ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM
IS PAID FOR BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS
OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: IN CHRIST, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE MAD AT YOURSELF
OR FEEL GUILTY AND CONDEMNED BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT
FULLY COMPLETELY WHAT YOU OUGHT TO BE YET.
MATTER OF FACT, THE MORE GUILT AND CONDEMNATION YOU DRAG AROUND
WITH YOU, THE LESS LIKELY YOU ARE TO KEEP CHANGING.
ANNOUNCER: WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE TRUST IS DIFFICULT TO GAIN
AND EASILY BROKEN, YET WE ALL NEED A SAFE PLACE WHERE WE
CAN TRUST FEARLESSLY.
COME, CONNECT WITH THE ONE WHO WON'T LET YOU DOWN, WHOSE
LOVE FOR YOU NEVER EVER FAILS.
AT THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE,
FEATURING JOYCE MEYER AND HER GUESTS: JOEL OSTEEN,
JOHN GRAY, MICHAEL W. SMITH, CHRIS TOMLIN, CECE WINANS
RUTH GRAHAM, AND DAVE MEYER.
JOYCE: YOU WANNA REALLY MAKE THE DEVIL MAD?
TRUST GOD AND ENJOY YOUR LIFE WHILE GOD IS SOLVING
YOUR PROBLEM.
JOEL: SO QUIT TRYING TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT AND SAY,
"GOD, I'M GONNA TAKE THE LIMITS OFF OF YOU.
I KNOW ONE TOUCH OF YOUR FAVOR CAN GET ME
TO WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE."
ANNOUNCER: EARLY BIRD PRICING ENDS MAY 31 SO REGISTER TODAY.
THE 2017 LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: TONIGHT, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS
OF CHANGE.
HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO HAVE A CHANGE IN SOME AREA
OF YOUR LIFE?
OKAY, WELL, I NEED TO BACK UP AND ASK ANOTHER QUESTION FIRST,
HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOURSELF?
YOU KNOW, USUALLY WE HAVE TO CHANGE
BEFORE OUR CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE, DID YOU KNOW THAT?
DID YOU KNOW THAT?
USUALLY WE HAVE TO CHANGE AND MANY TIMES GOD'S USING
OUR CIRCUMSTANCES TO DRIVE US TO HIM TO FINALLY GET
OPEN ENOUGH TO LET HIM DO WHAT HE WANTS TO DO
IN OUR LIVES.
I THINK BEFORE WE WILL REALLY LET GOD TAKE OVER,
WE HAVE TO COME TO THE END OF OURSELVES AND THAT TAKES
A WHILE BECAUSE WE'RE PRETTY STRONG, AND SOME OF US
IT TAKES LONGER THAN OTHERS BECAUSE WE WANT TO DO IT.
WE'VE GOT GOOD IDEAS, EVEN FOR GOD.
AMEN?
"WELL NOW, GOD, YOU COULD DO THIS."
HAVE YOU EVER DONE THAT.
"WELL GOD, YOU COULD DO THIS."
LIKE HE REALLY NEEDS OUR ADVICE.
THAT'S PRETTY SILLY, RIGHT?
BUT THE WORD "CHANGE" MEANS TO TRANSFORM, TO CHANGE
THE NATURE, THE FUNCTION, OR THE CONDITION
OF, OR TO CONVERT.
NOW, YOU KNOW, NEW BELIEVERS ARE OFTEN CALLED NEW CONVERTS
BECAUSE IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST, HE IS CHANGED.
SOMETHING WONDERFULLY AMAZING HAPPENS TO HIM ON THE INSIDE.
HE DOESN'T LOOK ANY DIFFERENT.
IF HE WAS OVERWEIGHT, HE'S STILL OVER.
IF HE WAS BALD, HE'S STILL BALD.
HE DOESN'T LOOK ANY DIFFERENT AND MOST OF THE TIME DAY ONE
DOESN'T ACT THAT MUCH DIFFERENT.
HE MIGHT BE A LITTLE HAPPIER AND HAVE A LITTLE MORE PEACE
AND, BUT WE STILL SEE SOME OF THE SAME ISSUES.
