 0:07:21.400 --> 0:07:24.400 is and how now my mother is in his hands. 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:28.480 I felt strength and peace, not in a weird way, 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:32.160 but I had joy on the inside. I knew God 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:35.400 was still in control, that she had fulfilled her purpose, 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:37.840 that we were stepping into new seasons. 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:40.920 My point is it was a choice that I made. 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:42.800 This is a bad moment. 0:07:43.240 --> 0:07:46.080 I'm disappointed, but I'm not going to let this turn 0:07:46.080 --> 0:07:49.320 into a bad week, a bad month, a bad year. 0:07:50.480 --> 0:07:52.600 Every day is a gift from God. 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:55.800 Once you lived this day, you can't get it back. 0:07:56.560 --> 0:07:59.080 When you lay your head on the pillow each night. 0:07:59.400 --> 0:08:02.200 You need to be to say this was a good day. 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:06.240 Even if you had bad things happen, even if it 0:08:06.280 --> 0:08:08.840 didn't work out the way you had planned, there were 0:08:08.920 --> 0:08:13.080 unexpected challenges. You have to turn those hurts over to God. 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:16.560 He wouldn't have allowed it if it wasn't going to 0:08:16.600 --> 0:08:18.440 work to your advantage. 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:20.920 You need to remember the good things in your life. 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:23.920 Lord, I've had some setbacks, but I want to thank 0:08:24.000 --> 0:08:26.720 you that I'm alive, that I have breath to breathe, 0:08:27.120 --> 0:08:29.560 that I have a place to live, a family to love, 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:33.320 dreams to pursue. Yes, I had some trouble, but all 0:08:33.400 --> 0:08:36.680 is well. My boss did me wrong, but all is well. 0:08:37.400 --> 0:08:39.360 My mother went to be with you. 0:08:39.440 --> 0:08:42.320 All is well. Let's make up our minds. 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:46.040 No more bad days, no more going to bed sour, 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:51.040 no more letting people steal our joy frustrated over things 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:55.760 we can't control. No more letting the offense linger. Deal 0:08:55.800 --> 0:08:59.480 with it quickly and move on. Trust God to be 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:03.920 your vendor decater. Trust him with the closed doors, the 0:09:03.960 --> 0:09:08.400 things you don't understand, the delays, the people that walked away. 0:09:09.280 --> 0:09:12.080 Those are bad moments, but they don't have to turn 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:13.760 into a bad day. 0:09:13.880 --> 0:09:14.400 This is what. 0:09:14.480 --> 0:09:18.160 Hbakak did a man in the scripture. He said, although 0:09:18.200 --> 0:09:20.960 the fig tree does not blossom, and there be no 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:24.240 fruit in the vine, though the olive crops have felled 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:27.840 and the fields had produced no food. He was saying, man, 0:09:27.920 --> 0:09:31.080 my business is not good. My crops didn't make it. 0:09:31.520 --> 0:09:34.880 My storehouses are empty. He could have stopped there and 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:39.000 just complain man, it's been a bad day, have had 0:09:39.040 --> 0:09:42.640 all these setbacks. But he went on to say, yet 0:09:42.760 --> 0:09:45.800 will I rejoice in the Lord and joy in the 0:09:45.800 --> 0:09:46.920 God of my salvation. 0:09:48.160 --> 0:09:50.800 He was saying, these are bad moments. 0:09:51.320 --> 0:09:53.920 I can't control all of that, but I'm not gonna 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:55.120 let it take my joy. 0:09:55.360 --> 0:09:56.839 I know salvation is coming. 