ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: OKAY NOW, I THINK THAT SOMETIMES WE DO DOUBT GOD BUT I
THINK MORE THAN WE DOUBT GOD, WE DOUBT OURSELVES.
SO, WE'RE GONNA TALK A LOT TONIGHT ABOUT SELF-DOUBT.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WE DON'T DOUBT THAT GOD CAN DO IT,
BUT WILL HE DO IT FOR ME?
I DON'T DOUBT THAT HE MIGHT DO IT FOR YOU,
BUT WILL HE DO IT FOR ME?
AND SO, IN JAMES CHAPTER 1, THE BIBLE TEACHES US,
BEGINNING IN VERSE 5, HE'S ALREADY BEEN TALKING
ABOUT TRIALS, AND TRIBULATIONS, AND THE PROBLEMS THAT
WE HAVE BUT THEN HE BASICALLY SAYS THAT--WHEN YOU'RE
HAVING PROBLEMS OF ANY KIND, EVEN IF YOU DON'T DESERVE IT,
YOU CAN GO TO GOD AND YOU CAN ASK HIM BOLDLY TO HELP YOU
AND HE WILL HELP YOU.
AND I LOVE THIS IN THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE, "WITHOUT
REPROACH OR FAULT FINDING."
IN OTHER WORDS HE DOESN'T SAY, "WELL, I'M NOT GONNA HELP YOU,
YOU'VE BEEN THIS THAT OR SOMETHING ELSE.
WELL, I'LL HELP YOU BUT LET ME REMIND YOU OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE."
THAT'S WHAT REPROACH IS AND GOD'S NOT LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE'RE LIKE THAT AS PARENTS.
KIDS WILL GET IN TROUBLE AND THEY COME AND THEY NEED MOM TO
HELP OR DAD, "WELL, ALL RIGHT, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT YOU
TO FORGET."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW HOW WONDERFUL I'M BEING
IN HELPING YOU BECAUSE YOU REALLY DON'T DESERVE MY HELP."
BUT AREN'T WE GLAD THAT OUR HEAVENLY FATHER'S NOT LIKE THAT?
HE HELPS US WITHOUT REPROACH AND WITHOUT FAULT FINDING.
NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE DOESN'T CORRECT US.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE DOESN'T DEAL WITH OUR SILLINESS
AND OUR FOOLISHNESS BUT ANYTIME THAT YOU'RE IN TROUBLE,
GOD IS GOING TO HELP YOU.
SO, EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE NOT BEEN GOOD AND YOU DON'T DESERVE
HIS HELP, YOU STILL NEED TO GO BOLDLY TO THE THRONE AND ASK
GOD TO GET INVOLVED IN YOUR SITUATION AND HELP YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, THE WORD "DOUBT" DEFINED IN THE GREEK DICTIONARY,
WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE THIS WAS TAUGHT IN, MEANS TO BE
WITHOUT A WAY WHICH WE'RE NEVER WITHOUT A WAY BECAUSE JESUS
IS THE WAY.
SO, WHEN YOU HEAR THAT PHRASE, "NO WAY, THERE'S JUST NO WAY,
THERE'S NO WAY THIS IS GONNA WORK," THAT'S A GOOD TIME TO
OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND SAY, "JESUS IS THE WAY SO THERE IS A WAY.
I MAY NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT HE DOES."
TO BE WITHOUT RESOURCES.
AND THIS NEXT PART OF THIS DEFINITION, TO BE HONEST,
I HAD TO THINK THIS ONE OVER FOR A WHILE.
I ACTUALLY HAD TO FINALLY PRAY AND JUST SAY,
"GOD, WHAT'S WITH THAT?" PART OF THE DEFINITION OF
THE WORD TO DOUBT MEANS TO BE EMBARRASSED.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK THAT REFERS TO?
I THINK THAT SOME OF THE REASON WHY WE WAVER BACK AND FORTH
AND WE THINK, "WELL, YEAH, I'M GONNA DO THIS.
WELL NO, I'M NOT GONNA DO THIS.
WELL YEAH, I'M GONNA DO THIS.
WELL, NO, I'M NOT GONNA DO THIS."
I THINK THAT THERE'S A PART OF US THAT IF WE'RE VERY CONCERNED
THAT IF WE'RE WRONG AND GOD DOESN'T COME THROUGH, THAT WE'RE
GONNA BE EMBARRASSED WHEN WE HAVE TO FACE UP
TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE.
AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO BE LIKE THAT.
TO BE IN DOUBT, TO BE PERPLEXED, TO BE AT A LOSS, DOUBT ALSO
MEANS TO STAND IN TWO WAYS OR TO HAVE EVERYTHING JUST ALL UP
IN THE AIR.
AND WHEN YOU'VE GOT A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD,
THINGS ARE NOT EVER OR ALWAYS JUST UP IN THE AIR.
NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT SELF-DOUBT.
FIRST OF ALL, THE BIBLE SAYS IN EPHESIANS 3:12, ONE OF MY
FAVORITES SCRIPTURES, THAT BECAUSE OF OUR FAITH IN JESUS,
WE NOW CAN DARE--EVERYBODY SAY, "DARE."
AUDIENCE: DARE.
JOYCE: THAT WORD IS USED A LOT.
IT'S USED IN EPHESIANS 3:20 THAT GOD IS ABLE TO DO EXCEEDINGLY,
ABUNDANTLY, ABOVE AND BEYOND ALL THAT WE COULD EVER DARE
TO HOPE, ASK, OR THINK.
AND GOD DOESN'T WANT YOU TO HAVE LITTLE FAITH.
HE WANTS YOU TO HAVE BIG FAITH AND HE WANTS YOU TO ASK HIM FOR
AND BELIEVE FOR THINGS THAT YOUR MIND CANNOT GET
IN AGREEMENT WITH.
COME ON.
I MEAN, ONE DAY I WAS PRAYING MANY YEARS AGO AND I FELT LIKE I
WAS SUPPOSED TO PRAY THIS PRAYER THAT SOUNDED REALLY STUPID TO
ME, BUT I WAS GONNA BE DARING.
AND SO, I PRAYED, "GOD, I PRAY THAT THE TIME WILL COME WHEN YOU
WILL LET ME HELP EVERY PERSON ON THE PLANET."
NOW, YOU KNOW, THE VERY NEXT THING I HEARD FROM THE DEVIL
WAS, "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?" SEE, IF YOU REALLY STEP OUT IN
FAITH AND YOU GET DARING AND BOLD IN YOUR FAITH, THE ENEMY'S
GONNA RIGHT AWAY TELL YOU, "WHO DO YOU THINK THAT YOU ARE?"
AND THEN HE'S GONNA START REMINDING YOU OF EVERYTHING
THAT YOU DO WRONG.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I DON'T THINK WE'VE GOT THE WHOLE PLANET YET, BUT WE'RE
MAKING GOING PROGRESS, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, I WOULD RATHER BELIEVE FOR A LOT AND GET
SOME OF IT THAN BELIEVE FOR A LITTLE
AND GET ALL OF IT, SO WHY NOT GO AHEAD AND JUST BE DARING?
WE DARE TO HAVE THE BOLDNESS, THE COURAGE, AND THE CONFIDENCE
OF FREE ACCESS.
I LOVE WHAT THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE SAYS, "AN UNRESERVED APPROACH
TO GOD."
A WOMAN THAT WAS WAITING ON ME IN A STORE ONE TIME, HER AND I
GOT TO TALKING AND I FOUND OUT SHE WAS A CHRISTIAN.
AND I JUST ASKED HER SOME QUESTIONS.
YOU KNOW, I THINK SOMETIMES EVEN IN THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE
WITH PEOPLE AND THE QUESTIONS WE ASK PEOPLE, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW
WE'RE BEING LED BY THE SPIRIT BECAUSE THE QUESTIONS THAT
I ASKED HER LED INTO HER TELLING ME SOMETHING THAT I WAS THEN
ABLE TO HELP HER WITH THAT I BELIEVE MAY HAVE BEEN LIFE
CHANGING FOR HER.
SO, I WAS ASKING HER ABOUT THE STORE.
I SAID, "DO YOU GUYS WORK ON COMMISSION?"
SHE SAID, "NO, WE DON'T WORK ON COMMISSION.
WE'RE SALARIED."
BUT SHE SAID, "WE DO HAVE QUOTAS THAT WE HAVE TO MEET AND IF YOU
DON'T MEET THE QUOTAS, THEN YOU CAN LOSE YOUR JOB."
AND SO SHE SAID, "YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE MANY CUSTOMERS,
IT CAN GET REALLY TOUGH."
