ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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JOYCE: WELL, I'M SITTING HERE AT A CAFÉ HAVING A LITTLE COFFEE
IN PARIS, FRANCE, AND I'M SURE SOME OF YOU ARE THINKING RIGHT
NOW, "BOY, I WISH THAT WAS ME."
WELL, YOU KNOW, FRANCE IS A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY AND PARIS IS A
BEAUTIFUL CITY AND IT'S KNOWN AS THE CITY OF ROMANCE, THE CITY OF
LOVE, BUT INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THE PEOPLE HERE VERY MUCH NEED
TO KNOW ABOUT THE ONE TRUE LOVE THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM,
THE LOVE THAT NEVER DISAPPOINTS, THE LOVE THAT ALWAYS ACCEPTS.
AND THAT IS ONLY THE LOVE OF GOD.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S DEEP, DEEP SPIRITUAL NEED HERE IN FRANCE.
AND IT'S INTERESTING HOW WE LOOK AT CERTAIN COUNTRIES.
WHO WOULD EVER THINK THAT IN PARIS THERE WOULD BE SUCH
DESPERATE SPIRITUAL NEED.
BUT I'VE HEARD STATISTICS THAT ARE JUST UNBELIEVABLE ABOUT HOW
FEW PEOPLE HAVE BIBLES, HOW FEW PEOPLE REALLY ARE CONNECTED
WITH GOD, REALLY, AT ALL.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU FOR A MINUTE JUST
ABOUT THE LOVE OF CHRIST.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY OF YOU WATCHING RIGHT NOW
THAT YOU'RE ALSO SEARCHING FOR THAT LOVE.
I THINK, HONESTLY, EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD IS LOOKING FOR LOVE
AND ACCEPTANCE AND NOT JUST THE KIND OF LOVE THAT WE MAY KNOW
AS HUMAN BEINGS BUT THE LOVE THAT IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE
AND IS UNCONDITIONAL THAT LOVES US ALL THE TIME.
THAT ONLY COMES FROM GOD.
THE BIBLE SAYS, "FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE
HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOEVER--"
AND YOU KNOW, I'M A WHOEVER AND YOU'RE A WHOEVER
SO WE FIT INTO THAT CATEGORY.
"THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM MIGHT NOT PERISH,
BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE."
GOD LOVED US SO MUCH THAT HE SENT HIS ONLY SON TO PAY FOR
OUR SINS, TO DIE IN OUR PLACE, TO TAKE OUR PUNISHMENT.
HE ACTUALLY DIED AND THEN HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND IS ALIVE
TODAY AND WANTS TO COME INTO PEOPLE'S HEARTS AND LIVE IN
THEM, BRINGING THEM A CONSTANT FLOW OF THE LOVE OF GOD.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON,
AND GOD THE HOLY GHOST.
ONE GOD BUT MANIFESTED IN THREE DIFFERENT PERSONS.
AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WHEN THE HOLY GHOST COMES INTO OUR
HEARTS, HE FILLS US WITH LOVE.
THE LOVE OF GOD IS POURED INTO OUR HEARTS THROUGH
THE HOLY SPIRIT.
AND BECAUSE GOD LOVES US, IF WE LEARN TO RECEIVE THAT LOVE
FREELY AS A GIFT, WE CAN NEVER EARN IT, WE CAN NEVER
DESERVE IT, WE CAN'T BUY IT, IT'S NOT FOR SALE.
BUT IF YOU COULD BELIEVE TODAY THAT GOD LOVES YOU AND START
REALLY RECEIVING HIS LOVE, THAT LOVE WOULD HEAL
ANY BROKENNESS IN YOUR HEART.
IT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE TIME.
YOU MIGHT HAVE TO STUDY THE BIBLE ON THAT--IN THAT AREA FOR
A PERIOD OF TIME BUT, TRUST ME, THE LOVE OF GOD IS REAL AND
IT WILL DEFINITELY DRAMATICALLY CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
WE ALL WANT ACCEPTANCE.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE UNDERSTOOD.
