ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: IF YOU GET SERIOUS ENOUGH, EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM
CAN HAVE ALL THE VICTORY YOU COULD POSSIBLY WANT, BUT YOU
CAN'T JUST THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOME
DRIVE-THRU BREAKTHROUGH.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: I WANT TO START IN LUKE CHAPTER 19,
THE FIRST 8 VERSES.
"AND [JESUS] ENTERED JERICHO AND WAS PASSING THROUGH IT.
AND THERE WAS A MAN CALLED ZACCHAEUS,
A CHIEF TAX COLLECTOR, AND [HE WAS] RICH."
SO, THIS IS TELLING US THAT ZACCHAEUS WAS NOT
A REAL HONEST GUY.
TAX COLLECTORS WERE PROBABLY HATED MORE THAN ANY OTHER GROUP
OF PEOPLE IN THOSE DAYS.
AND SO, HE NOT ONLY COLLECTED TAXES, BUT HE OBVIOUSLY GOT RICH
HIMSELF BY TAKING OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.
MAYBE SOMETHING ABOUT ZACCHAEUS WASN'T SATISFIED WITH HIS LIFE
BECAUSE HE'D HEARD ABOUT JESUS, AND HE WAS TRYING TO SEE JESUS,
WHICH ONE HE WAS, BECAUSE JESUS WAS COMING.
AND IT SAYS HE COULD NOT SEE HIM BECAUSE HE WAS SMALL IN STATURE.
NOW, LET'S JUST BE PLAIN, THAT MEANS HE WAS REAL SHORT, OKAY?
AND NOW, YOU KNOW, LIKE DAVE CAN SEE THINGS THAT I CAN'T SEE, AND
HE HAS A HABIT OF LAYING THINGS ON TOP OF STUFF THAT'S--LIKE HE
MIGHT PUT SOMETHING ON TOP OF A SHELF THAT I CAN'T EVEN SEE
THE TOP OF.
AND HE'LL SAY SOMETIMES, "WELL, DON'T YOU SEE THAT?"
AND I'M LIKE, "NO!
YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE THAT."
SO, I GUESS IF A PERSON IS REAL SHORT AND THERE'S A BIG CROWD,
AND THERE'S SOMETHING YOU'RE WANTING TO SEE, YOU MIGHT FEEL
THAT THAT WAS LIKE A LITTLE DEFICIT OR A HANDICAP FOR YOU.
BUT THE THING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND INTERESTING THAT I--THE
REASON WHY I LOVE THIS GROUP OF SCRIPTURES IS BECAUSE ZACCHAEUS
DIDN'T LET WHAT WAS GOING TO BE A LITTLE PROBLEM FOR HIM
STOP HIM.
EVERYBODY SAY DETERMINATION.
AUDIENCE: DETERMINATION.
JOYCE: SEE, IF YOU EVER WANT TO HAVE
WHAT JESUS DIED TO GIVE YOU, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A BOATLOAD
OF DETERMINATION.
AND THAT DETERMINATION MEANS THAT YOU HAVE THIS ATTITUDE,
"IF ANYBODY CAN HAVE WHAT JESUS DIED TO GIVE THEM,
THEN I CAN HAVE IT.
IF GOD CAN BLESS ANYBODY, THEN GOD CAN BLESS ME."
NOW, COME ON, I'M TALKING ABOUT HAVING A MORE AGGRESSIVE
ATTITUDE.
IF GOD CAN BLESS ANYBODY, HE CAN BLESS ME.
IF GOD CAN DO THAT FOR ANYBODY, HE CAN DO THAT FOR ME.
IF HE DID IT FOR YOU, HE CAN DO IT FOR ME.
ALL TOO OFTEN, WE LOOK AT WHAT'S WRONG WITH US, AND WHY WE CAN'T
AND CAN'T AND CAN'T AND CAN'T.
AND WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS, AND
WHATEVER WE WILL TRUST GOD FOR AND BELIEVE FOR, IF IT'S IN HIS
WORD, NOT JUST 'CAUSE YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO, BUT IF IT'S IN HIS
WORD, YOU CAN COUNT ON GOD DOING THAT IN YOUR LIFE AT THE RIGHT
TIME AND IN THE RIGHT WAY.
WELL, ZACCHAEUS WANTED SOMETHING, BUT HE HAD A
CHALLENGE IN FRONT OF HIM, AND I LOVE WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
HE WAS TRYING TO SEE JESUS, BUT HE WAS SMALL.
