ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: YOU'RE MORE THAN WHAT YOU LOOK AT IN THE MIRROR.
YOU'RE MORE THAN HOW YOU FEEL.
YOU'RE MORE THAN WHAT PEOPLE SAY.
YOU ARE WHAT GOD SAYS THAT YOU ARE.
BUT IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT, IT'S NEVER GOING TO MANIFEST
IN YOUR LIFE.
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JOYCE: IN COLOSSIANS IN CHAPTER 1,
THERE ARE 12 DIFFERENT LESSONS JUST IN CHAPTER 1.
NOW, OBVIOUSLY I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO GET IN DEPTH
INTO EACH ONE OF THESE, BUT I BELIEVE BY THE TIME YOU
LEAVE HERE TODAY THAT EVERY PERSON IS GOING TO GET
SOMETHING, AND MAYBE THREE, OR FOUR, OR FIVE SOMETHINGS,
THAT ARE GOING TO CONVICT YOU AND HELP YOU TO REALLY LIVE
THE LIFE THAT JESUS DIED FOR US TO LIVE.
NOW, I'M ALL ABOUT PEOPLE BEING SAVED, LOVE EVANGELISM, LOVE
TO SEE PEOPLE RECEIVE CHRIST.
THAT HAS TO BE PART OF EVERYBODY'S MINISTRY,
BUT TO BE HONEST, THE REAL CALL ON MY LIFE IS
AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN TO HELP PEOPLE, ONCE THEY'RE SAVED,
GROW AND MATURE SO THEY CAN HAVE THE LIFE THAT JESUS DIED
TO GIVE THEM.
HE DIDN'T DIE JUST SO WE COULD GET SAVED AND SOMEDAY GO
TO HEAVEN, AND SPEND 50 YEARS HERE MISERABLE.
THE THIEF COMES ONLY TO STEAL, TO KILL, TO DESTROY.
BUT JESUS SAID, "I CAME THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AND ENJOY YOUR LIFE,
AND HAVE IT IN ABUNDANCE, TO THE FULL UNTIL IT OVERFLOWS."
AMEN?
AND I'M NOT TALKING ENJOYING LIFE WHEN IT'S TIME
FOR A VACATION OR WHEN YOU GET TO GO SHOPPING.
I'M TALKING ABOUT I BELIEVE THAT GOD OFFERS US AN ABILITY
TO ENJOY EVERYDAY, ORDINARY, PLAIN OLD LIFE.
YOU KNOW, IF THE ONLY TIME WE CAN ENJOY OURSELF IS WHEN
SOMETHING EXCITING IS GOING ON, THEN WE'RE GOING TO MISS
A LOT OF JOY IN LIFE.
SO, HOW MANY OF YOU ARE READY TO JUST DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER
AND REALLY LEARN MORE?
ALL RIGHT.
I'M ONLY GOING TO READ THE FIRST MAYBE FIVE OR SIX VERSES
OF COLOSSIANS CHAPTER 1 JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU
A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT HERE, AND THEN WE'RE
GOING TO BEGIN TO GET INTO THE STUDY OF IT AND LOOK
AT SOME OF THE OTHER VERSES.
COLOSSIANS 1, VERSE 1, "PAUL, AN APOSTLE OF CHRIST JESUS
[THE MESSIAH], BY THE WILL OF GOD."
SO, BOY, WE SHOULD UNDERLINE "BY THE WILL OF GOD" BECAUSE IF
WE'RE NOT DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE WE REALLY BELIEVE
IT'S GOD'S WILL FOR US TO DO IT,
HOW CAN WE EVER DO IT WELL OR HOW CAN WE ENJOY IT?
YOU SAY, "WELL, HOW CAN I KNOW IF I'M IN THE WILL OF GOD?"
WELL, TO BE HONEST, IT'S NOT ALL THAT HARD.
I MEAN, GOD IS NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO DO
THAT'S GOING TO MAKE YOU MISERABLE ALL THE TIME.
I BELIEVE THAT IF WE'RE IN THE WILL OF GOD,
WHATEVER WE'RE DOING, NUMBER ONE, WE'RE GOING TO BE
PRETTY GOOD AT IT.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE TO SPEND OUR LIFE
FEELING LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO PUT A ROUND PEG IN A SQUARE HOLE
ALL THE TIME.
