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ANNOUNCER: LAST WEEK ON "ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE,"
JOYCE BEGAN A STUDY IN THE BOOK OF JAMES.
ON TODAY'S PROGRAM, WE'LL CONTINUE IN JAMES CHAPTER 3,
SHARING EXAMPLES OF HOW JESUS CONTROLLED WHAT HE SAID.
HERE'S JOYCE.
JOYCE: JESUS WAS VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT HE SAID.
AND I'VE GOT TWO SCRIPTURES IN PARTICULAR THAT I WANNA SHOW YOU
THAT I THINK ARE VERY INTERESTING.
JOHN 14:30.
IT WAS GETTING CLOSE TO THE TIME FOR JESUS' SUFFERING AND HIS
DEATH ON THE CROSS, AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ALL HE MUST HAVE BEEN
GOING THROUGH INTERNALLY.
HOW MANY OF YOU AGREE WITH ME THAT WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH
DIFFICULTY, WHEN YOU'RE HURTING, THAT'S THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME
TO NOT SAY SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE SAYING?
AND JESUS TOLD HIS DISCIPLES, "I WILL NOT TALK WITH YOU MUCH
MORE, FOR THE PRINCE, THE (EVIL GENIUS, THE RULER)
OF THE WORLD IS COMING.
AND HE HAS NO CLAIM ON ME.
[HE HAS NOTHING IN COMMON WITH ME; THERE IS NOTHING IN ME THAT
BELONGS TO HIM, AND HE HAS NO POWER OVER ME.]"
SO, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT JESUS IS SAYING TO HIS
DISCIPLES, "NOW LOOK, I'M COMING INTO A DIFFICULT TIME, GONNA BE
UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE, GONNA BE GOING THROUGH A LOT.
AND RIGHT NOW, SATAN HAS NO PART IN ME.
HE HAS NO POWER OVER ME.
AND I'M GONNA NEED TO BE QUIETER NOW BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GIVE
HIM ANY POWER OVER ME OR OPEN ANY DOOR FOR HIM TO GET INTO
AND WREAK HAVOC IN MY LIFE."
ISAIAH 53:7, I OFTEN WONDERED WHAT THIS MEANT AND NOW I KNOW.
"HE WAS OPPRESSED, [YET WHEN] HE WAS AFFLICTED, HE WAS SUBMISSIVE
AND OPENED NOT HIS MOUTH."
COME ON, LET'S READ IT AGAIN.
"WHEN HE WAS OPPRESSED, [YET WHEN] HE WAS AFFLICTED, HE WAS
SUBMISSIVE AND OPENED NOT HIS MOUTH; LIKE A LAMB THAT IS LED
TO THE SLAUGHTER, AND AS A SHEEP BEFORE HER SHEARERS IS DUMB,
SO HE OPENED NOT HIS MOUTH."
YOU KNOW THE OLD SAYING, IF YOU CAN'T SAY SOMETHING POSITIVE,
JUST DON'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL?
WELL, WE COULD ALL USE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
DURING THE 6 AGONIZING HOURS THAT JESUS WAS ON THE CROSS,
HE ONLY SPOKE 7 TIMES, 7 TIMES IN 6 HOURS.
AND IT TOTALED 41 WORDS IN GREEK AND 58 IF IT'S TRANSLATED
INTO ENGLISH.
IT TOOK APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE FOR HIM TO MAKE THESE
7 STATEMENTS SO THAT MEANS THAT FOR THE OTHER
5 HOURS AND 59 MINUTES HE WAS ON THE CROSS,
HE WAS TOTALLY SILENT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I TELL YA WHAT, I THINK I WOULD HAVE HAD A LOT
MORE TO SAY THAN SEVEN THINGS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
DO YOU FIND IT DIFFICULT WHEN YOU'RE ACCUSED TO JUST STAND
THERE AND NOT TRY TO DEFEND YOURSELF?
BOY, I DO.
I'M STILL WORKIN' WITH GOD ON THAT ONE.
WE WANT TO DEFEND OURSELVES.
WE WANT TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE GOOD, THAT WE'RE NOT WHAT
THEY THINK WE ARE, THAT THEY'VE GOT IT ALL WRONG ABOUT US.
BUT YOU SEE, JESUS DIDN'T CARE ABOUT HIS REPUTATION.
