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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 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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"UNSHAKABLE TRUST" TODAY.
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JOYCE: I AM GONNA TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT THIS WEEKEND ABOUT
BEING WILLING TO LIVE A LITTLE MORE SACRIFICIALLY FOR THE SAKE
OF THE GOSPEL.
LISTEN, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE HERE FOREVER.
JESUS IS GONNA COME BACK AND MAYBE PRETTY SOON, THE WAY
THINGS ARE LOOKING, I DON'T KNOW.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BUT WHEN IT'S OVER, HONEY, IT'S OVER.
THERE'S NO DO-OVERS.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: SO, POINT NUMBER TWO, IF WE WANT TO LOVE PEOPLE THAT
ARE DIFFICULT TO LOVE, THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS PRAY
FOR OURSELVES TO HAVE A PROPER ATTITUDE BEFORE WE EVER BOTHER
TO PRAY FOR THEM TO CHANGE.
AND I'M SERIOUS.
I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO, I DO NOT GO TO GOD AND PRAY FOR MY
HUSBAND TO CHANGE WITHOUT APPROACHING THE THRONE IN THIS
FASHION, "LORD, THIS THING IS REALLY HARD FOR ME AND I
OBVIOUSLY I WOULD LIKE YOU TO WORK IN DAVE'S LIFE."
HI BABE.
HE USUALLY SITS DOWN HERE.
HE'S UP HERE TONIGHT 'CAUSE HE'S GOT A COUGH AND IF HE STARTED
COUGHING, HE WANTED TO ESCAPE QUICKLY, HOWEVER, HE'S NOW
CLOSER TO ME SO IF I SAY MUCH, HE CAN COME UP HERE AND TAKE
THE MICROPHONE.
BUT FIRST I WILL PRAY NOW, "LORD, MAYBE, I'M NOT EVEN
SEEING THIS RIGHT.
I MAY BE THE ONE WITH THE PROBLEM.
AND SO, FIRST OF ALL, DEAL WITH ME."
DON'T EVER GO TO GOD IN PRAYER ABOUT SOMEBODY ELSE'S FAULTS IF
YOU DON'T GO WITH A HUMBLE ATTITUDE, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT'S JUST NOT A VERY SAFE THING TO DO
BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE WE THINK WE KNOW WHAT'S WRONG
WITH SOMEBODY DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DO, AMEN?
OOH, THIS IS BETTER THAN I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE.
PRAY THAT WE WILL SEE OUR OWN FAULTS, BECAUSE IF WE DO IT WILL
MAKE IT MUCH EASIER TO BE PATIENT WITH THE WEAKNESSES OF
OTHERS BECAUSE WHEN WE SEE OUR OWN FAULTS, IT BRINGS A DEGREE
OF HUMILITY INTO OUR LIVES.
MATTHEW 7:3, "WHY DO YOU STARE FROM WITHOUT AT THE VERY SMALL
PARTICLE THAT'S IN YOUR BROTHER'S EYE?"
LET ME GIVE IT TO YOU, I THINK IT'S THE LIVING BIBLE.
"WHY DO YOU STARE FROM WITHOUT AT THE TOOTHPICK THAT'S IN YOUR
BROTHER'S EYE, BUT YOU DON'T BECOME AWARE OF THE TELEPHONE
POLE THAT'S IN YOUR EYE?" [AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND THAT'S--JUST IMAGINE IF THERE WERE
TWO PEOPLE UP HERE, ONE HAD A TOOTHPICK STICKING OUT
OF HIS EYE AND ANOTHER ONE HAD A TELEPHONE POLE STICKING OUT OF
HIS EYE, AND THE GUY WITH THE TELEPHONE POLE STICKING OUT
OF HIS EYE IS TRYING TO CORRECT THE GUY WITH THE TOOTHPICK
IN HIS EYE.
AND ACTUALLY, IF YOU GO AND READ ALL THOSE SCRIPTURES IN
MATTHEW 7, I MEAN, IT GETS REALLY GOOD
BECAUSE HE SAID, "GO FIRST AND GET THE TELEPHONE POLE OUT OF
YOUR OWN EYE, THEN YOU WILL SEE CLEARLY HOW TO TAKE
THE TOOTHPICK OUT OF YOUR BROTHER'S EYE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SEE, WE REALLY--WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO HELP PEOPLE
PROPERLY.
