WEBVTT 00:00:00.110 --> 00:00:07.889 Hear the cry in that falling pier just now. Hear 00:00:07.889 --> 00:00:14.169 the cry in that sigh. Perhaps not an audible 00:00:14.169 --> 00:00:20.149 word is spoken, but there's heartache, there's 00:00:20.149 --> 00:00:28.309 sorrow. Wonderful Heavenly Father, give to us 00:00:28.309 --> 00:00:33.689 the simple faith Children know the faith to look 00:00:33.689 --> 00:00:42.509 for miracles upon this earth below. Give us the 00:00:42.509 --> 00:00:45.710 faith to recognize the goodness in each heart. 00:00:45.789 --> 00:00:49.969 Give us the faith to build again when all of 00:00:49.969 --> 00:00:56.009 our hopes and our dreams are all torn apart. 00:00:59.979 --> 00:01:03.719 Give us, Father God, the simple faith that little 00:01:03.719 --> 00:01:07.180 children find, the faith to hope, the faith to 00:01:07.180 --> 00:01:11.840 see that clouds are silver -lined. Please, upon 00:01:11.840 --> 00:01:18.799 the darkest day and in the darkest hour, give 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:26.480 us faith to build again. Hear this simple prayer 00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:33.700 for... Jesus' sake we ask it. Amen. We've been 00:01:33.700 --> 00:01:37.000 having some good heart -to -heart talks lately. 00:01:37.579 --> 00:01:44.920 Just some good practical thinking. Just some 00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:50.859 good down -to -earth analyzing. You know, it's 00:01:50.859 --> 00:01:56.469 something I like preaching now. Oh, when I was 00:01:56.469 --> 00:01:59.609 young and inexperienced, I remember some of those 00:01:59.609 --> 00:02:01.950 days when I first started out in the ministry 00:02:01.950 --> 00:02:09.270 in Idaho. Oh, at least once a week, I would preach 00:02:09.270 --> 00:02:13.169 a sermon on heaven. Oh, my word, nobody ever 00:02:13.169 --> 00:02:17.490 loved to preach on heaven. No preacher living 00:02:17.490 --> 00:02:22.009 ever got such a thrill out of preaching on heaven 00:02:22.009 --> 00:02:26.199 like I did. In the first place, my imagination 00:02:26.199 --> 00:02:30.939 just carried me away. I tell you, I walked those 00:02:30.939 --> 00:02:35.680 streets of gold so many times when I was 14 and 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:40.080 15 and 16 years of age. I could have told you 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:43.560 just exactly what my mansion was going to look 00:02:43.560 --> 00:02:47.439 like. Until by the time I got to be 17, I felt 00:02:47.439 --> 00:02:50.870 like I had already lived in it. Just like that. 00:02:50.909 --> 00:02:53.449 But remember, I was young and inexperienced. 00:02:54.509 --> 00:02:57.930 Then came the hard times and a lot of living 00:02:57.930 --> 00:03:04.270 and a lot of experience. And I will have to admit, 00:03:04.409 --> 00:03:08.610 I haven't preached a sermon on heaven for so 00:03:08.610 --> 00:03:14.289 long that I couldn't really tell you the last 00:03:14.289 --> 00:03:16.210 time I did preach a sermon on heaven because... 00:03:16.860 --> 00:03:20.080 With the experience that I'd gained, I found 00:03:20.080 --> 00:03:22.539 out that there's an awful lot of living that 00:03:22.539 --> 00:03:24.780 has to be done right here on this earth before 00:03:24.780 --> 00:03:27.599 we ever walk those streets of gold and live in 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:31.400 those mansions. And I also had decided there 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:33.340 are a lot of folks who are talking about heaven 00:03:33.340 --> 00:03:36.099 and preaching about heaven who aren't even going 00:03:36.099 --> 00:03:41.039 to heaven. So I'm not preaching about heaven. 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:46.800 I'm working overtime to try to get people. to 00:03:46.800 --> 00:03:51.219 live such lives and get themselves prepared for 00:03:51.219 --> 00:03:53.620 heaven and heaven will take care of itself. It's 00:03:53.620 --> 00:03:56.719 just like that. And that's why these little heart 00:03:56.719 --> 00:04:01.099 -to -heart talks that we're having, maybe they 00:04:01.099 --> 00:04:07.219 are hurting somebody's feelings and you may feel 00:04:07.219 --> 00:04:09.800 I'm a little too hard in some of the things that 00:04:09.800 --> 00:04:15.599 I say. And you've gotten hit right between the 00:04:15.599 --> 00:04:21.019 eyes more than once recently. But if you did, 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:24.680 it's because it's just the thing that you need. 