ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: WELL, I HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL ON MY HEART TODAY THAT I
REALLY WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU.
THE OTHER MORNING I WAS JUST READING THE BIBLE,
WHICH I DO OFTEN, AND I WAS IN GENESIS CHAPTER 1 LOOKING AT
VERSES 26 AND 27.
AND I'M GONNA READ THEM TO YOU AND THEN TELL YOU WHAT'S
ON MY HEART.
"GOD SAID, LET US [FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT] MAKE MANKIND IN
OUR IMAGE, AFTER OUR LIKENESS, AND LET THEM HAVE COMPLETE
AUTHORITY OVER THE FISH OF THE SEA, THE BIRDS OF THE AIR,
THE [TAME] BEASTS, OVER ALL OF THE EARTH,
AND OVER EVERYTHING THAT CREEPS UPON THE EARTH.
SO GOD CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE, IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS
OF GOD HE CREATED HIM; MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM."
AND THEN THE VERY FIRST SENTENCE OF VERSE 28 SAYS,
"AND GOD BLESSED THEM."
AND WHEN I READ THAT, I WAS--IT JUST CAME TO ME, HOW MANY PEOPLE
IN THE WORLD DON'T FEEL SPECIAL.
THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE AN ACCIDENT.
THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE INVISIBLE.
THEY FEEL LIKE THAT NOBODY WANTS THEM.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A GOOD NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED
AND A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WHOSE PARENTS COULDN'T KEEP THEM
OR DIDN'T WANT TO KEEP THEM FOR WHATEVER REASON.
THEY CAN HAVE A LIFETIME OF FEELING BAD ABOUT THEMSELVES.
AND IT JUST MAKES ME SAD TO THINK HOW MANY PEOPLE DON'T
REALLY KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE.
AND SO, AS READ THAT I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA GO IN THE
STUDIO AND I'M JUST GONNA SIT AND TALK TO PEOPLE FOR A LITTLE
WHILE ABOUT WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT
GOD PURPOSELY CREATED YOU.
GOD HAS CHOSEN YOU.
HE DIDN'T JUST GET STUCK WITH YOU.
YOU'RE NOT AN ACCIDENT.
GOD PURPOSELY CHOSE YOU AND HE HAS A GOOD PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, YOU FIT INTO HIS PLAN.
GOD NEEDS YOU.
IT SAYS THAT HE CREATED US IN HIS OWN IMAGE.
MAN IS THE ONLY CREATION THAT IS LIKE GOD.
NOW, I DIDN'T SAY THAT WE ARE GOD, BUT WE ARE CREATED IN
HIS IMAGE AND IN HIS LIKENESS.
AND IT SAYS THAT HE CREATED THEM MALE AND FEMALE
AND GOD BLESSED THEM.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF A LIFE YOU HAVE BUT I DO KNOW A LOT OF
PEOPLE HAVE A REALLY BAD LIFE AND IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY
HAVE BAD CIRCUMSTANCES.
MATTER OF FACT, I KNOW PEOPLE WITH BAD CIRCUMSTANCES THAT
ACTUALLY HAVE A GOOD LIFE.
AND I KNOW PEOPLE WITH GOOD CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HAVE
A BAD LIFE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF A LIFE YOU HAVE BUT I DO KNOW FROM MY
OWN EXPERIENCE AND FROM WHAT I'VE LEARNED IN GOD'S WORD THAT
A LOT OF THE WAY WE VIEW LIFE AND HOW WE FEEL ABOUT OUR LIFE
IS BASED ON HOW WE FEEL ABOUT OURSELVES.
MATTER OF FACT, I THINK MOST PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY
EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS AND A LACK OF HAPPINESS COME BECAUSE THEY JUST
REALLY DON'T VALUE THEMSELVES.
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE VALUABLE TO GOD.
NOW, IF WE'RE GONNA BELIEVE THE STORY OF CREATION, THE BIBLICAL
ACCOUNT OF CREATION, THEN SOMETIMES THAT GETS AT ODDS WITH
PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN EVOLUTION.
AND I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO A DISSERTATION ON HOW I FEEL ABOUT
EVOLUTION EXCEPT JUST TO SAY THAT IF YOU DO BELIEVE THAT YOU
JUST WERE AN ACCIDENT, SOME KIND OF A BIG BANG EXPLOSION AT SOME
POINT AND TIME HAS EVENTUALLY DEVELOPED INTO YOU, OR THAT YOU
CAME FROM A MONKEY OR AN APE THAT EVOLVED OVER MILLIONS OF
YEARS AND NOW WHOOPS WE HAVE YOU, THEN I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY
MAYBE YOU DON'T FEEL TOO GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF.
