ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: HOW ARE YOU RESPONDING TO GOD'S GENEROSITY
IN YOUR LIFE.
ARE YOU GETTING UP EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE AND DOING AS MUCH
AS YOU CAN TO ADVANCE THE KINGDOM?
ARE YOU GETTING UP EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE AND BEING AS BIG
OF A BLESSING TO OTHER PEOPLE AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY BE?
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: NOW, YOU KNOW, IN THE WORLD, THERE IS A SYSTEM
THAT YOU GET WHAT YOU DESERVE.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S SO HARD FOR US TO MAKE
THIS TRANSITION
IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS BECAUSE WE LEARNED
SO MUCH OF THAT GROWING UP.
WE TEACH IT TO OUR KIDS.
WE LEARN IT IN SCHOOL.
WE EVEN TEACH IT TO OUR DOGS.
"YOU WENT TO THE POTTY, HERE'S A TREAT."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: EVERYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO WHAT'S RIGHT,
WE GET A TREAT.
IF YOU DON'T DO WHAT'S RIGHT, YOU DON'T GET THE TREAT.
BUT YOU SEE, THAT'S NOT THE WAY GOD IS.
HE OPERATES ON A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SYSTEM.
GOD GIVES US UNDESERVED FAVOR.
LET'S LOOK AT EPHESIANS 2:8 AND 9: "IT IS
BY FREE GRACE (GOD'S UNMERITED FAVOR) THAT YOU'RE SAVED
(DELIVERED FROM JUDGMENT AND MADE A PARTAKER OF CHRIST'S
SALVATION) THROUGH [YOUR] FAITH.
AND THIS [SALVATION] IT'S NOT OF YOURSELVES [IT'S NOT
OF YOUR OWN DOING, IT CAME NOT THROUGH YOUR OWN STRIVING],
BUT IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD; NOT BECAUSE OF WORKS
[NOT THE FULFILLMENT OF THE LAW'S DEMANDS],
LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST.
[IT IS NOT THE RESULT OF WHAT ANYONE CAN POSSIBLY DO, SO
NO ONE CAN PRIDE HIMSELF IN IT OR TAKE GLORY TO HIMSELF.]"
SO, SALVATION IS A TOTALLY FREE GIFT.
ANYBODY CAN HAVE IT AT ANY TIME IN THEIR LIFE.
YOU RECEIVE CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR,
YOU GET TO GO TO HEAVEN.
YOU SAY, "WELL, THEN WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING TO BE GOOD?"
WELL, WE DO IT BECAUSE WE LOVE GOD, NOT TO GET GOD TO LOVE US.
I LOVE THIS STATEMENT THAT WAS IN A BOOK THAT I READ
BY DAVID WENHAM.
IT SAID: "THE TRUTH--THERE'S TRUTH IN THE OLD SAYING
THAT THE ENTRY FEE INTO CHRISTIANITY
IS COMPLETELY FREE, BUT THE ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION
IS EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE GOT.
NO ONE WILL BE IN THE COMING KINGDOM ON THE BASIS
OF HIS OR HER OWN ACHIEVEMENTS, BUT ONLY ON THE BASIS
OF GOD'S GENEROSITY.
BUT EVERYONE WILL BE CALLED TO ACCOUNT ON THE DAY
OF JUDGMENT AND WILL BE REWARDED
ACCORDING TO HIS OR HER RESPONSE TO THE LORD'S GENEROSITY."
SEE, I LOVE THAT.
HOW ARE YOU RESPONDING TO GOD'S GENEROSITY IN YOUR LIFE?
ARE YOU GETTING UP EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE AND DOING AS MUCH
AS YOU CAN TO ADVANCE THE KINGDOM?
ARE YOU GETTING UP EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE AND BEIN' AS BIG
OF A BLESSING TO OTHER PEOPLE AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY BE?
THAT'S WHAT GOD WANTS US TO DO, AND HE DOESN'T WANT US TO DO IT
TO GET SOMETHING FROM HIM.
HE WANTS US TO DO IT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN GIVEN SO MUCH
FROM GOD.
HOW COULD WE POSSIBLY WANT TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN LOVE HIM
AND SERVE HIM?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I'M GLAD THAT THERE
ARE GONNA BE REWARDS IN HEAVEN.
LET ME TELL YA SOMETHIN', THE BIBLE SAYS, "WHAT YOU DO
IN SECRET, GOD WILL REWARD YOU IN THE OPEN."
