ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA DO A SERIES THIS WEEKEND, IT'S
ABOUT ALL THE REDEMPTIVE NAMES OF GOD IN THE BIBLE AND I'M
CALLING IT, "WHO IS GOD?" AND I'M DOING THIS NOT ONLY FOR
YOU, BUT ALSO FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WHO EITHER DON'T
KNOW GOD AT ALL OR THEY THINK THEY KNOW GOD AND THEY
REALLY DON'T KNOW GOD.
YOU SEE, I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE OF ALL THE PUSH THERE IS
IN OUR WORLD TODAY FOR PEOPLE NOT TO BELIEVE
IN GOD AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO EVEN DO BELIEVE IN GOD BUT THEY
PUT OFF SERVING GOD UNTIL SOME OTHER MORE CONVENIENT TIME
IN THEIR LIFE, WHICH IS A VERY DANGEROUS THING TO DO BECAUSE
NONE OF US REALLY KNOWS AT WHAT MOMENT GOD'S GONNA CALL US HOME.
AND I THINK IF ANYBODY--I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO WHAT I'M GONNA
SAY, I THINK ANYBODY WHO REALLY KNOWS, WHO REALLY KNOWS WHO GOD
IS, YOU CAN NEVER NOT BELIEVE IN HIM AND NOT WANT TO HAVE
A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT ANY PERSON IN THIS BUILDING TONIGHT WHO HAS
NOT RECEIVED CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR, AFTER YOU LISTEN TO ME
TONIGHT, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN
WALK OUT THOSE DOORS WITHOUT MAKING A DECISION THAT YOU HAVE
TO HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS GOD THAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT TONIGHT.
I THINK, TO BE HONEST, THAT GOD IS VERY MISUNDERSTOOD.
I THINK HE GETS BLAMED FOR A LOT OF THINGS THAT HE DIDN'T DO AND
DOESN'T GET THE CREDIT FOR A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THAT HE DOES DO.
VERY OFTEN WE BLAME HIM FOR OUR PROBLEMS BUT THEN IF ANYTHING
GOOD HAPPENS, WE TAKE THE CREDIT FOR IT.
WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE AN ENEMY, HIS NAME IS SATAN,
LUCIFER, THE DEVIL, THE EVIL ONE,
THE GREAT DECEIVER, THE LIAR, AND HE COMES, THE BIBLE
SAYS, AS AN ANGEL OF LIGHT TO DECEIVE PEOPLE.
AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT TODAY, YOU KNOW THAT ANGEL OF
LIGHT, AND I THINK REALLY WHAT SATAN IS EFFECTIVELY DOING IN
THE WORLD TODAY, AND HE'S DONE IT ALL THROUGHOUT HISTORY, BUT I
THINK THERE'S A--HE'S BEING REALLY SUCCESSFUL RIGHT NOW.
I BELIEVE THAT HE'S MAKING A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT
WRONG THINGS ARE RIGHT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US, AS BELIEVERS,
TO STAY ON THAT STRAIGHT AND NARROW PATH THAT LEADS A WAY
TO LIFE AND TO BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF IT.
WE ARE IN THE WORLD AND IF WE'RE HERE AND ALIVE AT THIS TIME IN
HISTORY, THEN WE ARE HERE FOR A PURPOSE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS EVERY ONE OF HIS PEOPLE STRATEGICALLY
PLACED IN SOME SPECIFIC PLACE IN YOUR SOCIETY.
IT MAY BE THE PLACE WHERE YOU WORK, IT MAY BE YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD, IT MAY BE YOUR SCHOOL, BUT GOD HAS GOT YOU
THERE FOR A REASON AND YOU ARE A LIGHT IN A DARK PLACE AND YOU
NEED TO SHINE OFF THE BULB AND LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE.
AND WE DON'T NEED TO BE RELIGIOUS AND TRY TO BEAT
EVERYBODY OVER THE HEAD WITH OUR BIBLES AND JUST DO NOTHING BUT
PREACH TO PEOPLE ALL THE TIME.
WE NEED TO HAVE A DEEP, INTIMATE, PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD, HAVE HIS PRESENCE ON OUR LIFE SO JUST AS WE COME AND
GO AND THE WAY WE TREAT PEOPLE THAT PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT
THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT US, NOT THAT WE'RE BETTER,
BUT THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT US.
