ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM
IS PAID FOR BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS
OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: NOW, EMOTIONS CAN KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THE WILL OF GOD,
BUT SOMEBODY WAS TALKING TO ME YESTERDAY.
IT WAS ACTUALLY MY DAUGHTER AND SHE LIKES TO ASK ME
WHAT I'M GONNA BE TEACHING AND THEN I TOLD HER
WHAT I WAS GONNA BE TEACHING.
SHE SAID, "WELL, WHAT DO YOU DO TO CONTROL YOUR EMOTIONS?
HOW WILL YOU TELL SOMEBODY TO CONTROL THEIR EMOTIONS?"
WELL, THE FIRST THING I WOULD TELL YOU IS
ANYTIME THE DEVIL IS AFTER YOU, YOU CAN IMMEDIATELY INTERRUPT
THE DEVIL'S PLAN BY PRAYING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IT'S JUST THE SIMPLEST LITTLE THING, YOU JUST PRAY.
OR SOMETIMES WHEN THE DEVIL LIES TO YOU, ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS
CONFESS THE SCRIPTURE OUT LOUD, HE GOES AWAY.
HE DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO YOU PREACH TO HIM.
HE'S NOT IN HERE TONIGHT.
HE DOESN'T LIKE TO HEAR PREACHING, AMEN?
BUT YOU CAN PREACH TO YOURSELF.
SO, THE FIRST THING YOU DO, YOU FEEL JEALOUS, YOU FEEL OFFENDED,
YOU FEEL ANGRY, YOU PRAY, "GOD, I DON'T WANNA FEEL LIKE THIS,
BUT UNTIL THE FEELINGS GO AWAY, I'M ASKING YOU TO HELP ME
CONTROL MYSELF.
I WANNA GLORIFY YOU AND NOT GIVE INTO THIS.
I NEED YOUR STRENGTH."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I'M NOT WANTING TO SEND YOU HOME TO TRY
TO CHANGE OR TO TRY TO NOT FEEL CERTAIN WAYS.
I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE
CERTAIN FEELINGS.
YOU NEVER KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THEY'RE GONNA SHOW UP.
YOU NEVER KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THEY'RE GONNA GO AWAY, SO WE
NEED TO LEARN TO ENJOY THE GOOD ONES AND RESIST THE BAD ONES.
I LOVE IT WHEN I FEEL LIKE DOING EVERYTHING I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO,
BUT I'VE MADE MY MIND UP.
CAN SOMEBODY SAY, "I'VE MADE MY MIND UP"?
THAT I'M GONNA DO WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO WHETHER I
FEEL LIKE DOING IT OR NOT.
NOW, SOME OF YOU--I MEAN FOR SOME OF YOU,
THIS IS GONNA BE LIKE A RADICAL LIFESTYLE SHIFT
BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU, WHEN YOU'RE USED TO DOING
EVERYTHING YOU FEEL LIKE AND GIVING INTO YOUR FEELINGS,
IT IS TOUGH WHEN YOU START TRYING TO CHANGE.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT, I HAD SOME STRONGHOLDS IN MY FLESH
FROM THE WAY I WAS RAISED AND MMM HONEY, WHOO.
WHEN I STARTED TRYING, EVEN REMOTELY TRYING TO BE
A SUBMISSIVE WIFE AND KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT,
AND NOT ARGUE WITH DAVE, I MEAN THE WAR IN MY FLESH
WAS LIKE WORLD WAR III.
BUT I'M STILL HERE AND GOD GAVE ME THE VICTORY, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: RIGHT AWAY PRAY, IT INTERRUPTS THE DEVIL.
THEN, IF YOU'RE HAVING A CONSISTENT PROBLEM
WITH SOMETHING, STUDY THE WORD OF GOD IN THAT AREA
BECAUSE THERE'S POWER IN THE WORD TO CHANGE THINGS.
THE WORD IS POWERFUL, POWERFUL.
THERE'S POWER IN EVERY WORD OF GOD THAT I'M
SPEAKING TO YOU TONIGHT.
IT'S FULL OF POWER.
IT HAS INHERENT POWER IN IT AND IT CAN CHANGE YOU.
THE WORD OF GOD CHANGES US.
I MEAN, I SAT DOWN ONE DAY AND I QUICKLY FOUND 40 THINGS
THAT THE WORD OF GOD DOES FOR US, 40.
