ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: YOU'RE NOT A COWARD JUST BECAUSE YOU FEEL FEAR.
WE'RE COWARDS IF WE GIVE INTO IT AND LET US--LET IT MANIPULATE
AND CONTROL OUR LIVES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: IF YOU WANT TO BE DEEPLY PLANTED IN THE WORD,
YOU HAVE TO STUDY THE WORD FOR YOURSELF.
AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SIT AND YOU HEAR THE WORD, AND SOMETHING
PERKS YOUR INTEREST, IT'S LIKE PROBABLY SOME OF YOU HAVE
ALREADY HEARD ME SAY THINGS, YOU THINK, "YOU KNOW, I THINK
I REALLY NEED THAT."
WELL, DON'T DEPEND ON ME TO GIVE IT ALL TO YOU.
MAKE A LITTLE NOTE, AND THEN THAT'S THE THING YOU GO HOME
AND STUDY.
THAT'S GOD JUST PROMPTING YOU THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU
NEED TO GO HOME AND DIG INTO FURTHER.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: TODAY, I WANT TO TEACH ABOUT "THE FREEDOM FROM FEAR
AND DREAD."
ROMANS 8:15 IS A GREAT SCRIPTURE THAT TEACHES US THAT
THE HOLY SPIRIT DID NOT COME TO BRING US
INTO BONDAGE TO FEAR.
"FOR THE SPIRIT WHICH YOU HAVE NOW RECEIVED [IS] NOT A SPIRIT
OF SLAVERY TO PUT YOU ONCE MORE IN BONDAGE TO FEAR, BUT YOU HAVE
RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF ADOPTION [THE SPIRIT PRODUCING SONSHIP]
IN [THE BLISS OF] WHICH WE CRY, 'ABBA, FATHER.'"
THE WORD "ABBA" ACTUALLY MEANS DADDY IF YOU WANT
TO JUST TRANSLATE IT THE WAY IT SAYS.
NOW, THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE HE'S SAYING YOU'RE CHILDREN OF
GOD, YOU'RE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD.
AND SO, WHY DO WE NEED TO HAVE FEAR?
BECAUSE IF A PARENT LOVES THEIR CHILD, THEY'RE CERTAINLY GOING
TO TAKE CARE OF THEM, RIGHT?
AND FEAR COMES WHEN WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS, OR
SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED THAT WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN HANDLE,
AND GOD WANTS YOU TO KNOW TODAY THAT HE IS GOING TO ALWAYS TAKE
CARE OF YOU IF YOU KEEP YOUR TRUST IN HIM.
I SAID GOD IS ALWAYS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, LIKE ALWAYS, ALWAYS,
ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS.
THAT'S A PROMISE THAT I HAVE FROM GOD FOR MY LIFE.
AND VERY OFTEN, I HAVE TO ASK GOD TO WHISPER THAT TO ME AGAIN,
"I WILL ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF YOU."
AND I BELIEVE THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO HEAR THAT TODAY, AND LET IT
GET ROOTED DOWN IN YOUR LIFE, NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE GOING
THROUGH.
YOU MAY BE A SINGLE MOM HERE TODAY WITH THREE OR FOUR LITTLE
KIDS, AND NOBODY'S REALLY HELPING YOU LIKE THEY SHOULD,
AND MAYBE YOU'RE WORKING A COUPLE OF JOBS.
AND HERE YOU ARE, YOU'VE COME OUT TODAY TO JUST TRY TO GET
A LITTLE BIT OF REFRESHING, AND THERE'S NO TELLING WHAT ALL YOU
HAVE TO DO ONCE YOU GET HOME.
AND MAYBE ONE OR TWO OF YOUR KIDS ARE NOT BEHAVING THE WAY
THEY SHOULD, AND LIFE IS JUST NOT EASY FOR YOU, AND YOU DON'T
KNOW WHERE ALL YOUR PROVISION IS GOING TO COME FROM.
BUT GOD WANTS YOU TO KNOW TODAY THAT HE WILL ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF
YOU, AMEN?
GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU.
NOW, IN THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN TODAY, THERE'S A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR FEAR, ISN'T THERE?
AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT I HAVE A FOUNDATION OF THE WORD IN MY
LIFE, AND THAT I DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID.
PEOPLE TODAY ARE SOMETIMES AFRAID TO GO OUT INTO BIG CROWDS
BECAUSE OF ALL THE BOMBINGS AND THE SHOOTINGS.
IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE WORLD AND YOU
DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE WORD, YOU COULD EVEN BE AFRAID
TO GO SIT DOWN SOMEWHERE AND HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE BECAUSE YOU
NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND THEN THERE'S ALL THESE VIRUSES AND DISEASES THAT, EACH
TIME A NEW ONE COMES, IT'S GOT A NEW NAME.
THE CURRENT ONE IS THE ZIKA VIRUS.
AND PEOPLE GET AFRAID ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
BUT JESUS CAME TO SET US FREE FROM FEAR.
AND IT'S SO--IT'S SUCH A BLESSING TO NOT HAVE TO BE
AFRAID OF THOSE THINGS.
AND YOU KNOW WHY WE DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID?
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE'RE IN GOD'S HANDS.
AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IS WHETHER IT'S IN LIFE OR IN
DEATH, WE DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID BECAUSE HONESTLY, EVEN IF
SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN TO END OUR LIFE HERE, THE NEXT PLACE
WE'RE GOING TO BE IS BETTER THAN THIS IS ANYWAY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH,
I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP OUR MIND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT
MORE.
I REALLY DO.
I DON'T THINK--YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO JUST SIT
AROUND AND DREAM ABOUT HEAVEN ALL THE TIME, BUT I THINK
SOMETIMES WE DON'T THINK ENOUGH ABOUT IT AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO
BE LIKE TO ACTUALLY BE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
AND THE WORD ACTUALLY SAYS THAT IN THE LAST DAYS, THE DAYS THAT
WE'RE LIVING IN, THAT MEN'S HEARTS WILL FAIL THEM FOR FEAR.
I WANT US TO LOOK AT THE SCRIPTURE,
IT'S IN LUKE 21:26.
NOW, THIS CHAPTER IS ABOUT SIGNS OF THE END TIMES, SO I'LL JUST
START WITH VERSE 25.
"AND THERE WILL BE SIGNS IN THE SUN, AND THE MOON,
AND THE STARS, AND UPON THE EARTH [THERE
WILL BE] DISTRESS, TROUBLE, AND ANGUISH OF NATIONS IN
BEWILDERMENT AND PERPLEXITY [WITHOUT RESOURCES, LEFT
WANTING, EMBARRASSED, IN DOUBT, NOT KNOWING WHICH WAY TO TURN]
AT THE ROARING AND THE ECHO OF THE TOSSING OF THE SEA."
VERSE 26, "MEN SWOONING AWAY ARE EXPIRING WITH FEAR AND DREAD."
WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT FEAR TODAY, WE'RE ALSO TALKING
ABOUT DREAD BECAUSE I THINK IF WE DON'T DEAL WITH DREAD, WE'RE
NEVER GOING TO GET RID OF FEAR.
"AND APPREHENSION, AND THE EXPECTATION OF THE THINGS THAT
ARE TO COME TO THE WORLD FOR THE [VERY] POWERS OF THE HEAVEN WILL
BE SHAKEN AND CAUSED TO TOTTER.
AND THEN WE WILL SEE THE SON OF MAN COMING IN THE CLOUDS."
YEAH, COME ON.
"WITH GREAT TRANSCENDENCE AND OVERWHELMING POWER AND [ALL OF
HIS KINGLY] GLORY AND MAJESTY WITH HIM."
SO, THINGS ARE TOUGH IN THE WORLD TODAY, BUT IT KIND OF
SEEMS LIKE IF WE BELIEVE THE BIBLE, THE TOUGHER THEY GET,
THE CLOSER WE ARE TO SEEING THE RETURN OF OUR SAVIOR, AMEN?
AND THESE ARE TOUGH TIMES TO BE ALIVE.
I MEAN, I'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A FEW YEARS, ABOUT THREE QUARTERS
OF A CENTURY ALMOST, AND THINGS HAVE CHANGED SO DRAMATICALLY.
I MEAN, SINCE I WAS A TEENAGER, OR SINCE DAVE AND I FIRST GOT
MARRIED, IT'S LIKE HOW CAN THINGS GET THAT BAD THAT QUICK?
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THE WORSE THINGS GET, THE CLOSER
WE ARE TO JESUS COMING BACK TO GET US.
NOW, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE THINK, "BOY, THIS IS A TOUGH
TIME TO BE ALIVE."
