ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: GOD NEEDS AND DESERVES TO BE GLORIFIED AND HE HAS
INVESTED HIMSELF IN US, AND GIVEN US HIS POWER, AND GIVEN US
HIS NAME SO WE CAN COME AGAINST ANY WICKED EVIL INFLUENCE
THAT TRIES TO STOP OR HOLD BACK THE GROWTH
OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: EVERY ONE OF MY CHILDREN, WHEN THEY WERE GROWING
UP, EVERY ONE OF THEM, SOME A LITTLE MORE THAN OTHERS,
BUT EVERY ONE OF THEM I WONDERED IF THEY WERE GONNA MAKE IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON NOW.
I HAD CONCERNS AND EVERY ONE OF THEM, I TRIED TO CHANGE THEM.
I SAID, I TRIED TO CHANGE THEM.
I SAID, I TRIED TO CHANGE THEM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WELL, YOU KNOW THERE'S AN INTERESTING THING ABOUT GOD,
HE WORKS BUT HE WAITS TILL WE'RE DONE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
AND BUT REALLY AND TRULY, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD,
BUT WE DO HAVE TO GET OUT OF GOD'S WAY, AND WE HAVE TO LEARN
THAT OUR PRAYERS ARE MUCH MORE VALUABLE THAN OUR WORKS OF
THE FLESH.
CAN I TELL YOU A SECRET?
YOU CANNOT EVER MAKE SOMEBODY ELSE LOVE GOD.
NO, I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO.
THE VERY BEST THING THAT YOU CAN DO IS PRAY AND SIMPLY BE
A GREAT EXAMPLE.
LIVE YOUR LIFE IN SUCH A WAY WHERE YOUR KIDS, AND YOUR
SPOUSE, OR YOUR MOM AND DAD, OR WHOEVER YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT,
WHERE THEY SEE SOMETHING IN YOU THAT THEY WANT AND JUST PRAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE THINK THAT, "WELL, I'VE DONE EVERYTHING ELSE
I KNOW TO DO, I GUESS I'LL PRAY."
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE SILLIEST STATEMENT.
THAT SHOULD ALWAYS BE OUR FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE.
SO, OUR TWO BOYS REALLY RUN ALL THE LOGISTICAL PART
OF THE MINISTRY.
I DID THAT FOR A LOT OF YEARS BUT NOT ANYMORE, THANK GOD.
I JUST PREACH, AND TEACH, AND WRITE, AND PRAY, AND DO
INTERVIEWS, AND DO MY TELEVISION, AND GET TO DEAL WITH
THE STUFF THAT I'M THE MOST GIFTED FOR.
AND BUT OUR OLDEST SON DAVID, MY GOSH, I THOUGHT THAT BOY
WOULD KILL ME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS THEN, NOW I
LOOK BACK AND I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW.
WE ALL SAY THAT BUT WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW?
AND I STRUGGLED WITH HIM REALLY MAINLY BECAUSE HE WAS JUST LIKE
ME, AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
AND WE WERE BOTH REAL STRONG WILLED AND I SWEAR FROM THE TIME
HE WAS IN HIS CRIB, I COULD SEE HIM LOOKING THROUGH THOSE LITTLE
BARS THINKING, "HOW CAN I TAKE OVER THE WORLD?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE THINK HAVING A STRONG WILLED
CHILD IS THE WORST THING OUT THERE BUT THEN YOU ALSO GET ONE
THAT IS LIKE UNDISCIPLINED, AND KIND OF LAZY, AND DON'T CARE
ABOUT NOTHING, AND EVERYTHING'S OKAY.
AND SO, YOU BOUNCE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN JUST TRYING TO
CHANGE EVERYBODY IN YOUR FAMILY.
I HAD ONE THAT WAS A PERFECTIONIST,
ONE THAT'S A PHLEGMATIC, TWO THAT ARE TYPE A CHOLERICS.
AND SO, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, YOU JUST HAVE FUN.
AND THEN DAVE IS JUST OKAY WITH WHATEVER.
YOU KNOW, HE'S JUST LIKE DAVE'S JUST GOOD.
