ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: LEARNING TO THINK THE WAY THAT GOD THINKS ABOUT EVERY
SITUATION IS THE VERY BASIC FOUNDATIONAL THING THAT HAS TO
TAKE PLACE FOR ANY KIND OF REAL TRANSFORMATION IN OUR LIVES.
GINGER: AS WE WALK THROUGH EACH NEW DAY,
WE ALL HAVE QUESTIONS.
THEY'RE JUST PART OF LIFE.
BUT DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE ANSWERS FOR YOU?
GOD SAYS WHEN WE LOOK, WE'LL FIND HIM.
HE'S NOT TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING.
SO, TOGETHER, WE ARE DISCOVERING LIFE'S EVERYDAY ANSWERS.
[MUSIC]
GINGER: WELCOME, WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT TOPIC FOR YOU TODAY ON
"EVERYDAY ANSWERS."
YOU KNOW THOSE NAGGING LITTLE THOUGHTS THAT JUST LOOP OVER
AND OVER IN YOUR MIND AND YOU JUST FEEL LIKE YOU CAN'T GET
AWAY FROM THEM?
WELL, WE ARE GOING TO HELP YOU WITH THAT TODAY.
YOU KNOW, OUR THOUGHTS PLAY SUCH A HUGE ROLE IN OUR LIVES, AND
WHEN THOSE THINGS GET TRAPPED INSIDE THERE AND WE CAN'T GET IT
OUT, IT IMPACTS EVERY ASPECT.
IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK AT GOD'S WORD, YOU'LL FIND THAT HE TALKS
ABOUT OUR THOUGHTS SO OFTEN, AND IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT JOYCE
HELPS US TO DEAL WITH A LOT.
SO, WE'RE GOING TO TACKLE THAT TODAY, AND JOYCE IS GOING TO
START WITH THE KEY OF WHERE TO BEGIN TO CONQUER THOSE ANNOYING,
LOOPING THOUGHTS.
JOYCE: FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE WORD TONIGHT, AND AS
I'VE ALREADY PRAYED, I'M EXPECTING YOU, GOD, TO
HEAL PEOPLE TONIGHT WHILE THE WORD IS BEING PREACHED.
I THANK YOU THAT PEOPLE CAN RECEIVE PHYSICAL HEALING,
EMOTIONAL HEALING, SPIRITUAL HEALING, MENTAL HEALING, ANY
KIND OF HEALING THAT THEY NEED.
YOU SEND YOUR WORD, LORD, AND YOU HEAL THEM, AND YOU
DELIVER THEM FROM THE PIT AND FROM DESTRUCTION.
OKAY, A FEW OPENING COMMENTS.
HOW MUCH THOUGHT HAVE YOU EVER GIVEN TO YOUR THOUGHTS?
DO YOU EVER THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT?
IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A BAD MOOD, A LOW MOOD, EMOTIONALLY
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE REALLY GETTING DOWN IN THE DUMPS,
GETTING DISCOURAGED, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND STOP
AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT.
AND YOU'LL FIND THAT THE WAY YOU FEEL IS CONNECTED TO THE WAY
YOU'RE THINKING.
ARE YOU AWARE OF HOW MUCH YOUR THOUGHTS AFFECT EVERY AREA
OF YOUR LIFE?
THEY AFFECT THE WORDS YOU SPEAK, YOUR MOODS, ATTITUDES, YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, YOURSELF, AND OTHER PEOPLE, AND EVERY
DECISION AND EVERY BEHAVIOR THAT YOU MAKE.
AND NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST THINK WHATEVER FALLS
IN YOUR HEAD.
YOU CAN DO YOUR OWN THINKING.
YOU CAN DO YOUR OWN THINKING.
I'LL GO SLOW.
YOU CAN DO YOUR OWN THINKING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU SEE, THE REASON WHY IT'S QUIET IS BECAUSE THIS
IS SOMETHING WE NEVER THINK ABOUT.
WE NEVER THINK ABOUT HOW WE THINK.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND THE DEVIL SAYS,
"YOU'RE DEPRESSED," AND YOU SAY, "I'M DEPRESSED."
YOU JUST GET RIGHT IN AGREEMENT WITH HIM, "YEP, I'M DEPRESSED."
HE SAYS, "IT'S GONNA BE A LOUSY DAY."
YOU GET UP AND THE FIRST THING YOU SAY TO SOMEBODY IS,
"IT'S GONNA BE A LOUSY DAY."
WE HAVE TO LEARN TO RECOGNIZE THE LIES OF SATAN AND TO
UNDERSTAND THAT, MORE THAN ANY OTHER THING, HE USES OUR MIND.
