ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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 OSTEEN: 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.
JOYCE: : THE MORE MATURE YOU BECOME IN CHRIST, THE MORE HE'S
LIABLE TO LET YOU GO THROUGH A FEW THINGS THAT REALLY DON'T
HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU.
THEY HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: GOD'S WORD IS SEED.
HOW MANY OF YOU'VE SEEN THAT IN THE BIBLE THAT THE SOWER SOWS
THE SEED?
AND SEED HAS POWER TO PRODUCE AFTER ITS OWN KIND.
IF A TOMATO SEED CAN BE PLANTED IN THE RIGHT KIND OF GROUND
AND PRODUCE A BUNCH OF TOMATOES, THEN WHAT CAN THE WORD OF GOD DO
IF IT'S PLANTED IN THE RIGHT KIND OF GROUND, WHICH IS OUR
HEARTS?
AND WHAT KIND OF A HARVEST CAN YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE FROM
SPENDING THIS TIME HERE WITH US TONIGHT OR HOWEVER MANY SESSIONS
YOU GET TO COME TO?
I THINK THAT THE HARVEST FROM WHAT YOU'RE SPENDING YOUR TIME
DOING RIGHT NOW CAN BE PHENOMENAL BUT PART OF IT
DEPENDS ON HOW YOU RECEIVE IT.
THERE'S DIFFERENT KINDS OF GROUND.
AND SO, I WANNA REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO RECEIVE THE WORD
WITH MEEKNESS.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT THAT'S WHAT JAMES SAID, THAT THE WORD
HAS THE POWER TO SAVE OUR SOULS IF WE RECEIVE IT WITH MEEKNESS
AND THAT MEANS THAT EVERY SINGLE THING YOU HEAR, YOU HAVE
THE ATTITUDE, "MAN, I NEED THIS.
I NEED THIS."
I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, I DON'T CARE HOW MANY TIMES YOU'VE GOT
IT UNDERLINED IN YOUR BIBLE, UNTIL YOU'RE DOING IT ON
A REGULAR BASIS, YOU DON'T KNOW IT.
IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, I LIKE TO UNDERLINE, AND COLOR CODE,
AND STAR, AND CHECKMARK AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IF YOU'RE NOT
CAREFUL, YOU CAN FEEL REAL PROUD OF YOURSELF IF YOU OPEN YOUR
BIBLE AND YOU'VE GOT A BUNCH OF IT UNDERLINED.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IS, AM I DOING THIS?
AND NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES WE HEAR THE SAME THING OVER
AND OVER, WE STILL NEED IT.
SO, HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ON JAMES.
FIRST OF ALL, THERE ARE 2 DISCIPLES AMONG THE 12
NAMED JAMES.
THIS EPISTLE IS NOT WRITTEN BY EITHER ONE OF THEM, BUT IT WAS
WRITTEN BY JAMES, THE BROTHER OF JESUS.
JAMES OCCUPIED A PROMINENT PLACE IN THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM
AND IS MENTIONED IN THE BOOK OF ACTS.
THE THEME OF THIS BOOK IN THE BIBLE IS HOW TO HAVE
A LIVING FAITH, A FAITH THAT ACTUALLY WORKS
AND PRODUCES GOOD THINGS IN OUR LIVES AND IN THE LIVES OF
OTHER PEOPLE.
IT'S EVIDENCED BY RIGHTEOUS LIVING AND GODLY BEHAVIOR.
TRUE FAITH MANIFESTS RIGHTEOUS LIVING AND GODLY BEHAVIOR.
LET ME JUST THROW IN HERE THAT IF EVERYBODY
WHO CALLS THEMSELVES A CHRISTIAN HAD A LIVING FAITH AND WAS
WALKING IN RIGHT BEHAVIOR AND GODLY BEHAVIOR, PEOPLE
WOULD HAVE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT ATTITUDE WORLDWIDE TOWARD
CHRISTIANITY AND CHRISTIANS AND THEY WOULD BE FLOCKING INTO
THE CHURCHES TO TRY TO GET SOME OF WHAT YOU HAVE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOUR POSITION IN HISTORY RIGHT NOW IS
SO IMPORTANT.
