ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING,
YOUR SINS ARE NOT COVERED, THEY ARE REMOVED.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: GOD REMEMBERS THEM NO MORE.
HE'S REMOVED THEM AS FAR AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST
AND EVERY DAY IS A BRAND-NEW DAY AND YOU CAN HAVE
A BRAND-NEW BEGINNING.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: WHAT DOES A HEALTHY SELF-IMAGE LOOK LIKE?
IF I SAID TO YOU TODAY, I WANT YOU TO GO HOME
AND I WANT YOU TO HAVE A HEALTHY SELF-IMAGE,
WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE?
LET ME GIVE YOU A FEW POINTS, A PERSON WITH A HEALTHY
SELF-IMAGE CAN SAY, "I KNOW THAT GOD CREATED ME."
YOU'RE NOT AN ACCIDENT.
YOU WERE CREATED PURPOSEFULLY, CAREFULLY, INTRICATELY CREATED
IN YOUR MOTHER'S WOMB WITH GOD'S HAND,
WITH GOD'S HAND.
YOU HAVE A SET OF FINGERPRINTS THAT'S NOT LIKE ANYBODY ELSE'S
IN THE WHOLE WORLD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU ARE UNIQUE AND ANYTHING THAT'S UNIQUE
IS MORE VALUABLE THAN SOMETHING THAT'S JUST THE SAME
AS EVERYTHING ELSE.
GOD HAS A PURPOSE FOR YOU AND HE LOVES YOU UNCONDITIONALLY.
AND I LOVE THIS SCRIPTURE EPHESIANS 1:4 AND 5,
"EVEN AS [IN HIS LOVE]
HE CHOSE US."
CAN EVERYBODY SAY, "I'M CHOSEN"?
AUDIENCE: I'M CHOSEN.
JOYCE: SAY THAT AGAIN.
AUDIENCE: I'M CHOSEN!
JOYCE: GOD DIDN'T JUST GET STUCK WITH YOU, HE CHOSE YOU.
HE PICKED YOU OUT, ACTUALLY PICKED US OUT FOR HIMSELF
AS HIS OWN IN CHRIST.
HE DIDN'T PICK US OUT BECAUSE WE DESERVED
TO BE PICKED OUT BUT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN JESUS
AND HE SEES US AS IN CHRIST.
HE PICKED US OUT FOR HIMSELF AS BEING SOMEONE
WHO IS IN CHRIST AND HE DID IT BEFORE THE FOUNDATION
OF THE WORLD SO THAT MEANS BEFORE YOU DID ANYTHING
RIGHT OR WRONG, HE CHOSE YOU.
NOW, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU
BUT I THINK EVERYBODY LIKES TO BE CHOSEN.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE THE ONE THAT'S PICKED.
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE'RE THE APPLE OF HIS EYES
AND IF YOU DON'T OVERLY SPIRITUALIZE THAT
AND YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IF YOU GO TO THE STORE
AND YOU'RE HUNGRY AND YOU'RE GONNA BUY ONE APPLE,
YOU JUST DON'T GO IN AND PICK ONE UP
AND GO TO THE REGISTER AND PAY FOR IT,
YOU PICK SEVERAL UP AND YOU LOOK 'EM OVER
REALLY GOOD AND YOU GET THE ONE THAT YOU THINK
IS GONNA BE THE VERY BEST.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND GOD SAYS YOU'RE THE APPLE OF HIS EYE.
YOU'RE THE APPLE THAT HE WOULD CHOOSE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU SAY, "WELL, HOW CAN WE ALL BE
THE APPLE OF HIS EYE?"
BECAUSE GOD IS GOD AND HE CAN DO EVERYTHING FOR EVERYBODY
ALL AT THE SAME TIME, THAT'S WHY HE CAN SAY,
"YOU'RE SPECIAL.
YOU'RE THE BEST.
