ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: JUST MAKE A DECISION THAT YOU ARE GONNA WALK
IN LOVE AND PART OF THAT IS YOU ARE GONNA BE A BLESSING
TO EVERYBODY THAT YOU CAN.
AMEN?
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18, "AND ALL OF US,
WHO WITH UNVEILED FACES CONTEMPLATE THE LORD'S GLORY,
ARE BEING TRANSFORMED--" AND THAT MEANS CHANGE ENTIRELY.
"INTO THE IMAGE OF CHRIST WITH EVER-INCREASING GLORY."
THE AMPLIFIED SAYS, "FROM GLORY TO GLORY,"
AND THE WORD GLORY MEANS THE MANIFESTATION
OF ALL THE EXCELLENCIES OF GOD.
SO, THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU STICK WITH GOD AND THE WORD,
YOU GET A LITTLE MORE EXCELLENT AND A LITTLE MORE EXCELLENT,
AND A LITTLE MORE EXCELLENT, AND A LITTLE MORE EXCELLENT.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL ONE OF THESE DAYS,
YOU'RE GONNA LOOK LIKE JESUS.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
AND ONE OF THESE DAYS, YOU'LL BE SO FULL OF HIM,
YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO STAY MAD AT ANYBODY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BECAUSE IT'LL HURT YOUR SPIRIT TOO MUCH TO DO IT.
CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHIN'?
YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO BE MAD AT PEOPLE.
YOU JUST DON'T HAVE TIME.
AND I DON'T HAVE THE ENERGY FOR IT.
ANGER JUST WEARS YOU OUT.
YOU KNOW IT?
AND HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT BEING ANGRY AT WHOEVER
YOU'RE ANGRY AT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE THEM?
JOYCE: [SIGH]
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OH, IN ROMANS 12:2, "DON'T CONFORM
TO THE PATTERN OF THIS WORLD, BUT BE TRANSFORMED--"
COMPLETELY CHANGED "BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND."
OKAY, NOW, I'M GONNA TELL YOU A SECRET.
IF YOU GET THIS, THIS IS REALLY GONNA HELP YOU.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GOD TAUGHT ME TO DO A LONG
TIME BEFORE ANY PREACHER TAUGHT ME TO DO IT.
AND IT INVOLVES THAT LITTLE BOOK THAT I SHOWED YOU,
"THE SECRET POWER OF SPEAKING GOD'S WORD"
OUT LOUD.
ALRIGHT, DON'T JUST RANDOMLY READ THE BIBLE.
I MEAN, IT'S OKAY IF YOU WANT TO READ THE BIBLE
THROUGH EVERY YEAR, READING THE BIBLE'S GOOD.
BUT YOU NEED TO TAKE IT AS A COLLEGE COURSE.
IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE FORGIVING PEOPLE,
THEN DO A LITTLE WORK.
MAN, IT'S SO EASY TODAY, SO MUCH EASIER THAN IT WAS
40 YEARS AGO WHEN I STARTED.
I MEAN, YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN WHAT IT TOOK TO PUT A MESSAGE
TOGETHER 40 YEARS AGO.
NOW, YOU JUST GET ON THE INTERNET AND SAY,
"GIVE ME ALL THE SCRIPTURES ON FORGIVENESS."
AND THERE THEY ARE.
WELL, I WOULD SUGGEST, AND I'M JUST SUGGESTING,
IF YOU WANT TO JUST TYPE 'EM OR PASTE AND COPY,
YOU CAN DO THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD TO WRITE
THINGS OUT IN LONGHAND.
GET YOURSELF A NOTEBOOK AND WRITE THINGS OUT.
IT TAKES YOU A WHILE TO DO IT AND IT HELPS
GET IT IN YOU.
SO, WRITE OUT ALL THESE SCRIPTURES, AND THEN
YOU'VE DECIDED THAT YOU WANT TO BE A LOVING PERSON.
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE QUICK TO GET ANGRY.
