ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: 2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 3, VERSE 6.
THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS, "[IT IS HE]," MEANING JESUS,
"WHO HAS QUALIFIED US [MAKING US TO BE FIT
AND WORTHY AND SUFFICIENT]
AS MINISTERS AND DISPENSERS OF A NEW COVENANT [SALVATION
THROUGH CHRIST], NOT [MINISTERS]
OF THE LETTER (OF THE LEGALLY WRITTEN CODE) BUT OF THE SPIRIT;
FOR THE CODE [OF THE LAW] KILLS, BUT THE [HOLY] SPIRIT
MAKES ALIVE."
IF WE CAN LEARN HOW TO BE LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT IN OUR EVERYDAY
LIVES IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, THEN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO
IS GONNA BE FULL OF LIFE.
IT'S GONNA HAVE AN ANOINTING ON IT.
WHEN GOD'S APPROVAL IS ON SOMETHING, IT'S SO MUCH BETTER
THAN WHEN YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO PUSH SOMETHING IN THE FLESH,
TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN BECAUSE YOU HAD A PLAN IN
YOUR MIND AND NOW YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT ALL WORK OUT.
BEING LED BY THE SPIRIT IS ONE OF THE GREATEST BENEFITS
OF BEING A NEW COVENANT BELIEVER OTHER THAN JUST YOUR SALVATION
AND KNOWING THAT YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN, THAT YOU'RE GONNA
GO TO HEAVEN AND LIVE ETERNALLY WITH GOD.
IT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO HAVE THIS PRIVILEGE
OF BEING LED BY THE SPIRIT.
EVERY BELIEVER CAN HEAR FROM GOD.
EVERY BELIEVER HAS THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING LED BY THE SPIRIT.
THAT MEANS THAT YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE TO RUN AROUND AND ASK OTHER
PEOPLE ALL THE TIME WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IN SITUATIONS.
GOD WILL SHOW YOU WHAT TO DO.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
IN ORDER TO BE LED BY THE SPIRIT, YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE
A LITTLE CONFIDENCE AND YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE A LITTLE BIT
OF COURAGE AND A LITTLE BIT OF BOLDNESS BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S
A LITTLE BIT SCARY, UNTIL YOU GET EXPERIENCE, STEPPING OUT
INTO THINGS THAT THE ONLY PROOF THAT YOU HAVE OF
WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE RIGHT IS WHAT YOU SENSE IN HERE
AND WHAT YOU READ IN HERE.
WE WOULD MUCH RATHER BE ABLE TO JUST GO TO OUR HOTLINE
TO HEAVEN, DIAL UP GOD...
COULD I SPEAK TO GOD, PLEASE?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OH, GOD, SO GOOD TO TALK TO YOU.
YEAH, THIS IS JOYCE DOWN HERE ON EARTH.
LISTEN, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO
IN THIS SITUATION I'VE GOT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, REALLY WHILE WE'RE TALKING, I'D JUST LIKE
TO KNOW REALLY WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO WITH MY WHOLE LIFE.
I'M KIND OF CONFUSED AND MIXED UP ABOUT THE WHOLE THING.
YOU KNOW I MEAN SINCE I'VE GOT YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE CALL
ON MY LIFE AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH MY KIDS?
AND, YOU KNOW, HOW'S ALL THIS STUFF GONNA--HUH, WHAT?
OH, YOU WANT ME TO READ THE WORD?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OH.
OH.
YOU MEAN YOU WANT ME TO ACT LIKE I BELIEVE IT?
OH.
OH.
YOU PUT YOUR HOLY SPIRIT IN ME AND YOU WANT ME TO LEARN HOW TO
BE LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, HUH?
WELL, WOULDN'T IT JUST BE A WHOLE LOT EASIER
IF YOU'D JUST TELL ME?
I THINK IF YOU'D JUST TELL ME, IT WOULD JUST MAKE EVERYTHING
A LOT EASIER.
'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT BEING LED BY THE SPIRIT STUFF--
HUH, YOU GOTTA GO NOW?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OH.
OH.
OH, OKAY.
YOU ALREADY TOLD ME ONCE.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA TELL ME AGAIN.
OKAY, I GET IT.
ALL RIGHT, WELL LOVE YA, LORD.
BYE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW HOW TO HEAR FROM GOD.
WELL, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE NICE IF GOD WE COULD JUST PICK UP
THE HOTLINE TO HEAVEN AND MAKE A PHONE CALL
AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST SAY TO THE LORD SOMETIMES,
"IF YOU WOULD JUST COME AND SIT DOWN HERE, JUST 5 MINUTES,
WE COULD GET MY WHOLE DEAL STRAIGHTENED OUT HERE."
