ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: HE'S ALREADY SAID HE LOVES US.
HE LOVES US UNCONDITIONALLY.
NO MATTER HOW MUCH I OBEY GOD, HE'S NEVER GOING TO LOVE ME
ANY MORE THAN HE DOES AT THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'S THE SAME THING FOR YOU.
BUT I CAN LOVE HIM MORE.
YOU CAN LOVE HIM MORE.
[MUSIC]
ANNOUNCER: THIS WEEK ON VIEWER'S CHOICE, WE JOIN
THE CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS AS JOYCE TEACHES FROM
THE FOURTH CHAPTER OF EPHESIANS.
FOR THE ENTIRE STUDY ON THE BOOK OF EPHESIANS,
CHECK OUT JOYCEMEYER.ORG/STUDY.
NOW, LET'S WATCH AS SHE EXPLAINS HOW WE CAN MAINTAIN PEACE
IN OUR LIVES.
JOYCE: DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO GET THE STRIFE OUT OF YOUR
HOMES.
KIDS DON'T GET ALONG, KIDS DON'T GET ALONG WITH THEIR PARENTS,
PARENTS DON'T GET ALONG WITH EACH OTHER.
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS IN JAMES THAT WHERE THERE IS
STRIFE, THERE WILL BE REBELLION AND EVERY EVIL WORK.
SO GUESS WHAT, MOM AND DAD?
IF YOU'RE IN STRIFE ALL THE TIME WITH EACH OTHER, YOU CAN EXPECT
TO HAVE REBELLIOUS KIDS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, YOUR KIDS DON'T NEED TO THINK THAT YOU'RE
PERFECT BUT THEY DON'T NEED TO SEE YOU FIGHTING AND ARGUING
ALL THE TIME.
KIDS NEED THE STABILITY OF BELIEVING THAT THEIR PARENTS
LOVE EACH OTHER AND THAT THINGS CAN BE WORKED OUT.
PSALM 133, "WHERE THERE'S UNITY, THERE'S ANOINTING AND BLESSING."
I LOVE PSALM 133.
THERE, WHERE THERE'S UNITY, THE ANOINTING ABIDES AND THERE'S
BLESSING ON THAT HOUSE.
SO THEN I GUESS I HAVE TO ASSUME WHERE THERE IS NO UNITY,
THERE IS NO ANOINTING, AND THERE IS NO BLESSING.
HMM.
YOU SAY, "WELL, IT'S NOT MY FAULT.
I'M JUST LIVING IN THE HOUSE WITH SOMEBODY IT'S HARD TO GET
ALONG WITH.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "IF THEY WOULD CHANGE--"
DON'T MAKE ME GO THERE.
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO THERE TODAY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: MATTHEW 5:9, "BLESSED (ENJOYING ENVIABLE HAPPINESS,
SPIRITUALLY PROSPEROUS--WITH LIFE-JOY AND SATISFACTION IN
GOD'S FAVOR AND SALVATION, REGARDLESS OF THEIR OUTWARD
CONDITIONS.)" C'MON, HE'S SAYING,
LOOK, YOU CAN BE HAPPY NO MATTER WHAT YOUR OUTWARD
CONDITIONS ARE, IF YOU'LL BE A "MAKER AND A MAINTAINER OF
PEACE."
YOU WORK FOR PEACE.
PEACE IS NOT GONNA FALL ON US LIKE RIPE FRUIT FALLING OFF
A TREE.
IF YOU WANNA GET ALONG WITH PEOPLE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO
IT ON PURPOSE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I GOT ONE BROTHER OUT HERE THAT'S IN AGREEMENT
WITH ME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU'RE FUN TO PREACH TO.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A FEW HINTS.
YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE THE LAST WORD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IF YOU'RE MARRIED, STOP GIVING YOUR HUSBAND
DRIVING DIRECTIONS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IT'S A FIGHT WAITING TO HAPPEN.
MATTER OF FACT, THE LEAST BIT OF ADVICE YOU CAN GIVE YOUR HUSBAND
THE BETTER OFF YOU ARE BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT IT AND HE'S
PROBABLY NOT GONNA TAKE IT.
MAYBE ONCE IN A WHILE, OCCASIONALLY, BUT NOT REAL
OFTEN.
