ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: WE ARE NOW, THIS MORNING, GOING TO TALK
ABOUT WRONG THOUGHT PATTERN NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS,
"I JUST CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER.
GOD, YOU GOTTA DO SOMETHING RIGHT NOW.
I JUST CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER."
IT'S AN IMPATIENT MINDSET AND ATTITUDE.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER THREATENED, "GOD, IF YOU DON'T
DO SOMETHING, I'M GONNA GIVE UP.
GOD, IF I DON'T HAVE A BREAKTHROUGH IN THE NEXT
FEW DAYS, I'M OUT OF HERE."
WELL, CAN I TELL YOU WHAT?
GOD IS NOT ONE IOTA IMPRESSED BY THAT.
MATTER OF FACT, I THINK HE LAUGHS.
IMPATIENCE IS THE FRUIT OF PRIDE.
I'M GONNA LET YOU THINK ABOUT THAT A SECOND.
WE THINK WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE WHAT WE WANT RIGHT NOW,
AND WE'RE NOT EVEN CONSIDERING THAT MAYBE GOD KNOWS
BETTER THAN WE DO.
MAYBE GOD'S GOT A PLAN THAT HE'S WORKING, AND MAYBE WHATEVER
IT IS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING OUR
BREAKTHROUGH ON WHEN WE WANT IT, IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WE
NEED TO CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH FOR A WHILE BECAUSE IT'S
BUILDING SPIRITUAL MUSCLES IN US, STRETCHING OUR FAITH
AND DEVELOPING US INTO THE PERSON THAT GOD NEEDS US
TO BE FOR WHATEVER HE WANTS US TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
WE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO TRUST GOD AND SAY, "I BELIEVE
MY TIMES ARE IN YOUR HANDS."
WE THINK WE DESERVE BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE.
WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO WAIT ON ANYTHING
OR BE INCONVENIENCED.
WE DON'T EVEN WANT TO WAIT IN A CHECKOUT LANE IN A GROCERY
STORE, AND WE ALL KNOW HOW WE CAN ACT IF THE POOR CLERK RUNS
OUT OF THE TAPE IN HER MACHINE, OR IS A NEW CLERK AND DOESN'T
SEEM TO KNOW WHAT SHE'S DOING.
WE HAVE OUR CHRISTIAN CROSS AROUND OUR NECK,
BUT OUR ATTITUDE DOESN'T PORTRAY CHRISTIANITY.
WE ALL KNOW HOW WE CAN ACT IN TRAFFIC, AMEN.
LET'S HEAR THE LOW GROANS, AMEN.
AND SO PATIENCE IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THE BIBLE SAYS, "WHEN PATIENCE IS FULLY DEVELOPED," AND I LOVE
THIS, "YOU ARE A PERFECT MAN LACKING IN NOTHING."
ANOTHER TRANSLATION SAYS, "WHEN PATIENCE IS FULLY DEVELOPED,
YOU ARE A PERFECT MAN WANTING NOTHING," AND I REALLY DO
BELIEVE WHEN WE CAN LEARN TO TRUST GOD ENOUGH TO BELIEVE THAT
HIS TIMING IS PERFECT, AND THAT WHEN THE RIGHT TIME COMES
FOR US, THAT NO DEVIL IN HELL AND NO MAN ON EARTH CAN KEEP US
FROM GETTING WHAT GOD WANTS US TO HAVE.
COME ON, NOW.
COME ON.
[APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH
THAT CLERK IN THE STORE AND SHE'S NOT MOVING AS FAST AS
YOU'D LIKE HER TO, THAT SHE'S ALREADY UNDER PRESSURE AND
FEELS FOOLISH BECAUSE SHE'S NOT PERFORMING RIGHT, AND MAYBE,
JUST MAYBE, JUST MAYBE THERE'S AN OUTSIDE POSSIBILITY THAT GOD
PUT YOU THERE, NOT FOR YOU TO GET WHAT YOU WANT, BUT FOR YOU
TO BE AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO HER.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I USED TO GET SO IMPATIENT IN SITUATIONS
LIKE THAT, AND NOW I'VE COME TO THE POINT WHERE
I SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M NOT SO IMPORTANT THAT I CAN'T STAND HERE
AND WAIT A FEW MINUTES.
