COLOSSIANS 3:5, "SO KILL."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IF YOU WON'T TAKE IT FROM ME, MAYBE YOU'LL TAKE IT
FROM JESUS.
I DON'T KNOW.
"SO KILL (DEADEN, DEPRIVE OF POWER) THE EVIL DESIRE LURKING
IN YOUR MEMBERS [THOSE ANIMAL IMPULSES AND ALL THAT IS EARTHLY
IN YOU THAT IS EMPLOYED IN SIN]: SEXUAL VICE, IMPURITY, SENSUAL
APPETITES, UNHOLY DESIRES, ALL GREED, ALL COVETOUSNESS,"
AND ON, AND ON, AND ON, AND ON.
SO HE'S SAYING ALL THESE FLESHLY WAYS, THEY GOTTA DIE.
THEY GOTTA GO, KILL 'EM.
NOW, I FOUND THE EASIEST WAY TO KILL ANYTHING.
YOU WANT ME TO TELL YOU WHAT IT IS?
HOW MANY OF YOU WANNA KNOW?
STOP FEEDING IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, EVEN A WEED'LL DIE IF YOU NEVER GIVE IT ANY
SUNSHINE OR WATER.
ANYTHING DIES IF YOU DON'T FEED IT.
AND I'M TELLING YOU, I HAVE FOUND OUT--LET'S JUST--OKAY,
HERE, LET'S JUST TAKE FOR EXAMPLE, I HAD A REALLY BAD
PROBLEM TALKING BACK TO MY HUSBAND.
NOW I JUST HAVE A LITTLE, TINY PROBLEM IN THAT AREA.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOW, I'M PRETTY GOOD, AREN'T I?
AM I PRETTY GOOD?
I DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM NOW?
NO, HE SAID I DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM NOW, SEE?
YAY FOR DAVE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, I JUST COULD NOT KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT.
I HAD TO HAVE LAST WORD, 'KAY?
I KNOW YOU'RE NOT LIKE THAT, BUT I JUST--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND EVEN IF I DIDN'T SAY IT OUT LOUD WHEN I GOT TO
THE POINT WHERE I COULD KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT IN FRONT OF HIM, THEN
I'D WALK AWAY, "YEAH, YOU ALWAYS THINK
YOU'RE RIGHT.
GOTTA BE RIGHT."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND SO, HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS.
YOU HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT IN YOU.
SATAN COMES AGAINST YOU WITH TEMPTATION.
YOU'RE TRYING TO BE A GOOD LITTLE SHEEP.
YOU GOT THE SHEPHERD.
YOU JUST WANNA SAY, "BAA," BUT YOU KEEP SAYING,
"BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "BUT GOD, IT'S JUST NOT FAIR.
BUT GOD, HE DOES.
BUT GOD, SHE DOES." AND HE JUST WANTS TO HEAR,
"YES, LORD.
YOUR WILL BE DONE, YOU'LL TAKE CARE OF ALL THE REST."
AMEN?
SO, DAVE'S DOING SOMETHING I DON'T LIKE.
I FEEL THE WORDS COMING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON.
HAVE I GOT A WITNESS?
HAVE I GOT A SISTER IN THE HOUSE?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: YOU FEEL THE WORDS COMING.
NOW, RIGHT ABOUT HERE, THE HOLY SPIRIT SAYS...
AND YOU KNOW.
I MEAN, GOSH, YOU HEARD THE MESSAGE, YOU BOUGHT THE CD,
YOU GOT THE T-SHIRT.
I MEAN, YOU--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW.
IT'S LIKE, OKAY.
SO, YOU GOT THIS SPLIT SECOND DECISION.
ARE YOU GONNA JUST GO AHEAD AND, "BAAAH!"
AND THEN GO THROUGH, "I FEEL SO BAD NOW," GUILT AND CONDEMNED.
THEN YOU GET TO TAKE THE TEST OVER.
GOD IS SO AWESOME.
YOU NEVER FAIL.
YOU JUST GET TO KEEP TAKING THE SAME TEST OVER, AND OVER,
AND OVER.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: A MILLION TIMES YOU TAKE THIS TEST.
SO, JUST TO FAST FORWARD THIS, THE THING THAT I FINALLY FOUND
OUT IS IF WHEN I GOT ABOUT RIGHT HERE, IF I WOULD JUST START
SAYING INSIDE, "GOD, HELP ME.
HELP ME, GOD.
HELP ME, HELP ME." SEE, YOU CAN'T TRY TO DO IT ON
YOUR OWN.
THIS IS THE THING.
IF YOU TRY TO DO IT ON YOUR OWN, IT INSULTS GOD BECAUSE HE WANTS
TO BE INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING.
THERE HE IS.
WANTS TO BE IN IT ALL.
SO HE WANTS YOU TO SAY, "HELP ME, GOD.
I CAN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOU." SO THEN, WHEN YOU DO THAT, THEN
EVEN THOUGH IT'S STILL HARD, IT'S REALLY HARD, YOU CAN MANAGE
TO KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.
MAYBE YOU GOTTA GET OUT OF THE ROOM, BUT YOU CAN MANAGE TO KEEP
YOUR MOUTH SHUT.
OKAY, SO NOW, SAME THING HAPPENS A WEEK FROM NOW.
YOU GO THROUGH THE SAME THING AGAIN, ONLY THIS TIME NOW IT'S
JUST A TINY BIT EASIER.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOT MUCH, YOU CAN'T EVEN HARDLY NOTICE IT, BUT IT'S
A TINY, TINY BIT EASIER.
AND THEN BY THE TIME YOU GET TO DO THAT ABOUT 100 TIMES, IT
AIN'T SO BAD ANYMORE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT'S HOW YOU KILL THE FLESH.