YOU DON'T WANT TO STAY MAD AT PEOPLE.
HOW MANY OF YOU WANT THAT?
YOU DON'T--YOU WANT THAT?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: OKAY, SO I'M GETTIN' READY TO TELL YOU
HOW YOU CAN GET IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN BECAUSE YOU GO GET
IN SOME PRAYER LINE AND ASK SOME PREACHER TO LAY HANDS ON YOU.
YOU CAN DO THAT IF YOU WANT TO, BUT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
TO MAKE A DECISION, AND YOU'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO DO SOME WORK.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT SOME EFFORT INTO IT BECAUSE
IT'S SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO DO ON PURPOSE.
HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO GET GOOD AT FORGIVENESS?
I MEAN, YOU WANT TO JUST BE LIKE, BANG,
"I'M NOT STAYING MAD AT YOU.
I'M NOT WASTING THE TIME." BECAUSE REALLY,
IF SOMEBODY OFFENDS YOU, THEY'RE REALLY OFFENDING GOD.
JESUS SAID, "IF THEY REJECT YOU, THEY'RE REJECTING ME."
HE TAKES IT PERSONALLY WHEN PEOPLE MISTREAT YOU.
AND IF YOU WILL RELEASE THEM TO GOD AND PRAY FOR THEM,
GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF IT AND TURN IT AROUND.
AND ISAIAH 61 SAYS, "GOD WILL GIVE YOU A DOUBLE BLESSING
FOR YOUR FORMER TROUBLE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, YOU WRITE THESE SCRIPTURES OUT
AND AT LEAST TWICE A DAY, YOU DECLARE THEM OUT LOUD.
AND YOU WRITE EM' OUT IN A FIRST-PERSON FORM.
"I AM IMPOSSIBLE TO OFFEND.
I AM QUICK TO FORGIVE.
I AM NOT EASILY ANGERED." AND AFTER EVERY ONE OF THOSE
THINGS YOU PUT THE SCRIPTURE, THAT YOU GOT IT FROM,
THAT HELPS YOU RENEW YOUR MIND.
WE CAN NEVER ACT RIGHT UNTIL WE START THINKING RIGHT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THE PROBLEM IS UP HERE.
WHEN YOU START THINKING RIGHT, WHERE THE MIND GOES,
THE MAN FOLLOWS.
YOUR BEHAVIOR WILL FOLLOW RIGHT THINKING,
BUT YOUR BEHAVIOR WILL ALSO FOLLOW WRONG THINKING.
THAT'S WHY IF YOU SIT AROUND ALL DAY AND YOU THINK ABOUT
WHAT SOME PERSON DID TO YOU, THAT IS UNFAIR, AND THEN YOU
TALK ABOUT IT TO EVERYBODY THAT YOU CAN TALK TO ABOUT IT.
I CAN TELL YOU, YOU ARE NOT GONNA GET OVER HATING THEM.
YOU JUST CANNOT DO IT.
IN GOD'S ECONOMY, YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE
IT FIRST BEFORE YOU SEE IT.
"CONSIDER YOURSELF DEAD TO SIN." THAT MEANS THINK YOURSELF
DEAD TO SIN, "I AM DEAD TO SIN."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IF I CAN GET THIS ACROSS TO YOU TODAY,
I AM GIVING YOU A BIG SECRET OF HOW TO HAVE VICTORY
OVER ANY SIN IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE AN EATING DISORDER,
DON'T GO AROUND AND SAY 20 TIMES A DAY,
"I HAVE AN EATING DISORDER, I HAVE AN EATING DISORDER."
EVERYBODY YOU SEE, "I HAVE AN EATING DISORDER."
WHILE YOU STILL HAVE THE EATING DISORDER SAY,
"I DO NOT HAVE AN EATING DISORDER.
I AM MORE THAN A CONQUER.
GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN ME THAN HE THAT
IS IN THE WORLD." COME ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DO THAT FOR SIX MONTHS
OR A YEAR, BUT WHO CARES?
