ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: I WANT YOU TO REALIZE THAT JESUS IS CONCERNED ABOUT
EVERYTHING THAT CONCERNS YOU, AND HE WANTS TO BE INVOLVED IN
EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
BUT HE IS A GENTLEMAN, AND HE'S NOT GOING TO FORCE HIS WAY INTO
YOUR LIFE.
YOU HAVE NOT BECAUSE YOU ASK NOT.
SO, JUST START INVITING HIM INTO EVERYTHING, AND YOU'LL BE AMAZED
AT THE DIFFERENCE THAT YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR LIFE.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: WELL, WELCOME TO "ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE," AND
I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE WITH US TODAY.
AND I BELIEVE, WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD OF GOD THAT I'M GOING TO
SHARE TODAY, THAT IT WILL HELP YOU TO ENJOY YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE
BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO HELP YOU ENJOY GOD.
AND REALLY, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN ENJOY YOUR
EVERYDAY LIFE.
NOW, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO SOME THINGS THAT WOULD BE FUN,
BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT JUST ORDINARY, EVERYDAY LIFE THAT CAN
GET SO HUMDRUM IF WE DON'T LOOK AT IT THE RIGHT WAY.
WHEN YOU HAVE THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THROUGH
CHRIST, YOU CAN ENJOY THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE
ABLE TO ENJOY AT ALL.
I WANT STABILITY IN MY LIFE, AND I'M SURE YOU WANT THAT TOO.
I DON'T WANT MY JOY TO BE AFFECTED BY MY CIRCUMSTANCES
ALL THE TIME.
I WANT IT TO BE IN CHRIST.
SO TODAY, I'M GOING TO TEACH FROM PHILIPPIANS CHAPTER 3, AND
I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY BE DOING THE FIRST 9 VERSES, AND THERE
ARE SOME REALLY POWERFUL THINGS IN HERE.
AND IT SAYS, "FOR THE REST, MY BRETHREN, DELIGHT YOURSELVES IN
THE LORD, AND CONTINUE TO REJOICE THAT YOU ARE IN HIM."
NOW, YOU KNOW, THAT LITTLE PHRASE THAT IS REALLY SO TINY
AND CAN BE SO EASILY MISSED IS SO POWERFUL.
AND ESPECIALLY IN THE EPISTLES, WE SEE IN HIM, IN HIM, IN HIM.
WE'RE REDEEMED IN HIM, WE'RE SANCTIFIED IN HIM, WE'RE SET
FREE IN HIM, WE LIVE IN HIM, WE DIE IN HIM.
EVERYTHING IS IN HIM.
AND WHEN WE DO ALLOW CHRIST TO BECOME THE ACTUAL CENTER FOCUS
OF OUR LIVES AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, THEN THE QUALITY OF OUR
LIFE BEGINS TO CHANGE REALLY, REALLY DRAMATICALLY.
I LIKE TO KEEP TELLING PEOPLE ALL THE TIME THAT BEING
A CHRISTIAN IS NOT JUST ABOUT, "WELL, I GO TO CHURCH."
SO MANY TIMES, YOU ASK PEOPLE, "DO YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP
WITH CHRIST?" THEY'LL SAY, "WELL, I GO TO
CHURCH," AND THEN TELL ME WHAT RELIGION THEY ARE.
WELL, GOING TO CHURCH IS GREAT.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO DO THAT, BUT A RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST
IS SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
WHEN WE LEARN TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IN HIM, AND THROUGH
HIM, AND WITH HIM--I KIND OF CAME UP WITH THIS PHRASE LAST
YEAR, AND I LIKE THIS: WE NEED TO DO LIFE WITH GOD.
LET'S JUST DO LIFE WITH GOD.
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ONE DAY WHERE HE'S NOT THE CENTER FOCUS
OF EVERYTHING THAT I DO.
AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER I THINK THAT THERE'S
SUCH A FALLACY IN THE THINKING WHICH WE CAN SOMETIMES GET THAT
GOD IS ONLY INTERESTED IN THE, QUOTE, SPIRITUAL THINGS
THAT WE DO.
BUT ACTUALLY, THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE.
HE'S INTERESTED IN YOU.
YES, I SAID HE'S INTERESTED IN YOU AND IN EVERYTHING THAT
YOU DO.
HE'S HAPPY TO FELLOWSHIP WITH YOU IN THE GROCERY STORE JUST
LIKE IN CHURCH.
AND SO, TO ME, WHEN I ENTERED INTO A MORE SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD OVER 40 YEARS AGO, THAT WAS WHAT MADE MY WALK WITH GOD
SO EXCITING.
