ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: WHAT I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT TODAY IS SOMETHING
THAT'S BEEN ON MY HEART FOR MYSELF PERSONALLY FOR A FEW
MONTHS, AND I'VE STARTED PRAYING THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS,
AND THAT IS "THE GIFT OF AWARENESS."
NOW, THAT'S NOT AN OFFICIAL GIFT LISTED IN THE BIBLE, BUT I
BELIEVE THAT WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME BEING UNAWARE OF THINGS
THAT WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF, AND PROBABLY ARE VERY AWARE OF
THINGS THAT WE DON'T EVEN NEED TO PAY THAT MUCH ATTENTION TO.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A REAL DEMONIC PUSH
FROM THE KINGDOM OF DARKNESS TO KEEP PEOPLE
FROM BEING FOCUSED.
AND DO YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE SITTING HERE TODAY, IF
YOUR MIND LEAVES THIS MEETING, TO GO TO THE STORE, TO THINK
ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GONNA EAT LATER OR ALL THE THINGS YOU
NEED TO DO LATER, FOR ALL INTENT AND PURPOSES, YOU'RE NOT HERE.
AND SO IT'S A CHALLENGE IN THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN
TODAY BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH COMING AT US.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST PHONES RINGING AND DINGS FOR EMAIL AND DINGS
FOR TEXT MESSAGES, AND IT'S JUST, YOU--I MEAN, EVEN RIDING
DOWN THE ROAD, THERE ARE SO MANY MESSAGES ON THE SIDE
OF THE ROAD, AND JUST SO MUCH STUFF COMING AT US,
THAT IT'S GETTING MORE AND MORE CHALLENGING TO KEEP OUR MINDS
ON ANYTHING FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME.
AND I KNOW EVEN JUST LIKE IN MY WORKOUT ROUTINE
THAT I DO WITH MY TRAINER, HE TELLS ME ALL THE TIME,
"FOCUS ON THE MUSCLE THAT YOU'RE WORKING."
HE CALLS IT, "PUT THE--PUT YOUR MIND IN THE MUSCLE."
AND OF COURSE, I HAVE A HARD TIME DOING THAT.
I'LL BE LIFTING WEIGHTS AND BE IN INDIA OR I'LL BE, YOU KNOW,
LIFTING WEIGHTS LAST WEEK AND HERE IN WINSTON-SALEM
OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
AND I'VE ASKED HIM TO TALK TO ME SOME ABOUT WHY THAT'S
SO IMPORTANT, AND HE SAID, "BECAUSE WHEN YOU PUT YOUR MIND
IN IT, THE MUSCLE ACTUALLY BEHAVES BETTER AND YOU GET
MORE VALUE OUT OF IT."
AND SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO REALLY BEGIN TO PRAY
AND ASK GOD TO GIVE US WHAT I'M JUST GONNA CALL
THE GIFT OF AWARENESS.
THERE'S SO MANY THINGS EVEN GOING ON AROUND US ALL THE TIME,
THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF.
AND WE'RE MISSING THINGS.
WE'RE MISSING THINGS THAT GOD'S DOING, WE'RE MISSING THINGS
THAT GOD WANTS US TO DO.
WE'RE MISSING A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE OUT THERE BECAUSE WE
JUST DON'T FOCUS ON WHAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON.
IS ANYBODY IN AGREEMENT WITH ME TODAY THAT WE NEED TO HAVE
A GREATER GIFT OF AWARENESS?
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT.
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT AREAS,
BUT FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT BEING MORE AWARE,
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.
BEING MORE AWARE OF WHAT GOD IS DOING IN OUR LIVES.
AND I BELIEVE THAT GOD IS DOING THINGS ALL THE TIME THAT WE
JUST MISS AND DON'T EVEN SEE.
SOMETIMES, WE THINK WE'RE LUCKY, SOMETIMES WE THINK IT'S
JUST COINCIDENCE.
SOMETIMES WE DON'T THINK AT ALL.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BRINGS US
INTO A CLOSER, MORE INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, IS IF WE
PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT HE'S DOING IN OUR LIVES AND WE MAKE
A BIGGER DEAL OUT OF IT THAN WHAT WE DO.
SO LET'S START IN 1 JOHN CHAPTER 4,
BEGINNING IN VERSE 16, AND I'M GONNA SHARE SOME THINGS
THAT HAPPENED TO ME MANY, MANY YEARS AGO
AS A RESULT OF THIS SCRIPTURE.
