ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: WELL, I'VE WRITTEN A BOOK CALLED
"LIVING COURAGEOUSLY."
IT'S A WONDERFUL BOOK ABOUT HOW TO OVERCOME FEAR IN YOUR LIFE.
I OPENED CHAPTER 1 WITH A LETTER TO THE SPIRIT OF FEAR
TELLING HIM GOODBYE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE EVER GONNA OVERCOME FEAR, THE FIRST
THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS DECIDE THAT YOU'RE GONNA BREAK UP
WITH FEAR, THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AN ATTITUDE TOWARD
YOURSELF, "NO FEAR LIVES HERE."
THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE ATTITUDE THAT A CHRISTIAN SHOULD HAVE IS,
"I WILL NOT FEAR."
AND, YOU KNOW, KING DAVID, THE PSALMIST DAVID, HE SAID THAT
SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PSALMS, "I WILL NOT FEAR.
WHAT CAN MAN DO UNTO ME?
IF GOD IS FOR ME, WHO CAN BE AGAINST ME?"
AND I LOVE THAT, "I WILL NOT FEAR."
HE CERTAINLY WASN'T SAYING, "I DON'T FEEL FEAR."
HE WAS MAKING A DECISION THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO LET FEAR RULE
HIS LIFE, AND I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT WE ALL
HAVE TO DO.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU'VE HAD SOMETHING FOR SO LONG
IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU JUST GET MISERABLY COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
YOU DON'T REALLY LIKE IT, BUT YOU'VE HAD IT FOR SO LONG
THAT YOU SETTLE DOWN AND JUST THINK, "WELL, I GUESS
THIS IS THE WAY IT IS, OR THIS IS JUST THE WAY I AM,
OR THIS IS THE WAY LIFE IS," AND YOU DON'T EVEN BELIEVE
THAT YOU CAN LIVE ANY OTHER WAY.
YOU KNOW, IN MY CHILDHOOD, I WAS ABUSED SEXUALLY BY MY DAD
FOR A LOT OF YEARS AND SO MY LIFE WAS ROOTED IN FEAR.
MY DAD WAS ANGRY MAN, AND HE DRANK A LOT, AND HE WOULD COME
HOME ANGRY AND GET VIOLENT WITH MY MOM AND RANT AND RAVE
AND YELL, AND THEN THERE WAS ALL THE ABUSE.
AND I JUST REMEMBER GROWING UP IN FEAR.
AND SO, IT WAS CHALLENGING FOR ME TO LEARN TO NOT LIVE
IN THAT FEAR, AND I HAD TO LEARN ONE THING AT A TIME, ONE STEP
AT A TIME, ONE DAY AT A TIME, BUT I HAVE LEARNED A LOT
OF THINGS OVER THE YEARS AND I BELIEVE YOU CAN BENEFIT
FROM SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES THAT I'VE GONE THROUGH.
SOME OF THEM WERE VERY DIFFICULT, SOME WERE PAINFUL,
BUT I BELIEVE THAT I CAN HELP YOU AVOID SOME OF THAT PAIN
IN YOUR LIFE IF YOU WILL ALSO
LEARN TO SAY, "I WILL NOT FEAR."
YOU KNOW, GOD HAS NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF FEAR.
FEAR IS NOT FROM GOD.
GOD HAS GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF POWER AND LOVE
AND A SOUND MIND.
WHEN FEAR ATTACKS US, IT'S THE ENEMY, IT'S THE DEVIL,
AND HE'S ALWAYS TRYING TO GET US OR TO KEEP US
FROM MAKING PROGRESS.
LET'S JUST SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT YOU WANT TO GO BACK
TO COLLEGE.
MAYBE YOU'RE IN YOUR 40S, AND YOU NEVER GET
A COLLEGE DEGREE, AND YOU'VE DECIDED YOU'D LIKE TO GO
TO COLLEGE AND GET A DEGREE, WELL, PROBABLY THE FIRST THING
THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS YOU'RE GONNA BE AFRAID THAT MAYBE
YOU'RE TOO OLD, OR YOU'RE GONNA BE AFRAID THAT YOU CAN'T LEARN
AT YOUR AGE, OR YOU'RE GONNA BE AFRAID THAT YOU
WON'T GET ACCEPTED INTO COLLEGE.
