ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT NAMES OF GOD
IN THE BIBLE AND THE REASON WHY I'M DOING THAT IS BECAUSE A NAME
TELLS YOU ABOUT SOMEONE.
THEY'RE PROPERLY CALLED, ESPECIALLY THE ONES IN
THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE REDEMPTIVE NAMES
OF GOD BECAUSE EACH ONE TELLS YOU SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN
EXPECT GOD TO DO FOR YOU.
AND WE STARTED OUT WITH YAHWEH WHICH LITERALLY MEANS "I AM"
AND THAT'S STILL MY FAVORITE.
I LOVE THAT THOUGHT THAT WHO IS GOD?
HE IS.
HEBREWS 11:6 SAYS, THOSE THAT COME TO HIM
MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS AND THAT HE IS A REWARDER OF THOSE WHO
DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM.
GOD HAS A REWARD FOR THOSE THAT ARE FAITHFUL.
YOU HAVE A REWARD COMING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I COULD EVEN GO SO FAR AS TO
SAY THAT I BELIEVE THAT SINCE YOU TOOK YOUR TIME TO BE HERE
THIS WEEKEND, MANY OF YOU MADE A REAL INVESTMENT TO BE HERE.
YOU'VE SPENT MONEY FOR HOTELS, AND YOU'VE TRAVELED, AND JUST
SACRIFICED TIME.
AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL HAVE A REWARD.
WHEN WE MAKE RIGHT CHOICES, THERE'S ALWAYS A REWARD THAT
COMES IN OUR LIFE.
GOD DOESN'T OWE US ANYTHING FOR US MAKING RIGHT CHOICES BUT HE
LOVES TO BLESS HIS CHILDREN.
SO I ALWAYS LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE, PAYDAY IS COMING, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A VARIETY OF THESE NAMES.
I CANNOT GO BACK OVER ALL OF THEM BUT THE REASON WHY I WANTED
TO DO THIS AND WHY I'M CALLING IT WHO IS GOD?
IS BECAUSE I THINK THAT GOD'S REPUTATION IN THE WORLD NEEDS TO
BE BETTER.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF LETTING GOD SHINE
THROUGH US SO PEOPLE CAN THINK BETTER OF GOD.
A LOT OF THE DIVISION IN CHURCHES AND THE FOOLISH WAYS
THAT SOME BELIEVERS ACT, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE THAT ARE
PUBLICLY KNOWN AND THEN THEY DO ALL KINDS OF GOOFY THINGS THAT
GIVES A BAD NAME TO CHRISTIANITY, IT'S A SHAME THE
WAY THAT THE WORLD NOW SEEMS TO DISRESPECT GOD AND SO I'M BUSY
TRYING TO MAKE HIS NAME FAMOUS AND I'D LIKE YOU TO HELP ME.
AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE DOING THE
SAME THING AROUND THE EARTH.
WHO IS GOD?
WELL, HE'S JUST ABSOLUTELY THE GREATEST, THE MOST HIGH,
THE MOST AMAZING, THE MOST WONDERFUL.
I MEAN HE'S JUST EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING THAT YOU COULD EVER
HOPE FOR OR WANT.
AND MY CONTENTION IS IS THAT ANYBODY WHO REALLY KNOWS GOD,
ANY PERSON IN THE WORLD WHO IS NOT A BELIEVER, OR WHO CLAIMS TO
NOT BELIEVE IN GOD, OR EVEN THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE A
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, ANYBODY WHO REALLY KNOWS HIM COULD
NOT POSSIBLY NOT WANT TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: PERIOD, END OF THE CONVERSATION.
IN HIM WE LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING.
GOD IS NOT A SIDELINE TO ME.
HE'S THE MAINLINE IN MY LIFE.
HE'S NOT JUST SOMETHING, HE'S EVERYTHING AND I KNOW THAT MANY
OF YOU FEEL THE EXACT SAME WAY.
SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH SEVERAL OF THESE NAMES AND WE HAVE THESE
MESSAGES FROM THE WEEKEND RECORDED IF YOU WEREN'T HERE
AND YOU'D LIKE TO GET THEM.
