ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: ANYTIME YOU WANT TO DO GOOD, YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST
FIGURE THAT OPPOSITION IS GONNA COME.
JUST BECAUSE WE DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING GOOD, THAT DOESN'T
MEAN THE ENEMY'S GONNA ROLL OUT A RED CARPET AND SAY,
"OH GOODY, LET ME HELP YOU."
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: I'M CALLING THIS MESSAGE, WHY IS IT SO HARD
TO FINISH WHAT WE START?
WELL, WELL, WELL, I WANTED TO CALL IT WHEN YOU TRY TO DO GOOD,
EVIL ALWAYS COMES, BUT I THOUGHT I'D PUT THIS TITLE ON IT JUST
SO IT MADE A LITTLE MORE SENSE LATER WHEN PEOPLE ARE JUST
TRYING TO PICK SOMETHING AND THEY PICK IT ACCORDING
TO THE TITLE.
I WANT TO START BY TELLING YOU SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO ME
AND I SHOULD KNOW BETTER AFTER ALL THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN IN
MINISTRY AND ALL THE TEACHING I'VE DONE, BUT THIS WILL JUST
PROVE HOW WE CAN BE DECEIVED BY THE ENEMY AND HOPEFULLY GIVE US
A GOOD LESSON.
SO, ON NOVEMBER THE 22, 2016, WHICH HAS BEEN ALMOST A YEAR
AGO, NOT QUITE YET, I WROTE DOWN IN MY JOURNAL THAT I KEEP PRETTY
MUCH EVERY DAY AND I ACTUALLY HAVE WHAT I WROTE IN THE BACK
OF THESE NOTES.
I'M NOT GONNA READ IT ALL BECAUSE IT GETS KIND OF LENGTHY,
BUT I WROTE THAT I WAS MAKING A COMMITMENT, EVERYBODY SAY,
"COMMITMENT."
TO BE MORE GENEROUS THAN EVER BEFORE IN MY LIFE.
AND ACTUALLY, I REALLY DO ENJOY GIVING, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT I ENJOY.
I REALLY ENJOY MAKING PEOPLE HAPPY.
I ENJOY--I ENJOY MAYBE KNOWING SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY WANTS
AND THEN SURPRISING THEM WITH IT.
I'VE KIND OF BEEN LIKE THAT SINCE I WAS A KID AND SO I JUST
BELIEVE IT'S ONE OF THE GIFTS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN ME.
AND SO, I JUST DECIDED, I WANT TO BE MORE GENEROUS THIS YEAR
THAN I'VE EVER BEEN BEFORE IN MY LIFE.
AND I GOT OFF TO A GOOD START.
I'VE EVEN WROTE BACK HERE A LOT OF--I MEAN I WROTE DOWN ALL
KINDS OF SCRIPTURES ABOUT GIVING AND ALL KINDS OF THOUGHTS.
MATTER OF FACT, I'LL JUST RIGHT HERE, THIS WAS MY COMMITMENT.
"I AM REAFFIRMING MY COMMITMENT TO GOD TO BE GENEROUS
AND TO HELP AS MANY PEOPLE AS I POSSIBLY CAN.
THE WORLD IS FILLED WITH HURTING AND NEEDY PEOPLE AND NOTHING IS
BETTER OR MORE POWERFUL THAN HELPING THEM.
I'M EXCITED TO ABOUND AND EXCEL IN GIVING AND TO WATCH GOD WORK
IN MY OWN HEART AND LIFE AS I GO FORWARD."
AND THEN I WROTE ALL KINDS OF THINGS ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE SELFISH
OR UNHAPPY AND THE BEST WAY TO FIGHT GREED IS WITH GENEROSITY
AND SATAN HATES GENEROSITY.
AND I'VE GOT SCRIPTURES TO BE GENEROUS IS TO BE MORE LIKE GOD.
SO, YOU KNOW LIKE MOST THINGS, YOU MAKE A COMMITMENT
FOR A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S ON YOUR MIND, AND YOU'RE PRESSING FORWARD,
AND EVERYTHING'S GOING GOOD, AND YOU'RE EXCITED.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE TEND TO GET BUSY WITH SOMETHING ELSE
AND WE KIND OF FORGET ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, DON'T YOU?