GOD TOLD ME A LONG TIME AGO, "YOU'RE A TEACHER BUT YOU'RE NOT
DAVE'S TEACHER."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: 'CAUSE I JUST GOT A BIG TEACHER IN ME.
I'M TELLING YOU WHAT, YOU GOT A PROBLEM, I GOT AN ANSWER.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I CAN FIX IT FOR YOU.
AT LEAST I THINK I CAN.
YOU COULD OCCASIONALLY SAY, "I WAS WRONG."
BOY, DOES THAT STOP A LOT OF ARGUMENTS.
OR HERE'S A GOOD ONE.
"WELL, I THINK I'M RIGHT BUT, YOU KNOW, I COULD BE WRONG."
EVEN THAT'S GOOD.
SO DO YOUR BEST TO MAINTAIN PEACE.
BE WILLING TO APOLOGIZE EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO DO IT FIRST.
VERSES 7 THROUGH 14 TALK ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT GIFTS THAT WE
HAVE AND I LIKE TO SAY HOW GOD GIVES EACH OF US GRACE FOR
OUR PLACE.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU'RE RAISING A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD
YOU WILL HAVE THE GRACE TO BE IN THE PLACE WHERE YOU'RE AT.
AND YOU'LL HAVE THE GRACE TO BE THERE PEACEFULLY AND STILL ENJOY
YOUR LIFE.
WE LOOK AT PEOPLE AND SAY, "I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO
WHAT YOU DO."
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
THEY DON'T EITHER, BECAUSE GOD'S GOTTEN ON BOARD WITH 'EM AND IS
HELPING THEM DO SOMETHING THAT IS BEYOND WHAT ANYBODY COULD
NORMALLY DO.
WHEN WE PUT OUR TRUST IN GOD, HE MAKES US ABLE TO DO THINGS THAT
ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
I WANNA GET BACK TO EPHESIANS AND WE'RE GONNA READ A LITTLE
BIT OF THIS.
EPHESIANS 4:7, "YET GRACE (GOD'S UNMERITED FAVOR) WAS GIVEN TO
EACH OF US INDIVIDUALLY [NOT INDISCRIMINATELY, BUT IN
DIFFERENT WAYS] IN PROPORTION TO THE MEASURE OF CHRIST'S
[RICH AND BOUNTEOUS] GIFT."
SO EACH OF US HAVE A DIFFERENT--WE ALL HAVE GRACE AND
YOU MIGHT EVEN SAY WE ALL HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF GRACE BUT
WE HAVE IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO REALIZE THAT WHATEVER YOU NEED
TO DO IN LIFE, IF YOU TRUST GOD, HE WILL GIVE YOU THE GRACE TO DO
IT AND YOU CAN DO IT WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE AND CONTINUE
TO HAVE PEACE IN YOUR LIFE.
THE LAST THING YOU WANNA SAY IS, "THERE'S NO WAY I CAN DO THIS.
THERE'S NO WAY I CAN DO THIS. I JUST CAN'T DO THIS.
I CAN'T DO IT, I CAN'T DO THIS."
DON'T GET YOURSELF IN A DITHER AND START TELLING GOD EVERYTHING
YOU CAN'T DO AND WON'T DO AND CAN'T STAND.
JUST SAY, "GOD, IF THIS IS WHERE YOU'VE GOT ME, GIVE ME THE GRACE
TO BE IN THIS PLACE AND TO SERVE YOU WITH AN ATTITUDE OF JOY."
WE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO HAVE UNITY WITHIN DIVERSITY.
I LOVE THAT STATEMENT.
I'M NEVER GONNA GET ALONG WITH EVERYBODY IF I EXPECT ALL OF
THEM TO BE LIKE ME.
AND I'M NOT GONNA GET ALONG WITH PEOPLE IF I'M TRYING TO BE WHAT
THEY ARE.
SO WHEN WE LEARN THAT WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT GIFTS AND THAT
GOD GIVES US GRACE FOR OUR PLACE, THAT MEANS THAT I DON'T
HAVE TO COMPARE MYSELF WITH YOU AND TRY TO BE WHAT YOU ARE.
