ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: THE JOY OF THE LORD IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAVE ALL
THE TIME BECAUSE IT'S NOT EVER BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING,
IT'S BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE BELIEVE.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: ATTITUDES JUST MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.
ONE LITTLE CUTE STORY.
"SHE'S 92 YEARS OLD, PETITE, WELL POISED AND PROUD.
SHE'S FULLY DRESSED EACH MORNING BY 8 O'CLOCK WITH HER HAIR
FASHIONABLY STYLED,
HER MAKEUP PERFECTLY APPLIED, IN SPITE OF THE FACT
THAT SHE'S LEGALLY BLIND.
TODAY SHE'S MOVED TO A NURSING HOME BECAUSE HER HUSBAND
OF 70 YEARS HAS RECENTLY PASSED AWAY MAKING THE MOVE NECESSARY.
AFTER MANY HOURS OF WAITING PATIENTLY IN THE LOBBY
OF THE NURSING HOME WHERE I AM EMPLOYED, THE LADY SMILED
SWEETLY WHEN TOLD THAT HER ROOM WAS FINALLY READY.
AS SHE MANEUVERED HER WALKER TO THE ELEVATOR,
I PROVIDED A VISUAL DESCRIPTION OF HER TINY, LITTLE ROOM
THAT SHE WOULD NOW LIVE IN THE REST OF HER LIFE.
I TOLD HER ABOUT THE ISLET CURTAINS THAT HAD BEEN HUNG
ON HER WINDOWS.
'I LOVE IT,' SHE SAID.
SHE STATED THAT WITH THE ENTHUSIASM
OF AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD HAVING BEEN PRESENTED WITH A NEW PUPPY.
'MRS. JONES, YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE ROOM YET, JUST WAIT.'
THEN SHE SPOKE THESE WORDS THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET.
'THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT,'
SHE GENTLY REPLIED.
'HAPPINESS IS SOMETHING YOU DECIDE ON AHEAD OF TIME.
WHETHER I LIKE THE ROOM OR NOT DOES NOT DEPEND ON HOW
THE FURNITURE IS ARRANGED.
IT IS HOW I HAVE ARRANGED MY MIND.
I HAVE ALREADY DECIDED TO LOVE IT.'"
THINK ABOUT THAT.
SHE SAID, "I HAVE ALREADY DECIDED TO LOVE IT.
IT'S A DECISION I MAKE EVERY MORNING WHEN I WAKE UP.
I HAVE A CHOICE.
I CAN RESPOND THE DAY IN BED RECOUNTING THE DIFFICULTIES
I'VE HAD WITH ALL THE PARTS OF MY BODY THAT NO LONGER WORK,
OR I CAN GET OUT OF BED AND BE THANKFUL FOR THE ONES
THAT DO WORK.
EACH DAY IS A GIFT AND AS LONG AS MY EYES OPEN, I WILL FOCUS
ON THE NEW DAY AND ALL THE HAPPY MEMORIES I HAVE STORED AWAY
JUST FOR THIS TIME IN MY LIFE."
COME ON, GIVE GOD A BIG PRAISE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE COME TO MY CONFERENCES, I REALLY
LIKE TO HAVE PEOPLE THINK ABOUT MAKING SOME KIND OF A DECISION
BECAUSE, YOU SEE, NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS IN OUR LIFE
ACCIDENTALLY.
WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS, AND I THINK THAT EVERY TIME YOU HEAR
A REALLY GOOD SERMON PREACHED UNDER THE ANOINTING, IT SHOULD
LEAVE YOU WITH SOME KIND OF A DECISION TO MAKE THAT WILL
HELP YOU COME UP HIGHER, AMEN?
AND SO, THIS IS GOOD TONIGHT BECAUSE WE CAN MAKE A DECISION
THAT WE'RE JUST NOT GONNA BE UNHAPPY.
WE CAN JUST MAKE A DECISION, "I AM NOT LETTING THE DEVIL
STEAL ONE MORE DAY OF MY JOY.
I AM NOT GONNA LET HIM KEEP--I'M
NOT GONNA KEEP LIVING UPTIGHT, ALL TENSE, AND HAVING TO HAVE
THERAPY ALL THE TIME TO GET THE KNOTS OUT OF MY NECK."
BEEN THERE, DONE THAT, AMEN?
BECAUSE LIFE IS NOT GONNA CHANGE.
