ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: REALLY, TO BE HONEST, THIS IS NOT REALLY AN OPTION.
IT'S LIKE, IF YOU WANNA HAVE VICTORY, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT
THROUGH DAILY LIFE WITH SOME JOY, GOD MUST COME FIRST.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: IS JESUS FIRST IN YOUR LIFE?
MATTHEW 6:33: "SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD
AND ALL OF THESE THINGS WILL BE ADDED UNTO YOU."
IN CASE YOU'VE FORGOTTEN THIS, LET ME JUST REMIND YOU THAT YOU
DON'T HAVE TO SEEK THINGS AND NEITHER DO I.
WE SEEK GOD AND HE ADDS THE THINGS.
PSALM 37:4: "DELIGHT YOURSELF IN THE LORD, AND HE WILL GIVE
YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART."
BEAUTIFUL SINGLE LADY WHO WANTS TO GET MARRIED SO BAD,
YOU CAN HARDLY STAND IT--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU'D BE HAPPY JUST TO HAVE A DATE,
AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT'S LIKE--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: TELL GOD WHAT YOU WANT, THEN GET OFF OF IT.
DON'T CAMP ON TOP OF IT THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
SEEK GOD AND LET HIM DO THE RIGHT THING IN YOUR LIFE,
AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I'LL JUST--JUST THROWING THIS
OUT THERE FOR YOUR COMFORT.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE SINGLE RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH
DO WHAT YOU WANT TO.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WHEN YOU GET MARRIED, NOT SO MUCH.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOW, HEY, I LOVE BEING MARRIED.
I'VE BEEN MARRIED 50 YEARS AND I'VE GOT A GOOD ONE,
A REALLY GOOD ONE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BUT HERE'S THE THING.
YOU WANNA MAKE SURE YOU WAIT LONG ENOUGH TO GET A GOOD ONE
'CAUSE IF YOU GET A BAD ONE, MMM.
YOU GONNA WISH YOU WERE SINGLE AGAIN.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COLOSSIANS 1:17 AND 18.
I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS SO GOOD.
"AND HE HIMSELF EXISTED BEFORE ALL THINGS, AND IN HIM
ALL THINGS CONSIST (COHERE, AND ARE HELD TOGETHER]"
I LOVE TO JUST LOOK AT THAT VERSE OVER AND OVER.
HE'S HOLDING EVERYTHING TOGETHER RIGHT NOW.
JESUS SAYS IN HERE, "EVERYTHING FALLS APART."
"HE IS THE HEAD OF [HIS] BODY, THE CHURCH; SEEING THAT HE IS
THE BEGINNING, THE FIRSTBORN FROM AMONG THE DEAD,"
NOW, JUST GET THIS LAST SENTENCE, "SO THAT HE ALONE
IN EVERYTHING AND IN EVERY RESPECT
MIGHT OCCUPY THE CHIEF PLACE [STAND FIRST AND BE
PREEMINENT]."
THAT'S SUCH A GOOD SCRIPTURE.
OKAY, SO LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT COULD BE FIRST IN OUR LIFE THAT PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE.
WELL, HOW ABOUT MAKING MONEY?
NO, WE ALL LIKE MONEY, WE ALL NEED MONEY.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE ON YOUR DEATHBED YOU'RE NOT GONNA ASK
FOR YOUR BANK BALANCE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THERE'S NOT ONE PERSON IN HERE THAT'S GONNA SAY, "BRING
MY ACCOUNTANT, I WANNA KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY I GOT
IN THE BANK."
YOU'RE GONNA WANT SOME FAMILY, YOU'RE GONNA WANT SOME PEOPLE
THAT LOVE YOU, YOU'RE GONNA WANNA HAVE PEACE TO KNOW
THAT YOU'RE GONNA MEET
WITH JESUS AT ANY MOMENT.
MATTHEW 6:19, HE SAYS: "DO NOT GATHER AND HEAP UP
AND STORE FOR YOURSELVES TREASURES ON EARTH,
WHERE MOTH AND RUST AND WORM CONSUME AND DESTROY,
AND WHERE THIEVES BREAK THROUGH AND STEAL."
BUT HERE'S A SCRIPTURE THAT I ABSOLUTELY LOVE.
DO YOU KNOW IN REVELATION, I THINK IT'S 3:17, IT SAYS:
"BECAUSE IN ONE [SINGLE] HOUR ALL THE VAST WEALTH
HAS BEEN DESTROYED (WIPED OUT]
AND ALL SHIP CAPTAINS AND PILOTS, NAVIGATORS AND ALL
WHO LIVE BY SEAFARING, THE CREWS AND ALL WHO PUT
THEIR TRADE ON THE SEA, STOOD A LONG WAY OFF."
