ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: HOLD GOD'S WORD UP TO HIM.
THE BIBLE SAYS, "PRAY THE WORD AND REMIND HIM OF HIS PROMISES."
"GOD, THIS IS WHAT YOU'VE SAID AND I'M EXPECTING.
I'M EXPECTING TO SEE THIS TAKE PLACE IN MY LIFE OR IN THE LIFE
OF THE PERSON THAT I'M PRAYING FOR."
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: I'M GETTING REALLY HAPPY UP HERE.
NOW YOU KNOW JOB HAD HAD A BAD DEAL, I MEAN HE WENT THROUGH IT.
AND HIS FRIENDS SURE DIDN'T HELP HIM.
I MEAN THEY GOT AROUND TO BLAMING HIM AND FINDING ALL
KINDS OF FAULT WITH HIM AND JUST--IT JUST WASN'T GOOD.
AND IN VERSE 10 IT SAYS, "AND THE LORD TURNED THE CAPTIVITY OF
JOB AND RESTORED HIS FORTUNES, WHEN HE PRAYED FOR HIS FRIENDS;
AND THE LORD GAVE JOB TWICE AS MUCH AS HE HAD BEFORE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHEN HE PRAYED FOR HIS FRIENDS.
NOW, I HAVE TO JUST BE HONEST WITH YOU TODAY AND TELL YOU THAT
I CAN PREACH A HAPPY MESSAGE ALL DAY LONG AND LEAVE EVERYBODY
JUST SKIPPING OUT OF HERE, BUT THIS IS NOT GONNA WORK IN YOUR
LIFE IF YOU DON'T STOP BEING MAD AT PEOPLE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THE PROMISES OF GOD DO COME WITH CONDITIONS.
FAITH DOESN'T WORK IF WE DON'T WALK IN LOVE.
GALATIANS 5 SAYS, "FAITH WORKETH AND IS ENERGIZED AND EMPOWERED
BY LOVE AND LOVE GIVES AND LOVE FORGIVES."
TOO MANY CHRISTIANS ARE ANGRY.
YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME LEFT IN YOUR LIFE TO WASTE ONE MORE
DAY BEING MAD AT SOMEBODY THAT'S OUT HAVING A GOOD TIME AND DON'T
CARE THAT YOU'RE UPSET.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
"WELL, THEY DIDN'T TREAT ME RIGHT."
WELL, WHAT WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE?
WOULD YOU RATHER TRY TO GET THEM TO PAY YOU BACK OR WOULD YOU
RATHER HAVE GOD PAY YOU BACK?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON, I'M ASKING YOU A QUESTION.
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO SPEND YOUR LIFE TRYING TO MAKE WHOEVER HURT
YOU PAY YOU BACK OR WOULD YOU RATHER JUST LEAVE THEM IN GOD'S
HANDS, PRAY FOR THEM AND ASK GOD TO PAY YOU BACK?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: GOD SAYS, "I WILL REPAY.
I AM YOUR RECOMPENSE."
WHY NOT JUST BELIEVE THAT HURTING PEOPLE HURT PEOPLE AND
IN ALL PROBABILITY WHOEVER HURT YOU DID IT OUT OF SOME KIND OF
PAIN IN THEIR OWN LIFE OR SOME KIND OF
LACK OF KNOWLEDGE?
WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO YOU TO HATE SOMEBODY WHO'S REALLY ALREADY IN
TROUBLE THEMSELVES WITH GOD?
NO WONDER GOD ASKS US AS HIS CHILDREN, PRAY FOR YOUR ENEMIES,
PRAY FOR PEOPLE WHO ACT THAT WAY.
CARE ENOUGH ABOUT THEM TO WANT TO SEE THEM IN HEAVEN.
DON'T JUST HELP THE DEVIL DESTROY THEM BY HATING THEM.
HOPE BRINGS CHANGE.
IF YOU WANT ANYBODY IN YOUR LIFE TO CHANGE, DON'T GO TO LUNCH
WITH YOUR FRIEND AND SAY, "I JUST DON'T THINK CHARLIE
WILL EVER CHANGE."
THAT'S MY BEST MOTHERLY LOOK.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW THERE ARE WAYS THAT MAMA LOOKS AT YOU
AND YOU JUST KNOW LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE LOOK.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SO NOW I'M GIVING YOU THAT LOOK TODAY.
