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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: EVERYTHING AROUND US IS JUST FALLING APART.
FEMALE: AS YOU CAN SEE, THINGS JUST 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 UNSHAKABLE.
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[MUSIC]
JOYCE: STUDYING THE WORD OF GOD IS LIFE-CHANGING.
READING THE BIBLE IS GOOD, BUT STUDYING IT IS LIKE SO MUCH
BETTER THAN JUST READING.
AND SO, I'M ON A MISSION TO HELP PEOPLE LEARN TO STUDY GOD'S WORD
AND IN DOING THAT, I'VE BEEN TEACHING ON SOME OF THE BOOKS OF
THE BIBLE AND I'M ACTUALLY GONNA TURN THEM INTO BOOKS THAT I'VE
WRITTEN.
SO, WE ACTUALLY ARE IN THE--RIGHT TOWARD THE END OF
COLOSSIANS CHAPTER 3, BUT DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT YOU'RE GONNA FEEL
LOST BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT.
THERE'S SO MANY GREAT LESSONS IN EVERY CHAPTER THAT YOU'RE GONNA
GET A LOT OUT OF THIS.
SO, COLOSSIANS 3:16, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, COLOSSIANS 3:15 SAYS,
"LET THE PEACE OF GOD RULE IN YOUR HEART AS AN UMPIRE."
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SOME SITUATIONS IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT
NOW, YOU DID THINGS THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE PEACE ABOUT AND NOW
YOU'RE PAYING THE PRICE FOR IT?
OKAY, SO, WE'RE GONNA LEARN FROM THAT MISTAKE TO FOLLOW PEACE.
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST PRIMARY WAYS THAT WE HEAR FROM GOD.
PEOPLE ALWAYS WONDER, "WELL, HOW CAN I HEAR FROM GOD?
HOW CAN I HEAR FROM GOD?
HOW CAN I KNOW WHAT GOD'S WILL IS?"
WELL, THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT GOD LEADS US BUT PEACE
HAS TO BE THE UMPIRE IN OUR HEART.
THEN COLOSSIANS 3:16 SAYS, "LET THE WORD
[SPOKEN BY] CHRIST (THE MESSIAH) HAVE ITS HOME [IN YOUR HEARTS
AND MINDS] AND LET IT DWELL IN YOU IN [ALL ITS] RICHNESS, AS
YOU TEACH AND ADMONISH AND TRAIN ONE ANOTHER IN ALL INSIGHT
AND INTELLIGENCE AND WISDOM [IN SPIRITUAL THINGS, AND AS YOU
SING] PSALMS AND HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS, MAKING
MELODY TO GOD WITH [HIS] GRACE IN YOUR HEART."
NOW, I DON'T DO THE SINGING TOO WELL, SO I JUST HUM.
I'M PRETTY GOOD AT HUMMING, MAKING MELODY IN MY HEART.
YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS TALKING ABOUT REALLY?
IT'S TALKING ABOUT LIVING YOUR DAILY LIFE, KEEPING THINGS
INSIDE IN YOUR SOUL PRETTY SIMPLE.
IN OTHER WORDS, MEDITATE ON THE WORD OF GOD, THINK ABOUT
THE WORD.
NOW, JUST ASK YOURSELF, HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU ACTUALLY SPEND
THROUGHOUT THE DAY LETTING SCRIPTURE ROLL OVER AND OVER IN
YOUR MIND?
YOU KNOW, WE HEAR ALL THE TIME MEDITATE ON THE WORD BUT HEARING
SOMETHING DOESN'T DO US ANY GOOD IF WE DON'T DO IT.
ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO GET ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN THE TRUTH
OF A SCRIPTURE IS TO TAKE EVEN ONE OR TWO OF THEM AND JUST
THROUGHOUT THE DAY MEDITATE ON AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS.
