ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: GRACE IS WHAT CHANGES US.
GOD'S POWER.
GRACE IS NOT ONLY UNDESERVED FAVOR, IT'S GOD'S POWER COMING
TO US FREE OF CHARGE TO ENABLE US TO DO WITH EASE WHAT WE COULD
NEVER DO ON OUR OWN WITH ANY AMOUNT OF STRUGGLE AND EFFORT.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: THE NEXT POINT THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, WHICH WOULD
BE NUMBER FIVE, IS DON'T LET OTHER PEOPLE RUN YOUR LIFE IF
YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY.
YEAH, I KNEW I WAS GOING TO GET SOME ACTION ON THAT ONE.
YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE LEARN HOW TO SUCCEED AT BEING OURSELVES,
WHICH MEANS TO FOLLOW YOUR HEART, NOT YOUR FLESH, YOUR
HEART, WHICH MEANS TO FOLLOW THE LEADERSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
COME ON, THE LEADERSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE REALLY TRULY HAPPY.
GALATIANS CHAPTER 1, VERSE 10, PAUL SAID, "NOW AM I TRYING TO
WIN THE FAVOR OF MEN, OR OF GOD?
DO I SEEK TO PLEASE MEN?
IF I WERE STILL SEEKING POPULARITY WITH MEN, I WOULD NOT
BE A BOND SERVANT OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST."
PAUL SAID, "I WOULD HAVE LOST THIS WHOLE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
AN APOSTLE OF CHRIST."
AND I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN TRYING TO KEEP
PEOPLE HAPPY, I SURE WOULDN'T BE STANDING HERE TODAY
IN THIS MINISTRY.
IT'S AMAZING WHAT WE CHEAT OURSELVES OUT OF, BUT WHAT WE
ALSO CHEAT EVERYBODY ELSE OUT OF.
BECAUSE GOD HAS NOT ONLY GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU THAT WILL
FULFILL YOU, BUT HE WANTS TO USE YOU TO BRING SOMETHING TO
SOMEBODY ELSE.
AND I PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE WRONG IF I SAID THAT THE LARGEST
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE MISS THE FULLNESS OF THEIR DESTINY
BECAUSE THE ONE THING YOU CAN BE GUARANTEED OF THAT THE ENEMY
WILL BRING AGAINST YOU IS THE THREAT OF REJECTION IF YOU
DARE TO FULLY FOLLOW GOD.
AMEN?
LET'S LOOK AT DANIEL CHAPTER 3.
"NOW IF YOU ARE READY WHEN YOU HEAR THE SOUND OF THE HORN, THE
PIPE, AND THE LYRE," ALL THOSE OTHER INSTRUMENTS, BAGPIPES,
AND, "EVERY KIND OF MUSIC, IF YOU'RE READY TO FALL DOWN
AND WORSHIP THE IMAGE WHICH I HAVE MADE GOOD.
BUT IF YOU DO NOT WORSHIP, YOU SHALL BE CAST AT ONCE INTO
THE MIDST OF A BURNING FIERY FURNACE.
AND WHO IS THE GOD WHO CAN SAVE YOU?"
NOW, DANIEL AND HIS FRIENDS, SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO,
WERE CALLED INTO THE KING'S SERVICE.
NOT WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE WANTED TO HAVE BEEN, BUT THEY WERE
BROUGHT INTO HIS SERVICE.
AND IN THE MIDST OF IT, THEY WERE STILL DETERMINED TO BEHAVE
THEMSELVES AS GODLY MEN.
NOW, TO ME, THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY,
AND I'M SURE WHERE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AT IN EVERY
GENERATION.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, THAT THERE IS PERSECUTION FOR
CHRISTIANS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, IF YOU'RE A SNEAKY CHRISTIAN,
A SECRET HIDDEN SUNDAY MORNING CHRISTIAN, THEN
YOU MIGHT AVOID THE PERSECUTION.
BUT IF YOU'RE A FULL-ON, GOING TO LIVE FOR GOD BELIEVER, THEN
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME PERSECUTION IN THE WORLD.
SO, SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO WERE GIVEN THIS
MESSAGE.
NOW, HERE'S AN IMAGE OF THE KING, AND EVERYBODY'S GOING
TO BOW TO THIS IMAGE.
WELL, THEY KNEW THEY COULDN'T DO THAT BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T GOING
TO BOW TO ANYBODY BUT GOD.
