ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: INSTEAD OF TAKING YOUR LUNCH HOUR AT WORK TALKING TO
YOUR FRIENDS, WHY NOT USE THAT LUNCH TIME TO STUDY THE WORD?
GOD WON'T BE INSULTED IF YOU EAT A SANDWICH WHILE YOU STUDY
THE WORD.
THAT'S ALRIGHT, THAT'S NOT DISRESPECTFUL.
YOU CAN FIND TIME FOR GOD, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO.
EVERY PERSON HAS 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK.
NOBODY GETS ANY LESS.
NOBODY GETS ANY MORE.
SO, THEREFORE, IF ONE PERSON CAN STUDY, EVERY PERSON CAN STUDY.
IT'S NOT ABOUT NOT HAVING TIME, IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW WE MANAGE OUR
TIME AND WHAT WE DO WITH IT.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: WHAT'S IN US, COMES OUT OF US.
WHAT WE LET ROLL AROUND IN OUR HEART AND MIND COMES OUT OF
OUR MOUTH.
AND IF YOU LEARN TO LISTEN TO YOURSELF YOU WILL LEARN A LOT
ABOUT YOURSELF, A LOT THAT YOU MAY NOT WANT TO KNOW.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: I'M DOING A SERIES THIS WEEKEND ON WHOLENESS,
ON BEING HEALTHY SPIRIT, SOUL, BODY, MIND, WILL, EMOTIONS.
JESUS CAME FOR ALL OF US, THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT YOU THAT
GOD DOESN'T CARE ABOUT.
I WANT YOU TO GET THAT.
GOD CARES ABOUT AND IS CONCERNED ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT
CONCERNS YOU.
NO MATTER WHAT A SMALL DETAIL IT IS, GOD CARES ABOUT THAT.
AND IF YOU WILL INVITE HIM IN, HE WILL COME IN AND BEGIN TO
WORK A PROCESS OF HEALING IN EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE.
IT COULD BE FINANCES.
IT COULD BE YOUR SOCIAL LIFE.
MAYBE YOU'RE LONELY, OR MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN HURT SO BAD IN
THE PAST THAT YOU NOW ISOLATE YOURSELF AND YOU'RE AFRAID
OF INTIMACY.
GOD WANTS YOU TO BE HEALED IN EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE.
HE CAME TO MAKE US WHOLE.
HE DOESN'T WANT US TO BE BORN AGAIN AND JUST HAVE
A BUNCH OF PROBLEMS IN OUR LIFE DRAINING US ALL THE TIME.
SO, LAST NIGHT WE TALKED ABOUT BEING HEALTHY SPIRITUALLY.
THIS MORNING WE HAD A FUN TIME, AT LEAST I DID, TALKING ABOUT
HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODY.
DID YOU ENJOY THAT THIS MORNING?
OKAY.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT HOW IS YOUR MENTAL HEALTH.
AND TOMORROW MORNING WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW IS YOUR
EMOTIONAL HEALTH.
AND SO, LET'S START AGAIN IN 1 THESSALONIANS 5:23
BECAUSE IT'S JUST SUCH A GREAT SCRIPTURE.
"AND MAY THE GOD OF PEACE HIMSELF SANCTIFY YOU THROUGH
AND THROUGH [SEPARATE YOU FROM PROFANE THINGS AND MAKE YOU PURE
AND HOLY CONSECRATED TO GOD]; AND MAY YOUR SPIRIT AND YOUR
SOUL AND YOUR BODY BE PRESERVED SOUND AND COMPLETE [AND FOUND]
BLAMELESS AT THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST."
WHEN JESUS WAS ASKED WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMANDMENT,
HE SAID, "THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT, 'YOU SHALL LOVE
THE LORD YOUR GOD, WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL,
WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND ALL YOUR STRENGTH.' "
AND THE SECOND IS LIKE IT.
YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF.
THE LORD DOESN'T WANT US JUST TO LOVE HIM ON SUNDAY MORNING.
