TERRI: I want to share something with you that Oprah Winfrey,
Steve Harvey, Clint Eastwood, Jerry Seinfeld practice that
comes straight from the Word of God, and it can open
doors in your life, doors of opportunity, like never before.
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TERRI: Hey, I'm Terri Savelle Foy and you're watching Live
Your Dreams. I pray that as you invest in yourself today, you're
captivated and you're catapulted to live your dreams. Let me just
ask you. Do you need doors opened up for you? Doors of
promotion, doors of opportunity, doors of favor, doors of
increase? I believe God has given some key in the Word of
God on how to see those doors open. A lot of times in the
business world and the success world, they talk about the law
of attraction. The law of attraction basically states that
your mind is like a magnet, and whatever gets in your mind and
stays there, you will attract it in your life. This works
positively and negatively. In other words, if you're
constantly thinking about lack, you will attract never having
enough. If you're constantly thinking about sickness, you
will attract poor health. It works positively too. If you're
constantly thinking about abundance and favor and any day
now my breakthrough's coming, you're gonna attract
opportunities. You're gonna attract abundance. In fact,
they've proven that people who come to America from other
countries are three to four times more likely to become
millionaires than those of us who were born here. Why? They
say it's because they have it so programmed in their mind that
America is a land of opportunity, it's a place where
dreams come true, if I could just get to America, I know I'll
be a millionaire. Well, consequently they get here and
walk right to it like a magnet. It's amazing, the law of
attraction. I was reading this story about some doctors in
Texas who did an experiment on arthroscopic knee surgery. What
they did was they assigned patients with worn-out knees one
of three procedures. One they said was scraping out the knee
joint; two was washing out the knee joint; and third was doing
nothing. This is what they did. During the nothing procedure,
they gave the patients anesthesia, completely knocked
them out. They made three little incisions on their knee
as if to insert surgical instruments. Here's the amazing
thing. Two years after surgery, the patients who received the
pretend treatment reported the exact same amount of relief as
those who had received the actual treatment. Isn't that
amazing? So the doctors said they concluded that the brain
expected the knee to improve, so it did. It went back to the law
of attraction, that whatever you focus on, you will attract it in
your life. Proverbs 23:7 says, "As a man thinks in his heart,
so is he." Or one translation says, "So does he become." So
what you think about, you bring about basically. I was reading
even in the business world, the world of psychology, they've
stumbled across a success trait that seems to attract well, and
they call it expressing gratitude. In other words, they
say that when you're grateful for things, you literally
attract more to be grateful for. But the opposite is true. When
you complain, you will attract more to complain about. In other
words, expressing gratitude, that is what they call the law
of attraction in action. Every success trait that I seem to
find that works, it works because it comes straight from
the Word of God. Another thing I read, it was just a story about
this man named Lee Brower who said he was going through such a
hard time in his life. He said he was feeling down, feeling a
little depressed, and he just found this rock. No doubt it was
this big. But he just found this rock, and he thought, "I'm gonna
practice something." He put the rock in his pocket, and he said,
"Every time I reach in my pocket and feel this rock, I'm gonna
make myself express gratitude. I'm just gonna thank the Lord
for what he's done in my life." So every morning he'd get his
change off his dresser, get the rock, put it in his pocket, and
he would just express gratitude. Same at night. He'd empty his
pockets, put the rock back on the dresser, and he'd express
gratitude. One day he was with a friend from South Africa and he
dropped the rock. His friend said, "What is that?" He said,
"It's just basically a reminder for me to just be grateful for
what I already have." He said, "As I started doing this,
miraculous things started happening. My life started
turning around." So this guy from South Africa started
calling it a gratitude rock. He said, "You can call it that if
you want." Two weeks later, his friend went back to South
Africa. He gets an email from him and he said, "My son is
dying of this rare disease. It's a type of hepatitis. Would you
mind sending me three of your gratitude rocks?" This guy said,
"These weren't special rocks. These are just rocks I found off
the street." So he went ahead and did what the guy wanted. He
went out to a stream and he found three pretty rocks he
could find, and he sent them off to South Africa. Four or five
months later, he said he got an email from him saying, "My son
is better. He's doing terrific. But you need to know something.
We've sold over 1,000 rocks at $10 each as gratitude rocks, and
we raised all this money for charity. Thank you very much."
