ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US
TO LEARN HOW TO TAKE CARE OF OUR BODIES.
YOUR BODY IS VERY IMPORTANT AND IF YOU WEAR OUT THE ONE YOU'VE
GOT YOU CAN'T GO SOMEWHERE AND BUY ANOTHER ONE.
SO YOU NEED TO INVEST IN YOURSELF AND TAKE GOOD CARE
OF YOURSELF.
SO MANY PEOPLE TODAY ARE SICK AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE
OPTION OF PRAYING AND ASKING GOD TO HEAL US BUT I DON'T THINK IT
DOES MUCH GOOD TO PRAY FOR HEALING IF WE'RE GONNA ABUSE
OURSELVES AT THE SAME TIME.
SO THIS IS JUST A LOVING ENCOURAGEMENT FOR YOU
TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.
AND IF YOU'RE DOING THINGS THAT ARE HARMFUL TO YOUR OWN HEALTH,
NOT GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP, EATING JUNK FOOD ALL THE TIME, NOT
RESTING, IT'S GOOD TO MAKE SOME SPIRIT-LED CHANGES SO WATCH
THIS TEACHING ON HEALING AND THEN LATER IN THE PROGRAM
I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT GOD'S SUPERNATURAL REST.
JOYCE: I WANT TO TALK TO YOU FOR A FEW MINUTES THIS MORNING
ABOUT SICKNESS AND HEALING.
YOU KNOW, SADLY, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE ARE NOT TAUGHT
THAT HEALING OF ALL KINDS IS PART OF THE ATONEMENT.
IT'S PART OF WHAT CHRIST DIED FOR US TO HAVE.
WHY WOULD HE WANT US TO BE SAVED AND FEEL BAD ALL THE TIME?
AND, YOU KNOW, FOR A LONG TIME I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I COULD ASK GOD
TO HEAL ME WHEN I WAS SICK.
MATTER OF FACT, SOMETIMES WE JUST KIND OF FALL IN LOVE WITH
OUR ILLNESSES AND WE CLAIM THEM AS OUR OWN, YOU KNOW.
MY ARTHRITIS, MY ACHING BACK, YOU KNOW, MY BLOOD PRESSURE,
MY THIS, AND MY THAT, AND MY SOMETHING ELSE.
AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT GOD GETS
HEALING TO US TODAY AND, YOU KNOW, I THANK GOD FOR ALL THE
MEDICAL HELP THAT'S AVAILABLE BUT EVEN THAT I DON'T THINK
THAT CAN EVEN HELP US IF WE DON'T GO TO GOD FIRST.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO LET ME JUST, YOU KNOW, RESPECTFULLY SAY IF YOU'RE
TRUSTING THE DOCTOR AND YOU'RE LEAVING GOD OUT OF THE LOOP,
YEAH, HA, HA, YOU--YOU KNOW, WE NEED THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS
TO HAVE THE WISDOM THAT ONLY GOD CAN GIVE THEM.
AND--BUT I DO THANK GOD FOR IT.
I AM GONNA PRAY FOR PEOPLE THIS MORNING THAT HAVE PAIN IN YOUR
BODY OR THAT ARE SICK BUT BEFORE I DO, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A
LITTLE MOTHERLY SPEECH, OKAY?
I'M OLD ENOUGH TO BE MOST OF YOU, YOUR MOTHER
SO WE'LL JUST--I'M GONNA BE MOTHERLY THIS MORNING.
I WILL TALK TO YOU LIKE I WOULD MY KIDS.
YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.
YOU NEED TO STOP STAYING UP ALL NIGHT
AND NOT GETTING ANY SLEEP.
YOU NEED TO STOP DRINKING SIX SODA POPS A DAY
AND DRINK MORE WATER, AMEN.
NEED TO STOP EATING SUGAR FOUR TIMES A DAY.
NEED TO STOP LIVING ON FAST FOOD THAT'S FULL OF CHEMICALS
AND GREASE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND YOU NEED TO DE-STRESS YOUR LIFE
AND CALM DOWN.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: NOW, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY TODAY WANTS A MIRACLE.
BUT TO GO WITH A MIRACLE, YOU NEED SOME WISDOM OR
YOU'LL LOSE THE MIRACLE YOU GOT AND GET ANOTHER PROBLEM.
