ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: NOW, AT FIRST THE TITLE OF MY MESSAGE WAS
"PUT GOD FIRST," BUT SOMETHING ABOUT IT WAS BOTHERING ME.
AND THIS MORNING I THOUGHT, NO, I'M GONNA CHANGE IT TO,
"KEEPING GOD FIRST."
YOU KNOW WHY?
HOW MANY TIMES DO WE DECIDE TO PUT GOD FIRST BUT THEN
THE KEEPING HIM FIRST BECOMES AN ISSUE BECAUSE, IN CASE YOU
HAVEN'T NOTICED, THE WORLD IS FULL OF THINGS TO DISTRACT US.
I'M SURE YOU'VE EXPERIENCED YOU MAKE A DECISION THAT YOU'RE
GOING TO PRAY EVERY MORNING, AND STUDY THE WORD BEFORE YOU
DO ANYTHING ELSE.
AND MAN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT'S NIGHTTIME AND YOU DON'T EVEN
KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BUT THAT PLAN YOU MADE DIDN'T WORK OUT.
AND SO, MORE THAN ANYTHING, NOW, I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO ME, MORE
THAN ANYTHING, THE DEVIL WILL FIGHT YOU ABOUT KEEPING GOD
FIRST IN YOUR TIME, IN YOUR FINANCES, AND IN MANY, MANY,
MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND SO, I FEEL LIKE THE LORD WANTS ME TO TALK TO YOU THIS
MORNING ABOUT KEEPING GOD FIRST.
AND FOR SOME OF YOU, IT MAY REQUIRE MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS.
YOU SEE, HERE'S THE THING THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO.
I FOUND MYSELF, MANY YEARS AGO, TRYING SO HARD TO WORK GOD INTO
MY SCHEDULE.
AND FINALLY ONE DAY THE LORD SAID, "WHY DON'T YOU JUST WORK
YOUR SCHEDULE AROUND ME."
SO, ARE YOU TRYING TO FIND A PLACE TO PUT GOD INTO YOUR
SCHEDULE OR WOULD YOU BE WILLING TODAY TO SAY, "GOD, FROM NOW ON,
YOU'RE GONNA BE FIRST AND I DON'T CARE WHAT ELSE HAS TO GO"?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "I DON'T CARE WHAT ELSE HAS TO GO OR WHAT I HAVE TO
CHANGE, WHAT I HAVE TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT IN, I WANT TO KEEP
YOU FIRST IN MY LIFE IN EVERYTHING."
LET ME TELL YA, BEING A CHRISTIAN JUST DOES NOT WORK OUT
RIGHT IF GOD IS A SIDELINE IN YOUR LIFE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT THE CASE WITH A LOT OF YOU
BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN THE TROUBLE TO COME OUT HERE ON
A SATURDAY MORNING.
BUT I'M NOT JUST TALKING TO YOU TODAY.
WE'RE TALKING TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
ALL OVER THE WORLD THROUGH THIS WONDERFUL
TECHNOLOGY TODAY THAT WE HAVE CALLED TELEVISION.
AND I'M WELL AWARE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THINK YOU
ACCIDENTALLY TURNED THE PROGRAM ON, BUT IT CAN BE
A LIFE-CHANGING MOMENT FOR YOU TODAY.
THERE ARE ALSO PROBABLY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
THAT I REFER TO, LIKE I USED TO REFER TO MYSELF,
AS A RELIGIOUS PERSON.
WELL, JESUS DIDN'T DIE SO WE COULD HAVE A RELIGION.
HE DIED SO WE CAN HAVE A DEEP, INTIMATE, PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIM THROUGH CHRIST.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO DO LIFE WITH GOD.
HE DOESN'T WANT TO JUST BE PART OF YOUR SUNDAY MORNING.
HE WANTS TO BE WELCOMED INTO AND BE A VITAL PART OF EVERYTHING
THAT YOU DO.
OKAY THEN, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE BELIEVE IN JESUS AND GO TO
CHURCH ON SUNDAY, BUT GOD IS NOT FIRST IN THEIR LIFE.
AND I WANT TO TELL YA THAT HE IS A JEALOUS GOD.
