ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: LET GOD BE YOUR VINDICATOR.
NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME SHALL PROSPER BUT EVERY TONGUE
THAT RISES UP AGAINST ME IN JUDGMENT I WILL SHOW TO BE IN
THE WRONG.
NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME SHALL PROSPER BUT EVERY TONGUE
THAT RISES UP AGAINST ME IN JUDGMENT I WILL SHOW TO BE IN
THE WRONG.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: WHAT CAUSES SO MUCH JUDGMENT AND CRITICISM?
I BET SOME OF YOU WOULD KNOW THE ANSWER.
STARTS WITH A CAPITAL "P."
PRIDE, YOU GOT IT.
PRIDE.
THE ONLY REASON WHY WE JUDGE OTHER PEOPLE IS BECAUSE WE THINK
THAT WE'RE BETTER.
WE LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WE THINK WE WOULD NEVER
DO THAT.
OR WE THINK WE KNOW MORE THAN THEY DO.
PRIDE IS THE FOUNDATION FOR ALL UNRIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT.
HOW MANY OF YOU REALIZE THAT IF WE CRITICALLY JUDGE SOMEBODY
IT'S ALMOST ALWAYS BECAUSE WE CAN DO SOMETHING THEY CAN'T DO?
AND WE JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY CAN'T DO IT.
BUT THEY CAN'T DO IT IF GOD DID NOT GIVE THEM THE ABILITY
TO DO IT.
NOW, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT YOUR KIDS NOT CLEANING THEIR ROOM UP
AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
BUT EVEN IN THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME KIDS THAT
ARE GONNA BE MORE TIDY THAN OTHERS.
I MEAN, I HAD A DAUGHTER THAT WAS A FIRST-CLASS SLOB.
I MEAN, SHE JUST, WHOO--NOT HAD.
I STILL HAVE HER. AND--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OH MY GOSH, THE GIRL WAS SO MESSY, IT WAS PATHETIC.
I MEAN, SHE COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH ANYTHING AND YOU KNOW
WHAT'S FUNNY?
SHE NOW WORKS FOR ME AND HELPS KEEP MY LIFE ORGANIZED.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YEAH, SHE'S GIVEN HERSELF A TITLE.
YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS?
THE MOMAGER.
SHE MANAGES MOM.
AND I WOULD HAVE NEVER IN MY WILDEST IMAGINATION EVER
THOUGHT THAT THAT GIRL COULD HAVE EVER MANAGED ANYTHING,
LET ALONE ME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SO I'M JUST TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LEAVE GOD
ALONE AND LET HIM BE GOD, AND JUST PRAY, YOU'LL BE AMAZED IF
YOU'RE WILLING TO LOVE PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT, WHAT GOD CAN
DO TO GET THEM TO WHERE YOU WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE THEM TO BE
BUT THEY NEVER WILL BE IF YOU KEEP TRYING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE MORE YOU TRY TO MAKE SOMEBODY DO
SOMETHING, THE MORE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO DO IT.
HAS ANYBODY NOTICED THAT?
IT'S ESPECIALLY THAT WAY WITH MEN BECAUSE OF MALE EGO.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: OH, I JUST COULDN'T HELP MYSELF.
I HAD TO SAY IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SEVEN SYMPTOMS OF PRIDE.
A CRITICAL PERSON IS PROUD.
A FAULT-FINDING PERSON IS PROUD.
A HARSH PERSON, SOMEBODY WHO'S JUST HARD ON PEOPLE, WHO'S
LEGALISTIC AND HAS TOO MANY RULES AND REGULATIONS ABOUT THE
WAY THEY WANT EVERYTHING DONE.
WE SHOULDN'T BE HARSH.
PAUL WROTE TO TIMOTHY AND HE SAID, "IF YOU NEED TO CORRECT
SOMEBODY DO IT WITH COURTESY AND DO IT WITH GENTLENESS."