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS?
IN 1 HOUR IN THE LAST DAYS
BABYLON'S GONNA COMPLETELY FALL.
THE WHOLE WORLD SYSTEM AND EVERYTHING WE PUT
ALL OF OUR CONFIDENCE IN, STOCK MARKET'S GONNA FALL,
EVERYTHING'S GONNA FALL.
SO WE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE,
ALL OF OUR MONEY, ALL OF OUR POSSESSIONS,
EVERYTHING WE HAVE--AND I'M NOT SAYING THIS TO BE SCARY,
I'M JUST SAYING IT SO WE GET OUR PRIORITIES IN LINE.
I'M SAYING IT TO MYSELF AS WELL AS YOU, I MEAN,
IT COULD BE GONE IN 1 HOUR.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT JESUS
IS FIRST.
AND SOMETIMES WHEN WE GET TOO CAUGHT UP IN TRYING TO MAKE
MONEY, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WORKING TODAY--I'M NOT SAYING
IT'S YOU, BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WORKING TWO AND THREE JOBS
SO THEY CAN PAY FOR A BUNCH OF STUFF THAT THEY
DON'T EVEN NEED?
A BIGGER HOUSE, A MORE EXPENSIVE CAR, OR THIS OR THAT, A BOAT,
A YACHT, A WHATEVER, AND IT'S OKAY TO HAVE THOSE THINGS
IF YOU CAN HAVE THEM WITHOUT STRESS IN YOUR LIFE.
BUT IF THEY'RE GONNA STRESS YOU OUT AND YOU'RE GONNA BE STRESSED
OUT OVER THE DEBT OF HAVING TO PAY FOR THOSE THINGS
ALL THE TIME, AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK SO MUCH YOU
CAN NEVER SPEND ANY TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY, THEN MAYBE GOD
BROUGHT YOU HERE TONIGHT SO YOU COULD RE-EXAMINE
SOME OF YOUR PRIORITIES.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: 'CAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DON'T LOOK
AT OUR PRIORITIES?
TO BE HONEST, WE CAN GET IN PLACES AND NOT EVEN KNOW
HOW WE GOT THERE.
IT'S, LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED TO MY LIFE?
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT THAT? HOW DID I GET IN THIS MESS?
HOW DID I LET MYSELF GET INTO THIS SITUATION?
ALL THOSE THINGS HAVE PULL ON US.
OKAY, MAYBE YOU'RE A YOUNG PERSON AND RIGHT NOW YOU DON'T
HAVE A LOT OF TIME FOR JESUS.
I MEAN, YOU GOT A LITTLE 'CAUSE YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT OR YOU GOT
A LITTLE 'CAUSE YOU'RE WATCHING THIS TV PROGRAM WHEN IT
COMES ON.
YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME FOR JESUS, BUT YOU GIVE JOYCE
15 MINUTES IN THE MORNING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT YOU DON'T--YOU JUST DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME
FOR THAT RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE YOU ARE BUSY GETTING YOUR DEGREE.
WELL, SO LET'S JUST TALK JUST FOR A SMIDGE
ABOUT EDUCATION.
NOW, EDUCATION IS WONDERFUL AND THANK GOD FOR SMART PEOPLE
IN THE WORLD AND ALL THE STUFF THAT THEY DO.
AND I'M CERTAINLY NOT SAYING NOT TO BE EDUCATED.
I WILL TELL YOU THIS.
THE ANOINTING IS BETTER.
AND I DON'T MEAN THAT INSULTINGLY BUT, I MEAN,
YOU--LIKE, I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EDUCATION
BEYOND THE 12TH GRADE AND I'M DOING OKAY.
I'VE GOT GOD'S ANOINTING.
HOWEVER, GOD CAN USE PEOPLE WITH BIG BRAINS
IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
THE APOSTLE PAUL WAS PROBABLY THE MOST HIGHLY EDUCATED
OF ALL THE APOSTLES AND HE WROTE
TWO-THIRDS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.
SO I'M NOT SAYING NOT TO HAVE EDUCATION.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S NOT GOOD.
I THINK IT'S PHENOMENAL, BUT IT'S NOT AS IMPORTANT
AS HAVING THE ANOINTING.
NOW, IF YOU CAN BE REALLY SMART AND HAVE THE ANOINTING, WHOO!