AND SO, HERE CAME THE THREAT, WHICH WE ALWAYS GET THE THREATS.
IF YOU DON'T BOW DOWN, THERE'S GOING TO BE SUFFERING FOR YOU.
IN THIS INSTANCE, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUT INTO THE FIERY
FURNACE.
FOR US, SOMETIMES IS THAT YOU'LL BE PUT OUT OF THE GROUP.
WE'RE NO LONGER GOING TO LIKE YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO GOSSIP ABOUT YOU.
YOU KNOW, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
YOU KNOW, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
ALL RIGHT.
NUMBER 16, SHADRACH--VERSE 16, "SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO
ANSWERED THE KING.
O NEBUCHADNEZZAR, IT IS NOT NECESSARY FOR US TO ANSWER YOU
ON THIS POINT."
IN OTHER WORDS, THAT'S SO STUPID I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO ANSWER IT.
"IF OUR GOD, WHOM WE SERVE, IS ABLE TO DELIVER US FROM THE
BURNING FIERY FURNACE, HE WILL DELIVER US OUT OF YOUR HAND,
O GOD."
AND IT DIDN'T MEAN LIKE IF HE'S ABLE, IF HE'S CAPABLE OF IT.
BUT WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS IF THAT'S THE BEST THING, IF THAT'S
WHAT GOD WANTS TO DO, HE WILL DELIVER US.
"BUT IF NOT, LET IT BE KNOWN TO YOU, O KING, THAT WE WILL NOT
SERVE YOUR GODS OR WORSHIP THE GOLDEN IMAGE WHICH YOU
HAVE SET UP."
SO, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT TO, BUT WE'VE DECIDED
TO FOLLOW JESUS.
YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT TO, BUT I'VE GOT MY MIND MADE UP.
BOY, "THEN NEBUCHADNEZZAR WAS FULL OF FURY AND HIS FACIAL
EXPRESSION WAS CHANGED [TO ANTAGONISM]."
YOU EVER HAD ANYBODY GIVE YOU A DIRTY LOOK?
"AGAINST SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO.
THEREFORE HE COMMANDED THAT THE FURNACE SHOULD BE HEATED UP
SEVEN TIMES HOTTER THAN NORMAL."
I LOVE IT.
BOY, YOU STAND YOUR GROUND, YOU MAKE A RIGHT DECISION,
AND THE PROBLEMS MULTIPLY.
"AND HE COMMANDED THE STRONGEST MEN IN THE ARMY TO BIND
SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO AND TO CAST THEM INTO
THE FURNACE."
NOW, I WANT YOU TO WATCH CAREFULLY.
"AND THESE THREE MEN WERE BOUND IN THEIR CLOAKS, THEIR TUNICS
OR THEIR UNDERGARMENTS, THEIR TURBANS, AND THEIR OTHER
CLOTHING, AND THEY WERE CAST INTO THE MIDST OF THE BURNING
FIERY FURNACE.
THEREFORE BECAUSE THE KING'S COMMANDMENT WAS URGENT AND
THE FURNACE EXCEEDINGLY HOT, THE FLAMES AND THE SPARKS FROM
THE FIRE KILLED THOSE MEN WHO HANDLED SHADRACH, MESHACH,
AND ABEDNEGO."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "AND THESE THREE MEN, SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO,
FELL DOWN BOUND," EVERYBODY SAY, "BOUND."
AUDIENCE: BOUND.
JOYCE: BOY, THIS IS SO GOOD, I DON'T KNOW
IF I CAN PREACH IT.
"THEY FELL DOWN BOUND INTO THE BURNING FIERY FURNACE."
BOY, THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE IN BAD SHAPE.
"THEN NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE KING SAW AND WAS ASTOUNDED, AND HE
JUMPED UP AND SAID TO HIS COUNSELORS, 'DID WE NOT CAST
THREE MEN BOUND INTO THE MIDST OF THE FIRE?'"
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: "AND THEY ANSWERED, 'TRUE, O KING.'"
VERSE 25, "AND HE ANSWERED, 'BEHOLD,
I SEE FOUR MEN.'" NOW, HERE IT COMES.
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
WAIT, YOU'RE TOO EARLY.
