ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: I WANNA PRAY SOMETHIN' OVER YOU TODAY, AND I JUST WANT
YOU TO RECEIVE IT.
THIS IS SOMETHIN', I THINK, THAT WE COULD AND SHOULD DO ON
A REGULAR BASIS.
AND I LIKE TO PRAY THIS OVER PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE IN A SERVICE
LIKE THIS, EPHESIANS 3:16.
PAUL PRAYED THIS FOR THE CHURCH AT EPHESUS, SO RECEIVE THIS.
I PRAY THAT: "GOD WOULD GRANT YOU OUT OF THE RICH TREASURY OF
HIS GLORY TO BE STRENGTHENED AND REINFORCED WITH MIGHTY POWER
IN THE INNER MAN.
I PRAY THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WOULD [INDWELL YOUR INNERMOST
BEING AND YOUR PERSONALITY]," AND THAT YOU WOULD BE STRONG IN
THE LORD AND ABLE TO FACE ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO FACE
AND STILL BE VICTORIOUS, IN JESUS' NAME.
HOW DO WE STAY STRONG IN THE SPIRIT?
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THE WORD OF GOD IS THE FOOD YOU
NEED FOR YOUR SPIRIT.
JUST LIKE I'M THIRSTY SO I HAD A DRINK OF WATER,
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
JESUS SAID, "I'M THE LIVING DRINK.
IF YOU DRINK OF ME, YOU'LL NEVER THIRST."
HE'S SAID, "I'M YOUR LIVING FOOD.
IF YOU TAKE ME AS YOUR FOOD, YOU'LL NEVER HUNGER."
ALWAYS RESPECT THE WORD OF GOD, AND WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD OF
GOD, THE WORDS GOIN' FORTH OUT OF MY MOUTH RIGHT NOW,
THEY'RE NOT JUST WORDS.
THEY'RE GOD'S WORDS.
AND SO, THAT MEANS THERE'S POWER.
THE BIBLE SAYS, "THERE'S INHERENT POWER IN
THE WORD OF GOD."
SO, JUST LIKE WHEN YOU EAT FOOD AND YOU CHEW IT AND YOU SWALLOW
IT, THE NUTRITION IS RELEASED, IF YOU REALLY LISTEN, YOU DON'T
JUST PUT YOUR TIME IN IN CHURCH TO THINK THAT YOU'VE MADE GOD
HAPPY BECAUSE YOU SHOWED UP FOR 45 MINUTES, BUT YOU COME WITH
AN ATTITUDE OF, "YOUR WORD IS POWERFUL.
YOUR PRESENCE IS POWERFUL.
THIS IS HELPING ME.
THIS IS STRENGTHENING ME, THIS IS HEALING ME.
THIS IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE."
SEE, EVERYTHING THAT YOU GET IN A CHURCH SERVICE IS NOT UP
TO THE PREACHER.
A LOT OF IT IS UP TO THE ATTITUDE THAT YOU COME IN WITH.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU NEED TO COME HUNGRY.
YOU NEED TO COME EXCITED.
YOU NEED TO COME AND REALIZE WHAT A PRECIOUS TREASURE IT IS
TO SIT AROUND OTHER BELIEVERS THAT HAVE AN ANOINTING ON THEIR
LIFE AND TO HEAR THE WORD OF GOD.
COME ON, LET'S THANK GOD FOR WHAT HE'S DONE IN OUR LIFE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO BE.
SO, THE WORD STRENGTHENS US IN SPIRIT, GOD'S PRESENCE.
YOU KNOW SOMETHIN' THAT YOU COULD DO?
I DO THIS FROM TIME TO TIME.
HOW MANY OF YOU CAN KINDA TELL WHEN YOU'RE STARTIN' TO RUN
ON EMPTY?
I MEAN, YOUR SYSTEM IS JUST KINDA LIKE, YOU'RE RUNNIN'
ON EMPTY.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
INSTEAD OF JUST CONTINUING TO PUSH YOURSELF AND GETTIN CRANKY
AND GROUCHY, AND BLAMIN' EVERYBODY AROUND YOU,
AND, YOU KNOW, IT CAN JUST GO FROM BAD TO WORSE.