THERE'S A PEACE, THERE'S A JOY, THERE'S A CALMNESS, THERE'S
A LOVE, A KINDNESS THAT THEY'RE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO AND THEY'RE
GONNA SOON WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
NOW THERE ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF NAMES IN THE BIBLE FOR GOD
AND EACH ONE OF THEM REPRESENTS SOMETHING THAT HE DOES.
FOR EXAMPLE, EVERY TIME YOU FEEL PEACE--HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER
FELT PEACE IN YOUR LIFE?
EVERY TIME YOU FEEL PEACE, THAT'S GOD BECAUSE HE IS
THE PRINCE OF PEACE, EVERY TIME.
EVERY TIME A BABY'S BORN, THAT'S GOD BECAUSE HE'S THE GIVER
OF ALL LIFE.
AMEN?
ACTUALLY, WE SEE GOD AT WORK EVERY DAY IN SO MANY WAYS THAT
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE, BUT WE HAVE BECOME UNCONSCIOUS OF WHAT HE'S
DOING AND WE NEED TO BE MORE CONSCIOUS OF WHAT HE'S DOING.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE IS OMNIPRESENT, THAT MEANS HE'S
EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME.
THERE'S NEVER ANYWHERE THAT YOU ARE THAT GOD IS NOT.
NOT FOR ONE SECOND, NOT FOR ONE MILLISECOND OF YOUR LIFE
WILL YOU EVER BE ANYWHERE WHERE GOD IS NOT.
EVEN IN ALL OF OUR DAYS OF SIN AND WRETCHEDNESS AND SOME OF THE
TERRIBLE THINGS THAT WE DID, GOD FOLLOWED US INTO THOSE PLACES
AND MANY TIMES KEPT US FROM MAKING UNBELIEVABLY BAD AND
STUPID DECISIONS OR EVEN WHEN WE DID, HE KEPT US FROM GETTING IN
THE TROUBLE THAT WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN INTO MAYBE BECAUSE
SOMEBODY WAS PRAYING FOR US, MAYBE BECAUSE SOMEBODY CALLED
UPON THE NAME OF JESUS IN YOUR BEHALF.
HE IS OMNIPOTENT, THAT MEANS HE IS ALL POWERFUL.
THERE IS NO PROBLEM THAT YOU HAVE THAT GOD CANNOT SOLVE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NO PROBLEM.
WHATEVER IT IS THAT'S GOT YOU WORRIED TONIGHT, YOU CAN JUST
FORGET IT BECAUSE GOD IS ABLE TO DO EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY ABOVE
AND BEYOND ALL THAT WE COULD EVER DARE TO HOPE, ASK, OR THINK
ACCORDING TO HIS POWER THAT WORKS IN US.
HE IS OMNISCIENT, THAT MEANS HE KNOWS EVERYTHING.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT GOD DOESN'T KNOW.
IF SOMEONE WERE TO SAY TO YOU, "WHO IS JOYCE MEYER?
I'VE HEARD HER NAME AROUND.
WHO IS SHE?" I'M SURE THAT YOU MIGHT SAY
SOMETHING LIKE, "OH, SHE'S THAT LADY ON TV," OR "SHE'S THAT LADY
ON TV THAT TEACHES THE BIBLE, YOU, KNOW THE ONE WITH
THE UNIQUE VOICE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND IN ESSENCE, YOU WOULD BE TELLING THEM, THEY
WOULD SPEAK MY NAME AND YOU WOULD TELL THEM WHO I AM.
YOU MET PASTOR MIKE UP HERE TONIGHT, IF I WERE TO SAY TO
SOMEBODY AROUND OUR OFFICE, "WHO'S MIKE SHEPHERD?"
THEY'D SAY, "WELL, HE'S THE STAFF PASTOR HERE AT
JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES."
WELL, TELL ME A LITTLE MORE ABOUT MIKE?
"WELL, YOU KNOW, HE'S JUST A REALLY GREAT GUY.
HE'S SO ENCOURAGING.
HE PRAYS FOR PEOPLE.
HE JUST LOVES PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW HE'S THIS, HE'S THAT, HE'S SOMETHING ELSE."
AND SO NAMES MEAN SOMETHING, THEY MEAN SOMETHING AND THEY
MEANT A LOT MORE IN THE DAYS THE BIBLE WAS WRITTEN THAN
THEY DO TODAY.
