ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: I DON'T KNOW WHERE SOMEBODY MAYBE HAS LEFT YOU.
MAYBE SOMEBODY YOU LOVED AND TRUSTED WALKED OUT ON YOU,
AND YOU'RE SITTING THERE NOW WITH A BROKEN HEART.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO REMAIN WHERE THEY LEFT YOU.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: JESUS WANTS US TO BE WHOLE.
HE WANTS TO HEAL US IN EVERY WAY SO THAT WE CAN HELP SOMEONE ELSE
ON THEIR JOURNEY.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE THE STORY OF A MOTHER WHO RAISED
A SPECIAL NEEDS SON, AND AT FIRST SHE FELT OVERWHELMED.
BUT AS SHE LET GOD LEAD HER ON THIS DIFFICULT JOURNEY,
SHE FOUND HIS GREATEST GIFT IN THE MIDST OF WHAT LOOKED LIKE
AN INSURMOUNTABLE SITUATION.
HERE IS ROBYN WILKERSON'S STORY, AND THEN I'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH
A MESSAGE ON HOW YOU CAN PRESS INTO GOD FOR THE HEALING THAT
YOU MIGHT NEED IN YOUR SOUL.
ROBYN: DOCTOR LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, "LET HIM DIE."
IN FACT, SHE SAID, "WHY DON'T YOU PRAY HE'LL DIE?"
I CAN'T PRAY THAT MY CHILD DIES.
THE NURSE LOOKED AT ME, AND SHE LOOKED AT HIM, AND SHE STARTED
TO SCREAM, "CODE BLUE."
THE DOCTOR HAD MISSED IT, BUT GRAHAM HAD SPINAL MENINGITIS.
AND EVERY PROGNOSIS SAID HE'LL NEVER TALK, HE'LL NEVER WALK,
HE'LL ALWAYS BE HANDICAPPED.
HE'LL LIVE IN AN INSTITUTION.
HE'LL BE DEAF, HE'LL BE BLIND, HE'LL NEVER SPEAK.
BUT WE WENT HOME WITH THAT BABY, AND WE BEGAN A JOURNEY OF BEING
PARENTS OF A SPECIAL NEED CHILD.
AND IT'S BEEN A JOURNEY.
IT'S BEEN A BATTLE.
THE HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE CHAOS THAT THAT LITTLE BOY'S LIFE TOOK
AS HE WAS FULL OF ACTING OUT, AND TANTRUMS, AND COULDN'T GO TO
CHURCH, AND COULDN'T TAKE HIM TO A PUBLIC PLACE.
AND YES, I WAS A MOTHER PRAYING FOR HEALING, BUT DEEPER AND
FURTHER THAN ALL OF THAT WAS THAT I FELT GOD HAD LEFT ME
AND LET ME DOWN.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT GOD?
HE CAN HANDLE ANY QUESTION.
HE CAN HANDLE ANY EMOTION.
YOU KNOW WHAT GOD SAID?
"HEY ROBYN, YOU THINK IT'S HARD FOR YOU?
IT'S HARDER FOR GRAHAM.
GRAHAM GOT THE RIGHT MOM, WHICH MEANS YOU GOT THE RIGHT KID.
SO, THAT MEANS, ROBYN, YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHT STUFF TO BE FOR
THIS KID THE ADVOCATE, THE WARRIOR MOTHER THAT HE NEEDS
TO HELP HIM GET TO WHERE HE'S GOING TO GO."
I HAD TO ALLOW GOD TO USE THE CIRCUMSTANCE OF
SPINAL MENINGITIS IN MY LIFE TO REALIZE THAT
THERE IS A BIGGER PURPOSE THAN MY LITTLE WAY OF HOW I
THOUGHT LIFE WAS GOING TO GO.
NOW, GRAHAM IS 29 YEARS OLD, HE WORKS AT THE CHURCH.
YES, HE'S HANDICAPPED.
YES, HE'LL ALWAYS BE WITH US.
BUT GRAHAM TURNS OUT TO BE THE BEST TREASURE THAT EVER HAPPENED
IN OUR FAMILY.
WHAT A GIFT IT IS TO BE A SPECIAL NEED MOM.
JOYCE: I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT
THE "HEALING OF A WOMAN'S SOUL."
AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY MEN CAN BE WOUNDED TOO, BUT THIS IS
A WOMEN'S MEETING.