I KNOW A FEW PEOPLE LIKE THAT AND THEY CAN DO STUFF
THAT I CAN'T DO.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT FOR GOD TO USE YOU, BUT IF YOU
DO HAVE IT AND YOU STILL PUT GOD FIRST, THEN HE CAN REALLY USE
WHAT YOU KNOW BUT IN THE RIGHT WAY, AMEN?
SO I--JUST TWO SCRIPTURES JUST SO WHATEVER IT IS YOU KNOW
OR WHAT IT IS YOU THINK YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T THINK THAT IT'S
MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT IT IS.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, PEOPLE THAT ARE HIGHLY EDUCATED
LOOK DOWN ON PEOPLE THAT AREN'T AS SMART AS THEM
AND THAT'S NOT GOOD.
IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU WHO GOD WILL USE.
"FOR IT IS WRITTEN," 1 CORINTHIANS 1:19, 21:
"IT IS WRITTEN, I WILL BAFFLE AND RENDER USELESS AND DESTROY
THE LEARNING OF THE LEARNED, THE PHILOSOPHY
OF THE PHILOSOPHERS AND THE CLEVERNESS OF THE CLEVER
AND THE DISCERNMENT OF THE DISCERNING;
I WILL FRUSTRATE AND NULLIFY [THEM] AND BRING [THEM]
TO NOTHING.
WHERE IS THE WISE MAN (THE PHILOSOPHER),
THE SCRIBE (THE SCHOLAR)?
WHERE IS THE INVESTIGATOR (THE LOGICIAN, THE DEBATER)
OF THIS PRESENT TIME AND AGE?
HAS NOT GOD SHOWN UP THE NONSENSE AND THE FOLLY
OF THIS WORLD'S WISDOM?"
SO, YOU KNOW HOW MANY SMART PEOPLE THERE ARE SITTING AROUND
HAVING DISCUSSION GROUPS ABOUT HOW TO FIX OUR WORLD?
YOU KNOW HOW MANY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE SPENT
ON PEOPLE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE PROBLEM
IN THE WORLD, WHAT IS WRONG IN OUR SCHOOLS,
WHAT'S WRONG IN THE GOVERNMENT.
WELL, I CAN TELL 'EM FOR FREE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AS LONG AS GOD IS FIRST, EVERYTHING ELSE
WORKS OUT.
THE FURTHER YOU MOVE HIM DOWN THE LINE,
THE WORSE CONDITIONS GET.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I JUST--YOU'LL HAVE TO EXCUSE ME FOR JUST A MINUTE,
LET ME TAKE MY LIBERTY, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW DUMB YOU
CAN BE AND STILL BREATHE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, SURELY PEOPLE WITH EVEN A LITTLE BIT
OF A BRAIN CAN LOOK AT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN OUR SOCIETY AND SEE
THAT THE MORE PEOPLE TRY TO GET RID OF GOD, THE WORSE CONDITIONS
OUR WORLD GETS IN.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND SO, I MEAN, HONESTLY, AND I'M NOT TRYING
TO BE INSULTING, BUT IF YOU DON'T SEE THAT,
THEN YOU CAN HAVE 40 DEGREES AND I'M JUST TELLING YOU,
YOU ARE NOT VERY SMART.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SO THERE'S EDUCATION AND THERE'S WISDOM.
AND GOD WANTS US TO BE EDUCATED, LEARN ALL YOU CAN LEARN,
BUT USE IT FOR GOD'S GLORY.
DON'T GET ALL CAUGHT UP IN SOME WORLDLY NOTION AND IDEA OF HOW
THINGS SHOULD BE BECAUSE GOD SAYS, "I'M GONNA BRING IT ALL
TO NOTHING."
NOW, HERE'S A GOOD ONE.
"IF I--" THIS IS 1 CORINTHIANS 13.
"IF I HAVE ALL KNOWLEDGE; AND HAVE NOT LOVE,
I AM A USELESS NOBODY."
IF YOU HAVE ALL KNOWLEDGE, IF YOU KNOW EVERYTHING.
YOU COULD HAVE EVERY DEGREE THAT EXISTS, AND IF YOU DON'T
KNOW HOW TO LOVE, THEN THE BIBLE SAYS YOU'RE NOBODY,
YOU'RE NOTHING.
SO JUST--LET'S JUST THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A MINUTE.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF EVERY GRADE SCHOOL,
EVERY HIGH SCHOOL, EVERY COLLEGE, EVERY PERSON WHO WENT
TO THOSE SCHOOLS, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY HAD TO TAKE
A COURSE IN WHAT LOVE IS AND HOW TO WALK IN LOVE?