YOU'RE THE MOST IMPORTANT," AND REALLY MEAN IT
BECAUSE HE CAN HAVE THAT KIND OF AN INTIMATE
SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH EVERY ONE OF US ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
COME ON.
I'M NOT LETTING YOU OUT OF HERE TODAY
TILL YOU DECIDE TO LIKE YOURSELF.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU SAY, "WELL, I'M 20 POUNDS OVERWEIGHT,
HOW CAN I LIKE MYSELF?"
WELL, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, IF YOU START LIKING YOURSELF
A LITTLE BIT BETTER, YOU MIGHT LOSE SOME WEIGHT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: 'CAUSE I'LL TELL YA ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS
WHEN WE DON'T LIKE WHO WE ARE, THERE'S AN EMPTY PLACE
ON THE INSIDE OF US THAT SOMETIMES WE TRY
TO FILL UP WITH FOOD AND WE'RE NOT REALLY HUNGRY
FOR SOMETHING ELSE TO EAT.
WE'RE HUNGRY FOR THE FULFILLMENT THAT ONLY GOD CAN GIVE US,
BUT THAT'S ANOTHER MESSAGE.
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO THERE.
DID ANYBODY EVEN REMOTELY UNDERSTAND THAT?
ALL RIGHT--
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT'S WHY IT SEEMS LIKE NO MATTER WHAT YOU EAT,
YOU NEVER GET FULL OR SATISFIED SOMETIMES.
JESUS SAID, "IF YOU EAT OF ME AND DRINK OF ME,"
IN JOHN CHAPTER 6, "YOU'LL NEVER HUNGER
AND YOU'RE NEVER THIRST.
I'M THE LIVING FOOD.
I'M THE LIVING BREAD.
I'M THE LIVING DRINK."
ANYWAY, LIKE I SAID, THAT'S ANOTHER MESSAGE BUT--
YOU JUST WOULD BE AMAZED THAT ALL THE THINGS
THAT WILL FIX IN YOUR LIFE IF YOU DECIDE TO LOVE YOURSELF
IN A BALANCED WAY AND KNOW WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST.
AND I'LL TELL YA WHAT, IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS
OVER AND OVER, THEN THIS IS A GOOD REMINDER FOR YOU
BUT IF THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'RE HEARING
ANYTHING LIKE THIS, IT'S GONNA TAKE YOU
QUITE A WHILE TO LET IT SINK IN BECAUSE SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER,
WE THINK THAT IT'S ALMOST SPIRITUAL
TO THINK THAT WE'RE NO GOOD.
"I'M JUST A POOR MISERABLE WRETCHED SINNER.
I'M JUST THIS AWFUL PERSON.
OH GOD, I'M SORRY.
GOD, I'M SORRY.
GOD, I'M SORRY."
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE GET SO--
I MEAN, I ACTUALLY DID THIS THE OTHER MORNING.
WE GET SO ACCUSTOMED TO BEING SORRY
AND I SAID THE OTHER MORNING, I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHY I SAID IT I SAID, "OH GOD, I'M SO SORRY."
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE HE SAID, "FOR WHAT?"
I THINK IT'S LIKE WE'RE ALWAYS APOLOGIZING FOR OURSELF
BECAUSE WE JUST WE KNOW THAT WE FALL SHORT,
BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE NEED JESUS.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE SORRY
FOR OUR SINS.
THE BIBLE SAYS TO WEEP AND GRIEVE AND EVEN MOURN
OVER YOUR SINS, BUT I'VE LEARNED THAT I CAN DO IT REALLY QUICK
AND GET RIGHT BACK TO KNOWING WHO I AM IN CHRIST
AND PRESSING ON WITH THE GOOD THINGS
THAT GOD HAS FOR ME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, AT ONE OF THE HOLIDAYS
AND CELEBRATIONS THAT THE JEWISH PEOPLE HAD
THAT I DIDN'T GET AROUND TO THE OTHER NIGHT WHEN I TAUGHT
AT ONE OF THEIR FEASTS WAS SOMETHING THEY CALLED
"TEN DAYS OF AWE" AND THEY REPENTED FOR TEN DAYS.
