ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEIN' WITH US TODAY.
I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU'VE JOINED US.
WE'VE GOT A REALLY HAPPY SUBJECT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.
WE WANNA TALK ABOUT THE POWER THAT'S IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
WOW.
I LOVE THAT NAME AND I HOPE THAT YOU DO TOO.
THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT THERE'S POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
POWER FOR TIMES OF CRISIS, POWER TO HEAL THE SICK, POWER
TO CAST OUT DEMONS, THAT THERE'S SALVATION IN NO OTHER NAME
OTHER THAN THE NAME OF JESUS.
ALL THE POWER OF THE GODHEAD HAS BEEN INVESTED IN THAT NAME.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT, "IT IS THE NAME ABOVE EVERY NAME
AND THAT AT THE NAME OF JESUS, EVERY KNEE MUST BOW IN HEAVEN,
ON THE EARTH, AND UNDER THE EARTH."
THERE'S POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
WHY DO WE SEE SO LITTLE POWER SOMETIMES MANIFESTED
IN OUR LIVES?
CERTAINLY NOT BECAUSE HIS NAME IS POWERLESS, BUT PERHAPS
SOMETIMES WE NEED TO BE REFRESHED, REMEMBERING THE POWER
THAT'S IN THAT NAME.
YOU KNOW, CHRISTIANS ARE TAUGHT TO PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
BUT TO BE HONEST, SAYING, "IN JESUS' NAME," AT THE END
OF A PRAYER IS NOT LIKE SOME LITTLE MAGIC CHARM
THAT WE TACK ONTO THE END OF OUR PRAYERS.
IT'S WHAT GIVES OUR PRAYERS THE RIGHT TO GO BEFORE GOD.
THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE BRINGS IT OUT VERY CLEARLY THAT WHEN WE
PRAY IN JESUS' NAME, NOW, I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO THIS,
WE ARE PRESENTING TO GOD ALL THAT JESUS IS.
SEE, IT DOESN'T DO ANY GOOD TO PRESENT WHAT WE ARE BECAUSE
EVEN THE VERY BEST OF US, WE'RE STILL LACKING.
AND SO, ANY PERSON WHO'S A BELIEVER IN JESUS CHRIST
CAN GO TO GOD THE FATHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AND YOU
CAN KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT YOUR PRAYERS ARE GONNA
BE HEARD NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE PERFECT, BUT BECAUSE HE'S
PERFECT.
AND EVEN IF WE PRAY AN IMPERFECT PRAYER, WHICH I'M QUITE SURE
MOST OF THEM ARE, WHEN WE PRAY IN JESUS' NAME, I BELIEVE
THAT BY THE TIME THEY GET TO THE EARS OF THE FATHER,
HE'S PERFECTED THOSE PRAYERS.
NOW, ROMANS 10:17 SAYS: "FAITH COMES BY HEARING,
AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD."
SO HERE'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TODAY.
I AM GONNA TEACH YOU ABOUT THE NAME OF JESUS, AND I'M DOING
IT IN FAITH AND YOU'RE GONNA RECEIVE IT IN FAITH.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN?
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE MORE FAITH IN THE POWER THAT'S IN HIS NAME
AFTER YOU HEAR THIS TODAY THAN YOU DID BEFORE.
NOW, FIRST THING WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT, AND THIS IS
FOR THOSE WHO ARE CHRISTIANS AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT.
EXODUS 20:7: "THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD
THY GOD IN VAIN;" IT'S ONE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS,
"FOR THE LORD WILL NOT HOLD HIM GUILTLESS WHO TAKETH HIS NAME
IN VAIN."
NOW, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, I THINK THAT EVEN AS BELIEVERS
IN CHRIST WE SOMETIMES THINK THAT TAKIN' THE LORD'S NAME
IN VAIN IS CONNECTING IT TO A CURSE WORD.
AND IT IS SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT, SO MUCH MORE.
I WAS PRETTY AMAZED WHEN I FOUND THIS OUT YEARS AGO.
AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHIN' WE ALL NEED TO HEAR.
THE WORD "VAIN" MEAN "USELESS, BEARING NO FRUIT, TO NO AVAIL,
FOOLISH, OR IRREVERENT."
USING THE LORD'S NAME IN VAIN IS A PROBLEM FOR ALL OF US,
NOT JUST UNBELIEVERS.
WE SHOULD ALWAYS USE THE LORD'S NAME WITH MEANING
AND WITH PURPOSE.
THINGS THAT WE SHOULD AVOID, I THINK, ARE PHRASES LIKE,
"MY GOD, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?"
