ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: WE'RE NOTHING IN OURSELVES BUT WE'RE
EVERYTHING IN CHRIST.
I CAN DO NOTHING WITHOUT HIM BUT I CAN DO ANYTHING THAT HE WANTS
ME DO THROUGH HIM.
COME ON NOW.
I CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT HIM, BUT I CAN DO WHATEVER
I NEED DO THROUGH HIM.
CAN I TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE STRONGER THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE?
GET THE WORDS "I CAN'T" OUT OF YOUR REPERTOIRE OF WORDS THAT
YOU USE AND DON'T BE GOING AROUND SAYING,
"IT'S TOO HARD, I CAN'T."
YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO IN THIS LIFE IF YOU
LEAN ON CHRIST AND TRUST HIM TO HELP YOU, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU CAN BE IN A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION AND YOU
CAN BE THERE WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE AND YOU CAN BE THERE
AND BE A BLESSING TO OTHER PEOPLE WHILE YOU
ARE HURTING YOURSELF.
I THINK I'M GONNA SAY THAT AGAIN.
'CAUSE SEE, SOMETIMES WE JUST THINK IF WE'RE IN A DIFFICULT
SITUATION, THEN THE WHOLE WORLD HAS TO STOP UNTIL OUR PROBLEM
GETS SOLVED AND THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE.
WHILE YOU'RE HURTING, GOD WILL USE YOU TO HELP SOMEBODY ELSE IF
YOU'LL LET HIM AND THAT'S ONE OF THE QUICKEST WAYS TO RECEIVE
YOUR OWN HEALING.
WHILE YOU'RE HURTING, YOU CAN BE IN A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION
AND YOU CAN BE THERE WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE AND A GOOD
ATTITUDE AND WHILE YOU'RE WAITING FOR YOUR BREAKTHROUGH,
YOU CAN AND SHOULD BE A BLESSING TO OTHER PEOPLE.
SOMEBODY SAY, "AMEN."
IN EPHESIANS 3:12 THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID,
"BECAUSE OF OUR FAITH IN HIM, WE DARE TO HAVE THE BOLDNESS
(THE COURAGE AND THE CONFIDENCE) OF FREE ACCESS
(AN UNRESERVED APPROACH TO GOD WITH FREEDOM AND WITHOUT FEAR]"
NOW, HERE'S PAUL WHO SAYS, "I'M THE CHIEF OF ALL SINNERS," BUT
YET HE'S ALSO SAYING IN CHRIST, BECAUSE OF KNOWING WHO WE ARE
IN HIM, WE CAN HAVE BOLDNESS AND ACCESS TO THE THRONE OF GOD TO
GO BOLDLY BEFORE THE THRONE AND ASK GOD FOR RADICAL THINGS IN
OUR LIFE THAT WE DON'T DESERVE AND PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE
BUT WE CAN ASK HIM BECAUSE HE'S GOOD.
MAYBE SOME OF YOU ARE NOT ASKING FOR ENOUGH.
I'LL TELL THEM, YOU DIDN'T LIKE IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: MAYBE SOME OF YOU ARE NOT ASKING FOR ENOUGH.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I GOT THIS URGE ONE
DAY AND I BELIEVE WE GET HOLY GHOST URGES, AMEN?
DON'T PUSH THOSE DOWN.
IF IT'S A FLESHLY URGE, PUSH IT DOWN, BUT IF IT'S A HOLY GHOST
URGE, LET IT COME UP, LET IT COME OUT.
AND AS I WAS PRAYING ONE DAY, I GOT THIS URGE TO PRAY THAT GOD
WOULD LET ME TEACH THE WORD TO EVERY HUMAN BEING ON THE PLANET.
NOW, JUST HANG ON.
MY MIND SAID, "THAT IS CRAZY, NOBODY CAN DO THAT."
AND THEN THE DEVIL SAID, "AND WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?"
THE ENEMY DOES NOT WANT YOU TO PRAY BOLD PRAYERS.
YOU OUGHT TO PRAY SOMETHING SO BIG THAT YOU'RE NOT EVEN SURE
GOD CAN ANSWER IT.
AND I GUESS THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY I FELT ABOUT THAT THAT DAY.
"GOD, I WANT TO TEACH THE WORD TO EVERY PERSON ON THE PLANET."
WELL, WE'RE NOT GETTING THEM ALL YET BUT THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH.
OUR PROGRAM IS TRANSLATED INTO 83--85 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES NOW,
TRANSLATED.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I DON'T KNOW HOW IN THE WORLD GOD DOES IT.
