ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: WHEN WE'RE OVERLOADED WE NEED TO GO TO
JESUS FOR HELP BUT NOT JUST TO GET HIM TO CAUSE OUR PROBLEM TO
VANISH BUT TO ASK HIM WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND THEN ASK HIM TO
GIVE US THE GRACE TO DO IT.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: YOU'RE NOT EVER GONNA HAVE LESS STRESS IF YOU DON'T
CHANGE SOMETHING, AND I KEEP HEARING KINDA THE SAME THING.
IT'S LIKE, HOW CAN I MAKE THIS GO AWAY?
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
A LOT OF YOU, YOU'RE A LOT SMARTER THAN WHAT YOU MAY THINK
THAT YOU ARE, AND I BET I COULD PULL ANY ONE OF YOU UP HERE
AND DO A LITTLE QUIZ.
AND YOU COULD TELL ME WHAT YOUR PROBLEM IS, AND I COULD SAY,
"NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK MIGHT CHANGE THAT?"
COME ON.
WHY DON'T YOU JUST DO WHAT YOU WOULD TELL SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO
IF THEY ASK YOU HOW TO SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT'S THE SAME AS
THE PROBLEM THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH?
SO I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO
MAKE CHANGES IN YOUR LIFE.
AND SO TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE
THAT WERE OVERLOADED AND WHAT THEY DID ABOUT IT, AND THEN
WE'RE GONNA START TALKIN' ABOUT BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES.
WE HAVE TO SET BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES IN OUR LIFE, BUT,
FIRST OF ALL, LET'S LOOK AT MOSES IN
NUMBERS CHAPTER 11, VERSE 10.
"AND MOSES HEARD THE PEOPLE WEEPING THROUGHOUT THEIR
FAMILIES, EVERY MAN AT THE DOOR OF HIS TENT; AND THE ANGER OF
THE LORD BLAZED HOTLY, AND IN THE EYES OF MOSES IT WAS EVIL.
AND MOSES SAID TO THE LORD, 'WHY HAVE YOU DEALT ILL
WITH YOUR SERVANTS?
AND WHY HAVE I NOT FOUND FAVOR IN YOUR SIGHT, THAT YOU LAY THE
BURDEN OF ALL THIS PEOPLE ON ME?
HAVE I CONCEIVED ALL THESE PEOPLE?
HAVE I BROUGHT THEM FORTH, THAT YOU SHOULD SAY TO ME, 'CARRY
THEM IN YOUR BOSOM, AS A NURSING FATHER CARRIES THE SUCKLING
CHILD,' TO THE LAND WHICH YOU SWORE TO THEIR FATHERS
[TO GIVE THEM]?'" YOU NOTICE NOW THAT
MOSES HAS GOT A PROBLEM WITH THE PEOPLE, AND HE FEELS THAT HE
NEEDS TO MEET THEIR NEED.
THEY'RE NOT HAPPY, AND SO HE FEELS THAT IT'S HIS
RESPONSIBILITY TO TRY TO HELP THEM GET HAPPY.
BUT NOW HE'S TURNING AROUND AND SAYIN' TO GOD, "WHY HAVE YOU
GIVEN ME ALL THIS TO DO?" AND I THINK A LOT OF TIMES
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE SAY TO GOD, TOO, "HOW CAN YOU EXPECT ME
TO DO ALL THIS?" WHEN A LOT OF TIMES GOD'S NOT
EXPECTING US TO DO IT AT ALL.
"WHERE AM I GONNA GET MEAT TO GIVE ALL THESE PEOPLE?"
VERSE 13.
"FOR THEY WEEP BEFORE ME AND SAY, 'GIVE US MEAT,
THAT WE MAY EAT.'" NOW WATCH VERSE 14.
"I AM NOT ABLE TO CARRY ALL THESE PEOPLE ALONE, BECAUSE
THE BURDEN IS TOO HEAVY FOR ME."
NOW I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE OPEN DOOR TO GETTING HELP RIGHT
THERE, NOT JUST SAYIN', "I CAN'T DO THIS," IN A COMPLAINING WAY
BUT GETTING SERIOUS WITH GOD AND SAYIN', "I CANNOT LIVE LIKE THIS
ANY LONGER, AND I NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO TO BRING
A CHANGE IN MY LIFE."
GOD IS NOT JUST GONNA WAVE A MAGIC WAND OVER US.
