ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: "COME CLOSE TO GOD AND HE WILL COME CLOSE TO YOU."
REMEMBER HE IS NEVER MORE THAN A THOUGHT AWAY.
"[RECOGNIZE THAT YOU ARE]
SINNERS, GET YOUR SOILED HANDS CLEAN; [REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE
BEEN DISLOYAL] WAVERING INDIVIDUALS WITH DIVIDED
INTERESTS, AND PURIFY YOUR HEARTS [OF YOUR SPIRITUAL
ADULTERY]"
NOW, HERE AGAIN, THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T ENJOY OTHER
THINGS AND HAVE OTHER INTEREST, BUT GOD NEEDS TO BE FIRST.
THAT MEANS HE NEEDS TO BE FIRST IN OUR TIME,
FIRST IN OUR CONVERSATION, FIRST IN OUR THOUGHTS,
FIRST IN OUR FINANCES, FIRST IN EVERY DECISION
THAT WE MAKE.
IF YOU KEEP GO FIRST, YOU'LL NEVER FIND YOURSELF
IN LAST PLACE.
"[AS YOU DRAW NEAR TO GOD]
BE DEEPLY PENITENT AND GRIEVE, EVEN WEEP [OVER YOUR
DISLOYALTY]
LET YOUR LAUGHTER BE TURNED TO GRIEF AND YOUR MIRTH
TO DEJECTION AND HEARTFELT SHAME [FOR YOUR SINS]"
NOW THIS--YOU KNOW, THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE GO AROUND LIKE,
YOU KNOW, THINKING THAT WE'RE TERRIBLE ALL THE TIME,
BUT I THINK IT'S AN EXHORTATION TO TAKE SIN SERIOUSLY.
TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.
WE DON'T--YOU KNOW, HALF THE TIME NOW, THE WORLD
DOESN'T EVEN CALL SIN SIN.
HALF THE THINGS THAT THE BIBLE SAYS ARE SIN ARE NOW ADDICTIONS,
OR THESE DISEASES, OR SICKNESSES.
AMEN?
SEE, THE BIGGEST DANGER THAT WE HAVE IS DRIFTING TOWARD
THE WORLD AND AWAY FROM GOD.
WE CANNOT THINK LIKE THEY THINK.
WE CANNOT TALK LIKE THEY TALK.
WE CANNOT ACT LIKE THEY ACT.
WE CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT THEY BELIEVE.
WE HAVE SOMETHING HIGHER, AND IT'S THE WORD OF GOD.
AND I WILL KEEP SHOUTING FROM THE HOUSETOPS AS LONG AS GOD
GIVES ME A VOICE THAT THIS IS THE TRUTH, AND ANYTHING THAT
DOES NOT AGREE WITH IT IS A LIE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: SINCERE REPENTANCE, VERY SINCERE REPENTANCE.
ONE TIME, I WAS PRAYING, I'D DONE SOMETHING WRONG.
I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER NOW WHAT IT WAS.
AND I SAID, "OH GOD, FORGIVE ME, I MISSED IT."
AND I REMEMBER THE LORD SAYING, "MISSED WHAT?"
AND I SAID, "WELL, LORD, YOU KNOW WHAT I DID."
HE SAID, "YEAH, I WANT TO HEAR YOU SAY IT."
NOT BECAUSE HE DIDN'T KNOW, BUT YOU SEE, TRUE CONFESSION AND
REPENTANCE IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL.
DAVID SAID, IF YOU READ PSALM-- I DON'T KNOW, ONE OF THEM,
WHERE--I THINK IT MIGHT BE PSALM 32, WHERE HE REPENTED
FOR SIN, 32?
YEAH, PSALM 32.
I'M LOOKING AT MY CONCORDANCE DOWN HERE.
WHERE DAVID, THE BIBLE RECORDS THE PRAYER OF REPENTANCE THAT
DAVID PRAYED WHEN HE FINALLY FACED THE MAGNITUDE
OF HIS SIN WITH BATHSHEBA.