AND MOST PEOPLE TODAY, MOST BEING I DON'T KNOW WHAT
PERCENTAGE THAT WOULD BE, BUT I THINK THERE'S MORE PEOPLE WHO
DON'T TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES THAN THOSE WHO DO.
AND WE MAKE ALL KINDS OF EXCUSES AND A LOT OF IT'S, "I'M BUSY,
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO FIX GOOD FOOD SO I JUST GRAB
WHATEVER'S ON THE RUN.
I CAN'T GET 7 OR 8 HOURS' SLEEP A NIGHT.
I DON'T HAVE TIME.
I'M TOO BUSY.
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO EXERCISE.
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO REST.
I GOTTA KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING."
BUT DOING WHAT?
THERE'S NOT A PERSON IN THIS ROOM TODAY THAT COULDN'T GET
A FAIR MEASURE OF THE STRESS OUT OF YOUR LIFE JUST BY SIMPLY
WRITING DOWN EVERYTHING IT IS THAT YOU THINK YOU HAVE TO DO
AND ELIMINATING THE ONES THAT AREN'T BEARING ANY GOOD FRUIT
IN YOUR LIFE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: LET ME SAY THIS LOVINGLY.
PEOPLE WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU IF YOU LET THEM.
AND YOU CAN'T BLAME THEM BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE
TO PROTECT OUR OWN LIVES.
IF YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF YOU, WHO'S GOING TO?
I'LL SAY THAT AGAIN.
IF YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF YOU, WHO'S GOING TO?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I'VE DECIDED THAT "BUSY" IS THE NEW
FOUR-LETTER WORD.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "WELL, I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM YOU IN 6 MONTHS.
WHERE YOU BEEN?" "OH, I'M JUST BUSY.
JUST BUSY, JUST BUSY."
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
GOD DIDN'T CALL US TO BE BUSY, HE CALLED US TO BE FRUITFUL,
TO BEAR GOOD FRUIT.
AND TO PRUNE THINGS OUT OF OUR LIFE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, I HATE SICKNESS AND DISEASE
AND WHAT IT DOES TO PEOPLE.
I HATE IT.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU FEEL REALLY BAD, YOU DON'T EVEN WANNA PRAY.
AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE TIRED ALL THE TIME.
I THINK GOD CREATED US TO HAVE ENERGY BUT I CAN TELL YOU
IF YOU DON'T SLEEP AND YOU'RE CONSTANTLY PUTTING THE WRONG
KIND OF STUFF--WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO YOUR AUTOMOBILE IF YOU DIDN'T
PUT GOOD FUEL IN IT, AMEN?
IT'S ALL I CAN--I'M JUST BEING MOTHERLY THIS MORNING.
IF YOU DON'T--YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T WANNA HEAR IT,
STICK YOUR FINGERS IN YOUR EARS.
I'LL BE DONE IN A MINUTE, BUT, YOU KNOW.
YOU SAY, "WELL, WHAT'S THIS GOT TO DO WITH CHURCH?"
I'LL TELL YOU THE TRUTH, IT'S GOT A WHOLE LOT
TO DO WITH CHURCH.
I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
BECAUSE YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
GOD LIVES IN YOU AND HE LIVES IN YOU SO HE CAN WORK THROUGH YOU
BUT IF YOU'RE TOO TIRED TO MOVE ALL THE TIME, AMEN, AND I'M
GONNA SAY THE REALLY DIRTY WORD RIGHT NOW: EXERCISE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: PEOPLE USED TO WORK HARD ENOUGH THEY DIDN'T HAVE
TO GO TRY TO EXERCISE.
BUT NOW, MAN, WE GOT IT MADE.
WE GOT ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS AND AUTOMATIC DISHWASHERS AND
WE CRAB ABOUT PUSHING THE BUTTON AND HAVING TO UNLOAD IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OKAY, SO YOU HEARD MY SPEECH.
NOW, HERE'S THE THING.
I BELIEVE THAT HEALING IS PART OF THE ATONEMENT.
THE BIBLE SAYS WE CAN PRAY THE PRAYER OF FAITH
AND THE SICK WILL BE HEALED.
BUT I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT IT'S GONNA DO ME ANY GOOD
TO PRAY FOR EVERYBODY IF YOU'RE JUST GONNA KEEP
ABUSING YOURSELF.