WE CAN'T JUST PRAY, AND, POOF, POOF, EVERYTHING GOES AWAY.
WE HAVE TO BE WILLING TO MAKE CHANGES.
AND SO MOSES CAME TO THE POINT WHERE HE SAID, "I CAN'T DO
THIS ANYMORE."
"AND IF THIS IS THE WAY YOU'RE GONNA DEAL WITH ME, THEN KILL
ME, I PRAY YOU, AT ONCE."
ANYBODY BEEN LIKE THIS?
WELL, I WOULD JUST RATHER DIE THAN KEEP LIVIN' LIKE THIS.
ANYBODY EVER SAID THAT?
I KNOW I DID.
IF THIS IS THE WAY LIFE IS GONNA BE, THEN WHAT'S THE POINT
IN EVEN LIVING IT?
"'AND YOU'LL BE DOING ME A FAVOR AND LET ME SEE MY WRETCHEDNESS
[IN THE FAILURE OF ALL MY EFFORTS].'
AND THE LORD SAID TO MOSES, 'GATHER SEVENTY MEN.
I'LL PUT THE ANOINTING THAT'S ON YOU ON THEM.
THEY CAN SHARE THE BURDEN WITH YOU, AND THINGS WILL
BECOME DOABLE.'" SO THE ANSWER TO MOSES'
PROBLEM WAS GET SOME HELP....
"WELL, I WISH I HAD HELP."
YOU GOTTA DO MORE THAN WISH, YOU KNOW?
TO BE HONEST, SOME OF YOU, YOU'RE BUSY MAKING ALL KINDS OF
MONEY AND IF YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT, THEN YOU NEED TO USE A
LITTLE BIT OF THAT MONEY TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF HELP SO YOU
DON'T DRIVE YOURSELF CRAZY AND HAVE NO LIFE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YES, I'M GIVING YOU PERMISSION TO SPEND A LITTLE
MONEY TO GET A LITTLE HELP.
OH, YOU'RE GONNA MAKE THIS HARD, AREN'T YA?
I CAN SEE.
1 KINGS 19, VERSE 4, ELIJAH, GREAT PROPHET, SO HERE
WE SEE GREAT MEN OF GOD THAT WERE FALLING APART FROM STRESS.
"BUT HE HIMSELF WENT A DAY'S JOURNEY INTO THE WILDERNESS
AND CAME AND SAT DOWN UNDER A LONE BROOM OR A JUNIPER TREE
AND ASKED THAT HE MIGHT DIE.
'LORD, IT'S ENOUGH; NOW TAKE AWAY MY LIFE; FOR I AM NO BETTER
THAN MY FATHERS.'" NOW ELIJAH HAD JUST COME OUT
OF A HUGE BATTLE.
HE HAD DEALT WITH 400 BAAL PROPHETS AND MADE A FOOL OUT OF
THEM, AND NOW THE NEXT DAY ONE WOMAN, ONE WOMAN,
IS THREATENING HIM.
AND HE'S SO TIRED AND WEARY AND WORN OUT THAT HE'S AFRAID OF
HER, BUT HE HAD NO PROBLEM AT ALL CONFRONTING THESE
400 EVIL PROPHETS.
IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU'RE RESTED UP AND FIRED
UP, AND IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN'T DO AND HOW FOOLISH WE CAN
ALL SOUND IF WE GET WORN OUT AND BURNED OUT, AMEN?
SO SOMEBODY ASKED EARLIER WHAT DO I DO TO KEEP BALANCE.
WELL, I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING.
WHEN I GO HOME FROM HERE I WON'T WORK, AND I MIGHT EAT A BISCUIT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: ONE OF THE WAYS THAT I RECOVER IS I REST.
I TRY TO FIND A GOOD MOVIE TO WATCH, I EAT WHAT I WANT TO,
AND I REST.
I'LL PROBABLY GET UP SUNDAY MORNING AND GO WALK, AND THEN
I'LL JUST CHILL OUT THE REST OF THE DAY.
AND THEN BY MONDAY I'LL BE FIT AGAIN TO DO SOMETHING ELSE.
I USED TO GO HOME AND THEN JUST WORK SOME MORE AND WORK SOME
MORE AND WORK SOME MORE, AND GO HOME AND WORK SOME MORE AND WORK
SOME MORE AND WORK SOME MORE.