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:31.279 You see, the Christian way is the natural way, 00:04:31.360 --> 00:04:35.379 the normal way of living. And all I'm trying 00:04:35.379 --> 00:04:40.019 to do is to teach you how to live the normal 00:04:40.019 --> 00:04:45.819 way. the way that Jesus intended that men and 00:04:45.819 --> 00:04:47.660 women should live their lives here on earth. 00:04:49.899 --> 00:04:54.680 Most of us are living abnormal lives. I know 00:04:54.680 --> 00:04:57.079 there are those who get the idea that the Christian 00:04:57.079 --> 00:05:02.000 life is the abnormal life. It isn't. If you are 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:06.220 not a Christian, if you are not living according 00:05:06.220 --> 00:05:11.350 to God's principles, and plans, then you are 00:05:11.350 --> 00:05:15.470 the person who is abnormal. And you are living 00:05:15.470 --> 00:05:19.250 an abnormal life. That's the reason you get yourself 00:05:19.250 --> 00:05:22.350 in such a mess. And you blame it on God, blame 00:05:22.350 --> 00:05:25.389 it on everybody else. But if you analyze the 00:05:25.389 --> 00:05:29.129 thing, you are to blame for the mess that you 00:05:29.129 --> 00:05:33.850 have gotten yourself into by being abnormal in 00:05:33.850 --> 00:05:38.540 your living. And it's just like that. Well, sir, 00:05:38.660 --> 00:05:42.779 now let's get down to business. In our recent 00:05:42.779 --> 00:05:48.519 Heart to Heart talks, we have named several things 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:58.420 that must be done to make a perfect day. Just 00:05:58.420 --> 00:06:03.500 for today. And remember, this thing of living 00:06:03.500 --> 00:06:11.589 is just one day at a time. God never did ordain 00:06:11.589 --> 00:06:18.449 that we should go to fortune tellers to try to 00:06:18.449 --> 00:06:22.269 find out what's going to happen tomorrow or next 00:06:22.269 --> 00:06:30.810 week or next year. Oh, no, ma 'am. God was definitely 00:06:30.810 --> 00:06:36.310 against it. You are breaking all of God's rules. 00:06:38.060 --> 00:06:44.379 Seeking to know your future. That's the reason 00:06:44.379 --> 00:06:49.139 you worry. I'm not worried about what happened 00:06:49.139 --> 00:06:54.220 yesterday. Neither am I actually worried about 00:06:54.220 --> 00:06:57.759 what is happening this hour. When I analyze my 00:06:57.759 --> 00:07:03.920 worries, they stem from trying to look into tomorrow 00:07:03.920 --> 00:07:06.439 or the tomorrow after that or six months from 00:07:06.439 --> 00:07:11.089 now. Analyze your own worries and your own fears. 00:07:12.509 --> 00:07:21.389 God's rules for living are one day at a time. 00:07:21.449 --> 00:07:26.110 As thy day, so shall thy strength be. He did 00:07:26.110 --> 00:07:31.449 not promise you strength six months in advance. 00:07:31.829 --> 00:07:37.819 He did not promise you strength one week. in 00:07:37.819 --> 00:07:41.560 advance. He did not promise to supply you with 00:07:41.560 --> 00:07:47.480 strength for three days in advance. As thy day, 00:07:47.720 --> 00:07:53.579 so shall thy strength be. He's promised only 00:07:53.579 --> 00:08:00.519 strength to you one day at a time. And it's just 00:08:00.519 --> 00:08:08.930 like that. A daily rate. The Bible says, one 00:08:08.930 --> 00:08:16.930 day at a time. He will not give you anything 00:08:16.930 --> 00:08:23.430 in advance. Nothing. We've gotten so, you know, 00:08:23.430 --> 00:08:27.250 today that we want everything in advance. We 00:08:27.250 --> 00:08:30.250 want our pay in advance. We want security in 00:08:30.250 --> 00:08:36.860 advance. Everything. We want everything promised 00:08:36.860 --> 00:08:45.879 us and in our hands way in advance. Beloved, 00:08:45.899 --> 00:08:50.240 that's absolutely contrary to God's plan for 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:57.500 living. Just for today, I will try to live through 00:08:57.500 --> 00:09:03.029 this day only. and not tackle my whole life problem 00:09:03.029 --> 00:09:08.769 at once. For I can do some things for 12 hours 00:09:08.769 --> 00:09:13.029 that would appall me if I felt I had to keep 00:09:13.029 --> 00:09:20.830 them up for a lifetime. That's true. Just for 00:09:20.830 --> 00:09:25.889 today, I will be happy. Don't think about being 00:09:25.889 --> 00:09:28.889 happy tomorrow. Don't think about being happy 00:09:28.889 --> 00:09:33.309 next week. Forget it. But wake up in the morning. 