YOU KNOW, I'M VERY COMFORTABLE DOING WHAT I'M DOING.
I'VE HAD TO LEARN THINGS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NOT GETTING UP HERE
AND TRYING TO IMPRESS PEOPLE, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
ALTHOUGH I WORK HARD, WHAT I'M DOING IS NOT HARD
FOR ME TO DO BECAUSE I'M IN THE WILL OF GOD DOING IT.
NOW, IF YOU'RE REALLY DESIGNED TO BE A STAY-AT-HOME MOM
AND THAT'S WHERE GOD WANTS YOU, AND YOU'RE OFF TRYING TO DO
SOMETHING ELSE BECAUSE YOU THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
TO BE A MODERN WOMAN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE MISERABLE.
WE ALL HAVE TO GET AROUND TO SAYING, "I WANT TO DO
WHAT GOD WANTS ME TO DO.
I'M NOT GOING TO COMPARE MYSELF WITH ANYBODY ELSE.
I'M NOT GOING TO COMPETE WITH ANYBODY ELSE.
I JUST WANT TO BE IN MY PLACE, DOING WHAT GOD WANTS ME TO DO."
ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE IS, HOW CAN I
KNOW THE WILL OF GOD?
WELL, IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
YOU STEP OUT AND START TRYING STUFF UNTIL YOU FIND WHAT'S
COMFORTABLE FOR YOU.
AND BY COMFORTABLE, I DON'T NECESSARILY MEAN EASY.
LIKE I SAID, I WORK HARD, BUT THIS IS MY SPOT.
THIS IS WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
AND WHEN I FIRST FELT THE CALL OF GOD ON MY LIFE, I WANTED
TO SERVE GOD, I WANTED TO BE USED BY GOD, AND I'M PRETTY
AGGRESSIVE AND BOLD, SO I JUST TRIED A BUNCH OF STUFF.
AND IT DIDN'T TAKE ME LONG TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT I WASN'T GOOD AT AND WHAT WASN'T GOING TO WORK.
BUT BOY, WHEN I STARTED TEACHING, I FOUND MY SPOT.
I TRIED FOR A LITTLE WHILE TO WORK IN THE NURSERY.
WELL, IT ONLY TOOK A WEEK OR TWO FOR ME AND THE KIDS TO KNOW
THAT THAT WASN'T THE SPOT FOR ME.
I TRIED STREET EVANGELISM, AND I HATED IT.
I MEAN, NOW I AM BOLD AND I CAN
STAND--I HONESTLY COULD STAND UP HERE IN FRONT
OF 25 MILLION PEOPLE AND IT WOULDN'T BOTHER ME ONE IOTA.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO CHASE SOMEBODY DOWN ON THE STREET
THAT I DON'T KNOW, BACK THEM IN A CORNER, AND TRY
TO TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS.
THAT'S JUST NOT ME.
NOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY GOOD AT THAT.
YOU SEE, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T LOOK AT WHAT
SOMEBODY ELSE IS DOING AND THINK THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD DO,
OR THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH US IF WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.
SO, NUMBER ONE LESSON, COLOSSIANS 1, VERSE 1, BE SURE
THAT WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY,
YOU BELIEVE THAT IT'S GOD'S WILL FOR YOU AT THAT TIME
IN YOUR LIFE.
AND SOMETIMES THINGS DO CHANGE, LIKE WE JUST STARTED
A NEW CONFERENCE SCHEDULE.
WELL, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS SCHEDULE IS GOD'S WILL
FOR THIS MINISTRY FOR THIS TIME IN OUR LIFE.
THERE WERE OTHER TIMES WHEN WE DID FIVE SESSIONS EVERY WEEKEND.
AND THEN WE--LONG TIME WE DID FOUR SESSIONS EVERY WEEKEND.
WELL, NOW WE BELIEVE THIS IS RIGHT, AND IT'S PROVEN OUT
JUST BY EVEN THE WAY PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING.
BUT YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO TAKE A CHANCE.
WHEN YOU TAKE A STEP OF FAITH, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE WILLING
TO BE WRONG TO FIND OUT IF YOU'RE RIGHT.
COME ON, LET'S SAY THAT AGAIN.
WHEN YOU TAKE A STEP OF FAITH, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO TAKE A CHANCE
ON BEING WRONG TO FIND OUT IF YOU'RE RIGHT.
