ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: SO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL LIKE DOING EVERYTHING
YOU DO AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WANT TO DO EVERYTHING
YOU DO.
THIS IS WHERE WE COME INTO DEEPER LEVELS OF SPIRITUAL
MATURITY WHERE WE SAY, "GOD, I DON'T WANT TO AND I DON'T EVEN
REALLY THINK IT'S SO FAIR THAT YOU ASK ME TO,
BUT NEVERTHELESS, YOUR WILL BE DONE AND NOT MINE.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: WATCHMAN NEE, WHO'S A GREAT CHRISTIAN WRITER,
SAID THAT EMOTIONS ARE THE BELIEVER'S NUMBER ONE ENEMY.
WHOO, THEY KEEP PEOPLE WALKING IN THE FLESH.
THEY KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THE WILL OF GOD.
I THINK IT'S JUST GOOD TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME THIS AFTERNOON
JUST TO REMEMBER HOW EASILY WE'RE LED AROUND
BY OUR FEELINGS.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE TELL OTHER PEOPLE WHAT WE THINK,
WHAT WE WANT, AND HOW WE FEEL?
"WELL, JOYCE, WILL YOU PRAY FOR ME?
I FEEL LIKE GOD DOESN'T LOVE ME.
WELL, JOYCE, WILL YOU PRAY FOR ME?
I DON'T FEEL LIKE GOD HEARS MY PRAYERS.
WELL, JOYCE, WILL YOU PRAY FOR ME?
I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT I CAN GO ON."
YOU LISTEN TO HOW OFTEN PEOPLE TELL YOU HOW THEY FEEL.
NOW, FEELINGS ARE REAL AND WE DON'T NEED TO DENY THAT WE HAVE
THEM, BUT WE DO NEED TO DENY THEM THE RIGHT TO MANIPULATE US
AND CONTROL US, RIGHT?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TODAY WHO BELIEVES THAT IF YOU
WOULD CONTROL YOUR EMOTIONS A LITTLE BIT MORE AND NOT LET
THEM CONTROL YOU AS MUCH THAT YOUR LIFE WOULD GET
A WHOLE LOT BETTER, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, LIKE I SAID, I NEED THIS.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T, I'LL BE HAPPY TO LISTEN TO MYSELF.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: ALL RIGHT, WE CANNOT ALWAYS CONTROL HOW WE FEEL,
BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE CAN CONTROL WHAT WE DO, AMEN?
YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
MY DAD ABUSED ME.
MY MOTHER KNEW IT AND LET HIM.
I WENT TO ONE OF MY AUNTS AND UNCLES FOR HELP AND THEY
DIDN'T WANNA GET INVOLVED.
NOW, HERE I'M THIS CHILD BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED AND ALL THESE
PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO LOVE ME WERE HURTING ME.
NOW, IT WAS EASY TO HATE THEM AND RESENT THEM UNTIL I WANTED
TO GO DEEPER IN GOD.
AND WHEN I MADE THAT DECISION, THEN I KEPT COMING UP AGAINST
WALLS OF THINGS THAT--HINDRANCES IN MY LIFE THAT, LIKE WE SAID
THIS MORNING, THE CHIEF SLINGER, THE DEVIL, HAD SLUNG AT ME.
AND IN ORDER FOR ME TO THEN GO ON TO A NEXT LEVEL WITH GOD,
THAT THING HAD TO BE SUBMITTED
TO GOD AND HAD TO BE MOVED OUT OF MY WAY.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
YOU CANNOT HAVE A RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD,
AND BE ANGRY WITH PEOPLE, AND HAVE BITTERNESS
AND RESENTMENT IN YOUR HEART.
IT JUST WILL NOT WORK.
AND BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HURT US AND SO MANY
PEOPLE THAT DON'T SEEM TO CARE ABOUT US, I CAN TELL YOU,
FORGIVENESS IS SOMETHING YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PRACTICE PROBABLY
ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DAY OF YOUR LIFE IN SOME WAY, SHAPE,
OR FORM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IF YOU'RE AROUND PEOPLE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO NEED TO FORGIVE PEOPLE.