THAT SETS ME FREE TO TOTALLY BE ME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DO ANY OF YOU EVER GET TIRED OF COMPETING AND COMPARING
WITH OTHER PEOPLE?
LISTEN, AS CHRISTIANS, WE EVEN COMPARE OUR PRAYER LIVES WITH
OTHER CHRISTIANS.
I MEAN, IF I'M PRAYING 15 MINUTES A DAY AND I'M REAL HAPPY
AND SISTER SUPER-CHRISTIAN TAKES ME TO BREAKFAST AND TELLS ME HOW
SHE PRAYS 4 HOURS EVERY DAY, NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M UNHAPPY
WITH MYSELF.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW WHAT?
IF YOU'RE TRYING TO READ THE BIBLE THROUGH EVERY YEAR,
YOU PROBABLY TELL PEOPLE.
BUT IF YOU'RE READING ONE VERSE A DAY, YOU PROBABLY
DON'T EVER MENTION IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL, MAYBE WE NEED TO JUST KEEP QUIET ABOUT WHAT WE'RE
DOING AND DOING IT UNTO THE LORD.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND TRUST THAT OUR REWARD WILL COME FROM HIM.
NOW, VERSE 8, "THEREFORE IT IS SAID, WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH,
HE LED CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE [HE LED A TRAIN OF VANQUISHED FOES]
AND HE BESTOWED GIFTS ON MEN."
NOW, MAYBE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
LET ME READ YOU WHAT H.A. IRONSIDE SAID IN HIS
COMMENTARY ON EPHESIANS.
"OUR BLESSED LORD IN HIS TRIUMPH OVER DEATH LED CAPTIVE HIM WHO
HAD THE POWER OF DEATH UP UNTIL THAT TIME," WHICH IS THE DEVIL,
"THAT HE MIGHT DELIVER THOSE WHO, THROUGH THE FEAR OF DEATH,
WERE ALL THEIR LIFETIME SUBJECT TO BONDAGE.
IN OTHER WORDS, OUR MIGHTY ENEMY SATAN IS NOW A CONQUERED FOE."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: "WHEN CHRIST ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE DEALT WITH
THE ENEMY.
FOR THIS PURPOSE WAS THE SON OF GOD MANIFEST TO DESTROY
THE WORKS OF THE WICKED ONE.
HE HAS BEEN LED CAPTIVE AT THE CHARIOT WHEELS OF CHRIST AND OUR
LORD HAS NOW ASCENDED AS MAN AND TAKEN HIS PLACE ON THE THRONE OF
THE MAJESTY IN HEAVENS AND THERE, FROM HIS EXALTED SEAT IN
GLORY, HE GIVES THESE GIFTS TO HIS CHURCH FOR ITS BLESSING
AND ITS EDIFICATION."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: WOW!
AND THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT GIFTS.
THERE'S THE APOSTLE, THE PROPHET, THE EVANGELIST,
THE PASTOR, AND THE TEACHER.
AND WE READ FURTHER IN EPHESIANS, IT SAYS THAT THESE
GIFTS ARE GIVEN FOR THE BUILDING UP AND THE EDIFYING OF THE
CHURCH THAT THEY MIGHT GO OUT AND DO THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY.
I'M NOT HERE TODAY JUST FOR YOU TO WATCH ME WORK.
I AM HERE TODAY TO BUILD YOU UP SO YOU CAN GO OUT
AND DO THE WORK.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
AND IT IS TIME FOR PEOPLE TO STOP WARMING THE PEWS.
C'MON, SOME OF YOU HAVE SAT ON THE PEWS SO LONG, YOUR LITTLE
BOTTOM'S TOTALLY FLAT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENS.
IF YOU SIT ON THE PEW AND LISTEN TO SOMEBODY ELSE, AND YOU GET
FULL OF THE WORD AND YOU DON'T THEN DO SOMETHING WITH IT,
HERE'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
YOU'RE GONNA START GETTING UNHAPPY AND YOU'RE GONNA BLAME
THE PERSON ON THE PLATFORM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I HAD A GIRL COME AND TELL ME ONE TIME, SHE SAID,
"YOU KNOW WHAT?
