ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: MAYBE YOU'VE HAD A FEW FAILURES, BUT YOU NEED TO DIG
DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT DEEPER 'CAUSE YOU JUST CAN'T GET IT OUT
OF YOUR HEART.
MAYBE YOU NEED TO DIG DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AND TRY
ONE MORE TIME.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: I MENTIONED THIS MORNING THAT I HEARD A MAN THAT
I'VE BEEN WATCHING ONLINE WHO'S ACTUALLY PASSED AWAY
40 YEARS AGO, A GREAT POWERFUL PASTOR
AND BIBLE TEACHER NAMED MARTIN LLOYD JONES.
AND FIRST OF ALL, IT ENCOURAGED ME THAT 40 YEARS AFTER HE'S BEEN
GONE I'M LEARNING FROM HIM.
AND SO, IT GAVE ME ENCOURAGEMENT THAT EVEN AFTER I'M GONE,
MY LABOR WON'T BE WASTED, THAT PEOPLE CAN STILL BE READING
BOOKS AND HEARING MESSAGES, AND WE PROBABLY WILL TRY TO KEEP
MY PROGRAMS ON TELEVISION UNTIL IT'S OBVIOUS THAT I COULDN'T
POSSIBLY STILL BE AROUND 'CAUSE PEOPLE DIDN'T EVEN WEAR THOSE
KINDS OF CLOTHES YET OR, YOU KNOW, LOOK THAT WAY.
BUT HE SAID SOMETHING THAT REALLY STRUCK ME.
FIRST, HE'S AN EVANGELICAL AND HE ACTUALLY PASTORED IN ENGLAND
FOR A LONG TIME.
AND HE SAID, "THE GREATEST DEFICIT IN THE EVANGELICAL
CHURCH HAS BEEN A LACK OF TEACHING ABOUT THE DEVIL."
I THINK THAT'S INTERESTING.
I WENT TO CHURCH FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS, WAS
A BELIEVER, AND NEVER HEARD A MESSAGE ABOUT THE DEVIL, NEVER
HEARD A MESSAGE ABOUT HOW HE LIES TO US, HOW HE ATTACKS US,
AND THAT'S A SHAME.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE TALKING ABOUT THE DEVIL DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THE
MOST EXCITING THING IN THE WORLD BUT PEOPLE PERISH FOR LACK
OF KNOWLEDGE.
YOU KNOW, AND MANY TIMES YOU CAN BE FIGHTING WITH WHAT YOU THINK
IS YOUR ENEMY AND REALLY THAT'S NOT YOUR ENEMY AT ALL.
FOR EXAMPLE, DO YOU KNOW THAT ONE OF THE WAYS THAT SATAN
ATTACKS US IS THROUGH PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY REALLY LOVE US.
I MEAN, THEY REALLY DO, THEY LOVE US.
THEY DON'T REALIZE THAT MAYBE THEY'RE BEING USED BY THE ENEMY.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY'RE DOING ON PURPOSE, BUT THE ENEMY CAN
ACTUALLY COME THROUGH PEOPLE THAT REALLY CARE ABOUT US.
AND THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED BETWEEN JESUS AND PETER WHEN
JESUS WAS EXPRESSING TO HIM THAT IT WAS ABOUT TIME FOR HIM TO GO
TO JERUSALEM AND HOW MUCH HE WAS GONNA SUFFER THERE.
AND PETER SAID, "OH NO, LORD, THIS MUST NEVER HAPPEN TO YOU."
IT ACTUALLY SAYS THAT PETER REBUKED JESUS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF DUMB YOU HAVE TO BE TO REBUKE JESUS
BUT OBVIOUSLY PRETTY HIGH UP ON THE DUMB SCALE.
AND WHY DID PETER DO THAT?
WAS HE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT JESUS THAT HE DIDN'T WANT HIM TO
SUFFER, OR DID HE KIND OF HAVE IT ALREADY FIGURED OUT THAT
SINCE HE WAS PART OF THE GROUP, THAT IF JESUS WAS GONNA GO
SUFFER, THAT HE WAS PROBABLY GONNA GET IN ON A LITTLE OF IT.
A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE HURT US AND THEY DON'T EVEN REALIZE THAT
THEY ARE BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY JUST TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF
THEMSELVES OR THEY'RE TRYING TO GET YOU TO DO WHAT THEY WANT
TO DO.
