ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: I REMEMBER ONE TIME SAYING TO GOD, STUPID THING I
SAID, BUT I SAID IT YEARS AGO.
I WAS WORKING SO HARD IN THE MINISTRY AND I SAID TO GOD
ONE DAY, "WHAT DO I GET OUT OF THIS?"
YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID?
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: MATTHEW 5:10,
"BLESSED, HAPPY, FORTUNATE
AND SPIRITUALLY PROSPEROUS (IN THE STATE IN WHICH
THE BORN-AGAIN CHILD OF GOD ENJOYS AND FINDS SATISFACTION
IN GOD'S FAVOR, REGARDLESS OF HIS OUTWARD
CONDITIONS) ARE THOSE WHO ARE PERSECUTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS'
SAKE (FOR BEING AND DOING RIGHT), FOR THEIRS IS
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN!" NOW THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF
THE OUCHIEST ONES OUT OF ALL OF THESE.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO THINK THAT YOU'RE BLESSED WHEN YOU'VE
DONE WHAT'S RIGHT AND YOU'RE SUFFERING FOR IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN.
"BLESSED (HAPPY, TO BE ENVIED, AND SPIRITUALLY PROSPEROUS--WITH
LIFE-JOY AND SATISFACTION IN GOD'S FAVOR AND SALVATION,
REGARDLESS OF YOUR OUTWARD CONDITIONS) ARE YOU WHEN PEOPLE
REVILE YOU AND PERSECUTE YOU AND SAY ALL KINDS OF EVIL THINGS
AGAINST YOU FALSELY ON MY ACCOUNT."
OH BOY, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I'VE BECOME A CHRISTIAN NOW EVERYBODY AT WORK IS TALKING
ABOUT ME AND NOBODY WANTS TO EAT LUNCH WITH ME ANYMORE.
ISN'T THIS THRILLING?
COME ON.
I GOT CALLED TO PREACH THE GOSPEL AND GOT ASKED TO LEAVE MY
CHURCH AND LOST ALL MY FRIENDS.
WHOO-HOO, BOY THAT WAS EXCITING.
I TELL YOU WHAT, I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS BLESSED.
I HADN'T GOT TO THAT PART OF THE BIBLE YET.
VERSE 12, "BE GLAD AND SUPREMELY JOYFUL, FOR YOUR REWARD IN
HEAVEN IS GREAT (STRONG AND INTENSE), FOR IN THIS SAME WAY
PEOPLE PERSECUTED THE PROPHETS WHO WERE BEFORE YOU."
YOU KNOW, PASTOR MIKE WHO'S BEEN UP HERE SHARING, HE AND HIS WIFE
AND OUR SON DAVID WERE ON A MISSIONS TRIP TO MEXICO AND THEY
WERE DETAINED AT THE BORDER.
I GUESS YOU WEREN'T ACTUALLY ARRESTED, WERE YOU?
YOU WERE ARRESTED?
YEAH, THEY WERE ARRESTED.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS THAT BAD BUT THEY WERE ARRESTED
AND IN ORDER TO BE LET GO AND BE ABLE TO COME BACK INTO THE U.S.,
THEY HAD TO SIGN A PAPER SAYING THAT THEY WERE GUILTY OF
PREACHING THE GOSPEL AND TRYING TO SAVE PEOPLE OUT OF HELL.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHOO!
THAT'S ME, I'M GUILTY OF THAT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ISN'T THAT JUST LIKE THE CRAZIEST THING YOU'VE
EVER HEARD?
I'M GUILTY OF PREACHING THE GOSPEL AND TRYING TO
SAVE PEOPLE OUT OF HELL.
PERSECUTED FOR DOING WHAT'S RIGHT.
NOW I'M GONNA READ YOU A COUPLE OF SCRIPTURES AND LET YOU LOOK
AT THEM WITH ME THAT ARE PROBABLY A COUPLE OF THE HARDEST
IN THE BIBLE TO SWALLOW, BUT I GOT THE RIGHT GROUP HERE TODAY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN YOU GUYS COULD HAVE STAYED AT HOME AND WATCHED
CARTOONS WITH YOUR KIDS AND HERE YOU ARE WANTING TO FIND OUT HOW
TO BE HAPPY WHEN YOU'RE PERSECUTED.
