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JOYCE: YOU NEED TO STOP BEING SO HARD ON YOURSELF.
YOU NEED TO GIVE YOURSELF A BREAK.
YOU NEED TO STOP COUNTING AND JUST SAY,
"GOD IS NOT MAD AT ME.
I AM NOT A FAILURE.
GOD IS NOT DISAPPOINTED.
I'M NOT GIVING HIM LESS THAN HE EXPECTED."
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[MUSIC]
JOYCE: IF WE GO ON IN MATTHEW, AFTER HE TALKS ABOUT
THIS REST THAT WE CAN HAVE THEN THIS CHAPTER 12, BEGINNING
IN VERSE 1, HE STARTS TO TALK TO US ABOUT HOW EVEN THOUGH WE
DON'T FOLLOW ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS, WHEN WE NEED
HELP, HE STILL WANTS TO GIVE US HELP AND SHOW US MERCY.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
EVEN IF YOU DON'T DO IT ALL RIGHT AND YOU ASK GOD TO HELP
YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE A NEED, GOD WILL STILL HELP YOU.
NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE DOESN'T DEAL WITH US
ABOUT OUR SIN, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT HE WILL SET THAT ASIDE
FOR A MOMENT, HE WILL HELP US AND THEN HE'LL STILL CONTINUE
TO DEAL WITH US.
BUT WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WITHDRAW
FROM GOD, BE AFRAID THAT HE'S ANGRY.
DON'T EVER RUN AWAY FROM GOD,
RUN TO HIM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND PLEASE, IF YOU ARE IN TROUBLE RIGHT NOW
IN YOUR LIFE AND IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY TELEVISION AND YOU
FEEL THAT YOU HAVE FAILED GOD AND THAT HE WILL NOT HELP YOU
OR TAKE YOU BACK, THE DEVIL IS A LIAR.
YOU JUST NEED TO SAY RIGHT NOW, "GOD, I AM SO SORRY,
I MESSED UP MY LIFE.
HELP ME."
AND I CAN TELL YOU GOD WILL HELP YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: GOD WILL HELP YOU, AMEN.
SO, HE SAYS IN HERE BEGINNING IN VERSE 1, "AT THAT PARTICULAR
TIME JESUS WENT THROUGH THE FIELDS OF STANDING GRAIN
ON THE SABBATH; AND HIS DISCIPLES WERE HUNGRY,
SO THEY BEGAN TO EAT THE GRAIN."
THEY HAD THE NEED, THEY ATE THE GRAIN.
"AND WHEN THE PHARISEES SAW IT--" AND BY THE WAY,
THE DEVIL IS A CHIEF PHARISEE.
"THEY SAID TO HIM, SEE THERE, SEE THERE, SEE THERE!"
ISN'T THAT JUST LIKE THAT STUPID DEVIL?
"SEE THERE, SEE THERE. LOOK WHAT YOU DID."
AND HE NOT ONLY HAS YOU SEE EVERYTHING YOU DO,
HE HAS YOU SEE EVERYTHING EVERYBODY ELSE DOES TOO.
"SEE THERE!
YOUR DISCIPLES ARE DOING WHAT IS UNLAWFUL AND NOT PERMITTED
ON THE SABBATH.
AND HE SAID TO THEM, HAVE YOU NOT EVEN READ WHAT DAVID DID
WHEN HE WAS HUNGRY, AND THOSE WHO ACCOMPANIED HIM WERE HUNGRY?
AND HE WENT INTO THE HOUSE OF GOD AND ATE THE LOAVES
OF SHOWBREAD, WHICH WAS NOT LAWFUL FOR HIM TO EAT."
BUT THE MESSAGE HERE IS: OKAY,
THERE WAS A RULE THAT SAID DON'T DO THIS, SO THEY ORDINARILY
FOLLOWED THAT, BUT NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, THEY HAD A NEED
AND GOD SAID, "FORGET THE LAW.
YOU'VE GOT A NEED AND I'M GONNA HELP YOU," WHY?
BECAUSE MERCY IS GREATER THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
GOD IS MERCIFUL, AND HE WANTS US TO BE MERCIFUL.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THERE'S SOME PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT THAT NEED
TO RECEIVE GOD'S MERCY FOR YOURSELF.
YOU NEED TO STOP BEING SO HARD ON YOURSELF.
