ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
GINGER: COMING UP ON TODAY'S SHOW, JOYCE EXPLAINS WHY WE
SHOULD REALLY BE JOYFUL DURING OUR TRIALS.
AND TODAY'S "HELP ME" QUESTION IS FROM A MAN DEALING WITH
THE GUILT OF NOT FEELING LIKE HE WAS A GOOD ENOUGH FATHER.
IT'S ALL COMING UP RIGHT NOW ON "EVERYDAY ANSWERS."
GINGER: AS WE WALK THROUGH EACH NEW DAY, WE ALL HAVE
QUESTIONS.
THEY'RE JUST PART OF LIFE.
BUT DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE ANSWERS FOR YOU?
GOD SAYS WHEN WE LOOK, WE'LL FIND HIM.
HE'S NOT TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING.
SO, TOGETHER, WE ARE DISCOVERING LIFE'S EVERYDAY ANSWERS.
GINGER: THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT WE WILL FACE TRIALS, AND IT
ALSO SAYS WE SHOULD BE JOYFUL WHEN IT HAPPENS.
HOW DOES THAT WORK?
BOTH ARE THINGS THAT WE JUST DON'T REALLY WANNA DO.
WELL, WE CAN'T AVOID TRIALS, BUT WHY SHOULD WE BE JOYFUL
WHEN THEY COME OUR WAY?
HERE'S JOYCE'S ANSWER.
JOYCE: HOW MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT
JAMES 1, VERSE 1 SAYS?
"BE WHOLLY JOYFUL, MY BRETHREN, WHENEVER YOU ARE ENVELOPED IN OR
ENCOUNTER TRIALS OF ANY SORT OR FALL INTO VARIOUS TEMPTATIONS."
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE MADE IT TO THAT POINT AND YOU DON'T NEED
THIS MESSAGE TONIGHT?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST NOT EVEN HARDLY FAIR FOR GOD TO
ASK A PREACHER TO PREACH THIS MESSAGE, BECAUSE SOMEBODY ASKED
ME WHAT I WAS GONNA PREACH ON THIS WEEK, AND I SAID, "WELL, I
GET THE EXTREME THRILL OF TRYIN' TO GET PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT
THEIR TRIALS."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WHICH IS NOT EASY.
AND THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY CONSIDER THEM JOYFUL,
AND THAT'S ABOUT OUR THINKING PROCESS.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE CLAPPING AND CHEERING ABOUT THE
DISCOMFORT WE'RE GOING THROUGH, BUT IF WE UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT THE VALUE OF TRIALS.
AND THIS IS A MESSAGE THAT'S UNDER-PREACHED.
YES, GOD WANTS TO BLESS US, AND HE WANTS TO BLESS US MORE
THAN WE KNOW HOW TO HANDLE.
"HE WILL OPEN THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR OUT A BLESSING
SO GREAT THAT WE CANNOT CONTAIN IT.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO TAKE IT IN."
BUT I KNOW FROM THE WORD OF GOD AND FROM EXPERIENCE THAT GOD
CANNOT BLESS US IN THE NATURAL BEYOND WHERE WE'RE AT
SPIRITUALLY.
I WANNA SAY IT AGAIN.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA GIVE YOUR BABY THAT'S 3 YEARS OLD THE KEYS
TO THE CAR.
AMEN?
AUDIENCE: AMEN.
JOYCE: AND YOU DON'T, BECAUSE YOU LOVE HIM.
AND EVERY ONE OF US SHOULD STOP PRAYING FOR GOD TO GIVE US ALL
THIS STUFF THAT WE THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE TO MAKE US HAPPY, AND WE
SHOULD PRAY A NEW PRAYER, AND THIS IS THE PRAYER THAT WE
SHOULD PRAY.
I PRAY THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS.
I INVITE YOU TO JOIN ME: "GOD, PLEASE DON'T GIVE ME ANYTHING
THAT I CAN'T HANDLE AND STILL KEEP YOU FIRST IN MY LIFE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
AND SOMETHING WE DON'T HEAR ENOUGH OF IN PRAYER ANYMORE
I DON'T THINK IS, "YOUR WILL BE DONE."
"YOUR WILL BE DONE."