NOW SEE, YOU DON'T CLAP WHEN I SAY THAT, BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT,
I GET IT.
BUT HONESTLY AND TRULY, THERE'S
ALWAYS GONNA BE CIRCUMSTANCES AND SITUATIONS THAT WE DON'T
LIKE AND THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT IRRITATE
US, IF IT'S NOT ONE, IT'LL BE ANOTHER.
SO, WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION, THE DECISION WE MAKE TONIGHT IS
"I'M GOING TO CHANGE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "I'M GONNA CHANGE MY APPROACH AND MY ATTITUDE,
AND I'M GONNA LEARN TO HANDLE PEOPLE AND SITUATIONS
THE WAY THAT JESUS HANDLED THEM," AMEN.
NOW, SIMPLE FAITH IN GOD IS REALLY THE ANSWER
TO ALL THIS, AND I SAY SIMPLE FAITH BECAUSE REALLY,
YOU JUST MIGHT AS WELL FORGET EVER FIGURING GOD OUT.
SIMPLE FAITH MEANS I BELIEVE FOR NO REASON
OTHER THAN I BELIEVE.
I BELIEVE BECAUSE I'VE DECIDED TO BELIEVE.
TO BE HONEST, IF I WASN'T A BELIEVER, I COULDN'T SEE
ANY REASON AT ALL TO GET UP AND FACE ONE MORE DAY OF MY LIFE
IF I DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT MY TRUST IN GOD.
I'VE ALREADY FOUND OUT THAT YOU CAN'T TRUST ALL PEOPLE.
I'VE ALREADY FOUND OUT MY CIRCUMSTANCES
AREN'T GONNA MAKE ME HAPPY.
THERE'S NOTHING I CAN OWN OR BUY THAT'S GONNA MAKE ME HAPPY,
BUT SIMPLE CHILD-LIKE FAITH IN GOD, I BELIEVE.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT BECAUSE I FEEL IT.
I JUST BELIEVE IT BECAUSE I DO.
IT'S IN MY HEART.
I KNOW THAT JESUS DIED FOR ME.
I KNOW THAT HE LOVES ME.
I KNOW HE'S ALWAYS WATCHING OVER ME.
THESE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO REMIND OURSELF
OF ALL TIME.
KEEP THAT SIMPLE CHILD-LIKE FAITH AND YOU'LL GET RID
OF A LOT OF THE UPTIGHT STUFF.
MAINTAIN AN EASYGOING ATTITUDE.
NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ANOINTING OF EASE.
FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY THAT SATAN CANNOT CONTROL YOU AS LONG
AS YOU DON'T LOSE CONTROL.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU SHOULD WRITE DOWN
AND PUT IT ON YOUR FACEBOOK LATER, NOT DURING THIS MEETING.
"JOYCE SAID--" OR YOU CAN EVEN JUST SAY YOU SAID IT
IF YOU WANT TO, I DON'T KNOW.
SATAN CANNOT CONTROL YOU IF YOU DON'T LOSE CONTROL.
I LIKE TO SAY THAT HE SETS US UP TO GET US UPSET, AMEN?
SO, LET'S LOOK AT TWO SCRIPTURES,
PSALM 94:12 AND 13.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO STAY CALM, JUST TO STAY
RELAXED AND HAVE AN EASYGOING ATTITUDE AND DON'T GET
ALL UPTIGHT NO MATTER WHAT YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE.
YOU SAY, "WELL, I CAN'T HELP IT.
I JUST LOSE MY TEMPER!"
WELL, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY IF YOU STUDY THE WORD OF GOD
AND YOU BEGIN TO PRAY ABOUT THIS, AND YOU BEGIN
TO HAVE A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
HOW MANY OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY UPTIGHT IN YOUR LIFE
CAN SAY, MAYBE YOU'RE NOT WHERE YOU WANT TO BE
BUT YOU'VE CERTAINLY COME A LONG WAY FROM WHERE YOU USED TO BE?
ME TOO, HALLELUJAH.
AND DAVE IS PROBABLY HAPPIER THAN I AM.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HE SAID, "I REMEMBER WHEN I USED TO DRIVE DOWN
THE HIGHWAY AT NIGHT ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK
THINKING, I WONDER WHAT SHE'LL BE LIKE TONIGHT."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, IT'S NO FUN TO LIVE WITH SOMEBODY
THAT'S UPTIGHT AND TENSE AND STRESSED OUT ALL THE TIME.