YOU NEED TO GIVE YOURSELF A BREAK.
YOU NEED TO STOP COUNTING
AND JUST SAY, "GOD IS NOT MAD AT ME.
I AM NOT A FAILURE.
GOD IS NOT DISAPPOINTED.
I'M NOT GIVING HIM LESS THAN HE EXPECTED."
YOU KNOW WHY?
GOD KNEW EXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT OUT OF YOU.
GOD'S NOT LIKE THE COACH WHO LET THE LITTLE BOY PLAY BASEBALL,
AND THE TEAM WAS WINNING TILL THE LITTLE BOY CAME UP
TO BAT AND STRUCK OUT IN THE NINTH INNING AND CAUSED
THE TEAM TO LOSE.
AND SO NOW THE COACH IS ALL DISAPPOINTED IN THE LITTLE BOY.
GOD ALREADY KNEW THAT YOU WERE GONNA STRIKE OUT BEFORE HE
EVER LET YOU IN THE GAME, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DOES ANYBODY FEEL LIKE THEY MIGHT BE RELAXING
JUST A LITTLE BIT?
LET ME ASK A QUESTION, HOW MUCH IS WRONG WITH YOU?
HOW MUCH IS WRONG WITH ME?
IF YOU MADE A LIST OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS WRONG WITH YOU,
HOW LONG WOULD IT BE?
COULD YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ADD THINGS TO THAT AND IT
MIGHT EVEN GET LONGER?
THAT WOULD BE A SCARY THOUGHT, WOULDN'T IT?
BUT HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS, GOD WANTS YOU
TO STOP COUNTING, AMEN?
GOD WANTS YOU TO STOP COUNTING.
NOW, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET YOURSELF IN TROUBLE?
JESUS SIMPLY REACHES DOWN IN IT, AND GETS US OUT OF THE PIT,
AMEN?
IF WE TRY TO LIVE UNDER THE LAW, THE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE
KEEP PRECISE RECORDS.
"HOW MANY MISTAKES HAVE I MADE?
HOW MANY GOOD WORKS HAVE I DONE?
HOW CAN I PAY FOR THESE MISTAKES?
HOW LONG DID I PRAY?
HOW MUCH OF THE BIBLE DID I READ?"
AND I USED TO DO THIS AND I'M SURE YOU DID.
I MEAN, I HEARD A MESSAGE, WE SHOULD PRAY AT LEAST AN HOUR
A DAY, AND MAN, EVERY TIME I DIDN'T PRAY AN HOUR A DAY,
I FELT LIKE I'D FALLEN SHORT AND WASN'T DOING
WHAT I SHOULD BE DOING.
ANYBODY BEEN THERE, DONE THAT?
"THEN HE ASKED, JESUS SAID TO THE DISCIPLES,
'CAN YOU NOT PRAY WITH ME ONE HOUR?'"
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT MIGHT NOT BE A GOOD GUIDELINE
TO USE, BUT YOU CAN'T PUT THAT ON PEOPLE AS A LAW.
I WILL NOT STAND IN THE PULPIT AND TELL SOMEBODY, YOU MUST PRAY
ONE HOUR EVERY DAY.
AND DON'T ASK ME HOW LONG I PRAY BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU.
YOU SAY, "WHY WON'T YOU TELL ME?"
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU TRYING TO DO WHAT I DO.
AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW LONG I PRAY ANYWAY.
NOW, THERE WAS A LONG NUMBER OF YEARS WHEN I COULD HAVE TOLD
YOU 'CAUSE I PROBABLY WROTE IT DOWN EVERY DAY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND I HAD A LITTLE READ THE CALENDAR THROUGH
IN A BIBLE YEAR CALENDAR AND YOU HAD TO READ
SIX CHAPTERS A DAY.
AND I'D GET MY LITTLE CHECKMARKS AND, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T LEARNING
ANYTHING, BUT I WAS REALLY READING FAST TO TRY AND KEEP UP
WITH IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND I WAS SO PROUD OF THAT CALENDAR.
I PUT IT ON THE KITCHEN REFRIGERATOR SO WHEN PEOPLE
CAME IN, THEY'D SAY, "OH, WHAT'S THAT?"
COME ON.
"OH, I'M READING THE BIBLE THROUGH EVERY YEAR."
"OOH, WOW."
AND I'D FEEL SO PROUD OF MYSELF.