I CAN TAKE CARE OF ALL THAT NOW IN CHRIST IN JUST A FEW SECONDS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SEE, NOW COME ON, DON'T GET SUPER DUPER RELIGIOUS
ON ME.
"WELL, WELL, NOW WAIT A MINUTE, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T THINK
THAT YOU SHOULD FEEL THAT GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF."
YOU'RE FORGETTING A COUPLE OF LITTLE WORDS,
"IN CHRIST, IN CHRIST, IN CHRIST, IN CHRIST."
LISTEN, I KNOW WHAT I'M NOT WITHOUT HIM
AND IT IS LESS THAN NOTHING, BUT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE
ANY VICTORY IN THIS LIFE, YOU BETTER ALSO GET AROUND
TO KNOWING WHO YOU ARE IN HIM.
PAUL I KNOW, JESUS I KNOW, BUT WHO ARE YOU?
COME ON, SOMEBODY BETTER GET FREE.
I WANT TO HEAR SOME GOOD OLE FASHIONED SHOUTIN'
IN HERE THIS AFTERNOON.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO NOT HAVE
TO HATE YOURSELF ANYMORE OR NOT TO HAVE TO COMPARE
YOURSELF WITH SOMEBODY ELSE?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PRAY LIKE SOMEBODY ELSE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO STUDY THE BIBLE LIKE SOMEBODY ELSE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: ONE OF THE MOST FEARFUL THINGS IN THE WORLD
IS THAT WE WON'T BE CHOSEN AND WHEN I WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL,
THEY DID THE DUMBEST THING.
THIS WAS JUST THE WAY THEY DID IT BACK THEN,
WE PLAYED SOFTBALL FOR ONE OF OUR GYM ACTIVITIES
AND WHAT THE TEACHER WOULD DO IS SHE'D TAKE THE WHOLE CLASS
AND SHE'D PICK TWO PEOPLE TO BE CAPTAINS OF THE TWO TEAMS.
SOME OF YOU ARE SHAKING YOUR HEAD.
YOU REMEMBER, DON'T YOU?
AND THEN THE CAPTAINS WOULD STAND THERE AND CHOOSE,
"I WANT YOU ON MY TEAM."
THE OTHER ONE SAY, "I WANT YOU ON MY TEAM.
I WANT YOU ON MY TEAM.
I WANT YOU ON MY TEAM."
WELL, THE MOST FEARFUL THING IN THE WHOLE WORLD
WAS TO THE THOUGHT OF BEING THE LAST ONE STANDING THERE
AND KNOWING THAT NOBODY WANTED YOU.
I STILL REMEMBER, I STILL REMEMBER
HOW AWFUL THAT WAS.
ANYBODY REMEMBER THAT?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: WOW, THAT MEANS A LOT OF YOU ARE LIKE--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WE'RE BACK THERE FROM ANOTHER ERA.
AND I WASN'T--I MEAN, I WAS A MEDIOCRE BALL PLAYER
BUT I CERTAINLY WASN'T GOOD SO I WASN'T EVER ONE OF THE ONES
THAT GOT PICKED FIRST, OR SECOND, OR THIRD,
OR EVEN IN THE MIDDLE.
THANKFULLY I USUALLY WASN'T THE LAST ONE STANDING
BUT I REMEMBER HOW AWFUL IT WAS TO BE AFRAID THAT I MIGHT BE.
AND HERE'S THE THING THAT YOU CAN GO OUT OF HERE
WITH THIS CONFIDENCE TODAY, YOU WILL NEVER BE THE LAST ONE
CHOSEN BY GOD.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: HE HAS ALREADY CHOSEN YOU.
