ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY THE
FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: FIRST OF ALL, I WANT US TO LOOK AT 2 PETER CHAPTER 1,
VERSES 3 THROUGH 8.
I REALLY FELT FROM THE LORD THAT THIS IS WHAT I WAS
SUPPOSED TO TEACH HERE.
NOT JUST HERE FOR YOU, BUT I'M SURE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
WILL GET THIS ON TELEVISION AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME.
I'VE JUST BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT DISCIPLINE AND
SELF-CONTROL.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT, EVERYDAY OF OUR LIVES WE HAVE TO
SAY NO TO SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO.
AND YES TO SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD PREFER NOT TO DO.
AMEN?
AND IT'S NOT EVER GOING TO STOP.
IT'S GOING TO BE THAT WAY EVERYDAY THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
BUT DISCIPLINE AND SELF-CONTROL ARE ACTUALLY GOOD FRIENDS THAT
GOD HAS GIVEN US.
SELF-CONTROL IS A FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY LAST ON THE LIST.
THE LIST STARTS WITH LOVE, AND JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, GOODNESS;
ENDS UP WITH SELF-CONTROL.
AND I THINK THAT'S INTERESTING.
I CALL 'EM LIKE THE TWO BOOKENDS OF THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT.
ALL THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT COME OUT OF LOVE, BUT THEY'RE ALL
HELD IN PLACE BY SELF-CONTROL.
YOU CAN'T BE KIND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY SELF-CONTROL.
CAN'T BE HUMBLE IF YOU DON'T HAVE SELF-CONTROL.
AND I HEAR PEOPLE SAY FREQUENTLY, AND I'M SURE,
YOU DO TOO, AND MAYBE YOU EVEN SAY THIS, YOU KNOW,
"I'M JUST NOT DISCIPLINED.
I JUST DON'T--I JUST CAN'T CONTROL MYSELF IN THAT AREA."
AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY 100% NOT TRUE.
AND YOU NEED TO STOP SAYING THAT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON, DON'T MAKE ME SAY EVERYTHING THREE TIMES.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU SAY, "WELL, BUT I'M NOT."
WELL, YOU START BY CONFESSING WHAT GOD SAYS YOU HAVE.
AND IT HELPS RENEW YOUR MIND AND BEFORE LONG YOU START BELIEVING
THAT YOU ACTUALLY, HAVE WHAT HE SAYS YOU HAVE.
AND THEN, AS SOON AS YOU BELIEVE IT, THE DEVIL MIGHT AS WELL GET
OUT OF YOUR WAY BECAUSE THEN YOU'LL START PRODUCING IT.
AMEN?
SO, YOU NEED TO SAY, "I AM DISCIPLINED AND I HAVE
SELF-CONTROL AND I DO WHAT GOD TELLS ME TO DO.
AND IF HE TELLS ME NOT TO DO SOMETHING, I DON'T DO IT."
AMEN?
NOW, BEING A CHRISTIAN IS NOT FOR WEAK-MINDED,
WIMPY, LAZY PEOPLE.
YOU--WE GET EVERYTHING FROM GOD.
WE GET A STARTER LOAD, YOU MIGHT SAY, WHEN WERE BORN AGAIN.
GOD IS HOLY, AND HE CAN'T BE ANYWHERE THAT'S NOT HOLY SO, HIS
GRACE DOES A WONDERFUL WORK IN OUR SPIRIT SO HE CAN COME
AND LIVE THERE.
HE CLEANS US UP.
HE FORGIVES US.
HE COMES TO DWELL IN US.
HE GIVES US HIS NATURE.
HE MAKES US A NEW CREATURE.
THE FRUIT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS IN US.
BUT IT ALL COMES AS A SEED.
I LOVE WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS IN 1 JOHN, I THINK IT'S THREE,
IT SAYS THAT, "ANYONE WHO IS IN CHRIST CANNOT CONTINUE TO
PURPOSELY LIVE IN SIN." DOESN'T SAY HE NEVER
DOES ANYTHING WRONG.
BUT IT SAYS HE CAN'T PURPOSELY CONTINUE IN SIN BECAUSE CHRIST
LIVES IN HIM.
ACTUALLY, THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE SAYS, "THE DIVINE SPERM OF
GOD IS IN HIM." AND I LOVE THAT.
CHRIST IS CALLED THE SEED.
