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JOYCE: HE CHANGES US INTO HIS IMAGE FROM GLORY TO GLORY
TO GLORY.
I HAVE NOT ARRIVED, YOU HAVE NOT ARRIVED, BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
I AM SPENDING EVERY LIVING BREATH THAT I'VE GOT PRESSING
TOWARD THE MARK OF THE HIGH CALLING OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: CHAPTER 5.
AND JUST BEFORE I GET INTO IT, I WANNA READ A COUPLE OF
SCRIPTURES TO YOU.
2 TIMOTHY 4:3 AND 4.
OKAY AND I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO THIS 'CAUSE WE'RE
LIVING IN THESE TIMES RIGHT NOW.
"FOR THE TIME IS COMING WHEN [PEOPLE] WILL NOT TOLERATE (AND
ENDURE) SOUND AND WHOLESOME INSTRUCTION, BUT, HAVING EARS
ITCHING [FOR SOMETHING PLEASING AND GRATIFYING], THEY WILL
GATHER TO THEMSELVES ONE TEACHER AFTER ANOTHER TO A CONSIDERABLE
NUMBER, CHOSEN TO SATISFY THEIR OWN LIKING AND TO FOSTER
THE ERRORS THAT THEY HOLD."
ISN'T THAT PRETTY AMAZING?
YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT I'M SAYING ON TV, YOU CAN FLIP
THE CHANNEL AND FIND SOMEBODY THAT YOU LIKE WHAT THEY'RE
SAYING.
THAT'S NOT HARD TO DO BUT DON'T EVER NOT LISTEN TO SOMEBODY
BECAUSE WHAT THEY SAY TO YOU KIND OF MAKES YOU A LITTLE BIT
UNCOMFORTABLE IN YOUR SEAT.
IN 2 TIMOTHY 4:2, PAUL TOLD TIMOTHY, "HERALD AND PREACH
THE WORD!
KEEP YOUR SENSE OF URGENCY [STAND BY, BE AT HAND AND
READY], WHETHER THE OPPORTUNITY SEEMS TO BE FAVORABLE
OR UNFAVORABLE.
[WHETHER IT'S CONVENIENT OR INCONVENIENT, WHETHER IT'S
WELCOME OR UNWELCOME,]"
NOW LISTEN TO THIS, "[YOU AS A PREACHER OF THE WORD ARE
TO SHOW PEOPLE IN WHAT WAY THEIR LIVES ARE WRONG.]"
HMM.
"AND CONVINCE THEM, REBUKING, CORRECTING, WARNING, URGING,
AND ENCOURAGING THEM."
NOT JUST ENCOURAGING THEM, BUT ALL OF IT.
AND CAN I TELL YOU, THE MINISTERS THAT YOU HAVE WHO
REALLY LOVE YOU WILL TAKE A CHANCE ON YOU GETTING AGGRAVATED
AT THEM IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THE TRUTH THROUGH TO YOU
THAT WILL MAKE THE CHANGES IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU NEED THAT ARE
GONNA BRING YOU THE THINGS YOU SAY THAT YOU WANT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT THAT.
IT'S NOT MY JOB TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T GET MAD AT ME.
IT'S MY JOB TO MAKE SURE WHEN I STAND BEFORE GOD, THAT I'VE DONE
WHAT HE WANTED ME TO DO AND THAT'S YOUR JOB TOO, AMEN?
SO HAVING SAID THAT, LET US PRESS ON.
IN EPHESIANS 5, THE FIRST 9 VERSES TALK
ABOUT PURSUING CLEAN LIVING.
PURSUE MEANS TO CRAVE AND TO GO AFTER WITH ALL OF YOUR STRENGTH.
IF YOU WANNA BE AN EXCELLENT PERSON, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO
REALLY WANT IT BAD BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A VERY MEDIOCRE WORLD
AND PEOPLE WILL FIGHT YOU ON IT.
IF YOU WANNA BE A REALLY HONEST PERSON, IT'S POSSIBLE YOU COULD
LOSE YOUR JOB BECAUSE SOMEBODY OUT THERE'S GONNA WANT YOU TO
HELP THEM CHEAT, HELP THEM LIE.
