ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU GOT UP AND SAID, "THE JOY
OF THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH AND I'M NOT GONNA SPEND THE DAY
DEPRESSED.
I'M GONNA THINK ON THINGS THAT WILL BENEFIT ME.
I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT--" COME ON, FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE.
DON'T GIVE THE DEVIL ONE MORE DAY OF YOUR LIFE.
DO WARFARE WITH THE WORDS OF YOUR MOUTH.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT MOUTH CONTROL
AND I'M GONNA LAY
A LITTLE FOUNDATION HERE.
AGAIN, SOME NEW THINGS THAT I DON'T THINK I'VE SHARED BEFORE.
AND THEN, I SPENT A COUPLE OF SESSIONS GOING THROUGH
SIX THINGS THAT WE SHOULD NOT DO WITH OUR MOUTH, AND WE TALKED
ABOUT JUDGMENT, CRITICISM, COMPLAINING, BEING NEGATIVE,
BOASTING, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS
LIKE THAT THAT I FELT WERE REALLY IMPORTANT.
NOW, TODAY WE WANNA GO THROUGH SIX THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD DO
WITH YOUR MOUTH.
BECAUSE TO BE HONEST, I WOULD RATHER YOU CONCENTRATE
ON WHAT YOU SHOULD DO THAN WHAT YOU SHOULD NOT DO.
I REALLY THINK A LOT OF TIMES WE DEFEAT OURSELVES BECAUSE WE KEEP
OUR MIND ON THE WRONG STUFF WE'RE DOING AND WE'RE STRUGGLING
TRYING NOT TO DO IT RATHER THAN CONCENTRATING ON DOING--
FOR EXAMPLE, IF I CONCENTRATE ON BEING A BLESSING
TO OTHER PEOPLE, ENCOURAGING OTHER PEOPLE, GIVING
TO OTHER PEOPLE, THEN THAT AUTOMATICALLY SHUTS SELFISHNESS
OUT OF MY LIFE.
SO, RATHER THAN GETTING UP EVERY DAY AND TRYING REALLY HARD
NOT TO BE SELFISH, I'VE LEARNED TO JUST CONCENTRATE
ON THE GOOD BECAUSE WE OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, I THINK IT JUST--IT'S JUST BETTER FOR US
ALL THE WAY AROUND IF WE'RE CONCENTRATING ON THE POSITIVE
THINGS WE SHOULD DO RATHER THAN THE WRONG THINGS
WE SHOULD NOT DO.
I THINK IT'S ALMOST SELF-DEFEATING TO JUST GO AROUND
ALL THE TIME THINKING, "I BETTER NOT DO THAT.
I BETTER NOT DO THIS. I CAN'T DO THAT.
BOY, I GOTTA BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT.
I GOTTA BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT."
IT'S JUST SO MUCH MORE UPLIFTING TO JUST CONCENTRATE ON WHAT YOU
SHOULD BE DOING.
MOUTH CONTROL IS VERY BENEFICIAL TO YOU.
EVERYTHING THAT I'VE TRIED TO TEACH YOU THIS WEEKEND IS
SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP YOU IN YOUR LIFE, HELP YOU HAVE
A BETTER LIFE, AND HELP YOU HAVE MORE POWER IN YOUR EVERYDAY
LIFE IF YOU WILL DO IT.
WE ALL WANNA KNOW WHAT THE BENEFIT IS, AND SO HERE'S
SOME OF THE BENEFITS.
IF YOU'RE USING YOUR MOUTH FOR WHAT YOU SHOULD BE USING IT
FOR, RATHER THAN WHAT YOU SHOULD NOT BE USING IT FOR,
YOU ARE GONNA HAVE MUCH QUICKER AND MORE AMAZING ANSWERS
TO PRAYER.
ISAIAH 58 IS THE SCRIPTURE I USE TO BACK THAT UP, VERSE 9.
YOU ARE GOING TO BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT.
JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE ONE VISITATION FROM GOD
OR ONE TIME IN YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU PRAY TO BE FILLED
WITH THE SPIRIT AND YOU FEEL LIKE GOD REALLY TOUCHES YOU,
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT LASTS YOU FOREVER.
AS INDIVIDUALS, WE'RE KINDA LEAKY, SO--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, WE CAN LEAK STUFF OUT PRETTY FAST.
AND WE NEED TO BE--ACCORDING TO EPHESIANS 5, WE NEED TO BE
EVER FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT.