HE LET GOD TAKE CARE OF THAT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
COME ON, SOME OF YOU ARE IN A MESS LIKE THAT RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE BEING ACCUSED OF THINGS YOU DIDN'T DO.
YOUR REPUTATION'S ON THE LINE.
SOME PEOPLE ARE THINKING BAD THINGS ABOUT YOU AND WHAT
THEY'RE THINKING IS NOT EVEN TRUE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO TRYING TO DEFEND YOURSELF.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRY AND CONVINCE THEM THAT YOU'RE GOOD
AND THAT YOU DIDN'T DO WHAT THEY THINK YOU DID.
JUST KEEP QUIET, SERVE GOD, AND LET GOD TAKE CARE
YOUR REPUTATION.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
CAN WE RESPOND TO ACCUSATION THE WAY JESUS DID?
VERY OFTEN, HE DIDN'T ANSWER HIS ACCUSERS AT ALL.
THEY MUST HAVE THOUGHT HE WAS ONE UNIQUE GUY.
LUKE 23:9 AND 10, "SO HEROD ASKED HIM MANY QUESTIONS,
AND HE MADE NO REPLY."
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE SAY ARE SO STUPID,
THEY DON'T EVEN WARRANT AN ANSWER.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: REALLY.
AND I MEAN I REALIZE IN A CERTAIN SITUATION WITH A CERTAIN
PERSON THAT I DEAL WITH, I KIND OF GET INTO THAT BANTERING BACK
AND FORTH THAT IT JUST GETS REALLY STUPID, YOU KNOW?
AND I THOUGHT RECENTLY, WHY AM I EVEN BOTHERING TO ANSWER?
THAT DOES NOT EVEN DIGNIFY ME MAKING THE EFFORT TO ANSWER YOU.
AND I THINK SOMETIMES IF WE WOULD KEEP QUIET, GOD COULD
BRING CONVICTION.
DID YOU HEAR ME?
IF WE WOULD KEEP QUIET, GOD COULD BRING CONVICTION.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DON'T ARGUE WITH PEOPLE ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD TRYING TO CONVINCE THEM TO BELIEVE.
YOU CAN'T MAKE SOMEBODY LOVE JESUS.
YOU CAN TELL THEM, BE A GOOD EXAMPLE, AND JUST ZIP YOUR LIP.
YOU CAN'T WIN EVERYBODY WITH WORDS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE YOU GOTTA WIN JUST BY BEING A GOOD EXAMPLE IN
FRONT OF THEM FOR A LONG...
COME ON, FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
THE BIBLE TEACHES US THAT WE NEED TO BE LONG SUFFERING.
WELL, IT'S NOT LONG SUFFERING.
IT'S LOOONG SUFFERING.
"MEANWHILE, THE CHIEF PRIEST AND THE SCRIBES STOOD BY, CONTINUING
VEHEMENTLY AND VIOLENTLY TO ACCUSE HIM."
AND JESUS JUST STOOD THERE AND SAID NOTHING.
MARK 14:60 AND 61, "AND THE HIGH PRIEST
STOOD UP IN THE MIDST AND ASKED JESUS, HAVE YOU NOT EVEN
ONE ANSWER TO MAKE [ABOUT WHAT]
THESE [MEN] ARE TESTIFYING AGAINST YOU?
BUT HE KEPT STILL AND HE DID NOT ANSWER AT ALL."
YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE WISE TO FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF JAMES THAT
WE READ THIS MORNING IN JAMES 1:19, "UNDERSTAND [THIS],
MY BELOVED BRETHREN.
BE QUICK TO HEAR [A READY LISTENER], SLOW TO SPEAK,
SLOW TO TAKE OFFENSE AND TO GET ANGRY."
HOW MANY OF YOU SAY A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN YOU SHOULD SAY ON
QUITE A FEW OCCASIONS IN YOUR LIFE?
THAT'S ALMOST EVERYBODY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: DAVE DIDN'T RAISE HIS HAND BUT--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU NEED TO GET YOURS UP THERE TOO, CHARLIE.
SOMETIMES YOU--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HA, HA.
BEING ABLE TO CONTROL WHAT WE SAY IS A SIGN OF SPIRITUAL
MATURITY AND IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE NUMBER-ONE SIGNS
OF SPIRITUAL MATURITY.
TO GO THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME AND NOT COMPLAIN--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SEE, THAT HURT JUST HEARING IT, DIDN'T IT?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE DO THAT.