HE ALREADY BELIEVES YOU'RE SPECIAL AND HE WANTS YOU.
YOU NEVER HAVE TO FEEL, "NOBODY WANTS ME,"
BECAUSE GOD WANTS YOU.
YOU'RE HIS FAVORITE CHILD.
YOU'RE THE APPLE OF HIS EYE.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIT OUT THERE ANYMORE IN CHURCH
AND LOOK AT THE PEOPLE UP HERE AND THINK THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING
YOU DON'T HAVE.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THEY'VE GOT.
THEY'VE GOT A GIFT THAT GOD PUT IN THEM.
YOU'VE GOT A GIFT THAT GOD PUT IN YOU
AND THEY'RE ALL EQUAL IN GOD'S SIGHT.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS THE PART THAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU TO DO.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: STOP SITTING ON THE SIDELINES OF LIFE
AND JUST SITTING THERE AND TRYING TO ADMIRE
ALL THE PEOPLE THAT YOU THINK HAVE GOT IT ALL TOGETHER
BECAUSE NONE OF US HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WE BETTER THANK GOD WE DON'T.
"EVEN AS [IN HIS LOVE]
HE CHOSE US [PICKED US OUT FOR HIMSELF
AS HIS OWN] IN CHRIST."
THE SECOND THING TO KNOW IS THAT YOU'RE VALUABLE.
THE DEVIL WANTS YOU TO THINK YOU'RE WORTHLESS, DOESN'T HE?
"WHAT AM I HERE FOR?
WHAT AM I DOING?
I'M JUST A MOM."
YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE MOST AWFUL THING TO SAY,
"I'M JUST A MOM."
MOTHERS ARE THE MOST AWESOME PEOPLE ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, REALLY AND TRULY,
THEY ARE PHENOMENAL.
THE INFLUENCE THAT YOU CAN HAVE OVER YOUR CHILDREN,
THE INFLUENCE THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR HOME,
A WIFE SETS THE TONE AND THE MOOD IN HER HOME UNLESS
YOU'RE MARRIED TO MY HUSBAND, HE WOULDN'T GET IN A BAD MOOD
NO MATTER WHAT YOU DID BUT--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW THE SAYING, "IF MAMA'S NOT HAPPY,
NOBODY'S HAPPY."
WELL, IN SOME WAYS THAT'S TRUE.
YOU'RE VALUABLE.
LET'S LOOK AT ZEPHANIAH 3:17, IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN
THESE SCRIPTURES, THESE ARE SHOUTING SCRIPTURES.
"THE LORD YOUR GOD IS IN THE MIDST OF YOU,
A MIGHTY ONE, A SAVIOR [WHO SAVES]!
HE WILL REJOICE OVER YOU WITH JOY; HE WILL REST
[IN SILENT SATISFACTION]
AND IN HIS LOVE HE WILL BE SILENT
AND MAKE NO MENTION [OF PAST SINS,
OR EVEN RECALL THEM]; HE WILL EXULT OVER YOU
WITH SINGING."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: SO, WHEN YOU GET UP TODAY AND THE FIRST THING
YOU'RE REMINDED OF IS WHAT YOU DID WRONG YESTERDAY,
THAT IS NOT GOD, IT IS THE DEVIL TRYING TO DO
THAT TO YOU.
YOU KNOW WHY?
'CAUSE HE WANTS YOU BEFORE THE DAY EVEN GETS STARTED
TO ALREADY BE THINKING ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG
WITH YOU.
I WANT YOU TO START FIGHTING THE DEVIL
BY GETTING UP IN THE MORNING AND THE FIRST TIME YOU HEAR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND SAY,
"GOD, LOVES ME."
THE NEXT TIME HE TRIES TO TELL YOU
SOME KIND OF LIE SAY, "I'M SPECIAL.
I'M VALUABLE."
YOU KNOW, I TALK BACK TO THE DEVIL.
