ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE WORD.
IT'S AMAZING TO ME, LORD, THAT EVERY PROBLEM THAT WE DEAL WITH,
THE ANSWER IS IN YOUR WORD, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
AND OBVIOUSLY IF WE LIVE THE WAY YOU LEAD US TO LIVE WE'RE NOT
GONNA HAVE STRESS, SO WE NEED YOU TO SPEAK TO US THIS WEEKEND
AND HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THE CHANGES THAT WE CAN MAKE BY YOUR
GRACE TO HELP US LIVE IN PEACE IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
WELL, STRESS IS THE DISEASE OF THE CENTURY.
IT IS A MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESS, THE MANAGEMENT OF
STRESS, THE CURE FOR STRESS, WHETHER IT COMES THROUGH PAYING
A COUNSELOR OR DIFFERENT MEDICINES OR BOOKS OR STRESS
MANAGEMENT CLASSES OR SEMINARS OR WHATEVER.
I MEAN, WELL, YOU SAW THE WAY YOU REACTED, AND WHEN I TOLD THE
WORSHIP TEAM I WAS GONNA TEACH ON THAT, THEY WERE ALL, LIKE,
"OH, WE ARE REALLY GONNA LISTEN THIS WEEKEND."
AND SO--I MEAN, I THINK SURELY WE ALL UNDERSTAND
THAT IT'S NOT GOD'S WILL FOR US TO LIVE UNDER PRESSURE
AND STRESS ALL THE TIME.
HOW MANY OF US UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS NOT GOD'S WILL, OKAY?
AND SO IT IS A DISEASE OF OUR CULTURE, BUT JUST BECAUSE WE
LIVE IN A CULTURE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO ADOPT
THAT CULTURE.
NOW LISTEN TO WHAT I'M SAYIN'.
OTHERWISE WE JUST END UP MAKIN' EXCUSES FOR EVERYTHING.
IT'S LIKE, WELL, THAT'S JUST THE WAY THE WORLD IS TODAY, BUT
THAT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE THE WAY YOUR WORLD IS, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: MATTER OF FACT, I'M GONNA SAY THAT AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THE WORLD IS TODAY
DOESN'T MEAN THAT HAS TO BE THE WAY YOUR WORLD IS
OR THE WAY MY WORLD IS.
AND I CAN TELL YA IF ANYTHING IS GONNA CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE OR MY
LIFE, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY TO
CHANGE IT.
NOW I DON'T MEAN THAT WE CHANGE ANYTHING WITHOUT GOD.
THE FIRST THING WE ALWAYS DO IN EVERY SITUATION IS GO TO GOD,
BUT I THINK WE GET MIXED UP BETWEEN WHAT GOD WILL DO AND
WHAT HE WILL ENABLE US TO DO.
YOU SEE, WE ARE PARTICIPATORS WITH GOD.
WE'RE PARTNERS WITH GOD, AND I REALLY THINK THAT A LOT OF TIMES
PEOPLE THINK THAT PRAYER IS JUST GETTING GOD TO FIX ALL THIS
WHILE I JUST DON'T DO ANYTHING, OR I EVEN JUST KEEP DOING THE
SAME SILLY THINGS I'M ALREADY DOING, BUT NOW I'M EXPECTING GOD
TO SOMEHOW GET RID OF THE HARVEST THAT I'M SOWING
IN MY OWN LIFE.
AM I MAKIN' SENSE?
AND SO WHEN YOU PRAY YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR EARS OPEN TO SEE WHAT
GOD WILL SAY TO YOU ABOUT WHAT THE ROOT CAUSE OF YOUR PROBLEM
MIGHT BE.
NOW SOMETIMES THERE'S NOT ANYTHING WE CAN DO, AND IF
THAT'S THE CASE, THEN GOD COMES IN AND DOES IT ALL.
BUT A LOT OF TIMES THE ROOT OF OUR PROBLEM IS, TO BE HONEST,
WE'RE JUST LIVING WITH A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE.
WE'RE LIVING IN WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS IGNORANCE.