It was the attitude of gratitude. It was expressing
gratitude for what you've already got. I believe that a
grateful heart is a magnet for miracles. It's amazing how
success coaches advise gratitude as one of the greatest
attributes of successful people. So basically you just thought
that your mom telling you to say thank you was all about good
manners, but in fact it's one of the greatest success habits of
dream achievers. I thought this was pretty interesting. Years
ago Oprah Winfrey encouraged her viewers to start keeping a
gratitude journal just to help them recognize blessings and
just appreciate life more. She even said, "Be thankful for what
you have and you'll end up having more. But if you
concentrate on what you don't have, you'll never, ever have
enough." That is so true. Other people, Steve Harvey, he said,
"Gratitude is a powerful process. The only way to move to
the next level is you must show gratitude for where you are. If
you show gratitude, it gets you to where you want to be much
quicker." Will Arnett, an actor, he said the same thing. He said,
"Every single morning I write a gratitude list. I write down ten
things I'm grateful for every day." Clint Eastwood, Jerry
Seinfeld, same thing. I thought that was pretty interesting, but
my point is, this comes straight from the Word of God. Do you
know the Bible says, "Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his
courts with praise." See, I think of it like this. It's like
a gate opener. When you start your prayer time, every day
you're conscious of things to be grateful for, it's like you push
this little gate opener right into the presence of God. When
you just start saying, "Lord, I thank you for what you've
already done. I thank you for what you're about to do in my
life. Thank you, Lord, that I woke up this morning." You have
just entered his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with
praise. You've just pressed that gate opener to welcome the
presence of God. The Bible says be thankful and say so. In other
words, don't just think it; speak it. I want you to learn
how to achieve every dream that God has put in your heart or
that you've put on your vision board, no matter how impossible
it may seem, and I believe the key to growth, increase,
opportunities, favor, I believe it's summed up in two words.
This is the scripture I want you to learn. This is Philippians
4:6-8. It says, "Do not fret or have any anxiety about
anything." That pretty much covers everything, doesn't it?
Then it says this. "But in every circumstance and in everything,
by prayer and petition, definite request, with
thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God."
According to this verse, after you've prayed, you've presented
your vision board, your dreams, your goals, your faith projects,
it says that we're to give thanks as we make our requests
known to God. I believe those two little words, "with
thanksgiving," have more power than we can even realize. That
one simple action can change so much in your life. In fact, when
I began studying this on gratitude and having a grateful
heart, and then you hear people like Oprah Winfrey say, "I
started journaling my gratitude 16 years ago," and she said,
"This is the single most important thing I believe I've
ever done." Oprah Winfrey is worth 2.7 billion dollars, so
when someone says this is the single most important thing I
believe I've ever done, my lightning fast mind says I
believe I'll grab a journal and a pen. But like I said, this
comes from the Word of God. So I began doing this. I began
expressing gratitude. Getting into that habit of every
morning, just writing down a few things that I'm grateful for. I
took a 30-day challenge and just said, "I'm gonna do this every
day for 30 days." Listen to just a few of the things that
happened in that 30-day period. A seven-year dream
that I had to speak at a certain conference came to pass. Think
about that. Seven years I'm praying for this opportunity,
and the month I'm journaling my gratitude, it happened. I got
the invitation. A three-year dream I had to get a certain
book translated in French came to pass in that 30 days. I was
blessed with a $1,500 pair of shoes. My income personally
increased significantly. My daughter, who was believing for
a modeling contract, got the contract during that 30 days. I
was given money for our family vacation. I had the opportunity
to close out Joel Osteen service on Siriusxm with
millions of viewers during this 30 days. Our ministry received
more donations than ever before in that single month. I am
convinced gratitude is a magnet for miracles. When you just
start expressing to the Lord how grateful you are for the little
things and the big things, I believe it opens the door for
God to move in your life. In fact, do you remember the story
of Paul and Silas? They were thrown in that cold, dark prison
cell. They had been beaten. They had shackles around their
ankles. They're in severe pain. The Bible records how in the
midnight hour, here they are in the cold, dark cell, in pain,
and in the midnight hour, they just started lifting their
voices to heaven and praising God. That's what you call a
sacrifice of praise. The Bible says, "Put on the garment of
praise for the spirit of heaviness." That's what they
were doing. They just started praising God loudly, so loud
that the other prisoners began to hear them, the Bible says.
While they're praising God, an earthquake was sent from heaven.
