ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: I WOULD ACTUALLY GO SO FAR AS TO SAY THAT I THINK THAT
THIS BUSINESS OF BEING MAD AT PEOPLE, AND ANGRY, AND BITTER,
AND RESENTFUL IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS THAT
JESUS CAME TO TEACH US AND IF WE NEVER GET THIS ONE RIGHT, THEN
NONE OF THE REST OF IT'S EVER GONNA GO RIGHT EITHER.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: 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.
ACTUALLY, THERE'S A SCRIPTURE IN HEBREWS 12:15 THAT SAYS, "HELP
ONE ANOTHER SECURE GRACE SO THAT YOU DO NOT GET BITTER WHEN
YOU'RE HURT OR MISTREATED, BURNT BUT NOT BITTER."
SO, HE'S ACTUALLY SAYING HERE THAT IT'S OUR JOB AS BROTHERS
AND SISTERS IN CHRIST TO KIND OF WATCH OVER ONE ANOTHER IN THIS
AREA AND WE NEED TO BE WISE ENOUGH WITH OUR FRIENDS AND THE
PEOPLE THAT WE'RE AROUND INSTEAD OF WHEN YOU'RE HAVING COFFEE
WITH SOMEBODY AND THEY'RE TELLING YOU THIS LONG TALE ABOUT
WHAT SOMEBODY DID TO THEM AND HOW UPSET THEY ARE, DON'T JUST
SIT THERE AND AGREE WITH THEM, TRY TO TALK THEM OUT OF IT.
TRY TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A WASTE OF TIME, A WASTE OF
GOD'S TIME, A WASTE OF THEIR TIME, AND IT IS NOT IN ANY WAY,
SHAPE, OR FORM GONNA SOLVE THEIR PROBLEM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS?
WHAT THEY TELL YOU GETS INSIDE OF YOU, NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN,
YOU DON'T LIKE THIS PERSON THAT DIDN'T EVEN DO ANYTHING TO YOU.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU'RE NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU
HEAR EXCEPT IN THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE RELIABLE WITNESSES.
SO, WE GOTTA STOP JUST BELIEVING GOSSIP AND GETTING MAD AT PEOPLE
BECAUSE SOMEBODY SAID SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IS TRUE,
AMEN?
COME ON, IF WE'RE GONNA STUDY THE BIBLE, LET'S LIVE IT,
OTHERWISE WE'RE JUST PLAYING GAMES.
WE'RE JUST BEING COUNTERFEIT.
WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO TO UNDERLINE IN YOUR BIBLE IF WE'RE
NOT GONNA DO--NOW, YOU KNOW WE ALL FAIL AND WE ALL MAKE
MISTAKES AND WE KEEP GETTING FORGIVENESS AND WE GO ON, BUT WE
GOTTA BE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS.
WE ARE LIVING IN VERY SERIOUS TIMES AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT
YOU ARE FAIRLY SERIOUS OR YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN A FRIDAY
NIGHT TO COME HERE AND FIGHT THE TRAFFIC YOU FOUGHT
TO GET IN HERE.
SOME OF YOU TRAVELED A LONG WAY, YOU PAID FOR HOTEL YOU'RE GONNA
BE BACK HERE ALL DAY AGAIN TOMORROW AND, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES
A LOT TO PUT ON ONE OF THESE THINGS.
I MEAN, WE PROBABLY BROUGHT 50 PEOPLE WITH US,
SEVEN SEMI TRUCKS FULLY LOADED.
I MEAN, IT TAKES A DAY TO SET THIS WHOLE PLACE UP.
THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS.
GOD GOES TO EXTREMES TO GET HIS WORD TO HIS PEOPLE.
THIS IS NOT JUST AN EVENT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THIS IS NOT JUST A HOPE, "I WANT TO SEE WHAT SHE
LOOKS LIKE IN PERSON COMPARED TO TV."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU CAN GET ALL THE PICTURES OF ME YOU WANT.
YOU DON'T NEED TO COME OUT HERE JUST TO DO THAT.