[GROANING]
I MEAN, JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST TO GET THROUGH ANYTHING THAT'S
CHALLENGING AND NOT COMPLAIN.
I KNOW A FEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE GOT IT MASTERED.
I'M STILL ON MY WAY BECAUSE I'M VERY VERBAL.
MY GREATEST GIFT IS IN MY MOUTH BUT IT HAS ALSO BEEN ONE OF MY
GREATEST PROBLEMS.
SO, IF YOU DON'T NEED THIS TONIGHT, I'LL JUST PREACH TO
MYSELF 'CAUSE I'M ENJOYING IT QUITE A BIT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 3, AND VERSE 1.
THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING THING THAT PAUL SAID.
"HOWEVER, BRETHREN, I COULD NOT TALK TO YOU AS TO SPIRITUAL
[MEN], BUT AS TO NONSPIRITUAL MEN [MEN OF THE FLESH, IN WHOM
THE CARNAL NATURE PREDOMINATES], I HAD TO TALK TO YOU AS MERE
INFANTS [IN THE NEW LIFE] IN CHRIST [UNABLE TO TALK YET!]."
NOW, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
OBVIOUSLY, THEY CAN TALK BUT HE'S SAYING, "I CAN LOCATE YOUR
LEVEL OF SPIRITUALITY AND I KNOW FROM LISTENING TO YOU THAT I
CAN'T REALLY FEED YOU THE MEAT OF THE WORD YET BECAUSE
YOU'RE STILL UNSPIRITUAL."
AND THEN HE GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY'RE ARGUING WITH
EACH OTHER, AND HAVING STRIFE WITH EACH OTHER, AND ALL THESE
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE LET GO ON.
NOW, AFTER WE TALK HERE JUST A FEW MORE MINUTES ABOUT
EVERYTHING THAT PAUL HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE MOUTH, WE'RE GONNA
SPEND A GOOD PART OF TIME TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT WHAT
TRUE WISDOM IS.
AND YOU'LL FIND THAT THE FIRST FACET OF TRUE GODLY WISDOM IS TO
BE PEACEFUL, TO BE PEACE LOVING AND TO BE PEACEFUL.
AND THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE IF WE DON'T LEARN SOME MEASURE
OF CONTROL OVER OUR WORDS.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HAD A FAIR AMOUNT OF TEACHING ABOUT
THE POWER OF YOUR WORDS?
OKAY, HOW MANY OF YOU, THIS IS KIND OF NEW?
YOU'RE JUST LIKE, "I HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD THAT MUCH OF THIS."
LET'S SEE IF THAT'S THE CASE, YOU HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD THAT
MUCH OF THIS.
SO, IT WAS QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST LIKE... SEE?
COME ON, DON'T BE LIKE DOWN HERE.
I CAN'T SEE DOWN IN YOUR LAP.
I WANT TO--YOU KNOW?
WELL, I WANT YOU TO KNOW SOMETHING.
YOU NEED TO LISTEN WITH BOTH OF THE EARS ON YOUR HEAD AND BOTH
OF EARS IN YOUR SPIRIT BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT
WORD OF GOD FOR YOUR LIFE.
SOME OF YOU CAN TURN THINGS AROUND IN YOUR MARRIAGE
IF YOU'LL CHANGE THE THINGS THAT YOU SAY.
SOME OF YOU CAN CHANGE THINGS WITH YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR
CHILDREN IF YOU'LL CHANGE THINGS THAT YOU SAY.
SOME OF YOU CAN BE PROMOTED ON YOUR JOB IF YOU'LL CHANGE
THE WAY YOU TALK.
DON'T SIT AT THE LUNCH TABLE AND COMPLAIN AND MURMUR ABOUT--WITH
EVERYBODY ELSE ABOUT THE PLACE WHERE YOU WORK.
THANK GOD YOU'VE GOT A JOB AND IF YOU'RE NOT HAPPY WITH IT,
SOMEBODY ELSE WHO DOESN'T HAVE ONE WILL PROBABLY TAKE IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT DOESN'T MEAN MAYBE YOU'RE BEING TREATED
GREAT.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU MIGHT NOT NEED A BETTER JOB OR YOU
MIGHT NOT WANT TO GET ANOTHER JOB BUT WHILE YOU'RE AT THE ONE
WHERE YOU'RE AT, BEHAVE.
