ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: NO MATTER HOW MANY MISTAKES YOU'VE MADE,
NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF PIT YOU FIND YOURSELF IN RIGHT NOW,
THE ANSWER FROM GOD IS VERY SIMPLE.
TALK TO GOD ABOUT IT.
REPENT, CLIMB BACK OUT OF THE PIT,
MAKE A GOOD DECISION THAT'S GONNA OVERRIDE THE BAD DECISION,
SKIP THE GUILT TRIP, AND GO ON.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: I WANNA TALK TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT
HOW TO OVERCOME DISAPPOINTMENT AND DISCOURAGEMENT.
YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE TIMES IN OUR LIFE
WHEN WE GET DISAPPOINTED AND THE ANSWER
TO BEING DISAPPOINTED IS TO GET REAPPOINTED.
WE ALL HAVE TIMES WHEN WE'RE DISCOURAGED
BUT THE ANSWER IS TO THEN FIND A WAY
TO BE ENCOURAGED.
JUST LIKE LIGHT ALWAYS OVERCOMES DARKNESS,
POSITIVE THINGS ALWAYS OVERCOME NEGATIVE THINGS.
NOW, THERE'S A LITTLE PLACE THAT THE DEVIL
WANTS US TO LIVE IN CALLED THE PIT.
ANYBODY KNOW ABOUT THE PIT?
THE PIT OF DEPRESSION, THE PIT OF DISCOURAGEMENT,
THE PIT OF FEAR, ANGER, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
WELL, WHAT IS A PIT?
IT'S A SUNKEN PLACE, A LOW PLACE,
A DARK AND AN UNPLEASANT PLACE.
I BELIEVE SELF-PITY IS A PIT.
THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN SPENDING A WHOLE DAY
SITTING AROUND IN A HALF-DARK ROOM
FEELING SORRY FOR YOURSELF.
IT'S TERRIBLE.
IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A PLACE THAT GOD WANTS US TO BE IN
AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A PLACE THAT JESUS
DIED FOR US TO LIVE IN.
JOSEPH'S BROTHERS THREW HIM INTO A PIT AND HE ENDED UP
IN THE PALACE SO HE MUST HAVE FOUND SOME WAY
TO GET OUT OF THAT PIT.
AND YOU MAY BE IN A PLACE LIKE THAT RIGHT NOW.
MAYBE SOME OF YOU WATCHING BY TELEVISION,
YOU THINK YOU ACCIDENTALLY TURNED THIS PROGRAM ON,
JUST FLIPPING THROUGH THE CHANNELS
AND YOU'RE SITTING IN A PIT OF DEPRESSION
OR FEAR OR ANGER AND IT'S NO ACCIDENT
THAT YOU'VE JOINED US.
GOD IS GONNA SHOW YOU THROUGH HIS WORD
HOW YOU CAN GET OUT OF THAT PIT.
NOW WE PRAY FOR GOD TO GET US OUT OF PLACES
WE DON'T WANNA BE IN BUT, TO BE HONEST,
IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT PRAYER.
I'VE FOUND OUT MANY TIMES WHEN WE PRAY AND ASK GOD
TO DO SOMETHING FOR US, HE SHOWS US WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
I'M GONNA SAY THAT AGAIN, JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU GOT IT.
A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE ASK GOD TO DO SOMETHING FOR US,
INSTEAD OF JUST MAGICALLY DOING IT FOR US,
HE SHOWS US WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO CHANGE
THAT THING IN OUR LIFE.
NOW--
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN WORKS OF THE FLESH
AND THE WORKS OF GOD.
THE BIBLE CLEARLY AND OVER AND OVER
TELLS US NOT TO GET INTO WORKS OF THE FLESH.
AND WORKS OF THE FLESH IS OUR ENERGY,
OUR IDEA OF HOW WE CAN MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN
AND WE'VE LEFT GOD OUT OF IT.
WORKS OF THE FLESH, WE WANT TO AVOID.
BUT THE WORKS OF GOD WE WANT TO DO
AND THE WORKS OF GOD ARE DOING
WHAT GOD HAS SHOWN YOU TO DO.