I CAN BE WITH A BELIEVER, AND I'M THINKIN'
OF SOME INSTANCES IN PARTICULAR, WHERE JUST PEOPLE HAVE HABITS
OF SAYING, "OH MY GOD."
"OH MY GOD."
I MEAN, MAYBE 20 TIMES IN A DAY, "OH MY GOD."
OR, "MY GOD, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?"
WELL, EVEN THAT, I DON'T FEEL THAT THAT'S MEANINGFUL,
THAT IT'S PURPOSEFUL.
I THINK IT JUST BECOMES A LOOSE KIND OF A HABIT
OF SOMETHING TO SAY, AND I REALLY THINK THAT IF WE
UNDERSTAND THE POWER IN HIS NAME AND HOW PRECIOUS
AND AMAZING IT IS, AND THE PRICE THAT JESUS PAID
IN ORDER TO HAVE THE POWER OF THE GODHEAD INVESTED
IN THAT NAME, AND THEN TO GIVE US THAT NAME TO USE.
YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL YA, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY MISUSING MY NAME,
AND I'M A LONG WAY FROM BEIN' AS IMPORTANT AS HE IS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT I DON'T WANT ANYBODY WHO WORKS FOR ME TO USE
MY NAME WRONG OR TO CONNECT IT UP WITH SOMETHIN'
THAT WOULD BE IMMORAL.
I DON'T WANT MY CHILDREN TO MISUSE MY NAME.
AND GOD DOESN'T WANT US TO MISUSE HIS NAME.
ANOTHER THING THAT I FIND INTERESTING IS--AND IF YOU
LISTEN, YOU'LL HEAR THIS TOO.
ESPECIALLY, I'LL HEAR THIS ON TV, PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO BE
ATHEISTS USING THE NAME OF GOD.
"WELL, GOD THIS AND GOD THAT, AND OH MY GOD, AND DEAR GOD."
WELL, WHY USE HIS NAME IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN HIM?
WHY TALK ABOUT SOMEBODY YOU SAY YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN?
DON'T YOU FIND THAT INTERESTING?
IT'S LIKE, "UH-OH."
WE CAN SEE GOD'S POWER WHEN WE BELIEVE.
AND MY MAIN PURPOSE TODAY IS TO HELP US BE MORE REVERENT
CONCERNING THE NAME OF JESUS.
AND IF YOU FIND YOURSELF, IF YOU HEAR YOURSELF MISUSING IT,
REPENT, ASK GOD TO HELP YOU NOT TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE
WE DO SOMETIMES JUST GET HABITS, YOU KNOW?
GOD'LL HELP US MAKE GOOD HABITS AND BREAK BAD HABITS.
WELL, WHEN WE BELIEVE, THE MORE YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE'S POWER
IN THAT NAME, THE MORE THAT POWER IS GOING
TO BE RELEASED IN YOUR LIFE.
MARK 16:17 AND 18: "'AND THESE SIGNS WILL ACCOMPANY
THOSE WHO BELIEVE: IN MY NAME THEY WILL DRIVE OUT DEMONS; THEY
WILL SPEAK IN NEW LANGUAGES.'" NOW, THE MINUTE THAT I MENTION
DEMONS, SOME OF YOU ARE GOIN', "EWW."
YOU KNOW, "EWW."
WELL, IF YOU CAN'T HANDLE IT THAT WAY, JUST THINK
ABOUT EVIL FORCES IN THE WORLD.
ALL OF US ARE INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT THERE'S GOOD FORCES
IN THE WORLD AND THERE'S EVIL FORCES IN THE WORLD.
THE WORLD WE LIVE IN IS FULL OF WICKEDNESS.
AND WE NEED TO GET SMART ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO DISCERN
WHEN WHAT'S TAKING PLACE IS OF GOD AND WHEN IT'S NOT.
AND THE BIBLE TEACHES US WHEN SOMETHING IS TAKING PLACE
THAT IS NOT OF GOD THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN TAKE AUTHORITY
OVER IT IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN?
SOMETHING THAT MAYBE MANY OF YOU,
AND ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW THE WORD OF GOD,
YOU'VE NEVER EVEN THOUGHT OF, AND YOU MAY JUST BE THINKIN',
"I'M NOT REAL SURE WHAT YOU'RE TALKIN' ABOUT."
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
EVERYBODY LIKES THE WORD "POWER."
I DON'T KNOW OF ANYBODY WHO GOT UP THIS MORNIN'
BELIEVING FOR WEAKNESS.
WE LOVE POWER.
