ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: IF GOD'S NOT IN IT, IT'S NOT GONNA WORK ANYWAY AND
IF HE IS IN IT, THEN IT IS GONNA WORK AND NOBODY'S GONNA STOP IT.
AND SO, WE NEED TO KEEP OUR EYES ON GOD AND NOT ON PEOPLE.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: EVERYBODY LOVES THAT MESSAGE, THE BATTLE BELONGS
TO THE LORD, BUT I DO WANT TO MENTION RIGHT UPFRONT THAT JUST
BECAUSE THE BATTLE BELONGS TO THE LORD, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
YOU JUST GET TO SIT DOWN AND DO NOTHING WHILE GOD DOES
ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING.
SO, YOU'RE GONNA LEARN SOME THINGS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS
IN 2 CHRONICLES.
I'VE STUDIED THIS A LOT.
I'VE TAUGHT ON IT A NUMBER OF TIMES.
WE'RE GONNA BE IN 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 20
TONIGHT, AND WE'LL HAVE IT UP ON THE SCREEN FOR YOU OR
YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR BIBLE, WHICH I STILL LIKE TO SEE
PEOPLE DO.
"NOW, IT HAPPENED AFTER THIS," VERSE 1, "THAT THE MOABITES
AND THE AMMONITES, TOGETHER WITH SOME OF THE MEUNITES, CAME TO
MAKE WAR AGAINST JEHOSHAPHAT."
THERE'S ALL THESE ITES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
I MEAN EVERYBODY WAS AN ITE OF SOME KIND AND I FINALLY FIGURED
OUT THAT WE'VE ALL GOT OUR OWN LITTLE BRAND OF ITES.
THE POVERTY-ITES, THE SICKNESS-ITES, THE PEOPLE-ITES,
THE PAST-ITES, THE GROUCHY NEIGHBOR-ITES,
THE BAD BOSS-ITES, THE CONFUSION-ITES,
THE LONELINESS-ITES, AND I CAN JUST GO ON AND ON AND ON AND ON.
AND ANYTIME THAT WE HAVE AN ENEMY COMING AGAINST US, WE
DON'T ALWAYS DO THE FIRST THING THAT WE SHOULD DO.
THE FIRST THING THAT WE SHOULD DO ANYTIME WE HAVE A PROBLEM
OR AN ENEMY COMING AGAINST US, THE VERY FIRST THING THAT WE
SHOULD ALWAYS DO IS SEEK GOD.
TOO OFTEN WE RUN TO PEOPLE, AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S WRONG TO GO
TO PEOPLE, BUT I WOULD NOT GO TO ANY PERSON FOR ADVICE UNTIL YOU
HAVE FIRST ASKED GOD IF THAT WAS THE PERSON YOU WERE SUPPOSED
TO GO TO BECAUSE TO BE HONEST, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT YOU
ASK THEM WHAT YOU SHOULD DO AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT
THEY'RE DOING AND SO IT WOULD BE MUCH WISER TO SEEK GOD.
AND MAYBE HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO GO TO ANYBODY.
MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN GOING TO PEOPLE TOO LONG AND IT'S TIME
NOW FOR YOU TO LEARN HOW TO HEAR FROM GOD YOURSELF, AMEN?
MAYBE EVERY TIME YOU NEED A SCRIPTURE, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED
TO CALL A FRIEND AND ASK THEM WHERE IT'S AT.
MAYBE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DIG AROUND A LITTLE BIT AND FIND IT
FOR YOURSELF.
YOU'D BE AMAZED THE HARDER YOU WORK AT SOMETHING,
THE MORE YOU GET OUT OF IT, THE MORE YOU REMEMBER IT.
I REMEMBER BACK WHEN I FIRST STARTED TEACHING BEFORE WE HAD
THE INTERNET AND SO MUCH INFORMATION AT OUR FINGERTIPS,
LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, STUDYING BACK THEN WAS
A PROJECT.