AND THEN I SOUNDED LIKE THESE GUYS DID, "OH, LORD, YOU MIGHT
AS WELL JUST KILL ME IF THIS IS ALL LIFE IS GONNA BE."
BUT, SEE, HERE'S THE THING.
GOD FINALLY GOT ACROSS TO ME, AND I HOPE SOMEBODY GETS THIS
HERE TONIGHT.
I WAS CRABBIN' ABOUT MY SCHEDULE, AND GOD SAID,
"YOU MAKE YOUR SCHEDULE.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, CHANGE IT."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO GIVE UP.
WELL, PART OF THE REASON WHY WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO GIVE UP IS
BECAUSE WE WANNA BE INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING 'CAUSE WE'RE NOSY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND, SECONDLY, WE WANNA KEEP EVERYBODY HAPPY
SO NOBODY'S UNHAPPY WITH US AND EVERYBODY LOVES US
AND THINKS WE'RE WONDERFUL.
AND SO WE TRY TO BE LIKE SUPER PEOPLE, AND I'M TELLIN'
YOU WHAT.
IT'S NOT UNSPIRITUAL TO SAY, "I CANNOT DO THIS ANYMORE.
I HAVE TO HAVE A CHANGE IN MY LIFE.
GOD, YOU SHOW ME WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO, AND I WILL DO IT,"
AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: MONEY IS NOT WORTH KILLIN' YOURSELF OVER, AND IF
THE ONLY WAY THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA LIKE YOU IS IF YOU DO
EVERYTHING THEY WANT YOU TO, THEN THEY DON'T REALLY CARE
ANYTHING ABOUT YOU.
THEY'RE JUST USING YOU.
WELL, WHAT WAS GOD'S ANSWER FOR ELIJAH?
I LOVE THIS.
HE SENT AN ANGEL TO COOK HIM A GOOD MEAL, AND HE TOLD HIM
TO TAKE A NAP.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, THAT'S THE TRUTH.
IF YOU READ THE WHOLE THING THROUGH, AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE
THE TIME TO DO IT, HE SENT AN ANGEL, AND HE PUT HIM TO SLEEP.
HE GAVE HIM A GOOD MEAL, HE PUT HIM TO SLEEP, AND WHEN HE WOKE
UP HE GAVE HIM ANOTHER GOOD MEAL, AND THEN THEY WENT ON
WITH GOD'S PLAN.
AND, HONESTLY, SOMETIMES ALL YOU REALLY NEED IS A GOOD NIGHT'S
SLEEP, A GOOD, HEALTHY MEAL, AND A GOOD LAUGH, AND YOU'LL BE
BACK IN BUSINESS, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SOME OF YOU NEED A LAUGH RIGHT NOW, SO I'M GONNA
STOP RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS PREACHING AND TELL YOU A JOKE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL, HONEY, I'VE NEVER BEEN IN A CHURCH
LIKE THIS.
WELL, TWO OLD PEOPLE WERE LAYIN' IN BED SIDE BY SIDE.
I'M TALKIN' REALLY OLD, LIKE WRINKLED-UP OLD.
AND SHE SAID, "HONEY, WHY DON'T YOU EVER HOLD MY HAND LIKE YOU
USED TO AT NIGHT?" SO HIS LITTLE, OLD, WRINKLED
HAND CAME ACROSS THE BED, AND HE TOOK HER LITTLE, OLD,
WRINKLED HAND.
SHE SAID, "HONEY, WHY DON'T YOU EVER HOLD ME IN YOUR ARMS LIKE
YOU USED TO AT NIGHT?" SO HE SIGHED, AND IT TOOK HIM A
LITTLE WHILE, BUT HE GOT OVER TO HER SIDE OF THE BED AND GOT HER
IN HIS ARMS.
AND SHE RESTED A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN SHE SAID, "HONEY, WHY DON'T
YOU EVER NIBBLE ON MY EAR LIKE YOU USED TO AT NIGHT?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE JUMPED UP AND STARTED ACROSS
THE FLOOR.
AND SHE SAID, "WELL, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?"
AND HE SAID, "WELL, I GOTTA GET MY TEETH."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOW, SEE, YOU'RE THINKIN', "WELL, WHAT DOES THAT
HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?" NOTHING, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH ANYTHING, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO
GET THROUGH YOUR HEAD THAT EVERYTHING DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE
SOME BIG, SUPER-DUPER PURPOSE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: IT'S OKAY TO JUST STOP RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF SOME WORK
AND JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FUN.