SO EVEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CONFRONTING PEOPLE OR TALKING TO
THEM ABOUT SIN OR DEALING WITH THEM ABOUT SOMETHING, DON'T EVER
TRY TO DO IT UNLESS, NUMBER ONE, YOU PRAY FIRST, YOU MAKE SURE
IT'S WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO DO, YOU MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TIMING BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU TIMING IS EVERYTHING.
YOU DON'T WANNA TALK TO YOUR MAN ABOUT SOMETHING WHEN HE HAS
GOTTEN STUCK IN A TRAFFIC JAM AND HAS BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY FOR
TWO HOURS AND HE COMES IN THE DOOR MAD AND HUNGRY, AND THAT'S
WHEN YOU DECIDE TO TELL HIM OFF.
IT'S NOT GONNA WORK.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT I'VE HAD INSTANCES WHERE I'VE FINALLY LEARNED I
DON'T JUST GO TALK TO DAVE ABOUT ANYTHING I WANT TO AT ANY TIME.
I PRAY FIRST.
SOMETIMES YOU PRAY ABOUT IT FIRST, GOD TAKES CARE OF IT AND
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING.
IMAGINE THAT, GOD ANSWERS PRAYER AND--
BUT THEN IF I WAIT 'TIL I FEEL THE TIME IS RIGHT,
IT'S AMAZING HOW PEOPLE WILL LISTEN IF YOU DO IT THE RIGHT
WAY BUT YOU CAN'T GO IN WITH A HAUGHTY ATTITUDE.
SO YOU CAN'T BE HARSH.
FEELING THAT YOU NEED TO CONSTANTLY TEACH OTHER PEOPLE
OR GIVE THEM ADVICE IS A SYMPTOM OF PRIDE.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IF WE ARE OFFENDED BY THE ADVICE THAT
PEOPLE TRY TO GIVE US, THEN THAT'S PRIDE ON OUR PART.
AN OUT-OF-BALANCE NEED TO CORRECT PEOPLE IS A SYMPTOM OF
PRIDE AND HAVING DIFFICULTY ADMITTING WHEN YOU ARE WRONG.
DO YOU KNOW THREE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORDS THAT WE CAN
LEARN FOR RELATIONSHIPS IS "I WAS WRONG"?
AND YOU GUYS NEED TO PRACTICE THAT.
I CAN TELL THAT DIDN'T GO OVER TOO GOOD.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU ALL LOOKED LIKE I THREW A ROCK AT YOU, LIKE--
CAN YOU SAY THAT?
"I WAS WRONG."
OKAY, LET'S TALK FOR A MINUTE ABOUT RUMORS.
MATTER OF FACT, LET'S TALK ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA AND RUMORS.
FIRST OF ALL, 1 TIMOTHY 5:19 SAYS: "DON'T LISTEN TO AN
ACCUSATION UNLESS IT'S PRESENTED AND CONFIRMED BY TWO OR THREE
WITNESSES."
MALE: AMEN!
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THAT WAS GOOD.
WE HAD A GOOD "AMEN" FROM A MAN UP THERE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND THEN IT NEEDS TO BE RELIABLE WITNESSES.
YOU KNOW, IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO GET HERE BUT THE FIRST THING I
SAY NOW WHEN SOMEBODY CALLS ME WITH A STUPID STORY ABOUT
SOMEBODY THAT I LOVE AND ADMIRE, "I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT AND I'M NOT GONNA BELIEVE THAT UNLESS I HAVE
PROOF."
AND I HAD SOMEBODY DO THAT, JUST, OH, MAYBE NINE MONTHS AGO,
CALL ME AND TOLD ME THAT SOMEBODY THAT I KNOW VERY WELL
DID SUCH AND SUCH AND THUS AND SO AND I JUST SAID, "I'M SORRY
BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT."
I SAID, "YOU GOT YOUR STORY WRONG, YOUR INFORMATION IS
WRONG," AND I SAID, "IF I FIND OUT THEY DID DO IT, THEN I WILL
CONFRONT THEM BUT I'M NOT GONNA BELIEVE IT UNTIL I CHECK IT OUT
FOR MYSELF."
AND SO I GOT RIGHT ON THE PHONE AND I CALLED THIS PERSON AND I
SAID, "THIS IS WHAT I'VE HEARD.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT BUT I WANNA KNOW FROM YOU."