I MEAN, YOU HAD--I'D HAVE MY BIBLE, AND I'D HAVE ALL THESE
STUDY BIBLES, AND I'D HAVE A VINE'S DICTIONARY, AND I'D HAVE
A STRONG'S CONCORDANCE, AND I MEAN, IT WOULD TAKE HOURS
AND HOURS AND HOURS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T REGRET THOSE DAYS AT ALL BECAUSE IT
ACTUALLY GAVE ME A STRONG FOUNDATION IN THE WORD AND NOW
IT IS CONVENIENT TO BE ABLE TO JUST, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVE TO GO
TO THE CONCORDANCE AND FIND THE SCRIPTURES AND THEN LOOK
THEM UP.
NOW YOU CAN JUST PUT IN THE COMPUTER WHAT YOU WANT AND IT
POPS UP IN HOWEVER MANY VERSIONS THAT YOU WANT IT TO HAVE.
BUT SOMETIMES IT DOES YOU MORE GOOD TO DO A LITTLE DIGGING THAN
IT DOES JUST TO CLICK THE MOUSE, AMEN?
AND SO, THE FIRST THING WE WANT TO DO IS GO TO GOD AND GO TO GOD
ABOUT EVERYTHING.
JEHOSHAPHAT KNEW THAT SO IN 2 CHRONICLES 20, VERSES 2 AND 3,
HE SAYS, "THEN IT WAS REPORTED TO JEHOSHAPHAT THAT A GREAT
MULTITUDE HAS COME AGAINST HIM FROM BEYOND THE [DEAD] SEA,
OUT OF ARAM (SYRIA); AND BEHOLD, THEY ARE IN HAZAZON-TAMAR
(THAT IS, ENGEDI]"
NOW, YOU WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT BECAUSE THE PLACE WHERE
THE ENEMY'S GATHERED AGAINST HIM, THE NAME OF THIS PLACE GETS
CHANGED AT THE END OF THE STORY AND WHAT IT MEANS RIGHT NOW IS
NOT VERY PLEASANT.
BUT SOMETIMES YOUR PLACE OF BATTLE BECOMES YOUR PLACE OF
BLESSING.
COME ON, SOMETIMES THE PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE TO SQUARE OFF
WITH YOUR ENEMY BECOMES THE GREATEST PLACE OF BLESSING
IN YOUR LIFE.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE LEARNED MORE THROUGH THE TOUGH TIMES
YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THAN ANY OTHER THING IN YOUR LIFE?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I WONDER WHY WE CAN'T THANK GOD FOR THEM WHEN WE'RE
IN THEM.
WE LIVE LIFE FORWARD BUT WE USUALLY UNDERSTAND IT BACKWARD.
WE LOOK BACK AT IT AND UNDERSTAND.
AND SO, THEN IT SAYS IN VERSE 3, "THEN JEHOSHAPHAT WAS AFRAID."
WELL, SEE, HE WAS JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
FIRST TIME WE GET BAD NEWS, WHEN THE ENEMY COMES AGAINST US,
THE FIRST THING THAT COMES UP IN OUR HEART IS FEAR.
ALL THESE BAD REPORTS OF WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, BUT LOOK AT
WHAT HE DID.
"AND HE SET HIMSELF," HE MADE A DECISION, "HE SET HIMSELF
DETERMINEDLY."
EVERYBODY SAY, "HE WAS DETERMINED."
"AS HIS VITAL NEED--" SEE, I LIKE TO TAKE
THIS APART SLOWLY AND LOOK AT IT BECAUSE HE KNEW
THAT SEEKING GOD IN THIS SITUATION WAS NOT JUST A LITTLE
OPTION OR SOMETHING HE COULD DO IF HE WANTED TO.
HE KNEW THAT IT WAS HIS--IT WAS VITAL FOR HIM TO HEAR FROM GOD
IF HE WANTED TO DEFEAT HIS ENEMIES.
"HE SET HIMSELF TO SEEK THE LORD AND HE PROCLAIMED A FAST
THROUGHOUT ALL JUDAH."
SO, THESE PEOPLE WERE GETTING SERIOUS.
NOW, THEY WANTED GOD TO SPEAK TO THEM.
TOMORROW I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT DIVINE GUIDANCE AND HOW TO HEAR
FROM GOD.
I'M JUST GONNA SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS TONIGHT ABOUT THAT.