THEY'RE GONNA WANT YOU TO DO IMMORAL THINGS.
BUT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS FIRST AND FOREMOST TO GOD.
IT'S NOT TO THEM.
AND IF YOU DO WHAT'S RIGHT, LISTEN TO ME, GOD WILL GET YOU
A BETTER JOB THAN THE ONE THAT YOU'RE BEING THREATENED TO LOSE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IF YOU WANNA GET OUT IN THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN
TODAY AND SERVE GOD, I MIGHT AS WELL TELL YOU, IT'S GONNA COST
YOU SOMETHING.
BUT HERE'S THE THING.
ROMANS 14:12 SAYS, "EVERY MAN WILL STAND BEFORE GOD AND GIVE
AN ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE."
EVERY MAN.
AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT THAT BRINGS A REVERENTIAL FEAR
AND AWE TO MY LIFE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE OVER.
THINGS ARE NOT GONNA STAY THE WAY THEY ARE HERE FOREVER.
EVERYBODY GETS OLD.
EVERYBODY DIES.
THERE'S NOBODY CAN GET AWAY FROM THAT.
AND I KNOW YOU DON'T THINK MUCH ABOUT IT WHEN YOU'RE 15 OR 20
OR EVEN 30, BUT LET ME TELL YOU, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT
A WHOLE LOT MORE LATELY.
I MEAN, I'M SERIOUS.
I HAD THIS EYE-OPENING REVELATION A FEW YEARS AGO
THAT I'VE ALREADY LIVED A GOOD TWO-THIRDS OF MY LIFE.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANY TIME TO MESS AROUND.
AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, A LOT OF YOU DON'T EITHER.
AND THE DAY IS GONNA COME WHERE WE'RE GONNA ALL STAND BEFORE GOD
AND GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF OUR LIVES AND I AM SPENDING MY TIME NOW
GETTING READY SO I DON'T HAVE TO BE ASHAMED THEN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
MATTER OF FACT, I LOVE THE SCRIPTURES AND I BECAME
VERY AWARE OF THEM LAST YEAR.
THERE ARE SEVERAL PLACES IN THE BIBLE WHERE PAUL TALKS TO
PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR BEHAVIOR AND HE FOLLOWS IT UP WITH THIS
STATEMENT, "FOR THE LORD IS NEAR."
FOR THE LORD IS NEAR.
SO CAN I JUST SAY TO YOU TONIGHT, IT'S TIME TO BEHAVE
A LOT BETTER BECAUSE JESUS IS COMING BACK SOON.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I THINK I'LL SAY IT TO THIS GROUP OVER HERE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, THINK ABOUT THAT.
THINK ABOUT THAT.
IT'S TIME TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS THAT YOU KNOW YOU NEED
TO MAKE BUT YOU KEEP PUTTING OFF 'TIL ANOTHER TIME.
DO YOU KNOW THE MOST DANGEROUS WORD THAT I KNOW IS TOMORROW.
"I'M GONNA DO THAT.
I'M JUST GONNA DO IT TOMORROW."
GOD DOESN'T WANT US TO DO IT TOMORROW.
HE WANTS US TO DO IT WHEN HE TELLS US TO DO IT.
AND YOU KNOW, I TOLD A GROUP OF PEOPLE LAST WEEK, I WAS
PREACHING IN JACKSONVILLE, AND I SAID, "WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
THAT WHEN GOD PUTS SOMETHING ON OUR HEART TO DO OR NOT DO,
THERE'S AN ANOINTING ON US THEN TO DO IT.
AND IF WE'LL DO IT WHEN GOD SAYS TO DO IT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE
SUPERNATURAL HELP FROM HIM.
BUT IF WE WAIT UNTIL IT'S OUR TIME, WE'RE GONNA END UP TRYING
TO DO IT BY OURSELF.
AND THEN IT PROBABLY WON'T WORK.
ALL RIGHT, EPHESIANS CHAPTER 5.
LET'S JUST READ A FEW OF THESE FIRST VERSES, JUST THE TALK
ABOUT CLEAN LIVING.
I'M SURE YOU CAN'T HARDLY WAIT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HERE YOU GO.