YOU KNOW, WHEN GOD FIRST CALLED ME TO DO WHAT I'M DOING, IT WAS
UNHEARD OF, MOST UNPOPULAR, ESPECIALLY IN THE DENOMINATION
THAT I WAS IN AT THE TIME.
AND PEOPLE JUST THOUGHT I HAD LOST MY MIND.
TO BE HONEST, I LOST MOST OF MY FRIENDS, WAS OSTRACIZED BY
THE FAMILY, GOT ASKED TO LEAVE MY CHURCH.
IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME.
AND THOSE, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE PEOPLE STARTED OUT BY SAYING,
"NOW, WE LOVE YOU.
WE WANT YOU TO KNOW WE LOVE YOU."
AND HONESTLY, THEY REALLY TRULY DID FEEL LIKE I WAS WRONG
AND THAT I WAS MAKING A MISTAKE FOR MY LIFE, BUT THE ENEMY WAS
TRYING TO USE THEM.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WE WANT THEIR
APPROVAL, IT'S TO PEOPLE THAT WE CARE ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY DISAPPROVES OF YOU THAT YOU
DON'T CARE WHAT THEY THINK, IT'S EASY TO NOT LISTEN TO THEM
BUT WHEN IT'S SOMEBODY THAT YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT AND YOU WANT
THEIR APPROVAL AND THEN THAT'S THE PERSON THAT THE ENEMY TRIES
TO USE, IT GETS EXTRA HARD.
WELL, YOU KNOW, JESUS, HE RECOGNIZED THE SOURCE OF HIS
PROBLEMS A LOT BETTER THAN WE DO SOMETIMES.
HE WAS A LITTLE BIT QUICKER TO GET THINGS THAN WE ARE, AND HE
IMMEDIATELY TURNED TO PETER AND SAID, "GET THEE BEHIND ME,
SATAN.
YOU ARE AN OFFENSE, A HINDERANCE,
AND YOU'RE IN MY WAY."
THAT'S IN MATTHEW 16.
SO, WHAT WAS JESUS SAYING?
"YOU ARE BEING USED BY THE DEVIL TO TRY TO PREVENT ME FROM DOING
THE WILL OF GOD.
GET BEHIND ME."
NOW, I'M NOT RECOMMENDING THAT YOU LOOK AT YOUR FRIENDS
FACE TO FACE AND SAY, "GET BEHIND ME, SATAN."
THAT MIGHT NOT GO OVER TOO WELL BUT THE PRINCIPLE IS THE SAME
THAT WE NEED TO--WE REALLY NEED TO HEAR FROM GOD AND THAT
DOESN'T MEAN YOU NEVER LISTEN TO PEOPLE.
THERE'S POWER IN GODLY COUNSEL BUT WHEN IT ALL COMES RIGHT DOWN
TO IT, YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW YOUR HEART BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T,
YOU'RE GONNA ALWAYS WONDER WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF YOU WOULD
HAVE DONE THE THING THAT YOU FELT LIKE GOD WANTED YOU TO DO.
SO, WE WAR NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD.
YOUR FIGHT MAY NOT BE WITH WHO YOU THINK IT'S WITH.
WE WAR NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT PRINCIPALITIES
AND POWERS, AND WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES.
THIS DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A VERY PLEASANT SUBJECT, BUT THERE ARE
EVIL SPIRITS THAT ARE EVERYWHERE.
YOU CAN'T SEE THEM.
THEY DWELL IN THE ATMOSPHERE BETWEEN HERE AND HEAVEN,
AND THEY WILL DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING--NOW LISTEN TO ME,
THEY WILL DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN
POSSIBLY DO TO STEAL YOUR JOY, MAKE YOU MISERABLE, KEEP YOU
FROM KNOWING WHO YOU TRULY ARE IN CHRIST, AND KEEP YOU--LISTEN
TO ME, KEEP YOU FROM FULFILLING YOUR DESTINY.
ONE OF THE NUMBER-ONE TOOLS, IF NOT THE NUMBER-ONE TOOL,
THAT SATAN USES AGAINST PEOPLE, IS FEAR, FEELINGS OF FEAR.
SATAN ALWAYS OFFERS US THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT GOD REALLY
WANTS US TO HAVE AND GOD WANTS US TO HAVE FAITH.