I ALWAYS SAY THERE'S ABOUT THREE AREAS THAT YOU DON'T WANT
TO MESS WITH HIM WITH BUT IF YOU CAN HANDLE THAT, ALL THE REST OF
IT'S PRETTY GOOD.
WE DON'T BOTHER HIS GOLF.
THAT'S LIKE--MY DAUGHTER GOT HIM A SIGN THE OTHER DAY THAT SAID,
"I GAVE UP GOLF ONCE AND IT WAS THE MOST TERRIFYING WEEKEND OF
MY LIFE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL NOW, THAT BOY THAT I THOUGHT WOULD DRIVE ME
CRAZY RUNS OUR WORLD MISSIONS AND WE HAVE WORKS ALL OVER
THE WORLD.
AND MATTER OF FACT, I GOT A TEXT FROM HIM THIS MORNING AND IT HAD
THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE ON IT WHERE HE'S AT IN INDIA AND HE
SAID--WE HAVE A FOREIGN DIRECTOR OVER THERE THAT'S WORKED FOR US
FOR 19 YEARS THAT RUNS OUR OFFICE IN INDIA, HIS NAME IS
SCOTT AND HE SAID-- "I HAVE TO--I'M
GOING TO SCOTT SON'S GRADUATION TODAY AND HERE'S
THE TEMPERATURE.
WHERE HE'S AT TODAY, IT'S 107," AMEN.
SO, HE'S WORKED VERY HARD AND MADE A LOT OF SACRIFICES BUT
I'LL TELL YA, I REMEMBER THE DAY THAT I TOLD GOD,
"I CANNOT DO THIS ANYMORE.
I JUST CANNOT DO THIS ANYMORE."
I WAS GOING TO THE OFFICE TO TELL HIM THAT HE COULD NOT WORK
FOR ME BECAUSE IT WAS JUST TOO HARD.
WE JUST COULD NOT GET ALONG.
NOW, I WANT YOU TO LISTEN, AND GOD WHISPERED IN MY HEART,
"DON'T GIVE UP ON DAVID."
AND I THINK SOMEBODY HERE NEEDS TO HEAR THAT TODAY.
WHATEVER THE NAME OF YOUR CHILD IS, OR YOUR SPOUSE, OR YOUR
WHOEVER IT IS, DON'T GIVE UP ON THEM.
JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING CERTAINLY DOESN'T MEAN
THAT GOD CAN'T DO ANYTHING, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHAT IF I WOULD HAVE GIVEN UP ON HIM?
WHAT IF GOD WOULD HAVE GIVEN UP ON YOU?
WHAT IF GOD WOULD HAVE GIVEN UP ON ME?
YOU KNOW, WE GIVE UP ON PEOPLE A LOT QUICKER THAN GOD GIVES UP
ON US.
HE DOESN'T PLAN TO GIVE UP ON YOU.
I DON'T CARE HOW LONG IT TAKES AND HOW HARD YOU ARE TO DEAL
WITH, GOD IS NEVER GOING TO GIVE UP ON YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
AND THEN ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS, WHO I ACTUALLY--IS HERE THIS
WEEKEND.
SHE FILLED IN FOR SOMEBODY ELSE AND SHE--OUT AT THE RESOURCE
TABLES AND OH MY GOSH, SHE WAS SO JUST DISORGANIZED AND JUST SO
NOT LIKE ME.
I WAS NEAT AND EVERYTHING HAD TO HAVE A PLACE, AND HOW MANY OF
YOU REMEMBER THOSE CONVERSATIONS, "IF YOU ARE GONNA
LIVE IN MY HOUSE"?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR KIDS,
YOU KNOW?
AND THEN HOW MANY OF THEM JUST ROLL THEIR EYES BACK IN THEIR
HEAD?
IT'S LIKE, YOU CAN TELL THEY'RE THINKING, "I HEARD THIS
A MILLION TIMES," YOU KNOW?
AND NOW THAT GIRL HAS FOUR CHILDREN OF HER OWN,
AND SHE WORKS FOR ME PART TIME ASSISTING ME
IN DIFFERENT THINGS AND SHE GAVE HERSELF A NEW TITLE
RECENTLY.
