MOST OF THE TIME, WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR JOY OR WHY YOU'RE IN A STINKY MOOD,
SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH YOUR BELIEVING.
COME ON, I LIKE THESE PEOPLE.
I'M GONNA PREACH TO THEM.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON, WHEN YOU'RE IN A BAD,
STINKY, FOUL MOOD, CHECK YOUR BELIEVING.
WHAT ARE YOU BELIEVING? WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
AND YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR BELIEVING.
"I CAN'T HELP WHAT I BELIEVE."
YES, YOU CAN.
YOU CAN BELIEVE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO BELIEVE.
SEE, I HAVE DECIDED TO BASE MY LIFE ON THIS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND WHEN I STARTED, I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT
OF REAL PROOF, BUT I SURE WASN'T GETTING
ANY GOOD OUTTA WHAT I WAS DOING.
SO, IF WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS NOT WORKING,
WHY NOT TRY WHAT A FEW MILLION OTHER PEOPLE
TELL YOU WORKS?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SEE, YOU'D HAVE TO KNOW WHAT I WAS LIKE.
MAN, I WAS AWFUL.
AND I HAD BEEN TREATED SO BAD.
MY DAD SEXUALLY ABUSED ME.
MY MOTHER DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT,
SO SHE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
I HAD OTHER RELATIVES WHO SEXUALLY ABUSED ME.
I MARRIED THE FIRST GUY THAT CAME ALONG,
AND HE RAN AROUND WITH OTHER WOMEN,
AND WOULDN'T WORK, AND STOLE STUFF FROM ME.
ONE NIGHT, I WOKE UP AND HE'S TRYING TO STEAL
MY WEDDING RING OFF MY FINGER TO GO SELL IT.
I MEAN, I WAS SO DYSFUNCTIONAL.
MY FAMILY WAS--
THEY WERE THE VERY DEFINITION OF DYSFUNCTION.
WE INVENTED DYSFUNCTION.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP.
I WAS A MANIPULATOR.
I WAS A CONTROLLER.
I WAS NEGATIVE.
I WAS SOUR.
I WAS JUDGMENTAL, JEALOUS.
HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND I'M NOT JUST UP HERE, YOU KNOW,
LIKE SOME SPIRITUAL CHEERLEADER.
I WANNA TELL YOU THAT JESUS HAS SET ME FREE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: HE HAS SET ME FREE.
"HE WHOM THE SON HAS SET FREE IS FREE INDEED."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: "THAT YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH
WILL MAKE YOU FREE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IT'S WHAT YOU BELIEVE.
I'VE DECIDED TO BELIEVE WHAT THIS SAYS,
EVEN IF I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT IN MY BRAIN.
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW I COULD BE
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD AND HOLY.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS,
YOU'RE HOLY.
WHOO, NOW I WANNA TELL YOU WHAT,
WE ARE MAKING THE RELIGIOUS DEVILS
IN GEORGIA MAD RIGHT NOW.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, THEY ARE NOT LIKING
THIS MEETING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BECAUSE RELIGION WANTS YOU TO BE LOADED DOWN
WITH RULES, AND REGULATIONS, AND THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO
TO BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR GOD.
SO, YOU GOTTA SIGN OFF OF THAT PLAN.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: TO GET ON GOD'S GOOD PLAN.
GOD LOVES YOU.
HE LOVES YOU UNCONDITIONALLY.
HE DOESN'T LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE WORTH
BEING LOVED, BECAUSE THE FACT IS,
YOU ARE NOT.
BUT HE LOVES YOU BECAUSE HE IS GOOD,
AND THE MORE YOU SEE HOW GOOD HE IS,
THE MORE YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO BEHAVE RIGHT,
NOT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO, BUT BECAUSE GOD IS SO GOOD
YOU CAN'T HARDLY STAND IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]