ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: "COME UNTO ME," JESUS SAID, "AND I WILL SHOW YOU
A WAY TO LIVE.
I WILL SHOW YOU A NEW WAY TO APPROACH LIFE, A NEW WAY TO
APPROACH SITUATIONS IN ME THAT WILL CAUSE YOU TO REST."
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: I WANT TO OFFER SOME HELP FOR UPTIGHT PEOPLE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THAT'S WHAT I'M CALLING THIS TONIGHT,
JUST VERY SIMPLY, "HELP FOR UPTIGHT PEOPLE."
ARE THERE ANY OF YOU THAT WOULD SAY YOU KIND OF FIT IN
THAT CATEGORY OF BEING A LITTLE UPTIGHT, AND TENSE, AND
YOU GET WORRIED, AND CONCERNED, AND YOU DON'T REALLY CARE
FOR IT TOO MUCH WHEN THINGS DON'T GO YOUR WAY?
WE'VE GOT ANY PEOPLE LIKE THAT?
YOU DON'T LIKE IT TOO MUCH WHEN THINGS DON'T GO YOUR WAY.
NOW, I KNOW THERE'S A FEW OF YOU HERE TONIGHT THAT PROBABLY
THINK, "WELL, I'M NOT UPTIGHT."
WELL, GOODY FOR YOU, BUT THERE'S A BUNCH OF THE REST OF US
THAT ARE, AND WE NEED HELP.
IF YOU'RE NOT AN UPTIGHT PERSON, MORE THAN LIKELY YOU ARE
MARRIED TO SOMEONE WHO IS.
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE PRETTY RELAXED, AND LAID BACK,
AND CHILLED OUT, BUT YOU GOT SOMEBODY IN YOUR LIFE THAT
IS REALLY UPTIGHT AND ABOUT TO-- SEE, SO THIS IS FOR
EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT, AMEN.
NOW, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT MAINTAINING
A RELAXED AND EASYGOING ATTITUDE.
YOU SEE, I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A HOLY
EASE THAT WE CAN LIVE WITH.
NOW, WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS NOT THAT EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE EASY.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE EASY.
WE DON'T REALLY NEED THE POWER OF GOD IN OUR LIFE FOR
EVERYTHING TO BE EASY, BUT EVEN WHEN WE'RE CONFRONTING DIFFICULT
THINGS, WE CAN HANDLE THEM WITH A HOLY EASE AND RELAXED COMFORT
THROUGH SIMPLY KNOWING THAT GOD IS NEVER GOING TO LEAVE US OR
FORSAKE US; THAT EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO RIGHT NOW,
THAT GOD WILL SHOW US WHAT TO DO AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME.
I'M SO COMFORTED BY THE FACT THAT GOD HAS PROMISED
TO ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF US.
I WANT YOU JUST TO RECEIVE THAT PROMISE TONIGHT.
I FEEL LIKE I HAVE THAT WORD FROM GOD FOR MY LIFE, AND IT'S
A WORD RIGHT OUT OF THE WORD OF GOD SO IT'S FOR ALL OF US,
BUT YOU HAVE TO RECEIVE IT PERSONALLY.
CAN YOU JUST HEAR THE LORD SPEAK IN YOUR HEART TONIGHT.
"I WILL ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF YOU."
JUST RECEIVE THAT.
GOD SAYS, "I WILL ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF YOU."
AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GETS US UPTIGHT
IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT GOD'S GONNA DO.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE NOTICED OR NOT,
BUT HE DOESN'T USUALLY TELL US.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD IS NEVER LATE, BUT I'LL JUST TAKE
IT A STEP FURTHER AND SAY HE'S USUALLY NOT EARLY EITHER.
WHY DOES GOD SOMETIMES LEAVE US IN THE SITUATIONS THAT HE LEAVES
US IN WHEN HE COULD JUST AS EASILY SOLVE THE PROBLEM TODAY
AS HE COULD 5 YEARS FROM NOW OR 3 YEARS FROM NOW?
