ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: WELL, I TELL YA WHAT, WHEN GOD STARTS MAKING YOU DIG
AROUND DEEPER, IT CAN GET SQUIRMY IN THE SEAT.
IT'S LIKE, "OKAY JOYCE, YOU THINK YOU'VE FORGIVEN, WELL
THEN, WHY DO YOU TURN AND GO IN THE OTHER DIRECTION EVERY TIME
YOU SEE THAT PERSON?"
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: WELL, I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS IS YES
BUT I'LL JUST ASK IT ANYWAY.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN HURT BY SOMEBODY ELSE?
TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF?
USED, ABUSED, LIED ABOUT, LIED TO?
BEEN CHEATED OR DECEIVED?
HAVE YOU EVER JUST REALLY DONE A LOT FOR SOMEBODY AND THEN
WHEN YOU NEEDED THEM, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY TIME FOR YOU?
MAN, THAT'S A HARD ONE, ISN'T IT?
"AFTER ALL I'VE DONE FOR YOU."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL, THEN I GUESS IF I WANT TO BE A REALLY GOOD
CHRISTIAN, I HAVE TO GO BACK AND SAY, "WELL, OKAY GOD, IF I'M
EXPECTING THEM TO PAY ME BACK, THEN WAS I REALLY GIVING WHEN I
HELPED THEM OR WAS I JUST BUYING POINTS SO THEY WOULD OWE ME
SOMETHING LATER?" YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST GO DEEP
TONIGHT, OKAY?
LET'S DON'T FOOL AROUND ON SURFACE OF THIS THING.
LET'S REALLY GET DOWN TO WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT AND GET IT
OVER WITH.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER EXAMPLE
IN THE BIBLE THAN JOSEPH AND MAYBE YOU GET TIRED OF
HEARING ABOUT HOW JOSEPH FORGAVE HIS BROTHERS, BUT I MEAN HIS
STORY IS SO AMAZING.
HIS BROTHERS WERE JEALOUS OF HIM BECAUSE HE WAS DAD'S BABY
AND HE GOT A SPECIAL COAT.
IT HAD A LOT OF PRETTY COLORS IN IT AND THEY DIDN'T LIKE THAT.
THEN ON TOP OF THAT, HE HAD A DREAM WHERE HE DREAMED THAT
HE WAS GOING TO BE OVER ALL THEM AND THEY WERE GONNA BOW DOWN
TO THEM.
BEING YOUNG, HE WAS A LITTLE BIT DUMB AND HE DIDN'T KNOW ANY
BETTER THAN TO TELL THEM ABOUT HIS DREAM.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT HIS BIGGEST MISTAKE WAS JUST IMMATURITY,
IT WASN'T THAT HE WAS MEAN.
SO, THEY HATED HIM.
THE BIBLE SAYS PLAINLY THEY HATED HIM, AND THEY SOLD HIM
TO SLAVE TRADERS.
THEY WERE GONNA KILL HIM AND JUST GO BACK AND TELL HIS DAD
THAT A WILD BEAST KILLED HIM, BUT THEY ENDED UP SELLING HIM
AND THEY DID TELL HIS DAD THAT HE WAS DEAD.
AND THEY PUT SOME BLOOD ON HIS CLOAK AND TOOK IT BACK, AND
THE SLAVE TRADERS THEN SOLD HIM TO A WEALTHY MAN NAMED POTIPHAR.
AND POTIPHAR'S WIFE TOOK A LIKING TO JOSEPH AND JOSEPH WAS
MAINTAINING HIS INTEGRITY WITH GOD, NO MATTER WHAT IT COST HIM.
I WANT TO REPEAT THAT.
HE WAS MAINTAINING HIS INTEGRITY WITH GOD NO MATTER WHAT IT COST
HIM PERSONALLY.
MAYBE ONE MORE TIME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BOY, WE NEED PEOPLE THAT WILL HAVE A STANDARD OF
INTEGRITY IN THEIR LIFE AND NOT GO BELOW IT NO MATTER WHAT IT
ENDS UP COSTING THEM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COMPROMISE INSIDE THE CHURCH AND AMONG PEOPLE WHO
CALL THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS IS TOTALLY RUINING
OUR REPUTATION AS ANY PLACE TO OR ANYBODY TO GO
TO WHEN YOU NEED HELP.