AND, YOU KNOW, TO BE HONEST, WE JUST GET TOO BOTHERED
BY THE THOUGHTS OF BEING WRONG.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL, JUST SAY, "WELL, I THOUGHT
THAT WAS WHAT GOD WANTED.
I STEPPED OUT, I TRIED IT, IT'S NOT RIGHT.
I CAN CHECK THAT OFF MY LIST AND GO ON TO THE NEXT THING."
COME ON, EVERYBODY SAY, "I WANT TO BE IN THE WILL OF GOD."
VERSE 2, "TO THE SAINTS (THE CONSECRATED PEOPLE
OF GOD]"
NOW, IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE CONSECRATED.
SEE, THESE ARE WORDS WE READ PAST THEM, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WE DON'T KNOW.
WE GO ON, SO WE NEVER GET THE LESSON OUT OF IT THAT WE
SHOULD GET OUT OF IT.
VERSE 3, "WE CONTINUALLY GIVE THANKS."
HOW MANY STARTED THIS MORNING BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE
JUST TELLING GOD SEVERAL THINGS YOU WERE THANKFUL FOR, OKAY?
WELL, SEE, THAT--YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED TO GET UP AND START
TELLING GOD EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT TO HAVE TO BE HAPPY THAT DAY.
WE NEED TO GET UP AND FIND, AND I MEAN PURPOSELY FIND
SEVERAL THINGS.
I THANKED GOD THIS MORNING THAT I COULD WALK, TALK, SEE,
AND HEAR.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT?
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COULDN'T DO THAT.
I THANKED GOD THIS MORNING THAT I HAD SOMETHING FRUITFUL
TO COME OVER HERE AND DO.
I WAS A LITTLE TIRED WHEN I GOT UP, BUT I SAID,
"WE'LL KICK IT IN GEAR, AND WE'LL GET OVER THERE
AND MAKE SOME PEOPLE HAPPY, AND SERVE YOU,
AND BE IN YOUR WILL.
AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY."
I THANK GOD FOR FAMILY.
I THANK GOD A LOT OF MORNINGS FOR WATER.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THAT DON'T HAVE IT.
SO, WE NEED TO BE THANKFUL PEOPLE.
AND THEN, IN VERSE 4, AND I LOVE
THIS, HE SAYS, "[FOR WE HAVE HEARD OF YOUR FAITH,"
THEY WERE FAMOUS FOR THEIR FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS, "THE LEANING
OF YOUR ENTIRE HUMAN PERSONALITY ON GOD IN ABSOLUTE TRUST
AND CONFIDENCE IN HIS POWER, HIS WISDOM, AND HIS GOODNESS].
AND WE'VE HEARD OF YOUR LOVE [THE LOVE THAT YOU SHOW
FOR ALL THE SAINTS]."
I THOUGHT, "OH MY, MY, MY, I WISH THE CHURCH WAS FAMOUS TODAY
FOR ITS FAITH AND ITS LOVE."
PAUL HAD NEVER MET THESE PEOPLE.
HE'D NEVER SEEN THEM.
HE WAS WRITING THEM A LETTER.
HE CARED ABOUT THEM, BUT HE'D NEVER MET THEM.
BUT HE HAD HEARD ABOUT THEIR FAITH AND HE'D HEARD
ABOUT THEIR LOVE, AND THEN THE NEXT THING HE TALKS ABOUT
IS THE HOPE THAT THEY HAD.
I WROTE A WHOLE BOOK ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO ON HOPE.
GET YOUR HOPES UP.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO HAVE FAITH, THEY DON'T HAVE
ANY HOPE.
IN VERSE 5, HE SAID, "BECAUSE OF THE HOPE OF EXPERIENCING
WHAT IS LAID UP FOR YOU."
THAT'S WHY HE SAID THEY HAD THIS FAITH AND LOVE,
BECAUSE THEY HAD HOPE.
YOU KNOW WHAT HOPE IS?
IT'S JUST AN EXPECTATION THAT SOMETHING GOOD IS ABOUT
TO HAPPEN TO YOU AT ANY MINUTE.
AND THERE ARE PEOPLE EVEN HERE IN THE ROOM AND PROBABLY
WATCHING BY TV, YOU THINK, "WELL, I'VE GOT MY FAITH OUT.