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HE IGNORED IT FOR A YEAR.
AS CLOSE AS HE WAS TO GOD, HE HAD ADULTERY AND HE HAD MURDER,
AND HE MANAGED TO THINK HE WAS AVOIDING IT FOR A YEAR.
AND IF YOU READ PSALM 32, IT'S REALLY GOOD ESPECIALLY
IN THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE.
HE BASICALLY SAYS HE WAS MISERABLE.
AND WHEN HE DID CONFESS HIS SIN, THE AMPLIFIED SAYS
THAT HE TOLD IT AND TOLD IT UNTIL HE
TOLD IT ALL.
AND THEN THE JOY OF HIS SALVATION CAME BACK.
DON'T GO AROUND WITH HIDDEN STUFF IN YOUR HEART THAT YOU
DON'T WANT TO TALK TO GOD ABOUT BECAUSE HE ALREADY KNOWS ANYWAY.
AND SOMETIMES, WE NEED TO HEAR THE UGLINESS OF WHAT IT IS
BECAUSE IT'LL SHOCK US EVEN SOMETIMES TO REALIZE THAT WE'RE
JEALOUS, OR WE'RE JUST BEING HATEFUL, OR JUST BEING HARD
TO GET ALONG WITH.
"HUMBLE YOURSELVES," VERSE 10, "[FEELING VERY INSIGNIFICANT]
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD, AND HE WILL EXALT YOU [HE WILL
LIFT YOU UP AND MAKE YOUR LIVES SIGNIFICANT]"
NOW, HERE AGAIN, FEELING INSIGNIFICANT IS WHAT
THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE SAYS.
I'M NOT REAL CRAZY ABOUT THAT TRANSLATION.
I DON'T THINK THAT GOD EVER WANTS YOU TO THINK LITTLE OF
YOURSELF, BUT HE NEVER WANTS YOU TO THINK MORE OF YOURSELF
THAN YOU OUGHT TO, AND THAT'S THE KEY.
I LIKE TO SAY I'M AN EVERYTHING NOTHING: NOTHING IN MYSELF
AND EVERYTHING IN CHRIST.
NOTHING IN MYSELF, NOTHING WITHOUT HIM,
EVERYTHING IN HIM AND THROUGH HIM.
GOD GIVES US GRACE.
WE CAN'T CHANGE WITHOUT HIM.
WE NEED TO SPEND TIME WITH GOD AND TRUST HIM TO CHANGE US
ON A REGULAR BASIS.
HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD LOVE TO BE SET FREE FROM ALWAYS TRYING
TO CHANGE YOURSELF AND BEING UNHAPPY WITH YOURSELF?
ALL RIGHT.
OBEDIENCE RELEASES GOD'S POWER IN OUR LIVES.
JAMES 4:11 AND 12, "[MY]
BRETHREN, DO NOT SPEAK EVIL ABOUT OR ACCUSE ONE ANOTHER.
HE THAT MALIGNS A BROTHER OR JUDGES HIS BROTHER IS MALIGNING
AND CRITICIZING THE LAW AND JUDGING THE LAW.
BUT IF YOU JUDGE THE LAW, YOU ARE NOT A PRACTICER OF THE LAW
BUT A CENSOR AND JUDGE [OF IT]"
NOW, THE LAW HE'S TALKING ABOUT HERE REALLY IS THE NEW ROYAL
LAW OF LOVE.
AND HE'S SAYING BASICALLY, WHICH THAT'S THE LAW THAT WE LIVE
UNDER, UNDER THE OLD COVENANT.
IF WE CAN WALK IN LOVE WITH PEOPLE, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP
ALL THE REST OF IT, AGREED?
I MEAN, LOVE--THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE SAYS, "DO UNTO OTHERS
AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU."
WE WOULD HAVE NO PEOPLE PROBLEMS AT ALL IF WE WOULD TREAT OTHER
PEOPLE THE WAY THAT WE WANT TO BE TREATED.
THAT WOULD SOLVE IT ALL.
