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OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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COMING TO HAMPTON, VIRGINIA, MARCH 24 AND 25,
WITH WORSHIP BY PHIL WICKHAM.
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ANNOUNCER: WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE TRUST IS DIFFICULT TO GAIN
AND EASILY BROKEN, YET WE ALL NEED A SAFE PLACE WHERE WE
CAN TRUST FEARLESSLY.
COME, CONNECT WITH THE ONE WHO WON'T LET YOU DOWN, WHOSE
LOVE FOR YOU NEVER EVER FAILS.
AT THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE,
FEATURING JOYCE MEYER AND HER GUESTS: JOEL OSTEEN,
JOHN GRAY, MICHAEL W. SMITH, CHRIS TOMLIN, CECE WINANS
RUTH GRAHAM, AND DAVE MEYER.
JOYCE: YOU WANNA REALLY MAKE THE DEVIL MAD?
TRUST GOD AND ENJOY YOUR LIFE WHILE GOD IS SOLVING
YOUR PROBLEM.
JOEL: SO QUIT TRYING TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT AND SAY,
"GOD, I'M GONNA TAKE THE LIMITS OFF OF YOU.
I KNOW ONE TOUCH OF YOUR FAVOR CAN GET ME
TO WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE."
ANNOUNCER: EARLY BIRD PRICING ENDS MAY 31 SO REGISTER TODAY.
THE 2017 LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: WELL, THE GREATEST TRANSFORMATION, I BELIEVE, IS
WHAT GOD DOES IN US AND HOW HE CHANGES US FROM WHAT WE WERE
WHEN WE STARTED TO WHAT HE WANTS US TO BE.
AND IT'S A PROCESS.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ALL AT ONCE.
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN INSTANTANEOUSLY.
IT HAPPENS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
AND IF YOU WANT TO ENJOY YOUR JOURNEY WITH GOD,
THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO BE PATIENT AND REALIZE THAT, ALTHOUGH
YOU'RE NOT YET WHERE YOU NEED TO BE, THAT GOD'S NOT MAD AT YOU
ABOUT THAT, THAT HE LOVES YOU EVERY STEP OF THE WAY,
AND THE MAIN THING I BELIEVE THAT GOD WANTS IS FOR US
TO JUST KEEP PRESSING ON AND TO BE MAKING
SOME KIND OF PROGRESS.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I LIKE PROGRESS.
I LIKE TO KNOW THAT I'M GETTING SOMEWHERE EVEN IF IT'S NOT
EVERYWHERE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE.
AT LEAST I'M GETTING SOMEWHERE.
SO WE TELL PEOPLE AND HAVE BEEN TELLING THEM FOR YEARS, YOU MAY
NOT BE WHERE YOU WANNA BE, BUT THANK GOD YOU'RE NOT
WHERE YOU USED TO BE.
AND I ENCOURAGE YOU--NOW LISTEN TO ME.
I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU THIS MORNING TO BE EXCITED ABOUT
THE GROWTH THAT YOU'VE HAD.
DON'T BE--DON'T ALWAYS JUST BE LOOKING AT WHAT YOU'RE NOT, WHAT
YOU'RE NOT, WHAT YOU'RE NOT.
BUT REALLY GET EXCITED AND TAKE SOME TIME SOMETIMES AND THINK
ABOUT JUST THE DIFFERENCE IN YOU FROM WHEN YOU STARTED WITH GOD
AND WHERE YOU'RE AT NOW.
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE A LITTLE BIT NICER
THAN YOU USED TO BE?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: OKAY, THANK GOD.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SO THE GREATEST TRANSFORMATION, I BELIEVE,
IS FOR A PERSON TO BE SELFISH, SELF-CENTERED, SELF-CONSCIOUS,
SELF-CONCEITED, SELF-CONFIDENT, SELF-ABSORBED, AND BE TURNED
INTO A CHRISTLIKE, UNSELFISH CHILD OF GOD
WHO WALKS IN LOVE.
THAT'S OUR GOAL: WALKING IN LOVE.