I'M PROUD OF YOU, BOY.
OF COURSE SOME OF YOU THINK, "OH, THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT I
THOUGHT I CAME FOR BUT--" LISTEN, HERE'S THE POINT, GOD
HAS GIVEN US A WAY TO NOT LET THE WORLD STEAL OUR JOY.
HE'S GIVEN US A WAY TO NOT LET OUR CIRCUMSTANCES DISTURB US, TO
NOT LET WHAT PEOPLE SAY OR DO RATTLE US.
IT IS REALLY A SPIRITUAL SECRET.
IF YOU SEE THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT ALL THERE IS
TO LIFE.
THIS IS ALL THERE IS TO LIFE ON EARTH, THESE EIGHTY YEARS OR
NINETY OR EVEN IF YOU LIVE TO BE A HUNDRED.
I HEARD ABOUT SOME LADY THE OTHER DAY THAT WAS 118 AND I
THOUGHT, OH, LORD, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO BELIEVE FOR THAT
OR NOT BUT, YOU KNOW.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT I MEAN HONESTLY AND TRULY THE TIME WE SPEND HERE
IS NOTHING COMPARED TO ETERNITY AND I THINK MAYBE WE DON'T THINK
ENOUGH ABOUT ETERNITY.
AND THE TIME THAT WE SPEND HERE, I MEAN TO BE HONEST, EVEN IF WE
HAD TO BE PERSECUTED THE WHOLE ENTIRE TIME WE WERE HERE FOR OUR
FAITH, HOW MANY KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE REALLY GLAD WHEN JESUS SPLITS
THE EASTERN SKY AND COMES BACK THAT WE DIDN'T THROW IN
THE TOWEL AND GIVE UP?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S ALL GONNA BE EASY.
IT WASN'T EASY FOR ME WHEN I LOST MY FRIENDS AND WAS ASKED TO
LEAVE MY CHURCH.
IT WAS EMBARRASSING. IT WAS HARD.
BUT HEY, I'M NOT THERE ANYMORE.
I'M HERE NOW AND THAT'S THE THING YOU'VE GOTTA REALIZE.
EVERY TIME YOU GO THROUGH SOMETHING HARD LIKE THAT AND
SOMEBODY COMES AGAINST YOU BUT YOU KNOW IN YOUR HEART THAT
YOU'VE DONE WHAT GOD ASKED YOU TO DO, YOU JUST HANG ON BECAUSE
I AM TELLING YOU, YOU HAVE GOT A BLESSING COMING AND YOU WILL
SEE IT AND LIVE IN IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY?
PAYDAY'S COMING.
PAYDAY IS COMING.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS AND THAT HE
IS A REWARDER OF THOSE WHO DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM.
AND IF WE DILIGENTLY SEEK GOD AND WE PUT KNOWING HIM ABOVE
WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF US, PUTTING WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT US ABOVE WHAT
PEOPLE SAY ABOUT US, PUTTING SPENDING TIME WITH HIM ABOVE,
DON'T TRADE THAT FOR SPENDING TIME WITH PEOPLE WHO REALLY
DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU ANYWAY.
ANYBODY THAT'S REALLY A TRUE FRIEND OF YOURS IS GONNA URGE
YOU TO FOLLOW YOUR HEART.
EVEN IF THEY DON'T BELIEVE WHAT YOU BELIEVE, THEY'RE GONNA
REALIZE THAT AS AN INDIVIDUAL YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO FOLLOW YOUR
OWN HEART AND IF YOU WANT TO SERVE GOD, THEN THEY'RE GONNA
ENCOURAGE YOU TO SERVE GOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: 1 PETER 4:12, I GOTTA GET THROUGH THE PERSECUTION
'CAUSE I GOTTA SAVE SOME TIME FOR SELFISHNESS.
OH, OH.
YOU DON'T WANT ME TO MISS THAT ONE, DO YA?
"BELOVED, DON'T BE AMAZED AND BEWILDERED AT THE FIERY ORDEAL
WHICH IS TAKING PLACE TO TEST YOUR QUALITY, AS THOUGH
SOMETHING STRANGE (UNUSUAL AND ALIEN TO YOU AND YOUR POSITION)
WERE BEFALLING YOU."
YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH WE--IF YOU'RE SMART, ANYTHING YOU'RE
GONNA BUY AND BRING INTO YOUR HOME YOU'RE GONNA GIVE IT
SOME KIND OF TEST.
YOU KNOW IF I WAS GONNA GO OUT AND BUY A CHAIR AND YOU WOULD
ALL BE THE SAME WAY, THERE'S NOT ONE OF YOU THAT WOULD TAKE THAT
CHAIR HOME WITHOUT SITTING IN IT.
YOU'RE WHAT? YOU'RE TESTING IT.
YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT WE SAY WE BELIEVE, EVEN WE ONLY
KNOW WHAT WE REALLY BELIEVE WHEN WE'RE PUT TO THE TEST.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SEE, I CAN SAY THAT I DON'T CARE WHAT PEOPLE
THINK ABOUT ME, BUT WAIT TILL SOMEBODY COMES AGAINST ME
AND TELLS A LIE ABOUT ME AND SAYS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT TRUE,
THEN I'M GOT FIND OUT IF I REALLY DON'T CARE.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT DOESN'T HURT BUT I'M SAYING WE
SHOULDN'T LET THOSE THINGS DETERMINE OUR DECISIONS.
AND I'M SURE THAT THERE ARE THOSE OF YOU RIGHT NOW YOU'RE
GOING THROUGH EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE BEING PERSECUTED IN SOME WAY FOR
SERVING GOD IN FAMILY, WITH FRIENDS, ON THE JOB?
YOU KNOW MAYBE YOU DESERVE A PROMOTION AT WORK BUT THEY
WON'T GIVE IT TO YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE A JESUS PERSON.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU HOLD STEADY, YOU'LL GET A PROMOTION IN HEAVEN.
GOD WILL DO SOMETHING FOR YOU THAT NO PERSON ON EARTH COULD DO
FOR YOU.
HE'S ALSO CAPABLE OF GETTING YOU A BETTER JOB BUT EVEN IF HE
DOESN'T DO THAT, I'VE DECIDED GOD IS MY PORTION.
I REMEMBER ONE TIME SAYING TO GOD, STUPID THING I SAID BUT I
SAID IT YEARS AGO.
I WAS WORKING SO HARD IN THE MINISTRY AND SAID TO GOD ONE
DAY, "WHAT DO I GET OUT OF THIS?"
YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID?
"ME."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WELL, I JUST HAD TO TELL ON MYSELF, THANK GOD IT WAS
YEARS AGO.
PRAISE THE LORD.
VERSE 13, "BUT INSOFAR AS YOU ARE SHARING CHRIST'S SUFFERINGS,
REJOICE, SO THAT WHEN HIS GLORY [FULL OF RADIANCE AND SPLENDOR]
IS REVEALED, YOU MAY ALSO REJOICE WITH TRIUMPH
[EXULTANTLY]
IF YOU'RE CENSURED AND SUFFER ABUSE [BECAUSE YOU BEAR] THE
NAME OF CHRIST, BLESSED [ARE YOU HAPPY, FORTUNATE, TO BE
ENVIED, WITH LIFE-JOY, AND SATISFACTION IN GOD'S FAVOR
AND SALVATION, REGARDLESS OF YOUR OUTWARD CONDITIONS]"
THERE'S THOSE BEATITUDES AGAIN.
"BECAUSE THE SPIRIT OF GLORY, THE SPIRIT OF GOD, IS RESTING
UPON YOU."
OKAY I DON'T HAVE YOU EXCITED YET.
WE'LL TRY ONE MORE.
1 PETER 2:19, WE'RE GONNA GET THERE.
OH, THIS ONE I THOUGHT WAS JUST GONNA RIP MY GUTS OUT THE FIRST
TIME I STUDIED THIS.
1 PETER 2:19, "FOR ONE IS REGARDED FAVORABLY (IS APPROVED,
ACCEPTABLE, AND THANKWORTHY) IF, AS IN THE SIGHT OF GOD, HE
ENDURES THE PAIN OF UNJUST SUFFERING."
I MEAN TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I COULDN'T LINE THAT UP WITH
THE JUST, FAIR, LOVING GOD THAT I KNEW.
I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, COME ON.
LET'S KEEP READING A LITTLE BIT.
