ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: LOVE ALWAYS LOOKS FOR PEOPLE TO HELP, BUT
YOU GOTTA BE MENTALLY PREPARED BEFORE YOU GO OUT OF YOUR HOUSE
TO DO THAT OR YOU'RE NOT GONNA PAY ANY ATTENTION.
I'M NOT EVEN GONNA ASK FOR A SHOW OF HANDS, BUT I JUST WONDER
HOW MANY PEOPLE IN HERE THIS MORNING EVEN SPENT 30 SECONDS
MENTALLY THINKING ABOUT ASKING GOD TO HELP YOU NOTICE PEOPLE
TODAY THAT WERE IN NEED AND SETTING YOUR MIND TO GO OUT, BE
AN ENCOURAGEMENT, BE FRIENDLY, BE NICE, HELP PEOPLE.
JESUS, WHO WAS ACTUALLY LOVE IN A BODY, AND I LOVE THAT, ALWAYS
TOOK THE TIME TO HELP PEOPLE.
AND HE TOLD A STORY LETTING US KNOW HOW WE SHOULD LIVE.
LUKE 10:26-34, "JESUS SAID TO HIM,
WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE LAW?
HOW DO YOU READ IT?
AND HE SAID, YOU MUST LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR
HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL
YOUR MIND; AND YOU MUST LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.
AND JESUS SAID CORRECTLY, YOU HAVE ANSWERED--JESUS
SAID, YOU HAVE ANSWERED CORRECTLY; DO THIS."
I DRAW A CIRCLE AROUND, "DO THIS."
'CAUSE SEE, A LOT OF TIMES WE KNOW THE ANSWERS,
BUT WE'RE NOT DOING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH YOU CLAP AND
CHEER FOR MY MESSAGE TODAY IF YOU DON'T GO HOME NOW
AND DO THIS.
SO, IF YOU WOULD JUST EVEN TAKE A FEW MINUTES THIS AFTERNOON,
SIT DOWN SOMEWHERE, AND THINK ON PURPOSE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT YOU RENEW YOUR MIND IS BY THINKING
ON PURPOSE ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD.
I WANNA WALK IN LOVE TODAY.
I'M GOING TO WALK IN LOVE TODAY.
HELP ME, LORD, WALK IN LOVE TODAY.
I WANNA HELP SOMEBODY TODAY.
BOY, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT, YOU START PRAYING THAT EVERY DAY,
"GOD, I WANNA HELP SOMEBODY TODAY," YOU'RE GONNA BE
THE BUSIEST PERSON YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE.
I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING I'M NOT IS BORED.
AND FRANKLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW ANY CHRISTIAN COULD BE BORED.
"DO THIS, AND YOU WILL LIVE [ENJOY ACTIVE, BLESSED, ENDLESS
LIFE IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD]."
IS THAT NOT WONDERFUL?
NOW DO THIS AND YOU WILL ENJOY YOUR LIFE.
I LOVE IT.
WE CAN JUST STOP RIGHT HERE AND HAVE A SHOUTING PARTY.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: "AND THE MAN, DETERMINED TO ACQUIT HIMSELF OF
REPROACH, SAID TO JESUS, AND WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?"
LIKE HE DIDN'T KNOW.
"SO JESUS, TAKING HIM UP."
I LOVE THAT.
IT WAS LIKE JESUS SAID, "OKAY, I'LL TAKE THAT CHALLENGE."
"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 ON THEIR WAY, [UNCONCERNEDLY]
LEAVING HIM HALF DEAD, AS IT HAPPENED."
CAN I TELL YOU THAT YOU RUN INTO PEOPLE LIKE THIS EVERY DAY,
PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN BEAT UP BY THE WORLD?
THEY'VE BEEN HURT, THEY'VE BEEN ABUSED, THEY'VE BEEN MISTREATED,
AND THEY'RE LYING SOMEWHERE, IF NOT PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY
AND EMOTIONALLY, ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OF LIFE WITH NO HOPE
AND NO HELP.
AND NOW, WE HAVE SOME OPTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.
"AND NOW BY COINCIDENCE A CERTAIN PRIEST," A RELIGIOUS
MAN, "WAS GOING DOWN THE ROAD, AND WHEN HE SAW THE MAN LYING
THERE IN SUCH A MESS, HE PASSED BY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE ROAD."
HE CROSSED THE STREET TO GET AWAY FROM HIM.
OH MY GOODNESS.