BUT PLEASE LISTEN TO ME THIS WEEKEND, I BELIEVE THIS IS
A WORD FROM GOD FOR YOUR LIFE AND THIS CAN TURN SOME PEOPLE'S
LIVES AROUND IF YOU'LL GET A HOLD OF THIS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SOME OF YOU, THIS IS AN ACTUAL DIVINE APPOINTMENT.
I MEAN, GOD SENT YOU HERE BECAUSE YOU DESPERATELY NEED
THIS WORD AND LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, IF YOU MAKE A CHOICE
TO FORGIVE SOMEBODY AND YOU DON'T FEEL ANY DIFFERENT, DON'T
LET THE DEVIL DECEIVE YOU INTO THINKING THAT YOU DID
NOT FORGIVE.
HOW YOU FEEL HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
IF YOU PRAY FOR THEM, YOU DON'T GOSSIP ABOUT THEM, YOU SPEAK
WELL OF THEM AND IF THERE'S A NEED THAT COMES UP THAT YOU
CAN MEET, YOU MEET THAT NEED.
THAT IS THE FULL FORCE OF FORGIVENESS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE
GONNA HAVE GOOEY FEELINGS ABOUT SOMEBODY AND DO NONE OF THAT.
HEBREWS 12:15, "SEE TO IT THAT NO ONE FALLS SHORT OF GOD'S
GRACE; THAT NO ROOT OF RESENTMENT SPRINGS UP AND CAUSES
TROUBLE, AND MANY BE DEFILED BY IT."
DON'T JUST TRY TO FORGIVE PEOPLE, PRAY THAT GOD WILL
ENABLE YOU TO FORGIVE.
AND YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE MAD AT SOMEBODY TO
PRAY THAT PRAYER.
WHY NOT PRAY THAT EVERY DAY?
GOD, THE MINUTE THAT ANYBODY OFFENDS ME, GRANT ME THE GRACE
TO FORGIVE QUICKLY.
HELP ME REALIZE WHAT A MESS I AM AND HOW OFTEN YOU FORGIVE ME.
PLEASE GOD, HELP ME.
THE LONGER THE FEELINGS CONTINUE, THE MORE DEEPLY ROOTED
THEY BECOME AND BITTER ROOTS ALWAYS PRODUCE BITTER FRUITS.
2 CORINTHIANS 1:10, "FORGIVE TO KEEP SATAN FROM GETTING
AN ADVANTAGE OVER YOU."
HOW MUCH PLAINER CAN IT BE?
DON'T OPEN DOORS FOR THE DEVIL BY STAYING MAD.
STUDYING THE NATURE OF THE DEVIL IS JUST GOOD FOR ALL OF US EVERY
ONCE IN A WHILE BECAUSE YOU TALK ABOUT SNEAKY, I MEAN THE STUFF
THAT HE DOES AND WE JUST LET HIM GET BY WITH IT.
WE JUST NOT PAYING ANY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON.
PRAY THAT GOD WILL SHOW YOU YOURSELF AND THAT HE'LL SHOW YOU
TRUTH AND THEN HANG ON TO YOUR TO SEATS.
NOW, I LOVE THIS SCRIPTURE, COLOSSIANS 3:19
BECAUSE IT SAYS, "HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES [WITH
AN AFFECTIONATE, SYMPATHETIC, SELFLESS LOVE THAT ALWAYS SEEKS
THE BEST FOR HER."
HOW MANY OF YOU LADIES LIKE THAT?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I LIKE THAT.
"AND HUSBANDS DO NOT BE EMBITTERED OR RESENTFUL
TOWARD YOUR WIFE [BECAUSE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF
MARRIAGE]."
SO, I WAS THINKING THAT OVER I THOUGHT, NOW, WHAT IN THE WORLD
DOES THAT SCRIPTURE MEAN?
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I MEAN THE SAME THING GOES FOR WIVES,
THIS JUST HAPPENS TO TALK ABOUT HUSBANDS AND I'D RATHER TALK
ABOUT HUSBAND THAN WIVES SINCE I'VE GOT THE PLATFORM,
THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OKAY, MAYBE SHE HAS NOT MET ALL OF HIS EXPECTATIONS.
DO YOU KNOW I DON'T THINK IT'S WHAT PEOPLE DO THAT MAKE US SO
UPSET AS WHAT WE EXPECTED THEM TO DO.
