ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: EVERYBODY SAY: "I'M ON MY WAY TO PROMOTION."
AUDIENCE: I'M ON MY WAY TO PROMOTION.
JOYCE: LET'S SAY THAT AGAIN: "I'M ON MY WAY TO PROMOTION."
AUDIENCE: I'M ON MY WAY TO PROMOTION.
JOYCE: SEE, THAT'S THE THING TO REMEMBER WHEN YOU'RE GOIN'
THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME.
"I'M ON MY WAY TO PROMOTION."
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: GOD HAS TO TEACH US THAT IT'S NOT WHAT HE DOES
FOR US THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT.
IT'S WHO HE IS IN OUR LIFE.
AND HE'S NEVER GOING TO GO AWAY AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE HIM,
WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH.
AND WE NEED TO TRUST GOD THAT NO MATTER WHAT, WHETHER IT FEELS
GOOD OR IT DOESN'T, WHETHER IT TAKES LONGER THAN I WANT IT TO,
WHETHER I UNDERSTAND OR I DON'T, GOD IS ONLY ONE THING
AND THAT IS GOD IS GOOD.
HE CANNOT BE ANYTHING ELSE.
HE LOVES YOU.
HE LOVES YOU UNCONDITIONALLY.
HE HAS NOTHING BUT A GOOD PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE AND MY LIFE,
BUT WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT HE DOESN'T ALWAYS GIVE US WHAT WE
WANT, BUT HE ALWAYS GIVES US WHAT WE NEED.
AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU RIGHT NOW MAYBE IF YOU WERE UP HERE YOU'D
SAY, "LADY, I WOULD LIKE TO SLAP YOU.
THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU ARE GONNA TELL ME WHAT IS GOING ON
IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW COULD EVER POSSIBLY BE GOOD FOR ME."
WELL, IT WON'T BE GOOD FOR YOU IF YOU KEEP HAVING A BAD
ATTITUDE AND MURMURING AND COMPLAINING AND BLAMING
AND MAKING EXCUSES.
BUT IF YOU SAY, "OKAY GOD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON,
BUT I WANT TO LEARN.
IF I GOT MYSELF IN THIS MESS, SHOW ME HOW I OPEN THE DOOR.
IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'RE DOING IN MY LIFE FOR SOME REASON
THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND, THEN PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, HELP ME
NOT TO RUN AWAY FROM YOU."
I MEAN I'VE HAD TO PRAY MANY TIMES, "GOD, IF YOU HAVE TO, TIE
ME TO THE ALTAR, BUT DON'T LET ME RUN AWAY FROM YOU BECAUSE I
WANT TO FINISH MY COURSE AND I WANT TO FINISH IT WITH JOY."
AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO IF YOU GO ON AND READ THIS, WHICH I DIDN'T
EVEN KNOW IT WAS THERE AT THE TIME, IT SAYS SO MANY
BEAUTIFUL THINGS ABOUT HOW HE DIDN'T LET THEIR SHOES GET OLD
AND HE DIDN'T LET THEIR CLOTHES WEAR OUT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I HAD A LOT OF YEARS LIKE THAT WHERE I DIDN'T
GET ANYTHING NEW BUT WHAT I HAD KEPT LASTING.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T LIKE THOSE TIMES BUT THE TRUTH IS IS
THAT WHEN I LOOK BACK NOW AND I SEE THOSE YEARS WHEN WE HAD SUCH
FINANCIAL NEED, GOD TOOK CARE OF US.
WE NEVER HAD TO PAY A BILL LATE.
I ALWAYS FOUND WHAT I NEEDED FOR MY KIDS EVEN THOUGH I HAD TO GO
TO GARAGE SALES TO DO IT MOST OF THE TIME.
I LIVED IN A LOT OF FEAR BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO TRUST GOD,
BUT GOD HAD--NOW LISTEN TO ME, GOD HAD TO LET ME GO THROUGH
THAT IN ORDER TO TEACH ME HOW TO TRUST HIM FOR FINANCES BECAUSE
IF I WOULD NOT HAVE GONE THROUGH THOSE 6 YEARS, I REMEMBER
SPECIFICALLY, I WOULD GO CRAZY TRYING TO BELIEVE GOD FOR WHAT
WE NEED TODAY TO RUN THIS MINISTRY FOR ONE DAY.
WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND NOW, YOU WILL UNDERSTAND LATER.
WE LIVE LIFE FORWARD.
WE UNDERSTAND IT BACKWARD.
AND I LOOK BACK NOW AND I THANK GOD FOR THOSE THINGS THAT I
HATED BACK THEN, AND SOMEDAY YOU MAY THANK GOD TOO FOR SOME OF
THE THINGS THAT YOU DESPISE RIGHT NOW.