NOT THE WORLD KIND OF LOVE THAT WE TURN ON AND OFF,
DEPENDENT ON WHAT PEOPLE DO, BUT THE AGAPE OF GOD,
THE KIND OF LOVE THAT JUST LOVES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
A GOOD THING TO PRAY IS, "GOD, REDUCE ME TO LOVE.
LET ME BE A BODY WHOLLY FILLED AND FLOODED WITH LOVE."
THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT IS YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD
WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL,
WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND ALL YOUR STRENGTH.
AND YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF.
I THINK THE BIBLE'S A BOOK LARGELY ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS.
IT'S ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, OUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH PEOPLE, BUT IT'S ALSO A LOT ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH OURSELF.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE NOTICED IT YET OR NOT,
BUT A LOT OF THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THE WAY GOD WANTS US
TO SEE OURSELVES AND THE ATTITUDE THAT HE WANTS
US TO HAVE TOWARD OURSELF.
GOD ACTUALLY WANTS YOU TO LOVE YOURSELF.
NOT IN A SELFISH, SELF-CENTERED WAY,
BUT IN A BALANCED, HEALTHY WAY.
HE WANTS YOU TO NOT BE AGAINST YOURSELF ALL THE TIME
AND CONSTANTLY FINDING EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG
WITH YOU, BUT HE WANTS YOU TO SEE WHAT HE HAS CREATED YOU
TO BE AND THAT ALTHOUGH YOU'VE NOT ARRIVED YET,
YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY.
EVERYBODY SAY, "I'M ON MY WAY."
AUDIENCE: I'M ON MY WAY.
JOYCE: SO I THINK TO EXPERIENCE
THIS KIND OF TRANSFORMATION, ONE OF THE THINGS
AND THE FIRST THING THAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED
TO LEARN WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST AND THEN BEGIN
TO WALK IN THAT.
NOW, WHAT DO I MEAN WHEN I SAY, "WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST"?
WELL, WHEN WE'RE BORN AGAIN, WE'RE PUT INTO CHRIST
AND HE COMES TO LIVE IN US.
WE BECOME ONE.
AND SO, HIM BEING IN US, WE NOW SHARE IN EVERYTHING THAT HE IS,
EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS, AND EVERYTHING THAT HE'S DONE
BY FAITH.
JESUS IS TOTALLY RIGHTEOUS.
NOTHING WRONG WITH HIM.
AND DO YOU KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE THAT KNEW NO SON--NO
SIN, BEING JESUS, BECAME SIN THAT WE MIGHT BE MADE
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN CHRIST.
SO IN CHRIST, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NOW HAVE IS RIGHTNESS
INSTEAD OF WRONGNESS.
ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL?
LET'S LOOK AT ROMANS 3:23.
"SINCE ALL HAVE SINNED AND ARE FALLING SHORT
OF THE HONOR AND THE GLORY OF GOD,"
I LIKE THAT.
IT DOESN'T SAY THAT WE'VE ALL SINNED AND DID FALL SHORT.
WE ARE FALLING SHORT EVERY DAY, EVERY MOMENT.
"WE ARE FALLING SHORT OF THE HONOR AND THE GLORY
WHICH GOD BESTOWS AND RECEIVES.
[ALL]," EVERYBODY SAY "ALL."
AUDIENCE: ALL.
JOYCE: HOW MANY OF YOU AGREE WE'VE ALL SINNED?
OKAY, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS AND EVEN IF THEY DID KNOW
THEY MIGHT HAVE A HARD TIME AGREEING TO THE REST OF THIS.
"SO [ALL] ARE JUSTIFIED," THAT MEANS MADE JUST AS IF YOU'VE
NEVER SINNED, "AND MADE UPRIGHT AND IN RIGHT STANDING WITH GOD,
FREELY AND GRATUITOUSLY BY HIS GRACE
(HIS UNMERITED FAVOR AND MERCY),
THROUGH THE REDEMPTION WHICH IS [PROVIDED]
IN CHRIST JESUS."
SO IN CHRIST WE ARE MADE RIGHT WITH GOD.
DO YOU KNOW HOW WONDERFUL AND FREEING IT IS TO NOT
HAVE TO CONSTANTLY MEDITATE ON EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG
WITH YOU?