PSALM 94:12 AND 13, "BLESSED (HAPPY, FORTUNATE, TO BE ENVIED)
IS THE MAN WHOM YOU DISCIPLINE AND INSTRUCT, O LORD, AND TEACH
OUT OF YOUR LAW, THAT YOU MAY GIVE HIM POWER TO KEEP HIMSELF
CALM, THAT YOU MAY GIVE HIM POWER TO KEEP HIMSELF CALM."
YOU KNOW, I ALMOST ENJOY IT NOW WHEN THE ENEMY TRIES TO PUSH
MY BUTTONS AND GET ME TO ACT UGLY AND I CAN CALL ON THE POWER
OF GOD AND JUST SAY, "BEEN THERE, DONE THAT,
RAN AROUND THAT MOUNTAIN A THOUSAND TIMES,
NOT GOING THERE AGAIN.
I'M STAYING CALM."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IT'S ALMOST LIKE A FUN GAME TO PLAY.
"THAT YOU MAY GIVE HIM THE POWER TO KEEP HIMSELF CALM
IN THE DAYS OF ADVERSITY."
SEE, WE WAIT FOR OUR CIRCUMSTANCES TO KEEP US
CALM OR FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO BEHAVE IN A WAY WHERE WE
CAN STAY CALM, BUT THIS SAYS THAT WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE
TO HAVE THINGS HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE UNTIL WE LEARN
TO KEEP OURSELVES CALM.
EVERY TRIAL THAT YOU HAVE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE.
"TO KEEP HIMSELF CALM IN THE DAYS OF ADVERSITY,
UNTIL THE [INEVITABLE] PIT OF CORRUPTION IS DUG
FOR THE WICKED."
JOHN 14, VERSE 1, "JESUS SAID, 'DO NOT LET YOUR HEARTS
BE TROUBLED, (DISTRESSED, AGITATED,) UPTIGHT."
THAT'S THE AMPLIFIED AMPLIFIED VERSION.
"YOU BELIEVE IN AND ADHERE TO AND TRUST IN AND RELY ON GOD;
BELIEVE IN AND ADHERE TO AND TRUST IN AND RELY ON ME."
SO, WHAT IS HE SAYING THE ANSWER IS TO ALL THIS UPTIGHT STUFF?
TRUST GOD.
JUST TRUST GOD.
"WELL, WHAT IS GOD GONNA DO?" I DON'T KNOW,
BUT HE'S PRETTY SMART.
HE KNOWS EVERYTHING.
HE'S EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME.
HE AS ALL POWER.
BEFORE YOU EVER GOT TO WHERE YOU'RE AT, GOD ALREADY KNEW YOU
WERE GONNA GET HERE.
HE'S NOT SURPRISED BY YOUR SITUATION
OR MY SITUATION.
JUST STAY CALM.
"IN THE WORLD, YOU WILL HAVE TRIBULATION," JESUS SAID, "CHEER
UP, I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD.
IN THE WORLD, YOU WILL HAVE TRIBULATION, CHEER UP,
I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD."
NOW, YOU KNOW, ALL OF LIFE IS NOT JUST ONE TROUBLE
AFTER ANOTHER.
WE HAVE LOTS OF GREAT DAYS AND DAYS THAT ARE JUST AMAZING.
MATTER OF FACT, IF I LOOK AT MY LIFE, I'D HAVE TO SAY
MY WHOLE LIFE IS AMAZING.
BUT YET, JUST AS A THING TO DO TO PROVE A POINT, I KEPT
A RECORD FOR ABOUT SIX WEEKS STARTING IN, LIKE, FEBRUARY
OR MARCH OF THIS YEAR IN THE BACK OF MY JOURNAL
OF TROUBLESOME, IRRITATING THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO ME
THAT COULD HAVE REALLY UPSET ME AND PUT ME OVER THE EDGE
AND RUIN MY DAY HAD I NOT DECIDED--EVERYBODY SAY,
"I DECIDED," TO STAY CALM AND TRUST GOD.
TRUSTING GOD IS AN AMAZING, AMAZING PRIVILEGE,
AND THAT'S YOUR PRIVILEGE AS A BELIEVER IN JESUS CHRIST.
YOU GET TO TRUST GOD IN EVERY SITUATION.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRUST GOD, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO TRY
TO TRUST GOD.
