ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: WE GET TOO OVERWROUGHT ABOUT WHAT WE CAN'T DO AND WE
DON'T GET EXCITED ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT GOD CAN DO.
YOU SEE, NO MATTER WHAT YOU CAN'T DO OR WHAT I CAN'T DO,
GOD CAN DO.
AND MIRACLES DON'T COME IN CAN'TS, THEY COME IN CANS, AMEN?
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: I WANT TO TEACH THIS WEEKEND ON HOW TO RELEASE
GOD'S POWER IN YOUR LIFE, HOW TO RELEASE GOD'S POWER
IN YOUR LIFE.
LET ME ASK A QUESTION; ARE ANY OF YOU BELIEVING GOD TO BE WEAK?
WHICH DO YOU WANT?
DO YOU WANT POWER OR DO YOU WANT WEAKNESS?
AUDIENCE: POWER.
JOYCE: IS POWER REALLY AVAILABLE TO US, AND WHAT KIND
OF POWER IS AVAILABLE TO US?
YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT GOD IS POWERFUL, BUT CAN WE ACTUALLY
SHARE IN HIS POWER IN OUR LIVES?
THE BIBLE SAYS IF THE SAME POWER THAT RAISED CHRIST FROM THE DEAD
DWELLS IN YOU, AND IT DOES, IT WILL QUICKEN YOUR MORTAL BODY.
NOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
IT'LL MAKE YOU STRONG.
IT'LL MAKE ENERGIZE YOU.
IT WILL ACTIVATE YOU.
IT WILL ENABLE YOU-- NOW LISTEN TO ME IT.
WILL ENABLE YOU TO DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO IN LIFE WITHOUT
MURMURING, WITHOUT COMPLAINING, WITHOUT MURMURING, WITHOUT
COMPLAINING.
UH-OH.
WITHOUT MURMURING, WITHOUT COMPLAINING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IT WILL ENABLE YOU AND ME TO DO WHATEVER WE NEED
TO DO IN LIFE.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE NOTICED THAT NOT EVERY DAY TURNS OUT
THE WAY YOU'D LIKE IT TO?
AND SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT HAVE A FEW MONTHS OR EVEN
A WHOLE YEAR THAT DOESN'T TURN OUT THE WAY THAT
YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO.
AND IN THOSE TIMES, WE HAVE TO HOLD FIRM AND BE STEADY AND
FIGHT THAT GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH AND NOT LET THE ENEMY STEAL FROM
US THE HOPE AND THE VISION THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR LIFE BECAUSE OF
WHAT WE HAVE FOUND AS PROMISES IN THE WORD OF GOD.
AND EVEN IN THOSE DIFFICULT TIMES, WE CAN STILL
TREAT PEOPLE GOOD.
WE CAN STILL HAVE A SMILE ON OUR FACE.
WE CAN STILL WALK IN PEACE.
NOT BY OUR OWN POWER, BUT BY THE POWER OF GOD.
NOT ONLY IS GOD POWERFUL, BUT HE WANTS TO FILL US, FILL US, FILL
US, FILL US, WITH HIS POWER.
AND I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND, NOT ONLY HERE IN THIS PLACE
TONIGHT BUT ALL AROUND THE WORLD, THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE
TO LIVE A WEAK, WIMPY, PITIFUL, PATHETIC, BARELY-GET-BY LIFE.
JESUS CAME THAT WE MIGHT HAVE AND ENJOY OUR LIFE
AND HAVE IT IN ABUNDANCE TO THE FULL INTO IT OVERFLOWS.
I CANNOT PROMISE YOU A PROBLEM-FREE LIFE.
I CANNOT PROMISE YOU A FAITH, NO MATTER HOW GREAT YOUR FAITH
IS, THAT DOES NOT INSULATE YOU FROM EVER HAVING PROBLEMS.
MATTER OF FACT, SOMETIMES WHEN WE MAKE A BOLD STAND TO SERVE
GOD, THAT'S WHEN THE ENEMY REALLY COMES AGAINST US AND
TRIES TO STEAL THAT FAITH.
THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID IN 1 CORINTHIANS 16:9 THAT "A WIDE
DOOR OF OPPORTUNITY HAD OPENED UNTO HIM AND WITH IT CAME
MANY, MANY ADVERSARIES."