SO, HE SAYS BE CAREFUL HOW YOU TALK ABOUT PEOPLE.
WE COVERED THE MOUTH LAST NIGHT.
BE CAREFUL HOW YOU TALK ABOUT PEOPLE.
DON'T BE MAKING ACCUSATIONS AGAINST PEOPLE.
HALF THE TIME WE ACCUSE PEOPLE OF THINGS, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
VERSE 12, "ONLY ONE IS THE LAWGIVER AND THE JUDGE WHO
IS ABLE TO SAVE AND TO DESTROY [THE ONE WHO HAS THE ABSOLUTE
POWER OF LIFE AND DEATH]
[BUT YOU] WHO ARE YOU THAT [YOU PRESUME TO] PASS JUDGMENT
ON YOUR NEIGHBOR?" ROMANS 14:10 THROUGH 13 BACKS
THIS UP IN A LITTLE DIFFERENT WAY.
"WHY DO YOU CRITICIZE AND PASS JUDGMENT ON YOUR
BROTHER?
OR YOU, WHY DO YOU LOOK DOWN ON OR DESPISE YOUR BROTHER?
FOR WE SHALL ALL STAND BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF GOD."
I LOVE TO SAY WHAT I'M GETTING READY TO SAY.
WHEN JUDGMENT DAY COMES, GOD IS NOT GOING TO ASK US ABOUT
ANYBODY BUT OURSELVES.
GOD IS NOT GOING TO ASK ME ONE THING ABOUT WHY DAVE DIDN'T
DO SOMETHING, LET ALONE MY NEIGHBOR, OR THE PEOPLE
I WORK WITH, OR--YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO JUST LEAVE OTHER
PEOPLE ALONE, PRAY FOR THEM, LET GOD DEAL WITH THEM,
AND SPEND OUR TIME WITH GOD ASKING HIM TO STRAIGHTEN
OUR DEAL OUT.
COME ON, THIS IS GOOD.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE BOLD ENOUGH TO ADMIT THAT YOU TEND
TO BE JUDGMENTAL?
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT NO TELLING--NO MATTER HOW MANY
GOOD THINGS ARE GOING ON, IF THERE'S ONE THING
THAT'S WRONG, YOU CAN SPOT IT?
THAT'S CALLED HUMANITY, AMEN?
AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS WHERE WE NEED TO RESIST THE DEVIL.
THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO RESIST THE ENEMY.
I HAVE TO SAY TO MYSELF, AND IF I'M BY MYSELF SOMETIMES
I'LL SAY IT OUT LOUD, "JOYCE, IT'S NONE OF YOUR
BUSINESS.
IT IS JUST NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS."
WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE AN OPINION WHERE WE DON'T HAVE
ANY RESPONSIBILITY.
"WELL, I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD.
AND IF I WERE."
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU WOULD DO IF YOU WERE IN SOMEBODY
ELSE'S SHOES BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT.
WHOO, I'M PREACHING GOOD FOR SATURDAY MORNING.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, HERE'S THE BOTTOM LINE: JUST LEAVE
EVERYBODY ALONE.
OH MY, MY, MY.
"WHY DO YOU LOOK DOWN OR DESPISE YOUR BROTHER?
WE'LL ALL STAND BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF GOD.
AS IT IS WRITTEN, 'AS I LIVE, SAYS THE LORD,
EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW TO ME, AND EVERY TONGUE SHALL CONFESS
TO GOD [AND ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND GIVE HIM PRAISE]
AND EACH OF US SHALL GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF [IN ANSWER
TO JUDGMENT] TO GOD.'" VERSE 13, "THEN LET US NO MORE
CRITICIZE AND BLAME AND PASS JUDGMENT ON ONE ANOTHER,
BUT RATHER DECIDE AND ENDEAVOR NEVER TO PUT
A STUMBLING BLOCK OR AN OBSTACLE OR A HINDRANCE IN THE WAY
OF THE BROTHER."