HE DOESN'T WANT TO JUST SAVE YOU, WATCH YOU LIVE A MISERABLE
LIFE AND THEN LET YOU GO TO HEAVEN WHEN YOU DIE.
HE CAME TO GIVE US LIFE.
AND THAT WORD, "LIFE," IS ZOE AND IT MEANS LIFE AS GOD HAS IT.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD GOD'S LIFE IS, BUT IF I CAN HAVE THAT,
I SURE WANT TO KEEP PRESSING ON UNTIL I HAVE THE KIND OF LIFE
THAT GOD WANTS ME TO HAVE.
I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I THINK THAT WE OWE IT TO JESUS
TO HAVE THE BEST LIFE THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE.
HOW MANY OF YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO HAVE GOOD LIVES?
I MEAN, WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT PARENTING COMPARED TO WHAT HE
DOES SO IF, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I LIKE TO SURPRISE MY KIDS AND I
WAS THINKING THE OTHER DAY, GOD LOVES TO SURPRISE US.
I MEAN, HE, JESUS DIED SO WE COULD HAVE AN INTIMATE
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER, NOT SO WE COULD ALL HAVE SOME
KIND OF OUR OWN LITTLE BRAND OF RELIGION AND SEPARATE INTO
ALL THESE LITTLE GROUPS AND FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER.
THAT'S JUST THE SILLIEST THING.
AND I LOVE OUR CONFERENCES AND OTHER CONFERENCES LIKE THIS
BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE FROM EVERY DENOMINATION THAT YOU
COULD IMAGINE.
AND I CAN TELL YOU WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN THERE'S NOT GOING TO
BE A BAPTIST GROUP AND A CATHOLIC GROUP
AND A LUTHERAN GROUP AND A, THE WEIRD PENTECOSTALS
ARE NOT GOING TO BE OVER HERE IN ANOTHER GROUP.
AMEN?
AND SO WE NEED TO LEARN WHAT'S IMPORTANT AND THE THING THAT'S
IMPORTANT IS TO LEARN TO LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR
HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, WITH ALL YOUR MIND AND ALL
YOUR STRENGTH.
YOU CANNOT HAVE AN OBEDIENT LIFE WITHOUT HAVING AN OBEDIENT
THOUGHT LIFE.
SO, I'M GOING TO SAY THAT AGAIN, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE
AN OBEDIENT LIFE WITHOUT FIRST HAVING AN OBEDIENT THOUGHT LIFE.
AND, I MEAN I WAS A CHRISTIAN FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AND
LOVED GOD AND COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHY I JUST KEPT HAVING SO
MANY PROBLEMS AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THIS STUFF
ABOUT THE MIND.
I JUST THOUGHT THAT I COULDN'T HELP WHAT I THOUGHT.
"WELL, I CAN'T HELP WHAT I THINK."
AND I DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA THAT I COULD CAST DOWN WRONG THOUGHTS
OR I COULD SHUT MY MIND AGAINST THOUGHTS.
THAT I JUST DIDN'T HAVE TO JUST RECEIVE EVERYTHING THAT FELL
INTO MY HEAD AND JUST TAKE IT AS MY OWN AND ROLL IT OVER
AND OVER AND OVER IN MY MIND.
YOU KNOW, I SHARE THAT MY DAD ABUSED ME WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND,
YOU KNOW, STILL AFTER ALL THESE YEARS SOMETIMES, JUST OUT OF
NOWHERE, I'LL FIND MYSELF THINKING ABOUT SOME OF
THE THINGS THAT HE DID TO ME.
AND YOU KNOW THE MINUTE THAT I BECOME AWARE OF WHAT I'M
THINKING, I JUST SAY, "NO."
AND I SHUT MY MIND TO IT AND I DON'T LET IT IN THERE.
SEE, THE ENEMY WILL SNEAK UP ON YOU AND TRY TO PUT STUFF
IN YOUR MIND, HOPING THAT YOU'LL TAKE IT AS YOURS.
