ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
ANNIE: I FELT COMPLETELY HOPELESS THAT I WOULD NEVER EVER
BE ABLE TO LIVE A DIFFERENT LIFESTYLE, THAT I WOULD NEVER
CHANGE FOR ANY USE OF ANY KIND FOR ANY GOOD.
JOYCE: I AM DEAD TO SIN AND I AM ALIVE TO GOD,
AND I'M A WHOLE NEW DIFFERENT CREATURE NOW
THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE DEALING WITH FROM THE ONE
THAT YOU HAVE DEALT WITH BEFORE.
GINGER: AS WE WALK THROUGH EACH NEW DAY,
WE ALL HAVE QUESTIONS.
THEY'RE JUST PART OF LIFE, BUT DID YOU KNOW
THERE ARE ANSWERS FOR YOU?
GOD SAYS WHEN WE LOOK, WE'LL FIND HIM.
HE'S NOT TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING.
SO TOGETHER, WE ARE DISCOVERING LIFE'S EVERYDAY ANSWERS.
GINGER: RECENTLY, WE DID A POLL ON TWITTER ASKING,
"DO YOU BELIEVE THAT GOD CAN CHANGE YOU?"
WELL, HERE ARE THE RESULTS.
96% SAID YES, 3% SAID NO, AND 1% SAID I JUST DON'T KNOW.
WELL, THAT TELL US THAT WE BELIEVE
IN THE POWER OF GOD, WHICH IS AWESOME.
YOU BELIEVE THAT HE CAN DO THAT BUT THE QUESTION IS,
"WILL HE ACTUALLY DO IT AND CAN I DO THE PART
THAT I NEED FOR THAT CHANGE TO HAPPEN?
SO, IS THERE HOPE FOR US TO CHANGE?"
JOYCE IS GOING TO SHOW US WHY THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION
IS A BIG YES AND WE'LL SHARE HOW GOD CHANGED THE LIFE
OF A FORMER LAS VEGAS PROSTITUTE.
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
GINGER: THE LURE OF MONEY, LOVE, AND CONTROL
LED ANNIE LOBERT INTO A LIFE OF PROSTITUTION.
ANNIE: I WANTED TO MAKE MY PIMP HAPPY.
I WAS SO IN LOVE WITH HIM SO I'D COME TO THE STRIP
WITH TOTAL EXCITEMENT.
I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, OKAY, I'M GONNA MAKE
10,000 TONIGHT AND I'M GONNA COME HOME
AND HE'S GONNA LOVE ME.
GINGER: THE GLAMOUR OF THE LAS VEGAS STRIP
WAS A SNARE LEADING TO AN ABUSIVE NIGHTMARE
THAT LASTED 16 YEARS.
ANNIE: AND HE TOOK ME TO THE BACK OF THE HOUSE
AND SHOVED MY FACE IN DOG FECES AND TOLD ME, "I'M YOUR PIMP.
THESE ARE THE RULES.
YOU MADE ME DO THIS.
YOU STAY IN LINE, I WON'T HAVE TO DO THIS
EVER AGAIN."
HE GOES, "YOU KNOW YOU THINK THIS IS ALL ABOUT LOVE,
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I LOVE, MONEY."
I FELT COMPLETELY HOPELESS THAT I WOULD NEVER EVER
BE ABLE TO LIVE A DIFFERENT LIFESTYLE,
THAT I WOULD NEVER CHANGE FOR ANY USE OF ANY KIND
FOR ANY GOOD.
JOYCE: YOU REALLY CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST
WHO STRENGTHENS YOU.
THE GREATER ONE WHO LIVES IN YOU, REALLY IS GREATER
THAN HE THAT'S IN THE WORLD.
YOU REALLY ARE A GREAT PERSON.
YOU REALLY ARE AN AMAZING CREATURE, AND YOU REALLY DO HAVE
A REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD HEART.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BECAUSE GOD HAS GIVEN YOU HIS HEART,
AND HE'S PUT HIS SPIRIT IN YOU.
AND AMAZING MORE THAN AMAZING THAN ANYTHING,
HE TOOK OUR SIN AND GAVE US HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU ARE RIGHT WITH GOD THROUGH THE BLOOD OF CHRIST.
AND IN YOUR SPIRIT, THERE IS RIGHTEOUSNESS,
NOT WRONGNESS.
WRONGNESS MAY BE IN YOUR SOUL.
WRONGNESS MAY BE DISPLAYED THROUGH YOUR FLESH,
BUT IN YOUR SPIRIT, THERE IS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
YOU ARE FULL OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD
AND RIGHT DESIRES AND RIGHT WANT TO'S.