IT'S LIKE MEDITATING ON THE WORD IS EQUIVALENT TO CHEWING YOUR
FOOD.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO TO CHURCH AND YOU CAN GET A SERMON AND YOU
CAN SWALLOW THAT DOWN BUT IF YOU WILL TAKE ONE OR TWO PRINCIPLES
THAT YOU HEARD AND YOU WILL THEN CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT THAT AND
MEDITATE ON THAT, THINK ABOUT IT AND MEDITATE ON IT, IT WOULD BE
THE DIFFERENCE LIKE IN SWALLOWING YOUR FOOD WHOLE OR
ACTUALLY CHEWING IT WELL SO YOU GET THE NUTRITION OUT OF IT.
SOME PEOPLE GET INDIGESTION BECAUSE THEY DON'T CHEW THEIR
FOOD AND SOME OF US MAYBE HAVE WORD INDIGESTION.
WE'VE GOT SO MUCH OF THE WORD IN US FLOATING AROUND IN OUR HEAD
BUT WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY GETTING THE BENEFIT OUT OF IT THAT WE
SHOULD.
DO YOU KNOW AS MUCH WORD AS THERE IS THAT GOES FORTH IN THE
EARTH TODAY, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSE FOR THE CHURCH TO BE
SO IMMATURE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, IT'S REALLY--I MEAN THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT
CHRISTIANS, A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE THAT REPRESENT GOD WELL
AND JUST SO HONORABLE BUT THERE ARE SO MANY DINGBAT CHRISTIANS
THAT JUST RUN AROUND WITH THEIR BUMPER STICKERS AND THEIR
CHRISTIAN JEWELRY AND HAVE BEHAVIOR THAT IS JUST ABSOLUTELY
UNBELIEVABLE.
AND PART OF IT IS IS BECAUSE WE GET MIXED UP THINKING WELL, IF
WE GOT IT UNDERLINED, WE KNOW IT.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU CAN COLOR IN YOUR BIBLE ALL DAY LONG, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU
KNOW ANYTHING.
THE ONLY WAY THAT WE KNOW THAT WE KNOW IS IF WE'RE DOING IT IN
OUR EVERYDAY LIFE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, DON'T SPEND YOUR DAY WORRYING.
WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE OF YOU?
ASK YOURSELF, "WHAT'S MY INNER LIFE LIKE?"
DON'T SPEND YOUR DAY WORRYING.
DON'T SPEND YOUR DAY THINKING ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG
WITH EVERYBODY YOU KNOW.
UH-OH, REWIND.
DON'T SPEND YOUR DAY THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH
EVERYBODY YOU KNOW.
COME ON, JUST BECAUSE THE ENEMY OFFERS US A THOUGHT THAT DOESN'T
MEAN WE HAVE TO TAKE IT AND MEDITATE ON IT.
REPLACE THE STINKING THINKING WITH SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES IN
GOD'S WORD.
YOU KNOW, IN MY NATURAL ME, WHICH THANK GOD THAT OLD ME IS
DEAD, I JUST HAVE TO REMIND IT ONCE IN A WHILE THAT IT IS.
I WOULD TEND TO BE MAYBE A BIT SUSPICIOUS LIKE WELL, JUST,
YEAH, WELL, WHAT ARE YOU REALLY AFTER?
WELL, YEAH WELL, WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT?
AND, YOU KNOW, VERY OFTEN MAYBE SOME KIND OF A BAD THOUGHT WILL
COME INTO MY MIND ABOUT SOMEBODY, AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
A BAD THOUGHT BEING PUT INTO YOUR MIND IS NOT SIN, IT'S WHAT
YOU DO WITH IT AFTER THE ENEMY PUTS IT IN THERE.
DO YOU TAKE IT AS YOUR OWN AND CONTINUE TO MEDITATE ON IT?
DO YOU KNOW THAT CAN JUST GET YOURSELF IN AN ABSOLUTE
EMOTIONAL TANTRUM JUST BY THINKING WRONG THINGS?
I MEAN, ANY ONE OF US CAN SIT DOWN AND GET OURSELVES EXTREMELY
UPSET ANY TIME WE WANT TO JUST BY THINKING ABOUT ALL THE THINGS
THAT WE DON'T LIKE AND ALL THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO THAT
IRRITATE US.
YOUR THOUGHTS DO BELONG TO YOU AND YOU CAN CHOOSE WHAT YOU
WANNA THINK.
AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS TIMES WHEN I WILL HAVE TO SAY, NOPE,
LOVE ALWAYS BELIEVES THE VERY BEST.
LOVE IS PATIENT, LOVE IS KIND, LOVE IS HUMBLE, LOVE IS NOT
JEALOUS.
LOVE ALWAYS BELIEVES THE VERY BEST.
REMINDING YOURSELF OF WHAT THE WORD HAS TO SAY IS WHAT HELPS IT
GET ROOTED DOWN ON THE INSIDE OF YOU SO EVENTUALLY THEN THE FIRST
RESPONSE IS NOT TO THINK THE WORST THING, BUT THE FIRST
RESPONSE BEGINS TO THINK THE BEST THING, AMEN?
AND I'M NOT MUCH OF A SINGER, BUT I CAN TELL YA, GOD'S GIVEN
US MUSIC FOR A GREAT PURPOSE AND IT IS HELPFUL JUST TO EVEN--I
MEAN IF YOU CAN SING, THAT'S GREAT, BUT IF YOU CAN'T, THEN
YOU CAN HUM.
YOU CAN MAKE MELODY IN YOUR HEART UNTO THE LORD AND IT KEEPS
ALL THE OTHER JUNK OUT.
SO, WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE OF YOU?
IF IT'S NOT RIGHT, CHANGE IT.
COLOSSIANS 3:17, "WHATEVER YOU DO,
WHATEVER YOU DO, WHATEVER YOU DO [NO MATTER WHAT IT IS],
DO IT IN THE NAME OF JESUS."
WELL, WELL, HOW MANY THINGS WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE IN OUR LIFE
IF WE SAY, "WELL, I JUST THINK I'LL WATCH THIS MOVIE
IN THE NAME OF JESUS"?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HMM, ARE THOSE GUILTY LAUGHS OR LAUGHS OF AGREEMENT,
I DON'T KNOW.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: EVEN SOMETIMES THE WAY--LET ME JUST MEDDLE
FOR A MINUTE.
EVEN SOMETIMES THE WAY CHRISTIAN WOMEN DRESS IT'S LIKE--
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ANYWAY, I'M NOT GONNA CAMP ON THAT BUT, YOU KNOW, IF
YOU CAN'T--IF WE CAN'T DO IT IN JESUS' NAME, WHEN YOU GO TO
LUNCH WITH A FRIEND, IF YOU CAN'T HAVE THE CONVERSATION
YOU'RE HAVING IN JESUS' NAME, UH-OH.
THESE ARE REAL THINGS--THESE ARE LIFE-CHANGING PRINCIPLES.
PEOPLE SAY, "I WANNA KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY LIFE."
READ THE BOOK.
IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE, AMEN?
"DO EVERYTHING IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS AND IN
[DEPENDENCE UPON] HIM."
DON'T THINK BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING A HUNDRED TIMES AND
YOU'VE GOTTEN PRETTY GOOD AT IT THAT NOW YOU DON'T NEED GOD.
EVERYTHING WE DO, WE NEED TO SAY, "LORD, I DO THIS YOUR NAME
AND I DO IT DEPENDING ON YOU BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I AM NOTHING
WITHOUT YOU."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, THE PART YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR,
"WIVES, BE SUBJECT TO YOUR HUSBANDS."
I WAS TEXTING WITH A FRIEND OF MINE WHO'S--ACTUALLY, HE'S OUR
ATTORNEY AND HE LIVES HERE IN TULSA.
AND I WAS TEXTING WITH HIM THIS MORNING HE SAID, "I CAN'T WAIT
TO COME OUT OF THAT MEETING WITH A SUBMISSIVE WIFE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND DAVE SAID THAT THIS MORNING, "I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO HAVING A SUBMISSIVE WIFE."
I SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M AT THE MAXIMUM OF WHAT YOU'RE EVER GONNA GET SO--"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, THIS IS IT, THERE'S NO MORE TO GET.
I'VE GONE AS FAR AS I CAN GO.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT I WANNA--I DON'T WANNA JUST READ VERSE 18.
