ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: AND YOU NEED TO ACTIVELY AND AGGRESSIVELY
BELIEVE YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN, GOD LOVES YOU, HE'S GOT A GOOD
PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE, AMEN, THAT YOU'VE BEEN MADE RIGHT WITH HIM,
THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE UNDER GUILT AND CONDEMNATION.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE GONNA GO TO HEAVEN WHEN
YOU DIE, IF YOU WANT TO ENJOY THE JOURNEY, YOU'VE GOT TO
BELIEVE ALL THIS OTHER STUFF TOO.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: GONNA TALK TO YOU THIS MORNING ABOUT PROMISES THAT GOD
MAKES TO THE RIGHTEOUS.
I WAS JUST NOTICING IN MY BIBLE AS I READ ON A REGULAR BASIS
THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PROMISES THAT ARE MADE TO THE RIGHTEOUS.
SO THE FIRST THING WE WANNA DO IS ESTABLISH WHO ARE
THE RIGHTEOUS.
WELL, THE RIGHTEOUS ARE NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO GO TO CHURCH.
THEY'RE NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO KNOW A LITTLE BIT OF THE BIBLE OR WHO
PRAY A LITTLE PRAYER ONCE A DAY.
THE RIGHTEOUS ARE NOT EVEN JUST REALLY GOOD PEOPLE WHO JUST
REALLY TRY TO FOLLOW ALL THE RULES AND ALL THE REGULATIONS
AND ALL THE BIBLICAL LAWS.
THE TRULY RIGHTEOUS PERSON CAN ONLY BE RIGHTEOUS THROUGH FAITH
IN JESUS CHRIST.
WHAT AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE.
YOU KNOW WHAT, THE DEVIL WANTS YOU TO FEEL WRONG ABOUT YOURSELF
CONSTANTLY.
I REMEMBER FOR YEARS AND YEARS, BECAUSE OF THE WAY I GREW UP,
I HAD THIS LITTLE RECORDING PLAYING IN MY HEAD,
"WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?
WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?
WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?" DO YOU EVER THINK THAT?
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?" YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT OTHER
PEOPLE AND WE THINK, "WELL, WHY CAN'T I BEHAVE LIKE THEM?"
AND HONESTLY, THEY'RE LOOKING AT YOU, THINKING,
"WHY CAN'T I BE LIKE YOU?" I MEAN, THE ENEMY WANTS US TO
ALWAYS HAVE THIS VAGUE SENSING THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH US.
OR HOW ABOUT THIS ONE?
THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH.
WE ASKED--WE DID A LITTLE SURVEY IN OUR OFFICE AND JUST ASKED
PEOPLE: "TELL US, WHEN YOU GET TO HEAVEN, WHAT IS ONE OF THE
FIRST THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LOVE TO ASK GOD OR IF YOU COULD ASK
A QUESTION RIGHT NOW WHILE YOU'RE STILL HERE ON THE EARTH,
AND GET AN ANSWER FROM GOD, WHAT WOULD YOU WANNA KNOW?"
AND YOU KNOW WHAT A LOT OF 'EM SAID?
"I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHEN I'M DOING ENOUGH."
YOU KNOW WHAT, PEOPLE ARE JUST EXHAUSTED FROM TRYING TO DO WHAT
THEY THINK THAT GOD WANTS THEM TO DO AND FROM TRYING TO BE SOME
KIND OF A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME AND THAT
IS NOT THE WAY THAT GOD WANTS US TO LIVE.
HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO HAVE WRONGNESS.
HE WANTS YOU TO HAVE RIGHTEOUSNESS.
AND SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE SHOULD LEARN
AS A BELIEVER, SAD TO SAY WE DON'T LEARN IT, BUT IF YOU'RE
SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU'RE BEING TAUGHT PROPERLY, YOU WON'T JUST
GO TO CHURCH AND HEAR ABOUT THE RULES AND THE REGULATIONS
OR EVEN JUST DOCTRINAL THINGS.
YOU WON'T JUST HEAR ABOUT TAKING COMMUNION AND DIFFERENT THINGS
LIKE THAT.
YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST.
BECAUSE IF YOU NEVER LEARN WHAT THIS DOES TO YOU TO HAVE CHRIST
IN YOUR LIFE.
