Sunday, April 14, 2019

A Fresh New Attitude

Pastor Joel at Lakewood Church



  1. Your attitude can have a greater impact on your success than your IQ. If you don’ have the right attitude, then you may be stopped from rising higher.
  2. Work on the inside.
    1. We spend a lot of time and money making sure we look good on the outside
    2. nice clothes, a pretty face, and good makeup can’t hide an ugly inside.
      1. Pastor Joel had a crush on a pretty girl. When he finally got the nerve to talk to her she had a bad attitude and he never
  3. Put on a new attitude
    1. Colossians 3:12-14
      1. So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you. And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It’s your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it.
    2. A resume describes a person’s qualifications but interviews are scheduled to learn about the person’s attitude.
  4. You attitude will determine your aptitude.
    1. Live nose up
      1. The attitude indicator (AI), formerly known as the gyro horizon or artificial horizon, is a flight instrument that informs the pilot of the aircraft orientation relative to Earth's horizon, and gives an immediate indication of the smallest orientation change…Attitude indicators are also used on manned spacecraft and are called Flight Director Attitude Indicators (FDAI), where they indicate the craft's yaw angle (nose left or right), pitch (nose up or down), roll, and orbit relative to a fixed-space inertial reference frame from an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU).
        1. We can all control our attitude.
        2. You have to have a good attitude on purpose.
      2. Small tweaks can cause a huge difference.
    2. Isaiah 61:3
      1. To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
      2. If you wear the same clothes everyday you’ll develop an odor and no one will want to be around you. So you have to put on a fresh new attitude daily.
    3. Ephesians 4:23
      1. You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
  5. Examples
    1. Joseph (Genesis 37)
      1. Joseph’s prestigious position, his riches, his relationship with the high level society had corrupted neither his character nor his integrity. He remained faithful to God regardless of the season where he found himself. Either as a privileged son, Potiphar’s slave, a prisoner or the Prime Minister of Egypt, we can recognize this godly man by his blameless attitude. When facing injustice, Joseph demonstrates grace and walks the second mile. Not only, does he reassure his brothers of his good intentions towards them but in addition, he commits himself to take care of their families and lets God be his judge. What was supposed to destroy and discourage Joseph, has actually initiated his journey towards his destiny.
    2. Dirty Laundry
      1. A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hanging the wash outside.“That laundry is not very clean,” she said. “She doesn’t know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap.”Her husband looked on, but remained silent.Every time her neighbor would hang her wash to dry, the young woman would make the same comments.About one month later, the woman was surprised to see nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband: “Look, she has learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her this?”The husband said, “I got up early this morning and cleaned our windows.”And so it is with life. What we see when watching others depends on the purity of the window through which we look.
        1. Titus 1:15
          1. To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted.
  6. Make up your mind to enjoy this day.
    1. Matthew 5:45
      1. that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
    2. Job
      1. Job 19:25
        1. I know that my redeemer[a] lives,and that in the end he will stand on the earth
    3. Eagles
      1. Their prey items include waterfowl and small mammals like squirrels, prairie dogs, raccoons and rabbits. Bald eagles are opportunistic predators meaning that in addition to hunting for live prey, they will steal from other animals (primarily from other eagles or smaller fish eating birds) or scavenge on carrion.
      2. Isaiah 40:31
        1. …but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
    4. Unclog Your Heart
      1. A large clot can partially or completely block the flow of blood through the artery (NHLBI, 2012b). If treatment isn't done immediately after a heart attack, many patients will need to undergo coronary angioplasty or coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) later to improve blood supply to the heart muscle. 
        1. Proverbs 4:23
          1. Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

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