ONE THING'S FOR SURE, IF GOD'S PUT A GOOD IDEA IN YOUR HEART,
SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BLESS YOU AND BLESS YOUR FAMILY, SOMETHING
THAT'S A DESIRE OF YOUR HEART, IT'S NOT GOD THEN PUTTING
THAT FEAR IN THERE TELLING YOU NOT TO DO IT, BUT IT IS
THE ENEMY BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO MAKE PROGRESS.
SO, I'M ASKING YOU TODAY IF YOU WILL MAKE A DECISION FIRST
AND FOREMOST, "I AM NOT GOING TO LIVE IN FEAR."
NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU WILL NEVER FEEL FEAR, BUT IT
DOES MEAN THAT YOU CAN LEARN HOW TO CONQUER IT AND OVERCOME IT,
AND WE'RE GONNA TALK MORE ABOUT THAT ON ANOTHER ONE
OF THESE LITTLE MINI TEACHINGS.
JOYCE: IN ORDER TO LIVE COURAGEOUSLY, AND LIVING
COURAGEOUSLY MEANS THAT, "I'M GONNA LEARN TO FOLLOW MY HEART,
I'M GONNA TAKE RISKS, I'M GONNA BE BOLD, I'M GONNA STEP OUT,
AND REALLY WORK WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE,
NOT JUST OKAY, NOT JUST AVERAGE, NOT JUST ORDINARY, BUT TO BE
SOMEBODY WHO REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD."
HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO, NOT JUST PASS THROUGH HERE
UNNOTICED, BUT YOU WANT TO MAKE A MARK IN THE WORLD AND HAVE
PEOPLE REMEMBER FOR A LONG TIME THAT YOU WERE HERE?
WELL, DON'T DISCOUNT YOURSELF AND THINK, "WELL, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S ONLY FOR THE PEOPLE ON THE PLATFORM OR THE PEOPLE
ON TELEVISION."
IT'S FOR EVERY SINGLE
CHILD OF GOD.
GOD HAS SOMETHING FOR EACH OF US TO DO.
WE HAVE A PART TO PLAY.
YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT NOBODY CAN DO AS GOOD AS YOU CAN DO IT,
AND IF YOU DON'T DO IT, IT'S GONNA HURT ALL THE REST OF US.
YOU NEVER WILL BE AS EXCITED AS YOU WILL BE IF YOU ARE REALLY
IN THE MIDDLE OF FULFILLING YOUR DESTINY.
NOTHING CAN EVER MAKE YOU AS SATISFIED AND FULFILLED
AS KNOWING THAT YOU'RE CHASING AFTER GOD WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART,
AMEN?
BUT FEAR IS SATAN'S TOOL, YES, IT'S FROM THE DEVIL.
FOR GOD HATH NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF FEAR.
LET'S SETTLE THAT.
WHEN YOU FEEL AFRAID, IT'S NOT GOD TRYING TO TELL YOU
DON'T DO THAT.
THAT'S NOT THE WAY GOD WORKS.
"GOD HATH NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER AND LOVE
AND A SOUND MIND, AMEN.
SO, WHEN WE FEEL FEAR, WE CAN BE PRETTY MUCH ASSURED THAT IT'S
SATAN TRYING TO KEEP US FROM DOING WHAT GOD WOULD HAVE
US TO DO OR WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST THING FOR US TO DO,
OR WE MAY JUST BE TRYING TO MAKE YOU MISERABLE.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT FEAR HATH
TORMENT.
FEAR BRINGS TORMENT, AND I'VE EVEN DISCOVERED THAT DREAD,
WHICH I BELIEVE IS A VERY CLOSE RELATIVE OF FEAR, CAN ALSO BRING
TORMENT.
I TRY TO PRACTICE IN MY LIFE, NOT EVEN LETTING MYSELF
DREAD THINGS.
DON'T DREAD GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE.
DON'T DREAD DOING YOUR DISHES.
DON'T DREAD CUTTING THE GRASS.
DON'T DREAD SITTING DOWN AND PAYING YOUR BILLS.
DON'T LET THAT SPIRIT OF DREAD AND FEAR GET INTO YOUR LIFE.
