ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: I WANNA TELL YOU SOMETHIN'.
ATTITUDE, MAN, IF WE CAN EVER UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF
ATTITUDE.
IF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS PEOPLE COULD MAYBE TAKE
AWAY FROM YOU, BUT YOUR ATTITUDE BELONGS TO YOU.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: NOW, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE HAVE A BAD DAY, AND IT
TURNS INTO A BAD WEEK, AND IT TURNS INTO A BAD MONTH, AND THEN
IT TURNS INTO A BAD YEAR.
AND THERE'S JUST MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
AT THE END OF THE YEAR, ABOUT DECEMBER THE 1ST ARE
SAYIN', "I WILL BE SO GLAD WHEN THIS YEAR IS OVER."
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHAT A TRAGIC WASTE OF LIFE.
I MEAN, REALLY.
WHAT A TRAGIC WASTE OF LIFE.
LET'S MAKE A DECISION IN THIS CONFERENCE TO STOP LETTING
EVERYTHING AROUND US CONTROL US.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: C'MON.
NOW, THAT'S OUR BIG DECISION THIS WEEKEND.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WATCHIN' BY TV, I WANT YOU TO MAKE THAT
DECISION WITH US.
"IT'S TIME FOR ME TO STOP LETTING EVERYTHING AROUND ME
CONTROL ME BECAUSE, AS A CHRISTIAN,
I HAVE CHRIST IN ME.
'AND GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN ME THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD.'"
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND ROMANS 8 SAYS: "RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF ALL THESE
THINGS," NOT WHEN THEY'RE OVER, BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF 'EM,
"WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH CHRIST WHO LOVES US."
NOW, THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE GONNA ENJOY PROBLEMS.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE MAYBE STILL NOT GONNA HURT OR GO
THROUGH SOME THINGS.
BUT I WANNA TELL YA SOMETHIN'.
ATTITUDE, MAN, IF WE CAN EVER UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF
ATTITUDE.
IF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS PEOPLE COULD MAYBE TAKE
AWAY FROM YOU, BUT YOUR ATTITUDE BELONGS TO YOU.
AND IF YOU DON'T WANNA HAVE A BAD ATTITUDE, NOBODY CAN MAKE
YOU HAVE A BAD ATTITUDE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, WHEN WE READ THE LIFE OF JOSEPH, IT SEEMS,
UNLESS THE BIBLE'S LEFT OUT A LOT, THAT HE HAD A GREAT
ATTITUDE WHILE HE WAS IN PRISON FOR 13 YEARS FOR SOMETHIN'
HE DIDN'T DO.
YEAH, AMAZING.
MAN, I SPENT SO MUCH OF MY LIFE WITH A BAD ATTITUDE.
I MEAN, IF I HAD A LITTLE PROBLEM, I COULD TURN IT INTO
A BIG ONE OVERNIGHT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
AND IT'S JUST BAD ATTITUDES, JUST FEELIN' SORRY FOR OUR SELF,
AND HAVIN' A CHIP ON OUR SHOULDER.
AND YOU KNOW, "WOE IS ME."
AND, "NOBODY'S GOT IT AS BAD AS ME."
AND YOU KNOW, WE JUST NEED TO MAKE A DECISION, "I AM NOT GOING
TO WASTE ONE MORE DAY OF MY LIFE BEING MISERABLE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SOUND GOOD?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: 'CAUSE, SEE, I BELIEVE WITH ALL OF MY HEART THAT GOD
WANTS US TO BE HAPPY.
I FELT LIKE THE LORD JUST SPOKE TO MY HEART LAST WEEK JUST
SIMPLE, "BE HAPPY TODAY."
YOU KNOW, IT PUTS A SMILE ON GOD'S FACE WHEN WE'RE HAPPY.
IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN, YOU KNOW YOU LOVE TO SEE THEM HAPPY.
NOBODY WANTS TO SEE THEIR CHILDREN MISERABLE.
AND GOD DOESN'T WANNA SEE US MISERABLE.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO FOR HIM IS SERVE HIM
WITH GLADNESS.
