ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: EL SHADDAI, ALMIGHTY GOD, HE HAS ALL MIGHT,
HE HAS ALL POWER.
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GOD.
YOU DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM THAT'S SO SMALL THAT GOD'S NOT
INTERESTED, AND YOU DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM THAT'S SO BIG THAT
GOD CAN'T FIX IT.
NOTHING'S TOO BIG.
AND THE GOOD NEWS IS NOT ONLY IS GOD POWERFUL, BUT HIS POWER IS
AVAILABLE TO US.
YOU SEE I SAT IN CHURCH FOR YEARS AND I HEARD ABOUT THAT GOD
WAS POWERFUL BUT NOBODY EVER TOLD ME THAT HE WANTED TO SHARE
THAT POWER WITH ME, THAT HE SAID IN LUKE 10:19, "BEHOLD, I GIVE
YOU POWER.
I GIVE YOU POWER TO TREAD ON SERPENTS AND SCORPIONS, AND I
GIVE YOU POWER OVER ALL THE POWER THAT THE ENEMY POSSESSES
AND NOTHING SHALL BY ANY MEANS HARM YOU."
YOU SAY, "WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, THINGS HAVE HARMED ME."
BUT NOTHING CAN DO YOU ANY PERMANENT, ETERNAL DAMAGE IF YOU
KEEP YOUR EYES ON GOD.
SATAN MAY COME AGAINST US ONE WAY, BUT HE WILL HAVE TO FLEE
BEFORE US MANY WAYS.
AND I'M GONNA STEP OUT HERE AND JUST TAKE THIS TO THE EXTREME
FOR JUST A MINUTE.
I WAS THINKING OVER THE WEEKEND AND I THOUGHT--NOT THE WEEKEND
BUT BEFORE I GOT HERE AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF
THE BIG THINGS THAT'S ALWAYS OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE IS DEATH.
"WELL, WHAT IF I DON'T MAKE IT?
WHAT IF I DON'T MAKE IT?" AND YOU KNOW WHAT I THOUGHT?
WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE ETERNITY FOCUSED.
WE NEED TO BE--WE DON'T TALK ABOUT ETERNITY LIKE THE SAINTS
DID IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE CHURCH.
I MEAN THEY WENT INTO LION'S DENS BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED SO
STRONGLY THAT WHEN THEY PASSED OUT OF THIS LIFE, THEY WERE
GONNA BE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
AND SO DEATH IS NOT THE WORST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN TO
ANYBODY.
YES, WE ALL WANT TO LIVE AS LONG AS WE CAN, BUT DEATH IS NOT THE
WORST THING BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS, "TO LIVE IS CHRIST,
TO DIE IS GAIN."
AND YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK?
MORE THAN BEING AFRAID OF DEATH, WHAT WE NEED TO BE AFRAID OF IS
NOT BEING STEADY AND HOLDING FIRM UNTIL OUR TIME HERE IS UP.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIE IN CHRIST AND THEN WE HAVE
THE VICTORY.
I DON'T CARE WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BECAUSE ANY ONE OF US, EVEN IF WE HAVE A HUNDRED YEARS,
IT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO ETERNITY AND WE ARE
GONNA LIVE A LONG, LONG TIME.
JESUS SAID, "I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU."
HE'S BUILDING YOUR HOUSE RIGHT NOW.
AMEN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO I FEEL SOME TEACHING COMING UP HERE IN
THE FUTURE ABOUT ETERNITY.
I THINK WE NEED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I MEAN WE DON'T WANT TO BE SO HEAVENLY MINDED WE'RE NO EARTHLY
GOOD, BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO GET STUCK HERE THINKING THIS IS
ALL THERE IS AND WE GOTTA BE PETRIFIED TO LEAVE.
DON'T YOU AGREE SOMETIMES WE GET TOO ENTRENCHED IN WHAT WE'VE GOT
HERE RIGHT NOW?
