ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: YOU KNOW THE FIRST STEP TO HEALING?
TAKE 100% RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU MIGHT SAY, "WELL, IT'S NOT MY FAULT THAT I'M
IN THIS SITUATION."
IT MAY NOT BE YOUR FAULT THAT YOU GOT HERE, BUT IF YOU DON'T
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT, YOU'LL NEVER GET OUT OF IT.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: SEE, YOU GOTTA THINK ABOUT THE PRIZE THAT'S ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PAIN.
THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT JESUS IN HEBREWS 12:2 THAT: "HE DESPISED
THE SHAME OF THE CROSS, BUT HE ENDURED IT FOR THE JOY
OF THE PRIZE THAT WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SEE, WHAT I'M TRYIN' TO TELL YA TODAY IS, IF YOU'RE
GOIN' THROUGH SOMETHIN' DIFFICULT, AND YOU'RE JUST
WANTIN' TO QUIT AND GIVE UP, RUN BACK TO YOUR OLD LIFE OR START
ACTIN' BAD, INSTEAD OF TRYIN' TO GET OUT OF IT, WHY DON'T YOU
JUST TELL GOD, "YOU JUST DO WHATEVER YOU GOTTA DO, AND WHEN
YOU'RE DONE DOIN' IT, I KNOW THAT YOU'LL LIFT THIS BURDEN.
UNTIL THEN, LET ME GET STRONGER AND STRONGER AND STRONGER."
CONCENTRATE ON CONTINUING TO BE WHAT YOU KNOW GOD WANTS YOU TO
BE NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU'RE SUFFERING PERSONALLY, AND THERE
WILL BE, THERE WILL BE, NOT THERE MIGHT BE, THERE WILL BE
A REWARD ON THE OTHER SIDE FOR YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU WILL COME OUT A BETTER PERSON THAN YOU WERE
WHEN YOU WENT IN.
COME ON, PAYDAY'S COMIN', AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I SAID, "PAYDAY IS COMING."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: GOD NEVER MISSES PAYDAY.
HE'S NEVER LATE.
MAN, WE COULD THINK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT THESE PEOPLE
WENT THROUGH.
RUTH CHOSE HARDSHIP RATHER THAN BE DISLOYAL, BUT SHE ENDED UP
MARRIED TO THE RICHEST MAN IN THE COUNTY.
ABRAHAM BELIEVED THE IMPOSSIBLE FOR 20 YEARS, BUT HE GOT
HIS KID.
MOSES TURNED HIS BACK ON A LIFE OF LUXURY, BUT HE ALSO PARTED
THE RED SEA, SAW GREAT MIRACLES.
ESTHER LAID HER LIFE ON THE LINE, BUT SHE SAVED A NATION.
DANIEL TOOK A CHANCE ON BEIN' KILLED RATHER THAN COMPROMISE
HIS INTEGRITY, AND HE JUST KEPT GETTING PROMOTED AND KEPT
GETTING PROMOTED.
HE OUTLASTED, I DON'T KNOW, THREE OR FOUR KINGS.
EVEN THE LIONS COULDN'T EAT HIM.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON.
TESTS ARE GIVEN TO PROVE WHAT WE REALLY KNOW, NOT WHAT WE THINK
WE KNOW, BUT WHAT WE REALLY KNOW.
I SAY THIS ALL THE TIME.
JUST 'CAUSE IT'S UNDERLINED IN MY BIBLE DOESN'T MEAN I KNOW IT.
I CAN HAVE IT COLORED IN IN FOUR COLORS, AND THAT STILL
DOESN'T MEAN THAT I KNOW IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
JUST BECAUSE I'VE READ IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I KNOW IT.
DO YOU KNOW HOW YOU KNOW WHEN YOU KNOW IT?
WHEN YOU DO IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHEN YOU DO IT.
SO, DON'T LOOK AT WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW.
LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
HAVE A MEETING WITH YOURSELF OCCASIONALLY.
I PRAYED LAST WEEK REAL STRONG ONE DAY FOR GOD JUST TO SHOW
ME TRUTH.
"GOD, I WANNA KNOW MYSELF.
I DON'T WANNA BE DECEIVED ABOUT MYSELF.
I DON'T WANNA BE GOIN' AROUND THINKING THAT I'M SOMETHING
THAT I'M NOT."