AND SO, I'M SORRY GUYS, BUT YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO LISTEN TO
HOW TO HEAL A WOMAN'S SOUL.
AND IT PROBABLY WILL HELP YOU GO HOME AND HELP YOUR WIVES
HAVE BETTER LIVES.
HOW MANY OF YOU WANT YOUR HUSBANDS TO HELP YOU HAVE
A BETTER LIFE, AMEN?
ALL RIGHT.
AND I'VE HAD A LOT OF PRACTICE WITH THE HEALING OF MY SOUL.
AND I KNOW A FEW THINGS ABOUT IT, ANYWAY.
AND JESUS WANTS US TO BE WHOLE, WHOLE, COMPLETELY WHOLE.
HE DIED NOT JUST SO WE COULD GO TO HEAVEN SOMEDAY, BUT HE DIED
SO WE COULD HAVE A LIFE THAT'S WORTH LIVING WHILE WE'RE ON OUR
WAY TO GOING TO HEAVEN SOMEDAY.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE'VE ALL GOT A STORY.
AND YOUR STORY IS IMPORTANT.
AND MAYBE YOU'RE ONE OF THE ONES WHO COULD GIVE YOUR VICTORY
REPORT, YOUR TESTIMONY OF WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU.
AND MAYBE YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WATCHING GOD DO SOMETHING
FOR YOU.
OR MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT AND YOU JUST
THOUGHT YOU HAD TO LIVE WITH IT.
IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT EVEN ARE CHRISTIANS AND GO
TO CHURCH, I WAS ONE OF THEM FOR A LONG TIME, WHO HAS NO IDEA
THAT GOD IS INTERESTED IN ANYTHING OTHER THAN JUST SAVING
THEM AND GETTING THEM TO HEAVEN.
AND SO, I LIVED AS A BROKEN CHRISTIAN FOR A LONG, LONG,
LONG, LONG TIME.
AND I THINK IT'S BAD TO BE A PITIFUL SINNER, BUT IT'S REALLY
BAD TO BE A PITIFUL SAINT.
BECAUSE WE ARE GOD'S ADVERTISEMENT TO THE WORLD.
WE'RE HIS AMBASSADORS, AND HE'S MAKING AN APPEAL TO THE WORLD
THROUGH US.
AND SO, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR SAKE AND ALSO FOR HIS THAT IF
YOU'VE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE, THAT YOU MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITH GOD, AND
YOU'RE GOING TO BE EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN BE IN HIM.
AND THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LIVE FULL OF PAIN, AND SECRETS,
AND REGRETS FROM THE PAST.
BUT YOU'RE GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH, AND YOU ARE GOING
TO BE WHOLE, AND YOU ARE GOING TO BE HAPPY, AND YOU ARE GOING
TO BE STRONG, AND YOU ARE GOING TO BE CONFIDENT, AND YOU
ARE GOING TO HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH, AND YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE
THE DEVIL MAD EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT YOU'RE ON THIS PLANET.
AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: PSALM 147:3, "HE HEALS THE BROKENHEARTED
AND HE BINDS UP THEIR WOUNDS [CURING THEIR PAIN
AND THEIR SORROW]."
ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL?
"HE HEALS THE BROKENHEARTED, HE BINDS UP THEIR WOUNDS [CURING
THEIR PAIN AND THEIR SORROW]."
NOW, YOUR SOUL IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS YOUR HEART OR YOUR SPIRIT,
OR EVEN AT TIMES YOUR MIND.
AND IT'S REALLY KIND OF SOME OF ALL OF THAT, BUT YOUR SOUL IS
NOT YOUR SPIRIT, BUT IT IS THE INNER PART OF YOU.
WHEN YOU'RE BORN AGAIN, CHRIST COMES TO LIVE IN YOUR SPIRIT.
AND EVERYTHING IS JUST MADE GOOD IN THERE BECAUSE HE HAS TO CLEAN
IT UP AND MAKE IT HOLY, OR HE COULDN'T LIVE THERE.
SO, WE'RE ALL TAKEN CARE OF SPIRITUALLY.
THAT'S WHY WE CAN SAY AND NOT BE LYING THAT WE HAVE THINGS OR WE
ARE THINGS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY SEE THEM IN REALITY.
LIKE I CAN SAY, "I AM THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN CHRIST,"
BEFORE I'M ACTUALLY DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT.
BECAUSE I DO HAVE IT, I'M JUST NOT SHOWING IT ALL YET, AMEN?