KNOW WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST, KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU
NEED TO DO THROUGH THE STRENGTH OF GOD THAT IS IN YOU AND LIVE
WITH YOUR HEAD HELD UP HIGH, YOUR SHOULDERS BACK,
WALK STRONG, AND LIVE COURAGEOUSLY, AMEN?
IT'S TIME FOR THE BODY OF CHRIST TO STAND UP AND BE COUNTED,
AND STOP BEING WIMPY AND WHINY AND HAVING A PROBLEM
WITH EVERYTHING.
THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF FEARS THAT IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK UP PHOBIAS IN AN ENCYCLOPEDIA, MY GOSH,
PAGES AND PAGES AND PAGES AND PAGES OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE
ARE AFRAID OF.
ONE OF THE THINKS THAT MOST PEOPLE HAVE A PROBLEM AT SOME
TIME OR OTHER IN THEIR LIFE, CAN'T SAY THAT EVERYBODY DOES,
BUT I KNOW I DID AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DO,
IS THE FEAR OF MAN.
WHAT ARE THEY GONNA THINK?
WHAT ARE THEY GONNA SAY?
WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO?
WHAT ARE THEY NOT GONNA DO IF I DON'T PLEASE THEM?
WILL THEY SHUT ME OUT OF THEIR LIFE?
WILL THEY REJECT ME?
WILL I BE LONELY?
AND I BELIEVE THAT SATAN REALLY USES THE FEAR OF MAN TO NOT ONLY
BRING TORMENT, BUT TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM FOLLOWING
THEIR OWN HEART.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WORSE THAN FEELING
IN YOUR HEART THAT YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING
SOMETHING, BUT COWERING DOWN TO SOMEBODY ELSE, AND MANY TIMES
IT'S NOT EVEN THEM TRYING TO CONTROL YOU, IT'S JUST
INSECURITY ON OUR PART THAT LETS THEM CONTROL US BECAUSE WE WANT
THEM TO APPROVE OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
DO YOU KNOW THAT NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, 10% OF THE PEOPLE
ARE NEVER GONNA LIKE YOU?
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST LIKE A STATISTIC FROM THE EXPERTS.
NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA LIKE US.
WELL, THE BIBLE DOES TELL US THAT WE SHOULD FEAR GOD.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
IT'S NOT A WRONG KIND OF FEAR.
IT'S NOT THE KIND OF FEAR LIKE SATAN TRIES TO PUT ON US
ABOUT MAN.
IT'S A REVERENTIAL, LOVING, RESPECTFUL TYPE OF FEAR,
SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN THE KIND OF FEAR
THAT TORMENTS US.
IT'S ACTUALLY THAT KIND OF A FEAR IS A FEAR
THAT KEEPS US SAFE.
IT'S LIKE, "I TRUST GOD, I BELIEVE HE LOVES ME, HE'S
CERTAINLY SMARTER THAN I AM.
I'M GONNA LOVE HIM, AND RESPECT HIM, AND TRUST HIM ENOUGH
TO JUST DO WHAT HE TELLS ME TO."
HOW MANY OF YOU THINK YOUR LIFE WOULD HAVE TURNED OUT SO MUCH
BETTER IF YOU WOULD HAVE JUST STARTED PRACTICING THAT
A LONG TIME AGO?
"I'M JUST GONNA DO--" I MEAN, YOU KNOW, GOD'S NOT, HE'S NOT
A TYRANT THAT JUST WANTS TO CONTROL PEOPLE.
EVERYTHING THAT GOD TELLS US, OR ASKS US TO DO OR NOT TO DO,
IS FOR OUR BENEFIT.
IT DOESN'T MAKE HIM FEEL BETTER IF HE CAN GET EVERYBODY
TO FOLLOW HIM.
JESUS SAID, "I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE."
HE'S THE WAY.
DO THINGS THE WAY THAT JESUS DID THEM.
NOW, I WANT TO SHARE YOU A SCRIPTURE THAT--SHOW YOU
A SCRIPTURE THAT I HOPE REALLY DOES SOMETHING
ON THE INSIDE OF YOUR HEART.
