ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: IF GOD GIVES ME WHAT I WANT I BELIEVE IN HIM AND
IF HE DON'T GIVE ME WHAT I WANT THEN I BELIEVE THAT HE KNEW
SOMETHING I DIDN'T KNOW AND I TRUST HIM ANYWAY.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: WELL, FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS IN MY TEACHING, I FOUND
MYSELF TALKING A LOT ABOUT LIVING LIFE ON PURPOSE AND DOING
THINGS ON PURPOSE AND NOT JUST WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO
YOU BUT MAKING SOME DECISIONS AND LIVING LIFE REALLY
AGGRESSIVELY.
AND SO, AS A RESULT OF THAT, USUALLY WHEN I KEEP SAYING THE
SAME THING OVER AND OVER, I KNOW IT'S A MESSAGE THAT GOD REALLY
WANTS TO GET OUT TO PEOPLE.
AND SO I'VE WRITTEN A BOOK CALLED, "SEIZE THE DAY."
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY A GOOD BOOK THAT'S GONNA HELP A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN
EACH OF US A FREE WILL.
THAT MEANS WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHOICES.
GOD LOVES US AND YOU REALLY CAN'T LOVE AND NOT OFFER PEOPLE
FREEDOM.
GOD DOESN'T WANT TO CONTROL OUR EVERY MOVE.
HE DOESN'T WANT TO JUST MAKE US DO A LOT OF THINGS.
HE HAS A GOOD LIFE FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US BUT HE--WE HAVE
TO BE WILLING TO TAKE HOLD OF THAT LIFE, SO TO SPEAK.
I LOVE WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS IN JOSHUA WHERE MOSES HAD DIED
AND THE PEOPLE HAD NEVER YET COME INTO THE PROMISED LAND.
THEY WANDERED AROUND OUT IN THE WILDERNESS FOR 40 YEARS.
AND GOD SPOKE TO JOSHUA WHO WAS NOW GOING TO TAKE THE JOB THAT
MOSES HAD HAD AND HE WAS GOING TO LEAD THE PEOPLE INTO
THE PROMISED LAND.
AND THE LORD SPOKE TO HIM AND SAID, "EVERY PLACE ON WHICH THE
SOLE OF YOUR FOOT SHALL TREAD, THAT HAVE I ALREADY GIVEN
UNTO YOU."
AND I LOVE THAT.
IN OTHER WORDS, GOD HAS ALREADY GOT A GOOD LIFE LAID OUT
FOR YOU.
BUT NOW HE'S SAYING, "EVERY STEP THAT YOU TAKE TOWARD
THAT GOOD PLAN, THAT IS GROUND THAT YOU WILL GAIN.
WE CAN'T JUST SAY, "WELL, I BELIEVE GOD'S GOT A GOOD LIFE
FOR ME.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD'S GOT A GOOD LIFE FOR ME SO I'M JUST
WAITING FOR IT TO HAPPEN.
YOU CAN'T WISH BLESSINGS INTO YOUR LIFE.
WE NEED TO DO WHAT GOD IS ASKING US TO DO AND WE NEED TO LEARN TO
LIVE LIFE ON PURPOSE.
REALLY, THE THEME OF THIS BOOK IS TO LIVE LIFE ON PURPOSE
FOR A PURPOSE.
LET ME SAY IT AGAIN.
TO LIVE LIFE ON PURPOSE FOR A PURPOSE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT ANY OF US WHO CALL OURSELVES CHRISTIANS NEED
TO UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY DAY OF OUR LIFE SHOULD BE ABOUT
FULFILLING THE CALL OF GOD ON OUR LIFE, BEING THE BEST VERSION
OF US THAT WE CAN BE FOR THE GLORY OF GOD.
I'M NOT IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD SO HE CAN JUST GIVE ME
EVERYTHING I WANT.
HE WANTS US TO SERVE HIM.
YOU'RE NOT IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD JUST SO HE CAN GIVE YOU
EVERYTHING YOU WANT.
HE WANTS YOU TO SERVE HIM AND TO SERVE HIM AGGRESSIVELY.