IT WAS STRAIGHTENED OUT WITHIN A FEW MINUTES.
I CALLED THE FIRST PERSON BACK AND I SAID, "YOU WERE WRONG,
AND DON'T TELL THAT TO ANYBODY ELSE."
NOW, HOW MUCH BETTER IS THAT THAN SOMEBODY TELLS YOU A RUMOR
AND YOU'RE, LIKE, "OH, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!"
AND THEN THE FIRST PERSON YOU SEE IS, "YOU ARE NOT GONNA
BELIEVE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: C'MON, AS CHRISTIAN PEOPLE WE SHOULD NOT BE
BEHAVING LIKE THAT.
THIS IS SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE'VE GOTTA GET OUT OF THE
CHURCH BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOD'S WILL FOR US TO BEHAVE THAT WAY.
HOW MUCH BETTER WOULD IT BE THE NEXT TIME SOMEBODY BRINGS YOU
A RUMOR ABOUT YOUR PASTOR OR, I DON'T KNOW, ME.
MAYBE YOU'LL HEAR--HEY, THERE WAS A RUMOR ON SOCIAL MEDIA
NOT--SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THAT I WAS DEAD.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YEAH, IT WAS OUT THERE BIG.
JOYCE MEYER HAS DIED.
I MEAN, WE WERE GETTING--DID YOU SEE THAT?
WE WERE GETTING INUNDATED WITH CALLS, AND I HAD TO GET ON
SOCIAL--I HAD TO GET ON, DO A FACEBOOK LIVE THING AND SAY,
"I'M NOT DEAD."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "I'M RIGHT HERE."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, LET'S--I MEAN, DUMB STUFF.
LET'S JUST SAY THAT SOMEBODY SAYS, "WELL, I SAW THE PASTOR'S
WIFE WITH ANOTHER MAN LAST NIGHT."
WELL, DODO, IT COULD HAVE BEEN HER BROTHER.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COULD HAVE BEEN HER COUSIN.
WHY--YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG, DEEPLY WRONG, INSIDE
SOMEBODY WHEN THEY HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY
WITH THAT KIND OF A TONE.
AND WHEN YOU START HEARING THAT KIND OF STUFF FROM CHRISTIANS,
THAT'S A GOOD INDICATION FROM SOMEBODY THAT YOU DON'T WANNA
SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH AND YOU NEED TO GET AWAY FROM.
AND I THINK THAT'S A SITUATION THAT IT'S PERFECTLY RIGHT TO
CONFRONT IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY IN THE CHURCH THAT IS A GOSSIP,
THAT SPREADS RUMORS, THAT STARTS STRIFE, IF I WERE YOU I WOULD
TELL THEM, "THAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR IS WRONG AND I CAN TELL
YOU IT'S NOT THE KIND OF PERSON I WANNA HANG OUT WITH.
ALL YOU'RE DOING IS CAUSING TROUBLE.
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE PARTY TO THAT, THEN YOU BECOME JUST AS GUILTY
AS THEY ARE.
TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE HURT BY RUMORS, TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE HURT
BY GOSSIP, AND SO MUCH OF WHAT PEOPLE SAY, I MEAN, THERE MAY BE
SOME THREAD OF SOMETHING IN IT, BUT IT GETS SO BLOWN OUT OF
PROPORTION THAT IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ANYBODY AND IT'S
VERY DANGEROUS.
DON'T LISTEN TO RUMORS.
ONE MAN SAID THIS: "RUMORS ARE CARRIED BY HATERS, SPREAD BY
FOOLS, AND ACCEPTED BY IDIOTS."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "RUMORS ARE CARRIED BY HATERS, SPREAD BY FOOLS,
AND ACCEPTED BY IDIOTS."
JUST TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE 'CAUSE I DIDN'T COME UP WITH
THAT, HIS LAST NAME IS SPELLED A-B-D-E-L-N-O-U-R.
I DON'T WANNA SAY IT WRONG, SO SOMEBODY ELSE SAID IT, NOT ME.