ABRAHAM, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS ORIGINALLY ABRAM AND EVERY TIME
HIS NAME WAS CALLED, IT SAID SOMETHING TO HIM AND ABOUT HIM.
WHEN GOD DECIDED THAT HE WAS GONNA BECOME THE FATHER OF MANY
NATIONS, WHICH WAS IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE HE HAD NEVER HAD A CHILD
AND WAS PAST CHILD-BEARING AGE, HE CHANGED HIS NAME FROM ABRAM
TO ABRAHAM WHICH MEANT HIGH FATHER.
SO EVERY TIME THEN AFTER THAT SOMEBODY SPOKE ABRAHAM'S NAME,
THEY WERE SAYING THAT HE WAS THE FATHER.
NAMES HAVE GREAT MEANING AND I THINK WE MISS A LOT IN OUR
CULTURE BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY KNOW AS MUCH AS WE SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT ALL THESE REDEMPTIVE NAMES OF GOD THAT ARE REALLY ONLY IN
THE OLD TESTAMENT, BUT THE REALLY GOOD NEWS IS THEY ALL
CULMINATE TOGETHER IN ONE NAME IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, THE NAME
OF JESUS, THE NAME THAT IS ABOVE EVERY NAME THAT AT THE NAME OF
JESUS, EVERY KNEE MUST BOW.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
I HAD KIND OF AN AMUSING THOUGHT TODAY.
I THOUGHT ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD THAT
USE HIS NAME ALL THE TIME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND SO I THINK IT'S AMUSING THAT PEOPLE WHO CLAIM
NOT TO BELIEVE IN GOD STILL CAN'T SEEM TO GET AWAY FROM HIS
NAME AND HIS PRESENCE.
SO EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE, THEY MUST STILL
SOMEWHERE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS SUCH A PERSON OTHERWISE, WHY
WOULD THEY KEEP USING HIS NAME?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO I GUESS MAYBE THEY BELIEVE WHAT THEY DON'T EVEN
WANT TO BELIEVE AND DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY BELIEVE,
SOMEWHERE WAY DOWN DEEP INSIDE.
WHO IS GOD?
WELL, PAUL PRAYED IN PHILIPPIANS 3:10
SOMETHING THAT I WANT US TO LOOK AT BECAUSE I JUST THINK
IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO PRAY ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND I THINK IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE PAUL HAD ALREADY WRITTEN
A LOT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT AND YET HE'S STILL PRAYING
TO KNOW GOD.
I THINK WE SHOULD PRAY TO WANT TO KNOW GOD MORE DEEPLY
AND MORE INTIMATELY.
PLEASE DON'T BE SATISFIED WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HEAD
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT GOD.
GET TO KNOW HIM.
YOU SAY, "WELL, HOW CAN YOU KNOW GOD?"
WELL, YOU'RE GONNA FIND OUT.
PAUL SAID, "FOR MY DETERMINED PURPOSE--"
AND I LOVE THAT.
OF ALL THE THINGS THAT HE COULD HAVE SAID, "HEY LISTEN, THERE'S
ONE THING THAT I'M DETERMINED TO DO.
I WANT TO KNOW GOD."
AND HE WASN'T TALKING ABOUT JUST KNOWING ABOUT GOD.
HE SAID, "I WANT TO KNOW GOD.
I WANT TO HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH GOD.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE WHEN GOD IS WORKING IN MY LIFE."
AMEN?
ALL THE WAY FROM GREAT, BIG THINGS TO LITTLE TINY THINGS
THAT WOULDN'T EVEN MEAN THAT MUCH TO ANYBODY OTHER THAN YOU.
I HAD ONE OF THOSE LITTLE WINKS FROM GOD THE OTHER DAY, HIM JUST
LETTING ME KNOW THAT HE'S THERE.
DON'T YOU LOVE IT WHEN GOD JUST LETS YOU KNOW THAT HE'S THERE?
AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I WANT TO REALLY PLEAD WITH YOU TO WATCH FOR THOSE
TIMES IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU SEE, I WAS IN CHURCH FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND I NEVER HAD
MOMENTS LIKE THAT BECAUSE AND EVEN THOUGH I LOVED GOD, I WAS
BORN AGAIN, I BELIEVE I WOULD HAVE GONE TO HEAVEN IF I WOULD
HAVE DIED, I HAD NO INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
AND I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HERE TONIGHT OR HOW MANY
ESPECIALLY WATCHING BY TV THAT YOU'RE LIKE THAT, YOU BELIEVE
THAT GOD EXISTS BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
YOU MAY EVEN GO TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY AND YOU HEAR A LITTLE
20 MINUTES WORTH OF, YOU KNOW, A SERMON
AND YOU SING A COUPLE OF SONGS OUT A BOOK AND MAYBE YOU,
YOU KNOW, DO SOME DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS THINGS THAT YOU DO ON
SUNDAY MORNING.