AT LEAST YOU'RE MAKING SOME PROGRESS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
YOU'RE NOT STAYING IN THE SAME PLACE ALL THE TIME.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU BELIEVE ME OR NOT,
IF YOU THINK THIS'LL WORK, BUT I TELL YOU WHAT,
I MADE A LIST OF 65 THINGS THAT I WANTED TO SEE HAPPEN
IN MY LIFE, AND I SAID ALL OF THEM WERE
A REALITY AND NOT ONE OF THEM WAS A REALITY.
AND RIGHT NOW, I CAN TELL YOU, HONESTLY, EVERY ONE OF THOSE
THINGS IS A REALITY IN MY LIFE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: EVERY SINGLE, SOLITARY, ONE OF THEM.
YOU'VE GOT TO CHANGE YOUR THINKING, BECAUSE
WHAT'S IN YOUR HEART COMES OUT OF YOUR
MOUTH AND "WORDS CARRY THE POWER OF LIFE AND DEATH."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.
THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY TALK ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN,
IT SAYS, "TALK TO THE MOUNTAIN." NOW, I'M GONNA TALK
TO SOMEBODY THAT'S UNDERSTANDING WHAT I'M SAYING.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: NOW, YOU TAKE ANYTHING THAT IS A BONDAGE, A HABIT,
A PROBLEM IN YOUR LIFE-- LET'S SAY, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM
WITH JEALOUSY, OR YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ENVY,
OR PRIDE, OR WHATEVER.
THERE'S SO MANY PROBLEMS OUT THERE, WE COULD
NEVER COUNT THEM ALL.
BUT WHATEVER YOUR PROBLEM IS, TAKE THE WORD LIKE
MEDICINE FOR THAT AREA.
IF I'VE GOT A HEADACHE, I DON'T PUT A BAND-AID
ON MY HEAD.
IF I CUT MYSELF, I DON'T STICK AN ASPIRIN IN IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WE HAVE ENOUGH SENSE TO KNOW WHAT KIND
OF MEDICINE TO TAKE FOR OUR PHYSICAL AILMENTS.
WELL, THE WORD OF GOD IS MEDICINE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IT IS MEDICINE FOR YOUR SOUL.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND REFILLS ARE FREE.
THERE'S NO LIMIT ON REFILLS.
DR. JESUS SAYS YOU CAN REFILL THIS UNTIL YOU
ARE COMPLETELY WELL.
COME ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, YOU CAN'T BE LAZY
AND BE VICTORIOUS.
YOU CAN'T JUST KEEP GOIN' SOMEWHERE AND SITTING THERE
HOPING SOMEBODY ELSE SAYS SOMETHING THAT SETS YOU FREE.
BUT YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING.
YOU NEED TO PUT SOME WORK AND EFFORT INTO IT.
"THE MEASURE [OF THOUGHT AND STUDY] THAT YOU GIVE
[TO THE TRUTH THAT YOU HEAR] IS THE MEASURE [OF VIRTUE]--"
WHICH IS POWER, "THAT WILL COME BACK TO YOU AGAIN."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: OKAY, NOW LOOK.
LOVE IS KIND.
WOW, THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.
KIND.
EPHESIANS 4:32, "BE KIND AND COMPASSIONATE."
I LOVE THE SCRIPTURES THAT SAY, "AND JESUS WAS MOVED
WITH COMPASSION." WHEN YOU HAVE COMPASSION,
IT MOVES YOU.
IT'S NOT PITY.
YOU CAN FEEL SORRY FOR SOMEBODY AND NEVER
DO ANYTHING FOR THEM.
BUT IF YOU HAVE REAL, TRUE COMPASSION,
BORN OUT OF LOVE, IT WILL MOVE YOU
TO HELP SOMEBODY.
YOU'LL SACRIFICE TO DO IT.
YOU HEAR THINGS ABOUT RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS.
HOW MANY HAVE EVER HEARD THAT TERM, RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS?