SO, INSTEAD OF JUDGING PEOPLE, LET US DETERMINE THAT WE'RE
GOING TO BE A GOOD EXAMPLE.
AND MAYBE IF THEY DO HAVE A PROBLEM IN THEIR LIFE,
THEN IF WE'RE A GOOD EXAMPLE, A GODLY EXAMPLE,
MAYBE THEY CAN LEARN SOMETHING FROM OUR EXAMPLE.
BUT WE DON'T NEED TO CRITICIZE THEM AND JUDGE THEM.
LET'S TALK ABOUT PRESUMPTION FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE IN THE WORLD
THAT WE LIVE IN TODAY, I THINK WE'VE GOT A LOT
OF WHAT WE CALL ENTITLEMENT, PEOPLE WHO HAVE AN ATTITUDE
THAT I--THAT'S OWED TO ME, AND I DESERVE THAT.
AND THEY DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO EARN IT
OR DESERVE IT.
THEY JUST FEEL LIKE FOR SOME REASON THAT EVERYTHING
SHOULD BE HANDED TO THEM ON A SILVER PLATTER.
AND A PRESUMPTUOUS ATTITUDE IS NOT PLEASING TO GOD.
"COME NOW, YOU WHO SAY, 'TODAY OR TOMORROW WE'RE GOING
TO GO INTO SUCH AND SUCH A CITY AND SPEND A YEAR THERE AND CARRY
ON OUR BUSINESS AND MAKE MONEY.' YET YOU DON'T KNOW
[THE LEAST THING] ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN TOMORROW.
WHAT IS THE NATURE OF YOUR LIFE?
YOU'RE [REALLY] BUT A WISP OF VAPOR (A PUFF OF SMOKE,
A MIST) THAT IS VISIBLE FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND THEN
DISAPPEARS [INTO THIN AIR]"
I REALLY LIKE WHEN I SHARE THIS SCRIPTURE TO BRING A CAN
OF HAIRSPRAY AND JUST GO PFFT, "THERE I GO."
YOU KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO HEAR A LOT MORE OF?
WE NEED TO HEAR A LOT MORE OF, "IF GOD WILLS, I'LL DO THAT.
IF GOD APPROVES."
I'M SERIOUS, WE NEED TO GET MORE OF THAT INTO OUR CONVERSATION,
EVEN OUR CONVERSATION WITH EACH OTHER.
LET'S JUST STOP DECLARING WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL THE TIME
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING IF GOD DOESN'T ENABLE
US TO DO IT AND BLESS US TO DO IT.
I THINK WE'VE MOVED TOO FAR AWAY FROM, "IF IT BE THY WILL."
HOW MANY OF YOU WANT WHAT GOD WANTS MORE THAN YOU WANT
WHAT YOU WANT?
"YOU OUGHT INSTEAD TO SAY," VERSE 15, "IF THE LORD IS
WILLING, IF THE LORD IS WILLING, WE SHALL LIVE AND DO THIS THING
OR THAT [THING]"
I HAVE A PLAN TO GO BUY A PAIR OF SHOES WHEN I LEAVE HERE
TODAY, AND I SURE HOPE THE LORD IS WILLING.
HOW MANY OF YOU THINK HE IS?
I BELIEVE IT'S GOD'S WILL, AMEN?
"BUT AS IT IS, YOU BOAST [FALSELY] IN YOUR PRESUMPTION
AND YOUR SELF-CONCEIT.
ALL SUCH BOASTING IS WRONG."
YOU KNOW, ALL THESE SCRIPTURES ARE GEARING TOWARD LEAN ON GOD,
LEAN ON GOD, LEAN ON GOD, LEAN ON GOD.
PUT HIM FIRST IN YOUR LIFE, KEEP HIM FIRST IN YOUR LIFE,
KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOTHING WITHOUT HIM.
"FOR ANY PERSON WHO KNOWS WHAT IS RIGHT TO DO BUT DOES NOT
DO IT, TO HIM IT IS SIN."
LET ME GIVE YOU A FEW BIBLICAL EXAMPLES OF PRESUMPTION.
