ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: THAT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT GOD WANTS
TO DO FOR YOU, AND SO MUCH MORE THAT HE WANTS YOU TO HAVE,
IF YOU'LL JUST ASK.
AND I'LL TELL YOU AHEAD OF TIME, YOU DON'T DESERVE IT,
BUT THAT'S THE POINT, WE DON'T DESERVE IT,
BUT WE GET WHAT JESUS DESERVES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: OKAY, THIS WEEKEND I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT,
WHAT MUST I DO TO PLEASE GOD?
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, I'VE KIND OF GOTTEN OVER IT NOW,
'CAUSE GOD TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT IT, BUT I SPENT A LOT
OF MY YEARS AS A CHRISTIAN BEING AFRAID THAT I WASN'T
PLEASING GOD.
AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT WAS I WAS AFRAID I WASN'T
PLEASING HIM ABOUT.
IT WAS JUST KIND OF THIS VAGUE FEAR THAT I WASN'T PLEASING GOD.
NOW, PART OF IT PROBABLY CAME FROM THE WAY I WAS RAISED,
BECAUSE MY FATHER WAS VERY HARD TO PLEASE, AND HE WAS VERY
EASY TO MAKE ANGRY.
AND SO, I ALWAYS KIND OF HAD THIS NAGGING FEAR THAT GOD
WAS MAD AT ME.
AND SO, THE FIRST THING I WANT TO TELL YOU TONIGHT,
IS SOME GOOD NEWS, IS GOD IS NOT MAD AT YOU.
SEE, YOU'RE NOT AS HAPPY AS YOU SHOULD BE ABOUT THAT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I THINK A LOT OF US, WE DON'T HAVE THE UNDERSTANDING
OF HOW GOD FEELS ABOUT US, AND HOW GENEROUS HE IS WITH
FORGIVENESS, AND MERCY, AND KINDNESS TOWARD US,
AND HOW MUCH GOD LOVES US.
AND IT'S MUCH EASIER TO PLEASE GOD THAN WHAT YOU MIGHT THINK.
AND SO, I'M GONNA SHARE WITH YOU WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT
PLEASING GOD--WHAT MUST YOU DO TO PLEASE GOD.
THAT EVER BEEN A QUESTION THAT YOU'VE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW,
YOU WANNA DO KIND OF HALFWAY AFRAID YOU'RE NOT PLEASING GOD?
AND I WONDER IF, YOU KNOW, "HAVE I DONE ENOUGH?"
YOU KNOW, "HAVE I READ ENOUGH?" "HAVE I PRAYED ENOUGH?"
YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS THINKING, "IF WE DO ENOUGH, THEN GOD
WILL BE PLEASED." BUT THE WHOLE THING IS IT'S NOT
ABOUT OUR DOING, IT'S ABOUT WHAT HE'S DONE.
AND WHAT HE WANTS US TO DO, IS BELIEVE WHAT HE'S DONE,
NOT TRY TO DO SOMETHING TO GET HIM TO LOVE US,
BUT TO BELIEVE IN WHAT HE HAS ALREADY DONE.
IN THE BIBLE--YOU CAN READ A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT REPORTS.
SOME REPORTS SAY THERE'S 7,000 PROMISES IN HERE, SOME SAY FIVE,
BUT I'M GONNA TAKE SEVEN, 7,000.
AND GOD JUST WANTS US TO BELIEVE IT.
CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW YOUR LIFE WOULD CHANGE IF YOU BELIEVED ALL
7,000 OF THE PROMISES IN HERE?
AND REALLY, BUT REALLY, I MEAN, REALLY BELIEVED WHAT
THE BIBLE SAID ABOUT YOU.
SOME OF THOSE SCRIPTURES THAT GINGER READ, AND HAD
YOU CONFESS, JUST THAT ONE THAT, "I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH
CHRIST, WHO IS MY STRENGTH." MAN, THAT'S LIFE-CHANGING.