DOING WHAT GOD HAS DIRECTED YOU TO DO,
WHETHER HE'S DIRECTED YOU FROM HIS WORD
OR WHETHER HE'S GIVEN YOU WHAT WE WOULD TERM A RHEMA WORD
WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY A WRITTEN WORD
BUT IT'S A WORD GOD SPEAKS TO YOUR HEART
THAT AGREES WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE REST OF THE BIBLE.
THERE ARE COUNTLESS PEOPLE THAT PRAY FOR HEALING
DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
PROBABLY AS MUCH AS ANYTHING, WE GET PRAYER REQUESTS
FOR GOD TO HEAL PEOPLE.
AND GOD IS OUR HEALER.
JESUS IS OUR HEALER.
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
BUT WE NEED TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT ABUSING
OUR OWN BODIES AT THE SAME TIME
THAT WE'RE ASKING GOD TO DO MIRACLES IN OUR LIFE.
YOU MIGHT PRAY FOR A HEALING AND GOD MIGHT SHOW YOU
THAT YOU NEED MORE SLEEP.
I'LL GO SLOW, IT'S ALL RIGHT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU MIGHT PRAY FOR A HEALING
AND GOD MAY BE SIMULTANEOUSLY TELLING YOU
THAT YOU DESPERATELY NEED TO GET SOME OF THE STRESS
OUT OF YOUR LIFE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT YOU NEED TO SLOW DOWN.
THAT YOU NEED TO NOT SPEND EVERY DAY MULTI-TASKING,
TRYING TO DO FIVE AND SIX THINGS AT ONE TIME.
YOU MAY NEED HEALING IN YOUR LIFE
AND MAYBE GOD WANTS TO DEAL WITH THE ANGER
THAT YOU'VE CARRIED AROUND FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
OR MAYBE YOU FEEL BAD AND WHAT YOU REALLY NEED
IS EXERCISE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOW, DON'T WORRY, I'M NOT GONNA CAMP
ON TOP OF THIS PARTICULAR POINT BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE THE POINT
THAT WE NEED TO GROW UP ENOUGH TO REALIZE THAT WE CAN'T
JUST KEEP ASKING GOD TO DO EVERYTHING FOR US.
WE CAN'T ASK HIM TO DELIVER US FROM THE PROBLEM
THAT WE KEEP FEEDING.
IS THAT A GOOD WAY TO SAY IT?
LET'S STOP ASKING GOD TO DELIVER US FROM A PROBLEM
THAT WE KEEP FEEDING DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE REALIZE THAT SOMETIMES,
IF YOU'RE IN A PIT OF SOME KIND--
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT
WHEN I SAY A PIT?
IT'S KIND OF A BROAD TERM BUT A, YOU KNOW, I MEAN,
EVEN THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF HELL
IS CALLED A PIT.
SO WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA END UP THERE
BUT I DON'T WANNA LIVE IN ONE ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL MY TIME
HERE ON EARTH IS UP.
AND SOMETIMES THE SIMPLE ANSWER ON HOW TO GET OUT OF A PIT
IS JUST TO CLIMB OUT.
GET UP AND CLIMB OUT.
NOW, DO YOUR THOUGHTS EVER DROP INTO THE PIT?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I WAS ENJOYING MY MORNING WALK RECENTLY
WHICH I DO PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY UNLESS I'M TRAVELING,
AND A VERY NEGATIVE, JUDGMENTAL, AND CRITICAL THOUGHT
ENTERED MY MIND ABOUT SOMEBODY THAT I KNOW
THAT HAS SOME ANNOYING HABITS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOW I DON'T KNOW IF THAT EVER HAPPENS TO YOU
BUT IT'S INTERESTING TO ME HOW YOU CAN JUST BE GOING ABOUT,
MINDING YOUR OWN BUSINESS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
YOUR HEAD IS FULL OF THIS JUNKY STUFF
THAT YOU DON'T EVEN REALLY UNDERSTAND
WHY YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT.
BUT THERE IT IS.
WELL, IF WE UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE WE KNOW THAT THE MIND
IS THE BATTLEFIELD.
IT'S THE PLACE WHERE SATAN TRIES TO TAKE US CAPTIVE.
IF HE CAN TAKE OUR THOUGHTS CAPTIVE,
THEN HE CAN USUALLY END UP RULING IN OUR LIVES
BECAUSE AS A MAN THINKS, SO IS HE.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO THINK BAD THOUGHTS
ABOUT SOMEBODY ALL DAY AND THEN GET AROUND THEM
AND TREAT THEM RIGHT, IT JUST WON'T HAPPEN.