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE LOOKIN' FORWARD TO YOUR REWARDS
THAT'LL COME FROM GOD?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I AM.
YOU MAY NOT GET YOUR REWARDS FROM PEOPLE HERE,
BUT YOU WILL GET THEM FROM GOD.
NOW, ANOTHER PARABLE THAT GOES
ALONG THE SAME LINES IS LUKE 18, BEGINNING IN VERSE 18:
"AND A CERTAIN RULER ASKED HIM, 'GOOD TEACHER [YOU ARE
ESSENTIALLY AND PERFECTLY AND MORALLY GOOD], WHAT SHALL I
DO TO INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE?'" WELL, HE ALREADY ASKED
THE WRONG QUESTION, WHAT CAN I DO, "TO INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE
[AND TO PARTAKE OF SALVATION IN THE MESSIANIC KINGDOM]?"
WELL, JESUS WAS GONNA DEAL WITH HIM
BASED ON WHERE HE WAS AT.
"OKAY, IF YOU WANNA EARN SALVATION, THEN LET ME TELL YOU
WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO."
JESUS SAID, "DON'T COMMIT ADULTERY,
DON'T KILL, DON'T STEAL, DON'T BEAR FALSE WITNESS, HONOR
YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER."
AND THE YOUNG MAN SAID, "I'VE DONE ALL THIS.
I'M DOIN' GOOD."
AND VERSE 22: "AND WHEN JESUS HEARD IT, HE SAID TO HIM,
'ONE THING YOU STILL LACK.'" YOU KNOW WHAT, NO MATTER
HOW GOOD ANY ONE OF US THINK WE ARE, THERE'S ALWAYS
ONE THING THAT WE LACK.
THAT'S SO FRUSTRATING TO ME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, AS HARD AS I'VE TRIED, I'VE NEVER HAD
ONE DAY WHERE I DIDN'T LACK ONE THING.
I'LL THINK SOMETHIN' WRONG, OR SAY SOMETHIN' WRONG,
OR DO SOMETHIN' WRONG, OR HAVE A WRONG ATTITUDE.
AND SO WE ALL COME BACK TO THE ONLY WAY THAT WE'RE GONNA
GET INTO HEAVEN IS BY THE GRACE AND THE MERCY OF GOD, NOT
BECAUSE OF ANYTHING THAT WE DO.
"WELL, BUT I AM BETTER THAN THAT GUY."
WELL, LET ME ASK YA A QUESTION, THE GRAND CANYON IS, LIKE,
I DON'T KNOW, WHAT'D THEY SAY?
EIGHTY-EIGHT MILES ACROSS OR SOMETHIN' LIKE THAT.
I'VE GOT IT HERE SOMEWHERE.
ANYWHERE, IT'S REALLY WIDE, 18 MILES ACROSS, I THINK,
AT THE WIDEST POINT.
OKAY, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
IF I CAN ONLY JUMP 6 INCHES, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY BE ABOUT IT
FOR ME--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IF I COULD STAND HERE AND I COULD JUMP 6 INCHES,
AND I'M TRYIN' TO JUMP ACROSS THE GRAND CANYON,
I CAN ONLY JUMP 6 INCHES, AND THEN SOMEBODY ELSE
COMES ALONG AND THEY CAN JUMP 17 AND 3/4 MILES,
BUT THE GRAND CANYON IS 18 MILES, YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE'RE BOTH EQUALLY DEAD.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER IF YOU'RE A LITTLE BETTER
THAN ME OR I'M A LITTLE BETTER THAN YOU, WE ALL LACK ONE THING.
THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED JESUS FOR,
AND THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS.
SO LET'S JUST STOP COMPARING OURSELF WITH OTHER PEOPLE
AND TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO FEEL THAT WE'RE BETTER THAN THEM,
BECAUSE NONE OF US ARE ANYTHING WITHOUT JESUS CHRIST.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I LIKE TO SAY I'M AN EVERYTHING NOTHING.
I'M NOTHING IN MYSELF, BUT EVERYTHING IN HIM.
BOY, WHEN YOU READ SOME OF THESE SCRIPTURES, IT MAKES YOU THINK,
"MAN, IS THERE ANY HOPE?" "ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT
OF THE GLORY OF GOD."
"ALL OF YOUR OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS IS LIKE FILTHY RAGS."
"NO ONE IS RIGHTEOUS, NO, NOT ONE."
"NO ONE UNDERSTANDS."