AND IN EPHESIANS 5, VERSE 18, IT SAYS, "BE EVER FILLED
WITH THE SPIRIT, SPEAKING TO YOURSELF
WITH PSALMS AND HYMNS, MAKING MELODY IN YOUR HEART,
SINGING SPIRITUAL SONGS."
ANOTHER TRANSLATION SAYS, "SPEAKING TO ONE ANOTHER
IN PSALMS AND HYMNS."
SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST SAY, "WELL, LET'S JUST DO BOTH."
SO, IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING TO ME THAT AFTER SAYING,
"BE EVER FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT," THE ONE THING
HE TALKS ABOUT IS HOW WE TALK.
I FIND THAT INTERESTING.
SO, IF YOU WANNA BE EVER FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT, BE SURE YOU'RE
TALKING TO YOURSELF RIGHT, BE SURE YOU'RE TALKING
TO OTHER PEOPLE RIGHT.
AND BY THE WAY, ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T TAKE AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT
OF TIME TO TEACH ON THIS, WHICH IS UNUSUAL FOR ME
BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT AREA,
I DON'T WANNA FAIL TO MENTION THAT THE WAY YOU TALK
TO YOURSELF ABOUT YOURSELF, THE WORDS THAT COME OUT
OF YOUR MOUTH ABOUT YOURSELF IS SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
WORDS THAT YOU NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO.
YOU NEED TO BE SAYING ABOUT YOURSELF WHAT GOD
IS SAYING ABOUT YOU.
AND ALL ACROSS THE WORLD, PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT LEARNED
TO DISCIPLINE THEIR MOUTH JUST SAY SOME OF THE MOST AWFUL
THINGS ABOUT THEMSELVES.
"I CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT.
NOTHING GOOD EVER WORKS OUT FOR ME.
EVERY TIME I GET A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY,
SOMETHING HAPPENS AND I LOSE IT.
NOBODY LOVES ME.
EVERYBODY REJECTS ME."
YOU HAVE TO STOP SAYING THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE YOU CANNOT
RISE ABOVE YOUR OWN CONFESSION.
LISTEN, THE BIBLE SAYS IN HEBREWS, NOW I WANT YOU
TO GET THIS, "JESUS IS THE HIGH PRIEST
OF OUR CONFESSION."
WOW, THAT MEANS HE CAN ONLY DO
WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
THE WORD "CONFESSION" MEANS TO SAY THE SAME THING AS.
WE NEED TO BE SAYING THE SAME THING THAT GOD SAYS,
WHICH IS LEARNING THE WORD AND SPEAKING THE WORD.
NOT SPEAKING OUT OF OUR FEELINGS,
NOT SPEAKING WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID, NOT SPEAKING
OUT OF OUR OWN CARNAL MIND, NOT SPEAKING
ACCORDING TO OUR CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT WE NEED TO LEARN TO SPEAK
THE WORD OF GOD, BECAUSE JESUS SAID, "MY WORDS
ARE LIFE AND THEY ARE SPIRIT."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE A BEHAVIOR THAT'S A WRONG
BEHAVIOR THAT YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE CHANGE?
ALL RIGHT, THEN STOP CALLING THINGS THAT ARE AS IF THEY'RE
ALWAYS GONNA BE THAT WAY.
STOP SAYING, "OH, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS.
THIS IS MY HANG UP.
I'M IN SUCH BONDAGE TO THIS.
BOY, THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR ME.
I'VE GOT A PROBLEM WITH THIS.
I'M REALLY HUNG UP WITH THIS."
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS START CALLING THOSE THINGS
THAT BE NOT AS THOUGH THEY ARE, AS LONG AS YOU FIND IT
IN THE WORD OF GOD.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE AN EATING DISORDER, DON'T GO
AROUND 50 TIMES A DAY SAYING, "I'VE GOT AN EATING DISORDER."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IF YOU'RE ADDICTED TO SUGAR, DON'T GO AROUND
SAYING, "MAN, IF I EAT 1 COOKIE, I GOTTA EAT 12, YOU KNOW?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "I'M OUT OF CONTROL WHEN IT COMES TO SUGAR."
NO, STOP TALKING.
HOW MANY OF YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M AT?
STOP TALKING LIKE THAT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND WHAT YOU SAY WHEN YOU'RE BY YOURSELF AND YOUR SELF
TALK, THE TALK THAT YOU TALK TO YOURSELF, WHICH IS MORE
THAN ANY OTHER KIND OF TALK THAT YOU DO.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.