RATHER THAN JUST BE RULES AND REGULATIONS, AND THESE DIFFERENT
FORMATS THAT I FOLLOWED, LIFE BEGAN TO BE ABOUT HIM.
AND WHEN I LEARNED THAT HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT
CONCERNS ME, THAT GOT PRETTY EXCITING.
AND I REALLY FEEL STRONGLY THAT I WANT ALL OF YOU HERE, BUT
PEOPLE WATCHING TODAY, THERE'S LONELY PEOPLE, THERE'S HURTING
PEOPLE, PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW CHRIST, PEOPLE THAT DO, PEOPLE
THAT ARE JUST RELIGIOUS AND WONDER, "IS THIS ALL THERE IS?"
I WANT YOU TO REALIZE THAT JESUS IS CONCERNED ABOUT EVERYTHING
THAT CONCERNS YOU, AND HE WANTS TO BE INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING
THAT YOU DO.
BUT HE IS A GENTLEMAN, AND HE'S NOT GOING TO FORCE HIS WAY
INTO YOUR LIFE.
YOU HAVE NOT BECAUSE YOU ASK NOT.
SO, JUST START INVITING HIM INTO EVERYTHING, AND YOU'LL BE AMAZED
AT THE DIFFERENCE THAT YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR LIFE.
THEN PAUL SAYS, "TO KEEP WRITING TO YOU [OVER AND OVER] OF THE
SAME THINGS IS NOT IRKSOME TO ME, AND IT IS [A PRECAUTION]
FOR YOUR SAFETY."
NOW, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TOO BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF TIMES,
IF WE'VE HEARD SOMETHING ONCE OR TWICE, WE THINK WE'VE GOT THAT,
AND WE WANT SOMETHING NEW.
AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US RADICAL CHRISTIANS, WE UNDERLINE
THINGS IN OUR BIBLES.
OR I MEAN, WE'LL EVEN MAKE A NOTE IN OUR BIBLE, IMAGINE
WRITING IN YOUR BIBLE.
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A TIME WHEN I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT I
MIGHT HAVE GOT STRUCK DEAD IF I WOULD HAVE DONE THAT.
AND THERE IS A TENDENCY TO THINK IF YOU'VE GOT IT UNDERLINED,
THAT MEANS THAT YOU KNOW IT.
BUT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN KNOWING SOMETHING IN YOUR HEAD
AND KNOWING IT IN YOUR HEART.
AND KEEP THIS IN MIND, WE NEVER REALLY KNOW ANYTHING UNTIL IT'S
ACTUALLY WORKING IN OUR LIVES.
AND EVEN WHEN WE KNOW THINGS, WE HAVE TO BE REMINDED OF THINGS.
IT ALWAYS HELPS ME PERSONALLY WHEN I STUDY BECAUSE I TEACH A
LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES, SO I NEED
TO DO A LOT OF STUDYING, AND IT'S A HUGE VARIETY BECAUSE OF
BEING ON TV EVERY DAY, I CAN'T JUST SAY THE SAME THING
EVERY DAY.
AND IT'S SO HELPFUL TO BE REMINDED OF THINGS OVER AND OVER
AND OVER.
THAT'S WHAT KEEPS US STRONG IN THINGS.
AND YOU KNOW, EVEN LIKE IN THE NATURAL AREA, IF I WOULD START
TO GET KIND OF SLOPPY IN MY EATING HABITS, OR NOT TAKING
CARE OF MYSELF NUTRITIONALLY, I CAN GO AND READ A CHAPTER OUT OF
A GOOD HEALTH BOOK, OR YOU KNOW, THAT A NUTRITIONIST HAS WRITTEN,
AND BOY, ALL OF A SUDDEN I HAVE A DESIRE TO TAKE BETTER CARE
OF MYSELF.
SO ACTUALLY, WE NEED KNOWLEDGE.
AND WITHOUT THAT, WE PERISH.
THAT'S WHY I'M REALLY HAVING A PUSH HERE AT THE MINISTRY
TO GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING
THE WORD OF GOD.
NOW, SO FAR, WE'VE MADE IT THROUGH ONE VERSE OF WHAT I WANT
TO SHARE TODAY.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE'VE GOTTEN OUT OF ONE VERSE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND, IT'S JUST LIKE
THERE'S SO MUCH IN THE WORD OF GOD, AND IT IS SO VALUABLE TO
OUR EVERYDAY LIVES.
DON'T TRY TO READ THE BIBLE FAST JUST TO SEE HOW MUCH YOU
CAN READ.
BUT STUDY IT, AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE GETTING SOMETHING
OUT OF WHAT YOU STUDY.
THE NEXT VERSE, "LOOK OUT FOR THOSE DOGS [AND JUDAIZERS,
LEGALISTS], LOOK OUT FOR THOSE MISCHIEF-MAKERS, LOOK OUT FOR
THOSE WHO MUTILATE THE FLESH."