NOW, THESE SCRIPTURES ARE ABOUT LEARNING TO BE CONSCIOUS
OF GOD'S LOVE.
YOU SEE, NOTHING DOES YOU MUCH GOOD IF YOU'RE UNCONSCIOUS
OF IT.
THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE TEACHES US A LOT ABOUT MEDITATING
ON THINGS.
AND THAT JUST MEANS TO ROLL YOUR MIND OVER
AND OVER ON THINGS.
HOW AWESOME IS IT IF YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND YOU LAY
IN BED FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES AND YOU--YOU'RE CONSCIOUS
THAT GOD IS WATCHING YOU, THAT YOU'RE NOT ALONE,
THAT HE'S RIGHT THERE WITH YOU, THAT HE LOVES YOU, AND THAT HE
CAN NEVER LOVE YOU ANY MORE THAN HE DOES AT THIS MOMENT
RIGHT HERE?
BUT IF YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT, IF YOU DON'T ROLL THAT
OVER AND OVER IN YOUR MIND, THEN FOR ALL INTENT AND PURPOSES,
IT'S LIKE IT'S NOT EVEN REALITY FOR YOU.
AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE HABITS THAT WE NEED TO DEVELOP
AS BELIEVERS IN JESUS CHRIST IF WE REALLY WANT
THE WORD OF GOD TO BENEFIT US LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO.
MEDITATE ON THE WORD.
THINK ABOUT THE PROMISES OF GOD AND THINK ABOUT HOW BLESSED YOU
ARE, AND WHAT GOD HAS DONE BY SAVING YOU, AND THE MERCY
THAT HE SHOWS TO YOU EVERY DAY.
AND THE MORE YOU PONDER THESE THINGS, AND I'M NOT SAYING
YOU HAVE TO GO AROUND ALL DAY LONG JUST, YOU KNOW,
TRYING TO BE SOME SPIRITUAL GURU AND JUST SITTING AROUND,
YOU KNOW, MEDITATING ON THE WORD, YOU KNOW,
BUT WE NEED TO BE MORE AWARE OF WHAT WE HAVE IN CHRIST JESUS.
WELL, YOU KNOW, AS A YOUNG WOMAN STARTING OUT IN MINISTRY
30-SOME-ODD YEARS AGO, THIS WAS AFTER I HAD TAUGHT HOME
BIBLE STUDIES FOR FIVE YEARS.
I WAS NOW WORKING AT A CHURCH IN ST. LOUIS.
SO THIS WAS PROBABLY LIKE ABOUT 31 OR 32 YEARS AGO.
IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME, ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T KNOW IT, THAT
I GET A REALLY GOOD FOUNDATION
IN MY LIFE ABOUT HOW MUCH GOD LOVED ME.
AND YOU KNOW, WE CAN TELL EVERYBODY GOD LOVES YOU,
BUT DO WE REALLY KNOW HOW MUCH GOD LOVES US?
I MEAN, LIKE, REALLY?
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT IF YOU KNOW THE PERFECT LOVE OF GOD,
THAT IT CASTS OUT ALL FEAR.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY FEAR.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU KNOW THAT GOD REALLY, REALLY LOVES YOU,
YOU KNOW THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, THAT SOMEWHERE
IN THE MIDST OF IT, GOD IS GONNA WORK SOMETHING GOOD OUT OF IT,
AND THAT EVEN THOUGH NONE OF IT MAKES ANY SENSE, THAT THERE IS
A PLAN IN IT SOMEHOW, THAT'S GONNA ULTIMATELY WORK OUT
FOR YOUR GOOD.
AND SO EVEN IN THE MIDST OF HURTING, YOU CAN BE COMFORTED
EVEN IN YOUR PAIN, KNOWING THAT GOD WILL TAKE
EVEN THAT PAIN AND DO SOMETHING WONDERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL IN YOU
THROUGH THAT.
AND SO, THE VERY FIRST MESSAGE THAT I TAUGHT PUBLICLY, WHEN I
STARTED TEACHING AT THE CHURCH WHERE I STARTED
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE STUDY THAT HAS ULTIMATELY GROWN
AND DEVELOPED INTO WHAT WE SEE TODAY--WHEN I PRAYED AND ASKED
GOD WHAT HE WANTED ME TO TEACH, HE SAID, "I WANT YOU TO TELL
THEM THAT I LOVE THEM."
AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, I, YOU KNOW,
GOD, I WANT A MESSAGE OF POWER."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I REMEMBER SAYING THAT.
"I WANT A MESSAGE OF POWER."
AND I SAID, "EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU LOVE 'EM.
EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU LOVE 'EM."
AND THE ANSWER THAT CAME BACK IN MY HEART WAS,
"NO, THEY DON'T.
IF THEY DID, THEY'D ACT A LOT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY DO."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW I WANT YOU TO TRACK WITH YOU TODAY
AND THINK ABOUT WHAT I'M SAYING.
AND SO, EVENTUALLY, OVER THE NEXT LITTLE BIT OF TIME,
GOD LED ME TO THIS 1 JOHN 4:16, AND I'M GONNA READ 17 AND 18,
AND IT JUST REALLY--YOU KNOW, WE ALL TALK ABOUT, LIKE, KEY
MOMENTS IN OUR LIFE WITH GOD AND SPECIFIC THINGS THAT HAVE
HAPPENED TO US THAT HAVE BEEN REAL LIFE-CHANGING THINGS.
AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THEM FOR ME.
THIS 1 JOHN 4:16 JUST REALLY
TAUGHT ME A LESSON THAT HAS BEEN VERY VALUABLE IN MY LIFE.
"AND WE KNOW (WE UNDERSTAND, WE RECOGNIZE, AND WE ARE
CONSCIOUS OF)," NOT UNCONSCIOUS.
"(WE ARE CONSCIOUS OF BY OBSERVATION,)" I'M TAKING IT
SLOW BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO GET THESE WORDS.
"(BY OBSERVATION AND BY EXPERIENCE) AND WE
BELIEVE (ADHERE TO, PUT FAITH IN AND RELY ON) THE LOVE
THAT GOD CHERISHES FOR US.
GOD IS LOVE, AND HE WHO DWELLS AND CONTINUES IN LOVE DWELLS
AND CONTINUES IN GOD, AND GOD DWELLS AND CONTINUES IN HIM."
SO WE'RE GONNA READ 17 AND 18 IN A MINUTE, BUT I WANNA
ELABORATE ON THIS FOR JUST A FEW MOMENTS BECAUSE WHAT GOD SHOWED
ME OUT OF THIS IS THAT I-- THAT HE WAS LOVING ME
ALL THE TIME, THAT I JUST WAS NOT CONSCIOUS AND AWARE OF IT.
AND THAT HE WAS DOING ALL KINDS OF THINGS FOR ME ALL THE TIME
THAT WAS SHOWING HIS LOVE FOR ME.
A LOT OF THEM ARE IN LITTLE WAYS.
BUT HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT SOMETIMES IT'S
THE LITTLE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO FOR YOU THAT CAN ULTIMATELY
END UP MEANING THE MOST?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IT IS EXCITING TO BE A CHRISTIAN.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT GOD IS GONNA DO AND WHAT HE'S GONNA DO NEXT.
ANY GIVEN DAY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT GOD IS GONNA DO.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE HE'S GONNA SHOW UP.
THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO BE EXPECTING, WE NEED TO BE
LOOKING, WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED, WE NEED TO BE AWARE, AND WE NEED
TO STOP THINKING THAT ALL THESE THINGS THAT HAPPEN--
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, IF 500 PEOPLE HAVE APPLIED
FOR A JOB AND YOU GET IT, THAT'S NOT AN ACCIDENT.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND THAT'S NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE SO BRILLIANT EITHER.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IT'S BECAUSE GOD GAVE YOU FAVOR, AMEN?
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT GOD PUT ON MY HEART
THIS MORNING.
GOD WANTS TO TAKE SO MUCH BETTER CARE OF YOU THAN WHAT YOU'RE
LETTING HIM DO.
HE WANTS YOU TO DEPOSIT YOURSELF WITH HIM, JUST LIKE YOU DRIVE
THROUGH AT A BANK AND PUT YOUR PAYCHECK DOWN THAT SLOT,
WHAT KIND OF CONFIDENCE AND TRUST DOES THAT TAKE?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND YOU GET A LITTLE DEPOSIT SLIP BACK SAYING
THE MONEY'S IN THERE AND SAFE AND THEN YOU JUST GOING ABOUT
YOUR BUSINESS, AND WHEN YOU NEED SOMETHING, YOU WRITE A CHECK
OR YOU USE YOUR DEBIT CARD.
