[MUSIC]
JOYCE: I DID THIS IN DETAIL THIS MORNING, BUT LET ME
QUICKLY SAY THAT WHATEVER AILS US, GOD'S WORD IS MEDICINE
FOR OUR SOUL.
AND YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IF I SIN AND I'M MISERABLE
WITH GUILT BECAUSE I'VE SINNED, I CAN TAKE A GOOD DOSE
OF "GOD FORGIVES ME."
I CAN TAKE A GOOD DOSE OF THE MERCY OF GOD
AND BE HEALED IN MY SOUL.
IF I'M MAD AT SOMEBODY ELSE BECAUSE THEY'VE HURT ME,
I CAN TAKE A GOOD DOSE OF "I FORGIVE YOU" AND BE
COMPLETELY HEALED.
IF I'M SICK WITH JEALOUSY BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE IS GETTING
WHAT I WANT, I CAN TAKE A GREAT BIG DOSE OF CONTENTMENT
AND MY SOUL CAN BE HEALED.
BUT THERE'S ONE THING THAT IS THE ANSWER TO EVERY PROBLEM
THAT AILS US, AND IT'S CALLED "TRUST GOD" AND "DO GOOD."
IF YOU HAVE A NICE BIG BOTTLE OF BOTH OF THESE THINGS
IN YOUR HOUSE, I DON'T CARE WHAT AILS YOU, YOU'VE GOT
WHAT YOU NEED TO ALWAYS BE WELL.
NOW LOOK, THIS IS A PRESCRIPTION FOR TRUST.
IT COMES FROM DR. JESUS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THE PATIENT IT'S DESCRIBED FOR IS WHOSOEVER.
TAKE AS MANY AS YOU NEED FOR AS LONG AS YOU NEED.
REFILLS ARE ENDLESS.
BUT YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.
THIS STUFF HAS SIDE EFFECTS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, WHEN YOU START TAKING TRUST, WOW, YOU HAVE
A SIDE EFFECT OF PEACE, JOY, STABILITY, CONFIDENCE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BETTER LIFE.
AND THEN IF YOU MATCH IT UP WITH SOME "DO GOOD."
SEE, I THINK A LOT OF TIMES WE THINK, "WELL, I'M TRUSTING GOD,"
BUT WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
WHILE YOU'RE TRUSTING GOD, ARE YOU SOWING SOME GOOD SEEDS
IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S LIFE?
AND BELIEVING THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN'T FIX YOUR OWN PROBLEM,
YOU CAN HELP SOMEBODY ELSE.
AND THROUGH DOING THAT, YOU'RE SOWING A SEED THAT WILL THEN
BRING A HARVEST IN YOUR LIFE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND EVEN SOMETHING AS DEVASTATING AS THE EARTHQUAKE
IN NEPAL, I WOULD GO THERE AND PREACH THE SAME MESSAGE
THAT I'M PREACHING TO YOU, BECAUSE I DON'T CARE
HOW BAD OFF YOU ARE, YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND SOMETHING THAT YOU
CAN DO FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.
AND NOTHING MAKES THE DEVIL ANY MADDER THAN WHEN HE'S
THROWING HIS BEST, BIGGEST PROBLEM AT YOU, FOR YOU TO SAY,
"I'M GONNA TRUST GOD AND I'M GONNA HELP SOMEBODY ELSE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, THIS DO-GOOD STUFF HAS SIDE EFFECTS TOO,
AND THEY'RE EXTREME HAPPINESS--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND REWARDS IN HEAVEN.
SEE?
TRUST GOD, THEY'RE RIGHT IN HERE, THE PILLS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOW, WE GOT DO-GOOD PILLS IN HERE TOO.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DON'T UNDERSTAND AND WE START TRYIN'
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ONLY GOD KNOWS, THERE CAN ONLY BE
ONE RESULT, AND THAT'S CONFUSION.
IF I WOULD HAVE STARTED OUT TONIGHT AND SAID,
"HOW MANY OF YOU ARE CONFUSED RIGHT NOW ABOUT SOMETHIN'
GOIN' ON IN YOUR LIFE?" I WOULD'VE HAD A LOT OF HANDS
GO UP.