I MEAN, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU'RE ALIVE RIGHT NOW
AND THAT YOU GET TO BE PART OF SEEING THIS GENERATION COME TO
A SAVING KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST BUT THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN IF WE DON'T
WALK THE WALK AND DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN JUST GO TO CHURCH
ON SUNDAY MORNING AND THINK THAT BECAUSE WE DO THAT, WE'VE GOT
A TICKET INTO HEAVEN.
CHAPTER 1 IS ABOUT A VICTORIOUS FAITH.
CHAPTER 2, HAVING OUR FAITH MANIFESTED.
CHAPTER 3, A FAITH THAT CONTROLS OUR BEHAVIOR.
CHAPTER 4, A FAITH THAT CAUSES US TO BE SUBMISSIVE TO
THE WILL OF GOD.
AND CHAPTER 5, A PATIENT AND AN EXPECTANT FAITH.
ALTHOUGH JESUS--ALTHOUGH JAMES WAS THE BROTHER OF JESUS,
HE RECOGNIZED HIM AS THE RESURRECTED LORD FOR HE REFERS
TO HIMSELF AS A SERVANT OF GOD AND OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
NOW, JAMES CHAPTER 1, VERSES 2 THROUGH 4.
I'M SURE THESE ARE LIKE YOUR VERY FAVORITE SCRIPTURES
IN THE BIBLE.
YOU'RE ALREADY GROANING AND I HAVEN'T EVEN OPENED IT UP YET.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I HEARD A, "UH."
HOW MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT JAMES 1, VERSE 1 SAYS?
"BE HOLY JOYFUL, MY BRETHREN, WHENEVER YOU ARE ENVELOPED IN OR
ENCOUNTER TRIALS OF ANY SORT OR FALL INTO VARIOUS TEMPTATIONS."
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE MADE IT TO THAT POINT AND YOU DON'T NEED
THIS MESSAGE TONIGHT? YOU'RE--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST NOT EVEN HARDLY FAIR FOR GOD
TO ASK A PREACHER TO PREACH THIS MESSAGE BECAUSE SOMEBODY ASKED
ME WHAT I WAS GONNA PREACH ON THIS WEEKEND?
I SAID, WELL, I GET THE EXTREME THRILL OF TRYING TO GET PEOPLE
EXCITED ABOUT THEIR TRIALS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WHICH IS NOT EASY.
AND THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY CONSIDER THEM JOYFUL,
AND THAT'S ABOUT OUR THINKING PROCESS, WE DON'T NECESSARILY
HAVE TO BE CLAPPING AND CHEERING ABOUT THE DISCOMFORT WE'RE GOING
THROUGH, BUT IF WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT
THE VALUE OF TRIALS--AND THIS IS A MESSAGE THAT'S UNDER PREACHED.
YES, GOD WANTS TO BLESS US AND HE WANTS TO BLESS US MORE
THAN WE KNOW HOW TO HANDLE.
HE WILL OPEN THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR OUT A BLESSING
SO GREAT THAT WE CANNOT CONTAIN IT.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO TAKE IT IN.
BUT I KNOW FROM THE WORD OF GOD AND FROM EXPERIENCE THAT GOD
CANNOT BLESS US IN THE NATURAL BEYOND WHERE WE'RE AT
SPIRITUALLY.
I WANNA SAY IT AGAIN.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA GIVE YOUR BABY THAT'S 3 YEARS OLD THE KEYS
TO THE CAR.
AMEN?
AND YOU DON'T BECAUSE YOU LOVE HIM.
AND EVERY ONE OF US SHOULD STOP PRAYING FOR GOD TO GIVE US ALL
THE STUFF THAT WE THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE TO MAKE US HAPPY AND WE
SHOULD PRAY A NEW PRAYER AND THIS IS THE PRAYER THAT
WE SHOULD PRAY.
I PRAY THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS.
I INVITE YOU TO JOIN ME.
