ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: YOUR CHRISTIANITY WILL NEVER BE EXCITING TO YOU UNTIL
YOU LEARN TO HAVE THIS CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH GOD.
AND I'M JUST GONNA THROW THIS OUT.
YOU CAN BE AS CLOSE TO GOD AS YOU WANNA BE.
IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH TIME YOU'RE WILLING TO PUT INTO IT.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT
"DIVINE GUIDANCE" OR "HEARING GOD'S VOICE."
SO, I CAN'T TALK ABOUT MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
WITHOUT SAYIN', "AND GOD TOLD ME,"
"AND GOD SAID," AND YOU KNOW?
NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M HEARIN' AUDIBLE VOICES
ALL THE TIME, BUT THAT'S THE PROMISE
OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, THAT WE WILL HAVE
THE HOLY SPIRIT IN US.
JESUS SAID, "YOU'RE BETTER OFF IF I GO AWAY.
I'VE BEEN WITH YOU, BUT NOW I'M GONNA BE IN YOU
THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT."
AND IN JOHN 16, IT SAYS: "'I'M GIVING HIM TO YOU SO YOU CAN BE
IN CLOSE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
A CONVERSATIONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE GONNA SIT AND HAVE
A CONVERSATION WITH GOD LIKE YOU WOULD SOMEBODY
OVER A CUP OF COFFEE.
THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW GOD SPEAKS, BUT WE NEED TO LEARN
THAT GOD IS NOT JUST INTERESTED IN OUR 45-MINUTE TRIP TO CHURCH
ON SUNDAY MORNING.
HE WANTS INTO OUR WHOLE LIFE,
EVERY DAY, EVERYTHING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I JUST DOUBLE-DARE YOU TO INVITE GOD TO MESS
IN ANY AREA OF YOUR LIFE THAT HE WANTS TO.
COME ON, SOMEBODY'S AGREEIN'.
I'LL GO TALK TO YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "GOD, I INVITE YOU TO GET INVOLVED IN ANY AREA
OF MY LIFE THAT YOU WANT TO.
BUST DOWN THOSE DOORS THAT I'VE KEPT CLOSED TO YOU.
I GIVE YOU ACCESS TO MY THOUGHTS, MY FINANCES,
MY FRIENDS, MY ENTERTAINMENT, HOW I DRESS.
I WANT YOU TO DEAL WITH EVERYTHING IN ME THAT NEEDS
TO BE DEALT WITH SO I CAN BECOME MORE AND MORE LIKE YOU."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: ANYBODY?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHIN'?
AND I HONESTLY BELIEVE THIS.
I BELIEVE WHEN YOU HEAR PREACHING LIKE THIS,
I THINK IT EXCITES YOUR SPIRIT.
YOU CAN ALMOST SEE IT.
IT'S, LIKE, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH PART OF YOU--MAYBE YOUR FLESH
DOESN'T WANNA DO IT, OR IS AFRAID OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
SPIRITUALLY, YOU KNOW THAT IT'S RIGHT AND YOU GET EXCITED
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CREATED FOR, FOR CHRISTLIKENESS,
TO GROW AND TO BECOME MORE AND MORE AND MORE LIKE HIM
ALL THE TIME.
AWESOME, I LIKE THIS MESSAGE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, IF YOU'RE GONNA HEAR FROM GOD, THE FIRST THING
YOU NEED TO DO IS BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN HEAR FROM GOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, PROBABLY NOT IN HERE, YOU WOULDN'T EXPERIENCE
THIS, BUT IF YOU'RE WATCHIN' BY TELEVISION AND YOU'VE BEEN--
THIS IS SOMETHIN' NEW FOR YOU, HEARING FROM GOD.
YOU KNOW, I WENT TO A CHURCH FOR A LONG TIME
AND I NEVER HEARD FROM GOD.
OR IF I DID, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS HEARING.
I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW.
I WASN'T TAUGHT THAT.
MATTER OF FACT, IT ALMOST COMES ACROSS LIKE IT'S DANGEROUS
FOR PEOPLE TO THINK THAT THEY'RE HEARING FROM GOD.
ONE WOMAN SAID, "WHY IS IT THAT IF WE TALK TO GOD,
IT'S PRAYER, AND IF HE TALKS TO US, WE'RE PSYCHOTIC?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU GO AROUND TELLIN' PEOPLE THAT GOD TALKS TO YOU,
AND THEY'RE READY TO LOCK YOU UP.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE ALL THROUGH
THE BIBLE: "GOD SAID," "GOD SAID," "GOD SAID."
