ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM
IS PAID FOR BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS
OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, YOU HEARD A LOT OF MY TESTIMONY, I GUESS.
PROBABLY SOME OF YOU HAVEN'T, BUT I'M NOT GONNA RETELL IT
AGAIN ABOUT THE SEXUAL ABUSE FROM MY DAD, BUT IT WAS
A LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG TIME, LOTS OF YEARS,
NOT AN OCCASIONAL THING, ALL THE TIME.
IT WAS AN AWFUL, AWFUL, AWFUL MESS.
AND SO, I WAS PRETTY BROKEN BY THE TIME I LEFT HOME.
AND I LIKE TO TELL THIS BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THIS.
I THOUGHT WHEN I LEFT HOME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS OVER.
I THOUGHT I LEFT THE PROBLEM, BUT THE THING WAS,
I TOOK IT WITH ME IN MY SOUL.
I GOT AWAY FROM BEING ABUSED ANYMORE BUT I STILL HAD THE MESS
INSIDE OF ME.
AND I LOOKED OKAY ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT, BOY, WAS I
MESSED UP INSIDE.
AND THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE EVEN IN THE CHURCH LIKE THAT,
BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE TURN TO GOD BECAUSE THEY ARE HURTING
AND THEN WE JUST KIND OF GET TOGETHER IN OUR CHURCHES
AND JUST HURT EACH OTHER AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED
TO LEARN TO LET PEOPLE HEAL AND TO LET PEOPLE BE HONEST
AND TO LET PEOPLE TALK WITHOUT JUDGING THEM
AND TO NOT TELL THEIR SECRETS,
TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO WHAT SOMEBODY SAYS
AND NOT GO BLABBING IT EVERYWHERE, AMEN?
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TRUST PEOPLE.
BUT--SO, I LEFT HOME AND I MARRIED THE FIRST GUY
THAT SHOWED ANY INTEREST IN ME BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID
THAT NOBODY WOULD EVER WANT ME.
AND THIS IS THE PART OF THE STORY
THAT FOR SOME REASON I DON'T REALLY EVER TELL.
IT'S NOT THAT I MIND TO TELL ANYTHING, AS YOU KNOW.
I'LL TELL MY BUSINESS, YOURS, YOU KNOW.
I JUST--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I TELL DAVE IF I WASN'T MARRIED TO HIM,
I COULDN'T EVEN PREACH.
I TELL HIS STUFF ALL THE TIME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND SO, I MARRIED THIS FIRST GUY THAT CAME ALONG
AND HE SAID HE LOVED ME.
NEITHER ONE OF US KNEW WHAT LOVE WAS.
HE HAD PROBABLY MORE PROBLEMS THAN ME IF THAT WAS POSSIBLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WITH PROBLEMS VERY OFTEN MARRY
OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE ALL MESSED UP.
AND SO, HE WAS A CAR SALESMAN, AND BACK THEN, I DON'T KNOW
IF THEY STILL DO THIS OR NOT, BUT IF SOMEBODY BOUGHT A CAR
AND THEY HAD ONE LIKE THEY WANTED IN ANOTHER STATE,
THEY WOULD PAY SOMEBODY FROM THERE TO DRIVE THAT CAR
TO WHERE THE PERSON WAS.
I DON'T KNOW NOW IF THEY JUST TRUCK EVERYTHING AROUND,
BUT HE WAS GONNA DRIVE A CAR TO ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO,
AND HE WAS GONNA, HA, HA, YAY!
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND THEN WE WERE GONNA LIVE THERE AND HE WAS GONNA WORK
AS A CAR SALESMAN THERE.
SO WE DROVE THIS CAR TO ALBUQUERQUE
AND, AFTER 30 DAYS, HE JUST DIDN'T COME HOME ONE NIGHT.
WE WERE ACTUALLY LIVING IN A MOTEL.
HE JUST DIDN'T COME HOME.
JUST LEFT ME THERE.
EIGHTEEN, LEFT IN ALBUQUERQUE, NO MONEY.
WHAT AM I GONNA DO NOW?
SO I DIDN'T WANNA CALL MY DAD AND ASK FOR HELP 'CAUSE I KNEW
WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN AND SO I FINALLY FOUND A FRIEND THAT SENT
ME $75 TO BUY A BUS TICKET.
AND HAD TO LEAVE MOST OF WHAT I HAD, WHICH REALLY WASN'T
ANYTHING ANYWAY, AND CAME BACK HOME.