I WANNA READ 18 THROUGH 22 BECAUSE I--IT REALLY ANNOYS ME
WHEN PEOPLE KEEP PICKING OUT CERTAIN SCRIPTURES AND MAKING
A BIG DEAL OUT OF ONE THING WITHOUT READING EVERYTHING
THAT'S AROUND IT.
SO, I PERSONALLY AM MORE INTERESTED IN VERSE 19 THAN 18
AND 19 SAYS, "HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES."
FIRST OF ALL, I TOLD DAVE THIS MORNING, I SAID, "YOU KNOW,
I LOVE THE APOSTLE PAUL BUT HE WRITES ALL THIS STUFF ABOUT
WOMEN.
HE DIDN'T HAVE A WIFE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HOWEVER, PETER DID HAVE ONE, HE SAID THE SAME THING
SO WE CAN'T GET OUT OF IT.
SO, "HUSBANDS LOVE YOUR WIVES--" LET'S JUST READ THE WHOLE THING.
"WIVES, BE SUBJECT TO YOUR HUSBANDS [SUBORDINATE AND ADAPT
YOURSELVES TO THEM]," WHEW!
THAT'S HARD TO EVEN READ.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "AS IS RIGHT AND FITTING AND YOUR PROPER DUTY
TO THE LORD.
HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES [BE AFFECTIONATE AND SYMPATHETIC--"
I LOVE THAT.
"AND DO NOT BE HARSH OR BITTER OR RESENTFUL."
THERE'S OTHER SCRIPTURES THAT SAY THAT IF A MAN DOESN'T TREAT
HIS WIFE RIGHT, HIS PRAYERS WON'T GET ANSWERED.
"CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN EVERYTHING, FOR THIS IS PLEASING
TO THE LORD."
I LIKE THAT SCRIPTURE.
"FATHERS, DO NOT PROVOKE OR IRRITATE OR FRET YOUR CHILDREN
[DON'T BE HARD ON THEM OR HARASS THEM], LEST THEY BECOME
DISCOURAGED AND SULLEN AND MOROSE AND FEEL INFERIOR--"
DON'T YOU LOVE THAT?
A PARENT WHO CONSTANTLY IS NEVER SATISFIED WITH WHAT THEIR KIDS
ARE DOING, YOU'RE BUILDING INFERIORITY IN THEM.
YOU'RE MAKING THEM INSECURE.
"AND THEY BECOME FRUSTRATED.
[DO NOT BREAK THEIR SPIRIT.]
SERVANTS, OBEY IN EVERYTHING THOSE WHO ARE YOUR EARTHLY
MASTERS," THAT'S EMPLOYEES OBEY YOUR BOSS, "NOT ONLY WHEN THEIR
EYES ARE ON YOU AS PLEASERS OF MEN, BUT IN SIMPLICITY OF
PURPOSE [WITH ALL YOUR HEART]
BECAUSE OF YOUR REVERENCE FOR THE LORD AND AS A SINCERE
EXPRESSION OF YOUR DEVOTION TO HIM."
NOW, I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU WORK, WHEN YOU GO, YOU NEED TO
GO WITH THE THOUGHT IN MIND THAT YOU'RE THERE TO SERVE GOD.
SO, THEREFORE YOU APPLY ALL THE PRINCIPLES THAT YOU BELIEVE
WOULD PLEASE GOD LIKE EXCELLENCE.
YOU DON'T JUST DO WHAT'S RIGHT WHEN YOUR EMPLOYER'S LOOKING AND
WHEN HIS BACK IS TURNED STAY ON THE PHONE WITH PERSONAL PHONE
CALLS AND DOING ALL YOUR OWN PERSONAL EMAILS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "WELL, BLESS GOD, THEY DON'T PAY ME ENOUGH ANYWAY."
THAT'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
WE DON'T GET TO DO WHAT'S WRONG BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE ISN'T
DOING WHAT'S RIGHT.
SO, REALLY, IN ALL THESE THINGS, WIVES, OBEY YOUR HUSBANDS.
HUSBANDS, TREAT YOUR WIVES RIGHT.
CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS.
PARENTS, TREAT YOUR KIDS RIGHT.
EMPLOYEES, BE GOOD WORKERS.
IT ALL HAS TO BE A COMBINATION.
