ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: DON'T BE SURPRISED.
QUIT BEING LIKE, "WELL, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS
HAPPENING TO ME."
WELL, WHY NOT YOU?
IT HAPPENS TO EVERYBODY ELSE.
YOU'RE NOT THAT SHOCKED WHEN IT HAPPENS TO THEM.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: EVERY DAY PRAY, "HOLY SPIRIT, FILL ME, BAPTIZE
ME AFRESH WITH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT."
NOW, WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT THERE ALSO COMES GIFTS THAT WE DON'T
TALK ABOUT NEARLY ENOUGH IN THE CHURCH, SUPERNATURAL
ENDOWMENTS OF POWER.
I MEAN, YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE LIKE NOT A VERY BRIGHT BULB IN
THE PACKAGE IF YOU DIDN'T WANT ALL THE SUPERNATURAL ENDOWMENTS
OF POWER THAT YOU CAN GET BECAUSE THE MORE POWER YOU HAVE,
THE EASIER LIFE BECOMES.
AND SO, IF YOU'VE NEVER HEARD ABOUT THESE GIFTS, I HAVE
A WHOLE TEACHING PREPARED THAT I'M GONNA DO SOMETIME THIS YEAR
ON THIS BUT THE WORD OF WISDOM, KNOWING WHAT TO DO IN
A SITUATION WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
WORD OF KNOWLEDGE, SO MANY PEOPLE SAY, "MAN, I CAN'T
BELIEVE YOU SAID WHAT YOU SAID WHEN YOU WERE PREACHING,
THAT WAS--HOW DID YOU KNOW?" WELL, YOU KNOW, THE GIFTS OF THE
SPIRIT CAN OPERATE THROUGH YOU AND YOU DON'T EVEN REALLY KNOW
IT'S HAPPENING AND HE DOES IT FOR THE GOOD AND THE PROFIT
OF ALL.
IT'S NOT JUST FOR YOU TO SHOW OFF AND SAY, "LOOK WHAT I CAN
DO," BUT IT'S TO HELP PEOPLE.
GOD IS ALL ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DISCERNING OF SPIRITS, KNOWING WHEN SOMEBODY'S OFF
THE WALL, HAVING THAT CHECK ABOUT "I DON'T THINK SO.
NOPE, I'M GONNA CHECK YOU OUT A WHILE FIRST," AMEN?
SOME OF YOU LADIES THAT HAVE GOTTEN YOURSELF IN TROUBLE WITH
SOME GUY, IF YOU WOULD HAVE USED A LITTLE MORE OF THAT
DISCERNING, YOU KNOW?
YOU KNEW WHEN YOU STARTED IT.
YOU HAD THAT, BUT YOU'RE LONELY, AFRAID YOU'LL NEVER HAVE
ANYBODY SO, "I BELIEVE I CAN CHANGE HIM."
NO, YOU WON'T.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: TRUST ME, YOU'D BE BETTER OFF TO BE ALONE THAN TO
BE WITH SOMEBODY THAT MAKES YOU MISERABLE ALL THE TIME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THERE'S MIRACLES, AND GIFTS OF HEALINGS,
AND THE GIFT OF FAITH, AND SPEAKING IN TONGUES,
AND INTERPRETATION OF TONGUES, AND PROPHECY.
AND YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, "DON'T TELL ME YOU'RE
A TONGUE TALKER."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "MABEL, WE GOTTA GO."
YOU KNOW WHAT?
BE SINGLE MINDED BUT DON'T BE CLOSE MINDED.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: MAN, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT GOD'S GOT THAT
YOU CAN HAVE AND YOU DON'T HAVE IT, THEN YOU NEED TO SAY, "GOD,
I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THAT."
GET A GOOD BOOK AND READ.
LOOK AT WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT IT.
SO OFTEN PEOPLE WANT TO TEACH US BASED ON WHAT THEY HAVE
AND DON'T HAVE BUT JUST BECAUSE SOME FRIEND OF YOURS HAS NEVER
EXPERIENCED SOME OF THESE THINGS, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
IT'S NOT BIBLICAL, AND YOU NEED TO GO FOR EVERYTHING THAT GOD
WANTS TO GIVE YOU.
START PRAYING ABOUT THESE THINGS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SEE, I'M--YOUR PRAYER LIFE CAN BE DIFFERENT STARTING
IN THE MORNING.