HE LIES TO US, HE BRINGS DECEPTION INTO OUR LIVES, HE
TRIES TO STEAL EVERYTHING FROM US THAT JESUS CAME TO GIVE US,
AND WE CAN'T JUST SIT PASSIVELY BY, AND WISH WE DIDN'T FEEL THIS
WAY, AND KINDA HOPE SOMETHING HAPPENS.
YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF HOPE REALLY ISN'T HOPE AT ALL.
HOPE IS EXPECTING THAT SOMETHING GOOD IS GONNA HAPPEN.
IT'S NOT, "WELL, I HOPE GOD DOES SOMETHING."
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT, "THE KINGDOM OF GOD HAS SUFFERED
VIOLENCE AND THE VIOLENT TAKE IT BY FORCE," AND I LOVE THAT.
"THE KINGDOM OF GOD HAS SUFFERED ATTACK AND THE ENERGETIC
TAKE IT BY FORCE," IS A BETTER TRANSLATION.
AND SO, WE NEED TO STOP JUST THINKING THAT EVERYTHING GOOD IS
JUST GONNA FALL ON US AND WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT GOD IS
GIVING US A LIFE PLAN IN THE BIBLE.
HE SAID, "I AM THE WAY," AND SO YOU MIGHT SAY IN HERE IS
THE WAY TO LIVE.
NOW, YOU CAN'T CIRCUMVENT IT.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, GOD'S NOT GONNA CHANGE
HIS MIND.
IN HERE IS THE WAY TO LIVE, AND ANY PROBLEM THAT YOU HAVE,
THE ANSWER TO THAT PROBLEM IS IN THIS BOOK.
AND SO, WE LEARN WHAT'S IN HERE, AND THIS TAKES TIME.
YOU GET BETTER, AND BETTER, AND BETTER, BUT NOBODY'S GONNA
HAVE TOTAL VICTORY OVERNIGHT.
THIS IS NOT A DRIVE-THROUGH BREAKTHROUGH.
YOU CAN'T JUST--YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DRIVE THROUGH AND GET JUST
ABOUT EVERYTHING TODAY, BUT YOU CANNOT GET A GET A DRIVE-THROUGH
BREAKTHROUGH.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO GET THE BREAKTHROUGHS THAT
YOU NEED.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
AND CHANGING OUR THINKING, LEARNING HOW TO LET
THE HOLY SPIRIT SHOW US WHEN OUR THOUGHTS
ARE WRONG, LEARNING HOW TO RECOGNIZE THE LIES OF SATAN AND
HOW TO LEARN--AND LEARNING TO THINK THE WAY THAT GOD THINKS
ABOUT EVERY SITUATION IS THE VERY BASIC FOUNDATIONAL THING
THAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE FOR ANY KIND OF REAL TRANSFORMATION
IN OUR LIVES.
[MUSIC]
GINGER: SO, STEP ONE IS RECOGNIZE THE LIES OF SATAN.
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.
THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS THAT JUST PLAY OVER AND OVER IN
YOUR MIND.
WHEN YOU'RE MAD AT SOMEONE, YOU REPLAY WHAT HAPPENED,
YOU REPLAY HOW ANGRY YOU ARE.
WHEN WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS SATAN JUST TRYING TO GET US MORE
UPSET, IT HELPS US INSTEAD TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT THOUGHTS TO
COMBAT THOSE ATTACKS.
TODAY, WE HAVE A RESOURCE TO HELP YOU DEVELOP A PLAN
OF ACTION.
THIS IS THE JOYCE MEYER BOOK CALLED, "THE MIND CONNECTION."
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF "BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND."
WELL, THIS TAKES IT THE NEXT STEP.
AND WHEN YOU READ WHAT IT SAYS, IT SAYS, "HOW THE THOUGHTS
WE CHOOSE AFFECT YOUR MOOD, BEHAVIOR, AND DECISIONS."
THE KEY THERE IS THE THOUGHTS THAT WE CHOOSE.
YOU HAVE POWER OVER THESE THINGS AND YOU CAN GET EVERYTHING THAT
GOD'S WORD SAYS.
SHE'S BEEN DIGGING INTO THE SCRIPTURE FOR YEARS ABOUT
THE MIND AND SHE'S PUT IT IN THIS BOOK.
YOU CAN GET THIS TODAY RIGHT NOW FOR ANY AMOUNT.
WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE IS HOPE, THAT THOSE THOUGHTS
THAT ARE IMPACTING YOUR LIVES IN NEGATIVE WAYS CAN BE CHANGED
TO THE POSITIVE THOUGHTS OF GOD'S WORD.
THAT'S WHY AN ANY AMOUNT OFFER LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU
SHOULD NOT ONLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, BUT THAT WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE EVERYBODY CAN GET IN THEIR HANDS.
AND WE ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE.
WE ENJOY IT WHEN YOU SHARE YOUR VOICE, SO LET'S TAKE A LISTEN.