BUT YOU KNOW IT'S INTERESTING, GOD REALLY IS VERY MYSTERIOUS IN
SOME WAYS AND WHICH PRETTY MUCH MEANS THAT YOU CAN'T ALWAYS
GRASP EVERYTHING HE'S DOING WITH YOUR BRAIN.
WE REALLY AS SPIRITUAL BEINGS, WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO FUNCTION
AND FLOW IN THE SPIRIT.
WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO DISCERN THINGS SPIRITUALLY.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT IT WOULD BE SO EASY FOR GOD
JUST TO TELL US, BUT HE WANTS US TO DO THE SEARCH.
HE WANTS US TO WALK IN FAITH AND TO BE HONEST, HE WANTS US TO
LEARN AND TO GROW AND TO STRETCH AND TO STEP OUT AND TO SOMETIMES
EVEN MAKE MISTAKES AND LEARN BY THAT AND STEP BACK AND THEN NOT
BE AFRAID TO STEP OUT AGAIN.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN HERE CAN LEARN TO BE DYNAMICALLY LED BY
THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHICH LITERALLY MEANS TO HEAR FROM GOD, BUT
YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO IT SITTING AROUND IDLE ASKING EVERYBODY
ELSE WHAT YOU SHOULD DO EVERY TIME YOU HAVE A SITUATION
COME UP IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET WITH GOD, KNOW THE WORD,
LEARN HOW TO FOLLOW PEACE AND YOU CAN BE LED BY THE SPIRIT.
PAUL SAID, "THIS IS OUR JOB NOW, AS MINISTERS OF
THE NEW COVENANT, TO NO LONGER TEACH PEOPLE TO BE LED
BY THE OLD CODE OF WRITTEN LAWS.
WE STILL FOLLOW THE MORAL LAW.
IT'S WRITTEN IN OUR HEART NOW.
BUT WE'RE NOT TO BE LED BY THE LAWS OF THE OLD COVENANT
OR EVEN THE LAWS THAT WE MAKE UP OR SOMETIMES EVEN THE LAWS
OF DENOMINATIONAL RELIGION.
EVERYBODY'S GOT A LOT OF LAWS AND RULES THAT THEY WANT US
TO FOLLOW."
BUT PAUL SAID, "WHAT I'M HERE TO TEACH YOU
IS HOW TO BE LED BY THE SPIRIT."
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TODAY,
HOW TO BE LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR YOURSELF.
VERSE 7, "NOW IF THE DISPENSATION OF DEATH,"
WHICH WAS LIVING UNDER THE LAW, "THAT WAS ENGRAVED
IN LETTERS ON STONE [THE MINISTRATION OF THE LAW],
IF IT WAS INAUGURATED WITH SUCH GLORY AND SPLENDOR
THAT THE ISRAELITES WERE NOT ABLE TO LOOK STEADILY
AT THE FACE OF MOSES BECAUSE OF ITS BRILLIANCE--"
AND IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT ONE, MOSES CAME DOWN
FROM MOUNT SINAI AFTER HAVING RECEIVED THE LAW
THAT REALLY ENDED UP-- ALTHOUGH THE LAW ITSELF WAS HOLY
AND PERFECT BECAUSE MEN COULD NOT KEEP IT, IT ACTUALLY
MINISTERED DEATH TO THEM.
AND SO, BUT EVEN WHEN MOSES RECEIVED THAT LAW AND THAT
SYSTEM, HE HAD SUCH GLORY ON HIS FACE THAT HE HAD
TO COVER IT UP WITH A VEIL.
SO HE'S SAYING IF THAT ADMINISTRATION BROUGHT
THAT KIND OF GLORY, VERSE 8, "WHY SHOULD NOT THE DISPENSATION
OF THE SPIRIT [THIS SPIRITUAL MINISTRY WHOSE TASK IT IS
TO CAUSE MEN TO OBTAIN AND BE GOVERNED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT]
WHY SHOULD THAT NOT BE ATTENDED WITH MUCH GREATER
AND MORE SPLENDID GLORY?" YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE HAVE GOT THE MOST GLORIOUS OPPORTUNITY IN OUR LIVES.
WHAT KIND OF A PRIVILEGE IS IT TO SAY, "GOD'S SPIRIT LIVES IN
ME AND I WILL ALWAYS KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO WHEN I NEED TO DO
SOMETHING BECAUSE GOD LEADS ME AND GUIDES ME THROUGH HIS WORD
AND BY HIS SPIRIT"?
COME ON, GIVE GOD A PRAISE FOR THAT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THEN 1 JOHN 2:27 TALKS ABOUT THE ANOINTING
AND THE ANOINTING IS REALLY THE PRESENCE, THE POWER
AND THE ABILITY OF GOD.