THERE'S NO COMPASSION, NO GENTLENESS IF WE'VE GOT A BIGGER
MESS IN OUR LIFE THAN THEY DO BUT WE'RE BLIND TO OUR FAULTS
AND ONLY SEE THEIRS.
MAYBE THERE'S JUST SOMEBODY LISTENING IN HERE BY TV.
MAYBE YOU COULD JUST THINK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT.
MAYBE YOU COULD JUST THINK ABOUT ALL THOSE PEOPLE YOU DON'T LIKE
AND YOU COULD JUST MAYBE ASK YOURSELF, IS IT EVEN REMOTELY
POSSIBLE?
I MEAN, I KNOW IT WOULD BE VERY REMOTE BUT IS IT EVEN REMOTELY
POSSIBLE THAT I COULD HAVE MORE PROBLEMS THAN THEY DO?
HMM, WELL, I'LL JUST LEAVE THAT WITH YOU.
NOW, YOU'LL LIKE THIS ONE BETTER.
NUMBER THREE, PRAY FOR THE PERSON WHO'S BEING DIFFICULT
TO GET ALONG WITH.
YES, THANK YOU.
BUT DON'T PRAY FOR THEM TO CHANGE JUST TO MAKE IT EASIER
FOR YOU BUT PRAY FOR THEM TO BE ALL THAT GOD WANTS THEM TO BE.
SO, PRAY FOR THE PERSON WITH HUMILITY REALIZING BUT FOR
THE GRACE OF GOD THERE GO I.
ROMANS 12:3, "FOR BY THE GRACE--"
I LOVE WHAT PAUL--HOW PAUL APPROACHES THIS.
HE'S GETTING READY TO CORRECT THE ROMANS AND HE SAYS, "BY
THE GRACE OF GOD, I WARN EVERYONE AMONG YOU NOT TO THINK
MORE HIGHLY OF YOURSELF THAN YOU OUGHT TO."
SO, HE DIDN'T JUST GO IN THERE AND START TELLING THEM OFF.
HE SAID, "LOOK, I'M ONLY COMING TO YOU AND DARING TO TELL YOU
THIS BECAUSE GOD HAS GIVEN ME A GRACE TO DO THIS.
AND SO, I'M TELLING YOU DON'T THINK MORE HIGHLY OF YOURSELF
THAN YOU OUGHT TO.
DON'T HAVE AN EXAGGERATED OPINION OF YOUR OWN IMPORTANCE."
AND, YOU KNOW, HONESTLY AND TRULY, SOMETIMES BEING
JUDGMENTAL OF OTHER PEOPLE, IT IS A MECHANISM THAT WE COME UP
WITH TO NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH OUR OWN PROBLEMS.
AS LONG AS I STAY BUSY THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU,
I DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHAT MIGHT BE GOING ON IN MY
OWN LIFE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, I'VE KIND OF FOUND OUT IN MY MANY YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE OF DOING A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF WRONG, AND
HOPEFULLY LEARNING TO DO A LOT OF IT RIGHT NOW, THAT I REALLY
NEED TO SPEND LESS TIME ON OTHER PEOPLE AND MORE TIME ON ME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
"DON'T HAVE AN EXAGGERATED OPINION OF YOUR OWN IMPORTANCE
BUT RATE YOUR ABILITY WITH SOBER JUDGMENT, EACH ACCORDING TO
THE DEGREE OF FAITH APPORTIONED BY GOD TO HIM."
PRAY FOR PEOPLE--I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU A FEW WAYS
TO PRAY FOR PEOPLE.
PRAY THAT GOD WILL HELP THEM BE ALL HE WANTS THEM TO BE,
TO DO WHAT HE WANTS THEM TO DO.
PRAY THAT GOD WILL OPEN THEIR EYES THAT THEY ACTUALLY CAN SEE
AND RECOGNIZE WHEN THEY HURT OTHER PEOPLE.
'CAUSE THEY DON'T SEE IT.
THEY DIDN'T GET UP THAT DAY PLANNING TO HURT YOU.
PRAY THAT GOD WILL HELP THEM GET TO THE ROOT OF THEIR PROBLEM
BECAUSE BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION IS NOT THE ANSWER.