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING, OR GO THROUGH
SOMETHING, OR GOD CALLS YOU TO DO SOMETHING, HE MAY JUST GIVE
YOU A GIFT OF FAITH AND A GIFT OF FAITH IS A FAITH THAT'S
BEYOND ORDINARY FAITH, AND IT ENABLES YOU TO DO SOMETHING OR
TO STEP OUT INTO SOMETHING THAT SHOULD JUST SCARE YOU SILLY BUT
TO YOU IT SEEMS PRETTY, LIKE A PRETTY NORMAL THING TO GO DO
IT BECAUSE GOD'S GIVEN YOU THIS FAITH TO GO DO IT.
AND I DIDN'T REALIZE IT FOR MANY YEARS, BUT GOD'S GIVEN DAVE
AND I A GIFT OF FAITH TO RUN THIS MINISTRY.
IF YOU HAD ANY IDEA HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE TO HAVE
EVERY MONTH.
SEE, IT SOUNDS EXCITING.
"JOYCE IS ON TELEVISION IN TWO-THIRDS OF THE WORLD,
AND SHE'S ON IN 105 LANGUAGES OR WHATEVER IT IS AND, YOU KNOW,
ALL THAT STUFF.
AND YOU GOT 26 OFFICES."
AND EVERYBODY...
NO, BUT IT ALL COSTS.
AND THE THING IS IS WE HAVE NO DEBT, THE BILLS ARE ALL PAID.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WE'VE NEVER HAD TO BORROW MONEY.
NEVER PAID 1 CENT IN INTEREST ALL THESE YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN
IN MINISTRY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I LEARNED HOW TO TRUST GOD FOR MONEY WAY, WAY,
WAY, WAY BACK, WAY BACK WHEN I WAS LITERALLY TRUSTING GOD TO BE
HONEST FOR MY UNDERWEAR, AND MY SKILLETS, AND MY WASHCLOTHS.
AND SO, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON IN MY LIFE.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT AT ALL, BUT I UNDERSTAND IT NOW AND WE
DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERN.
BACK IN 2008 WHEN THERE WAS A KIND OF A FINANCIAL DECLINE IN
THE STOCK MARKET WENT WAY DOWN, A LOT OF PEOPLE CUT BACK THEIR
GIVING AND MY OLDER SON DAVID GOT A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT IT
WITH THE MISSIONS.
AND HE SAID, "WELL, AREN'T YOU CONCERNED?
AREN'T YOU WORRIED ABOUT THIS?" AND I SAID, "NO."
AND HE SAID, "WHY?" AND I SAID, "WELL, IF GOD WANTS
ME TO KEEP DOING THIS, THEN HE'LL PAY FOR IT AND IF HE'S
DONE, THEN I GUESS I'M MIGHT AS WELL BE DONE BECAUSE IT'S NOT
GONNA WORK WITHOUT HIM ANYWAY," SEE?
WE CAN MAKE IT--NOW I'M SURE, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE HAD A
CRASH, I MIGHT HAVE NOT TAKEN IT QUITE THAT GOOD BUT IT IS
THE TRUTH.
I MEAN, IT'S LIKE IF GOD'S NOT IN IT, IT'S NOT GONNA WORK
ANYWAY.
AND IF HE IS IN IT THEN IT IS GONNA WORK AND NOBODY'S GONNA
STOP IT.
AND SO, WE NEED TO KEEP OUR EYES ON GOD AND NOT ON PEOPLE.
SO, SOMETIMES GOD WILL GIVE YOU A GIFT OF FAITH TO DO SOMETHING
AND THE OTHER PEOPLE AROUND YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, AND THAT'S
WHY THEY LOOK AT YOU LIKE YOU ARE TOTALLY OUT OF YOUR MIND
AND JUST TELL YOU YOU, "OH, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
YOU SHOULDN'T DO THAT."
AND YOU GOTTA STICK WITH GOD.
AMEN?
PEACE WILL COME ABOUT WHAT TO DO OR WHAT NOT TO DO.
SOMETIMES A DIVINELY ARRANGED ENCOUNTER WITH SOMEONE WHO CAN
PROVIDE WHAT YOU NEED OR OPEN RIGHT DOORS FOR YOU.
HAVE YOU HAD ONE OF THOSE EXPERIENCES WHERE YOU MET JUST
THE RIGHT PERSON AND IT SEEMED LIKE SUCH AN ODD THING THAT YOU
MET THIS PERSON AT JUST THAT TIME, AND THEY HAPPENED TO HAVE
JUST THE ABILITY TO DO JUST WHAT YOU NEEDED?
