ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: IF I WERE TO ASK YOU IF YOU LOVE YOUR LIFE,
WHAT WOULD YOUR ANSWER BE?
I BELIEVE THAT JESUS WANTS US TO LOVE OUR LIVES.
BUT IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU'VE GOT, CONTINUING TO DO THE
SAME THING IS NOT GONNA GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT OUTCOME.
AND I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU TODAY TO GET MY NEW BOOK CALLED,
"LIVING A LIFE THAT YOU LOVE," AND SEE WHAT THE CHANGES ARE
THAT YOU CAN MAKE THAT WILL START TO GIVE YOU
WONDERFUL RESULTS IN YOUR LIFE.
WHY NOT GET YOUR COPY TODAY?
JOYCE: NOW, I BELIEVE THAT GOD TAKES IT VERY PERSONALLY
WHEN WE MISTREAT PEOPLE.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT NOT MEETING A NEED THAT YOU COULD
MEET, THAT YOU BELIEVE GOD IS LEADING YOU TO MEET AND NOT
DOING IT, THAT'S MISTREATING PEOPLE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO OVERTLY MISTREAT PEOPLE.
SOMETIMES WE CAN COVERTLY MISTREAT PEOPLE BY SIMPLY JUST
NOT DOING WHAT WE COULD DO IF WE WOULD DO IT.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: I LOVE TO STUDY ABOUT LOVE BECAUSE I FIND IF I DON'T
KEEP IT IN FRONT OF ME ON A REGULAR BASIS, THAT IT'S EASY
TO FORGET THE IMPORTANCE OF IT.
AND JESUS SAID, "ONE NEW COMMANDMENT I GIVE UNTO YOU,
THAT YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER JUST AS I HAVE LOVED YOU."
"ONE NEW COMMANDMENT," HE SAID.
"YOU DO THIS ONE, EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE TAKEN CARE OF."
AND IN 1 JOHN CHAPTER 3, VERSE 17, IT SAYS:
"IF ANYONE HAS THIS WORLD'S GOODS (RESOURCES FOR
SUSTAINING LIFE) AND SEES HIS BROTHER AND FELLOW BELIEVER IN
NEED, AND CLOSES HIS HEART OF COMPASSION AGAINST HIM," I LOVE
THAT BECAUSE, AS I SAID THIS MORNING, YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING
THAT YOU NEED ON THE INSIDE OF YOU TO WALK IN LOVE.
YOU HAVE COMPASSION.
IT'S IN YOUR SPIRIT AS A BORN-AGAIN BELIEVER.
BUT YOU CAN OPEN THAT HEART OF COMPASSION OR YOU CAN CLOSE THAT
HEART OF COMPASSION.
YOU CAN DECIDE TO FOLLOW THE LEADING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
OR YOU CAN DECIDE TO SAY, "NO," TO IT.
"HOW CAN THE LOVE OF GOD LIVE AND REMAIN IN THAT PERSON?
LITTLE CHILDREN, LET US NOT LOVE [MERELY] IN THEORY OR IN SPEECH
BUT IN DEED AND IN TRUTH (IN PRACTICE AND IN SINCERITY]"
I REMEMBER PRAYING ONE TIME QUITE FERVENTLY, AND TO BE
HONEST, I WAS A LITTLE BIT DISTURBED IN MY HEART ABOUT ALL
THE UNRIGHTEOUSNESS AND WICKEDNESS IN THE WORLD.
I'VE SEEN SOME DESPICABLE THINGS AS I'VE TRAVELED AROUND
THE WORLD, CHILDREN LIVING IN TRASH DUMPS,
AND JUST UNBELIEVABLE THINGS.
AND I SAID, "GOD, WHY DON'T YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE
SITUATIONS?" IT'S KINDA FRUSTRATING SOMETIMES
WHEN YOU KINDA KNOW THAT GOD COULD, BUT HE DOESN'T.
AND THE ANSWER CAME BACK VERY QUICKLY IN MY HEART, AND I KNOW
THAT IT WAS GOD, AND I KNOW THAT IT'S RIGHT.
HE SAID, "I WORK THROUGH MY PEOPLE.
I'M WAITING FOR MY PEOPLE TO BECOME ACTIVATED AND RISE UP."
NOW, JUST THINK ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE NOT WAITING ON GOD.
GOD'S WAITING ON US, AND THE WORLD IS WAITING ON US.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THE WORLD IS NOT GONNA BE WON BY A HANDFUL OF
PREACHERS ON TV OR BY JUST THE SUNDAY MORNING PASTOR.
THAT ALL HELPS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU, THE WAY THE WORLD IS GONNA
BE AFFECTED IS IF EVERY BELIEVER, EVERY BELIEVER, EVERY
BELIEVER GETS OUT IN THE WORLD AND ACTS LIKE ONE.
