ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: GOD'S PURPOSE IS BEYOND OUR COMPREHENSION WHEN WE
GO THROUGH THINGS THAT ARE HARD.
AND I KNOW RIGHT NOW SOME OF YOU ARE GOING THROUGH SOME VERY,
VERY, VERY HARD THINGS AND IT MAKES NO SENSE TO YOU, AND YOU
DON'T UNDERSTAND, AND IT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR.
TRUST GOD AND DO GOOD.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: I THINK THAT YOU CAN MAKE A DECISION AHEAD OF TIME
BEFORE YOU EVER GET HURT HOW YOU'RE GONNA RESPOND, AND I
THINK IT NEEDS TO BE PART OF OUR WALK WITH GOD THAT WE'RE ALWAYS
PRAYING, "GOD, IF AND WHEN I GET HURT, HELP ME RESPOND PROPERLY.
WHEN SOMEBODY OFFENDS ME, HELP ME NOT TO TAKE THE OFFENSE."
BE READY, BE PREPARED TO FORGIVE.
IN HABAKKUK 3:16 THROUGH 19 IT STARTS OUT AND HE SAYS, "I HEARD
AND MY WHOLE INNER SELF TREMBLED; MY LIPS QUIVERED AT
THE SOUND.
DECAY AND ROTTENNESS ENTER MY BONES, AND I TREMBLED
IN MY PLACE.
BECAUSE I MUST WAIT QUIETLY FOR THE DAY OF DISTRESS,
FOR THE PEOPLE TO ARISE WHO WILL INVADE AND ATTACK US."
HABAKKUK KNEW THAT THEY WERE ABOUT TO BE INVADED BY A GREAT
ENEMY AND HE KNEW THAT THERE WAS TROUBLE, TROUBLE, TROUBLE
COMING, AND HE WAS SHAKEN AND QUAKING.
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN YOU SAY YOU'VE BEEN TO
THE DOCTOR AND HE CALLS YOU AND WANTS YOU TO COME IN FOR
A CONSULTATION AS SOON AS YOU CAN IT'S LIKE UH-OH.
MAN, YOU CAN GET SCARED AND NERVOUS BEFORE YOU EVER
GET THERE.
WELL, LOOK AT THE DECISION THAT HABAKKUK MADE BEFORE
THE ENEMY EVER GOT THERE.
"THOUGH THE FIG TREE DOES NOT BLOSSOM AND THERE IS NO FRUIT
ON THE VINE, THOUGH THE YIELD OF THE OLIVE FAILS AND THE FIELDS
PRODUCE NO FOOD, THOUGH THE FLOCK IS CUT OFF FROM
THE FOLD AND THERE ARE NO CATTLE IN THE STALLS."
IN OTHER WORDS, NO MATTER HOW BAD THINGS TURN OUT, I WILL
CHOOSE TO REJOICE IN THE LORD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON, WE CAN MAKE A DECISION AHEAD OF TIME THAT NO
MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, WE'RE GOING TO REJOICE IN THE LORD.
CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING?
YOU'RE NOT GONNA LIKE IT BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU ANYWAY 'CAUSE
IT'S TRUE.
EVERYTHING IS NOT ALWAYS GONNA TURN OUT THE WAY YOU WOULD LIKE
IT TO.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELCOME TO REAL LIFE.
THIS IS NOT A MOVIE.
IT'S NOT A SOAP OPERA, PEOPLE ARE MEAN, THEY'RE SELFISH,
THEY'RE SELF-CENTERED, THEY'LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU,
YOU'LL GET HURT, YET YOU CAN MAKE A CHOICE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HATE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY'RE MEAN.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE COMPASSION FOR THEM AND FEEL SORRY FOR
THEM, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
I GOT TO THE POINT WITH MY DAD WHERE I FELT SO BAD FOR HIM
BECAUSE HE NEVER HAD A LIFE.
HE DIDN'T GET A GOOD START.
HE WASN'T TAUGHT PROPERLY AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
WHAT HE DID WAS RIGHT.
IT WASN'T RIGHT AND HE KNEW IT WASN'T RIGHT, BUT HE HAD
NO LIFE.