AMEN?
"OUT OF THE SAME MOUTH COME FORTH BLESSING AND CURSING.
MY BRETHREN, THESE THINGS OUGHT NOT TO BE SO."
LET'S SHOW SOME SPIRITUAL MATURITY BY SAYING RIGHT THINGS.
YOU CAN LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT YOURSELF AND I CAN LEARN SO MUCH
ABOUT MYSELF.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IF I HEAR MYSELF SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT
SOMEBODY ELSE THAT I THINK I LOVE, I HAVE TO ASK MYSELF,
WHAT'S IN THERE?
WHAT'S IN ME THAT BROUGHT THAT OUT?
BECAUSE THE WORD OF GOD SAYS THAT IT'S WHAT'S IN OUR HEART
THAT COMES OUT OF OUR MOUTHS.
WORDS ARE SO, SO, SO POWERFUL.
THERE'S SO MANY MORE THINGS THAT I COULD SHARE WITH YOU
BUT I WANT TO GO ON TO JAMES CHAPTER 3, VERSE 13,
AND I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE TRUE FRUIT OF WISDOM
BECAUSE A WISE MAN OR A WISE WOMAN WILL ALSO BE VERY
CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT THEY SAY.
LET ME JUST TAKE A LITTLE QUICK SURVEY AND ASK A QUESTION.
HOW MANY OF YOU--WE'LL JUST PICK ON THE LADIES FOR A MINUTE.
HOW MANY OF YOU THINK THAT YOU COULD CHANGE THE ATMOSPHERE IN
YOUR HOME BY CHANGING SOME OF THE THINGS YOU SAY?
UH-OH, WOW.
LOOK AT THAT.
WELL, WE'RE GONNA GET A LOT OF GOOD FRUIT OUT OF THIS
MESSAGE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HOW MANY OF YOU MEN THINK YOU COULD CHANGE THE--NO,
WAIT A MINUTE.
HOW MANY OF YOU MEN THINK THAT YOU COULD HAVE A MUCH HAPPIER
WIFE IF YOU TALKED TO HER A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY?
DAVE?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: DO NOT SIT THERE LIKE A BLOCK OF WOOD.
YOU AND MIKE ARE BOTH JUST SITTING THERE LIKE--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NO, I HAVE TO SAY MY HUSBAND IS SO POSITIVE.
AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WHEN I WANT TO BE NEGATIVE, HE WON'T BE
NEGATIVE WITH ME, IT'S ANNOYING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
IF I'M IN A MOOD TO HAVE A FIT AND HE'S JUST GONNA TELL ME
EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE WONDERFUL, I'M JUST LIKE--WELL, YOU KNOW
WHAT I MEAN.
YOU CAN CHANGE THINGS JUST BY HOW YOU TALK.
"WELL, BLESS GOD."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAVE TO BE MY RESPONSIBILITY?"
WELL, LET ME JUST SAY THIS, WHOEVER DOES THE RIGHT THING
FIRST IS THE MOST POWERFUL PERSON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHOEVER DOES THE RIGHT THING FIRST IS THE MOST POWERFUL
PERSON.
NOW, WISDOM IS TO BE SOUGHT AFTER.
AND I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET INTO PROVERBS BUT, BOY, PROVERBS
IS SO POWERFUL ABOUT WISDOM.
IT'S REALLY THE BEGINNING OF A BLESSED LIFE.
AND IF YOU DEFINE WISDOM, I'VE HEARD IT SAID THAT IT'S THE
PROPER USE OF KNOWLEDGE, WHICH THAT'S VERY TRUE BECAUSE IT
DOESN'T DO US ANY GOOD TO KNOW ANYTHING IF WE DON'T USE IT
PROPERLY.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE GOT SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE THAT IT ACTUALLY
STEALS THEIR FAITH AND CAUSES ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS IN
RELATIONSHIPS.
BUT I HAVE MY OWN LITTLE DEFINITION OF WISDOM AND I THINK
IT'S FAIRLY ACCURATE AND SO I'LL JUST GIVE YOU WHAT I THINK
WISDOM IS.
I THINK WISDOM IS TO DO NOW WHAT YOU'LL BE HAPPY WITH LATER
IN LIFE.
I THINK WISDOM THINKS THINGS THROUGH BECAUSE IF YOU READ
PROVERBS, WISDOM INVOLVES PRUDENCE, WHICH IS GOOD
MANAGEMENT.
