ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM
IS PAID FOR BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS
OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: IF YOU WANT FRIENDS, SOW FRIENDLINESS.
IF YOU WANT MERCY FROM GOD, SOW MERCY.
IF YOU WANNA INCREASE YOUR FINANCES, START GIVING AWAY
PART OF WHAT YOU HAVE.
SOW IT INTO GOOD GROUND, INTO KINGDOM PROJECTS, AND YOU
WATCH GOD JUST OVERWHELM YOU WITH BLESSINGS FROM HEAVEN.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: MATTHEW 5:7, "BLESSED (HAPPY, TO BE ENVIED,
AND SPIRITUALLY PROSPEROUS-- WITH LIFE-JOY AND SATISFACTION
IN GOD'S FAVOR AND SALVATION, REGARDLESS OF THEIR OUTWARD
CONDITIONS) ARE THE MERCIFUL, FOR THEY SHALL OBTAIN MERCY!"
IS THERE ANYBODY IN YOUR LIFE THAT MAYBE YOU COULD EXTEND
SOME MERCY TO RIGHT NOW?
OH, THREE PEOPLE, GEE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL, YOU GUYS ARE A HOLY GROUP, I TELL YOU.
I JUST MIGHT AS WELL-- MIGHT AS WELL PACK UP
AND GO BACK TO MY HOTEL ROOM.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US HAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES EVERY DAY
TO BE HARD-NOSED WITH SOMEBODY OR TO BE MERCIFUL; TO JUST LEAVE
IT, AND LET IT GO, AND SAY, "BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD,
THERE GO I," OR TO TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE PAY, HMM.
WE NEED TO CARE MORE ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE THAN WE DO
ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO US.
MATTHEW 9:13 SAYS, "GO AND LEARN WHAT THIS MEANS: I DESIRE
MERCY AND NOT SACRIFICE."
"GO AND LEARN WHAT THIS MEANS: I DESIRE MERCY AND NOT SACRIFICE.
[READINESS TO HELP THOSE IN TROUBLE] AND NOT SACRIFICE
AND SACRIFICIAL VICTIMS."
GOD SAYS, "I WANT MERCY, NOT SACRIFICE."
SO THERE'S TWO SIDES TO THIS.
WHEN WE SIN, GOD WANTS TO GIVE US MERCY AND HE DOESN'T TELL US
THAT NOW WE HAVE TO SACRIFICE SOMETHING TO MAKE UP
FOR THOSE SINS.
HE FREELY FORGIVES US.
FREELY FORGIVES US.
THE PRICE HAS BEEN PAID.
"YOU DON'T OWE ME ANYTHING," GOD SAYS.
"YOU DON'T OWE ME A THING.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE UP FOR ALL THE WRONG
THAT YOU'VE DONE.
HERE'S A FRESH START FOR YOU."
THAT'S WHAT MERCY DOES.
IT GIVES YOU A FRESH START EVERY DAY.
GOD'S MERCY IS NEW EVERY DAY.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I CAN USE MY LIFE WITH DAVE IN THE EARLY YEARS
AS AN EXAMPLE.
YOU KNOW, I WAS QUITE A RASCAL, AND THAT'S A NICE WORD.
PROBABLY ABOUT THE FIRST 3 YEARS WE WERE MARRIED, AND I
WASN'T DOING IT ON PURPOSE.
I HAD BEEN SO HURT, AND SO ABUSED, AND SO MISTREATED.
AND I HAD MARRIED THE FIRST GUY THAT CAME ALONG WHEN I WAS 18,
AND HE WAS A THIEF, AND STOLE THINGS FROM PEOPLE, AND RAN
AROUND WITH OTHER WOMEN.
AND I HAD JUST BEEN HURT, HURT, HURT, HURT, HURT UNTIL I
DIDN'T EVEN HARDLY KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING.
AND YOU KNOW, I LOOKED OKAY ON THE OUTSIDE.