BUT SEE, HERE'S THE TRUTH.
YOU CAN'T BE CONFUSED IF YOU REFUSE TO TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT.
I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, DAVE IS A GUY THAT DOES NOT TRY
TO FIGURE ANYTHING OUT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HE'S JUST LIKE, "GOD KNOWS,
AND HE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
I'M CASTING MY CARE."
AND I'VE GOTTEN THERE.
IT'S TAKEN ME 40 YEARS, BUT I'VE--I HAVE A BREAKDOWN
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, BUT I'M DOIN' GOOD.
YOU KNOW, IN 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 13,
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT: "WE KNOW IN PART."
WE KNOW IN PART.
WE DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING.
WE'RE NOT INTENDED TO KNOW EVERYTHING.
IT WOULDN'T EVEN BE GOOD FOR US IF WE KNEW EVERYTHING.
DO YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNEW RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING
COMIN' UP IN YOUR FUTURE, HMM, MOST OF US'D JUST SIGN OFF
AND SAY, "FORGET IT."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OR EVEN IF YOU KNEW HOW GOD INTENDS TO USE YOU
OR BLESS YOU IN THE FUTURE.
YOU MIGHT GET FULL OF PRIDE, AND THAT WOULD RUIN IT.
SO GOD ONLY REVEALS THINGS TO US A LITTLE BIT A TIME AS HE KNOWS
IT'S RIGHT.
AND THERE IS NO SUCH THING--THERE'S NO NEED
FOR TRUST IF WE KNOW EVERYTHING.
DO YOU KNOW THAT GOD REALLY COULDN'T EVEN BE YOUR GOD
IF YOU KNEW EVERYTHING THAT HE KNOWS?
WE NEED TO GET SATISFIED TO KNOW THE ONE WHO KNOWS
AND NOT HAVE TO KNOW EVERYTHING.
CAN SOME OF YOU TAKE A STEP OF FAITH TONIGHT AND SAY,
"I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOIN' ON IN MY LIFE,
BUT I AM NOT GONNA TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT ANYMORE.
I AM GONNA TRUST GOD, AND I AM GONNA DO GOOD."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: WOW, I FEEL THE BURDENS LIFTING
ALREADY, WHOO!
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: THERE THEY GO.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: SEE, HERE'S THE THING.
THE DEVIL SENDS OUT--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HE COMES, SITS REAL CLOSE TO YOUR EAR.
"WELL, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?
WELL, THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
WELL, HUH, HOW'D THAT HAPPEN?
WELL, LOOK AT THAT PERSON OVER THERE.
THEY DON'T--THEY'RE NOT EVEN SERVIN' GOD AND THEY'RE BLESSED.
JUST EXPLAIN THAT.
IF GOD IS SO GOOD, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
IF GOD LOVES YOU SO MUCH, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?"
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M GONNA SHOW YOU A SCRIPTURE IN A LITTLE BIT THAT SAID
THAT JESUS OVERHEARD BUT IGNORED THE BAD REPORTS
THAT WERE COMIN' TO HIM.
YOU KNOW, I MAY HEAR THE DEVIL, BUT I DON'T HAVE TO BELIEVE HIM.
I MAY HEAR HIM, BUT I DON'T HAVE TO BOW DOWN TO HIM.
AND EVERYTHING THAT HE SCREAMS IN YOUR EAR,
YOU NEED TO JUST SAY, "I DON'T HAVE TO KNOW.
I'M GONNA TRUST GOD AND DO GOOD.
I'M GONNA TRUST GOD AND DO GOOD.
I'M GONNA TRUST GO AND DO GOOD.
AND I'M ALWAYS GONNA COME OUT ON TOP IF I DO THAT," AMEN?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: WE'VE GOTTA BE CAREFUL ABOUT ALL THE THINGS
THAT THE ENEMY, THE LIES THAT HE PUTS IN YOUR HEAD THAT YOU
LISTEN TO.
IS ANYBODY TIRED OF BEIN' CONFUSED ALL THE TIME?