IT DOESN'T JUST GIVE YOU A TICKET OUT OF HELL AND INTO
HEAVEN, BUT IT--YOU BECOME SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
"IF ANY MAN IS IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATURE.
OLD THINGS PASS AWAY AND ALL THINGS BECOME BRAND NEW."
AND WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN TO HAVE A GREAT LIFE.
YOU CAN HAVE A GREAT LIFE RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, EVEN WHILE
EVERYTHING IN YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES IS NOT PERFECT.
IF YOU FEEL RIGHT ON THE INSIDE, AND YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF
ON THE INSIDE, NOT BECAUSE YOU DO EVERYTHING PERFECT, BUT
BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT GOD HAS PROMISED THAT IF YOU PUT YOUR
FAITH IN JESUS THAT YOU WILL BE VIEWED AS BEING IN RIGHT
STANDING WITH HIM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THIS IS PROBABLY EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT
WE KNOW.
AND I'VE TAUGHT ON RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND--BUT
EVEN STUDYING FOR THIS AGAIN, I MEAN, I'M DILIGENT ABOUT
MY STUDY.
I MEAN, I PUT THIS MESSAGE TOGETHER SEVERAL WEEKS AGO BUT I
STARTED STUDYING TO BRING THIS TO YOU, GOING OVER IT AND OVER
IT AND OVER IT, LIKE, AS EARLY AS MONDAY AND TUESDAY
OF LAST WEEK.
AND I'VE GONE OVER THIS AND OVER IT AND OVER IT AND OVER IT
'CAUSE WHEN I GET UP HERE I WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU
THAT'S GOING TO BE LIFE-CHANGING FOR YOU.
AND SO EVEN IN GOING OVER THIS AND OVER IT, IT STILL IS
JUST--IT'S AMAZING THAT JESUS TOOK OUR SIN, TOOK ALL THE
PUNISHMENT THAT WE DESERVED, AND HAS SET US FREE FROM THE PENALTY
YOU NO LONGER HAVE TO PAY, AMEN?
AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, RIGHTEOUSNESS DOESN'T COME TO US
BECAUSE WE DO EVERYTHING RIGHT.
IT COMES TO US BECAUSE WE KNOW WE CANNOT EVER DO ENOUGH RIGHT
TO DESERVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND SO WE RECEIVE HIS
RIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH FAITH.
WE BELIEVE IT AND THEN BECAUSE OF KNOWING WHO YOU ARE, YOU WILL
WANT TO SPEND--YOU WON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO.
YOU WILL WANT TO SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, EVERY DAY OF YOUR
LIFE, TRYING EVERY DAY TO DO AS MANY RIGHT THINGS AS YOU
POSSIBLY CAN, NOT BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU HAVE TO TO GET
SOMETHING FROM GOD BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT HE HAS ALREADY DONE FOR
YOU, YOU ARE COMPELLED TO SERVE HIM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IT IS SO SIMPLE WHEN WE HEAR IT.
BUT I WAS IN CHURCH FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS BEFORE I
EVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I HEARD THINGS LIKE, "YOU'RE JUST A POOR MISERABLE SINNER."
WELL, I MEAN, WE DO SIN.
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
AND MORE THAN LIKELY EVERY DAY.
BUT MY IDENTITY, WHO I AM, IS IN CHRIST.
IT'S NOT, "I'M A POOR, MISERABLE, WICKED, WRETCHED."
I'M THAT WITHOUT GOD BUT IF I'M GONNA STILL BE THAT WITH GOD,
THEN WHAT'S THE POINT, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I'M NOT JUST--I WONDER IF YOU CAN EVEN BEGIN TO
IMAGINE, SOME OF YOU WHO DON'T YET HAVE THIS REVELATION, HOW IT
CHANGES YOUR LIFE TO NOT HAVE TO BE MAD AT YOURSELF ALL THE TIME,
AND TO NOT HAVE THIS LITTLE FEELING THAT SOMETHING'S WRONG
WITH YOU AND YOU MAY NOT MAKE IT AND YOU NEED TO TRY TO DO
SOMETHING ELSE.