AND THE BIBLE SAYS IN LUKE 10:19: "'BEHOLD!
I'VE GIVEN YOU POWER TO TREAD ON SERPENTS AND SCORPIONS,
AND I'VE GIVEN YOU POWER AND AUTHORITY OVER ALL THE POWER
THE ENEMY POSSESSES,'" WE HAVE AN ENEMY, "AND NOTHING
SHALL BY ANY MEANS HARM YOU."
"THESE SIGNS WILL FOLLOW THOSE WHO BELIEVE," NOT JUST THOSE
WHO BELIEVE IN JESUS, BUT I THINK THIS MEANS THOSE
WHO BELIEVE THAT THESE SIGNS WILL FOLLOW THEM.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF BELIEVERS WHO DON'T BELIEVE
IN THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT.
THE BIBLE SAYS WE CAN LAY HANDS ON THE SICK AND THEY'LL RECOVER.
WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T BELIEVE THAT.
WE CAN TAKE AUTHORITY OVER WICKEDNESS
AND EVIL SPIRITS, IN JESUS' NAME.
WE CAN SPEAK IN NEW LANGUAGES.
THAT'S A SPIRITUAL LANGUAGE THAT GOD GIVES PEOPLE TO PRAY IN
AND TO COME TO HIM IN THAT EVEN YOUR OWN MIND
DOESN'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND.
AND YOU MIGHT BE THINKIN', "I HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT YOU'RE TALKIN' ABOUT."
WELL, THEN THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO FIND OUT.
IT'S A GOOD TIME TO STUDY, SEE WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS
ABOUT THESE THINGS, OR GO AND GET A NICE, GOOD BOOK
ON THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT.
LET'S LEARN THINGS.
LET'S ALWAYS BE OPEN TO LEARNING THINGS.
YOU KNOW, DON'T EVEN TAKE WHAT SOME CHURCH DOCTRINE
HAS SAID TO YOU.
READ THE BIBLE FOR YOURSELF AND DON'T BE AFRAID
OF NEW THINGS.
THIS SCRIPTURE GOES ON AND SAYS SOMETHIN' THAT'S EVEN GONNA BE
MORE CONFUSING, BUT I'M IN THIS DEEP, I MIGHT AS WELL
GO AHEAD.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "AND THEY WILL PICK UP SERPENTS; AND [EVEN] IF THEY
DRINK ANYTHING DEADLY, IT WILL NOT HURT THEM."
NOW, OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS NOT TALKIN' 'ABOUT YOU CAN GO PLAY
WITH SNAKES AND NOT GET HURT.
THERE ACTUALLY ARE GROUPS OF PEOPLE
THAT HAVE DONE THAT, TRIED THAT.
I DON'T RECOMMEND THAT.
I DON'T LIKE SNAKES.
YOU'RE NEVER GONNA FIND ME--I WON'T EVEN PICK UP A WORM,
LET ALONE A SNAKE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT THESE THINGS, SATAN APPEARED TO EVE
IN THE BIBLE AS A SERPENT.
AND SO, THIS IS ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT EVIL AND WICKEDNESS.
"IT WILL NOT HURT THEM; THEY WILL LAY THEIR HANDS
ON THE SICK, AND THEY WILL GET WELL."
WELL, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WE KNOW WHAT HANDS ARE.
WE KNOW WHAT LAYING ON IS.
YOU TOUCH SOMEBODY.
THERE'S AN ANOINTING IN YOU AS A BELIEVER IN CHRIST.
AND IF YOU BELIEVE WHEN YOU PRAY THAT THAT ANOINTING IS GOING OUT
OF YOU INTO THEM, AND YOU PRAY IN JESUS' NAME, GOOD THINGS
CAN BE RELEASED AND HEALING CAN TAKE PLACE.
THERE'S SO MUCH THAT WE'RE MISSING JUST BECAUSE WE
JUST DON'T ALWAYS REALLY BELIEVE WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS,
OR WE HAVE NOT BEEN TAUGHT THE RIGHT WAY.
I WENT TO CHURCH FOR LOTS OF YEARS, AND I LOVED
GOD, BUT I NEVER HEARD ANYBODY TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT I'M
TALKIN' TO YOU ABOUT TODAY.
AND MAYBE MANY OF YOU ARE LISTENING AND YOU'VE NEVER
HEARD THESE KINDA THINGS.
WELL, DON'T JUST WRITE IT OFF BECAUSE YOU'VE NEVER HEARD IT.