WELL, I WAS JUST DUMB AND SO, EVERY TIME HE
WOULD COME BACK AND TELL ME HE WAS SORRY, I'D TAKE HIM BACK.
C'MON, WE GOT ANY OTHER DUMB WOMEN IN HERE?
EVERY TIME--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: C'MON, I MEAN, I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU
HOW MANY TIMES I DID THAT.
HE'D COME BACK, "OH, I LOVE YOU.
I MISSED YOU SO MUCH.
I WAS SO WRONG.
AND," YOU KNOW, "I WAS AT A BAR THE OTHER NIGHT AND I HEARD 'EM
PLAYING THIS SONG AND IT REMINDED ME OF YOU AND I
REALIZED HOW MUCH I'D MISSED YOU," AND I WOULD JUST, YOU
KNOW, 'CAUSE I WAS SO DESPERATE FOR ANYBODY TO LOVE ME.
C'MON, DESPERATE PEOPLE DO GOOFY STUFF.
AND SO I'D TAKE HIM BACK AGAIN.
WELL, THEN THE NEXT TRIP WE MADE WAS TO CALIFORNIA.
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.
ANYBODY HERE FROM OAKLAND?
OKAY, WELL, SO WE LIVED WITH SOME CAR SALESMAN
GUY FRIEND OF HIS OUT THERE FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS
AND, NEXT THING I KNOW, HE DISAPPEARS AGAIN.
JUST DISAPPEARS AGAIN.
NOW, I'M OUT IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.
I'M 18 AND A FEW MONTHS NOW, I GUESS.
AND SO I GOT A JOB AND I LIVED IN A ONE-ROOM APARTMENT,
MOTEL-TYPE THING AND I'D WALK TO WORK AND WALK BACK,
WALK TO WORK AND WALK BACK.
AND FINALLY, GOT ANOTHER BUS TICKET,
CAME BACK HOME.
AND LEFT ALL MY STUFF OUT THERE.
AND WHEN I MEAN, CAME BACK HOME, EVERY TIME I CAME BACK
I'D HAVE TO GO LIVE WITH SOMEBODY THAT I KNEW.
WELL, SO FINALLY, TOWARD THE END OF OUR 5-YEAR, I CAN'T CALL IT
A MARRIAGE BECAUSE IT DIDN'T EVEN REMOTELY CONSIDER THAT.
BUT TOWARD THE END OF THE 5 YEARS THAT WE
"WERE MARRIED," I GOT PREGNANT, HAD MY SON DAVID
WHO'S SITTING DOWN HERE TONIGHT WITH MY LOVELY GRANDDAUGHTER
AND HIS LOVELY WIFE, AND MY LOVELY GRANDSONS
RUNNING AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE.
AND--
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I NAMED HIM DAVID WHICH WAS NOT THAT GUY'S NAME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT IT WAS THE NAME OF THE GUY THAT GOD HAD FOR ME.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: C'MON.
GOD'S GOT SOMEBODY FOR YOU.
DON'T MESS IT UP!
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE A DETOUR.
AND SO, WHILE I WAS PREGNANT, I WANT YOU TO GET THIS.
WHILE I WAS PREGNANT, HE LEFT ME AND LIVED WITH ANOTHER WOMAN
TWO BLOCKS DOWN THE STREET FROM WHERE WE LIVED.
AND EVERY MORNING WHEN I WOULD GO TO WORK, I'D SEE HIS CAR
PARKED IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE AND HE WAS TELLING EVERYBODY
THAT THE BABY WASN'T HIS.
SO, WHEN I WAS, LIKE, AS PREGNANT AS YOU COULD BE,
I WAS OVER 9 MONTHS, I HAD TO QUIT WORK.
THEY DIDN'T EVEN WANT ME THERE ANYMORE.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO.
HOME WAS JUST NOT AN OPTION FOR ME.
DIDN'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO.
SO MY HAIRDRESSER TOOK ME IN AND LET ME LIVE WITH HER
AND HER MOM UNTIL I HAD THE BABY.
'COURSE, WHEN I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL AND HAD
THE BABY, HE CAME BACK AGAIN.
"OH, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
I'M SO SORRY.
I'VE BEEN SO DUMB."
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, SILLY ME, I TOOK HIM BACK AGAIN.
SOMETIMES I CAN'T BELIEVE I WAS EVER THAT DUMB, BUT I WAS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND SO WHEN WE LEFT THE HOSPITAL WITH THE BABY,
WE HAD NOWHERE TO LIVE.