DON'T GET UNDER STRESS.
EVERYTHING'S FINE.
YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB."
WELL, THANK GOD I'VE COME A LONG WAY
IN THAT AREA, BUT MY NATURAL PERSONALITY HAS A TENDENCY
TOWARD IMPATIENCE.
I'M A QUICK, STRONG-WILLED, TYPE-A, CHOLERIC PERSONALITY.
I WANT IT, I WANT IT NOW, AND I WANT IT RIGHT WHEN I GET IT.
AND SO TRUST ME, I UNDERSTAND THAT BEING PATIENT IS SOMETHING
THAT WE HAVE TO DO ON PURPOSE.
IT MAY NOT BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA FEEL ALL THE TIME,
BUT LET ME TELL YOU THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL PATIENT
TO BE PATIENT.
I SAID YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL PATIENT TO BE PATIENT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HOW WE FEEL IS IN A CATEGORY ALL BY ITSELF,
BUT WHAT WE DO IS ANOTHER STORY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL LIKE ACTING RIGHT TO ACT RIGHT.
YOU DON'T TO FEEL LIKE DOING WHAT'S RIGHT TO DO RIGHT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL LIKE FORGIVING SOMEBODY IN ORDER
TO FORGIVE THEM, BECAUSE FORGIVENESS IS NOT ABOUT HOW YOU
FEEL ABOUT THEM, IT'S HOW YOU CHOOSE TO TREAT THEM, AMEN?
AND I BELIEVE THAT PATIENCE IS PROBABLY ONE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT VIRTUES THAT WE CAN DEVELOP.
I BELIEVE THAT IT REALLY SAYS A LOT TO PEOPLE ABOUT STABILITY,
AND IT'S ALSO A WAY THAT WE CAN LOVE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAYBE
MAKING MISTAKES AND NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY SHOW
THEM SOME PATIENCE.
NOW, THE ISRAELITES WERE DEFINITELY IMPATIENT.
NUMBERS 21:4 AND 5...
"AND THEY JOURNEYED FROM MOUNT HOR BY WAY
TO THE RED SEA, TO GO AROUND THE LAND OF EDOM, AND THE PEOPLE
BECAME IMPATIENT," AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED ACCORDING
TO THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE, THAT CAME ALONG WITH IMPATIENCE,
"(DEPRESSED AND MUCH DISCOURAGED), BECAUSE
[OF THE TRIALS] OF THE WAY."
YOU KNOW, THE EASIEST ROUTE IS NOT ALWAYS THE SHORTEST ROUTE.
SOMETIMES WE THINK THAT WE JUST WANT TO GET SOMETHING QUICK,
QUICK, QUICK, QUICK, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT GONNA BE THE BEST
THING FOR US IN THE END.
AND THEN THEY WENT ON TO COMPLAIN.
YOU KNOW, IMPATIENCE CAUSES COMPLAINING.
WE STOPPED LAST NIGHT WITH THAT PARTICULAR POINT,
THAT THE ISRAELITES COMPLAINED AND THEY REMAINED.
AND AS LONG AS WE'RE COMPLAINING AND MURMURING AND GRUMBLING,
WE'RE GONNA STAY RIGHT WHERE WE'RE AT.
IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY THINGS WE CAN FIND TO THANK GOD FOR IF
WE JUST THINK ABOUT EACH THING THAT WE DO AS A BLESSING.
IMPATIENCE IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KEPT THE ISRAELITES
IN THE WILDERNESS, AND IT WILL BE ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WILL KEEP US FROM REALLY ENJOYING THE FULLNESS
OF THE PROMISES OF GOD.
HOW MANY OF YOU TEND TOWARD BEING A LITTLE IMPATIENT?
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE, LIKE, REAL IMPATIENT?
AND OF COURSE, ONCE AGAIN, DAVE DIDN'T HAVE HIS HAND UP.