NO MORE STAYING MAD AT PEOPLE.
GOD'S GOT A DOUBLE BLESSING FOR YOU AND I WANT YOU TO HAVE IT.
AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HOPE BRINGS CHANGE IN OUR LIFE.
LET ME JUST QUICKLY TELL YOU A FEW THINGS, TEN WAYS CHANGE DOES
NOT COME JUST IN CASE YOU WANT TO KEEP WASTING YOUR TIME,
YOU CAN DO THESE.
I JUST THOUGHT I'D THROW IT OUT.
WORRY AND ANXIETY, THAT'S SURE NOT GONNA CHANGE ANYTHING.
STRUGGLE AND FRUSTRATION, THAT'S NOT CHANGING ANYTHING.
TRYING TO CHANGE THINGS BY YOURSELF WITHOUT GETTING GOD
INVOLVED IN IT, THAT DON'T WORK.
ONLY THE HUMBLE GET THE HELP, WE LEARNED THAT LAST NIGHT.
BRIGHT IDEAS.
"I KNOW WHAT I'LL DO."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SARAH, "OH.
OKAY, I'M NOT HAVING A BABY.
I'M GONNA GIVE MY HANDMAID TO MY HUSBAND AND HE CAN HAVE
INTERCOURSE WITH HER AND THEN THAT WILL BE MY BABY."
HOW MANY ISHMAELS HAVE YOU HAD WHILE WAITING FOR ISAAC?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SHE GOT TIRED OF WAITING AND GOT A BRIGHT IDEA.
OH.
SO SURE ENOUGH SHE HAD A CHILD, NAMED HIM ISHMAEL, WHICH MEANS
MAN OF WAR, AND SURE ENOUGH THAT'S WHAT THEY HAD.
YOU GO AHEAD AND HAVE ISHMAEL IF YOU WANT TO AND YOU'LL SPEND
YEARS CHANGING HIS DIAPERS.
COME ON, SOME OF YOU ARE TRACKING WITH ME JUST REALLY
GOOD.
YOU'RE LIKE, "OKAY, MAN, YUP, I GOT HIM RIGHT NOW."
HERE'S ANOTHER WAY THAT CHANGE WON'T COME, HATING THE LIFE YOU
HAVE RIGHT NOW.
"I JUST HATE MY LIFE.
I WANT A DIFFERENT LIFE."
EMBRACE THE LIFE YOU'VE GOT AND JUST SEE HOW GOOD YOU
CAN MAKE IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON.
"WELL, I JUST DON'T LIKE MYSELF.
I DON'T LIKE BEING ME."
WELL, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE YOU 'CAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE IS
ALREADY TAKEN.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU CAN'T BE ME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON, WE GOT PEOPLE HERE TODAY, YOU DON'T LIKE
YOURSELF.
YOU'RE LIKE, "I DON'T WANT TO BE ME."
WELL, YOU ARE YOU.
"BUT, I DON'T LIKE ME."
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU'RE IN FOR A MISERABLE LIFE.
YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE EVERYWHERE YOU GO, THERE YOU ARE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY FROM YOURSELF,
NOT FOR ONE SECOND.
YOU GOTTA GO TO THE BATHROOM WITH YOU.
YOU SLEEP WITH YOU.
YOU EAT WITH YOU.
YOU DRIVE WITH YOU.
"BUT I DON'T LIKE MYSELF."
WELL, GET A GRIP.
IT IS WHAT IT IS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
HERE'S A GOOD WASTE OF TIME.
NOT ENJOYING WHERE YOU'RE AT ON THE WAY TO WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
BEING SELFISH AND SELF-CENTERED AND NEVER DOING ANYTHING FOR
ANYBODY ELSE.
THAT'LL MAKE YOU REAL HAPPY.
I'M A TAKE A FEW MINUTES HERE AND I'M A TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF BEING GENEROUS AND BEING A GIVER BECAUSE IF YOU
WANT TO GET ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE, YOU NEED TO SOW
SOME OF IT.
IT'S A LAW THAT WORKS IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
I'VE GOT SOME SEEDS UP HERE SO LET'S JUST SAY I SEE THIS
PACKAGE AND WOW, I'D LIKE TO HAVE TOMATOES LIKE THAT.
THOSE ARE NICE.
