ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: OUR WORDS ARE CONTAINERS FOR POWER.
YOUR WORDS CAN CARRY YOUR FAITH TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD
AND RELEASE ANGELS TO HELP YOU OR YOUR WORDS CAN CARRY YOUR
FEAR TO THE KINGDOM OF DARKNESS AND JUST RELEASE
MORE TROUBLE IN YOUR LIFE.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: WORDS ARE FULL OF POWER.
THEY CAN HEAL.
THEY CAN WOUND.
THEY CAN MINISTER DEATH.
THEY CAN MINISTER LIFE.
THEY CAN ENCOURAGE.
THEY CAN DISCOURAGE.
THEY CAN BUILD UP.
THEY CAN TEAR DOWN.
PEOPLE GET DIVORCES OVER WORDS.
FAMILIES ARE SPLIT APART OVER WORDS.
PEOPLE LOSE JOBS OVER WORDS.
PEOPLE HAVE INSECURITY AND A POOR SELF-IMAGE OVER WORDS
THAT HAVE BEEN SPOKEN TO THEM.
WORDS ARE CONTAINERS FOR POWER, AND WE NEED TO CHOOSE OUR WORDS
VERY CAREFULLY.
AND IT'S TIME FOR US TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND BE ACCOUNTABLE
FOR THE WORDS THAT WE ALLOW TO COME OUT OF OUR MOUTH.
NO MAN CAN TAME THE TONGUE.
WE NEED GOD'S HELP SO YOU WANT TO PRAY EVERY DAY FOR GOD TO
HELP YOU WITH YOUR MOUTH BECAUSE, TO BE HONEST,
WE CAN SAY SOME REALLY DUMB STUFF WHEN WE'RE UPSET.
BUT JAMES 1:2, IF WE CAN GO THERE.
WE JUST TALK ABOUT OUR TROUBLES WAY TOO MUCH AND WE DON'T TALK
ABOUT WHAT GOD HAS DONE ENOUGH.
WHEN DAVID FACED GOLIATH, HE DIDN'T STAND THERE AND TALK
ABOUT GOLIATH AND HOW BIG HE WAS AND ALL ABOUT HIS ARMOR.
HE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT GOD HAD DONE.
"WELL, I'VE SLAIN A BEAR AND I'VE SLAIN A LION.
SO WHO CARES ABOUT GOLIATH?" WE TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT THE ISSUE
AT HAND AND WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IS REMEMBERING THE GREAT
THINGS THAT GOD HAS DONE FOR US IN THE PAST.
SOME OF YOU ARE AT A PLACE IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW
WHERE THE DEVIL'S GOTTEN YOU CONVINCED THAT THERE'S NO WAY
THAT YOU CAN STAND THIS.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA MAKE IT.
BUT THE TRUTH IS YOU HAVE FELT THAT WAY ABOUT OTHER THINGS
IN YOUR LIFE AND HERE YOU ARE TONIGHT IN LIVING COLOR.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT YOU WILL MAKE IT BECAUSE
GOD HAS ALREADY SAID THAT HE WILL NEVER LET MORE COME ON YOU
THAN WHAT YOU CAN BEAR, BUT WITH EVERY TEMPTATION,
HE WILL PROVIDE THE WAY OUT.
SO STOP SAYING, "I CAN'T DO THIS.
THIS IS TOO MUCH FOR ME," BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU TALK
LIKE THAT, ALL YOU DO IS MAKE YOURSELF
WEAKER AND WEAKER AND WEAKER.
WE NEED TO SAY, "I CAN DO WHATEVER I NEED TO DO IN LIFE
THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME.
HE WILL NOT LEAVE ME OR FORSAKE ME AND I CAN DO THIS
THROUGH HIM."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HELP YOURSELF WITH YOUR WORDS.
DON'T HURT YOURSELF.
JAMES 1:2, YOU'LL LOVE IT.
"CONSIDER IT WHOLLY JOYFUL, MY BRETHREN, WHEN YOU ARE
ENVELOPED IN OR ENCOUNTER TRIALS OF ANY SORT OR FALL INTO
VARIOUS TEMPTATIONS."
CONSIDER IT JOYFUL.
WHY?
BECAUSE THERE IS A TREASURE IN YOUR TRIAL.
SOMEWHERE, IF YOU'LL LOOK FOR IT, THERE'S
A TREASURE IN THAT TRIAL.
AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO ADOPT THAT
PHRASE AND START TO SAY THAT.
WHEN YOU FACE A STRUGGLE, WHEN YOU FACE A DISAPPOINTMENT, WHEN
YOU FACE SOMETHING HARD, LEARN TO LET ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS
THAT COMES OUT YOUR MOUTH BE "GOD, HELP ME FIND
THE TREASURE IN THIS TRIAL.
THERE'S SOMETHING GOOD IN THIS IF I CAN FIND IT AND
I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE YUCKY STUFF.
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE DEVIL GLORY."
I THINK SO OFTEN WE TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT THE ENEMY'S DOING
THAN WE DO ABOUT WHAT GOD'S DOING.
