ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: GOD LOVES SOMEBODY THAT IS PERSISTENT.
NOW, I CALLED THIS MESSAGE TONIGHT "SEEING MYSELF" BECAUSE
YOU CAN LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT YOURSELF BY THE WAY YOU PRAY.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IS KNOW OURSELVES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: TONIGHT, I'M GONNA TEACH ON THREE OF THE PARABLES
THAT ARE ALL ABOUT PRAYER.
PRAYER IS ASTOUNDING.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THAT THE GOD
OF THE UNIVERSE, THE GOD WHO CAN DO ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING HAS
INVITED US TO COME TO HIM AND ASK HIM FOR WHATEVER WE NEED,
NOT ONLY FOR OURSELVES, BUT WE CAN INTERCEDE FOR OTHER PEOPLE,
STAND IN THE GAP FOR OTHER PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO
PRAY FOR THEMSELVES.
AND THERE'S TWO MINISTRIES THAT GOD HAS GIVEN TO EVERY
CHRISTIAN.
ONE IS THE MINISTRY OF INTERCESSION, AND THE OTHER IS
THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION.
WE ARE TO BE USED BY GOD TO HELP SINNERS BE RECONCILED BACK
TO GOD.
AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU CAN BE A MINISTER RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE
AT IN YOUR WORLD BY GOING TO WORK AND ACTUALLY ACTING
LIKE A CHRISTIAN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
AND I CAN TELL YOU, AND I FEEL THIS FIRMLY, TOO MANY CHRISTIANS
HAVE GOTTEN TOO MUCH OF THE WORLD IN THEM, AND THE WORLD
CAN'T TELL MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US AND THEM, AND WE NEED
TO REALIZE THAT WE ARE LIVING IN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TIMES.
I MEAN, I HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT THE DAYS THAT WE'RE LIVING IN
ARE THE MOST EVIL THAT WE'VE EVER DEALT WITH.
AND I DON'T WANNA BE NEGATIVE, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA
GET BETTER.
I THINK IT'S PROBABLY GONNA GET WORSE BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE'RE
GETTING CLOSER TO THE TIME WHEN JESUS IS GOING TO RETURN.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND EVEN IF HE DOESN'T RETURN IN OUR LIFETIME,
WE SHOULD LIVE EVERY DAY LIKE HE'S GOING TO.
I WONDER HOW MANY THINGS WE'D CHANGE IN OUR LIFE IF WE KNEW
JESUS WAS GONNA COME IN THE MORNING AT 8 O'CLOCK.
AND SO, WE SHOULD LIVE THAT WAY, AND YOU, IF YOU'RE ALIVE IN THIS
DAY AND HOUR, YOU--NOW, LISTEN TO ME.
YOU ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CAUSE OF CHRIST.
AND EACH ONE OF YOU, YOU ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
DON'T EVER LET THE DEVIL CONVINCE YOU THAT YOU HAVE NO
IMPORTANCE, THAT YOU JUST DON'T HAVE A PURPOSE.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU IS IMPORTANT, AND YOU CAN JUST,
IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IN YOUR SCHOOLS, WHEN YOU GO TO
THE MARKETPLACE, YOUR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT, JUST BEIN' HAPPY,
JUST BEIN' PEACEFUL, JUST BEIN' GOOD TO PEOPLE, YOU'D BE AMAZED
HOW QUICK PEOPLE ARE GONNA WANNA KNOW WHY YOU CAN BE THE WAY YOU
ARE, AND ONCE THEY START ASKING YOU QUESTIONS, THEN YOU DON'T
HAVE TO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO SHARE JESUS WITH SOMEBODY
WHO DOESN'T WANT TO HEAR IT.
AND SO, YOU'RE IMPORTANT TO THE CAUSE OF CHRIST.
EVERY ONE OF US HAVE THAT MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION,
AND WE HAVE THE MINISTRY OF INTERCESSION.
WE SHOULD PRAY FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
I THINK PRAYER IS A PRIVILEGE.
IT'S NOT AN OBLIGATION.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE EXCITED ABOUT DOING, AND I
THINK, IN MANY WAYS, IT'S TAKEN ON TOO MUCH OF A RELIGIOUS
CONNOTATION.