WE RECEIVE EVERYTHING THAT WE RECEIVE FROM GOD BY FAITH,
BUT WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE FROM THE DEVIL BY FEAR.
AND SO, THE ONLY WAY TO OVERCOME FEAR IS BY FAITH.
AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD HAS NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF FEAR
BUT OF POWER, AND LOVE, AND A SOUND MIND.
AND THE AMPLIFIED SAYS AND A SPIRIT OF SELF-CONTROL.
I LOVE THAT.
NOW, JUST A LITTLE QUICK LESSON.
DIDN'T REALLY INTEND FOR IT TO BE PART OF MY MESSAGE,
BUT WE'RE GONNA JUST GO WITH THE SPIRIT TODAY.
FEAR IS A FEELING, IT'S A SPIRIT THAT CREATES FEELINGS,
AND THEY'RE FEELINGS THAT SOMETHING BAD'S GONNA HAPPEN.
YOU CAN SHAKE, YOU CAN TREMBLE, YOU CAN HAVE WILD AND GOOFY
THOUGHTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, FOR YEARS, I KEPT TRYING TO TEACH PEOPLE NOT TO
FEAR, AND GOD FINALLY GOT A MESSAGE ACROSS TO ME THAT HAS
HELPED ME SO MUCH AS WELL AS IT HAS HELPED LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE.
AND GOD NEVER REALLY IN ALL THE PLACES IN THE BIBLE THAT IT
SAYS, "FEAR NOT," I HAVEN'T COUNTED THEM BUT I HEARD
IT'S 365, ONE FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR.
WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS FEAR NOT, IT DOES NOT MEAN DON'T EVER
FEEL FEAR.
WHAT IT MEANS IS WHEN YOU FEEL FEAR, DON'T RUN, STAND FIRM
AND KEEP GOING FORWARD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COURAGE IS ACTUALLY FORWARD MOTION
IN THE PRESENCE OF FEAR.
I WAS SO AFRAID WHEN I FIRST STARTED STEPPING OUT IN THE
BEGINNING TO DO WHAT I'M DOING.
I WAS SO AFRAID WHEN GOD TOLD ME TO QUIT MY JOB, AND TRUST HIM,
AND START PREPARING FOR MINISTRY.
I WAS ACCUSTOM TO TAKING CARE OF MYSELF.
I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE THAT MUCH DEPENDENCE ON ANYBODY, BUT I
LOOK BACK NOW AND I THINK, WHAT WOULD I HAVE MISSED IF I WOULD
NOT HAVE TAKEN A CHANCE THAT I WAS RIGHT, TAKEN A CHANCE THAT
I WAS HEARING FROM GOD.
NOW I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT ANYBODY HERE BE FOOLISH AND DO
GOOFY THINGS OR THAT YOU DON'T HAVE WISDOM AND FORETHOUGHT, BUT
I AM STRONGLY SUGGESTING TODAY THAT YOU DON'T LET FEAR RULE
YOUR LIFE AND THAT YOU WILL--NOW LISTEN, THAT YOU WILL, IF NEED
BE, YOU'LL BE WILLING TO BE WRONG TO FIND OUT IF YOU
MIGHT BE RIGHT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON, I THINK MAYBE I WANT TO SAY THAT AGAIN.
BE WILLING TO BE WRONG JUST TO FIND OUT IF YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT JOEL FELT LIKE WHEN HE DECIDED TO GET THIS
BUILDING AND MAKE THIS A CHURCH.
I MEAN, WHO WOULD HAVE THE NERVE TO THINK THAT THEY COULD FILL
THIS PLACE?
I MEAN, IT SCARED ME FOR HIM JUST THINKING ABOUT IT SO I
CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE HOW SCARED HE WAS.
AND THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THOUGHT, THAT'S
NOT A WISE MOVE, THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING TO DO.
BUT HE WAS COURAGEOUS ENOUGH, COME ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, BEING A GOOD LEADER,
I'M JUST GONNA SAY IT REALLY PLAIN, TAKES A LOT OF GUTS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, IT JUST TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE, AND I RESPECT
PEOPLE WHO WILL STEP OUT AND GIVE IT A TRY.
I'D ACTUALLY RATHER TRY AND FAIL THAN TO LIVE MY LIFE IN SOME
LITTLE SAFE ZONE WHERE I'M SURE THAT I NEVER MAKE A MISTAKE
AND I NEVER LOOK BAD TO ANYBODY.