AND BOY, IF YOU CAN EVER GET A HOLD OF THAT.
THE DEVIL IS A THIEF, AND HE'S RIGHT THERE READY TO STEAL EVERY
BEAUTIFUL THING THAT GOD GIVES US IF WE DON'T STAND OUR GROUND
AND HANG ON TO IT.
SO, SOME OF THE THINGS I'M GOING TO SAY TONIGHT YOU MAY HAVE
HEARD ME SAY BEFORE, BUT BEFORE THIS NIGHT'S OVER, BY THE GRACE
AND THE MERCY OF GOD, AND IT WILL TAKE THAT, I'M GOING TO
GIVE YOU TEN POINTS ON HOW TO HAVE YOUR SOUL COMPLETELY
HEALED.
AND IF YOU FOLLOW THESE POINTS, IT MAY TAKE SOME YEARS, IT MAY
TAKE SOME TIME, IT MAY TAKE SOME CRYING, IT MAY TAKE SOME GOING
THROUGH STUFF, BUT YOU WILL COME OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE A WHOLE
INDIVIDUAL WITH NO EVIDENCE THAT YOU EVER WERE THAT MESSED UP
PERSON THAT YOU USED TO BE.
THAT'LL BE SOMEBODY THAT YOU FEEL LIKE YOU USED TO KNOW, BUT
YOU'RE CERTAINLY NOT THAT ANYMORE, AMEN?
I TELL DAVE HE PROBABLY FEELS LIKE HE'S BEEN MARRIED TO
20 DIFFERENT WOMEN IN THE 50 YEARS
WE'VE BEEN MARRIED BECAUSE WE JUST KEEP CHANGING AND CHANGING
AND CHANGING.
SO, YOUR SOUL IS THE INNER PART OF YOU.
AND IT'S A PART THAT CERTAINLY WE CAN HIDE FROM PEOPLE
OUT HERE.
SOMETIMES, WE EVEN GET PRETTY GOOD AT HIDING IT FROM
OURSELVES.
YOU KNOW, I THINK ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS THAT WE
CAN DO IS KNOW OURSELVES.
I MEAN, REALLY KNOW YOURSELF.
AND THAT TAKES A LIFETIME TO REALLY KNOW YOURSELF AND TO BE
HONEST WITH YOURSELF.
BUT CERTAINLY GOD KNOWS US.
AND SO, IT'S VERY POSSIBLE TO LOOK ALL TOGETHER ON THE
OUTSIDE, AND YET BE A COMPLETE TOTAL MESS ON THE INSIDE.
HAS ANYBODY GOTTEN GOOD AT DRESSING IT UP, AND TAKING IT TO
CHURCH, AND PUTTING ON YOUR CHURCH FACE?
BUT YET INSIDE, YOU'RE THINKING, "I AM FALLING APART, AND WHY IS
THIS NOT WORKING FOR ME?" THE CONDITION OF OUR SOUL IS NOT
ONLY FELT BY US, BUT IT'S ALSO FELT BY ALL THOSE THAT WE ARE IN
RELATIONSHIP WITH.
AND TO BE HONEST, THE BIGGEST FAVOR THAT YOU CAN DO YOUR
FAMILY IS TO BE A HEALTHY YOU.
A HEALTHY, WHOLE YOU.
WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO WONDER EVERY DAY WHAT VERSION OF YOU
THEY'RE GOING TO GET.
COME ON.
YOU KNOW, DAVE SAYS, "I REMEMBER I USED TO DRIVE DOWN THE HIGHWAY
AT NIGHT AND THINK, 'I WONDER WHAT SHE'LL BE LIKE TONIGHT.'"
AND I DIDN'T KNOW EITHER UNTIL THE DEVIL TOLD ME.
I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL I GOT UP AND SAW WHAT MY CIRCUMSTANCES WERE
GOING TO BE THAT WAY.
BECAUSE IF THEY WERE GOOD AND I WAS GETTING EVERYTHING I WANTED,
THEN I MIGHT BE HAPPY.
BUT I HAD NO STABILITY IN MY LIFE.
AND THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN BEING CONTROLLED BY YOUR
THOUGHTS, AND YOUR FEELINGS, AND WHAT PEOPLE SAY OR DON'T SAY,
OR WHAT PEOPLE DO OR DON'T DO, OR WHETHER YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT
OR YOU DON'T GET WHAT YOU WANT.
