God doesn't want you living in the past. He wants you living in the present and having

a great imagination about the future, not the past. People who live in the past don't

accomplish much. People who live in the past die early. People who live in the past are

not happy. And even if good things happen in the past, you can't live in the past. He

says, we're to bear fruit in old age. And he says, cast all your cares upon him. If I

cast it on him, I don't have to carry it. A staggering amount of money is spent each

year by people who are trying to maintain youth and beauty. But these products and services

are obviously not the real way to stay young. Today on In Touch, the teaching ministry of

Dr. Charles Stanley, we go back to a message from 2008 that carries timeless truth. Stay

with us to hear the key ingredients to staying young and fruitful all your life.

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. It's

all about your choices and it's all about discipline. If you're not one of the practice

discipline, life you're not going to get anything done anyway. But here are some suggestions

that I know works. Now if I were 35 years of age and told you this, you'd say, I don't

believe that. But when you're my age, you better listen. Because I know that this is true.

So we're talking about being youthful and fruitful even in old age. So what is the first

thing? Simple of this. And that is you've got to keep learning. If you don't keep learning,

here's what happens. If you cease to learn, you begin to age. There's something about

stimulating your mind, something about reading and something about listening and something

about learning to do new things. And when you think about the age in which you and I live

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