ARE YOU TIRED OR YOUR HEAD HURTIN' BECAUSE YOU THINK,
THINK, THINK, THINK, THINK, THINK, THINK?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: CAN I TELL YA, A GREAT DELIVERANCE
FOR MANY OF YOU WOULD JUST BE IF YOU JUST STOPPED THINKIN'
SO MUCH ALL THE TIME ABOUT EVERYTHING?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: JUST GET AROUND TO ENJOYIN' LIFE A LITTLE BIT.
YOU WANNA REALLY MAKE THE DEVIL MAD?
TRUST GOD AND ENJOY YOUR LIFE WHILE GOD IS SOLVING
YOUR PROBLEM.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: DID YOU HEAR ME?
WHILE GOD IS SOLVING YOUR PROBLEM, YOU CAN ENJOY
YOUR LIFE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: THAT'S WHAT "TRUST" MEANS.
"TRUST" MEANS "I'M NO LONGER MISERABLE."
"TRUST" MEANS "I'M LETTING GO OF IT AND I'M GONNA DO WHAT I
CAN DO, BUT I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO DO WHAT I CANNOT DO,"
HALLELUJAH.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: MY GOSH, I ABOUT DROVE MYSELF CRAZY FOR YEARS TRYING
TO FIGURE EVERYTHING OUT.
AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, WHEN YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT ANSWERS,
YOU STILL DON'T HAVE ANSWERS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU JUST THINK YOU'VE GOT ANSWERS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OH, I TELL YOU WHAT, THE WORLD IS FULL OF MYSTERIES.
THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT MYSTERIES: THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST,
THE MYSTERIES OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD,
THE MYSTERIES OF HEAVEN, THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST IN ME,
THE HOPE OF GLORY, SO MANY MYSTERIES.
AND WHY DO WE GET SO RATTLED ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE
DON'T UNDERSTAND?
WE SHOULD BE INTRIGUED BY THESE MYSTERIES.
PASTOR MIKE TOLD ME TODAY THAT OF ALL THE MOVIES WATCHED,
THE NUMBER 1 OF ALL TIME OF EVERYBODY,
THEIR FAVORITE MOVIES ARE MYSTERIES.
I LOVE MYSTERIES.
YOU'RE DRAWN IN.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU COME CLOSER.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT WHY IS IT WHEN THERE'S A MYSTERY
IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THAT SOMETIMES WE...?
WE SHOULD BE AMAZED BY THE MYSTERIES OF HEAVEN
AND THE MYSTERIES OF THE INCARNATION
AND THE MYSTERY OF THE TRINITY.
WE SHOULD JUST BE LIKE, "GOD, YOU ARE SO AWESOME.
NOBODY CAN FIGURE YOU OUT."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: THIS IS A MYSTERY WE ARE NOT GONNA FIGURE OUT.
THE BIBLE SAYS, "WHEN JESUS COMES AGAIN, WE WILL KNOW HIM,
EVEN AS WE ARE KNOWN RIGHT NOW."
THERE'S GOING TO BE A TIME IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU WILL KNOW
EVERYTHING, BUT IT IS NOT NOW.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND IF YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE
ON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, JULY 31, 2015, GET IT
THROUGH YOUR HEAD THAT YOU ARE GONNA GO THROUGH LIFE
NOT KNOWING A LOT OF THINGS AND YOU CAN GET HAPPY ABOUT IT
AND HAVE A LOT OF PEACE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: NOW, IN THE MORNING WHEN YOU WAKE UP
AND THE FIRST THING, YOU START TRYIN' TO FIGURE SOMETHIN' OUT,
OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND SAY, "I'M GONNA TRUST GOD
AND DO GOOD."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "I'M GONNA TRUST GOD AND DO GOOD."
1 CORINTHIANS 15:51: "TAKE NOTICE!
I TELL YOU A MYSTERY (A SECRET TRUTH, AN EVENT
DECREED BY THE HIDDEN PURPOSE OR COUNSEL OF GOD]
WE SHALL NOT ALL FALL ASLEEP [IN DEATH], BUT WE SHALL ALL
BE CHANGED (AND TRANSFORMED]"
NOW, HE'S BASICALLY SAYIN' THAT WHEN CHRIST COMES,
THERE WILL BE SOME THAT WON'T EVER DIE BECAUSE
THE ONES WHO ARE ALIVE ON THE EARTH AT THAT TIME
WILL BE CAUGHT UP IN THE AIR AND THOSE THAT HAVE ALREADY GONE
BEFORE WILL RISE UP AND WILL MEET HIM IN THE AIR.