WE DON'T--WE'RE NOT WALKING IN WISDOM.
WE'RE DOING THINGS MAYBE EVEN BECAUSE THAT'S JUST THE CULTURE
WE LIVE IN, AND THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY DOES,
AND SO WE DO THAT.
BUT WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE WORD OF GOD ALL THE TIME, BACK
TO THE WORD OF GOD, AND, BOY, IS PROVERBS FULL OF WISDOM.
BACK TO THE WORD OF GOD AND MAKE A COMMITMENT THAT WE'RE NOT
GONNA LIVE ACCORDING TO WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND US, BUT WE'RE
GONNA MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THE LEADERSHIP OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT.
HOW MANY OF YOU BELIEVE WITH ME THAT IF WE WILL ALL BE LED BY
THE SPIRIT WE'RE GONNA HAVE PRETTY PEACEFUL LIVES?
OKAY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO I'M JUST GONNA TELL YOU THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY MAGIC
TRICK TO JUST WAVE A WAND OVER YOU THIS WEEKEND AND MAKE ALL
YOUR STRESS GO AWAY, AND NEITHER DOES ANYBODY ELSE IF YOU WANNA
KNOW THE TRUTH.
I HONESTLY THINK SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE GO TO STRESS MANAGEMENT
CLASSES OR COUNSELING OR WHATEVER, I DON'T THINK A LOT OF
TIMES THEY GO WITH THIS MINDSET, "I'M READY TO MAKE A CHANGE."
I THINK IT'S JUST, "WELL, I WANT SOMEBODY TO SOLVE MY PROBLEM."
AND WE HAVE TO CAMP HERE FOR A MINUTE, OR THIS WHOLE THING
IS GONNA BE USELESS.
I CANNOT SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM, AND NEITHER CAN GOD IF YOU WON'T DO
WHAT GOD SHOWS YOU TO DO OR NOT DO WHAT GOD SHOWS YOU NOT TO DO.
I WANT YOU TO GET THIS 'CAUSE THIS HAS JUST BEEN COMIN' TO ME
REALLY STRONG THAT PRAYER IS NOT JUST, "NOW GOD'S GONNA FIX
ALL THIS."
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE MANY TIMES WHEN THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS
BECAUSE WE--MAYBE YOU'RE ALREADY DOING WHAT GOD'S ASKING YOU
TO DO, AND NOW GOD NEEDS TO DO HIS PART.
PRAYER IS NOT JUST TALKING TO GOD.
[BABBLING]
IT'S ALSO LISTENING TO GOD, AND GOD DOES TALK BACK.
HE MAY NOT TALK EXACTLY THE WAY WE DO, BUT GOD WILL COMMUNICATE
WITH YOU IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.
GOD WILL SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT THROUGH MY MOUTH IF
YOU'LL LISTEN.
HE SPEAKS THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD.
HE'LL SPEAK THROUGH A LITTLE KID.
GOD WILL SPEAK THROUGH A CIRCUMSTANCE.
I MEAN, HE SPEAKS IN ALL KINDS OF WAYS, AND WE NEED TO PRAY
AND OBEY.
THERE IS NOT ONE PERSON IN THIS ROOM OR WATCHING BY TELEVISION
WHO CANNOT EXCHANGE A LIFE OF STRESS FOR A LIFE OF PEACE IF
YOU'RE WILLING TO NOT JUST HAVE A MAGIC FORMULA BUT REALLY START
GETTING TO THE ROOT OF SOME OF THE ISSUES OF WHY YOU HAVE THE
STRESS AND BEING WILLING THEN TO MAKE THE CHANGES THAT NEED
TO BE MADE WITH GOD'S HELP.
I'LL SAY IT OVER AND OVER.
APART FROM HIM WE CAN DO NOTHING, BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO
FAIR TO SAY APART FROM US HE DOESN'T DO MUCH, HUH?
WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
ARE YOU SURE THAT'S SCRIPTURAL?