NOW, TO BE HONEST, MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE READ THAT AND JUST
THINK, "WHAT?
DOGS, MUTILATE THE FLESH, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?"
WELL, IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW AND HOW
PEOPLE HAD TO TRY TO RELATE TO GOD THROUGH KEEPING THE LAW, AND
THAT IF THEY DIDN'T KEEP THE LAW PERFECTLY, THEY HAD TO MAKE
SACRIFICES, YOU WON'T UNDERSTAND THIS.
PAUL IS NOW TEACHING PEOPLE THE NEW COVENANT BECAUSE AFTER
CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS, WE CAME INTO A NEW COVENANT,
A WHOLE NEW DEAL YOU MIGHT SAY, AND HE BECAME THE FINAL
SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS.
WE NO LONGER HAD TO SACRIFICE, BUT WHEN WE SIN, WE GO TO HIM,
RECEIVE HIS FORGIVENESS BECAUSE HE PAID THE PRICE FOR OUR SINS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAD TO DO AS A PERSON IN
COVENANT WITH GOD WAS THE MEN HAD TO BE CIRCUMCISED.
SO, THAT'S WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT WHEN HE SAYS, "THOSE WHO
MUTILATE THE FLESH."
NOW, KEEPING IN MIND WHAT I JUST TOLD YOU, LET'S GO BACK AND READ
IT AGAIN.
"LOOK OUT FOR THOSE DOGS [THE JUDAIZERS, THE LEGALISTS]."
HE'S SAYING LOOK OUT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL TRYING TO
BRING YOU BACK UNDER THE LAW.
AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, THAT IS PERTINENT TODAY.
I MEAN, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF RULES AND REGULATIONS FLOATING
AROUND OUT THERE, AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO TO
BELONG TO THIS CHURCH AND THAT CHURCH AND SOMETHING ELSE.
AND EVEN IF NOBODY ELSE IS TRYING TO PUT LAWS ON YOU, TRUST
ME, WE CAN MAKE ENOUGH OF THEM UP OURSELVES, YOU KNOW?
BIBLE STUDY CAN BECOME A LAW.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS IF YOU DON'T DO IT EVERY DAY FOR
A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, THEN YOU FEEL GUILTY.
PRAYER CAN BECOME A LAW.
INSTEAD OF A PLEASURE AND A JOY, PRAYER CAN BECOME A LAW, WHERE
YOU FEEL LIKE IF YOU DON'T SPEND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME IN
PRAYER, AND IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU MADE A CONNECTION,
AND IF YOU DON'T GET GOOSEBUMPS AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS,
THEN SOMETHING'S WRONG.
AND WE CAN DO THAT IN ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
WELL, UNDER THE NEW COVENANT, GOD DOES NOT WANT US TO SERVE
HIM BECAUSE WE THINK WE HAVE TO, AND WE'RE AFRAID WE'RE GOING TO
GET IN TROUBLE IF WE DON'T.
HE WANTS US TO SERVE HIM BECAUSE WE LOVE HIM, AND EVERYTHING
THAT WE DO IS DONE BECAUSE WE LOVE HIM.
I WELL REMEMBER WHEN GOD PUT ON MY HEART MANY YEARS AGO, "I WANT
YOU TO STOP--I DON'T WANT YOU TO DO ANYTHING ANYMORE FOR ME
OUT OF OBLIGATION."
NOW, THERE'S DUTY, AND DUTY IS A GOOD THING, BUT THAT'S DIFFERENT
THAN JUST FEELING LIKE, "WELL, I NEED TO DO THIS OR GOD'S GOING
TO GET MAD AT ME."
THAT'S NOT THE WAY THAT HE WANTS US TO SERVE HIM.
AND IF YOU CAN LAY ASIDE ALL THAT STUFF, YOU'LL FIND THAT
THERE IS A DESIRE IN YOUR SPIRIT TO DO ALL THESE THINGS.
BUT IF YOUR FLESH TRIES TO FORCE YOU TO DO THEM FOR A WRONG
REASON, THEN THE LAW ACTUALLY INCREASES SIN.
NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU LIKE SOMETHING--I MEAN, I'M TELLING
YOU, IF YOU LIKE CHOCOLATE, I COULD SAY TO YOU 12 TIMES EVERY
DAY, "YOU HAVE TO EAT 4 BARS OF CHOCOLATE TODAY OR YOU CANNOT
WORK HERE.
YOU HAVE TO EAT FOUR BARS OF CHOCOLATE," AND SOME OF YOU
MIGHT THINK, "OH, THAT'S REALLY COOL."