ARE WE ALL TOGETHER ON THIS PAGE THIS MORNING?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HAS ANYBODY BEEN EVEN A LITTLE BIT CONVICTED THAT
MAYBE YOU NEED TO MAKE A FEW CHANGES IN HOW YOU ARE?
WELL, GOOD, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
I RARELY EVER READ THIS SCRIPTURE 'CAUSE IT--PEOPLE WHO
DON'T REALLY KNOW THE WORD COULD GET A WRONG IDEA, BUT HERE GOES.
IN ACTS 3, VERSE 1: "NOW PETER AND JOHN WERE GOING UP TO THE
TEMPLE AT THE HOUR OF PRAYER, THE NINTH HOUR (3 O'CLOCK
IN THE AFTERNOON), [WHEN]
A CERTAIN MAN CRIPPLED FROM HIS BIRTH WAS BEING CARRIED ALONG,
WHO WAS LAID EACH DAY AT THE GATE OF THE TEMPLE [WHICH IS]
CALLED BEAUTIFUL, SO THAT HE MIGHT BEG FOR CHARITABLE GIFTS
FROM THOSE WHO ENTERED THE TEMPLE.
SO WHEN HE SAW PETER AND JOHN ABOUT TO GO INTO THE TEMPLE, HE
SAID WOULD YOU GIVE ME A GIFT."
AND NOW HERE'S WHERE IT GETS INTERESTING.
"AND PETER DIRECTED HIS GAZE INTENTLY AT HIM, AND SO
DID JOHN, AND SAID, LOOK AT US!" NOW, BASICALLY, WHAT HE'S
GETTING READY TO SAY IS, "WE'VE GOT WHAT YOU NEED."
YOU KNOW, WHY YOU'VE GOT WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS?
BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE POWER OF GOD IN YOU.
YOU HAVE GOD'S ANOINTING IN YOU AND YOU CAN PRAY FOR PEOPLE.
SEE, I TOLD YOU YOU'RE JUST LIKE...
YOU CAN PRAY FOR PEOPLE AND SEE THE SICK GET WELL.
NOW, I KNOW WE'RE AT A WHOLE NEW GATE FOR A LOT OF FOLKS
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.
YOU KNOW, I WAS IN A LARGE DENOMINATION
FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
THEY DIDN'T TEACH ME ANYTHING ABOUT THE MIRACLE WORKING POWER
OF GOD.
I KNEW THAT GOD WAS POWERFUL BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT HE WANTED
TO SHARE ANY OF IT WITH ME.
THESE GUYS WERE BORN AGAIN, THEY'D BEEN THERE
ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT
WAS POURED OUT, AND NOW THEY HAVE THE NERVE TO STAND AND SAY,
"YOU HAVE A PROBLEM?
LOOK AT ME."
YOU'RE STILL NOT WITH ME, ARE YOU?
OKAY.
IT'S NOT ANYTHING YOU HAVE IN YOURSELF.
IT'S WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT I DON'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT
HEALING AND, YOU KNOW, WHY WE PRAY FOR SOME PEOPLE AND THEY
GET HEALED AND WHY WE PRAY FOR OTHERS AND THEY DON'T AND--
BUT I DO BELIEVE PART OF IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS WHOLE
THING ABOUT HOW PEOPLE JUST DISRESPECT THEIR SELVES AND
THEIR LIVES AND THE WAY PEOPLE TREAT EACH OTHER TODAY
AND ALL THE STRESS THAT'S IN THE WORLD, AMEN?
AND THIS IS NOT THE ANSWER.
I MEAN, THERE'S REAL DISEASE.
I MEAN, THE DEVIL'S ALIVE AND WELL ON PLANET EARTH AND, YOU
KNOW, IF YOU DON'T GET WHAT YOU ASK FOR, THEN YOU TRUST GOD
TO TAKE YOU THROUGH.
AND MIRACLES AND HEALINGS ARE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY
GETS A MIRACLE IT'S, LIKE, WHOO!
BUT HEALINGS TAKE TIME AND I BELIEVE SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO
COOPERATE WITH THOSE HEALINGS.
AND YOU KNOW, I'LL BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU.
YEARS AGO, I WAS ALMOST FINISHED FROM STRESS.
AND THREE TIMES, I MADE MYSELF SICK WORKING IN THE MINISTRY
BECAUSE I THOUGHT I HAD TO DO WHAT EVERYBODY WANTED ME TO DO.
