ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: SOMETIMES THE VERY THINGS THAT GOD USES THE MOST
ARE THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO YOU THAT ARE SO BAD
AND SO PAINFUL AND SO UNFAIR, BUT THEY HELP MAKE YOU
THE PERSON THAT YOU ARE.
AND I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING, IF THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE,
THEY GIVE YOU A BOATLOAD FULL OF COMPASSION FOR OTHER PEOPLE
THAT ARE HURTING.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF MY TESTIMONY, I GUESS,
PROBABLY SOME YOU HAVEN'T, BUT I'M NOT GONNA RETELL IT
AGAIN ABOUT THE SEXUAL ABUSE FROM MY DAD, BUT IT WAS LONG,
LONG, LONG, LONG TIME, LOTS OF YEARS, NOT AN OCCASIONAL
THING, ALL THE TIME WAS AN AWFUL, AWFUL, AWFUL MESS.
AND SO, I WAS PRETTY BROKEN BY THE TIME I LEFT HOME.
AND I LIKE TO TELL THIS BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THIS.
I THOUGHT WHEN I LEFT HOME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS OVER.
I THOUGHT I LEFT THE PROBLEM, BUT THE THING WAS,
I TOOK IT WITH ME IN MY SOUL.
I GOT AWAY FROM BEING ABUSED ANYMORE, BUT I STILL HAD
THE MESS INSIDE OF ME.
AND I LOOKED OKAY ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT, BOY, WAS I
MESSED UP INSIDE.
AND THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE EVEN IN THE CHURCH LIKE THAT
BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE TURN TO GOD BECAUSE THEY ARE HURTING,
AND THEN WE JUST KIND OF GET TOGETHER IN OUR CHURCHES
AND JUST HURT EACH OTHER AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO LEARN
TO LET PEOPLE HEAL, AND TO LET PEOPLE BE HONEST, AND TO LET
PEOPLE TALK WITHOUT JUDGING THEM AND TO NOT TELL THEIR SECRETS,
TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO WHAT SOMEBODY SAYS AND NOT GO
BLABBING IT EVERYWHERE, AMEN?
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TRUST PEOPLE.
BUT SO I LEFT HOME AND I MARRIED THE FIRST GUY THAT SHOWED
ANY INTEREST IN ME BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID THAT NOBODY
WOULD EVER WANT ME.
AND THIS IS THE PART OF THE STORY
THAT FOR SOME REASON, I DON'T REALLY EVER TELL.
IT'S NOT THAT I MIND TO TELL ANYTHING AS YOU KNOW.
I'LL TELL MY BUSINESS, YOURS, AND, YOU KNOW?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I TELL DAVE IF I WASN'T MARRIED TO HIM,
I COULDN'T EVEN PREACH.
I TELL HIS STUFF ALL THE TIME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SO, I MARRIED THIS FIRST GUY THAT CAME ALONG,
AND HE SAID HE LOVED ME, NEITHER ONE OF US KNEW
WHAT LOVE WAS.
HE HAD PROBABLY MORE PROBLEMS THAN ME, IF THAT WAS POSSIBLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WITH PROBLEMS VERY OFTEN MARRY
OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE ALL MESSED UP.
AND SO, HE WAS A CAR SALESMAN, AND BACK THEN, I DON'T KNOW
IF THEY STILL DO THIS OR NOT, BUT IF SOMEBODY BOUGHT A CAR
AND THEY HAD ONE LIKE THEY WANTED IT IN ANOTHER STATE,
THEY WOULD PAY SOMEBODY FROM THERE TO DRIVE THAT CAR
TO WHERE THE PERSON WAS.
I DON'T KNOW NOW IF THEY JUST TRUCK EVERYTHING AROUND,
BUT HE WAS GONNA DRIVE A CAR TO ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: WHOO!
JOYCE: AND HE WAS GONNA--YAY.
AND THEN WE WERE GONNA LIVE THERE AND HE WAS GONNA WORK
AS A CAR SALESMAN THERE.
SO, WE DROVE THIS CAR TO ALBUQUERQUE,
AND AFTER 30 DAYS, HE JUST DIDN'T COME HOME
ONE NIGHT.
WE WERE ACTUALLY LIVING IN A MOTEL AND HE JUST DIDN'T
COME HOME, JUST LEFT ME THERE, 18, LEFT IN ALBUQUERQUE,
NO MONEY.