VERSE 4, "SO HE RAN ON AHEAD AND CLIMBED UP IN A SYCAMORE TREE IN
ORDER TO SEE HIM, FOR HE KNEW THAT HE WAS ABOUT TO PASS BY
THAT WAY."
NOW SEE, I HAVE THIS LITTLE THING THAT I LIKE TO SAY
THAT MORE PEOPLE NEED TO BE WILLING TO
CLIMB A TREE IF THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO GET WHAT
THEY WANT.
AND YOU CAN TRANSLATE THAT HOWEVER IT FITS INTO YOUR LIFE.
"SO HE RAN AHEAD AND HE CLIMBED UP IN THE TREE.
AND WHEN JESUS REACHED THE PLACE," AND I LOVE THIS, I WANT
YOU TO GET A PICTURE OF THIS.
TRY TO IMAGINE THIS SCENE.
BIG CROWD, GUY WANTS TO SEE JESUS.
I MEAN, HUGE CROWD.
HE'S REALLY NOT A VERY GOOD GUY, HE'S GOT PROBLEMS IN HIS LIFE,
BUT MAYBE HE'S READY FOR A CHANGE.
HE WANTED TO SEE JESUS, COULDN'T SEE HIM, SHOULD HE JUST GIVE UP?
IS IT GOING TO BE TOO HARD?
SHOULD HE JUST SAY, "OH, THIS IS NOT GOING TO WORK FOR ME,"
AND WALK OFF?
NO, HE RAN AHEAD OF EVERYBODY ELSE AND HE CLIMBED UP IN
A TREE.
"AND WHEN JESUS CAME PASSING BY," I LOVE THIS PART OF
THE STORY, IT SAYS THAT HE LOOKED UP.
NOW, WHY WOULD JESUS BE WALKING ALONG AND DECIDE TO LOOK UP
IN A TREE?
I'LL TELL YOU WHY, BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE ATTITUDE OF
ZACCHAEUS THAT DREW THE SPIRIT OF JESUS TO HIM.
COME ON NOW.
AND SO--AND HE SAID TO HIM, NOW WATCH THIS, "ZACCHAEUS, HURRY UP
AND COME DOWN BECAUSE I MUST STAY AT YOUR HOUSE TODAY."
WHO DOES JESUS LIKE TO HANG OUT WITH?
PEOPLE THAT HAVE GOT A DETERMINED ATTITUDE THAT THEY'RE
NOT GOING TO QUIT AND GIVE UP.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I THINK IF WE'RE WHINERS AND MOANERS AND GROANERS, AND ALL WE
DO IS TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN'T, AND WHAT WE DON'T, AND WHAT
WE'RE NOT, I'M NOT SURE THAT HE CARES TO COME TO OUR HOUSE.
AND I DON'T MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE CHRIST AS OUR
SAVIOR, BUT I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT IF WE WANT THE PRESENCE OF
GOD IN OUR LIVES, THEN WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THE KIND OF ATTITUDE
THAT HE WANTS US TO HAVE.
AND THAT MEANS I DON'T CARE WHAT I'M NOT, JESUS IS EVERYTHING
THAT I NEED.
AND SO, I MAY BE SHORT, BUT I CAN FIND A WAY TO DO WHAT HE
WANTS ME TO DO.
COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, COME ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: STOP THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE,
AND HOW YOU WEREN'T RAISED RIGHT, AND HOW YOU DIDN'T
GET THIS, AND YOU'RE NOT THIS AND YOU'RE NOT THAT.
DON'T FOCUS ON WHAT YOU'RE NOT, FOCUS ON WHO HE IS AND WHAT HE
CAN DO THROUGH YOU.
SO, AS WE GO ON, "SO HE HEARD
AND HE CAME DOWN, AND HE RECEIVED AND WELCOMED
HIM JOYFULLY."
VERSE 7, "AND WHEN THE PEOPLE SAW IT," AND THIS ALWAYS
HAPPENS, THESE PEOPLE JUST AGGRAVATE ME TO NO END.
"WHEN THE PEOPLE SAW THAT JESUS WAS GOING TO GO TO ZACCHAEUS'
HOUSE, THEY ALL MUTTERED AMONG THEMSELVES, INDIGNANTLY
COMPLAINING, 'HE HAS GONE TO BE THE GUEST OF AND LODGE WITH THIS
MAN WHO IS DEVOTED TO SIN AND IS A PREEMINENT SINNER.'"
