ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: "IT'S NOT BY MIGHT, IT'S NOT BY POWER,
BUT BY MY SPIRIT, SAYS THE LORD."
WE DO NOT CHANGE BY TRYING, AND SELF-EFFORT, AND RULES,
AND REGULATION.
WE DON'T EVEN CHANGE JUST BY DISCIPLE AND SELF-CONTROL.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE PART OF IT, BUT NONE OF IT HAPPENS
WITHOUT GOD.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: ISAIAH 30:18 IS JUST, MMM, ONE OF THE MOST YUMMY
SCRIPTURES IN THE BIBLE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OKAY, NOW, ARE YOU READY FOR THIS?
YOU WANNA PAY ATTENTION TO THIS.
"AND THEREFORE THE LORD [EARNESTLY] WAITS [EXPECTING,
LOOKING, AND LONGING] TO BE GRACIOUS TO YOU,"
WHICH MEANS TO BE GOOD TO YOU.
GOD IS WAITING TO BE GOOD TO YOU.
OKAY, NOW LISTEN.
"THEREFORE HE LIFTS HIMSELF UP, THAT HE MIGHT HAVE MERCY ON YOU
AND SHOW LOVING-KINDNESS TO YOU.
FOR THE LORD IS A GOD OF JUSTICE.
BLESSED (HAPPY, FORTUNATE, AND TO BE ENVIED) ARE ALL THOSE
WHO [EARNESTLY] WAIT FOR HIM, WHO EXPECT AND LOOK AND LONG
FOR HIM [FOR HIS VICTORY, HIS FAVOR, HIS LOVE, HIS PEACE,
HIS JOY, AND HIS MATCHLESS, UNBROKEN COMPANIONSHIP]!"
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, HERE, IF I CAN JUST MAKE THIS REALLY SIMPLE
FOR YOU, GOD IS WAITING, LOOKING, LONGING TO FIND
SOMEBODY TO BE GOOD TO, AND HE CAN ONLY BE GOOD
TO SOMEBODY WHO'S LOOKING, AND LONGING, AND EXPECTING HIM
TO BE GOOD TO THEM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, IF I WERE YOU, I'D GET UP EVERY MORNING
AND SAY, "HERE I AM."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "I DON'T DESERVE IT, GOD, BUT I AM EXPECTING
SOMETHING GOOD TO HAPPEN TO ME TODAY."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ANOTHER THING I LIKE TO SAY IS,
"I'M EXPECTING GOOD NEWS."
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I JUST AM FED UP WITH BAD NEWS.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: YUCK.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I LOVE IT IF I GET A TEXT MESSAGE AND SOMEBODY
SAYS, "I'VE GOT GOOD NEWS," OR IF SOMEBODY CALLS ME
AND SAYS, "I'VE GOT GOOD NEWS."
WE NEED TO SHARE GOOD THINGS WITH PEOPLE AND WE NEED TO ASK
GOD FOR GOOD NEWS EVERY DAY.
HEY, GUESS WHAT, MOM?
YOUR KID'S GETTING AN A IN THAT CLASS SHE FAILED IN
LAST YEAR.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HEY, GUESS WHAT?
HENRY DIDN'T GO OUT AND GET DRUNK FRIDAY NIGHT.
HE CAME HOME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NO OFFENSE IF YOUR NAME IS HENRY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: GOOD NEWS, MY GAS BILL WENT DOWN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: GOOD NEWS, I GOT A 20% OFF DISCOUNT COUPON
FOR THAT AND DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS AVAILABLE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WE NEED TO MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF THE GOOD STUFF.
PSALM 27:13 AND 14, DAVID SAID, "[WHAT, WHAT]."
"[WHAT," EXCLAMATION MARK, "WHAT," EXCLAMATION MARK, "WOULD
HAVE BECOME OF ME] HAD I NOT BELIEVED THAT I WOULD SEE
THE LORD'S GOODNESS IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING!"
NOW, YOU KNOW WHY I LIKE THIS?
IT DOESN'T SAY, "WHEN I DIE AND GO TO HEAVEN."