DO WE EVER PULL UP TO A STOPLIGHT AND WE HOPE THAT
THE LIGHT CHANGES AND WE CAN GET AWAY BEFORE THE GUY BEGGING
GETS TO OUR WINDOW?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE JUST
DON'T WANNA MESS WITH THE PEOPLE IN LIFE THAT MAKE US
UNCOMFORTABLE AND WE'RE NOT REAL SURE.
WELL, IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
IF YOU FEEL LIKE GOD WANTS YOU TO HELP 'EM, HELP 'EM, AND IF
YOU FEEL LIKE HE DOESN'T, THEN DON'T.
WE GOTTA USE WISDOM.
NOT EVERYBODY OUT COLLECTING MONEY'S ACTUALLY REALLY POOR.
SOME OF 'EM ARE JUST GETTING RICH, BUT YOU'LL KNOW.
YOU'RE LED BY THE SPIRIT.
YOU'LL KNOW.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I'D RATHER HELP SOMEBODY AND BE
WRONG THAN TO NOT HELP SOMEBODY AND BE WRONG.
AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I'D RATHER GIVE SOMEBODY A COUPLE OF BUCKS AND
THEN HAVE GOD SAY LATER, "OH, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT."
HA HA HA.
"AND THEN A LEVITE," WHO WAS ALSO ANOTHER TYPE OF RELIGIOUS
MAN, "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."
EVERYBODY SAY, "MOVED."
AUDIENCE: MOVED.
JOYCE: "WITH PITY AND SYMPATHY."
WE NEED TO JUST STOP SAYING, "I FEEL SO SORRY FOR THEM."
IT'S OKAY TO FEEL SORRY FOR PEOPLE, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BE
READY TO MOVE.
[SINGLE AUDIENCE MEMBER APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHERE ARE YOU AT?
I'M GONNA KEEP JUST PREACHING JUST TO YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, IF NOTHING ELSE, WHEN YOU THINK OF SOMEBODY
THAT'S HURTING, SAY A PRAYER FOR 'EM.
BE MOVED TO SAY, "GOD, COMFORT THEM TODAY."
ANY LITTLE THING.
ANY THING OTHER THAN NOTHING.
THE ONE THING WE CANNOT KEEP DOING IS NOTHING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOTHING IS NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE.
I TELL YOU, I LIVE AN EXCITING LIFE BECAUSE I NEVER KNOW WHAT
GOD'S GONNA HAVE ME DO NEXT.
I DON'T LIKE ALL OF IT, BUT I'M HAPPY ABOUT WORKING WITH HIM
TO BRING HELP TO PEOPLE.
SO, HE WAS MOVED WITH PITY AND SYMPATHY.
VERSE 34, "AND HE WENT TO HIM AND DRESSED HIS WOUNDS,
POURING ON [THEM] OIL AND WINE.
AND THEN HE SET HIM ON HIS OWN BEAST AND BROUGHT HIM TO AN INN
AND HE TOOK CARE OF HIM THERE."
AND HE HAD TO GO AND FINISH SOME BUSINESS THAT HE HAD TO DO.
HE SAID TO THE INN OWNER, "WHATEVER IT COSTS."
NOW, I LOVE THAT.
"WHATEVER IT COSTS, YOU TAKE CARE OF HIM, AND WHEN I COME
BACK I WILL PAY YOU."
WHATEVER IT COSTS.
WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY BELIEVERS LIKE THAT ANYMORE.
IT'S LIKE, WHATEVER IS REQUIRED, WHATEVER IT COSTS, WHATEVER IT
TAKES, YOU CAN COUNT ON ME.
OH, YOU'RE NOT LIKING THIS LIKE YOU OUGHT TO.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "WELL, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, JOYCE, I'VE ONLY GOT
A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY."
WELL, NOBODY'S EXPECTING ANYBODY TO DO WHAT THEY CAN'T DO.
YOU KNOW, GOD'S EVEN CHALLENGED ME--AND IT'S--I HESITATE TO EVEN
TELL YOU THIS BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA LIKE IT.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA WANT TO APPLY THIS TO YOUR LIFE, BUT I'LL JUST
TELL YOU ANYWAY.
"OH GOD, HELP SO AND SO."
