ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CHANGE EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE
IN OUR LIFE, BUT WE CAN CHANGE OUR OUTLOOK.
I KNOW IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, BUT I CANNOT STAND
HERE AND SAY THAT I'M SORRY I WAS ABUSED BY MY DAD.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: ENJOYING LIFE BEGINS WITH A CHOICE.
THE FIRST CHOICE IS TO BELIEVE THAT ALL THINGS
THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO US CAN WORK OUT FOR GOOD.
NO MATTER WHAT THEY ARE, ALL THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO US,
ALL BAD THINGS, UNPLEASANT THINGS, UNJUST THINGS, UNFAIR
THINGS CAN WORK OUT FOR GOOD TO THOSE WHO, NUMBER ONE, LOVE
GOD, AND NUMBER TWO, ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE.
AND LET ME JUST SIMPLIFY THAT, WHO LOVE GOD AND WHO ARE WILLING
TO DO WHAT HE SHOWS THEM TO DO.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I'LL NEVER FORGET A GIRL THAT ATTENDED
A CONFERENCE THAT I DID MANY YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS
A CONFERENCE WHERE IT WAS--
HAPPENED TO BE A LADIES CONFERENCE
AND THE LADIES WERE ALL SITTING AT THESE ROUND TABLES
IN THIS BIG BANQUET CENTER, AND THREE, FOUR SESSIONS WE HAD.
AND AT THE END, THE LADY CAME UP TO ME AND SHE SAID, "WELL, I
FOUND OUT WHAT MY PROBLEM WAS THIS WEEKEND."
AND I SAID, "WHAT'S THAT?" SHE SAID, "WELL," SHE SAID,
"I'VE BEEN ABUSED AND I'VE HAD A LOT OF BAD THINGS HAPPEN
IN MY LIFE."
BUT SHE SAID, "AS I SAT AT THE TABLE, IT SEEMED THAT GOD
HAS PLACED ME WITH SEVERAL OTHER
LADIES WHO HAD HAD ALMOST IDENTICAL BACKGROUNDS
AS I'VE HAD."
ISN'T IT AMAZING HOW GOD WILL SET YOU UP SOMETIMES?
AND SHE SAID, "BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND, THIS IS WHAT I
FOUND OUT, THEY'RE ALL FREE.
EVERYTHING THAT GOD TOLD THEM TO DO THAT THEY DID HE ALSO TOLD
ME TO DO BUT I NEVER DID IT."
WE'RE EXPECTING A LOT THESE DAYS AND WE'RE NOT WILLING TO DO MUCH
TO FEEL LIKE THAT WE'VE EARNED IT OR DESERVED IT
AND IT'S NOT GOOD FOR PEOPLE.
THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN EVER REALLY APPRECIATE ANYTHING IS TO KNOW
WHAT YOU PUT IN TO HAVE THAT REWARD IN YOUR LIFE.
NOBODY WILL EVER KNOW WHAT THIS MINISTRY MEANS TO ME.
AS CLOSE AS DAVE IS TO ME, NOBODY BUT GOD WILL EVER KNOW
WHAT THIS MINISTRY MEANS TO ME BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT I'VE HAD
TO GO THROUGH TO GET FROM WHERE I WAS TO WHERE I AM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CHANGE EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE
IN OUR LIFE, BUT WE CAN CHANGE OUR OUTLOOK.
I KNOW IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, BUT I CANNOT STAND
HERE AND SAY THAT I'M SORRY I WAS ABUSED BY MY DAD.