AND I SAID, "WELL, DO YOU PRAY AND ASK GOD TO SEND YOU
CUSTOMERS?
DO YOU PRAY AND ASK GOD TO GIVE YOU FAVOR WITH THE PEOPLE THAT
ARE IN THE STORE SO EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, THEY
WOULD REALLY PREFER THAT YOU WAIT ON THEM RATHER THAN
SOMEBODY ELSE?" AND THAT WOMAN LOOKED AT ME LIKE
A DEER LOOKING AT HEADLIGHTS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND I MEAN AND SHE HAD BEEN A CHRISTIAN FOR 30 SOME ODD
PLUS YEARS BUT SHE WAS NOT PART OF A CHURCH THAT TAUGHT HER TO
BE BOLD AND AGGRESSIVE IN HER FAITH.
SO, SHE LOOKED AT ME AND SHE SAID, "WELL, WOULD IT BE OKAY TO
ASKED GOD FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?"
I SAID, "YOU CAN ASK GOD FOR ANYTHING YOU WANT.
THE WORST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN IS YOU WON'T GET IT."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
NOW SEE, IF I NEEDED CUSTOMERS TO MEET MY QUOTA BECAUSE OF WHAT
I'VE BEEN TAUGHT, IT WOULD NEVER OCCUR TO ME NOT TO ASK GOD TO
GIVE ME FAVOR AND SEND THEM TO ME.
WHY SHOULD I STAND AROUND AND LET SOME UNBELIEVER HAVE 'EM
WHEN YOU I'M BELIEVING GOD, "GET THEM OVER HERE TO ME, GOD.
MAKE ME LOOK GOOD."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ARE YOU WITH ME?
BUT SEE, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT IF WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND
THINK BECAUSE OF OUR MISTAKES, WE DARE NOT EXPECT GOD TO DO
THOSE KINDS OF THINGS FOR US.
ARE YOU WITH ME TONIGHT?
ARE YOU GETTING ANYTHING OUT OF THIS?
LITTLE BIT, OKAY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, I MEAN, LISTEN, I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT I KNOW
WHAT FAITH CAN DO BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU, AND I MEAN THIS
SINCERELY, IT'S NOT LIKE A PUTDOWN.
I AM SO NOT QUALIFIED TO DO WHAT I'M DOING.
I MEAN, I JUST AM NOT.
AND I HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE VERY HAPPY TO TELL ME THAT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT THE WHOLE THING IS IS WHATEVER YOU'RE NOT, GOD IS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I LOVE IN THE BOOK OF JOSHUA
WHEN GOD CALLED JOSHUA TO TAKE MOSES' PLACE, WHICH THAT
MUST HAVE BEEN SCARY, HE SAID TO HIM, "I WILL BE WITH YOU AS I
WAS WITH MOSES."
HE DIDN'T SAY GO BE LIKE MOSES.
HE SAID, "I WILL BE WITH YOU AS I WAS WITH MOSES."
MOSES HAD WEAKNESSES THAT GOD FILLED UP.
JOSHUA HAD WEAKNESSES THAT GOD FILLED UP.
I WAS THE LEAST LIKELY PERSON FOR GOD TO ASK TO DO THIS BUT
SOMEWHERE, SOMEHOW, GOD GAVE ME THAT GIFT OF FAITH TO JUST--I
COULDN'T EVEN TELL YOU WHY I BELIEVED IT BUT I JUST BELIEVED
IT AND I COULDN'T LET IT GO AND SO HERE WE ARE TODAY, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: FROM 25 PEOPLE IN MY LIVING ROOM FLOOR FOR 5 YEARS TO
HAVING THE PRIVILEGE OF DOING WHAT I'M DOING TODAY.
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO STOP DOUBTING YOURSELF BECAUSE GOD
DOESN'T DO GREAT THINGS FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE GREAT.
HE DOES THEM BECAUSE HE'S GREAT AND IT SHOWS HIS GREATNESS MORE
WHEN HE DOES THEM THROUGH PEOPLE THAT THE WORLD WOULD THINK,
"REALLY?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I LIKE PEOPLE TO LOOK AND SAY, "WELL, THAT HAS TO BE
GOD BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY KNOW YOU."
COME ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHAT KIND OF A GOOD TESTIMONY WOULD IT BE FOR THAT
WOMAN IF SHE HAD ALL THESE CUSTOMERS AND PEOPLE ARE SAYING,
"WELL, WHAT ARE YOU--HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?"