YOU KNOW THAT, DON'T YOU?
IT CAN JUST, IF IT'S ALREADY BAD, IT'S GONNA GET WORSE IF YOU
DON'T DO SOMETHIN' ABOUT IT.
WELL, I DON'T CARE IF YOU JUST HAVE TO GO LOCK YOURSELF IN
THE BATHROOM, JUST GO AND SIT SOMEWHERE OR STAND SOMEWHERE.
EVEN JUST TAKE 3 MINUTES AND JUST...
[EXHALING]
"GOD, I NEED YOU.
STRENGTHEN ME, LORD.
HELP ME JUST CALM DOWN.
WHEW, MMM, WHEW, OKAY, FEELIN' BETTER NOW."
COME ON, DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, THAT'S JUST GOOD PRACTICAL ADVICE.
JUST GET SOMEWHERE BY YOURSELF, ZIP YOUR LIP.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE FRUSTRATED, THE MORE YOU TALK,
THE WORSE IT'S GONNA GET.
JUST GET SOMEWHERE FOR A MINUTE, GET QUIET, CALM DOWN, COLLECT
YOURSELF, GET YOURSELF TOGETHER.
AS WE TELL OTHER PEOPLE, "YOU JUST NEED TO GO SOMEWHERE
AND GET YOURSELF TOGETHER."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: GOD'S PRESENCE, PRAYER, BUT I WANNA TALK TO YOU
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, YES, WE NEED TO PRAY ABOUT EVERYTHING AND
DON'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL YOU AT LEAST MENTION IT TO GOD FIRST,
BUT REPENTANCE.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KEEPS US WEAK IN SPIRIT IS
HIDDEN SIN, STUFF THAT WE KNOW IS THERE AND GOD KNOWS IS THERE,
BUT WE'RE JUST NOT TALKIN' ABOUT IT.
WE'RE JUST NOT DEALIN' WITH IT.
DAVID PRAYED THAT GOD WOULD CLEAR HIM FROM HIDDEN AND
UNCONSCIOUS FAULTS, THINGS THAT WERE THERE THAT HE HAD MANAGED
TO IGNORE LONG ENOUGH THAT ALTHOUGH HE WAS STILL FEELING
THE WEIGHT OF THEM--DO YOU KNOW THAT WE CAN COMPROMISE TO THE
POINT WHERE WE HAVE MAJOR SIN IN OUR LIFE AND WE DON'T EVEN
REALLY KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT'S BOTHERING US ANYMORE?
AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, IF YOU'RE JUST NOT FEELIN' RIGHT IN
YOUR LIFE, YOU JUST, "SOMETHIN'S WRONG, I'VE GOT A HEAVINESS.
I DON'T KNOW.
THERE'S NO JOY."
WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO AND GET BY YOURSELF SOMEWHERE AND JUST ASK
GOD A QUESTION THAT HE'S JUST WAITING TO ANSWER?
AND HERE'S THE QUESTION: "GOD, WHAT IS REALLY WRONG
IN MY LIFE?" COME ON, NOT LIKE, HE MAY NOT
TELL YOU, "IT'S YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES."
SEE, WE ALWAYS THINK EVERY TIME WE'RE UNHAPPY,
IT'S OUR CIRCUMSTANCES.
BUT A LOT OF TIMES, IT'S OUR ATTITUDE, OR IT'S SOMETHING
GOING ON IN US, OR SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF
THAT WE'VE NOT TAKEN CARE OF.
I RECALL A TIME WHEN I WASN'T SLEEPIN' GOOD.
THERE WAS ONE NIGHT I WASN'T SLEEPIN' GOOD.
I TOSSED AND TURNED AND I'D SLEEP FOR A FEW MINUTES AND I'D
WAKE UP, AND IT GOT TO BE ABOUT 5 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, AND I
REALLY WISH THAT I WOULD HAVE ASKED GOD SOONER SO I COULD HAVE
GOTTEN SOME SLEEP.
