[MUSIC]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, TRUST IS A CHOICE.
YOU SAY, "WELL, I WANT TO TRUST, BUT I'M JUST HAVING A HARD TIME
WITH IT."
WELL, SEE, YOU DO TRUST SOMETHING.
I MEAN YOU'RE EITHER TRUSTING YOURSELF, OR YOU'RE TRUSTING THE
WORLD, OR YOU'RE TRUSTING YOUR JOB, OR THE GOVERNMENT, OR YOUR
BANK ACCOUNT, OR SOMEBODY ELSE THAT YOU KNOW.
WE DO TRUST SOMETHING AND THE POINT IS IS WE NEED TO GET
SPIRITUALLY SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT TO TRUST AND WHAT NOT TO
TRUST, OR WHO TO TRUST AND WHO NOT TO TRUST.
WE MAY GIVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TRUST TO PEOPLE, BUT DON'T EVER
GIVE THE TRUST THAT BELONGS TO GOD TO ANOTHER PERSON BECAUSE
ALTHOUGH WE CAN TRUST OTHER PEOPLE TO SOME DEGREE, WE CAN
TRUST OURSELVES TO SOME DEGREE, GOD IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WE CAN
COMPLETELY TRUST, TOTALLY TRUST, AND SAY, "I BELIEVE THAT YOU
WILL ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF ME."
NOW, RIGHT AWAY WHEN I SAY IT, THERE'S PROBABLY SOME PEOPLE
THAT ARE THINKING, "WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, I TRUSTED GOD AND HE
DIDN'T COME THROUGH FOR ME."
WELL, LET'S JUST BACK OFF A LITTLE BIT AND LOOK AT THAT
A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
WERE YOU TRUSTING GOD TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WANTED HIM TO GIVE
YOU AND SO, NOW YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT MIFFED BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T
GET WHAT YOU WANTED, OR ARE YOU TRUSTING GOD TO GIVE YOU HIS
VERY BEST FOR YOU IN HIS TIMING IN HIS OWN WAY?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WELL, YOU'LL CLAP LOUDER BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND
SO IT'S ALL RIGHT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY COVER THAT IN DETAIL IN
ANOTHER MESSAGE.
CHOOSING TO TRUST GOD.
WELL, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE ANY MEDICINE IN YOUR HOUSE LIKE
OVER-THE-COUNTER STUFF OR PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE?
YOU GOT ANY MEDICINE?
OKAY, YOU PROBABLY GOT SOME BAND-AIDS, MAYBE SOME ANTIBIOTIC
CREAM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LIKE YOU GOT A PAIN SOMEWHERE, WHATEVER
YOUR CHOICE OF ASPIRIN, OR WHATEVER IT IS, YOU GOT
SOME STUFF.
AND GOD ALSO HAS MEDICINE FOR OUR SOUL, YOU KNOW THAT?
DO YOU KNOW THAT THE DISEASES AND SICKNESSES THAT WE HAVE IN
OUR SOULS, IN OUR MIND, OUR WILL, AND OUR EMOTION, ARE MUCH
WORSE THAN ANY PHYSICAL DISEASE THAT YOU CAN GET?
I TELL YA, I'D RATHER HAVE--I MEAN I'D PREFER NOT TO HAVE
EITHER ONE BUT IF I HAD TO CHOOSE, I WOULD RATHER HAVE A
REALLY BAD HEADACHE FOR A LONG TIME, THAN TO HAVE TO SUFFER
WHAT YOUR SOUL GOES THROUGH WHEN SOMEBODY HAS HURT YOU
EMOTIONALLY REALLY BAD.
COME ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND SO, IT'S REALLY NOT THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO US
THAT DETERMINE THE QUALITY OF OUR LIFE, IT'S HOW WE RESPOND TO
THOSE THINGS AND HOW MUCH OF IT WE TAKE INTO OURSELVES OR HOW
MUCH WE SAY, "WELL, I'M GONNA TRUST GOD WITH IT."
SO, GOD HAS MEDICINES FOR OUR SOUL.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF I SIN AND DO SOMETHING WRONG, I CAN DO WHAT
THE NORMAL THING WOULD BE, WHICH IS TO FEEL GUILTY AND CONDEMNED,
OR I CAN TAKE SOME, "GOD FORGIVES ME,"
AND IT WILL HEAL MY SOUL.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
SO, IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN SIT THERE ALL MORNING AND YOU CAN
FEEL GUILTY ABOUT SOMETHING YOU DID OR DID NOT DO THIS MORNING.