DID YOU HEAR ME?
AND I DON'T MEAN PUT ON AN ACT.
I MEAN, GET OUT IN THE WORLD AND REALLY ACT LIKE A BELIEVER.
WALK IN THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT.
WALK IN LOVE.
FORGIVE PEOPLE, BE PATIENT WITH PEOPLE.
BE KIND TO PEOPLE, AND HELP PEOPLE.
NOTHING SAYS MORE TO PEOPLE THAN WHEN YOU GIVE THEM SOME TIME
OR MONEY OR WHATEVER IT TAKES.
NOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THIS BECAUSE
ACTUALLY, TRUTHFULLY, IF I TOLD YOU WHO YOU REALLY ARE, YOU ARE
AN AMAZING PERSON THAT HAS BEEN RECREATED IN CHRIST JESUS.
YOU'VE BEEN BORN AGAIN.
THE BIBLE SAYS IN EPHESIANS 2:10:
"IN ORDER THAT YOU MIGHT DO THE GOOD WORKS THAT GOD
PREORDAINED AND PREARRANGED BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF TIME."
WE ARE RECREATED BY GOD TO BE LIKE CHRIST, TO DO
THE GOOD THINGS THAT HE'S DONE.
YOU HAVE A DESIRE IN YOU TO BE GOOD.
YOU HAVE A DESIRE IN YOU TO HELP PEOPLE.
I DO TOO.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE A FLESH.
WE ALSO HAVE AN OPPOSITION THAT COMES AGAINST US.
GOD WORKS THROUGH OUR SPIRIT.
THE DEVIL WORKS THROUGH OUR FLESH.
AND SO, WHILE GOD'S TRYIN' TO MOTIVATE US TO DO THE RIGHT
THING, THE ENEMY IS PRESSING AGAINST US, TRYING TO GET US TO
BE SELFISH AND SELF-CENTERED.
AND AS I SAID THIS MORNING, WE NEED TO DECLARE WAR
ON SELFISHNESS.
NOW, I BELIEVE THAT GOD TAKES IT VERY PERSONALLY WHEN WE
MISTREAT PEOPLE.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT NOT MEETING A NEED THAT YOU COULD
MEET, THAT YOU BELIEVE GOD IS LEADING YOU TO MEET AND NOT
DOING IT, THAT'S MISTREATING PEOPLE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO OVERTLY MISTREAT PEOPLE.
SOMETIMES WE CAN COVERTLY MISTREAT PEOPLE BY SIMPLY JUST
NOT DOING WHAT WE COULD DO IF WE WOULD DO IT.
IT'S NOT UP TO EVERYBODY ELSE.
IT'S UP TO US.
AND I'M NOT TALKING--WHEN I'M TALKIN' ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE,
I'M NOT TALKIN' ABOUT PEOPLE THAT ARE LAZY AND DON'T WANNA
WORK.
I'M NOT TALKIN' ABOUT PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST WANTIN' TO LIVE
OFF OF EVERYBODY ELSE.
I'M TALKIN' ABOUT PEOPLE IN NEED.
I'M TALKIN' ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE DOIN' THE BEST THEY CAN, OR
PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST IGNORANT AND DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER.
THEY'VE GOTTEN THEMSELVES IN SOME TERRIBLE MESSES.
AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHIN'.
EVERYBODY WHO GETS OUR HELP DOESN'T HAVE TO DESERVE IT,
BECAUSE GOD DOESN'T WAIT FOR SOMEBODY TO DESERVE HIS HELP
BEFORE HE HELPS THEM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "MERCY TRIUMPHS OVER JUDGMENT," THE BIBLE SAYS.
AND WHEN WE BEGIN TO JUDGE PEOPLE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY
DESERVE HELP, THEN THE LOVE WALK IS SHUT DOWN AND IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
TO LOVE THEM.
AND WHAT I'M TELLING YOU THIS WEEKEND, YES, IT'S HELPFUL TO
OTHER PEOPLE, BUT MORE THAN ANYBODY, IT HELPS US.
THERE'S NOTHING MORE POWERFUL OR BETTER THAT WE CAN DO THAN TO
HELP OTHER PEOPLE, TO HAVE THE ATTITUDE OF A SERVANT.
AND WHEN I SAY, "THE ATTITUDE OF A SERVANT," I'M TALKING ABOUT AN
ATTITUDE, AN ATTITUDE THAT SAYS, "I'M NOT ANY BETTER THAN
ANYBODY ELSE.
I'M AS GOOD AS EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT I'M NOT ANY BETTER THAN
EVERYBODY ELSE.