THE VERY PEOPLE WHO TEMPT YOU TO COMPROMISE WILL HATE YOU
IF YOU DO IT.
THEY WANT SOMEBODY THAT WILL STAND UP AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
THEY WANT AN EXAMPLE.
SO, I'M GONNA SAY THAT AGAIN, JOSEPH MAINTAINED HIS STANDARD
OF INTEGRITY AND RATHER THAN GOING TO BED WITH HER LIKE
SHE WANTED, HE REFUSED TO.
SHE LIED ABOUT HIM, SAID THAT HE TRIED TO RAPE HER, AND POTIPHAR
HAD HIM PUT IN PRISON WHERE HE STAYED, I THINK SOMETHING LIKE
13 YEARS FOR SOMETHING THAT HE DIDN'T DO.
SO, THIS GUY IS HAVING A ROUGH GO.
THEN WHEN HE WAS IN PRISON, HE MET A BUTLER AND A BAKER WHO
WERE IN THERE FOR SOMETHING THEY DID, AND THEY HAD BEEN
THE BUTLER AND THE BAKER IN PHARAOH'S HOUSE AND THEY WERE
WANTING TO GET CLEARED, GET THEIR JOBS BACK.
THEY HAD SOME KIND OF DREAM AND JOSEPH WAS ABLE TO INTERPRET
THE DREAM AND OUT OF THAT, THEY ENDED UP GETTING OUT OF
THE PRISON.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS HE SAID IS, "DON'T FORGET ME."
WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY DID?
THEY FORGOT HIM AND LEFT HIM RIGHT THERE.
BUT ULTIMATELY PHARAOH HAD A DREAM, JOSEPH WAS ABLE TO
INTERPRET THAT DREAM AND PHARAOH BROUGHT HIM INTO HIS HOUSE.
AND IF YOU STUDY THE BIBLE AT ALL, YOU PROBABLY KNOW THE STORY
FROM THE PIT TO THE PALACE.
HE ENDED UP BEING THE SECOND IN CHARGE.
WELL, EVENTUALLY THE OPPORTUNITY CAME FOR HIM TO GET HIS BROTHERS
BACK, TAKE REVENGE.
THAT WASN'T PART OF HIS DNA EITHER.
AND SO, HE FORGAVE THEM, TOOK CARE OF THEM THE REST OF THEIR
LIVES AND HE SAID SOMETHING THAT WE ALL NEED TO REALIZE HERE
TONIGHT, AND SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SWALLOW.
BUT HE SAID, "WHAT YOU MEANT FOR MY HARM, GOD INTENDED FOR
MY GOOD."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, IN OTHER WORDS, GOD ALLOWED IT FOR THE VERY
PURPOSE OF MATURING JOSEPH.
AND I CAN TELL YOU WHAT, WE DON'T GROW UP IN GOOD TIMES,
WE ENJOY GOOD TIMES, BUT WE GROW UP IN OUR HARD TIMES.
AND ANYBODY HERE THAT'S MADE IT THROUGH SOMETHING DIFFICULT AND
YOU'RE NOW ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, YOU WOULD LOOK BACK AND SAY,
"THAT WAS WHERE I BECAME A MAN OR A WOMAN.
THAT WAS THERE I GREW UP IN GOD."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE--AND IT IS
A TEST.
ONE OF THE MESSAGES TOMORROW IS GONNA BE ABOUT LETTING YOUR TEST
BECOME YOUR TESTIMONY.
'CAUSE YOU GOTTA REMEMBER THAT TESTIMONY BEGINS WITH T-E-S-T,
TEST.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE, AFTER THEY HAVE A TEST, ALL THEY HAVE LET
IS THE MONIES, THEY NEVER GET AROUND TO THE TESTIMONY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW WE'RE GOOD--WE'RE SO MUCH IN LOVE WITH
JESUS WHEN NOTHING HURTS.