I PREACH BY THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
I DON'T EVEN HAVE THE PROPER EDUCATION TO DO WHAT I'M DOING,
WHICH IS GONNA BE PART OF MY MESSAGE TODAY.
I DON'T HAVE ALL THIS IN MY HEAD.
NOW I STUDY AND I FILL MY HEAD FULL OF THINGS, BUT IT WOULD ALL
JUST GET MIXED UP COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH IF THE HOLY SPIRIT
WASN'T ANOINTING ME TO DO THIS.
AND BECAUSE I'M ANOINTED TO DO IT, IT'S NOT HARD FOR ME.
THIS IS NOT HARD FOR ME.
IT'S HARD WORK, BUT IT'S NOT HARD FOR ME.
AND PEOPLE SAY TO ME SOMETIMES, "WELL, DO YOU EVER GET NERVOUS
WHEN YOU STAND IN FRONT OF THESE BIG CROWDS?"
I ACTUALLY REALLY DON'T.
NOW I DID A LITTLE BIT IN THE BEGINNING BECAUSE
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE, BUT I'VE SEEN GOD COME THROUGH
TIME AFTER TIME AFTER TIME AFTER TIME AFTER TIME AFTER TIME.
MATT REDMAN IS ANOINTED AS A SONGWRITER
AND A WORSHIP LEADER.
CHRISTY IS ANOINTED AS A SINGER.
HER VOICE IS SO BEAUTIFUL, AND SHE BRINGS THAT GIFT
TO THE BODY OF CHRIST.
AND YOU ARE ALSO ANOINTED.
YOU MIGHT BE ANOINTED TO BE A MOM OR A DAD OR A BUSINESS
PERSON OR AN INTERCESSORY PRAYER PERSON OR THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
THAT ARE ANOINTED FOR HELP.
OH, MY GOODNESS, WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT THE PEOPLE THAT JUST
SAY, "I JUST WANT TO HELP"?
I LOVE THE HELPERS.
I MEAN, I WOULD HAVE WENT STARK-RAVING MAD A LONG TIME AGO
IF I DIDN'T HAVE HELPERS.
AND THE OLDER I GET, THE MORE HELPERS I NEED.
I MEAN, I DO INTERESTING THINGS LIKE FORGET MY PHONE AND FORGET
WHAT DIRECTION TO WALK IN.
AND I MEAN I SWEAR, I CAN COME OUT OF A HOTEL ROOM AND GO
THE WRONG DIRECTION EVERY TIME I COME OUT OF THE DOOR.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY PROBLEM IS.
I CAN GET LOST IN A BATHROOM, IF I'M NOT CAREFUL.
I MEAN, I'LL GO IN A BATHROOM AND END UP TRYING TO THINK I'M
GOING OUT THE DOOR AND GO IN THE BROOM CLOSET IN THE BATHROOM
SO THANK GOD FOR HELPERS.
BUT 1 JOHN 2:27, IF WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT REAL QUICK.
"BUT AS FOR YOU, THE ANOINTING, THE SACRED APPOINTMENT,
THE UNCTION--" AND I LOVE THAT WORD "UNCTION."
YOU DON'T HEAR THAT TOO MUCH ANYMORE TODAY BUT TO ME
THAT'S HOLY GHOST OOMPH.
IT'S LIKE...
THAT'S UNCTION.
IT'S LIKE IT JUST-- IT'S JUST LIKE...I CAN DO IT.
HOLY GHOST UNCTION.
I MEAN, EVEN IF IT'S LIKE LOOKING AT THAT DIRTY HOUSE
YOU'VE GOT AND YOU'RE LIKE, "I KNOW GOD WANTS ME
TO GET THIS CLEANED UP.
I BELIEVE I'M ANOINTED TODAY FOR IT...
HERE I COME.
I'MMA GET THIS PLACE CLEAN."
ANOINTING IS NOT JUST FOR MINISTRY.
ANOINTING IS FOR EVERY SINGLE DAY OF YOUR LIFE AND EVERY
SINGLE TASK THAT YOU DO.
LET'S DON'T OVER SPIRITUALIZE THE MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
IN OUR LIFE AND MAKE IT SO FLOATY AND SPIRITUAL SOUNDING
THAT IT NEVER DOES US ANY PRACTICAL GOOD
IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES.
YOU HAVE GOD'S POWER TO DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO,
AND YOU CAN BE LED BY THE SPIRIT IN HOW TO RAISE YOUR CHILDREN.
YOU CAN KNOW WHEN YOU NEED TO CORRECT THEM AND WHEN
YOU NEED TO GIVE THEM MERCY AND LET SOMETHING GO.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE ALL THE PARENTING BOOKS,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T FIND YOUR PROBLEM IN THE BOOK.
