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