ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: I HAD TO DO A LOT OF THINGS IN MY LIFE AFRAID.
JUST BECAUSE YOU FEEL AFRAID DOESN'T GET YOU OFF THE HOOK
OF OBEYING GOD.
"WELL, I'M AFRAID. I'M AFRAID, I'M AFRAID."
WELL, COURAGE IS FORWARD MOTION WHILE YOU FEEL AFRAID.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: RUNNING, HERE'S AN INTERESTING THING ABOUT RUNNING.
I'VE GOT A WHOLE MESSAGE ON THIS THAT I DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO,
BUT THERE'S A NUMBER OF CASES IN THE BIBLE WHERE, WHEN PEOPLE RAN
FROM SOMETHING, NO MATTER HOW MANY YEARS IT TOOK, EVENTUALLY,
GOD MADE THEM GO BACK TO THAT PLACE THEY RAN FROM.
MOSES RAN FROM EGYPT.
HE GOT A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF GOD'S PLAN AND HE FELT THIS
SENSING THAT GOD WANTED TO USE HIM TO DELIVER THE ISRAELITES.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU FEEL A CALL ON YOUR LIFE, BUT YOU GET
A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF YOURSELF, AND IT DON'T WORK OUT
QUITE SO WELL.
SO, MAKE SURE YOU GOT GOD'S TIMING TO THE BEST OF
YOUR ABILITY.
SO, HE KILLED THIS EGYPTIAN.
ANOTHER ONE SAW HIM, STARTED BLAMIN' HIM, AND WAS GONNA GO
TELL SOMEBODY, AND SO THE BIBLE SAYS CLEARLY IN ACTS 7:29:
"AT THIS REMARK," WHEN HE HEARD THE MAN, "MOSES FLED AND BECAME
AN EXILE IN THE LAND OF MIDIAN, WHERE HE FATHERED TWO SONS."
FORTY YEARS, HE NEEDED FORTY YEARS OUT THERE
IN THE DESERT TO BE PREPARED FOR WHAT GOD HAD FOR HIM TO DO.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO DO SOMETHIN' FOR GOD, BUT LET ME ASK YOU, HOW
MANY OF YOU ARE WILLING TO DO THE YEARS OF PREPARATION?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I SAID, "THE YEARS."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU REMEMBER THE TWO BOYS WHOSE MOTHER WENT TO JESUS
AND SAID, "I'D LIKE FOR MY SONS TO SIT ONE ON YOUR RIGHT HAND
AND ONE ON YOUR LEFT"?
AND HIS ANSWER WAS SO CLASSIC.
HE SAID, "YOU DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'RE ASKIN' FOR.
ARE YOU ABLE TO DRINK THE CUP THAT I DRINK?"
SEE, IT'S EASY TO WANT SOMETHING.
IT'S EASY TO WANT A POSITION, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF
HARD WORK THAT GOES WITH IT, AND A LOT OF CHANGES IN
OUR LIFE, AND A LOT OF DOING THINGS THAT WE MAY NOT
NECESSARILY WANT TO DO.
AND I'M NOT TRYIN' TO PAINT A NASTY PICTURE.
I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE HONEST WITH PEOPLE AND TELL 'EM
THAT IT'S NOT ALL GONNA BE FUN AND GAMES.
I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME LEFT IN MY LIFE TO TELL YOU WHAT IT TOOK
FOR ME TO GET FROM WHERE I STARTED 42 YEARS AGO TO
STANDING HERE TODAY.
I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO TELL YOU THE TEARS, THE PAIN, THE
CRYING, THE MILLIONS OF TIMES I WANTED TO GIVE UP, THE HARD
WORK, AND ON AND ON AND ON.
BUT IT'S THE BEST--IT'S BEEN THE BEST LIFE, THE BEST OPPORTUNITY
THAT ANYBODY COULD EVER HAVE.
I WAS SITTIN' AND THINKIN' THE OTHER DAY ABOUT SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT GOD HAS LET ME DO.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO I'M REALLY TRYIN' TO SAY TO YOU TODAY, IF YOU
THINK THAT THERE'S SOMETHING GOD WANTS YOU TO DO, THEN DON'T LET
ANYTHING STAND IN YOUR WAY.