I'M EXPECTING LOTS OF GOOD THINGS THERE, AND FRANKLY
I CAN'T WAIT TO GET THERE.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE REALLY AN AWESOME PLACE.
I WILL BE SO GLAD TO BE RID OF MY BODY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: CALORIES DON'T COUNT IN HEAVEN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YEAH, AMEN.
AND NOW THAT I'VE MENTIONED CALORIES, I HAVE A STORY
TO TELL YOU.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I DID A DUMB THING.
I DIDN'T WEIGH FOR 3 MONTHS, AND THAT'S JUST NOT GOOD FOR ME
'CAUSE I'VE GOT, LIKE, THIS HIGH WEIGHT AND LOW WEIGHT, AND I
LOVE BEING DOWN HERE 'CAUSE I CAN EAT ANYTHING I WANT TO,
BUT WHEN I GET UP HERE, THEN I USUALLY GOTTA BE HUNGRY
FOR A WHILE TO GET BACK DOWN.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SO, I GOT ON THE SCALE ONE DAY LAST WEEK.
MATTER OF FACT, I THINK IT WAS LAST, I DON'T KNOW, TUESDAY
MAYBE, AND I HAD GAINED 4 POUNDS.
WELL, I KNOW TO SOME OF YOU THAT SOUNDS LIKE,
"OH, DON'T EVEN TELL ME THAT."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT THAT PUT ME AT THE VERY TOP, AND SO I WAS
A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, "OH MAN."
SO, AT FIRST I THOUGHT, "I'M NOT GONNA TELL DAVE,"
AND SO THEN I FINALLY THOUGHT, "WELL, I'LL TELL DAVE."
AND SO, I SAID, "MAN, I'M GONNA HAVE TO CUT MY EATING BACK
FOR A WHILE.
I'VE GAINED A LITTLE WEIGHT.
AND HE SAID, "HOW MUCH?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND I SAID, "ABOUT 4 POUNDS."
AND HE WENT...
JUST THAT LITTLE LOOK, YOU KNOW?
AND THEN HE SAID--I SAID, "I HADN'T WEIGHED
FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS."
HE SAID, "THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I WEIGH EVERY DAY,"
AND I GOT UPSET.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOW, HOW MANY OF YOU WOMEN KNOW WHAT I WANTED
WHEN I WENT TO DAVE?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE A CLUE?
YOU'RE LIKE--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU'RE LIKE, "WELL, WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT?
HE DIDN'T DO NOTHING WRONG."
SEE, WHAT I WANTED WAS I WANTED DAVE TO SAY, "WELL, HONEY,
YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE IT."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "YOU LOOK GREAT.
AND LISTEN, YOU'LL LOSE IT QUICK.
I KNOW HOW DISCIPLINED YOU ARE."
SO, THEN I GOT UPSET AND HE SAID, "WELL, I'M JUST TRYING
TO HELP YOU," AND I SAID, "I DON'T WANT YOU TO HELP ME.
I WANT YOU TO ENCOURAGE ME."
HE SAID, "I'M TRYING TO ENCOURAGE YOU."
I SAID, "I DON'T FEEL ENCOURAGED."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SO, WE WENT TO WALMART THE OTHER NIGHT TO START
THE BOOK SIGNING.
THE FIRST LADY THAT GETS IN LINE SAYS, "YOU ARE SO THIN."
I THOUGHT, "MWAH!"
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU NOTICED I SAID IT WAS A LADY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SOMEBODY NEEDED TO HEAR FROM GOD.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SO ANYWAY, ENOUGH OF THAT, I GUESS.
I WAS HOPING I COULD FIND A WAY TO WORK THAT IN AND JUST LOOK
HOW GOD DID THAT.
IT JUST, LIKE, WORKED OUT SO GOOD.
THANK GOD THAT WE CAN EXPECT GOOD THINGS WHILE WE'RE
STILL ON THE EARTH.
WHAT WOULD'VE BECOME OF ME HAD I NOT BELIEVED THAT I WOULD SEE
THE LORD'S GOODNESS IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING?