HE'S JEALOUS OF YOU.
HE PUTS YOU FIRST IN HIS LIFE.
DO YOU KNOW THAT?
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU IS FIRST IN GOD'S THOUGHTS.
YOU SAY, "WELL, HOW CAN WE ALL BE FIRST?"
BECAUSE GOD IS GOD AND HE CAN DO THAT.
AND SO, EVERYTHING I'M SAYING TODAY IS NOT JUST TO A BUNCH
OF PEOPLE.
IT'S TO INDIVIDUALS.
AND ONCE JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS AN ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE SENT
THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO CAN BE EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME WITH
EVERY PERSON.
SO, GOD IS OMNIPRESENT.
HE'S HERE TODAY BUT HE'S ALSO IN CHINA, AND AFRICA, AND INDIA,
AND ASIA AND--AND HE CAN SPEAK SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO EVERY ONE
OF YOU ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
PEOPLE WILL COME TO THESE CONFERENCES AND TELL ME THINGS
THEY GOT OUT OF IT AND I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER SAYING THAT.
BUT SEE, GOD CAN SPEAK TO YOU.
AND I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THIS TODAY, YOU ARE ON
GOD'S MIND ALL THE TIME.
YOU ARE ON GOD'S MIND ALL THE TIME.
HE'S ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT YOU.
WE COULD NOT EVEN COUNT THE THOUGHTS THAT GOD HAS TOWARD US.
THEY WOULD BE LIKE LITTLE GRAINS OF SAND ON THE BEACH.
BEFORE YOU EVER ARRIVED ON PLANET EARTH, GOD MADE A PLAN
FOR EVERY SINGLE DAY OF YOUR LIFE.
HE WON'T FORCE YOU TO WALK IN IT, BUT HE WOULD LIKE YOU
TO WALK IN IT.
HE WOULD LIKE TO GUIDE YOU AND LEAD YOU THROUGH LIFE AND
LITERALLY, LET ME SAY IT AGAIN, BE INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING
YOU DO.
IN EVERY DECISION YOU MAKE, GOD WANTS TO BE PART OF IT.
THAT'S WHAT JESUS DIED FOR US TO HAVE, NOT JUST BELIEVE A CERTAIN
DOCTRINE, JOIN A CERTAIN GROUP, AND GO TO CHURCH ONCE A WEEK,
AND HOPE WE GO TO HEAVEN WHEN WE DIE.
THAT'S PRETTY SAD IF THAT'S ALL BEING A CHRISTIAN MEANS TO US.
SO, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU FOR A MOMENT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
REMEMBERING THE THINGS THAT GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU.
THERE'S SOME GREAT WARNINGS IN THE BIBLE ABOUT THE DANGERS OF
FORGETTING GOD.
AND REALLY, EXACTLY WHAT'S WRONG WITH OUR NATION RIGHT NOW IS NOT
A MONEY PROBLEM, IT'S A MORAL PROBLEM.
IF THE MORALS ARE RIGHT, THE MONEY WILL BE THERE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I DON'T CARE HOW MANY PANELS OF EXPERTS THEY PUT
TOGETHER TO STUDY THE PROBLEMS, THEY ARE NOT GONNA FIND THE
ANSWERS BECAUSE THE ANSWER IS SIMPLY REPENT OF YOUR SINS
AND RETURN TO GOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND TO BE HONEST, IN MOST OF OUR LIVES, THAT'S
THE BOTTOM LINE ANSWER.
QUIT TRYING TO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AND START DOING WHAT I'M
ASKING YOU TO DO.
AMERICA WAS BUILT ON THE FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES OF
THE WORD OF GOD.
ALL OF OUR LAWS ARE BUILT ON THE WORD OF GOD.
AND YOU CANNOT REMOVE GOD FROM A NATION THAT WAS BUILT ON GOD
AND EXPECT THE NATION TO LAST AND TO WORK.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ISRAEL DID THAT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
AND GOD IS GRACIOUS AND HE ALWAYS RECEIVED THEM BACK, BUT
THEY WOULD DO THE SAME DUMB THING AGAIN AND AGAIN AND EVERY
TIME THEY DID, THEY HAD WAR, THEY HAD FAMINE, THEY HAD ALL
KINDS OF PROBLEMS IN THEIR LIFE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYBODY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT IS
GOING ON.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO PRAY IS THAT THE BLIND
WILL SEE AND THE DEAF WILL HEAR.