SO I'M NOT GONE TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A PROBLEM-FREE
LIFE, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT YOU ALREADY ARE MORE THAN
A CONQUEROR THROUGH CHRIST WHO LOVES YOU, ALREADY ARE
MORE THAN THAT A CONQUEROR.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRY TO BE, YOU ALREADY ARE, ALL YOU NEED
TO DO IS LEARN HOW TO BELIEVE THAT AND WALK IN IT.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT?
NO MATTER WHAT GOD HAS OFFERED US THROUGH HIS SON JESUS CHRIST,
AND WHAT'S OFFERED US IS QUITE AMAZING, IT IS NEVER RELEASED IN
OUR LIFE IF WE DON'T BELIEVE IT.
SO I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU TONIGHT, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT
GOD'S POWER IS AVAILABLE TO YOU TO HELP YOU DO WHATEVER YOU NEED
TO DO IN LIFE WITH A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF JOY AND PEACE AND THAT
NO MATTER WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES, THAT
YOU CAN STILL BE A BLESSING TO OTHER PEOPLE.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE POWER OF GOD IS AVAILABLE TO YOU
FOR THAT KIND OF A LIFE?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN.
WELL, THEN IF WE BELIEVE IT'S AVAILABLE, THEN WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE KNOW HOW TO APPROPRIATE IT,
HOW TO RELEASE IT IN OUR LIVES.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUN TO COME TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND
HEAR SOMEBODY TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THIS, BUT THE THING IS--AND I
TELL PEOPLE THIS PRETTY MUCH IN EVERY CONFERENCE, YOU'RE GONNA
HAVE A GREAT TIME HERE, BUT YOU HAVE TO GO HOME.
[LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA DO SOME MAGIC
THING THIS WEEKEND AND, BOY, WHEN YOU GO HOME, EVERYTHING'S
GONNA BE CHANGED AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS
YOU HAD WHEN YOU CAME HERE, BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT'S
NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
HOWEVER, YOU CAN CHANGE AND I CAN CHANGE.
AND THOSE OF YOU WATCHING BY TELEVISION NO MATTER WHERE
YOU'RE AT IN THE WORLD, YOU CAN CHANGE.
WE'RE ALWAYS WANTING GOD TO CHANGE OUR CIRCUMSTANCES,
BUT THE FACT IS, HE'S MORE INTERESTED IN CHANGING US
THAN HE IS IN CHANGING OUR CIRCUMSTANCES.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BECAUSE WHEN WE CHANGE, THE MORE WE BECOME LIKE
CHRIST AND THE MORE OF THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WE WALK IN,
THE LESS WE ARE GONNA BE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR
CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND LISTEN WHAT I'M GONNA SAY, WHEN WE LEARN TO STOP
BEING SO CONCERNED ABOUT OUR CIRCUMSTANCES, THEN AND ONLY
THEN, THE DEVIL WILL GO AND FIND SOMEBODY TO BOTHER
THAT HE CAN UPSET.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BUT IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE POWER OF GOD,
YOU MUST FIRST COME TO A PLACE WHERE YOU REALIZE THAT IN AND
OF YOURSELF, YOU ARE WEAK.
YOU HAVE WEAKNESSES.
YOU HAVE LIMITATIONS.
GOD HAS NO LIMITATIONS, BUT WE HAVE LIMITATIONS.
APART FROM HIM, WE CAN DO NOTHING OF ANY REAL VALUE.
NOW I HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN
SCRIPTURES THAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT TO GET US CONVINCED THAT OUR
WEAKNESSES REALLY DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE
IF WE KNOW HOW TO LET GOD FILL OUR WEAKNESSES WITH HIS POWER.
WE GET TOO OVERWROUGHT ABOUT WHAT WE CAN'T DO
AND WE DON'T GET EXCITED ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT GOD CAN DO.
YOU SEE, NO MATTER WHAT YOU CAN'T DO OR WHAT I CAN'T DO,
GOD CAN DO.
AND MIRACLES DON'T COME IN CAN'Ts, THEY COME IN CANs.
AMEN?
SO WE WANT TO GET RID OF THE "I CAN'T" WORD.
WE WANT TO GET RID OF THE "IT'S TOO HARD" PHRASE.
