ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: I'VE LEARNED HOW TO BE LED BY THE SPIRIT IN MY STUDY.
I STUDY UNTIL I FEEL LIKE I'M FULL AND THEN I GO AND I TRUST
GOD TO BRING OUT WHAT HE'S HELPED ME PUT IN THERE.
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: NOW, TONIGHT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR MIND.
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 THE STUFF ABOUT
THE MIND.
I JUST THOUGHT THAT I COULDN'T HELP WHAT I THOUGHT.
I CAN'T HELP WHAT I THINK.
AND I DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA THAT I CAN CAST DOWN WRONG THOUGHTS
OR I COULD SHUT MY MIND AGAINST THOUGHTS, THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO
JUST RECEIVE EVERYTHING THAT FELL INTO MY HEAD AND JUST TAKE
IT AS MY OWN, ROLL IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER IN MY MIND.
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.
WELL, WHAT ABOUT WORRY, WHY DO WE WORRY?
WELL, WE WORRY BECAUSE WE THINK THAT 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.
YOU KNOW, I'M DEALING WITH SOMEBODY RIGHT NOW THAT'S TRYING
TO UNDERSTAND GOD.
WHO GOD IS, ALL THESE DIFFERENT RELIGIONS AND ALL THESE
DIFFERENT THINGS AND WHAT ABOUT SCIENCE AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S
LIKE, I DON'T EVEN REALLY KNOW HOW TO ANSWER HIM.
I'M NOT EVEN THAT INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO GET INTO IT TO START
TRYING TO ANSWER IT.
AND I'M GLAD I'M NOT, SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET SO SMART THAT YOU
CAN'T BELIEVE NOTHING.
AND, AMEN?
I MEAN, I DON'T EVEN WATCH ALL THOSE SILLY KINDS OF SHOWS ON TV
THAT, YOU KNOW, TRY TO TELL ME WHO GOD IS.
I KNOW WHO HE IS, I KNOW WHAT HE'S DONE IN MY LIFE.
AND BUT HERE'S THE THOUGHT THAT GOD GAVE ME THAT I WANT TO SHARE
WITH THIS PERSON: YOU CANNOT FIND GOD WITH YOUR HEAD.
YOU'VE GOT TO FIND HIM WITH YOUR HEART.
YOU CAN'T FIND GOD WITH YOUR HEAD AND WHEN YOU TRY TO DO THAT
IT'S NEVER GOING TO WORK.
AND WE CAN'T FIND ALL THE ANSWERS TO OUR PROBLEMS IN LIFE
WITH JUST OUR BRAIN.
NOW, WE HAVE A MIND OF THE FLESH AND A MIND OF THE SPIRIT AND I'M
GOING TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT LEARNING HOW TO USE THE
MIND OF THE SPIRIT BUT THAT'S REALLY LETTING GOD SPEAK TO YOU
INWARDLY.
WHETHER IF THAT'S BY PEACE OR BY WISDOM OR THROUGH
THE WORD OF GOD OR SOME KIND OF CONFIRMATION
OR THE STILL, SMALL VOICE.
BUT GOD WANTS TO GET INVOLVED IN GUIDING OUR LIVES AND SHOWING US
WHAT TO DO.
AND SOMETIMES YOU'LL PRAY ABOUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT SOMETHING AND
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU DON'T GET ANY ANSWER AND THEN IT'LL JUST BE
LIKE, YOU KNOW GOD SPEAKING TO US IS NOT ALWAYS THIS BIG,
"WOO, WOO, GOD SAID."
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES YOU'LL GET ANSWERS AND IT SOUNDS LIKE
YOUR OWN VOICE, IN YOUR OWN HEAD BECAUSE GOD WILL CAUSE OUR
THOUGHTS TO BECOME AGREEABLE TO HIS WILL, THE BIBLE SAYS.
DID YOU KNOW THAT?
SO YOU CAN BE THINKING ALL WRONG AND PRAY AND THE NEXT THING YOU
KNOW, MAYBE THAT DAY, MAYBE THE NEXT DAY, YOU GET, IT'S LIKE--
AND THEN WE SAY, "I GOT A GOOD IDEA."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL, NOT SO MUCH.