I HAVE TO CONFESS TO YOU THAT I WASN'T GETTING ANYTHING OUT OF
YOUR TEACHINGS ANYMORE AND I STARTED PRAYING FOR YOU
BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU HAD SIN IN YOUR LIFE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "I THOUGHT YOU'D LOST YOUR ANOINTING AND YOU NEEDED,
LIKE, A FRESH EDGE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND SHE SAID, "GOD TOLD ME, 'IT'S NOT HER.
YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING OUT OF WHAT SHE'S SAYING BECAUSE
YOU'RE ALREADY SO FULL YOU HAVE NO PLACE TO PUT ANYTHING ELSE.
AND IF YOU DON'T GET OUT AND START GIVING SOME OF IT AWAY,
YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET ANYTHING FROM ANYBODY AGAIN.'"
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: OF COURSE, YOU'RE GONNA GET TIRED AND SITTING AND
LISTENING TO THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND OVER, IF YOU'RE NOT
DOING ANYTHING WITH IT.
YEAH, UH-OH, WE'LL GO ON.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU BETTER BE GLAD I'M ABOUT OUT OF TIME BUT THANK GOD
FOR TONIGHT.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
BUT I'M NOT OUT OF TIME YET.
I'VE STILL GOT 10 MINUTES.
HANG ON.
AND THEN THERE'S THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND,
MY GOSH, DO WE NEED TO HEAR MORE TEACHING ON THE GIFTS OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT.
AUDIENCE: YES!
JOYCE: THE WORD OF KNOWLEDGE, THE WORD OF WISDOM, HEALING,
DISCERNING OF SPIRITS.
PROPHECY, TONGUES, YES, TONGUES, INTERPRETATION OF TONGUES.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "OH, JOYCE, DON'T TELL ME YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: HEY, LISTEN.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN THAT BIBLE THAT I CAN HAVE, I'M GONNA
GO AFTER IT.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND I DON'T CARE WHOSE DOCTRINE IT FITS INTO OR DOESN'T
FIT INTO.
IF IT'S BIBLE, I WANT IT.
AMEN?
I AM HUNGRY FOR MORE OF GOD AND I NEED ALL THE SUPERNATURAL HELP
I CAN GET.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND THIS IS WHERE SOMETIMES WE NEED TO BE WILLING
TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS FOR MYSELF--FOR OURSELF.
AND SAY, "I'M GOING ALL THE WAY WITH GOD AND IF THAT MEANS YOU
DON'T WANNA FELLOWSHIP WITH ME ANYMORE, THEN I GUESS GOD WILL
GIVE ME A BUNCH OF NEW FRIENDS."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA LIMP THROUGH LIFE BEING PITIFUL
AND PATHETIC WHEN THE POWER OF GOD IS AVAILABLE TO ME ON
A DAILY BASIS, AMEN?
WOO-HOO!
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: VERSE 15, "RATHER, LET OUR LIVES LOVINGLY EXPRESS TRUTH
[IN ALL THINGS, SPEAKING TRULY, DEALING TRULY, LIVING TRULY].
ENFOLDED IN LOVE, LET US GROW UP IN EVERY WAY AND IN ALL THINGS
INTO HIM WHO IS THE HEAD, [EVEN]
CHRIST (THE MESSIAH, THE ANOINTED ONE]"
VERSE 16, GROW UP!
I'M IN PHILIPPIANS, I DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT THERE.
VERSE 17 SAYS, "SO THEN I SAY AND SOLEMNLY TESTIFY IN [THE
NAME OF] THE LORD [AS BEING IN HIS PRESENCE], THAT YOU MUST NO
LONGER LIVE AS THE HEATHEN DO IN THEIR PERVERSENESS [IN THEIR
FOLLY, IN THEIR VANITY, AND EMPTINESS OF THEIR SOULS AND
THE FUTILITY] OF THEIR MIND."
ALL THROUGH HERE, PAUL IS SAYING, "YOU CAN'T KEEP ACTING
LIKE THE WORLD.
THAT'S THE WAY YOU USED TO BE BUT GOD GOT IN THE MIDDLE OF
THAT MESS AND DELIVERED YOU FROM THAT MESS.
YOU'RE NOT WHAT YOU USED TO BE.
YOU ARE NOW A NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST.
ALL THINGS BECOME BRAND NEW."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND WE HAVE A GOD TO HELP US AND, YOU KNOW, LISTEN.