YOU CAN BE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEBODY AND YOU CAN SAY,
"IF YOU DON'T DO THIS AND THIS, I'M LEAVING."
WELL, MAYBE OUT OF FEAR, THEY'LL STRAIGHTEN UP AND BE ABLE TO
CHANGE SOMETHING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, BUT YOU'VE ALL HAD
THE EXPERIENCE, IT COMES BACK.
IT POPS UP AGAIN SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE JUST BEHAVIOR
MODIFICATION IS NOT WHAT PEOPLE NEED.
THEY NEED A HEART CHANGE.
THEY NEED A NATURE CHANGE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND IF THEY'VE GOT SO MANY PROBLEMS IN THEIR LIFE THAT
THEY CAN'T SEE GOD THEMSELVES, THEN THEY NEED TO SEE US ACT
LIKE GOD.
AND IT IS A SACRIFICE.
I AM GONNA TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT THIS WEEKEND ABOUT BEING
WILLING TO LIVE A LITTLE MORE SACRIFICIALLY FOR THE SAKE
OF THE GOSPEL.
LISTEN, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE HERE FOREVER.
JESUS IS GONNA COME BACK AND MAYBE PRETTY SOON,
THE WAYS THINGS ARE LOOKING, I DON'T KNOW.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BUT WHEN IT'S OVER, HONEY, IT'S OVER.
THERE'S NO DO-OVERS.
AND I WANT TO REALLY MAKE AN EFFORT TO TAKE AS MANY PEOPLE
TO HEAVEN WITH ME AS I POSSIBLY CAN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, IF I HAVE TO KEEP FORGIVING THE SAME PERSON OVER
AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER, OR I HAVE TO KEEP BELIEVING THE BEST,
BELIEVING THE BEST, BELIEVING THE BEST,
BELIEVING THE BEST.
NOW, WE ALL NEED TO SEE A LITTLE PROGRESS, THERE'S NO DOUBT
ABOUT THAT.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN KILL THE MEANNESS IN PEOPLE
WITH KINDNESS.
I MEAN, I PROVED THAT WITH MY OWN FATHER, AND IT'S TOO LONG OF
A STORY TO GET INTO RIGHT NOW BUT MANY OF YOU'VE HEARD ME
TESTIFY ABOUT HOW GOD PUT IT ON MY HEART TO TAKE CARE OF HIM
AND MY MOTHER UNTIL THEY DIED.
AND IF ANYBODY IN THE ROOM THINKS I WANTED TO DO THAT OR
THOUGHT IT WAS FAIR, YOU HAVE GOT ANOTHER THING COMING
BECAUSE I DID NOT.
BUT IT WAS THE SINGLE MOST POWERFUL THING THAT I'VE EVER
DONE IN MY WHOLE LIFE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND MY FATHER'S IN HEAVEN GETTING TO HEAR
THE MESSAGE TONIGHT, SO ISN'T THAT GOOD NEWS?
PRAY FOR DISCERNMENT.
WE NEED MORE DISCERNMENT.
WE ARE TOO MUCH OFF THE TOP OF OUR HEAD.
"YOU DID THIS--" WE NEED TO PRAY FOR DISCERNMENT.
DISCERNMENT GOES DEEPER THAN JUST WHAT WE SEE OR WHAT
WE THINK.
YOU REMEMBER JESUS WHEN THE WOMAN WAS CAUGHT IN ADULTERY
AND THEY WERE TRYING TO TRAP HIM 'CAUSE THEY KNEW HE, YOU KNOW,
WAS THIS BIG LOVE GUY NOW HERE SHE'S BROKEN THE LAW AND THE LAW
SAYS YOU GOTTA STONE HER.
SO NOW, OKAY, MR. LOVE, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA SAY ABOUT THIS ONE?
AND SO, HE KNELT DOWN ON THE GROUND AND THE BIBLE SAYS
HE WROTE IN THE DIRT WITH HIS FINGER.
NOW, WHAT'S THAT ALL ABOUT?
YOU KNOW, WHAT?
AND THEN HE SLOWLY GETS UP AND HE SAYS, "WELL, I'LL TELL YA
WHAT, LET WHICH EVER ONE OF YOU HAS NO SIN THROW
THE FIRST STONE."