"BOY, DID I GET A GOOD IDEA."
NO, GOD CAUSED YOUR THOUGHTS TO BECOME AGREEABLE TO HIS WILL AND
THE THOUGHT THAT YOU HAD FEELS RIGHT BECAUSE IT CAME FROM GOD.
WHEN WE GET INTO THIS MENTAL REALM AND WE TRY TO FIGURE
EVERYTHING OUT, IT GIVES YOU A HEADACHE.
MAKES YOU FROWN.
YOU GET CONFUSED.
NOTHING SEEMS TO WORK.
NOW, 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 KEEPS YOU BUSY BUT IT GETS YOU NOWHERE.
WORRYING, NOW LISTEN TO ME, WORRY DOES ABSOLUTELY NO GOOD
AT ALL.
IT DOES NOT SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS BUT IT COULD ACTUALLY INCREASE
YOUR PROBLEMS.
CAN I GIVE YOU A PIECE OF ADVICE TONIGHT?
REPLACE YOUR WORRIES WITH PRAYERS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, WE'RE GOING TO PRAY A LITTLE PRAYER RIGHT NOW.
FATHER, I PRAY THAT EVERY TIME WE START TO WORRY YOU WILL SHOW
US, JUST WHISPER IT, "YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME."
AND THEN HELP US TURN THAT WORRY INTO A PRAYER SO YOU CAN
ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT OUR SITUATION.
NOW, PHILIPPIANS 4:6 AND 7, "DON'T FRET OR HAVE ANY ANXIETY
ABOUT ANYTHING, BUT IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE AND IN EVERYTHING
BY PRAYER AND PETITION (DEFINITE REQUESTS) WITH THANKSGIVING,
CONTINUE TO MAKE YOUR WANTS KNOWN TO GOD."
GOD DOES NOT GET, HE'S NOT, LIKE, "OH IS IT YOU AGAIN
WANTING ONE MORE THING."
YOU CAN NOT PRAY TOO MUCH.
YOU CAN NOT ASK GOD FOR TOO MUCH.
AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, GOD'S PEACE WILL BE YOURS
THE BIBLE SAYS.
NOW, THE WORD "WORRY" FROM WEBSTER'S 1828 DICTIONARY MEANS,
"TO TROUBLE, TO HARASS, TO TEAR, TO VEX, TO PERSECUTE BRUTALLY,
OR TO FATIGUE."
LET ME READ IT TO YOU AGAIN.
THIS IS WHAT WORRY MEANS, "TO TROUBLE, TO HARASS, TO TEAR,
TO VEX, TO PERSECUTE BRUTALLY, OR TO FATIGUE."
SO, NOTICE THAT ALL THAT WORRY DOES IS NOTHING GOOD.
NOTHING GOOD.
A WOMAN MAY WORRY ABOUT HER CHILDREN, HER FINANCES, HER
HUSBAND'S FAITHFULNESS, WHAT PEOPLE THINK, IT COULD
CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROBLEM BUT IT DEFINITELY WON'T SOLVE
THE PROBLEM.
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?
CAST ALL YOUR CARES ON HIM.
ALL YOUR CARES.
ALL YOUR CONCERNS.
ONCE AND FOR ALL.
ON HIM.
I'M SURE NONE OF YOU WORRY THOUGH, YOU PROBABLY DON'T EVEN
NEED THIS PART.
NOW, A HEALTHY MIND IS NOT CONFUSED.
IF I WERE TO START OUT TONIGHT AND SAID, "HOW MANY OF YOU ARE
CONFUSED RIGHT NOW IN YOUR LIFE?," YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN
AMAZED AT HOW MANY HANDS WOULD HAVE WENT UP IN HERE.
IT WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN MOST EVERYBODY.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS, I THINK THE MAIN REASON WHY PEOPLE GET
CONFUSED IS BECAUSE THEY TRY TO FIGURE TOO MANY THINGS OUT.
WHAT IS OUR FASCINATION WITH NEEDING TO KNOW EVERYTHING?
MY OLDER SON SAID, "I FINALLY LEARNED," AND HE'S 50 NOW,
"THAT BEING RIGHT IS HIGHLY OVERRATED."