OH, WE'RE SO IN LOVE WITH THE LORD AND SO HAPPY TO PRAISE HIM
WHEN WE GOT THE PROMOTION, WHEN HE GOT THE GUY WHEN, YOU KNOW,
WHATEVER IT IS WE WANTED, WE GOT HIM OR WE GOT RID OF THE GUY
OR WHATEVER.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BY GOD WILL TEST US.
HE WILL TEST US WITH HARD TIMES, AND I'LL SHOW YOU SCRIPTURE
TO SEE IF WE'LL KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS OR NOT AND IF WE'LL
LOVE HIM JUST AS MUCH IN THE VALLEY AS WE DO ON
THE MOUNTAINTOPS.
AND GOD DOES THIS BECAUSE HE WANTS TO USE EVERY SINGLE ONE
OF US.
GOD HAS A PLAN AND A PURPOSE FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU, NOT
ONE PERSON IN THIS BUILDING IS LEFT OUT.
GOD HAS A PLAN AND NEEDS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU.
IF YOU THINK THE WORLD IS GONNA BE WON BY A HANDFUL OF PREACHERS
ON A PLATFORM OR A FEW PEOPLE ON TELEVISION, YOU ARE WRONG,
WRONG, WRONG, BECAUSE MOST OF PEOPLE THAT NEED JESUS ARE NOT
COMING TO CHURCH AND THEY'RE NOT WATCHING CHRISTIAN TV UNLESS FOR
SOME REASON THEIR TELEVISION GETS STUCK ON IT AND THEY CAN'T
GET IT OFF.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND I DID HAVE ONE GUY TELL ME THAT.
HE SAID, "SCARED THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF ME."
HE SAID HE WAS HIGH ON DOPE AND IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,
AND HE TURNED THE TELEVISION ON AND I CAME ON AND HE DIDN'T WANT
TO LISTEN TO ME SO HE TRIED TO CHANGE THE CHANNEL AND IT
WOULDN'T CHANGE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HE SAID, "THE ONLY BUTTON ON MY TV THAT WORKED WAS
THE ONE TO TURN THE VOLUME UP."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HE WENT AND GOT NEW BATTERIES, PUT NEW BATTERIES IN,
STILL SAME THING.
COULD NOT GET RID OF ME.
SOON AS MY PROGRAM WAS OVER, THE REMOTE STARTED WORKING AGAIN.
HE SAID HE HIT HIS KNEES, STARTED REPENTING,
AND GOT SAVED.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BUT MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT NEED CHRIST ARE WORKING
AROUND YOU AT WORK.
THEY'RE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY'RE IN THE STORES THAT YOU GO TO.
AND EVERY SINGLE BELIEVER IS CALLED OF GOD, YES, TO BE HAPPY
AND ENJOY LIFE, BUT TO DO SOMETHING WAY BEYOND THAT,
TO SHARE WITH OTHER PEOPLE WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU.
AND IF YOU'RE AFRAID OF--YOU SAY, "WELL, I CAN'T PREACH,
I CAN'T TALK TO PEOPLE."
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I THINK WE CAN DO MORE PREACHING
AND KEEP OUR MOUTH SHUT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS GET OUT THERE AND LIVE THE LIFE.
WE NEED TO GET OUT THERE AND ACT LIKE CHRISTIANS.
SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENS WHEN SOMEBODY AT YOUR WORKPLACE
HAS MISTREATED YOU?
YOU KNOW THEY'VE MISTREATED YOU.
THEY KNOW THEY'VE MISTREATED YOU AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY HAVE
A NEED AND YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE TO STEP UP AND SAY, "I'D LIKE
TO HELP YOU WITH THAT."
WELL, YOU KNOW, NOTHING EMBARRASSES YOUR ENEMIES ANY
MORE THAN FOR YOU TO HELP THEM WHEN THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE
AND NOTHING MAKES THE DEVIL ANY MADDER THAN FOR YOU TO LOVE YOUR
ENEMIES BECAUSE AS SOON AS YOU START TO DO THAT,
HE'S LOSING CONTROL OVER YOU.
THE ONLY THING THAT GETS IN OUR WAY IS OUR FEELINGS.