WHEN HE DIED, THERE WAS NOBODY TO GO TO HIS FUNERAL, NOBODY
CARED, NOBODY MISSED HIM.
ALL HE HAD AT THE END OF HIS LIFE WAS REGRETS.
DON'T WASTE YOUR LIFE AND GET TO BE 90 YEARS OLD AND LOOK BACK
AND HAVE NOTHING BUT REGRETS.
HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK BACK ON THAT YOU CAN BE HAPPY ABOUT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "I WILL REJOICE BECAUSE THE LORD GOD IS MY
STRENGTH AND MY SOURCE OF COURAGE, MY INVINCIBLE ARMY.
HE HAS MADE MY FEET LIKE HINDS' FEET AND MAKES ME WALK FORWARD
WITH SPIRITUAL CONFIDENCE ON MY HIGH PLACES."
AND THIS IS WHAT THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE
SAYS HIGH PLACES ARE, CHALLENGE AND RESPONSIBILITY,
HMM?
COME ON, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE DO THAT AGAIN.
ACT LIKE YOU GOT IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DON'T WASTE YOUR PAIN, THAT'S THE ACTUAL TITLE OF
MY MESSAGE TODAY.
EVERYBODY GETS HURT.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE HEALED, BUT NOT EVERYBODY IS THEN READY
TO HELP SOMEBODY ELSE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A PURPOSE IN WHAT HAPPENS
IN OUR LIFE.
I DON'T THINK THAT GOD'S THE ONE THAT HURTS US, BUT I DO THINK
THAT SOMETIMES HE COULD DELIVER US SOONER THAN WHAT HE DOES.
HOW MANY OF YOU THINK HE COULD DO THAT?
AND IT GETS VERY CONFUSING SOMETIMES WHY HE DOESN'T.
"IF YOU COULD DELIVER ME NOW, WHY ARE YOU GONNA MAKE ME GO
THROUGH THIS FOR A YEAR BEFORE YOU DO IT?"
BECAUSE TO BE HONEST, WE'RE JUST LIKE KIDS AND, YOU KNOW,
SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA LET KIDS HURT FOR A LITTLE WHILE, KIND OF
PAY THE PRICE FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE, WHY?
BECAUSE YOU LOVE THEM AND YOU WANT THEM TO LEARN NOT DO IT
AGAIN, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, IF I HAVE GOTTEN MYSELF INTO A MESS THROUGH LACK
OF KNOWLEDGE, OR BAD CHOICES, OR DISOBEDIENCE, OR WHATEVER,
SOMETIMES THE BEST THING THAT GOD CAN DO FOR ME IS NOT COME
AND JUST SWIFTLY DELIVER ME FROM IT, BUT LET ME LEARN A GOOD
LESSON BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS GAIN EXPERIENCE BY THE THINGS
THAT YOU GO THROUGH.
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU TODAY THAT GOD IS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE
TO WORK IN HIS KINGDOM, BUT HE WANTS PEOPLE WITH EXPERIENCE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
YOU CAN HAVE FIVE COLLEGE DEGREES AND NOT BE AS VALUABLE
AS SOMEBODY WHO WAS NO DEGREE BUT HAS FIVE OR TEN YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "WELL, MY LIFE'S JUST BEEN WASTED."
WELL, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN JESUS FED THE 5,000, THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT
BUT CRUMBS AND LITTLE FRAGMENTS.
IN JOHN 6:12 HE SAID, "GATHER UP THE FRAGMENTS THAT NOTHING BE
WASTED," AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT GOD WANTS TO SAY OVER YOUR
LIFE TODAY.
HE WANTS TO GATHER UP ALL THE FRAGMENTS, TAKE ALL THE LITTLE
PIECES THAT ARE LEFT OVER THAT YOU FEEL LIKE ARE NO GOOD,
ALL THIS STUFF THAT YOU FEEL HAS BEEN WASTED IN YOUR LIFE,
HE WANTS YOU TO GATHER IT ALL UP AND SAY, "HERE IT IS, GOD,
IF YOU CAN DO ANYTHING WITH THIS MESS, IT'S YOURS."