"OH GOD, YOU GOTTA FIX THIS, AND I GOTTA HAVE THIS AND I CAN'T
TAKE IT, GOD, IF YOU DON'T DO THIS.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IF I DON'T GET THIS.
AND OH, AND I DON'T HAVE THE VICTORY, YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T
GIVE ME WHAT I WANTED."
AND SO BUT THE TRUTH IS IS WHEN HE SAYS, "NO PERMANENT HARM CAN
COME TO YOU," I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHAT, WE HAVE GOT THE VICTORY.
WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS BECAUSE WHEN WE PASS OUT OF HERE
AND GO INTO THE NEXT REALM, WE'VE GOT IT NAILED DOWN FOR
ETERNITY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO I'VE DECIDED THAT MY GOAL IS NOT GONNA BE TO GET
EVERYTHING THAT I WANT WHILE I'M HERE, ALTHOUGH I WANT TO HAVE
A GOOD LIFE HERE.
MY GOAL IS GONNA BE TO GET OUT OF HERE STILL IN CHRIST, NOT
HAVING LET ANYTHING TAKE MY FAITH AWAY FROM ME AND TO LOVE
GOD WITH ALL OF MY HEART.
AND THEN I TELL YOU WHAT, THE DEVIL IS GONNA BE VERY, VERY
UPSET BECAUSE ONCE YOU CROSS OVER, HE CAN'T EVEN AGGRAVATE
YOU ANYMORE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WE DO NOT HAVE TO BE DEFEATED BY OUR ENEMIES.
GOD HAS GIVEN US POWER.
WE NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST.
PAUL IN EPHESIANS 1:17, 18 AND 19,
HE PRAYED FOR THE CHURCH AND HE SAID, "I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD
KNOW GOD, HAVE INSIGHT INTO SECRETS AND MYSTERIES ABOUT
THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD."
AND HE SAID, "I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD KNOW THE HOPE OF YOUR
CALLING AND WHAT YOUR INHERITANCE IS AMONG
THE SAINTS."
SO HE SAID, "I WANT YOU TO KNOW GOD AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHO
YOU ARE IN GOD."
KNOW GOD AND KNOW WHO YOU ARE IN GOD.
KNOW YOUR INHERITANCE.
WE ARE JOINT HEIRS WITH CHRIST.
EVERYTHING THAT HE EARNED FROM THE FATHER THROUGH HIS PERFECTLY
OBEDIENT LIFE, WE GET AS A DOWNLOAD.
JUST LIKE YOU GO OUT AND BUY A NEW SOFTWARE FOR YOUR COMPUTER,
WE GET IT AS A DOWNLOAD BY FAITH.
YOU GET SOME SOFTWARE FOR YOUR COMPUTER, YOU PUT IT IN THERE BY
FAITH AND BOY, YOU EXPECT EVERYTHING TO JUST HAPPEN.
WELL, GOD HAS DOWNLOADED SOME STUFF TO US IN CHRIST AND HE
WANTS US TO BELIEVE IT, TO APPRECIATE IT, TO BE GRATEFUL
FOR IT, AND TO MAKE USE OF IT HERE IN THE WORLD TO ENHANCE
AND GROW HIS KINGDOM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: LET'S LOOK AT THREE SCRIPTURES THAT
TALK ABOUT OUR POWER.
1 JOHN 4:4, "LITTLE CHILDREN,
YOU ARE OF GOD [YOU BELONG TO HIM] AND HAVE [ALREADY] DEFEATED
AND OVERCOME THEM [THE AGENTS OF THE ANTICHRIST], BECAUSE HE WHO
LIVES IN YOU IS GREATER (MIGHTIER) THAN HE WHO IS IN
THE WORLD."
SOMEBODY SAY, "THE GREATER ONE LIVES IN ME."
AUDIENCE: THE GREATER ONE LIVES IN ME.