AND GOD WOULD NEVER ASK US TO GET OUT OF IN THE WORLD
AND DO RIGHT IF HE DIDN'T GIVE US
THE EQUIPMENT TO DO RIGHT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, HERE'S WHAT IT IS, YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU HAVE GOT WHAT IT TAKES,
BUT THE DEVIL DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT,
SO HE KEEPS YOU THINKING ABOUT HOW BAD YOU ARE.
HOW NO GOOD YOU ARE AND HOW OFTEN YOU FAIL
AND HOW YOU DON'T THIS AND YOU DON'T THAT.
YOU DON'T SOMETHING ELSE.
AND I'M TELLING YOU, YOU NEED TO START TALKING BACK
THE TO THE DEVIL AND SAYING, "I AM A NEW CREATURE
IN CHRIST.
I AM MORE THAN A CONQUEROR.
MY SINS ARE FORGIVEN.
I AM FULL OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.
AND I MAY NOT BE WHERE I NEED TO BE,
BUT THANK GOD I'M NOT WHERE I USED TO BE.
I'M LEARNING.
I'M GROWING."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR MIND ON WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE
FOR OUR MISTAKES, BUT WE CAN'T JUST CAMP ON TOP
OF THEM ALL THE TIME AND NOT DO ANYTHING
BUT THINK ABOUT WHAT WE DON'T DO, WE DON'T DO,
WE DON'T DO, WE DON'T DO.
"DO NOT CONTINUE OFFERING OR YIELDING YOUR BODILY MEMBERS
[AND FACULTIES] TO SIN AS INSTRUMENTS (TOOLS)
OF WICKEDNESS.
BUT OFFER AND YIELD YOURSELVES TO GOD AS THOUGH YOU HAVE BEEN
RAISED FROM THE DEAD TO [PERPETUAL] LIFE,
AND YOUR BODILY MEMBERS [AND FACULTIES] TO GOD,
PRESENTING THEM AS IMPLEMENTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS."
YOU KNOW WE'RE ALWAYS, "WELL, I JUST WISH
THE DEVIL WOULDN'T--I JUST WISH THE DEVIL WOULD LEAVE ME ALONE."
WELL, HE AIN'T GONNA LEAVE YOU ALONE.
HE IS NEVER GONNA LEAVE YOU ALONE, GET THAT.
HE IS NEVER GONNA LEAVE YOU ALONE.
I REMEMBER SAYING TO DAVE YEARS AND YEARS AGO
WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO START THIS MINISTRY
AND IT WAS JUST ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER AFTER ANOTHER
AFTER ANOTHER, AND I JUST GOT SO TIRED
OF DEALING WITH STUFF ALL THE TIME
AND I SAID TO HIM, "WHEN, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN ARE WE EVER
GONNA GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DEAL
WITH SOMETHING ALL THE TIME?"
AND HE SAID, "NEVER."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND I GUESS WE STILL DEAL WITH STUFF
ALL THE TIME.
TO BE HONEST, I DON'T PAY THAT MUCH ATTENTION TO IT NOW.
I JUST DEAL WITH IT AND GO ON ABOUT MY BUSINESS.
WE MAKE TOO MUCH OUT OF THESE THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO US.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WE DON'T WANT TO RESIST GOD,
WE WANT TO YIELD TO GOD AND MAKE SURE
THAT WE RESIST THE ENEMY.
VERSE 16 IN ROMANS 6 SAYS, "DON'T YOU KNOW
THAT IF YOU CONTINUALLY SURRENDER YOURSELVES
TO ANYONE TO DO HIS WILL, YOU BECOME A SLAVES OF HIM
WHOM YOU OBEY?"
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HAD THE SAD EXPERIENCE
OF BEING A SLAVE TO SOME KIND OF ADDICTION
BECAUSE YOU YIELDED TO THAT OVER AND OVER AND OVER
AND OVER, AND IT BECAME
A CONTROLLING FACTOR IN YOUR LIFE?
BUT GOD DOES NOT WANT ANYTHING FROM THE OUTSIDE CONTROLLING US.
HE WANTS US TO BE LED, GUIDED AND CONTROLLED
FROM THE INSIDE.
NOW THE DEVIL WILL PRESS.
HE WILL PUSH AND HE WILL TORMENT.
THE THING ABOUT GOD IS HE SUGGESTS,
AND HE'S GENTLE AND WE'RE LED BY
THESE LITTLE PROMPTINGS THAT SOMETIMES
IF YOU'RE NOT SENSITIVE TO GOD, ARE ALMOST IMPERCEPTIBLE.
WHAT ARE YOU YIELDING TO?
ARE YOU YIELDING TO THE FLESH OR ARE YOU YIELDING TO THE SPIRIT?