OKAY, SO FAST-FORWARD ALL THESE YEARS.
I WORKED THROUGH WHAT I-- THE BEST I KNEW HOW TO
TO FORGIVE, BUT YOU KNOW, I WANTED IT MORE TO JUST BE
LIKE, "OKAY, I FORGIVE YOU.
I'M NOT MAD, BUT PLEASE STAY OUT OF MY LIFE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, THERE'S FORGIVENESS AT A DISTANCE
AND THEN THERE'S FORGIVENESS THAT GETS REAL CLOSE
AND INTIMATE, AND THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY.
SO, I DON'T WANNA TAKE A LONG TIME ON THIS, BUT ULTIMATELY,
MY DAD, MY MOTHER, AND MY AUNT, BECAUSE MY AUNT AND UNCLE NEVER
HAD ANY CHILDREN, AND MY AUNT WAS MY MOTHER'S SISTER,
AND MY UNCLE WAS MY DAD'S BROTHER, SO THERE WAS
A VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP THERE, SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH MY AUNT
AND UNCLE WHEN I WAS YOUNG.
I ONLY HAVE ONE BROTHER AND HE--WELL, HE'S DECEASED NOW,
BUT HE COULDN'T EVEN TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF.
I NEEDED TO TAKE CARE OF HIM TOO, SO HE COULDN'T HELP ME.
SO, LONG STORY SHORT, I CAME DOWN TO ALL THREE OF THEM,
MY DAD, MY MOM, AND MY AUNT, ALL THREE OF THEM NEEDED TO BE
TAKEN CARE OF BECAUSE THEY ALL LIVED A REALLY LONG TIME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: LET ME TELL YOU, WE HAVE A LOT OF LONGEVITY
IN OUR BLOODLINE.
I'M LIKELY TO BE AROUND A LONG TIME.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: SO, THEN I SEE THIS SCRIPTURE IN TIMOTHY THAT SAYS,
"IF YOU HAVE RELATIVES THAT ARE IN NEED--"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "AND YOU WON'T TAKE CARE OF THEM, THEN YOU'RE
WORSE THAN AN INFIDEL."
IT DOESN'T SAY DO IT IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT.
IT DOESN'T SAY DO IT IF THEY'VE BEEN NICE TO YOU.
IT DOESN'T SAY DO IT IF THEY DESERVE IT.
IT JUST SAYS DO IT.
WELL, I REALLY WISH SOMEBODY ELSE, SOME REMOTE COUSIN
OR MEMBER OF THE FAMILY SOMEWHERE WOULD'VE STEPPED UP,
BUT NOBODY DID.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOW, I'M ALREADY SO BUSY IN MY LIFE,
THE LAST THING I HAVE TIME TO DO NOW IS TAKE CARE
OF THREE ELDERLY PEOPLE, 'CAUSE IT GETS TO THE POINT
WHERE YOU GOTTA GET THEIR GROCERIES, YOU GOTTA GET
THEIR GRASS CUT, AND IT ALL GETS VERY EXPENSIVE BECAUSE THEY'RE
NOT MAKING MONEY ANYMORE, THEY'RE JUST COSTING MONEY.
SO, I HAD ALL THREE OF THEM ON MY HANDS.
AND I JUST WANNA TELL YOU-- AND YOU KNOW, THEY'VE ALL GONE
HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD.
MY AUNT PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M JUST GONNA BE VERY HONEST
WITH YOU, BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAD
THROUGHOUT MY LIFE AND BECAUSE, REALLY, NONE OF THEM HAD DONE
ANYTHING FOR ME OR BEEN THERE FOR ME WHEN I NEEDED THEM,
IT WAS THE MOST FLESH-GRATING THING THAT I EVER HAD TO DO
IN MY LIFE WAS TO SPEND 15 YEARS MAKING SURE
ALL THEIR NEEDS WERE MET.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING, IT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST
POWERFUL THING THAT I EVER DID.
AND MORE THAN ANYTHING THAT GOD GAVE ME THE GRACE TO DO,
IT PROBABLY DEFEATED THE DEVIL IN MY LIFE, AND NO TELLING--
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BUT I WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I DIDN'T FEEL
LIKE DOING IT.