BUT TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE CREATED BY GOD IN HIS IMAGE PURPOSELY,
THAT SAYS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT THING TO ME.
CAN I TELL YOU RIGHT NOW?
NO MATTER WHO DID NOT WANT YOU, GOD WANTED YOU AND HE STILL
WANTS YOU AND YOU HAVE VALUE AND YOU'RE SPECIAL TO HIM.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF I LOOK OVER THEN AT VERSE 31, STILL IN
CHAPTER 1, I FIND SOMETHING THAT'S EVEN MORE EXCITING.
"AND GOD SAW EVERYTHING THAT HE HAD MADE, AND BEHOLD,
IT WAS VERY GOOD."
SO, THIS IS THE STORY OF HOW GOD CREATED THE WHOLE EARTH AND
EVERYTHING THAT WE SEE AND MAN IN THOSE SIX DAYS AND ON
THE SEVENTH DAY, HE RESTED.
AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT AFTER ALL OF HIS WORK AND ALL OF HIS
CREATION, HE STOOD BACK AND LOOKED AT IT AND SAID,
"IT IS VERY GOOD."
AND I THINK YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THAT THAT'S WHAT GOD IS WANTING
TO SAY TO YOU TODAY.
YOU'RE VERY GOOD.
YOU SAY, "WELL, I DON'T ALWAYS ACT SO GOOD."
WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T ALWAYS ACT SO GOOD EITHER.
I'M IMPROVING BECAUSE I'M LETTING GOD WORK WITH ME BUT
BEFORE I UNDERSTOOD THAT GOD HAD CREATED ME, AND THAT I WAS
SPECIAL TO HIM, AND I HAD A PURPOSE, I ACTED A LOT WORSE
THAN I DO NOW BECAUSE TO BE HONEST, IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE
NO GOOD, THEN YOU'RE GONNA BEHAVE AS IF YOU'RE NO GOOD.
I'M SURE THAT THERE ARE EVEN PEOPLE WATCHING TODAY THAT
YOU'VE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT SUICIDE.
YOU DON'T SEE ANY PURPOSE IN LIVING.
THERE COULD EVEN BE SOMEBODY WATCHING RIGHT NOW AND YOU'RE
PLANNING SUICIDE.
WELL, I BELIEVE THAT WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU TODAY IS GONNA
CHANGE YOUR PLAN BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO KNOW, LET ME SAY AGAIN,
NO MATTER WHO DOESN'T WANT YOU, MAYBE YOU WERE MARRIED AND
THE PERSON YOU WERE MARRIED TO REJECTED YOU AND YOU FEEL LIKE
THEY DIDN'T WANT YOU.
YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU.
IT COULD BE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
MAYBE YOU WEREN'T INVITED TO THE OFFICE PARTY AND YOU WONDER
WHY THEY DIDN'T WANT YOU.
NO MATTER WHO DOESN'T WANT YOU, GOD WANTS YOU.
YOU'RE NOT AN ACCIDENT.
HE CREATED YOU LOVINGLY AND PURPOSEFULLY WITH HIS OWN HAND.
AND HE'S LOOKING OVER YOU TODAY AND SAY, "WHAT I HAVE CREATED IS
GOOD."
NOW, THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT A FEW YEARS IN THE WORLD, THAT WHAT
GOD CREATED GETS MESSED UP.
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT AT ALL.
BUT THERE'S A SCRIPTURE I'M GONNA SHARE WITH YOU LATER THAT
TELLS US THAT WE ARE RECREATED IN CHRIST JESUS.
SO, WE WERE CREATED BY GOD.
THE DEVIL WHO IS OUR ENEMY, MADE SURE THAT WE GOT ALL MESSED UP.
WE DIDN'T--WE DON'T THINK RIGHT.
WE DON'T ACT RIGHT.
WE DON'T BEHAVE RIGHT.
WE DON'T RESPOND TO PEOPLE RIGHT.
WE DON'T--NOTHING SEEMS TO BE RIGHT.
BUT THANK GOD IN CHRIST WE CAN BE NEW CREATURES AND THERE'S
ALWAYS A NEW BEGINNING.
AND MAYBE YOU'RE WATCHING TODAY AND YOU NEED A NEW BEGINNING.
