ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: BRING YOUR CONVERSATION INTO AGREEMENT
WITH GOD'S WORD INSTEAD OF JUST TALKING OUT OF HOW YOU FEEL
AND WHAT YOU THINK ALL THE TIME, AND I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT YOU
WILL BEGIN TO SEE CHANGES IN YOUR LIFE.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: MATTHEW 12:34 SAYS, "YOU OFFSPRING OF VIPERS!
HOW CAN YOU SPEAK GOOD THINGS WHEN YOU ARE EVIL (WICKED)?
FOR OUT OF THE FULLNESS (THE OVERFLOW, THE ABUNDANCE)
OF THE HEART THE MOUTH SPEAKS."
IN OTHER WORDS, FOR IT TO COME OUT OF US, IT'S GOTTA BE IN US,
FLOATING AROUND IN THERE SOMEWHERE.
SO, NOTHING REVEALS MORE ABOUT THE REAL US THAN OUR WORDS.
YOU CAN LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT YOURSELF BY LISTENING
TO YOURSELF.
OOH, I LEARN THINGS ABOUT MYSELF I WOULD JUST ASSUME THAT I
WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN.
"THE GOOD MAN FROM HIS INNER GOOD TREASURE FLINGS FORTH GOOD
THINGS, AND THE EVIL MAN OUT OF HIS INNER EVIL STOREHOUSE FLINGS
FORTH EVIL THINGS."
JAMES 3:2, "IF ANYONE DOES NOT OFFEND IN SPEECH, IF HE [NEVER
SAYS THE WRONG THINGS], HE IS A FULLY DEVELOPED CHARACTER AND
A PERFECT MAN, ABLE TO CONTROL HIS WHOLE BODY AND TO CURB HIS
ENTIRE NATURE."
MY GOODNESS, HE'S SAYING IF WE CAN CONTROL
OUR MOUTH, WE CAN CONTROL EVERYTHING ELSE IN OUR LIFE.
SOME OF YOU ARE TRYING REAL HARD TO CONTROL WHAT YOU PUT IN YOUR
MOUTH, AND YOU MIGHT BE BETTER OFF TO START FIRST TRYING TO
CONTROL WHAT COMES OUT OF IT.
UH-OH, WELL, I'LL JUST GO ON.
YOU'RE NOT LIKING THAT ONE.
MAYBE I'M TALK TO THESE PEOPLE OVER HERE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SEE, I CAN SHOW YOU A SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS IT'S NOT
WHAT GOES INTO THE MOUTH THAT DEFILES THE MAN, BUT WHAT
COMES OUT OF HIS MOUTH THAT DEFILES HIM.
SO, I'LL JUST GIVE AN EXAMPLE.
LET'S JUST SAY THAT, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SUGAR,
YOU JUST EAT WAY TOO MUCH SUGAR?
OKAY, WELL, LET ME GIVE YA A HINT.
DON'T SAY 50 TIMES A WEEK, "I CRAVE SUGAR.
I JUST HAVE TO HAVE SUGAR.
I'M ADDICTED TO SUGAR.
IF I EAT ONE COOKIE, I'VE GOTTA EAT THE WHOLE BAG.
IF I EAT ONE BITE OF ICE CREAM, I'VE GOTTA EAT THE WHOLE QUART."
DON'T SAY THAT KIND OF STUFF 'CAUSE EVERY TIME YOU DO, YOU'RE
JUST ASSURING YOURSELF THAT YOU'RE GONNA KEEP THE PROBLEM.
WHAT YOU SHOULD SAY, AND I DON'T CARE IF YOU HAVE TO START WITH
THE SPOON ON YOUR WAY TO YOUR MOUTH.
YOU START BY SAYING, "I'M NOT ADDICTED TO SUGAR.
I DON'T CRAVE SWEETS.
I HAVE SELF-CONTROL.
I HAVE A DISCIPLINED APPETITE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW SEE, IF YOU DIDN'T COME FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN
THAT, IT'S GONNA HELP YOU.
YOU SAY, "WELL, I'M JUST TELLING THE TRUTH."
I'M NOT--YES, THAT MAY BE A FACT IN YOUR LIFE, BUT THE TRUTH
IS GREATER THAN FACTS, AND THE TRUTH IS GOD'S WORD,
AND GOD'S WORD SAYS THAT, "HE WHOM THE SON HAS
SET FREE IS FREE INDEED."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, DON'T SAY, "I'M ADDICTED TO THIS.