0:09:57.280 --> 0:10:00.679 Salvation means deliverance, breakthrough, abundance. 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:03.240 He was expecting God's goodness. 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:07.360 If we don't learn this principle and we let circumstances 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:10.400 determine whether we have a good day or bad day, 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:13.680 the enemy will make sure there's always some reason to 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:14.480 sour your day. 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:16.160 A grouchy coworker. 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:20.040 You can't find your cell phone, it rains right after 0:10:20.080 --> 0:10:20.960 you wash your car. 0:10:21.760 --> 0:10:23.880 A friend is saying things that are not true. 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:28.120 All these bad moments have the potential to ruin your day. 0:10:29.080 --> 0:10:33.720 If you dwell on them, you'll get upset frustrated. But 0:10:33.800 --> 0:10:36.920 you have the potential to just let it be a moment, 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:39.520 to just let it go and move on. 0:10:39.960 --> 0:10:43.920 No big deal. The offense came, but I didn't take debate. 0:10:44.160 --> 0:10:45.280 I'm going to stay in peace. 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:49.480 I got delayed, my plans didn't work out. I'm not 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:53.160 frustrated I know God's ordered my steps. I didn't get 0:10:53.160 --> 0:10:57.160 the promotion, the scholarship didn't go through. Yes, I'm disappointed. 0:10:57.520 --> 0:11:00.720 It's a bad moment, but I know God has something better. 0:11:01.000 --> 0:11:03.560 I know that door wouldn't have closed if he didn't 0:11:03.600 --> 0:11:05.440 have greater things in my future. 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:07.280 Life happens to us. 0:11:07.320 --> 0:11:12.080 All bad moments are inevitable, but bad days are optionals. 0:11:12.800 --> 0:11:16.320 You get to choose what is gonna be when you 0:11:16.360 --> 0:11:18.800 wake up in the morning. You need to decide ahead 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:21.280 of time that it's going to be a good day. 0:11:22.280 --> 0:11:24.680 You have to set the tone at the start of 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:27.240 the day. Don't wait to see if it's going to 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:29.760 be a good day. Decide it's going to be a 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:33.880 good day. Make up your mind that no matter what happens, 0:11:34.160 --> 0:11:37.520 you're gonna stay in peace, no matter what someone says, 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:41.240 how bad the traffic is. If your children don't do 0:11:41.320 --> 0:11:44.400 what's right, you're not gonna get upset and let that 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:48.120 ruin the day. When you decide ahead of time, you're 0:11:48.120 --> 0:11:52.559 already prepared. Then if bad moments come, it's no big deal. 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:55.320 I'm not giving away my joy. If you have a 0:11:55.360 --> 0:11:59.199 disappointment ten in the morning, something didn't work out, it's 0:11:59.240 --> 0:12:02.120 okay to take a couple hours to process it, to 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:03.080 grieve the loss. 0:12:03.200 --> 0:12:03.840 That's normal. 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:08.360 That bad moment may turn into a bad morning, but 0:12:08.520 --> 0:12:09.719 by noon you. 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:12.760 Need to make the decision. This is over. I am 0:12:12.840 --> 0:12:15.080 done dwelling on it. That's in my past. 0:12:15.200 --> 0:12:18.679 I'm gonna enjoy the rest of this day. Don't let 0:12:18.720 --> 0:12:21.760 it linger to where it ruins the day. You go 0:12:21.840 --> 0:12:26.560 to bed upset, someone offends you. In the afternoon, a. 0:12:26.480 --> 0:12:29.400 Coworker says something harsh. It hurts your feelings. 