I WANT TO BE HAPPY ALL THE TIME, NOT JUST WHEN MY CIRCUMSTANCES
ARE TELLING ME THAT IT'S OKAY TO BE HAPPY.
IF THE SOUL IS WOUNDED, WE OFTEN WOUND OTHER PEOPLE.
MANY TIMES UNINTENTIONALLY, MANY TIMES WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT
WE'RE DOING IT.
BUT THAT'S WHY WE RUN INTO SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, AND WE
THINK, "WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?" WELL, THEY'RE WOUNDED
ON THE INSIDE.
AND TO BE HONEST, SOMETIMES, INSTEAD OF JUST WANTING TO GET
AWAY FROM PEOPLE LIKE THAT, WE MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE MORE
TIME TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE THEM.
BECAUSE PROBABLY THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT'S BLEEDING ON
THE INSIDE AND DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO GET THE HELP THAT THEY NEED.
SO I THINK LOOSELY, VERY LOOSELY, WE CAN SAY THAT OUR
SOUL IS OUR PERSONALITY.
IT'S THE WAY WE PRESENT OURSELVES.
AND SO, GOD CAN HEAL OUR PERSONALITY.
JAMES 1:21, I LOVE THIS SCRIPTURE, IT SAYS, "RECEIVE
THE WORD OF GOD WITH MEEKNESS BECAUSE IT CONTAINS
THE POWER TO SAVE YOUR SOUL."
IT DOESN'T SAY TO SAVE YOU LIKE SO YOU CAN GO TO HEAVEN.
IT SAYS THE WORD OF GOD IS THE HEALING BALM THAT WE NEED
THAT WILL BRING SALVATION AND A WHOLENESS TO THIS INNER LIFE,
TO MY MIND.
I TELL YOU WHAT, MY MIND HAS BEEN SAVED.
NOT JUST MY SPIRIT, MY MIND HAS BEEN SAVED.
WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS TO PUT ON THE HELMET OF SALVATION IN
EPHESIANS 6 AS PART OF OUR WARFARE WITH THE ENEMY, YOU KNOW
WHAT THAT MEANS?
LEARN HOW TO THINK LIKE A PERSON THAT'S SAVED.
DON'T KEEP THINKING LIKE SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT SAVED.
THINK LIKE A PERSON THAT'S SAVED.
AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO BELIEVE EVERY LIE OF THE ENEMY.
MY FEELINGS HAVE BEEN SAVED AND ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
BEING SAVED.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I SURE DON'T LIVE BY MY FEELINGS
ANYMORE, NOTHING LIKE WHAT I USED TO A LONG TIME AGO.
AND EVEN MY WILL HAS BEEN SAVED, NOT JUST MY SPIRIT, BUT MY MIND,
MY WILL, MY EMOTIONS.
AND I NO LONGER HAVE TO DO JUST WHAT I WANT TO DO BECAUSE I WANT
TO DO IT.
AND I DON'T HAVE TO GET ANGRY ANYMORE IF I DON'T GET WHAT
I WANT.
BUT I CAN ACTUALLY NOW WANT WHAT GOD WANTS MORE THAN I WANT
WHAT I WANT IN MY LIFE.
THAT IS WHOLENESS AND REAL SALVATION.
NOW, IN SAYING THAT, LET ME SAY THIS.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
FORTY YEARS I'VE BEEN A PRETTY SERIOUS STUDENT OF
THE WORD OF GOD.
AND I WOULD SAY PROBABLY 25 YEARS AGO, I STARTED GETTING
SOME PRETTY MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH.
BUT IT TOOK TIME.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, AND I'M GOING TO BE HONEST
WITH YOU.
WHAT I SAY TONIGHT IS GOING TO HELP YOU, I BELIEVE BY
THE GRACE OF GOD THAT IT IS GOING TO HELP YOU.
I PRAY THAT THE WORDS WILL BE SO ANOINTED THAT THEY ABSOLUTELY
HAVE TO HELP YOU.
BUT JUST WHAT I SAY TONIGHT IS NOT GOING TO BE THE SECRET KEY
THAT'S GOING TO FIX EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE HERE'S
THE THING.
IF YOU DON'T GO HOME AND DO WHAT YOU HEAR...
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, JESUS WASHED THE DISCIPLES' FEET.
AND HE SAID, "I'VE DONE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE TO YOU."
AND THEN IN JOHN 13:17, HE SAID, "BLESSED SHALL YOU BE KNOWING
THESE THINGS IF YOU DO THEM."