ANNIE: AS A LITTLE GIRL, I GREW UP JUST WANTING THE LOVE
OF MY FATHER WHO WAS VERY ABUSIVE AND ANGRY
AND THAT CATAPULTED INTO RELATIONSHIPS
AFTER RELATIONSHIPS OF ABUSE AND BEING USED.
AND THEN EVENTUALLY I DECIDED TO SELL MYSELF
BECAUSE I BECAME DESPERATE TO THAT POINT OF
IF I HAVE MONEY, MAYBE SOMEONE WILL FINALLY LOVE ME.
MY FIRST TRICK I EVER TURNED WAS $500
AND I DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE SEX.
LIKE LITERALLY I TOOK MY CLOTHES OFF AND IT WAS OVER,
AND I WALKED OUT AND TOOK THE MONEY.
GINGER: DID YOU FEEL A SENSE OF CONTROL AT THAT POINT?
ANNIE: ABSOLUTELY.
IT WAS EMPOWERING.
GINGER: HOW MANY TIMES OUT HERE
DID YOU ALMOST LOSE YOUR LIFE?
ANNIE: I COULDN'T COUNT ACTUALLY.
GINGER: CAN'T EVEN COUNT.
ANNIE: NO, I'VE BEEN CHOKED OUT MORE TIMES THAN I CAN COUNT
ON CALLS.
AND THE TRICK STARTS TO CHOKE YOU AND ASPHYXIATE YOU,
AND THEN YOU PASS OUT AND THEN YOU WAKE UP
THE TRICK'S GONE, YOUR MONEY'S GONE,
YOUR CELL PHONE'S GONE.
SOMETIMES EVEN YOUR JEWELRY, THAT HAPPENED A LOT.
GINGER: WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE FOR YOU NOW TO BE HERE?
ANNIE: IT FEELS EXCITING AND REDEMPTIVE.
I-- GINGER: THAT'S SURPRISING.
ANNIE: I KNOW, I KNOW.
GINGER: SURPRISING IN REDEMPTIVE AND NOT PAINFUL
AND MEMORIES FLOODING IN.
ANNIE: NO, THEY USED THOUGH.
WHEN I FIRST CAME DOWN HERE, IT WAS NOT LIKE THIS.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT FOR ME.
AND NOW I LOOK AT ALL THE CASINOS AND I THINK,
THEY'RE SO BEAUTIFUL.
THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL, BUT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING
ABOUT THE CASINOS TO ME IS THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE INSIDE THEM.
GINGER: WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THOSE PEOPLE?
ANNIE: I'LL SEE A GIRL THAT'S WORKING,
THAT IS BEING SEX TRAFFICKED, THAT IS NOT A NEW WORKING GIRL.
SHE'S BEEN WORKING FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW
AND SHE'S BEEN IN THIS SLAVERY FOR A WHILE,
AND SHE'S AT THIS POINT WHERE, "I'M WALKING, BUT I'M A ZOMBIE.
I'M WALKING, BUT I'M THE LIVING DEAD.
I'M WALKING, BUT I DON'T FEEL ANYTHING.
AND IF I DO, I FAKE A SMILE."
GINGER: AND YOU CAN RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN YOU SEE IT?
ANNIE: I CAN.
GINGER: SO, FOR YOU, WHEN DID YOU STOP ACTING,
WHEN DID THAT MASK BEGIN TO CRUMBLE FOR YOU
AND YOU SAW YOUR LIFE CHANGING?
ANNIE: FOR ME, IT WAS AUGUST 2, 2003
AND THAT'S THE NIGHT I OVERDOSED,
AND I KNEW I COULD NEVER BE-- GINGER: WHICH SOUNDS LIKE THE
MOST TERRIBLE NIGHT OF YOUR LIFE AND YET YOU HAVE A SMILE
ON YOUR FACE WHEN YOU SHARE IT.
ANNIE: IT'S MY BIRTHDAY.
IT'S MY SURRENDER BIRTHDAY, THAT'S WHAT I CALL IT.
IT'S WHEN I FINALLY SAID, "OKAY GOD,
I AM READY FOR YOU TO TAKE WHATEVER YOU WANT
TO DO WITH MY LIFE, GET RID OF MY NEED
TO FEEL VALUED BY A MAN, JUST TAKE IT FROM ME,"
AND HE DID.
JOYCE: THERE'S DEFINITELY A WAR FOR MAN'S SOUL.
AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR SPIRIT,
OUR SOUL AND OUR BODY.
WE UNDERSTAND THE BODY PRETTY WELL.
WE LOOK AT IT ALL THE TIME IN THE MIRROR.
WE DRESS IT. WE FEED IT.