AND JESUS UNDERSTANDS US.
AND WE ARE MADE ACCEPTABLE TO GOD THROUGH THE SON OF GOD.
IF YOU RECEIVE THAT, LET IT HEAL YOUR LIFE AND BEGIN TO HAVE
A HEALTHY BALANCED RELATIONSHIP WITH YOURSELF, LOVING YOURSELF
IN A BALANCED WAY BECAUSE GOD LOVES YOU.
YOU CAN LEARN TO LOVE GOD BACK AND THEN YOU CAN LET
THAT LOVE FLOW THROUGH YOU TO OTHER PEOPLE.
IF YOU'RE WATCHING RIGHT NOW AND YOU'RE LONELY, YOU FEEL LOST,
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR LIFE IS ALL ABOUT, I WANT TO REALLY
ENCOURAGE YOU RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT TO BELIEVE
THAT GOD LOVES YOU.
AND TO PURPOSELY SAY, "I RECEIVE THE LOVE OF GOD TODAY.
HE LOVES ME."
AND LET THAT LOVE NOT ONLY FORGIVE YOUR SINS
BUT CHANGE YOU.
WE CARE ABOUT YOU HERE AT JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU JOIN OUR PROGRAM
ON A REGULAR BASIS SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO MINISTER
THE WORD OF GOD TO YOU.
GOD'S WORD WILL DEFINITELY DRAMATICALLY CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
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ANNOUNCER: JOINING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH JOYCE MEYER
MINISTRIES IS MORE THAN JUST A COMMITMENT OF PRAYER
AND FINANCIAL GIVING.
YOU BECOME A PART OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO AROUND THE GLOBE
EVERY DAY: SHARING CHRIST AND LOVING PEOPLE.
BECOME A PARTNER TODAY AND, AS A THANK YOU TO ANYONE SIGNING UP
FOR CONVENIENT AUTOMATIC GIVING FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'D LIKE
TO SEND YOU JOYCE'S TEACHING SERIES, "TRUST GOD AND DO GOOD."
CALL...
OR GO TO JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
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GINGER: YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE GREATEST PRIVILEGES WE HAVE AT
JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES IS TO GO ALL OVER THE WORLD TO SHARE
CHRIST AND LOVE PEOPLE.
AND IT'S YOU WHO SENDS US.
YOU ARE SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE DO.
SOME PLACES IN THE WORLD WHERE WE GO, THE NEED IS VERY OBVIOUS.
YOU CAN SEE IT.
BUT OTHER PLACES, THE NEED IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE
IT'S AN INTERNAL NEED.
WE ALL HAVE THAT NEED TO BE FILLED WITH CHRIST.
AND WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A YOUNG WOMAN WHO WORE A MASK
TO HIDE HER NEED.
BUT AFTER CHRIST CAME IN AND REMOVED THAT MASK FROM HER,
SHE JUST RADIATED THE LOVE OF CHRIST AS YOU WILL SEE.
TODAY WE ARE SO HONORED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MELENA.
GINGER: AND WHAT WAS YOUR CHILDHOOD LIKE?
TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FAMILY.
[MELENA SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
GINGER: HOW DID THAT IMPACT THE WAY THAT YOU FELT ABOUT
YOURSELF AS A YOUNG GIRL?
GINGER: WHY WAS IT MORE DIFFICULT?
GINGER: AFTER HEARING THAT, HOW DID YOU FEEL
ABOUT GOD IN GENERAL?
GINGER: WHERE DID YOU DIRECT THAT ANGER?
WHO WERE YOU EVEN MAD AT DURING THAT TIME IN YOUR LIFE?
GINGER: WHAT WAS THE BREAKING POINT FOR YOU?
WHEN DID YOU KNOW YOU HAD TO HAVE A MAJOR CHANGE
IN YOUR LIFE?
GINGER: HOW REAL WAS GOD FOR YOU AT THAT MOMENT?
AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF HATING HIM, WHAT WAS HE LIKE
FOR YOU IN THAT MOMENT?
GINGER: YOUR BACKGROUND IS VERY MUCH LIKE JOYCE'S
BACKGROUND, WHAT YOU BOTH WENT THROUGH.
I KNOW THAT HEARING HER TESTIMONY, HEARING WHAT GOD
HAS BROUGHT HER THROUGH, HAS ENCOURAGED YOU.
TELL ME HOW THAT'S HELPED YOU IN YOUR JOURNEY.
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GINGER: YOU KNOW, SOME NATIONS IN THE WORLD,
IT JUST APPEARS ON THE OUTSIDE LIKE PEOPLE HAVE EVERYTHING
THAT THEY COULD POSSIBLY NEED.
EVERYTHING THAT THE WORLD IS SEARCHING FOR THAT THEY THINK
WILL BRING THEM HAPPINESS AND YET SOME LIVES ARE EMPTY BECAUSE
THERE'S SOMETHING WE ALL NEED.
AND THAT'S THE LOVE OF CHRIST.
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT MOMENT WHEN SOMEONE SHARED CHRIST WITH YOU?
AND IT CHANGED YOUR LIFE.
EVERYONE IN THE WORLD DESERVES THAT MOMENT.
AND AS A PARTNER WITH JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES,
YOU ARE A PART OF BRINGING THAT MOMENT TO PEOPLE
EVERYWHERE: HERE IN PARIS, IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD,
EVEN INTO YOUR OWN LIVING ROOM TO TOUCH YOUR OWN
FAMILY'S LIVES.
YOU CAN HELP MAKE SURE THAT CHRIST IS PRESENTED TO PEOPLE
YOU LOVE, WHETHER THEY'RE IN YOUR OWN HOME TOWN OR SOMEWHERE
CLEAR AROUND THE WORLD.
JOIN US IN PARTNERSHIP AS WE PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES,
THAT SPECIAL MOMENT, TO PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
ANNOUNCER: JOINING IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES IS MORE THAN JUST A COMMITMENT
OF PRAYER AND FINANCIAL GIVING.
YOU BECOME A PART OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO AROUND THE GLOBE
EVERY DAY: SHARING CHRIST AND LOVING PEOPLE.
BECOME A PARTNER TODAY AND, AS A THANK YOU TO ANYONE SIGNING UP
FOR CONVENIENT AUTOMATIC GIVING FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'D LIKE
TO SEND YOU JOYCE'S TEACHING SERIES, "TRUST GOD AND DO GOOD."
CALL...
OR GO TO JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
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GINGER: YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU PRAY FOR GOD TO GIVE YOU ANSWERS
ON HOW YOU CAN REACH MORE PEOPLE FOR HIM, IT'S ALWAYS AMAZING
THE WAY HE ANSWERS.
AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS IN THE WAY YOU THINK.
FOR INSTANCE, AT JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
WE LOVE BEING A MEDIA MINISTRY, USING THE MEDIA TO SHARE CHRIST.
BUT HERE IN FRANCE, WE'VE LEARNED THAT
IT'S NOT THE TRADITIONAL METHODS THAT WORK BEST.
FOR INSTANCE, TELEVISION.
THIS BUILDING THAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME REPRESENTS A GROUP
THAT IS REALLY JUST A DIVINE CONNECTION, A GROUP THAT
HE HAS BROUGHT TO US SO THAT, TOGETHER THROUGH THE INTERNET,
WE CAN SHARE CHRIST HERE.
AND IT'S MAKING A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.
IT'S BECAUSE OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH THEM AND PEOPLE JUST LIKE
YOU THAT ARE MAKING IT POSSIBLE.
MICHAEL: THIS COUNTRY IS ALMOST AT THE ORIGIN
OF THE EXPANSION OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE WORLD BECAUSE
WE HAD SO MANY COLONIES.