IT'S LIKE SOMETHING WE FEEL THAT IS OUR DUTY THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
AND I'M ALL FOR HAVIN' SET TIMES OF PRAYER.
I HAVE CERTAIN TIMES, A TIME EVERY MORNING, THAT I SPEND
WITH GOD, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO DO WHAT I CALL,
"PRAY YOUR WAY THROUGH THE DAY."
AND GOD NOT ONLY INVITES US TO PRAY, AND I WANT YOU TO GET
THIS, BUT HE TELLS US TO COME BOLDLY AND TO BE PERSISTENT.
IMAGINE THAT, "COME BOLDLY BECAUSE I'M ABLE TO DO MORE THAN
YOU CAN EVER HOPE, ASK, OR THINK."
GOD DOESN'T WANT US ASKIN' FOR LITTLE THINGS.
HE WANTS US TO ASK FOR THINGS THAT OUR MIND--WE CAN'T EVEN
WRAP OUR MIND AROUND IT.
IT'S LIKE, "GOD, I'M HAVIN' A HARD TIME BELIEVIN' THAT YOU
WOULD DO THIS FOR ME, BUT I'M GONNA ASK ANYWAY BECAUSE YOU SAY
YOU CAN DO MORE THAN I DARE."
AND MAYBE SOME OF YOU NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE DARING IN YOUR
PRAYERS, AND YOU NEED TO START ASKING GOD FOR BIGGER THINGS.
AND OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT WORTHY.
WE DON'T DESERVE IT.
BY ALL RIGHTS, GOD SHOULDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR US.
BUT THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT, IS HE DOESN'T DO THINGS FOR
US BECAUSE WE'RE GOOD.
HE DOES THEM BECAUSE HE'S GOOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BUT NEVER FORGET THIS.
HE SAYS IN JAMES, "YOU HAVE NOT BECAUSE YOU ASK NOT."
SO, SOME OF YOU NEED TO GET YOUR ASKING STIRRED UP AGAIN.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: ALL RIGHT, THE PARABLE OF PERSISTENCE IN ASKING,
LUKE 11:5 THROUGH 13: "THEN HE SAID TO THEM,
'SUPPOSE ONE OF YOU HAS A FRIEND, AND GOES TO HIM AT
MIDNIGHT AND SAYS, "FRIEND, WOULD YOU LEND ME THREE LOAVES
[OF BREAD]; FOR A FRIEND OF MINE WHO IS ON A JOURNEY HAS COME TO
VISIT ME, AND I HAVE NOTHING TO SERVE HIM."'"
NOW, I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM THIS JUST ABOUT MY
MINISTRY AND MY PREACHING.
IT'S LIKE YOU COME TO ME FOR HELP, BUT I HAVE NOTHING TO GIVE
YOU UNLESS I GO TO MY FRIEND JESUS AND ASK HIM TO GIVE ME
WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME FOR.
AND WE ALL NEED TO REALIZE THAT WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY
TO HELP ANYBODY OR TO DO ANYBODY ANY GOOD IF WE DON'T CONSTANTLY
GO TO GOD, ASKING HIM FOR WHAT WE NEED TO GIVE THEM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
THE MINUTE YOU BECOME INDEPENDENT AND THINK YOU CAN DO
IT ON YOUR OWN, THAT'S THE MINUTE THAT YOU START
TOWARDS FAILURE AND DECLINE.
"AND FROM INSIDE HE ANSWERED HIM, 'DON'T BOTHER ME;
THE DOOR'S ALREADY BEEN SHUT AND MY CHILDREN AND I ARE IN BED;
I CANNOT GET UP NOW AND GIVE YOU ANYTHING.'
BUT I TELL YOU, EVEN THOUGH HE WILL NOT GET UP AND
GIVE HIM ANYTHING JUST BECAUSE HE IS HIS FRIEND, BECAUSE OF HIS
PERSISTENCE AND BOLDNESS," PERSISTENCE AND BOLDNESS,
HE WILL GET UP AND GIVE HIM WHATEVER HE NEEDS.
SO I SAY THIS TO YOU, ASK AND KEEP ON ASKING, AND IT WILL BE
GIVEN TO YOU; SEEK AND KEEP ON SEEKING, AND YOU WILL FIND;
KNOCK AND KEEP ON KNOCKING, AND THE DOOR WILL BE OPENED
UNTO YOU."
