ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN, YOU HAVE THREE CHOICES.
YOU CAN LET IT DESTROY YOU, YOU CAN LET IT MAKE YOU BITTER,
OR YOU CAN LET IT MAKE YOU STRONGER.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: EVERY SEASON OF OUR LIFE IS PART OF THE WHOLE AND IT
SHOULD BE EMBRACED.
YES, EVEN THE PAINFUL SEASONS.
THE MORE WE RESIST, THE MORE IT'S GONNA HURT AND THE LONGER
IT'S GONNA TAKE.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS THINK ABOUT, WELL, I'LL PUT IT
LIKE THIS.
I WATCH A SHOW ABOUT AN EMERGENCY TEAM, MEDICAL TEAM,
EMTS THAT GO OUT AND THEY TEND TO ALL THESE ACCIDENT VICTIMS
AND STUFF, AND I WAS JUST THINKING WHEN I WAS STUDYING FOR
THIS, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THEY TELL EVERY VICTIM IS,
"NOW, TAKE SLOW DEEP BREATHS.
RELAX."
WHAT DO THEY TELL A WOMAN WHEN SHE'S IN LABOR?
"NOW, BREATHE.
RELAX."
YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE THE MORE YOU FIGHT AGAINST ANY KIND OF EMOTIONAL
PAIN OR PHYSICAL PAIN OR WHATEVER IT IS,
THE MORE IT HURTS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND YEAH, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE THINK, "WELL, SURELY, YOU
KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY LIFE IS JUST DEMONIC AND SURELY YOU
CANNOT EXPECT ME TO EMBRACE THAT?"
I'M NOT--I'M NOT TELLING YOU THAT YOU HAVE TO LOVE THE THING,
BUT WE DO NEED TO LEARN THE SECRET THAT GOD HAS A PURPOSE IN
EVERYTHING HE PERMITS IN OUR LIVES AND EVEN THOUGH WE MAY
NEVER UNDERSTAND IT, WE CAN TRUST GOD THAT HIS WORD IS TRUE
AND HE ALWAYS--HERE COMES ANOTHER SECRET--ALWAYS WORKS
EVERYTHING OUT FOR OUR GOOD TO THOSE WHO LOVE HIM
AND WANT HIS WILL.
ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: MY GOSH, I LOOK BACK AT MY CHILDHOOD AND THE STUFF
THAT I WENT THROUGH AND ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT CAUSED IN MY LIFE.
AND FOR SO MANY YEARS, I WISHED THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED
AND I HATED WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.
I HATED THE PEOPLE THAT DID IT TO ME.
ALL IT WAS DOING WAS JUST RUINING MY LIFE.
AND SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, I CAME TO THE POINT WHERE
I THOUGHT AND, YOU KNOW, I GUESS--MAYBE IT SOUNDS GOOFY,
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I CAN'T EVEN REALLY SAY NOW THAT I'M SORRY
IT ALL HAPPENED.
YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT MADE ME WHO I AM TODAY.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: ACTUALLY, C'MON, HOW MANY OF YOU, IT WAS YOUR
PROBLEMS THAT DROVE YOU TO A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS?
MAN, THEN YOU NEED TO THANK GOD FOR THOSE PROBLEMS.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: BECAUSE THE THING THAT YOU THOUGHT WAS YOUR GREATEST
ENEMY BECAME YOUR GREATEST FRIEND, AMEN?
AND SO WE JUST NEED TO TRUST GOD IN THINGS AND LET HIM GET US TO
THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE A GREAT TESTIMONY THAT CAN ENCOURAGE
SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE STUFF THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH IN LIFE.
IF WE CONTINUE TRUSTING GOD, HE WORKS EVERYTHING OUT
FOR OUR GOOD.
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN OUR LIFE IS PART OF MAKING US WHO
WE ARE.
NOW, WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN YOU HAVE THREE CHOICES.
YOU CAN LET IT DESTROY YOU, YOU CAN LET IT MAKE YOU BITTER,
OR YOU CAN LET IT MAKE YOU STRONGER, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I'M A PRETTY TOUGH OLD GAL 'CAUSE I DECIDED I WASN'T
GOING UNDER, I WAS GOING OVER.
I DECIDED I WAS GONNA SURVIVE AND THAT EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T
GET A GOOD START IN LIFE, I WAS FULLY INTENDING TO HAVE
A GOOD FINISH, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I HOPE SOMEBODY HERE TONIGHT GETS A LITTLE
TENACITY AND SAYS, "I'M NOT GONNA JUST WHINE ABOUT MY
PROBLEMS THE REST OF MY LIFE.