"GOD, PLEASE DON'T GIVE ME ANYTHING THAT I CAN'T HANDLE
AND STILL KEEP YOU FIRST IN MY LIFE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
AND SOMETHING WE DON'T HEAR ENOUGH OF IN PRAYER ANYMORE
I DON'T THINK IS, "YOUR WILL BE DONE.
YOUR WILL BE DONE."
WE'VE GOTTEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT TELLING GOD EVERYTHING THAT WE
WANT HIM TO GIVE US BUT HE SAYS THAT DIFFICULTY, AND TRIALS, AND
TRIBULATIONS, AND THINGS THAT TEST OUR FAITH, THAT WE SHOULD
CONSIDER THEM JOYFUL BECAUSE, NOT 'CAUSE THEY FEEL GOOD RIGHT
NOW, BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IN US IF
WE WON'T RUN AWAY FROM THEM.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU CAN'T GET AWAY FROM
BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN GET AWAY FROM.
AMEN?
I HAD A JOB IN MINISTRY--WELL, I'LL START SOMEWHERE ELSE.
I WAS IN A CHURCH AT ONE POINT AND THEY REALLY DIDN'T WANT ME
TEACHING HOME BIBLE STUDY.
THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT CONTROLLING AND MANIPULATIVE.
AND SO, I WASN'T REALLY BEING TREATED ALL THAT GREAT.
AND MAN, MY FIRST IMPULSE IS I'M OUT OF HERE.
WHO NEEDS THIS?
I'M OUT OF HERE.
AND I REALLY FELT THAT GOD TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED TO STAY.
WELL, IT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE TO STAY.
EVERY WEEK WHEN I WENT IN THE CHURCH, IT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE
TO STAY.
THERE WAS ALL THESE HOME BIBLES STUDIES THAT DIFFERENT PEOPLE
HAD AND OURS AT ONE POINT WAS LISTED THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,
OURS CAME OFF THE LIST.
AND THINGS LIKE THAT CAN HURT YOU, YOU KNOW?
WHEN YOU DON'T GET PICKED, WHEN YOU'RE REJECTED,
THINGS LIKE THAT CAN HURT YOU.
AND BUT GOD REALLY DEALT WITH ME THAT I COULDN'T LEAVE THERE WITH
AN ATTITUDE IN MY HEART BECAUSE, YOU SEE, IF YOU LEAVE SOMEPLACE
WITH A BAD ATTITUDE, YOU'RE GONNA ENTER THE NEXT PLACE YOU
GO WITH THAT SAME BAD ATTITUDE.
AND SO, GOD DOESN'T WANT US TO GO WHEN WE WANNA GO.
HE WANTS US TO GO WHEN HE SAYS TO GO.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THEN I CAME TO A SITUATION WHERE I WAS IN
A CHURCH THAT I'D WORKED AT FOR 5 YEARS AND GOD WAS
REALLY DEALING WITH ME ABOUT STEPPIN' OUT AND STARTING
TO DO WHAT I'M DOING NOW.
AND I DIDN'T WANNA GO.
AND I STAYED THERE FOR ANOTHER YEAR MAYBE TWO AFTER GOD STARTED
DEALING WITH ME AND I'M TELLING YOU WHAT, THINGS WERE JUST NOT
GETTING GOOD.
AND SO, YOU CAN GO WHEN GOD WANTS YOU TO STAY AND YOU CAN
STAY WHEN GOD WANTS YOU TO GO.
YOU SEE, WE LIKE TO BE COMFY AND I DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP
MY FRIENDS.
I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE WOULD THINK, THAT I WAS
UNGRATEFUL, THAT I WAS FULL OF MYSELF, THOUGHT I WAS GONNA GO
OUT AND HAVE THIS BIG MINISTRY NOW AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
BUT IF I WOULDN'T HAVE LISTENED TO GOD, THEN WE WOULDN'T BE
HERE TONIGHT.
AND I JUST WONDER HOW MANY OF YOU MAYBE GOD HAS TOLD YOU TO DO
OR NOT TO DO SOMETHING--WHEN I SAY TOLD YOU, I MEAN EITHER
THROUGH HIS WORD, WHICH IS A WORD FROM GOD.