BUT THAT'S A GOOD--IT'S TRUE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE BEING FOOLISH WHENEVER WE JUST ACCEPT RUMORS.
AND WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT JUST LISTENING TO STUFF.
AND THERE'S SO MUCH JUNK ON SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY.
I MEAN, IT IS--EWW, IT CAN BE USED FOR SUCH GOOD PURPOSES BUT
WE BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT THE DEVIL'S GONNA TRY TO USE IT TOO.
DON'T GET ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND SAY SOMETHING BAD ABOUT
SOMEBODY ELSE.
YOU DON'T EVEN NEED TO GIVE YOUR OPINION ABOUT SOMEBODY ELSE ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
DON'T DO THAT.
HOW ABOUT THIS?
HOW ABOUT BEFORE--IF BEFORE WE JUDGE ANYBODY ELSE, WE EXAMINE
OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT?
I GOTTA READ YOUR FAVORITE SCRIPTURES ON NOT
JUDGING, MATTHEW 7:1 THROUGH 3: "DO NOT JUDGE AND CRITICIZE AND
CONDEMN OTHERS, SO THAT YOU MAY NOT BE JUDGED AND CRITICIZED
AND CONDEMNED YOURSELVES.
JUST AS YOU JUDGE AND CRITICIZE AND CONDEMN OTHERS, YOU WILL BE
JUDGED AND CRITICIZED AND CONDEMNED, AND IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE MEASURE YOU [USE] WHEN YOU DEAL OUT TO OTHERS, IT WILL
BE DEALT OUT TO YOU AGAIN."
IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT YOU GIVE OUT YOU'RE GONNA GET BACK.
DAVE PUTS IT LIKE THIS.
WHEN HIM AND I ARE--WE JOKE BACK AND FORTH A LOT AND SAY THINGS.
HE'LL SAY, "YOU'RE PUTTING IT ON THE WHEEL.
AND THE WHEEL'S GONNA COME BACK IN YOUR DIRECTION."
"WHY DO YOU STARE FROM WITHOUT AT THE VERY SMALL
PARTICLE THAT'S IN YOUR BROTHER'S EYE BUT DO NOT BECOME
AWARE OF AND CONSIDER THE BEAM OF TIMBER THAT IS IN YOUR
OWN EYE?" IT'S HYPOCRITICAL, ISN'T IT,
WHEN WE JUDGE OTHER PEOPLE FOR MINOR THINGS AND WE'VE GOT HUGE
FAULTS?
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S JUST AN EXCUSE TO NOT DEAL WITH
OUR OWN ISSUES.
MY DAD WAS VERY CRITICAL AND JUDGMENTAL AND THAT MAN WAS
SUCH AN UNBELIEVABLE MESS.
OH MY GOSH, HE HAD SO MANY DEEP PROBLEMS IN HIS LIFE BUT ALL HE
EVER DID WAS SEE FAULT WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND SOMETIMES, IF WE STAY BUSY LOOKING AT WHAT'S WRONG WITH
EVERYBODY ELSE, WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT OURSELVES.
NOW, I WANNA SAY A FEW MORE THINGS ABOUT THIS THING ABOUT
OPINIONS AND JUST--WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T TRY
TO PUT OUR CONVICTIONS OFF ON SOMEBODY ELSE IF THOSE
CONVICTIONS ARE NOT NECESSARILY BIBLICAL.
GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
I HAD A WONDERFUL AUNT.
SHE'S GONE HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD SO SHE'S PROBABLY GONNA
HEAR ME TALKING ABOUT HER NOW BUT EVERYBODY'S HAPPY IN HEAVEN
SO SHE CAN'T GET MAD AT ME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND SHE GREW UP IN A PRETTY STRICT BAPTIST CHURCH
AND, I MEAN, SHE WAS FULL-BLOWN RELIGIOUS PERSON, OKAY?
SO THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN,
AND ONE OF THEM WAS GOING TO THE MOVIES.
SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN GOING TO THE MOVIES BUT YET SHE WOULD
WATCH MOVIES AT HOME ON TV.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IT SHOWS YOU SOMETIMES THE FOOLISHNESS OF WHAT JUST
DEAD DRIED RELIGION CAN DO TO YOU.
BUT THEN I REMEMBER HER SAYING THINGS TO ME WHEN I WAS GOING TO
THE MOVIES, TO TRY TO MAKE ME FEEL GUILTY: "GOING TO THAT
MOVIE HOUSE.
YOU DON'T NEED TO GO TO THAT MOVIE HOUSE."
BUT SHE'D SIT AT HOME AND WATCH MOVIES ON TV.
SHE DIDN'T THINK THAT I SHOULD WEAR COLORED EYE SHADOW.
SO, I MEAN, THIS WAS YEARS AGO BUT PEOPLE WERE PUTTING EYE
SHADOW ALL OVER THEIR WHOLE EYES AND I HAD BLUE EYE SHADOW ON.
SHE SAID, "WIPE THAT BLUE JUNK OFF YOUR FACE.
YOU JUST LOOK LIKE A HUSSY.
YOU GET THAT STUFF OFF YOUR FACE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "JUST GET THAT OFF YOUR FACE."
WELL, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO TO HELL FOR
WEARING BLUE EYE SHADOW, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF I'M TALKING ABOUT, C'MON.
AND WE ALL--WE ALL GET INTO THIS TO A LITTLE DEGREE, HONESTLY.
CAN YOU BE HONEST AND SAY?
IF WE FEEL STRONGLY CONVICTED ABOUT SOMETHING OURSELF,
IT'S VERY EASY TO TRY TO PUSH THAT OFF ON EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND WE SHOULDN'T DO THAT, NOT UNLESS WE KNOW BY SCRIPTURE
THAT IT'S SIN AND EVEN THEN YOU CAN'T PUSH.
IT'S GOTTA BE DONE IN LOVE AND IN THE RIGHT WAY.
MY AUNT DIDN'T BELIEVE IN PLAYING CARDS.
SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN DANCING.
OH, THERE WAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN.
OH, SHE WOULDN'T GO IN A RESTAURANT THAT HAD A BAR IN IT.
DIDN'T MATTER THAT SHE WASN'T GOING TO THE BAR.
SHE WOULD NOT GO IN A RESTAURANT THAT HAD A BAR IN IT, AND I
REMEMBER ONE DAY WE INVITED HER TO GO OUT AND EAT SOMEWHERE.
SHE WAS, "I'M NOT GOING IN THAT PLACE.
THEY GOT A BAR IN THERE."
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
SHE'S SWEET, SHE TRAVELED WITH US FOR A LONG TIME ON THE ROAD.
SHE KIND OF CAME AROUND TO A LITTLE BETTER WAY OF THINKING
BUT I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT HER WHEN I THINK ABOUT HOW
JUDGMENTAL PEOPLE CAN BE.
AND YOU KNOW, ROMANS CHAPTER 14, IF YOU WANNA LEARN MORE ABOUT
THIS STUFF, ROMANS CHAPTER 14 IS PERFECT.
PAUL IS USING THE EXAMPLE OF EATING MEAT OFFERED TO IDOLS
BECAUSE THAT WAS A BIG DEAL FOR THEM.
BUT HE SAID, "LOOK, THE MEAT ISN'T--THE IDOL'S NOTHING.
IT'S NOT EVEN A REAL THING.
SO IF YOU HAVE THE FAITH TO EAT IT, EAT IT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY
NOT TAINTED."
BUT HE SAID, "IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE FAITH TO EAT IT,
THEN DON'T EAT IT.
AND DON'T TRY TO PUSH YOUR CONVICTIONS OFF ON
SOMEBODY ELSE."
YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA EAT A CERTAIN WAY THAT YOU THINK IS
HEALTHY FOR YOU, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH ENCOURAGING SOMEBODY
ELSE BUT YOU CAN'T TRY TO MAKE THEM DO WHAT YOU DO.
AS SOON AS WE START TRYING TO DO THAT, EVEN TO OUR KIDS,
IT'S GONNA BACKFIRE AND BLOW UP IN OUR FACE, C'MON.