AND I RAISED FOUR KIDS AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE BOOKS.
WE HAD ONE PARENTING BOOK BY SOME DOCTOR NAMED DR. SPOCK AND
THE DUDE WAS ABOUT THAT THICK.
I MEAN, IF YOU HAD ANY KIND OF A PROBLEM, YOU WENT
TO THAT BOOK AND IT DIDN'T GIVE YOU MUCH PRACTICAL ADVICE
ON RAISING KIDS.
AND I WAS RAISED LIKE A COMPLETE IDIOT AND STILL BY THE LEADING
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, I RAISED FOUR KIDS THAT ARE RAISING GOD
TODAY--I MEAN, THAT ARE SERVING GOD TODAY
AND HAVE TEN GRANDCHILDREN.
SO LOOK AT ME.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID THAT YOU'RE NOT UP FOR WHATEVER
IT IS THAT YOU'VE GOT IN FRONT OF YOU TO DO.
DO YOU HEAR ME?
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE AFRAID THAT YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO DO
WHATEVER IT IS THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TO DO.
THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE TODAY THAT NEEDS TO HEAR THAT.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE AFRAID THAT YOU ARE NOT UP FOR WHATEVER
IT IS THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU.
EVEN THINGS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT YET, YOU CAN LIVE WITH
THE CONFIDENCE "WHATEVER COMES IN MY LIFE ANY DAY,
I HAVE GOT THE HOLY GHOST OOMPH TO DO WHAT I NEED TO DO."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "I'M UP FOR IT, I CAN DO IT IN JESUS' NAME."
SO THIS ANOINTING THAT WE HAVE.
"BUT AS FOR YOU, THE ANOINTING (THE SACRED APPOINTMENT,
THE UNCTION) WHICH YOU RECEIVED FROM HIM," YOU DID RECEIVE IT,
"ABIDES [PERMANENTLY] IN YOU."
SO THE ANOINTING OF GOD IS IN YOU AND IT'S THERE
TO STAY PERMANENTLY.
"[SO] YOU HAVE NO NEED THAT ANYONE SHOULD INSTRUCT YOU."
NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T NEED THE GIFT OF TEACHING
OR THAT WE NEVER NEED A WORD OF ADVICE, BUT THERE'S A GENERAL
PRINCIPLE HERE THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO RUN TO SOMEBODY ELSE
ALL THE TIME TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU SHOULD DO.
YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME WE RUN AND ASK OTHER PEOPLE WHAT
WE OUGHT TO DO AND IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR LIFE, IT'S OBVIOUS
THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHY NOT JUST GO TO GOD?
"BUT JUST AS HIS ANOINTING TEACHES YOU CONCERNING
EVERYTHING AND IS TRUE AND IS NOT FALSE, YOU MUST ABIDE
(LIVE IN) HIM."
NOW ONE LAST SCRIPTURE, ROMANS 7, VERSES 4 THROUGH 6.
WELL, NOT ONE LAST SCRIPTURE, BUT ONE LAST ONE
FOR THIS SECTION.
SAY, "I CAN HEAR FROM GOD."
AUDIENCE: I CAN HEAR FROM GOD.
JOYCE: I AM LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
AUDIENCE: I AM LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
JOYCE: ROMANS 7, VERSE 4, "LIKEWISE, MY BRETHREN, YOU HAVE
UNDERGONE DEATH AS TO THE LAW THROUGH THE [CRUCIFIED] BODY
OF CHRIST, SO THAT NOW YOU MAY BELONG TO ANOTHER,
TO HIM WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD IN ORDER THAT," YOU MIGHT,
"BEAR FRUIT FOR GOD."
NOW, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
LITERALLY, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO DO A TEACHING HERE ON
THE DIFFERENCE IN LAW AND GRACE, BUT IF YOU TRY TO LIVE
UNDER THE LAW, IF YOU HAVE TOO MANY RULES
AND REGULATIONS FOR YOUR LIFE, YOU'RE GONNA PUSH
THE HOLY SPIRIT RIGHT OUT.
AND PRETTY SOON, THOSE THINGS ARE GONNA BEGIN
TO MINISTER DEATH TO YOU.
AND I HAVE LOTS OF LITTLE FUNNY STORIES THAT I COULD TELL YOU.
I WANT TO TRY TO STAY ON TRACK HERE TODAY BUT SOMEBODY ASKED ME
THE OTHER DAY IN A GROUP THAT I WAS DOING SOME QUESTION AND
ANSWERS, "HOW LONG DO YOU PRAY EVERY DAY AND HOW LONG DO
YOU PRAY IN THE SPIRIT?" AND I WAS SO GLAD THEY ASKED
THE QUESTION BECAUSE I SAID, "I DON'T KNOW."
