ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: BUT I ACTUALLY WANT TO START TONIGHT
IN COLOSSIANS CHAPTER 2, VERSE 7, WHICH SAYS:
"HAVE THE ROOTS [OF YOUR BEING]
FIRMLY AND DEEPLY PLANTED [IN HIM]"
EVERYBODY SAY, "IN HIM."
NOW, PAUL TALKS A LOT IN THE EPISTLES ABOUT BEING IN HIM,
IN HIM, IN HIM, IN HIM, IN HIM.
AND SO, WE REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT
LITTLE AMAZING PHRASE MEANS.
WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN WHEN WE SAY WE ARE IN CHRIST.
HE USES THE WORD "ROOTS" HERE.
"THE ROOTS OF YOUR BEING SHOULD BE DEEPLY
AND FIRMLY PLANTED IN HIM."
WE KNOW THAT WHEN A TREE IS DEEPLY ROOTED,
THAT STORMS DON'T EASILY DESTROY A TREE LIKE THAT.
AND SO HE'S USING THAT ANALOGY, THAT--AND WE'RE GONNA GO
TO A SCRIPTURE IN JEREMIAH IN A MINUTE
THAT ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT HOW WHEN A TREE IS PLANTED,
THE STORMS OF LIFE NOT ONLY DON'T BLOW IT OVER,
BUT IT CONTINUES TO BEAR GOOD FRUIT.
AND SEE, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED AS BELIEVERS.
NO MATTER WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR PERSONAL LIVES,
THE WAY THAT WE'RE GONNA SHOW THE WORLD THAT WE'RE DIFFERENT
AND THAT BEING A CHRISTIAN IS ACTUALLY BENEFICIAL
IS IF THEY SEE US SOMETIMES GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE SAME
THINGS THAT THEY DO BUT WE STILL HAVE JOY,
WE'RE STILL WALKING IN LOVE, WE'RE STILL PATIENT,
WE STILL HAVE PEACE.
WE CAN'T JUST BE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE
AND JUST GO TO CHURCH AND THINK THAT MAKES UP FOR IT.
THAT WE--THERE HAS TO BE A LIFESTYLE
THAT GOES ALONG WITH BEING A CHRISTIAN.
AND THE BIBLE SAYS: "YOU WILL KNOW THEM
BY THEIR FRUIT."
SO WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT THE ROOTS OF OUR BEING,
IT'S TALKING ABOUT THIS--
THE DEPTH OF OUR INNER LIFE.
YOU KNOW, YOU--
WE ALL HAVE AN OUTWARD LIFE AND A LIFE THAT WE SHOW PEOPLE
BUT WE'VE GOT AN INNER LIFE.
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER WHOLE WORLD GOING ON INSIDE OF US.
AND THE BIBLE SAYS: "THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS IN US."
IT'S NOT ABOUT EVERYTHING OUT THERE
AND OUR CIRCUMSTANCES AND WHAT EVERYBODY THINKS
AND WHAT WE WEAR AND WHAT WE OWN.
IT'S WHAT'S GOING ON IN US.
AND I THINK WE ALL HAVE COME FAR ENOUGH TO KNOW
THAT REALLY NO--YOU CAN HAVE THE GREATEST CIRCUMSTANCES
IN THE WORLD BUT IF YOU GOT A LOUSY ATTITUDE,
YOU'RE STILL GONNA BE UNHAPPY, RIGHT?
OR YOU CAN HAVE THE BEST CIRCUMSTANCES OF ANYBODY,
BUT IF YOU DON'T LIKE YOURSELF, YOU'RE STILL GONNA BE UNHAPPY.
ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU CAN HAVE CHALLENGES
IN YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES BUT IF YOU'RE--IF YOU'VE GOT
A RIGHT MINDSET AND YOU'VE GOT A HAPPY HEART
AND YOU'VE GOT A GOOD ATTITUDE, IF THINGS ARE GOOD ON THE INSIDE
AND YOU KNOW THAT GOD LOVES YOU, THEN YOU MAKE IT
THROUGH THOSE THINGS AND THEY'RE REALLY--
THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BE ALL THAT CHALLENGING.