I DON'T HAVE MUCH LONGER.
YOU GOTTA GET THIS.
NOW-- HOW SHOULD WE RESPOND
IF WE'RE CRITICIZED OR JUDGED UNFAIRLY?
GOTTA GET THIS PART IN, RIGHT?
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IF SOMEBODY CRITICIZES YOU, BE WILLING TO
TRULY LISTEN, CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT THEY MIGHT BE RIGHT.
YEAH, THAT'S PAINFUL JUST TALKING ABOUT IT, ISN'T IT?
'CAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT WE USUALLY DO?
RIGHT AWAY, WE GET DEFENSIVE.
JAMES 1:19: "UNDERSTAND [THIS], MY BELOVED BRETHREN.
LET EVERY MAN BE QUICK TO HEAR [A READY LISTENER], SLOW TO
SPEAK, SLOW TO TAKE OFFENSE AND SLOW TO GET ANGRY."
BE A READY LISTENER.
IF THE CRITICISM THAT THEY'RE GIVING IS CORRECT, PROBABLY
OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THE SAME THING SO IF YOU WANNA CHECK
AND SEE IF THEY ARE CORRECT, YOU COULD GO TO SOME OTHER TRUSTED
FRIEND AND SAY, "DO YOU THINK THAT I DO THIS?"
MY DAUGHTER, THE ONE THAT I SAID IS THE MOMAGER, I ASKED HER
SOMETHING LIKE THAT NOT TOO LONG AGO 'CAUSE SOMEBODY SAID
I--SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE FAMILY SAID, "YOU DO THIS AND THIS,"
AND I'M, LIKE, "I DON'T DO THAT.
I DON'T DO THAT."
SO I SAID TO HER THE NEXT DAY, I SAID, "DO I DO THAT?"
SHE SAID, "YEP, YOU DO THAT."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: DON'T CRITICIZE IN RETURN.
MAN, I CAN BE SO BAD ABOUT THAT.
DAVE WILL SAY, "BLAH, BLAH, BLAH," AND THEN I'M, LIKE,
"WELL, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND THEN I SAY TO HIM.
"YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU," AND THEN HE'S, LIKE,
"WELL, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU."
ANYBODY ELSE DO THAT OR IS IT JUST ME AND DAVE?
DON'T WE HAVE A HARD TIME LOVING CORRECTION?
AND YET PROVERBS SAYS: "ONLY A FOOL HATES CORRECTION."
I HOPE THAT I LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE I CAN
REALLY APPRECIATE PEOPLE WHO CORRECT ME.
I THINK I WANNA LIVE THAT LONG, I DON'T KNOW.
I MIGHT BE WAY TOO OLD.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: LET GOD BE YOUR VINDICATOR.
NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME SHALL PROSPER BUT EVERY TONGUE
THAT RISES UP AGAINST ME IN JUDGMENT I WILL SHOW TO BE
IN THE WRONG.
NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME SHALL PROSPER BUT EVERY TONGUE
THAT RISES UP AGAINST ME IN JUDGMENT I WILL SHOW TO BE IN
THE WRONG.
YOU KNOW, JESUS HAD A COOL WAY OF DEALING WITH CRITICS,
AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING TO LEAVE YOU WITH.
YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, HE JUST DIDN'T ANSWER 'EM.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO STOP AN ARGUMENT.
JUST DON'T ANSWER.
MATTHEW 27:12: "BUT WHEN THE CHARGES WERE MADE AGAINST HIM
BY THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND ELDERS, HE MADE NO ANSWER."
HE SAID THINGS LIKE, "WELL, WHATEVER YOU THINK."
YOU KNOW WHY HE COULD DO THAT?
BECAUSE HE KNEW HIS OWN HEART.