BUT I WAITED TILL 5, AND I FINALLY JUST SAID,
"GOD, WHAT IS WRONG?" COME ON, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION
TO ASK GOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHAT IS WRONG?
AND IMMEDIATELY, HE SHOWED ME SOMETHING THAT I HAD DONE
THE DAY BEFORE.
I HAD HURT SOMEBODY'S FEELINGS AND JUST GLOSSED OVER IT.
DIDN'T DO WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE.
DIDN'T TAKE CARE OF IT.
DIDN'T ASK GOD TO FORGIVE ME.
DIDN'T ASK THEM TO FORGIVE ME.
AND I REPENTED IMMEDIATELY, MADE A COMMITMENT TO MAKE THINGS
RIGHT WITH THEM THE NEXT DAY, AND IT WAS ALMOST TIME TO GET UP
ANYWAY, BUT I DID GET ABOUT 30 MINUTES' SLEEP.
COME ON, "GOD WHAT IS WRONG?" [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON, THIS IS GOOD ADVICE, "WHAT'S WRONG?
WHAT'S GOIN' ON?" WE RUN SO FAST IN LIFE THAT MANY
TIMES, WE'RE JUST DRAGGIN' ALL THESE PROBLEMS ALONG WITH US
AND WE DON'T EVEN TAKE THE TIME TO STOP AND ASK GOD WHAT'S
REALLY GOIN' ON.
HOW ABOUT GUILT?
DON'T BE CARRYIN' A BUNCH OF GUILT AROUND WITH YOU.
MAN, THAT WEAKENS US.
OOH, IT'S HARD TO STAY STRONG IN GOD IF YOU'VE GOT A GUILTY
CONSCIENCE AND A BUNCH OF STUFF THAT'S BUGGIN' YOU INSIDE.
HOW 'BOUT KNOWIN' WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST?
BOY, I TELL YOU, THE DEVIL GETS AFRAID OF YOU WHEN YOU KNOW
WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST.
PETER TALKED ABOUT IT THIS MORNING.
THAT WAS GREAT WHAT HE SHARED.
WHO ARE YOU?
DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE?
IF YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, AND THE DEVIL KNOWS
YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, THEN HE'S GONNA BE RUNNIN'
FROM YOU INSTEAD OF YOU RUNNIN' FROM HIM.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
KNOWING, MAINTAINING A RIGHTEOUSNESS CONSCIOUSNESS IN
YOUR LIFE, IT TAKES HUGGIN' UP CLOSE TO GOD AND STAYIN' IN THE
WORD BECAUSE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THE ENEMY WANTS TO DO TO YOU,
HE WANTS TO MAKE YOU FEEL GUILTY AND CONDEMNED AND LIKE YOU'RE
NO GOOD.
YOU GUYS OUT THERE?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AM I RIGHT?
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE TO FIGHT THAT BATTLE?
IT'S LIKE, "WELL, YOU DIDN'T THIS, AND YOU DIDN'T THAT,
AND YOU'RE NOT, AND YOU'RE NOT."
DO YOU EVER GET TIRED OF THE DEVIL TELLIN' YOU WHAT
YOU'RE NOT?
THEN GET IN THE WORD AND LET GOD TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT REALLY WEAKENS PEOPLE IS
ANGER, WOW.
FIGHT FOR YOURSELF AND REFUSE TO LET ANGER STEAL THE SPIRITUAL
STRENGTH THAT YOU NEED TO DEAL WITH THINGS IN YOUR LIFE.
I'M TELLIN' YOU, STAYIN' ANGRY AT PEOPLE WILL JUST ZAP IT
RIGHT OUT OF YOU.
AND THEN ONE LAST THING I'LL SAY ABOUT THIS SECTION IS LET'S ALL
WORK TOGETHER AND JUST SEE HOW MANY ISSUES WE CAN HAVE IN OUR
LIFE AND STILL HOLD OUR PEACE WHILE WE GOT 'EM.
THAT'S A NEW GOAL.
