ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: WELL, THIS WEEKEND I'M TALKING ABOUT
TEN OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN WHAT I FEEL ARE SOME OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNED IN MY 37-YEAR JOURNEY
OF WALKING WITH GOD.
NOW I WAS BORN AGAIN A LONG TIME BEFORE THAT.
I ACTUALLY WAS SAVED WHEN I WAS 9 YEARS OLD,
BUT I DIDN'T REALLY EVEN TRY TO WALK WITH GOD
OR HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD UNTIL DAVE AND I GOT MARRIED.
AND THEN FOR A LONG TIME IT WAS JUST--I WAS SINCERE
IN MY HEART.
BUT I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT RELIGION BUT I STILL DIDN'T HAVE
THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THROUGH CHRIST.
AND WHEN I FINALLY GOT SERIOUS-- AND YOU KNOW THERE'S
A DIFFERENCE IN JUST GOING TO CHURCH AND BEING SERIOUS.
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT?
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN JUST GOING TO GOD
WHEN YOU HAVE A PROBLEM AND YOU WANT HIM TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM,
AND GOD BEING THE CENTER OF YOUR WHOLE LIFE
AND LETTING HIM BE INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
AND TO BE HONEST, GOD DOESN'T WANT TO LIVE
IN A LITTLE SUNDAY MORNING BOX THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO
KEEP HIM IN.
LET HIM OUT.
"COME ON, GOD, YOU CAN COME OUT FOR 45 MINUTES.
IT'S SUNDAY MORNING.
THEN GO BACK IN YOUR BOX AND I'LL JUST TAKE IT FROM HERE
THE REST OF THE WEEK AND LET YOU KNOW IF I HAVE
A PROBLEM."
SO IF YOU'RE NOT REAL SERIOUS, THEN WHAT I'M SAYING THIS
WEEKEND IS NOT GONNA MEAN A WHOLE LOT TO YOU.
BUT I BELIEVE YOU ARE SERIOUS OR YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN
THE TIME TO BE HERE.
NOW WE MAY HAVE SOME PEOPLE CHANNEL SURFING RIGHT NOW
AND YOU DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT ANY OF THIS.
WELL, I'M JUST ENCOURAGING YOU TO STAY WITH US FOR A LITTLE BIT
BECAUSE I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOME THINGS TODAY
THAT'S GONNA HELP YOU REALLY ENJOY YOUR LIFE
AND HAVE A BETTER LIFE THAN PERHAPS YOU'VE EVER HAD
BEFORE IN YOUR WHOLE LIFE.
SO I HAD A REAL ROUGH CHILDHOOD, LIKE MANY OF YOU,
GOT A BAD START, BUT I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT JUST
BECAUSE YOU HAVE A BAD START DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE
A GOOD FINISH.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT IT'S HOW WE FINISH
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
SO NO MATTER WHERE YOU'RE AT RIGHT NOW
OR NO MATTER WHAT YOU'VE DONE OR WHAT'S BEEN DONE TO YOU,
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT GOD HAS A GREAT PLAN
FOR YOUR REDEMPTION AND HE WANTS TO WALK YOU
OUT OF YOUR MESS AND INTO WHAT WE FONDLY CALL
"THE PROMISED LAND" IN THE BIBLE.
AND THE PROMISED LAND ACTUALLY WAS A REAL PLACE
THAT THE ISRAELITES TRAVELED TO BUT IT WAS A TYPE AND A SHADOW
OF OUR WALK WITH GOD.
WE COME OUT OF BONDAGE IN EGYPT, WHICH IS BONDAGE TO SIN,
AND WE ALL, LIKE IT OR NOT, TRAVEL THROUGH A WILDERNESS
AND THAT WILDERNESS REALLY IS OUR OWN SOULISH, SELFISH,
CARNAL LIVING.
WE'RE LEARNING IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME
HOW TO TRUST GOD, HOW TO RECEIVE THE GRACE OF GOD,
HOW TO KEEP GOD FIRST IN OUR LIFE, AND SO MANY OTHER
THINGS.