"FILL ME WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, STRENGTHEN ME TODAY SO I CAN
BEHAVE MYSELF NO MATTER WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD.
USE ME IN THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT."
LEARN 'EM, NAME 'EM, WORD OF WISDOM, WORD OF KNOWLEDGE,
DISCERNING OF THE SPIRITS, GIFT OF FAITH, TONGUES, PROPHECY,
INTERPRETATION, HEALINGS, MIRACLES, "USE ME, GOD, I WANT
TO SEE THOSE THINGS IN MY LIFE."
IS ANYBODY OUT THERE TONIGHT?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, HOW MUCH OF YOUR PRAYERS ARE FOR WHAT YOU WANT
AND HOW MUCH OF THEM ARE FOR WHAT YOU REALLY NEED?
AND I CAN TELL YOU, WE NEED SPIRITUAL STRENGTH, MUCH MORE
THAN WE NEED A BIGGER HOUSE, OR A DATE, OR THAT PROMOTION
AT WORK.
SEE, WHAT GOD WANTS TO GIVE US FOR OUR INNER LIFE, THAT'S WHERE
YOUR REAL LIFE IS AT.
GOD RESPECTS PERSISTENCE AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT
YOU MAY NOT WANT TO HEAR, BUT I'M TELL YA THAT YOU NEED
TO EXPECT OPPOSITION.
IF YOU THINK THAT BEING A CHRISTIAN IS A WALK IN THE PARK
ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON, YOU HAVE GOT ANOTHER THING COMING BECAUSE
THE DEVIL HATES YOU AND ANYTIME, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE ON
THE VERGE OF MAKING ANY KIND OF PROGRESS, IF YOU START TO READ
A BOOK, IT'S GONNA HELP YOU.
IF YOU DECIDE TO GO TO CHURCH, IF YOU DECIDE TO JOIN A BIBLE
STUDY, IF YOU DECIDE TO HAVE A REGULAR PRAYER TIME, YOU DECIDE
YOU'RE GONNA HELP MORE PEOPLE, YOU DECIDE YOU'RE GONNA
GIVE MORE.
EVERY TIME YOU TAKE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, THE DEVIL
IS GONNA TAKE A STEP AND SEE IF HE CAN MOVE YOU BACK AND SO YOU
HAVE TO BE READY TO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH SOMETIMES.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I HAVE THREE SCRIPTURES
I WANT TO PUT UP AND HAVE YOU LOOK AT THEM.
1 CORINTHIANS 16:9, "BECAUSE A WIDE DOOR
FOR EFFECTIVE SERVICE HAS OPENED TO ME [IN EPHESUS,
A VERY PROMISING OPPORTUNITY], AND WITH IT THERE ARE
MANY ADVERSARIES."
YOU KNOW, LITTLE THINGS LIKE WE'RE ON OUR WAY HERE TONIGHT
AND OUR DRIVER GETS A CALL, THERE'S A WRECK ON SUCH AND SUCH
AND TRAFFIC IS JUST BACKED UP UNBELIEVABLY AND I'M JUST LIKE,
WELL CERTAINLY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OF COURSE.
THEY GIVE YOU ALL THESE KEYCARDS FOR YOUR HOTEL ROOMS AND WE GET
LIKE FOUR, FIVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE ON OUR TEAM HAVE KEYS TO
DIFFERENT ROOMS AND NONE OF THEM WORK.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL, OF COURSE.
WHY DON'T YOU STOP BEING SHOCKED?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: STOP BEING--
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "WELL, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS HAPPENING
TO ME."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU SHOULD JUST LAUGH AND SAY, "OF COURSE."
"BUT LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE MESSAGE, DEVIL,
I'M NOT GIVING UP."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "I'M NOT QUITTING.
I'M NOT GIVING UP."
ROMANS 12:12 SAYS, "CONSTANTLY REJOICE IN HOPE [BECAUSE OF
OUR CONFIDENCE IN CHRIST], BE STEADFAST AND PATIENT IN
DISTRESS, STAY DEVOTED TO PRAYER [CONTINUALLY SEEKING WISDOM,
GUIDANCE, AND STRENGTH]."
NOT CONTINUALLY SEEKING FOR YOUR PROBLEM TO GO AWAY.