YOU KNOW WHY I DON'T KNOW?
BECAUSE I DON'T COUNT ANYMORE.
NO, YOU AIN'T HEARING ME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I DON'T COUNT.
I'M NOT KEEPING A RECORD.
I DON'T GET BROWNIE POINTS IF I PRAY A LONG TIME, AND GOD'S NOT
MAD IF I DON'T PRAYER AS LONG.
WHAT HE WANTS ME TO DO IS JUST PRAY WHEN I NEED TO AND PRAY
'TIL I'M DONE AND MAKE PRAYER LIKE BREATHING AND NOT GET
INTO SOME BIG THING WHERE "WELL, YOU KNOW, I PRAYED 1 HOUR TODAY
AND SO NOW THAT I'VE DONE MY SPIRITUAL DUTY."
SEE, THERE'S FREEDOM WHEN YOU'RE LED BY THE HOLY GHOST.
NOW I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE DON'T HAVE DISCIPLINE.
I'M A BIG FAN OF DISCIPLINE, AND I THINK IF YOU HAVE NOT
DEVELOPED A PRAYER LIFE YET, THEN MAYBE YOU NEED TO ASK GOD
IF THERE'S SOME KIND OF A DISCIPLINE PATTERN
THAT YOU SHOULD FOLLOW FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
BUT SOONER OR LATER YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO CUT ALL THOSE TIES
AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GIVE YOURSELF TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
AND SAY, "I'M GOING TO BE LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT."
A WOMAN CAME TO ME ONE TIME AND SHE SAID, "JOYCE, EVERYBODY THAT
I KNOW IS GOING TO THE EARLY MORNING PRAYER MEETING
AT CHURCH."
AND SHE SAID, "I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M SUPPOSED TO GO."
AND SHE SAID, "THEY'RE JUST MAKING ME FEEL BAD, AND I'M JUST
ASKING YOU WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME THAT I DON'T WANT TO GO?"
HAVE YOU EVER NOT WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY ELSE
WAS DOING AND THEY KIND OF MADE YOU FEEL BAD BECAUSE YOU WERE
THE ONE THAT DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT?
WELL, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE BOLD ENOUGH TO STAND
THEIR GROUND AND SAY, "I'M NOT GONNA FOLLOW THE CROWD.
I'M GONNA FOLLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND I DON'T
HAVE TO GIVE AN EXPLANATION.
I DON'T HAVE TO GIVE A REASON.
IT'S JUST NOT WHAT I FEEL LIKE I'M SUPPOSED TO DO?"
YOU KNOW WHAT?
NOT AS MANY AS THERE SHOULD BE.
YOU KNOW WHAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD DO?
MOST PEOPLE WOULD CAVE IN TO THAT PEOPLE PRESSURE AND
THEY WOULD GO AND THEY WOULD DO SOMETHING THAT THEY DIDN'T
REALLY FEEL RIGHT ABOUT JUST TO KEEP THE PEOPLE HAPPY.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO STOP DOING.
YOU KNOW WHY?
IT MAY MAKE THEM HAPPY, BUT IT MINISTERS DEATH TO YOU.
IT LEAVES YOU EMPTY AND DRAINED.
SO SHE SAID, "JOYCE, WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME
THAT I DON'T WANT TO GO?" AND I SAID, "WELL,
PROBABLY NOTHING.
MAYBE THAT'S JUST NOT WHERE GOD WANTS YOU.
IT MIGHT NOT MAKE ANY SENSE TO YOU, BUT MAYBE HE WANTS YOU
DOING SOMETHING ELSE."
SHE SAID, "WELL, NOW THAT YOU SAY THAT, YOU KNOW
WHAT I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO DO?
YOU KNOW WHAT'S REALLY IN MY HEART?"
AND YOU COULD SEE THE LIGHT COME IN HER FACE.
YOU KNOW WHEN WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, THERE'S
A LIGHT THAT COMES TO US.
AND SHE SAID, "I WOULD LOVE TO BABYSIT ALL OF THEIR KIDS
WHILE THEY GO."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT THAT?
GOD WANTS TO MEET EVERY NEED IN THE BODY OF CHRIST.
IF WE WILL STOP TRYING TO PRESSURE EVERYBODY TO DO OUR
THING AND BE LIKE US, THEN WE MIGHT SEE A LOT MORE SUCCESSES.
NOW ANOTHER WAY THAT YOU CAN MAKE A LAW OUT OF THESE THINGS
IS WE HAD A WOMAN COME TO OUR CHURCH ONE TIME A LONG TIME
AGO AND SHE WAS AN ANOINTED INTERCESSOR, OH, MY GOSH,
SHE WAS AN ANOINTED INTERCESSOR.
