ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: THE MORE YOU WALK IN OBEDIENCE, THE LESS THE ENEMY
CAN DO ANYTHING TO YOU EXCEPT MAYBE TRY TO ANNOY YOU.
GINGER: AS WE WALK THROUGH EACH NEW DAY, WE ALL HAVE
QUESTIONS.
THEY'RE JUST PART OF LIFE, BUT DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE
ANSWERS FOR YOU?
GOD SAYS WHEN WE LOOK, WE'LL FIND HIM.
HE'S NOT TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING.
SO, TOGETHER, WE ARE DISCOVERING LIFE'S EVERYDAY ANSWERS.
GINGER: YOU KNOW, WE LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE BIG THINGS IN
OUR LIFE THAT GOD DOES FOR US, THE WAY HE DELIVER US,
OR THE MIRACULOUS ANSWERS THAT WE GET BECAUSE
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT MOVIES COME FROM,
THAT BOOKS ARE WRITTEN ABOUT.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE LITTLE EVERYDAY THINGS THAT REALLY MAKE
A DIFFERENCE, THOSE SPECIAL LITTLE NODS THAT ARE JUST
BETWEEN YOU AND GOD?
THOSE MATTER TOO.
TAKE A LISTEN.
FEMALE: FUNNIEST OR THE WEIRDEST HABIT THAT GOD
HAS DELIVERED ME FROM.
[LAUGHING]
[LAUGHING]
FEMALE: I LIKE TO WRITE EVERYTHING DOWN AND I SHOW IT
TO EVERYONE, EVEN IF IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
FEMALE: PUTTING THE GROCERY CART BACK IN THE--
FEMALE: I WOULD THROW MY CHANGE ON THE GROUND JUST
BECAUSE.
FEMALE: I ALWAYS HAVE PAPER WITH ME AND I WILL WRITE DOWN
WHAT I'M THINKING.
FEMALE: WHAT IS IT THE--THE-- FEMALE: AND THEY'LL BE LIKE,
WHY ARE YOU SHARING THAT WITH ME?
AND I'M LIKE WELL, I THOUGHT YOU WOULD WANT TO KNOW.
AND THEY'RE LIKE, NO.
FEMALE: WHEN PEOPLE GET HURT, I'M THAT PERSON THAT YOU WANT
THERE BECAUSE I'M GREAT UNDER PRESSURE BUT AS WE GO THROUGH
THE PRESSURE, I DO JOKES.
FEMALE: THE LEAST SERIOUS ADDICTION THAT HE DELIVERED ME
FROM IS I USED TO READ A TON OF HOROSCOPES.
FEMALE: OH, NOT THE LANE BUT WHEREVER YOU PUT THE GROCERY
CART BACK AT THE SHOPPING.
FEMALE: I DISREGARDED THEM BECAUSE HOW THEY LOOK.
THEY'RE NOT WORTH MUCH.
FEMALE: AND I USED TO KIND OF GO TO THESE THINGS
FOR OKAY, WELL, HOW'S MY DAY GONNA GO?
AND THEN I WOULD GO TO THE ONES THAT GIVE YOU THE WHOLE MONTH
AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN THIS MONTH?
FEMALE: AND GOD'S LIKE, WHY DON'T YOU THINK PENNIES
ARE WORTH ANYTHING?
FEMALE: MY HUSBAND, HE GOT BURNED DOING HIS MOM'S CAR.
ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL, I'M TELLING HIM A JOKE AND I MEAN,
YOU KNOW, JUST THAT WAS JUST ME TRYING, I GUESS, TO HANDLE
THE STRESS OF THE SITUATION TO LIGHTEN IT UP.
I DON'T TELL JOKES NO MORE.
FEMALE: I THINK OF HER EVERY TIME.
I'M LIKE, WELL, JOYCE, WOULD DO IT.
I GOTTA GO PUT THAT GROCERY CART AWAY.
FEMALE: HE'S HELPED ME TO REALIZE DON'T SHARE EVERYTHING
YOU THINK.
FEMALE: HE DELIVERED ME THAT--FROM THAT WITH THE WORD.
LIKE, "NO, YOU GO TO THE WORD EVERY DAY AND THAT SHOWS YOU."
FEMALE: THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT HE REALLY DID GET ME
TOGETHER ABOUT AND I WAS LIKE, THIS IS SO WEIRD.
BUT I START KEEPING MY PENNIES.