YOU KNOW, IT'S A TERRIBLE PRICE THAT WE PAY SOMETIMES JUST TO
TRY TO PROVE THAT WE'RE RIGHT IN A SITUATION AND WE JUST CAN'T
WAIT TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT WE KNOW.
I MEAN, SOMETIMES WE CAN'T EVEN LISTEN TO WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE
SAYING BECAUSE AFTER THEY GET ONE SENTENCE OUT WE'RE ALREADY
THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE KNOW.
AM I RIGHT?
AND WE WANT TO TELL THEM WHAT WE KNOW.
GET COMFORTABLE NOT KNOWING.
GET COMFORTABLE SAYING, "I DON'T KNOW AND I'M NOT GOING TO TRY
TO FIGURE IT OUT."
I'M PRAYING ABOUT IT AND GOD WILL SHOW ME AT THE RIGHT TIME.
NOW, I'M NOT SAYING DON'T THINK ABOUT A SITUATION.
BUT I'M SAYING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S
STARTING TO CONFUSE YOU THEN HOW ABOUT JUST GIVING UP?
COME ON, HOW MANY OF YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME JUST TRYING
TO FIGURE STUFF OUT?
COME ON, DON'T GIVE ME ONE OF THESE THINGS,
I WANT TO SEE HANDS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOW, MY HUSBAND, DON'T EVER TRY TO
FIGURE ANYTHING OUT.
HE'S JUST, DAVE'S JUST GOT THAT EASY-GOING WONDERFUL, I DON'T
KNOW WHY WE DON'T ALL GET THAT PERSONALITY.
BUT I DIDN'T GET IT.
I WASN'T IN THAT LINE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
FEMALE: I WASN'T EITHER.
JOYCE: YOU WEREN'T EITHER, RIGHT?
AND HOW MANY OF YOU ARE MORE LIKE... AND YOU'RE MARRIED
TO SOMEBODY THAT JUST COULDN'T CARE LESS?
DON'T THEY JUST DRIVE YOU NUTS?
OH, MY GOSH.
IT'S A GOOD THING ONE PERSON IN THE RELATIONSHIP KNOWS HOW
TO BEHAVE RIGHT.
GOD IS NOT THE AUTHOR OF CONFUSION.
1 CORINTHIANS 14:33, "GOD IS NOT THE AUTHOR OF CONFUSION."
SO, THE MINUTE THAT YOU START TO FEEL CONFUSED, JUST BE HONEST
AND SAY, "OKAY, WELL I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING THAT
ONLY GOD KNOWS THE ANSWER TO AND HE'S NOT TELLING ME YET, SO THAT
MEANS HE WANTS ME TO TRUST HIM."
UH-OH.
COME ON, WE'VE ALL GOT STUFF GOING ON IN OUR LIVES THAT WE
DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO.
MAN, I HAD SOMETHING COME UP TODAY AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT
GOING TO HAPPEN FOR 3 MONTHS AND I'M LIKE, [MURMURING]
TRYING TO GET READY TO TEACH YOU TONIGHT,
NOT TO DO THAT AND I'M GOING [MURMURING].
I HAVE TO APPLY THESE SAME PRINCIPLES, YOU KNOW, JUST
BECAUSE WE TEACH THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE IMMUNE TO BEING
ATTACKED.
WE ALL GET ATTACKED BUT I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU HAVE SOME
PEACE IN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE A NORMAL, HEALTHY MIND IS A MIND
THAT'S AT PEACE.
AND IF WE WANT TO HEAR FROM GOD, WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR MIND
IN A PEACEFUL STATE.
I WANT SOME PEACE OF MIND.
WELL, PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR THOUGHTS.
YOU CAN'T HAVE PEACE AND HAVE WRONG THOUGHTS ALL THE TIME.
IF YOU'RE CONFUSED, MOST OF THE TIME, IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING THAT GOD HAS NOT GIVEN YOU THE ANSWER TO.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET TOMORROW'S ANSWER TODAY.
AND GOD WANTS US TO, WHAT?