WE NEED TO KNOW OURSELVES.
THERE'S NOTHING MORE VALUABLE THAN TO BE ABLE TO BE HONEST
WITH YOURSELF ABOUT YOURSELF AND STOP BLAMING EVERYTHING
ON SOMEBODY ELSE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON, I KNOW THIS IS JUST--YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT
HAVIN' DESSERT TODAY, BUT--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THIS IS THE ONLY WAY I KNOW TO HELP YOU.
YOU CAN GET SOME DESSERT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: KNOW YOURSELF.
BLAME, BLAME, BLAME, I MEAN, THAT'S THE FIRST THING WE WANNA
DO WHEN SOMETHIN' GOES WRONG IS BLAME IT ON SOMEBODY ELSE.
YOU KNOW THE FIRST STEP TO HEALING?
TAKE 100% RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU MIGHT SAY, "WELL, IT'S NOT MAY FAULT THAT I'M IN
THIS SITUATION."
IT MAY NOT BE YOUR FAULT THAT YOU GOT HERE, BUT IF YOU DON'T
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT, YOU'LL NEVER GET OUT OF IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I KNOW, 'CAUSE I USED ALL THOSE EXCUSES: "WELL, IF I
JUST WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABUSED.
IF I JUST WOULDN'T HAVE THIS.
IF I JUST WOULDN'T HAVE THAT."
FINALLY, WE GOTTA STOP FEELIN' SORRY FOR OURSELVES AND SAY,
"I'M GONNA TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS MESS.
I'M GONNA APPLY THESE PRINCIPLES IN THE WORD OF GOD, AND I'M
GONNA FIND OUT IF ALL THIS BIBLE STUFF IS TRUE OR NOT."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I CAN TELL YA, IT IS, IT WORKS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON, DON'T JUST HAVE A BUMPER STICKER
ON YOUR CAR.
LET'S GET SOME FRUIT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GETTIN' CLOSE TO GETTIN' OUT OF
TIME HERE, SO LET'S JUST JUMP OVER HERE TO THIS.
WHAT TYPES OF TESTS CAN WE EXPECT TO ENCOUNTER?
WELL, THE PATIENCE TEST.
EVERYBODY GETS THAT ONE OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES OUR HOTEL DOOR KEYS DON'T
WORK WHEN WE'RE OUT.
YESTERDAY, WE WERE IN A HURRY.
WE GOT ON AN ELEVATOR THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GOING DOWN,
AND IT STARTED GOING UP.
AND SOMEBODY HAD PLAYED WITH THE BUTTONS, AND IT WAS STOPPIN'
ON EVERY SINGLE FLOOR.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, WE'VE LEARNED TO JUST SAY,
"WELL, OF COURSE.
WE'RE AT A CONFERENCE. WHAT ELSE?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "WELL, WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU EXPECT?"
THE FORGIVENESS TEST, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PASS THAT ONE.
BOY, THAT'S WHAT THIS WHOLE WEEKEND'S BEEN ABOUT, BEIN' SLOW
TO ANGER.
"A WISE MAN IS SLOW TO ANGER."
EPHESIANS 4: "DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON YOUR ANGER."
THAT'S A LITTLE MORE HELPFUL IF YOU GET MAD EARLY
IN THE MORNING.
YOU GOT ALL DAY, BUT--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S TOUGH IF YOU GET REALLY MAD
ABOUT TEN MINUTES BEFORE BEDTIME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THAT'S ONLY FOR THE REALLY MATURE BELIEVERS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON, DON'T BE MAD AT ANYBODY.
JUST DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME BEIN' MAD AT 'EM.
THAT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE 'EM.
PRAY FOR 'EM.
REMEMBER SOME OF THE STUFF THAT YOU DO.
I'M NOT SAYIN' LET PEOPLE WALK ALL OVER YOU, BUT I'M JUST
TELLIN' YOU THAT BITTERNESS AND RESENTMENT, UNFORGIVENESS,
AND BEIN' OFFENDED, IT'S KILLING PEOPLE.
IT'S SHUTTING DOWN THE POWER OF THE CHURCH.
WHERE ANY TWO ARE IN AGREEMENT, GOD'S IN THE MIDST OF THEM
AND CAN DO GREAT THINGS.