AND THEN SHE GETS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, "WELL, I PRAY.
YOU SHOULD TRY IT."
ALL RIGHT, JEREMIAH WAS A GUY WHO HIM AND MOSES, I PROBABLY
DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO BOTH OF THESE BUT I MEAN, THEY JUST KEPT
LOOKING AT THEMSELVES INSTEAD OF GOD.
JEREMIAH 1:4 THROUGH 8, "THEN THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO ME,
SAYING, BEFORE I FORMED YOU IN THE WOMB I KNEW
[AND] APPROVED OF YOU [AS MY CHOSEN INSTRUMENT]."
BEFORE HE WAS EVER IN HIS MOTHER'S WOMB, GOD HAD ALREADY
SEEN DOWN THROUGH TIME AND HE SAID, "I KNEW YOU."
AND LET ME TELL YOU, WHEN GOD SAYS HE KNOWS YOU, HE KNOWS YOU
AND I'M TALKING LIKE NOBODY ELSE KNOWS YOU.
YOU KNOW, IN PSALMS IT SAYS THAT EVERY WORD IN OUR TONGUE THAT WE
HAVE STILL NOT YET SPOKEN, GOD ALREADY KNOWS THEM,
ALREADY KNOWS.
HE ALREADY KNOWS EVERY DUMB THING THAT I'M GONNA DO
THE WHOLE REST OF MY LIFE AND HE'S STILL USING ME ANYWAY.
AND HE KNOWS EVERY DUMB--YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO POINT IN
PROMISING GOD PERFECTION.
IT'S NOT GONNA WORK.
YOU KNOW, I USED TO LAY IN BED IN THE MORNING AND MAKE ALL MY
PLANS FOR HOLY DAYS AND IT LASTED TILL I PUT MY FEET ON THE
FLOOR AND ANOTHER HUMAN BEING GOT UP.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, I CAN BE REAL GOOD WHEN THERE'S NO PEOPLE
AROUND BUT WHEN THE PEOPLE COME AROUND, IT GETS TOUGH.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON, ARE YOU WITH ME?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "BEFORE I FORMED YOU IN THE WOMB I KNEW [AND]
APPROVED OF YOU [AS MY CHOSEN INSTRUMENT], BEFORE YOU WERE
BORN I SEPARATED AND SET YOU APART--" WHICH LET ME JUST STOP
AND SAY, YOU'RE SET APART FOR SOMETHING TOO.
"[AND] I APPOINTED YOU AS A PROPHET TO THE NATIONS."
AND THE FIRST THING JEREMIAH SAYS IS, "AH, LORD GOD!
BEHOLD, I CANNOT SPEAK, I AM ONLY A YOUTH."
"I'M TOO YOUNG.
I'M TOO OLD.
I'M A WOMAN.
I'M NOT EDUCATED.
I HAVE NOBODY TO HELP ME.
I HAVE NO MONEY."
MOTHER TERESA SAID, "IF YOU GOT THREE PENNIES AND GOD, YOU CAN
DO ANYTHING," AMEN?
"BUT THE LORD SAID TO ME," VERSE 7,
"SAY NOT, I'M ONLY A YOUTH--" MAYBE GOD'S WANTING TO JUST SAY
TO YOU TONIGHT, "YOU NEED TO STOP SAYING SOME OF THE STUFF
YOU BEEN SAYING."
AND THE WORST THING THAT ANY ONE OF US CAN DO IS TO SAY
DOWNGRADING THINGS ABOUT OURSELVES OUT OF OUR OWN MOUTHS.
I MEAN, YOU CAN'T STOP OTHER PEOPLE FROM TALKING ABOUT YOU,
BUT YOU CAN STOP YOURSELF FROM TALKING ABOUT YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
"SAY NOT, I'M ONLY A YOUTH; FOR YOU SHALL GO TO ALL TO WHOM
I SHALL SEND YOU, AND WHATEVER I COMMAND YOU, YOU WILL SPEAK
TO THEM."
AND I LOVE VERSE 8, "BE NOT AFRAID OF [THEIR FACES]."
WOW, WE JUST GET SO CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT EVERYBODY THINKS,
AND WHAT THEY'RE GONNA SAY, AND WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
THEY'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY AT LEAST IF IT'S YOU,
IT'S NOT SOMEBODY ELSE THEN.
