I love you
Is that love?
That's just burdened each other
I don't interest in such love
ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: WELL, TURN TO THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU AND SAY,
"WHAT DO YOU THINK?" AUDIENCE: WHAT DO YOU THINK?
JOYCE: WELL, YOU KNOW, THE TRUTH IS, IS MOST OF US
WOULD NOT WANT SOMEBODY TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE
THINKING, WOULD WE?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WOULDN'T IT BE SCARY TO THINK ABOUT YOUR MIND
ACTUALLY BEING A MOVIE SCREEN?
OOH, THAT WOULD NOT BE SO GOOD.
BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT WE THINK IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
ESPECIALLY WHAT WE THINK CONSISTENTLY.
NOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT EVERY LITTLE THOUGHT THAT FLOATS
THROUGH YOUR MIND BECOMES A REALITY IN YOUR LIFE BUT
CERTAINLY THINGS THAT WE THINK CONSISTENTLY THE BIBLE ACTUALLY
SAYS IN PROVERBS 23:7, "AS HE THINKS IN HIS HEART, SO IS HE."
OR AS HE THINKS IN HIS HEART SO DOES HE BECOME.
SO I LIKE TO PUT IT A DIFFERENT WAY, "WHERE THE MIND GOES,
THE MAN FOLLOWS."
WE ALL KNOW THAT IF YOU THINK ABOUT SOMETHING LONG ENOUGH,
LIKE YOUR FAVORITE DESSERT, YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA GO GET IT.
EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO GET IN YOUR CAR AND MAKE A TRIP.
IT'S AMAZING IF WE THINK ABOUT SOMETHING LONG ENOUGH HOW IT
AFFECTS ALL OF OUR EMOTIONS AND ALL OF OUR DESIRES AND--OR IF
YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT SOMEBODY DID TO YOU THAT HURT YOU FOR A
LONG PERIOD OF TIME, PRETTY SOON YOU'RE GONNA BE UPSET, YOU'RE
GONNA FEEL KNOTS IN YOUR STOMACH, YOU'RE GONNA GET TENSE
IN YOUR NECK.
AND SO OUR THOUGHTS AFFECT US.
I ACTUALLY COULD CALL THIS, "CHRISTIANITY 101," BECAUSE OUR
THOUGHTS ARE REALLY THE FOUNDATION FOR SO MANY
THINGS IN OUR LIFE.
AND CERTAINLY, THEY ARE THE FOUNDATION FOR ANY KIND OF
VICTORY THAT WE EVER HOPE TO HAVE IN OUR LIFE.
NOW, SOME OF YOU CAME HERE THIS WEEKEND LOOKING FOR VICTORY.
YOU CAME LOOKING FOR A BREAKTHROUGH.
YOU CAME LOOKING TO NOT JUST HEAR ABOUT THE PROMISES OF GOD
BUT YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO WALK AND LIVE IN THOSE PROMISES.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT UNLESS OUR THINKING CHANGES, NOTHING
ELSE IN OUR LIFE EVER CHANGES.
CAN ANYBODY SAY, "AMEN" TO THAT?
AUDIENCE: AMEN.
JOYCE: DO YOU AGREE THAT WE PROBABLY HAVE MORE TROUBLE WITH
OUR MIND THAN ANYTHING ELSE?
OKAY, BUT YOU CAN LEARN TO DO YOUR OWN THINKING.
IT IS A PROCESS.
TAKES DETERMINATION.
IT TAKES STUDY.
BUT WE CAN LEARN TO DO OUR OWN THINKING AND WE CAN ACTUALLY
COME TO THE POINT WHERE WE PRETTY QUICKLY RECOGNIZE WITH
THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WHEN WE HAVE STINKING THINKING AND
WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY THINKING ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD.
WE WILL BECOME WHAT WE CONSISTENTLY THINK.
ROMANS 12:2 IS A VERY WONDERFUL AND A FOUNDATIONAL SCRIPTURE IN
THE WORD OF GOD.
LET'S LOOK AT IT TOGETHER.
"DO NOT BE CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD."
DON'T BE LIKE THE WORLD.
DON'T ACT LIKE THE WORLD, DON'T THINK LIKE THE WORLD.
THERE'S MANY THINGS THAT THE WORLD DOES THAT THEY THINK IS
FINE, THAT WE CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT DO.
AND I THINK THAT ALSO THIS WEEKEND WE NEED TO MAKE SOME
DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GONNA STAND IN THESE
DAYS THAT WE LIVE IN.