TODAY I HAVE THREE OF THE REDEMPTIVE NAMES LEFT THAT I
WANT TO GO THROUGH AND THEN END UP WITH A FEW THINGS ABOUT
THE NAME OF JESUS BECAUSE THE INTERESTING THING IS THAT ALL
THESE OTHER REDEMPTIVE NAMES THAT WE SEE DESCRIBING WHO GOD
IS ALL CULMINATE AND COME TOGETHER FOR US AS NEW COVENANT
BELIEVERS IN THE ONE NAME THAT IS ABOVE EVERY NAME,
THE NAME OF JESUS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING TO ME, I DON'T KNOW
ABOUT YOU BUT I--EVEN WHEN I SPEAK THAT NAME AND I PURPOSELY
THINK ABOUT WHAT I'M SAYING, I ALMOST FEEL LIKE I CAN SENSE
AN ATMOSPHERE CHANGE.
THERE'S SOMETHING POWERFUL IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
LET'S ALL SAY, "JESUS."
ONE MORE TIME.
AUDIENCE: JESUS.
JOYCE: ONE MORE TIME.
AUDIENCE: JESUS.
JOYCE: WOW.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THERE'S NO OTHER NAME THAT DOES THAT FOR ME
LIKE THE NAME OF JESUS.
AND SO TODAY WE'VE COME TO THE NAME JEHOVAH NISI
WHICH MEANS THE LORD OUR BANNER
AND IT BASICALLY MEANS THAT HE IS OUR VICTORY
OR HE'S THE ONE WHO GIVES US VICTORY.
AND WE CAN REALLY EXPECT GOD, EXPECT GOD, NOT JUST HAVE TO
KIND OF WAIT AND SEE, BUT WE CAN EXPECT GOD TO GIVE US VICTORY
OVER SIN, OVER ADDICTIVE HABITS, OVER ALL KINDS OF BONDAGES,
OVER A PAINFUL PAST, VICTORY OVER THE ENEMY.
HE IS IN THE BUSINESS OF GIVING HIS PEOPLE VICTORY.
YOU ARE THE HEAD AND NOT THE TAIL, ABOVE AND NOT BENEATH.
IN DANIEL 11:32 THE BIBLE SAYS, "THOSE WHO KNOW THEIR GOD SHALL
PROVE THEMSELVES STRONG AND SHALL STAND STRONG
AND DO EXPLOITS FOR GOD."
I LOVE THAT.
IF YOU KNOW GOD, NOT JUST IF YOU GO TO CHURCH.
GOING TO CHURCH IS LOVELY.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT EVERYBODY BE VERY REGULAR IN
BEING PLUGGED INTO A GOOD, LOCAL CHURCH WHERE YOU CAN LEARN
AND GROW AND BE ACCOUNTABLE, BUT IT'S THOSE WHO KNOW THEIR GOD.
I WENT TO CHURCH FOR A LOT OF YEARS AND DIDN'T KNOW GOD.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WHO AGREES WITH ME THAT YOU CAN GO TO
CHURCH A LONG TIME AND NOT KNOW GOD?
YOU CAN KNOW DOCTRINE.
YOU CAN KNOW CHURCH RULES.
YOU CAN KNOW RELIGIOUS REGULATIONS BUT THAT DOESN'T
MEAN THAT WE KNOW GOD.
AND SADLY, VERY SADLY, HEARTBREAKINGLY SADLY, THE WAY
THAT RELIGION PRESENTS HIM SOMETIMES IS SO FAR AWAY FROM
WHO HE REALLY IS.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT MANY TIMES BY THE TIME SOMEBODY GETS
YOU VERY INDOCTRINATED IN RELIGION, YOU JUST EVERYTHING IS
DEEP, AND SERIOUS, AND SAD, AND SOUR, AND YOU CAN'T ENJOY
ANYTHING, AND EVERYTHING'S ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN'T DO.
YOU CAN'T DO THIS. YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
YOU CAN'T DO SOMETHING ELSE.
WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE THINGS WE CAN DO?
LET'S THINK ABOUT THE THINGS WE CAN DO.
MY BIBLE SAYS THAT JESUS CAME THAT WE MIGHT HAVE AND ENJOY OUR
LIVES AND HAVE IT IN ABUNDANCE TO THE FULL UNTIL IT OVERFLOWS.
AND THE ONLY THINGS THAT GOD ASKS US NOT TO DO ARE THE THINGS
THAT ARE KILLING US ANYWAY, ALL THE REST OF IT HE WANTS US
TO ENJOY AND HAVE FUN.
BEING A CHRISTIAN DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU DON'T HAVE FUN ANYMORE.
IT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE MORE FUN THAN YOU EVER HAVE IN YOUR WHOLE
LIFE BECAUSE YOU CAN ENJOY THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE
COULDN'T EVEN POSSIBLY ENJOY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUTH, LIGHTEN UP.
