ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THAT THAT IS
THE ONLY ANSWER TO YOUR PROBLEM.
GET UP, STOP FEELING SORRY FOR YOURSELF, STOP EXPECTING
SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO FOR YOU WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING
FOR YOURSELF.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I CAN SAY THAT WITH BOLDNESS
BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT GOD HAD TO SAY TO ME.
GINGER: AS WE WALK THROUGH EACH NEW DAY,
WE ALL HAVE QUESTIONS.
THEY'RE JUST PART OF LIFE.
BUT DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE ANSWERS FOR YOU?
GOD SAYS WHEN WE LOOK, WE'LL FIND HIM, HE'S NOT TRYING
TO HIDE ANYTHING.
SO TOGETHER, WE ARE DISCOVERING LIFE'S EVERYDAY ANSWERS.
GINGER: TIME CAN BE VERY EXCITING
OR VERY AGGRAVATING.
WE CAN'T ACCELERATE OR DECELERATE TIME, ALL WE CAN DO
IS WAIT IT OUT.
SO, CHECK OUT THIS QUESTION, IT COMES FROM TWITTER, AND IT SAYS,
"WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'VE PRAYED FOR A HEALING MIRACLE FOR
OVER TWO YEARS NOW?
EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE ON PAUSE, NO HEADWAY."
WOW, I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY RIGHT
IN LINE WITH THIS QUESTION AND ASKING THE SAME THING.
AND WHEN WE'RE WAITING ON GOD, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME WILL
BE ON THE CLOCK, BUT HOW WE WAIT REALLY DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
JOYCE WILL EXPLAIN AS SHE ANSWERS THE QUESTION, WHY DOES
GOD KEEP ME WAITING?
JOYCE: JOHN CHAPTER 5, THE FIRST EIGHT VERSES.
"LATER ON THERE WAS A JEWISH FESTIVAL (A FEAST) FOR WHICH
JESUS WENT UP TO JERUSALEM, AND NOW THERE IN JERUSALEM
A POOL NEAR THE SHEEP GATE.
THIS POOL IN THE HEBREW IS CALLED BETHESDA.
IT HAVE FIVE PORCHES [ALCOVES, COLONNADES, OR DOORWAYS]."
SO, I WANT YOU TO KIND OF GET A PICTURE OF THIS, HERE'S A POOL.
AND APPARENTLY, THERE'S NOT JUST ONE ENTRANCE INTO IT, THERE'S
FIVE DIFFERENT ENTRANCES INTO THIS POOL.
"AND IN THESE DOORWAYS OR BY THIS POOL LAY A GREAT NUMBER
OF SICK PEOPLE.
SOME WERE BLIND, SOME WERE CRIPPLED, SOME WERE PARALYZED
(ALL SHRIVELED UP), WAITING FOR THE BUBBLING UP OF THE WATER.
FOR AN ANGEL OF THE LORD WENT DOWN AT AN APPOINTED SEASON INTO
THE POOL AND MOVED AND STIRRED UP THE WATER, AND WHOEVER THEN
FIRST, AFTER THE STIRRING UP OF THE WATER, STEPPED IN WAS CURED
OF WHATEVER DISEASE WITH WHICH HE WAS AFFLICTED."
SO, THIS WAS LIKE A MIRACLE POOL.
AND ONCE A YEAR, AN ANGEL WOULD COME AND MAKE THE WATER BOIL UP
AND BUBBLE UP.
AND OF ALL THESE SICK PEOPLE LAYING AROUND THE POOL,
WHICHEVER ONE GOT INTO THE POOL FIRST GOT A MIRACLE.
SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD.
VERSE 5, "NOW THERE WAS A CERTAIN MAN," THIS MAN WE'RE
NOT GIVEN HIS NAME, HE WAS JUST A CERTAIN MAN.
I CALL HIM THE CRIPPLED MAN, BUT, "THERE WAS A CERTAIN MAN
THERE WHO'D SUFFERED WITH A DEEP-SEATED AND A LINGERING
DISORDER FOR 38 YEARS."
MAYBE I'LL STOP HERE AND ASK YOU HOW LONG YOU'VE HAD
YOUR PROBLEM.
"WHEN JESUS NOTICED HIM LYING THERE HELPLESS," NOW YOU KNOW
JESUS WAS THE EPITOME OF COMPASSION, WAS HE NOT?
BUT LET'S LOOK AT HOW HE DEALT WITH THIS MAN.
"WHEN JESUS NOTICED HIM LYING THERE [HELPLESS], KNOWING THAT
HE HAD ALREADY BEEN A LONG TIME IN THAT CONDITION, HE SAID TO
HIM, 'DO YOU WANT TO BECOME WELL?'"
WHAT KIND OF QUESTION IS THAT?