SO HE CALLED A WOMAN THAT WAS A CHRISTIAN WOMAN
THAT USED TO BE MARRIED TO ONE OF HIS BROTHERS.
I STILL REMEMBER HER NAME WAS CAROL.
SHE WAS A KIND WOMAN AND SHE TOOK US IN.
AND WE LIVED WITH HER FOR A FEW WEEKS
AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW HE'S OFF WITH ANOTHER WOMAN
AGAIN.
SO I, YOU KNOW, SO THE POINT IS, CAN YOU IMAGINE--
NOW, HERE I AM NOW.
CAN YOU IMAGINE, COULD YOU IMAGINE BY LOOKING AT ME, IS
THERE ANY EVIDENCE AT ALL THAT I EVER HAD THAT KIND OF A LIFE?
IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE?
NO, NONE AT ALL.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I GOT UP.
I MADE UP MY BED AND I WENT ON WITH LIFE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: SEE, IF YOU'RE THINKING THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS
GONNA BE STAINED AND YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA, YOU KNOW,
SOMETHING'S ALWAYS GONNA BE--I MEAN, I REMEMBER WHEN I USED
TO BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE I'D BEEN ABUSED, I WOULD ALWAYS HAVE
A SECOND-RATE LIFE.
I ACTUALLY BELIEVED THAT.
I REMEMBER THINKING, "MY LIFE CAN NEVER BE--I MEAN, MAYBE IT
COULD BE OKAY, BUT MY LIFE COULD NEVER BE WHAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN
IF THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED TO ME."
BUT YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THAT SOMETIMES THE VERY THINGS
THAT GOD USES THE MOST ARE THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN
TO YOU THAT ARE SO BAD AND SO PAINFUL AND SO UNFAIR,
BUT THEY HELP MAKE YOU THE PERSON THAT YOU ARE.
AND I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING, IF THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE,
THEY GIVE YOU A BOATLOAD FULL OF COMPASSION FOR OTHER PEOPLE
THAT ARE HURTING.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: NOW, LET'S LOOK FOR A MINUTE
AT DANIEL'S THREE FRIENDS, SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO.
NOW, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS IN THE BOOK OF DANIEL,
IT'S NOT ABOUT DANIEL.
IT'S ABOUT HIS FRIENDS: SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE FRIENDS THAT YOU HAVE
ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
AND TO BE HONEST, A LOT OF TIMES, THE FRIENDS
THAT YOU HAVE SHOW A LOT ABOUT YOU AND WHO YOU ARE.
AND DANIEL WAS NOT ONLY A MAN OF EXCELLENCE AND INTEGRITY
BUT HE HAD FRIENDS WHO WERE EXCELLENT AND HAD INTEGRITY.
AND THESE WERE MEN WHO WOULD NOT COMPROMISE.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORD COMPROMISE MEANS?
IT MEANS TO GO JUST A LITTLE BIT--
JUST A LITTLE BIT BELOW WHAT YOU KNOW IS RIGHT.
JUST A LITTLE BIT.
WE DON'T NEED TO COMPROMISE IN OUR LIVES.
THERE'S TOO MUCH COMPROMISE OUT IN THE WORLD.
WE'RE LIVING IN A DAY AND A TIME WHEN WE NEED TO STAND STRONG
FOR JESUS.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: NOW, THIS-- DANIEL 3:20--
ACTUALLY 26 AND 27.
WE'RE GONNA READ 27 FIRST.
"AND THE SATRAPS, THE DEPUTIES, THE GOVERNORS,
AND THE KING'S COUNSELORS GATHERED AROUND TOGETHER
AND SAW THESE MEN."
THESE MEN WHO HAD BEEN THROWN INTO THE FIERY FURNACE
BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP THE KING.
"THEY SAW THAT THE FIRE HAD NO POWER UPON THEIR BODIES,
NOR WAS THE HAIR OF THEIR HEAD SINGED; NEITHER WERE
THEIR GARMENTS SCORCHED OR CHANGED IN COLOR
OR CONDITION," AND HERE'S MY FAVORITE PART,
"NOR HAD EVEN THE SMELL OF SMOKE CLUNG TO THEM."
NO EVIDENCE.
THEY WERE IN THE FIERY FURNACE AND WHEN THEY CAME OUT,
THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE, C'MON NOW, NO EVIDENCE.
IT'S TIME TO LET GOD GET RID OF THE EVIDENCE IN YOUR LIFE.
IT'S TIME TO STOP DRAGGING AROUND YOUR ASHES.
GIVE 'EM UP AND GET BEAUTY INSTEAD.
