Hi, this is Joel in Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry.

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I like to start with something funny and heard about this man. He was walking up to a country store and there was this little boy sitting on the front porch with a huge dog next to him.

He said, son, does your dog bite? The boy said no sir, my dog doesn't bite. The man reached out to pet him. The dog took about half of his arm off. He said, son, I thought you said your dog didn't bite.

The little boy said, that's not my dog. 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 living joyful. It's easy to let the pressures of life weigh us down. We have traffic to deal with, bills to pay, people that are rude.

If we're not careful, we'll look up and we don't smile as much. We're not as friendly. We never laugh. Never have fun anymore.

We have too much pressure and too much responsibility to enjoy life. But God didn't create you to live with a heaviness.

You're not supposed to go around solemn, serious all the time, burdened down by problems, taking time to laugh, to have fun.

That re-energizes you. It helps keep you in balance. If it's all work, all stress, all dealing with problems, that's going to weigh you down.

You can get so busy raising your children, changing diapers, getting them to school, making sure their homework is done, that you don't enjoy your children.

To all work, no time for playing. Sometimes we think we have to be serious to show that we're responsible. But you can be responsible and good-natured at the same time.

God created you with a sense of humor. You were made to laugh, made to have fun. Have you let the pressures of life weigh you down? Are you always solemn, always serious?

If you don't make this adjustment, not only will you not enjoy your life to the full, but you won't have good relationships.

Nobody wants to be around a grumpy, sour person that pushes people away.

We represent Christ here on this earth. If you're a believer, you need to notify your face. Put a smile on. Be good-natured. Be friendly. Learn to laugh.

The scripture says, a merry heart is like taking a good medicine. Every day you need to take your medicine. Find something that makes you laugh. See the humor in life.

It's one thing I love about Victoria. She laughs all through the day. I can be in another part of the house and I'll hear her laughing. It echoes through the whole house.

Sometimes I'll go in to find out what it was. It wasn't even funny. It was just something small. Most people would ignore it. Not Victoria. She's looking for opportunities to laugh.

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