COME ON, SEE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT'S CALLED THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD IN OUR LIVES.
AND THEN SOMETIMES GOD WILL SLAM A DOOR IN YOUR FACE.
NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY TO OPEN IT, YOU CAN'T OPEN IT.
YOU CAN'T GET ANY HELP TO OPEN IT.
THAT DOOR IS NOT GONNA OPEN BECAUSE THAT IS NOT WHAT GOD
WANTS YOU TO DO.
SOMETIMES CIRCUMSTANCES BECOME SUCH THAT YOU DON'T HAVE
A CHOICE.
IT'S THE ONLY OPTION OPEN TO YOU SO YOU DO THAT OR YOU DO
NOTHING.
WHEN GOD CALLED ME TO TEACH YEARS AGO, I FELT LIKE HE SAID
THAT I WAS TO HOLD OUT THE WORD OF GOD TO ALL MEN SO I NEVER,
EVER FROM THE BEGINNING FELT LIKE I HAD A WOMEN'S MINISTRY OR
THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO JUST TEACH WOMEN.
HOWEVER, I WASN'T DOING MUCH OF ANYTHING, AND I WAS OFFERED THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH AT WOMEN'S MEETING ONCE A WEEK AT
OUR CHURCH.
WELL, I DIDN'T REALLY WANT DO THAT 'CAUSE I DIDN'T THINK THAT
WAS REALLY WHAT GOD HAD CALLED ME TO DO AND SO I WENT TO GOD
AND SAID, "I DON'T REALLY WANT TO DO THAT."
BUT THEN I REALIZED THAT I WASN'T DOING ELSE ANYWAY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SO, IF THAT'S THE--IF THAT'S THE ONLY DOOR THAT WAS
OPEN, THEN AND I MEAN THAT WAS THE DOOR THAT I NEEDED TO WALK
THROUGH BECAUSE I BECAME AN ASSOCIATE PASTOR THERE.
I ENDED UP DOING MOST OF THE PREACHING WHEN THE PASTOR
WAS GONE.
I TAUGHT BIBLE SCHOOL THERE AND FROM THERE WAS WHERE MY
MINISTRY WAS LAUNCHED.
AND SO, SOMETIMES YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES WILL JUST DEMAND,
WELL, THIS IS THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO SO GO DO THAT.
THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT ABOUT HEARING FROM GOD TONIGHT.
IF YOU WANT TO HEAR MORE OF THAT, YOU COME BACK TOMORROW.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OKAY NOW, THE THINGS THAT WE SEE JEHOSHAPHAT DO,
THEY'RE JUST SO INTERESTING HOW HE WENT ABOUT GETTING THIS HELP
FROM GOD.
AND SO, THE NEXT THING YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT HE DOES IS HE
TALKS TO GOD ABOUT HOW GREAT GOD IS, AND ABOUT HOW AWESOME HE
WAS, AND HOW POWERFUL HE WAS, AND HOW NO ENEMY COULD
DEFEAT HIM.
HE HASN'T ASKED GOD FOR ANYTHING.
HE HASN'T TOLD GOD ABOUT HIS PROBLEM.
HE'S JUST, RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE HE WAS SOME KIND OF
A LITTLE SPIRITUAL PSYCHOLOGIST, BUT HE WAS GETTING ON THE GOOD
SIDE OF GOD RIGHT NOW WITH HIS ATTITUDE.
2 CHRONICLES 20:4 THROUGH 6, "SO [THE PEOPLE OF] JUDAH GATHERED
TOGETHER TO SEEK HELP FROM THE LORD; AND INDEED THEY CAME
FROM ALL THE CITIES OF JUDAH.
SO, THESE PEOPLE DIDN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, GO A COUPLE OF BLOCKS
TO SEEK GOD, THEY CAME FROM EVERYWHERE TO SEEK GOD.
"LONGING FOR HIM WITH ALL OF THEIR HEART."
I LOVE THAT, LONGING FOR HIM WITH ALL OF THEIR HEART.