THAT'S WHAT PSALM 100 SAYS: "SERVE THE LORD WITH GLADNESS."
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR PURPOSE IS YET, JUST START WITH,
"WELL, I'M GONNA SERVE THE LORD WITH GLADNESS," AND HE'LL LEAD
YOU INTO OTHER GOOD THINGS.
YOU KNOW, REALLY, WE JUST GOT THIS ATTITUDE,
"WELL, IT'S JUST SO HARD.
IT'S JUST SO HARD, GOD.
IT'S JUST SO HARD.
LIFE IS SO HARD.
IT'S JUST SO HARD."
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
REALLY, GOD GIVES US SUPER SIMPLE ANSWERS THAT PRODUCE
AMAZING RESULTS IN OUR LIFE.
ONE OF THE ONES I'M NOT GONNA GET TO SO I'LL JUST TALK
ABOUT FOR A MINUTE.
LIKE, REALLY, WE THINK FORGIVING PEOPLE WHO HURT US IS SO HARD.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S HARD?
BEIN' BITTER YOUR WHOLE LIFE.
NOW, THAT'S WHAT'S HARD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND IT'S REALLY NOT EVEN VERY SMART WHEN SOMEBODY
HURTS US AND THEN WE'RE STILL MAD AND HURTING A MONTH LATER.
AND THEY PROBABLY DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY HURT US.
AND WE'RE NOT EVEN SURE THEY CARE.
AND THEY'RE OUT HAVIN' A GOOD TIME.
AND WE'RE OVER HERE BEIN' MISERABLE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND GOD GIVES US A SIMPLE ANSWER.
"LET IT GO.
DROP IT.
LEAVE IT.
LET IT GO.
SHAKE IT OFF."
AMEN.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I HAVE TO SAY TO MYSELF, "YOU
KNOW, JOYCE, YOU'VE PROBABLY HURT PEOPLE A LOT OF TIMES
AND YOU DON'T EVEN REALIZE YOU DID IT."
BELIEVING THE BEST ABOUT PEOPLE WHEN THEY HURT YOU IS
SO POWERFUL.
BECAUSE IMMEDIATELY, THAT HELPS YOU.
AND HERE'S THE BOTTOM LINE.
IF THEY DID MISTREAT YOU PURPOSELY, AND GOD CANNOT BRING
THEM TO A PLACE OF REPENTANCE, AND YOU DO WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED
TO DO BEFORE GOD, GOD WILL DEAL WITH THEM AND HE WILL
REWARD YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO IT'S SIMPLE.
JUST LET IT GO.
SOME OF YOU'VE BEEN DRAGGIN' STUFF AROUND WITH YOU THAT
HAPPENED 20 YEARS AGO.
I MEAN, REALLY?
I KNOW I DID THAT.
FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS I WAS MAD AT MY MOM AND DAD,
AND I HATED MY MOM AND DAD, AND I HATED THE PEOPLE
WHO DIDN'T HELP ME, AND I WAS MAD AT THEM, AND I
WAS JUST MAD AT EVERYBODY.
AND I'M SO GLAD THAT I MARRIED A MAN THAT HAD A GOOD ATTITUDE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW WHY?
I HAD NEVER REALLY BEEN AROUND ANYBODY WITH A GOOD ATTITUDE.
I JUST HAVIN' A BAD ATTITUDE WAS A WAY OF LIFE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: MAYBE YOU GREW UP IN A NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENT AND YOU
HAVEN'T HEARD THE GOOD NEWS YET THAT YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR
ATTITUDE AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A BAD ONE.
TURN TO THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU AND SAY, "YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE
A BAD ATTITUDE."
AUDIENCE: YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A BAD ATTITUDE.
JOYCE: IF YOU'RE HAVIN' A BAD DAY, THE FIRST THING THAT I
WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO, ARE YOU READY FOR
NUMBER ONE?
THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO IS
HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH GOD.
NOW, I PURPOSELY DIDN'T SAY, "PRAY."