It says the walls began to shake, the earth began to
crumble, the chains fell off their feet, and the prison doors
opened up. You know what that reveals to us? If you need doors
opened up in your life, praise, thanksgiving, gratitude are the
keys. The highest expression of your faith is praise and
thanksgiving. I remember years ago I was believing God to speak
at a certain conference. I'd never spoken there before. They
don't know me. I don't know them. But I Googled the
conference. I put it on my dream board. I just started thanking
the Lord for this opportunity. I had no idea how it's gonna
happen. I would be driving my daughter to school and I would
say, "Cassidy, your mom is the keynote speaker at the Summit."
And she'd say, "Mom, that's amazing!" And I'd say, "Thank
you, Jesus!" It hadn't happened yet, but I was acting as if it
was, because praise and thanksgiving, gratitude to God,
is the highest expression of your faith. I did this over and
over and over. Do you know 11 months later, I got the phone
call. "Would you be the keynote speaker at the Summit?" So the
highest expression of your faith is praise and
thanksgiving. Your gratitude will open doors
of opportunity, favor, breakthrough, and
success like never before. I'll be right back.
ANNOUNCER: A grateful heart is a magnet for miracles,
and you can unlock the chains of bondage from your life and
experience great blessings when you develop a life of gratitude
and praise. That's why Terri is offering you her special
gratitude package today. In the power of gratitude, you'll
discover how power is released that can break barriers and
bring breakthroughs when you develop and express a grateful
heart to God. You'll also get the companion resource, "My
Gratitude Journal." This convenient journal will become a
treasured part of your daily routine as you take account of
God's goodness in your life. Don't delay. Get this special
package offer today and step into the blessings God has
for you. Call or go online to request your copy of
"The Power of Gratitude" along with "My Gratitude
Journal." Call toll-free, 800-795-5597, or visit us
online at terri.com. Discover how the power of gratitude
can dramatically change your life today.
TERRI: We're so excited about our new gratitude
journal. I am convinced when you just start
that habit of just every day being mindful of what you have
to be grateful for, I believe it opens doors in your life that no
man can shut. In fact, I want to share with you real quick
another key about gratitude that can change your life. I've
discovered that expressing gratitude brings restoration. If
you need restoration in your life, maybe a marriage restored,
your health restored, your vision restored, passion for
life restored, maybe years that were stolen from you and you
need some years restored or finances, I believe gratitude is
the key to restoration. In fact, do you remember
the story ... there's an amazing story in
Luke 17 about ten lepers. In this story, Jesus healed
the ten lepers. Before we understand really what
happened, you have to remember that leprosy is a flesh-eating
disease. That means that if you were a leper, people knew. You
could tell. It had eaten away at their flesh. Maybe they had a
nose missing, an ear missing, an elbow missing. You could tell
that they were lepers. The Bible records that the ten lepers that
Jesus healed, they walked away. However, one of them, just one,
came back to Jesus and just said two words: "Thank you." His two
simple words must have meant so much to Jesus that he even
asked, "Where are the other nine?" In other words, are they
not as grateful? Then Jesus went on to say to the one who came
back, he actually said to him, "Get up, go on your way; your
faith has made you whole." Think about that. One out of ten was
grateful. Keep in mind, there is a difference in healing and
wholeness. Healing means that the leprosy stopped eating their
flesh. In other words, you could still tell that they were
lepers. They had the nose missing, the ear missing, the
elbow missing, but the leprosy stopped eating their flesh. But
for the one who came back and said thank you, he was made
whole. Wholeness means the nose grew back, the ear grew back,
the elbow grew back. There were no signs he'd ever been a leper
before. Isn't that amazing? All because of gratitude. All
because he expressed his gratitude to the Lord. I believe
you can get to a place in your life where there are no signs
you've ever lost anything before. In fact, the Amplified
version of that verse says, "Your faith, your trust and
confidence that comes from believing God, has restored
you." That's what Jesus was saying to that leper. So his
gratitude brought restoration. I think we just need to get into
that habit of just saying, "Thank you, Jesus." When
something good happens, don't just say, "That's awesome."