TRUST HIM ONE DAY AT A TIME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "WELL, WHEN AM I GOING TO GET MARRIED?"
"OH, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO CHANGE?
GOD, WHEN?
WHEN, GOD, WHEN?
WHY, GOD, WHY?" AND WHAT HE REALLY WANTS TO HEAR
IS, "I TRUST YOU, LORD.
MY TIMES ARE IN YOUR HANDS."
FOUR THINGS THAT CAUSE CONFUSION: LACK OF CONFIDENCE TO
MAKE DECISIONS, LISTENING TO TOO MANY PEOPLE--OH MY GOSH, DON'T
WASTE YOUR TIME GOING AROUND ASKING ALL YOUR FRIENDS WHAT
THEY THINK YOU SHOULD DO.
MOST OF THEM DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK I SHOULD DO?"
AND THEN IF YOU EVER GET THIS ANSWER, YOU BETTER RUN,
"WELL, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I WOULD SAY..."
I MEAN THE LAST THING WE NEED IS SOMETHING OFF THE TOP OF
SOMEBODY ELSE'S HEAD.
I MEAN, AT LEAST IF YOU'RE GOING TO ASK SOMEBODY WHAT YOU SHOULD
DO, GO TO SOMEBODY THAT'S GOT SOME SPIRITUAL WISDOM THAT WALKS
IN SOME DISCERNMENT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT
TO MAYBE PRAY BEFORE THEY POP OFF AN ANSWER.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK I SHOULD DO?
WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK I SHOULD DO?"
ANOTHER THING THAT CAUSES CONFUSION IS WE DON'T MAKE
DECISIONS BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF MAKING A MISTAKE.
AND THEN EXCESSIVE REASONING CAUSES CONFUSION.
FOUR THINGS: LACK OF CONFIDENCE TO MAKE DECISIONS, AND YOU KNOW,
DECIDING NOT TO MAKE A DECISION IS STILL A DECISION.
LISTENING TO TOO MANY PEOPLE, THE FEAR OF MAKING MISTAKES,
AND EXCESSIVE REASONING.
SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED TO TURN YOUR BRAIN OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES
AND GET QUIET AND SEE WHAT'S IN YOUR HEART.
PROVERBS 3:5 THROUGH 8 IS SO GOOD.
"LEAN ON, TRUST AND BE CONFIDENT IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART
AND MIND.
AND DON'T RELY ON YOUR OWN INSIGHT OR UNDERSTANDING.
IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE WILL DIRECT
YOUR PATH."
AND I LOVE THE FIRST SENTENCE IN VERSE 7, "BE NOT WISE
IN YOUR OWN EYES."
SO, NOT TO BE INSULTING BUT I'LL JUST TELL YOU THE TRUTH: WE'RE
NOT SMART ENOUGH TO SOLVE OUR OWN PROBLEMS.
WE NEED GOD'S HELP AND A LOT OF IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THEN VERSE 8 SAYS, "IT WILL BE
HEALTH TO YOUR NERVES AND SINEWS, AND MARROW
AND MOISTENING TO YOUR BONE."
SO, YOUR MIND ACTUALLY CAN AFFECT YOUR HEALTH.
YOU CAN WORRY YOURSELF INTO SICKNESS.
SO MANY SICKNESSES AND DISEASES ARE CAUSED BY ANXIETY AND JESUS
SAID, "I CAME THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE PEACE.
I'VE LEFT YOU MY PEACE.
MY PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU."
STOP ALLOWING YOURSELVES TO BE UPSET AND DISTURBED.
JOHN 14:27.
WELL, IF HE SAID STOP LETTING YOURSELF GET UPSET, THEN I GUESS
THERE MUST BE SOMETHING I COULD DO ABOUT IT IF I REALLY
WANTED TO.
OKAY, COME ON, IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SOMETIMES WE JUST THINK A THING TO DEATH.
WE THINK ABOUT IT UNTIL WE JUST ARE ABOUT TO GO MAD.
I LOVE WHAT IT SAYS IN 1 SAMUEL 17:48 THAT DAVID DID
WHEN HE FACED GOLIATH.
YOU KNOW, DAVID WAS SMALL.