I KNOW IT CERTAINLY DOES TO ME EVERY TIME I LOOK AT IT AND IT'S
ISAIAH CHAPTER 8, VERSE 13, "THE LORD OF HOSTS, REGARD HIM
AS HOLY AND HONOR HIS HOLY NAME BY REGARDING HIM AS YOUR ONLY
HOPE OF SAFETY," WOW.
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ARE DOING TODAY WHO
DON'T HAVE THEIR HOPE IN GOD.
WHAT KIND OF HOPE DO YOU HAVE IF YOU CAN'T PUT YOUR HOPE IN GOD?
"AND LET HIM BE YOUR FEAR AND LET HIM BE YOUR DREAD [LEST
YOU OFFEND HIM BY YOUR FEAR OF MAN AND DISTRUST OF HIM],"
WOW.
SO, IT ACTUALLY OFFENDS THE HOLY SPIRIT WHEN INSTEAD
OF FOLLOWING HIM, RESPECTING, LOVING, HONORING HIM ENOUGH,
HAVING ENOUGH REVERENTIAL FEAR AND AWE OF GOD THAT I LET
A PERSON MISDIRECT ME FROM WHAT I FEEL LIKE THAT I'M SUPPOSED
TO BE DOING WITH GOD BECAUSE I'M SO AFRAID OF THEM, AND WHAT
THEY'RE GONNA THINK, WHAT THEY'RE GONNA SAY, AND WHAT
THEY'RE GONNA DO, THAT I PREFER TO HAVE THEIR APPROVAL
THAN GOD'S APPROVAL, I PREFER TO HAVE THEIR FRIENDSHIP
THAN GOD'S FRIENDSHIP.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT OFFENDS GOD, AND I THINK THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER TONIGHT.
IT'S NOT JUST A, "WELL, YOU KNOW, I JUST, I MEAN
I'M JUST INSECURE.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST FEARFUL AND I
JUST DON'T WANT TO BE LONELY.
I DON'T WANT TO LOSE MY FRIENDS."
NO, LET'S GET IT, IT OFFENDS GOD.
IT OFFENDS GOD IF WE COWER TO MAN.
YOU HAVE A DESTINY TO FULFILL.
GOD WANTS TO DO WONDERFUL, AMAZING THINGS IN YOUR LIFE,
EVERY ONE OF YOU.
DON'T SIT THERE AND THINK, "SHE'S NOT TALKING TO ME."
AND THOSE OF YOU WATCHING BY TELEVISION, DON'T THINK
I'M JUST TALKING TO THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM.
ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY WE'RE HERE IN THIS BUILDING
TONIGHT IS SO WE CAN RECORD THESE MESSAGES TO TALK TO YOU,
AMEN?
AND GOD DOES NOT WANT US TO LET PEOPLE MANIPULATE US
AND CONTROL US.
AND LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE NOT EVEN ALWAYS TRYING TO DO THAT.
I MEAN, IF YOU'RE REAL INSECURE, YOU CAN JUST GET AROUND SOMEBODY
THAT'S GOT A STRONG PERSONALTY, AND IF YOU DON'T STAND UP
FOR YOURSELF, THEY WILL PUSH YOU AROUND, BUT THEY DON'T EVEN
REALLY KNOW HALF THE TIME THEY'RE DOING IT.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT
TO DO, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IF YOU HAVE NO PLAN OF YOUR OWN, I'LL BE HAPPY
TO CONVINCE YOU THAT YOU SHOULD FOLLOW MY PLAN.
I'M JUST A MOTIVATED, LEADER, STRONG PERSONALITY.
I'VE GOT DIRECTION, I'VE GOT PURPOSE, AND PEOPLE WHO WON'T
STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES GET RUN OVER AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS
THE OTHER PERSON'S FAULT.
YOU SAY, "WELL, CAN WE ACTUALLY OFFEND GOD?"
WELL, IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4, VERSE 30, THE BIBLE SAYS,
"DO NOT OFFEND THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD
BY WHOM YOU WERE SEALED."
NOW, IN THOSE VERSES BEFORE AND AFTER VERSE 30, IT TALKS
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ANGER, AND BAD ATTITUDES, AND ARGUING,
AND STRIFE, AND FIGHTING, AND BICKERING SAYING THAT THAT
OFFENDS THE HOLY SPIRIT.