WHAT AM I GONNA DO NOW?
SO, I DIDN'T WANT TO CALL MY DAD AND ASK FOR HELP 'CAUSE I KNEW
WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN, AND SO I FINALLY FOUND A FRIEND THAT SENT
ME $75 TO BUY A BUS TICKET AND HAD TO LEAVE MOST OF WHAT I
HAD, WHICH REALLY WASN'T ANYTHING ANYWAY,
AND CAME BACK HOME.
WELL, I WAS JUST DUMB AND SO EVERY TIME HE WOULD COME BACK
AND TELL ME HE WAS SORRY, I'D TAKE HIM BACK.
COME ON, WE GOT ANY OTHER DUMB WOMEN IN HERE?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: EVERY TIME--COME ON, I MEAN I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU
HOW MANY TIMES I DID THAT.
HE'D COME BACK, "OH, I LOVE YOU, I MISSED YOU SO MUCH.
I WAS SO WRONG AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS AT A BAR THE OTHER NIGHT
AND I HEARD THEM PLAYING THIS SONG AND IT REMINDED ME
OF YOU.
AND I REALIZED HOW MUCH I MISSED YOU."
AND I WOULD JUST, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I WAS SO DESPERATE
FOR ANYBODY TO LOVE ME, COME ON, DESPERATE PEOPLE DO GOOFY STUFF,
AND SO I'D TAKE HIM BACK AGAIN.
WELL, THEN THE NEXT TRIP WE MADE WAS TO CALIFORNIA,
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ANYBODY HERE FROM OAKLAND?
OKAY, WELL, SO WE WERE--WE LIVED WITH SOME CAR SALESMAN
GUY FRIEND OF HIS OUT THERE FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
NEXT THING I KNOW, HE DISAPPEARS AGAIN, JUST DISAPPEARS AGAIN.
NOW I'M OUT IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.
I'M 18 AND A FEW MONTHS NOW, I GUESS.
AND SO, I GOT A JOB AND I LIVED IN A ONE-ROOM APARTMENT,
MOTEL TYPE THING.
AND I'D WALK TO WORK, WALK BACK, WALK TO WORK AND WALK BACK.
AND FINALLY GOT ANOTHER BUS TICKET
AND CAME BACK HOME, LEFT ALL MY STUFF OUT THERE.
AND WHEN I MEAN CAME BACK HOME, EVERY TIME I CAME BACK,
I'D HAVE TO GO LIVE WITH SOMEBODY THAT I KNEW.
WELL, SO FINALLY TOWARD THE END OF OUR FIVE YEAR--I CAN'T CALL
IT A MARRIAGE BECAUSE IT DIDN'T EVEN REMOTELY CONSIDER THAT,
BUT TOWARDS THE END OF THE FIVE YEARS THAT WE WERE
"MARRIED," I GOT PREGNANT, HAD MY SON DAVID WHO'S SITTING
DOWN HERE TONIGHT WITH MY LOVELY GRANDDAUGHTER,
AND HIS LOVELY WIFE, AND MY LOVELY GRANDSON'S RUNNING
AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I NAMED HIM DAVID, WHICH WAS NOT THAT GUY'S NAME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT IT WAS THE NAME OF THE GUY THAT GOD HAD FOR ME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON, GOD'S GOT SOMEBODY FOR YOU,
DON'T MESS IT UP.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE A DETOUR.
AND SO, WHILE I WAS PREGNANT, I WANT YOU TO GET THIS, WHILE I
WAS PREGNANT, HE LEFT ME AND LIVED WITH ANOTHER WOMAN
TWO BLOCKS DOWN THE STREET FROM WHERE WE LIVED.
AND EVERY MORNING WHEN I WOULD GO TO WORK,
I'D SEE HIS CAR PARKED IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE,
AND HE WAS TELLING EVERYBODY THAT THE BABY WASN'T HIS.
SO, WHEN I WAS LIKE AS PREGNANT AS YOU COULD BE,
I WAS OVER NINE MONTHS.
I HAD TO QUIT WORK.
THEY DIDN'T EVEN WANT ME THERE ANYMORE.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO.
HOME WAS JUST NOT AN OPTION FOR ME.