GET OVER YOURSELF.
COME ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: RELIGION IS INTENSE.
BUT JESUS SAID, "COME UNTO ME ALL YOU THAT LABOR AND ARE
HEAVY LADEN, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST."
I WILL EASE, RELIEVE, AND REFRESH YOUR SOULS.
ACTUALLY THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE SAYS, "I WILL GIVE YOU BLESSED
RECREATION FOR YOUR SOULS."
AND SO LITERALLY IF YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU CAN LIVE
YOUR LIFE WITH YOUR SOUL ON VACATION.
THANK GOD IN HIM YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TO GO TAKE A TRIP TO
ENJOY YOURSELF.
YOU CAN ENJOY YOURSELF EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE.
AMEN?
SOME OF YOU ARE THINKING, "OH MAN, THIS HAS BEEN SO GREAT,
I HATE TO GO HOME."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT SEE, YOU'RE ALREADY SETTING YOURSELF UP FOR
A FIT WHEN YOU WALK IN THE DOOR.
"THIS HOUSE IS A MESS AND I TOLD YOU--"
AND THEN PEOPLE THINK, "YEAH, WELL GOING DID YOU A LOT
OF GOOD.
MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO GO BACK AGAIN."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SO DON'T DREAD GOING HOME.
DON'T DREAD ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE JEHOVAH NISI,
THE ONE WHO GIVES YOU VICTORY IS WITH YOU.
YOU HAVE VICTORY IN YOUR LIFE.
I MEAN IF A SINK FULL OF DIRTY DISHES IS GONNA DEPRESS YOU,
WHAT HOPE IS THERE FOR ANYTHING ELSE?
YEAH, IN CASE YOU DIDN'T HEAR ME I SAID, IF A SINK FULL OF DIRTY
DISHES IS GONNA DEPRESS YOU--
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NO, YOU'RE A SOLDIER IN THE ARMY OF GOD,
YOU ATTACK THOSE DISHES.
YOU ATTACK THAT CLOSET THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED OUT.
YOU STAND UP TO THE THINGS YOU NEED TO DO.
MATTER OF FACT WHY DON'T YOU ON PURPOSE DO THE HARD THINGS FIRST
AND JUST GET THEM OUT OF THE WAY.
LET'S STOP BEING SO WIMPY AND WHINING ABOUT EVERYTHING.
THOSE WHO KNOW THEIR GOD SHALL BE MIGHTY AND DO EXPLOITS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SEE, I HAD TO START WITH LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT
IN MY HOME.
I CAN TELL YOU THE TRUTH, IF THIS--IF THESE THINGS THAT I'M
TEACHING YOU ARE NOT WORKING IN YOUR HOME, THEN YOU CAN FORGET
ABOUT THEM WORKING ANYWHERE ELSE.
IF THE ONLY PLACE WHERE WE HAVE THE VICTORY IS IN CHURCH,
THEN WE HAVE A DEEP PROBLEM.
AMEN?
GET IT WORKING AT HOME WHERE IT REALLY COUNTS.
EXODUS 17:8 THROUGH 15, "THEN CAME AMALEK
THE [DESCENDANTS OF ESAU]
AND FOUGHT WITH ISRAEL AT REPHIDIM.
AND MOSES SAID TO JOSHUA, CHOOSE US OUT MEN AND GO OUT,
FIGHT WITH AMALEK.
AND TOMORROW I WILL STAND ON THE TOP OF THE HILL WITH THE ROD
OF GOD IN MY HAND."
NOW, GOD HAD PLACED HIS POWER IN THAT ROD THAT MOSES HAD AND THAT
ROD IS WHAT WAS STRETCHED OUT OVER THE RED SEA WHEN IT PARTED.
"SO JOSHUA DID AS MOSES SAID AND HE FOUGHT WITH AMALEK;
AND MOSES, AARON, AND HUR WENT UP TO THE HILLTOP.
AND WHEN MOSES HELD UP HIS HAND, ISRAEL PREVAILED; AND WHEN HE
LOWERED HIS HAND, AMALEK PREVAILED.
BUT MOSES' HANDS WERE HEAVY AND GREW WEARY.
SO [THE OTHER MEN] TOOK A STONE AND PUT IT UNDER HIM AND HE SAT
ON IT."
SO DON'T EVER COMPLAIN ABOUT YOUR SEAT.