WELL, I'M GONNA OFFER YOU AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE END OF THIS
LITTLE TEACHING TO HAVE THAT NEW BEGINNING, AND IT REALLY JUST
INVOLVES A SURRENDER TO GOD OF JUST SAYING, "I'M NOT DOING A
VERY GOOD JOB OF RUNNING MY OWN LIFE, AND I'M GONNA JUST BELIEVE
THAT WHAT YOU SAY IN YOUR WORD IS TRUE.
AND I WANT YOU TO GET INVOLVED IN MY LIFE.
I WANT TO RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST AS MY SAVIOR."
SO, IF WE LEAVE THIS AND WE GO TO PSALM 139, WHICH IS
SCRIPTURES THAT I LOVE TO TEACH ON BEGINNING IN VERSE 13, THIS
IS DAVID TALKING ABOUT HOW GOD CREATED HIM.
AND I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS, NOT JUST IN SOME ABSTRACT
WAY.
BUT I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS AS IF IT WAS A REALITY
AND YOU ACTUALLY SAW THIS TAKING PLACE.
"FOR YOU GOD DID FORM MY INWARD PARTS; YOU DID KNIT ME TOGETHER
IN MY MOTHER'S WOMB."
SO, YOU SEE, EVEN IF YOUR PARENTS HAVE SAID TO YOU,
"WELL, I WASN'T PLANNING TO HAVE ANOTHER BABY WHEN I FOUND OUT
I WAS PREGNANT WITH YOU," WELL, YOUR PARENTS MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN
PLANNING YOU, BUT GOD WAS PLANNING YOU.
AND EVEN WHEN YOU WERE IN YOUR MOTHER'S WOMB, HE CREATED YOU
WITH HIS OWN HAND.
HE SAID, "I WILL CONFESS AND PRAISE YOU FOR YOU ARE FEARFUL
AND WONDERFUL AND I WILL PRAISE YOU FOR THE AWFUL
WONDER OF MY BIRTH!" NOW, LISTEN TO WHAT DAVID SAYS.
THIS IS JUST SO AMAZING.
THEN DAVID SAID, "WONDERFUL ARE YOUR WORKS, O GOD."
SO, HE'S TALKING ABOUT HIMSELF AS A WORK OF GOD AND HE SAYS,
"WONDERFUL ARE YOUR WORKS, O GOD."
I WONDER HOW MUCH BETTER YOUR LIFE WOULD BE IF YOU COULD SEE
YOURSELF AS A WONDERFUL CREATION OF GOD THAT HAS VALUE, THAT HAS
PURPOSE, THAT'S BEEN CHOSEN BY GOD, SOMEONE WHO IS SPECIAL.
DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TALENTS, AND ABILITIES, AND
CAPABILITIES THAT NOBODY ELSE ON EARTH HAS EXACTLY THE SAME THING
THAT YOU HAVE?
NOW, WE ALL HAVE SIMILAR TALENTS AND CAPABILITIES BUT I CAN TELL
YOU YOU CAN DO SOMETHING THAT NOBODY ELSE CAN DO.
AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE GOD HAVE TO GO
AND TRY TO GET SOMEBODY ELSE BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW
WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST.
THEN IN VERSE 15 HE SAYS, "MY FRAME WAS NOT HIDDEN FROM YOU
WHEN I WAS BEING FORMED IN SECRET, WHEN I WAS BEING
INTRICATELY AND CURIOUSLY WROUGHT [AS IF EMBROIDERED WITH
VARIOUS COLORS] IN THE DEPTHS OF THE EARTH [A REGION OF DARKNESS
AND MYSTERY].
YOU SAW MY UNFORMED SUBSTANCE--" AND LISTEN TO THIS.
THIS IS SO GOOD.
"AND IN YOUR BOOK ALL THE DAYS [OF MY LIFE] WERE WRITTEN BEFORE
EVER ONE OF THEM TOOK SHAPE."
NOW, ISN'T THAT PRETTY AMAZING?
THAT MEANS BEFORE REALLY YOU WERE EVER FULLY FORMED IN YOUR
MOTHER'S WOMB, GOD ALREADY KNEW YOU.
HE KNEW ALL ABOUT YOU AND EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE WAS ALREADY
WRITTEN DOWN IN GOD'S BOOK.
HE KNOWS THE END FROM THE BEGINNING.
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO MISS THE BEST LIFE THAT GOD HAS
FOR US?
ABSOLUTELY.
BECAUSE ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD COME TO US THROUGH BELIEVING.
I'M WONDERING RIGHT NOW, WHAT ARE YOU BELIEVING?
DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOD OR DO YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU WERE JUST PART
OF SOME BIG BANG THING THAT TOOK PLACE?
WHICH REALLY IF YOU WANT TO GET RIGHT DOWN TO IT, AND I'M NOT
TRYING TO START AN ARGUMENT WITH PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN EVOLUTION,
EVEN IF THERE WAS A BIG BANG, WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?
I MEAN, THERE HAS TO BE A BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING
AND NOTHING CAN JUST HAPPEN AS A TOTAL ACCIDENT.
THERE HAS TO BE A PLAN.
HOW CAN YOU CREATE LIFE OUT OF NON-LIFE?
GOD IS THE AUTHOR AND THE GIVER OF LIFE AND WE ARE CREATED
IN HIS IMAGE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE SOME
KIND OF A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEBODY WHO'S A DEEP-THINKING
SCIENTIST THAT HAS ALL THE ANSWERS ABOUT EVOLUTION.
I DON'T HAVE ALL THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY DO BUT I'LL TELL YA
WHAT I DO HAVE, I HAVE WISDOM.
AND I'LL TELL YA WHAT I DO KNOW, I KNOW GOD.
AND I CAN TELL YA THAT KNOWING GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE,
THAT'S WHO WE WANT TO KNOW.
HE WANT US TO COME AS A LITTLE CHILD AND BELIEVE.
AND I FEEL THAT THERE ARE SOME YOU WATCHING RIGHT NOW THAT
YOU'RE DESPERATE.
YOU NEED TO BELIEVE.
YOU WANT TO BELIEVE WHAT I'M SAYING.
YOU WANT TO BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE SPECIAL.
YOU WANT TO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A PLAN FOR YOU.
YOU KNOW, SOME YOU HAVE GOT A PRETTY GOOD LIFE RIGHT NOW BUT
I'M TALKING SPECIFICALLY TO THE PEOPLE TODAY THAT ARE LONELY.
YOU FEEL LEFT OUT.
YOU FEEL INVISIBLE.
YOU FEEL LIKE THAT YOU'RE NOT SPECIAL.
NOBODY REALLY CARES ABOUT YOU, THAT YOU HAVE NO VALUE.
AND I JUST WANT TO SIMPLY SAY THAT THOSE ARE ALL LIES FROM
SATAN.
HE IS A LIAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES AND HE'S TOLD YOU ALL THAT
SO THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY ENJOY YOUR LIFE.
YOU KNOW, IF GOD CREATED US INTRICATELY, THAT MEANS THAT
EVERY PART OF US HE CARED ABOUT.
NOW, MAYBE YOU HAVE DIFFERENT PARTS OF YOUR BODY OR YOUR
PERSONALITY THAT YOU DON'T LIKE.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
THAT DOESN'T MEAN GOD DOESN'T LIKE 'EM.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW DO WE DECIDE WHAT'S NORMAL?
MAYBE, LET'S SAY I HAVE A SIZE 7-1/2 FOOT.
WELL, MAYBE YOU HAVE A SIZE 10 FOOT
AND YOU THINK, "WELL, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY FEET."
WELL, WHAT SAYS THAT A 7-1/2 IS THE RIGHT SIZE FOOT AND A 10 IS
NOT THE RIGHT SIZE?
YOU KNOW, I HAVE A UNIQUE VOICE FOR A WOMAN.
MY VOICE IS VERY DEEP AND THERE WERE A LOT OF YEARS WHEN I
WISHED THAT MY VOICE WOULD HAVE BEEN SOFT AND SWEET LIKE A LOT
OF WOMEN THAT I KNEW.
AND I ACTUALLY WENT FOR A LONG TIME WHERE I HATED MY VOICE.
WELL, YOU SHOULD NOT HATE ANYTHING ABOUT YOU BECAUSE
EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE IN YOUR PHYSICAL FRAME, GOD HAS CREATED.
NOW, SOMETIMES WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF OURSELF AND WE NEED TO
TAKE CARE OF OURSELF BETTER, BUT THE POINT IS IS YOU DON'T NEED
TO HATE ANYTHING ABOUT YOURSELF.
AND IF YOU HAVE BLACK HAIR, THERE'S NO POINT IN WISHING YOUR
HAIR WAS BLOND.
OR IF YOU HAVE A DEEPER VOICE, THERE'S NO POINT IN WISHING THAT
YOU HAD A SWEETER VOICE.