DIDN'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO.
SO, MY HAIRDRESSER TOOK ME IN AND LET ME LIVE WITH HER
AND HER MOM UNTIL I HAD THE BABY.
OF COURSE, WHEN I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL AND HAD
THE BABY, HE CAME BACK AGAIN, "OH, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
I'M SO SORRY.
I'VE BEEN SO DUMB."
AND, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW SILLY ME, I TOOK HIM BACK AGAIN.
SOMETIMES I CAN'T BELIEVE I WAS EVER THAT DUMB, BUT I WAS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND SO, WHEN WE LEFT THE HOSPITAL WITH THE BABY,
WE HAD NOWHERE TO LIVE.
SO, HE CALLED A WOMAN THAT WAS A CHRISTIAN WOMAN
THAT USED TO BE MARRIED TO ONE OF HIS BROTHERS.
I STILL REMEMBER HER, HER NAME WAS CAROL,
SHE WAS A KIND WOMAN.
AND SHE TOOK US IN AND WE LIVED WITH HER FOR A FEW WEEKS,
AND THE NEXT I KNOW, HE'S OFF WITH ANOTHER WOMAN AGAIN.
SO, YOU KNOW, SO THE POINT IS CAN YOU IMAGINE--NOW, HERE I AM
NOW, CAN YOU IMAGINE, COULD YOU IMAGINE BY LOOKING AT ME, IS
THERE ANY EVIDENCE AT ALL THAT I EVER HAD THAT KIND OF A LIFE?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE?
NO, NONE AT ALL.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I GOT UP, I MADE UP MY BED, AND I WENT ON WITH LIFE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SEE, IF YOU'RE THINKING THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS
GONNA BE STAINED, AND YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA, YOU KNOW
SOMETHING'S ALWAYS GONNA BE--I MEAN, I REMEMBER WHEN I USED
TO BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE I'D BEEN ABUSED, I WOULD ALWAYS HAVE
A SECOND-RATE LIFE.
I ACTUALLY BELIEVED THAT.
I REMEMBER THINKING MY LIFE CAN NEVER BE--I MEAN, MAYBE IT COULD
BE OKAY, BUT MY LIFE COULD NEVER BE WHAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN
IF THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED TO ME.
BUT YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THAT SOMETIMES THE VERY THINGS
THAT GOD USES THE MOST ARE THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN
TO YOU THAT ARE SO BAD AND SO PAINFUL AND SO UNFAIR,
BUT THEY HELP MAKE YOU THE PERSON THAT YOU ARE.
AND I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING, IF THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE,
THEY GIVE YOU A BOATLOAD FULL OF COMPASSION FOR OTHER PEOPLE
THAT ARE HURTING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, LET'S LOOK FOR A MINUTE
AT DANIEL'S THREE FRIENDS, SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO.
NOW, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS IN THE BOOK OF DANIEL,
IT'S NOT ABOUT DANIEL, IT'S ABOUT HIS FRIENDS,
SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE FRIENDS THAT YOU HAVE ARE
VERY IMPORTANT.
AND TO BE HONEST, A LOT OF TIMES THE FRIENDS THAT YOU HAVE SHOW
A LOT ABOUT YOU AND WHO YOU ARE.
AND DANIEL WAS NOT ONLY A MAN OF EXCELLENCE AND INTEGRITY,
BUT HE HAD FRIENDS WHO WERE EXCELLENT AND HAD INTEGRITY.
AND THESE WERE MEN WHO WOULD NOT COMPROMISE.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORD "COMPROMISE" MEANS?
IT MEANS TO GO JUST A LITTLE BIT, JUST A LITTLE BIT BELOW
WHAT YOU KNOW IS RIGHT, JUST A LITTLE BIT.
WE DON'T NEED TO COMPROMISE IN OUR LIVES.
THERE'S TOO MUCH COMPROMISE OUT IN THE WORLD.
WE'RE LIVING IN A DAY AND A TIME WHEN WE NEED TO STAND STRONG
FOR JESUS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, DANIEL 3:20, ACTUALLY 26 AND 27,
WE'RE GONNA READ 27 FIRST.
"AND THE SATRAPS, THE DEPUTIES, THE GOVERNORS, AND THE KING'S
COUNSELORS GATHERED AROUND TOGETHER AND SAW THESE MEN,
THESE MEN WHO HAD BEEN THROWN INTO THE FIERY FURNACE
BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP THE KING.
