ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: TONIGHT I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
THE CONDITION OF YOUR HEART.
WHAT IS THE CONDITION OF YOUR HEART AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT
YOUR PHYSICAL HEART.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE HEART OF MAN, THE DEEPEST PART OF OUR
BEING, WHAT GOD CALLS OUR HEART.
ARE YOU CONTENT?
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE?
YOU KNOW, GOD CALLS US TO HAVE A PERFECT HEART.
AND THE WORD "PERFECT" CAN BE VERY FRIGHTENING TO US BUT I CAN
TELL YOU THIS THAT I DON'T BELIEVE AS LONG AS WE'RE IN
A HUMAN BODY WE'LL EVER HAVE PERFECT BEHAVIOR BUT I DO
BELIEVE THAT WE CAN HAVE A PERFECT HEART.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU'RE NOT SURE, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND IT HAPPENS THROUGH GROWING, THROUGH GROWING.
NONE OF US HAVE ARRIVED, BUT WE CAN GROW.
AND I LOVE BELIEVERS, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE MOMENT
THAT WE'RE BORN AGAIN THEN GOD NO LONGER HAS ANY INTEREST
IN DOING ANYTHING WITH US.
I WAS A MISERABLE BELIEVER FOR A LOT OF YEARS IN MY LIFE.
AMEN?
AND I'M GLAD THAT GOD CARES ABOUT THOSE OF US THAT ARE SAVED
AND HE SENDS PEOPLE TO WORK WITH US TO HELP US HAVE THE LIFE
THAT JESUS DIED TO GIVE US.
I WANT YOU TO HAVE THE LIFE THAT JESUS DIED IN ORDER FOR YOU
TO HAVE.
PAUL SAID, "I'M DETERMINED TO TAKE HOLD OF THOSE THINGS FOR
WHICH CHRIST JESUS DIED TO TAKE HOLD OF ME."
JESUS DIED TO TAKE HOLD OF US FOR A PURPOSE AND WE HAVE TO
HAVE THE ATTITUDE, "I'M GONNA TAKE HOLD OF THAT THING FOR
WHICH HE HAS TAKEN HOLD OF ME."
I'M GONNA GROW.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: MAKE THE DEVIL MAD, SHOUT OUT, "I'M GONNA GROW!"
AUDIENCE: I'M GONNA GROW!
JOYCE: I LOVE IT.
NOW, IN PHILIPPIANS 3:12 PAUL SAID, "NOT THAT I HAVE
ATTAINED THIS IDEAL."
I'VE NOT ARRIVED.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT'S ARRIVED?
ANYBODY WANT TO GIVE ARRIVAL LESSONS?
I'VE NOT ARRIVED.
I MAKE MISTAKES, BUT I'M ACTUALLY AT THE POINT WHERE I'M
REALLY HAPPY WHEN GOD CONVICTS ME OF WRONGDOING IN MY LIFE.
I MEAN I REMEMBER THE DAY WHEN I WOULD GET CONVICTED OF DOING
SOMETHING WRONG AND IT WOULD ALWAYS GET ME DOWN.
"HOW COULD ANYBODY HAVE THAT MUCH WRONG WITH THEM?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON, DON'T GET LIKE THAT.
WHEN GOD SHOWS YOU THAT SOMETHING, THAT YOU DID
SOMETHING WRONG, YOU SHOULD REJOICE.
THANK GOD HE DOESN'T LEAVE US ALONE IN OUR MESSES.
THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN TO ANY ONE OF US IS GOD
WOULD LEAVE US ALONE.
AND CHASTISEMENT IS A SIGN OF GOD'S LOVE.
WHEN GOD CHASTISES US OR WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT CONVICTS US OF
WRONGDOING, WHETHER IT'S YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT, DON'T
THINK LIKE THAT, DON'T ACT LIKE THAT, DON'T BE SELFISH, DON'T BE
STINGY, DON'T BE BITTER, DON'T BE JEALOUS, WHENEVER GOD
CONVICTS US OF SIN, WE NEED TO SAY, "THANK YOU, GOD, FOR LOVING
ME ENOUGH TO STAY AFTER ME UNTIL I GET THIS RIGHT."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
PAUL SAID, "I HAVE NOT ATTAINED [THIS IDEAL], NOR HAVE ALREADY
BEEN MADE PERFECT, BUT I PRESS ON TO LAY HOLD OF AND TO (GRASP)
AND TO MAKE MY OWN, THAT FOR WHICH CHRIST JESUS (THE MESSIAH)
HAS LAID HOLD OF ME AND MADE ME HIS OWN."