YEAH, WELL, LET ME TELL YOU.
I DRIVE WITH HIM.
HE'S NOT PERFECTLY PATIENT, AMEN.
JAMES 5:7 SAYS, "BE PATIENT [AS YOU WAIT]."
NOW, I WANT TO MAKE A POINT OUT OF THAT, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT
SAY, "BE PATIENT IF YOU WAIT."
SO, "BE PATIENT, BRETHREN, [AS YOU WAIT]
TILL THE COMING OF THE LORD.
SEE HOW THE FARMER WAITS EXPECTANTLY FOR THE PRECIOUS
HARVEST FROM THE LAND.
[SEE HOW] HE KEEPS UP HIS PATIENT [VIGIL] OVER IT."
NOW, WE CAN SEE THAT EXAMPLE.
A FARMER PLANTS HIS SEED AND IT DOES NOT LOOK FOR A LONG TIME
LIKE ONE THING IS HAPPENING.
AND WE PLANT SEEDS OF FAITH, WE PLANT SEEDS OF OBEDIENCE,
BUT OUR BREAKTHROUGHS COME NOT JUST THROUGH FAITH,
BUT THROUGH FAITH AND PATIENCE.
NOW, HEAR ME.
PATIENCE IS NOT JUST WAITING.
IT'S HOW WE ACT WHILE WE'RE WAITING.
PATIENCE IS A FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT.
IT HAS TO DO WITH CHARACTER.
IT HAS TO DO WITH TEMPERAMENT.
IT HAS TO DO WITH NOT GETTING ANGRY WHEN WE DON'T GET OUR WAY.
IT HAS TO DO WITH STAYING SWEET WHEN THE SITUATION
THAT YOU'RE IN IS VERY SOUR.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WE ARE NOT SHOWING THE WORLD ANYTHING ABOUT JESUS
IF WE GET OUT THERE AND ACT JUST LIKE THEY DO.
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET A HUMBLE MIND, WHICH WE'VE
ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IN THIS SERIES, AND THAT WE REALIZE THAT
EVERYBODY DOESN'T HAVE TO MOVE AT OUR PACE AND IT'S NOT GONNA
BE THE END OF THE WORLD IF WE HAVE TO WAIT ON SOMETHING, AND
WE DON'T HAVE TO MISTREAT PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GIVING US
WHAT WE WANT THE SECOND THAT WE WANT IT,
OR WHEN THEY MAKE MISTAKES.
"DON'T THINK MORE HIGHLY OF YOURSELF THAN YOU OUGHT TO,"
THE BIBLE SAYS, "BUT THINK WITH THE MIND OF CHRIST.
LET THIS SAME MIND," MIND, OUR THOUGHTS,
"LET THIS SAME MIND BE IN YOU WHICH WAS IN CHRIST JESUS."
I SAT THIS MORNING AND I SAID OUT LOUD, "GOD, I'M NO BETTER
THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
I KNOW YOU LOVE ME.
I'M NO WORSE THAN ANYBODY ELSE, BUT I'M NO BETTER THAN ANYBODY
ELSE, SO DON'T LET ME MISTREAT ANYBODY TODAY.
DON'T LET ME LOOK DOWN ON ANYBODY.
DON'T LET ME DISRESPECT ANYBODY."
YOU SEE, AS SOON AS YOU START THINKING, THINKING, THINKING
THAT YOU'RE BETTER THAN SOMEBODY ELSE, THEN YOU'RE GONNA START
MISTREATING PEOPLE.
"WELL, HOW CAN YOU BE SO DUMB?
HOW CAN YOU BE SO SLOW?" AND I WANT TO TELL YOU
SOMETHING, GOD TAKES IT VERY PERSONALLY WHEN WE MISTREAT
PEOPLE, AND WHEN SOMEBODY MISTREATS YOU AND HURTS YOU, GOD
TAKES IT VERY PERSONALLY, AND IF YOU KEEP A GOOD ATTITUDE
EVEN IN THAT, GOD WILL GIVE YOU A BREAKTHROUGH AND REWARD YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE SHOW DISRESPECT
TO OTHER PEOPLE.