AND YOU CAN FIND ALMOST ALL OF THEM IN PSALM 119.
THE WORD OF GOD KEEPS US FROM SIN.
THE WORD OF GOD PROTECTS US.
THE WORD OF GOD ENERGIZES US.
THE WORD OF GOD CHANGES US.
SO, DON'T EVER LOOK AT YOUR BIBLE LIKE,
"WELL, YOU KNOW, I BETTER READ MY CHAPTER TODAY, I DON'T WANT
GOD TO BE MAD."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: GOD DOESN'T NEED YOU TO READ THE BIBLE, HE KNOWS IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HE WANTS US TO STUDY FOR OURSELVES BECAUSE WE
NEED IT.
WE NEED TO BE EDUCATED.
NOW, THERE IS GONNA BE TIMES
IN OUR LIFE WHEN GOD HIMSELF IS GONNA TEST OUR EMOTIONS.
HMM.
NOW, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TEST SOMETHING?
WELL, IT MEANS THAT YOU JUST PUT A LITTLE PRESSURE ON IT TO SEE
IF IT'S THE REAL DEAL OR NOT.
HAVE YOU EVER BOUGHT A CHAIR WITHOUT SITTING ON IT?
NO.
HAVE YOU EVER BOUGHT A MATTRESS?
TURN ON YOUR RIGHT SIDE, TURN ON YOUR LEFT SIDE.
YOU LAY ON YOUR BACK, YOU LAY ON YOUR STOMACH, THEN YOU GO TRY
ALL THE OTHER ONES.
PSALM 7, VERSE 9, "OH, LET THE WICKEDNESS OF THE WICKED
COME TO AN END, BUT ESTABLISH THE [UNCOMPROMISINGLY] RIGHTEOUS
[THOSE UPRIGHT AND IN HARMONY WITH YOU]; FOR YOU," TALKING
ABOUT GOD, "WHO TRY THE HEARTS AND EMOTIONS AND THINKING
POWERS, ARE A RIGHTEOUS GOD."
SO, HOW WOULD GOD TRY US IN AN AREA?
GOD MAY NOT REMOVE AN EMOTION THAT WE DON'T LIKE AS SOON AS WE
WOULD LIKE HIM TO BECAUSE HE WANTS US TO LEARN HOW TO LIVE
BEYOND THAT FEELING.
WE MAY WANT TO FEEL GOD'S PRESENCE BUT HE MIGHT HIDE.
HAVE YOU EVER GONE THROUGH SEASONS IN YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU
THOUGHT WHEREVER YOU'RE AT, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS.
LISTEN, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A BABY CHRISTIAN,
BABY CHRISTIANS CAN GET BY WITH STUFF.
I MEAN, I REMEMBER WHEN I WOULD NEED A WORD FROM GOD, I WOULD
JUST DO ONE OF THESE THINGS--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON, BE HONEST, HOW MANY OF YOU'VE DONE THAT?
LOOK AT THAT, EVERYBODY IN HERE.
ONE OF MY GRANDDAUGHTERS HEARD ME SAY THIS THE OTHER DAY.
SHE'S LIKE--I'VE GOT ONE THAT'S 15 AND ONE THAT'S 17
AND EVEN THE 15-YEAR-OLD JUST LAUGHED HER HEAD OFF.
SHE SAID, "I'VE DONE THAT.
I'VE DONE THAT."
WELL, YOU KNOW, FOR A WHILE IT WORKED.
IT WAS AMAZING.
I MEAN, I WOULD GO TO DAVE AND SAY, "YOU ARE NOT GONNA
BELIEVE THIS, I PRAYED AND ASKED GOD THIS QUESTION
AND THIS IS WHAT I OPENED UP TO AND POINTED TO."
AND EVEN DAVE WOULD BE IMPRESSED AND THAT TAKES A LOT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING."
I WAS LIKE WOW, ISN'T IT AWESOME?
WELL, BUT THEN IT GOT CONCERNING WHEN I WOULD TRY THAT AND I
WOULD GET, "WOE, BE UNTO YOU, YOU WICKED SINNER."