I DIDN'T WANNA DO IT.
SO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL LIKE DOING EVERYTHING YOU DO
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WANT TO DO EVERYTHING YOU DO.
THIS IS WHERE WE COME INTO DEEPER LEVELS
OF SPIRITUAL MATURITY WHERE WE SAY, "GOD, I DON'T WANT TO
AND I DON'T REALLY EVEN THINK IT'S SO FAIR THAT YOU
ASK ME TO."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "BUT NEVERTHELESS, YOUR WILL BE DONE AND NOT MINE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, I MIGHT AS WELL JUST THROW THIS OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU'VE GOT PARENTS THAT DIDN'T TREAT
YOU RIGHT.
JUST MAYBE SOMEBODY, I DON'T KNOW.
AND MAYBE YOU DON'T EVER BOTHER TO CALL OR YOU WON'T DO ANYTHING
FOR 'EM, AND WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT,
MAYBE THIS IS A WAKE UP CALL.
YOU DON'T GET TO JUST DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO IF YOU
WANNA FOLLOW GOD.
YOU SAY, "GOD, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?"
AND YOU DO WHAT HE WANTS YOU TO DO.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WHEN YOU START LIVING LIKE THAT, GOD'S
BLESSINGS ARE GONNA CHASE YOU DOWN AND OVERTAKE YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WE ALL COME UP AGAINST THINGS IN OUR LIFE
THAT'S LIKE...
YOU EVER FEEL THAT WAY, LIKE YOU'RE WALKING INTO A WALL
AND YOU JUST WISH GOD WOULD MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY,
BUT HE'S NOT GOING TO?
SOMEWAY, SOMEHOW, YOU GOTTA FIND THE RIGHT DOOR AND WALK THROUGH
IT TO GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH GOD.
AND THAT DOOR IS ALWAYS SOME DOOR OF OBEDIENCE THAT YOU
NEED TO WALK THROUGH IN YOUR LIFE.
AND EVEN NOW, I LOOK BACK AT THE WAY I FELT, AND I MEAN,
I DID A LOT FOR THEM.
IT WAS EXPENSIVE.
WE WENT TO THE NURSING HOME ALL THE TIME.
WE MADE SURE THEY WENT TO THE DOCTOR.
I DID THE VERY BEST THAT I COULD, BUT I LOOK BACK NOW
AND I--AND STILL I THINK, YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY COULD'VE
DONE A LITTLE BETTER.
SO, I'M JUST TELLING YOU, DON'T MAKE THE WRONG CHOICES
AND THEN SPEND HALF OF YOUR LIFE IN REGRET BECAUSE YOU
CAN'T GO BACK AND FIX SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD'VE DONE RIGHT
TO START WITH.
COME ON, IS GOD SPEAKING TO ANYBODY?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WATCHMAN NEE ALSO SAID THIS, AND I LOVE THIS,
"HE WHO LIVES BY EMOTION LIVES WITHOUT PRINCIPLE."
WOW.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT A PRINCIPLE IS?
IT'S AN ACCEPTED RULE OF ACTION, A COURSE OF CONDUCT THAT YOU
ARE COMMITTED TO, OR A STANDARD THAT YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE BY.
AND I CAN TELL YOU, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT IS SERIOUSLY MISSING IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY.
WELL, THERE'S NO ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
DO WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE.
EVERYTHING'S RELATIVE.
YOU'RE THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON ON THE PLANET.
AS LONG AS YOU'RE HAPPY, THINGS ARE GOOD.
AND THAT'S NOT THE STANDARD THAT GOD CALLS US TO LIVE BY.
WE'RE CALLED TO CHRIST'S LIKENESS, AND IN EVERY AREA
OF OUR LIFE, IF WE WANNA DO WHAT'S RIGHT, WE NEED TO CHECK
THE BIBLE AND SEE HOW JESUS WOULD'VE HANDLED THAT SITUATION.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THEN ANY--AND SEE, WE CAN THINK, "WELL, I CAN'T,
I CAN'T, I CAN'T," BUT NO, LET'S BACK UP.