DON'T RUN AWAY FROM ANYTHING.
RUN TO IT.
I LOVE THE PART OF THE DAVID AND GOLIATH STORY WHERE IT SAYS THAT
AFTER HE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH GOLIATH AND GOLIATH SAID,
"I'M GONNA KILL YOU," AND DAVID SAID, "NO, I'M GONNA KILL YOU,"
IT SAYS THAT "DAVID RAN QUICKLY TOWARD THE BATTLE LINE."
AND I LOVE THAT.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IF YOU STARE AT YOUR GIANTS TOO LONG,
SOMETIMES YOU STARE AT 'EM TOO LONG, YOU'RE GONNA GET
TOO SCARED TO GO AFTER 'EM.
A LOT OF TIMES, WE JUST GOTTA MOVE--IF YOU'RE GONNA MOVE WITH
GOD, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE BY INSTINCT.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE BY, THIS IS NOT A PRETTY WORD,
BUT BY YOUR GUT.
YOU DO WHAT YOU KNOW IS RIGHT IN HERE BECAUSE YOU CAN THINK
SOMETHIN' TO DEATH.
THERE ARE PEOPLE ALREADY HERE THAT YOU HAVE NOT DONE WHAT GOD
HAS GIVEN YOU OPPORTUNITY TO DO BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT IT
TOO MUCH.
YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE SACRIFICE TOO MUCH.
YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WERE GONNA SAY TOO MUCH.
YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE JUDGMENT, THE CRITICISM, AND YOU WILL GET
ALL OF THAT AND MORE IF YOU WANNA WORK FOR GOD,
BUT IT'S WORTH IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THERE WERE OTHER THINGS I HAD TO CONFRONT.
GOD TOLD ME THE TIME WOULD COME WHEN I WOULD HAVE TO CONFRONT
MY FATHER.
ALL THE YEARS THAT HE ABUSED ME, NOBODY EVER TALKED ABOUT IT.
ABUSE IS THE STUPIDEST THING, SEXUAL ABUSE, AND ESPECIALLY
BACK THEN.
NOBODY TALKED ABOUT IT.
I THINK I MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE, AS FAR AS
A MINISTRY PERSON, WHO ACTUALLY GOT UP IN THE PULPIT AND STARTED
TALKIN' ABOUT THIS KINDA STUFF.
AND IT HAPPENS TO SO MANY PEOPLE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TALK ABOUT IT, AND I'M VERY GLAD
THAT I DID.
BUT I HAD NEVER CONFRONTED MY FATHER.
I HAD NEVER SAID, "WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU DID TO ME."
AND I DID NOT WANT TO, BECAUSE HE CONTROLLED ME WITH FEAR
ALL THOSE YEARS, AND TO BE POINT-BLANK HONEST, I WAS JUST
AFRAID OF HIM.
BUT GOD PUT IN MY HEART FIRST, "THE TIME'S GONNA COME WHEN I'M
GONNA ASK YOU TO GO DO IT."
HE SAYS, "NOT YET, BUT BE READY.
WHEN I TELL YOU, YOU GOTTA GO."
I TOLD DAVE ABOUT IT.
I SAID, "IT'S NOT YET, BUT WHEN I GOTTA GO, I'M GONNA NEED YOU
TO GO WITH ME."
WELL, EVERYBODY IN MY FAMILY HID FROM IT.
MY MOTHER HID FROM IT.
MY BROTHER HID FROM IT.
MY DAD HID FROM IT.
THERE WERE OTHER RELATIVES IN OUR FAMILY THAT KNEW FULL WELL
WHAT HE WAS LIKE AND WHAT HE WAS DOIN'.
NONE OF THEM WANTED TO GET INVOLVED, SO THEY HID FROM IT.
ONE NIGHT, GOD JUST SAID, "IT'S TIME."