OOH, LET'S TRY AGAIN.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL SEE, GOD MAY GIVE US CONFIRMATIONS,
AND SIGNS, AND WONDERS, AND ALL KINDS OF EMOTIONAL STUFF
IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF OUR WALK WITH HIM
BUT HE'S NOT GONNA LET US LIVE OFF THAT FOREVER BECAUSE HE
WANTS US TO LEARN TO NOT LIVE BY SIGHT BUT BY FAITH.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, I DON'T--I DON'T REALLY EVER SIT AROUND
ANYMORE AND ASK MYSELF WHEN I PRAY OR SPEND TIME WITH GOD,
"DO I FEEL GOD'S PRESENCE?" NOW, I DID.
I CAN REMEMBER WHEN DAVE AND I WERE IN LIKE THESE AMAZING
CHURCH SERVICES AND I WOULD JUST--OH, I MEAN I WOULD JUST BE
THE ANOINTING, THE PRESENCE OF GOD
WOULD JUST BE OVERWHELMING.
AND WE WOULD LEAVE SOMETIMES AND I'D SAY TO DAVE,
"DID YOU FEEL THE PRESENCE OF GOD TONIGHT?'
HE'D SAY, "NO."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I THOUGHT, "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?"
SEE, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT HE WAS ACTUALLY MORE
SPIRITUALLY MATURE THAN I WAS BECAUSE HE WASN'T SITTING THERE
ASKING HIMSELF HOW HE FELT.
HE ALREADY BELIEVED THAT GOD WAS THERE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON.
AND HOW MANY TIMES DO WE ASSUME THAT SOMEBODY'S NOT SPIRITUAL
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT FEELING WHAT WE'RE FEELING?
MAN, WE CAN GET OFF INTO SOME SILLY STUFF.
"OOH THERE'S--LOOK AT THAT, MY HAND'S SHAKING, IT'S GOD."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, YOU KNOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT
I GUESS COULD BE GOD.
I MEAN, I REMEMBER ORAL ROBERTS SAYING THAT HE WOULD FEEL
THE POWER OF GOD IN HIS RIGHT HAND WHEN HE PRAYED
FOR THE SICK.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS IS I AM SO GLAD THAT I DON'T
HAVE TO BASE WHAT I BELIEVE ON WHAT I FEEL BECAUSE
MY FEELINGS COME AND GO AND CHANGE BUT GOD NEVER CHANGES
AND HE NEVER GOES.
HE'S ALWAYS WITH US.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND YOU NEVER HAVE TO FEEL BAD
IF YOU'RE IN A CHURCH SERVICE OR IN A PRAYER GROUP
OR SOMETHING AND EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE FEELING ALL KIND OF STUFF
AND YOU DON'T FEEL NOTHING.
AND I KNOW THAT'S HARD.
I MEAN, I'VE HAD TO TRY TO COUNSEL PEOPLE THROUGH THAT.
"WELL, I NEVER FEEL..."
JOB 19:25 AND 26, MY, MY, MY,
THIS IS SHOUTIN' GROUND RIGHT HERE.
"FOR I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER AND VINDICATOR LIVES--"
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, JOB HAD HAD A BAD DAY, TO SAY THE LEAST,
A BAD FEW DAYS, MAYBE A BAD FEW MONTHS.
NOBODY IN THE BIBLE SEEMS TO HAVE HAD IT AS BAD
AS JOB DID.
I MEAN, HIS WIFE SAID, "CURSE GOD AND DIE."
HIS FRIENDS WERE AGAINST HIM.
AND HE SAID--AND I WANNA READ YOU VERSES 25 AND 26.
"FOR I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES, AND AT LAST,
[THE LAST ONE] HE WILL STAND UPON THE EARTH."
NOW, LOOK AT VERSE 26, "AND AFTER MY SKIN,
EVEN THIS BODY, HAS BEEN DESTROYED,
THEN FROM MY FLESH OR WITHOUT IT I SHALL SEE GOD."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WOW, HE DIDN'T SAY, "I FEEL," HE SAID,
"I KNOW, I KNOW."
PAUL SAID, "MY DETERMINED PURPOSE IS
TO KNOW HIM AND THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION."
I MEAN, LISTEN, I ADMIT FEELINGS
ARE AWESOME.
I FELT A STRONG PRESENCE OF THE LORD HERE TONIGHT
AND LAST NIGHT IN OUR WORSHIP AND THAT'S GREAT.