GOD HAS SO MANY GOOD THINGS FOR US, BUT WE CAN'T JUST SIT BACK
PASSIVELY AND HOPE THAT THEY HAPPEN TO US.
SO I'VE WRITTEN WHAT I BELIEVE IS A REALLY GOOD BOOK THAT'S
GONNA HELP YOU GET UP EVERY DAY AND TAKE YOUR LIFE BACK.
I THINK THAT A LOT OF TIMES WE'VE JUST LET A LOT OF OUR
LIFE HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM US THROUGH CIRCUMSTANCES, THROUGH
WRONG MINDSETS THAT WE HAVE, AND WE JUST WISH LIFE WASN'T THAT
WAY BUT WE'RE NOT REALLY DOING WHAT WE CAN DO TO CHANGE IT.
SO THIS BOOK, I GUESS, IS ALL ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE STIRRED UP
AGAIN, FANNING THE FLAME LIKE THE APOSTLE PAUL TOLD TIMOTHY,
STOP LIVING IN FEAR, DON'T LIVE THIS LITTLE BITTY LIFE WHERE
YOU'RE JUST SITTING AROUND BEING JEALOUS OF EVERYBODY ELSE
BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT WHAT YOU'D LIKE.
AND MAYBE HAVING A RESENTFUL ATTITUDE.
GOD HAS GOT A GREAT LIFE FOR YOU.
NOW, YOU NEED TO USE YOUR FREE WILL TO CHOOSE THE WILL OF GOD
AND SEE WHAT GREAT THINGS HE WILL DO FOR YOU.
THANK YOU.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: "CHRIST IN US, THE HOPE OF GLORY."
THAT SAME POWER THAT RAISED CHRIST FROM THE DEAD DWELLS IN
US, AND IT WILL QUICKEN OUR MORTAL BODIES.
IT'S ABOUT BELIEVING, AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
IT IS A JOURNEY, AND IT'S A JOURNEY THAT EVERYBODY CAN WALK.
GOD DOESN'T HAVE THESE FEW LITTLE FAVORITES THAT HE PICKS
OUT AND DOES SPECIAL THINGS FOR.
HE DOES DIFFERENT THINGS THROUGH DIFFERENT ONES OF US, AND NO ONE
THING IS GREATER THAN ANOTHER THING.
YOU'RE DOING THE GREATEST THING IF YOU'RE JUST DOING WHAT GOD IS
ASKING YOU TO DO IN YOUR LITTLE CORNER OF THE WORLD, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BUT, ANYWAY, I WAS GONNA--WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THIS PRAYING AND BELIEVING THING AND HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS WHEN YOU PRAY TO BELIEVE, SO I WROTE DOWN
IN MY NOTES, "PRAY TO BE LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND THEN HAVE
A CONFIDENT ATTITUDE THAT YOU CAN BE LED BY THE SPIRIT."
AND MY GRAMMAR CHECK THING ON MY COMPUTER KEPT KICKIN' IT OUT
AS AN ERROR, AND I'M THINKIN' THERE'S NOTHIN' MISSPELLED.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT?
WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT?
AND THEN I SAW IT.
EVEN THE COMPUTER SOMETIMES IS SMARTER THAN WE ARE.
I WROTE DOWN, "PRAY TO BE LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND THEN HAVE
A CONFIDENT ATTITUDE THAT," I DIDN'T SAY THIS, BUT
THAT, "SOMEDAY YOU CAN BE."
SEE, YOU'RE NOT GETTIN' IT EITHER.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT?
IF I PRAY TO BE, THEN I NEED TO BELIEVE THAT I AM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IF I PRAY TO THE GOD WHO CAN DO EVERYTHING THAT I
WILL BE, THEN I DON'T GO PRAY THAT I CAN.
I SAY THAT I AM.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: GOD, HELP ME CHANGE.
THEN ALL I NEED TO SAY AFTER THAT IS, "EVERY DAY I'M CHANGING
INTO HIS IMAGE FROM GLORY TO GLORY."
I DON'T HOPE IT'S GONNA HAPPEN SOMEDAY.