I DIDN'T HAVE NO TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT, AND IF I WOULD'VE,
I'D STILL BE SITTIN' BACK THERE THINKIN' ABOUT IT.
SO I WENT AND JUST SAT DOWN ON THE FLOOR RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM
AND I SAID, "IT'S TIME FOR US TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU DID TO ME."
OH, MY GOD.
[MUMBLING]
HE JUST GOT SO FLUSTERED, AND MY MOTHER RAN AROUND.
SHE WAS RUNNIN' AROUND THE HOUSE AND RUNNIN' INTO OTHER ROOMS
AND, YOU KNOW?
PEOPLE GET COMFORTABLE HIDING FROM THEIR STUFF.
AND SO, I SAID, "WHAT YOU DID WAS WRONG.
IT HURT ME VERY BADLY.
BUT GOD'S USING ME NOW."
AND I SAID, "ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M GONNA TELL YOU IS I'M
GONNA BE GOING ON TELEVISION, AND I TELL THE STORY OF WHAT
HAPPENED TO ME, AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT
THE WORD'S GONNA GET OUT.
I'M NOT GONNA KEEP IT A SECRET ANY LONGER."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW WHAT?
LONG STORY SHORT, WHEN HE WAS 83, I GOT TO LEAD HIM TO
THE LORD, AND I BAPTIZED HIM, AND SO--
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IT ALL ENDED UP OKAY.
I HAD TO DO A LOT OF THINGS IN MY LIFE AFRAID.
JUST BECAUSE YOU FEEL AFRAID DOESN'T GET YOU OFF
THE HOOK OF OBEYING GOD.
"WELL, I'M AFRAID.
I'M AFRAID, I'M AFRAID."
WELL, COURAGE IS FORWARD MOTION WHILE YOU FEEL AFRAID.
YOU DO IT AFRAID.
YOU DON'T RUN FROM SOMETHING JUST BECAUSE YOU FEEL AFRAID.
THAT'S WHEN YOU NEED TO RUN TO IT SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUN
FROM IT THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
COME ON, LET'S SAY THAT AGAIN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHEN YOU'RE AFRAID OF SOMETHING, THAT'S WHEN YOU NEED
TO RUN TO IT, GET IT OVER WITH BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, YOU'LL BE
RUNNING FROM IT THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
HAVE I GOT ANYBODY IN HERE TODAY THAT NEEDS TO DEAL WITH SOME
ISSUES IN YOUR LIFE?
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE A PERSON THAT YOU'VE LET USE YOU WAY TOO
LONG, AND IT'S TIME FOR SOME CONFRONTATION?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NEED TO DO IT.
NO, THEY WON'T LIKE IT.
I DON'T KNOW.
THEY MAY NEVER SPEAK TO YOU AGAIN, BUT YOU'RE ONLY
RESPONSIBLE TO GOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, WE'VE GOTTA LEARN IN LIFE TOO IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE
BREAKTHROUGHS HOW TO SHAKE OFF SOME STUFF.
ACTS 28:1 THROUGH 5: "AFTER WE WERE SAFE [ON LAND], WE
FOUND THAT THE ISLAND WE WERE ON WAS CALLED MALTA.
AND THE NATIVES SHOWED US EXTRAORDINARY KINDNESS AND
HOSPITALITY; FOR THEY KINDLED A FIRE AND WELCOMED US ALL,
SINCE IT HAD BEGUN TO RAIN AND WAS COLD.
BUT WHEN PAUL HAD GATHERED A BUNDLE OF STICKS AND LAID THEM
ON THE FIRE, A VIPER," WHICH IS A SNAKE, "CRAWLED OUT BECAUSE OF
THE HEAT AND FASTENED ITSELF ONTO PAUL'S HAND.
WHEN THE NATIVES SAW THE CREATURE HANGING FROM HIS HAND,
THEY BEGAN SAYING TO ONE ANOTHER, 'UNDOUBTEDLY THIS MAN
IS A MURDERER, AND THOUGH HE HAS BEEN SAVED FROM THE SEA, JUSTICE
[THE AVENGING GOD] HAS NOT PERMITTED HIM TO LIVE.'"