IF YOU'RE A LITTLE LARGER FRAME PERSON THAN YOUR LITTLE TINY
FRIENDS THAT YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO POINT IN HATING YOURSELF
BECAUSE OF THAT.
GOD HAS A PURPOSE AND A PLAN FOR EACH THING THAT WE ARE.
AND I COULD CERTAINLY MAKE A POINT ABOUT MY VOICE BECAUSE NOW
GOD USES IT OVER TELEVISION.
IT GOES TO MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD AND I GET TO SHARE
THE GOSPEL WITH PEOPLE.
AND I'VE HAD NUMEROUS PEOPLE SAY TO ME, "YOUR VOICE WAS SO UNIQUE
THAT I JUST HAD TO STOP AND LISTEN."
WELL, YOU SEE, THIS THING THAT I HATED FOR A LONG TIME, GOD HAD
A PURPOSE FOR.
AND SO, I DON'T WANT YOU TO HATE ANYTHING ABOUT YOURSELF.
NOW, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT I SAID THAT THERE'S A SCRIPTURE
THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT HOW WE ARE RECREATED IN
CHRIST.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE GET A CHANCE FOR A BRAND-NEW BEGINNING.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE ARE CREATED BY GOD.
I'VE ALREADY TOLD YOU THE WORLD GETS INVOLVED AND TRIES TO MESS
US UP BUT THEN THE BIBLE SAYS IN EPHESIANS 2, THAT WE ARE
RECREATED.
WE ARE GOD'S OWN HANDIWORK.
NOW, GET A HOLD OF THAT.
YOU BELONG TO GOD.
YOU ARE GOD'S OWN HANDYWORK, HIS WORKMANSHIP, CREATED IN
CHRIST JESUS, BORN AGAIN THAT WE MAY DO
THOSE GOOD WORKS WHICH GOD PREDESTINED, PLANNED BEFOREHAND
FOR US TAKING PATHS WHICH HE PREPARED AHEAD OF TIME THAT WE
SHOULD WALK IN THEM, LIVING THE GOOD LIFE WHICH HE PREARRANGED
AND MADE READY FOR US.
SO, HERE'S MY MESSAGE TO YOU, IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR YOU.
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU'VE DONE WRONG, OR WHAT YOU HAVEN'T DONE
RIGHT, OR WHAT ALL YOU MAY THINK IS WRONG WITH YOU, OR HOW MANY
MISTAKES YOU MAY HAVE MADE.
THERE'S NO PIT SO DEEP THAT GOD CAN'T REACH DOWN IN IT AND LIFT
YOU OUT.
AND GOD IS NOT ANGRY WITH YOU.
HE'S ACTUALLY USING THE WORDS IN MY MOUTH TODAY TO DRAW YOU TO
HIM BECAUSE HE HAS A BETTER LIFE PLANNED FOR YOU.
YOU KNOW, JESUS DIED FOR OUR SINS.
GOD LOVED US SO MUCH AND HE KNEW THAT BECAUSE ADAM AND EVE SINNED
IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF TIME, THAT THAT SIN NATURE WOULD BE
PASSED ON TO ALL MEN.
BUT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, HE HAD A PLAN OF REDEMPTION.
GOD HAS ALWAYS HAD A PLAN FOR YOUR REDEMPTION.
HE ALWAYS HAS HAD A PLAN FOR YOUR RESTORATION.
GOD CAN TAKE SOMETHING THAT'S MESSED UP AND OLD AND WORN OUT
AND HE CAN MAKE SOMETHING BRAND NEW OUT OF IT AND THAT IS
GOOD NEWS.
LET ME SAY AGAIN, IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR YOU.
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE FOR A NEW BEGINNING IN GOD.
SO, IF TODAY YOU'RE THINKING, "WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M SO LONELY."
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE LONELY IF YOU KNOW GOD.
IF YOU SAY, "I DON'T FEEL LOVED," YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL
THAT NO ONE LOVES YOU IF YOU KNOW GOD.
HE LOVES YOU.
GOD WANTS YOU.
HE CHOSE YOU.
HE CREATED YOU AND YOU HAVE A PURPOSE WITH HIM.
YOU KNOW, IN JEREMIAH, I LOVE WHAT IT SAYS IN
JEREMIAH CHAPTER 1, VERSE 5.
"BEFORE I FORMED YOU IN THE WOMB I KNEW [AND] APPROVED OF YOU
[AS MY CHOSEN INSTRUMENT], AND BEFORE YOU WERE BORN I SEPARATED
AND SET YOU APART, CONSECRATING YOU; [AND] I APPOINTED YOU AS
A PROPHET TO THE NATIONS."