BUT I CAN TELL YOU NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU LIKE CHOCOLATE, AFTER
A FEW DAYS, YOU WOULD BE LIKE, "I DO NOT WANT THIS CHOCOLATE,"
IF NO OTHER REASON JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S TRYING TO MAKE YOU
DO IT.
SO, DO YOU UNDERSTAND THEN HOW THAT APPLIES TO OUR SPIRITUAL
WALK WITH GOD AND OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM?
I GOT TO GET GOING OR WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET FINISHED.
THEN HE SAYS, "FOR WE [CHRISTIANS] ARE THE TRUE
CIRCUMCISION, WHO WORSHIP GOD IN SPIRIT AND BY THE SPIRIT."
SO, THE CIRCUMCISION, THE CUTTING AWAY OF THE FLESH, WHICH
IS WHAT CIRCUMCISION MEANS, THAT GOD WANTS FROM US IS
THE CIRCUMCISION OF THE HEART, NOT THE FLESH.
WE DON'T HAVE TO MUTILATE THE FLESH ANYMORE TO PROVE THAT
WE'RE IN COVENANT WITH GOD.
HE WANTS US TO CIRCUMCISE OUR HEART TO HAVE A RIGHT HEART, AND
HE WANTS US TO WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH.
THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE SAYS IN REALITY.
SO, HERE'S THE WAY I LIKE TO SAY THAT.
IT'S NOT ABOUT JUST GOING TO A CHURCH SERVICE, AND SINGING
SONGS, AND LIFTING UP MY HANDS IN WORSHIP.
OR IF THE CHURCH YOU GO TO DOESN'T DO THAT, SITTING
QUIETLY, OR HOWEVER YOU GO ABOUT IT.
YES, THAT IS WORSHIP, BUT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE'S LOOKING
FOR WORSHIPERS WHO WILL WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH.
SO, I CAN WORSHIP AND NOT BE A WORSHIPER.
THE WAY I BECOME A WORSHIPER IS IF MY WHOLE LIFE IS LIVED WITH
HIM AS THE CENTER, AND I OFFER UP EVERYTHING THAT I DO TO HIM
IN PRAISE AND WORSHIP, AND I WANT TO GLORIFY HIM IN EVERY
SINGLE THING THAT I DO.
SO, THEN HE GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT CONFIDENCE.
AND PAUL SAYS, "PUT NO CONFIDENCE OR DEPENDENCE [ON
WHAT WE ARE] IN THE FLESH AND ON OUTWARD PRIVILEGES AND PHYSICAL
ADVANTAGES AND EXTERNAL APPEARANCES."
WELL, WE CAN MAKE A FOUR-PART SERIES OUT OF THAT, COULDN'T WE?
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE LIVE IN AN AGE OF IMAGE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON MY FACEBOOK ACCOUNT?
HOW DO I LOOK WHEN I TAKE MY SELFIES?
WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK ABOUT ME?
WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING ABOUT ME?
DO I HAVE THE RIGHT DEGREES?
AM I IN THE RIGHT SOCIAL GROUP?
DO I HAVE THE RIGHT FRIENDS?
AND THEN WE BEGIN TO GET OUR WORTH AND VALUE OUT OF ALL THOSE
THINGS, AND THAT'S NOT PLEASING TO GOD.
BECAUSE IT'S ALL RIGHT TO HAVE THEM, BUT HE DOESN'T WANT OUR
CONFIDENCE TO BE IN THEM.
EDUCATION WOULD BE A GOOD EXAMPLE.
I MEAN, YES, EDUCATION IS GREAT, AND I'M ALL FOR BEING EDUCATED,
AND GOING TO COLLEGE IF YOU CAN, AND GETTING A DEGREE, WHATEVER.
I DIDN'T GET TO DO THAT, BUT I'M CERTAINLY NOT AGAINST IT.
HOWEVER, WHEN YOU GO OUT TO LOOK FOR A JOB, I WOULDN'T DEPEND ON
YOUR DEGREE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH DEGREES
THAT AREN'T GETTING JOBS.
I THINK THAT IF YOU GO DEPENDING ON GOD, THEN HE MAY USE
YOUR EDUCATION.
BUT IF YOU DEPEND ON YOUR EDUCATION AND YOU'RE NOT ASKING
GOD TO GET INVOLVED--SEE, HE CAN OPEN A RIGHT DOOR FOR YOU THAT
NOBODY ELSE CAN OPEN, NOT EVEN YOUR DEGREE.
SO, PAUL IS TRYING TO MAKE THE POINT HERE THAT LOOK--WELL,
LET'S JUST GO ON AND READ THE NEXT VERSE, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE.