TO GET UP EVERY DAY AND NOT HAVE TO BE AFRAID TO FACE THE DAY,
AND TO BELIEVE THAT WHATEVER COMES UP THAT DAY, GOD WILL GIVE
YOU THE STRENGTH TO FACE IT, AND TO HANDLE IT.
WE NEVER KNOW FOR SURE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ON ANY GIVEN DAY,
AND--BUT GOD WILL HELP US, AND HE WILL GIVE US THE STRENGTH
TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
BUT HE WANTS US TO BELIEVE IT.
SO, IN HEBREWS 11:6, WHICH IS OUR FOUNDATION
SCRIPTURE FOR THIS SERIES, THE BIBLE SAYS, "BUT WITHOUT
FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE AND BE SATISFACTORY TO GOD.
FOR WHOEVER WOULD COME NEAR TO GOD MUST BELIEVE
THAT GOD EXISTS AND THAT HE IS THE REWARDER OF THOSE
WHO EARNESTLY AND DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM [OUT]."
NOW, WE CAN ZIP RIGHT THROUGH THAT SCRIPTURE, AND JUST PRETTY
MUCH MISS EVERYTHING THAT IT'S SAYING.
SO, WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT APART THIS WEEKEND IN THREE
DIFFERENT MESSAGES.
"WITHOUT FAITH IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO BELIEVE GOD."
HE WANTS US TO BELIEVE HIM, AND HE WANTS US TO BELIEVE
THAT HE EXISTS, THAT HE IS.
AND NOT JUST THAT HE'S OFF SOMEWHERE ELSE,
BUT HE IS WITH US ALL THE TIME IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ALWAYS.
THAT YOU CANNOT HIDE FROM GOD.
THERE'S NOWHERE THAT YOU CAN GO AND GET AWAY FROM HIM
BECAUSE HE IS THE GREAT "I AM." NOT I WILL BE, OR I USED TO BE,
BUT "I AM." AND GOD WANTS TO BE INVOLVED
IN EVERYTHING IN OUR LIFE.
THINGS THAT YOU WOULD THINK HE WOULDN'T CARE ABOUT AND
DOESN'T WANNA BE INVOLVED IN, IF WE WOULD JUST INVITE HIM
INTO THOSE THINGS, WE WOULD GET HELP FROM HIM THAT
WE'RE DOING WITHOUT, JUST BECAUSE WE WON'T ASK.
IN JAMES 4:2, IT SAYS VERY PLAINLY, "YOU HAVE NOT
BECAUSE YOU ASK NOT." VERY SIMPLE--YOU HAVE NOT
BECAUSE YOU ASK NOT.
AND I'M JUST TELLING EVERY ONE OF YOU, THAT THERE'S SO MUCH
MORE THAT GOD WANTS TO DO FOR YOU, AND SO MUCH
MORE THAT HE WANTS YOU TO HAVE IF YOU'LL JUST ASK.
AND I'LL TELL YOU AHEAD OF TIME, YOU DON'T DESERVE IT,
BUT THAT'S THE POINT, WE DON'T DESERVE IT,
BUT WE GET WHAT JESUS DESERVES.
WE'RE INHERITORS, CO-INHERITORS WITH CHRIST, AND EVERYTHING THAT
HE BOUGHT AND PAID FOR WITH HIS BLOOD, WE GET--IF WE WILL ASK.
IF WE'LL JUST ASK IN FAITH.
AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I KNOW--I DON'T WANNA PICK ON ANYBODY IN PARTICULAR,
BUT THIS YOUNG MAN HERE IN THIS BLUE SHIRT, I JUST KEEP THINKING
GOD WANTS TO DO SOME THINGS FOR YOU.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS HE WANTS TO DO FOR YOU,
BUT I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT YOU NEED TO JUST START
BEING BOLD IN YOUR ASKING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, BE BOLDER IN YOUR PRAYERS THAN YOU
EVER HAVE BEFORE.