[MUSIC]
GINGER: WE HAVE LEARNED THAT YOU FIGHT NEGATIVE THOUGHTS BY
THINKING OF POSITIVE THOUGHTS INSTEAD.
SO, WE ASKED YOU TO SHARE WITH US WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS
YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF.
NOW, THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THAT EASY, BUT WHAT IS MORE POSITIVE
THAN ACTUALLY ADMITTING SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE
GREAT ABOUT YOU?
SO, HERE ARE SOME REALLY GOOD ANSWERS.
KELLIE FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA SAYS, "MY FAVORITE
CHARACTERISTIC I LIKE ABOUT MYSELF WOULD HAVE TO BE MY
IMAGINATION AND CREATIVITY.
FEW THINGS GIVE ME MORE JOY THAN USING THESE IN MY WRITING
AND ARTSY PROJECTS."
SAMMY FROM ILLINOIS SAYS, "ONE OF GREAT--ONE OF THE THINGS I
LIKE ABOUT MYSELF IS INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE I KNOW AND SHARING
GREAT STORIES ABOUT ME."
WELL, SAMMY, YOU SOUND LIKE YOU'D BE A LOT OF FUN TO
HANG AROUND.
AND CAMILLA SAYS, "MY FAVORITE CHARACTERISTIC ABOUT MYSELF IS
BEING A MOM--I NEVER WANTED TO BE A MOM.
I'M 3 WEEKS AWAY FROM HAVING MY 2ND DAUGHTER.
MY JOURNEY TO MOTHERHOOD HAS BEEN FROM THE BOOK OF PSALMS,
WHEN DAVID SAYS GOD GRANTS YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART
BECAUSE HE HAS PLACED THOSE DESIRES IN YOUR HEART.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT TOOK TIME AND GOD'S SPENDING TIME WITH ME,
AND I LOVE IT.
THROUGH BEING A MOM, I DISCOVERED GOD THE FATHER."
WELL, CAMILLA, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL AND THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE
VERSES TOO, SO.
THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD THINGS THAT GOD HAS PUT IN YOU.
DID YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT YOU CAN THINK ABOUT THAT ARE
POSITIVES, AND I'M SURE MANY MOMS RELATE TO WHAT CAMILLA WAS
JUST SHARING AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
YOU JUST DON'T REALIZE WHAT AN AMAZING BLESSING CHILDREN
ARE UNTIL IT HAPPENS.
SO, TODAY, LET'S JUST HAVE SOME FUN.
SHARE WITH US YOUR FUNNIEST STORY ABOUT YOUR KIDS.
LAUGHTER IS GREAT MEDICINE, SO JUST SHARE SOME OF THOSE
GREAT STORIES.
I KNOW WE ALL HAVE SOME HILARIOUS THINGS.
KIDS ARE PRETTY FUNNY.
SO, GO TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, USE TWITTER HASHTAG #EA FOR
"EVERYDAY ANSWERS," INSTAGRAM, I'M SURE YOU HAVE A LOT OF
HILARIOUS KID PHOTOS.
LET US KNOW.
SHARE THOSE WITH US.
AND OUR QUESTION TODAY ABOUT THOSE NAGGING THOUGHTS IS
A BIG ONE.
SO, JOYCE STOPPED BY TO ANSWER A FEW MORE OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
GINGER: ALL RIGHT, JOYCE.
TODAY WE HAVE QUESTIONS THAT ARE RIGHT IN YOUR WHEELHOUSE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOUGHTS, SO.
JOYCE: YEAH, THE MIND, THE MIND, THE MIND.
GINGER: YES, THESE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS.
REALLY GOOD PLACE TO KNOW, THOUGHTS CAN BE SO JUST
OBSESSIVE, STUCK IN OUR HEAD, OVER AND OVER, CAN'T GET IT
TO QUIT.
SO, ELAINE WANTS TO KNOW, "HOW DO I GET SET FREE FROM
STUCK THOUGHTS OR OBSESSIONAL THOUGHTS?"
JOYCE: WELL, THE ANSWER TO ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS WITH OUR
THOUGHTS IS LEARNING HOW TO THINK RIGHT ON PURPOSE SO
THERE'S NO ROOM THEN FOR THE WRONG THOUGHTS TO COME IN.
BUT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING A THOUGHT THAT YOU JUST CANNOT
GET RID OF, THERE'S A ROOT PROBLEM IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU
NEED TO GET IN CONTACT WITH.
I'LL USE AN EXAMPLE FROM MY OWN LIFE TO HELP UNDERSTAND.
BECAUSE OF BEING ABUSED BY MY DAD AND HE WAS AN ANGRY MAN,
I DEVELOPED A FEAR OF HIS ANGER.
I DIDN'T WANNA MAKE HIM ANGRY.