AND I LOVE VERSE 19, "AND THEY SHALL FIGHT AGAINST YOU, BUT
THEY SHALL NOT [FINALLY] PREVAIL AGAINST YOU, FOR I AM WITH YOU,
SAYS THE LORD, TO DELIVER YOU."
COME ON, THEY'RE GONNA FIGHT AGAINST YOU.
WE'RE NOT GONNA SAY THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A FIGHT BECAUSE THERE
WILL BE A FIGHT.
YOU WILL FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH.
AND SOME OF YOU RIGHT NOW FEEL LIKE YOU'VE LATELY BEEN
IN THE FIGHT OF YOUR LIFE, BUT YOU WILL PREVAIL.
YOU WILL PREVAIL IF YOU JUST KEEP SAYING TO YOURSELF, "GOD'S
GONNA COME THROUGH FOR ME.
GOD IS WORKING.
HE'S NOT A LIAR.
HE DOES WHAT HE SAYS HE WILL DO."
YOUR FAITH MAY BE BEING TESTED BUT EVERYBODY'S IS.
PASS YOUR TEST SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT AGAIN.
THERE'S ONE INTERESTING THING ABOUT GOD IN HIS SCHOOL,
YOU NEVER FLUNK OUT.
YOU JUST GET TO KEEP TAKING THE SAME TEST OVER AND OVER AND OVER
TILL YOU FINALLY GET IT RIGHT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: MAYBE YOU'RE GOING AROUND A MOUNTAIN RIGHT NOW YOU
BEEN AROUND 500 TIMES.
WELL, MAYBE IT'S JUST TIME YOU CLIMB OVER IT AND GET THAT ONE
OVER WITH.
OF COURSE, MOSES, I DON'T REALLY HAVE TIME TO DO THIS JUSTICE,
BUT I MEAN GOD CALLED TO HIM AND RIGHT AWAY HE SAID,
"OH, YOU GOT THE WRONG MAN."
AND THEN GOD, "HEY, THROW YOUR ROD DOWN."
HE THREW IT DOWN AND TURNED INTO A SERPENT.
"PICK IT UP."
HE PICKED IT UP, IT BECOMES A ROD AGAIN.
I MEAN, GOD WOULD HAVE HAD ME RIGHT THERE.
IT'S LIKE, WHOA.
AND THEN HE SAID, "PUT YOUR HAND INTO YOUR BOSOM," AND HE DID
AND HE BROUGHT IT OUT AND IT WAS--HE HAD LEPROSY.
AND HE SAID, "PUT IT BACK IN AGAIN."
HE PUT IT BACK IN AGAIN, HE BROUGHT IT OUT AND IT WAS WHOLE.
AND THEN HE SAYS, "SO, IF YOU SHOW THESE SIGNS TO PHARAOH
AND THOSE DON'T WORK, THEN WE'LL JUST PUT A CURSE ON THE NILE
AND TURN THAT INTO BLOOD."
AND HE'S SEEING ALL THESE MIRACLES AND HE STILL KEEPS
GOING BACK TO GOD SAYING, "NO, GOD YOU GOT THE WRONG GUY.
I'M NOT ELOQUENT.
I CAN'T SPEAK.
I'M NOT THE RIGHT CHOICE."
AND JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW GOD WILL MEET YOU WHERE YOU'RE AT,
I DON'T WHY HE DID THIS WITH MOSES, BUT HE FINALLY GOT TIRED
OF HEARING IT.
HE SAID, "OKAY, YOU THINK YOU CAN'T TALK, I'LL GIVE YOU AARON
AND YOU TALK TO HIM AND THEN HE'LL TALK FOR YOU."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: GOD WILL MEET YOU WHERE YOU'RE AT.
COME ON, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET OUT OF DOING WHAT GOD WANTS YOU
TO DO, NOT AND EVER BE COMFORTABLE SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL
JUST GET AROUND TO DOING IT AND GETTING IT OVER WITH, AMEN?
NOW, LET ME TALK TO YOU FOR JUST A MINUTE BEFORE WE CLOSE ABOUT
A VERY CLOSE RELATIVE OF DOUBT, WHICH IS PROCRASTINATION.
MMM, OOH, THAT'S GONNA BE A GOOD PLACE TO END, ISN'T IT?