"NOBODY SEEKS OUT GOD."
"ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE."
"THEY'VE ALL GONE WRONG."
LIKE, "WOW, IS THERE ANY HOPE?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YEAH, IN CHRIST JESUS.
YOU KNOW WHAT, I'VE GOTTEN REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH KNOWING
THAT EVERY DAY I'M GONNA FAIL.
I USED TO HATE THAT BECAUSE I'M REAL GOAL ORIENTED, AND, BOY,
I WOULD GET SO AGGRAVATED AT MYSELF IF I WOKE UP
WITH MY PLAN OF HOLINESS, AND BY 9 O'CLOCK,
I'D ALREADY MADE A MESS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, I CAN LAY IN BED AND REALLY PLAN
FOR HOLINESS, AND IT LASTS TILL I PUT MY FEET ON THE FLOOR.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OR TILL I SEE ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HOW MANY OF YOU ARE PRETTY SPIRITUAL
WHEN YOU'RE HOME ALONE?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON, COME ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT GET US,
AND THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU JUST CAN'T-- AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU EVER
NOTICED THAT GOD SURROUNDS YOU WITH THE ONES THAT ANNOY YOU
THE MOST?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU CAN RUN AWAY FROM ONE OF 'EM,
AND YOU'LL FIND ANOTHER ONE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: ACTUALLY, I'LL TELL YA THE TRUTH.
I BELIEVE THAT GOD USES THINGS AT DIFFERENT TIMES, NOW, LISTEN
TO ME, TO DRAW SOME OF THE WORST OUT OF US.
YOU SAY, "WHY WOULD HE WANNA DO THAT?"
BECAUSE HE HAS TO KEEP US KNOWING THAT WE NEED HIM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HE HAS TO KEEP US REALIZING THAT WE NEED HIS MERCY
JUST AS MUCH AS EVERYBODY ELSE NEEDS HIS MERCY.
WELL, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
IF I'M HAPPY TO RECEIVE THE MERCY OF GOD WHEN I NEED
IT, WHAT KIND OF A CHRISTIAN AM I IF I'M HAPPY TO RECEIVE IT
FOR MYSELF, BUT THEN I RESENT GOD GIVIN' IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE?
I MEAN, JONAH IS SUCH A CLASSIC EXAMPLE.
WHEN GOD TOLD HIM TO GO TO NINEVEH AND PREACH, HE WENT
THE EXACT OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
HE DID NOT WANT TO GO PREACH TO THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE HE
DIDN'T THINK THEY DESERVED IT.
WELL, GOD MANAGED TO HAVE A WHALE SWALLOW HIM UP,
AND YOU KNOW THE WHOLE STORY.
IT'S AMAZING.
LAST NIGHT, WE SAW A YOUNG MAN WHO FINALLY GOT
AN EYE-OPENING--GOT HIS EYES OPENED BY LEAVIN' HIS FATHER'S
HOUSE AND THEN GOIN' OUT AND HAVIN' TO EAT WITH THE PIGS,
AND THEN HE FINALLY SAID, "WELL, I'LL GO BACK TO MY FATHER."
WELL, JONAH GOT SWALLOWED BY A WHALE, AND WHILE HE WAS
IN THE BELLY OF THE WHALE, HE DECIDED THAT MAYBE HE NEEDED
TO REPENT AND DO SOMETHIN' A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
MAYBE YOU'RE IN A MESS RIGHT NOW, AND MAYBE YOUR MESS
WILL BE THE THING THAT WILL MAKE YOU DECIDE THAT YOU MIGHT NEED
TO DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN THE WAY
YOU'VE BEEN DOIN' 'EM.
BUT NINEVEH, IT MADE HIM ANGRY THAT GOD WANTED HIM TO GO
AND PREACH TO THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE HE DIDN'T THINK THEY
DESERVED THE HELP.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL ABOUT THINKING,
"YOU DON'T DESERVE THAT.
YOU DON'T DESERVE THAT."
LET'S JUST TAKE, FOR AN EXAMPLE, LET'S JUST BRING IT DOWN
INTO A PRACTICAL LEVEL.
LET'S JUST SAY THAT YOU WORK AT A PLACE AND YOU'RE
THE BELIEVER THERE, OF COURSE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IS ANYBODY LIKE THIS OTHER THAN ME?
I MEAN, ARE YOU--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: PLEASE DON'T SIT AND LOOK AT THAT INNOCENT.
IT'S GETTIN'--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IT'S GETTIN' HARD.