WE COLONIZED THE PEOPLE AND WE ALSO SHARED THE GOSPEL.
SO IN FRANCE AND BRITAIN AND COUNTRIES LIKE THAT, WE
WERE AT THE ORIGIN OF EXPANDING CHRISTIANITY IN THE WORLD,
JUST LIKE EVENTUALLY GOING INTO NORTH AMERICA AS YOU WELL KNOW.
IT THEN SHRUNK TO THE POINT WHERE NOW VERY MANY SAY
THEY'RE BELIEVERS BUT THEY DON'T PRACTICE THEIR RELIGION
AND WE ONLY HAVE 1.5% BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIANS.
MY HUNGER IN MY HEART IS TO REACH THEM WITH THE GOSPEL
SO THAT THEY CAN REALLY FIND TRUE HOPE AND LOVE.
ERIC: FIRST, IN FRANCE IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO USE TELEVISION.
I MEAN, YOU CANNOT GO TO PUBLIC TV, EVEN PRIVATE TV.
THEY WILL SAY, "AH, MAN, IT'S RELIGIOUS,"
SO WE HAD NO CHOICE.
SO IT WAS A BLESSING.
WE WERE FORCED TO USE THE INTERNET BECAUSE THAT
WAS THE ONLY THING WE COULD USE.
BUT WE WERE JUST PUTTING SOME CONTENT AND SO WHEN WE STARTED
TO THINK WE COULD USE THE JOYCE MEYER CONTENT,
WE WERE VERY HAPPY.
MICHAEL: FRENCH PEOPLE ARE SO CARTESIAN, YOU KNOW,
IT'S ALL CEREBRAL.
AND THEY NEED TO BE PRACTICAL AND THEY LIKE THAT.
SO WE HAVE TO HELP THEM AND, HOPEFULLY, THE MATERIAL WE GIVE
THEM IS VERY PRACTICAL.
AND JOYCE'S MESSAGE IS ALWAYS VERY PRACTICAL.
ERIC: WE MADE A PLAN BASED ON OUR WEBSITE, TOPCHRETIEN,
WHICH IS A LARGE PORTAL, 1.5 MILLION VISITS A MONTH,
WHICH IS BIG FOR FRANCE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE
A LOT OF CHRISTIANS IN FRANCE.
BUT MANY OF THEM ARE COMING ON THE WEBSITE.
AND WITH THE FACEBOOK STRATEGY AND THE WEBSITE,
THE JOYCEMEYER.FR WEBSITE, ALTOGETHER WE MADE A PLAN AND WE
STARTED TO SEE PEOPLE REACTING AND IT BECAME AMAZING.
MICHAEL: A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WE STARTED NEW COURSES,
DISCIPLESHIP COURSES, WITH JOYCE MEYER.
IN 1 1/2 YEARS, WE'VE HAD 15,000 PEOPLE
WHO HAVE FOLLOWED THAT COURSE, WHICH IS HUGE FOR OUR COUNTRY.
AND 96% OF THOSE WHO FINISHED THE COURSE SAID THAT THEIR LIFE,
THEIR CHRISTIAN LIFE, HAD IMPROVED SO MUCH.
ERIC: WE HAVE A BIG NEED.
WE NEED HELP.
WE NEED PRAYER.
WE NEED PEOPLE LIKE JOYCE COMING TO FRANCE, AND I'M SO THANKFUL
BECAUSE SHE TOOK THE TIME TO CONSIDER THE NEED OF FRANCE.
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JOYCE: I THINK IN THE CHURCH [FEMALE
TRANSLATING THROUGHOUT]
JOYCE: THAT IF WE WOULD LOOK AT WHAT WE AGREE ABOUT
WHICH, NUMBER ONE, IS JESUS DIED FOR US AND ROSE
FROM THE DEAD, WE ALL BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, WE BELIEVE
IN GOD THE FATHER, WE BELIEVE IN GOD THE SON, WE BELIEVE IN
PRAYER, WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF THE WORD OF GOD,
AND HOPEFULLY AND PRAYERFULLY WE BELIEVE IN HELPING THE POOR.