I MEAN, HE TALKED TO MOSES, TO JOSEPH, TO ABRAHAM, TO ISAAC,
TO JACOB.
YOU SAY, "YEAH, BUT NOW, AFTER THE RESURRECTION,
AREN'T THINGS DIFFERENT NOW?" WELL, HE TALKED TO SAUL,
WHO WAS LATER NAMED PAUL, AFTER THE RESURRECTION,
AND GOT HIM STRAIGHTENED OUT.
YOU CAN'T READ THE BOOK OF ACTS WITHOUT KNOWING THAT THESE
PEOPLE WERE IN COMMUNICATION WITH GOD IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.
AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHIN'.
YOUR CHRISTIANITY IS NEVER GONNA BE EXCITING TO YOU UNTIL YOU
LEARN HOW TO HEAR FROM GOD AND BE LED AND GUIDED
BY HIS VOICE IN YOUR LIFE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I'MMA SAY IT AGAIN.
YOUR CHRISTIANITY WILL NEVER BE EXCITING TO YOU UNTIL YOU LEARN
TO HAVE THIS CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH GOD, AND I'M JUST GONNA
THROW THIS OUT.
YOU CAN BE AS CLOSE TO GOD AS YOU WANNA BE.
IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH TIME YOU'RE WILLING TO PUT INTO IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: MMM, TIME.
YOU CAN'T HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH ANYBODY
WITHOUT TIME.
NOT YOUR KIDS, NOT THE PERSON YOU'RE MARRIED TO, NOT FRIENDS.
I MEAN, RELATIONSHIPS ARE BUILT ON TIME AND THROUGH BEIN'
INVOLVED IN EACH OTHER'S LIVES.
SO, THIS MEETING THAT I WAS IN, I'M TALKIN' ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
"GOD TOLD ME THIS, AND I FELT LIKE GOD SAID THIS," AND THE MAN
IN CHARGE GOT UP RIGHT BEHIND ME AND BASICALLY CORRECTED ME,
WHICH, THAT WAS FUN.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT THEN, IT WAS VERY THRILLING TO ME BECAUSE THE NEXT
SPEAKER THAT GOT UP WAS SOMEBODY WHO WAS A LITTLE MORE ACCEPTED
AND RESPECTED IN THOSE CIRCLES, AND HE TAUGHT A MESSAGE CALLED
"THE WHISPERS OF GOD," AND EVERYBODY LOVED IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IT'S THE SAME THING, IT'S JUST I DON'T--NOW, I DON'T
KNOW WHY PEOPLE GET ALL WIGGED OUT IF YOU SAY GOD TOLD YOU
SOMETHIN' OR HE SHOWED YOU SOMETHIN' OR HE PUT SOMETHIN'
IN YOUR HEART.
I THINK THERE'S WAYS THAT WE CAN SAY IT AND WAYS THAT WE
DON'T NEED TO SAY IT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE AROUND
PEOPLE THAT DON'T GET IT.
I WOULDN'T BE SAYIN' ALL THE TIME, "GOD TOLD ME THIS.
GOD TOLD ME THAT. GOD SAID THIS.
GOD SAID THAT."
I MEAN, I'VE KINDA LEARNED TO ADAPT THE LANGUAGE.
"I BELIEVE GOD PUT IN MY HEART," YOU KNOW?
OR, "I FEEL LIKE GOD'S LEADING ME TO," BECAUSE YOU REALLY CAN
DRIVE A LOT OF PEOPLE OFF USIN' SOME KINDA
SUPER-SPIRITUAL LANGUAGE THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND.
IT'S JUST GONNA MAKE 'EM THINK YOU'RE A NUTCASE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: EVERYBODY SAY: "I HEAR FROM GOD."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BECAUSE YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO HEAR FROM GOD UNTIL YOU
BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN.
SO YOU NEED TO STOP EVEN SAYING, "I'M AFRAID I'M NOT HEARING
FROM GOD," OR, "I DON'T THINK GOD TALKS TO ME."
GOD TALKS TO YOU.
YOU MAY HAVE NOT FIGURED OUT IT'S GOD YET.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT HE TALKS TO YOU.