YOU COULDN'T HAVE TOLD FROM LOOKING AT ME THAT I WAS
MESSED UP INSIDE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LOOK OKAY
ON THE OUTSIDE THAT HAVE GOT DEEP PROBLEMS AND GAPING,
BLEEDING, WOUNDS ON THE INSIDE IN THEIR SOUL.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I PRETTY MUCH HAVE
DECIDED THAT EVERYBODY WHO ACTS REALLY BAD HAS GOT
SOME KIND OF AN INTERIOR PROBLEM THAT'S MAKING THEM ACT THAT WAY.
NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE JUST EXCUSE THEM
FROM THEIR BEHAVIOR AND THAT THERE'S NO
RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT IT DOES MEAN IF THEY
GOT THAT WAY FROM SOMEBODY BEING MEAN TO THEM, THEN A CHRISTIAN
BEING MEAN TO THEM IS NOT GONNA HELP THEM GET OVER IT.
AND SO I CAME INTO THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH DAVE
ALREADY WOUNDED AND HURT.
AND DAVE DID NOT PREACH TO ME.
HE ASKED ME TO GO TO CHURCH WITH HIM, WHICH I DID,
AND HE ASKED ME IF I WOULD DO THAT BEFORE WE GOT MARRIED.
BUT HE ALWAYS LOVED ME RIGHT WHERE I WAS AT.
HE DIDN'T LET ME PUSH HIM AROUND.
HE WOULD TELL ME IF MY BEHAVIOR WAS BAD.
BUT NO MATTER HOW BAD I ACTED ON MONDAY, ON TUESDAY MORNING
WHEN DAVE GOT UP, HE WASN'T MAD.
NO MATTER HOW BAD I ACTED ON TUESDAY BEFORE DAVE WENT
TO WORK, WHEN HE CAME HOME ON TUESDAY NIGHT,
DAVE WAS NOT MAD.
DAVE JUST WAS WHAT HE WAS, A BORN-AGAIN CHILD OF GOD,
WALKING IN THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT.
AND NO MATTER HOW BAD I ACTED, HE DIDN'T LET MY BAD BEHAVIOR
CHANGE HIS CHARACTER.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON, WE'RE GROWING TONIGHT.
OOH, OUCHIE, OUCHIE, OUCHIE.
I FEEL IT, DON'T YOU FEEL IT?
NOW, YOU ALL DO KNOW THAT IT'S EASIER TO CLAP FOR THIS
THAN IT'S GONNA BE TO DO IT WHEN YOU LEAVE, DON'T YOU?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THE CLAPPING SAYS YOUR SPIRIT'S SAYING,
"YES, I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT.
YES!
WHOO, HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS, YES!
RESIST THAT TEMPTATION, WHACK THAT SIN IN THE HEAD,
DON'T PUT UP WITH IT, YES!
BE MERCIFUL, YES!
WHOO, THIS IS RIGHT.
GOOD, GOOD, GOOD!"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND THEN WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN YOU START TO TRY
TO DRIVE OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AND SOMEBODY CUTS
IN FRONT OF YOU?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "YOU BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH!"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NO, YOU WON'T ACT THAT WAY.
I KNOW YOU WON'T ACT THAT WAY BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA DO WHAT'S
RIGHT, AND YOU'RE GONNA GIVE THEM MERCY, AND SAY,
"YOU KNOW WHAT?
I CHOOSE TO BELIEVE THEY DIDN'T SEE ME."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON, ISN'T THAT BETTER?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, I HAVE FOUND A SECRET IN MY LIFE.
CAN I TELL YOU A SECRET?
CAN I SHARE MY SECRET WITH YOU?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT?
IF YOU CHOOSE TO BELIEVE THE BEST OF PEOPLE,
EVEN IF THEY'RE JUST AS ROTTEN AS THEY CAN BE, IF YOU CHOOSE
TO BELIEVE THE BEST, YOU'RE HAPPY.
AND I'VE DECIDED I'M GONNA DO EVERYTHING I CAN DO IN MY LIFE
TO MAKE ME HAPPY.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I'M NOT GONNA STAY MAD AT PEOPLE BECAUSE IT POISONS
MY SOUL WHEN I STAY ANGRY.
I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT ANYMORE.
AND I'M NOT GONNA GO AROUND AND BE SUSPICIOUS
OF EVERYBODY.