WE DON'T NEED TO TALK FEAR.
WE NEED TO TALK FAITH.
WHY?
BECAUSE OUR WORDS ARE POWERFUL.
OUR WORDS ARE CONTAINERS FOR POWER.
YOUR WORDS CAN CARRY YOUR FAITH TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND
RELEASE ANGELS TO HELP YOU OR YOUR WORDS CAN CARRY YOUR FEAR
TO THE KINGDOM OF DARKNESS AND JUST RELEASE MORE TROUBLE
IN YOUR LIFE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WE HAVE FAITH, BUT IT HAS TO BE RELEASED.
EVERY MAN'S GIVEN THE MEASURE OF FAITH.
YOU'VE ALL GOT FAITH BUT YOUR FAITH DOES YOU NO GOOD
IF YOU DON'T RELEASE IT.
HOW DO YOU RELEASE IT?
THROUGH WORDS, THROUGH PRAYER.
YOU RELEASE YOUR FAITH THROUGH PRAYERS OF FAITH,
THROUGH WORDS OF FAITH AND THROUGH ACTIONS OF FAITH.
WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO TO SAY, "OH, I'M A WOMAN OF FAITH,"
AND THEN TALK FEAR, DOUBT, AND UNBELIEF ALL THE TIME?
AND I'M NOT TELLING YOU NOT TO EVER TALK ABOUT YOUR PROBLEM.
I THINK WE WENT TOO FAR WITH THAT AND MADE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE
THEY COULD NEVER TALK TO ANYBODY OR NEVER SAY ANYTHING.
I ACTUALLY HAD A WOMAN COME TO ME FOR COUNSELING ONE DAY AND
SAY, "WELL, I CAN'T TELL YOU MY PROBLEM 'CAUSE
I CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I SAID WELL, THEN HOW IN THE WORLD
AM I SUPPOSED TO HELP YOU?
I MEAN SEE, SHE WAS SO FAR OFF IN LEFT FIELD
THAT IT WAS RIDICULOUS.
I SAID DON'T TALK ABOUT YOUR TRIALS WITHOUT A PURPOSE.
IF YOU NEED TO TALK TO SOMEBODY BECAUSE YOU REALLY NEED SOME
PRAYER OR EVEN IF YOU REALLY NEED TO TALK TO SOMEBODY TO GET
SOME ADVICE, THEN TO BE HONEST, I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE
TIMES--AND HERE AGAIN MAYBE ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN, WHERE
WE JUST NEED TO VENT FOR A FEW MINUTES TO A FRIEND, BUT YOU
BETTER MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT VENTING 24 HOURS A DAY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU'RE VENTING,
HOW YOU DO IT AND WHAT YOU SAY.
YOU BETTER KEEP THROWING IN THERE, "HEY, THIS IS WHAT
I FEEL LIKE, BUT I'M NOT BOWING DOWN TO MY FEELINGS.
I KNOW GOD'S IN CONTROL.
I KNOW HE'S ON MY SIDE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THERE'S A WAY TO SAY THINGS AND A WAY NOT TO SAY
THINGS, SO LET'S PRAY FOR A LITTLE WISDOM IN OUR MOUTH.
AMEN?
AUDIENCE: AMEN.
JOYCE: I WILL SPEAK WORDS OF WISDOM.
SO THEN HE GOES ON AND HE SAYS, "HEY, GOD WILL HELP YOU.
NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF A MESS YOU'VE GOTTEN YOURSELF INTO,
GOD WILL HELP YOU."
VERSE 5 HE SAYS, "IF ANY OF YOU IS DEFICIENT IN WISDOM,
LET HIM ASK OF THE GIVING GOD [WHO GIVES] TO EVERYONE
LIBERALLY AND UNGRUDGINGLY, WITHOUT REPROACHING
OR FAULTFINDING, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN HIM.
ONLY IT MUST BE IN FAITH THAT HE ASKS WITH NO WAVERING
(NO HESITATING, NO DOUBTING]"
AND THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY, "IF YOU'RE A DOUBLE-MINDED MAN,
DON'T THINK YOU'RE GONNA GET ANYTHING YOU ASK FOR
BECAUSE YOU'RE UNSTABLE."
SO I BRING THAT UP TO SIMPLY SAY THIS, WHENEVER YOU FALL INTO
TRIALS OF ANY SORT, FIRST THING HE SAYS IS BE JOYFUL, LOOK
FOR THE TREASURE IN THE TRIAL.
GOD WILL HELP YOU NO MATTER--EVEN IF YOU DID
SOMETHING WRONG THAT GOT YOU IN THE MESS THAT YOU'RE IN, IF YOU
ADMIT AND FACE IT, GOD IS GOOD.
HE'S FAITHFUL AND HE'LL HELP YOU GET OUT OF THE MESS.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE WON'T TEACH YOU ANYTHING
ABOUT HOW YOU GOT INTO IT AND TEACH YOU SOME THINGS.
HE MAY EVEN LEAVE YOU IN IT A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN YOU'D
LIKE TO BE IN IT JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO
DO THAT AGAIN.