WELL, MAYBE IF YOU READ THE BIBLE MORE,
MAYBE IF YOU PRAY MORE, MAYBE IF YOU DO MORE GOOD
WORKS, THEN MAYBE YOU'LL FEEL BETTER ABOUT YOURSELF.
AND GOD'S NEVER GONNA LET YOU HAVE IT THAT WAY BECAUSE THAT IS
SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS.
IT'S NOT THE GOD KIND OF RIGHTEOUSNESS; IT IS
SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS.
AND SO I WANNA PRESS THIS POINT FOR A FEW MINUTES BECAUSE BEFORE
I GO INTO THIS PROMISES MADE TO THE RIGHTEOUS, YOU HAVE TO KNOW
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE VIEWED AS A PERSON THAT IS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
OF GOD IN CHRIST.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:21.
DOES ANYBODY NEED THIS TODAY?
YOU WANNA FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT--HOO!
2 CORINTHIANS 5:21: "FOR OUR SAKE HE MADE CHRIST
[VIRTUALLY]," THAT MEANS REALLY, "TO BE SIN WHO KNEW NO SIN, SO
THAT IN AND THROUGH HIM WE MIGHT BECOME [ENDUED WITH, VIEWED AS
BEING IN, AND EXAMPLES OF]
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD [WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE, APPROVED
AND ACCEPTABLE AND IN RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM,
BY HIS GOODNESS]."
NOW, TO BE HONEST, YOU COULD TAKE THAT ONE VERSE AND STUDY IT
FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AND MAYBE, IF THAT'S ALL YOU LOOKED
AT FOR TWO WEEKS AND THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND MEDITATED ON IT, IT
MIGHT BEGIN TO START TO SINK ON--SINK IN.
JESUS TOOK YOUR SIN BECAUSE HE'S GOOD, NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE GOOD.
HE TOOK THE PENALTY, HE TOOK THE PUNISHMENT, AND HE GAVE
YOU--GAVE YOU HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT HE EARNED BY NEVER DOING
ANYTHING WRONG AND IT--WE CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT MATHEMATICALLY IN
OUR HEAD BUT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT IF WE BELIEVE THAT THEN GOD
VIEWS US OR HE SEES US AS HIS VERY OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS BECAUSE
HE SEES US THROUGH CHRIST.
HE SEES US--HE DOESN'T SEE US IN OUR OLD SINFUL STATE, HE SEES US
AS THESE NEW CREATURES THAT WE ARE, WHERE?
INSIDE, IN OUR SPIRIT.
YOU ARE A SPIRIT, YOU HAVE A SOUL, YOU LIVE IN A BODY.
SO YOU HAVE ALL THIS AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL, GOOD STUFF ON
THE INSIDE OF YOU.
NOW, YOU STILL HAVE A FLESH TOO THAT HAS THE SIN PRINCIPLE
IN IT.
THIS IS WHY AFTER YOU BECOME A REALLY COMMITTED CHRISTIAN YOU
SOMETIMES FEEL THAT YOU'RE IN A WAR ALL THE TIME.
DO YOU EVER FEEL LIKE YOU'RE TWO PEOPLE?
"THE THING I WANNA DO I CAN'T DO.
THE THING I DON'T WANNA DO, I'M ALWAYS DOING."
I MEAN, I CAN MAKE SUCH PLANS FOR HOLINESS LAYING IN BED.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, I'M NOT GONNA SAY ANYTHING WRONG THAT DAY.
I'M GONNA BE SO SUBMISSIVE AND SUCH A GOOD WIFE, AND I'M NOT
GONNA TALK BACK AND I'M GONNA BE KIND.
I'M NOT GONNA GOSSIP ABOUT ANYBODY.
I MEAN, I'M JUST--I AM SO GOOD UNTIL I PUT MY FEET ON
THE FLOOR.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE DEVIL
MAD--HOW MANY OF YOU WANNA MAKE THE DEVIL MAD?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: MAKE A DECISION AND STUDY UNTIL YOU GET IT, HOW TO
LIVE YOUR LIFE IN SUCH A WAY THAT WHEN YOU MAKE MISTAKES YOU
TELL GOD RIGHT AWAY, SOON AS HE CONVICTS YOU, "I'M SORRY, THAT'S
NOT THE WAY I WANNA LIVE," AND THEN YOU REFUSE TO CARRY
A BURDEN OF GUILT AND CONDEMNATION ALL DAY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT IS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS IN THE WORLD
TO DO.