"DO NOT BE CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD (THIS AGE), [FASHIONED
AFTER AND ADAPTED TO ITS EXTERNAL, SUPERFICIAL--]"
I MIGHT AS WELL SAY MEANINGLESS, "[CUSTOMS], BUT BE
TRANSFORMED--" DON'T BE CONFORMED
BUT BE TRANSFORMED, "(CHANGED) BY THE [ENTIRE]
RENEWAL OF YOUR MIND."
SO IF I WANNA BE CHANGED, IF YOU WANNA BE CHANGED,
THEN MY MIND HAS TO CHANGE BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE IN
MY LIFE IS GOING TO CHANGE.
AND GOD WILL HELP ME WITH THAT.
GOD WILL HELP YOU WITH THAT.
HE WILL TEACH US HOW TO THINK AND THE HOLY SPIRIT IS SO
WONDERFUL THAT HE COMES TO LIVE INSIDE OF US AND HE WILL EVEN
REMIND US WHEN WE'RE NOT THINKING RIGHT AND THEN HE WILL
EVEN REMIND US WHAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING IF WE HAVE ENOUGH OF
THE WORD IN US TO RISE UP AND CONFRONT THE WRONG THING.
YOU KNOW, I SPENT YEARS JUDGING OTHER PEOPLE.
I CAN REMEMBER ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO WAS GO OUT
TO THE MALL, SIT ON A BENCH, AND JUST SIT THERE AND JUDGE
EVERYBODY AS THEY WALKED BY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, I ENJOYED IT.
IT WAS, LIKE, "WELL, LOOK AT THAT STUPID HAIRDO.
WELL, MAN, HOW COULD THAT GIRL GET A GUY LIKE THAT?"
AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST, LIKE--I DIDN'T KNOW THESE PEOPLE
AND I WOULD JUST JUDGE 'EM AND CRITICIZE 'EM.
C'MON, DON'T TELL ME NONE OF YOU HAVE EVER DONE IT.
HOW MANY OF YOU LIKE TO PEOPLE WATCH?
AH, THANK YOU.
AND NOW HONESTLY, WHEN I HAVE JUDGMENTAL THOUGHTS WHICH I DO
BECAUSE THE DEVIL OFFERS ALL OF US STINKING THINKING.
ALL OF US.
AND, GET THIS, HE ALWAYS WILL.
THIS IS ONE AREA THAT'S NEVER GONNA JUST GET GOOD AND WE'RE
NEVER GONNA HAVE ANOTHER TEMPTATION OR NEVER HAVE TO
STAND AGAINST ANY KIND OF WRONG THOUGHTS.
SO IF YOU'VE BEEN A CHRISTIAN 40 YEARS AND YOU'RE STILL HAVING
SOME PROBLEMS WITH YOUR MIND HERE AND THERE, OR SOMETIMES
YOU FIND YOURSELF SAYING, "I FEEL LIKE I'M LOSING MY MIND,"
REALLY, IN A WAY WE ARE LOSING OUR MIND WHEN WE GIVE
THE CONTROL OF IT OVER TO THE ENEMY AND WE DON'T RESIST
WRONG THOUGHTS THAT ARE COMING AGAINST US.
AND THE BEST WAY, THE VERY BEST WAY TO RESIST WRONG THOUGHTS IS
TO OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND SPEAK OUT LOUD A PORTION OF SCRIPTURE THAT
YOU HAVE LEARNED THAT YOU KNOW CONFRONTS THAT WRONG THOUGHT AND
THE THOUGHT STOPS IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE WHAT--IF YOU'RE
SPEAKING, THAT'S GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND SO THE THING THAT
THE ENEMY'S TRYING TO PUT IN YOUR MIND HAS TO GO AWAY.
SO SOME DAYS I HAVE TO SPEAK THE WORD ALMOST ALL DAY LONG.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE HAVE LITTLE ATTACKS.
THERE'S TIMES WHEN WE HAVE MAJOR ATTACKS.
I MEAN, SATAN IS GONNA USE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO BOMBARD YOUR MIND
WITH EVERY LIE AND EVERY KIND OF NEGATIVE THINKING THAT YOU'VE
EVER HEARD OF IN YOUR WHOLE LIFE, AMEN?
WHEN I WAS WRITING THE BOOK, "THE MIND CONNECTION," I WAS
SITTING OUT OF TOWN AT A PLACE WHERE I DO SOME OF MY WRITING
AND I WAS HAVING A PHYSICAL ISSUE AND IT WAS ANNOYING AND IT
WASN'T GOING AWAY.