"[AFTER ALL] WHAT KIND OF GLORY [IS THERE IN IT], WHEN YOU DO
WRONG AND YOU'RE PUNISHED FOR IT, YOU TAKE IT PATIENTLY?
BUT IF YOU BEAR PATIENTLY WITH SUFFERING [WHICH RESULTS] WHEN
YOU DO RIGHT AND THAT IS UNDESERVED, NOW THIS IS
ACCEPTABLE AND PLEASING TO GOD."
SO WAIT A MINUTE, IS THIS TELLING ME GOD LIKES IT
WHEN I SUFFER?
NO, ACTUALLY THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S SAYING.
IT'S SAYING IT'S NOT THAT GOD LIKES IT WHEN WE SUFFER, BUT HE
LIKES IT WHEN WE STAY STABLE, AND FIRM, AND STEADFAST, AND WE
WON'T GIVE UP, AND WE WON'T QUIT ON HIM, AND WE PUT HIM ABOVE
WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT'S WHAT PUTS A SMILE ON HIS FACE.
"LOOK AT THEM.
LOOK AT THAT.
LOOK AT ALL THEY'RE GOING THROUGH AND THEY STILL LOVE ME
JUST AS MUCH AS THEY DID WHEN EVERYTHING WAS GOOD."
YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA LOVE GOD AS MUCH IN THE WILDERNESS AS YOU
DID ON THE MOUNTAINTOP.
MMM, NO, THIS IS DEEP.
GOOD STUFF.
"FOR EVEN TO THIS WERE YOU CALLED," LORD HAVE MERCY,
"[IT IS INSEPARABLE FROM YOUR VOCATION]
FOR CHRIST ALSO SUFFERED FOR YOU, LEAVING YOU [HIS PERSONAL]
EXAMPLE, SO THAT YOU SHOULD FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS."
TO ME, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO GRASP
A HOLD OF.
WHAT TYPES OF PERSECUTIONS MIGHT WE EXPERIENCE TODAY ESPECIALLY
HERE IN THE WESTERN WORLD WHERE FIRST OF ALL, THERE ARE PARTS OF
THE WORLD WHERE PEOPLE ARE BEING PHYSICALLY STILL TORTURED FOR
THEIR FAITH, AND DON'T THINK THERE'S NOT.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF IT.
WE'RE NOT TOO LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THAT HERE IN THIS
WESTERN CULTURE BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT THE ENEMY
BRINGS AGAINST US, REJECTION WHICH IS VERY PAINFUL, BEING
LEFT OUT, NOT BEING INVITED, NOT BEING INCLUDED,
BEING MADE FUN OF, BEING MOCKED, BEING MADE
THE BRUNT OF JOKES THAT AREN'T REALLY FUNNY, BEING INSULTED,
BEING JUDGED CRITICALLY, AND TALKED ABOUT, AND THOUGHT OF IN
AN UNKIND WAY, BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.
AS I SAID, YOU MIGHT NOT GET A PROMOTION AT WORK BECAUSE
YOU REFUSED TO DO THE DISHONEST THING YOUR BOSS TOLD YOU THAT
YOU HAD TO DO.
AND IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE IN THE PUBLIC LIKE I AM YOU'RE VERY
LIKELY TO GET PERSECUTED IN THE MEDIA AND HAVE LIES
TOLD ABOUT YOU AND HAVE NO RECOURSE WHATSOEVER
TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT EXCEPT JUST HOPE AND PRAY THAT
PEOPLE HAVE ENOUGH SENSE TO NOT BELIEVE IT.
I STILL REMEMBER THE DAY THAT I WENT TO THE STARBUCKS IN MY TOWN
TO GET COFFEE AND THERE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE PAPER
WAS A BIG PICTURE OF ME, NOT A LITTLE PICTURE,
A BIG PICTURE WITH THEY HAD CAPTURED ME WHEN I HAD LIKE
ONE OF THE MOST UGLY PREACHING FACES WHERE I WAS JUST LIKE--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND THE BACKGROUND WAS ALL THE USHERS LINED UP WITH
THE OFFERING BUCKETS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND THE MORAL OF THE STORY WAS THAT I WAS STEALING
PEOPLE'S MONEY ON TV AND USING IT PERSONALLY, WHICH I
ABSOLUTELY DO NOT.