JOYCE: COLOSSIANS 2:15, "[GOD] DISARMED THE
PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS THAT WERE RANGED AGAINST US AND MADE
A BOLD DISPLAY AND PUBLIC EXAMPLE OF THEM, IN TRIUMPHING
OVER THEM IN HIM AND IN IT [THE CROSS OF JESUS CHRIST]."
SO GOD DISARMED THE DEVIL.
HE TOOK THE WEAPONS AWAY FROM THE PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS,
AND HE IS A DEFEATED FOE BUT HE WILL LIE TO US AND TELL US THAT
HE HAS MORE POWER THAN WE DO IF WE DON'T KNOW WHO WE ARE
IN CHRIST.
EVERYBODY SAY, "CHRIST LIVES IN ME."
AUDIENCE: CHRIST LIVES IN ME.
JOYCE: AND THEN FINALLY 1 JOHN 3:8,
"[BUT] HE WHO COMMITS SIN [WHO PRACTICES EVILDOING] IS
OF THE DEVIL [TAKES HIS CHARACTER FROM THE EVIL ONE],
FOR THE DEVIL HAS SINNED AND (VIOLATED THE DIVINE LAW)
FROM THE BEGINNING.
THE REASON THE SON OF GOD WAS MADE MANIFEST WAS TO UNDO
(LOOSEN, DISSOLVE, AND DESTROY) THE WORKS THE DEVIL [HAD DONE]."
FOR THIS PURPOSE WAS THE SON OF GOD MANIFEST TO UNDO,
LOOSEN, DISSOLVE AND DESTROY THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL.
SOMEBODY PLEASE SAY, "SATAN IS A DEFEATED FOE."
AUDIENCE: SATAN IS A DEFEATED FOE.
JOYCE: NOW YOU KNOW WE ARE WEAK IN OURSELVES AND IF YOU'RE
NOT, YOU BETTER BE BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT ARE STRONG IN
THEMSELVES DON'T GET HELP FROM GOD.
I CAN STAND HERE TODAY AND TELL YOU THAT I AM STRONG AND I FEEL
BOLD AS A BEAR RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S GOD'S STRENGTH AND GOD'S
BOLDNESS, NOT MINE BECAUSE I HAVE NOTHING EXCEPT WHAT I HAVE
IN HIM.
WE CAN NEVER BE STRONG IN HIM UNTIL WE'RE FIRST WEAK IN
OURSELVES.
2 CORINTHIANS 3:5, THE APOSTLE PAUL
WELL KNEW THAT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS TRUE.
HE SAID, "NOT THAT WE ARE FIT (QUALIFIED AND SUFFICIENT IN
ABILITY) OF OURSELVES TO FORM PERSONAL JUDGMENTS OR TO CLAIM
AND COUNT ANYTHING AS COMING FROM US, BUT OUR POWER AND OUR
ABILITY AND OUR SUFFICIENCY ARE FROM GOD."
SO PAUL WAS SAYING, "THE ONLY WAY THAT I CAN DO THIS, THE ONLY
WAY THAT YOU CAN STAY IN A DIFFICULT MARRIAGE BECAUSE YOU
BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS TOLD YOU IF YOU WEATHER IT OUT, MAYBE YOU
CAN BE A WITNESS AND A FORCE FOR CHANGE IN SOMEBODY'S LIFE."
THE ONLY WAY THAT DAVE COULD HAVE POSSIBLY PUT UP WITH ME THE
FIRST SEVERAL YEARS THAT WE WERE MARRIED AND CONTINUE TO LOVE ME
UNCONDITIONALLY, IT WASN'T HIS GREAT ABILITY, IT WAS THE POWER
OF GOD IN HIM.
THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN HANDLE A BUNCH OF LITTLE KIDS AND LIVE
IN THE SOCIETY THAT WE LIVE IN TODAY AND MAYBE EVEN BE A SINGLE
PARENT AND HAVE TO BE TRYING TO DO IT ALL BY YOURSELF,
YOU DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT WHEN YOU SAY, "I CAN'T DO THIS."