AND I'D WALK BY THAT CALENDAR AND JUST FEEL MY FLESH PUFF UP.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: UNTIL ALL OF A SUDDEN, I GOT ABOUT 36 CHAPTERS BEHIND
AND THEN WHEN I CAME IN THAT ROOM, I JUST WANTED
TO GET OUT OF THERE 'CAUSE THAT THING WAS--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OH, I COUNTED EVERYTHING.
I USED TO COUNT ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE MEETINGS.
WELL, I DIDN'T COUNT THEM, BUT THE FIRST THING I WANTED
TO KNOW WHEN IT WAS OVER WAS, HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE?
HOW MANY, HOW MUCH, HOW MANY, WHEN?
AND GOD LITERALLY COMMANDED ME TO STOP COUNTING.
YOU KNOW, DAVID NUMBERED THE PEOPLE AND HE LED A CURSE
INTO THE CAMP.
GOD DOESN'T WANT US COUNTING EVERYTHING.
WHY DID DAVID NUMBER THE PEOPLE?
WAS HE TRYING TO FIND OUT IF HE HAD ENOUGH SOLDIERS TO BEAT
THE ENEMY?
GOD DIDN'T WANT HIM COUNTING ANYTHING BECAUSE HE IS MORE
THAN ENOUGH FOR US.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF I READ TEN BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
EVERY DAY AND YOU READ ONE VERSE, THE ONLY THING
THAT MATTERS IS, ARE WE BOTH BEING LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
AND ARE WE LEARNING ANYTHING?
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF I PRAY 5 HOURS A DAY AND YOU PRAY
10 MINUTES.
THE THING IS, IS ARE WE PRAYING THROUGH?
ARE WE GETTING THE JOB DONE?
ARE WE BOTH FOLLOWING THE LEADERSHIP
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?
THAT'S WHERE FREEDOM COMES.
THANK GOD I DON'T HAVE TO BE LIKE YOU, AND YOU
DON'T HAVE TO BE LIKE ME.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, WE NEED TO STOP TELLING EVERYBODY
WHAT WE'RE DOING ANYWAY.
"I OWE, I OWE, SO OFF TO WORK I GO."
LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING.
I HAD A LITTLE DOG FOR ALMOST 13 YEARS.
HER NAME WAS DUCHESS, AND WE HAD TO HAVE HER PUT TO SLEEP
ABOUT 10, 11 DAYS AGO, WHICH WAS A LITTLE HARD ON ME.
BUT ON RARE OCCASIONS, SHE WOULD POO ON THE FLOOR.
IT DIDN'T HAPPEN TOO OFTEN, BUT SHE WOULD DO IT
OCCASIONALLY.
AND IT USUALLY--THE THING THAT I THINK THAT'S A GOOD
KIND OF--MAKE A GOOD RELATION HERE IS SHE USUALLY DID IT
WHEN THERE WAS A STORM.
NOW, IS ANYBODY WITH ME?
IF WE HAVE POOEY BEHAVIOR, IT'S USUALLY DURING A STORM
IN OUR LIFE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON, THAT'S BETTER THAN YOU'RE ACTING, COME ON.
OKAY, SHE WOULD HANG HER HEAD AND COWER UNTIL SHE WOULD HEAR
ME SAY IN A LOVING VOICE, "COME HERE.
COME ON, COME HERE."
THE SAME THING THAT JESUS SAID TO US IN MATTHEW 11:28,
"COME ON, COME HERE, COME HERE.
COME ON, IT'S OKAY, COME ON."
BUT WE DON'T QUITE BEHAVE AS WELL AS THE DOG DOES
SOMETIMES.
AS SOON AS I WOULD SAY THOSE WORDS, "COME HERE,"
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE MOMENT SHE HEARD THOSE WORDS,
SHE HAD NOT 1 OUNCE OF GUILT.
SHE RETURNED TO HER PLAY AND LET ME CLEAN UP THE MESS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON, THERE'S A STORY HERE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON, THERE'S A STORY HERE.
WHEN THERE'S A STORM AND YOU HAVE POOEY BEHAVIOR AND YOU'RE
HIDING FROM GOD 'CAUSE YOU THINK HE'S MAD AT YOU, PLEASE HEAR HIM
SAY, "COME ON, COME HERE.
COME ON, COME ON.
COME ON."