AND WE'LL ALL BE CHANGED, CHANGED.
"IN A MOMENT, IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE,
AT THE [SOUND OF THE] LAST TRUMPET CALL.
FOR A TRUMPET WILL SOUND, AND THE DEAD [IN CHRIST]
WILL BE RISED IMPERISHABLE (FREE AND IMMUNE FROM DECAY),
AND WE SHALL BE CHANGED (AND TRANSFORMED]"
I TELL YA, THIS IS SHOUTIN' SCRIPTURE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: THIS IS WHAT WE GET TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
EVEN WHEN JESUS SHOWS UP, WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE STUFF
WRONG WITH US.
HE DOESN'T CARE THAT YOU NEVER REACHED THE PLACE OF PERFECTION.
WHAT HE WANTS IS A PERFECT HEART WHO'S ALWAYS MOVING TOWARD HIM,
MOVING TOWARD HIM, MOVING TOWARD HIM.
AND I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, "JUST GET UP EVERY DAY AND DO
THE BEST YOU CAN AND LET GOD DO THE REST OF WHAT YOU CAN'T DO.
AND WHEN HE RETURNS, WHATEVER IS STILL WRONG WITH YOU
IS GONNA BE CHANGED IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND YOU WILL BE LIKE HIM AND SEE HIM AS HE IS.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE STUFF THAT'S WRONG WITH ME ANYMORE.
IT DOESN'T TROUBLE ME ONE BIT.
AND IT MAKES THE DEVIL SO MAD, HE'S ABOUT TO HAVE
A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW WHY I DON'T WORRY WITH IT ANYMORE?
'CAUSE I ABOUT KILLED MYSELF WITH WORRY OVER IT FOR YEARS
AND YEARS.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT GOD FINALLY SHOWED ME?
"YOU'RE NO SURPRISE TO ME."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "I KNEW WHAT I WAS GETTIN' WHEN I GOT YOU."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: C'MON, I MEAN, DO YOU HONESTLY THINK THAT YOU GOT
SAVED AND THE NEXT DAY GOD SAID, "OH NO."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "I SURE DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE GONNA BE LIKE THIS."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: GOD IS NOT SURPRISED BY ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS
IN OUR LIFE.
THE PEOPLE IN NEPAL WERE SURPRISED BY THE EARTHQUAKE,
BUT GOD WAS NOT SURPRISED.
AND YOU MAY BE SURPRISED BY SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT ARE GOIN ON IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW, BUT GOD
IS NOT SURPRISED.
AND HE ALREADY HAD PREPARED YOUR WAY OF ESCAPE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: GOD HAS ALREADY PLANNED THE WAY OUT, AND ALL YOU
HAVE TO DO IS KEEP TAKIN' SOME TRUST AND SOME DO GOOD.
I LOVE THIS MESSAGE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: MYSTERIES, LET'S LEAN IN TO 'EM INSTEAD OF BACKIN'
AWAY FROM 'EM.
VERSE 53: "FOR THIS PERISHABLE [PART OF US] MUST PUT ON
THE IMPERISHABLE [NATURE], AND THIS MORTAL [PART OF US,
THIS NATURE THAT IS CAPABLE OF DYING] MUST PUT ON
IMMORTALITY (FREEDOM FROM DEATH]"
NOW, JUST HANG ON.
"AND WHEN THIS PERISHABLE PART PUTS ON THE IMPERISHABLE
AND THIS THAT WAS CAPABLE OF DYING PUTS ON FREEDOM
FROM DEATH, THEN SHALL BE FULFILLED THE SCRIPTURE
THAT SAYS, 'DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN AND UNTO VICTORY.'
O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY?
O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?"
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: YOU MAY LEAVE THIS EARTH, BUT YOU WON'T DIE.