THE BIBLE TELLS US TO COME BOLDLY TO THE THRONE
OF GOD'S GRACE.
I HATE WHAT I CALL "JUST" PRAYERS.
AND THEY GO LIKE THIS, "WELL, GOD, IF YOU'LL JUST...
IF YOU'LL JUST DO THIS, AND IF YOU'LL JUST DO THAT."
YOU KNOW--YOU KNOW WHAT "JUST" MEANS?
BARELY ENOUGH TO GET BY.
AND GOD'S A LOT BIGGER THAN THAT.
WE DON'T NEED TO SAY, "WELL, IF YOU'LL JUST DO THIS."
NO, YOU SAY, "GOD, DO EVERYTHING THAT YOU POSSIBLY CAN."
YOU KNOW HOW I PRAY?
"GOD, GIVE ME EVERYTHING THAT I CAN HANDLE AND STILL KEEP
YOU FIRST IN MY LIFE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I ALWAYS WANT GOD TO BE FIRST.
I DON'T WANT SO MUCH MONEY THAT IT WOULD PULL ME AWAY FROM GOD.
I DON'T WANT SO MANY THINGS THAT IT WOULD PULL ME AWAY FROM GOD.
BUT WE SERVE A BIG GOD.
AND JESUS PAID A BIG PRICE FOR US TO HAVE WONDERFUL,
BIG LIVES, NOT JUST BARELY GET BY LIVES.
BUT YOU HAVE TO ASK, AND YOU HAVE TO ASK BOLDLY.
IN HEBREWS 4:15 AND 16 IT SAYS, "WE HAVE A HIGH PRIEST WHO
UNDERSTANDS OUR WEAKNESSES AND OUR INFIRMITIES BECAUSE
HE HAS BEEN TEMPTED, JUST LIKE WE HAVE, YET HE NEVER SINNED."
THEREFORE, BECAUSE HE UNDERSTANDS,
"COME BOLDLY TO THE THRONE." COME ON, COME BOLDLY
TO THE THRONE.
EVEN THOUGH HE, "UNDERSTANDS YOUR WEAKNESS AND YOUR..."
"COME BOLDLY TO THE THRONE, THAT YOU MIGHT RECEIVE MERCY
AND GRACE IN PLENTY OF TIME TO MEET YOUR NEED."
THE BEST TIME TO PRAY IS WHEN YOU'VE BEEN BAD.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
AND WE TEND TO SHRINK AWAY FROM GOD, AND THAT'S WHEN WE NEED
TO GO BOLDLY AND SAY, "I KNOW THAT I DON'T DESERVE
FOR YOU TO DO THIS FOR ME, BUT YOUR WORD TELLS ME TO PRAY
BOLDLY, AND SO I'M GOING TO DO IT IN FAITH."
HOW MANY OF YOU THINK YOUR LIVES COULD CHANGE A WHOLE LOT,
IF MAYBE YOU'D START DOING MORE OF THAT?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
I HAVE A FEELING THAT THE DEVIL'S GETTIN' MAD TONIGHT.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: BELIEVE THAT GOD EXISTS.
AND BOY, I LOVE THIS PART, GONNA TEACH ON EACH ONE OF
THESE, NOT ALL OF 'EM TONIGHT, BUT HE IS THE REWARDER--
WOW, I LOVE THAT!
THE BIBLE HAS SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THE REWARDS
THAT WE HAVE COMING.
JESUS IS COMING BACK WITH REWARDS FOR WORKS THAT YOU
HAVE DONE WITH A PURE MOTIVE.
NOW, WE'RE NOT REWARDED FOR WORKS THAT WE DO TO GET
SOMETHING, OR TO BE SEEN, OR TO BE NOTICED,
OR TO TRY TO BUY GOD.
BUT ANYTHING THAT YOU DO BECAUSE YOU LOVE GOD
AND YOU LOVE PEOPLE, THERE'S A REWARD THAT'S GONNA COME.