Start practicing, "Thank you, Jesus." Be mindful to express
gratitude. I remember years ago when my daughter was nine years
old, we took her and her best friend to Orlando, Florida. We
got to Orlando, we're gonna go to Disney World, we're checking
in the hotel, we haven't even put the luggage away, and you
can see Disney World out the window. Anyway, Cassidy and her
little best friend, they're over in the corner whispering to each
other. Then all of a sudden they went, "One... two... three." And
they yelled, "Thank you!" And they came and jumped on the bed,
jumped on me and Rodney, and they're hugging us and thanking
us for taking them to Disney World. You better believe I was
like, "Let's go get some mouse ears and some cake." Or forget
the mouse ears; let's just get cake. But I just wanted to
shower them with blessings, with love, with fun, why? Because
they were so grateful, and their gratitude just melted our
hearts. I believe God is the same way, and we see that in the
story with the ten lepers. Because that one was so
grateful, it brought restoration. Years ago we went
through an unfortunate situation that could have been a pretty
big financial setback of $11,000. In fact, my daughter
was gonna go to this college preparatory academy. We'd heard
all this amazing stuff about this school. It prepares them
for excellence and college and things like that. So we thought
we'd go and check it out. Well, the tuition was pretty
expensive. It was $13,500 for one year. In high school. That's
pretty expensive. Well, Cassidy applied for their leadership
scholarship and she got it, and we were so grateful. So that
reduced it $2,500 so it went down to $11,000. Well, I do
exactly what I teach you. I always have a vision board, so I
just printed a picture of the school and I put on there,
$11,000. Every time I had a little bit extra money, I would
put it towards that tuition. I was believing God to pay it all
off in full right at the start. That whole summer before the
school started, Cassidy was in a certain sport, so she went to
practice all summer before the school year started. Something
strange happened, completely caught off guard. We'd never
been through anything like this before. But apparently there was
certain volunteer faculty and one teacher who had very strong
agendas against the Christian girls, I guess, in a particular
sport, the one our daughter was in. Well, we just thought, just
walk in love. Just be nice. But apparently it wasn't gonna
change, and they were set and determined to belittle, to
degrade, to humiliate these girls over and over again. We're
just confused thinking, "What is going on?" Cassidy's an
easygoing kid. She's never been a drama type, thank you, Jesus.
So I kept thinking, "Walk in love. We're gonna learn
something from this. Just be sweet." All of a sudden, parents
that I don't even know were coming up to me in the parking
lot and saying, "I've never met you before or anything, but I
just want you to know that those coaches are so degrading to your
daughter and to those other girls." I was like, "Why? What
is going on?" Well, we just kept walking in love, ignoring it all
summer. Then other students would come up to me. Never even
met me before. And they'd say, "Mrs. Foy, I don't know you or
anything, but I just want you to know they're really being so
rude and so hateful to Cassidy and to these other girls." I was
like, "Why? I don't understand." I've never, ever in Cassidy's
life had to go talk to a principal just to find out
what's going on, so all these parents are meeting with the
principal. They're irate, they're freaking out. Some of
them are threatening to call the news stations, to sue the
school, to meet with the school board and all that, and I'm just
wanting to walk in love and be at peace, but I'm just trying to
figure out what is going on. The principal wasn't going to do
anything about it. We had reached our goal of $11,000. I
sent the tuition in, paid in full, I was so glad it was paid
off. Two weeks into the school year - two weeks, that's all
she'd been there - all of a sudden it got so bad that I was
just going, "Lord, what do we do? We're paying big money to
put her in this environment, and all these people are telling me
how bad it is." I prayed about. I just said, "Lord, are we
supposed to learn from this, or do we need to get out of this
situation?" I felt peace about just quietly getting out of that
school and go to another school. Like I said, other parents were
irate. They were threatening to call the news stations and all
this. We just met with the headmaster, my husband and I,
and we just said, "We do not understand what is going on.
We've never been through anything like this. It breaks
our hearts that we're having to do this, but we're just gonna
quietly withdraw her from the school and go somewhere else.
We just need to get our $11,000 back." The headmaster looked at
me across the table and she said, "It saddens me, but you
signed the contract." I was like, "What do you mean?" She
said, "It breaks my heart, but we've got to keep your $11,000.
You signed the contract." I was devastated. My husband was
irate. I was like, "She's been in school for two weeks. That
$11,000 pays for the whole nine months of school." She said, "I
know. It really saddens me." As she joyfully deposited my check.
I'm telling you, right then we had a choice. We could complain
about what they basically stole from us; after all, it was their
unprofessional attitudes that forced us to leave the school.
We could go to the board like some of the other parents did.