I'M NOT GONNA SPEND ALL OF MY NOW LIFE RESENTING WHAT SOMEBODY
DID TO ME WAY BACK HERE.
I'M GONNA PUT THAT IN GOD'S HANDS.
I'M GONNA GET ON WITH WHAT GOD HAS FOR ME.
I'M GONNA GET WELL, AND I'M GONNA LOVE EVERY MOMENT
OF MY LIFE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: NOW, JOSEPH HAS GOT TO BE PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST
EXAMPLES IN THE BIBLE OF JUST HAVING SO MANY UNFAIR THINGS
HAPPEN AND IF THE GUY HAD A BAD ATTITUDE, THERE'S NO RECORD OF
IT IN THE WORD.
AND GOD USUALLY TELLS US THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT SO I HAVE TO
ASSUME THAT HE MUST HAVE NOT HAD A BAD ATTITUDE.
JOSEPH WAS DADDY'S FAVORITE.
HE WAS THE YOUNGEST AND DADDY'S FAVORITE.
BROTHERS WERE JEALOUS.
THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON.
MANY TIMES, OLDER SIBLINGS GET JEALOUS OF THE BABY 'CAUSE
THE BABY USUALLY GETS BABIED.
AND A LOT OF TIMES, THE OLDER KIDS HAVE TO DO A LOT OF THINGS
THAT THE YOUNGER ONES WON'T--DON'T HAVE TO DO BECAUSE
MOM AND DAD DIDN'T HAVE AS MUCH WHEN THEY WERE GROWING UP AND
NOW THEY'VE GOT MORE AND SO THEY CAN BABY THE BABY.
I KNOW, 'CAUSE I WENT THROUGH ALL THAT.
I HAVE A CHILD THAT'S 10 YEARS YOUNGER THAN THE OTHER 3
AND, YES, HE'S THE BABY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND NOW THE THREE OTHERS, IF THEY WANT SOMETHING
SPECIAL, THEY'LL SEND HIM TO GET IT 'CAUSE THEY KNOW THAT--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THEY CALL HIM THE PLATINUM CHILD.
AND SO JOSEPH WAS DADDY'S FAVORITE.
HE WAS THE BABY AND HE WAS DADDY'S FAVORITE.
WELL, THE OLDER BOYS WERE JEALOUS, VERY JEALOUS.
AND SO THEY TOOK HIM OUT ONE DAY, SAID THEY WERE GOING
HUNTING AND, INSTEAD, THEY DUG A PIT AND THREW HIM IN IT,
INTENDING TO TELL THE FATHER THAT HE'D BEEN KILLED, WHICH
THEY DID, BY A WILD ANIMAL.
SO SOME SLAVE TRADERS CAME ALONG AND THEY SOLD HIM AND THEN HE
ENDED UP BEING SOLD TO A MAN NAMED POTIPHAR WHO WAS
A POLITICAL MAN THAT HAD, YOU KNOW, A POSITION OF AUTHORITY.
WELL, POTIPHAR'S WIFE TOOK A LIKING TO JOSEPH AND SHE WANTED
HIM TO HAVE SEX WITH HER AND HE MAINTAINED HIS INTEGRITY
AND REFUSED TO DO IT.
YOU KNOW, IT--NOTHING IS MORE ANNOYING THAN WHEN YOU MAKE
A RIGHT DECISION AND YOU GET A WRONG RESULT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DON'T YOU JUST HATE IT WHEN YOU DO WHAT'S RIGHT AND
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING WHAT'S WRONG SEEM TO BE THE ONES THAT
ARE GETTING BLESSED?
THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO ENDURE.
AND I KNOW THERE'S PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT AND PEOPLE OVER IN
THE OVERFLOW ROOMS, YOU'RE GOING THROUGH SOME STUFF AND YOU'VE
BEEN THROUGH SOME STUFF AND DON'T STONE ME WHEN I SAY THIS,
YOU MAY STILL YET GO THROUGH SOME STUFF.
AND SO WHETHER YOU NEED WHAT I'M SAYING TONIGHT, WHETHER YOU
NEEDED IT YESTERDAY, OR WHETHER YOU'RE GONNA NEED IT NEXT MONTH,
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT YOU CAN
HEAR BECAUSE IF WE DON'T LEARN HOW TO BE STABLE AND CONTENT
IN--AND I DON'T HAVE TO LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON BUT I CAN STILL
ENJOY MY LIFE WHILE IT'S GOING ON.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I DID NOT LIKE THE WAY I FELT THOSE 7 WEEKS, BUT I HAVE
TO LOOK BACK AND SAY, "I STILL ENJOYED MY LIFE."