HE WILL TAKE ALL OF THOSE FRAGMENTED PIECES OF YOUR LIFE
AND HE WILL MAKE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL OUT OF THEM AND HE
WILL CAUSE YOU BY HIS GRACE, TO BE ABLE TO USE WHAT'S BEEN
PAIN TO YOU AS GAIN FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS THINK FOR JUST A MINUTE.
IF YOU LIKE MY TEACHING, YOU KNOW WHY YOU LIKE IT, 'CAUSE
I DIDN'T JUST READ A BOOK AND GET UP HERE AND PREACH.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: EXPERIENCE IS THE DIFFERENCE IN DRY, DEAD,
THEOLOGY AND ANOINTED PREACHING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WANT ME TO SAY IT AGAIN?
EXPERIENCE IS THE DIFFERENCE IN DRY, DEAD THEOLOGY AND ANOINTED
PREACHING AND TEACHING THAT CHANGES YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU
HEAR IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT'S WHY TWO PEOPLE COULD PREACH YOU THE SAME
MESSAGE AND IF ONE OF THEM JUST PUT TOGETHER A SERMON THAT HE
GOT OUT OF A BOOK, IT CAN PUT YOU TO SLEEP AND YOU CAN HEAR
THE SAME MESSAGE, SAME WORDS BY SOMEBODY WHO'S LIVED IT AND GONE
THROUGH IT, AND IT'S ON FIRE AND IT CUTS RIGHT DOWN TO YOUR
HEART AND CHANGES YOUR LIFE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I JUST DON'T TRY TO
TEACH ON STUFF THAT I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT.
SOMEBODY SAID TO ME RECENTLY, "I THINK YOU SHOULD DO A SERIES
ON REVELATION."
I SAID, "NO, I SHOULDN'T."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I SHOULD NOT.
WHY?
BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT AND I READ REVELATIONS
'CAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS YOU'RE BLESSED WHEN YOU DO, BUT THERE
ARE A THOUSAND DIFFERENT THEORIES ABOUT THE END TIMES.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT MY THEORY IS, JUST BE READY TO GO
AT ANYTIME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, WHY DO WE NEED TO KNOW--I MEAN WHEN HE'S--I
MEAN, PAUL THOUGHT HE WAS LIVING IN THE LAST DAYS.
ALSO WE ALL SAY JESUS IS COMING BACK SOON.
WELL, I MEAN I KNOW ONE THING, IF HE WAS LIVING IN
THE LAST DAYS, IT'S THE LASTER OF THE LAST DAYS NOW.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND SO, I DON'T KNOW IF JESUS WILL COME BACK IN MY
LIFETIME, BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'M HAPPY ABOUT, HE CAN COME GET
ME TONIGHT AND I'M READY TO GO.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THAT'S THE WAY YOU WANT TO LIVE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO LIVE LIKE, "BOY, I HOPE I, YOU KNOW, I WANT
TO GET ONE OF THESE REVELATION SERIES SO I CAN KNOW WHEN JESUS
IS COMING BACK SO I CAN HURRY UP AND GET READY IN CASE HE'S
COMING IS SOON."
NO HONEY, WE GOTTA LIVE READY, NOT GET READY, LIVE READY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DON'T BE AFRAID OF DYING.
BE EXCITED TO GO TO HEAVEN.
THAT'S WHEN LIFE REALLY STARTS.
AND JESUS IS COMING BACK SOON, AND THIS IS NO TIME TO BE
MESSING AROUND AND NOT DOING WHAT GOD'S TELLING YOU TO DO.
AND IF NOTHING ELSE, WE CAN START HERE THIS WEEKEND BY
FORGIVING EVERYBODY THAT'S EVER HURT US AND MAKING A DECISION,
"I AM GONNA LIVE MY LIFE ANGRY AT PEOPLE WHO ARE HURTING ME
AND PROBABLY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
I'M GONNA DO WHAT GOD SAYS AND I'M GONNA PRAY FOR THEM BECAUSE
I DON'T WANT THEM TO GO TO HELL.