I LOVE IT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU'RE THROWING OUT A MEAL LIKE THIS
AND PEOPLE ARE GOING, "OH."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW IT'S GONNA BE GOOD.
DAVID, FACING OFF WITH GOLIATH, MY GOODNESS, WHAT KIND OF FAITH
DID THAT TAKE?
IT'S WORTH IT TO GO TO 1 SAMUEL 17
AND READ THAT WHOLE STORY, AND READ IT FREQUENTLY,
AND DIGEST IT, AND DO IT SLOWLY BECAUSE HERE HE'S
THE MOST UNLIKELY.
HE WAS SO UNLIKELY THAT THEY DIDN'T EVEN CONSIDER HIM.
AND HIS BROTHERS WERE ACCUSING HIM AND, BUT HE WAS LOOKING
AT GOD.
HE WASN'T LOOKING AT HIMSELF.
HE WASN'T EVEN REALLY PAYING THAT MUCH ATTENTION TO THE
GIANT, HE WAS LOOKING AT GOD.
AND WHEN YOU TAKE TIME TO READ IT, LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS THAT
DAVID WAS SAYING.
I MEAN, HE WENT IN THERE SAYING, "GOD IS GONNA DEFEAT YOU, AND
THIS DAY I'M GONNA CUT YOUR HEAD OFF, AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOUR
CARCASS TO--" YOU KNOW, I MEAN HE JUST
LIKE, HE WAS CALLING THOSE THINGS THAT BE NOT AS
THOUGH THEY WERE BEFORE HE EVER GOT THERE.
AND I LOVE THIS, SO HE'S FACING OFF WITH GOLIATH, THERE HE IS.
AND VERSE 48 SAID, "WHEN THE PHILISTINE CAME FORWARD TO MEET
DAVID, DAVID RAN QUICKLY TOWARD THE BATTLE LINE
TO MEET THE PHILISTINE."
I LOVE THAT THAT HE DIDN'T THINK IT TO DEATH.
HE JUST GOT ON WITH IT AND GOT THE JOB DONE.
AND I TELL YOU SOMETHING, WE CAN GET THE PARALYSIS OF ANALYSIS.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE JUST TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT FOR SO LONG THAT
IT'S LIKE, "WHAT WAS IT, GOD, THAT YOU SAID YOU WANTED ME
TO DO?" WE CAN'T EVEN--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS
ANYMORE THAT GOD WANTED BECAUSE WE'VE LOOKED AT GOLIATH FOR SO
LONG AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST LIKE WE THINK WE GOT--HOW'S THIS
GONNA WORK?
AND WHAT'S GOOD GONNA DO?
AND GOD DIDN'T EVEN WANT HIM TO USE A REGULAR WEAPON.
HE'S SUPPOSED TO DO IT WITH A SLINGSHOT AND A HAND FULL
OF STONES.
SO, I MEAN IF YOU REALLY TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK AT SOME OF
THESE STORIES IN THE BIBLE AND REALIZE THEY'RE NOT JUST
STORIES, THEY'RE NOT JUST MADE-UP STORIES.
THESE WERE PEOPLE THAT EXISTED AND THEY HAD REAL FAITH
IN GOD, BUT THEY HAD DOUBT AND THEY HAD THINGS
COME AGAINST THEM, AND THEY HAD TO SEE THE CIRCUMSTANCES,
AND MOVE ON BEYOND THAT.
AND REALLY, THEY'RE NOT ANY DIFFERENT THAN WE ARE TODAY.
AND I DON'T WANT TO BE SOMEBODY--YOU KNOW, YOU CAN LOOK
AT THE DOUBTERS IN THE BIBLE AND THE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T OBEY GOD,
AND THEY'RE ON ONE OR TWO PAGES AND THEN THEY DISAPPEAR.
I WANT TO BE ONE OF THE ONES THAT'S THERE'S IN THE END OF
THE BOOK, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I WANT TO BE ONE OF THE ONES THAT FINISHED, AND MADE
IT, AND SAW THE REWARD OF STANDING STRONG AND FIRM
WITH GOD.
LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, HANGING ON TO GOD MAY GET
DIFFICULT AT TIMES BUT WOW.
YOU'RE GONNA BE SO GLAD WHEN HE SPLITS THE EASTERN SKY THAT YOU
DIDN'T QUIT AND GIVE UP.