I SAY, WE CAN PLAY THIS GAME ALL DAY.
YOU CAN TELL ME WHAT I'M NOT AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHO I AM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I'M WALKING THE OTHER MORNING, DOING MY WALK
LIKE I DO EVERY MORNING AND FOR SOME REASON THAT DAY
I WAS BEING JUST THE DEVIL WAS FILLING MY MIND
FULL OF JUDGMENTAL AND CRITICAL THOUGHTS
ABOUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE TOO
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE FEEL GUILTY IF WE'RE TEMPTED
AND LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, TEMPTATION IS NOT SIN.
TEMPTATION IS TEMPTATION AND IT'S A GOOD THING
IF YOU'RE ABLE TO RESIST THAT TEMPTATION
AND NO MATTER HOW YOU FEEL, CONTINUE TO FOLLOW GOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I HAD TO SAY THREE TIMES THESE THOUGHTS
WOULD COME AND I SAID OUT LOUD IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD,
"SHUT UP, DEVIL."
WALK A LITTLE BIT MORE, HERE CAME ANOTHER THOUGHT,
"SHUT UP, DEVIL."
AFTER THE THIRD TIME, HE GOT THE POINT
THAT I WAS NOT GONNA SHUT UP IF HE DIDN'T SHUT UP.
"YOU TALK BACK TO THE DEVIL?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: JESUS DID.
"GET THEE BEHIND ME, SATAN.
YOU ARE IN MY WAY, YOU ARE IN A HINDRANCE TO ME.
SHUT UP, DEVIL," HE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE SAID
BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE MEANT.
COME ON, SOME OF YOU HAVE NEVER DONE THAT ONE TIME
IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU HAVE LISTENED TO THE DEVIL DAY IN AND DAY OUT,
AND YOU HAVE BOUGHT INTO HIS LIES,
AND YOU HAVE BELIEVED EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS SAID ABOUT YOU.
WELL, DON'T COME INTO CHURCH AND SING A LONG LIKE
"SHUT UP DEVIL," IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO HOME
AND DO IT.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: OH, THE ENEMY'S GETTING MAD.
YOU'RE GETTING EQUIPPED.
YOU'RE LIABLE TO GO HOME AND BE DANGEROUS.
THE THIRD THING THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
IS THAT YOUR WORTH IS NOT BASED ON WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF YOU
OR HOW THEY TREAT YOU, IT IS DETERMINED
BY WHO GOD SAYS THAT YOU ARE.
THE GREATEST PRISON THAT PEOPLE LIVE IN
IS THE FEAR OF WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK OF THEM.
THE GREATEST PRISON THAT PEOPLE LIVE IN IS THE FEAR
OF WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK OF THEM.
TRUE FREEDOM COMES, WE NO LONGER NEED SOMEONE ELSE
TO TELL US THAT WE'RE ACCEPTABLE AND VALUED.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: PEOPLE THINK, YOU GET A NEW LITTLE HAIR CUT
OR A NEW LITTLE SOMETHING AND, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST CAN'T MANAGE
TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT TILL A BUNCH OF PEOPLE
TELL YOU IT'S OKAY.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS ASKING PEOPLE
IF NOBODY SAYS ANYTHING, "DO YOU LIKE MY OUTFIT?"
AND THEN WE'RE MAD AT THEM IF THEY TELL US NO.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: MY ASSISTANT'S SMART.
I SAID THIS MORNING, I PUT ON A LITTLE JACKET THAT I BOUGHT.
I WASN'T PLANNING TO WEAR IT HERE THIS WEEKEND,
BUT I BROUGHT IT AS A BACKUP AND IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT
STYLE THAN WHAT I NORMALLY WEAR SO I PUT IT ON.
I SAID, "SO DO YOU LIKE THIS ON ME?"
AND SHE SAID, "WELL, YOU LOOK GOOD IN EVERYTHING."