BUT HERE WE HAVE IN ISAIAH THAT OUR FEAR OF MAN IS
OFFENSIVE TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU LOSE
YOUR SALVATION, DOESN'T MEAN THAT GOD DOESN'T LOVE YOU
ANYMORE.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING; NOW, LOOK AT ME AND LET ME TELL
YOU SOMETHING, THE HOLY SPIRIT LIVES IN YOU, AND IF HE'S
OFFENDED, YOU FEEL IT.
YOU KNOW, BEING A CHRISTIAN DOESN'T JUST MEAN YOU GO
TO CHURCH A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK AND SIT IN A CHAIR AND GAWK
AT THE PREACHER, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN.
TO BE A CHRISTIAN MEANS THAT CHRIST IS LIVING IN YOU.
HE'S IN YOU, AND IF HE'S GRIEVED, YOU'RE GONNA FEEL
GRIEVED.
IF HE'S SAD, YOU'RE GONNA FEEL SAD.
LIKEWISE, IF HE'S PLEASED, YOU'RE GONNA FEEL THAT.
WE'RE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THROUGH CHRIST, A CLOSE,
INTIMATE, PERSONAL, YES, EVEN A CONVERSATIONAL RELATIONSHIP.
HE'S YOUR FRIEND.
BEING A CHRISTIAN IS NOT ABOUT FOLLOWING A BUNCH OF RULES
AND REGULATIONS, AND DOING YOUR DUTY, AND HOPING YOU GET
YOUR CHECKMARK ON YOUR LITTLE SPIRITUAL CALENDAR IN HEAVEN.
IT'S ABOUT RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST THROUGH--
I MEAN WITH GOD THROUGH CHRIST.
TO BE A CHRISTIAN MEANS TO BE A CHRIST-IAN OR TO BE A FOLLOWER
OF CHRIST.
IF YOU'RE NOT READY TO FOLLOW CHRIST, THEN STOP CALLING
YOURSELF A CHRISTIAN AND GET THE BUMPER STICKER OFF OUR CAR.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
WE'RE SO CONCERNED ABOUT OUR SILLY REPUTATION.
"WELL, WHAT WILL PEOPLE THINK?
WELL, WHAT IF I'M--WHAT IF I LOSE MY FRIENDS?"
YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL YOU SOMETHING, AND I DON'T MEAN
TO BE NEGATIVE OR TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA SCARE
YOU, BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA FULLY FOLLOW JESUS,
YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH FIGURE ON LOSING SOME OF YOUR FRIENDS.
MATTER OF FACT, YOU MIGHT LOSE A BUNCH OF THEM.
YOU COULD EVEN LOSE ALL OF THEM.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND IT'S NOT EVEN REALLY THAT THEY THINK YOU'RE
WRONG BECAUSE DOWN DEEP INSIDE, THEY KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT,
BUT THEY'RE NOT READY TO MAKE THE DECISION THAT YOU'RE READY
TO MAKE, SO IT'S EASIER TO FIND SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU
THAN TO ADMIT THAT MAYBE THEY'RE LACKING IN SOMETHING
IN THEIR LIFE.
HOW MANY OF YOU, WHEN YOU MADE A DECISION
TO REALLY, FULLY, FOLLOW GOD, OR EVEN TO JUST FOLLOW GOD,
MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN INTO THE FULLY PART YET.
HOW MANY OF YOU LOST FRIENDS, OR FAMILY REJECTED YOU
BECAUSE YOU MADE THAT DECISION?
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I DON'T--THERE'S SOME HANDS NOT UP, BUT THERE'S
MORE HANDS UP THAN AREN'T.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR FIRST TEST RIGHT THERE.
ARE YOU GONNA LET THE FEAR OF MAN CAUSE YOU TO COWER DOWN?
YOU KNOW, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, NOBODY CARES THAT MUCH IF YOU GO
TO A CHURCH SOMEWHERE AND CLAIM SOME KIND OF DENOMINATION,
AND JUST GO IN AND GO OUT, DOESN'T CHANGE YOU MUCH,
YOU DON'T MAKE ANY WAVES.
THAT'S KIND OF EVEN SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE.