BECAUSE WHAT THEY ALWAYS SAW WAS THAT IF A SNAKE BIT
A PERSON, THEY DIED.
"THEN PAUL [SIMPLY] SHOOK THE CREATURE OFF INTO THE FIRE
AND SUFFERED NO ILL EFFECTS."
SO FROM THAT, I'VE MADE A WHOLE MESSAGE, WHICH YOU'RE ONLY GONNA
GET A LITTLE TINY BIT OF, JUST CALLED "SHAKE IT OFF."
AND, YOU KNOW, "SHAKE IT OFF," JUST MEANS THAT WHEN THE DEVIL
BITES YOU IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH
REJECTION, OR SOMEBODY HURTING YOU, OR SOME KIND OF ABUSE,
WHEN HE PUTS HIS FANGS INTO YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LET THAT DO
YOU IN.
YOU CAN SHAKE IT OFF.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS YOU CAN SIMPLY JUST MAKE YOUR MIND
UP, "I'M NOT GONNA LET THIS STOP ME.
I'M NOT GONNA LET THIS DO ME IN.
I'M NOT GOING TO."
THERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE THAT PAUL GIVES ABOUT THE DISCIPLES
THAT I THINK IS VERY INTERESTING IN LUKE CHAPTER 10,
VERSES 10 AND 11 AND 16: "WHATEVER CITY YOU ENTER
AND THEY DON'T WELCOME YOU, GO OUT INTO ITS STREETS AND
SAY, "EVEN THE DUST OF YOUR FEET WHICH CLINGS TO OUR FEET
WE WIPE OFF," ONE TRANSLATION SAYS,
"WE SHAKE OFF," "IN PROTEST AGAINST YOU [BREAKING ALL TIES];
YET UNDERSTAND THIS, THAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD HAS COME NEAR YOU
[AND YOU REJECTED IT].
THE ONE WHO LISTENS TO YOU LISTENS TO ME; AND THE ONE WHO
REJECTS YOU REJECTS ME; AND THE ONE
WHO REJECTS ME REJECTS [MY HEAVENLY FATHER] WHO SENT ME."
NOW, A REALITY CHECK.
LOOK AT ME AND FACE THIS FACT.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY, NO MATTER HOW
GOOD YOU ARE, EVERYBODY'S NOT GONNA LIKE YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND SO, THE ONES THAT YOU RUN INTO THAT DON'T,
YOU GOTTA LEARN HOW TO JUST SHAKE THAT OFF.
COME ON, LET'S PRACTICE A LITTLE BIT TODAY.
SHAKE IT OFF.
SEE, WE'RE GOIN' THROUGH LIFE AND WE GET HURT, AND WE LET IT
STOP US.
AND THEN WE EITHER SIT THERE AND WE BLEED FOR MONTHS, OR WE LET
IT AFFECT US IN SOME WAY, AND SO WE CARRY THAT AROUND WITH US.
THE MOMENT YOU GET HURT, THE BEST THING THAT YOU CAN DO
IS SAY, "HURTING PEOPLE HURT PEOPLE.
I'M SHAKIN' THAT OFF.
I'M NOT GONNA TAKE IT INTO MYSELF.
GOD, YOU CAN HEAL ME AND MAKE THIS THING RIGHT."
COME ON.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HERE TODAY THAT HAVE
BEEN REJECTED A FEW TIMES AND IT'S BEEN PAINFUL, AND SO NOW
YOU DON'T--YOU WON'T EVEN GET OUT AND LIVE LIFE THE WAY YOU
WANNA LIVE LIFE BECAUSE YOU'VE LET THE FEAR OF BEING REJECTED
AGAIN CONTROL YOU.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
THEY REJECTED JESUS, AND HE MADE IT.
AND THEY SAID, "WHEN PEOPLE REJECT YOU, THEY REJECT ME."
SO, REALLY, IF I'M TRYING TO HELP SOMEBODY AND THEY REJECT
ME, THEY'RE NOT REALLY REJECTING ME, THEY'RE REJECTING THE ONE
WHO SENT ME.