YOU HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF TRUSTING GOD.
YOU CAN BELIEVE WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, THAT GOD
KNOWS AND HE'S GOT IT COVERED.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HALLELUJAH, WHOO-HOO.
JOHN 14, VERSE 27, "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."
WE DON'T HAVE THE KIND OF PEACE THE WORLD HAS THAT IS BASED
ON CIRCUMSTANCES.
WE HAVE A DIFFERENT QUALITY OF PEACE.
WE HAVE THE PEACE OF GOD, THE PEACE THAT PASSES
UNDERSTANDING.
"NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES DO I GIVE TO YOU.
DO NOT--" NOW, WATCH THIS LAST PART, AMPLIFIED TRANSLATION, "DO
NOT LET YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED, NEITHER LET THEM BE AFRAID.
[STOP ALLOWING YOURSELVES TO BE AGITATED AND DISTURBED
AND UPTIGHT; AND DO NOT PERMIT YOURSELVES TO BE FEARFUL
AND INTIMIDATED AND COWARDLY AND UNSETTLED.]"
LET'S BACK IT UP, I WANT YOU TO SEE IT AGAIN.
COME ON, GOD'S GIVEN US A RESPONSIBILITY.
STOP ALLOWING YOURSELVES.
SEE, WE JUST KIND OF, "WELL, I WANT THIS TO GO AWAY.
I JUST WANT THIS TO GO AWAY.
I DON'T WANT TO FEEL THIS WAY."
WELL THEN, STOP IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SIT AROUND AND FEEL SORRY
FOR YOURSELF ALL DAY, THEN GO OUT AND DO SOMETHING.
GET YOURSELF OFF YOUR MIND.
GO BE A BLESSING TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
DON'T WASTE ANOTHER DAY JUST SITTING AROUND FEELING
SORRY FOR YOURSELF.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: IF YOU'RE UPSET BECAUSE YOU GOT
TWO OR THREE AREAS IN YOUR BODY THAT HURT OR DON'T WORK RIGHT
ANYMORE, THINK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT DO WORK RIGHT
AND GOOD.
FIGHT THE DEVIL.
FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH.
YOU CAN FIGHT THE DEVIL AND WIN EVERY TIME IF YOU JUST KEEP
A GOOD ATTITUDE.
THE DEVIL CANNOT DEFEAT YOU IF YOU WILL KEEP
A GOOD ATTITUDE, AMEN?
STOP ALLOWING YOURSELVES TO BE AGITATED AND DISTURBED
AND DO NOT PERMIT YOURSELVES.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE BEST WAY TO STOP YOURSELF FROM GETTING
REALLY UPSET IS WHEN YOU FIRST START TO FEEL UPSET.
1 PETER CHAPTER 5 SAYS, "RESIST THE DEVIL AT HIS ONSET,"
AND THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT SCRIPTURE
TO ME BECAUSE, HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT SOMETIMES
IF YOU GET MAD ENOUGH, THEN THERE'S NO TURNING BACK?
BUT IF YOU'LL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT WHEN YOU FIRST START FEELING
THAT WAY, IT'S MUCH EASIER TO STOP IT THEN.
SO, WHEN YOU FIRST START FEELING THAT UPTIGHT--ANYBODY KNOW
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
DON'T I DO THAT GOOD...?
YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU CAN STOP RIGHT THERE AND GO,
[SIGHING]
"GOD'S IN CONTROL.
HE LOVES ME.
THIS WASN'T MY PLAN.
MAN'S MIND PLANS HIS WAY, BUT GOD DIRECTS HIS STEPS.
STAYING HAPPY, BEEN AROUND THE UNHAPPY MOUNTAIN,
NOT TAKING ANOTHER TRIP AROUND THAT MOUNTAIN.
FORGET IT, DEVIL, YOU'RE NOT GONNA CONTROL ME."
GO HAVE A LITTLE CHAT WITH YOURSELF.
I TELL PEOPLE PRETTY OFTEN, GO HAVE A MEETING WITH YOURSELF.
NOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AN ANOINTING OF EASE--I LOVE
THAT THOUGHT, AN ANOINTING OF EASE, A HOLY EASE THAT WE
CAN HAVE IN OUR LIFE, NOT A LAZY EASE, NOT LAYING AROUND
ON THE COUCH WATCHING SOAP OPERAS AND EATING
DOUGHNUTS ALL DAY.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING BEING EASY.