"THEY SAW THAT THE FIRE HAD NO POWER UPON THEIR BODIES--NOR WAS
THE HAIR ON THEIR HEAD SINGED, NEITHER WERE THEIR GARMENTS
SCORCHED, OR CHANGED IN COLOR, OR CONDITION."
AND HERE'S MY FAVORITE PART, "NOR HAD EVEN THE SMELL OF SMOKE
CLUNG TO THEM."
NO EVIDENCE.
THEY WERE IN THE FIERY FURNACE, AND WHEN THEY CAME OUT,
THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE, COME ON NOW, NO EVIDENCE.
IT'S TIME TO LET GOD GET RID OF THE EVIDENCE IN YOUR LIFE.
IT'S TIME TO STOP DRAGGING AROUND YOUR ASHES, GIVE THEM UP
AND GET BEAUTY INSTEAD.
COME ON, SEE, HERE'S THE THING YOU GOTTA GET THIS WEEKEND,
YOU CAN'T KEEP THE OLD STUFF AND GET THE NEW STUFF.
COME ON, I SAID, YOU CAN'T KEEP THE OLD STUFF AND GET
THE NEW STUFF.
YOU CAN'T KEEP A BAD ATTITUDE AND GET THE GOOD LIFE THAT JESUS
WANTS TO GIVE YOU.
YOU CAN'T KEEP SELF-PITY AND GET POWERFUL, MMM-HMM.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND SOME PEOPLE, TO BE HONEST, THE THINGS THAT HAVE
HURT THEM BECOME THEIR IDENTITY.
THEY'RE LIKE THEIR BADGE THAT THEY WEAR AND CARRY AROUND
ALL THE TIME.
"LOOK AT ME, I'VE BEEN HURT.
LOOK AT ME, I'VE BEEN HURT."
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'D RATHER SAY, "LOOK AT ME, I'VE BEEN HEALED.
LOOK AT ME, I'VE BEEN HEALED.
LOOK AT ME, THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT I EVER WENT THROUGH
THE JUNK I WENT THROUGH.
LOOK WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR ME."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DON'T YOU JUST LOVE JESUS?
I'LL TELL YA WHAT, I AM JUST WACKY, MADLY IN LOVE WITH JESUS.
HE IS JUST SO WONDERFUL.
WHO WOULD NOT WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN?
I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT ANYBODY WOULD NOT WANT TO BE
A CHRISTIAN.
MY GOSH, IT'S SO MUCH FUN.
YOU MIGHT SAY, "WELL, I'M NOT HAVING MUCH FUN AT IT."
WELL, MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO BE
A RIGHT ONE YET.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
WHOO JESUS.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I BET YOU THE DEVIL IS SO STINKING MAD
ABOUT THIS CONFERENCE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I'LL BET YOU, I BET YOU THAT HE CAN'T HARDLY STAND
WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE GOT PEOPLE
FROM EVERY KIND OF DENOMINATION THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE
IN HERE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, WE HAVE TO STOP
WITH HUGGING OUR DENOMINATION BECAUSE THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY
IN HEAVEN, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: TO BE HONEST, I COULD BE A BAPTIST, I WOULDN'T HAVE
ANY TROUBLE BEING A BAPTIST.
YOU KNOW, I--I WAS LUTHERAN FOR A LONG TIME.
I MEAN, JESUS SAID, "I GIVE YOU ONE NEW COMMANDMENT:
THAT YOU ALL AGREE ON EVERYTHING THAT YOU THINK."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NO, I GIVE YOU ONE NEW COMMANDMENT:
THAT YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER JUST AS I HAVE LOVED YOU, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHEN WE LEARN HOW TO STOP JUDGING EACH OTHER.
HEY, I LOVE YOU.
YOU'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO PUT UP WITH IT.
I JUST LOVE EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY ONE OF YOU.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE ME, I LOVE YOU, HOW'S THAT?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: JESUS, ALL RIGHT, BACK TO THE FIERY FURNACE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "NOT EVEN THE SMELL OF SMOKE HAD CLUNG TO THEM."
VERSE 26 SAYS, OH, AND I LOVE THIS.