AND I THOUGHT, MMM, IN OTHER WORDS,
YOU'RE NOT REAL CRAZY ABOUT IT, ARE YOU?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BUT SHE'S SMARTER THAN ME.
SHE'S NICER THAN ME.
I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY SAID, "NOPE, DON'T LIKE THAT AT ALL."
COME ON, ARE YOU OUT THERE?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: HEY, IF YOU LIKE IT, WEAR IT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET EVERYBODY ELSE'S APPROVAL OF WHAT YOU DO.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS TOO MUCH FREEDOM FOR YOU.
YOU'RE ACTING KIND OF STRANGE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THE FOURTH THING YOU NEED TO DO IF YOU'RE GONNA
HAVE A HEALTHY SELF-IMAGE IS BE ABLE TO SAY,
"I LIKE MYSELF.
I DON'T LIKE EVERYTHING I DO, BUT I REFUSE TO RUIN THE LIFE
THAT JESUS DIED TO GIVE ME BY REJECTING MYSELF.
I LIKE MYSELF.
I DON'T LIKE EVERYTHING I DO."
AND I CAN SIT HERE AND TELL YOU THAT I DON'T LIKE
EVERYTHING I DO.
I SAY THINGS SOMETIMES AND I THINK,
"JOYCE, JOYCE, JOYCE," MMM.
IT'S REALLY BAD WHEN YOU SAY IT AND IT'S ON TAPE
FOR THE WORLD TO HEAR.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU SAY, "OH, JOYCE, JOYCE, JOYCE, JOYCE."
I DON'T LIKE EVERYTHING I DO, BUT I DO LIKE MYSELF,
AND I DON'T SAY THAT AT ANY KIND OF PRIDE.
I BELIEVE THAT GOD WANTS US TO LIKE OURSELVES.
YEAH, WELL, THINK ABOUT IT A WHILE, SEE IF YOU CAN GET IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: OKAY, YOU KNOW SOMETHING?
THE MORE YOU LIKE YOURSELF, THE MORE LIKABLE
YOU'RE GONNA BE.
THE MORE YOU LIKE YOURSELF, THE MORE FRIENDS
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE.
YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE PEOPLE REALLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE JOB
OF CONSTANTLY HAVING TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF.
IT IS HARD WORK.
WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF
SO I DON'T HAVE TO TRY TO KEEP YOU PROPPED UP
ALL THE TIME?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON, DON'T GO HOME, LADIES,
AND GIVE YOUR HUSBAND THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF KEEPING YOU HAPPY.
"WELL, YOU'RE NOT MAKING ME HAPPY.
WELL, YOU'RE NOT MAKING ME HAPPY.
WELL, YOU DON'T MAKE ME FEEL GOOD ABOUT MYSELF."
WELL, I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT WOULDN'T BE NICE
IF PEOPLE DO THAT BUT DON'T BE THINK KIND OF
PERSON THAT HAS TO HAVE THAT FROM SOMEBODY ELSE ALL THE TIME.
GET IT FROM GOD, DOWNLOAD IT INTO YOUR SPIRIT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BEST THINGS
THAT GOD EVER TOLD ME-- BECAUSE I USED TO BE LIKE THAT.
"WELL DAVE, YOU KNOW, DAVE DOESN'T DO THIS
AND DAVE DOESN'T DO THAT."
AND GOD SAID, "WILL YOU STOP GIVING DAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR YOUR JOY?"
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SOME OF YOU COULD GO HOME AND HAVE
A REALLY, REALLY GOOD MARRIAGE IF YOU WOULD JUST STOP
GIVING THE PERSON YOU'RE MARRIED TO
THE JOB OF KEEPING YOU HAPPY ALL THE TIME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WELL, THAT WAS WORTH YOU COMING THIS WEEKEND.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON, I SAID, THAT WAS WORTH
YOU COMING THIS WEEKEND.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: YOU GO HOME AND START DOING THAT
AND YOUR HUSBAND'D PROBABLY PAY YOU TO COME NEXT YEAR.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THEY'LL BEG YOU TO COME BACK.