ALTHOUGH THAT'S WHAT HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH GOD IS.
BUT I'M NOT GONNA USE THAT WORD RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I THINK
SOMETIMES WE HAVE SO OVERLY SPIRITUALIZED THE IDEA OF PRAYER
THAT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HEAR THINGS A LOT, IT CAN JUST GET TO
THE POINT WHERE IT DOESN'T HAVE MUCH OF A MEANING TO YA.
"OH, I KNOW, YOU GOT A PROBLEM.
PRAY."
WELL, I'M SAYIN', LET'S JUST SAY THAT SOMEBODY HURTS YOUR
FEELINGS.
WELL, IF YOU'D JUST TAKE A MINUTE AND HAVE A CONVERSATION
WITH GOD, YOU CAN JUST SAY, "LORD, YOU KNOW THAT REALLY HURT
MY FEELINGS.
AND SO I'M ASKIN' YOU TO COMFORT ME AND HELP ME, LORD, NOT TO
JUST HAVE A BAD DAY BECAUSE OF ONE THING THAT HAPPENED.
I LOVE YOU, LORD, AND I WANNA DO THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT ME
TO DO.
AND I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT ME TO STAY UPSET."
GO ON ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS.
NOW YOU'VE TURNED IT OVER TO THE ONLY PERSON THAT CAN
REALLY HELP YOU.
NOW, I SAID, "HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH GOD."
AND "CONVERSATION" MEANS "TALKING AND LISTENING."
AND YOU KNOW, SADLY, MAN, I WAS IN CHURCH FOR YEARS AND YEARS
AND YEARS BEFORE I EVER HEARD THAT I COULD HEAR FROM GOD.
AND THERE ARE LARGE GROUPS OF EVEN CHRISTIANS WHO JUST, IF YOU
TALK ABOUT HEARING FROM GOD, I MEAN, THEY'RE READY TO JUST
WRITE YOU OFF AS SOME KIND OF A NUT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU TELL SOMEBODY, "I HEARD FROM GOD," AND RIGHT AWAY,
THEY WANNA PUT YOU ON SOME KIND OF MEDICINE.
THEY THINK YOU'RE PSYCHOTIC OR SOMETHIN', YOU KNOW?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I DO NOT KNOW HOW ANYBODY CAN READ THE BIBLE
AND THINK THAT GOD DOESN'T TALK TO HIS PEOPLE.
I MEAN, HE SPOKE TO ABRAHAM.
HE SPOKE TO MOSES.
HE SPOKE TO JOSEPH.
I MEAN, HE, ALL, HE SPOKE TO ISAAC.
I MEAN, ALL THE WAY DOWN THE LINE.
AND ALL OF THOSE EXAMPLES I JUST PULLED OUT OF THE OLD COVENANT.
WHEN WE GET TO THE NEW AND WE'RE BORN AGAIN,
HE'S LIVING INSIDE OF US.
HE SAID, "I'LL NOT ONLY BE WITH YOU, BUT I'LL BE IN YOU."
AND SO, WOW.
NOW, WHEN I SAY, "HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH GOD," I'M NOT
GONNA SAY THAT YOU'RE GONNA GO AROUND HEARIN' VOICES ALL DAY.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYIN' AT ALL.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT I DO WANNA TALK TO YOU FOR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
A VARIETY OF WAYS THAT WE HEAR FROM GOD.
SO BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THEY DON'T HEAR FROM GOD
WHEN THEY DO.
BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T
REALLY EXIST.
BUT FIRST OF ALL, JUST A FEW SCRIPTURES TO LET YOU KNOW THAT
GOD WANTS US TO TALK TO HIM AND HE TALKS TO US.
PSALM 5:3: "IN THE MORNING YOU HEAR MY VOICE, O LORD;
IN THE MORNING I PREPARE [A PRAYER, A SACRIFICE],"
SO OUR PRAYERS ARE LIKE SACRIFICES GOING UP TO GOD,
"FOR YOU AND I WATCH AND WAIT [FOR YOU TO SPEAK TO MY HEART]."