I LOVE IT.
I LOVE DOING STUFF LIKE THAT.
I LOVE TO SEE HOW PEOPLE REACT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE COULD
BE BROUGHT TO CHRIST, IF MORE CHRISTIANS WOULD JUST
DO RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AGAPE IS, IS DOING
SOMETHING KIND FOR SOMEONE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW,
THAT CAN NEVER PAY YOU BACK.
DOING THINGS IN SECRET.
I TOLD YOU YESTERDAY, SOMEBODY BOUGHT
OUR LUNCH, HERE.
WE WENT TO PAY FOR OUR LUNCH, WE WERE AT HOUSTON'S
AND THEY SAID, "SOMEBODY'S ALREADY PAID YOUR BILL."
THEY DID IT ANONYMOUSLY.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT I DO?
I TAKE THOSE THINGS AS WINKS FROM GOD.
IT'S LIKE GOD'S SAYING...
[WINKS]
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "I GOTCHA.
I'LL TAKE CARE OF YA." JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING TO LET
ME KNOW THAT HE'S THERE.
YOU SAY, "WELL SURE, PEOPLE WOULD PAY FOR YOUR LUNCH.
YOU'RE FAMOUS AND ON TV," YOU KNOW?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NO, I BUY-- I PAY FOR PEOPLE'S LUNCH
THAT I DON'T KNOW, AND THEY NEVER KNOW
THAT I DID IT.
SOMETIMES, I'LL SEE A YOUNG COUPLE WITH FOUR OR FIVE
KIDS EATING AT A TABLE.
AND I REMEMBER WHEN DAVE AND I, MAYBE, COULD EAT
OUT ONCE A YEAR.
MAYBE.
YOU NEED TO REMEMBER WHERE YOU CAME FROM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND START HELPING PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL WHERE
YOU USED TO BE.
AMEN?
AUDIENCE: AMEN.
JOYCE: LUKE 6:35 SAYS, "LOVE YOUR ENEMIES,
DO GOOD TO THEM, AND LEND TO THEM WITHOUT EXPECTING
TO GET ANYTHING BACK.
THEN YOUR REWARD WILL BE GREAT, AND YOU WILL BE CHILDREN
OF THE MOST HIGH, BECAUSE HE IS KIND TO THE UNGRATEFUL
AND THE WICKED." COLOSSIANS 3:12 AND 13,
"THEREFORE, AS GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE, HOLY AND DEARLY BELOVED,
CLOTHE YOURSELVES WITH COMPASSION, KINDNESS, HUMILITY,
GENTLENESS AND PATIENCE." THESE ARE THE ATTITUDES
THAT A BELIEVER IN CHRIST SHOULD BE WEARING.
DON'T YOU LEAVE THIS MEETING, AFTER HEARING ME PREACH
LIKE THIS, AND GET OUT IN THE PARKING LOT--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND GIVE SOMEBODY SOME BAD SIGN.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND DON'T GO OUT TO THAT RESOURCE TABLE
AND NEARLY KNOCK SOMEBODY DOWN BECAUSE
YOU'RE IN A HURRY.
SEE, THAT'S A PROBLEM, WE CAN HEAR THIS KIND
OF STUFF AND JUST WALK OUT.
HEARING IT IS NOT WHAT'S GONNA CHANGE YOU.
IT'S DOING IT.
YOU GOT--IF YOU GOT A BAD TEMPER, YOU NEED TO MAKE
A COLLEGE COURSE OUT OF LEARNING HOW TO WALK IN LOVE.
GO TO THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY GHOST.
EXAMPLES OF RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS.
NOW, I CAN ONLY TELL YOU EXAMPLES FROM MY LIFE
AND MAYBE SOME FROM MY KIDS, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL I KNOW,
SO I'M NOT BRAGGING ON US, BUT I'M TRYING TO JUST SHOW
YOU THE POWER OF THIS STUFF.
RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS IS DOING SOMETHING GOOD
FOR SOMEONE YOU MAY NOT KNOW JUST FOR THE PURPOSE
OF SHOWING KINDNESS.
YOU HAVE NO OTHER MOTIVE IN MIND.
YOU JUST--YOU JUST WANNA BLESS 'EM.
AND FOR ME, I WANT TO BLESS 'EM BECAUSE GOD HAS
DONE SO MUCH FOR ME.
I JUST--HE'S DONE SO MUCH FOR ME.
SO, I'VE TOLD THESE STORIES A COUPLE OF TIMES.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE HEARD-- TOLD 'EM HERE, OR IF YOU'VE
SEEN THEM ON TV, BUT IT'S--THEY'RE STILL
GOOD STORIES, SO YOU JUST HAVE TO LISTEN AGAIN.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, WE HAVE IDEAS ABOUT PEOPLE
AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T LIKE TO HANG OUT WITH
ANYBODY THAT'S NOT LIKE US.
AND SOME OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE, TODAY, JUST ARE NOT LIKE US.
YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THEY MIGHT HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT COLORS IN THEIR
HAIR AND BODY PIERCINGS ALL OVER THE PLACE,
AND EVERYTHING TATTOOED, AND WEARING BLACK LIPSTICK,
AND YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
AND SO, IF YOU'RE A "RELIGIOUS" CHRISTIAN,
WHICH ARE THE ABSOLUTE WORST.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, RELIGIOUS PEOPLE ARE SOME
OF THE MEANEST PEOPLE ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THEY'RE LIKE THE PHARISEES.
YOU CANNOT DO ANYTHING RIGHT.
THEY'RE GONNA FIND SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT.
SO, I WAS AT A STARBUCKS, AND I WANTED WHAT'S
CALLED A POUR OVER AND I'M A COFFEE SNOB,
IT'S GOTTA BE A CERTAIN WAY OR I DON'T WANT IT.
AND SHE SAID, "OH, LET ME MAKE YOU A CUP OF COFFEE OUT
OF THIS NEW PRESS THAT WE HAVE." I SAID, "AH, I DON'T REALLY
LIKE A PRESS, THE COFFEE'S ALWAYS TOO STRONG."
SHE SAID, "NO, LET ME MAKE THIS FOR YOU."
SHE SAID, "AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, I'LL MAKE YOU
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT." WELL, HER HAIR WAS GOING
IN ABOUT EVERY DIRECTION, AND EVERY PIECE OF IT WAS
A DIFFERENT COLOR.
WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOMEBODY I WOULD HAVE
HUNG OUT WITH, BUT BY NOW, I'M LEARNIN' TO HAVE A LITTLE
BIT OF BRAINS, THAT JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT LIKE ME,
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT GOD DOESN'T LOVE 'EM.
DID YOU HEAR ME?
AUDIENCE: YES!
JOYCE: JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT LIKE YOU.
AND SOME OF YOU HAVE AN ATTITUDE ABOUT TATTOOS.
DO YOU KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT THAT PEOPLE
HAD TATTOOED ON THEIR BODY, "I BELONG TO THE LORD."
"WELL--"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "WOW, I JUST THINK THAT'S WRONG."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL, I'M ABOUT TO GET ONE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND I'M GONNA DO IT JUST TO MAKE THE DEVIL
MAD AND JUST TO MAKE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE MAD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I'M GONNA HAVE IT PUT RIGHT BACK HERE,
A CROSS AND UNDER IT, IT'S GONNA SAY,
"I BELONG TO JESUS."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND DON'T WRITE ME A LETTER AND TELL ME HOW
WRONG YOU THINK IT IS, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TO GET
PERMISSION FROM YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IT JUST MAKES THE DEVIL SO MAD
WHEN YOU GET FREE.
"WELL, WELL, MABEL, I NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING--"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "I MEAN, WE'RE NOT COMING BACK THIS AFTERNOON.