NOW IF YOU NEVER LEARN THOSE THINGS, THEN YOU NEVER WILL
MAKE IT TO THE PROMISED LAND.
YOU MAY GO TO HEAVEN WHEN YOU DIE, BUT YOU'RE NOT
GONNA ENJOY YOUR JOURNEY HERE.
AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I'M ALL FOR ENJOYING
THE JOURNEY.
I WANT TO ENJOY EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY SECOND.
EVERY NANOSECOND OF MY LIFE I WANT TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY IT.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT ALWAYS BELIEVING, COMING
TO CHRIST LIKE A LITTLE CHILD AND JUST SAY, "I BELIEVE.
I TRUST YOU.
I BELIEVE.
I MAY NOT SEE IT, I MAY NOT FEEL IT,
BUT I BELIEVE."
I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT BELIEVING AND ABOUT FAITH
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU DO WITH YOUR HEAD.
NOW OUR MIND GETS RENEWED AND I THINK NOW--AND PROBABLY
FOR MANY OF YOU WHO'VE WALKED WITH GOD A LONG TIME--
I DO BELIEVE ALL THIS STUFF IN MY MIND TOO 'CAUSE MY
MIND'S BEEN RENEWED, BUT THERE'S STILL TIMES
WHEN MY MIND CAN'T GET AHOLD OF SOMETHING.
WHEN I LOOK AT A SITUATION AND EVEN SOMETIMES NOT JUST FOR
ME BUT IN OTHER PEOPLE, I'LL LOOK AT THEIR SITUATION
OR LOOK AT THAT PERSON AND JUST, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BELIEVE
BUT WITH WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IT'S LIKE I DON'T KNOW.
BUT THANK GOD WE'RE MORE THAN JUST A MIND AND A BODY.
WE ARE FIRST AND FOREMOST A SPIRIT, AND IT'S WITH OUR
SPIRIT MAN THAT WE BELIEVE.
I DIDN'T SEE JESUS DIE BUT I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT I KNOW
I KNOW THAT HE DID.
SEE, A PERSON WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND FAITH WOULD SAY,
"WELL, HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?" WELL, I JUST KNOW BECAUSE
GOD HAS REVEALED IT TO ME IN THE SPIRIT, JUST LIKE MANY OF YOU.
REALLY SALVATION IS AN AMAZING THING, HOW GOD WILL JUST GIVE
YOU THAT FAITH TO REACH OUT AND BELIEVE.
BUT YOU DO HAVE TO BE WILLING TO IGNORE OR GO BEYOND YOUR OWN
THOUGHTS AND YOUR OWN FEELINGS.
FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE
OF THINGS UNSEEN.
BUT FAITH IS SUBSTANCE AND IT'S EVIDENCE.
IT'S JUST NOT A MATERIAL EVIDENCE OR A MATERIAL
SUBSTANCE.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO YOU THIS MORNING BY WAY OF
ENCOURAGEMENT THAT THE SPIRITUAL REALM IS REALLY MUCH MORE REAL
THAN THE NATURAL REALM.
WE ARE NOT IN HERE BY OURSELF TODAY.
THERE ARE ANGELS IN THIS BUILDING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN.
I SAID THERE ARE ANGELS IN THIS BUILDING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ALL OF US HAVE A GUARDIAN ANGEL.
YOU HAVE AN ANGEL THAT GOES WITH YOU EVERYWHERE THAT YOU GO.
NOW I'VE NEVER SEEN MINE, BUT I BELIEVE THE WORD OF GOD.
AND WHEN YOU DECIDE TO BELIEVE AND JUST GET AWAY FROM ALL
THE DOUBT AND UNBELIEF AND THE DOUBLE MINDEDNESS AND THE TRYING
TO FIGURE EVERYTHING OUT, SEE, I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE NEVER ALONE,
NEVER ALONE.