I BELIEVE GOD'S TALKIN' TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, WHAT'S THE POINT IN ME BEIN' HERE IF I DON'T BELIEVE
THAT GOD IS SPEAKING TO YOU THROUGH ME?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, YOU SURE DON'T NEED TO HEAR FROM ME.
YOU NEED TO HEAR FROM GOD.
AND SO, REALLY, EVERY TIME YOU COME TO CHURCH, YOU NEED TO COME
WITH THE ATTITUDE THAT "GOD IS GONNA SPEAK TO ME TODAY.
GOD'S GONNA SAY SOMETHIN' TO ME TODAY, AND I'M NOT GONNA MISS
IT, AND I'M GONNA DO WHATEVER HE SAYS."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT'LL CHANGE THINGS.
"FAITH COMES BY HEARING, AND HEARING COMES
BY THE PREACHING OF THE WORD OF GOD
CONCERNING CHRIST."
NOW, BECAUSE OF THAT LOVE
FOR GOD AND HIS WORD, THAT WAS WHEN I STARTED FEELING
LIKE THAT GOD WAS SAYING THINGS TO ME, AND IT WAS, MAN,
IT WAS EXCITING BECAUSE IT WAS NEW FOR ME.
AND THE THING WAS THAT A LOT OF IT, I'D SAY MOST OF IT WAS
SIMPLE, EVERYDAY, PRACTICAL THINGS INVOLVED
IN MY EVERYDAY LIFE.
I REMEMBER, MATTER OF FACT, IT WAS ACTUALLY THE DAY THAT GOD
TOUCHED ME.
I BOWLED ON FRIDAY NIGHTS, AND IN A LEAGUE, AND I WAS
BOWLIN' SO BAD THAT NIGHT.
AND I FELT THE LORD SAY, "WELL, WHY DON'T YOU JUST ASK ME
TO HELP YOU?" AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, YOU
DON'T ASK GOD TO HELP YOU BOWL."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, THAT WASN'T THE KINDA THINGS YOU
BOTHERED GOD WITH.
I MEAN, THIS IS GOD.
YOU ONLY TAKE THE EMERGENCIES TO HIM.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT SEE, THAT'S OUR PROBLEM.
HE WANTS TO BE INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE
INVOLVED IN, EVERYTHING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT'S HOW YOU HAVE THIS RELATIONSHIP
AND THIS FELLOWSHIP, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE YOU
CAN'T HIDE ANYTHING FROM GOD ANYWAY.
HE ALREADY KNOWS EVERYTHING YOU'RE GONNA DO BEFORE YOU DO
IT, AND YOU SHOULD ASK HIM TO HELP YOU WITH ANYTHING
THAT YOU'RE HAVIN' AN ISSUE WITH.
I MET A WOMAN IN A STORE AND SHE WAS WORKING THERE, AND I
FOUND OUT SHE WAS A CHRISTIAN, AND SO I GOT CURIOUS ABOUT
HOW THEY'RE PAID.
I SAID, "DO YOU GET A SALARY?
ARE YOU ON COMMISSION?
HOW DOES THIS WORK HERE?" AND SHE SAID,
"WELL, WE'RE ACTUALLY ON SALARY, BUT WE HAVE TO MEET A QUOTA.
AND IF WE DON'T MEET THAT QUOTA, THEN WE COULD LOSE OUR JOBS."
AND SHE SAID, "THINGS HAVE BEEN KINDA SLOW FOR ME LATELY."
AND I SAID, "WELL, WHY DON'T YOU JUST PRAY THAT GOD'LL GIVE YOU
FAVOR, AND HE'LL SEND THE CUSTOMERS TO YOU?"
AND SHE SAID, "WELL, WOULD IT BE
RIGHT TO ASK GOD TO HELP ME
WITH SOMETHIN' LIKE THAT?"
NOW, SHE'D BEEN A CHRISTIAN 27 YEARS, AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW
THAT SHE COULD ASK GOD TO GIVE HER FAVOR AND SEND CUSTOMERS
HER WAY.
YOU'RE NOT TRYIN' TO TAKE SOMETHIN' AWAY
FROM SOMEBODY ELSE.
I MEAN, THEY COULD PRAY THE SAME PRAYER, BUT IF THEY DON'T KNOW
HOW TO, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU GOTTA SIT AROUND AND HAVE
NOTHIN'.