I TOLD DAVE TODAY, I SAID, "OKAY, I'VE GOT A NEW GOAL."
I REALLY LOVE PEACE, AND I DO PRETTY GOOD MOST OF THE TIME,
BUT LATELY, I'VE JUST LET A FEW STUPID THINGS AGGRAVATE ME.
ANYBODY EVER DO THAT?
YOU JUST LET SOME REALLY DUMB STUFF JUST GET YOU ALL RATTLED,
AND IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA BE EARTH SHAKING.
DOESN'T REALLY MATTER THAT MUCH.
AND I HAD ABOUT THREE OR FOUR OF THOSE THINGS LAST WEEK.
IT WAS JUST, LIKE, SILLY STUFF, AND I JUST LET IT--AND YOU KNOW
WHAT I'VE DISCOVERED?
ONCE YOU GET REALLY UPSET, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET OVER IT
IN 5 SECONDS.
WHEN YOU GET REALLY UPSET, AT LEAST, WHEN I DO, IT TAKES
A TOLL ON ME, AND SOMETIMES IT TAKES A WHILE FOR ME TO
CALM DOWN.
SO, IT'S JUST A LOT LESS EFFORT TO JUST NOT GET UPSET.
COME ON, I'M TELLIN' YOU SOMETHIN' VALUABLE.
IT TAKES A LOT LESS EFFORT TO JUST NOT GET UPSET
THAN IT DOES TO GET UPSET, ACT BAD, HAVE TO REPENT.
THE DEVIL CONDEMNS YOU, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT STUFF.
AND YOU GOTTA GO APOLOGIZE TO FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IT'S LIKE, "NO, I DON'T WANNA DO THAT ANYMORE."
MY NEW GOAL IS, "JUST DO YOUR BEST, DEVIL, BUT I'M HOLDIN'
MY PEACE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ALL RIGHT, I PROBABLY GOT TOO MUCH MESSAGE AND NOT
ENOUGH TIME.
BUT ALL RIGHT, NOW, YOU KNOW WHAT TIME THAT WE REALLY NEED
TO BE STRONG?
IS WHEN PEOPLE COME AGAINST US.
OR WHEN THEY DISAPPOINT US.
WHAT ABOUT WHEN PEOPLE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY DISAPPOINT YOU?
OKAY, LISTEN TO THIS, 2 TIMOTHY 4:16,
PAUL SAID: "AT MY FIRST TRIAL NOBODY ACTED IN MY DEFENSE,
NOBODY TOOK MY PART, AND NOBODY STOOD WITH ME,
BUT ALL," UNDERLINE "ALL," "FORSOOK ME."
WHAT KIND OF SPIRITUAL STRENGTH DID THIS MAN HAVE?
LOOK AT THE NEXT STATEMENT: "MAY IT NOT BE CHARGED AGAINST THEM!"
YOU KNOW WHAT?
HE WAS A SMART MAN.
HE KNEW THAT IF HE DIDN'T FORGIVE THEM, IF HE LET THAT
ANGER STAY IN HIM, IF HE STAYED MAD AT THEM, THAT HE WAS NOT
GONNA BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH WHAT HE WAS FACIN' RIGHT NOW.
SO EVEN THOUGH NOT ONE OF THEM STOOD WITH HIM, THE FIRST THING
HE SAID IS, "I PRAY THAT IT WON'T BE CHARGED AGAINST THEM."
AND LOOK AT THE NEXT THING THAT HAPPENS:
"BUT THE LORD STOOD BY ME-- [AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: "AND THE LORD STRENGTHENED ME, SO THAT THROUGH
ME THE [GOSPEL] MESSAGE MIGHT BE FULLY PREACHED."
"NOBODY STOOD WITH ME.
EVERYBODY CAME AGAINST ME.
I QUICKLY FORGAVE THEM, AND GOD WAS WITH ME,
AND HE STRENGTHENED ME.
AND I STILL CAME OUT VICTORIOUS ON THE OTHER SIDE."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: DO ANY OF YOU HAVE ANYBODY IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW
THAT'S COMIN' AGAINST YOU?