AND I'M NOT TALKING PHYSICALLY.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE BLINDNESS THAT'S ON OUR LEADERS THAT
PREVENTS THEM FROM SEEING WHAT THE REAL PROBLEM IS.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK BACK TO WHEN THEY TOOK
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OFF THE WALLS IN
THE SCHOOLS.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALL SIT AND SAY, "WELL, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO."
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT EVERYBODY
DOES.
WHAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT WE DO.
AMEN?
I READ THIS MORNING ABOUT A GROUP OF MOTHERS, I CAN'T
REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS SO I WON'T TELL IT WRONG, BUT THEY
STARTED A JESUS LUNCH OFF CAMPUS IN A PARK NEAR BY A SCHOOL.
AND THE KIDS GO TO MCDONALD'S AND NOBODY CARES.
SCHOOL DON'T GET INVOLVED IN THAT.
GOVERNMENT DOESN'T GET INVOLVED IF YOU WANT TO GO EAT
AT MCDONALD'S.
WELL, THESE MOTHERS STARTED A NICE HOME-COOKED LUNCH FOR ANY
STUDENT WHO WANTED TO COME AND EAT LUNCH THERE.
AND THEY PRESENT A SIMPLE MESSAGE OF CHRISTIANITY AND THEY
FEED THE KIDS.
WELL, THERE'S NOW 500 KIDS VOLUNTARILY COMING TO THIS.
SO, NOW THEY'RE GETTING THREATENED.
THEY'RE BEING TOLD THEY HAVE TO STOP IT, THAT THEY CAN'T DO IT.
AND THANK GOD THESE WOMEN ARE FIGHTING AND THEY'VE GOTTEN
A LAWYER THAT WILL HELP THEM FIGHT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, WE CANNOT JUST KIND OF LAY DOWN UNDER THIS AND
SAY, "I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO."
I MEAN, WE NEED TO GET STIRRED UP AND SAY, "WE HAVE GOT A RIGHT
TO TALK ABOUT GOD AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT GOD."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, I AGREE THAT THIS IS A FREE COUNTRY AND WE CAN'T
MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE ANYTHING.
AND I DON'T PERSONALLY THINK WE SHOULD TRY TO PUSH OFF ON
ANYBODY WHAT WE BELIEVE BUT WE SHOULD NOT LET THEM TAKE AWAY
WHAT WE BELIEVE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: TO BE HONEST, IT SEEMS LIKE TODAY EVERYBODY'S GOT
RIGHTS BUT CHRISTIANS.
BUT EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY AND MANY OTHER
COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE FORGOTTEN GOD.
BOY, WE SURE NEED GOD WHEN WE'RE DESPERATE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T JUST GO TO GOD WHEN WE'RE DESPERATE,
THAT'S NOT A WALK WITH GOD.
DEUTERONOMY 8:19 AND 20.
I FIGURED WE MIGHT AS WELL GO OUT WITH A BANG TODAY, AMEN?
"AND IF YOU FORGET THE LORD YOUR GOD--"
LISTEN, I DON'T WANT TO FORGET GOD ANY DAY OF MY LIFE.
NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU GROW IN YOUR WALK WITH GOD.
AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU A FEW THINGS ABOUT MY LIFE, NOT DOING
ANY OF IT TO BRAG, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE TO YOU.
I WILL NOT PUT MY FEET ON THE FLOOR IN THE MORNING UNTIL I
TALK TO GOD.
I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
I NEED HIM TO GET UP AND WALK ACROSS THE ROOM, AND YOU WILL
TOO WHEN YOU GET OLD ENOUGH.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON.