SHE SAID, "I FINALLY GOT MYSELF A TITLE."
SHE SAID, "I'M THE MOM-AGER."
SHE MANAGES MOM AND BELIEVE ME AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE, I NEED
ALL THE HELP THAT I CAN GET, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THEN MY YOUNGEST SON WAS SO, SO UNDISCIPLINED.
I MEAN, I WAS HAPPIER WHEN HE GOT THROUGH SCHOOL THAN HE WAS.
I WAS JUST LIKE, OH MY GOSH, I FELT LIKE I HAD GRADUATED
BECAUSE I HONESTLY DIDN'T KNOW IF HE WAS GONNA MAKE IT.
I MEAN, I REALLY DIDN'T.
AND I MEAN, THERE WAS NO CONVERSATION AT ALL, NOT EVEN
A HINT, OF GOING TO COLLEGE.
I WAS NOT ABOUT TO GO THROUGH THAT ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.
AND SO, I WOULD JUST--I MEAN, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
WAS GONNA HAPPEN TO HIM.
I THOUGHT I MIGHT HAVE TO KEEP HIM THE REST OF MY LIFE.
AND NOW, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE HE DIDN'T DO WELL
WITH BOOKS, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, THE GUY IS A GENIUS WHEN IT
COMES TO TECHNOLOGY AND GOD'S GIVEN HIM A GIFT OF WISDOM.
AND SO, HE MANAGES ALL OF OUR MEDIA AND STATESIDE STUFF.
SO, LET ME JUST TELL YOU SOMETHING, DO NOT GIVE UP ON
YOUR KIDS, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THEN MY OTHER GIRL IS PRECIOUS TOO.
SHE'S GOT TWO TWIN DAUGHTERS, AND SHE'S STARTING TO DO SOME
TEACHING AND MINISTERS EVERY CHANCE THAT SHE GETS.
AND SO, I WANT TO PRAY FOR YOUR CHILDREN TODAY AND ANYBODY IN
YOUR FAMILY THAT YOU LOVE THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, BUT IT'S
NOT GONNA DO ME ONE BIT OF GOOD TO PRAY IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET
INTO AGREEMENT WITH GOD THAT YOU CANNOT CHANGE THEM.
HERE'S A STATEMENT I HEARD RECENTLY THAT I THINK IS WORTH
REPEATING HERE TODAY.
WE HAVE TO LEARN TO VALUE PEOPLE AS THEY ARE, NOT THE WAY
WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
BOY, IT'S SO EASY TO LOOK AT EVERYBODY'S FLAWS, AND THEIR
WEAKNESSES, AND THE THINGS ABOUT THEM THAT IRRITATE US.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US HAS PROBABLY GOT MORE JUNK IN OUR
LIFE THAN THE PEOPLE THAT WE JUDGE AND CRITICIZE.
AND SO, GOD'S MERCIFUL WITH US.
WE CAN BE MERCIFUL TOO, OKAY?
SO, I'M GONNA PRAY FOR YOUR KIDS AND YOUR LOVED ONES.
YOU GONNA AGREE WITH ME?
ALL RIGHT, WHY DON'T YOU STAND UP?
YOU NEED THE EXERCISE ANYWAY, I'M SURE SO.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: FATHER, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE
REPRESENTED IN THIS ROOM TODAY BUT MANY, MANY, MANY I KNOW, AND
MAYBE THERE'S EVEN PEOPLE HERE TODAY THAT DON'T HAVE CHILDREN
YET BUT THEY'RE GOING TO SOMEDAY AND HEARING THIS MESSAGE NOW CAN
KEEP THEM OUT OF TROUBLE LATER.
AND SO, I PRAY FOR EVERYBODY'S LOVED ONES, ANYBODY THEY'RE
CONCERNED ABOUT NO MATTER WHO IT IS AND IF THEY'RE NOT BORN
AGAIN, THEN WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD SEND THE PERFECT LABORER
INTO THEIR PATH AND SPEAK A WORD IN DUE SEASON TO THEM AND THAT
YOU WOULD BRING THEM TO A PLACE OF HUMILITY WHERE THEY WILL
RECEIVE YOU AND BE VERY GRACIOUS AND GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU IN
THEIR LIVES.