EVEN IF THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING BAD, I'M GONNA BELIEVE THE BEST.
I'M GONNA BELIEVE, "OH, YOU DIDN'T MEAN THAT."
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THAT IS LIKE A HUGE, MEGA, MAJOR,
AWFULLY BIG CHANGE FOR ME FROM WHERE I CAME FROM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THESE VIRTUES, THESE INNER HEART ATTITUDES
THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THESE ARE CHARACTER TRAITS
THAT CHRIST HAD.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF CHARACTER,
THEN YOU FUNCTION THAT WAY ALL THE TIME, NOT JUST WHEN
YOU'RE TRYING TO.
IT BECOMES PART OF YOU, AND SO GIVING MERCY TO PEOPLE
CAN BECOME JUST AS NATURAL TO US AS NOT BEING MERCIFUL
USED TO BE.
WHEN SOMEBODY HURTS YOU, ESPECIALLY IF YOU BELIEVE THEY
REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING BECAUSE THEY
WERE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING THEMSELF, LIKE DAVE KNEW
WITH ME.
HE KNEW I WAS HURTING AND HE KNEW THAT ONLY GOD
COULD CHANGE ME.
HE KNEW THAT HE COULDN'T CHANGE ME AND I NEEDED TO SEE
AN EXAMPLE OF CHRIST-LIKENESS.
AND THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE LAY DOWN AND LET
EVERYBODY OUT IN THE WORLD WALK ALL OVER US.
THERE IS A TIME TO STAND UP FOR YOURSELF AND THERE'S A TIME
WHEN IT'S BETTER FOR THE PERSON TO SAY, "YOU'RE NOT GONNA TREAT
ME THAT WAY.
IT'S NOT GOOD FOR YOU IF I LET YOU TREAT ME THAT WAY."
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THOSE EXTREME CASES.
I'M TALKING ABOUT ALL THE LITTLE NIT PICKY THINGS
THAT COME UP, THE LITTLE THINGS THAT WE FRET OVER,
AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE GET IRRITATED AND AGGRAVATED
ABOUT, IN TRAFFIC, AND HERE, AND THERE, AND THERE, AND THERE,
AND SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS WHERE WE CAN JUST DECIDE, "I'M GONNA BE
MERCIFUL TO YOU AND I'M GONNA CHOOSE TO LET THIS GO."
HOW ABOUT BEING MERCIFUL TO SOMEBODY WHO'S HURT YOU
AND ACTUALLY HELP THEM NOW WHEN THEY HAVE A PROBLEM.
UH-OH, MMM, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, SISTER.
NOW YOU'RE GETTING REALLY--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I'M SURE YOU HEARD MY STORY
THAT AFTER ALL THE ABUSE FROM MY DAD, THE SEXUAL ABUSE,
THE TIME CAME IN MY LIFE WHEN GOD ASKED ME TO PUT HIM
IN A NICE HOUSE AND TAKE CARE OF HIM UNTIL HE DIED.
I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHAT, THAT WAS GUT-WRENCHING FOR ME, BUT IT
TURNED OUT TO BE HIS SALVATION.
I THOUGHT I WAS BUYING A HOUSE, BUT I ACTUALLY BOUGHT A SOUL.
HE ENDED UP, THROUGH SEEING THE LOVE OF GOD FROM SOMEBODY
THAT HE KNEW HAD NO REASON TO LOVE HIM.
COME ON, WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS YOU HAVE NO REASON
TO LOVE THEM, NOW THEY'RE SEEING SOMETHING THAT THEY CANNOT DENY
AND THEY CANNOT ARGUE WITH, AMEN?
AMEN.
HOW ABOUT IF SOMEBODY AT WORK HAS REALLY TOLD SOME LIES ABOUT
YOU, AND MAYBE THEY'VE FINAGLED AROUND AND GOT THE PROMOTION
THAT YOU DESERVED.
NOW, YOU HEAR THAT THEIR CAR BROKE DOWN.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO RIDE THE BUS TO WORK,
AND THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THEIR CAR IS A SERIOUS
PROBLEM, AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GET IT FIXED
FOR QUITE AWHILE.
