>> ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
>> JOYCE: WHEN THE HOLY GHOST HAS COME UPON YOU,
YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER.
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: OOH, HALLELUJAH.
DON'T YOU JUST LOVE THAT WORD?
ISN'T THAT LIKE A WONDERFUL WORD, POWER?
POWER, HOLY GHOST OOMPH.
>> [MUSIC]
>> JOYCE: JESUS WAS TRYING TO TELL THE DISCIPLES THAT THEY
WERE GOING TO BE TEMPTED.
THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE IT.
THEY THOUGHT MORE HIGHLY OF THEMSELVES
THAN THEY SHOULD HAVE.
MATTER OF FACT, HE TRIED TO TELL PETER,
"YOU'RE GONNA DENY ME."
AND PETER SAID, "I WOULD NEVER, NEVER, NEVER.
I WOULD NEVER DO THAT."
"BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU THINK YOU STAND," THE BIBLE SAYS,
"LEST YOU FALL."
WE NEED TO SAY, "WELL, BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD,
THERE GO I."
"I'M NOT GONNA JUDGE YOU
AND CRITICIZE YOU, I'M GONNA PRAY FOR YOU."
AND HE TOLD THE DISCIPLES, "YOU WILL BE TEMPTED
AND IF YOU DON'T PRAY, YOU WILL FALL
INTO THE TEMPTATION."
DO YOU KNOW THAT EVERY DAY OF OUR LIVES WE ARE TEMPTED
IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM?
AND IF YOUR GOAL IS TO GET THE DEVIL
TO LEAVE YOU ALONE, YOU CAN FORGET IT,
BECAUSE THAT'S A GOAL THAT YOU'LL NEVER REALIZE.
THE POINT IS NOT TO GET HIM TO LEAVE YOU ALONE,
BUT TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE HE WILL LEAVE YOU ALONE
BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT NO MATTER WHAT HE TRIES,
YOU'RE GONNA COME OUT VICTORIOUS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
AND THAT CAN'T JUST BE WORDS, IT HAS TO BE TESTED
IN OUR LIVES.
YOU KNOW, LET ME JUST GIVE YOU A REAL PRACTICAL EXAMPLE.
IF YOU HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH APPETITE
AND YOU'RE TEMPTED EVERY DAY, THEN DON'T WAIT TILL YOU
SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE OR YOU'RE AT THE BUFFET.
>> [AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
>> JOYCE: AND THEN START PRAYING.
>> [AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
>> JOYCE: FOR GOD TO REBUKE THE CALORIES.
>> [AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
>> JOYCE: BUT WHATEVER YOU KNOW THAT YOUR WEAKNESSES ARE,
PRAY CONSTANTLY AND EARLY.
THE SPIRIT IS WILLING, WE WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT,
BUT THE FLESH IS WEAK, AMEN?
PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY.
BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE RELEASE GOD'S POWER IN OUR LIFE.
IN ROMANS 7, VERSE 18, THE GREAT APOSTLE PAUL SAID,
"I CAN WILL WHAT IS RIGHT, BUT I HAVE NO POWER
TO PERFORM IT.
I HAVE THE URGE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT,
BUT I NEVER CARRY IT OUT."
YOU SEE, "FOR I KNOW THAT NOTHING GOOD DWELLS WITHIN ME,
THAT IS, IN MY FLESH.
I CAN WILL WHAT IS RIGHT, BUT I CANNOT PERFORM IT."
ISN'T IT FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT
AND YOU STILL END UP DOING WHAT'S WRONG?
YOU KNOW, I HAVE A HOLY PLAN FOR EVERY DAY WHILE I'M LAYING
IN BED IN THE MORNING.
>> [AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
>> JOYCE: "TODAY, GOD, I'M GONNA BE SO LOVELY.
I'M GONNA JUST BE SWEET AND HAVE ALL GOOD WORDS
AND ALL GOOD THOUGHTS.
AND I'M GONNA BE SO GOOD TO PEOPLE."