I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT GOD COULD COME UP WITH FOR REWARDS,
BUT I CAN TELL YOU I'VE HAD A LOT OF IT IN MY OWN LIFE.
I WENT THROUGH A LOT AS A CHILD, WAS MISTREATED BY A LOT
OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, GOD KNOWS HOW TO MAKE IT UP TO YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: GOD KNOWS HOW TO PAY YOU BACK, AMEN.
FAITH DEFINED: "FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE
OF THINGS HOPED FOR." HOPE--DO YOU KNOW WHAT HOPE IS?
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT HOPE IS.
HOPE IS NOT JUST, "WELL, I HOPE, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE, I HOPE SO, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW."
NO, HOPE--THE BIBLE WORD HOPE MEANS: THE EXPECTATION THAT
SOMETHING GOOD IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN TO YOU.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: THAT'S WHAT HOPE IS.
TO GET UP EVERY DAY AND SAY, "SOMETHING GOOD IS GONNA
HAPPEN TO ME TODAY, AND SOMETHING GOOD IS GONNA
HAPPEN THROUGH ME TODAY." WHEN THE BIBLE TELLS US TO WAIT
ON GOD, IT'S THAT SAME WORD.
IT SAYS, "TO WAIT EXPECTANTLY." IF I TOLD YOU THAT I WOULD COME
TO YOUR HOUSE SUNDAY FOR DINNER, AND THAT I WOULD BE THERE
AT ONE O'CLOCK, AT ONE O'CLOCK--
NO, PROBABLY STARTIN' ABOUT TEN TO 1:00,
YOU'D BE...BECAUSE YOU WOULD BE IN HOPE, EXCITED,
ANXIOUS FOR ME TO GET THERE.
WELL, IF WE CAN FEEL THAT WAY ABOUT A PERSON WHO SAID
THEY'D COME TO DINNER, HOW SHOULD WE FEEL ABOUT
A GOD WHO SAID HE'LL SHOW UP AND MEET ALL OF OUR NEEDS,
AND TAKE CARE OF US, AND STRENGTHEN US,
AND COMFORT US?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
IF YOU--WHEN YOU COME TO THE POINT WHERE YOU
CAN BELIEVE THAT GOD IS WITH YOU ALL THE TIME,
AND WANTS TO BE INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING YOU DO,
IT CHANGES YOUR WHOLE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
AND BACK IN 1976, SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER, THERE WAS A REAL
MOVE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BACK IN THE '70s AND THE '80s,
AND PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD WERE BEING BAPTIZED
IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND BEING CLOSER TO GOD
THAN EVER BEFORE.
AND THE DAY THAT I WAS FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT, I WAS COMING
HOME FROM WORK IN MY CAR, AND I HAD AN EXPECTATION
THAT GOD WAS GONNA DO SOMETHING IN MY LIFE.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT.
AND I WAS EVEN PRAYING THAT DAY AND I SAID, "I DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA
DO SOMETHING IN MY LIFE." IT WAS LIKE--I HAD THAT
GIFT OF FAITH, "GOD, I JUST KNOW YOU'RE GONNA
DO SOMETHING IN MY LIFE." AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I MEAN,
THE HOLY SPIRIT FELL ON ME, AND I CAN HONESTLY TELL YOU I'VE
NEVER BEEN THE SAME SINCE THEN.
BUT THAT WAS A FRIDAY, AND-- BY THE WAY, LET ME TELL YOU,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE
TO BE CLOSE TO GOD.
GOD MEETS US IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
BUT I BOWLED ON FRIDAY NIGHTS, AND THAT WAS A FRIDAY.
BOWLED IN A LEAGUE, AND I WAS NOT BOWLING
GOOD THAT NIGHT AT ALL.
AND I WASN'T USED TO HEARING GOD TALK TO ME.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED AFTER I WAS FILLED
WITH THE SPIRIT IS, I STARTED HEARING GOD'S VOICE.