YEAH, PRETTY SURE IT IS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IT MAY NOT SAY IT EXACTLY LIKE THAT, BUT GOD TELLS
US TO CAST OUR CARE NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
HE USES US.
HE WORKS THROUGH PEOPLE.
SO I PRAY TO FIND OUT WHAT GOD WANTS ME TO DO, OR IF THERE'S
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT HE TELLS ME TO DO, THEN I EXPECT HIM
TO DO IT.
BUT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT REAL PRAYER IS NOT JUST SITTING
BACK EXPECTING GOD TO DO EVERYTHING WHILE WE CHANGE
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: STRESS IS ALL AROUND US, AND IT'S NOT VERY LIKELY
TO DECREASE, SO WHAT IS OUR OPTIONS?
YOU SEE, I WENT FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME TRYING TO CHANGE
EVERYTHING AROUND ME, AND THAT MAY BE WHERE YOU'RE AT
RIGHT NOW.
WELL, IF YOU'LL STOP DOIN' THAT I'LL HAVE PEACE, AND IF YOU STOP
DOIN' THAT I'LL HAVE PEACE.
AND IF YOU START DOING THIS, THEN I'LL HAVE PEACE.
IF I HAD MORE MONEY I'D HAVE PEACE, AND IF I HAD A BETTER
BOSS I'D HAVE PEACE.
AND IT WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING OUT HERE.
COME ON NOW.
IT WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING OUT HERE THAT WAS THE REASON WHY I DIDN'T
HAVE PEACE, AND REALLY THAT TAKES US ALL THE WAY BACK TO
THE GARDEN OF EDEN, BLAME.
"WELL, THE WOMAN YOU GAVE ME."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "SHE GAVE IT TO ME."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: EXCUSE ME?
I THOUGHT MEN WANTED TO BE THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: WHAT ABOUT BEIN' THE HEAD OF THE GARDEN?
I MEAN, IT'S GOTTA GET STARTED RIGHT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: DON'T WORRY.
I'M NOT GONNA STAY THERE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT UNLESS WE GET RID OF THAT NOTION THAT, "WELL,
I--YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT SOME PEACE, AND YOU'RE STEALIN'
MY PEACE.
AND IF MY CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD CHANGE I'D HAVE MORE PEACE."
YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES--OKAY, I DON'T WANNA BE DISCOURAGING.
YOU KNOW, YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES MAY CHANGE, BUT YOU'LL GET
OTHER ONES.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, YOU WILL, YA KNOW?
THE ONES YOU'VE GOT WILL GO AWAY.
SOMETHING ELSE WILL COME ALONG.
WE JUST HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT ACT
LIKE IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO STRESS IS ALL AROUND US.
IT'S NOT LIKELY TO DECREASE, SO WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS?
WELL, WE ONLY HAVE TWO AS FAR AS I CAN FIGURE.
CONTINUE TO BE STRESSED OUT UNTIL WE FALL APART.
THAT'S AN OPTION, AND, SADLY, I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU WILL TAKE
THAT OPTION, OR YOU CAN LEARN TO NOT BE AFFECTED BY IT BY NOT
LETTING IT GET INTO YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHAT'S AROUND US DOESN'T HAVE TO GET IN US, AMEN?
PEACE HAS BEEN DEFINED AS A QUIET HEART, AND, BOY,
DO I LOVE THAT, A QUIET HEART.
JESUS WAS SURROUNDED BY STRESSFUL SITUATIONS,
REJECTED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
SOME OF YOU ARE GOIN' THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE LETTIN' IT STRESS YOU OUT.
ACCUSED OF BEING EVIL, ACCUSED OF DOING SOMETHING OR HAVING
SOME KIND OF A WICKED MOTIVE THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE OF YOU
AT ALL.
FALSE ACCUSATIONS CAN STRESS US OUT, BOY.
WE WANNA CONVINCE EVERYBODY THAT WE'RE GOOD.
HAS ANYBODY EVER NOTICED THAT JESUS NEVER TRIED TO DO THAT?
HIS DISCIPLES NEEDED A LOT OF CORRECTION.