MATTER OF FACT, YOU COULD LAUGH AT YOURSELF AND LIGHTEN UP YOUR
LIFE A WHOLE LOT.
I TELL YA MY HUSBAND'S GONNA HAVE FUN NO MATTER WHAT HE DOES,
AND A LOT OF TIMES IT'S AT MY EXPENSE, BUT HE STILL HAS FUN.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW 11,
"COME UNTO ME, ALL YOU THAT LABOR AND ARE HEAVY-LADEN
AN OVERBURDENED, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.
I WILL CAUSE YOU TO REST.
[I WILL EASE, RELIEVE, AND REFRESH YOUR SOULS.]"
WHEN WE'RE OVERLOADED WE NEED TO GO TO JESUS
FOR HELP BUT NOT JUST TO GET HIM TO CAUSE OUR PROBLEM TO
VANISH BUT TO ASK HIM WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND THEN ASK HIM
TO GIVE US THE GRACE TO DO IT.
AM I MAKING THAT POINT CLEAR IN THIS SEMINAR?
PRAYER IS NOT JUST TO GET GOD TO MAKE OUR PROBLEMS VANISH.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN HE DOES THAT, BUT A LARGE MAJORITY OF
THE TIME GOD WILL GUIDE US AND SHOW US WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
HE'LL GIVE US THE GRACE, THE STRENGTH, THE ABILITY TO DO IT,
AND THEN THAT'S WHAT FIXES OUR PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
LIFE WOULD BE EXTREMELY BORING IF WE NEVER PARTICIPATED IN IT
AT ALL, AND GOD WANTS US TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF
OUR LIVES.
WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR NOT, YOU HAVE A LOT OF AUTHORITY OVER
YOUR LIFE, AND IF YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF I'M NOT SURE
WHO'S GOING TO.
NOW ARE YOU LIVING AN UNSUSTAINABLE LIFE?
DO YOU FIND YOURSELF SAYIN', "I CAN'T DO THIS MUCH LONGER.
I JUST CAN'T KEEP THIS UP FOREVER.
THIS IS JUST TOO MUCH FOR ME"?
OR ARE OTHER PEOPLE TELLING YOU, "YOU CAN'T KEEP GOIN' ON LIKE
THIS FOREVER"?
COME ON, HOW MANY OF YOU GOT SOME PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE THAT
LOVE YOU, TELLING YOU, "YOU CAN'T KEEP THIS UP.
YOU CAN'T KEEP DOING THIS.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SLOW DOWN.
YOU'RE GONNA LAY SOMETHING DOWN.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GIVE SOMETHING UP"?
WELL, MOSES HAD THE SAME THING.
HE WAS OVERLOADED, BUT, TO BE HONEST, I DON'T KNOW THAT HE
REALLY KNEW IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SUCH A HARD WORKER THAT SOMETIMES I CAN
JUST--I CANNOT EVEN REALIZE THAT I'M DOIN' TOO MUCH.
SOMETIMES I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN I'M BEIN' EXCESSIVE, AND
SOMEBODY HAS TO COME ALONG AND SAY, "WAIT A MINUTE.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT.
YOU JUST GOT BACK FROM A CONFERENCE.
YOU'RE GONNA REST."
SO SOMETIMES IT PAYS TO LISTEN TO OTHER PEOPLE.
EXODUS 18:14, "WHEN MOSES' FATHER-IN-LAW SAW WHAT HE WAS
DOING FOR THE PEOPLE, HE SAID, 'WHAT IS THIS THAT YOU DO
FOR THE PEOPLE?
WHY DO YOU SIT ALONE, AND THE PEOPLE STAND AROUND YOU
FROM MORNING TILL EVENING?'" NOW LISTEN, MOM.
WHY DO YOU WAIT ON YOUR CHILDREN HAND AND FOOT WHILE THEY SIT
AROUND AND WATCH YOU AND DO NOTHING BUT PLAY ON THEIR IPADS
FROM MORNING TILL EVENING?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: WELL...
LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING.
THAT KID OF YOURS CAN PUT CEREAL IN A BOWL.
THEY MIGHT MAKE A LITTLE MESS, BUT IT WON'T BE THE END OF
THE WORLD.
IF YOU'RE ENJOYING YOURSELF SITTIN' IN YOUR RECLINER
AND YOU'RE RELAXING, LET 'EM GET THEIR OWN SNACK.