I'M ADDICTED TO THAT.
I CAN'T HELP THIS.
I CAN'T HELP THAT."
AND FOR GOODNESS SAKES, DON'T EVER SAY, "I JUST DON'T HAVE ANY
DISCIPLINE OR SELF-CONTROL."
I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE THE LAZIEST PERSON ON THE PLANET,
I WANT YOU TO START SAYING, "I AM A MAN OR A WOMAN
OF DISCIPLINE AND SELF-CONTROL.
I CAN CONTROL MYSELF."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I STARTED SMOKING CIGARETTES WHEN I WAS
9 YEARS OLD AND, YEAH, 9 YEARS OLD.
AND I HUNG AROUND WITH KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WERE OLDER
THAN ME AND THEY ALL SMOKED SO I SMOKED.
AND SO, I SMOKED UP UNTIL I WAS ABOUT 35, SOMETHING
AROUND THERE.
AND I ALWAYS SAID, "OH, I KNOW I COULD JUST--I KNOW I COULD
NEVER QUIT SMOKING.
IT WOULD BE SO HARD FOR ME IF I EVER TRIED TO QUIT SMOKING."
WELL, SURE ENOUGH THEN WHEN I WANTED TO QUIT, IT WAS HARD
FOR ME, VERY HARD FOR ME.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GOD LED ME TO DO--AND HERE AGAIN,
THIS MAY SOUND LIKE I'M A LUNATIC, BUT I DON'T CARE.
I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU SO I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK.
I REMEMBER DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AT NIGHT WITH A CIGARETTE
BETWEEN MY FINGERS SAYING, "I DON'T SMOKE.
I CAN'T STAND TO SMOKE.
CIGARETTES STINK.
I DON'T SPEND MY MONEY ON CIGARETTES."
AND I'M TELLING YOU THE HONEST TRUTH, IT WAS NOT VERY MANY
WEEKS AFTER THAT AND I QUIT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, I'M NOT TELLING YOU THAT THIS IS JUST LIKE
A LITTLE MAGIC CHARM AND YOU CAN JUST SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT AND
GET ANYTHING YOU WANT, BUT I AM TELLING YOU THAT IF YOU WANT TO
STOP DOING SOMETHING, THEN YOU HAVE TO STOP TALKING LIKE YOU
CAN NEVER STOP DOING IT, AMEN?
ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE GETTING THIS?
YOU'RE JUST LIKE--OKAY?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND HOW MANY OF YOU SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT YOURSELF?
OOH, I WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT THERE AND SHAKE YOU.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OH, MY GOSH, ONE OF THE WORST THINGS THAT WE CAN DO
IS SAY NEGATIVE DOWNGRADING THINGS ABOUT OURSELVES.
LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, THE DEVIL'S ALREADY AGAINST YOU
AND YOU DON'T NEED TO AGREE WITH HIM.
WHAT YOU NEED DO IS GET INTO AGREEMENT WITH GOD.
AMOS 3:3 SAYS, "HOW CAN TWO WALK TOGETHER UNLESS THEY BE AGREED?"
WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY TO YOU TODAY IS BRING YOUR CONVERSATION
INTO AGREEMENT WITH GOD'S WORD INSTEAD OF JUST TALKING OUT OF
HOW YOU FEEL AND WHAT YOU THINK ALL THE TIME, AND I CAN
GUARANTEE YOU THAT YOU WILL BEGIN TO SEE CHANGES
IN YOUR LIFE.
NOW, IT MAY NOT BE OVERNIGHT, BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHAT YOU SAY
RUNS RIGHT ALONG HERE, GETS IN EARS, AND DROPS RIGHT DOWN
INTO YOUR SPIRIT.
AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU A SCRIPTURE IN A MINUTE THAT
SAYS WE EAT OUR WORDS.
YOU'VE SAID TO PEOPLE, "YOU ARE GONNA EAT THOSE WORDS."
WELL, THE TRUTH IS IS YOU ACTUALLY DO EAT YOUR WORDS.
YOUR WORDS AFFECT YOU MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE'S WORDS AFFECT YOU.