I MEAN, IT WASN'T AS MUCH FUN AS IF I WOULD HAVE FELT GOOD BUT I
STILL ENJOYED MY LIFE BECAUSE, REALLY, A LOT OF ENJOYING LIFE
IS JUST THE ATTITUDE THAT YOU DECIDE TO TAKE TOWARD IT.
AND THAT STAYING HOPEFUL, GOD'S GONNA WORK THIS OUT,
HE'S GONNA WORK IT OUT FOR GOOD, HE'S GONNA USE IT IN MY LIFE,
THIS TOO WILL PASS.
HE'S NOT GONNA PUT MORE ON ME THAN WHAT I CAN BEAR, TOMORROW
I'M GONNA FEEL BETTER, ALL THAT KEEPS YOU MOTIVATED TO NOT QUIT
AND NOT GIVE UP.
SO HE GOT PUT IN PRISON FOR, I THINK, SOMETHING LIKE 13 YEARS
FOR SOMETHING HE DIDN'T DO.
WHILE HE WAS IN THERE, HE HELPED A COUPLE OF OTHER GUYS, ASKED
THEM NOT TO FORGET HIM WHEN THEY GOT OUT, WHICH THEY PROMPTLY
WENT OUT AND FORGOT ALL ABOUT HIM.
HAVE YOU EVER HELPED SOMEBODY AND THEN WHEN YOU NEEDED HELP
THEY FORGOT ALL ABOUT YOU?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THESE ARE REAL-LIFE THINGS.
WELL, THEN THE KING HAD A DREAM THAT WAS DISTURBING HIM AND
SOMEBODY REMEMBERED THAT JOSEPH HAD AN ABILITY, A GIFT FROM GOD,
TO INTERPRET DREAMS.
SO THE KING CALLED FOR JOSEPH TO COME.
HE WAS ABLE TO INTERPRET THE KING'S DREAM AND, AS A RESULT OF
THAT, HE GOT PROMOTED AND PUT INTO A POSITION WHERE DURING
A 7-YEAR FAMINE HE WAS IN CHARGE OF ALL THE FOOD THAT EXISTED.
SO ULTIMATELY, HIS FATHER WHO WAS STILL ALIVE AND HIS BROTHERS
WHO SO CRUELLY MISTREATED HIM CAME TO HIM NOT KNOWING IT WAS
JOSEPH TO SEE IF THEY COULD GET SOME FOOD.
WHEN HE REVEALED TO THEM WHO HE WAS, THEY JUST FELL DOWN ON
THEIR KNEES AND BEGGED FOR FORGIVENESS AND THOUGHT
HE WAS GONNA HAVE 'EM KILLED.
AND LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID.
IT'S RECORDED IN GENESIS 50:20: "AS FOR YOU, YOU THOUGHT EVIL
AGAINST ME, BUT GOD MEANT IT FOR GOOD."
WELL, THAT'S GOT TO HELP SOMEBODY TONIGHT.
"BUT GOD MEANT IT FOR GOOD, TO BRING ABOUT THAT MANY PEOPLE
SHOULD BE KEPT ALIVE, AS THEY ARE THIS DAY."
SO YOU MIGHT BE IN A POSITION RIGHT NOW THAT YOU DON'T LIKE
BUT MAYBE GOD'S GETTING YOU IN A POSITION TO HELP SOMEBODY THAT
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW YET.
C.S. LEWIS SAID THIS: "HARDSHIPS OFTEN PREPARE
ORDINARY PEOPLE FOR EXTRAORDINARY DESTINIES."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: C'MON, LET'S SAY THAT AGAIN.
"HARDSHIPS OFTEN PREPARE ORDINARY PEOPLE FOR
EXTRAORDINARY DESTINIES."
C'MON, DON'T WASTE YOUR PAIN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DON'T JUST LET THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE GONE
THROUGH GIVE YOU A BAD ATTITUDE.
ASK GOD TO USE 'EM TO BE A BLESSING AND A HELP TO
SOMEBODY ELSE.
GOD IS THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA, THE BEGINNING AND THE END.
THAT MEANS HE KNOWS EVERYTHING FROM THE VERY BEGINNING,
HOW IT'S ALL GONNA TURN OUT.
AND I CAN TELL YOU SPRING IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HERE'S ANOTHER SECRET.
HOW CAN YOU MAKE IT THROUGH--HOW CAN SOME OF THESE DIFFICULT
TIMES YOU GO THROUGH BE MADE EASIER?
STOP TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
AVOID EXCESSIVE REASONING.