NOW, "FAITH IS THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR," NOW.
FAITH IS ALWAYS NOW.
IT'S NOT YESTERDAY, TOMORROW, OR IT'S NOW.
DON'T LIVE IN FEAR.
I'M SO AFRAID MY KIDS ARE GONNA GET IN TROUBLE.
GOD, I ASK YOU TO CHANGE THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED
IN MY CHILDREN, AND I HOPE SOMEDAY THAT YOU WILL.
NO, I ASK YOU TO DO THIS, GOD, AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE
WORKING RIGHT NOW.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF I'VE SEEN IT OR FELT IT.
I BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE WORKING.
ARE YOU WITH ME?
COME ON, I WANT YOU TO GET THINGS INTO THE NOW, BUT SEE,
WE HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT TIME BELIEVIN' WHAT WE CAN'T SEE
OR FEEL.
OKAY, NOW I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT
SOMETHING HERE.
I HOPE THIS INTERESTS YOU.
I FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING.
I'VE BEEN REREADING A BOOK CALLED, "SATAN IS ALIVE AND WELL
ON PLANET EARTH," THAT I READ.
IT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FIRST BOOKS THAT KIND OF INTERESTED ME
IN A DEEPER WALK WITH GOD BACK IN THE '70S.
THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN IN 1972, AND, YOU SEE, UP UNTIL THEN I
DIDN'T EVEN REALLY KNOW THE DEVIL WAS REAL.
I JUST THOUGHT HE WAS--I DON'T KNOW WHAT I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW?
I MEAN, THE WHOLE IMAGE OF THE RED SUIT AND THE LONG TAIL AND
THE PITCH FORK IS GEARED TOWARD MAKIN' US THINK HE'S LIKE SOME
KIND OF A COMIC CARTOON CHARACTER, BUT LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING.
THE DEVIL IS ALIVE AND WELL ON PLANET EARTH, AND IRREGARDLESS
OF WHETHER YOU LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT OR NOT WE
HAVE TO TALK ABOUT 'EM BECAUSE AS LONG AS THE CHURCH KEEPS
THINKING THAT WE HAVE NO ENEMY, THEY'RE NEVER GONNA REALIZE THAT
THEY'RE IN A WAR AND THEY GOTTA LEARN HOW TO DO BATTLE.
WE ARE A TARGET, AMEN?
AND EVERY INCH OF GROUND YOU TAKE IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF FIGHTING TO TAKE IT, AND
PART OF THAT FIGHTING IS JUST HANGIN' ONTO YOUR FAITH IN GOD
NO MATTER WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND NO MATTER WHAT IT FEELS LIKE.
NOW I JUST WANNA SAY THIS, AND I HOPE YOU GET IT.
I THINK SOMETIMES WE SPEND TOO MUCH TIME BELIEVING GOD
FOR SOMETHING INSTEAD OF JUST BELIEVING GOD.
NOT THAT IT'S WRONG TO BELIEVE GOD FOR SOMETHING, BUT WE JUST
NEED TO MAKE A DECISION THAT WE ARE JUST GOING TO BELIEVE GOD.
SO IN THIS BOOK I READ SOME OF THESE FOLLOWING THINGS,
AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I JUST ADDED THIS TO THIS MESSAGE LAST WEEK 'CAUSE I JUST
THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY GOOD.
IN 1704, ALL THE WAY BACK THEN, A MAN NAMED KANT, K-A-N-T, WHO
HAD NEVER TRAVELED MORE THAN 69 MILES FROM HIS HOME,
WHICH WAS IN PRUSSIA, AND HE WAS A GERMAN
PHILOSOPHER--NOW I DON'T KNOW WHY THE WORD "PHILOSOPHER"
IMPRESSES US.
OH, HE'S A PHILOSOPHER.
WELL, WHAT IS THAT?
I THOUGHT, "I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT IT IS.
I'M GONNA STUDY IT."
IT'S A PERSON WHO OFFERS A VIEW OR A THEORY TO
A PROFOUND QUESTION.
A PHILOSOPHER IS A THINKER.