I DON'T THROW MY CHANGE ON THE FLOOR ANYMORE SO--
[MUSIC]
GINGER: LITTLE THINGS, BIG THINGS, THEY ARE ALL
IMPORTANT TO GOD.
IF THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO YOU, THEY ARE ALSO IMPORTANT TO HIM
AND THAT'S SO HELPFUL FOR US TO REMEMBER, HOW MUCH HE KNOWS YOU,
HOW MUCH HE LOVES YOU, AND HOW EVERY LITTLE THING COMES
TOGETHER FOR GOOD WHEN YOU'RE WALKING WITH HIM,
AND THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL WHEN WE CONSIDER THIS
NEXT REALLY BIG QUESTION, WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO
TO OBEY GOD?
JOYCE: NORMALLY, WHEN YOU HEAR PEOPLE QUOTE JAMES 4:7,
THEY ONLY QUOTE HALF OF IT, "RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL
FLEE," BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT IT SAYS.
IT SAYS, "BE SUBJECT TO GOD.
RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE."
OUR POWER OVER THE ENEMY IS FOUND IN BEING SUBMISSIVE
TO GOD.
DID YOU HEAR ME?
OUR POWER OVER THE ENEMY--MATTER OF FACT, I'LL TELL YA, THE MORE
YOU WALK IN OBEDIENCE, THE LESS THE ENEMY CAN DO ANYTHING TO YOU
EXCEPT MAYBE TRY TO ANNOY YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE AN ENEMY?
IS ANYBODY IN THE BUILDING AWARE OF THAT?
DO YOU KNOW I WENT TO CHURCH FOR YEARS AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
THE DEVIL WAS REAL?
I THOUGHT HE WAS A HALLOWEEN CHARACTER THAT CAME OUT WITH
A PITCHFORK, AND RED PAJAMAS, AND A LONG TAIL.
I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THE DEVIL IN CHURCH.
AND LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, HE'S ALIVE AND WELL ON
PLANET EARTH AND HE IS THE SOURCE OF OUR PROBLEMS
AND WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH HIM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE.
BUT AT FIRST, YOU GOTTA SUBMIT YOURSELF TO GOD, AMEN?
I MIGHT AS WELL JUST SAY THIS 'CAUSE IT'S ON MY HEART.
SOME OF YOU, YOU CAN TURN THINGS AROUND IN YOUR LIFE REALLY FAST
IF YOU JUST GET ABOUT DOING WHAT GOD'S TOLD YOU TO DO.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME CLOSE TO GOD AND HE WILL COME CLOSE TO YOU."
REMEMBER, HE'S 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 INTERESTS 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 GOD 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 THAT TAKES SIN SERIOUSLY,
TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.
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 DISEASES, OR SICKNESSES, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: 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.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: 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 APPLAUDING]
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?
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, 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?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION FROM
THEOLOGIANS ABOUT ROMANS 7:15 THROUGH 25
AND PAUL'S WHOLE DISCOURSE OF, "THE THING THAT I WANT
TO DO, I CAN'T DO.
THE THING THAT I DON'T WANT TO DO, I ALWAYS END UP DOING.
YOU KNOW, WHAT'S MY PROBLEM?" YOU KNOW, ON AND ON AND ON.
I MEAN, YOU READ IT AND IF YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
THE BIBLE, YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT IS WITH THIS DUDE?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: LET ME JUST READ YOU A LITTLE TINY BIT OF IT.
ROMANS 7:15, "FOR I DO NOT UNDERSTAND MY OWN ACTIONS
[I AM BAFFLED, BEWILDERED].
I DON'T PRACTICE OR ACCOMPLISH WHAT I WISH, BUT I DO THE VERY
THING THAT I HATE."
VERSE 16, "NOW IF I DO [HABITUALLY] WHAT IS CONTRARY
TO MY DESIRE, THEN [THAT MEANS THAT] I ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE
THAT THE LAW AND THAT I NEED IT, I TAKE SIDES WITH IT.
HOWEVER, IT'S REALLY NO LONGER I DOING IT, BUT--"
AND SO, I'M THINKING WELL, IF YOU'RE NOT DOING IT,
BUDDY, THEN WHO IS DOING IT, YOU KNOW?
AND BUT HERE'S THE THING, I'M NOT GONNA READ THIS WHOLE THING.