DON'T LET THE FEAR OF PEOPLE NOT APPROVING OF YOU CONTROL
YOUR LIFE.
YOU'LL NEVER HAVE THE BREAKTHROUGHS THAT GOD WANTS
YOU TO HAVE IF YOU CARE SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE THINK THAT YOU
BECOME FROZEN IN FEAR.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: YEAH.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE THERE ARE IN HERE RIGHT
NOW TODAY WHO WANTED TO STEP OUT AND TRY SOMETHIN' FOR GOD, AND
YOU STARTED GETTING THE LITTLE MESSAGES, "WELL, IF YOU DO THAT,
THEN WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU,"
AND YOU BACKED OFF.
WHEN GOD CALLED ME TO DO WHAT I'M DOIN', WOMEN DID NOT DO
WHAT I'M DOING.
I MEAN, IF YOU THINK IT MIGHT BE HARD AS A WOMAN NOW TO MINISTER,
YOU SHOULD'VE BEEN TRYIN' IT 45 YEARS AGO.
SO LITERALLY, AND I AM NOT JOKING, I WAS ASKED TO LEAVE
MY CHURCH.
AND THAT WAS BIG BECAUSE OUR WHOLE LIFE REVOLVED AROUND
OUR CHURCH.
OUR SOCIAL LIFE, OUR KIDS WENT TO SCHOOL THERE, EVERYTHING.
AND SO, WHEN I MADE THAT DECISION, I NOT ONLY MADE IT FOR
MYSELF, BUT I MADE IT FOR ALL MY KIDS, AND IT'S BEEN HARD ON THEM
OVER THE YEARS TOO.
A LOT OF PEOPLE--WE LOST FRIENDSHIPS.
PEOPLE JUST THOUGHT I HAD LOST MY MIND.
AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T WANNA BE ASSOCIATED WITH ANYBODY
THAT IS GONNA BE LOOKED AT AS BEING ANYTHING OTHER THAN
TOTALLY NORMAL.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I AM NORMAL.
IT'S JUST A NEW NORMAL.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I MAY NOT BE YOUR NORMAL, OR YOUR NORMAL, OR
THE WORLD'S STANDARD OF NORMAL.
AND THE DEVIL KEPT TRYIN' TO TELL ME THAT I NEEDED TO SETTLE
DOWN AND BE A REGULAR WOMAN.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
I'M NOT IT.
I'M PRETTY SURE OF THAT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON, WOMAN OF GOD.
DON'T EVER TRY TO BE A REGULAR WOMAN.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: BE THE PERSON GOD WANTS YOU TO BE.
PEOPLE CAN BE USED BY SATAN, EVEN PEOPLE WHO REALLY LOVE YOU
CAN BE USED BY SATAN TO KEEP YOU FROM YOUR DESTINY.
DON'T LET IT HAPPEN.
DON'T COMPARE YOURSELF WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
WHO IN THE WORLD WANTS TO BE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE?
ONE OF A KIND IS MORE UNIQUE AND MORE VALUABLE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: PAUL SAID, "HAD I BEEN TRYING TO BE POPULAR WITH
PEOPLE, I WOULD NOT NOW BE AN APOSTLE OF
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST."
DON'T MISS THE MIRACLE THAT GOD HAS FOR YOUR LIFE BECAUSE YOU
ARE ADDICTED TO WANTING EVERYBODY TO LIKE YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, ANY CHRISTIAN THAT GOES FULL ON WITH
GOD, YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA LOSE SOME FRIENDS.
BUT THEY'RE NOT THE KINDA FRIENDS YOU WANT ANYWAY.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE THERE FOR YOU WHEN YOU REALLY NEED THEM.
IF SOMEBODY INSISTS THAT YOU BE WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO BE TO BE
YOUR FRIEND, THEN THEY'RE NOT A TRUE FRIEND, AND THE SOONER
YOU GET RID OF THEM, THE BETTER OFF YOU'RE GONNA BE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: LEARN HOW TO LIKE YOURSELF, AND THEN YOU'RE
NEVER LONELY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I LOVE SPENDIN' TIME WITH ME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I DO, I GET ALONG GOOD WITH MYSELF.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SHAKE OFF OFFENSE.