EVEN WHEN YOU FEEL ALONE, YOU'RE NEVER ALONE BECAUSE GOD SAID,
"I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU, NOR FORSAKE YOU BUT I AM WITH YOU
ALWAYS EVEN UNTIL THE VERY ENDS OF THE EARTH."
GOD IS WITH YOU NO MATTER HOW YOU FEEL.
IT IS AMAZING HOW WONDERFUL--NOW STICK WITH ME TODAY.
IT'S AMAZING HOW WONDERFUL LIFE CAN BE IF WE JUST DECIDE TO GET
OUT OF THIS BRAIN.
COME ON.
AND JUST GO DEEPER TO WHAT WE SENSE IN THE SPIRIT.
I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
I REMEMBER ONE TIME DOING A MEETING AND WE HAD PLANNED THIS
SPECIAL MEETING.
IT WAS ON A HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND WE THOUGHT WELL, IT WOULD BE A
SPECIAL THING.
YOU KNOW, LOTS OF PEOPLE WOULD COME OUT.
WELL, AS IT TURNED OUT, IT WASN'T TOO WELL ATTENDED WHICH
IS KIND OF A DOWNER FOR A MINISTER ANYWAY.
SO I PROBABLY ALREADY HAD A COUPLE STRIKES AGAINST ME BEFORE
I EVEN GOT UP ON THE PLATFORM BECAUSE I'M DISAPPOINTED 'CAUSE
ALL THE PEOPLE DIDN'T COME.
AND THEN I DIDN'T FEEL TOO GREAT ABOUT MY MESSAGE THAT WEEKEND
AND SO WHEN I GOT DONE, I STARTED THE THING THAT WE DO
UNTIL WE LEARN BETTER.
"OH, I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS, YOU KNOW."
YOU KNOW, IT'S POINTLESS TO THINK ABOUT HOW YOU SHOULDN'T
HAVE DONE SOMETHING THAT YOU'D ALREADY DONE.
I MEAN IF YOU'VE MADE A MISTAKE OVER HERE AND YOU WASTED THAT
DAY, THEN DON'T SPEND TODAY REGRETTING THE MISTAKE THAT YOU
MADE YESTERDAY BECAUSE THEN YOU WASTE TODAY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO EVEN IF I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THE MEETING I DID IT
AND I HAD A CHOICE TO BELIEVE WELL, THIS WAS A BIG MISTAKE OR
SOMEBODY HERE TODAY GOT HELPED.
SOMEBODY HERE NEEDED WHAT I HAD TO SAY.
BELIEVING IS WONDERFUL.
BELIEVING KEEPS YOU HAPPY, AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I'VE
JUST DECIDED THAT I'M GONNA BE HAPPY.
YOU SEE, I'VE LIVED MORE OF MY LIFE THAN WHAT I'VE GOT LEFT
AND THAT'S KIND OF AN UNUSUAL THOUGHT WHEN YOU GET TO THAT
POINT.
YOU SEE, I REALIZED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I'VE ALREADY DONE
TWO-THIRDS OF THIS.
I GOT ABOUT A THIRD LEFT AND I WANT TO MAKE IT COUNT.
AMEN?
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I DON'T WASTE ANY OF MY DAYS AND I WANT
TO REALLY ENJOY MY LIFE, AND THAT'S THE SECOND THING I'M
A TALK TO YOU ABOUT TODAY.
WE'RE GONNA END WITH ENJOYING YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE.
BUT FIRST BELIEVING, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CHOOSE TO
DO, BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE IN THE SPIRIT.
WE BELIEVE THE WORD OF GOD.
BELIEVING IS AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING THING.
SO I WAS HAVING THESE REGRETS, PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE
THIS MEETING, HAD THE WRONG MESSAGE, NOBODY GOT ANYTHING OUT
OF THAT.
DAVE AND I STARTED OUR DRIVE HOME AND I WAS JUST TORMENTED IN
MY MIND.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TODAY THAT REALIZES THAT WHEN YOU LIVE IN
YOUR MIND, YOU CAN LIVE IN TOTAL TORMENT ALL THE TIME?