SOME OF YOU PROBABLY GOT MAD AT SOMEBODY IN YOUR HOME AND SAID
A BUNCH OF STUFF YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID BEFORE YOU LEFT TO
COME TO THE CHRISTIAN MEETING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE SOMEBODY GOT REAL
NOT SO KIND TO SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE PARKING LOT WHO ZIPPED IN
AND TOOK THE PARKING SPACE YOU WERE TRYING TO GET.
I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU IN A CROWD THIS SIZE THAT HAPPENED
TO SOMEBODY.
AND SO, YOU CAN EITHER BE MAD AT THEM, OR YOU COULD TAKE SOME,
"I'M GONNA FORGIVE YOU."
YOU CAN FEEL REALLY BAD ABOUT YOURSELF BECAUSE OF SOMETHING
THAT YOU DID THIS MORNING THAT YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE AND JUST
RUIN THE WHOLE DAY, OR YOU CAN TAKE A GOOD DOSE OF, "GOD'S
MERCIFUL AND HE FORGIVES ME."
SO, GOD HAS MEDICINES FOR OUR SOUL AND ACTUALLY,
THE WORD OF GOD IS MEDICINE FOR EVERYTHING
THAT AILS YOU INSIDE.
THE WORD OF GOD FIXES OUR MIND, IT HELPS US TURN OUR WILL IN
GOD'S DIRECTION TO WHERE WE'RE DOING WHAT HE WANTS,
INSTEAD OF WHAT WE WANT.
HAS ANYBODY HERE FIGURED OUT YET THAT DOING WHAT YOU WANT YOUR
WAY DOESN'T MAKE YOU HAPPY?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HAS ANYBODY FIGURED THAT OUT YET?
OKAY.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'VE BEEN TEACHING THE WORD 40 YEARS AND YOU KNOW
WHAT I KNOW NOW?
GOD IS ALWAYS RIGHT.
NO MATTER WHAT I THINK OR HOW I FEEL, GOD IS ALWAYS RIGHT.
AND I MEAN REALLY, THE WHOLE BIBLE IS A MESSAGE ABOUT DO THIS
AND LIVE A QUALITY LIFE THAT'S WORTH LIVING, DO THIS
AND BE MISERABLE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY IT TAKES US A LIFETIME TO GET IT.
WELL, I DO BECAUSE WE HAVE STUBBORNNESS AND SELF-WILL AND,
YOU KNOW, ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND SO, GOD'S WORD, IT REALLY IS MEDICINE FOR OUR SOUL.
AND I MEAN I'VE BEEN AT THIS A LONG TIME AND I'M A SERIOUS
STUDENT OF THE WORD OF GOD AND I CAN TELL YA, I HAVE YET TO FIND
ANYTHING THAT BOTHERED ME THAT I COULDN'T FIND AN ANSWER FOR
IN GOD'S WORD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A COUPLE OF MEDICINES
THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AND THESE TWO TOGETHER
PRETTY MUCH WILL SOLVE EVERY PROBLEM THAT YOU HAVE ANYTIME.
AND THE FIRST ONE IS TRUST GOD.
AND THE SECOND ONE IS DO GOOD.
LET'S LOOK AT PSALM 37, VERSE 3.
PSALM 37, VERSE 3, "TRUST (LEAN ON, RELY ON, AND BE CONFIDENT)
IN THE LORD AND DO GOOD; SO SHALL YOU DWELL IN THE LAND AND
FEED SURELY ON HIS FAITHFULNESS, AND TRULY YOU SHALL BE FED."
NOW, IN JUST A MINUTE, WE'RE GONNA READ THE FIRST 10 VERSES
OF PSALM 37, AND WE'RE GONNA UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS SAID TO
PEOPLE THAT WERE GOING THROUGH VERY DIFFICULT TIMES.
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN EVERYTHING AROUND YOU SEEMS TO BE
FALLING APART?
WHAT IS OUR RESPONSE TO BE?
TRUST GOD AND DO GOOD, NOT JUST TRUST GOD, NOT JUST DO GOOD.
I MEAN THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT IN THE WORLD THAT ARE DOING GOOD
THINGS, BUT THEY STILL DON'T HAVE THE PACKAGE TOGETHER RIGHT
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT TRUSTING GOD.
AND THEN, THERE ARE LOTS OF BELIEVERS WHO TRUST GOD, BUT
THEY NEVER DO ANYTHING GOOD.
