God wants us to be youthful and active and fruitful. He says in all age, he said,

full of sap, full of life. And so we're to lean upon him. We're to trust on him.

Because God wants us to be godly men and women who rely upon him, lean upon him,

trust in him and know in our heart. He's the source of our energy. He's the source of our strength.

He's the source of our wisdom and he's the source of his will and purpose and plan for our life.

Welcome to In Touch, the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley. Dr. Stanley served the

Lord faithfully for many decades. Maybe you've wondered how you can remain productive and involved

as long as the Lord allows. Today, we'll jump back a few years to a message Dr. Stanley preached in

2008, giving us practical guidance for how to stay young and fruitful all your life.

Well, how do you stay young and fruitful all your life? Do you take a pill? No. Take a drink? No.

Have an exercise plan? That'll make you that way. No. Well, what is it? How do you stay young and

fruitful all your life? Well, a lot of people would like to think they know how, but usually they

go about in the wrong way. It's something they take. They talk to this one and that one and so forth.

But I think the Bible is very clear that that is the will of God for his people and so when somebody

talks to me about retiring and I'm 65 or 75 or whatever and so forth, what I do is I look in the

world of God and say, is that scriptural? And so what I'd like for us to do in this message, I want

us to consider some things, actions and attitudes that will keep you youthful and fruitful all of your

life because I don't believe it's the will of God for somebody to start talking about. I'm so

all of a set in the other and why they can't do this and why they can't do that the Bible is crystal

clear. So I want you to turn if you will to the 90-second song and I want us to read beginning in

this 12 verse and here's some very encouraging words to us no matter who you are and what's going

on in your life. I think the truth is we would all like if we are honest, like to live a long life

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