YOU MAY LOOK BACK AND SAY, "OH, MY GOSH.
BOY, WAS I FULL OF MYSELF.
I THOUGHT I KNEW MORE THAN I DID.
I THOUGHT I WAS READY FOR MORE THAN I WAS READY FOR."
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, GOD'S TIMING IS PERFECT IN OUR LIVES.
AND THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY IN DEUTERONOMY 8,
"I LED YOU ALL THIS WAY TO BRING YOU INTO A GOOD LAND
THAT FLOWS WITH MILK AND HONEY WHERE YOU'LL HAVE NO
SHORTAGE, PLENTY TO EAT, PLENTY OF EVERYTHING YOU NEED."
AND THEN I LOVE THIS PART.
"AND WHEN YOU COME INTO THAT GOOD LAND AND YOU HAVE HOUSES
AND YOU HAVE THIS AND YOU HAVE THAT--" IN OTHER WORDS, "WHEN
YOU COME TO THE TIME IN YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU HAVE EVERYTHING
YOU WANT, BEWARE THAT YOU DO NOT FORGET ME."
NOW THAT'S THE MESSAGE.
WHEN YOU COME INTO THAT TIME IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU HAVE
EVERYTHING YOU WANT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY TO SEEK GOD WHEN YOU'RE DESPERATE AND
SOMETIMES THAT'S WHY WE STAY DESPERATE BECAUSE WE DON'T SEEK
GOD AS MUCH ON THE RAINBOW DAYS AS WE DO WHEN WE'RE HURTING.
AND WE MUST LEARN HOW TO LOVE GOD JUST AS MUCH EITHER WAY
AND TO TRUST HIM.
THERE'S TWO TESTS THAT YOU'LL PASS CONCERNING MONEY, HOW YOU
ACT WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY AND HOW YOU ACT WHEN YOU GOT A LOT.
HAVING THINGS CAN RUIN YOU.
THEY CAN DESTROY YOU IF YOU DON'T HAVE A DEEP RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD.
BEING WELL KNOWN CAN CAUSE YOU TO MISTREAT PEOPLE FASTER THAN
ANYTHING ELSE IF YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE A REVERENTIAL FEAR
OF GOD.
WE HAVE SO MANY OF THESE PLACES THAT WE GO TO, ARENAS AND THINGS
LIKE THAT.
I MEAN SOMEBODY TOLD ME ANOTHER STORY YESTERDAY.
WE ARE TOLD OVER AND OVER AND OVER, HERE'S ONE OF THE LAST
THINGS I HEARD.
THE LADY SAID, "WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF ROCK STARS IN HERE
AND ALL KINDS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE, AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
MOST OF THEM ARE REALLY UNHAPPY.
YOU GUYS ARE REALLY HAPPY."
WELL, SEE, THAT'S A WITNESS TO PEOPLE.
JUST WHEN YOU'RE REALLY CONSISTENTLY HAPPY.
AND WE'VE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE SAY, "YOUR PEOPLE TREAT
EVERYBODY SO NICE.
YOU VALUE EVERYBODY.
YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE HOW SOME PEOPLE COME IN HERE AND TREAT US
AND HOW THEY ACT, AND THE MESSES THEY MAKE AND HOW THEY TEAR
THINGS UP."
GOD WANTS US TO BEHAVE WELL WHEN WE'VE GOT WHAT WE WANT AND NOT
GET WHAT YOU WANT AND THEN DO THE VERY THING THAT HE WOULD NOT
WANT YOU TO DO.
AMEN?
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WHEN WE ENDURE TEMPTATION IN JAMES 1:12,
"WHEN YOU ENDURE TEMPTATION, YOU WILL RECEIVE
THE VICTOR'S CROWN OF LIFE."
NOW, WHAT IS THAT VICTOR'S CROWN OF LIFE?
IF YOU STUDY THAT OUT IN SOME OF THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGES IT MEANS
A BADGE OF ROYALTY, AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT RUNNERS GOT IF
THEY WON THE RACE.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT ANY KIND OF PERSON IN SPORTS IF THEY WON
THE EVENT, THEY WOULD GET THIS BADGE OF ROYALTY.
AND THAT BADGE ACTUALLY WAS A BADGE, I WOULD IMAGINE, AND IT
GAVE THEM ACCESS INTO SPECIAL PLACES WHERE THEY NORMALLY
COULDN'T GET INTO.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT GAVE THEM FAVOR.
