When we wake up in the morning we get to choose how we're going to live that day we
can choose to live in faith happy expecting favor or we can choose to live discouraged
defeated focused on our problems happiness doesn't automatically happen it's a choice we have to make
you can't wait to see what kind of day it's going to be you have to decide what kind of day is going
to be first thing in the morning you need to make up your mind I'm going to live this day happy
I'm going to see the good I'm going to be grateful I'm going to love my family I'm going
to enjoy this day if you don't decide how you're going to live circumstances will decide for you
you'll see every problem how it's not going to work out you'll think I don't feel like going
to work this traffic's so bad I never get any good breaks when you dwell on those thoughts
you may not realize it but you're choosing to live discouraged you're choosing to have a lousy
day the scripture says joy comes in the morning every morning God sends you a fresh supply of joy
you can dismiss it think that's not for me I have too much coming against me or you can receive it
and say things may not be perfect in my life but I know God's on the throne he's ordering my steps
his plans for me are for good so I'm going to enjoy this day decide to be happy
that's number one everybody listening to this watching by tv make a decision today
I am going to be happy and I'm not going to wait to have some great thing happening to me
I am deciding that I am not going to waste one more day of my life being sad and sour
Psalm 5:11 says let those who love your name be joyful in you and be in high spirits
so we're supposed to be in a really good mood like high spirits well I just don't feel very happy
well your greatest privilege as a believer is you don't have to live by how you feel
you can live by what you know in Psalm 118:24 this is the day which the Lord has made
we will rejoice and be glad in it if you're going to be happy you have to be happy on purpose
because there will be people betrayals delays all kinds of things that can cause you to live sour
you have to put your foot down and say that's it
I'm not letting other people steal my joy I'm not letting what's not working out cause me to be sour
not letting this problem at work keep me from enjoying my life I will rejoice I will be glad
I will live this day happy see your will is more powerful than how you feel don't wait to feel
happy before you decide to be happy you have to decide first then the happiness will come
I can be full of hope any day that I want to be full of hope and so can
you I can't always make my circumstances line up with what I would like them to be
but I can hope that good things are on their way I can hope which is believing that something good
is going to happen every morning you need to say to yourself I'm happy I'm grateful I'm blessed
you can't receive happiness if you're thinking sadness joy is coming every morning some people
have been bypassing it year after year because of their thoughts you will live happier if you'll
start thinking happier it's easy to get up and think yourself sad think yourself into self-pity
why did I come down with this illness my friends are all married why am I still single
these people at work are not treating me right this is not fair you're thinking yourself defeated
you have to change what you're thinking yes I came down with this illness but father I want to thank
you that you're restoring health back unto me that I will live and not die that my best days
are still in front of me yes these people at work are not treating me right but I'm not a victim
I know I'm a victor God you're my vindicator you said you would always cause me to triumph
happy thoughts are God I'm grateful to be alive I'm excited about my future I believe you're
taking me from glory to glory that I haven't seen or imagined the great things you have in store
when you think happy thoughts it not only lifts your spirit but that attitude
of faith is what allows God to do amazing things you're as happy as you choose to be
if you're unhappy you can't blame anybody for your unhappiness because happiness is a choice
you don't go looking for happiness you create it it is the byproduct of right thinking and right
acting happiness is not dependent on what's going on around you it's dependent on what's going on in
you what kind of thoughts are you thinking I'll never get well I've had this too long you're
thinking yourself discouraged I can't break this addiction it's been in my family for years you're
thinking yourself limited I can't be happy Joel I've been through a lot of loss a lot of heartache
that's not how your story ends here's a key you have to give yourself permission to be happy
sometimes we bought into the lie that we're not supposed to be happy we've been through too much
we've made too many mistakes if we're happy people may not understand can I tell you you're supposed
to be happy God created you to enjoy your life to laugh to smile happiness starts on the inside
give God something to work with when I stand here today and say the bible says that God has a good
plan for your life something happens there's something about that word of God that
touches something deep on the inside of you and there's just a little no matter how
negative your life has been there's a little tiny spark of hope can that really be for me
and when you begin to claim it as your own
and you begin to think like this if anything good can happen to anybody it can happen to me
sooner or later you got got to get tired of being on the outside looking in and decide it's for me
you and I are not here by accident God could have chosen anyone to be alive today there
are billions of people that have lived and died but God handpicked you to be here at this time
he woke you up this morning he gave you strength to get out of bed he's crowned you with favor
he put seeds of greatness in you he calls you more than a conqueror the head and not the tail
one way we honor God is by living happy he didn't create you to drag through the day overcome by
problems discouraged by disappointments this day is a gift from God we should feel a responsibility
to live it in faith happy joyful good nature once this day is over we can never get it back we don't
have time to waste another minute being negative discouraged focused on what didn't work out
complaining over who did us wrong get your joy back if we really understood how valuable each day
is I think we would live it happier it's easier to take it for granted just get up go through the
motions deal with the challenges and the day is gone but if you'll have a new perspective
and start seeing every day as your best day then you won't let the little things upset you you'll
take time to enjoy the people God's given you to love when Paul came to the end of his life
he said I want to finish my course with joy we're all going to go to be with the Lord at some point
I don't want to go discouraged feeling like a victim look what I've been through why did this
happen let's go full of joy seeing each day as the best day getting up each morning and choosing
to be happy when you go to work everyone may be complaining discouraged talking defeat don't fall
into that trap stay full of joy keep a smile on your face keep thinking happy thoughts this world
needs more happy people we need more joy in the world there's so much sadness gloom and despair
if we're not careful we'll let what's happening around us get in us that's why every morning
you have to choose to be happy not I feel but I will rejoice I will enjoy this day I will be happy