WHEN IT DOESN'T FEEL GOOD, WE LAY IT DOWN
BUT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND AS MUCH ABOUT THE SOUL.
AND WE PROBABLY EVEN UNDERSTAND VERY LITTLE ABOUT THE SPIRIT,
BUT MAYBE EVEN THE SPIRIT WE UNDERSTAND EVEN MORE
THAN THE SOUL.
THE SPIRIT IS THE DEEPEST PART OF YOUR BEING.
YOU HAVE A SPIRIT, A HUMAN SPIRIT,
AND IF YOU'RE NOT BORN-AGAIN, THEN YOUR HUMAN SPIRIT
IS DISCONNECTED FROM THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
GOD IS A SPIRIT AND HE COMMUNICATES
WITH US SPIRITUALLY.
SO, IF YOU'RE NOT ALIVE TO GOD OR NOT FULL OF GOD,
THEN YOU'RE GONNA MISS EVERYTHING THAT GOD
WANTS TO SAY TO YOU IN YOUR LIFE.
WHEN A PERSON RECEIVES CHRIST, THE SPIRIT OF GOD COMES TO LIVE
ON THE INSIDE OF THEM AND ONCE AGAIN,
THEY BECOME ALIVE TO GOD.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU BECOME ALIVE TO GOD
IS YOU BEGIN TO HEAR FROM GOD, AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WORDS
THAT YOU HEAR, BUT YOU BEGIN TO SENSE
THINGS SPIRITUALLY.
I CALL IT A HOLY KNOWING.
THERE'S JUST A KNOWING THAT YOU SHOULDN'T DO THAT
OR YOU SHOULD DO THAT.
WELL, THEN IT'S OUR JOB TO YIELD TO WHAT WE'RE SENSING
IN OUR SPIRIT.
HOWEVER AT THE SAME TIME, SATAN, BECAUSE HE WANTS TO KEEP US
FROM GROWING, HE WILL BE PRESSURING US,
NOT THROUGH OUR SPIRIT BECAUSE HE CAN'T GET IN THERE,
BUT HE'LL BE COMING AT US FROM OUTSIDE TRYING TO USE OUR SOUL,
WHICH IS THE SECOND LAYER OF OUR BEING.
AND YOUR SOUL IS YOUR MIND, YOUR WILL AND YOUR EMOTIONS.
SO, HE'LL COME THROUGH THE OUTSIDE
TRYING TO GET INTO OUR SOUL AND THEN BACK OUT
THROUGH OUR BODY SO HIS UGLINESS AND HIS TRASH
AND HIS MEANNESS COMES OUT THROUGH US.
GOD, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS IN US
AND HE'S TRYING TO WORK FROM THE INSIDE
TO WORK THROUGH OUR SOUL AND OUT THROUGH OUR BODY
WITH HIS GOODNESS, AND HIS MERCY, AND HIS GRACE,
AND HIS LOVE, AND HIS STABILITY.
SO, WE'RE IN QUITE A WAR, AND IT GOES ON PRETTY MUCH
ALL DAY LONG IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
HOW MANY OF YOU SENSE THAT SOMETIMES
THAT YOU JUST FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN A WAR?
AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT.
ACTUALLY IN 2 CORINTHIANS 10 IT TEACHES US
THAT WE HAVE A WAR GOING ON IN OUR MIND, AND I BELIEVE
THAT THE MIND IS LIKE ALTHOUGH THE MIND IS PART
OF THE SOUL, 'CAUSE YOUR SOUL IS YOUR MIND,
YOUR WILL AND YOUR EMOTIONS.
I BELIEVE THAT OUR MIND IS KIND OF LIKE
THE MAJOR DOORWAY TO THE SOUL.
IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT OUR THINKING,
THEN WE'RE NEVER GONNA GET OUR LIVES STRAIGHTENED OUT.
ANNIE: MOST OF THE GIRLS THAT ARE DOING THIS
ARE JUST THE FIRST PLACE IS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR LOVE
IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES AND THEY WERE JUST LIKE ME.
THEY ARE A RELATIONSHIP ADDICT AND THEY'RE LOOKING
FOR THAT DADDY FIGURE, AND IT'S FUNNY
BECAUSE THE PIMP'S CALL THEMSELVES DADDY.
THEY MAKE THE GIRLS, THEY MAKE US
CALL THEM DADDY.
AND SO, THAT FILLS THAT HOLE TEMPORARILY UNTIL THEY REALIZE
THAT THEY'RE DADDY'S ABUSIVE, HE'S CONTROLLING,
HE TAKES ALL THEIR MONEY, HE HITS THEM.
HE FOLLOWS THEM WHEREVER THEY GO.