SO TO WALK IN LOVE, WE HAVE TO THINK
LOVING THOUGHTS.
TO HAVE A POSITIVE LIFE, WE HAVE TO THINK
POSITIVE THOUGHTS.
SO THIS BATTLE OF THE MIND...
THIS GIRDING UP THE LOINS OF OUR MIND AS PETER SAID,
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO BE DILIGENT
ABOUT DOING ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND YOU'LL FIND SOMETIMES
THAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE JUST GOING
IN THE TOTALLY WRONG DIRECTION.
WELL, 2 CORINTHIANS 10 GIVES US A RESPONSIBILITY:
CAST THOSE THOUGHTS DOWN.
CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS AND REASONINGS AND THEORIES
AND EVERY PROUD AND LOFTY THING THAT EXALTS ITSELF
AGAINST THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND TAKE EVERY THOUGHT CAPTIVE
UNTO THE OBEDIENCE OF JESUS CHRIST.
WELL, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT GOD SAYS HE'LL DO FOR US.
THIS IS SOMETHING HE SAYS THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
WHAT HE DOES FOR US IS HE CAUSES US TO RECOGNIZE
THAT OUR THOUGHTS ARE GOING IN A WRONG DIRECTION.
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS IN OUR LIFE TO HELP US RECOGNIZE
THAT WE'RE KIND OF GETTING OFF THE PATH.
WE NEED TO STAY ON THE NARROW PATH
BUT SOMETIMES WE DRIFT OFF ONTO THE BROAD PATH.
YOU CAN SKIP THE GUILT TRIP.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL CONDEMNED.
YOU JUST SIMPLY CLIMB OUT OF THE PIT
IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN IT.
YOU GET BACK ON THE NARROW PATH IF YOU FIND
THAT YOU'VE DRIFTED OVER TO THE BROAD PATH
AND I WANNA SAY AGAIN, YOU CAN SKIP THE GUILT TRIP.
YOU CAN SKIP THE GUILT TRIP.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE TEMPTED
TO DO THE WRONG THING, THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT YOU'VE SINNED.
TEMPTATION IS NOT SIN.
THE REAL PROBLEM COMES IN WHEN WE RECOGNIZE
THAT WE'RE DOING WRONG AND WE DON'T CARE AND
WE JUST KEEP DOING IT ANYWAY.
BUT IF YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
TO DO THE RIGHT THING, A SMART PERSON,
AN INTELLIGENT CHRISTIAN, WILL PRAY FOR THE CONVICTION
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THEIR LIFE ON A DAILY BASIS ALL DAY LONG.
NOT THE CONDEMNATION OF THE DEVIL, BUT THE CONVICTION
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
ONE IS BEAUTIFUL, THE OTHER ONE IS ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE.
THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN THE HOLY SPIRIT SAYING,
"MM."
HE'S NOT LOUD, DOESN'T SCREAM, IT'S JUST LIKE, "AH."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: ZIP IT, OKAY?
SO I'M HAVING THIS WALK AND I RECOGNIZED
THAT I WAS HAVING THESE THOUGHTS THAT WEREN'T GOOD.
WELL, I KEPT WALKING AND ANOTHER ONE FOLLOWED
RIGHT BEHIND THE FIRST ONE AND FINALLY ABOUT SEVEN IN A ROW
AND I THOUGHT, "I HAVE ALLOWED MY THOUGHTS
TO FALL INTO THE PIT."
I TOLD MYSELF WHERE THOUGHTS WERE WRONG
AND I CLIMBED OUT OF THE PIT.
IN OTHER WORDS, I CHANGED MY MIND
AND STARTED TO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.
FEW MINUTES LATER, I STARTED TO CLIMB
RIGHT BACK INTO THE PIT.
BUT THIS TIME I ONLY DESCENDED ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN
BEFORE I CLIMBED OUT.
THIS CONTINUED A FEW MORE TIMES AND FINALLY I DIDN'T FALL
INTO THE PIT ANY LONGER.
NOW, YOU GOTTA REALIZE THAT JUST BECAUSE
YOU CATCH YOURSELF GOING IN A WRONG DIRECTION
ONCE DOESN'T MEAN THE ENEMY'S GONNA LEAVE YOU ALONE
THE REST OF THE DAY.