WE'VE GOTTEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT TELLING GOD EVERYTHING THAT WE
WANT HIM TO GIVE US, BUT HE SAYS THAT DIFFICULTY AND TRIALS
AND TRIBULATIONS AND THINGS THAT TEST OUR FAITH, THAT WE SHOULD
CONSIDER THEM JOYFUL BECAUSE--NOT 'CAUSE THEY FEEL
GOOD RIGHT NOW, BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO
IN US IF WE WON'T RUN AWAY FROM 'EM.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU CAN'T GET AWAY FROM,
BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN GET AWAY FROM,
AMEN?
I HAD A JOB IN MINISTRY--WELL, I'LL START SOMEWHERE ELSE.
I WAS IN A CHURCH AT ONE POINT, AND THEY REALLY DIDN'T WANT ME
TEACHING' HOME BIBLE STUDY.
THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT CONTROLLING AND MANIPULATIVE
AND SO I WASN'T REALLY BEIN' TREATED ALL THAT GREAT.
AND, MAN, MY FIRST IMPULSE IS, "I'M OUTTA HERE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "WHO NEEDS THIS?
I'M OUTTA HERE."
AND I REALLY FELT THAT GOD TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED TO STAY, BUT IT
WAS UNCOMFORTABLE TO STAY.
EVERY WEEK WHEN I WENT IN THE CHURCH, IT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE
TO STAY.
THERE WAS ALL THESE HOME BIBLE STUDIES THAT DIFFERENT PEOPLE
HAD, AND OURS, AT ONE POINT, WAS LISTED, THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
OURS CAME OFF THE LIST.
AND THINGS LIKE THAT CAN HURT YOU, YOU KNOW?
WHEN YOU DON'T GET PICKED, WHEN YOU'RE REJECTED, THINGS LIKE
THAT CAN HURT YOU.
BUT GOD REALLY DEALT WITH ME THAT I COULDN'T LEAVE THERE WITH
AN ATTITUDE IN MY HEART.
BECAUSE, YOU SEE, IF YOU LEAVE SOMEPLACE WITH A BAD ATTITUDE,
YOU'RE GONNA ENTER THE NEXT PLACE YOU GO WITH THAT SAME
BAD ATTITUDE.
AND SO, GOD DOESN'T WANT US TO GO WHEN WE WANNA GO.
HE WANTS US TO GO WHEN HE SAYS TO GO.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THEN I CAME TO A SITUATION WHERE I WAS IN
A CHURCH THAT I'D WORKED AT FOR 5 YEARS AND GOD WAS REALLY
DEALING WITH ME ABOUT STEPPIN' OUT AND STARTING TO DO
WHAT I'M DOING NOW.
AND I DIDN'T WANNA GO.
AND I STAYED THERE FOR ANOTHER YEAR, MAYBE 2, AFTER GOD STARTED
DEALIN' WITH ME.
AND I'M TELLIN' YOU WHAT, THINGS WERE JUST NOT GETTIN' GOOD.
AND SO, YOU CAN GO WHEN GOD WANTS YOU TO STAY, AND YOU CAN
STAY WHEN GOD WANTS YOU TO GO.
YOU SEE, WE LIKE TO BE COMFY.
AND I DIDN'T WANNA GIVE UP MY FRIENDS.
I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE WOULD THINK, THAT I WAS
UNGRATEFUL, THAT I WAS FULL OF MYSELF, THOUGHT I WAS GONNA GO
OUT AND HAVE THIS BIG MINISTRY NOW, AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH,
BLAH.
BUT IF I WOULDN'T HAVE LISTENED TO GOD, THEN WE WOULDN'T BE
HERE TONIGHT.
AND I JUST WONDER HOW MANY OF YOU MAYBE GOD HAS TOLD YOU TO DO
OR NOT TO DO SOMETHING--AND WHEN I SAY, "TOLD YOU," I MEAN EITHER
THROUGH HIS WORD, WHICH IS A WORD FROM GOD.
IT ALWAYS JUST CRACKS ME UP WHEN SOMEBODY COMES TO ONE OF MY
CONFERENCES AND I PREACH MY HEART OUT FOR FOUR SESSIONS,
AND THEN THEY ASK ME, IF THEY HAPPEN TO SEE ME ON THE WAY
OUT, "DO YOU HAVE A WORD FOR ME?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "YEAH, DID YOU LISTEN TO ANYTHING I SAID?"