YOU'RE TOTALLY RIGHT WHEN YOU SAY, "I CANNOT DO THIS, THIS IS
TOO MUCH FOR ME."
BUT YOU NEED TO QUICKLY FOLLOW IT UP WITH, "BUT GOD IS WITH ME
AND HE CAN DO IT THROUGH ME."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW THE STORY OF SAMSON IS AN INTERESTING STORY
AND SAMSON WAS A NAZARITE.
HE'D MADE THE VOW OF A NAZARITE AND GOD MADE HIM EXTREMELY
STRONG, BUT IT WAS HIS CLOSE CONNECTION WITH GOD THAT KEPT
HIM STRONG.
AND PEOPLE TODAY GET DISCONNECTED TOO MUCH AND THEY
LET THEIR BATTERIES RUN COMPLETELY OUT AND THEN WONDER
WHY NOTHING'S WORKING IN THEIR LIFE.
LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, YOU GOTTA STAY PLUGGED INTO
THE POWER SOURCE.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN UNPLUGGED?
IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GET PLUGGED IN AGAIN AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU
STAY PLUGGED IN.
AND SO SAMSON GOT INVOLVED, GOT TEMPTED BY A WOMAN, GOT INVOLVED
WITH HER AND HER PURPOSE WAS JUST TO DECEIVE HIM.
SHE WAS NO GOOD FROM THE BEGINNING.
HER PURPOSE WAS TO FIND OUT WHAT THE SECRET TO HIS STRENGTH WAS.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THE SECRET OF OUR STRENGTH IS GOD AND
THE SECRET OF SAMSON'S STRENGTH WAS GOD.
BUT GOD HAD TOLD HIM THAT AS LONG AS HE WOULD LET HIS HAIR
GROW AND NOT CUT HIS HAIR THAT HE WOULD BE STRONG AND IT WAS
JUST KIND OF A LITTLE THING BETWEEN HIM AND GOD.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT YOU FEEL LIKE GOD
HAS TOLD YOU TO DO AND IF YOU DO THOSE THINGS, THEN THINGS WORK
OUT GREAT FOR YOU.
YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING, EVERY BLESSING IN OUR LIFE COMES BY
GRACE BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT GOD NEVER TELLS YOU TO DO
ANYTHING OR HE NEVER MAKES YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW FOR A FACT, GOD HAS DEALT
WITH ME ABOUT THIS FROM THE BEGINNING OF MY MINISTRY, I
CANNOT FIGHT WITH MY HUSBAND AT HOME AND GET UP ON THIS PULPIT
AND EXPECT TO HAVE POWER.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I CAN'T DO IT.
SO IF BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL FOR A WHILE, I NOW
BEGIN TO THINK THAT THAT DOESN'T MATTER.
AND I CAN MAYBE WAKE UP IN A BAD MOOD AND BE RUDE AND--OR MAYBE
DAVE--I CAN'T IMAGINE DAVE WAKING UP WITH IN A BAD MOOD BUT
LET'S JUST PRETEND THAT HE DID, YOU KNOW?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: LET'S JUST SAY THAT DAVE AND I HAD A RIP-ROARING
ARGUMENT THIS MORNING AND I JUST--YOU KNOW THE POINT IS IT
DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHOSE FAULT IT IS.
IT REALLY DOESN'T EVEN MATTER WHOSE FAULT IT IS, THE THING
THAT MATTERS IS WHO'S GONNA BE THE FIRST TO MAKE PEACE?
YOU DIDN'T CARE FOR THAT MUCH, DID YOU?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WOW, GOT A LITTLE MORE WORK HERE
TO DO THAN I THOUGHT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN WELL, LET'S JUST PRETEND AND SAY IT WAS
DAVE'S FAULT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: LET'S JUST PRETEND HE GOT UP IN A BAD MOOD AND IT'S
HIS FAULT, OKAY?