WELL, BECAUSE ACTUALLY, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, THE WAY
WE DEVELOP FAITH MUSCLES, THE WAY WE DEVELOP FAITH IN GOD
AND TRUST IN GOD IS BY HAVING TO USE IT.
THE MORE YOU USE YOUR FAITH, THE MORE OF IT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
IN YOUR LIFE.
I WAS SUCH AN UPTIGHT, TENSE, EASILY IRRITATED HUMAN BEING.
AND EVEN AS A CHRISTIAN, EVEN AS A WOMAN IN MINISTRY, FOR MANY
YEARS I JUST DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M TRYING TO SHARE
WITH YOU TONIGHT.
I KEPT WANTING PEOPLE TO CHANGE.
IF YOU'LL CHANGE, I CAN BE HAPPY.
ANYBODY THERE RIGHT NOW?
YOU'RE LIKE, "IF SO-AND-SO WOULD JUST CHANGE,
THEN I COULD BE HAPPY.
WHY DO YOU HAVE TO MAKE ME UNHAPPY?"
AND THEN I WOULD THINK, "IF MY CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD JUST CHANGE,
THEN I COULD BE HAPPY."
AND THEN SOMETIMES I WOULD EVEN LOOK AT MYSELF AND THINK,
"IF I COULD JUST CHANGE, THEN I'D BE HAPPY."
BUT YOU KNOW, GOD SHOWED ME SOMETHING, AND IT WAS--SOMETIMES
THE SIMPLEST THINGS CAN BE SUCH A REVELATION TO US, YOU KNOW?
AND A REVELATION IS DEEPER THAN INFORMATION.
IT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE JUST LIKE--YOU FINALLY GET IT.
AND SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THIS IS WHAT I SAW.
"JOYCE, THE WORLD IS NOT GONNA CHANGE.
THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE PEOPLE AROUND THAT CAN BE IRRITATING.
THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE CIRCUMSTANCES COME UP
THAT YOU WEREN'T PLANNING ON.
IF ANYTHING, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THE CONDITIONS
IN THE WORLD WILL GET WORSE, BUT WHAT GOD HAS TAUGHT ME
IS I CAN CHANGE MY APPROACH TO THESE SITUATIONS.
EVEN THOUGH THE SITUATION DOESN'T CHANGE, I CAN CHANGE
HOW I APPROACH THE SITUATION, HOW I LOOK AT THE SITUATION,
HOW I THINK DURING THE SITUATION,
AND EVERYTHING CHANGES FOR ME.
THE SITUATION HASN'T CHANGED, BUT BECAUSE I HANDLED IT
TOTALLY DIFFERENTLY.
SIMPLE EXAMPLE, AND WE HAVE THESE IN OUR LIFE ALL THE TIME.
WE LEFT ST. LOUIS.
I GOT READY, THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA LEAVE ST. LOUIS.
HAD A PLAN.
WE'RE GONNA GET HERE, WE'RE GONNA EAT, WE'RE GONNA DO BLAH,
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, OKAY?
AND WE'RE ALMOST TO THE AIRPORT, THE PILOT CALLED AND SAID,
"WE'VE GOT A 2 HOUR AND 15 MINUTE DELAY."
WELL, I WAS COMING IN LAST NIGHT TO MEET WITH SOME OF OUR
PARTNERS, AND SO RIGHT AWAY YOU START THINKING, "WELL, IF WE'RE
2-1/2 HOURS LATE, AND I'VE GOTTA BE THERE AT SUCH-AND-SUCH,
AND WHAT IF I DON'T GET THERE," AND ON, AND ON, AND ON.
WELL, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A TIME--AND THANK GOD
I'M PAST THOSE TIMES.
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A TIME WHEN I WOULD HAVE JUST GOTTEN SO
UPSET, AND I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AGGRAVATED, AND BEEN TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT I COULD GET OUT OF THERE ON TIME, AND I
WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN WILLING TO HAVE FLOWN RIGHT INTO
THE STORM JUST TO GET WHAT I WANTED.