SHE WAS A WOMAN THAT WAS PROBABLY LIKE UP IN HER 60s
OR MAYBE EARLY 70s, AND SHE SAID FROM THE DAY THAT SHE WAS SAVED,
GOD CALLED HER TO BE AN INTERCESSOR.
SHE SAID, "I RECEIVED THE LORD.
I WENT TO A LOCAL BAPTIST CHURCH, ASKED THEM IF THEY
HAD A PLACE WHERE I COULD PRAY, AND I WENT IN THERE AND PRAYED
4 HOURS AND CONTINUED TO DO THAT EVERY DAY THE REST OF MY LIFE."
OH, WELL, SHE HAD THE POWER OF GOD ON HER.
I'M TELLING YOU WHAT, WHEN SHE OPENED HER MOUTH,
YOU COULD SENSE THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
SO I THOUGHT, "I'M DOING THAT."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON NOW, IS ANYBODY WITH ME?
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
MAN, IF I DO WHAT SHE DID, THEN I'M GONNA BE LIKE SHE IS.
OH, THAT IS SUCH A MISTAKE THAT WE MAKE WHEN WE DO THAT.
SO I TELL YOU WHAT, I PICKED A ROOM IN MY HOUSE AND
I PUT MYSELF A CLOCK IN THERE.
AND I GOT A NOTEPAD, AND I DID THE REALLY DUMB THING,
I ANNOUNCED TO EVERYBODY THAT "FROM NOW ON, I AM GOING TO PRAY
THE FIRST 4 HOURS OF EVERY DAY AND I DON'T WANT ANYBODY
DISTURBING ME.
THIS IS WHAT I'M GOING TO DO NOW."
SO I WENT IN THERE THE FIRST DAY AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU
THAT I PRAYED ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT I COULD EVEN BEGIN
TO THINK OF TO PRAY ABOUT.
I MEAN, I PRAYED THROUGH.
I WAS DONE AND I LOOKED AT MY CLOCK AND 5 WHOLE MINUTES
HAD GONE BY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND I THOUGHT, OH, I'VE GOT 3 HOURS AND 55 MINUTES,
AND I HAVE TO STAY IN HERE BECAUSE I CAN'T LET
THE PEOPLE THINK-- COME ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW GOD--I DON'T KNOW, IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS
AGO AND GOD ACTUALLY CONFRONTED ME.
HE SAID, "I WANT YOU TO STOP COUNTING THINGS.
STOP COUNTING HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN YOUR MEETINGS.
STOP COUNTING HOW MANY PIECES OF MAIL YOU GET.
STOP COUNTING HOW LONG YOU PRAY AND HOW MANY CHAPTERS OF
THE BIBLE YOU READ EVERY DAY.
YOU'RE ONLY DOING IT TO IMPRESS YOURSELF AND I DON'T LIKE IT."
[APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I CAN JUST SENSE THE FREEDOM
THAT SOME OF YOU NEED.
AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN ONCE HAVING BEEN SET FREE, WE HAVE TO STAND
FAST IN THAT LIBERTY BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU THESE LEGALISTIC
DEMONS, THESE LEGALISTIC SPIRITS, THAT RELIGIOUS THING
THAT TRIES TO HANG ON ALL OF US IS ALWAYS THERE TRYING TO MAKE
US THINK IT'S NOT SAFE TO NOT FOLLOW THE RULES.
YOU GOT TO FOLLOW THE RULES.
WELL, WE HAVE A NEW RULE.
WE HAVE A NEW LAW AND IT'S THE LAW OF LOVE.
AS LONG AS I'M WALKING IN LOVE, I'M NOT GONNA GET
IN TOO MUCH TROUBLE.
THAT'S THE HIGHEST LAW.
AND WE HAVE A NEW RULE, IT'S CALLED FOLLOWING THE PROMPTINGS
AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
"BUT, JOYCE, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT."
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU'LL LEARN PRETTY FAST.
YOU STEP OUT, "OH, THAT DIDN'T WORK."
OR "OH, WOW, I THINK I'LL TRY THAT AGAIN."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "WHOA, I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOD."
AND I'LL TELL YA WHAT, IF YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS NOT
EXCITING TO YOU, THEN THIS IS PROBABLY THE THING
THAT'S MISSING FOR YOU BECAUSE THE THING
THAT MAKES OUR WALK WITH GOD EXCITING IS YOU NEVER KNOW
FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT'S
GONNA COME UP WITH.
BUT IF YOU'RE NOT FOLLOWING HIM, YOU'LL NEVER FIND OUT.
AND IF YOU DO FOLLOW HIM, IT'S GONNA BE EXCITING.