0:12:29.720 --> 0:12:34.439 The gloom will come, and thoughts of resentment and payback, bitterness. 0:12:34.520 --> 0:12:35.320 We're all human. 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:39.160 Those are natural feelings. You have to take charge and 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:41.479 rule over your emotions. 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:45.760 That was a bad moment. It's supposed to be temporary. 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:49.880 You can't keep thinking about it, dwelling on it, reliving it. 0:12:50.600 --> 0:12:53.760 If you do, it'll turn into a bad evening. You 0:12:53.840 --> 0:12:57.600 go to bed offended, wake up, discourage. Now it's another 0:12:57.640 --> 0:13:00.240 bad day. Before you know it, a bad to we 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:05.160 a bad month. It's changing who you are, taking your joy, 0:13:05.280 --> 0:13:09.400 your peace, your passion. Deal with the bad moments quickly, 0:13:10.200 --> 0:13:14.120 don't let them linger. Don't go to bed thinking about it. 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:17.600 It's not taking your joy. It doesn't have that much power. 0:13:18.160 --> 0:13:22.240 You're giving away your joy. You're letting go of your peace. 0:13:23.040 --> 0:13:25.120 The good news is you can get it back. 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:30.320 You determine your attitude, what you think about your perspective. 0:13:31.280 --> 0:13:34.400 I have a friend that's taking chemotherapy. It's been going 0:13:34.440 --> 0:13:37.080 on for three years and she's lost her hair and 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:39.640 one point lost her voice and had to. 0:13:39.600 --> 0:13:40.840 Take a leave from work. 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:44.160 But every time I see her she has a smile. 0:13:44.640 --> 0:13:47.200 I ask how she's doing joy. Life is good. 0:13:47.679 --> 0:13:51.480 I'm blessed. I'm getting better. Are you back to work yet? 0:13:51.679 --> 0:13:54.880 Not yet. I don't have the stamina, but it's coming. 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:59.520 I'm getting stronger every day. She had a bad moment. 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:03.320 Something she wasn't expecting, but she didn't let it turn 0:14:03.320 --> 0:14:07.320 into a bad day. She had every right to thoughts said, 0:14:07.520 --> 0:14:09.960 this is not fair, look what you've been through. 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:11.320 She could have lived. 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:16.080 Discouraged, complaining, but she's saying, like David, this is the 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:16.559 day the. 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:20.440 Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it. 0:14:21.000 --> 0:14:25.640 This isn't a day to live defeated, offended. Look at 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:28.760 what they did. This is a day the Lord has made. 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:33.120 You're not here by accident. God chose you to be here. 0:14:33.760 --> 0:14:36.480 He woke you up this morning and gave you breath 0:14:36.520 --> 0:14:39.920 to breathe. He could have chosen anyone to be alive 0:14:40.040 --> 0:14:42.120 right now, but he hand pitched you. 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:43.400 Now. 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:47.280 Don't let this day go by without enjoying it. Sure 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:50.160 things are gonna come against us, but you have to 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:51.239 make the decision. 0:14:51.480 --> 0:14:54.360 I will rejoice, I will be glad. 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:59.560 The right attitude is my neighbor's talking about me, spreading rumors. 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:00.000 I can't control. 