HE DOESN'T ALLOW THEM TO GO SEE THEIR FAMILY
OR THEIR FRIENDS, AND BASICALLY THEY REALIZE
THEY'RE A PRISONER.
AND SO, THAT'S THE POINT THAT I LIKE TO TALK TO THE GIRLS
WHEN THEY'RE TIRED OF THEIR DADDY.
GINGER: YOU HAD A LONG HEALING PROCESS AHEAD OF YOU.
YOU HAD A LOT TO LEARN HOW TO BECOME THAT PERSON
YOU WANTED TO BE.
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN FOR YOU?
ANNIE: AFTER I LEFT PROSTITUTION, I WAS STILL EMPTY.
CORPORATE AMERICA, WORKING IN A SUCCESSFUL JOB
DIDN'T GIVE ME THAT EMPTINESS THAT WAS I WAS LOOKING FOR.
AND HONESTLY, THE ONLY THING THAT FILLED THAT VOID IN MY LIFE
WAS FINDING OUT THAT MONEY COULDN'T FILL IT,
THAT RELATIONSHIPS COULDN'T FILL IT,
THAT SUCCESS COULDN'T FILL IT.
ONLY THE LOVE OF GOD COULD FILL THAT EMPTY HOLE
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED AS A LITTLE GIRL WAS HIS LOVE.
JOYCE: GOD'S WORD IS FULL OF POWER THAT CHANGES LIVES.
ANNIE: I WAS LAYING IN BED ONE NIGHT AND I HEARD THIS LOUD
KIND OF LIKE PUSHY LIKE BOSSY VOICE LIKE,
"OH WELL, BLESS GOD."
AND, "YOU KNOW, GOD LOVES YOU."
AND I WAS LIKE, HMM, WHAT THE HECK, YOU KNOW,
WHO IS THIS?
AND I STARTED LISTENING TO WHAT THIS WOMAN WAS SAYING
AND IT WAS JOYCE, JOYCE: GOD LOVES YOU.
HE LOVES YOU UNCONDITIONALLY.
ANNIE: AND THOSE WORDS STARTED ENTERING MY HEART
LIKE IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU'VE BEEN,
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
YOU KNOW, GOD HAS A WONDERFUL PLAN
FOR YOUR LIFE IF YOU JUST WOULD
GIVE HIM THE CHANCE TO BELIEVE.
AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT?
MY FRIEND WENT OUT AND BOUGHT ME AN AMPLIFIED BIBLE
AND I STARTED READING THE WORD OF GOD.
HE LOVES ME.
HE'S NOT EMBARRASSED.
HE'S PROUD OF ME.
I'M HIS DAUGHTER, AND I FELT SO WONDERFUL
THAT NIGHT.
GINGER: EVEN WHILE YOU STILL WERE NOT PERFECT,
IT WASN'T ABOUT YOU FIXING EVERYTHING,
IT WAS JUST ABOUT WHO GOD WAS.
ANNIE: YES, AND IT WAS JUST LIKE THIS REVELATION THAT YEAH,
HE DOES LOVE ME.
I AM LOVED BY HIM, AND I JUST BECAME
VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT LEARNING GOD'S WORD.
IF YOU WANT TO GET BETTER, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO STUDY.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND OUT WHO GOD IS, HOW MUCH LOVE
HE HAS FOR YOU, AND GET BOOKS
AND THE BIBLE OBVIOUSLY, TO HELP YOU
GET TO KNOW HIM BETTER, WHO HE IS AS A FATHER,
WHO HE IS AS A HUSBAND, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE,
WHO HE IS AS A BEST FRIEND, AS A GUIDE, AS A COUNSELOR,
AS A COMFORTER.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE, YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO UNDERSTAND GOD AND YOU WON'T BE ABLE
TO REALLY RELATE TO OTHERS AND GET THE HEALING
THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
GINGER: ONE OF THE BIG DRIVES,
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF YOUR CHANGE
WAS YOUR DESIRE TO HELP WOMEN DO WHAT YOU DID
TO MAKE THOSE BIG CHANGES IN THEIR LIFE AND TO COME OUT
OF THAT INDUSTRY.
ANNIE: IN 2005, I STARTED TO DO THE FIRST OUTREACH
ON THE STRIP, AND IT WAS REALLY SCARY AT FIRST
BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WOULD BE REJECTED
BUT I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THAT THE GIRLS DIDN'T REJECT ME.
JOYCE: WHEN WE RECEIVE CHRIST,
WE GET A BRAND-NEW NATURE.
WE BECOME A NEW PERSON ON THE INSIDE.