ANY OF YOU EVER FLY RIGHT INTO THE STORM JUST TO GET--SOMETIMES
WE'VE GOT A BAD SITUATION AND WE MAKE IT WORSE BECAUSE WE DON'T
KNOW HOW TO LEAVE IT ALONE AND JUST LET GOD BE GOD.
COME ON, I SAID SOMETIMES WE GOT A BAD SITUATION AND WE MAKE IT
WORSE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO LEAVE IT ALONE.
BUT NOW I CAN MAKE A DECISION--IT'S NOT THAT
I DON'T STILL HAVE SOME OF THE SAME OL' FEELINGS.
I DIDN'T LIKE IT WHEN WE WERE TOLD THAT
WE HAD TO CHANGE OUR PLAN.
NOBODY LIKES TO HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR PLAN, BUT I COULD DO
WHAT I'M TEACHING YOU TONIGHT.
NOW, I COULD JUST TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH
AND I CAN JUST SAY, "WELL, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
IT IS WHAT IT IS, AND I SURE HOPE I GET THERE
TO MEET WITH THE PEOPLE I'M SUPPOSED TO MEET WITH.
BUT YOU KNOW, IF I DON'T, THEN I GUESS THEY'LL HAVE
DINNER WITHOUT ME AND SOMEBODY ELSE'LL TALK TO 'EM."
BECAUSE THE BOTTOM LINE IS IS YOU CAN'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT
SOMETHING YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT.
AMEN?
NOW, THERE'S A PRETTY POPULAR SAYING RIGHT NOW,
"WELL, IT IS WHAT IT IS."
BUT YOU KNOW, THE TRUTH IS IS IT IS WHAT IT IS, AND YOU REALLY
CAN'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T DO
ANYTHING ABOUT.
WE NEED TO PICK OUR BATTLES.
DON'T FIGHT A BATTLE THAT YOU CAN'T WIN BECAUSE ALL YOU'RE
GONNA DO IS JUST WEAR YOURSELF OUT.
SO, WE WANT TO TALK TONIGHT ABOUT HAVING A DIFFERENT
APPROACH TO LIFE.
AND OBVIOUSLY, OUR BEST EXAMPLE ANYWHERE IS JESUS, AND HOW
HE APPROACHED LIFE, AND HOW HE HANDLED EVERYTHING FROM BEING
UNJUSTLY TREATED, TO BEING REJECTED, TO BEING LIED ABOUT.
HE HAD A TOTALLY DIFFERENT APPROACH THAN MOST OF US DO.
AND IN MATTHEW 11:28-30, THE WORD OF GOD TALKS ABOUT
THIS ATTITUDE THAT JESUS HAD AND TELLS US THAT WE CAN ENTER INTO
IT AND LEARN TO DO THE THINGS THE WAY THAT HE DOES THEM.
YOU KNOW, BECOMING A CHRISTIAN--WHEN YOU MAKE
A DECISION TO BE A CHRISTIAN, IT'S A LOT MORE THAN JUST
A PROMISE OF SOMEDAY GOING TO HEAVEN WHEN YOU DIE.
WHEN YOU BECOME A CHRISTIAN, YOU'RE INVITED INTO
A BRAND-NEW WAY OF LIVING.
YOU'RE INVITED TO LEARN ABOUT THE RIGHT WAY TO LIVE,
THE WAY WHERE YOU CAN HAVE PEACE AND JOY.
I WAS A CHRISTIAN FOR A LONG TIME BEFORE I STARTED
ENJOYING THE JOURNEY.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE CALL OUR TV PROGRAM
"ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE" IS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT'S ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT JESUS DIED FOR.
YES, HE DIED FOR OUR SINS, HE TOOK THE PAIN OF OUR PUNISHMENT,
HE TOOK OUR SICKNESS AND DISEASE UPON HIMSELF, WE'RE REDEEMED BY
HIS BLOOD, BUT A VERY SIMPLE SCRIPTURE IN JOHN 10:10,
"THE THIEF, THE DEVIL COMES ONLY TO KILL, STEAL,
AND DESTROY, BUT JESUS SAID, 'I CAME THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE
AND ENJOY THEIR LIFE.'" AND ENJOY THEIR LIFE, AND HAVE
IT IN ABUNDANCE, TO THE FULL, UNTIL IT OVERFLOWS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S BAD ENOUGH TO BE A MISERABLE SINNER,
BUT IT'S DOUBLY BAD TO BE A MISERABLE SAINT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, THE THING IS IS CHRISTIANS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
PEACEFUL, AND JOYFUL, AND KNOW WHO THEY ARE IN CHRIST, AND WE
SHOULD BE ABLE TO FACE ANYTHING THAT COMES OUR WAY, AND REALLY
NOT LET IT ALTER HOW WE BEHAVE OR HOW WE ACT.