I STARTED HEARING HIM SPEAK TO ME, NOT AN AUDIBLE VOICE,
BUT THAT STILL SMALL VOICE INSIDE OF ME, WHICH SOMETIMES
CAN SOUND LIKE YOUR OWN VOICE, BUT IT'S GOD SPEAKING TO YOU.
OR SOMETIMES JUST HEARING GOD JUST COMES AS A KNOWING.
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW YOU KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW
THAT GOD SPOKE TO YOU.
YOU KNOW THAT HE SAID SOMETHING TO YOU.
AND I MEAN, JUST AS CLEAR, I HEARD GOD SAY,
"WELL, WHY DON'T YOU ASK ME TO HELP YOU BOWL?"
AND I SAID, "WELL, YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOW, COME ON, THERE'S A LESSON HERE.
SEE, WE THINK ALL GOD CARES ABOUT IS THESE BIG
SPIRITUAL THINGS, YOU KNOW, OUR PRAYER LIFE,
AND GOING TO CHURCH, AND HOW MUCH OF THE BIBLE
WE READ.
BUT THE THING IS, IS HE CARES ABOUT YOU AND EVERY SINGLE
THING THAT YOU DO.
AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT YOU CANNOT ASK GOD TO GET
INVOLVED IN, IN YOUR LIFE.
AUDIENCE: AMEN!
JOYCE: COME ON, DID YOU HEAR ME?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I CALL IT, DOING LIFE WITH GOD.
EVERYTHING YOU DO, YOU DRIVE IN TRAFFIC WITH HIM,
YOU GO TO THE GROCERY STORE WITH HIM,
YOU CLEAN YOUR HOUSE WITH HIM, YOU TALK WITH HIM,
YOU LISTEN FOR HIM, YOU TELL HIM WHAT HURTS YOU,
WHAT BOTHERS YOU, YOU TELL HIM WHEN YOU NEED
TO BE COMFORTED.
JUST TALK TO GOD ALL DAY, DRAW AS CLOSE TO HIM
AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN.
LET'S JUST READ THIS SCRIPTURE, HEBREWS 11:6 AGAIN, I LOVE IT.
"BUT WITHOUT FAITH IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD.
WHOEVER WOULD COME NEAR TO GOD MUST BELIEVE THAT
HE EXISTS AND THAT HE IS THE REWARDER OF THOSE WHO--"
BIG WORD COMING UP HERE, "EARNESTLY AND DILIGENTLY,
DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM." NOT YOU JUST GO TO CHURCH
ON SUNDAY MORNING AND SIT THERE HALF ASLEEP FOR 45 MINUTES.
THAT'S NOT DILIGENT.
DILIGENT IS WORKING ALL DAY ON FRIDAY, AND THEN COMING
TO A CONFERENCE TO GET MORE OF THE WORD...
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND PROBABLY, COMING BACK AGAIN TOMORROW,
AND THEN MAYBE EVEN BEING SILLY ENOUGH TO GET UP AND
GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY MORNING.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE A WORD HOG!
YOU JUST LOVE THE WORD.
DO YOU KNOW THAT YOUR LIFE CAN CHANGE JUST SITTING
IN THIS ATMOSPHERE?
IF I DON'T SAY ONE THING THAT MEANS ANYTHING TO YOU,
YOU ARE IN A ROOM FULL OF THE ANOINTING OF GOD.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: JUST THINK ABOUT IT.
EVERY BELIEVER HAS AN ANOINTING.
AND WE DON'T TALK ENOUGH ABOUT GOD'S ANOINTING.
I HEARD A LOT ABOUT GOD'S ANOINTING BACK IN THE '70s
AND '80s, AND WE HARDLY-- A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS.
THE ANOINTING OF GOD IS SO PRECIOUS, IT'S HIS
PRESENCE AND HIS POWER IN OUR LIFE.