I'M TALKING ABOUT A HOLY EASE.
LET'S LOOK AT A COUPLE OF SCRIPTURES, PSALM 119:45,
WE'RE JUST GONNA PUT THESE UP REAL QUICK AND LET YOU
SEE THEM.
"AND I WILL WALK AT LIBERTY AND AT EASE, FOR I HAVE SOUGHT
AND INQUIRED FOR [AND DESPERATELY REQUIRED]
YOUR PRECEPTS."
NOW, BEFORE WE TAKE THAT AWAY, LET'S LOOK AT WHY THE PSALMIST
WAS SAYING THAT HE COULD WALK IN LIBERTY AND AT EASE BECAUSE
HE WAS SEEKING GOD AND GOD'S WAY OF LIVING AND BEING AND DOING.
PSALM 25, VERSE 13, "HE HIMSELF SHALL DWELL AT EASE
AND HIS OFFSPRING SHALL INHERIT THE LAND."
TURN TO THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU AND SAY, "LIGHTEN UP, WILL YOU?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: QUIT BEING SO INTENSE, AMEN?
NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT A LITTLE EASE FOR OUR SOULS.
NOW REMEMBER, YOUR SOUL IS YOUR MIND, YOUR WILL,
AND YOUR--YOUR MIND, YOUR WILL, YOUR EMOTIONS, AND YOUR SOUL IS
THIS INNER PART OF YOU.
MY SOUL IS MY INNER PART AND REALLY, THAT'S WHERE OUR JOY
IS AT.
IT'S NOT--YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BE HAPPY IF EVERYTHING THAT'S
HAPPENING SUITS YOU, BUT THEN WHEN IT'S NOT SUITING YOU,
YOU BECOME UNHAPPY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE JOY OF THE LORD, BUT THERE'S NO
SUCH--WE NEVER USE THE PHRASE, "I HAVE BECOME UNJOYED."
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BE HAPPY AND UNHAPPY, BUT YOU'RE NOT
JOYED AND UNJOYED BECAUSE THE JOY OF THE LORD
IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAVE ALL THE TIME BECAUSE IT'S NOT
EVER BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING, IT'S BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW
AND WHAT WE BELIEVE.
COME ON, IT'S BASED ON WHAT WE BELIEVE.
MY JOY IS BASED ON WHAT I BELIEVE.
MY HAPPINESS IS BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING, COME ON NOW.
MY HAPPINESS IS BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT MY JOY
IS BASED ON WHAT I BELIEVE.
THAT'S ANOTHER GOOD ONE TO SEND OFF TO YOUR FRIENDS.
SO, LET'S TALK FOR A MINUTE ABOUT GETTING SOME MENTAL EASE.
HOW MANY OF YOU'VE GOT A BRAIN THAT CAN USE A BREAK?
ALL RIGHT, LET'S TALK FOR A MINUTE
ABOUT NOT REASONING.
YOU KNOW, I WAS, OH, MY GOSH, I WAS ADDICTED TO REASONING,
LORD HAVE MERCY.
I THINK I LIVED IN SO MUCH FEAR IN MY CHILDHOOD AND JUST REALLY
DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY TO PROPERLY TAKE CARE OF ME THAT I JUST FELT
THAT I HAD TO HAVE EVERYTHING FIGURED OUT,
NOT ONLY IN MY LIFE, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE'S LIFE.
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT, IT IS A FULL-TIME JOB
TRYING TO RUN THE WORLD.
I MEAN, IT JUST--IT WILL JUST ABSOLUTELY WEAR YOU OUT.
I NOT ONLY WAS CONCERNED ABOUT MY STUFF, I WAS CONCERNED
ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE'S TOO.
AND I DID A LOT OF REASONING.
THE BIBLE SAYS IN PROVERBS 3:5 THROUGH 7,
"TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND MIND,
YOUR HEART AND MIND."
WE SAY, "WELL, I'M TRUSTING GOD."
WELL, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR MIND?
"TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND MIND AND LEAN NOT
OR RELY NOT ON YOUR OWN INSIGHT OR UNDERSTANDING."
AND I LOVE THIS NEXT ONE.
"IN ALL YOUR WAYS, ACKNOWLEDGE HIM
AND HE WILL DIRECT YOUR PATH."