AND I PRAY FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE CHRISTIANS, THEY CLAIM TO BE
CHRISTIANS, BUT THEY'RE REALLY NOT WALKING THE WALK AND THEY
JUST REALLY NEED TO GET MORE COMMITTED TO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING
THEM TO DO.
WE PRAY FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT NEEDS YOU IN ANY WAY AND WE
THANK YOU, LORD, FOR WORKING IN LIFE AND DEALING WITH THEM.
AND I JUST PRAY THAT THEIR SIN WILL JUST BEGIN TO BE SO
TROUBLING TO THEM THAT THERE'S NO WAY THAT THEY CAN BE HAPPY IN
THEIR SINFUL LIFESTYLES, AND THAT THEY'RE GONNA WANT YOU WITH
ALL OF THEIR HEART.
AND WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL MEET THEM RIGHT WHERE THEY'RE AT
AND HELP THEM GET TO WHERE YOU WANT THEM TO BE.
WE THANK YOU FOR IT, FATHER, IN JESUS'S NAME, AMEN, AMEN.
MALE: I GET TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, NOT
BECAUSE OF ANYTHING I'VE DONE OR WHO I AM, BUT BECAUSE OF WHO
HE IS.
FEMALE: I'M STARTING TO EXPERIENCE ALL THE THINGS
HE DIED FOR.
MALE: IT'S SOMETHING REALLY THAT YOU FEEL AND IT'S IN YOUR
HEART AND WHEN YOU DO IT'S AMAZING.
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JOYCE: THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR THE WORD TODAY AND THIS
FINAL CLOSING SESSION.
AND I PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD ALWAYS HELP US REMEMBER THAT
YOUR POWER IS AVAILABLE TO US.
ALL WE NEED TO DO IS STEP INTO IT, TAP INTO IT, RELEASE IT,
BELIEVE IN IT.
AND TODAY AS WE APPROACH THIS FINAL SESSION, I PRAY THAT YOU
WOULD HELP US GET EVERYTHING YOU WANT US TO HAVE.
IN JESUS'S NAME, AMEN.
TODAY I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT INTERRUPTING SATAN'S PLAN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL HAS A PLAN, BUT WE HAVE
A SUREFIRE, SIMPLE WAY TO INTERRUPT HIS PLAN IF WE'RE JUST
DILIGENT IN USING IT.
LET'S GO TO MATTHEW 16.
NOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T BEEN HERE YET--LET'S
SEE, HOW MANY ARE HERE THIS IS YOUR FIRST SESSION?
OKAY, WELL, WE'RE CERTAINLY GLAD YOU JOINED US THIS MORNING
AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS WEEKEND ABOUT GOD'S POWER,
HOW TO RELEASE GOD'S POWER IN YOUR LIFE.
AND IT'S AVAILABLE TO US, THE BIBLE SAYS,
"BEHOLD, I'VE GIVEN YOU POWER AND AUTHORITY OVER ALL
THE POWER THE ENEMY POSSESSES."
HE HAS POWER BUT WE HAVE POWER AND AUTHORITY.
THAT'S GOOD NEWS, YOU SEE?
HE'S GOT POWER BUT NO MATTER HOW MUCH POWER YOU HAVE IF YOU DON'T
HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO USE IT, IT DOESN'T DO YOU MUCH GOOD.
SO, WE'VE GOT POWER AND AUTHORITY.
GOD'S POWER IS AMAZING.
PAUL PRAYED FOR THE CHURCH THAT THEY WOULD KNOW AND UNDERSTAND
THE POWER THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO THEM THROUGH CHRIST.
I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE A WEAK, WIMPY,
PITIFUL, PATHETIC, DISCOURAGED, DOWNTRODDEN, BARELY-GET-BY LIFE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT EVERY DAY OF OUR LIFE WE
CAN HAVE VICTORY OVER ANYTHING THE ENEMY TRIES TO BRING AGAINST
US IF WE STAY ALERT AND ACTIVE.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE DECEIVED BY SATAN, AND HE IS THE MASTER OF
DECEPTION AND THE FATHER OF LIES.