AND THAT WORKS GREAT.
I HAVE GREAT SUCCESS UNTIL I PUT MY FEET ON THE FLOOR
AND GET OUT OF BED.
ANYBODY KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST STARTED MY JOURNEY
WITH GOD BACK IN THE '70S AND I HAD THREE SMALL CHILDREN.
WELL, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE SCHOOL-AGE KIDS.
THEY WEREN'T ALL SMALL.
SOME OF THEM WERE TEENAGERS.
BUT YOU KNOW, I'D LISTEN TO MY MUSIC CDS
AND MY TEACHING AT THAT TIME, CASSETTE TAPES,
AND MY, I FELT SO SPIRITUAL.
AND YOU KNOW, I GOT ALONG WITH EVERYBODY
TILL SOMEBODY CAME HOME.
>> [AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
>> JOYCE: THE PROBLEM WAS WHEN THE PEOPLE CAME IN.
>> [AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
>> JOYCE: THOSE PEOPLE THAT WON'T DO WHAT I WANT THEM TO DO,
AND THEY'RE ANNOYING ME.
GOD, YOU NEED TO CHANGE THEM SO I CAN BE HAPPY.
COME ON, YOU NEED TO CHANGE THEM SO I CAN BE PEACEFUL.
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: NOT.
>> [AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
>> JOYCE: NOT, NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
GOD WANTS TO USE THEM TO CHANGE US.
I SAID GOD WANTS TO USE THEM TO CHANGE US.
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: SO, WE CAN HAVE A HOLY PLAN, BUT WE CAN'T
PULL IT OFF WITHOUT GOD'S HELP.
JOHN 15:5, "APART FROM ME, YOU CAN DO NOTHING, NOTHING."
IN 2 CORINTHIANS 12, WE SEE THAT PAUL HAD ACTUALLY
BEEN GIVEN BY GOD A THORN IN THE FLESH.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT THORN WAS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY ELSE REALLY DOES.
IT WAS A MESSENGER FROM SATAN TO BUFFET HIM, TO AGGRAVATE HIM,
TO ANNOY HIM.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN A PERSON, COULD HAVE BEEN A BACKACHE,
COULD HAVE BEEN A HEADACHE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE DEVIL
HIMSELF JUST TEMPTING HIM AND TORMENTING HIM.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT OF THINGS, BUT FRANKLY,
IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHAT IT WAS, THE THING
THAT GOD SAID TO HIM IS, "MY STRENGTH IS MADE PERFECT
IN YOUR WEAKNESS.
MY STRENGTH IS MADE PERFECT IN YOUR WEAKNESS."
SO, HE WAS BASICALLY SAYING TO HIM, "STOP WORRYING
ABOUT YOUR WEAKNESS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE
MY STRENGTH WILL SHOW UP IF YOU'LL TRUST ME FOR THAT."
SO, THEN PAUL SAID, "I GLORY IN MY WEAKNESSES."
CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING?
WE WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT OUR WEAKNESSES.
WE GET TOO CONCERNED ABOUT EVERY LITTLE THING
THAT'S WRONG WITH US, AND WE FOCUS ON THAT
WHICH ACTUALLY MAKES US SELF-CENTERED.
DO YOU KNOW THAT FOCUSING ON WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU ALL
THE TIME IS JUST AS WRONG AS FOCUSING ON THAT'S RIGHT
WITH YOU ALL THE TIME?
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: "WELL, I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I'M NOT,
I'M NOT."
WELL, WHO IS?
THAT'S WHY WE NEED JESUS.
SO, YOU SAY, "LORD, I'M WEAK IN THIS AREA.
I NEED YOUR STRENGTH.
I BELIEVE YOU'RE CHANGING ME EVERY DAY, AND I'M NOT GONNA
SPEND TODAY WORRYING ABOUT WHAT I DID WRONG YESTERDAY.
I TRUST YOU TO STRENGTHEN ME IN MY WEAKNESS."