I JUST SAW THIS A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND I DID ENOUGH CHECKING WITH
PEOPLE WHO KNOW MORE THAN ME TO MAKE SURE THAT I WASN'T OFF BASE
BUT IF--IN VERSES 15 THROUGH 23, IN THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE, PAUL
USES THE WORD "I" 26 TIMES.
"I TRY, I," YOU KNOW, "I, I, I, I."
AND THEN FINALLY HE GETS TO VERSE 24 AND HE SAYS, "O UNHAPPY
AND PITIABLE AND WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM!
WHO WILL DELIVER--RELEASE AND DELIVER ME FROM [THE SHACKLES
OF] THIS BODY OF DEATH?" SO, TO ME IT'S LIKE HE'S LIKE
WORN HIMSELF COMPLETELY OUT TRYING TO BE THIS PERSON THAT HE
BELIEVES THAT GOD WANTS HIM TO BE.
HE GETS UP EVERY DAY, HE TRIES.
LET ME TELL YA, I HAVE A PLAN FOR HOLINESS EVERY MORNING WHEN
I WAKE UP AND IT LASTS UNTIL I PUT MY FEET ON THE FLOOR
AND I SEE A PERSON.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HOW MANY OF YOU ARE MUCH MORE HOLY WHEN THERE'S
NO PEOPLE THERE?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THANK GOD HE SEES OUR HEART AND HE SEES THAT WE
WANT TO.
GOD DOESN'T SEE THE WAY MAN SEES.
MAN SEES THE APPEARANCE, GOD SEES THE HEART, AND I'M GRATEFUL
FOR THAT.
AND I'M NOT WHERE I NEED TO BE BUT THANK GOD I'M NOT WHERE
I USED TO BE.
I'M ON THE JOURNEY AND I'VE DECIDED TO ENJOY THE JOURNEY,
AND I CANNOT ENJOY THE JOURNEY IF I DON'T ENJOY MYSELF, AND I
CAN'T ENJOY MYSELF IF I'M ALWAYS GONNA BE MAD AT MYSELF BECAUSE
I'M NOT PERFECT YET.
AND SO, PAUL SAID, "WHO'S GONNA DELIVER ME FROM THIS BODY
OF DEATH?" AND I LOVE VERSE 25,
"O THANK GOD!" EXCLAMATION MARK, "HE WILL,
THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, THE ANOINTED ONE."
WHO'S GONNA DELIVER ME?
OH THANK GOD, HE WILL.
SO, IN ESSENCE, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU TODAY, YOU
CAN'T LIVE THE CHRISTIAN LIFE, ONLY JESUS CAN LIVE IT
THROUGH YOU.
IT TOOK A WHILE IN THE LAST PLACE I WAS IN TOO THEY'RE
LIKE--AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE DON'T PUT OUT AN EFFORT BUT
HONESTLY AND TRULY, OUR PART MAINLY IS STUDYING THE WORD,
SPENDING TIME WITH GOD, STAYING IN FAITH, TRUSTING HIM,
AND CONSISTENTLY DOING WHAT GOD ASKS US TO DO.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE
THAT GOD HAS TOLD YOU TO DO OR NOT TO DO, THERE'S NO POINT AT
ALL IN SAYING IT'S TOO HARD BECAUSE IF GOD HAS TOLD YOU TO
DO OR NOT TO DO IT, THEN HE HAS ALSO GIVEN YOU THE GRACE TO
FOLLOW THROUGH WITH OBEDIENCE.
WE CAN DO WHATEVER GOD ASKS US TO DO THROUGH CHRIST WHO IS OUR
STRENGTH.
YOU CAN EVEN DRIVE HOME TODAY FROM THE CONFERENCE WITH
A GOOD ATTITUDE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON, THAT'S JUST GOOD PLAIN
OLE ORDINARY STUFF.
WHAT'S THE SENSE IN COMING TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS
AND CLAPPIN', AND SHOUTIN', AND DANCIN', AND WORSHIPING GOD,
AND HEARING ALL THIS WORD AND THEN GETTING IN YOUR CAR
AND LIKE, "I DREAD THIS DRIVE HOME."
SEE, SOMETIMES WE WANT TO HAVE AUTHORITY OVER THE DEVIL, AND
WE'RE NOT EVEN TAKING AUTHORITY OVER A SINK FULL OF
DIRTY DISHES.
I MEAN, WE NEED TO START AT HOME AND START APPLYING THE WORD TO
THESE PRACTICAL LITTLE EVERYDAY THINGS IN OUR LIFE.