THE MINUTE SOMEBODY OFFENDS YOU, SAY, "NOPE."
ANGER, NEGATIVE ATTITUDE, COMPLAINING, SELF-PITY, TREAT
'EM ALL LIKE PAUL TREATED THAT LITTLE SNAKE.
SHOOK IT OFF.
COME ON, TRY ONE MORE TIME.
SO, NOW, SEE, WE CAN HAVE A SECRET.
THE NEXT TIME SOMEBODY GETS IN YOUR FACE--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU CAN JUST SMILE AT 'EM AND GO...
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: ACTS 7:20: "IT WAS AT THIS [CRITICAL] TIME THAT MOSES
WAS BORN; AND HE WAS LOVELY IN THE SIGHT OF GOD, FOR
THREE MONTHS HE WAS NOURISHED IN HIS FATHER'S HOUSE.
THEN WHEN HE WAS SET OUTSIDE [TO DIE], PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER
NOTICED AND CLAIMED HIM FOR HERSELF, AND CARED FOR
HIM AS HER OWN SON.
MOSES WAS EDUCATED IN ALL THE WISDOM AND CULTURE OF
THE EGYPTIANS, A MAN OF POWER IN WORDS AND DEEDS.
WHEN HE REACHED THE AGE OF FORTY, IT CAME INTO HIS HEART
TO VISIT HIS BROTHERS, THE SONS OF ISRAEL.
HE SAW ONE [OF THEM] BEING TREATED UNFAIRLY, AND HE
DEFENDED THE OPPRESSED MAN AND AVENGED HIM BY STRIKING
AND KILLING THE EGYPTIANS."
NOW, HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO SEE.
VERSE 25: "HE EXPECTED HIS COUNTRYMEN TO UNDERSTAND THAT
GOD WAS GRANTING THEM FREEDOM THROUGH HIM [ASSUMING THAT THEY
WOULD ACCEPT HIM], BUT THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND."
YOU KNOW, I EXPECTED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT GOD WAS CALLING
ME TO TEACH.
I WAS NOT EXPECTING THEM TO HAVE A BIG FIT BECAUSE I WAS IN
A FEMALE BODY.
I WAS HONESTLY JUST TRYING TO DO WHAT I FELT LIKE GOD HAD CALLED
ME TO DO.
NONE OF THAT STUFF EVEN--I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WOMEN
SUPPOSEDLY COULDN'T PREACH TILL PEOPLE STARTED TELLIN' ME
THEY COULDN'T.
AND BY THEN, IT WAS TOO LATE.
I WAS ALREADY DOIN' IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I THOUGHT THEY'D UNDERSTAND.
I WASN'T EXPECTING TO LOSE ALL MY FRIENDS.
I WASN'T EXPECTING TO BE PUT OUT OF MY CHURCH.
I MEAN, I THOUGHT PEOPLE'D BE HAPPY FOR ME.
I THOUGHT THEY'D BE EXCITED.
HAVE YOU EVER HAD A SITUATION LIKE THAT, WHERE YOU THOUGHT
PEOPLE WERE GONNA BE REALLY HAPPY FOR YA, AND YOU JUST,
I MEAN THE REACTION YOU GOT WAS LIKE WEIRD?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WHY CAN'T YOU JUST BE HAPPY FOR ME?
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE JEALOUS, PERIOD, JEALOUS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO LET'S TALK ABOUT JEALOUSY FOR A MINUTE.
DON'T BE JEALOUS OF WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE OR COVET WHAT
THEY HAVE.
NOW, MY HUSBAND GOT A WORD FROM GOD ONE TIME, WHICH DAVE DOES
NOT--DAVE DOESN'T GO AROUND SAYIN', "I HAVE A WORD
FROM GOD."
SO IF AND WHEN HE DOES SAY THAT, IT'S GOOD TO LISTEN.