DEUTERONOMY 8:19, "AND IF YOU FORGET THE LORD YOUR GOD AND
WALK AFTER OTHER GODS AND SERVE THEM AND WORSHIP THEM--"
NOW, YOU KNOW, WE THINK SOMETIMES
OTHER GODS IS LIKE BEING IN SOME KIND OF FALSE RELIGION OR BOWING
DOWN TO A STATUE OF AN IDOL.
BUT LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, WE CAN TURN ANYTHING INTO A GOD IN
OUR LIFE BECAUSE ANYTHING THAT WE MAKE MORE IMPORTANT THAN GOD
BECOMES AN IDOL TO US.
YOU CAN LET THE BUILDING OF A HOUSE COME BEFORE GOD.
MATTER OF FACT, I KNOW A MAN, HIM AND HIS WIFE WERE BUILDING
A HOME AND HE WAS VERY INVOLVED.
HE WAS THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
AND SO, IN ADDITION TO HIS JOB, HE WAS SPENDING EVERY WAKING
MOMENT WITH THIS HOUSE.
DURING THE BUILDING OF THAT, HE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GO TO CHURCH
AND IT ENDED UP CAUSING SOME TREMENDOUS PROBLEMS IN HIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
HE ENDED UP GETTING INVOLVED WITH ANOTHER WOMAN AT WORK
AND GOT A DIVORCE.
WE CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE A VACATION FROM GOD.
AMEN?
I KNOW ANOTHER WOMAN WHO HAD THIS TREMENDOUS INTERCESSORY
PRAYER MINISTRY FROM GOD.
AND LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, WHEN YOU CAN GET UP AND PRAY
4 OR 5 HOURS EVERY MORNING, THAT'S A GIFT.
THAT IS A GIFT.
I PRAY A LOT, BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT GIFT.
AND SHE WAS VERY FAITHFUL, AND VERY DILIGENT, AND SHE WAS
REALLY ENJOYING IT.
AND HER FAMILY WAS GONNA TAKE A 2-WEEK VACATION SO SHE DECIDED
DURING THOSE 2 WEEKS THAT SHE WOULDN'T GET UP EARLY AND PRAY.
SHE NEVER COULD GO BACK TO IT AFTER THAT.
THE ANOINTING LIFTED AND SHE NEVER COULD BACK TO IT AFTER
THAT.
YOU CAN'T TAKE A VACATION FROM GOD.
HELLO.
YOU CANNOT TAKE A VACATION FROM GOD.
WELL, YOU'RE NOT--I CAN TELL WHEN YOU GUYS ARE SURE AND WHEN
YOU'RE NOT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU SAY, "YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT I NEED TO SPEND
TIME WITH GOD EVERY DAY?" HOW ABOUT LIKE ABOUT EVERY
5 MINUTES?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: GOD IS NOT FOR THE EMERGENCIES IN OUR LIFE.
HE IS OUR LIFE.
ARE YOU AWAKE OUT THERE?
IN HIM, PAUL SAID, PAUL SAID, "IN HIM, I LIVE, AND MOVE,
AND HAVE MY BEING."
WELL, SO WE CAN JUST KEEP TRYING TO DO A BUNCH OF STUFF WITHOUT
HIM AND JUST FAIL TIME AFTER TIME AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL FINALLY
GET IT.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.
LET'S GO BACK TO DEUTERONOMY 8:19.
"AND IF YOU FORGET THE LORD YOUR GOD AND WALK AFTER OTHER GODS
AND SERVE THEM AND WORSHIP THEM, I TESTIFY AGAINST YOU THIS DAY
THAT YOU SHALL SURELY PERISH."
VERSE 20, "LIKE THE NATIONS WHICH THE LORD MAKES TO PERISH
BEFORE YOU, SO SHALL YOU PERISH, BECAUSE YOU WOULD NOT OBEY
THE VOICE OF THE LORD YOUR GOD."
HE'S SPEAKING TO NATIONS.
AMEN?
GOD NOT ONLY TALKS TO INDIVIDUALS, BUT HE TALKS TO
NATIONS.
NOW, ONE OF THE SADDEST SCRIPTURES IN THE BIBLE IS
JEREMIAH 2:32 SAYS, "MY PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN ME DAYS
WITHOUT NUMBER."
WOW.