IT INVOLVES DISCERNMENT, WHICH MEANS THAT WE LOOK BEYOND
JUST THE SURFACE OF THINGS INTO THE DEEPER MEANING OF MAYBE
WHAT'S GOING ON.
YOU SEE, A PERSON WHO HAS NO WISDOM WILL DO WHAT WE SAID THIS
MORNING WE SHOULDN'T DO.
THEY'LL SEE SOMEBODY THAT'S NOT LIKE THEM OR MAYBE LOOKS WHAT
THEY WOULD THINK IS A LITTLE ODD AND THEY SIZE THEM UP AS BEING
A GOOFBALL.
BUT SOMEBODY WHO HAS GOT SOME WISDOM WILL SEE BEYOND THAT AND
ACTUALLY TAKE THE TIME TO FIND OUT THE HEART OF THE PERSON.
AND SO, WISDOM, WOW, IT'S JUST A GREAT, GREAT, GREAT THING
TO STUDY.
BUT NOW IF WE LOOK AT JAMES CHAPTER 3,
BEGINNING IN VERSE 13, IT SAYS THAT, "WHO IS THERE
AMONG YOU WHO IS WISE AND INTELLIGENT?
THEN LET HIM BY HIS NOBLE LIVING SHOW FORTH HIS [GOOD] WORKS WITH
THE [UNOBTRUSIVE] HUMILITY [WHICH IS THE PROPER ATTRIBUTE]
OF TRUE WISDOM."
SO, FIRST OF ALL, A PROUD PERSON,
A PERSON WHO IS HAUGHTY, AND WALKS IN PRIDE AND IS FULL
OF HIMSELF, AND THINKS HE'S BETTER THAN OTHER PEOPLE, AND
SMARTER THAN OTHER PEOPLE DOES NOT HAVE ONE DROP OF WISDOM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THANK YOU.
"IF YOU HAVE JEALOUSY AND (ENVY) AND CONTENTION," WHICH IS
STRIFE, "(AND SELFISH AMBITION) IN YOUR HEARTS, DO NOT PRIDE
YOURSELVES ON IT AND THUS BE IN DEFIANCE OF AND FALSE TO
THE TRUTH."
THAT IS NOT WISDOM EITHER.
IT'S FOOLISH TO BE JEALOUS OF WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE HAS BECAUSE
THAT'S NEVER GONNA GET YOU WHAT THEY HAVE.
THE ONLY WAY WE'RE EVER GONNA GET ANYTHING IS TO ASK GOD FOR
IT AND LET HIM GIVE IT TO US IN HIS OWN WAY AND IN HIS OWN TIME.
IT'S FOOLISH FOR US TO COMPARE OURSELVES TO OTHER PEOPLE
BECAUSE GOD IS NEVER GONNA HELP US BE SOMEBODY ELSE.
HE'S ONLY GONNA HELP YOU BE YOU.
YOU SHOULDN'T EVEN COMPARE YOUR PRAYER LIFE TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S
PRAYER LIFE.
IT WOULD BE TOTALLY USELESS FOR YOU TO ASK ME HOW LONG I PRAY
EVERY DAY BECAUSE EVEN IF I KNEW, WHICH I DON'T,
I WOULDN'T TELL YOU.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYBODY COMPARING THEMSELVES TO ANYBODY
ELSE WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
YOU ARE A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL AND GOD WANTS TO HAVE A UNIQUE,
AND AN INTIMATE, AND A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT MEANS WHEN
THE BIBLE SAYS, "WHOM THE SON SETS FREE IS FREE INDEED."
YOU ARE FREE TO BE UNIQUE.
THE WORLD MAY THINK YOU'RE WEIRD, BUT GOD JUST WANTS YOU
TO BE UNIQUE.
"BUT THE WISDOM THAT IS FROM ABOVE IS FIRST OF ALL PURE
(UNDEFILED); PEACE-LOVING."
LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION, DO YOU LOVE PEACE?
OKAY, CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING?
YOU'RE NEVER GONNA HAVE IT IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT ON PURPOSE.
I SAID, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA HAVE IT IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT
ON PURPOSE.
YOU GOTTA PURSUE IT.
YOU GOTTA SEEK IT.
AND YOU GOTTA GO AFTER IT.