I HAD TO GO WHERE EVERYBODY WANTED ME TO GO.
"WELL, JOYCE, GOD TOLD US YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO COME DO
OUR CONFERENCE," SO I'D PLOD ON AND DO THE CONFERENCE.
AND FINALLY, I GOT SMART ENOUGH TO SAY,
"WELL, GOD DIDN'T TOLD ME.
AND IF HE DOESN'T TOLD ME THEN I'M NOT GOING."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE PULL THAT
"GOD TOLD ME" CARD.
SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER THAT JUST PUTS LIKE THIS,
"WELL, IF I DON'T DO IT, AM I GONNA BE MISSING GOD?"
SO ANYWAY, LONG STORY SHORT, AFTER THREE GO-AROUNDS AT
GETTING SICK, I FINALLY WISED UP AND, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I ASKED GOD FOR HEALING AND I HAVE IT NOW BUT IT CAME OVER A
LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND MAKING A LOT OF CHANGES IN MY LIFE, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MUST BE DOING THIS FOR SOMEBODY 'CAUSE THIS
WAS NOT MY PLAN TO GET UP HERE AND GO THIS LONG, SO, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND SO ALL THESE THINGS THAT I'M ASKING YOU
TO DO, I DO THEM.
I MAINTAIN A REGULAR BEDTIME, I GO TO BED EARLY, I GET UP EARLY.
I LOVE THAT QUIET TIME IN THE MORNING BEFORE
ANYBODY ELSE GETS UP.
SOME OF YOU SAY, "WELL, I JUST WISH THAT I HAD SOME QUIET BUT
I JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH GOING ON IN MY HOUSE
I JUST CAN'T GET IT."
GET UP BEFORE THEY DO.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BUT THEN THAT MEANS SOMETIMES YOU'VE GOT TO GO
TO BED BEFORE THEY DO, AMEN?
SO I JUST WANNA TELL YOU THAT I BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN EXPERIENCE
THE HEALING POWER OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE AND I DON'T CARE IF YOU'VE
PRAYED 1000 TIMES BEFORE, WE'RE GONNA PRAY TODAY AND WE'RE GONNA
BELIEVE GOD THAT EVERY DAY YOU'RE GONNA GET BETTER
AND BETTER IN EVERY WAY, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HERE WE GO.
LET'S ALL STAND UP AND WE'RE GONNA PRAY.
"SO HE LOOKED AT PETER AND JOHN AND SAID,
WOULD YOU GIVE ME A GIFT?
AND THEY SAID, LOOK AT US!" AND THERE'S AN EXCLAMATION MARK
HERE SO I GUESS THEY YELLED, I DON'T KNOW.
"AND [THE MAN]
PAID ATTENTION TO THEM, EXPECTING THAT HE WAS GOING
TO GET SOMETHING FROM THEM.
BUT PETER SAID, SILVER AND GOLD (MONEY) I DO NOT HAVE; BUT WHAT
I DO HAVE, THAT I GIVE TO YOU: IN [THE USE OF]
THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH, WALK!"
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ALL RIGHT, SO I LOVE THIS.
I MEAN, HE DIDN'T EVEN REALLY PRAY AND ASK GOD
TO DO SOMETHING.
HE COMMANDED HEALING TO COME IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
YOU KNOW WHY?
'CAUSE THERE'S HEALING IN THAT NAME.
THE NAME OF JESUS IS ABOVE EVERY OTHER NAME, THAT AT THE NAME
OF JESUS EVERY KNEE MUST BOW.
C'MON, I'M WARNING YOU TO GET AN ATTITUDE OF, "OKAY, I'M JUST
NOT GONNA LAY DOWN AND JUST PUT UP WITH THIS ANYMORE.
I'M GONNA PRESS IN LIKE THE WOMAN WHO HAD
THE ISSUE OF BLOOD.
I'M GONNA PRESS THROUGH THE CROWD AND I'M GONNA TOUCH THE
HEM OF HIS GARMENT AND TRUST HIM FOR HEALING AND WHOLENESS,"
AMEN?
FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT JESUS DID FOR US ON THE CROSS.
AND THAT BY HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED AND MADE WHOLE.
HEALING IS IN US BECAUSE CHRIST IS IN US.
HEALING IS IN THE DEPTHS OF OUR SPIRIT.