I WANT THEM TO BE SAVED AND I WANT THEM TO HAVE A GOOD LIFE."
AND WHEN YOU START DOING THAT, THE DEVIL BETTER GET OUT OF
THE WAY BECAUSE HE'S DONE CONTROLLING YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WE GOT A LITTLE HOLY GHOST FIRE GOING ON IN
HERE TODAY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF 20 MESSAGES AND DON'T KNOW
WHAT I'M DOING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: LET YOUR MESS BECOME YOUR MINISTRY.
YOU KNOW, I WAS TALKING TO A GIRL THE OTHER DAY AND BOY,
HER LIFE TURNED OUT SO MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT SHE THOUGHT
IT WAS GOING TO.
I REMEMBER HER BEFORE SHE GOT MARRIED AND LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS
GONNA BE A REALLY GOOD PREACHER.
AND SHE WORKED FOR US FOR A WHILE IN OUR PRISON MINISTRY,
AND SHE GOT MARRIED, AND SHE HAD A DAUGHTER AND HER FIRST
DAUGHTER HAD CEREBRAL PALSY AND WAS AUTISTIC IN ADDITION
TO THAT.
AND SO, SHE'S HAD, NEEDLESS TO SAY, A ROUGH GO.
SHE HAD A LITTLE BOY AND THEY TOLD HER HE WAS AUTISTIC AND SHE
STOOD AGAINST IT AND SAID, "NO, HE'S NOT.
I'M NOT HAVING IT."
AND HE ENDED UP BEING OKAY.
BUT INSTEAD OF JUST BEING BITTER AND RESENTFUL BECAUSE HER LIFE
DIDN'T TURN OUT THE WAY THAT SHE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO, SHE HAS
MADE IT A MINISTRY NOW TO--SHE'S TRYING TO WORK WITH AS MANY
CHURCHES AS POSSIBLE TO GET THEM TO HAVE A SPECIAL PROGRAM, A
SPECIAL ROOM, AND GET VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL TAKE CARE OF
THE SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS ON SUNDAY MORNING SO THE PARENTS CAN HAVE
THAT ONE TIME A WEEK TO SIT IN CHURCH TOGETHER.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BECAUSE SEE, WHEN YOU--LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THAT'S LIKE BECAUSE I'VE NEVER DEALT WITH THAT.
BUT SHE'S TAKING--SEE, WHEN YOU TAKE SOMETHING BAD AND YOU TURN
IT AROUND AND TRY TO DO SOMETHING GOOD WITH IT,
THEN THAT ALLEVIATES A LOT OF YOUR PAIN.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S STILL NOT DIFFICULT WHERE DAYS
ARE AT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M USING WHAT HAPPENED TO ME TO TRY TO
HELP OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE I'VE SEEN WHAT GOD CAN DO IN YOUR
LIFE IF YOU'LL DO THINGS HIS WAY.
THE WORLD JUST SEES THINGS SO DIFFERENTLY AND THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN HAVE A TRAGEDY AND COME OUT OF IT
TRIUMPHANTLY ACTUALLY BETTER THAN YOU WERE WHEN YOU WENT
INTO IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT'S THE KIND OF GOD WE SERVE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON, THAT'S THE KIND OF GOD WE SERVE.
HE CAN TAKE A TRAGEDY AND TURN IT INTO A BLESSING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF I DON'T KNOW BUT I TELL YA
ONE THING I DO KNOW, AND I BELIEVE THIS.
I'M NOT JUST PREACHING.
I BELIEVE THAT IF WE WANT GOD'S WILL AND WE LOVE HIM, THAT HE
WILL TAKE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO US AND WORK IT OUT
FOR OUR GOOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I BELIEVE THAT.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR ME AND PEOPLE THAT WE HANG OUT
WITH, WE HAVE A LITTLE SAYING, "THIS IS GONNA END WELL.
THIS IS GOING TO END WELL."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON, WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW,
IF YOU'LL DO THINGS GOD'S WAY, IT'S GONNA END WELL.