I LOVE VERSE 1, "THEREFORE BE AN IMITATOR OF GOD [COPY HIM
AND FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE], AS WELL-BELOVED CHILDREN
[IMITATE THEIR FATHER]."
AND THE NEXT THING HE SAYS IS, "AND WALK IN LOVE."
WELL, YOU KNOW, LOVE JUST REALLY COVERS EVERYTHING.
I MEAN, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I CAN JUST TELL YOU THE ABSOLUTE
TRUTH, YOU COULD FORGET EVERYTHING THAT I SAID TONIGHT
AND DO NOTHING BUT FOCUS ON WALKING IN LOVE AND YOU'D HAVE
ALL THE REST OF IT COVERED.
BECAUSE LOVE NEVER DOES ANY HARM TO ANYONE.
LOVE IS ALWAYS PATIENT, IT'S ALWAYS KIND, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD,
IT'S ALWAYS HUMBLE, IT'S NEVER JEALOUS, IT'S NEVER ENVIOUS,
IT ALWAYS BELIEVES THE BEST, IT NEVER GIVES UP ON PEOPLE,
IT'S NOT HAUGHTY, IT'S NOT HIGH-MINDED, IT IS NOT TOUCHY,
IT'S NOT EASILY OFFENDED, AMEN?
AND THAT'S 1 CORINTHIANS 13, ABOUT 1 THROUGH 8,
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND SO HONESTLY AND TRULY, IF YOU DON'T WANNA THINK ABOUT
ALL THESE OTHER BEHAVIORS, I'VE LEARNED IN MY LIFE, I JUST STUDY
LOVE A LOT AND I FOCUS ON TRYING TO LOVE GOD AND LOVE PEOPLE AND
IT JUST TAKES CARE OF SO MANY THINGS AND THEN I DON'T HAVE TO
TRY TO NOT SAY THINGS THAT HURT PEOPLE'S FEELINGS AND I DON'T
HAVE TO TRY TO GET OVER BEING MAD AT PEOPLE.
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS WE DON'T HAVE TO TRY TO DO IF
WE FOCUS ON LOVE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
AS CHRISTIANS, WE'RE GREAT ABOUT TALKING ABOUT LOVE
AND THEORIZING ABOUT LOVE.
MAYBE ONE OF THE WORST-SELLING BOOKS I HAD WAS THE BOOK I WROTE
ON LOVE, HONESTLY.
IT WAS TERRIBLE.
IT WAS EMBARRASSING HOW BAD IT SOLD.
AND IT WASN'T BECAUSE IT WASN'T GOOD.
IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T PLACE A PRIORITY ON THAT.
IT WAS ABOUT FORGETTING ABOUT YOURSELF AND DOING
THINGS FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
WELL, YOU WRITE A BOOK LIKE THAT, DON'T EXPECT TO SELL MANY
COPIES.
I THOUGHT ABOUT WRITING ONE ON DYING TO SELF AND JUST, YOU
KNOW, I THINK I MAY JUST PUT OUT SOME REALLY GUT-WRENCHING BOOKS
IN THE LAST FEW YEARS OF MY LIFE AND JUST SEE, MAYBE IF YOU WON'T
READ 'EM, MAYBE THINGS GET BAD ENOUGH IN THE EARTH SOMEBODY
WILL COME ALONG A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW AND SAY, "I NEED THAT."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: LISTEN, THE BIBLE SAYS THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU KNOW THAT
YOU'VE PASSED OVER OUT OF DEATH INTO LIFE IS BY THE FACT THAT
YOU LOVE PEOPLE.
UNTIL WE LEARN HOW TO LOVE PEOPLE, WE'RE HELD IN
CONTINUAL DEATH.
OUR LIVES ARE JUST FULL OF DEATH.
SO HE TALKS A LOT ABOUT LOVE.
AND THEN, GET THIS.
"BUT IMMORALITY," VERSE 3, "(SEXUAL VICE) ALL IMPURITY OF
LUSTFUL, RICH, WASTEFUL LIVING]"
AND THAT DOESN'T SAY YOU CAN'T HAVE MONEY.
IT SAYS DON'T BE WASTEFUL, "OR GREEDINESS--"
AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE ALMOST--THEY'VE
BECOME ALMOST ACCEPTABLE SINS.