WELL, IF WE'RE NEW CREATURES, HOW AND WHY DO WE STILL ACT
IN OLD WAYS?
IT'S SO SIMPLE WHEN WE SEE IT, IT'S JUST BECAUSE WHAT GOD
HAS DONE IN US, BY HIS GRACE AND MERCY, TOTALLY IS A GIFT
TO US THAT WE RECEIVE ONLY BY FAITH.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT GOD DOES FOR US AT THE NEW BIRTH THAT WE
CAN EVER EARN OR DESERVE.
NOW, I HAD AN IDEA WHEN I WAS STUDYING FOR THIS.
THIS IS A CONVERTER AND IF YOU EVER TRAVEL OUT OF THE COUNTRY,
YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THESE ARE BECAUSE IF I DON'T HAVE
ONE OF THESE WHEN I GO OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND I
WOULD TAKE MY FLAT IRON AND PLUG IT TOO THE WALL,
IT WOULD FRY IT.
SO, WE'RE GONNA PRETEND LIKE THE POWER IN THE WALL IS GOD.
NOW, IF I WOULD JUST GO IN MY OWN CONDITION AND TRY
TO PLUG INTO GOD WITHOUT GOING THROUGH CHRIST,
GOD'S HOLINESS AND MY UNHOLINESS WOULD HAVE A COLLISION AND WE
LITERALLY COULD NOT SURVIVE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
SO CHRIST BECOMES OUR CONVERTER AND HE'S PLUGGED INTO GOD
BECAUSE HE DID EVERYTHING JUST RIGHT, AND THEN WE COME
AND WE PLUG INTO HIM, AND THEN THROUGH HIM,
WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH GOD BUT ONLY THROUGH HIM.
AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I'M NOT GOING OUT OF THE COUNTRY HERE
IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WITHOUT MY BOX FULL
OF CONVERTERS AND I WANNA ENCOURAGE, YOU TO ALWAYS STAY
PLUGGED INTO YOUR CONVERTER, WHICH IS JESUS CHRIST BECAUSE
THROUGH HIM, YOU CAN GO TO GOD, KNOW THAT YOU'RE RIGHTEOUS
THROUGH HIM.
IN HIS NAME YOU CAN COME AND PRAY AND ASK FOR ANYTHING
BECAUSE THE GOOD NEWS IS IS WHATEVER WE'RE NOT,
JESUS IS IN OUR PLACE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I EVEN I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN EVEN PRAY
ONE PERFECT PRAYER.
WE PROBABLY CAN'T EVEN PRAY A PRAYER THAT GOD COULD RECEIVE
AND ANSWER IF WE DIDN'T GO IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
BUT WHEN WE GO IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WHATEVER I DIDN'T SAY
RIGHT, JESUS TAKES IT AND FIXES IT UP BEFORE IT'S PRESENTED
TO THE FATHER, AND THEN IT JUST SOUNDS
LIKE THIS PERFECT PRAYER THAT HE'S ALL HAPPY TO ANSWER.
STAY PLUGGED IN.
WORST THING IN THE WORLD YOU CAN DO IS GET UNPLUGGED.
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU START RUNNING OUT OF POWER, YOU NEED
TO JUST GO DO WHAT YOU CAN DO TO YOUR BATTERY,
PLUG IN FOR A WHILE.
IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST, HE'S A NEW CREATURE.
WHEN HE'S CONVERTED, HE BECOMES A NEW CREATURE ON THE INSIDE.
LET'S LOOK AT 1 JOHN CHAPTER 3, VERSE 9,
"NO ONE BORN OR BEGOTTEN OF GOD DELIBERATELY,
KNOWINGLY, AND HABITUALLY PRACTICES SIN."
NOW, IT DOESN'T SAY HE CAN'T SIN.
IT DOESN'T EVEN SAY THAT HE DOESN'T SIN, IT SAYS THAT HE
DOES NOT DELIBERATELY, KNOWINGLY, HABITUALLY
PRACTICE SIN.
IN OTHER WORDS, ANYONE WHO'S BORN OF GOD, IF YOU'RE
TRULY BORN AGAIN, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME KIND OF CHANGE.
AMEN?