HE WAS MENTORING THEM FOR THE JOB OF CARRYING THE GOSPEL
TO THE WORLD AND ONLY HAD A VERY SHORT TIME TO DO IT.
SOMETIMES ALL THE PEOPLE AROUND US THAT DON'T DO WHAT THEY
OUGHT TO BE DOIN' CAN REALLY STRESS US OUT.
I HAVE TO ALWAYS TELL YOU WHAT TO DO EVERY TIME, CONSTANTLY,
AND THEN WHEN I TELL YOU, YOU CAN'T DO IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HUGE CROWDS FOLLOWED HIM EVERYWHERE, AND THEY ALL
WANTED MIRACLES, HEALINGS, AND HELP OF SOME KIND.
YOU KNOW, I'VE EVEN SAID, "EVERYBODY THAT COMES NEAR ME
WANTS SOMETHING!" SOME OF YOU MOMS,
YOU FEEL THAT WAY.
THE HUSBAND WANTS SOMETHING.
ALL THE KIDS WANT SOMETHING.
THEN YOUR PARENTS CALL YOU UP, AND THEY WANT SOMETHING.
AND THEN YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW WANTS SOMETHING.
AND IT'S JUST EVERYBODY WANTS A PIECE OF ME, AND I DON'T HAVE
ANY PIECES LEFT.
HOW MANY OF YOU EVER FEEL LIKE THAT?
BUT, SEE, JESUS, ALTHOUGH HE WAS THERE FOR PEOPLE, HE HAD
BOUNDARIES, AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT BOUNDARIES MORE
TOMORROW NIGHT.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T WANT THE NEIGHBOR'S DOG POOIN' IN YOUR
YARD, THEN YOU BETTER PUT UP A FENCE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
AND THAT MEANS THAT WE NEED TO PUT SOME FENCES UP AROUND OUR
LIVES AND SAY, "YOU CAN GO THIS FAR, BUT YOU CAN'T GO
ANY FARTHER."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: ONE OF HIS DISCIPLES BETRAYED HIM FOR 30 PIECES
OF SILVER.
PETER DENIED EVEN KNOWING HIM AT A CRUCIAL TIME IN HIS LIFE,
AND PETER WAS ONE OF HIS GOOD, CLOSE FRIENDS.
HE WAS MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY DEALING CONTINUALLY WITH KNOWING
AND BEING AWARE OF THE SUFFERING THAT HE WAS GONNA HAVE TO ENDURE
ON THE CROSS.
WOW, TALK ABOUT A STRESSFUL DAY, AND YET IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF
IT HE GIVES US JOHN 14:27, "PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU.
MY [OWN] PEACE I NOW GIVE AND BEQUEATH UNTO YOU.
NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES DO I GIVE TO YOU.
DO NOT LET YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED, NEITHER LET THEM
BE AFRAID.
[STOP ALLOWING YOURSELVES TO BE AGITATED AND DISTURBED; AND
DO NOT PERMIT YOURSELVES TO BE FEARFUL AND INTIMIDATED AND
COWARDLY AND UNSETTLED.]"
NOW THIS KIND OF PROVES THE POINT
THAT I WAS TRYIN' TO MAKE TO BEGIN WITH.
GOD ALWAYS WANTS US TO COME TO HIM IN PRAYER, AND HE'S ALWAYS
READY TO HELP US, AND HE'S ALWAYS READY TO DO WHAT WE
CANNOT DO.
HE IS A MIRACLE-WORKING GOD, BUT WE SEE RIGHT HERE THAT HONESTLY,
BASICALLY, IF I'M GONNA BELIEVE THIS I DON'T EVER REALLY NEED TO
PRAY FOR PEACE BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY GOT PEACE.
I'M JUST NOT USING IT.
ISN'T THAT WHAT HE SAID?
"MY PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU."