I DON'T KNOW HOW GOD WORKS IT OUT, BUT HE IS GOD AND HE CAN DO
SOME VERY UNUSUAL AND AMAZING THINGS, AND SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER,
HE'S WORKED IT OUT FOR MY GOOD AND FOR THE GOOD OF A LOT
OF OTHER PEOPLE, AND I KNOW THAT I HAVE A BETTER LIFE NOW
THAN I WOULD HAVE IF IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED TO ME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, WE CAN ALL STOP FEELING SORRY FOR OURSELVES
BECAUSE WE GOT A BAD START IN LIFE AND JUST SAY,
"GOD, HERE, YOU TAKE THIS MESS, LET ME SEE WHAT YOU
CAN DO WITH IT."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: GOD GATHERS UP THE FRAGMENTS OF OUR LIFE
THAT NOTHING BE WASTED.
HERE'S A GOOD STATEMENT FOR YOU, "NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS
ACCIDENTALLY."
JOYCE MEYER SAID THAT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: DEUTERONOMY 30:19, I WANT YOU TO SEE
THESE SCRIPTURES.
IT'S JUST IMPORTANT.
DEUTERONOMY 30:19, "I CALL HEAVEN AND EARTH TO WITNESS
THIS DAY AGAINST YOU THAT I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU LIFE AND DEATH,
THE BLESSING AND THE CURSING; THEREFORE CHOOSE LIFE, THAT YOU
AND YOUR DESCENDANTS MAY LIVE."
SO, LET'S JUST APPLY THIS TO OUR MESSAGE TONIGHT.
WHAT IF HE SAID, "I'VE SET BEFORE YOU
THE OPPORTUNITY TO THINK GOOD THOUGHTS OR BAD THOUGHTS.
YOU THINK GOOD THOUGHTS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A GOOD LIFE.
YOU THINK BAD THOUGHTS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A BAD LIFE.
NOW YOU CHOOSE WHICH WAY YOU WANT TO THINK."
IS ANYBODY IN THE ROOM CONVICTED THAT YOU NEED TO GET BEFORE GOD
AND START MAKING SOME PROGRESS IN THE WAY YOU THINK?
HALF OF YOU.
WELL, I'LL GET THE REST OF YOU, JUST WAIT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: ROMANS 12:21, I LOVE THIS, "DO NOT LET YOURSELF BE
OVERCOME BY EVIL, BUT OVERCOME AND (MASTER) EVIL WITH GOOD."
TO ME, THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL SCRIPTURES
IN THE BIBLE.
YOU OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD.
I DIDN'T GET THE DEVIL BACK FOR WHAT HE DID TO ME
BY GOING OUT AND HATING EVERYBODY.
I GOT HIM BACK AND I GET HIM BACK EVERY TIME I OPEN MY MOUTH
AND PREACH THE WORD TO HELP PEOPLE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET ANYBODY BACK BY HATING THEM,
BUT YOU CAN SURE MAKE A DENT IN THE WICKEDNESS IN THE WORLD
BY GETTING UP EVERY DAY AND SEEING HOW YOU CAN BE GOOD
TO EVERYBODY THAT YOU COME NEAR.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: CAN I JUST THROW THIS OUT THERE FOR GOOD MEASURE?
I DON'T MEAN IT TO BE RUDE, BUT GET YOURSELF OFF YOUR MIND.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, IT'S REALLY JUST NOT ALL ABOUT YOU.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND IT'S REALLY JUST NOT ALL ABOUT ME.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BELIEVE SOMETHING, SO WHY NOT MAKE IT
SOMETHING GOOD?
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGHT A GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH.
IT'S A FIGHT, WE'RE IN A WAR.
THE DEVIL'S ALWAYS GONNA BE THE DEVIL, BUT INSTEAD
OF DREADING IT AND RESENTING IT, AND--GET EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I GOT A PURPOSE EVERY DAY.
EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE, I HAVE A PURPOSE TO NOT LET
THE ENEMY CONTROL MY THOUGHTS AND TO NOT LET HIM DICTATE
WHAT I'M GONNA SAY.
I DON'T HAVE TO TALK ACCORDING TO MY CIRCUMSTANCES.
I CAN TALK ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD.
EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE, I HAVE THE CHALLENGE OF LOVING PEOPLE
THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY ALL THAT LOVELY.