HELLO.
HOW MANY PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, I'M TRUSTING GOD.
WELL, I'M TRUSTING GOD."
WELL YEAH, BUT WHAT ELSE ARE YOU DOING?
DO YOU KNOW ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO
WHILE YOU'RE HURTING IS TO DO SOMETHING GOOD TO HELP
SOMEBODY ELSE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THAT'S NOT--YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT.
IT'S LIKE, "I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT."
I MEAN WHEN WE'RE HURTING, WE WANT TO JUST SHRINK, AND
WITHDRAW, AND WE WANT EVERYBODY TO DO SOMETHING FOR US.
BUT REMEMBER, WE'RE GONNA TAKE GOD'S MEDICINE.
NOW, THIS IS A PRESCRIPTION FOR TRUST, AND THE DOCTOR IS JESUS,
AND THE PATIENT IS "WHOSOEVER."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND THE INSTRUCTIONS HERE IS TAKE AS MANY FOR AS LONG
AS YOU NEED IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: REFILLS ARE ENDLESS.
YOU CAN TAKE THIS THING BACK AND GET IT REFILLED ANYTIME
YOU WANT TO.
NOW, THERE ARE SOME SIDE EFFECTS THAT YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL OF
AND HERE THEY ARE.
THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE PEACE, JOY, STABILITY, CONFIDENCE, AND JUST
OVERALL BETTER HEALTH.
SO, YOU CAN JUST GET IN HERE AND SAY, "WOW, I THINK I'M A TAKE ME
ONE OF THOSE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I TELL YA, WE GOT SOME TALENTED PEOPLE IN OUR OFFICE SO
WE GOT ENDLESS REFILLS OF TRUST GOD HERE.
AND THEN HERE AGAIN WE HAVE A PRESCRIPTION FOR DO GOOD,
SAME DOCTOR, DR. JESUS.
PATIENT, "WHOSOEVER."
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE A WHOSOEVER?
ALL RIGHT, TAKE AS MANY FOR AS LONG AS YOU NEED IT, ENDLESS.
THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THIS, OH MY GOSH, EXTREME HAPPINESS
AND REWARDS IN HEAVEN.
MY, MY.
AND YUP, WE GOT DO GOOD PILLS IN HERE, RIGHT THERE.
EVERYBODY SAY, "TRUST GOD AND DO GOOD."
AUDIENCE: TRUST GOD AND DO GOOD.
JOYCE: YOU MAY HEAR ME SAY THAT A COUPLE OF HUNDRED
TIMES BETWEEN NOW AND SATURDAY MORNING WHEN
THE CONFERENCE IS OVER IF YOU GET TO COME TO ALL THE SESSIONS,
AND IF NOT, YOU'LL GET IT ON TV.
BUT I WOULDN'T WAIT TILL THEN BECAUSE I BELIEVE THERE'S
A SPECIAL ANOINTING WHEN WE'RE ALL TOGETHER LIKE THIS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND ALTHOUGH TELEVISION IS GOOD, IT'S NOT
LIKE BEING HERE.
SO, THOSE OF YOU WATCHING BY TV, THE NEXT TIME WE'RE HAVING A
CONFERENCE ANYWHERE WHERE YOU CAN GET TO, WHY DON'T YOU COME
AND BE WITH US?
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU.
AMEN.
NOW, I'VE LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO TRY TO BE HAPPY A LOT OF
DIFFERENT WAYS, AND I TRIED THE WHOLE SELFISHNESS THING,
AND I MEAN JUST, I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING, AND I CAN TELL YA
THIS WORKS.
I DON'T CARE WHAT AILS YOU, WHAT YOUR PROBLEM IS, IT CAN BE A
SURPRISE PROBLEM THAT COMES UP OUT OF NOWHERE.
AS WE KNOW, EVERY STORM'S NOT IN THE FORECAST.
IT CAN BE YOU'VE GOT A PLAN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, GOD COMES ALONG
AND CHANGES YOUR PLAN AND NOW THE FIRST RESPONSE IS UPSET.
THE ANSWER TO EVERY PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IS TRUST GOD
AND DO GOOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
NOW, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THOSE WATCHING BY TELEVISION,
YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LITTLE PROBLEM HERE LAST NIGHT.