THAT'S WHAT GOD WAS SAYING TO JEREMIAH.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN GOD GAVE THAT CALL TO JEREMIAH, JEREMIAH
WAS KIND OF FIGHTING AGAINST IT TOO.
"I'M TOO YOUNG. I'M NOT THIS.
I'M NOT THAT."
AND HE SAID, "LOOK, BEFORE I EVER FORMED YOU IN THE WOMB,
I KNEW AND I APPROVED OF YOU."
WELL, YOU KNOW, I LIKE THAT BECAUSE TO BE HONEST, WHEN GOD
SAYS HE KNOWS US, I MEAN, HE KNOWS US.
HE KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT US.
YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY HERE THAT I WORK WITH MIGHT SAY,
"WELL, I KNOW JOYCE."
WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY DO KNOW ME BUT IF MY HUSBAND DAVE SAYS,
"I KNOW JOYCE," HE KNOWS ME IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY.
SO, THEN WHEN GOD SAYS THAT HE KNOWS US, WOW.
HE KNOWS EVERY SINGLE THING ABOUT US.
SO, GOD KNOWS ALL ABOUT YOU.
YOU'RE NO SURPRISE TO HIM.
AND IF YOU'VE MADE A LOT OF MISTAKES IN YOUR LIFE, I DON'T
KNOW, PERHAPS YOU DID SOMETHING REALLY BAD BEFORE YOU EVEN
TURNED THE TV PROGRAM ON TODAY.
MAYBE YOU TURNED THE PROGRAM ON ACCIDENTALLY.
YOU NORMALLY DON'T EVEN WATCH TV PREACHERS, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE
TV PREACHERS, BUT FOR SOME REASON, YOU CAME ON TO THIS
PROGRAM TODAY AND THERE'S A PURPOSE IN IT.
GOD HAD THIS DAY WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF YOUR LIFE BEFORE YOU
EVER SHOWED UP ON PLANET EARTH.
AND GOD IS SAYING TO YOU TODAY, "I KNOW YOU AND I STILL APPROVED
OF YOU AS MY CHOSEN INSTRUMENT."
COME ON, I WANT YOU TO GET THIS.
GOD APPROVES OF YOU AS HIS CHOSEN INSTRUMENT.
NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE APPROVES OF EVERYTHING THAT
YOU DO.
HE DOESN'T APPROVE OF EVERYTHING THAT I DO.
BUT WHO WE ARE IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE DO.
THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN LIFE WILL COME TO AN END AND WE MAY
NOT DO THEM ANYMORE, BUT WE'RE STILL GONNA BE A PERSON THAT GOD
LOVES, THAT HE CREATED FOR A PURPOSE.
AND SO, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD,
YOU NEED ONE.
YOU CAN HAVE AN INTIMATE, PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
SO MANY PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, WHAT'S YOUR RELIGION?"
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I DON'T THINK THAT JESUS DIED SO WE COULD ALL HAVE A RELIGION.
YOUR BRAND OF RELIGION, MY BRAND OF RELIGION, THOUSANDS OF
BRANDS OF RELIGION.
I BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED SO WE CAN HAVE AN INTIMATE, PERSONAL,
FELLOWSHIPPING, CONVERSATIONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH ALMIGHTY GOD.
YOU SEE, GOD WANTS TO DO LIFE WITH YOU.
HE WANTS TO BE INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
AND IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR,
IT IS SO SIMPLE.
YOU CAN BE RECREATED IN CHRIST TODAY.
IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATURE.
OLD THINGS PASS AWAY AND ALL THINGS BECOME BRAND NEW.
YOU CAN HAVE A NEW BEGINNING TODAY.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR YOU.
IT'S VERY SIMPLE, IF YOU BELIEVE, AND MAYBE YOU HAVE
NEVER BELIEVED UNTIL THIS MOMENT, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING IN
YOUR HEART THAT'S SAYING, "I THINK SHE'S RIGHT.
THIS FEELS GOOD.
THIS FEELS RIGHT TO ME."
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING WITH OUR
BRAIN TO BELIEVE IT.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO SPEND YOUR LIFE THINKING THAT YOU WERE JUST
AN ACCIDENT THAT SHOWED UP SOMETIME DURING A BIG EXPLOSION
AND THAT YOU EVOLVED FROM SOME KIND OF AN ANIMAL.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT GOD CREATED YOU IN YOUR MOTHER'S
WOMB WITH HIS OWN HAND INTRICATELY, AND CURIOUSLY, AND
CAREFULLY, AND HE HAS WRITTEN DOWN EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE.