AM I THE ONLY ONE IN THE BUILDING
THAT'S EXCITED ABOUT THAT?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, ISN'T THAT-- MY GOSH, I DID THAT
FOR SO MANY YEARS AND, YOU KNOW, THE WORLD IS FULL OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TELL YOU WHAT'S WRONG
WITH YOU.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THEY PUT OUT ALL THESE STANDARDS AND RULES
THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE
SUPPOSED TO DO.
I MEAN, EVEN THE MAGAZINES SHOW US WHAT WE'RE
SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE.
BUT YOU GOTTA REMEMBER THAT THOSE ARE ALL AIRBRUSHED.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND THEY'RE LITTLE TEENAGERS THAT DON'T HAVE
1 OUNCE OF BODY FAT ON 'EM.
AND I DON'T KNOW, EXCUSE ME, BUT I DON'T THINK EVE LOOKED
THAT WAY.
I'VE DECIDED TO BELIEVE SHE HAD A LITTLE MEAT ON HER BONES,
AMEN?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: NOW, THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE YOU HAVE IT.
DOESN'T HAVE MUCH TO DO WITH WHAT ELSE I'M SAYING
TODAY BUT--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IT'S STILL GOOD.
AND WHEN I SAY THAT WE'RE RIGHTEOUS, I DON'T MEAN WE DO
EVERYTHING RIGHT.
AND THAT'S THE GLORY OF THIS.
WE ALL ARE FALLING SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD.
YOU'VE ALREADY DONE WRONG THINGS THIS MORNING.
I'VE ALREADY DONE WRONG THINGS.
I HAD SOME KIND OF STUPID THOUGHTS
EARLIER THIS MORNING.
I MEAN, DO YOU EVER GET INTO STUPID IN YOUR HEAD?
IT'S LIKE--AND IT'S LIKE YOU'RE JUST GOING AROUND THINKING
STUFF, GETTING READY, DOING STUFF, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
YOU'RE, LIKE, WHAT?
WHY AM I EVEN THINKING ABOUT THAT?
SO THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WHEN WE SIN, WE NOT ONLY SIN
IN BEHAVIOR, BUT ALSO IN THOUGHT AND WORD.
THOUGHT, WORD, AND DEED.
SO WE MIGHT AS WELL JUST GIVE UP THE PRESSURE OF PERFECTIONISM
AND STOP FEELING LIKE THAT GOD'S GONNA REJECT US OR BE MAD AT US
IF WE DON'T PERFORM PERFECTLY EVERY DAY.
NOW, SOMEBODY MIGHT SAY, "WELL, JOYCE, DON'T YOU THINK
YOU'RE TAKING A CHANCE IN SAYING THAT TO PEOPLE?
WHAT IF THEY JUST NOW THINK IT'S OKAY FOR THEM TO SIN?"
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M NOT THE LEAST BIT WORRIED ABOUT THAT AND I'LL TELL
YOU WHY.
IF YOU LOVE GOD ENOUGH TO COME OUT HERE THIS MORNING TO HEAR
HIS WORD ON A SATURDAY MORNING, THEN YOU ARE NOT A PERSON
THAT'S GETTING UP EVERY DAY, LOOKING FOR AN EXCUSE TO SIN.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: SO I'M GONNA HELP YOU BY TELLING YOU, YES, DO
YOUR BEST AND LET GOD DO THE REST.
AND EVERY DAY, YOU'LL GET BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER,
LITTLE BY LITTLE, FROM GLORY TO GLORY WE IMPROVE.
OVER THE LAST 4--WELL, DAVE AND I HAVE BEEN MARRIED 48 YEARS
AND, OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN REALLY SERIOUSLY
STUDYING THE WORD OF GOD, I MEAN, HE HONESTLY PROBABLY FEELS
LIKE HE'S BEEN MARRIED TO 20 DIFFERENT WOMEN.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND I TELL YOU WHAT.
I STILL HAVE NOT ARRIVED, BUT I AM SURE NOT LIKE I USED TO BE.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE WORD OF GOD IS SUPPOSED TO DO FOR US, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WE ARE TRANSFORMED INTO HIS IMAGE, AMEN?
