GINGER: WE BEGIN WITH SOMETHING TODAY THAT IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, WE GET MANY COMMENTS AND WE HEAR FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHO JUST FEEL UTTERLY HOPELESS.
AND SOMETIMES, YOU'RE JUST SO DESPERATE THAT YOU DON'T EVEN
KNOW WHAT QUESTION TO ASK.
SO NOW, JOYCE HAS A VERY IMPORTANT, A SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR
ANYONE WHO'S STRUGGLING WITH THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE.
JOYCE: GOD--
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: WHO CAN DO ANYTHING, WHO CREATED EVERYTHING, LOVES
YOU AND HE THINKS ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME.
GOD LOVES YOU.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: NOW GOD DROPPED IT IN MY HEART THIS MORNING TO TALK TO
THE TELEVISION AUDIENCE FOR A FEW MINUTES BECAUSE I BELIEVE
THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WATCHING ME RIGHT NOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
CONTEMPLATING AND SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING SUICIDE.
AND A LOT OF THE REASON WHY PEOPLE GET TO THAT POINT IN LIFE
IS BECAUSE THEY JUST FEEL THAT NOBODY REALLY LOVES THEM OR THEY
FEEL THAT THEY JUST CANNOT EVER GET IT RIGHT.
AND PART OF THE REASON WHY YOU GET TO THAT POINT IS BECAUSE
YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND WORTH AND VALUE IN ALL THESE OTHER THINGS
THAT WILL NEVER GIVE YOU TRUE WORTH AND VALUE.
SO YOU BEGIN TO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE JUST A BIG MESS-UP.
YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT THROUGH COLLEGE, YOU DIDN'T--YOUR
MARRIAGE DIDN'T WORK OUT, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU WEREN'T AS GOOD
AT SPORTS AS YOUR BROTHER OR YOU WEREN'T AS GOOD AT SOMETHING AS
YOUR SISTER AND SO YOU'VE ALWAYS KIND OF FELT LIKE THE TAIL END
OF LIFE.
AND YOU'RE JUST READY TO GIVE UP.
I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO ME TODAY.
GOD IS TALKING TO YOU AND HE HAD YOU TURN THIS PROGRAM ON
SPECIFICALLY AT THIS TIME, EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU ACCIDENTALLY
FOUND ME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND I DON'T CARE IF IT'S 2 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING
OR 3 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, HERE'S MY POINT.
GOD LOVES YOU.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND HE THINKS YOU ARE WONDERFUL.
AND HE'S GOT A GOOD PLAN FOR YOU.
AND IF YOU'LL JUST RECEIVE THAT BY FAITH AND SPEAK IT OUT
OF YOUR OWN MOUTH.
THIS IS WHERE IT GETS HARD.
TO SIT SOMEWHERE BY YOURSELF AND SAY, "GOD LOVES ME.
GOD LOVES ME.
GOD THINKS I'M WONDERFUL."
THERE'S HEALING IN THAT.
THIS IS WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS.
THEY WANT TO BE LOVED, THEY WANNA BE ACCEPTED FOR WHO THEY
ARE, WHERE THEY'RE AT.
AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD NEVER REJECTS THOSE WHO BELIEVE
IN HIM.
HE NEVER REJECTS THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN HIM.
THE WORLD CAN REJECT US BUT GOD WILL NEVER REJECT US.
[MUSIC]
GINGER: SO TAKE HEART TODAY.
LIKE JOYCE JUST SAID, GOD LOVES YOU SO MUCH, MORE THAN YOU CAN
EVER IMAGINE.
HE HAS A GOOD PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE.
NO MATTER WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'VE DONE, WHAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT
NOW, WHAT THE FUTURE BRINGS, HE IS THERE FOR YOU.
AND YOU HAVE A PURPOSE.
YOU MATTER SO MUCH.
AND HE WILL NEVER REJECT YOU, NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE ELSE
HAS DONE.
SO IF YOU NEED HELP TODAY, IF YOU WOULD ALLOW US TO PRAY WITH
YOU, WE WOULD BE SO HONORED.
THERE'S A PHONE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN CALL THAT NUMBER.
REACH OUT.
THERE IS NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF, TO BE SOMEONE WHO IS
IN NEED.
ALL OF OUR HEARTS ARE BREAKING IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND WE WANT
TO BE HERE FOR YOU.
SO CALL THAT NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW IF YOU NEED TO.
[MUSIC]