WELL, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE SHOULD DEPOSIT OURSELVES WITH GOD.
AND IF YOU WILL DEPOSIT YOURSELF WITH HIM EVERY DAY AND SAY,
"THIS IS NOT ABOUT WHAT I CAN DO; IT'S ABOUT WHAT YOU
HAVE DONE.
I LOVE YOU.
I WANNA--I WANT TO CATCH YOU SHOWING OUT IN MY LIFE," AMEN?
AND JUST--AND BE LIKE A LITTLE CHILD.
UNLESS WE COME LIKE A LITTLE CHILD.
BECOME LIKE A LITTLE CHILD AND I'M CHALLENGING YOU TODAY
TO MAKE A BIGGER DEAL OUT OF THE LITTLE THINGS
THAT GOD DOES FOR YOU AND ALSO TO GET MORE EXCITED
ABOUT THEM.
AND I CAN TELL YOU, LIVING LIKE THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST
EXCITING PARTS OF MY PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
IT JUST KEEPS ME FIRED UP AND STIRRED UP, JUST TO SEE
THE THINGS THAT GOD DOES FOR US.
ACTUALLY, MY MOM DIED LAST WEEK, AND I'M GOOD WITH IT.
SHE WAS 90.
SHE HAD HAD A VERY DIFFICULT LIFE.
SHE WAS BORN AGAIN, AND SHE'S SO MUCH BETTER OFF TODAY
THAN WHAT SHE EVER WAS WHEN SHE WAS ALIVE HERE.
AND--
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SOMEBODY MIGHT THINK, "WELL, WHAT ARE YOU DOING
OUT PREACHING JUST A FEW DAYS AFTER YOUR MOM DIED?"
WELL, I THINK THAT'S THE HAPPIEST THING TO DO,
DON'T YOU?
AMEN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND--BUT IT--I NOTICED--EVERYBODY SAY,
"NOTICED."
SEE, I'M GONNA SHARE SOME SCRIPTURE WITH YOU IN A MINUTE.
JESUS NOTICED EVERYTHING.
I MEAN, NO MATTER WHERE HE WAS GOING, HE NOTICED PEOPLE AROUND
HIM THAT WERE HURTING AND NEEDY AND NOT ONLY DID JESUS NOTICE,
HE STOPPED.
THERE'S A VERY WELL-KNOWN BOOK THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG
TIME CALLED "IN HIS STEPS," STUDYING THE STEPS OF JESUS.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO STUDY THE STOPS OF JESUS.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO SEE HOW JUST A SIMPLE LITTLE NEED
THAT WE HAVE WILL STOP JESUS IN HIS TRACKS.
YOU KNOW, AN INTIMATE, PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU TODAY ABOUT DEAD, DRY, ROTE RELIGION
WHERE YOU JUST MARCH INTO A BUILDING EVERY WEEK, SIT
THERE, YOU KNOW, GET UP, GET DOWN, YOU KNOW, GET UP, GET
DOWN, GET BORED, FALL ASLEEP, CAN'T WAIT FOR IT TO BE OVER.
GO HOME AND THEN GO BACK AND DO THE SAME THING THE NEXT WEEK.
I'M TALKING ABOUT LIVING WITH GOD, ABIDING IN HIM,
LETTING HIS WORD ABIDE IN YOU.
I MEAN, GET FULL-ON, FULL-IN, IT'S ALL ABOUT GOD.
"IN HIM WE LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING,
AND APART FROM HIM, WE CAN DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I'D LIKE TO COME OUT THERE AND JUST UNZIP ALL OF YOU
AND SHOVE THIS IN YOU AND--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WE NEED TO BE EXCITED ABOUT SERVING GOD, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND SO I NOTICED JUST SOME THINGS THAT GOD DID FOR ME.
FIRST OF ALL, I WAS HOME THE TWO DAYS SHE WAS
IN THE HOSPITAL BEFORE SHE WENT TO HEAVEN, WHICH I'M NOT HOME
THAT MUCH.
AND SO, I FELT LIKE GOD ARRANGED THAT.
I THINK IT WAS PRETTY NICE OF GOD TO ARRANGE FOR HER TO DIE
ON A DAY WHEN I COULD BE THERE.
NOW, THAT MAY SOUND GOOFY TO YOU, BUT BECAUSE I COULD HAVE
BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD, AND I THINK IT WAS
MORE IMPORTANT FOR HER THAT I WAS THERE THAN ANYBODY.