"BUT I FEEL, BUT I FEEL, BUT I FEEL."
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU'RE MORE THAN A FEELING.
YOUR FEELINGS ARE SOMETHING YOU HAVE AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO LET
THEM HAVE YOU.
YOU CAN DO THE RIGHT THING AND NOT FEEL LIKE DOING IT, AMEN?
LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN.
YOU CAN DO THE RIGHT THING AND YET NOT FEEL LIKE DOING IT.
MY GOODNESS, IF I ONLY DID WHAT WAS RIGHT WHEN I FELT LIKE IT,
WE'D HAVE A BIG MESS, HOW ABOUT YOU?
SO, PAUL WAS HURT SEVERAL TIMES.
I MEAN, THERE'S A GROUP OF SCRIPTURES HERE THAT ARE
PRETTY AMAZING.
2 TIMOTHY 4:9 THROUGH 17 PAUL SAID, "MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO COME
TO ME SOON; FOR DEMAS, HAVING LOVED [THE PLEASURES OF] THIS
PRESENT WORLD, HAS DESERTED ME AND GONE TO THESSALONICA;
CRESCENS HAS GONE TO GALATIA, AND TITUS TO DALMATIA."
WELL, IT LOOKED LIKE ALL THE BOYS WERE SCATTERING.
THIS HAPPENED TO ME WHEN GOD CALLED ME TO BEGIN TO TEACH
THE BIBLE.
I WAS IN A CHURCH AT THE TIME THAT DIDN'T ADVOCATE WOMEN
BEING USED IN MINISTRY.
I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE
GOD CALLED ME AND I FIGURED I OUGHT TO JUST DO WHAT HE
WANTED ME TO.
BUT I'M TELLING YOU WHAT, MY FRIENDS SCATTERED, I MEAN THEY
WENT IN EVERY DIRECTION AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I WAS LIKE THE
SUBJECT OF EVERYBODY'S GOSSIP.
WE GOT ASKED TO LEAVE OUR CHURCH.
WE LOST OUR FRIENDS.
FAMILY OSTRACIZED US.
IF YOU WANT TO BE USED BY GOD, YOU BETTER GET READY TO BE
WILLING TO PAY A PRICE FOR IT BECAUSE IT
DOESN'T ALWAYS COME REAL EASY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU'RE NOT CLAPPING VERY LOUD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SEE NOW YOU'RE NOT SO SURE YOU WANT TO BE USED BY GOD.
"OH GOD, USE ME, USE ME, AS LONG AS IT'S COMFORTABLE AND FEELS
GOOD."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HE SAID, "ONLY LUKE IS WITH ME.
GET MARK AND BRING HIM WITH YOU, FOR HE IS VERY HELPFUL TO ME
FOR THE MINISTRY.
TYCHICUS I HAVE SENT TO EPHESUS.
WHEN YOU COME BRING THE COAT THAT I LEFT AT TROAS WITH
CARPUS, ESPECIALLY THE BOOKS AND THE PARCHMENTS THAT
I LEFT THERE.
ALEXANDER THE COPPERSMITH DID ME GREAT HARM."
NOW, YOU GOTTA WATCH THAT.
"[BUT THAT IS NO CONCERN OF MINE, FOR] THE LORD WILL REPAY
HIM ACCORDING TO HIS ACTIONS."
NOW BOY, IS THAT FREEDOM?
I MEAN, THIS GUY REALLY TREATED ME WRONG, BUT I'M NOT GONNA
WORRY ABOUT THAT.
I'M NOT EVEN GONNA THINK ABOUT THAT.
I'M JUST GONNA PRAY FOR HIM, TURN IT OVER TO GOD.
GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF HIM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.
HE SAID, "BE ON GUARD AGAINST HIM YOURSELF, BECAUSE HE
VIGOROUSLY OPPOSED OUR MESSAGE.
AT MY FIRST TRIAL NO ONE SUPPORTED ME [AS AN ADVOCATE]
OR STOOD WITH ME, BUT THEY ALL DESERTED ME."
NOW, GET THIS, "MAY IT NOT BE COUNTED AGAINST THEM [BY GOD]."