"I SEE FOUR MEN LOOSE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THREE OF THEM WENT IN BOUND,
THE FOURTH MAN GOT IN THERE WITH THEM, AND HE ACTUALLY USED WHAT
THE KING MEANT TO DESTROY THEM TO CUT THE BONDAGES OFF OF
THEIR LIFE.
OH MAN.
"WALKING IN THE MIDST OF THE FIRE, AND THEY ARE NOT HURT."
VERSE 26, "THEN NEBUCHADNEZZAR CAME NEAR TO THE MOUTH OF THE
FURNACE AND HE SAID, 'SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO, YOU
SERVANTS OF THE MOST HIGH GOD, COME OUT AND COME HERE.'"
OH, WHAT A MESSAGE.
THERE MUST BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT YOU GUYS.
YOU BETTER COME OVER HERE AND TELL US WHAT IT IS.
"THEN SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO CAME OUT OF THE MIDST
OF THE FIRE, AND THEN THE SATRAPS, THE DEPUTIES,
THE GOVERNORS, AND THE KING'S COUNSELORS GATHERED TOGETHER AND
SAW THESE MEN, THAT THE FIRE HAD NO POWER UPON THEIR BODIES,
NOR WAS THE HAIR OF THEIR HEAD SINGED; NEITHER WERE THEIR
GARMENTS SCORCHED, NOR DID THEY EVEN HAVE THE SMELL OF SMOKE."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: THEY DIDN'T EVEN SMELL LIKE SMOKE.
AMEN, HALLELUJAH.
NOW, NUMBER SIX.
THANK YOU.
IF WE'RE EVER GOING TO HAVE ANY HAPPINESS, WE'VE REALLY GOT TO
UNDERSTAND THE GRACE OF GOD.
AND JUST TO MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS I CAN FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME
THAT I HAVE, GRACE IS NOT ONLY GOD'S UNDESERVED FAVOR.
SO, THAT MEANS INSTEAD OF ME SPENDING MY LIFE TRYING TO KICK
DOWN DOORS THAT I WANT TO GO THROUGH, I CAN TRUST GOD TO GIVE
ME FAVOR AND OPEN THE RIGHT DOORS FOR ME AT THE RIGHT TIME.
GRACE IS WHAT CHANGES US.
GOD'S POWER.
GRACE IS NOT ONLY UNDESERVED FAVOR, IT'S GOD'S POWER COMING
TO US FREE OF CHARGE TO ENABLE US TO DO WITH EASE WHAT WE COULD
NEVER DO ON OUR OWN WITH ANY AMOUNT OF STRUGGLE AND EFFORT.
THAT'S MY VERY OWN DEFINITION.
YOU WANT IT AGAIN?
GRACE IS GOD'S POWER COMING TO US FREELY.
ALL WE NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE IT.
AND IT ENABLES US--GRACE IS ENABLING POWER.
IT ENABLES US TO DO WITH EASE WHAT WE COULD NEVER DO ON OUR
OWN APART FROM GOD WITH ANY AMOUNT OF STRUGGLE AND EFFORT.
I TELL YOU, I TRIED SO MANY YEARS TO CHANGE MYSELF BECAUSE I
KNEW THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAD PROBLEMS.
I TRIED TO BE HAPPIER.
I TRIED TO BE PEACEFUL.
I TRIED TO BE A BETTER PERSON.
YOU KNOW, I TRIED AND TRIED AND TRIED AND TRIED.
AND INSTEAD OF IT WORKING, I ACTUALLY WAS GETTING WORSE
BECAUSE THE MORE FRUSTRATED WE ARE, THE WORSE WE BEHAVE.
AND GOD BEGAN TO TEACH ME OUT OF HIS WORD THAT IT WAS ONLY HIS
GRACE THAT COULD CHANGE ME.
TO MAKE IT--TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, WE'RE SAVED BY GRACE,
WE GET THAT.
IT'S LIKE, "WELL, HERE I AM, GOD.
YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE EVERYTHING.
IF YOU DON'T HELP ME, I'M DONE FOR."
AND WE RECEIVE.
WE DON'T GET SALVATION.
I DON'T LIKE THE TERMINOLOGY, "HOW MANY GOT SAVED?"
WE'VE HAD ABOUT 1,200 PEOPLE RECEIVE CHRIST IN THIS
CONFERENCE.
YOU CANNOT GET A FREE GIFT.
YOU RECEIVE FREE GIFTS.
BY GRACE ARE YOU SAVED THROUGH FAITH.