WELL, WHEN YOU GET REALLY SAVED,
I MEAN WHEN YOU'RE BORN AGAIN
AND YOU HAVE THAT NEW LIFE ON THE INSIDE OF YOU,
AND YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THE THINGS THAT YOU USED TO DO,
AND YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU USED TO LIKE, AND YOU FOUND SOMETHING
THAT MAYBE OTHER PEOPLE AREN'T SEEING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, YOU'RE ABOUT
TO MAKE SOME MAJOR PROGRESS, AND DON'T THINK
THE DEVIL'S GONNA ROLL THE RED CARPET OUT
AND SAY, "OH."
THE BIBLE PROMISES US THAT WE WILL BE PERSECUTED
FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS' SAKE, AND IT SAYS, "BLESSED ARE YE,
BLESSED ARE YE."
SO, I CAN SAY IF YOU CHOSE TO FOLLOW CHRIST
AND YOUR FRIENDS REJECTED YOU, BLESSED ARE YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU ARE BLESSED.
YOU'RE IN GOOD COMPANY BECAUSE THEY REJECTED JESUS, AMEN?
YOU SAY, "WELL, JOYCE, I CAN'T HELP THE WAY I FEEL.
I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO FEEL AFRAID, BUT I JUST, I JUST AM."
WHO SAYS WE HAVE TO BE COMFORTABLE OR WE GET TO BE
COMFORTABLE ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO?
WHEN I DECIDED TO FOLLOW THE CALL OF GOD ON MY LIFE,
IT WAS WONDERFUL, BUT IT WAS A NIGHTMARE BECAUSE WOMEN
DIDN'T DO THAT.
I WAS IN A CHURCH DENOMINATION WHERE WOMEN
CERTAINLY DIDN'T DO THAT.
I GOT ASKED TO LEAVE MY CHURCH,
FAMILY MEMBERS THOUGHT WE WERE CRAZY.
WE LITERALLY LOST ALL OF OUR FRIENDS.
IT WAS A HARD, HARD, HARD TIME FOR ME, BUT I LOOK BACK NOW
AND IT ACTUALLY FRIGHTENS ME TO THINK WHERE I MIGHT BE
TODAY.
WHAT HAVE YOU ALREADY MISSED BY LETTING THE FEAR OF MAN
CONTROL YOU, AND WHAT MIGHT YOU MISS IN THE FUTURE IF YOU
DON'T MAKE A CHANGE?
AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THIS ISN'T AN ISSUE FOR YOU RIGHT NOW,
MAYBE IT IS, MAYBE IT ISN'T, BUT THIS IS A GREAT MESSAGE
FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE SOONER OR LATER IN YOUR LIFE, YOU'RE
GONNA KNOW THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO DO SOMETHING AND SOMEBODY
WHOSE RESPECT AND LOVE AND APPROVAL THAT YOU WANT
IS GOING TO BE AGAINST IT, AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE
A DECISION ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO.
MAKING A DECISION DOESN'T ALWAYS CHANGE YOUR FEELINGS.
YOU MAY STILL FEEL AFRAID, BUT YOU CAN DO IT EVEN IF YOU
HAVE TO DO IT AFRAID.
THE THING WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT FEAR IS THE ONLY WAY
YOU CAN CONQUER IT IS TO CONFRONT IT.
THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN CONQUER FEAR IS TO CONFRONT IT.
IT WILL NEVER GO AWAY UNLESS YOU DRIVE IT BACK INTO HELL WHERE IT
CAME FROM AND THE ONLY WAY YOU
CAN DO THAT IS IF YOU KEEP GOING FORWARD WHILE THE DEVIL IS
TRYING TO DRIVE YOU BACKWARDS.
FEAR IS AN EVIL SPIRIT.
"FOR GOD HATH NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF FEAR."
GOD'S GIVEN US POWER AND LOVE AND A SOUND MIND.
HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU ABOUT YOUR REPUTATION?
GO HOME AND HAVE A MEETING WITH YOURSELF.
WE'RE ALWAYS MEETING WITH EVERYBODY.
YOUR CALENDAR MAY BE FULL OF MEETINGS AFTER MEETINGS
AFTER MEETINGS.