AND THEN I GOT SOME KIND OF NEWS FROM SOMEBODY THAT I DIDN'T
PARTICULARLY CARE FOR AND I'M TRYING TO WRITE THIS BOOK ON ALL
THIS POSITIVE THINKING, YOU KNOW.
AND I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUTH, FOR 2 DAYS I FELT LIKE MY MIND
HAD BEEN KIDNAPPED.
I MEAN, I ACTUALLY FELT LIKE THE ENEMY JUST CAME IN AND TOOK IT
AND I COULDN'T FIND IT.
I COULDN'T GET IT BACK, NO MATTER WHAT.
AND I'M GONNA TEACH YOU TONIGHT WHAT TO DO DURING THOSE TIMES.
I'M GONNA TEACH YOU HOW TO FIGHT THE DEVIL AND WIN.
ACTUALLY, I'M GONNA TEACH YOU HOW TO FIGHT LIKE A CHRISTIAN,
AMEN.
"DO NOT BE CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD, BUT BE TRANSFORMED AND
CHANGED BY THE [ENTIRE] RENEWAL OF YOUR MIND [BY ITS NEW IDEALS
AND ITS NEW ATTITUDES], SO THAT YOU MAY PROVE [FOR YOURSELVES]
WHAT IS THE GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE AND PERFECT WILL OF GOD,
EVEN THE THING WHICH IS GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE AND PERFECT
[IN HIS SIGHT FOR YOU]."
NOW I WISH THAT I HAD THE WORDS TO TELL YOU AND CONVINCE YOU
WHAT AN AMAZINGLY GOOD PLAN THAT GOD HAS FOR YOUR LIFE.
I MEAN, THE PLAN THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU IS SO AWESOME, NONE OF
US COULD BELIEVE THE GREAT PLAN THAT GOD HAS FOR US,
IF HE WERE JUST TO OPEN IT UP ALL TO US AT ONCE.
BUT I THINK THAT IF YOU COMPARE ALL THE CHRISTIANS IN THE WORLD
TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY REALLY FULFILL THEIR
DESTINY, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY PITIFULLY FEW.
NOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THERE AREN'T ANY.
THERE'S PROBABLY EVEN A LOT BUT COMPARED TO ALL THE BELIEVERS IN
THE WORLD, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SAY, "I'M A CHRISTIAN," AROUND
THE WORLD, THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY WALK IN VICTORY, WHO
ACTUALLY SPIRITUALLY MATURE AND GROW UP AND BECOME WHAT THEY'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE IN GOD, DO ALL THAT GOD WANTS THEM TO DO, AND
HAVE ALL THAT GOD WANTS THEM TO HAVE, I THINK LET'S JUST SAY AT
LEAST THERE'S NOT NEARLY AS MANY AS THERE SHOULD BE.
HOW MANY OF YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
THERE'S NOT NEARLY AS MANY AS THERE SHOULD BE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THE RENEWING OF OUR MIND ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF
GOD IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH
IN OUR LIFE.
EVERY DAY, VERY FEW DAYS GO BY THAT I DON'T SAY, "GOD, PUT
A WATCH OVER MY MOUTH LEST I SIN AGAINST YOU WITH MY TONGUE.
AND LET THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH AND THE MEDITATION OF MY HEART
BE ACCEPTABLE IN YOUR SIGHT," AND EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE
I CONFESS THE WORD OF GOD OUT LOUD.
IT'S PART OF MEDITATING ON THE WORD TO REMIND YOURSELF
OVER AND OVER AND OVER OF WHAT GOD'S PROMISES ARE FOR YOU.
GOD HAS A GOOD PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE.
PERHAPS YOU EXPERIENCE SOME VICTORY BUT THEN BACK
INTO BONDAGE.
AND THEN A LITTLE MORE VICTORY AND THEN BACK INTO BONDAGE.
OR MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T HAD VERY MUCH VICTORY AT ALL IN
YOUR LIFE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS CERTAINLY THE CASE WITH ME.
FOR 8 YEARS I WENT TO CHURCH EVERY SINGLE WEEK WITH DAVE
AND OUR CHILDREN AND I WAS A PITIFUL MESS.
AND DURING THOSE 8 YEARS, I NEVER ONE TIME HEARD A MESSAGE
ABOUT THE POWER OF MY THOUGHTS OR THE POWER OF MY WORDS.
AND I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE GO TO CHURCH WEEK AFTER WEEK AFTER
WEEK, YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND NEVER HEAR ANYTHING
ABOUT WHAT THEIR OWN THOUGHTS ARE DOING TO THEM.
MANY OF YOU, THAT WOULD BE YOUR TESTIMONY HERE TONIGHT.