AND LORD, EFFECTIVE TODAY, WE DECLARE WAR ON SICKNESS
AND DISEASE AND PAIN AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUST INVITE IT
AND PUT UP WITH IT AND LOVE IT AND CLAIM IT AND NAME IT.
WE'RE AT LEAST GONNA STAND WITH YOU AND SAY WE BELIEVE THAT YOU
ARE OUR HEALER AND WE THANK YOU FOR HEALING US AND FOR GIVING US
THE WISDOM TO VALUE WHAT YOU'VE CREATED AND TO TAKE CARE
OF OURSELVES.
AND SO IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH,
I SAY, "BE HEALED AND MADE WHOLE IN JESUS' NAME."
C'MON, GIVE GOD A BIG PRAISE.
WHOO, I FEEL BETTER ALREADY.
[MUSIC]
ANNOUNCER: YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING
JOYCE'S SUMMER MAKEOVER.
STAY TUNED THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF AUGUST TO HELP YOU EMBRACE
YOUR SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION.
THE SUMMER MAKEOVER.
SIGN UP TODAY AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG AND KEEP WATCHING,
"ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE."
JOYCE: WELL, I'M GONNA DO A SERIES THIS WEEKEND
THAT WE'RE GONNA CALL, "SIT, STAND, WALK, AND RUN."
YOU SAY, "WELL, BOY, THAT'S AN ODD TITLE."
WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS WE'RE TO BE SEATED IN CHRIST.
WE'RE TO STAND STRONG IN GOD AND STAND AGAINST THE ENEMY.
WE'RE TO WALK WITH GOD, WALK IN LOVE, WALK AS CHRIST WALKED,
AND WE'RE TO RUN OUR RACE.
HOWEVER, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT STANDING,
WALKING, AND RUNNING ALL HAVE TO BE DONE ONLY AFTER--
OR CAN BE DONE ONLY AFTER YOU'VE LEARNED HOW TO SIT.
BECAUSE SIT MEANS TO REST IN GOD.
IT'S AMAZING WHAT A WONDERFUL LIFE THAT WE CAN HAVE WHEN WE
CAN LEARN TO DO EVERYTHING WHILE WE'RE RESTING IN GOD, WHILE
WE'RE TRUSTING HIM, WHILE WE'RE NOT TRYING TO FIGURE THINGS OUT
OURSELVES OR MAKE THINGS HAPPEN AHEAD OF GOD'S TIMING, AMEN?
DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW FRUSTRATING THAT IS, TRYING
TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN AHEAD OF GOD'S TIMING?
YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY, "LET'S ENJOY THE JOURNEY WHILE WE'RE ON
THE WAY TO WHERE WE'RE GOING."
ENJOY WHERE YOU'RE AT ON THE WAY TO WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT I DIDN'T DO THAT FOR A LOT
OF THE YEARS OF MY LIFE.
I WANTED MY MINISTRY TO GROW SO BAD THAT I WAS JUST MISERABLE
ALL THE TIME, TRYING TO MAKE IT GROW AND I REALLY DIDN'T ENJOY
WHERE I WAS AT.
WELL, I'VE LEARNED NOW HOW TO ENJOY IT.
RESTING IN GOD IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE
CAN LEARN HOW TO DO BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA ENJOY ANYTHING,
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, IF WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO ENTER GOD'S REST.
AND IF YOU'RE SMART, YOU CAN TELL WHEN YOU GET OUT AND
IT'S VERY EASY TO GET BACK IN.
TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT ARE YOU OUT; ARE YOU IN;
IF YOU'RE OUT, GET BACK IN; IF YOU'RE IN, STAY THERE.
BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE IN THE REST OF GOD.
NOW, JUST A FEW SCRIPTURES FIRST TO LAY A FOUNDATION HERE.
FIRST OF ALL, EPHESIANS 1:19 THROUGH 21.
THIS WAS ACTUALLY A MESSAGE THAT GOD GAVE ME PROBABLY, I DON'T
KNOW, 10, 15 YEARS AGO AND IT CAME ABOUT AS A RESULT OF ME
BEGINNING TO NOTICE THAT MOST OF THE PLACES WHERE JESUS IS TALKED
ABOUT IN THE BIBLE AFTER HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION IT ALWAYS
DEPICTS HIM AS SEATED AND MAKES A PRETTY GOOD POINT OUT OF THAT.