AND THE MORE YOU PRACTICE ON THE LITTLE THINGS,
THE BIG THINGS WILL GET EASIER AND EASIER AND EASIER.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DON'T TRY TO GO OUT AND HAVE A WORLDWIDE MINISTRY IF
YOU CAN'T EVEN BE A GOOD EXAMPLE TO YOUR KIDS.
"WELL JOYCE, I WISH YOU'D HAVE A SEMINAR TEACHING PEOPLE
WHAT THEIR MINISTRY IS."
AND I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, IF WE ALL JUST FOCUS ON SPIRITUAL
MATURITY, WE'LL JUST SLIP RIGHT INTO OUR MINISTRY AND GOD'LL
SHOW EVERY ONE OF US WHAT IT IS.
ALL RIGHT, OBEDIENCE RELEASES GOD'S POWER IN OUR LIVES.
GINGER: MOST OF US REALLY WANT TO OBEY GOD BUT THEN THOSE
LOUSY TEMPTATIONS CROP UP AND THEY JUST MAKE EVERYTHING
SO DIFFICULT.
THERE ARE SO MANY TEMPTATIONS IN OUR LIFE AND THIS RESOURCE TODAY
WILL HELP YOU LEARN HOW TO DEAL WITH THE BIG ONES
AND THE SMALL ONES.
IN FACT, THIS IS FOUR HOURS OF TEACHING, YOU CAN GET IT AS A
DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OR YOU CAN GET IT JUST LIKE THIS FOR A GIFT OF
ANY AMOUNT AND IT'S CALLED, "HOW TO HANDLE TEMPTATION."
AND THIS TALKS ABOUT FIVE WAYS TO WIN OUT OVER TEMPTATION.
IT EVEN TALKS ABOUT HOW TO DEFEAT ONE OF THE MOST
DESTRUCTIVE TEMPTATIONS AROUND.
THERE ARE THINGS IN HERE AND ACTUALLY IT'S RIGHT FROM GOD'S
WORD SO IT JUST TAKES WHAT GOD'S WORD SAYS AND HELPS YOU REALLY
APPLY IT TO WHAT YOU ARE FACING RIGHT NOW.
WHATEVER YOU GIVE TODAY, WE'RE GONNA GET THIS TO YOU SO BE SURE
TO ORDER YOUR COPY RIGHT AWAY.
DON'T WAIT.
AND DO YOUR VERY BEST TO PUT ASIDE THOSE TEMPTATIONS AND DO
WHAT GOD WANTS SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO HAVE.
RIGHT NOW IT'S TIME FOR YOUR VOICE.
[MUSIC]
GINGER: YOU NEED A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT TODAY ON HOW MUCH
GOD LOVES YOU?
WELL, RECENTLY MANY OF YOU OUT THERE SHARED HOW GOD'S LOVE HAS
SUSTAINED YOU AND THESE ARE REALLY GOOD.
AUDRA FROM ALASKA SAYS, "I WAS UNABLE TO LOVE MYSELF
UNTIL I BEGAN TO LEARN HOW MUCH GOD LOVES ME.
I LISTEN TO TEACHING EVERY DAY THAT REMINDED ME THAT HE
LOVES ME.
AS I LISTENED, I BEGAN TO FORGIVE MYSELF AND OTHER PEOPLE
AND STARTED ACCEPTING MYSELF AS GOD'S BELOVED.
I WOULD NOT BE SET FREE WITHOUT GOD'S LOVE."
JUDY SAYS, "I RUSHED MY HUSBAND TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND WAS
TOLD HE WAS TEN MINUTES FROM DEATH.
I PRAYED TO GOD TO PLEASE LET HIM LIVE BUT THE MOST DIFFICULT
PART WAS, WOULD I ACCEPT WHATEVER GOD CHOSE?
WOULD I LOVE AND TRUST GOD ENOUGH TO MAKE THE DECISION?
HIS LOVE, GOD'S LOVE, HELD ME THROUGH THAT TIME OF WAITING
AND MY HUSBAND IS ALIVE TODAY."
LET'S DO ONE MORE.
THIS IS FROM VALDA, SHE SAYS, "I WAS HOPELESSLY MISERABLE
AND DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE.
MY LAST HOPE WAS GOING TO CHURCH AND OUR FAMILY PASTOR GAVE
A SERMON ON LOVE.