AND THEN ONE OF MY VERY FAVORITE SCRIPTURES IN THE BIBLE,
2 CORINTHIANS 1:8 AND 9, BOY, DID THESE SCRIPTURES
EXPLAIN A LOT TO ME MANY YEARS AGO.
2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 1,
VERSES 8 AND 9, "FOR WE DO NOT WANT YOU TO BE
UNINFORMED, BRETHREN, ABOUT THE AFFLICTION
AND THE OPPRESSING DISTRESS WHICH BEFELL US
IN [THE PROVINCE OF] ASIA, HOW WE WERE SO UTTERLY
AND UNBEARABLY WEIGHED DOWN AND CRUSHED THAT WE
DESPAIRED EVEN OF LIFE [ITSELF]"
THAT'S SOME PRETTY SERIOUS PROBLEMS.
MAYBE SOMEBODY CAME IN HERE TONIGHT OR SOMEBODY'S WATCHING
BY TV AND YOU THINK, "I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I WANT
TO KEEP LIVING.
IF THIS IS WHAT LIFE IS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW
IF I WANT TO GO ON."
WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE DEVIL WANTS YOU TO THINK.
AND THEN PAUL SAID, "INDEED, WE FELT WITHIN OURSELVES
THAT WE HAD RECEIVED THE [VERY] SENTENCE OF DEATH,"
BUT NOW WATCH THIS, "BUT THAT WAS TO KEEP US
FROM TRUSTING IN AND DEPENDING ON OURSELVES
INSTEAD OF ON GOD WHO RAISES THE DEAD."
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: THEY HAD A SEASON, AND I WANT TO SAY AGAIN SEASON.
WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW WILL NOT LAST FOREVER.
IT IS A SEASON.
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: AFTER WINTER WE ALWAYS HAVE SPRING.
IT WAS A SEASON IN HIS LIFE OF TERRIBLE PROBLEMS,
BUT THEY WERE ACTUALLY DESIGNED TO KEEP HIM DEPENDING ON GOD.
AND I CAN TELL YA ONE THING, GOD DOES US THE FAVOR
EVERY TIME WE START TO DRIFT AWAY FROM HIM.
HE HAS HIS OWN LITTLE WAYS OF BRINGING US BACK
TO BEING VERY NEEDY.
CAN ANYBODY SAY AMEN?
SO, EVEN IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A DIFFICULT SEASON RIGHT NOW--
NO, NONE OF US LIKE TROUBLE.
NONE OF US LIKE PROBLEMS, BUT YOU CAN SOFTEN THE BLOW
TO YOUR SOUL.
INSTEAD OF JUST...
YOU CAN SAY, "GOD, I TRUST YOU IN THIS.
THERE'S A PURPOSE.
YOU'RE GONNA WORK SOME GOOD OUT OF THIS,"
AND JUST DRAW AS CLOSE TO GOD AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN
DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME AND LEARN HOW TO DEPEND ON HIM
FOR EVERYTHING.
SO, HOW CAN WE SEE GOD'S POWER RELEASED IN OUR LIFE?
THAT'S THE SUBJECT MATTER THIS WEEKEND.
FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO TO QUALIFY FOR GOD'S POWER
IS TO REALIZE THAT IN AND OF OURSELVES,
WE ARE WEAK AND WE REALLY HAVE VERY LITTLE ABILITY
TO DO ANYTHING REALLY SUCCESSFULLY WITHOUT GOD.
SO, EVERYBODY SHOUT OUT REAL LOUD, "I NEED GOD."
>> CONGREGATION: I NEED GOD.
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: BOY, DON'T YOU WISH THAT EVERYONE IN THE WORLD KNEW
THIS, THAT THEY NEEDED GOD?
DO YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT WRONG WITH THE WORLD TODAY IS WE GOT
SO MANY PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY DON'T NEED GOD.