IN NUMBERS 14, VERSES 40 THROUGH 45, IT SAYS,
"AND THEY ROSE EARLY IN THE MORNING AND WENT UP
TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN, SAYING, 'BEHOLD, WE ARE HERE,
AND WE INTEND TO GO UP TO THE PLACE WHICH THE LORD HAS
PROMISED, FOR WE HAVE SINNED.'" THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
"BUT MOSES SAID, 'WHY NOW DO YOU TRANSGRESS
THE COMMAND OF THE LORD [TO TURN BACK BY WAY
OF THE RED SEA], SINCE IT WILL NOT SUCCEED?
GO NOT UP, FOR THE LORD IS NOT AMONG YOU, THAT YOU BE NOT
STRUCK DOWN BEFORE YOUR ENEMIES.
FOR THE AMALEKITES AND THE CANAANITES ARE THERE BEFORE YOU,
AND YOU SHALL FALL BY THE SWORD.
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TURNED AWAY FROM FOLLOWING AFTER THE LORD,
THEREFORE THE LORD WILL NOT BE WITH YOU.'
BUT THEY PRESUMED TO GO UP TO THE HEIGHTS OF THE HILL
COUNTRY; HOWEVER, NEITHER THE ARK OF THE COVENANT
OF THE LORD NOR MOSES DEPARTED OUT OF THE CAMP.
THEN THE AMALEKITES CAME DOWN AND THE CANAANITES WHO DWELT IN
THAT HILL COUNTRY AND THEY SMOTE THE ISRAELITES AND BEAT THEM
BACK, EVEN AS FAR AS HORMAH."
SO, THEY SAID, "WE'RE GOING TO GO UP."
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THEY COULD HAVE GONE UP
AND THEY DIDN'T OBEY GOD.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, WHEN GOD TELLS US TO DO SOMETHING,
THERE'S AN ANOINTING ON IT FOR THAT TIME.
AND A LOT OF TIMES, WE LIKE TO PUT IT OFF AND WAIT TILL
IT'S CONVENIENT FOR US.
AND I'VE FOUND OUT THAT WHAT I COULD HAVE DONE EASILY A MONTH
AGO I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO AT ALL NOW A MONTH LATER BECAUSE
GOD WAS WITH ME THEN, BUT-- I MEAN, HE'S ALWAYS WITH US,
BUT HE'S NOT ANOINTING THAT PARTICULAR THING FOR NOW.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: PRESUMPTION.
A FEW MORE INSTANCES IN THE BIBLE OF PRESUMPTION.
WHEN THE DISCIPLES REBUKED THE LITTLE CHILDREN AND TOLD THEM
TO LEAVE JESUS ALONE, JESUS CORRECTED THEM.
WHEN PETER REBUKED JESUS, TELLING HIM HE MUST NOT GO TO
JERUSALEM AND SUFFER AND DIE, JESUS SAID,
"GET THEE BEHIND ME, SATAN."
WHEN PETER CUT OFF THE EAR OF THE HIGH PRIEST
AND JESUS HAD TO PUT IT BACK ON.
LET'S JUST BE PEOPLE WHO REALIZE WHAT WE'RE NOT WITHOUT GOD,
WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
TOTALLY USELESS WITHOUT GOD.
GOD, I NEED YOU.
IF YOU HAVE A JOB, DON'T EXPECT TO HAVE HANDED
TO YOU WHAT IT TOOK SOMEBODY ELSE 30 YEARS TO EARN.
AND CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING?
JUST 'CAUSE YOU GOT A COLLEGE DEGREE...
THAT STILL DOESN'T MEAN
THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO PROVE YOURSELF.
JUST 'CAUSE YOU'VE GOT A DEGREE STILL DOESN'T TELL
ANYBODY YOU KNOW ANYTHING.
WE NEED EXPERIENCE, DON'T WE?
BE WILLING TO PUT A LITTLE TIME IN.