EPHESIANS 4:15 SAYS THAT WE ARE TO GROW UP IN EVERY WAY AND IN
ALL THINGS INTO THE TRUTH.
"LET OUR LIVES LOVINGLY EXPRESS TRUTH [IN ALL THINGS, SPEAKING
TRULY, DEALING TRULY, LIVING TRULY].
ENFOLDED IN LOVE, LET US GROW UP, LET US GROW UP IN EVERY WAY
AND IN ALL THINGS INTO HIM WHO IS THE HEAD,
CHRIST (THE MESSIAH]"
THIS IS THE TRUTH.
THE WORD OF GOD IS THE TRUTH.
WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT IN THE MORNING ABOUT SOME
OF THE NONSENSE FLOATING AROUND IN THE EARTH TODAY
ABOUT WELL, THERE IS NO, THERE'S NO DEFINITE TRUTH.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, RELATIVE TRUTH BUT NO
REAL TRUTH.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, I MEAN TRUTH JUST CAN'T BE A WHOLE
BUNCH OF THINGS DEPENDING ON WHAT EVERYBODY THINKS IT IS.
THE VERY NATURE OF TRUTH MEANS ONLY ONE THING CAN BE TRUE.
AMEN?
AND I MEAN, WHO ARE WE GONNA BELIEVE IF WE DON'T WANT TO
BELIEVE GOD?
I MEAN IS IT REALLY ANYTHING BETTER THAT YOU'D WANT TO BASE
YOUR LIFE ON?
YOU BETTER BE SURE.
NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
1 PETER 2, GONNA BEGIN IN VERSE 1.
LET ME TELL YA, I GOT A BOATLOAD OF SCRIPTURES UP HERE.
"SO BE DONE WITH EVERY TRACE OF WICKEDNESS," NOT EVEN A LITTLE,
TEENY-TINY LITTLE BIT.
"BE DONE WITH EVERY TRACE OF WICKEDNESS (DEPRAVITY,
MALIGNITY) AND ALL DECEIT AND INSINCERITY (PRETENSE,
HYPOCRISY) AND GRUDGES (ENVY, JEALOUSY]"
I'M TELLING YA, JEALOUSY GETS IN ME ONCE IN A WHILE.
I GOTTA, "GOD, I AM NOT GONNA PUT UP WITH THIS.
I REFUSE TO BE JEALOUS.
I'M NOT GONNA WANT WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE HAS GOT.
YOU'VE GIVEN ME TOO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL--"
YOU GOTTA FIGHT THE DEVIL.
YOU GOTTA FIGHT THE DEVIL.
"OH, I WISH I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THIS."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THE KINGDOM OF GOD HAS SUFFERED VIOLENCE AND
THE VIOLENT TAKE IT BY FORCE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
"AND GET RID OF ALL SLANDER AND EVIL SPEAKING OF EVERY KIND.
LIKE NEWBORN BABIES YOU SHOULD CRAVE (THIRST FOR, EARNESTLY
DESIRE) THE PURE (UNADULTERATED) SPIRITUAL MILK, THAT BY IT YOU
MAY BE NURTURED AND GROW UNTO [COMPLETED] SALVATION."
I REMEMBER WHEN THE LORD TOLD ME ONE TIME, "IT'S TIME FOR
YOUR MOUTH TO BE SAVED."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COMPLETED SALVATION HAS TO REACH YOUR MOUTH, YOUR
MIND, THE WAY YOU DRESS, WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR MONEY, WHO YOU
HANG OUT WITH, WHAT YOU TALK ABOUT, WHAT YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY
ON, WHAT KIND OF ENTERTAINMENT YOU HAVE.
AMEN?
COME ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YEAH HE SAID, "YOU'RE SAVED, BUT YOU DON'T
SOUND SAVED.
YOUR MOUTH NEEDS TO GET SAVED."
COULD ANYBODY ELSE USE A LITTLE SALVATION THERE?
OH, I GOT ALL KINDS OF STUFF ON THE RESOURCE TABLE FOR THAT,
MAN, WHOO!
I GOT BOOKS. I GOT DVDS.
I GOT CDS.
GROW.
VERSE 3, "SINCE YOU'VE [ALREADY]
TASTED THE GOODNESS AND THE KINDNESS OF GOD."