I'LL BET, MATT, THAT YOU GET SONGS SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LEAST
EXPECT TO GET A SONG, DON'T YOU?
I MEAN, SOMETIMES I'LL BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD
AND SEE A BILLBOARD AND GET A TITLE FOR A MESSAGE.
SEE, GOD'S NOT JUST IN CHURCH.
HE'S NOT JUST ON THE OTHER END OF THE RED HOTLINE.
HE'S EVERYWHERE.
GOD IS OMNIPRESENT.
HE'S EVERYWHERE THAT YOU GO.
HE WANTS TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE WITH YOU.
HE WANTS TO GO TO WORK WITH YOU.
HE WANTS TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR WORK, WITH YOUR PARENTING,
WITH EVERYTHING YOU DO.
AND I TELL YA WHAT, I'M JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT
MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
AND THE LONGER I'M IN RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD,
THE MORE EXCITED I GET.
AND I LOVE TO STUDY THINGS ABOUT BEING LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
VERSE--ROMANS 7, VERSE 5, I GUESS WE'RE AT NOW.
"WHEN WE WERE LIVING IN THE FLESH (MERE PHYSICAL LIVES),
THE SINFUL PASSIONS THAT WERE AWAKENED AND AROUSED UP
BY [WHAT] THE LAW [MAKES SIN]
WERE CONSTANTLY OPERATING IN OUR NATURAL POWERS (IN OUR BODILY
ORGANS, IN THE SENSITIVE APPETITES AND WILLS OF
THE FLESH), SO THAT WE BORE FRUIT FOR DEATH."
OKAY, NOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WHEN YOU MAKE SOMETHING A LAW THAT YOU HAVE TO DO IT OR YOU
HAVE TO NOT DO IT--LET'S SAY THAT YOU HAVE TO NOT DO IT.
LIKE IF YOU WERE IN A ROOM WITH ME AND I SAID,
"YOU SEE THAT DOOR OVER THERE, DON'T YOU EVER OPEN THAT DOOR.
DON'T EVER LOOK TO SEE WHAT'S BEHIND THAT DOOR,
DO YOU UNDERSTAND IT?
THAT'S THE ONE RULE OF THE HOUSE.
YOU MUST NOT EVER LOOK BEHIND THAT DOOR TO SEE WHAT'S THERE."
AND SO THEN I SAID, "NOW I'M GONNA GO TO THE GROCERY
STORE AND I'M GONNA COME BACK.
BUT DON'T YOU LOOK BEHIND THAT DOOR.
MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T DISOBEY ME AND LOOK BEHIND THAT DOOR."
I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT 99.9% OF YOU, WHEN I WAS GONE,
WOULD LOOK BEHIND THE DOOR.
AND THEN YOU KNOW WHY IT MINISTERS DEATH TO YOU?
BECAUSE THEN YOU WOULD FEEL GUILTY BECAUSE YOU DID
THE THING THAT YOU KNEW THAT YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO DO.
THEN WHEN I CAME BACK, YOU'D FEEL LIKE YOU HAD TO HIDE AND
SHRINK FROM ME IN CASE I ASK YOU IF YOU LOOKED BEHIND THE DOOR
BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO LIE TO ME AND THEN
IT'S JUST GONNA MAKE THINGS A WHOLE LOT WORSE.
WELL, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE DO IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
WHEN WE MAKE THINGS TO BE LAWS, YOU HAVE TO PRAY 1 HOUR EVERY
DAY AND YOU HAVE TO READ YOUR BIBLE THROUGH EVERY YEAR
AND THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO READ 6 CHAPTERS EVERY DAY.
YOU HAVE TO DO THAT.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU'RE GONNA GO...YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE OKAY FOR A FEW DAYS.
YOU MIGHT BE LIKE ME.
I HAD MY BIBLE-READING CALENDAR AND AS LONG AS I WAS GETTING MY
CHECKMARKS, I WAS IN GOOD SHAPE.
WE LOVE CHECKMARKS.
THE FLESH LOVES CHECKMARKS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT THEN WHEN MY FLESH GOT WORN OUT BECAUSE I WAS
MAKING IT A LAW--AND BY THE WAY I READ SIX CHAPTERS EVERY DAY,
BUT I DIDN'T LEARN A THING.
GOD SAID TO ME ONE DAY, "WHAT'D YOU LEARN?"
I COULDN'T COME UP WITH ONE THING.
YOU KNOW WHY?
I WASN'T DOING IT FOR ANY KIND OF QUALITY.
I WASN'T DOING IT BEING LED BY THE SPIRIT,
AND IT'S A GOOD THING TO DO.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO READ THE BIBLE THROUGH EVERY YEAR.