"WHY, GOD, WHY?" YOU KNOW, EVEN WHEN YOU THINK
YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING FIGURED OUT, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT RIGHT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I READ THIS STATEMENT IN A BOOK AND I REALLY LIKED IT:
"WE ALL WANT AN EXPLANATION BUT WHAT GOD GIVES US IS
THE INCARNATION."
IN OTHER WORDS, HE SENT CHRIST AND NOW CHRIST IS IN US AND IT
WAS GOD IN CHRIST RECONCILING THE WORLD UNTO HIMSELF.
WE DON'T NEED AN EXPLANATION.
WE NEED TO KNOW THAT GOD IS WITH US, THAT HE LOVES US, AND THAT
HIS WORD IS TRUE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I DON'T HAVE TO LOVE IT BUT I DO NEED TO RELAX
AND LET IT DO ITS WORK.
FOUR PURPOSES FOR TRIALS.
I THINK SOMETIMES KNOWING WHY SOMETHING'S HAPPENING,
FROM A SPIRITUAL STANDPOINT.
I DON'T MEAN, LIKE, ALL THE STUFF WE GET INTO.
I THINK SOMETIMES IT CAN HELP US JUST TO THINK, "WELL, GOD'S
DOING SOMETHING WITH THIS."
AT LEAST, IT HELPS ME WHEN I'M GOING THROUGH SOMETHING TO
THINK, "WELL, GOD'S DOING SOMETHING WITH THIS."
NUMBER ONE PURPOSE: TO HUMBLE US.
PRIDE IS SUCH A HUGE PROBLEM.
AND I MIGHT AS WELL TELL YOU THAT ANYBODY THAT'S GOING TO BE
GREATLY USED BY GOD, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOME
STUFF BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO STAY HUMBLE IF
EVERYTHING IN OUR LIFE IS UP, UP, UP, UP, UP ALL THE TIME.
THOSE SCRIPTURES WHERE PAUL SAID, "I KNOW HOW TO BE ABASED
AND I KNOW HOW TO ABOUND," I WAS QUESTIONING OR TALKING WITH
THE LORD ABOUT THAT ONE TIME, "WHY, YOU KNOW,
WHY DO WE NEED BOTH?" AND WHAT HE SHOWED ME WAS IF
PEOPLE NEVER HAVE ANYTHING BUT ABOUNDING, ABOUNDING, ABOUNDING,
ABOUNDING, ABOUNDING, PRETTY SOON WE GET FULL OF OURSELVES
AND WE START THINKING THAT, WELL, WE'VE GOT IT ALL TOGETHER
AND, BOY, IF EVERYBODY JUST DID WHAT WE DID AND THEY'D BE
BLESSED LIKE US.
AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET REALLY JUDGMENTAL TOWARD OTHER PEOPLE
THAT ARE HAVING PROBLEMS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, WE CAN, REALLY.
AND SO JUST ABOUT THE TIME WE GET TEMPTED TO GET INTO THAT
KIND OF AN ATTITUDE, THE LORD WILL GIVE US JUST A LITTLE,
A LITTLE ABASING.
AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE, LIKE, "OH GOD, I NEED YOU SO
MUCH.
I'M NOTHING WITHOUT YOU.
OH GOD, I DON'T EVER WANNA JUDGE ANYBODY ELSE.
I DON'T EVER WANNA BE CRITICAL TOWARD ANYBODY ELSE."
2 CORINTHIANS 12:7: "AND TO KEEP ME FROM BEING PUFFED UP,"
I LOVE THAT.
PAUL SAID, "TO KEEP ME FROM BEING PUFFED UP AND TOO MUCH
ELATED BY THE EXCEEDING GREATNESS OF
THESE REVELATIONS--" SEE, HE WAS A MAN
THAT WAS TAKEN UP TO THE THIRD HEAVENS.
I MEAN, HE SAW THINGS THAT NOBODY HAD EVER SEEN, THAT HE
DIDN'T EVEN REALLY FULLY KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN.
AND HE SAID, "TO KEEP ME FROM BEING EXCESSIVELY EXALTED, THERE
WAS GIVEN ME A THORN IN THE FLESH," WHATEVER THAT IS.
DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS.
ALL I KNOW WAS HE DIDN'T LIKE IT AND HE COULDN'T GET RID OF IT.
AND HE ASKED GOD THREE TIMES TO REMOVE IT AND GOD SAID, "NO,
MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: LET ME SAY IT AGAIN.
A WIDE--WELL, PAUL SAID, "A WIDE DOOR OF OPPORTUNITY OPENED UNTO
ME AND WITH IT MANY ADVERSARIES."