HE WAS SITTING ON A ROCK.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "THEN AARON AND HUR HELD UP HIS HANDS, ONE ON ONE
SIDE AND ONE ON THE OTHER--" AND WE ALL NEED PEOPLE
TO HOLD OUR HAND UP WHEN WE GET TIRED AND WEARY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THAT COULD BE YOUR WHOLE MINISTRY.
YOU MAY NOT BE CALLED TO BE THE MAIN PERSON.
YOU MAY BE CALLED TO HOLD UP SOMEBODY'S HANDS.
"AND JOSHUA MOWED DOWN AND DISABLED AMALEK AND THE PEOPLE
WITH THE SWORD.
AND THE LORD SAID TO MOSES, WRITE THIS FOR A MEMORIAL IN THE
BOOK AND REHEARSE IT IN THE EARS OF JOSHUA, AND I WILL UTTERLY
BLOT OUT THE REMEMBRANCE OF AMALEK FROM UNDER THE HEAVENS."
AND VERSE 15, "AND MOSES BUILT AN ALTAR AND CALLED THE NAME
OF IT, THE LORD IS MY BANNER," WHICH MEANS SIGN OF CONQUEST.
SO REALLY IN ESSENCE WHEN HE SAID, "JEHOVAH NISI, THE LORD IS
MY BANNER," WHAT HE LITERALLY MEANT IS, "MAKE NO MISTAKE,
GOD IS THE ONE WHO HAS GIVEN US THIS VICTORY."
AND LET ME TELL YOU, GOD IS A GOD WHO GIVES VICTORY.
AND WHATEVER SITUATION YOU'RE IN RIGHT NOW, YOU NEED TO STOP
BEING AFRAID OF IT AND YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR GOD AND KNOW THAT
YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO AND THAT HOWEVER LONG IT
TAKES AND NOBODY KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS BUT THE BATTLE'S
ALREADY WON AND WHEN IT'S OVER, YOU WILL HAVE THE VICTORY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU WILL HAVE THE VICTORY.
I KNOW IT BY EXPERIENCE AND I KNOW IT BY THE WORD OF GOD.
NOW ONE OF THE AREAS THAT GOD ALWAYS GIVES US VICTORY OVER IS
SIN, BUT I WANT YOU TO NOTICE IN WHAT WE JUST READ IN EXODUS,
AND THIS IS GONNA BE KIND OF A HIGH POINT OF WHAT I WANT TO
BRING TO YOU THIS MORNING, MOSES FOLLOWED GOD.
HE DID WHAT GOD PUT ON HIS HEART TO DO.
AND WHEN I GO BACK ALL THE WAY TO THE CONDITION I WAS IN WHEN I
FIRST GOT INTO A REAL SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, I WAS
A CHURCHGOER LONG TIME BEFORE I GOT SERIOUS AND I ALWAYS LIKE
TO KIND OF SHARE THAT BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO CHURCH AND THINK THAT'S ALL THEY NEED TO DO BUT WHAT YOU
NEED IS VICTORY.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE VICTORY, THEN YOU NEED TO START ASKING
YOURSELF WHY AND YOU NEED TO START LOOKING AT THE WORD TO SEE
MAYBE WHAT YOU'RE MISSING THAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU.
GOD HAS CALLED US TO BE LIGHTS SHINING OUT BRIGHTLY IN A DARK
WORLD AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE NO PROBLEMS BUT IT MEANS
THAT WE HAVE VICTORY OVER OUR PROBLEMS.
AMEN?
AND SO IF I LOOK ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE CONDITION I WAS IN,
I MEAN GOD HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH VICTORY IN MY LIFE.
AND IT'S BEEN 37 YEARS WORTH OF LITTLE VICTORIES, AND LITTLE
MORE VICTORIES, AND LITTLE VICTORIES,
DAY AFTER DAY, LITTLE BY LITTLE.
AND YOU KNOW PART OF OUR PROBLEM WE DON'T LIKE THE LITTLE
BY LITTLE.
WE DON'T LIKE THE FROM GLORY TO GLORY BECAUSE IN BETWEEN THOSE
GLORIES THERE'S SOMETIMES A PRETTY LONG SPAN OF TIME
WHERE NOT TOO MUCH OF ANYTHING IS GOING ON.
AMEN?
BUT AS I LOOK BACK I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT WASN'T JUST BECAUSE
I LOVED GOD OR JUST BECAUSE I READ THE WORD OF GOD.
I GIVE GOD ALL THE CREDIT AND ALL THE GLORY.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU, YOU AND GOD ARE PARTNERS AND GOD WILL GIVE
YOU THINGS THAT HE WANTS YOU TO DO AND HE WILL ALSO TELL YOU
SOME THINGS THAT HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO DO.