I PERSONALLY HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME WITH THAT BECAUSE I GET IN
IT AND BECAUSE I'M A TEACHER, I READ SOMETHING
THAT STRIKES MY INTEREST.
NOW THE NEXT THING I KNOW, I'VE GOT OUT A CONCORDANCE
AND A DICTIONARY AND NOTEPADS AND PAPERS AND COMPUTERS,
AND I'M TRACKING THAT THING DOWN.
THAT'S HOW THAT MESSAGE CAME FOR MOTIVES.
I READ ONE THING ABOUT MOTIVES AND I THOUGHT, WHOA.
WELL, I DIDN'T FINISH MY BIBLE READING FOR THE DAY.
I COULDN'T GET MY CHECKMARK, BUT I SURE GOT A WORD FROM GOD.
COME ON.
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, YOUR MIND WILL OFTEN LEAD YOU
AWAY FROM THE THINGS OF GOD.
SO WE NEED TO ASK HIM TO HELP US BE LED BY THE SPIRIT INSTEAD OF
BEING LED BY EVERY THOUGHT THAT FALLS INTO OUR OWN HEAD.
WE NEED TO FOCUS ON FILLING UP OUR SOUL AS OPPOSED
TO JUST BEING LED BY EVERY THOUGHT THAT WE THINK.
LET'S LEARN HOW TO THINK WITH THE MIND OF CHRIST.
AND ONE OF THE WAYS TO DO THAT IS TO REALLY STUDY
THE WORD OF GOD.
WELL, TODAY WE'RE OFFERING SOME RESOURCES THAT I THINK
ARE GONNA HELP YOU REALLY STUDY GOD'S WORD.
IT'S "THE EVERYDAY LIFE STUDY BIBLE" AND A DVD CALLED
"HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE."
YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE ENJOYING THIS
STUDY BIBLE, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY GOING TO HELP YOU TOO.
IT'S THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE WITH A LOT OF
MY TEACHING NOTES IN IT, OUTLINES FROM MESSAGES THAT
I'VE DONE, DIFFERENT LIFE POINTS THAT WE WANT YOU TO HAVE.
I REALLY BELIEVE IT'S GONNA HELP YOU SEE THE WORD OF GOD
IN A MORE PRACTICAL WAY.
AND THEN THE DVD WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE STEPS OF HOW TO
ACTUALLY STUDY THE WORD OF GOD.
AND SO WE WANT YOU TO GET THESE RESOURCES.
I BELIEVE THEY'RE REALLY GOING TO HELP YOU.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE WORD OF GOD IS ALWAYS A GREAT GIFT TO GIVE
ANYBODY SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A BIRTHDAY GIFT OR SOME SPECIAL
GIFT FOR A FRIEND OF YOURS, WHY NOT GIVE THEM
THE BEST GIFT OF ALL?
GIVE THEM THE WORD.
ANNOUNCER: READING THE WORD OF GOD CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE,
BUT FOR MANY, FINDING A STARTING POINT IS OFTEN
DISCOURAGING AND THAT'S WHERE TODAY'S RESOURCES CAN HELP.
"THE EVERYDAY LIFE BIBLE," WHICH INCLUDES NOTES FROM JOYCE'S
PERSONAL JOURNEY AND THE DVD "HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE" WILL
PROVIDE DIRECTION AND STABILITY IN YOUR TIME WITH GOD.
BOTH ARE AVAILABLE FOR A DONATION OF...
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS CALL US TOLL FREE AT...
OR VISIT US AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
JOYCE: TRUST HIM ALL THE TIME.
YOUR WALK WITH GOD IS NOT ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE.
IF YOU WANNA MAKE THE DEVIL MAD, GET HAPPY.
HE HAS TO GET THE CREDIT.
HE HAS TO GET THE GLORY.
JOYCE: WELL, YOU'VE SPOKEN AND PICKED YOUR FAVORITE
"ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE" SHOWS FROM 2017, AND NOW WE'RE GOING
TO REVEAL THE WINNERS.
SO WATCH EVERY DAY TO SEE YOUR WINNERS.
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?
FEMALE: AND I LOVE THAT MAGAZINE SHE SENDS OUT.
FEMALE: THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE FOR EVERYBODY.
ANNOUNCER: THE "ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE"
MAGAZINE IS FREE.
SUBSCRIBE AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG TO READ ENCOURAGING ARTICLES
FROM JOYCE AND MUCH MORE FEMALE: READING THROUGH
THE MAGAZINE CONFIRMS FOR ME GOD'S AT WORK.
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT WE ALL NEED TO LEARN TO
ENJOY THE JOURNEY IN LIFE, AND JUST BE SO FOCUSED ON
OUR DESTINATION THAT WE MISS EVERYTHING ELSE.
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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