IT'S TALKING ABOUT--YOU CAN'T JUST PULL OUT, "WIVES, SUBMIT
YOURSELVES TO YOUR HUSBANDS."
YOU KNOW, PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE TODAY IN OUR
SOCIETY IS THINGS ARE SO UPSIDE DOWN COMPARED TO THE WAY
THAT THEY SHOULD BE.
YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE IN WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND THE LIBERALITY OF
WOMEN.
AND EVE WAS TAKEN OUT OF ADAM'S SIDE, NOT OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF
HIS FEET SO HE WASN'T INTENDED TO WALK ALL OVER HER.
SHE WAS TO WALK BESIDE HIM AND THEY WILL BE PARTNERS
TOGETHER.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I BELIEVE IN THAT, BUT TO BE HONEST, SOME WOMEN
HAVE TAKEN IT SO FAR TO SUCH AN EXTREME THAT IT'S NO
LONGER BIBLICAL.
AND THEN MEN, BLESS THEIR DARLING HEARTS, NOT IN ALL CASES
BUT IN SO MANY CASES, MEN WANNA BE THE BOSS BUT THEY'RE NOT
THE HEAD OF THEIR HOME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THEY'RE NOT TAKING THE RESPONSIBILITY THEY SHOULD TAKE.
A LOT OF MEN DON'T WORK TODAY BUT EVEN IF THEY DO WORK, THEN
THEY THINK THAT GIVES THEM A RIGHT TO COME HOME AND PARK
IN A RECLINER FOR THE REST OF THE DAY ALL LEANED BACK DOING
WHAT THEY FEEL LIKE DOING.
WELL, THE WOMEN TAKE CARE OF THE KIDS, THE WOMEN PAY THE BILLS,
THE WOMEN TAKE CARE OF THE REPAIRS, AND THAT'S NOT
THE WAY THAT IT'S MEANT TO BE.
THIS HAS TO BE A COMBINATION.
SO, THE OBVIOUS QUESTION BECOMES--SINCE I'M NOT GONNA
SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS, LET'S GET TO THE OBVIOUS
QUESTION.
OKAY, IF I HAVE A HUSBAND WHO'S NOT TREATING ME RIGHT, THEN AM
I STILL SUPPOSED TO SUBMIT TO THEM?
ALL RIGHT, WELL FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T THINK THERE CAN BE
ONE BLANKET ANSWER.
I CAN'T SAY YES OR I CAN'T SAY NO BECAUSE EVERY SITUATION HAS
TO BE LOOKED AT FOR WHAT IT IS.
MY MOTHER WAS WHAT WOULD APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN A VERY SUBMISSIVE
WIFE WHILE MY FATHER RAN AROUND WITH OTHER WOMEN, CAME HOME
DRUNK VERY OFTEN AND WOULD SLAP, AND HIT, AND SOMETIMES EVEN
BEAT HER.
HE WAS SEXUALLY ABUSING ME AND SHE KNEW THAT AND DID
NOTHING ABOUT IT.
AND I WANNA TELL YOU, THAT IS NOT A SUBMISSIVE WIFE.
THAT IS PASSIVITY, AND LAZINESS, AND STUPIDITY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: GOD HAS NOT CALLED YOU, AS A WOMAN, TO BE PUSHED
AROUND AND TREATED AS IF YOUR OPINION DOES NOT MAKE ANY
DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.
NOW, THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT THING THAN LET'S JUST SAY THAT
MAYBE I HAVE A HUSBAND THAT DOESN'T TREAT ME RIGHT
AND THERE'S SOME THINGS I'M GONNA HAVE TO STAND UP AGAINST.
I DON'T THINK THAT YOU SHOULD LET A MAN TELL YOU THAT YOU
CAN'T GO TO CHURCH, THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
WITH GOD.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S CERTAIN--YOU CAN'T--YOU CAN'T SUBMIT TO
SOMEBODY WHO'S TRYING TO BRING YOU INTO SIN.
REMEMBER IT SAYS TO SUBMIT AS IT IS FITTING IN THE LORD.
SO, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE JUST NOT--GOD'S GOTTA COME
FIRST, AMEN?