IF WE'RE BORN AGAIN WE HAVE THE PRINCE OF PEACE LIVING ON
THE INSIDE OF US.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: SO WAY DOWN DEEP INSIDE--IF YOU THINK ABOUT A
BODY OF WATER AND A STORM COMES OVER THAT WATER, YOU'RE GONNA
SEE RIPPLING AND WAVES AND A DISTURBANCE ON THE SURFACE,
BUT DOWN DEEP IS JUST AS QUIET AS QUIET CAN BE.
THAT'S WHY PEACE IS DESCRIBED AS A QUIET HEART.
ALL KINDS OF THINGS CAN BE GOING ON AROUND US, BUT IF WE STAY IN
COMMUNICATION WITH GOD AND WE CONTINUE TO LEAN ON HIM
AND RELY ON HIM, WE CAN STILL HAVE HIS PEACE.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO LOVE THE CIRCUMSTANCE.
THAT DOESN'T EVEN MEAN THAT IT DOESN'T HURT, BUT IT DOES MEAN
THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS SPECIAL KIND OF PEACE.
THE PEACE THAT THE WORLD OFFERS IS A PEACE THAT ONLY WORKS WHEN
CIRCUMSTANCES SUIT US, BUT JESUS HAS GIVEN US SOMETHING THAT'S
FAR SUPERIOR TO THAT.
HE'S GIVING US A PEACE THAT REALLY--THE BEST WAY I KNOW HOW
TO SAY IT IS A PEACE THAT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
IT'S AN UNREASONABLE PEACE.
IN OTHER WORDS, I DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN HAVE PEACE.
YOU ALMOST FEEL EMBARRASSED TO TELL ANYBODY YOU'VE GOT PEACE
BECAUSE THEY ARE GONNA THINK YOU ARE JUST BEIN' HYPER RELIGIOUS
OR SOMETHING, BUT YOU HONESTLY CAN HAVE PEACE IN THE MOST
DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCE IF YOU REALLY HAVE A DEPTH OF
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
AND I TELL YA I THINK WE NEED MORE WHAT I WILL LOVINGLY CALL
DEEPER TEACHING, AMEN?
I WAS THINKIN' ABOUT THAT SOME THIS WEEK AS I WAS JUST
PONDERING A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND HOW YEARS AGO THERE
ACTUALLY WERE CONFERENCES CALLED, "THE DEEPER LIFE"
CONFERENCES, AND I THINK WE NEED SOME MORE OF THOSE.
IN LUKE CHAPTER 5 JESUS SAID, "COME ON OUT INTO THE DEEP,
AND GET READY FOR A HAUL," SO WE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO LIVE OUT OF
OUR HEARTS AND LIVE OUT OF OUR SPIRITS AND NOT JUST KEEP
REACTING ACCORDING TO EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AROUND US.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.
KEEP PREACHIN', SISTER.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OKAY, WELL, WHAT VALUE DO YOU PLACE ON PEACE?
YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET MUCH OUT OF THIS IF YOU DON'T REALLY MAKE
YOUR MIND UP THAT PEACE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE TOP MOST
VALUABLE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE.
THE LOVE OF GOD IS WAY UP THERE AT THE TOP.
THE GRACE OF GOD IS AWESOME, BUT I TELL YA, THIS PEACE, MAN,
THAT IS SO IMPORTANT.
LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
WHAT'S THE POINT OF EVEN GETTIN' OUT OF BED IF YOU GOTTA GET OUT
OF BED AND BE UPSET ALL DAY?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THAT'S WHY SOME PEOPLE THAT GET DEPRESSED JUST
DON'T BOTHER TO GET OUT OF BED.
THEY JUST STAY IN BED BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANNA FACE ANOTHER
DAY, BUT THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER.
I MEAN, THE ANSWER IS NOT TO HIDE FROM LIFE.
IT'S NOT TO AVOID OUR ISSUES.
IT'S TO LEARN HOW TO DEAL WITH THINGS THE WAY JESUS DEALT WITH
THINGS.
LET ME SHARE MY JOURNEY OF STRESS WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT SO
YOU KNOW THAT I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT.