I'M BELIEVING GOD FOR SOMETHING."
BUT IF YOU GOT A NEGATIVE ATTITUDE AND YOU DON'T REALLY
BELIEVE THAT ANYTHING GOOD'S GOING TO HAPPEN, THEN YOU
CAN'T HAVE FAITH BECAUSE HOPE IS THE FOUNDATION THAT FAITH
STANDS ON.
AND I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING, THE OTHER DAY WE WERE MEETING
WITH OUR PUBLISHER, AND I HAD HIM GET OUT ALL THE BOOKS
THAT I HAD WRITTEN, WHICH THERE'S
ABOUT 116 OF THEM NOW.
AND I JUST GOT--IT TOUCHED MY HEART.
I SAW THIS ONE LITTLE BOOK, IT'S CALLED A MINI-BOOK, THOSE WERE
REAL POPULAR BACK WHEN I FIRST STARTED WRITING.
AND THE TITLE OF IT WAS "THE ANSWER TO EVERY PROBLEM."
AND, OF COURSE, I JUST LOOKED SO MUCH DIFFERENT BACK--IT WAS
JUST A LITTLE, TINY BOOK.
AND ACTUALLY, THE ARTWORK ON IT WAS CLIPART, IT WAS THE STUFF
WHERE YOU USED TO--BEFORE YOU HAD ALL THE FANCY COMPUTER STUFF
WHERE YOU WOULD JUST CUT STUFF OUT AND, YOU KNOW, PASTE IT
AND DO THIS STUFF WITH IT.
AND IT WAS SO CHILDISH LOOKING, BUT
"THE ANSWER TO EVERY PROBLEM," AND I WROTE IT BACK LIKE
THOSE 25 YEARS AGO, IS HOPE.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
IF YOU DON'T LET THE DEVIL KILL YOUR HOPE, THEN HE DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO WITH YOU.
BECAUSE IF NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU, YOU KEEP SAYING,
"SOMETHING GOOD IS GOING TO HAPPEN," MAYBE IT DIDN'T
HAPPEN YESTERDAY, AND MAYBE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN TODAY,
BUT IT MAY HAPPEN IN 5 MINUTES.
IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TONIGHT, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THESE ARE THINGS, EVERY ONE OF THESE THINGS
THAT I HAVE SAID SO FAR,
BEING IN THE WILL OF GOD, KNOWING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE
CONSECRATED TO GOD, FOCUSING ON FAITH, LIVING FROM FAITH
TO FAITH, AND ALWAYS BELIEVING IN AND TRUSTING IN GOD
NO MATTER WHAT.
AND HOPE, DON'T LET THE DEVIL STEAL YOUR HOPE.
I MEAN, JUST IF YOU WOULD TAKE THOSE THINGS THAT I HAVE
MENTIONED TODAY, AND YOU WOULD GO HOME AND MEDITATE ON THEM
AND FOCUS ON THEM OVER AND OVER AND OVER, YOU WOULD GET
SOMETHING THAT COULD BE LIFE-CHANGING FOR YOU.
AND THEN HE GOES ON AND THERE--I MEAN, THERE'S JUST--I'LL TELL
YOU THE 12 THINGS THAT ARE IN CHAPTER 1.
CONSECRATION, THANKSGIVING, FAITH, LOVE, BEING
IN THE WILL OF GOD.
PAUL'S APOSTOLIC PRAYER, WHICH IS PHENOMENAL.
WHAT IS OURS IN CHRIST, EVERYBODY SAY, "IN CHRIST."
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON AND LEARN,
IT'S WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST.
IN CHRIST, IN CHRIST, IN CHRIST.
AND THERE'S TEACHING IN CHAPTER 1
AND IN CHAPTER 2 ABOUT THAT.
AND THIS AFTERNOON IN PARTICULAR,
I'M GOING TO FOCUS A LOT ON KNOWING WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST.
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
YOU'RE MORE THAN WHAT YOU LOOK AT IN THE MIRROR.
YOU'RE MORE THAN HOW YOU FEEL.
YOU'RE MORE THAN WHAT PEOPLE SAY.
YOU ARE WHAT GOD SAYS THAT YOU ARE.
BUT IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT, IT'S NEVER GOING TO MANIFEST
IN YOUR LIFE.