WHATEVER GOOD WE HAVE HERE, IT'S SURE GONNA BE A LOT BETTER WHEN
WE GET TO HEAVEN, BUT I DON'T WANNA JUST HAVE THAT ATTITUDE,
"WELL, I GUESS WE'LL JUST TRY TO MUDDLE THROUGH 'TIL WE
GET TO HEAVEN.
WELL, SOMEDAY WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN."
NO, I THINK JESUS DIED SO WE COULD HAVE A GOOD LIFE NOW.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
NOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING A TRANSFORMED LIFE,
AND HAVING A TRANSFORMED LIFE MUST BE PRECEDED
BY HAVING A TRANSFORMED MIND.
IF YOU WANNA HAVE WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO HAVE, YOU HAVE TO LEARN
TO THINK LIKE GOD THINKS.
AMEN?
AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT MUCH TEACHING ON THE MIND BECAUSE
THERE'S NO AREA THAT WE HAVE MORE PROBLEMS WITH
THAN OUR MIND, AMEN?
SO, FIRST YOU HAVE TO LEARN THAT YOU CAN DO
YOUR OWN THINKING,
AND THEN YOU NEED TO LEARN HOW TO RECOGNIZE
WHEN YOU'RE NOT THINKING RIGHT AND HOW TO CAST THOSE DOWN
AND CHOOSE SOMETHING BETTER.
BUT THOSE ARE ALL LESSONS THAT I REALLY DON'T HAVE THE TIME
TO GET INTO TONIGHT.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THESE KIND OF THINGS,
I SUGGEST MY BOOK, "BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND."
IT GIVES YOU--IT LAYS A REALLY GOOD FOUNDATION
ABOUT THESE THINGS.
MATTER OF FACT, WE HAD A DOCTOR TELL US TONIGHT--SHE DIDN'T TELL
US, SHE TOLD MIKE.
SHE SAID, "IN MY MEDICAL PRACTICE,"
SHE'S AN M.D.
SHE SAID, "ONE OF THE THINGS I PRESCRIBE IS
'BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND.'" I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HOW MANY EVEN PHYSICAL PROBLEMS DO WE HAVE BECAUSE WE
DON'T THINK RIGHT, AMEN?
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, I CAN GIVE MYSELF A REALLY BAD
HEADACHE AND IT DON'T TAKE VERY LONG IF I JUST LET MY MIND
GET FULL OF WORRY, AND JUNK, AND FEAR, AMEN?
SURELY, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH ROMANS 12:2,
"BE NOT CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD,
BUT BE TRANSFORMED (CHANGED)
BY THE [ENTIRE] RENEWAL OF YOUR MIND."
SO, TRANSFORMATION
DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT HAVING TRANSFORMATION IN OUR MIND.
SO, IF THIS IS ALL NEW TO YOU AND YOU'RE KINDA LIKE, "MAN,
I'VE NEVER HEARD THIS BEFORE," OR "I DON'T KNOW
WHAT I THINK OF THIS," JUST START PAYING ATTENTION
TO WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.
THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT.
AND THE NEXT TIME YOU GET ALL DOWN AND DISCOURAGED,
THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT.
THE NEXT TIME YOU WANNA GO RIP SOMEBODY'S HEAD OFF, THINK ABOUT
WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT, AMEN?
PROVERBS 23:7 SAYS, "AS A MAN THINKETH IN HIS HEART,
SO IS HE."
I LIKE TO SAY, "WHERE THE MIND GOES, A MAN FOLLOWS."
IF YOU THINK ABOUT A HOT FUDGE SUNDAE LONG ENOUGH,
YOU'LL GO GET ONE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOUR MIND WENT TO THE ICE CREAM STORE
A LONG TIME AGO AND YOUR BODY WILL GET THERE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, AM I RIGHT?
IT'S AMAZING TO ME HOW SOMEBODY CAN SAY, "CHOCOLATE,"
OR "ICE CREAM," AND THEN YOU JUST, "I JUST CAN'T STAND IT."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HA HA HA.