NOW, YOU NEED TO SHAKE IT OFF JUST AS FAST.
THERE'S NO GUILT.
THERE'S NO CONDEMNATION.
"I AM LOVED.
GOD LOVES ME, AND I'M GONNA GO PLAY AND HE'S GONNA CLEAN UP
MY MESS."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHOO, I'M LIKIN' IT, I'M LIKIN' IT, I'M LIKIN' IT,
AMEN.
NOW, JUST IN CASE THERE WAS A STAIN, I WOULD GET OUT
THIS STUFF CALLED PETZYME AND SPRAY IT ON THAT STAIN.
WELL, LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, WE GOT SOMETHING A LOT BETTER
THAN PETZYME FOR OUR POO STAINS.
WE'VE GOT THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST, AMEN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT REMOVES EVERY STAIN.
EVERY GUILTY STAIN IS REMOVED.
WHAT ARE YOU OFFERING GOD AS PAYBACK WHEN YOU FEEL
THAT YOU'VE FAILED?
ARE YOU OFFERING YOUR GUILT, YOUR ENJOYMENT OF LIFE?
DO YOU FEEL GUILTY WHEN YOU TRY TO RELAX OR HAVE FUN?
I WENT THROUGH ALL THAT.
ANY DAY THAT I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THAT I BEHAVED PERFECTLY,
I WOULD FEEL GUILTY.
I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T FEEL THAT I COULD DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE
CONSIDERED ENJOYMENT BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK I DESERVED IT,
AND IT BREAKS THE HEART OF GOD.
HE'S PROVIDED EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO LIVE A GREAT LIFE.
GOD HAS PROVIDED EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO LIVE
A GREAT LIFE.
AND LIKE I SAID THIS MORNING, I LOVE WHAT THE APOSTLE PAUL
SAID IN PHILIPPIANS 3.
"FOR I AM DETERMINED THAT I WILL TAKE HOLD
OF THAT FOR WHICH CHRIST JESUS DIED TO TAKE HOLD OF ME."
GOD HAS TAKEN HOLD OF US IN CHRIST FOR A PURPOSE.
HE HAS TAKEN HOLD OF YOU BECAUSE THERE'S A LIFE
THAT HE WANTS YOU TO LIVE.
THE ZOE LIFE OF GOD IS WHAT'S OFFERED TO US.
IT'S CALLED ETERNAL LIFE AND THE MOMENT YOU
RECEIVE CHRIST, ETERNAL LIFE IS NOT JUST ABOUT GETTING
TO GO TO HEAVEN WHEN YOU DIE.
IT'S ABOUT A QUALITY OF LIFE THAT YOU GET TO LIVE
WHILE YOU'RE HERE THAT INCLUDES RIGHTEOUSNESS, RIGHT STANDING
WITH GOD, PEACE AND JOY IN THE HOLY GHOST AND OVERCOMING
AND BEING A CONQUEROR IN LIFE.
JOYCE: WELL, GOD'S LOVE FOR YOU IS NOT BASED
ON YOUR PERFORMANCE OR HOW WELL YOU'VE DONE, IT'S BASED
ON WHO HE IS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT IS REALLY GOOD NEWS.
SO, NO MATTER HOW DISAPPOINTED OR MAD YOU MIGHT BE AT YOURSELF,
REMEMBER GOD IS NOT MAD AT YOU.
MANY TIMES WHEN PEOPLE ARE HURTING OR EXPERIENCING LOSS,
THEY BELIEVE IT MUST BE BECAUSE GOD IS MAD AT THEM, BUT NOTHING
COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND I'LL BE BACK IN JUST A FEW MINUTES
WITH A FINAL THOUGHT.
JOYCE: YESTERDAY, I WENT--I WAS AT THE NAIL SHOP GETTING
MY NAILS DONE AND A LADY WAS--THEY PUT HER
RIGHT NEXT TO ME.
AND THE GIRL THAT DOES MY NAILS OWNS THE SHOP, AND NORMALLY,
THERE'S NOBODY ELSE THAT SITS AT HER TABLE.
BUT THIS LADY WAS SITTING THERE AND SHE HEARD ME TALKING
A LITTLE BIT AND AS HAPPENS TO ME SO OFTEN SHE SAID,
"DON'T I RECOGNIZE YOUR VOICE?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND SO I TOLD HER, I SAID, "YEAH, I'M
A BIBLE TEACHER, I'M ON TV."