HE SAYS, "THOUGH FOR MYSELF I DO HAVE GROUNDS TO RELY ON
THE FLESH.
IF ANY OTHER MAN WOULD CONSIDER THAT HE HAS OR SEEMS TO HAVE
REASON TO RELY ON THE FLESH, I HAVE MORE.
CIRCUMCISED WHEN I WAS EIGHT DAYS OLD,
THE RACE OF ISRAEL, FROM THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN,
A HEBREW, THE SON OF HEBREWS.
AS TO OBSERVING THE LAW, I WAS A PHARISEE."
AND SO, LET'S PUT IT IN TODAY'S TERMS.
"MAN, I WAS BORN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FENCE."
I WAS BORN INTO A WELL-KNOWN, IMPORTANT FAMILY.
I NOT ONLY HAVE ONE DEGREE, I HAVE TWO DEGREES FROM
TWO TOP UNIVERSITIES.
I NOT ONLY HAVE A REGULAR DEGREE,
I HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE.
AND I KNOW THE BIBLE, I CAN QUOTE THE PSALMS, AND I CAN
QUOTE THE PROVERBS."
AND WE CAN GET ALL PROUD OF OURSELVES BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING
THAT WE HAVE.
AND HERE AGAIN, GOD'S NOT AGAINST US HAVING IT.
BUT HE DOESN'T WANT US TO PUT OUR CONFIDENCE IN THAT.
DON'T PUT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THINGS THAT YOU HAVE,
OR THE SOCIAL GROUP YOU'RE IN, OR WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU MIGHT BE 20 AND LOOKING GREAT, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
STAY 20.
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T LOOK GREAT, BUT IT WILL BE
A DIFFERENT VERSION OF GREAT, LET ME TELL YOU.
SOME MORNING, YOU'RE GOING TO GET UP AND LOOK, AND EVERYTHING
THAT USED TO BE UP HERE HAS NOW FALLEN DOWN HERE.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO THINK, "I NEED A WHOLE BODY LIFT,"
YOU KNOW?
AND SO, HE SAID, "LISTEN, I WAS ZEALOUS, I PERSECUTED
THE CHURCH."
AND LISTEN, "AND BY THE LAW'S STANDARDS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,
WHICH IS SUPPOSED JUSTICE, UPRIGHTNESS AND RIGHT STANDING
WITH GOD."
SUPPOSED RIGHTEOUSNESS, NOT TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT SUPPOSED
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
"I WAS PROVEN TO BE BLAMELESS, AND NO FAULT WAS FOUND IN ME."
SO, WHAT PAUL'S SAYING, "LOOK, I DID IT ALL RIGHT.
AND SO, I HAD WHAT EVERYBODY WOULD THINK WAS RIGHTEOUSNESS."
BUT HE'S TEACHING THE PEOPLE, JUST LIKE I'M TEACHING YOU
TODAY, AND HE'S SAYING, "BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, THAT'S
NOT REAL RIGHTEOUSNESS."
AND THEN HE GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT THE GOD KIND OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
AND SO, THERE'S TWO KINDS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WE CAN SEEK IN
THIS WORLD, AND ONE IS OUR OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT WE GAIN
THROUGH DOING RIGHT THINGS.
AND IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO RIGHT THINGS, BUT WE WANT
TO DO RIGHT THINGS FOR THE RIGHT REASON.
AND WE DON'T DO RIGHT THINGS TO BE MADE RIGHT WITH GOD.
WE FIRST RECEIVE RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH THROUGH WHAT JESUS HAS
DONE FOR US, AND THEN, WE BEGIN TO KNOW THAT WE ARE RIGHTEOUS.
AND OUT OF KNOWING WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST, THEN WE'RE GOING TO WANT
TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, NOBODY CAN TALK YOU INTO NOT TRYING TO DO
THE RIGHT THING.
YOU WILL PUT EVERY EFFORT THAT YOU CAN INTO TRYING TO DO THE
RIGHT THING BECAUSE YOU LOVE GOD, AND YOU WANT TO DO IT FOR
HIS GLORY.
NOW, I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
I THINK A LOT OF CHRISTIANS HAVE IT UPSIDE-DOWN.
THIS IS PART OF MY COFFEE POT.
AND THIS IS A COFFEE POT I HAVEN'T HAD REAL LONG, BUT I'VE
SUCCESSFULLY USED IT ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS.
AND IT'S SMALL IF YOU SEE THE WHOLE THING, AND SO I CARRY IT
ON THE ROAD WITH ME.
AND ONE MORNING, WHEN I WAS OUT IN A CONFERENCE, AND YOU KNOW,
WANTED TO GET MY COFFEE, SIT DOWN AND STUDY, DIDN'T WANT TO
HAVE A MESS, HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW ABOUT THOSE MORNINGS YOU
DON'T WANT TO HAVE A MESS?