AND AS GUT-WRENCHING AS IT IS FOR YOU, YOU HEAR GOD WHISPER
IN YOUR SPIRIT, "WHY DON'T YOU OFFER TO PICK 'EM UP FOR WORK
AND TAKE 'EM HOME AT NIGHT?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OKAY, HEAR COMES A GOOD ONE.
ARE YOU READY?
WHEN WE CHOOSE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT WHILE IT'S STILL HURTING
TO DO IT--
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT ALL THE TIME,
BUT WHEN YOU DO WHAT'S RIGHT WHEN IT'S HURTING, BUT YOU KNOW
THAT IT'S WHAT GOD WOULD HAVE YOU DO, YOU KNOW IT'S WHAT GOD
WANTS YOU TO DO, MAN, YOU ARE GROWING SPIRITUALLY
IN AN AMAZING WAY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING LIGHTLY]
JOYCE: YOU GUYS DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU BELIEVE ME.
I'LL GO TALK TO THEM.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: COME ON, HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW HOW HARD
IT IS JUST TO TALK TO SOMEBODY THAT'S HURT YOUR FEELINGS?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: IT'S LIKE YOU SEE THEM AND YOU JUST--YOUR BODY,
WITHOUT EVEN MAKING A DECISION, YOU JUST...
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS?
THE HOLY GHOST SAYS...
"HOW ARE YOU TODAY?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW SOMETHING, IT HAS BECOME A DELIGHT FOR ME
IN MY LIFE TO JUST GIVE THE DEVIL BLACK EYES AND OBEY
GOD EVEN WHEN IT HURTS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND
THAT SPIRITUAL SECRET NOW.
AND IT TOOK ME SO MANY YEARS TO GET THIS, SO MANY YEARS
OF SUFFERING, THAT YOU ONLY OVERCOME EVIL WITH WITH GOOD.
THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN OVERCOME EVIL IS WITH GOOD.
AND WHEN A WICKED PERSON IS MEAN TO YOU AND YOU ARE GOOD
IN THEIR PRESENCE, THEY ABSOLUTELY DO NOT KNOW WHAT
TO DO WITH YOU AND THE DEVIL DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
WITH YOU EITHER.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHY NOT FORGIVE SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE,
AND SHOW SOME MERCY, AND GO AHEAD AND GET
YOUR PEACE BACK?
YOU CAN HAVE A GREAT DAY.
YOU CAN HAVE A GREAT REST OF THE EVENING, AND A GREAT DAY
TOMORROW, AND A GREAT DAY THE NEXT DAY IF YOU'LL JUST SAY,
"I'M GONNA BE MERCIFUL.
I'M ONLY GONNA CONFRONT WHAT GOD TELLS ME I NEED TO CONFRONT,
AND ANYTHING HE TELLS ME TO LET GO, I'M GONNA LET GO."
DO YOU KNOW THAT RETALIATION IS PART OF THE OLD MAN?
IT'S NOT PART OF BEING A NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST.
"FREELY YOU HAVE RECEIVED, FREELY GIVE."
YOU KNOW WHAT MERCY IS?
"MERCY" DEFINED IN WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY SAYS,
"IT'S KINDNESS IN EXCESS OF WHAT MIGHT BE EXPECTED
OR DEMANDED BY FAIRNESS."
MERCY IS EXCESS OF WHAT MIGHT BE EXPECTED OR DEMANDED
BY FAIRNESS.
SO NO, MERCY IS NOT FAIR, BUT IT'S GODLY.
IT'S NOT FAIR, BUT IT'S POWERFUL.
IT'S NOT FAIR, BUT IT MAKES YOU CHRIST-LIKE.
AND WHEN WE DO WHAT GOD WANTS US TO DO, THEN HE ALWAYS BRINGS
JUSTICE IN OUR LIFE.
SOME OF YOU ARE AT LEAST STARTING TO SMILE
ABOUT THIS MESSAGE.
I'M STILL WAITING FOR SOME OF THE REST OF YOU TO.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: MATTER OF FACT, MERCY DOESN'T TRY TO JUST DO
WHAT'S FAIR.