OUR CONFERENCE WAS SUPPOSED TO START ON THURSDAY NIGHT
BUT LO AND BEHOLD, 1 HOUR BEFORE THE CONFERENCE
WAS TO START, THE POWER IN THIS BLOCK WHERE THE ARENA'S
AT WENT OUT, AND IT DID NOT COME BACK ON UNTIL 10 MINUTES
BEFORE THE MEETING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OVER.
AND SO, WE HAD SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE,
THE ONES THAT WERE INSIDE WERE MADE TO GO OUTSIDE.
THEY LOCKED THE PARKING LOT.
THEY PUT A BIG SIGN, A LIGHTED SIGN UP OUT ON THE HIGHWAY THAT
SAID, "THE JOYCE MEYER CONFERENCE IS CANCELED."
NOW, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT DOES TO ME?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN I JUST WANT TO OH.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I'M THINKING, WE HAD ONE SESSION CANCELED,
WHY COULDN'T YOU SAY, "COME BACK TOMORROW"?
AND SO, YOU KNOW, NOW LISTEN, HOW MANY KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE
A PROBLEM LIKE THAT, YOUR MIND CAN JUST GO CRAZY?
I'M THINKING, WELL, IF YOU TELL THEM IT'S GONNA BE CANCELED,
THEN NOBODY'S GONNA COME BACK, AND I'M GONNA BE IN
THAT BIG ARENA BY MYSELF AND--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND SO, THE ONLY WAY TO CALM MY SOUL DOWN IS TO TAKE
SOME TRUST.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND DO SOME GOOD.
AMEN?
I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S ALWAYS EASY, BUT EASY OR NOT, IT IS
THE BEST OPTION BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S REALLY
GOING TO WORK.
AND TO BE HONEST, I HAD ALL THESE VISIONS OF OH MY GOSH,
PEOPLE ARE GONNA THINK THE WHOLE THING'S CANCELED.
THEY'RE GONNA GO HOME.
BUT TO BE HONEST, WE HAVE A BETTER CROWD HERE THIS
MORNING ON FRIDAY MORNING THAN WHAT WE NORMALLY WOULD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THE THING THAT TICKLES ME ABOUT CHRISTIANS, IF
YOU MAKE THEM MAD, I MEAN WE HAVE THIS GOD-GIVEN ABILITY,
BOY, TO DIG IN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND SAY, "I'M GOING BACK."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "AND I'M GONNA KEEP GOING BACK UNTIL I GET WHAT
I CAME FOR."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
I REALLY LOVE PSALM 37 AND ACTUALLY, I GO AND I READ THIS
PRETTY FREQUENTLY BECAUSE THE CONDITIONS OF OUR WORLD
AND OUR SOCIETY TODAY ARE REALLY PRETTY BAD.
A LOT OF FEAR, A LOT OF NEED, A LOT OF DECEPTION, A LOT OF
PEOPLE TURNING AWAY FROM GOD AND WANTING TO THINK THAT GOD
DOESN'T EXIST.
AND EVEN THE WAY A LOT OF KIDS ARE GROWING UP HAVING TO WATCH
THEIR PARENTS LIVE AND THEY'RE JUST GONNA GO AND REPEAT THAT
SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
I TELL YA WHAT, I AM SO THANKFUL FOR WHAT I KNOW.
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU KNOW?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BECAUSE YOU SEE, THE TRUTH, WHEN I SEE SOMETHING
WRONG, I IMMEDIATELY KNOW IT'S WRONG.
YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE I'VE STUDIED THIS FOR 40 YEARS.
I DON'T HAVE TO WONDER IF IT'S WRONG.
I DON'T HAVE TO WONDER, HEY, IS THIS OKAY NOW BECAUSE SOCIETY
SAYS IT'S OKAY?
I SAY, NO, I KNOW.
I KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG.
WHEN YOU HIDE THE WORD OF GOD IN YOUR HEART, IT KEEPS YOU
FROM SIN.
I SAID, WHEN YOU HIDE THE WORD OF GOD IN YOUR HEART,
IT KEEPS YOU FROM SIN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I KNOW PEOPLE CAN SAY ALL KINDS OF THINGS, "WELL,
HOW CAN YOU BE SO DUMB AS TO THINK THAT A BOOK LIKE THAT,
YOU KNOW, HAS GOT TOTAL TRUTH?" AND I TELL YA, ONE OF
THE REASONS WHY I KNOW IT'S TRUE 'CAUSE IT WORKS IN MY LIFE
AND ALL THE OTHER STUPID STUFF DON'T.