"THAT'S RIGHT, I'VE SEEN YOU."
SO THEN, THE NEXT THING OUT OF HER MOUTH WAS, "YOU KNOW,
I'M A LITTLE MAD AT GOD."
I THOUGHT, OKAY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND I SAID, "WELL, WHAT ARE YOU MAD AT GOD ABOUT?"
SHE SAID, "WELL, MY BROTHER DIED OF CANCER AND I REALLY WAS CLOSE
TO HIM AND LOVED HIM.
AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU--"
SHE WASN'T BELLIGERENT ABOUT IT BUT SHE SAID,
"I'M JUST A LITTLE MAD AT GOD."
AND, YOU KNOW, THE TRUTH IS, IS THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
JUST A LITTLE MAD AT GOD.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF CHRISTIANS THAT ARE JUST A LITTLE MAD
AT GOD.
AND BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET WHAT THEY WANTED, OR THEY GOT
DISAPPOINTED, OR THEY HAD A BIG LOSS IN THEIR LIFE,
OR SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
AND SO, I SAT AND SHARED WITH HER, WHICH IS ALWAYS
INTERESTING WHEN YOU'RE IN A SHOP LIKE THAT 'CAUSE YOU
NOT ONLY GET TO SPEAK TO THE PERSON YOU'RE
SPEAKING TO, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE WHO'S LISTENING,
WHICH IS A BUNCH OF THEM.
AND SO WE KIND OF HAD A LITTLE MINI MEETING
RIGHT THERE AT THE NAIL SHOP.
SO, I JUST TOLD HER AND I WANNA--WHEN I ASK THE LORD WHAT
HE MIGHT WANT ME TO JUST SHARE WITH YOU, WE CALL THIS A TIME
OF EXHORTATION, JUST A LITTLE PERSONAL MINISTRY FOR YOU.
I REALLY FELT LIKE HE WANTED ME TO SHARE WHAT HAPPENED
AT THE NAIL SHOP YESTERDAY.
AND WHEN SHE SAID SHE WAS MAD AT GOD, I SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW,
YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO BE MAD AT GOD BECAUSE HE'S REALLY
THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN HELP YOU.
SO, THAT'S THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO RECEIVE TONIGHT
IF YOU'RE HURTING NOW OR IF YOU'RE--SOMETHING HAPPENS
IN THE FUTURE IS DON'T EVER BE MAD AT GOD BECAUSE HE'S
THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN HELP YOU.
HE'S THE ONE THAT WANTS TO COMFORT YOU AND MAKE THINGS
BETTER.
AND DON'T BLAME GOD FOR YOUR TROUBLES.
GOD IS GOOD.
HE IS GOOD AND--
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THE DEVIL IS BAD.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T ALWAYS FIND A PIGEONHOLE TO PUT
EVERY PROBLEM THAT YOU HAVE.
NOBODY CAN EVER SIT DOWN AND SUFFICIENTLY EXPLAIN
TO SOMEBODY THAT'S REALLY HURTING WHY WHAT HAPPENED
TO THEM HAPPENED BECAUSE THE QUESTION ALWAYS
COMES UP, "WELL, IF GOD IS SOVEREIGN AND HE CAN DO
ANYTHING, THEN WHY DIDN'T HE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS SITUATION?"
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY HUMAN BEING THAT'S QUALIFIED
TO ANSWER THAT.
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL AND MY FATHER WAS ABUSING ME
SEXUALLY, I PRAYED.
I DIDN'T KNOW ALL THAT MUCH ABOUT GOD, BUT I KNEW HE EXISTED
AND I PRAYED THAT HE WOULD GET ME OUT OF THAT SITUATION.
I DID GO TO CHURCH WITH SOME RELATIVES WHEN I WAS 9 YEARS OLD
AND I RECEIVED CHRIST AND SO I LEANED ON GOD A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND, I MEAN, I PRAYED THINGS I SHOULDN'T HAVE PRAYED.
I PRAYED FOR MY DAD TO DIE.
I PRAYED FOR MY MOTHER TO DIVORCE HIM.
I PRAYED FOR A LOT OF THINGS BECAUSE I WAS HURTING SO BAD.