AND THEN HE TAKES IT FURTHER, "ARE YOU REALLY IN EARNEST ABOUT
GETTING WELL?" ANOTHER QUESTION MARK.
SO, REALLY IN ESSENCE, JESUS IS SAYING TO THIS MAN, WHO'S BEEN
LAYING THERE 38 YEARS WAITING FOR A MIRACLE, "ARE YOU REALLY
SERIOUS ABOUT GETTING OVER YOUR PROBLEMS?"
SO, MAYBE I JUST WANT TO STOP FOR A MINUTE AND JUST SAY THAT
TO YOU TONIGHT, AND ALL THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WATCHING
THIS BY TV, DO YOU REALLY WANT TO GET OVER YOUR PROBLEMS?
ARE YOU SERIOUS ENOUGH ABOUT GETTING OVER YOUR PROBLEMS TO DO
YOUR PART?
ARE YOU SERIOUS ENOUGH ABOUT GETTING OVER THEM THAT WHATEVER
GOD SHOWS YOU TO DO, YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO DO IT?
IF HE SAID TO YOU, "YOU NEED TO WALK AWAY FROM THIS,"
WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO DO IT?
YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU, YOUR WHOLE LIFE WOULD CHANGE IF
YOU'D JUST GET SOME NEW FRIENDS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WELL, I JUST MIGHT AS WELL GO AHEAD AND SAY THIS
'CAUSE IT'S IN MY HEART, SOME OF YOU WONDERFUL SWEET LADIES,
YOU ALREADY KNOW WHERE I'M GOING, DON'T YOU?
AND YOU WANT SO MUCH TO HAVE SOMEBODY TO LOVE YOU, YOU GOT
SOMEBODY IN YOUR LIFE THAT'S JUST BEEN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
YOU FOR 5 OR 10 YEARS, AND THEY'RE NOT SERIOUS, AND THEY
DON'T EVER INTEND TO MAKE IT SERIOUS.
AND YOU JUST KEEP PUTTING UP WITH IT AND PUTTING UP WITH IT
BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID OF BEING LONELY.
YOU KNOW, YOU'D BE BETTER OFF TO BE WITH NOBODY THAN SOMEBODY
THAT'S GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, YOU SEE, I CAN JUST PULL OUT THE STOPS OUT
TONIGHT AND BE REALLY WILD BECAUSE I'M LEAVING HERE
IN A FEW MINUTES.
AND BY THE TIME I COME BACK, ANYTHING I SAID YOU DIDN'T LIKE,
YOU'LL FORGIVE ME FOR IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I FIND THIS SO INTERESTING.
A MAN LAYING THERE 38 YEARS, HE SAID, "ARE YOU REALLY SERIOUS
ABOUT GETTING WELL?" THE INVALID SAID--NOW HERE WE
COME TO WHAT THE GUY'S REAL PROBLEM WAS.
"THE INVALID SAID, 'SIR, I HAVE NOBODY WHEN THE WATER IS MOVING
TO PUT ME INTO THE POOL, BUT WHILE I'M TRYING TO GET INTO IT
MYSELF, SOMEBODY ELSE ALWAYS STEPS DOWN AND GETS AHEAD
OF ME.'" I MEAN, IF YOU REALLY LOOK
AT THAT, THE GUY IS SAYING--JESUS IS SAYING TO YOU,
"ARE YOU SERIOUS ABOUT GETTING WELL?"
AND HE'S SAYING, "WELL, JESUS, I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO HELP ME.
AND EVERY TIME I TRY TO GET IN THE POOL, SOMEBODY ELSE ALWAYS
GETS AHEAD OF ME."
I THINK IT'S LIKE A SELF-PITYING TYPE, "WELL, POOR ME, NOBODY'S
MAKING IT HAPPEN FOR ME."
NOW, INSTEAD OF JESUS, MR. COMPASSION HIMSELF
FEELING SORRY FOR THE GUY AND SAYING, "OH, YOU POOR MAN.
WOW, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE GOING THROUGH THAT.
NO WONDER--I FEEL SO SORRY FOR YOU.
HERE, LET ME PUT YOU IN THE POOL," JESUS LOOKED AT HIM
AND SAID, "GET UP!" COME ON.
AND YOU SEE THAT EXCLAMATION MARK THERE?
I THINK HE GOT LOUD ABOUT IT, "GET UP!"
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THAT THAT IS
THE ONLY ANSWER TO YOUR PROBLEM.
GET UP, STOP FEELING SORRY FOR YOURSELF, STOP EXPECTING
SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO FOR YOU WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING
FOR YOURSELF.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I CAN SAY THAT WITH BOLDNESS BECAUSE
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT GOD HAD TO SAY TO ME.
"ALL RIGHT, JOYCE, YOU WERE ABUSED.
THAT WASN'T FAIR.
IT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED TO YOU.