IT'S NOT THAT--I DON'T MEAN THAT LIFE IS NOT A CHALLENGE
BUT WE MAKE THINGS SO MUCH WORSE BY THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT IT
AND THE ATTITUDES THAT WE HAVE TOWARD IT.
SO "HAVE THE ROOTS [OF YOUR BEING] FIRMLY
AND DEEPLY PLANTED [IN HIM], BEING CONTINUALLY
BUILT UP IN HIM," AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE TONIGHT.
YOU'RE HERE BEING BUILT UP IN CHRIST AND, YAY, YAY,
FOR YOU.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I'M PROUD OF YOU FOR TAKING A FRIDAY NIGHT
AND COMING JUST TO BE BUILT UP IN CHRIST,
JUST TO WORSHIP TOGETHER AND IT'S KIND OF EXCITING
TO HAVE TO CRAM INTO THE CHURCH AND, I MEAN,
THEY ARE AT MAX CAPACITY HERE.
THEY'RE NOT--CANNOT GET ANOTHER BODY ON THE PROPERTY HERE.
AND SO IT'S--
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: IT'S EXCITING TO SEE PEOPLE THAT MUCH
WANTING TO GROW IN CHRIST.
SO HE SAYS WE ARE BEING CONTINUALLY BUILT UP IN HIM
AND I LOVE THIS, "BECOMING INCREASINGLY
MORE CONFIRMED AND ESTABLISHED IN THE FAITH."
NOBODY'S EVER HEARD ENOUGH OF THE WORD.
THERE'S NONE OF US THAT DON'T NEED--I'VE BEEN DOING
A FEW WHAT I CALL "REFRESHER" COURSES JUST--
ESPECIALLY SOME STUFF ON TV JUST GOING INTO MY STUDIO
AND JUST TEACHING FOR 30 MINUTES ON THE MIND
OR GOING INTO THE STUDIO AND TEACHING 30 MINUTES
ON THE MOUTH.
NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE
WE NEED TO BE REMINDED.
WE NEED TO HEAR IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.
THAT'S WHY WE CONTINUE TO STUDY THE WORD
AND WE GO BACK AND WE GO OVER THINGS THAT WE ALREADY KNOW
BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT WE CAN GET
THAT ARE BRAND NEW THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN SEE THE LAST TIME.
SO JUST, REAL QUICK, GONNA GO THROUGH THIS ANALOGY.
WE'RE GONNA JUST SAY THAT THIS BUCKET HERE IS OUR SPIRIT.
NOT A VERY GOOD ANALOGY, I'M SURE, BUT ANYWAY, YOU KNOW.
YOU HAVE A SPIRIT AND THAT'S DEEP IN YOU.
YOU ARE A SPIRIT, YOU HAVE A SOUL,
YOU LIVE IN A BODY.
SO THIS IS OUR SPIRIT.
NOW, WHEN WE'RE BORN AGAIN, JESUS COMES TO LIVE
IN OUR SPIRIT.
SO NOW HE'S IN THERE, OKAY?
AND WITH HIM, BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED
IS IN HIM, YOU'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT?
EVERYTHING WE NEED IS IN HIM, SO LOVE, PEACE,
HOPE, JOY, SELF-CONTROL, ALL OF THESE THINGS GO IN US TOO
BUT, JUST SO WE UNDERSTAND THIS, THEY GO IN AS SEEDS, ALL RIGHT?
SO WE HAVE--WHEN JESUS COMES TO LIVE IN US,
A SEED OF EVERYTHING THAT GOD IS,
IS PLANTED ON THE INSIDE OF US.
SO WE WATER THE SEED WITH WHAT?
THE WATER OF THE WORD.