BUT HE ACTUALLY--THIS CAME TO HIM IN A MEETING THAT WE WERE
DOIN'.
HE BASICALLY HAD THIS MESSAGE FOR PEOPLE THAT UNTIL THEY COULD
BE HAPPY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD WHAT THEY WANTED AND DIDN'T HAVE YET,
THEY WOULD NEVER GET THEIR OWN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT GOOD ENOUGH?
SO LET'S JUST SAY THAT YOU'RE UNMARRIED, YOU WANNA BE MARRIED.
THREE OF YOUR BEST FRIENDS HAVE GOTTEN MARRIED IN THE LAST
TWO YEARS.
YOU GOT SO MANY BRIDESMAID'S DRESSES, YOU NEED A NEW CLOSET.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOW, YOUR VERY BEST FRIEND COMES TO TELL YOU THAT
SHE'S ENGAGED AND TRUTH IS, IS YOU'RE JUST DOWNRIGHT JEALOUS.
YOU'RE NOT HAPPY FOR HER.
YOU PRETEND TO BE.
"OH, PRAISE THE LORD."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT YOU'RE NOT.
YOU KNOW WHAT PAUL TOLD THE PEOPLE?
HE SAID, "I KNOW THAT YOU'RE SPIRITUALLY IMMATURE BECAUSE
AS LONG AS THERE'S JEALOUSY AND STRIFE AMONG YOU, ARE YOU
NOT STILL IN THE BABY STAGE OF CHRISTIANITY?"
SEE, WHAT GOD WANTS US TO DO IS TRUST HIM ENOUGH, COME ON, TRUST
HIM ENOUGH TO GIVE EACH PERSON, INCLUDING US, WHAT IS RIGHT FOR
US IN THE RIGHT WAY, AT THE RIGHT TIME,
AND NOT EXPECT THAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE IT THE WAY
SOMEBODY ELSE HAS IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: CAN YOU MAKE A DECISION TODAY THAT YOU ARE
GOING TO STOP COMPARING YOURSELF WITH OTHER PEOPLE?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I WONDER HOW MANY TIMES IN ONE DAY, JUST OUT
AND ABOUT IN SOCIETY, THAT WE COMPARE SOMETHING ABOUT
OURSELVES TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
AND IT HAPPENS SO FAST, WE DON'T EVEN REALIZE THAT WE DO IT.
HOW FREEING IT IS TO NOT HAVE TO BE JEALOUS OF WHAT OTHER
PEOPLE HAVE.
AND TO NOT EVEN GET INTO THE JUDGING OF WHY GOD GAVE IT
TO THEM.
"THEY DON'T DESERVE THAT, GOD.
WHY'D YOU GIVE IT TO THEM.
WHY DIDN'T YOU GIVE IT TO ME?" THAT'S NONE OF OUR BUSINESS.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, I WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT I HAVE
LEARNED FROM HANGIN' OUT WITH GOD.
MANY TIMES, HE WILL BLESS SOMEBODY RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU
THAT YOU LOVE WITH THE LOVE OF THE LORD, BUT REALLY DON'T
LIKE 'EM.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "I MEAN, IT'S ONE THING, GOD, IF YOU BLESS ONE OF
MY KIDS, THAT'S COOL, BUT HER?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
A LOT OF TIMES, GOD WILL BLESS SOMEBODY RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU
AND GIVE THEM WHAT YOU WANT, AND HE'LL MAKE IT SOMEBODY THAT
PROBABLY DOESN'T DESERVE IT JUST TO DO AN ATTITUDE CHECK FOR YOU
TO SEE IF YOU'RE READY--
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: TO SEE IF YOU'RE READY TO HANDLE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN
ASKING GOD TO GIVE YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I GUESS I'LL END WITH A FEW WORDS ON THIS.
DON'T BE A CHEAP IMITATION OF SOMEBODY ELSE.
BE THE CLASSIC ORIGINAL YOU WERE MEANT TO BE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: WELL, DON'T EVER RUN FROM WHAT GOD IS ASKING YOU
TO DO.
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