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT JESUS DIED FOR ALL OF OUR SINS.
HE TOOK THEM UPON HIMSELF.
AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WHEN GOD FORGIVES US, HE REMOVES OUR SIN
AS FAR AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST AND HE REMEMBERS THEM
NO MORE.
NOW, YOU KNOW WHAT?
IF YOU'RE EVEN A RELATIVELY INTELLIGENT PERSON, YOU PROBABLY
KNOW A GOOD DEAL WHEN YOU HEAR ONE, AND I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY
THAT WOULD WANT TO PASS THIS UP IF THEY REALLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT I
WAS SAYING.
YOU NEVER HAVE TO BE LONELY AGAIN.
YOU CAN HAVE THE BEST FRIEND THAT YOU COULD EVER POSSIBLY
HAVE WHO WILL COME TO LIVE ON THE INSIDE OF YOU, WHO HAS
PROMISED TO NEVER LEAVE YOU OR FORSAKE YOU, NEVER.
"I'LL BE WITH YOU ALWAYS," HE SAID.
YOU CAN HAVE SOMEONE WHO LOVES YOU PERFECTLY.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT FEAR.
FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON
THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM MIGHT NOT PERISH, BUT
HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOUR LIFE IS OVER HERE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA JUST COME
TO AN END.
YOUR BODY WON'T EXIST ANYMORE, BUT YOUR SPIRIT AND YOUR SOUL
WILL.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO SPEND ETERNITY?
YOU CAN SPEND ETERNITY WITH GOD IF YOU MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION
TODAY.
I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE YOUR SINS FORGIVEN?
DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A BRAND-NEW START WITH GOD?
DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A FRIEND THAT WILL NEVER, EVER, EVER
LEAVE YOU OR FORSAKE YOU?
DO YOU WANT TO START TODAY BELIEVING THAT YOU'RE SPECIAL,
THAT GOD CREATED YOU, AND HE HAS A GOOD PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE?
IF YOU DO, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO PRAY THIS PRAYER WITH ME.
I'M GONNA MAKE IT SIMPLE.
I'M GONNA PRAY IT ONE SENTENCE AT A TIME AND I WOULD LIKE YOU
TO PRAY IT OUT LOUD AFTER ME BECAUSE YOU'RE MAKING A
COMMITMENT OF WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO NOW WITH THE REST
OF YOUR LIFE.
SO, IF YOU COULD JUST PRAY THIS WITH ME RIGHT NOW,
"FATHER GOD, I LOVE YOU.
JESUS, I BELIEVE IN YOU.
I BELIEVE THAT YOU DIED FOR MY SINS.
I KNOW THAT I AM A SINNER AND I'M SORRY FOR THE WAY
I'VE LIVED.
I'M READY TO TURN AWAY FROM SIN AND TO LIVE A LIFE WITH YOU.
THANK YOU FOR FORGIVING ME.
THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME.
COME INTO MY HEART RIGHT NOW AND HELP ME BE THE PERSON THAT
YOU WANT ME TO BE.
AMEN."
NOW, YOU SAY, "OH, IT CAN'T JUST BE THAT SIMPLE."
WELL, IT IS.
THE BIBLE SAYS, "IF YOU BELIEVE AND YOU CONFESS THAT JESUS IS
LORD, YOU WILL BE SAVED."
NOW, I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE NEVER GONNA HAVE
ANOTHER PROBLEM.
I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU THE ENEMY'S NOT GONNA COME AGAINST
YOUR MIND AND TELL YOU, "WELL, OKAY, YOU PRAYED A PRAYER,
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT ANY DIFFERENT."
I CAN TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE DIFFERENT ON THE INSIDE IF YOU
PRAYED THAT PRAYER AND YOU REALLY MEANT IT.
AND I'M SURE THAT SOME OF YOU RIGHT NOW ARE WEEPING.
YOU'RE WEEPING FOR JOY.
YOU'RE REALIZING THE WAY THAT YOU'VE LIVED AND HOW USELESS IT
WAS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I WANT YOU TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA HELP
YOU REMEMBER WHAT I'VE SAID TO YOU TODAY.
AND SO, ANYONE WHO ASKS FOR IT, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE FREE BOOK
FOR YOU.
IT'S CALLED, "YOU ARE LOVED."
"YOU ARE LOVED," FREE.
IT'S FREE.