"IT'S TOO MUCH FOR ME.
I CAN'T DO THIS.
I CAN'T STAND THIS."
BECAUSE, AS A MATTER OF FACT, IF WE ARE INDEED FILLED WITH
THAT RESURRECTION POWER THAT PAUL TALKED ABOUT
IN PHILIPPIANS CHAPTER 3, HE SAID, "I WANT TO
KNOW HIM AND THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION THAT LIFTS ME
OUT FROM AMONG THE DEAD EVEN WHILE I'M IN THE BODY."
SO WHAT WAS HE SAYING?
THERE'S A POWER AVAILABLE TO US THAT NO MATTER WHAT IS GOING
ON AROUND US, WE CAN BE LIFTED ABOVE IT.
YOU KNOW, AN EAGLE--AND IN THE FIRST SCRIPTURE WE'RE GONNA
LOOK AT, WHICH IS ISAIAH 40, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE CAN
MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS EAGLES.
WELL, WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN?
YOU KNOW, AN EAGLE IS NOT AFRAID OF A STORM.
MATTER OF FACT, THEY HAVE WHAT'S CALLED TUNNEL VISION, AND THEY
CAN SEE A STORM COMING FOR MILES AND MILES AND MILES AWAY.
WE NEED TO HAVE ENOUGH DISCERNMENT THAT WE'RE NOT TAKEN
BY SURPRISE AND WE CAN SENSE, EVEN BEFORE THE FULL ATTACK IS
ON, WHAT THE ENEMY'S TRYING TO DO AND ALREADY SET OUR MIND
BEFORE THE WHOLE PROBLEM STARTS THAT WE'RE GONNA COME OUT
THE WINNER ON THE OTHER END.
TO BE MORE THAN A CONQUEROR MEANS THAT YOU KNOW YOU'VE
GOT THE VICTORY BEFORE YOU EVER GET THE PROBLEM.
CAN ANYBODY HAVE ENOUGH CONFIDENCE IN THIS PLACE TO KNOW
THAT BEFORE--SO SEE YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE IN FEAR OF
WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TOMORROW.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE IN FEAR OF WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN
IN THESE LAST DAYS.
SO MANY PEOPLE ASK ME NOW WHAT MY INPUT IS ON THE LAST DAYS,
AND I JUST TELL THEM FRANKLY, "I'M NOT AN EXPERT
IN END TIMES."
I DO HAVE ENOUGH SENSE TO NOT TRY TO GET INTO SOMETHING THAT
I DON'T FEEL THAT I'M QUALIFIED TO GET INTO.
I HAVE A VERY SIMPLE PHILOSOPHY ABOUT IT, MAYBE
IT'S TOO SIMPLE FOR YOU.
MAYBE YOU'D LIKE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN BUT MY SIMPLE PHILOSOPHY IS THAT IF I
TRUST GOD AND TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY I DO WHAT I BELIEVE
HE'S ASKING ME TO DO, THEN HE IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ME.
AND IF I AM MORE THAN A CONQUEROR, THEN I CAN HAVE
THE CONFIDENCE RIGHT NOW THAT WHATEVER HAPPENS IN THE END
TIMES THAT WE CAN HANDLE IT.
THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO BE MORE THAN A CONQUEROR.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TOMORROW
OR WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN YOU RETIRE OR WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN
WITH THIS THAT OR SOMETHING ELSE BECAUSE YOU SAY, "I'M IN CHRIST
AND THAT SAME POWER THAT RAISED CHRIST FROM THE DEAD DWELLS
IN ME AND I CAN DO, I CAN DO WHATEVER I NEED TO DO THROUGH
CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME.
I CAN DO."
NOT "I CAN'T," BUT "I CAN."
JUST TAKE A PAUSE BREAK AND GIVE GOD A BIG SHOUT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ISAIAH 40, VERSE 29.
I DECIDED I'M JUST GONNA HAVE YOU LOOK AT EVERY ONE OF THESE
SCRIPTURES BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES WE RUSH AROUND
TOO FAST, AND I CAN QUOTE THEM ALL TO YOU BUT I WANT YOU
TO SEE THEM.
ISAIAH 40:29 AND TODAY IT'S SO EASY.