IF YOU CAN'T, THEN GOD WOULDN'T HAVE TOLD YOU TO, AND IF HE
TOLD YOU TO, THEN YOU CAN.
YOU CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT HIM, BUT YOU CAN DO IT THROUGH HIM,
AND BY HIS GRACE, AND BY HIS POWER.
NOW--
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WATCHMAN NEE WROTE A GREAT BOOK.
IT'S PRETTY THICK, BUT IT'S REALLY GOOD.
IF YOU WANT SOME DEEPER READING, IT'S CALLED,
"THE SPIRITUAL MAN."
HAS ANYBODY READ THAT BOOK?
OKAY, SO, WE--AND THIS IS JUST A LITTLE SECTION
OUT OF THE BOOK, AND I WANNA TAKE THE TIME
TO READ IT.
IT'S JUST A COUPLE PARAGRAPHS.
"WE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT IN WALKING AFTER
THE SPIRIT, ALL OF OUR ACTIONS MUST BE GOVERNED BY PRINCIPLES,
SINCE THE SPIRIT HAS ITS OWN LAWS AND PRINCIPLES.
TO WALK BY THE SPIRIT IS TO WALK ACCORDING TO ITS LAWS.
WITH SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLES, EVERYTHING BECOMES
SHARPLY DEFINED.
THERE IS A PRECISE STANDARD OF RIGHT AND WRONG.
IF IT'S YES, THEN IT'S YES; IF IT'S NO, THEN IT'S NO.
WHETHER THE DAY IS CLEAR OR CLOUDY, IF IT'S NO,
THEN IT'S NO.
WHETHER EXCITING OR DEPRESSIVE, IF IT'S NO, THEN IT'S NO.
THE CHRISTIAN'S WALK SHOULD FOLLOW A PRECISE STANDARD."
AND THE WORD OF GOD MUST BE THE STANDARD FOR OUR LIFE.
LET ME SAY AGAIN, AND WE ALL WANT OUR WAY,
ME JUST AS MUCH AS ANYBODY ELSE, BUT IT IS NOT GOD'S JOB TO SPEND
ALL OF HIS TIME TRYING TO KEEP US HAPPY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I DON'T WANT YOU PATTY-CAKING THIS AFTERNOON.
I WANNA HEAR SOME LOUD CLAPPING,
AMEN?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: "BUT IF HIS EMOTION IS NOT HANDED OVER TO DEATH,
HE CANNOT ABIDE A PERMANENT STANDARD.
HE WILL LIVE BY THE WHIM OF HIS VACILLATING FEELINGS
AND NOT ACCORDING TO A DEFINITE PRINCIPLE.
A PRINCIPLED LIFE DIFFERS VERY GREATLY FROM AN EMOTIONAL LIFE.
ANYONE WHO BEHAVES FROM EMOTION CARES NEITHER FOR PRINCIPLE
NOR FOR REASON, BUT ONLY FOR HIS OWN FEELINGS.
IF HE'S HAPPY OR THRILLED, HE MIGHT BE LED TO UNDERTAKE
A CERTAIN PROJECT, EVEN THOUGH HE
MAY KNOW DEEP INSIDE THAT IT'S UNREASONABLE.
BUT WHEN HE FEELS COLD, OR MELANCHOLY, OR DESPONDENT,
HE WON'T EVEN SO MUCH AS FULFILL HIS BASIC DUTIES,
BEFORE HIS FEELING FAIL TO SUPPORT HIM."
LET ME GET--PUT THAT TO YOU IN A WAY THAT YOU
CAN UNDERSTAND IT.
WHEN YOU'RE FEELING HIGH AND GOOD, "OH YES, PRAISE GOD,
I'LL COMMIT TO THAT.
I CAN DO THAT."
BUT THEN WHEN YOU HAVE KIND OF A LOW DAY, IT'S LIKE,
"WELL, I DON'T WANNA DO THAT.
I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT ANYMORE."
YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY TO LOVE PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE DOING
WHAT YOU WANT.