NOW, HOW MUCH PLAINER CAN IT BE?
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
I UNDERLINED THE WORD "PREPARE" IN ORANGE BECAUSE I WANTED IT TO
STAND OUT.
"I PREPARE A PRAYER."
I THINK SOMETIMES WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE WANNA ASK
GOD FOR AND STOP JUST THROWIN' OUT A BUNCH OF WORDS SO WE CAN
GET OUR PRAYER TIME IN AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT OURSELVES
SPIRITUALLY.
I MEAN, TO BE HONEST, HALF THE TIME,
TILL WE LEARN BETTER, WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME TRYIN' TO
IMPRESS GOD WITH OUR ELOQUENCE.
YOU KNOW, GOD HAS TRIED TO TEACH ME IN MY LIFE, AND HE HAS TO
REMIND ME EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, "JOYCE, WHEN YOU PRAY, ASK ME
FOR WHAT YOU WANT AND NEED WITH THE FEWEST AMOUNT OF WORDS
POSSIBLE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND IT'S HARD BECAUSE WE THINK WE JUST HAVE TO GO ON
AND ON, AND SAY THE SAME THING FOUR TIMES, AND ON AND ON,
CHANGE OUR VOICE TONE AND THE INFLECTION IN OUR VOICE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU JUST TRY IT.
YOU JUST TRY JUST SAYIN', "LORD, I SINNED.
FORGIVE MY SINS.
THANK YOU."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: C'MON, I'M PUTTIN' A CHALLENGE OUT.
OH, NO, IT'D BE LIKE, "OH, GOD, FORGIVE ME.
OH, GOD, PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
GOD, IF YOU FORGIVE ME, I'LL NEVER DO IT AGAIN.
LORD, YOU GOTTA--OH, GOD, PLEASE FORGIVE ME."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OKAY, LISTEN, HAVE YOU EVER HAD ANYBODY COME TO
YOU--'CAUSE I'VE HAD THIS.
THEY'LL COME AND SAY TO ME, "CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION?"
"SURE."
AFTER THEY'RE 7 MINUTES INTO TALKING I FINALLY HAVE TO SAY,
"AND DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I THINK SOMETIMES GOD MUST BE THAT WAY WITH US.
IT'S LIKE, "AND DID YOU ACTUALLY WANT SOMETHING?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SO, "I PREPARE A PRAYER."
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU GOTTA SIT DOWN AND DO AN OUTLINE
BEFORE YOU PRAY.
BUT I THINK THAT PRAYER IS SO POWERFUL THAT WE NEED TO START
TREATING IT LIKE WHAT IT IS AND REALIZE THAT WE ARE TALKING TO
THE MOST POWERFUL BEING IN THE UNIVERSE TO WHOM NOTHING IS
IMPOSSIBLE.
AND YOU KNOW, IN PHILIPPIANS 4:6, AND I'LL
PROBABLY GET AROUND TO THIS SOMETIME LATER IN
THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE, IT SAYS: "BE ANXIOUS FOR
NOTHING, BUT IN ALL THINGS WITH PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION," AND
THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE AMPLIFIES IT TO SAY, "DEFINITE REQUESTS."
SEE, I LIKE THAT.
HE'S SAYIN', "BE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT,
AND MAKE IT PLAIN."
C'MON, IS THIS HELPIN' ANYBODY?
JUST BE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BUT SEE, WE THINK THAT WE'RE MORE SPIRITUAL IF WE SAY
A LOT MORE WORDS.
AND I DON'T WANNA GET MYSELF IN TROUBLE HERE WITH SOME PEOPLE
WHEN I SAY THIS, BUT I DON'T EVEN NECESSARILY THINK THAT
PRAYER HAS TO BE A LONG TIME.