IT IS THE REASON WHY YOU HAVE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE.
BUT DON'T LET IT BECOME AN EXCUSE TO STAY THAT WAY."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DON'T LET THE REASON FOR YOUR PAIN
BE AN EXCUSE TO STAY MESSED UP ALL YOUR LIFE, AMEN?
I'M GOING TO SAY THAT AGAIN.
DON'T LET THE REASON FOR YOUR PAIN BECOME AN EXCUSE TO STAY
THAT WAY THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
JESUS SAYS, "DO YOU REALLY WANT TO GET WELL?
ARE YOU SERIOUS ABOUT GETTING WELL?"
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, IF YOU GOT A BIG MESS IN YOUR LIFE,
GETTING WELL IS NOT GOING TO BE EASY, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH
BETTER THAN LAYING THERE FOR ANOTHER 38 YEARS WAITING FOR
SOMEBODY TO COME ALONG AND DO FOR YOU WHAT ONLY YOU CAN DO
FOR YOURSELF.
I LOVE THIS.
USUALLY, I'LL HAVE SOMEBODY COME UP AND LAY DOWN AND ACT LIKE THE
CRIPPLED MAN, SO YOU'RE GETTING THE SHORT VERSION TONIGHT.
AND I LIKE THE REST OF THIS, "JESUS SAID, 'GET UP!
PICK UP YOUR BED AND WALK.'" SO, HE NOT ONLY
TOLD HIM TO GET UP, HE SAID, "AND CLEAN UP THE MESS
YOU MADE WHILE YOU WERE HERE."
SEE, SOMETIMES IT'S NOT ABOUT JUST GETTING WELL AND GOING ON
WITH YOUR NICE LITTLE LIFE.
I MEAN, I HAD SOME MESSES I'D MADE THAT I HAD TO GO BACK
AND STRAIGHTEN OUT.
SOMETIMES, THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE YOU GOT TO GO BACK AND MAKE A
FEW THINGS RIGHT WITH, AND THERE MIGHT BE A FEW THINGS THAT YOU
NEED TO GO BACK AND SAY YOU'RE SORRY FOR AND GET
STRAIGHTENED OUT IN YOUR LIFE.
GINGER: WELL, I HAVE HAD SOME REALLY DIFFICULT TIMES OF
WAITING, AND I AM NOT THE MOST PATIENT PERSON, BUT IT REALLY
HELPS ME AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL HELP YOU TO REMEMBER WHATEVER
GOD IS ASKING US TO DO, HE'S ALREADY GIVING US
THE STRENGTH TO DO IT.
HE WILL GUIDE YOU ALONG THE WAY.
AND WE HAVE SOME RESOURCES, AS ALWAYS, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT
GOD'S WORD IS THE KEY, AND IT WILL DEFINITELY HELP YOU
WHILE YOU WAIT.
SO, WE HAVE A COUPLE THINGS THAT ARE SO HELPFUL.
THE FIRST IS CALLED "THE JOY OF TRUSTING GOD."
IT'S TWO TEACHINGS, AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND
THAT WHILE YOU WAIT, IT'S THAT TRUST LEVEL, IT'S THAT
FAITH LEVEL.
AND YES, IT EBBS AND IT FLOWS, BUT GOD IS WITH YOU THROUGH EACH
DIFFERENT DAY, EACH DIFFERENT DECISION, EACH DIFFERENT HOUR
THAT YOU ARE STRUGGLING.
SO, GET THIS TEACHING AND SEE WHAT GOD'S WORD SAYS ABOUT
TRUSTING IN GOD.
AND THEN THIS BOOK THAT HAS HELPED SO MANY PEOPLE FROM
JOYCE, IT'S CALLED "GOD IS NOT MAD AT YOU."
HOW MANY TIMES WHEN GOD HAS NOT ANSWERED YOUR PRAYER HAVE YOU
FELT LIKE, "I KNOW WHY, IT'S BECAUSE HE'S ANGRY WITH ME"?
THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER.
GET THIS BOOK AND SEE WHAT IT SAYS, SEE WHAT GOD REALLY FEELS
ABOUT YOU BECAUSE IT WILL CHANGE A LOT OF THINGS IN YOUR LIFE.
WELL, COMING UP, JOYCE IS GOING TO ANSWER A FEW PARENTING
QUESTIONS, YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS.
BUT FIRST, LET'S LISTEN TO YOUR VOICE.
[MUSIC]
GINGER: WELL, IN HONOR OF JOYCE ANSWERING SOME OF YOUR
PARENTING QUESTIONS, WE ARE GOING TO SHARE SOME OF THE FUNNY
STORIES THAT YOU HAVE SHARED WITH US ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA
CHANNELS ABOUT YOUR KIDS, AND THESE REALLY ARE PRETTY FUNNY.