I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE SHOW DISRESPECT TO ME.
AND I DON'T WANT TO BE DISRESPECTFUL TO ANYBODY ELSE,
AND IN ORDER FOR ME NOT TO BE--I WOULD NEVER BE DISRESPECTFUL ON
PURPOSE, BUT IF I GET IMPATIENT, THEN MY BODY LANGUAGE AND
MY VOICE TONE BEGINS TO SOUND VERY DISRESPECTFUL.
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW ABOUT THE BODY LANGUAGE...?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: DO ANY OF YOU HAVE BODY LANGUAGE THAT GOOD?
IT'S LIKE, "WELL..."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I DIDN'T SAY A WORD, BUT I JUST SAID,
"ARE YOU THE STUPIDEST THING ON THE EARTH?"
SO WE NOT ONLY HAVE TO HAVE A PATIENT MOUTH,
WE HAVE TO HAVE A PATIENT FACE AND A PATIENT BODY.
BE PATIENT AS YOU WAIT.
1 PETER 2:19.
NOW, THESE SCRIPTURES THAT I'M GETTING READY TO READ YOU
ARE PRETTY HARD TO SWALLOW.
BUT NONETHELESS, THEY'RE IN HERE, SO WE MIGHT AS WELL
HAVE MEAT TODAY AND NOT DESSERT.
"FOR ONE IS REGARDED FAVORABLY (IS APPROVED, ACCEPTABLE,
AND THANKWORTHY) IF, AS IN THE SIGHT OF GOD, HE ENDURES
THE PAIN OF UNJUST SUFFERING.
[AFTER ALL] WHAT KIND OF GLORY [IS THERE IN IT]
WHEN YOU DO WRONG AND YOU'RE PUNISHED FOR IT,
AND YOU TAKE IT PATIENTLY?
BUT IF YOU BEAR PATIENTLY WITH SUFFERING [WHICH RESULTS]
WHEN YOU DO RIGHT AND THAT IS UNDESERVED, NOW THIS IS
ACCEPTABLE AND PLEASING TO GOD."
YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF BEGINNING TO THINK, "WELL,
WHAT'S WITH THAT?
YOU LIKE IT IF WE SUFFER UNJUSTLY?"
"FOR EVEN TO THIS WERE YOU CALLED."
OH, MY GOSH, IT'S PART OF OUR CALLING.
"[IT IS INSEPARABLE FROM YOUR VOCATION],"
AS A BELIEVER.
"FOR CHRIST ALSO SUFFERED FOR YOU, LEAVING YOU [HIS PERSONAL]
EXAMPLE," HIS PERSONAL EXAMPLE OF HOW TO SUFFER.
WE ARE TO SUFFER GLORIOUSLY, NOT GROTESQUELY.
NOW, JUST HANG WITH ME.
YOU HAVE REACHED A STAGE OF DEEP SPIRITUAL MATURITY WHEN YOU CAN
BE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING THAT IS NOT FAIR, NOT RIGHT, VERY
HARD FOR YOU, AND REALLY FOR ALL INTENT AND PURPOSE, UNLESS YOU
DECIDE TO TELL SOMEBODY, NOBODY AROUND YOU CAN EVEN TELL IT.
NOTHING IN YOUR LIFE CHANGES.
YOU CONTINUE TO REACH OUT AND BLESS PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU'VE
GOT YOUR FAITH FIRMLY PLANTED IN GOD, THAT NOTHING
CAN HURT YOU LONG-TERM.
[APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "FOR EVEN TO THIS YOU WERE CALLED."
VERSE 22, "HE," JESUS, "WAS GUILTY OF NO SIN,
NEITHER WAS DECEIT (OR GUILE) EVER FOUND ON HIS LIPS."
AND THIS VERSE 23 HAS BECOME MY NEW FAVORITE SCRIPTURE.
I'M HAVING THIS PUT ON A PLAQUE, PAINTED ON A PLAQUE, DECORATED.
IT'S GOING ON MY OFFICE WALL.
"WHEN HE 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."