I KIND OF WISH THAT VERSE 3 WAS FIRST BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S
REALLY THE INTENT HERE.
WHAT IF WE READ IT LIKE THIS, "SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY TASTED
THE GOODNESS AND THE KINDNESS OF GOD, NOW BE DONE WITH EVERY
TRACE OF WICKEDNESS, (DEPRAVITY, MALIGNITY) ALL DECEIT,
INSINCERITY JEALOUSY OF EVERY KIND AND LIKE NEWBORN BABES,
CRAVE THE PURE, UNADULTERATED, SPIRITUAL MILK, WHICH IS
THE WORD OF GOD."
HOW CAN WE SEE THE GOODNESS OF GOD AND WHAT HE'S DONE FOR US
AND NOT WANT TO BE BETTER?
I WANT TO BE BETTER BECAUSE I LOVE JESUS.
I DON'T HAVE TO TRY TO BE BETTER EVERY DAY SO I'LL GO TO HEAVEN.
MY SALVATION IS BASED ON MY FAITH, BUT IF YOU HAVE
REAL FAITH, IF FAITH IS REAL, IF WE'RE TRULY BORN AGAIN, IF GOD
REALLY LIVES IN US, THEN WE ABSOLUTELY CANNOT STAY THE SAME.
IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO BE BORN AGAIN AND NEVER CHANGE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IT IS JUST NOT POSSIBLE.
ARE YOU BEHAVING ANY BETTER THAN YOU WERE LAST YEAR?
OF COURSE.
LAST TIME I WAS HERE WAS 2012.
ARE YOU BEHAVING ANY BETTER SINCE THE LAST TIME THAT I WAS
HERE?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WE'RE GROWING.
OH MY GOSH, MY HUSBAND COULD COME UP HERE AND TELL YOU HOW
MUCH I'VE GROWN.
LORD HAVE MERCY, I'M TELLING YOU WHAT, IN 48 YEARS HE'S BEEN
MARRIED TO 20 DIFFERENT WOMEN.
I JUST KEEP CHANGING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THERE'S NO TELLING WHO HE'LL BE MARRIED TO NEXT YEAR.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: JOYCE MEYER VERSION NUMBER 42.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN HERE HONESTLY,
YOU CAN JUST SAY THAT YOU ARE JUST A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSON
THAN YOU USED TO BE?
WELL NOW, FOLKS LOOK AROUND YOU, WE'RE NOT ALL CRAZY AND WE'RE
NOT ALL LIARS, SO THERE MUST BE SOMETHING IN THIS WONDERFUL WORD
THAT IS CHANGING PEOPLE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAY TO ME, "YOU'VE CHANGED MY LIFE."
WELL, IT'S THE WORD THAT'S CHANGED YOUR LIFE.
"WE LOVE YOU."
WELL, YOU KNOW REALLY WHAT YOU LOVE IS THE WORD.
I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY IT.
I'M JUST A WORD GIRL.
I JUST BELIEVE THE WORD OF GOD AND I LOVE TO SHARE
THE WORD OF GOD.
AND I'LL TELL YA WHAT, IF WE BELIEVE THE WORD, AND WE EAT
THE WORD, AND WE LOVE THE WORD, AND WE LIVE IN THE WORD, WE
CLING TO THE WORD, THINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE IN OUR LIVES.
I ATTENDED CHURCH FOR MANY YEARS WITHOUT GROWING SPIRITUALLY.
GOING AND SITTING, YOU CAN SIT IN A CHURCH PEW UNTIL YOUR CUTE
LITTLE BOTTOM IS TOTALLY FLAT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND HAS CALLOUSES ON IT FROM YOU SITTING THERE, AND
IT WILL NOT CHANGE YOU ONE BIT UNLESS YOU REALLY ARE HEARING
SOMETHING.
DON'T JUST GO SIT SOMEWHERE OUT OF SOME KIND OF OBLIGATION, GET
SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY'RE ALIVE AND ON FIRE WITH THE WORD OF
GOD, WHERE THE TRUTH IS BEING SPOKEN AND LOVE THE WORD.
DON'T GO OUT OF OBLIGATION, GO BECAUSE YOU CAN'T STAND NOT
TO BE THERE.