AND WHEN GOD ANOINTS YOU TO DO SOMETHING,
IT MAKES IT SO EASY, IT'S JUST SO EASY.
AND EVERY PERSON THAT'S A BELIEVER HAS
AN ANOINTING IN THEM.
SO, YOU'RE JUST SITTING HERE WITH HUNDREDS
OF ANOINTED PEOPLE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: COME ON, IT'S NOT LIKE ALL THOSE CRANKY PEOPLE
YOU GO TO WORK WITH...
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OR THE PEOPLE WITH ROAD RAGE THAT YOU CAN'T
MAKE ONE MISTAKE.
YOU'RE SITTIN' IN A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
FULL OF GOD'S LOVE, FULL OF HIS POWER,
FULL OF HIS ANOINTING.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, YOU CAN JUST GET BLESSED
IN THIS ATMOSPHERE.
THE BIBLE SAYS THE ANOINTING OF GOD BREAKS THE YOKE
OF BONDAGE, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND THAT'S WHAT I PRAYED FOR THIS CONFERENCE,
THAT THE ANOINTING WOULD BE SO STRONG THAT YOKES WOULD
JUST BE BROKEN OFF OF PEOPLE.
ALL KINDS OF YOKES, ALL KINDS OF ADDICTIONS BROKEN,
BONDAGES BROKEN OFF OF YOU.
WE'RE NOT PRISONERS, JESUS CAME TO OPEN THE PRISON DOORS
AND SET THE CAPTIVES FREE.
BUT SOME OF US HAVE BEEN IN PRISON SO LONG WE DON'T
EVEN KNOW HOW TO GET OUT, AMEN.
"FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR,
THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS WE DO NOT SEE."
SO, FAITH IS FOR THE STUFF YOU DON'T SEE, BUT YOU BELIEVE DOES
EXIST IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM, AND THAT AS YOU CONTINUE
TO BELIEVE AND WAIT ON GOD, IT WILL MAKE ITS WAY TO YOU
AND MANIFEST IN YOUR LIFE AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME.
AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHAT I'VE LEARNED TO SAY, AND I THINK
IT'S A GOOD THING, WE RECEIVE THE PROMISES
OF GOD BY FAITH AND PATIENCE, NOT JUST FAITH,
BUT FAITH AND PATIENCE.
AND I CAN JUST TELL YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE ASKED GOD
TO DO SOMETHING FOR YOU, AND IN FAITH YOU'RE WAITING,
YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED IT, MARK 11 SAYS,
AND YOU WILL GET IT.
BUT IT DOESN'T SAY WHEN YOU WILL GET IT,
AND THAT'S THE HARD PART.
THERE'S A BEGINNING AND AN END, BUT THERE'S A MIDDLE.
AND SEEMS TO ME WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE MIDDLE.
BUT THE MIDDLE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE HARD IF YOU STAY IN FAITH
THE WHOLE TIME YOU'RE WAITING.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SAY WHEN I'M WAITING ON GOD
TO DO SOMETHING, AND I START TO GET A LITTLE DISCOURAGED IS,
"GOD IS WORKING." AND THE BIBLE SAYS,
AS LONG AS WE'RE BELIEVING THAT GOD IS WORKING.
SO, YOU GOT A KID IN TROUBLE YOU'RE PRAYING FOR,
"GOD'S WORKING." YOU GOT A HUSBAND OR WIFE
THAT'S AN UNBELIEVER AND YOU'RE PRAYING,
"GOD'S WORKING." COME ON, YOU GOT A BIG MESS
IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU NEED A LOT OF HELP WITH, AND YOU'RE
PRAYING ABOUT GOD HELPING YOU, AND SHOWING YOU WHAT TO DO,
"GOD IS WORKING."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON, WE NEED TO BE EXCITED THAT GOD
IS WORKING ON OUR BEHALF.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
I MEAN, JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE IT, THAT'S NOTHING.