WHEN YOU KNOW YOUR HEART, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRY TO CONVINCE
PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE RIGHT BECAUSE YOU TRUST GOD TO DO
THE CONVINCING IF THEY NEED TO BE CONVINCED.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I LOVE THIS SCRIPTURE, 1 PETER 2:23: "WHEN
JESUS WAS REVILED AND INSULTED, HE DID NOT REVILE OR OFFER
INSULT IN RETURN; [WHEN] HE WAS ABUSED AND SUFFERED, HE MADE NO
THREATS [OF VENGEANCE]; BUT HE TRUSTED [HIMSELF AND EVERYTHING]
TO HIM WHO JUDGES FAIRLY."
AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY, WHEN PEOPLE JUDGE AND CRITICIZE
YOU, DON'T GET ANGRY.
YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE YOU'RE PLAYING RIGHT INTO THE ENEMY'S HANDS WHEN YOU
DO THAT.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK THE BEST THING IS TO DO?
AND, BOY, I NEED THIS MESSAGE MYSELF.
IF YOU DON'T NEED IT, I'LL JUST PREACH TO MYSELF TONIGHT.
I NEED THIS.
DOES ANYBODY NEED THIS BESIDES ME?
I NEED THIS.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I WANNA GET TO THE POINT WHERE I DON'T EVER GET
ANGRY AND LASH BACK AT PEOPLE BUT I'M WILLING TO JUST SAY,
"GOD, I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT BUT IF IT IS, SHOW ME."
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT?
THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL ELSE AND I TELL YOU WHAT, WE CAN
DECEIVE OURSELVES SO EASY INTO THINKING MORE HIGHLY OF
OURSELVES THAN WHAT WE OUGHT TO.
SO LET'S JUST PRAY A LITTLE PRAYER RIGHT NOW.
FATHER, WE PRAY IN JESUS'S NAME THAT YOU WOULD HELP US TO NOT
THINK MORE HIGHLY OF OURSELVES THAN WE SHOULD, TO KNOW WHO WE
ARE IN YOU, BUT NOT TO FEEL THAT WE'RE RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING AND
THAT WE HAVE TO CONSTANTLY TELL OTHER PEOPLE WHAT TO DO, AND
HELP US TAKE CORRECTION THE WAY YOU DID OR WHEN YOU WERE ACCUSED
TO JUST NOT ANSWER PEOPLE AND LET YOU BE THE VOICE THAT
ANSWERS BACK FOR US.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE WORD TONIGHT AND I PRAY THAT IT
WOULD GET DEEPLY ROOTED AND EMBEDDED IN EACH PERSON AND THAT
IT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES, IN JESUS'S NAME,
AMEN.
JOYCE: WELL, IT'S TIME TO GET RID OF YOUR FAULT-FINDING
BINOCULARS AND STOP JUDGING OTHER PEOPLE.
AND IF YOU'RE THE ONE BEING CRITICIZED, THEN DON'T CRITICIZE
IN RETURN.
LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS: "TRUST EVERYTHING TO HIM WHO JUDGES
FAIRLY."
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JOYCE: IF I WERE TO ASK YOU IF YOU LOVE YOUR LIFE WHAT WOULD
YOUR ANSWER BE?
I BELIEVE THAT JESUS WANTS US TO LOVE OUR LIVES.
BUT IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU'VE GOT, CONTINUING TO DO
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[MUSIC]
PHILIP: MAJORITY OF PEOPLE COMING THROUGH HERE HAVE BEEN
DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE SYRIAN CRISIS.
EVERY TIME THERE'S A CRISIS SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHAT
THAT PRODUCES IS VULNERABLE PEOPLE TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
AND THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ARE REFUGEES.
EUROPOL ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 10,000 CHILDREN HAS GONE MISSING
IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S 10,000 CHILDREN THAT WE JUST
DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BUT THEY'RE GONE.
GINGER: FROM THE REFUGEE-- PHILIP: FROM
THE REFUGEE CRISIS.
IT'S UNREALISTIC THAT ANY ORGANIZATION WOULD FIX THIS
OR CHANGE THE WHOLE SITUATION.
WE UNDERSTAND WE CAN'T, BUT WE CAN PLAY OUR PART
AND WE MUST PLAY OUR PART.
GINGER: YOU HAD TO WONDER HOW COULD WE HELP, WHAT WILL WE DO?