YOU'LL BE LIKE HIM, EVEN AS HE IS RIGHT NOW, AND YOU'LL
UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND NOW.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS
THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT DON'T CONFUSE ME.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND GRAVITY, BUT I'M ENJOYING IT RIGHT NOW.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I DON'T GET UPSET ABOUT NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT.
I DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND ALL THE MECHANICS OF BREATHING,
BUT I'M PARTICIPATING AND--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: ENJOYING IT.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW TREES AND GRASS AND FLOWERS CAN LOOK
SO DEAD IN THE WINTER AND HAVE NO LIFE IN 'EM
AND THEN IN THE SPRING THEY JUST KINDA--BUT I ENJOY THAT
EVERY YEAR AND I'M LIKE, "OH MY GOD, YOU ARE SO GOOD."
I DON'T UNDERSTAND ELECTRICITY, BUT I DEPEND ON IT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN PUT A LITTLE MESSAGE
IN MY CELL PHONE AND SEND IT TO MY SON WHO'S IN INDIA
AND IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES HAVE A MESSAGE BACK FROM HIM.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, BUT I USE IT EVERY DAY.
WHY DO WE THINK THAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
EVERYTHING ABOUT GOD, WHO IS LESS UNDERSTANDABLE
THAN ANYBODY?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I DON'T NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT GOD'S DOIN'
IN MY LIFE.
I JUST NEED TO TRUST HIM THAT HE'S GOOD AND WHATEVER HE'S
DOING, WHETHER I LIKE IT OR NOT RIGHT NOW, I WILL LIKE IT
EVENTUALLY.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I WISH THAT I COULD REALLY EXPLAIN TO YOU
ALL THE STUFF THAT I'VE WENT THROUGH IN MY LIFE.
OH, I WAS SUCH AN UNBELIEVABLE MESS.
AND THE WORK THAT GOD HAS DONE IN ME--BUT IT HASN'T ALL BEEN
PLEASANT.
BUT IT'S SO WORTH IT.
STOP RUNNING AWAY FROM GOD AND RUNNING AWAY
FROM EVERYTHING THAT'S UNCOMFORTABLE AND EVERYTHING
THAT'S HARD AND EVERYTHING THAT HURTS YOU A LITTLE BIT,
AND JUST DIG IN AND SAY, "GOD, I WANT YOUR WILL
IN MY LIFE.
YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IN MY LIFE."
WHEN I LOST ALL MY FRIENDS, I WAS LONELY, I MEAN, LONELY.
AND IT WAS HARD AND IT HURT, BUT I COULDN'T HAVE GONE
TO THE NEXT PLACE.
I COULDN'T HAVE CARRIED ALL THAT BAGGAGE WITH ME.
SOME OF YOU HAVE GOT SOME STUFF THAT YOU'RE TRYIN' TO TAKE
WITH YOU, AND IT'S JUST DEAD BAGGAGE AND YOU NEED
TO GET RID OF IT AND LET IT GO.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BUT WHY DO WE KEEP HANGIN' ON AND HANGIN' ON
AND HANGIN' ON?
BECAUSE SOMETIMES EVEN OUR PAIN, WE'RE SO ATTACHED TO IT THAT WE
DON'T WANNA LET GO OF IT.
LIKE I SAID THIS MORNING, WE CAN LEARN HOW TO FUNCTION
WITHIN OUR DYSFUNCTION.
IT REALLY BLESSED ME WHEN I SAW THIS.
YOU KNOW, RIGHT DOWN TO THE VERY END,
THE LAST THING THAT JESUS SAID WAS, "FATHER, INTO YOUR HANDS
I COMMIT MY SPIRIT."
AND RIGHT BEFORE THAT, HE SAID, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY?"
EVEN JESUS, IN HIS HUMANITY, SAID, "WHY?"
YOU KNOW, I CAN ASK, "WHY?" BUT I DON'T HAVE TO GET
CONFUSED.
"GOD, SHOW ME WHY IF YOU WANT TO, BUT IF YOU DON'T,
I'M GONNA TRUST YOU ANYWAY."
AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE JESUS DID ON THE CROSS?
HE NOT ONLY CONTINUED TO TRUST GOD ON THE CROSS WHEN HE
WAS HURTING THE WORST THAT HE COULD POSSIBLY HURT--ALL OF US
TOGETHER ARE NOT HURTING AS BAD TONIGHT AS JESUS HURT
ON THAT CROSS.