SO, THE FIRST ONE SAYS, "MY GRANDSON LIAM, WHO JUST TURNED
THREE, WAS LEARNING HOW GOD FORMED MAN FROM THE DUST OF
THE EARTH AND THEN BREATHED LIFE INTO HIM.
SO, LIAM GATHERED SOME DIRT AND BLEW AS HARD AS HE COULD.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE DIRT BLEW EVERYWHERE.
LIAM THEN EXCLAIMS, 'WHAT HAPPENED?
IT NO WORK!'" OH, HE WAS THINKING
HE WAS GOING TO CREATE LIFE.
"A GREAT TEACHABLE MOMENT TO TELL HIM ABOUT THE POWER OF GOD
AND THAT ONLY GOD IS THE CREATOR OF ALL."
AT LEAST LIAM BELIEVES IN HIMSELF AND HE SETS THOSE
STANDARDS HIGH.
HERE'S ANOTHER ONE FROM SHERRY, SHE SAYS, "INSTEAD OF SINGING
'HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST' AT CHURCH, MY DAUGHTER WAS SINGING,
'LASAGNA IN THE HIGHEST.' MY SON SAID,
'MOM, SHE'S WORSHIPPING PASTA.'" HOW EMBARRASSING.
WENDY, WENDY SAYS, "ON MY 21ST BIRTHDAY,
I DROPPED MY SON OFF AT DAYCARE.
I RETURNED AN HOUR LATER TO TAKE HIM HOME.
WHEN I ARRIVED, HE SAID AS PROUD AS HE COULD, 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
MOM, I HAVE LICE.'" YEAH, "GOT TO LOVE LITTLE GUYS,"
SHE SAYS.
WHAT A FUN BIRTHDAY PRESENT FOR YOU THERE, WENDY.
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO TURN THE TABLES NOW A LITTLE BIT 'CAUSE
THOSE STORIES WERE SO FUN.
NOW, WE WANT TO HEAR A FUNNY STORY ABOUT YOUR PARENTS, SO
LET'S HEAR THE OTHER--HEAR THE FLIPSIDE OF THIS FROM PARENTS
AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE FUNNY THINGS THAT ALL OF OUR PARENTS
DO.
USE FACEBOOK, JOYCEMEYERMINISTRIES
FACEBOOK PAGE.
ON TWITTER, USE #EA.
AND YOU CAN ALSO JUST PUT IT OUT THERE ANYWHERE YOU WANT 'CAUSE
PEOPLE LOVE FUNNY STORIES.
SO, JUST SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE ACROSS THE STREET.
RECENTLY, WE CAME ACROSS A FEW PARENTING QUESTIONS THAT
JOYCE WANTED TO ADDRESS, SO LET'S TAKE A LISTEN.
GINGER: WELL, AS MOST OF US CAN ATTEST TO WHO HAVE CHILDREN,
PARENTING IS SOMETIMES CHALLENGING, IT'S VERY JOYFUL,
BUT THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE HAVE BIG QUESTIONS, SO OUR FRIEND
JOYCE IS HERE TODAY TO ANSWER SOME PARENTING QUESTIONS WITH
WHAT GOD'S WORD SAYS ABOUT IT.
AND YES, GOD'S WORD APPLIES TO EVERY ASPECT IN OUR LIFE
AND DEFINITELY PARENTING.
I WOULD NOT WANT TO DO IT WITHOUT HIM, WITHOUT HIS HELP.
SO, WE'RE GOING TO JUMP IN.
AND JOYCE, I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE NAMES ON THESE QUESTIONS,
A LOT OF THEM ARE DEALING WITH CHILDREN THAT ARE ADULTS, AND WE
DON'T NEED TO CAUSE ANY MORE DRAMA IN ANY OF THEIR
SITUATIONS.
BUT ANYWAY, SO HERE WE GO.
"I WAS IN AN ANGRY PIT THE WHOLE TIME I WAS RAISING MY CHILDREN,
AND NOW THEY DON'T TALK TO ME.
I HAVE A NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS AND HAVE SO MUCH TO SHARE
WITH THEM SO THEY WON'T LIVE IN A PIT OF ANGER, BUT THEY DON'T
BELIEVE I'VE CHANGED.
HOW DO I TALK TO THEM?" JOYCE: WELL, SOMETIMES IN
A SITUATION LIKE THAT, YOU JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND LET GOD DO WHAT
ONLY GOD CAN DO.
AND AS FAR AS THEM BELIEVING THAT SHE'S CHANGED, IT MAY TAKE
TIME FOR THEM JUST TO SEE THAT CHANGE.
GINGER: YEAH, EXPERIENCE.
JOYCE: EXPERIENCE THAT CHANGE.
AND YOU HAVE--YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL.
I'M SURE LIKE FOR HER OR ANYBODY LIKE THAT, SHE'S EXCITED ABOUT
HER NEW LIFE.