OUR DESTINATION IS CHRISTLIKENESS.
AND OUR DESTINATION IS TO RESPOND TO PEOPLE AND THINGS
AND SITUATIONS THE WAY THAT JESUS DID
WHEN HE WAS HERE.
THANK GOD THAT THE WORLD IS NOT OUR STANDARD,
BUT JESUS IS OUR STANDARD.
SO I LOVE THAT, THAT WE ARE FALLING SHORT.
IT'S NOT JUST A ONE-TIME THING.
I DIDN'T JUST, LIKE, GET ALL MESSED UP BUT NOW
I'VE GOT IT ALL TOGETHER.
WE ARE FALLING SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD, BUT WE
ARE ALL JUSTIFIED AND MADE RIGHT WITH GOD THROUGH CHRIST.
IN HIM.
NOT IN MY BEHAVIOR.
I DON'T DO EVERYTHING RIGHT, BUT I STILL AM RIGHT.
AND HERE'S THE REASON WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.
NOW, PLEASE LISTEN.
YOU'RE NEVER GONNA PRODUCE ANYTHING THAT YOU DON'T BELIEVE
YOU HAVE.
SO HOW FOOLISH WOULD IT BE, AND THIS IS MANY TIMES
WHAT PEOPLE DO.
"YOU GOTTA DO THIS, YOU GOTTA DO THIS, YOU NEED TO DO THIS,
YOU NEED TO DO THAT."
THAT'S WHAT RELIGION, JUST RAW RELIGION
WITHOUT RELATIONSHIP, DOES TO US MANY TIMES.
LOADS US DOWN WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS
AND ALL OF THESE GUIDELINES ABOUT BEHAVIOR, BUT NEVER
GETS AROUND TO TELLING US WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST, AMEN?
IF I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE SOMETHIN', I CAN'T PRODUCE IT.
IF YOU SAID TO ME, "GIVE ME A DOLLAR," I
COULDN'T GIVE YOU A DOLLAR IF I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I HAD A DOLLAR.
SO HOW CAN YOU EVER HAVE BETTER--HOW CAN YOU EVER PRODUCE
MORE RIGHT BEHAVIOR IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT YOU ARE RIGHT
AND THAT THAT SEED OF RIGHTNESS IS IN YOU AS A GIFT FROM GOD?
SO I WANT EVERYBODY TO SAY, "I'VE GOT IT."
AUDIENCE: I'VE GOT IT.
JOYCE: AND THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW.
WE'VE GOT IT.
WE'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES.
WE'RE FULL OF EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED AND IT'S JUST WORKING
ITS WAY FROM DEEP INSIDE OF US TO OUTSIDE OF US
WHERE EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THIS IS A HAPPY DAY.
HAPPY DAY, HAPPY DAY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: OKAY, WE ARE LOVED.
WOW!
SO MANY PEOPLE DESPERATELY NEED TO NOT ONLY HEAR THAT
BUT BELIEVE IT.
I'VE SAID SEVERAL TIMES IN THIS CONFERENCE,
"GOD IS NEVER GONNA LOVE YOU ANY MORE THAN HE DOES
AT THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW."
YOU MIGHT THINK, "WELL," 'CAUSE, SEE, SOMETIMES WE THINK,
"WELL, IF WE IMPROVE THEN GOD'LL LOVE US MORE."
GOD DOESN'T LOVE US BECAUSE OF ANYTHING WE DO.
HE LOVES US BECAUSE THAT'S WHO HE IS.
GOD IS LOVE AND HE LOVES US WITH EVERLASTING LOVE,
WITH A PERFECT LOVE THAT IS UNCONDITIONAL
AND CANNOT BE BOUGHT.
CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING TODAY?
GOD IS NOT FOR SALE AND YOU CANNOT BUY HIM
WITH YOUR GOOD WORKS.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
IT'S FREE GRACE.
GOD LOVES US NOT BECAUSE WE DESERVE IT BUT BECAUSE HE
HAS TO DO THAT.
THAT'S JUST WHAT HE DOES.