GOD TOLD ME ONE DAY, "WHY DON'T YOU STOP ASKING ME TO DO THINGS
FOR PEOPLE THAT YOU COULD EASILY DO YOURSELF AND JUST DON'T
WANT TO."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: A GROUP OF CHRISTIAN MEN, MANY OF THEM IN MINISTRY
AND SOME IN BUSINESS, WERE PRAYING ONE DAY TOGETHER,
AND THEY BEGAN TO PRAY ABOUT A CERTAIN CONFERENCE THAT THEY
WERE GONNA BE HAVING.
AND ONE MAN BEGAN TO PRAY THAT GOD WOULD PROVIDE THE SUFFICIENT
FUNDS NEEDED FOR THAT CONFERENCE.
AND THEY WENT ON FOR A LITTLE BIT, AND ANOTHER MAN STOPPED
AND SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO PRAY ABOUT THAT.
WE DON'T EVEN NEED TO BOTHER GOD WITH THAT BECAUSE BETWEEN US
WE'VE ALL GOT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO PAY FOR THIS CONFERENCE WITH
NO PROBLEM."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: WHOO, BUDDY.
OH, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'VE GOT OUR LITTLE GIVING MONEY,
AND BOY, IF GOD WANTS ANYTHING BESIDES THAT, IT'S GONNA BE
ROUGH.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "WELL, I'VE DONE MY GIVING THIS MONTH."
NOW, HOW WOULD WE LIKE IT IF GOD SAID THAT?
"NOW LOOK, YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN HERE THREE TIMES THIS MONTH
AND I'VE DONE MY GIVING TO YOU, SO--"
I'M HAVING FUN TODAY.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I'M HAVING FUN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: OKAY, SO HERE'S ONE OF MY QUESTIONS.
IF YOU HAD A NEED, WOULD YOU WANNA BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
I CAN FINALLY SAY YES, BUT THERE WOULD'VE BEEN A LOT OF YEARS IN
MY LIFE WHEN I WOULD'VE HAD TO HAVE THOUGHT, "EH, NOT SO MUCH."
HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT PEOPLE WHEN IT COMES TO DETERMINING,
JUDGING THEM?
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I MEAN, I HAVE TO WORK
AT THIS STUFF.
THIS DON'T ALL COME NATURALLY TO ME.
I MEAN, DAVE MAYBE WAS BORN NATURALLY NICE AND HE LOVES
EVERYBODY, BUT I AIN'T LIKE THAT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND I MEAN, I CAN GO SIT IN STARBUCKS AND THINK,
"I DON'T THINK I LIKE YOU."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: LOOK OVER HERE, "MAN, YOU LOOK REALLY WEIRD."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND WHY DON'T WE LIKE PEOPLE?
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
EVEN IF YOU JUST SEE A WOMAN THAT'S SKINNIER THAN YOU,
YOU CAN NOT LIKE HER.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS USED TO BE TO GO SIT IN
THE MALL AND JUST JUDGE PEOPLE AS THEY WALKED UP AND DOWN
THE AISLE.
I MEAN, I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUTH.
JUST SIT THERE AND JUST, "WELL, WHAT IS A GOOD LOOKING GUY LIKE
YOU DOING WITH THAT WOMAN?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: EH? SEE?
YOU'VE DONE IT TOO.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "MAN, I DON'T GET THAT AT ALL."
WELL, MAYBE HE'S ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT CARES MORE ABOUT
THE HEART AND THE SPIRIT OF A PERSON.
MAYBE HE'S ACTUALLY ACTING A LITTLE MORE LIKE GOD.
OKAY, HERE IT COMES.
LUKE 6:37, "JUDGE NOT [NEITHER PRONOUNCE JUDGMENT NOR SUBJECT
YOURSELF TO CENSURE], AND YOU WILL NOT BE JUDGED; DO NOT
CONDEMN AND PRONOUNCE GUILTY, AND YOU WILL NOT BE CONDEMNED
AND PRONOUNCED GUILTY; ACQUIT AND FORGIVE, RELEASE (GIVE UP
RESENTMENT, LET IT DROP), AND YOU WILL BE ACQUITTED
AND FORGIVEN AND RELEASED."
OKAY, HERE COMES MY QUESTION.
IF YOU MADE A MISTAKE, WOULD YOU WANNA BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
WELL.
OKAY, WE BETTER BACK UP AND GO AT THAT ONE A DIFFERENT WAY.
IN OTHER WORDS, HOW MERCIFUL AM I WHEN SOMEONE DOESN'T DO IT
RIGHT THE FIRST THREE TIMES?
AND HOW MANY TIMES AM I GONNA HAVE TO TELL YOU THE SAME THING
OVER AND OVER?