THAT WOMAN'S CRAZY."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT, 78 AND A HALF YEARS OLD
AND GOING TO GET A TATTOO?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: ANGELS' MOUTHS ARE...[MUMBLING].
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: ANYWAY, THIS GAL HAD TATTOOS ALL OVER.
SHE HAD HER TONGUE PIERCED.
SHE HAD HER EYELASHES PIERCED.
SHE HAD-- SO, SHE SAYS TO ME, SHE SAID,
"YEAH, I JUST LOVE THIS COFFEE POT."
SHE SAID, "YOU CAN JUST USE IT ANYWHERE."
SHE SAID, "I--I'M GONNA SAVE UP MY MONEY SO I CAN GET ONE.
IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE ME A WHILE TO DO IT."
WELL, IT WAS ABOUT $100.
SO, SHE MADE ME A CUP OF COFFEE AND SURE ENOUGH,
IT WAS REALLY GOOD.
AND SO, I STARTED TO WALK AWAY, AND I JUST SENSED THAT
I WAS MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY, AND I FELT LIKE THE LORD SAID,
"BUY HER THE COFFEE POT SHE WANTS."
OKAY, NOW LISTEN.
YOU FEEL REALLY STUPID, GOING UP TO SOMEBODY
YOU DON'T KNOW AND SAYING, "I'D LIKE TO BUY YOU
THAT COFFEE POT," ESPECIALLY TODAY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SO, I WALKED AROUND A LITTLE BIT,
AND GET MY NERVE UP.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND I WENT BACK, AND CALLED HER OVER,
AND I SAID, "LISTEN, I JUST--I WANNA BLESS YOU.
I WANNA BUY YOU ONE OF THOSE COFFEE POTS."
AND SO, I JUST GAVE HER $110.
AND SHE'S LIKE, "WELL, NO, WHA--WHA--?"
AND SHE STARTS CRYING.
AND SO, OF COURSE, I'M WANTIN' TO GET OUT
OF THERE AS FAST AS I CAN.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "HERE'S THE MONEY FOR YOUR COFFEE POT."
I'VE OBEYED GOD, I'M GONE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: DONE AND GONE.
WELL--AND THINGS LIKE THIS DON'T JUST HAPPEN.
SO, IT'S 2 HOURS LATER AND I GO TO THE BATHROOM
IN ANOTHER STORE.
AND I START TO COME IN THE DOOR, AND SHE IS COMING OUT THE DOOR.
AND SHE LOOKED AT ME-- NOW, THIS IS THE EFFECT
THIS CAN HAVE ON PEOPLE.
SHE LOOKED AT ME AND SHE SAID, "WHY ARE YOU THE KINDEST PERSON
IN THE WHOLE WORLD?"
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHICH, OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT, BUT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOBODY HAD EVER SHOWED HER
THAT KIND OF KINDNESS.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE THERE ARE IN THE WORLD WHO
HAVE NEVER SEEN KINDNESS?
THEY'VE NEVER-- NOBODY'S EVER
REALLY LOVED THEM.
THE WORLD IS FULL OF PEOPLE THAT NOBODY
HAS EVER LOVED THEM.
AND YOU HAVE THE LOVE OF GOD IN YOU.
YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND SO, I SAID, "WELL, TELL YOU WHAT."
I SAID, "GOD'S BEEN REALLY GOOD TO ME AND YOU JUST
LOOK TO ME LIKE YOU COULD USE A BLESSING AND SO I JUST
WANTED TO BLESS YOU." AND SHE SAID, "WELL, TO TELL YOU
THE TRUTH, I'VE BEEN KIND OF MAD AT THE MAN UPSTAIRS."
I LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE CALL HIM THE MAN UPSTAIRS,
THAT TELLS ME RIGHT AWAY THEY DON'T KNOW HIM.
AND SHE SAID, "MY MOTHER DIED WITH
CANCER AND I'VE BEEN MAD AT HIM EVER SINCE."
BUT SHE SAID, "AFTER THIS, I MAY HAVE TO RETHINK IT."