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY HAD TO TAKE A COURSE IN MANNERS?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, YOU CAN BE SMART AND STILL BE RUDE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU CAN BE VERY SMART AND STILL BE OBNOXIOUS AND NOT
KNOW HOW TO TREAT PEOPLE, NOT KNOW HOW TO LOVE PEOPLE.
AND SO, SEE, IF YOUR HEAD KNOWLEDGE OUTWEIGHS
YOUR SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE, ARE YOU WITH ME?
IF YOUR HEAD KNOWLEDGE IS GREATER THAN YOUR SPIRITUAL
KNOWLEDGE, THEN YOU'RE ALREADY HEADED FOR TROUBLE.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: WELL, REMEMBER, AS LONG AS WE GIVE GOD
FIRST PLACE IN OUR LIFE, EVERYTHING ELSE WILL WORK OUT.
THE FURTHER YOU MOVE GOD DOWN THE LIST, THE HARDER THINGS
CAN GET.
SO HOW DO WE KEEP GOD AT THE TOP OF THE LIST?
GINGER JOINS ME NOW WITH YOUR QUESTIONS.
JOYCE: WELL, GINGER, I KNOW THAT THIS IS CHALLENGING
FOR EVERYBODY.
I THINK EVENTUALLY WE GET IT.
IT'S LIKE NOTHING'S GONNA WORK IF I DON'T MAKE THAT A PRIORITY,
BUT IT'S CHALLENGING TO FORM THAT HABIT IN THE BEGINNING.
GINGER: IT IS, AND WE HAVE SOME GREAT QUESTIONS.
PEOPLE WHO REALLY WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT BECAUSE, LIKE YOU
SAID, THEY KNOW IT'S WHAT WORKS AND YET.
HERE'S A QUESTION FROM EMILY ROSE
FROM KANSAS CITY.
SHE SAYS, "I WANT TO LIVE A LIFE SURRENDERED TO GOD.
I STRUGGLE WITH SO MANY THINGS.
SOMETIMES IT'S ALL I CAN DO TO JUST GET THROUGH THE DAY.
SO HOW DO YOU KNOW GOD IS WORKING IN AND THROUGH YOU WHEN
FACED WITH SO MANY CHALLENGES?" JOYCE: WELL, FIRST OF ALL
LET ME TELL HER THAT MY GRANDDAUGHTER'S NAMED
EMILY ROSE.
I THOUGHT SHE MIGHT LIKE THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY TODAY IS BUSY.
SOMETIMES I JUST GET SO TIRED OF HEARING THAT WORD,
I JUST WANNA SCREAM.
IT JUST KIND OF--LIKE, NO MATTER WHAT YOU ASK PEOPLE,
THEY'RE BUSY.
AND GOD'S NEVER CALLED US TO BE BUSY.
HE CALLED US TO BE FRUITFUL.
MATTER OF FACT, I'M NOT EVEN SURE YOU CAN FIND
THAT WORD IN THE BIBLE.
I HAVE--DON'T KNOW THAT FOR SURE, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER
EVER SEEING IT.
AND SO OFTEN, SO MUCH OF WHAT WE DO DOESN'T EVEN REALLY NEED
TO BE DONE.
WE GET BUSY TRYING TO MEET OTHER PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS
AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE ANSWER TO HER
IS GONNA BE PROBABLY THE SAME AS IT IS
TO A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS.
THE DAY WON'T BE AS FRUSTRATING, IT WON'T SEEM
NEARLY AS OVERWHELMING, IF YOU START THE DAY WITH GOD.
AND STARTING A DAY WITH GOD BASICALLY MEANS TO TALK TO HIM.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN START THAT BEFORE YOU EVER GET
OUT OF BED.
YOU KNOW, YOU-- GOOD MORNING, LORD.
I LOVE YOU.
I NEED YOU TODAY.
YOU KNOW, I LIKE PEOPLE TO TAKE AS LONG AS THEY CAN.
I DON'T LIKE THE PHRASE, "WELL, JUST TAKE A FEW MINUTES
WITH GOD," LIKE HE'S ONLY WORTHY OF A FEW MINUTES.
BUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THIS IS NOT A HABIT FOR PEOPLE,
WHICH THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THIS, TO BE HONEST.
I MEAN, IF YOU DO IT LONG ENOUGH, YOU'LL GET TO THE POINT
WHERE NOT DOING IT IS NOT AN OPTION FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU
JUST--IT JUST BECOMES PART OF WHO YOU ARE.