I CAN'T STAND HERE AND ASSUME THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE HEARD
MESSAGES LIKE THIS OVER AND OVER BUT I--BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF
YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD THESE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND I REMEMBER HOW JAW-DROPPING IT WAS TO ME WHEN I BEGAN TO
HEAR THESE KINDS OF THINGS AND EVEN BEGAN TO LEARN THAT I
ACTUALLY COULD DO MY OWN THINKING, THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO
JUST SIT AND MEDITATE ON WHATEVER FELL IN MY HEAD.
THAT WITH THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
I COULD ACTUALLY SAY, "NO, I'M NOT GONNA THINK THAT
BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT THAT'S GONNA PRODUCE IN MY LIFE AND I WILL
THINK THIS BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT GOD TELLS ME TO THINK," AMEN?
I TALKED ABOUT HOW I COULD SIT AND JUST JUDGE PEOPLE
AND JUDGE 'EM AND JUDGE 'EM AND NEVER EVEN BE CONVICTED BY IT
AT ALL.
BUT NOW I KNOW THE WORD OF GOD THAT SAYS, "JUDGE NOT LEST YOU
BE JUDGED."
AND I'VE STUDIED JUDGING OTHER PEOPLE AND I'VE READ THE
SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS TO MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND I'VE STUDIED
ABOUT LOVE AND SO NOW IF I START TO JUDGE SOMEBODY, WHICH I DID
JUST, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT LONG AGO.
THESE JUDGMENTAL THOUGHTS.
MATTER OF FACT, I WAS ACTUALLY SITTING IN A MEETING SOMEWHERE
AND ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WAS ON THE PLATFORM, I WAS HAVING A
LITTLE OPINION ABOUT AND--BUT IMMEDIATELY THE HOLY SPIRIT ROSE
UP IN ME AND I SAID, AND THIS IS WHAT I DO.
I SAID TO MYSELF--SEE, I'VE LEARNED TO PREACH TO MYSELF.
I SAID TO MYSELF, "JOYCE, IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS."
YOU NEED TO TALK TO YOURSELF, AMEN?
WHAT I'VE LEARNED TO DO IS TALK MYSELF OFF THE LEDGE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HOW MANY OF YOU CAN FEEL WHEN YOU GET ON IT?
LIKE, IF SOMEBODY'S GETTING READY TO JUMP AND KILL
THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW, OR JUMP INTO TROUBLE, THEY'LL SEND IN
A NEGOTIATOR TO TRY TO TALK 'EM OFF THE LEDGE.
WELL, WE'VE GOT THE HOLY SPIRIT AND HE IS THE NEGOTIATOR THAT IS
ALWAYS READY TO TALK US OFF THE LEDGE, AMEN?
AND THAT'S EXACTLY THE WAY THAT I STAY SANE.
I DON'T HAVE--I HAVE ALL THE SAME TEMPTATIONS THAT EVERYBODY
ELSE DOES BUT I'M LEARNING DAILY, MORE AND MORE, HOW TO
LISTEN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT AND I DON'T CARE WHAT I THINK OR WHAT
I FEEL OR WHAT THE WORLD SAYS OR WHO SAYS WHAT, HE TRUMPS
EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND WHEN HE SAYS IT'S WRONG, THEN IT'S WRONG.
AND IF HE SAYS IT'S RIGHT, THEN IT'S RIGHT.
SO THE MORE YOU STUDY THE WORD, THE MORE YOU'RE GONNA BE
CONVICTED.
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT CONVICTION IS?
IT'S NOT CONDEMNATION.
CONVICTION IS NOT CONDEMNATION.
CONVICTION IS GOOD NEWS.
IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT SAYING, "LET ME HELP YOU BEFORE YOU GET
IN TROUBLE," AMEN?
AND THE MORE YOU STUDY THE WORD, THE MORE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
CONVICTION AND YOU SHOULD THANK GOD FOR IT AND THE QUICKER
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE IT.
AND THE MINUTE THAT CONVICTION COMES, YOU DON'T NEED TO FEEL
BAD THAT YOU WERE STARTING TO HAVE A BAD THOUGHT.
THAT'S THE TEMPTATION OF SATAN.
HE TRIES TO PUT THAT ON EVERYBODY.
JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE BAD THOUGHTS FALL IN YOUR HEAD, THAT
DOESN'T MAKE YOU A SINFUL TERRIBLE PERSON.
IT JUST MEANS THAT THE DEVIL IS DOING WHAT THE DEVIL DOES.