SO WHY DON'T WE UNIFY AROUND THOSE THINGS AND START REALLY
MAKING THE DEVIL MAD BY WALKING IN LOVE WITH ONE ANOTHER?
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JOYCE: AMEN!
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[FEMALE SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
FEMALE: FOURTEEN, FIFTEEN THOUSAND PEOPLE HERE TODAY.
THAT'S AMAZING.
THAT'S AN AMAZING TURNOUT FOR FRANCE.
AND I EVEN THINK THAT SHE WAS SURPRISED BY THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOD.
FEMALE: JUST AND THAT FELT OVERWHELMING AND I JUST THOUGHT,
YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY--IF EACH ONE OF THESE PEOPLE TOLD
AT LEAST ONE OTHER PERSON, THAT DOUBLES THAT.
AND IF THEY TELL MORE, THAT TRIPLES IT.
SO IT REALLY DOES GIVE ME HOPE.
IT REALLY DOES.
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ERIC: TO MAKE AN EVENT LIKE THAT IN FRANCE, IN A COUNTRY
WITH A FEW NUMBER OF CHRISTIANS, IN FACT, WHEN WE THINK MISSIONS,
SOMETIMES WE THINK, "AH, OKAY, LET'S GO TO ARABS' COUNTRY,
LET'S GO TO AFRICA," WHICH IS GREAT, YOU KNOW.
NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
IT'S NEEDED.
BUT IN FRANCE, WE HAVE 6 MILLION MUSLIMS,
65 MILLION PEOPLE REALLY WITH NO RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD, AND THE POPULATION IS JUST A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT.
SO IT'S A MISSION FIELD.
"HOW PEOPLE WILL HEAR," SAY THE BIBLE, "IF NOBODY'S SENT?"
SO WHEN PEOPLE GIVE TO SUPPORT JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
SO SHE CAN GO, IT'S JUST A GREAT BLESSING.
MICHAEL: WE HAVE SO MANY TESTIMONIES EVERY DAY
OF HOW THEIR LIFE HAS CHANGED, THAT I WANNA THANK THEM.
I WANNA THANK THEM SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND,
WITH TIME, THEY WILL SEE ALL THE FIELDS THAT HAVE BEEN RIPENED
AND COLLECTED AND GROWING.
AND THEY WILL--THEY HAVE TO BE PROUD OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
ANNOUNCER: JOINING IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES IS MORE THAN JUST A COMMITMENT
OF PRAYER AND FINANCIAL GIVING.
YOU BECOME A PART OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO AROUND THE GLOBE
EVERY DAY: SHARING CHRIST AND LOVING PEOPLE.
BECOME A PARTNER TODAY AND, AS A THANK YOU TO ANYONE SIGNING UP
FOR CONVENIENT AUTOMATIC GIVING FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'D LIKE
TO SEND YOU JOYCE'S TEACHING SERIES, "TRUST GOD AND DO GOOD."
CALL...
OR GO TO JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
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GINGER: WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A WOMAN
WHO HAD A VERY BAD MISCONCEPTION OF WHO GOD REALLY IS.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW THAT HE WAS A GOD OF LOVE AND SHE HAD NO IDEA
THAT HE COULD POSSIBLY LOVE HER.
WHEN SHE FOUND THAT OUT, IT CHANGED HER LIFE.
AND BECAUSE YOU GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE CHRIST AND
LOVE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD, WE ARE THRILLED
TO SHARE HER STORY OF TRANSFORMATION WITH YOU.
GINGER: PATEEMA, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
YOUR LIFE GROWING UP.
HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT YOURSELF, WHO YOU WERE, AND EVEN
WHO GOD WAS IN YOUR LIFE?
PATEEMA: I'M BORN IN FRANCE AND RAISED IN FRANCE
IN A MUSLIM FAMILY.