AND A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS OF
PEOPLE LIKE I EXPECT YOU TO KEEP ME HAPPY ALL THE TIME.
I USED TO GET SO MAD AT DAVE BECAUSE HE WASN'T KEEPING ME
HAPPY.
HE'D GO PLAY GOLF AND I WASN'T HAPPY, AND DAVE NEEDED TO MAKE
ME HAPPY AND GOD SAID, "WHY DON'T YOU TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR YOUR OWN JOY.
IT'S NOT DAVE'S JOB."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DON'T YOU SEE THAT RIGHT THERE MIGHT SET SOME
WOMAN FREE?
NO, MAYBE, COULD BE?
COME ON, ARE YOU EXPECTING SOMEBODY ELSE TO KEEP YOU HAPPY
ALL THE TIME?
IT'S AN UNREALISTIC EXPECTATION AND YOU'LL END UP BEING BITTER
ABOUT SOMETHING GOD'S NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU BECAUSE HE
DOESN'T WANT YOU TO DEPENDING ON OTHER PEOPLE FOR YOUR JOY.
HE WANTS YOU DEPENDING ON HIM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HE FEELS TRAPPED.
HE'S BEEN MARRIED 30 YEARS AND NOW HE HAS ALL THESE
RESPONSIBILITIES AND HE ISN'T HAPPY.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
MAYBE IF HE LIVED TO MAKE HER HAPPY, HE'D BE HAPPIER OR IF SHE
LIVED TO MAKE HIM HAPPY, SHE'D BE HAPPIER.
OH, YOU LIKE THE HE PART BETTER.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BITTERNESS OFTEN BEGINS WITH SEVERAL SMALL
OFFENSES, LITTLE THINGS THAT WE NEVER BRING CLOSURE TO, LITTLE
THINGS ABOUT THAT OTHER PERSON THAT JUST BUG YOU.
DON'T HAVE A FILE IN YOUR COMPUTER WHERE YOU STORE ALL
THE LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT SOMEBODY.
THE WORD "OFFENSE" COMES FROM A GREEK WORD SCANDALON AND IT WAS
ACTUALLY THE PART OF A TRAP ON WHICH THE BAIT HUNG THAT LURED
THE ANIMALS INTO THE TRAP FOR SLAUGHTER.
SO, WHEN SATAN DANGLES THE TEMPTATION TO BE OFFENDED IN
FRONT OF US, IT'S AN INVITATION TO JUST RUN RIGHT INTO HIS TRAP.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE TODAY ARE OFFENDED?
I HAVE NEVER SEEN A TIME WHEN PEOPLE WERE MORE TOUCHY.
I MEAN, IT'S LIKE, PEOPLE GET MAD AT YOU FOR BREATHING.
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW--IT'S LIKE, WHAT?
PAUL SAID THAT HE REALLY WORKED WITH GOD TO MAKE SURE THAT HIS
HEART WAS VOID OF OFFENSE TOWARD GOD AND MAN.
I HONESTLY THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH
EVERY DAY IN OUR PRAYERS.
"GOD, AM I MAD AT ANYBODY?
IF I AM, SHOW ME WHO IT IS.
HAVE I NOT COMPLETELY FORGIVEN SOMEBODY?
AM I--DO I HAVE ANY OFFENSE IN MY HEART?"
HOW MUCH BETTER DO YOU THINK YOUR DAY WOULD BE IF MAYBE YOU'D
TAKE CARE OF ALL THAT EARLY IN THE MORNING AND JUST GET IT OVER
WITH?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON.
MATTHEW CHAPTER 24 IS A CHAPTER IN THE BIBLE
ABOUT THE SIGN OF END TIMES AND YOU GOT ALL THESE
WARS, AND RUMORS OF WARS, AND FAMINES, AND EARTHQUAKES IN
DIVERSE PLACES, AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS BUT THERE'S
A COUPLE OF SCRIPTURES, VERSE 10 AND VERSE 12 THAT I DON'T THINK
WE PAY ENOUGH ATTENTION TO AND THEY'RE ALSO SIGNS OF
THE END TIME AND VERSE 10 SAYS, "IN THE LAST
DAYS, MANY WILL BE OFFENDED AND THEY WILL STUMBLE AND FALL."