WELL, THEN WE'RE ALL PHILOSOPHERS BECAUSE WE'VE ALL
GOT OUR VIEWS, AND WE'VE ALL GOT OUR THEORIES ABOUT THINGS, AND
GOD HELP US IF EVERYBODY STARTS BELIEVING EVERYTHING WE THINK.
COME ON.
IT'S THE STUDY OF NATURE AND THE MEANING OF LIFE, A PARTICULAR
VIEW, A PERSON WHO REGULATES THEIR LIFE ACCORDING TO REASON.
OH, MY, GOSH, NOW THIS GETS SCARY.
BOY, I WISH I HAD TIME TO RUN YOU THROUGH A BUNCH OF
THE SCRIPTURES THAT TALK ABOUT THE DANGERS OF REASONING.
"LEAN NOT TO YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING.
IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM,
AND HE WILL DIRECT YOUR PATH."
I LOVE WHAT THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID.
IT'S RECORDED IN 1 CORINTHIANS 2:2.
AND, YOU KNOW, PAUL, WE CAN TELL FROM STUDYING THE BIBLE, WAS
A VERY SMART MAN.
I MEAN, HE WAS EDUCATED, HIGHLY EDUCATED, AND HE PROBABLY
WOULD'VE BEEN CONSIDERED A BRILLIANT MAN.
AND I BET THAT GUY COULD DO SOME THINKIN', AND YET IN
1 CORINTHIANS 2:2, THE BIBLE SAYS,
"I HAVE DECIDED TO KNOW NOTHING...AMONG YOU BUT CHRIST
AND HIM CRUCIFIED."
I LOVE THAT.
STOP TRYING TO FIGURE SO MUCH STUFF OUT, AND JUST BELIEVE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHY DID THAT WONDERFUL CHRISTIAN DIE AND THIS WRETCHED
SINNER IS STILL ALIVE?
YOU AIN'T GONNA FIGURE THAT OUT, AND EVEN IF YOU COME UP WITH
SOMETHING YOU THINK MAKES SENSE YOU'RE PROBABLY WRONG.
I TELL YA THE ANSWER TO A LOT OF THIS STUFF I DON'T KNOW, BUT I
DO KNOW GOD, AND THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT, BUT I DO KNOW GOD.
I KNOW THAT HE LOVES ME.
I KNOW THAT I LOVE HIM.
I KNOW I'M GONNA SPEND ETERNITY WITH HIM, AND I AM NOT GONNA
MAKE MYSELF MISERABLE THE YEARS THAT I'VE GOT HERE TRYIN' TO
FIGURE OUT THINGS THAT ARE TOO WONDERFUL FOR ME.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW IT OR NOT, BUT GOD LIKES MYSTERIES.
AND I LOVE A GOOD MYSTERY, SO I'VE JUST DECIDED THAT'S
THE NATURE OF GOD IN ME.
WE LIKE MYSTERIES, NOT TO SIT AROUND AND TRY TO FIGURE THEM
OUT, BUT I JUST--JUST, IT'S LIKE, WOW.
WELL, JOYCE, WHAT ABOUT FAITH?
WE CAN'T USE OUR FAITH JUST TO GET EVERYTHING WE WANT THE WAY
WE WANT IT AND THEN BE CONFUSED WHEN WE DON'T.
WE BELIEVE FOR WHAT WE WANT, AND IF WE DON'T GET IT WE KEEP
BELIEVING.
DID YOU HEAR ME?
I SAID WE BELIEVE FOR WHAT WE WANT.
WE BELIEVE FOR THE BEST.
I LOVE SOMETHING THAT OUR STAFF PASTOR, MIKE SHEPHERD,
TOLD SOMEBODY RECENTLY WHO WAS GOIN' THROUGH
A REALLY ROUGH TIME.
HE SAID, "TRUST IN THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD,
AND REACH FOR HIS PROMISES."
COME ON, THAT'S GOOD.
TRUST IN THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD, BUT REACH FOR HIS PROMISES.