IF GOD CAN JUST FIND TWO PEOPLE THAT CAN GET ALONG, HE CAN DO
GREAT THINGS.
JUST IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU COULD HAVE A WHOLE CHURCH
THAT HAD NO STRIFE IN IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, THE MINUTE YOU GET OFFENDED BY YOUR PASTOR,
FROM THAT MINUTE ON, HE CAN NO LONGER HELP YOU.
YOU CAN'T LEARN FROM WHAT HE SAYS UNTIL YOU GET OVER IT.
MOST OF THE GROUND THE DEVIL GAINS IN PEOPLE'S LIVES IS
THROUGH UNFORGIVENESS.
IT'S A TOUGH ONE, ISN'T IT, WHEN SOMEBODY HURTS YOU?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW WHY?
'CAUSE EVERYTHING IN IS SCREAMS, "IT'S NOT RIGHT.
IT'S NOT FAIR."
WE'RE SO CONCERNED THEY'RE GONNA GET BY WITH IT.
YOU DON'T NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
GOD'S OUR VINDICATOR.
BUT HE'S MUCH MORE INTERESTED IN CHANGING THEM THAN HE IS IN
GETTING 'EM BACK.
THANK YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: OKAY, TWO MORE.
I'M ONLY GONNA MENTION TWO MORE TESTS.
THE FAITHFULNESS TEST, YOU KNOW WHAT THE FAITHFULNESS TEST IS?
IT'S WHEN ALL THE EXCITEMENT'S GONE AND YOU KEEP DOIN' IT
ANYWAY.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'VE BEEN MARRIED TO SOMEBODY 50 YEARS,
YOU DON'T GET GOOSEBUMPS WHEN THEY WALK IN THE DOOR.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL?
BUT WHAT YOU THINK IS LOVE WHEN YOU'RE IN YOUR 20S AND
GET MARRIED TURNS INTO SOMETHIN' TOTALLY DIFFERENT IF YOU STICK
IT OUT FOR 30 OR 40 YEARS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I CAN TELL YA NOW, MY HUSBAND AND I, WE REALLY
LOVE EACH OTHER.
BUT IT'S NOT AN EMOTIONAL TYPE OF THING.
IT'S SOMETHIN' WAY DIFFERENT THAN THAT.
AND YOU COME TO A POINT, A LOT OF PEOPLE COME TO A POINT IN
THEIR MARRIAGE WHERE IT'S NOT EXCITING ANYMORE.
AND SO, THEN THEY THINK THEY NEED SOMEBODY ELSE BECAUSE
THEY'RE JUST LIVING ON EXCITEMENT.
FAITHFULNESS, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE VERY HONEST WITH YA.
I HAD TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THIS MINISTRY A FEW YEARS AGO.
IT'S ONE THING WHEN YOU'RE CLIMBIN', BUT WHEN YOU'VE
REACHED YOUR GOAL?
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ASK ME ALL THE TIME, "WELL, WHAT'S NEXT?"
WELL, NOTHIN'.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, I'M LIVIN' MY DREAM.
I'M DOING WHAT I BELIEVE GOD SENT ME TO DO.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND NOW MY JOB IS TO JUST KEEP ON DOIN' IT, YOU KNOW?
I MEAN, I DON'T GET AS EXCITED AS YOU DO ABOUT COMIN' TO
A JOYCE MEYER CONFERENCE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOW, DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME.
I LOVE DOIN' IT, BUT I DON'T FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT IT THAT
I DID 25 YEARS AGO.
[AUDIENCE CHEERINIG]
JOYCE: BUT YOU KNOW WHY I'M TRYIN' TO BE OPEN WITH YOU
AND SHARING?
YOU'RE GONNA COME TO THAT SAME PLACE ABOUT SOMETHIN' IN YOUR
LIFE, AND I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING
DOESN'T EMOTIONALLY EXCITE YOU ANYMORE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU
HAVE A RIGHT TO WALK AWAY FROM IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WE NEED PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA STICK WITH STUFF
A LONG TIME AFTER IT'S NOT EXCITING ANYMORE, AMEN?
AND THE LAST TEST--WELL, IT'S NOT THE LAST TEST,
BUT IT'S THE LAST ONE I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT, AND YOU'RE
GONNA LIKE IT THE LEAST OF ALL.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: TURN TO THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU AND SAY,
"YOU'RE NOT GONNA LIKE THIS."