DON'T GET OUT IN THE WORLD AND JUST BLEND IN.
STAND OUT.
AND LET'S GET OVER CARING SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT EVERYBODY THINKS
OF US, 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHEN THE END COMES, AND IT'S GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER, WHEN
THE END COMES, WE'RE ONLY GONNA ANSWER TO ONE, AND THAT'S GOD.
ONLY ONE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WE LET CONTROL OUR LIVES
AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WE COMPROMISED IN ORDER TO HAVE
THEIR FRIENDSHIP, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE AROUND CARING ONE THING
ON WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO US.
START MAKING DECISIONS TODAY THAT ARE GONNA MAKE YOU PROUD TO
STAND IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
AND WE DON'T STAND IN HIS PRESENCE BECAUSE OF OUR
BEHAVIOR, IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF CHRIST, BUT ALL THE WAY BACK TO
THE BEGINNING.
JESUS SAID, "IF YOU LOVE ME."
IF YOU LOVE ME.
HE LOVES US.
HE'S ALREADY SAID HE LOVES US.
HE LOVES US UNCONDITIONALLY.
NO MATTER HOW MUCH I OBEY GOD HE'S NEVER GONNA LOVE ME ANY
MORE THAN HE DOES AT THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'S THE SAME THING FOR YOU.
BUT I CAN LOVE HIM MORE.
YOU CAN LOVE HIM MORE.
THE FIRST AND THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT, "YOU SHALL LOVE
THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, WITH
ALL YOUR MIND, WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.
C'MON, ONE MORE TIME.
THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT, "YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD
WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, WITH ALL YOUR MIND,
WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH."
YEAH, IT TAKES ALL.
ALL.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: OVER AND OVER AND OVER PAUL SAYS, VERSE 17,
"DON'T BEHAVE LIKE THE HEATHEN."
VERSE 22 THROUGH 24, I LOVE THESE SCRIPTURES.
"STRIP YOURSELVES OF YOUR FORMER NATURE.
BE CONSTANTLY RENEWED IN THE SPIRIT OF YOUR MIND AND PUT
ON THE NEW NATURE CREATED IN GOD'S IMAGE."
STRIP YOURSELVES OF THAT BEHAVIOR THAT YOU USED TO BEHAVE
LIKE AND PUT ON THE NEW MAN.
PUT ON CHRIST AND LET'S GET OUT IN THE WORLD AND REPRESENT HIM.
LET'S GET OUT IN THE DARK WORLD AND BE LIGHT IN A DARK PLACE,
AMEN?
ANNOUNCER: JOYCE CONTINUES THE STUDY OF EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4
IN THE FOLLOWING SESSION.
LET'S JOIN THE CONFERENCE NOW AS SHE SHARES ON ANGER AND HOW, IF
WE WANNA BE BLESSED, WE HAVE TO STOP BEING MAD.
HERE'S JOYCE.
JOYCE: EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4, VERSES 26 AND 27.
JOYCE: "WHEN YOU'RE ANGRY, DO NOT SIN."
PLEASE NOTICE, IT DOESN'T SAY, "NEVER GET ANGRY."
IT'S NOT THE FEELING OF ANGER THAT'S SIN, IT'S WHAT WE DO WITH
THAT FEELING AFTER WE FEEL IT.
IF SOMEBODY COMES AND IS RUDE TO YOU, THE FIRST THING YOU'RE
PROBABLY GONNA FEEL IS ANGER.
WELL, BEFORE CHRIST OR, ACTUALLY, I WAS ALREADY SAVED,
BUT BEFORE I KNEW THE IMPORTANCE OF REALLY OBEYING GOD, IF I FELT
LIKE BEING ANGRY AND SHUTTING SOMEBODY OUT OF MY LIFE
AND TELLING THEM OFF, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I DID.
BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA GO ALL THE WAY WITH GOD, LISTEN TO ME,
YOU DON'T HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF DOING WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE DOING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT'S NOT AN OPTION FOR US.
THE WORLD CAN DO THAT.
THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT, THINK, AND FEEL,
BUT WE DON'T GET TO DO THAT.