DO YOU EVER WONDER WHY THE WORD OF GOD
IS CALLED THE WATER OF THE WORD?
BECAUSE IT NOT ONLY WASHES US, BUT IT WATERS THE SEEDS
SO YOU SPEND TIME IN THE WORD AND YOU GET THE SUNSHINE
BY SPENDING TIME WITH GOD.
C'MON, IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.
AND THEN THESE LITTLE SEEDS GROW AND SO THEN
THIS IS LIKE MY LIFE.
I'M THE TREE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, SEE, THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AND THEN AS WE GET ROOTED
AND GROUNDED IN CHRIST, SEE, DOWN THERE THERE'S
A BUNCH OF STUFF GOING ON.
DOWN IN YOUR SPIRIT, STUFF'S GOING ON.
YOU'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE--
WHOOPS, LOST MY FRUIT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL, IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE
THE FIRST TIME TODAY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I HAD TO HANG ON TO MY FRUIT
WHEN I HAD TO LAND IN MCALLISTER AND THEY TOLD ME
THAT I MIGHT BE SITTING THERE FOR 5 HOURS.
I AM, LIKE, "NO, WE'RE PRAYING RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE NOT SITTING HERE 5 HOURS."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, HA, HA, WE COME UP WITH ALL KINDS OF CRAZY STUFF.
SO YOU SEE, WHAT HAPPENS, AS YOU STAY IN CHRIST,
THE MORE AND MORE THAT YOU GET CONVINCED
IS NOT A BAD WORD TO USE.
THE MORE YOU GET CONVINCED THAT GOD LOVES YOU,
THAT YOU ARE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN CHRIST,
THAT YOU ARE ANOINTED, THAT YOU DO HAVE SELF-CONTROL.
DON'T EVER SAY, "WELL, I JUST DON'T HAVE
ANY SELF-CONTROL."
THAT IS JUST NOT-- THAT IS JUST NOT TRUE.
YOU HAVE A SEED OF SELF-CONTROL IN YOU.
MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN WATERING IT.
AND MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN GROWING IN IT,
BUT THERE'S A SEED IN YOU AND GOD'S GONNA HELP US
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE'S GONNA DO EVERYTHING FOR US
WHILE WE DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
BUT IF WE STAY IN CHRIST, WE STAY IN THE WORD,
WE CONTINUE IN FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM,
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS YOU'RE
GONNA START SEEING FRUIT POP OUT ON YOUR CUTE LITTLE BRANCHES.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, NOT ONLY WILL YOU SEE IT,
BUT EVERYBODY ELSE IS GONNA SEE IT.
SEE, I LOVE IT--
I WOULD LIKE FOR PEOPLE--
I LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE SEE ME THAT KNEW ME
WHEN I WAS 20-SOMETHING AND THEY JUST THINK,
"I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT IT WAS YOU
WHEN I SAW YOU ON TV," SEE?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: DON'T YOU WANT PEOPLE TO JUST BE AMAZED AT WHAT GOD
HAS DONE IN YOUR LIFE?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: SO A TREE WITH DEEP ROOTS.
JEREMIAH 17:7-8.
LOVE THESE SCRIPTURES.
"[MOST] BLESSED IS THE MAN."
HE'S NOT JUST BLESSED, HE IS MOST BLESSED.
"IS THE MAN WHO BELIEVES IN, TRUSTS IN,
AND RELIES ON THE LORD, AND WHOSE HOPE AND CONFIDENCE
THE LORD IS."
SEE, WHEN WE KNOW WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST,
THAT OUR CONFIDENCE IS NOT IN WHAT PEOPLE THINK,
WHETHER WE GOT INVITED TO THE PARTY,
WHETHER OR NOT WE GOT THE JOB THAT WE APPLIED FOR,
WHETHER OR NOT WE GOT IN THE RIGHT SORORITY AT COLLEGE,
WHETHER WE GOT THE DATE, WHETHER WE GOT THE GUY.