AUDIENCE: YOU'RE NOT GONNA LIKE THIS.
JOYCE: OKAY, HERE IT COMES.
ARE YOU READY?
AUDIENCE: YES.
JOYCE: THE SUBMISSION TO AUTHORITY TEST.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: LISTEN TO THAT.
YOU ARE NOT FIT TO BE IN AUTHORITY UNTIL YOU KNOW HOW TO
COME UNDER AUTHORITY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: GOD IS GONNA PUT SOMEBODY IN YOUR LIFE THAT'S
OVER YOU THAT TELLS YOU TO DO THINGS THAT YOU DON'T WANNA DO
THAT YOU DON'T THINK ARE FAIR.
AND THEN HE'S GONNA TELL YOU NOT TO TALK ABOUT 'EM BEHIND
THEIR BACK.
HE'S GONNA TELL YOU NOT TO MURMUR AND COMPLAIN, TO SHOW
THEM THE UTMOST RESPECT.
AND YOUR FLESH IS GONNA HAVE A FIT, AN ABSOLUTE FIT.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA READ YA ONE LAST SCRIPTURE.
I DON'T LIKE THIS SCRIPTURE, BUT--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, THIS SCRIPTURE POSITIVELY AGGRAVATES MY FLESH.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "SERVANTS, BE SUBMISSIVE TO YOUR MASTERS WITH
ALL [PROPER] RESPECT, NOT ONLY TO THOSE WHO ARE GOOD AND KIND,
BUT ALSO TO THOSE WHO ARE UNREASONABLE," AMEN.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL, I HOPE THIS TEACHING HAS BEEN HELPFUL
TO YOU.
AND THOUGH IT IS A DIFFICULT TOPIC, I'M SURE THAT MANY OF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE, AND SO GINGER IS HERE WITH SOME OF YOUR
QUESTIONS, AND I'M GONNA PRAY THAT GOD GIVES ME THE GRACE
TO ANSWER THEM.
GINGER: WELL, WE HAVE SOME GOOD ONES BECAUSE, LIKE YOU
SAID, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE ALL GO THROUGH,
AND-- JOYCE: AND NOBODY WANTS TO.
GINGER: EXACTLY, WE ALL JUST WANT IT TO STOP.
AND YET, WHEN YOU HEAR SOME OF THE ANSWERS THAT PEOPLE ARE
SEEING, THE THINGS THAT COME THROUGH THEIR TESTS, YOU
UNDERSTAND HOW GOD'S LOVE FOR HIS CHILDREN IS TO GIVE US
GOOD THINGS.
BUT IT'S SURE HARD WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE.
SO, HERE'S AN EXAMPLE.
THIS IS FROM SAMANTHA IN OKLAHOMA: "I WAS JUST DIAGNOSED
WITH STAGE 3 BREAST CANCER AT 32 YEARS OLD.
I HAVE FIVE CHILDREN.
WHY DO TESTS HURT SO MUCH?" JOYCE: WELL, WOW, THAT'S
A BIG ONE.
GINGER: IT IS.
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, WITH FIVE CHILDREN.
YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY I HAD BREAST CANCER.
THANKFULLY, NOW 27 YEARS AGO, AND I'VE HAD A GOOD REPORT
EVERY YEAR.
SO, IT WAS CAUGHT EARLY, AND THERE IS AN ANSWER.
AND SO, WE'RE GONNA DEFINITELY BELIEVE THAT GOD'S GONNA
HELP HER.
AND THAT'S THE GOOD THING TO LOOK AT, IS THAT YOU HAVE HOPE,
AND YOU HAVE CHRIST, AND THAT THERE'S ALWAYS ANSWERS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE HOLY SPIRIT--I'VE
JUST BEEN NOTICING THIS WEEK, THE HOLY SPIRIT,
THE WORD "PARAKLETOS" MEANS "THE HELPER."
AND HE'S HERE TO HELP US WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE GO THROUGH.
SO, ANY TIME--I REMEMBER HOW FRIGHTENED I WAS WHEN I HEARD
THAT I HAD BREAST CANCER.
GINGER: OH, WHAT A SCARY WORD.
JUST, MMM.