WE HAVE THE FRUIT OF SELF-CONTROL AND WE CAN SAY "NO"
TO OURSELVES AND "YES" TO GOD.
AND IN THE BEGINNING, IT'S A LOT HARDER THAN IT IS LATER ON WHEN
YOU'VE HAD SOME PRACTICE.
THE LONGER YOU WALK WITH GOD, THE EASIER IT IS TO NOT FIGHT
WITH HIM BECAUSE YOU FIND OUT THAT HE'S GONNA GET HIS WAY IN
THE LONG RUN ANYWAY.
AND IT JUST SAVES YOU A LOT OF TIME TO DO IT HIS WAY FIRST.
"WHEN YOU'RE ANGRY, DON'T SIN; DON'T EVER LET YOUR WRATH (YOUR
EXASPERATION, YOUR FURY OR YOUR INDIGNATION) LAST UNTIL THE SUN
GOES DOWN."
SO HE'S SAYING, "DON'T GO TO BED MAD."
I WONDER IF I ASK HOW MANY OF YOU WENT TO BED MAD LAST NIGHT,
WHAT KIND OF A RESPONSE I'D GET.
BOY, NOW YOU'RE LOOKING REALLY INNOCENT OUT THERE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: LOOKING ROUND TO SEE IF ANYBODY'S PUTTING THEIR HAND
UP AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT YOU.
YOU KNOW WHAT, THE WAY YOU GO TO BED IS THE WAY YOU'RE GONNA
GET UP.
AND YOU DON'T WANNA KEEP THAT CYCLE GOING IN YOUR LIFE.
"LEAVE NO [SUCH] ROOM OR FOOTHOLD FOR THE DEVIL
[GIVE NO OPPORTUNITY TO HIM]."
ANGER OPENS A DOOR FOR THE DEVIL IN OUR LIVES, AMEN.
HOW MANY OF YOU WANT YOUR LIFE TO BE REALLY RADICALLY BLESSED?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: OKAY, THEN YOU HAVE TO STOP STAYING MAD.
WELL, LET'S TRY IT AGAIN.
HOW MANY OF YOU WANT YOUR LIFE TO BE RADICALLY BLESSED?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: WELL THEN, YOU HAVE TO STOP STAYING MAD.
I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU, "NEVER GET ANGRY," BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE
TIMES WHERE WE GET ANGRY.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY THAT WAY.
WITH GOD'S HELP AND A GOOD FIRM DECISION AND THE POWER OF THE
HOLY GHOST, YOU CAN BE PEACEFUL ALL THE TIME IN YOUR LIFE.
WHAT GOOD'S IT GONNA DO YOU TO STAY MAD AT PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT
ENJOYING THEIR LIFE AND DON'T EVEN CARE THAT YOU'RE UPSET?
YOUR ANGER IS NOT GONNA CHANGE THEM.
BUT YOUR ANGER WILL CHANGE YOU.
AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
IF THE TRUTH WERE KNOWN, THERE'S PROBABLY MORE PEOPLE IN THIS
ROOM TONIGHT THAT ARE MAD AT SOMEBODY THAN THOSE THAT
ARE NOT.
AND SOME OF YOU HAVE HAD IT IN YOU SO LONG YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW
IT'S THERE ANYMORE.
BUT IT'S STILL EATING AWAY AT YOU AND SO I WANNA SUGGEST TO
YOU THAT YOU LEAVE IT HERE TONIGHT AND NOT TAKE IT HOME
WITH YOU.
NOW, I'M NOT GONNA TEACH ON THIS A LONG TIME TONIGHT BECAUSE I
TEACH ON THIS A LOT AND I'VE GOT A LOT OF STUFF TO COVER.
SO LET'S GO ON TO VERSE 28 AND 29.
"LET THE THIEF STEAL NO MORE, BUT RATHER LET HIM BE
INDUSTRIOUS, MAKING AN HONEST LIVING WITH HIS OWN HANDS, SO
THAT HE MAY BE ABLE TO GIVE TO THOSE IN NEED."
NOW I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING.
HE'S SAYING, "LOOK, IF YOU USED TO BE SOMEBODY WHO WAS STEALING
STUFF," AND REALLY THERE'S--YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU WERE A THIEF
OR NOT, THE SAME PRINCIPLE WORKS, "DON'T STEAL ANYMORE," HE
SAYS, "BUT GO GET A JOB SO YOU CAN GIVE TO OTHER PEOPLE."