MATTER OF FACT, I GIVE MORE TO THE MINISTRY THAN I MAKE,
SO THERE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BUT THE POINT IS THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO
ABOUT IT.
AND NOW THAT YOU HAVE THE INTERNET, ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY
WANTS TO SAY AND PUT ON THE INTERNET, IT'S THERE FOREVER.
AND SO YOU REALLY GOTTA BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU BELIEVE TODAY.
NO WONDER THE BIBLE SAYS, "DON'T ACCEPT AN ACCUSATION AGAINST
SOMEBODY EXCEPT IN THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE
RELIABLE WITNESSES."
AND I DON'T MEAN TO BE INSULTING BUT A LOT OF THE MEDIA TODAY IS
NOT RELIABLE.
SOME OF IT MAYBE IS BUT A LOT OF IT'S NOT.
NOW, CAN'T SAY ANYMORE ABOUT THAT 'CAUSE I GOTTA HAVE TIME TO
HELP YOU TO GO HOME AND NOT BE SELFISH.
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, MATTHEW 5:13.
NOW JUST SO YOU KNOW EVERYBODY STARTS OUT SELFISH SO IF YOU'RE
SITTING HERE THINKING, "I'M GUILTY AND SHE HASN'T EVEN
OPENED HER MOUTH," THEN, YOU KNOW, WE ALL START OUT THAT WAY.
THAT WAS MY BIGGEST PROBLEM, ME, ME, ME.
WHAT ABOUT ME?
THAT'S RIGHT.
MATTHEW 5:13.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, I CAN'T EVEN TEACH ON SELFISHNESS ANYMORE
WITHOUT HAVING TO DO THE ROBOT.
ALL RIGHT, LISTEN, YOU LET ME FINISH MY MESSAGE, I'LL DO IT
FOR YOU AT THE END.
OKAY, VERSE 13, "YOU ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH, BUT IF SALT
HAS LOST ITS TASTE (ITS STRENGTH, ITS QUALITY), HOW CAN
ITS SALTNESS BE RESTORED?
IT'S NOT GOOD FOR ANYTHING ANY LONGER BUT TO BE THROWN OUT
AND TRODDEN UNDERFOOT BY MEN."
YOU KNOW, SALT GIVES FLAVOR TO THINGS AND WE'RE
THE SALT OF THE EARTH.
ACTUALLY, WE'RE THE FLAVOR OF THE EARTH.
EVERYTHING'S DULL AND BLAND AND BORING IF YOU DON'T SPRINKLE
SOME GOD ON IT.
AMEN?
I LIKE THAT SO WE LIKE GO AROUND AND SPRINKLE GOD ON STUFF.
I NEVER SAID THAT BEFORE, I LIKE THAT.
"YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
A CITY SET ON A HILL CANNOT BE HIDDEN.
NOR DO MEN LIGHT A LAMP AND PUT IT UNDER A PECK MEASURE, BUT ON
A LAMPSTAND, AND IT GIVES LIGHT TO ALL IN THE HOUSE."
IN OTHER WORDS, DON'T BE A CHRISTIAN WHO IS ASHAMED TO BE
A CHRISTIAN AND YOU'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO HIDE IT.
GET YOUR LAMP OUT AND PUT IT ON A LAMPSTAND.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT AND BE OBNOXIOUSLY
RELIGIOUS, BUT YOU DO NEED TO STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE
AND NOT HIDE YOUR FAITH IN GOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN WHEN YOU'RE OUT IN A RESTAURANT EATING, IF
YOU'RE GONNA PRAY OVER YOUR MEAL, THEN PRAY.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO SCREAM OUT LOUD, BUT YOU CAN MAKE IT
OBVIOUS YOU'RE PRAYING.
DON'T DO ONE OF THESE THINGS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: LIKE MAYBE YOU'RE TRYING TO RUB OFF A HEADACHE AND
YOU'RE WANTING TO PLEASE GOD BUT NOT BE JUDGED AND CRITICIZED.
VERSE 16, "LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MEN THAT THEY MAY
SEE YOUR MORAL EXCELLENCE."
THERE IT IS, VIRTUE, MORAL EXCELLENCE.
ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE BEATITUDES,
THE WORD "VIRTUE" IS EITHER TRANSLATED POWER OR IT'S
TRANSLATED MORAL EXCELLENCE AND THE WHOLE GIST OF WHAT I'VE BEEN
TRYING TO GET ACROSS IS WHEN WE WORK WITH GOD TO DEVELOP THESE
MORAL EXCELLENCIES IN OUR SOUL AND WE HAVE THESE VIRTUES, THESE
CHRIST-LIKE VIRTUES IN OUR LIFE, WE ARE BLESSED, WE'RE SO HAPPY
WE DON'T HARDLY KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH OURSELVES, AND WE HAVE
POWER WITH GOD THAT ENABLES US TO DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO IN
EVERY SITUATION.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO WHEN THE WORLD SEES YOUR MORAL EXCELLENCE, YOUR
PRAISEWORTHY, NOBLE, AND GOOD DEEDS AND RECOGNIZE AND HONOR
AND PRAISE AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN."
NOW WE DON'T DO GOOD THINGS TO BE SEEN OF MEN BUT IF YOU DO
GOOD THINGS, PEOPLE WILL SEE IT AND, LISTEN TO WHAT I'M GONNA
SAY, IF YOU DO IT CONSISTENTLY,
IF YOU DO IT CONSISTENTLY AND
PEOPLE BEGIN TO REALIZE THAT YOU ARE STABLE AND PRETTY MUCH THE
SAME ALL THE TIME AND THAT THEY CAN ALWAYS DEPEND ON YOU AND
COUNT ON YOU TO KEEP YOUR WORD, TO HELP THEM IN TIME OF NEED, TO
BE THERE FOR THEM, TO BE KIND, TO BE MERCIFUL.
IF PEOPLE SEE THAT STABILITY IN YOU ALL THE TIME, IT IS GOING TO
MAKE THEM THIRSTY AND HUNGRY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE IF THEY DON'T
HAVE IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO WE ALL HAVE A JOB TO DO OUT IN THE WORLD AND IT'S
TO GO AND TAKE THE LOVE WITH WHICH GOD LOVED US AND LOVED
THE WORLD WITH IT.
THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMANDMENT IS, "YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD
YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, WITH ALL
YOUR MIND AND ALL YOUR STRENGTH."
AND THE SECOND IS LIKE IT, "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR
AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF."
AND I ALWAYS SAY THAT WE NEED TO LOVE GOD, RECEIVE HIS LOVE
AND LOVE OURSELVES IN A BALANCED WAY.
DON'T BE IN LOVE WITH YOURSELF BUT LOVE YOURSELF.
APPRECIATE THE YOU THAT GOD HAS CREATED AND THEN OUT OF THAT YOU
CAN BEGIN TO LOVE OTHER PEOPLE IN A BALANCED WAY, NOT LET THEM
WALK ALL OVER YOU, NOT LET THEM TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU, BUT
YOU'RE GONNA BE CONSISTENT AND BE THERE AND BE KIND TO PEOPLE
ON A REGULAR BASIS.
YOU KNOW HOW TOUGH THE WORLD IS TODAY?
2 TIMOTHY 3:1 AND 2.
I PUT A CHALLENGE OUT TO PEOPLE THE LAST FEW YEARS,
MAKE A DECISION THAT YOUR GOAL IS GONNA BE TO PUT A SMILE
ON AT LEAST THREE FACES EVERY DAY.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1, "BUT UNDERSTAND THIS,
THAT IN THE LAST DAYS WILL COME AND (SET IN) PERILOUS TIMES
OF GREAT STRESS AND TROUBLE [HARD TO DEAL WITH
AND HARD TO BEAR]
FOR PEOPLE WILL BE LOVERS OF SELF,
[UTTERLY] SELF-CENTERED, LOVERS OF MONEY,
AROUSED BY AN INORDINATE [GREEDY] DESIRE FOR WEALTH,
PROUD AND ARROGANT, CONTEMPTUOUS BOASTERS.
THEY WILL BE ABUSIVE (BLASPHEMOUS, SCOFFING),
DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS, UNGRATEFUL, UNHOLY, UNPROFANED."