NOW, I'M NOT MAKING ANY PROMISES TO THE DISOBEDIENT BUT IF YOU'RE
WILLING TO LOVE GOD AND DO WHAT HE'S TELLING YOU TO DO, COME ON.
AND WE'RE TALKING THIS WEEKEND ABOUT GETTING BETTER AND NOT
BITTER, BEING BURNT BUT NOT BITTER AND THAT MEANS LETTING GO
OF ALL THIS JUNK FROM THE PAST AND DON'T OFFER UP AN EXCUSE.
"YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DID TO ME.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HARD IT IS."
I DO KNOW HOW HARD IT IS.
GOD DOES NOT ANOINT US TO DO EASY STUFF.
WE HAVE THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
IN OUR LIFE BECAUSE WE CAN DO--LISTEN TO ME, WE CAN DO
WHATEVER GOD TELLS US TO DO BECAUSE HE HELPS US DO IT.
YOU CAN FORGIVE.
OKAY 2 CORINTHIANS 1:3 AND 4.
THESE ARE COOL SCRIPTURES RIGHT HERE.
LISTEN, "BLESSED [GRATEFULLY PRAISED AND ADORED] BE THE GOD
AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,
THE FATHER OF MERCIES AND THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT."
NOW, GET A HOLD OF VERSE 4, "WHO COMFORTS AND ENCOURAGES US IN
EVERY TROUBLE SO THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO COMFORT AND ENCOURAGE
THOSE WHO ARE IN ANY KIND OF TROUBLE, WITH THE COMFORT WHICH
WE OURSELVES ARE COMFORTED BY GOD."
SO, WHAT'S HE SAYING HERE?
HE'S LIKE, OKAY, WHEN YOU'RE IN TROUBLE, YOU'VE GOT THE GOD OF
ALL COMFORT TO CALL ON, THE GOD OF MERCY AND COMFORT AND HE'S
GONNA COME AND COMFORT YOU.
AND YES, HE WANTS YOU TO FEEL GOOD, BUT THERE'S
A HIGHER PURPOSE.
HE WANTS TO COMFORT YOU.
HE WANTS TO--YOU'VE BEEN HURT.
HE WANTS TO HEAL YOU.
NOW HE WANTS YOU TO GO AND HELP SOMEBODY ELSE, AND HE WANTS YOU
BECAUSE YOU'VE HAD TO EXPERIENCE OF SEEING WHAT GOD WILL DO
FOR YOU, NOW HE--NOW YOU ARE LICENSED AND EQUIPPED WITH
EXPERIENCE TO GO AND TELL SOMEBODY ELSE GOD CAN COMFORT
YOU IN THIS.
HE CAN GET YOU THROUGH IT AND THEY'RE GOING TO BELIEVE YOU,
NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE CONVINCING THEM BUT BECAUSE THERE IS AN
ANOINTING ON YOUR LIFE BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH.
WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THINGS, YOU COME OUT WITH AN ANOINTING.
COME ON, THE LADY WHO ANOINTED JESUS'S FEET,
SHE HAD TO BREAK THE BOTTLE.
THERE HAS TO BE SOME CRUSHING DONE FOR THE ANOINTING OIL
TO COME OUT.
IF YOU STUDY HOW THEY GOT THAT ANOINTING OIL, IT CAME FROM
SEEDS THAT HAD TO BE CRUSHED IN ORDER TO GET TO THE OIL.
AND SOMETIMES OUR FLESH HAS TO BE CRUSHED IN ORDER FOR GOD TO
GET TO THE GOOD STUFF THAT'S ON THE INSIDE OF US THAT'S REALLY
GONNA HELP PEOPLE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE ALL SAID TO GOD, "THIS IS GONNA--THIS IS
KILLING ME"?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND ONE DAY I FINALLY REALIZED, YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT'S ACTUALLY TRUE.
IT REALLY IS KILLING ME SO CHRIST CAN LIVE THROUGH ME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DID YOU HEAR ME?
"OH, I CAN'T STAND THIS."
YEAH, YOU CAN.
IF YOU COULDN'T, YOU WOULDN'T BE GOING THROUGH IT.