SOME OF THEM ARE IN THE WORD AND THEY'RE FOR EVERYBODY, BUT THERE
ARE THINGS THAT GOD SPEAKS TO US SPECIFICALLY, THINGS THAT HE
LAYS ON OUR HEART THAT ARE JUST BETWEEN US AND GOD, TIMES WHEN
MAYBE HE REQUESTS SACRIFICES.
THERE WAS ONE TIME WHEN I HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY SAVED UP
FOR SOMETHING "I" WANTED.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND I MEAN WE GAVE ON A REGULAR BASIS.
WE WEREN'T STINGY PEOPLE.
WE WERE GIVERS BUT GOD ASKED ME TO GIVE AWAY EVERYTHING THAT
I HAD SAVED.
MAN, I TRIED TO GET OUT OF THAT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT YOU KNOW THE BEST THING IS IS TO FOLLOW GOD WHEN
YOU FEEL LIKE HE'S LEADING YOU TO DO SOMETHING.
NOW LISTEN TO WHAT I'M GONNA SAY, GOD IS NEVER EVER TRYING TO
TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HE DIDN'T NEED MY LITTLE MONEY THAT I HAD SAVED UP
BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS A LITTLE TOO ATTACHED TO,
AND SOMETIMES GOD WILL REQUEST SOMETHING FROM US BECAUSE HE
WANTS TO GET US DETACHED FROM OUR ATTACHMENTS.
AND WHEN WE SAY, "GOD, YOU'RE FIRST AND YOU'RE EVERYTHING,"
SOMETIMES HE ASKS US TO PROVE IT.
AND I CAN PRETTY MUCH GUARANTEE YOU THAT SOME OF YOU ARE STILL
HOLDING ON TO THINGS THAT GOD TOLD YOU TO GET RID OF LONG TIME
AGO.
YOU'RE STILL IN RELATIONSHIPS, FRIENDSHIPS THAT ARE HURTING
YOUR WALK WITH GOD AND YOU KNOW DOWN DEEP INSIDE THAT IT'S
SOMETHING THAT'S NOT HEALTHY FOR YOU BUT RATHER THAN BE LONELY
FOR A LITTLE WHILE, YOU KEEP UNSAFE RELATIONSHIPS RATHER THAN
MAYBE BE BY YOURSELF FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND WAIT FOR GOD
TO GIVE YOU THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIPS.
SO I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT ALONG WITH ALL THOSE LITTLE BY LITTLES
AND FROM GLORY TO GLORIES, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF LITTLE
OBEDIENCES AND LITTLE THINGS THAT GOD ASKED ME TO DO,
AND SOME OF THEM WERE THINGS THAT DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE,
AND SOME OF THEM WERE THINGS THAT I DID UNDERSTAND.
AND I JUST FEEL THAT I REALLY NEED TO MAKE A POINT TODAY THAT
WHEN YOU'RE BORN AGAIN, LET'S JUST SAY YOU'RE LIVING IN TOTAL
DARKNESS, NOW YOU STEP OUT AND YOU'RE BORN AGAIN, WELL, ONE OF
THE FIRST THINGS THAT YOU BEGIN TO REALIZE IS "HEY, SOMEBODY HAS
PROVIDED FOR ME," SOMEBODY BEING JESUS, "THIS AWESOME PLACE DOWN
THERE AS AN INHERITANCE WHERE THERE'S RIGHTEOUSNESS,
AND PEACE, AND JOY, AND ALL MY NEEDS ARE MET AND I, BOY,
IT'S JUST GONNA BE WONDERFUL.
I'M GONNA BE FREE FROM ALL THESE BONDAGES."
BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT BUT THERE'S A JUNGLE BETWEEN YOU AND
IT AND THAT JUNGLE IS THAT MESS IN OUR LIVES THAT NEEDS TO BE
STRAIGHTENED OUT.
AND WE HAVE A ROADMAP THROUGH THAT JUNGLE AND IT'S
THE WORD OF GOD.
IT'S OUR ROADMAP AND IF WE SIMPLY WILL JUST ONE STEP AT
A TIME, ONE THING AT A TIME, ONE STEP AT A TIME, ONE THING
AT A TIME, ONE STEP AT A TIME.
LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, GET OVER BEING IN A HURRY
AND MAKE A DECISION TODAY THAT YOU'RE IN FOR THE LONG HAUL.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND DON'T EVER SAY TO GOD, "IF I DON'T HAVE
A BREAKTHROUGH SOON," DON'T SAY THAT.