IT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE GOD IS SAYING, "COME ON, JUST SEE IF
YOU CAN BOTHER ME."
I MEAN, I'VE GOTTEN AHOLD OF THIS, AND I TELL GOD, NOT IN
A DISRESPECTFUL WAY, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHIN' I KNOW THAT
IS A PROMISE IN HIS WORD THAT SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER THE ENEMY HAS
TAKEN FROM ME OR IS BLOCKING ME FROM HAVING, I WILL TELL GOD,
"I AM NOT GOING TO SHUT UP ABOUT THIS UNTIL I SEE A CHANGE."
YOU KNOW WHY?
I HAVE SCRIPTURAL BACKING THAT TELLS ME THAT GOD LIKES THAT,
AMEN?
"FOR EVERYONE WHO KEEPS ON ASKING [PERSISTENTLY], RECEIVES;
AND HE WHO KEEPS ON SEEKING [PERSISTENTLY], FINDS; AND TO
HIM WHO KEEPS ON KNOCKING [PERSISTENTLY], THE DOOR
WILL BE OPENED."
I WONDER HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE GIVEN UP ON PRAYIN'
ABOUT SOMETHIN'?
MAYBE YOU'VE PRAYED ABOUT IT A YEAR, AND NOTHIN'S HAPPENIN',
AND SO YOU JUST, "EHH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN."
YOU GO ON TO SOMETHIN' ELSE.
I PRAYED FOR MY FATHER'S SALVATION ON AND OFF FOR
30 YEARS, AND I REMEMBER ONE DAY, I JUST GOT REALLY BOLD
AND I SAID TO THE LORD, I SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
IF NOTHIN' ELSE, I'M ASKIN' YOU TO SAVE HIM, DO IT AS A FAVOR TO
ME BECAUSE AFTER ALL THE ABUSE AND WHAT HE DID TO ME IN MY
LIFE, AND NOW YOU'RE ALLOWING ME TO HELP ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD, I DON'T WANNA HELP ALL THEM AND SEE MY OWN
FATHER GO TO HELL.
SO, I'M ASKIN' YOU, EVEN IF HE DON'T WANNA BE SAVED,
DO IT AS A FAVOR TO ME."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
HE WAS 83 OR SOMETHIN' WHEN HE RECEIVED CHRIST, BUT HE WAS
A CHANGED MAN.
I GOT TO BAPTIZE MY FATHER WHO HAD ABUSED ME, AND HE PASSED
AWAY THREE YEARS LATER.
HE NEVER HAD A GOOD LIFE BECAUSE OF THE WAY HE LIVED, BUT
I'M TELLIN' YOU, DON'T GIVE UP.
DON'T GIVE UP.
IF IT'S SOMETHIN' THAT YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS PUT
IN YOUR HEART OR IS IN THE WORD, DON'T GIVE UP.
NOW, YOU DON'T WANNA BE BELLIGERENT OR HAVE ANY KIND OF
A, "YOU OWE ME THIS," ATTITUDE, BUT IT'S NOT WRONG TO JUST TELL
GOD, "THIS IS IN YOUR WORD.
THIS IS YOUR PROMISE, AND I AM NOT GONNA LEAVE YOU ALONE,"
COME ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DON'T SIT AROUND AND WATCH YOUR KIDS GO TO HELL.
KEEP AT IT.
YOU BE BOLD AND TELL GOD, "THESE ARE MY KIDS, AND I'M NOT GONNA
SIT AROUND AND WATCH THEM GO TO HELL.
THE DEVIL IS NOT GONNA HAVE THEM."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: "AND, GOD, I AM GONNA BOTHER YOU UNTIL I SEE
A CHANGE IN THEIR LIFE."
GOD LOVES SOMEBODY THAT IS PERSISTENT.
NOW, I CALLED THIS MESSAGE TONIGHT "SEEING MYSELF" BECAUSE
YOU CAN LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT YOURSELF BY THE WAY YOU PRAY.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IS KNOW OURSELVES.
LEARN TO BE VERY EVEN PAINFULLY HONEST WITH YOURSELF ABOUT
YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU CAN ADMIT THAT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM
AND STILL NOT COME UNDER CONDEMNATION.