I WANNA PUT UP A LITTLE LEDGER THAT GOD GAVE ME THIS LITTLE
CREATIVE IDEA MANY YEARS AGO AND WE USE IT SOMETIMES WHEN WE'RE
DOING ALTAR CALLS TO GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS TO
THEM WHEN THEY'RE BORN AGAIN SO CAN WE PUT MY LITTLE LEDGER UP,
GUYS?
OKAY, JUST TAKE A LOOK.
THIS IS YOUR LIFE.
[MUSIC]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: WHOO!
THAT SAYS IT ALL RIGHT THERE, DOESN'T IT?
NOW, I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU THAT IT'S NOT HARD TO GRASP.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO KEEP HEARING IT AND KEEP HEARING IT
AND KEEP HEARING IT AND KEEP HEARING IT.
I HAVE PROBABLY SAID POSSIBLY A MILLION TIMES IN MY LIFE, IN
MY OWN PRIVATE LIFE, "I AM THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN CHRIST.
THROUGH HIS GOODNESS AND MERCY I AM THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD
IN CHRIST."
YOU BETTER ALWAYS SAY, "IN CHRIST," BECAUSE YOU CERTAINLY
DON'T HAVE IT IN YOURSELF.
OKAY, NOW, PAUL PRAYED AND HE WAS A MAN WHO, I MEAN, MAN,
HE FOLLOWED THE LAW.
HE WAS A PHARISEE, HE WAS HIGHLY EDUCATED.
ACCORDING TO THE LAW'S STANDARDS, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN
A RIGHT-ON GUY.
AND YET PAUL PRAYED IN PHILIPPIANS 3 THAT HE WOULD BE
FOUND AND KNOWN AS IN CHRIST, NOT HAVING ANY RIGHTEOUSNESS
OF HIS OWN, BUT ONLY THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT COMES TO US
THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST.
SEE, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PROBLEMS IS AS SOON AS WE DO A FEW THINGS
RIGHT, THEN WE START TO THINK THAT WE'RE RIGHT AND THEN WE
START TO JUDGE EVERYBODY ELSE THAT'S NOT AS RIGHT AS WE ARE.
ISN'T IT AMAZING WHEN YOU'RE GOOD AT SOMETHING HOW
EASY IT IS TO GET AGGRAVATED WITH PEOPLE THAT AREN'T GOOD AT
WHAT YOU'RE GOOD AT?
ANYBODY?
ONE PERSON OVER HERE WHO UNDERSTANDS THIS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BUT, SEE, GOD WANTS US TO REALIZE THAT WE ALL HAVE
FAULTS AND WEAKNESSES AND, IF WE'RE STRONG IN AN AREA,
IT'S BECAUSE OF GOD'S GRACE.
LET'S LOOK AT JUST A COUPLE OF SCRIPTURES.
ROMANS 3:20: "FOR NO PERSON WILL BE JUSTIFIED [FREED OF GUILT AND
DECLARED RIGHTEOUS] IN HIS SIGHT BY [TRYING TO DO] THE WORKS
OF THE LAW.
FOR THROUGH THE LAW WE BECOME CONSCIOUS OF SIN [AND THE
RECOGNITION OF SIN DIRECTS US TOWARD REPENTANCE, BUT IT
PROVIDES NO REMEDY FOR SIN]."
YOU SEE, IT DOES NOT--THE LAW NEVER PROVIDES A REMEDY FOR SIN.
"BUT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD HAS BEEN CLEARLY REVEALED APART
FROM THE LAW, EVEN THOUGH IT IS CONFIRMED BY THE LAW AND THE
[WRITINGS OF THE] PROPHETS."
IT GOES ON TO SAY: "AND THIS RIGHTEOUSNESS COMES ONLY THROUGH
FAITH IN CHRIST."
DON'T JUST BELIEVE THAT, "WELL, I BELIEVE JESUS.
I BELIEVE THAT I'LL GO TO HEAVEN WHEN I DIE."