ROMANS 8:6 IS A REALLY GREAT SCRIPTURE.
IT SAYS, "THE MIND OF THE FLESH IS SENSE AND REASON
WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT AND IT MINISTERS DEATH."
SO, I MIGHT LOOK AT MYSELF.
MAYBE I LOOKED AT MYSELF 40 YEARS AGO AND THE PROBLEMS
I HAD, THE MESS MY MIND WAS IN, HOW I FELT PHYSICALLY,
OUR FINANCES, MY FAMILY, MY BACKGROUND, AND I'M SURE
THAT IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT IN THE BEGINNING FOR ME
TO LOOK AT ALL THAT, AND THINK ABOUT ALL THAT, AND THINK,
"SOMEDAY THIS IS ALL GONNA BE TOTALLY, COMPLETELY CHANGED."
YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE IF WE THINK WITH THE MIND OF THE FLESH,
THEN WE THINK ACCORDING TO SENSE AND REASON.
IT'S NOT REASONABLE TO THINK
THAT SOMEBODY WHO DENIED CHRIST THREE TIMES COULD EVER BE USED
BY GOD AGAIN.
IT'S NOT REASONABLE TO THINK THAT SOMEBODY
WHO'D BEEN BLEEDING 18 YEARS, AND BEEN TO EVERY DOCTOR
IN TOWN, AND SPENT ALL THAT SHE HAD COULD, JUST BY TOUCHING
THE HEM OF JESUS' GARMENT, BE HEALED.
THAT'S NOT REASONABLE.
DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME, HONEY.
LEAVE THE MASTER ALONE.
AND I LOVE BLIND BARTIMAEUS.
HE HEARD JESUS WAS PASSING BY AND HE CRIED OUT, "JESUS, THOU
SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON ME!" AND YOU KNOW WHAT
THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE SAYS?
"NOW!" EXCLAMATION MARK.
NOW!
NOW, THIS IS HOW WE ARE.
I'VE TAUGHT ON THAT SCRIPTURE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES,
TAUGHT ON IT ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO, HAVE READ THE SCRIPTURE
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES, AND ONLY LAST WEEK DID I SEE
THE WORD "NOW."
DON'T EVER THINK THAT THE BIBLE'S GONNA GET OLD
OR THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE.
JUST 'CAUSE YOU GOT IT UNDERLINED, THAT DON'T MEAN
YOU'VE SEEN IT ALL.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THEY TRIED TO GET HIM TO BE QUIET.
"BE QUIET, BE QUIET. CALM DOWN."
AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE CRIED OUT ALL THE MORE,
"JESUS, THOU SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON ME NOW!"
SO, I'M USING THAT "NOW."
DAVID PRAYED IN PSALMS, "LORD, SEND PROSPERITY NOW."
HA HA HA.
DO YOU WANT GOD TO HELP YOU IN 5 YEARS OR NOW?
AND I THINK MOST OF US WOULD NOT EVEN FEEL RIGHT
PRAYING LIKE THAT.
"WELL, I CAN'T DEMAND THAT GOD DO IT NOW."
WELL, I'M NOT DEMANDING, BUT I'M GONNA ASK.
HOW 'BOUT NOW? NOW WOULD BE GOOD.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HOW MANY OF YOU THINK NOW IS GOOD, OKAY?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I DO THINK SOMETIMES THAT WE JUST--WE'RE NOT, LIKE--I
DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE THINK HOPE IS,
"WELL, I HOPE, MAYBE, SOMEDAY."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "MAYBE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NO, HAVE MERCY ON ME NOW.
HEAL ME NOW.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IF YOU DON'T GET IT TODAY, GET UP AGAIN
TOMORROW, "NOW."
THAT'S AN ANOINTED WORD.
"THE MIND OF THE FLESH IS SENSE AND REASON
WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT."
DO YOU KNOW THAT'S THE PLACE WHERE MOST PEOPLE LIVE?
EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE ARE BORN AGAIN, AND LOVE GOD, AND GO
TO CHURCH, I LIVED IN THAT AREA OF SENSE AND REASON
FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS, AND I WAS WALKING IN THE MIND
OF THE FLESH.
I HAD THE MIND OF CHRIST, BUT I WASN'T USING THAT.
I WAS WALKING IN THE MIND OF THE FLESH.
BUT ROMANS 8:6 ALSO SAYS, "BUT THE MIND OF THE SPIRIT
IS LIFE AND PEACE."
SO, WHEN WE THINK ACCORDING TO THE WAY
THE SPIRIT OF GOD LEADS US, WHICH IS
ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD, WE CAN BELIEVE THINGS THAT DON'T
MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL.
DID YOU HEAR ME?
I SAID WE CAN BELIEVE THINGS THAT DON'T--BECAUSE IT'S--YOU'RE
LIKE--YOU KNOW, EVEN THE WHOLE PLAN OF SALVATION.
IF I STOPPED AND STOOD HERE AND JUST GOT REASONABLE
ABOUT IT, I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO SAY, "YOU KNOW, GOD,
I MEAN, DID YOU REALLY HAVE TO KILL YOUR ONLY SON?
I MEAN, COULDN'T YOU COME UP WITH SOMETHING
THAT DIDN'T HURT?"
I DIDN'T SEE HIM DIE ON THE CROSS.
I WASN'T THERE.
AND IF I REALLY JUST PUT MY MIND TO IT, I'M GONNA GO,
"I DON'T KNOW."
BUT, IN HERE, I KNOW THAT I KNOW
THAT I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT I KNOW.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO WALK IN THE SPIRIT
OR TO BE LED BY THE SPIRIT.
MY EYES CAN THINK, "I WANT THAT.
I SHOULD HAVE THAT.
THAT'S GONNA BE GOOD FOR ME," AND AT THE SAME TIME,
MY SPIRIT CAN BE SAYING...
MMM-MMM, MMM-MMM, MMM-MMM-MMM.
SO, IF WE GO WITH SENSE AND REASON, WE ALWAYS END UP
IN TROUBLE.
IF WE GO WITH THE SPIRIT, THEN WE ALWAYS END UP WITH LIFE,
AND JOY, AND PEACE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HOW MUCH TROUBLE COULD WE SAVE OURSELVES IF WE WOULD
ACTUALLY FOLLOW THE LEADERSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
INSTEAD OF SENSE AND REASON?
AND THEN SOMETIMES, WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO FOLLOW GOD, SOMEBODY
ELSE'LL TELL YOU, "WELL, THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE."
AUDIENCE MEMBER: PREACH!
JOYCE: HA HA.
SOME AREAS IN WHICH YOU NEED TO CHANGE YOUR MIND.
WELL, THIS IS KIND OF AN OUCHIE ONE, BUT WE NEED TO LEARN
TO THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT TRIALS, AND TRIBULATIONS,
AND HARD TIMES.
I DON'T LIKE THIS ANY BETTER THAN YOU DO, BUT HERE IT COMES.
HABAKKUK 3:17 THROUGH 19,
"THOUGH THE FIG TREE DOES NOT BLOSSOM AND THERE BE NO FRUIT
ON THE VINE, [THOUGH] THE PRODUCT
OF THE OLIVE FAILS AND THE FIELD YIELDS NO FOOD, THOUGH THE FLOCK
IS CUT OFF FROM THE FOLD AND THERE'S NO CATTLE
IN THE STALLS."
NOW, I COULD UPDATE THAT, YOU KNOW?
THOUGH THERE'S NO FOOD IN THE REFRIGERATOR,
THE PANTRY'S BARE, THE TIRES
ON THE CAR ARE WORN OUT, YOU KNOW?
THE KID BROUGHT HOME ALL FS ON A REPORT CARD.
"YET I WILL REJOICE IN THE LORD."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I KNOW HOW THIS GOES.
I'M THE SAME WAY.
BOY, IT'S EASY FOR ALL OF US TO AGREE IN HERE.