SO, IN ADDITION TO TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING I COULD TO NOT MAKE
HIM ANGRY, IF HE WAS ANGRY, THEN I WOULD GO INTO THIS OVERDRIVE
MODE OF TRYING TO DO WHATEVER I COULD DO TO GET HIM TO BE
HAPPY AGAIN.
SO, I CARRIED THAT, SADLY, INTO MY ADULT LIFE AND STILL PROBABLY
IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WILL HAVE TO STAND AGAINST UNTIL
JESUS GETS ME OUTTA HERE.
IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T HAVE VICTORY IN THAT AREA, 'CAUSE NOW
I RECOGNIZE IT.
AND YOU KNOW, VICTORY DOES NOT ALWAYS MEAN THAT YOU NEVER
EXPERIENCE ANYTHING.
IT MEANS THAT YOU RECOGNIZE IT, AND YOU CAN STAND AGAINST IT,
AND YOU CAN RESPOND TO IT PROPERLY.
SO, LET'S JUST SAY--AND IT FUNCTIONS MORE WITHIN FAMILY
OR SOMEBODY I'M REALLY CLOSE TO THAN IT WOULD A STRANGER.
SO, LET'S JUST SAY THAT, WHATEVER, I THINK ONE OF MY
CHILDREN'S ANGRY WITH ME.
WELL, I CAN GET THAT ON MY MIND, AND JUST HAVE IT ON MY MIND, AND
HAVE IT ON MY MIND, AND THEN I HAVE TO REMEMBER,
"NOW, WAIT A MINUTE, JOYCE.
THAT'S THAT OLD FEAR THAT USED TO BE ROOTED IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THAT NOW BECAUSE NOW YOU CAN TRUST
GOD TO TAKE CARE OF THE SITUATION."
AND SO, I THINK THAT A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THERE'S OBSESSIVE
THINGS, MANY TIMES THE ROOT OF IT IS SOME KIND OF FEAR
IN OUR LIFE.
AND IT JUST HELPS ME IN A LOT OF AREAS IF I CAN GET TO THE ROOT.
SOMETIMES I'LL JUST SAY, "OKAY, GOD, WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON
HERE?" YOU KNOW, BECAUSE A LOT OF
TIMES, WHAT'S GOING ON IS NOT WHAT WE THINK IS GOING ON.
THERE'S SOMETHING MUCH DEEPER THAN THAT.
BUT THIS WHOLE THING WITH THE MIND AND HAVING OUR MIND
RENEWED, TO BE HONEST, GINGER, IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE TIME.
IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN HOW TO THINK RIGHT.
IT'S GONNA TAKE HAVING ENOUGH EXPERIENCE WITH GOD TO BE ABLE
TO TRUST HIM.
AND JUST DEVELOPING--YOU KNOW, WHEN WE MAKE GOOD HABITS,
THEN THERE'S NO ROOM FOR THE BAD HABITS.
AND I THINK INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON TRYING TO BREAK THIS BAD
HABIT, WE SHOULD FOCUS ON MAKING GOOD HABITS, AND THEN THERE
WON'T BE ANY ROOM FOR THE BAD ONES.
GINGER: BECAUSE WHEN WE TRY TO SAY, "I'VE GOT TO STOP
THINKING THIS.
STOP THINKING THIS," YOU'RE JUST THINKING ABOUT IT MORE.
JOYCE: THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
GINGER: BUT I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID, THAT IT MAY NOT BE
A SITUATION THAT YOU EVER GET TO WHERE THAT THOUGHT NEVER POPS
INTO YOUR MIND.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL GUILT ABOUT IT WHEN IT DOES, YOU JUST
NEED TO DEAL WITH IT.
YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH IT.
JOYCE: I THINK IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY IF YOU HAD A
REALLY BAD BREAK IN ONE OF YOUR BONES AT ONE TIME IN YOUR LIFE,
THAT MIGHT ALWAYS BE A WEAK SPOT FOR YOU.
YOU KNOW, LIKE I BROKE MY BIG TOE ONE TIME WHEN I WAS
A TEENAGER.
I ACTUALLY GOT MAD AND KICKED THE WALL, SO I PROBABLY DESERVED
TO BREAK MY TOE.
BUT THAT TOE WOULD OCCASIONALLY HURT YEARS AND YEARS AFTER THAT,
AND IT WAS JUST A WEAK AREA.
WAS MY TOE HEALED?
YES, BUT IT WAS STILL A WEAK AREA IN MY LIFE.
OR LIKE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MIGRAINE HEADACHES, A LOT OF TIMES IF
THEY DON'T FEEL GOOD, THEY'LL GET A MIGRAINE HEADACHE OR IF
THEY GET A FLU THEY'LL GET A MIGRAINE HEADACHE.
WELL, WHY?