HOW 'BOUT ANYBODY, YOU GOT SOMEBODY IN YOUR LIFE THAT, BOY,
YOU'VE BEEN THERE FOR THEM, AND NOW THERE'S A SITUATION AND THEY
JUST DIDN'T HAVE TIME FOR YOU, THEY DIDN'T STAND BY YOU?
YOU KNOW WHAT?
DON'T EVEN WASTE YOUR TIME LETTING IT DRAIN YOU OF
THE ENERGY THAT YOU NEED TO LIVE YOUR LIFE.
FORGIVE THEM--WELL, YOU DIDN'T TAKE THAT TOO WELL.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME LETTIN' THEM STEAL YOUR ENERGY.
QUICKLY FORGIVE 'EM, AND THEN YOU KNOW WHAT'LL HAPPEN?
GOD WILL BE MORE TO YOU IN 1 SECOND THAN ALL OF THEM
COULD HAVE BEEN IN A LIFETIME.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: THINK STRONG, BE STRONG.
"AS A MAN THINKS IN HIS HEART, SO IS HE."
WHERE YOUR MIND GOES, YOUR ACTIONS WILL FOLLOW.
THINK STRONG, THINK, "I CAN DO IT."
THINK, "THIS IS NOT TOO MUCH FOR ME.
I CAN DO WHAT I NEED TO DO.
I'M NOT GONNA BE AFRAID OF THAT."
MY MOTHER--YOU KNOW, MY DAD SEXUALLY ABUSED ME FOR
A LOT OF YEARS.
MY MOTHER KNEW ABOUT IT, DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
AND I STILL MARVEL ABOUT THAT.
IT MAY SOUND RIDICULOUS, BUT I CAN ALMOST UNDERSTAND
WHAT HE DID MORE THAN I CAN WHAT SHE DID.
LIKE, I CAN'T GET A MOTHER KNOWING THAT AND DOIN' NOTHIN'.
BUT I DON'T SAY THAT AS A BITTERNESS STATEMENT, OR--I
MEAN, BOTTOM LINE IS, IS SHE DID IT 'CAUSE SHE WAS WEAK.
SHE JUST WAS WEAK.
SHE WAS NOT--SHE DIDN'T CONFRONT THINGS IN LIFE.
SHE DIDN'T STAND UP TO THINGS.
SHE LET MY DAD ABUSE HER AND BEAT ON HER, AND HE'D COME IN
DRUNK AND PUSH HER AROUND, AND SHE JUST PUT UP WITH IT.
AND 30 YEARS AFTER ALL THIS HAPPENED AND I WAS ALREADY GROWN
AND IN MINISTRY, THIS IS WHAT MY MOTHER SAID TO ME.
SHE SAID, "I'M SORRY FOR WHAT I LET YOUR FATHER DO TO YOU."
NOW, LISTEN, 'CAUSE THIS WAS EYE OPENING TO ME.
SHE SAID, "I DIDN'T LEAVE HIM, BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK THAT
I COULD SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR BROTHER, AND I DIDN'T THINK THAT
I COULD FACE THE SCANDAL."
SHE DIDN'T THINK SHE COULD, SO SHE DIDN'T, COME ON.
CAN I TELL YA SOMETHIN'?
IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU CAN, YOU'RE DEFEATED BEFORE YOU EVER
GET STARTED.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YA, IF YOU DIDN'T COME TO
HEAR ANYTHING BUT THAT, THAT ONE THING CAN BE LIFE CHANGING
FOR YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY TIMES IN 1 WEEK THE ENEMY
WILL WHISPER TO ME, "YOU CAN'T."
AND I HAVE TO QUICKLY SAY, "I CAN AND I WILL.
NOT ON MY OWN, BUT IN CHRIST, I CAN AND I WILL.
I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO IS--"
COME ONE, DON'T BE WEAK WILLED.
DON'T BE WEAK MINDED.
DON'T BE WEAK IN SPIRIT.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: IT JUST MAKES ME JUST WANNA SCREAM WHEN I THINK ABOUT
WHAT MY MOTHER PUT UP WITH, AND SHE BELIEVED IN JESUS.