I KNOW THE MESS I WAS IN WHEN I STARTED STUDYING THE WORD, AND
I'M SURE THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT PERFECTLY AND, YOU KNOW,
THERE MAY EVEN BE, YOU KNOW, IN ALL OF OUR MODERN TRANSLATIONS,
A FEW THINGS THAT AREN'T EXACTLY THE WAY THAT THEY WERE MEANT
TO BE.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT'S THE BEST THING WE GOT GOING FOR US.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THE DEVIL HAS TRIED FOR THOUSANDS
OF YEARS TO GET RID OF THIS BUT HERE THIS BOOK STILL SURVIVES,
AND IT'S STILL THE NUMBER-ONE BEST-SELLING BOOK IN
THE WHOLE WORLD.
COME ON, GIVE GOD PRAISE FOR HIS WORD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND SO, I'M A WORD PERSON AND I DON'T APOLOGIZE
FOR IT.
AND TO BE HONEST, IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WHAT I THINK
ABOUT THIS THING, OR THAT THING, OR SOME OTHER THING, GOD HAS
ALREADY SPOKEN AND IT'S WHAT HE SAYS THAT MATTERS.
AMEN.
PSALM 37, VERSE 1, "FRET NOT YOURSELF BECAUSE OF EVILDOERS,"
FRET NOT YOURSELF BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN
THE WORLD TODAY, "NEITHER BE ENVIOUS AGAINST THOSE WHO WORK
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS (THAT WHICH IS NOT UPRIGHT OR IN RIGHT STANDING
WITH GOD]"
DO YOU KNOW THERE ARE TIMES WHEN PEOPLE DO THE WRONG THING AND IT
SEEMS LIKE THEIR BLESSINGS OUTWEIGH THOSE OF THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING?
AMEN?
SOMEBODY ON YOUR JOB CAN DO THE WRONG THING AND GET A PROMOTION,
AND YOU CAN DO THE RIGHT THING AND GET FIRED.
BUT WE CAN'T CAVE INTO THAT.
JUST HANG ON.
"FOR THEY SHALL SOON BE CUT DOWN LIKE THE GRASS."
NOW, BE CAREFUL.
YOU CAN'T GET TOO HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL.
I'D, LIKE, WANT TO REJOICE WHEN I GET TO THAT PART TOO BUT WE'RE
SUPPOSED TO PRAY FOR OUR ENEMIES.
"TRUST (LEAN, RELY ON, AND BE CONFIDENT) IN THE LORD AND DO
GOOD," WOW, "SO SHALL YOU DWELL IN THE LAND AND FEED SURELY ON
HIS FAITHFULNESS, AND TRULY YOU SHALL BE FED.
DELIGHT YOURSELF ALSO IN THE LORD, AND HE WILL GIVE YOU
THE DESIRES AND SECRET PETITIONS OF YOUR HEART."
WOW, WOW, WOW, WOW, WOW, WOW.
YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF BEING OUT IN THE WORLD TODAY TRYING TO
MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE THAT ONLY GOD CAN MAKE
HAPPEN, YOU'RE HERE, YOU'VE TAKEN THE TIME TO COME AND
DELIGHT YOURSELF IN THE LORD, AND GOD KNOWS THE THINGS THAT
YOU WANT AND NEED.
AND HE PROMISES THAT IF YOU WILL DELIGHT YOURSELF IN HIM,
CONSISTENTLY DELIGHT YOURSELF IN THE LORD AND WANT HIM MORE THAN
YOU WANT ANYTHING HE CAN GIVE YOU, THAT HE WILL ALSO GIVE YOU
THE DESIRES AND THE SECRET PETITIONS OF YOUR HEART,
NOT THE DESIRES OF YOUR FLESH...
BUT THE REAL TRUE HEART DESIRES.
GOD SAYS, "I'LL WORK THAT OUT FOR YOU.
I'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT."
YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE WE SERVE A GOD THAT OPENS DOORS THAT NOBODY CAN SHUT
AND SHUTS DOORS THAT NOBODY CAN OPEN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN.
I LOVE THAT, HE'S SOVEREIGN.
HE SHUTS AND NOBODY CAN OPEN.
HE OPENS AND NOBODY CAN SHUT.
WOW.
"COMMIT YOUR WAY TO THE LORD [ROLL AND REPOSE EACH CARE OF
YOUR LOAD ON HIM]; TRUST (LEAN ON, RELY ON, AND BE CONFIDENT)
ALSO IN HIM AND HE WILL BRING IT TO PASS."