IT'S AMAZING, THE PERSON WHO HAS
AN AGGRESSIVE ATTITUDE AND GETS GOD'S ATTENTION AND SOMETHING
GOOD STARTS TO HAPPEN IN THEIR LIFE, HOW ALL THE PEOPLE DON'T
LIKE IT, AND THEY--NOBODY ELSE RAN AND CLIMBED UP A TREE.
AND SO, THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN MURMURING BECAUSE ZACCHAEUS GOT
SOMETHING FROM JESUS THAT THEY WOULD'VE LIKE TO HAVE HAD.
AND THEN VERSE 8 SAYS, "SO THEN ZACCHAEUS STOOD UP AND SOLEMNLY
DECLARED," I LOVE THIS PART, "TO THE LORD, 'SEE LORD, THE HALF OF
MY GOODS [NOW] I GIVE [BY WAY OF RESTORATION] TO THE POOR, AND IF
I HAVE CHEATED ANYONE OUT OF ANYTHING, I [NOW] RESTORE
FOUR TIMES AS MUCH.'" YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS
TO PEOPLE WHEN YOU START HANGING OUT IN THE COMPANY
OF JESUS?
ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU GET GENEROUS.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU START WANTING TO GIVE INSTEAD
OF TAKING.
ZACCHAEUS HAD BEEN A TAKER, HE'D BEEN A THIEF, HE'D BEEN TAKING
OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY AND USING IT FOR HIMSELF.
NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, ONE ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS
AND HE'S A CHANGED MAN.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, DON'T LET ANY DEFICIT IN YOUR LIFE
HOLD YOU BACK.
YOU KNOW MY STORY IF YOU'VE WATCHED ME ON TV.
I MEAN, MY GOSH, I GOT SUCH A BAD START IN LIFE.
I MEAN, I WAS HURT SO BAD, AND YOU KNOW,
I HAD TO COME TO THE POINT WHERE I JUST SAID, "I'M NOT
GOING TO LET THAT HOLD ME BACK."
GOD IS GREATER THAN YOUR PAST.
AMEN?
HE'S GREATER THAN ANY PROBLEM THAT YOU'VE GOT.
WE'VE GOT A YOUNG MAN THAT'S HERE TODAY, AND I DON'T KNOW
WHERE TONY'S AT, BUT THIS IS LIKE THE THIRD TIME HE'S BEEN TO
ONE OF MY CONFERENCES.
I MET HIM 10 YEARS AGO, AND HE WAS ONE OF THE MAKE A WISH
FOUNDATION CHILDREN.
HE HAPPENS TO BE IN A WHEELCHAIR, AND HE'S GOT SOME
PHYSICAL CHALLENGES, AND SO HIS WISH WAS TO MEET ME, WHICH I
THOUGHT WAS JUST--IT'S JUST ONE OF THE SWEETEST THINGS
THAT'S EVER HAPPENED TO ME.
SO ANYWAY, THEY PAID FOR HIM TO COME HERE.
AND THEN AFTER MEETING HIM, WE KIND OF GOT IT IN OUR HEART TO
HELP THEM A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
SO, WE BOUGHT THEIR FAMILY, THE MINISTRY BOUGHT THEIR FAMILY
A WHEELCHAIR-EQUIPPED VAN, AND WE BOUGHT HIM A MUCH BETTER
WHEELCHAIR THAN WHAT HE HAD. AND SO, ANYWAY--
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THERE'S TONY RIGHT THERE.
SEE, THERE HE IS.
LOOK AT THAT, TONY, NOW YOU'RE FAMOUS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE
ON TV.
CHECK IT OUT.
ALL RIGHT, NOW HE CAME HERE TODAY, THEY DROVE FROM NAPLES,
AND HE'S SO EXCITED BECAUSE HE'S ABOUT TO GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON.
HE'S GETTING A BUSINESS DEGREE IN ADMINISTRATION.
NOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THAT SITUATION WOULD JUST GIVE UP
AND SAY, "WELL, MY LIFE'S OVER, I CAN NEVER DO ANYTHING"?
COME ON, WHAT HAVE YOU GIVEN UP ON
AND WHAT ARE YOU WHINING ABOUT?