THAT'S WHAT FAITH IS FOR.
FAITH IS FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T SEE.
IT'S THE THINGS THAT WE HOPE FOR, WE'RE EXPECTING,
WE'RE BELIEVING, WE DON'T HAVE 'EM YET,
THEY'RE NOT MANIFESTED IN OUR LIFE, BUT THEY'RE
ON THEIR WAY BECAUSE WE HAVE ASKED AND IT'S GOD'S PROMISE.
COLOSSIANS 1:4, IN THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE,
GIVES A LITTLE DIFFERENT DEFINITION OF FAITH,
BUT I LOVE IT.
IT SAYS, "FOR WE HAVE HEARD OF YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS,
WHICH IS [THE LEANING OF YOUR ENTIRE HUMAN PERSONALITY
ON HIM IN ABSOLUTE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN HIS POWER,
HIS WISDOM, AND HIS GOODNESS]." SO, IT'S THE LEANING OF OUR
ENTIRE SELVES ON HIM.
AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I'VE GOT A FEW
PERSONALITY QUIRKS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND SO, LEANING MY WHOLE PERSONALITY ON HIM
IS A GOOD THING, AND I'M HOPING HE STRAIGHTENS IT OUT.
I SAID TODAY, "I WONDER IF I'LL EVER GET TOTALLY PATIENT BEFORE
JESUS COMES BACK TO GET ME."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: DAVE WAS TRYING TO FIX THE BACK OF MY HAIR.
I GET A--I'VE GOT A COLIC BACK THERE, AND MY HAIR WILL PART.
SO, HE'S THE HAIR FIXER.
HE GETS HIS COMB OUT AND HE'S FIXING MY HAIR,
BUT HE JUST TAKES SUCH A LONG TIME, EVERY HAIR HAS
GOT TO BE PERFECTLY IN PLACE.
AND HE KEPT SAYING, "BE STILL." AND I SAID, "DAVE, I CAN'T
WAIT THIS LONG."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I DON'T DO WAITING WELL, I WAIT ON GOD BETTER
THAN I WAIT ON PEOPLE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
>>JOYCE: SO, I COULD USE A LITTLE OF THAT HELP WITH
THE HUMAN PERSONALITY.
GINGER: FROM JOYCE'S TEACHING TODAY, WE FOUND OUT THAT
IT'S MUCH EASIER TO PLEASE GOD THAN WE EVEN MAY THINK.
THAT FAITH IS KEY, AND THAT FAITH AND LOVE ARE ALWAYS
CONNECTED THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE, YOU REALLY NEED
BOTH BECAUSE LOVE IS WHAT FUELS AND ENERGIZES OUR FAITH.
SO, TODAY WE WANT TO OFFER YOU SOME RESOURCES THAT WILL HELP
YOU TO LEARN MORE ABOUT LOVE, TO HELP YOU
GROW YOUR FAITH, AND TO UNDERSTAND HOW
THEY WORK TOGETHER.
WE HAVE JOYCE'S BOOK CALLED "PERFECT LOVE."
THIS IS A WONDERFUL LITTLE PAPERBACK THAT HAS MEANT
A LOT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, BECAUSE IT TEACHES US HOW
TO LOVE OURSELF, HOW TO RECOGNIZE GOD'S
LOVE, AND THEN HOW TO LET THAT PASS THROUGH US AND
FLOW ON TO OTHER PEOPLE.
AND LIKE WE SAID, WHEN THAT LOVE BEGINS
TO GROW IN OUR LIFE, OUR FAITH GROWS
ALONG WITH IT.
AND IF YOU LIKE PUZZLES, YOU'RE GONNA ENJOY THIS,
BECAUSE WITH THIS OFFER, WE HAVE THE EVERLASTING
LOVE PUZZLE.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL, IT HAS SCRIPTURE ON IT,
BUT IT'S ALSO A PUZZLE.