THERE WAS NO, "OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING" TODAY.
AND SO MAN HE HURT MY FEELINGS REALLY BAD AND NOW I'M MAD.
I'M REALLY UPSET.
AND I'M MAD AND I MEAN I'M TAKING IT TO THE MAX.
"I GOTTA DO ALL THIS WORK ALL THE TIME--"
AND SO THEN I GOT ALL THIS GOING ON IN ME, BUT I GET
MY CHURCH FACE ON AND I COME OVER AND I'M LIKE, "WELL, PRAISE
THE LORD, EVERYBODY.
WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY.
THANK YOU, JESUS.
HALLELUJAH."
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I COULD TEACH THE SAME MESSAGE BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT WOULD
NOT HAVE A STRONG ANOINTING ON IT, AND IT WOULD NOT PENETRATE
YOUR HEARTS, AND IT WOULDN'T DO IN YOU WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SEE, I'VE KNOWN FROM THE BEGINNING I'VE GOT ONE THING
AND THAT'S GOD AND IF HE DON'T SHOW UP, I'M IN DEEP TROUBLE
'CAUSE I DON'T PLAY AN INSTRUMENT.
I DON'T SING.
I--YOU KNOW, THIS IS IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THIS IS IT.
I TALK.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I WANT TO TELL YA, SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE BIT
SCARY.
AND SO THAT'S PART OF MY PERSONAL COVENANT WITH GOD, THAT
I WILL NOT COME TO HIS PULPIT TO DELIVER HIS WORD WITH ANY KIND
OF ANGER, OR BITTERNESS, OR UNFORGIVENESS IN MY HEART.
I WON'T DO IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND SO GOD HAD ASKED SAMSON JUST AS KIND OF A SIGN
BETWEEN THEM NOT TO CUT HIS HAIR.
SO HE ENDED UP TELLING HER, DELILAH, WHAT HIS SECRET WAS
AND WHILE HE WAS ASLEEP, SHE CUT HIS HAIR OFF.
AND THE ENEMY CAME IN AND GOT HIM AND HE COMPLETELY LOST HIS
STRENGTH.
NOW THIS WAS A MAN THAT BEFORE THAT KILLED A THOUSAND MEN WITH
THE JAWBONE OF A DONKEY BY HIMSELF, RIPPED A LION IN HALF
WITH HIS BARE HANDS, AND NOW HE HAD LOST HIS STRENGTH BECAUSE HE
STOPPED DOING WHAT GOD HAD ASKED HIM TO DO.
LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, AS LONG AS WE HANG WITH GOD AND WE
EITHER DO WHAT HE ASKS US TO OR WE ARE VERY QUICK TO REPENT WHEN
WE REALIZE WE'VE MADE A MISTAKE, WE WILL BE STRONG AND WE CAN
STAND UP AND BE BOLD IN LIFE, AND WE CAN CONFRONT THE ENEMY.
BUT YOU CAN'T DO WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT TODAY IF YOU'RE
GONNA HAVE A LOOSE LIFE WHERE YOU REALLY DON'T PAY THAT MUCH
ATTENTION TO WHAT GOD SAYS TO YOU AND YOU THINK WELL JUST
'CAUSE YOU GO TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY, THAT MAKES UP FOR
EVERYTHING ELSE.
IS ANYBODY LISTENING TO ME TODAY?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WE NEED TO HAVE FAITH IN THE POWER OF GOD.
THE POWER OF GOD IS AVAILABLE TO YOU BUT YOU NEED TO BELIEVE
THAT IT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU.
1 CHRONICLES 29:12 SAYS, "ALL GOOD AND ALL POWER COME FROM GOD
AND IT IS IN HIS HAND TO GIVE IT TO ALL."
GOD'S POWER IS YOURS FOR THE ASKING.