AND SO, THINGS JUST HAVE TO KEEP GOING BAD,
BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD UNTIL THEY GET SO BAD THAT
PEOPLE CAN'T STAND IT AND THEN MAYBE THEY'LL
COME BACK TO GOD.
ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS READ THE BIBLE.
WHEN PEOPLE WERE TRUSTING GOD, LOVING GOD, BELIEVING IN GOD,
THINGS WERE GOOD, AND WHEN THEY TURNED AWAY
FROM GOD, THINGS GOT BAD.
IT DOESN'T-- IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.
NOBODY HAS TO BE EINSTEIN TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
TURN TO GOD, BE NEEDY, CRY OUT TO GOD, AND THINGS
TURN AROUND IN YOUR LIFE.
NOW, THE SECOND STEP TO RELEASING GOD'S POWER
IN YOUR LIFE IS TO BELIEVE THAT GOD'S POWER
IS AVAILABLE TO YOU.
AND I HAVE TO PRESS THIS POINT BECAUSE THERE ARE
MANY CHRISTIANS, I MEAN THEY'RE CHRISTIANS,
THEY'VE RECEIVED CHRIST.
THEY BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO HEAVEN, BUT STILL THEY'RE
GIVING UP ON LIFE, SINKING INTO DEPRESSION
AND DESPAIR, DISCOURAGED AND SAD MOST
OF THE TIME, DOWNTRODDEN, SELFISH AND SELF-CENTERED,
ABSORBED IN THEIR PROBLEMS, NOT DOING ANYTHING
TO HELP ANYBODY ELSE.
AND ALTHOUGH THEY DO HAVE A LOVE FOR GOD,
THEY GET OUT IN THIS UNGODLY WORLD AND BEHAVE
JUST AS UNGODLY AS ALL THE UNGODLY PEOPLE OUT THERE.
AND MOST OF THEM LIVE THAT KIND OF A LIFE
BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW THAT GOD'S POWER
IS AVAILABLE TO THEM OR SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER
THEY DISCOUNT THEMSELVES, AND THEY THINK
THAT GOD'S POWER IS NOT AVAILABLE TO THEM
BECAUSE OF THEIR FLAWS AND THEIR FAULTS
AND THE LIFE THEY'VE LIVED.
WELL, IT'S THAT VERY POWER THAT WE NEED TO LIFT US
OUT OF THAT LIFE THAT WE'VE LIVED AND TO HELP US
OVERCOME THE WEAKNESSES THAT WE HAVE.
LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE
FOR A FRESH START WITH GOD, NEVER TOO LATE.
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: NEVER TOO LATE.
YOU SHOULD ENJOY THIS LIFE THAT JESUS DIED TO GIVE YOU.
I MEAN, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING TO HEAVEN,
BUT I'M HAVING A GOOD TIME RIGHT NOW.
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: I MEAN, WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS NOT GONNA BE
AS GOOD AS THAT, BUT I'M ENJOYING THIS JOURNEY.
AND FOR A LOT OF YEARS I DIDN'T.
AND EVERY ONE OF MY DAYS ARE NOT PERFECT,
NOT BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION.
GOD'S POWER IS AVAILABLE TO YOU.
WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT A FEW SCRIPTURES AGAIN.
ACTS CHAPTER 1, VERSE 8, "WHEN THE HOLY GHOST
HAS COME UPON YOU, YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER."
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: OOH, HALLELUJAH.
DON'T YOU JUST LOVE THAT WORD?
ISN'T THAT LIKE A WONDERFUL WORD, "POWER"?
POWER.
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: HOLY GHOST OOMPH.
"BUT YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER (ABILITY, EFFICIENCY, AND MIGHT)
WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS COME UPON YOU, AND YOU SHALL BE
MY WITNESSES."
I WANT YOU TO NOTICE THAT HE DID NOT SAY, "DO WITNESSING."