AND WHEN I WAS 16, MY OLDER SISTER BECAME A CHRISTIAN.
AND SHE COME BACK AT HOME AND SHE SAID,
"OH, I BECAME A CHRISTIAN.
NOW I KNOW JESUS."
NOT TO MY FATHER BECAUSE IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO SPEAK
ABOUT THAT WITH MY FATHER.
BUT SHE SAID TO MY MOM, TO MY BROTHERS AND SISTER ABOUT THAT
CONVERSION AND WE WERE SHOCKED BECAUSE, FOR US, TO BE
CHRISTIAN, IT WAS NOT FOR US.
IT WAS FOR FRENCH FRENCH PEOPLE.
AND ALSO WHEN YOU ARE BORN IN A MUSLIM FAMILY,
YOU CANNOT CHANGE.
YOU NEED TO STAY MUSLIM ALL YOUR LIFE.
AND THEN NEVER HEARD ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY TO HAVE
A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD BECAUSE, FOR ME, GOD WAS COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT THAT I KNOW HIM NOW.
AND SHE INSIST, SHE SAID, "GOD IS LOVE."
AND I NEVER HEARD ABOUT THE LOVE OF GOD BECAUSE
THE LOVE OF GOD WAS NOT-- GOD WAS EVERYTHING BUT NOT LOVE.
GINGER: SO WHAT BEGAN TO CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE?
BECAUSE THERE BECAME A TIME THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT CHRIST
AND FELT DIFFERENTLY.
WHAT HAPPENED?
PATEEMA: MY SISTER, SHE EXPLAINED ME THAT DOESN'T MATTER
IF I'M NOT GOOD, I CAN HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND I
JUST NEED TO ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST IN MY LIFE
AND HE WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING.
AND MY SISTER INVITE ME TO THE CHURCH.
AND I SAID TO MYSELF, "I HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE.
MAYBE SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN, MAYBE NO," BUT AT THE END
OF THE MEETING THE PASTOR PRAY.
HE PRAYED FOR ME AND WHEN I COME BACK AT HOME, NOTHING HAPPENED
BUT I START TO READ THE BIBLE, IN FACT.
AND I DISCOVERED JESUS IN THE BIBLE.
I DISCOVERED THAT GOD IS LOVE.
AND THAT CHANGED MY LIFE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN
YOU COME FROM A BIG FAMILY-- WE WERE NINE CHILDREN.
I AM NUMBER EIGHT AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME YOUR MOM AND YOUR DAD,
THEY DON'T HAVE TIME FOR YOU SO I HAVE A BAD ESTEEM OF MYSELF.
AND I DISCOVERED THAT JESUS CAN--HE LOVES ME AND HE HAVE
A PLAN FOR MY LIFE.
AND I SAY YES.
PATEEMA: WHEN I BECAME FAMILIAR WITH JOYCE MEYER,
I WAS VERY INTERESTED ABOUT HER BECAUSE WHEN SHE WAS TALKING
ABOUT HER PERSONAL STORY AND PERSONAL, YOU KNOW, PROBLEMS
AND I SAY, "WOW, IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE A WOMAN PREACHING
AND SHARE ABOUT THEIR LIFE, THEIR PROBLEMS."
BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME WHEN YOU ARE CHRISTIAN YOU LOOKS--
YOU DON'T HAVE PROBLEM, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
GINGER: THE WORLD THINKS YOU DON'T HAVE PROBLEMS.
YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT THEM, RIGHT?
BUT THEY'RE THERE.
PATEEMA: BUT YOU ARE DEALING WITH A LOT OF PROBLEM, IN FACT,
EVEN IF YOU ARE IN THE MINISTRY.
AND I WAS VERY INTERESTED ABOUT HER AND I HEARD A LOT--
A LOT OF MESSAGE FROM HER.