AND LIKE I SAID, YES, WE'RE ALL GONNA PRAY FOR GOD TO DELIVER US
FROM OUR PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TOO HUMAN NOT TO DO THAT,
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU NEED TO CAMP ON TOP OF.
REALLY, THE MESSAGE IN 2 CHRONICLES WHERE THE LORD
TOLD JEHOSHAPHAT, "THIS BATTLE'S MINE, NOT YOURS."
I MEAN, IF YOU GO BACK AND STUDY THAT WHEN JEHOSHAPHAT TOOK HIS
PROBLEM TO GOD, HE TALKED TO GOD ABOUT A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS
AND THEN HE JUST KIND OF MENTIONED HIS PROBLEM
AS A SIDE NOTE.
EVERYTHING ELSE WAS PRAYER AND PRAISE AND HOW GREAT GOD IS
AND HOW WE KNOW YOU KEEP YOUR PROMISES.
"AND OH BY THE WAY, WE'VE GOT 12 DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE
TRYING TO KILL US.
COULD YOU HELP US WITH THAT?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: ANYBODY THERE?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ALL RIGHT, AND THEN ONE MORE, JAMES 1:12, "BLESSED
[HAPPY, SPIRITUALLY PROSPEROUS, FAVORED BY GOD]."
MAN, THE FAVOR OF GOD IS SOMETHING ELSE, WHOO!
"FAVORED IS THE MAN WHO IS STEADFAST UNDER TRIAL
AND PERSEVERES WHEN TEMPTED; FOR WHEN HE HAS PASSED THE TEST AND
BEEN APPROVED, HE WILL RECEIVE THE [VICTOR'S] CROWN OF LIFE."
NOW, HOW MANY OF YOU LOVE HAVING A GOOD TESTIMONY?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WELL, HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT THE WORD
"TESTIMONY" BEGINS WITH THE WORD "TEST"?
SO, WHEN YOUR DEAL IS OVER, ARE YOU GONE HAVE A TESTIMONY OR ARE
YOU JUST GONNA HAVE THE MONIES?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YEAH.
DON'T BE SURPRISED.
QUIT BEING LIKE, "WELL, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS
HAPPENING TO ME."
WELL, WHY NOT YOU?
IT HAPPENS TO EVERYBODY ELSE.
YOU'RE NOT THAT SHOCKED WHEN IT HAPPENS TO THEM.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ALL RIGHT, ANOTHER PARABLE ABOUT PERSISTENT PRAYER.
LUKE 18, "NOW JESUS WAS TELLING THE DISCIPLES A PARABLE TO MAKE
THE POINT THAT AT ALL TIMES THEY OUGHT TO PRAY AND NOT GIVE UP
AND LOSE HEART, SAYING, 'IN A CERTAIN CITY THERE WAS A JUDGE
WHO DID NOT FEAR GOD AND HAD NO RESPECT FOR MAN.
THERE WAS A [DESPERATE] WIDOW IN THAT CITY AND SHE KEPT COMING TO
HIM AND SAYING, GIVE ME JUSTICE AND LEGAL PROTECTION FROM MY
ADVERSARY.
AND FOR A TIME HE WOULD NOT; BUT LATER HE SAID TO HIMSELF, EVEN
THOUGH I DO NOT FEAR GOD NOR RESPECT MAN, BECAUSE THIS WIDOW
CONTINUES TO BOTHER ME, I WILL GIVE HER JUSTICE AND LEGAL
PROTECTION; OTHERWISE BY CONTINUALLY COMING SHE [WILL BE
AN INTOLERABLE ANNOYANCE AND SHE] WILL WEAR ME OUT.
AND WILL NOT [OUR JUST] GOD DEFEND AND AVENGE HIS ELECT
[HIS CHOSEN ONES] WHO CRY OUT TO HIM DAY AND NIGHT?
WILL HE DELAY [IN PROVIDING JUSTICE] ON THEIR BEHALF?
I TELL YOU THAT HE WILL DEFEND AND AVENGE THEM QUICKLY.
HOWEVER, WHEN THE SON OF MAN COMES, WILL HE FIND [THIS KIND
OF PERSISTENT] FAITH ON THE EARTH?'"
SO, WHAT DOES JESUS WANT WHEN HE COMES BACK?