C'MON.
SEE, HERE'S THE THING YOU GOTTA GET THIS WEEKEND.
YOU CAN'T KEEP THE OLD STUFF AND GET THE NEW STUFF.
C'MON, I SAID, YOU CAN'T KEEP THE OLD STUFF AND GET
THE NEW STUFF.
YOU CAN'T KEEP A BAD ATTITUDE AND GET THE GOOD LIFE THAT JESUS
WANTS TO GIVE YOU.
YOU CAN'T KEEP SELF-PITY AND GET POWERFUL.
MM-HMM.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND SOME PEOPLE, TO BE HONEST, THE THINGS THAT HAVE
HURT THEM BECOME THEIR IDENTITY.
THEY'RE LIKE THEIR BADGE THAT THEY WEAR AND CARRY AROUND
ALL THE TIME.
"LOOK AT ME, I'VE BEEN HURT.
LOOK AT ME, I'VE BEEN HURT."
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'D RATHER SAY?
"LOOK AT ME, I'VE BEEN HEALED.
LOOK AT ME, I'VE BEEN HEALED.
LOOK AT ME, THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT I EVER WENT THROUGH
THE JUNK I WENT THROUGH.
LOOK WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR ME."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: DON'T YOU JUST LOVE JESUS?
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I AM JUST WHACKY, MADLY IN LOVE
WITH JESUS.
HE IS JUST SO WONDERFUL.
WHO WOULD NOT WANNA BE A CHRISTIAN?
I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT ANYBODY
WOULD NOT WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN.
MY GOSH, IT'S SO MUCH FUN.
YOU MIGHT SAY, "WELL, I'M NOT HAVING MUCH FUN AT IT."
WELL, MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO BE
A RIGHT ONE YET.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
OOH, JESUS.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
I BET YOU THE DEVIL IS SO STINKING MAD
ABOUT THIS CONFERENCE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I BET YOU, I BET YOU THAT HE CAN'T HARDLY STAND
WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE GOT PEOPLE
FROM EVERY KIND OF DENOMINATION THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE
IN HERE.
I MEAN, JESUS, ALL RIGHT.
"NOT EVEN THE SMELL OF SMOKE HAD CLUNG TO THEM."
VERSE 26 SAYS, THOUGH, AND I LOVE THIS, DANIEL 3:26,
"THEN NEBUCHADNEZZAR CAME NEAR THE MOUTH
OF THE BURNING FIERY FURNACE AND SAID, SHADRACH, MESHACH,
AND ABEDNEGO, YOU SERVANTS OF THE MOST HIGH GOD,
COME OUT AND COME HERE.
THEN THEY CAME OUT OF THE MIDST OF THE FIRE."
LET'S THINK ABOUT ANOTHER SITUATION.
WHEN JESUS RAISED LAZARUS FROM THE DEAD, HE WALKED UP
TO THAT TOMB AND HE SAID, "COME OUT."
YOU KNOW, I THINK JESUS IS SAYING THAT
TO A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT.
AND IF I COULD SHOUT AND GET BY WITH IT, I WOULD, BUT I CAN'T
'CAUSE I'VE GOTTA SAVE MY VOICE TONIGHT.
IT'S TIME TO COME OUT.
IT'S TIME TO COME OUT OF THOSE MESSES AND COME OUT
OF THAT PIT AND COME OUT OF THAT PITY PARTY AND COME OUT
OF LIVING IN THE PAST.
IT'S TIME TO GET AWAY FROM WHERE YOU BEEN PARKED ALL YOUR LIFE.
IT'S TIME TO GO AND DO SOMETHING THAT IS AMAZING WITH YOUR LIFE,
AMEN?
C'MON, WHEN YOU'RE LIVING LESS THAN YOUR POTENTIAL,
YOU'RE JUST--YOU'RE NOT HAPPY.
AND I CAN TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENS.
UNHAPPY PEOPLE MAKE OTHER PEOPLE UNHAPPY.
I MEAN, YOU DO.
IF YOU'LL LISTEN TO ME TONIGHT, YOUR FAMILY WILL BE SO GLAD
TO GET YOU BACK.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, THEY WILL PAY YOU TO COME HERE NEXT YEAR.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WHEN JESUS TOLD LAZARUS TO COME OUT,
THEN HE SAID TO HIM, "TAKE OFF YOUR GRAVE CLOTHES."
AND I THINK IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME THING.
IT'S LIKE, HOW MANY YEARS WAS I A CHRISTIAN
BUT I WAS STILL WEARING THE GRAVE CLOTHES OF THE PAST?