AND THERE SHOULD BE CONTINUAL CHANGE AS WE GO ALONG.
THE PATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS GROWS BRIGHTER AND BRIGHTER EVERY DAY.
WE ARE CHANGED INTO HIS IMAGE FROM GLORY TO GLORY.
WE'RE IN A PROCESS OF BEING CHANGED AND GOD IS NOT UPSET
THAT WE HAVE NOT ARRIVED.
NONE OF US HAVE ARRIVED.
THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID, "I HAVE NOT ARRIVED,
BUT ONE THING I DO, I PRESS ON."
IN CHRIST, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE MAD AT YOURSELF OR FEEL GUILTY
AND CONDEMNED BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT FULLY COMPLETELY
WHAT YOU OUGHT TO BE YET.
MATTER OF FACT, THE MORE GUILT AND CONDEMNATION YOU DRAG AROUND
WITH YOU, THE LESS LIKELY YOU ARE TO KEEP CHANGING.
FOCUSING ON WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU JUST REDOUBLES
THE STRENGTH OF THAT PROBLEM.
WHY DOES HE NOT DELIBERATELY, KNOWINGLY, AND HABITUALLY
PRACTICE SIN?
BECAUSE GOD'S NATURE ABIDES IN HIM.
EVERYBODY SAY, "GOD'S NATURE IS IN ME."
I WANT YOU TO JUST THINK ABOUT THIS A MINUTE.
SAY, "I'M GOD'S HOUSE."
NOW, JUST CLOSE YOUR LITTLE PEEPERS THERE
FOR A MINUTE AND SAY THIS AND THINK ABOUT IT.
"GOD LIVES IN ME."
WHOO.
THINK ABOUT IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN.
IT DOESN'T MEAN, ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN?
"OH YEAH, I GO TO CHURCH."
I MEAN, THERE'S SO MUCH TO THIS THAN JUST A SUNDAY MORNING,
45-MINUTE TRIP TO CHURCH WHERE WE CAN'T HARDLY WAIT TO GET OUT.
THAT IS NOT FULL-ON CHRISTIANITY.
AMEN?
YOU ARE THE HOME OF GOD, AND EVERYWHERE YOU GO
AND EVERYWHERE I GO, WE ARE SUPPOSED
TO REPRESENT HIM.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE ARE GOD'S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES
AND THAT HE IS MAKING HIS APPEAL TO THE WORLD THROUGH US.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, WE NEED MORE THAN A BUMPER STICKER.
WE NEED GOOD FRUIT AND ALL THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
IS IN YOU AT THE NEW BIRTH.
IT'S ALL THERE.
WHEN YOU RECEIVE CHRIST, YOU ALSO RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT.
FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT LIVES IN YOU.
GOD LIVES IN TWO PLACES, HIS THRONE IN HEAVEN,
BUT HE ALSO LIVES IN HIS HOUSE HERE ON EARTH,
WHICH IS US.
HE LIVES US INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY AS A BODY.
AND JUST THINK ABOUT THIS, "WHERE TWO OR THREE ARE GATHERED
IN MY NAME, THERE I AM IN THE MIDST OF YOU."
WE ARE NOT JUST A BUNCH OF PEOPLE
GATHERED HERE TONIGHT HEARING A GOOD SPEAKER.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WOW, GOD'S NATURE ABIDES IN US.
AND I LOVE THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE, IT'S KIND OF BLUNT LIKE I AM.
AND IT SAYS, "GOD'S NATURE ABIDES IN HIM, HIS PRINCIPLE
OF LIFE, THE DIVINE SPERM REMAINS PERMANENTLY WITHIN HIM
AND HE CANNOT PRACTICE SINNING."
DOESN'T SAY HE DOESN'T SIN, BUT HE CANNOT PRACTICE SINNING
BECAUSE HE IS BORN AND BEGOTTEN OF GOD.
NOW, WHY CAN YOU NOT JUST GO AHEAD AND BE
JUST A FULL-ON SINNER--NOW, I MEAN IF YOU'RE
TRULY BORN AGAIN?
I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT YOU SAID A SINNER'S PRAYER
AND NOTHING CHANGED.