IT'S HARDER TO LOVE PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE NOT DOING
WHAT YOU WANT AND MAYBE THEY HAVEN'T DONE WHAT YOU WANT THEM
TO DO FOR A LONG TIME.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GOD PUT IN MY HEART THAT I SHARE A LOT
WITH THE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF TEACHING
IS THAT WE CAN FEEL TOTALLY WRONG AND STILL,
BY THE GRACE OF GOD, CHOOSE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU, I DON'T KNOW,
MAYBE SOME OF YOU THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A NEW GATE
YOU'RE STANDING AT TODAY.
IT KIND OF MIGHT--I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE ALL YOU'VE GONE TO IS
"BLESS ME" MEETINGS, YOU KNOW?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT I'M INTERESTED IN HELPING YOU NOT JUST HAVE
VICTORY IN THE MEETING, BUT TO HAVE SOME VICTORY
WHEN YOU GO HOME AND NOTHING MUCH HAS CHANGED.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, "HEY, THE CONFERENCE IS GREAT
AND WE'D LOVE TO JUST STAY HERE FOREVER, BUT WE ALL
GOTTA GO HOME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND SOME OF THE SAME STUFF WE LEFT
IS STILL GONNA BE THERE.
I DO NOT HAVE A MAGIC MESSAGE TO MAKE ALL YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES
DISAPPEAR, BUT I DO HAVE GREAT MESSAGES ON HOW YOU CAN CHANGE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, WE WILL COMMIT TO THINGS THAT ARE TOTALLY
UNREASONABLE THAT EVEN WAY DOWN DEEP INSIDE WE KNOW ARE SILLY,
AND WE CAN THINK WE'RE GONNA PULL IT OFF BECAUSE WE'RE
EXCITED THAT DAY, AND THEN WHEN THOSE EMOTIONS FADE, THEN WE
NO LONGER WANNA DO WHAT WE SAID THAT WE WERE GONNA DO.
"IF GOD'S CHILDREN WOULD PAY A LITTLE ATTENTION
TO THEIR EMOTION, THEY WOULD NOTICE HOW CHANGEABLE THEY ARE
AND HOW DANGEROUS IT IS, THEREFORE, TO WALK BY THEM.
SO OFTEN THEIR ATTITUDE IS, IF THE WORD OF GOD AGREES
WITH THEIR FEELINGS, THEY OBSERVE IT,
BUT IF THE WORD DOES NOT AGREE WITH THEIR FEELINGS,
THEN THEY SIMPLY REJECT IT."
IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING FOR ME AS A TEACHER TO WATCH THE THINGS
THAT PEOPLE GET EXCITED ABOUT WHEN I'M TEACHING.
IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BENEFIT THEM, I MEAN, I CAN TALK
ABOUT SOMETHING FREE FROM THE PLATFORM,
YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE HOW, I MEAN, WELL--NORMALLY
WELL-BEHAVED CHRISTIANS CAN ACT
IF YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE AWAY FREE TEACHING CDS.
I MEAN, YOU BET--YOU DON'T WANNA BE DOWN HERE IN THE FRONT
BECAUSE THEY WILL ATTACK YOU TO GET THE FREE CD.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
OR MAN, IF WE START THROWING STUFF OUT THERE, WHOO, PEOPLE'LL
JUMP OVER SEATS, AND JUMP OVER EACH OTHER, AND WHATEVER
JUST TO GET THIS THING FREE.
BUT IF YOU TELL 'EM YOU WANT THEM TO GO BUY THIS, HMM.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SEE, WE DON'T BEHAVE NEARLY AS WELL
WHEN IT'S GONNA COST US.
FEMALE: OH!
JOYCE: YEAH, OH!
I LIKE YOU.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I LIKE PEOPLE THAT I CAN TELL NEED WHAT I SAY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: MATTER OF FACT, IT'S KINDA FUN WHEN I SAY IT
AND I CAN TELL IT'S HURTING A LITTLE BIT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW WHY?
IT MAY HURT RIGHT NOW, BUT LATER, IT'S GONNA MAKE
YOU HAPPY.
ALL RIGHT, THERE HAVE TO BE DEFINITE RIGHTS AND WRONGS.