I WOULD RATHER PRAY MY WAY THROUGH THE DAY AND HAVE EACH
THING THAT I SAY BE MEANINGFUL THAN TO JUST DO WHAT I DID FOR
YEARS, LOCK MYSELF INTO A ROOM SOMEWHERE AND YELL AT THE DEVIL
AND TRY TO TALK TO GOD FOR AN HOUR TO PUT MY TIME IN.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SO I COULD SAY WITH EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE GROUP,
"I PRAY AN HOUR A DAY."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IF YOU ASKED ME HOW LONG I PRAY, THERE IS NO WAY
THAT I COULD TELL YOU.
I DON'T HAVE ANY CLUE.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE TO EITHER.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I DON'T WANNA JUST GET UP IN THE MORNING AND PRAY
AND THEN SAY A LITTLE PRAYER BEFORE I GOT TO BED AT NIGHT
AND TRY TO HANDLE THE REST OF MY DAY ON MY OWN.
EVERY TIME THERE'S ANYTHING HURTING ME, OR BOTHERING ME,
OR PRESSURING ME, OR THERE'S A HEAVINESS IN MY HEART, OR
THERE'S A CHALLENGE, I WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH GOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I DON'T WANNA WAIT TO GET HELP UNTIL I PRAY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I WANNA TALK TO GOD ABOUT IT AND WATCH AND WAIT FOR
HIM TO ANSWER ME IN MY LIFE.
NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH DISCIPLINE.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING.
I'M VERY DISCIPLINED WHEN I GET UP IN THE MORNING.
I SPEND MY FIRST COUPLE OF HOURS WITH GOD.
'CAUSE YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO KNOW ME UNTIL HE'S HAD ME
FOR A WHILE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: JUST TRUST ME.
IT'S BETTER IF GOD GETS ME BEFORE YOU DO, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND A LOT OF YOU ARE PROBABLY THAT WAY TOO.
YOU JUST HAVEN'T FIGURED IT OUT YET.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
AND I'M VERY DISCIPLINED WITH THAT TIME WITH GOD.
BUT I DO A LOT OF THINGS IN THAT TIME.
I WRITE IN MY JOURNAL.
I TALK TO GOD.
I READ.
I WRITE IN MY JOURNAL MORE.
I SIT QUIETLY FOR A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEN THE NEXT THING I DO IS I WALK EVERY MORNING, OUTSIDE
IF THE WEATHER'S GOOD, IF NOT, ON A TREADMILL, AND I PRAY, TALK
TO THE LORD A LOT DURING THAT, MEDITATE ON SCRIPTURE,
CONFESS SCRIPTURE OUT LOUD.
I HAVE DISCIPLINES IN MY LIFE.
BUT I DON'T HAVE LIKE THIS SET AMOUNT OF TIME THAT I DO EACH
THING, THINKING THAT I'M PUTTING IN SOME KIND OF QUOTA WITH GOD.
I WANT, FOR ME, AND I WANNA SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT GOD
GIVES ME THE PRIVILEGE TO TEACH, I WANNA TEACH YOU HOW TO DO
LIFE WITH GOD.
AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: JUST DO LIFE WITH GOD.
I THINK IT'S SO TRAGIC WHEN WE SPEND 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR TO
AN HOUR AND A HALF, HOWEVER LONG YOUR CHURCH SERVICE MIGHT BE, ON
SUNDAY, AND THE REST OF THE WEEK JUST NOT PAY ANY ATTENTION
TO GOD.
I MEAN, HOW MANY OF US DID THAT FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS?
AND THAT'S NOT WHAT JESUS DIED TO GIVE US.
MARTIN LUTHER SAID, "TO BE A CHRISTIAN WITHOUT PRAYER IS
NO MORE POSSIBLE THAN TO BE ALIVE WITHOUT BREATHING.
NOW, IF YOU INTENDED TO BUILD A BIGGER HOUSE, YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE
A LARGE AND A SOLID FOUNDATION.
IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING AT ALL ABOUT BUILDING, YOU KNOW THAT IF
YOU PUT A BIG BUILDING ON A TINY OR A CRACKED FOUNDATION,
IT IS NOT GONNA LAST.