BUT GOD DID NOT GET ME OUT OF THE SITUATION, BUT HE
DID GIVE ME THE STRENGTH AND THE GRACE TO GO THROUGH IT.
AND--
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: LATER IN MY LIFE TO LET HIM TAKE THE THINGS
THAT HAD HAD HAPPENED TO ME THAT HURT ME SO BAD AND TURN
THEM INTO SOMETHING THAT COULD ACTUALLY REALLY
GET THE DEVIL BACK BY HELPING MILLIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE
KNOW THAT GOD CAN HELP THEM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, YOU CAN--ANYTHING THAT THE ENEMY DOES THAT HURTS
YOU, YOU CAN ALWAYS TURN IT BACK ON HIM.
SEE, THE THING HE WANTS IS FOR US TO BE MAD, AND BITTER,
AND FULL OF HATRED.
AND HE WANTS US TO MOVE AWAY FROM GOD.
BUT SEE, WHEN YOU'RE HURT, DON'T EVER RUN FROM GOD, RUN TO HIM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HE'S WAITING WITH OPEN ARMS.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE WHY DIDN'T GOD DO
SOMETHING QUESTION, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS
ARE FOUND IN THE ANSWER THAT GOD DIDN'T WANT A BUNCH OF ROBOTS
THAT HAD NO CHOICE ABOUT WHAT THEY DID.
HE DOESN'T WANT US TO HAVE TO LOVE HIM.
HE DOESN'T WANT US TO HAVE TO BE GOOD.
HE DOESN'T WANT US TO HAVE TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
HE GAVE US FREE CHOICE AND ANYTIME YOU GIVE A BUNCH
OF HUMAN BEINGS FREE CHOICE, LOTS OF THEM ARE GONNA MAKE
THE WRONG CHOICE.
AND SO THERE'S A SIN PRINCIPLE THAT'S AT WORK IN THE EARTH
TODAY AND SIN HAS JUST CAUSED EVERYTHING TO GO HAYWIRE.
AND IT'S REALLY NOT HARD TO LOOK AROUND.
COME ON, WE ARE SMARTER THAN THAT.
WE CAN LOOK AROUND AND SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD
TODAY AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SOCIETY TODAY AND THE MORE
RAMPANT THAT SIN IS, THE LESS MORALITY THERE IS,
THE MORE VIOLENCE THERE IS, THE MORE DESTRUCTION THERE IS,
THE MORE HATRED THERE IS.
THE LESS THAT PEOPLE TURN TO GOD, THE MORE OPEN THE DOOR
IS FOR THE ENEMY TO GET INTO THEIR LIFE.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, IF--THIS IS JUST THE WAY I FEEL
ABOUT IT.
IF I DIDN'T HAVE GOD IN MY LIFE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I
WOULD BOTHER TO GET OUT OF BED EVERY DAY BECAUSE THERE'S
CERTAINLY NOTHING OUT THERE TO LIVE FOR.
SO, AND I TOLD HER, I SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
REALLY, I SAID I THINK MORE THAN BEING MAD AT GOD,
YOU'RE JUST HURTING."
NOW, LISTEN TO ME 'CAUSE SOMEBODY NEEDS TO HEAR THIS.
AND WHEN YOU'RE HURTING, YOU ALWAYS WANT
SOMEBODY TO BLAME, ALWAYS.
YOU WANT SOMEBODY TO BLAME.
"THE DOCTOR DIDN'T TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY RELATIVE.
GOD DIDN'T DO THIS.
SOMEBODY ELSE DIDN'T DO THAT.
SOMEBODY ELSE DIDN'T DO SOMETHING ELSE."
FORGET THE BLAME.
YOU CAN'T GO BACK AND UNDO SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DONE.
WHATEVER YOUR PAIN HAS BEEN, TAKE IT ALL UP IN YOUR LITTLE
SWEET LITTLE HANDS TONIGHT AND JUST OFFER IT TO GOD
AND SAY, "GOD, YOU TAKE THIS PAIN AND WORK IT OUT
FOR MY GAIN."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I THINK THERE'S SOME PEOPLE IN HERE TONIGHT THAT YOU
COULD JUST--IT WOULD JUST HELP YOU A WHOLE BUNCH IF YOU
WOULD JUST LET GO OF SOME STUFF.