BECAUSE THAT'S A WEAK AREA IN THEIR LIFE.
WELL, WE CAN ALSO HAVE WEAK AREAS EMOTIONALLY AND MENTALLY
THAT, BECAUSE YOU HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN YOUR LIFE IN THAT
AREA AT ONE POINT, IT MAY ALWAYS BE AN AREA WHERE YOU'LL NEED TO
LEAN ON GOD MORE THAN YOU MIGHT NEED TO IN SOME OTHER AREAS.
GINGER: AND THAT'S OKAY.
JOYCE: AND WE ALL HAVE 'EM.
IT'S NOT THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON'S THE ONLY ONE WHO
GOES THROUGH THAT.
WE ALL HAVE THAT STUFF.
GINGER: ALL RIGHT.
DONNA SAYS, "I'M FULLY AWARE THAT GOD HAS A GOOD PLAN FOR ME.
NEVERTHELESS, FOR SOME REASON I CANNOT LET GO OF THE PERPETUAL
DOUBT THAT OFTEN INVADES MY THOUGHTS.
HOW DO I GET OVER THIS?" JOYCE: FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE
ALL GONNA HAVE DOUBTS FROM TIME TO TIME.
I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH FAITH YOU HAVE, DOUBT IS AN ENEMY
THAT ATTACKS.
AND SO, THERE'S A LITTLE THING THAT WE SAY, WE NEED TO LEARN
TO DOUBT OUR DOUBTS.
SO, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE TO BELIEVE MY DOUBTS.
WHEN DOUBT COMES, I CAN SAY, "WELL, THAT'S THE ENEMY TRYING
TO STEAL MY FAITH."
BUT THE THING THAT I THINK THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO REALIZE IS
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND TRUSTING GOD IS NOT SOMETHING
THAT CAN JUST BE PRAYED ON YOU OR TRANSPLANTED INTO YOU.
WE LEARN TO TRUST GOD THROUGH HAVING EXPERIENCE WITH GOD, AND
GOING THROUGH THINGS, AND SEEING GOD'S MERCY AND DELIVERANCE
IN OUR LIFE.
AND EVERY TIME THAT HAPPENS, IT'S A TEENY BIT EASIER THE NEXT
TIME TO TRUST GOD.
AND THE MORE WE TRUST GOD, THE LESS ROOM THERE WILL BE FOR
DOUBTS IN OUR LIFE.
SATAN ATTACKS, AND THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN HE WILL JUST ATTACK,
AND ATTACK, AND ATTACK.
AND ACTUALLY, THERE'S A SCRIPTURE IN DANIEL
IN THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE THAT SAYS THAT HE SEEKS
TO WEAR OUT THE SAINTS.
AND YOU KNOW-- GINGER: HE'S PRETTY GOOD
AT IT, TOO.
JOYCE: SO, HAVING SOMETHING FOR A LITTLE WHILE IS ONE THING,
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE IT OVER AND OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
SOMETIMES WHEN I'M GOING THROUGH A TIME LIKE THAT, I HAVE TO JUST
SAY, "OKAY, GOD, I PUT MYSELF IN YOUR HANDS AND I GUESS
THE DEVIL'S JUST GONNA HAVE TO WEAR HIMSELF OUT,
BECAUSE THIS IS NOT ME.
THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANT.
THIS IS NOT THE WAY THAT I FEEL ABOUT THINGS."
AND YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS WE HAVE TO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF
FAITH, AND SOMETIMES THAT MEANS YOU GOTTA STAND FIRM.
AND SO, THERE ARE SEASONS WHEN WE WILL JUST HAVE ATTACKS
ON OUR MIND.
AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, SOMETIMES IT CAN HAPPEN IN
AN AREA THAT YOU FELT LIKE YOU HAD TOTAL VICTORY OVER.
AND THAT REALLY IS KIND OF BOTHERSOME.
IT'S LIKE, NOW WAIT A MINUTE.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS DONE.
WELL, SOMETIMES YOU'RE JUST BEING TESTED TO SEE, WELL, IS IT
REALLY DONE OR ISN'T IT DONE?
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT JESUS, IN LUKE CHAPTER 4 YOU CAN FIND
THIS, WHEN HE WAS LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT OUT INTO
THE WILDERNESS TO BE TEMPTED OF THE DEVIL 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS.
YOU GET AROUND TO ABOUT VERSE 13, I THINK,
AND IT SAYS THAT WHEN SATAN HAD ENDED HIS CYCLE
OF TEMPTATION, HE WENT AWAY TO WAIT FOR A MORE OPPORTUNE TIME.
SO, HIS CYCLE OF TEMPTATION.
IT WASN'T ONE THING.