BUT I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TODAY, IF THIS IS THE TIMEFRAME
THAT GOD CHOSE FOR YOU TO BE IN, THEN YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES
TO BE HERE.
AND, AND LISTEN TO THIS, GOD HAS AN ASSIGNMENT FOR YOU.
AND HIS ASSIGNMENT FOR YOU IS NOT TO JUST SIT AND WATCH
EVERYBODY ELSE DO SOMETHING, AND CLAP AND CHEER FOR THEM.
HIS ASSIGNMENT FOR YOU IS FOR YOU TO START USING THE TALENTS
THAT HE'S GIVING YOU TO HELP THE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE
PETRIFIED AND WHO DON'T KNOW THE LORD.
AND WHEN IT SAYS THAT MEN'S HEARTS WILL FAIL THEM FOR FEAR,
I SUPPOSE IT COULD MEAN HEART ATTACKS, I'M SURE THAT'S PART
OF IT.
BUT I THINK IT MEANS EVEN MORE THAN THAT.
I THINK WHAT THIS REALLY MEANS THAT THEIR HEARTS
WILL FAIL THEM.
I THINK IT MEANS THAT THEY'LL LOSE THEIR COURAGE.
GOD HAS GIVEN US NOT A SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT A SPIRIT OF POWER,
AND LOVE, AND A SOUND MIND, AND A SPIRIT OF DISCIPLINE
AND SELF-CONTROL.
THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE SAYS, LET ME SAY IT AGAIN, GOD HAS NOT GIVEN
YOU A SPIRIT OF FEAR.
IF YOU HAVE A SPIRIT OF FEAR IN YOUR LIFE, IT IS NOT FROM GOD,
IT'S FROM SATAN.
FEAR IS THE MAIN DEMONIC SPIRIT THAT SATAN USES TO KEEP PEOPLE
FROM THEIR DESTINY, AND FROM DOING WHAT GOD WANTS THEM TO DO.
IT'S AMAZING ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE
AFRAID OF.
IF YOU GET OUT AN ENCYCLOPEDIA AND YOU JUST GO DOWN A LIST OF
PHOBIAS, I MEAN, IT IS AMAZING.
THE LIST IS JUST LIKE NEVER-ENDING OF THINGS PEOPLE
CAN BE AFRAID OF.
NOW, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU THIS MORNING BEFORE I GO ANY
FURTHER THAT SEED ALWAYS PRODUCES AFTER ITS OWN KIND.
IF YOU PLANT A TOMATO SEED, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET
A PEPPER.
AND THE WORD OF GOD IS SEED.
MARK CHAPTER 4 MAKES THAT VERY CLEAR, "THE SOWER SOWS."
AND THAT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT SOWING THE WORD.
AND THERE'S DIFFERENT KINDS OF HEARTS IN THIS BUILDING TODAY.
GOD WANTS US TO HAVE THE RIGHT KIND OF HEART SO WE CAN RECEIVE
THE SEED OF HIS WORD.
AND I SAW IT EVEN AGAIN SO CLEARLY THIS MORNING WHEN I WAS
STUDYING THAT WHEN WE PREACH ON SOMETHING, OR LET'S JUST SAY
LIKE TODAY, I'M PREACHING ON THIS BEING FREE FROM FEAR AND
DREAD, AND THAT SEED PLANTED IN YOUR HEART, IF YOU RECEIVE IT
WITH A SPIRIT OF MEEKNESS, AND YOU STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT'S GOING
ON HERE, AND YOU JUST--YEAH, YOU'RE JUST TAKING THAT IN,
YOU'RE AGREEING WITH IT, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT THAT SEED
WILL PRODUCE A HARVEST OF LESS FEAR AND LESS DREAD
IN YOUR LIVES.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, I THINK IT'S JUST AWESOME
TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
AND SO, I CAN TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE IN A GOOD PLACE TODAY TO
HELP YOURSELF FOR THE FUTURE.
BECAUSE JUST HEARING THESE THINGS, WHEN THINGS COME UP THAT
OTHER PEOPLE ARE FRIGHTENED OF, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BOTHER YOU
AT ALL, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO BE A WITNESS AND EXAMPLE TO THEM.
WHEN PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, WHY AREN'T YOU AFRAID?"
YOU CAN TELL THEM, "I'M NOT AFRAID BECAUSE I KNOW THAT GOD
LOVES US, AND HE'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF US."