JOYCE: IT'S A VERY FRIGHTENING WORD, AND, YOU KNOW,
NO MATTER HOW POSITIVE YOU TRY TO BE, YOU ALWAYS REALIZE THERE
COULD BE A POSSIBILITY THAT, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE GOING TO
GET VERY DIFFICULT.
AND WOW, WHAT A TIME TO BE ABLE TO TRUST GOD AND SAY, "WELL,
GOD, YOU KNOW, WHETHER I LIVE AND I'M HERE, OR WHETHER YOU
DECIDE TO TAKE ME HOME, I TRUST YOU TO TAKE CARE OF ME, AND I
BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GOING TO WORK OUT FOR GOOD."
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A HIGH PROBABILITY THAT SHE'LL
COME THROUGH THIS AND BE PERFECTLY ALL RIGHT.
AND IN THE MEANTIME, FOCUS ON MINISTERING TO AS MANY PEOPLE
AS YOU CAN WHILE YOU'RE GETTING YOUR TREATMENTS BECAUSE THERE'S
A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WILL BE THERE THAT DON'T HAVE ANY HOPE
IN GOD.
AND SO, YOU CAN HELP A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WHILE YOU'RE IN
THAT SITUATION.
GINGER: YEAH, I MEAN, IT IS HARD WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WORLD
THAT WE'RE IN.
THERE IS SICKNESS, THAT WE ARE IN A FALLEN WORLD.
JOYCE: WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
GINGER: YEAH, SO THERE REALLY AREN'T ANSWERS, BUT THE FACT IS
THAT OUR TESTS DO HURT.
JOYCE: THEY DO.
GINGER: AND GOD IS RIGHT THERE THROUGH IT.
IT'S NOT WHAT HE WANTS FOR US.
RIGHT, YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.
OKAY, THIS IS FROM KRISTIN FROM OREGON.
SHE SAYS: "WHAT DO I TALK ABOUT AS I GO THROUGH MY TEST?"
SO, IN OTHER WORDS, I KNOW PEOPLE WANT TO NOT BE NEGATIVE,
BUT WE ALSO WANT TO BE TRUTHFUL.
WHAT SHOULD WE BE TALKING ABOUT?
JOYCE: WHAT I HAVE FOUND THAT IS HELPFUL IS, YOU KNOW, FIRST
OF ALL, I THINK WE DO HAVE TO BE REALISTIC AND SAY THAT IF YOU
HAVE A LONG-TERM PROBLEM AND YOU TALK TO THE SAME PEOPLE ABOUT IT
OVER AND OVER, PRETTY MUCH ANYBODY EVENTUALLY GETS TIRED OF
HEARING IT.
SO, I WOULD SAY USE SOME WISDOM IN HOW MUCH YOU TALK TO THE SAME
PERSON OVER AND OVER.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE FOUND IS, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY CAN
SAY TO ME, "WELL, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOU DOIN' WITH YOUR BACK?
I MEAN, HOW'S YOUR BACK BEEN?" "WELL, IT'S STILL BOTHERING ME,
BUT I BELIEVE GOD'S GOT MY ANSWER."
I THINK THAT YOU CAN TELL PEOPLE THE PROBLEM, BUT ALWAYS THROW IN
A LINE OF HOPE THAT IT WILL END WELL.
NEXT WEEK, I'LL HAVE AN ANSWER TO THIS.
AND I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT THAT I'M
ACTUALLY GONNA HAVE THIS AFTERNOON TO FIND OUT ABOUT WHAT
THE TREATMENT'S GONNA BE FOR A BACK ISSUE THAT I'VE HAD.
AND I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA BE.
BUT I REMEMBER LAST WEEK SAYIN', "WELL, THIS TIME NEXT WEEK,
I'LL KNOW."
AND THEN, I WAS JUST THINKIN' A WHILE AGO, "WELL, WHATEVER IT
IS, I'LL DEAL WITH IT, AND THAT'LL BE OVER, AND THEN
WE'LL GO ON."
SO, THINGS DO COME TO AN END, AND I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO
TELL THE TRUTH, BUT TO THROW IN THAT LINE OF HOPE THAT WE
ALL HAVE IN CHRIST.
GINGER: YEAH, ALL RIGHT.
QUESTION FROM BECKY FROM GEORGIA.
SHE SAYS: "I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH PAIN IN MY BODY FOR
FOUR YEARS.
I KEEP PRAYING.
WHY IS THIS SUCH A LONG TEST?