WE'RE ALL ONE IN CHRIST, AND I'M NOT TOO GOOD TO DO ANYTHING
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE."
YES, I CAN HELP YOU.
YES, I CAN ENCOURAGE YOU.
YES, I CAN FORGIVE YOU ONE MORE TIME BECAUSE GOD HAS FORGIVEN ME
ONE MORE TIME, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, BECAUSE GOD REALLY TAKES IT PERSONALLY HOW
WE TREAT PEOPLE OR DON'T TREAT PEOPLE, LET'S LOOK AT MATTHEW 25
AND REALLY TRY TO GET AN EVEN DEEPER REVELATION ON WHAT THESE
SCRIPTURES ARE SAYING.
ALTHOUGH I KNOW THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THEM IF YOU'VE
HEARD VERY MUCH OF THE BIBLE AT ALL, IT'S STILL WORTH LOOKING AT
THEM AGAIN TONIGHT.
MATTHEW 25, VERSE 31: "WHEN THE SON OF MAN
COMES IN HIS GLORY (HIS MAJESTY AND SPLENDOR), AND
ALL OF HIS HOLY ANGELS ARE WITH HIM, THEN HE WILL SIT ON
THE THRONE OF HIS GLORY.
AND ALL NATIONS WILL BE GATHERED BEFORE HIM, AND HE WILL SEPARATE
THEM [THE PEOPLE] ONE FROM ANOTHER AS A SHEPHERD SEPARATES
HIS SHEEP FROM HIS GOATS."
NOW, SHEEP AND GOATS, THEY HAVE TWO DIFFERENT NATURES.
GOATS ARE VERY STUBBORN.
SHEEP ARE VERY EASILY LED.
"AND HE WILL CAUSE THE SHEEP TO STAND AT HIS RIGHT HAND,
BUT THE GOATS AT HIS LEFT.
AND THEN THE KING WILL SAY TO THOSE AT HIS RIGHT HAND, 'COME,
YOU BLESSED OF MY FATHER [YOU FAVORED OF GOD APPOINTED TO
ETERNAL SALVATION], INHERIT (AND RECEIVE) THE KINGDOM THAT HAS
BEEN PREPARED FOR YOU FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.
FOR I WAS HUNGRY AND YOU GAVE ME FOOD, I WAS THIRSTY AND YOU GAVE
ME SOMETHING TO DRINK, I WAS A STRANGER AND YOU BROUGHT ME
TOGETHER WITH YOURSELF, YOU WELCOMED AND ENTERTAINED
AND LODGED ME, I WAS NAKED AND YOU CLOTHED ME, I WAS SICK
AND YOU VISITED ME WITH HELP AND MINISTERING CARE, I WAS IN
PRISON AND YOU CAME TO SEE ME.' THEN THE JUST AND UPRIGHT WILL
SAY, 'LORD, WHEN DID WE SEE YOU HUNGRY, WHEN DID WE SEE YOU
THIRSTY, WHEN DID WE SEE YOU A STRANGER, WHEN DID WE SEE YOU
SICK OR IN PRISON?' AND HE SAYS,
'IF YOU'VE DONE IT UNTO THE LEAST OF THESE MY BRETHREN,
YOU HAVE DONE IT UNTO ME.'" WOW, I JUST GOTTA SIT HERE
AND THINK ABOUT THAT A MINUTE.
"IF YOU'VE DONE IT UNTO THE VERY LEAST OF THESE MY BRETHREN,
YOU HAVE DONE IT UNTO ME."
YOU KNOW, I TAKE THESE THINGS SERIOUSLY.
AND ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO, I SAID,
"YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE NEED TO BE WORKING IN THE PRISONS."
AND SO WE DEVELOPED A PRISON TEAM, AND THEIR FULL-TIME JOB IS
TO GO TO PRISONS, CELL TO CELL IF THEY'RE ALLOWED TO.
IN MOST PLACES, THEY DO GET TO DO THAT.
TELL THE PRISONERS, "GOD LOVES YOU."
WE SEND 'EM A LETTER FROM US.
WE WANTED TO PUT MY BOOKS INTO PRISON CELLS SO PEOPLE COULD
HAVE THE GOSPEL.
AND THEY TOLD US IN THE PRISONS, THEY SAID, "WELL, YOU CAN'T GIVE
'EM ANYTHING SPIRITUAL IF YOU DON'T GIVE 'EM SOMETHIN'
PRACTICAL."
SO WE GAVE 'EM A BAR OF SOAP, A BOTTLE OF SHAMPOO, AND ONE OF MY
BOOKS, AND A LETTER THAT TELLS 'EM HOW MUCH WE LOVE 'EM.