WE CAN'T THREATEN GOD.
WHAT WE NEED TO SAY IS, "GOD, I TRUST YOUR TIMING IN MY LIFE AND
THIS IS HARD BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO LONG, BUT I'M IN
FOR THE LONG HAUL.
I'M IN FOR THE LONG HAUL."
AND I'LL TELL YOU ONE EVEN BETTER AND YOU CAN EVEN GO AHEAD
AND SAY, "AND GOD, EVEN IF I NEVER GET WHAT I WANT,
I'M STILL IN.
EVEN IF I NEVER GET WHAT I WANT, I'M STILL IN.
I'M ALL YOURS BECAUSE NOTHING MAKES ANY SENSE EXCEPT
MY RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU."
LET'S QUIT HAVING ALL THESE CONDITIONS THAT GOD HAS TO MEET
TO KEEP US SERVING HIM DAY BY DAY.
MY GOSH, I MEAN SO MANY THINGS AND I BELIEVE WITH ALL MY HEART
THAT ANY PERSON IN HERE WHO IS STILL UNDER A BURDEN OF SINS,
SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T SEEM TO GET FREE FROM, THERE'S SOME KIND
OF BONDAGE OR ADDICTION IN YOUR LIFE, MAYBE IT'S BAD TEMPER,
MAYBE IT'S BITTERNESS.
SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE SUCH A HARD TIME NOT BEING ANGRY ABOUT
THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO THEM IN THEIR LIFE AND THAT IS
SO DESTRUCTIVE TO OUR WALK WITH GOD.
YOU CANNOT HAVE UNFORGIVENESS IN OUR HEART AND HAVE A GREAT
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AT THE SAME TIME.
IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN.
IT'S IN THE SCRIPTURE FROM ONE END OF IT TO THE OTHER.
IF WE WON'T FORGIVE OTHER PEOPLE, THEN WE CAN'T RECEIVE
FORGIVENESS FROM GOD AND IT HURTS OUR FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM.
AND, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST TAKE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE.
MY FATHER ABUSED ME FOR MANY YEARS.
MY MOTHER KNEW ABOUT IT, DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
I EVEN HAD OTHER RELATIVES, MALE RELATIVES THAT HAD
ALSO ABUSED ME.
THERE WAS A REAL MESS IN MY FATHER'S BLOODLINE.
AND I MEAN I HAD A BAD CASE OF BITTERNESS, AND RESENTMENT, AND
A CHIP ON MY SHOULDER AND EVEN AFTER I WAS ALREADY IN MINISTRY
BECAUSE I HAD DONE THE WHAT I CALL THE OFFICIAL I FORGIVE YOU
THING.
YOU KNOW MOST OF US THAT HAVE BEEN WALKING WITH GOD FOR VERY
LONG, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO FORGIVE AND SO WE'LL
SAY, "I FORGIVE."
BUT A LONG TIME AFTER THAT WHEN GOD REALLY BEGAN TO DEAL WITH ME
THAT IT STILL WASN'T WHAT IT NEEDED TO BE, HE--I SAID,
"IT'S HARD.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT."
AND GOD SAID, "IF YOU'LL PRAY FOR THEM AND BLESS THEM."
THEY WERE OLDER BY THEN, NEEDED HELP.
"HELP TAKE CARE OF THEM."
WELL, THAT'S THE LAST THING IN THE WORLD I WANTED TO DO.
I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT.
THEY DIDN'T DESERVE THAT.
I WAS THE ONE THAT HAD BEEN MISTREATED.
THEY NEVER DID ANYTHING FOR ME AND I MEAN I HAD MY CONVERSATION
WITH GOD.
YOU EVER NOTICE THAT SOMETIMES GOD SAYS SOMETHING, YOU ARGUE
WITH HIM AND THEN AFTER THAT HE DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ELSE?
IT JUST KIND OF HANGS THERE LIKE--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO THINK ABOUT JONAH.
"JONAH, GO TO NINEVEH."
HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO NINEVEH SO HE WENT THE EXACT OPPOSITE
DIRECTION, GOT IN A STORM, GOT SWALLOWED UP BY A WHALE,
SPENT 3 DAYS IN THE WHALE'S BELLY, GOT VOMITED OUT
ON A BEACH.