SO, KEEP IN MIND THAT EVERY TIME THAT YOU TRY TO MAKE ANY
PROGRESS IN YOUR LIFE, THE DEVIL IS GONNA TRY TO FIND A REASON TO
FRIGHTEN YOU AND A LOT OF THE FEAR TURNS INTO, "WELL,
WHAT ARE PEOPLE GONNA THINK?
WHAT ARE PEOPLE GONNA THINK?" I LOVE WHAT PAUL SAID
IN GALATIANS 1:10, "IF I WERE TRYING TO BE POPULAR WITH
PEOPLE, I WOULD NOT RIGHT NOW BE AN APOSTLE
OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST," AMEN.
WE ALL WANT TO BE LIKED, BUT IF POPULARITY WITH PEOPLE IS YOUR
NUMBER-ONE GOAL, YOU MIGHT AS WELL FORGET EVER DOING THE WILL
OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE IT JUST WON'T HAPPEN.
AND I THINK MAYBE GOD'S LEADING ME IN THIS DIRECTION FOR JUST
A LITTLE TINY MOMENT BECAUSE THERE'S SOME PEOPLE HERE TODAY
THAT YOU'RE STANDING ON THE BRINK OF TAKING A STEP THAT'S
GONNA LEAD YOU INTO AN AMAZING, AMAZING LIFE, INTO AN AMAZING
NEW CHAPTER OF YOUR LIFE.
AND THE DEVIL IS TRYING SO HARD TO TALK YOU OUT OF IT, AND DON'T
BE SURPRISED IF HE'S NOT USING PEOPLE THAT LOVE YOU THAT YOU
REALLY, REALLY NEED THEM TO BE FOR YOU.
DON'T LIVE YOUR LIFE IN FEAR.
DO IT AFRAID.
I TELL A STORY, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M RETELLING ONE YOU'VE HEARD
BUT I'LL MAKE IT QUICK.
I BELIEVED GOD TO GET A SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT FOR SOMEBODY TO ASK
ME TO COME TO THEIR SOMETHING AND SPEAK WHETHER IT WAS
A TWO-PERSON BIBLE STUDY OR--YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, I WANTED
SOMETHING BIG.
I HAD A BIG VISION AND FOR YEARS, I DID LITTLE STUFF,
LITTLE STUFF, LITTLE STUFF, LITTLE STUFF.
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE BELIEVING FOR BIG, LITTLE
DOESN'T GET YOU TOO EXCITED, AMEN?
BUT YOU CAN'T DESPISE THE DAY OF SMALL BEGINNINGS, THAT'S WHERE
YOUR FAITHFULNESS IS TESTED.
LONG STORY SHORT, I FINALLY GOT TWO SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
BACK TO BACK.
ONE WAS IN COLORADO, ONE WAS GONNA BE IN
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.
WELL, THE ONE IN COLORADO, I DON'T ALWAYS GET THE DETAILS
RIGHT AND SO DAVE, I APOLOGIZE AHEAD OF TIME IF THEY'RE NOT
RIGHT 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU'LL CORRECT ME SOON AS WE'RE GONE.
BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER WELL-KNOWN SPEAKER THAT WAS GONNA SPEAK
BEFORE ME AND SO I FELT PRETTY COOL ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I
THOUGHT I GOT A GUARANTEED CROWD.
YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY KNOWS HIM AND LIKES HIM SO THEN EVEN IF
THEY GET STUCK WITH ME, THEY'LL BE IN THE BUILDING.
WELL, SOMETHING HAPPENED AND HE HAD TO CANCEL AND IT JUST LEFT
ME THAT NOBODY KNEW.
AND I DON'T REMEMBER ALL THE DETAILS BUT I DO KNOW BY THE
TIME I LEFT THERE, I WANTED TO JUST GO STICK MY HEAD IN A HOLE
SOMEWHERE AND HIDE.
AND SO, THAT DIDN'T GIVE ME MUCH CONFIDENCE FOR THE NEXT PLACE I
WAS GOING SO BY THE TIME I GOT TO THAT PLACE, I WAS SO SCARED,
SO SCARED.
AND I REMEMBER THERE WERE 900 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.
IT WAS A WOMEN'S CONFERENCE IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA AND THE
ONLY REASON I GOT INVITED WAS BECAUSE A SPEAKER HAD CANCELLED
AND SOMEBODY THAT KNEW SOMEBODY THAT KNEW SOMEBODY THAT KNEW
SOMEBODY THAT KNEW ME.