THIS IS WHAT I DO AND HE GIVES US ALL THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE
THAT MAKE ALL THIS OTHER STUFF HAPPEN AND ALL THESE WONDERFUL
MINISTRY PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD, EVEN LIKE OTHER
MINISTRIES WHO PARTNER WITH US IN GETTING THESE TRANSLATIONS
AND MAKING THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO HEAR THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST IN
THEIR OWN LANGUAGE, EVEN IF ENGLISH IS A SECOND LANGUAGE FOR
THEM, THEY NEED IT IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE BECAUSE THEY CAN RELAX
AND RECEIVE IT THAT WAY.
SO, WE'RE ON TELEVISION ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA, INDIA,
ASIA, MONGOLIA, I MEAN, PLACES THAT I WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW
HOW TO GET TO.
AND THE WORD WORKS IN PEOPLE'S LIVES NO MATTER WHAT LANGUAGE
THEY SPEAK OR WHAT CULTURE THAT THEY'RE FROM.
EVERYBODY NEEDS JESUS.
SO, THROUGH THE INTERNET, THROUGH SATELLITES, THROUGH
TELEVISION, THROUGH RADIO, THROUGH PRINTED MATERIAL,
THROUGH BOOKS, THE GOSPEL IS AVAILABLE TO PRETTY MUCH THE
WHOLE ENTIRE PLANET NOW AND I'M NOT FOOLISH ENOUGH TO THINK
THEY'RE ALL WATCHING ME EVERY DAY.
I'M NOT THAT FULL OF MYSELF BUT I WOULD--LET ME TELL YOU
WHAT ONE THING.
I WOULD RATHER PRAY BIG PRAYERS AND GET PART OF IT THAN
TO PRAY LITTLE PRAYERS AND GET ALL OF IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
[MUSIC]
GINGER: YOU KNOW, OUR PRAYER EVERY DAY
AT JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES AND HAND OF HOPE, AND
IT'S PROBABLY YOUR PRAYER TOO, IS FOR GOD TO GIVE US MORE
OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE HIS GOSPEL OF LOVE EVERY DAY
WITH PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
AND, OF COURSE, FOR US TO BE READY WHEN THE TIME COMES
TO WALK THROUGH THOSE DOORS.
WELL, THOSE PRAYERS ARE BEING ANSWERED IN BEAUTIFUL WAYS AND
HERE IN BUDAPEST, HUNGARY AND THROUGHOUT EASTERN EUROPE, WE
ARE SEEING SOME AMAZING THINGS.
WE HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL TESTIMONIES TO SHARE WITH YOU
BECAUSE YOU ARE A BIG PART OF EVERYTHING
THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE.
GINGER: ONE OF THE MAJOR INITIATIVES OF HAND OF HOPE
IS TO SPREAD THE WORD OF CHRIST ALL OVER THE WORLD AND WE ARE
IN BUDAPEST TODAY, THIS PART OF THE WORLD, THE EASTERN EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES HAVE HAD SOME VERY SPECIFIC CHALLENGES
THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
DAVE: YOU KNOW, THIS PART OF THE WORLD'S BEEN FOUGHT OVER,
YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW IN RECORDED HISTORY.
AND SO, YOU JUST HAVE EVERY INFLUENCE UNDER THE SUN FROM,
YOU KNOW, ATHEISM, TO COMMUNISM, TO RELIGIOUS HISTORY THAT
BECOMES SO RELIGIOUS THAT IT'S IRRELEVANT.
AND SO, THAT'S WHAT--THAT'S WHAT WE LOVE TO BRING BECAUSE I GUESS
WE FEEL LIKE IN MANY WAYS FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'RE ABLE
TO REALLY PUSH PEOPLE TOWARDS THE RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS.
JIM: WELL, HUNGARY IS AN AMAZING PLACE.
WE'VE BEEN LIVING HERE SINCE 1997 AND HISTORICALLY IT WAS
A CATHOLIC NATION THEN COMMUNISM CAME IN AND NOW A LOT OF THE
PEOPLE ARE AGNOSTIC OR ATHEISM.
ANGEL: NOW, SINCE SOCIALISM OR COMMUNISM FELL, THEY PUT THE
MASK OF RELIGION WITH TRADITIONS AND EVERYTHING AND THEY THINK,
"YEAH, I HAVE MY RELIGION SO THAT'S WHAT I NEED."
WHEN YOU SCRATCH THAT SURFACE, THAT MASK YOU FIND THAT ACTUALLY
THEY DON'T BELIEVE GOD, THEY DON'T READ THE BIBLE, THEY ARE
NOT BORN AGAIN, THEY DON'T KNOW WHO JESUS OR HOLY SPIRIT IS.