WE PUT IT UP ON THE OVERHEAD FOR YOU.
YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO TRY TO FIND IT.
"HE GIVES POWER TO THE FAINT AND WEARY, AND TO HIM WHO HAS
NO MIGHT HE INCREASES STRENGTH [CAUSING IT TO MULTIPLY
AND MAKING IT TO ABOUND]."
SO YOU SEE EVEN IF YOU WALKED IN HERE TONIGHT FEELING LIKE, "I AM
AT THE END OF MY ROPE," THEN YOU CAN DEPEND ON GOD TO GIVE YOU
POWER, REFRESH YOU IN THIS PLACE TONIGHT AND SEND YOU OUT
READY TO START ALL OVER AGAIN AND NOT GIVE UP.
"HE GIVES POWER TO THE FAINT AND THE WEARY."
HE DOESN'T GIVE POWER TO THE POWERFUL.
HE GIVES POWER TO THOSE WHO NEED POWER.
AND GOD DOESN'T GIVE US HIS POWER FOR NOTHING.
GOD'S NOT GONNA GIVE US HIS POWER SO WE CAN SIT AROUND
ON CHURCH PEWS UNTIL OUR BOTTOMS GET FLAT AND DO ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING BUT BE A PEW SITTER.
AMEN?
VERSE 30, "EVEN YOUTHS," THAT MEANS EVEN REALLY YOUNG PEOPLE
THAT ARE IN GREAT SHAPE, "SHALL FAINT AND BE WEARY,
AND [SELECTED] YOUNG MEN SHALL FEEBLY STUMBLE
AND FALL EXHAUSTED."
NOW, THAT'S NOT BEING NEGATIVE, IT'S JUST SAYING THAT EVERYBODY
HAS THEIR LIMITATIONS WITHOUT GOD.
NO MATTER HOW YOUNG YOU ARE, NO MATTER HOW GREAT OF A SHAPE
YOU'RE IN, NO MATTER HOW SMART YOU THINK YOU ARE, NO MATTER
WHAT YOU THINK YOU CAN DO, YOU WILL ULTIMATELY DISPLAY
WEAKNESS IN YOUR LIFE.
AND THANK GOD FOR IT BECAUSE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY WEAKNESS,
THEN WE WOULDN'T NEED HIM.
AMEN?
SO GOD LEAVES WEAKNESSES IN EVERY ONE OF US SO WE WILL
CONSTANTLY CRY OUT TO GOD, "GOD, I NEED YOU AND
I'M NOTHING WITHOUT YOU."
"BUT THOSE WHO WAIT FOR THE LORD--" AND WAITING FOR
GOD DOESN'T MEAN TO SIT AROUND PASSIVELY DOING NOTHING.
ACTUALLY WAITING ON GOD IS TO BE VERY SPIRITUALLY ACTIVE.
YOU'RE PRAYING, YOU'RE SEEKING GOD, YOU'RE LOVING GOD, YOU'RE
OBEYING GOD, BUT YOU'RE REFUSING TO GET INTO WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS
WORKS OF THE FLESH, TRYING TO MAKE YOUR OWN WAY BECAUSE YOU
LEARNED THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE HIS PLAN,
YOUR PLAN IS NOT GONNA WORK.
HAS ANYBODY EVER TRIED TO WORK YOUR OWN PLAN AND JUST MADE
YOUR PROBLEM A WHOLE LOT WORSE?
WELL, OF COURSE, WE'VE ALL TRIED THAT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE FIND OUT THAT WE NEED
TO LEAN ON GOD.
"BUT THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD SHALL RENEW
THEIR STRENGTH AND POWER; THEY SHALL LIFT UP
THEIR WINGS AND MOUNT UP [CLOSE TO GOD] AS EAGLES
[MOUNT UP TO THE SUN]; THEY SHALL RUN
AND NOT BE WEARY--" DON'T YOU LOVE THAT?
"THEY SHALL RUN AND NOT BE WEARY."
THEY SHALL HANDLE ANYTHING THAT COMES THEIR WAY AND NOT
GET WEARY AND WORN OUT AND EXHAUSTED AND FEEL LIKE
"I JUST CAN'T TAKE IT."