I THINK IN THE SOCIETY THAT WE LIVE IN TODAY, NOT EVERYBODY, OF
COURSE, THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY COMMITTED, AWESOME, GREAT,
STRONG BELIEVERS, BUT I THINK IN MANY INSTANCES, SOME PEOPLE'S
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS IS JUST A TAD TOO CASUAL FOR ME AND
PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SACRIFICE MUCH TO SERVE GOD.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE PAID FOR EVERY MOVE THAT THEY MAKE AND,
YOU KNOW, IF GOD GIVES ME A SONG AND YOU SING IT, THEN I BETTER
GET PAID A ROYALTY OR I'M GONNA SUE YOU AND, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND
OF STUFF.
I DON'T LIKE THAT.
I MEAN IT'S LIKE, YES, EVERYBODY SHOULD GET THEIR DUE AND
EVERYBODY SHOULD, YOU KNOW, BE TREATED PROPERLY.
AND IF YOU'VE WRITTEN SONGS AND THAT'S HOW YOU MAKE YOUR LIVING,
I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU SHOULDN'T GET YOUR ROYALTIES.
BUT WOULDN'T IT BE SILLY OF ME IF I HEARD SOMEBODY RE-PREACH
ONE OF MY MESSAGES AND I WENT AND GAVE THEM--I MEAN YOUR
PASTOR ALREADY TOLD ME THAT'S WHAT HE'S GONNA DO.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, BY THE TIME YOU LEAVE TOMORROW NIGHT,
I'LL HAVE SEVERAL NEW MESSAGES.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND SO, THAT SHOULD BE A COMPLIMENT TO SOMEBODY, NOT
SOMETHING THAT YOU HARP ABOUT.
ALWAYS BE WILLING TO SACRIFICE IN THE LORD'S SERVICE.
ALWAYS BE WILLING TO VOLUNTEER TO DO THINGS.
YOU'RE BLESSED IF YOU CAN GIVE SOME OF YOUR TIME, AND SERVICE,
AND GIFTS TO GOD AND NOT ASK FOR ANYTHING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND LONG FOR THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART,
LONG FOR HIM.
"THEN JEHOSHAPHAT STOOD IN THE ASSEMBLY OF JUDAH AND JERUSALEM,
IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD IN FRONT OF THE NEW COURTYARD, AND
HE SAID," AND I REALLY WANT YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE WAY HE
TALKS TO GOD BECAUSE TO ME THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS.
"O LORD, GOD OF OUR FATHERS, ARE YOU NOT GOD IN HEAVEN?
AND DO YOU NOT RULE OVER ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE NATIONS?
POWER AND MIGHT ARE IN YOUR HANDS, THERE IS NO ONE
WHO IS ABLE TO STAND AGAINST YOU."
LIKE HE'S WORKING UP TO IT, ISN'T HE?
YOU KNOW, IT'D BE JUST LIKE IF ONE OF YOUR KIDS CAME OVER AND
WANTED SOMETHING AND THEY RUSHED RIGHT IN AND SAID, "MOM, CAN YOU
LET ME HAVE A THOUSAND BUCKS?" WELL, CHANCES ARE THEY MIGHT
GET A, "NO."
BUT IF THEY COME IN, "OH, YOU ARE THE GREATEST MOM."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "YOU ARE SO PRETTY, MOM, YOU JUST, YOU'RE JUST
AWESOME.
CAN I HAVE A BIG HUG?
I LOVE YOU, MOM.
IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO FOR YOU?
AND, YOU KNOW, CAN I HELP YOU WITH SOMETHING AROUND THE HOUSE?
THERE'S NOBODY LIKE YOU."
AND I DON'T KNOW MAYBE THEY'RE SMART ENOUGH TO GO AWAY FOR
30 MINUTES AND COME BACK AND SAY, "BY THE WAY, MOM, COULD YOU
LEND ME A THOUSAND DOLLARS?" WELL, PROBABLY IF I HAD TO GO
GET IT FROM 20 PLACES, I'D LET HIM HAVE IT.
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
I KNOW A FEW PEOPLE--SEE, THEY WERE INTERESTED IN GOD.
THEY WEREN'T JUST INTERESTED IN WHAT GOD COULD DO FOR THEM.
I'M GONNA SAY THAT AGAIN.
THEY WERE INTERESTED IN GOD.