WELL, WHY DON'T YOU CANCEL A COUPLE OF THEM AND HAVE
A MEETING WITH YOURSELF?
YOU'D BE SURPRISED WHAT YOU CAN FIND OUT ABOUT YOURSELF IF YOU
KIND OF GET IN A ROOM BY YOURSELF AND HAVE A COME
TO JESUS MEETING.
HOW CONCERNED AM I ABOUT MY REPUTATION?
HOW MANY THINGS DO WE DO JUST TO IMPRESS PEOPLE THAT REALLY
DON'T EVEN HAVE THAT MUCH TO DO WITH WHAT GOD WANTS US TO DO?
WHAT DO YOU DO OR WHAT HAVE YOU DONE IN THE PAST WHEN PEOPLE
HAVE NOT AGREED WITH THE DIRECTION
THAT YOU'RE TAKING?
ARE YOU AN APPROVAL ADDICT?
SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST ADDICTED TO APPROVAL.
THEY JUST CAN'T HARDLY DO ANYTHING IF THEY DON'T THINK
EVERYBODY IS LIKE, "OH YEAH, THAT'S OOH, YEAH, OOH.
LOVE YOUR HAIRDO, LOVE YOUR OUTFIT.
WOW, THAT'S GREAT, MMM."
THERE'S NOTHING MORE EXCITING THAN BEING THE PERSON THAT GOD
CREATED YOU TO BE.
STRANGE AS YOU MIGHT BE, BE YOURSELF.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
I MEAN REALLY, WHO WANTS TO BE JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE?
HOW ULTIMATELY BORING IS THAT?
GALATIANS CHAPTER 1, VERSE 10.
I LOVE THESE SCRIPTURES, THESE NEXT COUPLE OF SCRIPTURES
I'M GONNA READ YOU.
THE APOSTLE PAUL, "NOW AM I TRYING TO WIN THE FAVOR OF MEN
OR OF GOD?
DO I SEEK TO PLEASE MEN?
IF I WERE SEEKING POPULARITY WITH MEN, I WOULD NOT BE
A BONDSERVANT OF CHRIST THE MESSIAH."
WOW, IF I WOULD HAVE NOT
FOLLOWED THE CALL OF GOD ON MY LIFE IN ORDER TO KEEP
MY FRIENDS, STAY IN MY CHURCH, AND BE WELL THOUGHT OF
BY PEOPLE, OH MY GOSH.
OH LORD GOD, IT'S SO SCARY TO EVEN THINK ABOUT IT;
AND IT'S SCARY TO THINK ABOUT HOW TEMPTED WE ARE.
COME ON, I WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS SERIOUS TONIGHT.
HOW TEMPTED WE ARE.
SOMETIMES YOU EVEN THINK, "WELL, YOU KNOW, IF THEY ALL THINK
THAT, I MEAN IF I'M THE ONLY ONE DOING IT, I MEAN THEY ARE RIGHT.
WOMEN DON'T DO THIS."
LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, YOU GOTTA SHUT YOUR HEAD OFF
SOMETIMES, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST BEING IGNORANT
AND STUPID, BUT I MEAN SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA JUST SHUT YOUR BRAIN
OFF AND YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK IN YOUR HEART.
YOU GOTTA GET AWAY FROM THE VOICES OF PEOPLE,
GET SOMEWHERE WITH GOD, AND SAY, "WHAT DO YOU WANT ME
TO DO IN THIS SITUATION?"
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "WHAT IS YOUR PLAN FOR MY LIFE?
AND HELP ME, GOD, IF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT TO FOLLOW YOU."
JOYCE: LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING, ARE YOU LIVING
COURAGEOUSLY FOR GOD?
ARE YOU FOLLOWING HIM OR OTHER PEOPLE?
THE MORE WE PLEASE GOD INSTEAD OF OTHERS,
THE HAPPIER WE WILL BE.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU "LIVING COURAGEOUSLY" CD
AND DVD AND A BOOKLET CALLED "DO IT AFRAID."
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOD'S WILL FOR US TO BE HAMPERED
AND ENSNARED BY FEAR.
HE WANTS US TO LIVE FREE AND TO DO GREAT THINGS FOR HIM,
AND YOU CAN DO IT, BUT SOMETIMES YOU WILL HAVE TO DO IT AFRAID.