I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU THREW YOURSELF ON THE MERCY OF GOD,
YOU ADMITTED THAT YOU WERE A SINNER, YOU ASKED CHRIST
TO COME INTO YOUR LIFE, AND YOU REALLY ARE WORKING
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT TOWARD POSITIVE CHANGE
IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU'VE NOT ARRIVED.
YOU STILL GOT LOT OF ISSUES.
YOU STILL GOT LOTS OF BAGGAGE, BUT IF YOU REALLY LOOK BACK,
ALTHOUGH YOU'RE NOT WHERE YOU NEED TO BE, THANK GOD YOU'RE NOT
WHERE YOU USED TO BE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, LET ME SAY SOMETHING TO YOU THAT'S
IMPORTANT, BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT HOW FAR YOU'VE COME
THAN YOU ARE DISCOURAGED ABOUT HOW FAR YOU HAVE TO GO.
I'MMA SAY THAT AGAIN.
BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT HOW FAR YOU'VE COME THAN YOU ARE
DISCOURAGED ABOUT HOW FAR YOU HAVE TO GO.
IF YOU LISTEN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT,
HE'LL REMIND YOU OF HOW FAR YOU'VE COME,
WHAT ALL HE'S DONE IN YOUR LIFE.
BUT IF YOU LISTEN TO THE DEVIL, ALL YOU'RE EVER GONNA HEAR IS
WHAT YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT,
YOU'RE NOT.
IT'S INTERESTING, THERE'S NOT ONE SCRIPTURE THAT TELLS ME
WHAT I'M NOT.
ALL I SEE IN THE BIBLE IS, "I AM, I AM, I AM, I AM, I AM.
I AM LOVED.
I AM THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.
I AM FREE.
I AM REDEEMED.
I AM SANCTIFIED.
I AM JUSTIFIED.
I AM A CHILD OF GOD.
I AM LOVED."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, WHEN YOU HEAR EVERYTHING YOU'RE NOT, REMEMBER,
THAT'S THE DEVIL AND WHAT YOU COULD DO IS THANK HIM.
YOU SHOULD SAY, "THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME WHAT A MESS
I AM AND HOW GOOD GOD IS TO PUT UP WITH ME."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: TURN THE TABLES BACK ON HIM AND HE'LL BE SORRY
THAT HE EVER MESSED WITH YOU.
THIS SCRIPTURE IS SO GOOD.
THE DIVINE SPERM, OKAY, SO THAT MEANS, FOR ALL INTENT
AND PURPOSES, WE ARE PREGNANT WITH GODLINESS.
THE DIVINE SEED, THE SPERM OF GOD, HAS BEEN PLANTED
IN THE WOMB OF OUR SPIRITS AND JUST AS A BABY GROWS,
WE GROW SPIRITUALLY AND BECOME CHRIST-LIKE
IN ALL OF OUR BEHAVIOR.
JESUS SAID, "IF YOU'VE SEEN ME, YOU'VE SEEN THE FATHER.
AND WOULDN'T IT BE WONDERFUL IF WE COULD GET TO THE POINT
WHERE WE COULD SAY, "IF YOU'VE SEEN ME, YOU'VE SEEN JESUS"?
I'M NOT READY TO SAY THAT YET BUT I'M GROWING.
PAUL SAID, "FOLLOW ME AS I FOLLOW CHRIST."
I DON'T EVEN HAVE THE NERVE TO DO THAT.
JUST WATCH ME.
IF YOU DO WHATEVER I DO, YOU'RE GONNA BE IN GOOD SHAPE
BECAUSE I'M FOLLOWING CHRIST.
THEY MAKE SOME BOLD STATEMENTS THAT LITERALLY, IF WE SAID
THINGS LIKE THAT, PEOPLE WOULD THINK WE WERE HERETICS.
AMEN?
IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE IN CHRIST,
HOW MUCH THEY'RE LOVED, AND WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOU,
IN YOU.
IT HASN'T ALL SHOWN UP ON THE OUTSIDE YET,
BUT IT'S MAKING ITS WAY THERE.