BUT IF I DIDN'T FEEL, I STILL KNOW, AND TO BE HONEST, NOW
LISTEN TO ME, WHEN YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW
THAT YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN REALLY EVEN TELL
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT YOU KNOW AND WHAT YOU FEEL BECAUSE
YOU'RE NOT BASING ANYTHING ON WHAT YOU FEEL,
YOU ALREADY KNOW.
I KNOW GOD LOVES ME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ROMANS 8:35 THROUGH 39,
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS FOR YOU TO KNOW IS THAT GOD
LOVES YOU AND HE IS NEVER GONNA STOP.
MATTER OF FACT, CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING?
AND THIS IS ALWAYS KIND OF SHOCKING TO PEOPLE,
GOD WILL NEVER LOVE YOU ANY MORE THAN HE DOES
AT THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW.
YOU SAY, "WELL, WON'T HE LOVE ME MORE WHEN I DO BETTER?"
GOD'S LOVE IS NOT BASED ON OUR BEHAVIOR, IT'S BASED
ON WHO HE IS AND HE IS LOVE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "WELL, IF HE WON'T LOVE ME ANYMORE, THAN WHY
SHOULD I TRY TO BE GOOD?" BECAUSE YOU LOVE HIM,
NOT TO GET HIM TO LOVE YOU, BUT BECAUSE YOU LOVE HIM.
BOY, IF WE CAN GROW TO THE POINT WHERE IN TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
OR EVEN IN TRAGEDIES, THINGS THAT ARE SO UNBELIEVABLY PAINFUL
AND THINGS THAT ARE UNFAIR AND THAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND
AND WE CAN STILL NEVER EVEN BE TEMPTED TO SAY, "WELL, GOD,
DON'T YOU LOVE ME?"
THAT'S A VICTORY.
"WHO SHALL EVER SEPARATE US FROM CHRIST'S LOVE?"
SOMEBODY'S WHO'S HURTING IN THIS PLACE TONIGHT
NEEDS TO GET THIS.
"WHO SHALL EVER SEPARATE US FROM CHRIST'S LOVE?
SHALL SUFFERING AND AFFLICTION AND TRIBULATION?
OR CALAMITY AND DISTRESS?
OR PERSECUTION OR HUNGER OR DESTITUTION OR PERIL
OR SWORD?
EVEN AS IT IS WRITTEN, FOR YOUR SAKE WE ARE PUT
TO DEATH ALL THE DAY LONG; WE ARE REGARDED AND COUNTED
AS SHEEP FOR THE SLAUGHTER."
I LOVE THAT.
YOU CAN BE TALKING ABOUT BEING A CHRISTIAN
AND YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES MAY-- YOU MAY BE IN A SEASON
IN YOUR LIFE WHERE YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE SO BAD
THAT TO OTHER PEOPLE, YOU LOOK LIKE A SHEEP BEING LED
TO THE SLAUGHTER.
"YET IN THE MIDST OF ALL THESE THINGS
WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WOW, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THEM, WE
ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS, HOW?
AND WE GAIN A SURPASSING VICTORY THROUGH HIM WHO LOVED US."
VICTORY COMES THROUGH KNOWING THAT GOD LOVES YOU
AND THAT NO MATTER WHAT YOU GO THROUGH ON THIS EARTH,
AT THE LAST DAY, YOU WILL SEE YOUR REDEEMER ALIVE
AND YOU WILL STAND WITH HIM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "I AM PERSUADED BEYOND DOUBT (AM SURE)
THAT NEITHER DEATH NOR LIFE, NOR ANGELS NOR PRINCIPALITIES,
NOR THINGS IMPENDING AND THREATENING NOR THINGS
TO COME, NOR POWERS, NOR HEIGHTS NOR DEPTH, NOR ANYTHING ELSE
IN ALL CREATION WILL EVER BE ABLE TO SEPARATE ME
FROM THE LOVE OF GOD WHICH IS FOUND IN CHRIST JESUS," AWESOME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU
THAT ARE WATCHING THIS BY TELEVISION, LET ME JUST SAY
TO YOU PERSONALLY, GOD LOVES YOU
AND HE WANTS YOU.
HE WANTS TO HAVE A PERSONAL INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.