WELL, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY THAT I'M GONNA GET 'EM.
I'VE GOTTA GIVE UP SOME OF MY SEED AND PLANT IT.
AMEN?
I'M GONNA TAKE JUST A MOMENT TO SHARE A STORY WITH YOU BECAUSE
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR SOCIETY RIGHT NOW IS GIVING AMONG
BELIEVERS IS DECREASING, IT JUST IS.
AND I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE HELP TO
SOMEBODY THAT THEY NEED BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE
IMPORTANCE OF BEING GENEROUS.
AND PART OF IT IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEING TAUGHT AS AGGRESSIVELY
AS IT ONCE WAS, AND SO I'VE KIND OF JUST DECIDED THAT HERE AND
THERE AS GOD LEADS ME, I'M GONNA DO SOME MORE TEACHING ON GIVING.
YOU KNOW ONE OF THE REASONS PEOPLE DON'T TEACH ON GIVING IS
BECAUSE PEOPLE GET MAD WHEN YOU DO.
"THERE GOES SOME PREACHER JUST TRYING TO GET YOUR MONEY."
GIVE ME A BREAK.
YOU KNOW, I'M 71 YEARS OLD, 71-1/2.
I MEAN IF I WAS GONNA BE--I MEAN, COME ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I AM NOT DOING THIS TO GET YOUR MONEY.
I GOT A HOUSE.
I GOT A CAR.
I GOT 11 GRANDKIDS, AND I'VE GOT A ROCKING CHAIR.
I CAN JUST GO SIT AND ROCK MY KIDS.
I DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS AND I'M NOT DOING IT TO GET
SOMEBODY'S MONEY.
EVERYTHING THAT COMES IN, WE'RE GIVING IT BACK OUT TRYING TO
HELP PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "WELL, I HEARD ABOUT SO AND SO, YOU KNOW WHAT
THEY DID."
WELL, I'M NOT SO AND SO.
I MEAN, THERE ARE DOCTORS THAT ARE QUACKS BUT THAT DON'T KEEP
YOU FROM GOING TO ONE WHEN YOU NEED TO.
I MEAN, THE DEVIL WOULD LOVE IT IF WE GOT AFRAID TO TEACH ON
GIVING BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS
THAT YOU CAN LEARN.
"GIVE AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO YOU, GOOD MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN,
SHAKEN TOGETHER, AND RUNNING OVER."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "BRING ALL THE TITHE AND THE OFFERING INTO THE
STOREHOUSE THAT IT MIGHT BE MEAT IN MY HOUSE AND SEE IF I WILL
NOT JUST OPEN THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR YOU OUT
A BLESSING SO GREAT THAT YOU CANNOT CONTAIN IT."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
GOD DOESN'T NEED OUR MONEY, WE NEED TO GIVE.
WE NEED TO GIVE.
WHY IS IT SO HARD TO JUST GIVE UP A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY?
IN 1 KINGS 17, THERE'S A STORY AND I REALLY SUGGEST YOU GO READ
IT FOR YOURSELF.
I'M NOT GONNA TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT ALL BUT ELIJAH WAS
A GREAT PROPHET AND THERE WAS A FAMINE IN THE LAND, AND HE WAS
LIVING BY A BROOK AND GOD WAS FEEDING HIM SUPERNATURALLY BY
HAVING--HE GOT WATER THERE FROM THE BROOK AND THEN RAVENS
BROUGHT HIM FOOD.
AND I LOVE THE BIBLE SAYS, "AND THE BROOK DRIED UP."
YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR BROOK DRIES UP, GOD'S SAYING IT'S TIME
TO MOVE.
AND GOD SPOKE TO HIM AND SAID, "GO TO ZAREPHATH FOR I HAVE
PROVIDED A WIDOW THERE THAT'S GONNA TAKE CARE OF YOU."
SO HE WENT AND HE FOUND THIS WIDOW BUT THE PROBLEM WAS WAS
SHE WAS, I SAY, POOR, BROKE, DEPRESSED, AND SUICIDAL.
NOW WAIT A MINUTE, I'M NOT JUST MAKING IT UP.
AND THAT'S WHO GOD SENT HIM TO.
I MEAN COME ON, GOD, I LIKE THE BIRD IDEA BETTER.