BUT WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR GOD'S DELIVERANCE, WE MUST NOT
GET DOUBLE MINDED AND TALK FAITH ON SUNDAY IN CHURCH AROUND OUR
CHRISTIAN FRIENDS AND TALK DOUBT AND UNBELIEF ON MONDAY
WHEN WE GO TO WORK AROUND OUR UNBELIEVING FRIENDS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: 'CAUSE WHEN WE DO THAT, WHAT HAPPENS
IS WE GOT A LOT OF MIXTURE.
SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST SUPER FAITH WHEN THEY'RE AROUND THEIR
CHRISTIAN FRIENDS AND AT HOME, THEY ARE A NIGHTMARE.
AND I'LL TELL YOU THE TRUTH, IT'S WHAT GOES ON BEHIND CLOSED
DOORS THAT AFFECTS OUR CIRCUMSTANCES EVEN MORE THAN
THE LITTLE BIT OF SHOW THAT WE PUT ON ON SUNDAY MORNING.
WHOO.
YOU'RE NOT ALL CLAPPING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHEN WE GO HOME AND SHUT
THE DOOR, THE REAL US EMERGES?
COME ON.
THE BIBLE TEACHES US PLAINLY THAT EVEN JESUS, IN HIS TIME OF
TRIAL, DECIDED NOT TO TALK MUCH.
ISAIAH 53, "LIKE A LAMB LED TO THE SLAUGHTER,
WHEN HE WAS OPPRESSED, HE OPENED NOT HIS MOUTH."
IN JOHN 14:30, HE TOLD HIS DISCIPLES, "THE HOUR THAT
I'VE BEEN TALKING TO YOU ABOUT HAS COME."
AND THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS IN JOHN 14:30.
"I WILL NOT BE TALKING MUCH WITH YOU FROM NOW ON."
I USED TO JUST MARVEL AT THAT UNTIL I FINALLY UNDERSTOOD
WHY HE SAID IT.
HE SAID ON PURPOSE "I'M GOING THROUGH A LOT RIGHT NOW.
IT'S VERY HARD.
I'M UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE.
GOT A LOT OF EMOTIONS GOING ON."
YOU THINK HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY EMOTIONS GOING ON?
LOOK AT HIM IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE SAID TO GOD, "TAKE THIS AWAY.
IF THERE'S ANY WAY YOU CAN TAKE THIS AWAY, TAKE IT AWAY.
BUT IF YOU REALLY WANT ME TO DO IT, I'LL DO IT."
HE WAS FIGHTING A BATTLE AN EMOTIONAL AND A MENTAL BATTLE
THAT WAS SO INTENSE ABOUT WHETHER HE WAS GONNA RUN FROM
THE CALL OF GOD OR OBEY THE CALL OF GOD THAT HIS SWEAT BECAME
LIKE BLOOD.
WE DON'T--WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO RESIST SIN
UNTIL WE'VE RESISTED LIKE THAT.
SO HE KNOWS A BATTLE, BUT IT'S SO INTERESTING TO ME THAT
WHEN HE WAS IN THAT MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL BATTLE, HE DECIDED
TO KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT.
AND IF YOU READ JOHN 14, THIS IS WHAT HE SAYS FURTHER.
HE SAYS, "THE DEVIL HATH NO PART IN ME."
AND SO WHAT WAS THE REST OF WHAT HE WAS SAYING?
IT WAS OBVIOUS HE WAS SAYING, "I'M NOT GONNA OPEN MY MOUTH
AND GIVE HIM ONE.
I'M NOT GONNA GIVE HIM ANYTHING TO WORK WITH."
THE PLAN OF SALVATION WAS ON THE LINE.
I WONDER HOW MANY TIMES WE BLOW THE WHOLE PLAN THAT GOD'S GOT
BECAUSE WE JUST WON'T ZIP OUR LIP.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON NOW, YOU NEED TO BUY THIS CD AND LISTEN TO IT
ONCE A WEEK.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHEN YOU GET IN A TRIAL AND EMOTIONS ARE RUNNING
HIGH, GO LOCK YOURSELF IN A ROOM AND HAVE A CHAT WITH YOURSELF.
GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES AND SAY, "GOD, GIVE ME THE GRACE
TO SAY POSITIVE THINGS.
YOU KNOW HOW I'M HURTING.
YOU KNOW HOW HARD THIS IS."
MAYBE YOU'RE GONNA BE GOING SOMEWHERE WHERE EVERYBODY'S
GONNA BE ASKING YOU HOW YOU'RE DOING, HOW YOU'RE FEELING.
"WHAT'S GOING ON?
I HEARD ABOUT YOUR SITUATION."
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE SOME RIGHT ANSWERS BECAUSE IN THOSE
TIMES, MAN, IT'S EASY TO WANT TO TELL IT ALL SO SOMEBODY
CAN FEEL SORRY FOR YA.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU ALL ARE JUST SITTING THERE GOING...
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "I GET IT. WE KNOW.