HE WANTS TO COME INTO YOUR LIFE, AND FLOOD YOUR LIFE,
AND FILL YOU WITH HIS PRESENCE, AND TEACH YOU HOW TO LIVE A LIFE
THAT WILL BE WORTH LIVING.
AND IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR,
THERE'S A NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN THAT YOU CAN CALL RIGHT NOW
AND SOMEBODY THAT WORKS WITH ME WILL TELL YOU ABOUT HOW YOU
CAN BE BORN AGAIN.
AND IF YOU'RE SINCERE AND YOU WANT A NEW LIFE, THEY WILL PRAY
WITH YOU AND GOD WILL BEGIN A WORK IN YOUR LIFE
THAT WILL MAKE YOU A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, PLEASE CALL.
LET US HELP YOU. GOD LOVES YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: LET'S NOT LIVE BY HOW WE FEEL.
LET'S LIVE BY WHAT WE KNOW.
EVERYBODY SAY, "I KNOW."
NOW, JUST ONE LAST THOUGHT OR SO THAT I WANNA SHARE
WITH YOU.
WATCHMAN NEE ALSO SAID, "HE WHO LIVES BY EMOTIONS
WILL LIVE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE."
PRINCIPLE IS AN ACCEPTED RULE OF ACTION OR CONDUCT.
IT'S A STANDARD THAT WE LIVE BY.
DO YOU HAVE A STANDARD FOR YOUR LIFE?
HAVE YOU DRAWN A LINE SOMEWHERE AND SAID, "I WILL NOT DO
THOSE THINGS?
I WILL DO THESE THINGS.
I WILL NOT DO THOSE THINGS."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WELL, SOME OF YOU I GUESS AREN'T SURE, I DON'T KNOW.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: DO YOU WAIT FOR YOUR FRIENDS TO TELL YOU
WHAT KIND OF MOVIES YOU'RE GONNA GO SEE OR WILL YOU STAY HOME
ALONE IF IT'S EITHER THAT OR BE OFFENSIVE TO THE HOLY SPIRIT?
SEE, I'VE MADE A FEW DECISIONS FOR MY LIFE.
I'M NOT GONNA WASTE ANOTHER DAY OF MY LIFE BEING ANGRY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I'M JUST NOT GONNA DO IT.
I WILL BE GENEROUS.
I WILL FIGHT GREED AND SELFISHNESS BY BEING
AGGRESSIVELY GENEROUS.
I HAVE A STANDARD FOR MY LIFE.
I WILL MEET NEEDS.
I WILL GIVE THE WORD OF GOD FIRST PLACE IN MY LIFE.
I WILL FINISH MY RACE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BY THE GRACE OF GOD, I WILL.
WE DO NOTHING WITHOUT HIM, BUT WE CAN DO EVERYTHING
THROUGH HIM BUT YOU GOTTA MAKE A DECISION.
COLOSSIANS 3 SAYS, "SET YOUR MIND AND KEEP IT SET."
DON'T SET YOUR MIND AND THEN CHANGE IT WHEN IT GETS HARD.
IS THIS HELPING ANYBODY TONIGHT?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HE WHO LIVES BY EMOTION WILL LIVE
WITHOUT PRINCIPLE, THAT MEANS HE WILL LIVE WITHOUT INTEGRITY.
NOW, THIS IS SAD, BUT WE'VE DONE LIKE SOMETIMES THEY DO
THESE WHAT THEY CALL MAN ON THE STREET INTERVIEWS
AND WHEN I'M GONNA TEACH ON SOMETHING, THEY'LL GO OUT
AND JUST ASK RANDOM PEOPLE QUESTIONS.
YOU WOULD BE SHOCKED AT HOW MANY PEOPLE TODAY
DON'T KNOW WHAT INTEGRITY IS.
YOU CAN ASK THEM, "WHAT'S INTEGRITY?"
AND THEY'RE LIKE, "I DON'T KNOW."
THAT IS SAD, THAT'S ACTUALLY FRIGHTENING
BECAUSE A PERSON OF INTEGRITY IS AN HONEST PERSON, THEY TELL
THE TRUTH AT ALL TIMES, THEY KEEP THEIR WORD, THEY DO
WHAT THEY SAY THEY'RE GONNA DO AND IF THEY CAN'T, THEY DON'T
JUST IGNORE THEIR COMMITMENT, THEY COMMUNICATE.