OUR CONFIDENCE IS NOT IN OUTWARD--IT'S NOT THAT
WE DON'T ENJOY THOSE THINGS, THAT WE DON'T WANT THOSE THINGS.
NOBODY LOVES REJECTION BUT WHEN WE KNOW
WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST, WE CAN SURVIVE ALL OF IT
AND STILL KNOW THAT OUR WORTH AND VALUE
IS NOT DETERMINED BY HOW OTHER PEOPLE TREAT US
OR HOW WE LOOK OR WHAT WE OWN OR WHAT KIND OF CAR WE DRIVE
OR WHAT KIND OF SCHOOL WE'RE IN.
C'MON, SOMEBODY GIVE GOD PRAISE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND I'VE DONE A LOT OF STUDY OVER THE YEARS
OF WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST AND, ACTUALLY,
IF YOU PUT INTO YOUR COMPUTER, "KNOWING WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST,"
UP IS GONNA COME ON THE WEB THIS WHOLE LIST OF THINGS
BY JOYCE MEYER WITH SCRIPTURES AFTER EVERY ONE OF THEM
OF WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST.
AND I DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ ALL THIS.
IT'S PAGES AND PAGES LONG, BUT IF YOU LEARN
WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST
AND YOU BEGIN TO STUDY THIS AND MEDITATE ON IT,
AND CONFESS IT EVEN OUT OF YOUR MOUTH
OVER AND OVER, THE MORE YOU DO THAT,
THE MORE YOU START BELIEVING IT AND, BOY, THE DEVIL
BETTER WATCH OUT WHEN YOU REALLY BEGIN TO BELIEVE
WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I'M COMPLETE IN CHRIST.
I'M ALIVE WITH CHRIST.
I'M FREE FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH.
I'M FAR FROM OPPRESSION.
FEAR DOES NOT RULE MY LIFE.
I'M BORN OF GOD AND THE EVIL ONE DOES NOT TOUCH ME.
I'M HOLY AND WITHOUT BLAME BEFORE GOD.
I HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST.
I HAVE THE PEACE OF GOD.
THE GREATER ONE IS LIVING IN ME.
I AM THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.
I HAVE THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND REVELATION,
AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: KNOWING THAT--
NOW JUST LISTEN TO ME, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
KNOWING WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST AND BEING ABLE TO SEPARATE THAT
FROM THINKING THAT YOU GET ALL YOUR WORTH
OUT OF WHAT YOU DO.
SEE, I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS.
YOUR WHO AND YOUR DO ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND YOUR DO WILL NEVER GET FIXED UNTIL YOUR WHO GETS FIXED.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SEE, AND WE GET IT BACKWARDS.
WE WANNA DO THE RIGHT THING SO THEN WE THINK WE ARE SOMEBODY.
THAT'S THE WORLD SYSTEM.
"WELL, WHAT DO YOU DO?"
PEOPLE DON'T ASK--I MEAN, PEOPLE WILL ASK YOU HOW YOU ARE
ONCE THEY GET TO KNOW YOU BUT MOST PEOPLE
WANNA KNOW VERY QUICKLY INTO THE CONVERSATION,
"WHAT DO YOU DO?"
AND IN THE WORLD'S ECONOMY, WHAT WE DO VERY OFTEN
SAYS SOMETHING TO THE PEOPLE ABOUT HOW VALUABLE WE ARE.
BUT IN GOD'S ECONOMY, IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD,
OUR WORTH AND VALUE IS IN BEING HIS CHILD
AND JESUS DYING FOR US AND KNOWING THAT HE LOVES US
AND THEN WHEN WE GET THAT PART RIGHT,
THEN THE DO, WHEN YOU'RE PLANTED IN CHRIST
AND YOU'RE ROOTED IN HIM, THEN THE FRUIT
ON YOUR LITTLE BRANCHES, THE DOING, WILL COME OUT
OF THAT RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU HAVE WITH HIM.