I'M ALWAYS GONNA BELIEVE FOR WHAT I FEEL LIKE IN MY LIMITED
KNOWLEDGE IS THE BEST THING THAT GOD CAN DO FOR ME, BUT I CAN
TELL YA IT'S ALWAYS GONNA INVOLVE MY COMFORT.
BUT HOW WONDERFUL IS IT TO JUST BE ABLE TO TRUST GOD.
COME ON, SOME OF YOU NEED TO JUST TAKE A REST.
COME ON NOW, YOU'RE TOO QUIET.
YOU'RE SCARIN' ME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU'RE THINKIN' SOME STUFF OVER, AREN'T YOU?
IT'S LIKE...
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL, HOW CAN I BELIEVE WHAT I DON'T SEE
AND WHAT I DON'T FEEL?
AND YOU MEAN I'M SUPPOSED TO LIVE MY LIFE AND TRY TO NOT NOT
FIGURE ANYTHING OUT?
AND IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER IF I GET IT OR I DON'T AS LONG AS I
KNOW THAT I'M GONNA SPEND ETERNITY WITH GOD?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
IF YOU WANNA GIVE THE DEVIL A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, THIS IS
THE WAY TO DO IT.
YOU JUST TELL HIM, "YOU TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT!
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DO!
I'M GONNA BELIEVE IN GOD UNTIL I DRAW MY LAST BREATH!
THEN I'M GONNA SPEND ETERNITY IN HEAVEN!"
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: IF GOD GIVES ME WHAT I WANT, I BELIEVE IN HIM, AND IF
HE DON'T GIVE ME WHAT I WANT, THEN I BELIEVE THAT HE KNEW
SOMETHING I DIDN'T KNOW, AND I TRUST HIM ANYWAY..."
COME ON, CHURCH.
WE GOTTA GROW UP.
WE GOTTA GET OVER THIS SOFT, WIMPY, WHINEY CHRISTIANITY.
TAKE UP YOUR SWORDS.
OKAY, SO THIS GUY IS--THIS KANT WHO TRIED
TO TELL US WE CAN'T, HE WAS A PHILOSOPHER.
THE WORLD'S BEEN FULL OF 'EM.
AND KANT'S ORIGINAL THINKING OFFERED A VIEW THAT IS STILL
EFFECTING THE CIVILIZED WORLD TODAY.
HE BEGAN TO QUESTION WHETHER A MAN SHOULD ACCEPT THINGS THAT
WERE BEYOND HIS FIVE SENSES.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF HE COULDN'T SEE IT, SMELL IT, TOUCH IT,
TASTE IT, OR HEAR IT, THEN IT COULDN'T POSSIBLY BE REAL.
HERE I AM URGING PEOPLE TO BELIEVE IN GOD, BELIEVE WHAT HIS
WORD SAYS, NO MATTER WHAT YOU SEE, THINK, HEAR, SMELL, TOUCH,
OR TASTE, AND THIS GUY COMES ALONG AND SAYS, "WELL, IF YOU
CAN'T CONNECT WITH IT WITH YOUR FIVE SENSES, THEN IT CAN'T
POSSIBLY BE REAL."
HE BELIEVED THERE WERE NO ABSOLUTES, NO CAUSE AND EFFECT,
THAT NO PERSON COULD ACCEPT ANYTHING BEYOND THEIR OWN
EXPERIENCE, AND THAT TRUE FREEDOM WAS IN OBEYING ONLY THE
MORAL LAW THAT EXISTED IN YOU.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU FEEL IS RIGHT
FOR YOU.
NOW, THIS IS THE FIRST GUY THEY TALK ABOUT, SO I CAN'T SAY THAT
THERE WAS NOBODY ELSE LIKE THAT BEFORE HIM, BUT THIS GUY, WHO
NEVER GOT MORE THAN 69 MILES FROM HIS HOME, THIS THEORY THAT
HE HAD, BEGAN TO SPREAD, AND PEOPLE STARTED ADOPTING IT.
NOW THIS IS JUST HOW SNEAKY THE DEVIL IS.