ISN'T IT INTERESTING THAT HE DOESN'T SAY, "GET A JOB SO YOU
CAN TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND STOP STEALING"?
HE SAYS, "GET A JOB SO YOU CAN GIVE TO OTHER PEOPLE."
I THINK THAT'S REALLY KIND OF A THOUGHT TO PONDER.
IT'S, LIKE, AM I REALLY JUST WORKING SO I CAN GIVE TO OTHER
PEOPLE?
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, IF WE BELIEVE THE WORD, IF WE GIVE TO
OTHER PEOPLE, GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF US.
YOU'RE UP ON THE FRONT ROW TONIGHT.
NOW I CAN REALLY TALK TO YOU.
THIS GUY'S JUST BEEN A CHEERLEADER ALL WEEKEND, SEE?
SO NOW THEY'VE BROUGHT HIM UP TO THE FRONT SO HE CAN REALLY
CHEER.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
IF YOU'VE GOT AN ATTITUDE ABOUT GIVING THAT IS ANYTHING OTHER
THAN I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT AND I LOVE TO DO IT, THEN YOU NEED TO
REALLY STUDY THE BIBLE BECAUSE IT'S FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION
AND THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE CAN GET AWAY FROM WHAT
GOD SAYS ABOUT GIVING.
AND IF WE LOVE HIM, WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO GIVE.
BUT THIS, TO ME, IS A VERY INTERESTING SCRIPTURE.
GO GET A JOB SO YOU CAN GIVE TO OTHER PEOPLE.
NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T USE A LOT OF THE MONEY
THAT WE MAKE TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES, BUT THE MOTIVATION
HERE HAS TO BE, "I'M GONNA GIVE.
I'M GONNA WORK AND I'M GONNA WORK HARD SO I CAN GIVE."
WELL, A LOT OF PEOPLE TODAY DON'T EVEN WANNA WORK, PERIOD,
LET ALONE WORK TO GIVE TO OTHER PEOPLE.
JOYCE: NOW JUST REMEMBER, IN ORDER FOR GRACE AND PEACE
TO REIGN IN OUR LIVES, OUR DEEDS SHOULD OUTWEIGH OUR WORDS.
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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
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[MUSIC]
BRAD: I JUST THINK IT'S FANTASTIC THAT WE'RE ABLE
TO DELIVER A CLASSROOM.
I MEAN, WE'RE ABLE TO FIND A NEED, ASSESS THE NEED, MAKE A
COMMITMENT, MAKE PLANS REMOTELY, AND THEN DELIVER A CLASSROOM
TO A SCHOOL.
AND THE MOMENT IT'S PLACED UP, IT'S READY TO GO.
[CHEERING]
GINGER: THIS IS ONE OF THE HAPPIEST PLACES ON EARTH,
AND THIS IS A CLASSROOM OF HOPE.
IT'S BASICALLY A PRESCHOOL, BUT SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT, IT IS
A SAFE HAVEN FROM THE ABUSE THAT MANY OF THESE CHILDREN
WOULD FACE WHEN THEY'RE HOME ALONE BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS
ARE WORKING.
SO, FOR INSTANCE, WITH LITTLE MGATI, SHE IS TAKEN CARE OF.
SHE IS SAFE FROM THE DANGERS THAT ARE AROUND THIS AREA,
THE VIOLENCE, AND ALSO THE MALNUTRITION.
WHEN SHE FIRST STARTED COMING TO THE SCHOOL, SHE WAS SEVERELY
MALNOURISHED.
BUT NOW, BECAUSE OF THE FOOD THAT YOU ARE PROVIDING FOR HER,
SHE IS MUCH STRONGER.
SHE HAS SO MANY GREAT FRIENDS HERE, AND SHE IS HAPPY
AND FLOURISHING.
THAT'S ALSO BECAUSE OF THE LOVE OF CHRIST THAT WE'RE ABLE TO
SHARE WITH THEM, AND THAT IS THE GREATEST JOY OF ALL.
ALL: THANK YOU.
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ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING WAS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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