"I DON'T FEEL LIKE ANYBODY LOVES ME."
WELL, WE'VE GOT TO STOP LIVING BY HOW WE FEEL.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT TODAY TOO
IF YOU'D LIKE TO.
MATTER OF FACT, I CAN TALK ABOUT ANYTHING YOU WANT,
JUST THROW A FEW SUBJECTS OUT.
IN CHAPTER 1, IT TALKS ABOUT KEEPING JESUS FIRST.
THAT JESUS RESTORES EVERYTHING THE DEVIL HAS TAKEN FROM US,
EVERYTHING.
THAT WE ARE TO REJOICE IN OUR SUFFERINGS.
SEE, YOU DIDN'T GET EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU LIKE THAT HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU BACK
EVERYTHING THE DEVIL TOOK.
CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY, OH MY GOSH.
THE MYSTERY OF THE AGES.
COLOSSIANS 1:27, "CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY."
SPIRITUAL MATURITY AND BEING WILLING TO HELP OTHERS.
A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT THE CHURCH AT COLOSSAE.
THE THEME OF THIS LETTER TO THE COLOSSIANS IS
THE HEADSHIP OF CHRIST.
HE'S THE HEAD, WE'RE THE BODY.
AS LONG AS THE BODY IS TAKING DIRECTION FROM THE HEAD,
WE'RE GOING TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE.
BUT WHEN THE BODY STARTS TRYING TO RUN EVERYTHING,
THAT'S WHEN WE GET IN TROUBLE.
THE HEADSHIP OF CHRIST AND THE BELIEVER'S
RESPONSIBILITY, RESPONSIBILITY TO MANIFEST
THE RESURRECTION LIFE THAT JESUS IS OFFERING US.
A RESURRECTION LIFE.
PAUL TALKED ABOUT IT IN PHILIPPIANS, "THAT I MIGHT
KNOW HIM AND THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION THAT LIFTS
ME OUT FROM AMONG THE DEAD, EVEN WHILE I'M IN THE BODY."
THAT MEANS YOU CAN BE RIGHT HERE IN THE BODY, GOING TO WORK,
GOING HOME, DOING THE DISHES, CUTTING THE GRASS, FIGHTING
WITH THE KIDS, ALL THE STUFF THAT EVERYBODY ELSE
GOES THROUGH.
CHRISTIANITY DOES NOT OFFER US A PERFECT LIFE WHERE THERE'S
NO PROBLEMS, BUT IT OFFERS US A RESURRECTION LIFE.
IT OFFERS US A PLACE IN CHRIST, WHERE WE CAN RISE
ABOVE THE STORMS OF LIFE, LET THEM DO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO.
WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE OUR JOY IN GOD, AND WE'RE NOT
GOING TO GIVE UP OUR HOPE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: EAGLES DO THAT, YOU KNOW?
THE BIBLE SAYS, "YOU CAN MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS EAGLES."
IT TALKS ABOUT THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD SHALL RENEW
THEIR STRENGTH.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORD "WAIT" MEANS?
IT DOESN'T MEAN TO GO SIT IN A CHAIR SOMEWHERE
AND DO NOTHING TILL GOD MOVES.
THE WORD "WAIT" HAS THE SAME DEFINITION AS THE WORD "HOPE."
IT MEANS TO WAIT EXPECTANTLY, LOOKING AND LONGING FOR GOD
TO MOVE IN YOUR LIFE.
IF YOU'RE NOT WAITING WITH EXPECTATION,
THEN YOU'RE NOT WAITING ACCORDING TO WHAT THE BIBLE
MEANS WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT WAITING.
WAITING ON GOD.
WE CAN GET UP EVERY DAY EXCITED, WAITING TO SEE WHAT GOD
IS GOING TO DO THAT DAY.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT GOD MAY DO ANY GIVEN DAY IN YOUR LIFE,
BUT I'LL BET YOU ONE THING, I BET THAT MOST OF YOU
NEED TO EXPECT MORE THAN WHAT YOU'RE EXPECTING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, I'M EXPECTING SOMETHING GREAT TO HAPPEN TODAY.
LORD HAVE MERCY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE,
BUT I'M EXPECTING--YOU SAY, "WELL, WHAT IF NOTHING HAPPENS?"