THEY WEREN'T JUST INTERESTED IN WHAT HE COULD DO FOR THEM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, SEE, I THINK IF YOU'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN GOD,
YOU SEEK HIM JUST AS HARD WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM
AS WHEN YOU DO HAVE A PROBLEM.
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF SOMEBODY WHO WORSHIPED GOD BEFORE HE
PRESENTED HIS PROBLEM.
MATTHEW 8:1 THROUGH 3, "WHEN JESUS CAME DOWN FROM
THE MOUNTAIN, LARGE CROWDS FOLLOWED HIM.
AND A LEPER CAME UP TO HIM AND BOWED DOWN BEFORE HIM, SAYING,
'LORD, IF YOU'RE WILLING, YOU'RE ABLE TO HEAL ME
AND MAKE ME CLEAN.'" BUT HE BOWED DOWN
SIGNIFYING WORSHIP AND ADORATION BEFORE HE ASKED FOR ANYTHING.
I DON'T THINK IT WOULD HURT ANY OF US JUST THREE OR FOUR TIMES
A DAY TO JUST STOP WHATEVER WE'RE DOING, WHEREVER WE'RE AT
JUST, "LORD, I LOVE YOU."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "I NEED YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH ME TODAY.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT I'M NOTHING
WITHOUT YOU.
I LOVE YOU.' AND THEN JUST GET
ON UP AND, THANK GOD I CAN STILL GET UP.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HEY, IN THE LAST TWO YEARS
I'VE GOTTEN TWO NEW HIPS.
I'M LIKE THE BIONIC WOMAN NOW.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IT'S AMAZING WHAT ALL THEY CAN GIVE YOU, THE NEW PARTS
YOU CAN GET.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOW, 2 CHRONICLES 20:7 THROUGH 11,
HE KEEPS IT UP.
I THINK THIS GUY WAS SMART.
"O OUR GOD, DID YOU--" NOW, I WANT YOU TO NOTICE HOW
MANY TIMES HE SAYS YOU AND YOUR.
"DID YOU NOT DRIVE OUT THE INHABITANTS OF THIS LAND BEFORE
YOUR PEOPLE ISRAEL AND GIVE IT FOREVER TO THE DESCENDANTS
OF YOUR FRIEND ABRAHAM?
THEY HAVE LIVED IN IT, AND YOU HAVE
BUILT YOU A SANCTUARY IN IT FOR YOUR NAME, SAYING, 'IF EVIL
COMES ON US, OR THE SWORD OF JUDGMENT, OR PLAGUE, OR FAMINE,
WE WILL STAND BEFORE THIS HOUSE AND BEFORE YOU (FOR YOUR NAME
AND YOUR PRESENCE IS IN THIS HOUSE) AND WE WILL CRY OUT TO
YOU IN OUR DISTRESS, AND YOU WILL HEAR AND SAVE US.'"
SO, HE'S ALREADY SAID, "GOD, YOU ARE AWESOME.
WE BELONG TO YOU.
WE'RE YOUR PEOPLE.
THIS IS YOUR LAND.
WE'RE YOUR POSSESSION.
THIS IS YOUR SANCTUARY."
NOW, HE'S FINALLY ABOUT TO TELL GOD HE'S GOT A PROBLEM, BUT LOOK
AT EVERYTHING THAT HE'S DONE FIRST BEFORE HE DID THAT.
I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THIS ROOM OR WATCHING BY
TELEVISION THAT APPROACH GOD IN THAT MANNER WHEN THEY HAVE
A PROBLEM OR IF WE JUST GO, "OH GOD, YOU GOTTA HELP ME
WITH THIS?
I NEED HELP, GOD.
I CAN'T PUT UP WITH THIS ANYMORE."
YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT AT LEAST START WITH, "THANK YOU, GOD, FOR
ALL YOUR BLESSINGS IN MY LIFE.
GOD, I GOT A NEW PROBLEM AND I NEED YOUR HELP NOW."
AND I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, EVERY TIME I TEACH THIS, IT CONVICTS
ME BECAUSE WE GET LIKE THAT.
WE FORGET SOMETIMES THAT PRAISE NEEDS TO OUTWEIGH PETITION,
AMEN?
AND, OF COURSE, THEN WORSHIP, WORSHIP GOES MUCH DEEPER THAN
EVEN PRAISE.