FIRST OF ALL, I WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED BY MY FATHER FOR MANY
YEARS, MARRIED THE FIRST GUY THAT CAME ALONG BECAUSE I
THOUGHT NOBODY WOULD EVER WANT ME, AND HE WAS A CON ARTIST AND
A PETTY CROOK AND ENDED UP GOIN' TO JAIL FOR STEALING, AND THAT
WAS A 5-YEAR NIGHTMARE ON TOP OF AN 18-YEAR NIGHTMARE.
SO NOW I'M IN MY 20S.
I'M 23, AND I'M JUST MESSED UP, YOU KNOW, JUST--IT'S AMAZING HOW
MANY PEOPLE LOOK GOOD ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT, BOY, THEY ARE
MESSED UP, AMEN?
AND I THINK I--THEY CREATED THE WORD "DYSFUNCTION" FOR ME,
YOU KNOW?
I JUST--SEE, THAT'S WHY I AM JUST SO RADICAL ABOUT THE WORD
OF GOD BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT HAS CHANGED ME.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND NOT JUST READING IT BUT RECEIVING IT, LOVING IT,
OBEYING IT, AND IT'S BEEN A 40-YEAR JOURNEY, BUT LET ME
TELL YOU WHAT.
THE WORD OF GOD WILL WORK IN YOUR LIFE IF YOU WILL DO WHAT IT
TELLS YOU TO DO.
AND DON'T GIVE ME THAT "I CAN'T" BECAUSE ANYTHING THAT GOD TELLS
US TO DO HE WILL GIVE US THE ABILITY TO DO IT IF
WE'RE WILLING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO I WAS--I WORRIED.
I WAS FULL OF FEAR.
I WAS ANGRY.
I WAS INSECURE.
I TRIED TO FIND VALUE--I DIDN'T FEEL GOOD ABOUT MYSELF, SO I
TRIED TO FIND VALUE IN MY WORK AND IN ACCOMPLISHMENT, SO I JUST
ABOUT WORKED MYSELF TO DEATH.
ANYBODY BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT, AMEN?
I HAD PHYSICAL PROBLEMS FROM ALL THE STRESS.
I CREATED PROBLEMS IN ALL MY PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE I
WAS ON OVERLOAD ALL THE TIME.
DO YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE STRESSED OUT ALL THE TIME YOU ARE NOT
EASY TO GET ALONG WITH?
PERIOD, END OF THE CONVERSATION.
I WAS EVEN A CHRISTIAN AND IN FULL-TIME MINISTRY, AND I STILL
HAD ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS.
BEING SAVED DOESN'T GUARANTEE THAT YOU WON'T HAVE THESE
PROBLEMS.
NOT ONLY DO WE NEED TO BE--DOES OUR SPIRIT NEED TO BE REDEEMED,
WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENS AT THE NEW BIRTH, BUT OUR SOUL NEEDS TO BE
SAVED, AND THAT'S YOUR MIND, YOUR WILL, AND YOUR EMOTIONS.
IT'S HOW YOU THINK ABOUT THINGS, HOW YOU REACT TO THINGS, THE
DECISIONS THAT WE ALL MAKE, AND THAT'S WHY I LOVE JAMES 1:21,
I BELIEVE, THAT SAYS, "RECEIVE THE WORD OF GOD
WITH MEEKNESS, FOR IT CONTAINS THE POWER
TO SAVE YOUR SOULS."
I WANNA TELL YOU TONIGHT WHILE I'M SHARING THE WORD WITH YOU
YOUR MIND IS BEING RENEWED.
THAT MEANS YOUR MIND IS CHANGING AS YOU SIT IN HERE TONIGHT.
YOU'RE GONNA CHANGE THE WAY THAT YOU THINK ABOUT SOME THINGS, AND
IF YOU CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT SOME THINGS IT'S GONNA
CHANGE THE WAY YOU TALK.