MAREK: YOU KNOW, THE POLISH PEOPLE ARE KIND OF VERY SINCERE
AND THEY KIND OF LOVE GOD IN A SENSE.
BASICALLY, THE THING IS THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND QUITE ALL
THE THINGS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN BROUGHT BY A CULTURE AND THEY
BELIEVE THEY ARE CHRISTIANS.
THEY DON'T EXPERIENCE GOD BUT THEY THINK THAT THIS IS SUPPOSED
TO BE LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW?
STEFANIA: ITALY IS A VERY PECULIAR COUNTRY ESPECIALLY
SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING.
THEY TALK ABOUT DOCTRINE A LOT, WHICH IS FINE, IT'S GREAT,
BUT THE PRACTICAL THING, THE EVERYDAY THING, ALL THESE THINGS
LACKED BASICALLY.
TUDOR: THE ORTHODOX, A BIG MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE,
THEY HAVE A FORM OF RELIGION, NOT A WAY TO BELIEVE DAY BY DAY
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE, EVEN IN EVANGELICAL CHURCHES.
THE EVANGELICAL CHURCHES, BAPTIST, PENTECOSTAL, BRETHREN,
THEY WAS UNDER THE BIG PRESSURE, AND OPPRESSION, AND PERSECUTION
THERE AT COMMUNIST TIME.
THE MAIN HOPE, THE MAIN GOAL WAS TO SURVIVE.
KLARA: IN OUR COUNTRY, IT IS THE--THERE IS MORE DARKNESS
THAN THE LIGHT, YOU KNOW?
WE HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE WITHOUT A FUTURE.
WE HAVE ALSO MANY ABORTIONS AND MANY SUICIDES.
AND IT IS REALLY NECESSARY TO BRING JESUS, TO BRING LIGHT
IN EVERY HOME, YOU KNOW?
JIM: YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WILL TALK ABOUT GOD AND THEY WANNA
KNOW ABOUT GOD BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW GOD FITS IN THEIR LIFE.
JOSEPH: I THINK THAT EVERYBODY, THE NON-CHRISTIANS
AND THE SO-CALLED CHRISTIANS, THEY NEED STRONG,
HEALTHY TEACHINGS.
DAVE: IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ABOUT
10, 11, 12 YEARS AGO, WE STARTED WORKING HERE AND WE WEREN'T
DOING ANYTHING IN THIS REGION IN LOCAL LANGUAGES AND NOW WE
REALLY HAVE SOMETHING IN ALMOST EVERY LANGUAGE IN EASTERN EUROPE
AND WE'RE ON TELEVISION IN ALL BUT ONE AND WE'RE WORKING HARD
ON THAT.
AND BOOKS WE WOULD HAVE IN EVERY MAJOR LANGUAGE IN ALL OF EASTERN
EUROPE AND SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY COOL TO SEE HOW OUR FRIENDS AND
PARTNERS HAVE HELPED US TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO AN AREA WHERE
LITERALLY WE WERE NOT DOING ANYTHING AND NOW 10, 12 YEARS
LATER, WE CAN SIT BACK AND CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT, YOU
KNOW, WE'RE AVAILABLE TO SOW SEED IN EACH ONE OF THOSE
LANGUAGES IN SOME WAY.
GINGER: SO, AS PEOPLE ARE WATCHING JOYCE'S PROGRAM,
"ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE," YOU SEE THEM CONNECTING, YOU SEE
THEM UNDERSTANDING GOD'S WORD AS SHE SHARES IT?
MAREK: YEAH DEFINITELY BECAUSE, I MEAN IT'S LIKE A
TRIGGER IN MANY CASES I MEAN BECAUSE THE RESPONSE TO HER
IS SO ENORMOUS IN POLAND.
YOU KNOW, I TELL YA, I WAS SHOCKED.
JIM: AT JOYCE MEYER, THE "ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE"
TELEVISION PROGRAM IS JUST CHANGING SO MANY OF THESE
COUNTRIES 'CAUSE IT REACHES SO MANY DIFFERENT HOMES THROUGH
THE, NOT ONLY THE TELEVISION, BUT PEOPLE WATCHING IT ONLINE
AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN ALL THEIR DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
WE'VE SEEN "ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE"
SPOKEN IN 11 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES HERE IN EASTERN EUROPE.
AND SO, IT'S SO NEAT WHEN PEOPLE TURN ON THE TELEVISION, FOR
EXAMPLE, IN SLOVENIA AND THEY HEAR JOYCE MEYER SPEAKING
SLOVENIAN OR IN BULGARIA, THEY SEE HER SPEAKING BULGARIAN.
SO-- GINGER: SO, IT'S PERSONAL.