YOU KNOW WHAT I BELIEVE HE WAS DOING, THIS IS MY PERSONAL
OPINION BUT I BELIEVE THAT HE WAS TAKING JUST ENOUGH TIME TO
HEAR FROM HIS FATHER ABOUT THE JUST RIGHT WAY TO HANDLE
THAT SITUATION.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN OUR LIVES AND IN OUR FAMILIES INSTEAD OF
JUST...
"WELL, IF YOU DO THAT AGAIN, I'M OUT OF HERE
AND IF YOU--" I MEAN,
WE ALL KNOW THAT DON'T WORK.
I MEAN, WHEN MY KIDS WERE TEENAGERS, I SCREAMED AT THEM
AND MY SON WOULD ROLL HIS EYES AT ME, AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT
I DISLIKED WORSE THAN A TEENAGER WHOSE EYES ROLLED BACK IN THEIR
HEAD EVERY TIME YOU TRY TO CORRECT THEM, OR WHEN THEIR ROOM
LOOKS LIKE A SLOP HOUSE AND YOU SAY, "CLEAN THIS UP,"
AND THEY'RE LIKE, "WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT?"
BUT IT DIDN'T CHANGE 'EM.
YOU CAN SCREAM AT YOUR KIDS TILL YOU DON'T HAVE A VOICE LEFT,
IT'S JUST GONNA MAKE 'EM HATE YOU.
BUT THROUGH MORE DISCERNMENT, THROUGH MORE PRAYER,
THROUGH MORE REALIZING WHAT YOU WERE LIKE AT THAT AGE.
OH, NO, YOU WERE ALL PERFECT WHEN YOU WERE 12 AND 13, 14.
I MEAN, I DID SOME DUMB STUFF WHEN I WAS A KID.
PRAY FOR MORE DISCERNMENT.
TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME WITH THINGS.
WHOO, I'M PRAYING, I'M PRAYING, PRAYING, PRAYING.
YOU CAN PRAY FOR ME.
I'M PRAYING THAT I CAN JUST THINK BEFORE I OPEN MY MOUTH
AND SAY SOMETHIN'.
NOW, NOT UP HERE WHEN I'M PREACHING 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW,
I BELIEVE GOD'S SPEAKING THROUGH ME.
I DON'T HAVE TO THINK.
I JUST OPEN MY MOUTH AND OUT IT COMES.
BUT, YOU KNOW, MAN, WHEN I'M DEALING WITH PEOPLE SOMETIMES
I'M LIKE UH, WHY DIDN'T I JUST SHUT UP FOR A FEW MINUTES?
ALL RIGHT, NUMBER FOUR, YOU'RE NOT GONNA LIKE THIS ONE
BUT IT'S GONNA BE PART OF IT.
NUMBER FOUR WAY TO LOVE PEOPLE THAT ARE HARD TO LOVE,
YOU GOTTA BE READY.
YOU GOTTA GET UP READY TO FORGIVE THEM OFTEN.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE WITH SOMEBODY THAT'S FAIRLY
OBNOXIOUS, THERE'S NOT MUCH OF A CHANCE OF
GETTING THROUGH A WHOLE DAY SO YOU NEED TO MAKE YOUR MIND UP
BEFORE IT EVER STARTS, "I'M GONNA FORGIVE YOU.
YOU ARE NOT GONNA BEAT ME.
THE DEVIL WORKING THROUGH YOU IS NOT GONNA BEAT ME.
I'VE GOT MORE LOVE--"
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "I HAVE GOT MORE LOVE THAN YOU'VE GOT MEANNESS."
HERE AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW.
I LIKE, "OKAY, LET'S BRING IT DOWN A NOTCH.
YOU DON'T NEED TO TALK TO ME LIKE THAT."
AIN'T NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT NOT CONFRONTING PEOPLE'S BAD
BEHAVIOR, BUT WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT IS NOT THEN BUILDING WALLS
AROUND YOURSELF AND KEEPING THEM OUT OF YOUR LIFE THINKING YOU'RE
PROTECTING YOURSELF FROM EVER GETTING HURT AGAIN.
GOTTA KEEP IN MIND THAT IF YOU WALL PEOPLE OUT,
YOU WALL YOURSELF IN.
BE READY TO FORGIVE 'EM OFTEN.