I BELIEVE THIS INFORMATION IN THE CD AND THE DVD
AND THE BOOK IS GONNA REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU AND FILL YOU
WITH BOLDNESS SO YOU CAN BE THE PERSON THAT GOD CREATED
YOU TO BE.
ANNOUNCER: DO YOU EVER FEEL STUCK IN FEAR?
FEAR DOES NOT COME FROM GOD.
HE LOVES YOU AND WANTS THE BEST FOR YOUR LIFE.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING TWO RESOURCES TO HELP YOU
OVERCOME FEAR AND LIVE WITH BOLDNESS.
MAKE EVERY DECISION BASED ON FAITH, NOT FEAR
WITH JOYCE'S CD AND DVD, "LIVING COURAGEOUSLY."
THESE TEACHINGS ENCOURAGE YOU TO LET GO OF YOUR DOUBTS
AND PURSUE YOUR DESTINY IN CHRIST.
AND WITH JOYCE'S "DO IT AFRAID" BOOKLET, YOU'LL LEARN HOW
TO LEAVE WORRY BEHIND AND STEP INTO GOD'S
WONDERFUL PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE.
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[MUSIC]
NAOMI: THEY LOOK SAD AND GET DOWNHEARTED, AND THEN THEY LOOK
AT YOU MAKE EYE CONTACT AND YOU SMILE, AND THEY READ THAT SMILE
AND THEN THEY START SMILING.
AND THEN THE KIDS ALL RUN TO YOU AND THEY SMILE.
WHEN YOU REALLY EXPERIENCE THAT, YOU JUST--YOU WOULD--
YOU'RE HOOKED.
JOYCE: ONE OF THE SEASONS THAT WAS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT
WAS AT--TOWARD THE END OF THIS FIVE YEARS,
FIRST OF ALL, WE HAD FELT LIKE, I FELT LIKE AT FIRST, GOD WANTED
US TO HAVE ANOTHER BABY.
AND WE HAD AT THAT TIME, THREE, WELL, A TEN-YEAR-OLD,
A 12-YEAR-OLD, AND A 14-YEAR-OLD.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY, OUR CHILDREN WERE OLD ENOUGH THEN THAT WE
COULD GO OUT AND DO THINGS.
WE DIDN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE A BABYSITTER.
I JUST STARTED GETTING THIS REAL DESIRE TO HAVE A BABY.
DAVE: AND I SAID, "ARE YOU SURE?"
JOYCE: YEAH, DAVE'S LIKE, "ARE YOU KIDDING?
YOU KNOW, YOU SURE YOU WANT TO START ALL OVER?"
AND I SAID, "YEAH, I REALLY DO."
AND, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW DAVE HE'S--
DAVE: I GOT ON BOARD.
JOYCE: HE'S EASYGOING.
HE'S JUST LIKE, "OKAY, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT."
DAVE: SURE GLAD I DID TOO.
JOYCE: THAT'S WHEN WE HAD DANNY 'CAUSE NOW HE OVERSEES
ALL THIS TV, AND THE MEDIA, AND ALL THE OPERATIONAL SIDE
OF THE MINISTRY.
OUR OTHER SON DAVID OVERSEES ALL OF THE WORLD MISSIONS;
AND SO NOW I THINK, MY GOSH, IT'S A GOOD THING I LISTENED
TO GOD 'CAUSE I, YOU KNOW,
WE DIDN'T EVEN--WE DIDN'T KNOW REALLY EVERYTHING
THAT THE FUTURE HELD, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO REALIZE
THAT AT THE TIME THAT I STARTED ALL THIS, I HAD THREE TEENAGERS
AND A BABY.
AND SO-- GINGER: TALK ABOUT
CHALLENGING.
JOYCE: YEAH, I DON'T REALLY CARE FOR IT WHEN PEOPLE SAY,
"WELL, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
I'VE GOT KIDS OR, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A BABY."
IT'S AMAZING HOW DESIRE OVERRIDES EVERYTHING ELSE.
ALL THE IMPOSSIBILITIES JUST SEEM TO FADE AWAY WHEN YOU
HAVE A STRONG ENOUGH DESIRE.
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BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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