THE NEXT THING IS I HAVE FAULTS AND WEAKNESSES, BUT I ALSO HAVE
ABILITIES AND STRENGTHS.
SONG OF SOLOMON 4:7 SAYS, "[HE EXCLAIMED] O MY LOVE,
HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE!
THERE IS NO FLAW IN YOU!"
WOW, THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE BIBLE.
AND SONG OF SOLOMON IS STILL A LITTLE CHALLENGING
TO UNDERSTAND.
I NEVER HAVE GOT THE GOAT'S HAIR AND THE FEW THINGS LIKE THAT
THAT I DON'T QUITE WANT TO HAVE, BUT IT'S A LOVE STORY
BETWEEN GOD AND HIS PEOPLE.
O MY LOVE, HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE!
THERE IS NO FLAW IN YOU!"
HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU TODAY,
GOD SEES YOUR HEART AND YES, HE KNOWS THE THINGS WE DO WRONG,
AND HE CONVICTS US, AND HE CORRECTS US,
AND THANKFULLY HE THAT BEGAN A GOOD WORK IN US
IS GONNA KEEP AT IT UNTIL THE LAST DAY THAT WE'RE HERE.
HE THAT BEGAN A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL COMPLETE IT
AND BRING IT TO ITS FINISH.
WE CERTAINLY HAVE AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO CHANGE.
WE CERTAINLY HAVE THINGS THAT WE DO THAT ARE NOT RIGHT
BUT LISTEN TO ME, JESUS IS NOT FOCUSED ON THAT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON, I GOT EIGHT MINUTES LEFT
TO CONVINCE YOU.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HE IS NOT FOCUSED ON EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG
WITH YOU BECAUSE HE ALREADY KNEW EVERYTHING THAT YOU WOULD
EVER DO WRONG BEFORE HE CHOSE YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: GOD DIDN'T GET STUCK WITH YOU, HE WANTS YOU.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: HE WANTS YOU.
GOD KNOWS EVERY WORD IN OUR MOUTH
THAT WE HAVE NOT YET UTTERED AND THAT'S PROBABLY
ONE OF MY BIGGEST FAULTS IS I STILL CAN SAY
SOME REALLY DUMB STUFF SOMETIMES IF I'M TIRED,
OR IF I'M FRUSTRATED, OR WHATEVER AND USUALLY
WE SAY IT TO THE PEOPLE WE LOVE THE MOST.
WE DO THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE STUCK WITH US
AND WILL PROBABLY FORGIVE US.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND I DON'T REALLY LIKE THAT ABOUT MYSELF,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT'S NOT KEEPING GOD FROM USING ME
AND I'M NOT WHERE I NEED TO BE BUT I'M NOT
WHERE I USED TO BE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: HEY, I'VE COME A LONG WAY AND I'VE GOT A WAYS TO GO,
BUT I'M NOT FOCUSING ON HOW FAR I HAVE TO GOD.
I'M FOCUSING ON AND CELEBRATING HOW FAR I'VE COME.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I'M NOT GONNA GIVE THE DEVIL ANYMORE OF MY TIME
BEING MISERABLE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I DID AND CAN'T GO BACK
AND UNDO BUT JESUS HAS PAID FOR WITH HIS BLOOD.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING,
YOUR SINS ARE NOT COVERED, THEY ARE REMOVED.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: GOD REMEMBERS THEM NO MORE.
HE'S REMOVED THEM AS FAR AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST,
AND EVERY DAY IS A BRAND-NEW DAY,
AND YOU CAN HAVE A BRAND-NEW BEGINNING.
JOYCE: WELL, I WANT TO SAY AGAIN,
IF THE DEVIL CAN GET YOU NOT TO LIKE YOURSELF,
HE HAS ALREADY WON THE BATTLE FOR YOUR LIFE.