IT'S TIME TO LET GO OF EVERYTHING THAT'S EVER SOURED
YOUR LIFE, WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS DONE TO YOU
OR SOMETHING YOU DID AND IT'S TIME, NOW, JESUS CHRIST
MAKETH THEE WHOLE.
C'MON, I SAID, NOW.
I SAID NOW!
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: C'MON, I SEE YOU ALL THE WAY UP THERE IN THE TOP.
I SAID NOW!
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: RIGHT NOW.
NOT SOME OTHER TIME.
RIGHT NOW, JESUS CHRIST MAKES YOU WHOLE.
ANOTHER THING THAT IS VERY, VERY, VERY DETRIMENTAL
TO PEOPLE IS HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT YOURSELF.
AND I FOUND THIS OUT MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO,
AND IT WAS SO GOOD WHEN I DID, THAT MY MAIN PROBLEM WAS I
FELT BAD ABOUT MYSELF.
BECAUSE I'D BEEN ABUSED, I TOOK THE BLAME.
GOTTA BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME.
WHY IS IT THAT WHEN SOMEBODY DON'T LIKE US, THERE'S ALWAYS
GOTTA BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH US?
WHY IS IT IF A WOMAN'S MARRIED TO A MAN THAT LEAVES HER,
THERE'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH HER?
THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME.
OR ONE OF YOUR KIDS TURN OUT BADLY, "THERE MUST HAVE BEEN
SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME."
WE NEED TO STOP JUST--I MEAN, THERE'S ENOUGH STUFF THAT WE
ACTUALLY DO WITHOUT TAKING A BUNCH OF FALSE GUILT
AND FALSE BLAME ON US ALL THE TIME AND LET THE DEVIL
JUST LOAD US DOWN WITH A BUNCH OF JUNK
THAT'S NOT EVEN REALITY.
IT WASN'T MY FAULT MY FATHER ABUSED ME.
IT WASN'T MY FAULT THAT THE FIRST GUY I'M MARRIED
TO WAS A FIRST-CLASS JERK.
I DIDN'T MAKE HIM THE WAY HE WAS.
I DIDN'T MAKE MY FATHER THE WAY HE WAS, AMEN?
A LOT OF THINGS EVEN THAT WE DO WRONG,
WE DO WRONG OUT OF IGNORANCE.
YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THAT I WASN'T A PERFECT MOTHER, BUT REALLY,
WHEN I LOOK BACK, FOR THE LITTLE I KNEW I WAS
ACTUALLY PRETTY ON TOP OF IT, YOU KNOW?
I MEAN, WOW, COULD I HAVE DONE SOME NUT-BALL STUFF.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SO I WANNA TELL YOU ANOTHER LITTLE STORY
IN THE BIBLE THAT HAS REALLY HELPED ME
AND I HOPE IT HELPS SOMEBODY HERE TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW, UNDER THE OLD COVENANT,
OR UNDER--BACK IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, THEY MADE
COVENANTS WITH PEOPLE AND IT'S KINDA NOT LIKE WHAT WE DO TODAY,
YOU KNOW.
PEOPLE GIVING YOU THEIR WORD TODAY DOESN'T MEAN TOO MUCH
ANYMORE BUT, BACK THEN, BOY, IF YOU HAD A COVENANT
WITH SOMEBODY, YOU KEPT IT
NOT ONLY WITH THEM BUT EVEN TO THEIR CHILDREN
AND EVEN GRANDCHILDREN AFTER THAT.
AND SO, DAVID, WHO BECAME THE KING, AND JONATHAN, WHO WAS
SAUL'S SON, THE PREVIOUS KING, HAD A COVENANT RELATIONSHIP.
AND THAT BASICALLY MEANS ANYTHING THAT'S MINE IS YOURS
AND ANYTHING THAT'S YOURS IS MINE.
ANYTHING YOU NEED, YOU GOT IT.
I'LL HELP YOU WITH ANYTHING.
WE NEED MORE COVENANT RELATIONSHIPS,
DON'T YOU THINK SO?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND SO SAUL WAS DEAD, JONATHAN WAS DEAD.
AND DAVID IS REMEMBERING THIS COVENANT AND HE STILL WANTS
TO BLESS SOMEBODY FROM SAUL'S AND JONATHAN'S BLOOD LINE.
SO HE WENT TO HIS SERVANT.