THEY DON'T BUY A PAIR OF SHOES AND WHEN THEY GET HOME FIND OUT
THEY ACCIDENTALLY GAVE THEM TWO PAIR AND JUST DECIDE
GOD'S TRYIN' TO BLESS THEM AND THEY KEEP 'EM.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: GOD'S NOT GONNA BLESS YOU BY STEALIN'
FROM SOMEBODY ELSE, THANK YOU.
INTEGRITY.
THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN GOD TOLD US TO STEP OUT--IT'S
THIRTY YEARS AGO, WHEN GOD TOLD US TO STEP OUT, WE'D DONE
FIVE YEARS OF HOME BIBLE STUDIES, FIVE YEARS
I WORKED FOR SOMEBODY ELSE AND NOW GOD SAID, "I WANT YOU
TO GO NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST."
AND HE SAID THERE'S-- PUT IN MY HEART, "THERE'S
THREE THINGS I WANT YOU TO DO.
IF YOU DO 'EM, I'LL BLESS YOU.
KEEP THE STRIFE OUT OF YOUR LIFE, DO WHAT YOU DO
WITH EXCELLENCE, AND ALWAYS BE A PERSON OF INTEGRITY."
SO, INTEGRITY IS VERY IMPORTANT
TO ME AND I HOPE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU.
AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, THEN I STRONGLY SUGGEST
THAT YOU STUDY IT AND FIND OUT.
KEEP YOUR WORD.
WHEN YOU TELL PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING, DO IT.
IF YOU TELL SOMEBODY YOU'RE GONNA CALL THEM BACK,
CALL THEM BACK.
THE WORD "INTEGRITY" MEANS THE STATE OF BEING WHOLE
OR UNDIVIDED.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
YOUR CONSCIOUS AGREES WITH YOUR ACTIONS.
WE'RE NOT DOING ONE THING WHILE OUR CONSCIENCE
IS TELLING US THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING IT.
THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN CONTINUING TO DO SOMETHING
THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING.
BOY, YOU TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT MAKES YA UNCOMFORTABLE,
THAT'S IT.
TO BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT YOUR ACTIONS ARE RIGHT.
NOW, I WANNA CLOSE HERE
BY JUST GOING THROUGH A FEW SCRIPTURES WITH YOU.
WE'RE JUST GONNA READ 'EM.
I WANT YOU TO SEE HOW IMPORTANT INTEGRITY IS IN THE WORD OF GOD.
PROVERBS 25:26, "LIKE A MUDDIED
FOUNTAIN AND A POLLUTED SPRING
IS A RIGHTEOUS MAN WHO YIELDS, FALLS DOWN,
AND COMPROMISES HIS INTEGRITY BEFORE THE WICKED."
IF WE'RE OUT IN THE WORLD WHERE WICKED PEOPLE ARE AND WE ARE NOT
WALKING IN INTEGRITY, HE SAYS YOU'RE LIKE A POLLUTED SPRING.
PROVERBS 20, VERSE 7, "THE RIGHTEOUS MAN WALKS
IN HIS INTEGRITY."
NOW, GET THIS, HERE COMES THE PAYOFF, "BLESSED
(HAPPY, FORTUNATE, ENVIABLE) ARE HIS CHILDREN AFTER HIM."
GIVE YOUR CHILDREN AN INHERITANCE OF INTEGRITY.
TEACH THEM TO BE PEOPLE OF INTEGRITY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: TEACH THEM TO BE HONEST.
TEACH THEM TO BE EXCELLENT.
ALL FOUR OF OUR CHILDREN HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF THIS IS
IMPORTANT TO DO.
PSALM 101:2, "I WILL BEHAVE MYSELF WISELY AND I WILL GIVE
HEED TO THE BLAMELESS WAY-- O WHEN WILL YOU COME TO ME?
I WILL WALK WITHIN MY HOUSE IN INTEGRITY
AND WITH A BLAMELESS HEART."
I LOVE THAT SCRIPTURE.
HE'S SAYING, "I'M GONNA DO WHAT'S RIGHT
WHEN NOBODY'S LOOKING.
WHEN I'M AT HOME BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, I'M GONNA DO WHAT'S RIGHT
BECAUSE I'M LIVING FOR GOD, NOT PEOPLE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: JUST A COUPLE OF MORE.