BE WILLING TO PROVE YOURSELF FAITHFUL,
AND LET GOD PROMOTE YOU.
MMM.
YOU MAY SING BETTER THAN THE WORSHIP LEADER IN YOUR CHURCH,
BUT DON'T GET MAD 'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T GIVE YOU THE JOB.
TRUST GOD IF THAT'S WHERE HE WANTS YOU THAT
HE'LL PUT YOU THERE.
JAMES CHAPTER 5, "COME NOW, YOU RICH [PEOPLE],
WEEP ALOUD AND LAMENT OVER THE MISERIES (AND THE WOES)
THAT ARE COMING UPON YOU."
IT'S NOT WRONG TO HAVE MONEY, BUT IF YOU GET A BAD ATTITUDE
WITH IT, THEN IT'S WRONG.
AND YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY MORNING, I THINK,
HOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT END UP WITH A LOT OF STUFF,
THEY END UP MISTREATING PEOPLE.
AND IT SHOULD BE THE EXACT OPPOSITE.
THE MORE WE HAVE, THE MORE WE SHOULD BE A BLESSING
TO OTHER PEOPLE, AMEN?
"YOUR ABUNDANT WEALTH HAS ROTTED AND IS RUINED, AND YOUR [MANY]
GARMENTS HAVE BECOME MOTH-EATEN."
YOU KNOW, AND HE GOES ON AND ON AND ON HERE.
I LOVE VERSE 4, "[BUT] LOOK!
[HERE ARE] THE WAGES THAT YOU WITHHELD BY FRAUD FROM
THE LABORERS WHO REAP YOUR FIELDS."
YOU KNOW, IF YOU OWN A BUSINESS AND YOU HAVE EMPLOYEES, TREAT
THEM THE WAY YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE TREATED.
PAY THEM WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE PAID FOR DOING THE JOB
THAT YOU MAY BE UNDERPAYING THEM TO DO.
COME ON.
DON'T MAKE THEM WORK RIDICULOUSLY LONG HOURS AND
GIVE THEM NO BENEFITS FOR IT.
"[HERE ARE] THE WAGES THAT YOU HAVE WITHHELD
FROM THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD TO."
ANYBODY THAT'S IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY REPRESENTS THE LORD,
AND WE NEED TO TREAT PEOPLE GOOD.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, WE PAY OUR PEOPLE AT THE MINISTRY
WHAT THEY COULD MAKE FOR DOING THAT SAME JOB IF THEY WORKED OUT
IN THE WORLD.
I DON'T THINK THAT BECAUSE SOMEBODY WORKS FOR A MINISTRY,
THAT THAT MEANS THEY SHOULD HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING
ON THE CHEAP SCALE.
MATTER OF FACT, IT SHOULD BE THE EXACT OPPOSITE.
"[HERE] ON EARTH," VERSE 5, "YOU HAVE ABANDONED YOURSELVES
TO SOFT (PRODIGAL) LIVING AND [THE PLEASURES OF]
THE SELF-INDULGENCE AND SELF-GRATIFICATION.
YOU HAVE FATTENED YOUR HEARTS IN A DAY OF SLAUGHTER."
JAMES BASICALLY GIVES A WARNING TO PEOPLE NOT TO FOCUS
ON THEIR WEALTH WITHOUT HAVING ANY REGARD FOR GOD OR MAN.
JAMES 5:7, "SO BE PATIENT, BRETHREN, [AS YOU WAIT]"
WE'RE BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED IN JAMES 1.
AREN'T YOU PROUD OF YOURSELF?
YOU'VE MADE THE WHOLE JOURNEY.
I WANT YOU TO NOTICE HE DOESN'T SAY BE PATIENT, BRETHREN,
IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE TO WAIT.
HE SAYS BE PATIENT, BRETHREN, AS YOU WAIT.
AND REMEMBER, PATIENCE IS NOT WAITING.
IT'S HOW WE BEHAVE WHILE WE'RE WAITING.
PATIENCE IS AN ATTITUDE THAT'S ONLY DEVELOPED UNDER TRIAL.