HEY, MAN, I GOT A LONG WAY TO GO."
WELL, SO DO I.
YOU KNOW, I THINK MOST OF US THAT HAVE BEEN IN CHURCH VERY
LONG, WE'RE PRETTY GOOD 'TIL THE TRIALS COME.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU, AND I SAID THIS TODAY AT LUNCH.
WE HAD LUNCH WITH DARLENE AND WE TALK SOMETIMES ABOUT
WHAT WE THINK IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD AND WHAT WE THINK
IS GONNA HAPPEN.
AND SHE WAS TELLING ME SHE WAS EXCITED TO SEE
WHAT GOD'S GONNA DO.
AND I SAID--AND, YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL IN MY SPIRIT BY WHAT GOD'S
KIND OF STIRRING ME UP TO TEACH.
I CAN TELL SOME THINGS BY THAT AND I'M TELLING YA,
GOD'S GOT ME TEACHING WHAT I'M TEACHING ON THE MOUTH.
THIS IS ORDAINED FROM HEAVEN.
THIS IS NOT A MESSAGE I WENT AND JUST PULLED OUT OF MY DRAWER.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I BELIEVE THIS IS MORE OF A WORD FROM GOD THAN IT IS
JUST A TEACHING.
AND EVEN DAVE SAID THIS MORNING, HE SAID,
"THIS IS SO FRESH AND NEW.
THIS IS REALLY STRONG."
SO IT'S NOT LIKE I'M SAYING SOMETHING I'VE NEVER SAID
BEFORE, BUT I SENSE THAT THERE'S A REAL STRONG PRESENCE OF GOD
ON WHAT I'M SAYING.
AND WHY?
BECAUSE WE ARE IN INTENSE TIMES.
AND I MEAN THE DEVIL IS COMING ON STRONG AND WE BETTER GET
THE WISDOM JESUS HAD AND SAY, "THE HOUR HAS COME
AND I AM GONNA SHUT MY MOUTH BECAUSE I AM NOT GIVING
THE DEVIL AN OPEN DOOR TO TRAMP ALL OVER MY LIFE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO WE'VE GOT A CHOICE TO MAKE.
WE CAN HAVE THE EMOTIONAL THRILL OF RUNNING OUR MOUTH OFF OR WE
CAN REMEMBER THAT NO MAN CAN TAME THE TONGUE AND WE CAN PRAY,
PRAY, PRAY, PRAY FOR GOD'S GRACE.
HEY, I'M PRAYING SEVERAL TIMES A DAY, GOD, GIVE ME GRACE
TO NOT SAY STUPID STUFF.
HELP ME NOT TO SPEAK VAIN, USELESS WORDS THAT ARE NOT DOING
ME OR ANYBODY ELSE ANY GOOD.
AND I FIND SOMETIMES THE QUIETER I AM, THE MORE I'M SENSING
GOD'S PRESENCE.
IT'S AWESOME.
THE QUIETER I AM, THE MORE I HEAR OTHER PEOPLE.
IF YOU GET QUIET, YOU CAN LEARN SOMETHING.
SOMEBODY ELSE MIGHT SAY SOMETHING OF VALUE IF YOU
WEREN'T TALKING ALL THE TIME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WE CAN HEAR PEOPLE TELL US WHAT THEY WANT AND NEED
AND WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THEIR LIFE SO WE CAN PRAY FOR THEM.
AND I'M NOT SAYING GO TO THE OTHER EXTREME
WHERE YOU DON'T TALK.
I'M TALKING PLENTY, BELIEVE ME.
BUT I'M TRYING TO JUST USE MORE WISDOM, IN WHAT I SAY.
THERE'VE BEEN TIMES IN MY LIFE WHERE GOD HAS BEEN DOING
SOMETHING IN ME OR TEACHING ME SOMETHING OR SHOWING
ME SOMETHING AND I SHOOT MY MOUTH OFF ABOUT IT TOO QUICK
AND IT JUST KILLS IT.
HERE'S A LESSON ABOUT WHEN TO GIVE YOUR TESTIMONY
AND WHEN TO ZIP YOUR LIP.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE IS OBVIOUSLY HALF DEAD WITH
THE FLU, THAT'S NOT WHEN YOU NEED TO TELL THEM,
"YOU KNOW WHAT?
I ALMOST GOT THAT LAST WEEK BUT I PRAYED AND GOD HEALED ME."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON.
I GET SO WEARY OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW WHEN TO GIVE THEIR
TESTIMONY AND WHEN NOT TO BECAUSE SOMETIMES ALL YOUR
TESTIMONY IS IS A BRAGGING SESSION.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: EVERYTHING WE SAY IS SUPPOSED TO EDIFY AND ENCOURAGE,
SO YOU'RE NOT REALLY TESTIFYING SOMETIMES, YOU'RE BRAGGING.
AND WHEN YOU'RE BRAGGING, YOU LOSE THE POWER OF THE SECRET
THAT'S BETWEEN YOU AND GOD AND THE AREA THAT HE'S KEEPING
YOU IN BY HIS GRACE AND MERCY.
NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT "WHAT I DID
AND HOW GREAT I AM AND WHAT MY FAITH GOT."
AND GOD SAYS, "OKAY.
TIME FOR A DEMOTION."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO TESTIMONY'S GREAT.
WE NEED TO GIVE OUR TESTIMONY, BUT WE NEED TO GIVE IT WHEN WE
KNOW THAT IT'S RIGHT AND IT'S REALLY GOING TO HELP SOMEBODY
ELSE COME UP HIGHER.
WE NEED TO BE MORE SENSITIVE NOT TO BE TELLING PEOPLE OUR VICTORY
IF IT'S ONLY GONNA MAKE THEM FEEL WORSE AND NOT BETTER.
PROVERBS 27:1-2, "DO NOT BOAST OF [YOURSELF AND] TOMORROW,
FOR YOU KNOW NOT WHAT A DAY MAY BRING FORTH.
LET ANOTHER MAN PRAISE YOU, AND NOT YOUR OWN MOUTH; A STRANGER,
AND NOT YOUR OWN LIPS."
WHEN WE'VE DONE SOMETHING GOOD, THE BIBLE SAYS DON'T EVEN
LET YOUR RIGHT HAND KNOW WHAT YOUR LEFT HAND'S DOING.
EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, WE SHOULD DO IT UNTO THE LORD.
WE SHOULD BE WILLING TO DO IT IN SECRET UNLESS IT WOULD BE
GOOD FOR SOMEBODY TO KNOW IT.
I DO BELIEVE THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT REALLY BLESSES SOMEBODY
TO KNOW THAT SOMETHING HAS COME FROM YOU OR THAT YOU'VE DONE
SOMETHING FOR THEM.
SO HERE AGAIN, I'M NOT SUGGESTING
THAT WE GO TO EXTREMES.
THE BIBLE ACTUALLY SAYS IN MATTHEW 5, WHICH SEEMS LIKE
A CONTRADICTION OF SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS ABOUT
DOING THINGS IN SECRET.
IT SAYS TO DO GOOD WORKS FOR PEOPLE, THAT PEOPLE MIGHT
SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.
SO IT'S NOT THAT WE HAVE TO GO OVERBOARD TRYING TO HIDE
EVERYTHING, BUT WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR HEART'S
RIGHT AND THAT WHEN WE DO THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THEM
TO GET ATTENTION.
THE BIBLE SAYS, "WHEN YOU PRAY, PRAY IN YOUR CLOSET SO YOU'RE
NOT PRAYING TO BE SEEN OF MEN BECAUSE IF YOU DO IT
TO BE SEEN OF MEN, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR REWARD."
ANOTHER THING THAT REALLY BOTHERS ME IS WHEN PEOPLE
ARE CONSTANTLY DROPPING NAMES ABOUT ALL THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE
THEY KNOW.
FOR SOME REASON, THAT'S JUST REALLY IRRITATES ME.
YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY TRY TO WORK WITH GOD TO GO TO THE OTHER
EXTREME BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S
IMPORTANT WITH GOD.
AND I CAN COULD DROP SOME NAMES AND TELL YOU PEOPLE I TALK TO
AND KNOW AND PROBABLY IMPRESS YOU, BUT I THINK I WOULD LOSE
THE POWER OF THAT SECRET RELATIONSHIP THAT GOD HAS GIVEN
ME AND THE DOOR THAT HE HAS OPENED UNTO ME TO BE ABLE
TO SPEAK INTO THEIR LIFE AND TO HELP THEM.
AND NOBODY NEEDS TO KNOW IT BUT GOD AND THE PERSON.
IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY ELSE NEEDS TO KNOW BECAUSE
IF I TOLD IT, I WOULD ONLY BE TELLING IT FOR ONE REASON,
THAT WOULD BE TO IMPRESS YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HOW MANY THINGS DO WE SAY JUST TO IMPRESS SOMEBODY
AND TO GET THEM TO LOOK AT US WITH WIDE-EYED WONDER?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT HOW MANY OF YOU ARE WITH ME?
DON'T LOSE ME.
BUT WE'RE KILLING THE POWER OF THE SECRECY THAT WE
CAN HAVE BETWEEN US AND GOD.
AND I DON'T THINK WE EVEN BEGIN TO KNOW THE THINGS THAT GOD
WOULD DO FOR US AND THE THINGS THAT HE WOULD LET US PARTICIPATE
IN IF WE WOULD LEARN TO KEEP THINGS BETWEEN US AND GOD
UNLESS HE SPECIFICALLY GIVES US PERMISSION TO SHARE IT.
COME ON, I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT.
I WANT MORE INTIMACY WITH GOD IN MY LIFE.
I WANT HIM TO TRUST ME WITH HIS SECRETS.
AND THERE'S A TIME TO TELL THINGS AND THERE'S A TIME
NOT TO.
IN MY POSITION AS A TEACHER, I TELL A LOT OF THINGS THAT
MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE SHOULDN'T TELL BECAUSE I'M USING THEM
AS AN EXAMPLE IN TEACHING.