"NOW BEHOLD, VERSE 10, "NOW BEHOLD, THE SONS OF AMMON AND
MOAB AND MOUNT SEIR, WHOM YOU WOULD NOT ALLOW ISRAEL TO INVADE
WHEN THEY CAME FROM THE LAND OF EGYPT (FOR THEY TURNED AWAY FROM
THEM AND DID NOT DESTROY THEM]"
SO, HE'S SAYING, "THEY COULD HAVE BEEN DESTROYED WAY BACK
HERE AND THEN THEY WOULDN'T BE BOTHERING US NOW, BUT LET'S
REMEMBER THAT YOU WOULDN'T LET THEM DESTROY THEM.
NOW, HERE THEY ARE REWARDING US BY COMING TO DRIVE US OUT
OF YOUR POSSESSION."
DOES ANYBODY SEE THIS WHAT I'M SEEING?
I MEAN, HE HAD TO GO TO PSYCHOLOGY SCHOOL.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HE HAD TO.
"DRIVE US OUT OF YOUR POSSESSION WHICH YOU HAVE GIVEN US
AS AN INHERITANCE."
SO, FIRST JEHOSHAPHAT SPEAKS OF HOW AWESOME GOD IS, THEN RELATES
THE MIGHTY ACTS THAT GOD HAS PERFORMED IN THE PAST, THEN HE
MENTIONS HIS PROBLEM AS IF IT WERE A LITTLE SIDENOTE.
WE SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME TALKING ABOUT THE PROBLEM
AND VERY LITTLE TIME ON THE REST OF THE STUFF.
THEN HE MENTIONS HIS PROBLEM AS IF WE'RE A SIDENOTE.
NOW HE GETS GOD PERSONALLY INVOLVED BY REMINDING HIM THAT
IT'S HIS POSSESSION THAT THE ENEMIES ARE TRYING TO STEAL.
2 CHRONICLES 20:12, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART
OF THE TEACHING.
"O OUR GOD, WILL YOU NOT JUDGE THEM?"
NUMBER ONE, "FOR WE ARE POWERLESS AGAINST THIS GREAT
MULTITUDE WHICH IS COMING AGAINST US."
NUMBER TWO, "WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO."
AND NUMBER THREE, "OUR EYES ARE ON YOU."
NOW, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THERE BECAUSE HE IS SAYING,
"WE DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO DEFEAT THIS ENEMY.
WE CANNOT DO THIS WITHOUT YOU.
WE WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO EVEN IF WE TRIED, BUT OUR EYES
ARE ON YOU."
LET'S BRING IT DOWN TO A LEVEL IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE.
HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER TRIED TO CHANGE ANOTHER HUMAN BEING?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: ANY OF YOU LADIES EVERY TRIED TO CHANGE
YOUR HUSBAND?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOW SEE, IT TOOK ME A LOT OF YEARS OF SUFFERING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BEFORE I GOT AROUND TO SAYING, "GOD, I HAVE NO POWER TO
CHANGE ANYTHING AND I WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
EVEN IF I DID BECAUSE I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING AND NONE
OF IT'S WORKED.
BUT NOW FINALLY, GOD, I HAVE MY EYES ON YOU."
COME ON, SOMETIMES IT TAKE US A WHILE TO FINALLY GET OUR EYES
ON GOD AND REALIZE THAT WE DON'T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO DO WHAT
NEEDS TO BE DONE, AMEN.
JOYCE: WELL, THERE'S A GREAT PROMISE IN THE BIBLE THAT IF WE
SEEK FIRST GOD'S KINGDOM ABOVE ALL ELSE AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS,
HE WILL GIVE EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED IN EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE.
WHATEVER YOUR BATTLE YOU'RE FACING, GOD'S GONNA HELP YOU
FIGHT THAT BATTLE TODAY.
YOU KNOW, REALLY, YOU'VE ALREADY WON.
YOU JUST NEED TO STAND FIRM AND APPLY THE VICTORY THAT JESUS HAS
ALREADY GIVEN US WHEN HE DIED ON THE CROSS.
I WANT YOU TO LIVE WITH GREAT EXPECTATION FOR GOOD THINGS
TO HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU A COUPLE OF THINGS.