AND SO, EVEN IF YOU JUST ARE HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME
GETTING AHOLD OF HOW GOD COULD LOVE YOU, JUST RECEIVE IT
AND LET THAT LOVE BEGIN TO HEAL THE WOUNDS IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, I WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED BY MY DAD.
AT LEAST, YOU KNOW IT IF YOU'VE WATCHED MY TV PROGRAM.
AND WENT ON FOR MANY YEARS AND I TALK ABOUT IT A LOT
BECAUSE IT WAS THE CAUSE OF SO MANY WOUNDS IN MY LIFE
THAT NEEDED TO BE HEALED.
CHILDREN ARE MEANT TO BE LOVED AND CARED FOR AND TO GET
TO LAUGH AND TO PLAY AND TO BE NURTURED
AND I DIDN'T GET ANY OF THAT.
THE PEOPLE WHO TOLD ME THAT THEY LOVED ME, ABANDONED ME,
ABUSED ME.
MY DAD WAS ANGRY ALL THE TIME.
EVERY TIME YOU DIDN'T DO EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTED,
HE WAS ANGRY.
YOU NEVER KNEW FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT WHAT HE EXPECTED,
SO EVEN IF YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD IT FIGURED OUT ON TUESDAY,
IT MIGHT CHANGE ON WEDNESDAY.
AND THE WHOLE GOAL, IT SEEMED LIKE, FOR YEARS, WAS JUST TO TRY
TO DANCE AROUND HIM AND TRY TO KEEP HIM FROM GETTING MAD
BECAUSE IF HE GOT MAD YOU NEVER KNEW WHAT HE WAS GONNA DO.
I MEAN, SOMETIMES HE'D BEAT MY MOTHER UP OR RANT AND RAVE
AND SCREAM AND YELL.
YOU JUST NEVER KNEW.
AND SO BY THE TIME YOU HAVE ABOUT 15 YEARS OF THAT,
YOU'RE MESSED UP.
THEN I MARRIED THE FIRST GUY THAT CAME ALONG WHEN I WAS 18
BECAUSE I THOUGHT SINCE I'D BEEN ABUSED, NOBODY WOULD EVER WANT
ME SO I, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT LOVE WAS.
I'D NEVER SEEN ANY.
SO I JUST MARRIED THE FIRST GUY THAT CAME ALONG.
AND HE WAS JUST A NUTCASE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I SAY THIS A LOT.
VERY OFTEN, PEOPLE THAT ARE HURT AND TROUBLED OUT OF DESPERATION
MARRY OTHER TROUBLED PEOPLE.
BOY, WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL ABOUT MAKING DECISIONS IN DESPERATION.
YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD BE BETTER OFF TO BE BY YOURSELF THAN TO BE
WITH THE WRONG PERSON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: TRUST ME ON THAT, AMEN?
SO 5 YEARS I WAS MARRIED TO HIM.
AND HE WOULD LEAVE ME--HE WOULD ABANDON ME IN OTHER STATES.
AND I'D HAVE TO CALL SOMEBODY AT HOME TO GET SOME MONEY
TO--I GOT ABANDONED IN MEXICO.
I GOT ABANDONED IN CALIFORNIA.
HERE, I'M 18 AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH ALREADY A LIFETIME
OF HELL AND NOW I'VE GOT 5 MORE YEARS OF IT.
AND ALL THIS IS LOVE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HE'D GET TIRED OF BEING OUT BY HIMSELF AND HE'D
SHOW UP AGAIN, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, "OH, I LOVE YOU.
I'M SO SORRY."
AND I WAS DUMB ENOUGH TO KEEP BELIEVING IT TIME
AFTER TIME AFTER TIME.
WHY, WHY?
BECAUSE I WAS DESPERATE FOR LOVE.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE WANT AND NEED, IT'S LOVE.
AND NOT SOME KIND OF A PERVERTED WORLDLY KIND OF LOVE,
BUT A LOVE THAT SAYS, "I LOVE YOU THE WAY YOU ARE."
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT MAYBE WE DON'T NEED TO CHANGE BUT,
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT MY HUSBAND IS HE
JUST LETS ME BE ME.