THIS IS THE MAIN WAY THAT GOD IS GONNA SPEAK TO US AND DEAL
WITH US.
AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU THINK YOU HEAR BETTER LINE UP
WITH THAT OR YOU'RE IN TROUBLE.
SO, WE NEED TO GET ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF SPIRITUAL MATURITY.
AND LISTEN, I DON'T LIKE IT ANY BETTER THAN YOU DO.
I HAD A SITUATION HAPPEN A FEW DAYS AGO.
I TOLD YOU I GOT ANGRY AND I HAD A TRIAL THAT WAS NOT OF
MY MAKING.
I WAS HAVING A GREAT DAY AND SOMEBODY ELSE DID SOMETHING
THAT THEN CAUSED ME TO NOT HAVE A GREAT DAY.
HOW MANY OF YOU LOVE IT WHEN YOU'RE GOING AROUND DOING GOOD,
AND YOU'RE JUST CLICKING ALONG WITH JESUS, AND EVERYTHING'S
GREAT, AND YOU'RE ENJOYING YOUR DAY AND NOW SOMEBODY ELSE DOES
SOMETHING?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WELL, TO BE HONEST, PROBABLY 70%, 80% OF OUR
PROBLEMS ARE PEOPLE PROBLEMS FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS.
THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN IT'S ALL THEM, YOU KNOW?
SO, WE BETTER SAY THAT JUST TO GET IT OUT THERE.
BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, THEN IT TOOK MY TIME.
I HAD TO DEAL WITH SOMETHING I DIDN'T WANNA DEAL WITH.
THEN I HAD TO, YOU KNOW, DO SOME OTHER STUFF.
AND SO, I'M GETTING READY TO PREACH THIS MESSAGE ON BEING
JOYFUL ABOUT THESE THINGS AND SO I JUST THOUGHT, "OKAY GOD, JUST
NOW TELL ME HOW THIS IS GONNA BE GOOD FOR ME?
I WANT YA TO TELL ME HOW THIS IS GONNA BE GOOD FOR ME?
AND WHAT AM I GONNA LEARN OUT OF THIS?
HOW IS THIS GONNA HELP ME?" AND ACTUALLY GOD PUT SOMETHING
INTERESTING ON MY HEART.
HE SAID, "THIS WASN'T SO MUCH FOR YOU AS IT IS FOR THE OTHER
PERSON," BECAUSE THE WAY I DEALT WITH IT, I HAD TO BRING
A CORRECTION.
AND SO, IF THEY THEN RECEIVED THAT, THAT CAN HELP THEM BUILD
THEIR CHARACTER AND DO MORE OF WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
SO, I MIGHT AS WELL JUST TELL YOU THIS AND PUT IT OUT THERE
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIND OUT ON YOUR OWN LATER.
BUT I'LL JUST TELL YA THAT THE MORE MATURE YOU BECOME IN
CHRIST, THE MORE HE'S LIABLE TO LET YOU GO THROUGH A FEW THINGS
THAT REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU.
THEY HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON, NOW.
I MEAN, A VERY GOOD CASE IN POINT WOULD BE MY RELATIONSHIP
WITH DAVE.
I MEAN, I HAD SERIOUS ISSUES WHEN WE GOT MARRIED.
AND THEY WERE ALL INTERNAL SO THEY DIDN'T START COMIN' OUT
UNTIL AFTER THE WEDDING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HOW MANY OF YOU FEEL ME ON THAT ONE?
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THEY DIDN'T START COMIN' OUT UNTIL AFTER
THE WEDDING.
EVERYBODY'S ON THEIR GOOD BEHAVIOR DURING THE COURTSHIP.
AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW DAVE PLAYED GOLF WHEN I MARRIED HIM.
DID NOT KNOW WHAT A GOLF BALL WAS BECAUSE I WAS THE ONLY THING
THAT MATTERED IN HIS--YOU KNOW, HIS LIFE DURING THOSE FIVE DATES
WE HAD BEFORE WE GOT MARRIED.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT, YOU KNOW, DAVE WENT THROUGH A LOT THOSE FIRST
FEW YEARS AND IF HE WOULD HAVE LEFT BECAUSE HE FELT LIKE
LEAVING, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.