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:03.840 Oh, I'm gonna enjoy this day. My loved ones dealing 0:15:03.840 --> 0:15:07.080 with an illness. Things are difficult, but I know I 0:15:07.080 --> 0:15:10.240 can do all things through Christ. I'm not gonna endure 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:13.200 the day. I'm gonna enjoy the day. Well, Joel, I 0:15:13.200 --> 0:15:16.520 had a set back in my business. My relationship came 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:19.800 to an end. That was a bad moment. Don't let 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:21.120 it become a bad life. 0:15:21.920 --> 0:15:24.640 When David wrote this song, this is the day, he 0:15:24.720 --> 0:15:26.720 had all kinds of things coming against him. 0:15:27.320 --> 0:15:31.320 Armies attacking people, slandering him, spreading rumors. 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:33.920 King Saul had chased him through the desert. 0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:37.480 His father discounted him, didn't think he was king material. 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:41.600 All these bad moments he could have easily let turn 0:15:41.640 --> 0:15:47.000 into bad days, bad months, bad years, look at David's attitude. 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:50.560 This is the day the Lord has made. He was saying, 0:15:51.000 --> 0:15:54.240 this is not an ordinary day. This is not something 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:56.000 I take for granted and just live. 0:15:56.080 --> 0:16:00.240 However, I feel God made this day. He created me 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:00.880 to be here. 0:16:01.520 --> 0:16:04.960 I have a responsibility to live this day to the 0:16:05.000 --> 0:16:08.560 full all these unfair circumstances. 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:10.080 But it didn't make him sour. 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:14.680 He said, I will rejoice, I will be glad. He 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:17.720 was saying, in effect, when I go to bed at night, 0:16:18.000 --> 0:16:21.520 I will say it's been a good day. My father 0:16:21.640 --> 0:16:24.200 left me out in the fields, didn't believe in me. 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:27.320 But I let that offense go. It's been a good day. 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:31.600 King Saul was trying to kill me throwing spears and 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:34.720 I did nothing wrong. That was a bad moment, but 0:16:34.760 --> 0:16:38.240 I'm not dwelling on it. God's my vindicator. He'll get 0:16:38.280 --> 0:16:40.360 me to where I'm supposed to be. It's been a 0:16:40.520 --> 0:16:44.320 good day. We can't get away from the bad moments. 0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:48.400 My question is are you letting them turn into bad days? 0:16:49.200 --> 0:16:53.520 Are you holding onto them, letting them linger, dwelling on 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:56.960 what didn't work out. Don't go to bed with negative 0:16:57.840 --> 0:17:02.960 moments turn into momentum. What you dwell on gets stronger 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:07.159 and becomes more powerful. David could have been giving energy 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:10.600 to all the bad things, the hurt, the injustice. 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:14.080 But notice what he's giving momentum to. It's the day 0:17:14.119 --> 0:17:15.720 the Lord has made. 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:20.280 He was saying, God is my provider, my protector, my defender. 0:17:20.840 --> 0:17:23.840 I will be glad and enjoy this day. 0:17:24.240 --> 0:17:27.240 When I first started ministering, I was invited to be 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:30.000 on a news program on a local station here in 0:17:30.040 --> 0:17:33.080 town early one Monday morning. Had to be there at 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:35.480 six point thirty and I was already a little tired 0:17:35.520 --> 0:17:38.320 from the Sunday before, and he was cold. 0:17:38.040 --> 0:17:40.000 Outside and raining. 