SOMETIMES THE DEVIL CAN'T WEAR YOU OUT WITH ONE THING, BUT IT
CAN BE TWO THINGS, AND THREE, AND FOUR, AND FIVE, AND NOW IT'S
LASTED A WEEK, AND NOW A MONTH, AND YOU'RE THINKING,
"OH MY GOSH."
BUT HE'LL GET DONE.
IF YOU STAND FIRM, HE'LL GET DONE.
BUT SAD TO SAY, HE'LL COME BACK AGAIN.
GINGER: YEAH, HE'S GONNA DO IT AGAIN.
YEAH, WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE HOPE.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
JOYCE: YOU'RE WELCOME.
GINGER: SO MANY GOOD QUESTIONS AND REALLY GREAT
ANSWERS.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR JOYCE OR MAYBE MORE THAN ONE, MAKE
SURE THAT YOU ASK THEM.
USE TWITTER, HASHTAG #ASKJOYCE.
YOU CAN ALSO GO TO OUR "EVERYDAY ANSWERS" PAGE,
WHICH IS AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
AND IT'S REALLY EASY TO PUT YOUR QUESTION IN THERE, AND THEN BE
WATCHING FOR THOSE ANSWERS.
COMING UP, JOYCE ANSWERS A QUESTION ABOUT OCD.
BUT FIRST, HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WRONG THOUGHTS CAN HINDER
OUR RELATIONSHIPS.
FEMALE: AS A CHILD, I WAS MOLESTED, AND IT WAS SOMETHING
VERY DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH.
THERE WERE TWO TIMES, AT LEAST, WHEN I WANTED TO END MY LIFE,
SERIOUSLY.
I JUST FELT SO ALONE, WITH NO DIRECTION AND NO HOPE.
AND I THOUGHT BY GETTING BAPTIZED, SOMEHOW THIS DIRT
AND THIS FEELING OF SHAME WOULD RINSE AWAY AND I WOULD BE THIS
NEW PERSON, BUT IT ONLY LASTED THAT DAY.
I WAS ACTIVE IN CHURCH, AND SO I THOUGHT BY DOING THIS, SOMEHOW
THIS WOULD MAKE GOD LIKE ME, MAKE GOD LOVE ME.
BECAUSE I FELT THAT IF OTHER PEOPLE WEREN'T LIKING ME
AND LOVING ME, THEN GOD WASN'T EITHER.
I FIGURED THAT JESUS WAS ACTUALLY THIS NICE GUY WHO STOOD
IN FRONT OF GOD THE FATHER SAYING, YOU KNOW,
"DON'T HURT HER. DON'T HURT HER."
AND GOD WAS BACK IN THIS THUNDEROUS CLOUD, YOU KNOW,
"LET ME AT HER," YOU KNOW?
THAT WAS THE PICTURE I HAD OF GOD.
IT WASN'T UNTIL MUCH LATER ON, AFTER BEING SO BROKEN THAT I
BEGAN TO REACH OUT IN, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT SERMONS, HEARING
SERMONS FROM MANY PEOPLE.
JOYCE CAUGHT MY ATTENTION BECAUSE SHE WAS STRAIGHTFORWARD,
BECAUSE SHE MADE SENSE.
WHAT DOES GOD THINK OF ME?
DOES GOD APPROVE OF ME?
YES.
AND SO, ON THAT, I CAN WALK ON WATER.
I HEARD GOD'S WORD MY ENTIRE LIFE.
I'VE HEARD SERMON AFTER SERMON.
I COULD TELL YOU ALL THE STORIES FROM GENESIS TO PROBABLY
REVELATION, BUT THEY JUST WENT ALL PAST ME, HAD NO MEANING.
BUT IN THE LOVE OF JESUS, CONTROLLED BY HIS SPIRIT NOW,
WHEN I GO BACK AND READ THAT SAME STUFF, COME ON NOW,
I CAN'T SIT STILL.
[MUSIC]
GINGER: SO, THOSE THOUGHTS THAT WE CONCENTRATE ON, THEY
IMPACT OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OTHER, THEY IMPACT OUR
RELATIONSHIPS WITH GOD, AND THEY DEFINITELY IMPACT HOW WE FEEL
ABOUT OURSELF.
SO, WE NEED TO DISCOVER A PLAN OF ACTION TO COMBAT NEGATIVE
AND REOCCURRING THOUGHTS.
YOU CAN GET THAT TODAY WHEN YOU REQUEST JOYCE'S BOOK,
"THE MIND CONNECTION."
THIS IS SUCH A GOOD BOOK.
YOU KNOW, JOYCE WROTE "THE BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND"
MANY YEARS AGO AND IT IS STILL SO POWERFUL BECAUSE GOD'S WORD
NEVER CHANGES, BUT SHE DUG IN EVEN DEEPER AND CAME UP WITH
SOME GREAT, LIKE WE SAID, STRATEGIES, WAYS TO HELP YOU IN
"THE MIND CONNECTION."