00:09:33.889 --> 00:09:38.470 And when you awaken, and I'm the funniest creature, 00:09:38.909 --> 00:09:42.610 I'll have to admit to you that my first thoughts 00:09:42.610 --> 00:09:47.889 when I awaken in the morning are these. I wonder 00:09:47.889 --> 00:09:52.070 what's going to happen today. Every day with 00:09:52.070 --> 00:09:55.230 me is an adventure. And you know, most folk get 00:09:55.230 --> 00:09:58.679 exactly what they look for. I look for adventure 00:09:58.679 --> 00:10:03.220 and God knows I get it. Sometimes I get more 00:10:03.220 --> 00:10:05.480 adventure than I know what to do with. I can't 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:09.360 handle it all. But you see, it makes a wonderful 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:13.179 day. There's never a dull moment with me. Some 00:10:13.179 --> 00:10:16.759 people, you know, live such dull lives, such 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:23.200 uneventful lives. Sometimes I get more in one 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:26.720 day than I know what to do with. And sometimes 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:29.799 I hardly know how to handle it. But I've asked 00:10:29.799 --> 00:10:33.259 for it. Because when I awake in the morning, 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:39.440 my first thoughts, I wonder what's going to happen 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:45.740 today. And something always does. Sure. I've 00:10:45.740 --> 00:10:48.340 come to the conclusion most folk are about as 00:10:48.340 --> 00:10:52.240 happy as they make up their minds to be. If you 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:58.100 wake up in the morning, And you say, just exactly 00:10:58.100 --> 00:11:05.519 what I thought. It's raining. You sit down at 00:11:05.519 --> 00:11:11.840 the breakfast table. I knew it. This coffee is 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:18.159 the vilest coffee. You know something? I think 00:11:18.159 --> 00:11:22.440 that I make the best coffee for breakfast of 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:25.039 anybody in the whole world. And confidentially, 00:11:25.059 --> 00:11:28.980 that's all I can do is to make coffee. But when 00:11:28.980 --> 00:11:32.000 somebody eats breakfast with me, if they don't 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:33.919 say anything about the coffee, I say, isn't this 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:38.279 good coffee? And of course, to be polite, they 00:11:38.279 --> 00:11:44.620 have to say yes. And honestly, I cannot tell 00:11:44.620 --> 00:11:47.879 you whether that coffee is good or not. I don't 00:11:47.879 --> 00:11:50.539 know whether I make good coffee or not. But to 00:11:50.539 --> 00:11:55.470 me... That coffee that I make for breakfast is 00:11:55.470 --> 00:12:00.029 wonderful. I've never had coffee in any restaurant. 00:12:00.110 --> 00:12:03.289 I've never had coffee in any hotel dining room 00:12:03.289 --> 00:12:08.009 that can surpass the coffee that I make for breakfast. 00:12:10.049 --> 00:12:14.889 And really, I don't think it is that good. But 00:12:14.889 --> 00:12:19.710 I try to wake up and start my day so optimistic. 00:12:21.419 --> 00:12:25.639 First, that feeling of adventure. I wonder what's 00:12:25.639 --> 00:12:30.759 going to happen today. Then I make my coffee. 00:12:31.379 --> 00:12:36.919 By that time, you see, my mental attitude is 00:12:36.919 --> 00:12:43.019 so that, oh, that coffee tastes good. That toast 00:12:43.019 --> 00:12:47.700 that I have with my coffee. Of everything that 00:12:47.700 --> 00:12:52.360 I eat in the day. There can be the finest dinner 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:56.940 at night. Yet, nothing is quite as satisfying 00:12:56.940 --> 00:13:03.820 as that piece of toast and that coffee and those 00:13:03.820 --> 00:13:08.039 first moments of every day because I've learned 00:13:08.039 --> 00:13:13.379 that if I start my day out right, the rest of 00:13:13.379 --> 00:13:18.840 the day turns out all right too. But if I start 00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:25.509 my day Stay depressed. If I start my day with 00:13:25.509 --> 00:13:34.970 a mental attitude this again, I wonder what's 00:13:34.970 --> 00:13:42.629 going to happen today. Oh, and I don't always 00:13:42.629 --> 00:13:47.690 feel as peppy as I sound, but I'll tell you. 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:50.399 If I start out with the right mental attitude, 00:13:50.779 --> 00:13:55.340 my pep comes up right with it. That's right. 