FINALLY WENT BACK TO GOD AND GOD SAID, "GO TO NINEVEH."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON, WE CAN AVOID A LOT OF SIDE TRIPS IN OUR LIFE
BY JUST DOING WHAT GOD TELLS US TO THE FIRST TIME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT OBEDIENCE IS IMPORTANT.
YES, THERE'S GRACE, AND THERE'S FORGIVENESS FOR SINS, AND
THERE'S MERCY, AND GOD'S NEVER GONNA STOP LOVING YOU NO MATTER
WHAT YOU DO.
AND MAYBE YOU'LL STILL GET INTO HEAVEN.
IT'S NOT OUR OBEDIENCE THAT GETS US INTO HEAVEN, IT'S FAITH IN
JESUS CHRIST.
BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, I THINK WE NEED TO STOP PUSHING THE
ENVELOPE AND WE NEED TO GET REALLY COMMITTED AND OBEDIENT
TO GOD.
AND THIS MORNING I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT REALLY LETTING THE
HOLY SPIRIT SANCTIFY YOU BECAUSE HE IS ALSO JEHOVAH M'KADESH,
THE LORD WHO SANCTIFIES US AND THAT MEANS TO TAKE THE HOLINESS
THAT'S IN US BY HIS GRACE AND MERCY AND WORK IT OUT
IN OUR LIVES.
WHAT IF WE HAVE HOLY MINDS AND HOLY MOUTHS?
WHAT IF WE HAVE SOME HOLY RELATIONSHIPS?
COME ON, THERE'S TOO MUCH COMPROMISE IN THE CHURCH TODAY,
TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT GOT ONE FOOT IN THE WORLD
AND ONE FOOT IN THE KINGDOM.
THEY WANT TO DO WHAT THE WORLD DOES AND STILL THINK THEY'RE
GONNA GO TO HEAVEN AND IT'S JUST NOT WORKING.
FOLLOW GOD.
DON'T EXPECT HIM TO FOLLOW YOU.
AMEN?
DON'T MAKE YOUR PLANS AND THEN PRAY THAT GOD WILL MAKE THEM
WORK.
PRAY, SEE WHAT GOD SAYS, AND THEN MAKE YOUR PLAN.
AMEN.
2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 2, VERSE 14,
THREE SCRIPTURES HERE.
"BUT THANKS BE TO GOD, WHO IN CHRIST JESUS LEADS US IN
TRIUMPH [AS TROPHIES OF CHRIST'S VICTORY] AND THROUGH US SPREADS
AND MAKES EVIDENT THE FRAGRANCE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD
EVERYWHERE."
GOD ALWAYS LEADS US IN TRIUMPH, A.M.--AMEN.
AMEN AND NOT JUST IN THE A.M.
BUT ALL DAY LONG.
MERCY.
1 CORINTHIANS 15:56, "NOW SIN IS
THE STING OF DEATH, AND SIN EXERCISES ITS POWER [UPON
THE SOUL] THROUGH [THE ABUSE OF]
THE LAW.
BUT THANKS BE TO GOD, WHO GIVES US THE VICTORY [MAKING US
CONQUERORS] THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST."
HOW ABOUT IF EVERY DAY EARLY IN THE MORNING WE SAY, "THANKS BE
TO GOD WHO GIVES ME THE VICTORY THIS DAY
AND EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE."
JOYCE: WELL, THE GOSPEL IS GOOD NEWS FOR US.
WE LEARN IN IT THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO STRUGGLE TO TRY TO
CHANGE OURSELVES.
IF WE ALLOW GOD INTO OUR LIVES, BECAUSE OF WHO HE IS, HE WILL
CHANGE US.
WE DO NEED TO COOPERATE WITH THE WORK THAT HE WANTS TO DO IN US.
WE HAVE A FREE WILL, AND WE CAN RESIST HIM AS WELL AS SUBMIT
TO HIM.
BUT GOD IS THE ONE WHO DOES THE WORK.
IT'S HIS STRENGTH IN US THAT MAKES THE CHANGE.
AND SO, LOOK MORE TO HIM THAN YOU DO TO YOURSELF FOR
THE CHANGES THAT YOU NEED.
WE'RE OFFERING FOUR TEACHINGS TODAY ON CD CALLED "WHO IS GOD?"
THE MORE WE LEARN ABOUT GOD'S CHARACTER, THE MORE WE LEARN
WHAT HE DOES AND WHAT HE WANTS TO DO FOR US AND THROUGH US
AND IN US.
AND THEN ALSO, A DEVOTIONAL, 365 DEVOTIONS,
1 FOR EACH DAY OF THE YEAR, CALLED
"CLOSER TO GOD EACH DAY."