AND AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT, WE HAVE NOW PUT RIGHT AT
1 AND 1/2 MILLION OF MY BOOKS IN PRISON CELLS AROUND THE WORLD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND WE HAVE HAD SOME ABSOLUTE UNBELIEVABLE
TESTIMONIES.
I WON'T TAKE THE TIME TO SHARE THEM WITH YOU, BUT IT IS JUST
PHENOMENAL WHAT GOD DOES THROUGH THAT SHAMPOO, THE SOAP,
THE LETTER, AND THE BOOK.
YOU MIGHT SAY, WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN PRISON, YOU HAVE
A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE.
AND SINCE THEY DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO DO, IF YOU GET A BOOK
INTO THEIR HANDS, THERE'S A GOOD POSSIBILITY THAT THEY MIGHT
READ IT.
I KNOW THEY DON'T ALL, BUT MANY OF THEM DO, AND SO THAT'S--I
TAKE THESE THINGS SERIOUSLY.
I BELIEVE THAT IF JESUS SAYS, "DON'T FORGET THE PEOPLE THAT
ARE IN PRISON," THEN WE SHOULDN'T JUST WRITE 'EM OFF
AND FORGET 'EM BECAUSE THEY COMMITTED A CRIME, AND MAYBE A
TERRIBLE CRIME, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THEY STILL ARE
REDEEMABLE, AND THEY STILL NEED SOMEONE TO CARE ABOUT THEM.
COME ON, NOW.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO MANY PEOPLE ARE LOOKIN' FOR A MINISTRY, BUT I
REALLY WONDER IF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR A MINISTRY, OR IF
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A PLATFORM.
NOW, I HAPPEN TO BE CALLED TO A PUBLIC MINISTRY WHERE I HAVE
A PLATFORM, BUT I'VE DONE ALL KINDS OF THINGS BEFORE I GOT TO
THIS POINT THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
I TAUGHT A HOME BIBLE STUDY FOR FIVE YEARS, AND I DIDN'T GET
PAID FOR THAT.
I HAD QUIT A FULL-TIME JOB TO PREPARE FOR WHAT I THOUGHT GOD
WAS CALLING ME TO DO, WHICH, YOU KNOW, HALF THE TIME, I THOUGHT I
WAS CRAZY, BUT IT WAS SO STRONG IN MY HEART THAT I HAD TO DO IT.
AND WHEN I QUIT THAT FULL-TIME JOB, DAVE AND I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE
ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY OUR BILLS.
THERE WAS SACRIFICE INVOLVED IN THAT, AND WE HAD TO BELIEVE GOD
FOR A MIRACLE EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY WEEK.
AND AS I MINISTERED TO THESE PEOPLE IN MY HOME, THEY COULD'VE
HELPED US.
NOBODY DID, AND I DON'T BLAME THEM.
GOD DIDN'T WANT 'EM TO AT THAT POINT BECAUSE IT WAS A TEST FOR
US TO SEE IF WE WOULD DO IT JUST FOR GOD, AND NOT FOR WHAT WE GOT
OUT OF IT.
I CLEANED MY PASTOR'S HOUSE.
I ANSWERED HIS MAIL.
WE TOOK OUR CHILDREN AND WENT ON THE STREETS
OF DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS EVERY SATURDAY MORNING
IN THE WINTER, AND PASSED OUT GOSPEL TRACTS.
ONE SUMMER, I GOT A GROUP OF LADIES, AND WE PUT 10,000 GOSPEL
TRACTS UNDER THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS OF CARS IN PARKING LOTS.
AND FOR THAT, I GOT CHASTISED BY THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH BECAUSE
I DIDN'T GET THEIR PERMISSION.
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU NEEDED PERMISSION TO TRY TO GET
SOMEBODY SAVED.
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU STEP OUT AND TRY TO DO SOMETHIN' GOOD,
YOU'LL GET SOME OPPOSITION FROM THE ENEMY.
BUT I HAVE KEPT ON KEEPING ON, AND, YES, NOW I HAVE A PLATFORM,
BUT I DIDN'T START THERE.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT HAVIN' A PLATFORM AND BEIN' IN FRONT
OF A BUNCH OF PEOPLE.
JUST DO SOMETHIN' TO HELP SOMEBODY.
WHATEVER'S IN FRONT OF YOU TO LAY YOUR HAND TO,
LAY YOUR HAND TO IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THEN, IF WE READ THE REST OF THIS, WHICH I WON'T
TAKE TIME TO DO, HE WENT ON TO SAY, "WHEN I WAS SICK,
YOU DIDN'T VISIT ME.
WHEN I WAS HUNGRY, YOU DIDN'T FEED ME.
WHEN I NEEDED YOU, YOU DIDN'T COME."