OKAY, GOD COMFORTS YOU, AND WHAT DOES HE EXPECT YOU TO DO?
HE EXPECTS YOU TO TURN AROUND NOW AND COMFORT SOMEBODY ELSE.
COME ON, GOD DOESN'T HEAL US JUST SO WE CAN SIT AROUND
AND FEEL GOOD.
THERE'S A PURPOSE FOR YOU.
IF THERE WAS NO PURPOSE FOR YOU, YOU'D ALREADY BE OUT OF HERE
AND IN YOUR MANSION IN HEAVEN.
I DON'T CARE HOW YOUNG YOU ARE OR HOW OLD YOU ARE, GOD HAS GOT
A PURPOSE FOR YOU.
IF YOU'RE HERE, GOD'S GOT A PURPOSE FOR YOU.
AND SO, INSTEAD OF JUST STARING AT THE PREACHER ALL THE TIME
AND WAITING FOR HIM TO DO SOMETHING, YOU NEED TO FIND OUT
WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO DO AND GET BUSY DOING IT.
AND IT PROBABLY WON'T BE A PLATFORM MINISTRY AND YOU
BETTER PRAY GOD THAT IT'S NOT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, EVERY SINGLE ONE
OF YOU CAN HELP SOMEBODY.
EVERY ONE OF YOU CAN HELP SOMEBODY.
EVERY ONE OF YOU CAN PUT A SMILE ON SOMEBODY'S FACE.
YOU CAN MAKE SOMEBODY'S LIFE BETTER AND WHEN YOU DO, YOU GET
SO HAPPY, YOU DON'T HARDLY KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH YOURSELF.
GOD'S PURPOSE IS BEYOND OUR COMPREHENSION WHEN WE GO
THROUGH THINGS THAT ARE HARD.
AND I KNOW RIGHT NOW SOME OF YOU ARE GOING THROUGH SOME VERY,
VERY HARD THINGS AND IT MAKES NO SENSE TO YOU, AND YOU DON'T
UNDERSTAND, AND IT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR.
TRUST GOD AND DO GOOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER NOTICED THIS OR
NOT, BUT I BEGAN TO NOTICE IN MY LIFE THAT I WOULD BE HAVING
A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM AND I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF.
THERE WAS NOTHING, NO WAY, NO HOW THAT I COULD DO TO FIX MY
PROBLEM BUT WHILE I COULDN'T FIX MY PROBLEM, GOD WAS USING ME
TO FIX OTHER PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS.
NOW, THAT'S A BIT ANNOYING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WHY ARE YOU LETTING ME HELP ALL THEM
AND I CAN'T HELP MYSELF?
WELL, IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
GOD DOESN'T WANT US HELPING OURSELVES.
HE WANTS US HELPING ONE ANOTHER, AMEN?
AND SO HERE'S THE WAY IT WORKS, WHEN I REACH OUT AND HELP YOU,
THEN GOD REACHES OUT AND HELPS ME BUT IF I'M REACHING IN TRYING
TO HELP MYSELF AND I HAVE NO TIME FOR YOU, THEN ALL I END UP
DOING IS WASTING MY TIME AND I NEVER GET HELPED.
ARE YOU UNDERSTANDING THAT?
SO, IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM RIGHT NOW, STOP TRYING TO
FIX YOURSELF.
I MEAN, DO WHAT GOD SHOWS YOU TO DO, BUT BE A BLESSING
TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
IF WE CAN EVER GET AROUND ACTING LIKE REAL CHRISTIANS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, WE JUST NEED TO GET DOWN TO IT.
"ONE NEW COMMANDMENT I GIVE UNTO YOU, THAT YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER
JUST AS I HAVE LOVED YOU.
BY THIS SHALL ALL MEN KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES."
HOW CAN WE CONVINCE THE WORLD?
EVERYBODY THAT'S A CHRISTIAN, GET OUT THERE AND LOVE
EACH OTHER.
LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, LOVE YOUR BELIEVING BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
FORGIVE PEOPLE THAT TREAT YOU LIKE DIRT.