LOOK AT LIFE LIKE A WHEEL.
WHAT YOU PUT ON IT ALWAYS COMES BACK AROUND.
DAVE AND I HAVE THIS LITTLE SAYING.
HE'LL SAY, "WELL, YOU PUT IT ON THE WHEEL.
YOU PUT IT ON THE WHEEL."
THINK AHEAD OF TIME, "I AM NOT GONNA LOSE MY TEMPER TODAY.
WHEN I GO OUT OF THE HOUSE TODAY, EVERYTHING IS NOT GONNA
HAPPEN THE WAY I WANT IT TO AND I'M GONNA BE CALM
AND EVEN-TEMPERED.
I'M NOT GONNA GET UPSET EVERY TIME."
YOU THINK I'M KIDDING?
I AM NOT KIDDING.
SIT DOWN AND THINK LIKE THIS ON PURPOSE.
DON'T SIT THERE AND THINK, "IF THIS HAPPENS, I'M GONNA BE MAD,"
AND "IF THAT HAPPENS, I'M GONNA BE MAD," AND "BOY, IF I DON'T
GET THAT PROMOTION AT WORK, I AM GONNA BE TICKED OFF," AND "IF
YOU DO THAT ONE MORE TIME, I'M OUTTA HERE."
WHOO.
2 TIMOTHY 2:23, "BUT REFUSE (SHUT YOUR MIND AGAINST]"
YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING GETS BACK TO THE MIND.
"(SHUT YOUR MIND AGAINST) TRIFLING (ILL-INFORMED,
UNEDIFYING, STUPID) CONTROVERSIES OVER
IGNORANT QUESTIONS."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: DON'T YOU LOVE THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE?
IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN STUPID STARTS, JUST SAY,
"I'M OUTTA HERE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THIS IS GOING NOWHERE GOOD AND I'M NOT PARTICIPATING.
AMEN?
OH MY GOSH, I REMEMBER HOW I USED TO ARGUE WITH DAVE JUST TO
GET TO BE RIGHT ABOUT SOMETHING.
I USED TO START SO MANY FIGHTS OVER THAT KIND OF STUFF.
TRIFLING, ILL-INFORMED, UNEDIFYING, STUPID STUFF THAT
DIDN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO ANYBODY.
HELLO, IS ANYBODY HOME IN YOUR HOUSE?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HAVE YOU EVER HAD AN ARGUMENT WITH ANYBODY OVER
WHO AN ACTOR OR AN ACTRESS WAS ON TV?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: PROBABLY MOST OF YOU ARE TOO YOUNG TO EVEN KNOW WHO
HENRY FONDA WAS, BUT DAVE USED TO THINK EVERYBODY WAS
HENRY FONDA.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND I FINALLY THOUGHT, "YOU KNOW--" ONE NIGHT I WAS
ARGUING WITH HIM.
WE WERE GONNA STAY UP REAL LATE AND WATCH THE CREDITS ON
THE MOVIE TO SEE WHO WAS RIGHT, GET NO SLEEP, AND BE TIRED
THE NEXT DAY.
AND I MEAN, THE SPIRIT OF GOD SPOKE TO ME, "JOYCE, WOULD IT
REALLY MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO ANYBODY'S SALVATION IF DAVE
LIVED HIS WHOLE LIFE AND DIED THINKING THAT WAS HENRY FONDA?"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I DON'T KNOW.
"REFUSE, SHUT YOUR MIND AGAINST."
IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN THE NONSENSE STARTS, WHEN YOU
CAN--ASK GOD TO START SHOWING YOU, "WHEN I AM GETTING INTO
SOMETHING THAT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL, PLEASE SHOW ME BEFORE I GET
IN SO DEEP I CAN'T GET OUT."
"SHUT YOUR MIND AGAINST, HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH) TRIFLING
(ILL-INFORMED, UNEDIFYING, STUPID) CONTROVERSIES OVER
IGNORANT QUESTIONS, FOR YOU KNOW THAT THEY FOSTER STRIFE
AND BREED QUARRELS."
STRIFE IS BICKERING, ARGUING, HEATED DISAGREEMENT.
BUT THE PART I HATE ABOUT STRIFE THE WORST IS IT'S AN ANGRY
UNDERCURRENT WHERE EVERYBODY'S SMILING, "PRAISE THE LORD."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "THANK YOU, JESUS."
AND THEN YOU GO HOME AND FIGHT ALL AFTERNOON.