AND SOMETIMES, THE VERSION OF ME IS NOT AS GREAT
AS SOME OTHER TIMES.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I'M A LITTLE MOUTHY, A LITTLE SNIPPY.
I GOT A LITTLE FIRE IN ME.
AND HE ACTUALLY SAYS THAT THAT'S WHY HE MARRIED ME.
HE LIKES THAT FIRE.
SO I JUST GIVE IT TO HIM SO HE'S HAPPY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT HOW MANY OF YOU JUST GET SO TIRED OF TRYING
TO BE WHAT YOU THINK EVERYBODY WANTS YOU TO BE AND THEN
THEY'RE STILL NEVER SATISFIED?
BUT GOD IS NOT LIKE THAT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HE LIKES YOU.
HE LIKES YOUR BIG FEET.
HE LIKES THE SPACE IN YOUR TEETH.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HE LIKES EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU, EVERY SINGLE THING
ABOUT YOU, THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK ARE
FLAWS, HE THINKS ARE CUTE, AMEN?
EPHESIANS 3:17 AND 18.
HOO!
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND SEE, HERE'S THE THING.
THE MORE THAT YOU KNOW THAT GOD LOVES YOU, THE MORE AMAZED
YOU'RE GONNA BE AND THAT IS GONNA CAUSE YOU TO WANT
TO CHANGE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE
COULD EVER MAKE YOU WANT TO CHANGE.
IT'S KNOWING THAT GOD LOVES YOU.
THE BIBLE SAYS THE LOVE OF CHRIST CONSTRAINS US.
SO THAT MEANS IT'S THE LOVE OF GOD THAT CAUSES US
TO DISCIPLINE OURSELF AND TO NOT MAKE
THOSE WRONG CHOICES THAT WE KNOW WOULD GO AGAINST
THE WILL OF GOD.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, I DO A LOT OF THINGS BECAUSE I LOVE
JESUS THAT I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO DO, AMEN?
I MEAN, I'VE PUT UP WITH SOME PEOPLE
THAT I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD HAVE BEEN WILLING
TO PUT UP WITH.
AND I DON'T DO IT 'CAUSE I WANT TO.
I DON'T DO IT 'CAUSE IT'S FUN.
I DON'T DO IT 'CAUSE I LIKE IT.
I DON'T DO IT 'CAUSE THEY DESERVE IT.
I DO IT BECAUSE I LOVE JESUS AND I LOVE HIM BECAUSE HE
FIRST LOVED ME.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I SPENT A YEAR, NOT A DAY OR 2 DAYS OR A WEEK.
I SPENT A YEAR STUDYING, MEDITATING ON, AND CONFESSING
THAT GOD LOVED ME.
A YEAR.
AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT REVELATION, THEN YOU
MIGHT AS WELL JUST TAKE A BREAK FROM EVERYTHING ELSE.
YOU DON'T NEED TO STUDY ANYTHING ELSE.
AND YOU NEED TO JUST STUDY AND FOCUS ON AND READ EVERYTHING
YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON ABOUT HOW MUCH GOD LOVES YOU.
AND THAT HE'S NEVER GONNA QUIT ON YOU, HE'S NEVER GONNA GIVE UP
ON YOU.
GOD'S NOT MAD AT YOU EVERY TIME YOU MAKE A MISTAKE, AMEN?
AUDIENCE: AMEN.
JOYCE: IN EPHESIANS 3, WHEREVER THAT'S AT IN HERE.
IT SAYS, "MAY CHRIST THROUGH YOUR FAITH--" SEE, YOU HAVE
TO REALIZE THAT ALL THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS MORNING
COMES THROUGH FAITH.
YOU DON'T GET IT IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT.
THAT'S WHY WE STARTED ON THURSDAY NIGHT SAYING,
"DARE TO BELIEVE."
"MAY CHRIST THROUGH YOUR FAITH [ACTUALLY] DWELL (SETTLE DOWN,
ABIDE, MAKE HIS PERMANENT HOME) IN YOUR HEARTS!