SO, I WAS WAY DOWN THE LINE FROM ACTUALLY BEING THE CHOSEN ONE
THAT EVERYBODY WANTED TO COME.
AND OH MY GOSH, I GOT UP.
I PRAYED SO HARD.
I MEAN, I PRAYED.
I PRAYED, I PRAYED, I PRAYED, I PRAYED.
AND SO, OPENING NIGHT, IT WAS A FRIDAY NIGHT THING AND IT'S
SATURDAY, AND THE SPEAKERS WERE SITTING ON THE FRONT ROW.
AND EVERYBODY WAS SOMEBODY THAT EVERYBODY KNEW AND THEN THERE
WAS JOYCE.
I MEAN, EVERYBODY HAD A TITLE.
BISHOP THIS, REVEREND THAT, DOCTOR THIS, PASTOR SO AND SO,
AND JOYCE FROM FENTON, WHO NOBODY EVER HEARD OF.
AND SO, I HAD THIS BIG VISION FOR SELLING RECORDED MESSAGES.
IT WASN'T EVEN JUST ABOUT MAKING THE MONEY.
I FELT LIKE THAT GOD SAID, "YOU'RE GONNA GO ALL OVER THE
PLACE AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LARGE," BACK THEN CASSETTE TAPE,
"TEACHING TAPE MINISTRY."
WELL, THE THING THAT'S INTERESTING NOW IS WE ARE ON
TELEVISION IN TWO-THIRDS OF THE WORLD IN 93 LANGUAGES AND ALL
OF THOSE, ALL OF THOSE MESSAGES GO OUT DIGITAL.
SO YES, TURNS OUT TO BE NOT A TAPE LIKE OLD CASSETTE,
BUT EVERYTHING IS RECORDED AND TAPED.
AND SO, WE ALWAYS BROUGHT LOTS OF RESOURCES WITH US EVERYWHERE
THAT WE WENT.
WE BROUGHT ALL THESE CDS.
I DON'T THINK I'D EVEN WRITTEN ANY BOOKS YET BUT WE BROUGHT
ALL THESE CDS AND SO, DAVE WOULD LOAD EVERYTHING UP
AND CARRY IT IN.
AND HE'D SET IT UP, AND HE'D SELL IT, AND HE'D BREAK IT DOWN,
AND WE WERE QUITE A TEAM BACK THEN.
WE HAD ME, AND DAVE, AND ONE WORSHIP LEADER THAT
PLAYED A GUITAR, A PIANO, AND A DRUM MACHINE WITH HIS FOOT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: ACTUALLY, THE OTHER DAY I WATCHED OUR FOURTH, OUR
NUMBER FOUR TV PROGRAM THAT WENT ON THE AIR 24 YEARS AGO.
THEY COULDN'T FIND NUMBER ONE.
THEY GAVE ME THE SOONEST ONE THEY COULD HAVE AND IT
WAS SO PATHETIC.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, IF YOU COULD HAVE SEEN--WELL, ANYWAY, I CAN
ONLY WATCH A LITTLE BIT AND I THOUGHT, I CAN'T NOT BELIEVE
THAT I LOOKED THAT BAD.
'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, RECORDINGS BACK THEN, THEY JUST, THEY
WEREN'T THAT CLEAR.
AND SO, THAT NIGHT, FRIDAY NIGHT, THEY SAID, "WE WOULD LIKE
ALL THE WORKSHOP TEACHERS--" SEE, I WASN'T A MAIN SPEAKER.
I WAS TEACHING A WORKSHOP.
"AND WE'D LIKE THE WORKSHOP TEACHERS TO GET UP, TAKE THREE
OR FOUR MINUTES, AND TELL PEOPLE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO TEACH ON."
WELL, I MEAN I WAS SO SCARED AND I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUTH, WHEN
I GOT UP TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT I WAS GONNA TEACH ON AND I AM NOT
LYING, I WAS SO SCARED WHEN I OPENED MY MOUTH,
THE ONLY THING THAT CAME OUT WAS A LITTLE SQUEAK.
I HAD A CHOICE TO MAKE.
MAYBE SOME OF YOU ARE AT A PLACE RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU HAVE
A CHOICE TO MAKE.