"WELL, WHEN DID WE NOT DO THAT?" "IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE IT UNTO
THE LEAST OF THESE MY BRETHREN, THEN YOU HAVE NOT DONE IT
UNTO ME."
AND I'M GLAD THAT WE SEE BOTH SIDES.
"WHEN YOU DID IT, YOU DID IT UNTO ME.
WHEN YOU DIDN'T DO IT, YOU DIDN'T DO IT UNTO ME."
WE NEED TO WALK IN LOVE, NOT JUST TALK ABOUT LOVE.
IT'S EASY TO PREACH ON LOVE.
IT'S REAL EASY FOR YOU TO SIT HERE AND HEAR THESE MESSAGES.
AND YOUR HEART AGREES.
YOU'RE LIKE, "YEAH, PRAISE GOD, I'LL BUY THE BRACELET.
MIGHT EVEN BUY THE BOOK.
YOU NEVER CAN TELL."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "MIGHT ORDER THE TEACHINGS FROM THE SEMINAR, I'M
NOT SURE," 'CAUSE PEOPLE USUALLY DON'T, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T BUY
STUFF LIKE THIS AS MUCH.
IT AGGRAVATES THE TAR OUT OF ME, BUT THEY DON'T.
I DO GET AGGRAVATED ABOUT IT.
I GET AGGRAVATED THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WHAT THEY
REALLY NEED.
I'VE BEEN DOIN' THIS LONG ENOUGH, AND IF YOU TRUST ME AT
ALL, EVEN ONE THIMBLEFUL, LET ME TELL YOU THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT
YOU CAN HAVE A HAPPY, POWERFUL LIFE IS IF YOU GET YOURSELF OFF
OF YOUR MIND AND DO SOMETHIN' FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE.
GET YOURSELF OFF YOUR MIND AND DO SOMETHIN' FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.
WALK IN LOVE.
EPHESIANS 5:2 SAYS: "AND WALK IN LOVE."
DON'T JUST TALK ABOUT LOVE, BUT WALK IN LOVE.
YOU KNOW, LOVE CAN BE SEEN.
IT CAN BE FELT, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR LOVE IS
REAL. AND IT MANIFESTS IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
LET'S TAKE THE TIME TO READ 1 CORINTHIANS,
THE FIRST EIGHT VERSES.
EVERY TIME YOU'RE PATIENT, SOMEONE IS SEEING LOVE.
AND IF THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS, THAT'S REFRESHING TO
THEM TO SEE THAT.
AND IF THEY KNOW YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN AND YOU SHOW THEM
PATIENCE, THAT VERIFIES TO THEM THAT YOU REALLY ARE WHAT YOU SAY
THAT YOU ARE.
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE NOT JUST REAL PATIENT?
COME ON, WHEN YOU HAVE TO ADMIT TO SOMETHIN', DON'T DO THIS...
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OKAY, WELL, I ALREADY SAID THIS MORNING THAT WOULD
PROBABLY BE ONE OF MY GREATER WEAKNESSES, BUT I'M GROWIN'
IN THAT AREA.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WE NEED TO LEARN TO BE PATIENT.
I REMEMBER BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS OF MY WALK WITH GOD WHEN I
DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING AND HE WAS TRYIN' TO TEACH ME EVERYTHING.
I'M TELLIN' YOU WHAT, IF THERE WAS A SLOW CLERK ANYWHERE IN
TOWN, I WOULD GET 'EM.
AND I DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING SLOW.
I WANTED TO GET IN THERE, GET OUT, GET HOME, GO ON
TO MY NEXT THING.
AND SO HELP ME, I WOULDN'T HAVE PRICES ON MY ITEMS, OR THE CLERK
WOULD BE NEW AND WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT SHE WAS DOIN', AND,
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR WAYS.
EVEN IF WE DON'T OPEN OUR MOUTH, WE CAN SHOW BY FACIAL
EXPRESSIONS AND BODY LANGUAGE.
"WELL," [SIGHING].
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "I MEAN, REALLY?" [SIGHING]
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THE WHOLE TIME, WE'VE GOT OUR RHINESTONE JESUS PIN ON.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:1: " IF I [CAN]
SPEAK IN THE TONGUES OF MEN AND [EVEN] ANGELS, BUT I DON'T HAVE
LOVE (THAT REASONING, INTENTIONAL, SPIRITUAL DEVOTION
THAT IS INSPIRED BY GOD'S LOVE FOR AND IN US), I'M ONLY A NOISY
GONG AND A CLANGING CYMBAL."
HOW MANY OF YOU SPEAK IN TONGUES?
ALL RIGHT, WELL, IF WE SPEAK IN TONGUES AND WE DON'T HAVE LOVE,
THEN WE'RE JUST A BIG NOISE.