OH, BOY.
COME ON, I DON'T WANNA WORK THIS HARD ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
"WHY DO YOU SIT ALONE WHILE EVERYBODY STANDS AROUND YOU?"
NOW YOU DON'T ALL HAVE THAT PROBLEM, BUT I HAVE A DAUGHTER
THAT DOES THAT.
YOU CAN JUST GET INTO HABITS, AND THE WAY YOU START WITH
PEOPLE IS WHAT THEY'RE GONNA EXPECT LATER ON.
SO THEN IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOT A BUNCH OF BAD HABITS IN YOUR
HOUSE, THEN IT'S GONNA REALLY KINDA SHOCK EVERYBODY WHEN YOU
KINDA BRING DOWN THE GAUNTLET AND SAY, "I'M NOT GONNA LIVE
LIKE THIS ANYMORE."
AND THEY'RE GONNA THINK YOU'RE BEIN' MEAN AND THINK YOU'RE
BEIN' BAD, AND SO THERE WILL BE A LITTLE TIME OF ADJUSTMENT.
AND IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY, BUT DON'T
LET PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU.
HAVE SOME BOUNDARIES AND SOME BORDERS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "'WHY DO YOU SIT ALONE WHILE EVERYBODY ELSE STANDS
AROUND FROM MORNING TILL EVENING?'
MOSES SAID TO HIS FATHER-IN-LAW, 'WELL, BECAUSE
THE PEOPLE COME TO ME.'" HE JUST MIGHT AS WELL SAY,
"WELL, BECAUSE THEY WANT ME TO.
THEY WANT ME TO FIX THEIR PROBLEMS."
AND, YOU KNOW, TO BE HONEST, SOMETIMES WE KINDA GET
A PRIDEFUL KICK OUT OF EVERYBODY COMING TO US TO WANT US TO DO
EVERYTHING, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THE PAYOFF IS WORTH IT
ON THE OTHER END.
"'WHEN THEY HAVE A DISPUTE THEY COME TO ME, AND I JUDGE BETWEEN
A MAN AND HIS NEIGHBOR, AND I MAKE THEM KNOW
THE STATUTES OF GOD AND HIS LAWS.'
AND MOSES' FATHER-IN-LAW SAID TO HIM, 'THIS THING
THAT YOU ARE DOING IS NOT GOOD.
THIS THING THAT YOU ARE DOING IS NOT GOOD.
YOU WILL SURELY WEAR OUT BOTH YOURSELF AND THE PEOPLE WITH
YOU, FOR THE THING IS TOO HEAVY FOR YOU; YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO
PERFORM IT ALL BY YOURSELF,'" AMEN?
AND I THINK THERE'S SOME PEOPLE HERE THAT NEED TO TAKE THAT AS
A WORD FOR THEMSELVES TONIGHT.
IF YOU'RE LIVING AN UNSUSTAINABLE LIFE, THEN YOU
NEED TO DO EXACTLY WHAT MOSES DID.
HERE AGAIN, HE GOT SOME HELP.
HE WENT AND CHOSE SOME PEOPLE TO HELP HIM.
NOW WHY DON'T WE LET PEOPLE HELP US?
WHY DO WE FIND IT SO HARD TO SAY, "CAN YOU HELP ME?
I NEED SOME HELP"?
WELL, NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE AN INDEPENDENT ATTITUDE.
NUMBER TWO, WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY INVOLVED IN OUR STUFF
BECAUSE GOODNESS KNOWS THEY COULDN'T POSSIBLY DO IT AS GOOD
AS US, AMEN.
AND IF SOMEBODY ELSE DOES IT THEY MIGHT GET PART OF THE
CREDIT, AND WE DON'T WANT THAT.
A LOT OF TIMES, TO BE HONEST, WE JUST THINK MORE
HIGHLY OF OURSELVES THAN WE OUGHT TO.
"LIVING ON THE EDGE" HAS BECOME A VERY POPULAR STATEMENT OR
"LIVIN' LIFE IN THE FAST LANE."
IT'S OUR CULTURE.
IT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM.
IT CAN EVEN BE THE RESULT OF UNBALANCED BIBLE TEACHING.
I WANT US TO THINK ABOUT A SCRIPTURE, "I CAN DO ALL
THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: SEE HOW WE LIKE THAT?