COME ON, ANYBODY CAN GO TO WORK AND HATE EVERYBODY THAT'S NOT
NICE, BUT WE DON'T NEED THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
IN OUR LIVES.
YOU DON'T NEED TO COME TO THIS SEMINAR TO DO THAT.
YOU CAN GO DO THAT WITHOUT ANY GOD FACTOR IN YOUR LIFE AT ALL,
BUT WHEN GOD COMES IN, IT CHANGES THINGS,
AT LEAST IT'S SUPPOSED TO.
EPHESIANS 4:22 THROUGH 24, "STRIP YOURSELVES OF YOUR FORMER
NATURE [PUT OFF AND DISCARD YOUR OLD UNRENEWED SELF]."
THAT LITERALLY MEANS STOP ACTING LIKE YOU USED TO ACT BEFORE YOU
BECAME A NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST.
"WELL, I'VE TRIED, JOYCE, AND I JUST CAN'T."
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ABOUT TRYING, IT'S ABOUT BELIEVING GOD,
AND TRUSTING HIM, AND FELLOWSHIPPING WITH HIM,
AND SPENDING TIME IN THE WORD.
AND GOD DOES THE WORK IN US THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IF WE
LEARN HOW TO GO TO HIM.
"[PUT OFF YOUR OLD UNRENEWED SELF] WHICH CHARACTERIZED
YOUR PREVIOUS MANNER OF LIFE AND BECOMES CORRUPT
THROUGH LUSTS AND DESIRES THAT SPRING FROM DELUSION;
AND BE CONSTANTLY RENEWED IN THE SPIRIT OF YOUR MIND,"
CONSTANTLY?
OH, I WISH IT DIDN'T SAY THAT.
"AND BE CONSTANTLY RENEWED IN THE SPIRIT OF YOUR MIND
[HAVING A FRESH MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL ATTITUDE]."
I WISH THAT IT SAID AND ONE TIME ONLY IN YOUR LIFE YOU
HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD ATTITUDE AND AFTER THAT,
EVERYTHING'S GONNA GO GOOD.
NO, BUT WE HAVE TO DO THIS DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY.
SOMEBODY SAY, "I'M EXCITED."
A COUPLE OF YOU LOOKED AT ME LIKE, HMM.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "I AIN'T SAYING THAT."
"AND PUT ON THE NEW NATURE (THE REGENERATE SELF) CREATED
IN GODÍS IMAGE, [GODLIKE]
IN TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS."
SO, I LOOK AT THESE SCRIPTURES LIKE A SANDWICH.
YOU'VE GOT 22 AND 24 WITH 23 RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
TWENTY-TWO SAYS, "PUT OFF YOUR OLD LIFE."
LET'S JUST MAKE IT REALLY SIMPLE, STOP ACTING
LIKE YOU WEREN'T SAVED.
AND OVER HERE, START BEHAVING THE WAY GOD WANTS YOU TO,
BUT THE BRIDGE, HOW DO I GET FROM 22 TO 24 IS 23, "AND HAVING
YOUR MIND CONSTANTLY RENEWED AND A RENEWED ATTITUDE
CONSTANTLY."
AND THAT'S THE ANSWER, THAT'S THE ANSWER.
THE WAY TO HAVE THIS VICTORY OF LIVING THE NEW LIFE THAT GOD
HAS GIVEN US IS TO LEARN HOW TO THINK THE WAY GOD THINKS.
AND IT'S NOT AN AUTOMATIC.
I GET UP SOME MORNINGS, AND I MEAN, BEFORE MY FEET HARDLY HIT
THE FLOOR, I START HAVING SOME OF THE CRAZIEST THOUGHTS, I
MEAN LIKE, JUST STUFF THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO THINK, HELLO?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND I ACTUALLY, I WILL TALK TO MYSELF AND SAY,
"JOYCE, WE'RE NOT GOING THERE.