I COULD EITHER RUN BACK TO FENTON LIKE THE DEVIL WAS
SCREAMING IN MY EARS TO DO.
"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE IN?
YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A FOOL OUT OF YOURSELF.
YOU JUST NEED TO PACK YOUR STUFF AND GO HOME.
YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED IN COLORADO.
IT'S GONNA BE WORSE HERE."
OR I KNEW THAT I COULD DIG DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AND TRY
ONE MORE TIME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON, SOMEBODY'S GETTING A WORD TODAY.
MAYBE YOU'VE HAD A FEW FAILURES, BUT YOU NEED TO DIG DOWN JUST
A LITTLE BIT DEEPER 'CAUSE YOU JUST CAN'T GET IT OUT OF YOUR
HEART.
MAYBE YOU NEED TO DIG DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AND TRY
ONE MORE TIME.
WELL, I TOLD HIM ABOUT MY WORKSHOP.
I REMEMBER I WAS TEACHING OUT OF GALATIANS 3:1 THROUGH 3 TALKING
ABOUT THAT WE COULDN'T BE PERFECTED BY THE WORKS OF
THE FLESH, THAT REALLY ONLY GOD COULD CHANGE US AS WE WALKED IN
FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM.
I DID MY LITTLE TEACHING AND THE PEOPLE RUSHED OUT OF THAT ROOM,
WHICH THERE WAS STANDING ROOM ONLY IN MY LITTLE ROOM ABOUT
400 PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, AND I'M TELLING YOU WHAT,
THEY BOUGHT EVERY CASSETTE TAPE.
THEY WOULD HAVE BROUGHT THE TABLECLOTH IF DAVE WOULD
HAVE SOLD IT TO THEM.
AND SO, I WENT HOME WITH A VICTORY AND THAT GAVE ME
A LITTLE BIT OF COURAGE FOR THE NEXT TIME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DON'T THINK THAT ANYBODY EVER GETS TO A PLACE OF
SUCCESS WITHOUT HAVING TO CONFRONT FEAR.
AND I'M NOT TRYING TO SPEAK FOR HIM OR FOR THE OSTEEN FAMILY,
BUT I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT THERE'VE BEEN MANY TIMES WHEN
THEY'VE HAD TO STAND UP TO FEAR AND SAY, "I'D RATHER--I'M
WILLING TO TAKE A CHANCE ON BEING WRONG IN ORDER TO FIND OUT
IF I'M RIGHT."
COME ON, GIVE GOD A PRAISE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, YOU ARE PART OF THE ARMY OF GOD.
WE LITERALLY ARE SOLDIERS IN THE ARMY OF GOD AND TO BE HONEST,
IF THE DEVIL'S NOT BOTHERING YOU'RE IN WORST CONDITION
THAN IF HE IS.
BECAUSE IF HE'S NOT BOTHERING YOU, THAT MEANS YOU'RE NOT
BOTHERING HIM.
COME ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU MIGHT AS WELL EXPECT TO HAVE TO FIGHT THE GOOD
FIGHT OF FAITH AT TIMES, WHICH MEANS EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAY
YOU BELIEVE WILL BE TESTED AT SOMETIME IN SOME WAY.
BUT THANKFULLY, WE HAVE WEAPONS.
WE HAVE ARMOR.
THE WORD, THE NAME, AND THE BLOOD ARE ALL WEAPONS.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN USE.
WHEN YOU--WHEN YOU'RE IN TROUBLE AND ALL YOU CAN SAY IS, "JESUS,"
IT'S POWERFUL.
REMEMBER THE POWER THAT'S IN THE BLOOD.
REMEMBER BACK UNDER THE OLD COVENANT
WHEN THE ANGEL OF DEATH WAS GONNA PASS OVER, AND GOD
TOLD THEM TO SLAY A LAMB, AND PUT THE BLOOD ON THE TOP AND
THE SIDES OF THEIR DOORFRAME, AND GET INSIDE, AND TAKE
THAT LAMB AND EAT IT.
TAKE IT INTO THEMSELVES AND THAT THE ANGEL OF DEATH WOULD HAVE
TO PASS OVER THEM.
WE NEED TO GO BACK TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LET GO OF
AND REMEMBER THERE'S POWER IN THE WORD OF GOD.
WHAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW IS POWERFUL.
IT'S PENETRATING BEYOND YOUR BRAIN AND GETTING INTO YOUR
SPIRIT.
