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Apples of Gold
Radio Script for June 23, 2009
“Are You Feeling Down and Out Today?”
Hello, I’m Doug Apple…with Apples of Gold.
Are you feeling down and out today?
Well you are never down and out as long as you can think.
Because if you can think, you can learn.
If you are learning, then you are moving forward.
If you are moving forward, then you’re not down and out.
I met a man recently named Simon T. Bailey. He is a speaker and author and founder of The Brilliance Institute.
Now what kind of man would you expect to find at The Brilliance Institute?
A college dropout? A minimum wage worker? A man who lives in the junkiest part of town?
Well that’s where he was. He was.
He said his parents sent him to college, but then almost immediately ran out of money. They said they couldn’t even afford to bring him home. So he scraped by in dreadful, poverty conditions.
If anyone was ever down and out, it was Simon.
And he knew it.
Of course it’s hard to miss when you’re down and out. It’s like you can’t get a break. And that’s all you need, isn’t it? One lucky break. Just one person to come along and save you.
That’s kind of what Simon was waiting for – for something to give, something to break open. Meanwhile he lived in what many would call squalor.
So how do you go from squalor to international speaker? Well it started with thinking.
Remember, you’re never down and out as long as you can think.
Because if you can think, you can learn.
If you are learning, then you are moving forward.
If you are moving forward, then you’re not down and out.
So Simon began to think about his situation.
And listen to this. When you think, you end up with what I call “breakthrough thoughts.”
One of Simon’s breakthrough thoughts was that, “Hey, no one is going to come along and do this for me. If my life is going to improve, I have to take control and make it improve.”
He started at the bottom, but he started thinking. As he thought, he learned; and as he learned, he moved forward.
“But Doug, I’m just waiting on the Lord.”
Well the Lord has already given you a brain and he wants you to use it.
In fact, God has given us a world full of raw materials, and he wants us to use our brains to figure out what to do with them.
So think. Think. Think until you have some breakthrough thoughts.
Ponder things. Roll them over in your mind – not to obsess about them but to gain insight.
Look at Proverbs 24:32. “I applied my heart to what I observed…”
The King James says, “Then I saw, and considered it well…”
The New American Standard says, “When I saw, I reflected upon it…”
It means that you do more than observe. You think about it. You think of the various angles. You think how it got there in the first place. You think of where it’s headed. You think of how it can be improved.
So do you think you are down and out? Then closely observe your situation. Consider it well.
Here’s the entire verse of Proverbs 24:32 – “I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw…”
So look hard at your situation – and learn a lesson from what you see.
That’s what Simon T. Bailey did. He looked at his situation, and learned from what he saw. He thought about it until he had a breakthrough thought. Then he took action and was able to rise from squalor to success.
So, do you feel like you are down and out today?
Well you’re never down and out as long as you can think.
And if you can think, you can learn.
And if you are learning, then you are moving forward.
So look at your situation and think about it. Think until you have at least one breakthrough thought.
Then take action!
Comments?
E-mail me: dougapple@wave94.com.
May God bless you today! With Apples of Gold…I’m Doug Apple.
Here is Simon T. Bailey’s website: www.simontbailey.com
© 2009 The Arrow’s Tip
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Why “The Arrow’s Tip”? Each morning, after diligently seeking the Lord, I write Apples of Gold. Then before I release it to the public I pray one final prayer, “Lord, send forth your arrows.” I envision Apples of Gold as arrows, tips dipped in the river of the water of life that flows from the throne of God (Rev. 22:1), sailing toward the hearts and minds of men and women around the world.
Doug Apple
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