IT'S JUST THIS SIMPLE, "GOD, I HAVE
A REALLY STINKY SITUATION HERE.
I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT.
I'M ASKING YOU TO GIVE ME INSIGHT.
YOU SHOW ME WHAT I SHOULD DO
IN THIS SITUATION, AND UNTIL YOU DO, I'M GONNA STAY IN REST."
THERE'S NO SHAME OR NO EMBARRASSMENT IN SAYING,
"I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO."
EVERYBODY'S ALWAYS ASKING US, "WELL, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?"
I HONESTLY THINK THAT THE DEVIL
SENDS OUT A LITTLE DEMON EVERY MORNING TO SIT
ON EACH ONE OF OUR SHOULDERS SCREAMING IN OUR EAR ALL DAY,
"WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?"
YOU EVEN TRY TO REST
AND THE ENEMY'S GONNA SAY, "YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING,
YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?"
WELL, HAS ANYBODY EVER NOTICED
THAT WE'RE NOT CALLED HUMAN DOINGS?
I ACTUALLY THOUGHT, "I WONDER IF THAT'D MAKE A GOOD BOOK."
ARE YOU A HUMAN BEING OR A HUMAN DOING?
BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO JUST BE AND LET GOD BE GOD.
IN EPHESIANS 6 THE BIBLE SAYS, "DO ALL THE THAT THE CRISIS
DEMANDS AND THEN STAND FIRMLY IN YOUR PLACE."
WELL YES, IF YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO, BY ALL MEANS DO IT.
BUT IF YOU DON'T, STAND FIRM ABIDING IN CHRIST KNOWING
THAT HE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN.
HE MIGHT NOT SHOW UP EARLY,
BUT HE WON'T BE LATE.
HOW MANY OF YOU FOUND OUT THAT EVEN THOUGH GOD DOESN'T
ALWAYS DO EVERYTHING YOU WANT HIM TO, HE DOES
ALWAYS COME THROUGH?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN IT'S THE TRUTH.
EVEN THOUGH HE DOESN'T DO EVERYTHING I WANT HIM TO DO,
HE DOES COME THROUGH FOR ME.
IT IS A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO TRUST GOD.
WE DON'T, "I'M TRYING TO TRUST GOD.
WELL, I GUESS I'LL JUST HAVE TO TRUST GOD."
NO, IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO TRUST GOD, AND DON'T DO THAT AFTER
YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING ELSE, DO THAT FIRST.
IN EVERY SITUATION SAY, "I'M NOT GONNA GET BOTHERED ABOUT THAT.
I'M GONNA TRUST GOD."
AND THEN VOICE THAT TRUST, RELEASE YOUR FAITH
THROUGH PRAYING OR SAYING OR TAKING ACTION.
IT WAS SUCH A RELIEF TO ME WHEN I FINALLY WAS DELIVERED
FROM HAVING TO FIGURE EVERYTHING OUT,
FROM HAVING TO KNOW EVERYTHING.
AND SEE, THE PROBLEM IS IS A LOT OF TIMES YOU THINK
YOU GOT SOMETHING FIGURED OUT, AT LEAST THIS IS WHAT I FOUND.
OH, I THOUGHT I HAD IT IN THE SLOT, BOY, THIS IS WHAT'S
GONNA HAPPEN, AND THEN THAT WOULDN'T BE WHAT HAPPENED
AT ALL.
AND SO REALLY, GOD JUST FINALLY GOT ACROSS TO ME, "YOU THINK YOU
KNOW SO MUCH AND YOU DON'T KNOW.
YOU DON'T KNOW.
YOU'RE NOT AS SMART AS YOU THINK YOU ARE."
WE DON'T HAVE TO KNOW AS LONG AS WE KNOW THE ONE
WHO DOES KNOW.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: REALLY, WALKING IN FAITH VERY OFTEN REQUIRES
TRUSTING GOD ONE DAY AT A TIME, AND THAT'S KIND OF
A SCARY THING.
THE EXAMPLE THAT WE FIND IN THE OLD TESTAMENT IS
VERY RELEVANT TO US TODAY IN EVERY SITUATION OF OUR LIFE
WHERE THEY HAD NO FOOD.