BECAUSE THIS IS THE MAIN WAY THAT GOD IS GONNA SPEAK TO US
AND DEAL WITH US, AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU THINK YOU HEAR
BETTER LINE UP WITH THAT, OR YOU'RE IN TROUBLE.
SO, WE NEED TO GET ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF SPIRITUAL MATURITY.
AND LISTEN, I DON'T LIKE IT ANY BETTER THAN YOU DO.
I HAD A SITUATION HAPPEN A FEW DAYS AGO.
I TOLD YOU I GOT ANGRY AND I HAD A TRIAL THAT WAS NOT
OF MY MAKING.
I WAS HAVIN' A GREAT DAY, AND SOMEBODY ELSE DID SOMETHING
THAT THEN CAUSED ME TO NOT HAVE A GREAT DAY.
HOW MANY OF YOU LOVE IT WHEN YOU'RE GOIN' AROUND DOIN' GOOD
AND YOU'RE JUST CLICKIN' ALONG WITH JESUS, AND EVERYTHING'S
GREAT, AND YOU'RE ENJOYIN' YOUR DAY, AND SOMEBODY ELSE DOES
SOMETHING--?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WELL, TO BE HONEST, PROBABLY 70%, 80% OF OUR
PROBLEMS ARE PEOPLE PROBLEMS FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS.
THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN IT'S ALL THEM.
YOU KNOW, SO WE BETTER SAY THAT JUST TO GET IT OUT THERE.
BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, THEN IT TOOK MY TIME.
I HAD TO DEAL WITH SOMETHIN' I DIDN'T WANNA DEAL WITH.
AND THEN I HAD TO, YOU KNOW, DO SOME OTHER STUFF.
AND SO, I'M GETTIN' READY TO PREACH THIS MESSAGE ON BEIN'
JOYFUL ABOUT THESE THINGS.
AND SO, I JUST THOUGHT, "OKAY, GOD, JUST, NOW,
TELL ME HOW THIS IS GONNA BE GOOD FOR ME."
[LAUGHING]
"I WANT YOU TO TELL ME HOW THIS IS GONNA BE GOOD
FOR ME.
AND WHAT AM I GONNA LEARN OUT OF THIS?
HOW IS THIS GONNA HELP ME?" AND ACTUALLY, GOD PUT SOMETHIN'
INTERESTING ON MY HEART.
HE SAID, "THIS WASN'T SO MUCH FOR YOU AS IT IS FOR
THE OTHER PERSON."
BECAUSE THE WAY I DEALT WITH IT, I HAD TO BRING A CORRECTION, AND
SO, IF THEY THEN RECEIVED THAT, THAT CAN HELP THEM BUILD THEIR
CHARACTER AND DO MORE OF WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
SO, I MIGHT AS WELL JUST TELL YA THIS AND PUT IT OUT THERE SO YOU
DON'T HAVE TO FIND OUT ON YOUR OWN LATER.
BUT I'LL JUST TELL YA THAT THE MORE MATURE YOU BECOME IN
CHRIST, THE MORE HE'S LIABLE TO LET YOU GO THROUGH A FEW THINGS
THAT REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU.
THEY HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON, NOW.
I MEAN, A VERY GOOD CASE IN POINT WOULD BE
MY RELATIONSHIP WITH DAVE.
I MEAN, I HAD SERIOUS ISSUES WHEN WE GOT MARRIED, AND THEY
WERE ALL INTERNAL SO THEY DIDN'T START COMIN' OUT UNTIL
AFTER THE WEDDING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HOW MANY OF YOU FEEL ME ON THAT ONE?
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THEY DIDN'T START COMIN' OUT UNTIL
AFTER THE WEDDING.
EVERYBODY'S ON THEIR GOOD BEHAVIOR DURING THE COURTSHIP.
AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW DAVE PLAYED GOLF WHEN
I MARRIED HIM.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: DID NOT KNOW WHAT A GOLF BALL WAS
BECAUSE I WAS THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERED IN HIS,
YOU KNOW, HIS LIFE DURING THOSE FIVE DATES THAT WE HAD BEFORE
WE GOT MARRIED.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT, YOU KNOW, DAVE WENT THROUGH A LOT THOSE
FIRST FEW YEARS.
AND IF HE WOULD HAVE LEFT BECAUSE HE FELT LIKE LEAVIN',
WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.