BEEN THERE, DONE THAT, NOT GOING THERE."
I KNOW IT'S THE ENEMY, AND SEE, THE ENEMY IS GOING TO TRY
EARLY EVERY MORNING TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS BECAUSE IF HE
CAN GET YOUR THOUGHTS EARLY, HE CAN GET YOUR DAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE MORNINGS, YOU'RE KIND OF GROGGY,
AND SLEEPY, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, "DO I REALLY HAVE TO START
FIGHTING THE DEVIL ALREADY?"
BUT IF YOU BEGIN TO LOOK AT IT LIKE A CHALLENGE,
IT CAN ACTUALLY GET TO BE FUN.
ALWAYS THINK MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU DO HAVE THAN WHAT YOU
DON'T HAVE.
HOW ABOUT IF WE FINISH CHARLIE'S STORY?
WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO DO THAT?
YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO GOOD OLE CHARLIE, DON'T YOU?
I MADE HIM UP, YOU KNOW?
THERE IS NO--BUT HE FITS A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AN UNWILLINGNESS TO COUNT HIS BLESSINGS IS
ONE OF CHARLIE'S BIGGEST PROBLEMS.
I LIKE THIS STATEMENT.
A MAN NAMED WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD SAID, "GOD GAVE YOU THE GIFT
OF 86,400 SECONDS TODAY, HAVE YOU USED EVEN ONE OF THEM
TO SAY THANK YOU?"
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
ONE OF HIS BIGGEST PROBLEMS WAS HE HAD AN UNWILLINGNESS
TO COUNT HIS BLESSINGS.
I THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE THAT HE PROBABLY WASN'T THANKFUL
FOR MUCH, IF ANYTHING AT ALL.
ALL OF HIS BLESSINGS WERE CLOUDED BY NEGATIVE THINKING.
INSTEAD OF THANKING GOD THAT HE HAD A JOB, HE RESENTED
NOT HAVING A BETTER JOB.
INSTEAD OF REALIZING HIS PARENTS DID THEIR BEST FOR HIM,
HE BELIEVED THEY DIDN'T LOVE HIM ENOUGH TO PROVIDE
BETTER OPPORTUNITIES.
HE COMPARED EVERYTHING ABOUT HIS LIFE TO THOSE WHO HAD MORE
THAN HE DID, BUT HE NEVER REALIZED HOW MUCH HE HAD,
HOW MUCH MORE HE HAD, THAN A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE
IN THE WORLD.
WHAT HAPPENED TO CHARLIE IN THE LONG RUN?
"WELL, HE DID ONE MORE JOB AND WAS ON THE VERGE OF LOSING
ANOTHER WHEN A CHRISTIAN MAN HE WORKED WITH INVITED HIM
TO GO TO CHURCH WITH HIM AND HIS FAMILY.
JULIE ALREADY ATTENDED CHURCH REGULARLY, BUT CHARLIE
HAD ALWAYS REFUSED TO GO.
THIS TIME HE SAID YES, AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE JUST THE RIGHT
THING AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME.
CHARLIE HAD FINALLY BEEN MISERABLE LONG ENOUGH,
AND HE WAS READY FOR A CHANGE."
HAS ANYBODY IN THE BUILDING BEEN MISERABLE LONG ENOUGH
AND YOU'RE READY FOR A CHANGE?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SEE, IF YOU WERE EXPECTING ME TO COME OUT
AND GIVE YOU SOME MAGICAL WORD OVER YOUR LIFE TONIGHT
THAT WOULD TURN ALL YOUR PROBLEMS AROUND,
I'M SORRY, AND ACTUALLY SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE
TRY DO THAT, IT IRRITATES ME.