AND I'LL TELL YA, THERE'S NOTHING MORE WONDERFUL
THAN SEEING THE FAVOR OF GOD ON YOUR LIFE
AND WATCHING HIM DO SOMETHING FOR YOU THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU
KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW WAS GOD AND THAT
NOBODY BUT GOD COULD HAVE PUT YOU IN THAT PLACE.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO STRUGGLE TO GET IT.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO LIE TO GET IT.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO PLAY GAMES TO GET IT.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE A PEOPLE PLEASER TO GET IT.
GOD OPENED THAT DOOR FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE FAITHFUL
TO HIM.
AND WHEN WE ENDURE THE THINGS THAT WE GO THROUGH AND EVEN
THOUGH IT'S GUT-WRENCHINGLY HARD, WE DO WHAT GOD IS ASKING
US TO DO IN THE MIDST OF THE TRIAL, THEN GOD GIVES US
THAT BADGE OF ROYALTY AND BOY, THAT'S WHEN LIFE GETS SWEET.
DON'T YOU LOVE TO WATCH GOD DO THINGS FOR YOU THAT NOBODY ELSE
COULD DO?
I PROBABLY GET A BIGGER KICK OUT OF THAT THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
WHAT KIND OF TEST CAN YOU EXPECT TO ENCOUNTER IN YOUR LIFE?
LET'S JUST GET REALLY, REALLY, REALLY PRACTICAL.
TYPES OF TESTS THAT WE MAY ENCOUNTER WHEN WE'RE ON OUR WAY
TO PROMOTION.
EVERYBODY SAY, "I'M ON MY WAY TO PROMOTION."
AUDIENCE: I'M ON MY WAY TO PROMOTION.
JOYCE: LET'S SAY THAT AGAIN, "I'M ON MY WAY TO PROMOTION."
AUDIENCE: I'M ON MY WAY TO PROMOTION.
JOYCE: SEE, THAT'S THE THING TO REMEMBER WHEN YOU'RE GOING
THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME, "I'M ON MY WAY TO PROMOTION."
OKAY, THE FIRST TEST THAT WE ALL HAVE TO PASS IS THE TRUST TEST,
TRUSTING GOD WHEN YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IN THE WORLD IS
GOING ON.
INSTEAD OF SAYING, "I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
WHY, GOD, WHY?
WHEN, GOD, WHEN?" OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND SAY,
"GOD, I TRUST YOU.
IT HURTS SO BAD I CAN HARDLY STAND IT, BUT I CHOOSE
TO TRUST YOU.
I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO FIGURE THIS OUT."
I WAS ADDICTED TO REASONING AND I REMEMBER GOD JUST TELLING ME
I HAD TO GIVE THAT UP.
"YOU HAVE TO STOP TRYING TO FIGURE STUFF OUT BECAUSE
THE MORE YOU TRY TO FIGURE OUT, THE MORE CONFUSED YOU GET."
IF I WOULD HAVE WALKED IN HERE TONIGHT AND SAID, "HOW MANY OF
YOU ARE GOING THROUGH A TIME OF CONFUSION IN YOUR LIFE
RIGHT NOW?" I CAN GUARANTEE YOU IT WOULD
HAVE BEEN SHOCKING HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD HAVE PUT THEIR
HANDS UP.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE TRUTH IS IS YOU CANNOT GET CONFUSED IF YOU
DON'T GET INTO REASONING.
YOU JUST CAN'T.
DON'T LET YOUR MIND ROTATE AROUND AND AROUND AND AROUND.
"WHAT'S GOING ON?
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
WHY, GOD, WHY?
WHEN GOD? I DON'T UNDERSTAND."
WHY DON'T WE JUST USE THAT SAME ENERGY SAYING, "GOD, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT YOU DO AND I TRUST YOU.
YOU'VE SAID THAT YOU LOVE ME AND THAT YOU'VE GOT A GOOD PLAN
FOR ME.
AND WHATEVER I NEED TO LEARN HERE, SHOW IT TO ME QUICK SO
I CAN GET ON WITH YOUR PLAN."
AMEN?
WE CAN LEARN HOW TO FAST TRACK THROUGH THE WILDERNESS IF WE'LL
LEARN HOW TO JUST SIMPLY YIELD TO GOD AND RESIST THE DEVIL
INSTEAD OF RESISTING GOD AND YIELDING TO THE DEVIL.
AMEN?
TRUSTING GOD WHEN HEAVEN IS SILENT.
HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT ONE?
YOU CAN'T GET GOD TO SAY ONE STINKIN' THING TO YOU.
HOW MANY OF YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE YOU'VE
HAD A REALLY SPECIAL WORD FROM GOD?
OKAY, ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT ME.
SAME THING'S HAPPENED TO ME.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING SPECIFIC FOR A LONG TIME.
YOU SAY, "YOU HAVEN'T? WELL, WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW WHAT GOD EXPECTS US TO DO?