"SEVEN TIMES, I CAN DO SEVEN, LORD."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NO PETER, JUST OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER
AND OVER.
"FORGIVING ONE ANOTHER," EPHESIANS 4:32 SAYS, "FORGIVING
ONE ANOTHER READILY AND FREELY AS GOD IN CHRIST HAS
FORGIVEN YOU."
YOU WILL NEVER AND I WILL NEVER HAVE TO FORGIVE SOMEBODY ELSE
FOR MORE THAN JESUS HAS HAD TO FORGIVE ME FOR.
EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY.
ALL RIGHT, NUMBER FIVE, BE WILLING TO COVER THEIR SIN.
1 PETER 4:8, "ABOVE ALL THINGS HAVE INTENSE AND UNFAILING LOVE
FOR ONE ANOTHER, FOR LOVE COVERS A MULTITUDE OF SINS [FORGIVES
AND DISREGARDS THE OFFENSES OF OTHERS]"
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO COVER SOMEBODY'S SIN?
WELL, I BELIEVE IT MEANS DON'T EXPOSE THEIR FAULTS TO
SOMEBODY ELSE.
GONNA READ YOU A STORY IN GENESIS 9 ABOUT NOAH
AND HIS SONS.
TEN VERSES, YOU THINK YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH TEN VERSES HERE?
"THE SONS OF NOAH WHO WENT FORTH FROM THE ARK WERE SHEM, HAM,
AND JAPHETH.
HAM WAS THE FATHER OF CANAAN WHO WAS [BORN LATER]
THESE ARE THE THREE SONS OF NOAH, AND FROM THEM THE WHOLE
EARTH WAS OVERSPREAD AND STOCKED WITH INHABITANTS.
AND NOAH BEGAN TO CULTIVATE THE GROUND, AND HE PLANTED
A VINEYARD."
THIS IS AFTER THE FLOOD AND NOW THE FLOOD'S GONE SO NOW THEY'RE
GONNA START LIFE ALL OVER AGAIN.
AND HE PLANTS A VINEYARD.
"AND HE DRANK OF THE WINE AND GOT DRUNK, AND HE WAS UNCOVERED
AND LAY NAKED IN HIS TENT."
YES, NOAH WAS A GREAT MAN, BUT HE HAD FAULTS.
"AND HAM, THE FATHER OF CANAAN, WHO WAS NOT BORN YET, GLANCED AT
AND SAW THE NAKEDNESS OF HIS FATHER AND RAN AND TOLD HIS
TWO BROTHERS.
SO THOSE TWO BROTHERS SHEM AND JAPHETH TOOK A GARMENT, LAID IT
ON THEIR SHOULDERS, AND WENT BACKWARD INTO THE TENT AND
COVERED THE NAKEDNESS OF THEIR FATHER; AND THEIR FACES WERE
BACKWARD, MAKING THE POINT TWICE THAT THEY DIDN'T EVEN LOOK AT
HIS NAKEDNESS."
SO, ONE SON EXPOSED IT, TWO COVERED IT.
"WHEN NOAH AWOKE FROM HIS WINE, AND KNEW THE THING THAT HIS
YOUNGEST SON HAD DONE, HE EXCLAIMED, CURSED BE CANAAN!"
THE CHILD WHO WOULD BE BORN LATER, "HE SHALL BE THE SERVANT
OF SERVANTS TO HIS BRETHREN!
AND HE ALSO SAID, BLESSED BE THE LORD, THE GOD OF SHEM!
AND BLESSED BY THE LORD OF MY GOD--AND BLESSED BY THE LORD
MY GOD BE SHEM!
AND LET CANAAN BE HIS SERVANT.
MAY GOD ENLARGE JAPHETH; AND LET HIM DWELL IN THE TENTS OF SHEM,
AND LET CANAAN BE HIS SERVANT.
AND NOAH LIVED AFTER THE FLOOD ANOTHER 350 YEARS."
SO, WHAT'S HE SAYING?
HE BLESSED THE SON AND THE FUTURE CHILDREN OF
THE TWO WHO COVERED HIS SIN.
A BLESSING WILL COME IN YOUR LIFE IF YOU KEEP WHAT PEOPLE DO
TO YOU BETWEEN YOU AND GOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IT'S HARD 'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO HURT BY OURSELF.
WHEN WE'RE HURTING, WE WANNA TELL SOMEBODY.