THERE'S POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
JOHN 14 IS WHERE THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT: "'MOST SOLEMNLY I
TELL YOU, IF ANYBODY STEADFASTLY BELIEVES IN ME, HE'LL BE ABLE
TO DO THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE; AND EVEN GREATER THINGS
THAN THESE SHALL HE DO.'" WHAT?
WHAT?
GREATER THINGS THAN JESUS DID?
WOW.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
AND PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS WRONG 'CAUSE I MEAN IT
IN A RIGHT SPIRIT.
TRYING TO THINK ABOUT THAT SCRIPTURE, I REALIZED
ONE DAY THAT GOD LETS ME DO GREATER THINGS THAN JESUS DID.
I'M REACHING MORE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW IN 30 MINUTES
THAN JESUS PERSONALLY REACHED IN HIS WHOLE LIFETIME
THROUGH THE TECHNOLOGY THAT GOD, YES, GOD, HAS PROVIDED TODAY.
SO WE ARE DOING GREATER THINGS.
WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF,
BUT WE ALWAYS NEED TO REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY
EXCEPT WHAT WE DO IN JESUS' NAME, IN JESUS' NAME.
"AND I WILL DO [I MYSELF WILL GRANT] WHATEVER YOU ASK
IN MY NAME [THAT IS, AS PRESENTING ALL THAT I AM],"
ALL THAT I AM.
LET'S HAVE FAITH IN THE POWER THAT'S IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
POWER IS AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE NAME
OF JESUS.
LET ME GIVE YOU A STORY.
A MAN WAS DRIVING IN TRAFFIC ONE DAY.
HE HAD HIS SMALL CHILD WITH HIM SITTIN' IN THE PASSENGER SEAT.
THE BOY DIDN'T HAVE THE SEATBELT ON.
THE FATHER HAD FORGOT TO LOCK THE CAR DOOR.
CAME TO A FOUR-WAY INTERSECTION, TRAFFIC COMIN'
FROM EVERY DIRECTION, HE PUT HIS BRAKES ON,
AND THEY WERE GONE.
THEY WEREN'T WORKING.
AS HE QUICKLY TRIED TO TURN, THE LITTLE BOY FELL
OUT THE DOOR, ROLLED OUT INTO TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC COMIN'
THREE DIFFERENT WAYS.
A CAR COMIN' RIGHT AT HIM, THE CAR DIDN'T HIT HIM.
THE LITTLE BOY WAS FINE.
THE FATHER GOT OUT OF THE CAR.
WELL, OF COURSE, WHEN THE MAN SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING, HE SAID,
"JESUS," THAT WAS ALL HE HAD TIME TO SAY, "JESUS."
DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO PRAY.
DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO THINK.
HE JUST SAID, "JESUS."
BECAUSE WHEN WE UNDERSTAND THE THINGS THAT I'M TEACHING
TODAY AND WE KNOW THE POWER THAT'S IN THAT NAME,
IT CAN BECOME JUST SECOND NATURE TO IMMEDIATELY SAY,
"JESUS, HELP ME," OR, "JESUS, I NEED YOU."
AND THERE'S POWER IN THAT NAME.
WELL, ANYWAY, THE LITTLE BOY WAS SAFE AND WHEN THE CAR THAT WAS
COMIN' AT THE LITTLE BOY, WHEN THAT MAN GOT OUT AND THE FATHER
GOT OUT, HE WAS SAYIN', "OH, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
THANK YOU, FOR PUTTIN' ON YOUR BRAKES SO QUICKLY."
HE SAID, "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO GET MY FOOT TO THE BRAKE.
MY BRAKES DID NOT STOP THIS CAR.
SOMETHING ELSE DID."
JESUS, AMEN?
JESUS.
THERE'S POWER AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN JESUS' NAME.
PRAYERS SHOULD ALWAYS BE OUR FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE
AGAINST PROBLEMS, ALWAYS.
DON'T EVER SAY, "WELL, I GUESS THERE'S NOTHIN' I CAN DO
BUT PRAY."
I HATE THAT.
AND I'VE SAID IT IN MY LIFE, "WELL, I GUESS I'LL JUST PRAY."
WELL, SEE, NOW I'VE LEARNED THAT'S THE FIRST THING I DO.
BEFORE I DO ANYTHING ELSE, I PRAY.
AND IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE SOMETHING LONG.
"JESUS, I BEGIN IN YOUR NAME."
YOU WERE HERE WHEN I PRAYED TODAY AND I PRAYED A PRAYER
OUT OF COLOSSIANS 3: "I DO THIS IN YOUR NAME
AND IN DEPENDENCE UPON YOUR PERSON."