BUT LIKE ANY GOOD HABIT, THE ENEMY'S GONNA FIGHT US
IN THE BEGINNING.
SO LET'S JUST SAY EVEN IF YOU ONLY START WITH 5 MINUTES, THEN
YOU CAN GRADUALLY INCREASE THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE SPEND AT LEAST A HALF AN HOUR
EVERY MORNING WITH GOD.
AND BY THAT, I MEAN TALKING TO GOD, PRAYING FOR PEOPLE
THAT YOU KNOW THAT ARE HAVING A ROUGH TIME,
GOING THROUGH A HARD TIME, AND IF--
GINGER: AND THERE ARE ALWAYS A LOT OF THOSE.
JOYCE: YEAH, THERE ALWAYS ARE, AND IT'S GOOD FOR US
TO PRAY FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
WE DON'T ALWAYS NEED TO JUST BE PRAYING FOR OURSELF.
READING A BOOK, A CHRISTIAN BOOK, THAT YOU'RE
REALLY GETTING A LOT OUT OF.
YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE THINK, "GOTTA READ
MY BIBLE, READ MY BIBLE."
WELL, YES, WE WANNA STUDY THE BIBLE, BUT IF YOU'RE READING
A BOOK THAT'S FULL OF SCRIPTURE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT HAVING
SOMETHING WITH "THE BIBLE" ON THE FRONT OF IT THAT IS GONNA
MAKE US ANY MORE SPIRITUAL THAN JUST READING THE WORD.
AND IT'S GOOD FOR US TO GET THAT WORD IN US.
IT JUST--IT REMINDS US TO KEEP GOD FIRST AND THE THING IS,
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT MORE THAN WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO
WITH THAT TIME, PEOPLE GET ALL WORRIED ABOUT WHAT AM I
GONNA--WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?
WELL, I THINK JUST GIVING GOD THE TIME IS THE KEY.
I DON'T CARE IF YOU SIT THERE AND JUST GO, "DUH," YOU KNOW?
WE NEED TO PUT GOD FIRST IN OUR TIME.
GINGER: YEAH, IT'S MAKING A PRIORITY.
JOYCE: YEAH.
GINGER: HERE'S THE NEXT QUESTION FROM JONATHAN.
HE SAYS, "TEMPTATION AND STRESS KEEP DISTRACTING ME FROM KEEPING
GOD FIRST AND FOCUSING ON HIM.
HOW DO I KEEP GOD FIRST?" JOYCE: WELL, PART
OF THE THING IS THE MIND.
JUST, YOU KNOW, SETTING YOUR MIND IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF TEMPTATIONS HE'S TALKING
ABOUT, BUT SPENDING TIME WITH GOD IS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS
IN THE WORLD TO AVOID TEMPTATION.
AND OUR STRESS IS REALLY CAUSED FROM TRYING TO DO MORE
THAN WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
EVEN THIS MORNING, YOU KNOW, I'M A VERY FOCUSED PERSON.
AND SO I WAS COMING TO THE TV STUDIO, WE'VE GOT
SOME MEETINGS THIS AFTERNOON, I'D A LOT OF THINGS I NEEDED
TO DO IN HERE TODAY.
I GET UP, I DO MY MORNING WALK, MY MORNING EXERCISE, AND SO I
HAVE A TENDENCY TO GET STARTED AND JUST GO FROM THING TO THING
TO THING TO THING TO THING.
AND I--THIS MORNING WHEN I GOT BACK FROM MY WALK, I SAT DOWN
ON THE EDGE OF MY LITTLE SEAT IN MY BATHROOM AND MY HUSBAND
SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" I SAID, "I'M TAKING 3 MINUTES
BETWEEN EVENTS JUST TO TRY TO BREATHE."
AND I THINK SOMETIMES EVEN IF WE WOULD DO THAT, IT WOULD REALLY
HELP THE STRESS LEVEL.
I MEAN, STRESS LITERALLY IS KILLING PEOPLE.
I MEAN, I WAS TALKING TO MY DAUGHTER YESTERDAY
ABOUT ALL THE--HOW MUCH MORE SICKNESS AND DISEASE THERE IS
TODAY THAN YEARS AGO.
AND I MEAN, THERE'S MORE THAN ONE REASON, BUT A LOT OF IT
IS JUST STRESS INDUCED.
AND, YOU KNOW, GOD TOLD ME ONE TIME, "YOU MADE
YOUR SCHEDULE.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE
THAT CAN CHANGE IT."