SO, LET'S JUST SAY THAT YOU'RE LIVING WITH SOMEBODY THAT'S
REALLY NEGATIVE, AND DOWNGRADING, AND THEY'RE
CONSTANTLY PUTTING YOU DOWN AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY EVEN,
"WELL, HOW IN THE WORLD CAN I KEEP A GOOD ATTITUDE?
HOW CAN I NOT GET DEPRESSED IF I'M LIVING WITH SOMEBODY THAT
PUTS ME DOWN ALL THE TIME?" WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT IS HARD, AND IT'S CHALLENGING, BUT YOU CAN DO
TWO THINGS, YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT
YOU HAVE ENOUGH FRIENDS THAT BUILD YOU UP THAT IT HELPS TO
OVERRIDE THOSE NEGATIVE THINGS.
AND AS SOON AS SOMEBODY SAYS SOMETHING NEGATIVE TO YOU,
IF YOU CAN'T GET THEM NOT TO SAY IT, YOU GO IN ANOTHER ROOM
BY YOURSELF AND YOU SAY WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT YOU OUT LOUD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, LET'S JUST SAY YOU'RE A WOMAN,
YOU'RE MARRIED TO A MAN AND HE TELLS YOU FIVE TIMES A WEEK
YOU'RE STUPID.
WELL, YOU NEED TO GO TELL YOURSELF 25 TIMES A WEEK THAT
YOU HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST.
I LIKE THIS, THIS IS GOOD TODAY.
'CAUSE WHAT YOU SAY IS GONNA MEAN MORE TO YOU THAN WHAT
SOMEBODY ELSE SAYS.
THE THING WE DO IS WE JUST STAND AROUND AND LET EVERYBODY ELSE
DETERMINE OUR WORTH AND VALUE AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
GET INTO AGREEMENT WITH GOD AND YOU WILL SEE AMAZING THINGS
HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE.
IF--I DO NOT HAVE ONE DAY OF MY LIFE THAT GOES BY THAT I DON'T
CONFESS THE WORD OF GOD OUT LOUD.
EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE, I MEAN, EVERY DAY I STILL SAY,
"I AM THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD THROUGH CHRIST.
I AM A NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST.
OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY AND ALL THINGS BECOME BRAND NEW."
YOU KNOW WHY I SAY THAT?
BECAUSE I HAD SUCH A HARD TIME WITH GUILT AND CONDEMNATION,
AND I FELT SO BAD ABOUT MYSELF FOR SO MANY YEARS BECAUSE
OF THE ABUSE THAT MY FATHER HAD PERPETRATED ON ME.
AND I JUST FELT NO GOOD AND I TELL YA WHAT, IT WAS A BATTLE
FOR ME TO FIGHT MY WAY THROUGH TO EVER BELIEVING THAT I
HAD RIGHT STANDING WITH GOD THROUGH CHRIST.
AND ONCE I GOT IT, I WAS DETERMINED I WAS NEVER GONNA
LOSE IT AND I CONTINUALLY RENEW MY MIND BY SAYING THERE IS
NO CONDEMNATION FOR THOSE IN CHRIST.
GOD LOVES ME.
I'M HIS CHILD.
I'M ACCEPTED.
HE'S PLEASED WITH ME.
YES, I SAID GOD IS PLEASED WITH YOU AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG
WITH YOU SAYING THAT.
HE MAY NOT BE PLEASED WITH EVERYTHING YOU DO,
BUT HE IS PLEASED WITH YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WELL, WE NEED MORE TIME THAN I'VE GOT, DON'T WE?
YOU KNOW, TWO TIMES THE BIBLE RECORDS THAT A VOICE CAME OUT
FROM HEAVEN REGARDING JESUS AND SAID, "THIS IS MY BELOVED SON
IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED."
WELL, JESUS DIDN'T SAY, "OH NO, NO, NO."
YOU KNOW, GOD'S NOT PLEASED WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT PERFECT
BEHAVIOR, BUT I'LL TELL YA, HE'S PLEASED YOU'RE HERE TODAY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE TAKE A SATURDAY AFTER THEY'VE
WORKED ALL WEEK AND GO SIT AND LISTEN TO THE WORD OF GOD,
AND A LOT OF YOU WILL BE BACK IN CHURCH AGAIN TOMORROW AND YOU
WERE HERE LAST NIGHT.
AND GOD'S PLEASED WITH YOU.