LET'S LET HIS TESTIMONY KICK US IN THE TUTU A LITTLE BIT
AND SAY, "I'M GOING TO START CLIMBING A TREE IF THAT'S WHAT I
HAVE TO DO TO SEE JESUS IN MY LIFE," AMEN?
YEAH, AWESOME.
AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I JUST GET SO EXCITED ABOUT PEOPLE THAT
WON'T GIVE UP.
I'M TRYING TO GET THE POINT ACROSS TO YOU TODAY THAT YOU
WILL BE AMAZED WHAT YOU CAN DO IF YOU WON'T HAVE A GIVE UP
ATTITUDE BEFORE YOU EVER GIVE IT YOUR BEST TO FIND OUT WHAT GOD
CAN DO THROUGH YOU IF YOU'LL TRUST HIM AND
TAKE A STEP OF FAITH.
I MEAN, I AM TELLING YOU THAT THERE IS NO WAY THAT I SHOULD BE
DOING WHAT I'M DOING.
I TALK.
AND I GAVE MY MOUTH TO GOD, AND I SAID, "I BELIEVE THAT I CAN
OVERCOME MY PAST BECAUSE I SEE THE PROMISES IN YOUR WORD."
HEY, LISTEN, WHEN I STARTED THIS, WOMEN DIDN'T DO WHAT
I'M DOING.
THERE WAS MAYBE A HANDFUL, JUST A HANDFUL.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN: DETERMINATION.
I LOVE WHAT THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS THAT'S RECORDED IN
PHILIPPIANS 3, "MY DETERMINED PURPOSE IS TO KNOW HIM AND THE
POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION THAT LIFTS ME OUT FROM AMONG THE DEAD
EVEN WHILE I'M IN THE BODY."
AND IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS, YOU CAN
HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO BE DETERMINED TO NOT LET THE DEVIL OR CIRCUMSTANCES OR
ANYTHING ELSE STEAL IT FROM YOU.
HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO HAVE THE BEST LIFE THAT YOU CAN HAVE?
YOU MIGHT SAY, "YEAH, I'M PRAYING ABOUT THAT."
WELL, THAT'S GOOD, YOU ALWAYS WANT TO START WITH PRAYER, BUT I
WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE
THAN THAT BECAUSE GOD'S GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME THINGS THAT YOU
NEED TO DO, SOME THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO CHANGE.
AND HE WILL GIVE YOU THE GRACE TO DO IT, BUT WHEN IT COMES
RIGHT DOWN TO IT, YOU GOT TO DO THE DOING.
SEE, YOU'RE NOT CLAPPING AS LOUD FOR THE DOING PART.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "OH, I GOT TO DO SOMETHING?"
ALL RIGHT, NOW GENESIS 32.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT JACOB.
KIND OF THE SAME TYPE OF SITUATION, BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT.
JACOB, WELL, HE WAS JUST A REAL RASCAL.
I MEAN, HE AND ESAU WERE TWINS, AND ESAU WAS BORN FIRST,
HE WAS THE OLDER BROTHER.
AND WHEN THEY CAME OUT OF THE WOMB, JACOB WAS HOLDING ON
TO HIS HEEL, AND I LIKE TO SAY FROM THE WOMB HE WAS TRYING
TO GET AHEAD.
AND HE DID SOME THINGS THAT REALLY WERE NOT GOOD.
I MEAN, HE LIED, HE CHEATED, HE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF HIS BROTHER
AT A TIME OF WHEN HE WAS HUNGRY, AND HE GOT ESAU TO SELL HIM
HIS BIRTHRIGHT.
THEY--HE LIED TO HIS FATHER AND PRETENDED TO BE ESAU WHEN HE
WASN'T, AND ON AND ON AND ON.
WELL, AFTER ALL THESE THINGS HAPPENED AND HE GOT THE PRAYER,
THE BLESSING PRAYER OF THE FIRSTBORN, ONCE A FATHER GAVE
THAT BLESSING, IT COULDN'T BE TAKEN BACK.
AND SO, THAT BIRTHRIGHT REALLY MEANT A LOT IN THOSE DAYS.
SO, WHAT NORMALLY HAPPENS WHEN WE DO WRONG THINGS THAT WE KNOW
ARE WRONG IS IMMEDIATELY THEN HE BECAME AFRAID AND HE RAN.
HE WAS AFRAID THAT ESAU WOULD HURT HIM, AND SO HE RAN FOR
YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, AND HE AND ESAU DID NOT SEE EACH
OTHER OR REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH EACH OTHER.