BUT WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THE KIND OF LIFE WHERE OTHER
PEOPLE LOOK AT US AND SAY, "I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN BE
THAT HAPPY WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE.
HOW CAN YOU JUST KEEP REACHING OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH
ALL THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE IN YOUR OWN LIFE?"
YOU SAY, "WELL, IT'S NOT BY MY MIGHT AND POWER,
BUT IT'S BY HIS."
NOW THE EAGLE SEES A STORM COMING A LONG WAY OFF, BUT IT
TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE STORM.
YOU SEE, STORMS IN OUR LIFE DO HAVE AN ADVANTAGE BECAUSE
THEY FORCE US TO SEEK GOD.
THEY FORCE US TO SEEK GOD.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE FOUND OUT THAT WHEN YOU GET A PROBLEM SO
BIG THAT YOU FINALLY FIGURE OUT THAT IT'S WAY OVER YOUR HEAD,
THEN AND ONLY THEN DO WE NORMALLY SEEK GOD WITH
ALL WHOLE HEART?
IT'S AMAZING HOW MUCH TIME WE FIND FOR GOD, HOW MUCH TIME
WE FIND TO PRAY AND SEEK GOD AND READ THE WORD
WHEN WE ARE DESPERATE.
IT'S AMAZING HOW LITTLE TIME WE HAVE WHEN EVERYTHING'S
GOING GOOD.
BUT BOY, WE FIND ALL KINDS OF TIME TO SEEK GOD
WHEN THINGS ARE DESPERATE.
SO I LEARNED FROM GOD A LONG TIME AGO, HE SAID,
"JUST ACT LIKE YOU'RE DESPERATE ALL THE TIME AND THEN
YOU WON'T ACTUALLY BE DESPERATE AT ANYTIME."
BECAUSE REALLY, WE ARE DESPERATE ACTUALLY.
WE ARE JUST A TOTAL, COMPLETE WRECK AND A MESS WITHOUT GOD.
SO THE EAGLE WAITS FOR THIS STORM AND WHEN THE STORM HITS,
IT BOUNCES HIM UP AND HE MOUNTS UP CLOSE TO THE SUN AS WE SHOULD
LET THE STORMS HELP US MOUNT UP CLOSE TO GOD.
AND THE EAGLE LITERALLY FLIES AROUND ABOVE THE STORM
AND CAN LOOK DOWN AT IT AND WAIT FOR IT TO PASS.
WE DO THAT WHEN WE'RE IN AIRPLANES.
SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA GET THROUGH THE STORM,
AND THAT'S A LITTLE BUMPY.
BUT THEN WHEN YOU CAN GET ABOVE IT, YOU'RE UP IN THIS PLACE
WHERE IT'S JUST SO PEACEFUL AND CALM AND YOU'RE JUST LOOKING
DOWN AT IT WAITING FOR IT TO PASS, AND THAT'S
THE WAY GOD WANTS US TO LIVE.
HE WANTS US TO NOT BE AFRAID OF THOSE STORMS.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I FINALLY GOT TIRED
OF WORRYING ABOUT WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN NEXT.
AMEN?
IT'S WONDERFUL TO NOT HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF WHATEVER'S GONNA
HAPPEN NEXT BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW
THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL AND THAT HE DOES WORK ALL THINGS OUT
FOR OUR GOOD IF WE CONTINUE TO LOVE HIM AND TRUST HIM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO HAVE THAT CONFIDENCE.
IN PSALM CHAPTER 6, VERSE 2, THE PSALMIST DAVID SAID,
"HAVE MERCY ON ME AND BE GRACIOUS TO ME, O LORD,
FOR I AM WEAK (FAINT AND WITHERED AWAY); O LORD, HEAL ME,
FOR MY BONES ARE TROUBLED."
SO DAVID, THE GREAT PSALMIST DAVID WHO BECAME A GREAT KING,
HAD NO PROBLEM SAYING, "IN AND OF MYSELF, I AM WEAK.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT I CAN DO WITHOUT GOD."
YOU SEE, PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY'VE GOT IT ALL TOGETHER
CAN'T REALLY HAVE GOD'S HELP.
YOU HAVE TO WAIT AND WEAR YOURSELF OUT FIRST.