DAVID RAN QUICKLY TOWARD THE BATTLE LINE.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE WHEN THE 12 SPIES WENT
INTO THE PROMISED LAND AND THEY CAME BACK OUT AND TEN SAID,
"OH NO, THERE'S GIANTS IN THERE.
THEY'RE BIG, MAN, THEY ARE BIG GIANTS."
I MEAN, THEY CARRIED OUT THE FRUIT.
THE FRUIT WAS PHENOMENAL.
IT WAS SO BIG THEY HAD TO CARRY A BUNCH OF GRAPES ON A POLE TO
GET 'EM BACK, YOU'D THINK THAT WOULD BE IMPRESSIVE.
WHY IS IT THEY WERE MORE IMPRESSED WITH OUR DOUBTS
AND THE THINGS THAT WE SEE WRONG WITH US THAN WE ARE GOD?
THEY SAID, "WELL, YEAH, THE FRUIT IS GOOD, BUT BOY,
THE GIANTS ARE BIG.
WE ARE NOT ABLE," THEY SAID.
"WE ARE NOT ABLE TO GO IN AND TAKE THE LAND."
AND HERE'S WHAT CALEB AND JOSHUA DID.
"CALEB QUIETED THE PEOPLE BEFORE MOSES AND SAID, 'LET US GO UP AT
ONCE AND POSSESS IT FOR WE ARE WELL ABLE TO CONQUER IT.'"
HERE AGAIN, THEY DIDN'T WASTE AN YTIME.
"COME ON, DON'T STAND AROUND LOOKING AT THE GIANTS, GET UP,
LET'S GET GOING.
LET'S DO WHAT GOD WANTS US TO DO."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
AND I HAD TO DO THAT SO MUCH IN THE EARLY DAYS OF MY MINISTRY
AND I STILL HAVE TO DO IT AT DIFFERENT TIMES TODAY, JUST SHUT
MY EYES AND GO AND BELIEVE THAT GOD'S GONNA SHOW UP WHEN I GET
THERE.
LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, YOU ARE NEVER GONNA DO MUCH OF
ANYTHING IF YOU DON'T TAKE SOME CHANCES AND IF YOU WON'T STEP
OUT BOLDLY.
I ALWAYS SAY, STEP OUT AND FIND OUT.
IF YOU FIND OUT THAT YOU STEPPED OUT THE WRONG WAY,
THEN STEP BACK.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD.
AND THEN ONE LAST EXAMPLE, MAN, ABRAHAM, WHOO.
"LEAVE YOUR HOME AND EVERYTHING YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH
AND GO TO A PLACE THAT I WILL SHOW YOU."
I'D BE SAYING, "WELL, YOU SHOW ME AND I'LL GO."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND SOME OF YOU ARE IN THAT PLACE RIGHT NOW.
YOU FEEL LIKE GOD'S FINISHED WITH SOMETHING IN YOUR LIFE
BUT YOU DON'T SEE THE NEXT THING YET.
SEE, I GOT A TAKER OVER THERE SOMEWHERE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW HOW WE ARE.
WE DON'T HAVE HOLD OF THIS SO WE DON'T WANT TO LET GO OF THIS
BECAUSE WE'D ALMOST RATHER HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S UNFULFILLING
AND DOESN'T MAKE US HAPPY RATHER THAN TO HAVE WHATEVER THAT IS.
WHAT IF I DON'T LIKE THAT ANY BETTER THAN I LIKE THIS?
SEE, THAT'S WHAT FAITH IS.
FAITH DOESN'T GIVE YOU A BLUEPRINT OF EVERYTHING GOD'S
GONNA DO.
FAITH SAYS, "LET GO, AND GET MOVING, AND TRUST GOD TO DO
SOMETHING THAT WILL AMAZE YOU AND LEAVE YOUR MOUTH
HANGING OPEN IN AWE."
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT ABRAHAM LEFT AND HE WENT EVEN THOUGH HE DID
NOT KNOW WHERE HE WAS GOING.
AND IN HEBREWS 11 IT SAYS, "NOR DID HE TROUBLE HIS MIND
ABOUT WHERE HE WAS TO GO."
I'M NOT REAL SURE HOW THAT WORKED.
I GUESS HE'S JUST KIND OF LIKE...
YOU KNOW WHAT?
LOOK AT ME AND LET ME CLOSE WITH THIS.
SOME OF YOU DON'T FEEL GOD, AND YOU DON'T SEE GOD
WORKING, AND YOU GOT THESE DOUBTS COMING AGAINST YOUR MIND.