DANIEL 3:26, "THEN NEBUCHADNEZZAR CAME NEAR
THE MOUTH OF THE BURNING FIERY FURNACE AND SAID, 'SHADRACH,
MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO, YOU SERVANTS OF THE MOST HIGH GOD,
COME OUT AND COME HERE.' THEN THEY CAME OUT
OF THE MIDST OF THE FIRE.
LET'S THINK ABOUT ANOTHER SITUATION.
WHEN JESUS RAISED LAZARUS FROM THE DEAD, HE WALKED UP
TO THE TOMB AND HE SAID, "COME OUT."
YOU KNOW, I THINK JESUS IS SAYING THAT
TO A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT.
AND IF I COULD SHOUT AND GET BY WITH IT, I WOULD BUT I CAN'T
'CAUSE I GOTTA SAVE MY VOICE TONIGHT.
IT'S TIME TO COME OUT.
IT'S TIME TO COME OUT OF THOSE MESSES AND COME OUT OF THAT PIT
AND COME OUT OF THAT PITY PARTY AND COME OUT OF LIVING
IN THE PAST.
IT'S TIME TO GET AWAY FROM WHERE YOU'VE BEEN PARKED
ALL YOUR LIFE.
IT'S TIME TO GO AND DO SOMETHING THAT IS AMAZING WITH YOUR LIFE,
AMEN?
COME ON, WHEN YOU'RE LIVING LESS THAN YOUR POTENTIAL,
YOU'RE JUST, YOU'RE NOT HAPPY.
AND I CAN TELL YA WHAT HAPPENS, UNHAPPY PEOPLE MAKE OTHER PEOPLE
UNHAPPY.
I MEAN, YOU DO.
IF YOU'LL LISTEN TO ME TONIGHT, YOUR FAMILY WILL BE SO GLAD
TO GET YOU BACK.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, THEY WILL PAY YOU TO COME HERE NEXT YEAR.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WHEN JESUS TOLD LAZARUS TO COME OUT,
THEN HE SAID TO HIM, "TAKE OFF YOUR GRAVE CLOTHES."
AND I THINK IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME THING.
IT'S LIKE, HOW MANY YEARS WAS I A CHRISTIAN,
BUT I WAS STILL WEARING THE GRAVE CLOTHES OF THE PAST?
IT'S TIME TO LET GO OF EVERYTHING THAT'S EVER SOURED
YOUR LIFE, WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS DONE TO YOU
OR SOMETHING YOU DID, AND IT'S TIME NOW, JESUS CHRIST,
MAKETH THEE WHOLE.
COME ON, I SAID, NOW.
I SAID, NOW.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON, I SEE YOU ALL THE WAY UP HERE ON THE TOP.
I SAID, NOW.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: RIGHT NOW, NOT SOME OTHER TIME, RIGHT NOW
JESUS CHRIST MAKES YOU WHOLE.
ANOTHER THING THAT IS VERY, VERY, VERY DETRIMENTAL TO PEOPLE
IS HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT YOURSELF.
AND I FOUND THIS OUT MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO AND IT WAS
SO GOOD WHEN I DID, BUT MY MAIN PROBLEM WAS I FELT BAD
ABOUT MYSELF.
BECAUSE I'D BEEN ABUSED, I TOOK THE BLAME.
THERE'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME.
WHY IS IT THAT WHEN SOMEBODY DON'T LIKE US,
THERE'S ALWAYS GOTTA BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH US?
WHY IS IT IF A WOMAN'S MARRIED TO A MAN THAT LEAVES HER,
THAT IT'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH HER?
"THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME."
OR ONE OF YOUR KIDS TURNED OUT BAD, "WELL, THERE MUST HAVE BEEN
SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME."
WE NEED TO STOP JUST--I MEAN, THERE'S ENOUGH STUFF THAT WE
ACTUALLY DO WITHOUT TAKING A BUNCH OF FALSE GUILT
AND FALSE BLAME ON US ALL THE TIME AND LET THE DEVIL
JUST LOAD US DOWN WITH A BUNCH OF JUNK THAT'S NOT EVEN REALITY.
IT WASN'T MY FAULT MY FATHER ABUSED ME.
IT WASN'T MY FAULT THAT THE FIRST I GUY
I WAS MARRIED TO WAS A FIRST-CLASS JERK.