AND THEN YOU GO HOME AND YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT GOD THE WHOLE
REST OF THE WEEK.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THE BIBLE'S TALKING ABOUT WHEN IT SAYS THAT
WE CAN KNOW HIM.
WE NEED TO KNOW HIM.
I'M ALWAYS DOING CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS AND SO I HAVE TO STAY
PRETTY AHEAD ON WHAT I'M TEACHING, ESPECIALLY IN
MY THINKING.
AND SO EVEN WHILE I WAS PREPARING FOR THIS ONE, I WAS
LAYING OUT SOME THINGS THAT I WANTED TO USE FOR MY NEXT ONE,
WHICH WILL BE IN COLORADO SPRINGS
IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
AND SO I FELT PRETTY SURE ABOUT THREE OF THE MESSAGES AND I HAD
SOME MATERIAL LAID OUT FOR THREE OF THOSE, BUT I WASN'T REAL SURE
WHAT I WANTED TO DO ON THE FOURTH ONE AND SO I PRAYED ABOUT
IT FOR A MOMENT AND I FELT THAT GOD JUST PUT ON MY HEART WORRY,
JUST TO PREACH ON WORRY AND ANXIETY.
AND THEN I WAS GETTING READY TO LEAVE MY OFFICE AND I DIDN'T
HAVE A LOT OF TIME.
AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, GOD, I KNOW I'VE GOT MATERIAL ON THAT,
BUT I DON'T REALLY HAVE TIME TO GET IN THERE AND LOOK FOR IT.
AND I WALKED IN THIS LITTLE FILE ROOM WHERE I KEEP A LOT OF MY
MESSAGES AND MATERIAL FROM THE PAST AND THERE WERE
TWO SYLLABUSES LIKE THESE.
WE PUT THESE TOGETHER FROM MY TEACHINGS.
THERE WERE TWO OF THEM LAYING ON TOP OF MY FILE CABINET AND FOR
SOME REASON, I WAS DRAWN TO GO THERE.
I MOVED THE FIRST ONE, THE SECOND ONE SAID, "WORRY,
ANXIETY, DISTRESS, AND CARE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING?
AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN WALKING WITH GOD, LITTLE THINGS LIKE
THAT ACTUALLY THRILL ME SOMETIMES MORE THAN A GREAT,
BIG THING.
AND I'M TELLING YOU, THIS KIND OF DOING LIFE WITH GOD IS
AVAILABLE TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU IF YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
RECOGNIZE GOD WHEN HE'S WORKING IN YOUR LIFE AND STOP SAYING
THAT THINGS ARE COINCIDENCE OR LUCK.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: GET RID OF THE WORD "LUCK" OUT OF YOUR VOCABULARY.
YOU ARE NOT LUCKY WHEN GOOD THINGS HAPPEN, YOU ARE BLESSED
WHEN GOOD THINGS HAPPEN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: EPHESIANS 3:10, "[FOR MY DETERMINED PURPOSE IS] THAT I
MAY KNOW HIM AND [THAT I MAY PROGRESSIVELY BECOME MORE DEEPLY
AND INTIMATELY ACQUAINTED WITH HIM, PERCEIVING AND RECOGNIZING
AND UNDERSTANDING THE WONDERS OF HIS PERSON MORE STRONGLY
AND MORE CLEARLY]."
AND I'M GONNA STOP THERE BECAUSE THEN HE GOES INTO TALKING ABOUT
THE POWER THAT FLOWS OUT FROM HIS RESURRECTION.
BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO SEE THAT THE APOSTLE PAUL, WHO HAD
ALREADY WRITTEN A LARGE PART OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, IS STILL
A MAN OF GOD THAT'S PRAYING TO KNOW GOD.
SO WE NEED TO DO THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
"GOD, I WANT TO KNOW YOU AND I WANT TO KNOW YOU MORE DEEPLY."