AND SO, WHATEVER THIS MEANS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT,
OR THOSE WATCHIN' BY TV, YOU BETTER THINK TWICE BEFORE
YOU JUST THINK, "WELL, I'M OUTTA HERE."
MAYBE YOU NEED TO SAY, "IS THIS YOUR WILL?
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO IN THIS SITUATION?"
AND I DON'T SEE NEARLY AS MANY SMILES AS I'D LIKE TO SEE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND I KNOW, I KNOW IT'S ALL PAINFUL.
THERE'S NOTHIN' THAT WE HATE WORSE THAN HAVIN' TO GO THROUGH
THINGS, BUT IT'S HERE, AND WE CAN'T IGNORE IT.
WE HAVE TO LEARN TO UNDERSTAND IT.
HE SAYS, "CONSIDER IT WHOLLY JOYFUL WHEN YOU ARE ENVELOPED
IN OR ENCOUNTER TRIALS OF ANY SORT OR FALL INTO VARIOUS
TEMPTATIONS.
BE ASSURED AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE TRIAL AND PROVING OF YOUR
FAITH BRING OUT ENDURANCE, STEADFASTNESS AND PATIENCE."
NOW, WE'LL TALK IN A FEW MINUTES ABOUT SOME OTHER THINGS
THAT THEY BRING OUT TOO, BUT EVENTUALLY--
[LAUGHING]
EVENTUALLY, WE'LL GET DOWN TO THAT IF WE LET GOD WORK WITH US
LONG ENOUGH.
YOU KNOW WHY?
AT THE MOMENT OF YOUR NEW BIRTH, WHEN YOU RECEIVED CHRIST,
THE NATURE OF GOD WAS PLANTED ON THE INSIDE OF YOUR SPIRIT.
LITTLE SEEDS OF EVERYTHING THAT GOD IS, HIS CHARACTER,
ALL THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT, IT'S ALL IN YOU.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, YOU ARE PATIENT, BUT IT'S JUST LIKE A
LITTLE, TEENY, TEENY TINY SEED-- [AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BURIED SOMEWHERE UNDER ALL YOUR FLESH.
AND LISTEN TO THIS: "PATIENCE," THE GREEK DICTIONARY SAYS,
"IS A FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT THAT GROWS ONLY UNDER TRIAL."
[LAUGHING]
AND IT COMES FROM A ROOT WORD CALLED, "H-U-P-O-N-E,"
IN THE GREEK, AND IT MEANS "TO REMAIN UNDER."
SO, PATIENCE HAS NOTHIN' TO DO WITH RUNNING AWAY FROM.
IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH BEING STEADFAST, BEING
DISCIPLINED, BEING COMMITTED, STICKIN' WITH THINGS, GOIN' ALL
THE WAY THROUGH WITH THINGS.
AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT THE FIRST THING OUR FLESH WANTS TO
DO WHEN ANYTHING GETS HARD IS QUIT AND RUN AWAY, AMEN?
BUT BEFORE WE RUN IN THE FUTURE, WE NEED TO SAY,
"GOD, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO IN THIS SITUATION?"
PATIENCE IS LIKE A MUSCLE.
FAITH IS LIKE A MUSCLE.
THE LESS YOU USE IT, THE MORE IT ATROPHIES AND THE WEAKER
IT GETS.
THE MORE YOU USE IT, THE STRONGER IT GETS.
THE STRONGER IT GETS, THE MORE YOU CAN DO.
YOU SEE, GOD--NOT ONLY DOES HE WANNA DO THINGS FOR US--YOU
KNOW, TO BE HONEST SOMETIMES I JUST GET TIRED OF HAVIN' TO TELL
PEOPLE THAT 500 TIMES TO GET 'EM TO KEEP LISTENING.
WE ARE JUST NOT VERY GOOD AT LAYING OUR LIVES DOWN
AND SAYING, "GOD, WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?"
JUST FOR 1 DAY, COULD I FORGET ABOUT MYSELF AND SAY, "GOD,
WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU TODAY?
YOU'VE BEEN SO GOOD TO ME.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ONE MORE THING FOR ME THE REST OF MY LIFE
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.
HOW CAN I SERVE YOU?
WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BUT OH, I TELL YOU WHAT, IT'S VERY CHALLENGING TO
PREACH ON SACRIFICE, AND SUFFERING, AND BEIN' SOMEWHERE
WHERE YOU DON'T WANNA BE, AND WAITING ON THINGS.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHEN WE LET GOD WORK WITH US IN OUR LIVES, THEN WE DO GO FROM
GLORY TO GLORY TO GLORY.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
YOU GIVE YOURSELF A FEW YEARS WITH THE LORD OF REALLY
LISTENING TO HIM, AND YOU'LL GO THROUGH SOME STUFF.
BUT YOU COME TO A PLACE WHERE THE STUFF THAT USED TO BOTHER
YOU DOESN'T EVEN PHASE YOU ANYMORE.
IT'S LIKE--SEE, WE DON'T NEED LESS PROBLEMS.
WE NEED MORE STRENGTH.
WE DON'T NEED LESS OPPOSITION.
WE NEED MORE CHARACTER.
WE NEED MORE FAITH, MORE SPIRITUAL MUSCLE ON
THE INSIDE OF US.
AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SAY WITH PAUL, "I CAN DO ALL THINGS
THROUGH CHRIST WHO IS MY STRENGTH."
WHETHER I'M ABASED OR ABOUNDING, I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH
CHRIST.
NOW, I KNOW IN SAYING THIS, PROBABLY SOME OF YOU, THIS IS
THE LAST THING IN THE WORLD YOU WANTED TO HEAR OUT OF ME
THIS WEEKEND.
AND THANKFULLY, WE WILL GET TO GO ON TO OTHER THINGS, LIKE YOUR
MOUTH AND- [AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OTHER MORE EXCITING THINGS AS WE GO ON HERE.
BUT I JUST THINK IT'S, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE WHEN YOU'RE GOING
THROUGH SOMETHING, AND IF YOU CAN OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND SAY,
"I HATE THIS, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S GONNA WORK OUT GOOD.
GOD, I'MMA TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THIS DON'T FEEL GOOD.
I DON'T LIKE IT, BUT I TRUST YOUR WORD THAT YOU WILL WORK
SOMETHING GOOD IN ME AS A RESULT OF THIS.
AND SO, THEREFORE, I'M GONNA DO IT BY FAITH, GOD, BUT I'MMA PUT
A SMILE ON MY FACE, AND I'M NOT GONNA MURMUR, AND I'M NOT GONNA
COMPLAIN, AND I AM JUST GONNA SAY NOW, YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT
TO DO IN MY LIFE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
NOW, IF YOU'LL GO HOME AND START TO DO THESE KINDS OF THINGS,
I'M NOT GONNA TELL YA THAT, BOY, ARE THINGS GONNA COME UP ROSES
IN 2 DAYS.
THEY WON'T, BUT THE DAY WILL COME WHEN YOU'LL THINK, "I AM
SO GLAD THAT I FINALLY STOPPED RUNNING AWAY FROM EVERYTHING
THAT WAS HARD, AND I'VE LEARNED HOW TO GO THROUGH WITH GOD
AND COME OUT VICTORIOUS ON THE OTHER SIDE."
WE ALL WANNA BE A CONQUEROR, BUT WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING
TO CONQUER.
WE WANNA BE VICTORIOUS, BUT WE DON'T WANT
ANYTHING TO HAVE TO HAVE VICTORY OVER.
AND WE'RE JUST SO DOWN ABOUT GOING THROUGH,
"OH, I'M JUST GOIN' THROUGH."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS YOU'RE GOIN' THROUGH,
AND YOU'VE GOT JESUS WITH YOU, AND YOU'RE GONNA COME OUT ON
THE OTHER SIDE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND, HONEY, WHEN YOU COME OUT OF THE FURNACE,
YOU WON'T EVEN SMELL LIKE SMOKE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: WHO WOULD EVER GUESS BY LOOKIN' AT MY LIFE NOW, OR
MANY OF YOUR LIVES WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH IN THE EARLIER YEARS
OF YOUR LIFE?
WHO COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE SOME OF THINGS THAT YOU'VE GONE
THROUGH AND WHERE YOU'RE AT NOW?
YOU CAME OUT, AND YOU DON'T EVEN SMELL LIKE SMOKE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN THINK OF A WOMAN WHO'S PREGNANT.
AND WE ARE PREGNANT, SO TO SPEAK, WITH SO MANY GOOD THINGS,
SO MANY GOOD THINGS ON THE INSIDE OF US.