YOU MAY NOT DO EVERYTHING RIGHT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU WANT TO DO EVERYTHING RIGHT OR YOU WOULDN'T EVEN BE HERE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU SAY, "WELL, WOULDN'T IT BE LIKE A WRONG KIND
OF PRIDE FOR ME TO STAND IN A ROOM AND SAY--"
AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING YOU GO SAY THIS TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
"BUT WOULDN'T IT BE WRONG FOR ME JUST TO SAY GOD IS PLEASED
WITH ME?" NOPE, I DON'T THINK SO.
YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HIS WORD SAYS.
THANK YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I HAVE A MAN IN AGREEMENT AND THAT'S
EVEN BETTER.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DON'T SAY THINGS LIKE, "I'M STUPID, I'M FAT, I'M UGLY,
I'M DUMB.
I CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT."
DON'T DO THAT KIND OF STUFF.
DON'T SAY NEGATIVE THINGS ABOUT YOURSELF OUT OF YOUR OWN MOUTH.
SAY ABOUT YOU WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT YOU AND IT WON'T BE LONG
AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE THINGS.
IT'LL RENEW YOUR MIND.
IT CHANGES YOUR WHOLE ATTITUDE TOWARD YOURSELF AND YOU'LL BE
AMAZED IF YOU JUST START SAYING, "I'M A PERSON OF DISCIPLINE AND
SELF-CONTROL," YOU'LL BE AMAZED AT HOW JUST LITTLE BY LITTLE
THINGS WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE BECAUSE REALLY, ONCE YOUR MIND
IS RENEWED, HONEY, IT'S ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTING BECAUSE ONCE
YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN DO WHAT GOD SAYS YOU CAN DO, THEN YOU
WILL START DOING IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: PROVERBS 18:20, "A MAN'S [MORAL] SELF SHALL BE
FILLED WITH THE FRUIT OF HIS MOUTH; AND WITH THE CONSEQUENCES
OF HIS WORDS HE MUST BE SATISFIED [WHETHER GOOD
OR EVIL].
DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE, AND THEY WHO
INDULGE IN IT SHALL EAT THE FRUIT OF IT."
COME ON, EVERYBODY SAY, "I EAT MY WORDS."
AUDIENCE: I EAT MY WORDS.
JOYCE: HERE'S ANOTHER ONE, PROVERBS 18:8,
"THE WORDS OF A WHISPERER OR TALEBEARER," THAT'S LIKE
A GOSSIPER, "ARE AS DAINTY MORSELS; THEY GO DOWN INTO THE
INNERMOST PARTS OF THE BODY."
NOW, YOU KNOW WHAT'S INTERESTING THAT I FOUND?
IF SOMEBODY COMES TO ME--AND I DON'T KNOW WHY IT IS THAT WE
LOVE GOSSIP.
BUT I MEAN THE MINUTE SOMEBODY SAYS, "HAVE YOU HEARD?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN IT'S LIKE, EVERYTHING JUST COMES ALIVE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OOH, I'M ABOUT TO FIND SOMETHING OUT.
AND YOU CAN ALREADY KIND OF TELL IT'S NOT GONNA BE SOMETHING
NICE, AND THERE'S A PART OF YOU THAT THINKS, "I SHOULD JUST SAY
NO AND I DON'T WANT TO HEAR."
BUT OH NO, IT'S LIKE, "NO, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE DISCOVERED?
SOMEBODY CAN TELL ME SOMETHING UNKIND ABOUT SOMEBODY THAT
I LOVE AND ADMIRE AND EVEN IF I DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT, ONCE
IT GETS DOWN IN ME, IT CAN CAUSE ME TO BE SUSPICIOUS OR LOOK AT
THAT PERSON IN A DIFFERENCE LIGHT--IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT
FROM THAT TIME ON.
WORDS GO DOWN--WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFULLY ABOUT THE THINGS
WE SAY TO PEOPLE ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE WE ARE POISONING
THEIR SPIRIT WHEN WE DO THAT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "HAVE YOU HEARD?" NO, AND I DON'T WANT TO.
SO MANY GREAT SCRIPTURES ABOUT THE MOUTH.