AND IF WE THINK ABOUT THE WRONG THING, IT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR
MOODS, IT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR BEHAVIOR, IT'S GOING TO AFFECT
OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
"AS THE MAN THINKS, SO DOES HE BECOME," PROVERBS 23:7.
AND NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES WE MAY OR MAY HAVE NOT HEARD
TEACHING ON THE MIND, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO HEAR
OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
BETWEEN OUR THOUGHTS AND OUR WORDS, THOSE ARE TWO MESSAGES
THAT WE WILL NEVER GET TIRED OF HEARING.
YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR OWN THOUGHTS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST THINK WHATEVER FALLS INTO YOUR HEAD.
I USED TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND I WOULD THINK,
"OH, I'M DEPRESSED."
SO, I WOULD JUST GET UP AND BE DEPRESSED ALL DAY.
WELL, NOW IF A THOUGHT LIKE THAT COMES INTO MY HEAD, I WILL
PROBABLY SAY OUT LOUD, "I AM NOT DEPRESSED AND I'M NOT GOING TO
SPEND THIS DAY BEING DEPRESSED BECAUSE THE JOY OF THE LORD
IS MY STRENGTH."
NOW, WE HAVE THE WORD OF GOD SO WE CAN FIGHT THE ENEMY
WITH THE WORD OF GOD.
THE WORD OF GOD IS NOT JUST A BUNCH OF LITTLE BLACK INK
ON WHITE PAGES.
IT IS FULL OF POWER AND IT IS YOUR WEAPON AGAINST SATAN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: LET HIM WHO HAS MY WORD SPEAK
MY WORD FAITHFULLY.
I LIKED IT LAST NIGHT WHEN JOHN MCFADDEN
WAS UP HERE AND HE TALKED ABOUT HIS CHILDHOOD AND ALL
THE PAIN HE WENT THROUGH AND THEN HE TALKED ABOUT HOW
HE GOT AHOLD OF "THE BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND"
AND HE STARTED RENEWING HIS MIND WITH THE WORD AND HE PULLED
THIS LITTLE BOOK OUT OF HIS BACK POCKET.
YOU GOT IT RIGHT THERE WITH YOU AGAIN, RIGHT?
CALLED, IT'S CALLED, YEAH, THANK YOU, "SECRET POWER OF
SPEAKING GOD'S WORD OUT LOUD."
I DID WRITE IT, BY THE WAY.
AND IT'S CALLED [STAMMERING]
AND IT'S LITTLE ENOUGH, I MEAN, HE CARRIES IT IN HIS BACK
POCKET.
AND IT JUST THRILLS ME THAT A MAN WILL CARRY THAT AROUND IN
HIS BACK POCKET.
YOU KNOW WHY HE CARRIES IT?
BECAUSE SATAN WILL ATTACK HIS MIND AND HE'LL BEGIN TO HEAR
THOSE OLD MESSAGES THAT HE GOT FROM HIS PARENTS.
"YOU'RE NOTHING BUT TRASH.
THE PEOPLE THAT YOU THINK LOVE YOU ARE GOING TO LEAVE YOU.
THEY'RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU REALLY ARE."
WELL, HE KNOWS NOW THAT WHEN THAT HAPPENS HE KNOWS HOW
TO FIGHT.
AND I WANT TO HELP YOU REMEMBER TONIGHT HOW TO FIGHT.
AND THAT IS, HE PULLS THAT OUT AND HE OPENS IT UP TO GOD LOVES
HIM OR WHO HE IS IN CHRIST, AND HE CONFESSES THOSE SCRIPTURES
OUT LOUD AND THE DEVIL HAS TO GO AWAY.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I LOVE IT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE GOT ANY OF THE LITTLE PURPLE BOOKS
LEFT, BUT IF WE DO, YOU NEED TO GO OUT AND GET THEM AND IF WE'RE
OUT OF THEM YOU CAN ORDER IT ONLINE.
SO, 2 CORINTHIANS 10:4 AND 5, "FOR THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE
ARE NOT CARNAL, THEY'RE NOT PHYSICAL [WEAPONS OF FLESH
AND BLOOD], BUT THEY ARE MIGHTY BEFORE GOD FOR THE OVERTHROW
AND THE DESTRUCTION OF STRONGHOLDS."