THEN ALONG COMES ANOTHER GUY WITH ANOTHER THOUGHT BOMB,
AND HIS NAME WAS HEGEL, AND HE LIVED IN THE 1800S.
AND HE TOOK THE IDEAS OF THE FIRST GUY, AND HE PASSED 'EM
FORWARD AND LEFT A HERITAGE OF BRUTAL, VIOLENT FALLOUT WHICH IS
STILL INVADING OUR CENTURY.
HE WAS CALLED THE PHILOSOPHICAL DICTATOR OF GERMANY, AND HE
BELIEVED THAT ONE IDEA OR FACT, THESIS, WORKING AGAINST ANOTHER
IDEA OR FACT, ANTITHESIS, WOULD PRODUCE A NEW FACT, SYNTHESIS.
AND SYNTHESIS IS THE COMBINING OF THINGS TO FORM A NEW THING.
CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING?
IT WORKS WITH CHEMICALS BUT NOT WITH GOD'S WORD.
NOW LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
THIS IS WHAT THAT KIND OF THINKING MIGHT PRODUCE.
NOW EVEN THOUGH THE WORD OF GOD--IF I WAS THIS PHILOSOPHER I
WOULD SAY, "NOW EVEN THOUGH THE WORD OF GOD SAYS THAT WE SHOULD
NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, IT IS PERMISSIBLE TODAY BECAUSE, YOU
SEE, WE LIVE IN A NEW CENTURY WHERE EVERYBODY'S DOING IT."
YOU DIDN'T HEAR ME.
THIS IS THE KIND OF STUPIDITY WE'RE DEALING WITH TODAY.
NOW, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT I'M GONNA MAKE SOMEBODY MAD WHEN I
SAY THIS.
I DON'T WANT TO, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M GONNA GIVE AN ACCOUNT TO GOD IF I DON'T PREACH BOLD ENOUGH
MESSAGES THAT IT MAKES PEOPLE STOP AND THINK ABOUT
THEIR BEHAVIOR.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HOW DARE WE CALL OURSELVES CHRISTIANS AND THEN
LIVE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE WORLD AND PUT SOME KIND OF
PHILOSOPHICAL REASON TO IT AND SAY THAT IT'S OKAY?
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE TOGETHER TODAY BEFORE
THEY'RE MARRIED?
IT IS RAMPANT, AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
THEY'RE NOT ASHAMED OF IT.
THEY DON'T CARE WHO KNOWS IT.
IT'S JUST LIKE A NORMAL, AVERAGE, EVERYDAY THING.
AND SO THAT KIND OF THINKING IS BEING ACCEPTED LITTLE BY LITTLE
BY LITTLE BY LITTLE UNTIL NOW EVEN THE CHURCH DOESN'T REALLY
KNOW THAT IT HAS TOO MUCH OF A PROBLEM WITH IT.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA END THIS THING ON A SOUR
NOTE, BUT I'M JUST TELLIN' YOU WE GOTTA STOP IT, AMEN?
WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE 21ST CENTURY.
I DON'T CARE.
I DON'T CARE IF IT'S THE 50TH CENTURY.
GOD DOES NOT CHANGE.
HIS WORD DOES NOT CHANGE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND I DON'T CARE HOW MODERN WE ARE.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE CHANGED SOME THINGS IN OUR MINISTRY.
WE'VE CHANGED THE WAY THE PLATFORM LOOKS.
I WEAR DIFFERENT CLOTHES.
WE'VE GOT MORE UPDATED MUSIC BECAUSE WE WANT TO BRING IN THE
YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT I TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT I SAID IN
THE VERY BEGINNING.
WE CAN CHANGE THE PACKAGE ALL WE WANT TO, BUT WE CAN'T CHANGE
THE MESSAGE, AND WE CAN'T CHANGE OUR MORALS.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I WILL CHANGE THE PACKAGE THAT I BRING THE GOSPEL
TO YOU IN, SO EVERYBODY CAN RECEIVE IT, BUT I PRAY GOD THAT
I NEVER COMPROMISE MY MORALS JUST BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY
THE WORLD IS GOING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, A LIE IS STILL A LIE, AND STEALING IS
STEALING, AND IMMORALITY IS STILL IMMORALITY.