AND SO, WHATEVER THIS MEANS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT OR
THOSE WATCHING BY TV, YOU BETTER THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU JUST
THINK, "WELL, I'M OUT OF HERE."
MAYBE YOU NEED TO SAY, "IS IT YOUR WILL?
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO IN THIS SITUATION?"
AND I DON'T SEE NEARLY AS MANY SMILES AS I'D LIKE TO SEE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND I KNOW, I KNOW IT'S ALL PAINFUL.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE HURT--THAT WE HATE WORSE THAN
HAVING TO GO THROUGH THINGS.
BUT IT'S HERE AND WE CAN'T IGNORE IT.
WE HAVE TO LEARN TO UNDERSTAND IT.
HE SAYS, "CONSIDER IT WHOLLY JOYFUL WHEN YOU'RE ENVELOPED
IN OR ENCOUNTER TRIALS OF ANY SORT OF FALL INTO
VARIOUS TEMPTATIONS.
BE ASSURED AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE TRIAL AND THE PROVING OF
YOUR FAITH BRING OUT ENDURANCE, STEADFASTNESS, AND PATIENCE."
NOW, WE'LL TALK IN A FEW MINUTES ABOUT SOME OTHER THINGS THAT
THEY BRING OUT TOO BUT EVENTUALLY--EVENTUALLY WE'LL GET
DOWN TO THAT IF WE LET GOD WORK WITH US LONG ENOUGH.
YOU KNOW WHY?
AT THE MOMENT OF YOUR NEW BIRTH WHEN YOU RECEIVE CHRIST,
THE NATURE OF GOD WAS PLANTED ON THE INSIDE OF YOUR SPIRIT.
LITTLE SEEDS OF EVERYTHING THAT GOD IS, HIS CHARACTER,
ALL THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT, IT'S ALL IN YOU.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, YOU ARE PATIENT BUT IT'S JUST LIKE
A LITTLE TEENY, TEENY, TINY SEED BURIED SOMEWHERE UNDER
ALL YOUR FLESH.
AND LISTEN TO THIS, PATIENCE, THE GREEK DICTIONARY SAYS, IS
A FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT THAT GROWS ONLY UNDER TRIAL.
AND IT COMES FROM A ROOT WORD CALLED H-U-P-O-N-E IN THE GREEK
AND IT MEANS TO REMAIN UNDER.
SO, PATIENCE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RUNNING AWAY FROM.
IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH BEING STEADFAST, BEING
DISCIPLINED, BEING COMMITTED, STICKING WITH THINGS, GOING ALL
THE WAY THROUGH WITH THINGS.
AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT THE FIRST THING OUR FLESH WANTS TO
DO WHEN ANYTHING GETS HARD IS QUIT AND RUN AWAY.
AMEN?
BUT BEFORE WE RUN IN THE FUTURE, WE NEED TO SAY, "GOD, WHAT DO
YOU WANT ME TO DO IN THIS SITUATION?"
PATIENCE IS LIKE A MUSCLE.
FAITH IS LIKE A MUSCLE.
THE LESS YOU USE IT, THE MORE IT ATROPHIES AND THE WEAKER
IT GETS.
THE MORE YOU USE IT, THE STRONGER IT GETS.
THE STRONGER IT GETS, THE MORE YOU CAN DO.
YOU SEE, GOD, NOT ONLY DOES HE WANT TO DO THINGS FOR US.
YOU KNOW, TO BE HONEST, SOMETIMES I JUST GET TIRED OF
HAVING TO TELL PEOPLE THAT 500 TIMES TO GET THEM TO KEEP
LISTENING.
WE ARE JUST NOT VERY GOOD AT LAYING OUR LIVES DOWN
AND SAYING, "GOD, WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
JUST FOR ONE DAY, COULD I FORGET ABOUT MYSELF AND SAY, GOD,
WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU TODAY?
YOU'VE BEEN SO GOOD TO ME.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ONE MORE THING FOR ME THE REST OF MY LIFE
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.