CAN EVERYBODY SAY TODAY, "GOD, I'M HUNGRY FOR YOUR POWER."
AUDIENCE: GOD, I'M HUNGRY FOR YOUR POWER!
JOYCE: THANK YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR POWER.
AS I SAID, I HEARD MANY SERMONS ABOUT GOD'S POWER BUT NEVER
ABOUT MINE.
SEE, I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE THE POWER THROUGH CHRIST
TO RESIST SIN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DON'T EVER THINK, "OH, THIS IS TOO MUCH FOR ME."
I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THE POWER TO RESIST TEMPTATION,
TO RESIST THE DEVIL.
I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE, THROUGH CHRIST, POWER OVER THE PAST.
COME ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I BELIEVE WE HAVE POWER OVER FAILURE,
DISAPPOINTMENT, DEPRESSION, DISCOURAGEMENT, FEAR, WRONG
THINKING, LETTING OUR EMOTIONS CONTROL US, REJECTION,
ABANDONMENT, ABUSE, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
YOU GOT THE POWER.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND NOW WE COME TO A WONDERFUL NAME,
JEHOVAH ELOHIM.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
THE LORD IS GOD, THE ONLY GOD.
THE LORD IS GOD, THE ONLY GOD.
DEUTERONOMY 6:4 AND 5.
AND YOU'RE GONNA UNDERSTAND IN A MOMENT WHY THIS WAS SO
IMPORTANT, THIS PARTICULAR NAME WAS SO IMPORTANT TO
THE ISRAELITES.
"HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD [THE ONLY LORD].
AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR [MIND AND]
HEART AND WITH YOUR ENTIRE BEING AND WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT."
THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD, THE ONLY LORD.
SEVERAL PLACES, NUMBERS OF PLACES IN THE BIBLE IT MAKES
THAT STATEMENT, "THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE."
AND I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THAT A FEW YEARS AGO AND DIDN'T
QUITE UNDERSTAND IT AT FIRST BUT YOU SEE, THEY LIVED AMONG PAGANS
WHO HAD ALL KINDS OF GODS.
AND I JUST STARTED DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH ONLINE AND I
ACTUALLY THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS OUT THERE THAT
PEOPLE CALL GODS THAT THEY BOW DOWN TO AND WORSHIP THAT IT
STARTED TO BE OVERWHELMING FOR ME TO EVEN TRY TO MAKE A LIST.
I STARTED, BUT I DIDN'T GET TOO FAR.
I MEAN YOU CAN GO BACK TO GREEK MYTHOLOGY AND THEN
ALL THE DIFFERENT RELIGIONS.
THERE'S 1 RELIGION TODAY THAT HAS 330 MILLION GODS.
AND THE THING THAT'S INTERESTING IS I WAS IN THAT COUNTRY AND WE
SAW THE STONE QUARRY WHERE THEY ACTUALLY DIG OUT THE STONE
AND MAKE THE GODS.
NOW HOW CAN ANYBODY BE A GOD IF I CAN MAKE IT?
I MEAN, COME ON.
SO I'M GONNA GO SOMEWHERE AND CARVE OUT A HUNK OF STONE AND
THEN I'M MAKE THIS LITTLE DOODAD THING TO SIT SOMEWHERE AND I'M
GONNA BOW DOWN TO THAT AND THINK THAT THAT'S GONNA HELP ME?
I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHAT, I FEEL REALLY SORRY FOR PEOPLE THAT
BELIEVE THAT STUFF, AND I HOPE AND PRAY THAT MANY OF YOU ARE
WATCHING THIS PROGRAM TODAY.
I WANT TO TELL YA SOMETHING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORSHIP A STONE
COLD, DEAD, LIFELESS, IMMOVABLE STATUE.