MERCY MUST BE EXTRAVAGANT, AND I'VE UNDERLINED THAT.
HOW MANY OF YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE GETTING
EXTRAVAGANT MERCY FROM GOD IN YOUR LIFE?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ALL RIGHT, LET'S LOOK AT ONE FINAL SCRIPTURE HERE
AND WE WILL GO ON
TO THE THIRD BEATITUDE.
"SO BE MERCIFUL (SYMPATHETIC, TENDER, RESPONSIVE,
AND COMPASSIONATE) EVEN AS YOUR FATHER IS
[ALL OF THESE].
JUDGE NOT [NEITHER PRONOUNCE JUDGMENT NOR SUBJECT
TO CENSURE], AND YOU WILL NOT BE JUDGED; DO NOT CONDEMN
AND PRONOUNCE GUILTY, AND YOU WILL NOT BE CONDEMNED
AND PRONOUNCED GUILTY; ACQUIT AND FORGIVE
AND RELEASE (GIVING UP THE RESENTMENT, LET IT DROP),
AND YOU WILL BE ACQUITTED AND FORGIVEN AND RELEASED.
GIVE, AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO YOU; GOOD MEASURE,
PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER, AND RUNNING OVER, SHALL MEN GIVE
INTO YOUR BOSOM."
IF YOU WANT FRIENDS, SOW FRIENDLINESS.
IF YOU WANT MERCY FROM GOD, SOW MERCY.
IF YOU WANNA INCREASE YOUR FINANCES, START GIVING AWAY
PART OF WHAT YOU HAVE.
SOW IT INTO GOOD GROUND, INTO KINGDOM PROJECTS, AND YOU
WATCH GOD JUST OVERWHELM YOU WITH BLESSINGS FROM HEAVEN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: LET ME JUST FINISH THIS SECTION BY SAYING THIS.
ANYBODY CAN JUDGE.
YOU DON'T NEED THE POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST TO HAVE
AN OPINION ABOUT WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE IS DOING
AND PRONOUNCE JUDGMENT ON 'EM.
I REMEMBER BEFORE CHRIST REALLY GOT HOLD OF ME--LISTEN, I
GOTTA SAY IT LIKE THIS: BEFORE I BECAME A SERIOUS CHRISTIAN,
BECAUSE I WAS A CHRISTIAN A LONG TIME BEFORE I WAS A SERIOUS ONE.
AND THAT'S A LOT OF THE TARGET-- THE AUDIENCE THAT I WANNA
TARGET, PEOPLE THAT ARE CHURCHGOERS,
AND YOU HAVE A LOVE FOR GOD, AND YOU MAY EVEN BE BORN AGAIN,
BUT YOU'RE NOT SERIOUS WITH GOD.
AND I CAN REMEMBER GOING TO THE MALL
AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO WAS SIT SOMEWHERE
IN THE MALL AND JUDGE PEOPLE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND I WENT TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY.
I MEAN, I SAT ON THE CHURCH BOARD.
"WELL, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS A GOOD LOOKING GUY LIKE THAT
DOING WITH HER?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON.
"NOW, WELL, YOU SURE DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU NEED TO BE SHOPPING.
YOU PROBABLY AIN'T PAYING THE BILLS YOU GOT NOW."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "WELL, HONEY, THOSE PANTS ARE
JUST A BIT TOO TIGHT."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "AND YOU ARE JUST A BIT TOO MUCH
TO BE PUTTING IN THOSE PANTS."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "WELL, THAT IS THE DUMBEST HAIRDO
I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON, I WENT TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY AND I
ENTERTAINED MYSELF BY SITTING IN THE MALL AND JUDGING PEOPLE.
JUDGE NOT LEST YOU BE JUDGED.
BE MERCIFUL AND YOU WILL RECEIVE MERCY.
"ANYBODY CAN JUDGE AND CRITICIZE, BUT MERCY
TRIUMPHS OVER JUDGMENT," JAMES 2:13.
NOW, OUT OF ALL THE BEATITUDES,
THIS ONE IS PROBABLY MY VERY FAVORITE.
"BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART, FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD!"
WOW.
"BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART, FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD!"
YOU KNOW, THE INNER MAN IS VERY IMPORTANT TO GOD,
WHAT GOES ON INSIDE OF US AND THAT WE DO WHAT WE DO
WITH PURE MOTIVES.
AND I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING, IF YOU WANNA SEE A ROOM
FULL OF CHRISTIANS GET QUIET, YOU START TALKING ABOUT MOTIVES,
LIKE WHY WE DO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO.
TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOUR SCHEDULE.
HOW MANY THINGS ARE YOU DOING MAYBE JUST TO IMPRESS
SOMEBODY ELSE THAT IF YOU
CUT OUT OF YOUR SCHEDULE YOU'D HAVE ALL KINDS OF TIME
TO SPEND WITH GOD?
NOBODY, ANYBODY, SOMEBODY?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WONDER HOW MANY COMMITTEES PEOPLE GET ON BECAUSE
THEY THINK THAT SOMEBODY'S GONNA JUDGE THEM AND CRITICIZE THEM
IF THEY DON'T DO IT, AND YET THERE'S NO ANOINTING
ON 'EM FOR IT.
IT'S NOT WHAT GOD'S TELLING 'EM TO DO, AND IT BECOMES A WORK
OF THE FLESH, AND THEY LABOR AT IT, AND THEY HATE IT,
BUT THEY DO IT BECAUSE IT'S EXPECTED.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
SOMETIMES WE NEED TO GET BOLD ENOUGH TO SAY,
"NO, I CAN'T DO THAT.
I CAN'T BE THE KIND OF CHRISTIAN I NEED TO BE, THE KIND OF WIFE I
NEED TO BE, THE KIND OF MOM I NEED TO BE, THE KIND OF DAD I
NEED TO BE AND DO EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE WORLD
WANTS ME TO DO.
AND SO I'M SORRY, I LOVE YOU, I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND,
BUT I HAVE TO SAY NO."
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
IF PEOPLE DON'T RESPECT THAT, THEN THEY'RE NOT FRIENDS ANYWAY.
I SAID IF PEOPLE DON'T RESPECT THAT, THEY'RE NOT FRIENDS
ANYWAY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND IF WE'RE SO AFRAID OF LOSING A FRIEND THAT WE'LL
DISOBEY GOD TO KEEP ONE, THEN WE'RE THE ONE
WITH THE PROBLEM.
MIKE SHARED THIS WITH ME TODAY AND I THOUGHT IT WAS
A GOOD EXAMPLE.
HE SAID THE WORD "PURE" MEANS TRANSPARENT, YOU CAN SEE
RIGHT THROUGH IT.
YOU SEE, I CAN STILL SEE YOU THROUGH THIS GLASS
BECAUSE THE GLASS IS CLEAR AND THE WATER IS PURE.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
THAT'S THE WAY GOD WANTS US TO BE.
HE WANTS US TO BE PEOPLE THAT ARE WHAT WE APPEAR TO BE.
WHAT WE PUT ON IN CHURCH ON SUNDAY MORNING IS THE WAY
WE NEED TO BEHAVE AT HOME BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON.
I REMEMBER WHEN WE'D PRAISE OUR WAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
CHURCH, GET IN THE CAR, AND FIGHT ALL THE WAY HOME.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: TELL THE TRUTH!
JOYCE: I'M TRYING TO.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THE MESSAGE BIBLE SAYS IN MATTHEW 5:8,
"YOU'RE BLESSED WHEN YOU GET YOUR INSIDE WORLD--YOUR MIND
AND HEART--PUT RIGHT.
THEN YOU CAN SEE GOD IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD."
"BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART, FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD!"
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SEE GOD?
IT MEANS YOU HEAR FROM GOD MORE CLEARLY, YOU HAVE A GREATER
SENSING OF WHEN GOD IS TOUCHING YOU AND SHOWING YOU
THAT SOMETHING IS OKAY TO GO AHEAD WITH
OR NOT RIGHT TO PROCEED WITH.
YOU ENJOY HIS MANIFEST PRESENCE.