SO I THINK JUST TO SAY, "I'M STRESSED OUT," AND I
DON'T MEAN THIS IN A WRONG WAY, BUT IT CAN ALMOST FOR ALL OF US
JUST BECOME LIKE AN EXCUSE, LIKE WE CAN'T HELP IT.
AND REALLY, HOW MANY THINGS ARE PEOPLE SPENDING THEIR TIME DOING
THAT NOTHING WOULD CHANGE THAT DRASTICALLY IN THEIR LIFE
IF THEY JUST DIDN'T DO THAT ANYMORE?
AND SO, WE HAVE TO BE WILLING TO MAKE THE CHANGES.
GOD WILL EVEN SHOW YOU CHANGES TO MAKE, BUT WE HAVE TO BE
WILLING TO DO THAT AND TO GET GOD IN THAT FIRST SPOT
AND NOT CHANGE IT.
GINGER: BECAUSE THE STRESS LOWERS WHEN OUR PRIORITIES
DO GET IN ORDER.
THE WORRY THAT COMES WITH STRESS LOWERS WHEN WE'RE SPENDING TIME
WITH GOD BECAUSE WE'RE GIVING HIM OUR BURDENS.
JOYCE: THAT'S RIGHT, YOU'RE CASTING YOUR CARE ON HIM
AND TAKING THE PRESSURE OFF OF YOURSELF.
GINGER: SO IT REALLY IS THE SOLUTION IN SO MANY WAYS.
ALL RIGHT, HERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION FROM ROWDY.
HE SAYS, "EVERY TIME I KEEP MY FOCUS ON JESUS, THE DEVIL
USES THINGS FROM MY PAST TO BRING ME DOWN.
I FEEL ANXIOUS AND WORRIED TO THE EXTENT THAT I DON'T
PERFORM OR I'M LOSING TIME ON THINGS THAT I SHOULD BE DOING
AND I NEED HELP."
JOYCE: OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK THAT HE SHOULD DO?
I BELIEVE THAT HE SHOULD HAVE SEVERAL SCRIPTURES WRITTEN OUT
OR ON A CARD ON, YOU KNOW, ON A 5 X 7 CARD OR WHATEVER,
AND WHEN HE STARTS FEELING THAT, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FIGHT IT
HIMSELF, HE NEEDS TO GO TO THE WORD.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE BIBLE SAYS: "LOOKING AWAY FROM ALL
THAT WILL DISTRACT UNTO JESUS."
SO WHEN HE STARTS TO BE DISTRACTED BY PAST SINS
OR FAILURES, THAT'S THE BEST TIME TO KEEP
YOUR FOCUS ON JESUS.
AND MAYBE SOME SCRIPTURES ABOUT
THE NEW LIFE THAT'S PROVIDED FOR US IN CHRIST.
AND, BOY, A GREAT ONE IS "FORGETTING WHAT LIES BEHIND
AND PRESSING TOWARD THE THINGS THAT ARE AHEAD."
I MEAN, THERE, I MEAN, I CAN THINK OF A NUMBER OF SCRIPTURES
RIGHT NOW.
AND I REALLY THINK A LOT OF TIMES WE TRY TO FIGHT BATTLES
THAT THE WORD WOULD WIN FOR US BECAUSE IT IS THE SWORD
OF THE SPIRIT.
THAT'S THE GREATEST WEAPON THAT WE HAVE AGAINST SATAN IS
THE WORD OF GOD.
AND SO TO LEARN THOSE SCRIPTURES AND THEN HE
WOULD GET TO THE POINT WHERE HE DIDN'T HAVE TO GET OUT A CARD
AND READ THEM.
HE WOULD HAVE THEM IN HIM AND YOU CAN EVEN GET
TO THE POINT WHERE THOSE SCRIPTURES
WILL AUTOMATICALLY COME.
THE HOLY SPIRIT BRINGS THINGS TO OUR REMEMBRANCE WHEN WE
NEED THEM, AND SO I WOULD SAY, "FIGHT WITH THE WORD
INSTEAD OF FIGHTING IN THE FLESH."
GINGER: YEAH, OH, THAT'S GREAT.
BE READY TO FIGHT BACK A LITTLE BIT.
JOYCE: YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
GINGER: NICA ASKS, "HOW DO YOU KEEP GOD FIRST?
I HAVE PLANS AND I'M WORKING TOWARD THEM, BUT HOW DO YOU KEEP
YOUR EYES ON GOD AND NOT ON YOUR PLANS?"
JOYCE: WELL, I, I MEAN, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A STORY
AND I'LL TRY TO TELL IT SHORT.