GOD'S WORD IS TRUE NO MATTER HOW I FEEL.
OKAY, THE EMOTIONAL PERSON BUYS WHAT THEY CAN'T PAY FOR,
AND THEN WHEN THEY CAN'T PAY FOR IT, THEY GO BORROW MONEY
ON ANOTHER CHARGE CARD TO PAY FOR WHAT THEY BOUGHT
ON THAT CHARGE CARD.
I MEAN, THE WORLD HAS PROVIDED US WITH SOME OF THE CRAZIEST
SYSTEMS TODAY.
I MEAN, IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THE DEBT THAT PEOPLE ARE IN
BECAUSE THEY HAVE PURCHASED THINGS THAT THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHERE THEY'RE AT NOW, DON'T USE THEM, AND DIDN'T EVEN
REALLY WANT THEM WHEN THEY BOUGHT 'EM.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ANYTHING LIKE ME.
I MEAN, I--THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO ME THE OTHER DAY.
I WAS GOING THROUGH MY CLOSET, JUST LOOKING AT DIFFERENT TOPS.
I LIKE TO GO THROUGH AND PRUNE MY CLOTHES SOMETIMES AND GIVE
'EM TO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IF I'M NOT USING 'EM.
AND SO I SAW A TOP, AND LATER ON OVER HERE, I THOUGHT IT WAS
THE SAME TOP.
AND I THOUGHT, "NO," AND SO I TOOK IT BACK OVER HERE.
I HAD BOUGHT TWO OF THE EXACT SAME TOP.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: EXACTLY THE SAME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND THEN WHEN I SAW MY DAUGHTER THE NEXT TIME,
SHE HAD THAT TOP ON.
I SAID, "I GOT TWO OF THOSE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SEE, WE--OR SOMETIMES, LIKE, IF I NEED SOMETHING,
I MIGHT GO BUY ANOTHER ONE AND THEN FIND THE ONE I BOUGHT
A YEAR AGO A WEEK LATER.
HAVE YOU EVER DONE THAT?
OR YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA KEEP SOMETHING
IN CASE WE NEED IT.
WELL, NO, I'M NOT GONNA GIVE THAT AWAY.
I'M GONNA KEEP THAT IN CASE I NEED IT.
BUT HERE'S THE THING THAT I'VE LEARNED.
WHEN I DO NEED IT, I'M NOT GONNA KNOW WHAT I DID WITH IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SO, IF I'M NOT USING IT, I MIGHT AS WELL BLESS
SOMEBODY ELSE WITH IT AND TRUST GOD TO GIVE ME WHAT I NEED
WHEN I NEED IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WISDOM DOES NOW WHAT IT WILL BE HAPPY WITH LATER.
THAT'S MY DEFINITION OF WHAT WISDOM IS.
MY VERY OWN, I MADE IT UP.
WISDOM DOES NOW WHAT IT WILL BE HAPPY WITH LATER.
WELL, IT'S OBVIOUS IN ORDER TO DO THAT THAT YOU
HAVE TO SUBMIT YOUR FEELINGS TO THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
THE EMOTIONAL PERSON SAYS THINGS THAT HE LATER REGRETS.
HE GIVES UP ON THINGS THAT HE LATER WISHES HE
WOULD HAVE STUCK WITH.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER HAD A GOAL TO LOSE 50 POUNDS,
AND SO YOU GOT STARTED, AND YOU'RE EXERCISING,
AND YOU'RE GOING ALONG GOOD, AND MAN, YOU'VE LOST 10 POUNDS.
YOU'RE JUST DOING SO GOOD.
AND THEN SOMEBODY SHOWS UP WITH THE CAKE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND SO, YOU THINK, "WELL, I JUST HAVE TO EAT
THE CAKE.
I CAN'T STAND IT."
NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH HAVING SOMETHING
ONCE IN AWHILE, BUT HERE'S THE THING.
YOU CAN'T HAVE SOMETHING ALL THE TIME, YOU CAN ONLY HAVE
IT SOMETIMES.
THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA FEEL GOOD
IF WE DO IT ALL THE TIME, WE'RE NOT GONNA LOOK GOOD IF WE
DO IT ALL THE TIME, AND SO WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME DISCIPLINE
IN OUR LIVES.
OKAY, SO THEN A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THIS MENTALITY,
"WELL, I BLEW IT TODAY.
I MIGHT AS WELL JUST FORGET IT AND JUST GO BACK TO DOING
WHAT I'VE DONE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOW, COME ON, LET'S DON'T BE SILLY.
SO NOW YOU'VE GAINED THE 10 POUNDS BACK PLUS 5 MORE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOW YOU'RE WISHING, "I WISH.
I WISH I WOULD'VE NEVER GIVEN UP BACK OVER HERE, BECAUSE NOW I
GOTTA START ALL OVER AGAIN."
CAN I JUST TELL YOU, STICK WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING
RIGHT NOW.
STICK WITH IT, AND STICK WITH IT, AND STICK WITH IT.
AND IF YOU HAVE A BAD DAY WHERE YOU FAIL, GET UP THE NEXT DAY
AND START ALL OVER AGAIN, AND DON'T LET THE DEVIL
JUST KEEP DEFEATING.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, I USED TO GIVE UP SO QUICK ON EXERCISE.
DAVE HAS EXERCISED ALL OF HIS LIFE.
FIFTY-FIVE YEARS I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE MAN EXERCISE.
IT'S BEEN ANNOYING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND FINALLY, I STARTED ABOUT 13 YEARS AGO,
BUT PRIOR TO THAT, EVERY TIME I WOULD DECIDE I WAS GONNA GET
IN SHAPE, I WANTED TO GET IN SHAPE OVERNIGHT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND SO, I WOULD START DOING ALL THIS STUFF THAT I
DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO DO, AND SURE ENOUGH,
THE NEXT DAY I'D BE LIKE...
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OR WHATEVER THE CASE WOULD BE, AND I WOULD THINK,
"YOU SEE, DAVE, I TOLD YOU I CAN'T WORK OUT.
IT JUST DOESN'T WORK FOR ME."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
ANY TIME YOU START DOING WHAT'S RIGHT, THIS IS JUST A LITTLE
ANALOGY, IT'S GONNA MAKE YOU A LITTLE BIT SORE SOMEWHERE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
BUT IF YOU STICK WITH IT, EVENTUALLY YOU'LL GET
THE BREAKTHROUGH AND THEN YOU WON'T LIVE IN REGRETS.
LET ME SAY AGAIN, STICK WITH THINGS.
DON'T GET HALFWAY DOWN THE ROAD AND GIVE UP AND GO BACK
TO THE STARTING LINE.
SOME PEOPLE SPEND THEIR WHOLE LIFE GETTING STARTED AND NEVER
FINISHING, GETTING STARTED AND NEVER FINISHING.
I BELIEVE THAT GOD IS LOOKING FOR FINISHERS, PEOPLE THAT WILL
GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND DO ALL THE HE WANTS THEM TO DO.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WISDOM THINKS BEFORE SPEAKING.
OKAY, WHEN YOU COMMIT EMOTIONALLY, YOU USUALLY END UP
NOT KEEPING YOUR WORD.
THAT'S WHY, I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING, TO BE HONEST, IT'S
REALLY NOT WISE AT ALL TO MARRY SOMEBODY JUST BECAUSE THEY GIVE
YOU GOOSEBUMPS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HOW MANY OF YOU FOUND THE GOOSEBUMPS GO AWAY?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SOMEBODY WAS TELLING ME THE OTHER DAY, THEIR SON
MARRIED THIS GIRL WAY TOO QUICK.
I MEAN, LIKE, HE HAD PROBLEMS, SHE HAD PROBLEMS.
THE LAST THING THEY NEEDED TO DO WAS GIVE EACH OTHER PROBLEMS,
BUT--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "OH, THIS IS THE ONE, OOH HOO HOO!"
YOU KNOW?
GOT MARRIED, AND SHE SAID, "I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY CHANGE
SO FAST AS THIS PERSON DID THAT MY SON MARRIED."