IT'S LIKE, WELL, I'LL GIVE YOU ENOUGH EXAMPLES IF YOU DON'T
KNOW NOW, YOU WILL.
AND SO, THEN I WENT INTO THIS PERIOD OF SEVERAL MONTHS WHERE I
JUST FELT MORE GREEDY THAN I HAD FELT IN--I MEAN, I WAS WORRYING
ABOUT MONEY.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT RETIREMENT AND, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO THEN?
AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IF I GET TO THE POINT WHERE I CAN'T DO
THIS ANYMORE?
AND JUST PRICES ARE HIGH AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON.
AND I MEAN, IT WAS EVEN LIKE AGGRAVATING ME WHEN I FELT LIKE
I NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING.
AND I'M THINKING, WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?
THIS IS NOT ME.
THIS IS NOT WHAT I'M LIKE AT ALL.
AND SO, I WOULD KIND OF BEAT IT DOWN FOR A WHILE AND GET IT OUT
OF MY BRAIN, AND THEN PRETTY SOON I'D FIND MYSELF AGAIN, YOU
KNOW, JUST BEING CONCERNED ABOUT MONEY, WHICH IT WAS STUPID.
I'M NOT--THAT'S JUST NOT WHAT I NORMALLY DO.
AND SO THEN ON AUGUST, THE 1ST OF AUGUST THIS YEAR, GOD
REMINDED ME OF MY COMMITMENT TO GENEROSITY, AND HE SHOWED ME SO
CLEARLY THAT THE WHOLE THING HAD JUST BEEN AN ATTACK FROM SATAN
TO KEEP ME TO GET ME OFF MY COMMITMENT AND GET MY MIND
ON SOMETHING ELSE.
AND SO, AS USUAL WITH ME, GOD GAVE ME A GREAT MESSAGE THAT NOT
ONLY HELPED ME, BUT NOW I CAN PREACH TO YOU.
AND HE TOOK ME TO ROMANS 7:21 WHERE PAUL SAID--WELL, HE STARTS
OUT IN ROMANS 7:15 AND HE SAID, "I DON'T UNDERSTAND MYSELF,
THE THING I WANT TO DO, I DON'T DO.
THE THING I DON'T WANT TO DO, THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS END UP
DOING.
WHAT IS MY PROBLEM?
WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?
WHY WOULD ANYBODY DO WHAT THEY DON'T WANT TO DO?"
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THOSE SCRIPTURES,
YOU'RE LIKE, "MAN, I CAN RELATE.
I GET IT," YOU KNOW?
YOU LAY IN BED IN THE MORNING AND MAKE YOUR PLANS FOR HOLINESS
THAT DAY, AND IT WORKS UNTIL YOU PUT YOUR FEET ON THE FLOOR
AND THEN IT'S OVER.
AND IT CAN BE REALLY FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU REALLY WANT TO DO GOOD
AND SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER, YOU JUST DON'T GET AROUND TO IT OR IF YOU
DO, YOU--IT'S ONLY FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
AND SO, LISTEN TO WHAT PAUL SAID, ROMANS 7:21, "SO I FIND IT
TO BE A LAW, A (RULE OF ACTION OF MY BEING) THAT WHEN I WANT TO
DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND GOOD, EVIL IS EVER PRESENT WITH ME AND I AM
SUBJECT TO ITS INSISTENT DEMANDS."
SO, IN OTHER WORDS, ANYTIME YOU WANT TO DO GOOD, YOU MIGHT AS
WELL JUST FIGURE THAT OPPOSITION IS GONNA COME.
JUST BECAUSE WE DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING GOOD, THAT DOESN'T
MEAN THE ENEMY'S GONNA ROLL OUT A RED CARPET AND SAY,
"OH GOODY, LET ME HELP YOU."
IS ANYBODY RELATING TO THIS ALREADY?
OKAY, I'LL JUST MAKE A POINT.
HOW MANY PIECES OF EXERCISE EQUIPMENT DO YOU OWN?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THAT YOU USED 2 WEEKS AND NOW IT'S SITTING IN
YOUR HOUSE?
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE A GYM MEMBERSHIP BUT YOU NEVER GO
TO THE GYM?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY?