BUT I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM YEARS AGO IN TRYING TO FORM
THE HABIT OF PUTTING GOD FIRST.
AND I WORKED AT A CHURCH AND SO, IN A WAY, I WAS
A LITTLE BIT PROUD OF MYSELF THAT I WORKED FOR GOD.
AND ONE MORNING, HE PUT THE THOUGHT IN MY HEART, "WELL,
YOU'RE SO PROUD OF YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU WORK FOR ME,
BUT YOU'RE NOT SPENDING ANY TIME WITH ME."
AND SO SPENDING TIME WITH GOD EVEN NEEDS TO TRUMP DOING
"CHURCH WORK."
AND GOD FINALLY GOT THE POINT ACROSS TO ME AND THE AMPLIFIED
VERSION OF SOME OF THE SCRIPTURES ABOUT SEEKING
GOD SAYS: "REQUIRE HIM AS A VITAL NECESSITY IN LIFE."
AND I HAD AN UNCLE AT THE TIME WHO HAD A PACEMAKER, AND IF HE
DIDN'T CHARGE IT EVERY SO MANY DAYS IT WOULD GO FLAT
WHICH MEANT HE WOULD DIE AND-- GINGER: NOT GOOD.
JOYCE: NOT GOOD.
AND SO ONE TIME WE INVITED MY AUNT AND UNCLE OUT
FOR A STEAK DINNER.
WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA REALLY GIVE 'EM A FREE BIG MEAL
AND THEY WERE GONNA LOVE IT, AND MY AUNT SAID,
"I'M SORRY, WE CAN'T GO TODAY.
YOUR UNCLE HAS TO CHARGE HIS PACEMAKER."
AND I SAID, "WELL, CAN'T HE DO THAT ANOTHER TIME?"
AND SEE, THAT'S THE ATTITUDE WE TAKE ABOUT SPENDING TIME
WITH GOD.
AND SHE WAS INSULTED.
SHE SAID, "WELL, NO.
IF HE DID, HE WOULD DIE."
AND GOD USED THAT TO GET ACROSS TO ME, "YOU'RE NOT GONNA MAKE IT
IN THIS WORLD TRYING TO DO WHAT YOU'RE DOING IF YOU DON'T SPEND
TIME WITH ME ON A REGULAR BASIS AND PUT ME FIRST."
GINGER: THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
JOYCE: I THINK IT JUST HAS--WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND,
REALLY, TO BE HONEST, THIS IS NOT REALLY AN OPTION.
IT'S LIKE, IF YOU WANNA HAVE VICTORY, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT
THROUGH DAILY LIFE WITH SOME JOY, GOD MUST COME FIRST.
GINGER: YEAH, LET'S DO ONE MORE.
HELEN FROM AUSTRALIA SAYS, "I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW DO YOU
PUT GOD FIRST WHEN YOU ARE SO UNWELL IN PAIN AND SUFFERING
THAT ALL YOU WANT IS TO BE HEALED AND JOYFUL AGAIN?"
JOYCE: OKAY, I TOTALLY GET THAT.
I'VE HAD JUST ABOUT SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, I HAD A, THANKFULLY
A MINOR, BACK SURGERY.
BUT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS I'VE HAD TO HAVE BOTH HIPS REPLACED
AND I UNDERSTAND ABOUT PAIN, AND IT DOES--IT CAN REALLY HURT
YOU MENTALLY, EMOTIONALLY, PHYSICALLY,
AND IN EVERY OTHER WAY.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT IN THE MIDST OF THAT, I FOUND MYSELF TALKING
TO GOD EVEN MORE, LIKE, "STRENGTHEN ME, GOD.
HELP ME."
AND SHE MAY BE DOING THAT EVEN MORE THAN WHAT SHE THINKS SHE IS
BECAUSE--JUST BECAUSE SHE MAYBE CAN'T DO THE SAME THINGS
THAT SHE ONCE DID THAT SHE MIGHT CONSIDER SERVING GOD, YOU KNOW,
FIRST OF ALL, GOD KNOWS WHERE SHE'S AT RIGHT NOW.
HE TOTALLY UNDERSTANDS THAT.
JESUS BORE OUR PAIN, HE WAS FAMILIAR WITH PAIN.
THE BIBLE EVEN SAYS IN ISAIAH THAT HE WAS FAMILIAR
WITH SICKNESS.
HE TOOK OUR SICKNESS ON HIMSELF, AND SO HE KNOWS, HE UNDERSTANDS,
AND I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE HER, SHE'S ALREADY GOT ENOUGH
TO DEAL WITH.