AND TO BE HONEST, I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD NOT WANT TO BE CLOSER
AND CLOSER TO GOD EVERY SINGLE DAY.
SO, I THINK YOU'LL ENJOY THESE RESOURCES.
ALWAYS SPEND TIME IN THE WORD OF GOD.
IT'S THE ONE THING THAT'S GONNA KEEP YOU STRONG.
IT NOT ONLY SAVES YOU, BUT IT KEEPS YOU STRONG IN THE LORD.
THANK YOU FOR BEIN' WITH US TODAY, AND I WANT YOU TO
REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE SPECIAL TO GOD, AND HE NEEDS YOU.
GOD HAS GIVEN YOU SOMETHING TO DO, AND HE WANTS TO WORK
THROUGH YOU.
ENJOY YOUR DAY.
ANNOUNCER: DO YOU WANT A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD?
TO EXPERIENCE GOD'S BEST IN YOUR LIFE, YOU FIRST NEED TO
UNDERSTAND WHO HE IS.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING TWO RESOURCES TO HELP YOU EXPERIENCE
THE PEACE THAT COMES FROM A CLOSE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIM.
DISCOVER SOME OF THE MANY NAMES OF GOD FOUND IN THE BIBLE WITH
JOYCE'S FOUR-CD SERIES, "WHO IS GOD?"
IN THIS SERIES, JOYCE EXAMINES HOW EACH NAME REVEALS HIS
PROMISES FOR YOUR LIFE.
AND SPEND TIME WITH GOD EVERY DAY WITH JOYCE'S
"CLOSER TO GOD EACH DAY" DEVOTIONAL.
THIS DEVOTIONAL WILL ENCOURAGE YOU TO EMBRACE GOD'S PRESENCE
EVERY DAY TO LEAD THE JOYFUL LIFE THAT HE HAS PLANNED
FOR YOU.
THEY'RE BOTH AVAILABLE TODAY FOR YOUR GIFT OF...OR MORE.
VISIT US TODAY AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG,
OR CALL TOLL FREE...
ANNOUNCER: SO, THE BIBLE IS GOD'S MANUAL TO HELP US NAVIGATE
LIFE, BUT LIFE OFTEN GETS IN THE WAY OF KNOWING THE BIBLE,
FINDING THE TIME, KNOWING WHERE TO BEGIN, AND DISCOVERING WHAT
THIS ALL MEANS TO YOU.
WE UNDERSTAND, AND WE'D LIKE TO HELP.
AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG/STUDY, YOU'LL FIND FREE RESOURCES TO HELP YOU
GET MORE OUT OF THE BIBLE, WHETHER YOU'RE A NEW CHRISTIAN
OR HAVE BEEN WALKING WITH CHRIST FOR YEARS.
SO JUMP IN TODAY.
THE WORD, IT'S FREE, IT'S MOBILE, AND IT'S TAILORED FOR
YOU AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
JOYCE: THE MORE PARTNERS WE HAVE, THE MORE WE CAN DO,
AND I PRAY FOR THAT ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE
IN THE WORLD THAT ARE HURTING.
OH, MY GOSH, OUR SOCIETY IS SO MESSED UP.
AND IT'S NOT JUST IN AMERICA.
IT'S BASICALLY EVERYWHERE.
AND WE REALLY, WE NEED TO ALL BOND TOGETHER AND TO USE
THE TIME THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY TRY TO HELP AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE
POSSIBLY CAN.
I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE--THERE'S SO MUCH DECEPTION AND SO MANY FALSE
RELIGIONS, AND SO MANY PEOPLE THAT THINK THEY'VE TRIED GOD,
AND HE HASN'T HELPED 'EM.
AND REALLY, THEY'VE JUST TRIED SOME FORM OF RELIGION THAT
REALLY HASN'T BROUGHT LIFE TO THEM.
AND SO, THE WORD THAT WE'RE BEING ABLE TO GET OUT THROUGH
RADIO, THROUGH SATELLITE, THROUGH TELEVISION, THROUGH
PRINTED MATERIAL IS--WE'RE JUST ALL VERY PRIVILEGED TO BE PART
OF THIS.
AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE COULD BE DOING,
AND THIS IS WHAT WE GET TO DO, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING.
AND IT IS HARD WORK, BUT IT'S REWARDING HARD WORK.
AND SO, I'M PLEASED TO BE PART OF WHATEVER GOD WANTS TO DO.
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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