GOD DOESN'T REVEAL PROBLEMS IN OUR LIFE TO US OR THINGS THAT
NEED TO CHANGE TO CONDEMN US.
THE DEVIL DOES THAT.
BUT HE DOES CONVICT US, AND WHAT HE WANTS US TO DO IS OWN UP
TO IT AND ADMIT IT.
AND SO, HERE'S ONE QUESTION I WANNA ASK.
ARE YOU THE KIND OF PERSON WHO GIVES UP EASILY?
HOW LONG CAN YOU LAST IF THE DEVIL JUST KEEPS IT UP
AND KEEPS IT UP AND KEEPS IT UP AND KEEPS IT UP AND KEEPS IT UP?
HOW LONG BEFORE YOU GET MAD AT GOD?
HOW LONG BEFORE YOU GET A BAD ATTITUDE?
HOW LONG CAN YOU HAVE A PROBLEM AND KEEP BEING NICE TO
OTHER PEOPLE?
COME ON.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AMEN.
YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING.
WE SPEND 40 YEARS LIVIN' A LIFE OF SIN AND DOIN' EVERYTHING
WRONG, WRONG, WRONG, WRONG, WRONG, THEN YOU BECOME
A CHRISTIAN AND YOU THINK YOU DO A COUPLE THINGS RIGHT AND
EVERYTHING SHOULD TURN AROUND.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: LET ME TELL YOU, YOU'VE GOTTA BE READY TO DO
WHAT'S RIGHT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER
AND OVER AND OVER.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I DON'T EVEN SUGGEST THAT YOU DO IT WITH
A MOTIVE OF GETTING SOME KIND OF REWARD.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOOD EITHER.
I THINK WE NEED TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT,
COME ON.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IT'S THE SAME WAY I FEEL ABOUT GIVING.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD GIVE TO GET.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD MOTIVE.
I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE BECAUSE WE LOVE GOD, WE APPRECIATE WHAT
HE'S DONE FOR US, AND WE WANNA SEE OTHER PEOPLE HELPED.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THERE'S A PROMISE ATTACHED TO THAT, THAT "IF YOU
BRING YOUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS INTO THE STOREHOUSE, I WILL OPEN
THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR YOU OUT A BLESSING SO GREAT THAT
YOU CANNOT CONTAIN IT."
"AND MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL OF YOUR NEED ACCORDING TO HIS
RICHES AND GLORY BY CHRIST JESUS."
DON'T EXPECT TO HAVE GOD MEETING YOUR NEEDS IF YOU'RE NOT GIVING.
PERSIST IN IT, EVEN WHEN YOU'RE HAVIN' FINANCIAL ISSUES,
PERSIST IN DOING WHAT'S RIGHT.
I WANNA SEE A FEW PEOPLE GET A FEW MORE SPIRITUAL MUSCLES HERE
TONIGHT AND JUST MAYBE SHAKE OFF SOME OF THAT LETHARGIC,
"EHH, EHH, EHH."
JUST GET RID OF THAT AND JUST SAY, "NO, THERE'S A LIFE THAT
JESUS DIED FOR ME TO HAVE, AND I AM GOING TO HAVE IT."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "WHAT FATHER AMONG YOU, IF HE ASKS FOR A FISH,
WILL INSTEAD GIVE HIM A SNAKE?
OR IF HE ASKS FOR AN EGG, WHAT FATHER WOULD GIVE HIM
A SCORPION?
IF YOU, THEN, BEING EVIL, KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS TO YOUR
CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE WILL YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER GIVE,"
NOW, I WANT YOU TO WATCH WHAT HE SAYS, "THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE
WHO ASK AND CONTINUE TO ASK HIM!"
NOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR EYES OPENED TONIGHT SOME ABOUT PRAYER
BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF TIMES WE JUST, WE PRAY WRONG.
WE PRAY FOR OUR PROBLEMS TO GO AWAY, WHICH GO AHEAD AND DO
THAT, I DO THAT TOO, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIND A PRAYER
IN THE BIBLE THAT TELLS US TO DO THAT.
I MEAN, I'VE THOROUGHLY EXAMINED AND PREACHED ON THE PRAYERS
OF THE APOSTLE PAUL.