BUT CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT SCRIPTURE MEANS IT'S GONNA GET
YOU IN TROUBLE BECAUSE PAUL IN VERSE 12 SAYS, "I KNOW HOW TO BE
ABASED, AND I KNOW HOW TO ABOUND.
I KNOW HOW TO LIVE WITH PLENTY, AND I KNOW HOW TO LIVE WITH VERY
LITTLE.
I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME."
HE'S NOT SAYING, "I CAN JUST DO ANYTHING THAT I WANNA DO."
AND IF WE TEACH IT THAT WAY, WHICH I'VE HEARD IT TAUGHT THAT
WAY MANY TIMES AND PROBABLY IN THE EARLIER YEARS IN MY LIFE
EVEN TAUGHT IT THAT WAY MYSELF, YOU CAN JUST GET PEOPLE ALL
HYPED UP AND GET THEM CONVINCED THAT, BOY, THEY CAN JUST HAVE
ANY DREAM THAT THEY WANNA HAVE, AND IF THEY PRESS HARD ENOUGH
THEY CAN MAKE THAT DREAM COME TO PASS.
AND I CAN TELL YOU IF I'VE TAUGHT PEOPLE THAT I REPENT,
AND IT'S JUST NOT TRUE BECAUSE HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO.
YOU CAN DO WHATEVER GOD ASSIGNS YOU TO DO.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: YOU CAN DO WHAT GOD ASSIGNS YOU TO DO, BUT YOU CAN'T
JUST DO ANYTHING THAT YOU DECIDE TO DO BECAUSE YOU DECIDE TO
DREAM IT OR TO COMPETE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE
OR IT'S SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO, AMEN?
AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED
TO GET THROUGH OUR HEAD.
I CAN DO ANYTHING THAT GOD GIVES ME TO DO, BUT IF I'M TRYIN' TO
DO A BUNCH OF STUFF THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE DOING,
THEN GOD WILL LOVE ME ENOUGH TO SIT BACK AND WATCH ME FALL FLAT
ON MY FACE.
YES, HE WILL.
HE'LL LOVE YOU ENOUGH--IF THAT'S THE ONLY WAY HE CAN GET YOU BACK
IN HIS WILL, HE WILL LOVE YOU ENOUGH TO WATCH YOU FRUSTRATE
YOURSELF AND AGGRAVATE YOURSELF AND WEAR YOURSELF OUT TRYING TO
DO SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING,
AND THEN FINALLY YOU'LL SAY, "I JUST CAN'T DO THIS."
OH, REALLY?
WELL, I DIDN'T ASK YOU TO, TO START WITH.
THERE IS GRACE FOR YOUR PLACE.
AS LONG AS YOU STAY IN YOUR PLACE YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE
THE GRACE TO DO WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
NEED TO DO IS SET SOME BOUNDARIES IN OUR LIFE,
BOUNDARIES.
YOU KNOW, DAVE AND I WERE LOOKIN' AROUND OUR HOTEL ROOM
TODAY, AND EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK THERE'S BOUNDARIES AND BORDERS.
IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING.
IT'S LIKE THE BASEBOARD ALONG THE WALL IS A BORDER.
THERE WAS A BORDER AROUND THE CARPET.
OUT ON THE DECK THERE WAS A FENCING AROUND THE DECK THAT WAS
A BORDER THAT KEPT ANYBODY FROM GETTING ON, BUT IT ALSO KEPT ME
FROM FALLING OFF.
AND BORDERS IN OUR LIFE PROTECT US, AND THEY ESTABLISH
GUIDELINES FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
YOU CAN COME THIS FAR, AND YOU CAN'T COME ANY FURTHER.
NOBODY HAS ACTUALLY SAID IT, BUT THE VERY FACT OF THE WAY THIS
PLATFORM IS BUILT UP HERE YOU KINDA KNOW THAT MEANS YOU CAN'T
COME UP HERE.
I BELONG UP HERE RIGHT NOW.
YOU DON'T BELONG UP HERE RIGHT NOW, SO YOU STAY THERE, AND I'LL
STAY HERE, AND WE'LL ALL GET ALONG GOOD.
AND EVERYWHERE THAT YOU LOOK OCEANS AND RIVERS HAVE
BOUNDARIES, AND ONCE--IF THEY STAY IN THEIR BOUNDARIES THEY'RE
GREAT, BUT IF THEY GET OUTSIDE THEIR BOUNDARIES THEY BECOME
DANGEROUS.