IF YOU'RE GONNA BE USED BY GOD, AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU WANNA BE
GREATLY USED BY GOD, YOU'RE GONNA GET A LITTLE BIT OF THE
OTHER STUFF TO GO ALONG WITH IT BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, YOU GET SO
FULL OF YOURSELF THAT GOD WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO USE YOU.
IT'S YET TO BE SEEN WHAT GOD COULD DO THROUGH A MAN OR
A WOMAN THAT WILL GIVE HIM ALL THE CREDIT, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SOMETIMES, WE HAVE DIFFICULTY COME INTO OUR LIFE
FOR A SEASON.
REMEMBER, SPRING'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER.
SOMETIMES, IT'S JUST TO MAKE US MORE DEPENDENT ON GOD.
TO BE HONEST, SOMETIMES WE NEED A LITTLE SOMETHING THAT WE JUST
CAN'T HANDLE, THAT'S JUST TOO MUCH FOR US.
NOTHING PUTS YOU ON YOUR KNEES FASTER THAN SOMETHING THAT YOU
JUST CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT AND GOD'S THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN
FIX IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HAS ANYBODY GOT ONE OF THOSE GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE
RIGHT NOW?
YOU'RE AT A PLACE WHERE, MAN, IF GOD DOESN'T DO IT,
IT'S NOT GONNA GET DONE?
YOU KNOW, THE APOSTLE PAUL FOR ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT GOD
DID THROUGH HIM, HE HAD A BOATLOAD FULL OF PROBLEMS.
I MEAN, HE REALLY DID.
AND YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T READ THE BIBLE AND NOT PAY ATTENTION
TO THAT KIND OF STUFF.
WE CAN'T JUST SAY, "WELL, I WANNA BE LIKE PAUL," AND THINK
WE'RE GONNA JUST GET OUT OF ALL--SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF
THAT PAUL HAD TO GO THROUGH.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
FORTY YEARS AGO WHEN I STARTED TRYING TO TEACH, AS A WOMAN,
MAN, IT WAS TOUGH.
I MEAN, IT WAS HARD.
I WAS JUDGED AND CRITICIZED.
I WAS ASKED TO LEAVE MY CHURCH.
I LOST MY FRIENDS.
WE GOT OSTRACIZED BY FAMILY.
I SPENT A LOT OF LONELY YEARS, HAD A LOT OF HARD YEARS, AND I
DIDN'T JUST WAKE UP ONE MORNING AND STEP ON A PULPIT LIKE THIS.
I DID 5 YEARS OF HOME BIBLE STUDIES.
I QUIT A FULL-TIME JOB TO TRY TO STUDY AND GET READY FOR
MINISTRY.
WE HAD 6 YEARS OF REALLY FINANCIAL NEED DURING THOSE
PERIODS OF TIME.
AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
I THOUGHT, "WELL, GOD, I GAVE MY JOB UP SO I CAN SERVE YOU AND
WHY ARE WE NOW--WE JUST DON'T--" YOU KNOW.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "NOW WE DON'T--I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I MADE A BIG SACRIFICE."
YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME YOU MAKE A SACRIFICE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN
YOU'RE GONNA REAP A HARVEST THE NEXT DAY.
SOMETIMES, THERE'LL BE TESTING TO SEE IF YOU REALLY MEAN IT.
AND YOU MIGHT HAVE TO SACRIFICE AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND
AGAIN AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO STOP SERVING GOD TO GET HIM TO
DO SOMETHING FOR US, AND SERVE HIM BECAUSE OF WHO HE IS AND LET
HIM KNOW WE'RE GONNA SERVE YOU IF WE NEVER GET ANYTHING, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: LET'S SEEK GOD'S FACE AND NOT HIS HAND.
WE DON'T NEED TO JUST GO TO HIM ALL THE TIME TO GET SOMETHING.
WE NEED TO GO TO HIM BECAUSE WE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT HIM.
WE ARE NOTHING WITHOUT HIM, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, I'VE HAD MEDIA ATTACKS AND JUST, I MEAN, JUST
STUFF, STUFF.
IN THE MIDST OF MY MINISTRY I HAD BREAST CANCER, WENT THROUGH
ALL THAT, JUST, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPEN.
AND--BUT I'M STILL HERE.
AND SEE, THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS, I'M STILL HERE.
AND-- [AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: THE ENEMY WANTS TO TAKE YOU OUT WITH THE THINGS
THAT HAPPEN BUT YOU NEED TO MAKE YOUR MIND UP,
THIS IS GONNA PASS.