WE CAN PUT ALL OF OUR PAIN AND ALL OF OUR CONFUSION
TOGETHER, AND IT DOESN'T EVEN BEGIN TO MATCH
WHAT HE WENT THROUGH.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
ON THAT CROSS, HE WAS LOVING PEOPLE RIGHT TO THE VERY END.
NOT ONLY DID HE SAY, "I COMMIT MYSELF INTO YOUR HANDS,"
BUT THERE WAS A COUPLE OF THIEVES THERE.
HE MINISTERED TO THEM.
TOOK THE TIME IN HIS PAIN, "YOU'LL BE WITH ME TODAY
IN PARADISE."
YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I LOVE?
HE MADE PROVISION FOR HIS MOM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: C'MON, IN THE MIDST OF HIS PAIN,
HE SAID, "JOHN, I WANT YOU TO TAKE CARE OF MY MOTHER."
RIGHT TO THE VERY END HE WAS TRUSTING GOD AND DOING GOOD,
TRUSTING GOD AND DOING GOOD, TRUSTING GOD AND DOING GOOD,
TRUSTING GOD AND DOING GOOD.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, WE WORRY WAY TOO MUCH ABOUT WHAT
OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOIN' TO US AND NOT NEARLY ENOUGH--WE
DON'T PAY ENOUGH ATTENTION TO HOW WE SHOULD RESPOND.
DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYBODY BUT YOU?
AND NO MATTER HOW MANY WRONG THINGS SOMEBODY
DOES TO YOU, THE ONLY THING YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR
AND THE ONLY THING I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR
IS MY REACTION, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "OCCUPY UNTIL I COME."
IN THE BOOK OF LUKE, IT SAYS THAT JESUS SAID,
"WILL I FIND FAITH ON THE EARTH WHEN I COME BACK?"
YOU KNOW, NO MATTER HOW BIG OUR PROBLEM IS, ALL JESUS
WANTS US TO DO IS JUST BELIEVE.
BELIEVE, SIMPLE CHILDLIKE FAITH, "I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, GOD,
BUT I BELIEVE."
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I HAD CANCER 25 YEARS AGO.
I WAS OUT PREACHIN' FAITH AND LAYIN' HANDS
ON OTHER PEOPLE, PRAYIN' FOR THEIR HEALING
THAT HAD STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT I JUST KEPT SAYIN', "I TRUST YOU, GOD.
I TRUST YOU.
I TRUST YOU."
AND HE TOOK CARE OF IT.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS IN MY LIFE I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE POWER GOT SHUT OFF IN THE BUILDING
LAST NIGHT.
HOW DUMB IS THAT?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I,
YOU KNOW, I'M GROWING, I'M STRETCHING, I'M--DO ANY OF YOU
HAVE ANY STRETCH MARKS?
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT BEIN' STRETCHED IN FAITH--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: C'MON, WOMEN GET STRETCH MARKS
WHEN THEY'RE GIVING BIRTH.
WE NEED TO ALL HAVE SPIRITUAL STRETCH MARKS IN OUR LIFE.
WE NEED TO BE GIVING BIRTH TO SOME STUFF, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THIS IS ONE TIME WHEN THE MEN GET
TO HAVE STRETCH MARKS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: GOD STRETCHES US IN OUR LIFE.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE WALKED WITH GOD A FEW YEARS AND NOW
YOU HAVE A MUCH GREATER CAPACITY TO TRUST HIM THAN YOU DID
BEFORE, AMEN?
ISN'T LIFE SO MUCH BETTER WHEN WE TRUST GOD?
NO MATTER WHAT YOUR PROBLEM IS, THE ANSWER TO IT IS,
"TRUST GOD AND DO GOOD."
I LOVE JOHN 11:40.
HE SAID: "'DID I NOT TELL YOU AND PROMISE YOU THAT IF YOU
WOULD ONLY BELIEVE, YOU WOULD SEE THE GLORY OF GOD?'"
WHAT IS THE WORK THAT GOD REQUIRES OF US THAT WE BELIEVE?