We could demand our money back. We could file a lawsuit like
some people were saying, call the news station, which I would
never do any of that. Or we could turn the whole situation
around and just say, "Lord, this hurts, but your Word says in
Proverbs 6:31 that if the thief be caught, he must pay back
seven times what was stolen." I might add that honestly, Satan
is the thief. Not that school, not those coaches, not that
headmaster. They're not the thieves. The Bible clearly tells
us Satan is a thief who comes to kill, steal, and destroy. And
he'll do it any way he can. I chose, and it was an act of
faith, to trust God's Word that somehow, some way, God was gonna
restore seven times what the thief Satan stole from us. So I
know when you turn your complaints into praise, you can
watch what God will do. I crossed out the $11,000 on that
vision board and I put $77,000. 11 times seven. 77,000. I never
contacted the school and complained. We simply withdrew
her, got her in a different school. It was the favor of God.
God brought the most amazing friends in her life. And I kept
this vision before my eyes consistently. It wasn't
something I did one time. Every day, as I would pray over my
dreams and goals, I would say, "Thank you, Lord, for $77,000
deposited into our savings account." I didn't have a clue
how God was gonna do it. There was no way I could wrap my mind
around trying to figure something like that out. Do you
know I set that $77,000 goal on September 6. By August 16, that
means 11 months later, I had $77,500 from unexpected
additional income deposited into my savings account. In other
words, God went over and above my goal, and it didn't even take
a year. You can't even make this stuff up. I'm telling you, which
would you rather have? $11,000 check refunded with a
disgruntled attitude towards that lousy faculty, or a
grateful, forgiving attitude and $77,500 deposited into your
savings account? I believe that gratitude gives God an
opportunity to show off. I want to encourage you. I want you to
get this series on the power of gratitude. I share stories in
here of how gratitude opens doors in your life, favor,
opportunities; gratitude brings restoration. Gratitude actually
stops the attack on your life. When Satan's trying to attack
you and it feels like all hell has come against you, do you
know that when you start praising God for what you
already have, you start praising God ... in fact, I heard someone
say one time, "Don't look at everything you've lost; look at
what you've got left and start thanking God for it." When you
do that, it's like putting Satan on a leash where he's looking at
you like, "I'd come at you if I could but I can't because I'm
restrained." That's what your praise and gratefulness does. It
actually confuses the enemy. This series will talk about how
gratitude actually gives you strength. When you lose
ambition, you lose that desire, that discipline to go after your
dreams, gratitude actually strengthens you. It's amazing,
all the benefits. But I do want to give you this challenge. I
want you to get this special package, "The Power of
Gratitude," and this gratitude journal. This is the challenge I
want to give you. As soon as this arrives, I want you to take
a 30-day challenge. I've done this, my team has done this, and
we've received the most amazing testimonies from people all over
the world. Number one: For 30 days, don't complain. About
anything. And you're gonna be amazed how much we tend to
complain and we don't even realize it. Don't complain about
the weather, about your body, your hair, how tired you are,
how you slept, how hungry you are. No complaining for 30 days.
Number two: Journal your gratitude for 30 days, and I'm
telling you you are gonna be amazed at what God will do in
your life. So get this special package, and as soon as it
arrives, take that 30 day challenge with me. The Bible
says, "Be thankful and say so." So no complaining, and journal
your gratitude. Let me close out with this scripture: 1
Thessalonians 5:18. It says, "In everything, give thanks, for
this is the will of God in Christ Jesus." So complaining
opens the door to the enemy; gratefulness opens the door for
God to work in your life. And I always like to say, don't look
at the years you've lost; look at the years you've got left and
start living your dreams. I believe God is ready to open
some massive doors in your life, and it just
takes that little tweak of no complaining and
be grateful. Thank you so much for watching.
ANNOUNCER: A grateful heart is a magnet for miracles,
and you can unlock the chains of bondage from your life and
experience great blessings when you develop a life of gratitude
and praise. That's why Terri is offering you her special
gratitude package today. In the power of gratitude, you'll
discover how power is released that can break barriers and
bring breakthroughs when you develop and express a grateful
heart to God. You'll also get the companion resource, "My
Gratitude Journal." This convenient journal will become a
treasured part of your daily routine as you take account of
God's goodness in your life. Don't delay. Get this special
package offer today and step into the blessings God has
for you. Call or go online to request your copy of
"The Power of Gratitude" along with "My Gratitude
Journal." Call toll-free, 800-795-5597, or visit us
online at terri.com. Discover how the power of gratitude
can dramatically change your life today.
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