WE ALWAYS OFFER THE WORD, I'LL NEVER STOP DOING THAT BECAUSE
THE WORD OF GOD HAS POWER IN IT TO NOT ONLY SAVE YOU, BUT TO
HEAL ANY AREA IN YOUR LIFE THAT'S HURTING.
THE WORD KEEPS YOU STRONG.
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WE ARE SOLDIERS IN GOD'S ARMY AND WE ARE CALLED TO FIGHT
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JOYCE: YOU KNOW, WE REGULARLY SEND HYGIENE PACKETS THAT
INCLUDE ONE OF MY BOOKS INTO PRISONS AND BOB, A PRISONER IN A
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, WROTE TO US RECENTLY AND SHARED THAT HE
LEARNED ABOUT GOD'S LOVE THROUGH A HYGIENE PACKET THAT HAD
A FREE BOOK IN IT FROM JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
AND HE WRITES, "THE GIFTS THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN HAVE OPENED DOORS
OF HOPE IN ALL OF OUR HEARTS AND IS SPREADING.
THANK YOU FOR DEVELOPING MY FAITH IN CHRIST."
NOW, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY MADE THAT HAPPEN WERE
OUR PARTNERS AND IF YOU'RE NOT A PARTNER WITH US, I'M GONNA
ASK YOU TO BECOME ONE TODAY.
YOU CAN HELP REACH MORE PEOPLE LIKE BOB COME TO A FAITH IN
CHRIST BY BECOMING A JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
PARTNER.
A PARTNER IS SOMEBODY WHO BECOMES PART OF EVERYTHING
THAT WE DO.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER THAT WE CAN'T
DO BY OURSELF.
PERHAPS YOU CAN NEVER GO INTO A PRISON AND HAND A PRISONER
A BOOK AND A HYGIENE PACKET, BUT WE CAN, HOWEVER WE NEED YOUR
FINANCIAL HELP IN DOING THAT.
SO, THERE'S NO SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNT REQUIRED TO BE A PARTNER
WITH OUR MINISTRY, WE SIMPLY ASK THAT YOU GIVE ON
A REGULAR BASIS.
NOT ONLY ARE WE HELPING PRISONERS, BUT WE'RE ON
TELEVISION IN 90 LANGUAGES.
WE'VE DUG OVER A THOUSAND WATER WELLS IN AREAS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE
NO CLEAN WATER, FEEDING THE HUNGRY, PROVIDING EDUCATION,
MEDICAL, DENTAL NEEDS, JUST LOTS OF GOOD THINGS TO HELP LOTS OF
PEOPLE AND NOT JUST TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR PHYSICAL NEED,
BUT IT'S THROUGH THAT THAT WE INTRODUCE THEM TO CHRIST.
SO, PARTNER TODAY AND JOIN THE FAMILY OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
PARTNERS MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR CHRIST.
CONTACT US USING THE INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN OR GO ONLINE
AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
MAY GOD ABUNDANTLY BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PARTNERSHIP WITH US.
GINGER: WE HEAR STORIES EVERY DAY OF PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES HAVE
BEEN COMPLETELY TURNED AROUND.
HEARING HIS WORD THROUGH YOUR TEACHING, DOES THE GRATITUDE
JUST OVERFLOW?
DO YOU JUST FEEL OVERWHELMED SOMETIMES?
DAVID: HE ACTUALLY ISOLATES US FROM SEEING
THE GREATNESS OF THE MINISTRY.
AND WE'RE THANK FOR THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO HEAR,
OH, HOW GREAT WE ARE OR ANYTHING BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S GOD, AND
IT'S HIS GRACE THAT HAS REALLY GIVEN US THE ABILITY TO DO WHAT
WE'RE DOING BUT ALSO TO NOT BE HAUGHTY, OR PROUD, OR THINK THAT
WE'VE DONE ANYTHING BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S EVERYTHING BY HIM.
AND HE STARTED IT ALL AND HE CAN STOP IT INSTANTLY IF HE
WANTS TO.
AND WE'RE BASICALLY KEEPING OUR PEDAL TO THE METAL AS LONG AS HE
WANTS US TO AND WHILE WE'RE IN THIS WORLD BECAUSE THIS IS JUST
A TEMPORARY SITUATION, AND WE WANT TO TAKE AS MANY WITH US
AS WE CAN.
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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