"WELL, IF I LEAVE, GRANNY'S GONNA GET MAD."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I KNOW, GRANNY GOT MAD AT ME TOO BUT--
AND IT DOES NOT MATTER TO ME WHAT DENOMINATION
YOU GO TO, I DON'T CARE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE IN HEAVEN
ANYWAY.
BUT THE POINT IS IS WE GOTTA BE SOMEWHERE THAT IS ALIVE AND ON
FIRE WITH THE GLORY OF GOD, WHERE THE WORD IS BEING PREACHED
IN A WAY THAT IS CHALLENGING US AND CHANGING OUR LIVES.
IF YOU CAN GO AND SLEEP THROUGH CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY, YOU BETTER
GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: 'CAUSE YOU GO TO SLEEP IN MY PLACE, WE'RE GONNA COME
AND WAKE YOU UP.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YEAH, JESUS.
ALL RIGHT NOW, ONE OF MY VERY FAVORITE PLACES IN SCRIPTURE IS
COMING UP RIGHT NOW.
HEBREWS 5:12, "FOR EVEN THOUGH
BY THIS TIME YOU OUGHT TO BE TEACHING OTHERS, YOU ACTUALLY
NEED SOMEONE TO TEACH YOU OVER AGAIN THE VERY FIRST PRINCIPLES
OF GOD'S WORD.
YOU HAVE COME TO NEED MILK, NOT SOLID FOOD."
JUST LIKE BABIES, THEY START OUT ON MILK AND THE GOAL IS TO GET
THEM ON OVER TO MEAT AND VEGETABLES.
AMEN?
EVENTUALLY THE BABY BOTTLE, AND THE DIAPERS, AND THE PACIFIER
HAS TO GO.
FOR EVERYONE WHO CONTINUES TO FEED ON MILK, WHICH IS REALLY
TALKING ABOUT THE MILK OF THE WORD AND THE MEAT OF THE WORD,
IT'S LIKE THERE'S MESSAGES AND THEN THERE'S MESSAGES.
AMEN?
I MEAN LIKE, I'M GETTING READY TO TEACH SOME MESSAGES COMING UP
NEXT YEAR ON THE FIRE OF GOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: JOHN SAID, "JESUS WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY GHOST
AND WITH FIRE."
WELL, WE DON'T HEAR MUCH ABOUT THAT 'CAUSE THE CROWD GETS
SMALLER EVERY WEEK IF YOU TRY TO TEACH ON THE FIRE OF GOD.
AND SO, THERE'S--IT'S GREAT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, AND TO EDIFY
PEOPLE, AND TO TELL THEM HOW MUCH GOD LOVES THEM, AND HOW
SWEET THEY ARE, AND HOW ANOINTED THEY ARE, AND ALL THE GOOD
THINGS THAT GOD'S GONNA DO IN THEIR LIFE.
WE NEED THAT, BUT WE NEED MORE THAN THAT.
WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE THAN THAT.
AND PAUL SAID, HE COULDN'T, HE COULD NOT GIVE MANY OF THEM
THE MEAT OF THE WORD.
HE HAD TO KEEP GIVING THEM MILK.
NOW WATCH THIS, THIS IS WHY I LOVE THIS SCRIPTURE SO MUCH.
"EVERYONE," VERSE 13, "EVERYONE WHO CONTINUES TO FEED ON MILK IS
OBVIOUSLY INEXPERIENCED AND UNSKILLED IN THE DOCTRINE
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS."
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHO THEY WERE IN CHRIST.
THEY WERE INSECURE.
THEY WEREN'T GETTING THEIR WORTH AND VALUE OUT OF BEING THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN CHRIST AND SO EVERY TIME A STRONG WORD
WOULD COME THAT CONFRONTED THEIR BEHAVIOR, THAT MADE THEM MORE
AND MORE INSECURE SO PAUL HAD TO JUST KEEP TRYING TO GET THEM TO
FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES.
I TELL YA WHAT, ANYTIME I WANT TO HAVE A HAPPY CROWD, ALL I
GOTTA DO IS TEACH ON WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST.
AND I DO THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS 'CAUSE PEOPLE NEED IT.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST, THAT'S THE BEGINNING
AND THE FOUNDATION OF SO MANY THINGS, BUT IF YOU'RE HAVING
A HEALTHY DIET OF THE WORD, IF YOU'RE UNDER A TEACHER OR A
UNDER A PASTOR WHO'S GIVING YOU A HEALTHY DIET OF THE WORD OF
GOD, THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING TO TEACH YOU ABOUT THOSE THINGS,
THEY'RE GONNA ALSO TELL YOU STRAIGHTEN UP, GET YOURSELF OFF
YOUR MIND.