HOW CAN I SERVE YOU? WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?"
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BUT OH, I TELL YOU WHAT, IT'S VERY CHALLENGING
TO PREACH ON SACRIFICE, AND SUFFERING, AND BEING SOMEWHERE
WHERE YOU DON'T WANNA BE, AND WAITING ON THINGS.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHEN WE LET GOD WORK WITH US IN OUR LIVES AND WE DO GO FROM
GLORY TO GLORY TO GLORY, I TELL YA WHAT, YOU GIVE YOURSELF A FEW
YEARS WITH THE LORD OF REALLY LISTENING TO HIM AND YOU'LL GO
THROUGH SOME STUFF, BUT YOU COME TO A PLACE WHERE THE STUFF THAT
USED TO BOTHER YOU DOESN'T EVEN PHASE YOU ANYMORE.
IT'S LIKE--SEE, WE DON'T NEED LESS PROBLEMS.
WE NEED MORE STRENGTH.
WE DON'T NEED LESS OPPOSITION.
WE NEED MORE CHARACTER.
WE NEED MORE FAITH, MORE SPIRITUAL MUSCLE ON THE INSIDE
OF US.
AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SAY WITH PAUL, "I CAN DO ALL THINGS
THROUGH CHRIST WHO IS MY STRENGTH.
WHETHER I'M ABASED OR ABOUNDING, I CAN DO ALL THINGS
THROUGH CHRIST."
NOW, I KNOW IN SAYING THIS PROBABLY SOME OF YOU THIS IS
THE LAST THING IN THE WORLD YOU WANTED TO HEAR OUT OF ME THIS
WEEKEND AND THANKFULLY WE WILL GET TO GO ON TO OTHER THINGS,
LIKE YOUR MOUTH AND--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND OTHER MORE EXCITING THINGS AS WE GO
ON HERE.
BUT I JUST THINK IT'S--IF YOU CAN BELIEVE WHEN YOU'RE GOING
THROUGH SOMETHING AND IF YOU CAN OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND SAY,
"I HATE THIS BUT I BELIEVE IT'S GONNA WORK OUT GOOD.
GOD, I'MMA TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THIS DON'T FEEL GOOD, I DON'T
LIKE IT, BUT I TRUST YOUR WORD THAT YOU WILL WORK SOMETHING
GOOD IN ME AS RESULT OF THIS.
AND SO THEREFORE, I'M GONNA DO IT BY FAITH, GOD, BUT I'M GONNA
PUT A SMILE ON MY FACE AND I'M NOT GONNA MURMUR AND I'M NOT
GONNA COMPLAIN.
AND I AM JUST GONNA SAY NOW, YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO
IN MY LIFE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
NOW, IF YOU'LL GO HOME AND START TO DO THESE KINDS OF THINGS, I'M
NOT GONNA TELL YOU THAT BOY, ARE THINGS GONNA COME UP ROSES
IN 2 DAYS.
THEY WON'T.
BUT THE DAY WILL COME WHEN YOU'LL THINK, "I AM SO GLAD THAT
I FINALLY STOPPED RUNNING AWAY FROM EVERYTHING THAT WAS HARD
AND I'VE LEARNED HOW TO GO THROUGH WITH GOD AND COME OUT
VICTORIOUS ON THE OTHER SIDE."
WE ALL WANNA BE A CONQUEROR BUT WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO
CONQUER.
WE WANNA BE VICTORIOUS BUT WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO HAVE TO
HAVE VICTORY OVER.
AND WE'RE JUST SO DOWN ABOUT GOING THROUGH.
"I'M JUST GOING THROUGH."
WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS IS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH, AND YOU'VE GOT
JESUS WITH YOU, AND YOU'RE GONNA COME OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND HONEY, WHEN YOU COME OUT ON THE FURNACE, YOU
WON'T EVEN SMELL LIKE SMOKE.
WHO WOULD EVER GUESS BY LOOKING AT MY LIFE NOW OR MANY OF YOUR
LIVES WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH IN THE EARLIER YEARS OF YOUR LIFE?