AND MAY YOU BE ROOTED DEEP IN LOVE AND FOUNDED SECURELY
ON LOVE, THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE THE POWER
AND BE STRONG TO APPREHEND AND GRASP WITH ALL THE SAINTS
[GOD'S DEVOTED PEOPLE, THE EXPERIENCE OF THAT LOVE]."
WE CAN ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE THE LOVE OF GOD.
YOU CAN LEARN TO RECOGNIZE THAT'S GOD LOVING ME.
GOD DID THAT FOR ME.
THAT'S A WINK FROM GOD.
THAT'S GOD LETTING ME KNOW THAT HE SEES ME
AND THAT HE LOVES ME.
JOYCE: WELL, GOD'S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FOR US
DEFINITELY WILL CHANGE OUR LIVES.
AND IT ALSO GIVES US A DESIRE TO DISCIPLINE OURSELVES
AND MAKE RIGHT DECISIONS ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD.
WE ALL NEED TO CHANGE, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT
TO GO THROUGH CHANGE.
SO TODAY WE'RE OFFERING YOU FOUR CDS CALLED,
"HOW TO SURVIVE CHANGE."
TRUST ME, IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME
RIGHT NOW AND YOU FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING IS SHAKING
AROUND YOU INCLUDING YOU, YOU WILL GET THROUGH IT
AND YOU WILL BE BETTER ON THE OTHER SIDE.
THIS IS A LOT OF GOOD WORD THAT WE'RE OFFERING YOU TODAY,
SO MAKE SURE YOU GET YOURS AND START TO STUDY RIGHT AWAY.
JOHN: MY MOM WAS AN ALCOHOLIC.
SHE COULD BE A VERY MEAN DRUNK.
AS JOYCE SAYS, I NEVER FELT SAFE IN MY HOME GROWING UP.
ONE OF MY MOM'S FAVORITE THINGS TO DO WAS TO SEND US TO OUR ROOM
FOR THE WEEKEND AND WE COULDN'T COME OUT.
NO FOOD.
AND I REMEMBER HAVING A BASKET WITH A ROPE ON IT
THAT I WOULD DROP OUT OF MY SECOND-STORY WINDOW
AND HAD A OLDER NEIGHBOR BOY THAT LIVED BEHIND US
RIGHT UP THE HILL THAT KIND OF KNEW A LITTLE BIT
WHAT WAS GOING ON AND HE'D SNEAK SANDWICHES
UP TO US OVER THE WEEKEND.
THIS ONE PARTICULAR NIGHT, HE TALKED HIS MOM INTO COMING DOWN
AND RESCUING US, IF YOU WILL, SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A MEAL
AND WARM HOUSE.
SHE KINDA, YOU KNOW, TUCKS ME IN BED IN THE SAME ROOM
WHERE HER SON WAS AND WHEN HE CAME TO BED, HE DIDN'T CLIMB
INTO HIS BED, HE CLIMBED INTO MINE.
AND RAPED ME AND PUT MY WHOLE WORLD IN A SPIN.
GOING FORWARD, I WOULD BE CONTINUALLY INVITED.
I WOULD ROUTINELY STOP AT THE TOP OF THAT HILL
AND I'D LOOK BACK AT MY HOUSE AND LOOK AT HIS HOUSE.
IN MY MIND, I WAS CHOOSING, A WARM MEAL FOR WHAT WAS GONNA
COME AFTER THAT.
ANY TIME YOU CAN TAKE A SECRET OUT OF THE DARK AND PUT IT
IN THE LIGHT, THE ENEMY CAN NO LONGER USE IT
AGAINST YOU.
FOR ME, IT WAS GOING UP TO THE TOP OF THAT LITTLE HILL
WHERE I'D, INSTEAD OF HATING THAT LITTLE BOY WHO STOOD
ON THAT HILL, I GOT TO GET ON MY KNEES AND HUG HIM
AND LOVE HIM AND TELL HIM IT WAS OKAY.
HE DID WHAT HE HAD TO DO AND THAT GOD LOVES HIM,
DESPITE THE CHOICES HE WAS FORCED TO MAKE.
IT WASN'T THAT EASY, BUT IT'S EASIER WHEN YOU GET TO SEE
SOMEONE LIKE JOYCE THAT CAN STAND UP AND HELP
SO MANY PEOPLE WITH HER STORY.