WHAT KIND OF CHRISTIANITY ARE WE DEALING WITH HERE COMPARED
TO WHAT WE HAVE TODAY?
I MEAN, I CAN PREACH THIS MESSAGE ANY PLACE THAT I WANT TO
GO, ANY CHURCH, ANY SIZE ARENA AND AT THE END, I CAN ASK FOR
PEOPLE TO STAND WHO NEED PRAYER TO FORGIVE SOMEONE AND I'VE
NEVER HAD LESS THAN 80% OF THE PEOPLE GET UP, NEVER IN
42 YEARS OF MINISTRY.
I'LL TEST YOU TONIGHT AND WE'LL SEE HOW HONEST YOU ARE.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
THAT'S SCARY AND IT'S CONCERNING TO ME BECAUSE GOD SAYS WE'RE
ONLY POWERFUL WHEN WE HAVE UNITY AND THAT WE'RE NOT TO EVEN LET
THE SUN GO DOWN ON OUR ANGER BECAUSE IT GIVES THE DEVIL
A FOOTHOLD IN OUR LIVES.
THAT'S WHY I CALL THIS BOOK, "DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND FORGIVE."
YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING FOR YOUR ENEMIES, YOU'RE NOT
DOING ANYTHING FOR THEM.
THEY DON'T EVEN CARE.
BUT WHEN YOU FORGIVE 'EM AND YOU START TO PRAY FOR 'EM, THEN GOD
CAN REVEAL TRUTH TO THEM AND THEY CAN COME TO A PLACE OF
REPENTANCE AND MAYBE THEY CAN BE SAVED INSTEAD OF LOST, WHICH IS
WHAT OUR JOB IS AS GOD'S LITTLE HELPERS.
I'M GONNA BACK UP TO VERSE 16.
"AT MY FIRST TRIAL NO ONE SUPPORTED ME [AS AN ADVOCATE]
OR STOOD WITH ME, THEY ALL DESERTED ME.
MAY IT NOT BE CHARGED AGAINST THEM.
BUT THE LORD STOOD BY ME."
EVERYONE ELSE DESERTED HIM, BUT GOD NEVER DESERTS US.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: GOD NEVER DESERTS US.
I'M NOT GONNA STAY MAD AT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE, TRY TO HAVE
A CLOSE INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, EXPECT GOD'S FAVOR
ON MY LIFE.
IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
WHEN GOD SAYS TO DO SOMETHING, HE MEANS IT AND EVERYTHING THAT
GOD TELLS US TO DO IS FOR OUR BENEFIT.
IT'S NOT FOR HIM, IT'S FOR US.
SO, IF GOD SAYS TO GIVE 10% OF YOUR EARNINGS,
HE DOESN'T NEED IT, IT'S FOR US.
THERE'S A SECRET THERE THAT'S FOR US, SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA
HELP US.
WHEN HE SAYS, FORGIVE YOUR ENEMIES NO MATTER HOW BAD
THEY'VE TREATED YOU, AND PRAY FOR THEM, AND BLESS THEM,
HE MEANS FOR US TO DO THAT.
AND WHEN WE DON'T DO IT, WE HURT OURSELVES.
AND WHEN WE DO IT, THEN WE CAN SEE GOD'S FAVOR ON OUR LIFE
AND THE REWARD THAT HE BRINGS WILL FAR OUTWEIGH WHAT IT IS
THE PERSON DID TO US.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I CAN ALMOST HEAR SOME OF YOU THINKING, "BUT YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DID TO ME.
BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DID TO ME."
WELL, I DON'T BUT I KNOW WHAT MY FATHER DID TO ME, AND I KNOW
THAT I SPENT A LOT OF YEARS HATING HIM AND ALL IT DID WAS
MAKE ME BITTER AND HARD TO GET ALONG WITH.
AND WHAT YOU'VE GOT IN YOU WILL COME OUT OF YOU TOWARD
OTHER PEOPLE.
COME ON.