IT IS A GIFT OF GOD, NOT OF WORKS, LEST ANY MAN SHOULD
BOAST.
AND THE SAME WAY THAT WE'RE SAVED IS THE SAME WAY WE HAVE TO
LEARN HOW TO LIVE.
NOW, GRACE IS ABOUT A 20-PART TEACHING SERIES, AND I'VE GOT
ABOUT 3 MINUTES HERE FOR THIS SECTION.
SO, LET ME JUST TELL YOU THAT ANY TIME THAT YOU FEEL
FRUSTRATED, IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT ONLY
GOD CAN DO.
ANY TIME YOU'RE FRUSTRATED, YOU'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING
THAT ONLY GOD CAN DO.
AND YOU NEED TO STOP AND JUST SAY, "OKAY, I'VE GOTTEN OVER
INTO WORKS OF THE FLESH, WHICH IS MY ENERGY TRYING TO DO
GOD'S JOB.
I'M GONNA BACK OFF HERE, GOD.
HELP ME.
I NEED YOU TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
APART FROM YOU, I CAN DO NOTHING."
AND THEN REALIZING THAT GOD DOESN'T DO EVERYTHING IN OUR
TIMING, NOR THE WAY THAT WE WOULD DO IT.
SO AFTER PRAYING, WE THEN TRUST GOD, AND WE WATCH HIM WORK.
I FINALLY STOPPED TRYING TO CHANGE MYSELF.
AND LO AND BEHOLD, I'VE BEEN CHANGED.
YOU SAY, "NOW WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T TRY TO CHANGE YOURSELF?
WELL, YOU JUST CAN'T NOT TRY TO CHANGE YOURSELF."
WELL, YEAH I CAN.
YEAH I CAN.
I PRAY EVERY MORNING, "LORD, SET A WATCH OVER MY MOUTH LEST I SIN
AGAINST YOU WITH MY TONGUE.
HELP ME, LORD, NOT TO GET IN TROUBLE WITH MY MOUTH TODAY.
AND IF YOU DON'T HELP ME, I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO GET
IN TROUBLE."
NOW, HANG ON.
AND HERE'S HOW IT WORKS.
I PRAY, AND THEN THE HOLY SPIRIT REMINDS ME.
I'M GOING THROUGH THE DAY, I'M BUSY GOING ALONG.
SEE, THIS IS HOW THE HOLY SPIRIT'S
JUST WITH US ALL THE TIME AND HE WORKS IN OUR LIFE.
I START--DAVE SAYS SOMETHING, AND I DIDN'T CARE FOR IT.
I SAY SOMETHING BACK, AND THEN HE SAYS SOMETHING BACK, AND THEN
I GET THIS LITTLE LIKE...
HOW MANY--OKAY, SEE, YOU GET IT, YOU KNOW.
NOW, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU'RE NOT QUITE WHERE WE'RE AT, AND YOU'RE
LIKE, "WHAT'S SHE TALKING ABOUT?"
YOU GET THIS--WELL, THE HOLY SPIRIT LIVES
INSIDE OF US, AND THE BIBLE SAYS IN ROMANS 7:6
THAT WE NO LONGER LIVE BY THE LAW.
WE DON'T LIVE BY ALL THESE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF HOW WE HAVE
TO BEHAVE FOR GOD TO LOVE US, BUT WE NOW LIVE BY THE
PROMPTINGS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
SO, THE TRUTH IS IF I MAKE 100 MISTAKES
WITH MY MOUTH TODAY, GOD'S STILL GOING TO LOVE ME,
I'M STILL GOING TO GO TO HEAVEN, BUT I WANT TO DO WHAT'S
RIGHT BECAUSE I LOVE HIM.
SO, INSTEAD OF ME GOING AROUND SAYING, "WELL, I'M JUST NOT
GOING TO SAY ANYTHING TODAY, THAT WAY I WON'T GET IN
TROUBLE."
BECAUSE SEE, ALL WE KNOW HOW TO DO IS BE EXTREME.
"I'M JUST NOT GOING TO TALK AT ALL, AND THAT WAY I WON'T GET
IN TROUBLE."
AND THAT DOESN'T WORK, WE ALL KNOW THAT.
WE MIGHT SHUT UP FOR A WHILE, BUT BOY, WHEN WE OPEN OUR MOUTH,
WHEW.
BUT HERE'S WHAT YOU DO.