SO WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT HAVING BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES IN
OUR LIFE IS EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
AND AS LONG AS GOD'S WILL AND GOD'S WORD IS OUR BOUNDARY,
EVERYTHING IS GONNA GO GOOD IN OUR LIVES, BUT ONCE WE GET
OUTSIDE THAT BOUNDARY THINGS ARE NOT GOING TO BE GOOD.
I HAD A JOB ONE TIME AT A CHURCH IN MY CITY, AND THERE WAS A TIME
WHEN I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
IT WAS RIGHT, AND I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
AND I LEARNED A LOT THERE, AND I THANK GOD FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES
I HAD THERE.
BUT THEN THERE CAME A TIME WHEN GOD WAS FINISHED WITH THAT, AND
I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.
LIFE GETS ROUGH WHEN GOD GETS FINISHED AND YOU'RE NOT
FINISHED YET.
AND SOME OF YOU ARE PROBABLY IN THAT PLACE RIGHT NOW
IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU'RE STILL TRYIN' TO RIDE A HORSE THAT'S BEEN DEAD FOR
20 YEARS, AND, YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL RULE IS IF THE HORSE
IS DEAD, DISMOUNT.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, IF THERE'S NO LIFE IN WHAT YOU'RE
DOING ANYMORE, IF IT'S ALL STRUGGLE, IF IT'S ALL EFFORT, IF
YOU HATE IT, YOU CAN'T STAND IT, IT MAKES YOU MISERABLE, THEN
MAYBE YOU NEED TO STOP AND JUST SAY, "IS THIS NOT MY PLACE
ANYMORE?" BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE DOING ANYMORE, THEN THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY
GRACE FOR YOU TO DO IT.
AND NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU WANNA DO IT, NO MATTER HOW MUCH
EVERYBODY ELSE WANTS YOU TO DO IT, NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY
YOU'RE MAKING, NO MATTER HOW ATTRACTIVE IT IS, IF GOD'S
FINISHED AND WE DON'T GET FINISHED, WE ARE GOING TO BE
VERY, VERY UNHAPPY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: LIKEWISE, IF GOD'S NOT FINISHED, IF HE WANTS US TO STAY
AND WE DECIDE TO GO, THEN THAT'S GONNA MAKE US MISERABLE, TOO.
WHEN I SAY GOD WILL GIVE YOU GRACE FOR YOUR PLACE, WHAT I
MEAN IS AS LONG AS WE STAY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES AND
THE BORDERS OF GOD'S WILL WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE GRACE TO BE
THERE, AND THAT MEANS THAT WE CAN DO WHATEVER GOD GIVES US
TO DO.
AND WE CAN DO IT WITH PEACE, AND WE CAN DO IT WITH JOY.
I SAID AS LONG AS WE'RE DOING WHAT GOD WANTS US TO DO WE CAN
DO IT WITH PEACE, AND WE CAN DO IT WITH JOY.
COME ON.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: NOW I KNOW IN SAYING THIS THAT I'M KINDA RATTLIN'
SOME OF YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE THINKIN', "OH, MY GOSH, I'M
GONNA HAVE TO GIVE THIS UP.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO STOP DOIN' THIS.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO MAKE A CHANGE."
WELL, WHAT'S THE POINT IN COMIN' TO HEAR STUFF LIKE THIS IF YOU
ONLY JUST WANNA BE ENTERTAINED?
I AM NOT AN ENTERTAINER.
THAT IS--I MEAN, YOU MAY THINK I'M ENTERTAINING, BUT I AM NOT
AN ENTERTAINER.
THAT'S NOT WHY WE'RE HERE.
WE'RE HERE TO CHANGE LIVES, AND THE WORD OF GOD CHANGES
OUR LIVES.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I CAN TELL YOU I DID NOT JUST OPEN A SERMON
DRAWER AND PULL THIS OUT AND SHOW UP HERE IN HERSHEY.
I HAVE STUDIED HARD, HARD, HARD TO BRING YOU THIS INFORMATION,
VERY HARD.
I'VE LAID OUT NOTES.
I'VE HAD THEM TYPED.
I'VE GONE OVER THEM AND OVER THEM AND OVER THEM AND OVER
THEM, AND SO I WANT YOU TO MAKE YOUR MIND UP NOW THAT WHATEVER
GOD SHOWS YOU NEEDS TO CHANGE THAT YOU'RE GONNA CHANGE IT
BECAUSE IT'S FOR YOUR BENEFIT IF YOU DO.