SO, IF YOU WANNA BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT, YOU GOTTA SPEAK
TO YOURSELF THE RIGHT WAY.
YOU GOTTA LEARN HOW TO MEDITATE ON THE WORD.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF MOUTH CONTROL
IS BEING FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT.
JOY, MY GOODNESS.
YOUR JOY WILL INCREASE WHEN YOU BEGIN TO USE YOUR MOUTH
FOR WHAT YOU SHOULD USE IT FOR.
SOME OF YOU ARE DEPRESSING YOURSELF
WITH YOUR OWN CONVERSATION.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU DON'T NEED ANY HELP FROM THE DEVIL.
YOU DON'T NEED ANYBODY ELSE TO COME ALONG
AND DISCOURAGE YOU.
YOU ARE AN EXPERT AT DEPRESSING YOURSELF.
PROVERBS 18, "THE POWER OF LIFE AND DEATH IS IN THE TONGUE."
IT ALSO SAYS RIGHT BEFORE THAT AND ALSO IN THOSE SCRIPTURES,
VERSE 20, 21, THAT WE EAT OUR OWN WORDS.
"WITH THE WORDS OF OUR MOUTH
WE MUST BE SATISFIED, WHETHER FOR GOOD OR EVIL."
SO, I'M GONNA SAY IT AGAIN.
YOU CAN DEPRESS YOURSELF.
YOU CAN DISCOURAGE YOURSELF, OR YOU CAN ENCOURAGE YOURSELF.
YOU CAN CHEER YOURSELF UP.
AREN'T YOU HAPPY TO KNOW THAT YOU GOT SOME CONTROL
OVER HOW YOU FEEL?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST GET UP AND SAY,
"WELL, I FEEL DEPRESSED.
I GUESS I'LL BE DEPRESSED ALL DAY."
YOU KNOW, YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING SOMETIMES
AND MAYBE YOU DON'T FEEL JUST QUITE RIGHT.
EVERYTHING'S STILL TRYING TO GET GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND MAN, WE GET STARTED, "OH MAN, I FEEL SO BAD.
BOY, I JUST FEEL SO BAD.
OH, I FEEL DEPRESSED.
I FEEL DISCOURAGED."
WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU GOT UP
AND SAID, "THE JOY OF THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH AND I'M NOT GONNA
SPEND THE DAY DEPRESSED.
I'M GONNA THINK ON THINGS THAT WILL BENEFIT ME.
I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT--" COME ON, FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE.
DON'T GIVE THE DEVIL ONE MORE DAY OF YOUR LIFE.
DO WARFARE WITH THE WORDS OF YOUR MOUTH.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHAT I SAY TO YOU MAY BE IMPORTANT, BUT WHAT YOU SAY
TO YOU IS A LOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT ANYBODY ELSE SAYS
TO YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHAT ARE YOU SAYING TO YOU?
SOME OF YOU ARE GETTING A REVELATION.
"WELL, IT'S NO WONDER I'M IN A BAD MOOD," YOU THINK.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HOW MANY OF YOU GET WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT HERE?
IT CLOSES THE DOOR TO SATAN WHEN YOU USE MOUTH CONTROL AND YOU
MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING THINGS THAT GOD CAN USE.
IT SLAMS THE DOOR IN THE DEVIL'S FACE,
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO, LIKE, REFUSING TO COMPLAIN,
MURMUR, GRUMBLE, FIND FAULT.
I BELIEVE YOU CAN BE HEALED PHYSICALLY THROUGH SPEAKING
RIGHT THINGS.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THERE'S HEALING POWER
IN THE WORDS OF OUR MOUTH.
ONCE AGAIN, ISAIAH 58
TALKS ABOUT THAT.
SO, THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFITS TO SAYING THE RIGHT THING.
NOW, LET'S TAKE A LITTLE SPIRITUAL MATURITY TEST.
HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT FOR JUST A MINUTE?
DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'D LIKE TO OR NOT, WE'RE GOING TO.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 3, VERSE 1.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LISTEN TO A PERSON AND YOU CAN TELL
HOW SPIRITUAL THEY ARE.
SPIRITUALITY IS NOT DETERMINED BY HOW MUCH OF YOUR BIBLE
IS UNDERLINED, OR HOW MUCH CHRISTIAN JEWELRY YOU HAVE,
OR HOW MANY BUMPER STICKERS ARE ON YOUR CAR, OR HOW MANY TIMES
A WEEK YOU GO TO CHURCH.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT DOES NOT TELL US ONE THING ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL
LEVEL OF ANOTHER PERSON.