AND EVEN THEN, I TRY TO BE CAREFUL WHAT I TELL BECAUSE I'VE
GOT A PERSONAL WALK WITH GOD AS WELL AS THIS TEACHING MINISTRY
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M HAVING
AND ENJOYING INTIMACY WITH GOD.
JAMES 3:5 SAYS, THE TONGUE IS A LITTLE MEMBER,
BUT IT CAN BOAST OF GREAT THINGS AND IT STARTS FIRES.
AND THEN THERE'S--JUST TO TAKE THIS A STEP FURTHER JAMES 4:13,
IF WE COULD GO THERE FOR JUST A SECOND.
THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT GOD CALLED ME TO TASK ON
YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AGO.
JAMES 4:13, "COME NOW, YOU WHO SAY, TODAY OR TOMORROW WE'RE
GONNA GO INTO SUCH AND SUCH A CITY AND SPEND A YEAR THERE
AND CARRY ON OUR BUSINESS AND MAKE MONEY.
YET YOU DO NOT KNOW [THE LEAST THING]
ABOUT WHAT MAY HAPPEN TOMORROW.
WHAT IS THE NATURE OF YOUR LIFE?
YOU'RE [REALLY]
JUST A WISP OF VAPOR (A PUFF OF SMOKE, A MIST) THAT IS VISIBLE
FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND THEN DISAPPEARS [INTO THIN AIR]."
THAT KIND OF PUTS US IN OUR PLACE, DOESN'T IT?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "YOU OUGHT INSTEAD TO SAY, IF THE LORD IS WILLING,
WE'LL LIVE AND IF HE'S WILLING, WE'LL DO THIS OR THAT.
BUT AS IT IS, YOU BOAST [FALSELY] IN YOUR PRESUMPTION
AND YOUR SELF-CONCEIT.
ALL SUCH BOASTING IS WRONG."
ANOTHER THING THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO WITH YOUR MOUTH, VERY
SIMPLE, BUT PROBABLY ALONG WITH COMPLAINING THIS IS
ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT WE HAVE AND
THAT IS WE MUST NOT BE NEGATIVE.
JUST NEGATIVE TALK GETS US IN SO MUCH TROUBLE.
NUMBERS 13.
WHY NOT GIVE THE GOOD REPORT?
WHY NOT FIND SOMETHING GOOD TO TALK ABOUT?
THERE'S ENOUGH BAD NEWS OUT THERE.
CHRISTIANS DON'T NEED TO ADD TO IT.
DON'T BE COMING AROUND TELLING ME THAT EVERYTHING'S GOING UNDER
AND THE WORLD'S FALLING APART.
GOD IS IN CONTROL.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND EVEN IF SOME THINGS DO FALL APART,
IT'S BECAUSE WHAT GOD NEEDS TO DO TO WAKE SOME PEOPLE UP.
AND IN THE MIDST OF THAT, HE'LL STILL TAKE CARE OF THE REMNANT,
THOSE THAT ARE TRUSTING HIM.
WE MAY NOT HAVE EVERYTHING EXACTLY TO OUR COMFORT LEVEL,
BUT SO WHAT?
GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF US AND GIVE US GRACE TO HAVE JOY
IN THE MIDST OF ANY SITUATION.
AMEN?
YOU BETTER GET A MIND-SET RIGHT NOW THAT YOU DON'T HAVE
TO HAVE EVERYTHING YOUR WAY.
NUMBERS 13, MOST OF YOU KNOW THIS IF YOU'VE STUDIED
THE BIBLE, BUT THIS IS SUCH A GOOD EXAMPLE.
THEY'D BEEN WANDERING THROUGH THE WILDERNESS, TRYING
TO GET TO THE PROMISED LAND.
NOW THEY WERE ON THE EDGE OF IT AND MOSES SENT OUT SOME SPIES.
HE SENT OUT 12 SPIES TO SCOUT OUT THE LAND, TO SEE IF IT WAS
AS GOOD AS WHAT THEY'D BEEN TOLD IT WAS.
SO THEY WENT IN THERE AND THEY SPIED OUT THE LAND.
AND THEY CAME BACK OUT AND TEN OF THEM HAD A BAD REPORT
AND TWO HAD A GOOD REPORT.
THAT'S ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE WE GET.
10 NEGATIVE PEOPLE, 80% NEGATIVE,
20% POSITIVE.
WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF EVERYBODY IN THE CHURCH
WOULD GET POSITIVE.
WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF EVERYBODY IN A FAMILY
WOULD BE POSITIVE?
VERSE 27, "THEY TOLD MOSES, WE CAME TO THE LAND TO WHICH
YOU SENT US; SURELY IT FLOWS WITH MILK AND HONEY.
AND HERE'S ITS FRUIT.
BUT--" KING JAMES SAYS, "NEVERTHELESS."
YOU KNOW, NEGATIVE PEOPLE, NO MATTER WHAT'S GOOD,
THEY'LL FIND SOMETHING BAD.