GOLIATH WAS 10 FEET TALL.
DAVID WENT OUT TO MEET HIM WITH A SLINGSHOT AND SOME STONES.
AND HE HAD EVERY PIECE OF ARMOR YOU COULD POSSIBLY HAVE.
BUT DAVID HAD THE BEST ARMOR BECAUSE HE WENT IN THE NAME
OF THE LORD OF HOSTS.
AND 1 SAMUEL 17:48 SAYS, "WHEN THE PHILISTINE CAME
FORWARD TO MEET DAVID," IMAGINE A 10 FOOT MAN
COMING AT YOU, "WHEN HE CAME FORWARD TO MEET DAVID, DAVID RAN
QUICKLY TOWARD THE BATTLE LINE TO MEET THE PHILISTINE."
YOU SAY, "WELL, WHY DO YOU LIKE THAT SO MUCH?"
I THINK THAT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN DEFEATED IF HE HAD STOOD THERE
AND THOUGHT ABOUT HOW BIG HE WAS.
"OH MY GOSH, YOU ARE BIG.
I MEAN, REALLY BIG."
SEE, SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED TO RUN TOWARD WHATEVER IT IS YOU
NEED TO DO AND JUST DO IT AND YOU'LL FIND THAT GOD WILL BE
WITH YOU AND GOD WILL CAUSE YOU TO SUCCEED.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "I'M SO AFRAID, I'M SO AFRAID,
I'M SO AFRAID, I'M SO AFRAID."
WELL, DO IT AFRAID.
DON'T LET FEAR STOP YOU.
COURAGE IS ACTION IN THE FACE OF FEAR.
OH, HALLELUJAH.
MAYBE I'LL STOP AND SING FOR A MINUTE.
DISCERNMENT IS SO WONDERFUL.
AND REASONING, EXCESSIVE REASONING NOT ONLY GETS US
CONFUSED BUT IT PREVENTS DISCERNMENT.
YOU KNOW, IN 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 2
THERE'S SOME GREAT SCRIPTURES, VERSES 14 THROUGH 16 THAT,
THEY'RE WORTH STUDYING AND LOOKING AT OVER AND OVER
AND OVER.
BECAUSE THEY TALK ABOUT HOW THE SPIRITUAL MAN, THE TRULY
SPIRITUAL MAN IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.
YOU CAN'T QUITE GET A HANDLE ON SOMEBODY THAT'S TRULY SPIRITUAL
BECAUSE HE PROBABLY DOES MORE LISTENING THAN TALKING AND,
OR HE COULD BE TALKING TO YOU AND LISTENING TO GOD
AT THE SAME TIME.
BUT THE TRULY SPIRITUAL MAN TRAINS HIMSELF TO ALWAYS HAVE
ONE EAR TURNED TOWARD THE MASTER.
SO, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE BAD BEHAVIOR FOR VERY LONG
BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW RIGHT AWAY THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT
THEY SHOULD BE DOING.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SAY THINGS FOR VERY LONG.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE REALLY TUNED INTO THE SPIRIT YOU CAN'T SIT
OVER THE WHOLE LUNCH AND GOSSIP WITH A FRIEND OF YOURS ABOUT
SOMEBODY ELSE.
YOU CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW.
THERE'S GOING TO BE AN UNCOMFORTABLE FEELING IN THE PIT
OF YOUR GUT AND IN KNOWING THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU SHOULD DO.
NOW, WHEN I TALKED LAST NIGHT ABOUT FOLLOWING THE GUIDANCE OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT I'M
TALKING ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY DON'T HAVE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT,
"DON'T KILL YOUR NEIGHBOR.
DON'T ROB A BANK."
I MEAN, PROBABLY THOSE THINGS ARE NOT TEMPTATIONS BUT WE DO
NEED TO TALK ABOUT NOT BEING JUDGMENTAL, NOT BEING CRITICAL,
NOT GOSSIPING, NOT LETTING A BUNCH OF JUNK COME OUT OF OUR
MOUTH THAT'S GOING TO HURT OUR FUTURE AND EVERYBODY AROUND US.