I'M IN 2 SAMUEL 9 AND I'M READING VERSE 1, "AND DAVID
SAID, 'IS THERE STILL ANYONE LEFT OF THE HOUSE OF SAUL
TO WHOM I MIGHT SHOW KINDNESS FOR JONATHAN'S SAKE?'"
I LOVE THAT.
I KINDA LOOK AT IT LIKE THIS.
IT'S LIKE GOD LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM TONIGHT AND SAYING, "IS
THERE ANYBODY THAT I CAN SHOW KINDNESS TO FOR JESUS' SAKE?"
SEE?
FOR JESUS' SAKE.
GOD'S NOT GOOD TO US AND KIND TO US BECAUSE WE DESERVE IT.
THE RELATIVE THAT DAVID WAS GONNA BLESS,
HE'D NEVER DONE ANYTHING.
HE WASN'T EVEN IN THE COVENANT RELATIONSHIP.
DAVID JUST WANTED TO BLESS HIM FOR JONATHAN'S SAKE.
AND GOD WANTS TO BLESS YOU FOR JESUS' SAKE.
AND SOMETIMES, ALL WE GOTTA DO IS LEARN HOW TO RECEIVE IT.
JUST STOP FIGHTING HIM OFF.
AND SO THEY TOLD HIM ABOUT A BOY NAMED MEPHIBOSHETH.
AND THEY SAID, "BUT HE'S
CRIPPLED IN BOTH FEET."
AND ACTUALLY WHAT HAPPENED WAS WHEN THEY WERE RUNNING
FROM THE HOUSE WHEN THEY HEARD THAT SAUL--I MEAN, THAT DAVID
HAD BECOME KING--THEY'D BEEN LIED ABOUT DAVID AND THEY
WERE RUNNING FROM THE HOUSE.
THEY FELL DOWN THE STEPS WITH THE BOY AND HE BECAME
CRIPPLED IN BOTH OF HIS FEET.
AND HE WAS LIVING OUT IN A PLACE CALLED LO-DEBAR
WHICH MEANT WITHOUT PASTURE.
SO IT WAS NOT SUCH A GREAT PLACE.
AND SO HE WAS TOLD ABOUT THIS MEPHIBOSHETH
AND SO DAVID ORDERED HIM TO BE BROUGHT TO THE PALACE
AND WHEN HE BROUGHT HIM IN, VERSE 6, "MEPHIBOSHETH,
THE SON OF JONATHAN, THE SON OF SAUL, CAME TO DAVID AND FELL
ON HIS FACE AND DID OBEISANCE.
AND DAVID SAID, 'MEPHIBOSHETH!' AND HE ANSWERED,
'BEHOLD YOUR SERVANT!"
NOW, I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT TODAY AND I
DON'T KNOW THAT I'M 100% RIGHT BUT I'M JUST GONNA PRETEND
LIKE I AM, AND--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I ALWAYS SAY, "IT'S MY MEETING AND I CAN PRETEND
I'M RIGHT IF I WANT TO," SO.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, YOU ALMOST LOOK AT THAT
AND YOU THINK THAT HE BOWED DOWN IN WORSHIP, BUT I'M NOT SO SURE
A PART OF IT WASN'T FEAR.
I THINK HE WAS AFRAID.
SEE, HE KNEW WHOSE GRANDSON HE WAS AND HE UNDERSTOOD COVENANT.
HE KNEW IT EXTENDED TO HIM.
AND IF HE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN FEARFUL, HE WOULD HAVE ALREADY
BEEN KNOCKING ON THE PALACE DOOR LONG BEFORE THAT, SAYING,
"I CAME TO GET WHAT'S MINE," AMEN?
AND NOT IN ANY KIND OF AN IRREVERENT ATTITUDE,
BUT WHEN WE PRAY, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET WHAT'S YOURS, NOT BECAUSE YOU'VE EARNED
IT OR DESERVED IT BUT BECAUSE JESUS HAS, AMEN?
THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T NEED TO BEG GOD TO DO THINGS FOR YOU THAT HE
ALREADY WANTS TO DO MORE THAN YOU EVEN WANNA RECEIVE 'EM.
WHO CAN I BLESS FOR JESUS' SAKE?
AND, BOY, I GOT A HOLD OF THAT AND I'M, LIKE, "HERE I AM!
POUR IT ON, GOD.
I'LL TAKE ALL YOU WANNA GIVE ME.
I KNOW I DON'T DESERVE IT, BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR SOMEBODY TO BLESS, YOO-HOO!"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "HERE I AM."