JUST LIKE YOU PLANT SEED IN THE GROUND AND IF YOU WATER
IT, AND YOU KEEP THE WEEDS AWAY FROM IT, IT WILL GROW.
NOW, THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT CAN CAUSE IT NOT TO GROW
IS IF THE GROUND IS NO GOOD, BUT WHEN WE'RE PLANTED
IN THE GROUND OF GOD, THE GROUND IS ALWAYS GOOD.
AMEN?
AND HE'S PLANTED HIMSELF IN US INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY
AS A BODY AND WE'RE GROWING, GROWING, GROWING, GROWING,
GROWING, GROWING, GROWING.
NOW, USUALLY BEFORE GROWING COMES SOME KIND OF CHASTISEMENT.
I'LL GO TELL THEM.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: USUALLY BEFORE GROWING COMES SOME KIND OF CHASTISEMENT
OR WE SEE IN THE WORD, YOU KNOW, THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE.
IT'S LIKE I TOLD YOU THIS MORNING, I SAID
TO MY FRIEND PENNY, "HAVE YOU EVER HAD A PROBLEM
WITH PRIDE?" SHE SAID, "NOT TILL YOU
STARTED TEACHING ON IT."
SO, GUESS WHAT, YOU MAY FIND OUT TONIGHT THAT YOU'VE GOT
SOME PROBLEMS YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD.
I HAD ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD.
I THOUGHT EVERYBODY ELSE HAD A PROBLEM.
I KEPT PRAYING FOR DAVE TO CHANGE AND GOD TOLD ME
DAVE WASN'T THE PROBLEM.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I DIDN'T GET IT.
I THOUGHT, WELL, IF HE'S NOT THE PROBLEM, WHO IS?
THERE'S ONLY ME AND HIM.
IT CAN'T BE--YOU KNOW, WE NEVER THINK THAT IT'S US.
AND I THINK REAL SPIRITUAL MATURITY
IS TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE CONVICTION
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND NOT LET IT CONDEMN YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "OH BOY, ANOTHER THING WRONG WITH ME."
NO, WE NEED TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE SAY, "THANK YOU, GOD,
THAT YOU LOVE ME ENOUGH THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA LEAVE ME
ALONE, IGNORANT AND BLIND TO MY MESS.
I WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH SO THE TRUTH CAN MAKE ME FREE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WE'RE ALL IN A PROCESS OF CHANGE.
GOD SUPPLIES US WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED
FOR TOTAL TRANSFORMATION, WHICH IS ANOTHER WORD
FOR CHANGE.
HE RESTORES US.
HE BRINGS US BACK TO AN ORIGINAL STATE.
HE PUTS US BACK IN A POSITION THAT HE INTENDED US TO HAVE
BEFORE SATAN EVER GOT INVOLVED IN MAN'S BUSINESS.
GOD WANTS TO RESTORE MAN TO THE ORIGINAL PLAN THAT HE HAD
FOR HIM IN THE GARDEN, AND A LOT OF THAT PLAN
WAS FELLOWSHIPPING WITH HIM, SPENDING GOOD TIME WITH GOD,
HAVING AN AWARENESS THAT HE'S WITH YOU ALL THE TIME,
AND THAT HE CARES ABOUT EVERY SINGLE THING
THAT CONCERNS YOU.
I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING, SOMETIMES GOD JUST LIKES
TO SHOW OUT AND LET YOU KNOW THAT HE CARES ABOUT THINGS
THAT YOU WOULDN'T EVEN BEGIN TO THINK THAT HE
WOULD CARE ABOUT.
I HAD A REALLY CUTE AND UNIQUE THING HAPPEN
JUST LAST WEEK.
SOMETIMES I GET SOME UNIQUE THINGS SENT TO ME
AT THE OFFICE AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE JUST SO SWEET
AND MANY TIMES EVEN THOUGH WHAT THEY WANT TO GIVE
DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME, IT'S WHAT THEY HAD TO GIVE
AND SO I'VE LEARNED TO RECEIVE GRACIOUSLY.