SO YOU CAN'T JUST GET FRUIT BY EFFORT.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN AN ORANGE TREE STANDING SOMEWHERE GOING...
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: TRYING TO MAKE ORANGES?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SO WE CAN'T JUST BE CHRISTLIKE JUST BY EFFORT.
IT HAS TO BE A LOT OF JESUS, A LOT OF THE WORD,
A LOT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND THEN SOME EFFORT ON OUR PART
AND THEN IT ALL STARTS COMING INTO PLACE.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
IF YOU'RE HAVING A HUGE PROBLEM WITH SOMETHING IN YOUR LIFE,
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU DO.
DON'T NECESSARILY TRY HARDER.
SPEND MORE TIME WITH GOD, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ALL RIGHT.
I CAN'T--I WOULD LOVE TO STICK ON THAT FOR A LONG TIME
BUT I CAN'T.
SO "[MOST] BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO BELIEVES IN, TRUSTS IN,
AND RELIES ON THE LORD, AND WHOSE HOPE
AND CONFIDENCE THE LORD IS.
FOR HE SHALL BE LIKE A TREE PLANTED BY THE WATERS
THAT SPREADS OUT ITS ROOTS BY THE RIVER;
AND IT SHALL NOT SEE AND FEAR WHEN HEAT COMES;
BUT ITS LEAF SHALL BE GREEN.
IT SHALL NOT BE ANXIOUS AND FULL OF CARE
IN A YEAR OF DROUGHT, NOR SHALL IT CEASE
YIELDING FRUIT."
DO WE SEE WHAT THAT'S SAYING?
MAN, IF YOU'RE A TREE DEEPLY PLANTED IN CHRIST,
THEN YOU CAN HAVE A WHOLE YEAR OF CONSTANT TROUBLE
AND YOU'LL KEEP BEARING FRUIT.
YOU'LL KEEP BEARING GOOD FRUIT.
KEEP BEARING GOOD FRUIT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ALL RIGHT, WHAT ACTUALLY REALLY HAPPENED
WHEN JESUS DIED AND WAS--
WHEN HE WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD?
ACTUALLY, ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD,
SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING, WHEN HE DIED ON THE CROSS,
YOU WERE ON THE CROSS AND DIED WITH HIM.
WE DIED TO SIN.
SIN DIDN'T DIE BUT WE DIED TO SIN.
THAT MEANS FOR THE BORN AGAIN MAN OR WOMAN OF GOD,
THERE'S A PART OF YOU AND A PART OF ME
THAT DOES NOT WANNA DO WRONG.
YOU WANT TO DO EVERYTHING RIGHT.
WHEN YOU'RE BORN AGAIN, YOU GET A CIRCUMCISED HEART,
WE NO LONGER ARE CIRCUMCISED IN THE FLESH LIKE THEY WERE
UNDER THE OLD COVENANT LAW, BUT OUR HEARTS ARE CIRCUMCISED
AND SO WE WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S WHY, IF YOU THINK SIN MADE YOU MISERABLE
BEFORE YOU WERE BORN AGAIN, YOU JUST GET BORN AGAIN
AND THEN CONTINUE TRYING TO LIVE IN SIN AND SEE
HOW MISERABLE IT MAKES YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME MISERY ON STEROIDS
BECAUSE NOW YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING IN YOU THAT--NOW THERE'S
THIS WAR BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA DO WHAT'S WRONG,
YOU WANNA DO WHAT'S RIGHT, AND IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE WHILE
TO GET THERE, DOESN'T IT?
LITTLE BY LITTLE, GRADUALLY, LITTLE BY LITTLE.
THANK GOD HE SEES US--
HE SEES THE END FROM THE BEGINNING.
ISN'T THAT GOOD, THAT GOD SEES HOW YOU'RE GONNA FINISH
AND HE TREATS YOU AS IF YOU WERE ALREADY THERE
WHILE YOU'RE MAKING THE JOURNEY.