I LOVE THIS ONE, JAMES 1:26, "IF ANYONE THINKS HE IS RELIGIOUS
(PIOUSLY OBSERVANT OF THE EXTERNAL DUTIES OF HIS FAITH)
AND DOES NOT BRIDLE HIS TONGUE BUT DELUDES HIS OWN HEART,
THIS PERSON'S RELIGIOUS SERVICE IS WORTHLESS
(FUTILE AND BARREN]"
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
AND PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS WRONG, WHEN I SAY A RELIGIOUS
PERSON, I'M TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO MAYBE GOES
TO CHURCH, THEY HAVE A BUMPER STICKER, THEY'VE GOT A HUGE
CHRISTIAN LIBRARY, A BIG NECKLACE WITH A CROSS ON IT,
AND THEY FOLLOW ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS, BUT THEY HAVE
NO REAL, INTIMATE, PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
YOU KNOW, JESUS DIDN'T DIE SO WE CAN ALL HAVE A RELIGION, HE DIED
SO WE CAN HAVE AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
THROUGH HIM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: JESUS DIDN'T DIE FOR US SO WE CAN JUST GO TO CHURCH,
AND GO HOME, AND NEVER CHANGE.
IT'S NOT ABOUT PUTTING IN 45 MINUTES WITH GOD ON
SUNDAY MORNING, HE WANTS TO DO LIFE WITH YOU.
HE WANTS TO BE INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
IT'S ABOUT INTIMACY AND WHEN YOU START REALLY HANGING OUT WITH
JESUS ON A REGULAR BASIS, THAT'S WHEN YOU BEGIN TO BECOME
MORE AND MORE LIKE HIM.
SO HE SAID, "IF YOU THINK YOU'RE RELIGIOUS BUT YOU DON'T BRIDLE
YOUR TONGUE, THEN YOU'RE DECEIVING YOURSELF."
YOU KNOW, THIS SOUNDS AWFUL BUT I CAN REMEMBER SOME OF MY YEARS
AS A RELIGIOUS PERSON AND WE HAD OUR GROUP OF FRIENDS.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS A SOCIAL CLUB AT CHURCH AND WE WOULD GO
TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY MORNING, WOULDN'T DARE MISS CHURCH
ON SUNDAY MORNING.
AND WE'D GO OUT TO LUNCH WITH A BUNCH OF OUR FRIENDS AFTER
CHURCH, AND YOU KNOW WHAT ENTERTAINMENT WAS?
GOSSIPING ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE, INCLUDING THE PASTOR
AND HIS SERMON.
AND DON'T TELL ME YOU DON'T DO IT.
IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL, SOME OF YOU WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY
ABOUT ME AFTER YOU LEAVE TODAY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT IT WILL ALL BE GOOD, RIGHT?
IT WILL ALL BE GOOD, ALL GOOD, ALL RIGHT.
COME ON, HAVE YOU EVER GONE TO CHURCH AND THEN LEFT CHURCH
AND GOSSIPED TO SOME OTHER CHRISTIAN ABOUT SOMEBODY YOU
SAW IN CHURCH?
COME ON, DON'T YOU LIE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YEAH, AND I DID TOO.
WELL, THAT GRIEVES THE HOLY SPIRIT WHEN WE DO THAT.
THAT'S NOT WHAT HE WANTS US TO DO.
SO, WE'VE GOTTA BE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN'T JUST
WORSHIP HIM WITH OUR MOUTH WHILE OUR HEARTS ARE FAR FROM HIM.
WE LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT OURSELF BY WHAT COMES OUT OF OUR MOUTH.
1 CORINTHIANS 3:1 THROUGH 3, PAUL TOLD THE CORINTHIAN
CHRISTIANS THAT HE KNEW THEY WERE CARNAL AND HE COULD TELL BY
THE WAY THEY TALKED.
"HOWEVER, BRETHREN, I COULD NOT TALK TO YOU AS TO SPIRITUAL
[MEN], BUT AS TO NONSPIRITUAL [MEN OF THE FLESH, IN WHOM
THE CARNAL NATURE PREDOMINATES].
I HAD TO TALK TO YOU LIKE MERE INFANTS [IN THE NEW LIFE]
IN CHRIST."
AND LOOK WHAT THE AMPLIFIED SAYS IN PARENTHESES HERE,
"[UNABLE TO TALK YET!]."
WELL, WHAT IN THE WORLD?
I MEAN, THESE ARE GROWN MEN, CERTAINLY THEY CAN TALK.