HE IS LYING TO YOU BUT YOU HAVE GREAT HELP LIVING ON THE INSIDE
OF YOU AND IF YOU WILL OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND TALK BACK TO
THE DEVIL--
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "WELL, I WOULD FEEL KIND OF DUMB JUST WALKING AROUND
MY HOUSE TALKING BACK TO THE DEVIL."
WELL, I'D RATHER FEEL DUMB DOING THAT THAN TO HAVE A DUMB LIFE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SO THAT WAS MY EXPERIENCE.
I JUST HAD VERY LITTLE VICTORY, IF ANY.
MAYBE A LITTLE HERE AND A LITTLE THERE BUT NOT MUCH.
STRUGGLE, STRUGGLE, FRUSTRATED ALL THE TIME.
I'D NEVER HEARD ANY TEACHING ABOUT THE POWER OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT COULD BE MINE.
I'D NEVER HEARD--I REALLY WAS NEVER TAUGHT TO STUDY THE WORD.
CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING IN CHURCH 8 YEARS AND NOT BEING TAUGHT
REALLY TO STUDY THE WORD FOR MYSELF?
AND I WAS NEVER TAUGHT A MESSAGE ABOUT MY THOUGHTS.
AND I THANK GOD THAT THAT CHANGED FOR ME BUT, FOR SO MANY
PEOPLE, IT NEVER DOES CHANGE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FOUND OUT THAT WAS SO WONDERFUL
IS WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT US BEING NEW CREATURES IN CHRIST.
NEW CREATURES IN CHRIST, 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17.
EVERYBODY SAY, "IN CHRIST."
AUDIENCE: IN CHRIST.
JOYCE: A WOMAN WROTE RECENTLY AND SHE SAID, "I HEAR JOYCE TALK
ABOUT BEING IN CHRIST ALL THE TIME AND I DON'T KNOW
WHAT SHE MEANS."
AND I THOUGHT I WAS DOING A GOOD JOB EXPLAINING IT.
BUT EITHER I WASN'T EXPLAINING IT GOOD ENOUGH OR SHE DIDN'T
WATCH THE PROGRAM WHERE I EXPLAINED IT.
SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
WE WERE MISSING IT SOMEWHERE.
BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PHRASES IN THE WORD OF
GOD, IS TO LEARN WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST AND BE ABLE TO
DISTINGUISH THAT FROM WHO YOU ARE BY YOURSELF AND IN YOURSELF.
"IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST HE IS A NEW CREATURE.
HE IS A NEW CREATION ALTOGETHER, THE OLD [PREVIOUS MORAL AND
SPIRITUAL CONDITION] HAS PASSED AWAY.
BEHOLD, THE FRESH AND THE NEW HAS COME!"
NEW CREATURE.
NEW BEGINNING.
NEW OPPORTUNITIES.
NEW POWER.
NEW DESIRES.
EVERYTHING BECOMES NEW.
NOW, IT ACTUALLY MEANS THAT IT'S POSSIBLE.
EVERYTHING BECOMES POSSIBLE WHEN CHRIST COMES TO LIVE ON
THE INSIDE OF YOU.
SO I THOUGHT I'D DO A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES MAYBE TO HELP US
UNDERSTAND.
SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE IN CHRIST?
WELL, YOU MIGHT SPEND 20, 30, 40, 50 YEARS IN THE WORLD.
AND BOY, BY THEN, YOU'RE PRETTY ROOTED IN THIS MESS, YOU KNOW?
I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU COULD EVER GET YOURSELF OUT OF IT.
I DON'T THINK I COULD HAVE GOTTEN MYSELF OUT OF IT.
WE NEED SOME HOLY GHOST HELP TO COME ALONG AND GET US OUT OF
THIS AND PUT US IN SOMETHING ELSE AND TO BE SAVED BY GRACE
LITERALLY MEANS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING TO BE SAVED
EXCEPT BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS WHO HE SAYS THAT HE IS AND THAT HE
DID WHAT HE SAID THAT HE DID.
IF YOU BELIEVE THAT HE DIED FOR YOU, WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD,
YOU TRULY BELIEVE THAT IN YOUR HEART AND YOU CONFESS IT WITH
YOUR MOUTH, THE BIBLE SAYS YOU WILL BE SAVED.
SO AT THE EXACT MOMENT THAT YOU'RE SAVED, YOU GET REPLANTED
IN ANOTHER LIFE, AMEN?
JUST THAT QUICK.
AND THAT'S JUST ALMOST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
NOW, WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD WANNA JUST KEEP JUMPING
BACK AND FORTH FROM POT TO POT ALL THE TIME?