BECAUSE YOUR MIND DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE WORD OF GOD.
IT AGREES WITH THE WORLD.
AND SO WHEN YOUR MIND, YOUR MOUTH, AND YOUR FEELINGS ALL
PILE UP ON YOU, YOU BETTER HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO AND THAT'S LIKE
DEEPER INTO THE SPIRIT.
SO THIS IS WHAT I FELT THAT GOD PUT ON MY HEART.
HE SAID, "SHUT YOUR MIND OFF AND TELL ME WHAT'S IN YOUR HEART
ABOUT THIS SITUATION."
I WANT YOU TO START TRYING THAT IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU START
GETTING RATTLED AND ALL UPSET.
JUST SHUT YOUR MIND OFF FOR A MINUTE.
"WHAT'S IN MY HEART?
WHAT'S IN MY HEART?
WELL, I BELIEVE I DID PREACH TODAY WHAT YOU PUT ON MY HEART.
MATTER OF FACT, IF I REALLY TELL YOU WHAT'S IN MY HEART, LORD,
I DON'T THINK IT WAS BAD.
I THINK IT WAS PRETTY GOOD.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO THIS.
YOU DIDN'T TELL US NOT TO AND IT WASN'T ATTENDED GREAT, BUT IT
WASN'T HORRIBLE AND SO YEAH, EVERYTHING'S PRETTY GOOD."
I MEAN JUST IN A FEW SECONDS, I WENT FROM BEING TORMENTED, FULL
OF DOUBT AND UNBELIEF AND MISERY AND THINKING THE WHOLE THING WAS
A FAILURE TO KNOWING.
SEE, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THINKING AND KNOWING.
IF YOU CAN GET AHOLD OF THIS TODAY, I THINK IT'S GONNA
ELEVATE YOU TO A NEW PLACE.
WE SPEND WAY TOO MUCH TIME IN OUR MIND AND BELIEVE ME, THE
DEVIL OFFERS US ALL KINDS OF THOUGHTS THAT DO NOT AGREE WITH
THE WORD OF GOD.
WE HAVE TO LEARN TO BELIEVE WHAT GOD SAYS AND WE GRASP IT BY
FAITH.
WE REACH OUT AND WE GRASP IT WITH THE SPIRIT.
I WANT TO LIVE MORE IN THE SPIRIT.
I WANT TO WALK MORE IN THE SPIRIT AND NOT JUST WALK IN
MY FEELINGS OR MY OWN MIND OR, YOU KNOW, MY OWN WILL
BUT IN THE SPIRIT.
IS ANYBODY WITH ME TODAY?
WE WANT TO BEGIN TO WALK IN THE SPIRIT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHAT IS MY SPIRIT SAYING ABOUT THIS SITUATION?
IS IT REALLY HOPELESS LIKE MY BRAIN WANTS ME TO THINK IT IS OR
ARE ALL THINGS POSSIBLE WITH GOD?
DOES GOD STILL HAVE A MIRACLE FOR ME?
DOES HE LOVE EVERYBODY EQUALLY?
IF HE'S EVER DONE ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY, SURELY HE CAN DO
SOMETHING FOR ME.
HE'S NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS.
SO BELIEVING, I THINK YOU CAN DECIDE TO IF YOU WANT TO OR YOU
CAN KEEP MAKING YOURSELF MISERABLE ALL THE TIME TRYING TO
FIGURE THINGS OUT IN LIFE.
ALWAYS BELIEVE.
IN ROMANS 1:17 IT SAYS, "IN THE WORD
THERE'S A RIGHTEOUSNESS REVEALED THAT LEADS US FROM
FAITH TO FAITH TO FAITH, A RIGHTEOUSNESS REVEALED THAT
LEADS US FROM FAITH TO FAITH TO FAITH."
THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS IS THAT RIGHT STANDING WITH GOD.