I THINK TO REALLY GET TO KNOW PEOPLE, YOU HAVE TO SEE THEM
IN ALL KINDS OF SITUATIONS.
WATCH PEOPLE IN TRIALS.
WATCH PEOPLE WHEN THEY DON'T GET WHAT THEY WANT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: 1 CORINTHIANS 3, VERSE 1,
THE GREAT APOSTLE PAUL TALKING TO THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH,
THE ONES WHO'D BEEN FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST AND OPERATED
IN THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS.
"HOWEVER, BRETHREN, I WAS NOT ABLE TALK TO YOU AS TO SPIRITUAL
[MEN], BUT AS TO NONSPIRITUAL [MEN OF THE FLESH, IN WHOM
THE CARNAL NATURE PREDOMINATES], I HAD TO TALK TO YOU LIKE
MERE INFANTS [IN THE NEW LIFE] IN CHRIST [UNABLE TO TALK YET!]"
NOW, I FOUND THAT VERY INTERESTING.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE THAT ANYWHERE
BUT IN THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE.
BUT HE GOES ON TO SAY, "I FED YOU WITH MILK, NOT SOLID FOOD,
FOR YOU WERE NOT YET STRONG ENOUGH [TO BE READY FOR IT];
AND EVEN YET NOW YOU ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH [TO BE READY
FOR IT], BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL [UNSPIRITUAL, YOU HAVE
THE NATURE] OF THE FLESH."
AND NOW HE'S GETTING READY TO TELL YOU HOW HE KNOWS
THEY'RE UNSPIRITUAL.
IT'S BECAUSE OF LISTENING TO THE WAY THEY TALK.
HE SAID, "YOU ARE CHILDREN IN YOUR WALK WITH GOD.
YOU HAVE NOT YET LEARNED HOW TO TALK RIGHT.
YOU'RE UNABLE TO TALK RIGHT."
AND THEN HE SAYS, "HERE'S HOW I KNOW YOU'RE UNSPIRITUAL, BECAUSE
YOU LIVE [UNDER THE CONTROL OF ORDINARY IMPULSES]."
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY WERE ACTING AND SPEAKING
OUT OF THEIR FLESHLY EMOTIONS, OUT OF THEIR OWN MIND.
" FOR AS LONG AS [THERE IS] ENVY AND JEALOUSY AND WRANGLING
AND FACTIONS," WHICH IS STRIFE, "AMONG YOU, ARE YOU NOT
UNSPIRITUAL AND OF THE FLESH, BEHAVING YOURSELVES
AFTER A HUMAN STANDARD AND LIKE MERE (UNCHANGED) MEN?"
LISTEN TO YOURSELF AND YOU CAN LOCATE YOURSELF.
STOP SAYING, "OH, I DIDN'T MEAN IT.
I WAS ONLY JOKING.
I WAS ONLY KIDDING."
START BEING ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR WORDS AND REALIZE
IF THEY CAME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, THEY HAD TO BE IN YOUR HEART
LONG ENOUGH TO FORM SOME KIND OF SOMETHING IN THERE
THAT BROUGHT YOU TO THE POINT WHERE YOU BEGAN TO SPEAK THAT
OUT OF YOUR MOUTH.
YOU CAN HEAR BITTERNESS COMING OUT OF YOUR MOUTH.
YOU CAN HEAR JEALOUSY COMING OUT OF YOUR MOUTH.
WHEN YOU HEAR THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BLESSED, ARE YOU ABLE
TO SINCERELY BE REALLY HAPPY FOR THEM?
PAY ATTENTION TO HOW YOU FEEL AND WHAT YOU SAY WHEN YOU HEAR
ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S BLESSINGS.
WHAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH REVEALS THE REAL PERSON
THAT YOU ARE.
YOU CAN HEAR FAITH OR FEAR COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH.
YOU CAN HEAR HUMILITY OR PRIDE, LOVE OR SELFISHNESS,
GREED OR THANKSGIVING, JEALOUSY.
YOU CAN REALLY GET TO KNOW YOURSELF AND YOU CAN GET TO KNOW
OTHER PEOPLE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WANNA DO BEFORE YOU GET INTO CLOSE
FELLOWSHIP WITH SOMEBODY IS LISTEN TO WHAT THEY ARE SAYING.
DON'T HANG OUT WITH NEGATIVE PEOPLE.