INSTEAD OF SAYING, "BOY, I CAN'T DO THIS TODAY, AND I CAN'T DO
THIS, AND I CAN'T DO THIS, AND I CAN'T DO THIS, AND I BETTER NOT
DO THIS," YOU JUST GET UP AND SAY, "GOD, I WANT TO BE ALL YOU
WANT ME TO BE.
HOLY SPIRIT, I ASK YOU TO REMIND ME IF I'M ABOUT TO GET MYSELF IN
TROUBLE.
THEN MY PART IS--AND WE HAVE A PART, YOU HAVE A PART.
BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THIS FLESHLY EFFORT.
IT'S JUST A--IT'S A SPIRITUAL EFFORT.
BUT IT'S JUST TO SAY I WANT TO COOPERATE WITH GOD.
"OKAY, LORD, YOU'RE TELLING ME TO ZIP MY LIP.
AND IF I DON'T, I'M ABOUT TO START A FIGHT WITH DAVE."
THEN I CAN JUST SHUT UP.
YOU DIDN'T GET THAT? WAS THAT HARD?
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE UNDERSTANDING WHAT I'M SAYING?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, TWO QUICK THINGS THAT WERE ON MY HEART.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT US TO LOOK AT 1 CORINTHIANS 15:10.
THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID, "BUT BY THE GRACE (THE UNMERITED FAVOR
AND BLESSING OF GOD) I AM WHAT I AM, AND HIS GRACE TOWARD ME WAS
NOT [FOUND TO BE] FOR NOTHING [FRUITLESS AND WITHOUT EFFECT].
IN FACT, I WORKED HARDER THAN EVERYBODY, BUT IT WAS NOT REALLY
ME, IT WAS THE GRACE OF GOD IN ME WHICH DID THE WORK."
NOW, I MEAN, THIS COULD INITIALLY EVEN SOUND A LITTLE
CONFUSING, BUT PAUL IS SAYING, "LOOK, I AM WHAT I AM BY
THE GRACE OF GOD.
BUT WHEN GOD OFFERED ME HIS GRACE, I DIDN'T TAKE IT IN VAIN.
I TOOK THAT POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND I USED THAT
TO DO THE THINGS THAT GOD WANTED ME TO BE--DO."
NOW, PAUL'S, "OKAY, NOW HERE I AM.
I'M A SUCCESSFUL APOSTLE, BUT LET ME REMIND YOU THAT IT'S ONLY
BECAUSE OF THE GRACE OF GOD."
AND I CAN TELL YOU TODAY, I MEAN, HONESTLY, WHEN I COME UP
HERE AND I PREACH, AND I'VE DONE THIS NOW FOR 40 YEARS, BUT WHEN
I COME UP HERE AND PREACH, I'M JUST LIKE--IT'S ALMOST LIKE
I'M SOMEBODY ELSE.
AND WELL, THAT PROBABLY DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
BUT IT'S LIKE--I'M LIKE--BECAUSE YOU SEE, WHEN THE GRACE AND THE
POWER AND THE ANOINTING OF GOD COMES ON YOU, THE BIBLE SAYS IT
TURNS YOU INTO ANOTHER MAN OR WOMAN.
WE CAN DO THINGS BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT WE CANNOT DO ANY
OTHER WAY.
BUT LET ME ALSO TELL YOU, WHEN I COME UP HERE, I AM NOT
DEPENDING ON ME.
NOW, I'VE STUDIED, I'VE WORKED.
BUT EVEN THAT, I NEED GOD'S GRACE TO KEEP DOING--I'VE BEEN
DOING THIS 40 YEARS.
THIS MAY BE YOUR FIRST CONFERENCE, IT'S NOT
MY FIRST RODEO.
AMEN?
AND JUST TO WANT TO KEEP DOING IT, JUST TO STAY FRESH, JUST TO
HAVE YET ANOTHER MESSAGE, JUST TO STAY IN ONE MORE HOTEL,
I NEED GRACE, GRACE, AND MORE GRACE.
SO, YOU GOT TO DEPEND ON GOD ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
YOU COULD STOP GRUMBLING ABOUT YOUR JOBS IF YOU WOULD DEPEND ON
GOD'S GRACE EVERY DAY WHEN YOU GO THERE.
OOH, I WISH I HAD ANOTHER DAY.