NOW, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, GOD'S NOT HAPPY WHEN YOU SUFFER.
YOUR PAIN AND MY PAIN HURTS HIM, JUST LIKE IT HURTS US,
AND PROBABLY MORE DEEPLY.
BUT WHAT THIS IS SAYING IS THAT THE THING THAT GLORIFIES GOD,
IT'S NOT OUR SUFFERING THAT GLORIFIES GOD, BUT IT'S BEING
PATIENT IN OUR SUFFERING THAT GLORIFIES GOD.
IT'S CONTINUING TO BEAR THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT, LOVE,
JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, GOODNESS, KINDNESS, ALL THOSE THINGS WHEN
WE'RE GOING THROUGH THINGS, AND IT IS ONE OF THE GREATEST
WITNESSES THAT WE CAN HAVE TO THE WORLD.
IT'S NOT GONNA DO YOU ANY GOOD TO HAVE A BUMPER STICKER ON YOUR
CAR, TAKE YOUR BIBLE TO WORK, STICK YOUR HEADPHONES IN YOUR
EARS AT LUNCH AND GO OFF IN A CORNER, NOT FELLOWSHIP WITH
ANYBODY, ACT LIKE YOU'RE BETTER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE, AND THEN
THE FIRST TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT YOU DON'T LIKE, STAND THERE
AND HAVE AN IMPATIENT FIT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "AH, THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
BLESS GOD, YOU'RE NOT GONNA TREAT ME THAT WAY, AND I AM, I'M
SHUTTING YOU OUT OF MY LIFE."
JESUS MADE NO THREATS OF VENGEANCE.
HE JUST TRUSTED HIMSELF TO GOD.
ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS IN THE WORLD, I THINK, TO DO IS
WHEN SOMEBODY HURTS YOU, TO TRUST GOD TO BE YOUR VINDICATOR.
BUT WHEN YOU GET TO THAT POINT, I TELL YOU WHAT,
THE DEVIL CAN'T HANDLE YOU.
NOW, I'M GONNA TELL YOU A COUPLE STORIES.
SOME TIME AGO IN OUR FAMILY LIFE, THERE WAS A SITUATION
THAT I CAN USE AS AN EXAMPLE THAT WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND
WHAT I MEAN TODAY.
OUR SON, DANIEL, HAD COME BACK FROM A MISSIONS TRIP
TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
HE CAME BACK WITH A SEVERE RASH ON HIS ARMS
AND SEVERAL OPEN SORES.
HE'D BEEN TOLD THAT IT WAS THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
VERSION OF POISON IVY.
IT LOOKED SO BAD THAT WE FELT WE NEEDED TO CONFIRM
WHAT IT WAS.
OUR FAMILY DOCTOR WAS OFF THAT DAY, SO WE MADE AN APPOINTMENT
WITH THE DOCTOR TAKING HIS CALLS.
OUR DAUGHTER, SANDRA, CALLED AND MADE THE APPOINTMENT,
TOLD THEM HOW OLD DANIEL WAS, AND THAT SHE WAS HIS SISTER
AND WOULD BE BRINGING HIM IN.
WE WERE ALL VERY BUSY THAT DAY, INCLUDING SANDRA,
SO IT WAS A SACRIFICE FOR HER TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENT.
IT WAS A 45-MINUTE DRIVE TO THE DOCTOR.
WHEN SHE GOT THERE, THE SAME LADY THAT SHE HAD TOLD,
THIS IS MY BROTHER.
I'LL BE BRINGING HIM IN.
I'M HIS SISTER, SAID, "OH, I'M SORRY, BUT IT'S OUR POLICY NOT
TO TREAT MINORS UNACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT."
WELL, SANDRA EXPLAINED, WHEN I CALLED, I TOLD YOU THAT
I WAS HIS SISTER AND I WOULD BE BRINGING HIM IN.
WELL, THE LADY WOULD NOT GIVE IN.
SHE SAID, "NO, I'M SORRY, BUT WE CANNOT SEE HIM WITHOUT
A PARENT."
SO BY THE GRACE OF GOD, SHE MANAGED NOT TO GET UPSET.