WALK IN WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT I FOUND OUT?
WHEN GOD WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING, HE HAS NO TROUBLE DOING IT.
BELIEVE ME, WHEN GOD WANTS TO BE HEARD, HE MAKES HIMSELF
VERY CLEAR.
SO SOMETIMES WE MIGHT BE JUST AS WELL OFF THAT HE'S NOT SAYING
TOO MUCH 'CAUSE MAYBE THAT MEANS EVERYTHING'S OKAY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IT'S GOOD FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT KIND OF STUFF.
A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT I KNOW NOW ARE THINGS THAT GOD HAS SAID
TO ME IN THE PAST.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT I DON'T--I MEAN I BELIEVE
THAT WE WALK IN THE WISDOM OF GOD.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT ON
A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
BUT I HAVEN'T HAD SOME GREAT, BIG, DIVINE, SUPER-EXCITING WORD
FROM GOD IN A WHILE.
AND I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF OTHER
PEOPLE IN HERE, I MEAN SPIRITUALLY MATURE PEOPLE,
THAT PROBABLY WOULD SAY THE EXACT SAME THING.
JUST KEEP DOING THE LAST THING GOD TOLD YOU TO.
WHEN HE WANTS TO TELL YA SOMETHING ELSE, HE WILL.
AND IT MAY INVOLVE SOME KIND OF SACRIFICE SO YOU MIGHT BE JUST
AS HAPPY THAT HE'S QUIET RIGHT NOW.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WHAT ABOUT THE SECURITY TEST?
OH, MY GOSH.
PHILIPPIANS 3:3 SAYS, "PUT NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH ON
OUTWARD APPEARANCES AND PHYSICAL ADVANTAGES AND WHO YOU KNOW
AND HOW MANY DEGREES YOU'VE GOT BEHIND YOUR NAME AND WHAT
NEIGHBORHOOD YOU LIVE IN AND WHAT LABEL'S IN YOUR CLOTHES
AND, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU'RE MARRIED OR NOT OR SINGLE
OR NOT."
OUR SECURITY CAN'T BE IN ALL THOSE THINGS.
IF IT IS, WE'RE GONNA DRIVE OURSELVES NUTS.
WE HAVE OPTIONS.
I'M HAPPY ABOUT OPTIONS.
ONE OF THE GIRLS THAT WORKS FOR ME WHEN SHE FIRST CAME TO WORK
FOR ME I SAID, "WOULD YOU LIKE THIS?"
AND SHE SAID, "WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS?"
AND I THOUGHT--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHAT ARE YOUR OPTIONS?
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS?" BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I
LEARNED FROM BECAUSE WE DO HAVE OPTIONS.
AND HOW CAN YOU EVEN MAKE A DECENT CHOICE IF YOU DON'T
KNOW WHAT YOUR OPTIONS ARE?
AND SO YOU HAVE OPTIONS.
I HAVE OPTIONS. I CAN BE INSECURE.
I CAN NEED ALL KINDS OF COMPLIMENTS FROM PEOPLE JUST TO
KEEP ME PROPPED UP EVERY DAY.
I CAN NEED A FRESH FIX OF STROKES AND COMPLIMENTS EVERY
DAY JUST TO GET THROUGH THE DAY.
IF I COOK A DINNER WHICH--WELL, THAT'S NOT A GOOD EXAMPLE 'CAUSE
I DON'T--I BETTER SAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
LET'S SEE--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IF I PUT ON AN OUTFIT AND I JUST THINK IT LOOKS GREAT
AND NOBODY GIVES ME A COMPLIMENT, I CAN STILL BE
SECURE AND IF I LIKE IT, I CAN WEAR IT BECAUSE I LIKE IT.
EVERYBODY ELSE DOESN'T HAVE TO LIKE IT.
IF I LIKE IT, THAT'S ENOUGH.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW HOW WONDERFUL IT IS WHEN WE NO LONGER HAVE TO
FALL APART BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S NOT FALLING ALL OVER US WITH
COMPLIMENTS?
OH, MY GOSH, I REMEMBER WHEN I STARTED DOING THESE MEETINGS
AND TRUST ME, THEY WERE NOWHERE NEAR THIS SIZE.
I MEAN I'VE GONE OUT AND DONE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
ONE TIME I HAD NINE PEOPLE AND I BROUGHT FIVE OF THEM WITH ME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I CAN TELL YA, THIS IS EXCITING.
THIS IS A RAINBOW NIGHT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT I'VE HAD LOTS OF OTHER NIGHTS, AND I WAS NOT
A HAPPY CAMPER BACK THEN WHEN THAT HAPPENED.