"AND DAVID SAID--" WELL, HEY, I GUESS I MUST HAVE BEEN RIGHT
'CAUSE DAVID SAID, "FEAR NOT."
VERSE 7, "FOR I WILL SURELY SHOW YOU KINDNESS FOR JONATHAN
YOUR FATHER'S SAKE, AND I WILL RESTORE TO YOU ALL THE LAND
OF SAUL YOUR GRANDFATHER, AND YOU SHALL EAT ALWAYS
AT MY TABLE."
NOW, WATCH VERSE 8.
THIS SHOWS THE PROBLEM.
"AND [THE CRIPPLE] BOWED HIMSELF AND SAID, 'WHAT IS YOUR SERVANT,
THAT YOU SHOULD LOOK UPON SUCH A DEAD DOG AS I AM?'"
THAT WAS THE IMAGE HE HAD OF HIMSELF.
AND PROBABLY PART OF IT WAS BECAUSE HE WAS CRIPPLED AND LAME
IN BOTH FEET AND PROBABLY PART OF IT WAS BECAUSE HE LIVED
IN LO-DEBAR.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES
CAN EVEN AFFECT YOU AND MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE A LOT LESS
THAN WHAT YOU REALLY ARE.
AND I KNOW I TALK ABOUT THIS A LOT, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO DO
A LITTLE HEART CHECK TONIGHT AND JUST ASK YOURSELF
HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT YOURSELF.
'CAUSE, SEE, IF YOU DON'T REALLY LOVE YOURSELF IN A BALANCED WAY,
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT BEING IN LOVE WITH YOURSELF,
BUT IF YOU DON'T REALLY LOVE YOURSELF IN A BALANCED WAY,
THEN YOU'RE GONNA MISS OUT ON SO MANY THINGS THAT GOD HAS
FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA BE SHRINKING BACK
IN FEAR FROM SOMETHING OR THINKING THAT YOU
DON'T DESERVE WHAT GOD WANTS TO GIVE YOU.
THE MORE YOU LIKE YOURSELF, THE MORE YOU'RE GONNA LIKE
OTHER PEOPLE, AMEN?
THE MORE MERCY THAT YOU RECEIVE FROM GOD, THE MORE MERCY
YOU'LL HAVE TO GIVE AWAY.
THE MORE LOVE YOU RECEIVE FROM GOD, THE MORE LOVE
YOU'LL HAVE TO GIVE AWAY.
YOU CAN'T GIVE AWAY SOMETHING YOU DON'T HAVE IN YOU, AMEN?
YOU GOTTA HAVE IT TO GIVE IT.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: WELL, MANY OF US HAVE BEEN HURT IN LIFE
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS JESUS WANTS TO MAKE YOU
COMPLETELY WHOLE.
HE CAME TO HEAL US EVERYWHERE THAT WE HURT, AND HE WANTS
TO START DOING IT RIGHT NOW.
SO LET GO OF EVERYTHING THAT HAS SOURED YOUR LIFE.
GET AWAY FROM WHERE YOU'VE BEEN PARKED AND GO DO SOMETHING
AMAZING WITH YOUR LIFE AND DO IT
FOR THE GLORY OF GOD.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU EIGHT TEACHINGS ON CD.
OH, MY GOODNESS, THAT IS A LOT OF TEACHING.
THAT HAS TO BE LIFE-CHANGING.
AND IT'S ABOUT "THE PATH TO GOD'S PURPOSE."
YOU'RE GONNA GET TEACHING FROM SOME OF THE SPEAKERS
AT OUR WOMEN'S CONFERENCE FROM LAST YEAR
AS WELL AS FROM ME, JOHN GRAY, CHRIS CAINE.
I MEAN, THIS IS JUST GONNA BE LIKE A FULL-COURSE MEAL
THAT'S JUST GONNA HELP YOU REALLY GROW IN GOD.
SO BE SURE THAT YOU PLACE YOUR ORDER RIGHT AWAY.
NOTHING IS BETTER TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON
THAN THE WORD OF GOD.
AND I MEAN THAT SINCERELY.
THE WORD OF GOD NEVER GROWS OLD.
EVERY TIME YOU LISTEN TO IT, IT JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER
AND BETTER.
SO GOD BLESS YOU AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.
ANNOUNCER: DISCOVER GOD'S TAILOR-MADE DESTINY
FOR YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU ORDER JOYCE'S TEACHING SERIES,
"THE PATH TO GOD'S PURPOSE."