NOW, A STRONGHOLD IS A PLACE WHERE THE ENEMY DIGS IN
AND HIDES HIMSELF.
SO, HE CAN ATTACK WITHOUT BEING SEEN.
WELL, THIS IS TALKING ABOUT MENTAL STRONGHOLDS BECAUSE
VERSE 5 SAYS, "[INASMUCH AS WE] REFUSE
ARGUMENTS AND THEORIES AND REASONINGS," ALL PROCESSES OF
THE MIND, "SET ITSELF UP AGAINST THE [TRUE] KNOWLEDGE OF GOD
AND WE LEAD EVERY," WHAT?
"EVERY," WHAT?
"EVERY THOUGHT AND PURPOSE AWAIT CAPTIVE UNTO THE OBEDIENCE OF
CHRIST (THE MESSIAH]"
IT IS SO PLAIN.
HE'S SAYING, "LISTEN, WE HAVE MENTAL STRONGHOLDS IN OUR MINDS,
PLACES WHERE THE ENEMY HAS LIED TO US AND DECEIVED US OVER A
LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND HE HIDES HIMSELF IN THERE AND THEN HE
BEGINS TO SAY THINGS TO YOU--NEVER AT A CONVENIENT
TIME--HE BEGINS TO SAY THINGS TO YOU THAT IF YOU JUST TAKE THEM
AS YOURS AND YOU BEING TO BELIEVE THEM IT WILL DERAIL
THE PLAN OF GOD FOR YOUR LIFE AND KEEP YOU FROM YOUR DESTINY.
HIS FAVORITE THING IS TO TELL YOU HOW NO GOOD YOU ARE.
AND HOW ALL YOU DO IS MAKE MISTAKES AND HOW YOUR LIFE IS
OVER AND YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GET OVER YOUR PAST AND NOBODY
CARES ABOUT YOU AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE JOB AND YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO GET THE RAISE AND YOU'LL NEVER HAVE A NEW CAR.
EVERYTHING WITH THE DEVIL IS EVER AND NEVER.
IT'S NEVER GOING TO CHANGE AND IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE
THAT WAY.
BUT WITH GOD EVERYTHING CAN CHANGE WHEN YOU PUT YOUR FAITH
IN HIM.
SO THE WEAPONS THAT WE HAVE ARE FIRST AND FOREMOST
A WORD OF GOD.
THE NAME OF JESUS AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST.
THERE'S POWER IN ALL OF THOSE: THE WORD, THE NAME, THE BLOOD.
I THINK SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE UNDER MENTAL ATTACK,
YOU JUST OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND SAY, "JESUS."
JESUS!
THERE'S POWER IN THAT NAME.
NOW, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO TELL YOU HOW LONG I WAS A CHRISTIAN
BEFORE I KNEW ANY OF THIS.
AND I WANT TO BE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT I TEACH KNOW THAT
YOU CAN DO YOUR OWN THINKING.
YOU CANNOT HAVE AN OBEDIENT LIFE WITH A DISOBEDIENT
THOUGHT LIFE.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO OVEREAT, DON'T SIT AROUND AND THINK
ABOUT FOOD ALL DAY.
DON'T READ COOKBOOKS ALL DAY.
DON'T LOOK AT FOOD MAGAZINES ALL DAY.
GET YOUR MIND ON SOMETHING ELSE, AMEN?
IF YOU WANT TO WALK IN LOVE WITH SOMEBODY THAT HURT YOU BECAUSE
YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO DO, DON'T SIT AROUND
ALL DAY AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY DID TO YOU
AND HOW UNFAIR IT WAS AND HOW YOU DON'T LIKE THEM AND THEN
THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET AROUND THEM AND TREAT THEM GOOD.
IT JUST WON'T HAPPEN BECAUSE WHAT'S IN US COMES OUT OF US.