ONCE YOU GET OUT OF THAT, THEN YOU NEED TO STAY PUT IN CHRIST.
BUT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN FOR THIS TO ALL WORK
RIGHT.
THE MOMENT THAT YOU'RE IN CHRIST, ALL THESE THINGS BECOME
POSSIBILITIES.
YOU'RE A NEW CREATURE, NEW BEGINNING.
EVERYTHING'S NEW.
THE PAST IS GONE.
BRAND NEW BEGINNING.
AND THEN THERE'S ALL THESE NEW CREATION REALITIES.
WE'RE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN CHRIST.
GOD WILL MEET ALL OF OUR NEEDS.
WE'RE TALENTED AND GIFTED AND WE'RE ANOINTED AND, OH, IT'S
JUST ALL SO WONDERFUL.
AND WE HEAR ABOUT IT IN CHURCH AND WE GET SO EXCITED.
AND THEN WE GO HOME.
WE CAN'T SEEM TO MAKE ANY OF IT WORK.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
BOY, WE HEAR A MESSAGE ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT OUR WORDS ARE AND SO
WE MAKE A DECISION WE'RE GONNA GO HOME AND WE'RE GONNA JUST SAY
ALL GOOD STUFF.
AND IT JUST NEVER WORKS.
IT JUST DOESN'T WORK.
UNTIL--UNTIL WE'VE BEEN IN THIS LONG ENOUGH THAT WE GET ROOTED,
C'MON, ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN THIS NEW LIFE.
AND GETTING ROOTS TAKES TIME.
GETTING ROOTED IN SOMETHING MEANS YOU GOTTA STICK WITH IT
FOR A LONG TIME.
I'LL NEVER FORGET THE WOMAN THAT CAME TO ME, PUT HER HANDS ON HER
HIPS.
SHE--RIGHT DOWN THERE AT THE ALTAR.
THE STAGE WASN'T THIS HIGH SO I WAS PRETTY LEVEL WITH HER AND
SHE SAID, "I WANT MY MONEY BACK."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID.
"I WANT MY MONEY BACK."
I SAID, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK?"
SHE SAID, "LISTEN, I'VE BEEN DOING WHAT YOU SAID TO DO
FOR 2 WEEKS--" [AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED.
I WANT MY MONEY BACK."
I TELL YOU WHAT.
IT WAS ALL I COULD DO TO KEEP FROM LAUGHING RIGHT IN
THE WOMAN'S FACE.
I THOUGHT, "OH, HONEY.
HONEY, HONEY, HONEY.
YOU BEEN DOING THIS FOR 2 WEEKS?
TRY 20 YEARS, 25 YEARS, 30 YEARS.
TRY AFTER 5 YEARS NOT FEELING LIKE YOU'VE MADE ANY PROGRESS AT
ALL," BUT ACTUALLY WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS BUT SOMETIMES WHEN
YOU'VE GOT SUCH A HUGE MESS IN YOUR LIFE LIKE A 40-YEAR MESS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE GET FRUSTRATED WITH GOD IF HE
DOESN'T STRAIGHTEN OUT OVERNIGHT WHAT HAS TAKEN US 40 YEARS TO
DO, AMEN?
SO EVERYTHING NEW IS INSIDE AND IT'S GOTTA MAKE ITS WAY FROM
THE INSIDE TO THE OUTSIDE.
NOW, I HAVE A LIST HERE CALLED, "KNOWING WHO I AM IN CHRIST."
AND I ACTUALLY WROTE THIS LIST.
AND IF YOU PUT INTO YOUR LITTLE COMPUTER, "KNOWING WHO I AM IN
CHRIST," THE FIRST THING THAT WILL POP UP IS THIS LIST BY
JOYCE MEYER.
I THINK THAT'S COOL.
I HAVE MADE THE INTERNET, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I--YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO WAY THAT I COULD SIT
HERE AND READ ALL THIS TO YOU BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T FOCUS LONG
ENOUGH BUT IT'S THREE AND A HALF PAGES' WORTH AND I THINK THAT
YOU SHOULD GET ON THE INTERNET AND GET YOURSELF A COPY,
"KNOWING WHO I AM IN CHRIST."
AND IT SHOULD COME UP FIRST.
BUT I'M JUST GONNA READ YOU A FEW OF THESE THINGS THAT
THE BIBLE SAYS, IF YOU'RE A BELIEVER--HOW MANY OF YOU ARE
BELIEVERS IN CHRIST?
OKAY, IF YOU'RE A BELIEVER, ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE ALREADY
YOURS.