I KNOW A MAN THAT OWNS A GYM AND HE SAID 60% OF THE PEOPLE WHO
PAY MONTHLY NEVER SHOW UP, 60%.
WHY?
SOMETHING ALWAYS GETS IN THE WAY.
ANYTIME YOU WANT TO DO GOOD, I'M GONNA PUT IT LIKE THIS, ANYTIME
YOU'RE DOING ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA HELP YOU MAKE PROGRESS,
THE DEVIL DESPISES PROGRESS, WHETHER IT'S IN BIBLE STUDY,
SOMETHING TO MAKE YOUR MARRIAGE BETTER, ANYTHING TO HELP MAKE
YOU A BETTER PERSON, WHETHER IT'S A DECISION TO GIVE MORE.
IF YOU MAKE A DECISION TO TITHE, YOU MIGHT AS WELL FIGURE
ON EXTRA EXPENSES.
YOU SAY, "WELL, THEN WHY WOULD I DO IT?"
BECAUSE IF YOU CAN BE CONSISTENT AND GET THROUGH THAT LITTLE
PERIOD OF TIME, THEN YOU'LL BREAK INTO A WHOLE 'NOTHER LEVEL
OF NOT ONLY YOU BEING A BLESSING TO OTHER PEOPLE, BUT BEING
BLESSED IN RETURN.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, WHEN WE MAKE A COMMITMENT, IT'S
JUST LIKE THE DEVIL IS SAYING, "WELL, LET'S JUST SEE IF YOU
REALLY MEAN IT."
HOW ABOUT A DIET?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WONDER HOW MANY DIETS, JUST IN THIS ROOM, PEOPLE HAVE
STARTED AND THEY LAST UNTIL YOU GET HUNGRY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW HOW EASY IT IS TO GO ON A DIET ON
SUNDAY NIGHT AFTER DINNER?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OR EXERCISE OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE CASE
MIGHT BE.
HOW ABOUT MAKING A COMMITMENT TO "I'MMA SPEND TIME WITH GOD EVERY
MORNING BEFORE I GO OUT OF THE HOUSE"?
WELL, THE DEVIL DOES NOT MIND AT ALL IF YOU START SOMETHING,
BUT HE HATES IT IF ANYBODY EVER FINISHES.
MATTER OF FACT, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
EVER REALLY FINISH WHAT I WOULD CALL GOD'S DESTINY
FOR THEIR LIFE.
THEIR PURPOSE COMING ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND REALLY FULLY BEING
WHAT GOD WANTS THEM TO BE BECAUSE WE LIVE IN THE AGE
OF DISTRACTIONS.
THERE'S SO MANY THINGS TO DISTRACT US AND TO GRAB OUR
ATTENTION AND TODAY MORE SO THAN EVER, BUT I THINK THAT HEARING
THIS TODAY IS GONNA HELP YOU REALIZE THAT IT'S ALL SATAN'S
PLOT TO KEEP YOU FROM BEING THE PERSON GOD WANTS YOU TO BE
AND FROM HAVING WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO HAVE.
HOW MANY OF YOU THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE NOT JUST START THINGS
BUT THAT WE FINISH THEM?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ALL RIGHT SO, 1 CORINTHIANS 16:9, "FOR A WIDE
DOOR OF OPPORTUNITY OF EFFECTUAL [SERVICE] IS OPENED UNTO ME
[A GREAT AND PROMISING ONE], AND [THERE ARE] MANY ADVERSARIES."
I LOVE THAT SCRIPTURE.
PAUL SAID, "OKAY, I'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO MORE GOOD
BUT WITH IT, I ALSO GOT A LOT OF OPPOSITION.
I GOT A LOT OF STUFF COMING AGAINST ME."
AND, YOU KNOW, SATAN MAY COME AGAINST YOUR MIND, HE MIGHT COME
AGAINST YOUR PHYSICAL BODY.
HE MAY DO SOMETHING TO GET YOU RATTLED AND UPSET SO YOU GET
YOUR MIND OFF WHAT YOUR COMMITMENT IS.
I MEAN, HIS WAYS OF DISTRACTING US ARE LIMITLESS, AND YOU KNOW
WHAT?
WE HAVE THE WISDOM OF GOD AND IT'S TIME FOR US TO WAKE UP.