AND SO IF YOU INTEND TO BUILD A LARGE AMAZING LIFE, YOU'RE
GONNA NEED A SOLID FOUNDATION AND IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE BUILT
ON AND MAINTAINED BY YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
AND IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITHOUT
CONVERSATION.
I WOULDN'T HAVE ANY KIND OF A RELATIONSHIP WITH DAVE IF WE
NEVER TALKED OR IF I JUST TALKED AT HIM.
SOMETIMES I WONDER IF WE'RE TALKING TO GOD OR AT GOD.
WE REALIZE THAT.
YOU GOTTA HAVE A CONVERSATION.
I'LL TELL YA SOMETHIN', WITH A FRIEND, OR A SPOUSE,
OR WHOEVER, THE MORE MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION
YOU HAVE WITH SOMEBODY, THE DEEPER THE RELATIONSHIP GETS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I'M TALKIN' ABOUT MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION WHERE
YOU ACTUALLY SHARE PARTS OF YOU WITH THIS OTHER PERSON AND YOU
TRUST THEM AND YOU LET THEM INTO YOUR LIFE.
MARK 1:35: "AND IN THE MORNING, LONG BEFORE DAYLIGHT, HE GOT UP
AND WENT OUT TO A DESERTED PLACE, AND THERE HE PRAYED."
SO THERE'S EVIDENCE ALL OVER THE BIBLE THAT JESUS, FIRST
THING, SPENT TIME WITH GOD.
NOW, HANG ON.
BEFORE YOU TELL ME, "WELL, I'M JUST NOT A MORNING PERSON."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: ANYBODY CAN AT LEAST SAY, "GOOD MORNING, JESUS.
I LOVE YOU."
I MEAN, IF YOU JUST ARE SO SLEEPY AND IN SUCH A BAD HUMOR
WHEN YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING THAT YOU JUST DON'T HONESTLY
THINK YOU COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ANYBODY, NOT
EVEN GOD, AT LEAST YOU CAN START BY SAYING, "GOOD MORNING, LORD.
I LOVE YOU.
I NEED YOU.
WE'LL TALK MORE WHEN I GET AWAKE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THE ONE THING THAT WE HAVE TO STOP DOIN' WITH GOD IS
PRETENDING AND JUST APPROACHING HIM WITH RELIGIOSITY.
BE REAL WITH GOD.
JEREMIAH 33:3: "CALL TO ME AND I WILL ANSWER YOU."
SOUND LIKE A TWO-WAY THING TO ME.
"CALL TO ME AND I WILL ANSWER YOU.
I WILL SHOW YOU GREAT AND MIGHTY THINGS, FENCED IN AND HIDDEN,
WHICH YOU DO NOT KNOW (DO NOT DISTINGUISH AND RECOGNIZE, HAVE
KNOWLEDGE OF AND UNDERSTAND]"
PSALM 85:8, AND IF ALL THE REST OF THESE DIDN'T CONVINCE YOU,
THEN THIS ONE WOULD HAVE TO: "I WILL LISTEN [WITH EXPECTANCY]
TO WHAT GOD THE LORD WILL SAY, FOR HE WILL SPEAK TO HIS
PEOPLE," WOW, "TO HIS SAINTS (THOSE WHO ARE IN RIGHT STANDING
WITH HIM]"
WE GOTTA READ THAT AGAIN.
PSALM 85:8: "I WILL LISTEN [WITH EXPECTANCY]," DON'T
EVER SAY AGAIN IN YOUR LIFE, "I DON'T HEAR FROM GOD."
DON'T SAY THAT, "I CAN'T HEAR FROM GOD.
I DON'T HEAR FROM GOD."
AT LEAST MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT TO CHANGE YOUR CONFESSION
AND START LINING IT UP WITH THE WORD OF GOD THAT SAYS,
"I TALK TO GOD, AND HE TALKS TO ME.
I HEAR FROM GOD."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "I WILL LISTEN [WITH EXPECTANCY] TO WHAT GOD THE LORD
WILL SAY, FOR HE WILL SPEAK PEACE TO HIS PEOPLE," WELL,
HOW DO WE HEAR GOD'S VOICE?