WHAT WE LET ROLL AROUND IN OUR HEART AND MIND COMES OUT OF OUR
MOUTH AND IF YOU LEARN TO LISTEN TO YOURSELF YOU WILL LEARN
A LOT ABOUT YOURSELF.
A LOT THAT YOU MAY NOT WANT TO KNOW.
EVERYBODY SAY, "WE'RE HAVING FUN."
AUDIENCE: WE'RE HAVING FUN!
JOYCE: THE BIBLE SAYS WE ARE TO BEAR IN MIND HIS COMMANDMENTS
AND THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO PRACTICE THEM.
SO, I'M JUST GOING TO THROW THIS OUT.
HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND THINKING ABOUT THE WORD?
DO YOU SPEND ANYTIME DURING THE DAY JUST MEDITATING ON THE WORD
OR DO YOU EVER TAKE 5 OR 10 MINUTES
AND JUST, WHEN YOU'RE BY YOURSELF OR TAKING A WALK OR
WHATEVER, JUST CONFESS THE WORD OUT LOUD?
I CONFESS THE WORD EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I'VE DONE IT FOR 40 YEARS.
IT'S LIFE CHANGING.
IT'S THE WAY YOU KEEP YOUR MIND RENEWED AND THEN YOU KNOW
WHAT TO DO.
YOU RECOGNIZE WRONG THOUGHTS AND YOU RECOGNIZE THEM PRETTY QUICK.
YOU CAN'T THINK JUNKY STUFF FOR 3 HOURS BEFORE YOU EVEN
REALIZE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
YOU RECOGNIZE IT AND YOU KNOW RIGHT AWAY WHAT TO DO.
JOSHUA 1:8 IS A GREAT SCRIPTURE.
IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST SCRIPTURES THAT I LEARNED WHEN I STARTED
REALLY STUDYING THE BIBLE.
IT SAYS, "THIS BOOK OF THE LAW SHALL NOT DEPART OUT OF YOUR
MOUTH," AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULDN'T SPEAK IT, BUT IT
ACTUALLY MEANS YOU KEEP IT IN YOUR MOUTH ALL THE TIME,
"BUT YOU SHALL MEDITATE ON IT, DAY AND NIGHT THAT YOU MAY
OBSERVE AND DO.
SEE, WE START WITH SPEAKING IT, THINKING ABOUT IT THEN WE'RE
ABLE TO DO IT.
WE CAN'T DO IT UNLESS IT'S FIRST IN OUR MIND.
AND WHEN YOU DO ALL THAT'S WRITTEN IN IT THEN YOU MAKE YOUR
WAY PROSPEROUS AND THEN YOU'LL DEAL WISELY AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE
GOOD SUCCESS.
YOU KNOW OUR THOUGHT LIFE IS LIKE A BRIDGE TO GET US FROM
WRONG BEHAVIOR TO GOOD BEHAVIOR.
SOME OF YOU, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN A TRAP OF SOME KIND.
YOU MAYBE, LET'S JUST SAY YOU'VE GOT A BAD TEMPER.
YOU'VE HAD A BAD TEMPER ALL YOUR LIFE AND YOU DON'T EVEN REALLY
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ANGRY ABOUT, YOU JUST DON'T SEEM TO BE ABLE
TO CONTROL YOUR TEMPER.
AND SO, YOU HAVE THINK, YOU HAVE THOUGHT AND SAID, I DON'T KNOW
FOR MAYBE 20 YEARS, "I LOSE MY TEMPER, I CAN'T
CONTROL MY TEMPER.
I LOSE MY TEMPER.
I CAN'T CONTROL MY TEMPER.
I LOSE MY TEMPER.
I CAN'T CONTROL MY TEMPER."
SO THE MORE YOU THINK IT AND SAY IT, THE MORE YOU DO IT.
SO NOW YOU LOVE GOD, YOU'VE LEARNED IN THE WORD THAT YOU
SHOULDN'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON YOUR ANGER.
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ANGRY.