1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 13, HE TOLD US THE DEFINITION OF TRUE
LOVE, AND I WENT FORWARD AND GAVE MY LIFE TO CHRIST AND NOW
I EXPERIENCE HIS LOVE."
THAT REALLY IS THE KEY.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH TO GOD'S LOVE.
IT'S SO BIG AND IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN WE CAN EVER REALLY
FULLY COMPREHEND, BUT GOD'S LOVE IS WHAT GETS US THROUGH EVERY
DAY AND CHANGES EVERYTHING.
HOW DID GOD HELP YOU THROUGH A CIRCUMSTANCE WHEN HE DIDN'T
ANSWER YOUR PRAYER THE WAY THAT YOU WANTED EXACTLY?
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE SO USE OUR
SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND SHARE YOUR ANSWER, USE #EA.
COMING UP, JOYCE WILL PRAY FOR PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE GOD'S LOVE.
SHE WILL PRAY FOR YOU TO EXPERIENCE GOD'S LOVE BUT FIRST,
SHE ANSWERS A QUESTION THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT PRAYER.
[MUSIC]
GINGER: YOU KNOW, JOYCE, THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT
THERE WHO JUST DON'T FEEL LOVABLE, FEELING LIKE THERE'S
JUST SOMETHING WRONG, "WHY CAN'T I BE LOVED?"
AND NEEDING THAT UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH GOD LOVES THEM.
SO, WE HAVE A VIDEO QUESTION LIKE THAT TODAY THAT I THINK
WILL RELATE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
FEMALE: HI, I FEEL DISCOURAGED WHEN I'M NOT
ACCEPTED.
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO FEEL LOVABLE?
JOYCE: WELL, THE KEYWORD THAT STOOD OUT TO ME EVEN WHEN YOU
WERE TALKING ABOUT IT IS FEEL.
"I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M ACCEPTABLE.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M LOVED."
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN ENEMY, SATAN, AND HE LOVES TO MESS WITH
OUR FEELINGS, SO TO SPEAK.
AND A LOT OF THE WAY WE FEEL COMES FROM THE WAY WE THINK SO
THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT WE CAN RENEW OUR MINDS ACCORDING TO THE
WORD OF GOD AND THAT THE WORD, THE BIBLE, JESUS'S WORDS, THAT
THEY REPLACE WRONG THINKING.
THEY DO AWAY WITH THAT WRONG THINKING.
NOW, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT BUT THEY DO AWAY WITH
THAT WRONG THINKING AND THEN YOU REPLACE THAT THINKING WITH
RIGHT THINKING.
SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IS IF YOU FEAR
REJECTION, YOU WILL ACTUALLY BEHAVE IN A WAY THAT WILL CAUSE
PEOPLE TO REJECT YOU.
GINGER: THAT'S VERY TRUE.
JOYCE: AND BECAUSE THEN YOU FEEL INSECURE SO YOU'RE JUST
NOT, YOU'RE NOT FREE AND IT MAKES PEOPLE--
GINGER: YOU'RE NOT YOURSELF.
JOYCE: AND IT MAKES PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE.
AND SO, I THINK RATHER THAN, AND I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
POINT, RATHER THAN TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO MAKE US FEEL GOOD
ABOUT OURSELVES, I THINK GOD WANTS US TO GET THAT FROM HIM
AND THEN WHAT WE WANT FROM PEOPLE WILL COME AUTOMATICALLY.
I THINK I'M GONNA SAY THAT AGAIN BECAUSE I REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT
THAT'S THE ANSWER.
WE--YOU KNOW, ANYBODY WHO'S INSECURE WHEN YOU'RE IN
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER PEOPLE, IF THEY HAVE TO KEEP YOU FEELING
GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF ALL THE TIME, IT JUST WEARS THEM OUT.
AND SO, NO REAL RELATIONSHIP IS GONNA LAST VERY LONG IF THAT JOB
OF KEEPING SOMEBODY FEELING GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES IS ON
SOMEBODY ELSE.
IT'S LIKE, IT'S ALMOST LIKE AN EMOTIONAL DRUG ADDICT.
IT'S LIKE WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR DAILY DOSE OF FIXES TO FEEL GOOD
ABOUT OURSELVES.
AND SO, GOD OFTEN DOESN'T GIVE US WHAT WE WANT THAT WAY BECAUSE
HE WANTS US TO GET IT FROM HIM.