AND THEN HE SAYS, "IF YOU HAVE PROPHETIC POWERS AND SO MUCH
FAITH THAT YOU COULD MOVE A MOUNTAIN, AND YOU DON'T HAVE
ANY LOVE, THEN YOU'RE A USELESS NOBODY."
VERSE 3: "IF I GIVE AWAY EVERYTHING THAT I'VE GOT TO
[FEED] THE POOR, AND EVEN IF I SURRENDER MY BODY TO BE BURNED
IN ORDER THAT I MIGHT GLORY, AND I DON'T HAVE REAL LOVE,
I GAIN NOTHING."
SO, HE'S SAYIN', "EVEN IF WE DO SOMETHIN' GOOD, BUT WE DO IT
TO BE SEEN OR TO BE WELL THOUGHT OF--"
SOMEBODY SAID THIS TO ME TODAY, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS
A GREAT STATEMENT: "I CAN GIVE AND NOT LOVE,
BUT I CAN'T LOVE AND NOT GIVE," AMEN?
THAT'S VERY GOOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: VERSE 4, NOW HERE WE COME WITH THE FACETS OF LOVE:
"LOVE ENDURES LONG AND IS PATIENT AND KIND; LOVE IS NEVER
ENVIOUS NOR JEALOUS, IT IS NOT BOASTFUL OR VAINGLORIOUS,
IT DOES NOT DISPLAY ITSELF HAUGHTILY.
IT IS NOT CONCEITED (ARROGANT AND INFLATED WITH PRIDE); LOVE
IS NOT RUDE (UNMANNERLY), DOES NOT ACT UNBECOMINGLY.
LOVE (THAT IS, GOD'S LOVE IN US)," WHICH, THAT'S THE KIND
OF LOVE THAT GOD IS ASKIN' US TO GIVE THE WORLD, NOT A HUMAN KIND
OF LOVE, BUT THE AGAPE OF GOD THAT HE HAS GIVEN TO US FREELY
BY HIS GRACE.
GOD EXPECTS US TO GIVE THAT AWAY.
"IT DOES NOT INSIST ON ITS OWN RIGHTS OR ITS OWN WAY, IT IS NOT
SELF-SEEKING; IT IS NOT TOUCHY OR FRETFUL OR RESENTFUL;
IT TAKES NO ACCOUNT OF THE EVIL DONE TO IT."
ARE YOU A GOOD ACCOUNTANT?
ARE YOU ABLE TO COUNT UP EVERY WRONG THING THAT EVERYBODY DOES
AND REMEMBER IT FOR 20 YEARS?
AND I LOVE THIS PART, "IT DOES NOT REJOICE AT INJUSTICE
AND UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT REJOICES WHEN TRUTH PREVAILS.
LOVE BEARS UP UNDER EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING THAT COMES, IT IS
EVER READY TO BELIEVE THE BEST OF EVERY PERSON," I THINK THAT'S
ONE OF THE GREATEST FACETS OF LOVE.
IT'S ALWAYS READY TO BELIEVE THE BEST AND NOT TO BELIEVE
THE WORST.
BOY, IT CAN GIVE US SO MUCH PEACE IF WE'LL JUST CHOOSE TO
BELIEVE THE BEST OF PEOPLE IN EVERY SITUATION INSTEAD OF
AUTOMATICALLY BELIEVIN' THE WORST.
"LOVE NEVER FAILS [NEVER FADES OUT, NEVER GOES AWAY]."
WE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO WALK IN LOVE.
LET'S LOOK AT LUKE CHAPTER 10, BEGINNING IN VERSE 30, THE STORY
OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN: "JESUS, TAKING THE MAN UP, REPLIED,
'A CERTAIN MAN WAS GOING FROM JERUSALEM DOWN TO JERICHO, AND
HE FELL AMONG ROBBERS, WHO STRIPPED HIM OF HIS CLOTHES AND
BELONGINGS AND BEAT HIM AND WENT THEIR WAY, [UNCONCERNED] LEAVING
HIM HALF DEAD, AS IT HAPPENED.
AND NOW BY COINCIDENCE A CERTAIN PRIEST WAS GOING DOWN ALONG THAT
ROAD, AND WHEN HE SAW THE MAN, HE PASSED BY ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE ROAD.'" A PRIEST, I BET HE WAS
TRYIN' TO GET TO CHURCH.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON, NOW.
WE'VE GOTTA UNDERSTAND THIS PROPERLY.
HERE'S A GUY WHO'S BEEN BEATEN UP.
HE'S LYIN' ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BLEEDING,
AND A RELIGIOUS MAN, MATTER OF FACT, YOU'RE
GETTIN' READY TO SEE THAT TWO RELIGIOUS MEN PASSED HIM
BY AND DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM.