SHE STAYED SWEET, MAINTAINED HER WITNESS, GOT ON THE PHONE,
CALLED HER DAD, WHO WAS VISITING HIS MOTHER.
TOLD HIM THE SITUATION, SO HE SAID, "WELL, I'LL LEAVE
AND COME OVER THERE."
WELL, EARLIER THAT MORNING WHEN DAVE WAS GOING OUT, HE JUST FELT
FOR SOME REASON THAT HE SHOULD GO BY THE OFFICE AND PICK UP
SOME OF MY BOOKS AND SOME OF MY TEACHING, PROBABLY
CASSETTE TAPES AT THE TIME.
HE DIDN'T KNOW WHY IN PARTICULAR, BUT HE JUST HAD THAT
URGE IN HIS HEART TO GO GET 'EM.
SO WHEN HE GOT TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE, THE LADY SAW HIS NAME,
DAVE MEYER.
SHE SAID, "I RECOGNIZE YOUR NAME.
ARE YOU BY ANY CHANCE RELATED TO JOYCE MEYER?
I JUST RECENTLY STARTED WATCHING HER ON TV."
SO HE WAS ABLE TO GIVE HER ONE OF MY BOOKS AND TALK TO HER
A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE POINT IN TELLING YOU THIS STORY
IS SIMPLY THIS.
WHAT IF SANDRA HAD LOST HER TEMPER, BEEN IMPATIENT,
AND TOLD THAT LADY OFF?
WHAT IF WHEN DAVE CAME IN THERE, HE WOULD HAVE HAD A FEW CHOICE
WORDS TO SAY ABOUT HAVING TO WASTE HIS TIME
AND HOW RIDICULOUS IT WAS?
AND THEN SHE SAID, "ARE YOU JOYCE MEYER'S HUSBAND?
I'VE BEEN WATCHING HER ON TV PREACH ABOUT
THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ANOTHER STORY, ONE DAY I HAD FINISHED A CONFERENCE LIKE
THIS, ONLY IN MY HOMETOWN.
I HAD DONE IT AT WHAT, AT THAT TIME, WAS MY HOME CHURCH.
AND, YOU KNOW, I LOVE WHAT I'M DOING, BUT TO BE HONEST, BY THE
TIME SATURDAY'S OVER, I'M TIRED.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY ENJOY IS GETTING A GOOD
MEAL, A LITTLE GOOD FELLOWSHIP, HAVING A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE.
SO, WE MADE A RESERVATION AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT, TOLD THEM
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
AND AS SOON AS THE CONFERENCE WAS OVER, WE WENT THERE AND IT
WAS EXTREMELY CROWDED.
THERE WERE PEOPLE JUST JAMMED INTO THE PLACE AND THERE WASN'T
EVEN ANY PLACE TO SIT.
SO, WE WENT UP TO THE DESK 'CAUSE WE HAD A RESERVATION,
SAID, "THE MEYER PARTY'S HERE.
WE HAVE A RESERVATION."
AND SHE SAID, "OH, WE DON'T TAKE RESERVATIONS ON SATURDAY
AFTERNOON."
WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN FEEL IT, IT'S LIKE...
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON, YOU--THE BACK IS GETTING STIFF.
THE SHOULDERS-- WELL, YOU GAVE ME
A RESERVATION.
I MEAN HERE IT'S LIKE, MMM.
AND I'M THINKING, "GOD, DON'T TELL ME THAT AFTER WORKING ALL
WEEKEND, THURSDAY NIGHT, FRIDAY MORNING, FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY
MORNING, THAT I AM GONNA HAVE TO SIT HERE, IMPORTANT ME--"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "WHO'S JUST BEEN ADORED AND ADMIRED
BY THE CROWD."
[LAUGHING]
COME ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DON'T TELL ME THAT AMAZING IMPORTANT ME IS GOING TO
HAVE TO ACT LIKE A NORMAL PERSON AND STAND HERE AND WAIT TO GET
A SEAT.
WELL, THANKFULLY GOD HELPED ME KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT.