AND AS YOU MEDITATE ON THIS, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WILL
SAVE YOU WHEN YOU'RE FIGHTING THOSE BATTLES IN THE MIDNIGHT
HOUR OF YOUR LIFE.
GOD HAS GIVEN US AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE OUR MIND RENEWED.
TALK TO YOU JUST FOR A MINUTE ABOUT TRUTH.
THE WORLD SAYS THERE IS NO ABSOLUTE TRUTH NOW.
EVERYTHING'S JUST RELATIVE TO WHAT'S GOING ON.
WHAT MIGHT BE TRUE FOR ME MIGHT NOT BE TRUE FOR YOU.
AND EXCUSE ME, I DON'T MEAN TO BE RUDE BUT THAT IS JUST DUMB.
I MEAN, HOW CAN YOU HAVE--HOW CAN ANYTHING BE TRUTH IF IT
KEEPS CHANGING ALL THE TIME?
AND SO, JESUS IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE.
AND I MAY NOT UNDERSTAND ALL OF IT.
I MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHY GOD DOES SOME THINGS THE WAY THAT HE
DOES THEM, BUT THIS IS THE TRUTH.
AND THE ONLY WAY WE'RE EVER GONNA REALLY KNOW WHEN
THE DEVIL'S LYING TO US IS IF WE TAKE THE TIME TO LEARN THE TRUTH
AND MAKE A DECISION.
IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE THIS DECISION, MAKE IT TODAY.
THIS TRUMPS EVERYTHING ELSE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO THE WORD.
SIN IS STILL SIN.
GOD HASN'T CHANGED HIS MIND BECAUSE WE'RE MORE MODERN NOW.
HE NEVER CHANGES, HIS TRUTH NEVER CHANGES.
JOYCE: WELL, IT'S FOR SURE WE DON'T KNOW WHY SOME THINGS
HAPPEN THE WAY THEY DO, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT GOD'S WORD NEVER
CHANGES AND ALL THINGS WILL WORK OUT FOR GOOD WHEN WE LOVE HIM
AND WANT HIS WILL IN OUR LIFE.
SO, BE DETERMINED TODAY TO FOCUS MORE ON WHAT YOU DO KNOW THAN ON
WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW AND IT WILL REALLY HELP YOU.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU FOUR TEACHINGS FROM A SERIES
CALLED "WINNING LIFE'S BATTLES."
FOUR HOURS OF TEACHING ON HOW TO BE A WINNER, THAT HAS TO BE
WORTH LISTENING TO.
AND THEN A BOOK, A SMALL BOOK, CALLED,
"LET GOD FIGHT YOUR BATTLES."
YOU CAN DISCOVER THE COURAGE TO RISE ABOVE THE UNKNOWN AND
RECEIVE EVERYTHING THAT GOD HAS STORED UP FOR YOU.
HE WANTS YOU TO HAVE VICTORY IN YOUR LIFE.
GOD BLESS YOU.
ANNOUNCER: HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE YOU'RE ALL ALONE, FIGHTING
LIFE'S BATTLES AGAINST SOMETHING YOU CAN'T SEE?
OR MAYBE YOU'RE EXPERIENCING DIFFICULT TIMES THAT ARE
SEEMINGLY TOO IMPOSSIBLE TO HANDLE.
BE ENCOURAGED, WITH GOD, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FACE LIFE'S TRIALS
ALONE.
HE IS MIGHTY AND ABLE TO HELP YOU TRIUMPH OVER ANY OBSTACLE
YOU FACE.
JOYCE SHARES HOW TO RELY ON GOD AND HIS POWER IN
HER TEACHING SERIES, "WINNING LIFE'S BATTLES,"
AND HER BOOK, "LET GOD FIGHT YOUR BATTLES."
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[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: WELL, I'M HERE IN SRI LANKA AND WITH ME ARE SOME
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS THAT HAVE VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO COME
HERE AND HELP HURTING PEOPLE.
AND IF YOU'RE A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL, A DOCTOR,
A DENTIST, A NURSE, PHARMACIST, A CHIROPRACTOR, PLEASE CONSIDER
VOLUNTEERING TO COME AND HELP PEOPLE WHO OTHERWISE WOULDN'T
HAVE ANY HELP.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK, IS THIS A GOOD THING TO DO?
ALL: YEAH!
[MUSIC]
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