MY MOTHER-IN-LAW WHO HAS GONE HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, GAVE ME MY FIRST BIBLE.
IT WAS A LITTLE WHITE KING JAMES BIBLE
AND I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING.
AND SHE WROTE PSALM 37:5 IN THE FRONT OF IT, WROTE IT OUT,
"COMMIT YOUR WAY UNTO THE LORD, CAST ALL YOUR CARE ON HIM AND HE
WILL BRING IT TO PASS."
AND BOY, HAS THAT BEEN TRUE.
WOW, MY GOSH.
I WISH THAT I COULD--AND SOME OF YOU KNOW BECAUSE YOU'VE MADE
THIS JOURNEY, BUT I WISH THAT I COULD GET PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW
TO UNDERSTAND HOW PATHETIC MY LIFE WAS WHEN I WAS HANDED THAT
FIRST BIBLE AND WHAT THE WORD OF GOD,
BELIEVING THE WORD AND FOLLOWING THE WORD, HOW IT HAS CHANGED ME,
AND CHANGED MY LIFE, AND TAKEN MY BROKENNESS AND
TURNED IT INTO SOMETHING THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE OF VALUE IN
OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: PLEASE LET ME TELL YOU TODAY, IF YOU WILL TRUST GOD
WITH YOUR LIFE AND LEARN THE WORD, SEE, SO MANY PEOPLE JUST,
THEY THINK THAT ALL THERE IS TO BEING A CHRISTIAN IS PRAY
A SINNER'S PRAYER, GO TO CHURCH SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, MAYBE PUT A
LITTLE SOMETHING IN THE OFFERING BASKET ONCE IN A WHILE AND SO
NOW EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE SHOULD MAGICALLY CHANGE.
NO, OUR WALK WITH GOD IS A JOURNEY.
WHEN YOU COMMIT YOUR--WHEN YOU ASK CHRIST TO COME INTO YOUR
LIFE, WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR NOT, AND SOMEBODY SHOULD EXPLAIN
THIS TO YOU, YOU ARE GIVING YOUR LIFE AWAY.
IN HIM WE LIVE, AND MOVE, AND HAVE OUR BEING.
HE IS NOT A SUNDAY MORNING EVENT, HE IS OUR LIFE.
TO LIVE IS CHRIST, TO DIE IS GAIN.
WOW.
"AND HE WILL MAKE YOUR UPRIGHTNESS AND YOUR RIGHT
STANDING WITH GOD GO FORTH AS LIGHT, AND YOUR JUSTICE AND
RIGHT AS [THE SHINING SUN OF]
THE NOONDAY.
BE STILL AND REST IN THE LORD; WAIT FOR HIM AND PATIENTLY LEAN
YOURSELF UPON HIM; FRET NOT YOURSELF."
I WAS PREACHING ON THIS ONE TIME AND A LADY OUT IN THE AUDIENCE
YELLED OUT, "THAT'S ME, SISTER FRET."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, LET'S ASK OURSELVES SOME QUESTIONS.
HOW MANY THINGS DO WE FRET OVER, AND WORRY ABOUT, AND GET
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT ARE JUST DOWNRIGHT SILLY?
THEY'RE NOT REALLY GONNA MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO ANYBODY.
AND EVEN IMPORTANT THINGS, IF YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT,
DO IT.
BUT IF YOU CAN'T, THEN TRUST GOD.
EPHESIANS 6 SAYS, "DO ALL THE CRISIS DEMANDS."
DO WHAT YOU CAN DO BUT IT SAYS, "DO ALL THE CRISIS
DEMANDS, AND THEN STAND FIRMLY IN YOUR PLACE."
AND OUR PLACE IS, "I'M TRUSTING GOD."
[MUSIC]
ANNOUNCER: YOU MEAN MORE TO US AT JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
THAN YOU MAY EVER KNOW.
WE APPRECIATE YOU, AND WE THANK OUR FRIENDS AND PARTNERS FOR
MAKING THIS WORLDWIDE MINISTRY POSSIBLE.
TOGETHER, WE'RE FEEDING THE HUNGRY, CLOTHING THE POOR,
AND PRESENTING THE GOSPEL TO THE NATIONS.
PLEASE CONTACT US OR VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG TODAY TO SHARE
YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS, FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR RESOURCES,
SEE JOYCE'S CONFERENCE SCHEDULE, AND TO JOIN US IN PARTNERSHIP
AS WE SHARE THE LOVE OF CHRIST AROUND THE GLOBE.


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