WHAT DID YOU SEE WHEN YOU CAME?
PHILIP: YEAH, WELL, WE WALKED IN, ACTUALLY, WHERE WE'RE
STANDING RIGHT NOW.
WE CAME HERE IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, LAST YEAR AND WE
WALKED IN AND WE JUST SAW ABSOLUTE HOPELESSNESS.
THERE WAS NOTHING HERE.
THERE WAS NO WATER, NO ELECTRICITY.
AND SO WE BROUGHT IN THE WATER FOR THE ENTIRE CAMP,
AND IT'S BEING USED NOW FOR MANY DIFFERENT THINGS,
WHICH IS GREAT.
SO IT'S JUST A BLESSING TO THE CAMP.
BUT THE WATER STATIONS BEHIND US BASICALLY JUST PROVIDE A SAFE
PLACE THAT THEY CAN COME IN, PEOPLE CAN WASH THEIR CLOTHES,
THEY CAN WASH THEMSELF, THEY CAN FILL THEIR WATER BOTTLES,
THEY CAN DRINK THE WATER.
THERE'S LIGHT INSTALLED SO, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY THERE WAS
NO ELECTRICITY IN THIS CAMP SO WE'RE, ACTUALLY, THE FIRST PLACE
WHERE THERE WAS ELECTRICITY AND WATER AND LIGHT.
SO WE HAD, YOU KNOW, SOLAR PANELS INSTALLED AND WE WERE
ABLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE A SAFE PLACE 24/7.
PHILIP: SO, YEAH, BUT WHAT IS--AND ALSO DONE FOR US IS
PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR US TO ACTUALLY BRING THIS
PREVENTION MESSAGE.
SO INSIDE OUR CONTAINERS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MIRRORS THAT YOU
OBVIOUSLY CAN SEE YOURSELF BUT ON THESE MIRRORS THERE'S ALSO A
MESSAGE, THOUGH, THAT'S ACTUALLY WARNING ABOUT THE DANGERS OF
HUMAN TRAFFICKING, BRINGING THAT IN, IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE,
AND EXPLAINING IT IN VERY PRACTICAL TERMS TO THEM.
GINGER: SO THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF WATER
THAT'S AVAILABLE WITH THE SINKS AND PEOPLE WASHING INSIDE,
BUT YOU ALSO HAVE SHOWERS.
PHILIP: YES, YES, WE DO, ALSO BUILT INSIDE
A SHIPPING CONTAINER.
AND IT FITS SIX SHOWERS WITH HOT WATER.
AND SO WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO COMMUNICATE A LOT MORE
INFORMATION BECAUSE WE HAVE A PERSON WHO IS IN THERE FOR
A LONGER TIME AND, AS THEY'RE SHOWERING, THEY CAN ACTUALLY
READ ABOUT, IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE, ABOUT JUST GIVING SOME
REALLY PRACTICAL TOOLS TO--WHAT TO AVOID, WHAT TO LOOK FOR,
WHAT NOT TO DO, AND WHAT TO DO.
SO, AND YOU KNOW, JOYCE MEYER MINISTRY
HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN PART OF SPONSORING SEVERAL OF THESE
CONTAINERS AND THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST--YOU CAN WALK INTO THIS CABIN AND YOU CAN LOCK
THE DOOR AND YOU CAN HAVE A SENSE OF PRIVACY AND YOU CAN
TAKE A SHOWER.
AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE REFUGEES, I MEAN, THEY MAYBE HAVE ONE SET
OF CLOTHES.
AND THEY'RE IN THIS DIRT AND MESS EVERY SINGLE DAY AND JUST
BEING ABLE TO WALK IN TO A ROOM, LOCK THE DOOR, AND BE ALONE FOR
A SECOND BUT THEN ALSO JUST TO GET THAT SENSE OF BEING CLEAN
AND HAVING A SENSE OF HUMANITY AGAIN, IT'S SO VALUABLE TO THEM.
ANNOUNCER: WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED TODAY'S PROGRAM.
PLEASE CONTACT US OR VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG TO SHARE YOUR
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ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE.
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