THIS IS GONNA BE QUICK, SO GRAB IT.
FIRST OF ALL, THROUGH HIS WORD.
THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST PRIMARY WAY THAT WE HEAR
FROM GOD.
AND IT'S NOT JUST THROUGH READING THE BIBLE,
BUT STUDYING THE BIBLE.
AND THEN ALSO, THE MORE YOU KNOW OF THE WORD, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES, ACCORDING TO JOHN, IS HE BRINGS
THINGS TO OUR REMEMBRANCE.
AND SO, MANY TIMES I CAN BE TALKIN' TO GOD ABOUT SOMETHIN'
AND MAYBE WHILE WE'RE TALKING AND I'M LISTENING THEN,
JUST A SCRIPTURE WILL COME TO ME THAT I KNOW.
AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT MAKING AMAZING
THINGS ORDINARY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I RECALL ONE TIME SAYIN' TO THE LORD, "YOU KNOW,
GOD, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU DON'T DO THE THINGS YOU USED TO DO
WHEN I WAS FIRST STARTED WALKIN' WITH YOU."
AND YOU KNOW WHAT HE SPOKE BACK TO MY HEART?
"I DO THE SAME STUFF ALL THE TIME.
YOU'VE JUST GOTTEN USED TO IT."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: C'MON.
I WONDER HOW MANY OF YOU ARE HAVING AMAZING THINGS HAPPEN IN
YOUR LIFE.
GOD'S DOIN' STUFF AROUND YOU ALL THE TIME AND YOU'VE JUST KINDA
GOTTEN USED TO IT.
FAMILIARITY IS A BAD THING.
WE WANNA ALWAYS BE AMAZED BY GOD.
JOYCE: WELL, THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS TO TURN A BAD DAY
AROUND.
ONE IS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH GOD.
LEARN TO HEAR GOD'S VOICE AND BE GUIDED BY IT.
LEARN TO TRUST GOD.
AND ANOTHER ONE IS DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.
NOTHIN' TURNS A BAD DAY AROUND FASTER THAN DOING GOOD FOR
SOMEONE ELSE.
SO TODAY, OF COURSE, WE'RE OFFERING YOU THE BOOK "20 WAYS
TO MAKE EVERY DAY BETTER."
AND WE'RE OFFERING IT TO YOU TODAY FOR YOUR GIFT TO
THE MINISTRY OF ANY AMOUNT.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S JUST REALLY A GOOD THING FOR YOU TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
DO YOUR BEST.
SEND IN THE BEST OFFERING THAT YOU CAN.
IF YOU CAN SEND MORE, DO THAT.
THAT'LL HELP PAY FOR SOMEBODY ELSE'S BOOK THAT MAYBE COULDN'T
SEND IN AS MUCH.
WE WANT YOU TO HAVE GOOD DAYS, NOT BAD DAYS.
AND LET GOD MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES AND ENJOY
YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE.
ANNOUNCER: ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10,
HOW WOULD YOU RATE TODAY?
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WANTS TO TEACH YOU 20 WAYS TO MAKE EVERY DAY BETTER, PRACTICAL
ADVICE THAT YOU CAN APPLY RIGHT NOW TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE, NO
MATTER HOW YOUR DAY IS GOING.
PICK IT UP FOR YOU OR TO BRIGHTEN SOMEONE ELSE'S DAY.
THEN, WITH GOD'S HELP, TURN BAD DAYS INTO GOOD
AND GOOD DAYS INTO GREAT.
TODAY WE'RE OFFERING JOYCE'S NEW BOOK "20 WAYS
TO MAKE EVERY DAY BETTER" FOR YOUR GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT.
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JOYCE: YOU WANNA REALLY MAKE THE DEVIL MAD?
TRUST GOD AND ENJOY YOUR LIFE WHILE GOD IS SOLVING YOUR
PROBLEM.
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I'M GONNA TAKE THE LIMITS OFF OF YOU.
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TO BE."
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