MANY, MANY FEARS TODAY, THE FEAR OF HARM, THE FEAR OF DEATH,
FEAR OF DISEASES, ECONOMIC CRASH, JOB LOSS.
THE WORLD IS A VERY UNCERTAIN PLACE.
BUT OUR GOD IS FAITHFUL, AMEN?
IT WOULD BE AMAZING TO KNOW, JUST AMONG THE GROUP OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE HERE TODAY, ALL THE TESTIMONIES OF BREAKTHROUGH
THAT GOD HAS BROUGHT INTO DIFFERENT PEOPLE'S LIVES.
HEALING FROM DESPERATE DISEASES, PEOPLE THAT HAD A DEATH SENTENCE
PRONOUNCED OVER YOUR LIFE, AND HERE YOU ARE ALIVE AND WELL,
AND STILL KICKING THE DEVIL IN THE TEETH AND SERVING GOD, AMEN.
AND IT'S JUST WONDERFUL.
ISAIAH 35, VERSE 4, THIS IS JUST A SCRIPTURE THAT'S A GREAT
PROMISE FOR YOU, AND I JUST WANT YOU TO SEE IT.
"SAY TO THOSE WHO ARE OF A FEARFUL AND HASTY HEART,
'BE STRONG.
FEAR NOT.
BEHOLD, YOUR GOD WILL COME WITH VENGEANCE, AND WITH RECOMPENSE
OF GOD HE WILL COME AND SAVE YOU."
EVERYBODY SAY, "GOD'S ON THE WAY."
AUDIENCE: GOD'S ON THE WAY.
JOYCE: SO, LET'S JUST DON'T GET TOO
OVERLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD TODAY.
LET'S LOOK AT OUR PROBLEMS, BUT STARE AT JESUS, AMEN?
ALL RIGHT, I WANT US TO LOOK AT JOHN 14:27 THIS MORNING.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE JOHN 14:27, ESPECIALLY IN
THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE.
'CAUSE WHAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY IS FOR ALL OF US, WE
NEED TO COOPERATE WITH WHAT GOD WANTS TO DO IN OUR LIVES BY NOT
LETTING FEAR RULE.
"PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU.
MY [OWN] PEACE I NOW GIVE AND BEQUEATH UNTO YOU."
ISN'T PEACE A WONDERFUL WORD?
I JUST LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT WORD.
PEACE BE UNTO YOU.
THAT'S WHAT JESUS SAID WHEN HE WAS LEAVING,
"PEACE BE UNTO YOU."
YOU KNOW, I CAME TO A POINT IN MY LIFE A GOOD NUMBER OF YEARS
AGO WHERE I JUST THOUGHT, "I AM NOT GOING TO LIVE ANXIOUS
AND UPSET, AND FULL OF FEAR, AND ANGRY AT SOMEBODY ALL THE TIME,
WORRYING ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK OF ME.
I DON'T THINK THAT LIFE IS WORTH LIVING IF YOU CAN'T HAVE PEACE."
I MENTIONED IN ONE OF MY OTHER TEACHINGS THAT, LAST WEEK,
SOMEBODY HURT MY FEELINGS.
AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN SOMEBODY HURTS YOU, YOU KIND OF
GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN BEING HURT AND BEING ANGRY.
AND ESPECIALLY IF IT'S SOMEBODY THAT'S DONE IT MORE THAN ONCE,
AND SOMEBODY THAT YOU THINK SHOULD KNOW BETTER.
AND--BUT I REFUSE TO STAY ANGRY.
YOU KNOW WHY?
'CAUSE IT STEALS MY PEACE.
AND I'M NOT GIVING UP MY PEACE.
JUST 'CAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE HAS GOT BAD BEHAVIOR, I'M NOT GOING
TO LET THEM HAVE MY PEACE, AND STEAL MY JOY, AND STEAL MY DAY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND SO, I MEAN, I IMMEDIATELY STARTED WORKING
THROUGH THAT WITH GOD.
AND I JUST TOLD HIM, "WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION 'CAUSE
I'M NOT STAYING UPSET.
I NEED YOUR HELP, BUT I NEED IT QUICK."
AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE DETERMINED THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO PUT UP WITH LETTING THE ENEMY STEAL WHAT JESUS DIED TO GIVE
YOU--I WANT TO SAY IT AGAIN.