I DON'T CARE IF YOU LOOK LIKE THEY'RE YOURS, I DON'T CARE IF
YOU ACT LIKE THEY'RE YOURS.
I DON'T CARE IF YOU FEEL LIKE THEY'RE YOURS OR IF ANYBODY ELSE
BELIEVES THEY'RE YOURS.
THEY ARE YOURS AND, UNTIL YOU KNOW THEY'RE YOURS, REGARDLESS
OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE--SEE, IN GOD'S ECONOMY YOU BELIEVE IT
FIRST AND THEN YOU SEE IT.
YOU CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT AND THEN BELIEVE IT.
YOU BELIEVE IT FIRST AND THEN YOU SEE IT.
YOUR BELIEVING BECOMES YOUR LIVING.
SO AS LONG AS YOU BELIEVE YOU'RE A MESS YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO
BE A MESS.
BUT WHEN YOU START WAKING UP IN THE MORNING, YOU LAY IN YOUR
BED, AND YOU THINK, "I'M ANOINTED.
I HAVE GIFTS AND TALENTS.
GOD LOVES ME.
I AM THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN CHRIST," AND THEN THE DEVIL
KINDA, YOU KNOW, GOT THAT LITTLE DEMON SITTING HERE ON YOUR
SHOULDER.
"WELL, HA, YOU'RE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN CHRIST.
REMEMBER WHAT YOU DID YESTERDAY?"
C'MON, HOW MANY OF YOU HEAR THAT?
"REMEMBER WHAT YOU DID YESTERDAY?
YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID.
YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID."
AND YOU KNOW, REALLY YOU JUST NEED TO LEARN TO GET TO THE
POINT WHERE YOU SAY, "THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME BECAUSE NOW I
JUST REMEMBER HOW GOOD GOD IS TO FORGIVE ME AND WASH IT ALL
AWAY."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND IF YOU THINK THAT I'M JUST MAKING UP SOME WEIRD
STORY, I'M NOT.
THIS IS THE WAY THAT I LIVE.
AND UNLESS YOU'RE WILLING TO LEARN TO LIVE LIKE THIS, YOU'RE
NOT LIVING ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE AND YOU'RE NOT
EVER GONNA REALLY EXPERIENCE THE FREEDOM THAT YOU WANNA HAVE.
YOU'VE GOTTA LEARN HOW TO FIGHT LIKE A CHRISTIAN.
AND THE WAY YOU FIGHT LIKE A CHRISTIAN IS YOU FIGHT WITH
THE WORD OF GOD.
BECAUSE THE WORD OF GOD IS THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, AMEN?
SO FIRST ONE ON MY LIST IS, "I'M COMPLETE IN CHRIST."
SO THAT MEANS I'M COMPLETE IF I'M SINGLE.
I DON'T NEED TO HAVE A HUSBAND TO BE COMPLETE.
I'M COMPLETE IF I'M A WIDOW.
I CAN HANG OUT WITH MARRIED PEOPLE.
I DON'T NEED TO FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE FEELS.
I'M COMPLETE IF I DON'T HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE.
MATTER OF FACT, I'M COMPLETE IF I DIDN'T EVEN GRADUATE FROM
HIGH SCHOOL.
WE ARE COMPLETE, NOT IN THE WAY WE LOOK OR THE JOB WE HAVE OR
WHO WE KNOW OR THE LABEL IN OUR CLOTHES OR WHAT SIDE OF
THE TRACKS WE LIVE ON.
WE ARE COMPLETE IN CHRIST, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO NOW YOU'RE GETTING JUST A LITTLE BIT TALLER.
I CAN FEEL IT.
SEE, WHEN YOU START TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST, YOU GO
FROM THIS...
EVERYTHING--YOU'VE GOTTA GET JUST...
MAN, BY THE TIME YOU GO OUTTA HERE TONIGHT, YOU'RE GONNA BE,
LIKE, "DON'T MESS WITH ME, I'M GOD'S KID."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I'M ALIVE WITH CHRIST.
I LIKE THAT ONE.
WHOO, I'M ALIVE!
I HAVE THE PEACE OF GOD THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING.
I HAVE THE GREATER ONE LIVING IN ME.
GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN ME THAN HE THAT'S IN THE WORLD.
I AM THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN CHRIST.
I AM SANCTIFIED.
I AM REDEEMED.
I AM JUSTIFIED.
I AM HOLY.
ALL OF THESE THINGS WE ARE IN CHRIST.
JOYCE: WELL, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW WHO WE
ARE IN CHRIST.