"BUT THE PEOPLE WHO DWELL THERE ARE STRONG, AND THE CITIES
ARE FORTIFIED AND THEY'RE VERY LARGE; AND MOREOVER,
WE SAW THE GIANTS.
AND THERE'S GIANTS IN THE LAND; THE HITTITES, THE JEBUSITES,
THE AMORITES.
THEY'RE ALL THERE.
THE CANAANITES."
VERSE 30, "CALEB QUIETED THE PEOPLE."
CALEB SAID, "SHH.
DON'T TALK LIKE THAT."
AND HE SAID, "LET US GO UP AT ONCE AND POSSESS THE LAND
BECAUSE WE ARE WELL ABLE TO CONQUER IT.
BUT HIS FELLOW SCOUTS SAID, WE ARE NOT ABLE.
WE CANNOT GO UP THERE.
THE GIANTS ARE TOO BIG."
WELL, OBVIOUSLY ONLY CALEB AND JOSHUA WERE SEEING GOD.
THE REST OF THEM WERE SEEING THE GIANTS.
THEY SAID, "WE CANNOT CONQUER THEM."
AND CALEB SAID, "LET'S DO IT AT ONCE.
LET'S DON'T THINK ABOUT IT.
LET'S DON'T LOOK AT THE GIANTS.
LET'S KEEP OUR EYES ON GOD."
I LOVE THAT WHEN HE SAID, "LET'S GO UP AT ONCE AND DO IT."
AND I LOVE WHAT DAVID SAID WHEN HE WAS FACING GOLIATH.
THE BIBLE SAYS, HE RAN QUICKLY TOWARD THE BATTLE LINE.
SOMETIMES WE STARE AT OUR CIRCUMSTANCES TOO LONG.
WE TALK ABOUT THE GIANTS TOO MUCH.
WE LOOK AT THE GIANTS TOO MUCH AND WE SCARE OURSELVES!
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU NEED TO SEE WHAT'S IN YOUR HEART AND GO FOR IT.
JOYCE: WELL, THE WORDS THAT WE SPEAK CAN EITHER BUILD US UP
IN FAITH OR TEAR US DOWN THROUGH FEAR AND NEGATIVITY.
PROVERBS 18:21 SAYS, "THE POWER OF LIFE AND DEATH ARE IN
THE TONGUE, AND THEY WHO INDULGE IN IT SHALL EAT THE FRUIT OF IT
[FOR LIFE OR DEATH]."
I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT
CHOOSING OUR WORDS.
TODAY WE'RE OFFERING A FOUR-CD AUDIO SERIES
ON "THE POWER OF WORDS."
AND GUESS WHAT.
IT'S FOR YOUR GIFT TO THE MINISTRY OF ANY AMOUNT.
WHY DO WE DO THAT?
BECAUSE I'M WELL AWARE THAT DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT
AMOUNTS OF MONEY, AND THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT SERIES
THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY CAN GET THIS.
SO ALL WE ASK IS THAT YOU DO YOUR BEST.
AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEND MORE AND THAT
WILL HELP MAKE UP FOR THE ONES WHO MAYBE CAN'T SEND AS MUCH.
"THE POWER OF WORDS," IF YOU UNDERSTAND
THE POWER OF WORDS AND YOU CHOOSE YOUR WORDS CAREFULLY,
YOUR WORDS CAN LITERALLY CHANGE THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE.
NOW YOU GET ALL THIS INFORMATION DOWN AND BE SURE YOU CONTACT US
RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU TO MISS THIS OFFER.
ANNOUNCER: THE BIBLE TELLS US THE POWER OF LIFE
AND DEATH ARE IN THE TONGUE.
JOYCE: WHAT'S IN YOUR HEART WILL COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH IF
IT'S IN YOUR HEART IN ABUNDANCE.
ANNOUNCER: LEARN TO SPEAK GOD'S WORD AND HIS PROMISES AND
EXPERIENCE A LIFE BUILT ON FAITH INSTEAD OF FEAR AND NEGATIVITY.
DISCOVER HOW YOUR WORDS MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
YOU CAN REQUEST JOYCE'S FOUR-PART CD SERIES,
"THE POWER OF WORDS," FOR YOUR GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT.
TO ORDER, CALL US TOLL FREE AT...
ANNOUNCER: SO, THE BIBLE IS GOD'S MANUAL TO HELP US
NAVIGATE LIFE.
BUT LIFE OFTEN GETS IN THE WAY OF KNOWING THE BIBLE.
FINDING THE TIME, KNOWING WHERE TO BEGIN, AND DISCOVERING WHAT
THIS ALL MEANS TO YOU, WE UNDERSTAND, AND WE'D LIKE
TO HELP.
AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG/STUDY, YOU'LL FIND FREE RESOURCES TO HELP YOU
GET MORE OUT OF THE BIBLE, WHETHER YOU'RE A NEW CHRISTIAN
OR HAVE BEEN WALKING WITH CHRIST FOR YEARS.
SO JUMP IN TODAY.