AND YOU GOTTA MAKE WHATEVER CHANGES YOU NEED TO MAKE IN YOUR
LIFE AND IN YOUR BEHAVIOR IN ORDER TO HAVE PEACE BECAUSE
PEACE IS ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE, MOST POWERFUL THINGS
THAT WE CAN HAVE.
PEACE IS CONNECTED TO GOD'S ANOINTING AND IT'S CONNECTED TO
HIS BLESSINGS IN OUR LIFE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: PEACE.
I TELL YA, I LIVED IN THE WAR ZONE ALL MY LIFE AND I FINALLY
GOT TO THE POINT, ESPECIALLY I WOULD WATCH DAVE AND SEE HOW
PEACEFUL HE WAS AND I JUST THOUGHT, MAYBE I COULD HAVE
THAT TOO.
I GREW UP IN TURMOIL AND I STAYED FULL OF TURMOIL FOR
MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS.
IT DIDN'T TAKE MUCH AT ALL TO UPSET ME, TO OFFEND ME, TO GET
ME OFF IN A WRONG DIRECTION.
AND WHEN I GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I WANTED PEACE SO BAD THAT
I WAS WILLING TO CHANGE WHATEVER I HAD TO CHANGE IN MY LIFE IN
ORDER TO HAVE IT, I STARTED HAVING PEACE.
DO YOU KNOW THAT I FOUND OUT THAT TO FIGHT WITH SOMEBODY TO
TRY TO PROVE THAT I'M RIGHT IS NOT WORTH THE LITTLE FLESHLY
ZING I GET OUT OF IT JUST TO SAY, "I WAS RIGHT.
SEE, I WAS RIGHT."
YOU KNOW, BEING RIGHT IS HIGHLY OVERRATED AND IT COSTS YOU A LOT
MORE THAN IT'S WORTH WHEN YOU GET IT.
WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE MORE OF WHAT JESUS DID.
JUST KEEP QUIET AND IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO THINK THEY'RE RIGHT,
LET THEM THINK THEY'RE RIGHT.
AND IF YOU NEED TO BE PROVEN TO BE RIGHT, LET'S LET GOD DO
THE PROVING INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DO IT OURSELVES.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ESPECIALLY OVER PETTY STUFF THAT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE
ANY SENSE AT ALL.
COME ON, I KNOW SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS YOU HAVE BECAUSE
DAVE AND I USED TO HAVE 'EM.
WE DON'T MESS WITH IT ANYMORE BUT--YOU GET OLD ENOUGH, YOU
FINALLY REALIZE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANYMORE DAYS TO WASTE BEING
MAD OVER SOMETHING STUPID.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER ARGUED OVER WHICH DIRECTIONS TO TAKE TO
GO SOMEWHERE?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND DON'T EXPECT HIM TO STOP AND ASK FOR DIRECTIONS
BECAUSE HE WON'T.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THAT'S NOT A MALE TRAIT.
THEY CANNOT ASK FOR DIRECTIONS.
MY GOODNESS, SOMEBODY MIGHT THINK THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT
THEY'RE DOING AND THAT WOULD BE TRAGIC.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WHOO!
JESUS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WISDOM.
MORE WISDOM COULD SAVE A MARRIAGE.
PEACE IS SO WONDERFUL.
VERSE 15 SAYS, "[SUPERFICIAL]
WISDOM IS NOT SUCH AS COMES DOWN FROM ABOVE, BUT IS EARTHLY,
UNSPIRITUAL (ANIMAL), EVEN DEVILISH AND (DEMONIACAL]
FOR WHEREVER--" NOW, I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO
THIS 'CAUSE THIS IS GOOD FOR YOUR HOMES.
"FOR WHEREVER THERE IS JEALOUSY (ENVY) AND CONTENTION," WHICH IS
STRIFE, "(RIVALRY AND SELFISH AMBITION), THERE WILL ALSO BE
CONFUSION (UNREST, DISHARMONY, REBELLION) AND ALL SORTS OF EVIL
AND VILE PRACTICES."
CAN I JUST SAY MOM AND DAD, IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A HOME FULL OF
STRIFE, YOU CAN EXPECT YOUR KIDS TO BE REBELLIOUS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THANK YOU FOR THAT LITTLE BIT OF AGREEMENT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT THE WISDOM FROM ABOVE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S EARTHLY WISDOM.