AND IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING FOR ME, THEN I'LL PASS IT ON
TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
SO, SOMEBODY SENT ME AN $85 GIFT CERTIFICATE
TO THE TRACTOR SUPPLY STORE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY TV OR IF YOU HAPPEN
TO BE HERE, DON'T BE OFFENDED, THIS TURNS OUT REALLY GOOD.
BUT HONESTLY I DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT I WAS GONNA--
AND I LOOKED AND I THOUGHT, NOW, WHY WOULD SOMEBODY
SEND ME, ME, YOU KNOW...?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT I KNOW PEOPLE GIVE WHAT THEY HAVE TO GIVE, AND GOD
SEES THAT JUST AS PRECIOUS SEED AS ANYTHING ELSE.
WELL, I DON'T LIKE TO WASTE ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY GIVES
AND SO I HAD IT ON MY COUNTER, AND I'M KIND OF MOVING IT AROUND
FOR ABOUT A MONTH THINKING, WHAT AM I GONNA DO WITH THAT?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA DO WITH THAT?
ASKED MY DAUGHTER IF SHE WANTED IT, SHE SAID, "I DON'T GO
TO THE TRACTOR SUPPLY STORE."
SO I'D MOVE IT AROUND A LITTLE BIT MORE AND SO ONE DAY
LAST WEEK, I THINK IT WAS LAST MONDAY, I WAS WORKING OUT
WITH MY TRAINER, AND I DO THAT THREE DAYS A WEEK.
AND IN THE MIDST OF MY WORKOUT HE SAID, "WHEN I LEAVE HERE
TODAY, I GOTTA GO PICK UP A PART FROM THE TRACTOR SUPPLY STORE."
I SAID, "WOW!
OH, WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE, HAVE I GOT
A GIFT FOR YOU.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOW, HERE'S THE THING THAT WAS FUNNY, HIS PART COST
$85.64.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I TELL YOU WHAT, NOW HE'S A BELIEVER, AND ME
AND HIM BOTH IT'S LIKE, CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT GOD CARED ENOUGH
ABOUT THAT WOMAN'S GIFT TO MAKE SURE IT GOT USED PROPERLY, ABOUT
THIS GUY WHO COULD HAVE PAID FOR HIS PART?
IT'S NOT ABOUT WHETHER HE CAN PAY FOR IT OR NOT.
IT'S JUST LIKE WE WERE JUST LIKE KIND OF AWE STRUCK LIKE
TWO LITTLE KIDS REALLY TICKLED THAT GOD CARED
ABOUT HIS TRACTOR PART.
COME ON, GIVE GOD A PRAISE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: INTIMACY WITH GOD IS SO WONDERFUL, ISN'T IT, TO KNOW
THAT HE'S YOUR BEST FRIEND?
ISN'T THAT COOL?
"I'LL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU.
BRING IT TO ME, AND I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT."
HE DOESN'T WANT US TO BE UNDER SOMETHING ALL THE TIME.
HE WANTS US TO KNOW THAT WE'RE THE HEAD AND NOT THE TAIL, ABOVE
AND NOT BENEATH AND THAT WE HAVE AUTHORITY AND POWER.
YOU HAVE POWER SO STOP ACTING LIKE A WEAKLING.
STOP SAYING, "I CAN'T, I CAN'T, I CAN'T, I CAN'T,"
AND SAY, "THROUGH CHRIST, I CAN, I CAN, I CAN, I CAN."
HE DOESN'T WANT US TO BE UNDER PRESSURE, UNDER STRESS,
UNDER ATTACK.
I'M SURE YOU RUN INTO PEOPLE, HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
"WELL, I'M UNDER ATTACK."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
"I'M UNDER PRESSURE."
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
THE LORD SPOKE TO ME ONE TIME, "IF YOU'D STAY ON THE ATTACK,
YOU WOULDN'T BE UNDER ATTACK ALL THE TIME."
AND WE NEED TO LIVE WITH AN ATTITUDE OF KNOWING
WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST AND WHO WE BELONG TO,
NOT A BELLIGERENT ATTITUDE, BUT INSTEAD OF GOING...GET
THOSE SHOULDERS BACK, HOLD YOUR HEAD UP.
AMEN?
KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THE POWER OF GOD ON THE INSIDE OF YOU,
THE NATURE OF GOD IS ON THE INSIDE OF YOU
AND YOU'RE CHANGING EVERY DAY BEING MOLDED INTO HIS IMAGE
THROUGH THE POWER OF CHRIST.
AMEN?
NOW, WE ALL WANT TO BE CHANGED, BUT WE DON'T ALL WANT TO CHANGE.
THINK ABOUT IT.
IF I SAY TO EVERYBODY IN HERE, DO YOU WANT TO BE CHANGED?
"OH YES!" BUT SEE, WHAT WE WANT IS WE
DON'T WANT TO BE TRANSFORMED, WE WANT TO BE TRANSLATED.
WE WANT TO JUST BE HERE AND THEN ALL OF SUDDEN BE THERE.
"OH GOD, CHANGE ME AND..."
SUPERMAN IN THE PHONE BOX, WE'RE CHANGED.
WELL, IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
YOU'RE GONNA FIND OUT ABOUT TRANSFORMATION
AND THE LITTLE PROCESS THAT'S A LITTLE MESSY.
CHANGE IS A SIGN THAT WE'RE ALIVE.
IT'S A SIGN THAT WE'RE GROWING.
WE'RE BORN FOR CHANGE.
WE GET BORED WITH SAMENESS.
LISTEN, I'M CONTENT, BUT I AM NOT SATISFIED TO THE POINT
WHERE I NEVER WANT TO SEE ANY CHANGE.
CHANGE IS REFRESHING.
WE EVEN JUST CHANGE SOME OF THE WAY THAT WE'RE DOING
SOME OF THE MEDIA PRESENTATION IN THE MEETING.
SOME OF IT, WE JUST STUCK IN A DIFFERENT PLACE,
JUST TO SHAKE IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
HERE'S A STATEMENT THAT I WANT YOU TO GET A HOLD OF, CHANGE
CAN BE INITIALLY FRIGHTENING BUT EVENTUALLY REFRESHING.
COME ON NOW, CHANGE CAN BE INITIALLY FRIGHTENING
BUT EVENTUALLY REFRESHING.
HERE'S A GOOD EXAMPLE, I GOT TO THE POINT IN THE MINISTRY
WHERE I FELT LIKE I JUST COULDN'T WORK
AS HARD AS I WAS.
AND, IN PARTICULAR, I REALLY NEEDED TO GET RID
OF A LOT OF THE OFFICE WORK AND JUST REALLY GIVE MYSELF
TO THE SPIRITUAL PART OF THE WORK THAT GOD HAS CALLED
ME TO DO, WRITING, AND TEACHING, AND PREACHING, AND STUDYING,
AND PRAYING, AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND NOT, YOU KNOW,
HIRING, AND MANAGING SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE,
AND DOING ALL THE CORRECTING, AND ALL THE STUFF THAT GOES ON
WITH RUNNING AN OFFICE.
AND SO, OUR SON, DAN, WAS WORKING FOR US,
AND WE REALLY FELT LIKE THAT HE WOULD BE RIGHT
TO BE PUT IN THE POSITION OF CEO, BUT HE'S
KIND OF LIKE ME, WHEN HE TAKES OVER, HE TAKES OVER.
AND SO, HE STARTED WANTING TO MAKE CHANGES,
AND HE WAS MAKING CHANGES AND I WAS LIKE...DIDN'T WANT
TO CHANGE ANYTHING.
SO YOU SEE, A LOT OF TIMES WE WANT TO GET RID OF PRESSURE,
BUT WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP ANYTHING, OR WE WANT TO GIVE
SOMEBODY A JOB TO DO BUT NO AUTHORITY.
COME ON, DID YOU HEAR ME?
WE WANT TO GIVE THEM A WORKLOAD BUT NO AUTHORITY.
YOU CAN'T CREATE SOMETHING THAT I DON'T LIKE.
AND SO, IT TOOK A WHILE FOR ME TO GET FROM BEING UPSET
AND FRIGHTENED TO BEING REFRESHED.
NOW I LOVE IT.
I'VE WORKED THROUGH IT.