I MEAN, WHY DON'T YOU JUST LET TONIGHT BE THE PLACE WHERE YOU
DECIDE THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA WASTE ANY MORE OF YOUR TIME
TRYING TO FIGURE THINGS OUT THAT YOU'RE NEVER
GONNA FIGURE OUT ANYWAY.
I LOVE WHAT DAVID SAID, THE PSALMIST, HE SAID,
"I DO NOT PUT MY MIND TO THINGS THAT ARE TOO WONDERFUL FOR ME."
THERE'S A LOT OF MYSTERIES ABOUT GOD, AND IF WE JUST SIMPLY HANG
ON TO THE FACT THAT GOD IS GOOD AND SOMEDAY WE WILL KNOW
EVERYTHING BUT IT'S NOT FOR NOW.
AND FOR NOW, WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE, NOT A HAVE TO,
THE PRIVILEGE OF TRUSTING GOD.
WHAT A BENEFIT THAT IS TO BE ABLE TO SAY,
WHILE ALL HELL IS BREAKING LOOSE IN YOUR LIFE, AND THERE'S
NOTHING THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND YOU'RE HURTING SO BAD,
YOU CAN'T HARDLY STAND IT, "I TRUST GOD.
I BELIEVE THAT HE'S GOOD AND THIS WILL WORK OUT
FOR MY GOOD," AMEN?
IT WILL.
SO, I WANT TO READ YOU A SCRIPTURE AND THEN I WANT
TO PRAY FOR YOU GUYS.
YOU'VE HEARD THIS, BUT JUST REALLY TAKE THIS IN.
JESUS SAID, "COME TO ME."
HE DIDN'T SAY, "RUN AWAY FROM ME."
"COME TO ME, ALL OF YOU WHO LABOR AND ARE HEAVY-LADEN
AND OVERBURDENED, AND I WILL CAUSE YOU TO REST.
[I WILL EASE AND RELIEVE AND REFRESH YOUR SOUL.]
TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU AND LEARN ABOUT ME, FOR I AM GENTLE
(MEEK), HUMBLE (LOWLY) IN HEART."
DOES THAT SOUND LIKE SOMEBODY THAT GOES AROUND HURTING PEOPLE
ON PURPOSE AND MAKING THEM MISERABLE?
"AND YOU WILL FIND REST (RELIEF AND EASE AND REFRESHMENT
AND RECREATION AND BLESSED QUIET) FOR YOUR SOULS."
LAST VERSE, "FOR MY YOKE IS WHOLESOME (USEFUL, GOOD,
IT'S NOT HARSH, HARD, SHARP, OR PRESSING, BUT IT IS
COMFORTABLE, GRACIOUS, AND PLEASANT), AND MY BURDEN IS
LIGHT AND EASY TO BE BORNE."
WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO IN LIFE WITH JESUS BY OUR SIDE,
AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU MAY NOT KNOW THE ANSWER RIGHT NOW
TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE, BUT GOD DOES.
FATHER, WE PRAY IN JESUS' NAME THAT YOU WOULD COMFORT PEOPLE
TONIGHT THAT ARE HURTING, THAT YOU WOULD STRENGTHEN US
FOR THE DAYS AHEAD.
NONE OF US KNOW FOR SURE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TOMORROW, BUT WE DO
KNOW THAT WHEN TOMORROW COMES, YOU'LL BE THERE
JUST LIKE YOU ARE TODAY.
I ASK YOU TO HEAL THE SOULS OF ANYONE THAT HAS A GREAT LOSS,
THEY'VE HAD TREMENDOUS PAIN, THEY'VE LOST A JOB, THEY'VE LOST
AN OPPORTUNITY, THEY'VE HAD A DISAPPOINTMENT, THEY'VE LOST
THEIR HEALTH, SOMEONE THEY LOVE OR IF THEY'RE HURTING
IN ANY WAY, COMFORT THEM, JUST VISIT THEM IN THEIR SEATS
WITH THE COMFORT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
AND I PRAY THE WORD TONIGHT WILL REFRESH THEM,
AND INSTRUCT THEM, AND TEACH THEM, AND LEAD THEM,
AND GUIDE THEM.
AND WHILE THE WORD IS BEING TAUGHT, THAT YOU WOULD HEAL
PEOPLE THAT ARE PHYSICALLY IN PAIN AND SICK
BECAUSE YOUR WORD SAYS IN PSALM 107, YOU SEND
YOUR WORD, AND YOUR HEAL THEM, AND YOU DELIVER THEM
FROM DESTRUCTION.