AFTER I PRAYED AND ASKED GOD HOW I CAN USE MY--WHAT I LIKE
FOR YOUR GLORY AND ALSO HOW I CAN IMPACT THIS SOCIETY, THE
WOMAN FROM THIS SOCIETY, WITH WELL-BEING, FASHION, AND BEAUTY.
BECAUSE IF PEOPLE DON'T COME TO MY COMMUNITY, TO MY CHURCH,
I NEED TO GO.
WE NEED TO BE AND WE NEED TO GO WHERE THE WOMAN ARE.
GINGER: SO THAT TAKES US TO YOUR SALON, WHICH
IS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET HERE.
BECAUSE YOU'RE REACHING OUT TO WOMEN IN THIS COMMUNITY AND FAR
BEYOND BECAUSE, AS YOU SAID, YOU DON'T JUST STAY IN YOUR SALON,
YOU GO OUT TO WHEREVER THE WOMEN ARE TOO.
PATEEMA: YES, WE LIKE TO GO-- I CONTINUE TO OUTREACH, IN FACT.
I LIKE TO GO IN DIFFERENT SUBURB OF PARIS THAT FOREIGNERS PEOPLE
LIVES AND I LIKE TO TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE.
I LIKE TO TAKE CARE OF WOMAN.
GINGER: AND WHAT'S IT CALLED?
HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE IT?
PATEEMA: ECLAT DE SOIE.
IT MEAN RADIANCE.
GINGER: AH, RADIANCE, ALL RIGHT.
PATEEMA: AS A CHRISTIAN, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO GO
AND TO SPEND TIME WITH THEM.
GINGER: AND DO YOU FIND THAT THIS OPENS THEIR HEARTS TO IT,
TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE EVERYTHING THAT YOU SHARE WITH THEM?
PATEEMA: YES, OF COURSE.
WHEN WE GIVE THEM LOVE, THEY ARE SO HAPPY, THEY ARE SO OPEN.
AND WE CAN HAVE A RELATIONSHIP TOGETHER.
AND IT'S A OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHARE ABOUT OUR FAITH AND
THEY ASK US ALSO FOR PRAYERS.
THEY ARE SO IMPRESSED ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW MY IDENTITY.
I KNOW I HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE OF MYSELF AND I THINK IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE I WAS LOST, I HAVE NO SELF-ESTEEM,
I THOUGHT I WILL BE-- ACCOMPLISH NOTHING IN MY LIFE.
AND WHEN I BECAME A CHRISTIAN, I HAVE MADE A--I MADE A PRAYER
AND ASKING GOD TO RENEW MY INTELLIGENCE.
AND HE OPENED MANY WAY FOR ME.
AND I ALSO MET A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THEY BECAME NOT ONLY FRIEND
BUT THEY BECAME PART OF MY LIFE AND PART OF MY MINISTRY.
JOYCE: WELL, I BELIEVE THAT SHARING THE GOSPEL
OF JESUS CHRIST WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE NEEDY
IS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY DO.
I BELIEVE IT PUTS A SMILE ON GOD'S FACE AND I LOVE
TO HELP PEOPLE.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ABOUT HERE
AT JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES IS SPREADING THE GOSPEL.
AND YOU CAN HELP US DO THAT THROUGH YOUR PARTNERSHIP.
WOULD YOU PLEASE PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER BECOMING A PARTNER
WITH JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES AND HELPING US SPREAD THE GOSPEL TO
LITERALLY MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD?
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
ANNOUNCER: JOINING IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES IS MORE THAN JUST A COMMITMENT
OF PRAYER AND FINANCIAL GIVING.
YOU BECOME A PART OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO AROUND THE GLOBE
EVERY DAY: SHARING CHRIST AND LOVING PEOPLE.
BECOME A PARTNER TODAY AND, AS A THANK YOU TO ANYONE SIGNING UP
FOR CONVENIENT AUTOMATIC GIVING FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'D LIKE
TO SEND YOU JOYCE'S TEACHING SERIES, "TRUST GOD AND DO GOOD."
CALL...
OR GO TO JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
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