AND IT JUST GETS WORSE EVERY VERSE THAT YOU READ.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE BEING TOLD RIGHT HERE ABOUT THE DAYS
THAT WE'RE LIVING IN RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE TRULY LIVING IN THE WORST OF TIMES
AND THE BEST OF TIMES.
YOU SAY, "WELL, HOW CAN THIS BE THE BEST OF TIMES?"
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY
TO STAND UP STRONG AND BE A BRIGHT LIGHT SHINING
OUT IN A DARK WORLD THAN EVER BEFORE IN HISTORY, RIGHT NOW.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
AND I DO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE GONNA HAVE A MIGHTY OUTPOURING
HERE IN THE U.S.
THERE'S THINGS HAPPENING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.
WE JUST READ A GREAT REPORT ABOUT HOLLAND AND HOW THE YOUTH
ARE RISING UP OVER THERE, AND THEY'RE MEETING IN WAREHOUSES
IN THE STREETS, AND IN HOMES, AND THEY'RE JUST FED UP
WITH SOCIALISM.
THEY'RE FED UP WITH SIN.
THERE'S AN OUTCRY FOR CHRISTIANITY
AND I THINK SOMETIMES-- THIS IS JUST WHAT I THINK,
I THINK SOMETIMES GOD BACKS OFF AND JUST LETS PEOPLE
HAVE THEIR SIN LONG ENOUGH THAT THEY FINALLY GET FED UP WITH IT.
AND I THINK THAT EVEN SINNERS ARE GETTING FED UP WITH SIN,
AMEN?
AND I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE,
THAT IF WE DO WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING,
THAT GOD IS STILL GONNA POUR HIS SPIRIT OUT AND THERE'S
GONNA BE A REMNANT OF HIS PEOPLE THAT WILL RISE UP AND
LEAD MANY INTO RIGHTEOUSNESS.
THERE'S GONNA BE A GREAT FALLING AWAY,
BUT THERE'S ALSO GONNA BE A GREAT INGATHERING AND WE STAND
ON THE BRINK OF THAT AND WE NEED TO BE READY AND PREPARED.
JOYCE: I WANT TO REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE TIME
TO STUDY THE ATTITUDES THAT ARE FOUND
IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 5 BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY LIFE CHANGING.
THESE ATTITUDES ARE HERE TO HELP PREPARE US
FOR LIFE'S DIFFICULTIES AND HELP US TO BE A GREAT
WITNESS TO THE WORLD AROUND US.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING SOME TEACHING CALLED
"9 ATTITUDES THAT KEEP YOU HAPPY."
I THINK EVERY ONE OF US COULD USE THAT.
IT MIGHT EVEN HELP ME TO GO BACK AND LISTEN TO MY OWN TEACHING.
ATTITUDE IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE
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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.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: AND EVERY TIME YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME,
YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND SAY,
"PRAISE GOD, I'M GROWING."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "THANK GOD I'M GROWING.
I'M MAY BE WAITING RIGHT NOW LONGER THAN I'D LIKE TO,
BUT I'M GROWING.
I'M DEVELOPING PATIENCE."
CAN I TELL YOU THAT MAINTAINING A GOOD ATTITUDE IN TROUBLE
IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN GETTING RID OF THE TROUBLE?
MMM, I BETTER SAY THAT AGAIN.
MAINTAINING A GOOD ATTITUDE DURING TROUBLE
IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN GETTING RID OF THE TROUBLE.
ONE MORE TIME, MAINTAINING A GOOD ATTITUDE IN TROUBLE--
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: OH, LET'S PICK ON THE PEOPLE WATCHING BY TV
JUST IN CASE YOU THINK I'M ONLY TALKING
TO THE PEOPLE HERE IN THIS ROOM.
MAINTAINING A GOOD ATTITUDE IN TROUBLE IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT
THAN GETTING RID OF THE TROUBLE.
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
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.
AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG/STUDY, YOU'LL FIND FREE RESOURCES
TO HELP YOU GET MORE OUT OF THE BIBLE
WHETHER YOU'RE A NEW CHRISTIAN OR HAVE BEEN WALKING
WITH CHRIST FOR YEARS.
SO, JUMP IN TODAY, THE WORD, IT'S FREE, IT'S MOBILE,
AND IT'S TAILORED FOR YOU AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
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.
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.
ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING WAS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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