NOW, DID ANYBODY HEAR WHAT I JUST SAID?
WE SHOULD GROW TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN HANDLE ANYTHING
THAT COMES OUR WAY-- DISAPPOINTMENT, ACCUSATION,
UNFAIR TREATMENT.
WHATEVER IT IS, PUT OUR TRUST IN GOD THAT HE WILL SHOW US WHAT
TO DO, HE WILL TAKE CARE OF THE SITUATION,
AND WE REMAIN THE SAME.
WE DON'T GET RATTLED BY EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON.
WE HAVE THE RARE PRIVILEGE OF TRUSTING IN GOD AND LETTING
THOSE THINGS ONLY BE LITTLE, MINOR BUMPS IN THE ROAD.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO DERAIL US.
I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT I DON'T HAVE TO GET UP IN THE MORNING
AND WAIT TO SEE WHAT MY CIRCUMSTANCES ARE NOW BEFORE
I CAN DECIDE IF I CAN BE HAPPY OR NOT.
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE GLAD THAT YOU'RE IN CHARGE
NOW AND NOT THE DEVIL, AMEN?
AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU'RE NOT USED TO HEARING ANYBODY TALK
ABOUT THE DEVIL, JESUS TALKED ABOUT HIM ALL THE TIME.
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I WENT TO CHURCH FOR A LOT OF YEARS AND
NEVER REALLY HEARD A GOOD MESSAGE ON THE DEVIL,
AND I THOUGHT HE WAS JUST SOME HALLOWEEN CHARACTER THAT
CAME OUT IN RED PAJAMAS WITH A PITCHFORK ON HALLOWEEN.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I HAD A REAL ENEMY THAT WAS TRYING TO KILL,
STEAL, AND DESTROY, AND ABSOLUTELY NOT ONLY HATED GOD,
BUT HATED ANYBODY WHO WAS TRYING TO FOLLOW GOD.
AND I CERTAINLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT I HAD ANY AUTHORITY OVER
HIM IN THE NAME OF CHRIST.
AND IT WAS GOOD NEWS TO FIND OUT TO ME THAT GOD WAS NOT
THE SOURCE OF MY PROBLEMS, THAT THE ENEMY WAS, AND THAT AS
I PUT MY TRUST IN GOD, THE ENEMY WOULD HAVE TO BOW HIS KNEE
TO THE NAME OF JESUS AND I WOULD HAVE VICTORY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, MATTHEW 11:28, "COME UNTO ME, ALL YOU THAT
LABOR AND ARE HEAVY-LADEN."
LET ME PUT IT IN LIGHT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY TONIGHT.
COME UNTO ME, ALL YOU THAT ARE UPTIGHT, AND STRESSED OUT,
AND ANXIOUS, AND WORRIED, "AND I WILL CAUSE YOU TO REST.
[I WILL EASE AND RELIEVE AND REFRESH YOUR SOULS.]"
NOW, LET'S BE CLEAR THAT IT'S NOT LIKE GOD'S
GONNA WAVE SOME MAGIC WAND OVER YOU, BUT WHAT HAPPENS ALL
THE TIME IS GOD SHOWS US WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, AND THEN HOW WE
CAN RESPOND IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAT WILL NOT THEN NECESSARILY
MAKE THAT PROBLEM GO AWAY.
YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY CAN'T FIND ANYWHERE IN THE BIBLE
WHERE THE APOSTLE PAUL OR ANY OF THE OTHER APOSTLES
PRAYED FOR PEOPLE THAT THEIR PROBLEMS WOULD GO AWAY.