LEARN TO SEE YOURSELF THE WAY OUR HEAVENLY FATHER SEES US
AND THAT IS IN CHRIST, CHOSEN, VALUABLE,
HE LOVES YOU, HE'S GIVEN YOU GIFTS.
YOU REALLY ARE VERY AWESOME AND YOU NEED TO SEE THAT.
TODAY WE'RE OFFERING YOU "THE GIFT OF EVERYDAY JOY,"
FOUR TEACHINGS.
LISTEN, IF YOU'RE GONNA BE ALIVE,
YOU MIGHT AS WELL ENJOY IT.
A GOOD STUDY ON JOY EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE
JUST REMINDS US TO FIND AS MANY THINGS
AS WE POSSIBLY CAN TO ENJOY.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO GOT A COFFEE MUG THAT YOU CAN,
OF COURSE, DRINK COFFEE OR TEA OUT OF BUT IT SAYS,
"SHARE CHRIST, LOVE PEOPLE, AND DRINK COFFEE."
LIKE I SAID, IF YOU DON'T DRINK COFFEE,
YOU CAN DRINK WATER, OR TEA, OR WHATEVER YOU LIKE TO DRINK.
SO, NOW LET'S FOCUS AND CELEBRATE ON WHAT GOD HAS DONE
IN OUR LIVES EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND DON'T FORGET, GOD LOVES YOU AND YOU ARE AWESOME.
ANNOUNCER: SO MANY TIMES WE THINK, "I'LL BE HAPPY WHEN,
WHEN THE WEEKEND COMES, OR WHEN I GO ON VACATION,
WHEN I GET THAT THING I WANT."
TRUE JOY ISN'T BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE OR OUR CIRCUMSTANCES.
JOY IS A GIFT THAT COMES FROM KNOWING GOD
AND ALLOWING HIM INTO EVERY AREA OF OUR LIVES.
JOYCE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER "THE GIFT OF EVERYDAY JOY,"
NEARLY FOUR HOURS OF TEACHING THAT WILL HELP YOU ESCAPE
THE MUNDANE AND DISCOVER THE MIRACLE OF THE MOMENT.
WE'RE ALSO INCLUDING THIS NEW MUG
TO HELP YOU SHARE CHRIST, LOVE PEOPLE, AND DRINK COFFEE.
ASK FOR THE JOYFUL LIFE GIFT SET FOR A DONATION OF...OR MORE.
CALL...
OR VISIT US AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
ANNOUNCER: THE LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE IS SOLD OUT
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JOYCE: PEOPLE ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS ASK ME,
"WELL, WHAT'S YOUR VISION NOW, YOU KNOW?"
AND I THINK THAT I'M ONE OF THE BLESSED PEOPLE
THAT CAN SAY, I'M--I AM ACTUALLY DOING
WHAT GOD PUT IN MY HEART.
THE VISION THAT HE GAVE ME IS BEING FULFILLED
EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND I REALLY JUST WANT TO HELP
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE.
I REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO--
I ALWAYS SAY I WANT JESUS TO BE FAMOUS, NOT THAT HE'S NOT
BUT I WANT TO DO MY PART TO MAKE HIM MORE FAMOUS.
AND IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT THAT WE REPRESENT HIM RIGHT
OUT IN THE WORLD AND TO TEACH PEOPLE
HOW TO DO THAT.
JOYCE: YOU MAY FEEL LIKE YOU ARE TOTALLY INVISIBLE
IN THIS EARTH.
GOD SEES YOU.
HE'S GOT A PLAN FOR YOU.
IF YOU'LL JUST BELIEVE JUST A LITTLE TINY BIT,
HE'LL REACH DOWN THERE AND HE'LL LIFT YOU UP
OUT OF THAT PIT AND HE'LL SET YOUR FEET ON ROCK.
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