MY MOODS WERE CONTROLLED BY WHAT I SAW IN FRONT OF ME,
AND I WOULD FEEL VERY INSECURE.
AND I CAN REMEMBER BEING IN MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I'D GO
TO A CHURCH SOMEWHERE AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH WHEN YOU'RE UP
HERE AND PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IT'S TOUGH WHEN THEY'RE...
YOU'RE THINKING, "OH, MY GOSH, I BETTER GET DONE.
I BETTER GET DONE. THEY WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE.
THEY WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE."
IT'S REALLY TOUGH WHEN YOU'RE A WOMAN AND YOU SHOW UP
AND NOBODY IN THE CHURCH KNEW THAT A WOMAN WAS COMING
AND A BUNCH OF THE MEN GET UP AND WALK OUT.
NOW, I'VE HAD THAT HAPPEN.
THAT WASN'T VERY PLEASANT EITHER.
YOU KNOW WHAT GOD FINALLY TAUGHT ME?
ANYBODY WHO HAS ANY KIND OF A PULPIT MINISTRY,
LISTEN TO THIS.
GOD SAID, "WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT PULPIT, YOU BETTER MAINTAIN YOUR
CONFIDENCE BECAUSE THE MINUTE YOU GIVE YOUR CONFIDENCE AWAY,
YOU GIVE THE WHOLE MEETING TO THE DEVIL."
AMEN?
SO I DON'T JUDGE WHETHER I'M PREACHING GOOD OR NOT ON HOW YOU
ACT, AT LEAST I TRY NOT TO.
IF ENOUGH OF YOU ACT BAD, I MIGHT STILL HAVE A PROBLEM.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T JUST LOOK AT THE ONE OR TWO THAT MAYBE
DON'T SEEM TO BE GETTING IT.
FOR ALL I KNOW, THEY DIDN'T GET ANY SLEEP LAST NIGHT.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS WHY THINGS LIKE
THAT HAPPEN.
BUT IF YOU'RE INSECURE, YOU ALWAYS TAKE IT UPON YOURSELF.
THEN THERE'S THE REJECTION TEST.
WOW.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S MUCH MORE PAINFUL THAN
BEING REJECTED BY PEOPLE THAT YOU WANT TO BE ACCEPTED BY.
WE ALL WANT TO BE MADE TO FEEL VALUABLE, AND THERE ARE
PEOPLE HERE IN THIS ROOM THAT ARE STILL SUFFERING BECAUSE YOUR
PARENTS DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE YOU PROPERLY.
AND IT WASN'T ABOUT YOU.
THEY HAD A PROBLEM.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEEDED.
MAYBE YOU GREW UP IN A SITUATION WHERE YOUR PEERS DIDN'T ACCEPT
YOU OR YOU WERE MADE FUN OF OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU HAD
A LEARNING DISABILITY OR SOME OTHER KIND OF A SOMETHING OR
OTHER ABOUT YOU THAT MADE PEOPLE MAKE FUN OF YOU AND LAUGH
AT YOU.
AND YOU'VE BEEN HURT A LOT IN LIFE AND YOU'VE BEEN REJECTED.
BUT LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, GOD NEVER REJECTS YOU.
YOU'RE NEVER REJECTED BY HIM.
AND I LOVE WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT JESUS.
"THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED HAS BECOME
THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE."
IN OTHER WORDS, JESUS WENT THROUGH WHAT HE NEEDED TO GO
THROUGH IN ORDER TO OBEY GOD AND HE GOT HIS BADGE OF ROYALTY.
AMEN?
AND HE HAS ACCESS TO SPECIAL PLACES.
AMEN.
BOY, THAT REJECTION TEST, MAN.
I BELIEVE THAT MANY TIMES THE DEVIL LAUNCHES AN ATTACK OF
REJECTION, A PAINFUL ATTACK OF REJECTION THAT WOUNDS YOU
EMOTIONALLY JUST BEFORE YOU'RE ABOUT TO BE PROMOTED.
I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
WHEN I WAS FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT BACK IN THE '70S
AND GOD CALLED ME TO TEACH AND I WAS TEACHING A HOME BIBLE STUDY,
I GOT ASKED TO LEAVE MY CHURCH AND LOST ALL MY FRIENDS.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS HAPPENING TO ME.
BUT SATAN SAW.
HE SEES SOMETIMES MORE THAN WE SEE AND HE LAUNCHED AN ATTACK,
AND GOD COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING ABOUT IT, BUT HE CHOSE
TO JUST WAIT.
COME ON.
GOD CAN DO ANYTHING HE WANTS TO.
HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN JOB OUT OF THE SITUATION THAT HE WAS IN
LONG TIME BEFORE HE DID, BUT HE WAITED BECAUSE THERE WAS
SOMETHING THAT HE WAS DOING IN JOB THAT WAS GONNA PREPARE HIM
FOR PROMOTION.
JOB LOST A LOT, BUT WHEN HE GOT THROUGH HIS TEST, GOD GAVE HIM
BACK TWICE AS MUCH AS HE HAD LOST.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHOO! HALLELUJAH.
MY GOSH, I STILL REMEMBER THE PAIN OF BEING CALLED IN BY THOSE
ELDERS AND BEING TOLD THAT WE WERE TOO RADICAL AND TOO WILD.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE BELIEVE THINGS THAT WERE NOT THE CHURCH
DOCTRINE, THAT WE EITHER HAD TO BE QUIET OR LEAVE.
WELL, BEING QUIET WASN'T AN OPTION FOR ME AND SO WE LEFT.
AND WHEN WE LEFT, WE LOST ALL OF OUR FRIENDS, AND I MEAN IT WAS
JUST A VERY EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY PAINFUL THING.
AND THEN I WORKED AT A CHURCH IN ST. LOUIS FOR A LONG TIME AND
WHEN GOD WAS READY TO PROMOTE ME, IT WAS A GOOD JOB I HAD BUT
HE WAS TELLING ME NOW TO TAKE THE MINISTRY AND GO NORTH,
SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST.
GOD WAS WANTING ME TO GET PREPARED TO DO WHAT I'M
DOING TODAY.
AND AN ATTACK OF REJECTION BY A GROUP OF LADIES THAT I WORKED
WITH WAS LAUNCHED ON ME BY THE ENEMY.
AND I'M TELLING YOU WHAT, FOR 3 YEARS I SHOOK MY HEAD
AND DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS GOING ON.
THEY TOLD LIES ABOUT ME.
I MEAN IT WAS JUST SOME ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE STUFF.
BUT I LOOK BACK NOW AND I REALIZE THAT GOD DID ME A FAVOR
BECAUSE I HAD TOO MUCH TRUST IN THEM AND WHERE I WAS GOING,
COME ON, WHERE I WAS GOING, GOD DIDN'T WANT ME TO TAKE THEM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU UNDERSTAND ME?
LISTEN, AT EVERY STOP, SOMEBODY GETS OFF THE BUS.
DID YOU HEAR ME?
AND SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE TRAVELING SOMEWHERE, THERE'S
A STOP IN YOUR TRAVEL AND YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, AND IT'S JUST
A STOP BECAUSE GOD'S GETTING SOMEBODY OFF THE BUS 'CAUSE THEY
DON'T NEED TO GO TO THE NEXT PLACE WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
IT'S NOT SOMEBODY THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO YOU.
THAT'S ONE OF THE TESTS THAT WE HAVE TO PASS IS IN LETTING GOD
REMOVE THE PEOPLE FROM OUR LIFE THAT ARE POISONING US
AND TRUST HIM THAT HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING.
WHAT ABOUT THE JUDAS KISS TEST?
MMM.
CAN YOU IMAGINE JUDAS, ONE OF THE TWELVE, BETRAYED JESUS
WITH A KISS?
HOW TOTALLY DISRESPECTFUL WAS THAT?
WENT IN THE GARDEN AND KISSED HIM.
"THE ONE WHOM I KISS, THAT'S THE ONE THAT YOU'RE TO CAPTURE."
WE'VE ALL HAD BETRAYAL.
SOMEBODY THAT YOU TRUST TELLS YOUR SECRETS.
SOMEBODY THAT YOU TRUST TURNS AGAINST YOU AND GOSSIPS ABOUT
YOU AND TELL LIES ABOUT YOU.
AND I'M NOT TRYING TO PAINT A SOUR, SAD, PICTURE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO TELL YOU THAT THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT YOU'LL GO THROUGH.
NOW IN BETWEEN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF RAINBOW DAYS.
I'LL TELLING YA, HANGING OUT WITH GOD IS AWESOME.
I MEAN IT IS AMAZING.
IT IS WONDERFUL, BUT I WOULD BE LYING TO YOU IF I TOLD YOU THAT
THAT'S ALL IT IS AND THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE SOME DIFFICULTIES
ALONG THE WAY.
AND WE NEED TO LEARN TO BE THE SAME ON THE HIGH TIMES AS WE
ARE IN THE LOW TIMES.
THAT HAS TO BE OUR GOAL TO BE STABLE IN THE STORM.
IS THIS HELPING ANYBODY TONIGHT?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SEE, MORE THAN ANYTHING, I WANT TO SEE PEOPLE
PASS THESE TESTS AND FAST TRACK THROUGH THE WILDERNESS AND GET
ON WITH WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN THEM TO DO.