WHY DOESN'T GOD ANSWER FASTER?" JOYCE: WELL, I THINK WE ALL
WONDER THAT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, "WHY, GOD, WHY?"
AND, "WHEN, GOD, WHEN?" AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO LEAN
ON SOME SCRIPTURES LIKE, "NO TEMPTATION HAS OVERTAKEN YOU
THAT IS NOT COMMON TO MAN."
AND, "GOD WILL NEVER ALLOW MORE TO COME ON YOU THAT WHAT YOU CAN
BEAR, BUT HE WILL ALWAYS PROVIDE THE WAY OUT,"
1 CORINTHIANS 10:13.
AND THEN, ALTHOUGH THIS IS A SCRIPTURE THAT MAYBE PEOPLE
GET TIRED OF HEARIN' BECAUSE WE QUOTE IT SO MUCH, I BELIEVE IT
WITH ALL MY HEART, AND IT HELPS ME IN EVERY SITUATION.
AND THAT IS THAT: "ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THOSE
WHO LOVE GOD AND ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE,"
ROMANS 8:28.
AND BEING IN PAIN FOR FOUR YEARS IS NOT EASY, BUT THE GOOD NEWS
IS, IS SHE'S STILL HERE, AND SHE OBVIOUSLY STILL LOVES GOD
AND STILL HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, AND THIS TOO WILL END.
THERE WILL BE AN ANSWER.
SHE JUST HAS TO TRUST THAT GOD'S TIMING IS PERFECT IN HER LIFE.
GINGER: ALL RIGHT, REBECCA WOULD LIKE TO KNOW: "HOW DO YOU
GET PAST THE DARKEST MOMENTS OF YOUR TEST?"
JOYCE: BOY, YOU JUST GOT SOME HARD QUESTIONS TODAY, GINGER.
GINGER: THESE ARE THE REAL THINGS, I'LL TELL YA.
THEY ARE, THEY'RE TOUGH.
JOYCE: WELL, I BELIEVE THAT HOPE IS A REAL KEY ANSWER TO SO
MANY THINGS.
NOW, I DON'T THINK WE THINK AS MUCH OF HOPE AS WE SHOULD.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN REALLY HAVE FAITH IF YOU
DON'T HAVE HOPE, BECAUSE HOPE IS AN EXPECTATION THAT SOMETHING
GOOD CAN HAPPEN.
SO, OBVIOUSLY, WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH YOUR DARKEST TIME, I
MEAN, THE ONE THING THE DEVIL WANTS TO SCREAM IN YOUR EAR IS,
"THIS IS NEVER GONNA CHANGE, AND THERE'S NO HOPE."
BUT IN CHRIST, THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE.
I LOVE WHAT THE APOSTLE PETER SAID.
HE SAID, "WE ARE BORN INTO AN EVER-LIVING HOPE."
WHEN YOU RECEIVE CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR, THERE'S AN EVER-LIVING
HOPE THAT'S ON THE INSIDE OF YOU THAT YOU CAN DRAW ON ANY TIME
THAT YOU WANT TO.
AND THIS IS A TIME TO USE POSITIVE CONFESSION OR SPEAKING
THE WORD OF GOD AND SAYING OUT LOUD, "I BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING
GOOD IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME."
AND ALSO, IT'S PROVEN.
I MEAN, IT'S ABSOLUTELY PROVEN THAT WHEN YOU GO THROUGH
DIFFICULT THINGS AND YOU DON'T GIVE UP, IT ACTUALLY HELPS BUILD
CHARACTER, AND IT MAKES YOU A BETTER PERSON IN THE LONG RUN.
I WISH THAT SOME THINGS THAT FELT GOOD COULD DO THAT, BUT WE
USUALLY GROW WHEN THINGS ARE DIFFICULT AND WE HANG ON TO GOD
IN THE MIDST OF THEM.
AND IN THE GOOD TIMES, WE JUST ENJOY WHAT GOD'S DONE FOR US
IN THE HARD TIMES.
AND SO, I THINK IT'S BETTER, DON'T TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT IF
YOU'RE IN YOUR DARKEST MOMENT.
GINGER: THAT'S IMPORTANT.
JOYCE: DON'T TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT, BECAUSE YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT
GONNA GET AN ANSWER.