I SAID, WHAT YOU'VE GOT IN YOU WILL COME OUT OF YOU TOWARD
OTHER PEOPLE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND SOMETIMES YOU DON'T EVEN REALIZE THE
BITTERNESS, AND THE RESENTMENT, AND THE ATTITUDES THAT COME OUT
OF YOU.
I KNOW I DIDN'T AND I CAN TELL YA, I THOUGHT I'D FORGIVEN MY
FATHER UNTIL GOD ASKED ME TO HELP HIM AND THEN I REBUKED GOD
THINKING IT WAS THE DEVIL.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I DID, I THOUGHT THERE IS NO WAY THAT GOD WOULD ASK ME
TO DO THAT.
THEY LIVED IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND GOD SAID, "MOVE THEM UP
CLOSE TO YOU, TAKE CARE OF YOUR MOM AND DAD UNTIL THEY DIE."
WAS THERE ANYTHING IN ME THAT WANTED TO DO THAT?
NO ONE FIBER OF MY BEING WANTED TO SPEND ANY MONEY ON THEM, DO
ANYTHING FOR THEM, SEE THEM, GIVE THEM ANYTHING, NOTHING.
BUT I CAN TELL YA, IT WAS THE GREATEST FAVOR THAT I EVER
DID MYSELF IN MY WHOLE LIFE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND PEOPLE LAUGH WHEN I SAY THIS BUT IT'S THE TRUTH
AND GOD KNOWS IT SO THERE'S NO POINT IN ME PRETENDING.
THEY WERE PRETTY OLD AND SO I THOUGHT WELL, YOU KNOW?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU CAN DO ANYTHING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
WELL, WE HAVE GOT SOME LONGEVITY IN OUR BLOODLINES.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: MY MOTHER WAS 90 WHEN SHE PASSED.
HAD TO TAKE CARE OF MY AUNT TOO, SHE WAS 90.
MY DAD DIED AT 86.
I HAD A GRANDFATHER THAT LIVED TO BE 102.
I WAS LOOKING UP STATS THE OTHER DAY ON HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE TO
BE A HUNDRED OR MORE AND IT'S ONLY 2.02% OF THE ENTIRE
POPULATION AND MOST OF THEM ARE WOMEN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND IT SAID THE TWO THINGS THAT
AFFECT YOU LIVING A LONG TIME IS IF YOU'RE A FEMALE
AND IF YOU HAVE LONGEVITY IN YOUR BLOODLINE, SO I GUESS I'M
GONNA BE HERE A WHILE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON, THINK WITH ME FOR A MINUTE.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME YOU EVER HEARD A MESSAGE
ON FORGIVING PEOPLE.
YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD, I DON'T KNOW, 20, 30, HOWEVER LONG
YOU'VE BEEN IN CHURCH.
SURELY YOU'RE HEARING AT LEAST ONE OR TWO A YEAR, BUT WHO ARE
YOU MAD AT?
COME ON, WHO ARE YOU STILL OFFENDED AT, LITTLE BITTERNESS?
YOU KNOW BITTERNESS IS KIND OF, IT'S KIND OF LIKE THIS SNEAKY
LITTLE THING BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, "WELL, I FORGAVE HIM."
I THINK THAT WE CHRISTIANS THINK IF WE DO THE OFFICIAL,
"I FORGIVE YOU" PRAYER-- [AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S LIKE, "WELL LORD, I FORGIVE HIM."
WELL, I WROTE DOWN A LITTLE TEST HERE.
DO YOU THINK YOU'VE FORGIVEN SOMEBODY?
WELL, HOW DO YOU FEEL WHEN YOU HEAR SOMEBODY GOT BLESSED OR
WHEN YOU HEAR SOMEBODY ELSE SPEAK WELL OF THAT PERSON?
"OH, I TELL YA, THEY'RE SUCH A GREAT GUY."
AND YOU'RE LIKE, WELL--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: MAYBE NOT SO MUCH, COME ON.
BOY, I TELL YOU WHAT, WHEN GOD STARTS MAKING YOU DIG AROUND
DEEPER, IT CAN GET SQUIRMY IN THE SEAT.
IT'S LIKE, "OKAY JOYCE, YOU THINK YOU'VE FORGIVEN?