SPRING IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
SOMETHING GOOD IS GONNA HAPPEN TO ME AND IT'S GONNA HAPPEN
MAYBE TOMORROW.
AND IF NOT TOMORROW, I'LL STILL BE AROUND THE NEXT DAY.
GOD WORKS ALL THINGS OUT FOR MY GOOD.
HE NEVER ALLOWS MORE TO COME ON ME THAN WHAT I CAN BEAR.
BUT WITH EVERY TEMPTATION HE ALSO PROVIDES THE WAY OUT.
THESE ARE THE SECRETS TO BEING CONTENT NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE
GOING THROUGH.
NOW, YOU KNOW WHAT, TONIGHT I'M PREACHING TO YOU.
BUT WHEN YOU GET HOME YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PREACH
TO YOURSELF.
WE FEEL GOOD IN CHURCH.
GO AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN BECAUSE YOU NEED IT, AMEN?
GET BACK TOMORROW, TOMORROW NIGHT.
COME SUNDAY IF YOU CAN.
I MEAN, JUST GET ALL THE OUTSIDE HELP YOU CAN GET.
BUT SOONER OR LATER, IT'S GONNA BE YOUR MIDNIGHT HOUR AND IT'S
GONNA BE NOBODY BUT YOU AND GOD, AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO LEARN
HOW TO PREACH TO YOURSELF.
THAT'S WHEN YOU NEED TO GET THESE MESSAGES OUT AND TALK
TO YOURSELF.
I TALK TO MYSELF ALL THE TIME.
C'MON, JOYCE, WE NEED TO HAVE A MEETING.
YOU'RE GONNA STRAIGHTEN UP YOUR ATTITUDE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I WAS IN KIND OF A CRANKY MOOD ONE OF THOSE DAYS
WHEN I WASN'T FEELING GOOD AND MY DAUGHTER CAME OVER AND SHE
COULD TELL I WAS NOT--EVERYTHING WAS BUGGING ME AND SHE CAME BACK
A LITTLE BIT LATER AND I WAS A LOT BETTER AND SHE SAID,
"WELL, YOU SURE CHANGED."
I SAID, "WELL, I HAD A MEETING WITH MYSELF."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: 2 CORINTHIANS 1:8-9, PAUL SAID, "WE DO NOT WANT YOU
TO BE UNINFORMED, BRETHREN, ABOUT THE AFFLICTION AND THE
OPPRESSING DISTRESS WHICH BEFELL US IN [THE PROVINCE OF] ASIA,
HOW WE WERE SO UTTERLY AND UNBEARABLY WEIGHED DOWN
AND CRUSHED THAT WE DESPAIRED EVEN OF LIFE [ITSELF]."
WELL, I'VE FELT LIKE THAT SOMETIMES.
PAUL WAS SAYING, "IT WAS SO BAD, I JUST WANTED TO DIE."
"INDEED, WE FELT WITHIN OURSELVES THAT WE HAD RECEIVED
THE [VERY] SENTENCE OF DEATH, BUT," LISTEN TO THIS, "BUT THAT
WAS TO KEEP US FROM TRUSTING IN AND DEPENDING ON OURSELVES
INSTEAD OF ON GOD WHO RAISES THE DEAD."
REALLY, GOD?
THE THIRD REASON THAT DIFFICULTIES WILL COME INTO OUR
LIFE IS JUST TO TEST OUR FAITH.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU BELIEVE 'TIL IT'S PUT TO THE TEST AND I
DON'T EITHER.
WE HAVE ALL THE FAITH SCRIPTURES UNDERLINED.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE REALLY WALKING IN FAITH.
IT'S EASY TO SAY "AMEN" IN CHURCH BUT WHERE WE NEED TO SAY
IT IS OUT THERE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: 1 PETER 1:7: "SO THAT [THE GENUINENESS] OF YOUR FAITH
MIGHT BE TESTED, [YOUR FAITH]
WHICH IS INFINITELY MORE PRECIOUS THAN THE PERISHABLE
GOLD WHICH IS TESTED AND PURIFIED BY FIRE.
[THIS PROVING OF YOUR FAITH IS INTENDED] TO REDOUND TO [YOUR]
PRAISE AND GLORY AND HONOR WHEN JESUS CHRIST (THE MESSIAH,
THE ANOINTED ONE) IS REVEALED."
HOW MANY OF YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A TEST RIGHT NOW?
CAN I GIVE YOU A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT?
WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND PASS IT SO YOU DON'T HAVE
TO TAKE IT AGAIN?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: YEAH, IT TOOK ME ABOUT 20 YEARS TO GET A HOLD OF
THAT ONE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I DON'T WANNA LIVE MY WHOLE LIFE GOING AROUND AND
AROUND THE SAME STUPID MOUNTAINS AND SO, GOD, LET'S JUST GET THIS
OVER WITH.
THE FOURTH REASON WHY I BELIEVE THAT TRIALS CAN COME INTO OUR
LIFE AND I, YOU KNOW--AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY A LARGE
PART OF IT.
I THINK IT'S TO EQUIP US TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN EVER RELATE TO HURTING PEOPLE IF
EVERYTHING IN OUR LIFE JUST COMES UP ROSES ALL THE TIME.
"BLESSED BE," 2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-4.
LET'S REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THESE SCRIPTURES 'CAUSE THEY
ARE SO GOOD.
"BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,
THE FATHER OF SYMPATHY (PITY AND MERCY) AND THE GOD [WHO IS
THE SOURCE] OF EVERY COMFORT," VERSE 4, "WHO COMFORTS US
IN EVERY TROUBLE (CALAMITY AND AFFLICTION), SO THAT WE MIGHT BE
ABLE TO COMFORT THOSE WHO ARE IN ANY KIND OF TROUBLE OR DISTRESS,
WITH THE COMFORT WITH WHICH WE OURSELVES ARE COMFORTED BY GOD."
SO MY GOSH, HE'S SAYING GOD IS THE SOURCE OF ALL COMFORT AND HE
COMFORTS US SO WE MIGHT BE ABLE THEN TO GO AND COMFORT OTHERS
WITH THAT SAME COMFORT THAT HE COMFORTED US WITH.
THAT'S WHY I CAN STAND HERE AND TELL YOU IF YOU'VE BEEN
SEXUALLY ABUSED AS A CHILD, GOD WILL HEAL YOU.
AND ME TELLING YOU THAT BRINGS COMFORT TO YOU.
AND I KNOW THAT BECAUSE IT WORKED IN MY LIFE.
AND IF IT WORKED IN MY LIFE, IT'LL WORK IN YOUR LIFE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW SOMETHING?
WHATEVER IT IS THAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW THAT YOU
DON'T LIKE, IT'S GONNA MAKE YOU APPRECIATE SPRING SO MUCH MORE.
C'MON, LET ME SAY IT AGAIN.
SPRING IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: YOU'VE GOT SOME GOOD THINGS ON THE HORIZON OF YOUR
LIFE, AMEN?
JOYCE: IT IS STILL POSSIBLE TO ENJOY YOUR LIFE EVEN WHEN
YOU'RE GOING THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES.
AND THAT HAPPENS BY REALIZING THAT GOD HAS A PURPOSE AND,
EVEN IN OUR PAIN, HE CAN USE IT TO OUR GAIN.
OUR PERSPECTIVE DETERMINES HOW OUR JOURNEY IS GOING TO GO.
YOU KNOW, I LOVE TO DO WHAT I CALL PLAYING THE GLAD GAME.
IT WAS PART OF A MOVIE THAT WAS ON MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.
AND I LOVE TO JUST UPSET THE ENEMY BY TRYING TO FIND
SOMETHING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT, NO MATTER WHAT'S GOING ON
IN MY LIFE.
AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THE SAME THING.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU A BOOK THAT I'VE WRITTEN CALLED,
"SEIZE THE DAY."
I LOVE THE THOUGHT OF THE WHOLE BOOK, HOW WE CAN LIVE OUR LIVES
AND NOT WASTE OUR LIVES.
I DON'T WANNA WASTE ONE DAY OF MY LIFE.
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I HAVE TO BE BUSY HAVING EVERY
MINUTE PLANNED EVERY SINGLE DAY.
BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT I NEED TO HAVE A PLAN AND I NEED TO WORK
MY PLAN.
AND I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M PUTTING MY TIME INTO THINGS THAT
ARE ACTUALLY GONNA BEAR GOOD FRUIT FOR ME.
I DON'T WANNA GET TO THE END OF THE DAY AND BE FRUSTRATED
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I WAS ALIVE THAT DAY BUT I SURE DON'T KNOW
WHAT I DID WITH IT.
SO GET THE BOOK, GET THE STUDY GUIDE, AND READ IT,
SHARE IT EVEN WITH FRIENDS.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A REAL BLESSING TO YOU.
NOW, STAY WITH ME BECAUSE I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT ANOTHER
WAY THAT YOU CAN EXPERIENCE JOY AND BLESSING IN EVERY SEASON
OF YOUR LIFE.