COME ON, YOU START ASKIN' GOD FOR FAVOR AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, I LOVE IT.
I TRUST GOD FOR FAVOR, AND I SEE SOME OF THE MOST, THE FUNNIES,
THE MOST AMUSING--IT'S LIKE A LITTLE WINK FROM GOD.
COME ON, "YOU HAVE NOT BECAUSE YOU ASK NOT."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU START ASKIN'.
"WELL, WHAT IF I ASK FOR THE WRONG THING?"
WELL, THEN, YOU WON'T GET IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: ANYWAY, SO I ASKED GOD, "OKAY, LORD, I ASK YOU
TO HELP ME BOWL," AND, MAN, I STARTED THROWIN' STRIKES
AND SPARES, AND IT WAS JUST, LIKE, "WHOA," YOU KNOW?
I REMEMBER GETTIN' SO EXCITED BACK THEN ABOUT HEARIN'
FROM GOD.
AND NOW, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HAVE THESE THINGS WHERE, "OH, GOD,
I NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU.
I NEED A WORD FROM YOU, GOD."
AND THEN I WOULD...
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW HOW WE DO.
AND THEN I'D DIVE AT MY BIBLE, AND...
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: [GASPING]
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND THEN I'D RUN TO DAVE.
"OH, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BELIEVE IT.
I ASKED GOD THIS, AND THIS IS WHAT HE SHOWED ME."
WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS EXCITING UNTIL I STARTED GETTIN'
STUFF LIKE, "OH, YOU WICKED SINNER, WOE BE UNTO YOU."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, YOU KNOW YOU'VE KINDA GONE TOO FAR WHEN
YOU GOTTA TAKE 12 TRIES TO TRY TO FIND SOMETHIN' THAT YOU--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON, ARE YOU HOME OUT THERE?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: TWELVE TRIES TRYIN' TO FIND SOMETHIN' THAT YOU
ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE.
WELL, WHY IS THAT?
WELL, WHEN YOU'RE A BABY CHRISTIAN AND GOD'S TRYIN'
TO PROVE HIMSELF TO YOU, HE'LL DO SOME OUTRAGEOUS THINGS.
BUT I SAID LAST NIGHT, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN TODAY,
THE LONGER YOU WALK WITH GOD, THE LESS OF THAT KINDA STUFF
YOU'RE GONNA GET.
YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE GOD EXPECTS US TO GROW UP AND MATURE AND TO, LISTEN,
TO KNOW HIS HEART AND JUST NOT TO HAVE TO BE TOLD EVERYTHING
TO DO AND NOT TO DO
BECAUSE AS YOU GET TO KNOW HIM, NO WONDER THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID,
"FOR MY DETERMINED PURPOSE IS TO KNOW HIM," TO KNOW HIM.
THAT NEEDS TO BE OUR NUMBER-ONE PURPOSE,
TO KNOW HIM, TO KNOW THE CHARACTER OF GOD, TO KNOW
WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM HIM, TO LEARN WHEN HE'S SPEAKING
TO US, OR HOW HE'S LEADING US, AND HOW HE'S GUIDING US.
SO I DON'T USE THAT ONE MUCH ANYMORE 'CAUSE IT ALWAYS JUST IS
A WASTE OF TIME ANYWAY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: JEREMIAH 33:3: "'CALL TO ME AND I WILL ANSWER YOU,
AND I WILL TELL YOU [AND EVEN SHOW YOU] GREAT AND MIGHTY
THINGS, [THINGS WHICH HAVE BEEN CONFINED AND HIDDEN], WHICH YOU
DO NOT KNOW AND UNDERSTAND AND CANNOT DISTINGUISH.'"
NOW, AS I SAID, GOD SPOKE
TO PEOPLE ALL OVER THE BIBLE.
SO, TO ACT LIKE IT'S NOT SOMETHING HE DOES, I JUST,
DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME AT ALL.
A GREAT MAN OF GOD WAS ASKED, MATTER OF FACT, IT WAS
DALLAS WILLARD, HOW HE LEARNED TO HEAR FROM GOD, AND HE SAID,
"THROUGH MAKIN' A LOT OF MISTAKES."
SO, HERE'S THE THING.
HEARING FROM GOD IS A LEARNING PROCESS.