NOW, I'M NOT SAYING NEVER HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THEM BECAUSE
YOUR TESTIMONY AND WITNESS OF STABILITY MAY HELP THEM,
BUT YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHO YOU LET INTO YOUR INNER CIRCLE
AND WHO YOU HAVE CLOSE FELLOWSHIP WITH, WHO YOU
REALLY OPEN UP YOUR HEART TO.
DON'T HANG OUT WITH SELFISH, GREEDY PEOPLE.
DON'T HANG OUT WITH COMPROMISERS WHO HAVE ONE FOOT
SO-CALLED IN THE WORLD AND ONE IN THE KINGDOM.
I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE, BUT WE KNOW
THAT THAT DESCRIBES A COMPROMISING CHRISTIAN,
A CARNAL CHRISTIAN.
YOU KNOW, NOT EVERY CHRISTIAN IS A SPIRITUAL CHRISTIAN.
A LOT OF CHRISTIANS ARE CARNAL CHRISTIANS.
OUT OF THE HEART THE MOUTH SPEAKS.
EVERY TIME YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH, YOUR THOUGHTS PARADE UP AND DOWN
THE WORDS THAT YOU SPEAK.
PRETTY SCARY, HUH?
ALL RIGHT, SIX THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD DO WITH YOUR MOUTH,
AND IF YOU STAY BUSY DOING THESE THINGS, THEN YOU WON'T BE
DOING THE THINGS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING.
NUMBER ONE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE
THE POWER TO DO THIS OR NOT, BUT BOY, THIS CAN REALLY SHAKE
THINGS UP IN YOUR LIFE AND ADD A DIMENSION OF POWER
THAT MAYBE YOU'VE NEVER HAD.
YOU NEED TO STAY BUSY BLESSING
EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY BLESS.
YOU HAVE THE POWER TO BLESS AND THE POWER TO CURSE
BY THE WORDS OF YOUR MOUTH.
NUMBERS CHAPTER 6.
SINCE I'VE BEEN STUDYING THIS AND GETTING EVEN A GREATER
REVELATION, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I SAY WHEN I GET UP NOW
IS, "GOD, I BLESS THIS DAY IN JESUS'S NAME.
I BLESS MY HUSBAND, I BLESS MY CHILDREN,
I BLESS MY GRANDCHILDREN.
I BLESS MY SONS-IN-LAW AND DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW.
I BLESS MYSELF IN JESUS'S NAME.
I'M GONNA LIVE UNDER THE BLESSINGS.
I'M BLESSED WHEN I GO IN, I'M BLESSED WHEN I GO OUT."
HEY, YOU'RE GONNA BE SAYING SOMETHING, IT MIGHT AS WELL BE
SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA ADD TO YOUR LIFE.
WHY KEEP SAYING STUFF THAT'S SUBTRACTING FROM YOUR LIFE?
STOP OPENING DOORS FOR THE DEVIL
TO STEAL EVERYTHING THAT JESUS DIED TO GIVE YOU.
ZIP YOUR LIP.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I WANT EVERYBODY TO SEE THIS.
"AND THE LORD SAID TO MOSES, SAY TO AARON AND HIS SONS,
THIS IS THE WAY YOU SHALL BLESS THE ISRAELITES.
SAY TO THEM, THE LORD BLESS YOU AND WATCH, GUARD, AND KEEP YOU;
THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE TO SHINE UPON YOU, ENLIGHTEN YOU, BE
GRACIOUS (KIND, MERCIFUL TO YOU, AND GIVE YOU FAVOR);
THE LORD LIFT UP HIS [APPROVING]
COUNTENANCE UPON YOU AND GIVE YOU PEACE.
AND THEY SHALL PUT MY NAME UPON THE ISRAELITES, AND I
WILL BLESS THEM," SAYS THE LORD.
THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU.
THE LORD WATCH OVER YOU, GIVE YOU FAVOR,
MAKE HIS FACE SHINE UPON YOU.
WHAT AN AWESOME THING TO HAVE SPOKEN OVER YOUR LIFE.
AND YET I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF WORDS.
I DIDN'T EVEN BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WAS DOING
AND I DOUBT THAT HE DID EITHER.
IT WAS PROBABLY JUST SOMETHING THAT THEY LEARNED IN PASTORING
SCHOOL THAT YOU SHOULD CLOSE EVERY SERVICE WITH,
AND OBVIOUSLY THE WORDS HAVE TO HAVE FAITH BEHIND THEM.
THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO EXPLAIN TO YOU THAT I'M GOING
TO PRAY THIS BLESSING OVER YOU AND I WANT YOU TO MAKE YOUR MIND
UP NOW THAT WHEN I DO, YOU'RE GONNA RECEIVE IT BY FAITH
AND YOU'RE GONNA BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE A TURNING POINT
IN YOUR LIFE.
BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THE POWER TO TAKE AUTHORITY
OVER ALL CURSES THAT HAVE BEEN RELEASED BECAUSE OF WRONG THINGS
THAT HAVE BEEN SPOKEN TO YOU AND ABOUT YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THE BIBLE SAYS IN JAMES 3:10, "MY BRETHREN,
OUT OF THE SAME MOUTH COME FORTH BLESSING AND CURSING.
THESE THINGS OUGHT NOT TO BE SO."
WE GOTTA GET RID OF THE MIXTURE.
DON'T CURSE THE DAY THAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU BY SAYING
SOMETHING NEGATIVE ABOUT IT.
BLESS THE DAY.
GET UP IN THE MORNING AND SAY, "I BLESS THIS DAY
IN JESUS'S NAME.
THIS DAY IS GOING TO BE A BLESSING.
I'M BLESSED WHEN I GO IN AND BLESSED WHEN I GO OUT."
I'D LIKE US TO LOOK AT DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 28.
MANY OF THE THINGS IN THIS CHAPTER, YOU
NEED TO HAVE READ THEM ENOUGH THAT THEY'RE COMMITTED
TO MEMORY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE YOU EVERY DAY
OF YOUR LIFE TO SPEAK THESE THINGS OVER YOUR LIFE.
REMEMBER, YOU HAVE MORE AUTHORITY IN YOUR LIFE
THAN ANYBODY ELSE DOES.
DO YOU KNOW THAT?
I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY SAYS TO YOU NEGATIVELY,
YOU CAN OVERTURN WHAT THEY SAY
BY SPEAKING POSITIVELY, BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE POWER
OVER YOUR LIFE THAN ANYBODY ELSE DOES.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, MY FATHER SAID SO MANY NEGATIVE
THINGS TO ME, AND I WAS LIVING UNDER THE CURSE OF THAT UNTIL I
LEARNED HOW TO SPEAK THE WORD OF GOD FAITHFULLY,
MYSELF, OUT OF MY OWN MOUTH.
AND WHEN I DID THAT, THAT OVERTURNED THE NEGATIVE
CONFESSION THAT OTHER PEOPLE
WERE TRYING TO MAKE.
CAN ANYBODY SAY AMEN?
AUDIENCE: AMEN.
JOYCE: DEUTERONOMY 28, "IF YOU WILL LISTEN DILIGENTLY
TO THE VOICE OF THE LORD YOUR GOD, BEING WATCHFUL TO DO
ALL OF HIS COMMANDMENTS WHICH I COMMAND YOU THIS DAY,
THE LORD YOUR GOD WILL SET YOU HIGH ABOVE ALL THE NATIONS
OF THE EARTH.
AND ALL THESE BLESSINGS SHALL COME UPON YOU AND OVERTAKE
YOU IF YOU HEED THE VOICE OF THE LORD YOUR GOD.
BLESSED SHALL YOU BE IN THE CITY AND BLESSED SHALL YOU BE
IN THE FIELD.
BLESSED SHALL YOU BE IN THE FRUIT OF YOUR BODY."
YOUR BEASTS SHALL BE BLESSED.
I DECLARE THAT MY DOG IS BLESSED.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: MY CHILDREN ARE THE FRUIT OF MY BODY.
I DECLARE THAT THEY ARE BLESSED.
MY CHILDREN ARE BLESSED.
I'M BLESSED IN MY GROCERY BASKET.
AND I DON'T COOK, BUT IF I WAS, IT WOULD BE BLESSED.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "BLESSED SHALL YOU BE WHEN YOU COME IN AND BLESSED
SHALL YOU BE WHEN YOU GO OUT."
COME ON, CAN I GET YOUR MOUTH INTO THE SERVICE OF GOD?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: WHEN I GO OUT MY DOOR TODAY, I'M BLESSED.
I'M BLESSED AT THE GROCERY STORE.
I'M BLESSED AT THE MARKET.
I'M BLESSED AT WORK.
I'M BLESSED ON THE HIGHWAY.
COME ON, MAKE THE DEVIL MAD.