IN THIS SPECIAL SERIES, HEAR JOYCE'S POWERFUL MESSAGES
FROM THE 2016 LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE
AND HEAR FROM HER SPECIAL GUESTS:
JOHN GRAY, CHRISTINE CAINE, AND BETH MOORE.
ALSO INCLUDED IS A SPECIAL SESSION WHERE JOYCE,
BETH, AND CHRISTINE ALL ANSWERED PERSONAL QUESTIONS
FROM THE AUDIENCE.
THIS EIGHT-TEACHING CD SET CAN BE YOURS FOR A GIFT OF...
OR MORE.
AND FOR YOUR GIFT TODAY OF...
OR MORE, WE'LL ALSO INCLUDE A TICKET TO THIS YEAR'S
LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE.
FEMALE: IT'S SO AWESOME TO, LIKE, WORSHIP
WITH SO MANY THOUSANDS OF WOMEN.
FEMALE: THE WHOLE CONFERENCE SO FAR HAS BEEN
VERY, VERY INSPIRATIONAL.
FEMALE: I LOVED IT.
I LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT TONIGHT AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO THE REST OF THE CONFERENCE.
FEMALE: I CANNOT WAIT.
ANNOUNCER: LADIES, DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS EXCITING OFFER.
SO CONTACT US RIGHT NOW FOR EITHER OFFER...OR VISIT US
AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU, SOME OF YOU HAVE PULLED OFF
TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OF LIFE AND YOU HAVE PARKED SOMEWHERE.
IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GET IT IN GEAR AND GET GOING AGAIN
BECAUSE GOD GIVES DREAMS AND HE DOESN'T TAKE 'EM BACK.
THEY'RE STILL THERE, WAITING FOR YOU.
THERE'S STILL TIME FOR YOU TO BE ALL YOU CAN BE,
THE BEST PERSON THAT YOU CAN BE, THE GREATEST PERSON THAT YOU
CAN BE, AND YOU CAN DO THAT FOR GOD'S GLORY.
FEMALE: WHAT STUCK OUT TO ME THE MOST TONIGHT WAS WHEN SHE
TALKED ABOUT BEING PARKED.
AND I AM IN THE TRENCHES OF MOTHERING TEENAGERS
RIGHT NOW, SO MY BEING PARKED ISN'T SO MUCH FROM PAIN,
IT'S FROM KIND OF THE MONOTONY OF THE DAY-TO-DAY GRIND.
AND YOU CAN KIND OF LOSE YOURSELF IN THAT.
AND I JUST FEEL LIKE I NEED TO GET OUT OF THAT AND BE
WHO I'M SUPPOSED TO BE.
AND STILL BE A PARENT, BUT BE WHO I'M SUPPOSED TO BE.
FEMALE: IF YOU GET PARKED, YOU CAN DIE WHERE YOU
GET PARKED.
AND THAT JUST SPOKE SO MUCH TO ME BECAUSE I KNOW I DON'T
WANT THAT TO HAPPEN IN MY LIFE.
I KNOW THAT MORE THAN ANYTHING, I WANNA KEEP MOVING AND I WANNA
BE ON THE JOURNEY IN THE PATH THAT GOD HAS ME ON
AND NOT STOP AND DIE, EVEN IF I'M STILL LIVING.
JOYCE: WHY IN THE WORLD-- FEMALE: YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU
DON'T KNOW YOU NEED TO HEAR SOMETHING AND THEN YOU HEAR IT
AND IT STRIKES YOU AND YOU KNOW IT'S JUST WHAT GOD HAD FOR YOU?
AND SO, THAT'S WHY I HAD TO HAVE MY NOTES BECAUSE IT WAS
THAT IMPACTFUL, SO I WANNA REMEMBER EXACTLY HOW SHE SAID IT
BECAUSE I KNEW THAT'S WHAT THE LORD WANTED TO SPEAK TO ME.
FEMALE: AND I SAID, "OKAY, GOD, I'VE BEEN PARKED
TOO LONG BESIDE THE ROAD.
IT'S TIME TO START THAT CAR, REV THE ENGINE, AND GO FORWARD,
NO MATTER WHAT."
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO.
JOYCE: IT'S TIME NOW, JESUS CHRIST MAKETH THEE WHOLE.
C'MON, I SAID, "NOW."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I SAID, "NOW."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
ANNOUNCER: THE 35TH ANNUAL LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE
FEATURING JOYCE MEYER AND HER GUESTS: JOEL OSTEEN,
JOHN GRAY, AND RUTH GRAHAM.
REGISTER TODAY FOR THE LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE.
[MUSIC]
ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING WAS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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