THERE IS ONE THING THAT I DO LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT GOD
THOUGH, IF YOU DON'T PASS YOUR TEST, YOU WILL GET TO TAKE IT
OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN UNTIL YOU DO.
SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUST GO AHEAD AND SETTLE DOWN AND DO IT
GOD'S WAY.
WHAT ABOUT THE FORGIVENESS TEST, MMM?
DID YOU HEAR THAT?
HOW MANY OF YOU HEARD THAT LOW GROAN THAT WENT THROUGH?
YOU KNOW WHAT?
HONESTLY AND TRULY, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST
THINGS THAT WE FACE IN LIFE IS BEING ABLE TO FORGIVE PEOPLE
WHEN THEY HURT US.
AND I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE WHAT JESUS SAID.
"FATHER, FORGIVE THEM FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO."
YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY THE REAL TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS WHEN
PEOPLE HURT US, MOST OF THE TIME THEY'RE ACTING OUT OF THEIR OWN
PAIN AND THEIR OWN DYSFUNCTION, AND THEY REALLY DIDN'T JUST LIKE
TARGET US TO MAKE US MISERABLE.
IT'S JUST THAT WE GOT IN THEIR WAY ON A DAY THAT WASN'T
A RAINBOW DAY FOR THEM AND IT DIDN'T TURN OUT SO GOOD.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY'VE HURT US.
MY FATHER WHO SEXUALLY ABUSED ME FOR PROBABLY CLOSE TO 15 YEARS
OVER AND OVER AND OVER, WHEN HE WAS A MAN IN HIS 80S AND HE
FINALLY GOT AROUND TO APOLOGIZING, TALK ABOUT TIMING.
IT'S LIKE, "WHY WOULDN'T WE HAVE DONE THIS A LITTLE EARLIER,
GOD?" HE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT ME AND
SAID TO ME--AND I BELIEVED HIM.
HE SAID, "I HAD NO IDEA THAT WHAT I WAS DOING TO YOU WOULD
HURT YOU SO BAD."
LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING--NOW HE KNEW IT WAS WRONG, BUT THE WAY
HE HAD BEEN RAISED AND A LOT OF THE INCEST THAT HE HAD SEEN IN
HIS OWN BLOODLINE HAD WARPED HIS THINKING.
AND HE KNEW IT WAS WRONG, BUT HE WASN'T REALLY JUST PURPOSELY
TRYING TO HURT ME.
AND I KNOW THAT SOUNDS CRAZY BUT PEOPLE HURT US OUT OF THEIR OWN
WEIRDNESS AND DYSFUNCTION AND THEIR OWN PAIN IN THEIR LIFE.
AND NO WONDER JESUS SAID, "FATHER, FORGIVE THEM FOR THEY
KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO."
AND I KNOW THIS IS GONNA SOUND HARD, BUT I ACTUALLY BELIEVE
THAT GOD WANTS US TO GROW SPIRITUALLY TO THE POINT WHERE
WE ARE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING TO THEMSELVES
WHEN THEY HURT US THAN WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING TO US.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
NOW I KNOW THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DEEP AND IT TAKES US A WHILE
TO GET THERE, BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT JESUS WAS SAYING.
"THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE CRUCIFYING THE SAVIOR OF
THE WORLD.
THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHO I AM.
THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT--" EVEN THE DEVIL DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
HE WAS DOING.
IF HE WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD WHAT JESUS WAS DOING ON THAT CROSS,
TRUST ME--HOO HOO!
'CAUSE NOW IT'S TOO LATE.
THE BLOOD'S BEEN SHED, THE PRICE HAS BEEN PAID AND WE ARE
FOREVER FREE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN.
AND LOOK AT ME AND LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING.
WHEN YOU MAKE IT THROUGH THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH
AND GOD HAS PROMOTED YOU AND HE'S USING YOU, IT'S GONNA
BE TOO LATE FOR THE DEVIL TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE ONCE
YOU GRADUATE AND GET YOUR DEGREE AND GET YOUR BADGE OF ROYALTY,
NOBODY CAN EVER TAKE IT AWAY FROM YA AGAIN.
COME ON, GIVE GOD PRAISE TONIGHT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN, AMEN, AMEN, AMEN, AMEN.
JOYCE: WHEN TESTING TIMES COME IN OUR LIVES, WHICH THEY
ALWAYS DO, WE ALWAYS HAVE OPTIONS.
WE CAN EITHER TRUST GOD, OR WE CAN WORRY, BE ANXIOUS, GET ALL
STRESSED OUT, AND BE FULL OF FEAR.
I THINK THE CHOICE IS VERY CLEAR.