"OH, DAVE AND JOYCE, HOW ARE YOU?"
"OH, PRAISE GOD."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "OH, THE KIDS, YES THE LITTLE DARLINGS,
THEY'RE JUST WONDERFUL."
AND ALL THE WAY COMING TO CHURCH, YOU WERE RANTING,
AND RAVING, AND SCREAMING, AND YELLING.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A SPIRITUAL PERSON, DON'T
LOOK IN THE CHURCH.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I ONLY SAY THAT BECAUSE IN CHURCH, WE ALL PUT ON
OUR CHURCH FACE.
"PRAISE GOD!" NO, GO LOOK AT HOME.
PROVERBS 20, VERSE 3 SAYS, "IT IS AN HONOR FOR A MAN TO CEASE
FROM STRIFE AND TO KEEP ALOOF FROM IT, BUT EVERY FOOL
WILL QUARREL."
HOW ABOUT MAKING A DECISION THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE--
"FROM NOW ON, I SET MY MIND THAT WHEN I HAVE A PROBLEM
WITH ANYBODY, I'M GONNA BE THE FIRST ONE TO APOLOGIZE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
[JOYCE LAUGHING]
OH, THIS IS GOOD.
I'M WATCHING, SOME OF YOU ARE GOING...
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "WELL, I GUESS THAT'S AN IDEA."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, LADIES, CAN I GIVE YOU A PIECE OF ADVICE?
THE MEN CAN JUST CHECK OUT HERE FOR A MINUTE.
DO NOT WAIT FOR YOUR HUSBAND TO APOLOGIZE BECAUSE HE DOESN'T
EVEN THINK THAT HE DID ANYTHING WRONG TO START WITH, SO
THEREFORE HE IS NOT GOING TO APOLOGIZE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU WILL BE THE ONE THAT WILL DO MOST OF THE
APOLOGIZING IN YOUR LIFE, AND SO YOU CAN JUST DO IT UNTO GOD
AND BE HAPPY.
I MEAN, I WOULD GO AROUND MAD FOR 3 WEEKS AND DAVE DIDN'T EVEN
KNOW WHAT HE DID.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT HE DID.
AND WHATEVER IT WAS, HE WOULD CAST HIS CARE ABOUT IT 2 SECONDS
AFTER HE DID IT ANYWAY.
AND YOU KNOW, I'D BE MAD, AND HAVE A STOMACHACHE,
AND NOT SLEEPING AT NIGHT.
IT'S ALL FOOLISH.
IT'S SILLY.
THINK ABOUT IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
HERE'S HOW YOU CAN THINK.
"YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M JUST GONNA LET THAT GO."
ISN'T THAT--"I'M JUST GONNA LET THAT GO."
OH, BUT NO, I WANTED HIM TO AT LEAST KNOW THAT I WAS LETTING IT
GO.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, IF I'M GONNA LET IT GO, YOU'RE GONNA KNOW
THAT I'M LETTING IT GO, AND I WANT YOU TO AT LEAST ADMIRE ME
BECAUSE I'M LETTING IT GO.
AND I MAY TURN THE LIGHT OFF IN THE CLOSET THAT YOU LEAVE ON
EVERY TIME YOU GO IN THERE, BUT I AM GONNA TELL YOU THAT I
TURNED IT OFF EVERY TIME I GO IN THERE.
DON'T THINK THAT I'M JUST GONNA COVER YOUR SIN LIKE
THE BIBLE SAYS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YEAH, ALL RIGHT GUYS, YOU CAN JOIN BACK IN NOW.
AM I RIGHT?
WE GOTTA JUST MENTION HOW FORGIVING WE ARE.
HA HA HA.
LET'S JUST START THINKING DIFFERENT.
"I'M GONNA LET IT GO AND I'M GONNA COVER PEOPLE'S FAULTS.
I'M NOT GONNA TELL ANYBODY ELSE.
I'M NOT GONNA MENTION IT.
I'M JUST GONNA PRAY ABOUT IT.
YEAH, JUST GONNA KEEP A LOT OF STUFF BETWEEN ME AND GOD NOW."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I WAS READING SOMETHING ABOUT DAVID, WHO
ULTIMATELY BECAME KING, AND YOU KNOW, HE WAS ANOINTED TO BE KING
20 YEARS BEFORE HE WORE THE CROWN.
BOY, THAT'S A LESSON IN ITSELF RIGHT THERE.
JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE ANOINTED TO DO SOMETHING--
COME ON NOW.
JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE ANOINTED TO DO SOMETHING, THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET TO DO IT UNTIL YOU'VE HAD YOUR TIME WITH
KING SAUL AND LIVED IN THE CAVES.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DAVID LEARNED FROM
KING SAUL--OR THAT HE NEVER LEARNED FROM KING SAUL, WHICH
WAS GREAT--YOU SEE, KING SAUL WAS A SPEAR-THROWER.
HE WAS AN EXPERT AT THROWING SPEARS, AND DAVID DIDN'T KNOW
HOW TO DO THAT.
HE WAS A SWEET LITTLE SHEPHERD BOY THAT HAD JUST BEEN OUT
SINGING HYMNS AND SPENDING TIME WITH GOD.
EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT YOU DO WHEN SOMEBODY THROWS A SPEAR AT YOU.
YOU PULL IT OUT OF THE WALL AND YOU THROW IT BACK.
BUT DAVID DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.
OH MY GOSH, I WISH THAT I WOULD'VE NEVER LEARNED HOW TO
THROW SPEARS.
HOW PEACEFUL LIFE MUST BE IF YOU NEVER BECOME AN EXPERT
SPEAR-THROWER.
BUT BOY, I TELL YOU, I COULD HIT MY TARGET.
BUT NOW OVER THE YEARS, I'VE LEARNED HOW NOT TO THROW SPEARS.
AND AS I READ ON THIS THING THAT I WAS READING, WHICH WAS AT
A VERY DEEP LESSON, AND IT SAID THAT DAVID, AFTER ALL THE TIME
HE SPENT IN THE CAVES AND ALL THE TIME HE SPENT HIDING FROM
KING SAUL WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO STEAL HIS LIFE, YOU SEE, WHAT
GOD WAS REALLY DOING WAS--THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF
SAUL IN EVERY ONE OF US.
AND ESPECIALLY SOMETIMES PEOPLE THAT GOD'S GONNA USE, HE'S GOTTA
PUT YOU AROUND A SAUL TO GET THE SAUL OUT OF YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: OH YEAH, GOD GAVE ME MANY SAULS IN MY LIFE, BUT I HAD
TO LEARN HOW TO NOT THROW SPEARS, HOW TO NOT TOUCH GOD'S
ANOINTED.
I WAS ANOINTED.
I COULD'VE PREACHED VERY GOOD A LONG TIME BEFORE GOD LET ME
LOOSE ON ANYBODY.
BUT IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN PRETTY BECAUSE I WOULD'VE BEEN
PREACHING IT BUT NOT LIVING IT.
COME ON NOW.
JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE ANOINTED DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GONNA BE
RELEASED UNTIL THERE'S A BROKENNESS.
THAT'S ANOTHER WORD WE DON'T CARE MUCH ABOUT.
INDEPENDENCE, SELF WILL, DO MY OWN THING.
YOU THROW A SPEAR AT ME, I'M THROWING ONE BACK.
LISTEN, BEFORE WE GET WORRIED ABOUT GOD USING US PUBLICLY, WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW HOW TO BEHAVE AT HOME BEHIND
CLOSED DOORS, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THINGS ARE NOT GOING
OUR WAY.
IF YOU'RE GOOD AT THROWING SPEARS THEN YOU'VE GOTTA UNLEARN
THAT BAD HABIT FIRST.
JOYCE: NOW REMEMBER, OUR THOUGHTS, WORDS, AND ATTITUDES
AFFECT OUR RELATIONSHIPS IN MANY WAYS AND ONE WAY TO EXAMINE OUR
ACTIONS IS TO ASK OURSELVES THE QUESTION, WOULD YOU WANT TO BE
FRIENDS WITH YOURSELF?
I THINK THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
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I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT YOU WOULD SEND IN GIFTS ON A REGULAR
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GIVING.
IT ALLOWS US TO SHARE WHAT GOD'S DONE IN MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES AND
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GOD BLESS YOU.
FEMALE: MY THOUGHTS USED TO RUIN MY DAY BEFORE IT EVEN
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MALE: A CONSTANT BATTLE.
MALE: THEN I LEARNED ABOUT THE MIND CONNECTION.
FEMALE: MY MIND, MOUTH, MOODS, ATTITUDES,
IT'S ALL CONNECTED.
MALE: NOW I HAVE THE TOOLS TO THINK DIFFERENTLY.
MALE: HOW TO THINK WHEN SOMETHING THROWS ME.
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