WHY WOULD YOU SEND THE GREATEST PROPHET IN THE LAND, POSSIBLY
THE GREATEST PROPHET EVER, TO SOMEBODY IN THAT CONDITION WHO
SAID TO HIM WHEN HE ASKED HER FOR A MORSEL OF SOMETHING TO EAT
SHE SAID, "I'VE ONLY GOT ONE LITTLE BIT OF MEAL
AND ONE LITTLE BIT OF OIL.
I HAVE JUST ENOUGH TO BAKE ONE CAKE, DIVIDE IT BETWEEN ME
AND MY SON AND THEN WE'RE GONNA EAT IT AND DIE."
I TOLD YOU SHE WAS SUICIDAL.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SHE HAD HER MIND ON DEATH, NOT LIVING.
AND ELIJAH SAID, "BAKE IT AS YOU HAVE SAID BUT GIVE ME A LITTLE
OF IT FIRST."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, YOU KNOW HOW THAT WOULD GO IN THE MEDIA TODAY.
"TV EVANGELIST COMES TO TOWN AND ROBS POOR, BROKE, DEPRESSED,
SUICIDAL WIDOW."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
WELL, IF GOD WAS SUPERNATURALLY TAKING CARE OF ELIJAH, ELIJAH
DIDN'T NEED THE WIDOW.
HE DIDN'T NEED HER FOOD.
SHE NEEDED A MIRACLE AND IN ORDER TO GET ONE, SHE HAD TO
SOW SEED.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ARE YA HEARING ME?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU CANNOT HAVE A HARVEST IN YOUR LIFE
WITHOUT SOWING SEED.
IF YOU NEED HOPE, GIVE SOME AWAY.
IF YOU NEED A BREAKTHROUGH, CONTRIBUTE TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S
BREAKTHROUGH.
WHAT YOU MAKE HAPPEN FOR SOMEBODY ELSE, GOD CAN MAKE
HAPPEN FOR YOU MULTIPLIED MANY TIMES OVER.
AMEN.
ANOTHER WAY THAT CHANGE WILL NOT COME IS FEELING GUILT AND
CONDEMNED ABOUT ALL THE MISTAKES YOU'VE MADE IN THE PAST.
ONCE AND FOR ALL, WILL YOU LET IT GO, GET OVER IT AND GO ON
WITH GOD TODAY?
NOT ANOTHER DAY, TODAY.
RUNNING TO PEOPLE FOR HELP INSTEAD OF RUNNING TO GOD.
SEVEN WAYS CHANGE DOES COME.
BE ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING BUT IN ALL THINGS BY PRAYER AND
SUPPLICATION WITH THANKSGIVING LET YOUR REQUEST BE MADE KNOWN
UNTO GOD.
PRAYER, WITH GRATITUDE AND THANKSGIVING FOR WHAT
YOU ALREADY HAVE.
IF I'M ALREADY NEGATIVE AND GROUCHY ABOUT WHAT I'VE GOT,
WHY SHOULD GOT GIVE ME MORE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT?
SO WE NEED TO HAVE A FOUNDATION OF GRATITUDE IN OUR LIFE.
THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING.
"THANK GOD IN ALL THINGS FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD FOR
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS."
THANK GOD IN ALL THINGS.
THAT'S WHY MY DEVOTIONAL FOR NEXT YEAR IS
365 DAYS OF GRATITUDE.
WE NEED TO PRACTICE TILL WE GET IT.
AMEN?
HOW THANKFUL ARE YOU?
I WOULD LIKE TO BECOME THE MOST THANKFUL PERSON ON THE PLANET.
AMEN? AND I'VE GOT A WAYS TO GO.
THE BIBLE SAYS, BE THANKFUL AND SAY SO.
IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH JUST TO BE THANKFUL.
WE NEED TO SAY SO.
WE NEED TO SHOW APPRECIATION TO PEOPLE.
WE NEED TO TELL GOD AND OTHER PEOPLE HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE FOR
WHAT HE'S DONE IN OUR LIVES.
PRAYER IS SO POWERFUL.
MAKE THIS YEAR A YEAR WHERE YOU PRAY MORE THAN YOU EVER HAVE
BEFORE, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT HAVING TO BE ON YOUR
KNEES HIDDEN AWAY SOMEWHERE, I'M TALKING ABOUT PRAYING YOUR WAY
THROUGH THE DAY.