YOU SAY, "HUH?" I SURE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK
ME TO PRAY FOR THEM THAT THEIR PROBLEMS WILL GO AWAY.
YOU KNOW WHAT PAUL PRAYED FOR?
THAT THEY WOULD BE STRONG IN THEIR TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS,
THAT THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO BE JOYFUL, AND HAPPY,
AND BE STABLE, AND CONTINUE TO BE A WITNESS.
THEY WEREN'T TRYING TO TEACH PEOPLE TO TRY TO GET TO
A PLACE IN LIFE WHERE THEY HAD NO PROBLEMS; THEY WERE TRYING
TO TEACH THEM WHO THEY WERE IN CHRIST AND THAT NO MATTER WHAT
THEIR PROBLEMS WERE, THEY WERE MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH
CHRIST AND COULD STILL HAVE A GOOD ATTITUDE AND ENJOY LIFE.
[APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, YOU'RE MISINFORMED ABOUT WHAT A RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD IS LIKE IF YOU THINK IT MEANS YOU'RE NOT
GONNA HAVE ANY PROBLEMS.
IT DOES MEAN THAT GOD WILL DELIVER YOU FROM THINGS
AND BRING YOU THROUGH THEM VICTORIOUSLY.
IT DOES MEAN THAT YOU CAN HAVE A VERY BLESSED AND AMAZING LIFE,
BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT NOTHING'S EVER GONNA
COME AGAINST YOU.
"COME UNTO ME," JESUS SAID, "AND I WILL SHOW YOU A WAY TO LIVE.
I WILL SHOW YOU A NEW WAY TO APPROACH LIFE, A NEW WAY TO
APPROACH SITUATIONS IN ME THAT WILL CAUSE YOU TO REST,
THAT WILL EASE, AND RELIEVE, AND REFRESH YOUR SOUL."
VERSE 29, "TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU AND LEARN OF ME."
HE'S BASICALLY SAYING, TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU AND LEARN HOW
I HANDLE EVERY SITUATION, "FOR I AM GENTLE (MEEK), HUMBLE (LOWLY)
IN HEART, AND YOU WILL FIND REST (RELIEF, EASE, REFRESHMENT,
RECREATION, AND BLESSED QUIET) FOR YOUR SOULS."
NOW, I LOVE THAT BECAUSE REALLY, WHAT JESUS IS SAYING
IS NO MATTER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCE YOU'RE IN,
YOUR SOUL CAN BE ON VACATION.
YOUR SOUL IS YOUR MIND, YOUR WILL, AND YOUR EMOTIONS.
MANY OF YOU NEED TO GIVE YOUR MIND A BREAK.
YOU NEED TO GIVE YOUR EMOTIONS A BREAK.
AND MANY OF YOU NEED TO GIVE YOUR WILL A VACATION BECAUSE
YOU'RE RESISTING EVERYTHING THAT COMES ALONG THAT YOU DON'T LIKE,
AND YOU HAVE JUST RESISTED UNTIL YOUR RESISTOR IS WORN OUT
AND YOU STILL HAVE THE SAME SITUATIONS.
"WELL, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE THIS SITUATION IN MY LIFE!"
"FOR MY YOKE IS WHOLESOME (USEFUL, GOOD--NOT HARSH, HARD,
SHARP, OR PRESSING, COMFORTABLE, GRACIOUS, LIGHT AND EASY."
EVERYBODY SAY, "EASY."
"TO BE BORNE."
NOW, I'M GONNA SHOW YOU ENOUGH SCRIPTURE TONIGHT TO PROVE TO
YOU THAT THERE IS A HOLY EASE THAT'S OFFERED TO US IN THE WORD
OF GOD, BUT FIRST, LET'S TAKE A LITTLE LOOK AT THE ATTITUDE
THAT JESUS LIVED WITH.
FIRST OF ALL, HE DID NOT CARE ONE BIT WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT
OF HIM.