I MEAN, WHAT DID PAUL MEAN YOU'RE UNABLE TO TALK YET?
YOU KNOW WHAT HE MEANT?
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO TALK RIGHT.
YOU'RE SAYING A BUNCH OF STUFF THAT LETS ME KNOW THAT YOU'RE
CARNAL, IMMATURE CHRISTIANS.
VERSE 3 SAYS, "FOR AS LONG AS THERE--FOR LONG AS YOU ARE STILL
[UNSPIRITUAL, HAVING THE NATURE]
OF THE FLESH, AS LONG AS YOU'RE [UNDER THE CONTROL OF
ORDINARY IMPULSES].
AS LONG AS [THERE ARE] ENVYING AND JEALOUSY AND STRIFE,
ARE YOU NOT UNSPIRITUAL AND OF THE FLESH, BEHAVING YOURSELF
LIKE MERE (UNCHANGED) MEN?" I REMEMBER WHEN THE LORD SPOKE
TO ME MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO AND HE SAID, "OKAY, YOU'RE
SAVED, NOW IT'S TIME FOR YOUR MOUTH TO GET SAVED."
HOW MANY OF YOU COULD USE A LITTLE SALVATION IN YOUR MOUTH?
ALL RIGHT, I KNEW THAT THIS WOULD BE FOR YOU TODAY.
I PICKED THE RIGHT PLACE TO PREACH THIS MESSAGE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THIS'LL HELP YOU.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:11, "WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I TALKED LIKE A CHILD,
I THOUGHT LIKE A CHILD, I REASONED LIKE A CHILD; NOW THAT
I HAVE BECOME A MAN, I AM DONE WITH CHILDISH WAYS AND HAVE
PUT THEM ASIDE."
HOW DO CHILDREN TALK?
WELL, TWO THINGS I'LL MENTION, NUMBER ONE, THEY ALMOST ALWAYS
TALK ABOUT THEMSELVES, WHAT THEY WANT, WHAT THEY LIKE,
WHAT THEY NEED.
AND NUMBER TWO, THEY TALK WAY TOO MUCH.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YEAH, AMEN.
THERE'S THAT GUY AGAIN, I LIKE HIM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ALL RIGHT NOW, JUST IN CASE YOU MAYBE ARE WONDERING IF
I'M RIGHT ABOUT THIS CONFESSING THE WORD OUT LOUD THING, I WANT
TO TAKE THE LAST LITTLE BIT OF TIME THAT I HAVE HERE AND I WANT
TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT MAKING A COMPLETE TURNAROUND TODAY AND
INSTEAD OF CONTINUING TO TALK ABOUT THINGS IN YOUR LIFE AS IF
THEY'RE ALWAYS GONNA BE THE WAY THEY ARE RIGHT NOW,
DON'T EVER SAY, "THIS IS NEVER GONNA CHANGE.
YOU'RE NEVER GONNA CHANGE.
I'M NEVER GONNA HAVE ANY MONEY.
I'LL NEVER OWN A NEW CAR."
DON'T SAY THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SAY WHAT GOD SAYS.
IF YOU THINK THAT WHAT I'M SAYING IS YOU'RE JUST NOT SURE
THAT IT'S SCRIPTURAL, I WANT US TO LOOK AT EZEKIEL 37,
THE FIRST 10 VERSES.
YOU CAN ARGUE WITH ME, BUT YOU CAN'T ARGUE WITH THE WORD,
NOT IF YOU'RE SMART.
EZEKIEL THE PROPHET, "THE HAND OF THE LORD WAS UPON ME, AND HE
BROUGHT ME OUT IN THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD AND SET ME DOWN IN
THE MIDST OF THE VALLEY; AND IT WAS FULL OF BONES.
AND HE CAUSED ME TO PASS ROUND ABOUT AMONG THEM, AND BEHOLD,
THERE WERE VERY MANY [HUMAN BONES] IN THE OPEN VALLEY
OR PLAIN, AND BEHOLD, THEY WERE VERY DRY."
MAYBE THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE TODAY AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR
LIFE, AT THIS POINT, IS NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF DEAD, DRY BONES.
"AND HE SAID TO ME, SON OF MAN, CAN THESE BONES LIVE?
AND I ANSWERED, O LORD GOD, YOU KNOW!"
"YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT KNOWS."
AND THEN AGAIN VERSE 4, "HE SAID TO ME, PROPHESY
TO THESE BONES AND SAY TO THEM, O YOU DRY BONES, HEAR THE WORD
OF THE LORD."
COME ONE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: O, YOU DEAD, DRY BONES, YOU MISERABLE
WRETCHED LIFE.
YOU EMPTY BANK ACCOUNT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD.
YOU GOTTA LOVE IT.
"THUS SAYS THE LORD GOD TO THESE BONES: BEHOLD, I WILL CAUSE
BREATH AND SPIRIT TO ENTER YOU, AND YOU SHALL LIVE."
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN LOOK AT ANY CIRCUMSTANCE IN YOUR LIFE
AND YOU CAN SAY, "YOU WILL CHANGE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU WILL CHANGE BECAUSE GOD IS GREATER THAN
YOU ARE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND HIS WORD IS GREATER THAN YOU ARE.
"AND I WILL LAY SINEW UPON YOU AND I WILL BRING FLESH UPON YOU
AND COVER YOU WITH SKIN, AND I WILL PUT BREATH AND SPIRIT IN
YOU, AND YOU [DRY BONES]
SHALL LIVE; AND YOU SHALL KNOW, UNDERSTAND, AND REALIZE THAT
I AM THE LORD [THE SOVEREIGN RULER, WHO CALLS FORTH LOYALTY
AND OBEDIENT SERVICE].
SO I PROPHESIED AS I WAS COMMANDED; AND AS I PROPHESIED,
THERE WAS A [THUNDERING] NOISE AND BEHOLD, A SHAKING
AND TREMBLING AND A RATTLING, AND THE BONES CAME TOGETHER,
BONE TO ITS BONE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "AND I LOOKED AND BEHOLD, THERE WERE SINEWS UPON
[THE BONES] AND FLESH CAME UPON THEM AND SKIN COVERED THEM, BUT
THERE WAS NO BREATH OR SPIRIT IN THEM."
SO, HE DIDN'T JUST QUIT AND SAY, "OH WELL, IT ALMOST WORKED.
SOMETHING HAPPENED, BUT STILL NO LIFE."
THEN GOD SAID TO HIM, "PROPHESY TO THE BREATH AND THE SPIRIT,
SON OF MAN, AND SAY TO THE BREATH AND
SPIRIT, THUS SAYS THE LORD: COME FROM THE FOUR WINDS, O BREATH
AND SPIRIT, AND BREATHE UPON THESE SLAIN THAT THEY MAY LIVE.
SO I PROPHESIED AS HE COMMANDED ME, AND THE BREATH AND SPIRIT
CAME INTO [THE BONES], AND THEY LIVED AND STOOD UP UPON THEIR
FEET, AN EXCEEDINGLY GREAT AND A MIGHTY HOST."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I STARTED OUT 42 YEARS AGO
WITH A NOTEBOOK AND A BIBLE, AND I WROTE DOWN 65 THINGS THAT
GOD'S WORD SAYS WERE MINE THROUGH THE BLOOD OF CHRIST.
NOT ONE OF THEM WAS A FACT IN MY LIFE AT THE TIME, BUT IT WAS
THE TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD.
I HOPE IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, GOD IS USING THESE WORDS
OF MINE TO SPEAK A WORD TO YOU THAT IS SO CLEAR, NO MATTER WHAT
THE FACTS ARE IN YOUR LIFE, GOD'S WORD IS GREATER THAN THOSE
FACTS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DO YOU HEAR ME?
NOBODY HAS GOT SO MANY DEAD, DRY BONES IN THEIR LIFE THAT THINGS
CAN'T CHANGE, BUT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET THIS TRUTH IN YOUR
LIFE AND YOU KEEP IT UP, AND YOU KEEP IT UP, AND YOU KEEP IT UP,
AND YOU KEEP IT UP UNTIL THE DEVIL SHUTS UP.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
JOYCE: WELL, NOTHING REVEALS MORE ABOUT OUR TRUE CHARACTER
THAN THE WORDS THAT WE SPEAK BECAUSE OUT OF THE HEART,
THE MOUTH SPEAKS.
LET'S BECOME PEOPLE WHO SPEAK LIFE INTO OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL
AS OURSELF.