MAN, BUT WHEN YOU'RE HOME BY YOURSELF AND YOU'RE, LIKE,
FRUSTRATED UP TO YOUR EYES.
AND MAYBE FOR SOME OF YOU, YOU'RE THE ONLY BELIEVER
IN YOUR HOUSE.
[AUDIENCE MEMBER CHEERING]
JOYCE: YEAH!
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OH, YEAH!
SEE, NOW SHE YELLS, AND YOU LAUGH, AND WE'VE GOT IT MADE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WE GOT A SYSTEM GOING TONIGHT.
IT'S HARDER TO DO THAN IT IS TO CLAP FOR.
BUT HOW MANY OF YOU, SOME OF THE HARDEST,
MOST PAINFUL THINGS THAT YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH IN YOUR LIFE
HAVE ULTIMATELY BROUGHT YOU THE GREATEST FREEDOM?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, HOW COULD THAT MANY OF US RAISE OUR HANDS
IF IT WASN'T ACTUALLY A FACT AND A REALITY.
NOW, IT'S EXCITING ON THIS SIDE OF IT, BUT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE
GOING THROUGH IT, ALL YOU CAN DO IS JUST STAND.
JUST STAND, AND IF NOTHING ELSE, JUST REFUSE TO GIVE UP.
I REFUSE TO GIVE UP.
I'M EXPECTING SOMETHING GOOD TO HAPPEN IN MY LIFE.
NOW, LET'S SEE THE REST OF THAT SCRIPTURE,
BECAUSE IT ENDS UP REALLY GOOD.
NO MATTER IF ALL OF THIS STUFF IS HAPPENING, "YET I WILL
REJOICE IN THE LORD; I WILL EXULT IN THE [VICTORIOUS] GOD
OF MY SALVATION!" AND VERSE 19, "THE LORD GOD
IS MY STRENGTH, MY PERSONAL BRAVERY, MY INVINCIBLE ARMY; HE
MAKES MY FEET LIKE HINDS' FEET AND WILL MAKE ME," NOW WATCH
THIS, "WILL MAKE ME WALK [NOT STAND STILL IN TERROR,
BUT WALK] AND MAKE [SPIRITUAL]
PROGRESS ON MY HIGH PLACES [OF TROUBLE, SUFFERING,
AND RESPONSIBILITY]!"
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I THOUGHT THOSE WERE LOW PLACES.
DIDN'T YOU THINK THOSE WERE LOW PLACES?
I DID.
BUMMER.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOT ANOTHER PROBLEM!
SOMETIMES I DON'T UNDERSTAND GOD'S THINKING.
HE SAYS THOSE ARE HIGH PLACES, PLACES OF PROMOTION.
SOME OF YOU ARE ABOUT DUE, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
AUDIENCE MEMBER: I LOVE YOU, JOYCE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND THEN THAT WHOLE THING IN JAMES 1, THAT JUST--
BOY, YOU GOTTA BE IN THE RIGHT MOOD TO READ
JAMES 1.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M UP FOR IT TONIGHT, BUT I'LL GIVE IT A TRY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "BE WHOLLY JOYFUL WHEN YOU FALL INTO ALL KINDS
OF TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "KNOWING THAT THE TRYING OF YOUR FAITH
BRINGETH OUT PATIENCE.
AND WHEN PATIENCE HAS HAD HER PERFECT WORK,
YOU'LL BE PERFECT IN ENTIRE, LACKING IN NOTHING."
WELL, I WANNA TELL YOU, MY TRIALS BROUGHT
A LOT OF THINGS OUT OF ME BEFORE WE GOT AROUND
TO PATIENCE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND THEY STILL DO SOMETIMES.
YOU KNOW, YOU GET A TRIAL AND THEN IT'S LIKE
[MAKING GRUMBLING NOISES]
AND THEN AFTER A WEEK OF FIGURING OUT THAT'S NOT GONNA
DO ANY GOOD, THEN YOU FINALLY SAY, "WELL, I GUESS WE'LL
JUST PRAY AND WAIT ON GOD."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I SURE AM GLAD GOD
UNDERSTANDS ME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: CHANGE YOUR THINKING ABOUT THE LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE
THAT YOU ASSIGN TO BEING ACCEPTED AND APPROVED
BY EVERYBODY YOU KNOW.