GET BUSY BEING A BLESSING TO OTHER PEOPLE.
GET READY FOR THE SECOND RETURN OF CHRIST. GET--
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND WE NEED THAT.
WE NEED THAT.
IF SOMEBODY WERE TO SAY TO ME, "WHAT DO YOU THINK THE BIGGEST
PROBLEM IS IN THE CHURCH?" I HAVE ALWAYS SAID AND WILL
CONTINUE TO SAY, WE JUST NEED TO GROW UP.
WE JUST NEED TO GROW UP.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET MAD EVERY TIME YOU DON'T GET YOUR WAY.
DON'T GOTTA GET ALL DOWN ON GOD BECAUSE YOU PRAYED FOR SOMETHING
AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
SOMEBODY ELSE GOT WHAT YOU WANTED.
GOD DIDN'T PICK YOU FOR THE CHOIR.
GOD DIDN'T PICK YOU FOR THE WORSHIP LEADER.
"OH NO, I'M MAD 'CAUSE GOD DIDN'T PICK ME AND I'M LEAVING
THIS CHURCH BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T PICK ME."
WELL, YOU OLE SILLY THING YOU, YOU JUST TAKE YOUR PROBLEMS AND
GO TO ANOTHER CHURCH AND YOU'LL LEAVE THAT ONE TOO.
AMEN?
OH WELL.
HOW MANY OF YOU AGREE THAT IT'S TIME TO JUST GET OVER OUR SWEET
LITTLE SELVES?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "FOR EVEN THOUGH BY THIS TIME YOU SHOULD BE TEACHING
OTHERS."
HOW MANY TIMES ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO HEAR THE SAME THING?
AND I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE ALL NEED TO HEAR THE SAME STUFF OVER
AND OVER AND OVER TO BE REMINDED, BUT I THINK GOD'S JUST
TRYING TO SAY IT'S TIME TO GET ON WITH IT,
TIME TO GET ON WITH IT.
VERSE 14, "BUT SOLID FOOD IS FOR FULL-GROWN MEN, WHOSE SENSES
AND MENTAL FACULTIES ARE TRAINED BY PRACTICE."
CHAPTER 6, VERSE 1 SAYS, "THEN LET US GO ON AND GET PAST THIS
ELEMENTARY STAGE IN TEACHING."
LET'S GO ON TO MORE ADVANCED TEACHING.
I WOULD LOVE IT WHEN I SIT DOWN TO DO A TEACHING ON GIVING IF
PEOPLE WOULD CLAP AND CHEER AND UNDERLINE IN THEIR BIBLES AND--
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
INSTEAD OF ACTING LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET IN THEIR POCKET.
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, I DIDN'T WRITE THE BOOK.
HE'S THE ONE THAT SAID ALL THE STUFF ABOUT IT, NOT ME.
AMEN?
I TELL YA, IT'S HARD SOMETIMES ON TEACHERS AND PREACHERS WHEN
THEY TRY TO BRING SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HEAR,
YOU KNOW?
SO, I DON'T CARE WHAT I PREACH THIS WEEKEND, I WANT YOU
TO SMILE.
ALL RIGHT, IF WE ALWAYS WANT TO GROW, GOD CAN SHOW HIMSELF
STRONG IN US.
AND WE HAVE NOW CONQUERED TWO POINTS OF MY
SEVEN-POINT MESSAGE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NUMBER THREE, A PERSON WITH A PERFECT HEART IS FULLY
COMMITTED.
EVERYBODY SAY, "ALL."
AUDIENCE: ALL.
JOYCE: OH, THAT'S SUCH A SMALL WORD
WITH SUCH A BIG MEANING, ALL.
AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH
ALL YOUR SOUL, WITH ALL OF YOUR MIND.
ALL.
AND YOU SHALL GIVE THANKS IN ALL THINGS AT ALL TIMES.
MMM, ALL.
ROMANS 12:1, "I APPEAL TO YOU THEREFORE, BRETHREN,
AND I BEG OF YOU IN VIEW OF [ALL] THE MERCIES
OF GOD, TO MAKE A DECISIVE DEDICATION OF YOUR BODIES
[PRESENTING ALL YOUR MEMBERS AND FACULTIES] AS A LIVING
SACRIFICE, HOLY (DEVOTED, CONSECRATED), WELL PLEASING TO
GOD, WHICH IS YOUR REASONABLE (RATIONAL, INTELLIGENT) SERVICE
AND SPIRITUAL WORSHIP."