AND MAYBE EVEN IF GOD DID TELL YOU, YOU MIGHT NOW LIKE
WHAT HE TOLD YOU.
SO, JUST TRUST GOD.
TRUST GOD, YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW WHY, AND HANG ON TO THAT
HOPE.
KEEP BELIEVING AND SAYING, "THIS WILL COME TO AN END.
THIS IS GONNA WORK OUT FOR MY GOOD.
SOMETHING GOOD IS GONNA HAPPEN AT ANY MOMENT."
GINGER: YEAH, ALL RIGHT.
A QUESTION HERE FROM COBRA FROM TEXAS: "HOW DO PRAYER
AND OBEDIENCE WORK TOGETHER THROUGH A TEST?"
JOYCE: WELL, THEY'RE EVERYTHING, ABSOLUTELY
EVERYTHING.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU'RE--THERE'S ACTUALLY NO POINT IN PRAYING IF
YOU'RE NOT GONNA OBEY.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'VE DISCOVERED SO MUCH MORE IN
THE LAST YEAR THAT I EVER REALIZED BEFORE.
THAT WHEN WE ASK GOD TO DO SOMETHING FOR US, HE NORMALLY
DOESN'T JUST MIRACULOUSLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
HE SHOWS US WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.
NOW, THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO, BUT I
FIND IT'S AMAZING, THE ANSWERS THAT GOD WILL GIVE IF
YOU ASK HIM A QUESTION.
"WHAT CAN I DO IN THIS SITUATION?"
HE MAY SAY, "NOTHING, WAIT ON ME.
HOLD ON, DON'T GIVE UP.
DON'T BE WEARY IN WELL-DOING."
ALL THAT SCRIPTURE YOU'VE GOT ON THE INSIDE OF YOU,
THE HOLY SPIRIT BRINGS IT TO YOUR REMEMBRANCE
AT THE TIME YOU NEED IT.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT, THAT HE BRINGS THINGS TO OUR REMEMBRANCE
WHEN WE NEED THEM.
SO, MEDITATING ON THE WORD AND BELIEVING THE RIGHT THINGS,
AND YOU WILL GET THROUGH IT, AND THERE ARE ANSWERS.
AND ULTIMATELY, BECAUSE GOD IS GOOD, HE CAN TAKE THE MOST
TERRIBLE SITUATION THAT'S NOT GOOD AND MAKE IT GOOD.
HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND THAT?
WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT'S TRUE.
AND SO, YOU PRAY, AND IF GOD SAYS, "WAIT ON ME, DO NOTHING,"
THEN YOU WAIT ON HIM AND YOU DO NOTHING.
IF HE SAYS, "PRAISE ME," THEN YOU PRAISE HIM.
IF HE SAYS, "GIVE A SPECIAL OFFERING," YOU GIVE A SPECIAL
OFFERING.
IF HE SAYS, "GET MORE EXERCISE," YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THERE ARE
SOME REALLY SIMPLE ANSWERS TO SOME OF OUR BIGGEST PROBLEMS
THAT WE JUST THINK, "OH, THERE'S NO WAY IT'S THAT.
THAT CAN'T BE POSSIBLE," YOU KNOW?
I MEAN, YOU'RE LACKING ENERGY.
WHAT IF GOD SAYS, "EXERCISE"?
WELL, WE'D RATHER JUST PRAY.
WE DON'T WANNA OBEY THAT.
SO-- GINGER: 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE
THE ENERGY TO EXERCISE.
JOYCE: YEAH, RIGHT.
GINGER: BUT IF HE'S SAYING, "DO IT," START SMALL.
SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
JOYCE: THE THING TO REMEMBER IS GOD WILL NEVER EVER, EVER
TELL YOU TO DO SOMETHING IF HE'S NOT READY TO HELP YOU DO IT.
GINGER: WELL, THANK YOU BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE SO MANY
PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING RIGHT NOW WHO ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF
THAT TEST AND WAITING FOR THEIR TESTIMONY BREAKTHROUGH.
SO, WE APPRECIATE THE HELP AND THE HOPE.
JOYCE: WELL, THANK YOU.
AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST REALLY WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU BY SAYING
THAT WE ALL GO THROUGH THINGS.
I DO, YOU DO, GINGER DOES.