WHO COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE GONE
THROUGH AND WHERE YOU'RE AT NOW?
YOU CAME OUT AND YOU DON'T EVEN SMELL LIKE SMOKE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN THINK OF A WOMAN WHO'S PREGNANT
AND WE ARE PREGNANT, SO TO SPEAK, WITH SO MANY GOOD THINGS,
SO MANY GOOD THINGS ON THE INSIDE OF US.
AND A WOMAN WHO IS PREGNANT ACTUALLY WHILE SHE'S IN LABOR,
SHE HAS PAIN AND JOY AT THE SAME TIME.
HER JOY OF BRINGING A CHILD INTO THE WORLD OVERCOMES THE PAIN
BECAUSE SHE WILL ACTUALLY GO DO IT AGAIN.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: FIGURE THAT OUT.
AND I HAD THREE DURING THE TIME WHEN THEY KNOCKED YOU OUT WHEN
YOU HAD BABIES AND THEN I BRAVELY DECIDED TO HAVE
THE LAST ONE ALL NATURAL.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND HE LACKED 1 OUNCE WEIGHIN' 10 POUNDS.
MAN.
MATTER OF FACT, WOMEN WILL PRAY FOR THEIR LABOR TO START.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: ARE ANY OF YOU PRAYING FOR YOUR SPIRITUAL LABOR
TO START?
WOULD ANYBODY JUST GO HOME AND SAY, "OKAY GOD, I AM TIRED OF
BEING A NAMBY-BAMBY BABY, WHINY, UP AND DOWN, HAPPY WHEN THINGS
GO MY WAY, SAD WHEN THEY DON'T.
I'M TIRED OF GETTING MY FEELINGS HURT ALL THE TIME AND BEING
JEALOUS AND GETTING MAD ALL THE TIME.
I WANT YOU TO DO SOMETHING IN ME, LET MY LABOR START."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: OH, IT SOUNDS A LOT MORE EXCITING HERE THAN IT WILL
BE WHEN YOU GET HOME BY YOURSELF.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYIN'.
I MEAN, WE GOT THE LIGHTS, THE MUSIC.
WE GOT THE CROWD.
WHOO!
LORD, HAVE MERCY.
TRIALS BRING OUT A LOT OF STUFF BEFORE THEY GET AROUND TO
BRINGIN' OUT THE GOOD STUFF THAT'S IN THERE.
JOYCE: WELL, I SAID IT TODAY BUT IT'S WORTH REPEATING.
OUR TRIALS ARE NOT NECESSARILY EVIDENCE OF GOD'S DISPLEASURE OR
ANGER BUT THEY DEVELOP US AND THEY TRAIN US TO USE OUR FAITH.
SO, COUNT IT ALL JOY WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER VARIOUS TRIALS.
NOW, IF YOU MISSED ANY PART OF TODAY'S TEACHING OR IF THIS IS
REALLY INTERESTING TO YOU AND YOU WANNA KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF
THE BOOK OF JAMES, TODAY OUR OFFER IS AN ENTIRE PACKAGE ABOUT
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YOU CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD THE STUDY GUIDE.
NOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN DOING JUST TEACHING ON
DIFFERENT BOOKS OF THE BIBLE AND PEOPLE HAVE REALLY ENJOYED IT.
I'VE ENJOYED DOING IT AND PEOPLE HAVE REALLY ENJOYED GETTING THIS
BECAUSE IT'S SO GOOD TO HEAR OTHER PEOPLE BUT IT'S REALLY
GOOD WHEN YOU STUDY THE BIBLE FOR YOURSELF.
THIS IS A WAY THAT YOU CAN DO A GROUP BIBLE STUDY OR EVEN
YOUR OWN STUDY ON YOUR OWN.
SO, PLEASE GET THESE RESOURCES, I THINK THEY WILL
REALLY HELP YOU.
NOW REMEMBER, GOD HAS GOT A GOOD PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE.
IT MAY BE TAKING LONGER THAN YOU'D LIKE IT TOO.
GOD'S NOT USUALLY IN A HURRY, BUT HE WILL SHOW UP AT JUST
THE RIGHT TIME.
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