MATTER OF FACT, I REALLY BELIEVE--AND I'VE TALKED TO
SOMEBODY AT LENGTH ABOUT THIS IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS BECAUSE THIS
PERSON STRUGGLED QUITE A BIT FOR MANY YEARS AND NOW HAS HAD
A REAL ENCOUNTER WITH GOD AND EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED FOR THEM.
AND THE QUESTION HAS BEEN, "WELL, WHY NOW?
WHY NOT 2 YEARS AGO?
WHY NOT 5 YEARS AGO?" AND I SAID, "I REALLY BELIEVE
THAT GOD WAS WAITING FOR YOU TO COME TO THE END OF YOURSELF."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE SAY, "GOD, I CAN'T DO IT,"
BUT WE REALLY DON'T MEAN IT BECAUSE THE NEXT MORNING
WE GET ANOTHER PLAN.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON.
WE GET ANOTHER BRIGHT IDEA ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO FIX THIS
AND SO THEN GOD HAS TO WAIT AGAIN FOR US TO REALIZE
THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK.
YOU KNOW, WHEN ABRAHAM AND SARAH WERE WAITING FOR THE PROMISED
CHILD, THEY GOT TIRED OF WAITING, LIKE A LOT OF US DO,
AND SO THEY GOT A BRIGHT IDEA.
"YOU TAKE MY HANDMAIDEN, HAVE INTERCOURSE WITH HER.
SHE CAN BE YOUR SECONDARY WIFE."
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WIFE IN HER RIGHT MIND WOULD GIVE HER
HUSBAND A SECONDARY WIFE.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST TROUBLE BREWING FROM
THE GET-GO RIGHT THERE.
AND SURE ENOUGH, SHE DID GET PREGNANT AND THEN THAT
CAUSED ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS BETWEEN HAGAR AND SARAH.
AND THEN SHE HAD A BABY.
AND SO IT WAS ANOTHER 13 YEARS OF WAITING ADDED ON TO WHAT THEY
ALREADY PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN WAITING NOW TRYING TO DEAL WITH
THE MESS THEY CREATED BY TRYING TO FIX THEIR OWN PROBLEM.
BOY, DO WE EVER NEED TO LEARN HOW TO NOT MOVE IN THE FLESH,
BUT TO MOVE IN THE SPIRIT.
WHEN GOD SAYS MOVE, WE MOVE AND WHEN HE SAYS STOP, WE STOP.
WHEN HE SAYS, WAIT, WE WAIT AND WHEN HE SAYS GO, WE GO.
WE HAVE TO COME TO THE END OF OURSELVES, AND SOMETIMES,
DEPENDING ON YOUR TEMPERAMENT, HOW YOU'RE PUT TOGETHER,
HOW FULL OF YOURSELF YOU ARE, THAT TAKES LONGER
FOR SOME PEOPLE THAN OTHERS.
DO YOU THINK THAT, "WELL, I'M A STRONG PERSON.
I CAN--" DO YOU HAVE TROUBLE
TAKING HELP FROM PEOPLE?
DO YOU HAVE TROUBLE ASKING PEOPLE FOR HELP?
DO YOU HAVE TROUBLE LETTING GO?
ARE YOU STUBBORN, PROUD?
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T REALLY
LIKE TO TALK ABOUT MUCH.
IT'S SOMETHING CALLED BROKENNESS AND THAT'S KIND OF LIKE A PEOPLE
OF FAITH JUST KIND OF THINK THAT'S A DIRTY WORD.
IT'S LIKE--BUT THE TRUTH IS, GOD HAS TO BREAK THE OUTER MAN.
JUST LIKE THE WOMAN WHO CAME WITH THE ALABASTER BOX FULL OF
SWEET PERFUME TO ANOINT JESUS, SHE HAD TO BREAK THE BOX.
SHE HAD TO BREAK THE JAR.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS IN US THAT CHRIST
HAS PUT IN US BY HIS GRACE.
WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO GET THEM, BUT AT THE NEW BIRTH,
HE PUT THEM IN US, AND HE WANTS THOSE THINGS TO COME OUT OF US
AND TO BE SHARED WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND FOR US
TO GLORIFY HIM.
BUT IF THAT SWEET, WONDERFUL THING THAT GOD HAS DONE IN
US IS ENCASED AND ENCLOSED IN A STUBBORN FLESH, THEN
THAT FLESH HAS TO BE DEALT WITH.