THANK YOU, I'M GONNA TALK TO SOMEBODY THAT'S LISTENING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IT'S TIME FOR US TO WAKE UP AND START REALLY DOING
WHAT GOD WANTS US TO DO, AMEN?
ALL RIGHT, ARE YOU READY?
1 PETER 4:12, "BELOVED, DO NOT BE AMAZED AND BEWILDERED AT
THE FIERY ORDEAL WHICH IS TAKING PLACE TO TEST YOUR QUALITY,
AS THOUGH SOMETHING STRANGE (UNUSUAL AND ALIEN TO YOU
AND YOUR POSITION) WERE BEFALLING YOU."
WHY ARE WE SO SURPRISED WHEN OPPOSITION COMES?
"WELL, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS HAPPENING."
THE DEVIL'S SAYING, "DO YOU REALLY MEAN IT?
HOW SINCERE ARE YOU ABOUT DOING THIS?"
LET'S TALK ABOUT DISTRACTIONS.
MARK CHAPTER 4, BEGINNING IN VERSE 14,
"THE SOWER SOWS THE WORD."
WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING TODAY.
THE HOLY SPIRIT WORKING THROUGH ME IS SOWING GOOD SEED INTO YOUR
HEART THAT WILL PRODUCE AN AMAZING HARVEST IN YOUR LIFE
IF YOU CAN HANG ON TO IT LONG ENOUGH TO LET IT TAKE ROOT,
AMEN?
LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, FOR ALL THE WORD THAT WE HAVE
AVAILABLE TO US TODAY, AND FOR ALL THE WORD THAT SO MANY OF US
HEAR AND HAVE HEARD YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, THERE'S NOT
MUCH EXCUSE FOR SOME OF US TO STILL BE DOING SOME OF
THE THINGS THAT WE DO.
LET ME ASK A QUESTION, FOR EXAMPLE, HOW MANY TIMES
ARE WE GONNA NEED TO HEAR, "BE QUICK TO FORGIVE"?
HEH, HEH, YEAH.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I LOVE THAT, HEH, HEH, HEH, HEH.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
HOW MANY OF YOU GET IT?
ALL RIGHT, ANGER DOES NOT PROMOTE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
OF GOD.
BE QUICK TO HEAR, BE SLOW TO SPEAK.
I MEAN, HOW MANY TIMES DO WE NEED TO HEAR THE SAME MESSAGE
OVER, AND OVER, AND OVER, AND OVER BEFORE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE
TO KEEP HEARING THAT ALL THE TIME BECAUSE IT HAS BECOME
A FIRMLY ESTABLISHED HABIT IN OUR LIFE?
WE HEAR THE WORD, BUT WE HAVE TO DO MORE THAN HEAR IT.
IT HAS TO BECOME REVELATION IN OUR LIFE.
IT'S GOTTA GET FROM OUR HEAD DOWN TO OUR HEART AND ACTUALLY
BECOME PART OF OUR NATURE, PART OF WHO WE ARE.
I BELIEVE THAT, AS BELIEVERS IN JESUS CHRIST, FORGIVING PEOPLE
SHOULD JUST BE PART OF OUR NATURE.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO TRY TO DO, TALK OURSELVES
INTO DOING.
WE'VE GOT IT, WE UNDERSTAND, WE'VE READ THE WORD, WE KNOW THE
HEART OF GOD, AND WE JUST SIMPLY ARE NOT GOING TO LIVE ANGRY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT'S JUST NOT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER HAD ON SOME CLOTHING THAT WAS VERY
UNCOMFORTABLE?
OKAY, WELL, I FIND THIS TO BE INTERESTING.
THE OLDER I GET, THE LESS WILLING I AM TO WEAR SOMETHING
THAT'S UNCOMFORTABLE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I JUST I'M NOT DOING IT.
I DON'T CARE IF I DON'T IMPRESS YOU, I'M NOT DOING IT.
I MEAN, I USED TO WEAR SHOES, AND DID FOR YEARS ON
THE PLATFORM, THAT WAS JUST IDIOTIC FOR ME TO WEAR UP HERE,
THESE--BACK THEN THEY WERE LIKE 3-INCH HEELS, BUT I ENDED UP
WITH CORNS ON MY FEET, AND BUNIONS ON MY FEET, AND HAD
TO HAVE ONE SURGERY TO HAVE THE BUNION TAKEN OFF.