WELL, I MADE MY COFFEE, AND WENT IN THE OTHER ROOM TO DO
SOMETHING, CAME BACK, AND IT WASN'T IN THE CUP.
IT WAS ALL OVER THE COUNTER.
IT WAS A MESS.
AND THE COFFEE GROUNDS WERE STILL STUCK UP IN
THE COFFEE POT.
AND YOU--I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE A COFFEE PERSON OR NOT, BUT
COFFEE GROUNDS ARE NOT EASY TO CLEAN UP BECAUSE THEY ARE
LITTLE, AND THEY JUST GET ABSOLUTELY EVERYWHERE.
AND EVEN WHEN YOU GET THEM IN YOUR DISHRAG, IT'S HARD TO GET
THEM OUT.
SO, IT'S NOT VERY MUCH FUN.
SO, I CLEANED IT UP, TRIED TO BE NICE ABOUT IT, STAY IN THE FRUIT
OF THE SPIRIT, GET READY TO GO PREACH.
YOU DON'T WANT TO GET NASTY, DIDN'T WANT TO THROW THE COFFEE
POT AT THE WALL.
AND SO, I GOT IT ALL CLEANED UP, AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, I MUST
HAVE DONE SOMETHING WRONG."
SO, I PUT IT TOGETHER AGAIN, CLEANED IT UP, MADE ANOTHER POT
OF COFFEE, SAME THING ANOTHER TIME.
SO, NOW HERE I AM, I DON'T HAVE COFFEE.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I NEED CAFFEINE TILL THE ANOINTING
KICKS IN.
AMEN?
SO, I ASKED SOMEBODY WHO'LL GET ME SOME COFFEE, AND I STILL
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE POT, COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT,
COULDN'T GET IT PUT BACK TOGETHER.
SO, I FINALLY ASKED ONE OF THE GUYS TO SEE IF THEY COULD PUT IT
BACK TOGETHER, AND HERE'S WHAT I HAD DONE...
I WAS PUTTING THE LID ON UPSIDE-DOWN.
LOOKS ALMOST THE SAME WAY, BUT IT DIDN'T FIT IN THERE JUST
RIGHT.
AND SO, SEE?
IT REALLY--IT LOOKS LIKE IT WORKS OKAY.
OKAY, I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT TODAY WITH
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
YOU MIGHT HAVE IT UPSIDE-DOWN.
AND AS LONG AS YOU HAVE IT UPSIDE-DOWN, NOTHING IS GOING TO
WORK RIGHT.
AND LET ME TELL YOU, LIFE IS GOING TO BE A MESS.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET YOUR DESIRED RESULT.
SO, PLEASE, PLEASE BE SURE THAT YOU HAVE WHAT'S FIRST FIRST,
AND WHAT'S SECOND SECOND.
AND I'VE BEEN USING THIS PHRASE FOR PROBABLY 40 YEARS THAT GOD
GAVE ME A LONG TIME AGO.
YOU NEED TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE IN YOUR WHO AND YOUR DO.
SEE, IF YOU SAY, "WELL, NOW THIS IS WHO I AM, AND THIS IS WHAT
I DO."
OKAY, I WANT TO BE RIGHT WITH GOD.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT MY WHO TO BE.
I WANT TO BE RIGHT WITH GOD.
I WANT TO HAVE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
I DON'T WANT TO BE STRUGGLING ALL THE TIME WITH WORKS OF
THE FLESH, AND EVERY TIME I MAKE A MISTAKE, HAVING TO FEEL
GUILTY AND CONDEMNED.
I WANT TO REALIZE THAT I'M A NORMAL HUMAN BEING, THAT IF I
COULD BE PERFECT WITHOUT JESUS, THEN I WOULDN'T NEED HIM.
SO, I'M GOING TO HAVE SOME WEAKNESSES THAT ARE GOING TO
SHOW UP HERE AND THERE.
I DON'T WANT THEM.
I WISH I DIDN'T HAVE THEM.
I HAVE A PERFECT HEART TOWARD GOD, BUT I CANNOT GET MY
PERFORMANCE TO BE PERFECT.
DOES ANYBODY RELATE TO THAT?
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS?
IT SAYS WE ARE WEAK IN HIM, AND WE ARE STRONG IN HIM.
SO, WHETHER YOU'RE WEAK OR STRONG, IF HE'S THE CENTER OF
YOUR LIFE, THEN YOU'RE STILL IN HIM.
AND HIS STRENGTH IS MADE PERFECT IN OUR WEAKNESSES.
AND THE BIBLE SAYS IF WE LIVE, WE LIVE IN HIM.