YOU SEE, THE SAD THING WAS BEFORE I REALLY KNEW ANYTHING
ABOUT THE POWER OF GOD, I WAS ON THE EVANGELISM TEAM
OF MY CHURCH, AND I WENT OUT EVERY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH MY FRIENDS KNOCKING ON DOORS
TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT JESUS.
AND MY LIFE WAS SO PATHETIC.
I COULD TELL PEOPLE ABOUT JESUS, BUT I DID NOT HAVE THE POWER
TO ACT LIKE JESUS, AMEN?
AND IF YOU STUDY THAT WORD "DUNAMIS," WHICH IS THE GREEK
WORD FOR POWER IN ACTS 1:8.
THIS IS THE WAY IT'S DEFINED, THAT POWER IS STRENGTH,
STRENGTH, ABILITY, POWER TO PERFORM MIRACLES.
WELL, HOW FAR DOES THAT GO OVER EVERYBODY'S HEAD?
WE HEAR THAT AND WE'RE LIKE, "WELL, MAYBE SOME SUPER,
SPECIAL, GIFTED PERSON," BUT THAT ONE JUST GOES
RIGHT OVER OUR HEAD.
WELL, WE GET WHAT WE BELIEVE FOR.
LET'S START BELIEVING THAT THE POWER OF GOD
IS AVAILABLE TO US TO SEE MIRACLES IN OUR LIVES
AND IN OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES.
WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE MIRACLES IF WE DON'T BELIEVE
FOR MIRACLES.
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: WE HAVE TO BELIEVE IN THE MIRACLE-WORKING POWER
OF GOD.
BUT THEN I ESPECIALLY LOVE THIS PART, AND I REALLY THINK
THIS PART IS PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT TO GOD
THAN ALL THE OTHER THINGS I'VE ALREADY SAID.
THIS WORD "DUNAMIS," TRANSLATED POWER,
SAYS IT IS MORAL POWER AND EXCELLENCE OF SOUL.
WOW, SO WHAT IS MORAL POWER?
IT MEANS THAT I HAVE THE POWER TO BE A MORAL PERSON.
I HAVE THE POWER TO BEAR THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
WHEN IT'S HARD.
MATTER OF FACT, IN ALL SEASONS, WE CAN BEAR GOOD FRUIT
IF WE HAVE THE POWER OF GOD IN OUR LIVES.
IT MEANS THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES.
WE CAN GO THROUGH TIMES THAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND
AND WE CAN STILL BEAR GOOD FRUIT.
WHEN SOMETHING UNGODLY IS HAPPENING TO US,
WE DON'T NEED TO ACT UNGODLY.
THAT'S WHEN WE NEED TO CALL ON THE POWER OF GOD TO HAVE THAT
MORAL EXCELLENCE OF SOUL THAT ENABLES US TO ACT
LIKE JESUS WOULD ACT IN A SIMILAR SITUATION.
AND WHEN I WAS FIRST TAUGHT ABOUT RESISTING THE DEVIL MANY
YEARS AGO, MYSELF AS WELL AS MANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT I KNEW,
THOUGHT THAT MEANT TO RESIST PROBLEMS.
I HAVE A PROBLEM, "I RESIST YOU, SATAN."
SOMEBODY'S ANNOYING ME, "I RESIST YOU, SATAN."
ANYBODY GO THROUGH THAT?
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANT?
AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THE DAY THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WHISPERED
TO ME, "RESISTING THE DEVIL,
JOYCE, DOESN'T MEAN RESISTING THE PROBLEM.
IT MEANS RESISTING ACTING LIKE THE DEVIL WHILE YOU HAVE
THE PROBLEM."
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO RESIST THE DEVIL.
BUT WE HAVE THIS POWER OF GOD, IT'S A MORAL EXCELLENCE OF SOUL
THAT ENABLES US TO BE CHRIST-LIKE IN EVERY SITUATION.