AND YOU CAN GET THIS BOOK TODAY FOR YOU OR FOR SOMEONE YOU LOVE
FOR A GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT.
NOW, THE GREAT THING ABOUT SAYING ANY AMOUNT IS YOU CHOOSE
WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE.
AND REMEMBER AS YOU DO THAT THAT YOUR GIFTS HELP US SPREAD
THE GOSPEL ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THEY HELP US ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND THEY EVEN HELP
WITH OUR MISSIONS OUTREACHES THAT ARE FEEDING AND HELPING
WITH MEDICAL CARE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
SO, YOU CAN'T BEAT IT.
CONTACT US TODAY AND GET THIS BOOK.
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER CAN BE A DEBILITATING DISEASE.
IT CAN CONTROL A PERSON'S LIFE, AND WE RECEIVED THIS QUESTION
FROM TWITTER.
HAN, "DO YOU HAVE ANY TIPS FOR SOMEONE BATTLING OCD?"
WELL, AS WE SAID, OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO ANYONE WHO'S DEALING WITH
THIS ILLNESS AND WE WANT YOU TO TAKE HOPE THAT OUR GOD CAN HELP
YOU THROUGH ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH.
NO MATTER HOW DARK THINGS FEEL, HE CAN PROVIDE A WAY.
HERE'S JOYCE WITH THAT ANSWER.
JOYCE: DO YOU TALK AND THINK MORE ABOUT HOW AFRAID YOU ARE OR
HOW MUCH GOD LOVES YOU AND HOW HE IS WITH YOU.
SAY 50 TIMES A DAY, "GOD IS WITH ME RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW, GOD IS WITH ME.
GOD IS WITH ME WHEN I GO TO WORK.
GOD IS WITH ME WHEN I GO TO THE MARKETPLACE.
GOD IS WITH ME.
HE'S NOT JUST WITH ME WHEN I GO TO CHURCH, GOD IS WITH ME
ALL THE TIME.
HE CARES ABOUT EVERYTHING I DO."
WHEN FEAR KNOCKS ON YOUR DOOR, SEND FAITH TO ANSWER AND NOBODY
WILL BE THERE, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: FEAR CAN ONLY BE CONQUERED BY FAITH.
THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO CONQUER IT.
YOU FEEL FEAR, YOU EITHER CONFRONT IT AND YOU SAY,
"YOU'RE NOT GONNA STOP ME."
SEE, COURAGE IS GOING FORWARD WHILE FEAR IS STILL PRESENT.
YOU CAN'T WAIT TO NOT FEEL ANY FEAR BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING THAT
YOU BELIEVE GOD WANTS YOU TO DO.
SOME OF YOU LET OTHER PEOPLE RUN YOUR LIFE.
YOU LET PEOPLE ABUSE YOU, AND MISTREAT YOU, AND MANIPULATE YOU
BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE FEAR OF MAN ON YOU.
AND WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO DO IS RESPECT YOURSELF ENOUGH TO NOT
LET OTHER PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU, AND EVEN THOUGH YOU
MIGHT FEEL AFRAID TO CONFRONT THEM, AND STAND UP TO THEM,
AND SAY, "LISTEN, I LOVE YOU AND I WANT TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP
WITH YOU, BUT YOU ARE NOT GONNA MISTREAT ME.
YOU ARE NOT GONNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ME."
AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WE CAN'T REALLY BE MAD AT OTHER PEOPLE IF THEY TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF US.
YOU HAVE TO STAND UP FOR YOURSELF AND YOU CAN'T LET THE
FEAR OF MAN--WHAT THEY THINK, WHAT THEY SAY, WHAT THEY DO,
THEIR REJECTION, THEIR ACCEPTANCE--YOU CAN'T LET THE
FEAR OF OTHER PEOPLE RULE YOUR LIFE, BECAUSE IF ALL THEY'RE
TRYING TO DO IS CONTROL YOU, THEN THE BOTTOM LINE IS THEY
DON'T CARE THAT MUCH ABOUT YOU ANYWAY AND YOU COULD PROBABLY
NOT HAVE THAT FRIENDSHIP.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DO IT AFRAID.
THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF PHOBIAS AND THINGS THAT PEOPLE
HAVE.
I WAS WATCHING A TV PROGRAM RECENTLY ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER, OCD.
AND WE--YOU KNOW, YOU FREQUENTLY HEAR PEOPLE MAKING JOKES, "WELL,
I'M A LITTLE OCD ABOUT THAT," WHICH KIND OF MEANS, "WELL, I'M
A LITTLE OVERBOARD ABOUT THAT.
YOU KNOW, I LIKE EVERY HAIR IN PLACE OR WHATEVER.
I'M A LITTLE OVERBOARD.