CAPITAL "S," AND HE IS IN US.
HE'S PUT IN US AS A SEED.
AND WE ALL KNOW THAT SEEDS HAVE TO BE WATERED AND YOU HAVE TO
KEEP THE WEEDS AWAY FROM THEM AND THEY HAVE TO
HAVE THE SUNSHINE.
WELL, THE WORD IS REFERRED TO AS THE WATER OF THE WORD.
AND SO THE MORE OF THE WORD WE STUDY, THE MORE OF IT WE
BELIEVE, THE MORE THOSE SEEDS GROW AND BECOME THINGS THAT
PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY SEE.
YOU--YOU KNOW, WHEN GOD FIRST STARTED WITH ME, I HAD LOVE ON
THE INSIDE OF ME ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, BUT I SURE COULDN'T
FIND IT ANYWHERE.
I MEAN, I WANTED TO LOVE PEOPLE BUT I JUST WAS NOT A
VERY LOVING PERSON.
I WASN'T A VERY NICE PERSON.
I'D BEEN HURT AND WOUNDED, AND I HADN'T BEEN HEALED YET.
AND SO, I WAS BUSY TAKING CARE OF MYSELF AND TRYING TO
MAKE SURE THAT I NEVER GOT HURT AGAIN.
AND I JUST WASN'T VERY NICE.
AND GOD HAD TO TEACH ME A LOT OF THINGS, AND THE MORE I STUDIED
THE WORD, THE MORE I LEARNED.
AND THE MORE I LEARNED, THE MORE IT CHANGED ME.
AND THE MORE IT CHANGED ME, THE MORE MY BEHAVIOR CHANGED.
GOD WORKS ON US FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
HE PLANTS IN US EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO LIVE A GREAT LIFE.
BUT NOW, I WANT YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO THESE SCRIPTURES.
2 PETER, CHAPTER 1 BEGINNING IN VERSE 3.
"HIS DIVINE POWER HAS GRANTED TO US ALL THINGS SAY ALL THINGS,"
SAY ALL THINGS.
AUDIENCE: ALL THINGS.
JOYCE: "THAT PERTAIN TO LIFE AND GODLINESS, THROUGH THE
KNOWLEDGE OF HIM WHO CALLED US TO HIS OWN GLORY
AND EXCELLENCE." WELL, I COULD JUST STOP RIGHT
THERE AND PREACH ON THAT ONE SENTENCE ALL NIGHT.
WE ARE CALLED TO BE EXCELLENT PEOPLE WITH EXCELLENT BEHAVIOR,
WHO TREAT PEOPLE EXCELLENTLY, AND LIVE EXCELLENT LIVES.
NOT SLOPPY, NOT LAZY, NOT UNDISCIPLINED BUT EXCELLENT.
AND IT SAYS WERE CALLED TO GLORY.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE THROW A LOT OF WORDS AROUND AND DON'T EVEN
KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN.
AND SO, THE WORD GLORY MEANS THE MANIFESTATION OF ALL OF THE
EXCELLENCIES OF OUR GOD.
SO, GOD HAS GIVEN US ALL OF THESE THINGS AS A GIFT THAT
PERTAIN TO LIFE AND GODLINESS, THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM,
YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE OR YOU DON'T EVEN REALIZE YOU
HAVE IT, WHO HAS CALLED US TO HIS OWN GLORY AND HIS
OWN EXCELLENCE.
NOW, AN EXCELLENT PERSON ALWAYS GOES THE EXTRA MILE.
THEY NEVER DO THE LEAST THEY CAN DO, THEY ALWAYS DO THE MOST THAT
THEY CAN DO.
AN EXCELLENT PERSON ALWAYS KEEPS THEIR WORD.
THEY ALWAYS DO WHAT THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
AND WE'LL JUST STOP THERE AND LET IT SUFFICE TO SAY THAT WE
LIVE IN A WORLD TODAY, THAT IS NOT EXCELLENT.
AND IT IS GETTING WORSE ALL THE TIME.
AND WE, THOSE OF US WHO REPRESENT CHRIST, AND THAT'S
WHAT YOU ARE IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN, YOUR A PERSON WHO'S
HERE TO REPRESENT CHRIST.
WE HAVE TO TURN THE LIGHTS ON, TURN THE LIGHTS UP, AND START
BEING EXCELLENT ONCE AGAIN, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE WORLD
NEEDS TO SEE.