SOMETIMES YOU'VE GOTTA, LISTEN WHAT I'M GONNA SAY,
FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH, AMEN?
SOMETIMES, YOU'VE GOTTA CAST DOWN AND IT COMES BACK
AND YOU CAST DOWN AND IT COMES BACK.
C'MON, SOME OF YOU THAT ARE FISHERMEN,
I MEAN, YOU'LL CAST OUT, YOU DON'T CATCH ANYTHING,
YOU REEL IT BACK IN. YOU CAST OUT.
YOU KEEP IT UP UNTIL YOU CATCH WHAT YOU WANT.
YOU'LL SIT THERE WITH THAT ALL DAY LONG, OKAY?
MY HUSBAND PLAYS A LOT OF GOLF AND HE HITS A LOT OF BAD BALLS
BUT THAT DOESN'T KEEP HIM FROM GOING BACK OUT
AND HITTING AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.
SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE KNOW HOW TO DO
AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN BUT THEN THERE'S OTHER THINGS
THAT WE GIVE UP ON TOO EASILY.
AND I COULD HAVE CALLED THIS MESSAGE TODAY, "DO IT AGAIN,"
BUT I DIDN'T.
HOWEVER, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT.
THERE'S ONE PERSON THAT THE DEVIL CANNOT DEFEAT
AND THAT'S SOMEBODY WHO REFUSES TO GIVE UP.
I SAID THAT'S SOMEBODY WHO REFUSES TO GIVE UP.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES
HE DUMPS A BAD THOUGHT IN YOUR MIND,
YOU DUMP IT OUT AND GO BACK IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
EVERY TIME YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A PIT, SKIP THE GUILT TRIP,
CLIMB OUT.
I GOTTA KEEP SAYING "SKIP THE GUILT TRIP"
BECAUSE IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE ONE TIME AND YOU REALIZE IT
AND NOW YOU START FEELING GUILTY,
IT'S GONNA WEAKEN YOU AND HELP YOU FALL RIGHT BACK
INTO THE SAME TRAP AGAIN.
GUILT DOES NOTHING GOOD FOR US AT ALL.
REPENT, GO ON ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS.
PAUL SAID, "ONE THING I DO.
ONE THING I DO."
THE GREAT APOSTLE PAUL, "ONE THING I DO.
IT IS MY ONE ASPIRATION, LETTING GO OF THE THINGS
THAT ARE BEHIND AND PRESSING TOWARD THE THINGS
THAT ARE AHEAD."
AND THAT IS YOUR PRIVILEGE TODAY WHETHER YOU'RE IN THIS BUILDING
OR WATCHING BY TV, NO MATTER HOW MANY MISTAKES
YOU'VE MADE, NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF PIT
YOU FIND YOURSELF IN RIGHT NOW, THE ANSWER FROM GOD
IS VERY SIMPLE.
TALK TO GOD ABOUT IT.
REPENT, CLIMB BACK OUT OF THE PIT,
MAKE A GOOD DECISION THAT'S GONNA OVERRIDE THE BAD DECISION,
SKIP THE GUILT TRIP, AND GO ON.
IF YOU FALL IN AGAIN, DO IT AGAIN.
IF YOU FALL IN AGAIN, DO IT AGAIN.
IF YOU FALL IN AGAIN, DO IT AGAIN.
AND NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES IT TAKES,
YOU WILL WEAR THE DEVIL OUT IF YOU DON'T GIVE UP.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, I HONESTLY DON'T--I MEAN,
I AM A GIFTED COMMUNICATOR BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY REALLY
OUTSTANDING MENTAL CAPACITY OR ANY GREAT
PHENOMENAL ABILITIES BUT I TELL YOU WHAT I DO HAVE.
I'VE GOT A LOT OF COMMONSENSE AND I AM BULL-HEADED.
I DO NOT GIVE UP EASY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: C'MON.
THAT'S REALLY ALL YOU NEED.
I MEAN, YOU CAN HAVE 15 DEGREES BEHIND YOUR NAME
BUT IF YOU'RE WIMPY AND YOU GIVE UP EASY,
YOU'LL NEVER AMOUNT TO ANYTHING.