AND A WOMAN WHO IS PREGNANT, ACTUALLY, WHILE SHE'S IN LABOR,
SHE HAS PAIN AND JOY AT THE SAME TIME.
HER JOY OF BRINGIN' A CHILD INTO THE WORLD OVERCOMES THE PAIN
BECAUSE SHE WILL ACTUALLY GO DO IT AGAIN.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: FIGURE THAT OUT.
AND I HAD THREE DURING THE TIME WHEN THEY KNOCKED YOU
OUT WHEN YOU HAD BABIES, AND THEN I BRAVELY DECIDED TO
HAVE THE LAST ONE ALL NATURAL.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND HE LACKED 1 OUNCE WEIGHIN' 10 POUNDS.
MAN, MATTER OF FACT, WOMEN WILL PRAY FOR THEIR LABOR
TO START.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: ARE YOU ANY OF YOU PRAYING FOR YOUR SPIRITUAL LABOR
TO START?
WOULD ANYBODY JUST GO HOME AND SAY, "OKAY, GOD, I AM
TIRED OF BEIN' A NAMBY-BAMBY BABY, WHINY, UP AND DOWN,
HAPPY WHEN THINGS GO MY WAY, SAD WHEN THEY DON'T.
I'M TIRED OF GETTIN' MY FEELINGS HURT ALL THE TIME, AND BEIN'
JEALOUS, AND GETTIN' MAD ALL THE TIME.
I WANT YOU TO DO SOMETHING IN ME.
LET MY LABOR START."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: OH, IT SOUNDS A LOT MORE EXCITING HERE THAN IT WILL
BE WHEN YOU GET HOME BY YOURSELF.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYIN'.
I MEAN, WE GOT THE LIGHTS, THE MUSIC.
WE GOT THE CROWD, BUT WHEW!
LORD, HAVE MERCY.
TRIALS BRING OUT A LOT OF STUFF BEFORE THEY GET AROUND TO
BRINGIN' OUT THE GOOD STUFF.
GINGER: WELL, THERE'S MORE COMING FROM JOYCE.
AND AS WE'VE BEEN LEARNING, TRIALS, AS DIFFICULT AS THEY MAY
BE, CAN ACTUALLY HELP US DEVELOP ENDURANCE, STEADFASTNESS,
AND PATIENCE.
I KNOW I NEED THAT ONE.
OR THEY CAN BE NOTHING BUT TRYING.
SO, WHAT WILL YOU DO?
WE HAVE SOME RESOURCES.
IF YOU ARE GOING THROUGH TRIALS, OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW ARE GOING
THROUGH TOUGH TIMES, THESE WILL REALLY HELP GUIDE YOU AND BE
A WONDERFUL GIFT FOR THEM.
TWO THINGS HERE THAT ARE JUST REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY'VE
BEEN HELPING PEOPLE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, AND THEY'RE REALLY
POWERFUL STUFF BECAUSE IT IS GOD'S WORD.
IT IS WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT GOIN' THROUGH YOUR TRIALS.
SO, YOU CAN LISTEN OR YOU CAN READ, YOU CAN DO BOTH.
WE HAVE "GOD'S WORD FOR YOUR LIFE."
THIS IS A CD WITH SCRIPTURE THAT JOYCE IS READING.
YOU CAN LISTEN IN THE CAR, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THIS LITTLE
BOOK CALLED, "THE SECRET POWER OF SPEAKING GOD'S WORD."
GET THIS, KEEP IT IN YOUR CAR OR KEEP IT AT YOUR DESK.
KEEP IT AT HOME.
YOU CAN JUST FLIP TO WHATEVER SECTION YOU ARE NEEDING TO GET
SOME ENCOURAGEMENT FROM GOD'S WORD IN, AND THERE ARE
SCRIPTURES READY RIGHT THERE FOR YOU.
THIS IS WONDERFUL, IT'S HELPFUL, PICK IT UP TODAY.
NOW, IT'S TIME FOR "YOUR VOICE."
[MUSIC]
GINGER: YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ONLY BE JOYFUL IN YOUR TRIALS IF
YOU ARE REALLY TRUSTING GOD.
AND SOME OF YOU HAD SOME GREAT THINGS TO SAY ABOUT GOD HELPING
YOU TO TRUST HIM MORE.
HERE ARE A FEW OF YOUR WONDERFUL RESPONSES.
THIS ONE'S FROM INSTAGRAM.