OUR GOD IS AN EXCELLENT GOD AND HE'S CALLED US TO BE AN
EXCELLENT PEOPLE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, THERE'S SOME AREA FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US WHERE
WE CAN COME UP HIGHER.
WHERE WE CAN MAKE A DECISION TO BE MORE EXCELLENT IN THAT AREA.
AND, A LOT OF EXCELLENCE BEGINS WITH LITTLE THINGS THAT THE HOLY
SPIRIT DEALS WITH YOU ABOUT, THAT MIGHT NOT EVEN MAKE
SENSE TO SOMEBODY ELSE IF YOU TOLD THEM.
BUT, WE BEGIN BY BEING EXCELLENT IN ALL THE LITTLE THINGS THAT
GOD PROMPTS US AND THEN IT GETS TO BE MORE, AND MORE, AND MORE,
AND MORE IN OUR LIFE.
AND I KNOW THAT EXCELLENCE IS GOD'S DESIRE FOR US, BECAUSE
I'LL TELL YA, WHEN YOU ARE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND
YOU GET INTO A SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, YOU START
GETTING CONVICTED ABOUT LITTLE THINGS THAT DIDN'T BOTHER YOU AT
ALL BEFORE HE CAME TO LIVE ON THE INSIDE OF YOU.
NOBODY CAME AND TOLD YOU, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW, YOU KNOW
THAT'S NOT THE WAY TO DO THINGS.
JUST A SIMPLE EXAMPLE.
YOU'RE SHOPPING, YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A RACK OF CLOTHES, YOU
KNOCK A PIECE OF CLOTHES IN THE FLOOR, YOU START TO WALK OFF.
COME ON, HOW MANY...
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND THE HOLY SPIRIT SAYS, STILL SMALL VOICE, A
KNOWING, "PICK IT UP."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: ANYBODY EVER GET THAT BESIDES ME?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WELL, SOMETIMES, HE EVEN HAS ME CLEAN UP ALL THE
OTHER STUFF THAT PEOPLE DROP IN THE FLOOR.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOW, THAT'S WHEN IT STARTS TO GET
REALLY AGGRAVATING.
IT'S LIKE, I TOLD HIM ONE TIME, "WHY SHOULD I CLEAN UP
THEIR MESS?" HE SAID, "WOULD YOU LIKE TO
HAVE SOMEBODY CLEAN UP YOUR MESSES SOMEDAY?"
I SAID, "YEAH, THAT SOUNDS GOOD."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOW, I WANT YOU TO LISTEN WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY.
A LOT OF TIMES, WHEN GOD ASKS YOU TO DO, OR PROMPTS YOU,
WE'RE GOING TO USE THE WORD PROMPT A LOT.
BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THE HOLY SPIRIT DEALS.
HE PROMPTS US.
HE DOESN'T YELL AT US.
HE DOESN'T SCREAM.
DOESN'T TRY TO MAKE US.
DOESN'T THREATEN US.
HE PROMPTS US.
THERE'S JUST A LITTLE LIKE, THIS IS THE BETTER WAY TO DO THAT.
EVERY TIME THAT WE DO THAT, WE'RE OPENING THE DOOR FOR SOME
BLESSING THAT GOD WANTS TO BRING OUR WAY IN DO TIME.
EVERY TIME WE DON'T, WE PROBABLY MISS SOMETHING THAT GOD WANTS TO
DO FOR US THAT WE'LL NEVER EVEN KNOW WHAT IT WAS, MAYBE UNTIL
WE GET TO HEAVEN.
NOW, YOU CAN THINK WHAT YOU WANT.
SOME OF YOU MAY THINK, "OH, THAT STUFF DOESN'T MAKE ANY
DIFFERENCE AT ALL." BUT I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW,
THAT THE WORD OF GOD IS MUCH MORE PRACTICAL AND FOR
OUR EVERYDAY LIFE THAN WHAT WE THINK IT IS.
DON'T TRY TO TAKE THE BIBLE AND MAKE IT SOME DEEP DOCTRINAL
THING THAT FLOATS AROUND WAY UP HERE SOMEWHERE.
WHERE WHEN YOU LEAVE, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT PEOPLE SAID.
"BOY, THAT WAS HEAVY." "WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY HEAVY?"