IT'S MUCH, MUCH, MUCH BETTER TO TRUST GOD.
AND, YOU KNOW, I ADMIT THAT SOMETIMES THAT'S CHALLENGING,
BUT IT'S ONLY CHALLENGING FOR US BECAUSE WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT
GOD HAS IN MIND FOR US.
WE NEED TO BELIEVE THAT GOD IS GOOD, AND THAT HOWEVER HE DOES
SOMETHING, AND HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES, IT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST
THING FOR US IN THE END.
ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT GOD IS GOOD.
AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE WAYS THAT YOU CAN STRENGTHEN YOUR
FAITH, MAKE IT MUCH EASIER TO TRUST GOD, IS TO CONTINUALLY
STUDY THE WORD OF GOD, TO KNOW SCRIPTURES AND BE ABLE TO
MEDITATE ON THOSE SCRIPTURES.
WE'RE OFFERING YOU TODAY THE "BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND"
STUDY BIBLE BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH A BATTLE
THAT GOES ON IN OUR MIND.
AND YOU THINK, "NOW, WAIT A MINUTE, A WHOLE BIBLE
ABOUT THE MIND?" WELL, IT'S THE WHOLE BIBLE,
BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED AND WRITTEN ARTICLES
ON THE SCRIPTURES ABOUT THE MIND AND THE MOUTH BECAUSE THOSE ARE
TWO VERY PRACTICAL AREAS, THINGS THAT WE DEAL WITH EVERY
SINGLE DAY OF OUR LIFE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF THOUGHTS RUNNING THROUGH OUR
MIND, AND WE SPEAK LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF WORDS.
AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHICH THOUGHTS ARE THE THOUGHTS OF
GOD, THINGS THAT HE APPROVES OF, AND WHICH ONES ARE LIES THAT
THE ENEMY, SATAN, IS JUST PUTTING INTO OUR MIND.
AND, YOU KNOW, HE IS A GREAT DECEIVER, AND HE DECEIVES US
THROUGH TELLING US LIES.
BUT IF WE BELIEVE THOSE LIES, THEY BECOME A REALITY FOR US.
SO WE NEED TO KNOW THE TRUTH, AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO
RECOGNIZE WHEN THE ENEMY IS LYING TO US.
AND WE NEED TO ALSO REALIZE THAT THE POWER OF LIFE AND DEATH IS
IN THE TONGUE, AND WE NEED TO SPEAK WORDS THAT ARE FULL OF
LIFE, NOT ONES THAT ARE FULL OF DEATH.
SO I THINK THAT THIS STUDY BIBLE IS REALLY GONNA BE A BENEFIT TO
YOU, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET YOUR COPY RIGHT AWAY, AND, HEY,
WHY NOT GO AHEAD AND GET AN EXTRA ONE, AND GIVE IT
TO SOMEBODY ELSE AS A GIFT?
GOD BLESS YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TODAY, AND I BELIEVE THAT
SOMETHING GOOD IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU.
ANNOUNCER: NEW FROM JOYCE MEYER,
A STUDY BIBLE DESIGNED TO HELP YOU RENEW YOUR THOUGHTS,
THE "BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND" BIBLE, WITH INSIGHT FROM JOYCE'S
BESTSELLING BOOK, "BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND,"
PAIRED WITH THE SCRIPTURES THAT INSPIRED THEM.
EXPLORE GOD'S WORD IN A DEEPER WAY TO HELP YOU LEARN TO THINK
HOW GOD THINKS, GAIN PRACTICAL TRUTHS FOR OVERCOMING LIFE'S
CHALLENGES, TRAIN YOUR MIND FOR ULTIMATE VICTORY, AND MORE.
THE "BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND" BIBLE, RENEW YOUR MIND THROUGH
THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD, FROM JOYCE MEYER.
RECEIVE YOUR COPY TODAY FOR YOUR GIFT OF...OR MORE.
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JOYCE: IS THERE ANYBODY THAT'S BOLD ENOUGH TO SAY,
"I DON'T WANNA LIVE A LIFE THAT I'M JUST PUTTING UP WITH"?
YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE A GOOD START, BUT YOU CAN HAVE A GOOD FINISH.
BUT A LOT OF IT IS UP TO YOU.
JOYCE: DO YOU REALLY LOVE YOUR LIFE, OR ARE YOU JUST KIND
OF PUTTING UP WITH IT, GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS
DAY AFTER DAY?
YOU KNOW WHAT?
IF YOU ARE, I CAN HELP YOU.
I'VE WRITTEN A BOOK CALLED "LIVING A LIFE THAT YOU LOVE,"
AND WITH GOD'S HELP, YOU CAN LEARN TO DO THAT.
ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY.
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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