WHEN YOU ARE DETERMINED, WHEN YOU ARE DETERMINED, WHEN YOU ARE
DETERMINED, WE CAN'T ALWAYS GET A VICTORY BECAUSE WE CALL OUR
FRIEND AND WHAT THEM TO PRAY AWAY OUR PROBLEMS.
SOMETIMES, YOU GOT TO FIGHT GOLIATH YOURSELF.
YOU GOT TO STAND AGAINST YOUR GIANTS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I SAY--AND IT'S FUNNY BUT IT
GETS A POINT ACROSS.
WHEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM, WE NEED TO RUN TO THE THRONE,
NOT THE PHONE.
SO, WHEN YOU'RE DETERMINED AND I'M DETERMINED THAT I'M NOT
GOING TO LET THE DEVIL STEAL WHAT JESUS DIED TO GIVE ME,
WE'LL START GETTING A LOT MORE VICTORY IN OUR LIVES.
"PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU.
MY [OWN] PEACE I NOW GIVE AND BEQUEATH UNTO YOU.
NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES DO I GIVE TO YOU.
DO NOT LET YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED.
DON'T LET THEM BE TROUBLED, NEITHER LET THEM BE AFRAID."
WELL, SEE, WE THINK, "WELL, I CAN'T HELP IT.
I CAN'T HELP IT, I'M JUST A WORRIER.
I CAN'T HELP IT, I'M JUST AFRAID."
WELL, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO
ABOUT FEAR, AND THAT'S CONFRONT IT.
BECAUSE GREATER IS HE THAT'S IN US THAN HE THAT'S IN THE WORLD.
AND THE DEVIL MAY COME WITH FEAR, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT GOD
GIVES US?
COURAGE AND BOLDNESS, AND THAT'S GREATER THAN ANYTHING THAT THE
ENEMY USES TO COME AGAINST US.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE FEAR IN YOUR LIFE YOU NEED TO GET
RID OF?
HOW ABOUT WORRY?
WORRY IS FEAR.
HOW MANY OF YOU FIND YOURSELF DREADING STUFF THAT YOU GOT
TO DO ANYWAY?
YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU ARE ALREADY DREADING THE DRIVE HOME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: REALLY.
YOU COME HERE TO ENJOY THE CONFERENCE AND YOU WERE--YOU
WERE SO EXCITED TO COME.
WELL, YOU SHOULD'VE KNOWN WHEN YOU CAME YOU HAD TO GO HOME.
AND SO, I WOULDN'T DREAD THE DRIVE HOME, I WOULD JUST STAY IN
THE AFTERGLOW, AND MEDITATE AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU LEARNED.
AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT ALL THE STUFF NOW
YOU NEED TO GO HOME AND DO THAT YOU DIDN'T DO BECAUSE YOU
WERE HERE.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL, THE DEVIL WILL STEAL FROM YOU
THE WHOLE JOY AND PRIVILEGE OF BEING HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE
DREADING THE NEXT THING THAT YOU HAVE TO DO.
I AM NOT GOING TO LIVE IN DREAD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
WE NEED TO START STANDING UP AGAINST SOME THINGS IN OUR
SPIRIT, AND JUST SAY, "NO, I'M NOT GOING TO LIVE LIKE THAT."
'CAUSE CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING?
YOUR REAL LIFE IS NOT THE LIFE AROUND YOU, IT'S THE LIFE
IN YOU.
YOU CAN HAVE THE LOUSIEST CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE WORLD,
BUT IF YOU'VE GOT PEACE INSIDE, IT DOESN'T BOTHER YOU.
AND YOU CAN HAVE GREAT CIRCUMSTANCES AND NO PEACE,
AND BE A MISERABLE PERSON.
SO, IT'S NOT ABOUT OUR CIRCUMSTANCES, IT'S REALLY ABOUT
WHAT WE BELIEVE.
AND WE CAN TRUST GOD THAT HE IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF US.
WE DON'T HAVE TO KNOW HOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO KNOW WHEN, ALL
WE NEED TO KNOW IS GOD IS GOOD, AND WE'RE HIS CHILDREN, AND HE'S
GOING TO TAKE CARE OF US AND MEET OUR NEEDS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "DO NOT LET YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED,
NEITHER LET THEM BE AFRAID."
AND I LOVE THIS, "STOP ALLOWING YOURSELVES TO BE AGITATED
AND DISTURBED."
WOW, I'M GETTING A RESPONSIBILITY HERE.