AND SO, NOW BECAUSE SHE KNOWS THE WORD, SHE'S SEEN ALL THESE
THINGS THAT HER KIDS NEED TO KNOW.
AND, "BOY, THIS WOULD HELP YOU AND THAT WOULD HELP YOU 'CAUSE
LOOK AT HOW THIS HAS HELPED ME."
BUT THEY HAVE TO WANT TO KNOW THAT.
AND IF THEY DON'T WANT TO KNOW--SOMETHING I THINK TAKES
A LONG TIME FOR PEOPLE TO FIGURE OUT, AND THIS MAY HELP A LOT OF
PEOPLE, YOU CAN'T MAKE SOMEBODY LOVE GOD.
I MEAN, YOU JUST CAN'T.
GINGER: YOU CAN'T MAKE THEM LOVE YOU EITHER.
JOYCE: NO, THAT'S TRUE, YOU CAN'T.
AND SO, REALLY ALL SHE CAN DO IS TELL THEM THAT SHE'S SORRY.
I WOULD FULLY OWN UP TO MY MISTAKES.
"I'M SORRY, I KNOW THAT WHAT I DID WAS WRONG, AND I KNOW THAT
I DIDN'T ACT RIGHT, AND I DIDN'T TREAT YOU RIGHT.
AND I'D REALLY LOVE IT IF YOU'D FORGIVE ME."
GINGER: THAT'S A HUGE STEP RIGHT THERE.
JOYCE: BUT SHE CAN'T MAKE THEM DO THAT.
AND SO, AND IT'S CHALLENGING, I'M SURE, WHEN YOU KNOW THAT
YOU'VE BEHAVED IN A WAY WHERE YOU'VE LOST SOMETHING THAT YOU
DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN GET IT BACK OR NOT.
BUT ANY AMOUNT OF TIME SHE WANTS TO SPEND WORRYING, IT'S BETTER
OFF TO SPEND IT TALKING TO GOD ABOUT IT.
AND GOD CAN DO WHAT SHE CANNOT DO.
GOD CHANGES HEARTS.
HE CAN DEFINITELY DO WHAT SHE CANNOT DO.
BUT PROBABLY IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE
GOD THAT DOES IT.
GINGER: YEAH.
BUT THAT'S REALLY ENCOURAGING THAT GOD CAN DO WHAT SHE DOESN'T
EVEN SEE HOW IT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN, BUT NOTHING IS
IMPOSSIBLE.
JOYCE: AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR HER TO CONTINUE TO REALLY BEHAVE
AS A BELIEVER.
YOU KNOW, MY DAD'S HEART WAS SO HARD, AND HE HAD ABUSED ME
AND MY MOM AND MY BROTHER ALL THOSE YEARS, AND HE JUST WANTED
NOTHING TO DO WITH GOD.
AND THE BIBLE TEACHES US REALLY THAT IF WE CONTINUE TO WALK IN
LOVE, IT WILL MELT OUR HEARTS.
AND SO, ALL SHE CAN DO REALLY IS TRY TO GIVE THEM THE LOVE NOW
THAT SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GIVE THEM THEN, BUT SHE CAN'T MAKE
THEM RECEIVE IT.
SO, GOD CAN DO WHAT SHE CAN'T DO.
GINGER: PATIENCE IS DIFFICULT, ISN'T IT?
ALL RIGHT, ANOTHER QUESTION.
"MY DAUGHTER IS 17 AND SHE HAS BEEN VERY REBELLIOUS AND GOING
OUT WITH A GUY WHO DOES NOT HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
I'VE BEEN YELLING AT HER SO MUCH, I THINK I SHOULD SHUT
MY MOUTH, BUT THE WORDS SHE SAYS REALLY AGGRAVATE ME.
HOW SHOULD I HANDLE THIS DISRESPECT COMING FROM HER?"
JOYCE: WELL, I THINK SHE ALREADY KIND OF NAILED PART
OF HER PROBLEM.
SHE'S BEEN YELLING SO MUCH, WHICH REALLY NEVER GETS THROUGH
TO A TEENAGER.
TRUST ME, I KNOW BECAUSE I DID IT.
I MEAN, MY OLDEST SON AND I JUST BANGED HEADS ALL THE TIME, AND I
WAS ALWAYS YELLING AND YELLING.
AND YOU KNOW, SINCE HE'S GOTTEN OLDER, HE SAID, "I HATED THAT
WORSE THAN ANYTHING."
AND WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP NOW, BUT IT DID HAVE TO BE
HEALED.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY MUCH--SOMETHING IF A PERSON CAN
DO IT, I KNOW ANOTHER MOTHER TOLD ME THIS A LONG TIME AGO,
SHE HAD A SON THAT WAS ALWAYS JUST PUTTING HER DOWN, AND HE
WAS REBELLIOUS, AND HE HAD A DRINKING PROBLEM, BUT HE WAS
STILL LIVING AT HOME.