I ASKED GOD TO HELP ME WITH THIS MANY TIMES THIS MORNING BUT JUST
RIGHT BEFORE I CAME OUT AGAIN, "LORD, HELP ME, THIS IS YOU.
YOU GOTTA DO IT."
AND I'M PLANNING TO THANK HIM WHEN I'M DONE.
AND THEN I'LL GET ON THE PLANE AND PRAY FOR A GOOD TRIP HOME.
AND THEN I'LL GO TO THE RESTAURANT AND PRAY FOR
A GOOD MEAL.
AMEN?
PRAY YOUR WAY THROUGH THE DAY.
MATTHEW 7, VERSES 7 AND 8, GET YOUR HOPES UP.
"KEEP ON ASKING AND IT WILL BE GIVEN YOU; KEEP ON SEEKING AND
YOU WILL FIND; KEEP ON KNOCKING AND [THE DOOR] WILL BE OPENED
UNTO YOU.
FOR EVERYONE WHO KEEPS ON ASKING RECEIVES; AND HE WHO KEEPS ON
SEEKING FINDS; AND TO HIM WHO KEEPS ON KNOCKING, [THE DOOR]
WILL BE OPENED UNTO HIM."
I MEAN, BE DETERMINED IN PRAYER.
I MEAN, I TELL GOD SOMETIMES, "AND I'M NOT BEING IRREVERENT
BUT I'M JUST TELLING YA, THIS IS IN YOUR WORD AND I'M NOT GONNA
SHUT UP UNTIL I SEE IT HAPPEN IN MY LIFE," OR FOR WHOEVER
I'M PRAYING FOR.
AND THAT'S NOT BEING IRREVERENT.
THE BIBLE TEACHES US TO BE PERSISTENT, NOT WITH A "YOU OWE
ME SOMETHING" ATTITUDE, BUT HOLD GOD'S WORD UP TO HIM.
THE BIBLE SAYS, "PRAYER THE WORD AND REMIND HIM OF HIS PROMISES."
"GOD, THIS IS WHAT YOU'VE SAID AND I'M EXPECTING.
I'M EXPECTING TO SEE THIS TAKE PLACE IN MY LIFE OR IN THE LIFE
OF THE PERSON THAT I'M PRAYING FOR."
COME ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: GET YOUR HOPES UP.
TREAT OTHER PEOPLE GOOD WHILE YOU'RE BELIEVING FOR THINGS
YOURSELF.
PRAY AND SAY.
WAIT EXPECTANTLY AND HOPEFULLY FOR THE CHANGE YOU NEED.
KEEP A GOOD CONFESSION WHILE YOU WAIT.
NUMBER FOUR, WAIT WITH PATIENCE AND A GOOD ATTITUDE.
BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS WHILE YOU WAIT.
DO YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, BUT CAST YOUR CARE.
AND NUMBER SEVEN, DON'T LET WHAT YOU SEE DISTURB YOU.
ROMANS 8:24 AND 25.
AREN'T WE JUST HAVING TOO MUCH FUN TODAY?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THIS IS THE HAPPY PLACE.
"FOR IN [THIS] HOPE WE WERE SAVED.
BUT HOPE [THE OBJECT OF]
WHICH IS SEEN IS NOT HOPE.
FOR HOW CAN ONE HOPE FOR WHAT HE ALREADY SEES?
BUT IF WE HOPE FOR WHAT IS STILL UNSEEN BY US, THEN WE WAIT FOR
IT WITH PATIENCE AND COMPOSURE."
COME ON, WE GONNA READ THAT AGAIN.
HOPE IS FOR WHEN YOU DON'T SEE SO YOU DON'T GET HOPELESS
BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING HAPPENING.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHEN YOU NEED HOPE.
WE HAVE HOPE UNTIL WE HAVE THE MANIFESTATION.
"FOR IN [THIS] HOPE WE WERE SAVED.
BUT HOPE [THE OBJECT OF]
WHICH IS SEEN IS NOT HOPE.
FOR HOW CAN ONE HOPE FOR WHAT HE ALREADY SEES?
BUT IF WE HOPE FOR WHAT IS STILL UNSEEN BY US, THEN WE WAIT FOR
IT WITH PATIENCE AND COMPOSURE."