IT SAYS: "HE HELPS ME TRUST HIM WITH SIMPLE THINGS, REMINDING ME
HE IS THERE, A SONG THAT ANSWERS MY PRAYER, A STRANGER THAT
ENCOURAGES ME.
ALL THIS, HE DOES AND MORE."
HERE'S ANOTHER ONE FROM JOANN.
SHE SAYS: "I TRUST HIM BECAUSE HE SAVED ME FROM BEING THE MOST
HATEFUL PERSON TO BEING A HAPPY THANKFUL PERSON."
WELL, JOANN, WE'RE REALLY GLAD THAT YOU'RE HAPPY
AND THANKFUL NOW.
KIMBERLY SAYS: "IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN HARD FOR ME TO STICK WITH
GOD AND SURRENDER SOME OF THE DIFFICULT PARTS OF ME THAT
I KNEW WERE TOXIC.
HE'S HELPING ME BECOME SOMEONE BEAUTIFUL.
MY MARRIAGE, MY WORK LIFE, MY RELATIONSHIPS, EVERYTHING IS
BEING TRANSFORMED."
AND KARLA FROM NEW YORK SAYS: "AS A CAREGIVER OF A BED-BOUND
PARENT AND A RECENT WIDOW, GOD HELPS ME GET THROUGH EACH DAY.
IT'S AN UPHILL BATTLE, IT IS TIRING; BUT I REFUSE TO GIVE UP
FOR I KNOW THAT MY GOD LOVES ME AND HAS MY BACK."
KARLA, THAT IS SO WONDERFUL, TO TRUST IN GOD THROUGH THOSE
REALLY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND WE WANT TO ASK ALL OF YOU OUT THEE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
ENCOURAGE KARLA AND OTHER CAREGIVERS LIKE HER.
IF YOU'VE HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WITH THAT, YOU UNDERSTAND
THE CHALLENGES.
IT CAN BE REALLY DIFFICULT.
SO, TAKE A MOMENT TO PRAY, AND THEN SHARE AN ENCOURAGING WORD
FOR CAREGIVERS OF ALL SORTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
THE WORLD DEFINITELY NEEDS THOSE CAREGIVERS, SO LET'S
SUPPORT THEM.
USE FACEBOOK, TWITTER, DON'T FORGET THAT HASHTAG, #EA, AND
LIKE WE SAID TODAY, YOU CAN DO IT ON INSTAGRAM TOO.
RIGHT NOW, HERE IS TODAY'S "HELP ME" QUESTION.
CHECK IT OUT.
GINGER: JOYCE, WE HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU TODAY.
THIS IS A VIDEO QUESTION, SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT
YOU HAVE TO SAY.
MALE: I HAVE A SON WHO'S IN A LOT OF TROUBLE, AND I DON'T
KNOW HOW TO RELEASE THE GUILT FOR HIM.
I'M LOOKIN' FOR ANSWERS ON HOW TO RELEASE THE GUILT OF NOT
BEIN' A GOOD ENOUGH FATHER.
JOYCE: OKAY, SO, HOW TO RELEASE THE GUILT OF NOT BEING
A GOOD PARENT.
WELL, I WENT THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I
HAD SOME ISSUES WHEN MY KIDS WERE LITTLE, ESPECIALLY
THE COUPLE OF OLDEST ONES.
GINGER: AND I THINK EVERY PARENT WILL.
JOYCE: AND I REMEMBER MY SON ONE TIME SAYIN', "WELL, I
WOULDN'T BE THIS WAY IF YOU WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THUS AND SO."
AND SO, BOY, RIGHT AWAY, I STARTED FEELIN' GUILTY.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT GOD HAS TAUGHT ME IS THAT, FIRST OF ALL, THERE
ARE NO PERFECT LIVES.
THERE'S NO PERFECT PARENTS.
EVERY CHILD IS GONNA END UP GOIN' THROUGH SOMETHIN',
YOU KNOW?
AND IF IT'S NOT FROM THEIR PARENTS, IT'S GONNA BE AT SCHOOL
OR SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND SO, THE ONLY THING THAT CAN CHANGE ANY DAMAGE THAT'S EVER
BEEN DONE TO ANYBODY IS CERTAINLY NOT GUILT, IT'S GOD.