NOW, THAT ONE LITTLE THING RIGHT THERE COULD BRING A LOT OF HOLY
EASE INTO YOUR LIFE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
NOW, LET ME MAKE A STATEMENT THAT I LIKE TO MAKE,
AND YOU GRAB HOLD OF THIS.
NOBODY IS TRULY FREE UNTIL THEY NO LONGER HAVE A NEED
TO IMPRESS PEOPLE.
AS LONG AS WE'RE TRYING TO IMPRESS EACH OTHER, THERE'S
ALWAYS GONNA BE AN OPEN DOOR FOR THE ENEMY TO TORMENT US.
WHEN HE WAS FALSELY ACCUSED, HE NEVER EVEN REALLY TRIED
TO DEFEND HIMSELF.
ACTUALLY, HEROD TRIED TO GET HIM TO DEFEND HIMSELF
AND HE WOULDN'T.
HE REFUSED TO EVEN TRY.
"HE TRUSTED HIMSELF AND EVERYTHING," THE BIBLE SAYS,
"TO HIM WHO JUDGES FAIRLY."
THAT HAPPENS TO BE 1 PETER 2:23 AND I LOVE THOSE SCRIPTURES.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
1 PETER 2:23, "WHEN HE WAS REVILED
AND INSULTED, HE DID NOT REVILE OR OFFER
INSULT IN RETURN; [WHEN]
HE WAS ABUSED AND SUFFERED, HE MADE NO THREATS [OF VENGEANCE];
BUT HE TRUSTED [HIMSELF AND EVERYTHING]
TO HIM WHO JUDGES FAIRLY."
MANY OF YOU HAVE SOME SITUATIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES IN YOUR LIFE
RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU NEED TO MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT THAT YOU
ARE GONNA TRUST GOD WITH THAT.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA TRY TO VINDICATE YOURSELF.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA TRY TO CONVINCE PEOPLE WHO THINK
YOU'RE A BAD PERSON THAT YOU'RE A GOOD PERSON.
IF YOU'VE BEEN TREATED UNJUSTLY AND UNFAIRLY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA
GET INTO THE REVENGE BUSINESS.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA ACT LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO'VE HURT YOU,
BECAUSE THEN THAT MAKES YOU NO DIFFERENT THAN THEY ARE.
BUT YOU'RE GONNA LOOK AT THIS NEW WAY THAT JESUS IS
TELLING YOU THAT YOU CAN LIVE.
NOW, THERE'S A THOUGHT AND I CAN ALMOST FEEL IT COMING OUT
OF SOME OF YOUR BRAINS TONIGHT.
"WELL, HE WAS REVILED AND INSULTED, AND HE JUST LET PEOPLE
WALK ALL OVER HIM, AND HE DIDN'T EVEN
TRY TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
WELL, I'M NOT GONNA LIVE LIKE THAT.
THAT'S A WIMPY WAY TO LIVE."
NO, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
IT TAKES MORE POWER TO DO THAT.
LET ME TELL YOU, IT TAKES MORE POWER TO DO THAT THAN IT EVER
DOES TO GO TELL SOMEBODY OFF.
IT'S NOT HARD AT ALL TO GO TELL SOMEBODY OFF.
IT'S NOT HARD TO BE MAD AT PEOPLE AND TO HATE PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT MAD TO SHUT PEOPLE OUT OF YOUR LIFE.
IT'S NOT MAD TO TRY TO-- HARD TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE BACK
WHEN THEY HURT YOU.
MY FATHER SEXUALLY ABUSED ME FOR ALL THE YEARS THAT I WAS
LIVING AT HOME, OVER, AND OVER, AND OVER.
IT WASN'T HARD FOR ME TO HURT HIM--I MEAN, HATE HIM.
THAT WASN'T HARD AT ALL, BUT WHAT WAS HARD WAS WHEN GOD
TOLD ME TO FORGIVE HIM, AND TO TREAT HIM GOOD, AND TO PUT HIM
IN A NICE HOUSE, AND TAKE CARE OF HIM UNTIL HE DIED.