JESUS CALLED HIMSELF A ROCK OF OFFENSE OVER WHICH MEN STUMBLED
AND WHAT THAT MEANT WAS PEOPLE COULD BE GOING ALONG AND GROWING
IN THEIR WALK WITH GOD BUT THEN WHEN THEY CAME TO SOMETHING THAT
WAS HARD FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND OR HARD TO DO AND IT OFFENDED
THEM LIKE IN JOHN 6 WHEN HE SAID, "YOUR FOREFATHERS ATE
MANNA IN THE WILDERNESS AND THEY WERE EXCITED BECAUSE OF
THE MIRACLES, BUT I WANT TO DEAL WITH YOU A DIFFERENT WAY.
I WANT YOU TO TAKE ME AT MY WORD, EAT MY BODY AND DRINK
MY BLOOD."
AND THEY WERE LIKE, "I'M OUTTA HERE."
AND IT ACTUALLY SAYS THAT MANY OF THEM WENT BACK TO THEIR
OLD ASSOCIATIONS.
THEY DIDN'T STICK AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO LET HIM TEACH THEM
WHAT THEY WERE REALLY SAYING SO THEY STUMBLED.
WHEN WE GET OFFENDED, WE CAN'T GROW ANYMORE.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
AS LONG AS YOU'RE ANGRY, YOU'RE NOT GROWING SPIRITUALLY.
AS LONG AS YOU'RE OFFENDED, YOU CAN GO TO CHURCH
SIX TIMES A WEEK, YOU'RE NOT GROWING SPIRITUALLY.
YOU CAN HEAR ALL KINDS OF GOOD STUFF, BUT YOU CAN'T KEEP IT ON
THE INSIDE OF YOU BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
I WOULD ACTUALLY GO SO FAR AS TO SAY THAT I THINK THAT THIS
BUSINESS OF BEING MAD AT PEOPLE, AND ANGRY, AND BITTER, AND
RESENTFUL, IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS THAT
JESUS CAME TO TEACH US AND IF WE NEVER GET THIS ONE RIGHT, THEN
NONE OF THE REST OF IT'S EVER GONNA GO RIGHT EITHER, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THEN VERSE 12 SAYS, "THE LOVE OF THE GREAT
BODY OF PEOPLE WILL GROW COLD IN THE LAST DAYS," AND THAT'S WHAT
SATAN WANTS.
HE WANTS A STRONGHOLD OF COLD LOVE.
HE DOESN'T WANT US TO LOVE EACH OTHER BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE OUR
POWER IS AT AND HE TELLS US TO LOVE EACH OTHER UNCONDITIONALLY
AND TO DO THAT, YOU GOTTA BE GOOD AT GIVING MERCY, AMEN?
SOMETIMES WE SAY, "WELL, I'LL FORGIVE YOU, BUT I'LL NEVER
FORGET IT."
WELL, HERE'S A LITTLE STORY, "THERE WAS A PRIEST IN
THE PHILIPPINES WHO CARRIED THE BURDEN OF A SECRET SIN HE
COMMITTED MANY YEARS BEFORE.
HE HAD REPENTED BUT HE STILL HAD NO SENSE OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS.
IN HIS CHURCH WAS A WOMAN WHO CLAIMED TO HAVE VISIONS IN WHICH
WE SPOKE WITH CHRIST AND HE SAID TO HER--AND HE WAS WITH HER SO
THE PRIEST HOWEVER WAS SKEPTICAL ABOUT THIS WOMAN BUT TO TEST HER
HE SAID, WELL, THE NEXT TIME YOU SPEAK WITH CHRIST, I WANT YOU TO
ASK HIM WHAT SIN YOUR PRIEST COMMITTED WHEN HE WAS IN BIBLE
COLLEGE.
SO, THE WOMAN AGREED TO DO SO.
A FEW DAYS LATER, THE PRIEST ASKED, WELL, DID CHRIST VISIT
YOU IN YOUR DREAMS?
YES HE DID, SHE SAID.
AND DID YOU ASK HIM WHAT SIN I COMMITTED WHILE I WAS IN BIBLE
COLLEGE.