IT'S A FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT THAT ONLY GROWS UNDER TRIAL.
THAT'S WHY GOD PERMITS US TO GO THROUGH THINGS,
AND WHY HE DOESN'T DELIVER US AS QUICK AS WE WOULD LIKE TO BE.
IT'S NOT THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE YOUR DELIVERANCE PLANNED, BUT
HE'S JUST USING WHAT'S GOING ON NOW TO STRETCH YOUR FAITH JUST
A LITTLE BIT MORE SO YOU'LL BE A LOT STRONGER
WHEN YOU GET DONE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "SEE HOW THE FARMER WAITS EXPECTANTLY FOR THE
PRECIOUS HARVEST FROM THE LAND.
[SEE HOW] HE KEEPS UP HIS PATIENT [VIGIL] OVER IT
UNTIL IT RECEIVES THE EARLY AND LATE RAIN."
YOU KNOW, THAT'S A WHOLE MESSAGE IN ITSELF.
HE'S LIKE, "LOOK, WHILE YOU'RE WAITING, JUST KEEP DOING WHAT
YOU KNOW TO DO.
JUST KEEP WAITING."
I MEAN, THE FARMER JUST PULLS THE WEEDS, AND WATERS THE SEED,
AND PULLS THE WEEDS, AND WATERS THE SEEDS,
AND GETS UP, AND GOES TO BED, AND PULLS THE WEED,
AND WATER THE SEEDS.
AND SO, WHAT DO WE DO WHILE WE'RE WAITING ON GOD?
WE KEEP FELLOWSHIPPING WITH GOD.
WE KEEP TRYING TO BE A BLESSING TO PEOPLE.
WE KEEP STUDYING THE WORD.
WE KEEP BELIEVING.
WE JUST KEEP IT UP, AND KEEP IT UP,
AND KEEP IT UP, AND KEEP IT UP,
AND KEEP IT UP, AND KEEP IT UP UNTIL WE JUST
DRIVE THE DEVIL MAD.
GET READY TO GET EXCITED.
"SO YOU ALSO MUST BE PATIENT.
ESTABLISH YOUR HEARTS [STRENGTHEN AND CONFIRM THEM
IN THE FINAL CERTAINTY], FOR THE LORD IS NEAR,
FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD IS VERY NEAR."
OH, AND WHILE YOU'RE WAITING, DON'T COMPLAIN.
I MEAN, IF YOU SEE THOSE FIRST THREE VERSES, "DO NOT COMPLAIN
AGAINST ONE ANOTHER, SO THAT YOU MAY NOT BE JUDGED."
THE LORD IS NEAR.
JAMES 5:13, PRAY.
"IS ANYONE AMONG YOU AFFLICTED, ILL-TREATED, SUFFERING EVIL?
LET HIM PRAY.
IS ANYBODY GLAD?
HE SHOULD PRAISE GOD.
IS ANYBODY SICK?
HE SHOULD CALL THE ELDERS AND THEY SHOULD PRAY.
THE PRAYER [THAT IS] OF FAITH WILL SAVE THE SICK,
AND THE LORD WILL RESTORE HIM; AND IF HE HAS COMMITTED SINS,
HE WILL BE FORGIVEN."
THIS TALKS ABOUT THE POWER OF PRAYER, AND HOW ELIJAH
WAS A MAN JUST LIKE WE ARE, AN ORDINARY MAN.
HE DID GREAT THINGS FOR GOD, BUT HE ALSO MADE MISTAKES.
ONE DAY, HE KILLED 400 BAAL PROPHETS.
THE NEXT DAY, HE WAS RUNNING FROM JEZEBEL,
GOT DEPRESSED, AND WAS OUT IN THE DESERT
WANTING TO DIE.
SOUND LIKE ANYBODY YOU KNOW?
WHOA!
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, IT'S EASY IN THESE CONFERENCES
TO FEEL SUPER SPIRITUAL.