COVETOUSNESS.
"WELL, I WANT WHAT YOU'VE GOT."
WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS IT'S WRONG TO WANT WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE
HAS GOT.
WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT WE HAVE AND TRUST GOD TO GIVE US
WHAT HE WANTS US TO HAVE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "GREEDINESS MUST NOT EVEN BE NAMED AMONG YOU."
VERSE 4, "LET THERE BE NO FILTHINESS (OBSCENITY,
INDECENCY) NOR FOOLISH AND SINFUL (SILLY AND CORRUPT) TALK,
NOR COARSE JESTING," LIKE, DON'T BE TELLING DIRTY JOKES.
OKAY, LET'S TAKE IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL.
DON'T EVEN TELL SUGGESTIVELY, OFF-COLOR JOKES.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
GOD DOESN'T THINK THEY'RE FUNNY.
I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE, BROTHER.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I READ A STORY TODAY ABOUT A GROUP OF MEN THAT WERE
SITTING AROUND AND THEY WERE CHURCH MEN, GODLY MEN,
SUPPOSEDLY.
AND THERE WERE SOME LADIES THERE ALSO AND THEY'D ALL HAD DINNER
TOGETHER AND SO THE LADIES GOT UP TO GO IN ANOTHER ROOM TO DO
SOMETHING ELSE AND ONE OF THE MEN SAID, "OH, NOW THAT
THE LADIES ARE GONE, I HEARD THIS STORY TODAY THAT I
WANNA TELL YOU."
AND ONE OF THE, LIKE, REALLY GODLY MEN SAID, "WAIT A MINUTE,
BROTHER.
IF YOU CAN'T TELL IT IN FRONT OF THE LADIES, THEN DON'T TELL IT
TO US BECAUSE GOD'S GONNA HEAR YOU WHETHER THE LADIES ARE HERE
OR NOT."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU SEE, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO GET A LITTLE BIT
BRAVER EVEN WITH OUR FRIENDS AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE LOVE
AND JUST SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
I REALLY DON'T WANNA HEAR THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I REALLY DON'T--I DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T WANNA KEEP GOING THERE."
I MEAN, SOMEBODY THAT I KNOW GOT INTO SOME SIN RECENTLY AND, MAN,
EVERYBODY WAS JUST, LIKE, ASK--TALKING ABOUT IT AND TALK
'BOUT, TALK 'BOUT.
I FINALLY SAID, "I DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT IT.
I DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT IT ANYMORE.
WE DON'T NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT KIND OF STUFF."
YOU TALK ABOUT THINGS IF YOU NEED TO BUT YOU DON'T NEED TO
JUST KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT AND KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT AND KEEP
TALKING ABOUT IT JUST BECAUSE IT'S GOSSIPY.
BECAUSE IT FILLS YOU WITH DEATH.
IT DOESN'T FILL YOU FULL OF LIFE.
AND SINCE I'M OUT IN THE DEEP WATER, I MIGHT AS WELL
JUST KEEP GOING.
LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT--
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: OKAY, LISTEN, LET'S TALK ABOUT SEXUAL IMMORALITY
FOR A LITTLE BIT.
"WELL, DO YOU REALLY THINK, SISTER JOYCE, THAT WE SHOULD BE
TALKING ABOUT SEX IN CHURCH?" WELL, I THINK WE BETTER TALK
ABOUT IT HERE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I DON'T CARE WHAT MODERN CULTURE SAYS, THE BIBLE
SAYS THAT YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE SEX UNTIL YOU GET MARRIED.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I KNOW MARRIAGE IS NOT VERY POPULAR TODAY
AND PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, IT'S ONLY A PIECE OF PAPER."
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE PIECE OF PAPER, IT'S ABOUT
THE COMMITMENT.
IT'S ABOUT MAKING THAT COMMITMENT.
AND I REALLY RESPECT YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY WHO ARE TAKING VOWS
TO STAY PURE UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY GET MARRIED.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
NOW, LISTEN, THIS IS NOT UNDER CONDEMNATION.
IF YOU'VE ALREADY MADE MISTAKES THERE'S FORGIVENESS.