YOU WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT AND YOU JUST TRY AND YOU TRY AND YOU
TRY AND YOU TRY AND IT JUST DOESN'T WORK.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, ALTHOUGH THE BIBLE DOES TELL US TO MAKE
A SPIRIT-LED EFFORT, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE BIBLE THAT TELLS
US THAT WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE BY JUST... TRYING TO CHANGE.
WE BEAR GOOD FRUIT BY ABIDING IN CHRIST.
THE MORE YOU HANG OUT WITH JESUS, THE MORE YOU'RE GOING TO
BECOME LIKE HIM.
NOW, EPHESIANS 4, 3 VERSES, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT
VERSE 22 AND 24 AND WE'RE GOING TO
SKIP 23 FOR JUST A MINUTE.
"STRIP YOURSELVES OF YOUR FORMER NATURE [PUT OFF AND DISCARD
YOUR OLD UNRENEWED SELF] WHICH CHARACTERIZED YOUR PREVIOUS
MANNER OF LIFE AND BECOMES CORRUPT THROUGH LUST AND DESIRES
THAT SPRING FROM DELUSION."
SO, WE ARE NEW CREATURES IN CHRIST.
BUT NOW, HE IS SAYING, "OKAY, THIS IS WHAT I'VE DONE FOR YOU
NOW YOU PUT OFF THAT OLD LIFE."
AND IN VERSE 24 IT SAYS, "AND PUT ON THE NEW NATURE
(THE REGENERATE SELF) CREATED IN GOD'S IMAGE [GODLIKE] IN TRUE
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS."
PUT OFF THE OLD MAN, PUT ON THE NEW MAN.
STOP LIVING THE OLD LIFE.
START LIVING THE NEW LIFE.
STOP ACTING LIKE YOU USED TO.
START ACTING LIKE YOU SHOULD.
"WELL, GOD I WANT TO, BUT HOW CAN I DO IT?!"
VERSE 23 IS THE BRIDGE.
"AND BE CONSTANTLY RENEWED IN THE SPIRIT OF YOUR MIND.
BE CONSTANTLY RENEWED IN THE SPIRIT OF YOUR MIND
[HAVING A FRESH MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL ATTITUDE],"
EVERY SINGLE DAY OF YOUR LIFE.
IF I WERE YOU, I WOULD TAKE SOME TIME EVERY MORNING WHETHER IT'S
ONE MINUTE OR FIVE AND I WOULD MAKE MY MIND UP ABOUT
SOME THINGS.
IN COLOSSIANS 3 IT SAYS, "SET YOUR MIND AND KEEP IT SET."
AND I'M NOT READY TO TALK ABOUT THIS YET BUT BEFORE THE NIGHT'S
OVER I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE POWER OF A MADE UP MIND.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT, WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR MIND UP AND YOU
ASK GOD TO HELP YOU, IT IS LIKE A STEEL TRAP COMING DOWN AND YOU
CAN DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO THROUGH CHRIST WHO IS YOUR
STRENGTH AND NO DEVIL CAN STOP YOU BUT YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP YOUR
MIND SET IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
YOU SET YOUR MIND AND YOU KEEP IT SET.
YOU DON'T PLAY AROUND WITH IT.
YOU DECIDE YOU'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF DEBT.
YOU GO TO THE MALL.
PROBABLY A MISTAKE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THEY HAVE A 75% OFF SALE.
NOT THE PLACE WHERE YOU WANT TO BE, AMEN?
YOU GOT THE PLASTIC.
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS SAYING, "YOU NEED TO GET OUT OF DEBT.
YOU COMMITTED TO GETTING OUT OF DEBT."
YOUR FLESH IS SAYING, "I WANT THAT, I WANT THAT."
SO YOU GOT THIS THING GOING ON.
YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T CARE IF YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE YOURSELF BY
THE EAR AND TAKE YOURSELF OUT OF THAT MALL.
THE BIBLE SAYS, IF YOUR EYE OFFENDS YOU, PLUCK IT OUT.
IF YOUR HAND OFFENDS YOU, CUT IT OFF.