AND WHEN YOU CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK AND THE WAY YOU TALK, IT
BEGINS TO CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE, AND THEN THAT BEGINS TO CHANGE
YOUR BEHAVIOR.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYTHING OUT HERE CAN'T
CONTROL YOU ANYMORE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AFTER MANY YEARS OF TORMENT I FINALLY DECIDED THAT I
WAS GONNA HAVE PEACE NO MATTER WHAT, AND I WANT TO STOP HERE
FOR A MOMENT AND SAY THAT DAVE WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE TO ME.
AND IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE RARE, VERY PEACEFUL PEOPLE, AND
YOU'RE THINKING THAT YOU DON'T REALLY NEED THIS TONIGHT 'CAUSE
YOU DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH STRESS, YOU REALLY DO NEED IT
BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH STRESS YOU DEAL
WITH ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE THAT DO.
AND YOU PROBABLY DON'T GET THEM EITHER.
YOU JUST, LIKE--YOU'RE LIKE, "WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "WHY WOULD YOU BE UPSET OVER THAT?
WHY WOULD YOU BE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT?"
WELL, THEY JUST ARE.
BUT, SEE, DAVE WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE TO ME THAT I COULD HAVE
PEACE BECAUSE I CAME FROM A BACKGROUND WHERE I DIDN'T EVEN
KNOW WHAT THAT WAS.
HOW MANY OF YOU GREW UP IN A ANGRY, VIOLENT, OUTRAGEOUS HOME
AND ATMOSPHERE AND REALLY YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT PEACE
FELT LIKE?
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED GETTING PEACE I WAS BORED.
I MEAN, NOW HOW STUPID IS THAT?
I MEAN, I WAS BORED.
IT WAS LIKE, WELL--HONESTLY, IF I WASN'T UPSET AND I DIDN'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT AND I WASN'T MAD ABOUT ANYTHING,
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF, AND I AM NOT KIDDING.
I CAN REMEMBER SITTING IN A RECLINER THINKING,
"THIS IS BORING."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SO IF YOU'RE REALLY GONNA GO WITH THIS MESSAGE YOU
MAY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE CULTURE SHOCK.
I DECIDED IF DAVE COULD HAVE IT I COULD HAVE IT.
IF ANYBODY COULD HAVE IT I COULD HAVE IT, AND SO I MADE
A DECISION, AND IF I DON'T DO ANYTHING TONIGHT BUT BRING YOU
TO THE POINT OF MAKING A DECISION I WANT YOU TO MAKE
A DECISION THAT WHATEVER IT TAKES--COME ON.
WHATEVER IT TAKES I WANT YOU TO--I WANT THIS TO DROP INSIDE
OF YOU LIKE A ROCK.
WHATEVER IT TAKES I AM GOING TO HAVE PEACE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE OVERLOADED
AND STRESSED OUT.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY TAKE THE CHALLENGE TO DO WHATEVER IT
TAKES TO HAVE PEACE, AND ONE OF THE WAYS TO START THAT IS TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT JESUS HAS ALREADY GIVEN YOU PEACE.
YOU HAVE PEACE IN YOU.
YOU JUST NEED TO BEGIN TO EXERCISE IT AND ACCESS IT.
IN JOHN 14:27 HE SAID, "PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU.
MY PERFECT PEACE I'M GIVING TO YOU."
NOW TODAY WE'RE OFFERING YOU MY "OVERLOAD" BOOK,
SUCH A GOOD BOOK.
IT'S GONNA REALLY HELP YOU ENTER THE REST OF GOD.
AND, BOY, IF YOU KNOW PEOPLE THAT ARE STRESSED OUT
AND OVERLOADED, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT GIFT FOR YOU TO GET THEM.
AND THIS IS BEING OFFERED TO YOU TODAY FOR ANY AMOUNT.
WHAT A GREAT WAY TO GET AN AWESOME BOOK.
WE WANT YOU TO JUST DO THE BEST THAT YOU CAN.
SOME OF YOU CAN SEND IN EXTRA TO HELP THE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T SEND
IN AS MUCH, BUT WE TRUST YOU TO DO YOUR VERY BEST.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN LEARN THAT STRESS IS SOMETHING WE DON'T
HAVE TO BE OVERLOADED WITH.