AND THAT MEANS WE KNOW THAT WE ARE LOVED, AND ACCEPTED,
AND VALUED BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN HIM, NOT BECAUSE OF JUST
WHAT WE DO, OR THE JOB WE HAVE, OR HOW WE LOOK.
IF WE DON'T KNOW WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST, THE ENEMY WILL ALWAYS
ATTACK OUR IDENTITY.
HE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE TELLING US THAT WE'RE NO GOOD, AND WE
NEED TO DO MORE OF THIS, THAT, AND SOMETHING ELSE.
SO, WE HAVE A BATTLE THAT GOES ON IN OUR MIND.
AND ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR TEACHING SUBJECTS OVER THE YEARS
HAS BEEN THE BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND.
AND NOW, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A "BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND
STUDY BIBLE."
IT'S THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE WITH FULL OF MY TEACHING NOTES ON THE
MIND AND JUST DIFFERENT ARTICLES ABOUT THE MIND THAT ARE REALLY
GOING TO HELP YOU.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU THE HARDCOVER COPY OF THE
"BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND BIBLE."
I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HELP YOU AND BLESS YOU,
SO GET YOUR COPY TODAY.
ANNOUNCER: NEW FROM JOYCE MEYER,
A STUDY BIBLE DESIGNED TO HELP YOU RENEW YOUR THOUGHTS,
"THE BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND BIBLE."
WITH INSIGHT FROM JOYCE'S BESTSELLING BOOK
"BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND," PAIRED WITH THE SCRIPTURES
THAT INSPIRED THEM, EXPLORE GOD'S WORD IN A DEEPER
WAY TO HELP YOU LEARN TO THINK HOW GOD THINKS, GAIN PRACTICAL
TRUTHS FOR OVERCOMING LIFE'S CHALLENGES, TRAIN YOUR MIND FOR
ULTIMATE VICTORY, AND MORE.
"THE BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND BIBLE," RENEW YOUR MIND THROUGH
THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD FROM JOYCE MEYER.
RECEIVE YOUR COPY TODAY FOR YOUR GIFT OF...
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JOYCE: WELL, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO WELCOME JOHN GRAY TO
THE 2017 LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE.
JOHN.
JOHN: YES?
JOYCE: YOU WERE SUCH A HUGE HIT LAST YEAR, WE ABSOLUTELY HAD
TO HAVE YOU BACK AGAIN.
JOHN: I'M SO GRATEFUL.
ST. LOUIS WAS A GAME CHANGER FOR ME.
BEING RAISED BY STRONG WOMEN OF FAITH, WOMEN OF GOD, AND BEING
IN THAT ATMOSPHERE, I HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.
THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF WOMEN WORSHIPING GOD,
AND NOT JUST THE SUPERNATURAL, BUT THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION
OF THE WORD, IT WAS AMAZING.
JOYCE: WELL, YOU'RE NOT ONLY A GREAT SPEAKER THAT BRINGS
FORTH GOOD CONTENT, BUT YOU'RE ALSO EXTREMELY FUNNY.
JOHN: YOU GOT TO LAUGH IF YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE YOUR LIFE.
JOYCE: WE NEED THAT, DON'T WE?
JOHN: ABSOLUTELY.
IF YOU ARE A WOMAN THAT NEEDS JUST THAT SPARK, THIS IS
THE CONFERENCE FOR YOU.
JOYCE: WELL, JOHN, WE CAN'T WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE BACK
THIS YEAR.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE REALLY, REALLY WANT TO SEE YOU THERE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME IF YOU DON'T COME.
SO, WHY DON'T YOU INVITE A FRIEND, CONTACT US,
AND REGISTER TODAY?
GINGER: WE ALL GO THROUGH TIMES WHEN THE QUESTIONS
IN OUR LIFE SEEM TO OUTWEIGH THE ANSWERS.
JOYCE MEYER WANTS TO HELP WITH THAT.
CHECK OUT HER NEW SHOW "EVERYDAY ANSWERS."
SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS AND JOIN US AS WE DISCOVER
LIFE'S EVERYDAY ANSWERS TOGETHER.
ANNOUNCER: THANK YOU, FRIENDS AND PARTNERS.
TOGETHER, WE'RE SHARING THE LOVE OF CHRIST AROUND THE WORLD.
TO FIND OUT MORE, PLEASE CONTACT US OR VISIT US ONLINE AT
JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
JOIN US IN PARTNERSHIP AS WE SHARE THE LOVE OF CHRIST
AROUND THE GLOBE.
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ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING WAS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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