SO, WE NEED TO STAY MORE ALERT, MORE AGGRESSIVE, MORE AWAKE,
BE READY TO RESIST HIM AND COME AGAINST HIM AND KNOW WHO WE ARE
IN CHRIST JESUS.
DO YOU KNOW THAT WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST IS A DIFFERENT THING THAN
WHAT YOU DO?
WE REALLY NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEPARATE WHAT I CALL OUR WHO
AND OUR DO.
I DON'T DO EVERYTHING RIGHT, BUT I'M STILL A CHILD OF GOD.
I'M NOT WHERE I NEED TO BE BUT THANK GOD I'M NOT WHERE I
USED TO BE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I'M GROWING.
GOD SEES YOUR HEART.
HE'S NOT MAD AT YOU.
GOD IS NOT MAD AT YOU, AMEN.
HE LOVES YOU AND HE WANTS TO HELP YOU.
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS ASK HIM.
MATTHEW CHAPTER 16, JESUS WAS TALKING TO PETER AND HE SAID,
"PETER, YOU'RE A ROCK AND ON THIS ROCK--"
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ROCK OF PETER'S FAITH,
IF YOU READ PREVIOUS VERSES.
"I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH, AND THE GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT
PREVAIL AGAINST IT."
I LOVE THAT.
JESUS SAID, "I WILL HAVE MY WAY.
I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH, AND THE GATES OF HELL WILL
NOT PREVAIL AGAINST IT."
BUT GOD DOES WORK THROUGH PEOPLE.
IT SEEMS LIKE NO MATTER HOW BAD THINGS GET IN THE WORLD, GOD
ALWAYS HAS A REMNANT OF PEOPLE SOMEWHERE THAT WILL PRAY,
SOMEWHERE THAT WILL TAKE ACTION.
SOMEWHERE THERE'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WILL STAY HOOKED
INTO GOD, THAT WILL BELIEVE GOD, AND GOD WORKS THROUGH THOSE
PEOPLE.
AND THEN HE SAID TO PETER, VERSE 19,
"I WILL GIVE YOU THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN--"
AND YOU KNOW, KEYS REPRESENT AUTHORITY.
IF YOU GOT THE KEYS, YOU HAVE AUTHORITY.
WE HAVE ONE KEY IN OUR OFFICE THAT OPENS EVERY DOOR IN
THE PLACE AND THERE'S ONLY A VERY SMALL HANDFUL OF PEOPLE
THAT HAVE THAT KEY.
SO, THAT KIND OF SAYS WELL, THEY HAVE MORE AUTHORITY THAN OTHER
PEOPLE WHO HAVE SOME KEYS.
SO, KEYS DO REPRESENT AUTHORITY.
THEY REPRESENT POWER.
"I WILL GIVE YOU THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN;
AND WHATEVER YOU BIND," THAT MEANS TO TIE UP
AND DISABLE, "WHATEVER YOU (DECLARE TO BE IMPROPER AND
UNLAWFUL) ON EARTH MUST BE WHAT IS ALREADY BOUND IN HEAVEN;
AND WHATEVER YOU LOOSE (DECLARE LAWFUL) ON EARTH MUST BE WHAT IS
ALREADY LOOSED IN HEAVEN."
NOW, I LIKE THE AMPLIFIED VERSION OF THIS
BECAUSE THAT'S SCRIPTURE NOT SAYING I CAN GO AROUND
AND DO WHATEVER I WANT TO.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE SOMETHING, GET RID OF IT.
IF YOU DO LIKE IT, CALL FOR IT.
IT'S NOT THAT KIND OF AUTHORITY.
WHAT WE HAVE IS THE AUTHORITY TO ACT IN GOD'S BEHALF
ON THE EARTH.
WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE NAME OF JESUS BECAUSE WE
REPRESENT JESUS.
YOU KNOW, OCCASIONALLY I WILL TELL SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING
SOMEWHERE TO GET SOMETHING DONE, "IF YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE,
TELL THEM YOU WORK FOR ME AND THAT WILL OPEN SOME DOORS."
NOT THAT I'M ALL THAT BIG OF A THING, BUT I'VE GOT
A LITTLE BIT OF, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING.