THERE'S PEOPLE THAT THINK THEY'RE WISE AND THAT THEY KNOW
SO MUCH, BUT WE LIVE BY A DIFFERENT KIND OF WISDOM.
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE, I HAD A MAN HELPING ME WITH MY TAXES ONE
TIME THAT TOLD ME I WAS GIVING TOO MUCH MONEY TO THE CHURCH.
WELL, SEE, HE DIDN'T HAVE THE WISDOM I HAD.
MATTER OF FACT, HE TOLD ME, "IT'S NOT WISE."
AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, YOU JUST DON'T GET IT.
IT'S THE WISEST THING THAT I DO."
AND THERE'S SO MANY THINGS LIKE THAT IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE TRUE
WISDOM, THE GOD KIND OF WISDOM.
SEE, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO THE NATURAL MIND TO FORGIVE
YOUR ENEMIES.
IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO THE NATURAL MIND TO NOT TRY TO
DEFEND YOURSELF WHEN SOMEBODY FALSELY ACCUSES YOU.
BUT WE HAVE ANOTHER EXAMPLE, HIS NAME IS JESUS AND WE GET TO NOT
ONLY BELIEVE IN HIM, BUT TO FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE AND HAVE
THE BEST LIFE THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY HAVE.
JESUS SAID, AND IT'S RECORDED IN JOHN 14, "MY PEACE I LEAVE WITH
YOU, NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES DO I GIVE UNTO YOU.
MY OWN SPECIAL PEACE I NOW GIVE AND BEQUEATH UNTO YOU."
SO, STOP ALLOWING YOURSELVES TO BE UPSET AND DISTURBED.
HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO ZIP YOUR LIP IF IT MEANT THAT
YOU CAN SAVE A DAY OF UPSET?
YOU GOT YOUR HANDS UP.
WE'LL SEE THE NEXT TIME SOMEBODY SAYS SOMETHING WHAT HAPPENS.
LORD, PLEASE DON'T LET ME GET TESTED ON THIS MESSAGE TONIGHT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I'M SORRY.
I JUST FELT THE URGE TO PRAY.
JOYCE: WELL, BY LEARNING TO CONTROL WHAT WE SAY AS JESUS
DID SHOWS A SIGN OF SPIRITUAL MATURITY AND IT CAN YIELD GREAT
FRUIT IN OUR LIVES.
YOU'VE JUST WATCHED THE SECOND PART OF JAMES CHAPTER 3 BUT YOU
CAN GET THE ENTIRE BOOK OF JAMES TEACHING TODAY.
IT'S A BIBLE STUDY ON JAMES.
WE CALL IT OUR ACTION PLAN BECAUSE IT INCLUDES SEVERAL
THINGS, A PERSONAL STUDY GUIDE, THE BOOK OF JAMES IN A LITTLE
BOOKLET, AND FOUR TEACHINGS ON CD AND DVD.
THIS IS GREAT 'CAUSE YOU CAN READ, YOU CAN LISTEN,
YOU CAN WATCH.
WHY NOT GET THE WORD OF GOD EVERY WAY THAT YOU CAN GET IT?
WE'VE DONE OTHER BOOKS OF THE BIBLE LIKE THIS AND PEOPLE
HAVE REALLY ENJOYED THEM.
THIS IS A WAY YOU CAN DO YOUR OWN GROUP BIBLE STUDY
OR YOU CAN STUDY ON YOUR OWN.
BE DILIGENT TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD
AND I PROMISE YOU, THE TIME THAT YOU PUT INTO IT WILL NEVER
BE TIME LOST.
IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
NOW, YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY.
LAUGH, AND ENJOY THE DAY BECAUSE JESUS WANTS YOU TO DO THAT.
ANNOUNCER: "RECEIVE AND WELCOME THE WORD WHICH,
IMPLANTED AND ROOTED IN YOUR HEARTS, CONTAINS THE POWER
TO SAVE YOUR SOULS."
FOR A LIMITED TIME, WE'RE OFFERING
"A BIBLE STUDY OF JAMES" ACTION PLAN, JOYCE'S TEACHING
THROUGH THE BOOK OF JAMES.
JOYCE: WHAT PAUL SAID IS RIGHT.
WE ARE JUSTIFIED BEFORE GOD BY OUR FAITH.
BUT WHAT JAMES SAID IS RIGHT TOO, WE ARE JUSTIFIED BEFORE MEN
BY OUR WORKS.
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