THERE IS A GOD THAT IS ALIVE THAT LOVES YOU,
AND HE WANTS TO COME AND LIVE ON THE INSIDE OF YOU AND GIVE
YOU POWER TO LIVE A WONDERFUL LIFE.
THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE GOD, THE ONLY GOD,
THE ONLY TRUE GOD, AND WE SHOULD LOVE HIM WITH ALL OF
OUR HEART, WITH ALL OF OUR SOUL, WITH ALL OF OUR MIND, AND
ALL OF OUR STRENGTH BECAUSE HE DESERVES OUR PRAISE.
PEOPLE WORSHIP ALL THESE THINGS THAT GOD HAS MADE, THEY WORSHIP
THE SUN, THEY WORSHIP THE MOON, THEY WORSHIP NATURE.
WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU NOT JUST WANT TO WORSHIP GOD?
WELL, ONE THING IS IS PEOPLE WANT TO SEE SOMETHING.
THEY WANT TO TOUCH SOMETHING.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU DON'T SEE.
BUT LISTEN TO ME, WE HAVE SPIRITUAL EYES, AND I THINK I
CAN STAND HERE TODAY AND SAY, WE DO SEE GOD.
I BELIEVE THAT I SEE GOD.
I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM FACE-TO-FACE, BUT I SEE HIM EVERY TIME ONE OF
MY GRANDCHILDREN ARE BORN.
OH, MY GOSH, THOSE LITTLE, TINY FINGERS, AND HANDS, AND TOES,
AND LITTLE, FAT BELLY.
AND OH JUST--OH, MY GOSH.
I MEAN OUR LAST GRANDCHILD IS NOW 2 MONTHS OLD AND I MEAN HE
IS JUST AS FAT AS A LITTLE BUTTERBALL, JUST AS CUTE
AS HE CAN BE.
AND, YOU KNOW, MILLIONS OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IN
THE WORLD.
WE'VE JUST SO USED TO NOT LOOKING AND NOT PAYING ATTENTION
OR PAYING ATTENTION TO WRONG THINGS.
AND I'M CHALLENGING YOU TO TAKE FROM THIS CONFERENCE A DESIRE TO
SLOW DOWN ENOUGH IN YOUR LIFE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE GOD THAT IS
THERE FOR YOU TO SEE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND TO THANK HIM FOR EVERY LITTLE, TEENY, TINY THING
THAT HE DOES FOR YOU.
PEOPLE WANT TO SEE SOMETHING.
THEY WANT TO FEEL SOMETHING, BUT THERE'S A DIFFERENT FEELING,
THERE'S A SPIRITUAL FEELING, AND THERE'S A SPIRITUAL SEEING.
AND MANY TIMES WHEN WE COME TOGETHER LIKE THIS AND WE'RE IN
OUR WORSHIP SERVICE AND I SENSED IT ESPECIALLY STRONG LAST NIGHT
AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T SENSE IT, IT'S NOT BECAUSE GOD'S NOT
THERE, IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE NOT REALLY THERE.
BUT I ESPECIALLY SENSED LAST NIGHT A REAL PRESENCE OF GOD IN
THIS PLACE.
AND I THOUGHT, HOW WONDERFUL IT MUST HAVE BEEN FOR PEOPLE WHO
HAVE NEVER FELT THAT IN THEIR WHOLE LIFE.
YOU SEE, SOMETIMES WE HAVE IT SO GOOD WITH GOD FOR SO LONG THAT
WE START TO NOT EVEN NOTICE IT ANYMORE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST GOT INTO A REAL SERIOUS
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD BACK IN THE '70S AND STARTED REALLY
STUDYING THE WORD AND WAS JUST SO FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND
JUST STARTING TO FIND OUT WHO I WAS IN CHRIST, I MEAN, I WAS SO
AWARE OF EVERY LITTLE THING THAT GOD DID.
AND A FEW YEARS BACK, I MADE THIS DUMB COMMENT TO GOD.
"WELL GOD, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DON'T DO
THE THINGS YOU USED TO DO."