0:17:40.240 --> 0:17:42.679 They told me to park right up front, next to 0:17:42.720 --> 0:17:45.959 the building, in a reserved lot. When I drove up, 0:17:46.080 --> 0:17:48.720 got out of my car, and this lady came over, 0:17:49.240 --> 0:17:50.320 a security guard. 0:17:50.960 --> 0:17:53.639 You would think I had just robbed a bank. She 0:17:53.800 --> 0:17:58.440 started screaming, you cannot park here. What do you think 0:17:58.480 --> 0:18:00.960 you're doing. Get back in your car. 0:18:01.720 --> 0:18:04.280 I looked at her, in a fog still halfway away. 0:18:04.720 --> 0:18:07.560 I said, ma'am, this is where they told me to park. 0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:10.880 She said, they did not tell you right. You need 0:18:10.920 --> 0:18:12.119 to move it right now. 0:18:12.920 --> 0:18:13.360 I had to. 0:18:13.320 --> 0:18:18.000 Remind myself I'm a pastor. My church is across the street. 0:18:19.000 --> 0:18:21.000 I'm here to be on the news. I don't want 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:23.800 to be in the news. I can see the headline. 0:18:23.880 --> 0:18:28.080 Security guard beat up by smiling pastor. I had to 0:18:28.119 --> 0:18:31.600 park in the neighborhood a couple blocks away, running through 0:18:31.600 --> 0:18:34.600 the rain, trying not to get my suit wet. I 0:18:34.600 --> 0:18:36.920 didn't like the way I was treated, but I made 0:18:36.960 --> 0:18:39.240 up my mind. I'm not going to give away my joy. 0:18:39.640 --> 0:18:44.000 I'm not going to give her my peace. Most people 0:18:44.840 --> 0:18:48.760 that are rude, offensive, hearsh, they have issues of their own. 0:18:49.359 --> 0:18:54.040 They're angry, they're bitter, they don't like themselves. Often they'll 0:18:54.080 --> 0:18:57.879 try to dump they're poison on you. If you're not disciplined, 0:18:57.880 --> 0:19:01.159 you'll take the bait. Get up said you try to 0:19:01.320 --> 0:19:04.800 straighten them out. That's a battle you're not supposed to fight. 0:19:05.600 --> 0:19:08.879 If you win, there's no benefit. What did you prove? 0:19:09.600 --> 0:19:11.760 This was at six point thirty in the morning. 0:19:12.200 --> 0:19:15.600 That bad moment had the potential to sour the rest 0:19:15.640 --> 0:19:16.200 of my day. 0:19:16.600 --> 0:19:19.280 But I had the potential to not let that happen. 0:19:19.840 --> 0:19:24.520 Your emotions are either controlled by your circumstances. 0:19:23.840 --> 0:19:28.040 Or your character. You get to choose. Nobody can take 0:19:28.080 --> 0:19:28.600 your joy. 0:19:29.320 --> 0:19:32.359 They can try to bait you into giving it to them. 0:19:32.480 --> 0:19:35.280 If you fall into that trap, the enemy will control 0:19:35.320 --> 0:19:40.200 your life. He'll use people, delays, unfair things to keep 0:19:40.200 --> 0:19:44.959 you upset, offended, worry how many of us are taking debate. 0:19:45.920 --> 0:19:49.240 Sure there will be bad moments, but recognize what it 0:19:49.320 --> 0:19:52.560 is just a moment. You have the power to let 0:19:52.600 --> 0:19:56.879 it stay a moment. You can dismiss it, forgive the wrong, 0:19:57.000 --> 0:20:00.280 and move on. Now it's in your past, there's no 0:20:00.320 --> 0:20:01.520 more power over you. 0:20:01.880 --> 0:20:03.359 Takes up no more energy. 0:20:04.119 --> 0:20:07.720 But if you keep dwelling on it, reliving it, thinking 0:20:07.720 --> 0:20:12.840 about how wrong it was, then you're feeding it, creating momentum. 0:20:13.080 --> 0:20:15.560 Now it becomes bigger and more hurtful. 0:20:16.480 --> 0:20:21.000 The problem is it's taking your emotional energy, energy that 0:20:21.040 --> 0:20:25.000 you need to enjoy your life, love your family, pursue 0:20:25.040 --> 0:20:28.480 your dreams. I went in and I did the program. 0:20:28.560 --> 0:20:32.119 This security officer saw me on the screen. As I 0:20:32.200 --> 0:20:35.560 was leaving, she came running up old pastor ostein. 0:20:35.720 --> 0:20:40.119 I didn't know that was you. I'll watch you every Sunday. 0:20:41.440 --> 0:20:43.399 I thought, you don't ever listen. 