HE WHOM THE SON HAS SET FREE IS FREE INDEED.
SO, WE WANT TO START YOU WITH YOUR WALK WITH CHRIST WITH
SOMETHING FREE.
THIS IS FULL OF SCRIPTURES ABOUT THE LOVE OF GOD, AND THE PEACE
OF GOD, AND THE JOY OF GOD, AND EVERYTHING THAT HAS BECOME
YOURS TODAY.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GET ONLINE AND ASK FOR IT.
GIVE US A CALL AND ASK FOR IT.
AND IF YOU DID PRAY THIS PRAYER WITH ME TODAY, THEN IF YOU HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS, WHOEVER ANSWERS THE PHONE HERE WILL BE HAPPY TO
ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
JUST REMEMBER, THIS IS A BEGINNING, BUT IT'S NOT AN END
AND WHAT I REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO IS TO LEARN
WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU THROUGH STUDYING THE WORD OF GOD.
AND YOU MAY THINK, "WELL, I CAN'T DO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT."
WE'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE
THAT'S GONNA HELP YOU STUDY THE WORD.
YOU CAN CALL.
WE'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT HOW YOU CAN DO IT.
WATCH THE TV PROGRAM EVERY DAY.
MAYBE YOU TURNED IT ON ACCIDENTALLY TODAY BUT WATCH IT
EVERY DAY AND LET US BEGIN TO TEACH YOU AND INSTRUCT YOU IN
JUST WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR YOU.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS TIME TO BE WITH ME
TODAY.
LIKE I SAID, THIS IS SOMETHING SPECIAL THAT GOD PUT ON MY
HEART, AND I BELIEVE THAT EVERY PERSON THAT WAS WATCHING TODAY,
IT WAS ORDAINED BY GOD THAT YOU WATCH.
AND WHETHER YOU HAD NEVER RECEIVED CHRIST BEFORE AND YOU
RECEIVED HIM TODAY OR WHETHER YOU JUST NEEDED TO BE REMINDED
THAT YOU'RE SPECIAL, THAT YOU'RE LOVED, THAT YOU'RE CHOSEN, AND
YOU'RE NOT AN ACCIDENT, I'M GLAD THAT YOU WERE WITH ME TODAY.
GOD BLESS YOU AND HAVE A WONDERFUL REST OF YOUR LIFE.
MALE: I GET TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, NOT
BECAUSE OF ANYTHING I'VE DONE OR WHO I AM, BUT BECAUSE OF
WHO HE IS.
FEMALE: I'M STARTING TO EXPERIENCE ALL THE THINGS
HE DIED FOR.
MALE: IT'S SOMETHING REALLY THAT YOU FEEL AND IT'S IN
YOUR HEART AND WHEN YOU DO, IT'S AMAZING.
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SIMPLY CALL OR VISIT US ONLINE.
IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE AS A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD.
ANNOUNCER: SO THE BIBLE IS GOD'S MANUAL TO HELP US
NAVIGATE LIFE.
BUT LIFE OFTEN GETS IN THE WAY OF KNOWING THE BIBLE, FINDING
THE TIME, KNOWING WHERE TO BEGIN, AND DISCOVERING WHAT
THIS ALL MEANS TO YOU.
WE UNDERSTAND.
AND WE'D LIKE TO HELP.
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GET MORE OUT OF THE BIBLE, WHETHER YOU'RE A NEW CHRISTIAN
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CELEBRATION, TOGETHER WITH THOUSANDS OF WOMEN FROM
AROUND THE GLOBE AT OUR 35TH ANNIVERSARY,
LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE.
JOYCE: HIS LOVE IS PERFECT AND UNCONDITIONAL AND IT'S NOT
BASED ON ANYTHING WE DO OR DON'T DO.
ANNOUNCER: FEATURING JOYCE MEYER AND HER GUESTS:
JOEL OSTEEN-- JOEL: GOD WOULDN'T HAVE GIVEN
YOU THE OPPORTUNITY IF HE HAD NOT ALREADY EQUIPPED
AND EMPOWERED YOU TO DO IT.
YOU ARE WELL ABLE TO DO WHAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO.
ANNOUNCER: JOHN GRAY, CHRIS TOMLIN, MICHAEL W. SMITH,
CECE WINANS, RUTH GRAHAM, AND DAVE MEYER.
EARLY BIRD PRICING ENDS MAY 31 SO REGISTER TODAY.
THE 2017 LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE.
IT'S TIME FOR MORE JESUS, LESS DRAMA.
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