COME ON.
'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU KNOW LIKE THE HONEYMOON THING
KIND OF WEARS OFF AND SO NOW YOU GET KIND OF, YOU'RE KIND OF USED
TO IT, AMEN?
AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE I MEAN I REALLY LOVE MY HUSBAND TO PIECES
BUT TO BE HONEST, I MEAN, WHEN WE WERE DATING AND WE SHOWED UP
AT THE DOOR, I MEAN, I GOT GOOSEBUMPS AND KIND OF
WEAK KNEES.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT DON'T HAPPEN NOW WHEN HE COMES HOME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT TO BE HONEST, I HAVE SOMETHING BETTER BECAUSE
WHAT I HAVE NOW IS NOT DEPENDENT UPON MY KNEES BEING WEAK
AND WHETHER OR NOT I HAVE A GOOSEBUMP.
COME ON NOW, COME ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHAT I HAVE NOW, MAN, IS COMMITMENT AND A DEPTH,
AND I KNOW WHAT HE'S GONNA DO BEFORE HE DOES IT.
I CAN TELL BY THE LOOK ON HIS FACE WHAT'S COMING NEXT, AMEN?
AND THAT'S WHAT GOD WANTS FOR US.
INITIALLY THERE'S GOOSEBUMPS, AND EXCITEMENT, AND OH, YOU NEED
A WORD FROM GOD AND YOU CAN, "OH GOD, I NEED--"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON, EVERYBODY LAUGHS 'CAUSE EVERYBODY DOES IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND IN THE BEGINNING BOY, YOU GET ALL THESE AMAZING.
IT'S LIKE, "OH, MY GOSH, YOU ARE SO AMAZING.
HOW COULD I ASK YOU--" AND THEN YOU JUST
WAIT FOR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A YEAR MAYBE, SOMETHING
LIKE THAT UNTIL YOU GO AND HE SAYS, "WOE BE UNTO YOU
YOU WICKED SINNER."
AND THEN YOU'RE LIKE, "WHOA, I BETTER TRY THAT AGAIN."
AND THEN WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT'S DRYING UP.
WELL, IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT IT'S DRYING UP.
GOD'S WANTING US TO GROW UP AND HE DOESN'T WANT US TO DEPEND
ON WHAT WE FEEL AND WHAT WE SEE.
HE WANTS US TO KNOW.
HE WANTS US TO KNOW HIM.
NO WONDER THE APOSTLE PAUL PRAYED, "THAT I MIGHT KNOW HIM
AND THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION."
JOYCE: WELL, IF WE WANT TO HAVE A CHRISTIANITY THAT WE CAN
REALLY ENJOY, THAT REALLY WORKS FOR US, WE NEED TO KNOW WHO
GOD IS.
I THINK A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T STUDY GOD'S CHARACTER ENOUGH
AND THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT IN OUR LIVES.
WHO IS GOD?
WHAT CAN I EXPECT OUT OF HIM?
IT'S THE ONLY TRUE WAY TO EXPERIENCE VICTORY IN OUR LIVES.
AND SO I'VE DONE A SERIES OF TEACHING SIMPLY CALLED,
"WHO IS GOD?" AND THEY'RE ABOUT THE CHARACTER
OF GOD, WHO GOD IS, WHAT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN EXPECT GOD TO DO
ALL THE TIME.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE NEVER CHANGES.
NO MATTER HOW MUCH SOCIETY CHANGES, GOD IS ALWAYS THE SAME.
WE KNOW THAT HE'S ALWAYS WITH US.
HE'S OMNIPRESENT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK FOR HIM.
HE'S WITH US ALL THE TIME AND MANY OTHER WONDERFUL THINGS.
GET TO REALLY KNOW GOD.
DON'T JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT HE CAN DO FOR YOU, KNOW HIM.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY AND GOD BLESS YOU.
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.
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