NO, YOU NEED TO BELIEVE ALL THE STUFF THAT THE BIBLE SAYS
ABOUT YOU.
AND YOU NEED TO ACTIVELY AND AGGRESSIVELY BELIEVE YOUR SINS
ARE FORGIVEN, GOD LOVES YOU, HE'S GOT A GOOD PLAN FOR YOUR
LIFE, AMEN, THAT YOU'VE BEEN MADE RIGHT WITH HIM, THAT YOU
DON'T HAVE TO LIVE UNDER GUILT AND CONDEMNATION.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE GONNA GO TO HEAVEN WHEN
YOU DIE, IF YOU WANT TO ENJOY THE JOURNEY, YOU'VE GOT TO
BELIEVE ALL THIS OTHER STUFF TOO, RIGHT?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: OKAY, NOW, ONE LAST SCRIPTURE AND THEN I'M GONNA GET
INTO THESE PROMISES.
PHILIPPIANS 2:12.
THIS IS SUCH A GOOD SCRIPTURE IN THE AMPLIFIED TRANSLATION:
"SO THEN, MY DEAR ONES," THIS IS PAUL WRITING TO
THE PHILIPPIAN CHURCH.
"SO THEN, MY DEAR ONES, JUST AS YOU HAVE ALWAYS OBEYED [MY
INSTRUCTIONS WITH ENTHUSIASM], NOT ONLY IN MY PRESENCE, BUT NOW
MUCH MORE IN MY ABSENCE," NOW WATCH THIS, "CONTINUE TO
WORK OUT YOUR SALVATION."
NOW, HE DIDN'T SAY, "CONTINUE TO WORK FOR YOUR SALVATION."
HE SAID, "CONTINUE TO WORK OUT YOUR SALVATION [THAT IS,
CULTIVATE IT, BRING IT TO THE FULL EFFECT, ACTIVELY
PURSUE SPIRITUAL MATURITY] WITH AWE-INSPIRED FEAR AND TREMBLING
[USING SERIOUS CAUTION AND CRITICAL SELF-EVALUATION TO
AVOID ANYTHING THAT MIGHT OFFEND GOD OR DISCREDIT THE NAME
OF CHRIST]."
SO IF I WERE TO TELL YOU IN MY OWN WORDS WHAT I BELIEVE
A RIGHTEOUS MAN IS UNDER THE NEW COVENANT
THIS IS WHAT I WOULD SAY: "IT'S THOSE WHO KNOW THAT
THEIR SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO GOD.
THEY HAVE RECEIVED THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD BY FAITH IN
CHRIST AND NOW THEY DAILY LIVE THEIR LIFE IN FELLOWSHIP WITH
GOD, DESIRING TO PLEASE HIM IN ALL THINGS AND WORKING WITH
THE HOLY SPIRIT CONSTANTLY TOWARD SPIRITUAL MATURITY."
SO HERE'S THE THING.
I NO LONGER GET UP EVERY DAY AND TRY TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT SO GOD
WILL LOVE ME MORE OR SO HE'LL BE PLEASED WITH ME.
I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN MADE RIGHT WITH GOD THROUGH FAITH AND NOW
EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE I MAKE AN EFFORT, I STRIVE IN THE SPIRIT,
I WORK WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT TO TRY TO BE THE BEST VERSION OF ME
THAT I CAN POSSIBLY BE.
AND I DON'T DO IT TO GET ANYTHING FROM GOD.
I DO IT BECAUSE I JUST CAN'T HELP IT.
THAT'S WHO I AM.
I LOVE HIM, I WANT TO PLEASE HIM.
NOT BECAUSE I WANT TO GET HIS LOVE BUT BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY
GOT IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND SO I HAVE REAL SERIOUS CONCERN FOR PEOPLE WHO
CALL THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS AND DON'T CARE ANYTHING ABOUT
CHANGING.
I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
SO THERE'S ONLY TWO THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN.
EITHER THEY'RE NOT REALLY TRUE CHRISTIANS OR THEY'VE NEVER BEEN
TAUGHT PROPERLY TO UNDERSTAND THE WAY THAT WE'RE TO GO
ABOUT THIS.