AND IN 2 CORINTHIANS 12:7-9, I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE
THE TIME TO GO THERE, BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
IF YOU ARE IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION, YOU HAVE A DIFFICULT
CHILD TO RAISE, YOU ARE IN A DIFFICULT
RELATIONSHIP, YOU'RE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEBODY
THAT IS REALLY HARD TO BE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH.
ANYBODY?
YOU'RE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU'RE NEEDING TO TAKE CARE OF
ELDERLY PARENTS, AND NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, THEY DON'T LIKE IT.
YEAH.
NOW, I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO ME.
ANY PLACE WHERE GOD HAS PUT YOU, HE WILL GIVE YOU THE GRACE,
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, TO BE THERE AND BE HAPPY WHILE
YOU'RE THERE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: PAUL PRAYED THAT GOD WOULD DEAL
WITH WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS THE THORN IN HIS FLESH.
THREE TIMES HE CALLED ON THE LORD, AND THE LORD SAID,
"I'M NOT GOING TO REMOVE IT.
MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT."
AND THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE SAYS, "MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT TO
ENABLE YOU TO BEAR THE TROUBLE MANFULLY."
IN OTHER WORDS, "MY GRACE CAN ENABLE YOU TO BE IN THAT
SITUATION AND PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE, AND SERVE ME, AND DO
IT WITH A GOOD ATTITUDE."
BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET GRACE IF YOU GET ALL, "OH, I GOT
TO GO TO THAT STUPID JOB AGAIN, AND DRIVE IN THIS STUPID
TRAFFIC.
AND I DON'T MAKE ENOUGH MONEY, AND I HATE THIS JOB, AND I HATE
THE PEOPLE."
YOU FORGET GETTING GRACE IF THAT'S GOING TO--BUT YOU GET UP
AND YOU SAY, "GOD, THIS IS WHERE YOU'VE GOT ME RIGHT NOW, AND I'M
GOING TO TRUST YOU THAT WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH ME HERE, YOU'RE
GOING TO PUT ME SOMEWHERE ELSE.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I'M GOING TO GO THERE BY YOUR GRACE WITH
A SMILE ON MY FACE.
AND I AM GOING TO REPRESENT YOU, AND I AM GOING TO GLORIFY YOU."
AMEN?
THAT'S WHAT GRACE IS.
GRACE DOESN'T JUST HANG AROUND TO FORGIVE MY STUPIDITY.
IT DOES THAT TOO, BUT GRACE ENABLES ME.
AND THEN I GOT TO TAKE JUST ONE MORE POINT HERE.
NUMBER SEVEN, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE HAPPY, THERE'S FOUR THINGS
YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT PEOPLE.
NUMBER ONE, WE NEED THEM.
WE JUST CAN'T MAKE IT THROUGH WITHOUT THEM.
AND GOD DID IT.
HE FIXED US TO WHERE NONE OF US HAVE GOT IT ALL.
THEY'RE NOT EASY TO GET ALONG WITH.
THAT'S THE SECOND THING YOU GOT TO REMEMBER.
NUMBER THREE, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE DEAL WITH ARE NOT
LIKE US.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THEM GOING, "WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?
HOW COULD YOU LIKE THAT?
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?" AND IN DEALING WITH PEOPLE,
WE MUST NOT BE TOUCHY AND EASILY OFFENDED.
BUT WE MUST BE EXTREMELY GENEROUS WITH FORGIVENESS.
AMEN?
WELL, I KNOW NOW YOU'RE WANTING THE REST OF THE POINTS, RIGHT?
I'M JUST GOING TO READ THEM TO YOU REALLY QUICK, REALLY QUICK.
LEARN THE POWER OF PRAYER.
INSTEAD OF TRYING TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN YOURSELF,
PRAY ABOUT THEM.
BE POSITIVE AND FULL OF HOPE.
BE THANKFUL, BE OBEDIENT, AND DECIDE TO BE HAPPY.
AMEN?
JOYCE: WELL, PERHAPS THREE OF THE GREATEST KEYS TO HAPPINESS
ARE GRATITUDE, HOPE, AND LEARNING TO STAY IN PEACE.
THESE THINGS CAN GO A LONG WAY IN CREATING A HAPPY LIFE
FOR YOU.
THERE WERE A REVELATION TO ME PERSONALLY AND THEY REALLY
TRANSFORMED MY ATTITUDE, AND I BELIEVE THE SAME THING
WILL HAPPEN TO YOU.