SOMETIMES WE GOTTA GET A LITTLE BIT VIOLENT WITH OURSELVES,
SOMETIMES I'LL SAY TO MYSELF, "JOYCE, JUST SHUT UP.
I MEAN, JUST SHUT UP, YOU DO NOT NEED TO SAY ONE MORE WORD."
SOME OF YOU NEED TO HAVE A MEETING WITH YOURSELF.
YOU NEED TO HAVE A CHAT WITH YOURSELF SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.
DON'T MAKE YOUR MIND UP AND THEN CHANGE IT AS SOON AS SOMETHING
TICKLES YOUR FLESH.
MAKE YOUR MIND UP, SET YOUR MIND AND KEEP IT SET AND EVERY DAY
YOU KEEP IT SET, IT WILL BE A LITTLE, TEENY, TINY BIT EASIER
THE NEXT DAY AND A LITTLE BIT EASIER THE NEXT DAY AND A LITTLE
BIT EASIER THE NEXT DAY AND PRETTY SOON, YOU WILL WONDER HOW
YOU EVER LIVED IN THE MESS THAT YOU WERE IN BECAUSE NOW IT WILL
SEEM SO NATURAL TO YOU.
THE TIME WILL COME WHEN IT WILL BE JUST AS NATURAL FOR YOU TO
AUTOMATICALLY DO WHAT'S RIGHT AS IT IS RIGHT NOW TO AUTOMATICALLY
DO WHAT'S WRONG.
CHARACTERISTICS OF A HEALTHY MIND.
WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.
SO, IF YOU HAVE A HEALTHY MIND, REMEMBER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
BEING HEALTHY IN EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE.
FIRST OF ALL, A HEALTHY MIND IS A PEACEFUL MIND.
PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, I JUST WANT SOME PEACE OF MIND."
PEOPLE TAKE PILLS TO GET PEACE OF MIND.
THEY DRINK ALCOHOL EXCESSIVELY TO GET PEACE OF MIND.
ONE MOM TOLD ME ABOUT HER SON WHO WAS ADDICTED TO HEROIN THAT
HE SAID TO HER, "TAKING THE DRUGS IS THE ONLY WAY I CAN
GET MY MIND TO SHUT UP."
WELL, SEE HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THESE PRINCIPLES.
HE DIDN'T EVEN PROBABLY REALLY KNOW HOW TO ASK GOD TO HELP HIM.
I DON'T CARE HOW BIG A MESS YOUR MIND IS, GOD CAN HELP YOU RENEW
YOUR MIND BUT IT WILL NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
YOU CAN'T THINK THE WRONG THING FOR 40 YEARS AND THEN DECIDE TO
HAVE ONE RIGHT THOUGHT AND WONDER WHY EVERYTHING'S
NOT DIFFERENT IN YOUR LIFE.
IT TAKES TIME.
I'VE BEEN AT THIS 40 YEARS AND I'VE GOT A LOT OF VICTORY.
LOTS OF VICTORY.
BUT I WILL NEVER STOP DOING WHAT I DID TO GET ME HERE.
DID YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID?
I WILL NEVER STOP DOING WHAT I DID TO GET ME HERE.
THE BIBLE SAYS YOU STAND FAST, GALATIANS 5:1, "YOU STAND FAST
IN THE FREEDOM WHEREWITH CHRIST HAS MADE YOU FREE.
AND DO NOT BE ENSNARED AGAIN IN A YOKE OF BONDAGE SINCE YOU HAVE
ONCE PUT OFF."
SOMETIMES A MISTAKE WE MAKE IS WE GET A VICTORY THEN WE STOP
DOING WHAT WE DID TO GET THE VICTORY.
YOU GAIN AND YOU MAINTAIN.
YOU GAIN AND YOU MAINTAIN.
AND THE BIBLE TELLS US TO BE VIGILANT BECAUSE THE DEVIL ROAMS
ABOUT LIKE A LION ROARING IN FIERCE HUNGER SEEKING WHOM
HE MAY DEVOUR.