THE WORD, IT'S FREE, IT'S MOBILE, AND IT'S TAILORED
FOR YOU AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
[MUSIC]
PHILIP: MAJORITY OF PEOPLE COMING THROUGH HERE HAVE BEEN
DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE SYRIAN CRISIS.
EVERY TIME THERE'S A CRISIS SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHAT
THAT PRODUCES IS VULNERABLE PEOPLE TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
AND THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ARE REFUGEES.
EUROPOL ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 10,000 CHILDREN HAS GONE MISSING
IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S 10,000 CHILDREN THAT WE
JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BUT THEY'RE GONE.
GINGER: FROM THE REFUGEE-- PHILIP: FROM
THE REFUGEE CRISIS.
IT'S UNREALISTIC THAT ANY ORGANIZATION WOULD FIX THIS OR
CHANGE THE WHOLE SITUATION.
WE UNDERSTAND WE CAN'T, BUT WE CAN PLAY OUR PART AND WE MUST
PLAY OUR PART.
GINGER: YOU HAD TO WONDER HOW COULD WE HELP, WHAT WILL WE DO?
WHAT DID YOU SEE WHEN YOU CAME?
PHILIP: YEAH, WELL, WE WALKED IN, ACTUALLY, WHERE WE'RE
STANDING RIGHT NOW.
WE CAME HERE IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, LAST YEAR AND WE
WALKED IN AND WE JUST SAW ABSOLUTE HOPELESSNESS.
THERE WAS NOTHING HERE.
THERE WAS NO WATER, NO ELECTRICITY.
AND SO WE BROUGHT IN THE WATER FOR THE ENTIRE CAMP,
AND IT'S BEING USED NOW FOR MANY DIFFERENT THINGS,
WHICH IS GREAT.
SO IT'S JUST A BLESSING TO THE CAMP.
BUT THE WATER STATIONS BEHIND US BASICALLY JUST PROVIDE A SAFE
PLACE THAT THEY CAN COME IN, PEOPLE CAN WASH THEIR CLOTHES,
THEY CAN WASH THEMSELF, THEY CAN FILL THEIR WATER BOTTLES,
THEY CAN DRINK THE WATER.
THERE'S LIGHT INSTALLED SO, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY THERE WAS
NO ELECTRICITY IN THIS CAMP SO WE'RE, ACTUALLY, THE FIRST PLACE
WHERE THERE WAS ELECTRICITY AND WATER AND LIGHT.
SO WE HAD, YOU KNOW, SOLAR PANELS INSTALLED AND WE WERE
ABLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE A SAFE PLACE 24/7.
SO, YEAH, BUT WHAT IT'S--AND ALSO DONE FOR US IS
PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR US TO ACTUALLY BRING THIS
PREVENTION MESSAGE.
SO INSIDE OUR CONTAINERS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MIRRORS THAT YOU
OBVIOUSLY CAN SEE YOURSELF BUT ON THESE MIRRORS THERE'S ALSO A
MESSAGE, THOUGH, THAT'S ACTUALLY WARNING ABOUT THE DANGERS OF
HUMAN TRAFFICKING, BRINGING THAT IN, IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE,
AND EXPLAINING IT IN VERY PRACTICAL TERMS TO THEM.
GINGER: SO THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF WATER
THAT'S AVAILABLE WITH THE SINKS AND PEOPLE WASHING INSIDE,
BUT YOU ALSO HAVE SHOWERS.
PHILIP: YES, YES, WE DO, ALSO BUILT INSIDE
A SHIPPING CONTAINER.
AND IT FITS SIX SHOWERS WITH HOT WATER.
AND SO WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO COMMUNICATE A LOT MORE
INFORMATION BECAUSE WE HAVE A PERSON WHO IS IN THERE FOR
A LONGER TIME AND, AS THEY'RE SHOWERING, THEY CAN ACTUALLY
READ ABOUT, IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE, ABOUT JUST GIVING SOME
REALLY PRACTICAL TOOLS TO--WHAT TO AVOID, WHAT TO LOOK FOR,
WHAT NOT TO DO, AND WHAT TO DO.
SO, AND YOU KNOW, JOYCE MEYER MINISTRY
HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN PART OF SPONSORING SEVERAL OF THESE
CONTAINERS AND THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST--YOU CAN WALK INTO THIS CABIN AND YOU CAN LOCK
THE DOOR AND YOU CAN HAVE A SENSE OF PRIVACY AND YOU CAN
TAKE A SHOWER.
AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE REFUGEES, I MEAN, THEY MAYBE HAVE
ONE SET OF CLOTHES.
AND THEY'RE IN THIS DIRT AND MESS EVERY SINGLE DAY AND JUST
BEING ABLE TO WALK IN TO A ROOM, LOCK THE DOOR, AND BE ALONE FOR
A SECOND BUT THEN ALSO JUST TO GET THAT SENSE OF BEING CLEAN
AND HAVING A SENSE OF HUMANITY AGAIN, IT'S SO VALUABLE TO THEM.
ANNOUNCER: WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED TODAY'S PROGRAM.
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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