THEY'RE IN EPHESIANS 1, EPHESIANS 3, PHILIPPIANS 1,
COLOSSIANS 1, AND YOU CANNOT FIND ONE PRAYER THAT HE PRAYED
WHERE HE ASKED FOR ANYBODY TO BE DELIVERED FROM THEIR
CIRCUMSTANCES.
WHAT HE PRAYED WAS THAT THEY WOULD ENDURE WHATEVER CAME WITH
A GOOD TEMPER.
SO, HOW OFTEN DO YOU PRAY FOR THAT?
"WELL, GOD, I WANT THIS TO GO AWAY, BUT UNTIL YOUR TIMING IS
RIGHT, HELP ME CONTINUE TO BE GOOD TO PEOPLE.
HELP ME NOT TO GET BITTER.
HELP ME NOT TO BLAME ANYBODY.
HELP ME NOT TO BE JEALOUS OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT AREN'T HAVING
A PROBLEM RIGHT NOW."
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE WITH ME TONIGHT AND YOU UNDERSTAND
WHAT I'M SAYING?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SEE, REALLY, WHAT GOD WANTS MORE THAN GIVING US
EVERYTHING WE WANT IS HE WANTS US TO BE STABLE.
NOT UP AND DOWN WITH OUR CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT, LIKE JESUS,
THE SAME ALL THE TIME.
AND THAT CAN BE YOUR GREATEST WITNESS TO YOUR FAMILY, AND THAT
CAN BE YOUR GREATEST WITNESS TO THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT
YOU'RE AROUND.
TO BE HONEST, I THINK YOU CAN PREACH EVERY DAY AND NEVER OPEN
YOUR MOUTH.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND SO, HERE WE SEE THAT HE GOES THROUGH THIS, "ASK
AND KEEP ON ASKING, KNOCK AND KEEP ON KNOCKING, SEEK AND KEEP
ON SEEKING."
AND THEN THE EXAMPLE HE GIVES OF WHAT WE SHOULD ASK FOR IS MORE
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
NOW, LET'S TALK FOR A MINUTE ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT BECAUSE,
FIRST OF ALL, HE'S THE ONE WHO HELPS US PRAY.
HE SHOWS US HOW TO PRAY WHEN WE DON'T WHAT TO PRAY FOR.
AND HE'S OUR ADVOCATE.
HE STANDS BEFORE GOD AND PLEADS ON OUR BEHALF IN INTERCESSION.
ANYBODY WHO'S BORN AGAIN HAS THE HOLY SPIRIT.
BUT THE BIBLE ALSO TALKS ABOUT BEING FILLED WITH OR BAPTIZED
IN THE HOLY SPIRIT.
AND THERE ARE SOME DENOMINATIONS THAT TEACH THAT, AND SOME THAT
DON'T, BUT THE BIBLE DOES, AND SO WE'RE GONNA GO WITH THE
BIBLE, NOT DENOMINATIONS, OKAY?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND WE ARE GOING TO BE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE IF WE STOP
REALIZING THAT WE NEED TO BE FILLED AND EVER FILLED WITH
THE HOLY SPIRIT.
IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER 5, VERSE 18, IT SAYS: "BE FILLED
AND CONSTANTLY GUIDED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT."
ANOTHER TRANSLATION THAT I LIKE EVEN BETTER SAYS: "BE EVER
FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT."
I THINK EVERY DAY IN YOUR PRAYERS, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU
SHOULD ASK FOR IS, "FILL ME FULL TO OVERFLOWING WITH YOUR
HOLY SPIRIT.
I DON'T WANT TO JUST HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT.
I WANT THE HOLY SPIRIT TO HAVE ME," AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT IN YOUR
PRAYER LIFE, AND IF YOU WANNA TAKE A FEW NOTES, I'M GONNA TELL
YOU LOTS OF REALLY COOL THINGS THAT YOU CAN PRAY FOR, AND IT'S
GONNA REALLY PERK UP YOUR PRAYER LIFE.
PRAY EVERY DAY THAT GOD WOULD STRENGTHEN YOU TO BE ABLE TO
BEHAVE THE WAY THAT YOU SHOULD BEHAVE.