BLESS THEM, HELP THEM WHEN THEY NEED HELP.
JOSEPH WAS HURT.
HE RECEIVED HEALING, AND WHAT'D HE DO?
HE HELPED OTHER PEOPLE.
GENESIS 50:18 THROUGH 21, "THEN HIS BROTHERS WENT AND FELL DOWN
BEFORE HIM [IN CONFESSION]; THEN THEY SAID, 'BEHOLD, WE ARE YOUR
SERVANTS AND YOUR (SLAVES]' THESE ARE THE BROTHERS
THAT SOLD HIM.
"BUT JOSEPH SAID TO THEM," GET THIS, CHURCH, "'DO NOT BE
AFRAID, FOR AM I IN THE PLACE OF GOD?
[VENGEANCE IS HIS, NOT MINE.]'" IN OTHER WORDS, "YES, I'M GONNA
IN A PLACE NOW WHERE I CAN GET YOU BACK, BUT THAT'S NOT
MY PLACE.
I HAVE ONE THING TO DO AND THAT'S BLESS YOU.
GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING ELSE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HELLO, "I HAVE ONLY ONE THING TO DO AND THAT'S BLESS
YOU AND GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING ELSE."
"AS FOR YOU, YOU MEANT EVIL AGAINST ME, BUT GOD MEANT IT FOR
GOOD," WATCH THE REST OF THIS, "IN ORDER TO BRING ABOUT THIS
PRESENT OUTCOME, THAT MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE KEPT SAFE
[AS THEY ARE THIS DAY]."
GOD HAD TO GET HIM INTO A POSITION WHERE HE WOULD NOT ONLY
BE IN THE POSITION TO DO IT, BUT HE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH EXPERIENCE
TO DO IT TO MANAGE PHARAOH'S HOUSEHOLD DURING THAT FAMINE AND
IN THE PROCESS BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF HIS OWN FAMILY WHO HAD
MISTREATED HIM.
COME ON, GOD IS SO MUCH SMARTER THAN WE ARE.
YOU KNOW, RUTH WAS HURT WHEN HER HUSBAND DIED AND HER
BROTHER-IN-LAW.
AND WHEN HER MOTHER-IN-LAW, NAOMI WHO WAS A JEW, AND RUTH
WAS A MOABITESS, SHE WORSHIPED MOAB.
AND SO, WHEN NAOMI DECIDED WELL NOW THAT HER HUSBAND'S DEAD
AND HER TWO DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW HUSBANDS ARE DEAD WHO WERE HER
SONS, SHE DECIDED SHE WAS GONNA GO BACK TO HER OWN PEOPLE IN
JUDAH AND SHE ENCOURAGED RUTH, A MOABITE, TO GO ON BACK TO HER
HOME BECAUSE SHE SAID, "I'M BROKE, I'M POOR.
I HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER YOU.
I CAN'T TAKE CARE OF YOU."
BUT RUTH CHOSE THE HARDER PATH.
YOU KNOW HOW CHALLENGING IT IS TO FIND ANYBODY THAT WILL
CHOOSE THE HARDER PATH?
MOSES DID THAT.
SAYS, HE PREFERRED TO ENDURE HARDSHIP WITH HIS BRETHREN THAN
TO LIVE AS THE SON OF PHARAOH.
HE WALKED AWAY FROM A CUSHY LIFE IN ORDER TO DO WHAT GOD WANTED
HIM TO DO AND BE IN A POSITION TO HELP PEOPLE.
WELL, RUTH CHOSE TO STAY WITH HER MOTHER-IN-LAW AND THEY HAD
NOTHING TO EAT.
SHE HAD TO GLEAN IN THE FIELDS IN ORDER TO EVEN GET FOOD
TO EAT.
SHE CHOSE THE HARD PATH BECAUSE SHE BELIEVED IT WAS WHAT GOD
WANTED HER TO DO AND SHE SAID, "YOUR PEOPLE WILL BE MY PEOPLE.
YOUR GOD WILL BE MY GOD."