AND IF YOU'RE EVER GOING TO LEARN TO HAVE THE KINDA
COMMUNICATION WITH THE LORD THAT I'M TALKING TO YOU ABOUT
RIGHT NOW, NUMBER ONE, YOU HAVE TO REALIZE YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS
GONNA BE RIGHT.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE NOT RIGHT, DON'T LET IT FRIGHTEN YOU TO THINK,
"WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GONNA GET MYSELF IN TROUBLE IF I
KEEP THAT UP."
THE LONGER YOU WORK WITH GOD, AND THE MORE YOU
GET TO KNOW HIM, THE MORE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DISCERN
IF WHAT YOU THINK YOU'RE HEARING IS ACTUALLY RIGHT.
AND THE MORE YOU KNOW THE WORD OF GOD ESPECIALLY,
THE MORE YOU CAN JUDGE WHAT YOU THINK YOU'RE HEARING OR FEELING
BY THE WORD.
AND I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK GOD IS SAYING, IF IT
DOESN'T LINE UP WITH THE WORD, THEN IT'S NOT GOD, OKAY?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: TRUST GOD TO SPEAK TO YOU MORE THAN YOU TRUST
YOURSELF TO HEAR FROM HIM.
NOW, A COUPLE OF YOU GOT THAT, BUT THAT WAS SOMETHIN'
THAT REALLY HELPED ME 'CAUSE I USED TO TRY TO HEAR FROM GOD,
AND TRY TO HEAR FROM GOD, AND TRY TO HEAR FROM GOD.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET INTO ONE OF THOSE MODES, YOU
JUST GET YOURSELF SO CONFUSED.
AND ACTUALLY, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DEVIL
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU AND TRY TO DECEIVE YOU.
AND SO, THE LORD JUST PUT ON MY HEART, HE SAID,
"INSTEAD OF TRUSTING YOURSELF TO HEAR FROM ME,
TRUST ME TO SPEAK TO YOU."
'CAUSE, YOU SEE, WHEN GOD SPEAKS, HE HAS HIS WAYS
OF MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT IT'S HIM.
SO, SOME OF YOU CAN TAKE A LOT OF PRESSURE OFF YOURSELF RIGHT
NOW AND SAY, "INSTEAD OF THIS TRYING TO HEAR FROM GOD, WHEN I
NEED TO KNOW SOMETHIN', GOD, I'M GONNA ASK YOU, AND I'M GONNA
EXPECT YOU AND EVEN THANK YOU ON A DAILY BASIS THAT YOU ARE
SPEAKING TO ME AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME IN JUST THE RIGHT WAY,
AND YOU WILL MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT CONFUSED AND THAT I
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE REALLY SAYING."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DON'T HAVE A PRECONCEIVED IDEA
OF HOW GOD WILL SPEAK 'CAUSE HE'LL SURPRISE YOU.
JUST AS SOON AS YOU THINK YOU GOT IT FIGURED OUT ONE WAY, HE'S
GONNA DO SOMETHIN' DIFFERENT.
HAVE A HEART THAT'S READY TO OBEY WHATEVER GOD MIGHT SAY.
YOU CAN'T HEAR FROM GOD IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
SELECTIVE HEARING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THAT MEANS, "I DON'T LIKE THAT, SO THAT'S NOT GOD."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "WELL, I LIKE THIS ONE, SO THAT IS GOD," AMEN?
AUDIENCE: AMEN.
JOYCE: IF GOD ISN'T SPEAKING TO YOU, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA
TO ASK YOU IF YOU DID THE LAST THING HE TOLD YOU TO DO.
COME ON, RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST MAKIN' SOME COMMENTS, THINGS
I'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS.
THIS AFTERNOON, WE'RE GONNA GET INTO SOME MORE OF THE SPECIFICS
OF HOW GOD SPEAKS AND HOW YOU CAN HEAR, BUT ALL
OF THESE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT.
FOR EXAMPLE, ARE YOU TRYING TO HEAR FROM GOD ABOUT SOMETHIN'
REALLY IMPORTANT IN YOUR LIFE, BUT YOU'RE MAD AT SOMEBODY?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU'RE NOT GONNA HEAR LIKE THAT, BECAUSE YOU
GOTTA HEAR FROM THE INSIDE.