AND IF WE DIE, WE DIE IN HIM.
SO, PAUL WAS SAYING, "I DON'T NEED TO BE AFRAID OF DEATH
BECAUSE IF I LIVE, I'M IN HIM.
AND IF I DIE, I'M IN HIM."
AND SO, THAT'S THE WAY I WANT MY WHO TO BE.
OKAY, WELL, HOW DO I THINK I'M GOING TO GET THAT?
AM I GOING TO GET OVER HERE, AND STRUGGLE, AND TRY TO DO THE
RIGHT THING ALL THE TIME, AND NEVER MAKE ANY MISTAKES SO NOW
I CAN FEEL GOOD ABOUT MYSELF?
OR AM I GOING TO REALIZE THAT MY DO--NOW GET THIS, MY DO WILL
NEVER FIX MY WHO.
BUT IF I KNOW WHO I AM, THEN OUT OF WHO I AM, MY DO, WHAT I DO IS
GOING TO COME AS A NATURAL RESULT OF BEING IN LOVE
WITH JESUS.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD JUST GIVE A LITTLE HAND CLAP RIGHT THERE.
[APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF EXAMPLES.
THERE'S A GREAT SCRIPTURE IN LUKE 18:9 THROUGH 14.
SO, JESUS TOLD THIS PARABLE TO MANY PEOPLE WHO TRUSTED
IN THEMSELVES, TRUSTED IN THEMSELVES.
WHEN I WALKED UP HERE TODAY, I HAVE PREACHED HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF TIMES, BUT I CAN PROMISE YOU I DIDN'T COME HERE
TRUSTING IN MYSELF.
IF YOU WANT TO TRUST IN YOURSELF, THAT IS THE QUICKEST
WAY TO MAKE AN ABSOLUTE FOOL OUT OF YOURSELF, AND FALL COMPLETELY
ON YOUR FACE, AND GOD WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP YOU
DO IT.
BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN REALLY HAVE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIM IS TO KNOW THAT WE NEED HIM IN EVERY SINGLE THING THAT
WE DO ALL THE TIME.
"HE ALSO TOLD THIS PARABLE TO SOME WHO TRUSTED IN THEMSELVES,
AND WERE CONFIDENT THAT THEY WERE RIGHTEOUS, THAT THEY WERE
UPRIGHT AND IN RIGHT STANDING WITH GOD, AND THEY SCORNED
AND MADE NOTHING OF ALL THE REST OF MEN."
NOW, SEE, WHEN YOU THINK THAT YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS BASED ON
SOMETHING YOU DO, THEN YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO LOOK DOWN AT
OTHER PEOPLE WHO CAN'T DO WHAT YOU DO.
IF THEY'RE NOT AS GOOD AS YOU ARE AT THAT THING THAT YOU DO
WELL, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO JUDGE THEM AND CRITICIZE THEM BECAUSE
WE'RE PROUD OF WHAT WE DO, INSTEAD OF REALIZING THAT
ANYTHING I CAN DO WELL, I DO IT WELL BECAUSE IT'S
A GIFT FROM GOD.
NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T STUDY AND THAT WE DON'T,
YOU KNOW, SHARPEN OUR GIFTS, AND WORK WITH GOD.
IT'S NOT THAT WE HAVE NO PART.
WE DEFINITELY HAVE A PART.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING LET'S DON'T GO ABOUT THIS UPSIDE-DOWN.
AND I HAVE A FEELING THAT THERE'S MANY OF YOU WATCHING
RIGHT NOW, AND YOU PROBABLY ARE JUST THINKING, "COULD THIS
POSSIBLY BE TRUE?
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THIS CAN BE TRUE?"
"TWO MEN WENT UP INTO THE TEMPLE TO PRAY, ONE A PHARISEE,
AND THE OTHER A TAX COLLECTOR."
SO, ONE OF THEM WAS A RELIGIOUS SCHOLAR, AND THE OTHER WAS LIKE
THE SCUM OF THE EARTH.
THE TAX COLLECTORS WERE LIKE THE WORST, EVERYBODY HATED THEM.
"THE PHARISEE TOOK HIS STAND OSTENTATIOUSLY."
I THINK THAT MEANS SOMETHING LIKE THIS...
COME ON.
"AND HE BEGAN TO PRAY," AND I LOVE THIS,
"BEFORE AND WITH HIMSELF."
HE WASN'T EVEN TALKING TO GOD.
HE WAS TRYING TO IMPRESS HIMSELF WITH HIS OWN PRAYERS.
"'I THANK YOU THAT I'M NOT LIKE THE REST OF MEN, EXTORTIONERS,
ROBBERS, SWINDLERS, UNRIGHTEOUS IN HEART AND LIFE, ADULTERERS,
OR EVEN LIKE THIS TAX COLLECTOR OVER HERE.