I BELIEVE THE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN OF GOD THAT WE READ ABOUT
IN THE BIBLE, I THINK THEY ALL DID THAT.
I THINK MOSES WANTED TO KNOW GOD.
I THINK ABRAHAM WANTED TO KNOW GOD.
I BELIEVE ESTHER AND RUTH, AND ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WE READ
ABOUT, WANTED TO KNOW GOD.
DON'T BE SATISFIED WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HEAD KNOWLEDGE, CRY OUT
TO KNOW GOD.
AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND SEE MAYBE YOU CAME TONIGHT AND THOUGHT, "WELL, YOU
KNOW, I GOT THESE PROBLEMS AND I WAS KIND OF HOPING YOU'D SPEAK
TO MY PROBLEM."
LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, IF YOU KNOW GOD, IT WON'T MATTER WHAT
YOUR PROBLEM IS.
I MEAN YOU WON'T EVEN NEED ANYBODY TO SPEAK TO YOUR PROBLEM
BECAUSE HE'LL SPEAK TO YOUR PROBLEM.
WHEN YOU KNOW HIM INTIMATELY, AND PERSONALLY, AND YOU BEGIN TO
RECOGNIZE WHEN GOD IS WORKING IN YOUR LIFE AND YOU CAN SENSE HIS
PRESENCE AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW
THAT HE'S ALIVE AND THAT HE'S WORKING IN YOUR LIFE WHETHER YOU
FEEL HIM OR WHETHER YOU DON'T, YOU'RE NOT GONNA NEED ALL KINDS
OF HELP FROM OUTSIDE BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE HELP THAT
YOU NEED LIVING ON THE INSIDE OF YOU AND YOU'RE GONNA KNOW IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, ONE MORE SCRIPTURE, EPHESIANS 1:17 AND IF
YOU'RE A PARTNER WITH OUR MINISTRY, I PRAY THIS OVER YOU
VERY OFTEN.
I COULD EVEN COME CLOSE TO SAYING DAILY.
PAUL, ONCE AGAIN, PRAYING FOR THE CHURCH, "[FOR I ALWAYS PRAY
TO] THE GOD OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,
THE FATHER OF GLORY, THAT HE MIGHT GRANT YOU A SPIRIT
OF WISDOM AND REVELATION [OF INSIGHT INTO MYSTERIES
AND SECRETS] IN THE [DEEP AND INTIMATE] KNOWLEDGE OF HIM."
SO PAUL DIDN'T SAY, "I'M PRAYING THAT YOU'LL KNOW HOW TO SOLVE
YOUR PROBLEM."
HE DIDN'T SAY, "I'M PRAYING THAT YOUR PROBLEM WILL GO AWAY."
HE DIDN'T SAY, "I'M PRAYING THAT YOU'LL GET EVERYTHING YOU WANT."
HE SAID, "I'M PRAYING THAT YOU WILL HAVE INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE
OF HIM."
EVERYTHING THAT WE WILL EVER NEED IS ALL WRAPPED UP IN HIM
AND WHEN WE HAVE HIM, WE HAVE ALL THAT WE NEED.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, ONE OF THE FIRST NAMES THAT WE HEAR ABOUT IN
THE BIBLE IS YAHWEH AND THESE NAMES, AS I SAID, ARE ALL USED
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
THEY'RE NOT USED IN THE NEW, BUT I THINK THAT'S JUST EXCITING
BECAUSE ONCE WE GET TO THE NEW TESTAMENT
AFTER JESUS DIED AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND GAVE US
HIS NAME, THEN EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEKEND
WORKING UP TO SATURDAY WHEN WE FINALLY GET TO THE NAME OF
JESUS, EVERYTHING ELSE IS IN THAT NAME.
SO WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENS, HOW HARD DOES HELL SHAKE WHEN
SOMEBODY WHO REALLY, REALLY KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS TO SPEAK
THE NAME OF JESUS?
HOW HARD DOES HELL SHAKE WHEN YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING
AND YOU LIFT UP YOUR HANDS AND YOU SAY, "JESUS"?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I HOPE THIS IS A REFRESHER COURSE IN MAKING GOOD
USE OF THE NAME OF JESUS, SPEAKING HIS NAME, REALIZING
WHAT YOU'RE DOING WHEN YOU'RE PRAYING IN HIS NAME, CALLING ON
HIS NAME BECAUSE HIS NAME REPRESENTS HIM.