I GET A LITTLE FREAKED OUT IF THAT'S NOT RIGHT."
BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERIOUS PROBLEMS IN THAT AREA.
AND ON THIS PROGRAM, IT SAID THAT THEY HAVE UNRELENTING
THOUGHTS THAT DRIVE THEM TO KEEP TAKING THE SAME ACTION
OVER AND OVER.
THEY HAVE TO WASH THEIR HANDS HUNDREDS OF TIMES A DAY.
THEY, YOU KNOW--DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY DO BECAUSE THEIR
THOUGHTS KEEP TELLING THEM, "YOU HAVE TO DO THIS, YOU HAVE TO DO
THIS, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS."
SO, THEY TELL A PERSON WITH SEVERE OCD, WHO IS CONTROLLED BY
THEIR UNRELENTING THOUGHTS, THEY TEACH THEM THAT IF THEY CAN
CONTROL THEIR BEHAVIOR, THEY WILL THEN BE ABLE TO CONTROL
THEIR THOUGHTS.
BUT GOD'S WORD TEACHES THE EXACT OPPOSITE, THAT IF YOU DON'T
LEARN TO CONTROL YOUR THOUGHTS, YOU WILL NEVER LEARN HOW TO
CONTROL YOUR BEHAVIOR.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN.
AND IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM LIKE THAT OR A DISORDER LIKE THAT, IF
YOU'RE WATCHING AND YOU HAVE A DISORDER LIKE THAT, I HAVE GREAT
EMPATHY AND COMPASSION FOR YOU, AND I PLEAD WITH YOU TO BEGIN
ASKING GOD TO RENEW YOUR MIND.
GOD SAYS, "I'VE GOT A GOOD PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE," BUT IF YOU WANT
TO EXPERIENCE THAT PLAN, YOU HAVE TO RENEW YOUR MIND.
STOP THINKING ALL THE JUNK AND START THINKING WHAT GOD SAYS
AND DO IT ON PURPOSE.
DON'T JUST WAIT FOR SOMETHING TO FALL INTO YOUR HEAD.
GET UP AND THINK IT ON PURPOSE.
DON'T SAY, "WELL, I'M CONTROLLED BY THIS, AND I CAN'T HELP IT,
AND I'M CONTROLLED BY THIS."
NO, YOU SAY, "GOD IS IN CONTROL OF MY LIFE, AND THE POWER OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS IN ME, AND HE IS GONNA HELP ME DO
WHAT I NEED TO DO."
NOW, I WILL SAY THAT THERE ARE SOMETIMES CHEMICAL IMBALANCES
THAT PEOPLE HAVE THAT NEED TO BE ADJUSTED THAT CAN AFFECT YOUR
THINKING.
IF YOU NEED SOMETHING LIKE THAT, GET THE MEDICAL HELP THAT YOU
NEED, BUT I WILL STILL TELL YOU THAT THINGS ARE NEVER GONNA BE
RIGHT IN YOUR LIFE UNTIL YOU LEARN HOW TO GET INTO AGREEMENT
WITH GOD IN YOUR THINKING.
CAN SOMEBODY SAY, "AMEN"?
"AS A MAN THINKS, SO DOES HE BECOME."
"GOD IS WITH US."
"FEAR NOT, FOR I AM WITH YOU."
"STAND STILL, SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD WHICH HE
WILL WORK FOR YOU TODAY."
GINGER: WELL, I CAN SURE TELL YOU WITH THINGS THAT I'VE DEALT
WITH IN MY OWN LIFE, I AM INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL THAT GOD
UNDERSTANDS, HE LOVES ME THROUGH EVERYTHING, AND HE IS THERE TO
HELP ME DEAL WITH EVERYTHING THAT I'VE EVER GONE THROUGH.
AS ALWAYS, WE WANT TO HELP EQUIP YOU WITH HELP FROM GOD'S WORD,
SO PICK UP THIS BOOK, "THE MIND CONNECTION,"
THAT WE'VE BEEN TELLING YOU ABOUT TODAY FOR ANY AMOUNT.
AND JOIN US NEXT TIME ON "EVERYDAY ANSWERS."
JOYCE: I HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY BEHAVIOR,
AND GOD, THIS IS DISPLEASING TO YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SEE IT, NOW I'M ASKING YOU TO HELP
ME DEAL WITH IT AND GET THIS OUT OF MY LIFE SO I CAN BE WHAT YOU
WANT ME TO BE.
GINGER: WELL, AS WE SAY GOODBYE, WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL
ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR DAY.
AND REMEMBER, WE CAN FIND ANSWERS IN GOD'S WORD,
AND TOGETHER WE'LL DISCOVER HOW TO USE IT IN OUR LIVES.
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[MUSIC]
ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING PROGRAM WAS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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