IF YOU DO THEM.
AND YOU KNOW, WE SAY, "WELL, IT'S JUST SO HARD."
WELL, THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE NEED TO STOP SAYING.
DON'T EVER SAY THAT AGAIN, "IT'S JUST TOO HARD."
BECAUSE IT MAY BE HARD, BUT GOD IS NOT GOING TO GIVE US ANYTHING
TO DO THAT IS TOO HARD FOR US TO DO.
HE IS THE GOD OF THE IMPOSSIBLE.
AND WHAT GOD SHOWS US TO DO, HE GIVES US THE GRACE AND THE
ANOINTING AND THE POWER TO DO.
EVERYBODY SAY, "I CAN DO IT."
AUDIENCE: I CAN DO IT.
JOYCE: OKAY, I'M 10 MINUTES IN AND HAVEN'T
EVEN GOTTEN TO POINT ONE, SO WE'RE IN TROUBLE.
WHEN THE BIBLE SPEAKS ABOUT BEING SAVED, IT'S TALKING ABOUT
BEING MADE WHOLE.
WE'RE GOING TO SKIP SOME STUFF ALREADY.
YOU SEE MY PIT HERE, DON'T YOU?
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW ABOUT BEING IN THE PIT?
SOME OF YOU PROBABLY STILL HAVE ONE SOMEWHERE.
KEEP IT AROUND JUST IN CASE YOU NEED TO GO IN AND VISIT
FOR A DAY OR SO.
OUR PIT IS WHERE WE GO AND FEEL SORRY FOR OUR SELF, WHEN WE GO
AND REMEMBER ALL THE BAD THINGS THAT EVERYBODY'S EVER
DONE TO US.
AND ANYWAY, WE'LL VISIT THE PIT IN A LITTLE BIT.
I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR AHEAD OF MYSELF.
THE PIT ULTIMATELY REFERS TO HELL, BUT WE CAN EXPERIENCE SOME
OF HELL RIGHT HERE ON EARTH UNLESS WE CHOOSE HEALING.
PSALM 40:2 AND 3, A WONDERFUL PROMISE OF GOD.
"HE DREW ME UP OUT OF A HORRIBLE PIT [A PIT OF TUMULT AND OF
DESTRUCTION], OUT OF THE MIRY CLAY (FROTH AND SLIME), AND HE
SET MY FEET UPON A ROCK, STEADYING MY STEPS
AND ESTABLISHED MY GOINGS.
AND HE HAS PUT A NEW SONG IN MY MOUTH, A SONG OF PRAISE
TO OUR GOD.
MANY SHALL SEE AND FEAR (REVERE AND WORSHIP) AND PUT THEIR TRUST
AND CONFIDENT RELIANCE IN THE LORD."
DO YOU SEE WHAT'S THAT SAYING?
HE SAID, "LOOK, I WAS IN A PIT.
HE LIFTED ME OUT OF THAT PIT.
HE SET MY FEET ON A ROCK.
PEOPLE SAW IT, AND THEN THEY WANTED TO SERVE THE LORD."
COME ON, PEOPLE SAW IT, AND THEN THEY WANTED TO SERVE THE LORD.
ONE OF THE BEST THINGS YOU CAN DO FOR YOURSELF AND FOR GOD, ONE
OF THE GREATEST WAYS THAT YOU CAN SERVE GOD, IS TO LET HIM
HEAL YOUR LIFE, AND THEN BE AN EXAMPLE TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT IF
GOD CAN DO IT FOR YOU, GOD CAN DO IT FOR THEM.
AND IF GOD DOES IT FOR YOU, GOD WILL DO IT FOR THEM.
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU TONIGHT THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO STAY
BROKEN.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO STAY MISERABLE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE IN DEPRESSION, YOU DON'T HAVE TO
LIVE IN SELF-PITY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE HATING YOURSELF
AND DESPISING YOURSELF.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE IN REGRET, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO
LIVE IN DREAD, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE IN FEAR.
GOD IS LIVING IN YOU, AND YOU CAN LIVE THE LIFE THAT
JESUS DIED TO GIVE YOU.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND SOME OF US ARE GOING TO BE YOUR CHEERLEADERS TO
CHEER YOU ON AS YOU MAKE YOUR JOURNEY.
NOW, JOSEPH IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES AS THE RIGHT
WAY TO RESPOND TO UNJUST TREATMENT.