AND SO, HE WOULD SAY SOME REALLY, REALLY HURTFUL THINGS
TO HER.
AND SHE SAID THAT GOD SHOWED HER THAT IF SHE DIDN'T ANSWER HIM
BACK, THAT THEN HIS OWN WORDS WOULD COME BACK AND GET INTO HIS
EARS, AND GOD COULD THEN USE THAT TO CONVICT HIM.
I THINK WHEN WE START THE ARGUING BACK AND FORTH, THEN
WE'RE NOT REALLY LEAVING ANY ROOM FOR GOD TO GET INVOLVED.
SO, SINCE THIS GIRL'S 17, SHE'S NOT GOING TO PUT HER OUT
OF THE HOME, SHE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE
THERE A WHILE, SHE NEEDS TO BE THERE, SHE NEEDS TO BE IN
GOOD SURROUNDINGS.
AND I MEAN, YES, THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PUNISHMENT
THAT YOU CAN GIVE SOMEBODY OR CORRECTION YOU CAN GIVE
SOMEBODY, BUT YELLING AND JUST--IT'S ALMOST LIKE
THE ENEMY'S BAITING HER THROUGH THE GIRL'S TEMPERAMENT,
AND SHE'S JUST TAKING THE BAIT, AND THEY JUST KEEP THIS THING
GOING BACK AND FORTH.
SO, THE MORE REBELLIOUS THE GIRL IS, THE MORE THE MOM YELLS.
AND THE MORE THE MOM YELLS, THE MORE REBELLIOUS THE GIRL IS.
SO, I THINK IN THIS CASE, THE PERSON WHO'S THE MOST MATURE
HAS TO BE THE ONE TO STEP UP AND DECIDE TO DO THE RIGHT THING
FIRST.
AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, TO BE HONEST, YOU HAVE TO DO THE RIGHT
THING A LONG TIME BEFORE YOU CAN START GETTING THE RIGHT RESULT.
AND SO, DON'T BE SURPRISED IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT,
BUT YOU CAN'T EXPECT THE GIRL TO CONTROL HERSELF IF THE MOM
HAS NO SELF-CONTROL EITHER.
GINGER: YEAH.
JOYCE: SO, I WOULD ENCOURAGE HER TO MODEL THAT SELF CONTROL
AND, HERE AGAIN, PRAY ABOUT IT.
I THINK SO OFTEN--AND WE SAY ABOUT THAT, WE SAY THAT A LOT.
AND MAYBE PEOPLE THINK, "OH, THAT'S JUST A PAT ANSWER."
BUT REALLY, TO BE HONEST, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT WE
DON'T PRAY ABOUT.
WE TRY TO DO THEM, WE TRY TO FIX THEM, WE TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE
DO THINGS.
OR WE DO PRAY AND WE STILL KEEP DOING ALL THAT.
AND SO, WE'RE TO PRAY AND THEN CAST OUR CARE ON GOD.
CAST ALL YOUR CARE ON GOD.
HUMBLE YOURSELF UNDER THE MIGHTY HAND OF GOD, CASTING ALL YOUR
CARE ON GOD BECAUSE HE CARES FOR YOU.
AND SO, IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT HAPPEN AND YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE
IT TO GOD, THEN YOU GOT TO GIVE IT TO GOD AND TAKE YOUR HANDS
OFF OF IT.
GINGER: AND THAT IS A GREAT ANSWER FOR ANY PARENT WHO FEELS
LIKE, LIKE SHE WAS SAYING, "SOMETIMES I NEED TO SHUT
MY MOUTH BECAUSE I'M NOT SAYING WHAT I WANT TO SAY WHERE
I'M YELLING."
AND WITH CHILDREN OF ANY AGE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S CHALLENGING
SOMETIMES.
WE GET EXASPERATED, WE GET TIRED, WE--
JOYCE: WE GET MAD, WE GET ANGRY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, "DON'T YOU TALK TO ME THAT WAY."
AND IT IS HARD TO JUST LEAVE THEM TO GOD.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THERE'S NO CORRECTION, BUT PRETTY MUCH
I CAN SAY THAT WHEN YOU CORRECT SOMEBODY IN ANGER, A LOT
OF EMOTIONAL ANGER, IT'S USUALLY THEY'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO HEAR
WHAT YOU SAY.
SO, IF NOTHING ELSE, SHE NEEDS TO AT LEAST WAIT UNTIL THINGS
HAVE CALMED DOWN, AND THEN GO SIT IN A CALM MANNER.
NOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT I WAS GREAT AT ALL THIS WHEN MY KIDS
WERE GROWING UP, BUT I HAVE LEARNED A LOT SINCE THEN.
AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT EXPERIENCE IS YOU CAN LOOK BACK
AND SEE WHAT DID WORK AND WHAT DIDN'T WORK.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE YELLING DIDN'T WORK.
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT IF YOU'RE MORE PATIENT, IT WILL WORK.
GINGER: OKAY.
HERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION, "I'M SCARED FOR MY SON.
HE USED TO BELIEVE IN GOD, BUT NOW HE DOES NOT WANT TO PRAY
BECAUSE HE SAYS IT'S A WASTE OF TIME.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CONVINCE HIM THAT GOD EXISTS AND THAT PRAYER
IS POWERFUL.
WHAT SHOULD I DO?" JOYCE: WELL, LIKE WE SAID
EARLIER, SHE CAN'T CONVINCE HIM.
ONLY GOD CAN CONVINCE HIM.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE TO GET ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM BEFORE
THEY'RE WILLING TO COME UP.
GINGER: HOW HEARTBREAKING FOR A PARENT.
JOYCE: OH, IT IS, IT IS.
GINGER: TO SEE THEIR CHILD GO THROUGH.
JOYCE: AND ESPECIALLY A MOTHER.
YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THAT NO MOM IS EVER ANY HAPPIER THAN HER
UNHAPPIEST CHILD, AND I BELIEVE THAT.
IT'S LIKE I DON'T--I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN MY KIDS ARE UNHAPPY, AND
I ALWAYS WANT TO TRY TO FIX IT.
BUT YOU CAN'T ALWAYS FIX IT, JUST LIKE YOU CAN'T ALWAYS FIX
YOUR OWN CIRCUMSTANCES AND SITUATIONS IN LIFE.
AND GOD CAN DO MORE IN A MOMENT THAN WHAT WE CAN EVER DO
IN OUR LIVES.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT SHE MIGHT NOT HAVE TO WATCH HIM
EVEN FOR A FEW YEARS FUMBLE AROUND, AND WALK IN THE FLESH,
AND MAKE A LOT OF MISTAKES.
BUT IF SHE CONTINUES TO PRAY FOR HIM, AND NOT ONLY PRAY,
BUT MODEL A CHRISTIAN LIFESTYLE IN FRONT OF HIM.
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN BEING SUPER DUPER RELIGIOUS, IT MEANS
TO REALLY WALK IN THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT, AND TO SHOW REAL
LOVE AND KINDNESS, AND YET CONFRONTING ISSUES THAT NEED TO
BE CONFRONTED.
I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE IMPRESSED WITH SOME KIND OF
A WEAK, WIMPY, NAMBY, PAMBY PERSON WHO JUST NEVER STANDS UP
FOR THEIR RIGHTS IN ANYTHING.
I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD LET PEOPLE MISTREAT YOU, BUT YOU CAN
STILL DO WHAT YOU DO WITH THE RIGHT ATTITUDE AND NOT JUST
BEHAVE THE SAME WAY THEY DO, HOPING THAT YOUR BAD BEHAVIOR'S
GOING TO CORRECT THEIR BAD BEHAVIOR BECAUSE IT WON'T.
GINGER: WELL, ONE THING THAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT ALL THOSE
THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, GUARDING OUR MOUTH,
LEARNING TO PRAY, TRUSTING IN GOD, ALL OF THOSE THINGS DO
BECOME EASIER WHEN WE'RE SPENDING TIME IN GOD'S WORD.
SO, WE HAVE SOME RESOURCES TODAY THAT REALLY WILL HELP,
AND THEY'RE EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
THE FIRST ONE IS TWO HOURS OF TEACHING FROM JOYCE CALLED
"THE JOY OF TRUSTING GOD."
AND I LOVE WHAT THIS SAYS, IT SAYS, "HOW TO PLACE YOUR
FULL CONFIDENCE IN HIM THROUGH EVERY SEASON OF LIFE."
WHEN YOU'RE A PARENT, YOU GO THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT SEASONS
WITH YOUNGER CHILDREN, YOU HAVE THESE ISSUES WITH TEENAGERS,
YOU HAVE THESE ISSUES WITH ADULT CHILDREN,
YOU HAVE DIFFERENT ONES.
BUT TRUSTING GOD IS A KEY IN EVERY SEASON.
SO, WHEN YOU PICK THIS UP, YOU WILL HAVE THOSE DIRECT PROMISES
FROM GOD'S WORD THAT YOU COULD HOLD ON TO, THAT YOU CAN
UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO TRUST, AND BEGIN THAT PROCESS
OF YOUR TRUST GROWING.
AND THEN, AS PART OF THIS OFFER, WE ALSO HAVE JOYCE'S BOOK CALLED
"GOD IS NOT MAD AT YOU."
NOW, HOW MANY PARENTS FEEL LIKE, "I DIDN'T DO IT RIGHT.