"WELL, I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND IT, SO, IT MUST
HAVE BEEN REALLY HEAVY."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL, I'LL SEND YOU HOME WITH AT LEAST ONE THING YOU
CAN REMEMBER.
WHEN YOU KNOCK SOMETHING OFF OF A RACK IN A STORE...
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: PICK IT UP AND PUT IT BACK WHERE YOU GOT IT.
AMEN?
AUDIENCE: AMEN.
JOYCE: THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE.
BUT HOW MANY OF YOU AGREE THAT IF YOU WON'T BE EXCELLENT IN
LITTLE THINGS--NOW, LISTEN TO WHAT I'M GONNA SAY, WHEN
NOBODY'S LOOKING.
THIS IS WHERE CHARACTER IS TESTED.
IT'S NOT WHAT YOU DO ON SUNDAY MORNING IN FRONT OF YOUR
CHRISTIAN FRIENDS.
IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT WHO A REAL CHRISTIAN IS, GO LOOK
IN THEIR HOME.
BUT, HERE'S THE THING.
AND, WE NEED TO HAVE A REVERENTIAL FEAR AND AWE THAT
GOD IS WATCHING ALL THE TIME.
AND I DON'T MEAN A FEAR LIKE GOD'S GOING TO HURT US.
GOD LOVES US.
HE'S NOT OUT TO HURT US.
BUT IF WE REALLY WANT TO LIVE TO PLEASE HIM, THEN WE SHOULD HAVE
A CERTAIN REVERENTIAL FEAR OF NOT PLEASING HIM.
AND SO THEREFORE, IF HE PROMPTS ME TO DO SOMETHING, THE BIBLE
TELLS US DON'T DO WHAT'S RIGHT JUST AS A PLEASER OF PEOPLE, BUT
BE A GOD PLEASER.
I HAVE TO LAUGH--AND I, WE HAVE WONDERFUL EMPLOYEES AND
I DON'T MEAN THIS IS A DOWNER ON ANY OF THEM.
BUT, IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO ME, IF I WALK IN A DEPARTMENT
AND FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE ARE GATHERED AROUND THE DESK AND
THEY'RE TALKING, IT ALWAYS AMAZES ME HOW THEY
DISPERSE WHEN I WALK IN.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE GREAT.
I DON'T MIND THEM HAVING A LITTLE CONVERSATION.
BUT, IF YOU'RE SITTING AND PLAYING ON THE INTERNET, DOING
PERSONAL STUFF, AND YOUR BOSS WALKS BY, YOU'LL STOP.
BUT SEE, GOD SAW YOU ANYWAY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOW COME ON, I'M VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS.
IF YOU--THIS IS NOT ABOUT JUST GOING TO A FEW MEETINGS AND
COLLECTING A FEW CHRISTIAN BOOKS AND HAVING A BUMPER
STICKER ON YOUR CAR.
THIS IS HOW YOU LIVE WHEN NOBODY IS WATCHING YOU BUT GOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO HERE WE GO, "HIS DIVINE POWER HAS GRANTED UNTO US
ALL THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO LIFE AND GODLINESS, THROUGH THE
KNOWLEDGE OF HIM WHO CALLED US TO HIS OWN GLORY AND EXCELLENCE,
BY WHICH HE HAS GRANTED UNTO US HIS PRECIOUS AND
VERY GREAT PROMISES." THERE ARE OVER 5,000 PROMISES IN
THE WORD OF GOD.
"SO THAT THROUGH THOSE PROMISES YOU MAY BECOME A PARTAKER OF
GOD'S DIVINE NATURE, HAVING ESCAPED FROM THE CORRUPTION
THAT IS IN THE WORLD BECAUSE OF SINFUL DESIRE.
FOR THIS REASON," BECAUSE OF ALL THAT GOD HAS DONE FOR US AND IN
GRATITUDE FOR WHAT HE'S DONE FOR US, "MAKE EVERY," WHAT, WHAT?
AUDIENCE: EFFORT.
JOYCE: EFFORTS?
WHO WANTS TO MAKE AN EFFORT?
"I MEAN, I PRAYED AND ASKED GOD TO DO THAT FOR ME."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL, I BELIEVE IN PRAYER BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M
FINDING OUT?
MORE AND MORE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, I'VE REALIZED WHEN
I PRAY AND ASK GOD TO HELP ME, HE USUALLY SHOWS ME
SOMETHING TO DO.
NOT ALL THE TIME.