GOD HAS GOT TO COME FIRST IN OUR LIVES.
AND SO, THERE'S SOME THINGS YOU'RE GONNA STAND UP AGAINST
AND SAY, "HEY, I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY, BUT I'M JUST NOT
GONNA DO THAT.
THAT'S NOT WHAT GOD WOULD HAVE ME DO AND I'M NOT GONNA DO IT."
BUT THEN ON THE OTHER HAND, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU SHOULD
RESIST EVERYTHING AND START A WAR OVER THINGS THAT YOU COULD
JUST LET GO AND IT DOESN'T MAKE THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE.
AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, AND IT MIGHT BE SURPRISING TO SOME OF
YOU, I ACTUALLY AM A SUBMISSIVE WIFE.
NOW OBVIOUSLY, I'M FEISTY, AND I'VE GOT MY OPINION, AND I'M
A STRONG WOMAN, AND I'M DOING THINGS.
AND, YOU KNOW, DAVE DOESN'T TRY TO RUN MY LIFE AND TELL ME WHAT
TO DO ALL THE TIME BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THERE WAS
SOMETHING THAT I WAS GETTING READY TO DO AND HE SAID LAST
WEEK, "I JUST REALLY DON'T HAVE PEACE ABOUT THAT,"
AND I DROPPED IT.
I LET IT GO.
SO, YOU HAVE TO LEARN THE DIFFERENCE IN STANDING UP
AGAINST SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY JUST NOT THE WILL OF GOD FOR YOU
AND THEN JUST BEING BELLIGERENT ABOUT EVERYTHING BECAUSE,
"BLESS GOD, NOBODY'S GONNA TELL ME WHAT TO DO."
SO HERE AGAIN, THIS WHOLE THING, VERSES 18 THROUGH 22, I THINK
A LOT OF IT IS TALKING ABOUT THE ATMOSPHERE THAT GOD WANTS US
TO LIVE IN.
HE WANTS US TO LIVE IN PEACE.
HE STARTS IN 3:15, "LET PEACE BE YOUR UMPIRE."
SIXTEEN, "KEEP THINGS INSIDE OF YOU PEACEFUL.
MAKE MELODY IN YOUR HEART UNTO THE LORD.
DO WHAT YOU DO IN JESUS' NAME.
DON'T BE DOING THINGS THAT WAR AGAINST YOUR SOUL."
NOW, IN YOUR FAMILIES, "WIVES, BE SUBMISSIVE TO YOUR HUSBANDS.
HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES.
CHILDREN, SUBMIT TO YOUR PARENTS.
PARENTS, DON'T MISTREAT YOUR CHILDREN.
DON'T TAKE YOUR ANGRY, UNDUE CHASTISEMENTS OUT ON THEM.
WHEN YOU GO OUT IN THE WORLD AND YOU GO TO WORK,
BE A GOOD EMPLOYEE.
BE SUBMISSIVE TO THE PERSON THAT'S PAYING YOUR SALARY,"
AND ON AND ON AND ON.
SO, IT'S A PACKAGE AND WE DARE NOT JUST PULL OUT VERSE 18 AND
MAKE A HUGE ORDEAL OUT OF HOW WOMEN NEED TO SUBMIT TO THEIR
HUSBANDS.
AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I THINK SOMETIMES THAT ONE'S BEEN
OVERDONE AND THE REST OF THEM WE HAVEN'T PAID ENOUGH
ATTENTION TO.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, I'M GOING TO MOVE RIGHT ON PAST THAT NOW AND GO ON
TO SOMETHING ELSE.
NOW, HERE'S THING, IF WE'RE ALL SUBMISSIVE TO ONE ANOTHER--SEE,
IF WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT COLOSSIANS 3:16, IT TALKS ABOUT,
"LET THE WORD [SPOKEN BY] CHRIST (THE MESSIAH) HAVE ITS HOME [IN
YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS] AND DWELL IN YOU IN [ALL ITS] RICHNESS,"
NOW WATCH THIS, "AS YOU TEACH AND ADMONISH AND TRAIN
ONE ANOTHER IN ALL INSIGHT."