AND SO, WHATEVER IT IS I GOT, I GOT A LITTLE BIT
OF SOMETHING.
AND THAT WILL OPEN SOME DOORS.
BUT MAN, WE HAVE GOT SOMETHING SO MUCH BIGGER THAN ANY
PERSON'S NAME.
WE HAVE GOT THE NAME OF JESUS ON OUR SIDE.
AND SO, WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY AS GOD'S REPRESENTATIVES.
I REALLY WISH THAT EVERY BELIEVER WOULD REALLY GET A DEEP
REVELATION THAT THEY ARE CHRIST REPRESENTATIVES IN THE EARTH AND
THAT GOD IS MAKING HIS APPEAL TO THE WORLD THROUGH US.
WE'RE IT.
CHRIST IN US, THE HOPE OF GLORY.
GOD NEEDS AND DESERVES TO BE GLORIFIED, AND HE HAS INVESTED
HIMSELF IN US AND GIVEN US HIS POWER, AND GIVEN US HIS NAME SO
WE CAN COME AGAINST ANY WICKED, EVIL INFLUENCE THAT TRIES TO
STOP OR HOLD BACK THE GROWTH OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BOY, WE NEED MORE EDUCATION ON WHO WE ARE AND WHAT
WE'RE HERE FOR.
IF GOD DIDN'T HAVE A PURPOSE FOR YOU AND I, THE MOMENT WE GOT
SAVED, HE WOULD HAVE JUST BEAMED US UP AND GOT US OUT OF HERE.
HE LEFT US HERE FOR A REASON AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT TO JUST KIND
OF TRY TO DRAG OURSELVES THROUGH LIFE, WAIT UNTIL WE GET TO
HEAVEN AND WE CAN BE BLESSED.
LOOKING FOR THE GOOD OLE GLORY DAYS.
WE DON'T HAVE THE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO DO WHATEVER
WE WANT TO BUT WHATEVER HEAVEN'S WILL IS, WE CAN LOOSE
THAT HERE IN THE EARTH.
AND IF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE EARTH IS NOT HEAVEN'S WILL, THEN
WE CAN BIND THAT ON THE EARTH AND NOT ALLOW IT, AMEN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, FAITH IS REQUIRED AND FAITH IS SOMETHING THAT GOD
PUTS IN ALL OF US.
UNTO EVERY MAN IS GIVEN THE MEASURE OF FAITH.
SO, YOU HAVE ENOUGH OF THE GOD KIND OF FAITH TO DO WHATEVER GOD
IS ASKING YOU TO DO AS YOUR PART IN HIS PLAN AND HIS ECONOMY.
I HAVE A GIFT OF FAITH TO DO WHAT I AM DOING, AND GOD GIVES
YOU ENOUGH FAITH TO DO WHAT HE WANTS YOU TO DO.
IF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD, GOD WILL GIVE YOU
THE FAITH TO RAISE THAT CHILD AND TO HAVE A HAPPY LIFE
IN THE MIDST OF IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IF YOU HAVE A DIFFICULT MARRIAGE BUT YOU KNOW
THAT GOD DOES NOT WANT YOU TO GIVE UP ON IT, YOU HAVE HOPE FOR
CHANGE, THEN YOU HAVE THE FAITH, THE POWER OF GOD, TO BE IN THAT
SITUATION AND BE HAPPY WHILE YOU'RE THERE.
I WASN'T ALL SO EASY TO GET ALONG WITH THE FIRST THREE,
FOUR YEARS DAVE AND I WERE MARRIED, BUT HE HAD THE FAITH.
HE KNEW THAT GOD COULD CHANGE ME.
AND HE DIDN'T TRY TO CHANGE ME NOR DID HE LET ME MAKE HIM
UNHAPPY, AND THAT WAS BIG.
STOP LETTING THE PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE THAT ARE MISERABLE MAKE YOU
MISERABLE.
COME ON, AND YOU'LL BE A MUCH GREATER WITNESS AND A TESTIMONY
TO THEM IF YOU MAINTAIN A CALM, PEACEFUL JOY.