YOU MAY LOOK LIKE YOU'RE A BRILLIANT IMPORTANT PERSON,
BUT IT'S REALLY ALL IN THE FRUIT.
WHAT KIND OF FRUIT ARE YOU BEARING IN YOUR LIFE?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IT'S REALLY KIND OF INTERESTING TO ME.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE THAT HAVE A LOT OF, WELL, I GUESS,
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, BEEN THROUGH A LOT
OF SEMINARIES AND THEY CAN READ GREEK AND HEBREW
AND, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
I'M NOT PUTTING THAT DOWN AT ALL.
MY BRAIN CAN'T HANDLE ALL THAT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE LIKE THAT, NOT ALL,
BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE LIKE THAT WILL JUDGE PEOPLE LIKE ME
WHO JUST SIMPLY FEEL LIKE GOD CALLED THEM AND ANOINTED THEM
SO THEY GET UP AND DO IT.
AND THEY'RE, LIKE, "WELL, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
AND WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT?"
AND NYEH, NYEH, NYEH, NYEH, NYEH, NYEH.
AND THEY LOOK FOR EVERY LITTLE MISTAKE,
AND EVERY LITTLE FLAW, SO THEY CAN JUDGE AND CRITICIZE.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I READ IN THE BIBLE?
"YOU WILL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUIT."
"YOU WILL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUIT."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO A LOT OF TIMES, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE JUDGING YOU,
THEY DON'T HAVE AS MUCH GOOD FRUIT IN THEIR LIFE
AS YOU DO, AMEN?
SO DON'T LET WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF YOU
HINDER YOU FROM BEING ALL THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO BE.
ANYTIME YOU FALL INTO A PIT OF SIN, DISOBEDIENCE,
NEGATIVITY, FAILURE, DISCOURAGEMENT, OR ANYTHING ELSE
THAT'S DARK AND GLOOMY AND NOT IN THE WILL OF GOD,
THE VERY SIMPLE ANSWER IS CLIMB BACK OUT
AND SKIP THE GUILT TRIP.
CAN ANYBODY REMEMBER THIS TODAY WHEN YOU GO HOME?
HOW'S IT GONNA AFFECT YOU IF YOU GO HOME
AFTER BEING AT THIS WONDERFUL WORD-FILLED SEMINAR ALL WEEKEND
AND LISTENING TO THE AMAZING PRAISE
AND WORSHIP OF JESUS CULTURE, HEARING ALL THE EXHORTATIONS
AND HEARING THE SERMONS AND, I MEAN, YOU GO HOME,
YOU'VE BOUGHT THE BOOK, YOU'VE GOT THE CD,
YOU GOT THE T-SHIRT, I MEAN, YOU BOUGHT A JOYCE MEYER PEN,
YOU BOUGHT A JOYCE MEYER NOTEBOOK,
I MEAN, YOU ARE READY TO BE THE EPITOME OF PERFECTION
WHEN YOU GO HOME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND WHAT HAPPENS IF TONIGHT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED
SOMEBODY MAKES YOU MAD AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT
YOU HAVE JUST, LIKE, WOW, WELL, HOW MANY OF YOU
KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
AND THEN YOU THINK, "I DON'T--AM I EVEN SAVED?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "AM I EVEN A CHRISTIAN?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "HOW COULD I GO TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT
AND THEN TWO HOURS LATER ACT LIKE THIS?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE DEVIL NEVER LETS UP.
AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WHEN THE SEED IS SOWN,
THIS IS MARK 4, THAT THE DEVIL COMES IMMEDIATELY
TO STEAL THE SEED THAT WAS SOWN.
SO I DON'T WANNA BE NEGATIVE AND I DON'T WANNA SOUND LIKE
I'M GIVING YOU BAD NEWS BUT YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH
FIGURE ON BEING ATTACKED IN SOME WAY--
C'MON, DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT.
SOMETIME IN THE NEXT, I DUNNO, 24 TO 48 HOURS.
BECAUSE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THE DEVIL
DOES NOT WANT YOU TO DO, HE DOES NOT WANT YOU TO GO HOME
AND ACTUALLY MAYBE GO OVER THE THINGS YOU LEARNED HERE
OR MEDITATE ON THEM AT ALL OR FOLLOW THROUGH
WITH ANY DECISIONS THAT YOU MADE WHILE YOU WERE HERE.