OH, MY GOSH, THINGS BEGIN TO CHANGE WHEN YOU KNOW THAT GOD
LOVES YOU AND YOU KNOW THAT GOD IS NOT MAD AT YOU AND YOU DON'T
EVEN SAY, "WELL, YOU KNOW, HOW COULD I HAVE THIS PROBLEM IN MY
LIFE IF GOD LOVES ME?" YOU SAY, "YES, I HAVE THIS
PROBLEM IN MY LIFE BUT THAT'S NO SIGN OR SYMPTOM THAT GOD DOESN'T
LOVE ME.
GOD LOVES ME AND I CAN TRUST HIM TO BRING ME THROUGH THIS PROBLEM
AND I CAN TRUST HIM TO TAKE IT AND USE IT FOR GOOD IN MY LIFE."
AMEN?
GOD LOVES ME AND I TRUST HIM.
SOME OF YOU KNOW THAT I HAD BREAST CANCER, WASN'T EXPECTING
TO GO TO THE DOCTOR AND GET THAT REPORT.
I JUST WENT FOR MY LITTLE CHECKUP THING AND HAD
A MAMMOGRAM, GOT A CALL BACK, "THERE'S SOMETHING ON HERE THAT
DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.
IT'S SMALL BUT WE REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU SHOULD GET IT CHECKED
OUT."
SO GOT THE BIOPSY THINKING IT'S ALL GONNA COME BACK FINE.
WELL, IT DIDN'T COME BACK FINE.
IT CAME BACK AND SAID, "ALTHOUGH THIS IS A VERY SMALL TUMOR, IT
IS A VERY FAST-GROWING TYPE OF CANCER."
AND SO BACK THEN THEY REALLY JUST RECOMMENDED A MASTECTOMY.
THEY DIDN'T DO THE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY DO TODAY.
SO HERE WITHIN LIKE A WEEK'S PERIOD OF TIME, I WENT FROM
A WOMAN OF FAITH AND POWER PREACHING THE GOSPEL ALL OVER
THE PLACE TO SEEMINGLY BEING IN A POSITION WHERE NONE OF WHAT I
WAS PREACHING WAS WORKING FOR ME.
BUT GOD SPOKE SOME THINGS TO MY HEART VERY EARLY IN THAT LITTLE
JOURNEY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HEAR THINGS LIKE THAT, FEAR
JUST HITS YOU.
AND THERE WAS SOME THINGS THAT GOD TOLD ME TO SAY AND SOME
THINGS THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO HEAR ME SAY.
DON'T ASK ME WHY.
I WANT TO HEAR YOU SAY, "GOD LOVES ME.
I TRUST HIM.
ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD FOR THOSE THAT LOVE GOD
AND ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE."
THERE WERE 5 THINGS LIKE THAT ALL REALLY POSITIVE
THINGS, AND I WALKED AROUND FOR THE 7 OR 10 DAYS BEFORE THE
SURGERY SAYING THOSE THINGS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND WHEN DOUBT
AND UNBELIEF WOULD HIT MY MIND, I WOULD SAY, "I TRUST GOD.
I TRUST GOD.
GOD'S GONNA TAKE CARE OF THIS.
HE LOVES ME.
ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THOSE WHO LOVE GOD
AND ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE."
THEY TELL ME THAT WHEN I WOKE UP FROM THE ANESTHESIA THAT I WAS
SAYING, "ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THOSE WHO
LOVE GOD AND ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE WAITING FOR ME TO
COME TO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IN THAT KIND OF DREAMY LAND STATE,
THEY SAID, "YOU WERE SO SWEET.
YOU WERE MINISTERING TO THE NURSES AND LOVING EVERYBODY."
I SAID, "SEE THERE, IT IS DOWN IN THERE SOMEWHERE.
YOU JUST GOTTA KNOCK ME OUT TO GET TO IT."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL, AS IT TURNED OUT, YOU KNOW, THEY CHECKED MY
LYMPH NODES LIKE THEY ALWAYS DO AND NONE OF THE CANCER CELLS HAD
GOTTEN TO MY LYMPH NODES SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY KIND OF
TREATMENT AFTER THAT.