JOYCE: WELL, IF YOU ESTABLISH GOD-GIVEN BOUNDARIES AND CREATE
BALANCE, YOU'LL ENJOY YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE SO MUCH MORE.
THE BIBLE'S FULL OF PRACTICAL BOUNDARIES SO TODAY, WE'RE
OFFERING YOU THE WORD OF GOD.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU "HEALING THE SOUL OF A WOMAN."
IT'S A BOOK THAT I'VE WRITTEN AND I THINK IT'S AN ABSOLUTELY
WONDERFUL BOOK.
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HURTING ON THE INSIDE AND THEY'RE TRYING TO
PRETEND LIKE EVERYTHING'S OKAY, BUT THEY HAVE WOUNDS THAT ONLY
GOD CAN HEAL.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE WOUNDED AND HURTING, YOU USUALLY
END UP HURTING PEOPLE AROUND YOU.
THE VERY LEAST IS YOU DON'T ENJOY THE LIFE THAT JESUS DIED
TO GIVE YOU LIKE YOU SHOULD OR COULD.
SO, WE'RE OFFERING YOU TODAY "HEALING THE SOUL OF A WOMAN"
FOR YOUR GIFT TO THE MINISTRY OF ANY AMOUNT AND AS YOU GET THIS
BOOK TO HELP YOU, IT'S GOING TO ALSO HELP OTHER WOMEN BECAUSE
ALL THE PROCEEDS ARE GONNA GO TO OUR PROJECT GRL, WHICH IS
TRYING TO HELP WOMEN EVERYWHERE AND GIRLS THAT ARE HURTING FROM
ANY KIND OF ABUSE.
AND SO, WE REALLY APPRECIATE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO.
SEEK GOD FIRST IN ALL THAT YOU DO AND YOU WILL HAVE A JOYFUL
LIFE.
GOD BLESS 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...
OR GO TO JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
GINGER: IN A WORLD WHERE GIRLS ARE TOLD THEY AREN'T
WORTHY OF BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS LIKE DIGNITY, RESPECT, AND EVEN
LIFE, THROUGH PROJECT GRL, WE ARE DETERMINED TO GUIDE,
RESTORE, AND LOVE WOMEN AND GIRLS BY MEETING THEIR NEEDS,
PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, AND SPIRITUALLY, BY TELLING THEM
ABOUT THEIR IMMEASURABLE VALUE IN CHRIST.
AS A PART OF PROJECT GRL, YOU ARE FEEDING HUNGRY GIRLS,
PROVIDING FRESH WATER, EDUCATION, AND RELIEF FROM
HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
ONE OF THOSE ANTI-TRAFFICKING INITIATIVES IS
THE SHE RESCUE HOME, A SAFE HAVEN FOR GIRLS
UNDER 16 YEARS OLD WHO'VE BEEN TRAFFICKED, PROSTITUTED, RAPED,
OR ARE AT RISK IN PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA.
RARE BECAUSE OF THEIR ABILITY TO HELP SUCH YOUNG GIRLS WHO FALL
PREY TO THIS HORROR, THE SHE RESCUE HOME
HAS CHANGED THE LIVES OF MORE THAN 80 GIRLS AND COUNTING.
FOR THESE GIRLS, THE JOURNEY IS JUST BEGINNING WHEN THEY ENTER
THE HOME.
THE GOAL IS TO SEE THE LIFE OF EACH SURVIVOR THRIVING
AND COMPLETELY RESTORED.
EVERY GIRL WHO COMPLETES THE PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED FOR AN
ADDITIONAL THREE YEARS, IS GIVEN ONGOING COUNSELING, AND HER
EDUCATION EXPENSES ARE COVERED 100%.
WHILE IN THE SHE RESCUE HOME, EVERY GIRL IS GIVEN ACCESS TO
MEDICAL CARE, FAMILY SUPPORT, AND HEALTHY COPING MECHANISMS.
SO, WITH GOD'S HELP, THEY CAN HEAL FROM AND OVERCOME THE PAIN
OF THEIR TRAUMA.
THE GIRLS ARE TREATED WITH GREAT CARE, LAUGHTER, AND LOVE,
SOMETHING EVERY GIRL DESERVES.
ANNOUNCER: WE HOPE YOU HAVE 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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