AND I'M SURE THAT HE HAD SOME ROUGH DAYS THAT THE BIBLE
DOESN'T NECESSARILY TELL US ALL ABOUT.
BUT WOW, WHAT AN EXAMPLE.
AND WHAT A GREAT ACCOUNT THE BIBLE GIVES US OF SOMEBODY
WHO WAS SO UNJUSTLY AND UNFAIRLY TREATED.
AND YET, HE DIDN'T PARK AT THE POINT OF HIS PAIN.
COME ON NOW.
HE WENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH FROM THE PIT TO THE PALACE.
AND HONEY, THAT'S WHAT GOD'S GOT IN MIND FOR YOU.
YOU MIGHT BE IN A PIT, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY THERE 'CAUSE
HE'S GOING TO LIFT YOU OUT OF THAT PIT AND SET YOUR FEET
ON A ROCK.
SO, JUST A FEW SCRIPTURES HERE IN GENESIS 37, "AND WHEN THEY
SAW HIM," THEY BEING HIS BROTHER, "FAR OFF, EVEN BEFORE
HE CAME TO THEM, THEY CONSPIRED TO KILL HIM.
THEY SAID TO ONE ANOTHER, 'SEE, HERE COMES THIS DREAMER
AND THE MASTER OF DREAMS.
SO COME ON NOW, LET'S KILL HIM AND THROW HIM INTO SOME,'" WHAT?
"'PIT; THEN WE WILL SAY [TO OUR FATHER] SOME WILD FEROCIOUS
ANIMAL HAS DEVOURED HIM; AND WE SHALL SEE WHAT WILL BECOME
OF HIS DREAMS.' NOW REUBEN HEARD IT
AND SAID, 'NO, LET'S DON'T KILL HIM.'
AND HE SAID, 'SHED NO BLOOD, BUT CAST HIM INTO THIS,'
WHAT?
"'PIT OR WELL THAT IS OUT HERE IN THE WILDERNESS AND LAY NO
HANDS ON HIM.' HE WAS TRYING TO
GET JOSEPH OUT OF HIS HANDS IN ORDER TO RESCUE HIM AND DELIVER
HIM TO HIS FATHER.
WHEN JOSEPH HAD COME TO HIS BROTHERS, THEY STRIPPED HIM OF
HIS [DISTINCTIVE] LONG GARMENT WHICH HE WAS WEARING; AND THEY
TOOK HIM AND THEY CAST HIM INTO A," WHAT?
"WHICH WAS EMPTY AND THERE WAS NO WATER IN IT."
BUT HERE'S WHAT I'VE GOT TO SAY.
JOSEPH CHOSE NOT TO REMAIN WHERE THEY LEFT HIM.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE SOMEBODY MAYBE HAS LEFT YOU.
MAYBE SOMEBODY YOU LOVED AND TRUSTED WALKED OUT ON YOU,
AND YOU'RE SITTING THERE NOW WITH A BROKEN HEART.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO REMAIN WHERE THEY LEFT YOU.
YOU CAN GET UP, YOU CAN SHAKE IT OFF, AND YOU CAN GO ON AND DO
GREAT THINGS FOR GOD.
JOSEPH DECIDED SOMEWHERE DOWN WITHIN HIM THAT HE WAS GOING TO
KEEP A GOOD ATTITUDE, AND THAT HE WAS GOING TO TRUST GOD TO DO
SOMETHING FOR HIM IN HIS LIFE.
WELL, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT LIVING IN A PIT IS LIKE.
WE SIT IN OUR PITS.
FOR ME, MINE WAS MY LITTLE OFFICE.
BEFORE I HAD AN OFFICE, IT WAS THE BATHROOM.
I USED TO LOVE TO GO IN THE BATHROOM AND BE PITIFUL.
DO ANY OF YOUR LADIES LIKE TO GO SIT IN THE BATHROOM FLOOR, LAY
YOUR HEAD ON THE TOILET BOWL, AND JUST CRY AND BE PITIFUL?
COME ON, BE HONEST.
DO YOU EVER GO TO THE BATHROOM AND CRY?
WELL, YOU KNOW, IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME, BUT GOD GAVE ME
A REVELATION ON WHY WOMEN LIKE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM AND CRY.
THERE'S A BIG MIRROR IN THERE.