SOMETIMES THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO.
BUT SOMETIMES IT'S, "OH GOD, I'M SO TIRED.
PLEASE HELP ME.
I'M SO TIRED ALL THE TIME, GOD.
PLEASE HEAL ME." WELL, GO TO BED AT NIGHT AND
GET SOME SLEEP.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THERE ARE SOME SIMPLE ANSWERS TO SOME OF OUR HUGE
PROBLEMS BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
"OH GOD, I'M SO TIRED.
I FEEL SO BAD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME.
I FALL ASLEEP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON."
WELL, DON'T EAT A POUND OF SUGAR EVERYDAY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OKAY, I'M MOVING ON.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "FOR THIS REASON MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO SUPPLEMENT
YOUR FAITH WITH VIRTUE." NOW VIRTUE MEANS
CHRISTIAN CHARACTER.
IT MEANS THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIAN CHARACTER.
"SUPPLEMENT YOUR FAITH WITH VIRTUE, AND VIRTUE WITH
KNOWLEDGE, AND KNOWLEDGE WITH," UH-OH, "SELF-CONTROL, AND
SELF-CONTROL WITH STEADFASTNESS."
YOU KNOW, STEADFASTNESS IS STICK-TO-IT-IVENESS.
IT MEANS YOU CAN HANG IN THERE WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH
AND YOU CAN HANG IN FOR HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES.
AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT SELF-CONTROL.
ANYBODY WHO LIVES BY HOW THEY FEEL, WHEN THINGS
GET TOUGH THEY'RE GOING TO QUIT AND GIVE UP.
"AND THEN WITH STEADFASTNESS YOU ADD GODLINESS, AND WITH
GODLINESS, BROTHERLY AFFECTION, AND WITH BROTHERLY AFFECTION,"
YOU FINALLY GET AROUND TO LOVE.
SEE GOD'S GOAL FOR US IS TO WALK IN LOVE.
THAT IS THE WHOLE GOAL OF THE WORD OF GOD IS THAT WE LEARN HOW
TO LOVE THE WAY THAT GOD LOVES, TO LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY.
AND LOVE IS AN EFFORT.
IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO COST YOU SOMETHING.
IT'S EASY TO LOVE PEOPLE THAT ARE EASY TO LOVE.
BUT GOD IS ASKING US TO LOVE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT
EASY TO LOVE.
AND THEY'RE NOT EASY TO LOVE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN
LOVED, THEY'VE BEEN WOUNDED AND HURT AND THEY NEED TO SEE THE
LOVE OF GOD.
AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SEE IT UNLESS A CHRISTIAN
SHOWS IT TO THEM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NO, CHRISTIAN SHOULD BE BORED BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL
CALLED INTO MINISTRY.
YOU MAY NEVER BE BEHIND A PULPIT PREACHING TO A ROOM FULL
OF PEOPLE, BUT YOU-- THE WORLD IS YOUR PULPIT.
AND YOU CAN PREACH AND NEVER SAY A WORD.
YOU CAN PREACH WITH YOUR LIFE.
AMEN?
COME ON.
I SAID, EVERY ONE OF YOU, WHEN YOU GO OUT INTO THE WORLD...
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IT'S NOT UP TO A BUNCH OF PREACHERS TO DO EVERYTHING.
THE FIVE-FOLD MINISTRY WAS PUT TOGETHER TO TRAIN UP THE SAINTS
THAT THEY MIGHT DO THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY.
YOU GET THAT?
YOU SHOULDN'T JUST KEEP GOING TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY
JUST TO GET HELPED.
AFTER A FEW YEARS, THERE SHOULD BE A TRANSITION AND YOU SHOULD
GO BECAUSE YOU WANT TO HELP SOMEBODY.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE GET WEARY OF GOING TO
CHURCH, AND I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, "I JUST
DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M BEING FED ANYMORE."
"I'M NOT GETTING ANYTHING OUT OF IT ANYMORE."
IT'S BECAUSE THEY STILL KEEP GOING, "GONNA GET MY BLESSING."
"WELL, I'M NOT BEING BLESSED ANYMORE, NOT GETTING
ANYTHING ANYMORE." WELL, MAYBE THERE'S NOTHING
LEFT FOR YOU TO GET.
MAYBE THERE'S NO ROOM IN YOU TO PUT ANYTHING AND MAYBE YOU NEED
TO START GIVING SOMETHING OUT.