AND IN EPHESIANS 1:19, IT SAYS: "[SO THAT YOU CAN KNOW
AND UNDERSTAND]
WHAT IS THE IMMEASURABLE AND UNLIMITED AND SURPASSING
GREATNESS OF HIS POWER IN AND FOR US WHO BELIEVE,
AS DEMONSTRATED IN THE WORKING OF HIS MIGHTY STRENGTH, WHICH HE
EXERTED IN CHRIST WHEN HE RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD AND SEATED
HIM AT HIS [OWN] RIGHT HAND IN THE HEAVENLY [PLACES]"
HE SEATED HIM.
NOW, YOU KNOW, WE CAN--THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS WHERE WE CAN
READ THE BIBLE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND NEVER EVEN
NOTICE SOME LITTLE THING LIKE THAT, THAT HE WAS SEATED.
LET'S LOOK AT HEBREWS 1:3.
NOW, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT LONG IN THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE BUT
IT'S GOOD SO WE'LL JUST READ IT.
"HE IS THE SOLE EXPRESSION," HE BEING CHRIST, "OF THE GLORY
OF GOD [THE LIGHT-BEING, THE OUT-RAYING OR THE RADIANCE
OF THE DIVINE], AND HE IS THE PERFECT IMPRINT
AND THE VERY IMAGE OF [GOD'S] NATURE, UPHOLDING
AND MAINTAINING AND GUIDING, PROPELLING THE UNIVERSE
BY HIS MIGHTY WORD OF POWER."
WELL, THAT'D PREACH RIGHT THERE BUT WE'RE NOT AFTER THAT PART
SO WE'LL GO ON.
"WHEN HE HAD--" NOW THIS IS WHAT WE WANNA SEE.
"WHEN HE HAD BY OFFERING HIMSELF ACCOMPLISHED OUR CLEANSING
OF SINS AND THE RIDDANCE OF OUR GUILT, HE SAT DOWN
AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE DIVINE MAJESTY ON GOD."
EVERYBODY SAY, "HE SAT DOWN."
AND THEN IN VERSE 13, IT SAYS: "BESIDES, TO WHICH OF THE ANGELS
HAS HE EVER SAID, SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND [ASSOCIATE
WITH ME IN MY ROYAL DIGNITY]
'TIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET?"
SO AM I UNDERSTANDING THIS RIGHT THAT JESUS DID EVERYTHING THAT
HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO, THEN HE WENT AND HE JUST SAT DOWN
AND HE'S NOW WAITING FOR GOD TO DO WHAT ONLY GOD CAN DO,
WHICH IS PUT SATAN IN HIS FINAL PLACE OF DEFEAT.
SO WHAT WE NEED TO LEARN IS TO DO--THE BIBLE SAYS, "DO ALL THE
CRISIS DEMANDS AND THEN STAND FIRMLY IN YOUR PLACE."
IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T DO ANYTHING BUT EVERYTHING
WE DO MUST BE DONE FROM A PLACE OF REST.
NOW, I'M SITTING HERE PHYSICALLY BUT THE REST THAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT, IF YOU STUDY IT IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE,
IT'S NOT A REST FROM WORK.
IT'S A REST IN WORK.
IT'S RESTING WHILE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING.
YOU CAN PARENT YOUR CHILDREN WHILE SPIRITUALLY SEATED.
YOU CAN PASTOR A CHURCH WHILE SPIRITUALLY SEATED.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING, BUT IT MEANS
THAT YOU'RE NOT TAKING THE BURDEN OF IT.
YOU'RE NOT TAKING THE CARE OF IT.
YOU'RE DOING WHAT YOU CAN DO, WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU THE GRACE
TO DO, AND YOU'RE DOING IT CONSTANTLY WITH HIS HELP
BUT THE PART YOU CAN'T DO, YOU DON'T GET UPSET ABOUT.
YOU LEAVE THAT IN GOD'S HANDS AND IN GOD'S TIMING.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I WANNA ENJOY MY LIFE.
IS ANYBODY HERE WANT TO ENJOY LIFE?
WELL, DO YOU KNOW SOMETIMES, NOW BE HONEST,
SOMETIMES IN THE PURSUIT OF OUR DREAMS WE GET SO DRIVEN ABOUT
GETTING WHAT WE THINK WE WANT THAT WE DON'T REALLY ENJOY
THE LIFE THAT WE HAVE NOW, AMEN?