WELL THEN, WHY DO YOU TURN AND GO IN THE OTHER DIRECTION
EVERY TIME YOU SEE THAT PERSON?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "WHY DOES YOUR SKIN CRAWL WHENEVER YOU HEAR THAT
SOMETHING GOOD HAPPENED TO THEM?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: DO YOU PRAY FOR THEM TO BE BLESSED?
I WAS TALKING TO SOMEBODY THE OTHER DAY AND I MEAN, THEY SAID
SOMETHING I KNEW RIGHT AWAY THEY WERE STILL MAD AT THIS PERSON
OVER A SITUATION THAT HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO AND WANTING
MY TO BE MAD TOO.
I SAID, I'M NOT GONNA BE MAD AT THEM.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THAT'S NOT THE WAY I DO LIFE.
I'M NOT DOING THAT.
AND SO, THEN I PROCEEDED FOR A HALF AN HOUR TO TRY TO CONVINCE
THEM THAT THEY SHOULDN'T EITHER, AND THE THING WAS WAS THE PERSON
I WAS TALKING TO, THEY REALLY DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THEY STILL
HAD UNFORGIVENESS IN THEIR HEART.
BUT SEE, THIS BITTERNESS THING, I MEAN, LITERALLY, YOU KNOW, IF
YOU PUT SOMETHING BITTER IN YOUR MOUTH, YOU'LL GO...
WELL, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WHEN YOU HAVE BITTERNESS
TOWARDS SOMEONE AND YOU HEAR SOMETHING GOOD ABOUT
THEM, YOU GET THAT SAME LOOK ON YOUR FACE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IT'S KIND OF LIKE...
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON.
YOU EVEN LIKE KIND OF LICK YOUR LIPS A LITTLE LIKE...
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I BET YOU CAN ALL DO IT.
"BUT I LOVE YOU WITH THE LOVE OF THE LORD."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OH, I JUST CAN'T STAND THAT.
I REMEMBER THE PASTOR MAKING US DO THAT A LOT IN
CHURCH AND, YOU KNOW, PASTORS MAKE PEOPLE DO THINGS THAT THEY
WOULDN'T WANT TO DO IF THEY WERE DOWN THERE DOING IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND, OF COURSE, THERE WAS A GIRL UP THERE THAT HAD
HURT ME REALLY BAD AND TOLD SOME LIES ABOUT ME.
AND, "GO LOVE SOMEBODY WITH THE LOVE OF THE LORD."
SHE WAS THE FIRST PERSON I SAW AND I WAS LIKE--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND IT WAS LIKE THE HOLY GHOST JUST SAID,
"GET IT OVER WITH."
YOU KNOW, THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN TEAR DOWN THOSE
STRONGHOLDS IS TO DO THE THING THAT'S HARD TO DO.
COME ON, JUST ONE SCRIPTURE.
IF WE DON'T FORGIVE OUR ENEMIES, GOD WON'T FORGIVE US.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT'S THE SIMPLEST BOTTOM LINE BIBLE, FORGIVE US
OUR ENEMIES AS WE HAVE FORGIVEN THOSE.
FORGIVE US OUR SINS AS WE HAVE FORGIVEN THOSE WHO TRESPASS
AGAINST US.
IN MATTHEW 6 IT SAYS IF YOU DON'T FORGIVE, THEN NEITHER WILL
YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN FORGIVE YOU.
WELL, IF GOD DOESN'T FORGIVE US, THEN THERE'S A WEDGE BETWEEN US
AND IT CUTS OFF OUR RELATIONSHIP, SO IT MESSES WITH
EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE.
AND I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I'VE BEEN AROUND A FEW YEARS
AND I SPENT A LOT OF THEM ANGRY ABOUT SOMETHING.
THERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN BE ANGRY ABOUT ALL THE TIME
IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL, BUT DON'T WASTE ANYMORE OF YOUR TIME.
I WOULD LOVE IT IF AFTER THIS CONFERENCE YOU WOULD SAY,
"I GOT IT.
THAT'S IT.
I AM NOT GOING TO WASTE ONE MORE DAY OF MY LIFE BEING ANGRY
AT ANYBODY."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
WHO NEEDED TO BE HERE TONIGHT?