WELL, ESAU--I MEAN, JACOB FINALLY I GUESS GOT TIRED
OF RUNNING.
MAYBE THERE'S SOMEBODY IN THE ROOM TODAY AND YOU'RE TIRED
OF RUNNING FROM THINGS IN YOUR PAST.
AND IT'S TIME FOR YOU NOW TO STOP AND DEAL WITH SOME STUFF
AND GET IT OVER WITH, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU SAY, "WELL, EXACTLY WHAT DO
YOU MEAN BY THAT?" WELL, HERE AGAIN I'LL USE MY
STORY AS AN EXAMPLE.
YOU KNOW, MY FATHER ABUSED ME AND MY MOTHER DIDN'T HELP ME AT
ALL, AND SO I ASKED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE FOR HELP,
A COUPLE OF RELATIVES.
THE POLICE ACTUALLY CAUGHT MY DAD ONE TIME ABUSING ME IN
THE BACKSEAT OF A CAR, AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, NOW I'M FINALLY
GOING TO GET HELP."
AND THEY DIDN'T HELP ME EITHER.
AND I MEAN, ACTUALLY THE POLICEMAN TOLD MY DAD, "WELL,
IF YOU'LL LET ME HAVE TIME WITH HER, I'LL LET YOU GO."
AND SO, YEAH.
AND SO, I MEAN, I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT.
AND SO, I KIND OF GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I JUST THOUGHT,
"NOBODY'S GOING TO HELP ME, SO I'M GOING TO SURVIVE THIS."
NOW, I WAS BORN AGAIN WHEN I WAS 9 YEARS OLD AND WE WERE VISITING
RELATIVES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.
AND THEY WERE ALL CHRISTIANS, AND SO I SNUCK OFF TO CHURCH
WITH ONE OF THEM AT A SATURDAY NIGHT SERVICE WHILE MY DAD
WAS OUT DRINKING.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW I KNOW THAT I NEEDED THIS, BUT I WENT
WITH THE PURPOSE IN MIND OF GETTING SAVED.
AND I TOOK TWO OF MY COUSINS AND SAID, "WE'RE ALL GOING
TO GET SAVED."
I GUESS THERE WAS SOMETHING IN ME EVEN BACK THEN.
AND SO, THAT NIGHT, THE PASTOR DID NOT HAVE AN ALTAR CALL.
NOW, COME ON, I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO THIS STORY,
HE DID NOT HAVE AN ALTAR CALL.
SO, I HAD A CHOICE TO MAKE.
DO I GO BACK HOME, OR DO I GET WHAT I CAME FOR?
COME ON, DO I GIVE UP AND GO BACK HOME, OR DO I GET WHAT
I CAME FOR?
COME ON, ARE YOU DETERMINED TO GET WHAT YOU WANT?
AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT FLESHLY STUFF, I'M TALKING ABOUT
ARE YOU DETERMINED TO HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD?
ARE YOU DETERMINED TO PUT HIM FIRST IN YOUR LIFE?
ARE YOU DETERMINED TO BE OBEDIENT TO GOD?
ARE YOU DETERMINED TO BE A PERSON FULL OF INTEGRITY IN
A WORLD TODAY THAT IS ABOUT AS CRAZY AS ANY OF US HAVE
EVER SEEN?
IT'S GONNA TAKE DETERMINATION.
AND SO, I REMEMBER I TOOK MY COUSINS BY THE HAND, I SAID--WE
WENT UP TO THE FRONT AND WAITED TO TALK TO THE PASTOR.
AND I WAS SO SCARED AND CRYING, AND WHEN HE CAME OVER AND SAID,
"WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?" I SAID, "CAN YOU SAVE ME?"
AND SO, HE PRAYED WITH ME, AND I REMEMBER CLEARLY MY SINS
BEING WASHED AWAY.
I JUST--I FELT LIKE A BRAND NEW PERSON, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW
ANYTHING.
NOW, THIS IS KIND OF A CUTE BUT A CRAZY STORY.
THE NEXT DAY, I CHEATED IN A GAME OF HIDE AND GO SEEK.
I REMEMBER HAVING MY HEAD AGAINST THE WHITE HOUSE,
AND I WAS TEMPTED TO PEEK.
AND I DID, AND THE DEVIL SAID, "YOU'VE LOST YOUR SALVATION."
OF COURSE, I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE DEVIL, I
DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, BUT I BELIEVED THAT.