WHEN YOU'RE BORN AGAIN, EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO LIVE
A GODLY LIFE IS DOWNLOADED INTO YOUR SPIRIT.
I MEAN, YOU GOT IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU HAVE GOT IT.
LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, GOODNESS, KINDNESS, THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD, WISDOM.
I MEAN, I COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON.
I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT IT.
YOU ARE PREGNANT, SO TO SPEAK, IN THE SPIRIT WITH EVERYTHING
THAT GOD IS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS GIVE BIRTH.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND SOMETIMES THAT'S A BIT PAINFUL.
C'MON, IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE.
WE CAN UNDERSTAND THIS EASILY.
SO YOU START OUT--A PREGNANT WOMAN STARTS OUT, EVERYTHING'S
A LITTLE SEED.
YOU LOOK AT HER, YOU CAN'T TELL SHE'S PREGNANT, SHE DON'T LOOK
PREGNANT.
SHE'S SO EXCITED, "OH, I'M SO PREGNANT," AND SHE WEIGHS, LIKE,
3 POUNDS AND YOU THINK, "WELL, YOU SURE DON'T LOOK PREGNANT."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SOMETIMES, I'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST AND I'VE MADE
PLANS AND HAD, LIKE, MAYBE SIX OR SEVEN PREGNANT WOMEN UP ON
THE PLATFORM WITH ME, TURNED SIDEWAYS, THAT ARE ALL AT
DIFFERENT STAGES IN THEIR PREGNANCY.
AND SEE, THAT'S THE WAY WE ARE AS BELIEVERS.
WE'RE ALL AT DIFFERENT STAGES IN HERE.
SOME OF YOU WHO JUST HAVEN'T BEEN SAVED VERY LONG AND,
I MEAN, YOU DON'T LOOK GODLY, YOU DON'T ACT GODLY, YOU
DON'T--BUT SOMETHING'S HAPPENING INSIDE OF YOU.
YOU HAVE A DESIRE.
AND SO THEN, MAYBE SOMEBODY THAT'S BEEN BORN AGAIN FOR,
I DON'T KNOW, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, TEN YEARS, I MEAN, THEY'RE
STARTING TO SHOW A LITTLE BIT.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY THINK, "HM, YOU'RE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN
THE REST OF THE WORLD.
WOW, YOU'VE REALLY CHANGED."
WELL, YOU GIVE 'EM ANOTHER TEN YEARS AND THEN MAYBE ANOTHER
FIVE, TEN YEARS AND THEN PRETTY SOON, YOU GET THOSE PEOPLE,
"YOU ARE SO..."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW HOW PREGNANT WOMEN WALK, IT'S LIKE...
BECAUSE YOU'RE READY TO GIVE BIRTH AT ANY MINUTE, AMEN?
AND SO SOME OF YOU ARE LIKE THAT TODAY.
YOU'RE JUST, LIKE, "C'MON, I JUST NEED ONE MORE GOOD PUSH,"
THE BIRTH COACH SAYS, "AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE IT."
AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
PAUL SAYS, "I PRESS TOWARD THE THINGS THAT ARE AHEAD."
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
BEING A VICTORIOUS CHRISTIAN IS NOT FOR A BUNCH OF WIMPS.
IT'S NOT FOR SOMEBODY THAT THINKS ALL THEY NEED IS A LITTLE
20-MINUTE SERMONETTE ONCE A WEEK.
I MEAN, YOU NEED THE WORD AND YOU NEED IT DOWNLOADED
ON A REGULAR BASIS AND YOU NEED SOMEBODY THAT WILL TELL YOU
THE TRUTH, AMEN?
SO ANYWAY, I'M GONNA HELP YOU GIVE BIRTH TODAY, ALL RIGHT.
SO WHEN YOU'RE THAT KIND OF PERSON, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE IN
CHRIST AND YOU ARE EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY, YOU'RE LIKE,
"GOD, I WANNA PLEASE YOU.
GOD, CHANGE ME.
CONVICT ME OF WHEN I--" I MEAN, I LOVE CONVICTION.
I AM SO HAPPY NOW WHEN GOD SHOWS ME THAT I'M ACTING BAD OR I--YOU
SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT.