I'M GONNA BE A PRISONER OF HOPE, HOW ABOUT YOU?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THEN FINALLY HEBREWS 11, VERSE 1, "FAITH IS
A SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS
NOT SEEN."
IT IS THE TITLE DEED AND THE DOWN PAYMENT OF THE GOOD THINGS
THAT ARE TO COME.
BE A PRISONER OF HOPE.
PROVERBS 13:12 SAYS, "HOPE DEFERRED MAKES THE HEART SICK."
WE STARTED ON THURSDAY NIGHT WITH REALLY A REAL WORD FROM GOD
THAT HE WAS GONNA DELIVER PEOPLE THIS WEEKEND FROM DEPRESSION AND
ALL OF ITS RELATIVES, WHICH IS BASICALLY ANYTHING DOWN BECAUSE
JESUS SAID, "LOOK UP BECAUSE YOUR REDEMPTION DRAWS NIGH."
HE'S OUR GLORY AND THE LIFTER OF OUR HEADS.
ALL THIS DOWN, DISCOURAGED, DEPRESSED, DESPONDENT, DESPAIR,
ALL THAT STUFF IS FROM THE ENEMY AND THAT'S NOT THE WAY THAT GOD
WANTS US TO LIVE.
THAT'S NOT THE DESTINY THAT JESUS PURCHASED FOR US
WITH HIS BLOOD.
HOPE DEFERRED, NOT HAVING HOPE IS WHAT GETS ALL THAT STARTED
IN OUR LIVES.
IT MAKES THE HEART SICK.
THE HEART BECOMES SICK.
SO I'M DECLARING TODAY THAT IF YOU WILL BE A PRISONER OF HOPE,
IF YOU WILL EXPECT SOMETHING GOOD TO HAPPEN TO YOU EVERY DAY,
I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT DAY IT WILL SHOW UP, BUT I CAN
TELL YOU THAT YOU'LL BE HAPPIER EVERY DAY WHILE YOU'RE WAITING
THAN YOU WOULD BE IF YOU WAITED WITH FEAR, AND WORRY,
AND ANXIETY, AND FRUSTRATION, AND WORKS OF THE FLESH, AND ALL
KINDS OF MISERY AND HATING YOUR LIFE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I'M EXPECTING GOD TO DO GREAT THINGS.
I'M EXPECTING GOD TO DO GREAT THINGS.
YOU KNOW, I GET TIRED WHEN I DO THESE CONFERENCES.
I WAKE UP TIRED BY THE TIME SATURDAY MORNING ROLLS AROUND
AND, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS TRUST GOD TO REWARD ME IN SOME WAY
FOR MY HARD WORK.
AND SO I'M KIND OF CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT GOD'S GONNA DO.
I'M EXPECTING GOD TO DO SOMETHING.
COME ON, WHY DON'T YOU JUST START HAVING FUN WITH GOD?
WHY DON'T YOU JUST BE HIS SON OR HIS DAUGHTER AND LET HIM TAKE
CARE OF YOU?
WHY DON'T YOU JUST GET RID OF YOUR RELIGIOUS ATTITUDE
AND START SAYING, "GOD, YOU'RE MY BFF.
YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND FOREVER."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
"AND I BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING GOOD IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME
AND THROUGH ME TODAY AND EVERY DAY, AMEN."
JOYCE: WELL, LET ME SAY JUST ONE MORE TIME
EXPECT SOMETHING GOOD TO HAPPEN TO YOU TODAY
AND EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE, AND YOU WILL BE AMAZED
AT WHAT GOD WILL DO WHEN YOU HAVE THAT KIND
OF A POSITIVE ATTITUDE.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU THE JOYCE MEYER
HERITAGE LIBRARY VOLUME 2.
AND IT'S FIVE OF THE BOOKS THAT I'VE WRITTEN.
I'VE WRITTEN OVER 100, BUT THIS IS 5 OF THE TOP BOOKS,
AND IT INCLUDES THE BOOK THAT I'M VERY FOND OF,
I CALL IT MY HAPPY BOOK CALLED "GET YOUR HOPES UP."
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU CAN LIVE EVERY DAY
FULL OF HOPE, YOU WILL BE JUST SO SURPRISED
AT HOW HAPPY YOU'LL BE, AND HOW YOU'LL OPEN THE DOOR
FOR GOD TO DO MORE IN YOUR LIFE THAN WHAT YOU'VE
EVER DONE BEFORE.