GOD DOES MANY, MANY MIRACLES, BUT THE GREATEST MIRACLE THAT HE
DOES IS TO CHANGE A HUMAN BEING, AND THAT HAPPENS AS WE STUDY,
AND GET TO KNOW HIM, AND STICK WITH IT, AND DON'T QUIT,
AND DON'T GIVE UP, AND WE WATCH AND SEE WHAT GOD CAN DO
IN OUR LIFE.
HE WAS FINALLY READY FOR A CHANGE.
IS ANYBODY WATCHING TV RIGHT NOW READY FOR A CHANGE?
WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY CAME AT THE CLOSE OF THE SERVICE
TO RECEIVE JESUS, HE SURRENDERED
HIS LIFE TO CHRIST.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY HERE
IN JUST ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
AND SOME OF YOU THAT HAVE NOT MADE A DECISION YET TO RECEIVE
CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR, IF YOU'RE CHARLIE, THEN TONIGHT IT'S TIME
FOR CHARLIE TO GET SAVED.
"CHARLIE TOOK A BOLD STEP AND JOINED WITH MANY OTHERS
IN SAYING YES TO JESUS.
GRADUALLY OVER THE YEARS--" WE JUST MIGHT AS WELL TELL
THE TRUTH.
GRADUALLY OVER THE YEARS, NOT OVERNIGHT.
"GRADUALLY OVER THE YEARS, CHARLIE LEARNED ABOUT THE NEW
WAY OF THINKING AND THE NEW LIFE THAT JESUS OFFERED
AND HE DID CHANGE.
HE AND JULIE WENT ON TO HAVE TWO AMAZING CHILDREN.
CHARLIE HELD ON TO HIS JOB AND WAS EVEN PROMOTED
SEVERAL TIMES."
I LOVE STORIES WITH GOOD ENDINGS, DON'T YOU?
I WISH EVERY STORY HAD AN ENDING LIKE THIS, BUT SADLY, WE KNOW
THAT EVERY STORY DOES NOT HAVE AN ENDING LIKE THIS.
MIND, MOUTH, MOODS, AND ATTITUDES, WOW,
THEY SURE HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH OUR LIFE, DON'T THEY?
HOW DO YOUR THOUGHTS AFFECT YOUR OUTLOOK ON LIFE?
IF YOU NEED A BREAKTHROUGH, WHAT CAN YOU DO?
FIRST OF ALL YOU BELIEVE, JUST BELIEVE LIKE
A LITTLE CHILD, YOU BELIEVE.
I BELIEVE.
YOU'RE GONNA BELIEVE SOMETHING, IT MIGHT AS WELL BE
SOMETHING GOOD.
"I BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING GOOD IS GONNA HAPPEN IN MY LIFE,"
THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO START.
"I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS GOT
A GOOD PLAN FOR ME.
I BELIEVE THAT MY FUTURE IS GONNA BE MUCH BETTER
THAN MY PAST WAS.
I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE.
DEVIL, DO YOU HEAR ME?
I BELIEVE," AMEN?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: "I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE."
THEN START ASKING GOD FOR WHAT YOU WANT AND NEED.
YOU HAVE NOT BECAUSE YOU ASK NOT.
WHEN YOU GO TO GOD IN JESUS'S NAME, YOU'RE
PRESENTING TO GOD ALL THAT JESUS IS, NOT ALL THAT YOU ARE.
NONE OF US DESERVE GOD'S HELP,
THAT'S WHAT'S SO WONDERFUL ABOUT THE NEW LIFE IN CHRIST.
AND IN MATTHEW 7:7 AND 8, IT SAYS, "ASK AND YOU WILL RECEIVE.
SEEK AND YOU'LL FIND.
KNOCK, AND THE DOOR WILL BE OPEN UNTO YOU.
KEEP ON ASKING AND YOU'LL RECEIVE.
KEEP ON KNOCKING."
GOD IS YOUR FRIEND AND HE WANTS TO MEET YOUR NEEDS.