AND THERE'S POWER IN YOUR WORD
TO HEAL, TO DELIVER, TO SET FREE.
BREAK THE POWER OF ADDICTIONS IN PEOPLE'S LIVES TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, LORD, FOR TOUCHING PEOPLE, FOR SAVING THE LOST.
IF THERE'S ANY HERE THAT DO NOT KNOW YOU, GOD, LET TONIGHT BE
THE NIGHT THAT THEY OPEN THEIR HEARTS AND LET YOU
COME IN.
TOUCH PEOPLE WITH THE POWER OF YOUR HOLY SPIRIT.
FILL THEM TONIGHT WITH YOUR SPIRIT.
THANK YOU FOR STRENGTHENING US AND CHANGING US.
IN JESUS' NAME, IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
JOYCE: WELL, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME PRAY FOR YOU.
I BELIEVE YOU'RE GONNA SEE REALLY GOOD RESULTS.
AND REMEMBER, WHEN YOU'RE HURTING, DON'T EVER RUN
FROM GOD, RUN TO HIM.
HE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN HELP YOU.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU SOME FURTHER TEACHING
ABOUT THIS SUBJECT THAT GOD IS NOT MAD AT YOU
AND IT'S FOUR TEACHINGS ON CD.
I KNOW I SUFFERED A LOT IN MY LIFE WONDERING
WHETHER OR NOT GOD WAS PLEASED WITH ME, IF I WAS ACCEPTABLE
TO HIM.
AND A LOT OF IT CAME IN MY LIFE BECAUSE I LIVED WITH AN ANGRY
FATHER FOR THE FIRST 18 YEARS OF MY LIFE.
AND GOD CAN GET ANGRY, BUT HE'S NOT AN ANGRY GOD, AND I WANT YOU
TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE LOVED AND WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU
JOINED US TODAY.
LEARN HOW TO RECEIVE GOD'S LOVE ON A REGULAR BASIS.
GOD BLESS YOU.
FEMALE: I REALLY FELT LIKE I HAD DISAPPOINTED GOD.
FEMALE: IT'S ALMOST LIKE A HOPELESS FEELING,
LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE MADE THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE MAD
AT YOU, WHERE DO YOU GO NOW?
ANNOUNCER: DO YOU EVER FEEL THAT GOD IS MAD AT YOU?
SO MANY PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH THIS THOUGHT,
BUT THE TRUTH IS GOD LOVES YOU AND NOTHING YOU EVER DO
WILL MAKE HIM STOP LOVING YOU.
YOU CAN EXPERIENCE REAL LOVE, ACCEPTANCE, AND GUILT-FREE
LIVING WITH JOYCE'S 4-CD SERIES, "GOD IS NOT MAD AT YOU."
IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE AS A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD.
DISCOVER HOW GOD REALLY SEES YOU AND LEARN HOW TO BREAK FREE
FROM A PERFORMANCE MENTALITY AND EXPERIENCE THE PEACE AND JOY
THAT ONLY GOD'S LOVE CAN BRING.
THIS SERIES IS AVAILABLE FOR YOUR GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT.
TO ORDER, CALL US TOLL FREE AT...OR VISIT US
AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
[MUSIC]
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.
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: WELL, AS I'VE SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE, SPENDING TIME
IN GOD'S WORD IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR OUR GROWTH
AS CHRISTIANS.
NEXT WEEK ON THE SHOW, I'M GONNA BE TEACHING FROM THE BOOK
OF COLOSSIANS AND I REALLY WANT YOU TO STUDY ALONG WITH ME.
THAT'S WHY WE PUT TOGETHER A FREE STUDY GUIDE THAT WILL
HELP YOU SO YOU CAN VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG/COLOSSIANS TO GET
YOUR FREE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OF MY COLOSSIANS BOOK STUDY
AND BE SURE TO JOIN WITH US NEXT WEEK
ON "ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE."
YOU KNOW, IT'S WONDERFUL TO READ THE WORD, BUT WHEN YOU STUDY
THE WORD, SOMETHING AMAZING HAPPENS ON THE INSIDE OF YOU.
SO, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS.
LET'S STUDY COLOSSIANS TOGETHER AND SEE WHAT ALL GOD
WILL SHOW US.
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.
ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING WAS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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