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Come be a part. Thanks for tuning in. Thank you again for coming out. I like to start with something funny.

He heard about this minister. He parked in a no parking zone downtown in a large city.

He left a note on the windshield and said, Officer, I've circled this block ten times.

If I don't park here, I'm going to miss my appointment. Big letters he wrote, forgive us our trespasses.

Return to his car and he found he had a ticket. Officer had written him a note. It said, Sir, I've circled this block for ten years.

If I don't give you a ticket, I could lose my job. Big letters he wrote, lead us not into temptation.

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 not giving away your joy.

We have opportunities every day to get upset, to go around frustrated, can't find the car keys, traffic is backed up, or maybe somebody was rude to us.

Or what should have taken an hour ended up taking four hours. There will always be something that can sour our day.

If we are going to live in victory, we have to have the right approach to life. I have heard it said, life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond.

Some people are frustrated because they are trying to control the ten percent. They are not going to be happy unless everything goes their way and everybody treats them right. All their plans work out. That is the wrong approach.

You cannot control the traffic, what your neighbor does, or how your boss treats you. All you can control is your own response. That is where the power lies.

Not in trying to control everybody and everything. I hear people say, I would be happy if my spouse treated me better. I would be happy if my boss would move to another planet.

I would be happy if I didn't have to sit in traffic every day, Joel. You are allowing what you can't control to sour your life. You have to change your approach.

The first part of the day, before we get out of bed, we need to make a decision that no matter what comes our way, we are not going to get upset.

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