I JUST THOUGHT I COULD PRAY IT AWAY.
"STOP ALLOWING YOURSELVES TO BE AGITATED AND DISTURBED, AND
DON'T PERMIT YOURSELVES TO BE FEARFUL AND INTIMIDATED,
AND COWARDLY AND UNSETTLED."
WOW, HMM, WHAT ABOUT THAT?
YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE ISRAELI ARMY WAS RUNNING FROM GOLIATH.
AND DAVID BASICALLY SAID, "THIS IS PATHETIC.
WHO IS HE AGAINST OUR GOD?" AND HE WAS VERY ILL-EQUIPPED IN
THE NATURAL TO DEAL WITH GOLIATH.
AND YET, BECAUSE HE HAD THE COURAGE TO GO FORWARD,
GOD USED HIM IN A MIGHTY WAY.
AND YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE THE NATURAL SKILLS TO DO
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
ALL YOU NEED IS THE COURAGE TO GO TO THE BATTLE LINE.
DID YOU HEAR ME?
ALL YOU NEED IS THE COURAGE TO GO TO THE BATTLE LINE.
1 JOHN 4:18 SAYS, "THERE IS NO FEAR IN LOVE.
BUT PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT FEAR.
BECAUSE FEAR HATH TORMENT.
AND HE THAT FEARETH IS NOT MADE PERFECT IN LOVE."
NOW, THIS IS TALKING ABOUT KNOWING HOW MUCH GOD LOVES YOU,
HOW MUCH HE LOVES YOU.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, I LOVE MY KIDS.
AND YOU DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH A MAMA WHERE IT COMES TO HER
KIDS, AMEN?
THAT IS JUST NOT A SMART THING TO DO.
AND IF MY KIDS, HAVE A NEED, ARE IN TROUBLE, AND THERE IS ANY WAY
THAT I CAN RELIEVE THEIR SUFFERING AND HELP THEM,
I'M ALL OVER IT.
WELL, IF WE FEEL LIKE THAT, HOW DO YOU THINK GOD FEELS ABOUT US?
AND THE GOOD THING IS I CAN'T ALWAYS DO EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS
TO BE DONE BECAUSE I HAVE LIMITATIONS, BUT HE HAS
NO LIMITATIONS, AND ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD.
YOU KNOW WHAT OUR PROBLEM IS?
OUR PROBLEM IS NOT THAT GOD CAN'T DO IT, OUR PROBLEM IS THAT
WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT HE CAN.
WE NEED TO INCREASE OUR BELIEVING AND OUR EXPECTATION.
WHATEVER YOUR SITUATION IS HERE TODAY, GOD HAS YOUR ANSWER,
AMEN?
GOD LOVES YOU, AND HE WILL MEET YOUR NEED.
NOW, I WANT YOU TO REALLY LISTEN TO WHAT I'M GETTING READY
TO SAY.
FREEDOM FROM SOMETHING DOES NOT ALWAYS MEAN THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF IT.
YOU GOT TO GET THAT.
FREEDOM FROM SOMETHING DOES NOT ALWAYS MEAN THAT YOU'LL NEVER
HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT AGAIN.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO COME AGAINST
YOU AND CONFRONT YOU.
AND I THINK WE GET A LITTLE MIXED UP ABOUT THIS POINT.
WE THINK BECAUSE WE'RE FREE FROM SOMETHING, WE SHOULD NEVER EVER
FEEL IT, OR SEE IT, OR EXPERIENCE IT AGAIN
IN OUR LIVES.
AND I WANT TO JUST TELL YOU, AS LONG AS YOU'RE ON THE PLANET,
THERE'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT TIMES WHEN SATAN IS GOING TO
COME AGAINST YOU WITH FEAR BECAUSE THAT'S HIS WEAPON TO
KEEP YOU OUT OF THE WILL OF GOD.
I LEARNED A GREAT LESSON MANY YEARS AGO ABOUT FEAR, AND IT
CAME THROUGH A STORY THAT I HEARD ABOUT A WOMAN WHO HAD
SPENT HER WHOLE LIFE IN FEAR.
SHE WOULDN'T DRIVE, SHE WOULDN'T GO OUT AT NIGHT.
SHE WAS LONELY, SHE HAD NO FRIENDS.
AND SHE WAS COMPLAINING TO ANOTHER CHRISTIAN FRIEND,
THIS WOMAN WAS A CHRISTIAN.