SO TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU TWO TEACHINGS CALLED "7 WAYS TO
INCREASE YOUR HAPPINESS," IMAGINE THAT.
WHO WOULD NOT WANT TO KNOW SEVEN WAYS TO INCREASE YOUR HAPPINESS?
AND IF YOU'RE GONNA DRINK COFFEE, OR TEA, OR WATER, OR
ORANGE JUICE, YOU MIGHT AS WELL DRINK IT OUT OF A MUG THAT
REMINDS YOU TO ENJOY YOUR LIFE.
SO, WE'RE GONNA SEND ALONG AN "ENJOYING YOUR LIFE EVERYDAY"
MUG.
WHY NOT LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT REMINDS YOU TO PUT A SMILE ON
YOUR FACE AND ENJOY THE DAY?
AND SOMETIMES WE DO JUST NEED TO BE REMINDED.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
DON'T BE UNHAPPY BECAUSE BEING UNHAPPY IS NOT GONNA SOLVE
YOUR PROBLEM.
I LOVE YOU, GOD BLESS YOU, HAVE A GREAT DAY.
ANNOUNCER: AS CHRISTIANS, OUR LIVES REFLECT GOD'S LOVE AND OUR
PEACE AND JOY IN CHRIST SHOULD MAKE OTHERS WANT WHAT WE HAVE.
SO, DISCOVER THE KEYS TO MAINTAINING YOUR PEACE AND JOY
IN EVERY SITUATION WHEN YOU ORDER TODAY'S OFFER,
THE MY HAPPY LIFE SET.
IN JOYCE'S TWO-TEACHING CD SERIES, "7 WAYS TO INCREASE YOUR
HAPPINESS," YOU'LL LEARN WHY THE JOY OF THE LORD IS YOUR
STRENGTH AND HOW TO EMBRACE HAPPINESS THROUGH CHRIST.
YOU'LL ALSO RECEIVE THIS "ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE" MUG TO
ENJOY YOUR FAVORITE WARM BEVERAGE
AS YOU LISTEN TO GOD'S WORD.
THE MY HAPPY LIFE RESOURCE SET CAN BE YOURS TODAY FOR YOUR GIFT
OF...OR MORE.
CONTACT US NOW...
OR VISIT US ONLINE AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
JOYCE: WELL, I'M HERE IN SRI LANKA AND WITH ME ARE SOME
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS THAT HAVE VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO COME
HERE AND HELP HURTING PEOPLE.
AND IF YOU'RE A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL, A DOCTOR,
A DENTIST, A NURSE, PHARMACIST, A CHIROPRACTOR, PLEASE CONSIDER
VOLUNTEERING TO COME AND HELP PEOPLE WHO OTHERWISE WOULDN'T
HAVE ANY HELP.
SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK, IS THIS A GOOD THING TO DO?
ALL: YEAH!
JOYCE: I WANT TO PERSONALLY INVITE YOU TO JOIN US FOR
THE 2018 LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE IN TAMPA, FLORIDA.
THIS IS GOING TO BE YOUR TIME TO SOAK UP THE WORD OF GOD
AND THE FLORIDA SUNSHINE.
WE'VE GOT A FANTASTIC LINEUP OF SPEAKERS, ENGAGING WORSHIP,
AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO MISS IT.
SO, GRAB YOUR BIBLE AND YOUR BEACH TOWEL AND REGISTER TODAY.
ANNOUNCER: EARLY BIRD PRICING ENDS MAY 31.
SPACE IS LIMITED.
REGISTER TODAY.
JOYCE: ONE OF THE GREATEST JOYS IN MY 40 YEARS IN MINISTRY
IS SEEING EXCITEMENT IN SOMEONE'S LIFE WHEN THEY
DISCOVER THE ANSWERS TO LIFE'S QUESTIONS ARE RIGHT IN THE WORD
OF GOD, AND THAT'S WHAT "EVERYDAY ANSWERS" IS ALL ABOUT.
IT'S A SHOW DESIGNED FOR YOU TO ASK QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL SEE
WHAT THE BIBLE HAS TO SAY ABOUT THEM.
REAL QUESTIONS, REAL LIFE STORIES, REAL ANSWERS.
ANNOUNCER: WATCH EPISODES AND SEND IN YOUR QUESTIONS AT
JOYCEMEYER.ORG/EVERYDAYANSWERS.
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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