IT'S MUCH EASIER FOR YOU TO HAVE FAITH WHEN YOU'RE PURE OF HEART.
YOU RECOGNIZE GOD'S LEADING.
GOD REQUIRES US TO BE HONEST WITH OURSELVES AND TO GET
IN TOUCH WITH OUR MOTIVES.
AND I'M ASKING ALL OF YOU TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF HOMEWORK
TONIGHT, TOMORROW, AS SOON AS YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY,
AND GO THROUGH ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING
AND ASK YOURSELF, "WHY AM I DOING THIS?"
TITUS 1:15, "TO THE PURE IN HEART, ALL THINGS ARE PURE."
YOU KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO BE?
WISE AS SERPENTS AND GENTLE AS DOVES.
WE DON'T NEED TO BE NAIVE, BUT WE DO NEED TO BE PURE
IN HEART AND WE NEED TO BELIEVE THE BEST OF PEOPLE,
AND WE NEED TO BE WILLING TO GROW
IN THESE CHRIST-LIKE VIRTUES.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I AM SO HUNGRY TO GROW.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, I WANT TO GROW.
I WANNA BE BETTER NEXT YEAR THAN I AM THIS YEAR.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I WANT MY LIGHT TO SHINE BRIGHTER NEXT YEAR
THAN IT DID THIS YEAR.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
I BELIEVE WITH ALL OF MY HEART THAT YOU WANT THAT TOO,
AND I'M PROUD OF YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT, AMEN?
COME ON, GIVE GOD A BIG PRAISE.
JOYCE: WELL, I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU AN ENCOURAGEMENT TODAY
TO BE WILLING AND TO DESIRE TO GROW IN THESE CHRIST-LIKE
ATTITUDES THAT JESUS TEACHES US IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 5.
THEY ARE ATTITUDES TO NOT ONLY HELP US ENDURE
DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT ALSO TO BE A BLESSING
TO THOSE AROUND US WHILE WE'RE HAVING DIFFICULTY.
TODAY, THE OFFER IS "9 ATTITUDES THAT KEEP YOU HAPPY."
I REALLY CAN'T IMAGINE WHY ANYBODY WOULDN'T WANT
TO HAVE THOSE TEACHINGS.
ATTITUDE IS SUCH A MAJOR PART OF LIFE.
I MEAN, YOU CAN TURN ALMOST ANYTHING AROUND BY HAVING
THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD IT.
SO, IT'S FOUR TEACHINGS AND A TOTE BAG.
AND I JUST WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN'T ALWAYS CHANGE
YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE.
OPEN YOUR HEART TODAY TO ALL THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO BE.
GOD BLESS YOU.
ANNOUNCER: OUR ATTITUDES DETERMINE HOW WE FACE EVERYDAY
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JOYCE: WELL, WE ARE VERY HONORED TO HAVE RUTH GRAHAM
JOINING US THIS YEAR AS ONE OF OUR GUEST SPEAKERS
AT THE LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE.
WELL, RUTH, BEING THE DAUGHTER OF BILLY GRAHAM,
I'M SURE THAT YOU'VE HAD LOTS OF DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES,
A LOT OF WONDERFUL ONES AND MAYBE SOME CHALLENGING ONES.
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE SHARING WITH SOME OF THE WOMEN
THAT WILL BE AT THE CONFERENCE THIS YEAR?
RUTH: WELL, I THINK SO MANY OF US FEEL LIKE WE
HAVE TO KEEP MASKS ON.
WE CAN'T BE WHO WE REALLY ARE.
AND SO, I TRY TO BE WHO I REALLY AM, AND SO OFTEN THAT GIVES
PEOPLE PERMISSION TO BE WHO THEY REALLY ARE.
AND GOD--THAT'S WHERE MINISTRY TAKES PLACE.
SO, I'M EXPECTING MINISTRY TO TAKE PLACE.
JOYCE: WELL, THIS IS GONNA BE A POWERFUL WEEKEND AND I REALLY
DON'T WANT YOU TO MISS IT.
SO, INVITE SOME FRIENDS.
REGISTER TODAY.