AND A COUPLE OF TIMES I HAD TO SURGICAL HAVE CORNS REMOVED,
ALL TO LOOK CUTE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON, NOW.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M SMARTER THAN THAT NOW.
AND THE LONGER WE WALK WITH GOD, THE OLDER WE GET IN CHRIST.
COME ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THE LESS WILLING WE SHOULD BE TO WEAR SOMETHING
THAT DOESN'T FIT.
AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT CLOTHES RIGHT NOW.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE BIBLE TALKS A LOT ABOUT THE CLOTHING
OF A BELIEVER.
"PUT ON YOUR SHOES OF PEACE.
PUT ON THE HELMET OF SALVATION.
PUT ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
KNOW WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST AND WALK SECURELY KNOWING
WHO YOU ARE.
WALK IN PEACE, STAY IN PEACE, DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN
TO KEEP PEACE.
TIGHTEN THE BELT OF TRUTH.
WALK ACCORDING TO THE WORD."
COLOSSIANS 3 SAYS, "ABOVE ALL THAT YOU PUT ON, PUT ON LOVE,
PUT ON KINDNESS, PUT ON MERCY."
WELL, YOU SEE JUST LIKE I'M NOT GONNA WEAR CLOTHES THAT DON'T
FIT ME ANYMORE, ANGER DOESN'T FIT ME ANYMORE, UNFORGIVENESS
DOESN'T FIT ME ANYMORE.
BEING RUDE DOES NOT FIT ME ANYMORE.
AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, I'LL STILL PUT ON SOME RUDENESS, BUT
IT DOESN'T TAKE ME LONG TO TAKE IT OFF, ALL RIGHT?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I BELIEVE THAT AS BELIEVERS IN CHRIST, THE OLDER
WE BECOME IN CHRIST, THE MORE THE WAYS OF THE WORLD SHOULD BE
UNCOMFORTABLE FOR US.
ARE YOU WITH ME?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "THE SOWER SOWS THE WORD.
THE ONES ALONG THE PATH ARE THOSE WHO HAVE THE WORD SOWN
[IN THEIR HEARTS], AND WHEN THEY HEAR THE WORD,
SATAN COMES AT ONCE AND [BY FORCE] TAKES AWAY
THE MESSAGE THAT IS SOWN."
SO, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYTHING YOU'VE HEARD IN
THIS CONFERENCE, THE DEVIL IS GONNA TRY TO TAKE IT AWAY
FROM YOU.
NOW, YOU JUST MIGHT AS WELL COUNT ON IT.
"AND IN THE SAME WAY THE ONES SOWN UPON STONY GROUND ARE THOSE
WHO, WHEN THEY HEAR THE WORD, AT ONCE RECEIVE AND ACCEPT
AND WELCOME IT WITH JOY."
"OH, THIS IS SO EXCITING, BE AT THE JOYCE MEYER CONFERENCE,
WHOO-HOO-HOO.
MAN, SHE PREACHED A GREAT MESSAGE LAST NIGHT ON FORGIVING
YOUR ENEMIES AND OOH, THIS MORNING ABOUT NOT
PEOPLE PLEASING.
AND NOW THIS AFTERNOON ANOTHER GOOD MESSAGE ABOUT FINISHING
WHAT YOU START.
THAT WAS REALLY GOOD."
WELL, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GO HOME AND NOBODY DID WHAT YOU
ASKED THEM TO DO WHILE YOU WERE GONE?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU DON'T WANT TO GO HOME, WALK IN THE FRONT DOOR,
"I CAN'T BELIEVE..."
"OH, I'M SORRY, YOU KNOW, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH."
"NOPE, I'M MAD.
HEARD A GREAT MESSAGE LAST NIGHT ON FORGIVENESS BUT--"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "BUT I'M MAD," AMEN?
COME ON, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I'M WARNING YOU YOU WILL BE TESTED, AMEN?
I COULD PREACH THE BEST MESSAGE EVER ON PEACE, BUT WHAT WOULD
YOUR CONDITION BE IF YOU WENT OUT TO THE PARKING LOT AND YOU
HAD A FLAT TIRE?