I FAST TWICE A WEEK--TWICE A WEEK.
I GIVE TITHES OF EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE.'
BUT THE TAX COLLECTOR, MERELY STANDING IN THE DISTANCE,
WOULD NOT EVEN LIFT UP HIS EYES TO HEAVEN, BUT HE KEPT STRIKING
HIS BREAST, SAYING, 'O GOD, BE FAVORABLE, BE GRACIOUS, BE
MERCIFUL TO ME BECAUSE I AM AN ESPECIALLY WICKED SINNER.'
I TELL YOU, THIS MAN WENT TO HIS HOME JUSTIFIED, FORGIVEN,
AND MADE UPRIGHT AND IN RIGHT STANDING WITH GOD, RATHER THAN
THE OTHER MAN, FOR EVERYONE WHO EXALTS HIMSELF WILL BE HUMBLED,
AND HE WHO HUMBLES HIMSELF WILL BE EXALTED."
AMEN?
COME ON, TELL ME THAT'S GOOD STUFF.
ALL RIGHT, ONE LAST SCRIPTURE I WANT TO READ YOU.
"ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD."
IF YOU'RE WATCHING TODAY, WE'VE ALL SINNED.
BUT THE NEXT VERSE SAYS, "THEREFORE ALL ARE JUSTIFIED
AND MADE UPRIGHT."
THE ONLY THING THAT YOU NEED TO BE TO QUALIFY FOR THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IS TO BE A SINNER, AND ADMIT IT, AND BE
WILLING TO TURN AWAY FROM IT IN FAITH, TURN TO JESUS CHRIST,
ASK HIM TO TAKE OVER YOUR LIFE.
AT THAT MOMENT, ACCORDING TO GOD, YOU BECOME RIGHT WITH GOD.
THEN THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL WORK WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE REST OF
YOUR LIFE TO HELP WORK THAT OUT WITH YOU AND CAUSE YOUR BEHAVIOR
TO BECOME THE WAY GOD WANTS IT TO BE.
NOW TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU SOME TEACHING.
YOU KNOW, THE TIME THAT I HAVE HERE ON THE PROGRAM IS SO SMALL.
AND IF WHAT I'VE SAID TO YOU TODAY IS HELPFUL TO YOU, WE CAN
GIVE YOU MORE OF IT IN THIS SERIES CALLED "NO WEAPON FORMED
AGAINST YOU SHALL PROSPER."
IT'S 4 HOURS OF TEACHING TAKEN OUT OF ONE SCRIPTURE
IN THE BIBLE, 4 HOURS OF TEACHING OUT
OF ONE SCRIPTURE IN THE BIBLE THAT SAYS, "NO WEAPON FORMED
AGAINST YOU SHALL PROSPER.
EVERY TONGUE THAT RISES AGAINST YOU IN JUDGMENT YOU WILL SHOW TO
BE IN THE WRONG.
THIS PEACE, RIGHTEOUSNESS, SECURITY, AND TRIUMPH OVER
OPPOSITION," FOUR THINGS, "IS THE INHERITANCE OF THE CHILD
OF GOD."
DON'T MISS YOUR INHERITANCE.
GOD'S GOT A GREAT LIFE FOR YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
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FINDING THE TIME, KNOWING WHERE TO BEGIN, AND DISCOVERING WHAT
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FEMALE: BECAUSE OF MY PARTNERSHIP, I HELP PEOPLE ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
FEMALE: THERE ARE SO MANY MISSIONS THAT THEY GO ON THAT
TOUCH MY HEART, WHETHER IT'S HUMAN TRAFFICKING, OR THE
MEDICAL MISSIONS, OR THE WATER WELLS THAT THEY'RE DRILLING NOW
AND BRINGING WATER TO THE VILLAGES.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST INCREDIBLE.
FEMALE: I THINK IF SOMEONE SAID TO ME THEY CAN ONLY GIVE $5
OR THEY CAN ONLY GIVE $10, IT'S NOT ABOUT HOW MUCH YOUR GIVING,
IT'S ABOUT THE HEART THAT YOU'RE GIVING IT WITH.
FEMALE: GOD'S ECONOMY IS DIFFERENT TO OUR ECONOMY.
YOU JUST GIVE IT, WHATEVER YOU HAVE, AND GOD KNOWS HOW TO USE
IT AND HE KNOWS HOW TO SERVICE YOU.
FEMALE: I WOULD HONESTLY SAY THAT EVERY LITTLE PENNY HELPS,
AND IF EVERYBODY GAVE $5, THEN WE COULD CHANGE THE WORLD.
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