DON'T JUST GET UP EVERY DAY AND TRY 'CAUSE I CAN TELL YOU,
YOU'LL FAIL.
WITHOUT GOD, YOU'LL FAIL.
"APART FROM ME, YOU CAN DO NOTHING."
BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR STRENGTHENER.
PAUL PRAYED IN EPHESIANS 3:16: "WE PRAY THAT YOU MIGHT BE
STRENGTHENED WITH ALL MIGHT AND POWER IN THE INNER MAN THROUGH
THE HOLY SPIRIT HIMSELF, [INDWELLING YOUR INNERMOST BEING
AND PERSONALITY]."
PRAY THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL FILL YOUR PERSONALITY EVERY DAY.
HOW MANY OF YOU COULD USE A LITTLE MORE PERSONALITY
UPGRADE, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU'RE GONNA BE AMAZED AT WHAT GOD WILL DO FOR YOU EVEN
IN THE MATERIAL REALM IF YOU STOP PRAYING FOR EVERYTHING IN
THE MATERIAL REALM AND START PRAYING FOR SPIRITUAL THINGS
THAT YOU NEED.
GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF THE REST.
"SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM, HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND EVERYTHING
ELSE WILL BE ADDED UNTO YOU."
HERE'S WHAT GOD SAID TO ME ONE TIME, AND I THINK HE
WANTS ME TO SHARE IT WITH YOU.
YOU TAKE CARE OF HIS BUSINESS, HE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOURS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU TAKE CARE OF HIS PEOPLE, HE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU.
I'M GONNA SAY IT AGAIN.
YOU TEND TO GOD'S BUSINESS, WHICH IS PEOPLE.
YOU TAKE CARE OF OTHER PEOPLE, GOD WILL ALWAYS TAKE CARE
OF YOU.
HE WILL ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF YOU AND MEET YOUR NEEDS.
DON'T YOU EVER JUST GET WORN OUT FROM TRYING TO TAKE
CARE OF YOURSELF?
I MEAN, REALLY.
SOME OF YOU ARE JUST EXHAUSTED FROM TRYING TO GET WHAT
YOU WANT.
DEARLY BELOVED, I'LL ACT LIKE THE APOSTLE PAUL.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: REALIZE THAT IF YOU'RE DOING WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO DO,
HE WILL GIVE YOU EVERYTHING THAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU TO HAVE.
AND IF GOD DOESN'T WANT YOU TO HAVE IT, WHY DO YOU WANT IT
ANYWAY?
BECAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA MAKE YOU HAPPY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR HELPER.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I NEED HELP EVERY DAY.
NOT JUST SOME DAYS, EVERY DAY.
HE'S OUR TEACHER.
WHEN YOU OPEN UP YOUR BIBLE TO READ, "HOLY SPIRIT, TEACH ME."
DON'T JUST SIT THERE AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND IT.
"HOLY SPIRIT, TEACH ME FROM THE WORD TODAY."
WHEN YOU COME TO SOMETHIN' LIKE THIS AND YOU'RE GONNA HEAR
A SPEAKER, "HOLY SPIRIT, TEACH ME."
BECAUSE IF HE DOESN'T HELP ME, I CAN'T HELP YOU.
HE'S OUR GUIDE.
OH, MY GOODNESS, DO WE NEED SO MUCH GUIDANCE IN OUR LIFE
THESE DAYS.
OUR STRENGTHENER, OUR INTERCESSOR, OUR ADVOCATE,
OUR COMFORTER, MY GOODNESS, OUR COMFORTER.
WE NEED SO MUCH COMFORT TODAY BECAUSE THE WORLD IS PRETTY
UNCOMFORTABLE.
AND THEN I LOVE THIS PART.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE GOT AROUND TO LOVING THIS OR NOT,
BUT I LOVE, LOVE, AND SO APPRECIATE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT
CONVICTS ME OF SIN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT WHEN GOD MAKES ME AWARE.
"YOU DON'T NEED TO SAY THAT.
DON'T ACT LIKE THAT.
YOU JUST NEED TO GO BACK AND APOLOGIZE."
HAVING THE HOLY SPIRIT FILLING YOUR LIFE AND GUIDING YOU AND
HELPING YOU AND TEACHING YOU AND CONVICTING YOU OF SIN, IT'S THE
ONLY WAY WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH THIS LIFE AND NOT JUST
FALL APART.