DON'T JUST TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS, SHOW THEM JESUS.
I HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU AND EVERYONE WATCHING BY TV TODAY
THAT YOU CAN GET IT IN YOUR HEART THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH FAITH
AND POWER TO DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO IN LIFE.
SO, WE NEED TO GET RID OF THE "I CAN'T" WORD.
FROM NOW ON IT'S, "I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST
WHO IS MY STRENGTH."
"I CAN," NOT, "I CAN'T."
NOW, I BELIEVE, AND IT DOESN'T SAY THIS IN SCRIPTURE, BUT I
BELIEVE--AND I DON'T THINK I'M TAKING IT OUT OF CONTEXT TO SAY
THAT I BELIEVE THAT THOSE KEYS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US ARE
VARIOUS KINDS OF PRAYER.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BOY, LISTEN CHURCH, WE NEED TO LEARN TO PRAY
OUR WAY THROUGH THE DAY.
AND YOU GOTTA LOSE YOUR RELIGIOUS ATTITUDE ABOUT PRAYER
IF YOU'RE GONNA ACTUALLY MAKE PRAYER LIKE BREATHING.
PRAY WITHOUT CEASING.
WELL, HOW IN THE WORLD CAN YOU DO THAT?
PRAYER JUST BECOMES NATURAL LIKE BREATHING.
IT'S YOUR FIRST RESPONSE TO EVERY SITUATION.
YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT ASKING FOR GOD'S HELP.
EVERYTHING THAT GOD GIVES YOU, YOU IMMEDIATELY THANK HIM
AND PRAISE HIM FOR IT.
THERE'S DIFFERENT KINDS OF PRAYER THAT DO DIFFERENT KINDS
OF THINGS.
THERE'S A PRAYER PETITION WHERE I CAN ASK GOD FOR SOMETHING
THAT I NEED OR WANT.
THERE'S PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION WHICH MEANS I'M PRAYING
FOR SOMEONE ELSE.
THERE'S PRAYERS OF SURRENDER.
"YOUR WILL BE DONE, NOT MINE.
I SURRENDER MYSELF TO YOU.
I CAST MY CARE ON YOU."
THAT'S A PRAYER OF COMMITMENT.
I'M COMMITTING MY SITUATION TO GOD.
"I COMMIT THIS TO YOU, GOD.
I'M NOT GONNA WORRY ABOUT IT.
I'M NOT GONNA BE UPSET ABOUT IT.
THIS IS YOUR DEAL.
I TRUST YOU TO SOLVE IT AND FIX IT."
YOU GIVE IT TO GOD THROUGH THAT PRAYER OF COMMITMENT.
THERE'S A PRAYER OF PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING AND THAT SHOULD BE
A HEAVY PART OF OUR PRAYER LIFE.
PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING SHOULD ALWAYS OUTWEIGH PETITION.
AND THERE'S NO LIMIT ON WHAT YOU CAN ASK FOR.
BUT IF WE JUST THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING WE ALREADY
HAVE--BECAUSE YOU SEE THE BIBLE SAYS TO PRAY WITH THANKSGIVING,
WITH THANKSGIVING.
WHY SHOULD GOD GIVE US SOMETHING ELSE IF WE'RE ALREADY MURMURING
ABOUT WHAT WE'VE GOT?
WE NEED TO BE THANKFUL PEOPLE.
THEN THERE'S THE PRAYER OF AGREEMENT AND THAT MEANS THAT
TWO PEOPLE WHO AGREE ABOUT EVERYTHING.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN FIGHT ALL WEEK WITH YOUR SPOUSE
AND THEN NEED A MIRACLE ON SUNDAY AND SAY,
"LET'S AGREE ABOUT THIS."
COME ON NOW.
THE BIBLE SAYS, "IF ANY TWO OF YOU ON EARTH AGREE,"
AND THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE SAYS, "ABOUT ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING,
WHATEVER YOU ASK, IT SHALL BE DONE FOR YOU."
SO, IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT YOU PRAY WITH, MAKE IT SOMEBODY
YOU LOVE.