SO, AS YOU'RE PUTTING IT TOGETHER, IT CAN KIND
OF REMIND YOU OF GOD'S UNENDING LOVE THAT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
NOW, STAY RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE, AND I'LL COME BACK TO SHARE
HOW YOU CAN HELP HURTING PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
JOYCE: WELL, IF YOU HAD TO DESCRIBE THE CURRENT
STATE OF THE WORLD, WHAT WORDS COME TO MIND?
DIVISION, STRIFE,
ANGER.
YET, IN SPITE OF THE CHALLENGES WE FACE,
THE LOVE OF GOD HAS THE POWER TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S HEARTS.
THAT'S WHY I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT MY LATEST BOOK,
"LOVING PEOPLE WHO ARE HARD TO LOVE."
THIS BOOK WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO FIND AND GIVE HOPE
TO A WORLD IN DESPERATE NEED OF GOD'S LOVE.
ANNOUNCER: "LOVING PEOPLE
WHO ARE HARD TO LOVE,"
ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY.
ANNOUNCER: THE JOYCE MEYER CONFERENCE IS BACK!
JOYCE: IF YOU WILL START CRYING OUT TO GOD
ON A REGULAR BASIS, "I NEED MORE OF YOU IN MY LIFE,"
YOU BETTER PUT ON YOUR SEAT BELTS AND GET READY
FOR THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE.
ANNOUNCER: COMING TO HERSHEY, PA,
NOVEMBER 4th AND 5th WITH WORSHIP BY MACK BROCK.
MALE: THE WAY SHE CONNECTS WITH PEOPLE--I MEAN, YOU CAN'T
HELP BUT LEAVE ENERGIZED.
ANNOUNCER: FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A COMPLETE
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE, VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG,
OR CALL...
GINGER: YOU KNOW, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DO MORE TO HELP
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD, JOIN TOGETHER WITH SOMEONE ELSE,
BECAUSE TOGETHER WE CAN DO SO MUCH MORE THAN ANY
OF US CAN DO ALONE.
PARTNERSHIP WITH JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES IS A FANTASTIC WAY
TO BECOME A PART OF SOMETHING LARGER THAN YOURSELF.
YOU SEE, WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THINGS TOGETHER THAT CHANGE
PEOPLE'S LIVES, CHANGE THEIR COMMUNITIES,
AND CHANGE THE WORLD.
TOGETHER, WE CAN FACE THE VERY APPARENT NEEDS
OF THE WORLD AROUND US, AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
BEING A PARTNER MEANS THAT YOU COMMIT TO JOIN WITH US,
SO, TOGETHER, WE CAN ACCOMPLISH EVEN MORE.
THAT MEANS YOU BECOME A REGULAR FINANCIAL GIVER.
YOU BECOME A PART OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
WE PRAY FOR YOU.
WE ALSO SEND YOU MATERIALS, AND YOUR LIFE GROWS SPIRITUALLY
AS YOU HELP SOMEONE ELSE.
SO, WHAT DOES YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH JOYCE MEYER
MINISTRIES ACCOMPLISH?
WELL, YOU GET TO SHARE THE GOSPEL, LIKE PROVIDING
THIS PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE WATCHING RIGHT NOW.
YOU GET TO MEET PRACTICAL NEEDS.
YOU GET TO HELP WOMEN AND GIRLS EVERYWHERE.
AND TOGETHER, WE ARE HELPING SO MANY PEOPLE RIGHT HERE
IN THE UNITED STATES, AND AROUND THE WORLD.
BUT, THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN A PARTNER WITH US BEFORE,
IF YOU'RE NOT ONE RIGHT NOW, PLEASE JOIN US TODAY.
I THINK YOU WILL BE AMAZED AT NOT ONLY THE SATISFACTION,
THE PEACE, THE JOY THAT IT GIVES YOU, BUT ONE DAY
I REALLY BELIEVE YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET
SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO WILL SAY, "THANK YOU
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