EVERY YEAR I GO AND GET CHECKED AND EVERY YEAR I GET A CLEAN
BILL OF HEALTH, EVERY YEAR.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW BUT ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO, I WENT FOR MY
REGULAR CHECKUP--WELL, NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED.
I WAS HAVING SOME BACK PROBLEMS AND SO THEY DID A MRI ON MY BACK
AND THE REPORT CAME BACK, "THERE'S SOME SPOTS ON YOUR
SPINE THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT."
THEY KNEW I'D HAD CANCER, YOU GOTTA TELL THEM THAT.
SO THEY LOOKED AT IT AND I HAD TO HAVE SOME MORE TESTS AND THEN
I HAD TO HAVE A WHOLE BONE SCAN.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY SAID, "WE'RE VERY CONCERNED THAT THE BREAST
CANCER YOU HAD IS METASTASIZED TO YOUR SPINE."
AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT THESE 2 WEEKS IN BETWEEN, YOU KNOW,
WHERE YOU'RE WAITING TO GET THE TEST, WAITING TO GET
THE TEST BACK.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
I CAN HONESTLY TELL YA THAT I JUST REALLY WASN'T ALL THAT
AFRAID BECAUSE I JUST THOUGHT, NOW I DIDN'T WANT THEM TO
TELL ME THAT I HAD CANCER BUT I JUST THOUGHT,
"GOD, I'M IN YOUR HANDS.
I'M GONNA LIVE 'TIL YOU'RE DONE WITH ME.
I'VE HAD A GOOD RIDE AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN TAKE CARE
OF THIS.
AND I REFUSE TO START GETTING THIS NEGATIVE ATTITUDE
AND LIVING IN FEAR."
WELL, WHEN IT CAME BACK, THEY DID A BONE SCAN ON MY WHOLE
ENTIRE BODY SO I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE
THAT'S BOTHERING ANYBODY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN I GOT IT ALL.
AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID, "WELL, THERE'S NO CANCER."
I SAID, "OKAY, SO WHAT ARE THE SPOTS ON MY SPINE?"
AND THEY SAID, "WELL, IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE A CANCER HAD
METASTASIZED TO YOUR BONE AND IT HEALED ITSELF."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I THOUGHT, "NO, IT DIDN'T HEAL ITSELF."
SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT BECAUSE THERE MAY BE PEOPLE HERE
TODAY THAT YOU'VE HAD A BAD REPORT FROM THE DOCTOR.
YOU JUST MAYBE PEOPLE--I MEAN THERE MAY BE PEOPLE LAYING IN
A HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW WATCHING THIS PROGRAM AND YOU'RE LIKE,
"THERE'S NO HOPE FOR ME.
I'M SO SCARED.
THIS IS NOT GONNA WORK.
I'M GONNA DIE."
INSTEAD OF SAYING ALL THAT JUST SAY, "GOD, I TRUST YOU.
I TRUST YOU."
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
IF YOU'RE WATCHING FROM HOME AND YOU'VE NOT RECEIVED CHRIST
AS YOUR SAVIOR, PLEASE CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND LET
ONE OF MY WORKERS PRAY WITH YOU AND LEAD YOU INTO A RELATIONSHIP
WITH JESUS CHRIST.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE ALONE WITH YOUR SITUATION.
GOD LOVES YOU, HE CARES ABOUT YOU, AND HE'S GOT A GOOD PLAN
FOR YOUR LIFE.
JUST BELIEVE.
CAN I TELL YA SOMETHING?
BELIEVING DOESN'T COST ANYTHING.
UNBELIEF MAKES YOU MISERABLE.
BELIEVING MAKES YOU HAPPY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE SAID PUBLICLY HOPING THAT A LOT OF UNBELIEVERS
WILL HEAR THIS?
YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE AN ATHEIST OR AN AGNOSTIC OR YOU'VE DECIDED
THAT YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT GOD IS REAL, IF YOU'RE WRONG, YOU'RE
IN BIG TROUBLE.
BUT IF I SPEND MY WHOLE LIFE BELIEVING IN SOMETHING, EVEN IF
IT TURNED OUT IN THE END THAT IT WASN'T TRUE WHICH I KNOW IS NOT
GONNA HAPPEN, BUT I STILL WOULDN'T HAVE LOST ANYTHING
'CAUSE I'VE BEEN SO HAPPY I CAN HARDLY STAND IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO I SAY GIVE IT A TRY AND SEE IF YOU LIKE IT BETTER
THAN THE WAY YOU'RE LIVING.
GOD LOVES YOU, HE CREATED YOU.
YOU'RE NOT AN OOPS OR A BLEEP OR A BOOPS OR A BURP OR WHATEVER.
THE WORLD WAS CREATED BY GOD WITH HIS VERY OWN HAND CAREFULLY
AND PURPOSELY.
WE DIDN'T JUST HAVE SOME TIME WHEN SOME CELL OUT OF THE OCEAN
CRAWLED UP ON THE BEACH AND BEGAN TO EVOLVE INTO WHAT WE
NOW HAVE.
NOBODY'S EVER BOTHERED TO TELL YOU WHERE THAT FIRST CELL CAME
FROM, BY THE WAY.
BELIEVE.
BELIEVE.
LET'S LOOK AT THE RAISING OF LAZARUS IN JOHN CHAPTER 11.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WONDER IF YOUR KIDS ARE GONNA TURN OUT
ALL RIGHT.
YOU CAN BELIEVE THEY WILL.
AND EVEN IF THEY'RE IN TROUBLE RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN BELIEVE
THEY'RE GONNA CHANGE.
LET ME ASK A QUESTION, HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO ENJOY YOUR LIFE?
ALL RIGHT, YOU CANNOT DO THAT UNLESS YOU LEARN HOW TO BELIEVE.
WE GO FROM FAITH TO FAITH TO FAITH TO FAITH,
NOT FROM FAITH TO DOUBT AND UNBELIEF AND BACK TO FAITH
AND, "WELL, I CAN BELIEVE THIS BUT I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT."
AND WE JUST BELIEVE.
IT DRIVES THE DEVIL NUTS.
COME LIKE A LITTLE CHILD AND JUST BELIEVE.
IN JOHN CHAPTER 11, THERE'S A WONDERFUL ACCOUNT OF JESUS
RAISING LAZARUS FROM THE DEAD.
AND WE CAN GET MANY GREAT EXAMPLES OUT OF THIS,
BUT LET'S START IN VERSE 5, JOHN 11, VERSE 5.
"NOW JESUS LOVED MARTHA AND HER SISTER AND LAZARUS.
[THEY WERE HIS DEAR FRIENDS, AND HE HELD THEM IN LOVING ESTEEM.]
THEREFORE BECAUSE HE LOVED THEM, WHEN HE HEARD THAT
LAZARUS WAS SICK, HE STILL STAYED TWO DAYS LONGER IN THE
SAME PLACE," AND DIDN'T BOTHER TO GO AND HELP HIM.
BECAUSE HE LOVED HIM, YOU WOULD THINK THAT HE WOULD HAVE RAN
RIGHT OVER THERE AND FIXED THE PROBLEM.
BUT DO YOU SEE THAT?
BECAUSE HE LOVED HIM, HE WAITED 2 MORE DAYS.
SEE, YOU THINK WHEN YOU'RE HAVING TO WAIT, THAT MEANS GOD
DOESN'T LOVE YOU.
ACCORDING TO THIS, IT'S A SYMPTOM THAT HE DOES LOVE YOU
BECAUSE MAYBE GOD'S GOT SOMETHING DEEPER IN MIND THAN
YOUR IMMEDIATE RELIEF.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW WHAT?