0:20:44.560 --> 0:20:47.639 She said, do you have time to pray for me? 0:20:48.080 --> 0:20:49.640 I thought I would if I didn't have to walk 0:20:49.680 --> 0:20:52.119 so far. Let me challenge. 0:20:52.160 --> 0:20:56.399 You don't let the bad moments turn into bad days. 0:20:57.359 --> 0:21:01.080 You can't stop these things from coming. Sometimes it's little 0:21:01.119 --> 0:21:02.720 things that are taking our joy. 0:21:03.400 --> 0:21:05.640 We don't realize that life is flying by. 0:21:06.560 --> 0:21:08.760 What does it matter that the clerk was rude to 0:21:08.800 --> 0:21:11.800 you or that car cut you off in traffic. You're 0:21:11.840 --> 0:21:14.600 never going to see them again. Why would you give 0:21:14.640 --> 0:21:18.439 them your joy? They're not that important to you. Or 0:21:18.480 --> 0:21:21.280 maybe it was something big. You lost, a loved one 0:21:21.800 --> 0:21:25.040 went through a breakup. I know that's painful, but it 0:21:25.080 --> 0:21:28.760 didn't stop your destiny. Take the right amount of time 0:21:28.800 --> 0:21:30.960 to grieve the loss, then move on. 0:21:31.760 --> 0:21:34.840 It's a moment. It's not supposed to be a lifetime. 0:21:35.520 --> 0:21:38.000 If you keep dwelling on it, you're feeding it and 0:21:38.080 --> 0:21:41.280 giving it momentum. And the reason you can't get past 0:21:41.359 --> 0:21:43.560 it is because you're making it stronger. 0:21:44.280 --> 0:21:46.479 Let it go, Learn to reframe it. 0:21:47.400 --> 0:21:50.560 I didn't like when my father suddenly passed in nineteen 0:21:50.640 --> 0:21:53.439 ninety nine, but I thought about the blessed life he 0:21:53.480 --> 0:21:56.080 had lived and all the time that we had together. 0:21:57.000 --> 0:21:59.840 You can choose to see the positive or the negative, 0:22:00.400 --> 0:22:02.840 to focus on what you lost or on what you 0:22:02.920 --> 0:22:06.399 have left to complain about. What went wrong, or to 0:22:06.440 --> 0:22:10.840 thank God for what's gone right. Bad moments are inevitable, 0:22:11.320 --> 0:22:15.040 but bad days are optional. You get to choose how 0:22:15.040 --> 0:22:19.720 do you respond. But sometimes we've learned wrong habits. What 0:22:19.760 --> 0:22:22.840 we've seen modeled growing up when things didn't go right 0:22:23.280 --> 0:22:27.280 was anger and offense and payback and get discouraged. Try 0:22:27.280 --> 0:22:31.879 a new approach when negative things happen. Remind yourself, this 0:22:32.040 --> 0:22:34.399 is just a bad moment. It's not the end of 0:22:34.440 --> 0:22:38.320 my story. It's not going to determine my attitude, my joy. 0:22:38.880 --> 0:22:42.960 You're in control. Process it, learn from it, then give 0:22:43.000 --> 0:22:44.320 it to God and move on. 0:22:45.320 --> 0:22:49.520 You can't control people or control circumstances, but you can 0:22:49.720 --> 0:22:50.480 control you. 0:22:51.520 --> 0:22:54.479 When that lady was rude, I chose to rise above it. 0:22:54.680 --> 0:22:57.960 I chose to stay in peace. When my brother Paul 0:22:58.080 --> 0:22:59.399 showed a picture of our. 0:22:59.280 --> 0:23:03.800 Dog with my face on it, hey called me pastor Fifi. 0:23:04.160 --> 0:23:08.240 I chose to overlook the offense, to return good for evil. 0:23:08.880 --> 0:23:11.600 But the scripture says that's like putting coals of fire 0:23:11.760 --> 0:23:17.520 on them if you haven't seen the picture good. The 0:23:17.600 --> 0:23:21.680 apostle Paul said, Philippians for rejoice in the Lord. 0:23:21.520 --> 0:23:26.439 Always and again. I say, rejoice. What's significant is. 0:23:26.520 --> 0:23:29.600 Paul wrote this from a prison cell where he was 0:23:29.680 --> 0:23:33.320 chained and awaiting trial. Paul had been through all kinds 0:23:33.320 --> 0:23:37.720 of hardships. Anyone knew about bad moments. Anyone had the 0:23:37.840 --> 0:23:39.320 right to be bitter and upset. 0:23:39.440 --> 0:23:41.679 It would have been Paul. He had been. 0:23:41.560 --> 0:23:46.639 Falsely accused, betrayed, He was shipwrecked, spent the night on 0:23:46.680 --> 0:23:50.640 the open sea, bit by poisonous snake. He sat down 0:23:50.760 --> 0:23:53.440 in this prison thought about all he had been through, 0:23:54.000 --> 0:23:56.840 what was the secret of him fulfilling his purpose? 0:23:57.359 --> 0:23:59.000 And wrote these words. 