JUST IMAGINE FOR A SECOND, IF WE COULD EVEN REMOTELY IMAGINE
BEING GOD FOR A SECOND, AND ALL YOU HAVE IS LOVE FOR ALL THESE
PEOPLE THAT YOU SENT YOUR ONLY SON TO DIE FOR.
YOU LOVE THEM SO MUCH THAT YOU GAVE UP YOUR ONLY SON AND
WATCHED HIM DIE A HORRIBLE DEATH AND NOW, THEY DON'T EVEN
HAVE TIME TO SAY HI FOR DAYS WITHOUT NUMBER.
BUT I LOVE THAT ANY KEY TRANSLATION OF JEREMIAH 2:32,
"DOES A YOUNG WOMAN FORGET TO PUT ON HER JEWELS?"
HAVE YOU EVER NOT PUT YOUR EARRINGS ON AND WENT BACK
HOME TO GET 'EM?
LOOK AT THAT.
I HAVE TOO.
HAVE YOU EVER FORGOT YOUR CELL PHONE AND WENT BACK
HOME TO GET IT?
SAYS, "WILL A BRIDE FORGET TO PUT ON HER WEDDING DRESS?
BUT MY PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN ME FOR MORE DAYS THAN CAN EVEN BE
COUNTED."
OKAY, WE SAID WE'LL GO BACK HOME IF WE FORGET OUR EARRINGS.
WE'LL GO BACK HOME IF WE FORGET OUR CELL PHONE, BUT HAS ANYBODY
HERE EVER FORGOTTEN TO PRAY AND THOUGHT, "I'M GOING BACK HOME TO
PRAY BEFORE I START THIS DAY"?
I'M NOT SEEING ANY HANDS.
MMM.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE THE MOST VALUABLE MESSAGE THAT
YOU HAVE HEARD IN A LONG, LONG TIME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND, YOU KNOW, THEN PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, YOU KNOW,
WHEN I PRAY, I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING.
WHEN I TRY TO STUDY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND."
I WOULDN'T EVEN BE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT IF I WERE YOU.
I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING TO GOD IS THAT YOU GIVE HIM
THE TIME.
I DON'T CARE IF YOU JUST GO SIT IN A CHAIR SOMEWHERE AND GO,
"DUH."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, SURELY YOU CAN SAY, "I'M HERE BECAUSE I CAN'T
MAKE IT THROUGH THE DAY WITHOUT YOU."
AMEN?
PSALM 106:7, "OUR FATHERS IN EGYPT UNDERSTOOD NOT NOR
APPRECIATED YOUR MIRACLES; THEY DID NOT [EARNESTLY] REMEMBER THE
MULTITUDE OF YOUR MERCIES NOR IMPRINT YOUR LOVING-KINDNESS
[ON THEIR HEARTS], BUT THEY WERE REBELLIOUS AND PROVOKED THE LORD
AT THE SEA, EVEN THE RED SEA."
SO, HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS, FORGETTING GOD LEADS FIRST TO
UNBELIEF AND THEN IT LEADS TO REBELLION.
WELL, I CAN SEE THAT CLEARLY IN OUR NATION.
WHEN WE STARTED FORGETTING GOD, THEN WE STARTED TO NOT BELIEVE.
WHEN I SAY, "WE," I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT US AS INDIVIDUALS.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE "WE" AS A NATION.
FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY IF SOMEBODY
DOESN'T WANT TO BELIEVE IN GOD, THEY THINK IT'S THEIR MISSION TO
TRY TO KEEP EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE WORLD FROM BELIEVING.
I MEAN, THAT, THIS IS LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD
TODAY IS SO CLEARLY THE DEVIL, BUT HE DOES HAVE TO FIND
SOMEBODY TO WORK THROUGH.
THEN IT LEADS TO REBELLION.
NOW, THAT WAS MY INTRODUCTION, NOW LET'S START THE MESSAGE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE THESE TURNING POINTS IN OUR
LIFE, PLACES WHERE YOU CAN SAY, "MAN, WHEN GOD REVEALED THE
MEANING OF THAT SCRIPTURE TO ME, IT WAS LIFE-CHANGING."