HAVING VICTORY IN YOUR LIFE IS GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN
45 MINUTES ON SUNDAY MORNING.
NOW OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE HERE ON
A FRIDAY NIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU USED TO DO ON FRIDAY NIGHT BUT I'M GLAD
YOU'RE HERE NOW INSTEAD OF DOING THAT THAT YOU USED TO DO.
AMEN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WE HAD BETTER MUSIC HERE TONIGHT
THEN YOU HAVE EVER HAD IN ANY NIGHTCLUB YOU EVER WENT TO.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
A PEACEFUL MIND.
"WELL, I CAN'T HELP IT, I'M JUST A WORRIER."
WELL, WE NEED TO STOP SAYING SILLY THINGS.
I CAN'T HELP IT, I CAN'T HELP IT.
I MEAN, ANYTHING GOD TELLS US TO DO OR NOT TO DO, HE GIVES US
THE ABILITY TO OBEY HIM.
SO, SAYING I CAN'T HELP IT IS JUST A SNEAKY LITTLE WAY OF NOT
TAKING RESPONSIBILITY.
OKAY, WELL WHAT ABOUT WORRY?
WHY DO WE WORRY?
WELL, WE WORRY BECAUSE WE THINK WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO TO
FIX OUR PROBLEM.
AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU NEVER COME UP WITH A GOOD IDEA
BUT RARELY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AT LEAST THAT'S MY EXPERIENCE.
YOU KNOW?
NOW, I CAN PRAY AND GOD WILL GIVE ME A GOOD IDEA BUT YOU GET
THAT FROM IN HERE.
IT COMES FROM HERE UP TO HERE.
IT DOESN'T COME FROM OUT THERE, INTO HERE.
COME ON.
YOU ARE SPIRITS, DEEPEST PART OF YOUR BEING.
YOU HAVE A SOUL.
YOU LIVE IN A BODY.
I GUESS WE ALL AT SOMETIMES GET INTO WORRYING ABOUT
DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT IT'S LIKE SITTING IN A ROCKING CHAIR AND ROCKING ALL
DAY.
IT KEEPS YOU BUSY BUT IT GETS YOU NOWHERE.
WORRY, NOW LISTEN TO ME, WORRY DOES ABSOLUTELY NO GOOD AT ALL.
IT DOES NOT SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS BUT IT COULD ACTUALLY INCREASE
YOUR PROBLEMS.
BECAUSE WE GET WHAT WE BELIEVE.
AND SO THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING.
I LIKE TO DO WHAT I CALL PRAYER THINKING OR THINKING WITH GOD.
PRAY ABOUT IT, ROLL A FEW THINGS OVER IN YOUR MIND.
DOES THAT FEEL RIGHT?
DOES THAT FEEL RIGHT?
NO, PRAY ABOUT IT SOME MORE.
WAIT ON GOD.
WHEN I HAVE A SERIOUS SITUATION, IT DOESN'T DO ME ANY GOOD AT
ALL TO WORRY ABOUT IT AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING IF I CAN GET
TO THE POINT WHERE I DON'T WORRY THAT MUCH, ANYBODY CAN GET TO
THE POINT WHERE THEY DON'T WORRY THAT MUCH.
BECAUSE I WAS A PROFESSIONAL WORRIER.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I MEAN, I WOULD EVEN WORRY ABOUT YOUR PROBLEMS.
I MEAN, IF I DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF MY OWN, I'D BE HAPPY TO GET
INVOLVED IN YOURS AND WORRY ABOUT YOURS AND TRY TO
SOLVE YOURS.
I COULD EVEN CREATE PROBLEMS TO WORRY ABOUT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IF I TOLD YOU ALL THE THINGS I WORRIED ABOUT WHEN
MY KIDS WERE GROWING UP AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I WORRIED
ABOUT WITH EACH ONE OF THEM AND NOW THEY JUST ALL TURNED
OUT GREAT.
AND IT JUST AGGRAVATES ME THAT I WASTED ALL THAT TIME.
AND DAVE WOULD TRY TO TELL ME, "CAST YOUR CARE.
GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF IT."
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