HE WANTS TO FIND YOU STANDING STRONG, STILL BEING DETERMINED
UNTIL YOU DRAW YOUR LAST THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE BEST LIFE
THAT JESUS DIED TO GIVE YOU AND THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE USED BY
GOD TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU CAN STILL BE STANDING--I, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE
BEEN SICK FOR 12 YEARS, KEEP PRAYING THAT GOD WILL HEAL YOU.
DON'T GIVE UP ON GOD JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS TAKING
A LONG TIME.
AND I SAY THAT, "GOD, I AM NOT GIVING UP.
IT'S IN YOUR WORD AND I'M NOT GIVING UP.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS IS HAPPENING.
IF YOU WANT TO TELL ME, I'D LIKE TO KNOW."
BUT, YOU KNOW, GOD USUALLY DOESN'T TELL US TOO MUCH.
"BUT I'M NOT QUITTING.
I'M NOT GIVING UP."
COME ON, I DON'T WANT YOU TO FORGET WHAT I'M SAYING TONIGHT.
I WANT YOU TO BE STRONGER AND LAST LONGER.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND STICK WITH THINGS.
IF IT'S IN GOD'S WORD, IF ANYBODY CAN HAVE IT,
YOU CAN HAVE IT.
DID YOU HEAR ME?
IF ANYBODY CAN HAVE IT, YOU CAN HAVE IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BECAUSE YOU'RE NO WORSE THAN ALL THE REST OF US.
NONE OF US DESERVE WHAT WE ASK GOD TO DO FOR US.
I THINK THESE PARABLES ARE INTERESTING.
I MEAN, HE'S BASICALLY INVITING US TO BOTHER HIM.
COME ON, SEE IF YOU CAN ANNOY ME.
JUST KEEP IT UP AND KEEP IT UP AND KEEP IT UP UNTIL I FINALLY
JUST GIVE IN.
THINK ABOUT LOT WHEN HE WAS IN SODOM AND GOD SAID HE WAS GONNA
DESTROY THE PLACE BECAUSE THERE WERE NO RIGHTEOUS THERE.
WELL, LOT GOT BOLD AND HE SAID, "WELL, IF I CAN FIND
FIVE RIGHTEOUS."
WELL, SAY HE STARTED WITH 50.
"IF I CAN FIND 50."
GOD SAID, "YEAH, I'LL DO IT FOR 50."
"WELL, WHAT IF I CAN ONLY FIND TEN?"
"WELL OKAY, I'LL DO IT FOR TEN."
"WELL GOD, ONE MORE TIME CAN I APPROACH YOU AND SAY,
WHAT IF I CAN ONLY FIND FIVE?" YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
HE JUST KIND OF KEPT INCHING IN A LITTLE CLOSER, A LITTER
CLOSER.
HE DIDN'T WANT HIM TO DESTROY THE PEOPLE THERE AND SO HE JUST
KEPT NARROWING THE MARGIN A LITTLE BIT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT GOD, BUT HE LIKES THAT.
HE LIKES IT WHEN WE JUST REFUSE TO GIVE UP, YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING WHEN WE DO THAT, "I BELIEVE THAT
YOUR WORD IS TRUE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE GOOD.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE YOU'RE HOLDING OUT ON ME.
I THINK THE ENEMY IS HINDERING ME, AND I KNOW THAT PRAYER IS
POWERFUL."
YOU REMEMBER IN THE BOOK OF DANIEL WHEN HE WAS FASTING
AND PRAYING FOR 21 DAYS FOR AN ANSWER ABOUT SOMETHING?
AND WHEN THE ANSWER FINALLY COME, GOD SAID THAT FROM
THE MOMENT HE STARTED PRAYING, HE SENT AN ANGEL WITH THE ANSWER
BUT THE PRINCE, THE DEMONIC PRINCE THAT RULED OVER THAT
AREA, HAD BEEN WITHSTANDING THAT ANGEL UNTIL FINALLY GOD HAD TO
SEND THE MICHAEL TO GET THE JOB DONE.