WELL, THAT PRETTY WELL ASSURED ME THAT EVERYTHING WAS GONNA GO
GOOD IN HERE TODAY BECAUSE I PUT JESUS IN CHARGE OF IT, AMEN?
BEGIN EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE IN JESUS' NAME.
AS SOON AS YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING,
"JESUS, I LOVE YOU."
I EVEN THINK IT'D BE A GOOD HABIT TO FORM
JUST MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, 10, 12 TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
JUST TO STOP FOR A MOMENT AND JUST SAY THAT NAME OUT LOUD,
"JESUS, JESUS, JESUS, JESUS," AND REMEMBER THE POWER
THAT'S IN THAT NAME.
I WAS SAVED YEARS AND YEARS BEFORE I EXPERIENCED
ANY REAL POWER IN MY LIFE.
AND I PRAYED PRAYERS IN JESUS' NAME, BUT I DIDN'T
HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT I WAS DOIN'.
SEE, WE NEED TO HAVE FAITH IN THESE THINGS.
PHILIPPIANS 4:6: "DON'T FRET OR HAVE ANY ANXIETY
ABOUT ANYTHING," WELL, I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE RIGHT NOW
ARE WORRIED AND YOU'RE ANXIOUS AND YOU'RE FEARFUL.
THE BIBLE SAYS WE'VE GOT ANOTHER OPTION.
DO YOU LIKE OPTIONS?
I LIKE OPTIONS, RIGHT?
WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS?
WELL, YOUR OPTION IS: "IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE
AND IN EVERYTHING, BY PRAYER AND PETITION
(DEFINITE REQUESTS), WITH THANKSGIVING, CONTINUE
TO MAKE YOUR WANTS KNOWN TO GOD."
SO INSTEAD OF WORRYIN', TRY PRAYIN'.
YOU KNOW, "PETER AND JOHN WERE GOIN' UP TO THE TEMPLE
AT THE HOUR OF PRAYER," THIS IS FOUND
IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, CHAPTER 1-- CHAPTER 3, VERSES 1 THROUGH 7,
"AND THERE WAS A CRIPPLED MAN SITTIN' AT THE GATE THAT THEY
CALLED BEAUTIFUL AND HE WAS BEGGIN' FOR MONEY."
WE SEE THAT TODAY, DON'T WE?
WE SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE UNFORTUNATES BEGGING
IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
HE WAS HOPIN' THAT THEY WOULD GIVE HIM SOME MONEY.
"BUT WHEN HE SAW PETER AND JOHN ABOUT TO GO
INTO THE TEMPLE, HE SAID, 'COULD YOU GIVE ME A GIFT?'
AND PETER DIRECTED HIS GAZE STRAIGHT AT THE MAN AND HE SAID,
'SILVER AND GOLD HAVE I NONE; BUT SUCH AS I DO HAVE, THAT I
GIVE UNTO YOU: IN THE NAME,'" HE ACTUALLY SAID,
THE AMPLIFIED SAYS, "[IN THE USE OF] THE NAME."
I WONDER HOW MANY TIMES WE COULD USE THE NAME REVERENTLY
AND POWERFULLY AND WE JUST DON'T DO IT.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE WHEN SOMEBODY TELLS YOU, YOU'RE OUT SHOPPIN',
AND YOU MEET SOMEBODY AND IT'S OBVIOUS THEY'RE SICK AND DON'T
FEEL GOOD, AND YOU SAY, "OH, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE SICK."
"YEAH, I'M REALLY SICK."
WELL, SURELY, WE COULD DO SOMETHIN' BESIDES SAY, "THAT'S
TOO BAD, THAT'S A SHAME," YOU KNOW?
HOW 'BOUT AT LEAST AS BELIEVERS, LET'S GET BOLD ENOUGH
TO SAY TO PEOPLE, "I'M GONNA PRAY FOR YOU."
NOW, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO STOP
AND GRAB THEIR HANDS AND PRAY RIGHT THERE.
YOU MIGHT MAKE 'EM UNCOMFORTABLE.
BUT YOU CAN WALK AWAY AND SAY, "IN JESUS' NAME, I PRAY
THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER FROM THIS MOMENT ON."
C'MON, AS BELIEVERS, WE NEED TO START MAKIN' BETTER USE
OF THE NAME OF JESUS AND REALIZE THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN
POWER OF ATTORNEY TO USE THAT NAME.
WHAT IS A POWER OF ATTORNEY?