WELL, SHE ENDED UP MARRYING THE RICHEST GUY IN THE COUNTY
AND COMING IN A DIRECT BLOODLINE OF JESUS CHRIST.
NOT A BAD REWARD, AMEN?
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, OUR PAIN CAN HAVE A PURPOSE IF WE'RE OBEDIENT
TO DO WHATEVER GOD SHOWS US TO DO.
HE CANNOT ONLY USE IT FOR OUR GOOD, BUT ALSO FOR THE GOOD
OF THOSE AROUND US.
LET YOUR PAIN BECOME SOMEBODY ELSE'S GAIN.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU THREE HOURS OF TEACHING CALLED
"BURNT BUT NOT BITTER."
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE NOT ONLY GET BITTER BECAUSE OF WHAT
PEOPLE HAVE DONE TO US BUT MAYBE THERE'S SOMEBODY WATCHING THAT
YOU'VE BECOME BITTER BECAUSE YOUR LIFE HAS BEEN DIFFICULT.
GOD DOESN'T WANT US TO LIVE WITH BITTERNESS AND SO WE'RE OFFERING
YOU SOME TEACHING TODAY THAT I BELIEVE IS REALLY GONNA HELP
YOU, THREE HOURS OF TEACHING CALLED "BURNT BUT NOT BITTER,"
AND WE'RE OFFERING THAT TO YOU FOR YOUR GIFT TO THE MINISTRY OF
ANY AMOUNT.
WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU'LL DO THE VERY BEST THAT YOU CAN.
YOU KNOW THOSE OF WHO YOU WHO CAN GIVE MORE MAYBE CAN MAKE UP
FOR SOMEBODY WHO CAN'T GIVE AS MUCH.
SO PLEASE HELP US WITH YOUR GIFT TODAY.
AND REMEMBER, PLACE YOUR TRUST IN GOD KNOWING THAT HE CAN TAKE
YOUR PAIN AND GIVE IT A PURPOSE.
GOD BLESS YOU AND HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.
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.
ANNOUNCER: LEARN TO FORGIVE QUICKLY AND AVOID THE TRAP OF
OFFENSE WITH JOYCE'S THREE HOUR SERIES, "BURNT BUT NOT BITTER"
AVAILABLE IN CD OR DIGITAL DOWNLOAD.
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.
TO ORDER, CALL US TOLL FREE...
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JOYCE: WELL, IT'S AN EXCITING TIME HERE AT
JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES BECAUSE WE ARE
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF SHARING THE MESSAGE OF CHRIST
ON TELEVISION.
WHAT A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY, AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
THANK YOU, OUR FRIENDS AND PARTNERS, BECAUSE THIS IS
YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT TOO.
YOU SPREAD GOD'S LOVE AND THE LIFE-CHANGING MESSAGE
OF THE BIBLE WITH THE WORLD.
IT AMAZES ME WHAT GOD CAN DO WHEN WE JOIN TOGETHER
AND WORK WITH HIM.
WE'RE HONORED THAT GOD HAS ALLOWED US TO SHARE CHRIST WITH
TWO-THIRDS OF THE WORLD IN MORE THAN 90 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
AND THE OPPORTUNITIES JUST CONTINUE TO GROW.
I'M SO THANKFUL TO BE PART OF WHAT HE'S DOING IN THE WORLD
TODAY AND, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOUR HELP, YOUR PRAYERS, THEY INSPIRE
US TO CONTINUE TO FIND CREATIVE AND POWERFUL WAYS TO SHARE
CHRIST AND LOVE PEOPLE.
I THANK GOD FOR YOU EVERY DAY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT HE
HAS IN STORE FOR US TO DO TOGETHER IN THE FUTURE AS HE
CONTINUES TO USE THIS PROGRAM TO TOUCH PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.
GOD BLESS YOU AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU.
JOYCE: FOR YEARS, I LIVED WITH A WOUNDED SOUL DUE TO
SEXUAL ABUSE, BUT I LEARNED THAT GOD COULD HEAL MY DEEPEST HURTS.
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.
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.
ANNOUNCER: CALL...
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ANNOUNCER: WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED TODAY'S PROGRAM.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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