NOW YAHWEH AT ONE POINT COULD NOT EVEN BE PRONOUNCED BECAUSE
IT HAD NO VOWELS IN IT.
IT WAS JUST Y-H-W-H AND ACTUALLY THE ISRAELITES DID THAT ON
PURPOSE BECAUSE THEY SO REVERED GOD THAT THEY WERE AFRAID TO
SPEAK HIS NAME.
NOW, I DON'T WANT TO ENCOURAGE ANYBODY TO BE AFRAID OF GOD, BUT
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE REVERENTIAL FEAR AND AWE,
AND I PERSONALLY THINK WE NEED MORE OF THAT IN THE CHURCH
TODAY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND SOME OF YOU REALLY DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT
I MEAN BY THAT BECAUSE YOU'VE GROWN UP IN THIS WHOLE CASUAL
CULTURE THAT GOD IS YOUR BUDDY.
WELL, YEAH, HE IS.
GOD IS OUR FRIEND AND WE CAN BE COMFORTABLE WITH HIM BUT HE'S
ALSO TO BE REVERENCED, TO BE FEARED, TO BE WORSHIPED,
TO BE OBEYED.
AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO THEY WOULDN'T EVEN SAY THE NAME OF GOD AND LATER ON
THE VOWELS WERE ADDED AND THE NAME YAHWEH LITERALLY MEANS,
I LOVE THIS, I AM.
AND OUT OF ALL THESE NAMES THAT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT ALL
HAVE A MEANING, THEY ALL DESCRIBE SOMETHING OF
THE CHARACTER OF GOD THAT BELONGS TO YOU AS A BELIEVER IN
JESUS CHRIST.
THIS IS A VERY PRACTICAL MESSAGE BECAUSE EVERY--YOU'RE GONNA SEE
THROUGH THIS WHO GOD IS AND WHO HE IS TO YOU, NOT JUST WHO HE IS
TO SOMEBODY ELSE, BUT THIS IS A FAITH-BUILDING SEMINAR
THIS WEEKEND.
YOUR FAITH IN GOD IS GONNA SKYROCKET AND THAT MEANS YOU'RE
GONNA GET RID OF A LOT OF YOUR FEARS, AND A LOT OF YOUR
WORRIES, AND A LOT OF YOUR CONCERNS, AND A LOT OF
THE THINGS THAT TORMENT YOU DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I PROBABLY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THIS
PROPERLY UNLESS YOU JUST GET IT, BUT I'M GONNA GIVE IT MY BEST.
FOR SOME REASON THAT NAME "I AM" JUST EVERY TIME I SAY THAT AND I
PONDER IT, I JUST GO LIKE, WOW.
WHO IN THE WORLD ARE YOU WHEN THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN
DESCRIBE YOURSELF IS I AM?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT'S IT, I'M JUST HERE.
AND WHEN MOSES WAS ASKED TO GO BEFORE PHARAOH AND HE WAS A
LITTLE BIT AFRAID AND HE SAID IN EXODUS 3:14, "WHEN I GO BEFORE
PHARAOH AND HE ASKS ME WHO SENT YOU, WHO SHALL I SAY THAT YOU
ARE?" AND LET'S LOOK AT WHAT
EXODUS 3:14 SAYS.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE TIME THIS WEEKEND TO LOOK AT SCRIPTURE SO
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO STUDY, YOU'RE IN THE WRONG PLACE.
"AND GOD SAID TO MOSES, I AM WHO I AM AND WHAT I AM, AND I WILL
BE WHAT I WILL BE; AND HE SAID, YOU SHALL SAY THIS TO THE
ISRAELITES: I AM HAS SENT ME."
SO I GUESS THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY TONIGHT.
I AM SENT ME HERE, AND HE IS WHAT HE IS, AND HE WILL BE WHAT
HE WILL BE, AND HE WILL DO WHAT HE WILL DO, AND IT'S NONE OF
ANYBODY'S BUSINESS AND NOBODY CAN STOP HIM.
AND WHEN HE IS, IF WE KNOW WHO HE IS, THEN FEARS DISSIPATE
AND PROBLEMS CRUMBLE LIKE GRAINS OF SAND ON THE SEA.
SOME PEOPLE SPEND THEIR WHOLE LIFE REJECTING GOD AND SAYING
THINGS ABOUT HIM THAT DON'T EVEN MAKE ANY SENSE.