I REMEMBER A CASE IN POINT YEARS AGO WHEN I HAD A CERTAIN MEETING
THAT I DID EVERY WEEK HERE IN ST. LOUIS AT A CHURCH WHERE
MY MINISTRY STARTED.
I HAD THIS LADIES' MEETING AND THERE WERE
SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE THAT CAME AND SOMEBODY
TOLD ME THAT ONE OF THE GIRLS THAT WORKED ON THE HELPS TEAM
WAS REALLY HURT BECAUSE I NEVER TALKED TO HER OR LIKE SHE MIGHT
BE GREETING AT THE DOOR AND IF I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING TO HER,
SHE'D GET ALL HURT.
AND I DON'T WANT TO HURT PEOPLE.
I LOVE PEOPLE SO I ASKED THE LORD ABOUT IT.
I SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW, HELP ME.
I DIDN'T EVEN SEE HER.
I MEAN, HOW CAN I--HOW CAN I MAKE HER FEEL GOOD ABOUT HERSELF
IF I DIDN'T EVEN SEE HER?" AND I ACTUALLY FELT LIKE THE
LORD PUT ON MY HEART THAT HE HID HER FROM ME BECAUSE HE DIDN'T
WANT HER GETTING FROM ME WHAT HE WANTED TO GIVE HER.
SO, I THINK THAT THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WAY THAT I CAN ANSWER
THAT QUESTION IS NOW OBVIOUSLY IF PEOPLE ARE REJECTING HER,
THAT'S NOT RIGHT OF THEM, BUT WE REALLY CAN'T GIVE EVERYBODY ELSE
THE JOB OF MAKING US FEEL GOOD ABOUT OURSELVES.
GOD WANTS TO GIVE THAT TO HER.
HE LOVES HER.
HE LOVES HER UNCONDITIONALLY.
GINGER: HE WILL NOT REJECT HER.
JOYCE: HE WILL NOT REJECT HER.
IT'S ALL OVER THE WORD OF GOD, SO WHEN SHE FEELS REJECTED,
I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT SHE GO TO THOSE SCRIPTURES.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY DON'T REALIZE THE POWER THAT'S
IN THE WORD.
IT'S LIKE, GOD'S WORD IS DIFFERENT THAN JUST WHEN WE'RE
TALKING TO EACH OTHER BECAUSE HIS WORD LITERALLY I CALL THEM
LIKE POWER PELLETS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE POWER IN THEM SO THEY
AFFECT YOU EMOTIONALLY AND SPIRITUALLY DIFFERENT THAN
JUST A NORMAL CONVERSATION.
SO, I THINK TO APPROACH THE WORD IN FAITH AND TAKE IT LIKE
MEDICINE, OKAY, I'M HURTING EMOTIONALLY AND I'M GONNA TAKE
YOUR WORD AS MEDICINE FOR MY SOUL, AND IT ACTUALLY WILL CALM
YOU DOWN AND CHEER YOU UP.
GINGER: THAT'S GREAT.
SO, A SCRIPTURE OR TWO THAT YOU WOULD ENCOURAGE HER TO HOLD ON
TO, TAKE THAT MEDICINE WITH.
JOYCE: WELL, THERE'S SCRIPTURES IN EPHESIANS, LOTS OF
SCRIPTURES IN EPHESIANS 1 AND IN EPHESIANS 3 ABOUT PAUL PRAYED
FOR THE CHURCH THAT THEY WOULD KNOW THE HEIGHT, THE DEPTH,
THE LENGTH, AND THE BREADTH OF THE LOVE THAT GOD HAD FOR THEM.
AND ONE OF THE ONES THAT I LIKE IN EPHESIANS 1 IS THAT WE WERE
CHOSEN IN CHRIST BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.
SO, GOD DIDN'T GET STUCK WITH US.
HE CHOSE US.
HE CALLED US UNTO HIMSELF.
AND THEN ALSO I THINK IT'S IN LUKE CHAPTER 10 JESUS WAS
TALKING TO HIS DISCIPLES THAT HE WAS SENDING OUT TWO BY TWO TO
MINISTER AND HE BASICALLY TOLD THEM THAT THEY WOULD EXPERIENCE
REJECTION.
HE SAID, IF ANY--IF YOU'RE NOT ACCEPTED IN ANY TOWN, THEN SHAKE
THE DUST OFF YOUR FEET AND GO ON TO THE NEXT TOWN.