I DIDN'T MAKE HIM THE WAY HE WAS.
I DIDN'T MAKE MY FATHER THE WAY HE WAS, AMEN?
A LOT OF THINGS EVEN THAT WE DO WRONG, WE DO WRONG
OUT OF IGNORANCE.
YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THAT I WASN'T A PERFECT MOTHER, BUT REALLY,
WHEN I LOOK BACK FOR THE LITTLE I KNEW, I WAS ACTUALLY
PRETTY ON TOP OF IT, YOU KNOW?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, WOW, COULD I HAVE DONE SOME NUT BALL STUFF?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SO, I WANT TO TELL YOU ANOTHER LITTLE STORY
IN THE BIBLE THAT HAS REALLY HELPED ME AND I HOPE IT
HELPS SOMEBODY HERE TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW, UNDER THE OLD COVENANT,
OR BACK IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, THEY MADE COVENANTS WITH PEOPLE,
AND IT'S KIND NOT LIKE WHAT WE DO TODAY, YOU KNOW?
PEOPLE GIVING YOU THEIR WORD TODAY DOESN'T MEAN TOO MUCH
ANYMORE, BUT BACK THEN, BOY, IF YOU HAD A COVENANT
WITH SOMEBODY, YOU KEPT IT NOT ONLY WITH THEM,
BUT EVEN TO THEIR CHILDREN
AND EVEN GRANDCHILDREN AFTER THAT.
AND SO, DAVID WHO BECAME THE KING AND JONATHAN WHO WAS
SAUL'S SON, THE PREVIOUS KING, HAD A COVENANT RELATIONSHIP,
AND THAT BASICALLY MEANS ANYTHING THAT'S MINE IS YOURS,
ANYTHING THAT'S YOURS IS MINE, ANYTHING YOU NEED YOU GOT IT.
I'LL HELP YOU WITH ANYTHING.
WE NEED MORE COVENANT RELATIONSHIPS,
DON'T YOU THINK SO?
AND SO SAUL WAS DEAD, JONATHAN WAS DEAD.
AND DAVID IS REMEMBERING THIS COVENANT, AND HE
STILL WANTS TO BLESS SOMEBODY FROM SAUL'S
AND JONATHAN'S BLOODLINE.
SO, HE WENT TO HIS SERVANT.
I'M IN 2 SAMUEL 9, AND I'M READING IN VERSE 1.
"AND DAVID SAID, 'IS THERE STILL ANYONE LEFT OF THE HOUSE OF SAUL
TO WHOM I MAY SHOW KINDNESS FOR JONATHAN'S SAKE?'"
I LOVE THAT.
I KIND OF LOOK AT IT LIKE THIS, IT'S LIKE GOD LOOKING AROUND
THE ROOM TONIGHT AND SAYING, "IS THERE ANYONE THAT I CAN SHOW
KINDNESS TO FOR JESUS'S SAKE, SEE, FOR JESUS'S SAKE."
GOD'S NOT GOOD TO US AND KIND TO US BECAUSE WE DESERVE IT.
THE RELATIVE THAT DAVID WAS GONNA BLESS,
HE'D NEVER DONE ANYTHING.
HE WASN'T EVEN IN THE COVENANT RELATIONSHIP.
DAVID JUST WANTED TO BLESS HIM FOR JONATHAN'S SAKE,
AND GOD WANTS TO BLESS YOU FOR JESUS'S SAKE.
AND SOMETIMES ALL WE GOTTA DO IS LEARN HOW TO RECEIVE IT,
JUST STOP FIGHTING HIM OFF.
AND SO, THEY TOLD HIM ABOUT A BOY NAMED MEPHIBOSHETH,
AND THEY SAID, "BUT HE'S CRIPPLED IN BOTH FEET."
AND ACTUALLY WHAT HAPPENED WAS WHEN THEY WERE RUNNING
FROM THE HOUSE WHEN THEY HEARD THAT SAUL--I MEAN THAT DAVID
HAD BECOME KING, THEY'D BEEN LIED ABOUT DAVID.
AND THEY WERE RUNNING FROM THE HOUSE, THEY FELL
DOWN THE STEPS WITH THE BOY AND HE BECAME CRIPPLED
IN BOTH HIS FEET, AND HE WAS LIVING OUT IN A PLACE CALLED
LO DEBAR, WHICH MEANT WITHOUT PASTURE.