WE ARE GOD'S REPRESENTATIVES IN THE EARTH, AND IT IS VERY
IMPORTANT HOW WE BEHAVE OUT IN THE WORLD
AND ESPECIALLY IN THE PARTS OF THE WORLD THAT ARE LOST
AND DON'T KNOW CHRIST AND MAYBE WHO ALREADY HAVE A BAD OPINION
OF CHRISTIANS.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE NEED TO CHANGE THEIR ATTITUDE,
AND WE CAN'T TALK THEM INTO IT, WE HAVE TO SHOW THEM SOMETHING.
LUKE 10:19, "BEHOLD--" WHICH MEANS LOOK AND SEE.
I LOVE THIS.
"I HAVE GIVEN YOU AUTHORITY AND POWER--"
NOT I'M GONNA GIVE YOU, I HAVE GIVEN YOU.
SO, WILL YOU BELIEVE WITH ME TONIGHT THAT YOU HAVE POWER
IN YOUR SPIRIT?
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: EVERYBODY SAY, "I HAVE POWER.
I HAVE ALL THE POWER I NEED TO DO WHATEVER I NEED TO DO
IN EVERY SEASON OF MY LIFE."
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: SEE, THAT ALREADY FEELS BETTER.
I MEAN, YOU ALREADY FEEL SO MUCH BETTER THAN YOU DID WHEN YOU
WALKED IN HERE THINKING, "THIS IS TOO MUCH FOR ME.
I'M SO TIRED OF THIS.
I JUST CAN'T DO THIS.
I'M IN OVER MY HEAD.
I'M GONNA QUIT.
I'M GONNA GIVE UP.
YOU KNOW, GOD, IF YOU DON'T DO
SOMETHING TONIGHT, I'M OUTTA HERE."
>> [AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
>> JOYCE: NOW YOU CAN GO OUT SAYING, "I'M NOT WORRYING
ABOUT THE STINKING PROBLEM.
GOD IS IN ME, HE IS ON MY SIDE.
I AM MORE THAN A CONQUEROR.
THIS TOO SHALL PASS."
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: HONESTLY AND TRULY, WE JUST CAMP TOO MUCH ON TOP
OF THE PROBLEMS.
WHEN THIS ONE'S GONE, THERE'LL BE ANOTHER ONE
IN ITS PLACE, SO JUST-- I MEAN, I'M NOT TRYING
TO BE NEGATIVE.
I MEAN, IT JUST HAPPENS, YOU KNOW?
I MEAN, I HAVE FRACTURED THREE TOES THIS YEAR.
>> [AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
>> JOYCE: I MEAN, I WALK ALL THE TIME.
YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT FUN TO BE UP HERE TRYING
TO PREACH THE GOSPEL WITH FRACTURED TOES.
AND I TOOK THE TAPE OFF FOR TONIGHT,
BECAUSE IT'S NOT VERY CUTE.
>> [AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
>> JOYCE: I STUMBLED UP A SET OF STEPS AND FRACTURED ONE,
THE ONE NEXT TO MY BIG TOE.
THEN IN MY WORKOUT REGIME, I WAS DOING THESE THINGS
CALLED CALF RAISES WHERE YOU GET WAY UP ON
YOUR TOES AND BROKE THE ONE NEXT TO THAT ONE THEN.
>> [AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
>> JOYCE: I'M TRYING TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
I'M WORKING OUT.
THEN JUST ABOUT THE TIME IT STARTED FEELING BETTER,
I RE-BROKE THE FIRST ONE AND HAVE NO IDEA HOW I DID THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
THIS TOO SHALL PASS.
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: YOU KNOW, I MEAN I WENT TO
A VERY GOOD FOOT DOCTOR, YOU KNOW WHAT HIS
GREAT ADVICE WAS?
"IT IS WHAT IT IS, IT WILL GET WELL."
>> [AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
>> JOYCE: SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S LIFE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF ALLERGIES YOU GUYS HAVE
HERE IN ARKANSAS, BUT THEY ARE NASTY.
>> [AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
>> JOYCE: MY GOSH, DO YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF SPECIAL BRAND
OF ALLERGIES HERE OR WHAT?