I MEAN, YOU DON'T SIT AT LUNCH AND GOSSIP.
YOU READ YOUR BIBLE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU GO TAKE A WALK OUTSIDE.
YOU GET TO WORK EARLY AND YOU PRAY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND SO, YOU'RE BELIEVING GOD FOR THIS POSITION
THAT JUST OPENED UP.
IT'S GONNA BE A PROMOTION.
IT'S GONNA MEAN MORE MONEY.
AND, BOY, YOU GOT YOUR FAITH OUT.
YOU'RE TRUSTIN' GOD.
YOU'RE GETTIN' PEOPLE TO AGREE WITH YOU.
AND THEN THE MOST WRETCHED SINNER IN THE PLACE GETS
THE JOB.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOW, WHY WOULD GOD LET THAT HAPPEN?
WELL, MAYBE JUST TO BRING AN ATTITUDE OUT OF YOU,
"WELL, GOD, I'VE DONE THIS, AND I'VE DONE THAT,
AND I'VE DONE SOMETHING ELSE, AND I DESERVE--"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NO, HERE'S THE THING.
WE ALL COME UP SHORT EVERY DAY.
WE ALL HAVE TO HAVE MERCY.
AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TRUST GOD.
SOMETIMES GOD LETS THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN JUST TO CHECK OUT
OUR ATTITUDE.
YOU KNOW, DAVE SAID ONE TIME, AND HE DOESN'T--YOU KNOW,
HE DOESN'T, LIKE, STAND UP AND PROPHESY A LOT, BUT HE FELT
LIKE HE GOT A WORD FROM GOD TO JUST TELL THE PEOPLE
THAT "AS LONG AS YOU'RE JEALOUS OF WHAT GOD IS DOING
IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S LIFE, YOU'LL NEVER GET WHAT YOU WANT."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE THINGS STUCK ON THE INSIDE OF US
THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IS THERE.
ARE YOU EVER SURPRISED AT YOUR OWN SELF?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IT'S LIKE, "I CAN'T BELIEVE I DID THAT."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I THOUGHT THAT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I SAID THAT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I FEEL THAT WAY."
WELL, A LOT OF TIMES, GOD USES THESE THINGS IN OUR LIFE.
HE MAY LET SOMEBODY ELSE THAT YOU DON'T LIKE GET BLESSED
RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU JUST TO PULL AN ATTITUDE
OUT OF YOU THAT'S HINDERING YOUR WALK WITH HIM SO HE
CAN TAKE CARE OF IT AND GET IT OVER WITH.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO LET'S JUST SAY THAT SOMEBODY THAT YOU
DON'T THINK DESERVES IT GETS A GREAT BLESSING.
THE FIRST THING TO SAY IS NOT, "WELL, GOD, THAT'S NOT FAIR."
THE FIRST THING TO SAY IS, "YOU KNOW WHAT, GOD?
WHAT YOU DO IS NONE OF MY BUSINESS.
AND IF THAT'S WHAT YOU DECIDE TO DO, THEN HELP ME BE HAPPY
WITH YOUR DECISION.
AND I TRUST YOU THAT WHATEVER YOU WANT ME TO HAVE,
I'LL GET IT AT THE RIGHT TIME IN THE RIGHT WAY AND NOBODY WILL
BE ABLE TO KEEP IT FROM ME."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW WHAT, WE DON'T NEED TO GO OUT
IN THE WORLD AND GET JEALOUS OF ANYBODY.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS GO OUT AND JUST SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WE
CAN BE GOOD TO.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT SHOULD BE OUR GOAL EVERY SINGLE DAY
OF OUR LIFE IS JUST GET OUT IN THE WORLD AND BE A BLESSING.
JUST GET OUT IN THE WORLD AND ACT LIKE A CHRISTIAN, AMEN?
AUDIENCE: AMEN.
JOYCE: I TELL YA, THE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE OF JESUS'S
DAY, THEY HAD SO MUCH TROUBLE WITH THE GENEROSITY THAT GOD
GAVE TO SINNERS.
AND SO MANY OF THESE PARABLES, IT'S THE SAME STORY
OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES WERE STANDING BY LOOKING
WHEN JESUS SPENT TIME WITH THE ESPECIALLY WICKED
SINNERS, AND THE THEY WOULD GET UPSET BECAUSE WHY WOULD HE TALK
TO SINNERS?
AND WHY WOULD HE, YOU KNOW, DO
WHAT HE DID WITH THESE PEOPLE?