PSALM 26:1, "VINDICATE ME, O LORD, FOR I HAVE WALKED
IN MY INTEGRITY; I HAVE [EXPECTANTLY] TRUSTED IN,
LEANED ON, AND RELIED ON THE LORD WITHOUT WAVERING
AND I SHALL NOT SLIDE."
NOW JOB CHAPTER 2, VERSE 3, "AND THE LORD SAID TO SATAN,
HAVE YOU CONSIDERED MY SERVANT JOB, THAT THERE IS NONE LIKE HIM
ON THE EARTH, A BLAMELESS AND AN UPRIGHT MAN,
WHO [REVERENTLY] FEARS GOD AND ABSTAINS FROM AND SHUNS
ALL EVIL [BECAUSE IT IS WRONG]?
AND STILL HE HOLDS FAST HIS INTEGRITY, ALTHOUGH YOU
MOVED ME AGAINST HIM TO DESTROY HIM WITHOUT CAUSE."
EVERYTHING THAT JOB WENT THROUGH, HE STILL HELD FAST
TO HIS INTEGRITY.
NOW, WE TALK ABOUT POOR OLD JOB, BUT YOU NEED TO READ ALL THE WAY
TO THE END OF THE BOOK BECAUSE IN THE END, JOB ENDED UP
WITH TWICE WHAT HE HAD BEFORE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DOING WHAT IS RIGHT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT NOT YET BE GETTING A RIGHT RESULT,
CONTINUE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT BECAUSE YOUR REWARD
WILL DEFINITELY COME.
I WANNA CLOSE WITH REVELATION 22:12,
RIGHT AT THE VERY, VERY END
OF THE BIBLE.
"BEHOLD, I AM COMING SOON."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "AND I SHALL BRING MY WAGES AND REWARDS WITH ME,
TO REPAY AND RENDER TO EACH ONE JUST AS HIS OWN ACTIONS
AND HIS OWN WORK HAD MERITED.
BEHOLD, I'M COMING SOON AND I'M BRINGING MY REWARD
AND MY WAGES WITH ME."
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, PAYDAY'S COMING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: PAYDAY'S COMING AND FOR THOSE OF YOU
WHO ARE DOING WHAT IS RIGHT EVEN WHEN IT'S HARD
AND YOU'RE PERSISTENT, IF YOU NEVER GET A RIGHT RESULT
HERE ON THIS EARTH, HE'S COMING AGAIN AND HE'S GONNA BRING
HIS WAGES AND HIS REWARDS WITH HIM.
DON'T LIVE FOR TODAY, LIVE TODAY FOR ETERNITY.
JOYCE: WELL NOW, REMEMBER NO MATTER WHAT WE FEEL
LIKE DOING, WE SHOULD DECIDE
TO RUN OUR RACE BELIEVING GOD'S WORD IS THE TRUTH
AND LEARN TO FOLLOW HIM.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU OUR STUDY BIBLE,
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GINGER: YOU KNOW, I'VE JUST BEEN WONDERING LATELY,
WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES A PERSON WANT TO LEAVE THE COMFORT
AND MONOTONY OF HOME TO COME SOMEPLACE CRAZY LIKE THIS
AND DO A MEDICAL CLINIC?
WELL, LET'S ASK THE VOLUNTEER DOCTORS AND NURSES
WHO DO IT ALL THE TIME.
MALE: SEEING THE WORLD IS AWESOME.
IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT ADVENTURE.
FEMALE: BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE SO AMAZING.
FEMALE: I DO THIS BECAUSE GOD PUT IT IN MY HEART TO HELP
OTHERS.
FEMALE: BECAUSE IT'S LIFE CHANGING.
MALE: WE LOVE IT, IT'S AWESOME.
FEMALE: 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY FUN.
GINGER: SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IT CAN'T HURT TO AT LEAST CHECK IT OUT, RIGHT?
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS GO TO OUR WEBSITE, JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
ALL THE INFORMATION IS THERE FOR YOU, AND JUST THINK,
YOUR ADVENTURE MAY BEGIN TODAY.
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 JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
JOIN US IN PARTNERSHIP AS WE SHARE THE LOVE OF CHRIST
AROUND THE GLOBE.
ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING WAS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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