0:23:58.840 --> 0:24:02.240 Rejoice in the Lord Lord always, and in case we 0:24:02.280 --> 0:24:04.840 didn't get it the first time, he said, and again 0:24:05.280 --> 0:24:06.280 I say rejoice. 0:24:07.320 --> 0:24:10.040 He was saying. There will be times that you don't 0:24:10.080 --> 0:24:13.520 feel like it, but people do you wrong. It's not fair. 0:24:14.200 --> 0:24:16.800 That's when you have to dig down deep and say. 0:24:16.640 --> 0:24:20.320 I will rejoice. This is the day the Lord has made. 0:24:20.760 --> 0:24:23.400 I am not going to let this bad moment turn 0:24:23.440 --> 0:24:26.840 into a bad day. One time, Paul and Silas had 0:24:26.880 --> 0:24:30.160 been out ministering and they were attacked and beaten by 0:24:30.200 --> 0:24:33.159 this angry mob. They arrested them and put them in 0:24:33.200 --> 0:24:37.160 the deepest dungeon. Never dreamed they would be there all 0:24:37.200 --> 0:24:40.080 the circumstances said this is a bad day. They were 0:24:40.119 --> 0:24:45.840 bruised and hurting, facing death. Surely they would be complaining, God, 0:24:45.880 --> 0:24:47.119 we were doing your will. 0:24:47.440 --> 0:24:50.639 Why did this happen? Surely they would go to bed saying, 0:24:50.800 --> 0:24:53.680 I'm glad this day is over. It's been a nightmare. 0:24:54.080 --> 0:24:57.840 No. At midnight, the scripture says they were singing praises 0:24:58.200 --> 0:25:01.960 and thanking God, despite being one of the worst days 0:25:01.960 --> 0:25:05.639 of their lives. Before they laid their head down in 0:25:05.720 --> 0:25:07.400 the prison, they were saying. 0:25:07.240 --> 0:25:10.160 In effect, it's been a good day. God. 0:25:10.200 --> 0:25:13.040 We know you're still on the throne. About that time, 0:25:13.080 --> 0:25:16.320 there's a great earthquake. The prison doors flung open, chains 0:25:16.320 --> 0:25:18.880 fell off their feet. They walked out as free men. 0:25:19.560 --> 0:25:22.440 Never would have happened if they'd been focused on the hurt, 0:25:22.800 --> 0:25:25.920 angry at their enemies, reliving the disappointments. 0:25:26.200 --> 0:25:29.600 Let's be like Paul and Silas. Even on the hard days, 0:25:30.119 --> 0:25:33.560 when it's not fair, life throws us a curve. We 0:25:33.600 --> 0:25:34.359 reframe it. 0:25:34.960 --> 0:25:38.760 We remind ourselves God is still in control. We don't 0:25:38.800 --> 0:25:41.840 give away our joy, we don't let go of our peace. 0:25:42.200 --> 0:25:46.119 We rejoice always. Will you make that decision with me? 0:25:46.520 --> 0:25:47.760 No more bad days? 0:25:48.800 --> 0:25:52.240 Life's too short to let our circumstances control us or 0:25:52.520 --> 0:25:55.840 other people determine our moods. You can't control all that 0:25:56.520 --> 0:26:00.679 take control of you, your attitude, your thought. This is 0:26:00.760 --> 0:26:04.120 the day the Lord has made. Now make sure you're 0:26:04.160 --> 0:26:07.960 a good steward of it. Next time something negative happens, 0:26:08.200 --> 0:26:10.680 just remind yourself it's a bad moment. 0:26:11.040 --> 0:26:13.679 It doesn't have to turn into a bad day, a 0:26:13.720 --> 0:26:17.919 bad monk. Don't let it linger, let it go and 0:26:18.000 --> 0:26:18.480 move on. 0:26:19.200 --> 0:26:21.359 When you lay down at night, you need to be 0:26:21.480 --> 0:26:24.520 able to say this was a good day. God, I 0:26:24.640 --> 0:26:28.040 thank you that I'm alive. If you'll do this, you 0:26:28.119 --> 0:26:31.560 may have some bad moments, but I believe and declare 0:26:32.080 --> 0:26:33.240 no more bad days. 0:26:33.560 --> 0:26:34.840 You're going to rise above it. 0:26:35.520 --> 0:26:38.720 Enjoy your life, have peace in the midst of the storm. 0:26:39.280 --> 0:26:39.760 Like Paul. 0:26:39.840 --> 0:26:42.199 God's going to fight your battles and take you to 0:26:42.280 --> 0:26:46.399 the fullness of your destiny. In Jesus's name, And if 0:26:46.440 --> 0:26:50.800 you receive it, can you say amen? I'd like to 0:26:50.800 --> 0:26:53.639 give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of 0:26:53.680 --> 0:26:54.400 your life. 0:26:54.600 --> 0:26:58.199 Would you pray with me? 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