THEY HAD NO WAY OF PROVIDING FOOD, AND GOD MIRACULOUSLY
PROVIDED FOOD CALLED MANNA,
WHICH FELL FROM HEAVEN EVERY MORNING, AND THEY WERE
COMMANDED THAT THEY COULD ONLY GATHER ENOUGH FOR ONE DAY.
IF THEY GOT MORE THAN FOR ONE DAY, IT WOULD ROT,
ROT AND STINK.
AND SO, MAYBE I COULD JUST TAKE A LITTLE SCRIPTURAL LICENSE HERE
FOR A MINUTE AND SAY, AS LONG AS YOU TRY TO GATHER MORE GRACE
AND MORE ANSWERS THAN WHAT YOU NEED FOR TODAY,
YOUR LIFE IS GONNA BE ROTTEN AND IT'S GONNA STINK.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
IT'S ENOUGH TO JUST KNOW THAT TODAY MY NEEDS ARE MET.
AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF WE THINK WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING SECURE
FOR THE FUTURE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
I MEAN, YOU COULD FEEL SO FINANCIALLY SECURE,
YOU COULD HAVE A GAZILLION DOLLARS
IN THE BANK, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT COULD ALL CAVE IN
OVERNIGHT.
THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE SAYS, "DON'T PUT YOUR TRUST IN MONEY
AND THINGS AND THE WORLD AND GOVERNMENT."
WE NEED TO PUT OUR TRUST IN GOD, IN GOD.
"IN GOD ALONE, I PLACE MY TRUST."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: EXCESSIVE THINKING CAN DRIVE YOU ABSOLUTELY MAD.
"WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST A BIG THINKER.
YES, I'M JUST A DEEP THINKER."
WELL, IF YOU'RE LIKE I WAS, YOU'VE GOTTEN SO DEEP YOU
DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE YOU'RE AT ANYMORE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: LET YOUR SOUL HAVE A VACATION.
LET'S TALK ABOUT ANOTHER AREA OF THE MIND REAL QUICK.
HOW ABOUT NOT BEING DOUBLE MINDED ANYMORE?
HOW ABOUT MAKING A DECISION AND STICKING WITH IT?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WELL, I THINK I'LL DO THIS.
"WELL, NO MAYBE I'LL DO THAT.
WELL, NO MAYBE I SHOULD GO BACK TO THIS.
WELL NO, I THINK I'LL DO THIS.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW MAYBE I'LL DO THIS.
WELL, I'M AFRAID TO MAKE ANY DECISION BECAUSE I'M AFRAID
I'LL MAKE THE WRONG DECISION."
AND THEN WE CALL UP EVERYBODY WE KNOW, "WHAT DO YOU THINK I
SHOULD DO?
WHAT DO YOU THINK I SHOULD DO?" THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT THEY'RE DOING!
THEY'RE NOT QUALIFIED TO TELL YOU WHAT TO DO.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT TO DO, GET WITH GOD AND GET
SOME REAL WISDOM.
YES, THANK YOU, JESUS.
MAKE DECISIONS.
DON'T BE SO INSECURE THAT YOU CAN'T MAKE A DECISION.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU MAKE A DECISION AND YOU'RE WRONG, YOU'LL
SURVIVE, YOU'LL JUST BE WRONG.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND IT WON'T KILL YA, YOU'LL JUST LEARN FROM
YOUR MISTAKE AND THEN YOU'LL BE BETTER EQUIPPED THE NEXT
TIME TO MAKE A DECISION.
ISN'T THAT BRILLIANT?
JOYCE: HAPPINESS IS VERY OFTEN BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING
IN OUR LIVES AND IT GETS AFFECTED BY OUR CIRCUMSTANCES,
BUT JOY FROM THE LORD IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT THING.
IT'S OURS ALL THE TIME AND IT NEVER GOES AWAY.
JUST TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT JESUS
HAS DONE FOR YOU AND THAT YOU'RE GONNA LIVE
FOREVER IN A WONDERFUL PLACE SEEING HIM FACE TO FACE.
TODAY WE'RE OFFERING YOU A FREE BOOKLET.
YES, I SAID FREE, AND IT'S CALLED "OVERCOMING ANXIETY."
YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL TEMPTED TO WORRY AT DIFFERENT TIMES,
SOME OF US MORE THAN OTHERS, BUT WORRY DOESN'T JUST GO AWAY
REALLY EASY.
WE NEED TO HAVE MATERIAL THAT WE CAN READ AND KEEP GETTING
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