SEE, GOD MAY SEND OUT SOMEBODY TO HELP YOU AND IF THE DEVIL'S
ABLE TO RESIST THEM, YOU KEEP PRAYING, HE'LL SEND OUT ANOTHER
BATCH, SOMEBODY STRONGER THAN THE LAST ONE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "FOR A TIME HE WOULD NOT ANSWER HER BUT LATER HE SAID
TO HIMSELF, EVEN IF I DON'T FEAR GOD OR RESPECT MAN, THIS WOMAN'S
GONNA KEEP BOTHERING ME UNTIL I GIVE HER WHAT SHE WANTS."
YOU KNOW, THE CONSTRUCTION IN THE WORDING AND THE MEANING IN
THIS PARABLE IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE FRIEND AT MIDNIGHT PARABLE.
THE JUDGE WAS UNJUST.
THE WIDOW CONTINUED TO BOTHER HIM AND BE PERSISTENT UNTIL HE
GAVE HER WHAT SHE WANTED.
SO, THAT'S KIND OF AN INTERESTING PRINCIPLE THAT JESUS
IS USING THAT IF YOU BOTHER PEOPLE LONG ENOUGH,
THEY'LL GIVE IN.
"AND THEY'RE EVIL PEOPLE, WELL, I'M A GOOD JUST GOD SO WHAT DO
YOU THINK YOU COULD GET FROM ME IF YOU JUST STOP GIVING UP
SO EASY?" COME ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ARE YOU SEEING WHAT I'M SAYING?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THE FRIEND AT MIDNIGHT
MENTIONED IN LUKE 11 IS HE WASN'T EVEN ASKING ANYTHING
FOR HIMSELF.
HE WAS BEING THAT PERSISTENT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.
SO, I ASK YOU AGAIN, HOW MUCH DO YOU PRAY FOR YOURSELF COMPARED
TO HOW MUCH YOU PRAY FOR OTHER PEOPLE?
HOW PERSISTENT ARE YOU ABOUT--I MEAN, I'VE SEEN THINGS.
I MEAN, I'VE DEALT WITH PEOPLE.
A WOMAN THAT I KNOW VERY WELL WAS SO SICK, I MEAN LIKE FOR
THREE YEARS SHE JUST FELT BAD ALMOST ALL THE TIME AND PRETTY
MUCH EVERY MORNING I WOULD PRAY.
AND NOW SHE'S JUST LIKE PROBABLY 80% BETTER.
YOU KNOW, YOU JUST KEEP IT UP, KEEP IT UP, KEEP IT UP,
KEEP IT UP.
YOU CAN TELL A LOT ABOUT A PERSON'S CHARACTER BY HOW
THEY PRAY.
NOW, IN THESE TWO PARABLES AND THE NEXT ONE THAT I'M GONNA TALK
TO YOU ABOUT TWO MEN WHO WENT UP INTO A TEMPLE TO PRAY, WE HAVE
OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE OURSELVES.
LET ME ASK A FEW QUESTIONS.
HOW QUICK ARE YOU TO COMPLAIN WHEN YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE
UNCOMFORTABLE?
I'M SMILING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, IF ANY ONE OF US CAN GET THROUGH ONE DAY
WITHOUT UTTERING ONE WORD OF COMPLAINT, IT WOULD BE
A MINOR MIRACLE.
I RECENTLY TOLD MY DAUGHTER, SHE THINK--MY KIDS THINK I'M SO
FUNNY, ESPECIALLY THE OLDER I GET, THE FUNNIER THEY THINK
I AM.
AND I THINK WHEN YOU GET OLDER, YOU JUST FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE
A LICENSE TO TAKE MORE LIBERTIES THAN YOU--YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET
BY WITH A LOT WHEN YOU GET OLDER.
FOR ONE THING, YOU CAN ACT LIKE YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE DOING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I RECENTLY TOLD MY DAUGHTER, "YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE
REALIZED ABOUT MYSELF?
I REALLY DON'T LIKE BEING UNCOMFORTABLE."
AND SHE LAUGHED SHE SAID, "WELL, ALL THE REST OF US KNOW THAT.
ARE YOU JUST TRYING TO FIND THAT OUT?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, COMPLAIN IF IT'S COLD, COMPLAIN IF IT'S HOT,
COMPLAIN IF THE SEAT'S HARD, YOU KNOW--AND I'VE BEEN AT THIS
42 YEARS.
WE ALL NEED TO KEEP SEEING OURSELVES, AMEN?