I DON'T-- >> [AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
>> JOYCE: SO, I'M JUST MAKING A POINT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE
TO BE UNHAPPY BECAUSE YOU DON'T FEEL PERFECT
OR EVERYTHING IS NOT GOING EXACTLY THE WAY YOU WANT IT TO.
GOD'S POWER ENABLES YOU TO PREACH WITH FRACTURED TOES,
WITHOUT FRACTURED TOES.
COME ON, ARE YOU WITH ME TONIGHT?
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: "I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST
WHO STRENGTHENS ME."
LUKE 10:19, "BEHOLD, I HAVE GIVEN YOU POWER.
I HAVE GIVEN YOU AUTHORITY AND POWER."
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT AUTHORITY TOMORROW MORNING
AND TOMORROW NIGHT, "TO TRAMPLE UPON SERPENTS,"
WHICH MEANS EVIL SPIRITS, "AND SCORPIONS, AND
[PHYSICAL AND MENTAL STRENGTH AND ABILITY]
OVER ALL THE POWER--" NOW, PLEASE NOTICE THAT WE HAVE
POWER, THE DEVIL HAS POWER, WE HAVE AUTHORITY.
THERE'S NOTHING THERE THAT SAYS THE DEVIL HAS AUTHORITY.
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: THIS IS REALLY BIG.
THE ONLY AUTHORITY THAT THE ENEMY HAS IS WHAT
WE GIVE HIM THROUGH LACK OF KNOWLEDGE
OR THROUGH PASSIVITY, WHICH IS JUST SITTING BY
LAZILY LETTING HIM DO WHATEVER HE WANTS TO DO
AND NOT AGGRESSIVELY COMING AGAINST HIM.
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: YOU KNOW, IF YOU DIDN'T PLAN
TO BE HERE ALL WEEKEND, YOU OUGHT TO CHANGE YOUR PLANS
AND YOU OUGHT TO GO GET SOME OF YOUR BEAT-DOWN,
BROKEN-UP, MESSED-UP, DOWNTRODDEN CHRISTIAN FRIENDS--
>> [AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: WHO WANT TO DO NOTHING BUT COMPLAIN ALL THE TIME.
AND BRING HIM OVER HERE AND SAY, "I GOT YOUR ANSWER, LET'S GO."
AND THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY IN THAT SCRIPTURE,
"AND NOTHING SHALL BY ANY MEANS HARM YOU."
DOESN'T SAY NOTHING WILL EVER COME AGAINST YOU,
BUT IT WON'T HAVE ULTIMATE VICTORY OVER YOU.
AND THEN IN EPHESIANS 1:19, WELL, ACTUALLY STARTING
IN VERSE 17, PAUL PRAYED THREE PRAYERS
FOR THE CHURCH AT EPHESUS THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT.
FIRST HE SAID, "I PRAY THAT YOU WILL KNOW GOD PERSONALLY
FOR YOURSELVES, KNOW GOD."
DON'T HAVE SECONDHAND FAITH, HAVE YOUR OWN FAITH,
HAVE YOUR OWN RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, HAVE YOUR OWN
EXPERIENCE WITH GOD.
KNOW YOUR BIBLE FOR YOURSELF, DON'T TRY TO HAVE IT
THROUGH SOMEBODY ELSE.
THE SECOND THING HE'S PRAYED IS THAT THEY WOULD KNOW
WHO THEY WERE IN CHRIST.
YOU GOTTA PUT ON RIGHTEOUSNESS, BE CONFIDENT,
HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH.
"I AM A CHILD OF GOD, AND I WILL NOT BE DEFEATED."
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: AND THEN THE THIRD THING THAT HE PRAYED WAS
THAT THOSE BELIEVERS IN EPHESUS WOULD KNOW THE POWER
THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO THEM WHO WOULD BELIEVE.
SO, EVEN BACK THEN, WE HAD BELIEVERS
WHO DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE POWER OF GOD.
YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE THE DEVIL WANTS TO HIDE THAT FROM US.
YOU HAVE POWER AVAILABLE TO YOU.
POWER TO OVERCOME TEMPTATION, POWER TO SEE ADDICTIONS
BROKEN OFF OF YOUR LIFE.
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: POWER TO DEAL WITH ANNOYING, IRRITATING PEOPLE.
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: AND ACTUALLY FEEL SORRY FOR THEM INSTEAD
OF GETTING ANGRY AT THEM.
COME ON, WE CAN GET THERE.
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> JOYCE: GRANTED, IT MAY TAKE ALL THE WAY
TILL SATURDAY MORNING, BUT WE CAN GET THERE.
ARE YOU WITH ME?
POWER, WE HAVE THE POWER TO LOVE THE UNLOVELY.
WE HAVE THE POWER TO BE PEACEFUL IN A STORM.
WE HAVE THE POWER TO BE JOYFUL IN ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES.
WE HAVE THE POWER TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE WHEN WE ARE HURTING
SO BAD OURSELVES THAT WE CAN'T HARDLY STAND IT.
WE HAVE THE POWER TO WAIT AND TO WAIT WELL.
WE HAVE THE POWER TO BE PATIENT.
WE HAVE THE POWER TO DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO THROUGH CHRIST
WHO STRENGTHENS US, AMEN?
>> [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> 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 WORD OUT LOUD.
TODAY WE'RE OFFERING YOU A BOOK THAT HAS BEEN A FAVORITE
OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
IT'S CALLED "THE SECRET POWER OR SPEAKING GOD'S WORD."
IT'S A GIFT EDITION, AND I THINK WHEN YOU LEARN HOW TO SPEAK
THE WORD OF GOD OUT LOUD, RIGHT WORDS
ON THE RIGHT OCCASION, YOU ARE DOING WARFARE
WITH THE ENEMY OF YOUR SOUL, SATAN, AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
A LOT MORE VICTORY.
REMEMBER, YOU CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST
WHO IS YOUR STRENGTH.
>> JOYCE: LEARNING HOW TO DO BATTLE WITH THE ENEMY
WITH THE WORD OF GOD IS THE BEST THING YOU CAN LEARN.
THE WORD OF GOD IS THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT.
IT IS A WEAPON AGAINST FORCES OF DARKNESS.
>> ANNOUNCER: TODAY WE'RE OFFERING A GIFT EDITION
OF JOYCE'S BOOK, "THE SECRET POWER
OF SPEAKING GOD'S WORD."
INSIDE, SCRIPTURES ARE ORGANIZED IN OVER 50 TOPICS
SO YOU CAN QUICKLY FIND THE ENCOURAGEMENT YOU NEED.
>> FEMALE: IF THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON LIKE WORRY OR ANXIETY,
YOU CAN LOOK UP AND THEN THERE'S
ALL THOSE SCRIPTURES, AND THEN YOU CAN SPEAK THEM OUT
AND MEDITATE ON THEM.
SO, THOSE ARE-- THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL TO ME.
>> ANNOUNCER: THIS RESOURCE IS AVAILABLE FOR A GIFT OF...
OR MORE.
CALL US...
OR VISIT US AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
>> JOYCE: IS THERE ANYBODY THAT'S BOLD ENOUGH TO SAY,
"I DON'T WANT TO 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: MAKE PLANS NOW TO SPEND YOUR FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY WITH JOYCE, THREE UNIQUE SESSIONS
OF INSPIRING TEACHING, HEARTFELT WORSHIP,
AND ENCOURAGING BEHIND-THE-SCENES MOMENTS
AT THE JOYCE MEYER CONFERENCE.
COMING TO ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, APRIL 6 AND 7
WITH WORSHIP BY PHIL WICKHAM AND WASHINGTON, D.C.
APRIL 20 AND 21 WITH WORSHIP BY ELEVATION WORSHIP.
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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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