SO FIRST OF ALL, I WAS THERE.
THE OTHER THING THAT I SAW THAT GOD DID,
WHICH JUST WAS SO SWEET, I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS.
THE WEEK BEFORE SHE PASSED, SHE HAD THE BEST WEEK THAT I
HAD SEEN HER HAVE IN YEARS.
AND I HAD GIVEN HER MY DEVOTIONAL,
"TRUSTING GOD DAY BY DAY," AND SHE'D BEEN HAVING LOTS
OF SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH HER EYES, AND WE'D GOTTEN HER
SOME NEW GLASSES, AND THEY'D DONE A LITTLE LASER THING
AND SO-- AND IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING
BECAUSE WE WENT THROUGH ALL THAT AND SHE ONLY HAD
THOSE GLASSES ABOUT TEN DAYS.
AND IT WAS A LOT OF WORK AND EFFORT AND A LOT OF MONEY,
BUT GOD WANTED HER TO HAVE THAT THING THAT SHE WANTED
SO MUCH, WHICH WAS TO BE ABLE TO SEE AND READ,
AND SHE WAS LIKE A LITTLE KID.
SHE WOULD CALL ME UP, NOT EVERY DAY, BUT SHE CALLED ME
THREE OR FOUR TIMES IN THAT WEEK, "WELL, HONEY,
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M SITTING UP IN MY CHAIR
AND I'M READING MY 'TRUSTING GOD DAY BY DAY'
DEVOTIONAL.
AND THIS IS--" AND SHE SAID, "AND THIS IS WHAT YOU TOLD ME
TO DO TODAY.
AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M GONNA DO
WHAT YOU TELL ME TO DO."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND SHE WAS SO HAPPY ABOUT BEING ABLE TO SEE.
AND THEN ALSO, THE LAST TIME THAT I VISITED MY MOTHER, WE HAD
THE BEST VISIT THAT WE HAD HAD IN POSSIBLY TEN YEARS
BECAUSE MY MOTHER HAD SOME MENTAL ISSUES, AND VISITING
WAS NOT ALWAYS AS PLEASANT AS YOU MIGHT HAVE LIKED IT
TO HAVE BEEN.
AND WE JUST HAD A GREAT TIME.
I MEAN, I ALWAYS WENT BECAUSE I KNEW IT WAS WHAT GOD WANTED ME
TO DO.
BUT A LOT OF TIMES, IT WASN'T ALL THAT PLEASANT.
IT DEPENDED ON WHAT ANXIETY LEVEL SHE WAS AT THAT DAY
AND HOW MUCH DEMENTIA WAS SHOWING UP.
AND THAT--SHE WAS JUST LIKE, IT WAS JUST PERFECT THAT DAY.
AND I BELIEVE THAT GOD DID THAT FOR ME.
NOW, SEE, I COULD JUST WRITE ALL THAT OFF AND SAY, "WELL,
WASN'T THAT A COINCIDENCE?" OR "WASN'T THAT LUCKY?"
CAN I JUST TELL YOU SOMETHING?
JUST THROW THE WORD "LUCK" AWAY.
JUST--
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: THAT WORD ANNOYS ME.
I DON'T LIKE TO HEAR CHRISTIANS USE THE WORD "LUCK."
NOW, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A SIN, BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
IF YOU'RE IN A FULL-ON RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, THERE'S
NOTHING LUCKY ABOUT ANYTHING GOOD THAT HAPPENS TO YOU.
IT IS ON PURPOSE, A BLESSING FROM GOD, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO WAY BACK, 32 YEARS AGO, I BEGAN TO LEARN TO LIVE
LIKE THIS.
AND IT DID SO MUCH FOR MY PERSONAL WALK WITH GOD,
AND I PERSONALLY THINK IT IS--REALLY INCREASES
THE ANOINTING ON MY LIFE AND HELPS ME BE ABLE TO SHARE
JESUS WITH YOU IN A WAY THAT IS VERY REAL AND PERSONAL
INSTEAD OF JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, HE'S SOME GOD OFF UP IN THE SKY
SOMEWHERE THAT WE'VE GOT TO BE AFRAID OF HALF THE TIME.
VERSE 17: "IN THIS [UNION AND COMMUNION WITH HIM] LOVE
IS BROUGHT TO COMPLETION AND ATTAINS PERFECTION WITH US,
THAT WE MIGHT HAVE CONFIDENCE FOR THE DAY OF JUDGMENT."