AND IF YOU'RE SOUL'S ALL BLOCKED UP WITH BITTERNESS,
AND RESENTMENT, ANGER, AND STRIFE, AND UNFORGIVENESS,
YOU'RE NOT GONNA HEAR GOD.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THE CHURCH NEEDS TO DO,
IT NEED TO GET OVER BEIN' MAD AT SOMEBODY ALL THE TIME,
COME ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHO ARE YOU MAD AT?
AMEN.
I DIDN'T HEAR ALL THAT, BUT IT SOUNDED GOOD.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO BE ABLE TO THINK FOR A MOMENT
IN THE MORNING AND BE ABLE TO SAY TO GOD,
"AS FAR AS I KNOW, GOD, I'M NOT ANGRY AT ANYBODY.
I DON'T HAVE ANY STRIFE IN MY HEART.
I DON'T HAVE ANY UNFORGIVENESS."
I THINK WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO START EVERY DAY LIKE THAT
BECAUSE IF YOU EXPECT TO HAVE THAT KINDA FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD,
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT YOU JUST CAN'T HAVE IN YOUR HEART.
DOES EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND ME?
OKAY, AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THERE'S PROBABLY
MORE PEOPLE IN HERE TODAY, AND CERTAINLY MORE WATCHIN'
BY TV THAT THERE IS SOMEBODY IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU
NEED TO FORGIVE.
THERE'S PROBABLY MORE PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN HERE
THAN THOSE WHO CAN SAY, "I'M NOT MAD AT ANYBODY."
HMM, THERE'S THAT QUIET THING AGAIN.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OKAY, HOW CAN I KNOW WHAT GOD'S WILL IS FOR MY LIFE?
WELL, THAT'S THE BIG ONE, ISN'T IT?
"WHAT DOES GOD WANT ME TO DO?" THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GONNA FIND
OUT IS TO STEP OUT AND TRY STUFF.
IT'S SO EASY TO FIND OUT WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO WITH YOUR LIFE,
AND PEOPLE FRET OVER THAT, AND THEY SWEAT OVER THAT.
THEY JUST--JOHN OSTEEN, GREAT MAN OF GOD THAT'S GONE HOME
TO BE WITH THE LORD, A MISSIONARY WENT TO HIM
ONE TIME AND SAID, "I'M SO CONFUSED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I KNOW I'M CALLED TO THE MISSION FIELD, BUT I
DON'T WHETHER TO GO TO MEXICO.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO GO TO INDIA.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO GO TO AFRICA."
AND HE JUST HAD HIMSELF IN A DITHER BECAUSE HE
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
AND JOHN SAID, "WELL, DO SOMETHIN', BROTHER,
LEST YOU DO NOTHIN'."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES, WE GET OURSELVES
SO CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT IT IS WE THINK WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO
THAT WE DON'T END UP DOING ANYTHING EXCEPT BEIN' CONFUSED.
YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, GOD'S NOT GONNA GIVE YOU
SOMETHIN' TO DO THAT YOU HATE.
NOW, HE MAY GIVE YOU SOMETHIN' TO DO THAT YOU'D PREFER
NOT TO DO, BUT YOUR GIFTING IS GONNA FIT WHATEVER IT IS
THAT GOD GIVES YOU TO DO.
HE DOESN'T DELIGHT IN SETTING PEOPLE UP FOR FAILURE.
AND SO, WHEN I FELT LIKE GOD PUT A CALL ON MY LIFE, I OBVIOUSLY
WASN'T GONNA GO FROM MAKING THAT BED I WAS MAKIN' WHEN GOD SPOKE
TO ME TO HAVIN' A WORLDWIDE MINISTRY, AND I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO.
AND SO, I STARTED JUST, ANY OPPORTUNITY
AT MY CHURCH, I'D TAKE IT.
WELL, IT TOOK ABOUT TWO WEEKS FOR ME AND THE KIDS TO KNOW I
WASN'T CALLED TO NURSERY WORK.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WE ALL KNEW IT.
THAT WAS NOT MY GIFT.
TO BE HONEST, I'M NOT CALLED TO THE HELPS MINISTRY.
I HAVE A GIFT FOR GETTING YOU TO HELP ME.
I DO, I CAN MOTIVATE PEOPLE.
I CAN GET 'EM ON BOARD AND GET 'EM TO HELP ME WITH STUFF.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SPILL SOMETHIN' IN THE FRONT ROW,
I'M NOT GONNA BE THE ONE THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA JUMP DOWN THERE
AND CLEAN IT UP, BUT I MIGHT SAY...