AND AFTER YOU HAVE SUFFICIENTLY CRIED LONG ENOUGH, AND YOU JUST,
LIKE, NOW FEEL AS SORRY FOR YOURSELF AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN
FEEL, I CAN REMEMBER I WOULD STAND UP REALLY A MESS NOW.
IF I HAD ANY MAKEUP ON, IT WAS MASCARA'S RUNNING, MY EYES ARE
ALL RED, I'M LOOKING BAD, THE HAIR'S MESSED UP.
AND I GO LOOK AT MYSELF IN THE MIRROR AND GO, "AHHH."
I REMEMBER ONE TIME AS A BORN AGAIN, SPIRIT FILLED BIBLE
TEACHER, I WAS SITTING IN THE BATHROOM FLOOR,
7 MONTHS PREGNANT WITH MY BABY WHO'S NOW
GOING TO BE 37, HEAD LAYING ON THE TOILET BOWL, FEELING SORRY
FOR MYSELF.
AND ONE OF THE TWO TIMES IN MY LIFE THAT I CAN EVER REMEMBER
ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENING, I FELT LIKE MY SPIRIT KIND OF
LIFT OUT OF MY BODY, AND HOVER ABOVE ME, AND LOOK DOWN AT ME.
AND THE LORD SAID, "DON'T YOU LOOK RIDICULOUS?
DO YOU JUST NOT LOOK RIDICULOUS?"
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE JUST NEED TO SOMETIMES JUST KNOCK IT OFF.
COME ON, I SAID WE JUST NEED TO KNOCK IT OFF, AND WE JUST NEED
TO GET ON WITH WHAT GOD WANTS US TO DO.
SO, IN MY PIT--I WASN'T THIS DRESSED UP WHEN I WENT INTO MY
PIT, BY THE WAY.
'CAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING TO SIT IN YOUR PIT, YOU CERTAINLY DON'T
WANT TO LOOK GOOD WHILE YOU'RE IN THERE.
AND I WOULD SIT THERE AND JUST HATE PEOPLE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU--IF YOU LIVE
IN A PIT FOR A LONG TIME, YOU MIGHT AS WELL DECORATE
IT AND MAKE IT KIND OF NICE, YOU KNOW, SO YOU'VE GOT
SOMETHING WHEN YOU GO IN THERE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE PICTURES IN YOUR PIT OF ALL
THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HATE, AND THEN IT'S LIKE, "UGH, EUGH.
BOY, I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER WHAT YOU DID TO ME.
AND IF YOU THINK I'M EVER GOING TO FORGIVE YOU, I'M NOT GOING TO
FORGIVE YOU.
I HATE YOU."
AND THEN I COULD JUST FEEL SO SORRY FOR MYSELF.
DAVE PLAYS GOLF, AND HE DOESN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M GOING
THROUGH.
AND WHEN I TRY TO TELL HIM, HE JUST SAYS, "CAST YOUR CARE.
JUST CAST YOUR CARE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND THEN I HAD THIS BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE.
I WAS SO DUMB, I ACTUALLY REMEMBER ONE TIME GETTING OUT
A PAD OF PAPER, AND WRITING DOWN ON A PIECE OF PAPER EVERYTHING
THAT I THOUGHT WAS WRONG WITH MY HUSBAND.
WELL, THE LAST LIST I MADE, I MADE ONE OF EVERYTHING THAT
I THOUGHT WAS RIGHT WITH MY HUSBAND.
GOD HAS CHANGED ME, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, HERE'S THE THING.
YOU KNOW, WE SAY, "OH GOD, YOU GOT TO CHANGE ME.
GOD, YOU GOT TO HELP ME.
GOD, YOU GOT TO DO SOMETHING, YOU GOT TO DO SOMETHING."
REMEMBER WHAT I SAID LAST NIGHT?
THE FIRST THING THAT JESUS SAID TO A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT HE
ENCOUNTERED WAS, "GET UP, MAKE UP YOUR BED, AND GO HOME."
AND WHAT HE MEANT WAS, "GET UP, GET SOME GUMPTION, SHAKE THAT
JUNK OFF, DECIDE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LIVE LIKE THAT ANYMORE,
AND LET'S CLEAN UP THE MESS, AND LEAVE NO EVIDENCE THAT YOU
WERE EVER IN THAT KIND OF A SITUATION."
JOYCE: WELL, GOD DOES NOT WANT US TO BE BROKEN
AND HURTING.
SO, LEARN TO RECEIVE GOD'S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, AND LET IT
BEGIN TO HEAL YOU.