"NOW A LEVITE LIKEWISE CAME DOWN TO THE PLACE AND SAW HIM, AND HE
PASSED BY ON THE OTHER SIDE [OF THE ROAD].
BUT A CERTAIN SAMARITAN, AS HE TRAVELED ALONG, CAME DOWN TO
WHERE HE WAS; AND WHEN HE SAW HIM, HE WAS MOVED WITH PITY
AND SYMPATHY [FOR HIM]."
HE WAS MOVED, HE WAS MOVED TO DO SOMETHING.
"AND HE WENT TO HIM AND HE DRESSED HIS WOUNDS, POURING
ON [THEM] OIL AND WINE.
THEN HE SET HIM ON HIS OWN BEAST AND BROUGHT HIM TO AN INN
AND TOOK CARE OF HIM.
AND THE NEXT DAY HE TOOK OUT [TWO DAY'S WAGES], GAVE [THEM]
TO THE INNKEEPER, SAYING, 'TAKE CARE OF HIM; AND WHATEVER MORE
YOU SPEND, WHEN I RETURN, I WILL PAY YOU BACK THAT ALSO.'"
NOW, THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS I LOVE ABOUT THIS.
HE DIDN'T PUT ANY LIMITS ON WHAT HE WAS WILLING TO PUT OUT
TO HELP THE MAN.
"WHATEVER IT COSTS, THAT'S WHAT I'LL DO.
HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES, THAT'S HOW LONG I'LL SPEND."
HE DIDN'T KNOW HIM.
THE MAN MEANT NOTHING TO HIM AT ALL, OTHER THAN HE FELT MOVED
WITH COMPASSION AND PITY.
THE GUY WAS OBVIOUSLY GOING SOMEWHERE BECAUSE HE LEFT
THE MAN THERE, SAYING, "NOW, YOU TAKE CARE OF HIM
TILL I GET BACK."
SO, PROBABLY, HE WAS IN A HURRY TO GET SOMEWHERE,
BUT HE STILL STOPPED.
HE HAD A PLAN.
HE HAD SOMETHIN' IN HIS MIND THAT HE WANTED TO DO, BUT HE
STOPPED AND HE HELPED HIM.
NOW, YOU KNOW, WE PUT ONE OF THESE ON OUR HOTEL DOORS.
IT SAYS, "PRIVACY PLEASE, DON'T DISTURB ME."
BUT TOO MANY PEOPLE TODAY HAVE ONE ON THEIR LIFE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "DON'T DISTURB ME.
I'VE GOT A PLAN.
I'M GOIN' SHOPPIN'.
THERE'S A BIG SALE.
I CAN'T STOP AND DO ANYTHING FOR YOU NOW.
I GOTTA GET TO THIS SALE."
"I'M GOIN' TO EAT LUNCH, I'M HUNGRY.
NO, I CAN'T TALK TO YOU NOW.
I CAN'T BE BOTHERED WITH YOU NOW.
I MEAN, I JUST FEEL LIKE I'M STARVIN' TO DEATH.
I GOTTA GO."
"DON'T DISTURB ME.
DON'T BOTHER ME.
I'VE GOT A PLAN.
I'M IN A HURRY."
IT'S ONE THING TO HANG SOMETHIN' LIKE THIS ON YOUR HOTEL DOOR.
IT'S ANOTHER THING TO HANG ONE ON YOUR LIFE.
AND IF YOU'VE GOT AN INVISIBLE ONE ON YOUR LIFE, I'M
CHALLENGING YOU TO GET IT OFF TONIGHT AND MAKE A NEW DECISION
ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GONNA LIVE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE IN REAL CLAPPING
AND KINDA SORTA CLAPPING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO CLAP AGAIN.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I LEARN A LOT BY LISTENING TO THE CLAPS.
AND I ALREADY KNOW WHAT'S GOIN' THROUGH YOUR MIND
WHEN I SAY THAT.
IT'S LIKE, "WELL, I'M NOT EVER GONNA GET ANYWHERE IF I GOTTA
STOP AND HELP EVERYBODY WHO NEEDS HELP."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "I MEAN, MY GOODNESS."
WELL, HERE'S THE THING.
I'M ONLY ASKIN' YOU TO BE LED BY THE SPIRIT.
NOBODY CAN DO EVERYTHING, BUT TOGETHER, WE CAN DO EVERYTHING
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: NO ONE OF US CAN DO EVERYTHING.
BUT HERE'S THE THING, GOD IS NOT GONNA PUT IT ON YOUR HEART TO DO
IT IF IT'S NOT RIGHT FOR YOU TO DO IT.
HE WON'T TELL YOU TO DO EVERYTHING.