NOW, THAT WAS HARD IN ONE WAY, BUT IN ANOTHER WAY IT WAS
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING BECAUSE IT ADDED
A DIMENSION OF POWER TO MY LIFE AND MY MINISTRY THAT MADE ME
UNSTOPPABLE BY THE DEVIL.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH CHRIST."
MORE THAN CONQUERORS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I BELIEVE THAT MEANS?
I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS A LOT, AND I BELIEVE WHAT THAT MEANS
IS THAT I ALREADY KNOW THAT I'M GONNA WIN THE BATTLE BEFORE
THE BATTLE EVER STARTS.
BEFORE I EVER EVEN KNOW WHAT THE BATTLE IS, I ALREADY
HAVE A CONFIDENCE IN GOD THAT WHATEVER COMES MY WAY,
THROUGH CHRIST I CAN WALK THROUGH IT WITH VICTORY.
IT MAY NOT BE EASY, BUT I CAN DO IT WITH A HOLY EASE.
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE SEEING THE DIFFERENCE
IN WHAT I'M SAYING?
SOMETHING DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EASY, BUT YOU CAN HAVE
AN INTERNAL EASE ABOUT IT.
YOU SEE, IT'S THE STUFF OUT HERE THAT'S HARD.
THIS IS THE STUFF THAT'S NOT EASY.
BUT WHEN WE HAVE THE RIGHT APPROACH AND RIGHT ATTITUDE
TOWARD IT, THEN WE CAN STAY AT EASE INTERNALLY,
AND THE TRUTH IS IS YOUR REAL LIFE IS WITHIN YOU.
THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU.
WE'RE IN THE WORLD, BUT WE'RE NOT OF IT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE WORLD'S SYSTEM AS LONG
AS WE STAY HOOKED INTO GOD.
ANOTHER THING THAT JESUS DID THAT WAS PHENOMENALLY
GOOD FOR HIM, AND IT RELIEVES A LOT OF PRESSURE IS
HE JUST SIMPLY ALWAYS BELIEVED THE BEST OF PEOPLE.
HOW MUCH PRESSURE COULD YOU JUST LET OFF YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW IF
YOU'D STOP BEING SO SUSPICIOUS AND JUST DECIDE, "WELL,
I'M GONNA BELIEVE THE BEST"?
I CAN TELL YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
[LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HE LIVED BEFORE WHAT WE CALL AN AUDIENCE OF ONE.
HE LIVED HIS LIFE TO GLORIFY GOD.
HE WASN'T TRYING TO IMPRESS PEOPLE.
HE DIDN'T WORRY OR LIVE IN FEAR.
HE DIDN'T PLACE TOO MUCH VALUE IN EARTHLY THINGS BECAUSE HE
KNEW THAT THEY WERE TEMPORAL.
HE DIDN'T HAVE THE STRESS OF TRYING TO OWN OR CARE
FOR TOO MANY THINGS.
TO BE HONEST, IN THE WESTERN CULTURE, WE JUST WANT SO MUCH
THAT IT DRIVES US CRAZY.
HALF OF THE STRESS THAT PEOPLE HAVE IS TRYING TO PAY FOR AND
TAKE CARE OF WHAT THEY OWN.
AMEN.
I SAID HALF OF THE STRESS THAT WE GO THROUGH IS TRYING TO PAY
FOR AND TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE OWN.
SO, DON'T GO OUT AND BUY IT IF IT'S JUST GONNA MAKE YOU MORE
UNHAPPY THAN WHAT YOU ALREADY ARE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I FINALLY FIGURED OUT THAT EVERYTHING I BRING INTO
MY HOUSE HAS TO BE DUSTED.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SO, THE ANSWER IS NOT ALWAYS MORE.
HE WASN'T SURPRISED BY PERSECUTION OR TRIALS
AND TRIBULATIONS.
HE DIDN'T EXPECT PEOPLE TO BE PERFECT.
NOW BOY, THAT CAN TAKE A LOT OF PRESSURE OFF OF US IF WE JUST
GET OVER THINKING THAT EVERYBODY IS GONNA DO EVERYTHING WE WANT
'EM TO DO EVERY DAY OF OUR LIFE, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT.