IN LUKE 18, THERE'S A PARABLE THAT AMUSES ME, BEGINNING
AT VERSE 9: "HE ALSO TOLD THIS PARABLE TO SOME PEOPLE
WHO TRUSTED IN THEMSELVES AND WERE CONFIDENT THAT THEY
WERE RIGHTEOUS [THAT THEY WERE UPRIGHT AND IN RIGHT STANDING
WITH GOD] AND SCORNED AND MADE NOTHING OF THE REST OF MEN:
'TWO MEN WENT UP INTO A TEMPLE TO PRAY, ONE A PHARISEE,'"
A RELIGIOUS MAN, "AND THE OTHER A TAX COLLECTOR.
AND THE PHARISEE TOOK HIS STAND OSTENTATIOUSLY," WHICH IS A BIG
WORD, BUT IT BASICALLY MEANS HE HAD THIS POSTURE
AND ATTITUDE THAT SAID, "I AM SO MUCH BETTER THAN YOU ARE."
"AND HE BEGAN TO PRAY THUS BEFORE AND WITH HIMSELF."
I LOVE THAT.
HE WASN'T EVEN TALKIN' TO GOD.
HE WAS JUST TALKIN' TO LISTEN TO HIMSELF SO HE COULD IMPRESS
HIMSELF.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND DON'T THINK YOU DON'T EVER DO THAT.
I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN I'M UP HERE PRAYING THAT I DON'T
JUST TRY TO SOUND IN A WAY THAT'S GONNA IMPRESS YOU,
BUT THAT I'M ACTUALLY TALKING TO GOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "THANK YOU THAT I'M NOT LIKE THE REST OF MEN--"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "EXTORTIONERS (ROBBERS), SWINDLERS
[UNRIGHTEOUS IN HEART AND LIFE]--AND THANK YOU
ESPECIALLY THAT I'M LIKE THIS TAX COLLECTOR."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "'LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I DO, GOD.
I FAST TWICE A WEEK; AND I GIVE A TITHE OF ALL THAT I GAIN.'
BUT NOW THERE'S THIS COLLECTOR WHO'S STANDING HERE."
AND IT SAYS, "HE WOULDN'T EVEN LIFT UP HIS EYES TO HEAVEN,
BUT HE KEPT STRIKING HIS BREAST, AND SAYING, 'O GOD, (BE
GRACIOUS, BE MERCIFUL) TO ME, BECAUSE I AM
AN ESPECIALLY WICKED SINNER!' I TELL YOU, THIS MAN WENT DOWN
TO HIS HOME JUSTIFIED (FORGIVEN AND MADE UPRIGHT AND IN RIGHT
STANDING WITH GOD]"
SO THAT THE GUY WHO SAID, "GOD, I'M A SINNER, I NEED MERCY," GOT
MERCY FROM GOD, AND HE WENT HOME JUSTIFIED AND IN RIGHT STANDING
WITH GOD.
BUT THE GUY WHO THOUGHT THAT HE WAS SO GOOD AND BETTER
THAN EVERYBODY ESE, HE LOST OUT ON EVERYTHING.
WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T THINK MORE HIGHLY
OF OURSELVES THAN WE OUGHT TO.
WHAT ABOUT THE 12 DISCIPLES?
BOY, THE 12 GUYS THAT JESUS PICKED,
AND IT WASN'T EVEN AN ACCIDENT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HE PRAYED ALL NIGHT BEFORE HE GOT THEM, ALL NIGHT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: LET ME READ YOU SOMETHIN' THAT I THINK IS CUTE
AND MAKES THE POINT.
I CAN TELL YA ONE THING.
I WOULDN'T HAVE PICKED SOME OF THE PEOPLE HE PICKED.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THIS LETTER IS TO JESUS FROM THE JORDAN
MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT FIRM IN JERUSALEM: "DEAR SIR,
THANK YOU FOR SUBMITTING THE RESUMES OF THE TWELVE MEN
YOU'VE PICKED FOR YOUR NEW MANAGEMENT POSITIONS
IN YOUR NEW ORGANIZATION.
ALL OF THEM HAVE NOW TAKEN OUR BATTERY OF TESTS, AND EACH
OF THEM HAS HAD A PERSONAL INTERVIEW WITH OUR PSYCHOLOGISTS
AND VOCATIONAL APTITUDE CONSULTANTS.