AND SO, I JUST THOUGHT, "WELL, I'VE MADE A MISTAKE
AND THAT'S OVER."
SO, AS FAR AS I KNEW, I DIDN'T HAVE GOD IN MY LIFE.
BUT I CAN LOOK BACK AT MY LIFE NOW, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT
EVEN THOUGH GOD DID NOT GET ME OUT OF THAT SITUATION LIKE
I ASKED HIM TO, HE GAVE ME A STRENGTH AND A GRACE AND A POWER
TO GET THROUGH IT.
AND I DO REMEMBER THAT--AND I USED TO SAY I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT
WAS, BUT WHEN I WAS ABOUT 9 YEARS OLD, THIS DETERMINATION
CAME INTO ME THAT I WAS GOING TO OVERCOME.
AND I KNOW NOW THAT THAT WAS WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME
INTO ME.
AND WHEN HE COMES INTO OUR LIVES, HE COMES WITH STRENGTH
AND DETERMINATION, AMEN?
AND I CAN REMEMBER LAYING IN BED AT NIGHT WHEN I WAS, LIKE,
JUST A YOUNG TEENAGER.
AND THIS IS WHAT I WOULD THINK, WHICH DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE
EITHER.
I WOULD THINK, "SOMEDAY, I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING GREAT.
SOMEDAY, I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO
SURPRISE EVERYBODY."
BECAUSE MY DAD WOULD ALWAYS TELL ME THAT I WAS NO GOOD AND I'D
NEVER AMOUNT TO ANYTHING.
AND YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW BAD I FELT ABOUT MYSELF BECAUSE OF
WHAT HE WAS DOING TO ME, BUT GOD GAVE ME THAT DETERMINATION, HE
GAVE ME THAT GRACE TO SAY, "I'M GOING TO OVERCOME THIS, AND I'M
GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITH MY LIFE."
WELL, BECAUSE NOBODY WAS HELPING ME, I JUST DECIDED THAT I WAS
GOING TO SURVIVE, AND THAT AS SOON AS I WAS 18, I WAS GETTING
OUT OF THERE.
AND SO, AS SOON AS I WAS 18, I LEFT HOME, AND I THOUGHT
I GOT RID OF MY PROBLEM.
TOOK ME ANOTHER FEW YEARS TO REALIZE I TOOK IT WITH ME,
BUT IT WAS IN MY SOUL.
AND SOME OF YOU THINK YOU'VE GOTTEN RID OF YOUR PROBLEM, BUT
YOU STILL GOT IT IN YOUR SOUL BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T REALLY DEALT
WITH IT YET.
AND YOU MAY NEED TO DO THAT BEFORE YOU CAN BE EVERYTHING
THAT YOU NEED TO BE IN CHRIST.
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE UNDERSTANDING WHAT I'M SAYING
HERE TODAY?
OKAY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO MANY PEOPLE THAT GO TO
PSYCHIATRISTS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS AND THEY NEED COUNSELING ALL
THE TIME, IT'S FOR STUFF JUST LIKE THIS.
THEY HAVEN'T DEALT WITH STUFF THAT THEY NEED TO DEAL WITH.
AND SO, I WAS LIKE JACOB, I WAS RUNNING.
AND I REMEMBER WE WERE AT A CHURCH MEETING ONE NIGHT,
AND DAVE--THERE WAS A LADY THERE THAT WAS GIVING A TESTIMONY
ABOUT BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED BY HER--FOR HER, IT WAS HER
STEPFATHER.
AND DAVE BOUGHT ME HER BOOK, WHICH I DIDN'T WANT.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HE BOUGHT IT, BUT WHEN HE GOT HOME, HE SAID,
"I THINK IT WOULD REALLY HELP YOU TO READ THIS."
WELL, I WAS--I DIDN'T CARE ABOUT--I DIDN'T WANT TO
READ THAT.
AND SO, I SAT DOWN ONE DAY, AND I HAD THE BOOK.
AND WHEN I STARTED TO READ PAGE ONE, SHE WAS
DESCRIBING THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO HER, AND BOY,
IT WAS JUST EXACTLY LIKE THINGS THAT HAD HAPPENED TO ME.
AND I MEAN, ALL OF THESE--THIS PAIN AND EMOTION CAME RUSHING UP
IN ME.
YOU GUYS STILL WITH ME?
AND I THREW THAT BOOK ACROSS THE FLOOR.