"WELL, IF YOU DON'T LIKE ME, MY DAY IS RUINED."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
GALATIANS 1:10, PAUL SAID, "IF I WOULD'VE BEEN TRYING TO BE
POPULAR WITH PEOPLE, I WOULD NOT NOW BE A BONDSERVANT
OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IF I WERE TRYING TO BE--NOW, YOU KNOW,
I WANT EVERYBODY TO LIKE ME.
I HOPE THEY DO, BUT IT'S KINDA, LIKE,
NOT EVER GONNA HAPPEN BECAUSE
STATISTICALLY 10% OF PEOPLE WILL NEVER LIKE YOU.
EVEN YOU.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AS NICE AS YOU--SEE, YOU MIGHT BE THE NICEST THING
ON THE PLANET, BUT YOU MIGHT EVEN BE TOO NICE
FOR SOME PEOPLE.
I MEAN, I'M A LITTLE ROUGH, SO SOME PEOPLE ARE TOO NICE
FOR ME.
I'M LIKE, "REALLY?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL, DO YOU SOMETIMES HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME BELIEVING
THAT GOD CAN PERFORM SOME OF THE IMPOSSIBLE THINGS
THAT YOU NEED HIM TO DO?
YOU KNOW, WE ALL COME UP AGAINST CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE
THINK, "WELL, THAT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE."
BUT REALLY, IF IT'S NOT POSSIBLE FOR US, THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT IT'S NOT POSSIBLE FOR GOD.
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD.
SO, YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT GOD IS WORKING IN YOUR LIFE EVEN IF YOU
CAN'T SEE IT OR FEEL IT.
YOU KNOW, TIMES OF CHANGE ARE DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU
HAPPEN TO BE A PERSON WHO REALLY DOESN'T LIKE CHANGE.
AND SO, WE'RE OFFERING YOU FOUR TEACHINGS TODAY
THAT WE'VE CALLED, "HOW TO SURVIVE CHANGE,"
BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE, THAT'S EXACTLY THE WAY
THEY FEEL.
IT'S LIKE, "AM I GONNA MAKE IT THROUGH THIS?"
AND A PAPERBACK CALLED, "HOW TO BE HAPPY AND FLOURISH
IN SEASONS OF CHANGE."
AND I LOVE THIS BECAUSE IT'S CALLED A 30-DAY SURVIVAL GUIDE.
IT'S GOT 30 DIFFERENT PRACTICAL STEPS IN IT, 1 FOR EACH DAY,
THAT'S GONNA HELP YOU MAKE IT THROUGH
ANY DIFFICULT TIME IN YOUR LIFE.
I DON'T THINK YOU WANNA MISS THESE TWO RESOURCES.
GOD BLESS YOU.
HAVE A GREAT DAY.
ANNOUNCER: TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING FOUR TEACHINGS
ON "HOW TO SURVIVE CHANGE."
IN TODAY'S BROADCAST, YOU HEARD A SAMPLE OF WHAT YOU'LL FIND
IN THIS SERIES.
JOYCE SHARES EXAMPLES FROM HER OWN LIFE,
AS WELL AS LIFE'S EVERYDAY TASKS,
TO OFFER HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR YOUR JOURNEY.
WITH THIS TEACHING SERIES, WE'LL SEND YOU
THIS 30-DAY SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR FREE.
IT'S "HOW TO BE HAPPY AND FLOURISH
IN A SEASON OF CHANGE."
THIS PAPERBACK BY JOYCE WILL HELP YOU WITH PRACTICAL STEPS
EVERY DAY THAT INSPIRE YOU AND KEEP YOU GROWING DAY-BY-DAY.
FOR A DONATION OF...
YOU'LL LEARN NOT ONLY HOW TO SURVIVE, BUT HOW YOU
CAN FLOURISH AND THRIVE ON YOUR JOURNEY.
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