GOD PUTS SOMETHING IN OUR SPIRIT THAT NOT ONLY MAKES US ALIVE
TO HIM, BUT WE GET A BRAND-NEW WANT TO,
A NEW WANT TO.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, NOW SOMETHING DEEP DOWN INSIDE
OF YOU IS WANTING TO DO GOOD THINGS.
BUT MANY TIMES WE'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL
BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE THE DEVIL PRESSING THROUGH THIS OUTER MAN,
AND SO WE NEED TIME TO FEED THE INNER MAN
ENOUGH OF THE WORD OF GOD AND TO PRACTICE THE GOOD THINGS
THAT GOD ASKS US TO DO AND BEGIN TO LEARN
HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO HAVE THOSE KIND OF VICTORIES
AND WE GROW AND WE GROW AND WE GROW.
IF YOU'RE GROWING, THAT'S GOOD.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE MAD AT YOURSELF
BECAUSE YOU'VE NOT ARRIVED.
THE GOOD NEWS IS KEEP GROWING.
WE SPEND TOO MUCH TIME BEING UPSET
BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T ARRIVED, AND IT KEEPS US
FROM ENJOYING THE JOURNEY.
WE SPEND WAY TOO MUCH TIME THINKING ABOUT EVERYTHING
THAT'S WRONG WITH US AND NOT ENOUGH TIME
THINKING ABOUT THE NEW CREATURE THAT WE ARE IN CHRIST
AND WHAT GOD HAS ENABLED US TO DO.
"BUT I SAY WALK AND LIVE HABITUALLY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT,
RESPONSIVE TO AND CONTROLLED AND GUIDED BY THE SPIRIT,
THEN YOU WILL CERTAINLY NOT GRATIFY THE CRAVINGS
AND THE DESIRES OF THE FLESH."
NOW, I'M ACTUALLY GONNA BE USING
THIS SCRIPTURE A LOT AT OUR WOMEN'S CONFERENCE TOO
BECAUSE GOD HAS REALLY BEEN IMPRESSING ON ME
THAT IT'S POSSIBLE FOR US TO PREACH SO MUCH
ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULDN'T DO THAT WE NEVER GET AROUND
TO PREACHING ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
AND IF WE JUST NEVER DO ANYTHING BUT TRY TO WORK ON
WHAT WE SHOULDN'T DO, WE ACTUALLY END UP IN A FIGHT
WITH OUR OWN FLESH AND IT JUST BECOMES
VERY FRUSTRATING.
BUT IF WE'LL CONCENTRATE ON JUST DOING GOOD,
THEN THERE'S NO ROOM FOR BAD.
IF YOU'LL GET UP EVERY MORNING AND FILL YOUR MIND
FULL OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO FOR OTHER PEOPLE
AND DO IT ON PURPOSE BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE TO DO IT
ON PURPOSE.
WE DON'T EVER HAVE TO ACT BAD ON PURPOSE.
THAT'S JUST GONNA HAPPEN IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING
TO ACT GOOD.
I'VE NEVER HAD TO TRY TO BE SELFISH.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I'VE NEVER HAD TO TRY TO BE IMPATIENT.
IT'S JUST RIGHT THERE, SURE ENOUGH.
BUT I CAN MAKE AN EFFORT IN CHRIST,
NOT MY OWN EFFORT, BUT IN HIM,
TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
AND AS SOON AS WE TAKE THAT STEP WE SAY, "GOD,
I WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING," AND AS SOON AS WE TAKE
THAT STEP, HE LINKS UP WITH US
AND GIVES US THE STRENGTH THAT WE NEED
TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
WE HAVE TO LEARN TO BE SENSITIVE TO THESE TEMPTATIONS
THAT GOD GIVES US TO BE GOOD AND JUST REALLY LEARN
TO BE LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT BEING LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT,
WE THINK ABOUT BEING LED TO THE MISSION FIELD,
BEING LED INTO OUR PULPIT MINISTRY,
YOU KNOW, BEING LED TO WRITE THE BEST WORSHIP SONG
THAT'S EVER BEEN WRITTEN.
LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, THE FIRST PLACE
YOU LEARN TO BE LED IS IN THE LITTLE TEENY,
TINY EVERYDAY AFFAIRS OF LIFE AND IF WE WON'T OBEY GOD THERE,
THEN WE'RE NOT GONNA OBEY HIM OTHER PLACES EITHER.
AND THOSE THINGS ARE STILL PROBABLY
MORE IMPORTANT TO ME THAN OTHER THINGS.
I LOVE MY DAILY WALK WITH GOD.
I LOVE BEING LED BY HIM.
IF YOU'RE GONNA FOLLOW THE LEADERSHIP
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, EVERY DAY WILL BE AN ADVENTURE
BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT HE'S GONNA COME UP WITH
ON ANY GIVEN DAY.