NOW, SHE DIDN'T GET SAVED RIGHT THERE ON THE SPOT,
BUT THAT HAD TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THAT WOMAN'S LIFE.
ANOTHER STORY, YOU'LL GIVE ME A FEW MORE MINUTES, RIGHT,
IF I'M TELLING YOU GOOD STORIES?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ANOTHER STORY, MY SON IS IN LINE WAITING
TO PAY FOR SOME JEANS THAT HE GOT.
SEE, YOU CAN TEACH YOUR KIDS THIS KIND OF STUFF.
AND THERE'S A YOUNG MAN IN FRONT OF HIM THAT WAS PUTTING ONE
PAIR OF JEANS IN LAYAWAY.
WELL, MY SON, DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT.
HE JUST SAID, "I'LL PAY FOR THE JEANS, LET HIM HAVE 'EM."
THIS IS THE KINDA STUFF WE OUGHT TO BE DOING.
I REMEMBER WHEN I USED TO HAVE TO PUT STUFF IN LAYAWAY.
I DON'T HAVE TO PUT IT IN LAYAWAY, NOW.
I CAN PAY FOR IT.
AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: MY DAUGHTER DOES THIS STUFF ALL THE TIME.
SHE'LL BE--IF SHE'S IN THE GROCERY STORE
AND SOMEBODY REALIZES THEY'VE GOT MORE THAN WHAT THEY
CAN PAY FOR AND THEY START TRYING TO TAKE ITEMS OUT--
I'VE BEEN THERE.
SHE SAYS, "NO, NOPE, I'LL PAY THE WHOLE BILL.
JUST GIVE 'EM TO HER." WHY DO YOU THINK
GOD BLESSES YOU?
HE DOESN'T BLESS YOU JUST SO YOU CAN BE BLESSED.
HE BLESSES YOU SO YOU CAN BE A BLESSING TO OTHER PEOPLE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SOMEBODY YOU LIKE,
OR KNOW, OR SOMEBODY WHO CAN DO SOMETHING BACK FOR YOU.
IT'S EVEN BETTER IF IT'S SOMEBODY YOU DON'T KNOW.
THEN STORY, AFTER STORY, AFTER STORY.
WE WERE IN A RESTAURANT SOMETIME THIS YEAR.
AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S BEEN SHORT ON WORKERS
AND SO WE HAD TO WAIT, LIKE, A LONG TIME TO EVEN
GET A GLASS OF WATER.
AND SINCE I'M SO PATIENT, YOU KNOW?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I LOOOVE WAITING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: FINALLY, THIS GIRL COMES OVER TO WAIT ON US.
SHE SAID, "I'M SO SORRY YOU HAD TO WAIT SO LONG."
SHE SAID, "WE JUST-- WE'RE SHORT ON WORKERS."
AND SHE SAID, "I'VE BEEN WORKING 14-HOUR DAYS."
AND YOU KNOW, "I'M JUST REALLY WORN OUT."
SHE WAS SWEATING.
YOU COULD TELL SHE WAS REALLY TIRED.
AND SO, WE TALKED TO HER A LITTLE BIT, IN THE COURSE
OF THE CONVERSATION, SHE SAID, "I HAVE TO WORK THESE HOURS
BECAUSE WHEN EVERYTHING WAS CLOSED DOWN DURING COVID,
I GOT BEHIND ON MY BILLS." AND SHE SAID, "I'M WAY
BEHIND ON MY ELECTRIC BILL AND I'M AFRAID THEY'RE
GONNA TURN MY ELECTRIC OFF, AND I'VE GOT A CHILD."
WELL, SEE, ONCE YOU GET GOOD AT THIS, YOU DON'T HAVE
TO GO HAVE A 25-MINUTE PRAYER SESSION TO SEE IF GOD WANTS
YOU TO DO SOMETHING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, WE LEFT HER A $100 TIP, BUT NO,
THAT DIDN'T SUIT GOD.