C'MON, SOME OF YOU, WHEN I SAID, "EVERYTHING AROUND YOU'S
SHAKING," AND YOU, I COULD SEE YOU, LIKE, "YEAH."
THERE'S PAIN IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
AND I UNDERSTAND, I GET IT.
AND WE GET CONFUSED ABOUT OUR PAIN.
IT'S INTERESTING THAT WE NEVER GET CONFUSED
ABOUT THE GOOD TIMES.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER SAT AROUND AND GOT CONFUSED
ABOUT, "WELL, I WONDER, I JUST CAN'T FIGURE OUT
WHY GOD'S LETTIN' ME BE ON TELEVISION AROUND THE WORLD.
BOY, I JUST--THAT REALLY CONFUSES ME."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I'VE NEVER ONE TIME DONE THAT.
I'M JUST LIKE, "YES!"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT IF HE TOOK ME OFF, I'D BE CONFUSED.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYIN'?
WE DON'T GET--YOU KNOW, OUR CONFUSION IS SELECTIVE,
AND WE'RE ONLY CONFUSED ABOUT THE STUFF WE DON'T LIKE.
WE'RE ONLY CONFUSED ABOUT THE THINGS THAT HURT.
BUT LET'S TRUST GOD WITH OUR PAIN.
CAN SOME OF YOU TAKE YOUR PAIN TONIGHT AND TRUST GOD
WITH YOUR PAIN AND SAY, "GOD, THIS HURTS SO BAD,
I FEEL LIKE I CAN'T STAND IT, BUT I TRUST YOU, AND I'M GONNA
KEEP TRYING TO BE A BLESSING TO OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE I
BELIEVE THAT EVEN IF IT HURTS, YOU'RE HELPING ME GIVE BIRTH
TO SOMETHING NEW IN MY LIFE."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: THERE'S AN INTERESTING THING
IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT.
BIRTHING THINGS ALWAYS HURTS.
I MEAN, IT DOES.
IF YOU'RE GIVIN' BIRTH TO SOMETHIN', DON'T BACK OFF
FROM THE PAIN.
BEAR DOWN AND LET GOD DO WHAT HE WANTS TO DO IN YOUR LIFE, AMEN?
SOME OF YOU ARE GETTIN' IT.
YOU GOTTA HAVE A LITTLE DEPTH TO GET THIS MESSAGE TONIGHT.
GINGER: YOU KNOW, WE TALK A LOT AT JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
ABOUT SHARING CHRIST AND LOVING PEOPLE.
AND THAT IS REALLY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
TODAY, WE ARE IN THE JUNGLES OF PERU, AND THIS CHURCH BEHIND
ME IS WORSHIPPING LIKE CRAZY BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN PRAYING
FOR A BUILDING LIKE THIS WHERE THEY CAN COME TOGETHER
AND UNITE AS A COMMUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT CHRIST
AND TO WORSHIP HIM.
BUT LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING THAT'S ALSO VERY EXCITING.
AS WE WALK THIS DIRECTION, YOU'LL SEE ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT DRAW A LOT OF NON-CHRISTIANS TO THIS CHURCH.
THERE'S A COMMUNITY WELL HERE.
SO WE'RE NOT ONLY FEEDING THEIR HUNGRY SOULS, BUT WE'RE
QUENCHING THEIR THIRST.
AND YOU CAN SEE HOW AWESOME IT IS.
KENY: FOR US, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE CLEAN WATER
TO THE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS HELPING TO STOP
THE SICKNESSES.
IT'S NICE WHEN THEY KNOW THAT WE ARE CHRISTIANS.
WE ARE GOING 2 OR 3 DAYS, AND 4TH OR 5TH DAY,
WE ARE BUILDING THE WATER WELL.
ALWAYS WHEN WE ARE INTEGRATING THE WATER WELL, WE ARE SAYING
WHY WE BUILD THIS WELL, WHY WE ARE THERE,
THIS IS HOW THE LORD IS SHOWING YOU GUYS THAT JESUS LOVES YOU.
NADIESTA: I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR THIS WELL BECAUSE
IT'S A BLESSING FOR ME AND MY FAMILY
AND ALL THE FAMILIES IN THIS TOWN.
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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