GOD MUST BE UPSET.
I HAVE GUILT BECAUSE OF THE THINGS THAT I DIDN'T DO
THE WAY THAT I FEEL I SHOULD."
WELL, KNOW THIS FACT TODAY, AND DIG INTO THIS BOOK AND
UNDERSTAND WHY YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT GOD IS NOT MAD AT YOU.
SO, GET THESE TODAY, GO TO THE PHONE RIGHT NOW, GO TO
THE WEBSITE, JOYCEMEYER.ORG, AND ORDER YOURS.
BEGIN THAT PROCESS OF BELIEVING WHAT GOD'S WORD SAYS TO YOU
TODAY.
GINGER: WE HOPE YOU'LL SHARE YOUR QUESTIONS
WITH US ON OUR EVERYDAY ANSWERS PAGE, OR ASK US
ON TWITTER USING #ASKJOYCE.
COMING UP, JOYCE IS GOING TO PRAY FOR THAT MIRACLE THAT MAYBE
YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR A LONG TIME.
BUT FIRST, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT WEEK.
JOYCE: DON'T YOU MISS ONE THING THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU
BECAUSE OF FEAR.
DON'T FEAR IT, FACE IT.
GINGER: WAITING IS NOT EASY, BUT IT'S DOABLE, ESPECIALLY
BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE ON OUR OWN, GOD IS THERE TO HELP US AND WALK
US THROUGH EVERY MINUTE.
AND WE HAVE SOME RESOURCES THAT, IF YOU PICK THESE UP, WILL HELP
YOU UNDERSTAND MAYBE THAT TIME OF WAITING THAT YOU'RE IN.
SO, PICK UP THESE RESOURCES AND MAKE THE BEST THAT YOU CAN
OUT OF THIS TIME OF WAITING.
THAT'S WHAT GOD WANTS FOR US.
HE HAS GOOD FOR YOU EVEN IN THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
SO, WE WANT TO LEAVE YOU TODAY WITH JOYCE PRAYING FOR YOU,
BYE BYE.
JOYCE: I BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE PRAY, TREMENDOUS POWER IS MADE
AVAILABLE, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO PRAY RIGHT NOW LED BY
THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND BELIEVE FOR MIRACLES IN THIS PLACE.
FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL
THAT YOU HAVE DONE, ARE DOING, AND WILL STILL DO IN OUR LIVES.
WE PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD TAKE CARE OF EVERYBODY
IN OUR FAMILIES.
THOSE THAT ARE NOT WALKING WITH YOU, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE
ON THEIR CASE AND WORKING IN THEIR LIVES.
AND FATHER, WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR SALVATION, AND FOR
THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE.
AND WE KNOW, JESUS, THAT YOU'RE OUR SAVIOR, OUR DELIVERER,
THE BAPTIZER AND THE HOLY GHOST, AND YOU ARE OUR HEALER.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE MEDICAL HELP THAT YOU'VE
PROVIDED, BUT WE LOOK BEYOND ALL THAT TO YOU.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE TODAY THAT ARE SICK,
THEY HAVE PAIN, PEOPLE THAT HAVE MIGRAINE HEADACHES, PEOPLE THAT
HAVE BACK PROBLEMS, PEOPLE THAT HAVE PAIN IN THEIR NECK, PAIN IN
THEIR FEET, PAIN IN THEIR KNEES.
AND JESUS, YOU BORE OUR PAIN.
YOU TOOK OUR SINS AND INIQUITIES, YOU TOOK THE GUILT,
AND YOU TOOK ALL OF OUR DISEASES, AND BY YOUR STRIPES
WE ARE HEALED, WE ARE HEALED AND MADE WHOLE.
AND WE BELIEVE YOU'VE PROVIDED IT, NOW WE ASK YOU FOR
A MANIFESTATION OF YOUR HEALING POWER IN PEOPLE'S BODIES TODAY.
I ESPECIALLY FEEL THAT THERE'S A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HERE TODAY THAT
YOU'VE GOT REAL PAIN IN YOUR NECK AND YOU'VE HAD IT FOR A
GOOD LONG WHILE, AND I'M PRAYING FOR YOU RIGHT NOW THAT GOD WILL
TOUCH YOU, AND YOU WILL BE MADE COMPLETELY WHOLE IN THAT AREA
AND HAVE NO MORE PROBLEMS.
FATHER, THANK YOU THAT THE NAME OF JESUS IS ABOVE THE NAME
OF EVERY OTHER DISEASE.
THANK YOU FOR HEALING.
THANK YOU THAT YOUR POWER'S WORKING IN US RIGHT NOW, AND
EVERY DAY WE GET BETTER IN EVERY WAY.
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN, AMEN.
[MUSIC]
ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING PROGRAM WAS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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