AND, SAD TO SAY, MANY OF THOSE THINGS HAVE BECOME
ACCEPTABLE SINS.
THEY'RE LIKE THINGS THAT PEOPLE THINK DON'T REALLY MAKE THAT
MUCH DIFFERENCE ANYMORE.
BUT THEY DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND THEY MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
AND SO, I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THE TIME TO READ THESE
SCRIPTURES BUT IT SAYS, "THE SPIRITUAL MAN TRIES ALL THINGS.
HE EXAMINES, INVESTIGATES, INQUIRES INTO, QUESTIONS
AND DISCERNS ALL THINGS."
I THINK THE PERSON WHO'S TRULY SPIRITUAL AND IS OPERATING FROM
THE MIND OF THE SPIRIT TAKES TIME TO THINK BEFORE HE POPS OFF
AN ANSWER.
A GREAT EXAMPLE IS FOUND IN JOHN 8:1 THROUGH 11
WHEN A WOMAN WAS CAUGHT IN ADULTERY AND THEY
BROUGHT HER TO JESUS AND SAID, "NOW, THE LAW SAYS THAT SHE HAS
TO BE STONED BUT WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY?"
BECAUSE SEE, HE WAS TEACHING LOVE AND FORGIVENESS BUT HE ALSO
HAD TO KEEP THE LAW AND SO THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD HIM IN A TRAP.
NOW, THIS WOMAN'S BEEN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY.
SO, "OKAY IF YOU KNOW SO MUCH, THIS IS WHAT THE LAW SAYS, WHAT
WOULD YOU DO WITH HER?" AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE BENT
DOWN AND WROTE ON THE GROUND WITH HIS FINGER.
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT?
WHAT WAS HE DOING?
WHAT WAS HE DOING?
YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK HE WAS DOING, THIS IS MY OWN OPINION?
I THINK HE WAS WAITING TO HEAR WHAT GOD WANTED HIM TO SAY.
COME ON, WHO'S CLAPPING?
THAT ONE PERSON OVER THERE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HOW MUCH LESS TROUBLE WILL WE GET INTO IF WE ACTUALLY
DID SOME THINKING BEFORE WE JUST GAVE SOMEBODY, "OFF THE TOP OF
MY HEAD"?
AND THEY PRESSED HIM FOR AN ANSWER AND HE RAISED HIMSELF UP,
"I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WHICHEVER ONE OF YOU HAS NO SIN, YOU THROW
THE FIRST STONE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND IT SAYS, ONE BY ONE...
AND SOMETIMES WHEN SOMEBODY IS JUST BEING DOWNRIGHT
RIDICULOUS AND THEY SAY SOMETHING REALLY STUPID TO YOU,
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WHEN WE ANSWER A FOOL, WE BECOME JUST
LIKE HIM.
I'M KIND OF LEARNING SOME SITUATIONS YOU JUST THINK,
"THAT DOES NOT EVEN QUALIFY FOR AN ANSWER.
I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO BOTHER TRYING TO GIVE YOU AN ANSWER."
AND I THINK SOMETIMES IF WE WILL JUST KEEP QUIET THEN GOD CAN
DEAL WITH PEOPLE INSTEAD OF US ALWAYS TRYING TO CONVINCE
EVERYBODY WHAT WE THINK THEY SHOULD DO.
HMM.
A HEALTHY MIND IS POSITIVE, ALWAYS POSITIVE.
A HEALTHY MIND DOESN'T JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT IT DOESN'T
HAVE, IT THINKS ABOUT WHAT IT DOES HAVE.
MY GOSH I AM SO THANKFUL.
I START EVERY DAY THANKING GOD FOR MY LIFE, THAT I GET TO
PREACH, THAT I'VE GOT A GREAT FAMILY, THAT I CAN WALK AND TALK
AND SEE AND HEAR, THAT I'VE GOT A HOME, THAT I'VE GOT
CLEAN WATER.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHEN YOU LEAVE HERE TONIGHT,
GO HOME AND TAKE 5 MINUTES AND WRITE DOWN 7 THINGS
YOU'RE THANKFUL FOR.