I LOVE IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU HEAR US TALK ABOUT SOMETIMES AND I THINK
IT WAS EVEN IN THAT AD, YOU KNOW, WHEN I STARTED
TEACHING THE BIBLE I STARTED IN SHORT SHORTS
AND BLOWING SMOKE IN EVERYBODY'S FACE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: TEACHING THE BIBLE!
STANDING IN MY LIVING ROOM FLOOR IN SHORT--AND I'M TALKING
SHORT SHORTS, HONEY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SMOKING ONE CIGARETTE AFTER ANOTHER.
AND SEE, I MEAN, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU
THAT THERE MIGHT--SOME REAL, LIKE, DOCTRINAL RELIGIOUS PERSON
WOULD PROBABLY JUST BE WANTING TO STONE ME RIGHT NOW, THINKING,
"THERE IS NO WAY, NO WAY, THAT GOD WOULD USE YOU."
WELL, I WANNA TELL YOU SOMETHING.
I WAS ANOINTED, SMOKE AND ALL.
I WAS ANOINTED.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, YOU KNOW WHY?
NUMBER ONE, I DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER.
I DIDN'T. I DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER.
AND NUMBER TWO, GOD SAW MY HEART AND HE SAW
THAT I WAS WILLING TO CHANGE AND HE SAW NOT JUST
WHAT I WAS AT THAT MOMENT BUT WHAT HE KNEW I WOULD BE
IF HE WORKED WITH ME.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND THAT'S WHAT HE SEES IN YOU.
THAT'S WHAT HE SEES IN YOU.
NOW, IF I WAS STILL DOING THAT, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE
STANDING HERE TONIGHT, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BECAUSE DURING THOSE YEARS,
I DID ONLY TEACH ABOUT 25 PEOPLE IN MY LIVING ROOM FLOOR
FOR 5 YEARS.
HE DIDN'T GIVE ME A CHANCE TO MESS UP TOO MANY PEOPLE, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: ALL RIGHT, SO WHEN IT SAYS WE DIED
WITH HIM, AND WHEN HE WAS RESURRECTED ON SUNDAY MORNING,
WE WERE RESURRECTED.
WE DIED WITH HIM, WE WERE RESURRECTED WITH HIM
TO A BRAND NEW WAY OF LIVING.
WE DIED TO THE OLD WAY OF LIVING AND THE OLD WAYS
OF COMING TO GOD, AND HE OPENED UP
A NEW AND A LIVING WAY.
I LOVE IT.
NOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS WE NO LONGER SERVE GOD
UNDER THE MOSAIC LAW, ALL THE RITUALS, THE RULES,
AND THE REGULATIONS, BUT NOW WE SERVE HIM
THROUGH THE PROMPTINGS AND THE GUIDANCE
AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
WHO HAS COME TO LIVE IN US.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I HAVE BEEN READING, WELL, LET ME REPHRASE THAT.
I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO READ LEVITICUS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THAT--IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME
BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
IT--I MEAN, I HAVE TO--
I JUST SCRATCH MY HEAD.
I AM, LIKE--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, I'M IN THE PART NOW
ABOUT THE SACRIFICES AND HOW THEY HAD TO BE CUT UP
AND WHAT YOU DID WITH THE FAT AND WHAT YOU DID
WITH THE ENTRAILS AND WHAT YOU DID WITH THE HEAD
AND WHO GOT THIS AND WHO GOT THAT,
AND I'M, LIKE...
I WANNA TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
I GET TIRED TRYING TO READ IT.
I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYBODY LIVING IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I JUST-- I CAN'T IMAGINE IT.
NOW, WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY WE'VE BEEN
SET FREE FROM THE LAW?
WELL, WE'RE NOT SET FREE FROM THE MORAL AND THE
ETHIC LAWS OF THE BIBLE, C'MON.
IT'S THE MOSAIC LAWS, THE RITUALS, THE RULES,
AND THE REGULATIONS, ESPECIALLY ABOUT
HOW TO COME TO CHRIST.