ANNOUNCER: TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING TWO RESOURCES THAT'LL
ENCOURAGE YOU TO LIVE EVERY DAY TO THE FULLEST.
IN JOYCE'S BOOK, "SEIZE THE DAY,"
SHE SHARES BIBLICAL INSIGHTS AND PERSONAL STORIES
THAT'LL HELP YOU MAKE THE MOST OF EACH MOMENT.
YOU'LL LEARN HOW TO PLAN WISELY, LIVE EACH DAY WITH PURPOSE
AND CLAIM THE GOOD THINGS GOD HAS IN STORE FOR YOU.
WE'RE ALSO OFFERING A "SEIZE THE DAY" STUDY GUIDE.
THIS WORKBOOK OFFERS STEP-BY-STEP STRATEGIES TO HELP
YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE ON PURPOSE FOR GOD'S PURPOSE.
THESE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE FOR YOUR DONATION OF...OR MORE.
CALL US...
OR VISIT US AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
ANNOUNCER: MAKE PLANS NOW TO SPEND YOUR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
WITH JOYCE.
THREE UNIQUE SESSIONS OF INSPIRING TEACHING, HEARTFELT
WORSHIP, AND ENCOURAGING, BEHIND-THE-SCENES MOMENTS
AT THE JOYCE MEYER CONFERENCE.
COMING TO INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, OCTOBER 13 AND 14,
WITH WORSHIP BY JESUS CULTURE, AND CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA,
NOVEMBER 10 AND 11, WITH WORSHIP BY ELEVATION WORSHIP.
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG/CONFERENCE
OR CALL...
JOYCE: WELL, NO MATTER WHAT SEASON OF LIFE WE'RE IN, ONE OF
THE WAYS THAT WE CAN EXPERIENCE JOY, EVEN IN DIFFICULT
CIRCUMSTANCES, IS BY GETTING OUR MIND OFF OF OURSELF AND REACHING
OUT AND HELPING AND BLESSING OTHER PEOPLE.
AND YOU KNOW, TODAY WE'RE ASKING YOU TO SEND IN A SPECIAL
OFFERING JUST TO HELP US WITH THE BILLS FROM THE TV AIRTIME.
YOU KNOW, VERY RARELY DO WE SAY THAT MUCH TO YOU ABOUT GIVING TO
THIS SHOW BUT I'M ASKING YOU TODAY IF YOU WILL SEND IN
A SPECIAL OFFERING TO HELP US NOT ONLY PAY FOR THE SHOW THAT
YOU'RE WATCHING, BUT TO REACH OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO SAY NOT EVERYBODY WHO NEEDS CHRIST IS
GOING TO CHURCH BUT EVERYBODY WATCHES TELEVISION.
AND THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT, EVEN IN DIFFICULT TIMES,
THEY'RE JUST FLIPPING THROUGH CHANNELS AND THEY THINK THEY
ACCIDENTALLY COME ON THIS PROGRAM OR ANOTHER ONE LIKE IT,
AND THEY'RE REALLY HELPED.
AND SO HERE'S A TESTIMONY FROM ONE LADY THAT I THINK WILL BE
A BLESSING TO YOU.
SHERRY FROM VIRGINIA WROTE AND TOLD US THAT RECENTLY SHE'D
BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT THAT CAUSED A BRAIN INJURY AND THAT READING
HAD NOW BECOME VERY DIFFICULT FOR HER AS WELL AS RETAINING
WHAT SHE READ.
AND THEN SHE SAID SHE CAME ACROSS OUR PROGRAM AND SHE FOUND
THAT AFTERWARDS, WHEN SHE WOULD BE DEPRESSED AND UNABLE TO READ
SCRIPTURES, THAT SHE WOULD REMEMBER SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
SHE HAD HEARD IN THOSE SERMONS.
AND A LONG STORY SHORT IS HERE'S A WOMAN WHO COULDN'T READ BUT
SHE STARTED LISTENING TO THE SERMONS AT NIGHT BEFORE SHE
WENT TO BED AND THEN IT WOULD REALLY HELP HER THE NEXT DAY.
AND SO I'M ENCOURAGING YOU TO REALIZE THAT YOU CAN BE
A BLESSING TO PEOPLE LIKE HER AND THEY ARE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
AND I THINK WHEN YOU DO, YOU'RE ALSO BLESSING YOURSELF.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY, AND I PRAY THAT GOD JUST
POURS AN ABUNDANCE OF BLESSINGS ON YOU ALL DAY LONG.
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.
CC BY ABERDEEN CAPTIONING 1-800-688-6621 WWW.ABERCAP.COM
ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING WAS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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