I DON'T GET CONDEMNED BY THAT ANYMORE.
I ACTUALLY TAKE IT AS A LOVING GESTURE BY GOD THAT HE LOVES ME
TOO MUCH TO JUST LEAVE ME IN MY MESS AND IGNORE ME.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET CONDEMNED WHEN YOU GET CONVICTED.
YOU NEED TO BE JOYFUL.
YOU'D BE MUCH WORSE OFF IF GOD JUST LEFT YOU ALONE.
ALL RIGHT, FIRST PROMISE TO THE RIGHTEOUS IS PEACE AND JOY, WOW.
PEACE AND JOY.
ROMANS 14:17: "THE KINGDOM OF GOD
IS NOT A MATTER OF EATING AND DRINKING [WHAT ONE LIKES],"
OR HE MIGHT SAY, "THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NOT JUST GETTING
EVERYTHING YOU WANT."
"BUT IT IS RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE, AND JOY IN THE HOLY GHOST."
WE PAY WAY TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR
CIRCUMSTANCES AND NOT NEARLY ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON
IN OUR HEART, AMEN?
I DID THAT LITTLE EXHORTATION THIS MORNING FOR PEOPLE THAT HAD
ANGER, BITTERNESS, RESENTMENT--YOU COULD TELL BY
THE WAY EVERYBODY REACTED THAT IT WAS PROBABLY ALMOST
EVERYBODY HERE.
WELL, SO CAN I TELL YOU TRUTHFULLY IN LOVE, I DON'T
EVEN WANNA PRAY FOR YOU FOR A PROMOTION AT WORK OR FOR
MORE MONEY OR A BIGGER HOUSE OR TO DATE THAT GUY YOU'VE BEEN
WANTING TO DATE.
I WANNA PRAY FOR YOU FIRST OF ALL TO FORGIVE, TO GET RID OF
THAT JUNK THAT'S POISONING YOUR LIFE.
BECAUSE THAT'S MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN GETTING WHAT
YOU WANT.
AND THE INTERESTING THING IS, IS IF WE COOPERATE WITH GOD IN THE
SPIRITUAL STUFF, THE OTHER STUFF CHASES US AND OVERTAKES US.
WE DON'T HAVE TO TRY TO GET IT.
GOD CHASES US DOWN AND GIVES IT TO US.
SO LET'S FOCUS ON THE RIGHT THING.
THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS, FIRST OF ALL, RIGHTEOUSNESS, KNOWING
WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST.
THEN, WHEN YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST AND YOU'RE DOING YOUR
BEST EVERY DAY TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
I FAIL EVERY DAY, BUT MY HEART'S RIGHT.
IF YOUR HEART'S RIGHT, YOU'RE NOT MAKING AN EXCUSE FOR BAD
BEHAVIOR, YOU HATE IT, YOU HATE WHAT GOD HATES, YOU HATE SIN,
AND YOU WANT WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART TO CHANGE.
THAT'S A PERSON WHO I BELIEVE IS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD
IN CHRIST.
WHEN YOU'RE LIKE THAT, WHEN YOU HAVE THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS, THE
NEXT THING YOU HAVE IS PEACE.
PEACE.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT GIVES YOU MORE PEACE THAN NOT TO HAVE TO
HAVE A GUILTY CONSCIENCE ALL THE TIME.
AND THEN WHEN YOU HAVE PEACE, YOU HAVE JOY.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY COME IN THAT ORDER.
I DON'T THINK YOU CAN HAVE JOY WITHOUT PEACE AND I DON'T THINK
YOU CAN HAVE PEACE WITHOUT RIGHTEOUSNESS.
SO WE NEED TO START BY KNOWING WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST AND THEN
WE'RE GONNA HAVE PEACE AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE JOY.
FORGET ABOUT ALL THE STUFF YOU THINK YOU WANT AND START
LEARNING WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST.
YES!
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: RIGHTEOUSNESS LEADS US TO CLOSE FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD.
MY, MY, MY.
WHEN YOU KNOW THAT GOD'S NOT MAD AT YOU, THAT HE LOVES YOU, THAT
HE VIEWS YOU AS BEING RIGHT WITH HIM, YOU CAN JUST TALK TO HIM
ABOUT ANYTHING.