DO YOU KNOW A HEALTHY BODY OF BELIEVERS THAT ARE ALL IN
COMMUNITY AND TRYING TO LIVE TOGETHER, IT'S NOT JUST
ONE PERSON WHO DOES ALL THE TEACHING?
THEY SAID YOU SHOULD TEACH AND TRAIN ONE ANOTHER
AND ADMONISH ONE ANOTHER.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
IF YOU SEE A BROTHER OR SISTER THAT'S GOING IN A WRONG
DIRECTION, LOVE 'EM ENOUGH TO TELL 'EM THAT "YOU REALLY
SHOULDN'T BE BEHAVING LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY SHOULDN'T BE GOSSIPING ABOUT THAT PERSON.
YOU REALLY NEED TO LET GO OF THAT BITTERNESS THAT'S
IN YOUR LIFE."
DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO EVEN BREATHE A WORD OF
CORRECTION TO ANYBODY THESE DAYS?
"BLESS GOD, NOBODY'S GONNA TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
NOBODY'S GONNA TELL ME WHAT TO DO."
AND SO, IT'S ALL ABOUT AN ATTITUDE THAT WE--THAT WE
LIVE WITH.
HE SAYS, "DO THIS AS A SERVICE TO THE LORD."
OKAY SO, LET ME JUST TELL YA SOMETHING, THERE'S A LOT OF
THINGS THAT I COULD DO BECAUSE I LOVE GOD THAT I WOULDN'T REALLY
WANT TO DO FOR ANY OTHER REASON, AMEN, INCLUDING KEEP MY MOUTH
SHUT SOMETIMES AT HOME.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I MUCH PREFER TO HAVE THE LAST
WORD AND ALWAYS BE RIGHT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOBODY ELSE IS LIKE THAT?
HOW ABOUT YOU, MICHELLE, YOU WANT TO HAVE THE LAST WORD,
BE RIGHT?
AMEN, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF THE LORD, BECAUSE I LOVE HIM AND
IT'S WHAT HE'S ASKED ME TO DO, I--SOMETIMES I EVEN LET DAVE
THINK HE'S RIGHT WHEN I KNOW HE'S WRONG.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I JUST DON'T EVEN TELL HIM ANYMORE BUT I KNOW
HE'S WRONG.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HA, HA, HA.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: ALL RIGHT, COLOSSIANS 3:23,
"WHATEVER MIGHT BE YOUR TASK, WORK AT IT HEARTILY (FROM
THE SOUL), AS [SOMETHING DONE]
FOR THE LORD AND NOT FOR MEN."
DIFFICULT CHOICES ARE MADE EASIER WHEN WE DO THINGS
FOR GOD.
COLOSSIANS 3:24 AND 25, "KNOWING [WITH ALL CERTAINTY]--"
BOY, I LOVE THIS SCRIPTURE.
"KNOWING [WITH ALL CERTAINTY]
THAT IT IS FROM THE LORD [AND NOT FROM MEN] THAT YOU
WILL RECEIVE THE INHERITANCE WHICH IS OUR [REAL] REWARD."
NOW, YOU KNOW WHAT?
PAYDAY'S COMING.
REWARDS FOR RIGHT BEHAVIOR ARE ON THEIR WAY BUT, UH-OH, REWARDS
FOR WRONG BEHAVIOR ARE ALSO ON THEIR WAY.
WE DO REAP WHAT WE SOW.
REWARDS, LET'S TALK ABOUT REWARDS FOR A MINUTE.
IF YOU'RE WILLING TO DO THE THING FOR THE SAKE OF THE LORD
THAT'S HARD FOR YOU TO DO IN THE NATURAL, GOD WILL REWARD YOU
OPENLY, THE BIBLE SAYS, AMEN?
GOD WILL REWARD YOU OPENLY.
I LOVE REWARDS.
HEBREWS 11:6, "GOD IS THE REWARDER OF THOSE WHO
DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM."
HOW MANY OF YOU LIKE PAYDAY?
IT'S EASIER TO DO THE WORK THE CLOSER PAYDAY GETS, RIGHT?
MATTHEW 6, "WHEN YOU GIVE IN SECRET, GOD WILL REWARD YOU
IN THE OPEN.