I REMEMBER MY OWN FATHER, AND THANK GOD THAT HE WAS MERCIFUL
TO HIM, BUT MY OWN FATHER WOULD--HE WAS ALWAYS MAKING FUN
OF ANYBODY THAT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH GOD.
AND HE JUST THOUGHT HE KNEW SO MUCH AND REALLY HE DIDN'T KNOW
ANYTHING.
AND, OF COURSE, HE WAS JUST LIVING LIKE THE DEVIL, AND
MISTREATING PEOPLE, AND ABUSING ME, AND MISTREATING MY MOTHER,
AND WAS ANYTHING OTHER THAN A REAL MAN.
AND HE WOULD SAY, "WELL, I'LL GET SAVED SOME DAY WHEN I'M
BLANKETY BLANK GOOD AND READY," YOU KNOW AS IF HE COULD JUST
CALL THE SHOTS AND HAVE GOD SHOW UP TO SAVE HIM WHENEVER
HE WANTED TO.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS--NOW I WANT YOU TO LISTEN
TO ME.
THE BIBLE SAYS THE SPIRIT OF GOD DOES NOT ALWAYS STRIVE WITH MEN.
AND SO AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T BE SAVED AT
ANY TIME, BUT I AM SAYING THAT WHEN GOD IS DEALING WITH YOU,
YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT THAT OFF UNTIL ANOTHER TIME JUST IN CASE
MAYBE YOUR TIME COMES TO BE OUT OF HERE BEFORE YOU DECIDE THAT
IT'S YOUR TIME TO GIVE YOUR LIFE TO GOD.
I BELIEVE WHEN GOD DEALS WITH US, WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT HE
MEANS BUSINESS AND GOD'S ALREADY DEALING WITH PEOPLE IN HERE
TONIGHT.
THERE'S ALREADY PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW SITTING IN YOUR SEAT THAT
YOU ARE NOT AS SERIOUS IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AS YOU
SHOULD BE.
MAYBE SOMEBODY BROUGHT YOU HERE TONIGHT AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN
REALLY KNOW WHY YOU WERE COMING, AND GOD WANTS TO TURN YOUR LIFE
UPSIDE DOWN AND TURN YOU EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE.
AND I TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU WILL OPEN UP YOUR HEART TONIGHT AND
INVITE HIM TO COME IN, YOU ARE IN FOR THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE.
AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WELL, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW WHO
GOD IS, AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THAT IS BY LOOKING
INTO THE VARIOUS NAMES BY WHICH HE IS REFERRED TO IN THE BIBLE.
EACH ONE OF THEM REVEALS SOMETHING ABOUT HIS CHARACTER,
HIS PROMISES TO US.
I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S GREAT, JUST A GREAT LESSON THAT CAN BE
LEARNED BY STUDYING THESE NAMES, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THEM
IN THE BIBLE.
SO WE'RE OFFERING A FOUR-CD AUDIO SERIES CALLED,
"WHO IS GOD?" YOU SEE, I BELIEVE THAT ANYBODY
WHO REALLY KNOWS WHO GOD IS, I DON'T THINK THAT THEY COULD EVER
NOT WANT TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
HE'S OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
HE'S OUR PEACE.
HE'S OUR HEALER.
HE'S OUR PROVIDER.
HE'S THE ONE THAT PROTECTS US.
SO PLEASE CONSIDER GETTING THIS SERIES, AND REALLY LET IT BE
A BLESSING TO YOU.
STAY WITH US, AND I'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS.
ANNOUNCER: DO YOU LONG FOR A DEEPER RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD?
IF YOU WANT TO EXPERIENCE GOD'S BEST IN YOUR LIFE YOU FIRST NEED
TO UNDERSTAND WHO HE IS.
SPEND SOME TIME DISCOVERING THE MANY NAMES OF GOD
FOUND IN THE BIBLE, EACH ONE REVEALING HIS
TRUE CHARACTER AND PROMISES FOR YOUR LIFE WITH JOYCE'S FOUR-CD
SERIES, "WHO IS GOD?" THIS RESOURCE IS AVAILABLE
TODAY.
TO ORDER YOURS, SIMPLY USE THE INFORMATION ON YOUR SCREEN,
OR YOU CAN VISIT US ONLINE AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
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JOYCE: YOU KNOW, PARTNERSHIP IS A VERY POWERFUL THING.
