Always a joy to have you with us. We're praying for you guys. Check out my new book. It's called Power Up, a 21-day action plan to transformative thinking. I think it'll help you think great thoughts and just live a victorious life. You can check it out on the web. It's so great having you with us. Enjoy the podcast.

Well, God bless you. Thank you so much for tuning in today. We love you, and we know God has great things in store for you. God rewards the people that seek after him. That's you, you wouldn't be tuned in today. So thanks for tuning in. If you're ever in our area, come out and see us. I promise you, we'll make you feel right at home. But I like to get started each week with something kind of funny.

And of course, you know these are just jokes. They're not doctrinally correct, so don't write me a letter. Just laugh. But I heard about this lady, she had a heart attack. And on the operating table, she said, God, is this it? And God said, no, you've got 40 more years. So after recovery, she decided to stay in the hospital and have a major face length, liposuction, tummy tuck and more, an extreme makeover. Two months later, when she checked out, she was walking down the street and got hit by a car and killed. She got to heaven and said, God, I thought I had 40 more years. God shook his head and said, I'm sorry, I didn't recognize you.

All right.

Hold up your Bible.

Say it like you mean it.

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. 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 developing a habit of happiness.

Many people don't realize how we approach life, our attitude, our demeanor, our joy, our peace.

Much of this is learned behavior.

These are habits that we have formed throughout the years.

And our mind is just like a computer. How we program

it is how it's going to function. And if we've spent years worrying or getting upset when things

don't go our way, focusing on what's wrong rather than what's right, then these negative

patterns are going to keep us from really enjoying our lives.

And many of the habits that we have today, we learn from our parents or from the people that were around us growing up.

The studies all tell us that negative parents are going to raise negative children.

And if your parents focused on what's wrong, maybe they live stressed out, uptight, discouraged,

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