IF YOU NEED MORE CONFIDENCE, SOAK UP MORE OF GOD'S LOVE.
"[WITH ASSURANCE AND BOLDNESS TO FACE HIM], BECAUSE AS HE IS,
SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD.
THERE IS NO FEAR IN LOVE [DREAD DOES NOT EXIST], BUT FULL-GROWN
(COMPLETE, PERFECT) LOVE," WHICH IS THE KIND OF LOVE
THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU.
I'M NOT TALKING TO SOMEBODY ELSE TODAY.
I'M TALKING TO YOU.
AND TO YOU THAT ARE WATCHING BY TV.
I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND GOD LOVES YOU.
AND HE'S DOING THINGS FOR YOU ALL THE TIME.
AND IT'S TIME WE WAKE UP AND BEGIN TO SEE HOW GOOD GOD IS
AND HOW MUCH HE LOVES US AND GET EXCITED ABOUT IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "FOR FEAR BRINGS WITH IT THE THOUGHT OF TORMENT
AND PUNISHMENT, [SO] HE WHO IS AFRAID HAS NOT REACHED THE FULL
MATURITY OF LOVE [HAS NOT YET GROWN INTO LOVE'S COMPLETE
PERFECTION]."
SO THIS IS THE FIRST THING THAT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE
MORE AWARE OF, IS JUST REALLY HOW MUCH GOD LOVES US.
AND I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU TO KEEP WHAT YOU CAN CALL
A BOOK OF GOD'S FAVOR
OR A BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE.
GUYS CAN DO IT AS WELL AS LADIES.
I KNOW YOU MAY NOT WANNA SIT AROUND AND JOURNAL ALL THE TIME,
BUT YOU KNOW, JUST A LITTLE BOOK TO WRITE DOWN SOME OF THESE
LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU CATCH GOD DOING FOR YOU, AND I'M TELLING
YOU, YOU GET ABOUT THREE, FOUR, FIVE YEARS OF THAT
UNDER YOUR BELT, AND YOU HAVE A ROUGH ROTTEN DAY WHERE YOU
FEEL DEPRESSED, YOU CAN GET A CUP OF COFFEE OR TEA OR WATER
OR WHATEVER YOU DRINK, YOU CAN GET THAT BOOK OUT
AND YOU CAN REMEMBER--C'MON, THERE'S POWER IN REMEMBERING.
YOU CAN REMEMBER SOME OF THE OUTRAGEOUS THINGS
THAT GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU.
AND IMMEDIATELY, YOU'LL START TO FEEL CLOSER TO GOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WE'RE LOVED.
GOD LOVES US.
DOESN'T MATTER WHO DOESN'T LOVE US.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "IF GOD BE FOR ME, WHO CAN BE AGAINST ME?
IF GOD IS ON MY SIDE, WHOM SHALL I FEAR?"
NOW, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE MORE AWARE OF WHAT GOD IS DOING
FOR US THAN WHAT HE'S NOT DOING FOR US.
I THINK WE'RE PRETTY GOOD AT BEING AWARE OF THAT.
"[MUTTERING]"
I'M TELLING YOU WHAT, GOD'S INVOLVED IN EVERY LITTLE DETAIL
OF OUR LIVES.
DEVELOP THE GIFT OF AWARENESS.
I'M PRAYING ALL THE TIME, "GOD, GRANT ME THE GIFT OF AWARENESS."
WELL, YOU BEGIN TO PRAY THAT OVER YOUR LIFE.
"GOD, GRANT ME THE GIFT OF AWARENESS.
I WANNA BE MORE AND MORE AWARE OF THE THINGS THAT I
SHOULD BE AWARE OF."
MATTHEW 7 SAYS: "WHY ARE YOU AWARE OF THE SPECK
THAT'S IN YOUR BROTHER'S EYE AND UNAWARE OF THE LOG
THAT'S IN YOUR OWN?" WELL, WE COULD CAMP RIGHT HERE
FOR THE REST OF THE DAY, COULDN'T WE?"
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I AM TRAINED, HIGHLY SKILLED
AND TRAINED IN FAULT FINDING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU SAY, "WELL, WHAT KIND OF A PERSON ARE YOU?"
AN HONEST ONE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I NOTICE THINGS THAT I SHOULDN'T BE NOTICING.
IT'S PART OF MY PERSONALITY.
I JUST SEE THINGS.
I NOTICE THINGS.