BRING YOUR CONVERSATION INTO AGREEMENT WITH GOD AND YOU WILL
SEE AMAZING THINGS HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE.
TODAY WE'RE OFFERING YOU A COUPLE OF RESOURCES THAT I
REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE, "THE POWER OF WORDS,"
FOUR TEACHINGS, AND A "POWER WORDS" BOOK
SO YOU CAN READ, YOU CAN LISTEN.
YOU REALLY NEED TO LEARN THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR WORDS.
I WAS IN CHURCH FOR MANY, MANY YEARS BEFORE I EVER, EVER HAD
ANYBODY TEACH ME THAT.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR
YOU TO LEARN AS WELL AS IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME, IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR EVERYBODY.
SO PLEASE GET THESE RESOURCES TODAY.
IT'S SIMPLE, IT'S PRACTICAL, BUT IT'S POWERFUL.
YOUR WORDS CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
ANNOUNCER: VERY FEW THINGS IMPACT US MORE THAN THE WORDS
WE SPEAK.
WORDS CAN INSPIRE US OR THEY CAN WOUND US.
LET JOYCE'S BOOK "POWER WORDS" AND HER FOUR-CD SERIES
"THE POWER OF WORDS" HELP YOU TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE BY ALIGNING
WHAT YOU SAY WITH GOD'S WORD.
THESE POWERFUL RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TODAY FOR YOUR
GIFT OF...OR MORE.
JOYCE: OUR WORDS ARE CONTAINERS FOR POWER AND THEY
CAN CARRY POSITIVE POWER.
THEY CAN ADD BENEFIT TO ALL THE PEOPLE AROUND US AND ADD BENEFIT
TO OUR LIFE, OR THEY CAN CARRY NEGATIVE POWER THAT HARM US
AND HURT US.
ANNOUNCER: TO ORDER, CALL US TOLL FREE AT...
OR VISIT US AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
ANNOUNCER: PACK YOUR BAGS, WE'RE TAKING
THE LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE TO TAMPA, FLORIDA
AND YOU'RE INVITED.
♪ YOU'RE HERE WITH ME ♪ ♪ AND IT'S GONNA BE ♪
♪ A GOOD DAY ♪ ANNOUNCER: WORSHIP
WITH NATALIE GRANT.
♪ IT'S GONNA BE ♪ ♪ A GOOD DAY ♪
ANNOUNCER: AND ELEVATION WORSHIP.
♪ UNSTOPPABLE GOD ♪ ♪ LET YOUR GLORY ♪
♪ GO ON AND ON ♪ ♪ IMPOSSIBLE THINGS ♪
♪ IN YOUR NAME ♪ ♪ THEY SHALL BE DONE ♪♪
ANNOUNCER: FEATURING JOYCE MEYER AND HER GUESTS,
PRISCILLA SHIRER, LISA HARPER,
SARAH JAKES ROBERTS, AND DAVE MEYER.
EARLY BIRD PRICING ENDS MAY 31 SO REGISTER TODAY.
COME ON, YOU KNOW THIS IS GONNA BE AN AMAZING WEEKEND.
SPACE IS LIMITED.
THIS ONE WILL SELL OUT FAST.
REGISTER TODAY.
ANNOUNCER: SO, THE BIBLE IS GOD'S MANUAL TO HELP US NAVIGATE
LIFE BUT LIFE OFTEN GETS IN THE WAY OF KNOWING THE BIBLE,
FINDING THE TIME, KNOWING WHERE TO BEGIN, AND DISCOVERING WHAT
THIS ALL MEANS TO YOU.
WE UNDERSTAND AND WE'D LIKE TO HELP.
AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG/STUDY, YOU'LL FIND FREE RESOURCES TO HELP YOU
GET MORE OUT OF THE BIBLE WHETHER YOU'RE A NEW CHRISTIAN
OR HAVE BEEN WALKING WITH CHRIST FOR YEARS.
SO, JUMP IN TODAY.
THE WORD, IT'S FREE, IT'S MOBILE, AND IT'S TAILORED
FOR YOU AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
ANNOUNCER: WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED TODAY'S PROGRAM.
PLEASE CONTACT US OR VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG TO SHARE YOUR
PRAYER REQUESTS, SEE THE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE,
OR PARTNER WITH US IN SHARING CHRIST AND LOVING PEOPLE
ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE.
THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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