LET'S DON'T ADD TO IT BY NOW STARTING TO FEEL BAD ABOUT
YOURSELF SPIRITUALLY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO THE THINGS THAT YOU
ONCE DID.
GOD UNDERSTANDS THAT, AND I CAN TELL YOU, "GOD HELP ME,"
FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE HURTING CAN BE JUST AS MUCH OF A SPIRITUAL
PRAYER AS SOMEBODY GETTING ON THEIR KNEES AND DOING
HEAVY INTERCESSION FOR AN HOUR.
SO I THINK IT'S GOOD AND I WANNA COMPLIMENT HER
THAT EVEN IN THE MIDST OF WHAT SHE'S GOING THROUGH,
THAT SHE WOULD TAKE THE TROUBLE TO WRITE US WITH THAT QUESTION.
THAT SHOWS HER HEART AND THAT'S WHAT GOD CARES ABOUT.
GINGER: IT DOES.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JOYCE.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.
JOYCE: WELL, TODAY, AS ALWAYS, WE'RE OFFERING YOU
SOME TEACHING ON THIS SUBJECT.
YOU KNOW, THE TIME THAT WE HAVE ON THE TV PROGRAM
IS JUST--REALLY, IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH.
IT HELPS, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO GET SOMETHING REALLY EMBEDDED
IN YOUR HEART TO WHERE IT BECOMES PART OF YOU.
SO TODAY WE'RE OFFERING YOU FOUR TEACHINGS CALLED
"PURSUING WHAT MATTERS MOST."
FOUR HOURS OF TEACHING ABOUT KNOWING WHAT TO PUT FIRST.
AND ALSO WE'LL SEND ALONG A "HAND OF HOPE" NOTEPAD
AND PEN FOR YOU TO TAKE NOTES AND WRITE WITH.
I WANT YOU TO REALLY TAKE THAT FIRST STEP IN PURSUING GOD
AND SEE WHAT BLESSINGS HE HAS IN STORE FOR YOU.
YOU'LL NEVER FEEL LIKE IT WAS TIME WASTED.
I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT.
ANNOUNCER: WE ALL HAVE PURSUITS IN LIFE, WHETHER IT
MAY BE SUCCESS, BETTER PAY, A BETTER JOB, ANYTHING.
AND WHILE IT'S NOT WRONG TO DESIRE THESE THINGS,
WE SHOULDN'T LET THEM BE THE FIRST PRIORITY.
SO LEARN TO PUT GOD FIRST ON THE LIST, NO MATTER WHAT
THE CIRCUMSTANCES, AND DISCOVER THE SECRET
TO TRUE JOY AND PEACE.
ORDER JOYCE'S TEACHING SERIES, "PURSUING WHAT MATTERS MOST."
AS WE LEARN TO KEEP HIM FIRST, EVERYTHING ELSE IN LIFE
WILL WORK OUT.
AND WHEN YOU CALL TO ORDER, YOU'LL ALSO RECEIVE
THIS "HAND OF HOPE" NOTEPAD AND PEN SET.
THIS FOUR-TEACHING CD SERIES, NOTEPAD, AND PEN CAN ALL BE
YOURS TODAY FOR A GIFT OF... OR MORE.
CONTACT US NOW...OR VISIT US AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
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 WANNA 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: YOU KNOW, I'VE JUST BEEN WONDERING LATELY, WHAT
IS IT THAT MAKES A PERSON WANT TO LEAVE THE COMFORT
AND MONOTONY OF HOME TO COME SOMEPLACE CRAZY LIKE THIS
AND DO A MEDICAL CLINIC?
WELL, LET'S ASK THE VOLUNTEER DOCTORS AND NURSES WHO DO IT
ALL THE TIME.
MALE: SEEING THE WORLD IS AWESOME.
IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT ADVENTURE.
FEMALE: BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE SO AMAZING.
FEMALE: I DO THIS BECAUSE GOD PUT IT IN MY HEART TO HELP
OTHERS.
FEMALE: BECAUSE IT'S LIFE-CHANGING.
MALE: WE LOVE IT.
IT'S AWESOME.
FEMALE: 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY FUN.
GINGER: SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IT CAN'T HURT TO AT LEAST CHECK IT OUT, RIGHT?
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS GO TO OUR WEBSITE, JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
ALL THE INFORMATION IS THERE FOR YOU AND, JUST THINK,
YOUR ADVENTURE MAY BEGIN TODAY.
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.
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ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING WAS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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