WELL, I HAD A POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR MY MOM AND DAD
AND FOR MY AUNT WHEN THEY GOT OLDER AND COULDN'T TAKE CARE
OF THEMSELVES.
I MEAN, I COULD SIGN THEIR CHECKS.
I COULD GET THEIR MONEY OUT OF THE BANK.
DIDN'T WORK OUT THAT WAY.
I ENDED UP PAYIN' THEIR BILLS, BUT NONETHELESS, YOU KNOW?
I MEAN, I MADE MEDICAL DECISIONS FOR THEM.
I HAD POWER.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW HOW TO USE THE NAME PROPERLY, IT CAN GET
YOU INTO PLACES THAT YOU COULDN'T GET INTO.
YOU GO TO THE STORE, YOU'RE SHOPPIN'.
MAYBE THE CLERK'S BEIN' A LITTLE BIT SNOOTY AND YOU
JUST HAPPEN TO MENTION, "MY UNCLE OWNS THE STORE."
WOW, NOW YOU'RE GETTIN' EXTRA COUPONS.
YOU GET A BAG WITH HANDLES ON IT, NOT JUST A REGULAR BAG.
I MEAN, YOU GET A BIGGER SMILE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IT'S AMAZING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE
THE RIGHT NAME, AMEN?
IF I TELL ONE OF--AND I DO THIS OFTEN.
MAYBE I'LL TELL ONE OF MY KIDS TO CALL UP HERE AND DO
SOMETHIN'.
I SAY, "JUST TELL 'EM I TOLD YOU TO CALL."
IT'S AMAZING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU JUST SAY,
"JOYCE TOLD ME TO CALL."
NOW, I'M NOT ALL THAT IMPORTANT, BUT PEOPLE HERE IN THIS BUILDING
KNOW THAT THAT NAME CARRIES POWER AND AUTHORITY.
PASTOR MIKE AND A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE
ARE IN CHARGE OF SOME PARTNER CARE
THAT WE'RE DOING NOW.
AND THEY WILL GO SOMETIMES, IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET
AHOLD OF SOMEBODY, THEY'LL JUST SHOW UP AT SOMEBODY'S DOOR
AND KNOCK ON THE DOOR.
WE JUST WANNA GIVE 'EM A BOOK, WANNA GIVE 'EM A GIFT, TELL 'EM
HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE 'EM.
AND WELL, MIKE DOESN'T JUST STAND THERE AND SAY,
"I'M MIKE SHEPARD AND I CAME TO SEE YOU."
HE'S NOT GONNA GET IN DOIN' THAT.
BUT IT'S AMAZING THE HOUSES THAT WILL LET HIM IN IF HE
JUST SAYS, "DAVE AND JOYCE MEYER SENT ME TO TELL YOU
HOW MUCH THEY APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP."
AND I'M JUST USIN' THOSE AS EXAMPLE.
I MEAN, IF WE CAN SEE THAT KIND OF POWER THAT'S INVESTED
IN A HUMAN NAME, MY GOODNESS, C'MON, WHAT KIND OF POWER
IS THERE IN THE NAME OF JESUS?
"THE NAME THAT IS ABOVE EVERY NAME,
THAT AT THE NAME OF JESUS, EVERY KNEE MUST BOW IN HEAVEN,
ON EARTH, AND UNDER THE EARTH."
NOW, LET ME PRESENT A LITTLE SOMETHIN' TO YA
THAT I THINK IS GOOD.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET MARRIED, WE GET THE NAME OF THE PERSON WE
MARRIED.
I KNOW TODAY A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THAT,
BUT NONETHELESS, THAT'S--I'M TALKIN' THE WAY I BELIEVE IT.
AND SO, WHEN DAVE AND I GOT MARRIED, SOON AS I SAID, "I DO,"
I WAS NO LONGER JOYCE HUTCHISON OR HANKINS.
I BECAME JOYCE MEYER, OKAY?
AND THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THAT WAS, WAS ALL OF A SUDDEN,
EVERYTHING THAT WAS DAVE'S BECAME MINE.
C'MON NOW, THERE'S A MESSAGE HERE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY, BUT DAVE HAD MONEY.
NOW I HAD MONEY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING],
JOYCE: I DIDN'T HAVE A CAR, BUT DAVE HAD A CAR.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, AND I COULD SAY LEGALLY, "I HAVE A CAR.
I HAVE MONEY."
WELL, IT'S THE SAME WAY WHEN WE SAY, "I DO," TO JESUS.
NOW, HERE'S THE THING.
I DIDN'T GET THAT NAME WHILE WE WERE DATING.