AND MANY OF YOU, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE GOING
THROUGH RIGHT NOW IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU ABSOLUTELY HATE AND
DESPISE, SOMEDAY YOU WILL FIND OUT THAT THESE PROBLEMS WERE
INDEED YOUR VERY BEST FRIEND.
YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME NOW, BUT CHECK WITH ME IN 10 YEARS.
COME ON, NOW.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH SOME WRETCHED THINGS IN
YOUR PAST, BUT IF YOU LOOK BACK, MAN, YOU CAN SAY, "THAT'S WHAT
BROUGHT ME CLOSE TO GOD"?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS YOU COULD BE THAT
CLOSE TO GOD WITHOUT HAVING TO GET IT THAT WAY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT JUST KIND OF COMES WITH THE PACKAGE.
I MEAN WE'RE STUBBORN, WE'RE PROUD.
WE WANT TO DO IT OURSELF.
WE WANT TO TAKE THE CREDIT.
IT'S HARD TO TOTALLY LEAN ON ANYBODY.
MATTHEW 26:41, WHEN JESUS WAS IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE
AND ASKING HIS DISCIPLES TO PRAY WITH HIM--
"CAN YOU NOT PRAY WITH ME ONE HOUR?"
THEY KEPT FALLING ASLEEP AND HE SAID, "GET UP AND PRAY.
THE SPIRIT IS WILLING BUT THE FLESH IS WEAK."
SO YOU SEE, NO MATTER HOW MANY GOOD INTENTIONS I HAVE,
AND REALLY NO MATTER HOW MANY VICTORIES I'VE HAD IN THE PAST,
THAT DOESN'T GUARANTEE ME A VICTORY TODAY IF I'M NOT
LEANING ON GOD TODAY.
LEANING ON GOD YESTERDAY DOESN'T HELP ME TODAY.
I HAVE TO LEAN ON GOD TODAY.
I SUGGEST STARTING EVERY DAY SAYING, "GOD, I AM
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WITHOUT YOU.
I CAN DO NOTHING WITHOUT YOU.
I LEAN ENTIRELY ON YOU TODAY.
I AM DESPERATE WITHOUT YOUR HELP."
NOT GET UP AND SAY, "I GOT THIS, PIECE OF CAKE.
NO PROBLEM.
NO TIME TO PRAY THIS MORNING.
GOTTA RUSH ON DO MY PLAN."
DO YOU KNOW THAT SPENDING TIME WITH GOD HONORS HIM?
AND I MIGHT EVEN GO ON TO SAY I THINK IT'S QUITE INSULTING
TO HIM WHEN WE DON'T SPEND TIME WITH GOD BECAUSE REALLY
WHAT WE'RE SAYING IN ESSENCE IS "I DON'T NEED YOU."
I MEAN, COME ON, DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT.
"WELL, NO, I'M JUST BUSY."
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
IF YOU GET A BIG ENOUGH PROBLEM, YOU'RE NOT TOO BUSY FOR GOD.
COME ON, AM I TELLING THE TRUTH?
YOU GET A BIG ENOUGH PROBLEM, YOU'RE NOT TOO BUSY FOR GOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF US CAN GET THAT AFTER TWO OR
THREE TIMES AROUND THE MOUNTAIN.
I WASN'T LIKE THAT.
I NEEDED ABOUT A THOUSAND TRIPS.
UNTIL I FINALLY GOT IT, "APART FROM YOU,
I CAN DO NOTHING."
NOW WHEN I COME TO THAT POINT, NOW I'M A CANDIDATE FOR GOD'S
POWER, BUT I'M NOT GONNA HAVE THAT POWER UNTIL I KNOW THAT
I HAVE TO HAVE IT TO SURVIVE.
JOYCE: WELL, GOD IS MIGHTY AND HE WANTS TO SHARE HIS POWER
WITH YOU.
ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO RELEASE GOD'S POWER IS BY CONFESSING HIS
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REMEMBER, YOU CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO IS YOUR
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JOYCE: LEARNING HOW TO DO BATTLE WITH THE ENEMY WITH
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FOR ME THAT GOD'S AT WORK.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS LIFE-CHANGING WORK.
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