HE SAID, "ANYBODY WHO REJECTS YOU, REJECTS ME, AND IF THEY
REJECT ME, THEY REJECT THE FATHER."
SO, REALLY, JESUS TAKES IT PERSONALLY WHEN PEOPLE HURT US
AND REJECT US, BUT HE WILL ALWAYS GIVE US WHAT WE NEED IF
WE GO TO HIM.
GINGER: WELL, JOYCE IS WAITING FOR YOUR QUESTIONS SO
MAKE SURE THAT YOU CONTACT US ON EVERYDAY ANSWERS PAGE, VERY EASY
FORM TO FILL OUT THERE WITH YOUR QUESTIONS, OR YOU CAN USE SOCIAL
MEDIA USING THE #ASKJOYCE.
BEFORE WE GET TO JOYCE PRAYING FOR YOU, DON'T GO AWAY, SHE'S
COMING TO PRAY THAT YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND GOD'S LOVE.
HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING NEXT WEEK.
JOYCE: YOU ARE ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: GOD HAS DISARMED THE PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS,
AND HE HAS ARMED YOU TO BE MORE THAN A CONQUEROR IN LIFE.
GINGER: CONTACT US RIGHT NOW TO RECEIVE THIS RESOURCE THAT
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
IT'S CALLED "HOW TO HANDLE TEMPTATION."
TALK ABOUT THE BASICS, WHO DOES NOT NEED THIS?
I KNOW THAT I DO AND YOU CAN GET IT AS A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OR YOU
CAN GET IT ON PHYSICAL CDS.
FOUR HOURS OF TEACHING FOR A GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT.
WHATEVER YOU GIVE TODAY, WE'RE GONNA GET THIS TO YOU SO BE SURE
TO ORDER YOUR COPY RIGHT AWAY.
DON'T WAIT.
BEGIN THAT PROCESS OF GETTING STRONGER
AND STRONGER IN YOUR LIFE.
AND WE'LL LEAVE YOU TODAY WITH JOYCE PRAYING FOR YOU A PRAYER
THAT COMES FROM THE BIBLE EPHESIANS CHAPTER 3, BYE-BYE.
JOYCE: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER STUDIED THE PRAYERS OF PAUL
THAT HE PRAYED FOR THE CHURCH, BUT I LOVE THOSE PRAYERS AND I
THINK THAT THERE'S AN ANOINTING ON THOSE PRAYERS AND SO I WANT
TO PRAY THIS OVER YOU TODAY.
SO, I WANT YOU TO RECEIVE THIS.
"MAY GOD GRANT YOU OUT OF THE RICH TREASURY OF HIS GLORY TO BE
STRENGTHENED AND REINFORCED WITH MIGHTY POWER IN THE INNER MAN
THROUGH THE [HOLY] SPIRIT [HIMSELF INDWELLING YOUR
INNERMOST BEING AND PERSONALITY].
AND MAY CHRIST THROUGH YOUR FAITH [ACTUALLY] DWELL (SETTLE
DOWN, ABIDE, AND MAKE HIS HOME) IN YOUR HEART!"
HMM, "AND MAY YOU BE ROOTED DEEP IN LOVE AND FOUNDED SECURELY
ON LOVE.
AND MAY YOU HAVE THE POWER AND BE STRONG
TO APPREHEND AND GRASP WITH ALL THE SAINTS [THE
EXPERIENCE OF THAT LOVE] WHAT IS THE BREADTH, THE LENGTH, THE
HEIGHT, AND THE DEPTH [OF THAT LOVE]; AND [THAT YOU MAY COME]
TO KNOW [PRACTICALLY, THROUGH EXPERIENCE FOR YOURSELVES]
THE LOVE OF CHRIST, WHICH FAR SURPASSES MERE KNOWLEDGE
[WITHOUT ANY EXPERIENCE]; AND THAT YOU MIGHT BE
FILLED [THROUGH ALL YOUR BEING]
UNTO ALL THE FULLNESS OF GOD AND THAT YOU
[MIGHT HAVE THE RICHEST MEASURE OF THE DIVINE PRESENCE,
AND BECOME A BODY WHOLLY FILLED AND FLOODED WITH GOD HIMSELF]!"
AMEN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN, AMEN, AMEN.
[MUSIC]
ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING PROGRAM WAS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
Không có nhận xét nào:
Đăng nhận xét