MAYBE I HAVE EVEN CHRISTIANS WATCHIN' TODAY AND YOU LOVE
THE LORD, BUT YOU'RE JUST DATING.
YOU HAVE A DATE EVERY SUNDAY MORNING.
LASTS ABOUT MAYBE, MAYBE, IF YOU GO TO A CHURCH THAT HAS
LONG SERVICES, AN HOUR AND A HALF.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT TRUTH BE TOLD, YOU'D BE QUITE HAPPY TO GET IN
AND OUT IN 45 MINUTES.
DATING, PROBABLY ONLY WHEN THERE'S A CRISIS.
NO, WHEN YOU GET MARRIED, WHEN YOU SAY, "I DO,"
WHEN YOU'RE SHARING EVERYTHING, THAT'S WHEN THE POWER
THAT'S IN THAT NAME IS RELEASED TO YOU.
THERE'S POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE GIANTS IN OUR LIFE.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD LABEL A GIANT
RIGHT NOW?
OKAY, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE RARELY EVER
WITHOUT A GIANT OF SOME KIND.
SOME ARE SMALLER THAN OTHERS, BUT THERE'S GIANTS IN THE LAND.
IT COULD BE A GIANT THAT'S GOT ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN'S NAME
ON IT.
MAYBE THEY'RE ADDICTED TO DRUGS, OR MAYBE YOU'RE HAVIN'
A FINANCIAL GIANT RIGHT NOW, OR MAYBE YOU NEED, YOU'VE GOT
A NON-EMPLOYMENT GIANT RIGHT NOW.
OR MAYBE YOU'VE GOT A GIANT THAT'S GOT THE NAME
OF YOUR MARRIAGE ON IT.
WE ALL HAVE GIANTS THAT WE FACE.
AND IN THE BIBLE, DAVID FACED A GIANT CALLED GOLIATH.
AND GIANTS ARE ALWAYS BIGGER THAN WE ARE.
GOLIATH WAS A LOT, LOT, LOT BIGGER
THAN DAVID.
AND HE WAS PRETTY FRIGHTENING.
AND HE HAD A LOUD, THREATENING MOUTH.
"I'M GONNA KILL YOU.
AND I'M GONNA CUT YOUR HEAD OFF.
AND I'M, YAH, YAH, YAH, YAH, AND I'M, I'M, I'M."
AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WAY OUR GIANTS ARE TOO.
THEY HAVE VOICES.
"YOU'RE NOT GONNA MAKE IT.
THIS IS TOO MUCH FOR YOU.
GOD'S NOT GONNA HELP YOU.
HE'S NOT GONNA COME THROUGH.
THIS IS ALL BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT SIN IN YOUR LIFE,"
OR WHATEVER THE THING MIGHT BE.
AND SO IF YOU READ THE STORY OF DAVID AND GOLIATH, MAN,
GOLIATH WAS YELLIN' AT DAVID, AND ALL KINDS OF THREATS.
AND I WANT TO JUST READ YOU WHAT DAVID SAID.
"THEN SAID DAVID TO THE PHILISTINE,"
YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU OUGHTTA TALK TO YOUR GIANTS.
DON'T JUST LET THEM TALK TO YOU.
YOU TRY TALKIN' TO THEM.
"YOU COME TO ME WITH A SWORD, A SPEAR, AND A JAVELIN,
BUT I COME TO YOU IN THE NAME OF THE LORD OF HOSTS,
THE GOD OF THE RANKS OF ISRAEL, WHOM YOU HAVE DEFIED."
AND THEN HE SAYS SOME OTHER REALLY COOL THINGS
THAT I DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ YOU, BUT YOU CAN FIND THIS
IN 1 SAMUEL 17:45 AND 46.
MY MESSAGE TODAY IS SIMPLY THIS.
THERE'S POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
DON'T MISUSE IT.
DON'T EVER MISUSE THAT NAME.
DON'T TAKE IT IN VAIN.
DON'T USE IT FRIVOLOUSLY.
IF YOU HAVE BAD HABITS OF SAYIN' THINGS LIKE, "OH MY GOD," LET'S
JUST MAKE SURE THAT ANYTIME WE USE THE NAME OF GOD OR THE NAME
OF JESUS THAT WE'RE SINCERE, YOU UNDERSTAND?
WE'RE SINCERE AND WE REALIZE THE POWER THAT'S IN THAT NAME.
AND I ALSO WANT TO HELP YOU REALIZE TODAY THAT THERE IS
POWER IN THAT NAME WHEN YOU PRAY.