IF YOU STUDY HISTORY, THE MORE EDUCATED PEOPLE BECAME, THE MORE
THEY REJECTED ABSOLUTES.
AND I CAN TELL YOU AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY,
100% TRUTH.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THIS IS WHAT I'M BASIN' MY LIFE ON.
WE'VE GOT TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT WE'RE GONNA LIVE FOR.
AND ALL THESE LIES THAT SATAN HAS PERPETRATED ALL THESE YEARS
AND TAKEN A LONG TIME TO DO IT, THIS IS WHAT'S WRONG
WITH OUR WORLD TODAY.
THIS IS WHAT'S WRONG WITH SOCIETY.
THIS IS WHY PEOPLE ARE KILLING PEOPLE AND MEN ARE RAPING WOMEN
AND ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE GOIN' ON.
OKAY, NOW, WE GOTTA DO FREUD.
JOYCE: HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF PSYCHOANALYSIS AND--OH, BY THE
WAY, I NEED TO TELL YOU THIS.
EVERY ONE OF THESE MEN WERE ATHEISTS.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM WERE ATHEISTS.
FREUD WAS AN ATHEIST, AND HE OFFERED A THEORY OF TREATMENT
FOR THOSE SUFFERING WITH MENTAL DISORDERS.
HIS THOUGHT FORMED THE BASIS FOR THE PERMISSIVE SOCIETY IN WHICH
WE LIVE TODAY, AND HERE WAS HIS THEORY.
"THE HUMAN RACE IS MOTIVATED CHIEFLY BY PLEASURE."
WELL, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT.
APART FROM GOD THAT IS ALL WE WANNA DO IS FEEL GOOD ABOUT
EVERYTHING.
AND HIS BELIEF WAS THAT EVERYTHING STARTS AND ENDS
WITH SEX.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I DIDN'T MAKE IT UP.
"MAN IS REPRESSED BY SOCIETY IN THE FULFILLMENT OF HIS
UNCONSCIOUS DRIVE FOR THE GRATIFICATION OF THESE
EROTIC DESIRES."
IN OTHER WORDS, SOCIETY HAS SO MANY GUIDELINES AND RULES THAT
THIS GUY WHO JUST ONLY CARES--OR WOMAN WHO CARES NOTHING ABOUT,
ONLY ABOUT SEX BECAUSE SOCIETY WON'T LET HIM JUST DO WHATEVER
HE WANTS TO, NOW THE POOR GUY IS REPRESSED, AND HE GETS A MENTAL
DISORDER AND NEEDS TO BE PSYCHOANALYZED.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW ALL YOU GOTTA DO
IS WATCH TELEVISION TODAY TO REALIZE HOW WEIRD THIS STUFF HAS
GOTTEN.
I MEAN, YOU CAN'T HAVE A TV PROGRAM ON 2 MINUTES AND
EVERYBODY JUMPS IN BED WITH SOMEBODY ELSE.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST DISGUSTING, ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING!
AND THEN THE WORLD HAS TO PUT TOGETHER PANELS OF EXPERTS TO
TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHY PEOPLE ARE KILLIN' PEOPLE AND MEN ARE
RAPIN' WOMEN AND KIDS IN SCHOOL ARE COMMITTING SUICIDE.
I'LL BE THE EXPERT HERE FOR A MINUTE, AND I'LL OFFER YOU
A NEW THEORY!
"IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH!"
AMEN?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: "AND IN HIM THERE IS LIFE, AND THERE IS NO LIFE
WITHOUT HIM!" AND I TELL YOU WHAT, IT'S TIME
FOR US TO STAND UP AND BE BELIEVERS.
WE NEED TO BELIEVE NOT WHAT THE WORLD SAYS, NOT WHAT
THE GOVERNMENT SAYS.
WE NEED TO BELIEVE WHAT GOD SAYS AND ONLY WHAT GOD SAYS, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: COME ON, GIVE GOD SOME PRAISE.