YOU LET HIM INTO EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE.
YOU DON'T JUST LIVE THIS RIDICULOUS LIFE ALL WEEK AND
THEN GO TO CHURCH FOR 45 MINUTES ON SUNDAY MORNING AND THINK NOW
YOU'VE PAID YOUR DEBT AND THEN YOU GO BACK AND DO
THE SAME THING ALL OVER AGAIN.
NO, WHEN YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST.
GOD JUST DOESN'T LIVE IN A LITTLE SUNDAY MORNING BOX
IN YOUR LIFE.
HE'S INTO EVERYTHING.
HE MESSES IN HOW YOU DRESS AND WHAT YOU EAT AND WHO YOU
HANG OUT WITH AND WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR FREE TIME AND WHAT YOU
WATCH ON TELEVISION AND WHAT KIND OF MOVIES YOU SEE.
AND WHAT DO YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY ON?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND SEE, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT GOD MESSING
IN THAT STUFF.
WELL, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, HIS PLAN'S BETTER THAN YOURS.
IT'S SO AWESOME TO JUST BE SO TOTALLY IN LOVE WITH JESUS THAT
YOU JUST DON'T--YOU DON'T HAVE ANY INTEREST IN HAVING A DAY
WITHOUT HIM.
JOYCE: WELL, BEFORE WE RECEIVE THE PROMISES THAT GOD
MAKES TO THE RIGHTEOUS, WE FIRST NEED TO LEARN WHAT IT MEANS TO
BE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN CHRIST.
IT'S A WONDERFUL GIFT THAT GOD GIVES TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN
CHRIST BUT MANY DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT IT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM.
YOU CAN'T RELEASE YOUR FAITH FOR SOMETHING IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT
YOU HAVE IT.
SO WE WANT YOU TO REALLY LEARN WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST.
TODAY WE'RE OFFERING YOU A BOOK THAT I'VE WRITTEN THAT I THINK
IS JUST--IT'S A GOOD BOOK, IT'S AN ENCOURAGING BOOK.
IT'S A HAPPY BOOK AND IT CAN BE A LIFE-CHANGING BOOK.
IT'S CALLED, "LIVING A LIFE THAT YOU LOVE."
AND, YOU KNOW, SO MANY PEOPLE REALLY NOT ONLY DON'T LIKE THEIR
LIFE, SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY HATE THEIR LIFE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HATE THEIR JOBS.
WE NEED TO LEARN TO LIVE A LIFE THAT WE LOVE AND IF YOU DON'T
LOVE THE LIFE YOU'RE LIVING, THEN YOU NEED TO GET WITH GOD,
FIND OUT WHY, AND MAKE WHATEVER CHANGES YOU NEED TO MAKE.
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ALL WE ASK IS THAT YOU DO THE VERY BEST THAT YOU CAN.
WE BELIEVE YOU'RE GONNA ENJOY THIS BOOK.
WE ONLY GET ONE LIFE SO LET'S LEARN TO LOVE IT.
JOYCE: DO YOU REALLY LOVE YOUR LIFE OR ARE YOU JUST,
KIND OF, PUTTING UP WITH IT, GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS
DAY AFTER DAY?
YOU KNOW WHAT?
IF YOU ARE, I CAN HELP YOU.
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LORI: SOME OF THESE CHILDREN HAVE NEVER EVER HAD
A BATH IN THEIR LIFE.
AS WE'RE TAKING LAYERS OFF, WE'RE FINDING WOUNDS, BURNS THAT
WERE NEVER TREATED, AND DISFIGURED FEET.
IT'S TOUGH TO SEE HOW MUCH THEY ENJOY IT.
THEY'VE NEVER HAD THIS BEFORE SO WHAT IS BASIC TO US, I MEAN,
THAT IS--THESE CHILDREN HAVE NEVER HAD.
SO IT'S HUMBLING.
IT IS.
FEMALE: AND I LOVE THAT MAGAZINE SHE SENDS OUT.
FEMALE: THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE FOR EVERYBODY.
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FEMALE: READING THROUGH THE MAGAZINE CONFIRMS FOR ME
GOD'S AT WORK.
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