IT CONNECTS.
JIM: IT'S VERY PERSONAL.
GINGER: AND THEY UNDERSTAND.
JIM: IT'S JUST LIKE SHE'S SPEAKING TO THEM.
STEFANIA: ITALIANS NEED THIS.
THEY NEED IT, THEY NEED IT, THEY NEED IT.
I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT SO I STARTED--
GINGER: AND THEY NEED IT IN THEIR LANGUAGE.
STEFANIA: ABSOLUTELY, YES, BECAUSE NOT MANY ITALIANS
SPEAK ENGLISH.
JOSEPH: AT LEAST ALWAYS THE HALF OF THE HUNGARIAN POPULATION
HAD THE CHANCE TO SEE IT BECAUSE IT IS IN 1.5 MILLION HOUSEHOLD
AND ALSO NOW MORE AND MORE SPREAD ON THE INTERNET AS WELL.
GINGER: IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T USE YOUR REAL NAME.
WE'RE USING A DIFFERENT NAME FOR YOU TODAY, YOU'RE NOT ABLE
TO SHOW YOUR FACE, TELL US WHY THAT IS.
ADA: FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN WE WANTED TO START WORK IN
KOSOVO AND TO BROADCAST CHRISTIAN PROGRAMS, WE HAVE
FACED OPPOSITION FROM THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY, EVEN THE TELEVISION,
THE SECULAR TELEVISION STATION WHERE WE ARE BROADCASTING THEY
HAVE RECEIVED CERTAIN THREATS.
GINGER: SO, THERE ARE SOME SECURITY ISSUES FOR YOU?
ADA: YES, YES, "ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE"
WAS THE FIRST TELEVISION PROGRAM THAT WAS EVER AIRED
IN SECULAR TV STATION IN KOSOVO AND THE FIRST MOMENT
AS WE BROUGHT IT ON THE AIR, WE THOUGHT THAT LET'S SEE
IF WE WILL RECEIVE ANY RESPONSE.
BUT ACTUALLY, FROM THE FIRST DAY, THE RESPONSE
WAS OVERWHELMING AND MANY--WE RECEIVED MANY EMAILS AND MANY
PHONE CALLS ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN TOUCHED BY THE MESSAGE, WHO
WERE WATCHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT THING AND WHO WERE STARTING TO
DEAL WITH ISSUES IN THEIR LIFE.
ANGEL: I DEFINITELY AM SO THANKFUL TO GOD FOR THE
PRIVILEGE OF HAVING EVERYDAY-- "ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE" PROGRAM
IN MACEDONIA AND ESPECIALLY BEING TRANSLATED SO THAT OUR
PEOPLE, OUR NATION, PEOPLE LIVING IN MACEDONIA ARE ABLE
TO HEAR IT AND UNDERSTAND, WHY?
BECAUSE IT'S SO PRACTICAL.
IT'S SO BIBLICAL BASED, AND IT'S SIMPLE TRUTH FOR EVERYDAY LIFE.
I MEAN, I KNOW HOW MUCH IT CHANGED MY LIFE.
ADA: BECAUSE OF THE WAR, MANY PEOPLE HAVE FACED TRAUMA.
MANY WOMEN HAVE FACED ABUSE, BEEN RAPED, BUT THEY NEVER HAD
A CHANCE TO DEAL WITH ALL THESE ISSUES.
SO, KIND OF HEARING THIS MESSAGE OF HOPE AND OF THE FACT THAT YOU
CAN HAVE A NEW LIFE IN CHRIST, AND GOD CAN MAKE YOU WHOLE
AGAIN, I THINK GAVE TO MANY PEOPLE AND IT'S STILL
GIVING THEM HOPE.
KLARA: SHE REALLY--I MEAN, OUR WOMEN CAN REALLY CONNECT
WITH HER AND TO--THEY OPEN THEIR HEARTS AND THEY CAN SEE HOW TO
BUILD A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS AND HOW TO GROW IN FAITH.
TUDOR: GOD IS DOING IMPORTANT THING AND JOYCE MEYER, FROM
THE REACTION THAT WE HAD, IT'S A PART OF THE RESTORATION PROCESS
THAT GOD IS DOING IN ROMANIA.
ADA: KOSOVO NEEDS THE LIGHT OF JESUS AND THERE IS NO OTHER
WAY, AND TELEVISION AND MEDIA CAN GO WHERE NO MAN CAN GO
AND ENTER INTO THE HOUSES OF THE PEOPLE AND TAKE ON THEIR HEARTS.
TUDOR: GOD IS PUSHING CHRISTIANS TO THINK OUT OF THE
BOX AND JOYCE MEYER IS PART OF THIS EXTENDED WORKS IN ROMANIA.