EVERY DAY, PRAY, "HOLY SPIRIT, FILL ME, BAPTIZE ME AFRESH WITH
THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT."
NOW, WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, THERE ALSO COMES GIFTS THAT WE DON'T
TALK ABOUT NEARLY ENOUGH IN THE CHURCH, SUPERNATURAL
ENDOWMENTS OF POWER.
I MEAN, YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE, LIKE, NOT A VERY BRIGHT BULB IN
THE PACKAGE IF YOU DIDN'T WANT ALL THE SUPERNATURAL ENDOWMENTS
OF POWER THAT YOU CAN GET.
BECAUSE THE MORE POWER YOU HAVE, THE EASIER LIFE BECOMES.
AND SO, IF YOU'VE NEVER HEARD ABOUT THESE GIFTS, I HAVE A
WHOLE TEACHING PREPARED THAT I'M GONNA DO SOMETIME THIS YEAR
ON THIS, BUT WORD OF WISDOM, KNOWING WHAT TO DO IN
A SITUATION WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
WORD OF KNOWLEDGE, SO MANY PEOPLE SAY, "MAN, I CAN'T
BELIEVE YOU SAID WHAT YOU SAID WHEN YOU WERE PREACHING.
THAT WAS-- HOW DID YOU KNOW?"
WELL, YOU KNOW, THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT CAN OPERATE
THROUGH YOU AND YOU DON'T EVEN REALLY KNOW IT'S HAPPENING,
AND HE DOES IT FOR THE GOOD AND THE PROFIT OF ALL.
IT'S NOT JUST FOR YOU TO SHOW OFF AND SAY, "LOOK WHAT I CAN
DO," BUT IT'S TO HELP PEOPLE.
GOD IS ALL ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE.
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TELL SO MUCH ABOUT A PERSON'S
CHARACTER BY HOW THEY PRAY.
WE NEED TO LEARN TO PRAY FOR SPIRITUAL STRENGTH AND WISDOM,
AND TO HAVE A HOLY SPIRIT FILLED PERSONALITY RATHER THAN JUST
ASKING FOR MATERIAL THINGS ALL THE TIME.
AND WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE PRAY FOR OTHERS,
NOT JUST OURSELF.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU A FREE GIFT.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS REQUEST IT.
IT'S A LITTLE BOOKLET CALLED "HOW TO PRAY," AND YOU CAN GET
THE BOOKLET IN A HARD COPY LIKE THIS, OR ON A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD.
YOU CAN DO THE DOWNLOAD, OF COURSE, ON YOUR COMPUTER,
OR YOU CAN REQUEST THE HARD COPY ONLINE, OR YOU CAN CALL
AND ASK FOR THE HARD COPY.
I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS BOOK.
WE WANNA SOW IT INTO YOUR LIFE BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT YOU TO
PRAY PRAYERS THAT ARE GONNA PRODUCE GOOD RESULTS
IN YOUR LIFE.
FEMALE: GOD DESIRES FOR ALL OF OUR CONFIDENCE TO BE IN HIM.
ANNOUNCER: LET EACH DAY TAKE YOU DEEPER INTO A LIFE OF
CONFIDENCE WITH JOYCE'S NEW DEVOTIONAL,
"THE CONFIDENT WOMAN."
FEMALE: THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL GIVE ME STRENGTH TO DO
INSPIRING THINGS.
TRUE CONFIDENCE IS UNDERSTANDING MY TREMENDOUS VALUE IN HIM.
ANNOUNCER: ORDER YOUR COPY OF JOYCE'S NEW DEVOTIONAL,
"THE CONFIDENT WOMAN," TODAY.
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JOYCE: I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO REALIZE
THAT EVERYTHING YOU DO, INCLUDING LIFE, IS A JOURNEY.
AND YOU HAVE SEASONS, AND YOU HAVE STAGES OF GROWTH,
AND YOU HAVE DORMANT SEASONS, AND YOU HAVE PLANTING SEASONS,
AND YOU HAVE HARVEST SEASONS, AND YOU HAVE SEASONS OF
DIGGING UP FALLOW GROUND.
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