00:13:56.179 --> 00:14:01.379 Just for today, I'll be happy. Happiness is something 00:14:01.379 --> 00:14:05.220 that comes from within. It's not a matter of 00:14:05.220 --> 00:14:07.740 externals. That's how we get the whole thing 00:14:07.740 --> 00:14:11.879 wrong. We've gotten the cart before the horse. 00:14:12.700 --> 00:14:18.110 We expect. to receive happiness from things that 00:14:18.110 --> 00:14:23.129 are external. That new house will never make 00:14:23.129 --> 00:14:29.289 you happy. If you are unhappy when you awaken 00:14:29.289 --> 00:14:33.009 in the morning in that little apartment, that 00:14:33.009 --> 00:14:35.970 little two -room apartment that you have, if 00:14:35.970 --> 00:14:39.590 you are unhappy when you awaken in the morning 00:14:39.590 --> 00:14:42.409 living in that little two -room apartment, you're 00:14:42.409 --> 00:14:45.440 going to be just as unhappy. When you awaken 00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:51.240 in the morning, living in a 12 -room house, you 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:54.080 can have the yard and all that goes with it. 00:14:55.639 --> 00:15:02.000 Because happiness comes from within and not from 00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:09.039 the external. Know that. Women, you know, feel 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:11.919 like clothes can make such a difference. Listen. 00:15:13.289 --> 00:15:17.409 If you aren't happy in that little dingham dress, 00:15:17.730 --> 00:15:23.029 I'll promise you something. You're not going 00:15:23.029 --> 00:15:30.490 to be happier in a Christian Dior because clothes 00:15:30.490 --> 00:15:37.690 cannot bring you real happiness. Somebody says, 00:15:37.750 --> 00:15:41.350 well, it's my husband. If I could just get rid 00:15:41.350 --> 00:15:45.740 of... this one and exchange them for another. 00:15:47.220 --> 00:15:50.139 It's my husband who brings all this unhappiness 00:15:50.139 --> 00:15:55.379 on me. No, honey. If you wake up in the morning 00:15:55.379 --> 00:16:02.639 and you're unhappy, if you had five husbands 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:06.500 to follow this one, It wouldn't change this matter 00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:10.519 of happiness one bit because real honest -to 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:13.980 -goodness happiness has got to come within you. 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:21.159 You will always be as happy as you have made 00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:25.299 up your mind to be. If you're happier with the 00:16:25.299 --> 00:16:27.679 second one, it's because you've made up your 00:16:27.679 --> 00:16:31.460 mind to be happier with him. And it's like that. 00:16:34.330 --> 00:16:39.370 Don't turn me off. Don't you dare now. Know somebody 00:16:39.370 --> 00:16:40.929 says I don't like what you're saying, but I wouldn't 00:16:40.929 --> 00:16:42.509 turn you off for anything because I want to hear 00:16:42.509 --> 00:16:46.090 what you're going to say next. This is what we 00:16:46.090 --> 00:16:50.850 call in Missouri just good old -fashioned cornbread. 00:16:51.730 --> 00:17:00.090 And we need it. Just for today. Don't think about 00:17:00.090 --> 00:17:05.720 tomorrow or a week. or six months, just for today, 00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:13.059 I will adjust myself to what is and not try to 00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:18.839 adjust everything to my own desires. I will take 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:25.180 my family, my business, myself, my home, those 00:17:25.180 --> 00:17:28.579 with whom I come in contact with, as they come, 00:17:28.839 --> 00:17:37.880 I will sit... myself to them. An awful lot of 00:17:37.880 --> 00:17:41.380 unhappiness is brought about when we try to make 00:17:41.380 --> 00:17:46.359 people over. When we try to adjust other folk 00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:54.079 to ourselves. To what we want them to be. Many 00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:59.180 a woman is trying to adjust her husband to herself. 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:05.480 She's trying to adjust her children to herself. 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:12.759 Don't try to adjust other people to your own 00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:18.460 desires. They have their own personality. You 00:18:18.460 --> 00:18:24.859 fit yourself to them, and you will be happy today.