LET ME JUST SAY IT AGAIN.
SOMETIMES, IN PURSUIT OF OUR DREAMS, WE GET SO DRIVEN TO GET
THIS THING WE WANT THAT WE DON'T ENJOY WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
AND I'VE MADE THAT MISTAKE AND SO PART OF MY WHOLE MINISTRY IS
TO TAKE THE MISTAKES THAT I'VE HAD AND THE VICTORIES I'VE HAD
AND TRY TO HELP PEOPLE NOT TO MAKE SO MANY TURNS AROUND THE
MOUNTAIN BUT TO MAYBE GET THERE A LITTLE BIT EASIER AND ENJOY
YOUR LIFE A LOT MORE.
YOU SEE, I BELIEVE AND I CAN PROVE THIS SCRIPTURALLY, I THINK
THAT IT IS TRAGIC FOR JESUS TO HAVE DONE WHAT HE DID, SUFFER
LIKE HE DID, PAY THE PRICE FOR OUR SINS, WANTS US TO ENJOY
OUR LIFE, JOHN 10:10: "THE THIEF COMES TO KILL,
STEAL, AND DESTROY.
JESUS SAID, 'I CAME THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE
AND ENJOY YOUR LIFE.'" GOOD NEWS: GOD WANTS YOU
TO ENJOY YOUR LIFE.
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU LIVE ON VACATION BUT IT DOES MEAN
THAT YOU CAN LIVE WITH YOUR SOUL ON VACATION.
IT DOES MEAN THAT YOUR INNER MAN CAN ALWAYS BE HAVING A VACATION,
NO MATTER WHAT YOU HAPPEN TO BE DOING ON THE OUTSIDE.
C'MON, SOMEBODY GIVE GOD PRAISE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ALL RIGHT, MIKE'S GONNA COME AND HELP ME
AND I WANNA SHOW YOU SOMETHING.
I THOUGHT ABOUT DOING IT FOR YOU MYSELF BUT I THOUGHT, "NAH,
I'LL TAKE IT EASY TONIGHT."
OKAY, MIKE, BE A BABY.
NOW, SEE, WE ALL START OUT-- YOU KNOW, BABIES,
WE JUST THINK THAT'S CUTE.
I MEAN, I GOT A LITTLE BABY GRANDSON NOW AND HE'S JUST,
LIKE, OOH-HOO.
WELL, WE ALL START OUT AS BABY CHRISTIANS.
WE'RE JUST NOT SUPPOSED TO END UP WHERE WE START OUT, AMEN?
AND SO THE NEXT THING THAT A BABY LEARNS TO DO, NOW, OF
COURSE, THEY CRAWL AND THEY TURN OVER AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT THE NEXT REALLY MAJOR THING THEY LEARN TO DO
IS THEY LEARN HOW TO SIT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OKAY, NOW, FINALLY, AND YOU KNOW, IT EVEN TAKES
A WHILE TO LEARN HOW TO DO THAT RIGHT 'CAUSE SOMETIMES, YOU'RE,
LIKE, FALLING OVER AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOTTA CATCH
YOURSELF AND THEN THEY'LL FALL ALL THE WAY OVER AND, YOU KNOW,
C'MON, MIKE, JUST FALL ALL THE WAY OVER THERE, YEAH.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MOM AND, IN THIS CASE,
FATHER GOD WILL COME ALONG AND SAY, "C'MON, SWEETHEART,
YOU CAN GET BACK UP," AND THEY GET 'EM BACK UP.
BUT EVERYTHING IS SITTING, YOU KNOW?
AND SO THEN, EVENTUALLY, THEY LEARN HOW TO STAND AND, BOY,
THAT IS BIG AND THAT'S REALLY WOBBLY FOR A LONG TIME,
LIKE, YOU KNOW, WOBBLE, BROTHER.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY FALL DOWN, THEY GET UP,
THEY FALL DOWN, THEY GET UP.
AND THEN THEY FINALLY START LEARNING HOW TO WALK BUT IT'S
JUST ONE LITTLE TINY, TINY STEP.
LOTS OF FALLING IN ALL THIS, SEE, BUT IT--WELL, I'LL GO AHEAD
AND SHOW YOU TONIGHT BUT I'LL GET INTO THIS MORE TOMORROW.