SO WHAT HE DOES IS HE TRIES TO DRAG YOU
RIGHT OFF TRACK AND GET YOU FEELING BAD ABOUT YOURSELF
SO YOU JUST THINK THE WHOLE THING DID YOU NO GOOD
AND YOU CAN JUST CLIMB RIGHT BACK IN THE PIT
THAT WE WORKED ALL WEEKEND TO GET YOU OUT OF.
C'MON, HELP ME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AM I NOT RIGHT?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: SO HERE'S WHAT I'M TELLING YOU.
NO MATTER WHAT, IF YOU FIND YOURSELF
RIGHT BACK IN A PIT AGAIN, REMEMBER, CLIMB OUT
AND SKIP THE GUILT TRIP.
CLIMB OUT AND SKIP THE GUILT TRIP.
TURN TO SOMEBODY NEXT TO YOU AND SAY, "CLIMB OUT
AND SKIP THE GUILT TRIP."
ALL RIGHT, NOW, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT
SOME SPECIFIC PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE
WHO REALLY OVERCAME GREAT FAILURES AND JUST
WENT ON TO DO AMAZING THINGS.
AND I HOPE TO SHOW YOU THROUGH THIS
THAT GOD IS NOT AS PUT OFF BY OUR MISTAKES
AS WE ARE SOMETIMES.
YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE HE ALREADY KNOWS EVERY MISTAKE WE'RE GONNA MAKE
BEFORE HE EVER CALLS US INTO RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
GOD IS NOT SURPRISED BY YOU, NOT ONE IOTA.
ALL RIGHT, HOW ABOUT JUST FLAT OUT FAILING AT SOMETHING
GOD GAVE YOU TO DO?
LET'S TALK ABOUT MOSES.
LIKE EVERY GREAT MAN OR WOMAN OF GOD,
OR EVERY MAN OR WOMAN OF GOD, WE CAN SKIP THE WORD "GREAT,"
WE ALL HAVE WEAKNESSES.
AND SOMETIMES, THERE'S EVEN ONE AREA
THAT MIGHT BE JUST, LIKE, OUR THING.
IT'S LIKE OUR THORN IN THE FLESH.
WELL, FOR MOSES IT WAS ANGER.
MOSES WAS A GREAT MAN OF GOD BUT HE HAD A TEMPER
AND THAT TEMPER GOT HIM IN TROUBLE
MORE THAN ONCE.
ACTUALLY, IT ENDED UP BEING THE REASON
WHY HE WAS NOT ALLOWED BY GOD TO LEAD THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
INTO THE PROMISED LAND.
HE WOULD LET HIS EMOTIONS GET WILD SOMETIMES
AND DO THINGS THAT HE SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE.
SO IN EXODUS 32 BEGINNING IN VERSE 15, IT SAID:
"MOSES TURNED AND WENT DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
WITH THE TWO TABLETS OF THE TESTIMONY IN HIS HAND,
TABLETS THAT WERE WRITTEN ON BOTH SIDES,"
AND THEY WERE WRITTEN ON ONE SIDE AND ON THE OTHER,
AND "THE TABLETS WERE THE WORK OF GOD,"
AND THE WRITING WAS WHERE GOD HAD ENGRAVED
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ON THOSE TABLETS.
NOW, HE WAS THERE 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS AND I JUST--
I DON'T--THERE'S NOT MUCH SAID ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
WHILE HE WAS THERE OTHER THAN HE CAME BACK
WITH THOSE TABLETS AND I, FRANKLY, WOULD IMAGINE
THAT IT WAS TOO AMAZING TO EVEN FIND WORDS TO PUT TO,
TO WRITE DOWN WHERE ANY OF US COULD EVEN UNDERSTAND.
YOU KNOW, EVEN PAUL HAD DIFFERENT VISIONS
AND HE SAID HE WAS TAKEN UP INTO THE THIRD HEAVENS
AND HE DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT
BECAUSE SOME THINGS HAVE HAPPENED
BETWEEN YOU AND GOD YOU CANNOT EXPLAIN
TO ANYBODY ELSE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES
PEOPLE WILL SAY TO ME, "WELL, WHAT HAPPENED
WHEN GOD CALLED YOU?"
WELL, IT'S NOT REALLY EVEN SOMETHING
YOU CAN EXPLAIN TO ANYBODY.