WHEN I GET IN SITUATIONS LIKE THAT, SOMETIMES I HAVE TO SAY,
"HELP ME, GOD, HELP ME GOD, HELP ME, HELP ME, HELP ME."
LIKE IN MY HEART, "I'M GOING LIKE, HELP ME, HELP ME."
'CAUSE YOU CAN FEEL IT, YOU CAN FEEL IT COMING.
MAN, AND YOU GOTTA GET IT BEFORE IT GETS TO YOUR MOUTH.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: 'CAUSE IF IT GETS TO YOUR MOUTH, YOU KNOW, IT STARTS
HERE AND YOU'VE ONLY GOT ABOUT THIS MUCH SPACE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, WE WERE ALL COOL.
WE WAITED AND WE FINALLY GOT OUR TABLE.
AND THERE WAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF US AND THE RESTAURANT WAS REALLY
CROWDED AND THE TABLE WAS--THERE WERE PEOPLE SITTING ON THIS
OUTSIDE SIDE OF THE TABLE BUT IT WAS REAL CLOSE TO THE WALL.
WELL, WHEN THE WAITRESS CAME, SHE TOOK ALL THE DRINK ORDERS
FIRST AND SO SHE CAME BACK WITH TRAYS OF COFFEE, AND WATER,
AND ICED TEA, AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF SODAS.
AND SO, SHE'S TRYING TO GET BEHIND THIS TABLE HERE...
AND SHE DUMPED A WHOLE TRAY OF DRINKS ALL OVER DAVE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, DAVE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN
ANY NICER.
HE SAID, "DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT."
SHE WAS SO UPSET.
HE EVEN WENT AND GOT THE MANAGER AND SAID, "NOW, I DON'T WANT HER
TO GET IN TROUBLE.
THIS WAS NOT HER FAULT."
I MEAN, HE WENT THE EXTRA MILE TO JUST COVER HER.
LOVE COVERS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: A MULTITUDE OF SINS.
SO, SHE CAME BACK TO THE TABLE, GOT THE DRINKS AGAIN, CAME BACK
TO THE TABLE AND IT WAS OBVIOUS SHE HAD JUST BEEN BAWLING.
AND I SAID, "ARE YOU OKAY?
IS IT OKAY?" AND SHE SAID, "I WAS SO NERVOUS
WHEN I SAW WHO I WAS WAITING ON BECAUSE I HAVE JUST STARTED
WATCHING YOU ON TV."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND I TELL YA IN MY HEART, I'M GOING,
"THANK YOU, JESUS.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THAT I DIDN'T ACT LIKE A FOOL.
THANK YOU, JESUS, I DIDN'T ACT LIKE A FOOL.
THANK YOU, JESUS, I DIDN'T ACT LIKE A FOOL."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WELL, DON'T GET STUCK IN WHAT I CALL
A WILDERNESS MINDSET.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BREAK THROUGH BY BELIEVING THAT SOMETHING GOOD
IS GONNA HAPPEN TO YOU TODAY.
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JOYCE: IN MY PAST, I WAS SO CONTROLLED BY MY CIRCUMSTANCES
THAT EVERY DAY FELT LIKE AN EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER.
BUT GOD'S WORD CHANGED ME AND I'VE LEARNED THAT I DON'T
HAVE TO SETTLE FOR A BAD DAY.
YOU CAN CHOOSE TO IMPROVE YOUR DAY SO WHY NOT DO IT?
IN "20 WAYS TO MAKE EVERY DAY BETTER," YOU'LL LEARN SIMPLE
EFFECTIVE WAYS TO EXPERIENCE A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF JOY,
CONTENTMENT, AND EXCITEMENT ABOUT EACH DAY OF YOUR LIFE.
"20 WAYS TO MAKE EVERY DAY BETTER."
PICK UP YOUR COPY TODAY.
SHON: I GREW UP NOT HAVING MY FATHER IN MY HOME AND SO THERE
WAS A LOT OF RESENTMENT AND ANGER THAT I HAD ON
THE INSIDE OF ME.
AND JUST FELT ABANDONED.