JIM: WE WANNA SATURATE THIS PART OF ALL OF EASTERN EUROPE
WITH THE GOSPEL AND HAND OF HOPE AND JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES ARE
HELPING TO DO THIS THROUGH THE BOOKS, AND THE TELEVISION, AND
THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF MINISTRY.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT JESUS IS REAL.
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, I'M SITTING AT A LUNCH TABLE IN
THAILAND WHERE WE'VE BEEN FEEDING CHILDREN.
YOU KNOW, I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO, THAT WE DON'T WANNA JUST
PREACH THE GOSPEL.
WE WANNA SHOW PEOPLE THE LOVE OF JESUS.
WE'RE HERE TODAY, TRYING TO MAKE PEOPLE'S LIVES BETTER.
AND WHEN I SAY, "WE'RE HERE," I'M TALKING ABOUT ALL OF US AND
THAT ESPECIALLY INCLUDES THOSE OF YOU WHO SUPPORT THE MINISTRY.
NOW, IF YOU'RE NOT A PARTNER WITH US, YOU CAN BE INVOLVED
IN WORKS LIKE THIS THROUGH SIMPLE REGULAR GIVING TO
JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO HELP US BY DECIDING TO BECOME A PARTNER.
PRAY ABOUT IT, MAKE SURE IT'S WHAT YOU BELIEVE GOD WANTS YOU
TO DO, THEN TAKE ACTION SO WE CAN HELP LOTS MORE
HURTING PEOPLE.
ANNOUNCER: BECOME A PARTNER TODAY AND AS A THANK YOU TO
ANYONE SIGNING UP FOR CONVENIENT AUTOMATIC GIVING FOR THE FIRST
TIME, WE'D LIKE TO SEND YOU JOYCE'S BOOK,
"UNSHAKEABLE TRUST."
CONTACT US RIGHT NOW...
OR GO TO JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
[MUSIC]
GINGER: TELL ME SOME OF THE RESULTS THAT YOU ARE SEEING NOW
THAT THE TEACHING IS COMING INTO ITALY?
STEFANIA: OVER THE YEARS, I RECEIVED FEEDBACK, AND RESPONSES
AND EMAILS, AND THEY'RE SAYING, "SHE'S TEACHING THINGS THAT
NOBODY HAS EVERY THOUGHT ME EITHER IN CHURCH OR OUTSIDE
THE CHURCH."
MAREK: IT WAS THIS BOY, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE 14 OR 13,
HE GOT, YOU KNOW, LIKE IN TOUCH WITH THE PROGRAM.
AND HE CALLED US AND HE ASKED IF HE COULD GET A DVD OR WHATEVER
BECAUSE HE WANTED TO SHOW THE MOVIE TO HIS MOM AND FATHER.
YOU KNOW, THE FAMILY HAD SOME KIND OF PROBLEMS AND HE WANTED
TO SHOW THEM THE PROGRAM.
SO, ANOTHER SITUATION, YOU KNOW, YOUNG GENERATION, THAT'S WHY
I WAS SO AMAZED AT JOYCE MEYER BECAUSE SHE SPEAKS TO PEOPLE
AT THE AGE OF 50, 40, AND NOW TEENAGER SO, THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
JIM: JOYCE CAME TO CENTRAL--IN EASTERN EUROPE
IN 2011.
SHE WENT TO WARSAW, POLAND, TIRANA, ALBANIA, WHICH IS
76% MUSLIM AND SOFIA, BULGARIA AND DID MEETINGS
IN ALL THESE COUNTRIES.
AND I REMEMBER IN BULGARIA IN--67-YEAR-OLD LADY CAME UP
TO ME BEFORE THE MEETING.
THERE WAS 7,000 PEOPLE THERE AND WITH TEARS IN HER EYES, SHE HAD
READ "BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND" IN BULGARIAN
AND IT CHANGED HER LIFE.
AND NOW SHE WAS GETTING TO SEE JOYCE IN PERSON.
AND I REMEMBER SEEING HER SIT ON THE FRONT OF THE MEETING THERE
IN SOFIA AND I COULD SEE THE TEARS AND SHE
WAS SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO THAT 67-YEAR-OLD LADY.
SHE WASN'T SPEAKING TO ALL OF THEM, SHE WAS SPEAKING
TO THAT LADY.
SOMEHOW SHE CONNECTS WITH PEOPLE.
ADA: THERE WAS THIS GUY CALLING US FROM A HIGH SECURITY
PRISON IN KOSOVO.