NOBODY'S GOT THE PERFECT LIFE THAT JUST WHERE EVERYTHING TURNS
UP GOOD FOR THEM ALL THE TIME.
SO, YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
GOD DOES UNDERSTAND.
JESUS UNDERSTANDS EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH BECAUSE
HE'S BEEN TEMPTED IN EVERY POINT JUST LIKE YOU ARE, YET HE HUNG
RIGHT IN THERE AND ALWAYS DID THE RIGHT THING.
SO, DON'T FOCUS ENTIRELY ON WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.
FOCUS MORE ON WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR OTHER PEOPLE, AND YOU'D BE
SURPRISED HOW THAT WILL HELP YOU.
NOW, TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU MY BOOK, "DO YOURSELF A FAVOR
AND FORGIVE."
YOU KNOW, NOW YOUR PROBLEM MAY NOT HAVE ANYTHING AT ALL TO DO
WITH NEEDING TO FORGIVE SOMEBODY, BUT IT'S SOMETHING
THAT ALMOST EVERYBODY NEEDS TO DO.
IT'S AMAZING HOW WE CAN GET THESE LITTLE THINGS STUCK ON
THE INSIDE OF US THAT CAN CAUSE BIGGER AND OTHER PROBLEMS.
AND SO, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN YOUR
HEART AGAINST ANYBODY.
IF YOU'RE MAD AT ANYBODY, THIS IS THE TIME TO LET IT GO.
IF YOU'VE GOT ANY BITTERNESS OR RESENTMENT, THEN I BELIEVE THIS
BOOK WILL REALLY HELP YOU.
SO, WE'RE OFFERING IT TO YOU TODAY FOR YOUR GIFT TO
THE MINISTRY OF ANY AMOUNT.
AND I JUST WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT GOD LOVES YOU, AND HE WANTS
TO HELP YOU PASS YOUR TEST.
SO, HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.
MALE: TWENTY YEARS AT A COMPANY, AND THIS IS
THE THANKS I GET.
JOYCE: I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE HURT, AND I ALSO KNOW
HOW HARD IT CAN BE TO LET GO OF THE ANGER THAT YOU FEEL.
YOU CAN DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND FORGIVE.
ANNOUNCER: "DO YOURSELF A FAVOR...FORGIVE"
IS AVAILABLE TODAY.
TO ORDER YOURS, SIMPLY USE THE INFORMATION ON YOUR SCREEN,
OR YOU CAN VISIT US ONLINE AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
ANNOUNCER: THE GREATEST GIFT YOU CAN SHARE THIS HOLIDAY
SEASON IS THE LOVE OF CHRIST.
AND WITH THE HAND OF HOPE CHRISTMAS CATALOG, YOU CAN SHARE
HIS LOVE IN A PRACTICAL WAY THAT CAN MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE
TO SOMEONE IN NEED.
SIMPLY CHOOSE AN OUTREACH THAT TOUCHES YOUR HEART.
OFFER CHILDREN AND FAMILIES CLEAN, SAFE WATER.
HELP WOMEN AND GIRLS KNOW HOW VALUABLE THEY ARE IN CHRIST
THROUGH PROJECT GRL.
SOOTHE A CHILD'S HUNGRY BELLY WITH NUTRITIOUS MEALS.
RELIEVE PHYSICAL PAIN THROUGH OUR MEDICAL AND DENTAL
OUTREACHES.
OR CHOOSE TO GIVE TO THOSE IN THE GREATEST NEED.
YOUR GIFT HELPS MAKE EVERY OUTREACH, EVERY SMILE, EVERY
CHANGED LIFE POSSIBLE.
CONTACT US RIGHT NOW BY GOING TO JOYCEMEYER.ORG OR CALL...
AND SHARE HIS LOVE WITH THE HAND OF HOPE
CHRISTMAS CATALOG.
JOYCE: WELL, I'M HERE IN SRI LANKA, AND WITH ME ARE SOME
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS THAT HAVE VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO COME
HERE AND HELP HURTING PEOPLE.
AND IF YOU'RE A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL, A DOCTOR,
A DENTIST, A NURSE, PHARMACIST, A CHIROPRACTOR, PLEASE
CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING TO COME AND HELP PEOPLE WHO OTHERWISE
WOULDN'T HAVE ANY HELP.
JOYCE: SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IS THIS A GOOD THING TO DO?
ALL: YEAH!
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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