YOU CAN LIVE IN PEACE.
MALE: SO THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF STRESSED OUT PEOPLE
IN THE WORLD.
ONE KIND THINKS THAT IF THEY WISH REALLY HARD EVERYTHING WILL
JUST MAGICALLY DISAPPEAR.
THE OTHER KIND ACTUALLY DOES SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
TODAY YOU CAN BE SOMEONE WHO DOES SOMETHING.
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JOYCE: WELL, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO WELCOME JOHN GRAY
TO THE 2017 LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE.
JOHN.
JOHN: YES.
JOYCE: YOU WERE SUCH A HUGE HIT LAST YEAR, WE ABSOLUTELY HAD
TO HAVE YOU BACK AGAIN.
JOHN: I'M SO GRATEFUL.
ST. LOUIS WAS A GAME-CHANGER FOR ME.
BEING RAISED BY STRONG WOMEN OF FAITH, WOMEN OF GOD, AND BEING
IN THAT ATMOSPHERE, I HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.
THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF WOMEN WORSHIPING GOD, AND NOT
JUST THE SUPERNATURAL, BUT THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION
OF THE WORD.
IT WAS AMAZING.
JOYCE: WELL, YOU'RE NOT ONLY A GREAT SPEAKER THAT BRINGS
FORTH GOOD CONTENT, BUT YOU ARE ALSO EXTREMELY FUNNY.
JOHN: YOU GOTTA LAUGH IF YOU'RE GONNA LOVE YOUR LIFE.
JOYCE: WE NEED THAT, DON'T WE?
JOHN: ABSOLUTELY.
IF YOU ARE A WOMAN THAT NEEDS JUST THAT SPARK, THIS IS
THE CONFERENCE FOR YOU.
JOYCE: WELL, JOHN, WE CAN'T WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE BACK
THIS YEAR.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE REALLY, REALLY WANT TO SEE YOU THERE.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE SAME IF YOU DON'T COME.
SO, WHY DON'T YOU INVITE A FRIEND, CONTACT US,
AND REGISTER TODAY?
GINGER: WE ALL GO THROUGH TIMES WHEN THE QUESTIONS IN
OUR LIFE SEEM TO OUTWEIGH THE ANSWERS.
JOYCE MEYER WANTS TO HELP WITH THAT.
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GINGER: THE TEACHING THAT SO MANY LIVES HAVE BEEN TOUCHED,
THAT GOD HAS JUST REALLY USED, IS "BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND,"
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN HOW DID GOD LAY
THAT ON YOUR HEART.
WHERE DID THAT WHOLE BOOK COME FROM?
JOYCE: WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THE BIBLE SAYS A LOT ABOUT
THE MIND AND OUR THOUGHTS.
BUT I WAS ACTUALLY READING A BOOK, OR IT WAS A SERIES
OF BOOKS CALLED, "THE SPIRITUAL MAN,"
BY WATCHMAN NEE, AND HE HAD A LARGE SECTION IN IT ABOUT
THE MIND, AND HOW THE MIND WORKS, AND HOW OUR THOUGHTS
AFFECT US.
AND SO, BETWEEN THAT AND THEN OTHER TEACHING I WAS HEARING ON
THE MIND, I BEGAN TO REALLY JUST UNDERSTAND HOW THE DEVIL IS
A LIAR, BUT THE MIND IS THE BATTLEFIELD.
HE LIES TO US, AND IF WE BELIEVE IT, THEN THAT BECOMES OUR
REALITY.
AND THAT THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN EVER KNOW IF THE DEVIL'S LYING
TO YOU IS IF YOU KNOW THE TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD.
AND SO, I HAD MANY MISBELIEFS, WHICH IS NOTHING OTHER THAN
A LIE, THINGS THAT I BELIEVED BECAUSE OF THE WAY I WAS RAISED
THAT WERE AFFECTING MY LIFE WHEN I WAS STILL 40 AND 50 YEARS OLD,
THAT MY MIND HAD TO BE RENEWED IN THOSE AREAS.
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