WE DON'T WANNA MISUSE IT, BUT WE DO WANNA USE IT AND WE WANNA USE
IT REVERENTLY.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO USE IT MORE.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED TODAY THAT YOU NEED
TO BE A LITTLE MORE CAREFUL ABOUT THE NAME OF JESUS?
AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU PRAY IN JESUS' NAME, REALIZE
WHAT YOU'RE DOIN'.
"IN JESUS' NAME."
AND I EVEN SAY THIS SOMETIMES, "FATHER, I'M PRESENTING TO YOU
ALL THAT JESUS IS, NOT WHAT I AM.
'CAUSE IF I COME TO YOU WITH WHAT I AM,
I'M NOT GONNA GET ANYTHING.
BUT I'M PRESENTING HIS NAME."
NOW, TODAY, LIKE ALWAYS, WE HAVE A RESOURCE FOR YOU.
THIS IS REALLY WHAT I WOULD CALL A FOUNDATIONAL BOOK
THAT EVERY BELIEVER OR ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN BEING
A BELIEVER NEEDS TO HAVE.
SO TODAY WE'RE OFFERING THIS TO YOU FOR YOUR GIFT
TO THE MINISTRY OF ANY AMOUNT.
THEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GIVE TO THE MINISTRY,
IT NOT ONLY HELPS US WITH TO PAY FOR THE TELEVISION AIRTIME,
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT HELPS US REACH OUT TO PEOPLE
ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO DON'T KNOW HIM YET.
SO THANK YOU FOR HELPING US TODAY AND DOING YOUR BEST.
AND LET ME JUST REMIND YOU THAT GOD HAS A GLORIOUS PLAN
FOR HIS PEOPLE SO LET'S FULLY RELY ON HIM TODAY.
AND IN JESUS' NAME, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BE
MIGHTILY BLESSED, AMEN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
ANNOUNCER: YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING JOYCE'S SUMMER
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STAY TUNED THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF AUGUST TO HELP YOU EMBRACE
YOUR SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION.
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AND KEEP WATCHING "ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE.
ANNOUNCER: GET A FRESH UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE WORD
OF GOD APPLIES TO YOUR LIFE AND BE ENCOURAGED AT
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THAT WILL HELP YOU GAIN A NEW FOCUS ON LIFE AND MOTIVATE
YOU TO GROW IN GOD.
COMING TO SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA AUGUST 3 AND 4 WITH WORSHIP BY
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AUGUST 24 AND 25 WITH WORSHIP BY KARI JOBE.
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JOYCE: I STILL FELT LIKE GOD WANTED TO USE ME.
I MEAN, I STILL FELT LIKE I STILL HAD THIS DREAM.
I WAS STILL STUDYIN'.
WE WERE STILL STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY.
YOU KNOW, I WAS CONFUSED, ALL THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE GO
THROUGH.
AND SO, THEY ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO START A WOMEN'S BIBLE
STUDY AT THIS CHURCH, AND I REALLY DIDN'T WANNA START
A WOMEN'S BIBLE STUDY, BECAUSE I SPECIFICALLY FELT LIKE GOD HAD
GIVEN ME A SCRIPTURE IN PHILIPPIANS 2 THAT I WAS TO HOLD
OUT TO ALL MEN THE WORD OF GOD.
SO I NEVER REALLY FELT CALLED JUST TO TEACH WOMEN.
I REALLY FELT LIKE THAT THE SAME WORD WAS FOR EVERYBODY, AND THAT
I WAS GONNA TEACH EVERYBODY, NOT JUST WOMEN.
AND SO, AT FIRST, I WASN'T GONNA DO THE BIBLE STUDY, AND THEN I
REMEMBER THINKIN', "WELL, GOD'S NOT OPENING UP ANYTHING ELSE,
AND THIS HAS OPENED UP, SO I PROBABLY SHOULD TAKE
THE OPPORTUNITY.
AND THEY ADVERTISED IT A LITTLE BIT, AND I MEAN, THIS WAS JUST
A MIRACLE FROM GOD.
THE FIRST ONE THAT WE HAD WAS ON A THURSDAY MORNING AT WHAT DAVE
CALLS, "THE LITTLE CHURCH OF THE VALLEY," WHICH IT WAS JUST
A LITTLE TINY-- DAVE: LITTLE TINY CHURCH.
JOYCE: AND 115 PEOPLE CAME.
AND IT WAS LIKE, "WHERE DID ALL THESE PEOPLE COME FROM?"
AND IT WAS THE START OF SOMETHIN' PRETTY MAJOR,
AND IT WAS JUST GOD.
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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