YES, I DID.
WELL, WHAT DID HE SAY?
HE SAID, I DON'T REMEMBER."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON, I DON'T REMEMBER.
SEE, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY POSSIBLE.
IF YOU LET GO OF THINGS REAL QUICK, I'M ASKING YOU TO GET A
MASTERS DEGREE IN FORGIVENESS.
I MEAN, JUST BE THE BEST OF ANYBODY AT FORGIVING.
DON'T WASTE ANY MORE OF YOUR TIME.
I MEAN, IF YOU REALLY STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT, IF YOU GO HOME
AND THINK ABOUT THIS FOR TEN MINUTES TONIGHT, YOU'LL
REALIZE THAT STAYING MAD AT SOMEBODY DOES NO GOOD.
IT DOESN'T CHANGE THEM, BUT IT DOES CHANGE YOU.
SO, WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR LOVE WALK STIRRED UP.
1 PETER SAYS, "ABOVE ALL, HAVE FERVENT, UNFAILING LOVE FOR
ONE ANOTHER."
IF I DIDN'T HAVE TO RECORD DIFFERENT THINGS FOR TELEVISION,
I COULD GO EVERYWHERE I WENT AND PREACH ON LOVE, WHAT IT
REALLY MEANS TO LOVE.
LOVE IS NOT JUST A SERMON.
IT'S NOT JUST A WORD.
IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT WE SAY TO PEOPLE, BUT IT'S ACTION.
LOVE IS DOING THINGS FOR PEOPLE.
IT'S HELPING PEOPLE THAT ARE HURTING.
IT'S BUILDING PEOPLE UP.
IT'S TAKING TIME WITH PEOPLE, SOMETHING WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF
TODAY.
WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME FOR PEOPLE.
RELATIONSHIPS ARE GOING TO POT BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO TAKE
ANYTIME TO TALK TO ANYBODY.
WE'LL JUST SEND A TEXT AND THEY'LL ANSWER BACK "K"
AND THAT'S IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOT THAT YOU PROBABLY WOULD GET A TEXT FROM ME BUT IF
I SENT YOU A TEXT, DO NOT SEND ME BACK A MESSAGE THAT SAYS "K."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, IF WE'RE TOO LAZY TO EVEN SAY, "OKAY."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SOMETIMES I HAVE TO ASK, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
HOW MANY OF YOU AGREE?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WE'RE IN SUCH A BIG HURRY NOW, WE CAN'T EVEN WRITE
OUT A WHOLE SENTENCE.
"ABOVE ALL, HAVE FERVENT UNFAILING LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER
BECAUSE LOVE COVERS A MULTITUDE OF SINS.
IT OVERLOOKS UNKINDNESS AND UNSELFISHLY SEEKS THE BEST
FOR OTHER PEOPLE."
THERE'S AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE OUT
WHICH IS WHAT I USE AND THEY USE THE PHRASE IN THERE,
"LOVE UNSELFISHLY SEEKS THE BEST FOR OTHER PEOPLE."
LOVE IS SHED ABROAD IN OUR HEARTS BY THE HOLY GHOST BUT WE
CAN EITHER KEEP IT STIRRED UP OR WE CAN LET IT GROW COLD.
AND THIS HAS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT TO ME IN THE LAST 12 OR 15 YEARS
OF MY LIFE AND I SHARE IN A LOT OF MY MESSAGES,
AND I DON'T INTEND TO STOP.
IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR LOVE STIRRED UP, THERE'S CERTAIN
THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO.
NUMBER ONE, ASK GOD EVERY DAY WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR SOMEBODY
ELSE.
DON'T WAIT FOR THREE PROPHECIES AND TWO TRUMPET BLASTS
AND AN ANGELIC APPEARANCE.
"NOW GOD, IF YOU REALLY, YOU REALLY WANT ME TO HELP THEM,
GOD, I MEAN LIKE REALLY WANT ME TO."
LISTEN TO WHAT PEOPLE SAY THEY WANT AND NEED AND PROVIDE IT.
STOP ASKING GOD TO DO THINGS FOR PEOPLE THAT YOU COULD DO AND
JUST DON'T WANT TO.