FELT LIKE I WAS OWED SOMETHING, FELT ANGRY AT THE WORLD, ANGRY
AT GOD, ANGRY AT EVERYBODY.
GOING BACK TO THE TRUTHS IN THAT BOOK, "BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND,"
UNDERSTANDING THE VICTORY THAT REALLY IS OURS FROM THE WORD AND
TAKING THOSE THOUGHTS CAPTIVE AND STANDING ON THAT WORD
AND COMING AGAINST THE ATTACKS, AND I JUST REMEMBER JOYCE WOULD
ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW, "WHEN YOU FEEL A BAD THOUGHT CREEP IN,
COME AGAINST IT.
AND THEN IF IT COMES AGAIN, COME AGAINST IT THE NEXT DAY.
BE PERSISTENT.
BE DILIGENT.
BE ON IT."
IT'S LIKE THE ENEMY ROAMS AROUND LIKE A LION, SEEKING WHOM HE CAN
DEVOUR BUT HE ONLY DEVOURS IF YOU ALLOW HIM TO.
AND SO, IN THAT PERSISTENCE, IN THAT DILIGENCE THAT JOYCE TALKS
ABOUT, I'M ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT I'M NOT BEING THAT PERSON
WHO HE CAN DEVOUR BUT THAT I'M BEATING HIM ON HIS ONSET, SO.
IT'S BEEN SO TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR ME.
JOYCE: WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY BUSY HERE AT THE MINISTRY
TRYING TO DO ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO HELP
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE GLOBE.
AND WE'RE ASKING YOU TO HELP US DO THAT BY BECOMING
A MINISTRY PARTNER WITH US.
AND YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT YOU CAN DO THAT IS JUST BY PRAYING
FOR US AND ALSO MAKING A FINANCIAL COMMITMENT,
SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO ON A REGULAR BASIS THAT'S
GONNA HELP US CONTINUE REACHING OUT TO THESE PEOPLE.
AND I BELIEVE WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU'RE NOT ONLY BLESSING US,
BUT I BELIEVE YOU'RE ALSO BLESSING YOURSELF.
I HOPEFULLY AND PRAYERFULLY AM FEEDING YOU THE WORD OF GOD
ON A REGULAR BASIS.
I BELIEVE THAT YOU ENJOY IT, THAT IT'S MAKING GOOD CHANGES IN
YOUR LIFE, AND SO I'M PARTNERING WITH YOU IN YOUR SPIRITUAL
GROWTH AND, BY HELPING US FINANCIALLY, YOU CAN PARTNER
WITH US IN CONTINUING TO BRING YOU THE GOSPEL AND ALSO BRINGING
IT TO OTHER PEOPLE ALL OVER THE GLOBE.
YOU'LL ALSO COME UNDER OUR PRAYER COVERING.
WE HAVE INTERCESSORS IN OUR PRAYER ROOM 5 DAYS A WEEK,
ALL DAY LONG, PRAYING FOR THE NEEDS OF OUR PARTNERS.
AND SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT PARTNERSHIP WITH US,
YOU CAN GET ONLINE AND CHECK IT OUT.
YOU CAN CALL THE OFFICE.
ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN ANSWER, WE'LL BE HAPPY
TO ANSWER.
BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR PARTNERSHIP.
WE DON'T REQUIRE ANY CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY TO PARTNER
WITH US.
WE JUST SIMPLY ASK THAT YOU'LL BE DILIGENT, COMMITTED,
AND FAITHFUL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERFUL CONSIDERATION, AND WE'LL LOOK
FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.
ANNOUNCER: THANK YOU, FRIENDS AND PARTNERS.
TOGETHER, WE'RE SHARING THE LOVE OF CHRIST AROUND THE WORLD.
TO FIND OUT MORE, PLEASE CONTACT US OR VISIT US ONLINE AT
JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
JOIN US IN PARTNERSHIP AS WE SHARE THE LOVE OF CHRIST
AROUND THE GLOBE.
CC BY ABERDEEN CAPTIONING 1-800-688-6621 WWW.ABERCAP.COM
ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING WAS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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