IT KIND OF GOES LIKE THIS, "OKAY GOD, HERE I AM.
I'M GOING OUT IN THE WORLD TODAY, AND I OFFER MYSELF TO YOU
AS YOUR VESSEL.
I GIVE YOU MY EYES.
I GIVE YOU MY EARS."
SO, IF I GIVE HIM MY EARS THEN THAT MEANS I'M NOT GONNA SIT AT
THE LUNCH TABLE AND LISTEN TO AND LAUGH AT DIRTY JOKES.
LET'S KIND OF GET IT PRACTICAL SO WE KNOW WHAT IT MEANS.
I GIVE YOU MY MOUTH, SO THAT MEANS I'M NOT GONNA GOSSIP AT
WORK WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.
I'M NOT GONNA COMPLAIN ABOUT LITTLE INCONVENIENCES.
YEAH, DON'T GET QUIET ON ME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SEE, NOW YOU'RE THINKING, OH MY GOSH, NOW
SOMETHING'S GONNA HAVE TO CHANGE.
YOU'RE A CHOSEN RACE, A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, GOD'S OWN PURCHASED
SPECIAL PEOPLE.
HE CALLED YOU OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT.
OKAY NOW, I LOVE THESE SCRIPTURES.
THIS IS GENESIS 11:31-32, "TERAH TOOK ABRAM HIS SON,
LOT THE SON OF HARAN, HIS GRANDSON, AND SARAI
HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, HIS SON ABRAM'S WIFE, AND THEY WENT
FORTH TOGETHER TO GO FROM UR OF THE CHALDEES
INTO THE LAND OF CANAAN," WHICH WAS THE PROMISED LAND.
"BUT," EVERYBODY SAY, "BUT."
"BUT WHEN THEY CAME TO HARAN, THEY SETTLED THERE."
THAT SCRIPTURE AMAZES ME.
I BELIEVE THAT GOD ACTUALLY CALLED TERAH BEFORE HE CALLED
ABRAHAM.
HE CALLED HIM OUT TO GO TO CANAAN JUST LIKE HE DID ABRAHAM,
BUT TERAH SETTLED BEFORE HE GOT WHERE HE WAS GOING.
NOW, LISTEN TO THIS NEXT VERSE.
LISTEN TO THIS.
AND TERAH, AND THIS IS THE ONLY THING THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT TERAH
AFTER THAT.
"AND TERAH LIVED 205 YEARS; AND TERAH DIED IN HARAN," PERIOD,
END OF TERAH.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WHEN YOU SETTLE HALFWAY BETWEEN WHERE
YOU WERE AND WHERE GOD WANTS YOU TO BE,
COME ON, HE CALLED US OUT TO BRING US IN.
HE CALLED US OUT OF BONDAGE TO BRING US INTO THE FULL
PROMISES OF GOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HE CALLED US OUT TO BRING US IN.
AND I'LL TELL YA WHAT, I'VE MADE MY MIND UP WHEN I'M GONE,
THE PEOPLE LEFT BEHIND BETTER HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT ME THAN,
"JOYCE LIVED 95 YEARS, AND SHE DIED."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE ALL THAT'S LEFT.
"AND JOYCE LIVED 95 YEARS, AND SHE DIED."
NO.
"AND JOYCE LIVED, AND SHE WROTE 150 BOOKS AND WE'RE STILL
READING THEM."
AND WE ALL SHOULD WANT TO HAVE THAT KIND OF TESTIMONY.
DON'T JUST FLOAT THROUGH HERE AND NOT LEAVE A MARK AND NOBODY
CARE WHEN YOU'RE GONE AND HALF THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW BE GLAD
WHEN YOU'RE GONE.
GO THROUGH HERE, LEAVE A MARK, MAKE THE DEVIL MAD.
BE ALL THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO BE AND SAY, "I WILL NOT SETTLE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "I AM NOT GONNA SETTLE!"
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WELL, KEEP IN MIND THAT THE CONDITION OF YOUR HEART
IS IMPORTANT.
HAVING A PERFECT HEART DOES NOT MEAN THAT OUR BEHAVIOR IS
PERFECT.