AND IT TAKES A REAL CLOSENESS WITH GOD, I BELIEVE,
TO JUST GET UP EVERY DAY AND FOLLOW HIM.
HOW MANY TIMES DO WE PRAY FOR GOD DO SOMETHING
FOR SOMEBODY THAT HE'S GIVEN US
THE ABILITY TO DO IT, BUT WE JUST DON'T WANT
TO MAKE THE SACRIFICE?
IF GOD SHOWS US A NEED, IT'S BECAUSE HE WANTS US
TO HAVE THE JOY OF MEETING THE NEED.
HE DOESN'T WANT US TO PRAY THAT SOMEBODY ELSE WILL DO IT.
VERSE 2, ROMANS 6, "CERTAINLY NOT,
HOW CAN WE WHO DIED TO SIN LIVE IN IT ANY LONGER?"
WE DIED TO SIN WHEN WE RECEIVED CHRIST.
THE SPIRITUAL PART OF US DIED TO SIN.
IN YOUR HEART, YOU NO LONGER WANT TO SIN.
YOUR FLESH MAY WANT TO SIN, PARTS OF YOUR UNCRUCIFIED SOUL
MAY WANT TO SIN, BUT THE REAL YOU,
THE RENEWED YOU, THE NEW CREATURE YOU,
THE BORN-AGAIN YOU DOES NOT WANT TO SIN,
THAT'S WHY YOU CANNOT DO IT AND DO IT COMFORTABLY.
YOU CAN SIN AND BE COMFORTABLE WHEN YOU'RE NOT BORN AGAIN,
BUT YOU HAVE A HARD TIME WITH IT
WHEN YOU'RE BORN AGAIN UNLESS YOU GET A VERY,
VERY, VERY HARD HEART AND BECOME VERY INSENSITIVE
TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHICH IS ALSO POSSIBLE,
BUT VERY DANGEROUS.
"ARE YOU IGNORANT TO THE FACT THAT ALL OF US
WHO'VE BEEN BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST JESUS
WERE BAPTIZED INTO HIS DEATH?"
WHEN YOU GO DOWN IN THE WATER, YOU'RE SIGNIFYING BURIAL
TO THE OLD LIFE.
WHEN YOU COME UP, YOU'RE SIGNIFYING RESURRECTED
TO A NEW LIFE.
IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED SPIRITUALLY THE MOMENT
YOU RECEIVE CHRIST, NOW THIS IS JUST SIMPLY
AN OUTWARD SIGN, THIS WATER BAPTISM
IS AN OUTWARD SIGN MAKING A DECLARATION,
ESPECIALLY TO ENEMY SPIRITS, THAT I AM DEAD TO SIN
AND I'M ALIVE TO GOD, AND I'M A WHOLE NEW DIFFERENT
CREATURE NOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE DEALING WITH THAN THE ONE
THAT YOU HAVE DEALT WITH BEFORE.
"WE WERE BURIED THEREFORE WITH HIM BY BAPTISM INTO DEATH
SO THAT JUST AS CHRIST WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD
BY THE GLORIOUS POWER OF THE FATHER,
SO THAT WE MIGHT HABITUALLY, HABITUALLY LIVE AND BEHAVE
IN NEWNESS OF LIFE."
NO WONDER PAUL SAID TO THE GALATIANS,
"DON'T BE WEARY IN WELL DOING."
YOU ARE GONNA HAVE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR A WHILE
BEFORE YOU'RE GONNA GET A RIGHT RESULT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR TELEVISION PEOPLE
GET THAT.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR A WHILE
BEFORE YOU GET A RIGHT RESULT.
WHEN YOU SOW SEED, IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME
BEFORE YOU GET THE HARVEST.
GINGER: SO YES, WITH GOD IN YOUR LIFE,
THERE IS HOPE FOR US TO CHANGE NO MATTER HOW HOPELESS
YOU MAY FEEL.
AND IT TAKES TIME AND IT TAKES STUDY BUT THERE IS NO QUESTION
THE HOPE IS REAL.
AND WHEN YOU SEE WHAT HE'S DONE IN ANNIE'S LIFE,
YOU SEE WHAT HE'S DONE IN JOYCE'S LIFE,
I KNOW WHAT HE'S DONE IN MINE, I HAVE EVER CONFIDENCE THAT
HE WILL DO IT IN YOURS AS WELL.
OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FRIENDS ARE SAYING THE VERY SAME THING.
THIS IS TRUDY FROM CANADA AND SHE SAYS, "CHANGING
THE WAY I THINK HAS MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE.