HOW MANY OF YOU CAN REMEMBER SOME OF THOSE PLATEAUS IN YOUR
WALK WITH GOD?
AND ONE OF THOSE PLACES FOR ME WAS PSALM 27, VERSE 4 BECAUSE I
WAS A BORN-AGAIN, SPIRIT-FILLED PREACHER, AND I WAS UNHAPPY.
AND TO BE HONEST, AN UNHAPPY CHRISTIAN IS KIND OF LIKE
AN OXYMORON.
IT'S LIKE, WE OUGHT TO BE THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE ON THE FACE OF
THE EARTH.
YOU KNOW WHY?
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HELL.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU SAY, "WELL, I'VE GOT THIS PROBLEM, AND I'VE GOT
THAT PROBLEM, AND I'VE GOT SOME OTHER PROBLEM."
BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HELL.
AND EVEN IF YOU KEPT YOUR SILLY PROBLEM FOR ANOTHER
30, 40 YEARS, HOWEVER LONG YOU'RE GONNA LIVE.
LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, IF YOU HAVE TO KEEP PUTTING UP WITH IT,
YOU CAN PUT UP WITH IT IF THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO BUT YOU'VE
GOT ETERNITY TIME WITHOUT END.
SO, COME ON NOW, LET'S JUST KIND OF GET BACK OUR DETERMINATION
AND SAY, "I'M NOT GONNA FLOAT DOWNSTREAM WITH THE REST OF
THE WORLD.
I'M NOT GONNA LOSE MY FAITH.
I'M NOT GONNA NOT LET GOD BE FIRST IN MY LIFE.
I WANT EVERYTHING THAT GOD'S GOT TO GIVE ME."
AMEN?
"ONE THING HAVE I ASKED OF THE LORD."
WHILE I WAS IN THAT STATE OF BEING UNHAPPY, I REALLY
SINCERELY STARTED SEEKING GOD.
"ONE THING HAVE I ASKED THE LORD AND THAT WILL I SEEK, INQUIRE
FOR, AND INSISTENTLY REQUIRE."
THE WORD "SEEK" IS A VERY STRONG WORD.
IT MEANS TO CRAVE, PURSUE, AND GO AFTER WITH EVERYTHING
THAT YOU'VE GOT.
YOU KNOW HOW TO SEEK A HOT FUDGE SUNDAE WHEN YOU WANT ONE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I AM SEEKING A PAIR OF SHOES TODAY WHEN THIS CONFERENCE
IS OVER.
I WILL FIND THEM.
MATTER OF FACT, I HAD A--I WENT IN A SHOE STORE THE OTHER DAY
JUST TO GET SOME INSOLES FOR MY SHOES THAT SOMEBODY HAD TOLD ME
ABOUT, AND I SAW A COUPLE PAIR OF SHOES RIGHT AT THE FRONT DOOR
THAT I LIKED.
AND I HAVE BEEN PLANNING THAT INTO MY SCHEDULE EVER SINCE
I SAW THEM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON.
I WILL GET THOSE SHOES.
I EVEN TRIED ONE OF YOUR SIMILAR SHOE STORES HERE IN TOWN AND
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THOSE SHOES.
SO, NOW I'M GONNA GO HOME FROM THIS CONFERENCE WHERE I HAVE
WORKED VERY HARD, AND I AM GONNA SLIP BY THAT SHOE STORE AND I AM
GONNA GET THOSE SHOES."
I AM SEEKING THOSE SHOES.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, COME ON, COULD WE BEGIN TO SEEK GOD EVEN LIKE
WE DO A PAIR OF SHOES?
COULD SOME OF YOU GUYS GET AS EXCITED ABOUT GOD AS YOU
DO A FOOTBALL GAME?
JUST SAYING.
"WELL, BROTHER, I'M NOT GONNA GO TO CHURCH AND ACT CRAZY LIKE
AN EMOTIONAL NUT."
YEAH?
WELL, I WISH I HAD SOME VIDEO OF YOU WATCHING FOOTBALL.
"YEAH!"