AND NOW, I DON'T HAVE TO BE THERE DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
I DON'T HAVE TO BE IN A 4-DAY MEETING ABOUT WHAT
KIND OF COMPUTER PROGRAM WE'RE GONNA GET NEXT.
THERE'S SO MANY THINGS NOW THAT I DON'T HAVE TO DO
THAT SOMEBODY ELSE IS MORE HIGHLY ANOINTED TO DO
THAN I AM BUT I'M TELLING YOU, IN THE BEGINNING, IT WAS SCARY
TO LET SOME OF IT GO.
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, MOST OF US PRAY FOR CHANGE BUT THEN WHEN IT
COMES, WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO FIGHT IT.
CHANGE CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT.
IT'S LIKE WE WANT SOMETHING NEW, BUT WE HAVE A HARD TIME
LETTING GO OF THE OLD.
AND SO, WE'RE OFFERING YOU SOME TEACHING TODAY CALLED,
"HOW TO SURVIVE CHANGE."
YOU KNOW, THAT'S A REALLY A LOT OF GREAT WORD
COMING YOUR WAY IF YOU WILL JUST CONTACT US AND SAY,
"YES, I WANT TO KNOW HOW TO LET GOD CHANGE ME, AND I WANT
TO KNOW HOW TO CHANGE MY WORD SO I CAN HAVE A BETTER LIFE."
GOD'S GOT SUCH AN AWESOME PLAN FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US
AND YES, THAT INCLUDES YOU.
I SAID GOD HAS GOT AN AWESOME PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY BE SITTING RIGHT NOW, MAYBE YOU
FEEL LIKE YOU'RE AT THE END OF YOUR ROPE, OR YOU JUST FEEL
LIKE IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE ANYTHING GOOD HAS HAPPENED
TO YOU, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT GOD DOES HAVE A GOOD PLAN
FOR YOUR LIFE.
AND ALTHOUGH YOU MAY BE GOING THROUGH DIFFICULTIES RIGHT NOW,
YOU WILL COME OUT OF THIS, THIS TOO WILL PASS,
AND THERE'S GOOD THINGS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT.
SO DON'T YOU GET DISCOURAGED AND GIVE UP.
GOD BLESS YOU AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.
ANNOUNCER: LIFE IS FULL OF CHANGE.
IF WE CAN LEARN TO TRUST GOD IN TIMES OF CHANGE AND ALLOW
THE HOLY SPIRIT TO WORK IN OUR LIVES DURING CHANGE,
WE CAN EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF HIS TRANSFORMATION
IN OUR LIVES.
LEARN HOW A TRANSFORMED MIND COMES BEFORE A TRANSFORMED LIFE
WITH JOYCE'S 4-CD SERIES, "HOW TO SURVIVE CHANGE."
JOYCE: THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES TO WORK WITH YOU IN YOUR LIFE
TO HELP WORK WHAT'S IN YOU OUT OF YOU AND TO WORK
THIS TRANSFORMATION AND THIS RESTORATION
IN OUR LIVES.
AND HERE'S THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT,
HE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS JUST THE RIGHT TIMING
IN YOUR LIFE AND JUST THE RIGHT WAY
TO DO THINGS.
AND I TELL YA THE TRUTH, HE IS THE COUNSELOR.
ANNOUNCER: TO ORDER, CALL US TOLL FREE AT...OR VISIT US
AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
ANNOUNCER: ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10, HOW WOULD YOU RATE
TODAY?
WELL, WHETHER YOU'RE HAVING A GOOD DAY OR NOT, JOYCE MEYER
WANTS TO TEACH YOU 20 WAYS TO MAKE EVERY DAY BETTER,
PRACTICAL ADVICE THAT YOU CAN APPLY RIGHT NOW
TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE NO MATTER HOW YOUR DAY IS GOING.
PICK IT UP FOR YOU OR TO BRIGHTEN
SOMEONE ELSE'S DAY.
THEN, WITH GOD'S HELP, TURN BAD DAYS INTO GOOD
AND GOOD DAYS INTO GREAT WITH "20 WAYS TO MAKE
EVERY DAY BETTER," NEW FROM JOYCE MEYER.
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ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING WAS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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