START TAKING SOME AUTHORITY OVER YOUR LIFE.
NOBODY HAS MORE AUTHORITY OVER YOUR LIFE THAN YOU DO.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: STOP DESTROYING YOUR LIFE WITH YOUR OWN WORDS
AND THEN COMING TO SOME PREACHER EXPECTING THEM TO FIX IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IT'S ONE THING IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER,
BUT AFTER TODAY YOU CANNOT CLAIM IGNORANCE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "THE LORD SHALL CAUSE YOUR ENEMIES WHO RISE UP AGAINST
YOU TO BE DEFEATED BEFORE YOU; THEY'LL COME OUT AGAINST YOU
ONE WAY AND FLEE BEFORE YOU SEVEN WAYS."
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF THE DEVIL.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: "THE LORD SHALL COMMAND THE BLESSING
UPON YOU IN YOUR STOREHOUSE."
SO, I SAY MY BANK ACCOUNT IS BLESSED.
MY SAVINGS ACCOUNT IS BLESSED.
ANY INVESTMENTS I HAVE IS BLESSED.
THE LAND I LIVE ON IS BLESSED.
EVERYTHING THAT I UNDERTAKE IS BLESSED.
AND THEN IF YOU GO ON DOWN HERE A LITTLE BIT, VERSE 11,
"THE LORD SHALL MAKE YOU HAVE A SURPLUS OF PROSPERITY,
THROUGH THE FRUIT OF YOUR BODY."
I WORK HARD AND GOD BLESSES MY WORK.
HE SAYS SOME OF THE SAME THINGS.
NOW, I LOVE THIS. YOU READY?
VERSE 13, "AND THE LORD SHALL MAKE YOU THE HEAD,
AND NOT THE TAIL; YOU'LL BE ABOVE, AND NOT BENEATH."
I'VE BEEN SAYING THESE THINGS FOR YEARS AND I THINK
THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY I'M WHERE I'M AT TODAY.
I DON'T THINK WE REALIZE HOW MUCH WE ARE HINDERED FROM LIVING
THE FUTURE THAT GOD HAS PREORDAINED FOR US BECAUSE WE
KEEP DISAGREEING WITH HIS PLAN.
I BLESS THIS DAY.
I'M BLESSED WHEN I GO IN.
I'M BLESSED WHEN I GO OUT.
MY CHILDREN ARE BLESSED.
MY HUSBAND IS BLESSED.
MY BODY'S BLESSED.
MY DOG IS BLESSED.
MY HOUSE IS BLESSED.
MY LAND IS BLESSED.
MY JOB IS BLESSED.
GET A REVELATION, DEVIL.
I AM BLESSED.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: OKAY, SECOND THING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE BUSY
WITH CONCERNING OUR MOUTH.
AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT ANY BRAND NEW NEWS,
BUT IT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T DO NEARLY ENOUGH.
THE BIBLE SAYS IN PSALM 100, VERSE 4,
THAT WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL AND SAY SO.
SAY SO.
LET THE REDEEMED OF THE LORD SAY SO, SAY SO, SAY SO.
WE NEED TO BE THANKFUL AND SAY SO, SAY SO.
SO MANY PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, YOU KNOW I'VE GOT A THANKFUL HEART."
WELL, OPEN YOUR MOUTH.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: TELL PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE THANKFUL
FOR WHAT THEY DO FOR YOU.
TELL GOD HOW THANKFUL YOU ARE.
HAVE A THANK SESSION EVERY MORNING,
TAKE EVEN THREE TO FIVE MINUTES AND JUST THANK GOD
FOR EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF.
EVERYTHING FROM HOT WATER, TO FOOD TO EAT,
TO A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD.
THANK GOD FOR EVERY BLESSING THAT YOU CAN THINK OF.
GOD HAS GIVEN US A MOUTH TO GLORIFY HIM AND COMPLAINING
DOES NOT GLORIFY GOD.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH HAPPIER PEOPLE WOULD BE
IF THEY WOULD KEEP THEIR HEART, AND MIND, AND MOUTH FULL
OF GRATITUDE?
1 THESSALONIANS 5:18, "THANK [GOD] IN EVERYTHING
[NO MATTER WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES MIGHT BE,
BE THANKFUL AND," WHAT?
"GIVE THANKS]," OR BE THANKFUL AND SAY SO, "FOR THIS IS
THE WILL OF GOD FOR YOU [WHO ARE] IN CHRIST JESUS
[THE REVEALER AND THE MEDIATOR OF THAT WILL]."