I CAN PREACH THE GREATEST MESSAGE ON LOVE, BUT WHAT
HAPPENS IF WHILE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE PARKING LOT,
YEAH, WELL-- [AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SEE, HEARING IT IS JUST BARELY STEP ONE.
WE HEAR AND WE HEAR AND WE HEAR, BUT WHAT DOES JAMES SAY?
"IF YOU ONLY HEAR THE WORD AND YOU DON'T DO IT, THEN YOU'RE
DECEIVING YOUR OWN SELF."
SO, VERSE 16 AGAIN, "AND IN THE SAME WAY THE ONES SOWN ON
STONY GROUND ARE THOSE WHO, WHEN THEY HEAR THE WORD,
AT ONCE THEY RECEIVE AND ACCEPT AND WELCOME IT WITH JOY."
THEY'RE EXCITED.
"AND THEY HAVE NO REAL ROOT IN THEMSELVES, SO THEY ENDURE FOR A
LITTLE WHILE; THEN WHEN TROUBLE OR PERSECUTION ARISES ON ACCOUNT
OF THE WORD--" SEE, I LOVE THAT.
SOMETIMES THE ENEMY WILL COME AFTER YOU JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE
YOU'RE TRYING TO LEARN THE WORD.
NO OTHER REASON.
YOU DON'T NEED TO GO DIGGING FOR, "WHY IS THIS HAPPENING
TO ME?" YOU'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING
RIGHT.
YOU'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING GOOD.
AND THE DEVIL HATES YOUR PROGRESS SO HE'S GONNA TRY TO
MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT YOU FORGET IT QUICKER THAN YOU EVEN
TOOK IT IN.
"THEY IMMEDIATELY ARE OFFENDED AND (BECOME DISPLEASED,
INDIGNANT, RESENTFUL) AND THEY STUMBLE AND THEY FALL AWAY: AND
THE ONES SOWN AMONG THE THORNS ARE THOSE WHO HEAR THE WORD;
AND THEN THE CARES, THE ANXIETIES OF THE WORLD,
THE DISTRACTIONS OF THE AGE, THE PLEASURE AND THE DELIGHT
AND THE FALSE GLAMOUR OF THE DECEITFULNESS OF RICHES,
THE CRAVING AND THE PASSIONATE DESIRE FOR OTHER THINGS CREEP
IN, CREEP, CREEP, AND CHOKE AND SUFFOCATE THE WORD,
AND IT BECOMES FRUITLESS."
YOU KNOW HOW YOU CAN GET THE MOST OUT OF BEING HERE
THIS WEEKEND?
'CAUSE TO BE HONEST, IF YOU JUST COME JUST TO SEE WHAT THE LADY
ON TV LOOKS LIKE OR-- [AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, YOUR TIME IS TOO VALUABLE
TO PUT IN ALL THIS TIME HERE AND THEN GO HOME AND NOT BE ANY
DIFFERENT THAN YOU WERE BEFORE YOU CAME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DON'T DO THAT.
IT'S JUST--IT'S A WASTE OF TIME TO DO THAT.
AND EVEN FOR ME, I'M SO PRIVILEGED TO BE A TEACHER
BECAUSE BY THE TIME I GET UP HERE TO TEACH YOU, I'VE PROBABLY
NOT ONLY PREPARED THIS MESSAGE, BUT I'VE GONE OVER IT AT LEAST
FOUR OR FIVE TIMES.
SO, I'VE HAD THIS MESSAGE NOW ABOUT FIVE TIMES MYSELF, PLUS I
GET TO PREACH IT AND SO I BETTER SEE A CHANGE IN ME TOO.
ALL RIGHT, SO HERE'S THE WAY FOR YOU TO GET THE MOST BENEFIT OUT
OF WHAT YOU'RE HEARING.
FIRST OF ALL, RESTUDY THE MATERIAL.
DON'T THINK YOU GOT IT JUST 'CAUSE YOU HEARD IT.
IF YOU'VE TAKEN ANY NOTES, IF YOU'VE JOTTED DOWN ANY OF
THE SCRIPTURES, IF YOU BUY A RECORDED COPY OF THE MESSAGE,
ANYTHING THAT YOU DO TO GO OVER THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN IS GONNA
HELP GET IT IN YOU.