WELL, THEN I'M GOING TO EXPECT SOMETHING GOOD TO HAPPEN
ON THE WAY HOME, OR WHEN I GET HOME,
OR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
SEE, YOU CAN JUST RAMP YOUR JOY UP TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL,
AND YOU CAN DO IT ALL BY YOURSELF.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY MUSIC, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO HAVE ANYBODY PREACHING TO YOU.
ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS GET FULL OF HOPE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: EVERYBODY SAY IT WITH ME, "SOMETHING GOOD
IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME."
SEE, YOU FEEL BETTER ALREADY.
CHRISTIANITY WOULD'VE BEEN IN DANGER IN THE DAYS THAT PAUL
WROTE THIS LETTER OF BEING COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED
BY FALSE RELIGIONS WERE IT NOT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD
PROTECTING IT.
IN THOSE DAYS, JUST LIKE TODAY, THERE EXISTED A STRANGE MIXTURE
OF ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT SO-CALLED RELIGIONS.
IN THOSE DAYS, THERE WAS A MIXTURE OF JEWISH LEGALISM,
GRECIAN PHILOSOPHY, AND ORIENTAL MYSTICISM.
AND IT WAS INTERWOVEN IN A MOST CUNNING AND DECEPTIVE WAY.
AND IN 1 THESSALONIANS, IT'S ACTUALLY SPOKEN OF
AS THE MYSTERY OF LAWLESSNESS.
AND IT EXISTED UNDER THE GENERAL NAME GNOSTICISM.
THE GNOSTIC SAYS THAT WE CANNOT KNOW GOD.
AND I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS LAST NIGHT, BUT NOTHING IS
SADDER THAN FOR SOMEBODY TO BE COMMITTED TO A RELIGION,
AND THEY'RE DILIGENT IN GOING TO A CHURCH SOMEWHERE WEEK
AFTER WEEK, BUT NEVER TAUGHT THAT JESUS DIDN'T DIE FOR THEM
TO HAVE A RELIGION, BUT SO THEY COULD HAVE
A PERSONAL, INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
I MEAN, THERE WERE DAYS WHEN PEOPLE DIDN'T BELIEVE THEY
COULD EVEN UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE.
THEY DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO READ IT.
THEY THOUGHT THE PRIESTS WERE THE ONLY ONE
WHO COULD UNDERSTAND IT.
DAYS WHEN PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY DIDN'T THINK THEY COULD HEAR
FROM GOD.
THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD TO GO TO SOMEBODY ELSE ALL THE TIME
TO HEAR FROM GOD FOR THEM.
CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING TODAY?
NOW, THERE'S A SONG THAT SAYS THIS, BUT I'VE BEEN MEDITATING
ON THIS, I'M ALMOST TEMPTED TO WRITE A BOOK ON IT.
GOD IS YOUR FRIEND.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HE IS YOUR FRIEND.
HE IS NOT MAD AT YOU, HE'S NOT WAITING
TO BANG YOU OVER THE HEAD BECAUSE YOU'VE MADE A MISTAKE.
HE'S NOT LOADING US DOWN WITH RELIGIOUS RULES
AND REGULATIONS, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
THIS AFTERNOON.
THANK GOD WE CAN BE LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT,
NOT A LIST OF RULES.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: TALK ABOUT ADDING CREATIVITY TO YOUR LIFE, MAN,
JUST START BEING LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
EVEN PRAYER, YOU KNOW?
I MEAN, OF COURSE I LOVE THE WORD "PRAYER,"
IT'S ALL OVER THE BIBLE.
BUT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SAY TO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,
JUST HAVE A TALK WITH GOD.
HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH GOD.
SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER, IF WE RELEGATE IT
INTO "MY PRAYER TIME," WE CAN ALMOST GET THE IDEA
THAT'S BEEN PASSED DOWN TO US THAT IT'S THIS RELIGIOUS
EXERCISE THAT HAS TO BE PERFORMED IN A CERTAIN WAY,
IN A CERTAIN PLACE, WITH A CERTAIN VOICE TONE,
AND WE ALMOST BECOME LIKE OTHER PEOPLE WHEN WE TRY
TO TALK TO GOD.
SO MUCH DECEPTION EXISTED IN THOSE DAYS, AND PAUL
WAS VERY CONCERNED THAT THEY
WERE GOING GO TO BE DECEIVED AND BE LED BACK INTO LEGALISM.