BUT DON'T JUST KEEP MAKING THEM OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
WE HAD A REALLY BEAUTIFUL THING HAPPEN IN A CONFERENCE THAT I
DID EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THERE WAS A COUPLE WHO'D BEEN LISTENING TO ME AND THEY'D
REALLY BEEN TOUCHED BY THE WORD AND THEY'D BEEN LIVING TOGETHER
FOR A LONG TIME.
AND THEY CAME TO MY CONFERENCE IN PHOENIX AND MADE A DECISION
THAT NIGHT, "IT'S TIME FOR US TO GET THINGS RIGHT," AND THEY WENT
AND TALKED TO PASTOR MIKE AND SAID THEY WERE GONNA MAKE THINGS
RIGHT, STOP LIVING LIKE THAT, MAKE A FULL COMMITMENT, AND GET
MARRIED RIGHT AWAY.
YOU KNOW SOMETHING?
IT'S TIME FOR US TO LIVE THE WAY GOD WANTS US TO LIVE,
NOT THE WAY THE WORLD SAYS IT'S OKAY TO LIVE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: LISTEN, YOUNG LADIES.
IT'S PERFECTLY OKAY TO SAY, "NO.
I DON'T CARE WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING.
MY ANSWER TO YOU IS 'NO.' AND IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT
FROM ME, YOU GOT THE WRONG PERSON," AMEN?
I HAD TO SAY THAT.
IMMORALITY.
USE WISDOM, LADIES, IN HOW YOU DRESS.
DON'T BE DRESSING IN SOME KIND OF PROVOCATIVE WAY THAT'S
GOING TO-- [AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, IT'S A SHAME WHEN YOU GOTTA GET UP IN
THE PULPIT IN FRONT OF THIS MANY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND TELL 'EM
HOW TO DRESS.
BUT HERE'S THE THING.
WE'RE TOO AFFECTED BY THE WORLD.
JUST BECAUSE IT'S FASHION, THAT DOESN'T MEAN I GET TO WEAR IT.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF PRETTY THINGS YOU COULD WEAR AND STILL
NOT HAVE HALF YOUR BODY HANGING OUT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WELL, I'M SURE I'VE GONE TO MEDDLING NOW BUT IT'S
TOO LATE TO TURN BACK.
PAUL WARNS OVER AND OVER AGAINST SEXUAL SIN, GREEDINESS,
INDECENCY.
C'MON, WHEN SOMETHING STUPID COMES ON YOUR TELEVISION, DON'T
WAIT TO SEE HOW STUPID IT'S GONNA GET BEFORE YOU
TURN IT OFF.
HEY, LISTEN, I DO THAT TOO ONCE IN A WHILE.
I THINK, "WELL, SURELY IT'S GONNA GET BETTER."
YOU KNOW WHAT?
IF IT AIN'T GOOD IN THE BEGINNING, IT'S NOT GONNA
GET BETTER, IT'S ONLY GONNA GET WORSE, AMEN?
IF I WATCH TELEVISION, I'M NOT JUST WATCHING A MOVIE I'VE
RENTED OR SOMETHING, I ACTUALLY WATCH IT WITH THE REMOTE CONTROL
IN MY HAND, WITH MY FINGER ON FAST FORWARD.
WE HAVE TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM THE JUNK THAT'S OUT
IN THE WORLD.
WE DON'T NEED THAT KIND OF STUFF COMING INTO US.
WELL, NOW I KNOW FOR SURE THAT ANYBODY WHO COMES BACK TOMORROW
IS REALLY SERIOUS.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: OKAY, LET'S LOOK AT CHAPTER--AT VERSE 5.
"BE SURE OF THIS: THAT NO PERSON PRACTICING SEXUAL VICE
OR IMPURITY IN THOUGHT OR IN LIFE--"
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT NOT DOING STUFF.
IT'S ABOUT NOT SITTING AROUND THINKING ABOUT DOING IT TOO.
AUDIENCE: AMEN.
JOYCE: "OR ONE WHO IS COVETOUSNESS--COVETOUS [WHO HAS
LUSTFUL DESIRE FOR THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS AND IS GREEDY FOR
GAIN]--FOR HE IS [IN EFFECT] AN IDOLATER--THAT PERSON, DON'T LET
HIM THINK THAT HE HAS ANY INHERITANCE IN THE KINGDOM OF
CHRIST AND OF GOD."