"GOD, MABEL'S BEHIND ON HER RENT, SHE NEEDS HELP."
WELL?
HOW ABOUT IF YOU GET A HUNDRED BUCKS OUT OF YOUR
POCKET AND HELP HER?
"WELL, I HAVE PLANS FOR MY MONEY."
COME ON, AM I TELLING THE TRUTH?
I'M TELLING THE TRUTH.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
THE ONLY WAY I KNOW THIS IS BECAUSE I'VE HAD TO TAKE THIS
FROM GOD FIRST BEFORE I GET TO DISH IT OUT TO ANYBODY.
I'M NOT POINTING FINGERS AT ANYBODY ELSE.
THIS IS HOW GOD HAS DEALT WITH ME, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE'S
TAUGHT ME AND REALLY ALL I'M DOING IS JUST LETTING YOU EAT
OFF MY PLATE.
SET ASIDE AN AMOUNT OF MONEY EACH MONTH BEYOND YOUR REGULAR
GIVING.
NOW COME ON, I'M GIVING YOU A HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT.
SET ASIDE AN AMOUNT OF MONEY EACH MONTH BEYOND YOUR REGULAR
GIVING AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE MONEY YOU'RE GONNA GET A TAX
WRITE OFF FOR, YOU KNOW?
THIS IS GONNA JUST BE MONEY TO BLESS PEOPLE WITH.
IT MAY BE SOMEBODY THAT'S POOR, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE.
JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S NOT POOR DOESN'T MEAN THEY DON'T NEED TO
BE BLESSED.
I MEAN, THE RICHEST PERSON YOU KNOW MAY NEED A BLESSING WORST
THAN ANYBODY ELSE THAT YOU KNOW BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE HAVE A LOT,
PEOPLE ARE USUALLY ALWAYS WANTING SOMETHING FROM THEM
AND NOBODY THINKS ABOUT GIVING TO THEM.
COME ON, AM I RIGHT?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO BE A BLESSING.
I MEAN, GET DETERMINED.
SAY, "I AM NOT GONNA LET ONE DAY OF MY LIFE GO BY THAT I DON'T
BLESS SOMEBODY."
EVERY DAY I DON'T GET--I DON'T GET AROUND TO IT EVERY DAY BUT
EVERY DAY, I TRY TO GIVE SOMETHING AWAY, SOMETHING,
SOMETHING OUT OF MY CLOSET.
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH STUFF YOU GOT LAYING AROUND YOUR HOUSE THAT
COULD BE A BLESSING TO SOMEBODY ELSE AND YOU'RE KEEPING IT JUST
IN CASE?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND IF IN CASE EVER COMES, YOU WON'T KNOW
WHERE IT'S AT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND YOU'LL GO BUY ANOTHER ONE ANYWAY.
COME ON, I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUTH.
YOU DOING OKAY OUT THERE?
GALATIANS 6:10 SAYS, "BE MINDFUL TO BE A BLESSING, ESPECIALLY TO
THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH."
NOW, HERE'S WHAT I'M SAYING IF I COULD SUM THIS UP.
INSTEAD OF BEING MAD, AND BITTER, AND OFFENDED, AND ANGRY,
EVEN LIKE SECRETLY ANGRY, "I LOVE YOU WITH THE LOVE OF
THE LORD BUT EVERY TIME I SEE YOU IT'S--"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON, LET ME SEE YOU GUYS DO THAT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OH, I'M BETTER AT IT THAN YOU ARE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, IT'S A FEELING WE GET, ISN'T IT?
IT'S JUST LIKE, "OH, DID YOU HAVE TO COME?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "I WOULDN'T HAVE WENT THAT TO BABY SHOWER IF I WOULD
HAVE KNOWN YOU WERE GONNA BE THERE AND I'M SURE NOT GONNA SIT
BY YOU."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING?
GOD IS NOT NEARLY AS INTERESTED IN YOUR LITTLE SUNDAY MORNING
VISIT AS HE IS IN HOW YOU LIVE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
ALL WEEK LONG.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, I'M SURE GOD'S PROUD OF YOU THAT CAME HERE
TONIGHT, YOU TOOK A FRIDAY NIGHT TO COME.