AND IT'S, YOU KNOW.
THANK GOD BECAUSE OF HIS WORD, I'VE LEARNED TO HANDLE
THOSE THINGS DIFFERENTLY, AND SO MAYBE I WOULD NOTICE WHAT
WAS WRONG WITHOUT MAKING ANY EFFORT AT ALL, BUT NOW I'VE
LEARNED THAT I CAN MAKE A LITTLE EFFORT AND I CAN NOTICE WHAT'S
RIGHT, AND THEN THAT MEDICINE OF GOD'S WORD IS THE ANTIDOTE
THAT I NEEDED FOR THE POISON THAT WAS FILLING MY SOUL
OF BEING A FAULT-FINDER.
GOD HAS GOT AN ANTIDOTE FOR EVERYTHING THAT TRIES
TO POISON OUR SOUL.
IF YOU GOT SNAKEBITE, THE FIRST THING YOU DO WOULD BE GO
TO A HOSPITAL AND GET AN ANTIDOTE.
AT LEAST, IF YOU WERE SMART AND WANTED TO KEEP LIVING,
YOU WOULD.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND WE HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF ANTIDOTES RIGHT HERE
FOR EVERYTHING THAT EVER TRIES TO POISON OUR SOUL.
I MEAN, YOU CAN FIND IT RIGHT IN THE CONCORDANCE.
YOU'RE ANGRY?
SEVEN SCRIPTURE REFERENCES; LOOK 'EM UP, SOAK 'EM IN, WOW.
"MAN'S ANGER DOES NOT PROMOTE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
THAT GOD DESIRES."
MMM.
"A MAN WHO CAN'T CONTROL HIS ANGER IS LIKE A CITY
BROKEN DOWN WITHOUT WALLS," WOW.
AND SEE, THE MORE YOU DO THIS, THE MORE YOU WON'T EVEN HAVE
TO GO LOOK AT 'EM; YOUR SPIRIT'S GONNA BE FULL OF 'EM AND IT'S
ALMOST LIKE--I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES LIKE I'M
A SPIRITUAL JUKEBOX.
IT'S LIKE YOU JUST PUNCH ANY BUTTON AND JUST GET
A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF OUT OF ME.
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE ENOUGH WORD IN YOU, NO MATTER WHAT KIND
OF A SITUATION YOU GET IN, THE DEVIL MAY PUSH ONE BUTTON,
BUT THE HOLY GHOST CAN PUSH ANOTHER BUTTON, AND OUT'S GONNA
COME THE ANTIDOTE FOR WHAT YOU NEED.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "WELL, I WISH I KNEW THE WORD LIKE THAT."
STOP IT.
YOU DON'T NEED WISHBONE; WE NEED BACKBONE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOBODY GETS A GREAT LIFE WISHING FOR IT.
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, THERE'S TREMENDOUS POWER IN REMEMBERING
ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT GOD HAS DONE FOR US.
SO I WANNA ASK YOU TO PRAY THAT GOD WILL GRANT YOU
THE GIFT OF AWARENESS.
GOD'S ALWAYS DOING AMAZING THINGS, BUT SOMETIMES WE'RE JUST
NOT AWARE OF IT, OFTEN BECAUSE WE'RE TOO AWARE OF OUR PROBLEMS.
AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN ANSWER IN GOD'S WORD
FOR EVERY PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE.
I LOVE THAT.
SO TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU THE "EVERYDAY LIFE STUDY BIBLE."
AND I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY A VERY GOOD STUDY BIBLE.
IT'S FULL OF ARTICLES THAT I'VE WRITTEN, THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN
TAKEN FROM MY TEACHINGS, AND I JUST THINK YOU'RE REALLY,
REALLY, REALLY GONNA LIKE IT.
I THINK THEY'RE OFFERING THE GRAY ONE AND THE PINK ONE
TODAY, AND I PERSONALLY HAVE THE GRAY ONE.
I REALLY LIKE IT.
THE PINK IS BEAUTIFUL TOO.
I DON'T IMAGINE TOO MANY GUYS WOULD WANT A PINK BIBLE, BUT WE
HAVE THE GRAY ONE FOR YOU, AND I THINK YOU'RE REALLY GONNA ENJOY
THIS BIBLE.
SO IF YOU'LL STAY WITH ME FOR JUST A FEW MOMENTS, I HAVE
SOMETHING SPECIAL I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT BEFORE WE CLOSE.