AND I HATE TO SEE ANYBODY LIVE IN FEAR, BUT FOR A CHRISTIAN,
IT'S REALLY BAD BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE HELP THAT WE NEED.
AND SO, SHE WAS TELLING HER FRIEND, "I'VE JUST LIVED MY
WHOLE LIFE IN FEAR, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO,
AND I HAVE NO LIFE, AND BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH."
AND HER FRIEND LOOKED AT HER AND SAID, "WELL, WHATEVER IT IS YOU
WANT TO DO, WHY DON'T YOU JUST DO IT AFRAID?"
SEE, WHO SAYS THAT WE CAN'T DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO JUST BECAUSE
WE FEEL FEAR?
AND SO, HERE'S THE THING THAT I LEARNED THAT WAS SO HELPFUL TO
ME, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT A COWARD JUST BECAUSE YOU FEEL FEAR.
WE'RE COWARDS IF WE GIVE INTO IT, AND LET IT MANIPULATE AND
CONTROL OUR LIVES, AMEN?
I FEEL FEAR AT DIFFERENT TIMES ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS,
BUT I KEEP GOING FORWARD.
AND COURAGE ACTUALLY IS FORWARD MOTION IN THE PRESENCE OF FEAR.
THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS.
YOU FEEL FEAR, BUT YOU KNOW YOUR GOD, AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
GIVE INTO THE FEELING.
YOU KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO DO WHATEVER IT IS THAT
YOU WANT TO DO.
IN SOME WAYS, YOU CAN KIND OF SAY FEAR TRIES TO BE YOUR
CONSTANT COMPANION.
AND I HAD TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS A LONG TIME AGO WHETHER TO GO
WITH THE WAY I FELT, OR TO TAKE STEPS OF FAITH
AND FIND OUT IF WHAT I WAS FEELING WAS GOD OR NOT.
I SAY STEP OUT AND FIND OUT.
AND I GOT A LOT OF STORIES I DON'T HAVE TIME TO TELL YOU THIS
MORNING, I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THEM, BUT I'M JUST LETTING
YOU KNOW THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU FEEL FEAR DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE
A COWARD.
TEMPTATION TO SIN IS NOT SIN.
IT'S SIN WHEN YOU GIVE INTO IT.
ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE IS BE ANGRY AND SIN NOT.
SEE, I USED TO THINK IF I FELT ANGRY, THEN I WAS IN SIN.
AND ONE MORNING, DAVE AND I GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT, AND I WAS SO
MAD, AND I HAD TO GO PREACH THAT MORNING.
AND I'M TELLING YOU WHAT, PREACHING WHEN YOU'RE ANGRY
DON'T WORK GOOD.
IT JUST DOESN'T 'CAUSE WHAT'S IN YOUR SPIRIT IS GOING TO
COME OUT.
YOU HAVEN'T HAD ANY FUN TILL YOU HEAR AN ANGRY PREACHER.
AND DAVE WENT OFF TO WORK, AND I WAS SITTING THERE NOW FEELING
GUILTY AND FEELING TERRIBLE BECAUSE I'D LOST MY TEMPER,
AND NOW I NEED TO GO PREACH, AND HOW'S GOD GOING TO USE ME AFTER
ME ALLOWING THAT TO HAPPEN?
ANYBODY EVER FEEL LIKE THAT, YOU MAKE YOUR MISTAKES?
BUT THEN GOD BEGAN TO SHOW ME THAT THE FEELING OF ANGER IS
PRETTY NORMAL.
BE ANGRY AND SIN NOT, HOW CAN YOU BE ANGRY AND SIN NOT?
JUST BECAUSE YOU FEEL ANGER DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO ACT ON
THE ANGER.
IT ACTUALLY MEANS THAT YOU CAN SAY, "I FEEL THIS, BUT I'M STILL
GOING TO FORGIVE.
I'M NOT GOING TO LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON MY ANGER, AND I'M GOING
TO GET OUT THERE AND BEHAVE MYSELF GODLY, AND YOU'LL HAVE TO
DEAL WITH THE FEELING."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BEING FREE FROM SOMETHING DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF IT.
IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO CONFRONT IT.
SO, STOP FEELING GUILTY AND CONDEMNED EVERY TIME YOU
FEEL SOMETHING YOU THINK YOU SHOULDN'T FEEL.
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