I'LL JUST LEAVE YOU WITH THAT THOUGHT.
HE KNEW THAT HUMAN BEINGS MADE MISTAKES AND
THAT THEY WOULD DISAPPOINT HIM.
HE WASN'T TRYING TO CLIMB THE LADDER OF SUCCESS; HE ONLY
WANTED TO DO HIS FATHER'S WILL.
HE KNEW WHO HE WAS AND HE KNEW THAT HE WAS LOVED.
LET ME TELL YOU A FEW THOUGHTS FROM SOME OF MY MESSAGES
ABOUT ATTITUDE.
FIRST OF ALL, YOUR ATTITUDE BELONGS TO YOU, AND YOU'RE
THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN DECIDE WHAT IT'S GONNA BE.
YOUR ATTITUDE BELONGS TO YOU, AND NOBODY CAN GIVE YOU
A BAD ATTITUDE, AND NOBODY CAN GIVE YOU A GOOD ATTITUDE.
I HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT MY ATTITUDE IS GOING TO BE EVERY
DAY AND IN EVERY SITUATION, AND YOU DO TOO.
THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
YOUR ATTITUDE BELONGS TO YOU, AND YOU CAN DECIDE
WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE.
YOU CAN HAVE AN ATTITUDE THAT WILL MAKE YOU HAPPY
OR YOU CAN HAVE AN ATTITUDE THAT WILL MAKE YOU MISERABLE.
IT'S UP TO YOU.
YOU CAN ONLY CHANGE YOUR LIFE BY CHANGING YOUR ATTITUDE,
AND ATTITUDE IS YOUR THOUGHT LIFE TURNED INSIDE OUT.
IT'S AN INWARD FEELING THAT IS EXPRESSED
BY AN OUTWARD BEHAVIOR.
THINK OF IT LIKE THIS.
IF YOU HAD A BAD DAY AT WORK, WHY NOT JUST THINK ABOUT
THE MAN WHO HASN'T HAD A JOB FOR 6 MONTHS?
IF YOU'RE HAVING DIFFICULTY IN A RELATIONSHIP,
JUST THINK OF THOSE WHO'VE NEVER EVEN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO EVER BE LOVED.
SHOULD YOUR CAR BREAK DOWN LEAVING YOU A MILE AWAY
FROM ASSISTANCE, THINK OF THE PARAPLEGIC WHO WOULD LOVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THAT WALK THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO
DESPISE AND GET A BAD ATTITUDE OVER.
MAYBE I OUGHT TO READ THAT AGAIN.
SHOULD YOU FIND A FEW MORE GRAY HAIRS WHEN YOU LOOK IN
THE MIRROR IN THE MORNING, JUST THINK OF THE CHEMOTHERAPY
PATIENTS WHO WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT HAIR TO EVALUATE.
JOYCE: WELL, YOU KNOW, HAPPINESS CAN COME AND GO
BECAUSE IT'S USUALLY BASED ON OUR CIRCUMSTANCES, AND WE KNOW
THAT THEY CAN CHANGE WITHOUT A MOMENT'S NOTICE, BUT JOY IS
A DIFFERENT THING.
JOY IS SOMETHING THAT COMES TO US FROM GOD AND IT'S BASED ON
WHAT WE BELIEVE, NOT WHAT OUR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE.
AND WE REALLY CAN CHOOSE THE JOY OF THE LORD EVERY SINGLE DAY
BY BELIEVING THE WORD OF GOD.
YOU KNOW, THE WORD OF GOD IS SO IMPORTANT.
IF I WERE YOU, I WOULD NOT EVER GO A DAY WITHOUT FEEDING MYSELF
THE WORD OF GOD IN SOME WAY.
AND SO, WE HAVE A STUDY BIBLE THAT WE'VE DONE CALLED,
"THE BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND STUDY BIBLE."
YOU SAY, "A WHOLE BIBLE ABOUT THE MIND?"
WELL, OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOT THE WHOLE BIBLE IN IT, BUT WHAT
WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE PULLED OUT SCRIPTURES ABOUT THE MIND
AND THE MOUTH.
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