KEEP ASKING, ASKING HIM, ASKING HIM.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS YOU CAN HAVE,
THEN ASK GOD TO SHOW YOU THE TRUTH.
YEAH, UH-OH.
"AND YOU WILL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH
WILL MAKE YOU FREE."
YOU KNOW WHAT I SAY ALL THE TIME?
IT'S NOT THE TRUTH ABOUT DAVE THAT'LL MAKE ME FREE.
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LIFE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LIFE.
AND I CAN STILL HEAR IT, "WELL, IT'S NOT MY FAULT."
OKAY, I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, YOU PARTNERING WITH GOD AND BEGINNING TO DO
WHAT GOD SHOWS YOU TO DO IS THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
SOMEBODY ELSE IS NOT GONNA COME AND FIX IT, ONLY GOD CAN FIX IT
AND HE'S NOT GONNA JUST DO IT FOR YOU, HE'S GONNA DO IT
WITH YOU AND THROUGH YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
SPEND LOTS OF TIME WITH GOD.
YOU SAY, "WELL, WHAT CAN YOU DO WHEN YOU SPEND TIME WITH GOD?"
YOU JUST DO WHATEVER.
YOU CAN SIT AND DO NOTHING.
YOU CAN READ.
ABOVE ALL, YOU TALK TO HIM HONESTLY.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU SPEND TIME WITH GOD
THAT'S IMPORTANT, THE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT YOU
GAVE HIM THE TIME.
DO YOU HEAR ME?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD."
SOME OF YOU HONESTLY AND TRULY, IF YOU WOULD JUST GET UP
AND SPEND 15 MINUTES EVERY MORNING WITH GOD,
YOUR LIFE WOULD CHANGE SO RADICALLY THAT IT WOULD BE
UNBELIEVABLE.
STOP TRYING TO WORK GOD INTO YOUR SCHEDULE
AND START WORKING YOUR SCHEDULE AROUND GOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: PSALM 91:1, "HE WHO DWELLETH IN THE SECRET PLACE
OF THE MOST HIGH SHALL REMAIN STABLE AND FIXED
UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY [WHOSE POWER
NO FOE CAN COME AGAINST]."
DO YOU SEE THAT? LOOK AT THAT.
HE WHO DWELLS, LIVES AND REMAINS IN THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST
HIGH, HE WHO SPENDS TIME
WITH GOD ON A REGULAR BASIS, HE WHO RECOGNIZES
THAT HIS PRESENCE IS WITH YOU AND IN YOU ALL THE TIME,
HE SHALL REMAIN STABLE.
YOU NEED EMOTIONAL STABILITY, THIS IS WHERE TO GET IT.
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ABOUT TO GO OVER THE EDGE, GO GET SOMEWHERE
IN A CLOSET, IN A BATHROOM, ANYWHERE YOU CAN BE BY YOURSELF
FOR TWO MINUTES, THREE MINUTES.
GO LOCK YOURSELF IN THE BATHROOM STALL AT WORK IF YOU FEEL LIKE
YOU'RE ABOUT TO RIP SOME OTHER EMPLOYEE'S HEAD OFF.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND SAY, "GOD."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "OKAY, JOYCE, BREATHE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "GOD.
GIVE ME THE STRENGTH, LORD, TO GO BACK OUT THERE AND ACT
LIKE YOU WANT ME TO ACT."
COME ON, YOU GOTTA FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WE GOT THE CUTEST LETTER FROM SOMEBODY IN RUSSIA.
I PREACH IN ALL THESE OTHER COUNTRIES IN THEIR LANGUAGE
AND SO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THE LANGUAGES,
BUT THEY TRANSLATE THEM.
AND SO I SPEAK
ABOUT 93 LANGUAGES.
AREN'T I AMAZING?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THE TRANSLATION'S GOOD,
A LOT OF TIMES WHAT WE SAY STILL DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO THEM.
AND SO, THIS PERSON WROTE AND SAID, "COULD YOU PLEASE TELL
ME WHERE THE SECRET PLACE IS?