A GOOD CHARACTERISTIC OF A PERFECT HEART IS A DESIRE
TO GROW SPIRITUALLY.
WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU CAN EXPECT GOD TO REALLY SHOW HIMSELF
STRONG IN YOU.
AND JUST TO HELP YOU CONTINUE TO GROW SPIRITUALLY, TODAY WE'RE
OFFERING YOU SOME RESOURCES THAT ARE JUST REALLY ALL ABOUT
THE WORD.
FIRST, A LITTLE BOOK THAT WE CALL, "THE SECRET POWER OF
SPEAKING GOD'S WORD OUT LOUD."
WE FONDLY CALL IT THE PURPLE BOOK BECAUSE IT IS PURPLE,
AND IT'S JUST ABOUT THAT.
IT'S ABOUT CONFESSING THE WORD OF GOD OUT LOUD, AND WE HAVE
THIS DIVIDED UP INTO LIKE DIFFERENT SECTIONS.
SO, LET'S JUST SAY LIKE IF YOU'RE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH,
YOU'RE ANGRY, WELL, YOU CAN GO TO THE SECTION ON ANGER AND
CONFESS THESE SCRIPTURES OUT LOUD ABOUT WHAT THE WORD SAYS
ABOUT NOT BEING ANGRY AND THEY WILL ACTUALLY REALLY HELP YOU
TO CALM DOWN.
AND THEN ALSO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I PUT TOGETHER RECENTLY.
I WENT INTO THE STUDIO AND I READ SCRIPTURES IN LIKE THERE'S
PROBABLY 15 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
THIS IS A GREAT WAY JUST TO HAVE THE WORD PLAYING IN THE
BACKGROUND AS YOU'RE DOING DIFFERENT THINGS, AND YOU'D BE
SURPRISED HOW MUCH OF IT WILL GET INTO YOUR HEART AS YOU
DO THAT.
SO, WE OFFER THESE RESOURCES TO YOU ON A REGULAR BASIS BECAUSE I
REALLY WANT YOU TO HAVE THE WORD ON A REGULAR BASIS.
NOW LISTEN, THIS IS THE DAY THE LORD HAS MADE AND YOU CAN
REJOICE AND BE GLAD.
SO, JUST MAKE A DECISION TO DO THAT.
GOD BLESS YOU.
JOYCE: I THINK SOMETIMES THE GREATEST THING YOU CAN HAVE
TO YOUR BENEFIT IS JUST TO BE DETERMINED THAT YOU ARE NEVER
GOING TO GIVE UP.
ISAIAH 40, VERSE 31 SAYS, "BUT THOSE WHO HOPE IN THE LORD
WILL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH.
THEY WILL SOAR ON WINGS LIKE EAGLES.
THEY WILL RUN AND NOT GROW WEARY.
THEY WILL WALK AND THEY WILL NOT FAINT."
ANNOUNCER: TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING SCRIPTURES TO
STRENGTHEN AND ENCOURAGE YOU ENTITLED,
"GOD'S WORD FOR YOUR LIFE."
THESE ARE ALL READ BY JOYCE AND INCLUDE TOPICS SUCH AS RECEIVING
GOD'S LOVE, FAVOR, HOPE, WAITING ON GOD'S TIMING, AND MUCH MORE.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO ADD "THE SECRET POWER OF SPEAKING
GOD'S WORD" GIFT EDITION TO THIS OFFER.
THESE PROMISES ARE ORGANIZED BY TOPIC TO FIND THE RIGHT
SCRIPTURE QUICKLY AND SMALL ENOUGH TO BE A GOOD POCKET
COMPANION.
CALL US TODAY...
OR VISIT US AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
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.
SAINT 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
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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.
ANNOUNCER: EVERYONE LOVES THE FEELING OF A FRESH MAKEOVER.
WELL, THIS SUMMER, LET'S FOCUS ON WHAT REALLY MATTERS.
IT'S TIME FOR JOYCE'S SUMMER MAKEOVER,
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INSPIRING MESSAGES, SCRIPTURES, AND MORE, TO KEEP YOU
MOVING FORWARD.
THEN CONTINUE YOUR MAKEOVER WITH JOYCE ON
"ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE" IN AUGUST FOR A SPECIAL MONTH
OF SHOWS TO HELP SHAPE THE NEW YOU.
LET GOD'S WORD GIVE YOU THE ULTIMATE SUMMER MAKEOVER.
SIGN UP TODAY AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
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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