NOW, BOY, WHEN YOU READ THAT, IT GETS QUIET.
IT'S LIKE, "WELL, NOW, WAIT A MINUTE.
I'M NOT SAVED BY MY BEHAVIOR, I'M SAVED BY THE GRACE OF GOD."
YES, ABSOLUTELY, YOU'RE SAVED BY THE GRACE OF GOD, NOT YOUR
BEHAVIOR.
BUT I THINK I CAN ALSO GIVE YOU PROOF IN THE WORD OF GOD THAT
A PERSON WHO IS REALLY SAVED--
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T MAKE MISTAKES BUT I
WANT YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE WORD THAT I BELIEVE IS
THE KEY WORD IN THIS VERSE, "BE SURE OF THIS: THAT NO PERSON
PRACTICING," PRACTICING.
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN MAKING A MISTAKE OCCASIONALLY AND DOING
SOMETHING WRONG AND BEING SORRY AND REPENTING AND BEING WILLING
TO WALK AWAY FROM IT.
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THAT AND PRACTICING WRONG BEHAVIOR.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE CAN HAVE A RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH
GOD AND PRACTICE OVER AND OVER ALL KINDS OF SINFUL BEHAVIOR
AND SAY THAT WE'RE SAVED.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I THINK WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LOT
MORE TO BEING A CHRISTIAN THAN JUST PRAYING WHAT WE CALL
THE SINNER'S PRAYER.
IF A PERSON IS SINCERE, THAT'S NOT JUST A PRAYER THAT WE PRAY,
BUT WE GIVE OUR LIVES TO GOD.
AND WE--REPENTANCE MEANS TO TURN AROUND AND GO IN THE TOTALLY
OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM THE WAY YOU WERE LIVING.
WE CAN'T JUST RECEIVE CHRIST AND TACK HIM ONTO OUR MESS AND KEEP
THINKING THAT WE CAN JUST KEEP LIVING THE WAY THAT WE ARE
LIVING AND NOW IT'S ALL GONNA BE OKAY BECAUSE WE RECEIVED JESUS.
HE CHANGES US INTO HIS IMAGE, FROM GLORY TO GLORY TO GLORY.
I HAVE NOT ARRIVED.
YOU HAVE NOT ARRIVED.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I AM SPENDING EVERY LIVING BREATH
THAT I'VE GOT, PRESSING TOWARD THE MARK OF THE HIGH CALLING OF
GOD IN CHRIST JESUS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I HOPE SOMEBODY IN THIS ROOM IS BEING EVEN A LITTLE
BIT CHALLENGED.
"LEARN [IN YOUR EXPERIENCE]," VERSE 10, "WHAT IS PLEASING TO
GOD AND LIVE ACCORDINGLY."
CAN WE LEARN TO JUST LIVE TO PLEASE GOD?
YOU KNOW, WANTING TO PLEASE GOD SHOULD BE OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL.
GOD, I WANNA PLEASE YOU.
I WANNA DO WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO.
I WANNA REPRESENT YOU.
I WANNA GLORIFY YOU.
COLOSSIANS 1:10, "THAT YOU MAY WALK (LIVE AND CONDUCT
YOURSELVES) IN A MANNER WORTHY OF THE LORD, FULLY PLEASING TO
HIM AND DESIRING TO PLEASE HIM IN ALL THINGS, BEARING FRUIT IN
EVERY GOOD WORK AND STEADILY GROWING," GROWING.
DESIRE TO PLEASE GOD AND KEEP GROWING.
ARE YOU A GOD-PLEASER OR A MAN-PLEASER?
DO YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GONNA PLEASE GOD, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO
NOT PLEASE PEOPLE SOMETIMES?
YOU REALIZE THAT?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: LIKE THE THING WITH SEX.
YOU MAY NOT PLEASE YOUR BOYFRIEND, BUT LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING, YOU WILL PLEASE GOD.
AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE YOUR BOYFRIEND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO
ANSWER TO WHEN ALL THIS IS OVER.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU'RE NOT GONNA STAND BEFORE YOUR BOSS WHO WANTS YOU
TO HELP HIM STEAL SOMETHING OR LIE TO SOMEBODY AND GIVE
AN ACCOUNT TO HIM OF YOUR LIFE.
YOU'RE GONNA STAND BEFORE GOD AND I AM TOO.
AND SO NOW'S THE TIME TO MAKE THE BETTER DECISIONS
IN OUR LIFE.
NOW, I'M GONNA DO ABOUT THREE MORE VERSES AND THEN WE'RE GONNA
BE DONE FOR TONIGHT AND PICK THIS UP AGAIN TOMORROW.
DON'T GIVE YOUR LIFE TO YOUR EMOTIONS.
DON'T GIVE YOUR LIFE OVER TO YOUR MIND.
DON'T LET PEOPLE RUN YOUR LIFE.
WAKE UP, SLEEPY CHRISTIAN.
STAND UP, BE STRONG.
DON'T LET YOUR FLESH RULE YOU.
NOW HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS, "THEREFORE HE SAYS, AWAKE,
O SLEEPER, AND ARISE FROM THE DEAD, AND CHRIST SHALL SHINE
(AND MAKE DAY DAWN) UPON YOU AND GIVE YOU LIGHT.
LOOK CAREFULLY THEN HOW YOU WALK!
LIVE PURPOSEFULLY AND WORTHILY AND ACCURATELY, NOT AS
THE UNWISE AND THE WITLESS, BUT AS WISE (SENSIBLE, INTELLIGENT
PEOPLE), MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR TIME [BUYING UP EACH
OPPORTUNITY], BECAUSE THE DAYS ARE EVIL.
THEREFORE DO NOT BE VAGUE AND THOUGHTLESS AND FOOLISH,
BUT UNDERSTAND AND FIRMLY GRASP WHAT THE WILL OF THE LORD IS."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: SUCH POWERFUL SCRIPTURES.
HAVE A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE.
PLAN TO STUDY THE WORD.
PLAN TO PRAY.
PLAN IT.
PUT IT INTO YOUR SCHEDULE SOMEWHERE.
DON'T TRY TO WORK GOD INTO YOUR LIFE.
WORK YOUR LIFE AROUND GOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD BE HONEST AND SAY THAT YOU HAVE
A VERY DIFFICULT TIME TRYING TO DISCIPLINE YOURSELF TO SPEND
THAT REGULAR TIME WITH GOD ON A REGULAR BASIS?
IF I COULD GET DOWN ON MY KNEES AND BEG YOU, I WOULD BEG YOU
TO PRAY THROUGH AND MAKE THAT A PRIORITY IN YOUR LIFE.
BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT.
I WOULD RATHER THAT YOU SPEND A HALF AN HOUR QUALITY TIME WITH
GOD, PERSONAL FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD, THAN TO COME
TO MY CONFERENCE.
I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE AND I WANT YOU TO COME BACK TOMORROW BUT
I'M TELLING YOU WHAT, NOTHING I SAY IS GONNA STICK OR MAKE ANY
SENSE TO YOU IF YOU DON'T GO TO GOD AND ASK HIM TO PUT IT
TOGETHER IN YOUR LIFE.
PEOPLE CANNOT GIVE US WHAT WE NEED.
ONLY GOD CAN GIVE US WHAT WE NEED.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
WHAT DO I DO WHEN I SPEND TIME WITH GOD?"
LISTEN, I DON'T CARE IF YOU GO SIT SOMEWHERE AND JUST GO...
"WELL, LORD, HERE I AM.
I DUNNO WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO BUT HERE I AM.
I LOVE YOU.
I'M A MESS.
HELP ME.
IF YOU DON'T HELP ME, I'M DONE FOR.
WELL, LORD, I WANNA BEHAVE MYSELF TODAY BUT IT'S NOT GONNA
WORK IF YOU DON'T HELP ME.
SO I'M GETTING READY TO GO TO WORK AND I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE
TROUBLE IF YOU LEAVE ME ALONE FOR 1 MINUTE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SEE, THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO TALK TO GOD.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: DON'T GET IN WHAT YOU THINK IS PRAYER.