JOYCE: WELL, GOD HAS ALREADY GIVEN US EVERYTHING WE NEED TO
SUCCEED IN LIFE.
BUT SO OFTEN, IT'S OUR FEAR OF INADEQUACY THAT KEEPS US FROM
FULLY EXPERIENCING ALL THAT GOD HAS FOR US.
WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT THE SAME POWER THAT RAISED CHRIST FROM
THE DEAD, DWELLS IN US.
TODAY, I'M OFFERING YOU MY BOOK, "SEIZE THE DAY."
I LOVE THAT SUBJECT.
DON'T JUST LET YOUR DAYS JUST GO BY, YOU HAVE NO PLAN AND NO
PURPOSE AND THEN YOU WONDER WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH YOUR LIFE.
LEARN TO LIVE LIFE ON PURPOSE FOR A PURPOSE.
SO WE'RE OFFERING YOU THE BOOK, "SEIZE THE DAY,"
AND A 3-CD SERIES, 3 HOURS OF TEACHING,
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GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOU AND HE WANTS YOU TO GET IN LINE WITH
THAT PLAN AND BE ALL THAT YOU CAN BE FOR HIS GLORY.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING TODAY.
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EVERY HOUR THAT YOU SPEND ANGRY IS A WASTED HOUR THAT YOU'RE
NEVER GONNA GET BACK IN YOUR LIFE.
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FEMALE: BIG CHOICES, LITTLE CHOICES, SPIRITUAL CHOICES,
PRACTICAL CHOICES.
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COMING TO ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA AUGUST 24 AND 25,
WITH WORSHIP BY KARI JOBE.
AND HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, SEPTEMBER 21 AND 22, WITH
WORSHIP BY JESUS CULTURE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG/CONFERENCE,
OR CALL...
JOYCE: YOU MAY FEEL LIKE YOU ARE TOTALLY INVISIBLE
IN THIS EARTH.
GOD SEES YOU, HE'S GOT A PLAN FOR YOU.
IF YOU'LL JUST BELIEVE JUST A LITTLE TINY BIT, HE'LL REACH
DOWN IN THERE AND HE'LL LIFT YOU UP OUT OF THAT PIT, AND HE'LL
SET YOUR FEET ON A ROCK.
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ANNOUNCER: YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING JOYCE'S
SUMMER MAKEOVER.
STAY TUNED THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF AUGUST TO HELP YOU EMBRACE
YOUR SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION.
THE SUMMER MAKEOVER, SIGN UP TODAY AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG,
AND KEEP WATCHING "ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE."
DAVID: HEY, WE'RE IN HAMMOND, LOUISIANA, ONE OF THE POOREST
PARISHES IN LOUISIANA, AND SO THE NEED HERE IS IMMENSE.
SO, WE'RE HERE PARTNERING WITH MY DAILY BREAD, AND THEY'VE BEEN
WORKING IN THIS WHOLE PARISH FOR YEARS.
THEY REALLY WEREN'T FEEDING IN ONE LOCATION, THEY WERE
TAKING IT OUT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF MANPOWER, A LOT OF DRIVING AROUND.
SO, WE CAME ALONG, THEY HAD JUST BOUGHT THIS BUILDING, AND IT WAS
ALL DILAPIDATED.
AND THEY WANTED TO TURN IT INTO A FEEDING CENTER.
SO, THEY NEEDED THE FUNDING, SO HAND OF HOPE,
JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES CAME ALONGSIDE THEM
AND PROVIDED ALL THE FUNDING FOR EVERYTHING YOU SEE HERE.
AND THEY HAVE SOME EXTRA WAREHOUSE SPACE ON THE BACK OF
HERE, WHICH HAS REALLY IMPROVED WHAT THEY CAN DO AS FAR AS
STORAGE OF FOOD.
THEY'RE FEEDING BETWEEN 100 AND 150 PEOPLE EACH DAY, AND IT'S
JUST THE BEGINNING, HONESTLY.
THEY'RE JUST KIND OF GETTING IT STARTED.
SO, IT'S A GREAT DAY.
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ANNOUNCER: WE HOPE YOU HAVE 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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