FALL DOWN, MIKE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OKAY, NOW, NOW LOOK, BUT GOD'S GOT A PLAN.
WHEN YOU FALL DOWN, ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS GO BACK TO SITTING,
GET BACK UP AGAIN, AND START TRYING TO WALK SOME MORE, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THANKS, MIKE.
BUT THE KEY IS, IS THAT EVERY TIME YOU FALL OR MAKE
A MISTAKE--WHEN A BABY FALLS THEY DON'T JUST LAY THERE
AND CRY FOR WEEKS.
IT DOESN'T TAKE A TRUCKLOADFUL OF OTHER BABIES TO COME IN,
ENCOURAGE THEM THAT THEY CAN GET BACK UP, C'MON.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THEY GO BACK TO SITTING.
AND SEE, WHAT GOD WANTS US TO DO EVERY TIME WE FAIL
OR MAKE A MISTAKE IS GO BACK TO BEING SEATED IN HIM,
ENTERING HIS REST.
THAT BUILDS US UP, THAT ENCOURAGES US,
AND THEN WE STAND BACK UP AGAIN.
WE STAND STRONG IN GOD.
WE STAND AGAINST THE ENEMY.
THEN WE GET BACK TO OUR WALK WITH GOD AND THEN EVENTUALLY
WE CAN RUN OUR RACE.
C'MON, SOMEBODY GIVE GOD A LITTLE BIT OF PRAISE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, AS A CHILD OF GOD, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO ENTER HIS SUPERNATURAL REST AND TO LIVE OUR LIVES THERE.
WHEN WE RELY ON HIS LEADERSHIP AND STRENGTH, WE CAN HAVE PEACE
OF MIND AND WE CAN ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO.
TODAY, I'M OFFERING A SERIES CALLED, "SIT, STAND, WALK,
AND RUN."
IT'S 4 HOURS OF TEACHING.
AND YOU MIGHT THINK, "WELL, WHAT IN THE WORLD DOES THAT MEAN?"
WELL, I BELIEVE WE'VE ALL GOT A RACE TO RUN AND WE WANNA WALK
STRONG WITH GOD.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO FIRST LEARN HOW TO STAY
SEATED WITH CHRIST WHICH MEANS TO ENTER HIS REST AND THEN
HOW TO DO ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT HE WANTS US TO DO.
SO TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU THIS TEACHING FOR YOUR GIFT
TO THE MINISTRY OF ANY AMOUNT.
THIS IS AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SEND THE BEST GIFT
THAT YOU CAN SEND AND IF YOU CAN'T--IF YOU CAN'T SEND AS MUCH
THEN DO WHAT YOU CAN AND IF YOU CAN SEND MORE, THEN MAYBE YOUR
GIFT CAN MAKE UP FOR SOMEBODY WHO CAN'T SEND AS MUCH.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO RECEIVE SOME TEACHING
AND ALSO BE A GREAT BLESSING TO THE MINISTRY.
THIS CD SERIES WILL MAKE A GREAT GIFT ALSO FOR YOUR FAMILY
AND FRIENDS.
IT'S SO MUCH GOOD TEACHING: 4 HOURS OF TEACHING.
SO ALWAYS INVEST IN THE WORD OF GOD BECAUSE
IT IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT YOU CAN INVEST INTO.
THANK YOU.
[MUSIC]
ANNOUNCER: IN HER SERIES CALLED, "SIT, STAND, WALK, RUN,"
IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO GROW DEEPER IN YOUR WALK WITH GOD, MAKE THIS
FOUR-PART CD SERIES A MUST-HAVE FOR YOUR PERSONAL LIBRARY.
THIS FOUR-PART AUDIO SERIES, "SIT, STAND, WALK, RUN,"
IS AVAILABLE FOR A DONATION OF ANY AMOUNT.
CALL OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER...
ANNOUNCER: THANK YOU, FRIENDS AND PARTNERS.
TOGETHER WE'RE SHARING THE LOVE OF CHRIST AROUND THE WORLD.
TO FIND OUT MORE, PLEASE CONTACT US OR VISIT US ONLINE
AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
JOIN US IN PARTNERSHIP AS WE SHARE THE LOVE OF CHRIST
AROUND THE GLOBE.
[MUSIC]
ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING WAS PAID FOR BY THE FRIENDS
AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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