YOU JUST KNOW.
YOU JUST KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW.
AND THE BAD THING ABOUT TRYING TO EXPLAIN
ALL OF OUR EXPERIENCES TO SOMEBODY ELSE
IS THEN THEY TRY TO HAVE THAT SAME EXPERIENCE
AND ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS IF GOD WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING TO YOU
HE WILL MAKE HIMSELF KNOWN.
SO STOP LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY ELSE'S EXPERIENCE
AND JUST EXPECT GOD TO MEET YOU WHERE YOU'RE AT
AND DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN YOUR LIFE.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED UP THERE WITH MOSES.
THE BIBLE DOESN'T TELL US, SO IT'S OBVIOUSLY
NONE OF OUR BUSINESS.
ALL WE KNOW IS THAT HE CAME DOWN WITH TWO TABLETS OF STONE
AND THEY ACTUALLY WEREN'T VERY BIG.
THEY WERE WRITTEN ON FRONT AND BACK
AND THEY HAD BEEN ENGRAVED WITH GOD'S OWN HAND.
NOW, MAN, THAT MUST HAVE BEEN A HOLY, AMAZING,
UNDESCRIBABLE EXPERIENCE.
WELL, WHEN HE GOT PART OF THE WAY
DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, FAR ENOUGH DOWN
THAT HE HAD MET UP WITH JOSHUA AGAIN
BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE STARTED OUT WITH HIM
BUT WHEN THEY GOT SO FAR UP, THEN ONLY MOSES WAS ALLOWED
TO GO ALL THE WAY UP.
AND SO JOSHUA HEARD THE NOISE OF THE PEOPLE
THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE WAITING IN THE CAMP AND THEY
DIDN'T RECOGNIZE WHAT IT WAS.
IS IT A SOUND OF BATTLE?
IS IT A SOUND OF VICTORY?
AND MOSES SAID, "I HEAR SINGING."
VERSE 19: "AS SOON AS HE APPROACHED
THE CAMP AND HE SAW THE CALF," THE GOLDEN CALF THEY HAD MADE
AND BEGAN TO WORSHIP.
WHY?
BECAUSE THEY GOT TIRED OF WAITING.
THERE'S SUCH A TEST TO WAITING, ISN'T THERE?
AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE STILL WAITING ON GOD
AND WE DON'T START DOING OUR OWN THING
INSTEAD OF WAITING ON GOD.
"AND MOSES'S ANGER BURNED."
HIS WEAKNESS FLARED UP.
"AND HE THREW THE TABLETS FROM HIS HAND
AND HE SMASHED THEM AT THE FOOT OF THE MOUNTAIN."
SO HERE ARE THESE TABLETS THAT GOD WROTE ON
WITH HIS OWN HAND.
IN A FIT OF ANGER, MOSES BASHED THEM TO THE GROUND
AND BROKE THEM.
WOW.
WELL, COULD GOD EVER TRUST HIM AGAIN?
COULD GOD EVER USE HIM AGAIN?
BUT IN EXODUS 34:1 THE LORD SAID TO MOSES,
"CUT TWO TABLETS OF STONE LIKE THE FIRST ONES,
AND I WILL WRITE ON THESE TABLETS THE WORDS
THAT WERE ON THE FIRST TABLETS, WHICH YOU SMASHED."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WHEN YOU LEARNED OF ISRAEL'S IDOLATRY.
SO HE NOW HAD TO GO BACK UP THE MOUNTAIN,
ANOTHER 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS, AND LET'S JUST IMAGINE,
LET'S USE OUR HOLY IMAGINATIONS.
LET'S JUST IMAGINE HOW MOSES MAY HAVE FELT WHEN HE STARTED
BACK UP THAT MOUNTAIN AND HE HAD TO WALK PAST
THE BROKEN PIECES OF HIS FIRST MISTAKE.
IT COULD HAVE ACTUALLY DISCOURAGED HIM TO THE POINT
WHERE HE WOULD HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY
MADE THE SECOND TRIP.
LISTEN, YOU'VE GOTTA BE CAREFUL IF YOU'RE DISCOURAGED RIGHT NOW
ABOUT YOUR PAST FAILURES.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT GOD'S FINISHED WITH YOU
AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T BEGIN AGAIN.
IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T START OVER.