DON'T DO THIS, "O THOU HOLIEST, MOST HEAVENLIEST, MOST
AWESOMEST, AMAZINGEST FATHER."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: JUST DROP ALL THE RELIGIOUS PHONINESS.
WE'RE NOT IMPRESSING GOD WITH THAT NONSENSE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND JUST TALK TO HIM AND TELL HIM LIKE IT IS, AMEN?
JOYCE: WELL, BE INTENTIONAL WITH YOUR PURSUIT OF GOD.
MAKE A COMMITMENT TO THE ONE WHO CAN MEET ALL OF YOUR NEEDS.
THERE'S A LOT MORE IN THIS CHAPTER THAT YOU DON'T WANNA
MISS OUT ON.
SO PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TODAY'S OFFER.
THE EPHESIANS ACTION PLAN.
IT'S SIX TEACHINGS ON DVD AND CD, THE STUDY GUIDE, AND THE
WHOLE BOOK OF EPHESIANS THAT WE'VE PUT INTO A SPECIAL LITTLE
BOOKLET FOR YOU.
YOU CAN CARRY IT AROUND WITH YOU, YOU CAN READ IT OVER
AND OVER.
I THINK YOU'RE GONNA REALLY ENJOY THESE RESOURCES.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
THIS WOULD BE A GREAT GIFT TO GIVE SOMEONE THAT YOU KNOW LOVES
TO STUDY THE BIBLE OR WANTS TO STUDY.
IT'S ALSO GREAT FOR HOME GROUP BIBLE STUDIES.
SO I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE VERY VALUABLE.
ENJOY YOUR DAY AND THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
ANNOUNCER: "FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING AND ACTIVE,
SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD, ABLE TO JUDGE
THE THOUGHTS AND INTENTIONS OF THE HEART."
FOR A LIMITED TIME, WE'RE OFFERING A BIBLE STUDY
OF EPHESIANS ACTION PLAN.
JOYCE TEACHES THE ENTIRE BOOK WITH YOU.
JOYCE: IF I STUDY YOUR WORD, THE WORD HAS THE POWER TO
CHANGE ME.
I CAN'T CHANGE ME.
YOU CAN CHANGE ME.
ANNOUNCER: INSIDE THE ACTION PLAN IS A PERSONAL STUDY GUIDE.
THEN, WE'VE INCLUDED THE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE EPHESIANS AND
SIX TEACHINGS ON CD AND DVD.
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, TAKE NOTES, AND JOURNAL WHAT GOD
SHOWS YOU THROUGH THIS STUDY.
THESE HELPS WILL WALK YOU THROUGH EACH CHAPTER,
VERSE BY VERSE.
IT'S LIKE DOING A BIBLE STUDY TOGETHER WITH JOYCE.
GET IT FOR YOUR PERSONAL STUDY OR GROUP.
ALL THIS CAN BE YOURS FOR A DONATION OF...
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ANNOUNCER: WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE TRUST IS DIFFICULT TO GAIN
AND EASILY BROKEN, YET WE ALL NEED A SAFE PLACE WHERE WE CAN
TRUST FEARLESSLY.
COME, CONNECT WITH THE ONE WHO WON'T LET YOU DOWN, WHOSE LOVE
FOR YOU NEVER, EVER FAILS AT THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY
LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE, FEATURING JOYCE MEYER,
AND HER GUESTS, JOEL OSTEEN, JOHN GRAY,
MICHAEL W. SMITH, CHRIS TOMLIN, CECE WINANS, RUTH GRAHAM,
AND DAVE MEYER.
JOYCE: YOU WANNA REALLY MAKE THE DEVIL MAD, TRUST GOD AND
ENJOY YOUR LIFE WHILE GOD IS SOLVING YOUR PROBLEM.
JOEL: SO, QUIT TRYING TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT AND SAY, "GOD,
I'M GONNA TAKE THE LIMITS OFF OF YOU.
I KNOW ONE TOUCH OF YOUR FAVOR CAN GET ME TO WHERE I'M SUPPOSED
TO BE."
ANNOUNCER: VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG
AND REGISTER TODAY.
THE 2017 LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE.
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
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JOIN US IN PARTNERSHIP AS WE SHARE THE LOVE OF CHRIST
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