HE TOLD US THAT HE WATCHED "ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE"
ON TELEVISION AND THAT HE WAS SO CURIOUS TO READ THE BOOK
OF JOYCE MEYER SO HE ASKED US TO BRING HIM A BOOK.
WHAT WAS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS STORY WAS THAT EARLIER ON, WE
HAD TRIED TO GO ON THE PRISONS IN KOSOVO AND GIVE OUT SOME
LITERATURE, BIBLE OR OTHER CHRISTIAN BOOKS,
BUT THAT WAS IMPOSSIBLE.
AND WE WERE TOLD FROM THE GUARDS THAT ONLY IF A PRISONER WOULD
ASK CHRISTIAN LITERATURE THAN YOU CAN BRING IT IN.
THIS GUY WAS IN JAIL BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN FIGHTING IN SYRIA WITH
ISIS WITH SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE AND HE CAME BACK TO KOSOVO TO
TRAIN OTHER PEOPLE BUT THEN GOT CAUGHT FROM THE POLICE
AND NOW WAS IN JAIL AND HE'S STILL IN JAIL.
BUT THROUGH HIM, HE, FIRST OF ALL, HAS FOUND PEACE
AND WE BELIEVE THAT GOD IS WORKING IN HIS LIFE.
AND NOW THE BOOKS AS WELL ARE-- GINGER: SO, YOU'RE SAYING
HE WAS A MEMBER OF ISIS?
ADA: YES, HE WAS A FIGHTER.
GINGER: AND BEGAN TO SEE JOYCE'S PROGRAM.
ADA: ON TELEVISION.
GINGER: AND THE WORD OF GOD CHANGED HIS LIFE, WOW.
AND HE THEN, BECAUSE HE REQUESTED HELP AND LITERATURE,
DID THAT OPEN THE DOOR FOR YOU TO BRING IT INTO OTHER PEOPLE
AS WELL?
ADA: YES, 'CAUSE WE BROUGHT MANY BOOKS THEN TO THE PRISON.
SO, NOW WE DON'T KNOW WHAT GOD IS DOING IN THAT HIGH SECURITY
PRISON BUT WE KNOW THAT SOMETHING GOOD IS HAPPENING.
GINGER: THAT'S ASTOUNDING.
GINGER: WHAT IS A PRAYER POINT FOR THIS PART OF THE WORLD
FOR OUR FRIENDS AND PARTNERS, WHAT CAN THEY PRAY ABOUT HERE?
DAVE: OPEN DOORS EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ON A LOT OF TELEVISION,
IT'S NOTHING LIKE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ON.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF GREATER AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WE COULD REACH
IF WE GET ON BETTER TV, BETTER OPTIONS THERE.
JUST REALLY GOOD PEOPLE TO WORK WITH ON THE GROUND.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE BUT A LOT OF THEM, YOU KNOW,
THEY'RE DOING OTHER THINGS.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN MINISTRIES AND SO, YOU KNOW, WITH
TECHNOLOGY CHANGING AS FAST AS IT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED PEOPLE
THAT ARE EXPERTS IN SOCIAL MEDIA AND EXPERTS IN JUST EVERYTHING
THAT'S CHANGING SO FAST.
GINGER: A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT WEREN'T HERE
JUST A FEW YEARS AGO SO IT'S HARD TO TELL WHAT WILL COME UP
IN ANOTHER 5, 10 YEARS.
DAVE: ABSOLUTELY.
JIM: OUR PRAYER IS THAT WE GET ON THE--THE MAJOR TELEVISION
STATIONS IN ALL THESE COUNTRIES AND THE PEOPLE
THAT GET TOUCHED BY THAT.
IT'S NOT JUST ANOTHER PROGRAM, IT'S SOMETHING
THEY LOOK FORWARD TO.
IT'S SOMETHING THEY TELL THEIR FRIENDS ABOUT AND THEY TELL
THEIR NEIGHBORS ABOUT.
AND SO, WE USE THAT AS A, JUST ANOTHER TOOL OF REACHING
THIS PART OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE.
HERVIN: THE BIBLE SPEAKS OF REACHING THE GENERATION
OF THE PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, GOD HAS ASSIGNED US IN THIS TIME TO REACH OUR OWN
PEOPLE GROUP IN THIS TIME SO IT IS UP TO US.
WE CANNOT WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT GENERATION TO REACH THEM
BECAUSE THIS GENERATION HAS THE CHANCE IN THIS TIME.
SO, MY PRAYER IS THAT THE GOSPEL GETS TO THE PEOPLE.
THE GOSPEL IS THE POWER OF GOD FOR SALVATION AND PEOPLE WILL
NOT BELIEVE, WILL NOT COME TO FAITH UNLESS THEY HEAR SO
THIS IS A GREAT TOOL THAT GOD IS USING TO REACH THE PEOPLE.