MAKE IT SOMEBODY YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THEM BEHIND THEIR
BACK, MAKE IT SOMEBODY YOU ADMIRE AND RESPECT, AND MAKE IT
SOMEBODY THAT YOU GET ALONG WITH AND LIVE IN AGREEMENT WITH AND,
BOY, WHEN THE TWO OF YOU COME TOGETHER AND YOU LOCK HANDS
AND YOU PRAY--
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THEN THERE IS UNITED PRAYER LIKE WE HAD HERE
LAST NIGHT WHERE THE THOUSANDS OF US AGREED TOGETHER ABOUT
SEVERAL THINGS.
AND BOY, IS THAT EXPONENTIALLY POWERFUL WHEN WE ALL PRAY
TOGETHER.
I BELIEVE THAT PRAYER IS THE WAY THAT WE INTERRUPT SATAN'S PLAN.
AND ACTUALLY, ALTHOUGH PRAYER IS SWEET, AND PEACEFUL,
AND BEAUTIFUL, I BELIEVE IT'S ONE OF THE MOST VIOLENT THINGS
THAT WE DO IN THE SPIRIT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHOUT TO BE VIOLENT WHEN YOU GET
IN THE SPIRIT.
YOU'RE JUST LIKE, "NO, I RESIST YOU.
I REBUKE YOU.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.
YOU'RE A LIAR.
GET BEHIND ME."
THAT'S HOW YOU RESIST THE ENEMY.
WHEN FEAR COMES AGAINST YOU, YOU KNOW THE WORD.
YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND SAY, "I WILL NOT FEAR.
GOD HAS NOT GIVEN ME A SPIRIT OF FEAR BUT OF POWER, AND LOVE,
AND A SOUND MIND."
FAITH IS IN US, BUT IT MUST BE RELEASED.
YOU UNDERSTAND ME?
IT'S NO GOOD TO SAY, "I'M A WOMAN OF FAITH
OR A MAN OF FAITH," IF YOU'RE NOT RELEASING YOUR FAITH.
YOU HAVE TO RELEASE IT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN RELEASE OUR FAITH IN THREE WAYS,
BY PRAYING, BY SAYING, AND BY TAKING GOD-INSPIRED ACTION.
BY PRAYING, BY SAYING.
THE CONFESSION OF YOUR MOUTH IS VERY POWERFUL, OR BY TAKING
GOD-INSPIRED ACTION.
WHEN YOU FOLLOW THE LEADERSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
YOU'RE RELEASING YOUR FAITH.
YOU'RE BELIEVING THAT GOD'S WAY IS GREATER THAN YOUR WAY AND
YOU'RE GONNA FOLLOW HIM AND DO WHAT HE SAYS TO DO EVEN THOUGH
MAYBE YOU DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND IT.
JOYCE: WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS THE ENEMY COMES ONLY TO KILL,
STEAL, AND DESTROY, BUT WITH GOD'S HELP, YOU CAN INTERRUPT
SATAN'S PLANS THROUGH PRAYER AND BY CONFESSING
THE WORD OF GOD OUT LOUD.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU A BOOK CALLED, "THE SECRET POWER
OF SPEAKING GOD'S WORD."
IT'S OUR GIFT EDITION AND PEOPLE JUST LOVE THIS BOOK.
IT'S A SIMPLE, PRACTICAL EXPLANATION OF HOW THE ENEMY
HATES TO HEAR THE WORD OF GOD COMING OUT OF OUR MOUTH AND HOW
IT JUST REALLY INTERRUPTS HIS PLAN.
GOD HAS AN AMAZING PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE SO YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY
AND START THAT AMAZING PLAN RIGHT NOW.
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.
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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.
FEMALE: AND I LOVE THAT MAGAZINE SHE SENDS OUT.
FEMALE: THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE FOR EVERYBODY.
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SUBSCRIBE AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG TO READ ENCOURAGING ARTICLES FROM
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FEMALE: READING THROUGH THE MAGAZINE CONFIRMS FOR ME
GOD'S AT WORK.
ANNOUNCER: WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED TODAY'S PROGRAM.
PLEASE CONTACT US OR VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG TO SHARE YOUR
PRAYER REQUESTS, SEE THE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE,
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