BUT YOU GOT TO SKIP THE GUILT TRIP.
YOU CAN'T JUST KEEP STARING AT THE BROKEN PIECES
OF YOUR PAST BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT IT
TOO LONG AND YOU TALK ABOUT IT TOO MUCH,
YOU'LL NEVER GO BACK UP THE MOUNTAIN AGAIN
AND MEET WITH GOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WELL, NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF PIT YOU MIGHT
FIND YOURSELF IN TODAY, GOD IS RIGHT THERE TO HELP YOU.
TALK TO HIM, CLIMB OUT OF THAT PIT,
SKIP THE GUILT TRIP, AND REFUSE TO GIVE UP.
TODAY WE'RE OFFERING YOU THE BIBLE,
"THE EVERYDAY LIFE BIBLE."
IT'S A STUDY BIBLE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER
SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND THIS BIBLE HAS, BY GOD'S GRACE,
SOLD OVER A MILLION COPIES.
AND SO I'M TELLING YOU THAT JUST TO SAY
THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE SEEM TO REALLY BE ENJOYING.
IT'S A VERY GOOD PRACTICAL STUDY BIBLE
AND I THINK IT'S GONNA REALLY HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE
BETTER THAN PERHAPS YOU EVER HAVE BEFORE.
AND SO IT'S GOD'S WORD THAT TRANSFORMS OUR LIVES.
THEREFORE, WE NEED TO DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO UNDERSTAND IT
THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN.
AND I'D LIKE YOU TO STAY WITH ME BECAUSE I'VE A LITTLE
SOMETHING ELSE TO SHARE WITH YOU RIGHT AFTER THIS.
ANNOUNCER: DISCOVER THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER
OF THE WORD OF GOD AND LEARN TO APPLY ITS TRUTH
TO YOUR LIFE WITH "THE EVERYDAY LIFE BIBLE."
ALONGSIDE THE LIFE-CHANGING BIBLICAL MESSAGES
ARE SOME OF JOYCE'S PERSONAL STUDY NOTES
AND LIFE LESSONS TO HELP YOU GAIN
A FRESH RELEVANT UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING "THE EVERYDAY LIFE BIBLE"
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JOYCE: DAVE AND I MET A GENTLEMAN THE OTHER DAY
OUTSIDE OF A COFFEE SHOP WHO SHARED WITH US
THAT EIGHT YEARS PRIOR TO THE DAY WE MET HIM
HE HAD BEEN IN OUR MEN'S HOME IN ST. LOUIS
WHICH MEANS THAT HE, IN ALL PROBABILITY,
WAS LIVING ON THE STREETS BEFORE THAT,
HAVING SOME KIND OF PROBLEM WITH DRUGS OR ALCOHOL
OR FOR SOME REASON HIS LIFE WAS JUST IN A TOTAL MESS.
HE NOW, AFTER EIGHT YEARS, OWNS HIS OWN
CONSTRUCTIONS BUSINESS, HAS BEEN ON MISSION TRIPS,
AND IS STARTING A BRAND NEW CHURCH.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE HAVE HELP AVAILABLE TO THEM.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE CAN'T MAKE THAT HELP AVAILABLE
WITHOUT PARTNERS, WITHOUT PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO SAY,
"I WANNA JOIN IN AND MAKE GREAT THINGS HAPPEN
FOR PEOPLE."
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER
THAT WE CAN'T DO BY OURSELF.
WE COULDN'T HAVE OFFERED HIM THAT HELP BY OURSELF
IF WE DIDN'T HAVE PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT ARE WILLING
TO CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY.
SO IF YOU ARE A PARTNER WITH OUR MINISTRY,
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
PLEASE CONTINUE.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT, WOULD YOU REALLY PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER
BECOMING A PARTNER WITH JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES TODAY?
THAT MEANS THAT YOU CAN BE PART OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN CALL THE NUMBER
ON YOUR SCREEN.
THEY'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
WE DON'T REQUIRE ANY CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY
TO BEGIN YOUR PARTNERSHIP.
WE JUST ASK THAT YOU DO THE BEST THAT YOU CAN
AND THAT YOU BE FAITHFUL AND REGULAR.
I THINK YOU'RE REALLY GONNA SEE BENEFITS FROM PARTNERING
WITH THIS MINISTRY.
THANK YOU.
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