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I'M GOOD AT THAT PART.
I CAN GET IT DONE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HEY, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHIN'.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH KNOWING YOURSELF.
COME ON, YOU NEED TO KNOW YOURSELF AND STOP TRYING
TO FIT YOURSELF INTO SOMEBODY ELSE'S BOX.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE SOMEBODY ELSE.
YOU GOTTA BE YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT GIFTS
BECAUSE WE'RE ALL NEEDED.
WE'RE ALL PART OF A BODY THAT'S SUPPOSED TO FUNCTION TOGETHER.
BUT WE CAN'T BE JEALOUS OF EACH OTHER AND RESENTFUL
AND ENVIOUS AND COMPETING AND IN COMPETITION.
YOU GOTTA FIND OUT WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO,
AND THEN GET ABOUT DOIN' IT.
I TRIED STREET EVANGELISM BECAUSE OUR CHURCH WAS
REALLY BIG INTO PASSIN' OUT TRACTS ON THE STREET.
AND I WOULD GO DOWN, DAVE AND I
AND OUR KIDS, SATURDAY MORNING IN ST. LOUIS IN THE WINTER,
PASSIN' OUT TRACTS, AND PEOPLE WOULD CUSS YA,
AND SLAP 'EM OUT OF YOUR HANDS.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I DID NOT LIKE IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU GO THROUGH ALL THE STUFF
THE DEVIL HAS YOU GO THROUGH.
"WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST--YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THESE
PEOPLE THAT ARE GOIN' TO HELL.
YOU DON'T--YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO BE EMBARRASSED.
YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD TALK TO ANYBODY."
YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S NOT MY GIFT.
I MEAN, I'VE BEEN WITH PEOPLE THAT COULD GET ON THE ELEVATOR
WITH SOMEBODY AND HAVE 'EM SAVED BY THE TIME THEY GET
TO THEIR FLOOR.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BUT THEY DO WELL IF I SPEAK TO 'EM BECAUSE THAT'S
JUST, THAT'S NOT ME, AND THAT'S OKAY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE IS.
YOU KNOW WHAT A RELIEF THAT COULD BE IF YOU
WOULD BELIEVE ME TODAY?
"WELL, AREN'T I SUPPOSED TO WITNESS?"
YES, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO WITNESS, BUT EVERYBODY--GOD USES
EVERYBODY IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
THAT'S WHY I TELL PEOPLE A LOT, "WITNESS ALL THE TIME, BUT USE
WORDS ONLY WHEN NECESSARY."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IN OTHER WORDS, SHOW THE LOVE OF CHRIST TO PEOPLE,
AND THEN THEY CAN'T DENY WHAT GOD'S WANTING TO DO
IN YOUR LIFE.
JOYCE: WELL, GOD WANTS TO GUIDE YOU THROUGH EVERY DAY
OF YOUR LIFE.
I SUGGEST THAT YOU BEGIN BY BELIEVING THAT YOU CAN HEAR
FROM GOD, AND ALSO BE WILLING TO DO WHAT HE SAYS FOR YOU
TO DO.
HOW TO HEAR FROM GOD IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL
HAVE TO LEARN, AND WE LEARN IT THROUGH STUDY, AND WE ALSO LEARN
IT THROUGH EXPERIENCE.
AND SO I'M OFFERING YOU TODAY "HOW TO HEAR FROM GOD,"
A BOOK THAT I'VE WRITTEN, AND FOUR AUDIO TEACHINGS.
NOW, STAY WITH ME, AND I'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT SOMETHING IMPORTANT.
BUT DON'T FORGET, THESE RESOURCES ARE IMPORTANT,
AND I BELIEVE IF YOU REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM GOD,
YOU REALLY WANNA KNOW THAT HE'S GUIDING YOU, THEN YOU'LL BE
WILLING TO PUT SOME EFFORT INTO STUDYING THIS SUBJECT
AND LEARNING ALL THAT YOU CAN.
ANNOUNCER: GOD WANTS TO SPEAK TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.
WE SIMPLY NEED TO LEARN HOW TO LISTEN,
AND JOYCE WANTS TO HELP.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING THIS "HOW TO HEAR FROM GOD" BOOK.
THROUGH PERSONAL AND BIBLICAL EXAMPLES, JOYCE WILL HELP YOU
UNDERSTAND HOW EASY IT IS TO HEAR FROM THE LORD.