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.
WE TAKE THAT STEP OF RECEIVING GOD'S LOVE, AND HEALING BEGINS
IN OUR LIFE.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU A COUPLE OF WONDERFUL RESOURCES.
MY BOOK CALLED "BEAUTY FOR ASHES,"
THAT'S DEFINITELY WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN ME IN MY LIFE,
AND HE WANTS TO GIVE IT TO YOU.
AND THEN ALSO SOME CDS AND DVDS CALLED
"HEALING THE SOUL OF A WOMAN."
YOU KNOW, WOMEN ARE WONDERFUL, AND THEY HAVE HURTS THAT MANY
PEOPLE WOULD NOT UNDERSTAND.
BUT GOD UNDERSTANDS EVERYTHING, AND HE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT KNOWS
HOW TO FIX US AND REACH EVERY PLACE WHERE WE'RE BROKEN.
SO, IF YOU'LL STAY WITH US THEN, I'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A VERY
IMPORTANT INVITATION FOR YOU.
GINGER: WE ALL GO THROUGH TIMES WHEN THE QUESTIONS
IN OUR LIFE SEEM TO OUTWEIGH THE ANSWERS.
JOYCE MEYER WANTS TO HELP WITH THAT.
CHECK OUT HER NEW SHOW, "EVERYDAY ANSWERS."
SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS AND JOIN US AS WE DISCOVER LIFE'S
EVERYDAY ANSWERS TOGETHER.
JOYCE: WELL, I WANT TO PERSONALLY INVITE YOU TO ATTEND
OUR UPCOMING 35TH ANNUAL LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE
IN ST. LOUIS, SEPTEMBER 21-23.
OUR GUEST SPEAKERS ARE JOEL OSTEEN, RUTH GRAHAM,
AND JOHN GREY.
AND THEY'RE EVEN GOING TO LET ME MINISTER A FEW TIMES.
DON'T MISS THIS INCREDIBLE TIME OF WORSHIP.
BEVERLY FROM LOUISIANA ATTENDED LAST YEAR'S WOMEN'S CONFERENCE,
AND HERE'S WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY.
"I ATTENDED THE LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE
FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, AND WOW.
BECAUSE I WAS ATTENDING BY MYSELF, I ALMOST LET FEAR
STOP ME FROM COMING."
SHE SAID SHE KNEW THAT THIS WAS THE START OF A NEW BEGINNING
BECAUSE ON HER FIRST NIGHT OF THE CONFERENCE, SHE ACCEPTED
CHRIST INTO HER HEART AS HER LORD AND SAVIOR.
"I NEVER IMAGINED IN MY WILDEST DREAMS THAT ALL THE PRAYERS I
HAD PRAYED AND QUESTIONS I HAD BEEN ASKING THIS YEAR WOULD BE
ANSWERED AT YOUR CONFERENCE.
THE GUILT AND THE SHAME I HAD BEEN CARRYING FOR SO MANY YEARS
WERE FINALLY GONE, AND I LEFT FEELING MORE FREE THAN I HAD
FELT IN OVER 42 YEARS."
YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT JUST THINK, "WELL, IT'S JUST A CONFERENCE.
YOU KNOW, I'LL GO OR MAYBE I WON'T GO."
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
GOD MAY HAVE A LOT MORE IN STORE FOR YOU THAN WHAT YOU CAN
POSSIBLY IMAGINE.
SO, WHY NOT GO AHEAD AND REGISTER TO COME, EVEN IF YOU
HAVE TO COME BY YOURSELF, AND TRUST GOD TO DO SOMETHING
MONUMENTAL IN YOUR LIFE?
THANK YOU.
ANNOUNCER: YOU MEAN MORE TO US AT JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
THAN YOU MAY EVER KNOW.
WE APPRECIATE YOU, AND WE THANK OUR FRIENDS AND PARTNERS FOR
MAKING THIS WORLDWIDE MINISTRY POSSIBLE.
TOGETHER, WE'RE FEEDING THE HUNGRY, CLOTHING THE POOR,
AND PRESENTING THE GOSPEL TO THE NATIONS.
PLEASE CONTACT US OR VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG TODAY TO SHARE
YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS, FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR RESOURCES,
SEE JOYCE'S CONFERENCE SCHEDULE, AND TO JOIN US IN PARTNERSHIP
AS WE SHARE THE LOVE OF CHRIST AROUND THE GLOBE.
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ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING WAS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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