AND I SAID, "I AM NOT GOING TO READ THIS."
AND I HEARD THE HOLY SPIRIT SAY VERY CLEARLY, "IT'S TIME."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW SEE, THIS MAY NOT BE THE ISSUE WITH A LOT OF YOU,
BUT I CAN TELL YOU IT IS WITH SOME.
AND I CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE HOW MANY PEOPLE WATCHING TV RIGHT
NOW ARE BROKENHEARTED AND HAVE WOUNDS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO
DROWN WITH DRUGS OR ALCOHOL, OR THEY'RE TRYING TO DROWN IT
WITH MONEY OR BUYING THINGS, OR THERE'S NO TELLING WHAT ALL
PEOPLE DO TO TRY TO GET AWAY FROM THEIR PAIN.
BUT THE THING IS, IF YOU RECEIVE CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR AND YOU
ASK HIM TO HEAL YOUR LIFE COMPLETELY, HE CAN CAUSE YOU
TO FACE ALL THOSE THINGS AND OVERCOME THEM.
AND THEN, AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, HE WILL TAKE THOSE THINGS
AND HE'LL ACTUALLY USE THEM TO HELP YOU IN YOUR FUTURE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, MY GOSH, WHAT KIND OF A GOD DO WE SERVE?
WHOO.
AMAZING, AMAZING.
AND SO, JACOB WAS RUNNING, AND HE CAME TO A POINT I GUESS
WHERE HE WAS FED UP WITH IT.
AND SEE, THAT'S WHAT'S GOT TO HAPPEN SOMETIMES, YOU GOT TO
COME TO THE POINT WHERE YOU'RE FED UP WITH IT.
AND SO, HE DECIDED THAT HE DIDN'T WANT TO RUN ANYMORE,
HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE AFRAID.
HE WANTED TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT WITH ESAU.
SO, HE STARTED SENDING GIFTS TO ESAU.
AND THEN EVERY GROUP THAT WOULD GO AND MEET ESAU WOULD--THE
GIFTS WOULD BE BETTER THAN THEY WERE BEFORE.
NOW, HAVING TOLD YOU THAT MUCH OF THE STORY, LET'S START IN
VERSE, OH, 22.
"BUT HE ROSE UP THAT [SAME]
NIGHT AND TOOK HIS TWO WIVES, AND HIS TWO WOMEN SERVANTS, AND
HIS ELEVEN SONS AND HE PASSED OVER THE FORD [OF THE] JABBOK.
AND HE TOOK THEM AND HE SENT THEM ACROSS THE BROOK; AND ALSO
HE SENT OVER ALL THAT HE HAD."
I LIKE TO KIND OF IMAGINE THIS, IT WAS LIKE HE HAD COME TO
A POINT IN HIS LIFE WHERE HE WASN'T WILLING TO GO ON ANYMORE
THE WAY HE WAS.
I WONDER IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE THAT'S NOT WILLING TO GO ON
ANYMORE THE WAY YOU ARE.
WHATEVER THAT MIGHT MEAN TO SOMEBODY, IT'S LIKE I'VE HAD
ENOUGH OF THIS, AND I DON'T WANT TO LIVE LIKE THIS ANYMORE.
I'M NOT GOING TO--I'M NOT GOING TO LIVE WITHOUT PEACE IN
MY LIFE.
I'M NOT GOING TO LIVE WITH--I'M NOT JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH
LIFE, I'M GOING TO LEARN HOW TO ENJOY MY LIFE, WHATEVER IT
MIGHT BE.
WHATEVER VICTORY IT IS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FROM GOD, YOU'VE GOT
TO BE DETERMINED THAT YOU WANT IT.
IT CAN'T BE A WISHY WASHY, YOU GOT TO BE DETERMINED THAT IF
ANYBODY CAN HAVE THE BEST THAT GOD HAS TO OFFER, YOU CAN.
AND SO, I PERSONALLY LIKE THE FACT THAT IT SAYS HE CAME TO
THAT RIVERBED, I GUESS, AND IT SAYS HE SENT--HE WALKED AWAY
FROM EVERYTHING THAT HE HAD.
HE WAS READY TO CONFRONT HIS ISSUE.
SOMETIMES, YOU GOT TO GET LIKE THAT.
YOU GOT TO BE LIKE, "I DON'T CARE WHAT IT COSTS ME,
I DON'T--I'M WALKING AWAY FROM EVERYTHING, AND I'M GOING TO
FIND OUT WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO GET THIS LIFE FIXED."