AND SO, PRAYER IS SO POWERFUL, AND I BELIEVE SOMETIMES I THINK
WE'VE HEARD THE WORD "PRAYER" SO MUCH THAT WE
OVER-SPIRITUALIZE IT.
BUT TRULY, YOU CAN TAKE ANYTHING TO GOD, AND HE CAN REPAIR
ANYTHING IN ANYBODY'S LIFE IF THEY WILL JUST LET THEM.
AND SO, WHETHER THIS MAN HAS BEEN A BAD PARENT OR NOT,
JUST BECAUSE YOUR KIDS GET IN TROUBLE, THAT DOESN'T
NECESSARILY MEAN THAT YOU'VE BEEN A BAD PARENT.
I WAS ACTUALLY TALKIN' TO MY DAUGHTER THIS MORNING WHO WAS
AT MY HOUSE WHEN I WAS GETTING READY TO COME HERE.
AND I WAS TALKIN' ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WISH THAT
I WOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENT WHEN THEY WERE GROWIN' UP.
AND SHE SAID, "I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD HAVE MADE
A DIFFERENCE."
SHE SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT?" SHE HAS FOUR CHILDREN OF HER
OWN, AND SHE SAID, "I THINK WE ALL DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH
WHERE WE'RE AT THAT TIME IN LIFE."
AND IT JUST DOESN'T--GUILT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST USELESS
THINGS IN THE WORLD.
SO, JUST, THE LONG AND SHORT OF WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, IS
NO MATTER WHAT YOU'VE DONE, YOU HAVE TWO CHOICES.
YOU CAN FEEL GUILTY OR YOU CAN TRUST GOD TO FIX IT.
AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT HE CAN'T REPAIR.
GINGER: WELL, SOME REALLY GOOD STUFF TODAY, AND WE ARE
LEARNING THAT IT IS GOD'S WORD IN OUR LIFE, WHEN WE APPLY IT TO
EVERY SITUATION, THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING.
AND OUR RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU TODAY ARE WONDERFUL FOR
YOU TO KEEP WITH YOU ALL THE TIME SO THAT YOU HAVE VERY HANDY
AND IN YOUR HEART THAT WORD OF GOD.
THE FIRST ONE IS CALLED "GOD'S WORD FOR YOUR LIFE."
AND WHAT THIS IS, IS A CD WITH JOYCE READING SCRIPTURE TO YOU.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A BOOKLET THAT HAS THOSE SCRIPTURES SO
THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG.
AND IT'S BROKEN UP INTO ALL DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT WILL
APPLY TO YOUR LIFE.
THEN WE HAVE THIS LITTLE BOOK THAT HAS BEEN HELPING PEOPLE
FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, GET IT.
IT'S A GREAT ONE.
THIS IS CALLED "THE SECRET POWER OF SPEAKING GOD'S WORD."
AND IF YOU JUST KEEP THIS HANDY, YOU FLIP THROUGH IT, AND IT HAS
A SECTION OF SCRIPTURE FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN THINK OF
THAT YOU NEED TO APPLY GOD'S WORD TO YOUR LIFE, WHETHER IT'S
COURAGE, OR FEAR, OR YOU NEED HELP WITH RELATIONSHIPS.
SCRIPTURE IN HERE WILL HELP MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE.
SO, PICK BOTH OF THESE UP TODAY.
WHAT A GREAT PACKAGE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO HAVE GOD'S WORD AT
YOUR FINGERTIPS WHENEVER YOU NEED IT.
NOW, WE KNOW YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS OUT THERE.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THEM, SO SEND THEM TO US.
USE SOCIAL MEDIA, #ASKJOYCE IS WHAT HELPS US TO FIND THEM.
GO TO OUR "EVERYDAY ANSWERS" PAGE ON JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
YOU CAN ALSO LEAVE THEM THERE.
AND AS WE LEAVE YOU TODAY, HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT'S COMING
UP NEXT WEEK.
BYE-BYE, WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.
JOYCE: JUST BECAUSE MY GET UP AND GO HAS GOT UP AND GONE,
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I HAVE TO LAY DOWN WITH IT.
I HAVE GREATER POWER THAN HOW I FEEL.
I CAN ACTUALLY SAY, "I AM GONNA GET UP OFF OF THIS COUCH,
AND I AM GONNA DO SOMETHIN' WITH MY LIFE.
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ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING PROGRAM WAS PAID FOR BY
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