YOU HAVE A WORSHIP TEAM LIKE WE'VE HAD THIS WEEKEND,
ALL THESE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WORSHIPING TOGETHER, AND
WE'RE LIKE, "YES, PRAISE GOD."
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO GO HOME.
OOPS.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'VE GOT TO PUT ALL THIS TO WORK
IN OUR LIVES.
AND THAT'S WHEN WE NEED TO PRAY, AND WE NEED TO SAY,
"GOD, HELP ME IN EVERYTHING THAT I DO BECAUSE I CANNOT
DO ANYTHING WITHOUT YOU."
AMEN?
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, EVEN AS WE GROW SPIRITUALLY
TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN SAY "GOD IS FIRST IN MY LIFE,"
WE STILL NEED TO BE PURPOSEFUL IN KEEPING HIM IN FIRST PLACE.
REMEMBER TO ASK GOD FOR HELP IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO BECAUSE
WE REALLY CANNOT DO ANYTHING WITHOUT HIM, AT LEAST NOT REALLY
SUCCESSFULLY.
TODAY, YOU'VE JUST WATCHED A PORTION OF THE TEACHING,
BUT YOU CAN GET THE ENTIRE STUDY OF THE BOOK OF JAMES TODAY.
I PUT HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS INTO DOING THE WORK INVOLVED IN
PRESENTING SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO YOU.
AND YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, YOU CAN GET THE ACTION PLAN,
THE STUDY GUIDE.
YOU CAN GET THE--DOWNLOAD THE TEACHING NOTES,
GET CDS AND DVDS.
IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF,
AND I BELIEVE YOU ARE REALLY GOING TO ENJOY IT.
SO, ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY.
AND IF YOU'LL STAY WITH US, I'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH
A LITTLE SOMETHING ELSE I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU.
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.
ANNOUNCER: WITH THIS ACTION PLAN, YOU'LL FIND A COMPANION
PERSONAL STUDY GUIDE, THE BOOK OF JAMES BOOKLET,
AND FOUR TEACHINGS ON CD AND DVD.
THE BOOK OF JAMES HAS SO MANY VALUABLE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT
LIVING A SUCCESSFUL LIFE.
AS YOU TAKE THE TIME TO WATCH AND LISTEN, YOU'RE PLANTING GOOD
SEEDS THAT WILL STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH.
A BIBLE STUDY OF JAMES ACTION PLAN, ALL THIS CAN BE YOURS
FOR A DONATION OF...
CALL US...
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ANNOUNCER: ON A SCALE OF ONE TO TEN,
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.
JOYCE: COLOSSIANS 1:13 AND 14 SAYS, "FOR HE HAS RESCUED US
FROM THE DOMINION OF DARKNESS AND BROUGHT US INTO THE KINGDOM
OF THE SON HE LOVES, IN WHOM WE HAVE REDEMPTION,
THE FORGIVENESS OF OUR SINS."
YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR PARTNERS RECENTLY WROTE TO US, REFLECTING
ON THIS VERY SCRIPTURE.
AND THIS IS WHAT SHE SAYS.
"GOD USED JOYCE AND HER MINISTRY TO ACTIVATE THIS SCRIPTURE
IN MY LIFE, TO THE POINT WHERE STRONGHOLDS WERE ACTUALLY
BROKEN OFF OF MY LIFE.
MY LIFE CHANGED SO MUCH THAT I WANTED TO HELP OTHERS THROUGH
THE SAME PRACTICAL WAY THAT GOD HELPED ME, AND SO I BECAME
A PARTNER."
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING SIMPLE AND YET POWERFUL IN HOW
A SCRIPTURE REALLY INSPIRED BY GOD CAN CHANGE A LIFE.
MAYBE SOMETHING HAS REALLY HELPED YOU FROM THE WORD OF GOD
THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU.
MAYBE IT'S BEEN LIFE-CHANGING FOR YOU, AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO
ALSO PARTNER WITH US IN HELPING MAKE THE SAME THING HAPPEN
FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.
YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT'S GOD'S PLAN.
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