I'M TELLING YOU, IF YOU GET SERIOUS ENOUGH, EVERYBODY IN
THIS ROOM CAN HAVE ALL THE VICTORY YOU COULD POSSIBLY WANT,
BUT YOU CAN'T JUST THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOME
DRIVE-THRU BREAKTHROUGH.
TODAY, WE CAN GET EVERYTHING DRIVE-THRU.
YOU CAN DRIVE THROUGH AND GET ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING, BUT WITH
GOD, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
JOYCE: WELL, SOME OF THE SCRIPTURE VERSES THAT I'VE
SHARED WITH YOU TODAY TRULY HELPED CHANGE MY LIFE.
AND IT'S MY HOPE THAT YOU WILL STUDY GOD'S WORD AND FIND
SCRIPTURES OF YOUR OWN THAT HAVE GREAT PERSONAL MEANING TO YOU.
IF YOU APPLY THEM TO YOUR LIFE AND YOUR SITUATION, YOU WILL SEE
POWERFUL CHANGES IN YOUR LIFE.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU THESE FOUR TEACHINGS THAT ARE ALL
ABOUT SOME OF MY OWN FAVORITE SCRIPTURES.
THEY MAY NOT END UP BEING YOUR FAVORITE, BUT I THINK THAT YOU
WILL GET A GREAT LESSON OUT OF EACH ONE OF THESE.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY I THINK THESE ARE GOING TO BE SO GOOD.
WHEN SOMETHING MEANS A LOT TO ME, I SEEM TO HAVE A STRONGER
ANOINTING TO TEACH IT THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME.
AND SO, THESE SCRIPTURES REALLY WERE VERY POWERFUL AND PERSONAL
IN MY LIFE, AND I WANTED TO SHARE THEM WITH YOU.
WE'RE OFFERING IT TO YOU FOR YOUR GIFT TO THE MINISTRY OF ANY
AMOUNT TODAY.
THAT'S HOW MUCH WE WANT YOU TO HAVE IT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY CAN GET IT, SO YOU
JUST SEND IN THE BEST OFFERING THAT YOU CAN, AND WE KNOW THAT
YOU WILL DO YOUR BEST.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY, AND BE SURE
TO JOIN US AGAIN TOMORROW AS I CONTINUE TEACHING ON MY FAVORITE
SCRIPTURES.
ANNOUNCER: IN MORE THAN 42 YEARS OF TEACHING THE BIBLE,
JOYCE MEYER HAS EXPERIENCED THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD.
IN HER FOUR-CD SERIES "MY FAVORITE SCRIPTURES"
AND THE ACCOMPANYING BOOKLET, JOYCE SHARES SOME OF THE KEY
SCRIPTURES THAT CHANGED HER LIFE AND LED TO MAJOR TURNING POINTS
IN HER WALK WITH GOD.
JOYCE: THE BIBLE SAYS IN ZACHARIAH THAT IF WE WILL BECOME
PRISONERS OF HOPE, THAT GOD WILL RESTORE DOUBLE EVERYTHING THAT
WE'VE EVER LOST.
SO, IF WE AS BELIEVERS IN CHRIST WILL BECOME SO FULL OF HOPE THAT
NO MATTER WHAT THE ENEMY THROWS AT US, WE STILL HAVE GOT
A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, SOMETHING GOOD IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
ANNOUNCER: IT'S JOYCE'S HOPE THAT YOU'LL BE INSPIRED TO STUDY
THE BIBLE YOURSELF AND DISCOVER YOUR OWN FAVORITE SCRIPTURES
THAT WILL LEAD YOU TO A LIFE-CHANGING ENCOUNTER
WITH GOD.
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LORI: SOME OF THESE CHILDREN HAVE NEVER, EVER HAD
A BATH IN THEIR LIFE.
AS WE'RE TAKING LAYERS OFF, WE'RE FINDING WOUNDS, BURNS
THAT WERE NEVER TREATED, AND DISFIGURED FEET.
IT'S TOUGH TO SEE HOW MUCH THEY ENJOY IT.
THEY'VE NEVER HAD THIS BEFORE.
SO, WHAT IS BASIC TO US IN THE UNITED STATES THESE CHILDREN
HAVE NEVER HAD.
SO, IT'S HUMBLING, YES.
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