IT IS THE STAFF'S OPINION THAT MOST OF YOUR NOMINEES
ARE LACKING IN BACKGROUND, EDUCATION,
AND VOCATIONAL APTITUDE FOR THE TYPE OF ENTERPRISE
THAT YOU'RE UNDERTAKING.
THEY DON'T HAVE A TEAM CONCEPT.
WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR PERSONS
OF EXPERIENCE IN MANAGERIAL ABILITY AND PROVEN CAPABILITY.
SIMON PETER IS EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE AND GIVEN
TO FITS OF TEMPER."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT THE GOOD NEWS IS HERE TODAY?
GOD CAN USE YOU.
EVEN THOUGH YOU'LL ALWAYS LACK IN ONE THING, GOD CAN USE YOU.
AND NOT ONLY CAN HE USE YOU, HE'S LIKELY TO PICK YOU
ON PURPOSE JUST TO AGGRAVATE THE REST OF THE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE
WHO THINK THAT THEY SHOULD BE THE ONES THAT GET CHOSEN,
COME ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I CAN TELL YA THE TRUTH, I JUST MAKE PEOPLE
REALLY MAD.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, LIKE, THE REAL RELIGIOUS PEOPLE THAT HAVE GOT
ALL THE SO-CALLED "SCHOOLING," AND THEY'VE BEEN TO EVERY KIND
OF SEMINARY AND SEMINAR AND ON AND ON AND ON, AND IT'S
LIKE, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN?"
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "THE WEAK AND THE FOOLISH THINGS
OF THE WORLD TO CONFOUND THE WISE."
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS GET YOUR EYES OFF WHAT HE'S DOIN'
FOR EVERYBODY ELSE,
HUMBLE YOURSELF UNDER THE MIGHTY HAND OF GOD, GO TO HIM, AND SAY,
"I AM NOTHING WITHOUT YOU.
I DON'T DESERVE ANYTHING.
BUT, GOD, IF YOU'LL GIVE ME AN ASSIGNMENT AND HELP ME DO IT,
I'LL DO MY BEST TO BE FAITHFUL TO WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: OKAY, "SIMON PETER'S EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE,
AND HE HAS TEMPER FITS.
ANDREW HAS NO QUALITIES OF LEADERSHIP.
JAMES AND JOHN PLACE PERSONAL INTEREST ABOVE COMPANY LOYALTY.
THOMAS DEMONSTRATES A QUESTIONING ATTITUDE
THAT WILL UNDERMINE THE MORALE OF THE WHOLE TEAM.
WE FEEL IT IS OUR DUTY TO TELL YOU THAT MATTHEW,"
WHO WAS A TAX COLLECTOR, "HAS BEEN BLACKLISTED
BY THE GREATER JERUSALEM BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO WHAT?"
OH, I REMEMBER, PEOPLE THOUGHT I HAD LOST MY MIND WHEN I TOLD
THEM WHAT I BELIEVED GOD HAD PUT IN MY HEART THAT I WAS GONNA DO.
I'LL NEVER FORGET A GROUP OF LADY FRIENDS OF MINE SAYING,
"YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKIN' ABOUT THIS."
AND I THOUGHT, "YEAH, I BET YOU HAVE."
"WE'VE BEEN TALKIN' ABOUT THIS."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID TO ME, HONESTLY:
"WITH YOUR PERSONALITY, WE JUST DON'T SEE HOW
THAT'S POSSIBLE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON, LISTEN, WHEN GOD CALLS YOU, DON'T EXPECT
TO GET A LOT OF ENCOURAGEMENT FROM ALL THE PEOPLE
THAT YOU KNOW.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA LOOK AT YOUR EXTERIOR,
BUT GOD SEES YOUR HEART, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "JAMES HAS DEFINITE RADICAL LEANINGS, AND HE
AND SOME OF THE OTHERS REGISTER A HIGH SCORE
ON THE MANIC-DEPRESSIVE SCALE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "THERE IS, HOWEVER, ONE OF YOUR CANDIDATES
THAT SHOWS GREAT POTENTIAL.
HE'S A MAN OF ABILITY AND RESOURCEFULNESS,
MEETS PEOPLE WELL, HAS A KEEN BUSINESS MIND,
HAS CONTACTS IN HIGH PLACES, IS HIGHLY MOTIVATED, AMBITIOUS,
AND RESPONSIBLE.