I MEAN, SHE COULD'VE--MY GOSH, IF SHE WOULD'VE JUST STOOD UP
TO HIM.
NOT ONLY WOULD IT HAVE HELPED ME, IT WOULD HAVE HELPED MY
BROTHER, IT WOULD HAVE HELPED HER, BUT ACTUALLY, IT WOULD HAVE
ENDED UP HELPIN' MY DAD.
SEE, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU DON'T STAND UP TO PEOPLE THAT ARE
ABUSING YOU OR MISTREATING YOU, YOU'RE NOT HELPING THEM.
YOU'RE JUST INVITING THEM TO KEEP DOIN' THE SAME THING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THINK STRONG.
"I CAN."
YOU KNOW, THERE'D BE NO POINT IN ME STANDING HERE TODAY TRYIN' TO
TELL YOU WHAT IT TOOK FOR ME TO GET FROM WHERE I WAS TO WHERE
I AM, YOU KNOW?
BUT YOU COULDN'T UNDERSTAND IT IF I TRIED TO TAKE 100 YEARS TO
TELL YOU.
BUT WHEN I STARTED DOIN' WHAT I'M DOIN', WOMEN DIDN'T DO THIS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I DON'T MEAN THIS IN ANY KIND OF A WRONG OR
A PRIDEFUL WAY, BUT I THINK GOD HAS USED ME AND THE--GOD'S GIVEN
ME A GIFT OF DETERMINATION.
I MEAN, I WOULDN'T HAVE MADE IT THROUGH WHAT I WENT THROUGH
AS A CHILD IF I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THAT.
AND SO, I GIVE HIM THE CREDIT FOR IT.
BUT IF I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THAT, I MEAN, I WOULD HAVE BEEN
DEFEATED BEFORE I EVER GOT STARTED.
AND I THINK THAT GOD HAS ALLOWED ME TO KINDA PAVE THE WAY FOR
A LOT OF OTHER WOMEN NOW THAT CAN COME BEHIND.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND THINGS ARE EASY FOR THEM BECAUSE SOMEBODY
WENT AHEAD.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
NOW, LISTEN TO ME, EVERY TIME THAT YOU FIGHT FOR A VICTORY
IN YOUR LIFE, YOU'RE NOT JUST WINNING A BATTLE FOR YOU.
YOU'RE WINNING A BATTLE FOR OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA
COME BEHIND.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, I JUST FEEL IT STRONG IN MY SPIRIT TODAY,
THAT THIS IS JUST A WORD FROM GOD FOR SOME OF YOU.
IT'S JUST, LIKE, GET OVER THINKIN' YOU'RE GONNA GIVE UP.
YOU ARE NOT GONNA GIVE UP.
GOD IS ON YOUR SIDE.
YOU'RE GONNA GO THROUGH, BE ALL GOD WANTS YOU TO BE, HAVE ALL
THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO HAVE, AND DO ALL THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO DO.
AMEN?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND WE'RE NOT GONNA LIVE ON EMERGENCIES.
WE'RE GONNA DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO EVERY DAY OF OUR LIFE.
I'M GONNA STUDY THE WORD AND I'M GONNA STUDY IT AGAIN
AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.
AND I'M GONNA CONFESS THE WORD AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN
AND AGAIN.
AND I'M GONNA SPEND TIME WITH GOD EVERY MORNING,
EVERY MORNING, EVERY MORNING, EVERY MORNING, EVERY MORNING.
AND I'M NOT GONNA QUIT.
I'M NOT GONNA SHUT UP.
AND I'M NOT GONNA GIVE UP.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AMEN, LET ME END WITH ONE LITTLE STORY HERE.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THE TIME IS OVER, BUT IT IS.
LET ME JUST END WITH ONE LITTLE QUICK STORY.
THIS AMAZES ME.
JEREMIAH WAS A GREAT PROPHET, AND HE HAD A SECRETARY,
BARUCH, WHO RECORDED ALL OF HIS PROPHECIES.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A NICE LITTLE BALLPOINT PEN THAT
THEY COULD JUST FLICK THE END, AND A NICE LITTLE PAD OF PAPER.