DO YOU GET A LITTLE PUT OUT WHEN GOD DOESN'T GIVE YOU WHAT YOU
WANT?
HOW DO YOU RESPOND WHEN YOU HAVE TO WATCH GOD GIVE YOU SOMETHING
ELSE WHAT YOU WANT AND YOU AREN'T GETTING IT AND YOU'RE
PRETTY SURE THEY DON'T DESERVE IT NEARLY AS MUCH AS YOU DO?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OH MAN, THAT'S A FLESH BURNER.
THIS NEXT PARABLE IN LUKE 18, BEGINNING IN VERSE 9 IS
DEFINITELY A PARABLE FOR THE ME GENERATION THAT WE LIVE
IN TODAY.
THE PARABLE THE PERSISTENT WIDOW HAS GIVEN TO TEACH THE DISCIPLES
TO BE BOLD AND CONFIDENT IN THEIR ASKING BUT IN THIS PARABLE
THAT WE'RE GONNA READ, THERE'S ALSO A WARNING NOT TO BE
ARROGANT OR IMPUDENT.
SO, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN BEING RESPECTFULLY BOLD
AND PERSISTENT.
I MEAN, I KNOW IT WORKS.
I MEAN, IT WORKS IN THE NATURAL BECAUSE I'VE HAD PEOPLE THAT
HAVE ASKED ME TO COME AND SPEAK AT ONE OF THEIR EVENTS
OR WHATEVER.
I'VE HAD TO TELL THEM NO.
AND THEY ASKED THE NEXT YEAR AND I'VE HAD TO TELL THEM NO.
AND I'VE HAD PEOPLE WHO SAY, "WELL, I'M GONNA KEEP ASKING
TILL YOU COME."
SO FINALLY, I KIND OF FIGURED, WELL, IF I'M NOT--I MIGHT AS
WELL JUST DO IT THEN, GET IT OVER WITH.
I MEAN, IT DOES WORK, DOESN'T IT?
I MEAN, HOW MANY OF YOU GIVE INTO YOUR KIDS IF THEY JUST KEEP
IT UP AND KEEP IT UP AND KEEP IT UP?
IT'S LIKE OH JUST DO IT, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST GET TIRED
OF HEARING IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SO, WHEN I SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE
PERSISTENT IN OUR PRAYERS, I'M NEVER TALKING ABOUT BEING
ARROGANT OR COMING ACROSS SOUNDING ENTITLED.
YOU BASICALLY SAY, "GOD, I'M DOING THIS BECAUSE IT'S WHAT YOU
TELL ME IN YOUR WORD TO DO."
AND THAT'S WHY I'M GIVING YOU THESE THREE PARABLES SO YOU GOT
SCRIPTURAL BACKING TO SAY, "GOD, YOU TELL ME TO BE PERSISTENT,
AND TO KEEP ON ASKING, AND TO BE BOLD, AND SO I'M DOING WHAT
YOU'VE TOLD ME TO DO."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, AS FAR BACK AS THE 1970S, THIS GENERATION WAS
DECLARED THE CULTURE OF NARCISSISM WHICH MEANS
SELF-ABSORPTION.
NARCISSISM DEFINED IN THE JUST--I GOT IT OFF AN ONLINE
DICTIONARY MEANS EXCESSIVE INTEREST IN YOURSELF, EXTREME
SELFISHNESS WITH A GRANDIOSE VIEW OF YOUR TALENT
AND A CRAVING FOR ADMIRATION.
OUR CULTURE HAS MOVED AWAY FROM BEING GOD-CENTERED TO BEING
SELF-CENTERED.
THE WORLD SAYS THAT OUR OWN PERSONAL HAPPINESS IS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
WE HEAR PHRASES LIKE, "I OWE IT TO MYSELF TO HAVE THE BEST.
THERE'S NO GREATER LOVE THAN SELF-LOVE."
HUMANISTS STRIP AWAY THE TRUTH THAT WE'RE FORMED IN THE IMAGE
OF GOD AND THEY SAY THAT NOTHING IS HIGHER THAN THE HUMAN BEING.
NEW-AGE TEACHES THAT THERE IS NO GOD OUT THERE AND THE ONLY GOD
THERE IS IS THE GOD IN US.