OR HE EXPRESSED A CONCERN, HE SAID, "I'M FEARFUL LEST YOU BE
MOVED AWAY FROM THE SIMPLICITY THAT IS FOUND IN CHRIST."
AND I LOVE THAT.
A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS SUPPOSED TO BE SIMPLE.
BEING A CHRISTIAN IS SUPPOSED TO SIMPLIFY OUR LIFE, NOT LOAD
US DOWN WITH A BUNCH OF RULES AND REGULATIONS
WE THINK WE HAVE TO FOLLOW IN ORDER TO GET SOMETHING RIGHT
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND I CAN TELL YOU TODAY SO MANY PEOPLE GEAR TOWARD
HOW MUCH THEY DO SOMETHING.
HOW LONG DO I PRAY?
HOW MANY CHAPTERS DO I READ EVERY DAY?
ON AND ON AND ON.
JUST STOP COUNTING STUFF.
JUST STOP SETTING YOUR CLOCK AND THINKING, "WELL, YOU KNOW,
I'M GOING TO PRAY AN HOUR."
WELL, YOU KNOW, I USED TO DO THAT.
I MEAN, I WOULD HEAR PEOPLE COME IN AND TALK ABOUT HOW LONG THEY
PRAYED EVERY DAY WHEN THEY WERE PREACHING, AND SO I THOUGHT
I NEEDED TO TRY TO DO THAT.
AND I REMEMBER ONE TIME, DUMB, DUMB ME BACK THEN,
I GOT MY CLOCK, LOCKED MYSELF IN A ROOM, AND I DECIDED
THAT I WAS GOING TO PRAY 4 HOURS EVERY DAY
LIKE THE INTERCESSOR THAT CAME TO OUR CHURCH AND SPOKE
ON INTERCESSION.
AND AFTER 5 MINUTES, I'D SAID EVERYTHING I KNEW HOW TO SAY.
DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ELSE.
FINALLY FELL ASLEEP.
AND I WAS SO BORED IN THAT ROOM
FOR 4 HOURS.
NOW, THAT'S SILLY.
WE DON'T NEED TO BEHAVE LIKE THAT.
AND HOPEFULLY, MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH STUFF LIKE THAT,
BUT HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE?
A LOT OF US HAVE, YOU KNOW?
AND IT'S REALLY OUT OF A GOOD HEART.
WE JUST WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
WE WANT TO PLEASE GOD.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU GOD WOULD RATHER HAVE 2 MINUTES
OF MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I BELIEVE THAT HE WOULD RATHER THAT YOU TAKE
ONE CHAPTER LIKE COLOSSIANS 1 AND STICK WITH THAT.
I DON'T CARE IF YOU STICK WITH IT FOR 3 MONTHS.
NOW, YOU'RE NOT PROBABLY GOING TO BRAG ABOUT THAT.
"GUESS WHAT?
THE LAST 3 MONTHS, I'VE READ ONE CHAPTER."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: LET'S GO DEEPER.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT GOING
DEEPER.
THE BIBLE SAYS WE'RE 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.
JOYCE: WELL, LET'S MAKE A DECISION TO GO EVEN DEEPER
WITH GOD.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO, WE WILL DISCOVER WHO WE REALLY ARE
IN CHRIST AND HOW MUCH HE LOVES US.
NOW, YOU'VE WATCHED THE BEGINNING
OF THIS BIBLE STUDY, BUT YOU CAN GET THE ENTIRE STUDY
OF COLOSSIANS TODAY.
WE'RE OFFERING YOU TODAY OUR "COLOSSIANS ACTION PLAN."
THAT'S 4 HOURS OF TEACHING ON CD AND DVD, A COLOSSIANS BOOKLET,
AND A PERSONAL STUDY GUIDE.
I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THERE'S NOTHING GREATER
THAN STUDYING THE WORD OF GOD.
HAVE A GREAT DAY.
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"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 KEEP 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,
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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,
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JOYCE: WELL, THERE'S REALLY NO SPECIAL FORMULA
TO SPENDING TIME WITH GOD.
IT'S JUST VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO IT.
MAKING THIS A PRIORITY WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE
LIKE NOTHING ELSE.