MAYBE YOU NEED TO GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY WITH THE PRAYER,
"GOD, SHOW ME SOMEBODY TODAY THAT I CAN HELP."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DON'T JUST GO SIT WITH ALL YOUR BUDDIES THAT YOU'RE
GONNA BE COMFORTABLE WITH, FIND SOMEBODY THAT LOOKS LONELY, THAT
DOESN'T KNOW ANYBODY, AND GO PARK YOURSELF NEXT TO THEM.
MAKE A LITTLE EFFORT.
UH-OH, THERE'S THAT WORD AGAIN, EFFORT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: PROVERBS 16:32, "WHOEVER IS SLOW TO ANGER IS
BETTER THAN THE MIGHTY, AND HE WHO RULES HIS SPIRIT
IS BETTER THAN HE WHO TAKES AN ENTIRE CITY."
WOW, SO HE'S SAYING THAT A PERSON WHO CAN CONTROL HIMSELF
IS A POWERFUL PERSON.
IT'S SOMEBODY THAT'S MORE POWERFUL THAN EVEN AN ARMY THAT
CAN GO AND TAKE AN ENTIRE CITY.
THE BIBLE SAYS, "BE ANGRY AND SIN NOT."
OVER IN, I THINK, IT'S JAMES.
"BE ANGRY AND SIN NOT." WELL, HOW CAN YOU DO THAT?
YOU FEEL ANGER WHEN YOUR MISTREATED OR SOMEBODY
TREATS YOU BAD.
BUT, YOU CAN BE ANGRY AND SIN NOT BY CONTROLLING HOW YOU
BEHAVE WITH THAT ANGER, AND BY BEING QUICK TO FORGIVE.
WHICH, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
DOES FORGIVING PEOPLE WHO HURT YOU TAKE ANY SELF-CONTROL?
YEAH, ABOUT A BOAT LOAD FULL, RIGHT?
ESPECIALLY DEPENDING ON HOW BAD IT HURTS.
HEBREWS 12:11, "FOR THE MOMENT ALL DISCIPLINE SEEMS PAINFUL
RATHER THAN PLEASANT; BUT LATER IT YIELDS THE PEACEABLE FRUIT OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN TRAINED BY IT."
THAT'S SUCH A GOOD SCRIPTURE.
YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE LIVE LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW.
BUT LISTEN TO WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY.
TOMORROW ALWAYS COMES.
THANK YOU FOR BEING EXCITED.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND, IF YOU DON'T CHOOSE TO DO THE RIGHT THING
TODAY, YOU WON'T LIKE TOMORROW.
SO MANY TIMES, WE COME TO A POINT IN OUR LIFE WHERE
IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING IS FALLING APART.
AND WE WANT TO BLAME THE DEVIL AND REBUKE THE DEVIL.
WHICH, HE IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS, BUT THE
BIBLE SAYS, "RESIST THE DEVIL." THAT TAKES A LITTLE
SELF-CONTROL.
SAYS IT TWO TIMES.
IT SAYS IT IN JAMES AND IT SAYS IT IN PETER, "RESIST THE DEVIL,"
"SUBMIT YOURSELF TO GOD, RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE."
"THE DEVIL ROAMS ABOUT LIKE A LION ROARING IN FIERCE HUNGER
SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR." WHOM RESIST STEADFAST.
WE RESIST HIM.
WE RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO NOT DO THE RIGHT THING, AND THEN
WE'RE GOING TO BE HAPPY WHEN LATER ON COMES, LATER ON.
I LOVE PEOPLE THAT WILL INVEST NOW FOR LATER ON.
INVEST NOW FOR LATER ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
THERE'S GAMBLERS IN THE BODY OF CHRIST AND THERE'S INVESTORS.
AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT GAMBLERS, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT
SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO THE CASINO EVERY NIGHT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DO THE WRONG THING HOPING THEY'LL
BE THE ONE PERSON THAT WILL GET BY WITH IT AND STILL
GET A GOOD RESULT.
THEY'RE GAMBLING.
"I CAN DO THE WRONG THING AND STILL HAVE A NICE LIFE
AND GET A RIGHT RESULT." BUT THEN THERE'S INVESTORS
WHO WILL SUFFER A LITTLE BIT ON THIS END.