OKAY, YOU TALK ABOUT GETTING AN UPGRADE IN POWER IN YOUR LIFE,
MAN, YOU JUST START LIVING FREE OF ANGER AND OFFENSE AND SEE
WHAT GOD DOES FOR YOU.
YOU KNOW WHY?
YOU KNOW WHY HE'LL HONOR YOU?
BECAUSE HE KNOWS IT'S HARD BUT IF YOU WAIT ON HIM TO BE YOUR
VINDICATOR, PEOPLE WILL NEVER GET BY WITH HURTING YOU.
GOD WILL ALWAYS BRING IT BACK AROUND AND REWARD YOU,
BUT ONLY IF WE DO IT HIS WAY.
JOYCE: WELL, LEARN TO FORGIVE QUICKLY AND YOU CAN AVOID
THE TRAP OF OFFENSE.
WE NEED TO FORGIVE OUR ENEMIES AND PRAY FOR THEM.
IT NOT ONLY CHANGES THEM, BUT IT REALLY CHANGES US.
WHEN WE LET PEOPLE GO, THEN GOD CAN DEAL WITH THEM.
WE CAN'T MAKE THEM BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY, BUT GOD CAN.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU THREE CDS, THREE HOURS OF TEACHING
CALLED "BURNT BUT NOT BITTER."
EVERYBODY IN LIFE GETS HURT AT SOME TIME, BUT WE DON'T HAVE
TO LET IT MAKE US BITTER.
TODAY WE'RE OFFERING THIS TO YOU FOR YOUR GIFT TO THE MINISTRY OF
ANY AMOUNT YOU CHOOSE.
ALL I ASK IS THAT YOU DO YOUR BEST AND ALL THE PROCEEDS THAT
COME IN TODAY ARE GONNA GO TO HELP US PAY ALL OF THESE
TELEVISION BILLS THAT IT TAKES TO SEND THIS MINISTRY INTO
YOUR HOME.
SOMETIMES I THINK PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT.
IT'S EASY TO TURN ON YOUR TV AND JUST ENJOY THE PROGRAM,
BUT A LOT OF WORK GOES IN THIS AND TELEVISION IS EXPENSIVE,
BUT YOU'RE WORTH IT.
AND I'M ASKING YOU TO HELP US, NOT ONLY CONTINUE BRINGING
THE PROGRAM TO YOU, BUT TO SEND IT TO NEW PLACES ALL AROUND
THE WORLD WHERE PEOPLE MAYBE DON'T EVEN KNOW JESUS.
SO, YOU PRAY ABOUT IT AND I THANK YOU FOR BEING PROMPT TO
SEND IN YOUR OFFERING TODAY.
GOD BLESS YOU.
ANNOUNCER: EVERYONE EXPERIENCES PAIN.
IT'S HOW WE DEAL WITH IT THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
JOYCE: HURTING PEOPLE HURT PEOPLE.
WHEN YOU LEARN THAT, IT HELPS YOU TO BE ABLE TO GET OVER THE
THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO TO YOU, AND PEOPLE TODAY ARE JUST ABOUT
TO EXPLODE AND THEY END UP HURTING OTHER PEOPLE AND THEN WE
KEEP LETTING THEM HURT US BY STAYING BITTER AND MISERABLE.
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DON'T WASTE YOUR PAIN.
TRUST GOD TO WORK IT OUT FOR YOUR GOOD.
THIS SERIES IS AVAILABLE TODAY FOR YOUR GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT.
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FEMALE: GOD DESIRES FOR ALL OF OUR CONFIDENCE TO BE IN HIM.
ANNOUNCER: LET EACH DAY TAKE YOU DEEPER INTO A LIFE OF
CONFIDENCE WITH JOYCE'S NEW DEVOTIONAL,
"THE CONFIDENT WOMAN."
FEMALE: THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL GIVE ME STRENGTH TO DO
INSPIRING THINGS.
TRUE CONFIDENCE IS UNDERSTANDING MY TREMENDOUS VALUE IN HIM.
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THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
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