JOSEPH: MY REAL DREAM TO LET GOD'S PEOPLE BE EDUCATED,
YOU KNOW, GROW UP AS MATURE CHRISTIAN AND JOYCE MEYER GIVES
THE TOOLS FOR IT FOR US SO IT'S AMAZING.
ADA: I SEE MANY PEOPLE SAYING THAT THIS IS A DIFFERENT MESSAGE
THAT KOSOVO NEEDS TODAY AND I HEAR THIS EVEN FROM PEOPLE
THAT DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CHRISTIANITY.
SO, I JUST CONSIDER THEY NEED HOPE AND THEY NEED A FUTURE.
AND MY DESIRE IS THAT THEY WILL COME TO EMBRACE THE LOVE OF GOD,
AND THEY WILL KNOW CHRIST, AND WILL KNOW THAT HE'S THE AUTHOR
OF LIFE, AND HE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN GIVE THEM WHAT THEY
NEED, AND IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN CHANGE THAT COUNTRY.
MAREK: WITHOUT I GUESS THERE'S TWO TEAMS OF YOUR PART
AND OUR PART, I MEAN WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO CERTAIN THINGS
SO I MEAN IT'S A KIND OF MUTUAL THING, YOU KNOW?
AND I'M SO HAPPY FOR THAT BECAUSE SOMETIMES I CAN REACH
THIS OR THAT PERSON BUT OTHER PEOPLE ARE OUT OF REACH.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT THE PERSON TO TALK TO THEM.
YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD NEVER LISTEN TO ME BUT SOME OF THE
REST COMES AND REACHES THOSE PEOPLE AND WHAT HAPPENS JUST
LIKE JOYCE MEYER CAME TO POLAND FOR THE CONFERENCE, I MEAN
SEVERAL KEY PEOPLE WERE SAVED AT THAT TIME THAT NOW DO SOME
CHRISTIAN PRODUCTION, TELEVISION PRODUCTION.
SO, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST AMAZING
WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW?
IT'S BEEN LIKE A COUPLE OF YEARS WE WORKED TOGETHER AND I SEE
THAT, WOW, SO MANY THINGS WE WOULDN'T HAVE EXPECTED TO HAPPEN
HAPPENED JUST BECAUSE OF THIS PARTICULAR CONNECTION, YOU KNOW?
GINGER: SO, WHO KNOWS WHAT GOD HAS IN THE FUTURE.
IT COULD BE QUITE AMAZING?
MAREK: WHO KNOWS?
WE ARE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.
GINGER: YEAH.
GINGER: YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE AMERICANS.
GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO BE MISSIONARIES IN THIS PART OF THE
WORLD, BUT THERE ARE MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE RIGHT IN THEIR
HOME WATCHING RIGHT NOW AND GOD IS CALLING THEM TO HELP ALSO
BUT THEY MAYBE CAN'T PICK UP ALL THEIR FAMILY AND MOVE.
BUT THEY'RE STILL PART OF ALL OF THIS MINISTRY TOGETHER THROUGH
THEIR PRAYERS AND THROUGH THEIR PARTNERSHIP
WITH JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
HOW WOULD YOU ENCOURAGE THEM?
YOU'RE SEEING IT FIRSTHAND, IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING
MAKING A DIFFERENCE?
JIM: IT IS MAKING SUCH A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE WITHOUT WHAT
THEY DO, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THAT LADY IN BULGARIA, THE TELEVISION STATION IN SLOVENIA,
WE HAVE PERSONALLY BEEN PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES SINCE
1991 AND IT'S--WE SEE THE FRUIT AND THAT'S WHY WE BELIEVE IN IT.
ANGEL: WITHOUT JOYCE PREACHING AND WITHOUT HELP
OF THOSE SUPPORTERS, PARTNERS, WE'LL NOT BE ABLE TO BRING
MESSAGES OF JOYCE OR BOOKS-- JOYCE'S BOOKS WHICH
IS LIFE-TRANSFORMING FOR SOMEONE WHO NEED DESPERATELY TO HEAR THE
MESSAGE OF HOPE IN JESUS CHRIST.
IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE SO THIS SHOULD BE ACTUALLY ENCOURAGEMENT
TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE DOING IT, YES, YOU HAVE EQUAL PARTS
OR MAYBE BIGGER PART SHARES IN HEAVEN OF ALL WHAT WE DO HERE
SO WE ALL ARE PARTNERS TOGETHER.
GOD BLESS THEM AS WELL TO REJOICE WITH US.