IF I DIDN'T GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE CANCER THING FOR ANY
REASON OTHER THAN TO STAND UP AND GIVE OTHER PEOPLE
HOPE--SOMETIMES WE GO THROUGH THINGS AND IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE
ANYTHING TO DO WITH US.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT GOD'S USING US FOR FOR SOMEBODY ELSE'S
ENCOURAGEMENT LATER ON IN LIFE.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU DID WRONG OR WHAT YOUR
SIN IS OR, YOU KNOW, "WHY DOESN'T GOD LOVE ME?"
AND ALL THAT JUNK.
YOU JUST SAY, "GOD'S GOT A PLAN.
GOD'S GOT A PURPOSE.
I LOVE HIM AND THE DEVIL IS NOT GONNA WIN.
THIS IS GONNA WORK OUT FOR MY GOOD."
HE LOVED THEM.
JESUS LOVED MARTHA AND HER SISTER AND LAZARUS, THEREFORE HE
WAITED AND DIDN'T GO HELP HIM RIGHT THEN.
YOU'RE NOT GETTING AS MUCH OUT OF THAT AS I DO BUT THAT JUST
AMAZES ME.
JOYCE: WELL YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES TO
CHANGE IN ORDER TO HAVE JOY.
YOU CAN ENJOY YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE IF YOU CHOOSE TO TRUST
AND BELIEVE IN GOD'S WORD.
YOU KNOW, STUDYING THE WORD OF GOD IS SO IMPORTANT.
AND I'VE REALLY BEEN ON A MISSION NOW FOR A FEW YEARS
TO TEACH PEOPLE NOT JUST TO READ THE WORD, ALTHOUGH THAT'S GOOD.
BUT TO ACTUALLY TAKE TIME TO STUDY AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
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JOYCE: WELL, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO WELCOME JOHN GRAY
TO THE 2017 LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE.
JOHN.
JOHN: YES.
JOYCE: YOU WERE SUCH A HUGE HIT LAST YEAR, WE ABSOLUTELY
HAD TO HAVE YOU BACK AGAIN.
JOHN: I'M SO GRATEFUL.
ST. LOUIS WAS A GAME CHANGER FOR ME.
BEING RAISED BY STRONG WOMEN OF FAITH, WOMEN OF GOD, AND BEING
IN THAT ATMOSPHERE, I HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.
THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF WOMEN WORSHIPING GOD AND NOT
JUST THE SUPERNATURAL, BUT THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF
THE WORD.
IT WAS AMAZING.
JOYCE: WELL, YOU'RE NOT ONLY A GREAT SPEAKER THAT BRINGS
FORTH GOOD CONTENT, BUT YOU ARE ALSO EXTREMELY FUNNY.
JOHN: YOU GOTTA LAUGH IF YOU'RE GONNA LOVE YOUR LIFE.
JOYCE: WE NEED THAT, DON'T WE?
JOHN: ABSOLUTELY, IF YOU ARE A WOMAN THAT NEEDS JUST THAT
SPARK, THIS IS THE CONFERENCE FOR YOU.
JOYCE: WELL JOHN, WE CAN'T WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE BACK
THIS YEAR.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE REALLY, REALLY WANT TO SEE YOU THERE.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE SAME IF YOU DON'T COME.
SO, WHY DON'T YOU INVITE A FRIEND, CONTACT US,
AND REGISTER TODAY.
ANNOUNCER: EVERYONE LOVES THE FEELING OF A FRESH MAKEOVER.
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THEN CONTINUE YOUR MAKEOVER WITH JOYCE ON
"ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE" IN AUGUST FOR A SPECIAL MONTH
OF SHOWS TO HELP SHAPE THE NEW YOU.
LET GOD'S WORD GIVE YOU THE ULTIMATE SUMMER MAKEOVER.
SIGN UP TODAY AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
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AND THEN THE KIDS ALL RUN TO YOU AND THEY SMILE.
WHEN YOU REALLY EXPERIENCE THAT, YOU JUST--YOU'RE HOOKED.
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