AND IN HER FOUR-PART TEACHING SERIES, "HOW TO HEAR FROM GOD,"
JOYCE EXPLAINS HOW TO DEVELOP A SPECIAL AWARENESS
TO THE DIFFERENT WAYS GOD SPEAKS.
THESE RESOURCES CAN BE YOURS FOR A GIFT OF...OR MORE.
CALL US...OR VISIT US AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
JOYCE: WELL, HERE AT JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES,
OUR MISSION IS TO SHARE CHRIST AND LOVE PEOPLE
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
AND I HOPE AND PRAY THAT THE MINISTRY
HAS HELPED YOU.
AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER BECOMING
A REGULAR FINANCIAL PARTNER
WITH OUR MINISTRY.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THAT ANYBODY CAN DO
BY THEMSELVES.
BUT THE MORE WE GET TOGETHER, THE MORE POWERFUL WE BECOME.
AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU WANNA BE PART OF SOMETHING BIG.
I BELIEVE YOU WANNA BE PART OF SOMETHING THAT'S HELPING
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
IF YOU HAVE CHRIST IN YOUR HEART, THEN YOU HAVE
A DESIRE TO HELP PEOPLE.
IT'S JUST THERE.
BUT YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO, OR YOU MAY NOT FEEL THAT WHAT
YOU COULD DO WOULD BE ENOUGH.
BUT YOU CAN GET INVOLVED WITH OUR MINISTRY,
AND AS A PARTNER WITH US, YOU WILL LITERALLY BE DOING
WORKS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
SO, YOU CAN GET ONLINE TO GET INFORMATION.
YOU CAN CALL US TO GET INFORMATION.
BUT I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO JUST PRAY ABOUT IT.
IF YOU HAVE A DESIRE TO BE A PARTNER WITH US,
OR MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING GOD'S BEEN PUTTING ON YOUR HEART
FOR A LONG TIME AND YOU'VE JUST BEEN PUTTING IT OFF, WELL,
TODAY IS A DAY TO TAKE ACTION.
DON'T PROCRASTINATE ANYMORE.
YOU CAN BE A BLESSING TO US, AND I BELIEVE YOUR PARTNERSHIP
WITH US WILL BE A GREAT BLESSING TO YOU ALSO, THANK YOU.
ANNOUNCER: THE LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE IS SOLD OUT,
BUT DON'T WORRY, YOU CAN STILL JOIN US, AND FROM THE COMFORT
OF YOUR OWN HOME.
SIGN UP FOR THE 2018 LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE LIVE STREAM.
HEAR POWERFUL MESSAGES BY JOYCE MEYER, PRISCILLA SHIRER,
LISA HARPER, AND SARAH JAKES ROBERTS.
WORSHIP WITH ELEVATION WORSHIP AND NATALIE GRANT.
REGISTER TODAY FOR THE 2018 LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE
LIVE STREAM.
VISIT US AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG/WCLIVE.
ANNOUNCER: SO, THE BIBLE IS GOD'S MANUAL TO HELP US NAVIGATE
LIFE, BUT LIFE OFTEN GETS IN THE WAY OF KNOWING THE BIBLE:
FINDING THE TIME, KNOWING WHERE TO BEGIN, AND DISCOVERING
WHAT THIS ALL MEANS TO YOU.
WE UNDERSTAND, AND WE'D LIKE TO HELP.
AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG/STUDY, YOU'LL FIND FREE RESOURCES TO HELP YOU
GET MORE OUT OF THE BIBLE, WHETHER YOU'RE A NEW CHRISTIAN
OR HAVE BEEN WALKING WITH CHRIST FOR YEARS, SO JUMP IN TODAY.
THE WORD, IT'S FREE, IT'S MOBILE, AND IT'S TAILORED
FOR YOU AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
FEMALE: AND I LOVE THAT MAGAZINE SHE SENDS OUT.
FEMALE: THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE FOR EVERYBODY.
ANNOUNCER: THE "ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE"
MAGAZINE IS FREE.
SUBSCRIBE AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG TO READ ENCOURAGING ARTICLES
FROM JOYCE AND MUCH MORE.
FEMALE: READING THROUGH THE MAGAZINE CONFIRMS
FOR ME THAT GOD'S AT WORK.
ANNOUNCER: WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED TODAY'S PROGRAM.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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