INSTEAD OF THINKING NEGATIVE, I'VE STARTED THINKING POSITIVE
AND I NO LONGER HAVE FEELINGS OF HARMING MYSELF.
I STILL STRUGGLE WITH MY IDENTITY IN CHRIST,
BUT I AM FAR FROM THE WAY I USED TO THINK."
WELL, TRUDY, WE WILL KEEP PRAYING FOR YOU.
DON'T GIVE UP ON THIS BATTLE.
GOD WANTS TO HELP YOU.
HE WANTS TO HELP CHANGE YOU AND EVERYONE WATCHING RIGHT NOW.
ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER.
THIS WEEK ON SOCIAL MEDIA HERE'S OUR QUESTION FOR YOU,
"WHAT HAS GOD CHANGED ABOUT YOU?"
IT'S SO ENCOURAGING TO SEE THOSE THINGS.
I KNOW FOR ME, HE HAS MADE ME
MUCH MORE SENSITIVE TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
AND IF YOU KNOW ME THAT'S KIND OF A MIRACLE.
I TEND TO BE REALLY BUSY, GOING FAST,
AND WRAPPED UP IN MY OWN WORLD SOMETIMES,
AND GOD HAS BEEN CHANGING THAT IN MY LIFE AND I'M SO GRATEFUL.
THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT WE WANT TO
HEAR ABOUT YOU.
LET US KNOW ON FACEBOOK, ON THE JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
FACEBOOK PAGE.
ON TWITTER USE #EA AND ANSWER THAT QUESTION
FOR US.
ANNIE: I GOTTA, HOLD ON, I GOTTA--
GINGER: WHERE YOU GOING?
GINGER: WHILE YOU'RE ONLINE, YOU HAVE GOT
TO CHECK SOMETHING OUT.
THE CHANGE THAT ANNIE THOUGHT WAS IMPOSSIBLE HAS BEEN
SO INCREDIBLE IN HER LIFE THAT SHE'S NOW HELPING OTHER WOMEN
THROUGH THAT SAME TRANSFORMATION AT A HOME CALLED DESTINY HOUSE.
TO HELP, WE GAVE ANNIE A HUGE SURPRISE THAT BLEW HER AWAY.
ANNIE: I'M IN SHOCK RIGHT NOW.
CAN YOU TELL?
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FEEL RIGHT NOW.
GINGER: YOU CAN SEE IT ONLINE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.
GINGER: AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE SOME MORE HELP TO MAKE THIS
CHANGE VERY REAL IN YOUR LIFE, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL PACKAGE
TODAY TO OFFER YOU.
IT'S CALLED THE "START YOUR NEW LIFE" PACKAGE.
THERE'S A BOOK CALLED "START YOUR NEW LIFE TODAY,"
AND IT SAYS, "AN EXCITING NEW BEGINNING WITH GOD."
AND ALONG WITH THAT, YOU'LL GET THIS,
IT'S JOYCE'S FOUR-CD TEACHING ON HOW TO SURVIVE CHANGE.
AND I LOVE WHAT THIS SAYS, "LEARNING TO TRUST GOD
AND TO BELIEVE FOR TRANSFORMATION."
THESE ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU TODAY AND THE MORE WE STUDY,
THE MORE WE KNOW WHAT GOD'S WORD
SAYS IN OUR LIFE, THE MORE SUPPORT
THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES
THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE.
SO, PICK THESE UP RIGHT NOW, DON'T WAIT.
HERE IS A PEEK AT NEXT WEEK'S EVERYDAY ANSWERS.
JOYCE: NOW, IF YOU'LL GO HOME AND START TO DO THESE KINDS
OF THINGS, I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU
THAT EVERYTHING'S GONNA COME UP ROSES IN TWO DAYS, THEY WON'T.
BUT THE DAY WILL COME WHEN YOU'LL THINK,
"I AM SO GLAD THAT I FINALLY STOPPED RUNNING AWAY
FROM EVERYTHING THAT WAS HARD."
GINGER: OF COURSE, IF YOU WANT TO ASK A QUESTION ANYTIME,
DO IT ONLINE, USE #ASKJOYCE.
WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING THROUGH THOSE QUESTIONS AND WE ANSWER
AS MANY OF THEM AS WE CAN RIGHT HERE
ON THE SHOW.
AND AS WE CLOSE TODAY, I'M JUST GONNA ASK YOU
TO PRAY AND ASK GOD TO USE YOU TO BLESS SOMEONE ELSE TODAY.
YOU WILL BE AMAZED AT THE OPPORTUNITIES
THAT HE WILL OPEN UP FOR YOU.
IT COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS A SMILE.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
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ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING PROGRAM WAS PAID FOR BY THE
FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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