WE LEFT AND ON THE WAY HOME, I SAID, "DAVE, WE NEED
TO PAY HER ELECTRIC BILL." SO, WE WERE ALREADY
ALMOST HOME.
SO, I WAS GONNA SEND ONE OF MY EMPLOYEES BACK
THE NEXT DAY TO DO IT...
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: 'CAUSE I THOUGHT, "I'M GONNA FEEL STUPID."
AND GOD SAID, "NO, YOU'RE GONNA GO DO IT YOURSELF."
OKAY, SO I WENT BACK, AND SHE WASN'T WORKING THAT DAY.
BUT I SAID TO THE GIRL-- THE HOSTESS, I SAID--I KINDA
DESCRIBED HER, I SAID, "DO YOU KNOW WHO THIS GIRL IS?"
AND SHE SAID, "OH, YEAH, I KNOW WHO SHE IS."
AND SHE SAID, "I KNOW WHO YOU ARE, TOO."
AND I SAID, "OKAY, I NEED YOU TO HELP ME WITH SOMETHIN'.
SHE WAS TELLING ME YESTERDAY HOW SHE THOUGHT
HER ELECTRIC MIGHT GET TURNED OFF AND I WANT
TO PAY HER ELECTRIC BILL.
CAN YOU GIVE HER THIS EMAIL ADDRESS?"
GAVE HER MY DAUGHTER'S EMAIL ADDRESS.
AND I SAID, "TELL HER IF SHE'LL SEND THE ELECTRIC
BILL TO MY DAUGHTER, WE'LL PAY IT."
WELL, SHE DID, AND WE DID.
AND I HAVEN'T SEEN HER SINCE.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING THAT HAPPENED,
THAT LADY AT THAT HOSTESS DESK KNOWS THAT I'M NOT A PHONY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT I'M NOT JUST PREACHING SOMETHING
THAT I DON'T LOVE.
NOW, I'M NOT JUST TRYING TO SAY, "OH, I AM SO GOOD,"
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW-- YOU KNOW WHERE I STARTED
40 YEARS AGO?
I FELT LIKE GOD WAS PUTTING IT ON MY HEART TO GIVE
SOMEBODY $10 AND I DIDN'T WANNA GIVE 'EM $10.
I WANTED TO KEEP MY $10.
AND I SAID, "NOW, GOD, IF THIS IS REALLY YOU."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: C'MON, YOU EVER BEEN THERE?
I MEAN, "IF THIS IS REALLY YOU." YOU KNOW, WE WANNA HAVE
ANGELS APPEAR AND THREE PROPHECIES AND FOUR
CONFIRMATIONS TO GIVE AWAY $5.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "IF THIS IS REALLY YOU, I'LL DO IT."
AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE LORD SAID, "EVEN IF IT'S NOT
REALLY ME, I WON'T GET MAD AT YOU IF YOU BLESS SOMEBODY."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SEE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A PRAYER MEETING
EVERY TIME YOU WANNA BLESS SOMEBODY, JUST MAKE
A DECISION THAT YOU ARE GONNA WALK IN LOVE.
AND PART OF THAT IS YOU ARE GONNA BE A BLESSING
TO EVERYBODY THAT YOU CAN.
AMEN.
ANNOUNCER: SOME PEOPLE JUST PUSH YOUR BUTTONS.
AND NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY TO LOVE THEM,
THEY TAKE YOU FROM ZERO TO ON EDGE IN NO TIME FLAT.
SO, HOW DO YOU SEE THE GOOD IN PEOPLE,
WHEN IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIND?
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING JOYCE'S NEW BOOK
"LOVING PEOPLE WHO ARE HARD TO LOVE," FOR YOUR
DONATION OF ANY AMOUNT.
LOVING THAT DIFFICULT PERSON MAY NOT CHANGE THE WORLD,
BUT IT COULD CHANGE YOURS, AND THEIRS.
"LOVING PEOPLE WHO ARE HARD TO LOVE."
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