SO, WHY NOT MAKE A COMMITMENT TO START READING, LET'S SAY
AT LEAST 30 MINUTES EVERY DAY, AND YOU CAN START
WITH LETTING THESE FIVE BOOKS BE ONE OF YOUR GOALS.
AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN A LOT
THAT'S GOING TO REALLY HELP YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU, AND REMEMBER, GOD HAS GOT SOMETHING GOOD
IN STORE FOR YOU TODAY.
ANNOUNCER: IN HER MORE THAN 40 YEARS OF MINISTRY,
JOYCE MEYER IS KNOWN FOR TEACHING PEOPLE
HOW TO PRACTICALLY APPLY GOD'S WORD
TO EVERY AREA OF LIFE.
THE JOYCE MEYER HERITAGE LIBRARY VOLUME 2
IS A SPECIAL COLLECTION OF SOME OF HER MOST POWERFUL BOOKS.
EACH OF THE FIVE BOOKS IN THIS COLLECTION FEATURES
LIFE-CHANGING TRUTH AND WISDOM FROM GOD'S WORD.
THE JOYCE MEYER HERITAGE LIBRARY IS AVAILABLE TODAY
FOR YOUR GIFT OF...OR MORE.
ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE ALSO OFFERING JOYCE'S TEACHING
"LIVING COURAGEOUSLY," WHICH INCLUDES TWO TEACHINGS
ON BOTH CD AND DVD.
LEARN HOW TO MAKE EVERY DECISION BASED ON FAITH RATHER THAN FEAR
AND PURSUE THE DESTINY GOD HAS FOR YOU.
THIS CD AND DVD SET IS AVAILABLE FOR YOUR GIFT OF...
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SO, CONTACT US NOW FOR EITHER OFFER.
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OR VISIT US AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
GINGER: WE ALL GO THROUGH TIMES
WHEN THE QUESTIONS IN OUR LIFE SEEM TO OUTWEIGH THE ANSWERS.
JOYCE MEYER WANTS TO HELP WITH THAT.
CHECK OUT HER NEW SHOW, "EVERYDAY ANSWERS."
SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS AND JOIN US
AS WE DISCOVER LIFE'S EVERYDAY ANSWERS TOGETHER.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT GOD WANTS TO ISSUE
A SPIRIT OF STRENGTH.
I WANT SOME OF YOU--WE'RE GOING TO PURPOSEFULLY RECEIVE
STRENGTH RIGHT NOW.
FATHER, STRENGTH FOR WEAK BODIES,
STRENGTH FOR PEOPLE WITH MAYBE WEAK WILLS WHO HAVE A TENDENCY
TO GIVE UP EASILY, STRENGTH FOR PEOPLE
THAT ARE WEARY, WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING
A LONG, LONG, LONG TIME.
STRENGTH.
YOU ARE OUR STRENGTH.
STRENGTHEN US IN THE INNER MAN THROUGH THE POWER
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT INDWELLING OUR INNERMOST BEING
AND PERSONALITY.
GOD IS OUR STRENGTH.
WE ARE STRONG IN THE LORD AND IN THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT.
RECEIVE STRENGTH BY FAITH THIS MORNING, RECEIVE STRENGTH.
DRINK IT IN.
GOD IS STRENGTHENING YOU RIGHT NOW, THE INNER MAN.
GOD IS STRENGTHENING YOU.
AND WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO IN LIFE, YOU CAN DO IT.
ANNOUNCER: YOU MEAN MORE TO US AT JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
THAN YOU MAY EVER KNOW.
WE APPRECIATE YOU, AND WE THANK OUR FRIENDS
AND PARTNERS FOR MAKING THIS WORLDWIDE MINISTRY POSSIBLE.
TOGETHER, WE'RE FEEDING THE HUNGRY,
CLOTHING THE POOR AND PRESENTING THE GOSPEL
TO THE NATIONS.
PLEASE CONTACT US OR VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG TODAY
TO SHARE YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS, FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT OUR RESOURCES, SEE JOYCE'S CONFERENCE SCHEDULE,
AND TO JOIN US IN PARTNERSHIP AS WE SHARE THE LOVE OF CHRIST
AROUND THE GLOBE.
[MUSIC]
ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING WAS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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