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, MANY YEARS AGO, GOD FINALLY GOT THIS THROUGH TO
ME AND HE SIMPLY SAID THIS, "JOYCE, YOU CANNOT DO THIS," AND
BY THIS HE MEANT LIFE, MINISTRY, WHATEVER YOUR "THIS" IS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR "THIS."
WHETHER YOUR "THIS" IS RAISING FOUR KIDS, WHETHER YOUR "THIS"
IS BEING A SINGLE PARENT.
YOU CANNOT DO "THIS" UNLESS YOU PUT GOD FIRST IN YOUR LIFE.
AND THAT SCRIPTURE SAYS, WE HAVE TO REQUIRE HIM AS A VITAL
NECESSITY IN LIFE.
THAT MEANS I CAN'T DO WITHOUT HIM.
NOW, IT MATTERS VERY LITTLE TO ME IF YOU THINK I'M BEING
RADICAL AND OVERBOARD BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU THAT I KNOW THAT I
WOULD HAVE NO REASON AT ALL TO EVEN PUT MY FEET ON THE FLOOR
ANY DAY OF MY LIFE IF I DIDN'T HAVE GOD TO SERVE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, SOME OF YOU ARE STILL YOUNG ENOUGH THAT YOU
THINK, OH MAN, I GOTTA GET MARRIED.
I GOTTA HAVE KIDS.
I GOTTA CLIMB THE LADDER OF SUCCESS.
WELL, THAT'S GOOD.
DO ALL THAT.
BUT IF YOU DO ALL THAT WITHOUT GOD, YOU'LL COME TO THE END OF
IT AND YOU'LL STILL BE VERY DISSATISFIED.
YOU'RE GONNA BE LIKE A PERSON ROAMING AROUND IN THE WILDERNESS
SEEING ONE MIRAGE AFTER ANOTHER THAT YOU THINK HAS GOT THE WATER
THAT YOU NEED.
"WELL, THIS WILL MAKE ME HAPPY.
WELL, THIS WILL MAKE ME HAPPY.
WELL, THIS WILL MAKE ME HAPPY."
NOTHING IS GONNA MAKE YOU HAPPY, CONTENT, AND SATISFIED.
YOU MAY GO AND ENJOY A VACATION AND YOU'RE HAPPY WHILE YOU'RE
THERE, BUT WHO WANTS TO JUST ENJOY CERTAIN EVENTS AND DAYS
IN THEIR LIFE?
I WANT TO ENJOY EVERY SINGLE ORDINARY DAY OF MY LIFE,
EVERY DAY, EVERY MOMENT.
JOYCE: WELL NOW, LET'S REMEMBER THAT WE ARE TO BE LED,
GUIDED, AND CONTROLLED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
AND MY PRAYER FOR ALL OF US TODAY IS THAT AS WE SEEK HIM, HE
WILL HELP US KEEP GOD FIRST IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU OUR STUDY BIBLE, THE EVERYDAY LIFE
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AND I ALSO READ IT EVERY DAY.
IT HELPS ME UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE BETTER AND IT'S BRINGING ME BACK
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THANK YOU SO MUCH."
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SO YOU ASK, "WHO IS JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES?"
WELL, OF COURSE IT'S JOYCE AND THE MEYER FAMILY, BUT IT'S ALSO
PEOPLE LIKE BEAUTIFUL PRECIOUS HERE, ME, AND YOU.
AND WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THAT, AS A UNIT TOGETHER, AS WE REACH OUT
A HAND OF HOPE, OTHERS JOIN OUR HANDS, AND TOGETHER WE CAN DO
SO MUCH MORE.
WHEN WE SHARE THE LOVE OF CHRIST AND WE LOVE PEOPLE,
BIG THINGS HAPPEN.
THAT'S WHO WE ARE AND YOU'RE A BIG PART OF IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANK YOU!
[MUSIC]
JEFF: HI, THIS IS JEFF MENE WITH CONVOY OF HOPE, AND WE JUST
WANT TO EXTEND A HUGE THANK YOU TO JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES,
ALL OUR FRIENDS THERE.
WE'RE SET UP HERE IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA,
AND WE'RE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD AND SUPPLIES
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