THE ONLY ONE OF THE 12 THAT WE CAN RECOMMEND IS JUDAS."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SEE, WE LIVE IN THIS UPSIDE-DOWN KINGDOM
THAT'S ACTUALLY RIGHT-SIDE UP, BUT THE WORLD DOESN'T KNOW
IT'S RIGHT-SIDE UP.
SO THEY LOOK AT US AND THINK, "THAT MAKES NO SENSE.
WHY WOULD GOD USE YOU?
WHY WOULD YOU GIVE AWAY SOME OF YOUR MONEY, THINKING
THAT'S GONNA GET YOU MORE?
WHY WOULD YOU EVER THINK THE LAST'LL BE FIRST
AND THE FIRST'LL BE LAST?
AND WHAT SENSE DOES IT MAKE IF SOMEBODY WHO GOES TO WORK
AN HOUR BEFORE QUITTING TIME MAKES AS MUCH AS THE GUY
WHO WORKED ALL DAY?" WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
GOD JUST LOVES TO GET US GOIN'.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT?"
WHAT GOD DOES WITH ANYBODY ELSE IS NONE OF MY BUSINESS.
IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
JESUS SAYS, "YOU FOLLOW ME."
HOW MANY OF YOU THINK THIS WOULD MAKE YOUR LIFE
A LOT OF BETTER IF YOU JUST--?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, ONCE AGAIN, LOOK AT MY HUSBAND.
YOU ARE NOT GONNA FIND A HUMAN BEING
THAT IS HAPPIER THAN DAVE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: LIFE IS SO SIMPLE FOR HIM.
I MEAN, STILL, AFTER 50 YEARS OF BEIN' MARRIED TO HIM,
SOMETIMES IT JUST ANNOYS ME THAT THINGS ARE SO--IT'S NOT
THAT I WANT LIFE TO BE HARD FOR HIM, BUT IT'S LIKE HE
JUST, LIKE, HE'S JUST HAPPY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HE'S JUST REALLY HAPPY, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
THAT'S WHAT GOD TOLD HIM 40-SOME-ODD YEARS AGO WHEN HE
CALLED ME TO PREACH.
"YOU LET HER DO WHAT I'VE CALLED HER TO DO, AND YOU DO
WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO, AND YOU'LL ALWAYS BE HAPPY.
YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE JOY."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE SET ABOUT JUST DOIN'
THE PART THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US TO DO.
LET ME TELL YA SOMETHIN'.
DON'T COMPARE YOURSELF WITH OTHER PEOPLE, NOT THE WAY
YOU LOOK, NOT YOUR GIFTS AND TALENTS, NOT WHAT GOD CALLS
YOU TO DO.
LET'S CENTER IN ON TRUSTING GOD TO TAKE CARE OF EACH ONE OF US
WITHOUT COMPARING OURSELVES WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND SAYING,
"WELL, WHY AM I NOT GETTING WHAT THEY'RE GETTING?"
DON'T EVER, EVER, EVER THINK THAT BECAUSE YOU PRAY REGULARLY,
AND YOU GO TO CHURCH REGULARLY, AND YOU TITHE REGULARLY,
AND YOU TRY TO BE A GOOD PERSON THAT THAT MEANS THAT YOU DESERVE
ANYTHING.
BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW GOOD WE ARE, WE ALWAYS STILL LACK
ONE THING EVERY SINGLE DAY OF OUR LIFE.
AND THANK GOD THAT WE DO BECAUSE IF WE DIDN'T, IT WOULDN'T BE
VERY LONG AND WE WOULD NOT THINK THAT WE NEEDED JESUS.
AND I'LL TELL YA ONE THING.
WE NEED HIM AND WE NEED HIM DESPERATELY, AMEN?
COME ON, GIVE GOD A BIG PRAISE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: WELL, I BELIEVE THAT WE ALL HAVE AN ASSIGNMENT
FROM GOD, SOMETHING THAT HE HAS GIVEN US THE GRACE
AND THE ABILITY TO DO.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE DISCOVERED FROM MY OWN LIFE AND FROM TRYING
TO HELP A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT IF WE'RE NOT DOING WHAT GOD
HAS ASSIGNED US TO DO, WE REALLY JUST END UP
NOT VERY HAPPY.
WE DON'T FEEL FULFILLED.
AND SO I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU
TO DO WITHOUT COMPARING WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT MAKES PEOPLE UNHAPPY.
THEY FEEL LIKE THAT IF WHAT THEY'RE DOING DOESN'T SEEM TO BE
AS BIG OR AS GRAND AS WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE IS DOING,
THAT IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
BUT BY KEEPING YOUR FOCUS ON GOD, YOU WILL BE BLESSED
AND GOD WILL ALWAYS MEET YOUR NEEDS.