I KNOW IT HAS MINE, AND NOW I WANT TO HELP YOU ENRICH
YOUR TIME WITH GOD BY SHARING SOME THOUGHTS
AND INSIGHTS FROM MY OWN LIFE IN MY BRAND NEW DEVOTIONAL
CALLED "MY TIME WITH GOD."
LET'S FOCUS ON HIM TOGETHER.
AND MY PRAYER IS THAT THESE SCRIPTURES
AND DECLARATIONS OF FAITH WILL HELP YOU GROW DEEPER
IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST A LITTLE BIT MORE
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
ANNOUNCER: ORDER YOUR COPY OF JOYCE'S NEW DEVOTIONAL,
"MY TIME WITH GOD."
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.
[MUSIC]
GINGER: DAVE, YOU'VE FOR A LONG TIME HAD A STRONG
DESIRE FOR GOD TO OPEN DOORS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SHARE
CHRIST ALL OVER THE WORLD,
BUT IN PARTICULAR, HERE IN EUROPE IS SOMEPLACE
THAT HE FIRST PUT YOU IN THE MILITARY.
AND SO, IT'S BEEN A REAL STRONG CONCERN FOR YOU TO BE ABLE
TO SHARE CHRIST WITH EVERYONE HERE.
WHY IS THAT?
DAVE: WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS IS
WE'VE BEEN--WE'RE ALMOST IN EVERY OTHER COUNTRY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I FELT LIKE THERE ARE AREAS OVER HERE
IN EUROPE WHERE WE'RE NOT ON TELEVISION.
WE'RE NOT ON TELEVISION IN ITALY, WE'RE NOT
ON TELEVISION IN SPAIN, WE'RE NOT ON TELEVISION
IN FRANCE.
AND SO, I FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GET ON TELEVISION
IN THOSE PLACES IF WE CAN.
SO WE BEGAN TO PRAY ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, TO SEE WHAT GOD
WOULD DO.
GINGER: SO, INTERNET'S ONE OF THE AREAS HERE IN FRANCE
THAT WE'RE REALLY SEEING GOD USE.
DAVE: YEAH.
I BELIEVE THAT INTERNET IS THE FIRST STEP, AND IT'S AMAZING
WHAT INTERNET HAS DONE, WHAT HAS HAPPENED ACROSS--AS A RESULT
OF INTERNET IN FRANCE.
AND SO, AND WE'RE SEEING THAT BY THE CONFERENCE
THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT HERE IN PARIS.
AND THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE WE'RE HAVING IS A RESULT
OF INTERNET, FAR MORE THAN WE
WOULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED.
AND SO, GOD IS DOING TREMENDOUS THINGS HERE.
GINGER: ANY IDEA--SO MANY YEARS AGO WHEN YOU
WERE STATIONED HERE IN FRANCE, CORRECT?
PART OF THE TIME IN THE MILITARY,
AND ALSO IN GERMANY?
DAVE: YES, I WAS STATIONED IN LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE,
WHICH IS ON THE WEST COAST OF FRANCE, FOR A YEAR
AND A HALF, AND IN GERMANY FOR A YEAR.
GINGER: THAT YOU'D BE BACK HERE TODAY
FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
DAVE: NO IDEA, NO IDEA.
OF COURSE, THAT WAS EVEN BEFORE THE MINISTRY,
SO BEFORE I MET JOYCE.
SO YES, NO IDEA.
GINGER: SO, NOW FOR GOD TO BE ABLE TO OPEN THESE DOORS
TO SHARE HIM AND SEEING SO MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES
REALLY BEING CHANGED HAS TO BE A WONDERFUL THRILL FOR YOU.
DAVE: OH, IT'S AMAZING.
IT'S AMAZING WHAT GOD IS DOING.
AND, YOU KNOW, EACH TIME HE DOES SOMETHING, WE JUST STAND
KIND OF AROUND WITH OUR MOUTHS HANGING OPEN AT WHAT HE'S DONE.
AND SO, WE'RE VERY THANKFUL, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT GOD
HAS DONE, AND WE JUST--WE'RE EXCITED BECAUSE WE KNOW
THAT THIS IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG OF WHAT HE'S
GOING TO DO HERE, SO.
[MUSIC]
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.
[MUSIC]
ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING WAS PAID FOR BY THE FRIENDS
AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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