I MEAN, RECORDING ANYTHING WAS A MONUMENTAL JOB.
THEY HAD TO GET THE INK.
THEY HAD TO GET THE QUILL.
THEY HAD TO GET THE PARCHMENT.
IT JUST TOOK A LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG TIME.
AND THERE'S ACTUALLY AN ACCOUNT IN THE BIBLE OF WHERE JEREMIAH
HAD GOTTEN THIS PROPHECY FROM GOD, AND IT WAS READ TO THE KING
AND THE KING DIDN'T LIKE IT.
AND SO, HE RIPPED IT UP, JUST RIPPED UP JEREMIAH'S PROPHECIES.
AND THIS IS, LIKE, IN JEREMIAH 36.
CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW HE FELT WHEN ALL OF HIS WORK WAS JUST
RIPPED UP?
I KNOW ONE TIME, BEFORE I LEARNED THE WISDOM OF NEVER
LEAVING ANYTHING ON A COMPUTER WITHOUT SAVING IT ON
ANOTHER FILE--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I LOST 1/2 OF A BOOK THAT I HAD WRITTEN AND NEVER
COULD GET IT BACK.
I WON'T GO INTO THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT.
I WAS SO JUST, LIKE, SICK, JUST ABSOLUTELY SICK.
I MEAN, MY GOSH, IT'D TAKE SO LONG TO WRITE THAT MUCH, JUST--
BECAUSE I DIDN'T DO MY MAINTENANCE.
[LAUGHING]
COME ON, ARE YOU THERE?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I DIDN'T WANNA TAKE THE TIME TO GO GET THE LITTLE
THING, TO STICK IT IN THE SIDE OF THE COMPUTER TO, YOU KNOW?
AND I PAID THE PRICE.
WELL, I DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I HAD TO DO IT AGAIN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I HAD TO DO IT AGAIN.
SO, THIS AMAZES ME.
CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW JEREMIAH MUST HAVE FELT WHEN HE LEARNED
THAT ALL OF HIS HARD WORK HAD BEEN BURNED UP?
THIS KING, I GUESS, WAS SITTIN' BY THE FIRE HAVIN' A NICE LITTLE
COMFY EVENING, AND HE JUST RIPPED UP ALL--THREW 'EM IN
THE FIRE PIECE BY PIECE.
THIS IS WHAT GOD TOLD JEREMIAH: "TAKE ANOTHER SCROLL AND WRITE
ON IT ALL THE FORMER WORDS THAT WERE ON THE FIRST SCROLL."
AND GOD BASICALLY SAID TO JEREMIAH WHAT I'M SAYIN' TO YOU
TODAY: "I DON'T CARE HOW MANY TIMES YOU'VE DONE IT, OR HOW
OFTEN YOU THINK IT HASN'T WORKED, OR WHAT THE DEVIL'S
TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU.
HERE'S THE ANSWER TO ALL YOUR PROBLEMS: DO IT AGAIN."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: "I'M GONNA DO IT AGAIN, DEVIL, AND AGAIN
AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.
AND YOU ARE NOT GONNA DEFEAT ME," AMEN?
JOYCE: PHILIPPIANS 4:13 REMINDS US THAT: "WE CAN DO ALL
THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO IS OUR STRENGTH."
NO MATTER WHAT COMES AGAINST US, WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE UP.
WE CAN PRESS INTO GOD AND WE WILL MAKE IT THROUGH.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING 4 HOURS OF TEACHING ON
"PURSUING WHAT MATTERS MOST."
AND THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT WE CAN GIVE OUR TIME TO IN
THE WORLD TODAY, AND THE NUMBER OF OPTIONS IS INCREASING,
SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE DAILY.
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO OCCASIONALLY JUST DRAW BACK FOR
A LITTLE BIT AND TAKE A LITTLE INVENTORY OF WHAT WE'RE DOING
WITH OUR TIME.
AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING IT INTO THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA
BE SATISFIED WITH LATER ON.
I THINK YOU'RE REALLY GONNA ENJOY THIS TEACHING.
SO GET THOSE TEACHINGS TODAY, AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL BE
A REAL BLESSING TO YOU.
MAKE A CHOICE TODAY TO PURSUE WHAT MATTERS MOST.
ANNOUNCER: WE ALL HAVE PURSUITS IN LIFE, WHETHER IT MAY
BE SUCCESS, BETTER PAY, A BETTER JOB, ANYTHING.
AND WHILE IT'S NOT WRONG TO DESIRE THESE THINGS,
WE SHOULDN'T LET THEM BE THE FIRST PRIORITY.
SO, LEARN TO PUT GOD FIRST ON THE LIST, NO MATTER WHAT THE
CIRCUMSTANCES, AND DISCOVER THE SECRET TO TRUE JOY AND PEACE.
ORDER JOYCE'S TEACHING SERIES, "PURSUING WHAT MATTERS MOST."
AS WE LEARN TO KEEP HIM FIRST, EVERYTHING ELSE IN LIFE
WILL WORK OUT.
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"HAND OF HOPE" NOTEPAD AND PEN SET.
THIS FOUR-TEACHING CD SERIES, NOTEPAD, AND PEN CAN ALL BE
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GINGER: YEAH, EVERYWHERE WE GO, ALL OVER THE WORLD, WE CAN'T
HELP BUT JUST FALL IN LOVE WITH THE CHILDREN.
LIKE, 4-YEAR-OLD IMINATI HERE.
BUT HERE IN THE EASTERN CAPE OF SOUTH AFRICA, MY HEART HAS ALSO
BEEN REALLY PULLED TOWARD THE MOTHERS AND THE GRANDMOTHERS.
THEY ARE WORKING HARD TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR CHILDREN, AND THEY
NEED OUR HELP.
SO, THESE CLASSROOMS OF HOPE THAT WE PROVIDE ARE HELPING
THE ENTIRE FAMILY, AND WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.
SO, KNOW THAT YOUR SPECIAL GIFT TODAY WILL MAKE A HUGE
DIFFERENCE IN NOT ONLY HERE, BUT OTHER AREAS, SUCH AS ASIA,
THE INNER CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
BUT WE NEED YOU TO HELP US.
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DR. BUDI: STARTED WHEN I APPLIED FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL,
YOU KNOW, I WAS HAVING SUCH A DIFFICULTY, AND I
PROMISED GOD THAT IF I MADE IT, I WOULD GIVE MY PROFESSION TO
HIS SERVICE, TO HIS KINGDOM.
AND I GUESS HE REMEMBERED.
[LAUGHING]
YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THAT WE COULD TALK TO THEIR
FAITH ALSO, AND BRING THEM CLOSER TO THE FATHER.
AND IT IS A WONDERFUL THING.
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JOYCE: I JUST SENSED GOD SPEAKIN' IN MY HEART OR PUTTING
A DESIRE IN MY HEART, YOU KNOW, TO TEACH THE WORD.
AND I FELT THAT THIS DREAM CAME TO ME THAT I WAS GONNA GO ALL
OVER THE WORLD AND TEACH THE WORD.
WHICH, OF COURSE, WAS, IN THE NATURAL, TOTALLY RIDICULOUS.
AND SO MANY TIMES, WHEN GOD DOES SPEAK SOMETHING TO US OR HE
CALLS US TO DO SOMETHING, TO THE NATURAL MIND, IT IS RIDICULOUS.
BUT TRULY, WITH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
AND I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN MEDITATING EVEN THIS WEEK ON
EPHESIANS 3:20, THAT SAYS THAT: "GOD CAN DO EXCEEDINGLY
ABUNDANTLY ABOVE AND BEYOND ALL THAT WE COULD EVER DARE TO HOPE,
ASK, OR THINK THROUGH HIS POWER THAT WORKS IN US."
AND SO, GOD DOES GREAT THINGS, BUT HE DOES THEM THROUGH PEOPLE.
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