YOU KNOW, THEY HAD TO DO THESE WASHINGS
AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS BEFORE THEY COULD EVER
EVEN TALK TO GOD.
AND THEN THEY COULDN'T TALK TO GOD PERSONALLY,
THEY HAD TO TALK TO HIM THROUGH SOMEBODY ELSE.
AND NOW, WHEN JESUS DIED AND THAT VEIL IN THE TEMPLE
SPLIT FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, IT WAS TOO TALL
FOR A MAN TO REACH IT, IT WAS 3 FEET THICK,
IT SIGNIFIED, "I AM OPENING UP
A NEW AND A LIVING WAY.
NOW YOU COME TO GOD YOURSELF IN THE NAME OF CHRIST," AMEN?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS COME TO LIVE IN THOSE
WHO HAVE RECEIVED CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOR,
AND HE BEGINS TO GUIDE US AND LEAD US
FROM THAT INNER LIFE.
SO A LOT TO IT, I CAN'T GO OVER EVERYTHING
BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
I CANNOT IMAGINE WHY ANYBODY WOULD NOT WANT TO HAVE
JESUS IN THEIR LIFE.
I JUST--I TELL YOU WHAT, AND IF YOU THINK,
"WELL, IF, YOU KNOW, IF I BECOME A CHRISTIAN THEN,
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL, YOU WILL HAVE TO GIVE UP A FEW THINGS
BUT IT'S ALL THE STUFF THAT'S KILLING YOU NOW, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: ALL RIGHT, NOW, COLOSSIANS CHAPTER 3.
WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT FIRST, AT THE FIRST FOUR VERSES:
"IF YOU'VE BEEN RAISED WITH CHRIST [TO A NEW LIFE],"
WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN, CORRECT?
IF YOU'RE NOT BORN AGAIN TONIGHT, WE CAN FIX THAT,
BUT YOU'VE BEEN RAISED TO A NEW LIFE.
YOU'RE A NEW CREATURE.
OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY, ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW.
SO OKAY, THEN WHY DO I STILL ACT LIKE I'M NOT SAVED SOMETIMES?
AND THIS IS WHERE IT GETS CONFUSING FOR PEOPLE.
IT'S, LIKE, "WELL, IF ALL THIS STUFF IS MINE,
THEN WHY AM I NOT SEEING IT MANIFESTED IN MY LIFE?"
WELL, IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
WHAT WE HAVE LEGALLY GIVEN TO US THROUGH THE BLOOD OF CHRIST
AND WHAT WE HAVE EXPERIENTIALLY IN OUR LIVES
CAN BE TWO VERY DIFFERENT THINGS IF WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO WALK OUT
WHAT GOD HAS DONE IN US.
AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING, IT TAKES TIME.
GOD WORKS ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF GRADUAL GROWTH.
I'M GONNA READ YOU A SCRIPTURE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES
'CAUSE PART OF THIS TALKS ABOUT THE CRUCIFIXION OF THE FLESH,
DYING TO SELF.
AND PAUL SAID THAT HE WAS CRUCIFIED TO THE WORLD
AND THE WORLD HAD BEEN CRUCIFIED TO HIM.
AND HE SAID, "IT'S NO LONGER I THAT LIVE
BUT CHRIST THAT LIVES IN ME, AND THE LIFE THAT I NOW LIVE
I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD."
AND YOU KNOW, YOU READ THAT AS A YOUNG CHRISTIAN
AND YOU THINK, "OH, IT MUST BE SO WONDERFUL,
SO WONDERFUL."
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
PAUL WROTE THAT 20 YEARS AFTER HIS CONVERSION.
THAT GIVES ME HOPE.
I TELL YOU WHAT, AFTER 20 YEARS, I COULD SAY A FEW THINGS
THAT I COULDN'T SAY YEAR ONE.