I ONLY HAVE A BARN AND A HUT."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I LOVE IT.
SO, HE WHO DWELLS IN THE SECRET PLACE.
IT WAS A CLOSET.
SHE SAID, "CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE THE--" WAS IT THE CLOSET?
ANYWAY, YOU GOT THE POINT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW WHAT?
THE WORD OF GOD, I WANT TO PUT A SCRIPTURE UP.
YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA GET ABOUT 10% OF THIS MESSAGE DONE
TONIGHT, BUT I GUESS YOU'RE GETTING THE POINT.
HEBREWS 4:12, LET'S LOOK AT THIS SCRIPTURE.
IF WE REALLY TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK AT THESE THINGS,
THEY'RE AMAZING.
"FOR THE WORD THAT GOD SPEAKS IS ALIVE AND FULL OF POWER."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, I MEAN IF YOU WORKED ALL DAY AND YOU
TRAVELED TO COME INTO THIS BUILDING TO SIT
WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO SOME WOMAN--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: TELL YA TO TAKE-- YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE THE WORD OF GOD IS ALIVE AND FULL OF POWER.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: EVERY WORD OF GOD IS LIKE A POWER PELLET.
IT HAS POWER IN IT.
THAT'S WHY I HAVE BELIEVED FOR YEARS AND I AM STILL
BELIEVING THAT WHILE THE WORD IS PREACHED,
PEOPLE WILL BE HEALED AND FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.
WHILE PETER WAS PREACHING, PEOPLE WERE FILLED
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO STOP AND EVEN HAVE A CERTAIN PRAYER.
WHILE THE WORD WAS GOING FORTH, PEOPLE WERE HEALED, THEY
WERE FILLED, THEY WERE TOUCHED, THEY WERE DELIVERED.
DEMONS HAD TO FLEE BECAUSE THE WORD OF GOD
IS FULL OF POWER.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE'RE TO MEDITATE
ON THE WORD OF GOD, AND ANOTHER WAY THAT YOU COULD
LOOK AT THAT IS CHEWING IT, BECAUSE TO MEDITATE JUST MEANS
TO ROLL IT OVER AND OVER IN YOUR MIND AND TO EVEN MUMBLE
IT AND MURMUR IT QUIETLY.
IT'S LIKE CHEWING YOUR FOOD.
YOU SWALLOW YOUR FOOD WHOLE AND YOU DON'T GET ANY NUTRITION
OUT OF IT, BUT THE MORE YOU CHEW IT, THE MORE YOU BREAK DOWN
THE NUTRIENTS IN IT AND THE MORE IT GETS INTO YOUR BODY.
SO, I CAN QUICKLY READ A CHAPTER EVERY DAY, AND IT DOESN'T MEAN
ANYTHING TO ME AND I CAN THINK, "OH, I'M A GOOD CHRISTIAN, YOU
KNOW, I GOT MY CHECKMARK TODAY ON MY READ YOUR BIBLE CALENDAR,"
BUT IT DIDN'T DO ME ANY GOOD AT ALL.
BUT YOU CAN TAKE PSALM 91:1 AND YOU CAN MEDITATE ON THAT
FOR A WHOLE WEEK, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
SOMETHING WOULD FALL FROM YOUR HEAD TO YOUR SPIRIT
AND WHAT YOU'RE GONNA LEARN IS, "EVERY TIME I'M IN TROUBLE,
I'M RUNNING TO GOD BECAUSE HE'S THE ONLY THING
THAT'S GONNA KEEP ME STABLE."
"FOR THE WORD THAT GOD SPEAKS IS ALIVE AND FULL OF POWER
[MAKING IT ACTIVE, OPERATIVE, ENERGIZING, AND EFFECTIVE]."
DO YOU KNOW THE WORD OF GOD IS OPERATING ON YOU RIGHT NOW?