WELL, AS CHRISTIANS, WE KNOW THAT CHRIST DOES LIVE IN US BUT
LET ME BE CLEAR, WE ARE NOT GOD, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I HAVE TO READ THESE FIVE VERSES OF SCRIPTURE.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1 THROUGH 5.
THEY ARE SOME OF THE MOST DEPRESSING IN THE BIBLE,
BUT WE'RE LIVING IN THE MIDST OF THIS.
"BUT UNDERSTAND THIS, THAT IN THE LAST DAYS THERE WILL COME
DANGEROUS TIMES [OF GREAT STRESS AND TROUBLE] [DIFFICULT DAYS
THAT ARE GONNA BE HARD TO BEAR]."
CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING?
I HAVE EMPATHY FOR EVERY PERSON ALIVE ON THE PLANET TODAY
BECAUSE TO BE HONEST, RAISING KIDS IN THIS GENERATION IS
SO MUCH DIFFERENT.
I MEAN, IF YOU DON'T NEED THE GUIDANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
EVERY DAY AND TO BE FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, TO HAVE HIS WISDOM
AND DISCERNING OF SPIRITS, OH MY GOSH, YOU NEED TO BE DISCERNING
ABOUT WHAT YOUR KIDS ARE DOING, AND WHAT THEY'RE WATCHING,
AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING, AND WHO THEY'RE HANGING AROUND WITH.
AND BOY, DO YOU EVER NEED TO NOT JUST PREACH TO THEM, BUT BE
AN EXAMPLE IN FRONT OF THEM.
MODEL THE LIFE YOU WANT THEM TO LIVE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DID YOU HEAR ME?
CONSISTENTLY MODEL THE LIFE THAT YOU WANT THEM TO LIVE.
IT'S TOUGH OUT THERE TODAY.
IT'S EASY TO GET DISCOURAGED.
IT'S EASY TO WANT TO QUIT AND GIVE UP, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT
GOD WANTS US TO DO.
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TELL SO MUCH ABOUT A PERSON'S
CHARACTER BY HOW THEY PRAY.
WE NEED TO LEARN TO PRAY FOR SPIRITUAL STRENGTH AND WISDOM
AND TO HAVE A HOLY SPIRIT FILLED PERSONALITY RATHER THAN JUST
ASKING FOR MATERIAL THINGS ALL THE TIME.
AND WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE PRAY FOR OTHERS,
NOT JUST OURSELF.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU A FREE GIFT.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS REQUEST IT.
IT'S A LITTLE BOOKLET CALLED "HOW TO PRAY," AND YOU CAN GET
THE BOOKLET IN A HARD COPY LIKE THIS OR ON A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD.
YOU CAN DO THE DOWNLOAD, OF COURSE, ON YOUR COMPUTER OR YOU
CAN REQUEST THE HARD COPY ONLINE OR YOU CAN CALL AND ASK FOR
THE HARD COPY.
I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS BOOK.
WE WANT TO SOW IT INTO YOUR LIFE BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT YOU TO
PRAY PRAYERS THAT ARE GONNA PRODUCE GOOD RESULTS
IN YOUR LIFE.
JOYCE: IT'S VERY PAINFUL AND DIFFICULT TO GO THROUGH LIFE
WITH A WOUNDED SOUL.
I KNOW BECAUSE FOR YEARS, I LIVED THAT WAY DUE TO BEING
SEXUALLY ABUSED BY MY FATHER WHEN I WAS A YOUNG CHILD.
BUT I LEARNED THAT GOD COULD HEAL EVEN MY DEEPEST HURTS IF
I WOULD JUST OPEN MY HEART UP AND LET HIM IN.
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.
YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT GOD WANTS TO DO A MIRACLE FOR YOU
AND HE WANTS TO RESTORE YOUR SOUL.
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.
GOD HAS A BRAND-NEW BEGINNING FOR YOU AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO
SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE HURTING.
ANNOUNCER: "HEALING THE SOUL OF A WOMAN,"
NEW FROM JOYCE MEYER.
CALL...
OR GO TO JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
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.
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JOYCE: YOU'LL HAVE MORE JOY WHEN YOU DO MORE FOR OTHER
PEOPLE THAN YOU WILL IF YOU EVER KEEP TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING YOU
CAN FOR YOURSELF.
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