BE THANKFUL.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M JUST GOING TO MEDDLE HERE FOR MINUTE.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT, IF YOU'RE A WOMAN HERE AND YOU'VE
GOT A HUSBAND AND HE DOES YADDA, YADDA, YADDA THAT YOU DON'T
LIKE, GOD IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE HIM WHILE YOU NAG HIM TO DEATH.
NOW, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE GOING RIGHT NOW, "I LIKE THIS WOMAN.
WHOA, I LIKE HER."
WELL, I GOT SOME THINGS I COULD SAY TO YOU TOO.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: ONE WOMAN TOLD ME ONE TIME THAT SHE COULD JUST
ABSOLUTELY COULD NOT STAND HER HUSBAND AND SHE WANTED TO LOVE
HIM, SHE JUST COULDN'T LOVE HIM.
SHE DIDN'T LIKE ANYTHING ABOUT HIM AND GOD FINALLY SHOWED HER
AND THIS IS VERY INTERESTING, THAT SHE COULD NOT LOVE HER
HUSBAND BECAUSE SHE SPENT ALL DAY WATCHING SOAP OPERAS AND SHE
WAS ALWAYS STARING AT TALL, DARK AND HANDSOME WHO CAME HOME
WITH THE ROSES AND WAS SO ROMANTIC AND DID EVERYTHING JUST
RIGHT AND THEN HER SLIGHTLY OVERWEIGHT HUSBAND WOULD COME
HOME AT NIGHT AFTER DIGGING DITCHES, HAVING DIRT ALL OVER
HIM, AND SWEATY AND SMELLY.
AND SHE WOULD BE, LIKE, "I CANNOT STAND YOU."
AND SHE DIDN'T SAY IT, BUT THAT'S WHAT SHE THOUGHT.
SO, SEE WHAT YOU FILL YOUR MIND WITH...WHAT YOU FILL YOUR MIND
WITH IS GOING TO AFFECT YOUR BEHAVIOR AND HOW YOU ACT.
DON'T LOOK AT SOMEONE ELSE'S MAN AND SAY, "I WISH HE WAS MY
HUSBAND."
HE'S NOT.
AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET HIM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HOW MANY OF YOU ARE READY TO DEDICATE YOUR MIND TO
THE LORD?
NOW, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
WHATEVER HE'S SHOWING YOU, YOU THINK IT'S SOMETHING YOU
SHOULDN'T BE THINKING THEN YOU'VE GOT TO SHUT YOUR MIND
AGAINST THAT.
GET YOURSELF SOME WORD, REPLACE IT.
WHERE THE MIND GOES, THE MAN FOLLOWS.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT SOMETHING LONG ENOUGH, YOU'RE GOING
TO END UP DOING IT.
AND A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE GOING TO END UP DOING THINGS THAT WE
DON'T WANT TO DO.
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DISCOURAGED.
I'M GOING TO PUT MY HOPE IN GOD AND I BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING
GOOD IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN MY LIFE.
GOD IS GOOD AND HE'S GOING TO BE GOOD TO ME.
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WORSHIP BY DREAM CITY WORSHIP.
AND HAMPTON, VIRGINIA MARCH 24TH AND 25TH
WITH WORSHIP BY PHIL WICKHAM.
MALE: IT'S SO REFRESHING.
FEMALE: IT'S, LIKE, "THERE IT IS, SHE'S TALKING TO ME."
IT WAS JUST A LOT OF FUN BEING HERE.
ANNOUNCER: THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAN YOU SEE ON TV AT
THE JOYCE MEYER CONFERENCE.
JOYCE: IF YOU WANT TO GET HAPPY, GET YOURSELF OFF
YOUR MIND.
ANNOUNCER: FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A COMPLETE
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG/CONFERENCE
OR CALL...
ANNOUNCER: THANK YOU FRIENDS AND PARTNERS.
TOGETHER, WE'RE SHARING THE LOVE OF CHRIST AROUND THE WORLD.
TO FIND OUT MORE PLEASE CONTACT US OR VISIT US ONLINE AT
JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
JOIN US IN PARTNERSHIP AS WE SHARE THE LOVE OF CHRIST
AROUND THE GLOBE.
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ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING WAS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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