KLARA: THEY ARE REALLY CLOSE TO OUR HEARTS, EVEN WHEN WE
DON'T KNOW THEM, BUT WE DO BELIEVE THAT ONE DAY IN HEAVEN,
WE WILL ALL MEET TOGETHER, YOU KNOW?
HERVIN: THE GOSPEL HAS TO GO TO THE PEOPLE IN MANY DIFFERENT
WAYS AND THIS WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE IF PEOPLE WILL NOT BE
FAITHFUL IN GIVING AND IN BELIEVING IN THE SEED.
YOU KNOW, THE SEED GOES UNDERNEATH THE GROUND AND YOU DO
NOT KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, YOU JUST HAVE FAITH THAT IN THE
RIGHT SEASON, IT'S GOING TO COME UP AND THEN WITH THE RIGHT CARE,
IT'S GOING TO PRODUCE FRUIT.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CASTING THE SEED AROUND, YOU KNOW, FROM
AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH THIS MINISTRY, THROUGH MANY OTHER
DIFFERENT MINISTRIES AND THEY WILL NOT KNOW THE RESULTS IN THE
FRUIT UNTIL NAY ARE IN HEAVEN BUT THEY NEED TO BE CONFIDENT
AND THEY NEED TO PRAY BECAUSE IT'S NOT UP TO THEM, BUT IT'S UP
TO GOD HOW GOD WILL BRING FRUIT TO THE, YOU KNOW, TO THE SOWING
THAT THEY DO.
STEFANIA: THEY HAVE NO CLUE HOW BIG THEIR PART IS.
WITHOUT THEM, THIS COULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.
JIM: WHEN WE'RE IN THOSE HOMES ON TELEVISION
IT'S BECAUSE OF THEM.
WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE A BOOK, "A NEW WAY OF LIVING,"
OR "BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND," OR "GET YOUR HOPES UP" AND GIVE IT
TO--THAT'S HOW THEY'RE TOUCHING BECAUSE WE GIVE THOSE BOOKS
AWAY FOR FREE.
THEY CAN'T AFFORD THEM OR THEY DON'T--WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BUT
WHEN THEY READ THOSE BOOKS, IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GIVING IN THE
UNITED STATES AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD TO HELP PUT THOSE
MATERIALS IN THEIR HANDS.
WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE ON TELEVISION IN DIFFERENT
LANGUAGES HERE IN CENTRAL-- EASTERN EUROPE
IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM.
WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GIVE AWAY THOSE BOOKS
IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM.
GINGER: SO, WE CAN ALL BE MISSIONARIES.
JIM: AND WE ALL ARE MISSIONARIES, YEAH.
JOYCE: WELL, I BELIEVE THAT SHARING THE GOSPEL
OF JESUS CHRIST WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE NEEDY
IS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY DO.
I BELIEVE IT PUTS A SMILE ON GOD'S FACE AND I LOVE
TO HELP PEOPLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ABOUT HERE
AT JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES IS SPREADING THE GOSPEL
AND YOU CAN HELP US DO THAT THROUGH YOUR PARTNERSHIP.
WOULD YOU PLEASE PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER BECOMING A PARTNER
WITH JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES AND HELPING US SPREAD THE GOSPEL TO
LITERALLY MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
GINGER: DID YOU KNOW THAT YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH
JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES TAKES YOU TO SOME
OF THE MOST REMOTE PLACES ON THE EARTH?
WE'RE IN TANZANIA AND YOU CAN SEE HOW DRY IT IS HERE.
WELL, YOU SENT US HERE TO DIG A WELL.
ALONGSIDE THAT WELL, YOU HELPED US BUILD A SCHOOL.
AND BESIDE THAT SCHOOL, YOU HELPED US BUILD A CHURCH.
IT IS SO EXCITING TO SEE WHAT GOD IS DOING HERE AND WE NEED
YOU TO KNOW WHAT A BIG PART OF IT YOU ARE.
SO JOIN US.
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS GO TO OUR WEBSITE, JOYCEMEYER.ORG,
AND MAKE A COMMITMENT THAT YOU WILL STAND WITH US ON
A REGULAR BASIS.
SO DON'T WAIT.
PICK UP THE PHONE RIGHT NOW AND COME ALONG WITH US.
ANNOUNCER: BECOME A PARTNER TODAY AND AS A THANK YOU TO
ANYONE SIGNING UP FOR CONVENIENT AUTOMATIC GIVING FOR THE FIRST
TIME, WE'D LIKE TO SEND YOU JOYCE'S BOOK,
"UNSHAKEABLE TRUST."
CONTACT US RIGHT NOW...
OR GO TO JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
ANNOUNCER: WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED TODAY'S PROGRAM.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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