BUT TO BE HONEST, YOU HAVE WASTED YOUR TIME IF YOU DON'T GO
OUT OF HERE AND PUT SOME OF THE THESE PRINCIPLES INTO PRACTICE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I DON'T WANT TO BE MAD AT ANYBODY.
BEING MAD'S HARD WORK.
THE BIBLE SAYS IN PROVERBS 19:11,
"GOOD SENSE AND DISCRETION MAKE A MAN SLOW TO ANGER
AND IT IS HIS HONOR AND GLORY TO OVERLOOK AN OFFENSE
WITHOUT SEEKING REVENGE AND HARBORING RESENTMENT."
OKAY, HERE'S THE KICKER, YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORD "GLORY"
MEANS, IT'S HIS GLORY TO OVERLOOK AN OFFENSE?
IT MEANS THE MANIFESTED EXCELLENCE OF GOD.
SO, IF I CAN TRANSLATE THIS PROPERLY, IT'S AN HONOR AND WILL
PRODUCE THE MANIFESTED EXCELLENCE OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE
IF YOU OVERLOOK A TRANSGRESSION OR AN OFFENSE AND DON'T SEEK
REVENGE AND HARBOR RESENTMENT.
COMING ON, ARE YOU WAITING FOR GOD TO DO SOME BIG THINGS
FOR YOU?
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE WAITING FOR GOD TO DO SOME BIG THINGS
FOR YOU?
I MEAN, YOU REALLY WANT BIG-TIME FAVOR?
WELL, I DO, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
I KNOW THAT I'LL NEVER HAVE IT IF I DON'T STAY FREE FROM THIS.
YOU CAN'T LET IT GET YOU, IT'S THE DEVIL.
DON'T LET IT GET YOU.
WELL, YOU'RE LAYING AROUND IN BED AT NIGHT ABOUT TO DRIFT OFF
AND HERE COMES THE THOUGHTS.
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I'LL FIND MYSELF JUST BEING, YOU KNOW,
LIKE EMPTY HEADED.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, I'M THINKING ABOUT
SOME SPECIFIC THING MY DAD DID TO ME THAT I DETESTED.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT I'LL DO?
I'LL SAY NO.
COME ON, OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND TALK BACK TO THE DEVIL.
JUST SAY, "NO, I'M NOT GOING THERE."
THERE IS A PLACE CALLED THERE AND YOU USED TO LIVE THERE BUT
YOU'RE NOT GOING THERE ANYMORE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE.
JOYCE: WELL, WE ALL NEED TO LEARN TO DO THINGS GOD'S WAY
AND THAT MEANS LIVING FREE FROM ANGER AND OFFENSE AND WALKING
IN FORGIVENESS, THE FORGIVENESS THAT GOD OFFERS US BUT ALSO
GIVING THAT TO OTHER PEOPLE.
WHEN WE DO THAT, IF SOMEBODY HAS WRONGED US, GOD WILL
VINDICATE US.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU THREE HOURS OF TEACHING CALLED
"BURNT BUT NOT BITTER," AND I THINK TEACHING
ON FORGIVING PEOPLE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT KINDS
OF TEACHING TO HAVE BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES
SOMETIMES DAILY TO NEED TO DO IT.
THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES WHEN PEOPLE DO THINGS THAT WE JUST
DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT HURT US BUT IF YOU GET REALLY GOOD AT
FORGIVENESS, THEN YOU WON'T HAVE TO CARRY THAT PAIN AROUND
WITH YOU.
AND WE'RE OFFERING THIS TO YOU TODAY FOR YOUR GIFT OF ANY
AMOUNT TO THE MINISTRY.
I JUST REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE A BLESSING, DO THE BEST
THAT YOU CAN.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO GET THESE TEACHINGS SO SEND IN
YOUR GIFT ANY AMOUNT, AND I BELIEVE THAT WHAT YOU GIVE IS
GONNA BE THE BEST THAT YOU CAN DO.
GOD WANTS TO MOVE YOU PAST YOUR PAIN AND INTO A BRAND-NEW
BEGINNING AND THIS CAN BE THE DAY THAT IT STARTS.
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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