THEY'LL SAY NO TO THEIR FLESH AND SUFFER A LITTLE BIT ON THIS
END, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT IF THEY INVEST NOW, IT WILL PAY OFF
LATER ON IN THEIR LIFE.
AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WELL, THERE'S NOT VERY MUCH THAT FEELS ANY BETTER
THAN KNOWING THAT YOU DID THE RIGHT THING.
GIVES YOU WONDERFUL PEACE.
YOU KNOW, GOD WANTS US TO DO THINGS WITH EXCELLENCE, HAVING
THE DISCIPLINE TO KEEP OUR WORD, AND ALWAYS GO THE EXTRA MILE.
AND DISCIPLINE AND SELF-CONTROL IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO HAVE,
BUT WE HAVE TO USE IT.
WE HAVE TO DEVELOP IT.
SO TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU TEACHING ON, "DEVELOPING
DISCIPLINE AND SELF-CONTROL," THREE CDS.
AND YOU KNOW, DISCIPLINE IS NOT YOUR ENEMY, IT'S YOUR FRIEND.
IT HELPS YOU BE WHO YOU SAY YOU WANT TO BE, AND DO WHAT YOU SAY
YOU WANT TO DO.
AND WE'RE OFFERING THESE TEACHINGS TO YOU TODAY FOR
YOUR GIFT TO THE MINISTRY OF ANY AMOUNT.
ALL WE ASK IS THAT YOU DO YOUR VERY BEST.
WE ALWAYS TRY TO BRING YOU THE BEST TEACHING WE POSSIBLY CAN.
SO WHEN YOU RESPOND TO US FINANCIALLY, I ASK THAT YOU DO
THE BEST THAT YOU CAN.
AND SOME OF YOU WHO ARE MAYBE MORE FINANCIALLY BLESSED BY GOD
THAN OTHERS, CAN GIVE EXTRA TO HELP MAKE UP FOR THOSE WHO
CAN'T GIVE AS MUCH.
2 TIMOTHY 1, SAYS, "FOR GOD DID NOT GIVE US A SPIRIT OF FEAR,
BUT OF POWER, LOVE, AND SELF-CONTROL."
GOD BLESS YOU.
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[SLATE CLAP]
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GINGER: EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION ENDS MARCH 31ST.
GO ONLINE TO REGISTER JOYCEMEYER.ORG/LOVELIFE.
GINGER: IF YOU ARE A MEDICAL CARE PROFESSIONAL, WE NEED
YOUR HELP.
IN FACT, PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD NEED YOUR HELP.
AND, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE AS WELL.
YOU SEE, THROUGH OUR VOLUNTEER MEDICAL TRIPS, WE TRAVEL ALL
OVER THE WORLD TO PLACES THAT ARE VERY REMOTE AND
HAVE DESPERATE NEED OF HEALTHCARE.
SO, GO TO OUR WEBSITE, CHECK OUT THE SCHEDULES, AND JOIN US
RIGHT HERE.
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON.
[MUSIC]
GINGER: WE HEAR STORIES EVERY DAY, OF PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES HAVE
BEEN COMPLETELY TURNED AROUND, HEARING HIS WORD THROUGH YOUR
TEACHING.
DOES THE GRATITUDE JUST OVERFLOW?
DO YOU JUST FEEL OVERWHELMED SOMETIMES?
DAVE: HE ACTUALLY ISOLATES US FROM SEEING THE
GREATNESS OF THE MINISTRY.
JOYCE: YEAH.
DAVE: AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THAT, BECAUSE WE
DON'T NEED TO HEAR, "OH, HOW GREAT WE ARE," OR ANYTHING,
BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S GOD, AND IT'S HIS GRACE THAT HAS REALLY
GIVEN US THE ABILITY TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT ALSO TO NOT BE
HAUGHTY OR PROUD, OR THINK THAT WE'VE DONE ANYTHING, BECAUSE WE
KNOW IT'S EVERYTHING BY HIM.
AND, HE STARTED AT ALL, AND HE CAN STOP IT INSTANTLY, IF HE
WANTS TO.
AND, WE'RE BASICALLY KEEPING OUR PEDAL-TO-THE-METAL AS LONG AS HE
WANTS US TO, WHILE WE'RE IN THIS WORLD BECAUSE, THIS IS JUST A
TEMPORARY SITUATION, AND WE WANT TO TAKE AS MANY WITH US AS WE
CAN.
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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