SO, IT WAS NOT SUCH A GREAT PLACE.
AND SO HE WAS TOLD ABOUT THIS MEPHIBOSHETH,
AND SO DAVID ORDERED HIM TO BE BROUGHT TO THE PALACE.
WHEN HE BROUGHT HIM IN, VERSE 6, "MEPHIBOSHETH
THE SON OF JONATHAN, THE SON OF SAUL, CAME TO DAVID
AND FELL ON HIS FACE AND DID OBEISANCE, AND DAVID SAID,
'MEPHIBOSHETH.' AND HE ANSWERED,
'BEHOLD YOUR SERVANT.'" NOW, I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS
A LITTLE BIT TODAY AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M
A HUNDRED PERCENT RIGHT, BUT I'M
JUST GONNA PRETEND LIKE I AM.
AND I ALWAYS SAY IT'S MY MEETING, I CAN PRETEND
I'M RIGHT IF I WANT TO, SO.
YOU KNOW, YOU ALMOST LOOK AT THAT AND THINK THEY BOWED
DOWN IN WORSHIP, BUT I'M NOT SO SURE PART OF IT WASN'T FEAR.
I THINK HE WAS AFRAID.
SEE, HE KNEW WHOSE GRANDSON HE WAS, AND HE UNDERSTOOD COVENANT.
HE KNEW IT EXTENDED TO HIM, AND IF HE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
FEARFUL, HE WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN KNOCKING ON THE PALACE DOOR
LONG BEFORE THAT SAYING, "I CAME TO GET WHAT'S MINE,"
AMEN?
AND NOT IN ANY KIND OF AN IRREVERENT ATTITUDE,
BUT WHEN WE PRAY, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET WHAT'S YOURS, NOT BECAUSE YOU'VE EARNED
IT OR DESERVED IT, BUT BECAUSE JESUS HAS, AMEN?
THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T NEED TO BEG GOD TO DO THINGS FOR YOU THAT HE
ALREADY WANTS TO DO MORE THAN YOU EVEN WANT
TO RECEIVE THEM.
WHO CAN I BLESS FOR JESUS'S SAKE?
AND BOY, I GOT A HOLD OF THAT AND I'M LIKE,
"HERE I AM, POUR IT ON, GOD.
I'LL TAKE ALL YOU WANT TO GIVE ME.
I KNOW I DON'T DESERVE IT, BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR SOMEBODY TO BLESS, YOO-HOO, HERE I AM."
AND DAVID SAID, I GUESS I MUST HAVE BEEN RIGHT
'CAUSE DAVID SAID, FEAR NOT.
VERSE 7, "FOR I WILL SURELY SHOW YOU KINDNESS FOR JONATHAN
YOUR FATHER'S SAKE, AND WILL RESTORE TO YOU ALL THE LAND
OF YOUR SAUL YOUR GRANDFATHER; AND YOU SHALL EAT ALWAYS
AT MY TABLE."
NOW, WATCH VERSE 8, THIS SHOWS THE PROBLEM.
"AND THE CRIPPLE BOWED HIMSELF AND SAID, 'WHAT IS YOUR SERVANT
THAT YOU SHOULD LOOK UPON SUCH A DEAD DOG AS I AM?'"
THAT WAS THE IMAGE HE HAD OF HIMSELF.
BUT IF YOU DON'T REALLY LOVE YOURSELF IN A BALANCED WAY, THEN
YOU'RE GONNA MISS OUT ON SO MANY THINGS THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU
BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA BE SHRINKING BACK IN FEAR
FROM SOMETHING OR THINKING THAT YOU DON'T DESERVE WHAT GOD
WANTS TO GIVE YOU.
THE MORE YOU LIKE YOURSELF, THE MORE YOU'RE GONNA LIKE
OTHER PEOPLE, AMEN?
THE MORE MERCY THAT YOU RECEIVE FROM GOD, THE MORE MERCY
YOU'LL HAVE TO GIVE AWAY.
JOYCE: WELL, JESUS WANTS TO BRING A HEALING
INTO YOUR LIFE, AND HE WANTS TO DO IT STARTING RIGHT NOW.