VERSE 19, "DO NOT QUENCH (SUPPRESS OR SUBDUE)
THE [HOLY] SPIRIT."
NOW, TO QUENCH THE HOLY SPIRIT MEANS TO KEEP HIM FROM WORKING.
IF I STOP GIVING THANKS AND I START MURMURING AND COMPLAINING
WHILE I'M WAITING FOR MY BREAKTHROUGH,
WHICH IS WHEN WE NORMALLY MURMUR AND COMPLAIN.
COME ON, THE LONGER YOU HAVE TO WAIT, THE GREATER
THE TEMPTATION TO MURMUR.
WHAT I'VE LEARNED TO DO IS, WHILE I'M WAITING, EVERY TIME
THAT COMES TO MY MIND, EVEN IF THE ENEMY TRIES TO PUT
A THOUGHT, "WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT THIS
FOR TEN YEARS."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HERE'S WHAT GOD'S BEEN TEACHING ME TO DO.
OPEN MY MOUTH AND SAY, "GOD, I THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE WORKING."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "I THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE WORKING.
I MAY NOT SEE IT, I MAY NOT FEEL IT, BUT YOU ARE WORKING.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I'M GONNA SEE THE RESULT OF WHAT YOU
ARE DOING BEHIND THE SCENES."
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT GOD IS WORKING RIGHT NOW TODAY
IN YOUR LIFE IN THE EARTH?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: WHEN WE SEE SOME GREAT THING HAPPEN, THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT THAT WAS THE MOMENT GOD DECIDED TO DO IT.
HE'S BEEN WORKING ON IT, BRINGING CIRCUMSTANCES TOGETHER,
CHANGING HEARTS, CHANGING MINDS, CHANGING AUTHORITIES,
CHANGING NATIONS.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE SEE THIS GREAT THING HAPPEN
AND WE SAY, "OH MAN, LOOK WHAT GOD DID."
WELL, GOD'S DOING SOMETHING RIGHT NOW AND THIS IS WHEN WE
NEED TO THANK GOD.
GOD, THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE IN CONTROL IN EARTH.
THANK YOU THAT THE WICKED WILL NOT PREVAIL.
THANK YOU, GOD, THAT YOU WILL BE EXALTED IN THE NATIONS.
THANK YOU, GOD, THAT YOU WILL EXALTED IN ALL THE EARTH.
JOYCE: WE'RE GONNA HAVE MUCH MORE SUCCESS IN LIFE IF WE FOCUS
ON WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING AND SAYING RATHER
THAN ON WHAT WE SHOULDN'T.
SO, BE DETERMINED TO FILL YOUR HEART AND YOUR MOUTH
WITH THE THINGS THAT GOD SAYS ABOUT YOU AND YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES
AND THE THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD BE SAYING TO AND ABOUT OTHER
PEOPLE, AND WATCH YOUR LIFE TURN COMPLETELY AROUND FOR THE BETTER
WHEN YOU DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL OFFER FOR YOU TODAY THAT I
BELIEVE IS GONNA HELP YOU IN THIS AREA, AND I BELIEVE
THAT ANYBODY WHO REALLY WANTS TO GROW IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD, AND YOU REALLY WANNA GROW IN BEING ABLE
TO DO WHAT YOU BELIEVE THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO DO, THEN YOU'RE
GONNA BE WILLING TO STUDY.
AND WE'RE OFFERING A FOUR-CD AUDIO SERIES CALLED,
"THE POWER OF WORDS," AND WE'RE OFFERING THAT TODAY
FOR YOUR GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT BECAUSE WE WANT EVERYBODY
TO BE ABLE TO GET IT.
ALL WE ASK IS THAT YOU DO YOUR VERY BEST.
AND I KNOW SOME CAN GIVE A LITTLE MORE THAN OTHERS,
AND SO YOU CAN MAKE UP FOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE MAYBE
WHO CAN'T AFFORD AS MUCH.
THE WORD OF GOD HAS POWER IN IT TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE,
SO GIVE THE WORD OF GOD A PLACE OF PRIORITY IN YOUR LIFE.
WE LOVE YOU, WE CARE ABOUT YOU, AND EVEN BETTER THAN THAT, GOD
LOVES YOU AND CARES ABOUT YOU, AND HE'S GOT A GREAT PLAN
FOR YOUR LIFE, AND DON'T YOU EVER FORGET THAT.
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.
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