EACH OF US CAN DO SOMETHING BY OURSELVES, BUT WE CAN DO SO MUCH
MORE WHEN WE JOIN TOGETHER AS A GROUP OF PEOPLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THAT ARE
HURTING, PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW WHO CHRIST IS, PEOPLE WHO REALLY
DON'T KNOW HIM FOR WHO HE REALLY IS.
THERE'S A LOT OF RELIGION IN THE WORLD BUT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE
KNOW HOW TO HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST,
AND PREACHING THE GOSPEL IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE ARE ALL TO GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND
PREACH THE GOSPEL TO PEOPLE, AND IT'S NOT JUST ONE PERSON'S JOB.
IT'S EVERYBODY'S JOB, AND ALTHOUGH YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO
GO PHYSICALLY, YOU CAN GO THROUGH YOUR GIVING.
SO I'M ASKING YOU TODAY IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER MONTHLY
FINANCIAL PARTNERSHIP WITH JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
I BELIEVE AS YOU GIVE ON A REGULAR BASIS AND YOU HAVE
A COMMITMENT TO THAT, THAT YOU ARE GONNA EVEN SEE A MUCH
GREATER AND A BETTER RESULT IN YOUR OWN LIFE.
YOU KNOW, I'M COMMITTED TO YOU TO BE HERE ON A REGULAR BASIS TO
SHARE THE WORD WITH YOU, AND I'M ASKING YOU IF YOU WOULD MAKE A
FINANCIAL COMMITMENT TO HELP US ON A REGULAR BASIS CONTINUE
REACHING OUT, NOT ONLY TO YOU BUT TO HURTING PEOPLE ALL OVER
THE WORLD.
WE REALLY CAN DO SO MUCH MORE TOGETHER THAN WE CAN BY
OURSELVES.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING PARTNERSHIP WITH US.
GINGER: YOU KNOW, I'VE JUST BEEN WONDERING LATELY, WHAT IS
IT THAT MAKES A PERSON WANT TO LEAVE THE COMFORT AND MONOTONY
OF HOME TO COME SOMEPLACE CRAZY LIKE THIS AND DO
A MEDICAL CLINIC?
WELL, LET'S ASK THE VOLUNTEER DOCTORS AND NURSES WHO DO IT
ALL THE TIME.
MALE: SEEING THE WORLD IS AWESOME.
IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT ADVENTURE.
FEMALE: BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE SO AMAZING.
FEMALE: I DO THIS BECAUSE GOD PUT IT IN MY HEART TO HELP
OTHERS.
FEMALE: BECAUSE IT'S LIFE CHANGING.
MALE: WE LOVE IT, IT'S AWESOME.
FEMALE: 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY FUN.
GINGER: SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IT CAN'T HURT TO AT LEAST CHECK IT OUT, RIGHT?
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS GO TO OUR WEBSITE, JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
ALL THE INFORMATION IS THERE FOR YOU AND JUST THINK,
YOUR ADVENTURE MAY BEGIN TODAY.
JOYCE: IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE REMEMBER WHERE WE CAME
FROM AND THAT IT IS GOD DOING THIS.
I'M VERY--YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE WORK HARD AND WE'RE PARTNERS
WITH GOD, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE GET THEMSELVES
IN TROUBLE BECAUSE THE MORE SUCCESSFUL THEY BECOME, THE MORE
THEY BEGIN TO TAKE LIBERTIES THAT THEY HAVE NO BUSINESS
TAKING AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GOD HAS TAUGHT ME OVER
THE YEARS THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO HIM IS HOW WE
TREAT PEOPLE.
AND I KNOW THAT I FAIL MISERABLY AT TIMES IN ALWAYS TREATING
PEOPLE THE WAY THAT I SHOULD, BUT I JUST THINK THAT THAT
REALLY SUPPORTS THE ANOINTING ON YOUR LIFE.
I THINK IF GOD ANOINTS YOU TO DO SOMETHING, IF YOU WANT TO
MAINTAIN THAT ANOINTING, YOU NEED THAT TO KEEP THE STRIFE OUT
OF YOUR LIFE, TO BE EXCELLENT, TO WALK WITH INTEGRITY, AND YOU
REALLY NEED TO WALK IN LOVE AND TREAT PEOPLE PROPERLY.
ANNOUNCER: WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED TODAY'S PROGRAM.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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