"YOU ARE NOT GONNA BELIEVE."
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
THIS HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE, WHEN PEOPLE TELL ME ANYTHING
UNKIND OR UNGODLY ABOUT SOMEBODY ELSE, IT IS VERY CHALLENGING
EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T DO IT TO ME, FOR IT NOT TO IN SOME WAY,
SHAPE, OR FORM, AFFECT MY ATTITUDE TOWARD THAT PERSON.
AND WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.
IF YOU STUDY THE WORDS "BLESS" AND "CURSE," PART OF THE ROOT
DEFINITION OF THE WORD "BLESS" ACTUALLY SAYS IN THE GREEK TO
SPEAK WELL OF AND TO CURSE MEANS TO SPEAK EVIL OF.
THE BIBLE TELLS US NOT TO BE TALEBEARERS, NOT TO BE
FAULTFINDERS.
NOW, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING
SOMEBODY HAS DONE, OBVIOUSLY.
WE HAVE TO DO THAT AT THE MINISTRY SOMETIMES.
SOMEBODY'S DONE THUS AND SO AND THUS AND SO, WE'VE GOTTA DEAL
WITH IT.
WE GOT A PROBLEM, LEADERSHIP HAS TO TALK ABOUT IT.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT NOT DEALING WITH THINGS THAT NEED TO
BE DEALT WITH BUT I AM TALKING ABOUT NOT GOSSIPING AND JUST
SPREADING STUFF ABOUT PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE WE'RE ANGRY AND WE
JUST REALLY DON'T WANT ANYBODY ELSE TO THINK WELL OF THEM
EITHER.
ISN'T IT AGGRAVATING WHEN SOMEBODY HAS REALLY HURT YOU AND
YOU HEAR SOMEBODY ELSE TALKING ABOUT WHAT A GREAT GUY THEY ARE?
I MEAN, YOU TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WILL GRATE ON YOU.
YOU'RE LIKE, "YEAH WELL, I CAN TELL YOU A FEW THINGS."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I'LL TELL YOU A GREAT PRAYER YOU GOTTA PRAY
ALL THE TIME.
"LORD, HELP ME KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT, HELP ME KEEP MY MOUTH
SHUT.
GOD, HELP ME KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT.
PLEASE GOD, PLEASE, HELP ME KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT."
THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PRAYERS.
"LORD, HELP ME MY--MMM, MMM, MMM."
SO, ISN'T THAT AMAZING?
HE BLESSED, NOT JUST THE TWO BOYS,
BUT THEIR DESCENDANTS.
I DON'T KNOW, IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT WHAT WE DO AFFECTS
OUR KIDS?
OF COURSE IT DOES.
YOU GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE, THEY'RE GONNA DO THE SAME THING.
ALL RIGHT NOW, NUMBER SIX WAS BLESS AND DO NOT CURSE THEM,
WHICH WE'VE KIND OF COVERED.
BUT ROMANS 12:14 SAYS, "BLESS THOSE WHO PERSECUTE YOU [WHO ARE
CRUEL IN THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARD YOU]; BLESS AND DO NOT CURSE
THEM."
AND AS I SAID, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT IS NECESSARY
TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING, LET'S LOOK AT THE MATTHEW 18:15, "AND
IF YOUR BROTHER WRONGS YOU, GO AND SHOW HIM HIS FAULT,
BETWEEN YOU AND HIM PRIVATELY.
AND IF HE LISTENS TO YOU, YOU HAVE WON BACK YOUR BROTHER."
THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY, "IF HE DOES NOT LISTEN, TAKE ONE MORE
WITH YOU.
IF HE STILL DOESN'T LISTEN, TAKE TWO OR THREE.
IF HE STILL DOESN'T LISTEN, TELL IT TO THE CHURCH."
ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS FOR ME IS WHEN SOMEBODY COMES TO ME,
MAYBE ESPECIALLY IF IT'S SOMEBODY THAT WORKS FOR ME OR
EVEN IF IT'S MAYBE A FAMILY SITUATION SOMETIMES.
"NOW, SO AND SO AND SO DID THUS AND SO AND THUS AND SO."
WELL, NOW IT'S SOMETHING I CAN'T LET GO KNOWING THAT THEY DID IT,
I GOTTA DEAL WITH IT.