WHEN YOU PRAY IN SECRET, GOD WILL REWARD YOU IN THE OPEN."
LET'S JUST MAKE A DECISION, AND I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT
THIS A LOT THIS YEAR.
I'VE EVEN TALKED TO A COUPLE PEOPLE ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN JUST GET OURSELVES SO UPSET WHEN WE'RE
DOING THINGS FOR THE WRONG REASON.
IF YOU'RE DOING THINGS BECAUSE YOU EXPECT PEOPLE TO APPRECIATE
YOU, YOU MAY GET DISAPPOINTED A LOT.
BUT IF YOU DO WHAT YOU DO UNTO THE LORD, COME ON, DO WHAT YOU
DO UNTO THE LORD, YOUR REWARD WILL COME FROM HIM.
EVEN WITHIN THE CHURCH, HOW MANY PEOPLE SOMETIMES WILL WORK
REAL HARD IN THE CHURCH AND THEY VOLUNTEER A LOT OF TIME AND,
YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU WORK EVERY SUNDAY IN THE NURSERY AND NOBODY
EVER REALLY SAYS, "HEY THANKS, WE APPRECIATE YOU."
AND SO, YOU BEGIN TO MEDITATE ON THAT, HOW THEY DON'T APPRECIATE
YOU AND YOU'RE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BUT NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN,
YOU'RE GETTING IN A BAD MOOD AND LOSING YOUR JOY.
WELL, YOU NEED TO REWIND AND SAY, "WAIT A MINUTE,
WHY AM I DOING THIS?
AM I DOING IT TO BE APPRECIATED OR AM I DOING IT AS A SERVICE
TO THE LORD?" AND WHAT I DO UNTO HIM, IF, IF,
IF, EVERYBODY SAY, "IF."
IF I DO IT WITH A GOOD ATTITUDE, THEN MY REWARD WILL COME
FROM HIM.
MY REWARD WILL COME FROM HIM.
JOYCE: WELL, TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT.
WHATEVER YOU FIND YOURSELF DOING, SAY, "I'M GOING TO DO
THAT FOR THE LORD AND NOT FOR PEOPLE,"
AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOUR REWARD WILL COME FROM GOD
AT THE RIGHT TIME.
IT WILL MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN YOU ENJOYING EVERY DAY OF
YOUR LIFE.
WELL TODAY, WE TOUCHED ON JUST A SMALL PORTION OF COLOSSIANS BUT
YOU CAN GET THE ENTIRE STUDY WITH TODAY'S OFFER,
COLOSSIANS ACTION PLAN.
FOUR TEACHINGS ON CD AND DVD, THE COLOSSIANS BOOKLET,
AND THE STUDY GUIDE.
I HOPE THAT YOU REALLY ENJOY YOUR TIME OF STUDYING
GOD'S WORD.
GOD BLESS YOU.
ANNOUNCER: FOR A LIMITED TIME, WE'RE OFFERING
"A BIBLE STUDY OF COLOSSIANS" ACTION PLAN,
JOYCE'S TEACHING THROUGH THE BOOK OF COLOSSIANS.
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 KEEPING TRYING TO
IMPRESS PEOPLE WITH HOW MUCH OF EVERYTHING WE DO.
ANNOUNCER: WITH THIS ACTION PLAN, YOU'LL RECEIVE A PERSONAL
STUDY GUIDE, THE BOOK OF COLOSSIANS BOOKLET, AND
FOUR TEACHINGS ON CD AND DVD.
THE BOOK OF COLOSSIANS IS TRULY A MANUAL FOR UNDERSTANDING
EVERYTHING WE HAVE IN CHRIST.
AS YOU SPEND TIME IN STUDY, DISCOVER HOW IT CAN GUIDE YOU
TO BECOMING MORE LIKE HIM, REFLECTING ON HIS LOVE, JOY,
PEACE AND STABILITY TO THE WORLD AROUND YOU.
"A BIBLE STUDY OF COLOSSIANS" ACTION PLAN, ALL OF THIS CAN BE
YOURS FOR A GIFT OF...OR MORE.
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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
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