YOU GOT ALL THESE CIRCUMSTANCES AND SO YOU FEEL LIKE GOD IS
NOWHERE AROUND BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, GOD IS
LEADING YOU AND GUIDING YOU MORE THAN WHAT YOU THINK THAT HE IS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I CAN PROMISE YOU, I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU THAT
YOU'RE GONNA END UP WITH EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT.
THAT'S A FOOLISH PROMISE TO MAKE TO PEOPLE BECAUSE MAYBE WHAT YOU
WANT ISN'T WHAT GOD WANTS.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS, THAT YOU WILL END UP WHERE YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE AND YOU WILL END UP THERE AT THE RIGHT TIME
AND IT WILL BE BETTER THAN WHAT YOU COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED.
COME ON, GIVE GOD A PRAISE.
JOYCE: WELL, WE CANNOT ALWAYS ESCAPE DOUBT BECAUSE IT WILL TRY
TO CREEP IN BUT WE CAN LEARN TO DOUBT OUR DOUBTS AND FEED
OUR FAITH.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU MY BOOK, "UNSHAKABLE TRUST," AND
I'LL TELL YA, I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS BOOK.
I THINK IT'S GONNA HELP SO MANY PEOPLE AND I THINK IT'S A BOOK
THAT CAN HELP YOU FOR A LONG TIME ANYTIME YOU NEED IT.
THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT BOOK FOR YOU TO READ AND IT'S ALSO A
GOOD BOOK TO MAYBE GET AND GIVE TO ANYBODY WHO'S REALLY GOING
THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME RIGHT NOW.
AND WE'RE OFFERING THIS TO YOU TODAY FOR YOUR GIFT TO
THE MINISTRY OF ANY AMOUNT.
ALL WE ASK YOU TO DO IS DO YOUR VERY BEST.
SO, BE SURE YOU GET YOUR COPY TODAY.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU CAN ENJOY EVERYDAY LIFE IF YOU LEARN TO TRUST GOD
IN ALL THINGS.
HAVE A GREAT DAY.
FEMALE: HOW DO I TRUST GOD WHEN I'VE BEEN DISAPPOINTED
OVER AND OVER AND OVER?
FEMALE: HOW CAN I HAVE FAITH IN GOD WHEN I'M NOT SEEING
AN IMPROVEMENT?
MALE: I TRUST GOD BUT SOMETIMES I HAVE SO MANY FEARS
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
ANNOUNCER: TOUGH QUESTIONS, SOLID ANSWERS.
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FEMALE: BECAUSE OF MY PARTNERSHIP, I HELP PEOPLE
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
FEMALE: THERE ARE SO MANY MISSIONS THAT THEY GO ON THAT
TOUCH MY HEART, WHETHER IT'S HUMAN TRAFFICKING, OR THE
MEDICAL MISSIONS, OR THE WATER WELLS THAT THEY'RE DRILLING NOW
AND BRINGING WATER TO THE VILLAGES.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST INCREDIBLE.
FEMALE: I THINK IF SOMEONE SAID TO ME THEY CAN ONLY GIVE $5
OR THEY CAN ONLY GIVE $10, IT'S NOT ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU'RE
GIVING, IT'S ABOUT THE HEART THAT YOU'RE GIVING IT WITH.
FEMALE: GOD'S ECONOMY IS DIFFERENT TO OUR ECONOMY.
YOU JUST GIVE IT WHATEVER YOU HAVE AND GOD KNOWS HOW
TO USE IT.
AND HE KNOWS HOW TO SERVICE IT.
FEMALE: I WOULD HONESTLY SAY THAT EVERY LITTLE PENNY HELPS
AND IF EVERYBODY GAVE $5, THEN WE COULD CHANGE THE WORLD.
JOYCE: WELL, I'M HERE IN SRI LANKA AND WITH ME ARE SOME
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS THAT HAVE VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO COME
HERE AND HELP HURTING PEOPLE.
AND IF YOU'RE A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL, A DOCTOR,
A DENTIST, A NURSE, PHARMACIST, A CHIROPRACTOR, PLEASE CONSIDER
VOLUNTEERING TO COME AND HELP PEOPLE WHO OTHERWISE WOULDN'T
HAVE ANY HELP.
SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK, IS THIS A GOOD THING TO DO?
ALL: YEAH!
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