IT'S SHARPER THAN A TWO-EDGED SWORD,
PENETRATING TO THE DIVIDING LINE OF THE BREATH OF LIFE, THE SOUL,
AND THE IMMORTAL SPIRIT OF JOINTS AND MARROW.
THE WORD OF GOD IS SHARP ENOUGH
TO GET INTO OUR LIVES AND DIVIDE EVERY MOTIVE AND TO SHOW US
EXACTLY WHAT'S RIGHT AND WHAT'S WRONG, AND WHAT TO DO
ABOUT EVERY SITUATION.
YOU DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM THAT GOD WILL NOT LEAD YOU OUT
OF IF YOU WILL LISTEN TO HIM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DON'T BE LIKE THE WOMAN WHO GOD TOLD HER
EVERYTHING HE WAS TELLING EVERYBODY ELSE,
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WAS THEY DID IT AND SHE DIDN'T.
WHATEVER HE SAYS TO YOU, DO IT.
JOHN 2:5, THEY WANTED A MIRACLE, AND JESUS'S MOTHER TURNED
TO THE PEOPLE AND SAID, "WHATEVER HE SAYS TO YOU,
DO IT."
WHAT A SIMPLE FORMULA FOR A SUCCESSFUL LIFE.
WHATEVER JESUS SAYS TO YOU, DO IT.
WHETHER YOU AGREE OR NOT, DO IT.
WHETHER IT FEELS GOOD OR NOT, DO IT.
WHETHER YOU THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA OR NOT, DO IT.
EVEN IF IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO YOU, DO IT.
JOYCE: WELL, I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT THE WORD OF GOD
TEACHES US WHAT GOD THINKS ABOUT EVERY AREA OF OUR LIVES, AND HE
WANTS US TO LEARN TO THINK THE WAY THAT HE THINKS SO WE
CAN HAVE THE BEST LIFE THAT HE WANTS US TO HAVE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY ONE OF THE FOUNDATIONAL THINGS
THAT WE NEED TO LEARN IF WE WANT TO HAVE ANY KIND OF REAL
TRANSFORMATION IN OUR LIVES.
AND TODAY WE'RE OFFERING YOU MY BOOK, "THE MIND CONNECTION."
THIS IS SUCH A GOOD BOOK.
AND YOU MIGHT SAY, "WELL, OF COURSE, YOU'RE
GONNA SAY THAT, YOU WROTE IT."
WELL, YOU'RE RIGHT, I DO THINK THEY'RE ALL GOOD, BUT I THINK
THIS IS ONE IS ESPECIALLY GOOD BECAUSE IT REALLY SHOWS YOU
HOW YOUR THOUGHTS REALLY AFFECT EVERY SINGLE AREA OF YOUR LIFE.
AND GUESS WHAT.
TODAY WE'RE OFFERING YOU THIS FOR YOUR GIFT
TO THE MINISTRY OF ANY AMOUNT, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT,
YOUR GIVING THIS WEEK WILL GO DIRECTLY TO OUR TV PROGRAMMING,
ENABLING US TO CONTINUE SHARING GOD'S WORD WITH YOU
AND WITH PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
YOU KNOW, SO MANY PEOPLE WATCH THE PROGRAM ALL THE TIME, AND IT
NEVER OCCURS TO THEM THAT THEY CAN AND SHOULD BE HELPING PAY
FOR IT.
AND SO THIS IS A WAY TODAY WHERE YOU CAN HELP US
WITH THE EXPENSES OF TV, AND AT THE SAME TIME,
GET A WONDERFUL BOOK THAT'S GONNA REALLY BE
A BLESSING IN YOUR LIFE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY.
FEMALE: MY THOUGHTS USED TO RUIN MY DAY
BEFORE IT EVEN STARTED.
MALE: A CONSTANT BATTLE.
MALE: THEN I LEARNED ABOUT THE MIND CONNECTION.
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