TODAY WE'RE OFFERING YOU A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY THE BIBLE
IN A MORE IN-DEPTH WAY.
WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME
WITH A LOT OF HARD WORK "THE BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND"
BIBLE.
IT'S A STUDY BIBLE.
AND, OF COURSE, IT'S THE WHOLE BIBLE, BUT WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED
ALL THE SCRIPTURES ON THE MIND AND THE MOUTH,
AND GOT LOTS OF ARTICLES IN THERE THAT I'VE--TEACHINGS
THAT I'VE DONE, AND LIFE POINTS, THINGS FOR EACH DAY.
I BELIEVE MORE THAN ANY OTHER AREA, WE HAVE DIFFICULTY
WITH OUR THOUGHTS, AND ALSO WITH THE THINGS THAT WE SAY.
AND YOU'LL FIND BOTH OF THOSE REALLY HIGHLIGHTED AND COVERED
WELL IN THIS BIBLE, AND IT'S GONNA HELP YOU NOT JUST READ
THE WORD OF GOD, BUT STUDY THE WORD OF GOD, THANK YOU.
ANNOUNCER: NEW FROM JOYCE MEYER,
A STUDY BIBLE DESIGNED TO HELP YOU RENEW YOUR THOUGHTS,
"THE BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND" BIBLE.
WITH INSIGHT FROM JOYCE'S BESTSELLING BOOK,
"BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND," PAIRED WITH THE SCRIPTURES
THAT INSPIRED THEM, EXPLORE GOD'S WORD IN A DEEPER WAY
TO HELP YOU LEARN TO THINK HOW GOD THINKS, GAIN PRACTICAL
TRUTHS FOR OVERCOMING LIFE'S CHALLENGES, TRAIN YOUR MIND
FOR ULTIMATE VICTORY, AND MORE.
"THE BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND" BIBLE, RENEW YOUR MIND
THROUGH THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD, FROM JOYCE MEYER.
RECEIVE YOUR COPY TODAY FOR YOUR GIFT OF...OR MORE.
CALL...OR GO TO JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
JOYCE: TRUST HIM ALL THE TIME.
JOYCE: YOUR WALK WITH GOD IS NOT ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE.
JOYCE: IF YOU WANNA MAKE THE DEVIL MAD, GET HAPPY.
JOYCE: HE HAS TO GET THE CREDIT.
HE HAS TO GET THE GLORY.
JOYCE: WELL, YOU'VE SPOKEN AND PICKED YOUR FAVORITE
"ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE" SHOWS FROM 2017, AND NOW WE'RE GOING
TO REVEAL THE WINNERS.
SO WATCH EVERY DAY TO SEE YOUR WINNERS.
GINGER: HOW DID YOU BEGIN TO SEE WHAT GOD REALLY HAD
CALLED YOU TO DO IN ALL OF THIS?
DAVE MEYER: WELL, FIRST, AT FIRST, I FOUGHT WITH IT
FOR A LITTLE WHILE, AND THEN I REALIZED THAT, AND GOD REALLY
IMPRESSED UPON MY HEART THAT "IF YOU WANT MY JOY, MY PEACE,
AND MY GRACE, THEN YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT I'VE CALLED YOU
TO DO."
I TOLD THE GUYS IN THE ENGINEERING FIELD
THAT I WOULD NOT ALWAYS BE HERE WORKING
IN THE ENGINEERING FIELD.
EVENTUALLY, I WAS GONNA BE IN MINISTRY, AND I DIDN'T KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT ASPECT OF MINISTRY I WAS GONNA BE IN,
BUT I TOLD 'EM THAT.
AND ACTUALLY, WHEN I LEFT
THE ENGINEERING COMPANY, THE GUY SAID, "YOU KNOW HOW LONG
YOU'VE BEEN SAYIN' THAT?" AND I SAID, "NO."
HE SAID, "SEVEN YEARS."
I SAID, "WHOA, THAT'S GOOD."
I SAID, "THAT'S GOD'S PERFECT NUMBER."
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
ANNOUNCER: WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED TODAY'S PROGRAM.
PLEASE CONTACT US OR VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG TO SHARE
YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS, SEE THE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE,
OR PARTNER WITH US IN SHARING CHRIST AND LOVING PEOPLE
ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE.
ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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