SO, LET GO OF EVERYTHING THAT SOURED YOUR LIFE,
GET AWAY FROM WHERE MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN PARKED IN THE SAME
OLD PLACE FOR A LONG TIME.
PUT YOUR LIFE IN DRIVE AGAIN AND START GOING FORWARD.
GOD WANTS TO DO SOMETHING AMAZING WITH YOUR LIFE.
TODAY WE'RE OFFERING YOU A BOOK THAT I'VE WRITTEN CALLED,
"HEALING THE SOUL OF A WOMAN."
I PERSONALLY REALLY LIKE THIS BOOK.
I THINK IT'S GONNA HELP ANYBODY WHO READS IT, AND WE'RE OFFERING
IT TO YOU TODAY FOR YOUR GIFT TO THE MINISTRY OF ANY AMOUNT.
PERHAPS YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT'S HURT AND WOUNDED AND THEY'VE GOT
THEIR LIFE IN PARK AND YOU'D LIKE TO HELP THEM GO FORWARD.
WELL, YOU COULD EVEN GET THE BOOK FOR THEM.
AND ALL THE PROCEEDS FROM THE BOOK GO TOWARD
PROJECT GRL.
IT'S A PROJECT THAT WE HAVE THAT'S GUIDING, AND RESTORING,
AND LOVING WOUNDED WOMEN AND GIRLS ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
I THINK ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE CAN DO TO HELP OURSELF
IS TO REACH OUT AND HELP SOMEBODY ELSE.
SO, I PRAY THAT YOU WILL HELP US CONTINUE TO HELP YOU AND HELP
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT ARE HURTING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
GOD BLESS YOU AND HAVE A WONDERFUL REST OF THE DAY.
JOYCE: IT'S VERY PAINFUL AND DIFFICULT TO GO THROUGH LIFE
WITH A WOUNDED SOUL.
I KNOW BECAUSE FOR YEARS, I LIVED THAT WAY DUE TO BEING
SEXUALLY ABUSED BY MY FATHER WHEN I WAS A YOUNG CHILD, BUT I
LEARNED THAT GOD COULD HEAL EVEN MY DEEPEST HURTS IF I WOULD JUST
OPEN MY HEART UP AND LET HIM IN.
AND IN MY NEW BOOK CALLED "HEALING THE SOUL OF A WOMAN,"
YOU TOO CAN DISCOVER HOW TO ALLOW GOD INTO THOSE WOUNDED
PLACES IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT GOD WANTS TO DO A MIRACLE FOR YOU
AND HE WANTS TO RESTORE YOUR SOUL.
AND I'M REALLY ASKING YOU NOT TO SPEND ANOTHER YEAR
OF YOUR LIFE IN THE SAME KIND OF MISERY THAT MAYBE
YOU'VE BEEN IN IN THE PAST.
GOD HAS A BRAND-NEW BEGINNING FOR YOU
AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE HURTING.
ANNOUNCER: "HEALING THE SOUL OF A WOMAN,"
NEW FROM JOYCE MEYER.
CALL...OR GO TO JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
GINGER: BIRTHED OUT OF JOYCE'S PASSION TO SEE
YOUNG WOMEN HEALED AND RESTORED JUST AS SHE HAS BEEN,
PROJECT GRL IS AN INITIATIVE OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES'
OUTREACH ARM, HAND OF HOPE, TO GUIDE, RESTORE, AND LOVE
WOMEN AND GIRLS ACROSS THE GLOBE INTO WHOLENESS.
IN A WORLD WHERE FAR TOO MANY GIRLS ARE TOLD THEY AREN'T
WORTHY OF BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS LIKE EDUCATION, RESPECT,
AND LIFE; WHERE BEING A GIRL CAN MEAN LIVING IN UNBEARABLE
CONDITIONS, ENDURING ABUSE AND VIOLENT CRIME; PROJECT GRL
WORKS TO CHANGE THE REALITY FOR AS MANY AS POSSIBLE
AND TO OFFER HOPE.
SO, WHAT DOES PROJECT GRL MEAN TO YOU?
YOUR GIFT TODAY WILL LET EACH ONE OF THESE
AND THOUSANDS MORE WOMEN AND GIRLS
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD UNDERSTAND
HOW TRULY PRECIOUS THEY ARE TO GOD.
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: 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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