AS SOON AS THEY SAID, "I DO," SHE BECAME
LIKE A DIFFERENT CREATURE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, HERE'S THE THING.
BEFORE YOU SAY, "I DO," YOU BETTER MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT
DOING IT JUST ON GOOSEBUMPS.
NOW, YOU KNOW, THE PLAN TODAY IS IF YOU DON'T LIKE 'EM, GO GET
ANOTHER ONE, BUT THAT'S NOT GOD'S PLAN, AMEN?
I'M SORRY, BUT IT'S JUST NOT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU GET ONE, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO KEEP 'EM
AND MAKE IT WORK.
NOW, COME ON, DON'T GET MAD AT ME, IT'S BIBLE.
I GOTTA PREACH THE WHOLE THING, NOT JUST THE PARTS
EVERYBODY LIKES.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: WELL, ALL OF US HAVE EMOTIONS AND THEY CAN DICTATE
OUR LIVES IF WE LET THEM.
BUT WE CAN BE SECURE IN WHO WE ARE AND WE CAN LEARN TO FOLLOW
GOD'S WORD AND NOT FOLLOW HOW WE FEEL ALL THE TIME.
I BELIEVE THAT ALL OF US WANNA HAVE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE,
SPIRIT, SOUL, AND BODY,
AND I'M SURE THAT THERE'S AT LEAST ONE AREA OF YOUR LIFE,
AS WELL AS IN MINE, THAT WE CAN MAKE A HEALTHY CHANGE.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU, "HEALTHY LIVING: SPIRIT, SOUL,
AND BODY."
YOU CAN BE HEALTHY IN EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE.
THAT'S FOUR TEACHINGS, AND ALSO A "HEALTHY LIVING" JOURNAL.
IT'S GOT SCRIPTURES AND IT'S GOT PLACES IN IT FOR YOU TO RECORD
THE PROGRESS THAT YOU'RE MAKING IN EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE.
WHY NOT JUST MAKE A COLLEGE COURSE OUT OF THIS AND BE
AS HEALTHY AS YOU CAN BE IN EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE?
GOD BLESS YOU AND HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.
ANNOUNCER: EVERY PERSON IS COMPOSED OF THREE PARTS:
SPIRIT, SOUL, AND BODY.
GOD NOT ONLY CARES ABOUT YOUR SPIRITUAL HEALTH,
BUT WANTS YOU TO THRIVE IN EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE.
JOYCE'S FOUR-AUDIO TEACHING SERIES, "HEALTHY LIVING:
SPIRIT, SOUL, AND BODY," WILL INSPIRE YOU TO ESTABLISH NEW
HABITS THAT LEAD TO A HEALTHIER, HAPPIER WAY OF LIFE.
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AND HER KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORD, AND IT REFRESHES ME AND IT
CONVICTS ME.
IT ENCOURAGES ME.
ANNOUNCER: IT'S NOT TOO LATE.
WITH GOD'S HELP, YOU CAN MAKE CHOICES TODAY THAT LEAD YOU
INTO A HEALTHY, BALANCED LIFE.
WE'RE ALSO OFFERING JOYCE'S "HEALTHY LIVING" JOURNAL.
THIS WILL ASSIST YOU WITH PRACTICAL STEPS TO LIVE
THE BALANCED LIFE GOD CREATED YOU TO LIVE.
MAKE IT FUN AND REWARD YOURSELF WITH THESE HELPFUL TOOLS.
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THEIR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT HAS HELPED ALLOW
EMBRACE A VILLAGE TO CONSISTENTLY SERVE
THE PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED
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WITH THE HELP OF HAND OF HOPE, OUR TEAMS TRAVEL WEEKLY
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OF GOD'S TRUTH, TO BRING HIS DIVINE FORGIVENESS, HEALING,
AND LOVE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS LIFE-CHANGING WORK.
[MUSIC]
ANNOUNCER: MAKE PLANS NOW TO SPEND YOUR FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY WITH JOYCE.
THREE UNIQUE SESSIONS OF INSPIRING TEACHING, HEARTFELT
WORSHIP, AND ENCOURAGING BEHIND-THE-SCENES MOMENTS
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