SO LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
IT'S NOT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU'VE ARRIVED,
BUT ARE YOU GROWING?
C'MON, ARE YOU GROWING?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WELL, I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE
SPENDING TIME WITH GOD.
YOU KNOW, IT'S THE TIME THAT YOU PUT
INTO SPENDING TIME WITH HIM AND STUDYING THE WORD
THAT'S GONNA MAKE ALL OF YOUR LIFE
START COMING INTO PLACE.
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I HAVE A SPECIAL WORD I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
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JOYCE: THE BIBLE SAYS WE ARE TO BE ROOTED DEEP
IN HIS LOVE AND WE ARE TO BE ROOTED DEEP IN CHRIST
AND WE'RE TO LEAVE THE SHALLOWS AND COME OUT
INTO THE DEEP THINGS OF GOD.
IT'S TIME FOR US TO GO DEEPER AND NOT JUST KEEP
TRYING TO IMPRESS PEOPLE WITH HOW MUCH
OF EVERYTHING WE DO.
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FEMALE: HOW DO WE HOLD ON TO TRUSTING GOD?
FEMALE: HOW CAN I HAVE FAITH IN GOD--
FEMALE: WHEN I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TRUST?
JOYCE: WELL, I'VE HEARD YOUR QUESTIONS ON TRUST
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT GOD CARES FOR YOU.
FEMALE: WHEN EVERYTHING AROUND US IS JUST FALLING APART.
FEMALE: AS YOU CAN SEE, THINGS KEEP GETTING WORSE.
MALE: I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
JOYCE: WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US
SOME VERY SOLID ANSWERS THAT WE CAN LOOK TO IN HIS WORD.
MY HOPE IS THAT MY NEWEST BOOK WILL HELP YOU DISCOVER A TRUST
THAT IS TRULY UNSHAKEABLE.
ANNOUNCER: RECEIVE YOUR COPY OF JOYCE'S NEW BOOK,
"UNSHAKEABLE TRUST," TODAY.
CALL...
OR GO TO 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.
JOYCE: WELL, EVERY DAY WE HAVE THE AMAZING PRIVILEGE
OF SHARING GOD'S LIFE-CHANGING TRUTH
HERE ON TELEVISION WITH PEOPLE JUST LIKE DAPHNE
WHO SHARED ON FACEBOOK HER STORY OF HOW GOD USED THE PROGRAM
TO CHANGE HER LIFE.
THIS IS WHAT SHE SAID: "JOYCE, IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU,
I MIGHT NOT BE ALIVE TODAY.
MY TWIN SISTER PASSED AWAY RECENTLY AND I MADE A PACT
THAT I WOULD JOIN HER.
ALTHOUGH I DID TRY TO TAKE MY LIFE,
I WASN'T SUCCESSFUL AND ENDED UP IN HOSPITAL.
AFTER THAT EXPERIENCE, I STARTED WATCHING
'ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE,' AND MY LIFE
BEGAN TO TURN AROUND.
I STARTED GOING TO CHURCH AND I WOULD WATCH YOU EVERY DAY.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE YOU HAVE MADE IN MY LIFE.
YOU HAVE HELPED ME RECONNECT WITH JESUS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH."
WELL, YOU CAN SEE FROM DAPHNE'S STORY
HOW GOD'S WORD CHANGES LIVES.
HIS LOVE RESTORES AND HEALS.
I WANNA ASK YOU TO HELP ME CONTINUE HELPING PEOPLE
LIKE DAPHNE.
PLEASE CONSIDER SENDING A SPECIAL GIFT TODAY
TO HELP US JUST WITH OUR TELEVISION AIR TIME
AND TO NOT ONLY PAY FOR THE PROGRAMS WE ALREADY HAVE,
BUT TO REACH OUT IN NEW PLACES.
AND YOUR GIFT TODAY WILL GO DIRECTLY
TO THAT TELEVISION MINISTRY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GENEROSITY.
GOD BLESS YOU.
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.
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ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING WAS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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