AND THEN COMES THE SENTENCE I HATE, "BUT DON'T TELL 'EM YOU
GOT IT FROM ME."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL, DON'T GO GIVING SOMEBODY ELSE A PROBLEM IF YOU
DON'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO DEAL WITH IT YOURSELF.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ALL THAT AMOUNTS TO IS, "I DON'T WANT THEM GETTING
MAD AT ME BUT IT'S OKAY WITH ME IF YOU GET MAD AT YOU."
WELL, SO THEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE ME OUT A LIAR 'CAUSE WHAT I
AM GONNA SAY WHEN THEY SAY, "WHO TOLD YOU?"
LET ME SAY AGAIN, SO MANY PROBLEMS COULD BE AVOIDED IF WE
WOULD GO IN A RIGHT SPIRIT, A SPIRIT OF HUMILITY,
A SPIRIT OF LOVE.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNED TO DO, AND THIS IS
JUST A GOOD THING TO DO, WHETHER YOU'RE GONNA CORRECT YOUR KIDS
OR SOMEBODY ELSE YOU HAVE AUTHORITY OVER, INSTEAD OF JUST
GOING RIGHT INTO WHAT THEY DID WRONG, YOU MIGHT WANNA START BY
TELLING THEM A FEW THINGS THEY DID RIGHT.
THEN I LIKE TO DO THIS TOO, I LIKE TO SOMEWHERE IN THE
CONVERSATION TELL THE PERSON SOME OF THE STUPID STUFF I'VE
DONE IN MY LIFE, THEN TALK TO THEM ABOUT THEIR STUPID STUFF.
IT ACTUALLY DOES HELP.
IT REALLY DOES HELP.
"I KNOW I HAVE PROBLEMS, I'VE MADE PLENTY OF MISTAKES MYSELF
AND LISTEN, THERE'S A TON OF THINGS THAT YOU'RE GREAT AT,
YOU DO RIGHT, BUT WE DO HAVE AN ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO
TALK ABOUT."
IT'S DIFFERENT THAN GOING IN A ROOM AND STARTING TO RAIL ON
SOMEBODY ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE WRONG.
IS ANYBODY AGREEING WITH THIS?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NUMBER SEVEN, THIS IS KIND OF AN OUCHIE ONE TOO.
IF THE OPPORTUNITY ARISES, HELP THE PERSON THAT HAS BEEN
DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH WHEN THEY HAVE A NEED.
LUKE 6:27 THROUGH 32, THIS IS GONNA TAKE 5 VERSES.
"BUT I SAY TO YOU WHO ARE LISTENING NOW TO ME: [IN ORDER
TO HEED, MAKE IT A PRACTICE TO]
LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, TREAT WELL (DO GOOD TO, ACT NOBLY TOWARD)
THOSE WHO DETEST YOU AND PURSUE YOU WITH HATRED, INVOKE
BLESSINGS UPON AND PRAY FOR THE HAPPINESS--"
"LORD, ARE YOU SURE YOU MEANT HAPPINESS?"
BUT SEE, HERE'S THE THING THAT GOD'S TAUGHT ME ABOUT THAT, WHEN
YOU PRAY FOR SOMEBODY THAT'S LIVING WRONG TO BE BLESSED OR TO
BE HAPPY, THERE'S NO WAY THEY CAN BE WITHOUT CONFRONTING THEIR
ISSUES.
SO, IT'S REALLY A SNEAKY, KIND OF A SPIRITUAL WAY OF SAYING,
"LORD, MAKE 'EM FACE THEIR STUFF."
JOYCE: WELL, IF PEOPLE WOULD JUST DO WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO
DO, EVERYTHING WOULD RUN SMOOTHLY, BUT WE KNOW THAT'S NOT
ALWAYS THE CASE.
TODAY WE'RE OFFERING YOU "HOW TO LOVE PEOPLE
THAT ARE HARD TO LOVE."
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HAVE A GREAT DAY AND REMEMBER, BE KIND TO EVERYBODY YOU MEET.
JOYCE: I WISH THAT THE BIBLE SAID, "LOVE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
LOVABLE," BUT IT DOESN'T.
WE HAVE TO SOMEHOW LEARN HOW TO LOVE PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY
DIFFICULT TO LOVE.
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