DON'T PUT IT OFF.
CAMILLE: DEAR FRIENDS AND PARTNERS IN MINISTRY,
I BRING YOU GREETINGS FROM THE BEQAA VALLEY.
BEHIND ME ARE THE MOUNTAINS THAT SEPARATES LEBANON
AND SYRIA.
WE ARE 20 MILES AWAY FROM THE BORDER.
TODAY, THE UNITED NATIONS CONSIDERS LEBANON
AS THE LARGEST PER CAPITA HOST
OF REFUGEES WORLDWIDE.
THERE IS NO OTHER COUNTRY ON THIS PLANET THAT HAS
MORE REFUGEES THAN THE COUNTRY OF LEBANON PER CAPITA.
ALSO, THE UNITED NATIONS CONSIDERS THAT LEBANON HAS
THE LARGEST MIGRATION ROUTE OUT OF SYRIA TO LEBANON
IN THE LAST 5 YEARS.
THE LARGEST MIGRATION ROUTE IN THE WORLD.
MORE THAN HALF OF THE SYRIAN POPULATION,
MORE THAN 13 MILLION SYRIANS, HAVE BEEN AFFECTED
BY THE SEVEN YEAR WAR.
LEBANON ALONE HAS 1.6 MILLION SYRIAN REFUGEES
IN OUR COUNTRY, AND HERE IN THE BEQAA VALLEY, WE HAVE
AROUND 800,000 REFUGEES.
WHEN THEY COME TO LEBANON, WHEN THEY COME TO THIS VALLEY,
THEY COME WITH A MAJOR STATE OF DESPAIR, ONLY TO BE RECEIVED
WITH THE WARM, LOVING CARE OF THE STAFF
AT HEART FOR LEBANON.
DRIVEN BY THE COMPASSIONATE HEART OF JESUS CHRIST,
WE EXIST TO SEE LIVES CHANGED AND COMMUNITIES TRANSFORMED.
BUT WE CAN ONLY DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE GENEROUS SUPPORT
THAT WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING FROM HAND OF HOPE
AND JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH US.
YOUR MINISTRY HAS BEEN A PARTNER WITH HEART FOR LEBANON
FROM ITS INCEPTION.
WE STARTED CARING FOR THE LEBANESE
WHO HAVE SUFFERED TREMENDOUSLY DURING THE 2006 WAR,
AND THEN WE STARTED CARING FOR THE IRAQI REFUGEES
THROUGH YOUR OWN SUPPORT, THROUGH YOUR OWN DONATIONS.
AND HERE WE ARE NOW, REACHING OUT TO THE WORST
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS SINCE WORLD WAR II.
WITHOUT YOUR PARTNERSHIP, WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT,
WE CANNOT MAKE IT.
YOU HAVE BEEN SUCH A GREAT BLESSING FOR ALL OF US
AT HEART FOR LEBANON.
BECAUSE OF YOUR PARTNERSHIP, HUNDREDS, NO,
THOUSANDS OF REFUGEE FAMILIES ARE RECEIVING FOOD SUPPORT
EVERY GIVEN MONTH.
THREE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED SYRIAN
REFUGEE FAMILIES ARE BEING SUPPORTED ON MONTHLY BASIS.
THREE HUNDRED CHILDREN ARE ATTENDING OUR HOPE CENTER'S
SCHOOLS WHERE THEY ARE LEARNING TO READ AND WRITE
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.
BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, THEY ARE LEARNING
ABOUT THE LOVE OF CHRIST.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT.
THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH HEART FOR LEBANON.
JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES, HAND OF HOPE, YOU ARE THE REASON
WHY WE CAN BRING JESUS WHERE IT'S HURTING THE MOST.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
[MUSIC]
FEMALE: HOW DO I TRUST GOD WHEN I'VE BEEN DISAPPOINTED
OVER, AND OVER, AND OVER.
FEMALE: HOW CAN I HAVE FAITH IN GOD WHEN I'M NOT SEEING
AN IMPROVEMENT.
MALE: I TRUST GOD, BUT SOMETIMES I HAVE SO MANY
FEARS I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING WAS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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