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, FOR MANY YEARS, I SAID,
"WELL, IF ONLY I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABUSED."
IF ONLY I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABUSED.
SO OFTEN WE SAY THAT.
"WELL, WHY WEREN'T--WHY DIDN'T YOU HELP ME WHEN I WAS
IN THAT SITUATION?
WHY DIDN'T YOU HELP ME WHEN I WAS BEING ABUSED?"
I PRAYED.
I ASKED GOD TO GET ME OUT OF IT.
HE DIDN'T.
HE COULD HAVE.
HE DIDN'T.
"WELL, JOYCE, HOW CAN YOU NOT BE MAD AT GOD?"
'CAUSE HE'S A WHOLE LOT SMARTER THAN I AM.
HE DIDN'T GET ME OUT OF IT, BUT HE GOT ME THROUGH IT.
I GOT ME SOME EXPERIENCE WITH GOD.
AND NOW, GOD'S TAKEN THAT BROKEN MESS
AND RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, THIS MESSAGE, MY HEALED LIFE,
MY RESTORED LIFE, THIS ONE MESSAGE,
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO START MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OFF
IN A RIGHT JOURNEY OF HEALING IN THEIR LIFE.
JOHN: I HEAL EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP, I LOOK AT MY WIFE,
AND WE START HOLDING HANDS, WATCHING JOYCE,
AND PRAYING TOGETHER.
AFTER ABOUT A MONTH OR TWO, I FELT LIKE I REALLY I--THAT I
NEEDED TO PUT MY MONEY BACK WHERE I WAS BEING FED.
THE FIRST THING I DID WAS I GOT HER ANNUAL REPORT.
I WENT THROUGH EVERY NUMBER.
I DID THE MATH.
I ADDED IT ALL UP.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHERE MY MONEY WAS GOING
WAS REALLY GONNA DO SOME GOOD.
I'M GETTING FED, I'M GETTING HEALED, I'M GETTING SPOKEN TO.
I'M GIVEN PRACTICAL, EVERYDAY THINGS I CAN DO
TO ENJOY MY EVERYDAY LIFE, AND I KNOW THAT I CAN GIVE
MY MONEY TO JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
AND HAND OF HOPE AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO WHERE IT NEEDS
TO GO.
[MUSIC]
ANNOUNCER: JOINING IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES IS MORE THAN JUST A COMMITMENT
OF PRAYER AND FINANCIAL GIVING.
YOU BECOME A PART OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO AROUND THE GLOBE
EVERY DAY: SHARING CHRIST AND LOVING PEOPLE.
BECOME A PARTNER TODAY AND, AS A THANK YOU TO ANYONE
SIGNING UP FOR CONVENIENT AUTOMATIC GIVING
FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'D LIKE TO SEND YOU
JOYCE'S TEACHING SERIES, "TRUST GOD AND DO GOOD."
CALL...OR GO TO JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
ANNOUNCER: LIFE IS FULL OF CHANGE.
IF WE CAN LEARN TO TRUST GOD IN TIMES OF CHANGE AND ALLOW
THE HOLY SPIRIT TO WORK IN OUR LIVES DURING CHANGE,
WE CAN EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF HIS TRANSFORMATION
IN OUR LIVES.
LEARN HOW A TRANSFORMED MIND COMES BEFORE A TRANSFORMED LIFE
WITH JOYCE'S 4-CD SERIES, "HOW TO SURVIVE CHANGE."
JOYCE: THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES TO WORK WITH YOU IN YOUR LIFE
TO HELP WORK WHAT'S IN YOU OUT OF YOU AND TO WORK
THIS TRANSFORMATION AND THIS RESTORATION
IN OUR LIVES.
AND HERE'S THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT,
HE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS JUST THE RIGHT TIMING
IN YOUR LIFE AND JUST THE RIGHT WAY
TO DO THINGS.
AND I TELL YA THE TRUTH, HE IS THE COUNSELOR.
ANNOUNCER: TO ORDER, CALL US TOLL FREE AT...OR VISIT US
AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
[MUSIC]
ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING WAS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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