GOD'S NOT GONNA TELL YOU TO KILL YOURSELF AND WEAR YOURSELF OUT
AND NEVER TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND NOT PAY ANY ATTENTION TO
YOUR FAMILY AND NOT PAY ANY ATTENTION TO YOUR HEALTH.
WE NEED TO STAY FOCUSED.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHO THE DEVIL IS USING TO TRY TO STEAL OUR TIME.
BUT WE ALSO NEED TO KNOW WHEN GOD IS TAPPING US ON THE HEART,
SAYING, "I NEED YOU IN THIS SITUATION."
IF YOU'VE GOT A, "DON'T DISTURB ME, I DON'T WANNA GET INVOLVED,"
SIGN ON YOUR LIFE, THEN PLEASE MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT TO TAKE
IT OFF AND SAY TO GOD, "I WANT YOU TO KNOW, GOD, IF YOU NEED ME
TODAY, I AM AVAILABLE TO YOU.
THIS IS MY PLAN, BUT MY PLAN IS UP TO YOU.
YOU CAN MAKE IT WORK, OR YOU CAN INTERRUPT IT."
COME ON, WOULD YOU BEGIN TO DO THAT?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DO YOU HAVE AN INVISIBLE "DO NOT DISTURB" SIGN
HANGING ACROSS YOUR LIFE?
YOU KNOW, YOUR JOY WILL INCREASE WHEN YOU LET THE LORD INTERRUPT
YOUR PLANS AND TAKE TIME TO LOVE OTHER PEOPLE.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU FOUR TEACHINGS
CALLED "LIVE 2 LOVE."
I THINK THEY'RE AWESOME TEACHINGS.
BOY, WHEN WE CAN STOP BEING SELFISH AND LIVE TO LOVE OTHER
PEOPLE EVERY DAY, LIFE GETS SO GOOD.
PLUS, WE'RE GONNA SEND YOU A BRACELET AS A FREE GIFT THAT
HAS JOHN 13:34 ON IT TO REMIND YOU TO LIVE EVERY DAY TO LOVE
OTHER PEOPLE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY, AND GOD BLESS YOU.
JOYCE: MORE THAN ANYTHING, I WANT PEOPLE TO GET OUT IN THE
WORLD AND SHOW THE WORLD JESUS.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: BY BEING KIND AND BEING PATIENT AND BEING LOVING
AND DOING THINGS FOR PEOPLE, AND ESPECIALLY DOING THINGS FOR
PEOPLE THAT WON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
JOYCE: AND WHEN PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU CLAIM TO BE A
CHRISTIAN, THEY ARE GONNA WATCH YOU TO SEE IF YOU'VE GOT
THE GOODS.
ANNOUNCER: DISCOVER WHAT IT MEANS TO WALK IN LOVE, AND HOW
YOU CAN TURN THE HEARING OF GOD'S WORD INTO ACTION WHEN YOU
ORDER JOYCE'S FOUR-PART CD SERIES, "LIVE 2 LOVE."
WE'LL EVEN SEND YOU THIS "LIVE 2 LOVE" BRACELET FOR FREE.
IT'S AVAILABLE FOR A DONATION OF...OR MORE.
CALL US TOLL FREE AT...
OR VISIT US AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
ANNOUNCER: MAKE PLANS NOW TO SPEND YOUR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
WITH JOYCE, THREE UNIQUE SESSIONS OF INSPIRING TEACHING,
HEARTFELT WORSHIP, AND ENCOURAGING
BEHIND-THE-SCENES MOMENTS AT THE JOYCE MEYER CONFERENCE.
COMING TO LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA MAY 4 AND 5 WITH WORSHIP BY
PHIL WICKHAM.
JOIN US, ALL SESSIONS ARE FREE AT THE JOYCE MEYER CONFERENCE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG/CONFERENCE,
OR CALL...
ANNOUNCER: THE LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE IS SOLD OUT,
BUT DON'T WORRY, YOU CAN STILL JOIN US, AND FROM THE COMFORT OF
YOUR HOME.
SIGN UP FOR THE 2018 LOVE LIVE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE LIVE STREAM.
HEAR POWERFUL MESSAGES BY JOYCE MEYER, PRISCILLA SHIRER,
LISA HARPER, AND SARAH JAKES-ROBERTS.
WORSHIP WITH ELEVATION WORSHIP AND NATALIE GRANT.
REGISTER TODAY FOR THE 2018 LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE
LIVE STREAM.
VISIT US AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG/WCLIVE.
ANNOUNCER: WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED TODAY'S PROGRAM.
PLEASE CONTACT US OR VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG TO SHARE
YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS, SEE THE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
OR PARTNER WITH US IN SHARING CHRIST AND LOVING
PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE.
THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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