LAST NIGHT I TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF FORGIVING PEOPLE,
AND I TOLD YOU THAT I HAVE A BOOK CALLED "DO YOURSELF
A FAVOR AND FORGIVE."
WELL, DON'T THINK THAT YOU KNOW ALL THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT
FORGIVING PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU HEARD THAT ONE MESSAGE LAST
NIGHT OR BECAUSE YOU GOT THE SCRIPTURES UNDERLINED.
UNLESS YOU ARE VERY QUICK TO FORGIVE AND YOU CAN HONESTLY
SAY, "THERE'S NOBODY ON THE PLANET THAT I'M MAD AT," THEN
YOU WOULD BE A GOOD CANDIDATE TO BUY THAT BOOK AND READ IT AND
READ IT AND READ IT AND READ IT UNTIL IT BECOMES PART OF YOU.
ONE OF OUR PROBLEMS TODAY IS IS THERE'S ALMOST TOO MUCH
AVAILABLE AND WE WILL COME AND HEAR THIS, AND THEN TOMORROW
MORNING LISTEN TO SOMETHING ELSE, AND THEN GO TO MIDWEEK
CHURCH AND THERE'S A DIFFERENT SERMON, AND THEN GO SUNDAY
MORNING AND THERE'S A DIFFERENT SERMON, AND THEN GO TO THE NEXT
CONFERENCE THAT COMES TO TOWN AND THERE'S FOUR OR FIVE OTHER
MORE SUBJECTS.
AND SO, WE THINK BECAUSE WE'RE HEARING A LOT, THAT WE'VE GOT IT
BUT HONESTLY, WE NEED TO SPEND MORE TIME ON ONE THING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WE LIKE NEW STUFF JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS STICK WITH SOMETHING UNTIL WE REALLY
KNOW IT.
JOYCE: WELL, WE ALL NEED TO BE DETERMINED TO FOLLOW THROUGH
WITH WHATEVER IT IS WE BELIEVE GOD IS ASKING US TO DO.
YOU KNOW, ANYTHING WORTH DOING THAT'S GONNA BRING A GREAT
RESULT IN OUR LIFE PROBABLY WILL CAUSE US SOME OPPOSITION BUT
REMEMBER, GOD IS FOR US AND WE CAN DO ANYTHING THAT GOD ASKS US
TO DO THROUGH CHRIST BECAUSE HE IS OUR STRENGTH.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU SOME REALLY GOOD TEACHING,
AN INTERESTING LITTLE BOOK THAT I THINK IS GONNA HELP SOME YOU
IN A POWERFUL WAY CALLED "THE APPROVAL FIX:
HOW TO BREAK FREE FROM PEOPLE PLEASING,"
AND THEN ALSO SIX TEACHINGS ON "I AM DETERMINED."
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOVE THE WORD, SPEND TIME IN THE
WORD, MAKE A PLACE IN YOUR LIFE FOR THE WORD OF GOD, AND THESE
ARE RESOURCES THAT YOU CAN USE THAT WILL BE LIFE CHANGING TO
YOU BECAUSE THE WORD OF GOD HAS POWER IN IT TO CHANGE OUR LIVES.
GOD BLESS YOU.
ANNOUNCER: DISCOVER HOW TO BREAK FREE FROM PEOPLE PLEASING
IN JOYCE'S BOOK, "THE APPROVAL FIX."
JOYCE: WELL, INSECURITY IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE DISEASE
TO PLEASE.
IF YOU'RE SECURE, YOU CAN MAKE DECISIONS THAT YOU BELIEVE GOD
APPROVES OF WHETHER THE PEOPLE LIKE IT OR NOT.
ANNOUNCER: IN ADDITION, JOYCE'S SIX-CD SERIES,
"I AM DETERMINED" WILL ARM YOU WITH THE KEYS
TO BECOMING A DETERMINED MAN OR WOMAN OF GOD.
REFUSE TO GIVE UP AND REMEMBER THAT GOD HAS A WONDERFUL PLAN
FOR YOUR LIFE.
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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.
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JOYCE: WELL, NOW REMEMBER, GOD IS WAITING FOR US TO
DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF INTIMACY THAT WE DESIRE WITH HIM.
THE CLOSER WE ARE TO GOD, THE MORE FULFILLING
OUR LIVES WILL BE.
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