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CAN BE YOURS FOR A DONATION OF...OR MORE.
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FEMALE: GOD DESIRES FOR ALL OF OUR CONFIDENCE TO BE IN HIM.
ANNOUNCER: LET EACH DAY TAKE YOU DEEPER
INTO A LIFE OF CONFIDENCE WITH JOYCE'S NEW DEVOTIONAL,
"THE CONFIDENT WOMAN."
FEMALE: THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL GIVE ME STRENGTH TO DO
INSPIRING THINGS.
TRUE CONFIDENCE IS UNDERSTANDING MY TREMENDOUS VALUE IN HIM.
ANNOUNCER: ORDER YOUR COPY OF JOYCE'S NEW DEVOTIONAL,
"THE CONFIDENT WOMAN" TODAY.
CALL...OR GO TO JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, THIS WHOLE THING ABOUT WANTING TO TEACH
SPIRITUAL MATURITY, IT'S ALL INVOLVED IN THE SOUL.
I MEAN, ONCE YOU'RE BORN AGAIN, YOU'RE FINE SPIRITUALLY.
EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED IS RIGHT WAY DOWN DEEP
IN YOUR SPIRIT.
BUT IT'S GOT TO BE WORKED OUT IN YOUR SOUL AND OUT
THROUGH YOUR BODY FOR YOU TO ENJOY IT OR FOR ANYBODY ELSE
TO BE AFFECTED BY IT.
AND JAMES I SAYS THAT THE WORD CONTAINS THE POWER
TO SAVE OUR SOULS.
IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT BEING BORN AGAIN.
IT'S TALKING ABOUT TO RENEW YOUR MIND, TO HELP YOU GROW
TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN WANT WHAT GOD WANTS INSTEAD OF WHAT
YOU WANT, AND TO HELP YOU NOT GET RID OF YOUR EMOTIONS,
BUT ENJOY THE GOOD ONES AND CONTROL THE BAD ONES
WITH THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST--YOU GO LOOK AT YOURSELF
IN THE MIRROR, AND THAT TELLS YOU NOTHING ABOUT WHAT YOU
REALLY ARE.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN--I ALWAYS SAY, "YOU CAN DRESS IT UP AND TAKE IT
TO CHURCH BUT THAT STILL DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE A REAL
CHRISTIAN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS," SO IT'S THE HALLMARK
OF MY TEACHING THIS WHOLE THING OF SPIRITUAL MATURITY.
IT'S ONE THING TO TELL SOMEBODY TO GROW UP.
IT'S ANOTHER THING TO HELP WALK THEM THROUGH IT.
JOYCE: GOD HAS GIVEN US THE PRIVILEGE OF REACHING OUT
TO THE LOST AND THE HURTING PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD.
AND WE NEED YOUR HELP.
WE CAN'T DO IT BY OURSELF.
WE NEED PEOPLE TO COME ALONGSIDE OF US AS PARTNERS
WITH THE MINISTRY.
SO PLEASE PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER JOINING OUR FAMILY TODAY
BY MAKING THE COMMITMENT TO BE A JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
PARTNER.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WELL, IT MEANS YOU'RE GONNA PRAY FOR US, AND WE'D LOVE YOU
TO COME TO A CONFERENCE.
ANY TIME WE'RE EVEN REMOTELY CLOSE TO WHERE YOU'RE AT,
WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME.
AND ALSO, WE--THAT MEANS THAT YOU ARE GONNA
FINANCIALLY GIVE TO THE MINISTRY ON A REGULAR BASIS.
WE HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY PARTNERS,
AND WE JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP, AND I PRAY
THAT LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN ENJOYING THE PROGRAM,
THAT HAVE ENJOYED THE TEACHING FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME,
YOU REALLY WANNA DO SOMETHING, YOU WANNA REACH OUT TO HURTING
PEOPLE, BUT YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW OR MAYBE YOU FEEL LIKE
WHAT YOU CAN DO IS NOT ENOUGH, BUT YOU KNOW, THE THING IS, IS
WE TAKE WHAT YOU CAN DO AND PUT IT TOGETHER WITH WHAT SOMEBODY
ELSE CAN DO, AND IT'S AMAZING WHAT WE CAN DO IF WE ALL DO IT
TOGETHER.
SO ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE BECOME A PARTNER WITH US TODAY
IF YOU'RE NOT ONE.
THANK YOU.
ANNOUNCER: WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED TODAY'S PROGRAM.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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